I Am the New Black by Tracy Morgan

Author:Tracy Morgan [Morgan, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-58836-941-3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Hustle Man appeared in six episodes of Martin over two of the five years the show was on the air. The audiences liked him. During my time on the show, Martin and I got real tight. I’d hang at his crib when I was in L.A. to shoot, and whenever he came to New York we’d hook up. When Martin was in town, I’d be the one to pick him up a couple of ravioli bags, if you know what I mean (I’m talking about weed), and then we’d head out and hit the clubs. We did it like that, just real life.

We hung out a lot. That was the great thing about Martin: Considering where he was in his career and how much he had achieved, he never talked down to me or lectured like he knew it all, he just gave me knowledge that could help me in my career. Martin never talked to me about the funny; he never tampered with that. That was a gift God gave me. What Martin did teach me about was the business of show business. He told me about a few battles he’d had to fight to get where he was, and how he learned to pick and choose them as he got more experienced. He really taught me that it was important not to turn every fight into a battle, whether you were working on a TV show or doing a stand-up gig for a promoter who didn’t do right by you. Martin was always gracious, which I also saw on his set. He treated the guys who worked for him with respect, and he always had fun with the audiences at his show. He was never above anybody in his mind; he and his audience were the same. It was a blessing for me to be exposed to an artist of his caliber when I was just starting out, because he showed me how to handle myself.

At the time, Martin was going through his own trials and tribulations. He’d had some legal issues surrounding his show that nearly caused it to be canceled before the final season. He’d gotten into drugs a little too much, and they’d brought on some erratic behavior on a movie set. Then he got arrested for going a little crazy with a pistol out on Ventura Boulevard. I listened to him talk about his troubles, but I really couldn’t understand what he was going through. I wasn’t rich and I wasn’t famous. I knew about pressure and stress, but not at his level. I was still just about surviving, which comes with a whole other kind of pressure and stress.

Success and celebrity bring you a lot of money and a lot of good, but they also bring bullshit and expectations, and everyone reacts to that differently. When you come from nothing, sometimes you’re your own worst enemy. But no matter who you are, when your life becomes bigger than you, trying to explain how

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