Story By Dave Chappelle

There's never been a single time Not a, not a-one, that I've been to Detroit Where it wasn't some kind of adventure City is fucking crazy, it's like, it's palpably alive It's an entity, it's not like just a place you go It's Detroit And one of the reasons that Detroit is my favorite market Is because the audiences in Detroit, for a comedian I find them to be particularly challenging So when I go there, in this particular story It seemed like a pretty bеnign night And I'm sittin' in the dressing room at the Fillmorе And there's an older gentleman in there And I don't really talk to the guy much, but he was a nice guy Cool energy, shit like that And then, uh, famed Detroit rapper Danny Brown came in Now at this time, I wasn't that familiar with Danny Brown's music You know what I mean? So when he asked me to smoke with him, I just smoked with him I didn't hear all that "Adderall Admiral" and all that shit I didn't know he was about that life (Haha) I'm assuming it's weed, I don't know what the fuck it was But, boy, I mean, I smoked weed a million times in my life Never, ever remember feeling this way before And as I was walking on stage, I told my road manager "You know, my number's up tonight" He's like, "What does that mean?" "I'm going to bomb" And true to my professional prescription, I did But, there's bombing and then there's the shit that happens in Detroit It's like, the crowd was with me But the way the crowd responded to me widely Was one of my favorite crowd interactions ever And as the set is going terribly When it's clear I'm not gonna be able to pull the nose up and I'm gonna have to crash this thing I saw Danny Brown slipping out the room, which made me laugh really hard Go back in the dressing room and everyone, you know there's a stink on ya after you bomb Where everyone looks at you like, you know what I mean? Like Headwound Harry, like, "Nigga, are you okay?" But I really, I can't explain it to ya, I really didn't care And then, and then, it turns out That this kind older gentleman was Big Sean's father And my goodness what the, the, he gave me a pep talk that only a dad could give And it made me feel wonderful, man (Wow) So shoutout to you Big Sean, shout out to Detroit I'll never stop loving your city, and I'll never stop loving you, bro You guys are the truth, much love to the Motor City