FULL SHOW: Cam’ron & Jim Jones Trade IG Shots, Mary J. Blige Breaks Silence On Misa Hylton Lawsuit

Summary

The Breakfast Club – Episode Summary
Date: January 8, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa
Notable guests: Mimi Brown (Front Page News)
Main topics: Cam’ron & Jim Jones social media beef, Mary J. Blige/Misa Hylton lawsuit update, national headlines, Miami ICE shooting, Venezuela raid, celebrity news, audience call-ins

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Episode Overview

The post-holiday season opener kicks off 2026 with the return of The Breakfast Club, featuring the core lineup back from break, reflecting on personal events, revisiting major news and celebrity stories, and digging into viral hip-hop drama. With a lively tone, the episode covers family illness, political turmoil, business wins, hip hop beef, and candid listener call-ins—setting the stage for another year of unfiltered cultural commentary.

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Key Highlights & Discussion Points

1. Holiday Catch-Up: Hosts' Personal Updates

[01:00-05:55]

• Charlamagne, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Lauren LaRosa share how they spent their holidays, with a heavy focus on health and family:
  • DJ Envy’s family faced serious illness: his daughter’s flu misdiagnosis almost led to unnecessary brain surgery, and another daughter suffered a rare flu side effect causing leg paralysis.
    • “The baby was in the hospital because she had the flu, strep and a sinus infection... They thought the sinus infection went to her brain... Thank God she didn’t need brain surgery.” – DJ Envy [01:53]
  • Charlamagne visited Cape Town, South Africa, emphasizing how travel shapes perspective and humorously recounting receiving a massage in a South African strip club:
    • “She was bending me all tight. I didn’t know I was that flexible.” – Charlamagne [05:43]
  • Lauren LaRosa also traveled to Ghana for New Year's, noting a sense of freedom and joy. [18:51]

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2. Front Page News: ICE Shooting & Venezuela Regime Change

Minneapolis ICE Incident
[07:00-11:55]

• Mimi Brown covers the national uproar after an ICE agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a local community activist not targeted by the raid.
  • Discussion of conflicting narratives between authorities (labeling it “domestic terrorism”) and local officials, with both hosts and callers aligning with skepticism of the official account.
    • “There’s no way in hell you can say that she was trying to run that officer over.” – DJ Envy [09:35]
    • “If there’s no blanket immunity... and he committed a state crime... he should be arrested.” – Charlamagne [09:40]
• Callers express outrage and recommend resistance (sparking host debate about escalation and safety). [12:25]
• Reference to increased ICE focus on Minneapolis’s Somali community and wider political tensions.

Venezuela U.S. Raid [31:45-38:36]

• A major story: U.S. Special Forces raided Caracas, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for alleged drug trafficking.
• President Trump’s remarks celebrate the operation and announce U.S. control over Venezuela’s oil, raising questions on sovereignty and implications for Venezuelans.
  • “The United States of America is running Venezuela… we set the terms and conditions.” – Stephen Miller (White House Deputy) [34:38]
• Vigorous studio discussion on the motives (“it’s about oil, not drugs,” per the team), with comparisons to past regime change controversies.
• Mimi raises the dilemma: “If someone came to America and took Trump in the middle of the night… How would we feel?” [35:56]
• Callers and hosts joke about potential new targets (Greenland, Canada) and U.S. “colonizer” mentality. [37:37]

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3. Hip Hop Beef: Cam’ron vs. Jim Jones IG Shots

[19:34-30:17]

• Lauren LaRosa details the latest chapter in Cam’ron and Jim Jones’s ongoing social media feud, sparked by an ambiguous IG meme about being cold with “no heat,” which Jones interpreted as a shot at him about his Bronx warehouse/music space.
  • Cam’ron (IG meme): “How you worried about me when your heat off and rent is due?” [24:33]
  • Jim Jones responds publicly: “You soft… your whole crew is soft… let the people see how soft you are.” [23:27]
  • Cam, stoking the flames: “But my heat is on and I’m warm. You 50 years old, tough and cold.” [24:26]
  • Lauren and the hosts analyze the dynamic, noting their long history of falling out and reconciling, the blurred lines between real beef and monetized content, and Jones’s explanation of his creative warehouse investment.
    • “In life, you outgrow people… best friends become strangers, but that doesn’t mean y’all have to beef… the truth is, it’s all just content.” – Charlamagne [27:31]

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4. Mary J. Blige & Misa Hylton Lawsuit Dismissed

[53:08-55:09]

• Lauren gives an exclusive update on Misa Hylton’s $5M lawsuit against Mary J. Blige over a soured business deal.
  • Case dismissed because Hylton’s team failed to deliver required evidence in time; judge criticizes use of “inflammatory accusations” without follow-through.
  • Misa Hylton’s statement (exclusive): “Through this experience, I learned that mixing family, friendship and business is not always wise… there are meaningful lessons to be learned.”
  • Mary J. Blige responds subtly on InstaStory: “God Did” (with sunglasses emoji). [55:37]
• No updates from other parties or affected artist (Vado).

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5. Community, Callers & Cultural Commentary

Christmas Tree Debate & Call-ins
[39:14-52:43]

• The audience weighs in on whether to take down Christmas trees and holiday décor post-New Year, prompting a deeper conversation about traditions, culture, and humor:
  • Notable: Many callers (and Jess) admit to leaving at least one tree up year-round, redecorating it for other holidays (Valentine’s, Easter, Pride, Black History Month).
    • “That’s actually kind of smart… You leave one tree up and just make it a tree for all holidays.” – Charlamagne [40:02]
  • Callers riff on Black history, MLK-themed trees, and creative re-use, showcasing the show’s communal Black culture space.
• Other callers bring neighborhood/local news, relationship drama, and gratitude for the show’s return post-break, reinforcing the Club’s “family living room” vibe.

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6. Donkey of the Day: Dame Dash

[62:12-71:49]

• Charlamagne gives “Donkey of the Day” to Dame Dash for alleging corporate media (iHeart, Netflix, etc.) only reward Black creators for beefing with him—a claim Charlamagne dubs “delusional narcissist talk.”
  • “Nobody has to [plot against you]—Dame Dash's biggest obstacle will always be Dame Dash.” – Charlamagne [65:01]
  • “Stop giving excess validation and attention to people with an inflated sense of self-importance.” [66:07]
• Charlamagne calls for shedding toxic narratives in 2026, offers to pay for Dame’s therapy, then closes the subject (“never talking about him again”).
• Memorable back-and-forth with Envy and Jess, keeping things playful and petty as always.

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7. Cultural News Bits

[83:15-91:49]

• Mike Epps vs. Chris Tucker: Clarifies there’s no real beef over the Friday movies; Epps jokes, “My mama needed a washer and dryer … was I supposed to do?” [84:20]
• Pastor Jamal Bryant’s wife’s dress debate: Criticism (and defense) of First Lady’s banquet attire sparks a conversation on church, public image, and double standards for women.
  • “Society always puts it on the woman to police themselves… what about the man?” – Charlamagne [88:05]
• DJ Envy’s new business role: Becomes American Dream Mall’s “Creative Cultural Strategist,” aiming to bring urban culture, educational programming, and economic opportunities to the massive NJ mall.
  • Envy: “I’m bringing culture to the mall.… For Black History Month, panel events, ski programs for kids, pop-up shops for Black entrepreneurs.” [89:06]
• Jess drops preview info on her upcoming book: Till Death Do We Parent (April release).

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps & Attribution)

• “Health is the greatest gift.” – DJ Envy [03:23]
• “If there’s no blanket immunity for illegal actions… he should be arrested.” – Charlamagne [09:40]
• “In life, you outgrow people. Best friends become strangers, but that doesn’t mean y’all have to beef.” – Charlamagne [27:31]
• “Mixing family, friendship and business is not always wise… there are meaningful lessons to be learned.” – Misa Hylton [exclusive statement, 54:13]
• “Stop giving excess validation and attention to people with an inflated sense of self-importance.” – Charlamagne [66:07]
• “Sometimes your desperation can land you in places you can’t get out of.” – Jess Hilarious [80:44, in Jess Fix My Mess]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Holiday catch-up/family illness [01:00–06:00]
• Front Page News: ICE shooting [07:00–11:55]
• Listener call-ins (incl. Christmas tree debate) [12:10–18:51; 39:23–52:43]
• Lauren’s Latest: Cam’ron v Jim Jones [19:34–30:52]
• Front Page News: Venezuela raid [31:45–38:36]
• Lauren’s Latest: Mary J. Blige lawsuit [53:08–55:09]
• Donkey of the Day (Dame Dash) [62:12–71:49]
• Jess Fix My Mess (relationships) [71:57–82:14]
• Cultural news & new Envy role [83:06–91:49]
• Closing gratitude and advice [95:41–96:07]

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Episode Tone & Style

Playful, candid, and at times fiery—a classic mix of humor, community bonding, real talk, and cultural analysis. Throughout, the hosts maintain their signature authenticity, moving seamlessly from serious national stories to playful inside jokes and life wisdom.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode unpacks key news of the day, the latest hip hop feuds, community call-ins, and personal updates from the team, all delivered with The Breakfast Club's trademark energy. Standout moments include Charlamagne’s takedown of Dame Dash's claims, lively debates about reusing Christmas trees, and candid confessions from audience members about relationships and resilience during tough times. The show also highlights how national news and Black culture are always deeply connected, never shying away from tough subjects or big laughs.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an Iheart podcast.

[Jessica]

Guaranteed human peace of the planet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne Tha God here. And the end of the year is the time to set the foundation for next year. New ideas, new product drops, new goals. And when I'm building anything meaningful, I need the right tools. That's why I always tell folks, especially black entrepreneurs and small black owned businesses, Shopify is the move. We use it at the Black Effect Podcast Network. And I've seen firsthand how it helps creators and business owners grow with confidence. Okay, Shopify is like having a whole team behind you. Your chief of staff, your personal assistant, your co founder, all in one platform. Wherever your people are, Shopify makes sure your business can meet them where they're at. So if you're ready to take the next step in your life, whether it's merch products or anything in between, get on shopify.com ben and make it happen. It is time to stop putting off your future and start your new role as your own boss. Today. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio. Okay, I see what 2026 brings.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, USA.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

Jess. Hilarious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wake that ass up.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne. Nigong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. Is Thursday. I'm happy to be here.

[Jessica]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do. I forgot. I really.

[DJ Envy]

I'm black.

[Jessica]

You're black.

[DJ Envy]

You're blessed. You're highly favored.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, I am blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. It's been that long, huh? I guess. Happy Thursday, man. Happy I enjoyed every single moment of vacation. Y' all ain't about to make me feel bad about not being here.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, back to work. How you feeling? How was your break, Jess?

[Jessica]

Man, it was good. It was really, really good. I got to relax. I was still working, but I got to relax. I had to get up at 4, you know, but it. It was cool. Like, it was really cool. How was y'? All?

[DJ Envy]

I spent most of my break at the emergency room in the hospital.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know the flu.

[DJ Envy]

When I say the flu took my family out. Well, you know, the baby was in the hospital because she had the flu. She had the flu, strep and the sinus infection. They believe the sinus infection went to her brain. So we transferred her from Jersey to New York. And the doctors in New York said Jersey's bugging. They don't Know what they're talking about? She doesn't need any brain surgery, thank God. She still needed sinus surgery. So she's back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Praise God.

[Jessica]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. But then Brooklyn got the flu and there's a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Which city was sick now?

[DJ Envy]

No, Peyton, she's not a city.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Quarterback.

[DJ Envy]

So then Brooklyn got sick. Now there's a flu. It's called. I believe it's called mitiosis. Right where it's almost like your legs are frozen and you can't walk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. Wow.

[DJ Envy]

So the muscles are so tight that she couldn't walk. It was almost like your legs are paralyzed. So she woke up like, I can't walk. I'm like, yo, shut up. Walk your ass to the bath. She's like, no, Dad, I can't walk. So then we had to rush her to the emergency room. And we found out that some kids get a flu strain where they can't walk. It's something with the muscles and they can't move. So she was in the hospital for a couple days.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The doctor was trying to be racist when he looked at the Dominican family and said, this is Mariosas.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, I'm black. I'm not Spanish. But damn, you learn a lot.

[Jessica]

So. But was their Christmas good?

[DJ Envy]

Their Christmas was good. The baby was home for Christmas. Brooklyn went after Christmas, so we were all just tight together. It was a better Christmas for us this year because it was just about family and family being together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And health is the greatest gift.

