Kevin harts bio

Kevin Hart began working as a stand-up comedian shortly after graduating from high school, eventually migrating to bigger clubs in New York and Los Angeles.

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In he released his first stand-up album, I'm a Grown Little Man. Hart was born on July 6, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The youngest of two boys, Hart was raised by his mother, Nancy, who took on the role of a single parent as a result of her husband's chronic battles with cocaine and the law. Throughout much of Hart's childhood, his father, Henry Hart, was in and out of jail and rarely around.

As a coping mechanism, the young Hart found humor to battle back the pain of his childhood. Henry has since cleaned up his life, and father and son have reconnected. The experience of those tough years would later provide a source for much of Hart's comedy.

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Smoove as some important influences. But it was back in his hometown of Philadelphia, while working as a shoe salesman, that Hart's stand-up career began to blossom. It was a rough start. For a time, Hart pounded the pavement at a variety of small comedy clubs, working under the stage name of Lil' Kev the Bastard. Few saw Hart, and those who did, didn't find him all that funny.

I didn't know what to do. Under the guidance of Keith Robinson, a veteran comedian who began to mentor the younger comic, Hart began performing under his own name and creating material drawn from real-life experiences. Success eventually followed.