Charlamagne Tha God

Charlamagne Tha God

Charlamagne Tha God in August 2014
Birth name Lenard McKelvey
Born (1980-06-29) June 29, 1980
Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States
Show The Breakfast Club (co-host)
Station(s) Power 105.1
Time slot 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Style Radio presenter, TV Personality
Country United States

Lenard McKelvey (born June 29, 1980),[1] known professionally as Charlamagne Tha God, is a radio and TV personality.[2][3] He is a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show, The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy and Angela Yee, and stars in Guy Code, Guy Court and Girl Code, VJ for The Week in Jams with DJ Envy and Sofi Green. In 2015, Charlamagne began hosting the MTV2 show Uncommon Sense.

Charlamagne is known for his work on The Breakfast Club and on Twitter. He became popular from being on The Wendy Williams Experience with Wendy Williams on VH1. He has also starred on various MTV and MTV2 shows.

Career

Charlamagne Tha God began his career as a radio intern in South Carolina upon his release from prison.[2] He went on to become second mic alongside radio host and media personality Wendy Williams. At this point, his unorthodox and upfront questioning of Hip-Hop/R&B artists on radio raised his public profile but also caused rifts between himself and the guests of the show. He was laid off from the program in 2008.[2] Relations between Charlamagne and Williams deteriorated, though Charlamagne has stated numerous times on his show The Breakfast Club that he views Williams as a mentor and bears no ill feeling toward her.

Charlamagne tha God is a radio personality with DJ Envy and Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 in New York City, New York and 93.7 New Hip Hop in Houston, Texas.[3] He is a cast member of Guy Code, a comedy television show on MTV2 that talks about a special code of conduct just for men.

He formerly starred on the MTV2 show Charlamagne & Friends and, with fellow MTV2 personality Andrew Schulz, hosts The Brilliant Idiots podcast on Combat Jack's Loud Speakers Network.[4] He currently stars and hosts MTV2 show Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne tha God.[5][6]

Discography

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Kiss & Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff Himself
2011–present Guy Code Himself Stars in along with Lil Duval
2011 This Thing of Ours "Shottah"
2012 Hip-Hop POV Himself
2012 Hood State of Union Himself
2013 The Week in Jams Himself Host in along with DJ Envy & Sofi Green
2013 Girl Code Himself
2013 Guy Code Honors Himself A one and a half-hour show that honored the superheroes and villains from the 2013 Comic-Con in San Diego, California
2013 Charlamagne & Friends Himself 2013–Present
2013 Guy Court Himself
2013, 2015 Wild 'N Out Himself 3 episodes
2014 Ride Along Cop
2015 Catfish: The TV Show Himself 1 episodes
2015 Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne Himself Host
2015 Empire Himself 1 episode

References

  1. ↑ "Charlamagne Tha God: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Shock-Jock". wetpaint. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Charlamagne Tha God: Keeping a Hot Seat Warm". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  3. 1 2 "Meet Hip-Hop's Howard Stern: Charlamagne tha God | Music News". Rolling Stone. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Home » Blog,Celebrity News,Comedy,News » Brilliant Idiots Features Uncensored Charlamagne Tha God & Andrew Schulz Brilliant Idiots Features Uncensored Charlamagne Tha God & Andrew Schulz". MediaKraze. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Breakfast Club Host Charlamagne tha God and Tyga Land Their Own Shows on MTV2". Music Times. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Charlamagne puts his ‘Uncommon Sense’ to good use on TV and social media". Cynopsis Media. 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.

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