Joel Martinez (born May 15, 1983), professionally known as The Kid
Mero, is a Dominican-American writer, comedian, TV personality, voice
actor, YouTube personality, music blogger and Twitter personality. He
rose to prominence alongside fellow Bronx native Desus Nice with their
Complex TV 46-episode podcast Desus vs. Mero, which first premiered on
December 18, 2013. As of season 5, he is a cast member of Guy Code
with Desus Nice. He was the co-host of Viceland's Desus & Mero talk
show alongside Desus until June 2018, and currently co-hosts Desus &
Mero which premiered on February 21, 2019 on Showtime.Martinez was
born in Washington Heights, Manhattan to Dominican immigrant parents.
The Martinez family moved to the Bronx when he was young, and lived in
a number of neighborhoods there; while Martinez mostly grew up in
Tremont, he also spent time in Throggs Neck, Kingsbridge, Mount Eden,
and Belmont, among other neighborhoods.Martinez realized he was
talented at comedy from a young age but was not particularly
interested in televised comedy or stand-up comedians growing up. He
attended I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade Intermediate School before graduating
from DeWitt Clinton High School. He then studied at Bronx Community
College before briefly attending Hunter College, studying to be a
science teacher while working as a teacher's assistant.
Mero, is a Dominican-American writer, comedian, TV personality, voice
actor, YouTube personality, music blogger and Twitter personality. He
rose to prominence alongside fellow Bronx native Desus Nice with their
Complex TV 46-episode podcast Desus vs. Mero, which first premiered on
December 18, 2013. As of season 5, he is a cast member of Guy Code
with Desus Nice. He was the co-host of Viceland's Desus & Mero talk
show alongside Desus until June 2018, and currently co-hosts Desus &
Mero which premiered on February 21, 2019 on Showtime.Martinez was
born in Washington Heights, Manhattan to Dominican immigrant parents.
The Martinez family moved to the Bronx when he was young, and lived in
a number of neighborhoods there; while Martinez mostly grew up in
Tremont, he also spent time in Throggs Neck, Kingsbridge, Mount Eden,
and Belmont, among other neighborhoods.Martinez realized he was
talented at comedy from a young age but was not particularly
interested in televised comedy or stand-up comedians growing up. He
attended I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade Intermediate School before graduating
from DeWitt Clinton High School. He then studied at Bronx Community
College before briefly attending Hunter College, studying to be a
science teacher while working as a teacher's assistant.
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