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On today in 1911 (Jan. 5), Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was based on the campus of Indiana College, the second traditionally Black intercollegiate fraternity in the US. With their motto, “Achievement in Each Discipline of Human Endeavor,” the lads of Kappa Alpha Psi (additionally generally known as “The Nupes”) have a protracted historical past of excellent service, scholarship, and brotherhood.
The Kappas are additionally recognized for being very dapper and at all times discovering a method to be camera-ready. That might clarify why so many Nupes have taken over Hollywood for many years. From TV to movie, in entrance of the digital camera and behind it, the lads of Kappa Alpha Psi have seen nice leisure achievements.
In celebration of their Founders’ Day, we check out a few of our favourite Kappa males on stage and display!
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Hollywood Nupes: Members of Kappa Alpha Psi In TV and Movie
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1. Cedric The Entertainer
Comic and actor; credit embody The Steve Harvey Present, The Unique Kings of Comedy, Johnson Household Trip, and The Neighborhood.
Initiating Chapter: Mu Zeta (Southeast Missouri State College)
2. Max Julien
Actor, sculptor and clothes designer; greatest recognized for his position as “Goldie” within the Blaxploitation movie The Mack.
Initiating Chapter: Xi (Howard College)
3. Lance Gross
Actor; credit embody Home of Payne, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, Dutch, and Name Her King
Initiating Chapter: San Fernando-Santa Clarita (CA) Alumni
4. John Singleton
Director, screenwriter, and producer; credit embody Boyz n the Hood, Rosewood, Greater Studying, and Snowfall
Initiating Chapter: Beta Omega (College of Southern California)
5. Finesse Mitchell
Comic, actor, author, and MC; credit embody Saturday Night time Reside, ComicView, Showtime at The Apollo, and Comedy Central Presents
Initiating Chapter: Iota Chi (College of Miami)
6. Terayle Hill
Actor; credit embody Step Up: Excessive Water, Cobra Kai, and Judas and The Black Messiah
Initiating Chapter: San Fernando-Santa Clarita (CA) Alumni
7. Whitman Mayo
Actor; greatest recognized for enjoying “Grady” on Sanford and Son
Initiating Chapter: Upsilon (College of California, Los Angeles)
8. Ernest Lee Thomas
Actor; greatest often known as “Raj” on What’s Occurring!! and What’s Occurring Now!!, additionally performed “Mr. Omar” on Everyone Hates Chris
Initiating Chapter: Alpha Zeta (Indiana State College)
9. Lee Thompson Younger
Actor; greatest recognized for starring in The Well-known Jett Jackson and Rizzoli & Isles
Initiating Chapter: Beta Omega (College of Southern California)
10. Y’lan Noel
Actor; greatest recognized for enjoying “Daniel” on Insecure
Initiating Chapter: Omicron (Columbia College)
11. Stan Lathan
Director and TV/Movie producer; credit embody Def Comedy Jam, Sanford & Son, and Def Poetry Jam
Initiating Chapter: Delta Theta (Pennsylvania State College)
12. Joe Clair
Comic, actor, and media character; greatest recognized for internet hosting BET’s Rap Metropolis
Initiating Chapter: Alpha Iota (Morgan State College)
13. Aaron D. Spears
Actor; credit embody Daring and The Lovely, Greenleaf, and Being Mary Jane
Initiating Chapter: Mu Phi (Pennsylvania Western College, Clarion)
14. Palmer Williams Jr.
Actor; greatest recognized for enjoying “Floyd” on Tyler Perry’s Home of Payne and Love Thy Neighbor
Initiating Chapter: Beta Phi (Knoxville School)