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 Joey Medina, a Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York is one of the freshest comedians around today. Once a professional boxer, who fought for the world title and a former police officer, Joey now has his hold of the comedy world. Latin Heat magazine calls him the "New Freddie Prinze" while Latin Style magazine say's "Joey is the one to watch." Joey Medina is one of the few comedians that can bridge together urban with mainstream comedy to make his style a hit throughout the country. From headlining at New York City's famous Caroline's Comedy Club to performing at San Jose's 20,000 plus capacity Shoreline Amphitheater, Joey commands the stage.
Along with headlining almost every major comedy club in the country, Joey has performed throughout the world from Bosnia to Egypt for the US. Military.
Joey is a veteran of 13 television shows, including A&E's Evening at the Improv to the Roseanne Show. In 1996 Joey won the "Master's Video, Comedian of the Year Award." And in 1998, _released his award winning comedy album, "Below the Belt." In 2000, Joey Medina wrote, produced and directed his first feature film entitled "EI Matador."
Joey was also hand picked by fellow comedian Paul Rodriguez to join his national comedy tour. Joey Medina has performed to nearly 100,000 people in the year 2000 alone. He can also be seen starring in the soon to be released Paramount Picture's movie "The Latin Kings of Comedy", with Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez and George Lopez.
Although Joey considers himself a comedian and not a Latin comedian; he is rated the number 6 Latin comedian in the country and the funniest Puerto Rican comedian in America by LatinoComedy.com
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