Its Up There Podcast

Charleston White and Loon face off in one of the most explosive interviews of 2025 — Charleston White returns to It’s Up There Podcast to debate NBA YoungBoy, Young Thug, and the blurred line between character and accountability in hip hop. What starts as a deep cultural conversation quickly spirals into chaos after Loon bans any Young Thug discussion, leading Charleston to call a detective mid-show and storm off set. From the jump, Loon sets the tone: “This platform documents our culture, but we slow it down long enough to understand why things happen.” Charleston, however, comes in swinging — saying YoungBoy’s fans are “retarded,” that most Black people are “dumb and traumatized,” and that he only plays an “internet character” to shock the world. Loon challenges him on that rhetoric, pointing out how white institutions weaponize language against Black children, sparking one of the most heated back-and-forths you’ll ever see on cam