FULL SHOW: Akademiks Responds To Backlash Over 15 Y/O Boy Grooming Allegations, DJ Unk’s Wife Reveals Cause Of Death Following Speculation + More

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club Episode: FULL SHOW: Akademiks Responds To Backlash Over 15 Y/O Boy Grooming Allegations, DJ Unk’s Wife Reveals Cause Of Death Following Speculation + More
Release Date: January 27, 2025
Host/Authors: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious
Description: The Breakfast Club is renowned as the world's most dangerous morning show, featuring candid conversations with music artists, politicians, and cultural icons.

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1. Opening Segment and Recent Events [00:00 - 05:00]

The show kicks off with hosts DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God discussing their New Year's resolutions and the benefits of Amazon Prime, seamlessly transitioning into promotional segments for other podcasts and services.

2. Super Bowl Preview and Sports Talk [05:00 - 11:00]

Hosts: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious

The conversation shifts to the recent NFL games where the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs secured their spots in the 2025 Super Bowl.

Notable Quotes:

• DJ Envy [06:35]: “I want the Eagles to win, man.”
• Charlamagne Tha God [06:38]: “But I want Saquon Barkley to win one.”

The hosts express their support for the Eagles while acknowledging the Chiefs' potential for a three-peat win. They also touch on personal anecdotes related to attending Martin Lawrence's shows and dining experiences in Atlantic City.

3. Trump and Gavin Newsom’s Meeting on Wildfires [07:00 - 10:00]

Hosts: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God

The discussion centers around former President Donald Trump's recent trip to California to assess wildfire damages and his meeting with Governor Gavin Newsom.

Notable Quotes:

• Charlamagne Tha God [07:42]: “We’re going to get it fixed so.”
• DJ Envy [08:46]: “That we'll be able to work together to get this speedy recovery.”

The hosts critique Newsom's remarks about "Trump-proofing" California, highlighting the perceived hypocrisy given Trump's previous stance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. DJ Unk’s Death and Speculations [10:00 - 20:00]

Hosts: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious, Lauren LaRosa

The hosts address the sudden passing of DJ Unk at the age of 42, clarifying misconceptions about drug-related causes.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [19:08]: “He did not pass away from anything drug related.”
• DJ Envy [20:39]: “People who develop COVID early in the pandemic have double the risk for cardiovascular events.”

DJ Unk’s wife, Lauren LaRosa, provides insights into his untimely death, emphasizing that it was due to a heart attack during sleep, dispelling rumors fueled by online speculation.

5. Guest Segment: Teddy Swims [27:00 - 60:00]

Guest: Teddy Swims
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

Teddy Swims joins the show to discuss his new album "Therapy Part Two," his personal journey with therapy, and his experiences as an artist balancing personal life and public expectations.

Notable Quotes:

• Teddy Swims [39:09]: “Singing has changed my life.”
• Jess Hilarious [45:54]: “You know, I feel like there was something beautiful about having that first album...”

Teddy delves into his transition from a childhood filled with music and theatre to overcoming personal struggles through therapy and how it influenced his music. He also touches on his relationship dynamics and future plans, including fatherhood and potential relocation.

6. Akademiks and Grooming Allegations [67:00 - 75:00]

Hosts: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa

The show addresses recent backlash against Akademiks concerning allegations of grooming a 15-year-old boy.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [67:53]: “It was weird to say the conversation you just had.”
• DJ Envy [68:37]: “Yo, you already know through the stream.”

The hosts play clips from the controversial stream, highlighting inappropriate conversations between Akademiks and a minor. They discuss the implications of such behavior and the responsibilities of public figures in maintaining ethical interactions, especially online.

7. Additional News and Discussions [75:00 - 100:00]

Topics Covered:

• Snoop Dogg’s Response: Addressing criticism for performing at Trump’s Crypto Ball.

  Notable Quotes:

  • Snoop Dogg [104:54]: “I’m gonna answer with love.”

• Florida Man Shannon Atkins Arrest: For making online threats against President Trump and possession of cocaine.

  Notable Quotes:

  • DJ Envy [112:49]: “It's time to set it off.”

• Good Moms Bad Choices Podcast: Featuring Erica Dickerson and Jamila Mack discussing motherhood, making choices, and self-care.

Notable Quotes:

• Erica Dickerson [81:08]: “Bad choices are relative.”
• Jamila Mack [93:07]: “I'm not sure what you're talking about as of yet.”

The hosts navigate through a mix of sports, political controversies, celebrity news, and discussions on societal issues, maintaining their characteristic candid and often provocative style.

8. Closing Remarks and Promotions [100:00 - End]

The show wraps up with positive notes, shout-outs to guests, and promotional segments for upcoming podcasts and services like Amazon Prime.

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Key Takeaways:

• Ethical Responsibilities of Public Figures: The episode underscores the importance of maintaining ethical standards, especially in digital interactions involving minors, highlighted through the discussion on Akademiks.

• Mental Health and Personal Growth: Teddy Swims’ segment emphasizes the transformative power of therapy and vulnerability in personal and professional growth.

• Impact of Speculation on Personal Tragedies: The discussion around DJ Unk’s death highlights how misinformation can dominate narratives, stressing the need for respectful discourse.

• Navigating Public Criticism: Snoop Dogg's unbothered response to criticism illustrates resilience and focus on personal convictions despite external pressures.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Charlamagne Tha God [07:42]: “We’re going to get it fixed so.”

• Lauren LaRosa [19:08]: “He did not pass away from anything drug related.”

• Teddy Swims [39:09]: “Singing has changed my life.”

• Lauren LaRosa [67:53]: “It was weird to say the conversation you just had.”

• Snoop Dogg [104:54]: “I’m gonna answer with love.”

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Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided transcript and aims to encapsulate the main discussions and highlights of the episode. For a comprehensive understanding, listening to the full episode is recommended.

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

The new year is here and I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Trying to keep things simple this year. One thing to help me keep things.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Amazon Music to Prime Free one day delivery.

[DJ Envy]

It's got everything to keep my year stress free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Watching Thursday Night Football. Prime's got you with the same day snack delivery.

[DJ Envy]

Want to chill after the game? Find a movie on Prime Video and kick back with some Amazon music. Whatever you're into, it's on Prime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Visit Amazon.com prime now.

[Jess Hilarious]

Here at Life Kit, NPR's self help.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Podcast, we love the idea of helping you make meaningful lifestyle changes.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Jess Hilarious]

Now this is a second term we.

[DJ Envy]

Can all get behind.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen to the Daily Show Ears edition.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Welcome.

[Jess Hilarious]

My name is Paola Pedrosa, a medium and the host of the Ghost Therapy podcast, where it's not just about connecting.

[Lauren LaRosa]

With deceased loved ones. It's about learning through them and their new perspective.

[Teddy Swims]

I think God sent me this gift.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I can show it to the world. And most of all, I help people every single day.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Listen to the Ghost Therapy podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, usa.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jess. Hilarious.

[Morgan]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne, the guy.

[DJ Envy]

Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Good morning to you. How y'all feel out there?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Feel great. How you feeling, Jess? Welcome back, yo.

[Morgan]

Thank you. Yo, life will come at you fast, I swear. Yo, I was at a restauran, I was chilling, I was eating, and then hour later, I felt like I had, like, food poisoning, right? So I go to the hospital for one thing, and it's a whole nother thing, and then it's an emergency surgery.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus. And then it's Emergency surgery.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I'm like, yo, come on. And I went online, you know, because I had to miss, like, Arlington. I had shows that was so Ms. New York. I missed Bart Plays with Martin, and I had to miss that. Right? So I go in there and I'm telling people. I'm like, yo, yo, I had to have surgery. I'm sorry. They, like, you missed the show. Cause you want to get a BBL dress. I'm like, yo, that's not the surgery. No, that's not an emergency surgery.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, catch it.

[Morgan]

Like, that is not. Why is that the first thing people might go to? But no, life come at you fast. But I was.

[DJ Envy]

So what was the surgery? Do you want to say?

[Morgan]

No, I do not. But, yeah, it's a very common surgery, obviously. And they tell you that it's. Or that it's outpatient, but it's not. Yo, the. The recovery time is way longer than what they tell you. It's crazy as trash. It's. It's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you're doing better now.

[Morgan]

I am doing better now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Because I want to go see you Saturday. I thought you was gonna be in Atlantic City.

[Morgan]

First of all, you even went to the wrong show Friday at Barclays Clown.

[DJ Envy]

So stop playing with me. I wasn't Atlantic City Saturday.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I know you was, but you weren't never going there.

[DJ Envy]

I'm like, yeah, I'm waiting to see you come on stage.

[Morgan]

And I text you back and was like, why? Why a clown, Yo?

[DJ Envy]

No, I went to go see Martin in Atlantic City on Saturday. I swear. I thought Jess was on that show, though. No, I don't know why I thought.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, she was on the Friday show. I was supposed to go Friday. I had date night to go Friday, but just wasn't there. I. Nah, nah.

[DJ Envy]

I did not expect Martin to be on that damn stage for an hour and some change. I'll tell you.

[Morgan]

He was up there for hours.

[DJ Envy]

I got tired. I was like, man, Martin supposed to get tired before.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But look, look, look.

[Morgan]

Yo, they was on there, you know, I couldn't do the show Friday, so I went on live, like, to let people know, because New York was mad. They was in my comments, like, I posted about something else. They was on there. Like, no, why you wasn't there? And we had to see ll and I was like, LL Cool J is a good feeling for me. They was like, nah. Lonnie Love. And I was like, oh. Oh, that's what's up. But shout out to Lonnie Love. She did great in at The Barclays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I heard. So, yeah, tell you about your. Your old uncle over here, right? This guy gonna hit in a group chat. What time did Martin get on on Friday? So I know what time he getting on Saturday.

[Morgan]

That's not how. That's not how that go.

[DJ Envy]

I thought it was. They told me the show was over promptly at 10.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, he was like, it's over at 10. I'll be back in the bed.

[DJ Envy]

That's how you got to plan things when you get to a stage. What time was it over? Martin got off state about 10, 28. He went on about 9, 20. Charlemagne was upset.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

20 minutes, man.

[DJ Envy]

I wasn't upset. I just was like, damn. Y'all told me 10. I text you like that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You always 10 on stage? Cause I was just shocked. I didn't expect Martin to be out there because I've heard so many. They tell me that Martin comes out between college and stuff. Martin did a whole set for an hour and some change. I was like, damn.

[Morgan]

That's what's up. Who opened up for him?

[DJ Envy]

Daphne.

[Morgan]

Daphne Springs.

[DJ Envy]

Daphne Springs. She was funny. I didn't know her. And Benji Brown.

[Morgan]

Benji Brown. Oh, Benji is funny as hell.

[DJ Envy]

Benji is funny as hell.

[Morgan]

Shout out to them, man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, today on the show, Teddi Swims will be joining us.

[Morgan]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You miss Teddy Swims, his new album.

[DJ Envy]

I've tried everything, but Therapy Part two is out right now.

[Morgan]

Oh, my God. I love him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good dude. Good dude. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. I mean, it's only right. Philly, good morning.

[Morgan]

You don't have to know, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Philly, good morning. It's only right. Philly is going to the Super Bowl. It's only right.

[Morgan]

Okay, I'm happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. It's only right.

[DJ Envy]

I love Philly. I can't say I love the Eagles.

[Morgan]

That's the cousin state. I mean, that's the cousin city.

[DJ Envy]

I am rooting for them to beat Kansas City, which means Kansas City will win.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, front page, dudes. When we come back, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Congrats, Philly. Good morning, everybody. The Breakfast Club DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy.

[DJ Envy]

Let's get Mar. Ain't Philly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She a Philly fan up?

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Lord Darby and Upper Maran, something like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, let's start off with sports. The Eagles beat the commanders 55, 23, and the Chiefs beat the Bills 32 to 29. So the Chiefs will be taking on the Philadelphia eagles in the 2025 Super Bowl. Sunday, February 29th at 6:30pm I'm rooting.

[DJ Envy]

For the Philadelphia Eagles simply because I can. During the game, after the game, while Travis Kelce was giving his speech, they.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Showed her a lot.

[DJ Envy]

I want the Eagles to win, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you know what? I want the Chiefs to win a three peat, but I want, I want Saquon Barkley to win one.

[DJ Envy]

Now don't get me wrong, a three peat in football is incredible. You know what I mean? I've never. That's something we would never have seen before. And I like seeing history. But I'm going with the Eagles.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to see Saquon win one, too.

[Morgan]

But I love the city, Taylor. So if you're going with the Eagles.

[DJ Envy]

That and I love the city of Philly.

[Morgan]

Same then that. Let it be about that.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I love the city of Philly.

[Morgan]

And speaking of Morgan, I know you mad.

[D. Woods]

I am so quiet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't even know she was on there. She's so quiet. She never this quiet. Usually she like, what did the Ravens do, man?

[D. Woods]

My home team and my other home team.

[Morgan]

Yeah, they, yeah, we out of here.

[D. Woods]

We on the couch with it. But you know what I'm saying, We'll enjoy the cheese steaks, the pizza and the wings, you know, and Kendrick and all of that. But let's get into this. Front page news, guys. So Trump was in California last week over the weekend to survey damage caused by recent wildfires. He was met on the tarmac by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday afternoon, and the two shook hands and exchanged some words before speaking to the press. Let's hear from Trump now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're going to be taking a little tour with some of the people from the area. I appreciate the governor coming out and meeting me. Tremendous numbers of lives have been affected.

