Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A mụrụ Ali Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore na 1974, na Oakland, California, nwa Phillip Gilmore (1956<unk>1994) na Willicia Goines (b.1957). A zụlitere ya dị ka Onye Kraịst na Hayward, California site n'aka nne ya, onye ụkọchukwu Baptist a họpụtara ahọpụta. Nna ya bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke pụtara na Broadway. Maher-shalal-hash-baz bụ aha nwa amuma n'isi nke 8 nke Akwụkwọ Bible nke Aịsaịa. Ọ gara St. Mary's College of California (SMC) na Moraga, California, ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1996 na ogo na nkwukọrịta. Ọ banyere SMC site na agụmakwụkwọ basketball wee gaa aha Hershal Gilmore mgbe ọ na-egwu maka SMC Gaels. Ọ ghọrọ onye na-enweghị obi ụtọ na echiche nke ọrụ egwuregwu n'ihi ọgwụgwọ e nyere ndị egwuregwu nke otu ahụ, wee nwee mmasị na-eme ihe nkiri, ọkachasị mgbe o sonyere na nhazi nke Spunk. Nke a mechara mee ka ọ banye ọrụ na California Shakespeare Theater mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ. Mgbe ọ rụsịrị otu afọ na-arụ ọrụ maka Gavin Report, ọ debanyere aha na Mahadum New York na-agụsị akwụkwọ na-eme ihe omume na Tisch School of the Arts, na-enweta akara ugo mmụta ya na 2000.Na 2000, ọ gbanwere Islam, gbanwee aha nna ya site na Gilmore ka Ali, ma sonye na Ahmadiyya Muslim Community <unk> a revivalist ije n'ime Islam. N'ajụjụ ọnụ, ọ kọwaala ọtụtụ nsogbu o zutere n'ọdụ ụgbọelu, na ụlọ akụ na ihe ndị ọzọ na ndụ kwa ụbọchị dịka onye Alakụba America kemgbe mwakpo nke Septemba 11.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị bụ ezigbo aha Ali?
Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore