Charlamagne Tha God Thinks Michael Rubin Is Actually Right Despite Backlash

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While reflecting on Michael Rubin's "Breakfast Club" appearance, Charlamagne Tha God validated his perspective on Black culture.

Michael Rubin's recent appearance on The Breakfast Club resulted in a couple of notable social media narratives that listeners debated over. One of these were his remarks on Drake attending his White Party in the aftermath of his Kendrick Lamar battle. But a far more controversial part of the interview was when the Fanatics mogul remarked on what he thinks is lamentable about Black culture. Particularly, he said that Black people are too quick to hate on each other. While reflecting on these comments on the radio show's next episode, host Charlamagne Tha God and the rest of the gang explained Rubin's perspective and even agreed with him.

"Yeah, Meek said Michael shouldn't have said that out loud," Charlamagne Tha God's analysis began. "Michael said one of his friends called and said that wasn't his place to say it. But guess what? None of those people said he lied, because he didn't. Now, I'm not into broad generalizations, because we know all Black people don't hate each other. We know all Black people don't tear each other down, but it does happen enough for him to make that observation. And it happens enough for us to have those conversations amongst each other.

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"And as I told him, if those are the conversations they're having in private, bring it to the forefront," Charlamagne Tha God continued. "We know what it is, we know why it is: white supremacy. And I would rather focus on what he said, which is let's continue to push each other up. I'd rather focus on that. We literally had a conversation about Jewish people hating on other Jewish people. He started talking about people saying he's a bad Jew because of how much he supports Black people. We literally had that conversation right after the Black conversation. We had a whole conversation.

"I don't have any problem with critique," Charlamagne Tha God concluded. "I don't have any problem with people being held accountable if they do something foul. To me, that's not hate. But we all know exactly what Michael Rubin was talking about because we talk about it amongst ourselves. Anyone who doesn't acknowledge that isn't actively trying to fix it."

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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