Congrats, Dave Chappelle!
Dave Chappelle performs to a sold out crowd onstage at the Hollywood Palladium on March 25, 2016 in Los Angeles.took home the 22nd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center.before the show. “The culture of comedy and music is really oddly similar. We’re like kindred spirits, comedians and musicians, just the way we interact with each other. It’s a natural friendship.”
Legend talked about the unique musical jam sessions Chappelle hosts on a farm in his adopted home state of Ohio, and praised Chappelle’s 2005 Bock Party documentary, in which he bussed residents of his town to Brooklyn for a concert featuring Legend, Kanye West, Common, the Fugees, Big Daddy Kane, the Roots and Adam Blackstone, who served as music director for the Twain event.
“He’s always bringing people together. He’s always been a leader in thought and culture,” Common told Billboard. “He says provocative things, and… it creates some uncomfortable conversations we don’t want to have but we need people like him because even if you don’t agree with them, it brings them up an then people have to discuss it. We need courageous minds like that.”
“An honor like this would be special anywhere it happened, but the fact that it’s happening here in Washington does make me feel like I’ve closed some sort of circle,” he said. “And I came home and everyone’s OK. My friends still love me and everything still feels right.”
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