Who Is Chris Rock? (1989)

[bernudysbrasileiro]

fuck yeah

[caralhoman]

1:10 Is that the famous Rochelle? The woman that does not take any crap from anyone because her husband got 2 jobs, paranoid about her daughter getting pregnant, obsessed with chocolate turtles and that worships Patti LaBelle?

[lilHippo]

chris rock looks like a broke ass james brown

[AMMAS91]

He was right ..he has a fu**ed up teeth when he was young ..but he's the man

[mindstheprison]

achieved his dream mang. inspiration right here.

[rbcrazyriderrb]

you pay police in taxes

[mescalito00]

@rbcrazyriderrb which is how doctors should be paid

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

Chris Rock is one of those Comedians that'll make you say "Shut The Fuss Up" and laughing at the same time.

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

These two people make about 300 Grand a year. They should not know anybody named [Explicit] Cockroach. (LAUGHING)

[farinhafjv1]

face his series is very famous in Brazil

[gloryshynz4eva]

I enjoyed it!

[isrj01]

01:10 I dont need this my husband has 2 jobs

[2w0bb134m3]

Amazing guy. One of the greatest comedians.

[cyfy420]

I bet if someone told Bryant Gumbel he was black he'd have a fuckin heart attack lol!!

[OnePieceLover1175]

Chris Rock used to be so funny! What happened?!

[KevlarNinja]

Chris Rock must love Canada, because we have Medicare.

[CityStarrzz]

he actually fulfilled his hopes

[rukidding205]

His teeth are horrible!!!!!!!lol

[thesearewarningsigns]

Funniest part, which is not to say that the whole video wasn't astounding, is when chris's mom tells us he worked at red lobster. amazing.

[SeboHyatt]

@thesearewarningsigns

he mentions that in an hbo special. at a part where he talks about how careers are better than jobs.

[thesearewarningsigns]

@SeboHyatt oh yes, the reason i thought it was funny is because i thought he was making that up, to hear his mom vindicate it was too much :p

[SeboHyatt]

@thesearewarningsigns

All I want to know now is how did he fix his teeth? lol. He said his teeth was messed up in kill the messenger and then I saw some older clips of him, like SNL and his appearances in movies...man was he telling the truth!

[cbx25]

So proud of Chris. Jut like any black mother you cannot tell them shit about what you are doing.They gone try hard to stop that shit. Stop your success. Daddy don't give a fuck, Get your ass out and make it! is daddy's mentality. With most Black mama's you have to hide shit from them to reach your goal, at least when it comes to being something in life. Cause i bet his mama would have tryed to talk him out of comedy and just sticking with washing dishes at red lobster. I know man. Cause my ma

[jimsoccer8]

wow he really did have fucked up teeth

[coxeroney]

'if you go to LA imma smack the funny out of u'

[QBez1]

When he said" boy thats a Pretty niglet" i spit pepsi all over my computer Screne lmao

[josed1443]

Alguem pode traduzir para mim?

[Ripupthat]

Watchmen.

[F1NGER]

"In school, getting a degree in communications."

I'd say he's doing pretty well at communicating these days.

[GroovyHarem]

Mom's pretty.

[coopasan9]

"Life is a big joke, man." Indeed.

[tweetlova]

Did any body notice the top comment says "everyone hates chris" instead of "everybody"???

[EriPages]

his mom looks like a typical west indian while Chris Rock looks looks like a typical guy from Nigeria or Cameroon looool

funky ish

[Algerino307]

@EriPages that's damn true,he is a down right an African Guy from Nigeria or cameroon!

[tinygangster666]

he didnt have that hairstyle on everybody hates chris!

[1146838]

"chris don't do that, or i'll beat the hell out of you"

She DOES sound like rochelle...

[balotelli456]

how come no one is realizing that its rochelle talking about him up there

[xeternity4evax]

Naaaah, hes really that old?? im a 1989 baby!!!!!

[kalibradoboy]

@xeternity4evax he is 48 blad

[rohitrez]

Genius

[GorgonDrageil]

:o Chris Rocks head is see-through in the interview...

[SheivelyBuisson]

thank you for posting. very inspirational to see this. he's my reason for doing comedy.

