In a new episode of the
Brilliant Idiots podcast, Charlamagne suggested that he doesn't blame Lil Wayne or Kodak Black for Trump pardoning them.
On Donald Trump's last day of presidency, he granted pardons and commutations to a long list of people, including Wayne and Kodak. While Lil Wayne is effectively off the hook legally over the commutation of his 2019 gun charge, Kodak still has a criminal sexual conduct case pending in South Carolina. Speaking with his co-host Andrew Schulz and guests Mandii B and WeezyWTF of WHOREible Decisions, Charlamagne said he doesn't blame either rapper one bit.
"I'm not mad at Wayne. I don't judge people for what they do when they're just trying to survive," he said. "I think that it's very easy to say what you wouldn't do in that situation, but Lil Wayne is a multi-millionaire, he's got five kids, he's been in jail before, he's facing 10 years, this is his second gun charge. Like, c'mon." He added that the charges Wayne were facing weren't particularly severe, although his guests and co-host were quick to highlight Wayne's history of questionable comments regarding racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.