Throughout an look on the “Join the Dots” podcast, comic and actor Tracy Morgan disclosed that he just lately came upon his household tree comprises a well-known rapper.
Whereas speaking about his look on an upcoming episode of the PBS present “Discovering Your Roots,” Morgan dropped the bombshell revelation.
“I flip the final web page, and guess who’s sitting there? Nas,” the 55-year previous comic reveals. “Me and Nas is [sic] third cousins on my mother’s facet.”
“However me and Esco was [sic] at all times tight earlier than that,” he continued. “I did a present years in the past on Comedy Central known as ‘One Mic’ that was for Nas’ mother who simply handed away. So me and Esco at all times been tight.”
Morgan, who’s slated to look on episode eight of the present titled “Imply Streets,” went on to clarify how he known as the “Brunch On Sundays” rapper to interrupt the information.
“After I came upon on the West Facet Freeway, after the present, I known as him up and I say, ‘Yo Esco,’ he stated ‘What up Trey?’ I stated, ‘Guess what?’ He stated, ‘What?’ And I stated, ‘I simply did ‘Discovering Your Roots,’ me and also you associated,’ ” Morgan recollects.
“He began crying, I began crying. And I stated to him, ‘Should you ever want me, I’m there, cuz.’ He stated, ‘Cuz, in the event you ever want me I’m there.’ ”
Along with discovering out in regards to the Nas connection, Morgan additionally detailed another fascinating tidbits about his lineage that he found on the present.
“They went again 400 years on my father’s facet and 400 years on my mom’s facet,” he stated. “I assumed I used to be large in my life ’until I came upon what my nice, nice, nice grandmother did. My nice, nice, nice, nice, nice grandfather’s title was Abraham Mack. I do know the title of the slave masters who owned us. I bought it proper right here on my cellphone and the slave ship.”
“You might want to know who you come from earlier than you permit this Earth,” Morgan exclaimed. “Know who you’re and the place you come from. Information itself. I did a number of crying. And regardless of who you’re, you’re gonna break down.”
Tracy and Nas aren’t the primary pair of celebrities to search out out they share the identical bloodline due to “Discovering Your Roots.”
This previous Could, actors Terry Crews and Billy Crudup met for the primary time after discovering out they have been associated. In an episode previous to that, “SNL” alum Invoice Hader disclosed how he bought an electronic mail from the legendary Carol Burnett with the information that they have been cousins as nicely.
Season 10 of “Discovering Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates Jr. is ready to premiere on PBS on Jan. 2.
