Crawford was born in New Bern, North Carolina to Susan and Ray Crawford. He attended and graduated from Monroe High School and D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center (a Butler Tech school) in 2014. He landed his first commercial role in August 2013 and graduated high school early to focus on his acting career. Crawford also played soccer, baseball and ran track during high school.

Crawford pursued modeling for a brief period of time, landing a Times Square billboard for H&M in November, 2014. He has also appeared in ad campaigns for Uber, Taco Bell, Acura and Samsung.

After appearing in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival selection Goat alongside James Franco and Nick Jonas, he appeared in 2016 Toronto International Film Festival selection In the Radiant City.

In 2016, he played in various films including Joel Moss Levinson’s Boy Band alongside Questlove, Steve Agee, Jerry O’Connell and Gilbert Gottfried, and the film adaption of the Newbery Medal award-winning book Walk Two Moons, which has been renamed The Marriage Bed. Crawford produced Life Backstage, a show that offered an inside look of artists such as Waka Flocka Flame, Cheat Codes and Louis the Child. Following the success of Life Backstage, Crawford produced his first feature film, Alan and the Fullness of Time, alongside childhood friend Markus Cook in 2017.

In 2018, Crawford went on to produce Cooper Flannigan’s musical comedy Moondance in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also appeared in a handful of films including Johnny Chechitelli’s Worst. Christmas. Ever and Andrew Paul Davis’ Palace. Crawford launched his podcast, According to the Internet, in June 2018. The podcast debuted at No. 186 in the Apple Podcasts Top 200. The format of the show is described as “pop culture banter” and each episode features a different guest.

In 2019, he served as a producer on the psychological thriller The Clearing, documentary feature The Land Beyond and Zach Daulton’s Looking Back. The actor and producer also ventured into directing working on music videos with Cal Scruby and “Rhythm + Flow” alum Caleb Colossus.