Trivia

Younger brother of actress Yara Shahidi.

Sayeed has had the fortune of working with his big sister in numerous commercials, a television show and a movie.

Is of mixed heritage. His mother is African-American actress Keri Shahidi and his father is Iranian-American photographer Afshin Shahidi.

First cousin, once removed, of rapper Nas. His maternal great-grandparents, Ella Mae and Charles Rufus Jones, were Nas's maternal grandparents.