The People's Donkey

Summary

Podcast Episode Summary: "The People's Donkey"

Podcast: The Breakfast Club, The Black Effect Podcast Network & iHeartPodcasts
Date: August 7, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Breakfast Club spotlights “The People's Donkey,” the show’s weekly tradition where listeners call in to nominate the “Donkey of the Day”—someone they feel deserves to be called out for foolishness. The focus is on community engagement, humorous banter, and candid conversations with listeners about everyday annoyances, relationships, parenting, and social commentary. The hosts, led primarily by DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God, keep the mood lively, relatable, and often irreverent.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listeners Nominate Their Own "Donkeys"

(Segment start: 02:46)

• DJ Envy opens the "People's Donkey" segment, inviting listeners to call in and publicly nominate someone for the comical "Donkey of the Day" citation.
• Humor and relatability are front and center, with topics ranging from peer pressure to family issues.

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2. Adele Calls Out Jess Hilarious for Peer Pressuring

[03:09]

• Caller Adele: Criticizes Jess Hilarious for pressuring her “sister in Christ, Tamisha Brown” to smoke weed, praising Tamisha for resisting.
• DJ Envy jokes about Jess and other personalities hanging out in California, with banter about "blowing down" (smoking) and playful biblical references.
• Quote:
  • Adele: “Tell your neighbor, get me behind me.” (03:50)
  • DJ Envy: “If your neighbor's Saucy Santana, you going to be in trouble when saucy get behind you.” (03:55)

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3. Anonymous Caller Gives Charlamagne “Donkey” on Account of Shirt Critique

[04:23]

• An anonymous caller targets Charlamagne Tha God for often criticizing Lauren’s clothes but not Mimi’s.
• Banter about fashion: Confusion over a shirt color leads to jokes about skin tone and styles.
• Lauren’s outfits are called “ridiculous”; DJ Envy jokes Lauren is wearing “black and mild couture”.
• Quote:
  • DJ Envy: “She dressed like a little black and mild, but she look cool.” (05:31)

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4. Caller D. Vents on the Child Support System

[05:40]

• Caller D: Shares he has six children by four different women and expresses frustration with how the child support system manages payments.
• Hosts provide tough love: DJ Envy and Charlamagne give blunt advice:
• DJ Envy: “You got four baby mothers and six kids. I don’t want to hear you complain about child support… Yes, your child support bill is going to be high, sir. Learn how to pull out.” (07:03)
• Discussion: On whether making direct payments is better than going through the system; DJ Envy warns that courts may not acknowledge "receipts" as direct payments.

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5. Cash from St. Helena Island - Custody Struggles

[07:23]

• Caller Cash: Frustrated his ex won’t let him see their daughter on her birthday, believing she’s sabotaging his happiness out of spite.
• DJ Envy advises taking legal action: “Do exactly what she would do to you if she was on the other foot.” (08:22)
• Caller gives a heartfelt shoutout to his kids and girlfriend.

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6. D’Angelo Calls Out Lauren LaRosa for Misinformation

[08:31]

• Caller D’Angelo from Illinois: Gives Lauren LaRosa the “Donkey” for claiming people smoke cigarettes in federal prison.
• Fact-checking: DJ Envy confirms cigarettes are contraband in federal institutions.
• Charlamagne notes other contraband (cell phones, weed) still finds its way in.
• Quote:
  • Caller D’Angelo: “What officer tells you to go to this zone to use your phone or this zone to smoke your illegal compound?” (09:12)
  • DJ Envy: “I’m looking it up right now. It says, federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix tobacco products are strictly contraband and banned for inmates.” (09:23)

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7. Roseanne Accuses DJ Envy of "Coming Down on BBWs"

[09:54]

