FULL SHOW: Bill Cosby Reacts to Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Passing, Breakfast Club Tribute + Malcolm-Jamal Warner Interview

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – FULL SHOW: Bill Cosby Reacts to Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Passing, Breakfast Club Tribute + Malcolm-Jamal Warner Interview

Release Date: July 22, 2025
Hosted By: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Guest: Malcolm-Jamal Warner (interview replay)

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1. Tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The episode opens with a heartfelt tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner following his tragic passing on a family vacation. Hosts express deep sadness and offer condolences to his family, reflecting on Warner's impact both personally and professionally.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [01:23]: "When you hear news like you heard yesterday about the tragic passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner, then you know that life is not promised in any way, shape or form."
• Charlamagne Tha God [02:17]: "The thing with Malcolm Jamal Warner is that we all grew up on him... It almost feels like you have a personal relationship with him."

2. Front Page News

a. Chris Paul Joins LA Clippers

The hosts announce that NBA veteran Chris Paul has agreed to join the LA Clippers for his final season, marking the end of his illustrious 21-year career.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [05:22]: "The Clippers are championship contenders. So I like to see people that have had great careers... trying to do something now."

b. Breonna Taylor’s Sentencing

The sentencing of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankinson for the death of Breonna Taylor is discussed. While Hankinson was found guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights, he is sentenced to 33 months—significantly more than the DOJ recommended.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben Crump [07:28]: "We thank the judge for her attention to detail... he was convicted of depriving Breonna Taylor of her civil rights."
• Lauren LaRosa [07:37]: "I'm grateful for the small piece of justice that we got... less than three years."

c. Release of MLK Assassination Files

Civil rights activists criticize the Trump administration for releasing thousands of pages related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, arguing it's a distraction from more pressing issues like the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [08:31]: "The streets are not asking for the MLK Jr. files, they're asking for the Epstein files."
• Just Hilarious [08:31]: "Reverend Al Sharpton called it a desperate attempt to distract the firestorm over Trump."

d. Police Officer Shooting and Biden’s Immigration Policies

A recent shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol officer in New York City is attributed by the White House to President Biden's immigration policies, claiming they allowed an illegal immigrant to roam freely.

Notable Quotes:

• White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt [28:49]: "He executed our mission, which is to protect the country."
• Lauren LaRosa [30:24]: "This tragedy... that's why President Trump was elected with an overwhelming mandate to secure our homeland."

3. Listener Calls and Tributes

Listeners call in to express their condolences and share personal stories related to Malcolm-Jamal Warner's legacy. Discussions revolve around fatherhood, intentional living, and the unpredictable nature of life.

Notable Quotes:

• Caller Peggy Edwards [96:26]: "My daughter was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and I want to use the money for a vacation."
• Jess Hilarious [81:03]: "Men have to be more intentional with their time because we... we just can't dodge death."

4. Replaying the Original Interview with Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The podcast replays an in-depth interview with Malcolm-Jamal Warner from January 2023, where he discusses his roles, fatherhood, and personal growth. This segment highlights Warner's dedication to his family and his continuous impact on listeners through his podcast “Not All Hood.”

Notable Quotes:

• Malcolm Jamal Warner [19:31]: "When I met my wife at 45, I was like, I got it."
• Morgan [52:32]: "I saw a very human side of him... he was a man with his own faults."

5. Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation

The hosts delve into the controversial cancellation of Stephen Colbert's Late Show, exploring President Trump's critical remarks and CBS's declaration of financial reasons despite high ratings.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [86:34]: "Late night ad revenue has been cut in half since COVID."
• Charlamagne Tha God [93:26]: "Most artists don't own their publishing. They get residuals... but it's a common struggle."

6. Kirk Franklin’s “Den of Kings” Show

Discussion about Kirk Franklin’s show “Den of Kings,” where he converses with Tyler Perry, Derek Hayes, and Jeezy about business mistakes, budgeting, and the challenges faced by Black artists in the industry.

Notable Quotes:

• Kirk Franklin [89:34]: "One of the biggest mistakes I made at 23 was not owning my publishing."
• Tyler Perry [92:00]: "How can we ensure that our stories are told with quality despite budget constraints?"

7. Donkey of the Day: Florida Incident

A controversial segment titled “Donkey of the Day” addresses a Florida teenager charged with felony child neglect for leaving her two-year-old daughter unattended in a hot car while watching a movie.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [76:25]: "There is no reason to leave your two-year-old unattended in a car."
• Jess Hilarious [80:26]: "Trapura is a lesson to you all. If you don't want responsibility, keep your legs closed."

8. Closing Remarks and Final Tributes

The hosts reiterate their condolences to Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s family and reflect on his legacy as a beloved father, husband, and influential figure in the Black community. They emphasize the importance of living intentionally and cherishing every moment.

Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [97:20]: "It is not dead that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
• Charlamagne Tha God [96:17]: "He was proud to be a father, a husband, and a positive force in the culture."

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Conclusion

This episode of The Breakfast Club serves as a poignant tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner, intertwining personal reflections with broader societal issues. Through heartfelt discussions, replayed interviews, and listener interactions, the hosts honor Warner's legacy while addressing pressing news topics and fostering meaningful conversations.

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, usa. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesse's be here in a minute. Charlamagne, the God peace to the planet is Tuesday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners, man. Good morning. You know, every day we come into this radio station and, you know, we say, happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. I thank God for another day of life. I truly, truly, truly mean that, man. Because when you hear news like you heard yesterday about the tragic passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner, then you know that life is not promised in any way, shape or form. Like, there's just really nothing you can do to duck death when it's your time.

[Morgan]

Nah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very sad. Very sad. Rest in peace to Malcolm Jamal Warner. Condolences to his family. It's just sad because you think about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All the situations that you try to avoid as a person, right? Like, you know, just to prolong this thing called life, right? But damn, you on family vacation, right, with your family, right? Your wife and your daughter. Just doing what we all do on vacation in the water, enjoying the swim. And a current takes you out, pulls you in, man. Come on, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pulls you in, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come on, man. That's why, like, you know, I always be having these conversations with myself just about karma and energy. I don't know if I believe in any. Any of that. You know, I. I live it because I feel like, you know, that's what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to, you know, put out what you want to get back. But I. I don't. I don't. I don't know if any of that really is true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yeah. For transcends. I I don't know. I don't know. But you live right regardless. You just want to be a good person.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, the thing with Malcolm, Jamal, one. Of course, we all grew up on him, right? So we've seen him grow through his shows, through, you know, the Cosby show, through Malcolm and Eddie, through all the things that he did. So it almost feels like you have a personal relationship with him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And what makes it even crazier is, you know, I was on my book tour three weeks ago, and I just did his podcast, and we sat down for about. I would say about two hours. And we didn't talk about music. We didn't talk about the industry. All we did was just talk about being a dad and how happy he was being a dad. And he was telling about his relationships and that he got married at, I think, at like, 45 years old, and he found the one. And he was so excited and just so proud of his family. And he liked to do the little things he liked. He, like, you know, it's cool when you run into another dad that's like you. That. Who cares about all this other stuff? You just care about being a father and showing up and that's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Most good fathers care about being a father. Most good fathers don't care about anything else except being there for their.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is correct.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sons and daughters.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But a lot of people are. They say they're good fathers.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They're not good fathers. We don't even talk about that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If you're not doing those little things, you're not a good dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But we were talking about just, you know, like, you know, going to your dad, your daughter's dance, and knowing the dance and, you know, your daughter's chair and how proud you are when they win being a father. It's the military, actually being a father. And we sat there for two hours, and me, Gia and himself, and we just spoke about it. It was just amazing conversation. So when I seen that yesterday, it hit very close to home. Cause I'm like, damn, he wasn't doing nothing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow. That's what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wasn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do all of these things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Doing something crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do all of these things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was on vacation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do all of these things to prolong our life. And all of these things we try to avoid. Literally, you just on family vacation with your wife and your daughter, and, you know, something like that happens to you, something that tragic happens to you. So, you know, you just can't avoid it. So every single day that you wake up, you should really truly thank God for this thing called life. Because you just never, ever, ever, ever know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Well, we're gonna replay one of our interviews with him when he. When he pulled up on us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, the first time Malcolm Jamal Warner ever came up here was in 2023 when we relocated to this new studio we called the Black Mothership. It was January of 2023, like the first week of January. We had just got back from vacation. He was the first guest to bless this station, this new studio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. He was the first guest. So we're gonna get that back on and, you know, just celebrate his life a little bit. And if you get an opportunity, go to his YouTube page where he has his podcast, and you can see some of those. Those dope conversations that he added. Just being a husband and a father and I think. Which is crazy. I think the last one that he did was me and Gia, my wife. So definitely check those out. We're gonna get that on this morning. We got front page news next. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious charlamagne. Tha guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. Some quick sports. Chris Paul has agreed to go to the LA Clippers for his last season. This will be his 21st NBA season. He's saying after. This is rap. So he. He's playing for the Clippers for his last season.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I mean, he had a great run with the Clippers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Way back when, so. And the Clippers are championship contenders. So I like to see people that have had great careers, that have never won rings at the end of their careers. That's what they should be trying to do, win a ring. I hate when they just be on some team that, you know, don't have a chance in hell. But the Clippers are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They got a job.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. They got Bradley Bill now, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, they got a shot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Leonard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Morgan?

[Lauren LaRosa]

James Harden.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, okay. Keep clocking it.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I like that.

[Just Hilarious]

All right. Hey, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey.

[Just Hilarious]

How y' all feeling on the Tuesday?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, good, good.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, let's get into first on Front Page, the former Louisville police officer convicted in relation to the death of Breonna Taylor is being sentenced to 33 months in prison. Brett Hankinson was found guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights when he fired blindly into her apartment in 2020 during a botched raid. Now, his bullets didn't hit anyone. And last week, the Department of Justice recommended he only receive one day behind bars before sentencing. Four protesters were arrested outside the courthouse, including Brianna Taylor's aunt, Attorney Benjamin Crump, Brianna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, and her boyfriend, Kenny Walker, who was there, spoke out outside or spoke outside the courthouse during a press conference following the sentencing. And here's what Brianna Taylor, or excuse me, here's what attorney Ben Crump had to say about that sentence.

[Caller]

We thank the judge for her attention to detail and, and for setting the record straight that he was convicted of depriving Breonna Taylor of her civil rights Fourth Amendment seizure.

[Morgan]

And that is a crime that we.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Acknowledge in America that you go to prison for.

[Caller]

So he is going to prison, and we have to keep watching as to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When he is going to go to prison.

