W. Kamau Bell is one of the most popular and richest American stand-up comic who was born on January 26, 1973 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Walter Kamau Bell (born January 26 1973) is professionally known by the name W. Kamau Bell, is an American stand-up comedian and TV host. He hosts his own CNN show United Shades of America since 2016. He also hosted the FXX television show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from 2012 until 2013. He is host of the live radio show as well as the show Kamau right Now on KALW and co-hosts his podcasts Denzel Washington is the Greatest actor of All Time Period with Kevin Avery and Politically Re-Active, with Hari Kondabolu.
From 2012 until 2013 Bell hosted a stand-up comedy TV series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, first on FX and then FXX. The show, which was produced by Chris Rock, provided observational comedy as well as commentaries on political and social issues as well as celeb interviews. The show was eventually cancelled in November 2013 Bell relocated in California after a move to New York.
Since November 2014, Bell has co-hosted the Earwolf-produced podcast Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period with comedian and writer Kevin Avery. In addition to reviewing the films of Denzel Washington one by one, the podcast has also featured interviews with prominent actors, filmmakers, musicians, and comedians including Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, Jesse Williams, Issa Rae, and Ryan Coogler.
On January 26, 2015, Bell and his wife Melissa were involved in an incident at the Elmwood Cafe in Berkeley, California, which Bell alleged was racially motivated. Bell reported online that an employee of the cafe told him to “scram”, or words to that effect, while he was talking to his white wife and her friends at one of its outdoor tables. The cafe owner and Bell held a community forum to discuss implicit bias and how to improve. Bell’s account was eventually featured in an episode of the radio series This American Life entitled “Birds & Bees”. After a similar incident resulted in the arrests of two black men at a Starbucks in April 2018, Bell renewed his criticism of the Elmwood Cafe, and it closed shortly thereafter.
The follow-up album, Face Full of Flour was released in the year 2010 and was named as one among the Top 10 Best Comedy Albums of the year by iTunes and Punchline Magazine. From 2011 until 2012, he was the author of his blog “Kamau’s Komedy Korner” for the San Francisco Weekly. The year 2012 was the year that Bell received the honor of being deemed San Francisco’s top comedian, according to the SF Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian and 7×7 Magazine.
