American comedian and actor
DeRay Davis
Born Antoine DeRay Davis
Occupations Years active 1998–present Children 1 Website deraydavis .com
Antoine DeRay Davis is an American stand-up comedian and actor.[1] He is known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in the Barbershop films and as host of Hip Hop Squares . He is also known for his collaboration and appearances in several audio skits by Kanye West .
Life and career
Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois . He began his career in comedy clubs. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles , he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and appeared on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. Known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business ,[2] Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro , 21 Jump Street ,[3] [4] and How High 2 . Davis' television roles and appearances have included programs such as Comedy Central 's Reno 911 , BET 's ComicView , FOX 's Empire , MTV 's Wild 'n Out and Short Circuitz , FX 's Snowfall , and HBO 's Entourage . He hosted his first game show, Mind of a Man , on Game Show Network , and later appeared on the Oxygen reality show Living with Funny. [2] He is also the host of the revival of Hip Hop Squares produced & narrated by Ice Cube .[5]
The comedian also sounds on several skits on rapper Kanye West 's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration , impersonating Bernie Mac in the former album's opening track "Intro", and appearing as the lead of the fictitious fraternity "Broke Phi Broke."[6] Davis, also appeared in West's music video for "Through the Wire ." Other music video appearances for Davis include Lil' Flip 's "Game Over (Flip) ", Chris Brown 's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss) ,"[7] Three 6 Mafia 's "Doe Boy Fresh ", Outkast 's "Roses ", and Cassie 's "Long Way 2 Go ."
Filmography
Film
Television
Stand-up Special
Year
Program
2017
How to Act Black
References
^ Todd Davis (February 2, 2008). Steph Jones: Heart & Soul Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine HHNLive . Accessed July 18, 2008.
^ a b "Deray Davis Delivers Shocking News About The New "Barbershop" Movie [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]" . The Russ Parr Morning Show . 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
^ Williams, Kam (2012). "DeRay Vision-DeRay Davis The "21 Jump Street" Interview" . Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
^ Dickey, Josh (April 13, 2011). "DeRay Davis jumps to '21 Jump Street' " . Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
^ Lammare, Carl (March 15, 2017). "www.vibe.com/2017/03/ice-cube-deray-davis-vh1-hip-hop-squares-tupac-another-friday/" . Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
^ Beaumont, Mark (2015). Kanye West: God & Monster . Omnibus Press. pp. Chapter "Through the Wire".
^ "Late Night Comedy Show features DeRay Davis" . February 10, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
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