Mark Chappelle

@markchappelle.bsky.social

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Writer. Ethnomusicologist. Professional introvert. Recovering overthinker. Defector from the petty wars that shell-shock love away. ✍🏾 linktr.ee/markchappelle

Cover of Dorothy Sutzer Glass' 2014 gospel album This Train.
Jay Harris posted on Facebook: "Somebody said that Keke Palmer is actually Varnell Hil and now I can't unsee it." The image dicts Keke Palmer winking comically with bright orange hair, beneath it is an image of Tommy Davidson playing fictional TV host Varnell Hill in the middle of singing a song.
On the cover of 'Josephine Superstar,' Phylicia Allen stands against a white background while wearing a pearl-dripped brassiere with the trademark banana skirt in the style of Josephine Baker, and accessorized high-heels.
On the memorial program for Robert Lee "Peabo" Bryson, he is pictured in a suave black suit and silvery rose colored tie for a funeral on Monday, June 22, 2026 at 10am at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta, Georgia.
Gabrielle Union says, "Why don't you think of me as your mom right now. And mama says CLEAN IT UP!"
An array of merchandise promoting Chaka Khan's Chakzilla album including folding hand fans, T-shirts, posters, vinyl, and CD, all printed with Khan's album cover.
On the cassette single for "Sex Cymbal," Sheila strikes a cross-legged hot girl pose while wearing a slinky little black dress.
This is a circularly arrayed version of Sheila E.'s striking, sepia-toned album cover for Sex Cymbal. On it, Sheila's curly tendrils drip over her sensually exposed shoulders and decolletage as she turns in profile with lips slightly parted.
On the striking, sepia-toned cover of Sheila E.'s Sex Cymbal, Sheila's curly tendrils drip over her sensually exposed shoulders and decolletage as she turns in profile with lips slightly parted.
On the cover of Chaka Khan's new album Chakzilla, she appears to tower over a metropolis wearing a furry black dress in front of the campilly B-movie styled title "Chakzilla."
A notice from Meta (Facebook): "Your settings are changing: The setting to disconnect your off-Meta activity is going away. You can use the Activity from other businesses setting to choose if we use this info to show you ads and now other content."
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." —George Bernard Shaw
A silver Honda with a black bumper sticker on it that reads "I bought this before Elon went crazy!"
An animated charicature of Jesus mimics the high-stepping entry of a contestant from Big Brother.
Nene Leakes in a magenta dress percusses "I said what I said"
Me pointing at the co-hosts of Catch That.
A woman on the phone with a cigarette in hand says "I'mma do that anyway 'cause that's how I am."
An exasperated crowd throws up their hands in disbelief from a scene in Dear White People.
A woman at a White House press conference puts her finger in her ear while wearing a medical mask on the other ear.
Megan Thee Stallion balances on one leg while seasoning food.
Mo'Nique wearing a slick updo with gray highlights stares intently while wearing glasses attached to a pearl chain.
Nusrat Gokce sprinkles salt flamboyantly.
Erykah Badu gives stank face during a Verzuz event.
A woman yells in one frame while a white cat hisses at vegetables in a second frame.
Teddy Riley in a fedora stares behind him during a technical gaffe at an early Verzuz event.
A concerned woman in a soft lavender garment stares intently at the camera.
Tamar Braxton feigns ignorance in a segment from The Real.
Tyra Banks demonstrates different ways to gesture with her chest while explaining "hoe... but make it fashion."
Deon Cole slides sheepishly off-screen while being stared down by Marsai Martin in a scene from Black-ish.
Denzel Washington as Malcolm X slaps the table and removes his glasses in frustration.
Ebony Jenkins pauses and says "Yes" after being screamed at to shut up from off screen.
Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and others express disdain in a clip from webseries Got 2 Be Real.
Rapper Conceited mugs at the camera and walks away presciently in a popular reaction GIF.
Rachel Dolezal looks quizzical while being asked about her racial heritage.
Kelly Price purses her lips and looks away while declaring "I'm booked" in an episode of R&B Divas LA.
Iyanla in an orange blouse slaps the table and declares "not on my watch" during an episode of Iyanla Fix My Life with the Six Brown Chicks group.
Jasmine Masters gestures toward an interruption to her social media broadcast.
The "why you always lyin" guy stares and smiles with vinyl siding visible in the background.
A man eats his food outdoors while looking-on at a developing situation.
Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston point and laugh with each other at an award ceremony.
A crowd gathers nosily during a BET interview where tensions rose.
A man walks over saying "surprise, motherfucker" in the series Dexter.
Woman comes high-stepping through a door on Big Brother.
In a scene from How To Get Away With Murder, Viola Davis grabs her purse, side eyes the camera, and leaves.
Martin Baker on the phone in a thin-striped turquoise polo shirt.
The Google Meet logo, in geometric but rounded shapes, and bright yellow that's more infantile than professional.
New icons for Google Drive, Voice, Meet, and Calendar with bulky, inelegant shapes and childlike colors.
A Facebook post from Martina McBride's official page: "I would like to talk to you and clear the air. I will not be performing at the Great American Slate Fair on June 25th. I was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading. I asked lots of questions and was assured this was a nonpartisan event that was meant lo celebrate ALL 50 states. In my mind I thought this was a great way to celebrate the states and also bring people together in the way that only music can. I saw it as just a bigger version of so many state fairs I have performed at over the years, celebrating community and what makes each state special. Sounds fun, right? Wholesome even. Yesterday things started changing and what we were told is, in fact, not what is happening. I've spent my entire career singing songs about real people with real issues. I've been blessed with the opportunity to be a voice for those who have felt like they didn't have one. It greatly upsets me that any fan who has been moved by my music may now feel like I'm abandoning the meaning behind those songs. I assure you, that is not the case. I appreciate every single fan who has reached out. I hope to get back to the DC area very soon. -MM" Source: https://www.facebook.com/martinamcbride/posts/pfbid0grSf6aLUWyDe3ARtQP9X3q2mWdDJJnvqrwhTM656r4BNSk7FA8MccskGAux58Htel
Cover of Yebba's "Dawn" album (2021) depicting a baby being held in a religious official's left arm with his face cropped in the corner and the artist name and title in the lower left corner.
An official Facebook post from Morris Day and The Time stating: "Contrary To Rumor, Morris Day & The Time Will Not Be Performing At The 'GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR'"
Caleb Eli says in a Facebook post, "All I know is, Jazmine voice better still be fat"
“Prediction: In less than 90 days, all channels that we thought were safe from spam and automation will be so flooded that they will no longer be usable in any functional sense: iMessage, phone calls, Gmail. And we will have no way to stop it.” This is not a tech YouTuber yelling into a camera from a darkened room. This is someone whose literal full-time job is stopping bots from destroying a platform — and he’s telling you, publicly, that he doesn’t know how to stop what’s coming. That distinction matters enormously.
Johnny Gill comments on Janet Jackson being approximately one week older than him at her 60th birthday party.
While blowing out candles, Janet interrupts a traditional birthday song to direct Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" to be sung instead.
A Twitter exchange between two White and Black academics respectively. Michael McCullough: "Stop using pop culture references as the first half of the title of your journal article." Spirit, PhD, LPC, NCC, CPCS: "Who Gon Check Me, Boo: A Phenomenological Study of Entitled Gate Keeping of Scholarly Contributions."
Tamar Braxton sits, staring contemptuously at someone while wearing a green camouflage print shirt, gold hoop earrings, curled lashes, with her share shaved nearly bald.
Another article excerpt: "Researchers studying later-life friendships call this the test of mutual initiative. A Psychology Today piece on the midlife friendship gap describes how some friendships fade slowly and others end acutely, and how these losses often sting as much as romantic breakups even though we have no language for grieving them. There are no friend-divorce songs. There's no friend-funeral. The relationship just goes quiet, and you're left holding the question of what it ever was."
Quote from article: "If I'm calling you, planning the dinner, remembering your birthday, asking how your dad is doing, and you're showing up cheerfully when I do all that, we both feel like we have a friendship. The receipts look great. It's only when one person stops carrying the whole thing that you find out whether there was ever a thing there at all."
En Vogue's exclusive Record Store Day pressing of EV3 on forest green vinyl.