FULL SHOW: Cardi B Opens Up on Pregnancy, Separation & Am I The Drama? Album + Hit-Boy Talks Music, Ye & Alchemist Collab

Summary

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The Breakfast Club – Cardi B Opens Up on Pregnancy, Separation & "Am I The Drama?" Album + Hit-Boy Talks Music, Ye & Alchemist Collab

Date: September 19, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God (w/ Lauren LaRosa guest-hosting)
Guests: Cardi B, Hit-Boy

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of The Breakfast Club dives deep into the personal and professional lives of Cardi B and superproducer Hit-Boy. Cardi B candidly discusses her pregnancy, her new album "Am I The Drama?", and addresses rumors and realities around her separation from Offset. She offers an unfiltered look at her struggles balancing fame, motherhood, and mental health. Hit-Boy shares hard-won wisdom from his long journey in the music industry, including finally becoming a “free man” after 18 years locked in a bad publishing deal, and teases his upcoming collaborative projects.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Cardi B: Album Release, Motherhood, and Handling "Drama"

[23:17–67:46]

The 8-Year Wait for "Am I The Drama?"

• Challenge of Sophomore Album: Cardi speaks on why it took eight years to drop a follow-up to "Invasion of Privacy," explaining, “It was never because I was pregnant… I'm just very, like, picky… I didn't like nothing. It shouldn't be my second album” (29:35).
• Overthinking & Pressure: She acknowledges overthinking hindered her creativity, especially after initial success: “You just gotta do it... I think I overthinked it” (30:32).

Touring and Mental Preparation

• Family Balance: Cardi reveals that Live Nation wanted her to delay her album and tour due to her pregnancy, but she pushed back: “I’m going to put out my album in September, and we gonna go on tour in February. I got things to do in the summertime” (34:08).
• Physical Preparation: Cardi discusses how prior pregnancies helped her with resilience and preparation for a tour: “My feet hurt every single day. But…if you want this to be successful, you gotta get out there…if I want it, like, it’s like, go get it” (33:28).
• On Having It All: “If I want something, I’m gonna make it happen. It’s really about how bad you want it” (33:28).

Mental Health & Taking Breaks

• Realizations About Burnout: Cardi opens up about failing to recognize her own need for breaks, which sometimes stretched into months off due to overthinking and stress (35:46).
• Impact of Industry Pressures: She points to the immense public scrutiny and online negativity as triggers for her mental health struggles: “When I’m in mental distress, I don’t want to do nothing, but I feel very, like, ain’t nothing really bothering me right now…” (34:08).

Addressing the Drama: Beef, Diss Tracks, and Public Feuds

• Authenticity in Diss Tracks: On why she responded to other artists’ shots: “When my kids grow up one day and…see that you mentioned them, they’re gonna ask me...I’m not gonna tell my kids…I took the high road…No, I’m not saying that to my kids. I’m like, 'You see how I violated'” (41:12).
• Industry Conflict: She breaks down the cycle of artists beefing for attention and how industry insiders can seed damaging rumors about her personal life (42:37).

Sharing Her Truth, Social Media, and Criticism

• Exposing Vulnerability: Cardi admits to sometimes lashing out online, then pulling back: “Sometimes I just can’t help myself. I’m gonna say what I want to say. But sometimes I gotta reserve myself…” (45:12).
• Why Select Where She Sits for Interviews: “Why am I gonna go to podcasters that I don’t like?…You contribute to my pain, you contribute to my pressure…So why am I gonna sit down with your ass?” (61:41).

On Motherhood, Family, and the Meaning of Success

• Life Lessons from Motherhood: “Motherhood is hard no matter how much money you have, no matter how much you plan. It makes me not wanna lose anything” (46:03).
• Resilience as a Parent: “I don’t want to be a quitter. I don’t ever want my kids to be like...‘Why you ain’t did this?’...if people are being mean…you automatically quit?” (46:03).

Love, Separation, and Moving On

• Current Relationship Status: On Offset and divorce: “No, it’s not peaceful at all. It is not. I can’t even talk about it because it’s like…a court thing” (48:08).
• Loving Again: “I will get married again…but not as quick as I got married the last time. It’s really a lot. It’s actually disgusting” (49:31).
• On Dating Again: Navigating vulnerability and fear after public breakup. “Dating is scary. Being vulnerable with a person again after what you went through is what you were scared of…” (53:04).

Notable Quotes:

• “If you want it bad, you get up and you go get it. Ain’t no complaining. Ain’t no crying about it...This is what you chose…it is what it is.” (33:28)
• “I like people that make me feel good…if I don’t like you, why am I sitting down with you? To prove what point?” (62:35)
• “I always feel like people…pick on me or something…Why am I always the drama? Am I the one? Is it me?” (66:09)

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2. Hit-Boy: Breaking Free, Music Industry Lessons, and New Projects

[75:09–96:34]

18 Years in a Bad Deal, Now a Free Man

• The Long Grind: Hit-Boy details signing at 19—locked in for 18 years: “I was in my deal for 18 years…July 1, 2025, I woke up feeling like a new man. The pressure, that dark cloud is just gone now.” (83:02)
• Depression & Therapeutic Growth: “I didn’t realize I was depressed…my therapist made me realize I never had boundaries…that’s why I was handing everybody the same lifestyle” (83:02).
• Music Industry Realities: “I didn’t even know I was in a bad deal till I made 'N****s In Paris'…then I’m like, where the real money at?” (75:39)

Business, Boundaries, & Getting Help

• On Not Knowing, Asking for Help: Hit-Boy credits Jimmy Iovine: “I told him, ‘I don’t know nothin’ about none of this’…He said, ‘That’s the smartest thing you ever said,’ everything I do, you can learn” (76:50).
• Jay-Z, Roc Nation's Role: “Jay Z and Desiree Perez…stepped in and got me out my deal. The best we could do was run down my contract to July 2025, so I did the last four years” (82:20).

Giving Back and Expansion

• Starting a Foundation: “The Next Hits”—to help underserved youth with incarcerated parents understand music business and production (94:13).
• New Projects:
  • Album & film collaboration with Alchemist (drops Oct 24).
  • Solo album "Software Update."
  • Expands into horse racing and film.

On Resilience and Mindset

• Enduring Dark Periods: “Man, bro, I was…depressed for years…Stuff like that, just trying to put pressure on artists, maybe if I make a bigger song, I can get out this deal…” (93:27).
• Closing the Circle: “Is my circle small now? It’s like a dot…more condensed, right people around me who care for me” (83:39).

Notable Quotes:

• “I just feel like I made it when I got out my deal” (82:03)
• “I feel refreshed, I feel like I just started, though…with more knowledge, way smarter, way flyer, way richer” (86:15)
• “I sacrificed. I was giving up like 40% of my money at that time…me being associated with Ye, a lot of good came from that too” (92:24)

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3. Community, Work Culture, and Listener Engagement

[6:00–22:33]

• Listeners call in and discuss work-life challenges, working with people they don't like, and balancing mental health and family.
• Notable moment: Encouragement for therapy and open communication within families impacted by loss (14:32–17:12).
• Candid conversations around vulnerability in men and evolving gender roles at work (8:29–10:45).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Cardi B (on drama):
  “I always feel like people…pick on me or something… Why am I always the drama? Am I the one? Is it me?” (66:09)
• Cardi B (on motherhood):
  “Motherhood is hard no matter how much money you have…It makes me not wanna lose anything.” (46:03)
• Cardi B (on work ethic):
  “Ain’t no complaining. Ain’t no crying about it...This is what you chose…it is what it is.” (33:28)
• Hit-Boy (on freedom):
  “I feel like I made it when I got out my deal.” (82:03)
• Hit-Boy (on therapy):
  “I didn’t realize I was depressed…my therapist made me realize I never had boundaries.” (83:02)
• Charlamagne tha God (on choices):
  “The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. And I make better choices than you.” (70:10)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [23:17–67:46]: Cardi B Interview – Pregnancy, album, personal growth, marriage, motherhood, beefs, mental health.
• [75:09–96:34]: Hit-Boy Interview – Music journey, industry lessons, deals, Roc Nation, new projects, personal growth.
• [6:00–22:33]: Listener Calls – Working with people you don’t like; community.
• [67:46–75:09]: Donkey of the Day – An impassioned monologue on “prison math” and life choices by Charlamagne.
• Miscellaneous: Several commercial/intermission breaks (skipped in this summary).

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Tone & Language

The tone is raw, honest, and at times humorous, with the hosts and guests providing candid, sometimes vulnerable insights. Cardi is real and relatable, unapologetically herself. Hit-Boy is calm, reflective, and eager to share hard-earned lessons.

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Conclusion

This episode of The Breakfast Club spotlights the cost of vulnerability, the struggle for autonomy in the industry, and the personal stakes behind public personas. Cardi B’s second album is more than music; it’s a chronicle of her struggles and triumphs as a mother, artist, and woman in the public eye. Hit-Boy’s revelations underscore the need for ownership, support, and mental health care in creative careers. Both guests remind listeners that growth means facing the drama, setting boundaries, and, above all, owning your story.

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Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

That they're not alone and there is help out there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Cardi B]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to the good Stuff podcast on the iHeartRadio app and Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Cardi B]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

When it comes to the latest in music and entertainment, with interviews with some.

[Cardi B]

Of your favorite Latin artists and celebrities. You didn't have to audition.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I didn't audition. I haven't auditioned in, like, over 25 years. Oh, wow. That's a real G talk right there. Oh, yeah.

[Cardi B]

We'll talk about all that's viral and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Trending with a little bit of cheeseman.

[Cardi B]

And a whole lot of laughs. And of course, the. The great b you've come to expect. Listen to the new season of Gracias. Come again on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

The place because your demand is so high.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People want to be in business with the Breakfast. I don't think white people know how popular you guys are. DJ Envy. Just hilarious.

[Hit-Boy]

Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The God. You guys really are like the hip hop, early morning, late night talk show.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I know what y' all talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, usa. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel blessed, black, and highly favored. I am happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. You ain't even ask me how I'm doing, Lauren, or nothing. You just say good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, you didn't give me, like I said, good morning. I barely had a chance to breathe and get another word out before you just hopped into it. I thought this spirit of God just got it up into you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, Good morning, Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning. How are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She still ain't say good morning, Shawn.

