Mike Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also appearing in The Hangover as Black Doug.
He was born on 18 November 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, to Mary Reed and Tommie Epps as Michael Elliot Epps. He is currently 50 years old. He has emerged as one of the funniest comic actors and gained his fame over time, associating in the entertainment industry.
Mike Epps Expecting Second Baby With Wife Kyra Epps
Mike Epps and Kyra Epps announced that they are expecting their second baby together, whereas the sixth for Mike alone.
Kyra took to her Instagram on 1 June 2021, sharing a photo of herself as she cradled her baby bump. She captioned: “Feeling so blessed!”
Mike also shared the same photo on his Instagram page as his wife with the caption, “God bless My beautiful wife we prayin 4 a son.”
The pair welcomed their first child Indiana Rose in March 2020. They introduced the cute baby to the world via a video on the comedian’s Instagram page, captioning, “Allow us to introduce to you our newest addition to the family…….INDIANA ROSE EPPS”.
Mike Epps Married Life With Wife Kyra Robinson
Mike met his current wife, Kyra Robinson, at the airport. The couple got married two years, in the summer of 2019, later in a private ceremony in Newport Beach, California, following their engagement in the fall of 2018. It became his second marriage.
During an episode of The View, Kyra explained that Mike used a cheesy pick-up line, and thankfully she found it funny. The pair’s wedding in 2019 was featured by celebrities such as T.I. and Snoop Dogg. They did quite the lavish ceremony at a picturesque resort in Newport Beach, California, and the wedding theme was New York Summer romance. The actor said he had an amazing time at his own wedding and had a hard time holding back his tears.
“It was hard (to not cry),” he admitted during a 2019 appearance on The View. “You know, you meet somebody so beautiful as Kyra and joy make me cry (sic) so I was just (balling). We had such a great time. I wanna marry her again, right now!”
About 200 intimate friends and family were invited to the ceremony while the bride walked down the aisle towards Mike, and both said, ‘I do.’ They donned such a beautiful and royal look, and their dressing was equally amazing, as Essence.com shared their wedding photos after the ceremony. Kyra wore a Pedram Couture gown, complete with a 20-foot train and diamond headpiece with her hair pulled back into a sleek bun. The actor was dressed to impress in a custom Tom Ford tuxedo and Christian Louboutin shoes.
Mike and Kyra went public with their relationship in 2017, just a few months after Mike’s divorce with Mechelle McCain was finalized. While they were said to have dated for about a year, Kyra late announced their engagement in an Instagram post in September 2018.
Mike Epps with his wife, Kyra Epps and their daughter (©: Instagram/Kyra Epps)
Prior to Kyra, Mike was married to Mechelle McCain in 2006, but later they were involved in a messy divorce. They welcomed two daughters together; Moriah and Madison. The couple was doing fine, but it started to go haywire when they separated during the summertime of 2015. And when Mechelle once tried to inquire the reason behind their sudden separation, she saw Mike walking with another woman, as reported by her in February of 2016 to TMZ. And it all brought them up to have a messy divorce.
Mike had reportedly filed for divorce in January 2016, citing irreconcilable differences. However, McCain alleged that she knew nothing of the divorce when he began the proceedings. The papers she filed claimed that the couple had been apart since February 2016, but according to Epps, they separated in June 2015. McCain said she had no idea they were separated before January 2016. Eventually, the divorce became a public affair, and it was finally finalized in September of 2017.
Mike also has two other daughters, the eldest among his five children – Makyla and Bria – from a previous relationship.
Net Worth And Career Of Mike Epps
With his several works in the entertainment industry, he has amassed a huge sum of money to his name. According to CelebrityNetWorth, he has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2021. He accumulated most of his earning from his ventures like movies, TV shows, TV commercials, and other entertainment projects.
Mike went through a tough childhood as a single mom raised him. He was a poor student; to make the matter worse, he decided to drop out of school to deal drugs. He was eventually busted somewhere along the line and had to spent some time in prison and not able to leave the drug dealing habit, and he went on to spent his time at Westville Correctional Facility too. But, thankfully, he found his way of living through his comic acts.
While he was recognized at a very young age as a comic genius, Mike had his professional career debut and huge breakthrough in the entertainment industry when he became a part of HBO’s Def Comedy Jam in 1995. Following this, he appeared in the other two broadcasts and then soon made his on-screen film debut in Vin Diesel’s directorial debut, Strays. Then joining the sequel of Ice-Cube’s Friday film titled Next Friday. And again returned in Next Friday’s sequel named Friday After Next.
Mike then went on to star in several other well-known films like Resident Evil: Extinction, Hancock, The Hangover, Resident Evil: Apocolypse, and Fifty Shades of Black. However, his career didn’t only limit to films only, as he appeared in some TV shows, including The Sopranos, Ridiculousness, The Boondocks, and such.
Besides his acting and comedian career, he also has some hands in production projects. Some of the production projects he has been involved in include The Upshaws, Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw, Love Jacked, Supercon, and more. He also was part of several music videos before embarking on his own music career.
Epps hosted albums for Jim Jones and Skull Gang's likes titled Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute To Bad Santa, Starring Mike Epps. Then G Unit’s 2008 mixtape Elephant In The Sand. The album had the song from Epps called Big Girls, which later appeared on Funny Bidness: Da Album, which marked as his first full-fledged music album coming in 2009.
Mike Epps Upcoming Tour And Dates
Mike Epps will appear in the crowd as a host of In Real Life Comedy Tour. All the dates for the events have been released on the internet, and the tickets are available on Ticketmaster.com.
Mike tours annually and has many single performances but also participated in comedy shows and festivals. The Fabulously Funny Comedy Festival and the April Fools Comedy Show are a couple that Epps regularly performs. This mid-2021, Epps is set to bring the comedy act to beginning in North Little Rock on June 4, 2021. The events dates are listed as follows:
June 4 – North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena
June 11 – Jackson, MS @ Mississippi Coliseum
June 12 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
June 18 – Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
June 19 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 26 – Macon, GA @ Macon Centreplex Coliseum
Starting on August 13, Mike will be touring solo in the venues listed below.
August 13, 14 &15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Pittsburgh Improv
September 4 & 5 – Las Vegas, NV @ Venetian Theatre at the Venetian Las Vegas
On the September 24 show, he will show up again in the In Real Life Comedy Tour at Gila River Arena located in Glendale, AZ.
For other touring announced, he will be joining The Fabulously Funny Comedy Festival and one event for the April Fools Comedy Show, as the events dates and venues lists:
October 1 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
February 4, 2022 – Columbus, GA @ Columbus Civic Center
March 18, 2022 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre
March 19, 2022 – New Orleans @ UNO Lakefront Arena
April 2, 2022 – New York, NY @ Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden (For the event April Fools Comedy Show)
April 23, 2022 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Raising Canes River Center Arena