FULL SHOW: Dame Dash Reacts to 50 Cent’s Paid in Full Series, Kai Cenat Brings Out Keke Palmer + R.T. Thorne & Danielle Deadwyler Interview

Summary

THE BREAKFAST CLUB
FULL SHOW SUMMARY
Episode Date: September 9, 2025
Main Hosts: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa (Jess Hilarious out)
Notable Guests: Danielle Deadwyler (actor), R.T. Thorne (director/writer), Mimi Brown (news)

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EPISODE OVERVIEW

This episode of The Breakfast Club delivers its signature blend of cultural commentary, trending news, and in-depth interview content. The show showcases reactions to headlines (notably the Trump/Epstein letter, a Supreme Court immigration ruling, viral tax hacks), a lively call-in segment, and pop culture discussions. Later, the team interviews Danielle Deadwyler and R.T. Thorne about their new film "40 Acres," exploring the importance of Black storytelling and creative legacy. Plus, they react to the announcement of a "Paid in Full" television series, and touch on viral moments from celebrities like Britney Spears, Kai Cenat, and Meg Thee Stallion.

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I. OPENING & HBCU CONVERSATION (02:42–06:00)

• Lauren broadcasts live from Delaware State University (DSU), explaining she's speaking at convocation:
  • “Convocation is the official welcoming ceremony for the student body… motivation to go into the year and conquer.” — Lauren (03:28)
  • Advice for students: Have vision and step outside your comfort zone. Take classes outside your major.
  • DJ Envy and Lauren poke fun at their college experiences; friendly banter about HBCU pride (Hampton vs. Delaware St).

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II. FRONT PAGE NEWS (06:00–12:03; 33:33–40:05)

Key Stories by Mimi Brown:

1. Epstein/Trump Note (06:02–09:55)

   • Lawmakers release a 2003 Epstein birthday book containing an alleged note from Trump (“A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday. And may every day be another wonderful secret.”).

   • Trump’s camp calls the note fake; the White House denies involvement. House Speaker Johnson walks back previous statements, clarifies Trump assisted during Epstein investigation.

   • “I don't believe that painting… I think somebody down with Trump planted that. Because once you've debunked that and prove that it's fake, then maybe people are looking at everything else like it's fake.” — Charlamagne (09:25)

2. Supreme Court Immigration Ruling (09:55–11:46)

   • The Court overturns a decision restricting immigration stops in LA; dissenters warn of legally sanctioned racial profiling.

   • Civil rights context and concern about targeting based on language/location.

   • “They just said they're just saying it out loud and putting it on the books that, you know, we’re not going to be punishing anybody… But this is always happening.” — Charlamagne (11:33)

3. IRS Warns on Tax Hacks/TikTok Schemes (33:55–36:08)

   • IRS flags viral social media “tax hacks” (sick/family leave, fuel tax credit), costing Americans $162 million. CPAs urge, "Don’t let TikTok do your taxes."
   • “All of y’all gonna end up in jail… I feel sorry for these people because they are really looking for information and they're just simply getting misinformed.” — Charlamagne (35:39)

4. First HBCU Prep School in NYC (36:08–40:05)

   • New Jamaica, Queens high school partners with DSU; high demand, focus on Black educational opportunity.

   • “They get more people like me to come and work with y’all.” — Lauren (38:08)

   • “If you need us, we will be there… If you’re from Queens, I’m sure you know somebody that knows my mama. Please hit us up.” — DJ Envy (39:02)

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III. CALL-IN SEGMENT: "Get It Off Your Chest" (12:24–21:28)

• Listeners share good news, mental health journeys, request books, offer suggestions (like regionalizing Envy’s car show).
• Mental Wealth Expo promoted: “Saturday, October 11, in Newark, NJ. Free mental health event.” — Charlamagne (14:44)
• Mix of jokes, genuine encouragement, birthday shoutouts, and reflections on prioritizing mental health and marriage.

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IV. TOP STORIES & CULTURE: "The Latest with Lauren" (27:06–33:33; 68:44–72:57)

A. "Paid in Full" TV Series, Dame Dash’s Reaction (27:28–32:55)

• 50 Cent announces a Paid in Full series with Cam’ron as executive producer.

• Dame Dash posts a video, sarcastically congratulates Cam’ron for “making 50 his new boss.”

• The crew discusses the business saga—did Dame lose rights in bankruptcy? Was he ever the rights holder?