[DJ Envy]

And health is the greatest gift. If your kids have a fever or they have flu symptoms, just stay on top of them. Cause a lot of times we went to the pediatricians. We even went to urgent care on the weekend. They were like, no, it just has to go through the system. Ah, nah, nah, nah. But that was mine. And what about you, Shulem? You was in Africa? South Africa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I went to Cape Town. You know, I love Cape Town. A couple of the kids were sick, the wife was sick, but why be sick here? So we went to Cape Town. So we went to Cape Town. You know, I like to go to Africa at least once a year. So I spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in Cape Town, South Africa. Beautiful country, man. And it. It is very. What's the word? It puts a lot of things in perspective when you go to other countries and you see that they tapped in with what we doing over here as well. Because I tell you, man, there was an African brother, a South African brother who walked up to me in the club and I didn't understand what he was Saying. And he kept just triggering me. Charlamagne. You're triggering me. And I'm like, what the hell's going on? But he was talking about the Lulu Poppington, that Dash.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, so he was making fun of him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I don't know what the hell was going.

[DJ Envy]

You about to swing on the brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wasn't gonna swing on him. I just was trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Do you know what I mean? You know, your body doesn't sense the threat until you hear what. Until you understand what the person is saying.

[Jessica]

Imagine the African dame dance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what it was. Yes. But no, it's beautiful over in Cape Town. Cape Town reminds you of like. Like Malibu.

[DJ Envy]

Malibu, Miami. Ish.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They even got dispensaries.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, Mike Tyson got a whole dispensary in Cape Town.

[DJ Envy]

It's beautiful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo. And you know, that's my favorite edible. So I was over there, you know, we sitting in. It's like a dispensary, coffee lounge. So we was over there cooling.

[Jessica]

That's dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Went to the strip club.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Throwing rants with the Mavericks.

[DJ Envy]

Mavericks.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dropping the clues. Bumps from Mavericks.

[DJ Envy]

The beach was amazing, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got a massage in Mavericks, bruh. I got a massage in Mavericks, man. Did you get a massage in the strip club? Yes, from this. It was two Asian women in there. Two older Asian women, man, in the South African. And all I could. All I kept thinking was, man, we need more immigration. Okay. Like that. What you did, though. We did. We cannot have the borders closed for, you know, individual. Certain individuals. Okay. That Asian woman was putting it on us in that Script Club with a massage.

[DJ Envy]

You hear me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wanted to take her back to the house.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted to take her back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was like, do you do house calls?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, she was bending me all tight, so I didn't know I was that flushed.

[Jessica]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, it was great. I'm telling you, it was great. Putting her KN in the Script Club, I'm like, yes. That is quick. Script Club. Salute to Maverick town. You hear me?

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Mimi's actually in studio today. She'll be breaking everything down. And Trey Young got traded last night. We'll tell you about that as well. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, oh. Drop on the clothes oh, yeah we here, baby back 2026.

[DJ Envy]

This a Queen's anthem right here. Rising to the top Wake your ass up. It's 20, 26, y'.

[Caller/Listener]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a Queen's anthem right there.

[DJ Envy]

Rising to the top. Kenny Burke. Morning, everybody. It's D. No, he's not from Queens. But that's like the anthem, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's our anthem. That's everybody anthem.

[DJ Envy]

That is a queen for your anthem.

[Jessica]

Claim it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that is an anthem. When that record comes on, it's a Queens thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You think it was only playing in Queens?

[DJ Envy]

No, but that is our anthem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love it, too. I rolled in listening to that.

[DJ Envy]

But that is our anthem.

[Jessica]

Oh, that's what's up.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Well, good morning, everybody. Let's get in some front page news. Start off with some quick sports. NBA Trae Young has been trad. He's been traded from the Hawks to the Wizards. So I don't know what that means for Trey Young because the Wizards are probably the worst team in basketball right now.

[Jessica]

Jesus Christ. Hope they're not listening.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they are. Damn it, man. Sorry for you, Trey. All right. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Envy. Just Charlemagne. How y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

Happy New Year.

[Mimi Brown]

Happy New Year.

[Jessica]

I'm good.

[Mimi Brown]

I'm good. Happy to be here with y' all this morning. All right, so we start this morning with national unrest after a federal immigration agent fatally shot a woman during an ICE operation in Minneapolis. The protests are spreading from California to New York City. The woman, she's been identified as 37 year old Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident and US citizen who was not the target of the immigration raid. Local leaders describe her as someone who cared deeply about her community. She was a mother to a 6 year old and she was warning neighbors about ice activity when the confrontation happened. Now video shows federal agents surrounding her SUV as she tried to leave scene. The moments later, an ICE agent opened fire. Let's listen to a witness.

[Caller/Listener]

She was trying to block traffic and then they got aggressive and she was scared and she started to drive off. She was trying to comply with what they said to get out of here. Then they were trying to pull her out of the car and that's when she got scared and tried to drive away. She got shot and then immediately her foot went on the gas. She drove off maybe 100ft and then hit the telephone pole and hit some cars. And then she was just slumped in her vehicle. They wouldn't let anybody near her. They had their guns out and were saying, stay back, stay back, stay back. We have a neighbor who was. He's a physician and he was yelling, I'm a physician. Can I please administer cpr. Can I check her vitals?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can I please.

[Caller/Listener]

Can I please get through? And they said, no, shut up, we don't care. We have our own medics on their way. And then it was like 15 minutes before. See the EMS truck got here.

[Jessica]

Damn. Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Very sad. And the Department of Homeland Security, they say the agent fired in self defense. And they are calling it an act of domestic terrorism. Let's listen to Secretary Christine on this one.

[Caller/Listener]

They'll need to stop using their vehicles as weapons. This domestic act of terrorism to use your vehicle to try to kill law enforcement officers is going to stop. And I'm asking the Department of Justice to prosecute it as domestic terrorism because it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained and told how to use their vehicles to impede law enforcement operations and then to run over anybody who gets in their way while they go out there and try to disrupt peace and public safety. And Americans deserve better.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, another video. Because the video I saw, I ain't see none of that that she's talking about. I didn't see nobody trying to run over.

[DJ Envy]

She looked like she was trying to get out the way. And the officer never got hit. Right. So she looked like she was getting out the way. He fired three shots. There is no way in hell you can say that she was trying to run that office over.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

You can't even remotely say that from any of those. Not at all. Hell no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And from what I read, ICE agents can be arrested and prosecuted if they commit crimes. So an example needs to be made. If there's no blanket immunity for illegal actions and he committed a state crime beyond the scope of his lawful duties, he should be arrested.

[DJ Envy]

But the problem is, if Trump officials are saying it was an act of domestic terrorism, what's gonna happen if he is found guilty? He gonna get party.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it'll be a no because it'll be a state crime.

[Mimi Brown]

It'll be a state crime. But to your point, envy local leaders, they are rejecting that account. The mayor there, Jacob Fry, he called the federal claims what they're saying. He called it false. And saying what he saw in that video did not show a threat to officers. He had very strong language. Let's listen to that real quick.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bull. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed. There were dozens, if not hundreds of ICE and federal officers that Were there at the time. Having them there was only causing more chaos. Having them there was only making a difficult situation even more problematic. And one that, yes, they created themselves. And I have a message for ICE to ice, get the out of Minneapolis. Well, if it's bs, improve his BS and arrest his ICE agent. Identify him and arrest him.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's as simple as that.

[DJ Envy]

I totally agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You gotta set an example. If a crime was committed, a crime was committed.

[Mimi Brown]

But y' all also have to remember that this is not happening in a vacuum. Right? There's a lot happening in Minnesota. We've got, you know, the Trump administration, they have been laser focused on Minneapolis. They're talking about the Somali community there. They've investigated Somali run daycares there. And they've. I don't know if you guys heard about the Hilton Hotel fiasco where they canceled the reservations for the federal immigration agents. So that also happened there. So there is a lot happening in Minneapolis.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is there oil in Minneapolis? What the hell is going on? What's happening? What's up, man? That's crazy.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen, y', all, there's a lot happening.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So we will.

[Mimi Brown]

We will continue to follow that story. I'm sure that is a developing story which will continue to evolve. And coming up at 7. A quiet move by the federal government this week could mean more money taken straight out of your paycheck will explain how this could affect you and what you need to know.

[DJ Envy]

All right, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. How was your break? If you had a break, how was your vacay? How was your new year? Starting already. Call us up right now. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, Ray.

[Caller/Listener]

Ray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, Charlamagne, Envy, what up?

[Caller/Listener]

Are we live?

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Caller/Listener]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[DJ Envy]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, yes. Bless up. Anthony.

[DJ Envy]

Anthony. What's up? Get it off, brother. Or from the Bronx. What's up, brother? Yeah, man.

[Caller/Listener]

Respect. Listen, I want to tell everybody in America, get your license, legal firearm and start fighting back against these terrorists called ice. That's it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think that's the smart thing.

[DJ Envy]

That is not the small thing. I mean, I think everybody should get their legal firearm, but.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Not. Not to go to war with ice. I don't think that's going to end well, sir.

[DJ Envy]

No, that's not. Smart decision.

[Caller/Listener]

Listen, man. Freedom come at a cost.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You say what?

[Caller/Listener]

Freedom come at a cost. Boston Tea Party.

[DJ Envy]

All right, sir. You have a great one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Jessica]

Happy New Year.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning. It's Shakina. How are you guys?

[Jessica]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Is it Kenya or Keena?

[Caller/Listener]

Shakina.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Guess what, Right? Hey, yo, Good morning. Get it off your shirt.

[Jessica]

Good morning, babe.

[Caller/Listener]

Why the hell did y' all come back today?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why not?

[Caller/Listener]

I was stressed out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Like, where they at? They got to get me to work. I don't want to be there. And I'm listening to all these daggery times. I'm like, we didn't have stress, but I'm happy I'm back. I'm happy I had a happy New Year and happy holidays.

[Jessica]

Thank you, Mama.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you very much.

[DJ Envy]

Glad to hear your voice.

[Caller/Listener]

Have a good day, guys.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, what up, though? This is D1, D1, D1.

[Jessica]

Good morning, brother.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning. Happy New Year to y', all, man.

[Jessica]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you very much, sir.

[Caller/Listener]

Congratulations on your ideal, too. I just want to call and give y' all a shout out, man. Y' all got a big deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, go doing your thing. Go, go. Set your reminder on Netflix, the video podcast. There you go.

[Jessica]

January 26th.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There you go.

[Jessica]

Nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell them how to do it.

[DJ Envy]

Go to. Go to Netflix and then go to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Netflix and set your reminders.

[DJ Envy]

Type in Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, go to Netflix. Type in Breakfast Club. The picture will pop up. You click on it. Click. Set your. Set your reminder. I think that's what it's called, a reminder setting or something.

[DJ Envy]

Yep, yep, yep. And then we come on. January 26th.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

January 26th.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a new day.

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Caller/Listener]

Wake.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time.

[DJ Envy]

To get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Jessica]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Monet.

[DJ Envy]

Monet, Good morning. Get it off your chest, Monet.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning. Good morning. I just wanted to say good morning. God bless. Happy New Year. I hope everybody has a beautiful day today. And don't let these worldly things stress you out. We just gotta pray together as a world, not community, as A world because it's some sick stuff going on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sorry. I agree. I'm with you. 100. You know what I mean? I do believe that, you know, faith without works is dead. So, you know, we. We should be, you know, protesting or doing what it is that we should be doing in that way, in that regard. But, yo, God is in control of everything.

[DJ Envy]

Lovey. Good morning, Lovey.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning, my Breakfast Club family.

[Jessica]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Love you. How you feeling?

[Caller/Listener]

You know, I'm blessed, black and highly favored. But I do want to say first, respectfully, I had to get the green light from the white feet, but shout out. Belated shout out to Mimi for her birthday. Shout out to my son, Levante and your son Logan. Logan's birthday was what, the 29th?

[DJ Envy]

28Th.

[Caller/Listener]

So, yeah, same day as my son.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, 28th.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you call Mimi, Wifey.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, no. To see if it was okay to say happy birthday to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, because you ain't never say that. When you say that about Taz, you ain't never talking about. I gotta talk to wifey. Oh.

[DJ Envy]

I got to make sure it was cool to shout out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah. Tess ain't gonna like that. I'm telling you that right now. You ain't asking.

[Caller/Listener]

No, no, I got the green light.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got the green light for you, okay?

[Caller/Listener]

And I know you didn't hear, but Tess did crash out on her alive about me, but we'll talk about that later.

[DJ Envy]

She crashed out about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You missed that.

[Jessica]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you gotta ask her.

[Caller/Listener]

She crashed out. She admitted her love, but anyway, we will not talk about that.

[DJ Envy]

Goodbye, love.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You showed her that thing. Lovey.

[DJ Envy]

What is wrong with you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love you.

[DJ Envy]

Have a good one, brother.

[Jessica]

Crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love y', all, man.

[Jessica]

Love you, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If anybody just joining us, Lovey is a listener of ours who allegedly has a 14 inch penis.

