Charlamagne Inks Five-Year Extension
• iHeartMedia announced that it has renewed and extended its relationship with Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of the Premiere-syndicated The Breakfast Club, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of the Black Effect Podcast Network and the newly named Sr. Creative Officer of Culture Content and Programming.
Under the terms of the new five-year deal, Charlamagne will continue to co-host The Breakfast Club, which which celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month (and was recently inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame), as well as Weekends with The Breakfast Club, alongside longtime co-hosts Angela Yee and DJ Envy. “Charlamagne is a multiplatform talent, creator and innovator and we are excited to extend our existing partnership on the nationally syndicated morning show The Breakfast Club, while also creating successful new historical ventures like the Black Effect Network,” said Thea Mitchem, EVP of Programming for iHeartMedia. “His voice continues to be unique and authentic and a driving force and influence in today’s hip hop and pop culture. He, along with the entire Breakfast Club, continue to have the incredible ability to connect with audiences and artists alike, delivering the most entertaining and informative content and programming to listeners throughout the country.”
And there’s more: Charlamagne also announced the launch of Black Privilege Publishing, his new partnership imprint from Atria Books at Simon & Schuster. The inaugural release on Black Privilege Publishing will be State of Emergency, the publishing debut of trailblazing movement strategist and social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory, due out in May 2021. Charlamagne will also debut a talk show on Comedy Central in 2021.
“I give my sincerest thanks to iHeart for empowering me over the past decade to be the best talent that I can be, and for honoring me as an owner and executive,” said Charlamagne. “I love the audio business and iHeart is the biggest and best audio company in the world. As Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Black Effect Podcast Network and now Sr. Creative Officer of Cultural Content and Programming at iHeart, all I want to do for the next five years is continue to move the culture of radio and podcasting forward by curating a new era of voices, programming, and events. GOD IS GREAT! Now, it’s time to get back to work.”
