
Dave Chappelle
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Dave Chappelle Wins Best Comedy Album | 2018 GRAMMYs
Dave Chappelle won Best Comedy Album for 'The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas' at the 60th GRAMMY Awards, marking his first-ever GRAMMY win.
The other nominees were Jim Gaffigan's Cinco, Jerry Seinfeld's Jerry Before Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman's A Speck Of Dust, and Kevin Hart's What Now?
A double-album comprising the legendary comedian, writer, and actor's first full-length comedy specials released in over 12 years, Chappelle's The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas, respectively, document the performer's views on "Making A Murder," a potential script idea for a Texan superhero, and the four times he met O.J. Simpson. In the month following the specials' dual release, Netflix revealed they were already the most-viewed standup performances ever hosted by the streaming video network.
"The only thing more frightening than watching a Black man be honest in America is being an honest Black man in America” Dave Chappelle at the #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/jtAtTQzfT7
— COMMON (@common) January 29, 2018
"I am honored to win an award, finally. And I wanted to thank everybody at Netflix, everyone at 'Saturday Night Live' and everyone at 'Chappelle Show,'" said Chappelle, who also name-checked his family during his acceptance.
Chappelle joins the prestigious roster of previous category winners, ranging from Shelley Berman, Bob Newhart, Stephen Colbert, Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robin Williams.