Kevin Darnell Hart was born July 6, 1979, the son of Nancy Hart (died 2007) and Henry Robert Witherspoon. Hart's first stand-up performance took place at The Laff House in his native Philadelphia under the name Lil Kev, which did not go well. He has since released four more comedy albums: Seriously Funny (2010), Laugh at My Pain (2011), Let Me Explain (2013), and What Now? (2016) In 2015, Time magazine named him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.