Carlos Mencia's current comedy tour is called the Keep Me Out of Jail tour.

Credit: Courtesy Photo / Carlos Mencia Over the past 16 years, I have picked the brain of comedian Carlos Mencia quite a few times.

Whether I was interviewing him about a new stand-up special, a movie role or one of his many tour stops in San Antonio, the veteran comic has always spoken openly about whatever he was going through at the time.