• Caller Roseanne: Calls out DJ Envy for stereotyping Big Beautiful Women (BBW), referencing a previous conversation about women and money.
• Fun back-and-forth: Roseanne asserts that BBWs don’t have to "pay their way" and that she and her friends get treated well.
• DJ Envy jokingly suggests “big girls be having the snacks, good job, credit.”
• Quote:
  • Caller Roseanne: “Stop coming down on the thick girl. We need love, too.” (10:52)
  • DJ Envy: “You ain’t never ever seen an offensive tackle catch a running back, ain’t?” (11:28)
• Caller shares stats:
  • Caller Roseanne: “I am actually 5'10 and I weigh 250... I’m thick with it.” (11:37)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• DJ Envy (to Caller D.): "You got four baby mothers and six kids. Yes, your child support bill is going to be high, sir. Learn how to pull out." (07:03)
• Caller to DJ Envy: "Stop coming down on the thick girl. We need love, too." (10:52)
• DJ Envy: “You ain’t never ever seen an offensive tackle catch a running back, ain’t?” (11:28)
• Caller Adele: "Tell your neighbor, get me behind me." (03:50)
• DJ Envy: “She got black and mild couture on.” (05:36)
• Caller D’Angelo: “What officer tells you to go to this zone to use your phone or this zone to smoke your illegal compound?” (09:12)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:46 – “People's Donkey” lines open, DJ Envy introduces the segment
• 03:09 – Adele calls out Jess Hilarious for weed peer pressure
• 04:23 – Anonymous caller critiques Charlamagne’s fashion policing
• 05:40 – Caller D. vents about the child support system
• 07:23 – Cash shares custody struggles and shouts out his kids
• 08:31 – D’Angelo exposes misinformation about prison cigarettes
• 09:54 – Roseanne debates DJ Envy about BBWs and stereotypes

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

The episode is classic Breakfast Club: a fast-paced and witty mix of community voices, jokes, and real talk. The hosts encourage listener participation in a way that is inclusive but never pulls punches—there’s frankness about relationships and social issues, a no-nonsense approach to accountability ("donkey" calls), and a willingness to challenge stereotypes while keeping the laughter coming.

Perfect for: Fans of candid talk-radio, those seeking humor in real-life struggles, and listeners who appreciate honest, sometimes raw discussions about life and culture within the urban community.

Transcript

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[DJ Envy]

it's your time to nominate a

[Caller]

donkey of your own.

[DJ Envy]

Remember now, that is how choose. Call in now, 800-585-1051. Don't you today for Friday, August 7th, is the People's donkey. You know, every Friday, we open up the phone lines and we allow you, the people, to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. So. Good morning. Who's this?

[Caller]

Good morning. This is Adele.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Adele. How are you, sir?

[Caller]

What's up, dj? Peace to me meeting no Jeffers out, but I gotta get going, y', all, for the other day. They're pressuring my sister in Christ, Tamisha Brown, to try to smoke me. Trying to tell her she's missing out.

[DJ Envy]

Who pressured. Who tried to pressure. Who tried to pressure Tamisha Brown into smoking weed?

[Caller]

My other sister, just hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, she did?

[Caller]

So she told y', all, get thee behind me. That's what she was saying in her mind. I can see it. Well, Jeff, that's a positive note.

[DJ Envy]

Jess gonna be in Cali tonight. She got shows in Ontario. And you know Mimi live out in Cali, so they might smoke tonight. And you know they blowing down. You know, Jeff blowing down in Cal.

[Caller]

No, Mimi said, get me behind me, and that's the problem. No, matter of fact, tell your neighbor, get me behind me. Get me behind me.

[DJ Envy]

All right? Now, if your neighbor Saucy Santana, you're going to be in trouble when saucy get behind you.

[Caller]

Hey, you funny.

[DJ Envy]

You at a. And you asked for it. Okay, have a great day. Sir, yes, sir.

[Caller]

Are you having trouble watching your behind since your wife is out of town? Damn his wife.

[DJ Envy]

His wife is his neighbor. His neighbor got behind him. God damn it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Charlemagne's been assistant.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, sir. No, I am not your neighbor. Okay. Good morning. Who's this?

[Caller]

I don't want to say my name.

[DJ Envy]

It's the radio. You can say whatever name you've always wanted to be called. You do not have to be anonymous.

[Caller]

I don't. I don't understand my name, but Charlamagne, I want to give you dog the other day.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, you from Charleston.

[Caller]

I get that because you see Mimi shirt that she's wearing, right? And I love Mimi, but it looks kind of crazy. But you always talk about Lauren. Why you don't say nothing about me?

[DJ Envy]

Mimi got On a white and brown shirt.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, it's not white.

[DJ Envy]

Brown.

[Charlamagne tha God]

A skin.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's skin. That's not white and brown. That's skin.

[DJ Envy]

I thought that was part of her shirt. I'm like, what's wrong with her shirt? It's white with like brown silk.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, no, the skin.

