Ali Siddiq is a stand-up comedian and public speaker out of Houston, TX.  In 2024, Vulture called him stand-up comedy’s most prolific storyteller.  Ali’s unique style of stand-up originated behind the walls of incarceration, an incubator for interesting experiences and good stories.  He is the first comedian to ever release a 4-part series of comedy specials, The Domino Effect 1-4, which has over 40 million views combined on YouTube.  In 2022, Ali released two new hour specials… THE DOMINO EFFECT on YouTube and UNPROTECTED SETS on EPIX.  To date, THE DOMINO EFFECT has over 15 million views, ranking it in the top 5 most watched comedy specials of 2022.  In May 2023, Ali released THE DOMINO EFFECT part 2: LOSS, the sequel to his viral stand-up special, which already has over 7 million views.  In 2024, Ali released two more specials in the series.  THE DOMINO EFFECT part 3: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL premiered on YouTube in May with over 6 million views , and THE DOMINO EFFECT part 4: PINS & NEEDLES premiered on YouTube in June with over 6 million views to date.  In 2025, Ali will be releasing four more specials and Executive Produced a 5^th.   ALI SIDDIQ PRESENTS MARCUS D. WILEY: MARRIAGE IS MAJOR SURGERY premiered on YouTube Feb 12 with over 2.5 million views currently.   MY TWO SONS premiered on YouTube May 11^th and RUGGED premiered on YouTube June 15^th. 

People received their first taste of Ali Siddiq when he appeared on HBO's DEF COMEDY JAM and LIVE FROM GOTHAM, and in 2013 he was named Comedy Central's "#1 Comic to Watch".  In 2014, Ali impressed comedy enthusiasts by displaying his ability to captivate an audience with his "Mexicans Got On Boots" tale, a descriptive storytelling, with over 16 million views, of a prison riot on THIS IS NOT HAPPENING, the first of three appearances.  His stories continued with his HALF HOUR special, which premiered on Comedy Central in the Fall of 2016.  Immediately following the premier of that special, Comedy Central offered Ali an hour-special where he performed for inmates live in a Texas jail, sending Ali back to where it all started. The hour special, Ali Siddiq: It’s Bigger Than These Bars, premiered in February 2018 on Comedy Central and has over 3.5 million views on YouTube.  In 2019, Ali was a top 5 finalist on NBC’s BRING THE FUNNY.  He also appeared as a regular cast member on the reboot of PUNK’D for Quibi. 

Additionally, Ali has appeared on several popular podcasts and TV shows like The Joe Rogan Experience, Club Shay Shay, The Breakfast Club, 85 South, Kill Tony, VladTV, Good Morning America, Uncle Joey's Joint with Joey Diaz, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank, Bertcast, Are You Garbage, Your Mom’s House and many others.  

TOUR DATES

YouTube: 830K 

Facebook: 1.5M

Instagram: 670K

TikTok: 1.2M 

Preferred clips to embed:

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(Some of) The Best of Ali Siddiq

SPECIALS

THE DOMINO EFFECT  - 15 million views 
THE DOMINO EFFECT part 2: LOSS  - 7.5 million views
THE DOMINO EFFECT part 3: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL  - 6.5 million views 
THE DOMINO EFFECT part 4: PINS & NEEDLES  - 6.5 million views
MY TWO SONS 

Ali Siddiq presents Marcus D. Wiley: Marriage is Major Surgery – 2 million views 

 
PODCAST APPEARANCES
- The Breakfast Club
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Club Shay Shay
- WTF w Marc Maron
- Are You Garbage
- Big Boy’s Neighborhood
- VladTV
- Willie D Live
- 7pm in Brooklyn
- Adam Carolla Show
- Johnny Mitchell  - The Connect Podcast
- Ryan Sickler’s HoneyDew
- Dan Soder Podcast
- Vulture's Good Ones Podcast
- Your Mom’s House

 PRESS:

- NY Times: When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage
- Vulture:  Ali Siddiq Is Free. He sold drugs. He went to prison. Then he became stand-up comedy’s most prolific storyteller.
- Daily Beast: This Low-Key Ex-Con Is the Internet’s Most Popular Comedian
- Good Morning America
- Vulture: 5 New Comedy Specials You Should Definitely Watch
- Vulture:  The Best Comedy Specials of 2023
- NY Times: Best Comedy of 2023
- Vulture:  Ali Siddiq’s Elaborate Stool-and-Chair Show
- The Domino Effect Named CrowdUltra Awards Top 5 Comedy Special
- LA Times
- Salon:  How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes
- Essence: Icons Interview