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Comedian
Mike Epps' name has become synonymous with a particular style of humor, through his appearance with several other African-American artists in the same genre. Epps earned a large portion of his fame through his credits in several Ice Cube films, including Next Friday (also starring Chris Tucker), How High (with Redman and Method Man), Friday After Next, and All About the
Benjamins. Aside from featuring Ice Cube, the common thread of these films was the hilarious prominence of marijuana-smoking comic characters like the ones portrayed by
comedian Mike Epps .
Born in Indianapolis, IN, into a large family, comedian Mike Epps' natural comedic ability was encouraged at an early age, and
comedian Mike Epps began performing standup as a teenager.
comedian Mike Epps moved to Atlanta where comedian Mike Epps
worked at the Comedy Act Theater, before moving to New York City to star in Def Comedy Jam in 1995. His first major film role came just two years later when
comedian Mike Epps starred in Vin Diesel's Strays, a dramatic portrayal of relationships and drugs. In 1999,
comedian Mike Epps made an appearance on the HBO mafia series The Sopranos.
In addition to his aforementioned film work with Ice Cube,
comedian Mike Epps had several other feature-film appearances. In 2000,
comedian Mike Epps was featured in Bait, starring Jamie Foxx and David Morse, and in the jail-comedy 3 Strikes.
comedian Mike Epps performed the voice of Sonny in Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy, in 2001. As
comedian Mike Epps gained more recognition, his comedic talent began to blossom, as demonstrated in his two 2002 features: Kevin Bray's All About the
Benjamins, an action-packed comedy, and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, in which
comedian Mike Epps starred as Day-Day.
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