Charlamagne Tha God’s latest viral interview moment involves telling Daniel Caesar that he has a "homeless aesthetic."
During the singer’s interview on the Friday episode (January 16) of The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne surprised him with the comment during a discussion about his pre-music upbringing. "Did you leave the house and go be homeless though?" the host asked at one point.
"I was like couch surfing," Caesar responded. "[I] had friends and then there was always a home to go to. I feel like I was very strong-willed. I just had to go back to my father’s rules."
"Respectfully, you have a homeless aesthetic," Charlamagne responded.
In the same interview, Caesar spoke about how his defending YesJulz "forever changed" the trajectory of his "whole life."
Caesar reflected on his 2019 comments in defense of Julz when she received cultural appropriation accusations.
"As time has passed, I’m like, 'Oh, they were 100 percent right,'" he said. "When you accept this type of behavior from people who throughout history have exemplified to you that they hate you, and then you accept the behavior to get out of the circumstances that you're in, it’s undignified. You’re giving up your own dignity."
Elsewhere in the interview, he expanded on how he felt when Breakfast Club hosts gave him pushback during a larger argument. "When I look at YesJulz, I see an orphan girl that wants to be Black,” he said. "I’m like, damn, that’s so mean, bro. I felt bad for her, especially being a Black kid that grew up only surrounded by white people. The way she grew up, what is she supposed to do? She’s trying to embody what she understands."
"It forever changed the trajectory of my whole life, for sure," Caesar concluded. "I just, I thought I was being honest with myself, and I didn’t realize how much anger and hatred I had in my own heart. … For the world around me, and for myself."
