DONNELL RAWLINGS

'Donnell Rawlings' is an American actor and comedian.

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Career

Personal life

Current Activities

External links

Career

Notable roles include appearing in ''Chappelle's Show''.
He also hosted the third season of Chappelle's Show along with Charlie Murphy. His catch phrase from ''Chappelle's Show'' is ''"I'm rich, biaaaaach!"'' (which is played at the end of every episode as part of Dave Chappelle's vanity card) as well as yelling "Son!" at the end of each sentence. He also played the character Ashy Larry.

Rawlings learned to speak fluent Korean while serving in the United States Air Force when he was stationed in South Korea. He demonstrates his fluency in the language in the ''Chappelle's Show'' sketches "Player Hater's Ball" and "The Time Haters", the latter of which was featured in the "Failures" episode. Rawlings reprises his role as the hater "Beautiful", known for wearing a Jheri curl and a suit similar to ones that Little Richard has worn.
In the sketches, he responds to the comments of Korean hater "Mr. Roboto" with elaborate insults in Korean.
Rawlings also made an appearance on the HBO drama ''The Wire'' playing Damien Lavelle 'Day-Day' Price, a legislative aide and driver for corrupt state senator Clay Davis. Davis ironically enough is played by Chappelle's Show co-star Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Personal life

Attended T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA.
He was working with New York's hit radio station Power 105.1 in the morning on The Ed Lover Show with Egypt & Ashy.
Donnell was removed from his morning show post at Power 105's Ed Lover Show with Egypt and Ashy for a controversial comment the comedian made during the aftermath of the Don Imus controversy.

Current Activities

Rawlings is slated to have a major role appearing in Ben Savage's film ''Car Babes'' early in 2007.

External links

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★ Comedy Central profile

★ Donell Rawlings Interview with Clubplanet.com