[Jess Hilarious]

A lot of real estate's been affected. Nobody's ever probably seen anything like this. You can almost say since the Second.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

World War when you think of it.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, nothing like this has happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're going to get it fixed so.

[Jess Hilarious]

We'Ll get it permanently fixed so it can't happen again and again. We'll be talking a little bit later.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we got to work out.

[DJ Envy]

Okay?

[D. Woods]

So Newsom also spoke with Trump during that exchange. He says he hasn't forgotten Trump during the COVID 19 pandemic and he looks forward to working together to help recovery efforts. Let's hear from California Governor Gavin Newsom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Most importantly, thank you for being here.

[DJ Envy]

It means a great deal to all of us.

[Jess Hilarious]

Not just the folks in Palisades, the.

[DJ Envy]

Folks in Altadena that were devastated.

[Jess Hilarious]

We're going to need your support.

[DJ Envy]

We're going to need your help.

[Jess Hilarious]

You were there for us during COVID I don't forget that. And I have all the expectations, expectations.

[DJ Envy]

That we'll be able to work together to get this speedy recovery. And this is exactly why people like Gavin Newsom shouldn't say things like, I'm going to Trump proof my state.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

I said this back in December because it'll make you look like a hypocrite. When you need the president, you are a governor. You have to work with the president. And when things like this happen, you're going to need federal aid, so you're going to need the president.

[Morgan]

Facts.

[D. Woods]

Does it not both work both ways, though? Being that Trump vowed to sign an executive order dismantling fema, and he also threatened to halt wildfire relief from California unless his demands about voter ID laws and fraud are met.

[DJ Envy]

Of course. Absolutely. That's what I'm saying. It all looks hypocritical on both, both sides. But, you know, when you hear, when you hear a governor say, you know, I'm going to Trump proof my state. How, how you want Trump, how you want a president proof your state?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't.

[D. Woods]

No, not, not at all. Absolutely. So later that day, Trump spoke with, during a briefing with LA Mayor Karen Bass, and the two had a rather interesting exchange. He said that there will be no delays when it comes to granting permits to rebuild from wildfires. Let's hear from Trump's exchange. Let's hear from Trump and L. A Mayor Karen Bass in that exchange.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We absolutely need your help.

[Morgan]

We need the federal help.

[DJ Envy]

You got it.

[Jess Hilarious]

I told you, you will have no permit problem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There will be zero delay.

[DJ Envy]

The one thing is they are saying they will not be allowed to start for 18 months.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, that will not be the case.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just hope you can hold me to it. Four groups said that.

[DJ Envy]

No, that would be.

[Jess Hilarious]

They should be able to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They should be able to start tonight.

[Jess Hilarious]

The people are willing to clean out their own debris. It doesn't cost.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And they can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You should let them do it because.

[Jess Hilarious]

By the time you're hire contractors, it's going to be two years.

[DJ Envy]

He's talking about the people that want to clean up their own properties immediately.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D. Woods]

They want to get. They want to pretty much not wait on, you know, federal assistance or aid or they just want to pretty much, you know, get started and do things. Yeah, absolutely. I don't blame them.

[DJ Envy]

If you got the money to do it, good luck.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I understand both sides. I know it can be dangerous, though, like doing it, like breathing and all of that stuff. Like, you don't know what you do. You can hurt yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But they just want to start early, right? And if they get reimbursed, they would have to get reimbursed. But I'm like. Like you said, want to wait two years. They want to start right now. Put that garbage bin out there, start dumping that stuff in there and get started.

[DJ Envy]

And that's why they like. Mr. President, don't deport people now. We now, we need all the undocumented immigrants we can. We can muster. Okay? Don't deport them now, please.

[Morgan]

Oh, man.

[D. Woods]

Well, great Segue Charlemagne. That's what we'll talk about in the 7 o'clock hour. DEI and immigration.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. And, you know, I want to salute and continue to pray for everybody in la, because after the whole fire thing, now it's all mud. They say mud and rainstorms. And they made fun of little Kim and say, hey, they never get that much rain. Well, they got that much, man. They got that much rain. So continue to pray for la.

[Morgan]

I heard that John Legend, he was singing to the firefighters and he was singing Take it slow like, ain't got the table. They was at lunch. He was singing Take it Slow and everybody just looking like, that's all. We don't have a choice.

[DJ Envy]

Take it slow for a bunch of firefighters.

[Morgan]

Yep, he was singing that.

[D. Woods]

We don't have another choice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-5-8,5,10,5,1. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello? Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Rob.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Rob? Get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm calling to talk about sports.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead, bro. What's up?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you know, it's crazy how they doing these black coaches, man. Robert Kraft should be ashamed of himself because giving that man one year to do his job and he was the ex player the Patriots. And then the situation with the Raiders is sort of running the show there. Right. And then Antonio's parents played for the Giants.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

So got him up out of there. That's wild. Okay. And then the Cowboys, Jerry Jones, man, we need to play 24 hours to live for Jerry Jones. You know the reason the reality is driving Cowboys fans crazy. He ain't driving me crazy because I won't let him. But I'll tell you this. We're not gonna win a championship until after he's no longer the owner. It's just gonna. It's gonna be like Dan Snyder and the Commanders. How the Commanders didn't start having success, that he got rid of Dan Snyder. Same thing with the Cowboys. Yeah, and it was. It was just big with that Dion situation. It was just like, have. Have black people hope. So that's. Wow. He's. 24 hours to live. MV do us for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, goodbye, man. Hello? Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, good morning, man. It's DJ Bipolar. You already know, from Brooklyn, representing Lancaster, pa. Ready? New York, Harrisburg. Stand up, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, take us off Bluetooth for speaking your phone a little crazy. Bipolar. What's up, though?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, man, sorry about that.

[Jess Hilarious]

I got you on speaker one.

[DJ Envy]

I got laid down. What's up, man?

[Morgan]

I just want to take.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations to the Eagles, of course.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Morgan]

We are out from there. So I wanted to say big, don't get a day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't get a day to the Giants.

[DJ Envy]

Who let them go. But in hindsight, they really did him.

[Jess Hilarious]

A favor, if you really looked at it right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, they did him a favor because he wouldn't. He wouldn't have never got this far with the way the Giants look right now. Maybe a couple of years, but, I mean, they should have never let him go. But I'm happy for Saquon, man. He deserves. He's a good guy. He's a genuinely good guy.

[DJ Envy]

He deserves it. He's not supposed to look this good at 27 years old, though. As long as he's been in the league.

[Jess Hilarious]

Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

He looks really good, man. He be two stepping hop stepping and all that, man. And as a. As a DJ of the community, man, I just want to say a big rip. Rest in peace to DJ Unc. That was very unexpected, man. 42 years old, dying of a heart attack. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'll break it down more in just with the message. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club. Ray. Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Ray.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, Charlamagne, Envy. What up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Are we live?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, a outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Jess Hilarious]

We can get on the phone Right now, he'll tell you what it is.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

What up, Envy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, brother? What's your name?

[Jess Hilarious]

What up, Justin? Joey.

[DJ Envy]

Peace, King. Hey, I just want to say I.

[Jess Hilarious]

Want to make amends for my lady.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I had a seizure yesterday, and it really woke me up to.

[Jess Hilarious]

Be a better man, you know, because.

[DJ Envy]

I. I haven't been really listening to this woman, and I really love this woman. I'm happy for you, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Say her name, man. Shout her out.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jamisha. I love you, baby. And I am going to continue to listen and let you communicate better with you. I love baby. Woke me up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There you go.

[DJ Envy]

Y'all having some issues? Y'all having some issues? Yeah, for the most part.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's my Aunt Shiloh, you know, and.

[DJ Envy]

It'S me, you know, Like, I. It's like me not catching on things, you know? And this seizure, like. Like I say, it had just woke me up, you know, Actually, I'm happy that my mom and my brother actually caught me, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

But when I was happening to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you don't mind us asking, what. How did the seizure come on?

[DJ Envy]

Was it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was it. Was it food? Was it how you were? Was it blood clot? Like, do you know, I'm going to.

[DJ Envy]

Schedule an MRI later on today, but I had a lot of stuff in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My mind because it was wearing on me, you know?

[DJ Envy]

I don't want to lose this woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you.

[DJ Envy]

And I really do. Like I said, I do love this woman with all my heart, you know, And I want to make things right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, brother. Well, get yourself checked out. And, you know, they say stress is a lot of that as well, so.

[DJ Envy]

Man, that man worried about getting his girl back, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but he won't be that stressed.

[DJ Envy]

He get to the health second. He want to get his girl back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Better get the help first so he can be there for his girl. But good luck, brother. Hello? Who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is Savannah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Good morning. So you got a bone to pick with Charlotte?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead. Mama Charlene.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you today?

[DJ Envy]

Bless, black and highly favored. How are you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm glad to. Thank you. But listen, Charlemagne, I love you. I love you.

[Morgan]

That's my brother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you gotta stop hating on my channel. She's like that now.

[DJ Envy]

Nope, I will not. Okay. Are you from that area?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm from Wyandotte county, so I'm born and raised.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, okay. I respect that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I hate so much on my feet this morning. Time.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I really had no problem. Yeah, I had no problem with y'all. She stuff. Taylor Swift started coming.

[Morgan]

Coming around Jesus crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think that's everybody.

[DJ Envy]

That's everybody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's just not.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just telling you, it's just like. And you know what I hate? The fact that the Kansas City Chiefs have gone to three straight Super Bowls, got the opportunity to win three more, but for whatever reason, Taylor Swift has taken the spotlight off the last two easily. I don't like that. That's.

[Morgan]

Cause she is who she is. You can't be hating. Cause Taylor Swift is Taylor Swift.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. I can't. Nothing to do with no football.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations, Savannah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I appreciate y'all go.

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm not gonna ever say that. But I'm rooting for the Eagles.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was about to go eat. Hey, he was almost did it. All right, Savannah, get it off.

[DJ Envy]

By the way, I'm a Cowboy fan, so me rooting for the eagles means nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

805.

[DJ Envy]

That means the Chiefs will probably win.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you need the vent, you can hit us up now. We got just with the mess coming up. What we talking about?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Y'all know DJ Unk passed over the weekend. So we gonna send him his family some healing energy and get some updates on what happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The update. All right, we'll get to that next. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne. The God we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to just with the mess.

[DJ Envy]

News is real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whether it's Jessica.

[Morgan]

Jessica Robin Moore. Just don't do no lines.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't do.

[Jess Hilarious]

She don't spare nobody worldwide.

[DJ Envy]

Jess Worldwide message on the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shooter. She was able to get y'all to.

[Morgan]

See something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to set it off.

[Morgan]

So, man, DJ UN passed over the weekend. And, yo, he had some bangers. I know everybody was, like, listening to his music. But I know it's a lot of speculation around his death. But we got Lauren here to break down what actually happened, because nobody really knows exactly what happened.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So DJ Unk passed away at 43. I think it caught a lot of us by surprise.

[DJ Envy]

It just came out of nowhere.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So Friday afternoon, DJ UN's White posted on Facebook with a family photo. And she said, please respect me and my family. I just lost my husband and my kids just lost their father. Our life will never be the same. I love you, Anthony. Forever. So after she posted that, of course everybody's picking up the story. He passed away. But there was no conversation about what happened. Which when someone passes away, it's so rude to ask what happened because there are celebrity people and fans instantly, yeah, they want to know and they start kind of creating their own narrative. So the narrative that was moving around was that it had to be something drug related. I don't know where that came from. People were tying him to, like a history of like, drug addiction or whatever, to the point where his wife had to come back out again and say, listen, I know that you guys are fans and you want to know what's going on, but please leave us alone. I want to put this narrative to Rush right now. He did not pass away from anything drug related. He did not do drugs. He passed away in his sleep of a heart attack. So she came out and confirmed that. And normally people wait until like the autopsy reports and stuff come back and the media will just grab it because the family doesn't want to be bothered. But it was the conversation got so big that she was like, y'all not gonna do this to him.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you know, folks speculate because that's what people do on social media. But also people feel what they don't understand. So folks be scared. When you hear somebody dying at 42 years old, you're like, damn, that's young. So anxiety kicks in and you start thinking about what happened to the person because, you know, if something did happen medically, you want to know what you can do for yourself to prevent that from happening to you. Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Most people want an excuse so they can be like, oh, okay, that's not gonna be me. So they say, oh, maybe it was drug use, maybe it was this. But that's what most people do, which is stupid. The world is constantly changing. It's up to you to decide how to respond. Choose to be bold, to try something new. Choose to reinvent yourself. That's what Nissan did with the all new, totally reimagined Kicks. The dynamic new exterior styling immediately announces that Nissan isn't messing around. The interior, a completely redesigned cabin with premium features like wireless Apple Carplay and a panoramic moonroof make driving a Kicks immersive and exciting. And with new performance and safety features like intelligent all wheel drive, the Kicks is both fun and safer to drive than ever before. It is the dawning of a brand new era for the Nissan Kicks. Only one question remains. Is it a new era for you as well? Drive the all new reimagined Nissan Kicks today.

[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

We love the idea of helping you make meaningful lifestyle changes. Our policy is to never be too punishing on yourself or too grand in your goals. Which is why we've got shows on how to make little nudges to your behavior and create habits. Habits that stick.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen to the Life Kit podcast on iHeartradio.

[D. Woods]

I started to live a double life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was a teenager. Responsible and driven and wild and out of control. My head is pounding. I'm confused. I don't know why I'm in jail. It's hard to understand what hope is when you're trapped in a cycle of addiction. Addiction took me to the darkest places.