[Just Hilarious]

So Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, and her boyfriend, Kenny Walker also spoke outside the courthouse and they talked about whether or not they felt like they received justice. Let's take a listen to their comments. We got something.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Yeah, we got something. I don't think it was, it was a fair sentencing, but it was a start.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm grateful for, for the small piece of justice that we got. It's definitely not what I was expecting. Brett Hankinson told me I was gonna go to jail for the rest of my life, so I definitely feel some type of something to see him going for, even if it's a little time. Yeah, there's so much going on in the world that I forgot that trial was even happening and I forgot what the cop was on trial for. So. So less than three years. Is that the appropriate sentence? I mean, if they're happy about it, I mean, we should be too, right?

[Just Hilarious]

I guess, you know, it's, it's certainly a stark contrast from one day. So, you know, 33 months goes to show that, you know, some, some, at least some justice can be served. Or at least to your point, the family is semi satisfied. So, yeah. So in other news, some civil rights activists are criticizing the release of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination file. The Trump administration released thousands of pages yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's not what the street's asking for. The streets. Don't try to, they're not going to deflect. Don't try to distract me. That's not what the street's asking for. The streets is asking for the Mess team files.

[Just Hilarious]

I was going to get to that, but yeah, pretty much that's what it, that's what that's what it is. So the Trump administration released thousands of pages yesterday, all related to King's 1968 death. Atlanta's King center called it ill timed. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the documents detail the FBI's investigation into the assassination, discussing potential leads and information about the assassin, James Earl Race, former cellmate and more. What Reverend Al Sharpton called it a desperate attempt to distract the firestorm over Trump, not unsealing files over Jeffrey Epstein's death.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, MAGA did not call. MAGA did not call for no MLK Jr assassination files. That's not what MAGA wants. Listen to your base, Trump. MAGA wants them Epstein files. Okay?

[Just Hilarious]

No, for real. But House Speaker Mike Johnson says there won't be a vote on releasing those files related to Epstein before lawmakers at least go on break in recess in August. So we'll have to wait to see if those files get released following the August recess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Remember I told you y' all last week, early last week, when all of this first started happening, I was like, you're gonna see so much flooding of the Zone, meaning there's gonna be so many different news stories that come out that try to distract and deflect from the ME Files. And, boy, he's been throwing some stuff against the wall, but it ain't nothing sticking. Because everybody want to want to see the mess team files.

[Just Hilarious]

The people want to know. All right, y', all, so that's your front page news for 6am At 7, we'll get into what's happening with up. Get into more presidential news. We'll get into it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. All right. Well, thank you, Morgan. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent phone lines or wide open again. 800-585-1051. What up, Jess?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

What's up, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You all greened out right now, looking trendy and fly.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Love that. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Morgan]

The Breakfast Club.

[Caller]

Yo, Charlamagne, Envy, what up?

[DJ Envy]

Are we live?

[Morgan]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got an indoor pool.

[Morgan]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. Hello?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who's this?

[Caller]

Good morning. This is OG Wayne in Los Angeles. Good morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, OG Wayne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you up so early, man? It's 3:13 out there. 3:13 in the morning. Well, 3 something in the morning.

[Caller]

Hey, well, you know Charlotte, man. Good Morning, my main man. How you doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Blessed black and holly favorite brother. How you.

[Caller]

Yes, you are. I'm just calling in. Wait a minute.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on.

[Caller]

Let me. Let me slow my roll. Is my queen just there?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I'm here. How you doing?

[Caller]

Good morning, beautiful. I just have to say good morning to you. You know, you're the queen of the morning.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Good morning. I appreciate that.

[Caller]

So. No, but I just want to touch on Malcolm Jamal Warner, you know, a real young brother that was doing it the right way.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[Caller]

And when we did let his celebrity, you know, go to his head, he always stayed grounded. You know, he's a. He was just a real. A real. A real man. And I just want to say to everybody that I'm born in 1954. I'm an old man, you know, thank God, but everybody got to repent for their sin, you know, and be born again in Jesus name, because you just never know, you know, when your time is up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's right.

[Caller]

And just take care of each other, you know what I'm saying? You know, Charlamagne, you a good dude. Got a great family. Envy, you a good dude. Great family. Just you a beautiful queen, great family. You know, I only want the best for all y' all and y' all family. And I want to listen listeners, to be blessed also. But just take heed to my little words and thanks for taking my call, and love all y'.

[Morgan]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who's this?

[Caller]

Yeah, what's going on? Andrew, Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning. Morning.

[Caller]

Morning, Charlemagne. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, King. How you doing, brother?

[Caller]

Yes, everybody. I'm good, man. How you good?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Black and highly favored man.

[Caller]

Yeah. Respect. Hey, Charlemagne, man, I talked to you before about trying to help us put together a Myrtle Beach R B music Fest, man. You know. You know, the south don't hardly get nothing. You know what I'm saying? Like that, man. You know, we got the country music fest. That's fire. You know, we got the gospel Fest. That's fire. You know, we got the jazz fest.

[Just Hilarious]

Come through.

[Caller]

That's fire. But, man, we need something else down here, Solomon.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, I agree.

[Caller]

As far as I understand. As far as I understand, we got the boots on the ground.

[Morgan]

Grant.

[Caller]

Get ready to come through. That's fine. But Charlemagne, man, if we could put together R B, Myrtle Beach Music Fest, that really put us where we need to be. I. I know Brenda Bethune personally. I used to cook for her husband and his business partner. I don't know, man. Maybe that might get the ball rolling.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let's talk about it. You know what I'm saying? I don't have the bandwidth right now. I'm not even gonna lie to you right now. But that is definitely something for the future.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm gonna put you on hold and get your information. Get his information for me, Eddie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that. You know what? This is crazy because I'm actually gonna bring the. The car show to the Carolinas next year. We've been trying to get. The problem is, he said he want.

[Lauren LaRosa]

R B man, your car sing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna tell you something. He's gotta listen. He was talking about bringing different things. He wants to bring an R B festival, but he was talking about bringing different things to the. To the city.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, they get a lot of car.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shows, but people can do it. Mine is a little different.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, like, car shows are big in South Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we're gonna do one in, I think, either Charlotte or Columbia. We're gonna do one next year. We were looking for the space, and we just try to do things where people can do things outside of just go to the club and something where you can bring families and there's carnival rides and there's games for kids. And not just cars where adults are getting them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like the car shows in Columbia, like, you have to do it real big because, you know, back in the day, it used to be like, my man, Big Mo in black. They'd bring, like, plies, Boosie. Yeah. Now we're not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We not bringing all this. Mine is gonna be family. Lamina's family. I want you to bring your kids. Kids five and under, free. Like, we gonna do it like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Kids like plies.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. I don't have no performance. I'm telling you. I'm gonna have three year olds, four year olds. I'm just telling you. Don't act like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm just saying. I'm just saying South Carolina car shows are a big deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just said it wasn't a big deal. I just said research, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You need more, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's all I said. I said I'm bringing mine down there. That's all I said. Nice, but get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the event, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Morgan]

The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress Everything with me is blessed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Call up next.

[Morgan]

800-585-1051, not just me.

[Caller]

I'm with the culture feeling.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hello, who's this?

[Morgan]

Good morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

This is Michelle.

[Caller]

How are you guys?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Michelle. Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[Caller]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, Charlemagne. Peace. Michelle, how are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm amazing.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm doing good, all things considered. So just like you said, Malcolm Jamal Warner, like, blew up with us. I'm 50 years old. I just turned 50. July 7th. Happy birthday to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Happy birthday. Cancer Gang.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gang.

[Jess Hilarious]

So much. Yeah, Cancellation. I had a tough time sleeping last night. Like, when you hit 50 and then you see someone 54 just lose their life so tragically.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who grew up with you?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, not literally, but, you know, figuratively. I said, oh, my God, you guys, I stopped, I got out the tower, and I said, let me call him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, man, you know. You know, I'm glad you said something. You said something just now that's also accurate, man. You know, a lot of times I see people get on social media and they be like, you know, praying for the family of Michael. Jamal wanted. When you heard the news, did you really stop and pray? Because that's what I do when I hear tragic situations. Like, I really stop in that moment, and I pray for that brother in that moment. You know, people be so quick to post and want to get content up and act like they care. But do you really, really care in that moment? Because you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I pray for his wife and his daughter. That's. I didn't pray for his wife and his daughter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did, too, this morning.

[DJ Envy]

I did.

[Jess Hilarious]

Y' all have a wonderful day, okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you very much.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

And smile, smile.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's hard, but, man, you smile as well, man. I will.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you. Love you guys.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bye.

[Morgan]

Bye.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Again, rest in peace. To Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Man, I'm telling you, man, it's the way. It's the way he went out, too. You know, it's like, yo, man, you, you. We try so hard to avoid putting ourselves in situations that could be potentially dangerous. There's nothing that has your guard down more and makes you, you know, feel safer than being on vacation with your family swimming in the water. And that's just an active nature that, you know, you can't control. My God. My God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not at all. Not at all. And we're going to get back on our interview with him in the next hour. When he stopped through, he was the first guest in this new studio, so we're going to get that back on. And the thing is, he was just a good brother. Like, a good, super solid dude, you know? I mean, so we're going to get that back on in a little bit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We got intentional with the way he lived his life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. And we got the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, we do. We're going to, you know, continue to pay tribute to Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[Morgan]

The Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. It's the world most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne, the God, DJ Envy. Just hilarious. And it's time for the latest with Lauren.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Lauren becoming a straight fact.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She gets the details.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

She be having the latest on this.

[Morgan]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes she has facts, sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Morgan]

Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Talk to me.

[DJ Envy]

So we want to take some time to send a rest in peace and just pay respects and tribute to Malcolm Jamal Warner. Emmy nominated actor, musician, poet, father, husband. He was, of course, beloved for his role as Theo on the Cosby show, which earned him a nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series at the 30th Emmys. You know, he also starred in the sitcom Malcolm and Eddie. In 2015, he received a Grammy award for best traditional R B performance for the songs Jesus, Jesus, Children alongside Robert Glaspear. In 2024, June of 2024, he decided to launch his podcast. Not all Hood talked a lot about why this podcast was so special to him because it's centered around discussing the lives and experiences of black Americans, which he was really big on doing in platforming. So I want to, you know, right now, let's take a listen to Malcolm talking about why he was so excited about fatherhood and being a husband. A sick listen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So if you like.

