On January 29, 2009, Williams released his debut studio/live album, entitled It's Pimpin' Pimpin'. In 2006 Williams joined New York rapper Cam'ron's group the Diplomats, but was never signed as an official artist for the label. Williams has also used the 'Money Mike' stage name when rapping for songs by such artists as Baby Bash, The Game, and Suga Free. In 2018, he played the character Willy in the season 2 premiere of Atlanta, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Williams has also played supporting characters in films, such as First Sunday and Norbit, but is more widely recognized for his character Money Mike in Friday After Next. He was the roastmaster of the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav. He has appeared in several episodes of My Wife and Kids as character Bobby Shaw. He plays himself as an on-stage stand-up comedian in Grand Theft Auto IV performing several routines, including an abbreviated version of one of his routines from Katt Williams: American Hustle. In 2007, Williams provided the voice of A Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks. He appeared in the official music video for Wild 'n Out colleague Nick Cannon's single ' Gigolo' in 2003. He gained notoriety on Wild 'n Out, in which he appeared for several seasons. In 2002, Williams made his acting debut on NYPD Blue. On May 17, 2022, Williams released a new stand-up special on Netflix, titled World War 3. In 2018, Williams released a new stand-up special on Netflix, shot in Jacksonville, Florida, titled Great America.

This is the open discussion that we've had since 2003. Part of my guarantee in my ticket price is that I'm going to be talking about what we are talking about now, and discussing from now to the next time we see again. I am one of the rare urban public officials. This is probably going to go down as one of my finest works, just because it's a collection of forbidden topics that we can't seem to get answered. We all, at some point, if we're are at a certain age, we grew up thinking Pluto was a planet. That's the basis for all conspiracy theories: the fact that there is hidden information out there, and how our process changes about things that we thought we used to know. We know that there are conspiracies out there, but this is a conversation that encompasses a lot of things that aren't being discussed other places. The conspiracy conversation is a conversation that we are all familiar with. On September 3, 2015, during an interview, Williams announced and described his upcoming tour entitled 'Conspiracy Theory', stating, On August 16, 2014, he returned with a new HBO special titled Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife, which was directed by Spike Lee. ĭuring late 2013, Williams was on his 'Growth Spurt' Tour. However, just three days later, he announced he was coming out of retirement. On December 3, 2012, Williams announced the end of his stand-up comedy career, a day after a bizarre incident at a bar in Seattle, Washington, that landed him in jail. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to stand-up in his third HBO comedy special, entitled Kattpacalypse. Keeping busy releasing comedy DVDs and touring, Williams had a comedy tour that was named the best of 2008 by Billboard. In 2008 he released his second HBO comedy special, entitled It's Pimpin' Pimpin', which included more political standup. The film had critical success and established Williams as a mainstream comedian. In 2007 he was offered a movie/standup which he entitled American Hustle. His second & first HBO stand-up special was 2006's The Pimp Chronicles, Pt.

He starred in his first comedy special in 2006 entitled Katt Williams: Live: Let a Playa Play. Most notably he appeared on BET's Comic View as Katt 'In the Hat' Williams.

By 1999, he had become an established comic, appearing on stage at the likes of The Improv, The Comedy Club, The Ice House, and The Hollywood Park Casino. He honed his comic delivery by performing his routine in clubs nationwide, from Oklahoma to Oakland. Williams started performing comedy in his Cincinnati neighborhood, Avondale. He emancipated himself from his parents at the age of 13, moved to Florida, and supported himself as a street vendor.

Williams was born Micah Williams on September 2, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was raised.

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