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DJ Envy
This is an I Heart podcast.
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Jess Hilarious
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Charlamagne Tha God
The wait was worth it. The keys to your dream home have been secured. Now comes time to fill it with memories.
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Michael Blackson
But first, furniture and movers.
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Charlamagne Tha God
When's the housewarming?
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Michael Blackson
Who's cooking?
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Charlamagne Tha God
Or should you cater?
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Michael Blackson
All that planning can be stressful, but.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Ensuring your home shouldn't be.
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Michael Blackson
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Charlamagne Tha God
Because State Farm agents can help you choose the coverage you need.
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Michael Blackson
Just call, go online or check out the app. An agent is ready to help so.
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Lauren LaRosa
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Lauren LaRosa
Good morning, usa.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Jess.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hilarious.
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Jess Hilarious
Good morning.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Charlemagne de Gall out there. I feel blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning.
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Lauren LaRosa
What's up, guys? How was your weekend? How was your weekend, Jess?
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Jess Hilarious
It was good. Indianapolis is definitely dope. Definitely is dope as hell. We, me, D. Ray, Earthquake, Tony Roberts, also was funny as hell. We had a show and then Amber. Damn, I forgot the comedian's last name. But she's from Indianapolis. She's funny as hell as well. We all had a show. It was dope. It was real dope. Rotimi came through. It was a lot going on at Indy this weekend. So Nap Town was making a lot of money this weekend, but it was really dope. Shout out to the promoter, DJ Gino. It's his 40th anniversary.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, dope.
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Jess Hilarious
This is something that he does every year. The first show started at 7:30. Second show started at 11. I was sleepy as hell.
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Lauren LaRosa
You tired as hell?
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Jess Hilarious
Yes. All the comedians were. But especially Earthquake and Earthquake. The type would go out there and say it too. Like, I don't know how y' all up. Like, I'm sleepy as hell right now. But it was still fun. It was lit. Everybody came out and it was a nice time.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It wasn't Amber Ruffin, was it?
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Jess Hilarious
Amber? No, I don't think her last name was Ruffin. Amber something. I'm not sure, but she's really, really funny.
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Lauren LaRosa
That was your first time in that town?
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Jess Hilarious
No, that was my. That was my first time in five years, but it's my second time.
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Lauren LaRosa
Second time?
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Jess Hilarious
Yes. I did Morty's Comedy club last time, but this was at the closed Memorial Theater, and it was dop.
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DJ Envy
Nice venue.
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Jess Hilarious
It's cool.
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Lauren LaRosa
Salute to Naptown.
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Jess Hilarious
Yeah, absolutely.
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Lauren LaRosa
What up, Charlotte?
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Charlamagne Tha God
How was your weekend, man, my weekend.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Was fantastic because I did my favorite thing to do, which is absolutely nothing. The only thing I want to tell y' all is that the NFL has to do something about these Sunday night games that start at 8:30.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, I felt.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Because when these games come on. When these Games come on TV at 8:30, between the commercials and everything else, they're. They're there till. We're there till like 12:30. Okay.
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Lauren LaRosa
Well, I fell asleep about 9:30. 10 o', clock, I was knocked out.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I was in. Basically in bed all day yesterday. I'm between the couch and the bed. So I'm watching the. In the bed. And I'm just sitting there. Like, told my wife, I said, this game's going into overtime because our defense, the Cowboys defense, can't stop a goddamn thing. Okay? And yes, that's exactly what happened.
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Lauren LaRosa
Well, to come in today.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
But then I was like, you know what? It's not a good enough reason to do a show from home just because the game was on late. So I was like, you know, let me be responsible and wake up and come to work. But the Cowboys have that kind of effect on you. It's a very emotionally draining thing. And then the game stays on. Stays on so late. No, you guys tied.
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Lauren LaRosa
You guys didn't even win. Who ties anymore?
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
People tie all the time. There's probably a tie every year. More than. At least every year for the past decade that I can remember. It's been at least one tie in the league.
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Lauren LaRosa
Jesus.
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Jess Hilarious
My Ravens sucked last night, too. I'm so pissed off. I ain't have a win this bad. What?
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
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Lauren LaRosa
My Giants boy.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yeah.
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Lauren LaRosa
Oh, great.
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DJ Envy
Great.
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Jess Hilarious
I ain't paying attention to your boys, but okay.
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Lauren LaRosa
Nobody does right now, but it's okay.
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Jess Hilarious
Well, congratulations.
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Lauren LaRosa
Thank you. Thank you so much.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Thank you.
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Jess Hilarious
That's not normal. So this is great.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, watch your mouth. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Michael Blackson will be joining us this week. Today. I said this weekend. Today. He's gonna be at the New York Comedy Festival November 7th through the 16th at the Beacon Theater. So we're gonna be chopping it up with Michael Blackson. And then the cast of Ruth and Boaz will be joining us. Devon Franklin Serea and Tyler Lepley.
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Charlamagne Tha God
So really dope movie.
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Jess Hilarious
I watched it over the weekend. It's actually really good.
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Lauren LaRosa
I didn't get a chance to check it out yet. I'm gonna see it this week.
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Jess Hilarious
Yeah, it's top 10 in Netflix.
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Lauren LaRosa
Oh, wow.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Okay.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Number one, actually.
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Jess Hilarious
Oh, okay. I didn't. I know.
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Charlamagne Tha God
It was really.
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Jess Hilarious
But, yeah, it is really good.
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Lauren LaRosa
So we'll kick it with the cast. All right. All right. When we come back, we got front page news. A lot to break down. A lot went on during the last couple of days, so Mimi will break that down. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on in. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Start off with sports. The Giants beat the Chargers 21 18. Eagles beat the Buccaneers 31 25. Bills beat the Saints. Jaguars beat the 49ers. The Bears beat the Raiders. The Cowboys and Packers tied. Chiefs beat the Ravens 37 20. Rams beat the Colts 27 20. The Lions beat the Brines 34, Browns 34 10. Patriots beat the Panthers, Texans beat the Titans and the Falcons beat the Commanders. All right, tonight and Monday Night Football legs take on the Dolphins at 7:15 and the Bengals play the Broncos at 8:15.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Look at Mimi Brown looking like she bout to headline the forum tonight. Don't you wear she got a show.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Absolutely.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Go ahead, Mimi.
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Lauren LaRosa
What's up, Mimi?
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DJ Envy
Good morning.
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Mimi Brown
Good morning. All right, y'.
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DJ Envy
All.
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Mimi Brown
So there's a lot to get through today. Envy, you are right. So much happening over the weekend and sadly we start this morning with news of another mass shooting, this one at a church in Michigan. Police say at least four people were killed and eight others hurt after a gunman drove his truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blank Township. That's just right outside of Flint, Michigan. Yes. Authorities say the gunman opened fire on hundreds gathered for Sunday service, then poured gasoline inside and started a fire. And that chapel is now a total loss. And investigators believe there are still more victims inside that burned out building. Now police have identified the suspect as 40 year old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a Marine vet. He was shot and killed by officers just minutes after the attack. The ATF says explosive devices were also found at the scene. Witnesses describing chaos but also bravery as church members were shielding children and others were trying to rescue the elderly. Let's listen.
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Charlamagne Tha God
So we were driving away, we were trying to gather as many people as we could. There was a couple of elderly ladies that we were trying to get into safety. So we got him into our car. I saw the active shooter come out.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Of the building and at that point.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I just started trying to drive away. He pointed his gun at our car.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And fired three shots.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Two of them went through a windshield and just missed me. And luckily everybody else, I think this is just glass shrapnel that got me. And then we got out and then that's. Now we're just trying to kind of find out why and how and what happened.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know, when I was young, my daddy used to say jokingly that some people so crazy that they will shoot in church. And now in my big age of 47, that seems like it's the norm. People are Always letting off in the church.
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Lauren LaRosa
This is crazy.
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Jess Hilarious
Very sad.
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Lauren LaRosa
It's crazy.
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Mimi Brown
Very, very, very sad. So the FBI is calling an act of targeted violence. There's still no motive. They're still trying to investigate why this happened. And this comes less than 24 hours after news of another mass shooting, also by a Marine vet who opened fire at a bar in North Carolina, killing three and injuring eight more. So two mass shootings over the weekend.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Miz was cold and calculated, but, man, you know, you said he was a veteran, right?
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Mimi Brown
Yeah.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm telling you, they don't be giving these veterans the psychological help they need when they come home from these deployments. A lot of times.
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Lauren LaRosa
Yeah. Not only that, but it's going to get to a point where all synagogues, all churches, all schools are going to need a security guard, like an armed security at the door to make sure that you're going to have metal detectors to go in churches as well. But you're going to need some type of security in all these places to make sure that you're safe when you're praying and you're worshiping and you're going to school, which is crazy.
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Jess Hilarious
Although they don't have, you know, the help that they need. It's like, why do that to a church? Why go and do that? I mean, you have sense enough to know, like, what you doing, you know, So I don't know, I just, I think it's, it's sad on both ends.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah. But it's definitely a lack of mental health services for the, for these, for these veterans. Because if it's not this, it's high suicide rates amongst veterans. Like, I really don't think they take care of these veterans psychologically when they come home. Like they, where did they go?
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Lauren LaRosa
Very sad.
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Mimi Brown
There's nowhere to go. All right. And from Michigan to Oregon, where protests are once again in the spotlight. On Sunday, President Trump ordering 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into federal service for a 60 day deployment, saying Portland was, quote, war, war ravaged and that federal facilities were, quote, under siege. Now, by Sunday afternoon, protesters filled the streets of Portland's Ice Building. Near Portland's Ice Building, the demonstrations were noisy. Noisy, but mostly peaceful. Federal agents with long guns were seen on the rooftops while Oregon's governor and state leaders quickly filed a lawsuit to block that deployment, calling it unlawful in insisting that Portland is not a war zone. And there's a similar situation playing out this morning in Memphis. Starting today, federal agents and National Guard units are being deployed there as part of the administration's broader crime crackdown. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says 13 federal agencies will be involved, including the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, along with 300 state troopers. Now, the Guard will only serve enrolled. They will not have guns unless the police request it. Governor Lee called it a generational opportunity, while Memphis Mayor Paul Young. He acknowledged that residents are concerned on both sides. Lauren was actually in Memphis over the weekend and she spoke to the mayor about how the city is preparing. Let's listen to that.
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Saraya
Well, we are preparing and, you know, I've been trying to articulate to people that we're different than Chicago and LA.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Because our governor has said yes and.
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Saraya
The president said yes.
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Charlamagne Tha God
So as mayor, I don't have a say in whether they come or not. So what we're doing now is working to align how they come, where they're going to show up, what their assignments are going to be. So we're putting together a whole strategy of how we engage.
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Saraya
And we've been having positive dialogues with the National Guard, major generals and all of those folks.
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Charlamagne Tha God
You know, my goal is to try to keep them focused on violent crime.
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Saraya
Not petty crimes and things of that nature.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Who's deciding that these people need the military, Mimi? Like, what's going on in Portland and Memphis that they need the military? Even when I was seeing people at the CBC last week in D.C. they was showing videos of like the military just sitting in front of downtown restaurants.
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Mimi Brown
In D.C. doing nothing. Doing nothing, doing nothing. And in Portland, there's video of them riding their bike and jump roping and just literally sitting on the grass reading a book. Meanwhile, Trump is sending the National Guard. So, you know, there's, there's, I think everybody, even the mayors of the cities are really trying to understand what is behind this. And specifically in Memphis, if you want more information, they have launched a website that has a question and answer section that I really think will help you if you're in Memphis or you have a loved one in Memphis. And really quick, that that website is Memphis10.forward/safe and clean. So again, Memphis10, safe and clean. And if you want to hear the full interview, it will be on Lauren's podcast today. You can check that out with Mayor Paul Young. All right, Some interesting stuff there. So coming up at 7, though, the world's busiest airport just left $37 million on the table. And we'll tell you why and what's behind that decision.
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Charlamagne Tha God
All right?
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Lauren LaRosa
And everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent Phone lines wide open. Let us know how your weekend was. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up, Wake your ass.
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Charlamagne Tha God
This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Who's this?
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Mimi Brown
Hi, my name's Bobby.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, Bobby.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Come on. Hey, Bobby.
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Mimi Brown
Hi. I've called. I want to say. First I want to say hi to Chess. I love you, Jess.
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Jess Hilarious
Good morning.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Love you too.
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Mimi Brown
I want to say hi to Lauren. Is Lauren there?
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Lauren LaRosa
She's in the back.
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Mimi Brown
Oh, okay. And hi, DJ Envy. And hi, Charlemagne. I love you all.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Every day.
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Mimi Brown
But I did want to say DJ Envy. You hung up on me a couple of times.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That. That tracks. That sounds exactly right.
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Mimi Brown
Yeah. Death and Charlemagne. I was calling because I had been wanting to get sort of to say something to you about your visit on Laura Trump's show and how on there, you know, she told you that if you had like all these left leaning guests and they didn't have any right leaning guests, Y. And then he came back the next day on the Breakfast Club and repeated that and how wrong that was and stuff. And I just want to say, like, that that was a total lie and I can't believe that you listened to Laura Trump on that. And I mean, I was just about to Google like right leaning guests on the View because I can only remember one off of the top of my head.
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Charlamagne Tha God
But I'm sure there were more.
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Mimi Brown
And I know that Chris Christie was on there and I do know that they have had right leaning guests on there and I believe that they have invited others who refused to come on.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Well, she was talking about the first seven months of 2025. And I mean, based off all the research and, you know, studies I've seen, yes, the View in the first seven months of 2025 had 102 left leaning guests and zero conservatives. And that was according to the Media Research Center.
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Mimi Brown
Oh, okay.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah, not in the. I don't know. I don't know. Not in the history of the View, but in the first seven months of 2025.
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Mimi Brown
Oh, oh, I thought it was just talking about like since Trump or.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
No, no, no, no. She was talking about the first seven months of 2025. They had 102 left leaning guests with zero conservatives. Now that's according to the Media Research Center. And yes, I do think that's ridiculous. You know what I mean?
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Charlamagne Tha God
But how.
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Mimi Brown
But was that because they didn't invite any of them?
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't know, that's a great question. I really don't know.
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Mimi Brown
Yeah, I did also want to mention one more thing.
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Lauren LaRosa
What's up, Bobby?
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You said who?
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Mimi Brown
Hear me? Yeah. I wanted to mention one more thing before I go.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I'm from Pittsburgh.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Okay.
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Mimi Brown
And there's a local group out here, but they're on YouTube and everywhere they are called One Good Media, and they do a lot of stuff. But one thing that they do that I enjoy a lot is called this Week in White supremacy.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Damn.
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Mimi Brown
And they break down a lot of stuff that the Trump administration is doing and how it's going to affect people, and they call themselves the truth tellers. And I really love it if you guys would check them out.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Okay.
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Mimi Brown
And see if there's anything that you guys can do to, like. Yeah, I don't know. Just check them out and see what.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You think that we will do that. You said One Hood Media. Oh, I'm looking at it right now. Yes. One Hood Media Academy. I'm looking at their website, Onehood.org.
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Lauren LaRosa
All right.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yes.
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Lauren LaRosa
Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She didn't hang up. Envy hung on.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I definitely.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She called and complained that you hung up on him before you did.
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Charlamagne Tha God
You definitely hung up on him.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I watched him. I'm sitting right here.