[Jessica]

What's he.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Not.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, that's what he says.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I've never dove in the check, but that. That's what he says.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

I said. I gotta check.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would hope you never dove into it. I hope you never checked. Bro, what the hell is wrong with you?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this? I'm not doing this with you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not starting the year off like this, okay?

[Jessica]

Hello? Hey, yo, what's going on?

[DJ Envy]

What's your name, brother?

[Caller/Listener]

What's going on? It's Mike from Detroit.

[Jessica]

How y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

It's Mike. What up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning. What up, though?

[Caller/Listener]

What up? Hey, quick question. I got in the car A little bit late, but I came to the defense of Charlamagne yesterday. You know, the alleged guy from Detroit who the cousin caught up and tried.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To go off on you.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The who did what?

[DJ Envy]

So just so you know, this is our first day back, so the show that you heard yesterday was a replay. So you got to tell us exactly what happened.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, real quick. The guy from Detroit who went up to the school and said he saw air this out, and then she called up and tried to, you know, jump on Charlamagne's head.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember that.

[Caller/Listener]

So look, let me give you the proximity of it. So she said that he was out there where the. Where the white tea people are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Caller/Listener]

And they don't mess with us out there like that.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, she wrong.

[Caller/Listener]

So you got Detroit then minus, you know, eight Mile.

[Jessica]

Right.

[Caller/Listener]

The movie, eight Mile. Everybody knows eight Mile is right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

East Point is literally nine and a half miles to ten miles. So when she said that, she's completely wrong. And I can see she would have said, like, Rochester Hills or she would have said the suburbs. That would have made sense. Also, to give you more context of it without giving out so many names, the ad of that school is somebody who we play ball with frequently. Dude, he didn't say he was going to air it out in those words. What he said was, if y' all don't fix this, next time y' all see me, it's going to be dust in the air. So, I mean, we know what. We understand what that means, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

So, yeah, that's all. I want to come in, go back for you real quick. I came in late to the cartoon, so I don't know where to get off your chest was.

[Jessica]

But.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that was like, two months ago. But thank you, Mike.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that was a while ago. Salute to everybody who listens to us on 97.9, WJLB in Detroit. Y' all coming in hot this morning. Can we just.

[Jessica]

Like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is a lot.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. What's up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

He was out in Africa, right? What part?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I was in Ghana.

[DJ Envy]

In Ghana?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. It was great. Oh, my God. I didn't want to come back. I love it there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was so. It was just so free. I had such a good time.

[Jessica]

You look very refreshed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I took a break. I had a good break. I loved it over there. I'm gonna go back. I will be back in Ghana.

[DJ Envy]

You're with me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, me and babe Went for the new year and we had. Oh, I'll tell you all about it, but I saw Bozema out there. We had. We spent New Year's Eve with Bozeman and Keely. Remember her fiance from the show? So, yeah, we spent New Year's Eve with them. It was a great time.

[DJ Envy]

Nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, you need to edge up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Leave me alone.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can we ease into your bs?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel like I need a line.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn lineups. It makes it too hard.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we have the latest coming up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, we do. Speaking of easing into things, Jim Jones and Cameron are not letting us ease into nothing because they are back at it again. Top of 2026. The beef is ongoing. And we gonna talk about who ain't.

[Jessica]

Got no heat eight days in.

[DJ Envy]

We'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

[Jessica]

The little brown girls look at you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And go, I want to be like you.

[Caller/Listener]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where's she going? The latest with Laurie Los.

[Caller/Listener]

Take me through there on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

LL Cool Bear. Talk to me. Taylor was working during the holiday break. Taylor was getting engaged in nursing and, you know, making new intros.

[DJ Envy]

Taylor's back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop one of kooze bombs for Taylor.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, she said. She told me you have a new intro, but I thought she was talking about the podcast because she also edits the latest along the roads of the podcast. I didn't know she was talking about for the show. That caught me so off guard. You are so good at your job, Beyonce.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Taylor.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I never thought I would see it, but I like it.

[Jessica]

I love it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Taylor had me crying over the branch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I cried, will never come, but continue.

[Jessica]

Damn. You know what?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is a new year. And you know what I'm doing this year? I'm wishing the best for all of my enemies, okay? Because God gonna give it to me regardless if you want me to have it or not.

[DJ Envy]

When Lauren was holding Taylor's baby, it scared the ish out of me. And Charlamagne.

[Caller/Listener]

I knew what to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You look like Deshaun Rock. The baby had me get a baby back.

[Jessica]

I knew.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get the baby back to Taylor.

[Jessica]

You know what?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's not my time yet, but when it is, I put the baby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ms. Gwen was so nervous. Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you for trusting me with your baby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She tried to make the baby walk the baby six months Old.

[DJ Envy]

She tried to hold the baby up the walk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, man. You watch them memes too much and them babies dancing and you've been believing it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Taylor's baby loved me, okay? He didn't cry, so I got through.

[DJ Envy]

He's probably scared.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, now let's get to the news. So in the news, top of the year, Ray J. Want to send some love to Ray J. Because is being reported and there was a video posted. Ray J has been hospitalized with a serious case of pneumonia and heart pain. So he was admitted to a hospital in Vegas following these issues. And according to the reports via tmz, he is still in the hospital. He's received X rays and EKGs, like they're checking out his heart. But as of now, there's been no updates on anything as far as those test results. But, you know, he talks about. Or he said before that he was pretty scared of pneumonia because four years ago during the pandemic, kid got it and it was so bad, he was like on a breathe the machine and all those things. And pneumonia is just really scary. He thought he was going to die then. So he's in the hospital and the video he's post he posted or that was posted. You can hear him asking questions, just wanting to know what's going on with himself. Let's take a listen to Ray J.

[DJ Envy]

If they see something on my heart.

[Jessica]

Do they got to take it out?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take your heart out?

[Jessica]

Oh, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Like if it was like a clot or.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, like in your heart, it sits in a sack and there's a little.

[Caller/Listener]

Bit of fluid around the. In the sack, but is that what you're speaking of?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

Like extra fluid or.

[DJ Envy]

You see that I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The cardiologist is going to look at.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It further and man, salute to the good brother, Ray J. Sending my good brother healing energy, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Pneumonia is very dangerous.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is. Yes, it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So, yeah. Sending him some love and some prayers. Get what. So that I know of. He is. I did. I shot him a text just to tell him to get well soon and just take it easy and, you know, because Ray J will still try and like, push, push, push, push, push. No, he. I didn't expect him to respond. I just wanted him to know that we were, like, sending him love and wanting him to get better. Yes. Now, in other news, Cameron and Jim Jones are back at it again.

[Jessica]

Lord.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And this time Cameron is saying Jim Jones doesn't have heat or that's how Jim Jones took it. So Cam posted a meme to His Instagram heat.

[DJ Envy]

Heat.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, you know how you have heat in your house or heat in your job? Like, you turn the heat on. It's cold outside.

[DJ Envy]

The power company.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Talking about, like, bars, music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no, baby.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jim Jones and the rap about a podcast. Got bars. We can play that too. They drop some bars over there.

[Jessica]

You know, heat in the house.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so let me tell you. So Cameron posted this meme and it was vague. He didn't act Jim Jones or anything. The meme said, how you worried about me when your heat off and rent is due? And then he captioned it. I heard it was 7 degrees in the Bronx last night. But you guys know Jim Jones has been going back and forth with 50 cent. There's been a conversation about rent, who hasn't paid all the things. So, you know, people begin to speculate that it was about Jim Jones. And Jim Jones hopped in the comments of the post and he said to Cameron, you soft. He said, your whole crew is soft. He said, you want to play? Pull up, let the people see how soft you are. Trump, he says, go do your shoe, punk. But he meant show. Talking about it is what it is. So Cameron responded, what's wrong, capo? Yeah, he off too. I know. He said, I hate for you to be 50 years old with no heat. What's your zel, bro? I got you.

[Caller/Listener]

You.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Jim. Jim Jones responded a block. No, you soft. Cameron responded, yeah, but my heat is on and I'm warm. You 50 years old, tough and cold. But he said. Can I say that word?

[DJ Envy]

Ass.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But dead ass, though. Cabo. Yeah, he off for real. Question mark.

[Jessica]

So that did not have to reshoot instead of show. You denied the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just want. I didn't want to put no words the way he did not say it. I clarified it, but I just wanted. Yes, he meant show. But he said you. I said, he made sure.

[DJ Envy]

And Jim Jones has a warehouse in the Bronx. That's why he said the Bronx warehouses where he has a studio, he has a clothing store, barber shop, and all the stuff that you see online, he has.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's basically investing, he's besting. He invested in a space for all artists and creatives and he piece of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The planet Charlemagne, the God here. Now, you know, the end of the year is when like a lot of business owners are really lock in. All right? This is the time to set the foundation for next year. You got new ideas, new product drops new goals. And when I'm building anything meaningful, I need the right tools. That's Why? I always tell folks, especially black entrepreneurs and small black owned businesses, Shopify, okay? We use it at the Black Effect Podcast network and I've seen firsthand how it helps creators and business owners grow with confidence. Entrepreneurship is very important to me, okay? There's nothing wrong with working for people, there's nothing wrong with partnering people. But you should strive to own your own as well. And Shopify can help others grow into entrepreneurs. It's like having a whole team behind you. Your chief of staff, your personal assistant, your co founder, all in one platform. Whether you're running a side hustle or a full storefront selling locally or worldwide, Shopify takes all the guesswork out. Shopify brings everything into one place. You can sell on your website, on social media, and even in the real world. Like some of our partners at our Black Effect Festival coming up in April. Wherever your people are, Shopify makes sure your business can meet them where they're at. Plus, you got Shopify Sidekick and their AI tools. Total game changers. I love how it's like having an assistant giving you insights, content, ideas, edits. Shopify's got your next move coverage. So let me ask you this. If you're ready to take the next step in your life, whether it's merch, products or anything in between, get on shopify.com ben that's shopify.com ben and make it happen. It is time to stop putting off your future and start your new role as your own boss.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Today he leaned into it. He said he loves the publicity and he explained a little bit more about what this warehouse is, which is where he does the Less rapid body podcast. Let's take a listen to Jim Jones responding.

[DJ Envy]

Right now. I am in the second phase of construction. We're not open to public. This is a raw space. I'll show you what we'll be doing. I'm building a multi purpose content creation facility for media, fashion, music and broadcasting. What I'm trying to say is I've.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Been happy to be able to invest in myself.

[DJ Envy]

It's something that I know is going to help a lot of other people. I'm not building this facility for myself. Yes, it is a business model. That's why I invested in myself. But I'm building a facility for all creators, creators and young ones that's trying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To come up to be a creative or have a creative ability that they.

[DJ Envy]

Want to know how to double down. It's like an X Men school for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All the fly people.

[DJ Envy]

If you say so yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, listen, in life, you Outgrow people. You know, best friends become strangers, but that doesn't mean y' all have to beef. And, you know, I would say, how do they come to a resolution about all of this? But the truth of the matter is, it's all just content. At the end of the day. Jim got shows, Cam got shows. We talking about it. You know, it is what it is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No pun intended, literally. And that. That. That warehouse that he has, it's called the IFC Factory. So, yes, it's all the things that he talked about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I would. I would love to see them resolve this, but.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Me, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's great content for it is. Both of them.

[DJ Envy]

But they've been going back and forth for years, though, right? How many years? Then they. They link up, they'll do a show, and then right after, they'll go right back at it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I feel like it's still a lot of love there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Because even when you see them going back and forth with each other, it ain't, like, aggressive. You know what I mean? It ain't harsh, I think.

[Jessica]

Like little petty stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Jessica]

Like little petty stuff. But I will say I was watching a clip, one of the podcasts he was doing, and the thermostat in the back did say 58 degrees. So, you know, the Jim Jones podcast. But it's a warehouse, you know, and that's why I was like, oh, that's why he always have, you know, he's layered hoodies and coats, so. But it's a warehouse, and it's the wintertime, and, you know, it's probably not instantly a big warehouse.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's a big warehouse.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

But it did say 58 degrees, so.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Not seven.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it is wild that Cam posted that, but didn't tag nobody or at nobody. And Jim responded, though. Yeah, it was almost like an inside thing that we. I guess, we didn't know about.

[Jessica]

He was probably cold.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's probably.

[DJ Envy]

You know what?

[Caller/Listener]

No, I think.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think this is.

[Jessica]

For me, you're right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think what it is is, like, I mean, I think a lot of times with the social media stuff, when you have people that might be telling you something is happening, like, do you see it that way? But also, too, there was a lot of back and forth with the 50 Cent, like, all of that stuff. There was a lot of back and forth.

[Jessica]

There was a lot of back and forth, and everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, these guys don't get along, so anything that they do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

50 posted an alleged audio recording of a landlord saying that someone owed money like, there's been a lot happening and then this happens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You gonna.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you so much to keep up.

