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Lauren LaRosa
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You know what's funny? Hip hop fans can debate literally anything from the best rapper alive to the best era of hip hop, to what's the best album to who has the best verse. Now Sprite is giving us a whole new argument. The Sprite Living track list is 50 songs that help shape hip hop culture. From rap legends to the hottest artist carrying the hip hop torch today. But the coolest part isn't just the tracks. It's it's the stories behind them. The lyrics, the moments, the impact. Check out the full Sprite Living track list and break down the stories behind your favorite bars@livingtracklist genius.com this is the Sprite Living track list. Obey your thirst.
Lauren LaRosa
I'M the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody.
Sprite Living Track List Narrator
You know, she don't lie about that, right?
Hayes Davenport
Lauren came in hot.
Lauren LaRosa
Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig of all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. So you guys know we always kick off the show, checking in behind the scenes of the grind. And this weekend, yeah, it's going to be a pretty active weekend for me. I am heading into a content shoot that I'm actually just now getting back around to being able to, like, continually do. So early on, what I would do is every month, at least twice out of the month, I would shoot, like, photo shoots. Whether it was images that I'd be shooting for the brown girl grinding merch that we have@brown girlgrinding.com or if it was just like, lifestyle stuff. So, like, everyday stuff out and about, just whatever. Only because a lot of, like, brand deal stuff and like, you know, when you're working and trying to build in a social media space as a person that works basically as an influencer, even though I don't like that word, a lot of it is they want. The brands want to see you doing what you're trying to tell you, trying to sell them on that you can be paid to do. So I've always been pretty consistent at, like, making sure that, like, we shoot a lot. Like, and recently I've been sucking at that. Like, I. It's just hard sometimes trying to keep up with, like, everything that's happening at one time. And I'm gonna be honest, the weekends where I don't have to, like, get up and go anywhere for work or do anything. I just want to eat good and go to sleep and watch tv. Like, I'm already thinking about with this shoot coming up this weekend, and I'll make sure I get some behind the scenes for you guys so you guys can kind of hear us live in action as we're figuring out the images. And if you want to see the final images, they will end up making it to my Instagram. That's Lauren Therose everywhere. L O R E N L O R O S A A lot of these images will also be able to be used across, like, you know, my YouTube channel for new imaging and new branding. And then whenever I'm, like, booked for stuff. So speaking panel, speaking engagements, panels, keynote, things like, whatever, I have more images to send out for that as well. I be wanting to be home, and I'm already thinking about, damn, we about to be there from, like, nine to six. And then, like, my brother's coming into town to help do some of the behind the scenes. I'm just hoping that people just want to go home after the shoot or that they're tired too, and they don't want to do much of anything. But when I say gearing up, I mean, like, there's a lot of, like, prep that goes into it. So we are pulling outfits, we're pulling shoes, call sheets, we're figuring out our shot list and all the things we want to capture. I got to get my hair done. Like, there's a lot people really try to make social media and building your brand, not even just on social media, but, like, building your brand aesthetically if you're trying. And it matters. For me, like, you know, I want to build in the fashion world. I want to build in the beauty and the glam world as far as, like, makeup and hair. And eventually, I would love to have my own brands there. But I want to start the conversation now, especially because I feel like right now, people care so much. Like, they be all in my. All in my closet about the clothes, the outfits, where we going, and I appreciate it. Even sometimes I be wanting to cuss people's kids out. Not literally people's kids, but, like, y' all grown folk. Be in the comments with all these things to say, and I'm like, Yo, you're, like, 40. Aren't you work? Why are you worried about me and what I put on a day around my slim ways, baby, what waist? Okay, Is that why y' all here? But I do feel like the conversation being centered around, like, fashion and beauty and branding for black women right now. Are we on a up? Like, there's so much money in those areas. Billions and billions of dollars that are spent, and we are literally the center of that universe. So I'm coming for my piece of the pie. So, yes, getting back on the wagon of being consistent with stuff like that. So make sure y' all look out for the looks in the photo shoot that we'll be posting, and you guys may see some of these photos featured in some magazines. I'll let y' all know, though. So let's get on into the latest now we can eradicate food deserts with