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JD McCrary wowed fans with his performance as Young Simba in the new movie The Lion King and now he’s brightening up the day of some young kids!

The 12-year-old actor showed up at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital to meet with the young patients on Tuesday (August 20) in Los Angeles.

JD joined the kids for a screening of The Lion King and then he sang acoustic versions of “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” and “Hakuna Matata,” as well as his own song “Inviting All of You.”

“Me and My bro @joshmccrary_ had An Amazing time, meeting some Awesome kids @uclamch THEY Truly Inspire ME 🙏🏽😇,” JD wrote on his Instagram page.

JoJo Siwa and JD McCrary are set to take the stage at the upcoming T.J. Martell Foundation LA Family Day!

The 16-year-old entertainer and the 12-year-old The Lion King star will perform at the event held on Saturday, October 5th at The Grove in Los Angeles.

T.J. Martell Family Day will feature delicious food, carnival activities, fun photo booths, a live auction and live performances by the singers with all proceeds going towards cancer research.

In addition, the T.J. Martell Foundation will be honoring Nickelodeon Senior VP of Music & Talent Doug Cohn and Vans Global Brand President Doug Palladini with special awards.

Ticket prices range from $50-$300, including family packages and special VIP package options that include meet & greets with the headlining performers.

For more info on the T.J. Martell Foundation and Family Day, visit TJMartell.org!

Peyton Elizabeth Lee shows off her power pose in this pic from The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Young Hollywood power list.

The 15-year-old Andi Mack star is just one of the young stars honored alongside Iain Armitage, Maxwell Jenkins, mixed-ish‘s Arica Himmel, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Julia Butters, Ariana Greenblatt, When They See Us‘s Asante Blackk and Caleel Harris, Oakes Fegley, Abby Ryder Fortson, Ella Jay Basco, JD McCrary, Jacob Tremblay, and more.

“Don’t underestimate the power of youth,” Peyton shared in the list feature.

Jacob added his own advice for adults: “Treat kids like adults because we’re working hard too.”

Check out the pics in the gallery inside and head to THR.com for the full list!

Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary pose for a photo at the Build Series studio on Friday (July 19) in New York City.

The young stars were in attendance to talk about their new movie The Lion King, where they voice Young Nala and Young Simba.

During their appearance, Shahadi and JD talked about the recording process, and how the did all their voice recordings together.

“I’m so glad that we actually got the opportunity to do that because I feel like it wouldn’t have been as authentic or it wouldn’t have sounded like we were actually friends if we hadn’t worked with each other,” Shahadi dished.

“Whenever I was in a scene with somebody, they were there with me. It was pretty cool,” JD added.

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 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.