- Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson (born April 8, 1946) is an American businessman and the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and was its chairman and chief executive officer. Johnson is also the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, a National Basketball Association franchise and is the only billionaire black man in the world, according to Forbes magazine (not counting Afro-multiracial billionaires who are not of predominantly sub-Saharan ancestry). - Bobby Jones
Dr. Bobby Jones (born September 18, 1939) is a famous gospel leader and singer from Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Henry, Tennessee, Jones is host and executive producer of cable television's only national gospel program, "Bobby Jones Gospel". He has produced programs for BET since 1980, which figure prominently in the Sunday programming on that channel. - Reginald Hudlin
Reginald Alan Hudlin (born December 15 1961) is an American writer and film director. He was born in Centreville, Illinois. He has directed such films as *"House Party" with the rap duo Kid 'n Play; * "Boomerang" with Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry; and * "The Great White Hype" with Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, and Jeff Goldblum. He is currently writing the Marvel Comics series "Black Panther", … - Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson is a political motivator and a social commentator. He is most widely known for his appearance on the Black Entertainment Television in the show entitled, "The Jeff Johnson Chronicles" and "Rap City". On these shows, Johnson is known to speak of and challenge the issues of violence and voting. Jeff Johnson was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an active leader as a child and an engaged participant in track and field. - D. L. Hughley
Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (born March 6, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and star of the television sitcom "The Hughleys", which ran from 1998 to 2002 on ABC and then on UPN. - Ray J
William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17 1981), better known as Ray J is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor who rose to fame in the role of Dorian Long on his sister Brandy's UPN sitcom "Moesha". The son of manager Sonja Norwood, Ray J has had a recording and acting career which emerged in the late 1990s and is currently signed to his own independent label Knockout Entertainment. - Gilbert E. Patterson
Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22 1939 – March 20 2007) was an American minister who served as presiding bishop and chief apostle of the international Church of God in Christ. Patterson was born to Bishop W. A. and Mary Patterson in Humboldt, Tennessee. He was reared in Memphis, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan. Bishop J. S. Bailey ordained him in 1958 as an elder in the Church of God in Christ. - Donnie Simpson
Donnie Simpson (born January 30, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is a longtime radio personality who has been on the air in a variety of radio formats from Urban Contemporary to Rhythmic Contemporary Hits (Disco). He has hosted "The Donnie Simpson Morning Show" on Washington, D.C. radio station WPGC-FM, since March of 1993. Simpson is also the first Urban-format radio personality to have an annual salary over $1 million without being syndicated. - Big Tigger
Big Tigger is the stage name of Darian Morgan (born December 22, 1972 in The Bronx New York), an African-American television and radio personality best known as the host of BET's "Rap City" and "106 & Park". - Mel Karmazin
Mel Karmazin is Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS XM Radio, America's satellite radio company delivering the "The Best Radio on Radio" to more than 18.5 million subscribers, including 100% commercial free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather. Karmazin oversees all aspects of the company's operations from its New York City corporate headquarters. Previously, he was President and COO of Viacom from May 2000 until June 2004. - Robert Tilton
Robert Tilton (born June 7, 1946) is an American televangelist who achieved notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s through his paid television program "Success-N-Life". At its peak it aired in all 235 American TV markets. At the time the first investigations into Tilton's ministry occurred in 1991, his television ministry was airing daily in many of those 235 markets and ABC's "Primetime Live" described it as "the fastest growing television ministry in America". - Terrence J
Terrence Jenkins (born July 12, 1983 in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States) is an American television personality and one of the current hosts of the popular Black Entertainment Television show 106 & Park. He first auditioned for the position in the summer of 2005, when BET presented the "New Faces Contest", which was being used to find replacements for the original hosts, Free and AJ Calloway. - Denys Cowan