this technology. Hey, y'. All, this is Lauren LaRosa from the latest with Lauren LaRosa, the podcast. And that was Jaleayah Hemings. She and her husband created Nourish and Bloom Market, an AI powered grocery store. Scan a QR code to enter, pick what you need and walk out. Or as Jaleayah puts it, Tap, grab and go 24 7. We started to get flooded with folks saying, hey, I need you in my city. It became their mission to develop a store that could open within three months even without infrastructure. And just when we were like, how are we going to accomplish this goal? We won the AT&T small business contest ramp. That $50,000 got us over the finish line where we built the first AI powered grocery shipping container in the country. For Jaleayah, it's about building a legacy to show the world that you can solve any problem when you work together. Having the support of AT&T the city of Atlanta is is huge. Look at how many people we've been able to help. Connecting changes everything at&t yo, I was
Hayes Davenport
scrolling through the Sprite Living track list the other day and immediately started arguing with myself. It was wild because records like California Love still not a player and back Then are so much more than words and songs. They're moments, they're memories. They're snapshots of where hip hop was and where it's going. That's what Sprite gets. They spent over 40 years celebrating artists who defined the culture, and now they're turning the conversation over to the fans. And if you're like me, the real fun is getting into the why. Why did this song matter? Why did this line hit? Why did it change hip hop forever? Now, I can't promise you any answers, but with Sprite, you'll have a good time figuring it out. Check out the full Sprite Living track list and break down the stories behind your favorite bars at LivingTrackList. This is the Sprite Living Track list. Obey your thirst.
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Julie Pinero
share the messy stories of traveling alone as a woman.
Lauren LaRosa
Your duolingo is not going to come back to you when a man is inside of you. Oh no.
Julie Pinero
I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility.
Lauren LaRosa
Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were
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like, you smiled at us.
Lauren LaRosa
Not a lot of people smile around here. I can wait four hours for the
Julie Pinero
next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lauren LaRosa
Now, speaking of being all into people's business and who in business and who got what to say. Oh my God. There has been a new character has entered the chat in this Papoose and Remy Ma back and forth. And this character is a cease and desist. Okay. They be like, choose your fighter, right? Like I don't know if you guys know that saying, but it's basically like you playing a video game and there's all these characters in, in different fits and different looks you can choose from. And every time you throw a fighter in the game, it's a whole new battle and a whole new thing and a whole new level or conversation of the game that you're playing. Well, Papoose has shot off a cease and desist to Remy Ma for background. For those of you guys who may not know, Remy Ma and Pepus have were together. They were together for about 20 some years, married. They are supposed to currently be going through a divorce, but that has been, that's been an ongoing thing for what, almost a year or so now? Let me see, when did Papoose file for divorce? Papoose filed for divorce from Remy Ma? Oh yeah. Wow. May 22, 2025. So in his cease and desist Papoose is saying that Remy Ma can. They want this freestyle to go away. He says that this music is a direct, profane, insulting and highly negative piece of remarks toward Papoose. That's what his attorney is saying and alleging in this letter. Now they're also saying that at some point there has been discussions about a non disclosure on both sides. Like they were, I guess both legal teams, Remy's legal team and Papus legal team have been sitting and having discussions about what a non disclosure looks like and what the provisions around that would be. Especially because they have a child in all of this, you know, who will probably grow up one day and, and see and hear some things. But yeah, so there's been conversations. Nothing signed according to this document. But this discussions about an NDA and Papoose's attorney in this season. This is like the, you know, the actions following this song have been the complete opposite of what we discussed when we came up with this non disclosure. Talking about them not being able to spare each other, especially being as though their child will see this one day. So they want everything removed. They want to make it where. Where Remy is not at all able to publish, post, record or disperse of defamatory, harassing or disparaging statements concerning Papoose. And then the attorney request that the video, the offending material be removed without delay. So they want it scrubbed from the Internet. They want it taken down. But here's the thing. First of all, once something hits the Internet, it has a life of its own. When Remy did this song, I want y' all to hear the parts that they're saying are