Biography
Stephen Laurel Boss was born in Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Connie Marie (Boss) and Sandford Deondre Crosby. He also had family roots in Louisiana. He got his nickname tWitch as a child, from popping and ticking, when he could not sit still. In 2000, he graduated from Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama. He went on to study Dance Performance at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, Alabama and Chapman University. In 2003, Stephen was a semifinalist on MTV's The Wade Robson Project (2003). He was also a runner-up on the television talent competition, Star Search (2003), choreographed for South Korean pop/R&B singer, Se7en, and was a member of dance troupes, "Breed OCLA" and "Chill Factor Crew."
In December 2009, Stephen debuted on the comedy collective, TheKommune.com, in several sketch-series videos. He taught dance classes and held workshops all over the world. In season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance (2005), tWitch was beat out by Hokuto 'Hok' Konishi and did not make the top 20. He returned the following season and not only made it into the top 20, but was a runner-up in the Finals. He went on to tour with the top 10 finalists, where he performed, with Katee Shean, the Emmy-nominated piece, "Mercy," choreographed by Mia Michaels. In 2010, he was chosen as one of the 10 All-Star dancers for SYTYCD's season 7.
He was a comic book fan, especially the Superman comics. He named his dog, a Jack Russel mix, "Krypto". His clothing line, tWitch Boss Clothing, first only offering t-shirts online, had the "T" within the Superman symbol on one of the t-shirts.
On December 13, 2022, Stephen's wife, Allison Hokler, told the LAPD that he had left their home without his car. Some time later, the police received a call about a shooting in an L.A. hotel, where they found Boss dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was survived by his wife and three children.
