We realize that the news of Dave Chapelle’s big new contract is a few weeks old, but we thought we’d quickly note it for those who may have missed the news. Chapelle, whose show on Comedy Central is a big hit, is a Washington native who graduated from Duke Ellington High School in Georgetown. (DCist wonders if he has good memories of riding the often-off-schedule D2 or the D6 buses to school.)

Chapelle’s career started at age 14, when his mother, a Unitarian minister would chaperone him to gigs.