As we celebrate Dave Chappelle’s biggest, baddest and best moments, we look back at what it took to reach his legendary status in comedy, tv and movies. Chappelle began his career in stand-up comedy in high school and after deciding not to go to college, continued his stand-up career in New York City. After earning his chops in comedy during the early 1990s,

Early Chapelle

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Chapelle made his film debut in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and Chappelle became the youngest comedian to be featured on the HBO special Comic Relief VI (1994), The following years the comedian starred in The Nutty Professor in 1996, alongside Eddie Murphy, and made his way into three popular films in 1998: Woo, You’ve Got Mail and Half Baked.

Chapelle Movies

The comedian hit the big time in 2003 with the launch and 3 season run of Chappelle’s Show,

Chapelle’s Show

In the summer of 2004, Chapelle threw a block party (and subsequently filmed a movie) in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, The film was produced before Chappelle’s highly publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Chappelle’s Show.

Dave Chapelle’s Block Party

Chappelle invited several hip hop and musical artists to perform at the party, including Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and The Roots along with The Central State University Marching Band. Lauryn Hill was also scheduled to perform at the party, but since Columbia Records refused to release her songs for use in the production, she decided instead to reunite The Fugees for the occasion, Chappelle performed comedy monologues and sketches in between the musical acts.

Chappelle resumed touring as a stand-up comic in 2013 and has delivered a series of acclaimed specials for Netflix, HBO and various properties since!

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