A friend told it to me, and I forgot the end. Now he can’t remember it, either.
It was about how screwed-up this country is. “The richest rapper is white, the richest golfer is black, and…”
I heard Chris Rock say the part about the best rapper and best golfer a while ago, I’m pretty sure before
… the present Bush administration.
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It’s a great line, but Barkley never said it.
Well, if you knew Bopper, you’d understand why he forgot who said it, and soon forgot he ever knew it. 
In a Feb, 2001 thread on our board http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=61036&highlight=rapper+golfer it was also attributed to Chris Rock.