Cedric the Entertainer entered into a partnership with HVM Racing in October 2005.
In 2011 in a New York Times article whose short title was "Atlanta Emerges as a Black Entertainment Mecca", comedian Cedric the Entertainer, who hosted that year's Soul Train Music Awards, said Atlanta had always been a black mecca and continues to be one, with respect to the black musical talent in the city.
With a series of impressive tests he was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing-HVM, owned jointly by Cedric the Entertainer and Keith Wiggins, in 2006 as a teammate to the even younger Nelson Philippe.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Murdock has recorded and/or toured with talented performers such as Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks and the Tonight Show Band, Natalie Cole, Sheena Easton, BB King, Cedric the Entertainer, Gladys Knight, Patti Austin, Michael Bolton, Aaron Neville, Chuck Berry, Dr. Dre, Will Smith, Huey Lewis, Rose Royce, Mandrill, Jim Carrey, Bill Cosby, Solomon Burke, and Peter Frampton.
By that point the team had been renamed HVM (Herdez Viva Mexico) and in October 2005 Cedric the Entertainer announced he had become a partner in the team.
Johnson and his followers have performed at birthday parties ranging from inner city communities to celebrities like Madonna, Pamela Anderson, and Cedric the Entertainer.
Usher (entertainer) | Chris Brown (American entertainer) | Eve (entertainer) | Drake (entertainer) | Pitbull (entertainer) | Cedric the Entertainer | Belinda (entertainer) | Ashanti (entertainer) | Cedric Hardwicke | Cédric El-Idrissi | Martin Kemp (entertainer) | Cedric Bixler-Zavala | Brandy (entertainer) | Rain (entertainer) | Fabian (entertainer) | Cedric Richmond | Cedric Gibbons | Cedric C. Smith | Sheryl Crow (entertainer) | Mario (entertainer) | John Davidson (entertainer) | Craig Owens (entertainer) | Common (entertainer) | Chris Brown (Canadian entertainer) | Cédric Villani | Cedric Smith | Cedric Price | Cedric Minter | Cédric Klapisch | Cedric Howell |
In 2012, Qloo raised $1.4 million in seed funding from investors including Cedric the Entertainer, Danny Masterson, and venture capital firm Kindler Capital.