''Chappelle's Show'' Rawlings is most notable for frequently appearing in sketches on ''
Chappelle's Show'' and hosting the third season along with
Charlie Murphy. His
catchphrase on the show was "I'm rich, biaaaaatch!" (which is played at the end of every episode as part of
Dave Chappelle's
vanity card) as well as frequently adding "Son!" at the end of each sentence. He demonstrated his rudimentary knowledge of
Korean, which he learned in the Air Force, in the sketches "Player Hater's Ball" and "The Time Haters", the latter of which was featured in the "Failures" episode. Rawlings reprised his role as the hater "Beautiful", known for wearing a
Jheri curl and a suit similar to ones that
Little Richard wore. In the sketches, he responded to the comments of Korean hater "Mr. Roboto" with insults in Korean. He reprised the role of Beautiful on Chappelle's episode of
Saturday Night Live. On
Heavy.com, Rawlings starred in a series of sketch comedy clips portraying his character
Ashy Larry, from ''Chappelle's Show'', called "From Ashy to Classy". Ashy Larry dreamed of how his life would be if he were classy and dreams up a character who he calls Ashford Lawrence, a supposed reporter for heavy.com. Ashy Larry would go to different high-class establishments posing as a reporter, where eventually his girl would appear and pull him out at the end of each clip.
Other work Rawlings also made appearances on HBO drama series
The Corner, playing Bread the dope fiend next to Fat Curt and
The Wire, playing
Damien Lavelle 'Day-Day' Price, an ex-convict who is hired as a legislative aide and driver for corrupt state senator
Clay Davis. Price's character appears unrefined on several occasions, contemplating heists in public and stating things in court such as "Y'all tryin' to 'criminate me" while on the stand. Davis is played by fellow ''Chappelle's Show'' co-star
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Rawlings appears in Sam Raimi's
Spider-Man 2 and in a cameo appearance in the music video for Jim Jones' "
We Fly High" (Ballin' Remix). He was a regular on
The Ricki Lake Show mostly as a judge on various challenge episodes. In the summer of 2007, Rawlings was featured on the cover of the one-year anniversary issue of
Beyond Race magazine. Rawlings was removed from his morning show post at Power 105's
Ed Lover Show with Egypt and Ashy for a controversial comment he made during the aftermath of the
Don Imus controversy, responding to Ed Lover's comment "That's a cheap black man, Nickel-Black" with "that's a Jewish black guy." Rawlings was also a contestant in the
Comedy Central show
Reality Bites Back. He appeared in sketches on
D.L. Hughley Breaks the News and in
Howard Stern's
Howard TV On Demand original series,
Show in the Hallway. In July 2009, Rawlings recorded a clip imitating
Stephon Marbury crying on his live webcast. Rawlings was a co-host on the
Big Tigger Morning Show on Washington, D.C.'s radio station
WPGC 95.5 from April 2010 to January 2011. In 2011, Rawlings appeared on the
MTV2 show
Guy Code which he has done two seasons, as well as the show
Hip Hop Squares. He is also the judge for a
Guy Code spin-off,
Guy Court. Rawlings provided the voice of A Cat Named Rollo's brother in the
Adult Swim show based on the
2009 R-rated movie Black Dynamite. He also appeared on the April 23, 2014 episode of the
Dr. Zoe Today show discussing his recent appearances with MTV and his comedy work. In 2015, he guest starred as an
angel that took Jesus' divinity during his time of doubt in the "A Very Special Christmas in Compton" episode of
Black Jesus. Rawlings voices the barber Dez in the 2020 Pixar movie
Soul. ==Filmography==