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Michael Blackson

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Michael Blackson was born Jafari Ferguson. [en.wikipedia.org] He released a comedy sketch CD in 2005 whose title plays on his stage persona. [en.wikipedia.org] He became a United States citizen in 2021. [en.wikipedia.org] He built a school in Ghana, commissioned in January 2023. [en.wikipedia.org] Sources disagree on where he was born: the encyclopedia says Accra, Ghana, while VOA reports Liberia with a childhood across Ghana and Nigeria. The register records the disagreement and settles it neither way. [www.voaafrica.com] He describes himself in regional rather than national terms. [www.voaafrica.com] The school he opened is free and stands in his home village. [www.voaafrica.com] The family settled in Philadelphia, which he treats as his hometown. [www.phillytrib.com] He began at the old Comedy Works and worked the city's clubs and bars. [www.phillytrib.com] Ice Cube saw him at a Los Angeles club, which led to his film work. [www.phillytrib.com]

“Jafari Ferguson” [en.wikipedia.org]
“In 2005, Blackson released a comedy sketch CD entitled Modasucka: Welcome to America.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“On November 24, 2021, he became a U.S citizen.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“he built a school in Ghana that was commissioned in early January 2023.” [en.wikipedia.org]
“Blackson was born in Liberia, grew up in Ghana, and Nigeria but moved to America as a teenager.” [www.voaafrica.com]
“Michael Blackson who refers to himself as a child of ECOWAS” [www.voaafrica.com]
“has opened a free school in his home village of Agona Nsaba in the Central region of Ghana.” [www.voaafrica.com]
“So, because my mother had some friends in Philly, we moved here where our money went a lot further.” [www.phillytrib.com]
“The young boy took his advice and was soon making his debut as a comedian at the old Comedy Works, later performing in various clubs and bars around the city.” [www.phillytrib.com]
“It was his appearance at a Los Angeles comedy club where he got his big break when actor/director Ice Cube first saw him.” [www.phillytrib.com]
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    Sourcecltcomedyzone.com, this act says so: "He has been called one of the most original stand-up comics in the country" (https://www.cltcomedyzon· captured · per ADC-VS-1

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American Design Collective. “Michael Blackson.” ADC-P-006793, v5. Accessed 2026-08-12. americandesigncollective.com/p/006793-michael-blackson
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