[7] At age 22, Brown co-founded the Education Nation Learning Academy, a child care facility in Frankford.

[11] He ran as a member of the Amen Brown Party and won 20% of the vote in a four-way race, losing to Democrat Movita Johnson-Harrell.

[13] Brown was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in November 2020, winning 95% of the vote and defeating Republican Wanda Logan.

Around 2,000 signatures on Brown's nominating petitions were thrown out, but he was still left with the required minimum to remain on the ballot.

[23] Brown kept a low profile during the mayoral race; skipping several forums where most other candidates were present.

[32] In 2021, Brown was the primary sponsor for a bill increasing Pennsylvania's mandatory minimum sentences for individuals with a prior record who are arrested for gun-related offenses.

[33] Originally boasting a bipartisan slate of sponsors, all co-sponsoring Democrats (except for Representative Frank Burns) later dropped their support of Brown's bill.

[35] Brown has argued for more policing to "provide much needed support in Philadelphia in addressing [the] gun violence crisis."

[45] When running for mayor, his platform prioritized the creation of a social media task force to monitor gang activity.

[13] PACs linked to Jeff Yass, a businessman, who supports school choice, have given Brown at least $62,500 since the start of 2021, which is roughly 40% of his total donations of his state house campaign in that same time period.

Brown has called for legislation to be passed that will permit the police to capture and destroy illegal dirt bikes.

[52] Brown voted against a bill in the State House that would have prohibited transgender athletes from participating in the sport of their identifying gender.

[53] Brown also voted against legislation that would require transgender youth to use the bathrooms of their assigned gender.

[56] In 2014, Brown was implicated in deed fraud when he purchased a property at 2312 Reed Street for $15,000 cash from owner Norman Johnson who had been deceased for over a decade.

Johnson's rightful heirs reacquired the property in court after a judge nullified the forged deed.

[13] In a 2023 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeffrey Brooks Jr., a former business associate of Brown, accused him of only paying back $23,000 of a $50,000 loan.