The Kid Mero

The Kid Mero
The Kid Mero at Malecon Restaurant in Washington Heights, New York City
Pseudonym	Human Durag Flap, Dr. Ben Barson, Curve Gotti, Skrt Loder, Trees Khalifa, Feel DeAss Tyson, Dominican Dondada, D-D-Dad of the Year, Baby Newport, Niño Brown, East Tremont Stevie B., Barmelo Xanthony, Plantain Supernova
Birth name	Joel Martinez
Born	May 15, 1983 The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Medium	Television, television personality, podcast, YouTube
Nationality	Dominican American
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Heather Martinez
Notable works and roles	Desus vs. Mero, Bodega Boys, Joking Off, Guy Code, Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne, Viceland's Desus and Mero.

Joel Martinez known professionally as The Kid Mero, is a writer, comedian, TV personality, YouTube personality, music blogger and Twitter personality. He rose to prominence alongside fellow Bronx native Desus Nice with their Complex TV 46-episode podcast Desus vs. Mero, which first premiered on December 18, 2013. As of season 5, he is currently a cast member of MTV2's Guy Code with Desus Nice.

He began writing for Vice's music platform Noisey in 2012 and his first article for them was published online on November 14, 2012 which was a review of Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles's album III. In total, he wrote 69 articles for Noisey between November 2012 and March 2014, most of which were album and mixtape reviews, all of which were written in caps lock.

In December 2014, MTV announced that The Kid Mero and Desus Nice would be joining the cast of Guy Code for season 5, along with 11 other new cast members. They appeared on the first episode of season 5 which was originally aired on January 14, 2015.

Mero has previously worked as a teaching aide at a school in The Bronx and he is currently married to a teacher from New Jersey. The pair have four children, three boys and a baby girl (whose pregnancy Mero found out about during a taping of his show). He currently maintains the positions Mayor of Smack City and RoastMaster in Chief as well as the Plantain Supernova in the sky