1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 3981 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, 10 Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, 11 Brown, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, 12 Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, 13 Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, 16 McCravy, McEachern, McKnight, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, 17 Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, 18 Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, 19 Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, 20 Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24947cm17.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 14, 2017 24 Adopted by the House on March 14, 2017 25 26 Summary: Lenard McKelvey 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/14/2017 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 6) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 3/14/2017 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LENARD MCKELVEY, AN 12 AMERICAN RADIO PRESENTER AND TELEVISION 13 PERSONALITY, AND TO WELCOME HIM AS HE RETURNS 14 TO HIS NATIVE SOUTH CAROLINA TO BE THE KEYNOTE 15 SPEAKER FOR THE THIRD COLUMBIA CAREER 16 CONNECT CONFERENCE. 17 18 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 19 to learn that Lenard McKelvey, known professionally as 20 Charlamagne tha God, will be the keynote speaker at the second 21 annual Columbia Career Connect conference on April 8, 2017; and 22 23 Whereas, born June 29, 1980, he is originally from Moncks Corner 24 and began his career as a radio intern in the Palmetto State. His 25 radio show “Concrete Jungle” on WHXTFM Hot 103.9 in 26 Columbia enabled listeners to sample his candid, unfiltered wit; 27 and 28 29 Whereas, alongside radio host and media personality Wendy 30 Williams, Mr. McKelvey became second mic on the The Wendy 31 Williams Experience, where his unorthodox and upfront 32 questioning of Hip Hop/R&B artists on the radio raised his public 33 profile; and 34 35 Whereas, today he is a cohost of the nationally syndicated 36 iHeartRadio program The Breakfast Club, and he is a featured 37 television personality on MTV and MTV2. As a social media 38 influencer and executive producer of CthaGod World, LLC, he 39 wears many hats in entertainment and philanthropic arenas; and 40 41 Whereas, Charlamagne is also the cohost of the popular podcast 42 Brilliant Idiots, author of his own Marvel comic, and star of the

[3981] 2 1 MTV2 show Uncommon Sense Live. He has been featured on 2 other MTV and MTV2 shows, including Guy Code, Guy Court, 3 Girl Code, and VJ for the Week in Jams; and 4 5 Whereas, an advocate for and philanthropist in his home State, he 6 organizes annual backtoschool events as well as Thanksgiving and 7 Christmas food giveaways through his nonprofit, THIRD EYE 8 Awareness, assisting more than five hundred families at each event 9 giving away everything from haircuts and food to manicures and 10 health exams; and 11 12 Whereas, passionate about helping children get ready for school 13 and helping adults find their way through life, Mr. McKelvey 14 recalls his growing up on a dirt road in South Carolina as the 15 cornerstone of his optimism and work ethic; and 16 17 Whereas, he encourages young people to rise above the limitations 18 of their own dirt roads by working hard, staying in school, 19 following their dreams, and never, never giving up; and 20 21 Whereas, as one of today’s most unique and compelling media 22 personalities driving the national conversation about issues related 23 to hiphop, race, society, and politics, Mr. McKelvey clearly 24 ascribes his success to South Carolina in his first book, Black 25 Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It, set to be 26 released on April 18, 2017, and already available for preorder; and 27 28 Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to welcome 29 Lenard McKelvey home to South Carolina as he addresses the 30 #C3Conference, and the members congratulate him on his many 31 significant accomplishments and his outstanding success. Now, 32 therefore, 33 34 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 35 36 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 37 by this resolution, recognize and honor Lenard McKelvey, an 38 American radio presenter and television personality, and welcome 39 him as he returns to his native South Carolina to be the keynote 40 speaker for the second Columbia Career Connect conference. 41 42 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 43 Lenard McKelvey.

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