Dave Chappelle personally came to a city council meeting and threatened to remove his $65m dollars of investments from his city if they allowed a developer to move forward with an affordable housing program. The objection wasn't to the build, but the affordable housing component. https://t.co/3ahCy1KqmN pic.twitter.com/l8MTxhhlJ7— grimm (@ExileGrimm) February 9, 2022
I think he was actually named after his uncle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._Chappelle_Jr.