Dave Chappelle‘s full name is David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian and actor and by 2006, Chappelle was called the “comic genius of America” by Esquire and “the best” by a Billboard writer and Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their 50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time.
He has received numerous awards for his work which includes six Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor, and four Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album for The Age of Spin.
How many kids does Dave Chappelle have?
Dave Chappelle is the father of three kids. Chappelle has been married Elaine Mendoza Erfe in 2001 and the couple share 2 sons Sulayman and Ibrahim and a daughter Sanaa.
The comedian Dave Chappelle and his wife, Elaine Mendoza Erfe first met while he was still trying to get his comedy career off the ground in New York City in the ’90s and after dating the couple tied the knot in 2001.
The comedian lives with family on a 65-acre (26-hectare) farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio and Dave shared their very private life in Ohio on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman in 2020.“We don’t live in Hollywood, no paparazzi is trying to get their picture. The community protects them in that sense.”
“I don’t believe in leaving my children’s presence without telling them I love them,” he said on Letterman’s show. “Everything changed after I had children, I took my professional life more seriously. And I think, as a dude, I had more depth after I had kids.” Dave Chappelle told CBS News in 2017.
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| Dave Chappelle’s Spouses | Dave Chappelle’s kids |
|---|---|
| Elaine Mendoza Erfe (2001 – present) | Sulayman Chappelle Ibrahim Chappelle Sanaa Chappelle |
Here is everything to know about Dave Chappelle’s kids
Dave Chappelle is the father of 3 kids and has always been in the spotlight all his life but Dave And His Wife Elaine chose to raise their three children out of the spotlight. Dave opens up on his Netflix stand-up special, “Dave Chappelle: Equanimity & The Bird Revelation”, about how he feels to watch your kids grow up.
“I see my age in my children. I came home from the road not long ago. I was gone for weeks and weeks, and when I came back, nobody was home. Not one person in my family thought maybe I’d like to see them when I got back. That s**t was a wake-up call. When my kids were little and the tour bus would pull up to the house, [they ‘d] spill out. ‘Dad is home, hooray!'” Then as the years went on, they’d get less interested. ‘Hey everybody, look: It’s Mr. Promises back from the road.'” he said
Chappelle also talked about his wife and how she helped him in his career and life and kids. “She was with me when I was poor,” Chappelle revealed to Howard Stern years ago. Chappelle also said that Elaine has there with him when he was struggling.
“My wife, if it gets really bad, she’ll let me know, like, ‘Oh, you should look into this.’ But for the most part, I try not to pay attention to it because you don’t want to be careful as a comedian. I try to keep my business small enough so it can still be authentic enough.” he revealed.
Sulayman Chappelle
The couple welcomed their first child named Sulayman, in 2001.
Sulayman Chappelle is 21 years old and is the oldest son of Dave and Elaine and is a boxing enthusiast. Dave shared about fatherhood when he first became a father and how it’s had a positive influence on his career on CBS This Morning in 2017. “Everything changed after I had children. I took my professional life more seriously. And I think, as a dude, I had more depth after I had kids.”
Sulayman is not a baby boy anymore and as he gets older, Dave is realizing just how much he and his son have in common. During his 2019 Netflix stand-up special, “Dave Chappelle: Equanimity & The Bird Revelation” Dave jokingly shared his experience of finding Sulayman smokes marijuana, and also his eldest child was into writing poetry.
“I went into my older son’s room … and I found these notebooks and I started going through the notebooks. There was all this wonderful poetry in it … Then I looked through his drawers and I opened up his middle drawer and I found his rolling paper. I looked down at the papers and said, ‘Oh, that’s where the poetry’s coming from. I mean, I smoke weed. But I mourned my son’s innocence.”
Ibrahim Chappelle
The couple welcomed their second child named Ibrahim, in 2003.
Ibrahim Chappelle is 19 years old and as not much is revealed about Dave’s middle child, Ibrahim Dave shares his parenthood and also it hasn’t come without a few hardships during an episode of Project Dad, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Original, Dave shared that traveling solo with kids is one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in his life and everything they need, you just have to be on it.
When Dave’s stand-up comedy specials are about his kids it’s always funny. The comedian shared one of his favorite stories about his middle child in the 2017 Netflix special “The Age of Spin” When Ibrahim asked for tickets to see Kevin Hart live.
“I was at home and my son busted in and said ‘Dad, Dad, I need $250 … Kevin Hart is coming to town and I want to see his show,” an apparently Ibrahim thinks Kevin’s humor is funnier than his dad’s. “My son was slapping his knee, ‘Ha ha ha ha ha ha,’ ” Dave said expressing his jealousy. “‘Uh … I do this too,’ ” he added.
Sanaa Chappelle
The couple welcomed their third child and the only daughter named Sanaa, in 2009.
Sanaa is 13 years old and the couple’s youngest child and only daughter and Sanaa is following his father’s footsteps when it comes to her interest. When she was just 9 years old, she stared alongside her father in the 2018 film A Star is Born.
Dave Chappelle played George “Noodles” Stone, a retired musician and Jack’s best friend while Sanaa played his daughter. The father-daughter duo also attended the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
On “Dave Chappelle: Equanimity & The Bird Revelation” the comedian shared how he feels about his kids growing up.
“I see my age in my children. When my kids were little and the tour bus would pull up to the house, [they’d] spill out. ‘Dad is home, hooray!’ Then as the years went on, they’d get less interested. ‘Hey everybody, look: It’s Mr. Promises back from the road,’ ” he joked.