[sebytz92]

so...who's Chris Rock?!=

[sn1pe352]

i have always said, comedians are the REAL prophets of the day

this guy is a fucking improvisational spontaneous genius. Period

[tran5990]

"he ask me out twice", i wonder if she wished she said yes now :3

[Xplayers1112]

@tran5990 she's definitely wishing she said yes

[michettikid]

@tran5990 i think that was kesha its in everybody hates chris

[YRUpouting]

just 1...person should click on me and watch my video. This guy's humor is funny, but try mine just once.

[TheRealKamikaze]

Cockroach was cool! and so was BUDD and his brother. You should never forget where you come from and the people who helped you get where you are...no matter how much money you make.. If I were a king I would look for people like cockroach, my old friends.

[rankingtrevor]

4 people didn't ask the prostitute to PAINT THEIR HOUSE!

[MegaBanga]

This is what happenes when U come outta Bklyn. U start from scratch and blow UP big time. Well earned, well deserved.

[shanapeete]

Loved this! Thanks for posting. I'll be checking out your website.

[sirukinx]

Politicians are public figures first, old people people second. (if they are old)

[imCopacetic]

damn this is crazy his dad died in 1988 and he in that interview at 1989 talkin about funerals

[imCopacetic]

damn i like how he never changed his style

[danielesilva]

Funny when he says that wouldn't joke about old people and done it on HBO special Kill the Messenger talking about McCain, I think he changed his mind about it :)

[emarine]

@danielesilva

That was a full decade apart... But I see your point.

[lyricalhealer]

Very inspiring.

[miciamanda]

Chris, I love you and when I'm rich and famous I'll marry you.

[britneyslut]

what song is that ?

[reelblack]

@britneyslut "Aint Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie" a b-side from De La Soul's first album.

[britneyslut]

@reelblack Thanks .

[TaureanRuler]

love Chris's mom awesome  "people didn't do that in my day"

[EMZOIMAFREAK123]

love this guy! :O  look how younge he is, lovin th fro...

[TreyRoque]

The guy's a genius. A comedic scalpel. And what cojones!

[tfnny85]

Chris, please give audience "everybody hates chris" season 5

[slapstickaction]

Hey that's not Chris Rock that's Bobby Brown. I didn't know Bobby did stand up in the 80s though.

[soulbrothersimon]

the start of the worlds funniest man

[aidenmccloskey]

Chris Rock's comedy is probably more humorous than Eddie Murphy's.

[NaijaPrisonBreak]

i like this.. it has inspired me soo much

[aisakjazz]

The black Vicepresident joke at 6:01 is the exact same one he tells in Bring The Pain

[Nfoaby]

Yes season 5. Thanks for the correction.

[mercylyn19]

..i luv d "where do u see urself 5yrs from now" question...i jst had to smile...his dreams came true, evn abv his expectations!bless him!:))

[chocolatecity1974]

Love this success story. Don't like some of his stuff, but the guys is very smart.

[foursuitsofmeat]

nigglett....despite being extremely recist i find it adorable..

[mitraljez]

he asked me out twice ? bitch dont lie ;D

[americanpatriot00]

OK I didn't get the president joke.

[dumichauch0o]

@americanpatriot00

if a black man was vice president, he would become president,if the president gets shot

[americanpatriot00]

01:16 - Seems like Chris Rock didn't need a piece of paper to tell him how well he communicates with people. LOL!

[Nfoaby]

I love everybody hate Chris...I hope there's going to be episode 5:)

[anaselhaouat]

@Nfoaby you mean, season 5?

[GreatnessGordon]

I don't get the period joke.. somebody explain that to me.

Thank you

[jakeboy1992]

@GreatnessGordon if your girlfriend dosent have hur period shes knocked up

[tfnny85]

At this time his career has just started? I love "Everybody hates chris" this will be one of the story after he passed his exam for being a comedian...He should creat episode 5 for "Everybody hates chris" which is about for his initiation for his comedian career

[Talkstuff136]

every body hates chris... bitch

[vict0r1ous]

THATS A PRETTY NIGGLET

[Haltsha]

I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

[BLACKARAZZI]

sounds just like tichina arnold..

[MyClw]

He predicted his future right!I love you Chris!

[RLUIZDON]

I live in Rio de Janeiro city. Here we´ve excellent comedian, but Chris Rock is brilliant. If he´d been born in Brazil he´ld make jokes about our social problems.

[bigdaddynumbah1]

CHRIS ROCK ALWAYS ROCKS THE MIC!

