Unsuccessful Thug: One Comedian’s Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown Audiobook (Free)

From Naptown to Tinseltown-legendary stand-up comedian and professional Mike Epps finally tells all within this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.

Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime in the Apollo-before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor within a biopic-there was Indianapolis. Rather than the good part. Mike Epps is certainly one of America’s preferred and funniest people, but the path to popularity was paved with possibilities to clutter it up. And clutter it up he did..Read More on the subject of Unsuccessful Thug: One Comedian’s Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown

Growing up in “Naptown”-what individuals who live there really contact rough-around-the-edges Indianapolis-Epps found himself forced to hustle from an early age. Despite his mother’s greatest efforts, and the like of his well-behaved sibling, “Chaney,” and his beloved sister, Julie, Epps was attracted to a lifestyle of criminal offense, but as he quickly found out, stealing and working didn’t really match his special sensibilities. Not forgetting he wasn’t extremely good at it-take, for example, the day he had to contact the cops on himself whenever a dog wouldn’t let him leave a residence he was burgling. After many arrests and more than a few months in prison, Epps finally understood that he was an unsuccessful thug, and rather considered the next most obvious career path: stand-up comedy.

Heading 1st to New York, then from coast to coast, and lastly to Hollywood, Mike Epps carved out a unique place in American comedy, merging hysterical tales of his relatives and buddies with a mordant undertake lifestyle in the Naptowns of America. Comedy saved Mike Epps, and here he reveals just how he finally grew up and got out, barely. And when describing how he survived when therefore many of his close friends didn’t, Epps makes very clear what he’s thankful for and sorry about. Unsuccessful Thug is about growing up black in the us, facing down racism in Hollywood, and ultimately how it feels to fail at thugdom, draw yourself up from the bootstraps, and find yourself offering out arenas and starring in movies across the country.