Denys Cowan is an American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on "The Question", an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil. He also worked with writer Sam Hamm on the Batman story arc "Blind Justice". He was also the penciller on the latter half of the 1990 Deathlok miniseries, … - Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis (born March 21, 1973 in San Diego, California) is an American model and television personality. She is a mixture of Black and Native American (Cree and Blackfoot). She had her first theater audience when she was only 3, and went on to spend nine years refining her dramatics at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. At age 13 she volunteered at the Head Start agency, helping kids from poor families. - Janet Langhart
Janet Langhart Cohen (born December 22, 1941), is an African American model, television journalist and author. She also has been known as Janet Floyd and Janet Langhart. She is the spouse of former Defense Secretary William Cohen. She is President and CEO of Langhart Communications. - Cassidy
Barry Adrian Reese (born July 7 1982), better known by his stage name Cassidy, is an American rapper. His most successful work to date is his 2004 album "Split Personality", which reached #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. He won "BET's Rap City Best Booth". - Lil' Jj
Lil' JJ (born James Charles Lewis on October 31, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian. Lil' JJ won BET's comedy talent search "Comin' To The Stage". Since being discovered at his middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas, he has performed at comedy clubs across the country and made an appearance on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show". He became a cast member on Nickelodeon's All That in its 10th and final season. - Abiola Abrams
Abiola Abrams is an American TV host, art filmmaker, and author. She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City. She is currently the host of "The Best Shorts", BET's indie film showcase (Black Entertainment Television) executive produced by Sean Joell Johnson and Ralph Scott. Abiola also appears on "My Two Cents", a panel-style show also on her network's BET J, formerly BET Jazz. - Laz Alonso
Laz Alonso is a black Cuban-American actor born and raised in Washington D.C. Alonso grew up in a single parent household; his father died when he was very young. In high school, he spent time with many Dominicans. His neighborhood was predominantly African-American. He attended Howard University, the renowned historically black university in D.C., and eventually became a host for Black Entertainment Television. Alonso's goal from the beginning was to be an actor, however. - Terry Kennedy
Terry "T.K." Kennedy (born March 27, 1985) is a professional skateboarder sponsored by Baker Skateboards, Boost Mobile, Venture Trucks, KR3W Clothing. His previous board sponsor was Element Skateboards, where he met Bam Margera. He is from Long Beach, California. T.K. is known as "Compton Ass Terry" on Bam Margera's MTV television show, "Viva La Bam", although Terry is from Long Beach, not Compton. - Aj Calloway
AJ Calloway born on August 29, 1974 in New Jersey, U.S.A.) is the former host of popular B.E.T. music video countdown show "106 and Park: B.E.T.'s Top 10 Live". After co-hosting the show for five years with Free (Marie Wright), he left the show on July 28, 2005. Calloway decided to leave the show to pursue other endeavors. He can now be seen on the entertainment T.V. show "Extra". Married to Lao Sealey Calloway as of April 23, 2005. - Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold (born October 8 1930) is an African-American artist and author. Ringgold was raised in Harlem and educated at the City College of New York, where she studied with Robert Gwathmey and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She was greatly influenced by the fabric she worked with at home with her mother who was a seamstress and has used fabric in many of her artworks. - Rachel Stuart
Rachel Stuart is a Jamaican-Canadian model and actress. She is a former Miss Caraïbes and Miss Jamaica and represented her country at Miss Universe. She is best known for her work as host of two programs on BET, the Black Entertainment Television network: "Caribbean Rhythms", a music video show showcasing musicians from Caribbean nations; and "Planet Groove", a music-oriented talk show. - Deray Davis
DeRay Davis (born Antwan De Ray Davis) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs since the early 2000s. Davis may be best known for portraying Ray the Hustle Guy in "Barbershop" and "Barbershop 2: Back in Business". He also appeared in Black Entertainment Television's show, ComicView, as a comedian. - J-Boog
Jarell Damonte Houston (born on August 11, 1985 in Los Angeles, California), better know as J-Boog, or Boog, is an American R&B singer and actor. He is one of the former members of R&B group B2K. He's cousins with actor/singer, Marques Houston. He had a daughter on October 5, 2005, Anaia Jolie Houston with his longtime girlfriend and the couple has welcomed their second child together on December 14 2006 Jarell Damonte Houston Jr. - Jeanette Jenkins
Jeanette Jenkins is the founder and president of the Hollywood Trainer fitness company. She studied human kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Jeanette Jenkins is also the host of Lifetime Television's "My Workout:Powered by Podfitness.com", and is one of 17 experts chosen for Nike Corp.'s Elite Athletes program. Some of her clients have included Queen Latifah, Terrell Owens, Taryn Manning, and Amy Weber. She is also an expert on the Food Network's weight-loss show, … - Spencer Christian