insulting. So this is the part where Remy Ma is talking about Papoose and she's saying that like his action or lack thereof in the bedroom and all that. Let's take a look. Doing the most over. So. So Dick. I've been her since I was wearing bobos. You get a bullet through your shirt with a logo with. Then Remy Ma addresses the allegations which you know, have been mentioned by Papoose previously, that Papoose would write her music. Let's take a listen to that. Claiming that they wrote those hits when they whole career, they ain't never ghost wrote. Not for me or anybody else. You always acting like you helping go help yourself. Now there's another part of this freestyle that Remy Ma talks directly to, Clarissa Shields. But when she performed this freestyle recently, a few weeks ago, I was at Angie Martinez's barbecue. She performed the. The freestyle there. She actually inserts Pap's name. She called well, they call him Papoose. I mean, his name is Pap. Who's what? They call him Pap. She inserted Pap into the live performance. Let's take a listen. Things on Internet have a life of their own. There's no way she'll be able to scrub every little post about this freestyle. It's. It's going too crazy. First of all, it's just a good record. Like. Like people actually like the song. It plays like crazy. I live in New York. I'm. I'm here in New York. Running around in New York. It plays like crazy in the clubs. That's number one. They play it like crazy on the radio stations. All of them here. I don't know about wherever you guys live at, but it's going crazy here. And a lot of that is because they're here. Like, they are New York artists. But also the people on the Internet love it too. Remy did it and dropped it because everybody was doing the why you effing lying freestyles. Hers just happened to throw a couple shots their way. But the platform she dropped it on, it's been so viral, I don't even know how you would possibly do that. I mean, I'm sure there are companies and agencies that can attempt to. But it's out of here, literally now. I. I guess we just wait to see what happens from here. I. I have no statements at all from Remy's team. And this is one of them things where you do just have to wait to see what happens from here. Because Pat Boos's attorney closes his letter with saying that, you know, if these things are not abided by, he can move forward with legal action in, you know, request any damages for defamation, especially, or in addition to that, those requests for defamation, remedies, or, you know, to be compensated for that. They can also ask for legal fees and different things to be covered as well, too. So we'll see what happens.
Sprite Living Track List Narrator
Yo, I was scrolling through the Sprite Living track list the other day and immediately started arguing with myself. It was wild, because records like California Love, Still Not a Player and Back Then are so much more than words and songs. They're moments, they're memories, they're snapshots of where hip hop was and where it's going. That's what Sprite gets. They spent over 40 years celebrating artists who defined the culture, and now they're turning the conversation over to the fans. And if you're like me, the real fun is getting into the why. Why does this song matter? Why did this line Hit why did it Change Hip hop forever? Now, I can't promise you any answers, but with Sprite, you'll have a good time figuring it out. Check out the full Sprite Living track list and breakdown the stories behind your favorite bars@livingtracklist. Genius.com this is the sprite Living track list. Obey your thirst.
Julie Pinero
On Solita, we share the messy stories of traveling alone as a woman.
Lauren LaRosa
Your duolingo is not going to come back to you when a man is inside of you. Oh, no.
Julie Pinero
I'm Julie Pinero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, Trading the pity for possibility.
Lauren LaRosa
Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people, and they were
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like, you smiled at us.
Lauren LaRosa
Not a lot of people smile around here. I can wait four hours for the
Julie Pinero
next bus or this random dude is up offering me a ride on his motorcycle. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hayes Davenport
Hey. This is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve careers. The show's famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on. We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller. The definition of what is a movie
Lauren LaRosa
has kind of changed anyway, too, right?
Hayes Davenport
What do you think it is now? It's images and words being spoken, captured by some sort of technology. Danny McBride. Oh, that's fantastic. And you make it on.
Sprite Living Track List Narrator
You make your own. That's great.
Hayes Davenport
I call him Tarot Reed.
Sprite Living Track List Narrator
It's a good name.
Hayes Davenport
They're all named after cast members of American Pie. Yeah, I call. I don't. I never looked up if she was in this, but I call him Leechy Sobieski. Yeah. I don't think she was an American Pie, but I haven't looked it up. Haven't looked it up. She was prominent.
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Hayes Davenport
Then Mary Steenbergen.
