Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying

Some comedians build a career in clubs, one tight five at a time. Mojo Brookzz built his on phones. The Chicago comic, whose real name is Dyon Brooks, started out making short sketches for social media, turned those into sold-out tours and then into TV roles. On October 6, 2026, he took the next big step with his first Netflix stand-up special, Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying. About a day later, it hit No. 1 on Netflix's U.S. Top 10 TV chart.

That's a fast climb for a debut special, and it says a lot about the audience he's already built. Here's who Mojo Brookzz is, what the special covers and whether it's worth an hour of your night.

Who Mojo Brookzz is

If you don't know the name, you may know the face. Brookzz played Basil Henderson, the outspoken driver for Mississippi's lieutenant governor, in Tyler Perry's Netflix series Miss Governor. The show itself didn't win over critics, but Men's Journal noted that his role "stood out." He also had a brief run as a cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out, and he's toured arenas as part of Mike Epps' "We Them Ones" comedy tour.

His path into comedy came from a painful place. According to TheGrio, his sister encouraged him to pursue comedy two days before she died of cancer in 2013. About six months later, he started posting sketches. He's been at it for around 12 years now, and he's talked openly about how small the beginning was. On Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay, he said his very first stand-up show had an audience of four.

Those four people turned into a lot more. His previous tour, which used an uncensored version of the same title, sold more than 100,000 tickets across 40 cities, according to his agency, WME. He sold out a set at the Netflix Is a Joke Fest. And in 2025, Variety named him one of its Comics to Watch.

What the special covers

I Know You Lying was filmed at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta and directed by Mike Lavin.

The topics are classic Mojo. Netflix's description promises "freaky partners" and "wild BBL culture," and that's a fair warning of where the hour goes. According to Netflix's own rundown, as reported by The Humor Mill, he gets into a party packed with celebrities, a man who has no idea about a very modern bedroom trend, the great debate between flat butts and BBLs and a trip to a sex shop with his niece to buy her a coming-out present. There's also a story about an offer from Bobby Brown, which is the kind of sentence that only makes sense in a Mojo Brookzz set.

It's not all wild, though. One of the topics is caring for a loved one with dementia, and another is about which partner in a couple should be the one getting a health check. Brookzz has a knack for taking real family stuff, the kind of thing people usually whisper about, and saying it out loud in a way that's both funny and recognizable.

His style

Brookzz is a storyteller first. His sets tend to be built around long, winding stories that pick up speed as they go, with a loud, blunt delivery that makes even simple moments feel huge. The title says a lot about his voice. "I know you lying" is the kind of thing you'd yell at a cousin who's telling a story you've heard three different versions of.

He's also known for crowd work. Men's Journal pointed out that he likes to pick out people in the audience and build jokes around them on the spot. Specials don't always capture crowd work well, since the best moments are often about being in the room. But it adds a loose, unpredictable feel to his shows.

The Humor Mill described the special as "raucous as hell," which seems about right. This is a loud, fast, adults-only hour.

From sketches to stand-up

It's worth thinking about how different those two jobs are. A social media sketch is short, edited and usually built around one clear joke. You can shoot it ten times and post the best take. Stand-up is the opposite. You get one shot in front of a live crowd, and you have to hold their attention for an hour with nothing but your voice and your timing.

Plenty of comics who punch up online never make that jump. Brookzz did it the slow way. He told Shannon Sharpe that in his early shows, he was "trying to tell these stories," and it took years of touring to turn those stories into a full hour that could fill a theater. The sold-out tour, the Netflix Is a Joke Fest set and the arena dates with Mike Epps were all part of that training.

That's also why the special has the feel it does. It's not a string of viral bits glued together. It's a set of long stories, told by someone who learned on the road which parts make a room laugh and which parts make it groan.

For viewers who only know him from short clips, that's the real surprise. The guy from the sketches is trying to hold a whole hour, and the No. 1 spot suggests viewers think he pulls it off.

Who it's for

If you like comics like Mike Epps, Katt Williams or Earthquake, the big-energy storytellers of Black stand-up, Mojo Brookzz will feel right at home. He's from that same tradition, with a younger, social-media-trained sense of timing.

If you've followed his sketches online, you'll recognize the voice right away. The special is a chance to see him stretch out longer than a 60-second clip allows.

And if you only know him from Miss Governor, this is a very different side of him. Basil Henderson was a scene-stealer in a Tyler Perry drama. On stage, there's no script to keep him in line.

Who should skip it

This isn't a family special. The topics are explicit, the language is strong and some of the jokes about bodies, sex and relationships are about as unfiltered as stand-up gets. If you're looking for clean comedy to watch with your parents or your kids, this isn't the one.

It's also not for viewers who want tightly written, one-liner-heavy comedy. Brookzz takes his time with stories, and if that style isn't your thing, an hour can feel long.

Why the No. 1 spot matters

Debut specials from comics without a big film career rarely land at the top of Netflix's chart. That's why the No. 1 ranking turned heads. It shows that the audience Brookzz built online, through sketches and touring, followed him to Netflix in a big way.

He celebrated on Instagram with a photo of his TV showing the ranking. "Thank you for showing up for me yall!" he wrote. "I'm proud of what I created & I'm happy that yall loving it!"

For a comic whose first show had four people in the seats, that's quite a jump.

Should you watch it?

If you like loud, story-driven, unapologetically adult stand-up, yes. I Know You Lying is a strong introduction to a comic who's clearly on the way up, and the fact that it shot to No. 1 so quickly suggests plenty of viewers agree.

I'll admit the story behind it is what stays with me. A sister who believed in him, a first show for four people and a decade of grinding online to get here. That gives the special a little extra weight, even when the jokes are about BBLs and sex shops.

So wait until the kids are in bed, pour yourself something and press play. And if a friend tells you they've already seen it twice, you'll know exactly what to say.