Be a Dumb Genius with Kevin Hart

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education

4.3 • 13.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart talks about why he put down the basketball shoes and picked up the mic to pursue a long running career in comedy and entertainment. He opens up about his fatherhood journey and the crucial lessons he learned from his mother and a fateful run in with his own father.

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0:00.0	Up and moved to Los Angeles.
0:01.9	And at no point during that process, did you get any kind of professional development?
0:07.3	Dumb genius.
0:08.4	I moved to Los Angeles without a plan.
0:11.3	No acting classes.
0:12.6	I moved to Los Angeles.
0:16.2	With 25,000, I had about $25,000 left of the development deal.
0:21.1	I owed about $60 grand to the IRS because I didn't pay taxes.
0:25.3	So I'm technically in debt.
0:27.0	I moved to Hollywood and I remember moving and walking down like Sunset Boulevard.
0:36.7	And I was like, okay.
0:37.9	Here we go.
0:38.9	This is it.
0:40.7	What now?
0:47.6	This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending.
0:52.9	Hey, little girl.
0:54.2	Hi, Craig Robinson.
0:56.4	How are you?
0:57.2	You know what?
0:58.0	I'm doing pretty good, you know?
1:00.8	Everything is in one piece, I believe.
1:03.8	I feel healthy.
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