Remember Lamar, the heavily built, slightly clueless bodyguard who watches over Brother Mouzone? He was played by DeAndre McCullough, a man who literally grew up as a 15 year old drug dealer on the corners of West Baltimore. His real-life teenage hustle at Fayette & Monroe Streets was so notorious it inspired an entire nonfiction book and an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries called The Corner. He spent his youth deeply entrenched in the open air drug market, surviving addiction, violence, and the daily grind of the block. Letting a young man who actually lived through the absolute harshest realities of that ecosystem step into a clean suit and play an enforcer on TV is the ultimate full circle street authenticity. Every time he delivers a line about the game, you're watching real life survival on screen. Tragically, his real life battle with addiction never truly stopped, and he passed away in 2012 at just 35 years old. Having his life documented so heavily makes watching him on screen bittersweet every time he delivers a line, you are looking at pure street authenticity and raw, real life survival. #TheWire #BrotherMouzone #TheCorner #DeAndreMcCullough