[DJ Envy]

What's wrong with Mimi shirt?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Not all there.

[Caller]

You know what's wrong with Mimi shirt?

[DJ Envy]

She got on discount.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It came on me half the shirt.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think there's nothing wrong with Mimi shirt. Tell me what's wrong. Mimi shirt. You. The floor is yours.

[Caller]

I'm not gonna say anything, but I. I was just wondering that. I'm not gonna say anything bad about Mimi. I like her.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, okay. Well, thank you for calling. I don't know what that was just now. Mimi, she just mad cuz you going at Lauren.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Going at Lauren's clothes.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren be looking ridiculous.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, damn.

[DJ Envy]

She look like. No, she don't. Nah, she look decent today. She dressed like a little black and mild, but she look cool.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[DJ Envy]

She got black and mild couture on. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning.

[Caller]

Morning. Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

What's happening? Who this?

[Caller]

This is D. D who?

[DJ Envy]

You want to get a biggest he

[Caller]

haw to man child support system?

[DJ Envy]

Uh oh, what happened besides.

[Caller]

So I have six children.

[DJ Envy]

Lord have mercy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Me too.

[DJ Envy]

Same mama.

[Caller]

My first two are 14 and 15 with their mom passed.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, sorry.

[Caller]

I have four others.

[DJ Envy]

So you got two baby mamas? How many baby mamas you got?

[Caller]

Four.

[DJ Envy]

You got four baby mamas? I don't want to hear you complain about child support at all, sir. You don't have the right to complain about child support. You got four baby mothers and six kids. If you're on child support, you're supposed to be.

[Caller]

Oh, no, don't get. Don't get me confused. Now. I don't mind paying child support. I know my job, Okay? I agree on the system, that it's how it trickles down to the mother. It'd be a lot cheaper for me to pay them directly than having to go through the system.

[DJ Envy]

Got you. But it's better to go through the system because they can keep track of everything. I know guys who were just paying the baby mamas directly because they didn't want to deal with the courts. And they thought that if they just kept their receipts when, when they finally did go to court, they could show the judge that the judge did not acknowledge those receipts at all.

[Caller]

Yeah, this depends on what state you are. Because sometimes all the Receipts would be like gifts.

[DJ Envy]

Got you.

[Caller]

So you could spend a thousand dollars on the child, show it to them, and they'll be like, no, it doesn't count.

[DJ Envy]

So you. You want to pay less than child support? That's what you're calling for today? Yeah. Yeah. Well, you should have had less kids and you should have wrapped it up. What are we talking about here, sir? Like, I have no. I cannot have remorse for you. You got four baby mothers and six kids. Yes. Your child support bill is going to be high, sir. Learn how to pull out. Have a nice day. Good morning. Who's this?

[Caller]

Good morning, cash from St. Helena Island, Man. How y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

Peace, Cash. Who you want to get the biggest he haw to, man?

[Caller]

I got to give it to my baby mama, man, for not letting me see my daughter on her birthday today and trying to keep her away from me.

[DJ Envy]

No, man. What? Talk to me. I know you call her from Charleston, right?

[Caller]

No, St. Helen Island. It's out of Newford.

[DJ Envy]

Why? You said. Oh, but it's still South Carolina. I can hear the Geechee in you. That's what I'm saying.

[Caller]

Yeah.

Hell yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, talk to me.

[Caller]

What happened, man, basically, she trying to sabotage my relationship. That she tried. She's not happy. She's not happy, and I'm happy, and she hate to see that I'm happy. And now she's trying to destroy what I got and keep the kids away from me because of that.

[DJ Envy]

That's whack.

[Caller]

That's whack as hell. It really got me messed up right now, man. I just want to give a shout out to my. My baby girl, Nola Walker. I want to let her know that I love her. And happy birthday to her, my son, Casanova Walker, I love you. And my lady, Leila, I love you.

[DJ Envy]

You can't take your baby mama to court.

[Caller]

That's what it looked like. It would have to be, man.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Yeah, do that, my brother. Do. Do exactly what she would do to you if she was on the other foot.

[Caller]

Exactly.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. Good morning. Who's this?

[Caller]

This is d' Angelo from Rockford, Illinois.

[DJ Envy]

D' Angelo from Rockford, Illinois. Who you want to get a biggest he heart to, sir?