[Cardi B]

Just give me a chance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, Lauren LaRosa. Hi.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning. How are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's being difficult. That's why she got two dudes. Cause both of them cannot. Both of them can't deal.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One man can't deal with all this. One man can't deal with.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why would you do that? Ain't no man gonna deal with it. You keep talking about two men on the radio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, don't be two nigger loading. You got two photos and you got two guys.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's 6:00am and this is you doing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Anyway, it's Friday. Didn't want to forget to say that. And also, man, we have a very special show for you today. Super producer Hit Boy will be joining us. Hit Boy got so many different projects coming out, man. You know, he produced for everybody. He produced for everybody from, like Beyonce to Jay Z to Kanye West. Won Nas's first Grammy. Like, he is a legend of legends. Young legend, too. So we'll be talking to him. And also, you know, the craziest people in America come from the Bronx, in all of Florida, and we got one of the craziest ever to do it, but one of the best to ever do it. Ms. Cardi B. Big Bardi will be joining us today. Her new album, sophomore album. After eight years, finally am I. The drama is in. Was everywhere. You buy music? Do you even buy music anymore? Is everywhere you screen music?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know. Yeah, you don't. I mean, people. I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm the old one. You supposed to tell me, figure it out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You can doordash it too now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can actually doordash her album.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out to Cardi B. They got doordash dash movie. I've been seeing it all on Instagram all over the city.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. So Bardi will be joining us today, man, so don't go anywhere. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Hey, what you doing, man? This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're Mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello? Who's this? Hello, this is James. I'm calling from North Carolina. Hey, James. How are you, sir? I'm doing all right. I had a question for UN Envy. Matter of fact, yes, sir. When y' all had that colonoscopy done, that liquid that you have to drink before the procedure, is that nasty or does it taste like Kool Aid or what? I did. I did the pills and water. I didn't. I don't. I don't remember drinking a liquid. No, I did the liquid. It wasn't bad. The liquid wasn't that.

[Hit-Boy]

It wasn't bad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sure I did. I remember, but don't. Don't go far from the toilet, though. Oh, yeah, they told me that you Got to stay home the day before. You got to be home all night long. Like, ain't no. Let me go out with the real quick. No, no, nowhere. Like you're gonna be pooping every few seconds. The liquid wasn't bad at all, but like you said, you. You. Yeah, you want to stay close to that bathroom, cuz you're gonna get to the point where you just poop. No water. Yep. Yeah, they told me that, man. They said they. It had to come out clear or something. Yeah, it's gonna come out clear, too. When you got. When you got the colonoscopy schedule for the 8th of August. Oh, that's amazing, man. I'm g. Tell you something, you gonna love them drugs they put you on, boy. I'm serious, man. When I first did them drugs and they told me, mich, this is the drug Michael Jackson was doing, I said, man, I get it. I get it. Oh, Lord. I'm telling you, you're gonna lose a bunch of weight, too. You gonna lose some weight, too, man. Oh, that's what's up. And also Envy. Can you play You Will Know by Black Man United? I wanna dedicate that to the younger generation. That's one of my favorite songs ever. Oh, James, this is. You the one that asked for Sounds of Blackness. That's not Sounds. Yeah, I'm saying before, that's another one of my favorite songs. Sounds. Be optimistic and you Will Know by Black Men United. I listen to them songs every other day. Like, no exaggeration. Yeah, that's uplifting. Man, who you telling? Like, that's my. In my records. Like, when I get in one of my moods. That's. That's my joint. NB ain't gonna play that, though. He only got that in Serato. Now we definitely got it. I'm trying to get it on before. Before. Before we get up out of here. No, you're not. You're lying. Somebody get. You Will Know. James. That's a classic.

[Hit-Boy]

James.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did I. Did I not play Sounds of Blackness for you? Yeah, you did. You came through on that. All right. I got you. Don't worry about. Don't listen to Charlemagne. I love that song. That is a bop. The music video. So you will know. Ain't that the one with everybody? Yeah. Got mad. Well, I should start singing. Y' all gotta watch the music video, yo. It's so much shade on that stage, but the song is great because they all trying to outdo each other. Raphael's a deke. Brian. That's one of the greatest records Ever made in life. Hello, who's this? Yaya. Yeah, yeah. What up? Get it off your chest. I want to get off my chest. My encounters that I dealt with sensitive men. In 2025, she's been dealing with sensitive men. She said, oh, sensitive men. So I grew up with dudes my whole life, right. I work in a male dominated field. I was a mechanic, now I'm a truck driver. I grew up with masculine men. My uncles used to beat me up when I was a kid. They used to crack jokes on me and the men I encountered. You, we bust each other's. We crack jokes on one another. We go back and forth on push ups, you know, we challenge one another. I have recently been coming across sensitive ass dudes doing masculine ass jobs. Taking what I say to the bone and getting sensitive and getting mad and getting aggressive. And I'm a girl. You sound like a stud. I don't know what's going on with men. Sound like a stud. Her background gives. I think he was supposed to be a stud, to be honest with you. Battling push ups and fighting. Yeah, she was a mechanic.

[Hit-Boy]

Now she.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am, I am a stud. Well, I mean, I'm masculine presenting. Oh yeah, okay. But you like men though? No, she don't. Nah, I don't like men. I got a wife and a kid. Oh, you just talking about sensitive men. Just in general in life. Why they so sensitive to her? Got you, got you. Not that you dealing with like it's something about me. I don't know what it is, but it's like it's something about me that they feel. I don't even know how to express it because I'm not a man. But that's the thing. So what's the problem? They trying to crack you? Nah, that's not what it is.

[Hit-Boy]

They is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what it is when you're going back and forth with a person and you really want to swing on them, but then you realize they're a girl, but the whole time they're giving off of like men, menly. Right, right, right. They get frustrated so they start thinking, all right, if I crack a little ass. Yeah, exactly. Calm my down. You know what I mean? So that's what it is. Because men do this with one another. Men are used to seeing me in the field. I've been in this field for years. I've been working with dudes for years. I give off a certain type of Persona. Where you live at? I wouldn't mess with you. Yaya. Where you live at? I live in Staten Island. Oh, oh, okay. Okay. How many push ups? Could you do a clip? I could do about 25. Okay. And some of these guys can't, so you probably embarrassing them. You're probably a better truck driver. I'll be at work. I'll be at work at the dump, dumping my low. Right? And I'll find some of the guys and we'll do push ups back to back. Some of these dudes can't even do 10. Yeah, man, they probably not send it. They just don't want to play with you. For real. They're like, man, going out here, man, go find some women. Yeah, but I'm fun, man. I like to hang out with you guys. Mr. Sister, you was at that WNBA game last night. You threw that dildo on the floor, didn't you? Somebody did that yesterday. Funny as hell. That was you. No, somebody definitely threw a dildo during the game. Wow. Unappropriate. Inappropriate. But funny as hell. But funny as hell. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wait. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello? Who's this? Yo, it's Todd from Brooklyn. Todd from Brooklyn. What's up, yo? What's up? Good morning, Jess. Morning. Charlamagne. Peace, King. Yo, yo, Envy, I just wanted to tell you. It was one day. I was up here joking every little single thing, like, y' all know how y' all do. And then you. You say, get it off your chest. I'm like, nah, that's. That's a big board. How y' all gonna make all them? And then not for. Get it off your chest, you need to change that to get it off your mind. I literally said, dayo, I'm with you. I said that as soon as I started working here. They up there telling me, yo, that's a big pause. Why y' all thinking about men? When I think of getting off your chest, I'm thinking women. What's on your mind? I just can't stop thinking about it now because, yeah, y' all was doing all them jokes. Y' all was doing all them porn jokes. And then right after, you're gonna say, all right, get it off your chest. I'm like, hey, yo, pause. And. And who you getting giving that donkey to? I gotta give it to Envy. What he be doing? No, no, no donkey. Pause, pause. It's possible, too. You said I'm giving it to Envy. I'm saying it's gay. Hello? Who's this? Melenda. That was your dogs in the back. No, that was. I thought I heard barking. That was you coughing. You need to go to the doctor. Yeah. Damn. Damn. Okay. All right. Well, good morning, mama. Get it off your chest. Let me tell you something. First and foremost, first of all, I am not your baby daddy, so don't be calling every time. But let me tell you something, okay? I don't owe you no money, all right? First of all, my baby daddy is in heaven, so second of all, thank you. That's what you get anyway. That's what you get. Right? You're absolutely right that you have condolences right now. It's like the battle of the females in my family. That's why you up smoking weed early in the morning, huh? Who's the females? Is it your sister or your kids? You just said her kids. Oh, what's.

[Hit-Boy]

What's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's your kids doing? What's happening? Let me tell you something. It's like my oldest daughter is trying to bring my youngest daughter to go against me. For what reason? How old are they holding grudges for? How old are they? 31 and 21. What is it? Is this is their father the one that passed away? Yes. I mean, do you think. And I know that they're both 31 and 21, and that's older, but, you know, grief doesn't ever really go away. Did they ever really get any. Do any grieving behind that situation? No. Like, that could be. It could have something to do with it. But what are they upset about? And that's what I was saying. Saying the who. You know, I be asking myself, like, maybe if their father or they would have got counsel or something during the time period, maybe would have helped out. I think so. I think that could be part of the issue. I'm not nobody's psychiatrist or therapist. And then you. You could have checked out too, you know? And it's hard. It's hard to be a parent. When you lose a co parent, you lose your significant other, you know what I'm saying? So you. You could have. You could have subconsciously neglected, you know.

[Hit-Boy]

One of them or both of them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or, you know what I'm saying? And all of y' all hurting from it. You got A point. How long has he been gone? November 15th. Wow. Yeah. So that's. That's what, more than half their life that they didn't have a father? I mean, that. That could be part of the issue. I don't know. Did you ask him? Did they tell you what the issue was? No. Y' all need to have more communication. No communication. It's like. It's like a chain bond that won't break. Were you smoking with the wrong person? You. You need to roll. You need to roll up some Zion. Go smoke with your daughters and have a conversation. I know that's right, but they don't smoke. Oh, okay. The thing about that is. How can I put it? Like, I had moved out of town, and my oldest daughter and my middle daughter, who's 28, was up here only by themselves. That's part of it. Me, my youngest daughter, my son moved out of town. Oh, so they feel like you left them. So father. So daddy gone. He passed away. And they feel like you left. You left him. That's all. Yeah. You need to talk to them to go get some. Some therapy. Maybe do family therapy. Cuz they were young when that happened, you know, so they just grow up. And they happened in the house. Oh, man, it happened in the house. Oh, well, I'm sorry, mama. Yeah. Open up the lines of communication, man. Have a conversation with. With your baby and apologize. Don't be afraid to apologize if you feel like you did something wrong. Yeah, yeah. And I have no problem doing that. I will apologize with no problem. I'm a grown ass woman, so I don't care. Yeah, that's right. All right. Well, thank you, mama.

