In September 2004, US stand-up superstar Dave Chappelle decided to host a free gig in Brooklyn, outside Biggie Smalls’ old primary school. To populate the crowd he headed home to Ohio, handing out golden tickets to old friends, complete strangers and an entire college marching band. Back in Brooklyn, word of mouth filled out the rest of the ersatz venue as Kanye West (backed by the ecstatic band), Mos Def, Erykah Badu, the specially-reformed Fugees and others played their hearts out to the rain-swept street.
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