
Crowned as the champion of the 15th season (September 23, 2020), he was awarded $1 million in cash, a new Kia Stinger and the opportunity to star in a show at a world-famous Las Vegas hotel. Leake's act consisted of doing a spoken word dialogue about his sister who died, and about his father, mother and daughter. Leake started his “America’s Got Talent” journey by earning the show’s coveted “Golden Buzzer" award from longtime AGT judge, Howie Mandel. She added that one other important aspect of ASPIRE is the opportunity to share on "life lessons" and provide counseling that help students stay out of trouble. The fundraiser's goal was to enhance and support ASPIRE's after-school and summer camp mission to keep Montgomery Public School System (MPS) students interested in staying in school, making good grades, graduating with a high school diploma and attending college ("hopefully ASU" quipped Handy) or attend a community or trade school. "With us, he explained what his life was like growing up, and he stated that despite your socioeconomic status in life, the most important of all of life's lessons is having a plan, studying your academic subjects and completing your education, never giving up and that one's goals and dreams do not happen overnight, but must be constantly worked on to come true." until around 8 p.m., and a great deal of the fun-time credit goes to Brandon Leake, who led a portion of the program that we called ‘Chat and Chew,’ which consisted of Brandon doing what he does best, telling fable-like true stories and acting them out," Handy said. "Our kids and the audience had such a wonderful time from 4:30 p.m. Abernathy College of Education, and had more than 200 people in attendance, explained ASPIRES founder and director, Cynthia Handy.

The event was held in the auditorium of ASU's Ralph D.


Leake, who was the winner of the fifteenth season of the nationally acclaimed TV show - "America's Got Talent," (A.G.T.) is also a spoken word poet, educator and motivational speaker.

The Alabama State University ASPIRE (Amazing Students Putting in Resilient Efforts to Stay in School) Program hosted a fundraiser on June 23, featuring Brandon Leake as the keynote speaker. ASPIRE Fundraiser's Keynote Speaker Brandon Leake, "America's Got Talent" Winner
