North West is set to make her Hollywood Bowl debut in Disney’s The Lion King, a special performance to be recorded and later aired on Disney+.
Joining the ensemble are newly-announced cast members Heather Headley and Lebo M, alongside previously announced stars Billy Eichner, Bradley Gibson, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, and special guest Jennifer Hudson. The event is scheduled to be recorded on May 24 and May 25.
Disney Branded Television and Fulwell 73 are producing the event, which is described as “the special will celebrate the 30-year evolution of The Lion King, from the original 1994 animated film to the 1998 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical to the 2019 dramatic live-action film.”
Here’s the official breakdown:
In Disney’s The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl, fans will experience life in the Pride Lands as a full orchestra performs Hans Zimmer’s rousing musical score led by conductor Sarah Hicks. Immersive live performances of the beloved songs written by Sir Elton John and lyricist Sir Tim Rice — including “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” “Circle Of Life,” “Be Prepared” and “Hakuna Matata” — will be performed by the original cast members, Oscar winner Jeremy Irons (Scar, 1994), Oscar and Tony Award winner Nathan Lane (Timon, 1994), Billy Eichner (Timon, 2019), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa, 1994) and Jason Weaver (Young Simba, 1994). Special guests include Bradley Gibson and Heather Headley (Simba and Nala, respectively, in the Broadway stage production) and recent EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson. Cast will perform select numbers for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring the Broadway show’s award-winning and artistically acclaimed costumes, set design and innovative puppetry.
Today (February 6), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the 2024 summer season for the Hollywood Bowl. The legendary venue will host performances from artists like Mitski (in her Hollywood Bowl debut) and Beck, as well as the first West Coast edition of Roots Picnic, featuring The Roots, Queen Latifah, Common, Digable Planets, Arrested Development, The Pharcyde, Black Sheep, and more.
Other highlights from the season include the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Infinity Saga Concert Experience,” a Juneteenth celebration with T-Pain and special guests, the two-day Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival featuring artists like Kamasi Washington and Robert Glasper, and other performances by artists including Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Chaka Khan, Gary Clark Jr., and Herbie Hancock.
Check out the full list of upcoming Hollywood Bowl performances from summer onward below, and find more information at the Hollywood Bowl website.
Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival
Saturday, June 15, 3:30 p.m.
Arsenio Hall, host
Jodeci
Christian McBride
Charles Lloyd with Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade
Mulatu Astatke
Alex Isley
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA
Sunday, June 16, 3:30 p.m.
Arsenio Hall, host
Kamasi Washington
Robert Glasper with special guest Yebba
Cory Henry
Soul Rebels with special guest Seun Kuti
Baby Rose
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
Aneesa Strings
Juneteenth Celebration
T-Pain Plus Special Guests — Wednesday, June 19, 8 p.m.
T-Pain
Color of Noise Orchestra
Derrick Hodge, conductor
Opening Night at the Bowl
Henry Mancini 100th Celebration — Sunday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Special guests to include Michael Bublé, Dave Koz, and Monica Mancini
Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life
Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m.
The Roots
Queen Latifah
Common
Digable Planets
Arrested Development
The Pharcyde
Black Sheep
And more…
July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular with Harry Connick Jr.
Tuesday, July 2, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 4, 7:30 p.m.
Harry Connick Jr.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Beck with the LA Phil
Saturday, July 6. 8 p.m.
Beck
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Steven Reineke, conductor
Patti LaBelle
Sunday, July 7, 7:30 p.m.
Scheherazade
Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Unsuk CHIN subito con forza
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
All-Gershwin
Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Isabel Leonard, vocalist
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN Song Selections
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Maestro of the Movies: John Williams with the LA Phil
Friday, July 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Williams, conductor
David Newman, conductor
Ray Chen Plays Tchaikovsky
Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Afkham, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
Big Band Night
Maria Schneider Orchestra • Count Basie Orchestra
Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m.
