0:00 A lot of my friends that I grew up with were going to jail or ended up dead or shot in the streets. So, I [music] fell victim to doing illegal stuff. But it was the moment that we got arm robbed where I have a gun to my head now. And once I saw the barrel of that gun being pointed at me, that was the moment I noticed, okay, if I survive this, I'm going to become a comedian or die trying. [screaming] My comedy comes from that place of a healing, wanting to make our situation
0:31 better at home. Like one time I watched my brother get beat for wetting the bed. It was a lot. So I would always try to step in to try to be like a coping mechanism for him. Maybe it's my mom. So I knew I was funny. I knew I was very entertaining. But it didn't hit me until like college. And I started to figure out, okay, wow, all the people I look up to are all like comedic legends and I feel more connected to them than anything I've ever felt in my life. That is my purpose. So, I left college. I went home. I wrote all these goals down on the sheet of paper. Now, I'm locked in. I have no other option. I'm sitting
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