Cedric The Entertainer Gives Backstory on His Hit Show, TV Land's The Soul Man by linwoods published on 2012-08-02T03:48:54Z The Soul Man is TV Land’s latest hit comedy. It is a faith based show that reaches a general audience. It was co-created by Cedric The Entertainer , who also stars as the lead character, Rev. Boyce Ballentine a once successful R&B singer, “Boyce The Voice.” Boyce returns home to St. Louis from Las Vegas after giving up his R&B career to take over as pastor of his father’s church. Niecy Nash stars as Cedric’s wife, “Lolli” and Jazz Raycole as his daughter “Lyric.” Rounding out the cast is John Beasley as Cedric’s father and Wesley Jonathan as his younger brother “Stamps” who is constantly shaking things up in the family. Co-Executive produced by Cedric’s business partner, Eric Rhone, the show is directed by veteran director, Stan Lathan. Listen to Cedric tell the back-story on how The Soul Man sitcom came to life. The Soul Man airs Wednesday, 10p.m.Eastern/9p.m. Central Time. Genre Family