Matt Rife
American comedian and actor · United States · Comedians · Born 1995 · age 31
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Something wrong?Matt Rife built a following the old-fashioned way - then went viral the new one. A decade of grinding rooms and Wild 'n Out gigs turned into stadium crowds once TikTok decided he was worth watching, and suddenly the comedian who'd been working since he was a teenager had more specials than years in his twenties.
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, [About online anger:] It doesn't translate to the real world. I just walked through two very packed airports and did nothing but take like 45 pictures.
[If he has had any negative response to his comedy offline:] Never. Not once. Never once has somebody come up to me and said 'Hey, I didn't like the thing you said.
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Born September 10, 1995, Rife started performing stand-up as a teenager and landed a recurring spot on Wild 'n Out, the MTV improv-rap showcase that became his training ground. He self-produced his first special, Only Fans, in 2021, followed by Matthew Steven Rife and Walking Red Flag in 2023. That same year Netflix released two of his specials - Natural Selection and Lucid - back to back, then added the Christmas special Unwrapped. The arc bent fast: a comic who'd been working clubs for years suddenly playing arenas, the crowd younger and louder than the ones who'd seen him coming up.
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