“A lot of the things I do deal with my race, but my race is who I am. I'm an American kid who grew up listening to predominantly hip-hop. I will talk about hip-hop as the music I grew up listening to, and I think sometimes people like to put it as, 'Oh, well, he's talking about black things.' And, yeah, they are, but that's my American identity.”

American comedian, actor, producer, and writer, born 1976

Wyatt Cenac is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was born in 1976 and is known for work in television and film, including his time as a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show from 2008 to 2012. He later starred in the TBS series People of Earth and in Barry Jenkins’s first feature, Medicine for Melancholy. He also hosted and produced the HBO series Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, bringing the same sharp, observational style to comedy and commentary.