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105.3 WDAS is celebrating Black History Month by shouting out some of our favorite sons and daughters throughout the month of February with The Pride of Philly…some of the biggest names in the world of music, entertainment, politics and the arts that hail from Philly or the surrounding Tri-State area.
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Best known as Benny from Tyler Perry’s ‘The Have and The Have Nots’ and ‘Diamond’…the soft spoken but not to be messed with bouncer in P-Valley…Tyler Lepley is the latest in a long line of talented Philadelphians making their way in Hollywood. Born in 1987, Lepley graduated from Central Bucks High School and attended college at Kutztown University after earning a football scholarship. Shortly after graduation, Lepley moved to Los Angeles to embark upon his dream to make it in the world of entertainment, and over the past 10 years has done just that. He’s appeared in 2 major motion pictures, and most recently stars in the Amazon Prime Comedy Series ‘Harlem’, developed by famed director Malcolm D. Lee and also starring Megan Goode...streaming now!
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