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Tony Rock Talks Sex Songs and Comedian Beatdowns

As you’ve seen on this blog, relying on nepotism can result in an embarrassing failure. However, when the family member or friend being put on actually has talent, you get a Charlie Murphy success instead of an Ashley Simpson debacle. Chris Rock’s younger brother Tony Rock is looking to strengthen the Rock name with the debut of his sketch comedy show The Tony Rock Project tonight on MYNetworkTV.

After performing stand up all over the world and even hosting a short-lived show on Oprah’s O Network, Tony is ready to blow up. We caught up with the Pittsburgh Steelers fan and former star of the Will Smith-produced All of Us to chop it up about his past dreams, his most romantic getaway and why he almost had to whoop another comedian’s ass…

Interview By Damien Scott

Complex: What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?

Tony Rock: Probably drowning. I can’t swim in real life, so it can really happen.

Complex: Do you plan on learning to swim?

Tony Rock: I’ve always wanted to take swimming lessons. When I first started making a little bit of money that was one of the things that was on the top of my list to do.

Complex: What is your favorite body part of the opposite sex?

Tony Rock : The face. Tits are nice, ass is nice, but if you got an ugly face, it doesn’t matter.

Complex: What’s the worst lie you’ve ever told?

Tony Rock : Probably something along the lines of… I didn’t sleep with your friend.

Complex: How did that go over?

Tony Rock: All the evidence pointed towards the opposite. It was the worst. All signs were saying I was lying. My commitment was admirable.

Complex: What was the one career, besides comedy, you wish you pursued?

Tony Rock: Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I don’t even care what position. It started off as quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, now it’s just on the team somewhere.

Complex: Did you play football?

Tony Rock: When I was a kid I played quarterback and cornerback. I stopped in high school—we didn’t have a football team. I’d love to try out.

Complex: In your opinion, what’s the best song to have sex to?

Tony Rock: That’s a good one. I’m trying to think of something short, so it seems like you went a long time cause you went for the whole record. [Laughs]. A snippet.

Complex: [Laughs] Like a ringtone?

Tony Rock: Like a Sade snippet so it seems like you went for a long time.

Complex: When you go to the club, would you rather pop bottles or take straight shots?

Tony Rock: I’d say take shots, that’s when you’re really partying. Poppin’ bottles is all image. Taking shots is like you really came to party. Patron chilled is my favorite shot.

Complex: What’s the sexiest vacation spot to take a woman?

Tony Rock: Well, I’m a city boy, born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, so I would say…Queens.

Complex: Queens…New York?

Tony Rock: Yeah.

Complex: No exotic islands or anything like that? Just up the Jackie Robinson?

Tony Rock: Man, I’m from the hood.

Complex: When was the last time you had to whoop someone’s ass?

Tony Rock: Unfortunately, it was a few weeks ago. I had to beat up another comic.

Complex: Who was the comedian?

Tony Rock: Eh, I don’t want to say, it would start it up all over again. He’s nobody famous. I’m just very protective of my brothers, as they are of me.

Complex: What’d he say?

Tony Rock: My brother was on stage and he was just going on and on about how he should get off stage because he was trying to go on. And besides from the fact that that’s Chris Rock on stage, you should be quiet and let him do what he does. If I’m in the club and Dave Chappelle comes on the stage, I just got to deal with it. He just didn’t seem to understand the hierarchy of comedy. So I had to confront him. I was like, you’re being disrespectful, besides from the fact that that’s my brother, he’s Chris Rock. He started arguing, I started arguing. I shut up, but he just kept going, like, Who the fuck you talking to? You gonna get hurt. So after about 15 minutes I was like, Dude you’re still talking, I’m done talking. And he was like, So what do you want to do, you want to go outside? I don’t think he thought I was really going to go outside, but I just started walking, so when I walked outside, he was like, Oh shit, he really took me up on the offer. And then I whooped his ass. Jack Johnson style. Then he wanted to have the talk.

Complex: Where was this?

Tony Rock: Sunset Blvd.

Complex: Who would you rather be, the President of the United States or the richest man in the world?

Tony Rock: You could do more with the power of the president than the money. I’d say President of the Unite States. Just so I can be in the club and say, Bitch, I’m the President.

Complex : What is your one comfort food?

Tony Rock: Turkey Burgers. My sister makes a mean turkey burger. My favorite spot to get them is in New York on Broadway called Lucky Burger. They’re big and delicious. They’re neck and neck with my sisters’.

Complex: When you get really sad, is there a special spot you go to cheer yourself up?

Tony Rock: Queens. I go to White Castle on Queens Blvd.

Complex: I was just there the other day.

Tony Rock: Then you know. It cheers me up every time.

Complex: Who do you think hates you the most?

Tony Rock: All other young black comics because they think everything I got is because of my brother.