  • “I thought Dame had the rights. I would assume… I just want to know the business—like Dame is always teaching the business.” — Charlamagne (30:37)
  • “Sometimes not having a boss will lead you into foreclosure… You can’t keep having this Boss conversation without a real conversation about entrepreneurship.” — DJ Envy (31:07)
  • “Dame should be happy the rights to Paid in Full went to another Black man… That sounds like good Black business to me.” — Charlamagne (31:39)

B. Britney Spears “Dog Poop” Story (69:06–72:57)

• Tabloid reports claim Britney’s home is messy and covered in dog poop; concerns over her well-being circulate among fans.
• Hosts express skepticism, joke about “alleged mansion mess,” and discuss pitfalls of internet speculation.
  • “How do we know her staff didn’t get deported?” — Charlamagne (70:18)
  • “If it’s her poop, you gotta commit her immediately.” — Charlamagne (70:44)
  • Lauren, a former "Free Britney" supporter, contextualizes heightened fan concern.

C. Meg Thee Stallion Defamation Case (73:19–75:16)

• Meg’s legal case against blogger Milagro: Kylie Jenner and Joe Budden named potential witnesses due to their proximity to the original incident and media commentary.
• Aiden Ross may also be subpoenaed.
• Not all witness-list names mean they’ll actually testify.

D. Kai Cenat x Keke Palmer Streaming Moment (75:21–77:10)

• Viral moment on Kai Cenat’s stream: Keke Palmer visits, is mistaken for Mary J. Blige, then plays along with the joke.

• Crew jokes about generational gaps and “feeling old.”

  • “That really… when I was 13 years older than them. Yes. You old compared to them. You old.” — Charlamagne (76:32)
  • Playful banter about everyone’s real age ensues.

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V. FEATURE INTERVIEW: Danielle Deadwyler & R.T. Thorne (“40 Acres”) (41:00–67:53)

A. On Portraying Difficult History (42:11–42:57)

• Deadwyler shares her rigorous research for “Till,” influenced by her Atlanta upbringing and civil rights exposure.
• On emotional impact: “You walk with it. It’s a wound, a scar… It’s a beauty to talk about history, how it echoes.” — Danielle Deadwyler (42:32)

B. Black Storytelling & Responsibility (44:06–45:40)

• Both emphasize importance of merging lived experience, legacy, and cultural specificity in their work.
• “Our history is just a brilliant thing… It’s a spherical thing. Everything is connecting.” — Deadwyler (44:14)

C. Balancing Entertainment with Message (48:54–50:23)

• “If I get a chance to tell a story…I want you to take the movie home with you.” — R.T. Thorne (49:09)
• Both guests discuss breaking the Hollywood mold, fighting for creative originality, and avoiding typecasting.
• “There is no one-dimensionality ever… I am intentionally circling a lot of different genres.” — Deadwyler (55:05)

D. On Black Women, Healing, & Representation (56:48–57:05)

• “We deserve to explore the other emotions just as much… It’s a continuous effort to diversify the manner in which you distribute labor… giving that over and still doing our work for ourselves.” — Deadwyler (57:05)

E. Finance & Legacy in Film (58:21–60:43)

• “I think about legacy and telling a story that’s gonna stay with people. Money comes and goes. Word of mouth is how independent films thrive.” — R.T. Thorne (58:34)
• Discussion on box office vs. cultural impact, and fostering Black creative spaces.

F. Art as Social Transformation (62:56–65:37)

• “It’s vital for art to keep speaking from our perspective…that understanding of who you are will preserve you.” — Thorne (64:05)
• Personal stories about Black history in artistic upbringing, and the power of storytelling to loop generations together (Nikki Giovanni/Tupac example).

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VI. POP CULTURE RAPID FIRE

• Donkey of the Day: Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt (82:16–89:42)

  • Schmidt’s “America is for us” speech is thoroughly critiqued as coded racism.
  • “When a politician leaves ‘us’ undefined, it’s because they know exactly who they’re talking to. And the people he’s talking to, they know that message is for them as well.” — Charlamagne (84:08, 87:38)

• Conversation about women’s hair policies at Jamaican school (93:30–98:55)

  • Edge-laying (“curtains belong in the house, not on foreheads”) banned at St. Andrew’s High School for Girls, Jamaica.
  • The crew debates cultural norms, personal expression, and school uniformity.
    • “Anytime anybody tries to police the way a person appears, especially a woman’s hair, my first question is ‘Why?’” — Lauren (97:55)
    • “Is your hair stopping you from learning? Who cares whether you have edges or don’t?” — Charlamagne (98:42)