[Hit-Boy]

Good luck.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have a good one. Good luck. Get it off your chest. And you talk to the kids and the kids like she was on crack. She's smoking weed. She smoking crack now. She ain't tell y' all the whole story, man. Get it off your chest. 805-85-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That could only be one thing. Call me. Change your opinion to the Breakfast Club top. Come on. 805. 85-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DDJ Envy Rapping. The way Jeff just swallowed that piece of fruit and a piece of French toast at the same time was unbelievable. First of all, I'm eating fruit, and I'm supposed to be eating fruit anyway. I'm not in here drinking. Well, morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we're asking 800-585-1051. Can you work with somebody you don't like? No question. Well, let's start right with you. Just. No, you can't work with somebody you don't like. No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, because you gotta think about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you go to work every day, you're with this person every day, right? Like you're. You gotta think about it. The people that you work with, you see more than you see your family. Just like your kids see their teachers more than they see you. You know what I mean? Like, so I have to have. All right, we ain't got to be the best of friends. We ain't even got to be friends. But I can't not like you and see you every day. I'm going to try my best to make your life miserable. Now, you know, a lot of people say it's all about business and making sure you can feed your family, right? Yeah. But I'm with you, Jess. If I don't like you, I can't work with you. Because at the end of the day, I need to be in a peaceful place. I need to be happy. Now, if I'm not happy and I'm working with somebody I don't like, I will try to make arrangements or do things where we can move or possibly go to another job, or maybe, hopefully they go to another job. But if I don't like you or I don't trust you, I can't work with you because it's like it's gonna ruin my, my happiness. And now you can't even perform at the highest level of the job because you don't like somebody and they sitting in your face looking at you. That's right, Charlemagne. Do I want to work with someone I don't like? No. Can I? Yes. And it depends on what the job is, but for the most part, yes. Majority of us are in professional settings and we have to deal with people who, they, who, who personally we may not get along with. But I'm not here to be your friend. I'm here to do a job and do it well. And if you care about doing your job well, then we, we will be able to work together professionally. But do I, Do I want to work with somebody I don't like? No. Can I? Yes. It all depends on how close you work with that person, too. Like, if you work in another department and I see you every day, that's different. But if we work hands on every day. Yeah. Because I don't trust you. Because I'm gonna feel like you're Gonna be doing things to try to make sure that I'm not there anymore. You're gonna. But even that's different. Like you said, not liking, not trusting is different. Can I work with somebody I don't trust? Oh, that's probably not. Yeah, but can I work with somebody I don't like? Yeah, well, I totally expect that from you because you don't like any of us, so that's fine. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello? Who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ashley. Ashley from where? Ashley. Savannah. Hey, what's up? Ashley, can you work with somebody you don't like? I do it every day. I know that's right. I work. I work in the school board, but yeah. Okay, so tell us how you handle that. Ignore her like she the win. Damn. I know that's right. You don't ignore no win, especially when you be having that wig on. No, baby, we.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We lock nation over here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No wigs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know that's right. Yes, Locks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But what if. What if you have to work. Yes. I love you, girl. I love you. I love you, too. But what do you have to work with? You have to ignore petty people. You have to ignore people who don't have a life. They.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They just come in and think.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They. I mean, they just. They're annoying. So you know what? Either I'm gonna get on your level, but I don't want to waste that much energy. I'm just going to ignore you. Yeah. You know, I mean, what I eat don't make you. You know, everybody who listens to us on 941 to be in Savannah. All right. Hello? Who's this? This is Zach out of Houston. Hey, Zach. What's up? Can you work with somebody you don't like, man? The whole warehouse, man. Damn, man. For real, man. I don't know what it is. And it's majority guys, yo. Well, not majority. It's like 90 guys. You would think, like, it wouldn't be all that messiness and stuff, but. Yeah, bro, straight up. So what do you deal with every day? Yeah, how do you deal with it? Oh, I'll just be quiet. It's the thing about a warehouse. You ain't really got to stay there as long as you're doing your job. You straight?

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go in with your head down and.

[Hit-Boy]

Do your job and leave, and that's it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But hold up, because I want to get into somebody. Like, what are some of the issues that you here swarming around the warehouse? It's just messy. You, like, just mess. It's always something. So they be talking about each other behind their backs and stuff. Like, why you coming to me like, I ain't trying to talk about this. I'm trying to talk about the game last night. You know, Would they be saying, like, such and such is really gay. You know that? Yeah. Nah, man. It's like, I don't really want to be throwing people business out there, because that's just not me. You get what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you. I got you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But. But I'm just not with all that messages, bro. Like, keep that at home or. Yeah, not even that at home. But, like, if that's. Y' all got a problem, y' all handle that like y' all ain't got to be trying to get people on your sides and stuff like that. Very high schoolish. I get it.

[Hit-Boy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are you listening to us on 93.7 to beat? Yes, sir. Salute to everybody that listens to us on 93.7 to beat in Houston. All right. Thank you, brother. 800-spirit-585-1051. We're asking this morning, can you work with somebody you don't like? And if you do, well, how do you do it? Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club once again going back in right now, back to the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yep. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne, Tha God, Jess, hilarious. DJ Envy. Justin Envy on here today, but Lauren LaRosa is. And we got a very special guest. Her sophomore album is finally out. Out today. Am I the drama? Big body Cardi B. What's happening?

[Cardi B]

What is going on, y'? All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you feeling? Morning sickness.

[Cardi B]

No. No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Cardi B]

I really ain't got that this. This time around. I don't know if it's my age or. I don't know, because it's like I was a girl. Please.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, we had one. We got a whole baby shower up here for Cardi. We got Golden Corral from the Bronx.

[Cardi B]

A real one, though. Not just. Not just like a. Like just catering. They got me cakes and slushies and a whole big yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Food.

[Cardi B]

I can. I can't. Oh, I can't wait till this interview. I was smelling it. I was like, I could smell some chicken. And my security guard talking about like, it was some noodles. That ain't no noodles.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They thought she was tripping.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. I could smell it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ever ate that golden crab before in the Bronx?

[Cardi B]

I never ate at that golden crab. Okay, I went. I forgot what state I went to that I did Ankles and corral and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got the baby shower chair.

[Cardi B]

Yeah, I got the baby shower chair. Bring the Burberry chair down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me ask you a question. When you look back, why did it take eight years to drop a second album? And you can't blame being pregnant because you're pregnant now.

[Cardi B]

No. And that's why I be wanting to tell people like it was never because football is back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

Reese, we must go on a girls trip. I have to have a tequila.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We must. Oh, the Q rating. When they run diagnostics, we can run.

[Cardi B]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

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[Cardi B]

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[Cardi B]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

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[Cardi B]

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[Cardi B]

I was pregnant because my mouth is not pregnant. You know what I'm saying? I'm just very, like, picky. Everybody always said that I dropped the ball when I didn't release an album after whopping up, but to be honest with you, I only had, like, six songs and I was trying, but I didn't like, nothing. It's like, it should be my. It shouldn't be my second album. And then like, just a whole bunch of things that was just happening in my life and I just felt like I wasn't ready.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How many songs you thought you needed? You had joints. You had press out at that time. Press was hard.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause Invasion of privacy was only 13.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. But I. I just feel like Invasion of Privacy, I just didn't put a lot of, like, thought in it. Like, I was just like, I have to put an album out. I'm about to have a baby. But then, like, the second one, I. I think I overthinked it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But see, that's what I'm saying. That's a good thing. When you were putting out the gangster mixtapes.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Invasion of Privacy, you wasn't thinking about it. There was no pressure. Like, just go in there and have fun.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. I don't know why I just overthink it. Even. Even. I just feel like as you get older too, you just overthink too much and it's just like, you just gotta do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you feel like you're still proving yourself as an artist? Are you past that?

[Cardi B]

Oh, absolutely. Especially, like, now with this whole second album thing. It's just been like a whole nasty debate for the past two months. And it's like kind of have to prove it to them, but it's like kind of don't have to prove nothing to nobody. But I'm motivated. I feel really good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What? You. The debate. You talking about you. Which debate? Because there's always debates about you.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is it that people feel like the album is too late or they don't think that the music is going to be good? Like, what is the debate? Exactly.

[Cardi B]

It's just so. It's Just so many different things that I hear. Like, for example, like, my numbers prediction, or like, if I don't hit a certain number, like, the label is going to drop me, or, like, if I'm a priority in the label. And all of these talks and it's just like, what are you talking about? Like, that is. That's not true. Like, a lot of people think that I'm not gonna go on tour. And it's like, honey, Live Nation gave me a check. I'm going. There was a check that it was given, and there was a check that I gotta go get. I'm going to get that check.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I saw you post a video, we covered it this morning, of your body preparation for the tour, and you talked about the stretching and all that. But what's gonna be your mental preparation? Because I heard you saying you're gonna be leaving the baby's home.

[Cardi B]

Yeah, but, like, it's just. This is like my fourth. This is my fourth rodeo. This ain't my first second baby. This is my fourth baby. Like, you know, I just had a baby last year, and I do have a lot of videos. I was working out while I was pregnant, like, on my last weeks, and when I gave birth, like, in four days, I just felt like, so, like, like nothing. So it's like, not only am I gonna prepare myself for the tour, like, it's like I just have to prepare, like, physically so I could just feel good. My second baby, he too big. He broke me. My first one. I had to stitch my last one down there. The cat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, she ain't had no kids yet.

[Cardi B]

Yeah, I, I, yeah, I ripped. I ripped.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You didn't know that happens?

[Cardi B]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How did you pee?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God. Cardi, hold my hand.

[Cardi B]

It was hard.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. I'm so sorry.

[Cardi B]

But, but, but that's what I'm saying. Like, it's like, now things are just a little different and I'm more experienced. Like, the third one was so easy. So I'm expecting this one to be as easy as, well, in the, in the name of the Lord. Like, that's why I'm like, I did it. I just did last year. I could do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know a lot of women who look at you and they say, cardi knows how to balance it all. She got the kids, she got the career. Has there ever been a moment where you questioned if you could have it all?

[Cardi B]

I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna make it. If I want something, I'm gonna make it happen. It's just really? Like, the. How bad you want it? If you really wanted that bad, if you want it bad, you get up and you go get it. Ain't no complaining. Ain't no crying about it. I'm tired. I'm this. I'm tired every day. My feet hurt every single day. But it's like, okay, if you want this to be successful, you gotta get out there. Like, is that, you know, crying? You know, this if I want it? Like, it's like, go get it. Like, it's like, this is what you chose. Like, it is what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about people around you, though? Cause, you know, it's still a business. So they was like, oh, my God, she's pregnant again with this.

[Cardi B]

So my label and Live Nation, like, they asked me, like, it's like, hey, you know, we can move the album to the beginning of the year, and you could, like, tour in the summertime. I was like, no, I'm going to put out my album in September, and we gonna go on tour on February. I got things to do in the summertime. This is gonna be the schedule. And I'm. And I'm promising you guys that I'm not gonna let y' all down. And it's like, okay, we trust you. And I've been showing them that. It's like, I'm down and I'm doing it, and they're very motivated, and we've been like, like a team. Like, it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're doing it. The day starts off rocky and cranky, but then when. When things are turning good and we see the numbers and we see the vision is that, wow, I'm motivated. I can't wait to push. So they always been supportive of me, though. They never been. Like, it's like, ugh. They know when I want something, my work ethic, if I really want it, they know that I'm going to do it. The only time that I just be not giving it my all is when I'm going through, like, mental distress. And people, like, don't understand that. So people will think that it's because of the kids or because I'm just whatever. No, when I'm in mental distress, I don't want to do nothing, but I feel very, like. Like, ain't nothing really bothering me right now. Like, I'm. I'm good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's good.

[Cardi B]

I'm good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have you always been that in tune with, like, your mental of, like, I need to take a break from work because it's easier now because Cardi b Is established. She's a superstar. But when in the beginning, how did you deal with, like. Because we watch you go through things from all of your career. How did you. What's the difference now?

