Labels:text | letter | font | handwriting | screenshot | document OCR: where he served as co-host. He continues to report for "In the Nix" when his schedule allows. Born and raised in New York, Alimi was a student at Harry S. Truman High School in the Bronx and was contemplating a career in law when he wandered into a reading at the Mind Builders Creative Arts Center, an organization devoted to exploring issues involving teens. A script was thrust into his hands and the would-be attorney was cast as one of the leads, a detective named Wise, in an original play entitled "No Laughing Matter." Since Alimi's mother performed as part of an African dance troupe, his father was a jazz musician, and his godfather a singer/ songwriter/composer, Alimi's step into performing is not all that surprising. Alimi appeared as a dancer in 2/4