[Morgan]

I met my wife, I was 45, and I had spent. I spent more of my adult years in long term relationships than not. But when I met my wife at 45, I was like, I got it. Everybody said when they say when, you know, you know, and that always sounded. And being in these long term relationships, that always sounded like a really cool concept. But when I met my wife, I was, I had, There was, you know, after a couple months, I was like, oh, that's what the. You know, I get it. But when I think about, had I got married any earlier, I know I definitely would not have been as effective a husband and father as I am now.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was when we actually did his podcast, me and my wife Gia, we would, you know, from our book tour. But he was just talking about how much he loved his wife and how much he loved his, his daughter and how he enjoyed being a father. And that was like the highlight of his life at that time.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, doing those events, going to the school and doing the things like that. And that's what we, we were really sat there for two hours and just discussed that, me and my wife and discuss being a father and being a relationship. So solid. Good brother.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. And when we talk about, I know you guys were talking about earlier when we opened the show this morning, just about kind of like some of the circumstances, I do want to just fill in some of that of like what happened as well because we talk about like family. You guys are talking about family vacation.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey, what up, y'?

[Caller]

All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

Earlier, Malcolm Jamal Warner was on a family vacation in Costa Rica with his family when you know, the drowning incident happened. So you know people for sure. Y' all talking about sending prayers yesterday. I think I know. For me that was one of the first things I did when I heard the story was pray for his wife and his daughter. And what's also insane is he, he talked a lot about the fact that he waited because he wanted to make sure that he got it right when he became a dad. He became a dad later in life and there was a moment on his Instagram that He shared. It was from his daughter's birthday where he. He had like, this sunflower in his. In his ear. And people were like, why do you have the sunflower? He began to talk about, you know, take a listen. He talks about his relationship with his daughter a bit more.

[Morgan]

Yes, I got the flower in my hair. Today is my daughter's birthday. She put the flower there. So I'm rocking it. It's a beautiful day here in Atlanta. I just wanted to shout out and just spread some love and some good cheer and, you know, life. Life is out here. Life in right for me and for everybody else. But just wanted to remind you, as I remind myself, that no matter what's going on, there's always a reason to smile. Like, if you take a minute to stop and take stock, I guarantee you can find at least one reason to smile. And if for some reason you can't find a reason to smile, then that's probably the best time to be the reason for somebody else's smile. Buy a smile for yourself and be a reason for someone else to smile. That's all I got. Listen to love, because it's been a minute. Peace and love, and I'll be back soon, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Blessings to that brother.

[Morgan]

Man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm telling you, man, we spend all this time trying to avoid potential dangerous situations just so we can prolong this thing called life. And this brother was just out with his family on vacation doing something we all doing. We on vacation swimming and something tragic like that happens. Man. Life is not promised to anybody.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now they said, I guess when it happened, somebody else was taken to the hospital. Was that a family member or that was just a person?

[DJ Envy]

It hasn't. That person hasn't been confirmed as a family member. They're just being listed as a second individual. Individual. From the reports that I saw, they were injured during the incident. The. According to the Costa Rican Red Cross, the second individual was rushed to a local clinic and is in critical condition. Their current condition as of right now is unknown. But, yeah, they're. I mean, of course they're doing their investigations trying to figure out more of what happened and all of the things. But Malcolm Jamal Warner was declared, you know, dead at the scene. And then this person took it to the hospital.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Man, really pray for that brother, man. Before you run the social media and post about how this situation makes you feel, take the time to really pray for that brother, Malcolm Jamal Warner. Take the time to really pray for that brother's family. I know we feel like we knew Malcolm Jamal Warner because of the roles he plays. But that was a man with a real family who knew him in a real way. And they are going through it in ways that we don't understand. So take the time to think about them before you think about yourself. And I was thinking about his father, man, because he spoke about his father so much and how much his father, you know, poured into him. And now his father has to bury his child.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And he actually sat down with Melissa Ford and he talked a lot about his relationship with his dad and his legacy that he wanted to leave. We have that clip. Let's take a listen.

[Just Hilarious]

Life, it's. It's fragile, and in the blink of.

[Caller]

An eye, you never know.

[Just Hilarious]

You never.

[DJ Envy]

You never know.

[Just Hilarious]

So speaking of legacy, what do you hope that your legacy is. Is going to be, man?

[Morgan]

Because I'm 54, I think about that a lot, so it's interesting. I remember. I remember my mother said to me one time that Mr. Cosby gave you immortality. Facts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is very true.

[Morgan]

Right. So I know on one lane, there is. There's legacy there, but also because my life, you know, those former years were always about life beyond Cosby. Right. So I feel like, okay, there's that legacy there. But then because I've had this full life, you know, after that show, there's another lane of legacy that I get to leave, and I'm still working through that.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Rest in peace.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You just gotta live and be intentional about living. Be intentional about being a good person. Yeah, because you want to be a good person. You know, being a good person doesn't mean, you know, bad things won't happen to you. You know, you just hope they won't. But being a good person doesn't guarantee that. So you just got to be a good person for the sake of being a good person, for humanity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Rest in peace. And again, condolences to that. That brother's family.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is so sad.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, that is the latest with Lauren. In about. I would say about 10 minutes, we're gonna replay the interview. When he came up here, he was the first guest in our new studio January of 2023. And we're gonna get that back on. He was so appreciative of that. Of both interviews, he came up here, of the conversations, and we played his music. He was so excited. And he just said, it just sparked so much conversation, so much talk online. And we're gonna get that back on, so don't go anywhere. Front page news is next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Your mornings will never be the same.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy we all the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news now. Some quick sports salute to Chris Paul. He's agreed to deal. I'm not sure what the deal was but his last deal because this is the last expected final season he's going to be playing with the Clippers. So congratulations to Chris Paul. Had a amazing career. What's up, Morgan? Hey, y'. All.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey. So do want to give a quick weather alert? Just kind of a heads up that severe weather could cause flash flooding in the Midwest and on the east coast this week. Elsewhere, a heat dome could send temperatures soaring into triple digits. The flooding risk is greatest across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. So please take heed to any local alerts that come to your phone and your TVs and things like that through across media. Meanwhile, places like Kansas City and Dallas could see 100 degrees or more. Forecasters say the heat wave may stick around for a while thanks to droughts and limited rainfall in places like Kansas and Nebraska. In other news, the White House is blaming the policies or Biden policies for. Excuse me, the White House is blaming the policies of former President Biden for the shooting of an off duty police patrol officer in New York City. An off duty Border Patrol officer now spokesperson, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says Biden's immigration policies allowed for the suspect, an illegal immigrant, to enter the US and roam free. She added that that's the reason why President Trump won 2024's election. Let's take a listen to her comments.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This tragedy that took place over the weekend at the hands of yet another.

[Caller]

Illegal alien invader who was allowed into.

[Just Hilarious]

Our country and released by the Biden administration. This is exactly why President Trump was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Elected into office with an overwhelming mandate.

[Caller]

To secure our homeland.

[Just Hilarious]

So the officer was shot in the face and is expected to survive that incident. Meanwhile, Border Enforcement Director Tom Holman and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Border Patrol officer. Now Russo from the Department of Homeland Security calls the Border Patrol officer a hero, while New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the goal is to get dangerous people off the streets. Let's take a listen to their comments. In part, that's Frank Russo from the Department of Homeland Security and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He did exactly what we ask of.

[Caller]

All of our officers under the circumstances.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He executed our mission, which is to protect the country, migrant and asylum seekers.

[Morgan]

Who are bringing violence and really tarnish the reputation of those who come to this country to pursue the American dream.

[Just Hilarious]

So the NYPD alleges Miguel Francisco Nunez shot the border patrol officer who returned fire during an apparent botched robbery. Nunez has been wanted for numerous crimes in New York. President Trump says Mora was apprehended at the border for illegally coming in in 2023 under the Biden administration. But instead of being deported, he was released.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Man, it's horrible what happened to that officer. And I feel like the climate of the country we live in is what leads, you know, to stuff like that. And it's sad that, you know, that situation is going to be politicized, you know, for the next few days.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, absolutely. Well, switching gears. Let's take a listen. Listen up. If you use Power Stick deodorant, and then I'm gonna get up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nobody use no deodorant. Have you smelt these people?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo. Have you been outside lately?

[Just Hilarious]

So Power Stick deodorant lose. Power Stick deodorant users not calling you losers, but listen up. Over 67,000 cases of roll on deodorant sold nationally have been voluntarily recalled over a manufacturing defect. A report from the FDA says a voluntary recall was initiated by A.P. duval LLC, the manufacturer of power stick deodorants. Now more than 67,000 cases of three different types of antiperspirant are being recalled. The effective products include Power Stick For Her Roll On Antiperspirant Deodorant, Power Powder Fresh Power Stick Invisible Protection, Roll On Anti antiperspirant Deodorant, Spring Fresh, and Power Stick Original Nourishing Invisible Protection Roll On Antiperspirant Deodorant. An FDA report says the deodorant was recalled for CGMP deviations, meaning the manufacturer failed to maintain some sort of good manufacturing current practices in some way. So if you use Power Stick, just go ahead and throw it out of the way or take it back to your retailer. And yeah, don't use that because there's a recall underway for that and maybe switch brands.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm gonna be honest with you. Now is not the time to be recalling deodorant, okay? We need all the deodorant on the streets that we can. Yes, yes. Now is not the time. Deodorant, okay? I don't care if you know what it may be causing people, okay? It's. If it's causing them not to stink, it's worth it.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Oh, man.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, so that's your front page. He said listen, and that's Your front page news. I'm Morgan wood. Y' all can follow me on socials at Morgan media. That's m o r g y n m e d I a and for more news coverage, follow at black information network, download the free iheartradio app and Visit us@bi news.com Thank y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Just Hilarious]

Have an amazing Tuesday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You too. And I just want to say, before we continue on, I just want to say thank you, God. And the reason I'm saying thank you, I heard this story this morning coming to work about this uncle who threw his niece down the garbage chute in staten island. They don't know the reason why, but he threw his one year old niece down the garbage chute and she survived with no issues and no problems. How crazy is that? Like through the guard, like I don't know how many floors, but through the garbage chute, they had to go rescue her and she was fine. So I just wanted to say that happened in staten island yesterday, everywhere today.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But God still got a plan for her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Morgan]

So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus. All right, now when we come back, Malcolm Jamal Warner, he passed away. Rest in peace. He did the first interview in our new studio here, what, two years ago, 2023.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was January 2023. It was the first week back from vacation for us. And yeah, he was the first guest in this new studio. And I mean, he is. When we sit down and we have these long form conversations, like, this is the reason I love long form conversations, you know, because of sadly, moments like this, you know, because you get to know people in those long form conversations and, you know, when people pass or when you want to learn more about a person, you tap into those long form conversations. So I'm happy that a lot of people heard the interview and watched the interview before he passed away. But, you know, now that, you know, he's gone, we can, you know, pay tribute to him, you know, in a real way by rerunning this interview.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And when I seen him a couple of weeks ago, he was so appreciative because he was like, you guys actually played my music. And he was like, people were or calling me about the music and he went viral for something he said. I can't remember what he said, but.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was a lot of things in that conversation that went viral.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He went viral for something, but he was like, you know, the good thing about it is he said he doesn't really care. He didn't care what people said, but he just cared about it, opened up conversation and he was just so Happy for that interview. So definitely rest in peace. We're gonna get that interview back on. When we come back, 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. Rest in peace to Malcolm Jab. We're gonna get back on interview. When he was up here, he actually, when we move into the new studio, he was our first guest. So let's get into that interview now. It's the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what's interesting? I was thinking about, you know, organically, who was going to be the first guest in the new Breakfast Club studio. Cause to me, that's important. Cause you're setting off a new generation. You're setting off a new chapter. So who would be the first guest? Wow.

