Mr Hart's Influences

As defined by Careers in Focus Performing Arts, “Comedians are entertainers who make people laugh.” One comedian in particular has accomplished this on a worldwide stage while having an enormous positive impact on the world around him. This comedian hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his upbringing has had a significant impact on his personality and shaping the man he is today. He started off small but has since risen to perform in numerous blockbuster films, and his stand-up specials have been featured on Netflix, among others. Through his fame, this particular comedian has used his platform to help others through charity work and donations. Although he comes in a small package - he stands only five-foot, two-inches tall, as stated

Hart’s upbringing was unorthodox, to say the least. He was raised primarily by his mother, but his father, battling a cocaine addiction, made frequent appearances in his childhood, as stated in the article “THE SELFLESS Love OF A FATHER,” an excerpt of Kevin Hart’s book, I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons. Though anyone else could have let this have a negative effect on life, Mr. Hart kept his positivity and looked for the silver lining in the situation; this would be a trend throughout his life. He explains that one of these advantages to his father’s habit was that “There’s no such thing as a bad idea to a cokehead,” quoted in the New York Times Article “Life Sends Lemons? Make Comedy.” Accordingly, Hart’s father often took young Kevin on adventures throughout his childhood, as he recounts in his 2017 book (Hart). He often draws from these for his most famous comedic acts, such as retelling the story of how his father would root and cheer “All right, all right, all riii-iiight!” during an elementary spelling bee, or how rowdy his entire family was during his mother’s funeral (Itzkoff). Although his mother kept his father away from Hart after age eight, Kevin Hart and his father have since reconciled, and he claims that his father is currently clean from addiction (Hart). Because Kevin Hart was able to remain positive throughout his unorthodox upbringing, he was better prepared for a life in