DONKEY: Grandmother Shot & Killed By Grandson After Argument Over Allowance Money

Summary

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The Breakfast Club — "Donkey: Grandmother Shot & Killed By Grandson After Argument Over Allowance Money"

Date: March 24, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa, Angela Yee, Mimi Faust

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Episode Overview

This episode centers around a particularly disturbing crime for the "Donkey of the Day" segment: a 21-year-old man, Rontrell Jackson, shot and killed his own grandmother after an argument over allowance money. The hosts use this tragedy to reflect on intergenerational respect, personal responsibility, and shifting values among younger generations. The latter portion transitions into a spirited discussion about notable age-gap relationships making headlines, specifically focusing on Solange’s 21-year-old son dating 41-year-old reality personality Tommy Lee, and the personal feelings and double standards involved.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Donkey of the Day: Rontrell Jackson’s Heinous Act

Segment Start: 03:18

• Context:
  Angela Yee introduces the "Donkey of the Day" (03:18), focusing on the shocking story of Rontrell Jackson shooting his grandmother after she withheld his allowance money.
• Report Recap:
  News audio details the crime scene, neighbors' shock, and the specifics of the murder (05:06–05:36).
• Host Reflections:
  • Angela Yee expresses deep disbelief, sorrow, and frustration:

    "Shot and killed your grandmother. Shot and killed your grandmother. I'm not one to say who should be in hell…but man, okay, do you know what I would do to be able to talk to my mother's mother physically right now?" (06:10)

  • Yee emphasizes cherishing grandparents and respecting elders:

    "Visit them, cherish them, celebrate them while you still can." (06:19)

  • She recalls her grandmother’s advice:

    "My grandma always told me, ‘manners will take you, what money won’t.'" (06:31)

• Personal Responsibility and Generation Gap:
  • Angela Yee questions why a 21-year-old is still receiving allowance:

    "Boy, you 21 years old. That’s a big age. What the hell you still getting allowance from your grandma for?" (07:08)

  • Tongue-in-cheek but raw comments highlight the insanity of the situation:

    "If you out here taking penitentiary chances with pistol play, don’t waste that energy on your grandmother. Go hit a bank...your grandmother, because your punk ass didn’t get your allowance at 21!" (07:26)

• Call for Cultural Change:
  • Charlamagne Tha God and Yee muse about the need for "an open house for hell" to scare people straight:

    "This is why we need an open house for hell. Please give Rontrell Jackson the biggest he haw." (07:57)

2. Reaction and Segment Wrap-Up

Charlamagne thanks Yee for bringing the "Donkey of the Day", reaffirming both the tragedy and the lesson to be learned (08:18).

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3. Discussion: Age Differences in Romantic Relationships

Segment Start: 08:21

• Trending Story:
  Lauren LaRosa introduces a viral topic: Jules, Solange’s 21-year-old son (Beyoncé’s nephew), photographed on a date with 41-year-old Tommy Lee, stirring debate online.

  "Tommy Lee, she posted a video to her Snapchat…The video was from, like, a date night with Jules…In the video, Jules is carrying Tommy on his back and she's like calling him babe." (08:42)

• Host Opinions and Cultural Double Standards:

  • Charlamagne describes public confusion over the couple’s 20-year age gap:

    "He just turned 21 a couple of months ago. And she’s 41. And older than Solange." (09:46)

  • Angela Yee pushes back on “letting” adult children make choices:

    "Would you let this man is 21 years old. He’s 21. I’m sure he’s making his own decision." (10:10)

  • Mimi Faust expresses immediate discomfort:

    "Absolutely not." (10:41)

  • Debate centers on parental approval vs. control of adult children’s choices:
    • Yee: "I don’t think 'let' is the right word. Let? What?" (10:18)
    • Charlamagne: "There’s no 'I’m not letting you do.'"
  • Reflections on gender double standard:
    • Lauren notes: "As women, it was like make sure you get your own and don’t let…But it’s different. So different double standard." (12:13)

• Humorous Take:
  Angela Yee jokes about her own standards: > "It depends on how she look. Exactly." (12:07)

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4. Audience Engagement and Societal Reflection

• Listener Involvement:
  Charlamagne opens the lines to audience calls:
  > "Would you let your child date somebody older than you?...Let’s discuss it." (11:26)
  • The topic segues into famous age-gap couples (Cher, Madonna, etc.) and personal anecdotes.
• Cultural Commentary:
  The hosts highlight how views on relationships, respect, and responsibility vary greatly across generations, with sharp and often humorous debates illustrating the ongoing evolution of values.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Loss and Respect:

  "If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, I envy you. Okay? Visit them, cherish them, celebrate them while you still can."
  — Angela Yee (06:19)

• On Allowance at 21:

  "Allowances are for kids. Okay, to be honest with you…boy, you 21 years old."
  — Angela Yee (07:08)

• On Age-Gap Relationships:

  "Would you let your child date somebody older than you? Would you be cool with it? Let’s discuss it.”
  — Charlamagne Tha God (11:26)

• The Double Standard:

  "As women, it was like make sure you get your own and don't let...but it's different. So different double standard."
  — Lauren LaRosa (12:13)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:18 — Introduction of "Donkey of the Day"
• 05:06 — Local news segment about the crime
• 06:10–07:57 — Angela Yee’s reflections and condemnation
• 08:21 — Transition to celebrity age-gap relationship discussion
• 08:42 — Breakdown of the Jules & Tommy Lee dating story
• 10:04–12:20 — Hosts debate age-gap romance and parental approval
• 11:26 — Open call to listeners on the topic
• 12:13 — Commentary on gender double standards

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Summary

This episode of The Breakfast Club is anchored by a deeply troubling "Donkey of the Day" story, which the hosts dissect with gravity, personal anecdotes, and social commentary, using it as a springboard to discuss themes of intergenerational respect and crumbling values around responsibility. The latter half pivots (in classic Breakfast Club fashion) to lively, contentious debate about high-profile age-gap relationships, exposing cultural double standards and inviting listener engagement. Thoughtful, unfiltered, and piercingly relevant—The Breakfast Club uses today’s headlines to provoke thought and laughter in equal measure.

Transcript

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[Angela Yee]

Donkey of the Day. Damn. The Hee Haw again. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things called donkey of the day. And it really caught me off guard. Damn Charlemagne. Who got the donkey of the day today? You know, donkey Today for Tuesday, March 24th goes to 21 year old Rontel Jackson. I'm going tell you something. I don't know if I believe in heaven or hell. Not saying they don't exist. I'm just saying I don't know anyone who's been and been back to tell me about it, okay? We hear the stories of people who die and say they spent, you know, brief moments in heaven, but I never hear people say they spent brief moments in hell. There was a story I read once, you know, from a woman named Charlotte Holmes who said she died and saw heaven and hell. And last year I saw Another woman on YouTube say she was in hell, but I didn't believe her story because all she saw in hell was rappers and celebrities, okay? This planet we live on, where we know of people who have committed some of the greatest crimes against humanity. Adolf Hitler and Stalin and Genghis Khan, the bees who killed Thomas J. And my girl. All of these evil creatures that have been on this planet and there's nothing but rappers and celebrities in hell. Stop it, okay? You just want attention talking like that. But the reason I'm talking about hell this morning, because if there is one, we need Satan to go live, okay? Somebody down there needs to show us what's going on because maybe it will prevent the Ron tell Jackson's of the world from booking first class flights to the netherworld. Okay. Because I don't know any other place for Ron tell to go. All right. Sometimes you hear people doing things so heinous that you like, you know what? If there's a hell, this is who it's for. Let's go to WFAA news for the report, please. This is the upstairs patio where they found the deceased.

[News Reporter]

It's the first time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think that's what's shaking me.

[News Reporter]

Kierra Dennis is getting a look at her upstairs neighbor's patio now covered with a black tarp.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You try to rewind everything in your head of what could it have been?

[News Reporter]

She says there's just one thing that stands out. Thinking back to Friday morning flies, we

[Lauren LaRosa]

need to go to Home Depot.

[News Reporter]

So many. She bought new netting. She had no clue what was right above her head.

[Angela Yee]

For it to be this close to you, it's very hard to process, even in words.

[News Reporter]

It's where police found the body of a 68 year old woman. Police say they were called to the Carriage House Apartments off East Lamar. Friday close to 5 o'. Clock. Police arrested her 21 year old grandson, Rontrell Jackson. Police believe Jackson shot his grandmother Friday morning after a heated argument that ended with her withholding Jackson's allowance money.

[Lauren LaRosa]

For someone to have lost their life over an allowance, over a disagreement is hard to to process.

[News Reporter]

Jackson is facing a murder charge.

[Angela Yee]

Shot and killed your grandmother. Shot and killed your grandmother. I'm not one to say who should be in hell. I am not that self righteous, but man, okay, do you know what I would do to be able to talk to my mother's mother physically right now? Okay. I have a picture of my grandmother Rosalie in my house that I look at every day and I can hardly stand to look at it because of how much I miss her. And she's passed away since 2006. Okay? If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, I envy you. Okay? Visit them, cherish them, celebrate them while you still can. Okay? Listen, man, I'm old school. I was born in 1978. I believe in having good manners, okay? My grandma always told me, manners will take you, what money won't? I believe in helping others when I can. And I believe in respecting my elders. Okay? If you respect your elders, I truly believe the world will respect you. All right? I don't understand young people who don't respect the elderly. Because one day if you're blessed, you Will grow old. Okay? And expect others to show you some respect, too. The Bible talks about the importance of grandparents. If you supposed to honor thy father and thy mother, then certainly you supposed to honor thy father and thy mother's parents. But what pisses me off the most is. Boy, you 21 years old. That's a big age. What the hell you still getting allowance from your grandma for? Okay, once you old enough to get a job, you shouldn't get an allowance anymore. Silly rabbit. Allowances are for kids. Okay, to be honest with you, and I'm not encouraging crime at all. But if you're going up your gun at your grandmother because she didn't give you your allowance, and, man, you need to take that same gun and go hit a lick. Okay, once again, not encouraging crime. But if you out here taking penitentiary chances with pistol play, don't waste that energy on your grandmother. Go hit a bank. Go hit a liquor store. Go stick up the local drug dealer, your grandmother, because your punk ass didn't get your allowance at 21. This is why we need an open house for hell. Please give Ron Tro Jackson the biggest he haw. 21 years old. This is why folks need to see what eternal damnation looks like, man. Okay? We need a glimpse of the fiery debts to hell just once, just to let people know it exists. Easy, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today.