[Caller]

Man, today we got to give it to top dog Lauren LaRosa, man.

[DJ Envy]

What type of dog? Load it.

[Caller]

Listen, man, Lauren, get the. Lauren, get the donkey of the day for her. Reliable source, because ain't no cigarettes in the fed. Did he. Don't smoke cigarettes in the feds, man.

[DJ Envy]

You can't smoke cigarettes in the fed.

[Caller]

You don't know. For her to say the officer told her, diddy, smoking in the wrong area, man. Cigarette's been banned in the federal correction Institute.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They be smoking weed in prisons. They be having cell phones in the prisons. They be having all that stuff snuck in, brother.

[Caller]

Right, right. They do. And. And I want to tell you that's absolutely true. But what officer tells you to go to this zone to use your phone or this zone to smoke your illegal compound? Long source, baby, you right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I got.

[DJ Envy]

I. Yeah, you're right. I'm looking it up right now. It says, federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix tobacco products are strictly contraband and banned for inmates.

[Caller]

So what officer would tell him you smoking in the wrong area? You feel me?

[DJ Envy]

Well, it is diddy, though. So, I mean, smoking in the wrong area could be. Smoking in the area could mean, hey, don't be smoking right here. They gonna see you go over there. They won't be able to see you over there.

[Caller]

That's true. If you paying off with baby oil. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

Look, they don't need that baby oil in there. Shut up. Good morning. Who's this? This is the last call man. Who's this?

[Caller]

This is Roseanne.

[DJ Envy]

Roseanne. Good morning. Who would you like to give the biggest he heart to? Roseanne.

[Caller]

To you? Cause you always talking about BBWs.

[DJ Envy]

What you mean BBWs?

[Caller]

Cause, okay, we was there Monday or Tuesday, y' all had read something about talking about women getting used for money. And you assume that the baby. That she was a big girl. You always got to get down on big girls.

[DJ Envy]

I was looking out for y'.

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[DJ Envy]

Like, the big girls are usually

[Caller]

in St. Lawrence, three months older. We don't pay our way. They pay our way now.

[DJ Envy]

Now, we not going to sit here and act like the big girls don't be having the snacks. Good job. Credit.

[Caller]

We do. We got all that. But they gonna pay us. We don't pay them. They don't pay us. We don't pay you.

[DJ Envy]

I refuse to believe people paying you like you weigh in this economy. That's way too much money. How much you how much?

[Caller]

Please believe it ain't even about that conversation with me, Nelson. You understand what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

No, I don't, actually. Didn't understand a word.

[Caller]

You need some because stop coming down on the sick girl. We need love, too. All that's okay already now. Some do. But in my case and in my friend circle, we don't.

[DJ Envy]

I was giving the big girls a compliment. Y' all are women. That guys can go to and lay up with and get taken care of.

[Caller]

Wrong. Wrong. Wide. Wrong.

[DJ Envy]

You said wide. Wide. Wide. What did you say?

[Caller]

Wrong. Wow. Wrong. See, when you come to Taylor, let me know. All my big girls gonna come see you. We gonna get you together real quick.

[DJ Envy]

You ain't gonna be able to catch me.

[Caller]

You think that's like we work out, big girl?

[DJ Envy]

I'm gonna just do a little light jog. Okay. You ain't never ever seen an offensive tackle catch a running back, ain'?

[Caller]

Oh, it's gonna happen, baby.

[DJ Envy]

Please believe how much you weigh.

[Caller]

I am actually 510. And I weigh 250.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, 510. 250.

[Caller]

No, I'm thick with. Yes, I am.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Five, 10, 250. That ain't too bad.

[Caller]

Okay, stop playing with yourself.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Well, you have a great day, man.

[Caller]

You too.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, you can recruit her. 5 10, 250. Listen, thank you for calling. We do the people's donkey every Friday. Okay, you can call up 1-800-585-1051 or you can go to the talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app. Just go to the iHeartRadio app, click Breakfast club and go to talk back. And you can leave us a message, but thank you for calling. Donkey of the day is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Laminsoft. Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. If you're ever injured, go to michaelthebull.com. that's michaelthebull.com and when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.

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What?

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[DJ Envy]

That's pretty cool.

[Caller]

I know.

[Podcast Host]

You just lost them for the rest of the afternoon.

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