[Cardi B]

I didn't even. You know what? I didn't even notice that I was taking so many long breaks. Like, I would tell myself, like, it's like, you know what? I need to go on a hiatus for like two months. Next thing you know, it's like, damn, I haven't put out a song in eight months and nine months. And I wasn't even realizing it, that it was so long. And I was. Because I was overthinking. I was over stressing. Or sometimes I was really so sad that I couldn't even, like, open my mouth or think to, like, record. Like, I just was so unmotivated that you, like, like, telling yourself, like, it's like, I need a break. And then it's like the break turns into so long, and you just be like, damn, what, oh, what did I did that whole time?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Get to the next step.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. And. And I didn't even notice or realize that it was taking that long. I was just overthinking. I was just too tired. I was just too tired of stress. So that was. That was what's messing me up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's. What's stressing you out, though? Like, is it like the industry? Like, you find yourself comparing yourself to other people?

[Cardi B]

It's not really comparing. It's the industry, relationships. Just. Just so many things. Like. And then, like, it will affect me for. Like, it won't just affect me for like, a day, because some people would. It's real easy for people to be like, oh, just give yourself 72 hours. Sometimes it will mess you up for like a week or so or longer. Especially if it's. If it's. If it's heartache. Like, it's like, you. Boy, you can't fight that. You really can't fight that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it's like grief.

[Cardi B]

It's like grief. So I don't even know, but I just know that I got somebody there always telling me, like, you go, girl, and I'm here. I feel really good. I'm in a good space right now. I don't feel like I'm sad. I don't feel like I'm nothing. I feel like it's like, I need to get this right now, right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. We'll be back with more Cardi B. Her album Am I the Drama? Is in stores right now, today. So I know you Already been checking that out. So we'll be back with more conversation with Cardi B when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. I go by the name of Charlamagne Tha God. And we have a very special guest in the building today. She goes by the name of Mrs. Cardi B. Her album out of Drama is in stores right now today. Did this album feel therapeutic to you? Because you know when I hear songs like Dead right out the gate, Killing these Hoes, you started with Dead and you ended with Killing these Hoes. So did that feel good to just get in there and express that some.

[Cardi B]

Songs in the album, it was not good songs to do. And then like some songs like that, it. It is me talking about like on some. Some cockyish. Like I was really angry because I feel like a lot, a lot of these girls were trying me and it's like I don't like feeling try because it's like I feel like I have beef with so many girls growing up that is really like that. And it's like, I know you bitches are not really like that, but you feel like you like that because right now I'm going through this hate thing on social media. So you think you could take advantage and everybody's gonna take your side, but I'm gonna let you know, like, it's like me, you, you, you, you not nowhere near me when it comes to artistry, when it comes to nothing, when it comes to the street. Like, girl, I'll crush you like, like you, you a little tough me. It's not even about. But, but no, it's not even about being. Because a lot of these girls, they don't care if you not. They know they're never going to see you. And they're not really fighters, but they're like antagonizers, like, and it's like they get off that and it's just like you gotta. You gotta know when to come at somebody. I'm. I'm gonna let you keep trying me thinking when you try me, when you see where you at a certain position, and then that's when I'm gonna play my position. I'm. And I'm gonna remind you right there because there's sometimes a girl will come out and everybody love her and everybody's cheering for her and everybody's rooting for her, and then they will try you at that moment. But if you say Something back. You will look like you're hating. And I'm not hating. I just peep that you trying me. But I'm gonna stay silent. It. Because one thing about it, all the. All artists, me, every artist, you're going to experience a different tie. It happened to all of us. No matter what genre you in, like, it's going to happen. And when that happened, I'm gonna remind you how you tried me for real. And I'm gonna remind you, like, it's like you see why I have lasted so long. Because you think you're so bright. You think you're bright, but you're not that smart. I might. I might talk away. I might do this and that, but it's like, I'm very. I'm smart. I'm very. I'm very bright. I know how to play. And now it's time for me to get you. Because you was. You was trying me at a bad time. I was going through.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are you talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said on the song, pretty and petty. You come out the gate.

[Cardi B]

Out the gate.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Say that beer.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right. So you said in the song, you. You waited. You told her you were gonna do it on your terms, when you were ready. You do the song, you drop it. At this point, though, like, I mean, so that reignites everything. Because I remember y' all were going back and forth. Your whole thing was you felt like you just doing this because you want my platform, you want the attention. I'm gonna give it to you, and then I'm done with it. This reignites it all. Like, why even address her again on the album?

[Cardi B]

Because. Because you mentioned my kids trying to be cute. There's just. There's gonna be times that, like, people throw shots at you or, like, there's gonna be times, like, you know, like when she did her little diss, and it was trash. Like, it's like, it could have been trash. People dragged you. And I couldn't leave it at that. But it's like, everything on social media is gonna be seen. So when my kids grow up one day and they see that you mentioned them, and they're gonna ask me, like, so what you said, what you did? I'm not gonna tell my kids that. You know, I just felt like she took the high road. Cause she lost. Cause people wasn't on her side. No, I'm not saying that to my kids. I'm like, you see how I violated. You know what it is? I feel like last year, every artist was, like, beefing girl. Like, every. Every Artist was beefing. And I thought. And I think she was gonna get a moment out of that because she thought that I was copying her. And I had a conversation with her. First we was cursing each other out. Then I had a real conversation with her, and I was like, listen, I'm not copying you. I don't even look at you like, you. You're not a person that I look at or I'm inspired by. And the conversation ended. Then she kept going because of a music video. And it's like, oh, girl, you definitely not on the mood board. I. Whatever. More or less. Then this bitch, right? It be a lot of funny behind the scenes. This producer that was working with, like, my ex, he was going around saying that I was messing with a guy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And there was allegedly a sex tape or something, right?

[Cardi B]

Yes. And I was like, what me? Hell no. Hell no. But it was a lie, and it was ridiculous. And a bitch can say no damn staphon. Because I got messages when I first started talking to him, and I was like, Like, I have to get to the bottom of who's saying that. She was trying to plant a seed that I was cheating on this guy with a blood. You think that I'm. I'm. You're not from the hood. So to you, because I'm blood, you think that I'm like, oh, I'm pressed to mess with. That's nothing to me. That's like being around Dominicans or something. Like, it's like, that don't mean nothing to me. Everybody's mad ball. Everybody, this, everybody. And then. And then this is New York. York. One thing about a New York person or anybody, they're gonna talk. You was really trying to even mess things up in my home. And it's like, damn, you hated on me so much. You hated on me so much. And I kept saying, like, it's like, prove it. Prove it. Show me a text. Show me when I flirted. Because when I'm loyal, I'm very loyal. Like, I don't text, I don't flirt. I don't even look at people in the eye. Cause I don't even want you to think that I even like you. And you was doing all that. And it's like, I. I got you. And it's like. And I know it was confirmed that it was her that was going around with that rumor, because when she did her this, she kept saying, like, oh, why say how you. How you like cheater some. I forgot how what she was saying, but it's like, so say Say who I was. Say who I was dealing with. Say it. Oh, you just made that up. You just made that up. You just made that up. You was being messy. And as I now, I got a wet belt for you, and you ain't even gonna know when it's coming. Have you ever got hit with a wet belt?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not a wet one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My daddy beat me with an incision cord and made me take a bath, so it's kind of the same thing.

[Cardi B]

No, it's. It's when you. It's when you're in the shower and. And your mom find out something and then she just whipped your ass and your body's wet. Yeah, I might hit you with a wet belt. And I. I told. And then it's like, you. And then you thought it was cute to put my kids kid's name. I'm gonna get you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You did it the right way, though. You put it out. Put it on your album.

[Cardi B]

You know, she should be thinking blossom because I did that song last year, but I was so nasally because I. I had. I was so congested. You need to thank her. You know, when you get sick, when you're pregnant, you. You can't recover for like, three weeks. Throw. Be messed up. Nose be stuffy, feet be fat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When the Internet be coming for you, Cardi. Whether it's the. The fans or haters or blogs, does it make you, like, second guess sharing your truth, or does it make you feel like, you know what I'm gonna be? I'm gonna be more unfiltered. I'm gonna talk more.

[Cardi B]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Like, sometimes I just can't help myself. And I'm like, I'm gonna say what I want to say. But sometimes I'd be like, I. I gotta. I just gotta reserve myself because I don't want people to be like, damn. You just. You just always, always, always on that. You just always, always on that. So sometimes I'll be like, all right, whatever. And then sometimes I'd be like, you. You know what? Like you. Why you stop? You like you. You. You. You taking advantage now? Are you playing with me? And sometimes people will be like, oh, don't give them clowns. Like, nah, I'm gonna give you the cloud today. I need to get this. My chest. I gotta go. My chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. That's what Diddy said. Let me ask you a question. Like, you say, what's the biggest thing motherhood has taught you about yourself? That. That, like, the fame and money. Me couldn't.

[Cardi B]

Motherhood is hard no matter how much money you have, no matter how much. How much you plant, motherhood is hard. It also makes me. It almost makes me, like, not want to, like, lose anything. I don't, like. I don't want to lose. Like, I don't want to be a quitter. Like, I don't ever want my kids to be like, oh, so why you ain't did this? I was like, because people is being so harsh on me, and it's like, it's giving them an example to be. To, like, be like, all right, so if people are being mean to you, you automatically quit. Like, you automatically finish. I don't want to do this no more. Like, no. And I don't know something about it, about motherhood that is just, like. It's just so beautiful. I love them kids so bad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll be back with more Cardi B. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. I go by the name of Charlemagne the God. And we have a very special guest guests in the building today. She goes by the name of Mrs. Cardi B. Her album out of Drama is in stores right now. Today.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren LaRosa, when you were making this album, which one of these songs, like, were. What was the hardest, emotionally for you to make and rehear and be in.

[Cardi B]

The studio doing man on your. And because I was going through it at that time, like, I was going. It was not like. It's like, oh, I was talking about something that happened in 2018 or whatever it was happening at that time, and I was doing it at that time. And the hook was just so beautiful that it was supposed to be like a female singing the hook, but nobody was singing it with that emotion that Dougie did it. And I'm like, I don't care if it doesn't make sense. I'm keeping Dougie. And when.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So in getting into those emotions and the things that you were experiencing while making the album, did that put you in a place. Where could you. From what I've been seeing. Anyway, you tell me if I'm wrong. The way that you started talking about the divorce and Offset and all the things and the way he started now, you guys, it seems like it's a lot more peaceful on both ends.

[Cardi B]

No, no, it's not peaceful at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was gonna ask, did the album help, but no, it's not.

[Cardi B]

It's. It's not peaceful at all. I don't Even. I can't even talk about it because it's like. It's like court thing. But it's like. It is not peaceful at all. It is not. It is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you heard his song, Move on, Offsets, Move on, What'd you think?

[Cardi B]

I laughed. Whatever. You let the world think what they want to think. People see it. People see what's up. I'm about nobody. They can't prove that I bought them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did it hurt your feelings when you said you couldn't cook?