[Caller]

And I'm honest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Legend. We should be on it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Icon.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come on, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grew up on him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come on, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ladies and gentlemen, Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[Morgan]

Welcome. You said first guest. It didn't really register before you started. Yeah. But now. Okay, I got it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're the first guest in our new studio, ladies and gentlemen. Some of y' all know him as Steel Huxtable, ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

[Caller]

Word.

[Morgan]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, you're from Jersey City. Jersey City. Now, for most people that don't know, how did you get your start in show business? Because we heard that you were a rapper at first. You were in a rap group almost signed by Def Jam at the time. Any truth to that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was after Cosby, though, right?

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was. That was after Cosby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So how did you get your start with show business?

[Morgan]

I was doing basically community theater. My mother was always looking for me to. Looking for things for me to do outside of going to school and coming home and hanging out. So, like, I played basketball, and that was my thing. I thought I was gonna be a basketball player. And then one season, one year, basketball season was over. My mother's friend suggested this community theater and asked me if I wanted to go. So I went down, auditioned, got in, and found myself doing theater and just absolutely loved it. So, like, at nine years old, I was like, oh, this is. This is what I want to do. And what it was, it was really. It was the. The first curtain call. Like, the first play I did was called Alice. Is that you? And it was basically a takeoff of. Of the Wiz. Like, Dorothy gets the Oz, and everybody thinks she's Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Larry. Right. And I played the Tin Man. And I just remember the first Opening night, coming out for curtain call, coming out and people clapping and standing up. And I'm like 9 years old and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm like, yo, I got that bug.

[Morgan]

I can get into this. Yeah, people stand up and clap for you. Yeah, I like this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you book Cosby? What was that? That process?

[Morgan]

Like, that's funny. So my, my. When my agent first submitted me, they were looking for a six two, 15 year old.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jesus. Yeah, they was all getting ready for the NBA.

[Morgan]

They was clear. Well, because. Because in this, you know, Ennis was 15 and was 6:2, Mr. Cosby's son.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, okay. Got you.

[Morgan]

So in the original, like in the original script, like there was this, this running joke, like, you know, Theo would, you know, get in trouble, something. And Clifford be like, theo, stand up. And Theo stands up and he's towering over Cliff. And Cliff would be like, theo, sit down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Morgan]

So they were trying to get that they couldn't find that kid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Morgan]

And she submitted me. They didn't want to see me. And at the last minute she resubmitted me because they couldn't find the guy. And they were doing network callbacks. This is crazy, because this was Good Friday 84. I auditioned at 6:30 on Friday afternoon and the network callbacks were that Monday. So they were already flying in somebody from Chicago, flying in somebody from New York. So I was literally the last person they saw. And when I went in for the network callbacks, I went in and I did the audition. Like, you know, you see, you know, I was watching Different Strokes and whatnot. So you see kids being smart Alex, and talking back to the parents and rolling their eyes. So I was doing scene like that. And in the room is, you know, network, you know, producers, studio. And I'm killing in the room. Everybody's like, I'm hitting all the, all the beats and everybody's laughing and I'm killing. And I finish. And everybody's like, cool, except Mr. Cosby. And he's looking at me and he's like, would you really talk to your father like that? And I said, no. He said, well, I don't want to see that on the show. So you go back out and you give me something else and come back later. And because it was the network callbacks, like everybody was there. So they had, you know, auditioned everybody for the other parts. And finally I came back in and gave them 180 degree turn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, clearly he saw something in you, though.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And. And, you know, they gave me the shot to come back and redo It. And that's how I booked it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what's interesting about what you said earlier? You said that you was in theater at nine years old. So people see these gifted young actors on shows like Cosby back in the day, and we don't realize the background because nowadays it feels like it's no point of entry to, you know, get on these TV shows or anything.

[Morgan]

Or social media. Or social media becomes the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, you actually went and were perfecting your craft before you got to that point.

[Morgan]

Yeah, and I still do. Like, I've always. Every couple years, I'll do theater. Even when I was on Cosby, like, I always go back to theater because that is the. I mean, that's the. That's the foundation, you know, So I always say, like, theater is my favorite platform, television is my favorite paycheck. But theater is really like. Like, that's. I mean, that's. That. That's. That's the. Right there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have you ever just sat back and reflected on what you and the Cosby show meant to black people in, really, the world from 84 to 92?

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah. It's something that we still talk about. Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So who's we? When you say we? The cast?

[Morgan]

I mean. No, I'm saying we, like, like, worldwide. The culture. Yeah. You know, because it's had a. And indelible, irreversible effect.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know, on the culture. So, I mean, it's something. I'm very proud. Like, no matter what, I'm very proud to, you know, have been a part of that and part of that, you know, just to have that kind of, I guess, influence, if you will. And when I was younger, you know, it was always. I was always trying to escape this role model, you know, title, because I was like, oh, Malcolm, he's a role model. And my thing was always. We always equate perfection with role model. So I never wanted the pressure of being, you know, being seen as flawless because I just. I didn't want that. Like, that wasn't me. So I used to kind of. Kind of shy away from that, you know, that title, but. And now that I'm older, not that I want to be considered a role model, but I do understand the, you know, having the platform. I understand having the ear of young people. Like, you know, fortunately, I'm still at a place where I'm still relevant enough, where, you know, what I say can still have influence.

[Lauren LaRosa]

People always listen to you because of that time.

[Morgan]

Sure, yeah. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Straight up.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And that's something I take seriously. So I was. Was. I was really fortunate because we shot Cosby here in New York. And, you know, during. During the 80s, man, you know, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All didn't show the other side of Brooklyn. That wasn't Brooklyn.

[Morgan]

No, we. So we. We shot in Brooklyn, then we shot in Queens. But that. That stoop. That front stoop was actually in the Village.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In the Village. Yeah.

[Morgan]

That wasn't even Brooklyn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Rest in peace to Malcolm Jamal Warner. We're getting back on an interview when he was up here. Very sad. Condolences to his family. It's the Breakfast Club. Did you look at Bill Cosby as a father figure? Cause you were around him so much. You did so much acting, like.

[Morgan]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, I mean, you a good actor, but it was believable. It seems like you admired him as a father. When I would watch the show or even see you behind the scenes of the show, whatever.

[Morgan]

Well, maybe I was doing theater. I was perfecting my craft at nine years. Great job, baby. No, because I. You know, I. I've. My father has always been, you know, an integral part of my life. So I have a father. He was, you know, Ms. Cosby was obviously someone I worked with, someone I respected. But Ennis was also, you know, a close friend of mine. So he was also like Ennis's dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotcha.

[Morgan]

So it wasn't. I mean, I. I would definitely say he was a mentor because he, you know, he schooled me on a lot of. You know, on a lot of things. But the I love the father son relationship between Cliff and Theo, but that wasn't. That wasn't our relationship, but, you know, we're Matt. Cool. But it wasn't. It wasn't the father figure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, as a mentor, did he school you on to contracts and negotiations? Because. No, that thing he said. No, it's still on. Now, do you still get paid? And was everything taken care of the right way? Or is it. You're a new actor. You got got.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, we got. No, I wanna say we got got. That's not fair.

[Caller]

That's not.

[Morgan]

That's completely unfair to say we got got. But I will say this. So, yeah, so we get residuals. Right. But the thing that people don't necessarily understand about residuals is every time an episode repeats, you get a percentage of what your original paycheck was and that show has repeated forever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct.

[Morgan]

So let's say, to put things in perspective, about 10, 12 years ago, I remember getting an episode check for $64.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's how the residual check sometimes. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like at some point, the sending the check out costs more than what the check is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Correct.

[Morgan]

So for a period of time, though, that lump sum was a nice padding. But then after a while, you know, once it just keeps airing, it's not a whole lot. But when you have points, when you've got back end, that's when you're forever making money. Because when they syndicate the show, however many times they syndicated, you have a piece of the show. So you're getting that kind of money. We didn't get ownership. We had no. No back end. We didn't know about back end. And even if we did, we didn't have any leverage to negotiate that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all knew.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want. I want to ask, you know, out of all your episodes, I asked Charlamagne. So my most memorable Cosby show is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Of course, the Gordon Cattrall Season 1 episode.

[Caller]

It.

[Morgan]

Denise.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's over, isn't it?

[Morgan]

What is this?

[DJ Envy]

Is this my shirt?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is this a shirt I paid $30 for? Is this your D supposed to think is important?

[Caller]

Do you like it?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Ask me the question again.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't like it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate it.

[DJ Envy]

Look at it.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

It's the ugliest shirt I've ever seen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think it was season one episode. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of course, the earring.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Earring Dance Mania.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did the same thing when I got my earring. So what was Mania? What was your favorite?

[Morgan]

All of those. But I think that at the top of this would be the pilot when Theo was getting D's in school and they did the whole monopoly money thing. And, you know, Theo gives this whole. That was the earring. That was the earring.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was the earring. Okay.

[Morgan]

That was the earring. And, you know, Theo gives this speech, you know, like, you know, dad, I just want to be regular people. Like, I don't want to be a doctor like you. I don't want to be a lawyer like mom. I just want to be regular people.

[DJ Envy]

And instead of acting disappointed because I'm not like you, maybe you can just accept who I am and love me anyway because I'm your son.

[Morgan]

Theo.

[Caller]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. No wonder you get D's and everything.

[Morgan]

And so for me, that was significant because, you know, it set the tone for the show. Like any other show at that point, the music would have started.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct.

[Morgan]

The father and son would have hugged.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But he, you know, he went left with that. And I just love that because that set the tone that this was going to be a Different kind of show.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Gotcha. We're going to talk to you about other stuff other than Cosby. I just want, you know, as a fan, I got to get something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First time here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We gotta go. No doubt.

[Morgan]

All good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you ever keep the Gordon Gartrell show?

