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  1. A conversation with Dave Chapelle
    A conversation with Dave Chapelle

    with Dave Chapelle on Apr 28, 2004

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Dave Chapelle is an American comedian, satirist and actor who achieved great success in 2003 with the debut of Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show”. He received two Emmy nominations during the 2003-04 TV season and another nomination for the 2004-05 season. The show parodies many aspects of American culture such as racial stereotypes and slurs, including his African-American heritage. The show also gained a large hip-hop following and featured progressive rappers such as Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Mos Def, and Kanye West. By the end of the second season, it was one of the highest-rated shows on basic cable.

Chapelle was the subject of the Michel Gondry-directed documentary “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” which chronicles a Chappelle-hosted event in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2004. The highlight of the event was the reunion of popular ‘90s rap group The Fugees.

Among many movies that Chapelle appeared in, he played a supporting role as Tom Hanks’ best friend and confidant in “You’ve Got Mail”.

Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chapelle