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Lauren LaRosa
He said he watched me.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm sitting right here. I saw you. I watch your little beige head. I watch your little beige hand sneak right over there and drop the car. Sometimes you give Red a little wink, and he drops the car. Either way, y' all Latinos are in cahoots. Okay.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hello? Who's this?
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Charlamagne Tha God
What's going on?
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Lauren LaRosa
This is Jimmy from the BX.Jimmy from the BX.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Jimmy from the Bronx.
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Lauren LaRosa
Get it off your chest, Jimmy.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yes. I want to go on my check. I want to get. I know it's early, but I'm going to get a Dark Head of the Day to Eric Adams, the New York City mayor. Mr. Flip Flop will be going on podcast and saying he's gonna be doing things, and he does the opposite.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Eric is something else. And he. He literally went on flagrant. What did he say when he went on flagrant? That he wasn't. He was gonna. He promised he was gonna run as a Democrat.
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Lauren LaRosa
Yep.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And then, like, a drink, and now.
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Charlamagne Tha God
He'S running as attendant. Like, yo, my man. You know what's the sad part about it? I voted for this man.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
He came on Breakfast Club Thursday and said, he is not dropping out of the race.
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Charlamagne Tha God
He was not dropping out. You see the breaking news?
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Lauren LaRosa
He's up out of here.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, he's up out of here. He folded like a cheap suit.
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Lauren LaRosa
Damn.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
A cheap suit.
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Charlamagne Tha God
A cheap suit. Yeah, he pulled it up, baby.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know. Okay. Got you, got you.
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Lauren LaRosa
All right, well, thank you, Jimmy.
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Charlamagne Tha God
All right, gentlemen, have a good day. Be blessed.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
All right, man, that's a question. Why do people say that, like, expensive suits can't fold or something? Like, what does that mean?
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Lauren LaRosa
I don't know. Hello?
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Who's this?
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
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Jess Hilarious
Cause they fold cheap. Hey, you hang.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, what's up, Ver?
- [19:09]
Lauren LaRosa
Get off your chest.
- [19:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, I spoke with you guys last week, man. Hey, good to hear from y' all this morning, man. DJ Envy, Charlamagne, Laura, Rosa, and Jeff. Hey, so last week you invited me out to the mental health awareness.
- [19:23]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Mental wellness.
- [19:25]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes. October 11th.
- [19:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yes, sir.
- [19:27]
Charlamagne Tha God
I will be there and with my friends and all, man, you know, for know the new you.
- [19:33]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Hey, it's a free event. So Saturday, October 11th, we'll be at the Joelle and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event center in Newark, New Jersey, from 11:00am to 4:00pm it's free and open to all ages. So, you know, you can go to mentalwealthexpo.com and register you and all your friends.
- [19:46]
Lauren LaRosa
See you there, Vern.
- [19:47]
Charlamagne Tha God
All right. Get hurt.
- [19:48]
Lauren LaRosa
All right.
- [19:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
All right, brother.
- [19:49]
Lauren LaRosa
Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got the latest with Lauren coming up. What are we talking about?
- [19:55]
DJ Envy
We are talking super bowl because we now know who headlined the 2026 halftime show at the Super Bowl. We gonna get into the conversation.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Oh, you ain't gonna be able to tell Puerto Ricans nothing.
- [20:04]
DJ Envy
You giving it away.
- [20:07]
Lauren LaRosa
We'll get into it next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Break.
- [20:13]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Hey, man, you ever had Shashimi?
- [20:15]
Lauren LaRosa
Shashimi?
- [20:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah. Y' all ever had shashimmi?
- [20:17]
DJ Envy
Sashimi.
- [20:17]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Sashimi. You ever had that? What's it called?
- [20:21]
Lauren LaRosa
Shashimi.
- [20:23]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You ever had that?
- [20:23]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
- [20:24]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
The raw fish. Yes, absolutely, man. For the first time Friday for the first time. First time ever, man. I want to salute a restaurant called Twin Tails in New York City. Salute to my. My good sister, DJ Cuppy. We went to dinner Friday night, and Shashimi. I never had it before. Yeah, amazing.
- [20:41]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [20:41]
Lauren LaRosa
Very good.
- [20:42]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Raw fish.
- [20:42]
Lauren LaRosa
Yes. You know, you don't eat sushi.
- [20:44]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I do eat sushi, but I ain't never seen a raw fish. Like, it comes. It's like they bring the actual fish with the hay.
- [20:49]
DJ Envy
Different.
- [20:49]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [20:50]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
No, it's not like sushi.
- [20:51]
Lauren LaRosa
No, but it's raw like sushi.
- [20:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't want to talk to you. For some reason. That just sounded nasty when you said it.
- [20:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know.
- [20:58]
Lauren LaRosa
Let's get to the ladies.
- [20:59]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't like how you said that.
- [21:01]
Jess Hilarious
Lauren becoming a straight face.
- [21:04]
Lauren LaRosa
She gets it from somebody that knows somebody.
- [21:06]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She gets the details.
- [21:07]
DJ Envy
I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.
- [21:10]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She be having the latest on the.
- [21:12]
Charlamagne Tha God
Be the Latest with Lauren LaRosa.
- [21:15]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything.
- [21:18]
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast club.
- [21:23]
DJ Envy
So the 2026 Super bowl halftime show performer has been announced. Drum roll, please. It's Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny. Yes. Bad Bunny will be headlining the super bowl halftime show on in February. February 8, 2026, which will be airing on NBC. It'll go down in Santa Clara, California.
- [21:45]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know I'm dropping the Kuz Bombs for Bad Boys.
- [21:47]
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, he's gonna kill it.
- [21:49]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [21:49]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
This is dope. Especially being that he said he wouldn't do no shows in America because he didn't want Ice to target his. His concerts.
- [21:56]
DJ Envy
Yes. And I'm actually like really, really looking forward to the performance because when I was in Puerto Rico, his residency was happening there. Everybody there was talking about how amazing his stage performance it was. So sold out and what they had available the tickets was like 1500 and upward price wise. Because it ran up because so many people were excited.
- [22:15]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Pesos and dollars.
- [22:17]
DJ Envy
American dollars. But I don't know how that converts. Yes. Now, Red, I'm gonna need some help. We put together a little play.
- [22:23]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Ask me, cuz, you Dominican and Red is Puerto Rican.
- [22:26]
DJ Envy
You like fake whatever it is. Yeah. Now we put together like a little playlist of like what the songs could potentially be. Because Bad Bunny got a lot of hits that he could run down. So we put together a little mix.
- [22:37]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Who is we?
- [22:38]
DJ Envy
Me, Red, Vicky, you know.
- [22:42]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Red is Puerto Rican. Vicky is Dominican. Dominican. Dominican.
- [22:47]
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
- [22:48]
DJ Envy
Well, I trust them. I don't know about envy showing up to parades and be getting awards. And I don't even understand why you're there. So let's take a listen to some of Bad Bunny's songs. Where you gotta kill me because I can't even pronounce it.
- [22:58]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Here's my.
- [23:19]
DJ Envy
You know this. They play this on the radio all day.
- [23:21]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
This one with Drake.
- [23:22]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [23:25]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't listen to Bad Bunny, but I respect him. It's going to be A good show.
- [23:29]
DJ Envy
That's fair. Yeah, it's going to be a good show. Well rumored before the Bad Bunny announcement to do the super bowl halftime show where Taylor Swift and Adele.
- [23:37]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Thank God we ain't getting either one of those love dropping the co bombs for God. Not giving us any of that casserole. We getting my funo. I don't want none of those casseroles. You hear me?
- [23:47]
Jess Hilarious
Although I love Adele, I don't see a Super bowl ahead of time.
- [23:50]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [23:51]
Lauren LaRosa
Taylor Swift would have killed it, though.
- [23:52]
Charlamagne Tha God
Tell, tell.
- [23:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I like Adele, too. I don't want to set fire to no rain during no super bowl halftime before. Okay.
- [23:59]
DJ Envy
And Nutella Swift rumor Roger Goodell had was actually on and he was talking about Taylor Swift and the potential, the possibility of her doing the super bowl halftime show that, like, kind of revved up the anticipation thinking that something would go down. But there were reports that there was, like, a contract situation with her. But I think Bad Bunny is a.
- [24:14]
Lauren LaRosa
Better choice over there.
- [24:17]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm sure Roger Goodell whispered to Roc Nation, like, you know, is this the year we can get Taylor? Maybe she's got an album coming out. It's like, no, man. Empanadas for everybody, right?
- [24:26]
Charlamagne Tha God
Empanadas for everybody.
- [24:29]
DJ Envy
Yes. And Bad Bunny, per the NFL, released a quote on the announcement. He says, what I'm feeling goes beyond myself. It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown. This is for my people, my culture, and our history. Denise says something in Spanish that I am not going to attempt to read.
- [24:47]
Lauren LaRosa
What's that? Get right.
- [24:52]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
All you gotta do is hit the translate button and tell us.
- [24:54]
Jess Hilarious
Grandmother.
- [24:55]
DJ Envy
Yes, Abuela. I know, Abuela. That's grimos el halftime show del Super.
- [25:01]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Just hit translate.
- [25:02]
Jess Hilarious
Give it a read.
- [25:05]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Red Puerto Rican.
- [25:08]
DJ Envy
He's probably. You can't read and Spanish.
- [25:10]
Lauren LaRosa
Give it to me, give it to.
- [25:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
Me, give it to me.
- [25:13]
DJ Envy
Speaking in its household. You definitely can't do it.
- [25:15]
Lauren LaRosa
I got it. What's wrong with y'?
- [25:17]
Charlamagne Tha God
All?
- [25:17]
DJ Envy
That's the last line.
- [25:18]
Lauren LaRosa
The last line. Okay.
- [25:22]
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't see it here.
- [25:23]
DJ Envy
Go Envy and gray.
- [25:24]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
The quotes going to make somebody type out.
- [25:28]
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't see it.
- [25:29]
DJ Envy
Oh, my God. Give me, give me, give me. Come on, come on, come on. You not Spanish and you little dislike.
- [25:35]
Lauren LaRosa
All right, this is bonito. That's all I say in the Bad.
- [25:38]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Bunny is absolutely the right choice. Drop on the clues. Bombs for the angry rabbit. I can't wait to watch.
- [25:43]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [25:44]
Jess Hilarious
His grandmother. Yeah, that's his grandmother.
- [25:46]
Lauren LaRosa
That's all you got?
- [25:46]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's all you got.
- [25:47]
Lauren LaRosa
All right.
- [25:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It's a good streak. It's a good streak. Roc Nation hasn't missed yet with the halftime show.
- [25:52]
Charlamagne Tha God
Not at all.
- [25:52]
DJ Envy
Yep. And Jay Z says, you know, what Bad Bunny has done and continues to do for Puerto Rico is truly inspiring. We are honored to have him on the world's biggest stage.
- [26:01]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I wonder how was it hard to convince him because he was adamant about not doing any shows in the US because he didn't want, like, to target the concert.
- [26:08]
Lauren LaRosa
It's still the biggest stage, though.
- [26:09]
DJ Envy
It is the big stage. But I also think too, you got like, Roc Nation to. And if that's a concern, they do a lot for people in, like, the community space. So maybe there's like, a bigger initiative that they might roll out around this too, if that is a conversation. But yes. So in other news. So we reported on Ray J and those Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, RICO claims. A while back, we received a statement from the Kardashians attorney, Alex Spiro, who says Ray J's claims about any RICO involving the Kardashians are not true. That's an update there. Yes.
- [26:42]
Lauren LaRosa
That's all he said.
- [26:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That was clear.
- [26:43]
Charlamagne Tha God
That was clear.
- [26:44]
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
- [26:45]
DJ Envy
That was. That was it. But they are not true. Now in other news. So this is actually unfortunate news. So Terence Crawford, fighter Terence Crawford was celebrating. He was celebrating his win in his hometown, and he was also, you know, celebrating his birthday over the weekend. And on the way, leaving the birthday celebration, he was actually pulled over by police and held at gunpoint. Let's take a listen to the video.
- [27:09]
Charlamagne Tha God
Stepping out, seat belt, opening the door.
- [27:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Right here on my right.
- [27:17]
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm keeping my. I'm not reaching for no gun, bro. Can I, Can I move my.
- [27:28]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [27:28]
Jess Hilarious
That's crazy.
- [27:40]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [27:41]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It's a damn shame that a brother like Terence Crawford, who Omaha absolutely loves. If you was watching Instagram this weekend, you saw all the. I mean, the sea of people.
- [27:49]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
- [27:50]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That were out there for Terence Crawford, people of all races, people of all ages, just coming together to celebrate their hometown hero, Bud. And you got a couple of cops who just wanted to ruin his night for no reason.
- [28:00]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [28:01]
Lauren LaRosa
Which makes no sense. Right. There's only a population of 455,000 people there. Like, they know who Terence Crawford is. They know who Bud is. They know where Bud was going. He had armed security. License. Security.
- [28:12]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It's just valid mobile for reckless driving, right?
- [28:15]
DJ Envy
Yeah. So the police say that before 1:30am local time in Nebraska. Officers stopped the vehicle that he was in and they said that he was. That the vehicle was driving rec recklessly during the traffic stop. The police officers say that they observed a firearm on the driver's side floorboard and for safety, all of the occupants were ordered out of the vehicle at gunpoint. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Terence Crawford, and he was issued a citation for reckless driving. All four occupants in the car were legally permitted to carry firearms. A member of Crawford security team who was carrying his own weapon at the time of the traffic stop. A police officer and a lieutenant have also respond. Also responded to the scene. And I do know the mayor released a statement. He said that, you know, he learned about the police stop and he was, you know, disheartened after learning about this. He said that he spoke personally to Terence or to Bud Crawford, and he says that he acknowledges the seriousness of what occurred and how trust between law enforcement and the community is important and shows that this needs to be. That they need to be vigilant about building this relationship. The mayor is saying that the police chief, a guy named Todd Shadmere, has pledged an internal investigation, which the mayor says he fully supports, because they want to be full and thorough. They plan to gather all the facts and be transparent with the public about their findings. When it comes to this stop, he says that his heart dropped in learning that this is how the day ended. It was a otherwise wonderful day for Terence. He was celebrating in Omaha, Nebraska. You know, he was celebrating being world boxing champion, and then there was, you know, the parade and his birthday. So for the day to end like that was just heartbreaking for him.
- [29:44]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [29:45]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And then, you know, it's Terence Crawford. You've been watching him all day. Right. I would just assume that he has the same security team, you know, for the most part. So you. I would think that if you're a police officer in this city, you would know him and you would know all these individuals. And isn't Nebraska open carry? So why would you react like that to. If you see. If you saw a firearm in the car, especially with Terence Crawford driving, like, come on, that's.
- [30:07]
Lauren LaRosa
That sounds like.
- [30:08]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah, I don't think there's a need to react with that by drawing your guns and telling them to get out the car.
- [30:12]
Lauren LaRosa
Very scary situation.
- [30:13]
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Charlamagne Tha God
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- [32:50]
Saraya
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- [32:53]
Charlamagne Tha God
Don't forget to put it in the Group chat so everybody can already see.
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Saraya
Who gonna be there.
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Charlamagne Tha God
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- [34:23]
Lauren LaRosa
He feels like if any, if they would have moved anyway, he could have lost his life.
- [34:26]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah, you know you want, you got to do your job as a police officer, but come on man, this is, it's Terence Crawford driving. You just saw this big parade he's having and he's with his security. Why would you ever assume anything negative was going on?
