MARCUS D. WILEY

Many years ago when most people were just catching on to ‘ Go  Green’ to keep the environment Eco Friendly, comedian Marcus D. Wiley had already made his contribution by injecting healthy laughter to the masses through “Clean Comedy.”

Fast forward a decade later he is now co-host to a Nationally Acclaimed Syndicated radio show airing in fifty-two of the nation’s most popular cities, “The Yolanda Adam’s Morning Show”; where millions tune in to listen and can’t seem to get enough of Marcus D. Wiley’s alter ego “Bishop Secular” who soars on shrewd satire of the religious prosperity movement.

Marcus D. Wiley rose to fame almost five years ago when Grammy Award Winning Yolanda Adams asked him to join her team as her co-host.  Since his inception to the show Mr. Wiley’s ubiquitous appeal has revolutionized and enticed the fashion savvy and culturally cognizant generation’s from young to old.

He along with his cast mates have become so prevalent that even distinguished Award Show Ceremonies such as The Stellar Awards has taken notice and presented the entire cast of “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show” with the 2011 Stellar’s “Broadcaster of The Year Award.”

When Wiley isn’t on air spreading contagious laughter to the airwaves with his trend setting approach that clean comedy can be sexy and edgy, he can be found traveling around the nation performing standup to sell out audiences.

One might wonder “Where” a comedian turned co-host who seems to have just fallen from the sky actually came from, and “How” is he able to make his audience cry and laugh all at the same time without using the N’word, or any profanity for that matter?

Maybe it was the strong family values that were preached to him on a regular basis by his grandparents who are still alive and have been happily married for over Fifty-Years.  In fact, some of his material he uses on stage comes straight from childhood memories and happy times spent with his parents and grandparents.

If you ask this Texas born and raised Comedian what kind of childhood he had.  He will quickly tell you   “It was like the sitcom ‘The Jefferson’s.’  When I was nine years old my mom married a Pastor. She became a ‘First Lady’ and I became a ‘Preacher’s Son.’ I will never forget the day he picked me and my mom up in a stretched limousine; we felt like we were in an episode of ‘The Jefferson’s.’ We had moved on up.” States Wiley.

Mr. Wiley’s “Triple Threat” status in the entertainment industry comes from three notables Co-host, Comedian and CEO of Wileywood Entertainment, LLC; a production and distribution company responsible for saturating the public with his highly gabbed about CD’s and DVD titles including; “Pretty Women Never Get Married, How to Live Holy When You’re Horny, Acting Married and the Devil Aint the Only One Busy.” There are plans this year to expand his brand by pursuing appearances in television commercials and of adding acting to his list of accomplishments.

Expect to see more of Marcus D. Wiley in a city near you soon!  Or to book Mr. Wiley go to www.marcusdwiley.com or follow him on Twitter @MarcusDWiley .

Marcus D. Wiley Makes you Laugh……….

Earnest Pugh got his start in gospel music singing with pioneer O’landa Draper in his hometown of Memphis.  After the release his 2006 debut, he caught the attention of the industry with the hit, “Wrapped Up, Tied Up, Tangled Up”.  He became a household name in the genre with the 2009 release of “Rain On Us”, which charted in the Top 10 as one of Billboard’s Top Gospel Songs of 2010.  The gospel crooner, who now lives in the D.C. area, has appeared on BET’s Celebration of Gospel and the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Praise The Lord program.

Sarah Hearn, DC Gospel Music Examiner

This year’s  AIM’s convention is being hosted in the great city of Houston Texas from July 4th to the 8th.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of Black Music Month, Capitol/EMI has released a new digital compilation, The Soul Of Capitol Records: Rare & Well-Done (Vol. 1). The collection, available now for download purchase from all major digital service providers, features 20 songs that are noteworthy not only for their quality, but also for their rarity.

