Raheem DeVaughn’s story begins with music—his mother’s vinyl collection to be exact. “I always loved music so I would sneak into her record collection when she wasn’t around and play her stuff,” says DeVaughn. Although his parents were not together, his father, noted jazz musician Abdul Wadud, was an influence as well. “Music was just always around me”, says DeVaughn. “I can remember at a very young age, standing in my mother’s living room, listening to music and saying to myself, ‘I’m going to be an entertainer.’ It was that simple for me. I think I just always knew.”

Keith Robinson is an American comedian who was a regular guest on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He has appeared on the Opie and Anthony show. He has had his own half-hour stand-up special as part of the series. He has several stories about his life in Philadelphia and his run-ins with the police there. Robinson is a friend of comedians Jim Norton Rich Vos & Colin Quinn. Jim Norton often makes fun of his "awful Philly accent".