- [34:40]
DJ Envy
I'm not for sure but I mean they gonna have to definitely make sure that this is gonna have to be explained. So hopefully, you know, they got, they'll have to get some answers. So we'll, we'll be, you know, keeping up with what happens. But you know, he is okay though.
- [34:52]
Lauren LaRosa
That is, thank God.
- [34:53]
DJ Envy
Yeah, thank God.
- [34:54]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And check that police officer's parlays. Let's see if he lost any money.
- [34:59]
DJ Envy
Not just being about a parlay.
- [35:01]
Charlamagne Tha God
You never know.
- [35:02]
DJ Envy
That's crazy.
- [35:02]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You never know. Check his parlays. Go check everything, his draft kings, his prize picks, everything. Let's see if he put any money on Canelo. He might just be a little salty because he lost.
- [35:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
- [35:11]
Lauren LaRosa
All right, well, that's the latest with Lauren. Now when we come back, we got front page news so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. Start off with some quick sports. Now, last night, the Falcons beat the Commanders. Giants beat the Charges. The Eagles beat the Buccaneers. Texas beat the Titans. Patriots beat the Panthers. The Bills beat the Saints. Jaguars beat the 49ers. The Lions beat the Browns. The Rams beat the Colts. The Bears beat the Raiders. The packers and Cowboys tied in overtime. Of course, the Chiefs beat the Ravens 37:20. Now tonight in Monday Night Football, the Jets take on the Dolphins at 7:15 and the Bengals take on the Broncos at 8:15.
- [35:54]
Charlamagne Tha God
Now me, it's too late, man.
- [35:56]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm telling, like, these games. Come on. Too late. They got to start these games two hours early, bro. There's no reason for games to be starting. 8:15.
- [36:01]
Charlamagne Tha God
8:30. Yeah, that's. I think that's late issue, too.
- [36:04]
Lauren LaRosa
I mean, like I said, I fell asleep on the Cowboys game last night. What's up, Mimi?
- [36:08]
Mimi Brown
Good morning, everyone. How y' all doing this morning?
- [36:10]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Bloody black and highly favored. How you doing, Mimi?
- [36:13]
Mimi Brown
Good, good. Thanks for asking. Okay, so to this story that everyone's talking about this morning, we're going to start with a dramatic turn in the New York City politics with Mayor Eric Adams. He's officially dropping out the race in the race for a second term, just five weeks before election day. So, Charlemagne, let's flash back to last week. Less than a minute into his interview on the Breakfast Club, you asked him if he was dropping out. Let's listen to that.
- [36:36]
Charlamagne Tha God
That.
- [36:37]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know the question everybody keeps asking, Are you dropping out of the Merrell race?
- [36:41]
Charlamagne Tha God
And you know what?
- [36:41]
Lauren LaRosa
I answered that 101 times.
- [36:45]
Charlamagne Tha God
I said, no, I'm not. Our goal is to finish this race.
- [36:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know, over the past weekend, you didn't attend any public events while a lot of your the rivals were out campaigning. And people use that to fuel more speculation that you're preparing to drop out. So how do you respond to that 60 Minutes, Charlemagne?
- [37:01]
Charlamagne Tha God
No matter what I said, they did it anyway.
- [37:04]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So listen, you're pulling in fourth place right now.
- [37:06]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [37:06]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What makes you think you can still win?
- [37:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
What I must do in these campaigns is I need my money.
- [37:13]
Mimi Brown
Several times to answer the question, Charlemagne. And he said each time that he is staying in the race. Well, by Sunday, his tone had changed. And in a nearly nine minute video posted to X set to Frank Sinatra's My Way, Adams admitted he could no longer see a passion to reelection. Let's listen to that.
- [37:32]
Charlamagne Tha God
I cannot continue my re election campaign. The constant media speculation about my future and the Campaign finance Board's decision to withhold millions of dollars have undermined my ability to raise the funds needed for a serious campaign.
- [37:52]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
We knew that, Mayor Adams. And this is what makes politicians look ridiculous to us, to we the people, because we see what we know we see and y' all be trying to tell us we don't see it. And then things like this happen. And now you gotta admit we were right the whole time. But you never admit we were right the whole time.
- [38:10]
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, pretty bad. I mean, he was pulling forth, I think. I think everybody knew he was gonna drop out, but he said he was gonna fight to the end.
- [38:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So the end was Sunday. He told us on Thursday. He's gonna fight to the end. The end was Sunday.
- [38:20]
Michael Blackson
End was Sunday.
- [38:21]
Mimi Brown
The end was clearly Sunday. And so his exit now clears the way for former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent while Democratic Socialist Ramdomi he is a clear frontrunner. A new poll has him up 20 points with affordability, crime and economy topping voters concerns. Mandami came out blasting both Adams and Cuomo, saying billionaire donors will not dictate this election. And Republican nominee Curtis Lewa, he skipped over Adams entirely, insisting he is the only one who can beat Mondami. And Cuomo meanwhile praising Adams for putting the city above personal ambition. And just one thing to note. Adam's name will still be on the ballot because it's too late to remove it. But the his campaign is over. So do not be confused. If you see it there, he is out of the race. You want to make sure that your vote goes to a candidate who is still in the race.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Well, billionaire donor is about to put everything behind Cuomo. So I hope Mandani is ready. I hope Mandani is ready for every single, you know, personal attack that is going to happen to him over the next couple of months.
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Mimi Brown
Yeah, it's definitely coming. And we're just now one day away from a possible government shutdown. And the Trump administration is raising the stakes. President Trump is threatening to lay off thousands of federal workers permanently if funding runs out tomorrow night at midnight. And the White House Budget Office has directed agencies to prepare plans identifying programs that will lose Money on October, October 1, if Congress fails to act now. In the past, shut down workers, they're usually temporarily out of work and brought back once funding is restored. But this time, the Office of Management and Budget is signaling that many of Those jobs will be cut off for good, which is a sharp break from precedent. Now, lawmakers, they do remain gridlocked. Democrats insist any funding deal must include the Affordable Care act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. While Republicans argue that those discussions should wait, they want a clean bill to simply extend the funding. Now, Trump is expected to meet with congressional leaders at the White House later today. But with the deadline looming tomorrow at midnight, the risk of a shutdown and the possibility of mass layoffs is very, very real. That's where we are with that. And lastly, if you travel through Atlanta airport often, this story is for you. The world's busiest airport just turned down $37 million in federal funding to stand firm on air its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Now, that money was part of a larger 57 million dollar FAA package for restroom upgrades, taxiway repairs and sustainability projects. Earlier this year, the Trump administration, they added a new rule that airports taking federal money must declare their DEI efforts will not conflict with federal law. Well, cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston, they sued. But Atlanta tried to strike the language from its grant agreement, but the FAA refused. And so city officials didn't sign. And days later, the federal government confirmed the money was off the table. So Atlanta says the trap that this money will not make a difference. You will not notice it. They point that federal money only makes up 10% of their airport's 10 billion dollar capital plan. And they will find other ways to fund upgrades without disrupting passengers. But they did not want to get rid of their DEI program.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Well, salute to the Atlanta airport.
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Lauren LaRosa
That was dope.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
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Mimi Brown
So that's your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me, Mimi Brown, TV for more news, follow the Black Information Network and Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit vine news.com.
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Lauren LaRosa
Thank you, Mimi.
- [41:52]
Mimi Brown
Thank you.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Peace, Mimi.
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Lauren LaRosa
All right, when we come back, we have the cast of Ruth and Boaz. Joining us, Devon Franklin, Saraya and Tyler Lepley. And we'll talk to them next. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Gamora.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Morning. The Breakfast Club.
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Lauren LaRosa
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building this morning.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yes, indeed.
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Lauren LaRosa
Devon Franklin, Sariah and Tyler Leffley.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Welcome.
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Jess Hilarious
Hey, if you call her Sariah.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm sorry, Sariah needs something. Sounds like something I gotta go to CVS for. I gotta get something for the saria on my arm.
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Lauren LaRosa
If you just read it, you want.
- [42:35]
Charlamagne Tha God
To talk to me about reading, because.
- [42:38]
Lauren LaRosa
I got a lot better. Don't do that.
- [42:40]
Charlamagne Tha God
Thank you.
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DJ Envy
This is a dazzling film.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
They have a movie on Netflix called Ruth and Boaz, right? And, you know, if you know anything about Roof and Boaz, it's a biblical story, so. So what elements of the original biblical story of Roof and Boaz did y' all preserve for this film?
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Lauren LaRosa
Man, we preserved the. A lot of the elements. I mean, when you go and you read the Book of Ruth and then you look at the movie, you know, everything that we did in the film was basically rooted in the word, you know, her journey, you know, with Naomi, how she finds Boaz. And we really wanted to say, okay, this is what the scripture says, but then how do we make it modern? And so everything you see in the film, I think we did a pretty good job, you know, of making sure that anything that you see in that film, you can go back to a verse and say, this is where we got it from.
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Jess Hilarious
Was it difficult modernizing the story, though?
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Lauren LaRosa
I mean, there's no rule book on how to modernize a Bible story, so it was challenging. But then there were certain things that were pretty easy because the story itself lays out, like, a movie, you know, and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to produce it. This is why I wanted to make it, is because when you see how Ruth and Boaz come together, they're not looking for love. They're actually looking to be of service. And as part of that commitment, they find each other. And so when you see it, it was like, okay, you know, well, what would Moab look like? Well, maybe that's like the Atlanta music scene. And what would, you know, Bethlehem look like? Okay, well, maybe that's like Pegram, Tennessee. So it was difficult, but ultimately, we just had to kind of take those creative license, and hopefully the audience will enjoy it. Now you have a deal with Tyler Perry. How did that come about, man? So listen, so about a couple years ago, after I did my film Flamin Hot, I'm sitting at home, and I didn't have a production deal. So if you know anything about Hollywood, in order to have a production company, you have to have a production deal with the studio, because that's how you have employees, and that's how you make your films. So even though Flamin Hot did very well, I did not have a deal. And so I was sitting at home, and I was like, okay, God, what? What. What do you want me to do? And out of the blue, my phone rings, and it's Tyler Perry.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
- [44:35]
Lauren LaRosa
And he said, hey, man, I hear you're making a deal with Netflix.
- [44:38]
Michael Blackson
Now.
- [44:38]
Lauren LaRosa
I had a meeting at Netflix a few months before, but I didn't know there wasn't really a whole lot of follow ups. I wasn't sure what was going on, but he called me and said, yo, I hear you have your. You're making a deal with Netflix. Let's partner up and do it together. And I was like, yes, let's do it. And so we negotiated a three picture deal with Netflix. This is the first of its kind. You've never seen, you know, two black men of faith coming together to make content of faith, you know, with the biggest streamer in the world. And that to me, like, when you look at Tyler, like, I don't know why God put that on his mind, but here I am trying to figure it out and boom. And there was the answer. And to be able to make Ruth and Boaz, I mean, to be able to make it the way we wanted to make it, to have the creative autonomy and the authority and to be able to put it together, you know, with such an incredible cast, it all came from the partnership.
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Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
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DJ Envy
How did it feel? Because when the screen opens for the movie, it's your name and then it's Tyler Perry Studios. And I was like, that is so cool. How did it feel for you the first time you saw that on screen?
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Lauren LaRosa
Listen, this is what Faith works. That's how it felt. It felt gratifying. You know, as a kid, I always had the dream of making my own films. That's why I came to Hollywood. I wanted to have my own production company and to see that on screen. Devon Franklin Entertainment, Tyler Perry Studios, and Ruth and Boaz, it's like, wow, dreams do come true. And faith works. So it felt good.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So Saraiya and Tyler, did y' all know the story of Ruth and Boaz?
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Jess Hilarious
Saraya.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Saraya, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Saraya. I knew that too, my dumb ass.
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Charlamagne Tha God
I'm sorry.
- [46:04]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Saraya and Tyler, did y' all know the story of Ruth and Boaz?
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DJ Envy
I did. Like, roughly. You know, just growing up in church, you hear of Ruth and Boaz, but I never really explicitly read the book of Ruth. And until doing this, this story, getting more information on it.
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Saraya
Yeah, I mean, not to sound like a heathen, but I didn't grow up in the church or nothing like that. But I have heard about, you know, I have heard about the story of Ruth and Boaz a little bit. So when it was time to Actually dive into it once I, you know, once I had booked it, you know, I read up on it a little bit to, to you know, just at least have to have some type of foundation in terms of, you know, finding the truth and how we gonna figure it out.
- [46:42]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [46:42]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
But after you register. Ray, how much of Ruth's story could you relate to personally?
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DJ Envy
I mean she went through so much. She has a lot of, a lot of baggage and trauma there. Deep, deep traumas. But I do resonate with her on having like an instinct to reroute and, and change things in my life and maybe stepping out on faith on things that I'm not necessarily sure is gonna work out, but hey, I want to be. That sounds pretty far fetched to a lot of the world. So I can, I can get where her, her fire and her passion is coming from.
- [47:18]
Jess Hilarious
How are you? I just had a baby. Mommy. Hair looks good on you.
- [47:22]
DJ Envy
Well, thank you, thank you. You as well.
- [47:24]
Jess Hilarious
Thank you.
- [47:25]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [47:25]
Jess Hilarious
As you mental. Everything is good. I mean because you're working, you had that baby, you working out. You know, you're mommy, but now you're, you're still actress singer mommy. How does that all fit?
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DJ Envy
It's, it's actually one day at a time.
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Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [47:39]
DJ Envy
You know, and just having that grace for myself that I don't have to have all together.
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Jess Hilarious
No.
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DJ Envy
Has been the biggest, I guess lesson for me throughout all of this. But it's been great. Thank God. I mean, you know, after that first month where I was like, you know, now it's just like I could use some sleep, but that's about it. I'm good, I'm good.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Good.
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Lauren LaRosa
I want to ask, when doing a faith based movie, right. Growing up as a kid, when you hear anything faith based, you thinking it's gonna be nothing but Christian singing. It's not, it's gonna be that type of thing. Did you have, did you ever think about. Well, maybe I don't want to do it because it's faith based or did you just dive right in?
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DJ Envy
Personally, no, I, I mean I feel like God has always been a very much a part of my life and I, I do, I do think that.
- [48:24]
Lauren LaRosa
Why you laughing? Something made you laugh.
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DJ Envy
Yeah. Because Devon, actually we worked on Kingdom business together, B and C, which was also, also faith, faith based. And I really feel like sometimes God is funny in the way of presenting me with characters that I kind of like in life are a little bit mirroring as far as like their relationship with God. So it's kind of funny for me to, to have played Rebel in Kingdom business and now Ruth and Ruth and Boaz. Right. So that's why I laughed. But no, it really did not deter me at all. If anything deterred me, it was the music element because I played so many music characters. So that, that was the part that.
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Lauren LaRosa
Took a little convincing. I was like, come on, Saray, come on. She said no at first. Well, she didn't want to come in to audition because it was a little music driven. So I had to hit her up. I was like, yo, trust me, you're gonna want to do this. Come on in. And so thankfully.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So what was it mirroring in your life, Saray? Because, you know, this, this is like, this story is about God's timing and divine orchestration. So what was, what was going on in your life when you got the call for this?
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DJ Envy
Oh my goodness, so much. But I could say that love was also on the brink for me. Like I was in a new relationship with this role. I found out I was pregnant, like during, while filming. There was a lot of things kind of with Ruth that I was in, in the, in the script. And some of the things she says kind of just rang true for me.
