DEADASS: a comedy show is the new premiere comedy platform in NYC (and Miami) to see young, black, and funny talent. From people you’ve never heard of, to your viral faves. The show will feel just like the city it was birthed in, fresh, in your face, bold thoughts, and flat out funny. You’ve never seen a comedy show like this before, that's a guarantee, deadass.

Usama Siddiquee (formerly known by his stage name “Usama Bin Laughin”) is completely comfortable with writing a bio about himself in third person. His absolute ease should already be impressing you by now. Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. He’s the kind of comic you want to follow right now, so you can totally gloat to your friends about how you were totally into him before he got huge. And then they’ll get really jealous of your impeccable foresight and superior taste. His act is an energetic (bordering on frenetic) and intelligent (bordering on genius) romp through his own life experiences. Family! Friends! Sex! Religion! Sex with religious friends! It’s all there, and Usama slings jokes on these topics and more with rapid-fire charisma and hilarity.   And if you thought that last paragraph was self-serving, here is a shameless list of Usama’s achievements. He most recently was featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent. He traveled to Montreal as one of the New Faces at Just For Laughs in 2018. Shortly after he was passed at the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York. He made his standup television debut on BET's 50 Central. He has been featured on Showtime’s Desus and Mero, MTV’s News, and Bravo’s Cash Cab. He was a finalist for the 2017 NY's Funniest Competition at Caroline's; a finalist in the 2017 NBC Standup Competition; 1st place winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York; the 1st place winner of the 2015 Yonkers Comedy Festival as well as the 1st place winner of the 2015 Make Me Laugh Albany Comedy Festival. Usama has also featured on videos for NBC, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, The Scene, Mic.com, FusionTV, and Huffington Post.  P.S. Usama can probably beatbox better than you can. FOLLOW HIM: instagram: @UsamaStandsUp twitter: @UsamaStandsUp Facebook: facebook.com/usamastandsup

Levity Live presents the 'Beast of the East' show. What do you get when you combine Rob Stapleton Talent Harris and The Gangster of Comedy Capone? Well what you get is one of the best nights of comedy that you may ever witness. Each comedian stands alone as a headliner around the country but on this night they come together for one awesome night of roof raising comedy! The show will be hosted by Rob Stapleton. Rob well known for his energetic style and his ‘Sweet and Low’ character can  currently be seen getting a standing ovation on Showtime’s ‘Mike Epps and Friends Live at The Nokia’ as well as his very own special on Comedy Central presents  and his classic performance on P Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO.   Talent well known for his hilarious observations is well known for his stints on Russell Simmon’s Def Comedy Jam and Martin Lawrence’s 1st Amendment as well as several hit movies. The gangster of comedy Capone Lee is a well-known for his aggressive rapid in your face style. Capone is well known from the last two seasons of HBO’s Def Comedy Jam as well as the current season of Showtime’s ‘Shaquille O’neal’s All Star Comedy Jam’ as well as host of Showtime at The Apollo.  All of this energy and talent comes to together for one show for one night only.  Be sure to get your tickets today for what will be a show that people will talk about for a long long time.        

Talib Babb is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer based in Brooklyn, New York. When I’m not being a Writer for ESPN Creative Works, I’m performing stand-up comedy. When I’m not doing stand-up, I’m doing sketches or web-series episodes.