Lauren LaRosa
Why are you guys talking to me like I'm. Did you understand the movie so down to me that you think I Don't understand your little play game.
Hayes Davenport
I just really trying to set you up for success here. Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lauren LaRosa
This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. Every week the news gets worse, the world gets crazier, and Yamanika is here to tell whoever's responsible, you're the problem. If you come over here to play games, I' ma check you. Okay? If you do some in the news that don't sound good, I' ma play you. Join Yamanika Saunders as she breaks down the week's most problematic stories on her new podcast. You're the Problem with Yamaneika. Do you know I just found out who Sydney Sweeney was. New episodes weekly every Wednesday as part of my new network, the Dear Chelsea Network. If he got a bunch of women, then I should have a bunch of men do better or do less so I don't have to do so much. So join Yamaneke each episode as she answers one question. Who's the problem? I'm Yamaneika and I'm out. Listen to youo're the Problem with yamaneika on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's shift gears a bit to a story that has become a national news story at this point. So there's a woman, and this woman, she's a surrogate. She is from Alaska. Her name is McKenna West. So McKenna west, she became a surrogate for a couple that is from California but wanted to have a baby. And when she got pregnant with the baby, they found out at 20 weeks that the doctors. The doctors, they found out at 20 weeks per doctors that the baby suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome. So this is a very rare birth defect where the left side of your heart does not grow correctly. Now, they say at birth the baby would have needed three surgeries to correct certain things, Right? And I do know that the baby was born. You know that. That is the new reports. Now, here's the issue. The family from California, once they found out about that birth defect and the quality of life that the baby would live, or lack thereof, they didn't want to have the baby anymore. They wanted to abort the baby. And according to the surrogacy agreement, they had a clause that allowed the couple to choose to terminate the pregnancy if there was any anomaly found, any issue found, right? So McKenna refused to do the abortion and she fled states. She went to Texas, where she would be Legally seen as the birth mother. This is insane because I feel like when you go into a surrogacy, there's so much. We talk about legal stuff and legal letters and all that. Like, there's so much legality to so many different things. But when you go into a surrogacy situation, you never think about someone trying to find loopholes in the fact that they're your surrogate and want to keep the child, even though you don't. So McKenna was due to give birth on September 2, but delivered the baby. It's a baby boy, and named him Gabriel on Wednesday in Dallas. So that would have been about week or so after her actual due date. Now, McKenna's attorney, her. This is a person that goes by the name of Lincoln Wilson, is the one who gave the update that she delivered the baby and she's now the baby's birth mom. That's another thing you don't intend on either, because normally when women are surrogates, they have mentally. I've always wondered that, though, like, how does that work? But they have mentally accepted the fact that they're going to be carrying this baby, filling the life of the baby and all these things, but this is not their baby. I've literally always wondered how a woman could go through nine months of carrying a baby, feeling the baby grow, the heartbeat, having those little intimate moments, talking through the baby, talking to the baby, because you still, like, even though you know it's not your child, you're not disattached, the baby's literally in your body and you're having to go through that. And a lot of times, like, I've seen stories of parents who do their baby through surrogates and they're super, super hands on. So of course, they're at like, every doctor's appointment. They, you know as much as they can. So they can actually be a part of the pregnanc phase of it. But the connection is still probably way different, didn't it. Sorry, Didn't Khloe Kardashian say, like, she had a hard time? Yeah, Chloe. Chloe did a surrogate for one of her and Tristan's children, Janet Jackson. No, no, no, no. Janet. Janet Jackson carried her baby, didn't she? Yeah, I remember her being pregnant. We just never seen what the baby looked like. Yeah. Walking the streets right now. Yeah. Janet Jackson carried her baby. Yep. Her baby boy. I think I thought she was. No, her baby boy. His name is Issa El Mana. She. He was born on in January 2017 with her husband at the Time, but she gave birth at 50 years old. So I remember when she got pregnant, did she do ivf? She would have had to at that age, right? Not necessarily. Let me see. It was something wasn't completely hold on. Natural. Hold on. Oh yeah, I do remember the. So yeah, she's never publicly confirmed whether she used IVF at all. When she became pregnant with her first child. She kept all of that stuff private. But because of her age a lot of people just assumed that that's what it was. So that yeah, it wasn't a surrogate but it was the other, like the, the other option of IVF for people that are not able