'Homo Thugs' Episo 2: Closeted Homophobic Gangsters Hnted By Gay Dreams (NSFW VIDEO) | HuffPost Entertament

Comedian Jermae Fowler rose quickly om popular standup and televisn sketch edy performer to executive producer of two seri, cludg a semi-tobgraphic s for ABC, all before reachg the age of 30. Born May 16, 1988 Washgton, D.C., Fowler began performg standup at talent ntts and lol tablishments while still a high schooler Hyattsville, Maryland. In 2006, he reloted to New York Cy, and began performg at edy clubs while also landg appearanc televisn mercials for McDonald's and Sports Illtrated, among other pani. In ls than a 's time, Fowler was a regular on edy seri like the alternative talk program "The Eric Andre Show" (Adult Swim, 2012- ) and MTV's "Guy Co (2011-14). He also enjoyed viral stardom through appearanc on s like College Humor, as well as his own work wh fellow ic Kev Bart the duo BogaCat Sanchez. The latter team-up produced a seri of crilly praised shorts lled "Homo Thugs," which Fowler and Bart lampooned issu of race and sexualy by playg two stereotypil "gangstas" whose braggadoc and homophobia was a th veil for the "gay" elements their own behavr. By 2012, Fowler was performg the New Fac Showse at the 2012 Jt For Lghs Comedy Ftival, and had been selected by Keenan Ivory Wayans as a st member for a proposed revival of "In Livg Color" (Fox, 1990-94). Though the latter seri never got off the ground, Fowler and several of the other ics slated to appear on the new "Livg Color" reteamed to create their own sketch edy seri, "Friends of the People" (2014-15), for TTV. The followg year, attempted to move to the mastream edy scene wh his own seri, "Dolor & Jermae" (ABC, 2015- ), servg as both star and executive producer. The s, based part on his own experienc, ncerned a llege dropout (Fowler) who liv wh his tranged grandmother (Whoopi Goldberg), a former Washgton, D.C.-area police officer, but was not picked up after a pilot was produced. Fowler next appeared oppose Judd Hirsch "Superr Donuts" (CBS 2017- ), a s based on the play by Tracy Letts. Prr to the start of the show's send season, Fowler served as the announcer on the 2017 Emmy Awards, where his animated livery was one of the eveng's more talked-about elements.