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This special celebrates mentoring initiatives and activities of black male celebrities, business entrepreneurs, educators, political and community leaders. Exploring how these men have become mentoring kings. Seeking to discover a solution, we reveal men who have successfully built their careers from the ground up and have reached back to bring the youth along. This program tells in-depth stories of black men who have played a major role (with sizable results in mentoring), that ultimately leads our black youth to making positive contributions in their community.

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Featured Kings

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker first achieved multi-Platinum status in the music industry as lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the GRAMMY Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish. Since releasing his first Country album in 2008, Rucker has earned a whole new legion of fans with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard Country chart. Rucker was inducted as a Grand Ole Opry member in 2012 and in 2014 he won his third career GRAMMY Award for Best Solo Country Performance.

kenny lattimore

KennyLattimore

Hailed by the New York Times as a “modern soul man,” Grammy Award nominated singer songwriter Kenny Lattimore is producing consistent chart toping music on his independent label SincereSoul Records. Growing up in Washington, D.C his freshman year at Howard University gave way to Lattimore becoming the lead singer for R&B group Maniquin. Signed to Epic, the group released the single “I Wanna Ride,” produced by the Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson.

President Barack Obama, February 27, 2014 “…HELPING MORE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE STAY ON TRACK. PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS – WHEN IT WORKS, IN THOSE CRITICAL LIFE-CHANGING MOMENTS.”

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