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Charlamagne tha God talks being a nerd and loving Judy Blume
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When Lenard McKelvey got his first big job in radio, twenty-six years ago, he decided to use the street name he came up with when he was a teenager, Charlamagne tha God. Now, he's the host of the Breakfast Club national morning show, a podcaster, a producer, publisher and the author of three books... his latest, Get Honest or Die Lying, is out now.