Omar Epps

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Another one of Black Hollywood’s gems has been summoned to star in one of the many spin-offs of the now defunct “Power.”  Omar Epps has been added to the cast of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” Deadline reports. RELATED: “Power” Creator 50 Cent Announces Four Spinoffs No word on what Epps’ role will be in the “Power’ […]

Omar Epps is a household name. He started out in the business as a young man and has now been in for over 20 years. In that time a lot of things have changed both in the world and in Hollywood. “there’s so much content being made” one would think that there would be more […]

Omar Epps discusses his book From Fatherless To Fatherhood and what inspired him to write it. Epps has three children and admits that growing up without a,”blueprint,” made transitioning into being a father a little more challenging. In the book he talks about his childhood and what made him decide to want to be a […]

What has actor Omar Epps been up too? Most recently he’s been busy filming the new movie Traffik.  “Yah I mean it’s a really powerful film,” explained Epps. “But the topic of the film is based around human trafficking which is obviously a very big issue in society.” Acting alongside him in this film is Paula Patton, […]

A former nanny for Omar Epps and his wife Keisha is now suing the couple for back wages and unpaid overtime after working for them for eight years. According to TMZ, Alba Hernandez says her primary responsibility was to take care of their two children, but she says she also ran errands, tidied up the […]

The image of the “deadbeat dad” has been and remains pervasive but there are millions of men in America who live in defiance of this stereotype. Our film Daddy Don’t Go was born from these parallel and enduring realities: that one in three American children is fatherless but there are also countless fathers fighting to be […]

Omar Epps, who just wrapped “Shooter” for USA Network, has signed on to join Will Packer’s “A Meyers Christmas” for Universal Pictures, reports Deadline. The comedy, due in theaters Nov. 11, 2016, is about an estranged family forced to come together for their first Christmas since the death of the family matriarch.  Danny Glover, Mo’Nique, […]

Omar Epps, actor and poet, is shining a bright light on a critical issue that he believes is responsible for increased child poverty and high incarceration rates: fatherless children. I’m glad Epps is addressing this topic in such a profound way. Epps is the Executive Producer of a bold new documentary called Daddy Don’t Go, […]

If you only had 6-seconds to give an acceptance speech at the NAACP Image Awards, what would you say? Who would you thank? We put…