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Charlamagne Tha God
What about you?
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Jess Hilarious
He then what you did you dive right in?
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Saraya
Yeah, I think, I think for me, you know, when I, when I got the call, I was just in a space. Last year, I mean, even before last year, you know, like I said, I never grew up in the church, but it was something that I was always seeking, you know what I'm saying? It was sought after for me. And you know, it started spiritually, but then I, you know, then I kind of wanted to go to church more and, you know, just show up in the place of worship, not just to kind of feel it on the inside. So I think for me, outside of the artistry, me wanting to be able to tackle a role like this, I've never done a, you know, a love story before. You know, the aspect of it being a faith based film is actually something that was kind of right on time for me. You know, I just, I just proposed to my, at the time, you know, my girlfriend. We were obviously my fiance now. So even just congratulations. Thank you, I appreciate that. But, but even entertaining miracle, but even, you know, make making a choice to go ahead and honor our union under God and you know, making that choice and walking forward in it or, you know, I've just, I've had some issues in life where, you know, choosing to handle it with grace is something that's continuing to be on the forefront of my mind and whatnot. So it was just a. It was just perfect timing. So I actually, actually love diving into the faith based aspect of it.
- [51:17]
Lauren LaRosa
Love that I was working with the icon, the legend, Ms. Felicia Rashad.
- [51:21]
DJ Envy
That was Gabby talk about it. She said something really cool. I mean, it was amazing for me. I think we all have really co. Stories about her. She. She brings this aura and this presence and this groundedness, and she's also very humble, like, to be the icon and the. The person we're speaking about. She's like, oh, thank you. Like, you know. You know, let's. Let's talk about you now. And I think that's really cool aspect to her. We many times in our cast chairs, we're just talking about, like, relationships and just different things. Like, she's. She's a really, really dope human being.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Y' all did use a stunt double when she got pushed down.
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Lauren LaRosa
The thing about her is she was cool with being on the ground.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
No.
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Charlamagne Tha God
She was.
- [52:06]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yes.
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Lauren LaRosa
The thing about her is she was like, y', all, stop. Stop it. Like, I got it. So she did do.
- [52:13]
Jess Hilarious
Wow.
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Lauren LaRosa
She didn't get the hit part, but she definitely fell on the ground. She wanted to. And that's. I'm really. Yeah. When I, you know, far enough to.
- [52:22]
DJ Envy
Make it was enough in my heart, I was like, oh, my God. Why would y' all do that?
- [52:26]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
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DJ Envy
Like, you cannot just put her on the ground.
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Lauren LaRosa
The reason why she is that way is because she takes her craft seriously.
- [52:34]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
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Lauren LaRosa
And not only that, I mean, what Zaraya was saying, you know, every day that she was on set, her aura, you know, she brought, you know, excellence. She brought grace. She brought a sense of calm and peace. And I'll never forget, you know, one day we were shooting at the location for her house, and it overlooks a lake. And so in between setups, you know, I hear this voice saying, you know, Devon, come here. And I turn around, and it's Ms. Felicia. She's sitting on a bench. She says, come here. And she pats on the bench. She says, sit down. And I said, yeah. She said, you know, you're working really hard. This is your movie. But you got to breathe. You got to take all this in.
- [53:06]
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
- [53:06]
Lauren LaRosa
Don't just, you know, rush through the fruits of your labor. Take it in. And I said, wow. Took a moment to breathe, and then we started talking about. About, you know, our histories and, you know, sharing stories. And I said, wow, this is what it's like to have an elder in your presence. They see the potential, and they see it, but they also want you to know, hey, life is a. Is a marathon, not a sprint. Relax, enjoy. And so that. That's a moment that just speaks to who she is.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You ever get imposter syndrome in those moments, like, when you're doing a film, you ever think to yourself, like, oh, man, I'm doing a film for Netflix. I got Felicia Richard. I got Thread. I got Tyler Levy. I'm wearing Tyler Perry.
- [53:39]
Lauren LaRosa
Like, no, I. I don't. I don't get imposter syndrome. I mean, because, you know, I've been working in entertainment since I was 18 years old, and I've been working specifically, you know, in film ever since then. And so when I'm making a movie, you know, I'm making a movie, like, from a place of experience and expertise, and nobody knows how to make a movie of faith that's commercial better than me.
- [53:58]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [53:58]
Lauren LaRosa
And so I. And that's not based upon arrogance. That's just based upon confidence and experience and having done it time and time and time and time again. And so when I'm on set, you know, if. If anything, I'm like, okay, what am I not thinking about? You know, is there? And then also, you know, wanting to make sure that they're good. You know, at the end of the day, I can do all things I can do. But at the end of the day, if the talent doesn't feel. If I'm saying, hey, I want to make movies of inspiration and faith and the experience behind the scene isn't inspirational or positive, then I think it kind of undermines what I'm trying to do, and I make sure that they're good.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Now, I'm glad you said that, because the film portrays these ideas of worthiness and acceptance, especially in regards to Boaz's, like, evolution and transformation.
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Lauren LaRosa
So, yeah, yeah, it was important. That was really important because I really wanted, you know, you know, any man watching this movie, any woman as well, but, you know, specifically, you know, any man watching this movie to see themselves in Boaz. And I think one of the things that's so, you know, noble and powerful, and also the way that Tyler plays Boaz is, you know, with the care and the tenderness, and he's not looking to get from Ruth. He's looking to give to Ruth, you know, and I think that that is. That is. That's a different dynamic. And I really wanted to make sure that that was articulated and portrayed, because that, to me, is where love is.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
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Lauren LaRosa
You know, love comes out of Sacrifice, like. And I'm not trying to get from you. Yeah, he didn't. He didn't need anything from her. All he really. I mean, what was cool about Ruth, all she provided him was. Was a safe space to be able to talk, to be able to communicate, to be heard. And that is how she expressed her love. And he expressed his love through giving to make sure she knew she was okay. So that was important as far as casting went.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Right?
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Jess Hilarious
Like, did you say. Because I feel like every role that Tyler plays and every role that Saraya plays, it seems like it's specifically for them. They just do a great job with it. Did you know who you had in mind when you were. When you said, okay, I want to do Ruth and Boaz Story?
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Lauren LaRosa
When I started the process, I didn't. I just was working on getting the script right. Mike Elliott and Corey Tynan wrote the script, and our amazing director, Alana Brown, you know, directed the movie. And so once we got into the casting process, that's when I said, oh, this is Saraya. And so I kept hitting up her team, like, hey, yeah, when she coming in? When she coming in audition? And then that's when I finally, you know, ultimately called her and said, hey, come in. And then when she auditioned, it was like, oh, well, there's root.
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Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
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Lauren LaRosa
But with Boaz, I didn't know that Tyler Lepley was going to come in. I knew, like, I wanted a guy who, you know, had the. The gravitas, who had the sex appeal, but also had the heart. But I didn't know that he was. You know, I didn't. I didn't even. It wasn't even a thought.
- [56:26]
Charlamagne Tha God
Right.
- [56:26]
Lauren LaRosa
And then we had a couple guys. We were chemistry reading with Saraya, and at the 11th hour, Tyler Lepley sends in a self tape. And I watched the self tape, and I'm like, well, there's Boaz.
- [56:36]
Jess Hilarious
Yep.
- [56:37]
Lauren LaRosa
I mean, without any direction, he just dropped into the essence of the character. And we were like, okay, we did it. And we brought him in, did a chemistry read, and it was evident that they were the ones destined to play these parts. That's right.
- [56:49]
Jess Hilarious
I had to finish real quick. You never know God's plan because Tyler said that it was right on time for him because he was already talking to the Lord.
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Charlamagne Tha God
It.
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Lauren LaRosa
I was gonna say, how did you know this one was for you? Because you sent in that tape immediately. So how did you know that, like, this. This part's for me?
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Saraya
I think. I think it really dawned on me after I. After I had sent the tape in. We did the chemistry read, which was funny, too, because we were actually on a different set shooting something else together. So, you know, that was. That was a unique experience. But after I had. Right after I had booked it, we had a scheduling conflict with. With this and P. Valley. We're shooting at the same time. And, you know, there was a period of time where, you know, per the line producers, these are the ones who deal with the schedule. This. This wasn't gonna work. So there was a few days, like, even me and Devon were, you know, kind of chatting back and forth on the text. And, like, you know, the energy was kind of like, all right, well, you know, I'll see. I'll see you. You know, I'll catch you next time.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
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Saraya
And it was like, dang, that's what I.
- [57:51]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's kind of what he hit you with, a height.
- [57:53]
Lauren LaRosa
I see you next time.
- [57:53]
Saraya
I said, man, I said there was something about this that just. It just felt special because kind of what I was talking about earlier, you know, trying to get in touch with the Lord. And then, you know, it just. It just felt like this was going to be special.
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Charlamagne Tha God
And.
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Saraya
And I was like, man, I ain't going down without a fight. You know, I played baseball for one year, and I was always. I was always striking out, but I was always going down looking. My mom told me like, man, you got to. At least if you're going down, you got to swing. So I was like, all right, well, let me pick the phone up. Let me call. Let me call Devon and let me call Katori, because, you know, everybody. Yeah, everybody at the studio is saying they can't. Can't figure this out. And, you know, really, really, it was. It was because of you and Katori, the reason that I was. I was blessed enough to be able to step into this role. You know what I'm saying? So as I look back on it, you know, Hindsight is always 2020 when I look at how, you know, God orchestrated it. It was like, man, I was right on point. This is something that I felt like I was destined to do. So I. Man, I appreciate you.
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Lauren LaRosa
No, absolutely. I would just interject on that, you know, what God has for you is for you. And so, you know, Katori and I, you know, got on the phone and went through that schedule and said, okay, he. You need him here. I need him here. Okay, I can't give you that date, but can you give me that date? And then we went to the line producers, and then the studios and say, this is what it is. And a lot of times they're like, well, you got to have insurance. I said, nah. Me and Katori, a brother and a sister, we worked it out. He needs to be able to do both.
- [59:13]
Jess Hilarious
Love that.
- [59:13]
Lauren LaRosa
So whatever is for you, do just stay in it and keep fighting for it.
- [59:17]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [59:17]
Lauren LaRosa
Because if. When it's meant to be, it'll be.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know, the secular ambitions that that Roof has.
- [59:22]
Charlamagne Tha God
Right.
- [59:22]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
With the spiritual calling she's dealing with, too. Have any of y' all ever had to deal with that in the industry? And if so, how did you resolve it?
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Saraya
I'm sorry, what was it again?
- [59:34]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
The secular ambitions that Roof has, but also the spiritual calling she's dealing with. Have you any. Have y' all ever had that battle with your personal experience, experiences in. In the industry?
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Saraya
It's been a long week. Break it down. Secular in layman's terms.
- [59:46]
Charlamagne Tha God
What's that?
- [59:46]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Secular worldly.
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Lauren LaRosa
Not non religious.
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Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I want you to be over here.
- [60:01]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I would say.
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Saraya
I would say for me, when I was coming out of now, I'm from right outside of Philippines, and I was, you know, on my own level, I was, you know, I was making a little bit of money. I was. I was kind of doing my thing, you know, at least, so I thought. But nothing made sense for me to go out to la, you know, but something was. Something was calling me. I felt like God was, you know, God was pushing me in that direction. And it was, you know, it was a battle to. To leave everything that I've ever known, you know, to chase something that I've never seen, you know, But I feel it. And so I do feel like I can connect with Ruth on that.
- [60:37]
Charlamagne Tha God
That.
- [60:37]
Saraya
Because I forget what the actual line is, but, man, like, it's. It's one of those lines, one of those memorable lines where she talks about, you know, God is leading me somewhere else. And it's nothing that anybody else around me can. May really be able to understand, but it's something that I feel and it's something that I'm going to honor, you know, so I really connect with. With Ruth on. On that aspect, for sure.
- [60:55]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What about you, sir?
- [60:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh.
- [60:59]
DJ Envy
I don't know if I've ever felt like I was being pulled away from what God wanted from. For me or what I felt like innately inside of me. But I could say that it is hard to navigate when you do have that voice inside of you, because there is a lot to. There's a lot to be involved with when it comes to our industry. So when thinking about it from that aspect, I can say I said no to a lot of hangouts and dealings with people. And thank God I did because I didn't really know why I was saying no, but I just knew I didn't feel necessarily comfortable or the days you.
- [61:44]
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- [62:29]
Charlamagne Tha God
This past weekend, like every other Sunday, you were on the court with the guys playing ball. Just a pickup game living out your hoop dreams. No triple doubles, but a mean set of threes in between buckets. One of the homies mentions he closed on a new crib. This is big.
- [62:48]
Saraya
And while everyone's asking about the house.
- [62:50]
Charlamagne Tha God
Warrant, farming and making plans to celebrate, you're asking the real questions. Like has he spoke to his State Farm agent yet about coverage? See, home ownership is one thing, but the right coverage is the real game changer. Even more than your last hot streak is how you protect your legacy. Dropping buckets and bars on the court. A State Farm agent can more than assist you with finding the right coverage for your new place. If you have a claim, your local agent can help you file it. Yep, that's right. Over the phone, in person, online or on the app, they're ready to help you and they don't drop the ball, if you know what I mean. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
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- [64:35]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Malcolm Gladwell here. I recently recorded the first episode of Smart Talks with IBM where I learned how AI agents are joining AI assistants as a major productivity tool. Let's start with AI agents. AI agents can reason, plan and collaborate with other AI tools to autonomously perform tasks for a user. Brian Bitsel, an expert from IBM, gave me an example of how a college freshman might use an AI agent As.
- [65:03]
Charlamagne Tha God
A new student, you may not know.
- [65:05]
Lauren LaRosa
How do I deal with my health and wellness issue? How many credits am I going to get for this given class? You could talk to someone and find out some of that, but maybe it's.
- [65:13]
Charlamagne Tha God
A little bit sensitive and you don't.
- [65:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Want to do that, bissell told me. You could build an AI agent, a resource for new students that helps them navigate a new campus, register for classes, access the services they need, and even schedule appointments on their behalf, which in turn buys them more time to focus on their actual schoolwork.
- [65:32]
Charlamagne Tha God
We can see patterns of how agents and assistants can help employees and customers and end users be more productive, automate workflows so they're not doing certain types of repetitive work over and over again and streamlining their lives and making data.
- [65:50]
Lauren LaRosa
More accessible to them 24 hours a day.
- [65:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
To learn more about IBM's AI agents and how they can help your business, visit IBM.comagents.
- [66:03]
DJ Envy
I felt like a weird vibe so I just decided not to be out and about and doing different things. And now looking back on that, I am grateful that I kind of followed that voice because there are a lot of situations. I realized that, oh yeah, that person was definitely up to no good asking me to do A, B and C. You know what I mean? So, so I think that there's definitely a lot of that while navigating this industry for sure.
- [66:28]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What about you Devon? Because you have answered your calling, spiritual calling. But you still have. You still want to be successful in this business?
- [66:34]
Charlamagne Tha God
Sure, sure.
