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Rickey Smiley spoke publicly for the first time about the death of his oldest son, Brandon, who died at the age of 32 in January.On Wednesday, the comedian sat down with Craig Melvin on the third hour of, and shared that his son's death is a suspected overdose following years of substance abuse issues. «Yeah, he was struggling with that,» the host said when asked about Brandon's drug use. «His mother and I made several attempts to try and send him to get the help he needed, send him to rehab. And we thought that he was doing better.»Although Smiley noted that «he used and it killed him,» he said that it was just speculation, as the family is waiting for the results of the toxicology report. «But we haven't got a toxicology report yet,» Smiley said. «But this is just what we are speculating, according to his girlfriend who found him unresponsive.»Smiley said that he and Brandon's mother often had conversations with their son, and encouraged other parents to do the same, even if it seems the children won't listen. «We have to have a conversation,» he said. «I think the parents are having the conversation.

Dave Chappelle has criticised fellow comedian Katt Williams following the latter’s recent interview.Williams recently went viral for a conversation on the Club Shay Shay podcast, in which he took aim at comedians such as Kevin Hart, Cedric the Entertainer, Rickey Smiley and Tiffany Haddish with a variety of claims.However, Chappelle has now expressed criticism of Williams, especially over his decision to go for fellow Black comedians.“What part of the game is this? He only ethered n****s. He didn’t say anything about any of these white boys.

Slade Smiley‘s beloved son has died.

Rickey Smiley is getting real about the unfathomable pain he feels following the death of Brandon Smiley.

Comedian Rickey Smiley is mourning the death of his son Brandon Smiley.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Smith, a 21-year ICM veteran, including the last 10 as a partner, has joined APA as SVP, Global Concerts & Talent.

Porsha Williams is pulling out all of the stops for her whirlwind wedding to Simon Guobadia!

Eva Marcille posted a message for the birthday of Rickey Smiley and fans were happy to see her supporting the man. Check out the message that she shared in order to mark this event.

Eva Marcille shared a video featuring Mikey and fans could not be more in l0voe with the little character. Check out the cutie pie in the clip below.

Rickey Smiley's daughter, Aaryn, is sharing her frightening experience of being a victim of gun violence. The 51-year-old comedian and radio show host had his 19-year-old daughter recount her story of getting shot multiple times on his Atlanta-based  on Thursday.Aaryn was shot on Sunday night while visiting a Whataburger in Houston, Texas.

From my daughter @ryn.smileyA post shared by Rickey Smiley (@rickeysmileyofficial) on She added, «The fact that the bullets that went thru my legs were armored rifle bullets made to go through anything (how they got through the car) but one that would have hit me in the head was not that kind and ended up lodged in the car. God.

Rickey Smiley revealed that his daughter Aaryn, 19, was shot three times in Houston over 4th of July weekend.“I wasn’t even going to say anything about this. I’ve been dealing with this all morning, sitting up here with butterflies in my stomach trying to do the show.

Rickey Smiley received horrible news on the Fourth of July weekend.

We’re sending our thoughts to Rickey Smiley and his family.

“My youngest daughter was shot last night. Aaryn, she in the hospital right now,” Rickey Smiley said during the July 6 episode of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show.