I feel like it's worth mentioning that both Key and Peele moms are white and they grew up in white neighborhoods

Just to be clear. Cedric is an educated man who initially started out working in the corporate world. BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT MONOLITHIC. Just because we are black doesn't mean we have to speak in ebonics. Just because you know how to pronounce/enunciate your consonants and vowels does not make you a sell out. I love Key and Peele by the way.

Just like uncle phil said. You work hard to give your family a good life but then there's a penalty for success.

There’s a big difference between HOOD community and Black community.

got to get out of this " not black enough" BS

reminds me of fresh prince of bel air episode Carlton: Being black isn't what I'm trying to be, it's what I am. I'm running the same race and jumping the same hurdles as you, so why are you tripping me up? You said we need to stick together, but you don't even know what that means. If you ask me, you're the real sellout.

Remember that Fresh prince episode where Carleton was called not black enough and then he shuts down the dude. Someone should show that to Aries.

K & P did not do "black comedy" they just did comedy. very funny comedy that everyone can enjoy.

nothing wrong with wanting to get out of the hood man. seriously.

"Jealousy, the number one killa among black folk" MF Doom

Keeping it real is for people who have nothing to lose

Aries got a point. People from the street see through the surface level shit better than anyone. If you can go anywhere and be accepted you’re a real one. If you gotta put on an act to match your surroundings it sticks out

Maybe Key and Peele would have more black friends if we embraced them more instead of bashing them for not being ghetto

Who else is here after "Aries Spears Regrets Key & Peele Criticism : Lost role on Jordan Peele Show" video?? 😂😂

Key and Peele's comedy is universally understood. They are intelligent comedians. Comedy is their craft. Being black is secondary, hence they don't feel the need to inject "blackness" into their material all the time. I'm from SE Asia, I love their humour.

Both Key and Peele are mixed race and were raised by white mothers. They were raised around mostly white people their entire lives. That is why they both chose white wives.

“I don’t want this to come off the wrong way”....too late

wait...so being "hood" is being true to the black "culture" WUUUUUUUTTT????

Key isn’t from the city of Detroit, he’s from the outskirts of the D, two very different places. He graduated from a mostly white Private Catholic High School (with by brother in law) so that’s who he is. All that said, he’s a brilliant comedian.

I would like to hear Aries Spears comments about Aries Spears not being chosen by any community

Nahhh...that slave sketch is funny af and im black as they get...the joke is about the irony...they dont wanna be slaves but they jealous when other guys get picked b4 they do...

The problem I have with this is that some people feel you cant be "really black" unless you can hang in the hood. That seems ridiculous to me. It seems like you are trying to reinforce the stereotypes.

I met Aries Spears at the Omaha funny bone when I worked there and he was such a down to earth great guy. I met many famous people at that job, but Aries and Michael Winslow were the most amazing human beings I met. I'm white so I don't have anything to say about what he's speaking on, but damn he was the nicest and most welcoming person I ever met.

"Are you familiar with Key and Peele?" Um ... they were on the same show for years. O.o

Come up the traditional way? WTF? Blackness is defined how bad your upbringing was or how bad your parents struggled? Grow up man.

Aries Spears: "When keeping it real goes wrong"

Aries Spears hurting the black community more than he's helping. Stereotyping his damn self

Aries has always been his own worst enemy

What I always loved about Key & Peele is their ability to turn expectations on their heads. As an educated brother from the hood I'm accustomed to folks always trying to box me in. What gets me, is the people questioning my blackness over certain choices of food, hobbies and music are the same ones with no knowledge of Marcus Garvey, Mae Jemison or WEB Dubois. There is no litmus test for blackness and if it were most would fail on history alone. Context is everything; I even remember black folks getting mad at The Boondocks when it first aired. Does no one understand what satire is?

ppl will label him a hater but he's just real af

Reminds me of the episode of Fresh Prince that doesn’t want Carlton in the fraternity because “he’s not black enough”.

Once again the great Aries Spears is making some serious sense here. Can't really argue with the concept of his points

I was born in Brooklyn. Deeep Red Hook projects Brooklyn. I think K&P and Dave are funny as hell. Neither need to affirm there blackness for anyone. People live different lives depending on their environment.

Looks like he hasn't slept in two years

We spend so much time bashing on each other instead of supporting...

Glad we still having to justify our blackness to other folks. Geez, thanks guys!

Why do Black Americans still need to qualify and quantify their color not just against white people (mind you never generally compared or contrasted against Asian, or East Indian, or Native American, or other "races") but against other blacks. It's like standing in a lineup of credibility in blackness and strength of character. Something still broke here....

Remember when Aries Spears played Cuba Goodings jealous, hating brother in "Jerry Mcquire"? He was brilliant...mainly because he wasn't playing out of character.

Key and Peele is highly underrated imo..then again, I'm mixed and come from a biracial background so I can relate and find humor in 95% of all of their skits

Aries Spears sniffin around got me DYIN ova here!!! 🤣😂🤣😆

Even if it was unintentional, that slave auction sketch was a perfect metaphor for how people (specifically black people) don't know if they want to oppose the system or be a part of it.

