Rapper Nas shared a clip of Charlamagne Tha God interviewing Republican political commentator Larry Elder on “The Breakfast Club,” and he noted that the 71-year-old pushed back regarding President Joe Biden’s past anti-Black statements.
Charlamagne Tha God — whose legal name is Lenard Larry McKelvey — was confronted by the MAGA supporter about McKelvey’s reaction to Biden telling him during the Aug. 17 interview, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”
Prior to the exchange, Elder denied that systemic racism exists because the country elected a Black president. During a discussion about his views on abortion, Elder said that people should be warned about the consequences of their behavior and deal with the consequences of those actions.
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“Anytime you allow bad behavior to continue, you’re going to get more bad behavior,” he said.
After guest-host Tezlyn Figaro interjected by asking Elder about Donald Trump’s behavior in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capital, Elder said, “I don’t think he did anything wrong.”
Elder then went on to compare Trump’s rhetoric about the 2020 election to Hillary Clinton repeatedly calling Trump’s 2016 election win “illegitimate.” Clinton won the popular vote but lost in the electoral college.
McKelvey then asked Elder if he’d ever heard the term “n—a wake-up call.”
“No,” Elder replied.
McKelvey went on to describe the term and said, “It is an incident where a person of color forgets that they are of color and are reminded rather brutally by an unexpected act of racism.”
Elder took offense and said he was “acutely aware” that he was a Black person and he’s sure McKelvey is aware…
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