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Markuann Smith
Markuann Smith (born November 19, 1977 in New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama ''Godfather of Harlem''. Career Markuann was born in NYC and raised in Harlem. He graduated from Morgan State University minored in theater. He is an American actor, producer, and director who is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama ''Godfather of Harlem''. Markuann's brother, Father M.C., at the outset of the New Jack Swing era, signed a deal with Uptown MCA Records, a Hip Hop and R&B labels of the early 1990s. He began his career working in production at Black Entertainment Television (BET) after college. He also worked in reality television as the Presenter of VH1's ''Let's Talk About Pep'', which featured Pep of Salt N' Pepa, the girl hip-hop trio of the 1990s. Markuann Smith has appeared on ''The Dave Chappelle Show'', ''Juice'', ''Poetic Justice'', ''Code Blue Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markuann Smith
Markuann Smith (born November 19, 1977 in New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama ''Godfather of Harlem''. Career Markuann was born in NYC and raised in Harlem. He graduated from Morgan State University minored in theater. He is an American actor, producer, and director who is the Executive Producer of Epix series drama ''Godfather of Harlem''. Markuann's brother, Father M.C., at the outset of the New Jack Swing era, signed a deal with Uptown MCA Records, a Hip Hop and R&B labels of the early 1990s. He began his career working in production at Black Entertainment Television (BET) after college. He also worked in reality television as the Presenter of VH1's ''Let's Talk About Pep'', which featured Pep of Salt N' Pepa, the girl hip-hop trio of the 1990s. Markuann Smith has appeared on ''The Dave Chappelle Show'', ''Juice'', ''Poetic Justice'', ''Code Blue Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epix
Epix (pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as P) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Epix Entertainment LLC subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a subsidiary of Amazon's MGM Holdings, Inc. The channel's programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original television series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials. Launched in the United States in October 2009, Epix is led by Michael Wright. Since he joined the network in November 2017, Epix has announced many new series including ''Godfather of Harlem'' starring Forest Whitaker, '' Pennyworth'', the origin story of Batman's butler Alfred, ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' starring Ben Kingsley and Jimmi Simpson, '' Deep State,'' unscripted series ''Unprotected Sets'' executive produced by Wanda Sykes and the return of '' The Contender''. Epix and, depending on the carriage of any of the latter services, its three multiplex channels are sold by most traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (Manhattan), Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and 96th Street (Manhattan), East 96th Street. Originally a Netherlands, Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish American, Jewish and Italian American, Italian Americans in the 19th century, but African-American residents began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan State University
Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known as the Centenary Biblical Institute, changed its name to Morgan College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees and a land donor to the college. It became a university in 1975. Morgan State is a member of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Although a public institution, Morgan State is not part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". History Morgan State University (MSU) is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute, a Methodist Episcopal seminary, to train young men in the ministry. At the time of his death, Thomas Kelso, co-founder and president of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfather Of Harlem
''Godfather of Harlem'' is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunner. On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 18, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on the renamed MGM+ on January 15, 2023. A docu-series based on the series titled ''By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem'' premiered on November 8, 2020. Premise ''Godfather of Harlem'' tells the "true story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled a shambles. With the streets controlled by the Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa (also stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa or Salt 'N Pepa) is an American hip-hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). Their debut album, ''Hot, Cool & Vicious'' (1986), sold more than 1 million copies in the US, making them the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).Salt-N-Pepa Outsold Wu-Tang, So Why Don't We Talk About Them More? Medium. Retrieved on February 28, 2019 The album included the single, " Push It", which was released in 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetic Justice (film)
''Poetic Justice'' is a 1993 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur with Regina King and Joe Torry in supporting roles. ''Poetic Justice'' follows Justice (Jackson), a poet mourning the loss of her boyfriend from gun violence, who goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck along with her friend (King) and a postal worker (Shakur) who she initially cannot stand but soon helps Justice deal with her depression. Following the success of his debut film, ''Boyz n the Hood'', Singleton wanted to make a film that would give a voice to young African-American women. Jada Pinkett, Lisa Bonet, Monica Calhoun and many other popular actresses auditioned for the role of Justice, though Singleton knew from the script's draft that the role was solely intended for Janet Jackson. Filming took place from April 14 to July 4, 1992. ''Poetic Justice'' was released in the United States on July 23, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Blue (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji TV. Season 1 ran in 2008 and season 2 ran in 2010. Season 3 began airing in July 2017. A movie was released in 2018. The theme song is ''Hanabi'' by Mr.Children. Synopsis Season 1 The " Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. Four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system as " fellows". At the start of their "fellowship", they experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally. Special After their suspension from the tunnel incident, the four "fellows": Aizawa, Shiraishi, Hiyama, Fujikawa together with nurse Saejima, are back on Shohoku's Emergency Medical Services. But as soon as they return, Kuroda suddenly hands in his resignation. Meanwhile, a train in Chiba meets a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Good Day To Die (film)
''A Good Day to Die'' is a 2010 American documentary film about American Indian Movement founder Dennis Banks. The title of film comes from the phrase " a good day to die" which Banks quoted during a speech at a protest in Custer, South Dakota. References External links * *A Good Day to Die' at Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ... 2010 films American documentary films Documentary films about Native Americans 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Producers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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