Dave Chappelle

Yes, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin Used to Be in Mika Miko, But Now They're Bleached

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Let's just get this out of the way. Until now, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin have been primarily known for singing and playing bass in the seminal Smell pu ... More >>

Now Open: MSG Pop-Up in Venice

For a limited time, former Alma chef de cuisine Derrick de Jesus is running his MSG pop-up at Brick House Kitchen in Venice on Monday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. This latest version departs from the tasting menu series the chef ran at City Sip in Echo Park, but it continues his plans to scope o ... More >>

Which White Entertainers Have a "Hood Pass" to Say the N-Word?

The late aughts saw a debate in the hip-hop community about the use of the n-word, sparked in part by Nas' plan to name his 2008 album Nigger (he ended up calling it Untitled), as well as Russell Simmons' call for industry self-censorship of the word. In 2007 the city of Detroit even hosted a "symbo ... More >>

Old Soul Pop-Up: Jeremy Fox, Morcilla Latkes The Dave Chapelle Analogy

This past weekend marked 2012's last run of Old Soul, a pop-up by Jeremy Fox held at Square One Dining in Hollywood. If you missed it, it's probably forgivable -- Old Soul has only served eight nights of dinner so far, with plans to continue well into next year. It would be a good move, though, to ... More >>

Laugh Factory's 33rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Feast

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Pecking Order, Episode 302: Portia Umansky on the Rise

See also: *L.A. Weekly's Real Housewives archives *Real Housewives: Our Season 1 Pecking Order Taking a cue from Mark Lisanti over at Grantland, we're organizing our Real Housewives of Beverly Hills coverage into a weekly Pecking Order. Check us out every Tuesday to see if your favorite Housewife ... More >>

DJ Douggpound Mines Pop Culture for Gold Nuggets

At gatherings with extended family, Doug Lussenhop has a hard time explaining what he does. They might be familiar with Portlandia, the show for which he's an editor. They may have even seen Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, which he edited and co-wrote, though he prefers if they haven't, if only f ... More >>

Here Are What People on Twitter Think Are the Best Songs Ever

I wish I were smarter. Were I a Stephen Hawking or a Marie Curie (or even Master Splinter) I'd be able to explain how Twitter is the unedited consciousness of young America, how it is simultaneously vitriolic and beautiful, how maybe no form of social media has before, or ever will, function as perf ... More >>

Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

Bobcat Goldthwait Interview

On stand-up, leaving Hollywood, and his version of 21 Jump Street

Comedian Moshe Kasher's Memoir Kasher In The Rye: 'I Was Violent. I Was Sexist. I Was a Pig.'

To say Moshe Kasher had a tumultuous upbringing would be an understatement at best. The 32-year-old comedian and author now appears regularly on E!'s Chelsea Lately and his clean-cut look, slicked back hair with thick black glasses, appears to dispel the notion of any momentous regrets. But Kasher I ... More >>

TV's Greatest [Bong] Hits

Katt Williams at Nokia Theatre: Controversial Stand-up Tries to Re-Energize His Career

In 2008, stand-up comic Katt Williams was riding high on the success of MTV's Wildin' Out, a couple movie roles, an HBO special and four national tours. His brand of comedy -- weed, pimp culture, black-vs.-whitey jokes, more weed -- had all but infiltrated hip-hop. But then Williams hit a productive ... More >>

Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances: Popping Birthed The Moonwalk

[Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city.] Popping Popping is harder than it looks: Like a robot, or even a mime, your body is stiff and you move slo ... More >>

Das Racist, Danny Brown - The Roxy - 11-3-11

Rebecca Haithcoat​Das Racist, Danny Brown The Roxy 11-3-11 Aural chaos characterized Das Racist's show last night. Also, "Tricks with Microphones." The NYC trio of Himanshu Suri (Heems), Victor Vazquez (Kool A.D.) and Ashok Kondabolu (Dap) had a great earworm in 2008, "Combination Pizza Hut a ... More >>

Pan African Film Festival 2011

Documentaries shine at 19th annual event

What Bands Would You Like to See on the Simpsons?

What Bands Would You Like to See on the Simpsons?

They Wanna Talk to Samson: Rappers Shill for Their Favorite Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Strong Arm Steady manhandle mucho cheeba at Los Angeles' Hemporium.​It seems like something out of Dave Chappelle's 1998 stoner comedy classic, Half Baked, but could allegiances to specific medical marijuana dispensaries be rap's next big territory war? If pot ever goes completely legal, and ... More >>

Top 10 Fictional T.V. Food and Drink

Previously, we gave you our Top 10 Fictional Movie Food and Drink list. Now we're taking on the T.V. version. Not surprisingly, there were a lot of options to choose from and some of you, we're sure, will feel that a few of your favorites are missing (feel free to let us know). So with apologies in ... More >>

The Pot Shop Boys

Returning with a new album, Cypress Hill discusses legalization, where you can get the best strains, and how great it feels to work for a stoner boss

Escaping From Dave Chappelle: It's Weird, Right?

Attack of the Party People: LMFAO, Shwayze & Co. @ the Palladium (11/06)

Last Friday the so-called Party Rock Tour descended on the Hollywood Palladium in a homecoming of sorts for LMFAO, Shwayze, and their partners in neon electro-hip-hop. The all-ages event (read: mostly between onset-of-puberty and 20) offered a nonstop party from sundown till closing, a full bill goi ... More >>

R. Kelly To Yodel (Yes, Like Jimmie Rodgers, Jewel, and the Swiss) Tonight @ the Nokia

Tonight R. Kelly will be bringing his always amazing variety show to the Nokia. If you've never seen Kells live with a packed audience of his fans, you really should. The man is a powerhouse, old-school performer and his faithful, very responsive fanbase is almost as entertaining as what's going on ... More >>

Earlez Grille: Hot Dog Thrillers

Sit at Duane Earle's place long enough, and all of Crenshaw passes by

LAFF 2008: Centered and Finished

Even though HELLBOY II was called the “closing night” gala, with a huge after party to match, one more day remained of LAFF. But it didn’t seem like it would have much to offer me: family festivities provided pony rides for the kids, while the sparse remaining screenings were mostly things I h ... More >>

Tell 'Em Why You Mad: The Guide to Hipster Haberdashery

If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigueur in hipster courting rituals for male hipsters (homo habilus hipstericus) to trot out increasingly ridiculous pieces of vintage head-ware in an ... More >>

Blackouts, Sellouts and Freakouts

¡Ask a Mexican!

"I’m a minority, and I know we can be overly sensitive sometimes, but I just can’t stand Carlos Mencia."

Flavor Flav in the Roaster

�How do you embarrass a crackhead?�

Rappers Who'll Make You Dial for Dollars

And post-feminist pop from one-hit wonders

The Imus Factor

(Powdered) Sugar Walls

The Grammy parties and the pod people

Why I Wore Flip-flops to the Grammys

Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 70s halter dress. But still I felt pretty earthy and under-dressed sauntering amidst all the Manolos and Choos that flooded the Staples Center last n ... More >>

How Shit Be

Freestyle riffs & ruminations on black music and pop culture at the dawn of 2007

Rock Picks

For the week of December 28 - January 4

Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition

Film Reviews

Reviews of Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, The Bridesmaid, this week's pick, Mutual Appreciation and more

Track of the Cat

Party Over Here!

Dave Chappelle raises the roof

Truth to Oprah Power

grammy diary

Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

A Mexican and an Irishman Walk Into a Bar...

A Rock and a Hard Place

Huey and Riley, uncensored, invade basic cable; Chris Rock finds his sweet side

The Alain Delon Collection

Is It Brilliant?