We recently sat down with comedian Cortez Macklin for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed growing up on the Southside of Chicago, being taught early on to embrace his flaws, people making fun him for his head shape, dealing with height difference, being a class clown in school, being book smart as well, fighting in school, crazy fight story, pursing comedy at the early age of 14, bombing his first comedy stand up, the grind of being a comedian, being booked based off of followers, what’s considered a bad crowd to comedians, transitioning from being a clean comedian, getting his Buzz from Wild N’ Out, feeling pressure with being judged during his Wild N’ Out auction, his time during the workshop, favorite Wild N’ Out, not feeling confident during his first Wild N’ Out show, crazy moments on the show, getting dropped from the show, building tough skin, roasting DC YoungFly, working with Keenan Thompson show, dropping a movie called the “The Car a lot”,  and going on a comedy this year and more!