Danny Brown Believes Dave Chappelle Doesn't Like Him Anymore

The alleged animosity stems from when the rapper apparently gave the comedian a blunt that was too strong for him before a stand-up set.

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Danny Brown is unquestionably one of the funniest rappers around, so it's curious to hear how he's butted heads with other comics. In fact, to hear that Dave Chappelle apparently doesn't like him is one of the most surprising but simultaneously hilarious "beefs" to come up recently, although it's not that serious at all. Apparently, this stems from when the rapper gave the comedian a joint before his stand-up set. Chappelle got too high, bombed, and apparently Danny refused to answer his calls, which he denied was the case. In fact, the Detroit MC even said "F**k your feelings, n***a" on his podcast and even referenced this on his new album, Quaranta.

"Smoke with Dave Chappelle, the n***a think I laced him," Danny Brown rapped on "Dark Sword Angel." "Knew it was the pack, he started talking about spaceships." During a recent conversation with HipHopDX, he looked back on this and clarified that there's no real tension or animosity here. "I think he don’t like me no more,” the 42-year-old chuckled. “I would love to [talk to him again] though. I just respect him so much, you know, and it just taught me a lot. Made me respect stand-up comedy a lot more, I will say that."

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Elsewhere during this talk, Danny Brown also spoke on his relationship to stand-up comedy as a whole. "I can just be funny and talk s**t, but to actually write good jokes and s**t, I still don’t get it,” he reflected. “My favorite stand-up comedians was always the ones that, you know, you could laugh at and they had jokes, but they always leave you with that little gem. It’s kind of like you’re learning something, too. I want to be that good, and that takes some time. But, you know, with comedy you can be 80 years old and still be on stage cracking jokes. So I still got time.

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"I had all the say [in his VICE TV show Danny's House's content]," he added. "But I just was so nervous at the time, so I didn’t really take that much advantage of it. They wanted me always to improv and go off-script, but I would always just stick [to my script] ’cause I was just so nervous doing it, man, you know? It’s a different time, man. Now, I’d be cr*zy." For more news and the latest updates on Danny Brown, keep checking in with HNHH.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.