Spencer Christian (born on July 23, 1947 in Charles City, Virginia) is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's "Good Morning America" from 1986 to 1998. In 1971, Christian began his broadcasting career at WWBT in Richmond, Virginia as a news reporter, covering state and local politics, the public school system, and landmark cases in the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals. His first stint as a weatherman came in 1975, … - Cody Chesnutt
Cody ChesnuTT is an American musician from Atlanta, Georgia, with Jamaican parents, whose music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip-hop, and blues. His music can arguably be classified as neo-soul. ChesnuTT and his former band, The Crosswalk, had a brief stint with Hollywood Records in which they were later booted from the label. The band subsequently broke up and ChesnuTT released a double LP in 2002 entitled "The Headphone Masterpiece", … - Lathan Hodge
Lathan Hodge New Media Advisor Lathan an experienced producer, having completed a number of commercials, public service ads and television shows. He has worked with all the major film studios, marketing films to the ethnic television marketplace. - Dorian Gregory
Dorian Gregory (January 26, 1971) is an American actor most notable for playing Darryl Morris on the television show "Charmed". Currently, he is the fifth permanent host of "Soul Train", replacing Shemar Moore. - Al Shearer
Al Shearer, (born August 14, 1977) in Columbus, Ohio is an American actor. He portrayed Nevil Shed in the 2006 Disney blockbuster "Glory Road (film)", produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Shearer might be best known for his role on the MTV series Punk'd, or as "Hits" - host of the once-popular BET series "Hits from the Street". Hits began his humble career at BET as the host of a show titled, "Game Room." Later, … - Melvin Lindsey
Melvin Lindsey (1955 - 26 March 1992) was an African-American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C. area. He is widely known for originating the "Quiet Storm" late-night music programming format. Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at Howard University radio station WHUR-FM. In 1976, he brought the "Quiet Storm" to the station's late-night lineup, titled after a romantic hit single by tenor crooner Smokey Robinson. - Brian Rikuda
Brian Rikuda (born October 31, 1979) is best known for winning the reality show, Ultimate Hustler, that aired on Black Entertainment Television. The program first aired on October 4, 2005, with the final episode airing on December 13, 2005. As the winner of the show Rikuda earned the opportunity to work alongside media mogul Damon Dash. Rikuda is originally from San Diego, CA where he attended St. Augstine High School. - Godfrey
Godfrey Danchimah (born July 21, 1976) has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films such as "Soul Plane","Original Gangsters", "Zoolander" and "Johnson Family Vacation". He was also a spokesperson for 7 Up during the popular '7up yours' advertising campaign. He was also a cast member on the first season of "The It Factor", a reality television show. - Lyle Mason
Lyle D. Mason (born June 27, 1954 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is a producer with more than 25 years television experience. He attended Germantown High School in Philadelphia and Northeastern University in Boston. He started his television career in 1980 at KYW-TV3 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his hometown. He left KYW in 1984 and went to rival station WPVI-TV6 when the Bulletin, a Philadelphia newspaper, shut down. - Akintunde Warnock
Akintunde Warnock (born October 23, 1971), better known as Akintunde or Ak, is a comedian, writer, director and actor from the United States. Warnock first realised that he wanted to be a comedian whilst he was a pupil at Raymont Junior Academy in Savannah, Georgia. He was a fat child who was bullied and he enjoyed the laughter of his classmates when he mocked his tormentors. After working as a barber he began a full-time career as a stand-up comedian in 1995. - Talbert W. Swan II
Rev. Talbert W. Swan, II is an American minister and pastor. Swan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Massachusetts and Western New England College, a Bachelor of Theology (Th.B.), and a Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree. He is the Assistant General Secretary for the Church of God in Christ and the former National Chaplain for the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. - Evan Majors
Began Hollywood career as an intern at Binder/Spink Literary Agency. - Nikole Killion
Nikole Killion is an anchor/reporter at ABC 7/NewsChannel 8. She comes to ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 from WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Maryland where she was the primetime evening anchor. At WHAG, Nikole covered several of the area's top stories including the sniper trials, Tropical Storm Isabel and the inauguration of Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. She also served as a weekend anchor/reporter for WFMD NewsRadio/AM 930 in Frederick, Maryland. - Jesse Sage
Jesse Sage is HAMSA ’s program director. A leader in the modern-day anti-slavery movement, he launched the web portal iAbolish.org . Sage has appeared on NPR , the BBC , and Black Entertainment Television ; been featured in the Arabic-language magazine Hi! ; and is editor of the forthcoming anthology Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery .
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