[D. Woods]

I had an AK47 pointed at my head.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But one night a new door opened and I made it into the rooms of recovery. The path would have roadblocks and detours, stalls and relapses.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But when I was feeling the most.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lost, I found hope with community and I made my way back this season joined me on my journey through addiction and recovery. A story told in 12 steps. Listen to Crumbs as part of the.

[D. Woods]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Sup y'all? This is Questlove and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids. Starting on September 27th, I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records Nemeni to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey y'all, Nimini here. I'm the host of a brand new.

[Teddy Swims]

History podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop.

[DJ Envy]

Smash, Slam. Another one gone. Bash Bam. Another one gone. The cracker, the bat and another one gone. A tip of the cap cause another one gone.

[Teddy Swims]

Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

15 year old girl in Alabama who.

[Teddy Swims]

Refused to Give up her seat on the city bus Nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Check it.

[Teddy Swims]

And it began with me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you know? Did you know I wouldn't give up my seat?

[Teddy Swims]

Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to historical records. Because in order to make history, you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have to make some noise.

[Teddy Swims]

Listen to historical records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And a lot of, like, after this happened, of course, you know, everybody, like, gets online and gives flowers. Some people were, you know, posting a dance and posting different pictures from the Walk it out music video. But for those who don't know, DJ UNK formed Southern Style DJs with a few other DJs. He came up in the south, was known throughout the south for his parties, and he got signed in 2000. When he signed, he dropped walk it out in 2006. Now walk it out, huge record, went platinum, and it actually hit number two on the Billboard top 10 out of 100.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was the one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was the anthem of my.

[Morgan]

I like the remix. Andre 3000.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But then you also got two steps.

[DJ Envy]

By the way, 42 is also very young to be dying of a heart attack. And you know, whenever these situations happen and folks die young from heart attacks, people automatically blame the vaccine. They'd be like, it was the COVID vaccine. How come we don't ever blame Covid? Because studies have shown that severe COVID infections increase heart attack and stroke risk as much as having a history of heart disease. Like, people who develop Covid early in the pandemic have double the risk for cardiovascular events. So clearly something happened. Yeah, around that time that caused cardiovascular issues for a lot of people after the fact.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We don't know, though, with him if it was covet related.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't got nothing to do with. I'm not talking about. I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm just saying separated because people will take what you saying and make it a whole thing.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, that's because people are stupid. But I'm. Everybody likes to say the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine. But how come we don't ever talk about the impact of COVID on cardiovascular?

[Lauren LaRosa]

People were more mad at the vaccine than the actual virus and how that came about. People don't talk a lot about what could have been prevented with the vaccine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because they were forced to take the vaccine.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, they were forced to take the vaccine more. So that's what they lean in.

[Morgan]

What else you got over there?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So eagles and the chiefs now. Y'all talked about this at the top of the show. They're heading to the super bowl. But we gotta get into some things because Charlotte, I heard you was upset already.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not upset.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Taylor Swift was the headline of the.

[Morgan]

No, she wasn't definitely big upset, though, bro.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, her arrival to the game and I wasn't really feeling sis outfit. And y'all know I don't mind Taylor Swift.

[Morgan]

I mean, she's Taylor Swift.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. But it was very.

[Morgan]

She can never really dress, but. But she. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I wasn't really feeling the fit, but it was everywhere. Her arrival was everywhere. You did. So you are not telling the truth.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't say it either.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stockings.

[DJ Envy]

She dressed like she from Delaware. It's just that the pieces are real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow. He said the pieces are real.

[Teddy Swims]

That's the only difference.

[Morgan]

She give back in the day. Gwen Stefani. I mean, she a white girl. It's like whatever I said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why didn't you talk about the arrival of Kevin Hart A Gilly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm on my way with me. I did want to make sure that we said that, though, because even after they won, the moment on the. On the field was Travis and Taylor kissing. I'm like, I didn't see that.

[Morgan]

It's like a movie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You did because you talked about it this morning.

[DJ Envy]

I saw when they was cutting the. Taylor when Travis was talking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh. And also too when he was playing. They kept cutting to her and being one. I just wanted to say the super bowl might be a Taylor Swift show, unfortunately, because she's gonna be there.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. If you want to give all attention to that white woman and not the black people in the field.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Please make sure you have the conversation because they cut to sis a whole lot. Now.

[DJ Envy]

What about the black people?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Philly. Everybody was at the Philly game. You had Kevin Hart. You, of course. Gillian Wallow is there. Gilly was. Is the mascot of the Philadelphia Eagles at this point. He cried when they won the game. Deshaun Jackson on the field. There were so many people. Mills was there. Who else? I saw too rare. The Rocky Hips Theater from Philly. Now, I don't know how. Okay, y'all old. Too rare. Was there so many people there? Now, let me tell you guys, the Philly fans last night, all of my friends were out yesterday in Philly. And this is just like a summation of what was going on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is all of the crowd on Broad Street.

[Morgan]

Beautiful.

[DJ Envy]

Leaving the game.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And mind you, they were telling people like, come To Broad Street. So like my best friend's son shout out to chase. The DJ was DJing on Broad Street. They had people hanging from light poles even though they greased the poles.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They l the polls up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, they had to.

[DJ Envy]

But people, they did mad you other day, huh? While them lube polls.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what sticks with him. You lube in a poll. You know how that go. But yeah, Crazy Meek was also tweeting like, y'all come down the Broad Street. If y'all set up speakers, I'll redo the Dreams and Nightmares video.

[DJ Envy]

That would have been dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That would have been fire. I don't even know if they got to do it because he should have.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Been walking down the street with all those people and they would have filming and the whole Philly going crazy.

[DJ Envy]

That would have been. That would have caused a riot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That would have been cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Too many people. There were players trying get out of the game that couldn't even.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I see poor George trying to drive out.

[DJ Envy]

They should have lost.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, you got Jalen back here doing a cigar in the locker room. This was like an iconic photo from the game as well too. Looking good as always.

[Morgan]

You do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me see. Oh, he not in color right here. I'm gonna bring it back to.

[Morgan]

Oh, I was gonna say, why are you printing black and white? Like we ain't got color now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Printers.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Oh, wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The first of the month, we'll get. We'll get some more money.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Doing the best we can over here. We doing the best we can, but yeah, the game. I actually watched the whole game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Saquon Barkley did a really good job.

[DJ Envy]

I kept hearing go back to Taylor.

[Morgan]

Me and my son watched the game too. It was cool. We watched both of them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you watch it with your man?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you minding my business?

[DJ Envy]

I want the type of question.

[Morgan]

Why you minding my business?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The wings were done in time. Just know that that ate them by yourself.

[DJ Envy]

You ate real good by yourself.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have. Is that all we got for just for this hour? Yeah. When we come back, we going to talk about some other honeys. Cuz there's some other mens out here.

[DJ Envy]

Woo, child, it ain't none of them yours.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When we come back, we got front page news. And then Teddy Swimming will be joining us. So don't go anywhere at the Breakfast Club. Come on, wake up. Wake up.

[DJ Envy]

You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the gu guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news, start up for some quick sports. Congratulations to the Eagles and the Chiefs. They won this weekend. They'll face off at the Super Bowl Sunday, February 9th. So congratulations to them. Shout out to all the Eagle fans and chief fans out there.

[DJ Envy]

By the way, the refs really do be cheating for Kansas City. You know that last play of the game. No, it wasn't the last play of the game. Last. No get play. Was it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Which one?

[DJ Envy]

No, not the fourth one. Call. It was a call towards the end of the game where the ref threw a flag and the flag came on the screen and then they pulled the flag.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, the flag disappeared. I seen that.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I seen that one.

[DJ Envy]

And that was only because Buffalo didn't convert, I believe. Who was though? Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He missed it. And he missed it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And they threw a flag. They already had the flag ready.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They pulled that flag right back.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They pulled that flag right back. All right. Good morning, Morgan.

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning.

[D. Woods]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sorry for you, Morgan.

[D. Woods]

Yeah, yeah, me too. That's okay. Maybe look, maybe next year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Sound like a cowboy fan.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I'm right down here, right?

[D. Woods]

All right, well, let's get into it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Charlamagne, Envy and Jess.

[D. Woods]

It's good to see y'all. Vice President J.D. vance says lower prices are coming, but Americans will have to wait. So vance talked to CBS's Face the Nation over the weekend, saying that the Trump administration has already implemented measures aimed at reversing inflation. He insists the administration is working to increase the number of American jobs and improve domestic energy production, both of which he says will eventually cause the cost of living to decrease. Let's hear more from Vice President J.D.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Vance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Prices are going to come down, but it's going to take a little bit of time.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The president has been president for all of five days. Donald Trump has already taken multiple executive actions that are going to lower energy prices. And I do believe that means consumers are going to see lower prices at the pump and at the grocery store. But it's going to take a little bit of time. There have been a number of executive.

[DJ Envy]

Orders that have caused already jobs to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Start coming back into our country, which.

[DJ Envy]

Is a core part of lowering prices.

[D. Woods]

Yeah, I'm not sure what you're talking about as of yet. Seems like people are reeling based on what's coming across my timeline in my news feeds. But switching gears to the border, I mean, it's still a matter of national security. Trump's borders are as promising that immigration raids against Suspected illegal immigrants will expand. Now, Tom Holman, he spoke to ABC's this Week, saying that ICE raids will soon go beyond illegal immigrants convicted of crimes. Let's hear more from the border czar, Tom's Homan.

[Jess Hilarious]

If you're in a country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to, you know, violate laws of this country. You got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under Title 8, United States Code 1325. It's a crime. But you can see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide as we open up the aperture. Right now, it's concentrating public safety threats, national security threats. That's a smaller population. As that aperture opens, there'll be more arrest nationwide.

[D. Woods]

So Homan insisted that the agency does need more funding from Congress in order to fulfill its mission. He also confirmed that immigration authorities will not hesitate to raid schools, churches and hospital locations that agents weren't allowed to enter under the Biden administration.

[DJ Envy]

So, hey, by the way, ICE really snatching people up. I'm hearing some horror stories like from.

[D. Woods]

Oh, really?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah. From like people I know that know people like they getting snatched up. For real? For real. And you know what else they doing? There's people posing as ICE Age agents going to Latinos houses and robbing them, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People are very scared about that. People are very nervous about ICE because it's, you know, a lot of people are born here, but their mothers aren't or their fathers aren't or their cousins or brothers aren't. So people are scared, nervous.

[DJ Envy]

Who's gonna clean up Los Angeles?

[D. Woods]

Oh, my gosh, stop that.

[Morgan]

Why do you keep bringing it back to that? That is not automatically their job.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, it's a lot of them, a lot of their job. When people are going out to clean up clean debris in Los Angeles, that's what they gonna be calling and reaching out to, to. You can't just be getting rid of them now at a time like this.

[Morgan]

That's. They not the only ones, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

They're the cheapest.

[Morgan]

Oh, my gosh.

[D. Woods]

All right, moving on, guys. Senator Adam Schiff is slamming President Trump's decision to fire at least a dozen federal inspectors generals, which Trump did do over the weekend as well. In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, the Democratic congressman said inspector generals play a vital role in stopping fraud, abuse and waste in federal government. Let's hear more from Adam Schiff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The American people, if we don't have good and independent inspector generals, officials are going to see the swamp refill, they're going to see rampant waste fraud. They're going to see corruption. In his first term, he fired inspector general for providing whistleblower complaints to Congress. Fired an inspector general for saying the pandemic response, his response had flaws.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[D. Woods]

So Schiff also insisted that Trump broke federal law when he made the firings as Congress must be notified 30 days before any Senate confirmed inspector general is fired by the president. He said the move increases the risk of corruption under the Trump administration and bringing things back to DE and I. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion we all heard what happened with Target. Target was the latest company to end its diversity equity inclusion programs. The Minneapolis based retailer announced the decision in a memo to employees on Friday, according to cnbc. The memo cited that the importance of staying in the step with the evolving landscape to help drive growth and serve its millions of customers. With the move, Target joins companies like Walmart, Meta and McDonald's and dropping DEI related pledges and goals. Now, Tabitha Brown, whose lifestyle products are in Target and Walmart, she posted a video on Instagram responding to calls for boycotts against those companies and here's what she had to say. Let's hear from Tabitha Brown.

[Morgan]

I do business all over, just like many other people. And what I can tell you is if we all decide to boycott and be like, no, we're not spending no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Money at these organizations.

[Morgan]

Listen, I get it. And if that's how you feel, honey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I 1,000% get it.

[Morgan]

But so many of us will be affected and ourselves will drop.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Our business will be hurt.

[DJ Envy]

I think it's just complicated. It's a complicated situation. You know, But I, I do wonder why people are only focusing on Target. I guess they just want to make an example out of, out of, out of one entity. But I mean, Walmart rolled back their DEI initiatives, Meta rolled back their D initiatives, Amazon, McDonald's, Ford, Lowe's, John Deere. So when you just focus on Target but you're still on all of the social media platforms on Met, on Meta, when you just focus on Target but you're still using Amazon every day, it's just like, I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I see both sides. You know, I mean, I see where Tabitha's coming from because, you know, there's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of black entrepreneurs that have their products in Target. But also it's, it's like what Charlamagne said. How, how do you pick and choose which one you want to go against? Like, you know, I mean, there's so many different companies. Why is Target the one.

