Givens attended the Grant High School in Van Nuys, California and played football, where he made records in the position of the Running Back. Later he attended the Trade School for Computers and worked as a computer operator until he found his main interest in the acting and entertainment business. He is occasionally working as a DJ for a radio show and founded the production company "L.A. Beats Entertainment", which produced and distributed the action film Rampart (2005), the drama Broken Glass (2006) , the horror film Zombies Unleashed (2010), and A Little Problem (2014). Givens served as writer on Rampart and as director, producer, and actor on all four films. Currently he is writing the screenplay The Date (2016).