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The Beginning and End of My 11-Year Relationship With My Father
My first Father's Day without my dad is making me reflect on loving complicated family members who hurt and love us
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Outspoken Comedian Paul Mooney Dies at 79
Paul Mooney was never afraid to speak his mind, no matter who was around. The self-proclaimed “Godfather of Comedy” worked alongside some of the industry’s most heralded stars, from Richard Pryor to Eddie Murphy, inspiring the comics who came after him to do the same. As Robert Townsend once said: “Paul didn’t care to be…
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Keegan-Michael Key, Lil Nas X Tapped for Final Episodes of This Season's Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live—or SNL as it’s more affectionately known—has had one helluva season these past few months. From hosts to musical guests, a whole host of Blackity-black talent has graced the stage, including: Regina King, Regé-Jean Page, Issa Rae, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Megan Thee Stallion, Daniel Kaluuya and more. So it’s only right that…
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Turns Out, Kanye Is Not the Richest Black Man in America [Corrected]
Correction: 3/18/2021, 12:15 p.m. ET: *record scratch* Laaaaaa, la, la, laaaa wait ‘til we (and a bunch of other media) get our wealth valuations wrong. Kanye West is actually not the richest Black man in the U.S. On Thursday morning, a whole Kanye-kerfuffle erupted including a now-retracted Forbes article stating that the rapper-entrepreneur-former-presidential-candidate had become…
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Dave Chappelle Tests Positive for COVID-19
Comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19, The Root has learned. A rep for Chapelle confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday night, saying the Chappelle Show comic was now quarantining himself but hasn’t shown any symptoms of the virus. Chappelle had been performing in Austin, Texas this week, with shows starting…
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Curtains Closed: Dave Chappelle’s Chappelle’s Show Exits Netflix
Netflix has removed the often controversial, yet ever-popular sketch comedy series Chappelle’s Show from its streaming platform at the request of Dave Chappelle himself. Deadline confirmed that the streaming platform quietly took away all episodes of the show overnight and this morning, Chappelle himself posted an 18-minute long Instagram video shedding more light on the…
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Dave Chappelle Will Return to Host SNL Post-Election Day in Reprise of 2016
At least one part of this week’s election whirlwind will feel like déjà vu: Comedian Dave Chappelle is returning to the SNL stage again this weekend, taking the helm of the show post-Election Day just as he did in 2016. Chappelle’s opening monologue is expected to set the mood for the show. In 2016, after…
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Exclusive: Pandora and Kevin Hart's LOL Radio Launches Def Comedy Jam Station Featuring Over 400 Tracks of Classic Acts
As we navigate the ins-and-outs of the global pandemic and everything else about the year 2020, the opportunity for escapism is very important for our mental health. Sometimes, a nigga just needs to laugh, right? Well, The Root has exclusively learned that Pandora has teamed up with Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Radio, which…
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Dave Chappelle Held a Socially Distanced Block Party, and I Guess Our Invite Was Lost in the Mail
Dave Chappelle’s famed Brooklyn-based musical festival was held in 2004 and later released as a documentary (Dave Chappelle’s Block Party) during 2005’s Toronto International Film Festival. The concert featured the likes of The Roots, Mos Def, Kanye West and Talib Kweli, and was released in the U.S. shortly after Chappelle walked away from his wildly…