Ballet Folklórico de Mexico with the LA Phil
Thursday, July 18, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
Salvador López López, general director
Viviana Basanta, artistic director
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”
Juan Pablo CONTRERAS Mariachitlán
Gabriela ORTIZ Antrópolis
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Arturo MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2
LARA (arr. Ferrer) Danzones de Lara
MONCAYO Huapango
Disney ’80s-’90s Celebration in Concert
Friday, July 19, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m.
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit • Sylvan Esso
Uwade
Sunday, July 21, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Mozart Under the Stars
Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
MOZART Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3
MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
All-Beethoven
Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Robertson, conductor
Sunwook Kim, piano
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Hayoung Choi, cello
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Chaka Khan
Friday, July 26, 8 p.m.
The Music of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, and More: Boublil and Schönberg’s Do You Hear the People Sing?
Sunday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.
Stravinsky & Khachaturian
Tuesday, July 30, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
KHACHATURIAN Spartacus Suite No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Schumann & Bruch
Thursday, August 1, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Xian Zhang, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
Friday, August 2, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 3, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Otto Tausk, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
USC Trojan Marching Band
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Reggae Night XXII
Jamrock Reggae Night at the Bowl
Sunday, August 4, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Prokofiev & Shostakovich
Tuesday, August 6, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Laufey with the LA Phil
Wednesday, August 7, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor to be announced
Symphonic Tango & Flamenco
Thursday, August 8, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
François López-Ferrer, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Emilio Ochando, choreographer
FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
Artist to be announced
Saturday, August 10, 8 p.m.
Sunday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.
India.Arie
Friday, August 9, 8 p.m.
All-Rachmaninoff
Tuesday, August 13, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters 50th
Wednesday, August 14, 8 p.m.
Herbie Hancock
Harvey Mason
Bennie Maupin
Bill Summers
Marcus Miller
The Elements with Joshua Bell
Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodolfo Barráez, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
COPLAND El Salón México
Kevin PUTS/Edgar MEYER/Jake HEGGIE/Jennifer HIGDON/Jessie MONTGOMERY The
Elements
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
The Gipsy Kings
Featuring Nicolas Reyes
Friday, August 16, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 17, 8 p.m.
Smooth Summer Jazz
George Benson
Sunday, August 18, 6:30 p.m.
All-Dvořák with Midori
Tuesday, August 20, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christian Reif, conductor
Midori, violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Gary Clark Jr. and The War and Treaty
Wednesday, August 21, 8 p.m.
The Rite of Spring
Thursday, August 22, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Program to include:
Michael Tilson THOMAS Agnegram
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Pink Martini Featuring China Forbes
Friday, August 23, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 24, 8 p.m.
Mt. Joy
Sunday, August 25, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Singin’ in the Rain in Concert
Tuesday, August 27, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor
Gustavo Dudamel & Yunchan Lim
Thursday, August 29, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Friday, August 30, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 31, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Toto and Christopher Cross
Sunday, September 1, 7:30 p.m.
Carmen and Carnival with Dudamel
Tuesday, September 3, 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 5, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
Karin Lechner, piano
Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Roberto SIERRA Fandangos
BIZET Scenes from Carmen
Roberto SIERRA Alegría
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Wednesday, September 4, 8 p.m.
Trombone Shorty
Big Boi
Natalia Lafourcade with the LA Phil
Friday, September 6, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 7, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Vance Joy
‘dream your life away’ 10-Year Anniversary Tour
Sunday, September 8, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Dudamel Leads Beethoven 9
Tuesday, September 10, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Key’mon Murrah, countertenor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Anthony León, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Sammy Davis, Jr. at 100
Wednesday, September 11, 8 p.m.
Dudamel and the Stars of Opera
Thursday, September 12, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
VERDI Overture to I Vespri siciliani
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
VARIOUS Selected arias and duets
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Boyz II Men
Friday, September 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 14, 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 15, 8 p.m.
