FULL SHOW: AMAs Recap: Janet Jackson Stuns With Performance, Eminem Triumphs Over Kendrick Lamar, Diddy’s Attorney Pushes To Strike Kid Cudi’s Testimony From Trial + Monique Rodriguez Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club Podcast Summary Episode: FULL SHOW: AMAs Recap: Janet Jackson Stuns With Performance, Eminem Triumphs Over Kendrick Lamar, Diddy’s Attorney Pushes To Strike Kid Cudi’s Testimony From Trial + Monique Rodriguez Interview
Release Date: May 27, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

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Weekend Highlights

The hosts kicked off the episode by sharing their weekend experiences. Charlamagne Tha God recounted a restful three-day weekend spent with his family, catching up on reading Jake Tapper's Original Sin and enjoying downtime. In contrast, DJ Envy detailed his vibrant weekend, traveling to St. Martin for Soul Beach Salute, attending a party in Indianapolis to support the Knicks, and relaxing with his family upon returning.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne Tha God (03:02): "I did exactly what I like to do, which is absolutely, positively nothing."

Front Page News

Memorial Day Honors

President Trump commemorated Memorial Day by honoring fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery. The hosts played excerpts from his speech, where he emphasized the sacrifices of American warriors and the ongoing struggles of Gold Star families.

Notable Quote:

DJ Envy (08:06): "In every hour of peril, in every moment of crisis, American warriors have left..."

Death of Congressman Charlie Rangel

The podcast mourned the passing of former New York Representative and Korean War veteran Charlie Rangel. DJ Envy provided a tribute, highlighting Rangel's significant contributions, including his role in the Affordable Care Act and efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Tributes from New York City Mayor Eric Adams and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries underscored Rangel's legacy as a champion for justice.

Notable Quote:

DJ Envy (09:07): "Rangel, often referred to as the lion of Harlem, served for 46 years and was the primary sponsor of 40 bills."

American Music Awards (AMAs) Recap

Janet Jackson’s Stunning Performance

The AMAs featured a highly anticipated performance by Janet Jackson, marking her first televised appearance in seven years. Jess Hilarious and Charlamagne Tha God expressed their admiration for Jackson's timeless talent and impactful performance.

Notable Quote:

Jess Hilarious (21:25): "Janet Jackson, I told you guys. She performed for the first time in seven years at the AMAs. She was amazing as always and she doesn't age whatsoever."

Eminem’s Controversial Win

Eminem won the favorite male hip-hop artist award, surpassing other heavyweights like Drake and Kendrick Lamar. This victory sparked debate among the hosts and listeners, with discussions centered on fan voting dynamics and Eminem's enduring legacy in the rap game.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne Tha God (32:31): "If his fan voted, then his fans voted, you know."

Diddy’s Trial and Kid Cudi’s Testimony

A significant portion of the episode delved into the ongoing legal battle involving Diddy and allegations against Kid Cudi. The hosts discussed Diddy's attorney's attempts to strike Kid Cudi's testimony, citing a lack of concrete evidence and the contentious nature of witness statements.

Key Points:

• Witness Testimony: Discussions surrounding Capricorn Clark’s statements and their impact on the trial.
• Legal Maneuvers: Analysis of the defense's strategies to challenge the relevance and credibility of testimonies.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne Tha God (39:56): "If you don't have congressional consent, how can you get it? When you don't respect the rule of law."

Special Interview: Monique Rodriguez

The episode featured an inspiring interview with Monique Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Myel Organics. She discussed her new memoir, "The Glory in Your Story: Activating a Fearless Faith to Change Your Life, Your Career, and the World." Monique shared her entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of building a multi-million dollar brand from a simple kitchen recipe.

Key Topics:

• Entrepreneurial Mindset: The importance of a multi-million dollar mindset in scaling a business.
• Community Impact: How selling her business to Procter & Gamble (P&G) was a strategic move to ensure global reach and continued innovation.
• Addressing Backlash: Monique addressed rumors and misinformation regarding her product's efficacy post-acquisition, emphasizing product integrity and community support.

Notable Quotes:

Monique Rodriguez (45:06): "Success is all about mindset. I shifted my mindset from thinking that I didn't deserve success to thinking that I do deserve it."

Charlamagne Tha God (56:29): "If you don't support black-founded brands, you're setting the next entrepreneur back."

Listener Call-ins and Community Feedback

The hosts opened the lines for listener interactions, tackling various community issues:

• Tanya from Omaha: Raised concerns about police misconduct and lack of accountability in Omaha, highlighting incidents involving the shooting of unarmed black individuals. The hosts expressed sympathy and committed to researching the matter further.

  Notable Quote:

  Tanya (11:18): "Our Omaha Police Department are a bunch of gang members... they shoot and kill unarmed black people with no accountability."

• Krista from Connecticut: Shared her frustrations as a first-grade teacher dealing with parents concerned about summer school placements for their children. The discussion emphasized balancing professional responsibilities with personal life.

• Don Staley’s Book Signing: Celebrated Don Staley’s successful book signing event in Philadelphia, noting the overwhelming support and sold-out status.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne Tha God (70:55): "We need to support black-founded brands because we are all a community. We're all in this together."

Ongoing Discussions and Takeaways

The episode concluded with vibrant discussions on professionalism, personal image, and community support. Charlamagne Tha God emphasized that professionalism is defined by consistent work and character rather than attire, advocating for a balanced projection of personal and professional identities.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne Tha God (108:28): "You got to be looked at as a professional by consistently doing the work."

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Conclusion

This episode of The Breakfast Club seamlessly blended high-profile entertainment recaps with pressing social issues and inspiring entrepreneurial stories. From the electrifying AMAs performances to heartfelt interviews and critical community discussions, the hosts delivered a comprehensive and engaging narrative, enriched with notable quotes and actionable insights for listeners.

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Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

Jess will be here in a second. Charlemagne the guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly fav neighborhood. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's happening? Good morning, man.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Back to the work week. It's a Tuesday. Had a three day weekend. How was your weekend, brother?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very fulfilling. Very fulfilling, Very restful. I did exactly what I like to do, which is absolutely, positively nothing. You know what I mean? Sit around the house with the family, the wife and kids, caught up on some reading. Finished. Original Sin okay. By Jake Tapper. That was a good read. But, yeah, other than that, I did absolutely nothing, which I love to do.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I did a little bit of both. I was out at St. Martin. Salute to everybody that was on the island.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said, like, that was a club. You was in the.

[DJ Envy]

I was in St. Martin for two, three days. I was out there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and I had a. An amazing time on that island. They do Soul Beach Salute to Sinbad and his brother Mark. They do that. They've been doing that for, like 25 years. He was not there. His whole family was there, but he was not there. But what up, Jess? Had a great time. Then we went to Indianapolis, had to do a party, and then spent Sunday and Monday just relaxing with the family. Just doing absolutely, positively sitting on my ass doing nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, as a Knick fan, you had to be in Indianapolis.

[DJ Envy]

I was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

I was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I bet you ain't repped the Knicks there, though.

[DJ Envy]

I did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you didn't.

[DJ Envy]

I did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, I can tell by the way.

[Jess Hilarious]

You said you didn't really rep the nigga.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't go as hard as I would if we would have been up. Like, if we was up, I would have really been, but we was down.02 at the time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, you was sad.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that's when you supposed to rep the hardest. Nah, I'm a Cowboy fan. Okay. Every year we going to the super. I don't care what the record is. When you down is when you supposed to be really, really, really talking that talk.

[DJ Envy]

I am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you say when you do it, when you up that suck. That's kind of cowardly to me.

[DJ Envy]

Nah, I ain't have much to say. I rep my Knicks, but it wasn't stupid. Like, you know, they was walking around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With the choke face.

[DJ Envy]

Like the whole choke.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was afraid they was gonna do you the way those Knicks fans did that Pacer fan. I saw that viral video where they hit him with the trash.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? He was scared he was gonna do you like that.

[DJ Envy]

We had security, sir. We weren't worried about that, but we had a great time in Indiana. So shout to everybody. Shout to the Indy 500. Monster Energy. We had a great time. What you manicotta, whatever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In Mashantucket. So shout out to New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport. They were in there. And then yo, the next day. Boston was so lit. Yes, Boston was so lit.

[DJ Envy]

Love Boston.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love yo. And then shout out to two of my fans that hunted me down after the show. She one lady, I think it was D and Tay. D and Tay from Boston. She just had a baby two months ago. She was so. She was lit. She was drunk. Her homegirl tried to get in the car, but she was like, I love you so much, Oz. Crossed like, cocked like a pistol. She was like, damn lit.

[DJ Envy]

That's probably first night out since happening.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was her first night out since she had that baby breastfeeding and all that. And she. Man. So I love. They made my night. Yeah. So I was outside smoking. They came and ran up on me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So people were cross eyed. Know they cockeyed. Like the people with cross eyes. Know they cross eyed.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sure they got a mirror.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I used to be cockeyed when I was little. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you weren't. How cross eyed was this woman and how you.

[DJ Envy]

How you grow out of it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because the fact that you. You send that as an identifier.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was a lazy eye.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a difference.

[DJ Envy]

There's a difference between.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, they. They be cocked up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When she was looking at you and Chris at the same time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, me and her homegirl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not crossed or, you know, your eyes just lose one of them. Yeah, one of my. On my left. I used to go crazy by something my cock.

[DJ Envy]

Guys like you look in one place, but you don't know where you're looking at.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's why I messed it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She had a lazy eye.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I get a lazy eye after midnight. After midnight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why?

[DJ Envy]

What's his name?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I get a lazy eye after me. That would be a brown eye, sir. And you have a lot of experience in that.

[DJ Envy]

I do not. All right, let's get the show cracking. Monique Rodriguez will be joining us. She's the founder and CEO of. Is it Melee Organics or Miley Organics?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mio. Mayel. Mayel is Mayel Organics.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Maelle. That's right, because she named it after kids. Mayel Organics.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

She'll be joining us. She has a new book, the Glory in youn Story. So we'll talk to him a little bit and then we got front page news with Morgan when we come back. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. Last night, 128, 126 to Thunder beat the Timberwolves. They lead that series three, two, one. And tonight, the Knicks take on the paces at 8:00pm in Indiana. So let's go New York, New York, New York.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ain't say that when you was in Indiana.

[DJ Envy]

I did. I just, I just wasn't as loud.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How many more games they got?

[DJ Envy]

What is the best out of seven?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, this the last one tonight?

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no. Right now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, the first person.

[DJ Envy]

What up, Morgan?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, y' all.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Hey.

[Unknown]

Well, welcome back. It feels good to be back. So let's get into it. First up on front page. Yesterday was Memorial Day and President Trump honored those who gave their lives serving in the military. He visited Arlington National Cemetery to mark the occasion and participated in the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before delivering remarks. Now, he said he, that he, of course, and we would be lost without our service members, while also honoring Gold Star families. Let's take a listen to his comments.

[DJ Envy]

In every hour of peril, in every moment of crisis, American warriors have left.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Behind the blessings of home and family.

[DJ Envy]

To answer their nation's call. They've offered all that they had within.

[Unknown]

Them and given their last breaths to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Each and every one of us that.

[DJ Envy]

We might live safe. Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after the victory is won. And today we lift you up and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We hold you high. He must have took his meds in. That was tame compared to what he put on social media when he said happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through warped radical left minds.

[DJ Envy]

Man got cancer. You just still shooting at, you know, just don't care.

[Unknown]

Yeah, that's, that's crazy. But Trump did say that we share in the sorrow with the families of fallen service members. He added that those service members gave everything and asked for nothing. And I like to take it a step further. And you know, to those who have lost someone that has served, we continue to salute their service and sacrifice because we know for you, every day is Memorial Day.

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Unknown]

But moving on, in unfortunate news, this comes as a Congress member, we're mourning the loss of a congressmember, former New York representative and Korean War veteran Charlie Rangel, who died wrangle. Is it Charlie Rango? Okay, well, you guys know, y' all in New York, so. Rango, often referred to as the lion of Harlem, died on Memorial Day surrounded by family. He was elected to Congress in 1971, where he served for 46 years, becoming the House Ways and Means chairman in 2007. He was the primary sponsor of 40 bills during his tenure, including President Obama's Affordable Care act, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and the so called rank, you called it wrangle Rangel Amendment aimed at ending apartheid in South Africa. Now, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is saluting Rangel as a true American. And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling him a trailblazer and champion for justice. Of course, right now there's no word details surrounding his death or funeral arrangements, but of course, we are continuing to mourn his loss and we will mark the occasion, you know, by honoring him as well, considering the fact that he was a Korean War vet. But that's your front page news for 6am At 7am we'll talk about President Trump and how he feels about current President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin calling him absolutely crazy. And then we'll also get into the big beautiful bill because you know, that's moving forward in the Senate right now. So stick around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right?

[DJ Envy]

And everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Let us know how your weekend was. I know it's tough three day weekend. You got to get back to work on Tuesday. It's hard, hard getting up this morning, man. Let us know how your weekend was, what you did. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

Keep calling 800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Unknown]

Hey, what up? This Tanya with Omaha.

