Editing Chris Rock (section)

==Early life==
Rock was born in [[Andrews, South Carolina]], on February 7, 1965.<ref name=yahoomovies>{{cite web|title=Chris Rock|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019115/bio| archive-date= May 22, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522142849/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019115/bio}}</ref> Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to the [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], New York. A few years later, they relocated and settled in the [[working class]] area of [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]].<ref name="bravo">{{cite episode| title = Chris Rock| series = Inside the Actors Studio| series-link = Inside the Actors Studio| network = [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]| airdate = March 13, 2007| season = 13| number = 6}}</ref> His mother, Rosalie (''[[née]]'' Tingman), was a teacher and social worker for people with [[Developmental disability|developmental disabilities]]; his father, Julius Rock, was a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rolling Rock: Chris Rock Hits His Hollywood Stride|first=Cindy|last=Pearlman|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chrisrock/articles/story/5920132/rolling_rock_chris_rock_hits_his_hollywood_stride |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 29, 2001|access-date=June 17, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214191014/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chrisrock/articles/story/5920132/rolling_rock_chris_rock_hits_his_hollywood_stride |archive-date = December 14, 2007}}</ref> Julius died in 1988 after [[Peptic ulcer disease|ulcer]] surgery.<ref name=yahoomovies />

Rock is the eldest of his parents' seven children (six boys and one girl),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myrtle Beach online - Rose Rock|url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article120280763.html|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195524/https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article120280763.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and he had an older paternal half-brother, Charles Ledell Rock, who died in 2006 after suffering from alcoholism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/04/chris_rock_feels_he_failed_deceased_brot |title=Chris Rock Feels He 'Failed' Deceased Brother |website=World Entertainment News Network |publisher=Starpulse.com |date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=September 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125004707/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/04/chris_rock_feels_he_failed_deceased_brot |archive-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 7, 2020|title=55 Fascinating Facts About Chris Rock|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1120452/55-fascinating-facts-about-chris-rock|access-date=June 17, 2021|website=E! Online|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201420/https://www.eonline.com/news/1120452/55-fascinating-facts-about-chris-rock|url-status=live}}</ref> Rock's younger brothers [[Tony Rock|Tony]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080803979.html |title=Tony Rock, Standing Up To His Name |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 9, 2008 |last=Oppenheim |first=Gabe |access-date=June 17, 2010 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110195840/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080803979_2.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Kenny,<ref name="ToddBlue2009" /> and Jordan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/JayRockStar619|title=Jordan Rock: JayRockStar619's Channel|publisher=YouTube|date=August 31, 2006|access-date=June 17, 2010|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919024131/https://www.youtube.com/user/JayRockStar619|url-status=live}}</ref> are also in the entertainment business.

Rock's family history was profiled on the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[African American Lives 2]]'' in 2008. A [[DNA test]] showed that he is of [[Cameroon]]ian descent, specifically from the {{ill|Udeme|fr|Ouldémé (peuple)}} people of [[North Region (Cameroon)|northern Cameroon]].<ref>Goffe, Leslie. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8117258.stm "Americans seek their African roots"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104191932/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8117258.stm |date=January 4, 2016 }}, BBC, June 29, 2009.</ref> Rock's great-great-grandfather, [[Julius C. Tingman|Julius Caesar Tingman]], was [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved]] for 21 years before serving in the [[American Civil War]] as part of the [[United States Colored Troops]], then later was elected to two terms in the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gates |first=Henry Louis Jr. |title=In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past |publisher=Crown |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-307-40973-7 |chapter=Chapter 17: Chris Rock |author-link=Henry Louis Gates Jr.}}</ref> During the 1940s, Rock's paternal grandfather moved from South Carolina to New York City to become a taxicab driver and preacher.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Rock|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/profiles/rock.html|work=African American Lives 2|publisher=PBS|access-date=December 19, 2010|archive-date=July 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720204300/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/profiles/rock.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jaenchen |first=Lillie |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Evangelist Shares Gospel with Stand-Up Comedian Chris Rock |url=https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/evangelist-shares-gospel-with-stand-up-comedian-chris-rock.html |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Movieguide {{!}} The Family Guide to Movies & Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rock was [[Desegregation busing|bused]] to schools in predominantly white neighborhoods of Brooklyn, where he endured bullying and beatings from white students.<ref name=bigger>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_12_54/ai_55982855/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405184055/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_12_54/ai_55982855|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2005|title=Bigger, Better, And Hotter! Chris Rock Talks About Fame, Controversy And The Challenge Of Being No. 1|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|author=Chappell, Kevin|date=October 1999|access-date=June 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name=king>{{cite news|url=http://premium.europe.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/12/lkl.00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040924130836/http://premium.europe.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/12/lkl.00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2004 |title=Chris Rock Discusses 'Down to Earth' |publisher=CNN |work=[[Larry King Live]] |date=February 12, 2001 |access-date=June 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=show>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159947,00.html|title=Chris Rock Gets Show Based on Childhood|work=New York Post|date=June 18, 2005|author=Gallahue, Patrick|access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629215425/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159947,00.html|archive-date=June 29, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> As he grew older, the bullying worsened and Rock's parents pulled him out of [[James Madison High School (Brooklyn)|James Madison High School]].<ref name=show/> He dropped out of high school altogether, but he later earned a [[General Educational Development]] (GED). Rock then worked various jobs at fast-food restaurants including [[Red Lobster]].<ref name=bigger/><ref name=king/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Meyersohn |first=Nathaniel |date=June 8, 2024 |title=The forgotten racial history of Red Lobster |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/business/red-lobster-black-history/index.html |access-date=June 9, 2024 |work=CNN Business |language=en}}</ref>