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Grizzwald \u201cGrizz\u201d Chapman, who played the eponymous entourage member Grizz on 30 Rock<\/a>, has died. He was 52. His cousin, Harlem Globetrotter Donte Harrison, announced his death on social media. \u201cLife gave my cousin Grizz Chapman some heavy battles, but he fought them with strength and dignity until the very end,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAfter years of fighting illness and dialysis, he passed peacefully in his sleep on May 22nd, 2026.\u201d His representative Saideh A. Brown confirmed the news to TMZ<\/a>, and on Facebook<\/a> by Kevin Brown, who played Dot Com.<\/p>\n Chapman was working as a bouncer at a strip club when he met Tracy Morgan. He and Brown played Tracy Jordan\u2019s closest entourage members, Grizz and Dot Com. \u201cI worked hard to get the part, and a lot of people think that because Tracy and me are friends, I automatically got the part,\u201d Chapman told CBR<\/a> in 2012. \u201cWhat I can say is that Tracy was an integral part in me keeping my job because there were four members of the entourage originally, but NBC came to Tina Fey and Tracy and said they couldn\u2019t pay for all four. So Tracy said we\u2019re gonna keep just two guys, which included me. I made the cut. I worked hard to get there. I worked really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n Chapman discussed the challenges he faced as an actor due to his size. \u201cI get a lot of the time, \u2018We don\u2019t know how to market you or you\u2019re too big.\u2019 Or, \u2018We have one of you already,\u2019\u201d he told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in 2012. \u201cBut you don\u2019t have one of me already; you don\u2019t have a seven foot, lovable guy. You don\u2019t have that.\u201d Besides 30 Rock, Chapman starred in his own YouTube series, appeared in a movie opposite Method Man, and on shows like The Black List and Blue Bloods.<\/p>\n Chapman suffered from kidney disease, and received a transplant in 2010. He became a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation that same year. He is survived by his wife and two children. \u201cA lot of people knew him as the sitcom star from 30 Rock, but we knew the man behind the screen. A good heart, good energy, and somebody who made an impact in this life,\u201d his cousin wrote. \u201cRest easy, cousin. Your name and legacy will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n