[Morgan]

I did not. I think it's in the Smithsonian, if I'm not mistaken.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it should be. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That. That was one of our. That was. That was definitely one of our. Our most fun and for me, most memorable episodes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you ever get approached about doing a Gordon Gartrell clothing line? Malcolm Jamal Warner's Gordon Gar.

[Morgan]

I'm surprised I have not. But I see there's a Gordon Gartrell, like, T shirt line out. Yeah, Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was asking how much of this show was free, free, done, and how much was actually written. Like, were you allowed to go off script? Because some of that stuff just seemed like y' all were going.

[Morgan]

We had to often go off script because it. So it takes. It typically takes five days to do a sitcom. We were doing. We got down to like three and a half days. And, you know, most of those storylines came from Mr. Cosby's monologues. Right. So we were a very under rehearsed show. So when it was time to tape the show, oftentimes, you know, if Mr. Cosby had like a monologue or something, he wouldn't know the monologue. So he'd, like, he'd go left. And the fun part for us was when we. When he went left, we had to go left with him. So, you know, for me, it was great because, like, oh, this is theater now. We just, you know, we, you know, you follow. You follow the leader, you follow the followers. What we call it, it. So, you know, and. And I love seeing those moments with him, and him and Olivia were cool, but, like, those moments with him and Keisha, you know, because at the time, you know, Keisha was four, so she didn't know how to read. So she had to know. She had to remember what to say, how to say it, and when to say it.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Morgan]

And the win was always based on the line before. So she's doing scenes with Mr. Cosby and she's waiting for her line, and he's just talking, and they would just make. It was just really cool to watch her. And if you go back, you could just see her little brain processing how to maneuver through, you know, what's happening. So though stuff was written, there was stuff that had to be kind of off book because we were following him. And Phylicia was the best at that. When you look at those episodes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Rest in peace to Malcolm. Jamal Warner. We're getting back on an interview when he was up here. Very sad. Condolences to his family. It's the Breakfast Club. I was gonna ask you, you never got caught up in the drug world or the alcohol? Cause Studio Black Quarters back then was.

[Morgan]

No. I could be around it, but it just wasn't. That wasn't me. I mean, you know, look, my father named me after Malcolm X and Ahmad Jamal. Like, my father was not playing. Wow. So that's why I say, like. Like before the fame, my foundation was so solid that I could be. I could be around all that stuff and not have to participate in that. So to be able to. To enjoy everything that being famous had to offer without being a knucklehead. And again, being in New York is different from growing up on television in la, because in la, your best friend is on the same lot on stage next door, right? Whereas here in New York, there weren't other shows here. So I wasn't hanging out with actors.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now I gotta give all props to your parents though, because you know, hey, what up, y'?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

When you talk to somebody like Kim Fields, it's the same thing. She gives all her credit to her, her mom. Because y' all had every. Y' all had every right to wild out. Y' all hold the biggest things Moving.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but we also. We also came on the heels of Gary, of Todd Bridges and Dana Plato. So, like, oh, we overlapped their, you know, their journey. So for. I always felt like, well, we got no excuse.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You learned from that.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Like, we're seeing, like, it's, you know, like you hear about stuff in. Throughout history, but this was happening right now. Like, I'm. I'm looking at Todd Bridges, so there was really no excuse for us to wild out like that. But again, I also say, because we lived in New York and not la, we weren't hanging around other Hollywood kids. When we were shooting in Brooklyn, the NBC studios on Avenue M and East 14th street, they didn't have a commissary. So at lunch, we had to go out into the neighborhood and get whatever we were gonna eat. We moved to Kaufman Astoria. Their commissary was whack. So we went out into the neighborhood and went and got. We could get our lunch. So it was just a very different experience that we had being able to grow up in New York rather than grow up in television in Hollywood.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said something earlier and I wanted to ask you about, and you were saying that when you were promoting your jazz album, a lot of these outlets were saying that the only way that you can come up here is if you ask a question. If you answer a question about Bill Cosby. How were you able to navigate all those questions? Because although you have your own stuff going on, you're doing plays, you're acting, you're doing movies, sitcoms, you know, you have your music, but you almost kind of want to be like, I get it, but this is what I'm here for. So how did you navigate through all that without, you know, going down those lanes?

[Morgan]

By turning the, you know, by. By whatever the question is, answering it, you know, the best way I could. Like, I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They wanted. They want to know, did you see him?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about this?

[Morgan]

You know, and the. The reality is I'm not in a position, like, whatever it is you're trying to ask. I don't know. I was. I was when I was a kid, and again, I, you know, that was. That was innocent dad, you know, So I am not in a position to defend him at all. And there's no need for me to try to throw him under the bus because the rest of the world is doing that. And, you know, like. Like, you know, the real is, I know what everybody else knows, and everybody else knows what the press has told them. So I don't really have. I Don't really have a real ground to stand on, to speak on it as much as anybody else does, you know, so.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you might be biased because you didn't. You saw a whole different side of him that none of us are privy to.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yes. And. And, and, And I saw a. I saw a very human side of it, like what everybody else is like, you know, he's America's famous, you know, favorite dad. And, you know, they. They, as people do with celebrities, you know, they put us on a pedestal. And again, that's why as a kid, I don't want to be considered a role model and be perfect. I'm like, that'. That's what we do to people. So while everyone is, you know, I'm like, he's a man. He's got. He's got his own. Got his own fault. And whatever faults I saw, though, it wasn't that I, you know, like, I saw a man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Morgan]

So it's a different. It's a different experience for me than it is for everybody else.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've always loved how black your name is, man. And finding out that you named after Malcolm X and you some. Okay. I'm not familiar with him.

[Morgan]

He's a. He's a renowned jazz pianist.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Got you.

[Morgan]

But he's a. If you could be a jazz pianist and be militant as. That's a mod.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jamal?

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was gonna ask. Before you get up out of here, would you mind doing a. A poem?

[Morgan]

Okay. This piece is Asante Sana A Bodygani Comrade.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

That.

[Morgan]

What? You still on that freedom word? Well, yeah, you know, me and his poetry, we still be on that weed that birthing inspirational couplets and breed them that I spit cat should he them that words can't break my bones but if you cut me, homes, I bleed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Them.

[Morgan]

Atonement for the masses of hard asses and heads that tread on civil liberties in the most uncivilized of fashion is said to be dead can we afford to be dumb for free? See, that's the question I'm asking As I beg for an ounce of truth Amongst the aloof surrounding me My vices are proof that these demons keep hounding me Reality keeps pounding me almost astounding me into the strange hypocrisy you see I preach the same hope that I'm losing daily like my religion peep how deep I bare my soul I stand on the precipice of this crossroads it's like I want to give my life to the cause but which one Ignorance is running so ridiculously rampant. I can't tell if I'm hating or merely debating just for fun. But I do know my heart heaves heavy upon hearing the fluttering hum of the feeble footsteps of fear stamping out the ferocious flames of our dogged desire and determination to outpace the perilous prophecy our captors have programmed to be our faith and thus our fate. I know my soul, soul rides with anxiety aches. Lies no longer need disguise when they start looking like the truth. Like how do we ignore cries of ill guided youth Spitting dope bars of self hate over beats that bang harder than strange fruit hangs. Meanwhile her breasts hang and her booty bangs harder than the gun claps of rival gangs fighting over territory they don't even own. And in magic cities everywhere, she feeds her babies based on her ability to shake what her mama gave her because her pops was too busy breaking in his disappearing act to save her from these mean streets that eat the meek in one swallow. Lies no longer need disguise when the truth is viewed as hollow through the eyes that need it most. We descendants of stolen legacies, children of ancestors who cannot be broken. Birthers and bearers of a culture that has been repeatedly robbed and ransacked to feed the spiritually famine like a black woman's bosom. We who become a pre existing condition simply because we pre exist. We who realize we are worthy. We are the guardians, we are the gardeners. We are the soil. We are the toil. We are the protectors of our seeds who need to be protected. Who need to see true love and black excellence redirected not through fame and fortune, but redirected through character. Indeed. And indeed it is those who stand on the front lines fighting for the minds of our young, black and gifted. It is you who are an inspiration to me. Because you are the revolution we do not see on tv. Asante sana.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nice. Ladies and gentlemen, Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[Morgan]

Thanks for having me. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, brother.

[Morgan]

You got it. Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what I just thought about? What? Fathers doing father things and, you know, passing away trash tragically hit so different. The first one we heard was Kobe.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, with his daughter and I. And I remember being in Atlantic City on that Sunday with my daughter at her chair competition and just thinking to myself, just a man getting up in the morning to go do something. His daughter's extracurricular activity and end up passing away with his daughter. And it's the same thing with Malcolm Jamal Warner. You're on vacation with your family being a father and something tragic happens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Something Tragic happens.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. But you can't, you know, you can't live life scared. You still gotta go on. But it is tragic, you know?

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It just shows you that you can't control it, you know, like. And no matter what you put out into the world, accidents just do happen.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just a part of life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. My wife told me yesterday, get your dumb ass off that city bike. I rode the city bike yesterday upstairs. I have no helmet on. And we riding the electric bikes. They fast. My wife was like, what's wrong with you?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, never let your dumb ass leave the house without a helmet, okay? We shouldn't even let you be in here without a helmet. Shut up. We shouldn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up. Let's get to the latest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Little red Riri.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets to be somebody that knows somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She gets the details.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

She be having the latest on this.

[Caller]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Morgan]

So it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Well, in keeping the conversation going on fatherhood and continuing to honor Malcolm Jamal Warner, one of the most dynamic father son duos that we saw on TV was Bill Cosby and Malcolm Jamal Warner. Now, Bill Cosby has actually broke his silence and spoke out about the passing of Malcolm. Let's take a listen.

[Caller]

When the news came to me and the news came to me in a way that we're not really sure. We don't know this and we don't know whether because it's the same way I got the news about Ennis. I don't know about his swimming. I don't know what came and got him. But I do know that he is an honest person and mediator I hope will show the respect for him.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Caller]

Period.

[DJ Envy]

He was speaking to Bill Cosby, was speaking to Frankie Darcelle from WDS in that interview. And also that was Bill Cosby, according to Frankie Darcelle from wdas. But he. There was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It might have been Godfrey. Are we sure? Are we positive?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, Bill said, you know, he looked at him as. Like he felt like he lost another son when. When, you know, when he passed away. When Malcolm passed away. Cause his son passed away when he was younger.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Yep. And there was also a story that Bill Cosby's rep did with TMZ where he kind of echoed some of the sentiments that he shared with Frankie Darcelle. But he also Talked about, you know, the fact that he had spoken to Malcolm about three months ago. Malcolm was really excited about something new that he had written. And, you know, he was just on this whole conquest to save the world through his art. But I did want to, you know, warm up the moment a bit, because I think a lot of people right now are just remembering how good the Cosby show family moments made you feel. Absolutely. And. And I think that's why most. Like our caller said this morning, you feel like you know Malcolm personally because of that show. So we have a clip from one of the episodes in the show from the Cosby Show. Let's take a listen. You're a doctor and mom's a lawyer, and you're both successful and everything, and that's great.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But maybe I was born to be.