[Cardi B]

No. Because you know that. But now you got you. Now you got all these that cook for you. Why are you still bothering me?

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you used to be on Tick Tock.

[Cardi B]

You.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You never said that you could. Like, you were Chef Boyard, you'd be on Tick Tock, making your, you know, cooking what you cook and doing your thing. Sometimes if.

[Cardi B]

If somebody asked me or if somebody told me, like, is that I want. I want you to cook for me. I. This is what I require and stuff like that. I'll do it. I will do it. But that was never like a requirement. So it's like, now you. Now you acting like that was an issue. Now you got these bitches that cook. Why you. Why. Why can't you sign the papers? And these bitches cooking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. After everything, do you think loving marriage is still worth it?

[Cardi B]

I think it's worth it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you get married again. Really?

[Cardi B]

I will get married again, but not as quick as I got married the last time. But it's a lot. It's really a lot. It's actually disgusting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you. Do you find any peace and independence? Like when you just alone, like you're not in a relationship or nothing, or do you have to have be in a relationship with somebody?

[Cardi B]

When. When I was. When I was like, completely single, like, when I just was completely single. As y' all could see, I was outside with my friends. I just had my baby, and I just had to get out of that funk. And it's like sometimes it feel good and then sometimes, like, you be in the club, like, I just told that to somebody. Like, you'll be in the club and it's 3:30 and you're drunk and you realizing that, it's like, damn, I'm going home, I'm lit. And I literally not even having somebody to or something, because sex is just sex. You don't have nobody to talk to you, and you really feel alone. And that is a feeling that just comes out of nowhere. Like, if you hear Adele, my little love, like at the end, she's really saying it. Like, it's like I'm. I'm cool with, with being alone. I like to be alone. I like to watch movies and be alone. But today I just feel so. I feel so lonely. And I feel like, am I gonna be like, lonely forever? You get those feelings when you're like, like alone. But don't let that get you desperate neither. You know what I'm saying? Don't let. Start dating somebody and give them the box. And then it's like you gave a box. Somebody that is going to ghost you, ghost you and stuff like that. Like. Or just like, it was like, oh, I gave. I gave to the wrong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't even do that no more because you cardi b all these want to tell on you.

[Cardi B]

I definitely can't do that. And, and it's not even that I definitely can do that. Like, it's that I. I don't really like people. I'm. I'm really a person that is like, I don't really like guys like that. Like, not guys. Like, I'm some gay or some. But it's like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You say on the album, you be gay for the right.

[Cardi B]

Girl, though, I'll do something with a girl, but I can never be. I'm not a relationship with a girl type of girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotcha.

[Cardi B]

It's just not my thing. I'm sorry, girl. Like, I need somebody to protect me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You can do every girl who was dating car.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You sound like Dame Dash. I'm sorry, girl.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm sorry, girl. What was I. Oh, what was date like when you were dating? Because we didn't really. I mean, yeah, we didn't really get to see it much. It was literally like, we just heard about Stefan Diggs, and now it's like you are locked in. What was cardi b like in dating? Like, were you going out places? Were you, like, answering dms? How were you even getting hooked up with people? Like, were you ghosting people? What was that?

[Cardi B]

Like, I really wasn't. I was talking to somebody for like, a little bit. I never kiss them, make out with them, even link up with them. I just. I was talking to Stefan. Sometimes I. I stopped. Sometimes I didn't because I was just so scared. I was just. I just needed my time. I, I needed some time. I, I, I needed. I need. I need a time. And then it's like, you know what? I'm gonna give it a chance, but I'm not gonna put too much in it. Like, it's like, girl, like, men are weird. Not Men are weird. It's just like men. It's just. It's scary. Dating is scary.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Being vulnerable with a person again after what you went through is what you were scared of or what were you scared of?

[Cardi B]

Of everything. Just. Just. I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Cardi B]

I was just scared. It's scary. Scared out there and then being in your 30s and stuff like that and letting people in your world and. And the things that people will put in your head. But I gave it a chance. Now I'm here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Were you? They're gonna be picking apart this album because some of these songs sound like you talking about your new relationship.

[Cardi B]

I am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Cardi B]

I am. Because. Because it's like I started to feel like it. Yeah. A lot of.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

Reese must go Nagal. I have to have a tequila.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We must the Q rating. When they run diagnostics, we can run.

[Cardi B]

It on you guys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'd be scared. Don't run the Q rating. No. On the Q rating, my resiliency score is down to adequate because we were on a red eye. My resiliency. Where's your grit? My grit? I gotta get my grit score up now. Don't think that you're gonna come on.

[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoever said orange is the new pink, like, seriously disturbs. Listen to Las culturistas on the iHeartRadio.

[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

And I'm Paula Ramos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

We sit down with politicians.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

Artists and activists, I mean, do you ever feel demoralized?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I might personally lose hope.

[Hit-Boy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's what I believed in.

[Cardi B]

To bring you depth and analysis from a unique Latino perspective, there's not a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Cardi B]

Listen to the moment with Jorge Ramos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Paula Ramos as part of the.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

The first night was overwhelming and you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Hit-Boy]

We didn't know what to expect in the morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody tells you anything. Listen to shock incarceration on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Cardi B]

A lot of songs is about him because it's like when you date and you like experiencing certain things that it's like you haven't experienced in a long time. Like, it's like, I think I really like this guy. Oh, I got bre and stuff like that. Oh, he playing with me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like, was it the castle?

[Cardi B]

No. Oh, we, we've been, we've been talking before. Before that. Okay, so you've been talking before that. It was just really like a talking thing. Talking. Sometimes we didn't, sometimes we did. It just really was getting to know each other before you really come, before we really come in our world. Like, I don't belong to you, you don't belong to me. When I was. Now you belong to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Wonder if he's ready for this new world, though, because I saw him get questioned in the locker room the other day.

[Cardi B]

He's a little different from. Yeah, he's a little different. And they press and they world is way different from mine to stuff like that, so. But you know what's up? You see what it is over here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll be back with more Cardi B. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. I go by the name of Charlemagne Tha God. And we have a very special guest in the building today. She goes by the name of Mrs. Cardi B. Her album out of Drama is in stores right now. Today I'm get you out of here because I know you want to eat, but I. I haven't seen you spazzing online a lot lately. What made you. Slow that down? You ain't spazzed in a minute.

[Cardi B]

I don't know. I kind of did, like, I kind of did like two weeks ago because I feel like I'm getting picked on again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was it two weeks ago? I don't remember that.

[Cardi B]

It was. It was kind of mild. Okay, probably like two weeks. Probably like a week. But I don't know, I just been so. I. I just been so busy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You were talking about the, like, the. It was going to like the podcasters and the blogs and people reviewing and talking about you musically, right? Was that it?

[Cardi B]

It's not even talking about me. It's talk about everything. Like, everything. Like, you know, like, you guys, you guys talk about. You guys, you, you guys talk about people. But it's like, imagine if you, like, come every single day and talk about one person. Person every single day, every single time. And then it's like, all right, you don't do it for this person, so why you do it to me? But. And it's constant, and it's constant and it's every week. Like, it's like, I like, like, what's up now? You got my attention. For real.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is that why you did this rollout? Because a lot that from that the conversation has been Cardi did the upper brow outlets. Like, you sat with Gayle King, you sat with Kelly Rowland, you hear, with the Breakfast Club. But you didn't do a lot of upper brow. I mean, but we are. We're the intersection between the righteous and the ratchet.

[Cardi B]

But, like, I know these people.

[Lauren LaRosa]

People feel like you didn't because of that rant. That like we've seen people do have been going to a lot of like podcasts and they're sitting which I know you're gonna do a stream, right?

[Cardi B]

I. I have, I did, I did podcast though. They just haven't come up. Okay, I did do some podcasts but I'm gonna do podcasts with people that, that like me. Me. Like why do I gotta sit with podcasters that I don't like? I'm going. I'm like, like for what? Like if you don't like me, like why am I gonna go to your. Like so I could like what? Prove. Prove what to you? Like you don't like me and it is what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then you pregnant so you can't swing on nobody if you want to.

[Cardi B]

No, I don't hit people. Then like I see a lot of people going like to streamer stuff. I really like. Like I like Thanu. So I'm planning to, to. To do a stream with him like when I real soon though, not like right now cuz I have so much on my schedule. Like if when I feel like genuine love, like it's like I'm going to go to him. I'm not really like a streamer person. Like I'm not up to date to that because I'm just old. Like I'm 33, but I know the younger kids like it, but it's like it's not really like. Like my thing. Like even on Tick Tock and stuff. Like you don't see me doing Tick Tock dances. Not because it's something wrong with it. I'm just, I'm just a little older and I just don't know how to do that. Do this video ten goddamn times. I'm tired already. Like what I like and what I see on my, on my timeline, that's, that's who I'm gonna go to. Like if I like you, I'm gonna.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go to you and you pregnant. Like you ain't got time to be sitting down with nobody. You don't.

[Cardi B]

I can't, I cannot even say get pregnant because I've been doing everything. I have literally done everything and anything. Like even after those days in court I was still doing like I, I have 6am mornings to all the way. Like today, like I woke up today at 6am My night is gonna finish at 3am because that's when my party finished. Then tomorrow I have to wake up and I have to do these meet and greets and I have to meet about four or five thousand people. Like it's like, it just don't stop for me. But it's like. Like, I'm not gonna go to podcasters that I don't like. Why am I gonna go sit down with you? You don't like me. You talk mad about me. You contribute to my pain. You contribute, like, to my pressure. So why am I gonna sit down with your ass? I'm gonna sit down with people not like, oh, cuz people like, oh, you sit down with people that kiss your eyes. No, I like positive people. I like people that make me feel good. I like people that be like, you know what? I like them. I can hang out with them. If I don't like you, why am I sitting down with you? To prove what point? Point.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, people think you actually pay me. They think you pay me to talk good about you.

[Cardi B]

No, I don't. I just really. And I. I really just be talking to Charlemagne. Not all the time. Like, sometimes you won't even be. You would even believe the things that we talk about. What we talk about the most? Politics.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. That's true.

[Cardi B]

That's what really we be talking to most of the. Most of the time. That's what we really be talking about. Like, even the other day, I was so busy, but I was gonna hit you up. Like, it's like, I would have some jokes for you. I would have some jokes for you. Not even to be messy, but like, to be messy. But it's like, I. I know. You could have came harder. Charlemagne, come on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Are you talking about he was being called a girl?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Cardi B]

Like, it's like, well, I'm being called a girl. Like, it's like you telling me that I'm not securing my woman. My woman is financially secure, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a fact.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So ain't nothing wrong being financially daughter birthday.

[Cardi B]

Like a bar mitzvah. Like, what are you trying to talk to me? You can't talk to me? You asking NBA if you got a view. Have you seen that house? His white closet? I'll never leave.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you for coming to my daughter's sweet 16, though. That was amazing. Because that is like a black ball Mitch for right. Like, it's fly to see black and brown people doing like that.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. And everybody. It just made me realize, like, is that. Wow. So this is how my daughter birthday gonna be when 16, folks, huh?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, culture is, baby. I don't know by 16.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Especially when you live. Especially when you live.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She going to be been famous for a long time at that point. Pulling up to the fashion shows. Yeah, it's going to be very upper brow, very white.

