Born name

Lenard McKelvey

nickname

Charlamagne the god, Charlamagne the god

Sun sign

Krebs

Place of birth

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

nationality

training

Charlemagne, the god revealed in his interview that he attended night school.

occupation

Radio host and television personality

family

• Father – Larry Thomas McKelvey
• Mother – unknown
• Siblings – Alesha Renee (Sister) (Actress)

Manager

Charlamagne Tha God is represented by United Talent Agency’s Geoff “Geespin” Gamere.

Genre

Hip Hop, Rap, Pop

instruments

Life

labels

Lightyear Entertainment

Build

Athletic

Height

5 feet 6 inches or 168 cm

weight

72 kg or 159 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Charlamagne is married. However, over the years he has refused to reveal his wife’s identity as he is fiercely protective of his private life. Although he has been with his wife since they were in school. He is said to have married her in September 2014.

In his 2017 interview with Xo Necole , he revealed that he decided to get married after his first daughter asked him why her mother didn’t have the same name as her father. His first daughter was 7 years old and the second was 4 months old at the time of the interview. He has refrained from naming his daughters in the media and has expressed his dislike of raising children on social media.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

hair colour

Bald

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Bald head
• Blunt and straightforward hosting and interviewing style

measurements

His body specifications can be –

• Chest – 107 cm or 42 inches
• Arms/biceps – 38 cm or 15 inches
• Waist – 84 cm or 33 inches

brand promotion

Charlamagne has appeared in a television commercial for the Champs Sports x Adidas Originals . In the commercial, he was cast alongside basketball pro Eric Gordon.

Known for

• As one of the hosts of the popular radio show, The Breakfast Club.
• Having spawned celebrities like Kanye West and Jay-Z in his blunt and brutally honest interviews.

First album

In August 2008, Charlamagne Tha God released his debut studio album, South Crack .

first movie

In 2017, he made his big screen debut in a supporting role in the comedy film, Growing House .

First TV show

In 2011, Charlamagne made his first TV show appearance on the reality comedy series, Guy Code .

Personal trainer

Charlamagne usually starts his workouts with cardio. For his cardio sessions, he loves to work out on the elliptical trainer.

The cardio is followed by a strengthening and toning session in which he likes to target one body part per workout. For each body part strengthening workout, he performs a total of 7 sets spread across different exercises.

Charlamagne Tha God favorite things

• Rapper – Nas, Ghostface Killah, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, T. I., Scarface und Killer Mike
• New-Yorker – Jay-Z
• New Yorker Restaurant – Beauty & Essex
• Drink – Remy Martin
• Medication – alcohol

Charlamagne Tha God Facts

1. The origin of his nickname Charlamagne Tha God comes from his old nickname Charles, which he used when selling crack because he didn’t want his customers to know his real name.
2. He decided to use Charlamagne Tha God after reading about “Charlemagne” in history class, which means Charlemagne in French. He added “Tha God” because it sounded cool.
3. In his early days, he was once involved in a gunfight while sitting in the back seat of the car. Although no one was killed in the shooting, he was arrested with others.
4. He was once arrested for distributing cocaine. On another occasion, he was arrested by police authorities for possessing marijuana with intent to sell it.
5. At one point, his father was jailed with him as the authorities believed they were drug queens. Although Charlamagne was guilty, his father was completely innocent.
6. Shortly after his third stay-at-home arrest in his South Carolina jail, he decided to act differently and stay away from the wrong crowd. He attended night school and became an intern at the local radio station.
7. Very early in his career, he recorded his interviews and broadcast them to popular sites like SOHH.com and All Hip-Hop (themaven.net/allhiphop) to get more exposure.
8. He was discovered after popular radio host Wendy Williams arrested him as her co-host. He didn’t get a paycheck for about a year and a half, but they gave him housing.
9. Though Wendy gave him his break and mentored him, their relationship has grown so alienated over the years that she even refuses to recognize him in conversations with others.
10. Before getting into radio, he worked at the Taco Bell at a local mall. He also took up the telemarketing job.
11. In his early days as a radio host, he was fired four times.
12. When he was young he wanted to be a rapper and in fact he had a tattoo of a wolverine with a microphone on his arm to signify his dream career.
13. In 2017 he published his book Black Privilege. The book peaked at number 7 on The New York Times’ list of best-selling hardcover nonfiction books in May 2017.
14. In August 2017, the popular Rolling Stones magazine apologized to Charlamagne after incorrectly insinuating in its article headline that he had made transphobic comments on his show. Instead, it was his co-host, Lil Duval, who was guilty of such comments.
15. Visit his official website @ cthagodworld.com.
16. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.