Aries Spears: Chappelle Didn't Appeal to Black Audience Before Show (Flashback)

In this flashback, Aries Spears opened up about how he got into the world of comedy, which he felt like was a natural thing for him. During the conversation, Aries detailed doing open mics and being successful early on, which he said propelled him to keep pursuing doing stand-up. From there, Aries spoke about one Black comedian taking over an era at at time, as he named Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Murphy as examples. Aries also spoke about Def Comedy Jam breaking a lot of comedians, and when Vlad brought up Dave Chappelle, Aries spoke about how Dave didn't appeal to Black audiences before Chappelle's Show. Aries then revealed that Dave is one of the few comedians that really make him laugh, which you can hear more about above.

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