- [66:35]
Lauren LaRosa
I mean for me it was like the ambition always has been to go to a secular environment, right? When you look at Hollywood, some May argue it's one of the most secular environments on the planet. But for me, when I first started, I didn't know I was gonna be making content that would be inspirational or faith based at all. But I did have a sense of I don't want to compromise my soul to open the door of this business. So, like, at 18 years old, you know, first internship interview, they asked me, you know, this was when it was for the company that managed Will Smith. And they said, is there anything else you want us to know? And I said, well, you know, I observe Sabbath, so if taking this internship would require me to work on the Sabbath, I won't take it. So at that point in time, I wasn't really doing it consciously. I was just saying, this is my conviction, you know, like, I don't want to compromise who I am and my identity for this business. And then what happened was they said, sure, no problem. And I got the internship. And every job that I've ever had goes back to that internship. And so what that showed me is that you can be in a secular environment and still maintain your spirituality. Because I don't believe that God would ordain success for any of us. That requires us to compromise who we are. Because if it's like, wait, if it's God, no honor who you he's created you to be, and if that door opens, walk through it. But if it doesn't, do not conform yourself to get that. Because what's on the other side of that door is you're gonna need the faith that you left and the identity you left outside the door to be successful.
- [68:01]
DJ Envy
That's the scariest part.
- [68:03]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [68:04]
Lauren LaRosa
So for me, it was. It was just about incorporating the essence of who I am and the identity and the spirituality and being a Christian and allowing God to navigate my path in this, you know, secular environment.
- [68:15]
DJ Envy
Earlier, Saraya, when you guys were talking about you almost not answering the call to do the role, did you say it was because music was involved? So you don't. That was something you didn't want to do anymore? Well, yes and no. I think that there are, like. I think because of the last few roles that I have done or been a part of, had that female who was, you know, navigating, but also had a music element. And I am also, like, putting out music. And so I wanted to just be mindful of just where that was placing me. But honestly, like Devon said, this. This film is. Is a lot more than the music. It's not just the music. And I Hadn't. I didn't know it at the time, but I got to work with baby face, so that was. So. That was amazing. So. But, yeah, that was kind of like my reasoning behind. Behind it. Just wanting to, you know, play different characters. That's. That's really all it is. And expanding my creativity and things like that.
- [69:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That you ever tried to help a person and then you realize they are the reason they have problems?
- [69:18]
Charlamagne Tha God
Nothing.
- [69:19]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Nothing external. It's them.
- [69:21]
Charlamagne Tha God
How do you convey that? Well, it's funny.
- [69:25]
Lauren LaRosa
Charlotte made it hilarious.
- [69:29]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm just saying, you ever try to help a person and then you realize they are the reason they have problems? Ain't nothing external. Yes, it's you.
- [69:36]
Lauren LaRosa
Yes, Yes, I have been in that situation. And the. The thing is, is to be compassionate, you know, compassion. Because a lot of times it's very easy to. Well, let me put it this way. It's very hard for all of us to look in the mirror and. And actually hold and look at what we see, because we don't like to look at the parts of ourselves that we want to change that we're not happy with. And so in those situations, it's like, okay, before I was, like, trying to call the person out or anything, I'd say, okay, let's just have compassion, passion, you know, and like, hey, the problem you're trying to solve, it may be because of the perspective that you have. Okay, well, why do you have that perspective? Well, let's talk about it. Because I think just creating an environment where there's no judgment and there's acceptance and that there can be communication, because trying to unpack something, whether it's trauma or tragedy or disappointments or things that you may have gone through years ago, trying to unpack that takes time. And I think sometimes we get so mad at people for not being. Being where we want them to be. And we're all on a journey in this thing called life, and we're at different stages. So I just try to approach it with compassion and still clarity. You know, if someone comes to me for help and they're asking my opinion, then I will give it. I will say, hey, you know, I think the reason why, you know, you may have been going through different relationships is because, you know, you keep bringing that mentality to each relationship. Instead of being the love you want to receive, you're looking for this person to provide you with what you're not doing for yourself. So, you know, I'm still gonna be honest, but I'm gonna do it hopefully in a compassionate and loving way so that then that they can actually take it in. Because if I come with the sledgehammer, you know, and I come with, why aren't you doing this? Then the help that I could have provided them, I missed the opportunity.
- [71:22]
Jess Hilarious
Exactly.
- [71:23]
Lauren LaRosa
Because I'm trying to impose, impose my process on them instead of being compassionate, loving, hey, here's some things you could look at. And then everyone then has to make a committee of 1:1 to make the decision. You know what? Okay. I'm going to make some changes and I'm going to do the work because I want the reflection of my life to change.
- [71:39]
Jess Hilarious
So be compassionate, baldy.
- [71:40]
DJ Envy
Baptism's extra.
- [71:54]
Charlamagne Tha God
All right, well, we appreciate you guys for joining us. Thank you so much.
- [71:57]
Lauren LaRosa
Make sure you check it out. It's on Netflix now.
- [72:00]
Charlamagne Tha God
And P?
- [72:00]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Val 3 on the way.
- [72:04]
Lauren LaRosa
Devon Franklin, Sera and Tyler Lepley. Thank you so much. I got your name right. I made sure I was in my head. It's the Breakfast Club.
- [72:11]
Michael Blackson
Good morning.
- [72:12]
Charlamagne Tha God
Morning, everybody.
- [72:12]
Lauren LaRosa
It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.
- [72:18]
Jess Hilarious
Lauren becoming a straight fat.
- [72:21]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She gets him from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details.
- [72:25]
DJ Envy
I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit of about everything.
- [72:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And everybody, she be having the latest.
- [72:29]
Charlamagne Tha God
On the Latest with Lauren LaRosa.
- [72:33]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything.
- [72:36]
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.
- [72:41]
DJ Envy
So young thug had a pretty busy weekend there. You waving at the screen. Anybody there? There were a few interviews with him that dropped, but also he did a popup performance outside of the courthouse. Did you guys see the videos from outside of the courthouse?
- [72:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Did I did. That was definitely part of his parole. Right?
- [72:57]
DJ Envy
So. And you remember when he was released on conditions, he said that he would do certain things in the community and they mentioned doing like a couple pop up shows that would give back or whatever. Some people thought it was crazy that he went and performed outside of the courthouse, but there was a message, so there was a live stream. He performed several songs, but the message was, this is not where you want to end up. This place changed my life. You don't want to end up here unless you're on the other side of it. So that's what that was about.
- [73:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
So.
- [73:19]
DJ Envy
So it's. To answer your question, Charlemagne, Yes. And that was at the Lewis R. Slayton courthouse. Slayton Courthouse, which is where the YSL trial went down. Now, young Thug, also on this Press run and the interviews I mentioned. He sat down with the guys over at the Pivot and he talked a lot about how his life has changed since being released from prison. And one of the things he talked about is dealing with depression or identifying it now because he's talking about his feelings more. And he says that he doesn't see a need for therapy therapist, nor for his girlfriend to go see a therapist either. Let's take a listen to that.
- [73:48]
Charlamagne Tha God
You. You mentioned whether or not you didn't.
- [73:51]
Michael Blackson
Know if you were depressed or not.
- [73:52]
Charlamagne Tha God
You ever considered therapy, though? I ain't never really considered it. I always felt like I had oge, like, I always tell you the same that you already know. I feel like the therapist is gonna do the same thing. I feel like we know better, we just gotta do better. You know what you don't supposed to do? Like, you don't need me or now one of them or no therapists to tell you. You like, if you tell your therapist, man, I'm going back and forth with my wife, bro. I'm just trying to. They gonna say, let them. Let her be heard. Shut up. Sometimes listen more than you talk.
- [74:18]
Michael Blackson
They're gonna say the same.
- [74:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
It's just like, man, that's another bill. Me personally, I feel like it's a weakness in that because I feel like, listen to my girl. It's really a slap in the face to me, you know what I'm saying? I just was telling my girl that.
- [74:30]
Lauren LaRosa
Like, I don't think you need a therapist.
- [74:31]
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't think I need a therapist. I feel like I'm not a man. If my girl get a therapist, damn. You actually call somebody and listen to what they gotta say over me instead of just listening to what I'm. What I'm telling you because you don't.
- [74:42]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Know what the hell you're talking about. But that's why you shouldn't knock it until you try it in regards to therapy. Because it's just. It's not just about, you know, knowing better and doing better. It's about giving you practices and techniques that help you deal with, you know, internal issues, your. Your unhealed trauma.
- [74:55]
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, but that mentality is a mentality for somebody, like you said, that does not know, right? Yeah, because I could imagine myself saying that probably 10, 15 years ago. Like, nah, we don't need to go to no therapy. What they gonna say the same thing I'm gonna say. They just gonna say, listen. But unless you know and understand the techniques and tools used to actually help somebody he probably should try it first.
- [75:13]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Especially when he said, he talking to his girl. He said, he said, you gonna listen to somebody else before you listen to me? Yeah. Cause you're the source of my issues.
- [75:18]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [75:19]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So you know what I'm saying? You, you got a lot of unhealed trauma that you haven't dealt with. So once you deal with your trauma, then maybe I'll listen to you a little bit more.
- [75:25]
Jess Hilarious
I was with him until he said that he don't think that Mariah needs one. I mean, cause you can't really say nobody else needs therapy. I mean I, I, but like I said, I was up, I was with him up until he said that part because he seems like he knows right from wrong. You know, what you're not supposed to do. I mean everything he said was right.
- [75:41]
DJ Envy
He, he said to, to your point. Just that he's in a new space. This is the first time that he's even talked about his feelings. And he points back to the interview with Big Bang. He hasn't, he said he's never had conversations about his feelings to even understand. People have told him that he probably was depressed, but he's never understood it. But I think that comes from too like the whole thing with Mariah the scientist. I think a lot of times men feel like what happens at home, supposed to stay at home and they're supposed to solve everything. And you can, as a person, you can't solve everything. But I just think it's a new space for him. Him, he's learning. And of course when this clip went out and people saw it, there were a lot of people reaching out to him, trying to have conversations. He also did say too that doing these interviews with people he respects has been a form of therapy for him. So I think he'll slowly arrive to where people want him to get to now.
- [76:23]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Maybe. But I will say this once again. It's not about knowing right from wrong. It's about dealing with your unhealed trauma. And if you don't deal with your trauma, your trauma will ultimately deal with you.
- [76:31]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, I mean I will say that the set downs that he been having though, he's he telling the truth, like open it up. He's being vulnerable. You know what I mean?
- [76:40]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [76:41]
Jess Hilarious
People making fun of him and all of that. But I, I do see somebody that's vulnerable who. And a lot of people, he's saying a lot of things that people wouldn't expect him to say. He's being real about it.
- [76:51]
Lauren LaRosa
In these interviews. I see somebody that Needs help.
- [76:53]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [76:54]
Lauren LaRosa
That's what I see in these.
- [76:54]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [76:56]
Lauren LaRosa
Somebody that needs help. We talk about him being depressed, that he. If he didn't have kids, he wouldn't want to be here.
- [77:00]
DJ Envy
I was about to say he's been tweeting a lot of things that are a bit disturbed too, talking about not wanting to be here. Yeah.
- [77:05]
Charlamagne Tha God
And.
- [77:05]
DJ Envy
And I think that's what it is. It's a start. Now, he also did an interview with Big Loon over at the IPS up there podcast salute to my guy. The full interview is not out yet, but there is a clip. Clip that dropped. And it. You guys remember when Young Thug dropped the album cover? He was white face, blue eyes. And I was like, what does this mean? Ui Scotty. Right. So he explained what the album cover means. He says, if you go. If you want to go big, you go white. Let's take a listen.
- [77:29]
Charlamagne Tha God
Let's talk about the Uy Scooty album cover. Explain to your fans and to the people what message you were sending, if any, and what's the thinking behind the album cover. I think it was just like some funny, but it's still, like, serious to the point where it's like, I went with it, you know what I'm saying? But it really just some fun. You know, in our hood, we always joked and played. You know, I got a lot of white friends, but we always joked and played in my hood, like, you want.
- [77:54]
Lauren LaRosa
To be the biggest go white.
- [77:54]
Charlamagne Tha God
And that's why I said when I put the album cover, hey, if you want to be the biggest, go white.
- [77:59]
DJ Envy
So over the. You know, since the album has dropped. He also posted photos of a lot of the features on the album. White face with blue eyes, Cardi B. Mariah, the scientist who looks baby, by the way. Yeah, wife and Lucci as well. I thought this was Central C, but it's 21 Savage. He looks like Central C. We saw.
- [78:21]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That play before, though. Donald Glover did that. Remember when Donald Glover wrote that poem back in the day called. I think it might have been called Big and White? And he used to say, you know, if you wanted. I forgot what don. I'm paraphrasing. But he was like, if you want to be big, you got to be white. He was like, will Smith is white. Beyonce is white. Remember when he came on Birth Couple? We were arguing about that. And I was like, why do you relate everything that's great to whiteness? So this is. It's an old play. I've seen this play before.
- [78:47]
Jess Hilarious
Honestly, that needs to be Studied. But TI Looks no different at all.
- [78:52]
Lauren LaRosa
I know TI Looks different.
- [78:53]
DJ Envy
He ain't got ti.
- [78:54]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Ti just look cold. Ti just look like he's freezing in New York somewhere. At Chicago.
- [78:59]
DJ Envy
Yes. And I also, too. I don't have time to play it, but I did watch a wife and Luchi's interview over the weekend, and he talked about Wallow. No, not that one. There was another one with a young lady. No, it's a. I'm gonna get his name. Sorry, hold on. Let me tell you what he talked about while I drop that. So he talked about how. Because, you know, people were surprised to see him and Thug collaborating on music. And he talked about how that came about. And he said it was 21 savage that put them on the phone and was like, yeah, yo, y' all need to have a conversation. And then a song came about. It was with. He sat down for SiriusXM in Pandora with fly guy DC in Atlanta. And I thought that that was dope to hear that 21 is, you know, behind the scenes, we hear so much about. And we heard the phone call with 21 Savage and Young Thug and him kind of like getting them straight a bit. So, you know, good to hear that. That was the glue. Like, hey, y' all need to move forward. And then the song came about.
- [79:47]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So every time I hear 21 talk, all I say to myself is, 21 the smartest out of everybody, buddy. That whole scene to me. Well, I'll say the wisest. The wisest.
- [79:56]
DJ Envy
I think they all just know they got a lot. They've talked a lot this weekend about. They know they got a lot to lose. Yeah, Thug said that at the courthouse, too. Like, it's too much to lose for them to be out here beefing. So they did. They're working together now to try and help other people save their lives.
- [80:07]
Lauren LaRosa
And I think 21 figured that out a long time ago. Yeah, absolutely. All right, well, that's the latest with Lauren Sh. Man, who we get that down, man.
- [80:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Four after the hour. We need a dentist named Dr. Harleen Gruwell to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her, please.
- [80:21]
Lauren LaRosa
All right, we'll get to that next. And don't forget, Michael Blackson will be joining us. Comedian, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
- [80:27]
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn, the he haw again. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm not trying to be donkey today no more.
- [80:34]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things called Donkey of the Day.
- [80:39]
Jess Hilarious
And it really caught me off guard.
- [80:41]
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn Charlemagne.
- [80:42]
Jess Hilarious
Who got the Donkey of the Day?
