IS USUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST CREWS TO ROLL IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND THIS YEAR THEY HAVE A BIG FIRST WITHIN THEIR CREW. THAT’S RIGHT, WDSU ANCHOR DARRYL FORGES INTRODUCES US TO THEIR KING. THAT’S MARKING A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT. LOOK AT THAT. IT’S FIRE. A FIT PERFECT FOR A KING. MATTHEW BROWN SINGER GETS HIS FIRST LOOK AT HIS WARDROBE AS KING OF EXCALIBUR IN THE CREW’S 22 YEAR HISTORY, BROWN IS THE FIRST BLACK KING. BROWN IS A DEAN AT MARTIN BEHRMAN CHARTER SCHOOL IN ALGIERS. HE’S DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO COACHING FOOTBALL AND EDUCATION. I THINK MY PASSION IS IS GIVING BACK AND MENTORING AND BEING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT THE KIDS CAN LOOK UP TO. BROWN’S PASSION AND ENERGY CAUGHT THE EYE OF EXCALIBUR’S CAPTAIN. WE WANT SOMEBODY THAT’S DYNAMIC. THAT HAS A LOT OF ENERGY, HAS A PASSION FOR MARDI GRAS AND UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY. AND MATTHEW EXACTLY FIT THAT BILL. SO. MUCH, IN FACT, THAT ONCE BROWN FOUND OUT HE WOULD BE KING, THE SAINT OG ALUM HAD ONE MAJOR REQUEST IF WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO FIGURE. OUT A WAY TO GET SAINT OG TO MARCH IN FRONT OF MY FLOAT. BROWN IS A NOLA MAN THROUGH AND THROUGH, AND IT. SHOWS IN HIS CROWN. PURPLE AND GOLD. OF COURSE HE’S GOT THE PURPLE STONES. IT’S GOLD BECAUSE MY COLORS ARE PURPLE AND GOLD. UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK. IT HAS THE SANTA HAT BECAUSE I’M GENTILLY SANTA. UH, SHOUT OUT TO MISTER FRED PARKER, THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATE SANTA IN THE CITY, UM, HAS MY CREST ON THE BACK, UH, WHICH MY CREST, UH, GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO SAINT OG WITH THE SC HAS THE A.K.A IVY LEAF BECAUSE MY MOM WAS A. AKA HAS A SUPERDOME AND A PELICAN. JUST GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY. THE HISTORIC MOMENT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR BROWN AND HIS SON. ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR DAD? MHM. WHY ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR DAD? BECAUSE, UM, HE WORKS SO HARD. WHILE BROWN JR IS PROUD OF HIS POPS, IT’S ALSO BEEN A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THE. ONES WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US. BROWN SENIOR’S PARENTS PASSED AWAY FIVE MONTHS APART BACK IN 2022. I KNOW SHE’S PROBABLY SMILING MAN EAR TO EAR. UM, I KNOW SHE’S LOVING IT. YOU KNOW, I JUST WISH SHE WAS HERE WITH ME. UM, BUT I KNOW SHE’S IN HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN AND, UH, I’M SURE SHE’S REALLY EXCITED TELLING EVERYBODY HER SON IS THE KING. THE KING OF EXCALIBUR FROM DAY ONE. IT’S BEEN ALL LOVE AT EXCALIBUR. YOU KNOW, I AM THE FIRST BLACK KING, BUT I. JUST FEEL LIKE ANOTHER KING BECAUSE MISS MISSING AND THE PEOPLE AT EXCALIBUR HAVE TREATED ME SO WELL. UM, IT’S ALMOST LIKE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN. WHEN THINGS ARE GENUINE AND YOU MEET FOLKS, YOU KNOW, YOUR FRIENDS BECOME YOUR FAMILY. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I’LL BE A PART OF EXCALIBUR’S FAMILY FOR LIFE. DARRYL FORGES WD S-U NEWS. THE CREW OF EXCALIBUR ROLLS FRIDAY AT 6 P.M. TH