After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".
An email reveals that Activision, the developer of Call of Duty, is focusing on creating woke games and characters and his hiring DEI developers to that end. In the email Activision’s Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion says they’ve created an IGD Council (Inclusive Game Design) of ‘experts’ to help review their content with their IGD team.