[DJ Envy]

Tanya from Omaha. What's up? Get it off your chest, Tanya.

[Unknown]

Hey, man, I just need to get off my chest that our Omaha Police Department are a bunch of. Are a bunch of gang members, man. They.

[Jess Hilarious]

They.

[Unknown]

They shoot and kill unarmed black people with no accountability, with no transparency. Let us know what's going on. They released the body cam footage of an incident that happened like three, four days later. They shoot the man outside of his home. He just graduated high school. He was from, I believe, Sudan. And there's no accountability for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was his brother name?

[Unknown]

I'm not even gonna lie to you. I can't even pronounce it. I'm a. I'm a butcher. And he was from Sudan. It was a 19 year old. And it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm looking it up.

[DJ Envy]

His name was Janiti Ibrahim. It seems like it.

[Unknown]

Yeah. And he was like. It was. It's crazy because, like, the police do this type of stuff and then they. They fire him, but then they get hired up with the sheriff's department, and that just happened in Omaha. Like, it is not right. They. They police department just fired another cop, and then he gets hired with the sheriff's department. He killed somebody with a no knock warrant, and he was fired by the police department. But then I hire him with the sheriff's department.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what's crazy? I haven't heard anything about these cases. Like, I just googled the case, you know, about the guy from Sudan. That was five days ago. But I hadn't heard anything about it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

And I'm telling you, it. It happens all the time here in Omaha. Like, Omaha really has a real problem and it's swept under the rug. Like, I think it's because we're a Republican state that the news just. They don't cover it the right way. They don't. And they try to make it seem like the minorities here are the problem. When it's really. It's our police force, we can't. It's like really having like, slave masters on our neck. Like, you can't drive down here at a certain time without getting pulled over. Because you know if you driving at 3 o' clock in the morning. Because I work in the morning, you gonna get bumped up. So I move my time back to at least five o' clock.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you for putting this up on the story. We'll do some more research on it, and thank you so much. You'll be safe out there.

[Unknown]

Hey, yeah. Hey, y' all. Also look up the incident that happened at Club Omaha with the artist from. From Kansas City named T Rail. He came up here, disrespecting I'm telling you, a lot of times it's black officers and it's black security guards that are perpetuating this violence. And I don't know if they doing it to try to make these white people happy, but I'm telling you, it's crazy out here. Y' all gotta just. Just do a little research on Omaha, Nebraska. You know, we got Terence Crawford here. But you know what? I ain't gonna. I ain't even gonna cap homie. Definitely. He. He definitely on that Republican type. Ish, too. You know what I mean? But it is what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you say talking about T rail getting maced and attacked by club security.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Look at the video, man. That man is walking out of the club and they spraying that. They spraying it in his face less than two feet away.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pause.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you, mama, and be safe out there. She's being serious. This guy told my pause.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, Paul still applies. I mean, I hate that that happened to the brother. I mean, but Paul still applies.

[DJ Envy]

No, it does. Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's Krista from Connecticut.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Kristen. Did you go see Jess this weekend?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did.

[Unknown]

I had fun. So I was not in the front row. That was an accident. I was actually in the third row, and I had so much fun.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you, Jess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, girl. I appreciate that.

[Unknown]

I was waiting for you to shout out Willimantic.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, I was, like, the only.

[Unknown]

Person from Willimantic there, so I would have been like, woo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But what is it? What was it?

[Unknown]

I was waiting for you to shout out Willimantic because you were like, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport. I was like, dang single Atlantic.

[DJ Envy]

She was having a hard time with some of the mother names, too. The Muscus Coast, Connecticut.

[Unknown]

I saw that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God. But I'm glad you came out, baby girl. Thank you so much.

[Unknown]

Yes, yes. Thank you, thank you.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Chris, have a good one.

[Unknown]

No, y' all better hold on. Hold on. Y' all better get used to my voice, because I'm gonna call in once a week.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. We look forward to hearing from you. All right.

[Monique Rodriguez]

All right, guys.

[Jess Hilarious]

Have a good one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You too, babe.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club. Yo, Charlemagne, Envy, what up?

[Jess Hilarious]

Are we live?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.

[Monique Rodriguez]

We can get on the phone right.

[DJ Envy]

Now, he'll tell you what it is we live. Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[Unknown]

Good morning, Mr. Sharice.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Cherise. Get it off your chest.

[Unknown]

Hey, Jeff. Hey, Uncle Charlotte. Hey, Evie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. How are you?

[Unknown]

I'm doing good. So I want to get off my chest, shout out to these parents who have been emailing me on my three day weekend because their child is going to fail and go to summer school. How you mad at me?

[DJ Envy]

Why are you mad at me?

[Unknown]

I've been trying to get in contact with you all year long about your child. Now you want to blow up my email?

[DJ Envy]

What age group?

[Unknown]

So I teach first grade.

[DJ Envy]

First grade.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[Morgan]

First.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Unknown]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Summer school in the first grade is crazy.

[Unknown]

That's what I'm saying is real crazy. Right? And most of it's because of, like, absences or like, not turning in homework. But that's not my rules. That's the school rules.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Unknown]

And listen, I've been listening to Y' all since 2016. I commute from Baltimore to DC every day. Shout out to all the teachers of DC.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out.

[Jess Hilarious]

But I just wanted to say that.

[Unknown]

I love y' all so much. I appreciate everything that y' all do. Y' all give me a good cheat key before I go in here with these dad. My kids every morning. I really appreciate y' all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love you and we appreciate you, too. Because what you do is not easy. I'm sure that's right, man.

[Unknown]

Tell me about it. But I love it. So I thank God that I'm here to do what I do. But y' all better even respond to my email back in August when I'm telling y' all, y' all child is not doing right.

[DJ Envy]

All right? Take it easy on them kids. All right?

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Thank you.

[Unknown]

Y' all have a good day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You too, baby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't mind her holding them back. You know what I'm saying? Cause I don't believe in that no Child left behind stuff. You know what I mean? If a person isn't, you know, doing what they supposed to be doing in school and they not passing hold their.

[DJ Envy]

Ass back the first grade, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's that got to do with her?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look, and then if I was a parent, I'd be fine. Let's send this little ass to school in the summer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Because. Because what happens? You pass him and he's not ready to go to second grade, then he go to second grade and be stupid again. No, no.

[DJ Envy]

But if she got that many kids, Then there's another problem.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, but you said her problems were no homework and absence. It starts at home. Something is something ain't clicking at home with them kids.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In respect to who what Named Sharice that just called because you need teachers who care. You have a bunch of teachers who do not care. The fact that she cares enough to fail that young man, hold him back and. And. And prepare him for the next grade. Salute to her. We need more teachers.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think it was one. I think it was a bunch of kids.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She said, well, they not ready. They not ready.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But she said she ended it with, but I love what I do. And that's right.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, this is Mo from the Natty Mo.

[DJ Envy]

What's up? Get over your chest. What's up, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to call and. Hey, good morning to the Breakfast Club. The ladies and the fellas up there.

[Unknown]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to get off my chest about Trump and that jet, man. Like, I agree it's not a good idea to accept that jet, but I also want to say that, you know, I want to congratulate Charlamagne when he speaks about this. Yet I used to think he didn't know what he was talking about, but now I know it's his ignorance on his part. You know, the first time he read the article of the Constitution that says it's illegal to take the jet, he read the part all the way to the period that said unless he had consent from Congress. But now when you hear him read it, he leaves that part out. So again, I just wanted. It should have been a donkey today, but I could never get through.

[Unknown]

But, you know, so I just want.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To give it up to Charlamagne on his will for ignorance and. What are you talking about? You know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, you know what I'm talking about.

[Unknown]

You heard what I said?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said when she read it the.

[Unknown]

First time, a couple.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Couple weeks ago, you read the article and it said that it was illegal to accept gifts from foreign nations. And you read all the way to the period where it said unless he had consent from Congress. But he doesn't have consent Congress. How can you get it if you don't have consent from Congress? You remember Congress? He owns them, right?

[Unknown]

That's his people, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He does not. He doesn't have congressional consent. And I didn't leave that out when I said that. You left it out three or four times after you read it the first time. You stopped way before that part time. How do you Think you get congressional consent, they approve it. You put your people in there and they let you do what you want. Like we always say, they let him do what he wants. Congressional consent. If it's illegal. You do know congressional consent involves a vote, right? Well, obviously he's going to get the vote if they let him accept it. Somebody let him accept. No, no congressional consent. Accept something that they don't consent. Yes, you can. When you don't respect the rule of law. Congressional consent involves a vote. And my brother. Now you know why it's a problem. Well, I'm gonna have to. Like you say, like you said, a lot of times when people catch you on something, I don't know nothing about that. So I'm gonna have to look into that. But he can't take it if he did. If they don't consent, and congressional consent.

[DJ Envy]

Involves a vote, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you could hit us up. What's up, Lauren?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, good morning.

[DJ Envy]

How was DL?

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, lord, it was great.

[DJ Envy]

What procedures you got done?

[Jess Hilarious]

Stop playing. Because people was really down there checking on my arms and I was so confused. Why? Because he told people I getting my arms done.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because you who goes?

[Jess Hilarious]

Some lady came up to me and was like, come here, baby. Charlamagne said you here getting your arms done. It's hot outside. Have you rested? I was like rested.

[DJ Envy]

What do you mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that's why you got your arms fully covered. And it's going to be 75 degree today. Tell the truth.

[Jess Hilarious]

I have my arms fully covered. Cuz it's cold in that courtroom and I'm tired.

[DJ Envy]

You going back to court today?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, today. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The grind don't stop.

[DJ Envy]

All right, what we talking about the.

[Jess Hilarious]

Ladies with Lauren before we get to court, we going to talk about the AMAs. Because Janet Jackson performed on television for the first time in seven years and people still mad. Yes. At the AMAs. And people still mad that she was just on tour.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, you mean. Okay, my bad.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So Janet Jackson and JLO performed.

[Jess Hilarious]

JLO hosted the whole show and she performed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Man, nobody cared.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

What?

[DJ Envy]

I seen you.

[Jess Hilarious]

But I wasn't.

[DJ Envy]

The game was on.

[Jess Hilarious]

It was really good moments too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what kind of event that would have been 15, 20 years ago?

[Jess Hilarious]

I agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

JLO hosted performance and Janet Jackson. I ain't. I was watching.

[DJ Envy]

The game was on. I watch it even.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like JLO looked amazing and all that. And. And Janet. Janet Jackson, though. And Tasha Smith presented her award. It was Like, a whole thing. Like, really? Yes. And people. Eminem won.

[DJ Envy]

I see that because Kyle tonight was mad. I seen that.

[Jess Hilarious]

There was a lot of people mad that Eminem is still is a white rapper. And I'm like, all these years later, y' all so mad that he's white. And let's talk about it when we come back.

[DJ Envy]

We giving up too much. We'll talk about it when we come back. The latest with Lauren. 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 are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'd be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything. What was the latest on the Breakfast Club? Talk to me.

[Jess Hilarious]

The ama.

[DJ Envy]

Turn the mic on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Turn her mic on. There you go.

[DJ Envy]

There we are.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hello. Oh, hey.

[Unknown]

Hello.

[Jess Hilarious]

So the 2025American Music Awards went down last night, and JLo hosted the show. She opened, you know, where they get to do a song and then they do a performance. Her performance was like a blended melody of, like, a lot of the people who were nominated and, you know, people who went on to win. Later on that evening, she did a lot of, like, not like us and Kendric stuff as well. She looked good. Like, she didn't perform it, but she was dancing. Like, she had dance breaks to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did they promote the AMAs? I didn't hear nothing about the AMAs until last night.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know how I'll be finding out stuff? I was on Twitter and I saw people arriving at the carpet, and I was like, oh, let me turn on the AMAs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy. JLo hosting it.

[DJ Envy]

I produce an email. This. That's how I even know it was on.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I didn't get that email.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it was. It was on the email, but I was gonna ask. So JLo opened up kissing a guy and a girl. Because I seen that trending yesterday.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Yep. She kissed her this morning. Her male and her female dancers. A lot of places. I'm glad you said both. A lot of places. Yeah, it was like. I'm sure it was like a stage kiss, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that's kind of tired, though. We've seen that so many times. Britney Spears did that. Madonna did that. We've seen that so much.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I Think the big thing for her is, you know, after now she's a fully single woman and she's expressing her sexual independence on the stage. That was a part, that was a big talking point of her performance.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So the studs can come get it if they want. That's what she was trying to say.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Get in line maybe. Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

The woman that she kissed was. Nevermind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She should have kissed Ben Affleck as Batman. And then Ben Affleck is Daredevil that have been fired.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh my God.

[DJ Envy]

He said the lady she kissed was what?

