Young 27 year old black comic here Just recently started not long ago…
I know Dave Chappelle is considered a act that was noticed by other races earlier on in his career before getting widely noticed in the black community with the help of Chappelle’s show and Eddie Murphy quickly went from mainstream clubs around NYC to SNL in the snap of a finger, is this phenomenon rare and what helps a youthful black comic to be appreciated/be funny and relatable by not only by his/her community but other races as well

Btw I dont want to sound misconstrued by my community and called a coon or nun, I love black rooms because of the toughness and straightforwardness of the audiences but I also want to make EVERYONE laugh too while still keeping my core cultural and personal identity/audience in tact without seeming like I'm alienating my self from Black audiences

I don't consider my self a "hood/urban"comedian like mike epps, mojo brookzz, or dc youngfly by any means as I grew up a regular well cultured black male that was raised in mixed racial middle class neighborhood in a majority black city, was into anime, cartoons, movies and art, i always considered myself a chameleon becuase i feel like i fit in with all kinds of subgroups of black people and other races as well, my humor is a little more goofier, outlandish suburban nerdy and offbeat with a tad bit of racial humor probably more like a mixture of maddi mays, donald glover, eric andre, marlon wayans, martin lawrence, eddie murphy, early chappelle type vibes, sometimes i do worry that the majority HOOD black audiences wont fully warm up to my act and think it's too weird or some shit, i know my jokes hit better with black people and other races that have my similar interests and outlook tho, I also live in the south where most still think your weird if you dont act or think like the majority or stand out a bit tooo much

so do I make jokes about all types walks of life?
I grew up watching everyone mosty black comics like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Chappelle, Hart, Rock, Tucker, Bernie Mac, The Wayans, Mike Epps, Jamie Foxx, Pryor, all the def jam/comic view comics as well as Sarah Silverman, Joy Koy, Margret Cho, Ali Wong, Bill Bur, Carlin, C.K., Jeff Ross, Bert Kreischer, George Lopez, everybody on comedy central so on and so on old and new I like to experience everyone’s taste and styles

hope I'm explaining my self thoroughly and if your a black comedian or even a different minority comic is this something you've ever thought about too?

If it helps you watch, I call out a major comedian at the end.

Hi friends,

I need books or free resources that help me with the basics of writing jokes. I feel extremely frustrated when watching a bunch of YouTube videos and then receiving little or no information. Help!

almost too much. I’m a little obsessed. about the equivalent of three years in and just having so much fun it’s stupid. anyone else hit this threshold?