His First Priority output includes the underground classic "Step Up Front" and "A Good Combination"/ "I'm Not Havin It." Positive K was also featured on "Grand Puba, Positive And L.G." from Brand Nubian's debut album One For All. Positive, who describes himself as naturally humorous, is making quite a name for himself combining his comedy and music. He sat down for an exclusive interview with Rock The Bells to discuss his journey into the comedy world.

"I've always been a comedic person," Positive K says regarding his merging of comedy and music. "It was always in the music from 'I Got A Man' to my freestyle rhymes. If you listen to my music everything is funny. On the tour buses with Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z and everybody we was always snappin'. I was the guy that made people wanna pull the bus over and fight. Only problem is that I was good at fighting too!"

Positive described a late 90's trip to The Cellar in New York as a pivotal moment in his comedy journey. "I was in the Village and I went to this spot called The Cellar where I met Godfrey and Tony Rock," K remembers. "I was sittin' in the crowd, and it was dope because nobody knows me, I thought. Tony Rock was on stage and he starts performing my song 'Step Up Front'. At that moment, a light bulb went off in my head, and I thought how dope it would be to perform my music and tell jokes."

Pos says that it was a dare issued by MC Lyte that prompted him to start recording himself telling jokes. "Lyte told me that it would be a travesty if I didn't go onstage and tell a joke," he says. "Then she dared me to write two jokes. I wrote a few jokes and my DJ L.G. put some scratches behind them and I let her hear them. On my first attempt I even added a crowd effect, and some people caught on to the fact that it wasn't real applause."

K said that he didn't know how to take his comedy aspirations any further and his efforts were stalled for a bit.

It was his connection with the comedian Talent who took K to Rochester that led to his first major gig.

"I came out and killed it the first couple of minutes, but I didn't know what the red light was, so I was on stage so long," he says of his debut. "I was so deep that I couldn't get off, but when I finally did Talent made jokes about me taking so much time. Luenell, Tommy Davidson, Joe Clair, Talent and myself were there. I was in the deep water on my first joint. Tommy made jokes about how long I was onstage and Luenell asked, 'Baby, didn't you see the red light?'"

K cites Red Foxx as an early comedic inspiration. "Richard Pryor was the man, but Foxx was more my guy," he says. "I also love George Carlin and his political comedy a lot. Moms Mabley, Pigmeat Markham, and Millie Jackson were big parts of my growing up too. You never wanna see the young guy come take the crown from the older dude, but you had to love Eddie Murphy when he came on the scene. He was wearin' Pumas and everybody started connecting comedy to the streets. In my opinion, right now comedy is an extension of Hip-Hop. It's the same energy - with that microphone, the stage and the people. And for me it's never a bad night because I can do my music in my set as well."

K shared that not all comedians appreciate someone from outside of their world entering, and attempting comedy. "It's a dues penalty you have to pay. You have to be in the trenches at these open mic nights several times a week. If they don't see you doing that, they don't give you the respect of calling you one of them."

Pos says that many venues don't allow the performance of music within comedy sets, so he is currently working on a transition into comedy only sets. He's also in the studio creating new music that he plans to integrate into his comedy sets.

"I just recorded a song with the great Alyson Williams and it's gonna be big," he says. "I'm definitely making new music that you will hear in my comedy sets."