Old Heads, Was TK Kirkland ever a notable Black comedian?

[BlackPrint]

I've seen about three of dude's interviews and in EVERY single one he speaks about himself in that context. He rattles off a list of popular comedians (Jamie, Kevin Hart,Eddie Murphy) and says he taught them shyt or how they acknowledge him as being the best comedian they've ever seen blah blah.

I vaguely remember him on a show when I was younger but other than that, I really don't know.


He look like he drive mad forklifts.

He says in another interview that in the 90s he was the most powerful black comedian.


Never heard of mans in my life on that level, is this true

 

[Mowgli]

I seen him live. Good for a few chuckles but i never bust out laughing

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

ironic that he was calling out Nas work ethic. I didn't even know what he did.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

He was aight..

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

I first heard about him last year listening to a Jamie Foxx interview. Jamie mentioned his name about being the funniest comedian no one knows about in the mainstream.

After doing research, just seems like he is known in the Black underground -- he's not even really popular in the Black mainstream.

He first got on opening up for NWA in 1988 but he messed up a lot of opportunities in the 90s because he fukked over a lot of people being a dirty dude

 

[Clark Wayne]

I never heard of dude until he was on the breakfast club.

Like the poster above posted, apparently he’s the best unknown black comedian and he did some thief shyt back in the day.

 

[dj-method-x]

He was aight. Not all that well known or all that funny. He def exaggerating his relevance and impact.

 

[Ron Fox]

This isnt an old head question. I just started hearing about this guy recently. He's from this school not from back in the days

 

[ba'al]

He a comic's comic. People who are in the industry know him and might hire him to write or open up. I remember first hearing about TK on the 5150 show on the foxhole.

 

[BlackPrint]

So he moreless the Canibus of black comedy

This isnt an old head question. I just started hearing about this guy recently. He's from this school not from back in the days

His career was mainly when I was in diapers so I call it a old head question.

 

[zayk35]

I know I seen him on Comic View ...maybe the O.G. Def Comedy Jam but he wasn't like that

 

[Man]

He was always in an underground club scene and opening shows but never made huge waves as far as I remember

I could be wrong tho coz I never did really check for dude due to my natural instinct to detect and avoid bytchass-grimey-slithery aura

 

[H.S.]

Nah, I don't remember dude ever being a big deal in the slightest. Seems like he's trying to paint himself out to be the black Doug Stanhope or something, but I don't see it.

 

[L&HH]

I've been wondering about this ever since I saw his first breakfast club interview. Dude has definitely overstated his influence. I believe

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Yes he was getting money on the underground scene and opening for those big Rap shows back in the day. He was a hood comedian that was a hustler. He was getting money weekly from dedicated opening spots then would go on tour and get a bag come back and repeat.

He fukked himself on both coasts stealing from Diddy and Suge. I think he went to prison for a bit and now he’s just rebuilding.

Saw him live twice he was funny the 1st time but then the 2nd time he didn’t have any new material.

Patrice O’Neal used to open for him in NYC.

T to the muthafukking K.