In the 1989 film, "Tap," some of Mr. Hines' tap-dance heroes, including Sammy Davis Jr., Sandman Sims, Harold Nicholas and Jimmy Slyde, appeared in the tribute to tap, a tale of a man who cannot ...

The newest Hines-Allen was raised in part by his uncle Gregory Hines, who was a star basketball player at Hampton University, ultimately being placed in the team's University Athletics Hall of Fame.