Rickey Smiley Biography

Rickey Smiley is a renowned comedian who has entertained audiences on various platforms. He hosted the 2000 season of BET's ComicView program and has performed on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Showtime at the Apollo, HBO's Snaps, The Nashville Network, Uptown Comedy Club, and Comic Escape. His comedy routines usually involve playing fictional characters such as Bernice Jenkins (AKA Granny Swims, Ms. Johnson, or Mrs. Francis), Lil' Daryl, Rusty Dale, and Beauford. Smiley's morning show on radio station KBFB in Dallas, Texas, started in 2004 and features his signature prank calls, news, information, and the latest hip-hop music. In 2008, he signed a deal with Syndicated One, a syndicated radio division of Radio One, to take the show nationwide. It is now heard on several mainstream urban radio stations. Smiley has also released several humorous songs based on his routines, such as "Roll Tide," featuring his redneck character Buford, and "We Miss Robert," based on a routine where 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.

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