Arts & Entertainment
| Name | Original Chapter | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Alston | Alpha Kappa | R&B singer, the lead singer with The Manhattans | |
| Alvin Batiste | Alpha Sigma | Jazz Clarinet | |
| Chris Broussard | Iota Nu | Sports columnist and sports analyst for ESPN | |
| Lawrence Brownlee | Indianapolis (IN) Alumni | Opera Singer | |
| Rodney "Red" Grant | Gamma Chi | Comedian, Actor | |
| Kenny Burrell | Alpha Beta | Jazz guitarist; Director of Jazz Studies at UCLA | |
| Bryan Burwell | Alpha Phi | Sportswriter and sports television personality | |
| Diego Byrd | Gamma Lambda | R&B singer songwriter | |
| Donald Byrd | Alpha Beta | Jazz and R&B trumpeter | |
| Byron Cage | Kappa Upsilon | Gospel musician | |
| Joe Clair | Alpha Iota | Television host, best known for Host of BET's Rap City | |
| Kevin Corke | Beta Theta | NBC News Correspondent | |
| Danny! | Gamma Nu | Hip hop artist/record producer | |
| Harold Dow | Alpha Eta | American news correspondent, journalist and investigative reporter for CBS News | |
| Jester Hairston | Chi | American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor on sitcom Amen | |
| Marc Lamont Hill | Abington-Ambler (PA) Alumni | TV Political Commentator and Host of Our World with Black Enterprise | |
| Kwame Jackson | Theta Omicron | Runner-Up on Donald Trump's The Apprentice; Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author | |
| Lewis Johnson | Beta Eta | Reporter for ESPN and Track Star at University of Cincinnati | |
| John Marshall Jones | Theta | Actor | |
| Edward Jordan | Alpha Sigma | Jazz Saxophonist | |
| Montell Jordan | Beta Omega | R&B musician | |
| Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles | Mu Zeta | Comedian | |
| Stan Lathan | Delta Theta | film Director, television producer and television director. | |
| Keith L. Magee | Delta Eta | Director, Social Historian, National Public Housing Museum & Center for the Study of Housing and Society, Chicago, IL; Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts, UK | |
| Whitman Mayo | Upsilon | Actor, best known as the character Grady Wilson on the sitcom Sanford and Son | |
| Thomas Miles | Nu Alpha (Charter Member) Initiated through Beta Upsilon |
Actor, Writer,Comedian, Radio Personality better known as "Nephew Tommy" on the number one syndicated rated radio show, The Steve Harvey Morning Show. | |
| Finesse Mitchell | Iota Chi | Comedian, Actor, Writer, MC | |
| Jerome "Scottie" Miller, III | Stone Mountain/Lithonia (GA) Alumni | Owner-MAXX Interior Design, LLC, Interior Architect/Designer- HGTV's Design Star, Contributing Writer/Photographer -Urban Influence Magazine, "Best Of Charlotte-Interior Design" Uptown Magazine | |
| Naledge | Delta Eta | Hip-Hop Artist | |
| Smokie Norful | Gamma Sigma | Gospel musician | |
| Kevin A. Ross | Los Angeles (CA) Alumni Chapter | Host/producer of daytime syndicated legal show America's Court with Judge Ross | |
| Marvin Sapp | Grand Rapids (MI) Alumni | Gospel Musician | |
| John Singleton | Beta Omega | Director, best known for Boyz n the Hood and Rosewood | |
| Tavis Smiley | Alpha | talk show host, political commentator; author | |
| William Grant Still | Delta | Classical composer, first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra | |
| Billy Taylor | Alpha Phi | Jazz musician | |
| Ernest Lee Thomas | Alpha Zeta | Actor, best known as Roger "Raj" Thomas of What's Happening and What's Happening Now!! | |
| Ralph Wiley | Beta Phi | Sports writer and author | |
| Lee Thompson Young | Beta Omega | Actor, best known on the Disney channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson" | |
| Roderick Pannell | Iota Epsilon | Actor, best known as the lead actor on Showtime original movie "Our America", a true story, where he ironically portrayed LeAlan Jones, another member of Kappa Alpha Psi |
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