Charlamagne Tha God recently stopped by the “Jalen Rose: Renaissance Man” podcast and discussed a few wrongs he would like to correct. The outspoken host of “The Breakfast Club” told the retired NBA star that he regrets the feud that exploded between him and Nicki Minaj several years back when he called her hit single “Anaconda” “trash.” From there, the two engaged in several social media tiffs as the Queens rapper accused the host of initiating the “hate train” against her.
“What celebrity would I like to make amends with … probably Nicki Minaj. Me and Nicki used to be super, we used to be really cool. Yeah, I was very vocal about not liking the ‘Anaconda’ record back in the day and, yeah, definitely, probably Nicki. I got a lotta respect for Nicki. What Nicki has done is unprecedented. She revitalized female hip-hop over the past decade. All of these new artists, every single one of ’em from Cardi B to Megan Thee Stallion, it’s because of Nicki. Nicki opened that lane again. Yeah, probably Nicki,” Charlamagne explained.
The shock jock who debuted his own talk show in September called “Tha God’s Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God” also explained that he’s grown and matured a lot and that he realized he was becoming a “caricature” of himself at one point and that his words were hurting people.
During the interview he also discussed his earlier feelings towards Young Thug and how he dismissed his music because there was a hip-hop generational age gap between the two. The two have since made amends but Charlamagne reflected on the situation.
“He’s 30 years old and he’s telling me how much my words hurt him back in the day and how mad he was about it … And he was like, ‘Yo, I was an 18, 19-year-old kid coming out of the ghetto, just trying to figure things out … I didn’t understand it back then. And it really continued to put things in perspective for me, just like, I don’t want to hurt nobody, man. That’s … not my intention,” he added during the interview.
Check out the interview below as Charlamagne Tha God talks about making amends, mental health, his career and more with Jalen Rose.
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