COMEDIANS A–Z
Profiles of the comics we cover: who they are, what to watch, and where to see them live.
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Ali Baba
Ali Baba: The performer who helped make laughter a profession Black Comedy…
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Anne Kansiime
Anne Kansiime: The Ugandan sketch artist who found an audience without borders…
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AY Makun
AY Makun: The comedian who turned a live show into a film…
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Babatunde Aléshé
Babatunde Aléshé: The storyteller who turned family life into a national stage…
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Basketmouth
Basketmouth: The rapper who made a comedy empire—and returned to storytelling Black…
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Bernie Mac
Chicago’s fearless Original King of Comedy, whose Peabody-winning sitcom and scene-stealing film…
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Bovi
Bovi: The Nigerian storyteller who built a stage beyond the punchline Bovi…
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Chris Rock
Chris Rock: The Architecture of an Uncomfortable Laugh Chris Rock | Born…
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Churchill
Kenyan comedian Daniel Ndambuki, whose Churchill Show became the launchpad for a…
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Dane Baptiste
Dane Baptiste: A sharp comic voice confronting the contradictions of modern Britain…
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Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle: The Comedian Who Made Control Part of the Story Dave…
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Eddie Kadi
Congolese-born London comic who headlined the O2 in 2010, now the voice…
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Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy: The Star Who Rewrote Hollywood's Comedy Rules Black Comedy News…
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Eric Omondi
Eric Omondi: The showman who carried comedy into the public square From…
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Gina Yashere
Gina Yashere: Two Cultures, Two Continents, and a Voice Entirely Her Own…
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Idris Sultan
Tanzanian comedian, actor and host who won Big Brother Africa: Hotshots in…
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Jamie Foxx
From In Living Color’s Wanda to an Oscar for Ray, a No.…
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Judi Love
Judi Love: The comic who made everyday life feel like a national…
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Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart: The Philadelphia Comic Who Built a Comedy Enterprise Black Comedy…
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Kojo Anim
Kojo Anim: The club comic whose breakthrough reached millions Black Comedy News…
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Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry: Comedy, Community, and the Fight to Be Seen Black Comedy…
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Loyiso Gola
Loyiso Gola: The satirist who made the news answer back Loyiso Gola…
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Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence: The Electrifying Performer Who Turned Stand-Up Energy into Television History…
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Michael Blackson
Michael Blackson: The comic who turned the immigrant experience into a global…
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Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel: The writer-performer who turned comic honesty into artistic power Black…
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Mike Epps
Indianapolis storyteller who rose through Def Comedy Jam and the Friday films…
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Mo Gilligan
Mo Gilligan: The online comic who made a new British variety tradition…
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Mo’Nique
Mo’Nique: Comedy, Conviction, and the Power to Refuse a Smaller Role Black…
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Nabil Abdulrashid
Nabil Abdulrashid: The satirist who made a national audience confront difficult questions…
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Richard Blackwood
Richard Blackwood: The entertainer who learned to reinvent the spotlight Black Comedy…
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Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor: The Truth-Teller Who Changed Stand-Up Comedy Black Comedy News |…
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Salvado
Salvado: The engineer who found a new way to connect East Africa…
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Steve Harvey
Kings of Comedy headliner, Apollo host and sitcom star turned Family Feud…
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Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish: The Storyteller Who Turned Survival, Candor, and Comic Momentum into…
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Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah: From apartheid South Africa to a global comedy conversation Black…
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg: The Unclassifiable Performer Who Made Room for More Than One…