![]() ![]() In 2008 he began hosting the morning show for 100.3 The Beat in Philadelphia. The show was taken off the air in 2008 and he was laid off. His forward questioning and interviews of hip hop and R&B artists on radio raised his public profile, but also caused rifts between himself and the guests of the show. He added "Tha God" because it "sounded cool." He devised the stage name of "Charlamagne", derived from his street name as a drug dealer, "Charles," and developed a new persona based on Charlemagne (aka Charles the Great), who ruled much of Western Europe circa 800 A.D. He left South Carolina in 2006 to become second mic to radio host Wendy Williams. He also spent time in Columbia with WHXT. ![]() McKelvey started his career in radio as an intern for Z93 Jamz in Charleston. The sexual assault charges were dropped and he later pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, for which he received three years probation. He denied having sexual relations with the accuser and cooperated with the authorities, providing DNA evidence which failed to support the claim that he had had sex with the victim. In 2001, McKelvey was accused of sexual assault after a party. After his release, McKelvey began attending night school and graduated from Berkeley High School (in Moncks Corner). After 41 days in jail, he asked his mother to pay for bail, at which point his father decided to "give him another chance". When McKelvey was arrested a third time, after being near a (non-fatal) shooting, his father refused to pay his bail money. He grew up in Moncks Corner, South Carolina where as a teenager he was arrested twice for Possession with Intent to Distribute marijuana and cocaine. ![]() McKelvey was born to Larry Thomas McKelvey, a Jehovah's Witness-turned-Muslim and his wife, an English teacher and Jehovah's Witness, on June 29, 1978. In the shock jock tradition, one of McKelvey's personal mantras is "bite my tongue for no one" he was called "hip-hop's Howard Stern" by Rolling Stone magazine. In 2015, McKelvey began hosting the MTV2 show Uncommon Sense. He was also a VJ for The Week in Jams with DJ Envy and Sofi Green. He is the founder of the Black Effect Podcast Network, and was featured on Guy Code, Guy Court and Girl Code. Prior to his work on The Breakfast Club, he worked as a radio personality for several radio stations and also spent time as second mic on The Wendy Williams Experience with Wendy Williams on VH1. He also hosts the late-night talk show Hell of A Week with Charlamagne tha God on Comedy Central. He is a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy, whom he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame with in 2020 for their work on the show. Lenard Larry McKelvey (born June 29, 1978), known professionally as Charlamagne tha God or simply Charlamagne, is an American radio host and television personality. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |