Shortly after moving to California, Lawrence got a guest spot on the television show What?s Happening Now!!. This appearance led to his big break in television and movies. He provided the comedy relief in the seminal Spike Lee Joint, Do the Right Thing as one of the wayward adolescents getting into trouble. These kind of memorable contributions to big projects led to his important appointment as the host of HBO’ss groundbreaking “Def Comedy Jam.”
A superstar was born.