[DJ Envy]

A regular person and have a regular life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If you weren't a doctor, I wouldn't.

[DJ Envy]

Love you less because you're my dad. And so instead of acting disappointed because I'm not like you, maybe you can just accept who I am and love me anyway because I'm your son.

[Caller]

Theo. That's the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No wonder you get D's and everything. That sound like my pops, man. That sound like my pops.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Yes. Oh, my God. That was one of my favorite episodes. That was one of my favorite Theo moments, you know, amongst others. But, like, that is who I grew up on. That's what I like, you know, I love to hear that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That show was so influential. When I did the podcast a couple of weeks ago, we were joking about it. He was like, you know, he doesn't real. He realized the influence of that show. Cause so many people come up to him. And not just that show, of course, the different world as well. He was like. Cause people just. Just live that moment at the time. That's all we really seen on television. It wasn't that much on television. So absolutely, you got to live through those Gordon Cottrell moments and when he got his earring moments and, you know, all that stuff, like, you live through it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, Gordon Gartrell was actually a staff. A staff person on a staff member of their show who became a writer and producer.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I didn't know that.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't know that either.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Really good fact.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Didn't know that. I met Malcolm Jamal Warner, like, when I used to live in la, like, five years ago. He was so cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Coolest dude.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

So cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really cool.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

And I. And of course. Of course I was like, Theo just called and he just looked like, huh. And I was like, I grew up on, you know, so, you know, and then, you know, went on to watch his other projects and everything. But he was just so cool. Stop. Took a picture with me, was talking to me, and it was. It was amazing. It was. He was just like a regular person.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Great, brother. I saw a clip last night that Malcolm Jamal wanted to say he didn't want to be known as Malcolm Jamal Warner, the actor. He wanted to be known as Malcolm Jawal Malcolm Jamal Warner, the man. And I agree, because I do not like seeing people say rip Theo. Like, Malcolm Jamal Warner was a real, real person, a real man, a real human with a real family. He was a character.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Yeah, absolutely. Some people just. Just know him as, you know, as Theo will never forget, you know, that. That. That role that he played, I think, in our houses, basically, you set out.

[DJ Envy]

To inspire through, you know, he was doing a lot of work through his podcast as he talking about being a dad, talking about being a man, you know, through his work on camera, sdl people became doctors, HBCU students, fathers, you know, women wanted to be wives and be Claire Huck. Like, all these things, you just talk about impact, like, you know, that's where you leave it at with him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Definitely be missed, man. Rest in peace. And he also spoke about why he didn't want his kids, why he didn't want his daughter and his wife in the limelight, why he never put their name out. He didn't want them to be. He didn't want the industry to take over. He wanted to have something to himself. So definitely rest in peace, Malcolm Jamal Warner and condolences to his family.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Horrible, man. I mean, just like I said, just out doing regular daddy stuff. You just out with your family, family on vacation, and something tragic like this happens, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we're gonna open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let's just talk. Yeah, let's just talk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'd love to know what's on your mind. 800-585-1051. And we got donkey today.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Give me your donkey, too, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Four after the hour. There is a young woman in Florida named Trapura Mary X. She needs to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with her. Please try. What?

[DJ Envy]

That's what race it is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, you don't know what race it is. You understand? Just you. You. That's terrible. What race is it? What race is it?

[DJ Envy]

I didn't guess yet.

[Caller]

What race is it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What race is it?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, of course.

[DJ Envy]

Inclusive. That's inclusive.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Your mornings will never be the same.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Trying to be a fake ass. Charlamagne. Some donkey today has just saw himself.

[Caller]

I've been watching Charlamagne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was ready for. I never heard old donkey of the day.

[Caller]

What is it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Say it again.

[Morgan]

Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a donkey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You are adult.

[Morgan]

Everything that Charlemagne is saying is true.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Donkey Today for Tuesday, July 22 goes to an 18 year old young lady named Tripura Mariax. I think I'm pronouncing that right now. Triparia Tripura is from Florida. Florida. And what does y' all uncle Charlotte always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida and today is no exception. Okay? Tripura is charged with felony child neglect for allegedly leaving her two year old daughter unattended in a 2002 Cadillac Escalade. Now, I'm reading this story and it says this young lady left her two year old daughter locked up in a hot car with a heat index of 107 degrees. Now I could stop donkey of the day right here, okay? I could let the he haw fly right now and you all would completely understand because there's absolutely never a reason to leave your two year old daughter, two year old child, period, unattended in a car, ever. The temperature don't even matter, okay? I don't care if the weather was perfect outside. You don't leave your 2 year old unattended anywhere. But there is a reason, okay? There is a reason that Tripura left her daughter unattended in this car. Please remember that just because there is a reason reason, it doesn't mean it was a good one, okay? I can't think of what would be a good reason to do what she did, but I know for sure this ain't it. Okay? Would you like to know what happened? Let me read this from Law and Crime. Okay? Law and Crime. A Florida teenager is accused of leaving her two year old daughter locked up in a hot car with a heat index of 107 degrees while the young woman watched the new Smurfs movie at a movie theater with her own siblings. Okay? She locked the kid in the car because she went to see the Smurfs movie with her brother and sister. And while they were watching the movie, the child kept crying loudly and caused a disturbance. So she decided to take the kid out to the lobby then eventually lock the Kid in the Escalade. She even admitted to the cops that she had done this a few times before. Cops said she had a real nonchalant attitude about it. It wasn't a big deal, okay? They had to break the window. Like, you know, people were passing by, saw the little girl in distress, so they had to break the window to get. To get the. The young girl out. What do you call it? They had to break the driver's side window. Yes. She said she was visibly distressed. The child had a flushed red appearance, was sweating profusely, and was crying in distress. That's what the cops allege. She left her two year old daughter unattended in a hot car so she could go watch the Smurfs movie with her own siblings. This is why kids, kids shouldn't have kids, okay? She's 18. Her daughter is 2. So she got pregnant at like 15. All right? We as a society should really be against that. And these are the reasons why. 15 and 16, you should be focused on getting your permit and your license, not focused on getting prenatal care, okay? A 16 year old should be worried about semesters, not trimesters. And this is the reason why she's not even. And this is the reason why, because she's not even cognitive. Cognitively prepared to raise a child. She's 18, okay? She's still a goddamn child herself. And you know what? Kids hate responsibility. And you know what's the biggest responsibility in the world? Kids, okay? Kids are the most significant responsibility a person can have. If you actually care enough to raise your kids, if you actually care enough to be in your kid's life, then there is no greater obligation. All their basic needs, food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, education, and ensuring their welfare and safety. Tripura. Did you hear the last part? Ensuring their welfare and safety. You treated your 2 year old the way you wouldn't even treat your phone, okay? You are 18. You would lose your mind if you left your phone unattended anywhere, okay? You would never leave your phone unattended. But you got no problem leaving your child unattended to go see the Smurfs movie. Movie with your siblings. I bet all your siblings was your age or younger too, okay? A bunch of kids and you trying to raise one. Because there's no way people with you don't be like, well, where's the baby? Oh, I just left him in the car. And y' all just continue watching the movie all together, one big happy family. By the way, I took my daughters to see the Smurfs last weekend. I Don't remember it being that fire. Okay? Not fire enough to put your child in the car unattended because you might miss something. All right? Hell, I fell asleep because there was questions about the Smurf Smurfs that I never asked myself as a child. But as an. As an adult, I'm like, damn. Okay, number one, and this is coming from the most unhealed parts of my psyche. Where the holes at? Okay? I mean, there is no ladies in Smurfs village, okay? Smurfette the only one, and she was made of clay. So who were the Smurfs reproducing with? There's a Papa Smurf with no Mama Smurf. Now we understand why one Smurf so grouchy. Because he ain't getting no chance, cheeks. And I did some research, and by research, I googled why are there no female Smurfs? And it said natural born Smurfs are predominantly male and female Smurfs are created through magic. Huh. Magic. So this leads me to one conclusion, and that conclusion is that the Smurfs are all butt babies, okay? Papa Smurf be airing out clumsy brainy vanity and handy shooting they clubs up, getting them pregnant, and they be having butt babies. Now, keep in mind, I'm slightly retarded. Listen. Okay, okay. You're listening to a retarded person here, all right? So it was brought to my attention that the stork delivers Smurfs, all right? I don't know if y' all seen that on the cartoon. The stock brings the babies, right? So if that's the case, that explains how the babies get here. But it still means that Smurf village and the village here in New York are the gayest villages in the world, okay? I'm saying all that to say I was sleep within the first 20 minutes of the Smurf movie, okay? Once I ate my popcorn and my peanut M M's, I was out. And I woke up in time to see the smoke Smurfs defeat Gargamel. But I wasn't impressed. Okay? I'm shocked that you love the Smurfs that much. Tapora. All right, kids, listen to me. Let Tripera be a lesson to you all, all right? You want to be out here popping that poom poom at a young age. You get pregnant, keep the baby, you don't have a life anymore, okay? Your primary responsibility is that child, all right? If you don't want that responsibility, then keep your freaking legs closed. Please let Remy Ma give Tripura Merricks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The biggest he Haw hee haw hee haw.

[DJ Envy]

You stupid?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Are you dumb? That's crazy. I don't understand why the baby couldn't go in the movies with her if it was a kid's movie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was there, but then she started crying and causing a disturbance, so she took the baby out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not funny, but people are.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People are so stupid.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They're not stupid. They're retarded. And this is why we got to keep using that word and don't ever retire that word, because there is no other way to explain people like that.

[Morgan]

This.

[Caller]

What race was she?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You want to play a game? No, I don't. She was blue. She was a smurf. Smurf. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was a smurf. You want to play a game?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

No, I don't, actually. And then the. And then the. The girl Smurfs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ain't no girl smurf, but one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not there Smurfette. That's another woman smurf.

[Caller]

There's another girl smurf.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's another girl smurf.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, there is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just know Smurf at.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

No, no, no. That ain't no girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not messing with you. All right, all right. Don't get a day now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look, they. Smurf is crazy.

