Harlem Native Rudy Rush to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on Aug. 6

Harlem Native Rudy Rush to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on Aug. 6

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedian and Harlem native Rudy Rush will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Rush boasts television credits including "Def Comedy Jam," "LAFFAPALOOZA," "The Dave Chappelle Show" and has hosted "Showtime at the Apollo." He can be heard on the radio show "The Ride" with Doug Banks and Dede McGuire on Star 105.3 FM. Twice nominated by the Black Comedy Awards as New Comedian of the Year, Rush has also starred in multiple commercial spots including Champion sportswear, ESPN and 7Up.

"Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" features the nation's hottest and edgiest up-and-coming talent as well as star comics performing before a live audience. Filmed in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theatre, the show is hosted by the hilarious Doug Williams who adds his own style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz Markie. "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" is executive produced by one of America's most popular actor/comedians, Martin Lawrence. Now in its third season, the weekly series features 35 talented, explosive and certainly not politically correct comedians who take the spotlight to tell it like it is in their own hard-hitting style. Featured comedians are Rickey Smiley ("Comic View"), Angelo Lozada ("Showtime at the Apollo"), Steve Brown ("Def Comedy Jam") and others.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

    Contact(s):     Rhiannon Hendrickson    Starz Entertainment    720.852.5802    rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com     Michele Gregoire-Langevin    Starz Entertainment    720.852.4504    michele.langevin@starz.com     Chelsye J. Burrows    Starz Entertainment    720.852.5838    chelsye.burrows@starz.com  

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CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson, +1-720-852-5802,
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com, or Michele Gregoire-Langevin, +1-720-852-4504,
michele.langevin@starz.com, or Chelsye J. Burrows, +1-720-852-5838,
chelsye.burrows@starz.com, all of Starz Entertainment

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