"'Damn, it’s like Africa hot,' remarked Desus Nice as he surveyed the half-block vacant concrete expanse at 50 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg before a performance this past September.
'Fuckin’ slavery degrees out here, fam,' added the Kid Mero, the other half of Desus vs. Mero, the Complex Magazine web video-series and podcast where the two Bronx lifers toss off their takes on each week’s news, pop culture, and gossip. After building — and toying with — their measure of internet microcelebrity, the two were finally having their IRL coming-out party: They were in Williamsburg to host the Fool’s Gold record label’s all-day rap concert, cutting up between sets by hip-hop stars like DJ A-Trak and the rapper French Montana. The podcast and video series began last year, after the two developed their own independent, impressive Twitter followings. (A shade under 25,000 for Mero; a shade over 50,000 for Desus.) Wickedly funny, wildly offensive, and unabashedly New York–obsessed, the series has a cult audience that ranges beyond Complex’s typical rap-nerd readers."
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