G&A Productions Presents

GRIPPTHEMIC

Comedy

SHANG

Shang has come a long way from the boroughs of New York.
Originally from Brooklyn, this Carnegie Mellon University graduate
and aspiring illustrator began his comedy career on a dare. A friend
bet him $50 to take the stage during open-mike night at a local comedy club,  

Shang won the bet. He felt It was a way to get the things that he was passionate

& angry about that he saw in the world. So he caught the comedy bug & quickly

became an underground favorite with his dark, edgy avant-garde, socio-political style.

The charismatic comic has proven his premiere stand-up skills with

Appearances nationwide and abroad With one of the most memorable performances
of 1995 on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" &  won Two half-hour Comedy specials on

BET's "Comic View Grand Stand. Shang has cemented his position as one

of the brightest funnymen in the business & his political and explosive humor

has been showcased on HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival Special "Best of the Fest".

Other appearances include "Politically Incorrect,”& the BBC’s  Funny Business,

Mun2’s Loco Comedy Jam, NBC'S Comedy Showcase, MTV’s Choose or Lose,

National Lampoon’s New Faces, Comedy Central’s Jamie Foxx-presents “Laffapalooza”& was a Co-Host on Russell Simmon’s “One World Music Beat.

 Shang  also is a Co-producer & host of BET’S  Access Granted & is a regular

on Bet’s Comic View, which airs weeknights at 10pm.
 

(Incidentally, BET reaches 80 million cable households according to

Nielsen Media Research).

Michael Blackson

known as The African King of Comedy, has been entertaining audiences all around the globe. Blackson has been called the most original foreign stand-up comic in the country. Entertaining audiences for more then a decade, Blackson's comic act leaves audiences laughing in tears.

   Having been inspired by the   comedy styling of Eddie Murphy y y [1] Blackson developed his comedic talent in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia,