Pod#127 - TheKidShazy - Comedy, TikTok fame, US vs UK Muslims online & more!

Shahzeb aka TheKidShazy is a standup comic and very popular Pakistani-American TikTok content creator! We got him on the show after coming across his videos on the app several months ago and he talks about a whole bunch of stuff. How he got into comedy, his TikTok journey, Pakistani Students Associations, Zakir Naik, his trip to Pakistan and more!  Check out the episode and also his work at the links section below!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  01:42 Background - moving to the US at young age, becoming an attorney!  05:21 How he got into comedy and onto TikTok!  10:37 The desi community's relationship with standup comedy  15:05 Tiktok, managing expectations, learning the video making and about the audience  18:06 How -serious- is he about wanting videos to do well?  22:08 The PSA video series  29:34 Zakir Naik videos - love & hate from the audience, US vs UK muslims online  36:05 Managing audience requests   42:44 His 2021 Lahore-during-lockdown experience  48:51 He got COVID during his Pakistan trip?? Maybe. Nobody’s sure.  53:48 Plans for the future! Tiktok, standup, YouTube(??) and more!  58:40 Jinn story??  1:01:00 Outro   LINKS:  His Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thekidshazy His Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekidshazy/  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!    Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!   SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp...  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod  Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan