Whatever We Want with Jay & Kay co-host Jamal Gibran Sterling is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of the Historically Black College Dillard University in New Orleans as well as Southern Methodist University's MFA Acting Program.

 A voice over artist and film/tv actor, Jamal has appeared on several television series including "Prison Break," "Dallas,"  "American Dreams," etc.  and on a host of short films and television commercials.

He has also has appeared on stage in several productions including Our Town, Madame Bovary, Fences, A Soldier's Play, Titus Andronicus, Diamond Dick: The Tulsa Race Riots of 1921,  Penny Candy,  The Winter's Tale,  Race and  Breakfast," etc. 

Whatever We Want with Jay & Kay co-host Khalilah Elliott is a Louisiana native and graduate of the HBCU Dillard University. She also holds an M.A. in Performing Arts Administration from New York University.

A marketing exec & owner of the social impact communications company Gafford Communications, Khalilah has developed marketing  strategies for major brands like Disney and the world-famous Apollo Theater.

A communications expert whose work sits at the intersection of art & activism, Khalilah supports reproductive justice and non profit institutions and has worked with a number of major brands on multicultural initiatives throughout her career including
Coca-Cola, Essence,  HBO, BET, Fox, MSNBC, ABC, etc. and oversaw multicultural marketing for Broadway productions Aladdin and Tony-award winner (Best Musical) Hadestown.