premise: Tyler Perry is a professional writer.
hypothesis: Tyler Perry ( born Emmitt Perry Jr. ; September 13 , 1969 ) is an American actor , comedian , filmmaker , writer , and songwriter , specializing in the gospel genre . Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s . Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network , the most successful being The Haves and the Have Nots .