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Dreams do come true, Key wrote on Twitter.
It is indeed a dream for most everybody who has performed sketch comedy to one day grace the stage of NBC s long-running comedic institution, which is in the home stretch of its 46th season.
For Key, who was born in Southfield and raised in Detroit, it s the culmination of the 50-year-old s long journey as a performer, which has included six seasons of Fox s one-time SNL rival MADtv and five seasons of Comedy Central s Key & Peele (with his MADtv co-star, Jordan Peele) and which began in the city as a member of the now-defunct Second City Detroit troupe and a founder of Hamtramck s Planet Ant theater.
Keegan-Michael Key recently described how his path to comedy started with watching Saturday Night Live with his father while growing up in Detroit.
Well, Key is about to have one of those full-circle moments. The Emmy-winning star of movies and TV a sketch comedy veteran of Key & Peele and Mad TV will be hosting SNL for the first time.
Key will host the May 15 episode, with Drivers License singer Olivia Rodrigo joining him as the musical guest. Dreams do come true, tweeted Key of the news.
The Shrine Catholic High School and University of Detroit Mercy alum got one of his first comedy jobs at the now-defunct Second City Detroit troupe.
Keegan-Michael Key to host SNL on May 15
Live from New York, it s the Metro Detroit raised star, who makes his SNL debut alongside musical guest Olivia Rodrigo
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Native Metro Detroiter Keegan-Michael Key will make his Saturday Night Live debut when he hosts the May 15 episode of NBC s late night sketch comedy series, the network announced Monday.
The 50-year-old comedian, who was born and raised in Southfield, is no stranger to sketch comedy. He s a former student of the Second City Detroit and a founder of Hamtramck s Planet Ant Theatre, and a former star of Fox s SNL rival MADtv and Comedy Central s Key & Peele.