[Just Hilarious]

Ain't no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

5851051. We're gonna take your calls. Of course. We were talking about the passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner. We're just gonna open up the phone lines and talk to you. 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. If you're just joining us, we're opening up the phone lines. We're sending a rest in peace to Malcolm Jamal Warner. We played his interview up here when he was on the Breakfast Club a couple of years ago as well. We just opened it up. The phone lines, he meant.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's been there a couple of times. His first time he came January 2023. He was the first guest in our new studio, but then he came last year because he launched a podcast called. I think it's called Not All Hood. Nah, not All Hood, which I got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The pleasure to be on, actually, a couple of weeks ago, which is crazy. When me and my wife was on our book tour, we got a chance to sit down with him for about over an hour, and. And we talked a lot, mostly about just raising kids and being a husband, so. But we just open up the phone lines. Just want to take Your calls. We got Malcolm on the line. Malcolm, good morning.

[Caller]

Hey, good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you feeling, brother? Talk to us.

[Caller]

I'm good. Nah, I just heard the whole tribute. Let me say good morning to everybody first. Good morning. Just hilarious, everybody.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Good morning.

[Caller]

But, yeah, I'm named after Brian. I was born in 85.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Caller]

And they have a name for me. When I was born, he happened to be in my city. I'm from Panama City Beach, Florida, and he was. Happened to be in the city, like, signing autographs or something. They were like, what's your name of? Malcolm. Jamal. And that's who I'm named after.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So your name is Malcolm Jamal.

[Caller]

Malcolm Jamal. And my last name? Can I say my last name?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Oh, It's Malcolm Jamal McGriff. I'm on a swimming pool contractor in South Florida. So if you look at my logo, it's like the kind of like the Jumpman logo, and it's MJ Pool School. And people used to always ask, like, what MJ stand for? Michael Jordan. And I'm like, no, Michael Jamal. Some people call me Theo and all that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So you're named after Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal as well, because that's who Malcolm Jamal Warner was named after.

[Caller]

Yeah, I just heard that. Ahmad Jamal, and I wrote the name down. I want to look him up, listen to some of his music.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, thank you for calling in, brother. Oh, yeah.

[Caller]

Thank you all. I appreciate it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, how you guys doing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm doing well. How are you?

[Jess Hilarious]

Happy Tuesday, Breakfast Club. It's Keena Claw from Crown Heights.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Peace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Keena, Ken, talk to us.

[Morgan]

Hey, ladies.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, Jeff Warren. Envy. Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, so crazy, real quick when you say, hey, ladies, I don't know who you talking about in this room. I just want you to know that that could be me. That could be Envy.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

She said everybody. All of us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm just saying. It's just, you know, know, you always playing around.

[Jess Hilarious]

Charlemagne, cut it out. Leave Envy alone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Leave.

[Jess Hilarious]

Leave my cousin Envy alone. So I want to call in and just give sentiments about, you know, Malcolm Jamal Warner and, you know, everyone's sentiment kind of thing, that he felt like family. And he definitely did feel like a family member. Just, you know, growing up, watching the Cosby show and everything. And really, it's getting close to home for me because I just came off of a family vacation. Cousin from Dominica, where I'm from. So shout out to you, Envy, who might be my cousin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not. It's not a Spanish album. It's a Caribbean album.

[Jess Hilarious]

Tell him again. Dominica is one of the French islands in the lesser antidotes of the Caribbean. It is a black country. Charlemagne. Come on, stop calling every Dominican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think my dad owes some land. My dad owns some land out there. I gotta go check. Check. My dad was talking about he might.

[Jess Hilarious]

Is definitely, definitely no Envy definitely needs to come out there with me. Because one thing about Dominica, it is a very small island and everybody is definitely related.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So every time I see somebody, they sit there laughing. But they, they don't know. They, they don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That ain't why we laughing. We laughing at something totally different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Casey, if you know any Casey's out there. Casey is the last name. So if you know any Casey out.

[Jess Hilarious]

There, I'm a LeBlanc. So if your dad knows any LeBlanc. And LeBlanc is definitely a prominent name because the main highway in Dominica is the Edward Oliver LeBlanc Highway. So my family is, you know, a little bit of aristocracy. So I'm definitely going to ask about Casey for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

But real talk, Charlemagne. Dominica is the nature island of the Caribbean. It is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Any, I mean, I mean for health and wellness. You just want to be rejuvenated and just be one with nature. That's definitely where you need to go. So don't be making fun of my cousin up there. Okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

There you go.

[Jess Hilarious]

But real talk, I mean, you know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, what up, y'? All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Jess Hilarious]

Appointed seats are optional features to Malcolm Jamal Warner. It's just really sad hearing how he passed just doing something so normal on vacation with his family. So that's why I said it kind of hit close to home for me because we literally just. The reason for our family reunion was because we experienced so much loss in the past five years from dealing with my parents during COVID you know, my cousin. So we finally just was like, you know what? This is the right time to give each other our flowers while we're still here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's real.

[Jess Hilarious]

So it's just really unfortunate to hear that he passed just, you know, on vacation with his family doing something normal and fun, you know, just very tragic.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So just something normal and condon you. Absolutely. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because for real, like, I mean, we go on vacation and literally when I was in Dominica, I was in the river, you know, just like on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

On.

[Jess Hilarious]

On the rocks and off hanging off of cliffs and things, climbing trees. And you just never realized how something so, you know, just normal. Something that you do every day, like your habitat can literally just take a turn for the worst. Like mother nature, you know, nature. It's just unfortunate.

[Caller]

So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, thank you so much.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you better not stop calling yourself French, okay? You can't be Dominican and then start claiming French. Like, don't you dare. Next thing you know, if you'll be on a flyer for a French party, it'd be, I can see I know you, bro. Don't do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are y' all talking about?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

About you. So funny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm funny?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, you are gay.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

You were so happy when. You're so happy when that girl called you our cousin. You found out she was from Dominica. Like, all right, I been knew that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've been telling y', all. Y' all don't be listening.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Then you talk about my father. Got land over there.

[DJ Envy]

Go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get out of there. My father's father passed away. They said he always had land, but he just never went to see it. So I always was curious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

800-585-1051. We're talking Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Breakfast Club J A. Hello. Good morning, pja.

[Caller]

So what's up, crew?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

So I just wanted to be brief and intentional. I remember where I was when Kobe passed away. It made me hit reset on some.

[Caller]

Of the things I was doing in my life.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then with the passing Of Malcolm Jamal Warner. You know, his family was the first family I saw in my neighborhood on tv, you name it. Coming from a single family home.

[Caller]

So I hope men take this and.

[Jess Hilarious]

Put this in perspective because I see so much of Theo and my son, Some of the mistakes he's made and some of the things he's trying to figure out be intentional. Reason I said I did something last week, I went on a trip with my brothers. Hadn't spent any time with them in probably 13, 15 years. We went on a week long trip. And as I come back, I'm like, men have to be more intentional with their time because we, as a memorialized Malcolm, what's your story going to be? So it just puts it in perspective where as a man, we should be getting our priorities together, we should be taking care of our families and most importantly, living our lives.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because I don't want anybody to be.

[Caller]

Afraid to take chances.

[Jess Hilarious]

But you just gotta go out and you never know what time is yours, but be intentional with your time as a man.

[Caller]

So that's what I got, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You absolutely right, Ja. Cause you know, Kobe and Malcolm hit different because these are two brothers who didn't get shot, they didn't overdose, they didn't even die natural causes. They were just living and living with their families. You know, Kobe was out with his daughter doing her extracurricular activity, but basketball, Malcolm was on vacation with his family, just swimming. And, you know, they. They both met these tragic demises. So, yeah, those. Those two just, just hit different. Because that can happen to any of us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hello.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

What's going on?

[Caller]

It's your boy, Bearden. Hey, what's up, brother?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Talks up King, man, look.

[Caller]

Oh, what. Blessed to see you all, man. Much, much blessing to the whole Breakfast Club. And I pray for you guys. Men of state, man. But look, check this out. You anytime. Here's my thing, man. Right now, today, with this Malcolm Jamal Warner Lawson, man, feel like. Feel like I lost a cousin, man. Like, I really feel like I lost a cousin. Somebody I personally know, even though I don't really personally know him. You feel what I'm coming from?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Caller]

Here's my take right here. Everybody should do the best they can to put out the most positive vibe so they can make sure that they leave behind the best legacy, see that they can to make their families proud and look back on to where like, okay, hey, I'm not embarrassed. I'm not just that another. We all are human, which is true. But the only Thing that we're guaranteed in this world is death. So make sure you do the best you can, leave behind the best, and give out all positive vibes every chance you can. And much blessings to y'.

[Just Hilarious]

All.

[Caller]

Once again, it's your boy, Bearded him and out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Man, much respect to y'.

[Morgan]

All.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the moral of the story? Ain't no more. We just opened up the phone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, it was. It was interesting what he said, because, you know, never I hear a situation like this, I start thinking about karma, right? And they say karma, in essence is the concept that actions have consequences, which I believe. And what you put out into the world will eventually return to you, whether good or bad. That part I'm never too sure about. But, you know, I do feel like situations like this are just a reminder to be mindful of our actions and their impact, because that's all you can think about when a person goes right. All you hear right now is how good of a person person Malcolm Jamal Warner was. All you hear about is the impact that he had on people, you know, through his art. And not just his art, man. The thing that I love is when I hear people that say they. They worked with him and they met him and how good of a person he was, because that's the energy I felt when I was around him a couple of times. So that's really, truly all we can be responsible for. You can't say to yourself, I'mma do good things, and I'm expect, you know, good things to always happen to me, and bad things will never happen to me because I do good things. No, no, no, no, no, no. That's not the way. That's not the way this world. This world works, man, like you just said, because accidents do happen, sadly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was a good brother, and he was proud to be a father, and he was proud to be a husband. He was proud to. To be something positive in the culture. And, you know, I. I thank God for my time with the brother, just sitting down and talking to him. So definitely rest in peace. And when we come back, we got the latest with Lauren, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on.

[Morgan]

The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Lauren be coming with Straight Face.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Morgan]

She gets the details.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

She be having the latest on the.

[Morgan]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes she have a little bit everything on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

So we talked about Stephen Colbert and the Late show cancellation and in his first show back on air since that cancellation announcement, he addressed some things with Donald Trump. Because Donald Trump after the cancellation announcement happened, came out on Truth Social and said I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel's Next has even less talent than Colbert. Greg Gutfield is better than all of them combined, including the on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show. So Stephen Colbert, like any, you know, great talk show host, said I'm address this right here on my platform. Let's take a listen to Stephen Colbert on Trump.

[Caller]

On Friday, Donald Trump posted I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. How, how, how dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Go yourself dropping a clues bomb to Stephen Colbert.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I love when they get, you know, canceled or their show shows taken off and they take to their show's platform to let people have it. Like Joy Ann Reid did the same thing. I love when they do that.

