Kentick "Jazz" Copeland

Ketrick Jazz Copeland was born and raised in Senatobia Mississippi a small town just 30 miles South of Memphis Tennessee He attended Rust College in Holly Springs MS where he received his BA in Television Productions Ketrick played basketball at Rust for 4 years and earned numerous awards including the Kenzell Lawson Sports Award He became a professional show basketball entertainer after college and had a successful 7year run Not long after he went into retirement he felt that there was something missing Copeland was sure that his athletic career had run its course but the passion and love to perform never left This led him to rediscover his passion for entertainment Ketrick has worked both in front of and behind the scenes within the top markets in the industry including but not limited to Colorado New Mexico New Orleans Atlanta Oklahoma and Mississippi Hes worked as an Actor Producer Videographer Director Writer and Editor for several major television and film markets In fact Copeland regularly notes that the key to success is to work in other markets in order to get the exposure and make your game competitive everywhere Copelands most notable films include RYDE RONDO SPIRIT OF LOVE BIG MIKE BRICKS GAMBIT and the SciFi television series INNER DIMENSION Ketrick stated that the most exciting part of his career was when he landed the supporting role of Byron Lowe in the Netflix original film called AMATEUR also earning him an opportunity to work with wellknown actors like Brian White Michael Rainey Jr and Josh Charles After finishing the production of AMATEUR Copeland flew to New Orleans where he worked on the awardwinning film CREATED EQUAL directed by veteran actordirector Bill Duke starring Lou Diamond Phillips Aaron Tveit Edy Ganem Yohance Myles and Gregory Alan Williams RONDO Fantasia International Film Festival 2018 Press Kit