Today I present to you one of my personal favorite comedians, Jillian Ebanks.

Jillian is one of those comics who makes me laugh, even when no one else is laughing. I try very hard to stifle my laughter when recording these live sets, but you can hear me chuckle all over this track.

Jillian is a co-founder of BAPS comedy (that's Beautiful And Powerful Sistas) and a Bob Curry fellow at Second City. BAPS is a show dedicated to featuring women of color in comedy, music, poetry, and spoken word performances. Along with the brilliant Adriennes of BAPS (Adrienne Brown and Adrienne Brandyburg), Jillian writes some of the best sketch comedy I have ever seen, fearlessly finding the humor in sadly relevant material, such as racism and misogyny.

In this set, she tackles both topics, while weaving in references to Harry Potter, rap music, and her personal pole dancing journey.

Watch the performance here:

https://youtu.be/h_ip95FSB0E

Watch the performance with commentary:

https://youtu.be/f8fqBav3660