Written By Darlene McCoy
When you hear the name Darlene McCoy, the song “I’m Every Woman” would be the ideal preamble. She bears a plethora of titles in an attempt to define her. Mother, National Recording Artist, Radio Personality, Actress, Author, Songwriter, Mentor, Entrepreneur, Comedian, Speaker; and it is evident that we have not witnessed all that God has placed behind this bright shining star of a woman! She has made an iconic stamp in the gospel industry from the launch of her career in music keeping us eager for her next creative move.
Darlene McCoy was introduced to the Industry when she appeared on the Platinum Soundtrack of Tyler Perry’s first movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman with the powerful melodic hit song “Fallen in Love” from her Self Titled debut album that earned her 2 Dove Award Nominations. She released a single independently in 2011 called “I Shall Live and Not Die” that quickly raced up the gospel charts and landed in the movie “Somebody’s Child’ which features Lyn Whitfield and Michael Jai White.
She is the first African American Female to have a nighttime syndication as she hosts the Nightly Spirit with Darlene McCoy, through Reach Media. She has developed her brand as the nation's “Inspirational Girlfriend” where everyone endears her as “My girl Darlene McCoy ". Darlene is known for her bold and broad approach to controversial topics and she is spiritually centered with an undeniable anointing and call from God to reach her listeners. She makes cameo appearances periodically on the Nationally Syndicated “Rickey Smiley Morning Show” either singing the “Praise Break “ live in Studio, or giving an encouraging word for the day.
Darlene has gained IMBD credibility as she has appeared on the sitcoms “the Rickey Smiley Show” and “In Sickness and in Health”. Darlene has also appeared in stage plays and is continuously developing her craft as an actress. She has released several short films and videos on YouTube that has gained well over a half a million views to accompany her hysterically hilarious Comedy CD called “Random Foolishness”. Random Foolishness which features parodies of popular songs like Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” and her Hit “Take Me to Burger King”, a parody of Stellar Award Winning vocal powerhouse Tamela Mann. Darlene is Co-Founder, Writer and Co-Producer of Rickey Smiley’s Comedic Quartet group “Joe Willie and the Deuteronimaires”. Darlene McCoy is the Author of “Jenimac Moments, Inspirational Words of Wisdom” and the soon to be released “I Shall Live and Not Die-Survivor’s Manual”. She writes and inspires through Blogs and features these writings on her show with a segment called “Jenimac Moments” that touch the hearts of readers and listeners, as if they are in a one on one counseling session with Darlene McCoy.
One could only conclude that she is empowered and equipped with God’s divine Grace as this single mother of three maintains a poised position as a multi-faceted, gifted, entertaining, ministering media mogul we richly adore!
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I have to say that when I saw the cover of the April edition Time Magazine entitled “Black Lives Matter,” I was a bit shocked. However, I was even more encouraged to see this on a magazine whose demographic is not geared toward any specific community, and certainly not geared toward African America. Time Magazine’s target audience is made up of 25 million readers worldwide, with 20 million of that number living in the United States. This demographic would consist of a conglomerate of communities with business professionals who earn $60,000 per year or more.
This cover and this story in the magazine clearly sheds light on the facts of events happening in America. The cover has a still shot of the viral video of the police shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina and it says: “This time the charge is murder.” Understanding that the hashtag “Black Lives Matter” among the demographic the magazine serves is a controversial statement as people are combating it with “AllLives Matter,” Time Magazine thought that it was worth it to expose this issue to their audience.
Do you feel that America is finally hearing the outcry of the African American community? Is the message finally coming across? Nowadays as opposed to even 5 years ago, there is much more access to the reality of what’s happening in our communities because there are cellphone videos that go viral and incriminate officers like Officer Michael Slager who killed Walter Scott without knowing he was being video taped. Do you feel that there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel as CNN continues to keep these issues at the forefront, and now Time Magazine has published an article that is keeping the issue at the forefront? Is this finally a step in the right direction?
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