Richard Pryor’s Essential Albums Released as Box Set The LPs, reissued by Rhino, span 1974 to 1983 and include some of the late comic's most iconic routines.

Scott Saul, who authored the 2014 book “Becoming Richard Pryor,” wrote the liner notes of the box set. Winning five Grammys and an Emmy during his lifetime as a comedian and actor, Pryor’s ...

Six of Richard Pryor ’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled into a 7xLP box set titled I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums. The expansive reissue arrives tomorrow, April 18th ...

“To Richard Pryor, my idol, with whom I have a $100,000 bet. No motherf—–, I didn’t forget.” Pryor likely felt like he made up for it by co-starring in Murphy’s 1989 comedy classic ...

Pulling out a vinyl copy of How Could It Be, Murphy's debut musical album from 1985, Kimmel read aloud one of the dedications: "To Richard Pryor, my idol, with whom I have a $100,000 bet.

Host Jimmy Kimmel noted that for Murphy's 1985 album How Could It Be, one of the liner notes reads, "To Richard Pryor, my idol, with whom I have a $100,000 bet. No motherf-----, I didn’t forget." ...

Though he suffered in his later years from multiple sclerosis, Pryor died in 2005 at 65 from a heart attack. Jennifer jokes that her late husband would be "rolling over in his ashes" if he were ...