(Photo by Bob V. Noble/Fotos International/Getty Images) Is it your hope that these albums inspire veteran and rising comics to be just as fearless as Richard Pryor? JP: Absolutely. I do hope that ...

The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact on the artform. The late comedian, writer and actor was, like his contemporaries Lily Tomlin and George Carlin ...

Comedian Richard Pryor (1940 – 2005) performing on stage at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 1978. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Again, all comedy is Black.

Show host Ed Sullivan greets guest Richard Pryor on Feb. 27, 1966.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images My father decided to strip away what “they” wanted him to be, and became the Richard Pryor we ...