We Will Have a Very Special Guest Comedian On Sept 26

And his name is Milton "Lil Rel" Howery!

Lil Rel takes you inside his world of growing up on Chicago's West Side when he hits the stage. Introducing characters from his mother, father, uncle and of course your favorite neighborhood "hoodrat," his character style comedy leaves audiences in stitches. He currently tours the country leaving pieces of himself and his life on every stage and city he touches.

Lil Rel is perhaps best known as a semi-finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing and from his show stopping performances on Comedy Central's Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at The El Rey, Martin Lawrence 1st Amendment on Starz, and HBO’s Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy. His Comedy Central special aired in June 2013, and his Comedy Central sketch show, Legion of Goons, is currently in development. He also recently appeared on Shaq’s All Star Comedy Jam and on E’s Chelsea Lately and has performed at some of the most prestigious comedy festivals in the world including the Just For Laughs Festivals in both Montreal and Chicago, the South Africa Comedy Festival and NBC’s Diversity Showcase. Lil Rel was also cast in the reboot of the Fox series In Living Color spearheaded by the original creator Keenen Ivory Wayans. His new CD, "I Know You Hear Me, But Are You Listening" is available on iTunes. With all of this already under his belt, it is no surprise that Lil Rel was also named by Variety as one of 2012 Top 10 Comics to Watch.

We will be interviewing Lil Rel live on Thursday, September 26 at 8pm EST/5pm PST. You can listen in right from this blog (below). Right now it shows our last guest, Penelope Trunk, but that will change to Lil Rel once the interview takes place.

In the meantime, check out our free August issue below if you have not already. Feel free to press the "play" button in front of the flaming mic to watch it move!