[Jessica]

With with 50, because all I keep seeing is 50 and a Clarissa. I didn't even see this. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody else got a podcast. Everybody else is monetizing their content and monetizing moments like this. Yeah, 50 needs a podcast.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I. I think 50 likes to throw his shots and then he goes do whatever. He come back and throw some more shots.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It could be another revenue stream. That's all I'm saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because in the midst of all of this, he's talking about his new show. I believe it's on A E. It's about the gang. Yeah, he'll be doing, like, research and, like, documenting different gang rivalries and stuff like that. So in the midst of all of this, he's posting in his business.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Instagram is 50s platform, but all of these other guys have their own platforms, like Cam got it is what it is. Jim got. Let's rap about it. And the artist art, I think it's artist to artist podcast. So, yeah, everybody got their platforms. It's all content.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is all content. And, well, I mean, we did have the music that they dropped, but I don't think we have time to play that. But I don't know if you guys heard it. If you didn't, please go take a listen to the freestyle that the less rapid body podcast guys did. Coming at 50 cents.

[Jessica]

This is good for all of them, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, 100. Everybody go run 100. 100. And when we come back, I'll have an exclusive update so that Mary J. Blige lawsuit where her actual ex friend, Misa Hilton, also mother of one of Diddy's children, had accused her of messing with some business, suing her for $5 million. It has been dismissed. And I spoke exclusively to Misa Hilton. So we'll be bringing that in as we come back in the next hour.

[DJ Envy]

All right, now, coming up next, we got front page news. Mimi is here, so she's not in la, so she'll be around right here. So we'll be joining us in a second, so don't go anywhere. We got anything?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any.

[DJ Envy]

No Mary, Nothing new.

[Jessica]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Jessica]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, Sam, you ain't doing your job.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't even see Sam. Nothing. Can we.

[Jessica]

Africa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got it up. Play some Afrobeats then.

[Jessica]

Oh, yes. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, God, I tried.

[DJ Envy]

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We're just happy to be here together. First day jitters.

[Jessica]

All Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, me. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Start off with some quick sports. Trey Young from the Hawks, he's been traded to the Wizards. Now, I believe the Wizards is the worst team in the league right now. So Trey got a long way to go. So salute to Trey Young. All right. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Envy Jess. Charlemagne.

[Caller/Listener]

How you doing, girl?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. Okay, so we start this hour with a foreign crisis that is now dominating headlines both overseas and here at home. President Trump says the United States will take control of Venezuela's oil, announcing that between 30 and 50 million barrels will be turned over to the US and sold under American authority. A move, he says, that will benefit both Americans and Venezuelans. Now, have you guys been following this story? Because this comes days after that dramatic and controversial US operation that stunned the world. So, in the early morning hours of January 3rd, US Special Forces, they carried out a covert raid in Caracas. Now, they captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, flying him to the United States to face charges including drug trafficking and narco terrorism. Now, Maduro, he appeared in a federal court here in New York, actually, earlier this week. Week, he pled not guilty and insisted that he is still Venezuela's president. His next court date is scheduled for March 17th. Now, speaking this week during a GOP House retreat at the Kennedy Center, President Trump, he praised the operation as an amazing success, saying no American lies were lost, and framed the win as a major national security win. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[DJ Envy]

It was so complex. 152 airplanes. Many, many talk about boots on the ground. We had a lot of boots on the ground, but it was amazing. And think of it, nobody was killed. And on the other side, a lot of people were killed. Unfortunately, I say that. Soldiers, Cubans. Mostly Cubans. It was so brilliant. The electricity for almost the entire country was, boom, turned on. That's when they knew there was a problem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There was no electricity.

[DJ Envy]

But I watched where Schumer, he's such a bad guy, you know, at some point they should say, you know, you did a great job. Thank you. Congratulations.

[Caller/Listener]

Wouldn't it be good?

[DJ Envy]

I would say that if they did a good job.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, what the hell was he just talking about?

[Mimi Brown]

So he was. He was. There was a GOP retreat this. Earlier this week, right, where he got all the GOP leaders of the House together. And he was bragging basically about the mission in Venezuela and saying that, you know, Democrats do not give him enough praise for what he accomplished. And they have been after this guy for a very long time, and nobody's praising him. They're actually criticizing what he did. And that goes into this next topic where we talk about Maduro. The central question that everyone is asking now, who is running Venezuela, Right? Because if he's here in jail, who's actually running? And so Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, he was asked that question on cnn, and this is what he have to say about that.

[Caller/Listener]

What the president said is true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The United States of America is running Venezuela.

[Caller/Listener]

By definition, we are in charge because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We have the United States military stationed outside the country.

[Caller/Listener]

We set the terms and conditions. We have a complete embargo on all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of their oil and their ability to do commerce. So for them to do commerce, they need our permission.

[Caller/Listener]

For them to be able to run.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

An economy, they need our permission.

[Caller/Listener]

So the United States is in charge. The United States is running the country.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

During this transition period.

[DJ Envy]

I have so many questions, Mimi. Yeah, first and foremost, you know, after they captured it and took the Venezuelan president, I've seen a lot of people who were saying that Venezuelan was happy about this. Is that a true thing or were they happy about this? Are the people of Venezuela happy that the president is taking out?

[Mimi Brown]

So I think you're getting both sides, right? So there are some people who are happy and there are some people who, you know, in Venezuela who are not happy. It just, it depends because you have to remember that the United States put sanctions on Venezuela, right? So they weren't able to. He wasn't able to do a lot. And I'm not sticking up for him because he is by of all accounts a dictator and an evil, you know, person, an evil leader. Right. But I think you have to have the entire picture of what happened, because someone put it like this. If someone came to America and said.

[DJ Envy]

They didn't like Trump and then took.

[Mimi Brown]

Him in the middle of the night. Right?

[Jessica]

Right.

[Mimi Brown]

Because they consider him a dictator, what would happen? How would we feel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right?

[Mimi Brown]

And so it's the same thing. You'd have people praising it, you'd have people hating it.

[Jessica]

Right?

[Mimi Brown]

So you have to look at it like that.

[DJ Envy]

And then also they also said something to the fact that the same thing that we took the Honduras president is the same thing that the Venezuelan president did, but then we pardoned the Honduras president. Is that true as well?

[Mimi Brown]

They're saying mostly it's not about drugs.

[Jessica]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But we Know, Venezuela wasn't about drugs. Venezuela was about the oil.

[Mimi Brown]

It was about the oil. So remember a lot we about, were talking, talking, you know, last year before the break, how they were seizing the, the boats and, and blowing up the boats and, and they were drug dealers. You know, they were saying it was about drugs. But now the more this unfolds, it's about oil.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's all about oil. That's what I was wondering what a conspiracy theorists doing nowadays, because you have the President telling us exactly what is going on. Back in the day, folks would be like, that wasn't about drugs, it was about oil. Okay. Yeah. He said, yes, cronies are telling you it's about the oil. So what a conspiracy theorists doing nowadays.

[Mimi Brown]

It'S about no conspiracy.

[DJ Envy]

No, it's not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They told us what it's about.

[DJ Envy]

He told us clearly. So should we be concerned, scared, afraid of retaliation?

[Mimi Brown]

And that's a great question, Emby. You know what? I think the way the Trump administration is carrying this out, who knows what's next, right? Because then you add in Greenland, right? And what's going on in Greenland and how they're, they're talking about, oh, we need to capture Greenland. So no one knows. Every country right now is like, Greenland is part of NATO.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm saying Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Cuba.

[Mimi Brown]

There was another one. There was one more. Oh, I can't think right now, but there was another one. And they were, they were. He was, he's literally just. It's like a game of Monopoly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Colonizers going colonize.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Trump really thinks the rest of the world is suckers and maybe they are, but I don't think so. We keep knocking. Somebody going to get the bucket. Folks aren't going to sit around and wait for America to just come get them.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, exactly. And so. So we'll see. I mean, that is a great question. There's so much happening right now abroad, but there's also so much happening at home. So when we talk about Greenland and we talk about all the things, there's pressure now playing out in Congress. Yesterday the House cleared a procedural vote that set up for a clean three year extension of the Affordable Care act subsidies that we all know expired at the end of 2025. Nine Republicans, they joined with Democrats to pass that vote. But, you know, so people are saying, okay, we've got a lot going on here, but at home we cannot afford the cost of living, affordability is a crisis and things like that. So while Trump and his administration are gathering land in or trying to Gather land in other places and oil in other places. A lot of folks here, and even Congress, they are sounding the alarm about what the government needs to focus on here.

[Jessica]

So Cuba, Columbia, Greenland and Canada can't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was a. Canada.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I see Canada right here.

[DJ Envy]

They better leave Canada alone.

[Jessica]

Say six countries all together, though I don't see the other two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What the hell Canada going to do?

[DJ Envy]

They're close enough to send missiles any which way. They're very close. A lot of those other places aren't as close. Canada's right there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They ain't going to send Serpent.

[DJ Envy]

Serpent Drake. That's what you think. All right, well, that is front page news. Thank you.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, thank you. And that is front page news, as you said. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv For more stories, follow the Black Information Network, Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit vi.com now.

[DJ Envy]

You in all week, Right? You in tomorrow?

[Mimi Brown]

I'll be here tomorrow.

[Jessica]

Perfect.

[DJ Envy]

All right, everybody else, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. All right. The holiday season is over.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is it?

[DJ Envy]

Has. Have you guys put your Christmas trees away?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is what, next week?

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I consider that still the holidays.

[DJ Envy]

But not Christmas tree holidays. You got to take your Christmas tree down.

[Jessica]

I just put mine up. I'm not taking it down.

[DJ Envy]

That is a damn lie. I seen a video in the summer and your Christmas tree was up in the summer.

[Jessica]

Okay, okay. It's not bothering me. I ain't bothering it.

[DJ Envy]

So you don't ever take your Christmas tree down.

[Jessica]

One of them I leave up, but the other two I take.

[DJ Envy]

So what do you put on it? You just leave it up in the middle of your house?

[Jessica]

No, we redress it. No, it's not in the middle of my house. It's in one of my living rooms, the pink room. And then I take the other two down and then we just change the decorations, the ornaments and stuff.

[DJ Envy]

Easter decorations.

[Jessica]

Yes, all that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up? That's actually kind of smart.

[Jessica]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can have Martin Luther King Jr. Tree. No, for real. You can have a Valentine. Valentine's Day tree. Tree. I never thought about that, but that's actually a good idea for those people who are super lazy. They don't want to take all the trees down. You leave one tree up and just make it a tree for all holidays.

[Jessica]

All the holidays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Martin Luther King Valentine's. You can even celebrate college basketball, March Madness. What?

[Jessica]

I'm gonna put on a Martin Luther King tree, what I'm gonna put up there from Martin Luther King Day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's all kind, all the different stuff with Martin Luther King Jr's logo on it.

[Jessica]

Oh, okay, absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can do some hard bottom loafers, like some black Stacy Adams. You know, you throw the sneakers on the light pole. You can put that on the tree. There's a lot of different things.

[DJ Envy]

5851051. The holiday season is over. Is your tree still up? Your lights still up? What are you taking them things down? Let's discuss. Cuz I ain't take mine down yet. My lights, my lights are still on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fast food restaurants still got their Christmas decorations up right now. I thought Chick fil a had to reef up this morning. Maybe that was yesterday.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's topic time.

[DJ Envy]

Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're talking Christmas trees and decorations. When do you take it down? When do you take yours down? Just. You took them down already?

[Jessica]

I did. I've taken two of my trees down, but I always leave one up. Lights. We haven't, we haven't taken down lights yet. But I always leave one tree up all year round.

[DJ Envy]

I, I left. I haven't taken anything down as of yet. We haven't touched it. I think if I had a real tree, I think I would have been urged to take it down faster.

[Jessica]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

But my trees are not real so it don't bother anybody.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And I like the lights.

[Jessica]

So excited when yo you ran in here today.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Jessica]

After they put them up?

[DJ Envy]

You know, as a kid I used to love the houses with all the lights on it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And my parents couldn't do it it. So when I got a little money, I put that lights on. And I love seeing the light. Every day I come home I love seeing the lights all over my house. The kids enjoy it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Makes me happy.

[Jessica]

When are you taking the lights down?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know. I. I drove in yesterday and I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was like taking no goddamn lights down. We got a whole company that put them up and a whole company that's taking them down. Cut it the hell out.

[DJ Envy]

Well, she didn't mean me personally. You didn't mean me personally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, she did.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I'm not taking. I'm climbing up there and taking them lights down. No.

[Jessica]

So you had an immigrant do it.

[DJ Envy]

What about you, Charlemagne? He's a white gentleman, by the way. Let it glow Christmas lights. Yes, he EAS the way. He's a white gentleman.