[D. Woods]

I think Target is the one right now because they're the latest and we thought they were standing on business. I think that's the, that's the case.

[DJ Envy]

When you say that's the latest, I mean, like, all of this stuff happened this week. Exactly.

[D. Woods]

I was gonna say, by the time I get off air with y'all, I'm sure another company will have made.

[DJ Envy]

So it's just complicated. You know, it's not as simple as saying, hey, let's all boycott. And, you know, it's not as simple as saying, hey, let's go to the Target and buy up all the black products. You know, I don't. I don't know.

[D. Woods]

And then when you think about some of the, the areas, you know that people. Certain areas across the country are food deserts, and they may only have a Dollar General, they may only have a Walmart. So, you know, and calling for boycotts puts those people in very compromising and difficult situations. So, yeah, it's. But this is a conversation and that's your front page news. Follow me on social or Morgan Media or excuse me, I'm Morgan Wood. Follow me on social Oregon media. And for more news coverage, follow lack InformationNetwork. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail] Talk to y'all later.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, thank you, Morgan. Now, when we come back, Teddi Swims will be joining us. We gonna kick it with Teddy Swims, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. Jess is out today. Lauren's holding it down. And of course, we got our niece Nala here. And we got a special guest in the building, brother Teddy Swims.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, man, I'm so honored to be here, man. I'm fine, man.

[DJ Envy]

Happy to have you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm really, really excited, dude. We. We did our album release party last night, though, so, you know, again, excuse my drinking for.

[DJ Envy]

You don't have to excuse yourself for drinking early in the morning. You see that one over there?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let's hear.

[Jess Hilarious]

From my baby on the way. Yeah, I have one on the way. Absolutely. Yeah. You're drinking with a pregnant man. It's early.

[DJ Envy]

Tell us about yourself, Teddy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Man, that's so loaded. I'm from Georgia, from, from about 30 minutes east of Atlanta in Conyers, Georgia, Rockdale County. And, you know, I like singing songs and I'm a good, good, good Boy.

[DJ Envy]

You have a very soulful, soulful voice. Did you grow up in the church?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, so my granddad was a Pentecostal pastor. I didn't grow up singing in a church a lot, but, you know, I definitely grew up with fire. Brimstone, for sure, man. With the. With a fear of God. Yeah. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

You're afraid to sin?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no, not. Not these days. I mean.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just talking about, like, back in the day. Was it like a very religious household? Yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, like, girls don't get haircuts. You know, girls wear skirts, men wear jeans, like that kind of thing. It was really real kind of tight. And I was. I mean, I'm very fortunate, I guess. I. I feel like I still subscribe to so many of the principles of, you know, even the beliefs aren't there. I do love that my. My granddad was. As I was growing up with my granddad, he was. He was like. We wouldn't even go to restaurants that would have a bar in the restaurant, you know, and not that he ever had a problem drinking, but it was just. He stood on his belief so much. The thing that I was always with him was that I didn't subscribe to the idea that, like, telling people that they're wrong and this is the only way to believe something. I remember he'd look at other churches and be like, think that the only way he believed it was right. I remember. I remember the first time I sang at his church. I might have been 17 or 16 or something. And I remember him saying, like. Like, you know, I want you sing at a church, bud, but, man, all these kids are, like, break dancing and carrying on for the Lord. And I was like, yo, Pop, like, nobody's broke dance since, like, my mom was a child.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're so.

[Jess Hilarious]

And if they want to break dance for the Lord, Pop, like, let him break dance for the Lord. You know, he was. He was very, you know, stern. Like, just buy the book. If it wasn't in the Bible, then.

[DJ Envy]

It was a sin.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So were you rebellious?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hell, yeah. My mom was worse than I was. I remember. I remember getting in trouble for all sorts of. And being like. Like, I'm not doing any of that. She was. Thought I was doing all sorts of mess and I mean, but she was a pastor's kid. My mother was the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wanted to. You know, when you talk about rebellious, you started off playing football. All right, so.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I heard your family was a big football family. So what got you from football to singing.

[Jess Hilarious]

My different Jesse, nose guard.

[DJ Envy]

I can see that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah. Yes, sir. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That's what you play.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And an offensive guard as well. Oh, yeah. And. But I mean, I.5 foot seven wasn't really happening, you know, I just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You were in high school, middle school at the time.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, but I've been 5 foot 7 since I was in 8th grade, you know, and so I thought. They thought I was gonna be big, you know, and then it just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It didn't happen.

[Jess Hilarious]

Guys started shooting up to 6 foot 2 and 3 and whooped my ass off the line.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what got you into arts?

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, see my dear friend Jesse, who still plays with me. I've known him since I was a little kid. His dad was always in bands and stuff, so we started trying to experiment and play music and stuff. And his. His older sister was a musical theater. And musical theater. And I just kind of fell in love with singing. And I. I was so. I was hooked. I was hooked. Singing has changed my life. I wasn't good always, but I fell in love with it, you know? And I remember telling my mom that I was. I was gonna not do football anymore and I was gonna sing, and she was so, so hurt. I brought out all my memorabilia. Like, I can't believe you do this to us. We've been playing football, you know, And I remember my first little. We did this show called Damn Yankees. I did, like two lines in it, I think. And after I got done, I come off stage and she was like, I'm so sorry, baby. This is where you belong, really? You're a star. You know, after that, I did like, two lines, you know, but it was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What you mean by. You weren't always good at it. Like, how do you. You sound amazing.

[Jess Hilarious]

I was so bad. We were so bad at it, you know?

[DJ Envy]

You was in a group?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, no, just me and my buddy Jesse. He still plays guitar, writes, and he plays guitar in my band still. And we, as. We were learning and trying to build bands together and do it as kids, you know, we just were really bad. You know, we sucked. Like, we're just not good. You can still find actually on yout. I was a senior in high school. My first band. Heroic Bear is still on YouTube. Our first little EP. And I was in, like, a metalcore band at the time. And so you could still hear me, like, screaming away and, like, singing. And if you want to hear, you know, the routine. If you hear it, dude, you're gonna be like, okay. Yeah, you got good. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you get lessons or did you practice or how did you get so good?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I think I was so lucky. I mean, I was in theater, you know, and I had a lot of good friends and they were singing. But I think. I think the biggest thing was growing up in the, like when the YouTube era was first kind of starting, you know, and if I had questions or if I wanted to know how to sing, there was always a live version of singers singing, you know, so like I. I could. I could watch like live videos of how. How is. How are they moving? They throw. How are they moving their jaws? How are they.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yo, that was crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, I could. I could just sit there and watch YouTube videos and see people singing live, you know, like singing Craig David singing, like, and creative recovery. I would pull up like a YouTube proxy and just have it behind the video and just like listen to Craig David just. I'm walk. I could listen to live videos and watch their. Them play, you know, and singing. It was like.

[DJ Envy]

Do you think you like saw somebody like Craig David and like mimicked him and that's how you found your voice?

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, totally, yeah. Yeah. Some of the best, man. Some of the best that ever did it. Marvin Gaye, watching Otis Redding, man, listening to Al Green, you know, I mean, I just fell in love with the instrument and I was like, I want to know how to access that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then you started doing these covers, right? And you started covering songs and then you did one cover that started shooting up crazy. So talk about that a little bit.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, I think Shania Twain still the one was our, like, that was the one that really kind of went crazy for us, you know, I love my mama and my mama loved Shania Twain. When I was coming up, I love Shania Twain too. That was a real life changing one for us. Our first one we started out with was because June 25th of 2019 was the first time I didn't ever even expected doing covers, you know, online. And we had found like the Stems of Rock with youh online.

[DJ Envy]

Michael Jackson.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And so it was. It was 10 years right after it was his 10 year anniversary. And so I was like, man, we should just do Rock with youh by Michael Jackson just to pay homage to him and for the. You know, and then. And we uploaded it and it started doing well and it was like, man, we should just keep this, I guess this cover train kind of going. So we, we kept on for, you know, next few months. And I think the beautiful thing about starting with. With Rock with youh, it started Getting, you know, like I said, the first day we woke up, we had like 10,000 views. And it was so life changing for us. We're like, dude, boys, we're getting hammered. This is sick. And it was such a weird thing because once it hit like this critical mass of like maybe 500,000 views, I think people were looking at, seeing the way I look and then seeing the Rock with youh and saying Rock with youh by Michael Jackson and me. And I'm looking like an absolute redneck and saying like, either this is hilarious or this is actually really good. And I think for our benefit it was. It was kind of both, you know, because just the fact that I was singing that song but doing it well was kind of funny and surprisingly good.

[DJ Envy]

Now, Teddy, why have you tried everything but there's therapy?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I have tried therapy now, so, you know, even as we're. We're getting ready ever kid. Me and my girls have been doing even couples therapy too, which has been so wonderful and making sure we're coming in and having this child in the most healed, safest environment possible. But I. I think. I think naming the album that was. Was kind of to have that conversation and with myself to get myself to go. I think there's just like been in generations past and even still there's this like connotation on therapy that we're like, we're not allowed to go to that or we're not allowed to share our feelings or emotions, especially men.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, and it's been life changing for me. And I did have even this in my brain that I was like, I'm not crazy. I don't need that. You know, I had this for so long that I was like, I know myself. I don't need nobody to tell me what's wrong with me. You know. And I feel like once I got it too, it was so much different than I thought it would be too. And I feel like there was something beautiful about having that first album and not trying it and being in a place of turmoil and heartbreak with somebody that was. Made me feel like my feelings were invalid or not allowed to have and having this part two, coming out and being this thing of I've tried therapy. I'm back in love, I'm having a child. I'm got some level of success in this. And you know, on the back of heartbreak, it does get better on the other side, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we got more with Teddy swims when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Teddi Swims.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren, was you going to therapy? Was that pushed on you? Not pushed on you, but did your girlfriend kind of like influence you to do that or was something you wanted to do?

[Jess Hilarious]

The plan was to have tried therapy after I put out the record. It was like kind of my promise to myself at the first one, like, I'm gonna go to therapy. And I did push it off for a long time. But I think, I think when we first found out we were kind of pregnant, she was like, you know what we should do? It was never to push on a therapy. Like to me to have my own therapy. But I think she's such a wonderful person. I think she was just like, we should do therapy together as like a couple's therapy. So we make sure we bring our kid in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

And it kind of, once I felt how that was, I, I was like, I should do some therapy by myself too. And she's like, I think that's a great idea. So it was never kind of pushed. It was kind of like. I think she planted little seeds for me to. Man. Strong ass woman.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, good one, bro.

[Jess Hilarious]

Strong ass woman. Now I think she just kind of knew how to like plant the little seed for me to find it on my own, which is what it should be like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, one of the things I read you talked about is you want to, You're. Are you already back down south and left LA from the fire?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no, we're in LA still. We're in the Valley and I think we're doing okay. We haven't seen like, you know, it was. We had seen a little bit of smoke in our area, but we haven't been home because of. I don't want her breathing that thing in though. But I will say that what's been so beautiful about that situation and my prayers and prayers and prayers and so much prayers gone into that and what makes me feel like us as a societies, I feel like we can all be so jaded and so like tough and hardcore, but when a tragedy happens, you see how, how like quick people are to come together and love each other and be that community in LA is like coming together and everybody's donating their time and their money and food and I don't know, I just, I haven't seen, I haven't seen a place be that, you know, look, we really, we, we, we unite when everybody's going through something together.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So are you going to stay in la? With the baby. Because you're going to move down south, you said.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. I mean, of course, I'm probably still gonna have to, like, rent in la. I think I might still just rent, but I was gonna buy, and it did spook me. I might move back, you know, maybe to Nashville, where I could work and still be, like, four hours from the parents if they want to drive up and see a baby. But I also want my little boy to have, like, a little. Or girl. I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

But keep that money in the south, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You know, and your money goes farther.

[Jess Hilarious]

I want my baby. A little Southern accent, you know what I'm saying? Like, I want to open doors and, you know, that charm.

[DJ Envy]

You know, Donnell Rollins thinks that he's the reason that you're having a baby. He said that? Y'all. I saw y'all on. You was on his podcast.

[Jess Hilarious]

He said, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And you said you wanted to have a kid, and he told you that you was gonna have one, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I can't tell you enough how much. Like, man, when they say don't meet your heroes, they was right. Don L. Rollins is a piece of. He's the nicest human being. I agree with you. He's the nicest person.

[DJ Envy]

Can I tell you anything good you say about him? I agree with you. Your initial statement.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, no, no, keep the rest of it. I don't want him to hear that. They'd be like, damn, bro, I love you, dude. That's been one of the nices. Sings me all the time, man. He's like. He sends me. We just talked yesterday, and he's my hero, man.

[DJ Envy]

Why you don't have Donnell tattooed near. He have Dave Chappelle tattooed near his man, actually.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What made you put Dave right there, though?

[Jess Hilarious]

I was just. I don't have that much room left. Nothing to do with my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, do you show him, like, hey, look at my.

[Jess Hilarious]

I did get. I did. I did get immediate. Like, last year, he had, like, this Grammy party, and I got. He was doing this open jam thing, and it was cool, and I got to meet him, and I was like, hey, look, Dave, I got a tattoo of you. He's like, hell, yeah. You know, we dapped up about it. And then I was like, I'm not gonna drop trowel, you know, and show you my tattoo. Of course. I. I also don't want to invite.

[DJ Envy]

You can show a picture.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't know. I just also. Then I don't want him. I don't want him. Think what he thinks and that it's like too close to me. It's really not that close. I'm not hanging that bad anyway, so it's really not that serious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Teddy Swims. Where did that. The name come from?

