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Miss Mykie        

TV Personality, Recording Artist & Host of the First-Ever Instagram Show, "The Tea"

Mykel Antoinea Gray, known by her stage name, Miss Mykie is an American actress, television personality and recording artist. She is credited with launching and hosting the first ever Instagram show, "The Tea" on July 15, 2013. Miss Mykie is best known for being a former host of BET's "106 & Park."

At the age of 13, she began to take an interest in music, in the hopes of becoming a singer–songwriter and even formed an all-girl group while she was a freshman in high school. She recalls, "My dad and brother built a studio in our house that I spent countless hours in." Shortly after this, her older brother had become her manager and producer, helping her craft a studio album, which was eventually shelved. She began to perform regularly on local shows and opened up for famous artists such as Tyrese Gibson, Slim Thug, Sean Paul among others.

Shortly after graduating from high school, Gray was accepted to the historically black college, Howard University in Washington, D.C., but in the middle of her freshman year she faced a major tragedy. Her older brother was killed, a couple days before his 23rd birthday, and this had a profound effect on Gray. Despite the tragedy, she later became a dancer for Howard's Showtime Marching Band, and a soror of the Alpha chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Gray graduated from Howard University in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

After graduating from college, Gray taught theater arts at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center in Houston, Texas from August 2007 until June 2012. She resigned as a middle-school teacher to pursue careers in television hosting, acting and music. Gray is also an accomplished singer-songwriter, and as of 2012, she is currently recording her debut studio album. She created an industry buzz with over 1 million YouTube hits this year. Gray officially became one-fourth, of the fourth set of hosts for BET's 106 & Park alongside Paigion, Shorty da Prince and Bow Wow. They were officially introduced, as the new hosts, on October 1, 2012.

Gray, alongside Johnson and Walker left the show midway through May 2013, with Angela Simmons temporarily replacing them for the remainder of summer 2013. Miss Mykie is credited with launching and hosting, the first ever Instagram show, "The Tea," originating on July 15, 2013. Mykie is presently the Host of "The Drop" and All Def Digital production.

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Mykie catches buzz from 'The Tea' - Houston Chronicle
Miss Mykie, a Houston native and one of the co-hosts of BET's popular "106 & Park" music program. Photographed in the Houston Chronicle studio, Monday, ...
Miss Mykie Launches First Ever Instagram Show
Miss Mykie Launches First Ever Instagram Show. Actress, recording artist and former host of BET's '106 and Park' stops by HuffPost Live to talk about her launch ...

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