Required to perform safe and clean routines in front of primarily white audiences, the comedian had enough of club owners ...

The public most often associates Richard Pryor with his stand-up comedy acts and acting performances with fellow comedic actor Gene Wilder. But fans may not realize his comedic genius includes ...

LOS ANGELES -- Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood's biggest stars, died of a heart attack ...

The LPs, reissued by Rhino, span 1974 to 1983 and include some of the late comic's most iconic routines. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “This is a perfect time for Richard Pryor,” says Jennifer Lee ...

Activist comedian Dick Gregory knew Richard Pryor as well as anyone when Pryor exploded on to the American scene in the late 1960s. The controversial Gregory literally and figuratively set the stage ...

A recent clip featuring Eddie Murphy recounting his first encounter with the legendary comedian Richard Pryor has sparked debate among fans. While Murphy’s story is filled with nostalgia and ...

Stand-up legend Richard Pryor will always be considered a 1-of-1 talent in the world of comedy. As brilliant as he was blunt, his immortal jokes live on in an archive of comedy albums throughout his ...

*Mike Epps claims he was passed over for the role of late comedian Richard Pryor because he refused to sleep with his widow Jennifer Lee Pryor. “I was gonna play Richard Pryor man, and then his wife—I ...

Everyone just knew that seasoned comedian Mike Epps would be the perfect actor to portray the late comic icon Richard Pryor in his biopic, but in a recent interview on the All The Smoke podcast, Epps ...

Rashard Mendenhall, a Super Bowl champion and writer/producer for the HBO sports comedy series “Ballers,” has put his estate in California’s San Fernando Valley on the market for $4.236 million, a ...