Chris Rock was born in South Carolina but grew up in Brooklyn, NY with four brothers, the oldest of which died of alcoholism. Rock was bused to poor white neighborhoods experiencing bullying and beatings eventually dropping out to get a GED. He started comedy in 1984, bacame friends with Eddie Murphy and got his first movie role in Beverly Hills Cop II. Joining SNL in 1990 he was part of the bad boys of SNL with Farley, Schneider, Spade and Sandler. 1991 was his first album Born Suspect at a time he gained noteriety for playing a crackhead in New Jack City. Leaving SNL frustrated he joined In Living Color before it got cancelled. In Hollywood he recorded his first HBO special Big Ass Jokes 1994, the second special on HBO Bring the Pain was his big break noted for his take on racism in America. HBO specials in 1999 and 2004 were Bigger and Blacker and Never Scared, reviewers dubbed him as the funniest man in America. He also had a talk show on HBO The Chris Rock Show for five seasons, Louis CK was a writer for fyi. His last special was in 2008 Kill the Messenger. He made a documentary on ethnic hair care products called Good Hair everyone should check that out and his most recent project is called Credit is the Devil.
This is the mix I used for my old KMUD show Comedy for a Change.
