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Brian got his start in DC before moving to New York City, performing on New Faces at Montreal Just For Laughs, and going on to win an Emmy for his writing on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He performs standup in NYC and on the road, hosts one of the hottest monthly comedy shows in Brooklyn, and has selected to perform at a number of other festivals including Laughing Skull, Laughing Devil, Skankfest, Asheville Comedy Festival, Cinderblock, and the Boston Comedy Festival.
AZHAR USMAN is a Chicago-based standup comedian, actor, writer, playwright, and producer. CNN called him “America’s Funniest Muslim,” and Georgetown University identified him as “one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World.” In 2010, standup icon Dave Chappelle–for whom Azhar has featured over 50 times–commented “AZHAR USMAN is UNTOUCHABLE.” He has toured over 20 countries, on five continents, and his comedy has been profiled by dozens of global media outlets including The New York Times, The Economist, BBC, NPR, and Fox News. Azhar served as a creative consultant on Hannibal Buress’ 2016 Netflix comedy special, “Comedy Camisado.” Most recently, he performed a sold-out 18-show run of his critically-acclaimed, one-man show “ULTRA AMERICAN: A PATRIOT ACT” in Chicago, which was recommended for a Jeff Award. Finally, Azhar will appear as a recurring character on the new Amazon Studios original series “PATRIOT” (expected release 2017).
Teresa’s first professional acting gig was in a dramatic role on BET’s “Tales.” Since then, she has worked consistently appearing in BounceTV’s “Last Call,” in MTV’s “Wild N’ Out,” and in the Universal Feature “How High 2” opposite Mike Epps. She can next be seen in the recurring role of Brandy on Bentley Evans’ “Family Time.” Teresa has also gained popularity with her comedic rants on Instagram (#Topnotchworldd) garnering over 1 million followers.
Ms Pretty Ricki is a hilarious and multitalented rising star. Embarking upon a comedy career only a few short years ago, she has already gained a passionate following across the country and online. She’s a regular talent on Kevin Hart’s LOL and appeared on such TV showcases as BET’s Comic View and Magic Johnson’s “We Got Next,” and performed live at Carolines on Broadway and the legendary Los Angeles Comedy Store. Ricki is also an accomplished singer and actress. She features on the road for Donnell Rawlings, Faizon Love, Kountry Wayne, Michael Blackson, Guy Torry and numerous other major comics, where she makes new fans every weekend.
Justina Valentine, is an (Italian) American TV Star known as the quick witted fan favorite from Nick Cannon’s Wild N Out and most recently VH1’s FUHGEDDABOUT CHRiSTMAS, a feature film Justina wrote, executive produced, directed, and starred in (playing multiple roles). The movie was acquired by MTV Entertainment and premiered on VH1 in December 2022. A social media influencer with millions of followers, bright red locks, and an infectious personality, Justina Valentine is an entertainer who acts, hosts, writes, sings, raps and is widely known for her freestyling ability. Also passionate about helping animals, Valentine was nominated for a PETA Hero Award in honor of her campaign.
Justina began dropping mixtapes and joined the Vans Warped Tour in 2012 to kick off her professional career. She has since been featured on a series of McDonald’s commercials and did a powerful campaign in 2019 with Mountain Dew that received a Shorty Award nomination. Valentine has hosted / co-hosted many other popular MTV shows such as TRL, Singled Out, The Jersey Shore Reunion, The Challenge Reunion, Ex on the Beach Reunion, Ridiculousness, Double Shot At Love Reunion, “How Far is Tattoo Far?” and Basic to Bougie. Valentine was also a cast member on MTV’S number one show The Challenge. Justina stars in her own MTV shows, Justina Makes Over Your Man , Lip Locked, and The Justina Valentine Show. She recently wrapped filming her 13th season of MTV’S Wild N Out as the longest running female cast mate. She also made special guest appearances on MTV’s Revenge Prank with Jersey Shore stars DJ Pauly D & Vinny.