[Jess Hilarious]

Nothing.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Jess Hilarious]

Moving on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She looked like Ellen.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, she was just a lady. So. Yeah. So JLA opens it up and she's hosted throughout the night. And there were a few big moments. Janet Jackson, I told you guys. She performed for the first time in seven years at the. On, on tv. For the first time in seven years at the American Music Awards. She was amazing as always and she doesn't age whatsoever. Let's take a listen to Jen Jackson's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know exactly. I really don't know whether to be disappointed in the AMAs or myself. I had no idea any of this was happening. I had no idea the AMAs was on. I had no idea JLo hosted it. And I damn sure didn't know he was getting a live performance from Janet Jackson.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, well, don't be pissed off. I didn't know either. Sorry. And I'm not pissed off.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I mean, not only did she, not only did she perform, JLO also was a huge award winner of the evening. It was presented by Tasha Smith and my girl Tasha.

[DJ Envy]

Tasha, that's dope.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, Tasha, Tasha.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Louder than the finest kush.

[Jess Hilarious]

Tasha. Yes. Tasha Smith looked amazing too. She had a short blonde buzz cut. She looks amazing. But Janet Jackson accepted the Icon award last night and everybody stood to their feet and her speech was very moving. Let's take a listen to Janet Jackson.

[DJ Envy]

I am so honored.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm so grateful.

[Unknown]

I mean no disrespect in any way.

[DJ Envy]

But I don't consider myself an icon.

[Jess Hilarious]

My family, myself, our dream was to.

[DJ Envy]

It wasn't ever to be famous.

[Jess Hilarious]

We always had a special love for music, dancing and singing. And fame came with the result of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hard work and dedication.

[Jess Hilarious]

My story, my family's story, it's truly an American story. This would have only happened in America.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Praise God. Janet Jackson. Don't whisper no more. Remember when she used to fake whisper everywhere?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought she whisper everywhere.

[DJ Envy]

Like what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to thank everybody. Remember when they used to do that? I'm so glad Janet don't fake whisper no more. Jesus.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought she was only Michael.

[DJ Envy]

I thought she did that to. To conserve her voice.

[Jess Hilarious]

I always thought it was like that too, but then I thought it was like just something that happens in her family because.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, because Michael doing it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. To say that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, you said Tasha Smith had the short butt. Yeah, the short blonde buzz cut.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So she looked like Eminem. But no, she looked really.

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

Appointed seats are optional features.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Monique Rodriguez]

Giving yourself that agency to not just be one thing, right? I don't have to be the perception that is crafted or the version of me that everyone is kind of projecting onto me. Like I am having my human experience.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it is faceted.

[Monique Rodriguez]

It's so faceted and it's fascinating. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Deeply well is a sanctuary for your healing. I'm Debbie Brown, Healer well being expert teacher and fellow seeker and each week we explore what it means to become whole through soul expanding conversations and practices. Why focus on Tiny Joys? Well, because they remind us of what it means to be human. They anchor us in the present moment and they create ripples of gratitude that nourish our spirit. Tiny Joys are acts of self love. To hear this and more ways to prioritize your peace, listen to Deeply well from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts at.

[Jess Hilarious]

And T connecting changes everything.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She looks so good.

[Jess Hilarious]

Snatched. She looked amazing. But speaking of Eminem, people were very upset last night. Eminem beat out some of the biggest well, he's a big hip hop artist but Eminem beat out Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Future Tyler, the creator for favorite mal hip hop artist of last year of all time, favorite male hip hop artist be all time.

[DJ Envy]

It can't it can't be for last year.

[Jess Hilarious]

Favorite male hip hop cuz y' all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Slept on that man album. He had his last album while listen to it. Huh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When did. What was the name of his last album?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hold on, let me look at that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think Eminem didn't put out no album last year.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, he did have an album.

[Jess Hilarious]

I remember that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what I'm saying.

[DJ Envy]

There's no possibility.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can't be up here saying that. That's my favorite.

[DJ Envy]

You got Kendrick's album, you got Drake's. There's so many different projects.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

No disrespect to Eminem, but not last year.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The death of Slim Shady. Yes, Coop the grace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I didn't go to that funeral. I didn't even know what happened.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, I feel like you did.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was not at that funeral.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen, and it's the thing. He went so hard. He was talking about everything that a black person would have got in trouble for on. On the album. Like he didn't even know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That album came out last night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Trans people, gay people, people in wheelchairs. He coming to everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Was it bigger than Kendrick album every.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hell no, it wasn't bigger than Kendrick album. No, but.

[Jess Hilarious]

So according to just Google listen to it.

[DJ Envy]

It must be a voted award.

[Jess Hilarious]

According to Google, the eligibility. Eligibility period. The data tracking period for nominations typically covers a specific time frame, such as March 22, 2024 through March 20 of 2025, which goes into the American Music Awards. That's what Google says to me. Favorite male hip hop artist at the 2020. I'm assuming it was for this year, but I know that there were a lot of people that were upset. They were, you know, they. I think they bring in the car.

[DJ Envy]

Nick just said AMA is a fan voted award. Okay, that. That makes sense.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, hold on. I mean, Eminem has a huge fan base. Yeah, but. But if it even here, right here, it says it goes off a fan interaction fan voting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And them all white men ain't on social media like that. Not like Drake fans and Kendrick fans now.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm confused where they pulled the fans at Facebook and the Eminem is great.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But Eminem is great. Yo, y' all gotta listen. Listen. He even coming out.

[DJ Envy]

But there's no way in hell Eminem wins over the year.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Very controversial album, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, if his fan voted, then his fans voted, you know.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it had to be a fan voting award.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just a lot of that flew under the radar because of The Kendrick. And we had a lot of things to worry about over here. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or maybe Eminem has been great for so long that you just take them for granted now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because the guy sells 280,000 units his first week. That's just Eminem. He's supposed to. But because a new artist does that, everybody's like, oh, wow.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, because new artists ain't doing that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And numbers don't lie. And M is like that.

[Jess Hilarious]

According to Illuminate, which is. Is, you know, to give you information on the awards breakdown, it says a data partner. This is the data partner. They track key fan interaction metrics, including streaming sales and airplay. So. And so they track this. They put. They coupled that with the fan votes, and the winner is ultimately chosen by the public, but that is how you're nominated and that's how you're chosen.

[DJ Envy]

So I still don't see it, but congratulations.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, a lot of people shared your sentiment last night, and I felt like Eminem, it always. Anything Eminem wins, whether you think he deserves it or not, people always have this interaction.

[DJ Envy]

Now, back in the day, when he was winning, he deserved it. He was busting ass. But he. But now I don't. I just don't see it. Kaisa Knight was upset about it too, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, he was. And speaking of Kaisana, I thought it was so fire that he actually got to present an award last night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop on the clues bombs for Kai. My God, I was tuned into Screamer University this weekend.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. I think screaming University was everywhere this weekend. Sza actually accepted the award that he presented. I believe it was best female R B artist. I'm gonna double check that. But let's take a listen to Sza accepting the award.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you so much.

[DJ Envy]

Tell them about streaming University.

[Unknown]

Congrats to Kai.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you so much.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm so proud of you. Sorry. I'll be happy for my friends. Okay, first off, thank you to all the fans that voted for me. Mom, do I have makeup on my teeth? Thank you to my mom and to my dad, to my best friend Amber, to my team, but literally to all.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Of camp, I love you so much.

[Jess Hilarious]

This is like our first time, like, entering Fan1 awards. So, like, thank you for mobbing for us. I love you so much. Just as much as you love me. Probably more. You have no idea.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, if it's fan voted, I understand. I mean, Eminem's the highest selling rapper of all time.

[Jess Hilarious]

You look back the M. Cause I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just thinking about it. I didn't know the animes was fan votes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, well, just because y' all didn't listen to it don't mean it ain't popping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ain't listen to it either.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did. I just told you.

[DJ Envy]

I know all the content.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just got the name of the album, the Death of some Shady. I listened to it when it came out. What.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Were the features?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, no, no. He got a bunch of features on it. Joyner Lucas is on there. Like it's a couple people on there that we don't know, but he like that.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right. I like Justin above.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm serious.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, as we rap, I just want to say it's favorite female R B artist and favorite R B song that says the one. Last night, Kai presented the Kaiser Knott presented the favorite female R B artist to work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So who won? Favorite female rap artists or they didn't have one?

[Jess Hilarious]

I believe that was. No, no, no, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Megan won something because everybody was upset that she won over Glorilla. She won.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Boy, they stay fronting on Big Glow, don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They do. Yeah, they do. Because people hold you Glow should have got that. I'm just. That's just my opinion. She. Megan won over her. It was Doja Glow Lotto. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Figure it out. Go to commercial.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And people were pissed off. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, that is the latest with Lauren. When we come back, we got front page news. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Just hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news now. Last night. That's underbeat. The Timberwolves. 128, 126. They lead the series 3 1. And my Knicks take on the pace is tonight at 8:00pm so let's go New York. Go, New York, go. What's up, Morgan?

[Unknown]

All right. Yeah, let's get into it. So President Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin has absolutely gone crazy. So talking to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump. Trump said the two have always had a good relationship, but something has happened happened to Putin. He added that Putin is needlessly killing a lot of people and that he has always once said that Putin wants all of Ukraine, not just a piece of it. Let's take a listen to President Trump's comments on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people. And I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he's sending rockets into cities and.

[DJ Envy]

Killing people, and I don't like it at all.

[Unknown]

So. Ukrainian President Zelensky, in a post on social media on Sunday, said that nearly 300 attack drones had been launched by Russia. Meanwhile, a top Democrat in the House Intelligence Committee, Connecticut's Jim Himes, he told cbs, has faced the nation that the US Needs to apply maximum pressure on Russia and apply sanctions. Let's take a listen to his comments.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We really uptake the sanctions. We stop the export of oil, we pressure India to stop buying Russian oil. And of course, we keep arming the Ukrainians, maximize the leverage of the west.

[DJ Envy]

So that we can bring this war.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not just to a conclusion, but to a fair and just conclusion that will keep the Russians from invading countries in the future.

[Unknown]

So officials in Kiev say that at least 12 people were injured in a Russian drone attack early on Sunday, which damaged homes and apartment buildings. So continue to keep you guys posted on those international affairs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I've been watching those exchanges, you know, and it's like, those two egos could be the end of civilization as we know it. Like, I was thinking about that over the weekend.

[Unknown]

You know, the two. Are you talking Trump?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, you know how they always said Russia and Putin had something on Trump, and they talk about the pee tapes and all that other stuff, and, you know, basically Russia had America in his pocket and they, they helped to steal the election. What if all that is true? Right. Then Trump has no more use for Putin anymore. And, you know, wouldn't you want to get the guy that allegedly has all this black man material against, against you? Wouldn't you want to get him out of here?

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, so, so, so wouldn't, wouldn't, wouldn't now be the time? It just, I just don't like when I hear him say, you know, Putin's crazy, he's lost it, blah, blah, blah. And then, you know, the Kremlin and they, they throw a little shot back like that could get stupid real fast.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Because then they start talking about nuclear and this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Unknown]

And we don't need those problems. Those problems, we bring it back to the forefront.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's bigger than a problem. If, like, that would be the end of civilization as we know it.

[Unknown]

And former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling on Congress to do more to protect children from the harms of social media. He tells CNN, he tells, excuse me, NBC's Meet the Press, that lawmakers need to establish safety standards for social media platforms. Because right now There are no protection for kids. He suggests putting warning labels on social media platforms and establishing those safety standards. Let's take a listen to his comments on NBC's Meet the Press.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

VIVEK MURTHY it's equivalent of putting our.

[DJ Envy]

Kids in cars with no seat belts, with no airbags and having them drive on roads with no speed limits and no traffic lights. And that is just morally unacceptable. I think Congress has so far failed in its responsibility to protect our kids and. But it's not too late. They need to step up and act now. Put warning labels on social media platforms.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that parents and kids are aware of the risks that we see.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think warning labels are going to change anything. I mean parents just got to be, you know, watch over their kids much more. But we do have to figure out something to do. But besides just that, I don't know if you guys been seeing this new trend where it's not even a new trend but they've been doing it for a long time. But it's getting worse and worse and worse where these kids are doing pop ups at more malls. So they'll put it on social media and then you'll get five, six hundred, seven hundred, a thousand kids at a mall and then they run through the mall stealing things, fighting, getting into altercations. So it's getting more and more dangerous when it comes to social media.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It scares the issue with social media.

[DJ Envy]

That's social media too, because they do it on that platform to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but these people would. Running up in stores and taking clothes has been going on way before social media.

[DJ Envy]

Not like this. They're doing it every week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I'm saying some people may do it for trends, but I mean they was doing stuff like that way before social media. I can't, I can't believe as I can't blame boosting on social media.

[DJ Envy]

No, not as often as it is now.

[Unknown]

As a result of that we got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got a booster right over here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shut up. I knew I never wanted to be on camera when I was on it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

By myself.

[Unknown]

Yeah, no, you gotta get in and get out. No, but as a result of that, I know at least here in the DMV they've started to implement a lot of curfews, early curfews, especially on Fridays and Saturdays for reasons like early, like 5pm that if you're in a mall or you know, a town center of some, some sort before a certain and, and you're under the age of 8 or even 16 you know, you're. You need to have an adult with you. Murthy did go on to say, though, that parents should try to keep children under the age of 16 off social media if possible, because kids are being affected in different way than adults and they're starting to see it in the. The actual brain development and brain activity. So he's also calling on Congress to require more data transparency so that researchers can bet better study the effects of social media on young people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's been going on for a long time. Like they, you know, the malls. Either if you were under 18, you had to be accompanied by a parent, a guardian, or they would have a curfew on the weekend. Like as long as I can remember growing up in South Carolina, they would even do that.