As soon as you say"I don't want this to come off wrong" it's already to late!💯 We as a PEOPLE need to get out of this, not BLACK or HOOD enough mentality!

They have white mothers and grew up in mixed homes.

Vlad: "Have you heard of Key and Peele" Aries: "I literally used to work with them"

I think black audiences have rendered Aries Spears' take irrelevant. Being "Real".... a systematic influence created to make black folk a caricature.

This is probably the realist shit I ever heard anybody on VLAD say, Aries Spears was on point 100! Let's keep it real, Nobody HATES Key and Peele but let's be honest...Black folks know that their personalities aren't "Black" enough for black critics/audiences to take seriously. Both Key and Peele are Biracial (Half Black and White) but mostly been around white people more than they have blacks growing up which explains why they act the way they do and why they are attracted to and married to white women (and that's fine! Nobody is hating on that)...BUT...The way that they act even on air shows that they often try a little too hard just to "BE BLACK" when they are portraying thugs, gangstas, ect. I'm not saying that they aren't funny dudes because they are and have great sketches and yes, both of them do have "Cross-over" success but most black people who do watch their show usually are either middle age black folks, middle class blacks, or blacks who try and act white...You know damn well ain't no "Niggas" out there going crazy or anything rushing to try and watch their show. But if it was someone like "Dave Chappelle" then HELL YEAH! EVERYBODY WOULD SUPPORT AND WATCH THE HELL OUT OF HIM. You know why? Because Chappelle WAS BLACK ENOUGH (As offensive as that may sound, it's the truth). Chappelle was a REAL BLACK MAN that lived a BLACK LIFE. Now can we say the same thing about guys like Key and Peele? No and that's completely fine. Again, nobody is hating on Key and Peele and nobody is saying that they aren't talented but facts are facts.

I love Key and Peele. I understand they're over the top brand of comedy. I could care less about who they marry. I love Dave Chapelle. I don't know why we have to separate and compare everything. Comedians with different styles is all I see. I'm going to watch the substitute teacher skit right now.

I cracked up to the DMX Will comparison 🤣🤣🤣

Where I grew up at, the most respected people were the ones who were true to themselves. When you try to conform to the group, people may like you, but that doesn’t equate to respect understand that. I had a friend who was the definition of a thug, and I had a friend who stayed in the house, watched anime and collected marbles. There aren’t many people in this world who are TRULY comfortable with themselves.

Fast forward to today and Peele is the darling of the black community and Russle Simmons is on the run😂😂😂

Flash forward to 2023

"When keepin real goes terribly wrong! "

Aries mentioned Will Smith but failed to also mention the episode were will defended Carlton when the fraternity leader claims Carlton wasn't black enough #facts

Aries is funny but i hate that "real niggah" talk. Some of us are from the suburbs lol

His commentary on the auction block skit is on point.

I still think Aries is funny after watching this, for all those hating on him it is just his opinion whether racist (yes it is) or not and if you happen to agree with him good for you. Key and Peele have made me laugh more though - way more. ....imagine a white comedian calling Key and Peele 'funny Americans who aren't white'.

What Jordan Peele is doing with his movies is awesome on so many levels.

Even though i get what he's saying, i feel that the "real nigga" mentality is what killing "black comedy". Its but so many "white people do this" joke before it becomes boring.

Awesome stuff

Seeing DMX at a banquet ball would be such a site to see!!! Lol

if a black man is not a real black man unless he's hood, and the real truth is that he never grew up in the hood, is he supposed to fake being hood to be real

Ced doing a commercial about an illness. Ced should speak clearly. Ced should be serious due to the nature of the subject. I'm tired of this foolishness. Black guy speaks as he should and then another says he's acting white. Bullshit!!!!

I am the hood and I love key and Peele ..and to be honest funny is funny good is good .we didn't choose you either.

One thing i learned no matter what u do or what success u have it’ll NEVER be enough. It wasn’t enough for Sammy Davis, Whitney, Michael, etc. We’re always complaining! Why not just be happy they’re successful. Period! I don’t wanna be ‘hood cuz the hood is no where anyway. I rather just be myself. Thats all i need 2 be!

Whaaat?! I'm Black and me, my girl, my friends found them niggaz funny as fuck. They were hella clever with their skits and they showed social/racial consciousness in a lot of their sketches. They were brilliant. I can't speak for everybody else, but I don't even know how you can't fuck with them if you're Black. They were on it.

Key and Peele play every race on their show. White, Hispanic, Black, Italian, Middle Eastern

i know this is from 4 years ago...so what key & peele movie is russell talking about?

the MADTV studio was near my middle school and i would often see Spears around. Always super cool.

What Aries has to understand is that not all blacks act the same way, I like Aries stand-ups but Key and Peele are funny too, even if they're not "hood" enough.

Aries keepin' it real.... all the way into unemployment.

Key and Peele acting that way when portraying a black person is the ENTIRE POINT. Hilarious that a comedian like Aries misses that type of joke.

