[4] He was arrested in November 2010 for missing a court hearing after being cited for riding on an L.A. metro train without buying a ticket, and spent three days in jail.

His musical influences include his father Gregory Lusk, Billie Holiday, Luther Vandross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, James Moore, and BeBe and CeCe Winans.

Lusk was first shown in the group stage of the competition where he performed with fellow finalist Naima Adedapo, Vegas Contestant Sophia Shorai, and Matthew Nuss, and Da'Quela Payne.

all advanced to the top 102 He received high praise from Randy Jackson for his performance of "God Bless the Child" during the Hollywood rounds as the best ever seen on Idol.

[11] On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Lusk performed at the all-star tribute concert for the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song saluting pop music legend and LGBTQ+ advocate Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.

[12][13][14] In the duo's acceptance speech, John and Taupin, both born the U.K. paid homage to the American rock-n-roll songbook including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles and more.

He introduced the song with a Holiness-Pentecostal church styled sermonette dedicated to "two masters of the popular genre from the book of the Jetts.