[DJ Envy]

But, you know, that was big in the South. Cause when I went to school in Hampton, it could only be three people. You can only be in the mall with three people. Other than that, you had to break it up. If you move at six, you had to break up and you had a curfew.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know why? Cause they'd be fighting, but also they'd be running up in them stores and just taking stuff going on way before social media. Like, that's, like that's, that's not a trend. I would blame social media.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just now amplified.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but in New York, we didn't have those type of curfews or those problems. But when I went to school in the south, they definitely did.

[Unknown]

All right, so that's your social. That's your social media. That's your front page news. Y' all follow me on socials at Morgan Media. I guess if you're on there. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network work. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail] make it a great week, y' all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Now, when we come back, the founder and CEO of My Ely Organics will be joining us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you turn into a Spanish word?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's my L. Dominican.

[DJ Envy]

Dominican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Turn everything into Spanish.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My Eli is Mayel.

[DJ Envy]

My L Organics will be joining us. Monique Rodriguez. Is that. Is that Spanish?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I couldn't wait to ass because she black.

[DJ Envy]

We'll talk to her next. A new book, the glory in your story. She'll be talking to us next. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, Indeed.

[DJ Envy]

We have Ms. Monique Rodriguez.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling this morning?

[Monique Rodriguez]

I'm great. How are you?

[DJ Envy]

Doing well. Doing well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, she's also got a new memoir out now, the Glory in youn Story. Activating a fearless faith to change your life, your career in the world.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now you turned a kitchen recipe into a multi million dollar brand.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was the moment you realized you weren't just selling products, you were actually building a movement?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Well, you know, I went into this knowing that I was building a movement. You know, I created this brand out of necessity. You know, I felt that there was a lack of relatability in the hair care space. There was a lack of great products, healthy products for women that look like me. And I wanted to fill this void. But I always operated with a multi million dollar mindset. I operated with the mindset of like, I'm going to be on the shelf with these bigger brands one day eventually. And the day that we launched, which was May 23, our anniversary is actually next week, and. And we sold out of every oil that we had and we had a small amount of inventory, about 100 bottles, because I was a small business, didn't know that it was going to take off the way that it did. And the day that we launched, we sold out of every single product. And I knew at that moment, like, I'm onto something because I knew that it was a need for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love the multimillion dollar mindset. Explain that to people for those who may not have one.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah. You know, I think success is when I talk about, like, activating fearless faith to change your mind. Success is all about mindset. And, you know, I grew up basically in the hood. Right. You know, I didn't come from a lot, but I always dreamed big. And I would look at other successful people and say, oh, they're successful because they're lucky. And I knew that I had to change my mindset and shift from thinking that, no, they're not just lucky, they worked for it. Right. You know, they had to step out and be bold and go after their dreams and pursue their purpose. And I shifted my mindset from thinking that I didn't deserve success to thinking that I do deserve it. And I realized that once that started to shift my level of thinking and I operated from a level of abundance and not lack more, things flowed to me.

[DJ Envy]

Now, in 2014, you were a registered nurse.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

So what made you say, you know what, this is not for me, and what put you in a mind frame to actually create these products? Right. Because people could say, you know, they could take a product and sell it, but you actually had to make it, you had to try it. I'm sure it didn't work right away the first time. I'm sure your daughter was sitting back there. I'm sure you burnt her hair a couple times trying it out.

[Monique Rodriguez]

I don't think I burnt it, but, you know, she was. She was a definitely a guinea pig.

[DJ Envy]

So talk about that procedure and how that came about.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, so actually. So I was a labor and delivery nurse, and I was a nurse for eight and a half years. And I became a nurse because my mom encouraged me to be a nurse. She was very traditional. You know, go to school, go to college, do what you need to do, get a real job so you can survive. My mom was basically a bathroom survival. She had that mentality, which no fault because most of our parents generation, they came from that type of generation. And even though when I was younger, like, I've always had this dream and passion to be in the beauty space, my mom would always tell me, like, it's cute, but, you know, that's not a stable career. So I kind of like put my dreams to the wayside and pursue what my mom wanted me to do. So it was never something that, like, I saw myself doing. So when I did graduate college and I started working labor and delivery, I knew I'm like, this is not a career path that I want to do for the rest of my life. And unfortunately, after doing that for eight years, I was pregnant with my third child, my son. And unfortunately, it was a high risk pregnancy. Bless you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Monique Rodriguez]

And he passed away from complications. And when you go through pain, it's something. Thank you. Something that's so traumatic, it. It catapulted me to live life on my own terms and not to live my life on someone else's dream, which was my mom, because you only get one shot at life. And my pregnancy was high risk also for my life. And I decided to pursue my dreams, do something that I love, something that was purposeful, something that I can wake up and feel like I have fulfillment and joy doing. And I went back to that love as a child while being in the beauty space. And I started creating. I'm a creative by nature, and I would just go in my kitchen and mix together, like different ingredients and study and research, like, what ingredients work well on our hair. And I started posting it on social media. And while people were following me and thinking, like, well, what is this girl doing? Like, she's posting all these recipes. It was really a creative outlet for me to express myself and to take my mind off of green grief, the grieving process. Yeah. And that's how Mayo became what it is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Where did my come from? The name.

[Monique Rodriguez]

The name. Oh, so that's a great question. I love answering that question. It's actually a combination of my kids names. So I have Mia, Gabrielle back there, Mackenzie, Arielle. My son's name was Milan. It's a combination of all their names and their middle names. L. So they're my L's. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did they charge you?

[Monique Rodriguez]

They did because I'm still paying for it today. Like they, they are always asking for something. Right. But you know, they get, get paid. Well, how did you go?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I, I, I feel like I'm skipping steps and I want everybody to go read the book, the glory in your story. But when you go from the kitchen to actually getting your products on the shelves, what were the steps? Like, what did you do?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Like, yeah. So you know, my way of going into retail was not a traditional way. I started in 2014. We entered into retail in 2016, which number one is very rare for a brand, a small black owned business to start and not have any type of momentum or leverage and to go into retail. So it was very risky and my goal was to go into retail Year five. I wasn't even expecting to go into retail the, the year that we did, but we had built up so much momentum and we had built up so this great community and it got the attention of the retailers. So our first retail partner was Sally Beauty and they heard about us on social media and of course retailers, they want to be a part of brands that can add value to them. So you can't just go into a retailer saying, oh, I want to put my products on your shelf and expecting them to, you know, do the marketing for you. You have to have something that you can bring value or add to their shelf. And we were a brand that was a disruptive brand and it caught their attention. And then they called us to have a meeting with them and it was so divine because when we got the call to have a meeting with Sally's, their headquarters is in Denton, Texas. We were actually there in Dallas for my daughter's gymnastics competition. So we were not there for any business meeting. I actually almost turned down a meeting because we were there with our kids and we're like, well, we don't have a babysitter to go into this corporate meeting. And they wanted us so bad. They were like, bring your kids to this meeting. So they were like 5 and 9 at the time. And they did. And I told them, like, you guys better not say anything. Go in there, sit with your hands folded. Like, don't move, because this is a really big deal. And I went in there with no presentation, just talked about my love and passion for this space. And they tested us in 95 stores, and they said, we're going to test you out because you're a new brand, and we'll see how the brand goes. We launched in February, and every store that we were selling in sold out in less than two hours.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was just because of social media.

[Monique Rodriguez]

It was just because of social media. Instagram at that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we're still kicking it with the founder and CEO of My L Organics, Monique Rodriguez.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jess, why did you decide to sell it to png? You know, Procter and Gamble?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, that's a great question. So when we decided to sell, it was all about scale and global infrastructure. When you are growing a brand in order to scale, it's all about access to capital and having the great infrastructure and people to help execute your vision. And so the thing is, like, we didn't need to sell. We wanted to sell because we wanted to invest in innovation. We wanted to have global reach, and we wanted. Wanted to be able to create more accessibility for the consumers that we serve. You know, when you look at the texture, hair care aisle is very. It's a small space. And our community, like, we complain that we don't have access to great products. And my whole goal from the very beginning of building MIELLE was to build a global empire. And I know that as founders, we did our best to take the brand as far as we could with our resources. And this is a normal trajectory of business. The goal of building a brand is to either IPO or exit. And I've accomplished that goal. And the great thing about it is I've been able to negotiate my contract to where I'm still on board, I'm still making the decisions, I'm still running the company. I still set the vision for it. So it's a very unique structure that, you know, not everyone sees. And I know the community tends to be scared of brands that are acquired, but it's really a great win for us, especially as a black brand, a black girl from the south side of Chicago. Right. To even have the opportunity to have a conversation, a seat at the table with the conglomerate like A P and G is a huge win of it in itself because we don't get opportunities like that often. We don't see it all the time. And, you know, I wanted to show the possibilities of what's possible. Like, we can take the heat, us as founders. I can take the heat of breaking glass ceilings, because I know that I'm also paving the way for my daughter's generation so she can build a brand and create something great and have a successful exit. Because we build thriving communities. When we build brands, Scale them. Exit. We build generational wealth, not just for us, but for the community we serve.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Preach, Monique. But let me tell you something. One of the hardest things to do in life is to explain business to.

[Monique Rodriguez]

People who ain't got, who don't understand business.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right.

[Monique Rodriguez]

That's the hardest thing. And I don't expect them to understand.

[DJ Envy]

How did that affect your business? Right, because people see it differently. Where did you lose a lot of people? Were people hating on it? Did it mess business up? How did that affect y' all?

[Monique Rodriguez]

No, when we sold, it didn't mess business up. And that's the thing. Like when we made the announcement, you know, I really took the time to try to educate the community on the why, like, why businesses scale up, why, you know, we become acquired, and it's to create generational wealth and so we can have more access to help our community. So I put this whole message out to explain. And while we did have a huge amount of support from the community, I mean, you know, like, the. The bigger you are, the more eyeballs are you. You're also going to have people that don't like it, that don't understand it. And I feel that if, you know, there's so much access to information out here.

[Unknown]

Right?

[Monique Rodriguez]

So if you really want to know how business works, you can research it. Right. And you can take the time to listen when someone's trying to educate you. You. And I say this all the time. Ignorance is a choice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Monique Rodriguez]

You can choose to be ignorant when you have information in front of you. And if you just choose to not pay attention to it, then that is your choice, and you have a right to your choice. But I'm going to choose to focus and educate those that want to be educated, that want to understand the why, and also those that want to start a business, have an idea, and what is the trajectory of that? I want to show that by example, because it's not normal in our community. We have to normalize this. Because when I did my deal, it was, oh, you're a unicorn. Yeah, that's almost great. But it's not great because we don't want to be unicorns. We want this to be a normal conversation for us. And so it didn't hurt the brand. But, you know, I think it also comes with the territory. And I say this all the time. Two things. If you don't want to be copied or criticized, then don't be great.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you, I'm sure you saw the tick tock trends of people saying that they lost their hair after you did so to P and G silently, you know, did they have something to do with the formula? They said, this is not the same mielle. This is not the same formula. And people, you know, it was, it was a lot of people saying that they had lost their hair behind it. What would you say to that?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah. And, you know, hair loss is, you know, traumatic in and of itself. And I can empathize with anyone that has suffered with hair loss. I myself have suffered with postpartum shedding hair loss. Right. And I think I want people to realize, like, this is the reason why I created the brand. Right. I created this brand to serve women with healthier products for their hair. When I made the decision to partner with P and G, it was very intentional. A lot of thought went into the decision making process. This was not a fly by night decision. You know, it was a lot of due diligence done on both ends, my end and their end. And we have to realize, like, when you think of P and G, a lot of the products that are in our household are by P and G. They are a brand that's been around for hundreds of years that creates longevity, sustainability across generations with their brands. So I would never sell to a company that I knew that I thought would harm my creation. Like Maelle. As my baby, Myel was birthed out of heartbreak. Like, this is something that's near and dear to my heart. I would never sell to a company that I thought was going to ruin, you know, my brand. So. And that, and the thing is, like, people have to realize that I'm also a nurse. Right. Like, I lead with empathy, I lead with compassion. I lead with caring about the community that I serve. We would never put anything in our products that are going to damage or disrupt any woman's hair. And the people that are saying the formulas change, the formulas have not changed. You know, if, if people would actually take the time to see our products that were in 20. 20. 2020. Right. And you look at now since after the partnership, the formulas are still the same. So the thing Is like misinformation. It spreads like wildfire. And people don't take the time to like do their homework and do their own due diligence before coming to their own assumptions.

[Jess Hilarious]

And.

[Monique Rodriguez]

But I can confidently say that our products did not cause people's hair to fall out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also people just be hating. You mean to tell me that after you get acquired by Procter and Gamble for an undisclosed amount, they know you got that cake. All of a sudden it's just all of these TikTok videos online, people saying, yeah, the product made my hair fall out. All of a sudden.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, it came out of nowhere.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, man.