[Jessica]

Salute to him now. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

What about you, Charlemagne?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When my wife tell me to come.

[DJ Envy]

Help her, you're not taking no goddamn lights down either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not taking the lights down. We got somebody to do that. But I'm talking about like as far as taking down the trees and the decorations. And she say, my wife tell me to come help her. I'm going to help her.

[Jessica]

Nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm the one I. I bring.

[DJ Envy]

I got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz we got a fake tree. I used to do the real tree too, but we don't do the real tree no more. More. So I just take the fake tree back down. Yeah. To the basement. That's all. Whenever she asked me to.

[DJ Envy]

I got a guy that can do that for you. He wraps all the stuff up, puts it down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, relax. We need 100. I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, you know what's funny? I seen a construction company yesterday called Latinos Construction. I was like, they brave. They had it on the side of their truck. It said Latinos Construction. I was like, I. I know they get visits. They get visits from ice. I know they do.

[DJ Envy]

Hello, who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Yo, this is Charlie Brown down in Tampa.

[DJ Envy]

Charlie Brown in Tampa. What's up, brother?

[Jessica]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, good morning. Breakfast club. So first I got two things actually, right? First, I keep my Christmas tree up because I'm divorced and remarried, so my older two kids come and visit. So I keep the Christmas tree up until I fly them back to California. Okay, but to what Charlamagne said a minute ago about Canada.

[Jessica]

Canada.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm prior military. I'm a United States Marine Corps veteran myself. In the, in the military community, Canada is known as it's not a war crime. The first time they do some ish. And then the governing body of the Geneva Convention be like, nah, you can't do that. That's too far. So we need to worry about Canada, really. But I think I great like image control because people never think about it. They think like, oh, they so friendly.

[DJ Envy]

Canada.

[Caller/Listener]

Canada's scary. At least they military is.

[DJ Envy]

That's what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have no nuclear weapons or nothing, do they? I know weapons of masters.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, they just get real creative. They just get really, really creative.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, they'll start spiking the cert.

[Caller/Listener]

They'll Start. They'll like, create napalm, like hand grenades, like.

[DJ Envy]

I think Canada's too close, man. They got fighter jets, missiles. I mean, we too close.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, yeah, we got all of that to take care of all that, though. Like all of the airspace defense stuff. We got that. No problem. It's when they start thinking outside the box that we gotta worry about them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I take your word for it. I take your word for it. But I ain't afraid of no missiles with OVO owls on.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, shut up, man. They got OVO owls on them. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, this is Mahogany.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Mahogany, talk to us. When are you taking your Christmas decorations down?

[Caller/Listener]

So I already took the Christmas tree decorations down, but this is the first year that I'm keeping the tree up all year round. It is already decorated for Valentine's Day, but I'm also going to celebrate Valentine's Day and Black History Month. So we're gonna make. My daughter and I are gonna make Black History Month ornaments with Black history facts all around the tree.

[DJ Envy]

That's dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love that. But why are you skipping Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Hello?

[Caller/Listener]

I said, what now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why are you skipping Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, I would never skip. I would never skip. It's just. I just thought of the idea. So I just ran out of time. But I really could. I'm gonna do it for you. I'm gonna put one up there for you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause we got another like Martin Luther King jr. Day is like in a week or two, I think.

[Jessica]

Right? Do it for him. Do it for Mother King.

[Caller/Listener]

You right.

[Jessica]

Nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. I like the idea of having a tree round year round for different holidays. I'm not confront. Maybe not as big as a Christmas tree, but just like a nice little, small little tree in the corner and you decorate it for different holidays. That's actually kind of dope.

[DJ Envy]

But the whole problem is people don't want to take that tree down and put it back up. So they just want to leave it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That gives you a reason to leave it up.

[Jessica]

Yeah, but changing out the decorations is cool, too. That's not as much worse. That's not as much work as putting one up, taking it down and all that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Jessica]

Britney?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Brittany. Good morning. Where you calling from?

[Caller/Listener]

757 Virginia.

[DJ Envy]

757 VA. What's up? So we're talking about when you taking your Christmas tree and your decorations down, Mama.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, I didn't put up a tree this year. I did Christmas at my mom house. And I actually went to yesterday and she took down all her decorations, but her tree is still blocked. I wanted to say something about Charlemagne when he says something about MLK decorations. There's plenty of things you can do with that holiday. You can put up about all his quotes that he said that I have a dream speech. You could put different pictures and stuff up there for help. You can literally put so much stuff on there to educate these kids, and it would still look nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree. Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Now, if you're just joining us, we're asking, when are you taking your Christmas decorations down? Have you taken them down already? It's the eighth day of the New Year. Jess is leaving hers up. She has a tree that she leaves up all year long. All year long. She celebrates every holiday, whether it's a Mexican holiday, it's Black History Month, Valentine's.

[Jessica]

Day, Easter, and in June, I go crazy with the pride decorations.

[DJ Envy]

Pride.

[Jessica]

Yeah, because my sister's gay. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And. Yeah, and you had a stud moment.

[Jessica]

No, I never was a stud moment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was. No, no, you get one color from the rainbow. Not all of them. You get Atlanta.

[Jessica]

You get. No, I wasn't. I was the femme. See, And I. I was dealing with a stud that looked just like Lil Wayne back in the day. But then you had a moment. Yes, but I wasn't the stud.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You get one color, one letter. You can rap.

[Jessica]

That expired. I'm done.

[DJ Envy]

There's no letter for the stud.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it's.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. L. It's lesbian. Lesbian.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. All right, well, I'm sure it's another one, too. But the plus. Whatever the plus is.

[Jessica]

Yeah, because that's. You got masculine presenting, like, all that. But they don't like stud, and they don't like. You have to.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God, say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can say it because you have to be one. Yeah.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here.

[Jessica]

Hello.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Jessica]

This?

[Caller/Listener]

This Chris from North Carolina.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Chris? Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Morning. Morning. What's up with y'?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All?

[DJ Envy]

What's up? We're asking when you taking your Christmas decorations down? Or did you take them down already?

[Caller/Listener]

They down already, man. In my house, they got to come down January 2nd, man. The day after the New Year. They go up the day after Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

[Jessica]

Oh, got you.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, I got to get on my wife, cuz she had them up kind of early this year, knowing we Got three kids, they already see the tree. And I ain't had no turkey yet, cuz.

[Jessica]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I get mine. I put my tree up before Thanksgiving and put my lights up before Thanksgiving. It started earlier for me this year.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, you got a little bit of money envy, so it's different for you.

[DJ Envy]

Goodbye, sir. Put up a tree. Ain't got nothing to do with that.

[Caller/Listener]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Jessica]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Happy New Year to all.

[Jessica]

Happy morning.

[DJ Envy]

What's your name?

[Caller/Listener]

My name is Jackie.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jackie. Where you calling from?

[Caller/Listener]

Florida.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, Florida. What part?

[Caller/Listener]

I'm calling right now from Hollywood. I'm at work.

[DJ Envy]

You're so secretive. You all right? You all right? You want to run?

[Caller/Listener]

No, no, no. That's how I speak.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jessica]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

So we're asking Christmas decorations. Did you take them down yet? Do you have any plans of taking them down? Talk to us? No.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, I'm gonna keep my Christmas tree up because as I read more and I learn more people. You're not number one, you not supposed to cut down your fir trees and put lights on it if you read the Bible, which men wrote. So I'm keeping my tree up. I have a fake tree. It's beautiful. I did it red and white. I'm keeping it up for Valentine and I'm going to change it and I'm going to do Easter and then I'm going to do spring. I'm going to do spring and Easter together and then I'm going to take it down. And if I feel like keeping it up, I'm going to keep it up again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So ma', am, what scripture in the Bible says keep the tree up?

[Caller/Listener]

Okay, which scripture in the Bible says to go and cut fur tree down and put life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What if I got a fake tree to begin with?

[Caller/Listener]

Number number one. Hey, you can put up a fake tree because you're not going to cut down a fir tree. I'm gonna send you. I'm gonna send you the scripture because number one, Christ was not born in December and that's a pagan holiday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree. I agree with that.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I grew up Jehovah Witness.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay, very good. I want even. That you have to be careful of because that's another Bible another man wrote. And I have a quick question to ask you. Does Jehovah Witness buildings have any windows?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I haven't. I haven't been in the Kingdom hall in so long, but ah, I don't remember that. I don't think they do.

[DJ Envy]

Not that I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not the one I used to go to amongst.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay, none of them have windows. Sometimes I wonder if they have a back door. I've brought this to a lot of Jehovah Witnesses, and they cannot answer.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not messing with y'.

[Jessica]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Can't mess with nobody's back door. Jackie, I got you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why they don't have. What's the not having windows got to do?

[Jessica]

One way in, one way out.

[Caller/Listener]

Ah, thank you. Thank you, Jess. You guys, I don't want to hold you up because I'm at work. I have a patient. So you all have a wonderful day. I'm keeping my tree up. I love the light.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

I love. I'm from the Caribbean. I love the light. The more I grow. The more I grow, the more I learn. So I'm learning as I grow, okay? And I love life. I love our Caribbean music. I love parang, which is both Spanish, Mexican, and also English. And I love our food.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Thank you, Ms. Jackie.

[Jessica]

Happy New Year.

[Caller/Listener]

Ms. Jackie, one more thing. Happy New Year to you guys. Right, and one of the countries was Mexico with Mr. Man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, you're right. Thank you, Miss Jackie.

[Caller/Listener]

Have a wonderful day.

[Jessica]

Love you all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love you more. She's. I still don't understand what the hell no windows got to do anything.

[Jessica]

Y' all ain't got no back door.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Movie theaters ain't got no windows. You sit in the movie theater with no windows.

[Jessica]

Yeah, she ain't never, like, in the point, but she was just saying, like, it's one way in, one way out with y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All. And then the Caribbean's got that voice and that accent, so everything they say sounds serious. Yes. Ain't no windows. She'll say something, something to you, like, watch your eyebrows now.

[Jessica]

Have a back door.

[DJ Envy]

What's the moral of the story?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Moral of the story is stop being lazy. Take your Christmas tree down this weekend. Okay. But I do like the idea of people creeping up one little Christmas tree up for holidays every month. I do like that.

[Jessica]

It's amazing.

[DJ Envy]

Now I'm taking my down. I ain't doing that. All right, well, when we come back, we got the latest with Lawrence. We'll be breaking down everything that's happening over that we missed throughout this break. So don't go anywhere. Is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your talk ll cool. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

[Jessica]

Little brown girls look at you and.

[DJ Envy]

Go, I want to be like you.

[Caller/Listener]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through.

[Jessica]

There she going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest With Lauren on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool talk to me.

[Jessica]

Take us through there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, so a quick update. We reported on the lawsuit. Mary J. Blige was sued by Misa Hilton, who is a stylist, but also former friend of Mary J. Blige's roll over 30 plus years, and she does share a son with Diddy. Now, that lawsuit was basically alleging that they had some sort of business deal in regards to music artist Vato. The business deal seems like it went bad, and Misa Hilton was claiming that there were damages up to $5 million that she was. She should be paid for Mary J. Blige because of it. Now, that lawsuit was dismissed. Now, the judge, you know, basically because Mary J. Blige had asked for it to be dismissed. And the judge basically said that Misa Hilton's side didn't meet a deadline to prove a lot of the things that they were alleging happened in the lawsuit that they filed. And a judge, even though the judge didn't issue any sanctions, she was, the judge was. Was not too happy with the way that this went down. So the judge called Misa's abandonment of, you know, the lawsuit bad faith litigation tactics and said the court in no way condones parties filing a law lawsuit claiming millions in damages based on inflammatory accusations, only to have those very same parties abandon their allegations when faced with a motion to dismiss and sanctions. Now, I did receive a statement exclusively from Misa Hilton on this, and she says, over the years, there have been people very close to me who have hurt me deeply, and I chose not to pursue them even when I could have, and maybe should have, the reflection. That reflection led to me asking myself why I chose a different path for someone I once called my sister. Through this experience, I learned that mixing family, friendship and business is not always wise and that even in painful moments, there are meaningful lessons to be learned. While I don't agree with everything that was done, I chose peace. This entire ordeal has taken a significant toll on my mental health and has caused me to reflect deeply on life, memories, relationships, and their true purpose and meaning. I pray for healing for all of us. Yeah, the lawsuit has been dismissed, but, I mean, she can. She can go back and refile if she wants to. But the judge did give a warning and say, if you're going to do this, when you move forward, you got to make sure that y' all do everything y' all are supposed to do, because if not, it's in bad faith.

[Jessica]

Now, has she talked? Have you talked to her? Has she talked to Margie? Blige or has been. Nothing that I know of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They have not spoken in some time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Released a statement.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have not received a statement from Bottle.

[Jessica]

Has Bottle released music?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't know that answer. I didn't check Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Has Vato released music?

[DJ Envy]

Not that I have.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not that you've received any.

[DJ Envy]

I don't have anything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I'm sure it was all these legal issues that was keeping Vato from putting out. The legal issues are resolved.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But Mary J. Blige did post on her Insta story, and it wasn't anything direct, but, you know, just because of the timing, I saw people picking it up. She posted the emoji with the sunglasses on, and the. The song that she added on the Insta story was DJ Khaled. God did. But yeah. So we move on now. In other news. So Chris Redd, formerly of Saturday Night Live, snl, made a. He got very vulnerable via his Instagram. And he talks about going through a bad, like, addiction, pill addiction that he had and selling, allegedly selling pills to some of his SNL castmates. Let's take a listen to Chris being vulnerable.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I'm not really one of the resolutions or nothing like that, but I do have one that I'm gonna be leading with a lot more vulnerability and openness in my work, in my life. I know a lot of people talk about me dating Kenny Thompson's ex wife and how that came to be. Bottom line is, while I was at the show, I had some pill issues. You know, I. Some pill problems. I was even selling some to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To the people.

[DJ Envy]

So some of my cast mates, I'm. I'm not gonna snitch on y', all, man. I would be around on this. People would talk about in the buy and talk about me, and I would hear them because, you know, some of that Adderall that y', all, that got you super hearing this, but wouldn't, like, help me, you know, I have panic attacks. Wouldn't, like, be concerned about me or nothing. Just would talk. And it was crazy how somebody would watch you destroy yourself. This lady was the only one to call me on my. Help me with my. She helped me with my therapy journey, you know, and she told me things about her life that made me look at a lot of people involved in it differently.

[Jessica]

I can tell you one thing right now. Them people at SNL be high as kites. They be high as hell. I remember Pete was up here, was saying something like that, man, when he was young, he was struggling with the addictions, things like that and people like, nobody, like, talked to him there like that, like, about that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, like his time there.

[Jessica]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They be high as hell up on snl.

[DJ Envy]

I always wonder when you have somebody like that that admits to selling drugs to and seeing their lives break down, do they ever feel guilty for doing that? Right. Do they ever say, you know, I wish I didn't do that? When people sell, like pills or drugs to their community and they see how it affects them, I wonder how that makes them feel after. Like, do they feel any regret?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, he asked some of these drug dealers ask these rappers that claim to sell all these bricks and all this other stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just curious if they ever have a regret or they don't even think about it anymore.

[Jessica]

Well, and it depends on at the level that you selling the pills. Cause I remember I was selling perks because when I broke my ankle and I was taking them, I was like, you know what? No, I ain't trying to feel like this, but I know some, some that would love to take them. And so, you know, I was making my little.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was making my little friend on your Instagram. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just like the tobacco industry don't feel guilty. Just like the fast food industry don't feel guilty.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, Chris, the point of him posting this video was he was trying to because he went through his own struggles with addiction. He was just trying to, you know, let some things go on over here. And he starts. He actually starts breaking down into tears. Not even just about this whole, like, you know, the addict conversation in the pills. But he breaks his silence for the first time about dating Keenan Thompson's ex wife. After they divorced.

[Jessica]

Broken up.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, in that time we fell in love. And I felt bad from the start. I really love everything me and Keenan did, bro. And I hate doing something to. To somebody that I know would hurt them no matter who they are, no matter what they've done. You know, that's just not how I'm built. Like, I'm not not built like that. I'm for player for this at all. But I did choose life, love, you know, it made me look terrible to people that I love, you know, a lot of my fans. So I didn't know how to do this without doing this. I'm in therapy. So, like, ever since I figured out that I'm like, I'm more sad and angry, all my anger issues have turned into tears. Like, it's crazy, bro. I don't feel like a pimp.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel cool.

[DJ Envy]

About this at all. Besides the fact that I found someone that. That makes me feel like I didn't even know what love was for real. And me and him talked about it, and I'm not gonna say. And we were cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we continue to work for a.

[DJ Envy]

Year after we talked about it. And as soon as everybod found out change. This is the type of thing that. And you can have a conversation with it about that. Switching on a dime.

[Jessica]

I love the vulnerability.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And he says that he'll talk about it a bit and, you know, some of his comedy that he'll be doing this year, but it won't be all about this. But, yeah, he got pretty deep in.

[DJ Envy]

Is he still with her?

[Lauren LaRosa]

That I know of, yes. I've saw pictures of them as recent as, like, 2024. And I tried to look into that to see how, like, where they are right now, but the way in this video is like six minutes. The way he talks about her, I do believe they're still together. And from what I'm seeing online, they.

[Jessica]

They are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

According to reports, they are still together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did that relationship cost him his SNL gig? I don't know. I'm asking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't believe that it did because, I mean, let me look up what the statement was when he left snl, but I know that for some time, they. They were trying to be, like, friendly about it, but it was so weird because when I remember when the news broke about this, we were all trying to figure out what their working relationship was like because they still. They were still on the show together. And he says for the first time, like, it got weird once people knew, because inside they knew. But I don't know if that would cost them the gig, but I can find out for you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ask another question. Go ahead. What race is she? I would like to know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, her name is Christina Evangeline. And I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'll show you how she looks.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Little miscellaneous.

[Jessica]

Yeah, miscellaneous in the face.

[DJ Envy]

Let me see.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, she's given white girl, but she could also be a little, like.

[Jessica]

Little.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Maybe a little Italian, maybe.

[DJ Envy]

I thought maybe Italian. I don't know if you know that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, yeah, but, you know, they'd be trying to claim a little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We need Dr. Umar to be diagnosis.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all see what I mean? Like, then she got the streaks in her hair, like a little.

[Caller/Listener]

A little.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't just say. Diagnose her as Caucasian. We don't know.

[Jessica]

She looks non black.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she looks non Black, you know.

[Jessica]

But it's that he left diagnosed to pursue other opportunities. Yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know. Every time people leave snl, it's very miscellaneous. Like, they just say, hey, we're leaving. I'm going on thinking about other things to do. Yeah, I think you got to keep it cute like that, but all right. Oh, yeah, I did reach out to SNL to see if they had anything to say about this.

[Jessica]

They didn't say anything because they have.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's it for the hour.

[DJ Envy]

All right. That's the latest with Laura.

[Jessica]

Happy birthday, Cynthia Rebo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yes. It is her birthday. She only 30.

[Jessica]

39. I know. That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Now, when we come back, Charlemagne, who you giving that donkey, too?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, first donkey of the year 2026, man. I'm giving this person donkey today because I don't plan to talk about this person ever again.

[Jessica]

Again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But we need Dame Dash to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word. I promise you I would never. Dame. I would never ever mention you ever again.

[Jessica]

I don't believe first donkey of the Year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He deserved it. It's his fault. He bought this on himself. I had nothing to do with this. Okay, we'll discuss.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, let's get to the next.

[DJ Envy]

You're triggering me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Triggering me.

[DJ Envy]

You're triggering me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I hope nobody got no sneakers on today.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

You use that donkey thing that he all. He all a bunch of donkeys around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

New it's time for donkey of the Day. They made me the donkey of the day by the things that I've said. Damn charlamagne. Some donkey today just saw themselves.

[Jessica]

It was you. What accountability are you taking?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It really caught me off guard.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not making.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I made dun today on the Breakfast Club. That being said, I want to start.

[DJ Envy]

Off with this donkey right here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donkey drop on the clues bomb for Taylor.

[Caller/Listener]

Wow.

[Jessica]

Let's go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donkey of the day for Thursday. January a first date back of 2026. First donkey of 2026. I want this to be a teachable moment because we are in 2026. A new year, but it's still the year of the snake. Okay. The lunar New year begins on February 16. February 16 is when it becomes the year of the hospital. So we are still in the year of the snake. Okay. The year of the snake. Snake is all about shedding and letting go. So we have until February 16th to do that. Okay. Not to mention last year, 2025 was a nine year that represents completion, transformation, spiritual awakening, and letting go of the old to prepare for new beginnings. So the theme, the energy is all about shedding, letting go, ending things and starting new beginnings. Okay, Salute to everyone who has gotten the memo. Because sadly, there is a brother amongst us who is not. And his name is Dame Dash. Okay. Last night Dame Dash appeared on the Point of View show on Afro tv. And they were discussing the Breakfast Club coming to Netflix and. And miri signing with iHeart. And he had this to say. Let's listen.

[DJ Envy]

So I was doing what's considered a podcast now with. It's called. It was Culture Vultures Hip Hop Motivation with Kenyatta. And I actually offered iHeartRadio the same deal that Netflix offered two years ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I can show it to you.

[DJ Envy]

I know the CEO. That's why I also knew that they might be going bankrupt. And I'm gonna show you what I sent them. Do notice because you saw Charlemagne all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of a sudden got that deal.

[DJ Envy]

Can you name someone that I have problems with that's not like corporately backed? It seems like as soon as someone's beefing with me, think about it, 50 soon as Fredo Cameron got with the corporate, he starts beefing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Before it was Jay.

[DJ Envy]

And I just think it's a humiliation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ritual, that if you're going to get empowered by them, you got to go at me. What's misleading about the Charlemagne situation is called black. What's it called?

[Jessica]

Black effect.

[DJ Envy]

But it's owned by white people. Have. So what usually happens, you use someone black to get all the talent from all the black people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Allegedly, it's powered by somebody white. They get all the data and that's.

[DJ Envy]

The reason why he's the face for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Them to go get all of our culture. That man is delusional. Okay, The Lulu Poppington. Let me tell you something. When I hear brothers like that talk, my first thought is segregation was a great concept that was poorly executed. It should have been based on behavior, not race. Because I don't want to be a around none of those types of Negroes, okay? Keep all those unhealed heathens away from me. The extremely sad part of what Dame just said is that he believes it, okay? He believes it because he's a textbook narcissist. And narcissists consistently make everything about themselves because they have an inflated sense of self importance and a constant need for attention and validation. Dame, listen. You really think people are sitting around in corporate border rooms plotting on ways to stop you? Nobody has to do that because Dame Dash's Biggest obstacle will always be Dame Dash, okay? Nobody gets in Dame Dash's way more than Dame Dame. I'm gonna promise you something right here, right now, I'm not talking about you no more, okay? Ever, all right? Because I don't want to feed your ego. And when I talk about shedding, that's something I want us all to do in 2026. Don't feed people's wounded egos, okay? Stop giving excess validation and attention to people with an inflated sense of self importance. Their ego thrives on it, okay? That's what those manipulative, arrogant and insecure behaviors like Dame Dash has come from, okay? I don't want that Dash, AKA Boss Baby, throwing any tantrums because of me, okay? So that is something I will be shedding, all right? While we are still in the year of the snake. I also don't understand brothers like damn game. Because, Dame, you got all the money with corporate America. Back in your day, okay, when it was your turn, you got checks from Def Jam, you had Rockaway, you had Armadale Vodka, you had Pro Keds, you had the Rock Box, you had all kind of stuff. How come when you was getting your money from corporate America, it was all good, but every black man after you has to be getting it through some type of nefarious means and getting it because they come at you. So, so, so, so should we assume, based off your logic, the only reason you was getting paid back today was because you was doing some bs? I just don't understand the logic, okay? And when you had Rockefeller and you was partnered with artists, okay? Just like I'm partnered with podcasts on Black Effect and you was partnered with Def Jam and Universal, weren't you partnered with white folks? Was you selling our culture then? The logic doesn't even add up. But I guess it's cool when you do it, but it's a problem when other black men do it. But I will say this, that Dash, if you believe that people are rewarded because they go back and forth with you or have issues with you, then you need to get with some other brothers who have with corporate and stage some beefs, okay? So they can get paid and then give you a kickback. In fact, for everyone who believes this nonsense, because there is some people out here that will believe this. They'll believe this foolishness that Dame Dash is spewing. Well, let's test the theory, okay? Go to Dame Dash's Instagram. All right? Let's have a little petty party. See, this is what I'm talking About.

