Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
Plot
The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, up until September 18, 2004, when he threw a block party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, near the Broken Angel House. The film was produced before Chappelle’s highly-publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Chappelle’s Show, and gained prominence after the announcement.
He invited several alternative hip hop and neo-soul musical artists to perform at the party, including Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and The Roots along with The Central State University Marching Band. Lauryn Hill was also scheduled to perform at the party, but since Columbia Records refused to release her songs for use in the production, she decided instead to reunite The Fugees for the occasion. In addition, Chappelle performed comedy monologues and sketches in between the musical acts.
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