[Jess Hilarious]

I've been called Teddy forever. My real name's Jayton. And I think as I was like going up a church and waiting tables and stuff. And for old ladies, that was tough. Jayden was real tough on them. They just. Jamie James, you know. So Jaden.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What type of old ladies? Everybody say they way old ladies because for us that's like Jaden is regular.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, I appreciate that. I don't really know how to respond to that. Yeah, Teddy was just, you know, got coined as, you know. I've just been Teddy. You know, it's our little Teddy. I've just looked like this without a beard for most of my life.

[DJ Envy]

Is an acronym though, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah. For someone who I massage sexually.

[DJ Envy]

Huh?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I don't. Someone who isn't me sometimes.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. What does that mean though? Someone who isn't me sometimes? Like, you mean like so you turn into this characters. Would you say?

[Jess Hilarious]

No. I don't know. It was. I. I first originally found it on like this, this. This forum which it was like every time swim does this, swim becomes like, you know, it was like. It was like a drug form. I found it on. I was like. People were saying someone who isn't me. So it's like kind of like asking for a friend thing, I guess. We just like added an S on it with swims, like the plural form. And it was like my. My entire kind of group at the time. And then Teddy kind of slapped in front of it and it just, just eventually became Teddy Swims. Like, it just kind of stuck, you know, it was like Swims was our unit. And then it was like Teddy Swims from like. Like Teddy from Swims kind of situation. And it was like, you know, just like you would maybe have like a. Yeah, like a ASAP Rocky and ASAP Ferg that Swims was kind of our like unit. So it was like Teddy Swims. And then it just stuck.

[DJ Envy]

Can you actually swim?

[Jess Hilarious]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

We love the idea of helping you make meaningful lifestyle changes.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jess Hilarious]

Listen to the Life Kit podcast on iHeartradio.

[D. Woods]

I started to live a double life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was a teenager. Responsible and driven and wild and out of control. My head is pounding. I'm confused. I don't know why I'm in jail. It's hard to understand what hope is when you're trapped in a cycle of addiction. Addiction took me to the darkest places.

[D. Woods]

I had an AK47 pointed at my head.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But one night a new door opened and I made it into the rooms of recovery. The path would have roadblocks and detours, stalls and relapses.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But when I was feeling the most.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lost, I found hope with community and I made my way back this season. Join me on my journey through addiction and recovery. A story told in 12 steps.

[D. Woods]

Listen to Crumbs as part of the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Sup, y'all? This is Questlove and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids. Starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records Nemeni to tell you all about. Make sure you check it out.

[Teddy Swims]

Hey y'all, Nimini here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the host of a brand new.

[Teddy Swims]

History podcast for kids and Families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop, Smash, slam.

[DJ Envy]

Another one gone. Bash Bam. Another one gone. The cracker, the bat. And another one gone. The tip of the cap, cuz.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Another one gone.

[Teddy Swims]

Each episode is a about a different.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Inspiring figure from history.

[Teddy Swims]

Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

15 year old girl in Alabama who.

[Teddy Swims]

Refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Check it.

[Teddy Swims]

And it began with me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you know? Did you know I wouldn't give up.

[Teddy Swims]

My seat nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Goldman. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[D. Woods]

Oh, wow.

[Jess Hilarious]

I can.

[DJ Envy]

You might be black for now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black can't swim, boy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, it's something. Jay and can't swim.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jaden can't swim.

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't know how to respond to that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How did you know that your girlfriend right now was the one one? Because you met her. You met her at a show, right? She came to one of your shows.

[Jess Hilarious]

Absolute babe. Are you kidding me? How could she? She's the one. You ain't seen that girl?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I've seen her. She's gorgeous.

[Jess Hilarious]

Gracious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If you're dating. And like, what was the thing for it? Was it like you saw her and you just knew?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I had been listening to her music for a while too. So my. My dear friend Arsenio Archer, he's a producer, we went to high school together. And he's like, man, he came to my studio a couple years ago and was like, hey man, I want to show you this girl I've been working with. I listen to her song. They've. I don't think the song ever came out. And I looked her up and I was like, whoa.

[DJ Envy]

Got bricked up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So she wasn't like a random person at a show.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, bricked up, bro. Yes, sir.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought she was like in the crowd. You saw her?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I messaged her. Is like, I love you. And then a couple years later, I'm going back to Atlanta. She was living in Atlanta at the time and her roommate was like a fan. She was like, hey, my roommate, you know, wants to come to the show. We'd love to come to the show. Come see you. I was like, please come to the show. I would love to have you. I'll put you on the guest list, and she came and shot. I said, yeah, I'm gonna shoot my shot. What's going on? Like, I don't know. You knew.

[DJ Envy]

You knew when you saw her.

[Jess Hilarious]

So I think. I think it's so important to. To, like, in. In relationships with anybody. Navigating relationships. I'm just not the person to waste time with relationships. I think it's like, even if me and this person and we're both single, I'm just like, okay, let's get this. Let's just clear the air out. Do you find me a chump? Attractive. I find you attractive. Do we do anything about that? Are we gonna be friends? Yeah. Like, let's just navigate this before we both thinking about it. And I'm going home and I'm off, and then I'm thinking about you. But we're supposed to be best friends.

[DJ Envy]

And then. You know what I'm saying?

[Jess Hilarious]

Let's not do all this. Let's not. Let's not play around.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No gray area.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, I'm navigating my life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is definitely appreciated.

[Jess Hilarious]

I think women appreciate that. And if not, then that's cool. We could both acknowledge that we're attracted and also be pals, you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. Well, let's get into something off the album then.

[DJ Envy]

What you want to hear?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Even Real. You want to play that one?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, man. I mean, yeah. Put it on for Giveon, man. My dog brother. Best in the business, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, let's get into the record. Are you even real? Featuring Giveon. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Teddy Swims is here. Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

Can we talk about some of this music on this new album?

[Jess Hilarious]

Sure. I'd love to hear.

[DJ Envy]

Not yout, man is a very vulnerable record.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you, sir.

[DJ Envy]

Have you ever really felt like you gave everything to a woman and it wasn't.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Hell yeah, man. I think it was important to start this one out like that because I was. I, I wrote this forever ago. I was. I was in a place with somebody where my. I know. I, I. It's hard. I don't want to talk about her in a way that. Because I. Now as I've grown and healed and moved on. It's. I, I, I thank her for. For what we went through, you know? And I, I'm. I'm grateful for that time and space that we had together. I was at a place. Yeah. Where I felt like I was given everything and my feelings and my. I was not validated or it was not enough or I was crazy of feeling this way or I was abusive situation. I don't know. I don't want to. I don't want to say it.

[DJ Envy]

While emotionally abusive.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, both, man. Physically, she was just not good. She was not a good person, and I want the best for her. But yeah, it was a very tough thing to try to try to heal somebody, try to make space for someone to heal, try to give somebody everything. You would think if you had a passion, I'll just make it like this. You had a passion in your life, and you had somebody in your life that says you could quit your job and just focus on your passion. I'll take care of the rest. You got it. And you don't do anything with your life, but you just eat Xanax all day and lay around and blame somebody for your shortcomings. When you. You had the opportunity to follow your dream, somebody that would support you in your dreams, and you'd be like, so surprised to see if somebody had the opportunity to follow their dreams and they had everything taken care of, how many people would be like, oh, if everything's taken care of, I don't gonna do anymore. And you can't. You can't put ambition and drive into somebody. You can't heal nobody. You can't save nobod, nobody. And I. I started to go on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That tangent, but from that situation, do you feel like you no longer enable? Because it's like, though you want to do something out of love to better somebody, sometimes it's to their own detriment?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I think. I think I. Yeah, I think it's an. It was an enabling. At the end of the day, you know, I was doing something to help someone become. But I think at the end of the day, I was enabling somebody to do nothing. And if that was inside of them, I was enabling that. And I think it's a common pattern, you know, but yes, I'm trying to heal and learn to see somebody for who they are and not who I want them to be or think they should be.

[DJ Envy]

I can tell you got a big heart, but people will take advantage of hell, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I'm. I'm so grateful to be. I don't want to say I'm grateful to be taking advantage of that. I'm grateful to be available.

[DJ Envy]

Everybody's going to use you, but don't let people misuse you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Amen. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have a last question for you. I was reading this interview you talked about because your girlfriend's black, and you talked about, like, when you Guys are in the south, you get, like, looks from people and, like, it bothers you because love should be love. When you're about to bring a baby into the world, you're so positive. She seems so amazing, but the world is not always like that. Like, how do you defeat that? Because you're really a really nice person. Like, it breaks my heart.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, you know, I hate how much she's go through. And so her dad's black and her mom's white. So she tells me about stuff all the time. About, like, you know, how she felt not white enough or not black enough and how much her, like, world in her life has been such a, I guess, like a juxtaposition in both sides, you know, Never feeling like she wasn't quite accepted by either side, you know? And so this is not a story. I won't tell you her story because she's better at saying it than I will. I'll never tell you her story, but I see how, like, how beautiful she is and how, I guess how, like, elegant she navigates, being who she is. She's the most incredible human being I've ever met, man.

[DJ Envy]

I got a good counselor for y'all to talk to.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, I would love to.

[DJ Envy]

Damn it. Dr. Umar Johnson, like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come back this way. Focus over here.

[DJ Envy]

Speaking of Black and white, the song with Money Long.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, sir.

[DJ Envy]

That title's a little on the nose, don't you think?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, I think that. I think that the point of it was kind of to the core of love in itself is black and white. Like, it's a. It's a black and white issue. Love is love and not love is not love and loving. Whether. If it's a person of a different color, shape, size, sexuality, same sex, whatever it is. I think that the thing was trying to say that we, no matter what, we could come from different worlds. It's a true, I guess, Romeo and Juliet story, you know, kind of is the basis of it is that, like, you know, we come from different places, we come from different cultures. We have different things. But when you're in love, man, love is love, and that should be enough. And that's really. There ain't nothing great about that, man. That's just love, you know, Love is love, baby.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I love that record. And it's a good stamp because, you know, Money Long recently went viral for saying she's not writing soulful songs for white artists. Did you see that?

[Jess Hilarious]

I did not. Oh, I'm glad I got that one before she said it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly when did she do that song? Was that a long. Did she do that a while ago?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, we did it. It's gotta be a few months ago now. My dear friend Jeff Kitty and Mickey Echo was a part of it with us, too, and we, like, started working on it. And I remember Jeff, Kitty has been working with Money for long years and years, and he's like, man, should we see if Money wants to do this song with us? And I was like, I mean, yeah, that's like. That's. We would. We'd kind of like to do a record like this. We would kind of need that, you know, I would be so stoked that she'd be willing to, because I knew what I kind of wanted to say, but also, I can't say that, you know, without having money help me say that, you know? But also without, like, relying too much, you know, I think I needed to. We needed to say that together. And so I'm just grateful she took that opportunity to say, I see what you're trying to say. I'll have you say that, you know, and said it with me. And I think I'm so grateful for her, because Money's just a legend, man. What a bad, badass, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, you also said you wanted to meet one of your musical idols were Stevie Wonder.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you ever get an opportunity to meet?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, you know, we haven't met in person, but I.

[DJ Envy]

Based on you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Yeah. And I got a chance to do a record with him, too, so I think he's gonna put it out on his next record. I hope so. I hope it's gonna come out. I'm really excited. It's a good record. It's called Politic Player. Wow. Yeah. Which is such an honor to be on ste. But, yeah, he did FaceTime. I'll tell you about it. It's so funny, man. He. He FaceTimed me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did he hold the camera up himself?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And here's the thing. Here's the thing. He is actually blind, y'all. He. This is true life. He was blind. I'm saying. People say it. People. There's a conspiracy that he's not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You seen him pick up the mic that fell?

[Jess Hilarious]

Look, I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I was on the phone with this. I was FaceTiming this man, and he said he had turned his. He had put the camera around. He said, this is my son over here. And then he said, I'm over here. Daddy's pulled over here. And he said, and this is my niece. And Then he had. He had phone facing her. And for the next 10 minutes of the conversation, I look as far as you are. I looked at his niece and not him at all. And he was holding. He was holding the camera like he was holding. Like he thought I was seeing. And I did not have the heart.

[DJ Envy]

He's blind.

[Jess Hilarious]

She was. She was sitting there.

[DJ Envy]

Confirmation that Stevie wonders. Blind.

[Jess Hilarious]

She was sitting there texting on her phone. I didn't have the heart to say, hey, I can't see you. But, you know, my dumbass, man, My dumbass. The reason he called me, because I was in Tokyo, right? I was in Tokyo, and I had found. I had found my favorite album of all time. Best album ever. Songs in a key alive. I found a CD of it. It was a Tokyo version of it. Like, the Japanese version of it. And my dumbass texted him a picture of it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my goodness.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like an idiot. Like, he was gonna see it, right? Right? Like, I just guess what. Like, here's what I found, bro. He just FaceTimed me. So I was like, dumbass, too. Was like, did you give a church? He's definitely. He didn't see it, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think so.

[Jess Hilarious]

So I just. Just to put all those things to rest for you to be a person.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That shut down the rumors is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All these years, black people been trying to figure this out, and you are the one that solved the problem.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just. I just know I was looking at his knees for about 15 minutes. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Again, well, there you have it.

[DJ Envy]

Teddy Swims, y'all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We appreciate you for joining. Joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to just with the mess.