[828428]

fuck that faggot at 1:35 

[markmarktarmann]

" he s funny and talented dont make fun of his teeth" wah wah wah cry little insecure person jjeez . yes he s smart and funny and had ***cked up teeth

can you handle the whole picture or do we need t tip toe around a non racial thng like teeth esp regarding a guy who slams on EVRYBODYandE VERYTHING take a chill pill the size of a big mac cuz you need to relax peetey jeez

[Spenelo]

Why must mothers always be like that. :/

[yootesa1515]

i wish evryone hates chris will make a 6'th and 7;th season atleast :>/

[SlimGangstaGangsta]

@yootesa1515 what about 5

[SinisterSkyline]

@yootesa1515 The production of the show was stopped by Chris Rock himself, i'm pretty sure of that. He said that's all the show could do, and that he didn't want it to become a show about the life of a stand up comedian trying to make it

[died2005]

Chris Rock for President of the United States !!!!

[828428]

@died2005 thank goodness for youtube ... back then if you missed something, you missed it.

[RLUIZDON]

@died2005 After George W. Bush was elected twice, everything is possible!

[joneszepower]

Who is Chris Rock? 

[sakinehbs]

Man, he used to have some bad teeth. I guess he got them fixed.

[PhantomFive]

why are all black celebs....so much blacker in these old ass videos...like 50 cents old vid

[Avalm]

@PhantomFive lol...maybe its just because of poor lighting on the old school cameras

[FakeFaced]

Woow. He looked like Grace Jones when he was younger. But the best comedian of all time!

[zikadopantanal1]

I wonder chris this video, doing everything he does in the show (everybody hates Chirs), he's picking up "Caruz" friend "Greg"because the video is 89, and the last episode is 87, and close to his mother as well.

Ps: I'm Brazilian and that he wrote was the translation!

[stormchasers25]

im a massive fan of chris rock but his earlier stuff is much funnier than kill the messenger. it is funny but he hasnt got that anger.frustration or tension in his delivery like in bigger than blacker about "some women dont wanna give up the big peice of chicken! who the fuck are you ,to want the big peice of chicken!!!?  classic

[Flavio2767]

ola sou do brasil, adoro seu cereado é muito assistido aqui no nosso país

cris vc poderia fazer um show aki no brasil seria muito bom

abraços vc merece

[rexboogie]

Mad funny guy!

[LloydChristmas777]

Gem of a video. Thanks.

[shankedbyfrank555]

he hates niggers

[LloydChristmas777]

@shankedbyfrank555, you hate yourself.

[shankedbyfrank555]

@LloydChristmas777 idiot, don't even get the reference

[LloydChristmas777]

@shankedbyfrank555, if you don't know how to convey it, maybe you should double check who the idiot is.

[shankedbyfrank555]

@LloydChristmas777 Double checked and it's still you, for not knowing one of Chris Rock's most famous and funniest routines. Now go and die.

[LloydChristmas777]

@shankedbyfrank555, I recall that now, but you still didn't articulate yourself well. When you use the word "niggers" with no obvious reference marker (ie. quotations) and think that everyone should know what you're talking about (not knowing a Chris Rock theme = idiocy? Nice logic BTW), and you get a response such as mine, you really should think hard at what just happened. Also, wishing me death is possibly a self projection of your feelings towards yourself .

[TheBigBadWoIf]

he stole the "paint my house" line from rodney dangerfield, didnt he?

[dedwardc]

@TheBigBadWoIf Yes, he did steal it. But, I think Rodney may have stolen it from Henny Youngman... "A prostitute approaches me and says 'I'll do anything you want for fifty bucks,' so I asked her to paint my living room."

[realhiphop087]

Lol he got famous because he needed to pay to fix his teeth

[DeBlink0]

he's really intelligent, its very obvious here.

[derienapierce]

he relly did look like poky lol

[Murderermarv]

Ha ha, his mom is priceless.

[soNewYork1]

wow from the vault!

still my fav!

[Seston]

"i will never make fun of old people" LIAR!!!! heres the proof -----------> watch?v=jOZ4GmCJ8g8

[Seston]

thats the same mother who is always yelling in everybody hates chris?

[greeenmind12]

lol... his teeth :)

[Seston]

@greeenmind12 yeah, in his kill the messenger special, he said he had to work in the back of red lobster bc he "had really fucked up teeth"

[ivegotamagicstix]

@greeenmind12 Who cares about his teeth...its his mind and talent that is good and entertaining.