- [80:46]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Well, Jess, hilarious. Donkey of the day for Monday, September 29, goes to a dentist in Sarah. No. Santa Clarita, California. Okay? Santa Clarita, California. Her name is Dr. Harleen Gruel. Now, Dr. Harleen Gruel is an avid Trump supporter, and I have zero problem with that. I have zero problem with Trump supporters. The problem I have with Trump supporters is when they have problems with me, okay? See, we live in a country where it should be possible for us to have disagreements. We should be able to be in different political parties, be in different religions, and not want to hurt each other because of these differences, okay? I have a level of respect for every single human on this planet. And that level of respect is based on this simple principle called the Golden Rule. Remember that? We learned it in elementary school. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Simple concept that I live by, okay? Treat people the way you would like to be treated. That's it. I'm not going to do anything to a person I wouldn't want done to me. If we all live by this simple concept, the world would be a better place. But nope, we live in the divided States of America, where people believe their differences give them the license to hurt those they don't agree with. And that's when it goes too far. And Dr. Holeen grew El is one of those individuals who believes because you share a different political view than she does, she can cause you pain. Let's go to ABC7 for the report, please.
- [82:04]
Mimi Brown
A Santa Clarita dentist defending herself over.
- [82:07]
Charlamagne Tha God
A video that's now gone viral. The clip shows her joking about giving different care to patients who aren't Trump supporters.
- [82:14]
DJ Envy
So I have a secret hat I use sometimes.
- [82:16]
Mimi Brown
It says, make your smile great again.
- [82:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
So I wear that when I work on my patients.
- [82:22]
DJ Envy
So when they look horrified or complain.
- [82:26]
Jess Hilarious
I quietly cut back on the laughing gas.
- [82:28]
DJ Envy
Dr. Harleen Grewal's office posted the video two years ago. Recently, it began circulating on social media.
- [82:35]
Charlamagne Tha God
Dr. Grewal said the controversy is being driven by someone trying to, quote, cancel her.
- [82:41]
Mimi Brown
They asked me if I had said.
- [82:42]
DJ Envy
That, and I said yes.
- [82:43]
Charlamagne Tha God
I said it in one of my roasting speeches at a women's Republican group. Why can't we just take a joke lightheartedly?
- [82:49]
Jess Hilarious
But that was taken to cancel me.
- [82:53]
DJ Envy
And the dental board did an investigation.
- [82:56]
Mimi Brown
They cleared it out and said there.
- [82:57]
DJ Envy
Was nothing they could find that proved Any of that?
- [82:59]
Charlamagne Tha God
Some.
- [83:00]
DJ Envy
Some of Dr. Grew patients emailed us saying they're changing dentists. Dr. Greywall says her patients are her family and that this is all a.
- [83:08]
Mimi Brown
Politically motivated smear campaign.
- [83:11]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So it was a joke. Why didn't I laugh? I didn't. You know what I'm saying? Like, listen, I missed the days when we didn't talk about religion and politics, but then there's a part of me that's glad we talk about religion and politics, because then you can choose to support someone or not support them. But my thing is, those shouldn't be reasons not to support people, but it absolutely is if that person is on BS like Dr. Harleen Gruel is. But you have to ask yourself, where does it end? Because the only thing that keeps our society civilized is trust. Okay? We all have these circles of trust with each other as humans. Okay? You trust the pilot to get you to your destination safely. When you on a plane, you trust trust the bus driver to get you to your, you know, destination safely. When you're on the bus, you trust the person at Starbucks making your coffee not to poison you. Okay? You trust the person making your food at Shake Shack to not skeet and your banana pudding shake, okay? It's all about trust, okay? Look at me. Mouth watering. So what happens when we can no longer trust each other? Now, I know you're saying yourself, what are you talking about, Uncle Charlotte? Do you see the world we live in? Folks don't trust each other. Now, that is not accurate. I know there's a lot of BS in this country, and bad things happen all the time, okay? There are people who actually absolutely violate this circle of trust that we have in this country every day. But for the most part, the batting average of trust is pretty good. Okay? This thing could really go off the rails. And I know it often feels like it is, but for the most part, we stay on track. But for how long? Okay, when you have a dentist like Dr. Harleen Gruwell not only exhibiting this kind of behavior, but but proudly letting you know this is what she does, even in a joking manner, then I have to say we are reaching a real tipping point. Because this is what I don't understand. Dr. Harleen grew up. Grew. Well, you love being Maga more than you love being a dentist. Like, you spend all this time, countless hours in school, studying, having your own practice. You put all this work in just to lose it because you want to discriminate against people based on what political party they are in. Now, I'M not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, but as far as I know, you can get your license taken away for being prejudiced. You can't get your license suspended or revoked because, you know, saying that you cut back on the laughing gas if someone isn't MAGA is absolutely professional misconduct. And I know that they did an investigation and, you know, everything turned out fine for you, but why would you even risk your whole livelihood over a red hat? Okay? Even if you don't lose your license, you losing customers, okay? Because people just simply don't trust you. You okay? Does MAGA have a support group for you when you lose your job? Is there a pantry you can go to to feed yourself when you lose your career over a temporary moment in politics? You want to be a MAGA influencer that bad? Please give Dr. Harleen Gruel the sweet sounds of the Hamilton.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Of the day.
- [86:23]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And I get it. She said that, you know, somebody is just out there trying to cancel her. Cuz the video is two years old.
- [86:29]
Lauren LaRosa
But ain't nothing funny about that.
- [86:31]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Those were your words.
- [86:32]
Lauren LaRosa
That's right.
- [86:32]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know, it's those your words.
- [86:34]
Lauren LaRosa
All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. Now, if you're up and about and you're on your streaming service, you can check us out on Twitch. Breakfast Club. Am on Twitch. We'll be chatting it up with you guys. Guys, if you want to hop on right now. And everybody else, Michael Blackson will be joining us. When we come back, comedian Michael Blackson. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is here as well. We got a special guest in the.
- [87:06]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Building, Donald Trump's favorite African.
- [87:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, my goodness.
- [87:09]
Lauren LaRosa
Michael Blacks.
- [87:09]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
- [87:11]
Charlamagne Tha God
What's up, M?
- [87:12]
Lauren LaRosa
How you feeling, man?
- [87:13]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Good morning, brother.
- [87:15]
Michael Blackson
How you think I'm Donald Trump favorite African.
- [87:18]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Got to be. You don't think so?
- [87:20]
Michael Blackson
Well, you know what I'm about.
- [87:21]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Oh, Elon Musk. You know what? You're right. Wow. Elon Musk. Didn't Michael Black.
- [87:24]
Michael Blackson
No, I'm all about whoever's in office. You got to work with them one way or another. Whether. And I see you guys, I. I mean, I see D d killing Trump every day. I'm like, listen, that's not going to help help us. You want to help us? Tell this what we need. Don't go bashing him and all that stuff. I'm all about whoever's in office, try to get whatever you get out of them instead of just killing them every day and making fun, you know, going hard on them. It's not gonna help.
- [87:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I know DL then reached out to you a few times.
- [87:50]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, he did.
- [87:55]
Michael Blackson
And that goes back to even Africa. Like, you know, in Africa, the leaders are the ones in charge. They are the rich one. They're the one that you have to like, like, work with if you won't get anything done, you know, that just had my confidence, man. So I just kept that same energy anywhere I go. Whoever's in office, you got to find a way to work with them. You can't just go roasting, you know, bashing them every day. You're not gonna get out of them that way.
- [88:16]
Lauren LaRosa
You get a lot of flack for that.
- [88:17]
Charlamagne Tha God
For what?
- [88:18]
Lauren LaRosa
For your opinion on. On Donald Trump and how you.
- [88:20]
Michael Blackson
I mean, I don't talk much about it online because my fan base are like, you know, majority young black people. And what's most of my fan base is I could try to keep that, you know, keep some stuff up to myself.
- [88:29]
Jess Hilarious
Well, how are things at home? You just had another baby.
- [88:32]
Michael Blackson
Well, I mean, I haven't had one 18 years. So all of a sudden, you know, a new one comes out.
- [88:36]
Charlamagne Tha God
18 years.
- [88:37]
DJ Envy
Your twins are 18.
- [88:38]
Michael Blackson
Twins turn 18 and going to college. Yeah, man, you hit big. Money was six years old when it came in.
- [88:44]
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
- [88:44]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So you just got off child support now you got.
- [88:45]
Michael Blackson
Just got support, man. Just. Just finally finish my last payment. A whole new comes out. But you know, the thing about. Here's the thing with child support, you know, having kids when you're 25, 26 years old, you know, you were struggling. I think now money is not an issue. So when this money's not an issue, nothing bothers you. I think the most important thing is money.
- [89:07]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [89:07]
Michael Blackson
And, you know, I don't have money problems anymore.
- [89:10]
Jess Hilarious
What, Listen, what made you want to start over?
- [89:12]
Michael Blackson
I mean, I didn't want to start over. I. I mean, I. I just. Just got lazy with my pull out game. I didn't want, you know, what. So the baby was, you know, my. The twins. It was really bad experience as, you know, co parenting the mom. We had a really big. We couldn't get along with the court fighting. We fighting from the day they were born all the way to, like 18 years old.
- [89:34]
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
- [89:34]
Michael Blackson
It was really bad. You know, I mean, and Ryder didn't believe how bad it was till, like the last six years. I had to take over the family Wizard. So when you are in family court and you can't get along with your significant other, there's a app called Family wizard where you communicate on the app that way you don't. Yeah, there's a family app where you communicate where you don't have to talk to this lady.
- [89:54]
Charlamagne Tha God
Lady. And then.
- [89:54]
Michael Blackson
But the court watches it, so.
- [89:57]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So it's like, what's that for? Like, baby mamas and baby daddies?
- [90:00]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, exactly. But, you know, I mean, court is over now, so I could say now. But I had. I said, you know what, Ryder? You don't believe. You think I'm the problem. I'm gonna have you act like you're me and you communicate with this lady. And she found out what a. What's the word I'm looking for?
- [90:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Meticulous.
- [90:15]
Charlamagne Tha God
No, manipulative.
- [90:17]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, that's. I went to Philadelphia public school. Yep.
- [90:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
Excuse me.
- [90:21]
Michael Blackson
And she found out. She's like, damn, this woman is really nuts. So I had to communicate with her for the last five years. I'm like, you know what? I'm paying you to talk to this lady. I don't want to talk to her. And then she realized that I wasn't a problem. You know, I just had a really crazy. You know, I don't want to talk much about the baby, mom, because after all, she did a great job raising my boys. They are a students in college and I'm very proud of them. And that's one good thing she did. But she did ruin the bond that I had with my boys. I mean, at least the last five, six years.
- [90:49]
Charlamagne Tha God
Really?
- [90:49]
Lauren LaRosa
Because y' all were always together.
- [90:50]
Michael Blackson
Oh, we're always together. But I mean, you got to a point where when she got remarried. Got married, not remarried. Cause I never. I never married her. Thank God. When she got married and when the relationship was over, she went back to getting on my nerves again.
- [91:03]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's why.
- [91:04]
Michael Blackson
Please, it's always best, like, let the woman find some cause calms woman down.
- [91:11]
Charlamagne Tha God
You know what I mean?
- [91:11]
Michael Blackson
Like, me and Ryder will argue and I'll give her some. And then she back to loving and being normal again.
- [91:16]
Jess Hilarious
And Rada is still your fiance. Are you gonna marry her?
- [91:19]
Lauren LaRosa
She gave you a baby, you got engaged.
- [91:20]
Charlamagne Tha God
The baby fair.
- [91:25]
Michael Blackson
Well, she said engagement is expired. Now she need a new ring. Okay, but I mean, every time you look at somebody getting divorced, every day I'm like, you know what? I don't be part of this divorce.
- [91:33]
Charlamagne Tha God
You just going to keep proposing?
- [91:35]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, we just keep proposing. Looking for a new proposal coming.
- [91:38]
DJ Envy
So y' all are in a relationship.
- [91:40]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
20, 21.
- [91:40]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, we still together.
- [91:41]
DJ Envy
Cuz, you know, the back and forth that you had online, it kind of confused people. Cuz. Well, you, y', all, you had to come out too when she posted it. Like, she's like, she's alone. She walks alone or talks alone sometimes. And then you reacted, then you retracted what you reacted with and you talked about FaceTiming her from the road. And that was a.
- [91:56]
Michael Blackson
Well, that was about something else that I'm not ready to talk about yet.
- [91:59]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [92:00]
Michael Blackson
You know, I'm not gonna say she's using postpartum as an excuse, you know, because the way she made it same. And me, I don't. I try not to read too much comments. You know, I just knew when it came out, I had people hit me like, yo, why she acting like, you know, there for herself? Yeah. Like, you know, so without me reading comments or even reading her text message, I went in the defense model mode and like, you know, him, like, don't talk about the hands that feed you. Whatever. And I kind of. That's probably. I went a little hard, you know, but we recently, I was bored the last couple of years and I, you know, I did the, I did the. The TV show at Top Earth Studios, which is a four episode pilot. And now we've been waiting for like one gonna do this again. Because this show is probably the most amazing thing that I've done. And I'm like, okay. He said, we're gonna do it again. We just waiting. I said, while I'm waiting, I'm taking something else. I took on love and hip hop. My ain't me. And it's actually coming out November and I'm like the new season. Thank you. I completely took over the show like this. The mic's gonna pretty much call the Michael Blackson show.
- [92:56]
Jess Hilarious
Nice.
- [92:56]
Michael Blackson
So I took on today. So I said, you know what? Now you're gonna become a reality star. A real reality star. And to make it in reality, the.
- [93:04]
Jess Hilarious
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- [93:50]
Charlamagne Tha God
You've been working in the garage with your dad every week, Monday to Sunday.
- [93:54]
Michael Blackson
Trying to get the old school up and running.
- [93:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
Today, after all the hard work, y' all finally finished it. So you have that feeling of accomplishment. You did it. Then your dad throws you the keys. He says those three magic words. All your son. Yep. Same car that belonged to your grandpa and that your dad helped him fix. It's yours. Three generations right there keeping the tradition alive. But if you ask dad to really keep the tradition going, you need to get insurance. And you already know you need to get state form because your agent, well, he gets tradition too. His dad was an agent, his grandpa too. So he gets you generation to generation. Remember to choose the ages that your family counted on. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Price.
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- [95:47]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Malcolm Gladwell here. I recently recorded the first episode of Smart Talks with IBM where I learned how AI agents are joining AI Assistants as a major productivity tool. Let's start with AI agents. AI agents can reason, plan and collaborate with other AI tools to autonomously perform tasks for a user. Brian Bissell, an expert from IBM, gave me an example of how a college freshman freshman might use an AI agent As a new student, you may not.
- [96:16]
Lauren LaRosa
Know how do I deal with my.
- [96:18]
Charlamagne Tha God
Health and wellness issue.
- [96:19]
Lauren LaRosa
How many credits am I going to get for this given class? You could talk to someone and find out some of that, but maybe it's.
- [96:25]
Charlamagne Tha God
A little bit sensitive and you don't want to do that.
- [96:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Bissell told me you could build an AI agent, a resource for new students that helps them navigate a new campus, register for classes, access the services they need, and even schedule appointments on their behalf, which in turn buys them more time to focus on their actual schoolwork.
- [96:44]
Charlamagne Tha God
We can see patterns of how agents and assistants can help employees and customers and end users be more productive, Automate workflows so they're not doing certain types of repetitive work over and over again and streamlining their lives and making data.
- [97:02]
Lauren LaRosa
More accessible to them 24 hours a day.
- [97:05]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
To learn more about IBM's AI agents and how they can help your business, visit IBM.com agents.
