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Charlamagne Builds Podcast Empire | Charleston News
Charlamagne tha God’s podcast empire is exploding—he’s now 10 on Forbes’ 2026 highest-paid podcasters list with $27 million in earnings, fueled by “The Breakfast Club” and his own Black Effect Podcast Network, which he’s building into the “BET of podcasting.” With a reported $200M iHeartMedia deal and 51% ownership of a network boasting over 60 shows, he’s turning talk radio dreams into billion-dollar audio dominance. Meanwhile, Lenard McKelvey, hailing from South Carolina, is getting national recognition—named to the Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2027. Locally, early GOP Senate primary…
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