UB Extended Preview: Tamela Mann Talks Beefing With Tyler Perry on ‘UNCENSORED’

The new season of TV One’s “UNCENSORED,” continues this Sunday March 31st at 10/9c, featuring Tamela Mann, being interviewed by husband David Mann.

“UNCENSORED” explores the lives of some of today’s most notable personalities as they provide first-hand accounts of their success and the obstacles they faced throughout their careers.

Gospel singer and actress Tamela Mann is known for her soul-stirring performances and uplifting spirit. She’s uncensored as she shares her journey from humble beginnings to Grammy-winning success, with stories of faith, family, and resilience.

Tamela is best known as her role as “Cora” in various Tyler Perry shows and stage plays. While, her husband, David Mann is best known as portraying the hilarious character “Mr. Brown” in similar Tyler Perry productions. Additionally, in recent years Tamela penned the award-winning gospel music classics, “God Provides,” “Take Me To The King,” alongside Kirk Franklin.

During the pandemic, Tamela Mann was sitting on the top of the Billboard gospel charts with a song titled “Through It All” featuring Timbaland. In February 2017, Tamela Mann won her first Grammy Award and performed on the main-stage with Grammy winner Chance The Rapper.

In 2018, Tamela received the James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd Stellar Gospel Music Awards.

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Upcoming Episodes;
4/7: Christian Keyes
4/14: Leon Robinson
4/21: Raz-B
4/28: Irv Gotti

Tamela Mann is one of UB‘s favorites and in our 2009 Interview with her, she told us how she first met Tyler Perry; “Actually David (Mann) met him first, after we did Kirk Franklin and The Family. We knew the same promoters that Tyler was working with for the play and he kind of set us up with meeting Tyler. David went and did an audition, he flew himself to Chicago and I didn’t go. So David kind of just told Tyler about me and he had already heard me sing with The Family. So Tyler was like oh yeah, David said we come as a package (laughs).”

Tamela went on to say; “So that’s how I came about meeting Tyler and we did that first stage play, “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” in 1999. And really my role at first was to be Mr. Browns wife, then it switched. One of the young men who was playing the uncle decided to do something different. And Tyler was like well you’re gonna take that role and you will be my daughter, you’ll still be Cora but the daughter and the aunt. And that’s how that took place. He told David, get her ready! So David rehearsed with me over and over at home, then once I got back with him & did some rehearsal dates before the show opened back up.

Tyler was like wow David you really worked her out, so he kind fine tuned me. One thing I’ve learned from him, he would say take yourself to a real place, when you’re acting. If you’re acting, it’s wrong. So if you take yourself to a real place it comes across and you can feel it. You can make the people feel it if they’ve been through whatever situation that is being played. They can put theirself in that position looking at you like I’ve been there! And Cora is really me, he allowed me to develop the character. Cora is Tamela in so many ways! I’m the encourager of my family, the one who tries to keep the peace, like with Mr Brown and Medea. The same for my own family.”