Ali Siddiq’s Father Taught Him the One Rule He Passed to His Own Kids

Ali Siddiq’s Father Taught Him the One Rule He Passed to His Own Kids

Ali Siddiq built an independent comedy empire loud enough to beat the streamers at their own game. This year it paid out: three Webby Awards for Rugged, and the first NAACP Image Award ever given to a release nobody but Ali put out himself. On this episode of Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon, Ali talks about his new special My Father and his Custom Fit Tour, his first run through arenas.
Sean and Ali get into what Custom Fit actually means, the discipline of deciding who stays close and who doesn’t, the exercise routine that keeps him sane on the road, the one house rule that applies to all his kids no matter their age, and why he walked away from network deals to build his own release model instead. The conversation lands on a story from Ali’s first months on stage, a moment with a stranger in a grocery store that changed how he thinks about responsibility every single time he performs.
My Father is streaming now, and Custom Fit Tour hits the Buddy Holly Hall in Lubbock September 25th.

Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon is the conversation series where actors, artists, authors, and more go deeper than a traditional interview. They go “Beyond the Mic”.