Fireworks Finale
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Wednesday, September 18, 8 p.m.
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Friday, September 20, 8 p.m.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-along
Saturday, September 21, 6 p.m. Pre-show; 7:30 p.m. film
Melissa Peterman, host
Cumbia at the Bowl!
Sunday, September 22, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón
La Sonora Dinamita
Los Hermanos Flores
Camilo
Thursday, September 26, 8 p.m.
Mitski
Sharon Van Etten
Saturday, September 28, 8 p.m.
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The Roots Picnic has been a staple of the band’s hometown, Philadelphia since 2008, bringing guests from across the spectrum of their collaborators and friends to Penn’s Landing. For those of us on the West Coast, though, the exciting festival has been a little difficult to attend. That all changes next year, when The Roots bring The Roots Picnic to LA, thanks to the Hollywood Bowl. Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop Is The Love Of My Life will take place on Saturday, June 29, along with special guests Arrested Development, Black Sheep, Common, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, and more. Tickets for the event go on sale Thursday, December 14, at 10 AM PT at hollywoodbowl.com. The full Hollywood Bowl 2024 season will be announced in February 2024.
For the most part, The Roots have been busy as the house band of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (who helped keep their friendship tight), but individual members like Questlove and Black Thought have been busy with endeavors ranging from memoirs (see Uproxx’s interview with Black Thought about The Upcycled Selfhere) to planning the Grammys’ Hip-Hop 50 tribute (which he says caused him to lose some teeth). Quest is also set to direct Disney’s live-action remake of The Aristocats.
Lizzo is well known for many things about pop music fans. One of those is her dedication to playing the flute. She’s played the instrument on a number of her own songs including her 2022 mega-hit “About Damn Time.” Earlier this year she became one of the newest guest stars on The Simpsons. For her original episode, she wrote an entire original song which also featured her flute performances. She brought out her trademark instrument during yet another on-stage appearance over the weekend, one you probably wouldn’t expect.
LIzzo joined popular 90’s alt-rock band Incubus on stage during a recent concert in Los Angeles. The show was part of a series of performances celebrating the upcoming anniversary of the band’s 2001 album Morning View. The album contains some of the band’s biggest and most well-known tracks like “Wish You Were Here” and “Are You In?.” During the show, they surprised the crowd by bringing out the “Truth Hurts” singer to sing and play flute on the track “Aqueous Transmission.” Afterwards, they took to Instagram to praise the singer and thank her for joining them on stage. Check out the video of the performance below.
Public appearances by the singer have been few and far between recently. The whole world was shocked to find Lizzo facing both workplace harassment and sexual harassment lawsuits from her former dancers early this year. While many big stars including Beyonce, SZA, and Grimes came to the singer’s defense, she has still largely stayed out of the public eye.
Since the original lawsuit broke many other accusations have emerged some of which have become their own lawsuits. Despite the controversy Lizzo recently received a humanitarian award from the Black Music Action Collective at their annual gala. She accepted the award on stage next to some of her remaining dancers. What do you think of Lizzo making an on stage appearance with Incubus? Let us know in the comment section below.
The Hollywood Bowl is one of the country’s most iconic venues, so naturally, a ton of great artists are set to perform at the Los Angeles spot this fall: The 1975 (on October 2), The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie (October 13), and Boygenius (October 31) are just a few examples. Once you’ve chosen which shows you want to see and you’ve secured your tickets, the next pressing concern is how you’re gonna get there.
If you opt to drive, the venue has a dedicated webpage for helping to navigate parking. Probably their most important note: “Parking at the Bowl is extremely limited and may sell out in advance! All lots are stack parked and there is no early exit. Lots open three hours before the start of each event. If inventory is still available, cashiers accept cash or credit card.”