[greeenmind12]

@ivegotamagicstix I know but I find it kinda funny, his teeth now are perfect and that's cute it was diferent back then.

[sharpezor]

4:00 ...ew

[guyinyourattic]

hes really funny and a great actor, but it seems like all his comedy, and even some of his characters in his movies, are all about race

[lilHippo]

@guyinyourattic because race isnt he funnest thing in life

[mrblondnyc]

So whatever happened to this guy?

[wPHao]

@mrblondnyc Well he did do a movie this year.

[mrblondnyc]

@wPHao I was joking, silly.

[mrblondnyc]

@connnielovely ...with a ten inch dildo. Yeah, that could be funny.

[natureboyinyourface]

1:08,that you rochelle?

[ammmmmmmmm1]

wow great comedian bad teeth at the time

[alramone1]

great

[MyVagary]

wow, what a great interview! Thanks for sharing with us. 

[TheMarcopolo74]

this belongs in the smithsonian institution,thanx 4 posting it .

[rocketstar03]

Aww he sounds soo young and cute..and he was kinda cute back then

[2manyIdeas]

omg - so true about the men at funerals faces being funny...hahahaha

[bioshockfan14]

his teeth so ugly man ... excellent comedian tho

[RaynMan718]

His hair is shiny as fuck.

[Popalongkid]

Thanks for giving us an insight of the upbringing of one of the most successful comedians today. Chris has cut out his own path his way and it worked! Peace.

[TheJaanikaka]

he is changed know he is old enough to be my dad

[jcm0n3y]

Anyone notice in the credits:

Videographer - Judah Freedlander

Pretty funny

[cheesebubba]

excellent! not only is he funny, he's a good guy!

[phillipjennings5]

haha period joke had me dieing. "because it came"

[blacksushi150]

Chris rock was one inspirations! :)

[nateskool]

its rochelle and da all white school its Everybody Hate's Chris

[agubokwu]

anyone notice how his eyes r blue bullies messed him up sorry chris

[RaqeTube]

i think he is the most honest man in the world!

he makes me laugh on my stupid every day life!

[RMMFX]

My favorite Comedian ever

[BadSsen]

I am a huge fan of Chris, I consider him a sociologist who analyses society and makes you laugh at yourself. I am a big big fan. But yo, how could Chris be so harsh towards the great late Michael when he himself changed his appearances?

[MrHavok29]

@BadSsen to be fair, there is a difference between styling your hair and wearing different styles of clothing & a drastic overhaul...everyone changes their style once in a while. Not everyone changes their entire race and damn-near their gender, species, phylum and kingdom.

[maskanio1]

lol he had jerichurles or however its spelled

[OctoBox]

I love how his mother is chastising him regardless how successful he was becoming at this time

LOL "chris yo mama gotchu on national t.v man, aggghhhh"

[berkamore]

Great video.

Shows all the people out there who want to go into show business that it takes a lot of hard work to make it.

[MrHavok29]

I'm a HUGE chris rock fan. we even get to see how outspoken his mother is. i loved her in this too. the rae dong chong bit was priceless and the black president joke is still good stuff. Thanks for the video! excellent!

[macumbamacumba]

I love Chris Rock.

Hi from Brasil !

[charlieto1]

Here in Brazil, Chris Rock is doing very well!

And watch this video and imagine this guy who suffered but managed.

Congratulations Chris Rock. And much like the series everybody hates chris continue.

Live BRAZIL

[RawwestHide]

black president joke made it to Bring the Pain

[jetdatboy]

Pam is perfect to play his mom in "everybody hates Chris"....she even reminds me of her

[babylonbooy]

I bet moms is pretty proud right now lol

[jerkwallace]

It's really funny to watch his nervous tics, how he scratches his face and chin a little every time he's not *quite* on top of his game. Like he's still ashamed a little of the shock value of his jokes.

[mrblondnyc]

@jerkwallace Yeah, his voice is very low and his body language shows his nervousness. But the sharp writing and the point of view was always there. Good thing he got so much better and bought new teeth.

[apersonaplace]

20 years later and these jokes are still relevant.

[00flabbergasted]

lifes just one big joke :) awesome

[ucfpureego]

Makes you realize the hard work and patience you have to have to be successful. It took him a while to polish his voice but he was persistent and found it.

[RealMusic4Sure]

Nice video, it makes me appreciate Chris Rock's achievements even more!

Thank you for sharing.