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15 Black Disney Channel Stars All Grown Up

There are so many Disney stars who grow up and end up with jacked up lives. Some, however, turn out just fine. But what about the Black child stars? Here are 15 of them all grown up. Let’s see what they’re up to these days.

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Michael J. Pagan – He was in the show Up, Up, And Away, which was sort of a fake Meteor Man spinoff that came out on the Disney channel in 2000. He was also in How Stella Got Her Groove Back and other movies as an adorable kid. He went on to be a youth track champion. He has a production company now called Tigertail.

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Orlando Brown – The former That’s So Raven star was recently arrested for domestic battery, possession of meth and other charges. His life has been on a spiral for a while now.

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Shadia Simmons – She’s been in a million Disney movies like Ace Lightning, I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, Life with Derek, and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High. She teaches high school now.

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Keke Palmer – She was actually in a show called Keke and Jamal but it ended up not being picked up for an actual season. Now she’s acting all over the place and making news on her own.

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Larramie “Doc” Shaw – He starred in the The Suite Life on Deck. He was also in the hilarious Thunderstruck movie with Kevin Durant in 2012. He went on to be on House Of Payne and pledged Omega Psi Phi in college.

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