Justina’s original music has been featured on NBC, VH1, MTV, Oxygen, CW and national TV commercials for brands such as Maybelline. Justina made hip hop history on popular radio show Sway in the Morning becoming the first female to freestyle off the top on Sway’s famous “5 Fingers of Death”. Valentine’s latest musical release Fuhgeddabout Christmas is the original soundtrack to her movie released December 2022. The project has received millions of streams. Her previous albums Infrared and Favorite Vibe both debuted in the top 5 on Itunes charts. Valentine is an entertainer who offers 100+ million social media impressions which grows daily. She continues to bust down barriers as a powerful female presence with a strong pulse on multiple areas of the industry and an army of fans following her journey.
Jordan Doll is a standup comedian, actor and writer from Denver, Colorado where he is a regular at the world famous Comedy Works. If he looks familiar it might be because you saw him on Viceland’s Flophouse, or the Comedy Central snapchat channel, or dressed up like a potato skin in that one TGIFriday’s commercial. Or maybe you caught him performing at Just for Laughs Montreal, or the High plains comedy festival, or San Francisco Sketch Fest; opening for the likes of TJ Miller, Bryan Posehn and Rory Scovel. Jordan’s outlandish standup has been featured on Seeso, TruTV, and Comedy Central’s Comic’s to Watch, so if he looks familiar that’s probably why. Or maybe it’s something else. He does kind of have one of those faces.
Chinedu Unaka is a comedian, actor and writer who was recently named a 2020 Comic To Watch by TimeOut LA. Born and raised in south Los Angeles by Nigerian immigrant parents, Chinedu began his career in entertainment through stand up while attending college at University of California, Santa Barbara. After graduating, Chinedu moved back to LA to pursue his entertainment dreams at night while working as a Special Education Teacher in inner city schools by day. Chinedu was a top ten finalist in NBC’s Stand Up for Diversity competition, and had his stand up featured on multiple outlets including: Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, Amazon Prime’s Inside Jokes, FUSE’s TV Stand Up and Deliver and All Def Digital. Chinedu recently released a newly taped comedy album titled “Mostly Kidding.” The album debut at #2 on iTunes and can be found on Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, + more. Chinedu has been featured in projects for SHOWTIME (It’s A Party), FOX (The Mindy Project), HULU (Coming to the Stage), HBO (The Big Chop), Facebook TV (Island Hoppers), Amazon (Inside Jokes), and more. Chinedu also recently returned from #TheLagostoLaurelTour alongside Yvonne Orji (Insecure) and tours with Damon Wayans Jr.
Adam Mamawala is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster
Winner of the 2013 Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, two time Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) Comedian of the Year, American Comic Awards – College Entertainer of the Year, USO and MWR Comedian of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2011… just a few of the well deserved accolades for the talented Rip Micheals. And with writing for Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer, Brandon T. Jackson, Nick Cannon and Johnny Depp, and stand-up performances alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including Kevin Hart, Martin Lawrence, and Bernie Mac, it’s easy to see why Rip Micheals is a rising star, quickly becoming known as a comedy triple threat (stand-up/writing/acting).
Jasmin Brown, also known as Watch Jazzy rapidly became an online sensation garnering 1.2 million followers on Instagram. Known for her “in-car” rants and original characters such as Toya Turnup who also has a strong presence on Instagram with 644k followers. Jasmin’s passion for writing, creating original content and touring the country doing stand up comedy have made her a very unique talent to work with.
Jasmin is writing, producing and starring in her own BET+ series titled CAUGHT UP created by Tyler Perry. She can also be seen as DEJA in Tyler Perry’s latest hit show ZATIMA where Jasmin first got discovered by the mogul himself. You can also catch her in the upcoming SpringHill & New Line Cinema HOUSE PARTY remake, VH1’s Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding and streaming in the ALL BLK series DOUBLE CROSS. She has recurred on sesson 5 of the BET series SISTAS, acted opposite Yvette Nicole Brown in the independent feature film, ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, and in season 3 of BET’s FAMILY BUSINESS.
Jasmin hosted the 2021 BET Awards Pre-Show, Kevin Hart’s “Laugh Out Loud” comedy clip show on BounceTV.