Tyrese Slams Charlamagne Tha God: "You've Been Acting Light-Skinned Lately"

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Beef is brewing between these two after Charlamagne told Tyrese "nobody cares" about his new music about his divorce.

A segment on The Breakfast Club has set off Tyrese. Jason Lee was a guest host on the famed radio station and announced the release of Tyrese's recent single, "I Don't Think You Ever Loved Me," a track about his divorce from ex-wife Samantha. The Fast & Furious star shared a snippet of the remix featuring 2 Chainz and Jeezy, but in the caption, he mentioned Charlamagne Tha God. Tyrese reportedly wrote, "I sent my remix to Charlamagne, and he texted back that nobody cares." Then, Tyrese said, "I see the ex-darkie still losing sleep over me 'cause I'm still my original complexion." The radio host previously shared that his skin cleared up after he became more healthy and quit drinking.

On the air, Charlamagne accused Tyrese of only reaching out when he wants something. "We know that in this business," he said. "It's always me, me, me, me, me. And he sent me that song, like, two or three times. Yo, we don't care!" The tense history between these two runs deep, boiling over in real-time. "It gets nasty," said DJ Envy. Charlamagne added when he told Tyrese he didn't care about the song, the singer replied, "Light-skinned behavior."

Tyrese Unloads On Charlamagne

Meanwhile, the singer-actor was made aware of the mention and took to Instagram to unleash on Charlamagne. Tyrese penned a scathing, lengthy caption next to a photo of Tha God. He said he put a filter on the image to make it darker, "as he used to be." The hitmaker added, "I heard he was talking sh*t about me on the radio this morning? Damn, I don’t know what I did to you bro I thought we was cool???? Damn I heard you've be acting light-skinned lately it's cool."

Additionally, Tyrese is looking to settle the score in New York, face to face. "We gonna talk about it," he said. "That’s not a threat. That’s an elbow. That’ll be followed by a hug 😂 [ I don’t want your support DJs. I don’t want your support Radio I don’t want your support. I NEED YOUR SUPPORT BADLY." He then asked the public to reach out to DJs in their areas in an effort to help push his song.

A Shout Out To His New Love

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: 2023 Tyrese Gibson, Zelie Timothy arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)

Tyrese also emphasized that his song is edging into the Top 10 without a record deal. He further mentioned, "I hate that it’s about my divorce but I love that seven songs or about my current love, Zelie, because she does represent the beauty in my pain." Swipe above to listen to The Breakfast Club discussing Tyrese.

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