8:46, which he recorded and released in the wake of George Floyd’s murder last summer.
A special version pressed on red, black, and green vinyl and limited to just 846 copies is available now on a first-come, first-served basis at the Third Man Records stores in Nashville and Detroit, and online. A standard black vinyl pressing is also available to preorder and will be shipped October 29th. All proceeds from the vinyl sales will be donated to Chappelle’s high school, Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C.
“When I was a student at Duke Ellington, the teachers instilled in me the notion of activism through art,” Chappelle said in a statement. “We need more soldiers for great causes on the stage.”