[Cardi B]

No, it's not even, it's just like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It'S just her cousin's going to be to her.

[Cardi B]

You had to be at that party so you could see like, wow, you, you, you would just have like an understanding of like what the schools are like over there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Cardi B]

So sometimes I be thinking like, it's like, damn, my kid don't got flavor like that. But that's why they don't have no flavor like that.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we saw culture the other day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Cardi B]

But, but they so innocent. They so innocent over there. They, they innocent in Jersey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that is interesting, right? Cuz you're raising your kids in, in, in a mansion, right, In Jersey. But you grew up in the Bronx. How do you make sure they don't grow up spoiled? Because that's what I be trying to focus on.

[Cardi B]

They spoil.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's not even that they spoil. They don't know nothing else.

[Cardi B]

They don't know nothing else, but they, they do. As you know what I noticed, as long as they with their cousin, they don't care where they at. Cuz when they be in my grandma's house or like when they was in doctor in the country. Country. They, they. I kept calling like, are you guys okay? They. They. As long as they with their cousin, kids are okay. They just gotta be with their cousins. That's the trick. They gotta be with their cousins. They're gonna have a good time anywhere as long as their cousins is around, their friends around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So why did you ask. This is my last question. Why did you ask yourself, am I the drama? And I like that you're holding yourself accountable, you know, for what you might be on. But why did you ask yourself that question?

[Cardi B]

Because I just always feel like people, they just don't like me or they, they will like pick on me or something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause you on top.

[Cardi B]

But it always been like that. Even when I was like in high school.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because you've always been on top regardless of the money, your personality, the fact that people naturally gravitate towards you. The fact that people naturally like you. You know, some will hate you just because of how everybody else love you.

[Cardi B]

Yes. And that's why it's like, damn, am I the drama? Am I the one? Is it me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus.

[Cardi B]

Like, it's like, yes. Why always? Why am always like, it's like, it's like, like things could go a certain type of way. For me, but it's just not going to go. It's like, I don't know if I chase the bad things. I don't know if the bad things is me. I don't. But I'm also very blessed, too. Like, it's like maybe I'll be thinking it's because my. It is my personality. It is because, like, my voice just stand out and it always been like that, which is a. It's. It's a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's God.

[Cardi B]

It's God. It's a blessing. It's a curse. Sometimes it occurs, but it's really like a blessing because sometimes I feel like I get it harder than. Than most. And I don't care if people say that. They don't see it. They know it. They know it. I really get it hard. Harder than most. But then I. Then again, I am very blessed. And some people might think that it's like, well, she don't get that much because she's still here and she stays in certain things. And it's like, maybe I am blessed or maybe I just. I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, don't spend all day looking the comments.

[Cardi B]

No, no, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let the album come out.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let people have their opinion. And you keep it moving. Okay.

[Cardi B]

Yeah. I'm telling you today, Today, it really feels like I don't. I. I don't know if it's my birthday. I don't know if it's like, it. It really feels like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know, like I'm just enjoy the moment.

[Cardi B]

I'm. I'm enjoying it. Well, I can't really enjoy because I'm tired as hell and I got a lot of work to do. Do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Cardi B]

I got to go to all these. All these meet and greets and stuff. That's what I'm like, oh, God, am I going to be able to do all that? But I'm going do it. But I woke up this morning and I wanted, like, to cry. And I'm like, what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to cry for tears of joy. Yeah, absolutely. It's Cardi b. It's the Breakfast Club. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey? That donkey. Donkey, Donkey donke. Donkey. Donkey of the day right here. Such a Breakfast Club, bitches. You can call me the Donkey of the day, but, like, I mean no harm. Donkey of the day goes to a Baltimore man by the name of Kevin gross. Kevin is 46 years old, just like I am. But I clearly make better choices than Kevin. You know how sometimes people say, oh, you think you better than me. The answer is yes. Yes, I do. Because I make better choices. Not judging you for anything you got going on. But you ask me a question. Oh, you think you better than me? Yeah, I. Yes. Hell yes. Because I understand the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. And I make better choices than you. And if you are currently enjoying this thing called freedom, well, you make better choices than Kevin as well, because he's in jail. Currently facing charges for allegedly shooting a 28 year old co worker on the side of I95 this past Monday morning. Now, I know some of y' all right now are either at or on the way to jobs where you think you can't stand your co worker, you believe you hate this co worker with all your heart, and you just might, okay, just be better than Kevin, okay? And the way you continue to be better than Kevin is simply by making the choice not to shoot your co worker. Let's go to WBAL TV for the report, please.

[Cardi B]

Bond denied for 46 year old Kevin Gross. He's facing charges for allegedly shooting a 28 year old co worker on the side of I95 early Monday morning. According to charging documents, the victim called 911. When state police arrived, they found him walking along the shoulder of 95 with.

[Commercial Announcer]

With seven gunshot wounds to the arm and torso.

[Cardi B]

Court documents show he told police he was on his way into work and got a flat tire. So he pulled over on the shoulder of 95 just north of the Howard county line. When he got out to inspect the tire, his co worker, Kevin Gross, pulled up behind him and got out wearing a mask covering his mouth. Quote, Gross told him he must have hit a pothole or something. But upon inspecting the tire, the victim could see the tire had been slashed. Gross then produced a firearm and began firing numerous shots. Charging documents reveal the two were assistant managers at Planet Aid in Elkridge. Gross had recently been demoted and the victim told police Gross thought he had something to do with that demotion.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kevin, you got the right last name because this was Gross. What a diabolical plan. The victim was on his way to work and got a flat tire. He thought he hit a pothole, but his tithe had been slashed. Oh, I wonder who slashed him. And then when he got out to inspect the tire, Kevin pulled up behind him with a mask and shot him several times. All because he thought his co worker got him demoted. Both of them were assistant managers at Planet Aid. Now, y' all know what Planet Aid is, right? Yeah, they. They the organizations that collect the clothing donations. They got the Yellow bins all over the place where you can put the clothes and shoes in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They accept clothing donations in 1700 locations. Okay. In the Elkridge Warehouse. You know what Elkridge is, right? Yep. They collect £15.5 million of used clothes and shoes annually. Well, clearly Kevin wasn't there for the cause. So I needed to know, what are the perks of being an assistant manager at Planet Aid? So I asked Chat GPT, how much does an assistant manager at Planning Aid make? I don't know if this is 100. Correct. But it says the average salary for a manager at Planet Aid might earn between 50,000 and 60,000 annually. Now, I need y' all to always keep in mind that my education is limited to. Limited to a high school degree from night school. Okay? Drop on a clues bomb for Berkeley High School, all right? In Monte Corner, South Carolina. But if it's one thing I understand is prison math. And by prison math, I mean when you have to calculate in your mind whether or not the choice you make is going to be worth you going to prison. Okay, now let's do the prison math. All right? I'm making 50, 60 grand a year in Baltimore as a 46 year old man. I don't know about y', all, but if I can afford to put some food on my table and have a roof over my head, I'm going to be happy. Happy. Okay, Success is subjective. And if you're a free man, 46 years old, you can come and go as you please. You got a job, you maintaining. That's a good life. If you don't think it's a good life, go to a prison right now and talk to these brothers doing 15, doing 20, doing 25, some of them doing forever, and ask them, would they trade lives with the free man making 50 to 60 grand as an assistant manager at Planet Aid? Hell, even if he got demoted, okay, even if he got demoted, the Warehouse lead role at Planet aid earns about 27.39 per hour. According to Chat GPT, that's almost 57 grand a year if you working 40 hours a week. All I'm saying is, no matter how much I calculate this prison math, okay, I've done addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. I tried to figure this out multiple ways, and guess what? It just don't compute, okay? It just doesn't add up. The victim is in critical condition. He got seven times. He got shot seven times. Kevin Gross is charged with attempted first degree murder in Maryland. That's life in prison, first and second degree assault. Kevin Gross is also charged with. First degree assault is 25 years in Maryland. Second degree assault is 10 years in Maryland. And he got other related charges. Moral of the story is Kevin is spending the rest of his natural born life in prison. Therefore, the prison math ain't adding up. It's just not worth it. You have to calculate it in your head. You got demoted. You don't even know if this person you shot had anything to do with it.

[Cardi B]

You.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But even if they did, as soon as you started formulating this plan in your head, just think about it. I'm going to cut his tires. I'm going to shoot him a bunch of times. At some point, your brain has to say, no, no, no, no, no. This prison math ain't mathin'. This is not a situation that's worth having to eat jail food for the rest of your life or having an inmate treat your bunky like a bowl of cereal. So please, let Remy Ma give Kevin Gross the biggest hee haw.

[Cardi B]

Hee haw, hee haw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You stupid mother. Are you dumb? You got demoted. Take the L. How do you get demoted from like a Salvation army place, a goodwill place? And what could you do wrong? Yeah, I don't know. But he didn't even ask no questions. He just assumed it was this other. This other person and shot him seven times. Now he gonna spend the rest of his life in prison for that. No, add up. We don't need to play again. And you also. I mean, we can if you want to. What? You want to play a game? He from Baltimore.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Please, come on now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no white people in Baltimore. Yes, white Asian people in Baltimore. Come on now. No Latinos in Baltimore. No, but something that petty like that, like. Like she got a point. A clothing store, then it's not even like a. In a. Like a regular clothing store. It's plan B. Yeah, like, nah, he black. Always do prison math, though. Whenever you about to make a choice that you think gonna get you in some type of trouble, especially if it's involving any type of crime, just. Just calculate it in your head. Is this worth the time you're gonna get for that situation? That's sad. All right, well, thank you for that donkey. Today. The Breakfast Club. Yep, it's one of the most dangerous. Morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne to God. Just hilarious. DJ Envy. Envy had to run, but Lauren Laros is in. And right now we got a man, I want to say young legend, but you just legend at this point, right? You know what? I'm Saying, you know me. Listen, anybody that delivered Nas his first Grammy, I got a salute. Hit Boy is here.

[Hit-Boy]

Respect. Good morning. Appreciate y' all having me. I've been waiting to get on here for some years, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy to have you, man. How you feeling this morning?

[Hit-Boy]

Solid, man. I feel better than ever. For real? Yeah. Just running around New York, you know what I mean? We was out late last night, so I'm a dragon a little bit. But I'm good, though, man. I'm blessed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You went to out for Fashion Week.

[Hit-Boy]

I'm just here, man, moving around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Yeah. When did Hit Boy feel like he arrived? I mean, you produced for everybody from Jay Z to Beyonce to Nas. When you look back, was it a beat? Was it a moment that made you feel like, yeah, I'm here to stay in this game?

