BEFORE J.B. Smoove married Shahidah Omar in 2007, he welcomed a daughter from a previous relationship.
Monay has stayed out of the spotlight most of her life, but in 2023, she made an appearance on the ABC reality competition series, Claim to Fame.
Who is Monay on Claim to Fame?
Claim to Fame is a show on ABC where contestants try to hide their celebrity lineage.
Monay was among the contestants on season 2, and while she might not have won, she did finish as the runner-up behind Gabriel, the younger brother of The Masked Singer host Nick Cannon.
She was eliminated after Gabriel correctly guessed that she was the daughter of Curb Your Enthusiasm star J.B. Smoove.
What is Monay's real name?
In an attempt to hide her celebrity lineage, Monay changed her name.
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During the Season 2 finale, she revealed that her real name is actually Jerrica Brooks and that she was named after her father.
"My father is Jerry Brooks, a.k.a. J.B. Smoove, I'm basically the female version of him," she said, via Entertainment Weekly.
What does Monay do for a living?
While Monay might have a high-profile father, little information is available on her personal life.
At this time, her occupation is unknown, but in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she revealed that she works closely with her dad, which is why he was nervous about her going on the show.
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"At first he was really excited and then like two days before he got nervous because I'm an only child and I work directly with my dad all the time," she explained.
"Day-to-day, we're hanging out, emailing back and forth, doing calls together. So when I said I was gonna go on the show, he got nervous. He's like, who's gonna take care of everything? I'm gonna miss you, blah, blah, blah. But I made sure he was set up fine and then he was excited for me again. He just gets nervous."
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