[DJ Envy]

This is what I'm talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stop, stop. This is. This is a teachable moment, okay? This is not recklessness, okay? Go to Dame Dash's Instagram at Duskopolis Robbington. Go to Dame's Twitter, go to Dame's YouTube, the America New network, and start a beef with him, okay? Leave a comment, say f you Debt Dash and let's see if you get a check. All right? Based off Dame's logic, just start a beef with him and then you'll get paid. Let's try the theory out. Let's get a lot of people paid today, see who he goes back and forth with and see if they get a check. Based off Debt Dash's logic, it should be a lot of folks getting rich today. Okay? Let's try the logic out. Go to Dusko Poppington on Instagram. Let's have a little petty party and start a beef with him. All right? If that's all it takes to be successful, try it. Okay, Dame, you might want to try arguing with yourself. All right? Look in the mirror. Look in the mirror and start beefing with yourself. Even though, sadly, that's what's already happening, okay? All your issues are internal because folks like me haven't done anything to you, all right? But if your theory is true, start a fake beef with yourself. Or as I said, have somebody in corporate start a fake beef with you so they can get a check and then y' all can split it. Because when I was watching that Point of view conversation, Dame, I saw that stain on your suit, okay? I saw that stain on your suit, all right? Now maybe that stain on your suit was intentional to match the stains on those filthy ass forces you be wearing. But all I'm saying is you might need to check. But more importantly, Dave, I. I just want you to be happy. I'm serious. All jokes aside, I wish nothing but the best for you. I want you to heal what is hurting you. I want you to let go of all the hurt that you experience, experienced at the hands of the industry. I'll pay for your therapy, Dan. I'm deadass serious. I have a great therapist. I can refer to you. I. I am dead ass. I will pay for your therapy because I am tired of you bleeding on people who didn't cut you. I am sending Debt Dash healing energy. I truly am. It's the year of the snake. The snake symbolizes transformation, renewal, and letting go of negativity. It's time day. Let it go. Please give to Lulu Poppington, AKA Det Dash, AKA Boss Baby the biggest he haw.

[Jessica]

Boss baby.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not talking about him no more. It's over now.

[DJ Envy]

I heard a rumor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care what he says. I don't care what he says. I'm not talking about him no more. I heard a rumor the key had been swallowed. I'm a dookie it out and flush it.

[DJ Envy]

They said that his film companies auctioned off for $100.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care about none of that.

[DJ Envy]

And it said. Said that you were part of buying that 400. Is that true?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have a hundred dollars.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have nothing to do with nothing. No, I'm. Leave it alone. I'm over it. I want that dash to get healing. The only conversations I'm entertaining from that dash is him telling me he want to go to therapy, and I'll pay for it.

[DJ Envy]

So that hundred dollars that was auctioned off for his company, you had nothing to do with it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Jessica]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Jessica]

That's hella petty.

[DJ Envy]

That's hella 100 from the family office. And you notice. You notice Charlemagne's change bag ain't here no more, right? And now. Okay, I want to make sure. I want to make sure you got that $100 to live. Anyway, everybody else, crown royal bag right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There full of change. You need something?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Jessica]

That's crazy, huh? My man called you a Negro slayer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, everybody else just fixed my mess. 800-585-1051. I know during the holiday season, maybe things didn't go the way that you wanted it to go. Maybe you're having issues in your family, issues with your boyfriend, issues with your girlfriend. She's here to fix your mess. 800-585-1051. Call Jess right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

[Caller/Listener]

Me. Oh, my God.

[Jessica]

I'm all up in your mess. I'mma fix it, fix it, fix it. Just go fix your mess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause my advice is.

[DJ Envy]

Is real. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Jess Fix my Mess. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, this is Jess.

[Jessica]

Good morning, Jess.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jess. Jess, meet Jess.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning. Yes. Hey, Jess.

[Jessica]

Hey, girl. What's up? What's wrong? Hey.

[Caller/Listener]

So, I'm Jessica.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I live in Miami.

[Caller/Listener]

So my thing is, back in the day, we. Me and my adult sisters, we used to always spend holidays together, right? Or recently, my mom's husband has Said basically he doesn't want her adult children, their home. So we kind of do our own thing for holidays. My thing is how are we supposed to reconcile? How should we come about this? I have a son. I'm pregnant, have a baby on the way.

[Jessica]

Congratulations.

[Caller/Listener]

I do want. Thank you. I do want to spend time with my family. However, I don't want to go where I'm not invited.

[Jessica]

Okay, so why? Why? What's the problem? What's the issue? Why does your mother's husband not want you? You and your other.

[Caller/Listener]

Jealous of her? Yeah, he's jealous of her relationship with her children. We're very close. He doesn't have close knit relationship with his family. He kind of wants my mom all to himself.

[Jessica]

Did you have this conversation with your mom? What, what is she saying?

[Caller/Listener]

I haven't because I don't want to hurt her feelings. I don't want to. No, no, no.

[Jessica]

You don't want to hurt her feelings. But you to want when your sister's feelings are hurt, that's horrible. If you're close to your mother, you and your sister are close, first and foremost. But if you're close to your mother and y' all are a tight knit family and someone outside of that. I know he's your mother's husband, but if he don't want y' all around, he. That don't. He's not even claiming y' all is what that means. You know, he's not claiming y' all as his, as his children, you know, stepchildren, bonus children, whatever you want to call it. But it's, it's. Yeah, you guys are feeling some type of way as well. That's your mother. Y' all have to talk to her about that. First and foremost. Do y' all notice any other patterns? Like him trying to control her, him, you know.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, 100%.

[Jessica]

That's narcissistic behavior when you try to like isolate someone from their friends, family, closest people. Y' all see any other pattern?

[Caller/Listener]

My mom. Yeah, we do, we do. We see like how he's very, he's very inviting to his friends, but not to my mom's friends. Like if they have a get together and all his friends come over, it's hey, hey. But the second my mom's family comes over or friend is very dry. So we see that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Does your, Is your mom happy? Does your mom look happy?

[DJ Envy]

Not.

[Jessica]

Does she tell you she happy? You know, your mother, does she look happy?

[Caller/Listener]

Does she look happy? Absolutely not.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

Because that financially, absolutely everything else.

[Jessica]

Okay. All Right. So he got money.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, ma'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Jessica]

So, yeah, he's. I mean, because to me, it just sounds like the introduction to some type of abuse. I'm not gonna say physical. It could be just. Just abuse. No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Just, you know, she does not appear to be happy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Financially. But is that worth her happiness? And then tearing a family apart, essentially, you know, you got to sit down and talk to your mother, and you have to somehow isolate. Isolate her from him to have this conversation just with her. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Jessica]

Absolutely. Bring it to the surface. Look, you can find money anyway.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

You know, I'm. I'm sorry, though. I know you definitely, you know, with your. The baby you're carrying and your child is already. I know you. You want to go to your mom's house. I know you want to call your mom. You want to spend time with her along with your sister. Like. Yeah, it works on that. Like, get your mother and alone, you know, and y' all have a. A whole intervention with her. Yeah. Before it's too late, you know?

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Jessica]

Yeah, just try it then. Call me back. Let me know. Call me back, friend.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, girl. We love y'. All. Bye.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

Hi, this Shanti.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Shanti. What's your question for Jess?

[Caller/Listener]

So me and my boyfriend been together for three years. In the beginning, like, the first year and a half, I was still kind of getting over my previous baby daddy. So I guess it was some unloyalty going on as far as me talking to my previous baby daddy about my new relationship. Okay. And then my previous baby daddy, he got mad because he still wanted to be with me, and he ended up writing him on social media and just blasting everything thing that me and him were talking about. So of course, I made my. My new baby daddy, Max, and now he, like, looking at me like a op. So we tried to move forward. We went on a little break, and he ended up having sex with somebody else doing our quote unquote break. But during that break, he was still talking to me. It's my birthday. We going out of town. We doing stuff, you know, so it's not really a break in my eyes, but it's to him to.

[Jessica]

It is. Well, we kind of fell back. Do. Do you blame him, though? You know what I'm saying? Cause you was talking to your first baby daddy about the second one, which, you know, it doesn't always mean that you're not over the first one. But why in the world would you be doing that? Why are you talking with your ex? He's still an ex. Baby daddy or no baby daddy, you know, he's still an ex. Why are you discussing anything with your first boyfriend about your current boyfriend? Boyfriend? You can't do that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I know.

[Caller/Listener]

So that's what I'm saying. So back. That happened, like, back then, I went to, like, therapy, counseling.

[Jessica]

How long ago did that happen, though? You said back then. How long?

[Caller/Listener]

We don't had two kids since then. So my. My daughter, she. Five months, and then we got a son that's two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jessica]

So three years.

[Caller/Listener]

It was like you say. Yeah. So it's like in the beginning of our relationship when we started to kind of get to know each other, we still was like, okay, okay. So it was basically what really happened was like, kind of a domestic violence relationship. We got into an argument, he put his hands on me, and I called my baby daddy type situation. So it was really.

[Jessica]

So. So hold up. Your second baby daddy.

[DJ Envy]

Your.

[Jessica]

Your. Your current boyfriend, right, who you're trying to make things work with in the beginning, before you had kids, put hands on you and you still had kids?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, with him. I kind of forgave him and just kept moving forward because I wanted to be with him at the time, I. I guess. Yeah. I don't even have really no explanation, but now I'm in the clear mindset. 32, trying to move on, trying to have a family, you know, just work it out for my two kids.

[Jessica]

Okay. Has he put his hands on you again? Be honest.

[Caller/Listener]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

So we moved forward from that situation, and like I said, I gave her a second chance. We had our two kids, and it's like, now, after all that stuff, he's still, like, telling me that he. I put it like, he basically treated me like an op. Like, yeah, he's not trying to give me a soft girl era. He told me in an audio message that he could never just say okay to me. Like, okay, bae, like, when we have a conversation, it's always a battle back and forth between me and him. And it's like, do I even want to continue going on? Because I want to be me, like a software era, just not have to have this wall up all the time and just be hard and relationship. You know what I'm saying?

[Jessica]

Yeah, it sounds very toxic, but it sounded toxic in the beginning. And you continued the journey of toxicity with this guy. You know what I'm saying? So I. What I think is you just have to be very careful who you produce with. You have to be careful. I'm coming out with a book that actually addresses that. It's called so Deaf Dewey Parents.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[Jessica]

And you need to pre order. Cause girl, you got some problems. And you got a problem on your hand that, that you can't solve. Being in that relationship, you. It sound like you pretty much gotta exit now because you didn't do it when you saw the first flag, you know what I'm saying? So you, you just asked me, should you go on? Do I continue? It don't sound like this is something that's healthy for you, you know what I'm saying?

[Caller/Listener]

I feel that. Yeah, I feel that. And then like, when coming from his point of view, like, he see the issues too and he working on himself as well. Like, he pushed for us to go to church more and just get right with God first so we can fix the things in our relationship. Because he's saying he can't give me the things that I'm asking for, but God can. And I feel that. But it's like, what are you asking for?

[Jessica]

What are you asking for? Real quick, I got a couple more, couple more seconds. What you asking for?

[Caller/Listener]

I want for us to just have like a normal life, like a home, a family and just be good. Like we both working into getting into our careers. I'm about to graduate in nursing school, so I can congratulations on taking care of myself and my family. And I just want a partner beside me to help because it's hard out here. But even though I know I can't do it by myself, but I do want love. You know what I'm saying?

[Jessica]

I understand you want love, but don't be desperate for it. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes your desperation can land you in places that you can't get out of, you know what I'm saying? Or that you. You regret, you know, later on if he told you, you that he can't give you the, the basic essentials of a relationship like, you know what you just told me? If he can't give you that, you. You don't belong there. You can't be there. Given y' all got two kids, y' all can co parent amicably separate, y' all can do that. Separate. Y' all just gotta work on yourself. Y' all gotta figure that out. But yeah, pre order that book, call, call back to let me know, give me an update.

[Caller/Listener]

But yeah, but I get on the chat though. Charlamagne. I love you so Much South Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You more part of sc.

[Caller/Listener]

You from Columbia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Metro. That Metro. That man done hit you raw and got you going crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Jessica]

Then told you go to God for what you need. Then told you go to God for what you need. Baby girl, you better go to God for real. I love y'.

[Caller/Listener]

All.

[Jessica]

Bye. Love you too, babe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bye. Bye. Did Rome ever try to find God when he was trying to get you back?

[Jessica]

No, he did not. He was not trying. He was trying to get me back. Deal with somebody else. Get somebody else. Get somebody else.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What if God told him to do that? That like the Holy Trin.

[Jessica]

God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Three.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Three.

[DJ Envy]

Go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any time that Jess book Tell Death do we parent will be on sale April 28th of this year. Okay. So go pre order it right now.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. When we come back, we got the latest with Lauren. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your talk. LL Cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dumbing myself down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

[Jessica]

Little brown girls look at you and.

[DJ Envy]

Go, I want to be like you.

[Caller/Listener]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Lauren on the Breakfast Club. LL Talk to me. LL Cool B. Lauren larosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cuz you was just shady under the. Under that music. And we heard you very much. You never go. It's the year of the Shed or whatever you was seeing last year of the Snake, whatever. Figuring out what he letting go because you ain't letting go over there. They're gonna say. They walk by and say, he's so down to earth. You bet. He's little. He gotta be. Anyway.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, let's let.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you. You know, 20, 26. I'm trying to, you know, figure it out. Okay, so in this hour of the latest, we got a few things to get to y'.

[Jessica]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now listen, Mike Epps sat down with Shannon sharp on Club Shay shapes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Three hours.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, wow.

