Tony Woods is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer who has served as a mentor to Dave Chappelle and others. He was a founding member of P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy and Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam.
Woods is a DC-area comedian who specialises in observational comedy in “a laid-back, meditative style, a mellow brand of cool,” according to the New York Times.
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Tony Woods is a comedy writer and stand-up comedian known for being a mentor to Dave Chappelle and others. He was an original member of Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam and P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy.
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