Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Radio

Kevin Hart was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, where he launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night at a local comedy club. Over the years, Hart has become Hollywood’s box office powerhouse, opening ten films at number one.
 
Hart’s global live comedy tour, “The Irresponsible Tour,” was released as an original Netflix stand-up special in April 2019. Hart’s last tour, “What Now,” grossed more than $100 million worldwide and culminated in a performance to a sold-out crowd at Philadelphia’s NFL stadium.
 
His memoir I Can’t Make This Up debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the Top 10 Print Hardcover Bestsellers List for ten weeks straight. Hart’s digital network, the Laugh Out Loud Network, serves as a platform for emerging comedians and is home to two premium series—What the Fit? and Cold as Balls—which both feature Hart.
 
In February 2018, Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Radio (channel 96) premiered on SiriusXM, with Hart hosting Straight From The Hart alongside longtime friends and fellow comedians The Plastic Cup Boyz.

Comedian, actor, and voice-artist, Earthquake earned a strong fan base in stand-up comedy via programming platforms fueled by BET, HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, and more. He entered America’s households on the classic run of BET’s Comic View and HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, wowing audiences with performances for HBO’s coveted 30-minute comedy special series One Night Stand. A stand-up circuit favorite, Earthquake filmed a string of comedy specials, including About Got Damm Time, Latham Entertainment Presents, From the Outhouse to the Whitehouse, and more recently, These Ain’t Jokes, which premiered on the Showtime Network.

Chris Spencer was immediately smitten on the fateful night he met his soon-to-be wife Vanessa Rodriguez at the Laugh Factory in 2003. Seventeen years, two kids, four dogs, and a few bumps later, the couple is as solid as ever. What these two have learned over the years is, when life gets hard, you MUST LEAN IN to make it through. During their marriage, the couple would find their career paths cross and eventually shift. Chris went from being a full-time actor/stand-up— having performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Don’t Be a Menace, The Jamie Foxx Show, and countless commercials—to becoming a full-time writer/producer. He has written and produced for The Emmys, The ESPYs, damn near every BET Awards, and Grown-ish. He is also the co-creator (along with Kevin Hart) of BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood. Chris also co-authored the book 150 Ways to Know You Are Ghetto.

Vanessa, a talented casting director, began her career in NYC casting music videos for everyone’s favorite Bad Boy or RockaFella hit. After a few years, she set her sights on Hollywood where she worked with Sheila Jaffe co-casting such projects as Entourage, Be Cool, Soul Plane, The Hive, McFarland, and Ballers. She was, and is, very involved in social justice and education advocacy, working with Political Action Committees (PACS), Blackbird, Step-Up, and College Track. After several years, she too had the itch to write and produce. For a long time, she and Chris avoided working together. They wanted to keep church and state separate, but eventually Vanessa would come up with an idea that Chris could not say no to. That idea was Date Night with Chris and Vanessa.

Jasmin Brown, also known as “Jazzy,” rapidly became an online sensation known for her in-car rants and original characters, such as Reggie, Termite, and—everyone’s hood favorite—Toya Turnup. She quickly built a rabid fanbase by simply being herself (or heightened versions thereof).
 
Funny, inspirational, unapologetic, and down-to-earth are a few of the many words used to describe this comedic actress. Her radiant and charismatic personality has enabled her to build a solid standing in the entertainment industry. She is working on projects with Kevin Hart, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and 50 Cent, for networks such as MTV, BET, LOL Network, Cleo TV, Bounce, SiriusXM, and Netflix (where her first movie, Always A Bridesmaid, debuted). The multi-hyphenate star inspires millions of people around the world with a raw and authentic style of comedy that has her selling out shows across the country.
 
Brown was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is the daughter of two West Indian parents who worked hard to make ends meet. Under challenging circumstances, she and her three older siblings made the best of what they had, embracing the mindset that hard work is key. As a young girl living in a rough neighborhood, Brown was often bullied, and she struggled with self-esteem and identity issues at an early age, which caused her to create her own friends and play elaborate dress-up. Changing her hair, voice, and body language, she unknowingly created the foundation of the original characters for which she would become famous and perform onstage across the world.

Amanda Seales is a comedian and creative visionary with a Masters in African American studies from Columbia University. You know her as “Tiffany DuBois” of HBO’s Insecure, and from her HBO standup special I Be Knowin. She is a former cohost of the daytime talk show The Real, and host of NBCs Bring the Funny. She also hosted the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards. The creator/host of the hit live (and now virtual) music/comedy game show Smart Funny & Black, she speaks truth to change via her wildly popular Instagram, and her weekly podcast Small Doses, as well as her book by the same name. Always an advocate for Black voices, she founded Smart Funny & Black Productions to produce and create art as edu-tainment across the media landscape by any joke necessary. A Jedi Khaleesi with a Patronus that’s a Black Panther with wings, she keeps audiences laughing, thinking, and living in their truth.

Taj Rani is a producer, content creator, and host. She has a decade of experience in the digital media space, having worked for brands such as BET, Essence, and Red Table Talk; and with talent such as Danyel Smith, Janelle Monáe, and Amanda Seales. She is currently the producer for Smart Funny & Black Productions. An alumna of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, she is passionate about combining her love of pop culture, history, and storytelling through the Black lens to ensure that Black stories never are lost or go untold. When Taj Rani isn’t creating, she can be found getting her yoga and meditation on, spending quality time with her tribe, and enjoying old school music on her drives through L.A.

JeremiahLikeTheBible is an Atlanta native and Howard University alumnus who is your favorite creative multi-hyphenate, and is passionate about seeing Black stories represented in media and entertainment. Whether it’s in songwriting or screenwriting, JeremiahLikeTheBible is a creative with something to say, and wants to change the world through his artistry. He plans one day to have his own studio and network, and obviously his own theme park too.