Charlamagne tha God signs books and talks to Hillsborough's Urban League this weekend

The 'Breakfast Club' fixture is coming to Ybor City.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 1:16 pm

Photo by Tyler Twins c/o Simon & Schuster

Charlamagne tha God, who appears at 7th+Grove in Ybor City, Florida on July 12, 2024.

Spend any amount of time doom scrolling, and you’re bound to fall into a viral clip featuring the voice and views of Charlamagne tha God.

The 46-year-old’s WWPR “Breakfast Club” radio show is gospel for millions of fans of nearly 90 radio stations across the U.S. and provides fodder for work and dinner conversations everywhere. A book of his take on the world—and about having macro discussions instead of small talk—was released in May and touches on a myriad of topics including mental health, fatherhood, and politics, with some help from friends like “The Boondocks” artist Aaron McGruder.

Mr. Tha God (real name Lenard Larry McKelvey) will be in town with signed copies of “Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks” and ready for an interactive Q&A moderated by the Urban League of Hillsborough County. Tickets to the event come with a signed copy of the book, plus a one-year membership to the League.

Tickets to the Charlamagne tha God book signing on Friday, July 12 at 7th+Grove in Ybor City are still available and start at $35. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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