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VII. NOTABLE QUOTES & MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• “Dame should be happy the rights to Paid in Full went to another Black man. That sounds like good black business to me.” — Charlamagne (31:39)
• “Lauren, why haven’t you been there [DSU radio station]?” — Charlamagne needles Lauren about supporting her alma mater (100:45)
• “Stay in that lane, brother. That can be you, Total Package.” — Charlamagne encourages DSU radio’s station manager regarding voiceover dreams (102:45)

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VIII. COMMUNITY AND HBCU PRIDE

• Lauren celebrates DSU's renovated radio studio, shouts out Mass Comm. faculty.
• DJ Envy pledges to speak/support at Queens’ new HBCU prep high school.
• Ongoing jokes about university rivalries, school funding, and the need for better campus “signage.”

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IX. CLOSING & POSITIVE NOTE

• Upcoming event: Mental Wealth Expo, Oct 11 in Newark, NJ (Charlemagne)
• Positive Note: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude about it.” — Maya Angelou (104:27)

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For Listeners:

• This episode is packed with dynamic discussion of hip-hop business and legacy, HBCU inspiration, honest mental health talk, cultural news, and a compelling interview on Black creativity and survival.
• Catch the memorable banter on Dame Dash vs. 50 Cent, insights on art’s impact from Danielle Deadwyler and R.T. Thorne, and feel connected with community shoutouts and candid listener calls.
• As always, The Breakfast Club keeps it real—celebrating Black excellence while holding everyone (from politicians to stars to themselves) accountable.

Transcript

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

Jess is out today. What's up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Turn the mic up a little bit. Charlamagne's running a little late. And it's Tuesday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You getting me better?

[DJ Envy]

Nah, a little. A little more. A little more value.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's all I got.

[DJ Envy]

You good there? Right there. He's perfect. What's up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Welcome back. I'm at Delaware State.

[DJ Envy]

I got a radio station.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stop playing with us.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just joking. I'm just joking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, we have a radio station. Radio station. I'm broadcasting live from Delaware State University this morning because I'm speaking at convocation now.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

We're.

[DJ Envy]

What. What is convocation? For people that. That didn't go to college or didn't go to hbcu. Break that down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, convocation is like the official welcoming ceremony for the student body. So it sets the tone for the school year. It welcomes the new students and a new student body. And it's kind of like that, like, motivation to, like, go into the year and conquer. So you. They have come. People come and speak to the students. And this year, I was ask.

[DJ Envy]

That's that Delaware State radio station went right, right out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm back. Don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, I'm sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I heard you the whole time.

[DJ Envy]

It would never at Hampton, but go ahead. Go ahead. No, I'm just joking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

So you said you're gonna be speaking to the students today. What's one thing that you're going to tell the students out there, for any students, that this is their first year. What's one thing you're going to tell them?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm gonna talk about vision and why vision is important. Now, their first date on campus, up until the point that they leave and how that worked out for me, just to motivate them to have some fun. But, you know, don't forget why they're. Why they're here.

[DJ Envy]

Okay? I also tell them to step outside the box. That's one thing I wish I did when I went to college. I wish I would have took classes of courses that was outside of my major, outside of my comfort zone. Maybe take a class in politics, maybe take a class in psychology. Maybe I take a class in. I don't know, whatever it may be, just to step outside the box. Because you know, once you, you're in college, it's paid for for that semester. So you might as well take as many classes as you possibly can and learn as much because once you're out, you're going to go back like, damn, I wish I would have, I wish I would have took that politic class. I wish I would have took that, that whatever class or you know, whatever it is. I always tell outside the box, take a class that you might not be interested in, but I'm sure it could open up so much for you, you know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, that's true also too because you never know what you need. Like when I first came to Del State, I was a criminal justice. I was trying to do political science and law. My mom was like, you need to know the law. And I was like, no, I don't. I work in entertainment. And how many court cases we be talking about?

[DJ Envy]

You're right. I wish I took more classes as well, just to understand, you know, easier to break down, you know, of course we have to study it and read over and over and over. But I wish I would have definitely took some law classes as well.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I'm glad you got out, you know, being a DJ as a major and not ever really going to class because you know, the way that Hampton.

[DJ Envy]

She dropped through mine was business management and marketing. Excuse me, there was no DJ as a major.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, they'll stays a little different. We actually go to class and we have a good time, but we actually go to class here. So, you know, I'm gonna make sure I let the students know that DJ Envy who went to school for bowling, you know, told them to step outside the box.

