Chris Rock Reveals The Easiest Group To Offend and The Limits Of His Comedy
By Sam Valorose
May 3, 2017
Legendary comedian Chris Rock stopped by The Breakfast Club to talk about his new Total Blackout tour, the limits of his comedy, who is the easiest group to offend in 2017, how divorce affected his material, remembered the late Charlie Murphy, his appearance on Rick Ross's last album and much more.
During the interview, Rock looked back on some of his biggest roles, saying that he most known today for the show Everybody Hates Chris and his voice as Marty The Zebra from the animated film Madagascar. When asked by DJ Envy if he gets annoyed by being known for his role as the crackhead Pookie from the 1991 film New Jack City, Rock had a surprising answer.
"Pookie is a legend. You know how lucky I was to be Pookie?" He continued, "do you know how many rap records I hear cats talking about the Carter," referencing the giant crack manufacturing plant in the film. "I was in the Carter! I smoked crack in the Carter!"
Rock also talked about performing comedy in today's politically correct culture and who is the easiest group of people to offend. "You got to be careful with your transgenders. You better word that one right. you better take that one to spell check, my friend," Rock explained.
He also praised Dave Chappelle's controversial joke for humanizing his subject. "Just because he didn't like the person in the joke didn't mean he didn't like the person because of their sexual preference," Rock explained. "A lot of times we - white people do this too - you deal with a minority and put them on a pedestal. That's almost racist, too. It's nice to put someone in a normal situation."
The comedian also talked about his feature on Rick Ross's recent album Better You Than Me after insulting the rapper during the BET Awards. "I was doing an award show and I thought I had one Rick Ross joke and I didn't realize until watching it later that I had four. Rick Ross is the first guy I think I apologized to," Rock said. Charlamagne said he thought Ross took the joke too seriously, but Rock admitted he didn't want to be on the bad side with someone of Ross's stature.
Watch the full interview above. More info on Chris Rock's Total Blackout Tour here.