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First off thanks so much for doing this AMA it’s such a pleasure getting to hear from you. I fell in love with your style of comedy thanks to the Comedy Central Roasts and have been a fan ever since. Now on to my questions:

1) You’ve been performing stand up since you were 15 years old, how was that performing so young? Did you suck starting out? Any notable mentors to help you out? How the hell were you able to perform in comedy clubs or bars at 15?

2) You’ve been doing comedy for years. Were there any comedians that you saw when they were just starting in clubs that you were either blown away by or thought wouldn’t make it?

3) This clip from YouTube claims that your performing voice is different from your speaking voice, is there any fact to it?

4) In watching you at roasts when your not on the dias it seems that you have a fantastic sense of humor no matter if people are ripping on you or your fellow roasters, can you talk about where you got your sense of humor from?

5) My dad says that the jokes you often tell are older jokes but your delivery of them and for new audiences who might not have otherwise heard them is what makes them great, can you talk a bit about this?

6) I love Last Comic Standing and loved seeing you on the roast episode. Were the roast segments edited down from the live show? Have you heard Joe Machie’s joke about Thomas Jefferson? If you haven’t here it is.

7) Your most famous for your Aristocrats joke told the roast of Hugh Hefner after 9/11. Before that joke you made a joke about 9/11, given it was such a tragedy do you think it’s important to be able to poke fun as a form of grieving or moving on? How good of a feeling was it to have the whole room erupt with laughter following the Aristocrats joke?

First off I’m a huge fan! I first got into watching slam poetry after watching the film Louder Than A Bomb. Soon after I was exposed to your slam poetry and rapping and instantly fell in love. Tiny Glowing Screens Part 2 is probably my favorite song of yours next to “Hey Asshole”.

1) You were successful on the Slam Poetry scene before coming along to rapping. Although I don’t aspire to be a rapper, do you feel that more people wanting to make rap careers should work with slam before starting rap careers?

2) Not only can you rap and slam fast, your lyrics are phenomenal. Can you describe how long it takes for you to write a song or slam piece and where the ideas come from?

3) As a young white rapper how does this effect trying to break apart molds of what rappers should look like and sound like? If you’ve gained respect, anyone particular that was especially helpful or supportive?

4) The slam poetry community is incredibly tight to my understanding, how was it growing up in San Francisco in which the area is huge with slam on the NW coast?