Editing Chris Tucker (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
Christopher Tucker was born in Atlanta on August 31, 1971,<ref>Stated on ''[[African American Lives]]'', 2006</ref><ref name=bookref1>{{cite book|last=Gates|first=Henry Louis Jr.|title=In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary Blacks Reclaimed Their Past|publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]]|date=January 2009|page=[https://archive.org/details/insearchofourroo00gate/page/397 397]|url=https://archive.org/details/insearchofourroo00gate/page/397|isbn=978-0-307-38240-5|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christucker.com/bio/ |title= Bio - Chris Tucker Actor, Comedian, Humanitarian Chris Tucker  |access-date=February 7, 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174401/http://www.christucker.com/bio/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }} Official Bio</ref> the youngest son of Mary Louise (''née'' Bryant) and Norris Tucker.<ref name="bookref1"/> One of six children, Tucker learned early in life that humor had the power to draw attention to himself both at school and at home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/chris-tucker-21129749#early-years|title=Tucker's early life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329205748/https://www.biography.com/people/chris-tucker-21129749#early-years|archive-date=March 29, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father was an independent businessman who owned a janitorial service.<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800023484/bio Chris Tucker Biography – Yahoo! Movies<!-- Bot generated title -->]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029060453/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800023484/bio |date=October 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Chris-Tucker.html Chris Tucker Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052045/http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Chris-Tucker.html |date=March 4, 2016 }} filmreference.com.</ref> Tucker grew up in a [[Pentecostal]] [[Christians|Christian]] household; his parents were members of the [[Church of God in Christ]] during his childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urbanologymag.com/chris-tucker-showcases-his-serious-side/|title=Chris Tucker gets serious about the film industry|date=March 10, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2022|archive-date=October 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011184143/https://urbanologymag.com/chris-tucker-showcases-his-serious-side/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tucker grew up in [[Decatur, Georgia]], and after graduating from [[Columbia High School (Decatur, Georgia)|Columbia High School]], he moved to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue his comedy career. His comedy influences were [[Richard Pryor]] and [[Eddie Murphy]], and Tucker was known by his teachers and high school classmates for making people laugh by doing impressions of Murphy, [[Michael Jackson]], and others.<ref>
{{cite book
 | editor-last = Abbey
 | editor-first = C. D. 
 | title = Biography today: Profiles of people of interest to young readers
 | publisher = Omnigraphics
 | date = 2001
 | location = Detroit, MI
 }}</ref>