Skyh Black

About

Skyh Alvester Black (born February 16, 1988) is an American actor, dancer and model, known for his role in the BET+ drama series, All the Queen’s Men.

Black was born Alvester Martin and raised by his grandparents in Miami, Florida. He took an interest in dance at three years old while watching Michael Jackson videos on television. He attended New World School of the Arts in Downtown Miami and later School of American Ballet in New York. Black later moved to Los Angeles and worked as a backup dancer for Rihanna, Mariah Carey and Beyonce. After appearing in Michael Jackson’s posthumous music video “A Place with No Name”, choreographer Debbie Allen pushed Black, who was homeless at the time, into acting. In 2016, Black released his debut R&B single and music video “Overdose” under the name Alv3ster. In 2017, he starred in the Vivica A. Fox Lifetime reality series, Vivica’s Black Magic about her creation of all-male exotic dance group, and the following year, appeared in a small role in her film Kinky.
From 2020 to 2021, Black had a recurring role in the BET comedy-drama series, Sistas as Novi Brown’s character love interest. In 2021, he was cast in a series regular…