The collection includes “Can’t She Tell,” a Billy Preston song co-written by Sly Stone, and “Turn Away From Me,” an understated collectible by Patti Drew. Other gems include “Lover And A Friend” by the renowned Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham, and ”Evidence,” one of many intoxicating singles recorded by Patrice Holloway during her stint at Capitol Records in the late 1960s & early ’70s.

In addition to the new ‘Rare & Well-Done’ compilation, several classic albums and collections by legendary soul artists have recently been made available for download purchase for the first time by Capitol/EMI.  Timeless albums from Etta James, Ike &Tina Turner, The Ohio Players, Irma Thomas, and Johnny Guitar Watson are just a few of the soul staples that are now digitally available and featured during the month-long celebration.

As a means to overcome adversity, African-American artists expressed themselves by creating timeless music that continues to carry a lasting legacy. For nearly three decades, Black Music Month has played a critical role in rekindling and preserving the rich musical history of soul music pioneers.

“Rejoice and Shout,” traces the development of the gospel music into today’s  blues, swing, soul, rap and hip hop, and contemporary gospel.

Don McGlynn, director of the film whose works also include “The Howlin’ Wolf Story,” “The Legend of Teddy Edwards,” and “Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog” , expressed he had “never had a film that was this sprawling and huge.”

The documentary takes its root in the America South, where music provided an escape and freedom from slavery, hatred and violence.

Joe Lauro, president of film history, asserts that this history needed to be told. Since his childhood he has collected recordings of music dating as far back as the 1925. After 10 years of painstaking research, he was able to compile about 150 hours of gospel material.

“In those 10 years I just kept acquiring and searching for archival material that became the core of ‘Rejoice and Shout.’ So in one way the 10 years that it took to make it came in handy because we found 150 hours of material to choose from,” Lauro said.

Bishop Eddie Long’s sexual misconduct case “has been resolved,” according the attorney of the four men suing the Georgia pastor. (See related video.)

Details of the settlement were not announced.

Last year, Maurice Robinson, Jamal Parris, Anthony Flagg and Spencer LeGrande alleged Long used church money to buy them over-the-top gifts and trips in attempt to lure them into sexual relations. The four were 17 and 18 years old when the alleged inappropriate relations happened with Long. Shortly after the allegations, cell phone pictures of the bishop flexing his muscles in a bathroom mirror while wearing tight, revealing clothing were released.

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Megachurch pastor Brady Boyd asks readers the tough question that has plagued many pastors and congregations alike, touching upon a rather sensitive subject for most religious leaders.

“Have we, as American pastors, given up our calling as shepherds and unknowingly become fast food entrepreneurs who are building a religious business and not a church?” the Colorado pastor posed on his blog.

Witnessing the ever-growing trend for pastors to be focused primarily on the numbers – number of people attending their church – Boyd desired to shift the internal conversations happening among leaders and spark some honest debate on the subject of church marketing and mass numbers.

“Church is not a product to be consumed like a gym membership, but rather a holy gathering of sinners who are becoming saints because of grace,” he penned. “We want to be what Eugene Peterson calls ‘a company of pastors’ and not a company of shopkeepers.”

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LARGO, Md. and PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The National BDPA, Black Data Processing Associates (www.bdpa.org), and WorkplaceDiversity.com (www.WorkplaceDiversity.com), the source for diversity talent, announced Allstate Insurance, American Airlines, BlueCross BlueShield of IL, NM, OK, & TX, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Northrop Grumman, State Farm Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores, WellPoint and Wells Fargo as the winners of the 2011 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology Award.  ”These companies deserve special recognition for promoting a significant number of African Americans into their IT management ranks and for their outstanding community outreach and minority vendor programs,” said National BDPA President, Yvette Graham. “The Top Companies for Blacks in Technology and will receive the much coveted Epsilon Award.” Epsilon Awards are presented annually to the top companies in the nation that promote a workplace and environment that supports the advancement of Blacks in the information technology industry. Epsilon Awards will be presented later this year at the 2011 National BDPA Technology Conference to be held in Chicago, IL on August 3-6, at the luxurious Hilton Chicago Hotel.

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