[DJ Envy]

At least we have a, at least we have a bowling team. I'm sure you guys don't, but let's get the show cracking. We, we have front page news with Mimi. She'll be joining us. She'll be breaking everything down. Charlamagne will be here in a second, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get in some front page news. Start off with sports and Monday night football. The Vikings beat the Bears 27, 24. What's up, Mimi?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning y'. All.

[Mimi Brown]

So a lot to unpack this morning. Some new Jeffrey Epstein breaking news. We start in Washington where lawmakers have released a 238 page birthday book once gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday back in 2003. And inside is a note allegedly written and signed by President Donald Trump. Now the book put Together by Ghislaine Maxwell, contains other handwritten notes, sketches and messages from Epstein's high profile circle of friends and associates. Trump's page formatted like a conversation between him and Epstein references two men having a conversation.

[Caller]

And.

[Mimi Brown]

And it ends with the line, a pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday. And may every day be another wonderful secret. Now, this isn't the first time we've heard about this note. The Wall Street Journal, they first reported on this back in July. And at the time, Trump, he called it a fake and filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the paper. But this is the first time the image has been publicly released as part of Epstein's estate. Documents handed over to, to the House Oversight Committee. Now the White House, they are pushing back Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, she wrote a statement on social media saying President Trump did not draw the picture and he did not sign it. Now, when the Wall Street Journal, when they first broke this story, reporters caught up with the President as he was boarding Air Force One and pressed him for a response. Let's listen to that exchange.

[DJ Envy]

I don't even know what they're talking about now. Somebody could have written a letter and.

[Caller]

Used my name, but that's happened.

[DJ Envy]

A. So he's saying it wasn't him. He's saying it's somebody else that drew that letter and, and wrote that letter to him.

[Mimi Brown]

Exactly. Have you seen that letter?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Envy? Yes.

[DJ Envy]

The drawing? Yes, I have.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought too you saw it too.

[Mimi Brown]

So it's just that outline of a nude woman's body with the secret. And so lawmakers are asking, you know, what is this secret that, that they're talking about? And so yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, he said he's now walking back his comments saying that Trump acted as an FBI informant during the Epstein investigation. And he's clarifying that. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I was referring to in that long conversation was what the victims attorney said. More than a decade ago, President Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar A Lago and he was one of the only people, one of the only prominent people, as everyone has reported, not President Trump, but everybody about him, that he was willing to help law enforcement go after this guy who was a disgusting child abuser, sex trafficker, all the allegations, that's what they heard. So the President was helpful in that. I don't know if I use the right terminology, but that's common knowledge and everybody knows that. So this is much ado about nothing.

[Mimi Brown]

So it just seems as more documents and more things keep Coming out, Republicans are having to walk back their comments. They're having to deny what we can see with our own eyes. And so we'll continue to see what's happening. A bipartisan group of House Democrats, they're still pushing for the release of additional I've seen files. Meanwhile, Trump is reportedly still dismissing all of this and calling it a Democratic hoax.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They should never stop talking about it. I keep saying it over and over. Treat it the way, you know, Republicans be treating transgenders in sports. Right. I don't believe that painting, though. I'm gonna be honest with you. That drawing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't believe it, don't think it's a real letter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think that. I think that somebody. I think somebody down with Trump planted that.

[DJ Envy]

Make it seem so. So crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly. Because once you've debunked that and prove that it's fake, then maybe people are looking at everything else like it's fake. It just. It just seems too. It just seems too damn silly to be real. Not saying that it's not a silly administration. It just seems too silly to be real. I thought that months ago. I said that months ago when that letter first came up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, well.

[Mimi Brown]

And while the White House continues facing fallout from the Epstein revelations, the Trump administration just scored a major legal victory at the Supreme Court, one that could have sweeping implications for immig enforcement here in California. On Monday, the court lifted a lower judge's limits on immigration stops in the Los Angeles area, allowing federal agents to once again stop and question people based on factors like speaking Spanish, the type of work they do, or even being present in locations where undocumented migrants are believed to gather. The administration had asked for an emergency intervention, calling the restrictions a straightjacket on its enforcement efforts in Southern California. Now the order was split six to three, with the court's conservatives siding with the Trump administration. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote separately, suggesting the plaintiffs likely have no legal right to sue and predicting the administration will likely prevail in the broader case. But in a sharp dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor she warned the ruling opens a door to racial profiling. She wrote we should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears that work a low wage job. She was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Kadanji Brown Jackson. The ruling, it tosses out a July decision from a Biden appointed judge who put limits on immigration stops in Southern California. And that judge said agents can't rely on race. The type of work that you do or physical location. But this new ruling now will apply to central district of California, and that's an area where nearly 20 million people live.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So, so what's new? Other than they made it legal? Like, they've always racially profiled people. They just can't get in trouble for it now. They just said they're just saying it out loud and putting it on the books, that, you know, we're not gonna be punishing nobody if they do get caught doing it. But this is always happening.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Mimi Brown]