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, it's crazy, man, because I. You know, I was in a. I was in a situation. I was in a deal for, like, 18 years with you, UNPG Universal Music Publishing Group. And I was just talking about how I kind of never felt like I all the way made it. Because, you know, it's funny, bro, you don't even notice. You tweeted something a long time ago that triggered something in my brain, bro. Somebody said something, and you tweeted like, this is probably 2011 something. You was like, hit boy got that otherworldly money. Cause I guess I did in pairs. I did other joints. And I was like, hold up. I'm supposed to have otherworldly money. This is Jay Z first diamond record, you know? And I'm like, yo, so that's what. I didn't even know I was in a bad deal till I made in Paris, you know? I mean, I did drop the world with my boy chasing cash for Lil Wayne and Eminem. I did other joints, but that was the first hit that was like, okay, where the real money at now? You know? I mean, I was able to get some bread. I went and did a record deal and label deal with Jimmy Iveen at Interscope. But my publishing money wasn't what it should have been. I couldn't go get that crazy advanced. So I'm. You trigger something in me. I'm like, man, I'm supposed to be touching.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who do you have that conversation with, though? Because a lot of times, man, especially when you black, you don't like to tell people you don't know something.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who you had that conversation?

[Hit-Boy]

You know, it's crazy, though, because that's bro, Jimmy Iovine. I went to his crib when I was about to sign my deal, just chopping it, we eating food, you know, just connecting. And I'm just telling him like, bro, I don't know nothing about none of this. And he was like, you know, that's actually the smartest thing you ever said. Because everything I do, you can learn. But what you do do, I can't learn that. You just got that in you so that you know.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey everybody. This is Matt Rogers and Dawen Yang.

[Hit-Boy]

And you're never gonna guess who's our guest on Las Culturistas.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is Bradley Jackson, Elle Woods, Tracy Flick herself, Reese Witherspoon.

[Cardi B]

Reese, we must go on a girls trip. I have to have a tequila.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We must the Q rating when they run diagnostics, we can run it on you Guys, guys, I'd be scared. Don't run the Q Raider.

[Hit-Boy]

No, I'm the curator.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My resiliency score is down to adequate because we were on a red eye. My resilience. Where's your grit? My grit? I gotta get my grit score up. Now, don't think that you're gonna come.

[Hit-Boy]

On Las Culturistas, the podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we're not gonna at least bring.

[Hit-Boy]

Up Big Little Lies, season three.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoever said orange is the new pink seriously disturbed. Listen to Las culturistas on the iHeartRadio.

[Hit-Boy]

App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Jorge Ramos.

[Cardi B]

And I am Paola Ramos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Together, we're launching the Moment, a new podcast about what it means to live through a time as uncertain as this one.

[Cardi B]

We sit down with politicians.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would be the first immigrant mayor in generations, but 40% of New Yorkers were born outside of this country.

[Cardi B]

Artists and actors. I mean, do you ever feel demoralized?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I might personally lose hope. This individual might lose the faith.

[Hit-Boy]

But there's an institution that doesn't lose.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Faith, and that's what I believed in.

[Cardi B]

To bring you depth and analysis from a unique Latino perspective.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's not a single day that Paula and I don't call or text each other sharing news and thoughts about what's happening in the country. This new podcast will be a way to make that ongoing intergenerational conversation public.

[Cardi B]

Listen to the Moment with Jorge Ramos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Paula Ramos as part of the.

[Commercial Announcer]

My Cultura podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heroin into New York from Asia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We had 30 agents ready to go.

[Hit-Boy]

With shotguns and rifles, and you name it.

[Commercial Announcer]

But what they find is not what they expected.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Basically, your stay at home moms were.

[Cardi B]

Picking up these large amounts of heroin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They go, is this your daughter? I said, yes. They go, oh, you may not see her for, like, 25 years.

[Commercial Announcer]

Caught between a federal investigation and the violent gang who recruited them, the women must decide who they're willing to protect and who they dare to betray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Once I saw the gun, I tried to take his hand, and I saw the flash of light.

[Commercial Announcer]

Listen to the Chinatown sting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

[Hit-Boy]

That was just like a little moment where, I mean, but, I mean, bro, it's just been. It's been a journey. It's been A hell of a journey. And I got out my deal just this past July, two months ago. So I feel like I made it when I got out my deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it was Jimmy Iovine who got you on the right track. Well, because he just handed you a piece of paper and said, oh, just sign this.

[Hit-Boy]

And, well, I mean, well, that's kind of what happened. He handed me the papers, he gave me a couple M's. I'm like 24 years old. I went and did the. The most I could do. Got a crib and moved all my homies in and just like, turned up and, you know, I was able to make some hits. Yeah, I mean, but basically Jay Z was the one who got me out my deal. Jay Z and Desiree Perez, they. They stepped in. I was being managed by. By them, like, 2021. And at that point, I was in my deal for 14 years, and I was like, yo, I need to get out this deal. And it was like, well, the best we could do is, you know, you can go from here to 2025, and when, you know, July 2025 hit, you'll be out your deal. And I just did them last four years. So I was in my deal for 18 years.

[Lauren LaRosa]

July 1, 2025. What did you wake up feeling like a new man?

[Hit-Boy]

A new man. I just like, man, the pressure, that dark cloud is just gone now. Like, it was like, I didn't realize I was depressed. Like, I've been doing therapy. You know what I mean? I really realized a lot. Like, shout out Melissa Dumas, my therapist, like, she made me realize I never had boundaries. And that's. That made me go back to, like, oh, that's why I was, like, just basically handed people around me the same life lifestyle, you know, I'm taking 20, 30 people out to dinner. I'm doing all this, all the young period. So just, you know, basically just to be in this place. Now I'm just feeling refreshed, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you now with that, though, right? Like, oh, good.

[Hit-Boy]

I'm good.

[Cardi B]

Is this circle small?

[Hit-Boy]

It's like a dot. It's not a circle no more. It's like, it's small now, you know, so just more condensed and, you know, I got the right people around me that I know really care about me versus just letting anybody hang.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What did Jay Z and DEZ do exactly to get you out your situation? You know, everybody likes to blame ROC Nation for the bad, right?

[Hit-Boy]

Right. Nah, I mean, bro, they did what they did. I don't know. They bossed up and went in there and figured it out. You know, they. They got me a nice little advance, 20, 21. And was like, well, you know, you can get this advanced, but you still got to do four more years. And I just took it on the chin and just dug it out, you know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So now you can do a new publishing deal.

[Hit-Boy]

If now I could do whatever I want to do. I'm a free man for the first time. I signed my deal one year out of high school. I was 19 years old, you know what I mean? And I was in that deal. I'm 38 now. You know, I mean, it's been some time, so I'm just. Bro, I feel refreshed. I feel like I just started, though, you know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Done so much. Yeah, like, what's the offers like on the table? Because everybody hurts worried about you getting out. I know they talking you down.

[Hit-Boy]

Offers is nice. I mean, I ain't gonna say all that, you know what I mean? But we are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We are.

[Hit-Boy]

We are working our way up to that because I'm, you know, I'm expanded, bro. I just bought a horse Shout my boy DJ from Blue Bucks Clan, crazy group from the West Coast. But my boy just started messing with the horses and he, like, he. And put me on, like, you know, gaming me up about how to get money with that. And it's like, it's a whole different world.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Race horse and aggravation culture.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah. Oh, racehorse. Yeah, racehorses is like. It's like you buy DNA, you know what I mean? We basically, like, trying to find Michael Jordan mom, like, you know what I mean? Like, they can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I mean?

[Hit-Boy]

They kid all they kids didn't want races if, like, you know, if they kids or their dad won races, it's just you, you know, the value goes up. So learning that type of stuff and, you know, expanding on into film. I'm doing some stuff with Alchemist, the Homie Alchemist producer. You know, we going back and forth, just rapping on each other beats and got a couple other people in the mix. And we did a movie to go with the. With the album, too. So I'm hype on that because you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I are rapping.

[Hit-Boy]

Okay. Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you balance being seen as one of. One of the greatest producers with still being hungry and I guess, chasing the next sound maybe?

[Hit-Boy]

I mean, it's not that I'm chasing. It's just. That's just. That's how I keep myself entertained, man. Like, producing is always just Been fun for me. It's just been like a replacement for video games because I started when I was, like, 15, 16, and I stopped playing video games to start making beats. And I'm glad I did, you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll be back with more Hit Boy. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yeah, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. I go by the name of Charlemagne the God. And right now, we are talking to my man, Hit Boy. Yo, you still look so young. You talking like that's. You're still young. How old are you?

[Hit-Boy]

I'm 38.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Hit-Boy]

Well, I feel 25 for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right. And then if the hearing you say right, you feel like you about to.

[Hit-Boy]

Just start all over. Yeah. So with more knowledge, just way smarter, way flyer, way richer, you know? Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So. But the way you make it sound is like you haven't enjoyed any of it at all.

[Hit-Boy]

No, I have. I have. I have. I've. I've been, you know, I've had some good times, but, you know, I just. I just been chasing, like, something within myself, like, just trying to push myself to be, like, great, like, you know what I mean? Like, I look up to. To the greats, you know what I mean? I look up to the Jay Z's, to the Yays, to Nas's, like, you know, and it's like. I know it's more to get, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you talk about going to see a therapist, was it just a bad publishing deal that had you?

[Hit-Boy]

Nah, nah, nah. I've been dealing with, you know, it made me realize a lot, just about my childhood, you know, My pops had got out of prison a couple years ago. People kind of saw the Splash. But I've been dealing with that, you know, since I was three years old. That's something that, you know, my mom and my grandma, they did a great job, like, raising me, you know, making me a respectable young man and all that. But, you know, I just still felt some type of void with my dad. And, you know, every time he get out, we start to make some stride. We start to move, and then it's like, boom, he back in there. He doing another three years right now. Yeah. Crazy, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you feel like you wanted to be in hip hop? Because he always had that dream. I wanted to be a rapper.

[Hit-Boy]

Nah, nah, nah. I just. I just love music, period, you know, because my uncle was in a group called Troop back in the day. My grandma.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was just talking about True Blast.

[Hit-Boy]

So My grandma is the one who started them when my. My uncle was like 13. Like he found some kids from his high school and then she was the one that whipped him into shape to where they got a record deal and you had a couple number ones and all that. But I, you know, I got to see early in my life. I got to see a lot because I lived with him when he was at his height. Me and my mom, I'm like 2, 3, 4 years old. I'm hearing all this like R B. I'm hearing soulful, I'm hearing NWA gangsta, west coast music, music. And living pretty nice up until I was like five. And then, you know, my dad, I was dealing with my dad being in prison, but living with my uncle, I got to see a high level lifestyle. But then I also seen how it started to be new R B groups and the sound switched and Troop wasn't what it once was. And it was like we went from living in nice condos to now we living in a one bedroom all together, you know what I mean? In Pasadena. Yeah. So I got to see highs and low clothes, man. That's why I keep it just humble. I keep it cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right. I was gonna ask how is that? How has that shaped you? Because you lived that pretty early.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, no, for sure. Yeah, man. Just visiting prisons and then going back to my uncle condo where you got a elevator in the spot and a pool. Like, it was just like I'm being tugged in a bunch of different, you know, ways. But it just kind of kept me balanced at all times. Like, I come from a super humble, cool family too. So, you know, I'm always just one pushing man. Pushing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was just talking about Troop last week because I forgot somebody sampled. All I do is think to you. A couple people had, and then Nyla played it last Friday and they was like, that's B5. And I'm like, B5.

