Washington, D.C., native Taraji P. Henson didn’t always know that her smoldering charisma and beautiful face would make her a professional actress. On the contrary, she originally studied electrical engineering when she enrolled at North Carolina Agric & Tech. She later transferred to Howard University, where she attended classes while working as a secretary at […]
VIA: TYLERPERRY.COM Tyler Perry is by all means, a Renaissance man. Â He’s an actor, director, screenwriter, producer and author. Â He is a true American success story. Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American legend. Â Born into poverty and raised in […]
VIA THE GRIOT: Tyler Perry is easily the most successful black filmmaker and producer of a generation with seven theatrical releases and two syndicated television shows. Perry has rode the house-dress of his most popular character, Aunt Madea – a chain-smoking, gun-toting, cussing doppelganger of everybody’s favorite auntie – to become a phenomenon. All eyes […]