The venue has four lots (A, B, C, D), and prices for parking vary by lot and by event. On the Hollywood Bowl parking page, spots are sold per show and there’s a handy interactive map that shows what spots are available and how much they cost. The page also notes, “All parking lots are available for advance purchase until they are sold out.”
Learn more about parking at the Hollywood Bowl here.
Apparently, Snoop Dogg‘s performance at the Hollywood Bowl for Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration was just the start of his plans for the iconic venue this year. 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Snoop’s debut album Doggystyle, and he’s celebrating as only he can: with a Snoop Dogg & Friends concert at the Hollywood Bowl produced by Dr. Dre.
Presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the show will see Snoop perform his culture-defining album backed by the ReCollective Orchestra led by conductor Derrick Hodge, as well as some of the Doggfather’s nearest and dearest. The two-night event is scheduled for June 27 and June 28 at 8 pm, and tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at 10 am. You can find more information here.
Snoop recently reissued Doggystyle on limited-edition vinyl to celebrate his favorite holiday but good luck getting your hands on a box; the entire run sold out nearly instantly, proving Snoop’s lasting importance to both hip-hop fans and stoners everywhere. Meanwhile, he teased a direct sequel to Doggystyle, fittingly (and somewhat sophomorically) titled Missionary. That’s presumably dropping sometime this year.
We all remember the video from earlier this year of Dave Chappelle being attacked while on stage. Seven months later, the man responsible for the attack, Isaiah Lee is receiving jail time for the offense.
Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame )
The incident occurred during the comedian’s appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in May. Video footage taken by other members of the audience shows the attack taking place. Seemingly out of nowhere, Lee leaps from the front row of the crowd to jump up on the stage.
Dave Chappelle was attacked tonight on stage by a man who tackled him while performing at the Hollywood Bowl.
Police say a man who was reportedly armed with a gun and a knife was taken into custody.
He subsequently bum-rushes Chappelle and tackles him. The comedian’s security and entourage were quick in their response, not allowing for the attacker to get very far.
Upon collecting himself, the 49-year-old proceeded to joke about the situation. “Thank God he was clumsy. He’s back there getting stomped,” he exclaimed while catching his breath.
A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon after tackling comedian Dave Chappelle while on stage during a performance on Tuesday night.
According to a report from Deadline, Lee has now pleaded no contest to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. As a result, he receives 270 days in jail.
Although the attacker had a replica handgun containing a hidden knife at the time of the assault, Chappelle suffered no injuries.
Later reports indicated that Lee had actually made a rap song about the comedian in 2020, in which he makes reference to the future attack. “Walkin’ straight into da Bowl,” he raps.
This news arrives on the heels of Chappelle recently receiving backlash for another one of his shows. Just a few days ago, he brought out his friend Elon Musk to join him on stage in San Fransisco.
The new owner of Twitter was immediately met with boos. In his since-deleted response to the situation, the SpaceX CEO wrote, “Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos (except during quiet periods), but, still, that’s a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter).”
Of course, Musk has been under a lot of fire ever since the handling of his acquisition of Twitter in October.
Dave Chappelle’s attacker, Isaiah Lee, has revealed he felt Will Smith’s attack on Chris Rock was commendable. Speaking with the New York Post, the attacker stated the Oscars slap inspired him to take the stage.
“That’s not right what [Chris Rock] said about his wife, calling her GI Jane,” Lee said. After stating the move inspired his actions, Lee added that Smith was right in “standing up for his wife.”
In a different conversation with the Post, Lee said as a member of the LGBTQ community, he wanted Chappelle to know that he should consider all audiences.
“I identify as bisexual… and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” he said to the Post. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”
Lee has entered a not guilty plea to the misdemeanor charges levied against him after the attack. He was charged with misdemeanor battery, possession of a weapon with intent to assault, unauthorized access to the stage area during a performance, and commission of an act that delays the event or interferes with the performer.
