After a career spanning over three decades, Who the Hell is Dwayne Kennedy? is shockingly Dwayne Kennedy’s FIRST full-length comedy album. The idea that jokes that influenced a generation of comedians could be lost in time was a thought too unbearable for comedian Hari Kondabolu and multi-disciplinary artist Ahamefule J. Oluo, who decided to finally record and release the work of this comedic master. United Shades of America (CNN) host, comedian and long-time friend, W. Kamau Bell agreed to co-produce.

On this album, Dwayne Kennedy is able to talk about racism through a discussion of the privilege necessary to be a serial killer. He imagines our technological future with bits about a talking house (who is a bigot) and the possibility of losing your wife to a robot. He depicts God as a vengeful, abusive partner who is a little too precious about his fruit. This record is both timeless and timely, hilarious and brilliant, accessible and unique.

The debut release from Oluo’s label, Seattle-based Oak Head Records, the album was recorded over a weekend at San Francisco’s legendary Punchline Comedy Club in August of 2018.