Kelly J the BAM, a Columbus, Ohio based millennial media personality covering entertainment, television, movies, R&B culture, travel, lifestyle, and authentic brand partnerships.

Real Life • Laughs • Conversations

There’s always more to a story, and usually something worth talking about.

Hi, I’m Kelly J Earnest, professionally known as Kelly J the BAM — a creator and emerging media personality turning real life, entertainment and culture into conversations worth having.

I’m a millennial wife and Bad Ass Mama of five with a natural curiosity about what sits beneath the surface. Whether I’m unpacking a cultural headline, reviewing the show everybody’s talking about, sharing something happening in my own life, covering an event or working with a brand, I’m rarely interested in stopping at what everyone already knows.

What are we missing? Why does it matter? And what conversation should we actually be having?

Through humor, honest storytelling, deeper research and my own perspective, I create content that entertains first— but gives people something to think about, respond to and send to the group chat.

Come for the story. Stay for the conversation.

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Columbus, Ohio