Lee also told the post that he is a single father of a five-year-old. Lee not only took issue with the jokes at the gay community but also stated Chappelle’s jokes toward the homeless were offensive. “It’s a struggle and I wanted Dave Chappelle to know it’s not a joke.”
Lee also stated Chappelle met with him later about the attack to which he told the comedian about his family history. “I told him my mother and grandmother, who fought for his civil rights to be able to speak, would be upset at the things he said,” Lee said. Lee said Chappelle’s response was sharp, “Now your story will die with you, son.”
In addition to his Chappelle attack, Complex reports L.A.’s District Attorney’s Office announced Lee was charged with attempted murder. The new charge is in connection with an incident from 2021.
According to authorities, Lee is accused of stabbing a roomate during an altercation at a housing apartment on Dec. 2. Lee pleaded not guilty.
“The publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle helped police solve this crime,” said LA County District Attorney George Gascón. “The incident that occurred at the Hollywood Bowl was misdemeanor conduct and rightfully referred to the City Attorney’s Office. Based on the nature and severity of the December attack, Mr. Lee is now facing felony charges which my office will prosecute.”
Dave Chappelle’s attacker, Isaiah Lee, spoke with the New York Post from jail and revealed why he went after the famed comedian. As a member of the LGBTQ community, Lee wanted Chappelle to know that he should consider all audiences.
“I identify as bisexual… and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” he said to the Post. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”
Lee has entered a not guilty plea to the misdemeanor charges levied against him after the attack. He was charged with misdemeanor battery, possession of a weapon with intent to assault, unauthorized access to the stage area during a performance, and commission of an act that delays the event or interferes with the performer.
Lee also told the post that he is a single father of a five-year-old. Lee not only took issue with the jokes at the gay community but also stated Chappelle’s jokes toward the homeless were offensive. “It’s a struggle and I wanted Dave Chappelle to know it’s not a joke.”
Lee also stated Chappelle met with him later about the attack to which he told the comedian about his family history. “I told him my mother and grandmother, who fought for his civil rights to be able to speak, would be upset at the things he said,” Lee said. Lee said Chappelle’s response was sharp, “Now your story will die with you, son.”
In addition to his Chappelle attack, Complex reports L.A.’s District Attorney’s Office announced Lee was charged with attempted murder. The new charge is in connection with an incident from 2021.
According to authorities, Lee is accused of stabbing a roomate during an altercation at a housing apartment on Dec. 2. Lee pleaded not guilty.
“The publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle helped police solve this crime,” said LA County District Attorney George Gascón. “The incident that occurred at the Hollywood Bowl was misdemeanor conduct and rightfully referred to the City Attorney’s Office. Based on the nature and severity of the December attack, Mr. Lee is now facing felony charges which my office will prosecute.”
Dave Chappelle‘s attacker has a new charge and it is completely unrelated to the Netflix is a Joke incident. According to Complex, L.A.’s District Attorney’s Office announced that 23-year-old Isaiah Lee was charged with attempted murder. The new charge is in connection with an incident from 2021.
According to authorities, Lee is accused of stabbing a roomate during an altercation at a housing apartment on Dec. 2. Lee pleaded not guilty.
“The publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle helped police solve this crime,” said LA County District Attorney George Gascón. “The incident that occurred at the Hollywood Bowl was misdemeanor conduct and rightfully referred to the City Attorney’s Office. Based on the nature and severity of the December attack, Mr. Lee is now facing felony charges which my office will prosecute.”
For his attack on Chappelle Lee was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon. At one point, Lee created a rap song called “Dave Chappell” in 2020, the song didn’t contain any messages that could assume harm would one day come to the A-List comedian.
The Los Angeles Police Department stated the man was carrying a “replica handgun” with a knife blade inside when he tackled Chappelle. After he tackled Chappelle, the man attempted to flee the area but was quickly surrounded and “stomped out,” as Chappelle alluded to onstage. Images and video from the scene show the damage to Lee’s body, most notably a severely disfigured arm.
