Personal life. Chappelle married Elaine Mendoza Erfe in 2001. The couple have two sons, and one daughter.

Elaine and Dave Chappelle have three children together, whom they have maintained out of the public eye. Their oldest child, son Sulayman, was born the same year the couple wed in 2001. Two years later, they welcomed another son, Ibrahim, and in 2009, they added daughter Sanaa to the family.

Dave met Elaine in Brooklyn, New York, before becoming a household name. "She was with me when I was poor," the comedian previously joked to Howard Stern. The couple got married in 2001, though they haven't revealed any details about their nuptials.