mike epps is an american stand-up comedian actor producer writer voice actor and rapper he played
day day jones in next friday and its sequel friday after next and also appeared in the hangover and
the hangover part 3 as black doug mike epps was the voice of main character boog in open season 2
replacing martin lawrence with whom he starred in the comedy welcome home roscoe jenkins
playing reggie cousin of roscoe played by martin lawrence he played lloyd jefferson l.j wade in
the film's resident evil apocalypse in 2004 and resident evil extinction in 2007 he's had starring
roles in the sitcoms the upshaw's and uncle buck mike epps has an estimated net worth of 6 million
u.s dollars about mike epps early life michael elliott epps was born on november 18 1970 in
indianapolis indiana he's the son of mary reed and tommy epps in his adulthood mike epps moved
brooklyn to star and deaf comedy jam in 1994. he's six feet one inches tall or 1.87 meters tall
about mike epps personal life mike epps is married to the oprah winfrey network executive and lyon
love fix my life producer kyra robinson they married in newport beach california in june 2019.
together they have two children daughter indiana rose epps who was born in march of 2020
and son michael epps jr who was born in october of 2021. mike epps was previously married to michelle
mccain whom he married in july 2006 and they lived in beverly hills california together until they
divorced in september 2017. mike and michelle share two daughters maddie epps and mariah epps
mike epps also has two daughters bria epps who was born in 1993 and michaela epps who was born
in 1999. these two are from two different past relationships about mike epps career in 1995 mike
epps began his professional career by joining the deaf comedy jam tour and starred in two of hbo's
deaf comedy jam broadcasts his first on-screen appearance came in vin diesel's second directorial
film strays in 1997. in 1999 he was then cast as ice cube's co-star in the sequel next friday
this followed weeks of auditions after icecube attended the stand-up set mike epps did
and then asked epps to try out for the role of daeda jones later that year mike epps had
a cameo in three strikes and supported jamie foxx in bait in 2001 he had a voice role in the movie
dr doolittle 2 as sonny the bear and finished the year with a featured role as comical pimp
baby powder in how high starring method man and redman he reunited with icecube in 2002 as the
bumbling thief to ice cube's bounty hunter in all about the benjamins and again re-teamed with
ice cube in friday's second sequel friday after next in 2008 mike epps also voiced another bear
character boog in the film open season 2 after martin lawrence declined the role in 2010 he
released a stand-up comedy special underrated and never faded and hosted the 2010 bet hip-hop awards
in 2012 he starred alongside jordan sparks and whitney houston in the remake of sparkle in his
first non-comedic role as the main antagonist satin was a stand-up comic by day and an evil
abusive drug kingpin by night he's also engaged in an affair with the titular character's sister
epp's performance was well received by critics and audiences mike epps did portray pryor in the 2016
nina simone biopic nina and is set to play him again in a planned hbo drama series about the
la lakers in 2016 he had a starring role in the comedy horror film meet the blacks and its 2021
sequel the house next door meet the blacks too he also starred as the title character in the single
season 2016 sitcom uncle buck since 2021 he's been one of the main casts of the netflix sitcom
the upshaws about mike epp's music career mike epps hosted the jim jones and skull gang album
jim jones and skull gang present a tribute to bad santa starring mike epps he has also made a song
called trying to be a gangsta with pooh bear mike epps also hosted g-unit's 2008 mixtape elephant
in the sand appearing on the track hollow through him he also has a song called big girls which came
out in 2008. it was originally recorded by bow wow featuring young jock the song is currently
on itunes and can be found on his album funny business the album and was released october 27
2009 mike epps also was featured in rapper french montana's mac with the cheese mixtape
which was released on april 19 2009 he is also featured on the dom kennedy song intro hard work
on his future street drug sounds mixtape part of his stand-up comedy and underrated and never faded
was sampled for the song i'm on to everything by bad meets evil on their first ep hell the sequel
and on the track runaway from j cole's second album born center mike epps was also known in
his hometown of indianapolis as the ceo of town records in 2006 he signed local artist filthy phil
this artist had just been released from prison after serving three years for a drug indictment
in which he was the suspected distributor of large amounts of narcotics the record deal
which was reportedly worth a hundred and seventy five thousand dollars was later terminated after
philip filthy phil white was charged with first degree murder in oakland california in 2007.
mike epps has made cameo appearances in many music videos mostly by hip hop artists including gangsta
nation in 2003 by west side connection a bay bay in 2007 by hurricane chris no effort in 2017 by t
grizzly and bank account in 2017 by 21 savage mike epps served as the super bowl ambassador
in his native indianapolis for the 2012 super bowl he was featured in commercials promoting the super
bowl village and he made special appearances in the village during the week of the super bowl
about mike epps real estate in 2017 mike epps sold his home in encino california for
3.5 million dollars he first purchased the los angeles area home with his now ex-wife
actress michelle mccain more than 10 years ago the couple paid 3.4 million dollars for the property
built in 1990 the traditional home was recently renovated and boasts an open floor plan with five
bedrooms and six bathrooms mike epps owns a home in indianapolis public records show that it's only
assessed at 49 000 this could be his childhood home that he bought since he's from indianapolis
about mike epps car collection mike f's owns or has owned a 2013 range rover
a 1964 buick riviera a 1932 ford t bucket and a 2013 rolls royce ghost thanks for watching today
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