Charlamagne tha God

You said a lot of things that, you know, just make me really think about that journey, right? Like you used the word just now, you said discouragement, right?

I had a lot of encouragement early on, even though my dad wasn't always doing the right things. And even though he was hard on me, he was always encouraging me to do the right thing. Same thing with my mom. She was an English teacher, always encouraging me to do the right thing. So even when I was getting in trouble, I knew that what I was doing wasn't what I was supposed to be doing.

I had a lot of encouragement early on, even though my dad wasn't always doing the right things. And even though he was hard on me, he was always encouraging me to do the right thing. Same thing with my mom. She was an English teacher, always encouraging me to do the right thing. So even when I was getting in trouble, I knew that what I was doing wasn't what I was supposed to be doing.

I had a lot of encouragement early on, even though my dad wasn't always doing the right things. And even though he was hard on me, he was always encouraging me to do the right thing. Same thing with my mom. She was an English teacher, always encouraging me to do the right thing. So even when I was getting in trouble, I knew that what I was doing wasn't what I was supposed to be doing.

To answer the question, the positive energy that activates constant elevation. I used to want to rap like most people who come from communities like I come from. When you're Black and you're growing up in a certain environment, the people you see who look like you are usually in entertainment or athletics. I'm only 5'6", so there wasn't going to be no NBA for me, right? You could be a jockey.

To answer the question, the positive energy that activates constant elevation. I used to want to rap like most people who come from communities like I come from. When you're Black and you're growing up in a certain environment, the people you see who look like you are usually in entertainment or athletics. I'm only 5'6", so there wasn't going to be no NBA for me, right? You could be a jockey.

To answer the question, the positive energy that activates constant elevation. I used to want to rap like most people who come from communities like I come from. When you're Black and you're growing up in a certain environment, the people you see who look like you are usually in entertainment or athletics. I'm only 5'6", so there wasn't going to be no NBA for me, right? You could be a jockey.

Maybe. But I was always my grades was always so bad I could never play football. And so for me, I always wanted to rap because I used to always love storytelling, always love storytelling. You know, my mom, my mom was an English teacher. I grew up on the Booker program reading four books a week, you know, to get a free pizza.

Maybe. But I was always my grades was always so bad I could never play football. And so for me, I always wanted to rap because I used to always love storytelling, always love storytelling. You know, my mom, my mom was an English teacher. I grew up on the Booker program reading four books a week, you know, to get a free pizza.

Maybe. But I was always my grades was always so bad I could never play football. And so for me, I always wanted to rap because I used to always love storytelling, always love storytelling. You know, my mom, my mom was an English teacher. I grew up on the Booker program reading four books a week, you know, to get a free pizza.

You know, my mom would always tell me to read things that don't necessarily pertain to me. So I grew up reading Mad Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary. So I was always in love with storytelling. So I'm in a recording studio. Right. Because if you want to be a rapper, you've got to be where people are rapping. So I was in this recording studio, two of them, actually. One of them was called TNT Studios.

You know, my mom would always tell me to read things that don't necessarily pertain to me. So I grew up reading Mad Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary. So I was always in love with storytelling. So I'm in a recording studio. Right. Because if you want to be a rapper, you've got to be where people are rapping. So I was in this recording studio, two of them, actually. One of them was called TNT Studios.

You know, my mom would always tell me to read things that don't necessarily pertain to me. So I grew up reading Mad Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary. So I was always in love with storytelling. So I'm in a recording studio. Right. Because if you want to be a rapper, you've got to be where people are rapping. So I was in this recording studio, two of them, actually. One of them was called TNT Studios.

Another was called Never So Deep Records. And the guy who owned Never So Deep Records is a great mentor to me to this day named Dr. Robert Evans. But at the studio, I met a radio personality named Willie Will. And he worked at Z93 Jams in Charleston, South Carolina. And I'm a curious person. If I see you doing something positive or doing something that looks cool, I'm going to ask you.

Another was called Never So Deep Records. And the guy who owned Never So Deep Records is a great mentor to me to this day named Dr. Robert Evans. But at the studio, I met a radio personality named Willie Will. And he worked at Z93 Jams in Charleston, South Carolina. And I'm a curious person. If I see you doing something positive or doing something that looks cool, I'm going to ask you.

Another was called Never So Deep Records. And the guy who owned Never So Deep Records is a great mentor to me to this day named Dr. Robert Evans. But at the studio, I met a radio personality named Willie Will. And he worked at Z93 Jams in Charleston, South Carolina. And I'm a curious person. If I see you doing something positive or doing something that looks cool, I'm going to ask you.

And I just asked him, like, how did you get into radio? And he said, I got an internship. And I said, what do I got to do to get an internship? He said, go down to the radio station and ask for an internship. And I'm like, it's that easy? I said, I'm not in school or nothing. He was like, so? Mind you, this is 1998 Charleston, South Carolina. Things were totally different. And that's what I did.

And I just asked him, like, how did you get into radio? And he said, I got an internship. And I said, what do I got to do to get an internship? He said, go down to the radio station and ask for an internship. And I'm like, it's that easy? I said, I'm not in school or nothing. He was like, so? Mind you, this is 1998 Charleston, South Carolina. Things were totally different. And that's what I did.

And I just asked him, like, how did you get into radio? And he said, I got an internship. And I said, what do I got to do to get an internship? He said, go down to the radio station and ask for an internship. And I'm like, it's that easy? I said, I'm not in school or nothing. He was like, so? Mind you, this is 1998 Charleston, South Carolina. Things were totally different. And that's what I did.

I went down to the radio station. And I filled out my internship papers and I started as an intern. Like literally, I was the guy that would drive the radio station vehicle to the concerts or to the different remotes and help them, you know, set up their posters and things like that. And then that eventually turned into me getting a gig.