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Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry

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Birthplace Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Educated At Morehouse College

Nationality United States Of America

Occupations Actor

Characters Portrayed

Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles

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That’s what rap is, making the best out of a bad situation, brother.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Season 1: The Streisand Effect

Rap bad situation Brother Liberation

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I don’t like people watching me eat, man. Make me feel like I’m in a zoo.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Season 1: Streets on Lock

Eat Watching Zoo Feeling

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People ain’t just nice, Earn. When was the last time you were nice to a girl you weren’t trying to smash?

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Season 1: The Big Bang

People Nice Girl Reality

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You need to start acting like you’re better than other niggas, and then they’ll start treating you better than other niggas.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Robbin' Season: Money Bag Shawty

Acting better treating you better

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Just ’cause you dressed like a 6th grader don’t make you my manager, man.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Season 1: Nobody Beats the Biebs

Dressed Manager sixth grade Sassy

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Niggas do not care about us, man. Niggas gonna do whatever they got to do to survive, ’cause they ain’t got no choice. We ain’t got no choice, either.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Robbin' Season: Crabs in a Barrel

survive No One Cares Choice

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Welcome to Atlanta. Man, all you need is some money.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Robbin' Season: Money Bag Shawty

Welcome Atlanta Money

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Money is an idea.

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Robbin' Season: Money Bag Shawty

Money idea Concept Social Construct

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It’s hard for me to care about this when nobody cares about me as a black human man, you feel me? Like, Caitlyn Jenner is just doing what rich white men been doing since the dawn of time, which is whatever the hell he want. So why should I care? What make him so special?

— Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Brian Tyree Henry), Atlanta, Season 1: B.A.N.

hard Nobody Cares Special rich Race

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In the game of survival.

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