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Check out Shahadi Wright Joseph‘s debut single “Skin I’m In!”

The Lion King star, who voices Young Nala in the film, released the inspiring pop and R&B song this week via Billboard.

“I’m loving this skin I’m in, I’m in/ But at times it can get so hard/ I’m loving this skin I’m in, I’m in/ But I’m bigger than my scars,” she sings.

“‘Skin I’m In’ is an anthem to remind us all to love ourselves on our best and worst days,” Shahadi said. “Daily challenges are unavoidable but can be taken in stride when we choose to say, ‘I am enough.’”

Listen to “Skin I’m In” below, and don’t miss Shahadi Wright Joseph in The Lion King when it hits theaters on July 19!

READ MORE: Shahadi Wright Joseph Finally Meets Beyonce at ‘The Lion King’ Premiere

It happened – Shahadi Wright Joseph met Beyonce!!!

The 14-year-old actress’ main goal while attending The Lion King premiere was to meet Queen Bey.

“Soooooo….this happened. I’m looking cool on the outside but INSIDE…👀🙀🤯😁😁😁😄🤩🤩🤩,” she captioned a photo on Instagram.

Earlier in the day, Shahadi made an appearance on Daily Pop and revealed that she had never met, or even spoke to Beyonce.

Shahadi voices the younger version of Nala in the new film, while Beyonce voices the adult Nala.

Shahadi also met some of her other co-stars, Donald Glover and Florence Kasumba, and got to see JD McCrary.

JD McCrary is all smiles on the red carpet at the premiere of The Lion King on Tuesday (July 9) at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Calif.

The singer/actor sported a gold and black outfit as he was joined at the premiere by his co-star Shahadi Wright Joseph.

JD and Shahadi play the younger versions of Simba and Nala in the live-action remake. Donald Glover and Beyonce voice the characters once they are older.

The Lion King will be released on July 19. Make sure you check out the full cast photo here!

FYI: Shahadi is wearing head to toe Miu Miu.

Shahadi Wright Joseph shows off her smile while making an appearance on Daily Pop on Tuesday (July 9) in Los Angeles.

The 14-year-old actress promoted her new movie The Lion King, and dished on how she’s never met or even talked to Beyonce.

Shahadi of course voices young Nala in the film, while Bey voices the adult Nala.

“No, nothing,” she said in response to if she has ever talked to Beyonce. “Even if I did DM her, Beyoncé follows nobody so she wouldn’t even see it.”

Shahadi also dished that she would love to sit near Beyonce at the premiere.

“I’m gonna try. I really am gonna try, yeah,” she said.

Stay tuned to JJJ for The Lion King red carpet premiere to see if Shahadi gets to meet Beyonce!

Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary stare back at their lion counterparts in this stunning image from their upcoming film, The Lion King.

Disney dropped a handful of amazing pics of the full cast including Donald Glover with Simba; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter with Nala; John Oliver, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner with Zazu, Pumbaa and Timon; Chiwetel Ejiofor with Scar; Alfre Woodard with Sarabi; Eric André, Florence Kasumba and Keegan-Michael Key with hyenas Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari.

A new featurette was also revealed today, showing brand new footage from the new CGI movie, and a glimpse behind the scenes during recording sessions.

The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19th.

JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph sing “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” at the 2019 ARDYs on Sunday night (June 16) at CBS Radford Studios in Studio City, Calif.

The Lion King co-stars, who play the voices of Young Simba and Young Nala in the upcoming Disney film, closed out the show with their performance.

While on the red carpet, JD wore a hoodie with a picture of Simba on the front, while Shahadi opted for a bright purple dress.

Also in attendance were Carson Leuders and Hayden Summerall, as well as American Idol‘s Laine Hardy and Gabby Barrett, who performed “The Climb” from Hannah Montana: The Movie and her own song “I Hope”.

Click inside to see a clip of Gabby Barrett’s performance… More Here! »

Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife and McKenna Grace are ready for Annabelle Comes Home to hit theaters!

The trio of co-stars reunited for the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Saturday afternoon (June 15) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

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They were also joined at the event by Shazam‘s Faithe Hermann and Ian Chen as well as Us stars Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex and On My Block‘s Jessica Marie Garcia.

The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards with host Zachary Levi will air on Monday, June 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. Make sure to tune in!