10 Things We Learned From Charles Hamilton and Rita Ora's Interview With The Breakfast Club
Charles and Rita discuss their musical marriage.
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Charles and Rita Break Bread With The Breakfast Club - Charles Hamilton checked in with The Breakfast Club this morning and had his "New York Raining" sidekick Rita Ora in tow. Check out a few things we learned about their relationship, mental depression, and heroin addiction as they opened up with Charlamagne, Angela and Envy. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Power 105.1)
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Family Ties - Charles and Rita jokingly shot down dating rumors by saying, “Not today,” but revealed their management team Turn First Records brought them together. Charles told The Breakfast Club, “It was a simple ask. The beat and the song already had a hook/line to it but I was feeling Rita’s voice for a while so I just asked because we have the same management.” Rita further chimed in about working and traveling to promote “New York Raining,” stating, “It was really natural, it wasn’t forced… It’s like a marriage without the sex.”(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
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Diplomatic Immunity - Despite being from Harlem, Charles's style was a lot different from his flamboyant O.G's. Explaining his lyrical delivery, he revealed, “I respect Dipset and Cam and I love Big L to death but they kind of were the voice of what I was against as far as what the young people were doing when they were listening to hip hop…”Not really feeling Harlem’s gang culture at the time, he said he crafted his style by taking "some elements of Jay Z and Eminem’s music." "One of my biggest influences is Fab with his punchlines and he definitely paved the way for me step in add a little sense of humor," he said.(Photos from left: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images, Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
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Growing Pains - Charles was very open about his mental-health issues and how those problems caused him to step away from the game for a while. The Harlem MC explained, “I didn’t fit in. There were some things that I disagreed with and the business started to affect the personal side so I decided that I was going to fall back from everything… I’m bi-polar. I see a doctor. Before I got in the game, I had baggage. I just didn’t expect it to overwhelm me the way that it did. [I have] extreme highs and lows.”He also added that he hopes he can inspire, saying, “I hope someone who suffers from bi-polar or any mental disorder or has been through the fire can listen to my music and see my presence as some sort of inspiration.”(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
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Love Hurts - Charles Hamilton had the blogs talking several years back when he was videotaped being attacked by his former girlfriend Briana Latrise, who also happens to be Mary J. Blige’s stepdaughter. Finally explaining the fade during the epic battle, he told The Breakfast Club, “The crazy part is I’m the only one who knew what she was talking about in her verse because she was sending me some low blows too… The reason I told them to put it out is because there’s a lot of domestic violence issues in the world and I had the opportunity to at least show people my actions on how to respond to a woman when she gets physical.”Taking up for her road dog, Rita added, “Don’t get in a battle with a guy and do the one thing that he can’t respond to, which is physical violence... I think he was very gentlemanly with his response.” (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
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