Jay the Comedian was good for a while, but he seems to be a big Cedars fan-boi, which is hard for me to imagine with his street smarts.
Jay lost a lot of credibility not only as a voice in this community, but as a comedian when he made his Lloyd defence “comedy” video. I think he let what he perceived to be his friendship with Lloyd get in the way because that could have been made into an excellent comedy routine. Coach Dee Free really lit into him and that was the perfect example of comedy from a Black perspective. “Talk about preaching the Good News in all the inhabited Earth!” was a classic.
Instead Jay just whines about it being “not our business”, as if his boy hadn’t just spilt it all on the livestream and on FB just days before he made his video. Now what real comedian watches that livestream and all he takes from it is “not your business!”?
Chris Rock completely obliterated Will and Jada Pinkett Smith for bringing their personal life into an interview. He specifically called out Jada for some “low down shit” and had no idea why they’d put that info out in public.
Real comedians don’t discriminate. If there is material out there for a stand up routine, they embrace and run with it. But Jay is online friends with Lloyd, so turn the comedy against the people Lloyd was ranting against I guess. A fat man who just got up out of bed chugging whiskey said he didn’t have any mastery over his penis, but the comedy was somehow turned on the people whom that line was directed towards. Great comedy, Jay. Can’t wait to see your show about knocking on doors as a kid. Really groudbreaking.
I suppose that’s one of the many reasons why Chris Rock is making million dollar Netflix specials and hosting the Oscars whilst Jay is struggling to get noticed on the Chicago stand-up scene.