Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw

2025-2026 Bill 885: Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 885
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Devine
Document Path: LC-0419DG-EB26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 3, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on February 3, 2026
Summary: Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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2/3/2026

Senate

Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/03/2026

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND
CONGRATULATE BRANDY "BEASY BAYBIE" HENSHAW ON HER EXCEPTIONAL RADIO HOST CAREER
AND HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, Brandy Henshaw
was born in a small town in West Virginia spending most of her adolescent years
in foster care and group homes in Reading, Pennsylvania, which would later
influence many of her service efforts. She began her radio career in Charlotte,
North Carolina as executive producer and radio personality for WGIV's "The BJ
Murphy Morning Show," later moving to Columbia, South Carolina to do the midday
show for WHXT before being promoted to the Afternoon Drive position, where she
held the title of #1 Radio Show for five plus years; and

W
hereas, she developed
many valuable connections which allowed her to do segments for many news brands
in the city, including WACH Fox, WLTX, WIS, and ABC Columbia, as well as covering
many major award shows like the BET awards, the Hip Hop Awards, the Social
Awards, and being the face of many red carpets for major box office hits like
"The Bobby Brown Story" and "The New Edition Story"; and

W
hereas, Brandy Henshaw
has been recognized many times in her career, being listed as one of the
world's "Great Black Speakers," being recognized by Who's Who in America, and
being honored as Radio Ink's "Future African American Leader in Radio." She is
also a Gracie Award winner, which is considered the highest journalistic
recognition; and

W
hereas, Brandy is
married to CoreyJon Nowell-Brown and is a mother to four girls and a bonus
mother to three more children. Brandy is also the author of three books, "That
Night I Died," "Conv;cted: The Beasy Baybie Story," and "Jesus & Coffee";
and

W
hereas, as the creator
of Operation We Got Us, a community aid and outreach organization, she has led
disaster relief efforts, supported foster children, aided imprisoned
communities, assisted families facing housing instability, and organized annual
outreach initiatives for underserved communities throughout South Carolina; and

W
hereas, Brandy regularly
visits local schools, detention facilities, and universities as a motivational
speaker. She has organized donation drives to aid disaster relief for
communities around the country, gathered donated books for local prisons, as
well as clothing for women being released from prison. She has created annual
events for the underserved on both Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as
providing foster children with Christmas gifts from their wish lists. She has
fundraisers often to help families suffering from evictions to stay in their
homes comfortably and has successfully prevented many evictions for single
mothers; and

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina Senate value the way that Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw exemplifies
leadership and civic impact through her continued commitment to service,
mentorship, and advocacy. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
honor and congratulate Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw on her exceptional radio host
career and her many years of service to countless communities across South
Carolina.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Brandy "Beasy Baybie" Henshaw.

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