Comic Dave Chappelle is not one to abstain from talking about politics, he's even played the President before on film. Despite the copious amount of politics he has espoused from the stage, he has never actually dipped his feet in the political pool....until now. It isn't a Barack Obama thing, but a Kevin Powell thing.
From The Observer:
Dave Chappelle is doing a fund-raiser for former MTV Real World star Kevin Powell, who challenging Congressman Ed Towns in Brooklyn's 10th district.
Any event featuring Chappelle is bound to get a fair amount of attention, since he has stayed out of politics until now.
Powell's opponent, the 13-term incumbent Towns, has opted for a lower profile than his challenger, avoiding nearly all campaign events in 2006, and so far again this year.
Powell went on from The Real World (first season!) to a career writing about hip-hop and culture for publications like Vibe.
The event will be held two weeks from today, July 9th at Eugene on 24th St. between 6th Ave and Broadway. Tickets to event go from $100 to the max of $2300. So if you want to see history in the making, come out in two weeks to see Chappelle back Kevin Powell for his challenge to the crony currently sitting in the 10th Congressional District.
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