Born on February 19th, 1965, coming straight out of Cuba, raised in North Bergen, New Jersey, Joey "Coco" Diaz has been the antidote for tons upon tons of people around the world. As a killer Comedian and leader of "The Church Of Whats Happening Now" podcast alongside Lee "The Flying Jew" Syatt, Uncle Joey has given insights on life that are to be compared to none as he tells it how it is and says what you may be too afraid to say.

He has spread messages which have changed lives and brought laughter as he educates the viewers and listeners on life and who he is. Joey was born in Cuba but eventually relocated to North Bergen, New Jersey in the 70s with his family. He was only 3 when he lost his father, but he did have a figure in his life as his mother played both roles and his step-father did what he could as a man for Joey.

He was exposed to drugs and even crooked police at a young age as his mother ran a successful Bar and a numbers racket. He had the comedy bone in his body even as a child as he always brought the laughs out of his friends and people around him. He had a relationship like no other with his Mother, but tragically when he was 15 he found his mother dead on the floor.

That is when life really began to hit Joey as things grew harder but he had been taken in at different times by people who cared and loved for him. Though Joey was in trouble and had his fair share, things did begin to get progressively worse as he was getting involved in drugs and crime.

By the time he was in his late teens/early 20's Joey had decided to move to Boulder, Colorado and enroll in the University Of Colorado. Things went along as he lived there, but this was around the time things really began to spiral as he was arrested for Kidnapping and Robbery.

This (in the long run) ended up being one of the best things to happen to Coco and he has always reminded us of this. While in Prison when the projector would not work, the inmates would get Joey to go up on stage and go off about whatever, he would have them in stitches and it became something to look forward too. This is where his comedy career began and the roots really began to spread.

Fast forward to the 90's and Joey's career had begun to develop as he gained spots and started to mold his comedy. Around 1997 is when he met his best friend and fellow comedian Joe Rogan. Rogan would bring Coco on tour and had Joey open up for him more times than anyone could count. Then and there a Brothership was built. He also was close friends with late comedian Ralphie May.

We can even see Joey from time to time On The Joe Rogan Experience with every episode with the 2 of them together are classics.

Diaz gained roles in movies like BASEketball, American Gun, Analyze That, Spiderman 2, Grudge Match and his biggest film appearance was in The Longest Yard. He has even made TV appearances on shows like Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and the cult classic MADtv. He has even appeared on close friend Ari SHaffirs "This is not happening" on comedy central.

As of 2018, Joey "coco" Diaz is still running the TREMENDOUS Church Of Whats Happening Now With Co-host and producer Lee Syatt, there is no topic they will not cover as they take on the infamous Stars Of Death and take bong rips for the ages. With the podcast now over 564 episodes, each episode of the podcast has a tale to tell and a story to learn with plenty of guests from names like Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo, Big John Mcarthy, Ralphie May, Kate Quigly, Ester Ku, Ali Siddiq, Greg Fitzsimmons, Ms Pat, Tom Segura and Jim Norton, the list goes on and on.

It is a Church Session you do not want to miss. Out of respect he never forgets to play Tony Bennet for his Mother and his Periscope Motivation Speeches can get anyone through any day, Diaz has made a mark like no other and helps people every day.

Though Joey Diaz has battled Drug Addiction, Weight Issues, and his own demons, the experiences made him the Uncle Joey we all know and love today. The Influence of Richard Prior runs deep, as well as others. From Rolling in Jujitzu and being known as Joey Karate, Coco has done it all, and more importantly, he continues to do it alongside his wife Terry and their beautiful little girl Mercy Diaz. He released his first 1-hour comedy special "Socially Unacceptable" in 2016 which he killed and did what he does best, Comedy.