JAVEN
Formerly of Los Angeles, CA JAVEN is an award winning Recording Artist who has the dynamic talents of a Producer, Actor, Speaker, Author, and TV Host. JAVEN's universal appeal is the very attribute that sets the tone for his career and got him public recognition. He has shared the stage with multiple Grammy Award Winning Artists like BeBe & CeCe Winans, Kenny Lattimore, Kirk Franklin and more! He toured many years with the Get Motivated organization across the country participating with legendary personalities such as General Colon Powell, first lady Laura Bush, actress Goldie Hawn, Zig Ziglar, Les Brown and more! JAVEN music and talents has taken him around the world performing in Africa, Brazil, London, Indonesia, India, Israel, Canada, and many other countries.
JAVEN’s acting career allowed him to star in numerous stage productions. He was a lead in the theatrical production of A Raisin in the Sun. He also starred in the off-Broadway musical The Rock and the Rabbi. He had a supporting role with Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole in the featured film One Night with the King. JAVEN also appears with supporting roles in other feature films like Abandoned also starring Britney Murphy, The Lost Woman, The Sixth, and Preacher’s Kid a film starring LaToya Luckett formerly of Destiny Child along with R&B superstar Tank. He had a supporting role in the romantic comedy film The Engagement Plot as the manipulative Tyson Sloan. In 2025 Javen won a MovieGuide Award for best Family Film as part of the cast for A little Women’s Christmas which played a supporting role as pastor Henderson.
In 2014 JAVEN founded the Annual Summer Slam Sport Camp for over 300 under-privilege youth offering training & mentorship from NFL, NBA, & MLB players. Summer Slam reaches out to boys and girls from the foster care system and the inner-city areas of South FL introducing them to sports like golf, tennis, basketball & more, mentoring them on life lessons and giving each youth a free back pack filled with toiletries and school supplies. He does all of this while leading a number of in-house missions that’s meeting the needs of so many through NOW Church. He is the author of the best-selling book, “One Hundred Keys for Your Right Now” and “Do it NOW” Why wait when your best is Now. While touring nationally & internationally speaking and singing, he released his 13th musical project entitled GRACE which landed at #6 on the Gospel Billboard Charts. His latest single Love of My Life & Year of Yes are both quickly climbing the gospel charts.
JAVEN was presented with the Life Time Achievement Award from the White House & President Obama for his humanitarian efforts in the community. He hosts both his TV Show & Podcast NOW Living with JAVEN on a weekly basis and is a frequent host of many TV Specials on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. A graduate of Lee University in Cleveland, TN he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Family Counseling, and a Minor in Theology.