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".
With the recent shuffle occurring around the United States Agency for International Development, a deeper look into their work has revealed that the organization’s central “Disinformation Primer” listed “gaming sites” as notable sources of potential disinformation.