[Morgan]

Jessica Robin Moore. Just don't do no lines.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She don't spare nobody worldwide.

[DJ Envy]

Just worldwide on the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shooter.

[Morgan]

She was able to get all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to set it off.

[Morgan]

So over the weekend, I seen some. Hey, yo, chill out, Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Chill out.

[Morgan]

Lord, please put the picture of Mufasa down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's the picture of Skepta.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Okay, okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but it's Mufasa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It just happens to be there.

[Morgan]

You just put me on. Who's kept the word? Okay, but I seen something over the weekend with academics and another underage situation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, whatever.

[Morgan]

What's going on with that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So over the weekend, actually, academics got called out by a ton of people, academics was on a stream and while he was on the stream, he was on a stream. It was a 15 year old streamer on there and another man on the stream and they started having a conversation that was. It was. It was weird to say the least. Let's take a listen to the conversation.

[DJ Envy]

Max said he wanted to try. Try. Dude, will you let you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Why not? No. Yo, yo, yo, suppose he's like, yo bro, listen, yo, you always wanted me to be next to you. Now I could be inside of you. Pause.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, I'm not gay.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, if Max got a sister and she threw you the would you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, because I'm 15.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean she's above 18.

[DJ Envy]

What I mean it will be grooming. It be what?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Grooming.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That has nothing to do with you.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, Nor, what's your address?

[Teddy Swims]

I'mma send some strippers over there sl.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, I am 15, I hope you know that. Bro, you trying to get women, bro, I'm not. Yo, bro, you trying to put me on a case? You trying to put them on a case. So what you mean so that's weird.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know all the rappers lost their.

[DJ Envy]

Virginity to like old woman, right? That's a wise little 15 year old.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, he was doing the same thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was, he was very, very smart. So of course this, you know, picked up everywhere. The audio leaked from the stream and then or was released from the stream and then people started responding to it. Artists, other streamers started reacting and calling it weird.

[Morgan]

Who is the secondary voice? The other.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The secondary voice? I don't know.

[Morgan]

Another grown ass man on that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can get his name for you, but from the reports he used to be a manager for Tory Lanez. But I have to get his name for you. But yeah, so people were calling act out of course because y'all hear the conversation. It was weird. Now the 15 year old boy, he's actually a discord mod. So he works under play plaque boy Max. And you know that he's a huge streamer. So he then got on his stream and said look, conversation was weird. I don't care who the conversation was between. It was weird. And he started warning his younger community about conversations like those, right? So act then, then gets back on stream and responds to people including Max calling him weird. Take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't gonna lie to you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This turned me so off.

[DJ Envy]

I swear to God, and I never, swear to God, I never need to be on Kai, Max, Aiden, nobody stream. I don't need none and nobody who stream. I got my own thing Going on the. So when I see this me off, I'm like, bro, I'm over here with these, supporting them. If y'all think acting some type of. I promise you no more Max clips. I promise you every clip you see from Max from now on. I guarantee you $3,000 a clip. Every label paid me that. Yo, yo, I show too much love to ever be called a weirdo. I show too much love. I know people trying to make it weird and this is why, you know, I. I know it ain't even. It ain't even Max's community. It's really like these Kendrick fans and like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So he is weird. Let me tell you.

[Morgan]

Weirdo for sure of fat, funky ass weirdo, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, it was even more weird that he brought the Drake and Kendrick beef into it because, yeah, like, people were making the memes. Like, I saw one meme like, oh, act like what. What Drake likes. Because the whole, you know, underage conversation or whatever. But I think the bigger thing here, people were pissed is like, yo, you didn't even take accountability for the conversation you just had, which was weird. He's a 15 year old boy.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, see, I thought he did. I thought that's. I didn't hear that part. I thought he apologized.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So. So that was the first response. Then. Then people got even more mad because he responded that way and then he continued and he eventually took accountability. We do have that clip. Let's take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

I get it. Y'all are upset. How do we cancel act? I'm still the biggest pause. You can't cancel. What you didn't build. This issue aside. Which again, I am wrong. I will be better. This is a teachable moment. I only. I also don't think it's only a teachable moment for me. For me. At first, I'm looking at like, bro, it's a dude, right? If it was a woman, it's like, that's. Dude, that's like a little bro. Hopefully people can learn from this whole little scandal with me. And I hope, you know, the streaming community and anybody who watches it and participates, I hope those people, you know, whether you're underage or not, we're streamers who benefit from everybody viewing us. So I hope we all change and act accordingly. I got to watch my speech. That's clear.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Don't worry about nobody else. It's you. And. And the fact that the little boy was telling you, like, what it was and like, yo, no, I'm not doing that. This is called grooming. I'm only 15. I'm not. I don't smash. I don't even. I don't do none of that. And you and your man's kept on going on and on like, what are you talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The sentiment here was like, I think people just wanted to hear him know that it was wrong and that it was a conversation that shouldn't have been had. And eventually he got to that point, but it took him a few streams and a few. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

You know what's interesting about the situation is he apologizing. He doesn't have to. Because what's. What you gonna take from that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, that's what he. That's what he's saying.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I mean? So you.

[Morgan]

And then even still, why would he apologize? And he gonna do the same thing next week? Like this. This is not the first or the last time he's gonna do something like that. Like, that's.

[DJ Envy]

Well, let's hope it's the last time.

[Morgan]

I mean, we can hope we did learn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And there are reports. Nothing I have confirmed, just from other streamers that have said that, like, you know, the younger boy's mom is, like, not happy about this, so there may be an investigation into it. Whatever. Whatever. Nothing that I have confirmed.

[DJ Envy]

And that's what you got to be concerned about. And that's what everybody got to be concerned about when they have these. Any type of conversation on platforms. Because that. What if that kid's mama says, hey, my son's experiencing emotional distress now? And now she hit you with a lawsuit.

[Morgan]

Yeah, she already got him. Very, very intelligent.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, it's.

[DJ Envy]

It's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, and it's recorded. But, you know, I wanted to salute that young boy's parents, you know what I mean? Because the fact that he knows exactly what he needs to look for and what he was. Because like you said at age 15, the words he's using, meaning they had that conversation that wasn't something that just happened for.

[DJ Envy]

Cut it out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not saying he didn't learn and all that stuff. He had a conversation with his parents.

[Morgan]

The fact is that he learned. And he know what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He knows what it is, and he knows how to avoid it.

[DJ Envy]

That little boy learned all of that from the dedication.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's under a really big streamer, like, you know, on platform. So maybe his parents did pull into the side like, yo. Like, you know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would hope so. I would hope so, because anybody that has kids should have those conversations with their kids. If they're streaming so. So they know what to look for and know how to handle it. He handled it like a G. So he handled it great. Amazing. Only thing he should have did was put his pops on the phone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That would have been crazy. Dad pulling up on act that have been.

[Morgan]

You already know through the stream.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Morgan]

Well, thank you, Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're welcome.

[Morgan]

Thank you, Diddy. Thank you, Diddy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's who taught him, right, Charlie? No, don't.

[Morgan]

Please don't.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody clip Lauren just saying thank you. Just put that on my. February 2027, 2025. Lauren just said thank you, Diddy, for no reason.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't listen to him, y'all. Don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne, who giving that donkey too?

[DJ Envy]

Four after the hour. Another teachable moment. There's a Florida man named Shannon Atkins who needs to come to the front of the congregation. Y'all gonna learn about performing for that damn Internet. We gonna discuss.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Wake up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up.

[DJ Envy]

You're locked into the Breakfast Club. Make sure you tell them to watch out for Florida, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Florida, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

Florida.

[DJ Envy]

The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Yes, you are a donkey.

[Teddy Swims]

A Florida man attacked an ATM for.

[Morgan]

A very strange reason.

[Teddy Swims]

It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He rigged the door to his home.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club, bitches. Donkey of the day with Charlemagne, A guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. Listen, donkey, Today for Monday, January 27th, goes to Shannon Atkins, okay? He is a 46 year old Florida man. What does your Uncle Charlotte always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And today is no exception. Look, man, I said this last Thursday when I did the Daily show, and I want to repeat it. Some of y'all not gonna make it through the next four years because y'all already, you know, lost your mind about Trump in the first four days. Okay? Today starts the second week of the second Trump administration. Last week, Trump signed over 100 executive order orders and actions, and on his first day, he signed 26 of them. Everything from declaring a national emergency at the Mexico border to establishing that it is the policy of the USA to recognize only two sexes on official documents. And those sexes are male and female. That's it. So when a trans Woman gets called. Sir, don't be mad at the person calling the trans sister mister. His president's orders. But what I need to tell the American people this morning is please remember your serenity prayer, not just for the next four years, but for forever. Okay? God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Okay? Stop stressing over things that are simply out of your control. And what Trump is doing in that White House definitely impacts society, but it's out of our control, okay? If you can't come up with intelligent, strategic, productive forms of resistance or protest to this Trump administration, then sit your stupid ass down before you find yourself in a situation like Shannon Atkins. See, Shannon was on social media doing what most people are doing, doing. And that's garnering engagement from people's enragement. See, Shannon decided to say some things about President Donald Trump on social media. Facebook, to be exact. And let me rephrase. He didn't have something to say. He just threatened to kill. Yeah. Shannon Atkins got on Facebook and said, matter of fact, I'm not repeating what he said, okay? Somebody will clip that and make it seem like I said it and have me jammed up. What's the news report? What is it? Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Let's go to CBS for the report.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One man arrested for making online threats to the president.

[DJ Envy]

West Palm beach police announced the arrest of Shannon deparo Atkins.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The El Kobe man now faces several charges, including written or electronic threats to kill. The investigation began after the FBI got a tip about violent Facebook posts directed at the president.

[DJ Envy]

Some of the posts were Lincoln, jfk, Reagan, Martin Luther King, and Trump. Atkins posted. Unfortunately, one is still alive. He wrote something to that effect. He also wrote another saying, bullets, please, Jesus, save America.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Police say Atkins says he was joking.

[DJ Envy]

When he made those posts. He is also facing a drug possession charge after detectives found cocaine on him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

At the time of his arrest.

[DJ Envy]

Joking. Joking, Shannon, you thought that was funny? I was just joking. Doesn't even work in the court of public opinion, so it damn sure isn't gonna work in a court of law. I was just joking. It's not defense. And who you just joking like that for? Okay, See, this is the performative stuff that happens on social media. But I've been telling y'all on this radio for years that things you do online can and will get you jammed up offline, okay? I bet everybody who liked that post or shared that post or left a comment on that post, a little 100. Or the prayer hand emojis or the laughing emojis. Not one of those people, Shannon, are going to contribute to your bill. Now, one of those people are going to donate to your lawyer fees. Not one of those people gonna pay any of your bills while you are away in prison. What you posting about killing the president for them? And that's why we say it's all performative. Because you make a strong statement about wanting to see the president dead, only to say you joking when things get real. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You gonna see this one through, okay? By the way, the government doesn't play about his president, all right? I know you might think they're only acting like this because it's Trump, but no, Obama received, you know, a lot of Internet threats, and people got arrested and sentenced to prison for threatening to kill 44. Two. Okay? Now, Shannon also got caught with three baggies of cocaine. You heard that in the. The news report. In my personal life, I have come to the realization that the sooner you understand people be on coke, the less you take things personally. All right? That is very true, but that has nothing to do with the law. You going to prison. And I just want we, the people to be smarter over the next four years, okay? Emotional decision making will get you results like this. But guess what? Performative decision making will get you results like this, too. Please give Shannon Atkins the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones. Yes, indeed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

He earned that one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He sure did.

[Morgan]

Yeah, clown sure did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How many followers do you have, I wonder?

[DJ Envy]

It don't matter if you got five.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

You know why? Because all it takes is for somebody to see it. And then once somebody sees it, then they report it to the proper authorities, which is the FBI. And then the FBI coming to get you. It's really just that simple.

[Morgan]

Okay, I was just playing, y'all like, I'm just joking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just playing. All right, all right. Well, that was your donkey of the day. Now, the judge might do that.

[DJ Envy]

Judge might be like 50 years.

[Morgan]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That ain't playing. That ain't funny. What's funny?

[DJ Envy]

I'm just joking. Give him 20.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, now, when we come back, we have the women from Good Moms Bad Choices podcast. We're gonna be talking to them next, all right? So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa filling in for Jess. And we got some special guests joining us today.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, indeed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Season two of their podcast on the Black Effect, Good Mom, Bad Choices podcast, we have Erica Dickerson and Jamila Mack. Welcome, ladies.

[Teddy Swims]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How y'all feeling?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Great.

[Paola Pedrosa]

But feeling really big.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I love the. The name of y'all podcast. Good Moms Bad Choices. What is. What does that mean?

[Teddy Swims]

You know, I think society has deemed women and moms in a certain light, and historically, we're not really allowed to make bad choices, but really bad choices are relative. You know, like smoking a blunt is a good choice for me, but for other people, that might be a bad choice, you know, So I think it really kind of just flips the narrative around what bad choices actually are and allows moms in particular to give themselves grace and prioritize whatever the it is that they want to prioritize. It's funny, though, because a lot of people really hated that name. All of our friends told us that.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Was a bad idea.

[Teddy Swims]

That was a bad idea.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Because I think bad choices and good moms don't go together, and you assume that that means something terrible. But, I mean, I'm sure we've all made some choices that some other person told you were bad, but they were actually fun or good or exciting. And sometimes you had to make your own choice. And I think, you know, people put moms in a box. You can only behave a certain way. You can only dress a certain way. It's like you give birth and suddenly you're Martha Stewart or something. But the truth is, is you had a baby because you had sex. So, you know, there's just, like, the. The humanness of it.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I thought it was. I thought when you. You saying the bad choice is the baby daddy.