[Monique Rodriguez]

And it's not stupid here. Come on, come on. And it's like I use the products. My daughter, she used. Look at her hair. Her hair is beautiful. Like we, my family uses the products. Like this is like, I don't take this lightly. And this partnership has always been led with honesty and transparency. And I'm gonna be honest with you guys. What people also don't realize is that when you are a smaller brand, a lot of the things that you do can go under the radar because you don't have a lot of eyeballs on you. Right? I've seen brands that are smaller that have products out and they don't even have the ingredients listed on their products. Right. When you are a bigger brand, you can't do that.

[Jess Hilarious]

That.

[Monique Rodriguez]

So the level of, of compliance and processes and the, the, the level of strictness that we had to be in compliant with to even talk to P and G, the safety regulations were like through the roof. So people have to understand like this is a large company, they operate with the highest level of safety. Right. And they've even helped us operate even more safer. So people can trust, like these products are good to use. Nothing has changed. We operate with the same level of integrity. Everything's the same. Other than we just have access to more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you know what else? I would like to see all the brands that Procter and Gamble has. Just my stuff makes your hair fall out. Allegedly. The black woman owned product just makes it fall, right? The black woman probably gamble been around for years.

[DJ Envy]

I would also say that every hair product's not for everybody. Like what you use in your hair, that might work for you or your daughter might not work for me or my daughter.

[Monique Rodriguez]

You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

That doesn't mean that it's, it's, it's all split. It's all in people's hairs are different.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Same.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, yeah, like yours.

[DJ Envy]

Like there's nothing that worked for yours.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All I'm saying is Procter and Gamble has been around forever and nobody's made those complaints. But now all of a sudden, Come on, man.

[DJ Envy]

Of course we're still kicking it with Monique Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of My L Organics. She has a new book, the Glory in youn Story. Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think the black community puts too much pressure on black owned businesses to be perfect and they'll give grace to like, like other billion dollar brands that don't ever even show up for us?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Oh, absolutely. Like, I mean, we, we can see it all the time. Like we see millionaires, billionaires that build companies exit all the time and we celebrate it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the point of business.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Like you said, that's the point of business. But when a black person does it, like, we tear them down. And, and the thing is like, we gotta choose our heart. We gotta pick our battles. We complain as a community that we have a lacks as lack of access to capital, mentorship, expertise. But then when we're trying to create these avenues of creating wealth so we can create access to capital, expertise and mentorship, there has to be more of us to do it. Then we tear it down. So either you don't want the access or then when we do get the access, you can't tear us down for getting that access. And that's why I say we gotta choose our heart as a community. Because we can't have it both ways. Because what happens is we stifle our community when we tear black brands down for doing what other cultures do all the time. We stifle us. Because now it causes fear in investors. It causes strategics to say, oh, now you're more risky. So now I'm going to devalue you. So me, if I was a different culture, my value could have been more if that risk wasn't there. So all we're doing is we're setting ourselves back. Because the next Monique Rodriguez that comes forward that tries to do this, they're gonna ask the question, like, because they asked me, how is your community gonna feel about.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Monique Rodriguez]

Giving yourself that agency to not just be one thing, right? I don't have to be the perception that is crafted or the version of me that everyone is kind of projecting onto me. Like I am having my human experience.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it is faceted.

[Monique Rodriguez]

It's so faceted and it's fascinating. May is mental health awareness month and Deeply well is a sanctuary for your heal. I'm Debbie Brown, healer well being, expert teacher and fellow seeker. And each week we explore what it means to become whole through soul expanding conversations and practices. Why focus on Tiny Joys? Well, because they remind us of what it means to be human. They anchor us in the present moment and they create ripples of gratitude that nourish our spirit. Tiny joys are acts of self love. To hear this and more ways to prioritize your piece, listen to Deeply well from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts at.

[Jess Hilarious]

And T connecting changes everything.

[Monique Rodriguez]

This right? And now we have to come up with the whole strategic plan on how to relay this me message in an educational way. When I asked them back, do you have to do this with any other coach cultures? Their response was no, I need you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To expound on that, Monique, because I think what you're speaking to is whenever something like this happens, right, like you know, you do get acquired by png, the backlash from social media can be so bad that it makes these companies be like, whoa, should we have done that situation? And they'll think about doing that, you know, to the next person, right?

[Monique Rodriguez]

And that's why it's important that when black brands scale and are exited, we have to show up even more as a community to support those brands. Because now they're looking at these brands as a case study. They're looking at MIELLE now as a case study of like what happens when you're acquired and does the community still ride for you? Does the community still support you? And again, if, if we don't support and they start to see sales drop off, then it, it stifles opportunity for a next entrepreneur that wants to scale. And that's the part we have to realize. And again to your point, point, we can't expect people that, you know, don't understand, not in business to understand business. But again, like, we are creating platforms like this to help spread the word and to educate. Right. We're taking the time to educate you. So you should stay in your mind. I'm gonna support this black founded brand. Like, let's not just say we support black owned, let's also support black founded brands. Right. Because we're all a community. We're all in this together. In order for us to create these thriving communities, these we got to support us. Right. Things that are made by us, created by us, not just owned by us. Because you should have the freedom and the opportunity to do whatever it is that you want to do with your brand. If you want to stay small and local, you have a purpose to serve, you should be able to do that. If you want to stay online and serve just online consumers, you should be able to do that. If you want to scale and exit and be acquired or ipo, you should have the freedom and flexibility to do whatever it is that you want to do with your brand without being criticized.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, yeah. You know, I think there's a lot of people feel like a lot of founders get pushed out when the big money shows up. So they just want to make sure that y' all still calling the shots and it's not just a black face on like a white, white boardroom.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, no, like I'm on Zoom calls pretty much every day still talking about mielle and product innovation and development and marketing and different events and activations and how we can show up for the community. So, you know, I mean, of course I am the face of the brand. I created the brand. But I'm more than just a face. I'm also the strategic vision behind it as well too. So I have, I make the final decisions on everything that touches the consumers and I do it because I made it that way. So we put like those safeguards in place to protect our brand, to protect our legacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you built it with your husband. I'm sorry, go ahead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was just saying. And it frees up a lot more of your time. So you can do things like write your book and then I'm sure delve into other business endeavors and things like that. Because what PNG also is, is like, like good partners for you. Like they, they take on the bulk of manufacturing. You had to do all of this by yourself.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

At one point, you know, I'm sure you had a team, but that's the part that they take on as well. Like, they make it. I don't want to say easier, but a little bit more easier to run the whole ship.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, like, they free up a lot of my mental capacity so I can, like, have the mental capacity to make the. The hard decisions, the decisions that matter. And you mentioned something about manufacturing. Like, we still manufacture our own products. So manufacturing was not even. PNG doesn't manufacture our products. That's what I'm saying. Like, everything is still the same. Like, we still manufacture in Chicago. Right, Right Where I'm from. So. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you built it with your husband, right?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yes. So my husband, we've been together since I was 16. Known each other since we were 12 and 13, and so we've literally, like, grown up together. And when I had this dream, he supported it it from the very beginning. Like, he operates from a very logistical, finance, operations mindset. And I'm the visionary, the creator. And, like, when you just merge those two different sides of the brain, you know, skill sets, like, we've been able to build this, you know, amazing company and be this dynamic duo because, you know, we both add different value to the company and different skill sets.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A lot of people say, don't mix business and marriage. What you say to that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I say the wedding rings says it all. Crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yours is too.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you, girl.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Monique Rodriguez]

You said about mixing business.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People say, don't mix business with marriage. What do you think?

[Monique Rodriguez]

I mean, I don't. I think you have to know, like, what works for you and your marriage. Like, I've met some married couples that are like, well, we can't work together, and they're happier not doing so, and that's totally fine. I don't think there's no wrong or right answer. Or for us, it works well for us because, you know, the things that he does for the company, I honestly don't even want to do. And of course, he knew nothing about hair care and products, so he couldn't really operate in my space. And I think if you want to make it work, you have to, like, take your egos out of it. You know, you can't be in competition with your spouse. And my husband, he was always big on, like, pushing me to the forefront. He's like, listen, this your time to shine women. You guys have been held back for so long. Like, I'm okay with putting you out there and letting you be at the forefront, and I'll just help and support you on the back end. And I just think that it takes a real man to Say, you know what? I'm okay with being behind the scenes and you being out there and imma just support your vision and him not feeling like, well, I'm the man. I'm the protector. Like, you can't be out there. Like, he was very comfortable saying, I'm just going to support each other, and he's done just that. And, you know, my mentor told me, she's like, there would be no Mielle if it wasn't for Melvin and you or you, you and, like, you guys had to build this together. And, you know, it's. I think it works for us. And you just have to know, like, what works for you and have respect for each other, respect each other's roles and lanes and, you know, just be aligned with your vision.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

True to Melvin, he's also a black man, too.

[Monique Rodriguez]

He's also a black man. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Put that out there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Rodriguez come from.

[Monique Rodriguez]

So his mom is Puerto Rican.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, wow.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Ye.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You black and he black, but all right.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Yeah, right, right. Yeah, yeah. That's a great question.

[DJ Envy]

Pick up the book right now. The glory in your story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Man, you are an inspiration, Monique, you and your husband, Melvin. I really respect what it is that y' all are doing and. And have done, and I wish and pray for much more success.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

[DJ Envy]

It's Monique Rodriguez. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren becoming a straight F. She gets.

[DJ Envy]

Him from somebody that knows somebody some details.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm the home girl that knows a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Jess Hilarious]

All righty, y' all. So Diddy back in court again this week. But right now there's a. There's going to be some explosive testimonies today, including Capricorn Clark, that we will hear from a man named Lance, who is Capricorn Clark. For people that don't know, Capricorn Clark is a previous personal assistant of Diddy's, but she has come up in this case and, well, in this hearing, almost every single day that I've been there because she was around and has witnessed so much, she is the woman that kid Cudi alleges called her and said, hey, Diddy's at your house. She's the woman that is alleging that Diddy made her get in the car with him to go to Kid Cudi's house. She was, you know, the person that knew about the burner phone that Cassie talked about that she would talk to Kid Cudi on. She knows a lot of the things and everyone has mentioned her. So now we will finally get to hear from her about her testimony, her experiences. But before we get there today, Diddy's team, Brian Steele, his, his attorney is Ash actually asking for Kit Cudi's testimony to be thrown out. What he's saying is that because, so they're saying that it's unfair and it's legally irrelevant. They're saying, number one, that there's no proof of what Kid Cudi is saying, that everything is, is his opinion or what he believes. But there's no evidence, there's no confession from Diddy and there's no actual receipts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no evidence. But it was a car that was blown up.

[Jess Hilarious]

So I'm get to that part. So they're also saying that because he has no personal knowledge of, of seeing Diddy there himself, no eyewitness, it's all speculation. Now, to answer your question, you're talking about a car was blown up, so there should be DNA there be on these things, right? That's what you're asking?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's not what I'm asking.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, if a car is what, what, what Diddy's team is saying is if a car is blown up and you're going to say that Diddy was lying to you because remember Kid Cudi said, I asked him about it and I knew he was lying to me. He said that. On the same. If you're going to say that, you need something hard to back that up.

[DJ Envy]

Pause.

[Jess Hilarious]

Exactly. To back it up. So you need like, you need something more. Like we need more evidence. We can't just go off of what you think happened because of all these events that you just put together and said, you know what, he has to be responsible for it. That's what the saying now getting to the car. So Lance Jimenez, he is a city of LA Fire department arson investigator. So he's going to get on the scene and testify to responding to the car arson of Kid Cudi's. And they're going to get into this whole DNA conversation because Brian still, when Kid Cudi was on the stand, tried to get to the point that there was DNA found on a bottle in the car on Kid Cudi's porch that was blown up and there was DNA evidence on that bottle, bottle that linked to a woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That makes no sense to me because I Saw people keep saying that on social media, and I'm like, what y' all thought that Diddy threw the car, the. The bottle himself?

[DJ Envy]

That's what I was gonna say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You really think you're gonna see.

[DJ Envy]

You think Diddy got out, cut open the top and then dropped it in there?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You think Diddy got his hands dirty?

[DJ Envy]

Like, come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, that's what. That's what y' all really think happened.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, I think they're leaning into one of those. Well, for. For Diddy scene, they're gonna lean into. If the glove don't fit, like, if you don't have the physical evidence that puts him there at the crime, doing it, then what are we even talking about right now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And unless it's a woman. I was paid by Diddy to do xy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Then that's a whole another conversation. Now here's the thing. So when the arson detective or investigator gets on the stand, the government is asking the judge to not allow Brian Steel, Diddy's attorney, to even be able to bring up that DNA. And the reason why they're asking that is because they're saying that even though he'll be able to testify that he responded and there were reports taken.

[Unknown]

He.

