Dave Chappelle’s extensively panned Netflix comedy particular “The Nearer” continues to be making waves weeks after its launch.

One other A-list star has spoken out in protection of the comic, 48, after his particular sparked criticism concerning the LGBTQ group. Jay-Z praised Chappelle and referred to as him a “super-genius” regardless of his feedback.

“He’s super-brave and super-genius,” the 51-year-old rapper mentioned throughout a Twitter Areas session. “You spend time with him and he’s good. And I believe he pushed a number of buttons.”

The Roc-a-Fella Information founder added, “I believe what occurs with true artwork is it has to trigger a dialog and generally it’s going to be abrasive, generally it’s going to be off-putting to people, however I believe it opens up a chance to have a dialogue about regardless of the challenge is.”

He continued, “These [social media] algorithms and issues on these websites will let you speak to those who agree with you. I believe we have now to talk with each other after we disagree. That’s how we resolve it, that’s what remedy is.

“You gotta sit there and cope with your self in an actual means, these are the issues I’ve finished and these are the issues I gotta develop from and something that doesn’t have that pressure, it’s not gonna be actual,” he mentioned. “We had all these faux conversations for all this time about race till Trump was in workplace, then we obtained to see individuals for who they honestly had been.”

Jay-Z then shut down any questions on Chappelle’s Netflix present and easily acknowledged, “I don’t wish to reply to Dave Chappelle so I’m not talking particularly to his work however I believe nice artwork is divisive. Whenever you’re making nice artwork, you must be fearless and create one thing that you simply consider in.”

Chappelle additionally inducted Jay-Z into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame final month.

Fellow funnymen Damon Wayans and Jon Stewart had been additionally among the many stars who supported Chappelle. Stewart, 58, instructed TMZ on Oct. 22 that Chappelle is “one in every of my favourite individuals on the planet” and that his intentions are “by no means hurtful.”

As for Wayans, 61, he defined to TMZ final month, “I really feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians. We had been slaves to PC tradition and he simply, you understand — as an artist he’s van Gogh. He lower his ear off. He’s attempting to inform us it’s OK.”

The “My Spouse and Children” star continued, “I can’t communicate in regards to the content material of the present. However what I say is, there’s an even bigger dialog we have to have. Somebody must look us within the eye and go, ‘You’re not free on this nation. You’re not free to say what you need. You say what we would like you to say. In any other case, we’ll cancel you.’ That’s the dialogue we must always have.”