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Rock was in town for his ‘Total Blackout’ comedy tour, his first full-scale world tour in over a decade when he surprised the audience with a very special guest.
The crowd went reportedly went wild at the Saenger Theatre when Rock’s good friend comedian Dave Chappelle walked onstage after intermission for a head to head ‘social experiment’ on comedy.
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The master comedian Chappelle took to the stage for his monologue and blew the crowd away with thought provoking jokes on things like the killing of Harambe and president-elect Donald Trump’s historic win.
I didn’t know Donald Trump was going to win the election. I did expect it. It seemed like Hillary Clinton was doing well in polls, and yet — I know the whites.
You guys aren’t as full of surprises as you used to be.
He continued…
America’s done it. We’ve actually elected an internet troll as our president.
I haven’t seen white people this angry since the O.J. verdict.
Chappelle also took on ISIS, the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, and delivered talked about police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The 1st episode of Empire‘s highly anticipated 2nd season aired last night and viewers were glued to televisions nationwide.
We were finally reunited with the Lyons as they fight for the ‘Empire,’ while their leader is serving time for murder. With Lucious (Terrence P. Howard) in prison, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) seizes the chance to take over Empire Records with or without her sons’ help.
While the son’s all clamor for the throne, we are treated with a slew of surprise cameos including, André Leon Talley, Al Sharpton, Chris Rock, Marisa Tomei, CNN’s Don Lemon, and more.
Miss Lawrence from Fashion Queens even got a chance to show off his pipes!
[Sidebar: For Those of You Who Forgot Lawrence Could Sing, CLICK HERE to check out his Closet Freak performance]
The lines are being drawn and BooBoo Kitty has even joined ‘Team Cookie’ for the hostile takeover…
Whatever the case, team ‘takeover’ and Lucious’ jailhouse rivals (including Chris Rock) have clearly underestimated him because we all know Lucious will come out on top.
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After having a blockbuster first season, Fox’s hip-hop drama “Empire” is returning for it’s second season with the addition a quite a few high powered celebrities.
[FLASHBACK: Empire Season 1 Finale Draws Sky High Ratings! Was It Everything You Dreamed?]
Director Lee Daniels offered a sneak peek of the first day of shooting and revealed that comedian/actor Chris Rock will be featured in the first episode.
Season 2’s first episode with be a glimpse into Lucious Lyon’s prison time and reportedly Rock will star as someone from Lyon’s past who is also a prisoner in the same jail.
Both actors were dressed in orange jumpsuits for shooting at Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Detention Center yesterday and they were also captured in a video snippet, stating:
“My first day was incredible, I worked with the great Terrence Howard,[and] the great Lee Daniels,” the “Top Five” director and star said. “Terence punched him in the stomach by accident.”
“I don’t know if it was an accident, he does have a reputation,” Rock joked, touching a little too close to home regarding Howard’s past.
Singer Tank is also shown in a few of the sneak peek photos taken from the set.
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Chris Rock posted a selfie earlier this week to document his experience with police.
Rock posted the photo to his social media accounts early Tuesday, stating:
“Stopped by the cops again wish me luck.”
In the shot, the comedian can be seen behind the wheel of a car with blue police lights shining through his rear window.
While it’s not unusual for celebs and non-celebs alike to document their police stops these days, it seems Rock’s file is expanding since this was his 3rd stop in less than 2 months!
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Chris Rock makes one movie about “Good Hair” and all of a sudden he’s an authority on Black Women and weaves! I guess once he ran his fingers through Oprah’s hair, he was christened as an expert.
[WATCH: Oprah’s “Good Hair” Show with Chris Rock]
Chris recently hit up The Graham Norton Show where he tries to explain to the the two White co-hosts that Michelle Obama has a weave…
Our first lady, pictured above during a recent visit to Detroit’s Wayne State University, appears weave free to me but Chris acts like he has inside info…
When she was running, it was all her hair but now that she has to really be out and about everyday… she’s got like some pieces right along here [motions to top of his head]. She’s got some tracks.
Now Beyonce has a full. It’s what we call a Lacefront.
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