{{Short description|American comedian}} {{Infobox person | name = Kenice Mobley | image = Kenice Mobley 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.jpg | alt = Kenice Mobley, an African American woman with locs wearing glasses, smiling. | caption = Mobley at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe | birth_date = | birth_place = | education = North Carolina Central University (B)<br>Boston University | occupation = {{hlist|Comedian}} | years_active = | known_for = }} '''Kenice Mobley''' is an American comedian. She was named to the 2021 Vulture list of Comedians You Should and Will Know. Her debut comedy album ''Follow Up Question'' was released in December 2022.
== Life and career == Mobley was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Zaino |first=Nick A. |date=2016-12-25 |title=Now that Kenice Mobley and comedy have connected, there's no turning back |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> She received her bachelor's degree in psychology and history from North Carolina Central University.<ref name="vulture2021">{{cite web |date=2 November 2021 |others=Vulture Editors |title=Kenice Mobley Wants to Create More Spaces for Comedy Weirdos |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/kenice-mobley-comedians-you-should-know-2021.html |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mobley |first=Kenice |date=2008-05-22 |title='Generation Y' is all about individuality |pages=37 |work=The Herald-Sun}}</ref> She began her stand-up career at an open mic in Los Angeles and later continued to perform in Boston, while in graduate school for film production at Boston University.<ref name="vulture2021" /><ref name="vulture-2019">{{cite web |last1=Garron |first1=Taylor |title=Kenice Mobley's Mom Is Genetically Blessed |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/kenice-mobley-best-up-and-coming-comedian.html |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Vulture|date=11 October 2019 }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
In 2021, Mobley was signed by professional wrestling promotion WWE. However, she was released days later when, during an interview with the ''Asian not Asian'' podcast, she pointed out that she got the job without any wrestling knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solowrestling |date=2021-06-25 |title=WWE despide a Kenice Mobley, la guionista que reconoció no saber nada del producto |url=https://solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com/new/99346-wwe-despide-a-la-guionista-kenice-mobley |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com |language=es}}</ref> She was named to ''Vulture'''s 2021 list of Comedians You Should and Will Know.<ref name="vulture2021" /> Mobley performed a set on ''The Tonight Show'' in 2021.<ref name="vulture2021" /> Mobley also works for the Center for Media and Social Impact.<ref name="vulture2021" />
Mobley's debut comedy album ''Follow Up Question'', filmed at Union Hall in New York, was released in December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=EBONY |first=Team |date=2023-01-09 |title=5 Black Female Comedy Albums To Get Your Chuckles On |url=https://www.ebony.com/five-black-female-comedy-albums-to-get-your-chuckles-on/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Ebony |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="pastemag">{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Clare |title=Kenice Mobley Is Absurd and Analytical on Her Debut Album Follow Up Question |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/kenice-mobley-follow-up-question-review/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Paste}}</ref> In a positive review, Clare Martin of ''Paste'' described the album: "Whether she’s talking about how her mom’s figure has ‘changed the pornography I can watch’ or asking the audience about cum in jars, Mobley mines sophomoric comedic veins in hilarious and surprisingly incisive ways."<ref name="pastemag" />
She resides in Brooklyn.<ref name="pastemag" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://kenicemobley.com Official website] * {{IMDb name|id=nm3783566}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mobley, Kenice}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:African-American women comedians Category:21st-century African-American women Category:American stand-up comedians Category:African-American stand-up comedians Category:North Carolina Central University alumni Category:Boston University alumni Category:Comedians from North Carolina Category:American women comedians
{{US-comedian-stub}}