Congratulations are in order for KJ Smith and her husband Skyh Black after tying the knot earlier.
The Sistas star and her new beau wed on Sep. 3 in Malibu, where the couple had their first date and shot their engagement photos. Numbers of celebrities were in attendance at the lavish ceremony, including Tyler Perry, Lil Rel Howery, Dannella Lane, Eva Marcille, Rashan Ali, Devale and Khadeen Ellis, Kendra G, Novi Brown, Crystal Hayslett and Ebony Obsedian – to name a few.
Dubbed #TheBlackExperience, guests were asked to wear all black. Having Perry there was especially special to the couple, whom according to the groom, “gave us our first major starts in Hollywood” when they worked on Sistas together.
Pastor Aventer Gray officiated the ceremony and was there with her husband Pastor John Gray.
At the reception, the bride, groom and guests danced the night away where there was nothing but joy and love in the air.
“The first part of the ceremony is very private, it’s very sentimental, and it’s the more regal part of us and where we honor our ancestors,” Smith told Essence. “It’s heartfelt. And then we are not even calling our wedding a reception, we’re calling it a gala,” Black told us. “It is let’s go to Ibiza, Greece and turn up. We’re not sitting down and eating a plate of dinner. We in here living our best lives. Let’s go!”
She further added that she cannot wait for her bond with her husband be strengthened as they embark on this thing called life together.
“I’m really looking forward to us growing that bond, growing our spirituality together, growing our relationship with God together,” she said, adding that “Because for us, what we’ve learned is once you have the mental and the spiritual locked in—all the physical things, that all comes and it also goes. And none of that matters because you’re so tapped into what you got going on.
She continued: “And we met during the pandemic when it was very chaotic, when it was glum. It was a hard time. And we’re currently getting married during a strike, which is also a very hard time and we’re both artists. But what we practice is keeping our mental bar none because that’s the part that matters. Like I said, things come and go. People come and go, all that comes and goes. But Skyh and I, we’re tapped in and locked in.”
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Black!
