While Charlamagne Tha God is usually all laughs, the on air personality wants respect kept on his name. The Breakfast Club host and Rolling Stone magazine recently made peace regarding an erroneous write up.
It all started in July when Lil’ Duval made some offensive comments regarding transgenders on the popular morning show. Of course that made national headlines and the pop culture site picked up the story.
On July 31 Rolling Stone published a story titled “Janet Mock Speaks Out Following Charlamagne tha God’s Controversial Morning Show” which accused him of Duval’s slander. After allegedly sending a letter of legal action over to their offices, the publication changed their tune and offered the Black Privelege author a formal apology.
“Rolling Stone mischaracterized Charlamagne’s position in its original search headline, conflating comments by Lil Duval, a guest on his show, with his own. We sincerely apologize to Charlamagne the God for the error. Charlamagne has since clarified that he believes violence against transgender people is wrong and has declared himself an ally of trans people.”
According to a report by the New York Post their sorry was not enough. Charlamagne’s legal team, Michael Weinstein of Lavely & Singer, announced that Rolling Stone will be making a monetary donation in the name of LGBTQ community. “Charlamagne tha God and Rolling Stone are pleased to announce they are making a donation to the National Black Justice Coalition. We hope this gesture brings more attention to the very important issue of equal rights and treatment of the LGBTQ community.”
“Charlamagne tha God and Rolling Stone are pleased to announce they are making a donation to the National Black Justice Coalition. We hope this gesture brings more attention to the very important issue of equal rights and treatment of the LGBTQ community.”
Kudos to both parties for keeping it classy.
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