God Said I Can with David and Tamela Mann Meet the Browns

Music was her solace from the beginning, as the gospel she heard in the house calmed her troubled mind and she began attending choir rehearsals with her siblings when she was eight. By 12, she was performing in the “singing choir” at the Holy Tabernacle. In her late teens, her best friend took her to an after school chorus class, where she first heard high school friends David Mann, Kirk Franklin and Darrell Blair sing; in those days, they were known as the “Humble Hearts.” Tamela went to a different high school, but impressed them with her voice, and David enjoyed her gig as a special guest soloist at another church. She and David, who later studied at beauty college together became best friends and eventually began singing with Franklin and the larger ensemble he created that became known to the world a few years later as The Family. The happy, feel-good side of David and Tamela’s story has them falling in love, starting a family—their kids are Porcia (23), Tiffany (22), David (20) and Tia (19), also raising David’s 35-year-old niece Sonya as their own. Currently they are the stars of Tyler Perry's show-Meet The Browns airing on TBS "Very Funny". Any great romance and Hollywood success story worth its salt and faith begins with trials and tribulations, and David and Tamela can entertain folks for hours with some of the anecdotes from their “poor days” when they were first married. When Tamela was first pregnant, they recall only being able to afford five potatoes for a week’s food. But look at what God said! Welcome the saved, muti-talented husband & wife, David & Tamela Mann to the show!!