I Am Athlete is a media company focused on the intersection of business, entertainment, music, and sports. IAA was founded by former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall and hosted alongside Adam “Pacman” Jones, Lesean “Shady” McCoy, with contributors such as DeSean “Djax” Jackson and Ashley Nicole Moss. IAA creates athlete-led content that resembles a “locker room”— a safe space for athletes, entertainers, and celebrities to tell their stories, voice their perspectives and control their own narrative while feeling comfortable amongst one another. All shows are unscripted and candid, unravelling cultural discussions centered around sports, wellness, society, fashion, and mental health.
DeWayne Colley, better known by his stage name, Kountry Wayne, is a Comedian, Actor, Original Author, Director, Designer and so much more. Like many people, Wayne had other ideas of what he wanted his life or “stardom” to look like from young. He originally made plans to be the next up and coming rap-superstar-mogul from a small town in Georgia known as Millen, [GA]. But after posting his first skit on Facebook in 2014, those plans quickly teetered into a completely new direction after he became a viral sensation that everyone on the internet grew to love.
After garnering a good amount of traction and small bookings from local comedy clubs in Atlanta, he finally felt confident enough to embark on a journey of his own which turned into a 45-City sold out tour in 2016 named “The 2016 Child Support Tour.” Since then, Wayne has garnered a social media following of approximately 12.9 million followers in total across his Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter platforms and has boasted accomplishments such as embarking on yet another independently-headlined tour titled “Straight Out The Mud Tour” which boasted a total of 24 Sold Out shows with an Inaugural show in Kansas City, MO that wrapped with a final show at the Oven’s Auditorium in Charlotte, NC.
He has also wrote and released a book in April of this year titled “Help Is On The Way: Stay Up and Live Your Truth” where he touches on the perils and strife he faced while growing up in a very small, tight-knit town, but managed to make it out and successfully grasp his dreams with a strong grip thanks to the help of loyal family members, friends, his probation officer and 4 very distinct self-made commandments: I. All You Have Is Your Pride II. Live Your Truth III. Don’t Get Mad, Get Money.