[Angela Yee]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Angela Yee]

What's research she been doing on Hollywood Unlock?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Angela Yee]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

She does some research.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We were looking at ages.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Now explain the story of what was trending yesterday with Jules.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So yesterday, Tommy Lee, formerly of Love and Hip Hop, she had posted a video on her Snapchat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was on Baddies too, right? Was she on Baddies?

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, she started on Love and hip Hop, but she's. No, she was on love.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She started on love and hip hop, but she's.

[Angela Yee]

She in and out of baddies.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, well, yeah. So Tommy. Tommy Lee, she posted a video to her Snapchat. The video was from, like, a date night with Jules. Jules is the son of Solange, nephew of Beyonce. And a lot of people. I mean, I've never even. Jules has recently, like, been streaming and doing different things, but most of us know him because he models. Like, he doesn't. We don't even really know what else he does outside of that right. He says to himself, but the video was posted and it was everywhere. So in the video, Jules is carrying Tommy on his back and she's like calling him babe. There's another video of them, like in the car, I guess, like one of their friends that got like, locked up or something. There's another video of them, like in this kind of looks like a lounge. And there's a woman dancing in front of them. And, you know, it's obvious they're on a date night. The point of all of this is that people are like, how the heck did these two people end up together? First of all, because of their ages.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He just turned 21 a couple of months ago. And she's 41.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And older than Solange.

[Mimi Faust]

Yes.

[Angela Yee]

So the question is 805, how they get together. I'm sure this the phone device called a phone, but also too, it's just like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just two worlds. I don't think we all we. Anybody expected to see come together, to be honest with you. Like, he just stays out the way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But would you. The question is 800-585-1051. Would you let your child date somebody older than you? What do you mean?

[Angela Yee]

Would you let. This man is 21 years old. He's 21. I'm sure he's making his own decision.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Jess, would you let me just date somebody older than you?

[Angela Yee]

I don't think let is the right word. Let. What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I approve of it.

[Angela Yee]

There you go. But that's the thing. What to do. And he's 20 different than let. Yeah, I get it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't letting.

[Angela Yee]

I. I understand now. I may not let the woman in my house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am not letting. Mimi.

[Mimi Faust]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You have a young son.

[Mimi Faust]

I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Would you let your son date somebody?

[Angela Yee (Lip Service Segment)]

Absolutely not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She said let if he was after age 21.

[Angela Yee]

I don't care.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mimi can barely breathe.

[Angela Yee]

Hey. Because I'm like, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mimi is not letting.

[Angela Yee]

How do you. How do you. How do you not let a 20 year old. The guy I just gave donkey today to who shot his grandmother was 21. You think I want you. You think I would let him shoot his grandmother?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, if you found out that your 21 year old was dating someone that old, how would you go about it? Charlie?

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Mimi Faust]

How would you like.

[Angela Yee]

I gotta see how she look.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your child was dating somebody older than you, what would you do? Would you. Would you be cool with it? Let's discuss it.

[Angela Yee]

I don't like this question. Because it's too broad. No, it's not speaking about 21 and 41 year old. But you just now you're saying my child.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you can say whatever you want. My daughter is would not date anybody older than me. And I would say I am not

[Angela Yee]

letting what age daughter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If she was 21.

[Angela Yee]

If she was 21. How do you let is the word. I can't let. Yeah, I get what both of y' all say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like my dad, my dad told me one time I'll take you out. There's no I'm not letting you do.

[Angela Yee]

I approve of it, right? No. But you also asked me son versus oh, you said son. You said if your son bought home a 41 year old. That's what you asked me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what you going to say to your son?

[Angela Yee]

I already told you what my answer would be. It depends on how she look. Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This guy right here.

[Angela Yee]

So let me tell you

[Lauren LaRosa]

about dating older. As women, it was like make sure you get your own and don't let.

[Angela Yee (Lip Service Segment)]

But it's different.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The double standard. So different double standard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The phone lines are lit up.

[Angela Yee]

Let's discuss Cher's 100. Her boyfriend. Not Cher, Madonna and her boyfriend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What he's not 100 y her boyfriend.

[Angela Yee]

I think 31, 35, something like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And 21. He just turned 21 a couple months ago. Come on, let's. All right, let's discuss when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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