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Comedian. Television host. Movie Star. Top-rated syndicated Radio Personality. Father of 6. For over 20 years. Rickey Smiley is one of the most beloved performers in American media, earning a reputation for delivering boundless laughter on-air, on-stage, and on-screen. Every morning, millions of Americans in nearly 60 cities listen to Rickey Smiley and his 6 outrageous cast members on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show.” His interviews with major celebrities, social political awareness and trademark prank phone calls have made Smiley one of the most listened to radio personalities in history. Rickey Smiley’s down home southern humor, opting to use insight rather than vulgarity to get laughs, is at the core of his success. His audiences are treated to such original characters as “Mrs. Bernice Jenkins”, “Lil’ Darrl,” “Joe Willie” and “Beauford.” Smiley is known for his clean comedic style and his reputation to sell out venues across the country. To movie audiences, Smiley is best known for “All About The Benjamins” and “Friday After Next”. He’s recorded 8 best-selling CDs including iTunes #1 Best Selling Comedy Album, “Rickey Smiley- Prank Calls Number 6”. On television, he”s hosted BET’s “Open Casket Sharp” and “Comic View”, appeared on “Showtime At The Apollo,” “Uptown Comedy Club”, HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” and “Snaps”. Smiley graduated from Alabama State University, became KBFB’s (Dallas) morning show personality in 2004, and soon moved his show to WHTA Atlanta. When not performing, Smiley is the ultimate devoted father, single-handedly raising 6 kids, the subject of a soon to be released parenting book. QUOTE: “Success is when preparation meets opportunity”

Grammy award-winning gospel singer Donnie McClurkin is engaged to be married to his longtime girlfriend Nicole C. Mullen, he announced on TBN last week. “I’ve fallen in love,” he said, after one of the show’s hosts spilled the beans on-air. Despite some of the confusion that elapsed after the announcement, McClurkin still said some beautiful […]

People are talking about Cam Newton‘s interview with GQ Magazine, in which he said that America is “beyond racism.” He also denied that race has anything to do with sports fans unfair hatred of him. Such a response, in an age where unarmed black people are shot police just about every day, was incredibly shocking […]

Chris Brown and the mother of his child, Nia Guzman, have been feuding in court over the number that gets written on Chris’ child support checks. After a long battle, Nia was denied her repeatedly requests to raise the child support she was getting from Chris Brown, and has even been ordered to pay some […]

Bernice Jenkins announces that sundress season has been canceled. While this might disappoint some people, she’s very pleased with the decision. She explains what she saw while she was in line at McDonalds that contributes to her happiness about the cancellation of sundress season. Listen to the audio player to hear her explain more in […]

This past weekend, a lot of violence, especially gun violence, plagued the streets nationwide. Most notably, Toya Wright lost two brothers to random bullets in New Orleans, a rapper by the name of Killa J was shot during an attempt to rob Soulja Boy, and all of this occurs during a time when more and more police […]

Robbie Montgomery of the popular Miss Sweetie Pie’s restaurant (and the TV show, “Welcome To Sweetie Pie’s” on OWN) had to sue her own son after he went behind her back and potentially damaged the reputation she worked so hard to build. While the business has thrived, familial matters seem to be under some serious […]

Malia Obama is catching some heat from critics after being spotted at Lollapalooza with friends instead of attending the Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton gave her historic speech as the first woman to receive the Democratic Nomination. Sure, it Hillary’s speech was a major historical political moment for the United States, but to be […]

Rickey Smiley‘s new intern, Taylor Green, at the young age of just fifteen years old, is making Headkrack feel a little, well, old. As Headkrack delivers the Hip-Hop Spot for the day, he drops names and references that young Taylor just might need a little bit of a briefing on. Headkrack gives us a little […]

It’s been a while since Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey‘s divorce, but the two seem to often be discussing each other. But this time, it’s Mariah who is speaking up. Her tendency to be a diva isn’t anything new at this point, but it looks like it may have come right in the middle of […]

After less than 8 months of being married, Ed Hartwell filed divorce from his wife Keshia Knight Pulliam. We were all shocked by the news, but as it turns out, nobody could have been more shocked than Keshia. She did one interview with Entertainment Tonight, in which she put a rest to all of the […]

Fat Joe & Remy Ma have been missing in action for a while now, with Remy Ma serving time in prison for six years. Fat Joe also disappeared from the public eye shortly after garnering a lot of success from his work with the Terror Squad. Sign Up For Our Newsletter![sailthru_widgetfields=”email” sailthru_list=”Rickey Smiley Subscribers”] In […]

Bernice Jenkins has an announcement about some new regulations for the baptizing of children who are overweight. There have been problems in the past, but these new rules should make the baptismal experience better for everyone involved. Listen to the audio player to hear more details in these Church Announcements! Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Get the […]