1. Broderick Dornell Smiley was born on August 10,1968 and is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality known for his prank phone calls.
16 Facts About Rickey Smiley
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Rickey Smiley is the host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9".
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Rickey Smiley starred in a sitcom, The Rickey Smiley Show, which aired on TV One.
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Rickey Smiley is a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated TV show Dish Nation.
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Rickey Smiley appeared as the host of the 2000 season of BET's ComicView program.
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Rickey Smiley has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO's Def Comedy Jam, HBO's Snaps, The Nashville Network, Uptown Comedy Club, and Comic Escape.
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Rufus is in two routines, in "Two Of My Toes Fell Off" and another prank phone call where Rickey Smiley calls a pharmacy.
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Rickey Smiley became the morning show personality for radio station KBFB in Dallas in April 2004.
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In 2008, he signed a deal with Syndication One to take the show nationwide and The Rickey Smiley Morning Show is heard on a number of mainstream urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations.
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Rickey Smiley had a starring role in Ice Cube's Friday After Next.
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Rickey Smiley appeared in All About the Benjamins as an informant of Ice Cube's character, Snitch Mitch.
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Rickey Smiley released a book in 2017, Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life.
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On July 6,2020, Rickey Smiley announced that his daughter, Aaryn had been shot during a road rage incident the previous weekend.
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Rickey Smiley is a member of Omega Psi Phi; he was initiated into its Psi Rho graduate chapter.
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On January 29,2023, Rickey Smiley announced his 32-year old-son, Brandon Rickey Smiley, had died after being found unconscious in his Birmingham apartment.
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Rickey Smiley subsequently wrote a book about grief and dealing with pain called Sideshow: Living with Loss and Moving Forward with Faith.