Kid Fury
Who Kid Fury is
Kid Fury is a comedian, writer and podcaster born and raised in Miami, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who built an audience with his comedy blog The Fury and his YouTube vlogs before starting the podcast The Read with Crissle West in 2013. The Read won iHeartRadio's award for best comedy podcast in 2021 and became the Fuse series The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West in 2019. He staged the largely stand-up live show Furious Thoughts Live in 2016, has written a nationwide stand-up tour, and wrote on two seasons of HBO Max's Rap Sh!t.
At a glance
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Podcasts
- The Read
- On screen
- Rap Sh!t, The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West and Dear White People
- Next on stage
- 27 October 2026 — Catch A Rising Star (Hyatt Regency Princeton), Princeton, NJ
- Official site
- thekidfury.com ↗
On stage
- Tuesday 27 October 2026, 7:00 PM at Catch A Rising Star (Hyatt Regency Princeton), Princeton, NJ · the listing ↗
- Tuesday 27 October 2026, 7:00 PM at Huntsville Levity Live, Huntsville, AL · the listing ↗
These nights have gone by — the Comedy Calendar has what is next.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Rap Sh!t staff writer, HBO Max, two seasons
- The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West Fuse, 2019
- Dear White People season 2
Podcasts
- The Read co-host with Crissle West, podcast, from 2013
Comedians like Kid Fury
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Zach Noe Towers also in Dear White People
Questions about Kid Fury
Where is Kid Fury performing next?
Tuesday 27 October 2026, 7:00 PM at Catch A Rising Star (Hyatt Regency Princeton), Princeton, NJ, then 1 more date on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.
What podcast do they host?
The Read.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Rap Sh!t, The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West and Dear White People.
Where are they based?
Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Zach Noe Towers (also in Dear White People).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Kid Fury ↗ Born and raised in Miami to parents from Jamaica; YouTube vlog Furious Thoughts from 2010; moved to New York in 2012; The Read with Crissle West on the Loud…
- Levity Live — Kid Fury (Huntsville) ↗ Bio: born and raised in Miami, a Jamaican American comedian, writer and podcaster; one half of The Read, which marked ten years in 2023; writer on Issa Rae's…
- Kid Fury — official site, Bio ↗ Grew up in South Miami; The Fury blog (2006); YouTube channel; moved to New York in 2012; The Read with Crissle; has written on two seasons of HBO Max's Rap…
Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 29 September 2026