[Hit-Boy]

But then it's really right. But yeah, Troop just they. They stronghold. They went crazy on their version.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll be back with more Hit Boy. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. I go by the name of Charlotte Solomon to God. And right now we are talking to my man, Hit Boy. What's the. I guess most trash beat you've ever made? Damn.

[Hit-Boy]

I wouldn't say trash, but I would say, look, I would say, bro, I didn't know Paris was about to be what it was about to Be. I literally didn't, I really didn't, man. I had my homeboy Chili Chill, I used to be rapping with and you know, just working with. He was about to put that song out, that beat out on a mixtape of his, like, lit. Literally a few days before I got the email from Don C. Don C was like, yo, I need you to send me the files to this beat. And I was like, damn. Oh, the homie was just about to drop something on this. Let me, let me see. Then I got an email from Yay. And he was like, bro, me and Jay was in Paris. We made this song. He was like, when this song drop, your life about to change. So I, I. But I didn't even, bro, I still didn't know until I really heard the song and got around. I went to the, the planetarium where they did the listening party and Khaled was there and a bunch of of people was there. And the way they reacted when Paris came on, that was when I first understood what it really was, you know, so. But I didn't know. I didn't know was about to be that big.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know a program director who went to a Washington listening party and I was like, how was the album? And they're like, it's dope, but ain't no radio hits on there. Oh, and I remember, listen, I remember when par. I'm like, did you go to the bathroom? Like, how you ain't hear this?

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, that's funny, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Also, this ain't no question. Click as well. Click is one of my favorite songs.

[Hit-Boy]

That's what's up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How is that?

[Hit-Boy]

Shout out Big Sean, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, man. Just again, just getting back into. I was, you know, signing good music at the time, so I was just working on everything I could for Yay and with Yay and his artists. And I think it was in London, we started working on that song. And the, the original beat was actually a beat I had gave Dom Kenny and he actually put it out. It was a song called cdc. And they, they did the original demo to that beat. And I ended up having to tell Yay. Like, man, my boy Dom Kennedy just dropped a song on this beat. So we just flipped it, took some of the sounds out, added more sounds and just turned it up, made it what it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look, the vocals in the beginning, right when they.

[Cardi B]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who is that?

[Hit-Boy]

That's James Fauntleroy legend, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did not know that was him. Yeah, okay.

[Hit-Boy]

You know James Joint on the anti Rihanna album, that's about. That's named after James. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. So he made those vocals specifically for Click.

[Hit-Boy]

Oh, yeah. Yep. He. He, yeah. Took that joint like ye just gave him a bunch of stuff, and that was something he did over that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. And you say you were signing good music.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Hit-Boy]

That was the time, too. I had to sacrifice because I was already signed. Apollo Nadan and his managers was managing me, so I was giving. Giving them 20. Then when I got around, yay. Him and his team was like, well, we want to manage you. And I was like this, you know, young, humble, loyal guy. So I'm like, I stuck it out with my other team, but I also did a thing where I was getting given 20 to good music. So I made a sacrifice to get that brand energy just to be around and just like, you know, I got in Paris out of it. Click. I got a bunch of stuff out of it, but I sacrificed. I was giving up like 40 of my money at that time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I see why you wasn't making no money.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I mean, man, you know, shout out to no I.D. like, he always called it brand energy. It's like you, me being associated with Yay. A lot of good came from that too. I sacrificed, but, you know, it also landed me in this place where, you know, if I want to go sell my catalog, if I want to, you know, move my music around, I can. I can do that, and I can make some real money now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know the Polo to Don situation either.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I was signed to Polo and Universal since I was 19 years old, and I just got out in July.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what'd you produce with Polo? Like, what came out of that?

[Hit-Boy]

I was, I mean, I was. I produced, like, certain little stuff with him during those days when he was, you know, in his heyday. But I was more so just signed to him as a producer, and his managers was managing me. So they was. They had a whole situation going.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But they couldn't just release you, like, once you realized it was a bad deal.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I'm sure they could have, but they didn't want to. You know what I mean? They, like, got them early, and we about to. To extract as much as we can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, you know, how does that make you feel? Like, does that. Is that something you take personal? Are you just like, you know what? That's business. That's what I signed.

[Hit-Boy]

I mean, at this point, yeah, but I, I, man, bro, I was. I've been depressed for years, money. I've been depressed going to lawyers and they like, yo, this is the Worst deal I ever seen. You know what I mean? Stuff like that. And. And they like, well, they don't want to let you out the deal, or they don't want to give you an amendment or whatever the case is. And it's like, that was, you know, I was like chasing like, maybe if I make a bigger song in Paris, that I can get out this deal, you know? And it's like I probably up certain relationships like that, like, just trying to put pressure on different artists and trying to, like, just. Just do too much, I guess. You know what I mean? But it never was about that. I was just in that contract. That's just what it was. That's why I'm just happy as hell to be out now, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So Polo ate off in Paris and all of that stuff.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, he did that. Yeah, he did for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Great business for Polo, for sure.

[Hit-Boy]

I mean, I did too, though, you know, it is what it is. I just talked to Polo last night, man. Solid dude. Got love for him. He gave me opportunity. I've made a lot happen with that opportunity. And I'm just taking that knowledge now into the. To the next phase. And that's why I'm starting this foundation. I just started a foundation called the Next Hits. So it's like the next Hit Boys or the next Hit Songs, however you want to look at it. Just, you know. You know, helping underserved communities and kids that's like, got dads that's locked up, like my dad was locked up and teaching them about the business, the business side, the engineering, recording, producing, whatever they want to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We gotta get Polo up here. Cause his name is always coming up and I didn't know he was. He signed a Kane Brown as his.

[Hit-Boy]

No, I know, man. He got it here, man. He be out here for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you and Alchemist got an album coming out October 24th.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, yeah, we got an album and a movie. That's. I feel like it's coming. Going to make people look at us in a whole different light. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then a solo album called Software Update.

[Hit-Boy]

Software Update. Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know he couldn't wait to get out.

[Hit-Boy]

Yeah, I mean, I'm excited, bro. It's like, it's genuine. It's coming from a place of like, this, coming from my soul, man. So, like, I'm just like, looking forward to, you know, letting people see me in a different light and just like pushing, you know, what I've done. Forward.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. And you free now.

[Hit-Boy]

Down, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Free.

[Hit-Boy]

It's amazing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome home.

[Hit-Boy]

Hit free. I just Threw like a million dollar party in LA last week and shot a video with Az Chike Baby trying to spank. And that was the illest. We had Marathon Burger up there. We had this whole Eat Couch activation because we got this song called Eat Couch. And yeah, this is. Yeah, it was. It was crazy. It's like smashing a girl on the couch from the back and her face is in the couch, so she eating the couch. She's eating couch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah. You know, there's a pillow for.

[Hit-Boy]

That's funny.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know there's a pillow for that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, there is a pillow.

[Hit-Boy]

No, no, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know, I know, I know.

[Hit-Boy]

But Spank is just funny. When he said eat couch, man, that's. That just had me laughing so hard. I'm like, we gotta put this joint out, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why the hell is the party a million dollars?

[Hit-Boy]

Cause it was a celebration 18 years, man. I'm like, I gotta go all out. I just went crazy. I just had all type of activations. I had, you know, hood taco spots, marathon burger. I had, you know, just a lot of going. All right, man, that's what's up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it's Hit Boy, man. Thank you for coming, my brother.

[Hit-Boy]

No, for sure appreciate y', all, man. It's an honor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir. Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club Charlemagne. The God, Lauren LaRosa. In case you haven't noticed, DJ Envy isn't here. Just hilarious. Isn't here. This is iHeartRadio Festival weekend.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So to be honest with you, we not even here, you know, at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, it's. You know, it's. It's an amazing thing that our voices are, but we. Our bodies are not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is the beauty of radio. But we do want to thank Hitboy for pulling up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Today, as well as Big Body Cardi B.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's the first New York baby shower I ever been to that didn't have Burberry shirts or tequila.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We should have had Burberry shirts. Damn. We should have had Burberry shirts. We should have. But Salute to B, her album Am I. The drama is out right now, and we want to just thank her and Hit Boy for pulling up today. And you had Golden Corral, brother. Oh, salute to Golden Corral, man. Salute to Golden Corral. 2375 E. Tremont Ave. In the Bronx. Okay. I love Golden Corral. They. They actually do have an all you can eat buffet for breakfast and lunch. 13.99 per person. Dinner is $20.99 per person. They actually serve alcohol. They got frozen drinks. Sangria. You did. You did. You said you wanted tequila, but they had the frozen drinks out there.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't want to indulge, though. I was waiting to break my fast until I got with my man.

[Commercial Announcer]

Carry on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You can see Happy and Peace over here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You should say my man's. My man's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A Z. That. See, that's that ugly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Open your.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pick your tongue up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Say it with an S. But you can follow Golden Crown Instagram at Bronx Golden Corral. And they got parking available. Thank y' all for providing food for Cardi B's Baby Shop that we had here this morning at the Breakfast Club. When we come back, we got the positive note. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne, tha God, Lauren LaRosa. Envy and Jess hilarious are off today. LL Cool Bay.

[Cardi B]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got something going on for Delaware State Homecoming, right?

[Cardi B]

I do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The kickoff party we do every year. Come and party with me, Delaware State University alumni and all of our friends in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 10th at the Queen Theater later. Tickets are now on [e-mail] I'll be hosting it again. It's October 10th. Friday, October 10th. It's Delaware State University alumni homecoming party. Alumni. It's for the grown folk, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not like old.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Grown like Charlemagne. Like, not like, you know, I'm grown.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, and happy to be grown still. Wait till my 50th birthday is done. Watch what I do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Laid out blacks rest. Your age is rest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I rest right now. The positive note is simply this. Seek to know the truth. Okay? When you hear an opinion and believe it, you make an agreement, and it becomes part of your belief system. The only thing that can break this agreement is to make a new one based on truth. Only the truth has the power to set you free. Y' all have a great weekend. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. See you on Monday, Breakfast Club. We all finished or y' all done? Foreign.

[Cardi B]

And I'm Michael F. Florio, and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

This September at the psychology of your 20s, we're breaking down the very interesting ways psychology applies to real life, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why we crave external validation. I find it so interesting that we are so quick to believe others judgments of us and not our own judgment of ourselves.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So according to the study, not being.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Liked actually creates similar pain levels as.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Real life physical pain.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To learn more about the psychology of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everyday life and of course your twenties this September, listen to the psychology of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do we really need another podcast with.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A condescending finance bro trying to tell us how to spend our own money?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Instead ch out Brown Ambition each week I your host Mandy Money gives you.

[Commercial Announcer]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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