Rickey Smiley

Rickey Smiley
Born (1968-08-10) August 10, 1968
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation
  • Stand-up comedian
  • television host
  • actor
  • radio personality
Known for Comedy
Children 2 Biological Sons (Brandon & Malik Smiley) 2 Adopted Daughters (D'essence Smiley & Aaryn Smiley

Rickey Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, best known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley has starred in sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated show Dish Nation. In 2015, Smiley started appearing on Rickey Smiley For Real, a reality television series about his life.

Personal life

Smiley was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on August 10, 1968. He graduated from Woodlawn High School in Birmingham and went to Tuskegee Job Corps Center, and attended college at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and is known for stepping with fellow members during his performances.

Smiley has 2 biological children, 2 adopted daughters, and he also adopted his brother's son Craig.

Career

Smiley appeared as the host of the 2000 season of BET's "ComicView" program. He has also appeared on "Showtime at the Apollo", HBO's "Def Comedy Jam", HBO's "Snaps", "The Nashville Network", "Uptown Comedy Club", and "Comic Escape". His original comedy routines often feature the role-play of fictional characters such as "Bernice Jenkins" (AKA Granny Swims, Ms. Johnson or Mrs. Francis), "Lil' Daryl", "Rusty Dale" and "Beauford". Bernice Jenkins has a grandson named Rufus, who's a stereotype of the modern day "Gangsta". He is referenced in "Two Of My Toes Fell Off" and another prank phone call where Smiley calls a pharmacy.

Smiley became the morning show personality for radio station KBFB in Dallas, Texas in April 2004. The show features the trademark prank calls, as well as news, information and the latest hip hop music. In 2008, Smiley signed a deal with Syndicated One (a syndicated radio division of Radio One) to take the show nationwide, and The Rickey Smiley Morning Show is now heard on a number of mainstream urban radio stations.

He has also released several humorous songs based on his bits, such as "Roll Tide" featuring his redneck character Buford, and "We Miss Robert", based on a routine of his in which a friend of a deceased drug dealer performs a rap song called "We Miss Robert" at the funeral, which is actually a song about a woman, performed in hopes of landing a record deal. He currently has a syndicated morning show that is aired on urban radio stations throughout the United States.

Smiley had a starring role in Ice Cube's Friday After Next.

Prank calls

Some of Smiley's most notable calls include:

Smiley then gets the woman to lead her in several verses of "Walk With Me, Lord", each verse increasing in silliness.

Filmography

Discography

To date, Smiley has released six albums of his prank calls:

See also

References

    http://www.bvbuzz.com/2010/04/12/rickey-smiley-raising-10-kids/

    http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/TV-Ones-THE-RICKEY-SMILEY-SHOW-to-Premiere-918-20120802

    External links

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