Mahershala Ali as Remy Danton in House of Cards (Netflix)

Mahershala Ali as Remy Danton in House of Cards (Netflix)

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Mahershali Ali: How the Oakland Native Went From Ball Player to Rapper to Academy Award Winner

Long before Oakland, California saw one of its big- gest sons rise on the national stage at the Academy Awards last Sunday, he had spent the previous week tending to his wife.