[Jess Hilarious]

According to this. This document that they submitted, the investigator says that they only recovered partial female DNA. He can't speak to what partial female DNA even means. They also say that he did not personally collect the swabs, he didn't perform the testing himself, and he has no personal knowledge regarding the testing other than what was included in the report. And they're saying that the report basically is like, it's not a full report, so it doesn't talk about any other DNA that would have been possibly found. And they're alleging that this bottle could have went through multiple hands before it got to the car, where then, you know, the car was blown up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So was it a Ciroc bottle?

[Jess Hilarious]

It just said, like, a glass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, was it a daily on bottle?

[Jess Hilarious]

They didn't say that. If it would have been that, that would have been crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it wouldn't have did that. I'm sure. And I'm sure Diddy didn't do it himself. So all the DNA just makes no sense. Like Charlamagne said, unless somebody's gonna come out and say, diddy paid me to do that. Like, this is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'll tell you one thing, though. I'm surprised Diddy team ain't raised in hell about Capricorn Clock team taking the stand.

[DJ Envy]

But that starts today, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Capricorn Clock. Bring it. I'm telling y' all right now.

[Jess Hilarious]

People are. If. If you've been paying attention to this case, even though you might not know her as, like, a celebrity name, right. People are really looking forward to her testimony because she has a lot that she can speak to. She. They. They're gonna want to lean into, like, you know, conversation about his. Diddy's alleged jealous rages that he would go when it came to Cassie, the Kid Cudi stuff that we just talked about. There were instances with the woman Gina, that Diddy used to date that another personal assistant said that he witnessed that made him allegedly quit. And he said he went to Capricorn Clark and told her, hey, I'm quitting, because this is what I just saw. So Capricorn Clark is a very important witness for both sides because she has seen a lot, and if you can debunk a lot of what she's going to say, you could prove either Diddy right or wrong. And if you can get her on the stand and she fills in a lot of the holes that we've been hearing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was Diddy's assistant, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

She was, yeah, One of Diddy's. He had, like, four or five assistants. Like, but she was one. It seems like she was, like, the go to for a lot of things. She also. There were conversations that Cassie mentioned on the stand where she was involved in, like, the whole, like, escorts and getting them to different places, allegedly, and all these things.

[DJ Envy]

So did we ever find out if. If these people who are testifying for prosecution are getting immunity?

[Jess Hilarious]

So I was told by a source that there are conversations about that. And then one of the personal assistants that was on the stand, his name was George Kaplan, he said, I don't want to be here. I still love Diddy, even though this is a very complicated relationship. And they asked him, well, why are you here? Are you receiving some sort of, like, immunity? He didn't say, yes, definitely, but he said that there was a conversation with his attorney, but he couldn't recall the conversation because. So that is the closest I've gotten to the answer.

[DJ Envy]

If you're giving all these people immunity, of course they're gonna say what they want to say, because they're not gonna be charged. Right. They're more likely to represent for the prosecution team than the defense. If you gonna give me immune immunity?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes and no. Because, I mean, if you're immune, you just say, whatever. Who's gonna do something to you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I was wondering, too? How many of these people were Actually, Diddy's co defendants. But then they flipped before try because, you know, it's a recall, right? So when it's a rico, it got to be more than one person. I wonder how many of these people were actually his co ds. But then they decided to give testimony against him.

[DJ Envy]

I would assume a lot, even with Cassie. I mean, anybody that's involved, involved. Maybe CC with Capricorn Clark, maybe James Cruz. Whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, see?

[Jess Hilarious]

CC and KK.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's KK?

[Jess Hilarious]

Christina. Christina.

[DJ Envy]

Too many KK CCs.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's a lot of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He had a lot gonna hit the stand, though.

[DJ Envy]

Who?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Booty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The booty ain't hit the thing.

[DJ Envy]

Googling.

[Jess Hilarious]

I went to Google booty witness thing. Like, did I miss a witness? Don't drive me crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Punisher on the stage, you had. What's the other one's name on the stage?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Booty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that We.

[DJ Envy]

That was bo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but that's the booty that just was there to participate. I'm talking about the booty that got penetrated. I know. That's coming soon.

[Jess Hilarious]

Christina Karan is another person. That is. That's kk and then CC is Capricorn Clark. And you really had me looking up Booty, cuz I'm like, how did I miss booty?

[DJ Envy]

How did I miss booty?

[Jess Hilarious]

There's more to this because Dawn Richard, Dawn Rashard, you guys remember, she took the stand. Yes. Now, Q, from making the B has come out with some claims against her and all of this as well, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell us why he crying. Was crying.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yet he did tell us why he was crying. But we need to bring it back in the next hour because there's audio and I want to make sure that we could play. But he. He finally revealed why he was crying about Puff and while he was up. Allegedly. And why. Remember, he was up here. He said, y' all gonna find out later. He didn't want to talk about it. So we'll get into it at the top of the next hour.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that. Next. Charlemagne, we giving your boutique to your donkey too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up. Before. After the hour, we need a couple of young brothers, Joshua Thomas Coleman and Abdul Boyd, to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne. Say the gang Dunkey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are a donkey. It's time for donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate.

[DJ Envy]

I might not have the song today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I got the donkey today.

[DJ Envy]

Who's donkey of the day today?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donkey Today for Tuesday, May 27th goes to Joshua Thomas Coleman and Abdul Boyd. They are the two suspects charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Kadir Johnson, more commonly known as lgb. Lgp. Quote. Okay, let me tell you something, man. LGP Qua is a young brother that a lot of us followed on social media, a lot of us reposted. You know, we, we've talked about him here on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

From Philly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's from Philly. Yes, he. He was a breath of fresh air. A young man who had the moniker, the voice of the youth. And all he did was rap about things of socially redeeming value. Okay? All he did was rap about the realities of the street. But more importantly, how if these young brothers didn't change their ways, they would have end up dead or in jail. Play. Play something from lg. LGP Qua, right? Colin Kaepernick, I support you hands down.

[DJ Envy]

Told us how to stand up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you think we kneel down Valentine's.

[DJ Envy]

Day trying to a massacre when shots threw 17 people got killed in Florida high school.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell these little girls you a queen. That's the right move More than likely.

[DJ Envy]

Twerking on the gram and getting likes boo. Time to stop the hating, time to make improvement now. Time to stop the killings and shootings and all the suicide from the city.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Brotherly love, you know, it's do or die.

[DJ Envy]

Time to come together, stick together like a unibrow. I don't sell my soul because my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pride won't allow it. I ain't selling drugs, no, I'm just giving knowledge, dropping a clues bombs for lg. It's just one of those killings that literally makes you understand and realize why you just gotta stay dangerous. Because it doesn't matter what you on, you can be presenting the best energy in the world. You could be a super positive person and there will be somebody out there miserable ready to take your life simply because they hate their. Can we go to Fox 29 Philly for the report, please?

[DJ Envy]

Right now, new developments in the murder.

[Unknown]

Of a beloved Philadelphia rapper. Police arresting two suspects in the Mother's Day murder of rapper Qaadir Johnson, known as LGP Qua. And they're looking for a third person. Police say this man right here, 21 year old Amir early, is wanted for his alleged involvement in that May 11 shooting. Police say Joshua Tom Thomas Coleman and Abdul Boyd, both 19 years old, are in custody and under arrest, charged with the rapper's murder.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Quad did nothing but speak out against gun violence. He did nothing but promote positivity in Philly. And y' all robbed and killed him on Mother's Day. I was told they robbed him over a chain. Okay, three of y' all. Joshua Thomas, Coleman, Abdul Boyd. And they're searching for a third suspect named Amir Early. You all robbed and killed a young man who was just trying to make it out the hood. Okay? Like you young brother. Brothers are okay. In fact, you killed a young man who I guarantee would have came up and came back for so many other young brothers in Philadelphia. I do not understand why we are so hell bent on hurting the people God sent to help us. And over a chain, by the way. I don't know if it was over a chain. I'm just repeating what my Philly folks told me. But whatever, it was over. It wasn't something that was going to change our lives. Okay, you all are charged with murder. And in Philly, the penalty for murder ranges from life without parole to the death penalty. Okay? You both are 19 years old. Amir is 21. One life, as you know it is over. You will never be anything more than a number in a system. And I don't understand what these kids be thinking. What do they know about prison that we don't know? Okay, Smart people learn from their own mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes of others. Have we not seen enough people go to prison forever to know we don't need to be out here just killing each other? You taking a life and throwing your life away for what? I wonder, did they even know who Quad was? If you knew who Qua was. Was and still took his life knowing that he was just a positive brother who genuinely wanted better for you, then I really have zero remorse for you. Okay, Fm let the white man sort it out. Because there's no saving lost souls like y' all. I know we have conversations about rehabilitation, but they gotta rehabilitate in prison. They don't ever deserve freedom. Okay? Quad would never breathe again. He got murdered at 30. At 30, I was just figuring life out. I was literally just getting started and entering the best times of my life. I wasn't even married at 30. My first daughter was born two days before my 30th born day. You know how much life I've lived from 30 to now? I'll be 47 next month. And I thank God that he blessed me with the opportunity to see those years. And I pray for at least 47 more. I actually need 54 more. Okay. I need to die at 101. I actually read something yesterday that by 2030, humans could be immortal with the help of nanobots that'll make us all immune to diseases. I don't think I want to live forever because I'm sure God has another adventure for my soul. But I want you to think about this. KWA will never get to experience any of that because he's deceased. So, Joshua Abdul, soon to be Amir. When they catch you, because they gonna catch you. Y' all don't deserve freedom ever again because you let your darkness turn someone's lights out. You let your negativity, your problems, steal someone else's joy, someone else's enthusiasm. Took a mother's child away on Mother's Day. You deserve the worst of what your judicial system has to offer because I am truly sick of us being our own worst enemy. And I will never understand why we hurt people who are just simply trying to help. Please give Joshua Coleman an Abdul Boyd the biggest Hee Haw. In a minute early. You might as well turn yourself in. Yeah, I don't even do that. I don't even know where the hell you think you're going to like you. You might as well just go ahead and turn yourself in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But say judicial again real quick.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Judicial.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, yeah. Slow it down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Next time, spell it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

J, U, D, I, C, I, A. L. Don't play with me.

[DJ Envy]

Don't play with me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think that's how you spell it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is. I'm not sure.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Judicial.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The only reason I don't trust it. Cause you. You spelled it. Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow, he tried it. Wow, he tried it.

[DJ Envy]

You spelled it right. All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, let's open up the phone lines. This kind of. This conversation started from behind. Behind the scenes. We were talking this morning. 800-585-1051. I don't know. Bring Call Lauren. Now, Lauren is catching a little bit of heat, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For what? Her wigs? No, what are you talking about? When that crackhead ran up on her. No, man.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are you talking about?

[DJ Envy]

Lauren is catching a little heat. You know, Lauren goes to the courthouse each and every day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She.

[DJ Envy]

She's a journalist, so she reports what's going on at the Denny trial. And she's out there, there, and she's doing things. But on the weekend, Lauren, she. She'll go to the beach and she'll wear a bikini. She'll go out, she'll have a Good time. She'll be twerking. She does what she wants to do.

[Jess Hilarious]

She have a life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because she have a life.

[DJ Envy]

Cuz she has a life. Okay, so the question is 800-585-1051.

[Jess Hilarious]

You get on my nerves. You. And he ignored it.

[DJ Envy]

Does what you wear off the clock affect how people see your professionalism?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, if it's a leather bikini in the doctor. Yes, a leather bikini.

[Jess Hilarious]

First of all, it was leather shorts in a doctor with a nice top and 107 degrees.

[DJ Envy]

So people are mad that you.

[Jess Hilarious]

They're not mad that it was leather. They mad cause I boobs brown girl chafing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you wear leather.

[Jess Hilarious]

You couldn't wait.

[DJ Envy]

So I. So the question is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dominicans don't even do that.

[DJ Envy]

People are mad at Lauren because on the weekend she went out there, she had a bikini on. She was out there having a good time saying, it's not professional. That's not what you should be doing. You're a journalist. You're gonna be in court today. And people look at you a little differently.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that's why they was mad.

[DJ Envy]

And when we talked about it behind the scene, which really sparked my interest, was Morgan that does front page news. She got pissed. Morgan was like, no, you could twerk.

[Unknown]

What?

[DJ Envy]

You want to twerk on the weekend? It's your body. You can could do what you want to do. If y' all fellas want to go out there and wear a bathing suit, it's cool. When you got your shirt off. What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why would you be a guy in a bikini on the beach? That's gay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, that's what you want to do. Like, she came in here with pajamas on today. She could do what she wants.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is very true.

[Jess Hilarious]

And that today was a very. I'm tired. You know what I mean? But I'm going to court, and I'm looking. Also two people have an issue with me going to court, looking nice. I look nice everywhere I go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's up?

[Jess Hilarious]

You're just upset that the content is a little more consistent right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought they was mad because you had on leather in the doctor, and I thought that was justified.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no, no.

[DJ Envy]

Let's open up the phone lines. 51. Since Lauren is a journalist, she's at court every day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you have a problem with her.

[DJ Envy]

On the weekend wearing a bikini or wearing provocative clothes or twerking on somebody? Can she have both?

