Chappelle tackled during comedy show, man arrested

LOS ANGELES –Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl, and aman waslater arrested.

Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance.

The assailant was carrying areplica handgun with a knife blade inside, authorities said.

Isaiah Lee,23, wasdetainedand arrested for assault with adeadly weapon, said officer Alba Mendez,aLos Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

Lee was treated by medical staff for an unspecified injury and was booked into jail early Wednesday and held in lieu of $30,000 bail, Mendez said.

Mendez said a“famous comedian was performing” when Lee jumped onto the stage, tackled the celebrity and produced the replica handgun containing aknifeblade. Mendez said the department did not name the celebrity because it does not confirm victim names.

Chappelle was performing his stand-up routine on the last of four nights at the amphitheater as part of the “Netflix Is aJoke” festival. Jamie Foxx was in the wings of the stage, and Chappelle thanked him for responding to the attack. Chris Rock was there as well. He grabbed the mic and jokingly asked, “Was that Will Smith?”

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie voted into Rock Hall of Fame

Eminem, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon,Eurythmics, Duran Duran and Pat Benatar have been inducted into the Rock &RollHall of Fame, alistthat also includes Dolly Parton,who initially resisted the honor.

The honorees –voted on by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals –“each had aprofound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock ’n’ roll,” said John Sykes,the chairman of the Rock Hall, in astatement Wednesday.

Parton previously had gone on social media to “respectfully bow out” of the process, saying she did not want to take votes away from the remaining nominees and had not “earned that right.” The Rock &RollHall of Fame Foundation responded by saying ballots already had been sent and it was up to the voters to decide if Parton was elected. Parton later said she would accept an induction.

Parton took to social media after the announcement to say she was “honored and humbled,” thanking the voters, saying she will work hard “to live up to the honor” and adding: “Of course Iwill accept it gracefully.”

To be eligible, artists are required to have released their first record 25 years before induction. Parton, Richie, Simon and Duran Duran were selected on their first go-round. Simon was afirst-time nominee this year more than 25 years after becoming eligible. Eminem becomes the 10th hip-hop act to be inducted, making the cut on his first ballot.

Richie, aformer member of The Commodores whose

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illustrious solo career includes pop classics such as “Endless Love,” “All Night Long” and “Hello,” said being elected to the hall “is an incredible honor.” He thanked voters and fans on Instagram and said: “Congratulations to all of my fellow 2022 inductees!”

The hall also announced Wednesday that Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam &Terry Lewis are getting the award for musical excellence and that Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten will be honored with the Early Influence Award.

Other artists and groups that failed this year for induction in the performer category are ATribe Called Quest, Rage Against the Machine, Dionne Warwick, Beck, Kate Bush,DEVO, Fela Kuti,MC5 and the New York Dolls. The induction ceremony will be held Nov. 5atthe Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Rapper Kidd Creole sentenced to 16 years for fatal stabbing

NEW YORK –Rapper Kidd Creole,who wasafounding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing ahomeless man to death on aNew York City street.

The 62-year-old rapper, born Nathaniel Glover,was found guilty of manslaughter last month for the death of John Jolly,who wasstabbed twice in the chest with a steak knife in midtown Manhattan in August 2017.

Prosecutors accused Glover of stabbing Jolly after becoming enraged because he thought Jolly was gay and was hitting on him. After stabbing Jolly, who was 55, Glover headed to his workplace nearby, changed his clothes and washed the knife, prosecutors said.

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