It’s been a rough week for former Chappelle’s Show standout Donnell Rawlings.
The comedian, whose memorable appearance as Ashy Larry on the show, was fired from New York radio station Power 105.1 this week.
The termination comes on the heels of a two week suspension.
Rawlings seems to be one of several jocks who may be caught up in the “Imus fallout.”
The controversial comment came the same week as the “Imus incident” and prompted Power to suspend Rawlings and issue a statement about a commitment to more responsible programming.
Rawlings trouble’s did not end with the radio.
After a performance at a Jersey City nightclub Thursday, the comedian was also the victim of racially charged attack.
Rawlings and his girlfriend left the club around 10pm and found themselves confronted by a Caucasian man in an SUV.
The allegedly yelled racist remarks, brandished a gun at the pair and fired three shots. A short time later, police intervened and arrested the unidentified suspect before anything more serious could occur.
“This is the sort of incident that the authorities and the powers that be need to be concerned about,” Rawlings tells Hip Hop DX, via his publicist.
“Rampant, overt and baseless hatred that lives and breathes on our streets daily. Jokes spoken in jest are not the root of evil in our society… it’s ignorant, angry people that create chaos. I think that the saddest part is that if this had happened to someone random (read: with no media presence) this incident would go largely ignored…that is the scary part”