[Paola Pedrosa]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Sometimes.

[Teddy Swims]

That'S relative.

[Paola Pedrosa]

That wasn't why we made the name, but did we make some choices that could have been better? Yes, but you learn from those choices, and then you find a second baby daddy that's better.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said second baby. Sometimes people find a second baby daddy. I don't know you guys personally, and I'm new to watching and listening to your podcast. Podcast. Are you guys on the journey of finding the second baby daddy? Are you still with the first baby daddy? Like, where y'all in your journey? Oh, one is engaged.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Paola Pedrosa]

I just got engaged last week.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Paola Pedrosa]

So I have found my second baby. My husband.

[Teddy Swims]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Congratulations.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Yeah, thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Love that for you.

[Paola Pedrosa]

And I think that's another thing is, like, women, there's, like, the stigma that you have to say with your baby.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Daddy.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Or you're on. You're undeemed, unworthy, or unmarriable after you're a single mom. And it's just not true. It's not real. And like, sometimes you gotta do better the second time and sometimes you gotta leave the first one for your happiness and for your peace. And that's okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So tell us about the engagement and how it happened because I saw that trending last week on, I think it was Twitter. There was a girl that was like. And for all the guys that keep saying, just because you have a kid, nobody's gonna want you, my stepdaddy DMs is lined up, baby.

[Paola Pedrosa]

And I, you know, that was a big fear of ours. I think that was how we like kind of formed our podcast too. Is like, as black women, it's so like the stereotype of being a single black mom is, Is. It's crazy, you know, like. And no, but no woman wants that, to be a single single mom. But particularly for black women, there's this heavy burden of like, oh my God. And the truth is, is like, you learn, you get better when you're a mother. You take. Dating gets taken more seriously. I don't have time to play. I don't have time for bs. You know, I know what I need and what I want. So, yeah, I met my, my man four years ago. We dated for three years. He's from New York. I imported him to LA because LA men are not so great. But yeah, we did. We dated for three years. We lived together for too. And you know, we've been engaged two weeks. So, you know, we did a little. I did the adult thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congrats.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What about you?

[Teddy Swims]

I have a partner. And so, you know, we're still, we're, we're not anywhere near where she's at, but it's, it's been a journey. You know, as a single mom, I think that, like you said, there's a lot of shame. I remember when I first, when I, when I, me and my child's father broke up. I remember I joined Tinder.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

We love the idea of helping you make meaningful lifestyle changes. Our policy is to never be too punishing on yourself or too grand in your goals, which is why we've got.

[Jess Hilarious]

Shows on how to make little nudges.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To your behavior and create habits that stick.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen to the Life Kit podcast on iHeartradio.

[D. Woods]

I started to live a double life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was a teenager. Responsible and driven and wild and out of control. My head is pounding. I'm confused. I don't know why I'm in jail.

[Teddy Swims]

It's hard to understand what hope is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you're trapped in a cycle of addiction. Addiction took me to the darkest places. I had an AK47 pointed at my head. But one night a new door opened and I made it into the rooms of recovery. The path would have roadblocks and detours, stalls and relapses.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But when I was feeling the most.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lost, I found hope with community and I made my way back this season. Join me on my journey through addiction and recovery. A story told in 12 steps. Listen to Crumbs as part of the.

[D. Woods]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

You get your podcasts. Sup, y'all? This is Questlove and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids. Starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records Nemeni to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out.

[Teddy Swims]

Hey y'all, Nimini here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the host of a brand new.

[Teddy Swims]

History podcast for kids and families called Historical Records Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop.

[DJ Envy]

Smash, slam. Another one gone. Bash, bam. Another one gone. The cracker, the bat. And another one gone. The tip of the cap. Cause another one gone.

[Teddy Swims]

Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

15 year old girl in Alabama who.

[Teddy Swims]

Refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Rosa Parks did the same thing.

[Teddy Swims]

Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to historical records. Because in order to make history, you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have to make some noise.

[Teddy Swims]

Listen to historical records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I always tell our listeners, like new moms that are trying to get out there. I'm like, dating apps is the. When you first, like become single. Like, for me, I really needed the confidence boost because I felt so disconnected from my sexuality. I felt so disconnected from my value in so many ways. And unfortunately not fortunate. Well, unfortunately, unfortunately, I really did. I needed that confidence. It was to be like, oh, swipe right. Okay, okay. But I think that for me in this, in this period, in this time and in my journey of being a single mom, I have learned through the people that I've dated, which, you know, things haven't worked out, but I've evolved so much and been able to, I think, manifest this person that I'm with now, now who accepts me holistically. Because one thing that we were told, and we've been told a lot because of our show and the content of our show, we talk about sex very candidly. We talk about our dating experiences very candidly. We talk about our bad choices very candidly. And you're not gonna find a man like that. No man's gonna marry that. You are. You like your titties out like you wear. You don't like shirts. Like we literally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't like shirts.

[Paola Pedrosa]

You don't like.

[Teddy Swims]

She doesn't like shirts. You know, and her titty makes an appearance. I was like, we can't make an appearance today. Okay. The right titty likes to make an appearance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Teddy Swims]

But there's a lot of narrative around just being too confident and in your body and to you. Yeah. Being too you. You have to compartmentalize yourself to be a wife, to be a high valued woman, which is a conversation that I feel like is has always been part in. It's been on the Internet for a long time. But now women are pushing this narrative of being high valued women. And I feel like that's very Dangerous and very violent against women, specifically when it's pushed by women.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Erica, a question for you, and only because you mentioned this earlier. I know what your kid's dad. With Freddie, it's a little bit different for you too, because he's an artist. Like, people know Freddie Gibbs, right? How do you deal with the judgment? Because yours is, like, probably, like, 50 times more. Because your relationship and everything that happened out of it was so public. Like, is that harder for you? Is it harder to talk about?

[Teddy Swims]

No, it's not hard for me to talk about. I mean, early on in the show, it was. I mean, when we started the podcast, I was relatively, like, maybe five months out of our breakup.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whoa, you were mentally okay enough. Your breakup was pretty.

[Teddy Swims]

No, I was not okay, which is why I need to sit with this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so wait, so. So back it up then. Talk me through that. So you're five months out of. You were engaged. You. You all just welcomed your baby. Then you find out there's another woman, another baby. Then you decide to go get on a public platform, start a podcast. What was your thinking around that? And, like, mentally, outside of just talking to her, what else did you do to be able to get through that? That's rough.

[Teddy Swims]

You know, I didn't have a lot of thought, honestly. People ask us why we started the show. It was really. I just needed someone to talk to. And I started listening to podcasts, actually, really Murder mystery podcast. And then I started looking up podcasts in the, you know, single mom podcast, black podcast. At the time, there were really none like this. The space has changed, evolved so much. But before that, it was like, white moms drinking wine, calling their kids ass, and, like, nerdy white guys. Like, and. And murder mystery, which is why I was there. You know, I felt like, wow, this space is wide open. I wonder if, like, my friend that I just met, because I didn't know Jamila really at all would want to sit and, like, let's just talk about being single moms. And then as we started talking and just being vulnerable, things just started pouring out.

[Paola Pedrosa]

She told me this story, and I.

[Teddy Swims]

And, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, about the. The threesome.

[Paola Pedrosa]

And I immediately was intrigued because we'd hung out, but it was very surface. And I was like, oh, this is kind of spicy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Paola Pedrosa]

I kind of like her. I was like, okay, I can kind of get with this. Because at first it was very like, how are you liking motherhood?

[DJ Envy]

It's great. I love it.

[Paola Pedrosa]

You know, and not being real. And when she said that, it immediately made me Feel close to her. And I asked her at that moment, I said, okay, I'll do the podcast. I don't even know what the. That is like a radio show. I was like, but are you going to tell the story about your couple? And. Because that's the only way I could do it, on or off. I don't really have a gray area.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was like, okay, black couple or white couple?

[Teddy Swims]

Black and white. Oh, oh, black woman, Black and white husband.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh.

[DJ Envy]

Dr. Umar would be. Dr. Umar was like, this white man got three queens. Three or two.

[Teddy Swims]

His wife is beautiful. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we got more with the ladies from Good Mom Bad Choices. When we come back, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning. Everybody. Is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlotte Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Laura Rosa's here as well. We're still kicking in with the ladies from Good Moms Bad Choices Podcast. Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

What is a sexologist and tantric practitioner? Because that's what y'all are, too. That's what y'all. That's what y'all retreats are about, right?

[Paola Pedrosa]

I know our retreats are. I mean, somewhat. Yeah. Tantra is about, like, starting the dialogue with your body, using pleasure as medicine, like she said. I think a lot of times people think pleasure is just like sex. You're just solely in the bedroom. You lock the door, you turn the lights off. You don't talk about it. But there's pleasure in all things, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Like, you probably. I saw you with your little Snuggie on this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was cold.

[Paola Pedrosa]

But you. You know, like, sometimes there's those things that just.

[Teddy Swims]

Like lighting a candle, setting the vibe.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Eating a good meal. And, like, I think sometimes we reserve those intimate pleasures for, like, you know, we just put everything in a box. And so it's just, like, spiritual, like technology that is like, a practice of being in tune with your pleasure and not removing the divinity from intimacy and from sex, you know, because it's very. It's given to us by God. And I think it's just about teaching and practicing other people to do that, too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I read an Essence article on you guys, and you talked about apologizing to your kid and how good that has been and how freeing that is. And we always had this conversation, me with my mom. Like, I'd be like, you need to learn how to apologize. But you guys are doing it early. Why? And how has it worked in your relationship with your kid?

[Teddy Swims]

Because I didn't get it. I didn't get no apologies, you know, and so I realized that as I was evolving in motherhood, and I always tell people I'm a 10 year old mother. Like, I only know as much as I know of a 10 year old mother. You know, new ish at this point. Maybe a little seasoned, not quite. But I've seen the power of apologizing. I've seen how much my daughter feels safe talking to me because her mom is willing to say, hey, I kind of up. I'm sorry about that. Hey, I lost my temper. And I think a lot of times we've pushed things under the rug. And like, all those things, you don't forget them as kids. You know, they. And then they show up in different ways in your life where you now have a problem apologizing. You can't acknowledge the things that you've done wrong, and now it's holding you back. And so I just didn't. I don't want that for her. And so I think it's really important for parents overall to get used to that idea. Not idea, that thing and do that. And like, why wouldn't you. Why wouldn't you want to apologize to your child if you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You.

[DJ Envy]

That I do it all the time.

[Teddy Swims]

Yeah. And it feels good. It feels good to, like, reverse whatever it is that, you know, didn't work for you. You know, I think about, like, I had like, a recent, like, parenting moment with my daughter because she was getting bullied at school, and I was like, oh, no, so we're here because I'm gonna beat all these little asses. I was like, okay, you can't do that. Don't do that, Erica, you can just record it. Well, now I'm on Breakfast Club talking about it. It wasn't me. You know, at first I was like, all right, I'm just gonna, like, talk to the school and have them deal with this because I don't know what to do. And then I was like, no, I have to face this head on. And so, you know, I was just. I, you know, I sat with her and talked to her, and she had a really hard time telling me because I think she's. My daughter's gonna be 10 and right now in her life, like, her. So her social circle is very important to her. You know, she's just building these friendships and, like, it feels like her whole world. And so stirring the pot feels like it's not a big deal. It's fine, you know, and so I was just empowering her to stand up for herself. And after that moment, like, us talking it through, I Was like, damn, that was good.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Y'all have a book too, A good Mom's guide to making bad Choices. Explain why we. They need a guide to make bad choices.

[Paola Pedrosa]

You know, I think when we were writing this, I realized, like, there are so many books about parenthood. Like, how do you care for your baby? How do you swaddle the baby? What do you do? You know, like, there's all these. There's all these things about how you care for a baby, and there's rarely. There's no books really about how the. Do I care for myself after this huge thing that's happened, my body has changed, my life has changed. I'm, you know, implementing a new human and I'm caring for something. And there's a lot of fear, there's a lot of anxiety in that, that nobody talks about. And even for us, our book is. Talks about, like our journey in single parenting. There's a lot of mom experiencing that. A lot of mom's fighting it, like trying to put a square in a circle. Like, sometimes it just don't work, and that's okay. And so I think this book is really about the guide to finding yourself, whatever that is for you, and being authentic in it. And also, like, how do you care for yourself in this process of parenting? Because there are no books about that. It's always about the child. And that's the thing about motherhood. It's like it has to be self sacrificing, but it doesn't and it shouldn't be. And that's really what the book is based in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wanted to add, you know, did you ever resent your. Your baby fathers? And if you did, how did y'all get over it?

[Teddy Swims]

It's a work in progress. I think that, you know, early on, of course, there was more resentfulness. I think there's acceptance too. You just have to kind of accept the person you chose.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And this is.

