The reality of how famous Eddie Murphy was in 1984
Before 1984 the reality was the black men were not stars of big hollywood movies, did not get videos on MTV, and did not have national tv endorsement deals. Well in 1984 you had Michael Jackson become the biggest Pop star in the World ever, you had Price being the biggest rock star in the world, and you had Eddie Murphy the biggest box office draw in the world. Eddie was right there, funny, money and everyone in Hollywood wanting a piece of his talent. The guy was alread a TV Star from SNL and the last American Actor to be offered and sign and exclusive deal with a single Studio. His output was only shunted by the fact that because of this deal he was not allowed to make films for other studios, directors, and actors that were competing with his studio, Paramount. He was also making big selling comedy albums that at the time were thought to be left for dead from the high point in the 70's of Richard Pryor, Geroge Carlin, Cheech and Chong and a host of others. Then he went on to make a music album that not only sold but had a top ten hit on the radio. I understand that to most kids he is the voice of Donkey, but in 1984 he was on top of the World. If you thought Dave Chappelle was funny and was making a ton of money from his show on Comedy Central 10 years ago, that'd be about 1000 % less famous then Eddie was in 1984.
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