Charlamagne tha God

I felt like people who had a lost mindset or who occasionally did stupid things were having a 'donkey' moment, or some of them are permanent donkeys, so I just started calling them donkeys. So when I went to Philly to do my own morning show, that's when I first started doing 'Donkey of the Day.' ”

I feel like we're in the era now where politics is pop culture. Everybody has an opinion that's politically based. We see what the Trump administration has done, and I've never seen my culture this engaged in the political process. ”

Your passion is that one thing you can't stop thinking about, that thing you wake up thinking about in the morning, go to sleep thinking about at night, that thing that you would do for free! ”

I basically got into the radio game 'cause I was looking to do something positive with my life. ”

Early in my career, I was only being dissed by Chingy. Now, I'm being dissed by Eminem. Life is great. ”

Rappers have traditionally put products in songs, and it's been products that don't put anything back into our community. ”

If you're family to me, you're gonna always be family to me. ”

Contrary to popular belief, all I want to do is empower people. ”

People still knew me as Charles, so when I came across Charlemagne in a history book, that sounded good: Charles the Great, a warrior who used his power to spread religion and education. He was the head of the Carolingian dynasty, and with me being from South Carolina, that clicked. ”

In America, a black man has to feel like he's God just to make it a little bit when white people can just feel human. They can just be themselves, but for me, I feel we have to start instilling that back into our people. That pride. That black power. That privilege to be alive. ”