time away from Mandem on the Wall that the trio lost their audience and the web series died. The three wrote, directed, and acted in their own and joint projects, but had no media platform for them. Reviving Mandem as a platform did not seem appropriate, so Wade, Ascott, and Kaate created the Facebook page Wall of Comedy in 2015 as their new platform. Wall of Comedy swiftly began to feature the work of other comedians, and subsequently developed channels on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media as well. Wall of Comedy began with posts receiving about 300,000 "likes" on YouTube. Within six months, posts were receiving 1.5 million "likes" or more. By July 2019, Wall of Comedy had more than 3.5 billion views across all media platforms. The trio then co-founded Wall of Music to promote their own and others' musical endeavors, and Wall of Talent to promote up-and-coming actors and performers. Wade and Ascott produced and co-starred in the short film Shiro's Story in 2018. Written and directed by Rapman (real name: Andrew Onwubolu), the story is about a South London boy who becomes involved with drug dealing and gang violence. His life is complicated when the girl he believed to be his was actually fathered by one of his friends. The story is told largely through rap music lyrics Lip synched by the cast. The film aired in three parts on YouTube. The last episode received 1 million views in its first five hours online. American success The same year he made Shiro's Story, Wade made his American feature film debut in The First Purge, portraying a vengeful drug dealer named Isaiah. Producer Greg Berlanti saw Wade in The First Purge, and three days after the film's premiere invited him to audition for Berlanti's forthcoming DC Universe series Doom Patrol. Wade did an audition tape, and sent it in. Hearing that it was going to be 13 one-hour episodes, he lost interest because he didn't want to be taken away from his production company for any length of time. A month later, Berlanti's casting office in the United Kingdom asked him why he hadn't followed up. Only then did Wade learn the role was for Victor Stone/Cyborg. Wade still hesitated, and two hours later Wade's agent in Los Angeles called to say Berlanti had just sent him an email asking Joivan to take the role. His