KID MERO — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

New York Times best-selling author, Writers Guild Award winner, and recognized as one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch.
Currently hosts MORNINGS WITH MERO on HOT 97.
Hosts Victory Light with The Kid Mero and co-hosts 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony.
Co-hosted Desus & Mero on Viceland (2016-2018) and Showtime (premiered 2019).
Served as 2023 Chair for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and 2025 Ambassador for Arts & Culture for the National Dominican Day Parade.
Powerhouse Advocate for Covenant House of New York and New Jersey.
Wrote 69 articles for Vice's music platform Noisey between 2012 and 2014.

Biography

Joel Armogasto Martinez, professionally known as The Kid Mero, is a Dominican-American writer, comedian, television host, actor, and internet personality. Hailing from the Bronx, he rose to prominence alongside Desus Nice with their Complex TV podcast Desus vs. Mero, which first premiered in December 2013.