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Michael Blackson
Michael Blackson, also known as The African King of Comedy 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.

Biographical Info
Michael Blackson was born on November 28, 1972 in Ghana, West Africa. Blackson first arrived in the United States in April 1985.

Stand Up Career
Having been inspired by the comedy styling of Eddie Murphy Blackson developed his comedic talent in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in 1992. Michael Blackson has performed in many well-known comedy competitions such as the 1992 USA Comedy Central Tour in Philadelphia, the 1993 Schlitz Malt Liquor Comedy Tour in Valley Forge,Pennsylvania and the 1996 Urban Comedy Festival in New York City. In 1999-2000 Blackson also competed in the Laffapolooza Comedy Festival in Atlanta and the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition in Oakland, California in 2001.

Acting Career
Michael Blackson moved up the acting ladder with his great performance in the 2000 comedy film Next Friday produced by producer Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision. In 2005 Michael Blackson released his top-selling comedy sketch CD entitled Modasucka: Welcome to America. In the year 2005 Michael Blackson also made an appearance on P.Diddy's Bad Boys of comedy on HBO and starred in a commercial for the Chappelle Show on Comedy Central.

 Michael Blackson List of FILM/TELEVISION Appearances (time line)

2005, B.E.T. Awards.

P.Diddy Bad Boys of Comedy, 2005

Dave Chapelle Show Commercial, 2005

Nelly “Err Time” Music Video Cameo, 2005

Junior Mafia, Music Video Cameo, 2005. BET Club Comicview, 1993-2004

Live In Hollywood, UPN & FOX, in 2003-04

Freeway “Flipside”, Music Video Cameo, 2003.

Showtime  in Harlem, 2003

Philly’s Most Wanted “Please Don’t Mind” Music Video

“NEXT FRIDAY”, Newline Cinema, 2000

BET’s Live from LA with Michael Colyar, 1999

BET ComicView Grandstand Competition, 1998

HBO Snaps, 1995

Russell Simmons HBO Def Comedy Jam, 1994