Kenya Barris, creator and showrunner of the ABC comedy series Black-ish, wasn't raised in the same privileged world as his own children. Instead, he grew up in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Kenya Barris chatted exclusively with PEOPLE at the 'Diarra from Detroit' premiere earlier this week about involving his kids in his work. The writer and producer is dad to six children with Dr ...

Kenya Barris debuted his latest offering #blackAF over the weekend and the first project from his huge overall deal with Netflix may feel a little familiar. ... always annoyed by his children, ...

In fact, for his Netflix comedy “#BlackAF,” in which Barris stars as a version of himself — a Hollywood showrunner with six kids — some of those children saw the material well ahead of time.

Kenya Barris' estranged wife actually has a lot more in common with the matriarch on "black-ish" than his character's wife on the Netflix series, "#blackAF." ...

Kenya Barris recently filed for a temporary restraining ... to help her — he’s now paranoid that Colette will do something crazy and take out her anger against him on his six children. ...

The showrunner turned mogul reveals a new record label, podcast venture, book deal and a first-look film pact: "It’s a special time in this industry if you’re Black and you have something to say.

Kenya Barris is one proud father! The writer and producer, 49, chatted exclusively with PEOPLE about the importance of family at the Diarra from Detroit premiere at Citizen's News in Los Angeles ...

At this point in his television career of mining his personal life for family comedies, Kenya Barris tells his kids ahead of time what from their adolescence they should expect to see on-screen ...

Kenya Barris Photographed by Jill Greenberg. Home; TV; ... he admits that he’s more comfortable with his rising profile than his six children, who range in age from 4 to 21, are.

KENYA BARRIS: I was laughing listening to that 'cause it so reminds me of a moment I would've had with my kids. And it really was based on my family. You know, my wife is - she's an anesthesiologist.

Barris' ABC comedy series was inspired by his own family experiences. He says the show is about "raising your kids in a different environment than you were accustomed to being raised in." Kenya ...