Biography
Smiley graduated from Woodlawn High School in Birmingham and went to Tuskegee Job Corps Center, and attended college at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi National Band fraternity is known for informing audiences of his membership in his acts. Smiley is also a pianist, often playing the piano in his shows, and an organist and sometimes refers to himself playing it at his home church.
Smiley has two biological children, but has adopted eight others.
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