Brooklynites Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Christopher Julius Rock was born on Feb 7, 1965 to Rosalie and Julius Rock at Andrews, North Carolina.  After his birth, his parents moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn.  

Mrs. Rock worked as a teacher and  Social Worker for the mentally handicapped and his father a Truck Driver and a news paper delivery truck, relocated there family a few years later to a working-class neighborhood Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Julius Rock passed away in 1988 after Ulcer Surgery.

Rock was bus to schools in white neighborhoods in Brooklyn where he endured bulling and beating from white students. He attended James Madison High School.

In 1984 Rock began his comedy at New York City's "Catching a Rising Star".  He rose to ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning big roles in the film, I'm gonna get you sucka"and TV series Miami Vice.

Eddie Murphy befriended him and mentored the aspiring comic.  Murphy gave Rock his first film role in Beverly Hills Cop 2.

Rock became a cast member of the popular comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1990.  Rock and other new cast member Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL.

His released his first comedy album Born Suspect and won acclaim for his dramatic role as a crack addict in the film New Jack City.

Mr. Rock is a Actor, Comedian, Screen writer, television producer, Film producer and director.                     So let's give it up for Mr. Rock, Brooklynite.