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More popular: Dave Chappelle or Kevin Hart

posted 10 years ago by TMC-4
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Post by abjordans on 13 hours ago
I am having an argument and would like an outside opinion. At the height of their popularity, who was more famous between the two? I prefer Chappelle in every single way and think he is MUCH more talented, but my argument is that Chappelle really only had 1 year of huge mainstream popularity before melting down and appealed to a pretty narrow demographic. Meanwhile, Kevin Hart has very broad humor that takes less intelligence to enjoy, making him appealing to a much wider group of people. Plus, Kevin Hart is a legit leading man and bankable movie star at the box office, while Dave Chappelle was never able to achieve that. I feel, for better or worse, that Kevin Hart is more widely known than Dave Chappelle.. EVERYONE in the discussion tells me I am wrong, despite most falling back on Dave being BETTER, not more popular. Which do you guys think?

[–] the_blueeyes 10 years ago

Oh puh-lease Chappelle is WAY better in stand up than Hart.. I can´t stand 10 minutes of Hart's stand-up routines. Noisy and irritating dude that tries too hard to be TOO funny.
Chappelle is my man, he use very little cus' words, is calm, focused and delivers brilliant punchlines.

[–] staticshocker 10 years ago

Dave is funnier but Kevin is more popular at the moment!

[–] mcgill_j 9 years ago

I would have to argue and part of it is that viewing is even MORE (not less) fractured now than Chappelle was at his HEIGHT.. Yes he only had a year or two but even after he walked from his show he was still a major part of the conversation and people wondered when he would be back. I don't think Hart really has that kind of grip on the culture at large as Chappelle did. As I said we are comparing the at the PEAK of their powers, although in Hart's case we don't know yet if this is the high point or not (yet).

[–] Hulksmash247 9 years ago

I like Hart, but Chappelle is the funniest man in America..