JcX n Slick
Everyone’s favourite ‘funny actors’ started out recording hilarious
street-based vox pops on YouTube under the banner of Hot Topic.
Catch their latest exploits on Sky digital’s Current TV, but for now
JcX n Slick want to invite you into their crazy world
entertain. We would prefer to be stand/improv!
referred to as ‘funny actors’.
What makes you different from
When did you know you had the all the other comedy acts out
ability to make people laugh? there at the moment?
JcX: In school I used to make What makes us different is that we
everyone laugh and because of are a real duo! Everyone has his or
that I used to get into a lot of her own style and stuff! We try and
trouble with the teachers. avoid the usual things and we add
Slick: For me it was a thing where a bit of song to our performance. I
I always did my work, but I would think also that we are very good on
mess around as well. I’ve always our toes too – very versatile!
been the class clown and I have
also kinda always liked taking my Who are your comedy heroes?
clothes off for no reason! It was Bernie Mac, Peter Kay, Jack Dee,
official that we were funny when Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor. There
we did our first performance at are more people that we admire
Jump Off – the first comedians in but we’d be here for days.
its history to appear by the way!
Where do you see yourselves
JcX n Slick: JcX a.k.a Justin
How did you first get into
Chinyere one half of the duo.
career-wise in two years time?
performing together on stage? On TV in a hit comedy series
We got into performing after we or making a big budget film in
J
ustin Chinyere and Nicholas made our first Hot Topic together America!! Either way, we’ll be big.
Brown, better known as on YouTube. It was called – Are
JcX n Slick, are the young Men Too Feminine Nowadays? It Would you consider yourselves
entertainers currently making went down really well and became to be trendsetters?
a name for themselves on the a cult classic! (Currently, this Kinda yeah, with little catchphrases
comedy circuit. Their unique brand YouTube video has 27,000 hits and like ‘Go Team’ and ‘BOOMting’.
of humour has been performed counting). A few of our friends said People like them and use them
at the Choice FM Comedy Club, that we worked well together and themselves all the time. As far
the Catford Theatre, Fairfield we should carry on so, as they say, as I know, a lot of people do the
Halls, The Jump Off and Kojo’s – the rest is history. We started BOOMting dance in their houses!
Comedy Funhouse. They have out as JcX featuring Slick and
also had slots on Richard then we became JcX n Slick. www.myspace.com/jcxnslick
Blackwood’s Choice FM show What were each of you doing
and Tim Westwood’s Radio 1 before you teamed up?
show. The pair can also be seen JcX: I was working behind the
on their popular show Hot Topic, scenes putting on shows and
which tours the country asking the things and doing more presenting.
viewing public their opinions on I was also making Hot Topics by
various current issues. Currently myself to begin with.
appearing on sky digital’s Current Slick: Before I was working in
TV, the talented double act take Nando’s and had just recently
some time out to sit down and talk started doing comedy! I did my first
with Flavour Magazine. set at the Comedy Funhouse.
What would you call yourselves: Why did you decided to team up?
actors, comedians, performers Because we were both bringing
or simply entertainers...? something new to the table that
That is the question! Well erm… didn’t exist before and we would
acting is both of our passions! be coming with something that’s
We do refer to ourselves as not very common in the comedy
entertainers for the most part world, let alone the black circuit!
because we are not restricted to
just one thing, we sing, dance, How would you describe your
strip – we do all sorts! The JcX own brand of comedy? JcX n Slick: Slick a.k.a Nicholas
ds by Karla Williams
n Slick motto is – our aim is to We would describe it as role play/
Brown one half of the duo.
or
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