to get pregnant. But yeah, I just always wondered like what, what is that? Like, like being so attached to something in your body and then dissatisfaction. I've also always wondered that too with people who put kids up for adoption. I do feel like if you don't want to be a parent, if you're not in the mental, you know, position or you know, even if it's financial, whatever the case may be. I believe in adoption only because I feel like babies deserve good homes and kids, like they don't ask to be here. So they do deserve that. But I always wondered how difficult that was to just give your kid, like have your kid just you know, floating in this, this system of like let me pick and choose if I want to become your parent. When they have natural born parents, you also, or people also don't talk about like when I was breastfeeding because is the surrogate going to be breastfeeding too? Because you literally feel like I felt when my baby needed food or was crying like in your. It's a weird sensation that you get but like you feel like the baby needing your breast milk. But if you're, it's like weird. But if you're a surrogate you would still feel like that's what I'm saying and she would have had breast milk and all that because the baby's in your body. But I just feel like surrogate sign up for that. Like there's a disattachment that you have to sign up for. That's an interesting career. Like I know that's a lot. According to reports, the, the babies, when it comes to the baby's health condition, all that I can find so far is that the, those surgeries, those life sustaining medical surgeries and care that were needed are happening and the baby is still currently hospitalized. However, there's been a temporary restriction put on the surrogate mom, McKenna, so she can't see or hold the baby as the multi state legal and custody dispute between the surrogate and the intended parents proceed. How can they do that though? Because at the end what I think they're going to probably try and argue, I'm not for sure. But listening to this because she went to Texas where she had to have researched. So there has to be some sort of clause for surrogates in Texas. Right. When it comes to making that decision. That's why she went there. But wherever she was, wherever that contract is like deemed like we're doing this in the state of whatever and I'm assuming it's California, those legal rights might protect the actual parents. But a judge, because this is now a legal matter and they, a judge is going to basically say, hey, right now we just want to make it where all things halt but legally and according to whatever contractor situation they have, those are that baby's parents.
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Lauren LaRosa
So until we get that's, that is a, this is like they're gonna make movies. This is like a movie. I, I, I feel, I was gonna say I, I would never want to choose to do a surrogate but I know most women who choose surrogacy, it's not normally just because they just don't want to carry their baby. There's normally like medical things or like something where they literally can't do it. So I, I also on the other side of it, just the, the mental and emotional side of it for, you know, the baby's actual parents, I feel bad like because it's like you have to mentally go through already like you weren't able to carry your own baby as his mom. Right. And then you find out that he will potentially have birth defects. And I know a lot of parents, you know this, that's not an unnormal thing. Like people more times than we know are presented with the option to not move forward with having their actual child because of the birth defects and the quality of life or lack thereof that will happen. So you're going through all of that decision making mentally and emotionally after not being able to, I don't even know the full situation with the surrogacy, like why they chose to do a surrogate, but all of those emotions. And then on top of that, now you have to deal with a whole nother phase of emotions because your baby's here the way he came into the world, the legal fight you're gonna have to go through is so public now. Like it's crazy. I don't know. I wish everyone in this situation the best because I think the surrogate, the surrogate mom was trying to make the save a life. Like there are a lot of people who don't believe in abortion. Once a child is, you know, past a certain point or, you know, there's a whole lot, Lord, I don't know, wishing. I don't even know what to wish everybody the best or prayers or I mean because then yo another layer of this is like the baby is still going through all these life saving surgeries. So that poor baby is also going through so much just fighting to be here in this world right now. And that's a whole nother thing that both sides are gonna have to deal with because obviously the surrogate has grown an attachment to the baby. Attachment to the baby. And obviously the parents are like this. That's their baby regardless. And what's gonna.
Hayes Davenport
They don't.
Lauren LaRosa
The parents don't want the baby though. Well, they didn't want. I, I don't even think it's always a thing of the parents don't want the baby. I think it's the risk of it. You're thinking about if I bring my baby into this world and he has to live this way. Yeah. Do I want my child to have to go through that? And if you have the choice to not, then sometimes people choose not to.
