I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
Dave offered beatboxer Rahzel $1,000,000 to "be his iPod."
Dave once appeared in ads for Right Guard deodorant.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party was really filmed in the Fall of 2004.
Dave: (from "What It's Worth") I seen one crackhead tryna break into somebody's car. I screamed "Hey!" and he said "Oh, keep an eye out for me..." and I said "***** I ain't tryna help you, I want the **** to stop."
Dave made the Forbes Celebrity 100 List with $12 million in earnings.
Two of his favorite TV shows are MTV's "The Real World" and "Making The Band", and he mentions this in his show and does a parody of both.
Dave turned down an offer to host the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
Dave lent his voice to a character on "Crank Yankers" called "Shavin".
Dave made an appearance in The Nutty Professor where he played a stand up comic named "Reggie Warrington".
On his show Chappelle has done two parodies of music videos, "Piss On You" and its remix, which parodies R&B singer R. Kelly's "Feeling on your Booty", and Ignition Remix.
Dave was born in Dayton, Ohio but moved with his mother to Washington D.C. after his parents' divorce.
Chappelle's Show Season One Uncensored! DVD box set is the best-selling TV show on DVD with over 3 million copies sold.
Chappelle lives with his wife Elaine and two sons on a farm just outside Yellow Springs, Ohio. When he is not touring or engaged in filming for television or the big screen, he can be seen in the shops and markets of the small college town.
Chappelle's Show has a large hip-hop following and has featured such progressive rappers as: Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Kanye West. The show has also spotlighted musical guests such as Wu-Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Outkast, De La Soul, Fat Joe, Anthony Hamilton, DMX and Erykah Badu.
Dave Chappelle has starred in 3 TV stand up specials, 2 on HBO and 1 on Showtime. The half hour special on HBO was HBO's stand up show called "One Night Stand", the other HBO special was called "Dave Chappelle: Killin' 'Em Softly" and the Showtime special was called "Dave Chappelle - For What It's Worth".
Dave stands at 6'0" tall.
Signed a 50 million dollar contract for two seasons, but left the show afterwards!
Dave Chappelle plays World of Warcraft, the popular MMORPG from Blizzard Entertainment. He has also expressed his amusement of seeing WoW characters with names referring to his most famous sketches.
It was rumoured he lend his voice for the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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