One particular post comparing the best trucks in Caribbean culture during Labor Day Weekend became a viral sensation. He’d gotten laid off and started posting his own memes and later 15-second videos to Instagram.
Although he was making great money going in and out of tunnels for eight years, Majah knew his purpose was much greater than a 9-to-5 routine. Majah took a job as an electrician with Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). Almost instantly, the reality of becoming a father at 19 years old forced Majah to put his dreams to mesmerize audiences on hold. Adding vocals and production to his growing list of talents, Majah produced singles for a host of Jamaican and Caribbean artists like Gyptian and Torres Riley. Majah began selling cassette tapes sequenced with Caribbean sounds and Hip-Hop to his peers in the hallways. One of his DJ buddies gave him the name “Majah” because he could see that the comedian was destined for worldwide success. In junior high school, Majah started DJing. Any other time, Majah was taking his inspiration for making people laugh by studying Redd Foxx on “Sanford & Son,” Jamaican comic Oliver Samuels, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, Jerry Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy.įor awhile, music seemed to be the career path Majah was destined to pursue. The diligent entertainer synonymous with mimicking Caribbean accents honed his chops winning his family’s holiday talent shows either telling jokes or playing seven instruments: mainly the alto saxophone, clarinet and trombone. Born Nigel Joseph in the Caribbean, Majah grew up the oldest of three children with his mother in Brooklyn, N.Y. Majah was always destined to entertain crowds and bring joy to diverse audiences. As a stand-up comedian, Majah improvises his routines: delivering unscripted punchlines around everyday experiences that connect Afro-Caribbean people. Beginning in 2012, the raspy-voiced funnyman known to his adoring fans as “the Caribbean King of Comedy” took social media by storm with his brand of humor he calls “reality comedy:” producing and starring in sketches online featuring impersonations of characters that poke fun at various stereotypes associated with Caribbean, Latin and African-American cultures. He was being held at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center in Canton, Georgia.Passions for building communities and creating strong representations of Caribbean descendants in mainstream culture are what give comedian Majah Hype his secret sauce. He was also charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor offence. Majah Hype, mostly known for his skits of relatable characters on social media and his own BET Digital series, was then arrested in January 2021.Īt that time, Hype was hit with two felony counts of kidnapping as well as terroristic threats and acts. In December, 2020, his ex-girlfriend Latisha Kirby Farrell made public accusations that he physically assaulted her. It was not immediately clear if the charges were in relation to a domestic abuse incident.
He has been detained at the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office adult detention facilities in Georgia for the past four days.Īccording to the Cobb County Sheriff's office, Hype, whose real name is Nigel Theron Joseph, was arrested and processed on Februand remains in custody without bond. Well known comedian Majah Hype is listed as an inmate in a prison in Georgia, facing charges for simple battery and felony charges of making 'terroristic threats and acts'.
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