'All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy started. We give it a 'stoop appeal.' A stoop appeal is important for us because it's where pretty much all black comics started doing their standup: cracking jokes on the stoop, in the hood.

Tony Rock

Categorized in : Important Black Comedy Hood

You can live with diabetes. It's not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control.

Tony Rock

live yourself you self

I went to a wedding in St. Maarten, and we took a boat ride over to Anguilla for a day. We went to a beach that had the whitest sand I had ever seen before in my life. I was in the water up to the middle of my chest and could still see my feet. It was the clearest water.

Tony Rock

ride day water life

My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony.

Tony Rock

comedy black brother love

My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also the, 'Mmm - I didn't take that into consideration.'

Tony Rock

say you laughter funny

Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday morning.

Tony Rock

you work morning night

Every day of my life is a dream goal.

Tony Rock

life-is-a my-life day life

Who's been loyal to a Kardashain?

Tony Rock

been loyal

Everybody cheats on the Kardashians.

Tony Rock

cheats everybody

Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.'

Tony Rock

rock go brother time

When I was growing up with Chris, I was the little brother that was kind of annoying: 'Can I come?' 'Get out of here.' 'Can I play?' 'Get out of here.' So that's our relationship. I just do my own thing. I leave him alone.

Tony Rock

alone my-own brother relationship

I talk to the audience like I talk to my friends on the stoop.

Tony Rock

talk like audience friends

I hate when rappers do interviews. They say stuff like, 'If I wasn't doing this, I'd be dead or in jail.' Like, damn, those are the only two options? What about managing Kinkos?

Tony Rock

dead doing damn hate

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me.

Tony Rock

end me you enjoy

It's part of the gift and the curse of coming behind my brother. I'm not afforded the luxury of just taking a set casual, taking the night off. Because if I bomb, it's, 'Oh, he's not funny - he's just doing it because of his brother.'

Tony Rock

gift brother night funny

New York is home. It's so unique that there is no other place like it.

Tony Rock

new place unique home

I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods.

Tony Rock

vacation want love culture

Once school let out every year, my siblings and I would get packed into a station wagon to drive to South Carolina to see my grandparents for summer vacation. If school let out on Friday, we were probably in the station wagon no later than Sunday morning, and we would make stops along the way.

Tony Rock

drive morning way school

Women do so much aesthetically to attract men that they sometimes overlook the simple things, like cooking.

Tony Rock

women cooking simple men

Like everybody, I started out doing 'bringer' shows - the kind where if you show up with a certain number of people, you get to perform. Sometimes I would actually pay strangers off the street to come in and see my set.

Tony Rock

street you sometimes people

Any club has more than enough comics, so if you're not there every night talking to the booker, you're not going to get on. You have to be there more than they are.

Tony Rock

you enough talking night