Chico Bean

Chico Bean
Birth date	February 20, 1987
Birth place	Greensboro, NC
Occupation	Comedian, actor, writer, singer, rapper, producer
Season(s)	5-present
Years active	2007-present

Anthony Jamal Bean, better known as (Chico Bean) is an American comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and producer best known for being one of the recurring cast members since Season 5 of the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV, VH1 and MTV2. He is also known for creating and starring in "The Freestyle Funny Comedy Show" alongside Darren Brand and former cast member B-Daht. Bean is also known for being a part of the podcast "85 South Show" with his fellow cast members DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, and former cast member Clayton English.

Biography

Chico is a well-seasoned comedian that started his comedy career in Greensboro, North Carolina. After having a successful run as an opener for Chris Wiles, Bean became a founding member of the "Freestyle Funny Comedy Show" along with former cast members, Darren Brand and B-Daht. The group has performed stand-up at numerous comedy clubs, colleges, and universities, it wasn't until Chico had done a set for Nick Cannon's "Fresh Faces of Comedy" stand-up in which Nick Cannon discovered Bean at the show. Later having him audition for the fifth season of Wild 'N Out and Bean has been a cast member ever since, being known for his "Sucka MC Battles" with fellow cast member Karlous Miller and also his Wildstyle battle with rapper Safaree in the "T-Pain/Safaree" episode in Season 7. Bean also had a guest appearance on the game show Trivial Takedown on TruTv in November 2017.

In October 2020 and 2021, he, alongside DC Young Fly and Karlous Miller, hosted the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

In 2023, he appeared in a commercial for Prizepicks where a black genie appears explaining how the app works.

Trivia

• He has appeared in every episode in Seasons 9, 10, and 11, 10 episodes in Season 5, 13 episodes in Season 6, 15 episodes in Season 7, 20 episodes in Season 8, 22 episodes in Season 12, 24 episodes in Seasons 13 and 20, 23 episodes in Seasons 14 and 19, 19 episodes in Season 15, 18 episodes in Seasons 16 and 18, and 12 episodes in Season 17.
• He was originally supposed to appear in 3 episodes in Season 5.
• He is the first "FFCS" member to become a cast member on the show, the second being his co-star, B-Daht (who joined in Season 6), and the third being his other co-star, Darren Brand (who joined in Season 7).
• He was referred to Anthony "Chico" Bean in the opening credits in Season 5.
• He is most known on the show for his "Sucka MC Battles" with his fellow cast member, Karlous Miller.
• In Season 7, he got internet attention for dissing rapper/songwriter Safaree in the T-Pain episode while doing the third Sucka MC Battle during the “Wildstyle” between himself and Karlous Miller which has gotten over 20 million views on YouTube.
• He is one of eight cast members who were on the spin off, Wild 'N On Tour.
• At the end of filming for Season 9, he was named "Most Valuable Player".
• He appeared as a "Team Captain" in Season 12.
• Himself and his fellow cast member Justina Valentine have hosted a special Wild 'N Out awards show.
• Besides the "Dinah Jane" episode, he was entirely on the Black Team in Season 14.
• He was entirely on the Old School team in Season 15, Season 17, Season 18, Season 19, and Season 21.
• He performed a song called "Mouth and Lip Service" that is featured on the Wild 'N Out: Wildstyle Vol. 1.
• He auditioned for the show 3 times.
• His zodiac sign is Pisces.
• He received the name "Chico" from his uncle.
• He has a daughter.
• He lost 6 family members to gun violence including his father. His father was killed on the streets of DC when he was only two years old.
• He was a writer for James Davis' pilot for E!.
• He gets mistaken for rapper Royce 5'9.
• He filmed a music video "Light Skin Charlamagne" for Common Sense with Charlamagne.
• He was discovered by Nick Cannon at the Fresh Faces of Comedy Stand-Up show as Nick noticed Chico talking to himself while Chico was redoing his act since he couldn't say any inappropriate things and Nick stopped him after his act to tell him that he's a very good comedian.
• He auditioned for the show three times before getting the call that he made it into the cast.

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