“A fashion victim gets nominated by friends or family. If accepted, the person is secretly followed for 2 weeks by a camera crew. At the end of the 2 weeks the hosts of the show visit the unwary person and offers them $5,000 to go to New York to buy a brand new wardrobe. But there’s a catch of course: the person has to first give up several items from their current wardrobe and accept criticism (which can sometimes be harsh) about their fashion style. Their buying spree in New York is also filmed by a camera crew.”

Now, imagine if you can, what that show would be like if Mr. Leroy Brown was one of their fashion victims. Can’t you see him trying to explain his wardrobe? He’d probably end up convincing them that his style represented the latest in au couture!

One of the reasons I tune in to watch “Meet The Browns on TV” each week is to see what Mr. Brown will be wearing. Here are some of his fashion faux pas from the show and from his appearances on House of Payne:

See also: Meet The Browns Cast Info – David Mann

Tamela Mann

Tamela Mann (who’s married to David Mann “Mr. Brown” in real life) began her career by singing in the church choir. After honing her singing talents over the years she got a big break when she was chosen to join the gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family.

Tamela Mann’s melodic voice can be heard on the soundtracks of Tyler Perry movies like Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Meet The Browns. She’s also lent her voice to Coca-Cola and Ashley Stewart commercials!

Many of you first heard of Tamela in 2000 when she starred as Cora Brown in “I Can Do Bad All By Myself”, a play by Tyler Perry. Since then she’s starred in films like Kingdom Come (she was Whoopi’s young daughter) and Meet The Browns. She’s also starred in additional Tyler Perry plays like Madea’s Class Reunion, Madea’s Family Reunion, and What’s Done In The Dark.

Tamala Mann has released a wonderful CD called “The Live Experience” which recently debuted on the Billboard Top 20 Gospel chart with the single “You Deserve My Praise.” Here are the tracks from her CD. Notice that she sings some of the songs with her husband, David Mann:

1. Alright – Tamela Mann, Myron Butler
2. Gotta Keep Movin’ – Tamela Mann, Larron Vaughn
3. Hallelujah – Tamela Mann, Tyler Perry
4. Speak Lord – Tamela Mann, Terrell Carter
5. Speak Lord/I Need You Now (Reprise) – Tamela Mann
6. Safety in His Arms – Tamela Mann, David Mann (husband)
7. You Deserve My Praise – Tamela Mann, DeMarcus Williams
8. In Your Corner – Tamela Mann, David Mann
9. In Your Corner (Reprise) – Tamela Mann
10. Trust Him – Tamela Mann, Darryl Blair
11. Marvelous – Tamela Mann, Jon Ridick
12. Praise Medley – Tamela Mann

Here’s Tamela Mann singing a Praise Medley:

Here’s Tamela Mann singing “Speak Lord”:

David Mann

If you’ve never seen Tyler Perry’s plays or movies your first exposure to the “Mr. Brown” character was probably via the “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” television show. However, David Mann has portrayed this character in several productions:

* I Can Do Bad All By Myself – Mr. Brown
* Madea’s Family Reunion – Mr. Brown
* Madea’s Class Reunion – Mr. Brown
* Meet The Browns – Mr. Brown
* House of Payne – Mr. Brown (5 episodes)
* What’s Done in the Dark – Mr. Brown
* Meet The Browns (film version) – Mr. Brown
* Madea Goes To Jail (film version) – Brown
* Meet The Browns (TV Series)- Leroy Brown

David Mann is married to Tamela Mann, the person portraying his sister on Meet The Browns. He and his wife were gospel singers with Kirk Franklin’s “The Family” before working on Tyler Perry’s productions.