Chris Turner is a highly talented free style rapper and stand up comedian whose youthful appearance belies a wealth of experience gained in the UK and the US where currently resides
Chris’ quotable gags and rapid fire freestyle raps have established him as one of the most in demand acts on the corporate circuit, and at comedy clubs around the world. He is based in Los Angeles where he regularly performs at the world famous Comedy and Magic Club.
In September 2021, he appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, becoming the first British Comedian to perform there, and received a standing ovation.
In 2022, Chris began a Las Vegas residency, starring in Cirque Du Soleil’s brand new show Mad Apple, the first Cirque show to ever feature stand up comedy.
His keen wit and intelligent wordplay have seen him rack up over 15 million views on YouTube and 260K subscribers, headline for over 1 million Dutch comedy fans on RLTV4’s flagship stand up show, The Comedy Factory, appear live on BBC Radio 2 & 6Music and perform sold-out runs at festivals worldwide.
Chris is sought-after entertainer on the corporate circuit, hosting awards and performing for many of the world’s largest organisations, as well as being a firm favourite of many of the UK’s biggest sports teams.
He has worked with Yorkshire Tea to create blessed are the Tea Makers, a tea-centric rap with 6+ Million views, and worked with Coca-Cola to produce comedic content for their mobile media platform.
Chris also speaks at conferences on the applications of improvised rap in business; his performance at tech conference Wired 2016 led to invitations to events across the globe., and in May 2017 appeared at the renowned human rights conference the Oslo Freedom Forum.
TESTIMONIALS
“Very funny, uniquely appealing…nobody on a Vegas stage does what Chris Turner does”
Las Vegas Review-Journal
“Unquestionably impressive…guaranteed to make you laugh, hard”
La Presse (Canada)
"An exemplary writer of quotable gags”
Chortle
“Beautifully crafted one-liners, witty wordplay”
BBC
“The UK’s finest freestyle rapper”
Fox Sports
“A virtuoso… a hip-hop machine”
The Guardian
Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know Chris went down an absolute storm on Wednesday night (as I knew he would!).
Chris performed at an Exhibition Dinner in September 2017