Love when one black person speaks for all and knows what we think why we do what we do and have all the statistics behind it... have to love it

This interview was the perfect example of, the key and peele show, " slavery skit". They were acting out his exact mindset.

key and peele are excellent at what they do.

The goal is to get out of the Ghetto, but to remember where you come from . But let’s be honest, nothing great happens in the hood. That’s why it is call the hood . Come on man

Your are a gentleman! Love the fact You get thrown all this shit.... Stand your ground....!! Live and keep moving forward 🌻💛🎰🧿♣️♟

aries' comedy is FROM a black perspective, and speaks TO black people. i call that TYPICAL black comedy. key & peele's comedy has more of a UNIVERSAL approach, so it portrays blacks the way THE WORLD sees them. i call that STEREOTYPICAL comedy. they both work...so let's all get over it.

Why must “the Black Community” accept who they don’t particularly care for? Key and Peele are Key and Peele. They’re funny. Their audience will be their audience; their audience will be such that like Key and Peele. It’s not required for a group of people to accept anyone. As long as they just be themselves, why worry about what you can’t control.

Key & Peel can be any character and you believe it.

So Russell Simmons is more black than Key & Peele? Russell is living in a mansion doing Buddha prayers! So if you don't grow up in the hood or talk black then you're not black? This is the whole problem! Black men always trying to put other black men down when a black man makes it! Haters gonna hate! Jealousy will get you nowhere!

Key and peele should listen to this critique of their work

I like this clip.

I respect everything you saying bro preach!!!!!!!

Wow, he really missed the point of the slave auction sketch. The whole reason it's funny is because two people who don't want to BE slaves are nevertheless offended that they are consider *not good enough to be slaves*. In Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," King Arthur goes undercover as a peasant, gets sold into slavery, and is pissed that his price was so low. If they'd actually got sold for a high price, they'd be going, "All right, that's more like it" then immediately going "Oh wait - shit." Plus, they were already slaves - their status wasn't going to change if their owner changed. The only issue is, are they slaves that no one even WANTS, or slaves people think are strong and dangerous or something. As they go from "Fuck these white people" to "Wait, YOU are rejecting ME?" until they actually start begging to be bought, the humor increases - these guys are so insecure they'd rather be bought as slaves just so they feel like somebody respects them enough (even as forced labor). Since no actual person would act this way - it's funny. It's really not a commentary on slavery or the black experience or anything... it's just a juxtaposition from what we'd expect to something truly ridiculous (especially the way they speak in 21st century middle class dialect in the 19th century). In other words... whoosh.

do Key and Peele really have to be Black approved to be successful? No. what type of shit is that? Calling into question how black they really are is insulting, and just because the community didn't pick them, doesn't mean they still don't belong to that community. Sit down Aries.

Our best minds always go unnoticed!

Also Key and Peele are both mixed raced so they have a dichotomy that Aries would not immediately understand. Key and Peele are a literal embodiment of crossover appeal.

I normally don't comment on vids. But this one got me thinking... I'm a 40 year old Puerto Rican from the Bronx. Grew up at the height of the crack epidemic. All of my friends were Puerto Rican, Black, and Dominican. What I've noticed over the last few years is this... The face of what mainstream America considers Black or Latino is shifting. I think that TV shows like Blackish or even George Lopez's sitcom are a reflection of this. Then I look at musical acts like TV on the Radio, Cerebral Ballzy, or Ill Nino. Being a teacher, I notice that many Black and Latino kids are now into skateboarding and independent rock music. Back in the 80's and 90's, that may as well have been a death sentence! Trust me. I know. I was the only metal head for miles! As more of us climb the economic ladder, there's bound to be some changes. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. My parents always told me that they wanted me to do better than they did. My friend's parents (of all backgrounds) said the same thing. I'm not persecuting Russel Simmons or Aries Spears. I just think that maybe this shift doesn't sit well with them. Hell, I've got family members who think I'm a sell out for being an English Teacher! But you know what? I'm not struggling either. Key and Peele are simply a new face of Black Comedians. And there are MANY faces. That's okay. The same way that not all Latinos are the same.

Micheal McDonald, Will Sasso & Arie Spears was my favorite on MAD TV ✅💯👍

the yKey and Peele slave sketch was to be reflection of the mentality of today as we are ready to work for the master at any time and are still wanting to be chosen

I swear, this guy was saying, "Keene and Peele."

Malcom X would have strong words to say to Aries Spears...

So we gon sit here and act like drake a "real" nigga then

Man them dudes funny. I binge watch their shows. I'm from N.O. upt 17.

Just talking about the Dave Chappelle clips still makes you laugh.

Keep interviewing this man

How about people just being allowed to be people. Who cares if you don't fit into someone else's mold perfectly?

Aries Spears: It's not about the subject matter Aries Spears 5 minutes later: it's about the subject matter.

Why does it matter who they appeal too?! Sometimes people perpetuate racism without even knowing it

Aries Spears is a funny brotha but he is missing the point on so many level.