- [97:15]
Michael Blackson
People like to know what you're going through. So I, you know, and my reply was more to like, you know, let me make a little bit more famous. Let me go online, just talk and let her reply back. Let's go back and forth makeup. And that way she could make. I said, you can make a whole lot of money being reality. So after the fact, I told her, I said, listen, it was. I wasn't. This can't come a bad place. I'm more trying to, like, help you become reality famous. That's why I was hoping we went back and forth. You know, I didn't tell it, let's go back and forth on purpose. I was hoping we went back and forth, but, you know, my team, like, Mike, you know, postpartum is a very serious thing, so don't play with it on top. I kind of like.
- [97:49]
Jess Hilarious
I mean, you can talk about it. You just have to, you know, you got to be there for her. But do you think with her, if she is. Is, you know, going through postpartum depression? Is she okay with film? You think she's gonna be cool on the show?
- [98:04]
Michael Blackson
I mean, the show is a lot. There's a lot more commanders.
- [98:08]
Lauren LaRosa
Y' all shot the show, right?
- [98:09]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, we started already.
- [98:11]
Charlamagne Tha God
We started, but it goes.
- [98:13]
Michael Blackson
It goes on through January and then. And then they decide, you know, on the next season. But it's a lot more coming on this show that probably had something to do with the postpartum thing, but I could. Okay, I couldn't talk about it. I'm going ruin the show.
- [98:26]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What did you mean when you said, if you think making a baby with me will turn me into Russell Wilson, you better try again? Madasaka.
- [98:32]
Michael Blackson
Well, you know, come on, Russell. Real s every woman's dream. And maybe instead she ended with a Stefon Diggs instead.
- [98:39]
DJ Envy
Jesus, baby, on the way that Cardi hopes he'll be there for Mike.
- [98:43]
Charlamagne Tha God
Who was that?
- [98:44]
Lauren LaRosa
Jesus.
- [98:45]
Michael Blackson
She picked the wrong football player.
- [98:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What the got to do with this?
- [98:53]
Michael Blackson
Well, I mean, she knew from the door what Who Michael Blackson was. You know what I mean? You didn't.
- [99:00]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So who is Michael Blackson when it comes to the lady?
- [99:02]
Michael Blackson
Well, I mean, and then when I became honest with myself, which was after I broke up with the girl before Ryder and I realized that I just can't be with one person and I've been honest from the door, you know.
- [99:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Is it the African in you?
- [99:17]
Michael Blackson
Like I don't know what it is.
- [99:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
Huh.
- [99:19]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You need to have more than one wife.
- [99:21]
Michael Blackson
I mean, one wife might be. I mean, I'm not, you know, I mean, to have more than one wife is either a religious thing or some type of chief that's allowed to have that. I mean, I love to have more than one wife, but it's. That sounds like a lot of problem, you know, I'm okay.
- [99:35]
Jess Hilarious
Because you don't want to marry nobody. You just have them there.
- [99:38]
Michael Blackson
I just, I mean, I don't mind having a one great woman that I know has my bag and that she's the one. She's the one that has my bag and does everything for me and do things right. But once in a while, you know, I like to do.
- [99:51]
Lauren LaRosa
Is she okay with that?
- [99:53]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [99:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You got work in Ghana?
- [99:55]
Charlamagne Tha God
What do you mean, ladies? I had.
- [99:56]
Michael Blackson
I had somebody Ghana somebody.
- [99:59]
Jess Hilarious
So just one person?
- [100:00]
Michael Blackson
Oh, yeah, I had somebody Ghana. But you know, she's little scam. Potential scammer. I'm not sure.
- [100:07]
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus.
- [100:08]
Michael Blackson
Suspect. I'm not.
- [100:09]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You know, reputation.
- [100:11]
DJ Envy
She got your credit?
- [100:13]
Michael Blackson
No, no, no. She just full of man. I don't want to get into details.
- [100:17]
Lauren LaRosa
But let me ask you. I don't want you to take this wrong way with everything going on with Diddy. You didn't say, you know what? I don't want to have these multiple relationships outside of my relationship. No, I'm just saying.
- [100:25]
Charlamagne Tha God
Because.
- [100:28]
Lauren LaRosa
That'S what I'm saying. It's like cuz you caught with all these women and now all it takes.
- [100:31]
Michael Blackson
Is one women to be like for two, three, a whole lot. That's a whole lot.
- [100:34]
Lauren LaRosa
Two, three a month is a lot.
- [100:35]
Michael Blackson
No, it's the same.
- [100:36]
DJ Envy
People rotate the same.
- [100:38]
Michael Blackson
You want them to be like, oh no, I keep my circle closed. I try to keep my Circle closed ain't intimate that way. And I'm very. I treat everyone with respect. I think that's the most important thing. You treat them with respect and always have receipts. You always have receipts. And I have nephew that plays in the NFL and I got a lot of young guys that plays in the NBA. And I tell them, I said, listen, you guys have to be careful. You need receipt for everything you do. If a girl comes and visit you, you know, you walk that girl to the elevator, you give her a hug, the camera's always watching. And when she get home, text her, hey, make sure you got home safe. Always keep a receipt, you know, never leave room for anybody to accuse you of any.
- [101:12]
Saraya
Everything.
- [101:13]
Michael Blackson
You know, how your rapist gonna hug you at the elevator, you know what I'm saying? So besides that, I treat everyone, every. Every person that I'm with, I treat them well and respectful. And, you know.
- [101:28]
Charlamagne Tha God
That'S the key, man.
- [101:29]
Michael Blackson
You gotta treat women right and be honest. Be honest and treat them right.
- [101:33]
Jess Hilarious
But see, that was the thing that Ryder had a problem with because she's like, yo, why are you so nice to the girls that I know? You got your two, you're two and three. But she's like, yes, that's where it feels like a relationship because you're keeping contact, keeping in contact with these girls after you see them. You only see them a few times.
- [101:48]
DJ Envy
Out the year, but you take care.
- [101:50]
Jess Hilarious
Of them like you taking them to breakfast. That's what she was venting to me about. She like, these bitches don't need to eat.
- [101:57]
DJ Envy
You know what I'm saying?
- [101:58]
Michael Blackson
Well, that, that was one issue we had with her. Most hated side chick of mine.
- [102:03]
Jess Hilarious
Oh.
- [102:03]
Michael Blackson
Was in Vegas. And we. I was playing at this particular casino and they offered me like dinner and like STK or whatever. And I'm like, okay, I took her to go eat.
- [102:15]
Jess Hilarious
That's a nice ass restaurant.
- [102:17]
Michael Blackson
And then, you know, the manager of. The manager of the club happened to be a good friend, Ryder. And then this like, you know, doing some guy co. Texting Ryder, hey, Mike is here with another. Another.
- [102:32]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That's his girl, though. You looking out for her.
- [102:34]
Charlamagne Tha God
But what I did, you know, that's your girl too.
- [102:37]
Michael Blackson
Even when I. I'm in public, I don't like being public with another woman alone because I'll hit somebody, take pictures and get online. So I always make sure I invite two or three. Whether it's homies or girls. I make sure it's more than just me and this person. So one of my Homies. I invited one of my homies come have dinner. I say I'm gay. Come on, dinner on me. SDK Rich, come on. Right, so it's even me, him and her. You know better. He like this little Middle Eastern texting her here with another woman. So we sitting there trying to sneak video to send to her. And then the girl caught onto it like cursing him out in the restaurant.
- [103:11]
Charlamagne Tha God
You know, it was a bigger scene.
- [103:12]
Michael Blackson
It became a much bigger scene.
- [103:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
SDK is a big deal though, man. They got the bag of donuts and the truffle fries and the freaking wagyu.
- [103:22]
Michael Blackson
That's man, you can't be going sleep. You don't go snitch. We snitching another man.
- [103:29]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Would I?
- [103:30]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [103:32]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't know. It depends. Like that he. You said that was his home girl though, cuz.
- [103:37]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, but still, you know what I mean? Like I'm not. I wouldn't put that kind of stress on my home girl.
- [103:41]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Was he gay?
- [103:42]
Michael Blackson
No. No, he wasn't gay. You're good, right? That's what.
- [103:46]
Lauren LaRosa
I do. Got a question now, you said you were in love and hip hop Miami. Who else is on the cast, cuz? You cast member?
- [103:51]
Charlamagne Tha God
Same, same.
- [103:52]
Michael Blackson
You know, strict daddy of course is still there. You got trainers there, there. Amara is still there.
- [103:57]
Lauren LaRosa
So you're the new. You're the only.
- [103:58]
Michael Blackson
I'm like, I'm the new one. Me, of course, Ryder.
- [104:03]
Jess Hilarious
Now I'm a watch.
- [104:04]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [104:05]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Did you really miss the birth of your son because you went to go get coffee?
- [104:08]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, so.
- [104:09]
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus.
- [104:09]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, I did. So mind you, I wanted this kid to be born on Monday. That's where I'm from.
- [104:16]
Charlamagne Tha God
On a Monday, I'm Kojo.
- [104:18]
Michael Blackson
Kojo is you born a money, You're Kojo up. So the goal was to be born on Monday. So we did Monday all day waiting for this little to come out, this little African Chinese come out, right? And I'm like, it's freezing in the hospital.
- [104:31]
Charlamagne Tha God
I hate the cold.
- [104:33]
Michael Blackson
You know, I'm African, warm blooded. It's overnight now when the money's over, not Tuesday. And I didn't want a whole new name now, you know, because Tuesday you are like Kwabena. That's the name for the boy if you're Tuesday. Fellow Corbena is no disrespect to any Ghanaians out there with Kwabena name, you know, in fact, one of my homies who a ex president's son in law, his name is Kwabina. He actually live in Jerry from Jersey and Shout out to you. But I'm not named my son Quabina. It just sounds too, you know, Tuesday.
- [105:00]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What?
- [105:01]
Charlamagne Tha God
Sounds too Tuesday. Too girly.
- [105:03]
Michael Blackson
Kwabina sounds girly, right? So now we don't miss Monday, Ms. Kojo. And now I'm like, when is Quabina coming out? You know, I mean, so I'm waiting. It's freezing, and I'm like, I'm. Go grab me something to get out here. Go grab something to eat and drink. Whatever.
- [105:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
I'll be back.
- [105:20]
Michael Blackson
And I left out the hot. The hospital drove, like, 20 minutes to go find something.
- [105:25]
Lauren LaRosa
You drove?
- [105:25]
Charlamagne Tha God
You didn't even walk.
- [105:26]
Michael Blackson
Oh, no. Hell no. I drove, got in the car, drove, went and got something to eat. And now. And then she text me like, hey, the baby might be coming soon. I said, okay, no problem. Let me put this hospital name in the gps. And I put in a gps, pull up, and it's the wrong hospital. I get to find out there's six of this name name. Hospital has six different. The sixth location with the same name. So now I'm even further away. As soon as I walk in the hospital crying with a little birthmark on his stomach.
- [105:55]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What really happened, Michael? What was her name?
- [105:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
Dang.
- [105:58]
Michael Blackson
Seriously. I was in a whole different Southern Arizona. That's where she lives. It wasn't home for me. I ain't got no. In Arizona.
- [106:06]
Jess Hilarious
You really was mad upset, like you don't like the cold hospital.
- [106:09]
Michael Blackson
So I stepped out to get. To get some heat and just go.
- [106:12]
Charlamagne Tha God
It was so cold.
- [106:13]
Michael Blackson
When I got in the car, I didn't even turn the air on. It was 100 degrees in Arizona.
- [106:17]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [106:17]
Michael Blackson
And I kept the air off. I just wanted some heat back in my body. And I came back and I went to the wrong hospital.
- [106:24]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Was. You had shows there that weekend or something?
- [106:25]
Michael Blackson
No, I just went there for the baby's birthday.
- [106:27]
Charlamagne Tha God
She lives there.
- [106:28]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Oh, she live. Okay.
- [106:29]
Charlamagne Tha God
We have.
- [106:30]
Michael Blackson
We have a place in Arizona. That's where she stay.
- [106:31]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's what she says. Yeah.
- [106:33]
Michael Blackson
Yeah. We don't live together. We done live together, man. This is 20, 25, man.
- [106:42]
DJ Envy
She gonna be all right when she see this interview.
- [106:43]
Michael Blackson
The way you see it, she seen worse interviews.
- [106:46]
Jess Hilarious
Oh, she.
- [106:47]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [106:47]
Lauren LaRosa
So you live in Florida?
- [106:48]
Michael Blackson
She lived. No, I live. I live in Los Angeles.
- [106:50]
Lauren LaRosa
So y' all don't live with each other at all?
- [106:52]
Michael Blackson
Never live together. She comes over, you know, I go.
- [106:55]
Charlamagne Tha God
Over there because you.
- [106:55]
Lauren LaRosa
And you. You asked for her hand in marriage.
- [106:58]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. I mean, we gotta live together.
- [107:01]
Jess Hilarious
He asked for her hand in marriage because she wanted to get married. He didn't want to ever get married.
- [107:05]
Charlamagne Tha God
Married?
- [107:07]
Michael Blackson
How you know that?
- [107:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
You told me on the show.
- [107:09]
Jess Hilarious
This is what it is. We have therapy.
- [107:11]
Michael Blackson
No, no, we live in different. You know, I, I, I prefer living.
- [107:14]
Lauren LaRosa
So how often do you visit?
- [107:16]
Michael Blackson
I miss each other quite often. At least every, at least every, every other week.
- [107:20]
Jess Hilarious
California, Arizona, Arizona, Miami.
- [107:23]
Michael Blackson
I have a house back in the east and Delaware, so we, we all. And Ghana. So we're all over the place.
- [107:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You got a house in Delaware?
- [107:28]
Michael Blackson
Yeah, I was raised in Philly. I built my house in Delaware way like 2007.
- [107:31]
DJ Envy
But we be in back the mall. You. I'm not going to say, but when I used to work in the mall.
- [107:35]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She's from Delaware.
- [107:36]
DJ Envy
Yeah. People used to always be like, Michael Blackson was just in here. And we be like, no, he wasn't like, yes, he wasn't here all the time. So we knew. We just never see you. But we know you there.
- [107:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You been in Delaware?
- [107:45]
Charlamagne Tha God
No, not really.
- [107:46]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Never had no work in Delaware.
- [107:47]
Michael Blackson
I did at one point, but nothing serious. My work is mostly like la.
- [107:52]
Charlamagne Tha God
Gotcha.
- [107:52]
DJ Envy
Yeah, you screwed your face up. Delaware got some baddies.
- [107:55]
Michael Blackson
I mean, I didn't, I didn't, I.
- [107:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
Didn'T.
- [108:00]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Never seen that. Delaware clubs.
- [108:09]
Michael Blackson
I didn't got, I mean, at the mall you probably could see some here and there, but I didn't have no, nobody. Why you looking at my chest?
- [108:15]
DJ Envy
You always got it out. I just, it's always out there. I don't know.
- [108:18]
Michael Blackson
I see you in Delaware himself.
- [108:22]
Lauren LaRosa
Michael Blackson, ladies and gentlemen. You can catch them at New York Comedy Festival and we always appreciate you joining us.
- [108:27]
Charlamagne Tha God
Thanks for me having, having you, Michael Blackson.
- [108:29]
Lauren LaRosa
It's the Breakfast Club.
- [108:30]
Charlamagne Tha God
Good morning, the Breakfast Club.
- [108:34]
Lauren LaRosa
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.
- [108:41]
Jess Hilarious
Lauren becoming a straight thing.
- [108:44]
Lauren LaRosa
She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.
- [108:46]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Details.
- [108:47]
DJ Envy
I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.
- [108:50]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
She be having the latest on.
