Jawn Murray

Jawn Murray is a quick-witted TV host, Media Personality and Pop Culture Expert with a cosmic knowledge of entertainment news, celebrity culture, social issues and trending topics. Whether discussing Beyoncé and Justin Bieber or the latest viral videos, Jawn creates moments on television that are memorable and make impact. In 2013, his TV commentary on HLN about Miley Cyrus was included as part of Barbara Walters' "Most Fascinating People" special. That same year a separate commentary was used in a news montage on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" recapping his twerking spoof that fooled the world. During a 2014 guest co-hosting turn on "The View," Walters told him: "I love your way with words!" On TV, Jawn has hosted TV specials for Travel Channel ("Night Crawl New York with Jawn Murray" & "The Maryland Renaissance Festival"), EPIX ("Top Five: A Red Carpet Special") and NFL Network ("NFL Fan Pass"). He has guest co-hosted ABC's "The View" and made numerous appearances on syndicated talk shows like "The Wendy Williams Show" and "The Meredith Vieira Show." As a leading Pop Culture Commentator, he's become a coveted voice and regularly featured expert on CNN, TV One, MSNBC, HLN, Fusion TV, BBC, Sun News, E! Entertainment & other networks. He's also made appearances on NBC's "Today," "Access Hollywood," "Our World with Black Enterprise," and TV One's "Unsung," "Life After" and "News One Now" series. On radio, he's often featured on nationally syndicated weekend show, Café Mocha Radio. For nearly six years, Jawn was an on-air personality on the nationally syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show." He also previously worked as a contributor on the syndicated The Doug Banks Show. As a writer, Jawn is Editor in Chief of AlwaysAList.com - an entertainment and lifestyle website he launched in 2012 and named by "The View" and Essence magazine as a "must-read for Black Entertainment." As a National Influencer, Jawn Murray has singlehandedly created brand buzz and product momentum with mentions on social media and via print, online, radio and TV. A go-to media personality for Fortune 500 brands looking to expand visibility and reach. In 2011, the Washington, DC-based personality executive produced the faith-based music compilation, "Jawn Murray presents Untapped;" a showcase of ten aspiring artists who competed in a digital music competition for a recording contract with EMI Gospel.