WLED (ESP32 with LED not working)

Hello All,
After watching the youtube,

I was trying to do the same with my ESP32 and LED strip. I managed to setup the ESP32 to WLED. Then, I proceeded to connect the 5V, GND and Signal wires to the ESP32. The LED didn’t light up. Initial thought was insufficient voltage for the LED?

When I attempted to connect a 5V external power to the 5V and GND cable, it tripped out the USB connection of the ESP32 with the laptop?

Any ideas on how to get them to work together? Thanks in advance.

The esp32 in use was FireBeetle 2 ESP32-E IoT Microcontroller with Header (Supports Wi-Fi & Bluetooth)

and the LED was Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip 60 LED - (1m)