[Jess Hilarious]

They also talking about my. They was like, your boobs not asymmetrical. I said, y' all so used to not Seeing real ones.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all don't know what you mean. They not asymmetric your boobs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mine is a little bigger than Ava.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They all as far as whit eyes is what they say.

[DJ Envy]

This guy's crazy. 800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's discuss.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, you look like a big toe. Can you just relax?

[DJ Envy]

Pull out. Pull out your phone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Call in right now. Call me.

[DJ Envy]

Add your opinion to the Breakfast Club topic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Break it down. 800-585-1051.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club. It's topic time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, people were upset with Lauren LaRosa. Our very own reason being is Lauren LaRosa being caught? She's a journalist and when they see her on the weekends, you know, she has a bikini on. She's dressed in a little provocative. She's out, she's twerking, she's doing a thing. And people are upset about that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So what they saying is they think she should take journalism a little bit more serious.

[DJ Envy]

That's what they're saying. It's not professional. It's not classy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't start selling your body because you're starting to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God. God forbid you put on a little outfit and you. And you support black business. Yeah, because that's what you're doing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because it was a whole HBCU weekend. It's doctor, what am I supposed to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have on clothes that you wear now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, before we get to.

[Jess Hilarious]

Any of this, shout out to the Plastics nyc. Those were the leather shorts that I was wearing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That makes no sense to wear leather in the Dr. Can we at least admit to that before we just judge people and act like the critique of Lauren is so bad.

[Jess Hilarious]

Focus on the leather only you are they they.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No leather bikini, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

It was not a bikini. I was at a party. It was shorts. They were leather cut shorts like Daisy Dukes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was on stage.

[Jess Hilarious]

It was night time. It was a 2000s party. Shout out to Memorial Day getaway that me and young jocko said it was night time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Even in the 2000s, they was not wearing leather on the beach. All right, I don't care what you say.

[DJ Envy]

The question is 800-585-1051. I guess people are saying that they feel like you should be wearing being more professional. And we have Cece on the line. Cece Good morning, Cece. Good morning.

[Unknown]

Good morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just want to say this is my third time getting through to the Breakfast Club. I have great phone service.

[DJ Envy]

So what's your. What's your comment? What's your thought, cc?

[Unknown]

So what I was saying was if you was at the beach, then people.

[Jess Hilarious]

Should mind their business. But I mean, if she was out to dinner with friends or something like.

[Monique Rodriguez]

That, then, yeah, I think she should.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cover up because, like, women clothing was generally, like, back in the day, modest. They covered their arms, legs, and, you know, sometimes their hair.

[Monique Rodriguez]

You know, she covered her hair.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She keep a protective style on that, man.

[Unknown]

I know, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about leather? What about leather on the beach?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, I don't know about leather on the beach. I wasn't on the beach in leather, so.

[DJ Envy]

But even if. So, Cece, you feel like she should dress a little more professional when she's.

[Unknown]

Out and about, not if she's at the beach.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's why I'm saying she's at the beach. Come on, now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The dinner with friends.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. What if it's summertime? It's 100 degrees in New York. I can't wear shorts in a tank top because I like. Yeah, shorts in the tank top to cover your.

[Unknown]

The bottom of your butt cheek and.

[Jess Hilarious]

The tank top that at least covers.

[DJ Envy]

The side of where your side boots.

[Jess Hilarious]

Your skin is going. But I just feel like if I'm wanting to know people, that maybe I know everybody. This is new, and people are just now getting to know me and stuff. But, like, I mean, I've been looking. How I look. I don't know. Maybe because I don't sit up here with y' all old people. Just understand. Like, we're young. Like, this is. What am I supposed to do? I'm not out here, like, flashing y' all on my Instagram.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause listen, even out the dinner with my friends, I'm definitely trying to showing this. What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, what makes you think that it's all older people that are critiquing you?

[Jess Hilarious]

I think it's a. You know what? You know what a lot of it came from. What I started feeling was it was a lot of black women, and then it was an age gap. It was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't like how you said black women just now.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I'm. I mean.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you mean? Why you say age gap? How do you know the age? I'm serious.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because I was. I was seeing just some of the comments, and I got DMS from some women. I got to go look at their pages. And not all. It was so many people. And then like, blogs picked up the pictures too. So the people were arguing on the blogs, they were arguing on Twitter. So I couldn't see everything. But the people who directly DM me and like, like, I think that they, they feel like it's with love, but it's like, what am I? What do you want me to do? But they were older black women who were just like, look, we love you. We really, like, protect what you have going on. We want you to just basically present a certain way so that people receive you a certain way.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, I, I ain't going to hold you. I don't know where you're like, not like where you're not dressed. Like, they act like you be having your ass and your boobs out every day. Like, I've never seen. I dress a little bit more skimpier than you.

[DJ Envy]

And that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Somebody say something to me. But you, I've never even seen you wear nothing out like that.

[Jess Hilarious]

And you know, I think that was a bit of it too, is like, because most of the time y' all see me, I'm here. I'm not dressing like that here. Yes, I'm always dressed like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When I could, like, wear her stuff.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hanging out, when they see me, they be like, oh, shoot.

[DJ Envy]

But I've been on the HBCU run with her. I'd have been like, she dresses like that all the time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But that's what she. Out in the street.

[DJ Envy]

Streets.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I'm sorry. Not out in the streets.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Monique Rodriguez]

Giving yourself that agency to not just be one thing right? I don't have to be the perception that is crafted or the version of me that everyone is kind of projecting onto me. Like I am having my human experience.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it is faceted.

[Monique Rodriguez]

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[Jess Hilarious]

And T connecting changes everything. It's fine. Like you can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly. I need, I need, I need to. If they're saying you look ridiculous, sometimes.

[Jess Hilarious]

They don't like the fact that saying they don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You dress skippy. I don't get that. What?

[Jess Hilarious]

Ridiculous is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What they saying you dress too skimpy. Cuz I don't see skimpy.

[Jess Hilarious]

The boobs are out. They were just shocked to see me in shorts so short. A lot of people didn't know I was as tall. I need to cover up.

[DJ Envy]

As a professional journalist. She's classy, she's dressed up.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm not classy because my boobs are out.

[DJ Envy]

Then when they see on the weekend is Luke music on?

[Lauren LaRosa]

But yo, this just had to be recent. It had to be recent because Diddy only been in court for two weeks.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's what I'm saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is just, this is new.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I, I, I just want the record to show what I told you you looked ridiculous. I told you that you looked ridiculous the first day of the court case.

[Jess Hilarious]

This is not for you, okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Monique Rodriguez]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's your name?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's going on? Shahi from Jersey City.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, boy. What's up, man? What's your thoughts, brother?

[Monique Rodriguez]

All right, before I start, I want.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To say good morning to y' all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, all right, so check it out, right? The thing is about image is when you project a certain image out into the world, if you project professionalism, that's what people's gonna see. If you project ratchetness, that's what people are going to see. You project, both people are going to be confused. So you always want to project professionalism because that's what people want to see you as, as a professional. It's hard for people to then double you down as ratchet when Your professional attitude, your professional image and your professional character is shining more than anything else. That has to be your light. The professionalism, the darkness has to be your ratchetness, which should be shown behind camera. So do what you want to do do, but don't post it. You should post the professionalism. That way people can only see you as a professional.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Don't let them be the dark.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because people judge you for the doctor.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So you should dim your life because people judge you is what.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just want to know what's a professional beach attire? Because I was also. That was not leather. That was a.

[DJ Envy]

Shut up.

[Jess Hilarious]

That was a job. He's still on here. Okay, Because I want to know.

[Monique Rodriguez]

In Newark.

[Jess Hilarious]

He from Newark in Jersey City, wherever you. What is professional beach attire? Because I was also booked to be there. So I'm at work, so I have to post. I have to look apart. I have to be at these events. What are your want me in? Y' all want me looking like, hey, Arthur on the beach, yo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you can promote all of that. You can because you still have a personality. Brown girl grinding been a thing since before Diddy decided he wanted to go to court like that. This is. You've been you. And it's okay for you to be a journalist with personality. Thank you. Because you're not just a robot. You're not just your job. You're a bunch of different things. I don't even like what he's talking about. You from Jersey City, boy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And do you know if you wear leather on the beach, people will think you alligator. That's dangerous, man. Let's go. Let's take some more calls.

[DJ Envy]

When we come back. If you're just joining us, I was.

[Jess Hilarious]

Going to a party.

[DJ Envy]

Laura LaRosa got a lot of heat this. This weekend because people are saying that she's professional. She's doing the. The. The Diddy court. She's at court every day, but on the weekend, boy, she was turning up and people upset about that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is crazy. This is just like, yo, she's in.

[Jess Hilarious]

The doctor and she's night time. You see that? That's not the b.

[DJ Envy]

If you're just joining us, Lauren LaRosa is catching some heat. You know, she. She does the Diddy trial each and every day. She's actually about to leave in a second to head over to the Diddy trial. But on the weekend, she was out and about in the doctor. She had a bikini on. She was showing a lot of stuff, hosting beach parties.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was also hosting. You know what? I'M saying, if it's 107 degrees, what you expect for me to do?

[DJ Envy]

Now people are upset a little bit and saying that that's not professional. They want her to be more professional. They want her to, to act like a journalist and act like she works for one of these huge companies through Friday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I told Lauren this already. I did have somebody reach out to me and said. They actually said to me that Lauren should decide whether she wants to be an influencer or a journalist.

[Jess Hilarious]

I think those days are dead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I do too.

[Jess Hilarious]

I think I want you guys to understand that. And just in the first week of me covering the Diddy trial, the way that I've been doing it, which honestly is just me turning on my camera telling people how I feel. I've had the Wall Street Journal reach out to me. I've had NBC News 4 in New York reach out to me several times. And we're working something right now. I've had BBC. I've had the biggest BBC because. Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You cannot say you had BBC. That's what they doing. That's what they doing.

[DJ Envy]

BBC.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said, whoa.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, no, no, no. Not like the, the news outlet. Not the, like, like Punisher.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come here.

[Jess Hilarious]

But a lot of those platforms say to me they like what I do because they can't do it. They're focusing the work. And I've never been that girl. That's why I've always said, I don't know after I left my last job where I would work because. Because this is how I am and it's not changing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I believe that if they want professionalism, they go to Brown girl grinding. That is your brand. You do nothing but what aligns with your brand there. And then they want a little bit more personality. They go to Lauren LaRosa. That's it.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got. Hello, who's this?

[Unknown]

Hi, it's Tay.

[DJ Envy]

Tay, what's your thoughts, Tay?

[Unknown]

So I'm kind of in the middle because I'm a stay at home mom, but I volunteer at my kids school and I'm on a parent board and I sit on different, you know, I have different titles at the school school. So the administrators and the staff and everything, they look at me a certain type of way. They uphold me to a certain standard. So I remember one day recently I came up to my daughter's school to pick her up and it was kind of warm, so I had on a spaghetti strap like shirt and you could see all of my tattoos. I have tattoos on my arms, on my chest. And they weren't mad, but they were looking at me like, oh, wow, Mrs. Hooks, like, we didn't know you were like that. They're looking at me like a goody two shoes. So I'm going to say that, yes, what you wear outside of work does have an effect on your image, but that's not our fault. That's society's fault. It's how they view you, and it's not how you should view yourself. So, yes, like I said, I'm in the middle. Yes, I agree that it affects your image, but it shouldn't. Society shouldn't just put you in a box like, oh, I'm a journalist. I have to dress like a journalist 24 7. No, I have a life outside of this job that I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Period.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, mama.

[Jess Hilarious]

What I realized is, like, people are not used to. Like, normally you see a journalist, there's no shade to other journalist girlies. Y' all know I love y' all. But normally you see journalists and, like, they're not coming how I'm coming when I dress a different way. No, I'm just saying that, like. No, what I'm saying is that where.

[DJ Envy]

I have a body like you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Can you be quiet?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y got mad at me like, I'm about to put.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wrap my hair up because you're getting on my nerves. What I'm.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. What I'm saying is that my background is a lot different than these other girls. I come from Runway. I've always been modeling. What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Runway girl. She said Runway. You never know. America's Next Top Model girl.

[Jess Hilarious]

I actually auditioned three times for that.

[DJ Envy]

What you mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Seriously? We're Runway? I'm not even joking.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just won Fashion Week for Metheater magazine. I've done. I do. Yeah, it's a huge. You sound old.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to us.

[Jess Hilarious]

Meth Feeder is a. Is a. Is a new media brand for, like, the new girl. So, like, all the new female rappers go through there. Their fashion show is a big deal. And I. I opened Runway like I do. This is what I'm saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was doing New York Fashion Week. You just didn't believe her.

[Jess Hilarious]

He don't. What I'm saying is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why would I. But listen to me. Listen to me. I don't even know what this is about.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's not about leather shorts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was ridiculous.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know what I think it's about? People can't. What I was trying to get to is people can't understand duality. I can be good at my job. I can read. I might settle A little bit. I can read, but I can also present well. And everywhere I go, I'm dressed nice. So if that's your issue, y' all really need to unfollow me because I'm cute, and I know it's. It's nothing I can do. Like, what do you want me to do? Be you?

