Mike Epps Net Worth 2024

What is Mike Epps’ Net Worth and Salary?

Mike Epps is an American comedian, actor, producer, musician, and rap artist who has a net worth of $5 million. Mike Epps is most well known for his work his stand-up work with the tour of “Def Comedy Jam”, and his work within the “Friday” franchise with Ice Cube.

Early Life

Michael Elliot Epps was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 18^th, 1970. His mother and father are Mary Reed and Tommy Epps. His comedian skills have been inspired at a younger age. Epps started performing rise up as an adolescent. Epps moved to Atlanta the place he labored on the Comedy Act Theater, earlier than shifting to Brooklyn.

Comedy and Film Career

Mike Epp’s huge break got here in 1995, when he moved to Brooklyn and joined the “Def Comedy Jam” tour. He additionally starred in two of HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” broadcasts. These alternatives helped launch his comedy profession, and helped him achieve wider recognition.

His first movie look was in Vin Diesel’s directorial debut, “Strays” (1997). He was then solid as Ice Cube’s co-star within the movie “Next Friday” (1999), the second film within the “Friday” franchise. He acquired the chance to audition for the function of Day-Day Jones after Ice Cube attended one among his stand-up units, and invited him to check out. He would go on to reprise his function as Day-Day Jones within the movie “Friday After Next” (2002). That similar yr, he additionally labored with Ice Cube within the movie “All About the Benjamins” (2002). Other movies he labored on throughout this era of the late Nineteen Nineties/early 2000s embody “How High” (2001), starring Method Man and Redman; “3 Strikes” (2000); “Bait” (2000), supporting Jamie Foxx; and “Dr. Dolittle 2”, during which he voiced the function of Sonny the Bear. He has additionally voiced one other bear character, Boog, within the movie “Open Season 2” (2008).

The yr 2008 was extremely productive for Epps. That yr, he appeared within the ensemble comedy “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” together with Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, and Joy Bryant; “The Grand”, directed by Zak Penn and starring Woody Harrelson and Cheryl Hines; “Soul Men”, starring Samuel L. Jackson; and “Hancock”, starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron. In 2011, he received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his function as Willie Earl within the film “Jumping the Broom” (2011). Epps has additionally been nominated for a BET Comedy Award, Black Reel Awards, and extra. In 2012, he landed his first non-comedic performing function reverse Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston within the movie “Sparkle”, a remake of the 1976 movie with the identical title. He portrayed the character Satin, who’s the principle antagonist.

Other movies Epps has appeared in embody “Malibu’s Most Wanted” (2003), “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” (2004), “The Honeymooners” (2005), “Resident Evil: Extinction” (2007), “The Hangover” (2009), and “The Hangover Part III” (2013). He has starred in films like “The Fighting Temptations” (2003) reverse Beyoncé, “Repentance” (2014), “School Dance” (2014), “Stealing Cars” (2015), “Nina” (2016), “Meet the Blacks” (2016), “Girls Trip” (2017), “Where’s the Money” (2017), “Death Wish” (2018), “Troop Zero” (2019), “Dolemite Is My Name” (2019), “The Cat and the Moon” (2019), and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (2019).

In addition to performing, Epps has continued to be lively on the earth of comedy. In 2010, he launched a stand-up comedy particular, “Under Rated & Never Faded”. That yr, he additionally hosted the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. He launched the comedy particular “Mike Epps: Don’t Take It Personal” in 2015, and the particular “Mike Epps: Only One Mike” in 2019.

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Recording and Music Career

Mike Epps launched his album, “Funny Bidness: Da Album”, in October 2009. It options appearances from Young Dro, Slim Thug, Too Short, DJ Quik, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg, and Young Jeezy. It debuted at No. 98 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and No. 9 on the Top Comedy Albums chart. He has been featured on plenty of different songs and tasks, together with on rapper French Montana’s “Mac Wit Da Cheese”(2009) mixtape, Dom Kennedy’s music “Intro/Hard Work”, and his stand-up comedy in “Under Rate & Never Faded” has been sampled by Bad Meets Evils and J. Cole.

Other Projects

Epps was the “Super Bowl ambassador” to his native Indianapolis for the 2012 Super Bowl. As a outcome, he was featured in commercials selling the Super Bowl Village, and was additionally seen making particular appearances within the Village in the course of the week of the Super Bowl.

Incidents

Epps allegedly assaulted fellow stand-up comedian LaVar Walker exterior the Uptown Comedy Club in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 1, 2014. Reportedly, Epps and two of his bodyguards confronted Walker in response to a parody video Walker had made about Epps and the comedian Kevin Hart. Epps purportedly struck Walker within the face and kicked him within the abdomen and again, whereas one of many different two males on the scene is accused of throwing Walker’s cellphone and crushing his prescription glasses. The police in Atlanta issued an arrest warrant for Epps two days later, on June 3, 2014. Additionally, in 2017, Epps was arrested in New Orleans after allegedly placing a map a number of instances throughout an altercation in a on line casino. Also in 2017, he made a put up on Instagram that mentioned his previous, together with how he beforehand served two years in jail in 1989 on a drug cost in Chicago.

Personal Life

Mike Epps is married to Kyra Robinson, the producer of “Iyanla: Fix My Life” and an OWN Network government. They married in Newport Beach, California, in June 2019. He was beforehand married to Mechelle McCain from 2006 to 2017. Epps shares three youngsters with McCain, and has a fourth baby from a earlier relationship.