Todrick Hall's Billboard cover story, the wildly versatile actor/singer/choreographer/TV personality has spent years fighting an uphill battle to carve a lane for himself as an entertainer, pushing back against racism and homophobia.
As part of Billboard & The Hollywood Reporter's Pride Summit & Pride Prom on Saturday (June 13), Hall and Steven Canals (co-creator and executive producer of FX's Pose) sat down (digitally, of course) to speak about their respective journeys to industry recognition.Canals says one issue he's had to face is the industry wanting to produce "remakes or duplicates" of primarily white stories but with a more diverse cast. "We have our own stories to tell.