Logic’s new album, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, has arrived, and it finds the rapper airing out his issues with a common hip-hop adversary: Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne Tha God. On his new track, “clickbait,” Logic calls out the radio host, who is known for provoking controversy during interviews.
He calls the radio host “shameless” and says he avoids Breakfast Club interviews during his press runs:
I don’t do the Breakfast Club ‘cause Charlamagne is shameless
That’s the only one I leave out when I run my bases
As Genius contributors UnkorruptedKhi and Rassiano note, Logic’s issues with Charlamagne date back to 2014, when the radio host asked Logic the identity of his sister’s rapist on-air:
Charlamagne responded by naming Logic “Donkey of the Day”:
Logic is hardly the first rapper to diss Charlamagne in his lyrics. Eminem targeted him on last year’s Kamikaze, and rappers like Royce Da 5'9" and Yelawolf have also fired shots at the Power 105 host.
The Visionary Music Group rapper also brings up recently resurfaced tweets from years ago, where he repeatedly used homophobic slurs. He then offers to prove that he’s not anti-gay:
Do your research ‘fore you call somebody homophobic
You make a living off of controversy and you know it
I ain’t that type of artist, respect my name and we can talk about it
I’d suck a dick just to prove it ain’t that way (Nigga, what?)
It’s worth noting that Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” video featured a storyline about a bullied gay teen as part of its anti-suicide message.
Elsewhere on the track, he brings up the death of rapper Lil Peep, who passed away from an accidental overdose in 2017. Logic holds Peep up as an example of how artists cope with the pressures of fame, and says the media exploited Peep’s death for its own gain:
Say I should empty the whole bottle in my mouth like Peep
And overdose, immortalize myself
While the media use my death, monetize they wealth
RIP Lil Peep, let that young man sleep
Let that young man death teach
The youth, the streets
To beat addiction
Genius previously broke down Peep’s most memorable lyrics, which tackled heavy topics of drug addiction and death:
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is Logic’s sixth album, and second of 2019 following the Supermarket soundtrack that accompanied his debut novel of the same name.
Listen to the song above and read all the lyrics to Logic’s “clickbait” on Genius now.
