COMEDY seemed to be a natural fit for Hadiyah very early on. She was a Finalist in the NBC Stand Up For Diversity showcase, a Semi Finalist in the Ladies of Laughter competition and a featured comedian in the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Hadiyah made her television debut on BET’s Comic View and returned for BET’sOne Mic Stand. She was also a commentator on MTV’s Yo Momma, BET’s Do’s and Don’ts of the Hip Hop Awards, The Maury Povich Show as well as a contestant on TV One’s Get the Hookup. Her stage performance include such noted comedy clubs as Caroline’s on Broadway, Gotham, The New York Comedy Club, The Laugh Factory, and Comix. She’s even taken her act across the ocean to Amsterdam’s RAI Theater as a Queen of Comedy as well as performing for the troops in Germany and South Korea. She has worked with such noted comedians as Donnell Rawlings, Joe Torrey, Sheryl Underwood, Tess Drake, Talent, Capone and many more. She has appeared on Sirius Satellite on Jamie Foxx’s Fox Hole Radio and is apart of the 98.7 KISS FM Crank Squadand is currently a member of theUrban Hang Suite, the hottest radio talk show online which airs every Wednesday at 10p.
Before making the leap into comedy, Hadiyah was making a living as an Associate Producer at MTV. Her resume includes such television series as High School Stories, Uncensored, True Life, and P.Diddy’s Making the Band.
Today, Hadiyah has both feet planted firmly in stand-up comedy/writing and looking toward the future. Keep an eye out for her as a writer and talent on the upcoming sketch series “The Jump Off as well as the writer/producer/director of the upcoming “The Grind” which will be airing this summer.