Katt Williams has released his third stand-up comedy special on Netflix following World War III and Great America, titled Woke Foke.
The special comes on the heels of his surprise appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast, Club Shay Shay, which has become notorious in the industry for Williams’ truth-telling and shot-calling.
The full YouTube video alone has garnered 68 million views so far.
Williams taps into the ‘spilling secrets’ format of that conversation in his new special, in which he pretends to share clandestine truths about people and the world, which are usually just hilarious or absurd thoughts.
Woke Foke is part of Netflix’s experimental venture into live-streaming, which is being incorporated into its yearly Netflix Is a Joke event. Woke Foke streamed live on Saturday night, the second exploration into live comedy following last year’s Chris Rock: Selective Outrage. The Williams special seems to be performing better than Rock’s so far, and has hit number one on Netflix’s Top 10 list for television.
And then tonight, May 5, Netflix is live-streaming The Roast of Tom Brady, hosted by Kevin Hart. Meanwhile, John Mulaney is working with Netflix on his own live-streaming event, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.. The first of the six-part series aired on May 3, and additional episodes will air at 7 p.m. PT on May 6 through May 10.
What’s in Katt Williams’ New Special, Woke Foke?
Williams does make the same tired joke about transgender people playing sports, which we’ve heard 100 times before, but again, he embraces love and community in Woke Foke, saying:
For the first time in history, you can love whoever the f*ck you want to love with no shame and no judgment. You should be proud of that […] For the first time in history, you just gotta claim your category.