[DJ Envy]

Well, he also talked about cause a lot of people were having conversations and Trump mentioned ratings and then people who said, then CBS came out and said this was a financial decision. Colbert got into that too. Let's take a listen.

[Caller]

Cbs, our network, cbs, who I want to reiterate have always been great partners, put out a statement saying very nice things about me and about the show and thank you to them for that. They clarified that the cancellation was purely a financial decision. But how could it purely be a financial decision if the Late show was number one in rating? A lot of folks, a lot of folks are asking that question, mainly my staff's parents and spouses. Well, over the weekend, somebody at CBS followed up their gracious press release with a gracious anonymous leak saying they pulled the plug on our show because of losses pegged between 40 million and $50 million a year. 40 million is a big number. I could see us losing $24 million. But where would Paramount out have possibly spent the other 16 million? Oh yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. So he got right to the things as he should. And the full monologue is available on the, on their YouTube channel as well. It's he, he makes fun of almost everything that has been said about this cancellation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And it's really that simple for everybody saying that, you know, the Kobe cancellation wasn't political and it was just financial. Every single late night show is having financial issues. Since COVID late night ad revenue has been damn near cut in half. And every other show has done things to cut back on cost. Jimmy Kimmel doesn't work in the summer. Jimmy Fallon only does four days a week. Seth Meyers cut his band. They didn't even attempt to do anything with Colbert. And out of all the late night shows on regular tv, you get rid of the highest rated show. You just get. You just get rid of it. And you think the same president who just told folks in D.C. if you don't change the name back to Redskins, I'm not approving the new stadium. You don't think he would be that to CBS knowing Paramount needs him to approve the merger between Sky Dance and Paramount? Come on, come on, come on now. Come on now.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Well, yeah, Steve should be good though. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He made a joke about you. You know them text messages that text you about like a job and hiring? He made a joke about getting one of those text messages too. So he said he gonna figure it out.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Don't worry about him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he got 10 more months. He'll be on till next May. He gonna live his best life. It's probably be some of the best late night we've seen in a long time. Over the next 10 months, I'm sure.

[DJ Envy]

I agree, Drake. Well, speaking of other shows, Kirk Franklin has his show, Den of Kings. He was up here speaking about it. Yes, I love the show as well. So he sat down with Tyler Perry, Derek Hayes and Jeezy for another conversation in a new episode. And they talked about a lot of different things. Tyler Perry. I'm sorry, before we get to Tyler Perry, Kirk Franklin opened up about some of the mysterious mistakes he made in business early on. Let's take a listen.

[Caller]

I know that one of the biggest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mistakes I made at 23 years old, I messed up then on my publishing and didn't have the money that I could have had. I. I missed the opportunity to really be a boss.

[Caller]

Right at 23. What, what, what album was that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The first record.

[Caller]

The first record. Why We Sing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why We Sing. You.

[Caller]

You didn't or you still don't know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just started to own my publishing.

[Morgan]

Guess what song was my first song?

[Caller]

Owning what's up? Take Me to the king and my 40s. So. You kidding me?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So from my 20s to my 40s.

[Morgan]

I owned none of my publishing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now of course, you know, I got my songwriters part, but I didn't get what is the Most important part, that IP part. Right, right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That. That.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That copyright.

[DJ Envy]

Can y' all imagine from.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

That's the reason why we sing all the way. To Take Me to all those big, huge songs.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

The Rebirth, like, all those Al that led up to the one that Take Me to the King was on. That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy thing is, most artists like that, though. Most artists don't own their publishing. The label buys it early on, gives them a little advance, and they're happy with that advance at the time. And then when they start selling records, they're like, oh, how come I ain't getting no. No, nothing in the mail? There's no checks coming in. Then you gotta sit there and try to fight and buy back.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I ain't see the video. What was they eating? Because it sounded like his mouth was watering, like he couldn't even talk.

[DJ Envy]

I forget what was on the menu this episode, but they. It's a. I know it's some good stuff. Jeff makes it live. Like, makes it while they're talking and brings it out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Franklin and Jeezy. I know they eating good. Who else is there?

[DJ Envy]

Derek Hayes. He. Pinky Cole. Floody vegan. It's her husband. He owns a cheesesteak brand. He's like a big Philly cheese steaks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He owns, like, I think, like, 15 of them.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. I think they're also in Atlanta now, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In Orlando. Atlanta.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, brother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whatever. Whatever they was eating, the taste was still in Kirk's mouth. He couldn't barely talk.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I thought he was cooking. So that's the chef plating.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, it's the chef there. Okay, cool. Yeah. And actually they were standing up. They hadn't even gotten, like, fully seated. They were just, like, standing up. So maybe that was like hors d' oeuvres or something that he was eating, because they standing up in that clip. And then they go. Tyler Perry's like, go sit. Let's go sit down. Then they sit down and continue the conversation. But as we wrap up, Tyler Perry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Said, let's go sit down. Because they had like, this is my podcast.

[DJ Envy]

No, because the conversation was getting so good. Just off the rip. I mean, you got these Tyler Perry, Jeezy. All these people in the room, they start talking, talking. Tyler Perry brought up a point. He talked about a lot. He talked about firing family members, but he talked about budgets and how people criticize his work. Not understanding. Let's take a listen to that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have you ever felt like the underdog?

[Morgan]

Are you kidding me? Even now.

[Caller]

Still fighting for budget, my.

[Morgan]

White counter, all of these, they can.

[Caller]

Get 10 times, 20 times.

[Morgan]

Well, I. I have a friend of.

[Caller]

Mine gotten $27 million an episode to write television.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What?

[Morgan]

I'm barely getting four what?

[Caller]

And they're complaining about giving me four.

[Morgan]

So the way they justify it is simply this. It's like, okay, well, your audience is.

[Caller]

This, and you're only going to reach this.

[Morgan]

So this is what this is worth to us.

[Caller]

And that's been my whole struggle, But I've never been a person that sat.

[Morgan]

Around arguing about it, trying to. I figured it out, okay, so. So what I would do is say.

[Caller]

Okay, fine, you only want to give me this, but I have to hold on to ownership.

[Morgan]

I got a lot of flat because people are just like, oh, the quality of work. The quality the of you work.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And it's always black folk that make.

[Caller]

Me go, just shut your mouth, because.

[Morgan]

You don't understand what you're saying. The quality of work based on the amount of money I was able to get is phenomenal. But if I could ever get what.

[Caller]

My counterparts get, I show you something.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

That's the crazy thing. I ain't never complain about his quality. The quality is this production is always night cameras and all of that. I don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I ain't never hear.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I hear people complain about Tyler all the time, but the quality ain't never been in question. Question.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do they complain about?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Like writers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The writers?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Yeah, writers. And of course, the stories back to back. You know, the stories, how they. How he make black people look. That's always been the talk, but I ain't never hear nobody complain about no quality. I mean, in the plays when he used to have made a mic land on the forehead, but. But it's a place I don't be.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Doing what's real and what's not real, though, because I'll be seeing stuff people post until I actually watch it myself. Because I saw something the other day and they was like. They had somebody yelling cut while the show was on. I'm like, that ain't not real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm like, this can't be real.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

No, no, no, no. I think it was. But that's the thing. That stuff don't usually happen. That's like tubi stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's funny.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I see that on, too. Maybe that was a mistake about his quality.

[DJ Envy]

Not. More recently. There was continuity conversations, too, about, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But I mean, at this point, like, Tyler Perry is doing what he's Doing at a major level. So I understand what he's saying, but.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't even hear people complain about the wigs no more. Lauren took that energy.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Listen. Right, exactly. At first I was going to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's why.

[DJ Envy]

Exactly.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

Cuz at first it was the wigs.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, but he said Lauren took that energy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't say that.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I did not hear him say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I couldn't say that is the latest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It never happened.

[Just Hilarious]

Don't make me feel.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do not know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's too late.

[Just Hilarious]

I didn't even say not it's too late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't feel that people's choice mixes up. Next hearing things. Don't go anywhere. Can she hear behind the wig? It's the Breakfast Club. Morning.

[Morgan]

The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, just where you at this weekend?

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

I'm in Arlington, Texas, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[Malcolm Jamal Warner]

So I'm calling the Dallas area. I'm calling the Fort Worth area. Y' all make sure y' all get y' all tickets for the shows that. That we got this weekend. We got two on Friday, we got three on Saturday. I just added a matinee because I won't be doing shows Sunday. So get your tickets if you have. Not yet. Jessalarisofficial.com Meet me at the Improv. And then next, next week, Jacksonville, Florida, your girl was coming to the city, so make sure you get your tickets. Meet me at the Comedy Zone. Love you guys. Can't wait to see you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. And also got to remind you guys, August 16th, my car show hits New Jersey. If you missed the one in Virginia, you got a chance. Kids 5 and under are free. I want you to bring your whole family out. It's a day of just family fun. It's affordable. Can't wait to see you guys. I mean, we got old cars, new cars, Salute to the bbs, boys, exotics. We got rides and games for the kids. Kids Salute to Monster Energy. They bring the BMX bikes and do tricks and exhibitions all day long. So bring. Come on out. We got food trucks, bars for the adults. Can't wait to see you guys. All right, again, we gotta send a rest in peace to Malcolm Jamal Warner. Good brother. He passed away. Condolences to his family. Just. Just horrible.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, very horrible, man. And you know, like I've been saying all morning, it just hits different when you see somebody out there just doing everything right. Right? You know, and he was just being a father. On family vacation, you know, with his wife, with his daughter. And, you know, this tragic accident happened, man. So, you know, you, you, you just can't escape it. You can't duck death. When it's your time, it's your time. But, boy, it do feel like something. We feel like we be getting cheated sometime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So. So rest in peace. To Malcolm Jamal Warner, man, life well lived, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Life well lived, man. Very, very, very fulfilling life. He lives lift.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Well, before we continue on, we got to give somebody a thousand dollars. Hopefully this cheers up the mood a little bit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations to Peggy. Peggy Edwards. All right. She's a single mom. She needs the money to invest in her small business. Also, her daughter was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease and she wants to use the money for a vacation. So congratulations again to Peggy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations again to Peggy Edwards. All right, now don't blow your check on brand new new back market has tested refurbished tech that's like new smart moves for school season like laptops, phones and more. Use code [e-mail] Salute the black market for sponsoring the thousand dollar each and every day to daily bread. All right now, charlamagne, you got a positive note.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do, man. I want to tell y' all too. Check me out on the daily show tonight. I'll be on the daily show tonight on Comedy Central. Hey. But the positive note is simply this. It is not deaf that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Have a great day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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