From Dropping It Like It’s Hot To Oscars: 10 Celebrities Who Got Their Video Vixen On Before Making It Big (Fellas Too!)
Leon – “Like a Prayer”
Before Leon Robinson became something of a sex symbol and a must-see for black women in the ’90s thanks to movies like Cool Runnings, The Five Heartbeats and Waiting To Exhale (even if he was a deadbeat in the movie), he had a HUGE role playing in the music video, “Like A Prayer” by Madonna, shot and released in 1989. He played the role of a do-good saint who is wrongly accused of murder. Since the video was voted as the second biggest video of the ’80s (behind “Thriller”), his first video role was definitely a great look that put his foot waaaaay in the door.