Frederick Douglass is an 8-time Black Music Award winner who worked as a comedian, DJ, actor, and spoken word artist. He began his career in the 1950s, raised by a jazz singer mother and comedy promoter stepfather. He studied drama in California and had roles on Broadway. In the late 1970s he became a mobile DJ and later toured with artists like Millie Jackson. In the 1990s he opened for famous comedians and in 1999 dedicated himself to gospel comedy. He has since released multiple gospel albums and songs, winning several Black Music Awards. He now manages younger gospel artists in addition to his own work.

1. 8 TIMES BLACK MUSIC AWARD WINNER THE CHURCHOUSE COMIC AND PRINCE OF SPOKEN
WORD
BORN IN HARLEM NEW YORK CITY IN THE 50'S HE WAS RAISED IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SPOT
LIGHT. HIS MOTHER WAS A JAZZ SINGER WHO SANG WITH WELL KNOWN ARTISTS AS, COUNT
BASIE, DUKE ELLINGTON, AND LIONEL HAMPTON. HIS STEPFATHER WAS A COMEDY RECORDING
PROMOTER NAMED WILDMAN STEVE WHO ALSO BOOKED AND MANAGED SUCH NAMES AS RED
FOX, JOE SIMON, JACKIE WILSON, MILLIE JACKSON, RUDY RAY MOORE AND MANY OTHERS.
FREDERICK WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDIED DRAMA IN CALIFORNIA. THE FOLLOWING
WERE ARE IS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN ASPIERING ACTOR, DJ, CHRISTIAN COMEDIAN AND A
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST:
WON THE TITLE OF BEST ACTOR IN HIS SENOIR YEAR ,
STUDIED ACTING AT LANEY COLLEGE IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA , WHERE HE DID PROFESSIONAL
ACTING WITH RON STACKER THOMPSON IN THE COTTON CLUB AND CLUB SAVOY PRODUCTOIN
ON BROADWAY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WORKED WITH GODFFREY HOLDER IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION “THE WIZ.”
BECAME A MOBILE DJ IN THE LATE SEVENTIES WHICH LEAD HIM TO DO CLUBS AND RADIO ,KJAM,
KSOL, KDIA, MIAMI, WEDR, AND WPAL IN JAMICA MONTOGO BAY.
IN THE 8O'S UPON RELOCATING TO MIAMI, HE BECAME A HOST FOR LIVE CLUB ENTERTAIMENT,
THEN GOING ON TOUR WITH SUCH NAMES AS MILIE JACKSON THE MANHATTENS,EUGENE
WILDER,HIS FIRST RECORDING CAME WITH THE PREVIOUS GROUP OF 2 LIVE CREW THE GHOTTO
STYLE DJS. THROW THAT D.
IN THE 90' HE BECAME A COMEDIAN WORKING AS AN OPENING ACTS FOR SUCH WELL KNOWN
COMEDIANS AS LUNELL,RODNEY PERRY,TK KIRKLAND,CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER, MONIQUE,
CHERLY UNDERWOOD,AND MANY MORE ,
IN 1999 HE GAVE HIS LIVE TO GOD AND BECAME A GOSPEL COMEDAIN. HE WENT ON TO
RECIEVE A RECORD DEAL WITH JAHMA RECORDS AFTER HIS DEBUT SONG AND RECORDING MY
NAME IS NOBODY WHICH WON HIM THE BEST SPOKEN WORD ARTIST AT THE 2006 ABMA, IN 2008
HIS DEBUT CD ON JAHMA RECORD WON HIM BEST GOSPEL CD AT THE ABMAS AND IN 2010 HE
WON BEST GOSPEL CD FOR 2 CD'S “FREE AND UNSTOPPABLE AND “YOU CAN STILL RISE. IN 2009
FREDERICK WAS PICKED AS THE ONLY SINGLE ARTIST AMOUNG CHOIRS AND GROUPS AND
PRAISE DANCE TEAMS TO OPEN FOR MARVIN SAPP AT THE KCEP PWR 88 GOSPELFEST HE ALSO
OPENED ON THE SAME SHOW FOR HEZEKIAH WALKER.

2. HE RELEASED HIS CD “CHRONICLES OF A TESTIMONY”. ON THIS CD "JESUS YOU GOT ME
JUICED IS BEING CALLED THE LAS VEGAS GOSPEL ANTHEM.
THAT SONG WAS NOMINATED FOR 5 NOMINATIONS AT THE 2011 BLACK MUSIC AWARDS WALKED
WAY WITH 3 WARDS IN ONE NIGHT , IT WAS THE MOST REQUESTED RECORD ON ALL DAY
SUNDAY GOSPEL ON PRW 88 LAS VEGAS FOR 11 WKS
FREDERICK WAS PICKED TO BE IN THE WALTER AND EDWIN HAWKINS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
CONVENTION LAS VEGAS SHOW CASE.
FREDERICK HAS SUBLINED HIS CAREER AND TAKEN MORE OF MANGEMENT STANCE IN THE
GOSPEL MUSIC INDUSTRY MANAGING, YOUNG GOSPEL HIP HOP ARTIST SUCH AS WORDZ AND
PRODUCING WORDZ DEBUT CD A LETTER TO JESUS. DURING HIS RETIRMENT HE AND HIS
PARTNER IN SILAS WASHINGTON WITH SILASSOUNDS STUDIOS PRODUCED A TOTAL OF 12 BMA
AWARDS PRODUCING OTHER ARTIST
FREDERICK IS A COMEDIAN, HOST, SONG WRITER, PRODUCER, SPOKEN WORD
RECORDING ARTIST & ARTIST DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
2014 HE RELEASED HIS COMEBACK PROJECT SPPIRITUAL EVOLUTION
HE IS THE ROCK AND SOUL OF THE BLACK MUSIC ASSOCIATION’S 2014 IMAGE AWARD
REICPIENT.