The life of Dave Chappelle

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He's unafraid of joking about America's biggest issues and his humor has brought both awards and controversy.   This is the life of Dave Chappelle.

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00:00I personally am not afraid of other people's freedom of expression.

00:03I don't use it as a weapon. It just makes me feel better.

00:06And I'm sorry if I hurt anybody, et cetera, et cetera, yada, yada, yada.

00:09Everything I'm supposed to say.

00:11I think a good life, or living a good life, is an art form in and of itself.

00:41Before I ever thought about doing comedy, she said, you should be a griot.

00:54And she'd fill me with every story of black life.

00:57She would let me understand the context that I was being raised in.

01:00That I'm being raised in a hostile environment.

01:18I went to an arts high school in a time when it was awful.

01:25There was a crack epidemic and AIDS and all this crazy shit was happening.

01:30And the National Guard was policing Washington, D.C.

01:33And I found out about this arts program and it changed my life in ways that I couldn't even imagine.

01:55At 19, he's the youngest comedian in Star Search history.

02:13I was recently on black entertainment television.

02:16I kind of have a feeling most of you haven't seen that.

02:47Look, there go some gay guys.

03:01Hey, hey, hey, what the fuck, man?

03:06I ain't never seen so many gay people in my life.

03:10Started having nightmares, man.

03:27He had sex with a white girl, that's what.

03:58Yeah.

04:09People like to watch somebody who's not afraid to be themselves.

04:14Nowadays, it takes more courage.

04:32People are very afraid of the police.

04:35You know what I mean? Like, you're a white lady.

04:36You ever been pulled over before?

04:38You know, and what they say, let me see your driver's license and your registration, right?

04:42See? See, I'm just guessing.

05:05You are an African-American.

05:08Listen, I'm going to make this clear.

05:10I'm in no way, shape, or form involved in any of this.

05:15You know what I'm saying?

05:28I mean, we're rich.

05:30They're not.

05:31Oh, bitch.

05:34That's why it's pushed in our colored milk family.

05:36And it's my favorite family to deliver milk to.

05:40The n****s.

05:49Well, you know, deserve is a very difficult word in life.

05:52I don't know if anybody deserves anything they get, good or bad.

05:56You just take it as it comes.

06:02Dave! Dave!

06:09The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy.

06:25People are unfriending n****s like hotcakes on Facebook.

06:38The whites are furious.

06:40We've never seen anything like it.

06:41I haven't seen white people this mad since O.J. Bird.

06:46It's been screened with white people on both sides.

07:00What's up, bitch?

07:10This opioid crisis is a crisis.

07:13It's wild because I even have insight into how the white community must have felt

07:18watching the black community go through the scourge of crack.

07:22Because I don't care either.

07:43This is not live, is it?

08:12I imagine whatever I say, you could just edit it out.

08:16Wu-Tang.

08:17I'm just ****** with you.

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