He pretty much DID leave for that reason...he left because he started realizing that he was literally playing into the sterotype of how white america sees a black man. He even said that when he did the black face sketch he noticed one of the white dudes on set was laughing a little too hard at what he was doing which left him like
And thats when he realized that shyt was becoming a little too real. He even said that he felt paranoid that them white folks wanted to control him when they gave him that big ass contract. Which is why he ran off to Africa...
That's what Chris Rock saw coming when them white folks started slowly coming in on his staff...which is why he pulled that plug..
and y'all can believe me or not..but I knew the show wasn't gonna last long after that Rick James sketch...it is what it is