"Just because we have it in our bones and our blood and not on our degree, it doesn't make us any less legitimate." "She reminded me, she said 'Baby, we come from cultures that we tell stories through song and dance and that's exactly what musical theater is,'" Ramsey said. Still, he admits he felt insecure at first about his lack of professional experience. Ramsey remembers a reassuring conversation he had with a fellow cast member, Tshidi Manye, an actress from South Africa who played Rafiki. When he got the call back for another audition, Ramsey, who was actually in graduate school at the time, said he was "confused." He ended up singing for casting directors in a Skype call and eventually got the role. "Free food? I'm there for free food," Ramsey says with a laugh. At first, Ramsey said he made several excuses to his friend about why he couldn't audition - the audition was too far, he didn't have a headshot - until she convinced him with one last offer: she'd take him to a new Korean restaurant that had just opened afterward.
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