What Happened? 7 Popular Artists Who Went MIA At The Peak of Their Fame

Dave Chappelle

Chappelle’s story of super stardom to sabbatical might be one of the biggest ones when it comes to black entertainers. After years of trying to get to the top of the comedic pack, Chappelle was lucky, and talented enough, to receive his own show on Comedy Central. After a solidly funny first season, “Chappelle’s Show” went on to become a household name and a critic’s dream after the second season. This season brought folks hilarious parodies of Prince, Rick James, and who could forget a foul-mouthed Wayne Brady doing his best rendition of Training Day? But I don’t know if it was the pressure to put out an even funnier third season, or more or less the fact that the show was becoming too time consuming (and keeping him from doing stand-up), but Chappelle left during production of the third season. He went to South Africa, came back, and chilled out. Literally. Since leaving all that behind in 2005, Chappelle has made a few appearances since then doing stand-up and getting back to what made him great in the first place. He now lives with his family in Ohio, far, FAR away from crazy a** Hollywood.