Chappelle, who stands among the most lauded and oft-quoted stand-up comedians of his generation, will now add comedy's most prestigious award to his accolades.
Comedian Dave Chappelle addresses the student body and faculty at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2017. By Elahe Izadi Elahe Izadi Pop culture writer Email Bio Follow May 7 at 12:00 PM Dave Chappelle, among the most lauded and oft-quoted stand-up comedians of his generation, will receive comedy’s most prestigious accolade: the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Although the Kennedy Center declined to identify potential entertainers at the gala performance, expect prominent names in comedy, including fellow stand-up performers. Typically, featured entertainers have a personal or professional connection to the honoree; Chappelle performed at Murphy’s gala in 2015.
He frequented clubs in the D.C. area as a teenager and, after high school, he moved to New York City to pursue comedy. “I was the first person in my family to not go to college who had not been a slave,” Chappelle told James Lipton in 2006. “So I was really breaking from tradition.” The series became an instant hit. Its ratings helped bolster the network, and DVDs of the series broke sales records. In the age before streaming, on-demand video and YouTube, Chappelle’s sketches about Rick James and a blind, black Ku Klux Klan member somehow became ubiquitous. The fame would also have unintended consequences for his stand-up, though; it wasn’t uncommon for audience members to interrupt his live performances by shouting catchphrases from the series.
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