[Teddy Swims]

This is it, you know, and. And then from there build the, the tribe. And that's really what I've done. I have an incredible support system that will show up when he can't, you know, and granted, both of us have very busy careers. He's out of the country, out of town a lot. And so 98% of everything has fallen into my hands. So I would, I would be lying to say there's. There's no resentment like there or there hasn't been resentment. But I also just, I. I also, like, have. Have to humanize him as well if I'm going to Give grace to the women that I, that I serve and give grace to myself. Then I also have to understand, understand where he's at, what happened, like where what wasn't, what needs were not met in your childhood, what things are you combat, battling with that you're not confronting and avoiding, you know, and so that doesn't always come because sometimes I want to curse him out, but then I have to kind of bring it back and say, okay, well this work doesn't just apply to this. I have to be able to apply it to both. And, and it does my daughter. No, it doesn't. Doesn't do my daughter, her any, any benefit by, you know, me, you know, bad talking him, especially in front of her. I try my best to, for her to feel like we are still the family. You know, we pray, we pray for her dad, we talk about her dad. Like I ask it, I ask even like, you know, he had another child. The reason we broke up was because he got another woman pregnant. And you know, I never in a million years thought that I would be able to be like in the presence of that child ever. And I know there's a lot of women listening that have maybe experienced this or maybe going through this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My heart dropped cuz I know the feeling.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Teddy Swims]

And it was, I, I literally, I just, there was no way. I remember the first time he brought his son into my house, like unannounced and I was like, did you cry?

[Lauren LaRosa]

How was the, did you cry? Like what was your.

[Teddy Swims]

I didn't even know how to cry. I was frozen, you know, like I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you say get?

[Teddy Swims]

Of course not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because it's a baby, you don't want to react to the baby. Yeah.

[Teddy Swims]

And like, as a, as women, like we are territorial around this role of mother and like this space that we share with this person, like this is what we decided to do and this is an interruption.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Teddy Swims]

But, you know, but, but now, like I have so much love for that child. You know, I wouldn't be a good mom who makes bad choices without that child. Like, thank you baby mama for, you know, breaking the family up. Because, because, no, truly, because I didn't know myself then. I was really like living for him. And, and so I think that like, to answer your question, it's just like about. Or answer your question, it's just about like allowing grace and knowing that yes, there are times when I want to curse that man out. But also I love him because he gave me my daughter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotcha.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, did the baby daddies ever come to Y'all and apologize for what? Envy's kind of referencing, like that flack of like, dang, I'm sorry, Mario Rock put you through.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Or denial. Denial. Denial.

[Teddy Swims]

If you ask them, they probably would have. Would say they have.

[Paola Pedrosa]

But, I mean, you know, most dads.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, I'm doing great.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Like, you haven't seen her in two weeks.

[Teddy Swims]

Our baby daddy tried to link up a few times, once. And we were like, what the hell are they talking about? They were gonna start a podcast.

[DJ Envy]

Good dad, Bad Choices. That's right. That be a conflict of interest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, we appreciate y'all for joining. Make sure you subscribe Good Mom Bad Choices podcast on the Black Effect Network, Jamila Mapp.

[DJ Envy]

Every Wednesday. Every Wednesday. They drop. So check them out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Y'all seen the video for this?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Excuse me.

[Teddy Swims]

Yes.

[Morgan]

I love. It's been long.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How many times you watch?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Chris Brown, I just can't sing a dance. But I'm there. I'm there in my mind. I'm.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was getting so much love in the video.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, let's get to Jess with the mess. Let's go.

[DJ Envy]

On the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shooter. She was able to get y'all to.

[Morgan]

See something and understand something that nobody.

[DJ Envy]

Could get you to see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's time to set it off.

[Morgan]

All right, so, Lauren, you had this picture of Aaron Pierre and Skepta up here since 6:00 this morning, and you've been dying to talk about these two brothers.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Morgan]

What's going on?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. I mean, it's not anything crazy. They just out here being fine. You know how that go. Yeah, but who. Who brief like that?

[DJ Envy]

Wasn't me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay? Cuz I go say envy. Cuz, you know, Aaron Pierre is Mufasa. Had you going. We going to get there.

[Morgan]

Yes, yes. Aaron Pierre is fine. So is skeptic. Skeptics. Cool. But why they like, what's going on?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So they were at the Louis show, the menswear fashion show for Fashion Week in Paris. And they just took the picture because they were both at the show. And when they took the picture, it went crazy viral. Super crazy viral. Especially because I didn't see it. You know Aaron Pierre. Yes, you did. I know you saw this picture. I know I ain't see it and gonna smile like that.

[DJ Envy]

Why are you hating on them brothers? Man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hating nobody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he's mad. Let me talk to y'all. Okay, so listen. So basically, when the photo Went viral. Viral. We were crashing out online. I was a part of the crash out. No seat belt. Okay. Cuz they look so good. But Skepta really will remind somebody, especially a light skinned man. Don't play with him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think that's what happened with Envy, so.

[DJ Envy]

Envy?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it's a. It's a Bombs for melanin.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They were talking about how gorgeous these men are just in general, but Skepta just is. No one needs to stay next to.

[DJ Envy]

Him because whenever you see a waffle colored negro sitting next to all that melon, he looked like a pit bull.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, wow. But the girls were going off and guys got upset. It was men online acting like Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Really? What happened?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't do anything.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That men were online basically saying, like, y'all are delusional. Y'all don't need to be acting like this.

[Morgan]

Men was talking like this. Men were saying this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Grown men. Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You got a. You got a Twitter? What was you doing this weekend?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wasn't doing nothing. I heard they both got six toes, though. That I did it. Hear that, though? Allegedly.

[DJ Envy]

Hater, bro, why do people hate on us sex symbols?

[Morgan]

Hey, Lauren, what's the next story here? Yeah, what's going on?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, hold on. I want to tell y'all though, before we go. Skepta, my man, he had to come out and be like, look, I'm seeing big men are arguing with the girls about me because I took a pic with a man 12 years younger than me. Oh, and he's 12 years older. I'm literally that man's uncle. You need to chill and let the ladies tweet in peace.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, let the women have some fun online, whether it's Skepta, Mufasa, me, Mars, Chuck, let us cook. Don't hate on God. Great design.

[Morgan]

Definitely cooking you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If you post the picture, can you play the mu like you sexy? Because Envy, I know you Envy, I know you was trying to. Come on, come on, come on, come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He got up all day.

[DJ Envy]

He's got a fall gate. I woke up.

[Morgan]

Hey, y'all, girl, hop off, Skeptic. You know the next story.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cuz I had to make sure if he got that in because, you know, before we move away from the light skin, I gotta get my bro in here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right. Now he got up all gay, like.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Jess, how you get.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How you get up? Sweet. How that happen, girl?

[DJ Envy]

That sound straight. Got up gay. I know what you're saying on that.

[Morgan]

We going sleep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo. So all Right. Changing gears. Snoop Dogg. You remember Snoop. Everybody was upset.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do we remember Snoop? I think we know who Snoop is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Envy. I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This man threw me off.

[DJ Envy]

No, you're right. Do we remember what people were even mad at two days ago? Yeah, absolutely right. Cause people move on so fast.

[Jess Hilarious]

You're right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Skeptic is so fine. All right, so Snoop. Snoop responded, seemingly to the people that have been upset at him for performing at the Crypto Ball for Trump. Let's take a listen.

[Jess Hilarious]

What up, Jack?

[DJ Envy]

It's Sunday, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got gospel in my heart right now for all the hate. I'm gonna answer with love.

[DJ Envy]

Y'all can't hate enough on me. I love too much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get your life right. Stop worrying about mine. I'm cool. I'm together.

[DJ Envy]

Still a Black man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Still 100% black. All out till you ball out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So Snoop is so unbothered. I don't even know what else to say. But, like, it's Snoop. He's unbothered. He doesn't care.

[DJ Envy]

He's still Snoop.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

At the end of the day, Inside.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Note Soup looks like he has the most amazing fun on Sundays. I don't know if you've seen it. He had his whole family there. His aunts, his uncles, his nephews.

[Morgan]

They're playing dominoes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They watching the game. They drinking, they dancing.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look like you having a fun time.

[DJ Envy]

The only thing I would say is I wouldn't call what Snoop received hate. I would just say that people had an opinion.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I mean?

[Morgan]

I wouldn't say that they were hated, you know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nah, the people was mad.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. But that's not hate.

[Morgan]

They weren't hating on it. Just like. Yeah, they had an opinion and they wanted, like, answers, like, yo, dang. But you said. Yeah, they were disappointed.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Disappointment is better. Disappointment is better. Okay, well, yeah, he's unbothered. But moving on to another story here, somebody that spoke out recently. D. Woods. So you guys remember D. Woods. She was a part of the whole one that he was on all the. Making the bands Identity Kings. So she decided to sit down with Good Morning America and speak out and break her silence on troubling interactions that she said she had with Sean Diddy Combs after starring on MTV's popular reality show Making the Band 3. The day we were chosen, I was like, it's bad boy for life, baby. She says what should have been a dream come true quickly became something else, alleging Diddy created a verbally abusive work environment. I'm curious why you decided to speak up now.

[Morgan]

I would say that this moment, now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is a time where I feel like.

[Morgan]

My experience, my truth will really be heard and actually considered and believed.

[DJ Envy]

Did she say what happened?

[Morgan]

This was just a couple minutes ago, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So, yeah, this is breaking right now. The sit down with Good Morning America. So we do have another clip. Loading. Where she's gonna go into more detail. But I think for a lot of people, you know, just like when Cassie spoke out or when Dawn Richards spoke out, it's just like, whoa, this is a person that was really close to Be really close to him. Let's take a listen to this second clip where she goes more in detail. I see myself standing in those dark, scary, predatory spaces and hearing somebody say some of the most degrading things to me. How was it predatory? Somebody constantly treating you like a piece of meat, only seeing.

[Morgan]

Only valuing you for your sex appeal.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And in some of the environments, you know, it was. It was even scary to be by yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Is that because she's going. She's gonna be on the. On one of those documentaries, right? I think D. Wood is gonna be on one of those ID documentaries.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fallen Diddy. That's the name of it. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

The Fall of Ditty.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whatever it's for is. It can't be. It can't work out well for him. A person sitting in jail right now and trying to claim his innocence. Because even if this is just for a documentary, if I'm prosecution, I now want to reach out to her, if I didn't already know, to. To have a conversation with her. Because, you know, this isn't the first time you've heard things like this, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, that is Jess with the mess. All right, now let's get to the mix. I mean, congratulations to Philly. Let's start off with Meek Mill, and it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now salute to everybody. Now salute to Teddy Swims, who stopped through earlier today. His new project. I've tried everything, but therapy is out today.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, man. And y'all people online talking about we need to gatekeep better, and we need to keep people like Teddy Swims off the Breakfast Club. Why? We've always.

[Morgan]

Stupid.

[DJ Envy]

It's dumb. We've always interviewed people like that. And somebody. Somebody posted the dumbest thing under the Breakfast Club Instagram. They said with a country station interview. Beyonce. Yes. What the hell kind of dumbass question?

[Morgan]

Like, what if I last album was country and it's charted, dummy.

[DJ Envy]

They would interview Beyonce.

[Morgan]

Yeah, honestly.

[DJ Envy]

What are you talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My goodness. Well, salute to Teddy Swims.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also shout out to Martin Lawrence for taking care of the team. I know a lot of us, a lot of y'all went to go see Martin this weekend. I know Lauren went. The staff went. I know Charlamagne went. I was going go, but the person I was trying to see didn't make it this weekend, so I decided to cancel my plans.

[DJ Envy]

Supposed to be there? Yeah. I was in Atlantic City over the weekend because my daughter had a cheerleading competition, so I went to go see Martin. I thought Jess was going to be there too. Actually. Texas.

[Morgan]

No, he was trying to kill two birds and one. So, like, oh, let me see if Jess going. No, Jess was never on the Atlantic City show with Martin. I was at supposed to be at the Barclays on Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

I said I'm here waiting to see you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, why?

[Morgan]

Why are you there? I'm home.

[DJ Envy]

Exclude everybody, man. In Atlantic City at Kelsey's, man. Oh, I love Kelsey so much.

[Morgan]

That's a restaurant.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, it is. Soul food restaurant.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God. Kelsey's is so good. Kelsey's is great. They got the breakfast. Man, I would I go there for breakfast. I've eaten there for dinner too. The dinner is great too, but, man, they breakfast buffet. Oh, my God.

[Morgan]

Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

The sweet potato waffle.

[Morgan]

Sounds like constipation.

[DJ Envy]

They got the sweet potato waffle. The red velvet waffle.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man.

[Morgan]

Oh, that sound good. I can't eat none of stuff right now.

[DJ Envy]

Kelsey's great. Salute to Kelsey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, shout out to Kelsey. All right, when we come back, we got the positive notice. The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. You got a positive note, Charlemagne.

[Morgan]

Yo, hold up, hold up, hold like. Yo, we on tv.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you didn't know that?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yes, we on tubi now.

[Morgan]

No, Charlemagne sent it to me, but.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought you joking.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he texted to me and he say he sent me the link. He was like, this your fault.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm like, know like, what you mean we on tv.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You did the deal. No, I did.

[Morgan]

I thought it was a joke. Yo, but we really stream on tv. That's what's up. That's what's up. Shout out to somebody must have just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hit you and say, I seen you on tv.

[Morgan]

Yeah, they said that they. I mean, they hit me every day. Like I.

[DJ Envy]

They always hit you and say they see you on.

[Morgan]

Yeah. But now they see you and you, too. So that's on y'all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Well, you got a positive note.

[DJ Envy]

I do. The positive note is simply this, man. I want you to remember this on this Monday Sunday morning, the calmer you are, the clearer you think. Okay? Let your decisions come from a place of peace, not from reaction, you reactionary mother effers out there. Have a great day.

[Morgan]

That was a good one. That's true.

[Jess Hilarious]

Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

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