Meet Them And Their Spouses

Kingdom Business started airing in 2022 with a plot around a gospel record label owner who doubles as the first lady of a mega church and all she does to keep her family safe no matter the cost. This sounds familiar, right? Well, it is only the tip of the iceberg for those who follow the unraveling of the storyline as the actors including Yolanda Adams, Serayah, and Michael Jai White bring it to life. 

Considering the rave that the first season has caused, a second season of the John J. Sakmar and Kerry Lenhart-produced drama series has been renewed.

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Let’s Meet the Main Cast of Kingdom Business

Yolanda Adams 

  • Date of Birth: August 27, 1961
  • Age: 62 years old
  • Role: Denita Jordan
  • Spouse: Troy Mason(1987-1990), Tim Crawford(1997-2004)
  • Children: 1, Taylor Adams Crawford

The Grammy-winning gospel singer, actress, author, and talk show host has been associated with over 10 million sold albums. She appeared as Denita Jordan, the lead character in Kingdom Business whose commitment to her family and business is comparable to none. As it is, it is through her role that we get to catch some of the deep plot twists in the gospel drama which makes the characters human.

Also known as the Queen of Contemporary Gospel, the 62-year-old is a bankable name in the entertainment industry as can be proven by the wide range of her career exploits on screen and off of it. Prior to her rise into a household name, Adams started out as a teacher and model.

The Texas University alum experienced a career breakthrough with the 1999 acclaimed song Mountain High…Valley Low among many releases. Since then, she has released other successful works.

So far she has been married twice. First, she got married to Troy Mason in 1987 but left the marriage in 1990 due to spousal abuse. 7 years later, she said ‘I Do’ for the second time to Tim Crawford, a former NFL player. Through her union with Crawford, she became a mother to her only child, a daughter named Taylor Adams Crawford in 2001. Sadly, her marriage with the former football player ended three years after they welcomed their daughter. Unlike her first marriage, details about the divorce remain elusive.

Serayah Ranee McNeill 

  • Date of Birth: June 20, 1995
  • Age: 28years old
  • Role: Rbel

The 28-year-old Serayah McNeil is a singer and actress who had her acting breakthrough as Tiana Brown in Fox Empire. Notably, she graced the screen singing her way to the hearts of many. This role marked the beginning of her appearance in singing dramas, which according to her is the coming together of the entertainment business and music business in a way that people can relate to.

Moving on, Serayah is once more taking a role that mirrors her talent as a singer in Kingdom Business. As Rbel, she portrays the role of a talented gospel star with a troubled past and trying to find a place.

Focusing on her career, Serayah has two released EPs as of filing this report. She has collaborated with Taylor Swift severally. In 2016, she was featured in Don’t You Need Somebody alongside Spanish singer, Enrique Iglesias, R. City, and Shaggy. Aside from this, she has appeared in other screen roles including Black Mafia Family and Wu-Tang: An American Saga.

With all this in mind, it has added to the curiosity about her private life. She is not married yet, but is in a publicized relationship with Joey Badass since February. Prior, she dated the rapper, Jacob Latimore, whom she appeared on Millenial Love Stories with.

Michael Beach 

  • Date of Birth:October 30, 1963
  • Age: 60 years old
  • Role: Calvin Jordan
  • Spouse: Elisha Wilson(M. 2007)

Michael Beach appears as Bishop Calvin Jordan. He is an actor who made his career debut at the age of 15 in 1987. After this role, he appeared in other movies but it was not till 1995 that he had his big break in Waiting to Exhale as Angela Bassett’s screen husband.  Since then, the Roxbury-born entertainer has translated roles ranging from a physician, drug dealer, and psychologist, to law enforcement officer. He has appeared in both movies and television shows like Lean on Me, A Family Thing, Soul Food, Aquaman, and Sons of Anarchy.

Unsurprisingly, this has provided him the opportunity of working with successful actors like Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Vanessa L. Williams, and Gloria Reuben.

Away from what we see of the 60-year-old on screen, he has been married twice. He got married to his first wife Tracey Beach in 1990. The marriage lasted till 2006 when they divorced. Shortly after the collapse of his union with Tracey, the Internal Affairs actor took a chance at love again when he got married to Elisha Wilson in 2007.

Michael Jai White 

  • Date of Birth: November 10, 1967
  • Age: 56 years old
  • Role: Julius ‘Caesar’ Jones
  • Spouse: Gillian Iliana Waters(M. 2015)
  • Children: 7

Veteran actor and martial artist, Michael Jai White joined the cast of Kingdom Business as Julius ‘Caesar’ Jones. With a breakout role in the 1995 Tyson, it was not long before he took on many projects. He has appeared in roles including Universal Soldier: The Return, Exit Wounds, and Justice League. After he appeared in Spawn, it earned him a spot as the first African American actor to portray a superhero in a major comic book.

Through his career, he has shared the screen with action heroes like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Spiegel.

The Why Did I Get Married? star has been married twice. He was married to Courtnay Chatman between 2005 and 2011. During the marriage, they welcomed their daughter, Morgan. Following his failed marriage, White moved on and got married to Gillian Iliana Waters in 2015. Also, the Black Dynamite actor has six other children including a deceased son who died from Covid 19 complications in 2021.

Chaundre Hall-Broomfield

  • Role: Taj Jordan

He is widely known for his role in Luke Cage till he added his role as Taj Jordan in Kingdom Business to his credits. Apparently, Chaundre is still a rising actor and we can say this because IMDB credits him with less than five movie roles.

Aside from this, the actor chooses to focus attention on his career, making it hard to know the details about his love life.

Aspen Kennedy Brown Wilson

  • Date of Birth: January 16, 1995
  • Age: 29 years old
  • Role: Zyan
  • Spouse: Taylor Brown(M. 2022)

He is a Film and television actor whose appearance on Kingdom Business added to his popularity. The Louisiana-born entertainer attended the Jackson State University and graduated with a degree in Public Relations, Advertisement, and Applied Communication in 2017.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he started his career as a sales and marketing associate at Apple before switching to acting in 2015.

Away from this, he has been married to his lovely wife, Taylor Brown since 2022.

Other Recurring Cast

  • Dominique Johnson as Malcolm Walker
  • Tamar Braxton as Sasha
  • La’Miya Good as Essence
  • Aspen Kennedy as Zyan
  • Kiandra Richardson as C.J. Walker
  • Kajuana S Marie as Dani
  • Sam Malone as Dex
  • Louis Gossett Jr. as Bishop Jeremiah West
  • Patrice Fisher as Detective Juanita Parker

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