COVER STORY


Steve Harvey


By: Carolina L Saucedo


to be quite funny. The young man saw how his father interacted with his friends and family and realized that this man really knew just how to hold people’s attention. By the time this young man was nine years old, he dreamed of becoming a comedian and many years later, became one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time.


O Steve Harvey was raised in the inner-city of Cleve-


land, Ohio, attended Kent State University and the Uni- versity of West Virginia. Harvey worked several jobs before hitting the road in the mid-80s to take his come- dy on the road. He quickly built up a name for himself and soon made his debut as the host of the syndicated television program, “It’s Showtime at the Apollo”. Har- vey’s success led to multiple television sitcoms includ- ing, “Me and the Boys” and “The Steve Harvey Show”. With his television success under his belt, Harvey


continued working on his true passion of stand-up com- edy by touring as one of the Kings of Comedy. The suc- cess of the tour with fellow members, Cedric the Enter- tainer, Bernie Mac and D.L. Hughley led to one of the most successful comedy DVDs in history, “The Origi- nal Kings of Comedy”. Despite the success, Steve Harvey faced some tough


racial barriers at the beginning of his career. He has had a woman throw a shot glass at him breaking his collar- bone after calling him derogatory names; and has had all his tires slashed and windows broken out of his car after a show. Harvey was even threatened during a show that when he got off the stage he would be a dead ‘n-


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nce upon a time there was a young man who ob- served his father’s way of storytelling and found it


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