Eddie Kadi
British comedian
Eddie Kadi (born 18 May 1983) is a Congolese-born British comedian, presenter and actor.
Early life
A resident of South-West London since 1992, he is a past student of Fulham Primary School, Henry Compton Secondary School, William Morris Academy and Kingston University from which he graduated with BSc Honours in Media Technology. Kadi served as President of the Afro-Caribbean Society at the University.
Career
Comedy
Kadi won the BECA Award for Best Comedy Newcomer In 2006. He was the first Black British solo comedian to sell out London's IndigO2 – two of those during 2009. In September 2010, he performed at London's O2 Arena. He has since made appearances around the world including The Joburg Comedy festival, Africa Laughs in Uganda, night of a thousand laughs in Ghana, as well the AMVCAs broadcast across all 54 states in Africa live from Nigeria.
Kadi joined the American hip-hop star Lauryn Hill at Radio City Music Hall in New York City performing stand-up comedy in 2017 followed with Hill and Nas on their Powernomics tour in the US, performing stand-up comedy across various states.
Television and radio
Kadi is a presenter on BBC Radio 1Xtra on the Official UK Afrobeats Charts Show,
and appeared as team captain on series 3 of ITV’s comedy panel show Sorry, I Didn't Know.
He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 5 Live's sports comedy panel show Fighting Talk.
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