[Jessica]

He finally got up there, man. I remember he was like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you said something. You were so shitty. Yes. That happened.

[Jessica]

Huh?

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz they had a little smoke.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it was a little. Little, you know, a little back and forth with the U.N. but yes, they sat down. They figured it out. They had a conversation. Three hour long conversation. So we won't get to everything here, but please go watch it. It was a great conversation. But they did talk about Mike Epps and because there's all. People have always tried to make it seem like there was this. There's this beef with Mike Epps and Chris Tucker.

[Jessica]

Really? I never heard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I never heard that one either.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But he. But he's always said that there wasn't any issue. It's just like, you know, he jokes because he came into the Friday franchise after. Right. But they talk about it on. During the. Sit down. Let's take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

Chris Tucker is mad at me because I didn't do. Because I did the next Friday. To this day, I said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How's he mad at you? He didn't. Okay. The reports are that he didn't want to do cursing and he want to be smoking weed. Well, I heard that.

[DJ Envy]

I heard through the grapevine. He said they should have left it alone, that they it up by keep doing it. He did such a great job.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can see him saying that.

[DJ Envy]

But my mama needed to wash and dry.

[Jessica]

Was I supposed to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. That shouldn't be beef between Chris and Mike. Not at all. If Chris made that statement, I think he's even.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Even. I mean, even if, you know, Chris did, I don't think he felt the way I. Maybe he just wanted to kind of preserve what he did in the franchise. I think he.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you don't even know if Chris said that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm going off of what Mike Epps said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, Mike.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Going off of what Mike Epps said. If that is true, I could understand Chris Tucker feeling that way and then not being beef. Him just feeling like, you know, I want y' all to leave it alone a bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have nothing to do with Mike personally.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, speaking of other issues that went down over the holiday, did you guys see Pastor Jamal Bryant and his wife? They stepped out to the United Negro College Fund. Yeah. Banquet that they had. And they raised all of this money, a ton of money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But the conversation wasn't about that. The conversation was about a dress that Ms. Carrie Bryant wore. Beautiful dress, by the way.

[Jessica]

She looked really good in it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She looked amazing. She's. She is beautiful. But she looked amazing in the dress. And man, I feel like people were arguing about for about a week about her dress. Pastor Jamal Bryant addressed it in front of his congregation, but he also just sat down with Tamron hall, him and his wife, and they addressed the critics again. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. It was very enraging and irritating. And at the end of the day, I had to think to myself to respond to that.

[DJ Envy]

Does that grow the church or does it diminish it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And so at that moment, I had to Separate my human and really deal with my divine call.

[DJ Envy]

I'd be out of order to fight a 78 year old.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It makes no sense. And he raises up his wife as.

[DJ Envy]

The standard of how my wife should be dressing.

[Caller/Listener]

You know, the lesson in it all, I hope and pray for women and men that see it, is to be so anchored in who you are and who God has called you to be that when even the noise is loud, you. You are still anchored in your own identity.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So there were, you know, other. There was a pastor who. Pastor Patrick Wooden, who came out and had some things to say, but there were a lot of people who were going back and forth and y' all know that they love to do this with the conversation. So I thought that it was great to hear Pastor Jamal Bryant say, I want to make sure people know this should not push you away from church just because you like to dress how you dress or whatever the case may be. Because it's always very disheartening when people feel like they can't come to church because you can't come as you are. Like you're supposed to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what they say in the church. Come as you are.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also, that wasn't in the church. I'm not policing that man's wife's clothes. I've never even thought about what a first lady should wear when they not in the church. But they weren't in the church. They were at a banquet, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, they were at the Mayor's Mask ball, which raised $4 million for the United Negro College Fund, which, you know, goes to students trying to better their lives. So that should have been.

[Jessica]

Now, I thought the saying come as you are was just like, if you broke and dusty, come broken, dusty. Not like, you know, like, come like as you want to become as you are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think it's more so like meet the people where they are. You can, I mean, different.

[Jessica]

Have a lot of nice threads in your. In your closet. You know, just come with what you got. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Different people take it different ways. Churches take it different ways. But I think it should mean where are you ever you are in your place in life, whether it's how you're dressing, whatever you got going on, come and figure it out with us, because we are the church.

[Jessica]

I thought she looked nice. I thought they both look nice stepping out together. But I will say, since this little fiasco, she been coming covered up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I don't know how she dresses any other time. I never paid it no attention. But I did see what Pastor Jamal Bryant said about how society always puts it on the woman, the police themselves. And I. And I agreed with him because I always thought that I'm like, why? They'd be like, oh, you know, you got to dress a certain way so men don't, you know, wanna.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that sounds stupid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't lust for you. And I'm like, what about the man? We don't. We're not to have no discipline.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look at you.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that sounds stupid.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Maybe 20, 26, you are opening up that big head over there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got a flesh color? All right, we got as we. No, no, no, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have something way more important than you and that little disc over there. As we have really good news in the room because DJ Envy, we are announcing. Announcing exclusively. Has added a new major title to his growing business portfolio. He is now the creative cultural strategist at American Dream Mall, the second largest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The second largest mall in the US behind Mall of America. So this 3 million square foot entertainment and retail destination is one of his new jobs. The strategic role positions DJ Envy as the driving creative force behind the venue's cultural programming positions. American Dream to deepen its footprint in music, nightlife, and lifestyle entertainment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Break that down for me in n ways.

[DJ Envy]

I'm bringing culture to the mall. So what it means is, like, we're doing stuff for HBCUs. So HBCU panel. So if you're interested in going to HBCU, we'll have panels there where they'll teach you about HBCUs. Not only that, we'll do car events, celebrity events, but the mall has music. So what we're doing is. What we're trying to do is create a radio station in the mall which gives young kids talent so they can start their ability to start doing it now. So just imagine. Hey, what's up? This is little Mikey. Make sure you go upstairs to Toys R us. They got 20% off today. So it's teaching the kids how to do things like that also.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you got a job with meaning? Were you actually helping people?

[Jessica]

I love that.

[DJ Envy]

Not only that. So the mall also has like the big snow program and Nickelodeon parks. What we're doing is kids that can't afford to go skiing and snowboarding. We're taking kids every month and teaching them how to ski, teaching them how to snowboard because that stuff is expensive. Snowboard, skis, renting, all that. So we're teaching kids from the hood, in neighborhoods that can't afford it, how to ski. And I love that. And we're doing all that.

[Jessica]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And if he owns a piece of the mall, that's my story. If he owns a piece of a magic dream mall in Jersey.

[Jessica]

This is all after you was beefing with Dane. This came right after you beefed with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got rewarded.

[Caller/Listener]

You know what?

[Jessica]

I'm on to y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All. That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

But also what we don't want to do is like pop up shops. So for instance, your book is coming out April 26th. Correct.

[Jessica]

28.

[DJ Envy]

So what I want to do is we have a pop up shop. Create your own store in there where you can go sign autographs. You'll have your book there. You'll have merch there. And you could come and sign and people come meet you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love that. That's big.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So we also have culinary programming as well.

[DJ Envy]

There's a lot. So salute to Keisha, Camilla, Don, Adam, the whole mall that we've been putting this together for a long time. And this came together because the mall showed me so much love. And I would just go to the mall and they would say, hey, what do you want to do for black history? So it just came just naturally. It was just naturally natural.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So black history month. Got to do it this year.

[DJ Envy]

Dominican.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

I am black.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I know I'm getting a Prius.

[DJ Envy]

I am black.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am I getting a Prius now? I know I'm getting me a Prius. I know you about to buy me a Prius.

[DJ Envy]

I've been waiting outside my door.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I need a Prius. I know I'm getting me a Prius.

[DJ Envy]

Drake get his homie a gift. Pharrell gave his homie his brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I gave you a great gift for Christmas that you still haven't worn.

[DJ Envy]

You gave me pants with my ass cut out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then you know that's crazy. Not only did I buy you a great gift, you had the nerve to be on Instagram on the toilet with your pants around your ankles. But you couldn't put on my gift with the cheeks.

[DJ Envy]

But you see my. I used the dial. You gave me the just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

At the bottom.

[DJ Envy]

It's growing back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grand opening. When you show up at the mall that you own a piece of now grand opening, you got to wear them pants.

[DJ Envy]

Don't say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations. Up store with them cheek out pants.

[Caller/Listener]

You.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You could do it for one of the.

[DJ Envy]

And also when you do our senior hall, I want to get all senior hall in there. That mall, there's a lot I want to do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out to you, Envy. You deserve all of the things, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Envy owns a piece of the world. I do not.

[DJ Envy]

Do not say that. All right, it's the Breakfast. Let's get to the mix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This guy.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club again. Again. I want to salute to all the doctors and nurses in all these emergency rooms and hospitals, if you follow me on Instagram. You know, my daughter was. She had the flu, strep and the sinus infection. She had a seizure because of all of that. And I don't have. We don't have seizures in our family. Like, none of my kids ever had seizures. None of my family members ever had seizures. Very scary. And I just want to say salute to all the doctors at Mount Sinai nurses that really took care of my daughter. Got her back to 100%. She's back in school. But if you have kids or yourself, just be very careful. The flu is out there. My other daughter, Brooklyn, she got the flu, and it almost paralyzed her legs where she couldn't walk. I had to rush her to the emergency room. So, you know, just be careful out there. Keep eyes on your kids, and let me shout out to little Sean, Little Sean the rapper. He called me up and he gave.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Me suit to Sean.

[DJ Envy]

Sean, yeah, Sean Penn. He gave me all these things that I should be taking to make sure to make. Strengthen up my immune system.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

So I've been giving it to my kids and my son, myself, and it seems like it's been working pretty good, because if not, I'd have been sick already because I get sick fast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, Sean is a good brother man also, too. We need to have more about that conversation because, you know, you said it just now, but I don't think people grasped it. Grasp, grasp, grasped it.

[DJ Envy]

What's that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That you kind of got misdiagnosed? Yeah, like, you know, he was telling you that you and your daughter had to have brain surgery and all types of crazy stuff. You understand?

[DJ Envy]

I had to call Charlemagne because they said the. The. I guess the pediatrician that does the best brain surgery is in South Carolina. So I call Charlemagne, like, yo, I need this person's number. Charlemagne's trying to get the me, like, it was crazy. But she was misdiagnosed. She did not need brain surgery. But it was. It was scary.

[Jessica]

And that was in Jersey.

[DJ Envy]

That was in Jersey.

[Jessica]

That's what got my damn gallbladder taken out. And they probably didn't have to take it out.

[DJ Envy]

Probably didn't.

[Jessica]

I wonder if they can put it back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't got your gallbladder taken out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jessica]

Remember I. I had food poisoning from an oyster. I ate and I went to Jersey Dr. In Jersey. Jersey Medical center in Jersey City. And I went and I was throwing up. And they was like, all right, we gonna have to take out Chagall bladder. And I was like, all right, take it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But now you see, that really happened.

[Jessica]

I swear, this early in March. That's why I missed all those shows with Martin.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Jessica]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, so. But salute to those doctors. And like you said, we need to have a conversation, cuz people are misdiagnosing people and it could be a lot worse.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it happens a lot. Especially to black people. Especially the, you know, brown people. In Envy's case, that happens a lot.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, they're doing great now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The kids are doing great.

[DJ Envy]

Thank God we got a double second opinion.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black, brown, and beige people. That happens a lot.

[DJ Envy]

Now I'm in my own job. A beige now in the beige.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, hold on. Mimi. Say what's up, Mimi. Mimi Brown is here as well? Yes, she is. Okay. And Mimi will be here tomorrow. She's in studio.

[Mimi Brown]

I'm in studio. Be here tomorrow. What he just said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell them where to follow you, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Follow me, Mimi Brown. TV on all platforms.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are you tired, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

I am a little tired.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. I can tell. See, what happens is everybody fades around this time of day. If you're not used to being up here. That's right.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna say we should have asked Mimi about taking down her Christmas direct, actually her Christmas decoration, because she was the first to put her Christmas tree. She put her Christmas tree up.

[Mimi Brown]

Made fun of me.

[Jessica]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

In September, she put her Christmas tree up. Did you take it down yet?

[Mimi Brown]

I took it down January 2nd.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. But her tree is only this big, that little tree that we sitting behind her when she do.

[Mimi Brown]

But it was a live tree, so it started, like, falling apart.

[Jessica]

I got you.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to get up out of here. Show them you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do, man. We are happy to be back. This was our first show of 2026, man. I just want y' all to know that there is always an opportunity to start again and again. Okay? If the always are not working, if what you did last year wasn't working, just look for better ways of doing it in this new year, 2026, and start again fresh. All right, y' all have a great day.

[DJ Envy]

Breakfast Club finish or y' all done?

[Lauren LaRosa]

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