Julie Pinero
Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah. This has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Guys, we will definitely this this surrogacy case. We're going to follow this. I'm interested to see how this all plays out. And you know, just from a legal breakdown perspective, I'm interested to see what this woman's. Oh, maybe we can get her attorney on the podcast. We should do that. I'm gonna reach out because I'm very interested to see where her legal defense is going to be. I'm sure that was going to be something. They found a loophole of some sort in that different in Texas that she, you know, that she fled to. I don't know if they'll talk to me right now cuz they, they in the thick of it. But we'll try. This has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I tell you guys, every single episode y' all could be anywhere with any old body talking about all of the things child but y' all choose to be right here with me, my low riders. I appreciate you guys and I'll catch you in my next episode. Hey Portlandia fans, Kerry Brownstein and Fred Armisen here. The dream of the 90s is alive in podcast form. We're launching Podlandia AO Rewatch our brand new podcast where we revisit every episode of Portlandia together, breaking down sketches, going deep on our iconic characters, and pulling back the curtain on how it all got made. And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life, guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more. Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised not just words, but a song about.
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I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia Aao rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Julie Pinero
On Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman.
Lauren LaRosa
Your duolingo is not going to come back to you when a man is inside of oh no.
Julie Pinero
I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hayes Davenport
Hey, this is Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook every episode. We're trying to help our guests improve their careers by mainly focusing on how they can help us improve our careers. The show's famously super accessible, so you can easily jump into any of our 650 episodes and understand what's going on. We recommend some of our recent episodes with Ben Stiller, Danny McBride, Riz Ahmed, and Mary Steenburgen. Listen to Hollywood handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Lauren LaRosa
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Date: August 14, 2026
Episode Focus:
This episode dives deep into how personal conflicts in the public eye can escalate into legal showdowns, with a special look at the Papoose vs. Remy Ma saga and an emotionally charged surrogacy legal dispute making headlines. Host Lauren LaRosa guides listeners through the drama, the stakes, and the complex intersections of fame, law, and family.
Lauren LaRosa walks listeners through two headline-grabbing situations where personal drama makes its way into the courtroom:
Lauren’s commentary emphasizes the real-world consequences of public disputes, privacy, and the complicated intersection of law, reputation, and family.
Summary: Lauren opens with reflections on the unseen work that goes into maintaining a personal brand, particularly in fashion and beauty for Black women.
Discussion Points:
Tone: Playful, candid, and relatable; Lauren connects with listeners over the universal desire to rest versus hustle.
Summary: A deep dive into the legal escalation between Papoose and Remy Ma, two hip-hop icons, following Remy Ma's release of a viral freestyle that references intimate (and allegedly defamatory) marital details.
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Legal Stakes:
Listener Takeaway:
This feud illustrates how private pain can spill into public spectacle, with legal documents—and a child’s wellbeing—in the crossfire.
Summary: Lauren covers an unprecedented surrogacy legal battle:
In-Depth Analysis:
Discussion Highlights:
Lauren’s Reflections:
On online criticism:
“Not literally people's kids, but... grown folk be in the comments with all these things to say, and I'm like, yo, you're, like, 40. Aren't you at work? Why are you worried about me?”
– Lauren LaRosa (06:05)
On internet virality and the law:
“First of all, once something hits the Internet, it has a life of its own...there’s no way she'll be able to scrub every little post about this freestyle.”
– Lauren LaRosa (14:55)
On the difficulty of carrying/loss in surrogacy:
“I have always wondered how a woman could go through nine months of carrying a baby, feeling the baby grow...and then just give your kid...floating in this system of, like, let me pick and choose if I want to become your parent.”
– Lauren LaRosa (25:30)
Empathy for all involved:
“I wish everyone in this situation the best because I think the surrogate mom was trying to make the save a life. Like, there are a lot of people who don't believe in abortion...”
– Lauren LaRosa (28:10)
For listeners:
If you missed this episode, you’ll come away with an understanding of how easily fame, technology, and the law intersect in today’s world—often with no easy answers, but plenty of human complexity and heart.