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Donnell Rawlings dropped by the neighborhood to speak with Big Boy about working with Dave Chappelle, the final days of “Chappelle’s Show”, and the origin of his famous line “I’M RICH”.
Rawlings discusses life before comedy, enlisting in the military, working security at Safeway, moving to New York, and producing his own comedy nights. The comedian explains why Chappelle asked him to reshoot their upcoming special and remembers Dave walking away from $50 million.
Plus, Donnell Rawlings comments on the NFL, performing live stand-up for 18,000 people, and he reveals his appreciation for Taylor Swift.
Rawlings is most notable for frequently appearing in sketches on Chappelle’s Show and hosting the third season along with Charlie Murphy. His catchphrase on the show was “I’m rich, biaaaaatch!” (which is played at the end of every episode as part of Dave Chappelle’s vanity card) as well as frequently adding “Son!” at the end of each sentence.
He demonstrates his knowledge of broken Korean he learned in the Air Force in the sketches “Player Hater’s Ball” and “The Time Haters”, the latter of which was featured in the “Failures” episode. Rawlings reprises his role as the hater “Beautiful”, known for wearing a Jheri curl and a suit similar to ones that Little Richard has worn. In the sketches, he responds to the comments of Korean hater “Mr. Roboto” with insults in Korean. He reprised the role of Beautiful on Chappelle’s episode of Saturday Night Live.
Rawlings appears in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 and in a cameo appearance in the music video for Jim Jones’ “We Fly High” (Ballin’ Remix). He was a regular on The Ricki Lake Show mostly as a judge on various challenge episodes.
