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Actor Hughley was born on March 6, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is the second son of Charles Hughley, an airline maintenance worker, and Audrey, a homemaker.
His teenage years were full of troubles when he was a member of a Los Angeles street gang the Bloods and also, he was kicked out from high school. Later, he got his GED (General Educational Development) and also, he quit his gang because his cousin was shot. After leaving the gang, he got a job of a Telemarketer in The Los Angeles Times which turns his life to different way.
D.L. Hughley began his career playing in the local clubs. Before doing comedy, he was just an assistant manager over the telephone sales operation room. But, after facing hard time in his family, he started performing at the local comedy clubs in the evening, to earn extra money. With the support of his wife, he got more passionate in this field and today, he is a comedian celebrity.
After performing frequently at the clubs, he got an opportunity to host the stand-up comedy program on BET, ComicView from 1992-1993. In 1998, he came up as a debut producer of a television sitcom series The Hughleys. During the run of his series, he got the chance to participate in Spike Lee’s documentary film The Originals Kings of Comedy, along sige comedian Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac & Steve Harvey in 2000. In 2005, he released his comedy album D.L. Hughley: Notes from the GED Section, also hosted a talk show on the Comedy Central called Weekends at the D.L. in the same year.
A year later, he hosted another show Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Stripwhich was not so popular. Then, he quickly ran to the HBO show Unapologetic (2007). In 2008, he was selected to host CNN news-show, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News. At the same year, he hosted BET Awards.
He started a radio show The D.L. Hughley Morning Show in NYC, in 2009. He participated in the reality show Dancing with the stars, Season 16 (2013) along with his partner Cheryl Burke.
We can see his performance in several movies like The Brothers (2001), Soul Plane (2004), Spy School (2008) and television series like The Hughleys (1998-2002), Scrubs (2003), Hawaii Five-0 (2010).
He has also published his book BLACK MAN WHITE HOUSE which is the New York Time’s Best Seller.
Hughley met his wife-to-be, LaDonna in his first workplace. Both of them get married on 22nd Feb, 1986. Now, they have 3 children-Ryan and Tyler (daughter) and Kyle (son).
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What is Summit Comedy, Inc.?
Summit Comedy was formed many moons ago in 1998 by Chuck Johnson, current owner/President. Chuck Johnson entered the comedy business the day after graduating from Appalachian State University in 1995 where he booked all of the live music and comedy for the university’s club “Legends”. His first job post college?…..one of comedian Carrot Top’s college agents and booking agent for the comedy club chain The Comedy Zone. His second job?…..well, in 1998 he formed Summit Comedy, Inc. and he and his team of amazing agents has turned it into one of the Nation’s Largest suppliers of Stand-up Comedy & Comedy Entertainment for Colleges/Universities, Corporate Events, Country Clubs, Cruise ships, Clubs & beyond.
Why Summit Comedy, Inc.?
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