- [108:54]
Charlamagne Tha God
The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.
- [108:55]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything.
- [108:59]
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.
- [109:03]
DJ Envy
So we just got a news update. I just spoke to rapper Detroit rapper Dank. Big Dank, y'.
- [109:08]
Charlamagne Tha God
All.
- [109:09]
Lauren LaRosa
Big Dank.
- [109:09]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [109:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
What up, Doe?
- [109:11]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [109:11]
Charlamagne Tha God
Peace.
- [109:11]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Big Dank. What up, Dank?
- [109:13]
DJ Envy
So there was a story that broke that she had settled her lawsuit with Lyft. And I've confirmed that that is true. She has settled the lawsuit with Lynn Lift. You guys will remember, she filed that lawsuit because she says that she or she alleged she was denied a ride because of her size.
- [109:26]
Charlamagne Tha God
Right.
- [109:26]
DJ Envy
So she has settled. She couldn't say too much to me, but I did confirm that it was a monetary settlement. She says that she is happy, she's in a good place with everything. The conversations that they had brought her to a good place. And I asked her, so, would you ride Lift again? Will you request a lift car again? She said she would.
- [109:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I saw her getting into a Sprinter the other night. Well, I did.
- [109:47]
DJ Envy
That's a good sign on her Instagram. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yes. She said she. All this. She said all this.
- [109:54]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't know.
- [109:56]
Charlamagne Tha God
You could do that.
- [109:57]
Lauren LaRosa
I'm glad Big Dang got her check. Actually.
- [109:59]
Jess Hilarious
I'm excited about that.
- [110:01]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Did they pay, like, she way though? They paid like. She waited, she came.
- [110:05]
Jess Hilarious
That's why she dropped the goddamn DIS record. Because the little. Little stuff like that.
- [110:09]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
No, that's my girl. And I saw her say that she getting her stomach cut off.
- [110:13]
Jess Hilarious
No, don't do that.
- [110:14]
DJ Envy
When she was here, she remember, she said that she wanted to go through the surgery and different things, but she had to get to a certain way to do it. So, yeah, she's still on that journey. That is going to be something that she does. But she was working with. Remember the woman that was up here with her doctor. Yeah, the wellness doctor. Because she had to get to a certain weight in order to do that. So she is getting ready to. And preparing to do that as well. She also told me she has a new song out with Scarlet called Big Girls that she says is going crazy right now. She wants y' all to go listen to it. It as well.
- [110:40]
Lauren LaRosa
But she Scallop ain't big.
- [110:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What?
- [110:44]
Charlamagne Tha God
It says big girls. Sorry.
- [110:46]
Jess Hilarious
It don't sound like they ain't gonna.
- [110:47]
Charlamagne Tha God
Be big no more either.
- [110:49]
DJ Envy
She ain't gonna be big no more.
- [110:50]
Jess Hilarious
She got her stomach cut off and keep coming down.
- [110:52]
DJ Envy
Well, remember when she was here, she said she don't want to be, like, super, super skinny. She just wants to be healthier and kind of, like, lose a bit of the weight, but.
- [110:58]
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay, good.
- [110:59]
DJ Envy
Yeah. So.
- [111:00]
Lauren LaRosa
But she has to get to the weight where she could actually do all that.
- [111:02]
Michael Blackson
Yeah.
- [111:03]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I'm rooting for you. Big Dang. Me too. Stomach cut off. Do your gym, Olympic, the Mount Majora. Whatever you got to do. I'm with you.
- [111:09]
Charlamagne Tha God
What?
- [111:10]
Lauren LaRosa
The Mount.
- [111:10]
Charlamagne Tha God
What.
- [111:10]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
What's it called? Mount Major. What's it called?
- [111:12]
Jess Hilarious
Don't Ask Mount Manjaro. It's just called Manjaro.
- [111:15]
DJ Envy
You got the whole Ozempic.
- [111:16]
Jess Hilarious
And then they have a new one. I've seen a commercial for the other day too.
- [111:18]
DJ Envy
The G1.
- [111:19]
Jess Hilarious
I know. Oh, this is. Apparently it is. It's also an injection, but it's better side effects.
- [111:25]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Do what you got to do. Big day.
- [111:26]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
- [111:27]
DJ Envy
Shout out to her. Glad that's over. Now in other news, Kai Sinette, he has finally. A big congratulations to him. He has hit 1 million subscribers.
- [111:38]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Speaking of the biggest.
- [111:39]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [111:39]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Okay.
- [111:42]
DJ Envy
He has broke Twitch's. It was actually his own subscriber record, but he has broke the subscriber record. He is now at 1 million subscribers. So this means LeBron James at some point will come on the stream and cut his dreads. Cuz Kai said in the beginning of Mafia Don 3 that LeBron has to come on and cut his dreads.
- [111:57]
Jess Hilarious
If he reaches the LeBron has to cut him.
- [111:59]
DJ Envy
Yes.
- [111:59]
Jess Hilarious
Oh, dope.
- [112:00]
Lauren LaRosa
Okay, so let me ask you a question. He has a million subscribers. Subscribers. They pay 99 cents a month.
- [112:05]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I thought it was $5.
- [112:07]
Lauren LaRosa
$5 a month? So he $5 million.
- [112:09]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I don't think all of them are paid though. But I wonder how many of them are paid. Or maybe he does have all paid scribes.
- [112:14]
DJ Envy
I'm not sure. I can't answer that question. Eli is in there going crazy. He's saying y' all don't know what y' all talking about. But why Eli gets here? I do have some audio because. Well, first of all, when they hit the 1 million, they're playing a Millie. Kai's mom is there, his sister is there. Everybody's going crazy. Phantom is there. All the guys are there, there. And then they put on the motivational speech music for Kai to give his motivational speech. Let's take a listen.
- [112:35]
Charlamagne Tha God
This year was about helping people, helping the ones around me. Just locking in a lot of hate after hate after hate. I could have quit at any time. I could have stopped. I could have took a break. My son told me to keep going. If I didn't have Jesus in my life, none of this would be possible.
- [112:51]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Let's go, Kai.
- [112:52]
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus Christ is Amen.
- [112:55]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Let's go.
- [112:56]
Charlamagne Tha God
Biggest. Yes. Without him, there's nobody big, nobody else. LeBron Raymond James to come to the house and cut off my locks, bro. So I said, I say all that to say this. Do not care what anybody think. Remain being you.
- [113:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Remain being humble and move forward, bro.
- [113:16]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's it.
- [113:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Dropping the clues.
- [113:17]
DJ Envy
Bombs for Kobe Eli on the Stream.
- [113:20]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
So people on the chat saying it's 6.99, 7.99. What? What is it, Kai?
- [113:25]
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, yeah, the way it works is.
- [113:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
You get there's certain brackets for gifted subs. So you could gift like 5 subs, 50 plus subs, 200 subs. Shout out to Snoop Dogg. He was gifting that for the 100 for the 1 million. So Kai just made history. He's the first Twitch streamer to reach 100.
- [113:42]
Lauren LaRosa
How many people are paying with the subscribers? So if he has a million subscribers plus how many people actually pay monthly?
- [113:48]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Well, the way gifted subs works is let's say I do five plus gifted. That means that the gifted subs are. They're just spread randomly for people to subscribe.
- [113:57]
Charlamagne Tha God
So it's.
- [113:58]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It was like $30, I think for five gifted. And for 200, it's like. So the million subscribers, people don't pay like a monthly fee? Don't they pay a monthly. No, yeah, some of them do. You could. You could do like through Amazon prime. You could do that. Or you can pay like. I think it's like $8 or $15 per month. But gifted subs is different, but they both go into the bracket of subs. Subscribe and people are saying on the.
- [114:23]
Lauren LaRosa
Stream that why you ain't let people know that we were actually live on the stream. Why don't you send my notification?
- [114:27]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
It does if they're subscribed, if they're subbed or if they follow us on Twitch. Somebody said he don't know what he talking about either. Eli.
- [114:41]
Charlamagne Tha God
After chat, man, chat let us know.
- [114:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Chat, no notifications. I don't know either. Somebody said Eli made that sound so complicated.
- [114:53]
Lauren LaRosa
That's what the short did.
- [114:55]
DJ Envy
He just sounds like, well, somebody say cat.
- [114:56]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
All right, Eli, just think about Drake.
- [114:59]
Lauren LaRosa
Damn, they know Eli.
- [115:01]
DJ Envy
Well, all right, well, we got a rap now.
- [115:03]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Somebody said fire him now. Damn. Damn. Somebody says all paid subs.
- [115:09]
DJ Envy
No, it's not.
- [115:09]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Because I don't know if you sub are different.
- [115:12]
DJ Envy
I'm subscribed to Kai and I didn't pay for nothing.
- [115:14]
Jess Hilarious
Nothing.
- [115:14]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yeah, exactly.
- [115:15]
Charlamagne Tha God
Or you could buy gifted subs. It's not.
- [115:17]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
If you buy gifted subs, that's not you subscribing.
- [115:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
That's you giving away spending money.
- [115:21]
DJ Envy
Because he kept seeing it. And he was shouting out Ray J too, for all of his help and his push with push and it's like.
- [115:26]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
A whole hype train going down, which is basically a whole bunch of people in the chat who are watching live. They buy this gifted Subs, which adds to the pot of it. Said the subs make you watch the stream without ad. Somebody else in the chat said if you get a gifted. If you get a gifted sub, then it's free for a month and you can pay the next month if you want to continue.
- [115:44]
DJ Envy
I got a long. We got a long way to a million, but we here.
- [115:47]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Kai making his money.
- [115:48]
DJ Envy
Yeah. Shout out to Kai.
- [115:49]
Lauren LaRosa
Sound like my mama the first time she did FaceTime, baby. How do you do this FaceTime thing? I keep looking at my hand like, yeah, that's what we sound like. All right, well, that is the latest with long.
- [115:57]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
That's why you don't got no screamers. Now. What do you call them? What do you call them?
- [116:00]
DJ Envy
You. First of all, I be watching Eli.
- [116:02]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Stream two people be two people. So it be you and you and Eli. Don't nobody be on Eli streaming. He be shaking Eli. What be shaking ass.
- [116:11]
Lauren LaRosa
What you mean?
- [116:12]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
He be twerking, going crazy like it's a million people watching.
- [116:15]
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't be shaking no ass.
- [116:16]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Pause, man.
- [116:17]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, My twitch is at OVO E Live.
- [116:23]
DJ Envy
Yeah.
- [116:28]
Charlamagne Tha God
Let me see.
- [116:29]
Lauren LaRosa
Drink. Dancing. All right, people's choice mixes. Up next is the Breakfast Club.
- [116:37]
Charlamagne Tha God
You checking out the Breakfast Club?
- [116:39]
Lauren LaRosa
Morning, everybody. Everybody is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Salute to all the HBCUs. Homecoming season is around the corner. My first stop is this week, and, you know, I do a HBCU tour. I like to touch some of the HBCU schools. So I'm gonna be in Dayton, Ohio, for the All Black Affair this weekend. And then I think we touch gho. We touch Hampton. I think we're in South Carolina. I think we're in Howard. I mean, we're touching all the colleges. It's probably. Probably my favorite time to. To dj because it's just homecoming. It's just everybody alumni, we just having a good time. So hopefully I get to see you at homecoming to some of your schools. This year we supposed to go to Delaware State, me and Lauren. I don't know whatever happened to that, but.
- [117:19]
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, they.
- [117:20]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
They might have closed the school.
- [117:21]
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh.
- [117:22]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
But South Carolina State got their homecoming this weekend, too. And I've been meaning to salute South Carolina State, man, because, you know, every year. Well, you know, I have a. Well, maybe you don't know. I'm talking to y'.
- [117:32]
DJ Envy
All.
- [117:32]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Like, y' all know, but I have a.
- [117:33]
Lauren LaRosa
A.
- [117:33]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
A Ford Family foundation endowed scholarship at South Carolina State University. So every year we give out scholarships to people that's either majoring in communications, something in the mental health space, or something in communications. And we just gave out two of our scholarships recently to Maia Leak. She is a senior speech pathology and audio. Audio. Audiology. Audiology major. Yes. Senior speech pathology and audiology major. Say it again, Jeff.
- [118:03]
Jess Hilarious
Audiology.
- [118:04]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Audiology major from Spartanburg, South Carolina. And Tyrone Pond, he's a senior professional English major from Abbeville, South Carolina. So, you know, they just received scholarships, man, for their academic achievements and leaderships and commitment to their community. So salute both of those individuals. And, you know, I just. I just love doing stuff like that. I told y' all the other day when I saw Jeff Bezos ex wife, her name is escaping me right now when I saw her give $70 million to HBCUs, I'm like, yo, that right there is dope. That is incredible. So, you know, that's. That when you. When you have a little bit, I think you should give a little bit.
- [118:36]
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
- [118:36]
Lauren LaRosa
I can't wait till I get to that level and be able to donate 70 million to HBCU.
- [118:40]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
But until. Until we get to that level, we do what we can.
- [118:42]
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, we do.
- [118:43]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
And that's why we have the Ford family Foundation scholarship at South Carolina State University. So salute to Makaya and Tyrone.
- [118:51]
Lauren LaRosa
Now salute to Michael Blackson for joining us this morning.
- [118:53]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Absolutely.
- [118:54]
Lauren LaRosa
Also the cast of Ruth and Boaz, Devon, Franklin, Saraya and Tyler Lepley.
- [118:59]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Yes. It's the number one show on Netflix right now.
- [119:01]
Michael Blackson
That's right.
- [119:02]
Lauren LaRosa
You can check it out.
- [119:02]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Number one movie. Yeah, number one movie on Netflix right now.
- [119:04]
Jess Hilarious
And it's actually good. So I watched it over the weekend.
- [119:06]
Michael Blackson
It's dope, Dope, dope, dope.
- [119:08]
Lauren LaRosa
You got something to do this weekend?
- [119:09]
Jess Hilarious
No. But October 11th and 12th, your girl Jessalarius will be coming to upstate New York, Albany and Syracuse. I will be there at the funny Bones on Friday. We got two shows in Syracuse, and then on Saturday, hopping right over to Albany, New York. And I got two shows at the Funny Box Comedy club Saturday. So get your tickets if you haven't yet. I will be doing meet and greet upstate. I can't wait to see y'.
- [119:31]
Charlamagne Tha God
All.
- [119:31]
Lauren LaRosa
All right now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note.
- [119:33]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
I do, man. The positive note comes from one of my favorite pages on Instagram, the healing guide, man. The healing guide said. And they posted this nine hours ago. Allow people to have their moods and allow their moods to have nothing to do with you. Okay? Not every shift in someone's mood is about you, even if it feels that way people carry their own struggles, their own stretches and emotions that spill over at times when you stop taking everything personally. You give others space to feel what they need to feel while protecting your own peace. Have a great day.
- [120:02]
Charlamagne Tha God
Breakfast Club Bitches Y' all finished or y' all done?
- [120:05]
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DJ Envy
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Charlamagne Tha God
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- [121:23]
Lauren LaRosa
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Charlamagne Tha God
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- [121:54]
Lauren LaRosa
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- [121:56]
Charlamagne Tha God
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- [121:57]
Lauren LaRosa
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- [121:59]
Charlamagne Tha God
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Lauren LaRosa
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- [122:20]
Charlamagne (alternate or additional commentary)
Bring the boom.
- [122:21]
Charlamagne Tha God
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- [122:24]
DJ Envy
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