Billy Ray Valentine

Mark Anthony Mathews aka Billy Ray Valentine, was born in 1967 and Cook County Hospital in Chicago Illinois. He grew up on the south side of the city in the Robert Taylor homes and in the late 70s moved to the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. In 1986, he lived in the Roseland community and that's where he got his start in the entertainment business writing and producing music as an artist as well. In 1990, Mark went to Hollywood and appeared on the television show "A Different World" alongside of Kadeem Hardison and Jasmine Guy. In 2009, Mark started Singles Film & Music Entertainment. Fast forward to 2019, Mark started producing full-length feature films, which includes "Magic" and "Lil Ceasar." From there he started creating more content, including "Roseland", "The Walk of Rufus", "A Masquerade Trapp" and now the upcoming, highly controversial "United Nations." As of today, Mark Anthony Matthews aka Billy Ray Valentine, is still creating content and entertainment for the streaming audience around the world, with streams in excess of millions in households across the world!