[DJ Envy]

I agree with you a th percent, Lauren. You should be able to do what you want to do, how you want to do it. You present yourself in court a different way. You're on a beach. I don't know. I don't know what you want her to wear on the beach.

[Jess Hilarious]

But even if I'm out in New York in the summertime, you want to.

[DJ Envy]

Have a good time. That's what you want to do. You don't have to dress up to prove or to satisfy anybody out there. They can all smd you make yourself happy, and whatever makes you happy. F everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I will say to me, professionalism isn't about attire. Correct. It's based on your work. Because I see people who appraise Mark Cuban for coming to a meeting in a T shirt, but they want somebody else to be in a suit. Right. But the reason they don't mind Mark Cuban being in a T shirt, because Mark Cuban has already shown up, and Mark Cuban has delivered receipts, results time after time. So I just think that's what it's about. You got to be. To be. To really be looked at as a professional. You have to show up and consistently and constantly do the work.

[Jess Hilarious]

But you know what I think? I think the days of certain professionalism being an attire are just gone. Like, when I Even the way I talk that, you know, that gets critiqued all the time, the way I talk, like, it's all of that stuff. I think that what the reason why y' all even care, y' all arguing about my leather, my whatever, is because I'm cutting through. And I'm cutting through because I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. And the you seeing the results, and that's all it is. And people don't understand that. And it's okay if you don't understand.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got to hit the creep dance before you go.

[Jess Hilarious]

Shout out to the Plastics NYC.

[DJ Envy]

Pajamas to go.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I had to let my hair breathe. I was just like, let me get the girls a little bit of yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Stop. What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen. And for people who say, you want.

[Jess Hilarious]

To say something so bad, what you mean? Say it. What you want to say. Yeah. He was trying to find something. But Go ahead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what you do? Take it serious. Yo, you really do take this stuff serious. And that's what I want people to see. Yo, he did. She do. She takes it very serious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was gonna say the Runway that she walked is right there.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. All right, we got the ladies. What we talking about?

[Jess Hilarious]

You could never.

[DJ Envy]

The ladies.

[Jess Hilarious]

You could never.

[DJ Envy]

Ma' am.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's what you spies all the time. Time. We going back to Diddy.

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, really, It's Dawn, Richard and q from day 26. There's a conversation about why he was crying and upset. He alleges he was drugged and, I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don'T know, some other things.

[DJ Envy]

We'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she has facts, sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Jess Hilarious]

So q of day 26, you know, they were on making the band four. He has finally come out and had a conversation about why he was so upset and crying and a lot of his interviews. Interviews, talking about Diddy and that whole conversation. And he is making some really huge allegations against Dawn Rashad. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My ex at the time, which was dawn, she gave me a ecstasy pill.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she said it was ecstasy, and she said it was from Puff to give to me. And it was red. And I took it because I thought.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was going to get freaky with my girlfriend. And I trusted her that that's what it was.

[DJ Envy]

So I took it immediately.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she had one, too.

[DJ Envy]

He gave her two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two of them. I took mine within like 20 minutes. I knocked out and blacked out.

[DJ Envy]

I woke up in the twins bed, bedroom in the basement.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I woke up out of my sleep screaming very, very loud.

[Monique Rodriguez]

Who are the twins?

[DJ Envy]

Diddy's twins. His girls?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I woke up in their bed, two cameras filming me, and they were laughing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As I woke up out of my sleep screaming.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm not going to cry. It felt very sacrificial.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I meant when I said I felt like they were trying to.

[DJ Envy]

Hurt me or Diddy was trying to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe sacrifice me that night.

[Jess Hilarious]

Now, when Q was up here, y' all remember that we almost kind of got to the Diddy conversation because we were Asking did they experience anything?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And he was, like, very triggering for him.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, very triggering. He didn't want to talk about it. Then they went on. I believe it was Vlad tv, and he broke down. But now we finally have some more details, and that comes from the Amy and TJ podcast. Amy Robach and TJ Holmes. They have this series that they're doing with Aubrey O. Day called Covering the Diddy Trial. So he was a guest. Now, those allegations are big. It's kind of crazy to hear it. Dawn actually had to come out and respond because people were like, hold on. With everything else that's going on, I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don'T think people even just on the stand.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. So dawn came out and said that, you know, she wants to be clear. She has never drugged anyone or given anybody any pills. The suggestion that she did so is categorically false. If such a belief were genuine, it would be inconsistent with the actions that follow, such as inviting me into your home, introducing me to your younger sisters and family, and continual relationship with me. It would also be inconsistent with choosing to attend social events without me, engaging with individuals I had previously expressed concerns about and continuing to live with or provide favors to those same individuals. Many of these actions occurred while I was not present or even in contact with you throughout our time together, even after our separation. I made a conscious decision to not share or disclose private matters or the circumstances surrounding the end of our relationship. To protect you. When she put you in. In caps. I did this out of respect for you and your family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's interesting, because she's doing the same thing to Q that people are doing to Cassie. Like, why would you stay with a person after they do something Right. You know, heinous to you? But I don't know what's true and what's not. I'm just saying it's interesting that that's the.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The route she took.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. I mean, but when she went. So Dawn Rashard also took the stand in Diddy's trial, and when she testified, she spoke in support of Cassie for the most part. So I just want to make sure that that's clear. But, yes, people are doing that. Cassie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she did that to kill just now.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. Yes. And that's exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did that to you. Then why would you. Blah, blah, blah. Like, that's not right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just think it's crazy that she took the stand and nobody brought up the fact that she had just worked with Diddy. She's on the last album.

[Jess Hilarious]

The love album.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The love album.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought they did bring that up.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, they didn't get to. They brought up her being in contact with him after leaving the whole diddy situation in 2011, but they didn't specifically bring up the Love album. And I did. Did ask why did they not? And I was told they don't know. But, yeah, so that happened. So maybe that's a bit more of an explanation for people, but. Picking up spirits. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Picking up the spirits. Pick up the spirit.

[Jess Hilarious]

Picking up the spirits. Travis Hunter married his fiance, Leanna Linnae. They got married on Saturday. And did y' all see the video of him dancing at the reception? He seems so happy. I feel so bad.

[DJ Envy]

He seems happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my God. Such a good kid. There was also a video that went viral of him this weekend of. He was, like, walking by a backyard, and a kid was, like, doing football training or, like, runs, and he stops him and kind of like. And the kid is like, oh, my God. But gives. He gives his new wife a G wagon. They're just having a good time. The wedding was beautiful, but people are having a conversation about whether or not he got a prenup. There have been reports that he has no prenup. Prenup.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Relationship.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't know. I mean, I think it's just because of all of the stuff that went viral leading up to the wedding. But I'm like, man, is this boy can't catch a break. Because that has become the conversation around whether he should have a prenup or not with this woman. Because there are reports that he does not have one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But, look, if he don't want one, he don't want one. Don't let it. I know he young and all that, whatever. If he don't want. Want one and his mother not the person to talk to him about that or, you know, his wife's mother. It's all right. It's all right. I'm pretty sure he got lawyers and all that. He's a professional athlete, right? Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He. If it. If he ain't taking care of it, it may not be his decision. It's okay. I mean, it may have been his decision to not have one. Like, people too worried about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. People are so invested in their relationship, and it's weird because it's like, if they work out, they work out. It's for them, Right? If it doesn't work out, out, it doesn't work out. And guess what? Only people got to deal with that is them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So why we. Why the People cancel.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stupid, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, well, I mean, I just thought it was unfortunate. I'm like, dang, he's so happy and celebrating, and, boom, here come the conversations.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But same like you. You'd be happy celebrating yourself, and then, boom, why she wearing it?

[Jess Hilarious]

But you know what? I'm not mad at it. I'd be like, boom, let's post some merch to sell.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So, yeah, I mean, Travis ain't mad at it either. He was just as happy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my God, he was so happy doing that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He backed it up and bought forward and hitting the Lord dance. He was cool.

[DJ Envy]

You don't got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't got to go to have my hand.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody raised their hand. You don't got to go to them.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you. No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes asking Lauren why she wearing that is a valid question. Why do we act like it's not? Why?

[Jess Hilarious]

We let you rock. Every day you come in here a different color, and we let you rock. Right? We don't ask you why you go from light to dark to dark to light. The mocha in the middle. We let you be great, be whatever you want to be. Halfway fighting for your hairline some days. We let you be whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, hey. Don't talk about hairlines on a day like today. Lauren, listen.

[Jess Hilarious]

We let you be wherever you want to be, baby. I promise you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, I'm just simply saying, what is Lauren wearing? Is a valid question. Sometimes it is.

[Jess Hilarious]

And tell this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pull up with leather on the beach, what is she wearing? Is a valid question.

[Jess Hilarious]

I wasn't on a beach. But you know what? I don't mind you asking that question, because. Thank you. Because now it has become a question that a lot of the media outlets are following as well, too. And, you know, I always wear black designer, so it's giving platforms. So that's how I'm going. Spin that.

[DJ Envy]

There you go.

[Jess Hilarious]

But back to what we was doing over here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you had that chick fil A cow outfit the other day, and I told you she had a chick fil? A. Listen, I'm not even lying, y' all. She had an outfit on her desk, and it was like a mini skirt, but it was made out of cow skin, and it was called Moose Blueberry. And I'm like, lauren, don't you put that. She's like, that's a black designer. I don't care. With suspenders. It was a mini skirt with gun holsters and suspenders, and it was called Muberry, and it was cow skin. She had it laid out like the first day of school.

[DJ Envy]

She did she was gonna kill him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In D. Are you gonna.

[DJ Envy]

Are you gonna wear.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cause when you need it. Exactly. It was a sample because, like I told you, I model. So they sent it to me to try on so they could get the measurements right. But I mean, now I'm going to wear it because I think I should photo shoot in it. Because you're so obsessed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And when you said shoot down, I don't want to hear nothing but apologies.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When she wears that and post that on Instagram, just everybody go to her page and just put number cow emojis.

[Jess Hilarious]

David listening to you, too. Like, please, we gotta go.

[DJ Envy]

She gotta get the call.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. I gotta go.

[DJ Envy]

All right, that's the latest with Lauren. Let's get to the mix. The People's choice mix is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up, Wake up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club again. I just want to say salute to everybody that I ran into in St. Martin. I had an amazing time. Salute to Soul Beach. I do it each and every year. And we just have a great time, man. Some of the biggest artists, biggest comedians and biggest DJs on. On one island. It's just always a great time. And then salute to Monster Energy. Indiana was dope as well. Tonight, the Knicks will win.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what's up.

[DJ Envy]

Now. You was in Connecticut and Boston.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, Connecticut and Boston. And yo, Liquid, listen. Boston, give it. I love Connecticut. Yes. Connecticut. Yes. I love my Connecticut cousins and all that. Boston was crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, yo, the energy I got went, yo. You know how somebody, when you used to getting standing ovations when you walk off the stage? They stood up for me when I went out there before I even said anything. Like, at Wilbur Theater, man. Shout out to the staff at Wilbur Theater. They took great care of me, my fans, man. I ate good in Boston, yo. And then after that, they had like an after party at the W. I stayed at the W, yo. They took. Turn the. The lobby into like a little lounge, and they had the LED lights and it was so mixed in there, you know, it was. It was very, very dope. So, man, shout out to Boston. I can't wait to come back there, man.

[DJ Envy]

I love Boston.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right. And also salute to Monique Rodriguez for joining us. She was the founder and CEO of Myel Mayel. I'm trying to be in Spanish, yo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was like, miele, Miele.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo is crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He saw Rodriguez and went crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she got a new book, the Glory in youn Story. Activating a fearless faith to change your life, your career in the world. So if you were interested in Monique's story, man, go, go. Make sure you go get her book.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And speaking of books, I want to salute to Don Staley, man. Thank you to everybody who came out to Philadelphia this weekend to check Don Staley out. Don Staley had a book signing in Philly. You know, that's her crazy. Oh, my God. 2500 people or something crazy like that. So salute to everybody who came out to see Don Staley in Philly. She'll be in Columbia this Thursday, Thursday, South Carolina. Yes, Don will be in Columbia this Thursday, May 29, 6:00pm at the R2I 2 Conference Center. I don't even know why I told y' all that. Because it's sold out already.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But yes, it's already sold out. I just saw that. That is sold out. But yes. Make sure you go get a copy of Don Stanley's new book, Uncommon Favor. Available everywhere you buy books. Now.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to get up out of here. Charlotte, man, you gotta pop Positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do. The positive note is simple, man. Please remember that you can receive all the compliments in the world, all the likes in the world, all of that, but that won't do a thing unless you believe in yourself. Have a great day. Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today. Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

[Jess Hilarious]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Morgan]

In 2020, a group of young women.

[DJ Envy]

Found themselves in an AI fueled night was posting photos.

[Monique Rodriguez]

It was just me naked.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts.

[Monique Rodriguez]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Monique Rodriguez]

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[DJ Envy]

You're listening to an iHeart podcast.