Michael Epps was born in November of 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana to parents Tommie Epps and Mary Reed. The comedian has eight siblings and they were primarily raised by their hard-working mother.
Interestingly, Mike is first cousins with fellow actor Omar Epps. Furthermore, he dropped out of Arsenal Tech High School, but he went back and earned his degree later in life at the age of 45.
In his teenage years, Epps got involved in selling drugs. Eventually, he got busted and sent to the Westville Correctional Facility. Also around this time, Epps worked at a barbershop.
After months of making his peers laugh while cutting hair, a client dared him to enter a local comedy contest. He entered, won, and the rest is history as they say.