But civil rights groups, they filed they lawsuits and things like that after it was happening here in California, after ICE was here in California and they had that downtown raid and all the things that they were doing. And so this is just a react. This is just what happened from that lawsuit.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you, Mimi. We'll see you next hour. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, call us up right now. Again, phone lines, 800-585-1.051 is the breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it.

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Off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed.

[DJ Envy]

I hate the way that you walk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The way that you talk I hate.

[DJ Envy]

The way that you dress Everything with me is blessed. Call up now, 800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

This has been you. Good morning. Prep the club.

[DJ Envy]

Be you. What's up? Get it off your chest, brother.

[Caller]

Hey, yo. Two things. First thing is that I just want to pause up. Good morning, Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace.

[Caller]

Good morning, Envy. Good morning, Jeff, if you're there. Good morning, LL Cool, babe.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Caller]

All right, I just want to say that, you know, like, I, I, I just want to put out there that the administration that we have running America, they need to be aware that everything around Donald Trump goes down. I guess they haven't learned nothing with the Schumer case, but for the most part, he's the only one that has immunity. So all his counterparts that's rolling with him hold it down. When it changes. Now, I just also want to say I want to give a shout out to my beautiful wife, Lashawna Sanders, my son TJ Tyler, Toriah, JoJo. I love you guys. Have a blessed day. And Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir.

[Caller]

I'm trying to stay on top of my mental health out here, my brother. And I'm just calling like I do a few times. I never asked you, is it possible I can get one of your Great books.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. You can get a book, man. That's easy. That's an easy call. Where you live at?

[Caller]

I live in Long Island.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you should come to. Well, you should come to my fifth annual Mental Wealth Expo. It's happening Saturday, October 11, in Newark, New Jersey, at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center. It's a day of mental health education and healing. It's a free event from 11am to 4pm we got some of the best mental health professionals in the country, from Debbie Brown to Jason Wilson to Dr. Alfie Breland Noble, Dr. Jay Barnett. They're all going to be there, man, so. And it's a free event, so you should pull up.

[Caller]

Yo, I'm pulling up. Charlotte, man, I'm coming to see you. Remember me, man. Be you Envy, Love. You know I always been following you. Ll Cool, babe. You stay big doing what you do. Jess, how you doing?

[DJ Envy]

I be you have a good one, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on and listen. You can go to mentalwealthexpo.com to register to attend. You don't have to register to attend, but they recommend it.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

Hey, this is Mike from Florida. Mj yes, Mike from Florida, from Jersey City.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's up, Mike? Get it off your chest, Mike.

[Caller]

Yeah, M.V. i've been. Say hello to everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Mike?

[Caller]

Here you have your car show, and I know they be asking you to come to California, Chicago, Detroit. This is what I was thinking. Take all your celebrity friends, have them send pictures to your email or whatever from, you know, even from California, Chicago. Right. And instead of you shipping your cars there, have the car shows there with their cars. And then your Eastern friends, they can be on the, you know, on the. On the thing as well. And then you can have your car shows in different cities next year without all that cost of you shipping your cars. You understand what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

Yep. I mean, I see what you're saying, Mike. The only problem is when I do these car shows in different cities, it's not just picking up and taking cars. We. It's like a. If you really think about it, it's like a moving circus. So, you know, when you go, the circus goes from city to city. They got to take everything, not just the animals, not just the people, but the rides and attractions. So it's the same thing. We take the rides and attractions as well. So we take the red carpets, the velvet robes, the setups, the breakfast Club, fake studios, the picture arrangements, all that. We go from city to city. So it's not Just taking cars. If that was it, we could do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's like.

[DJ Envy]

Like I said, we move. It's a whole production. It's not just we move one thing. It's a big production.

[Caller]

Oh, I didn't know that. I'm sorry. But it was just a suggestion. It's something, you know, something to think about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, appreciate it even.

[Caller]

Still, like, with your west coast friends, they can. They could send their pictures of their cars and at least they can be represented in your car shows, you know, because I know you have friends on the west coast who would love to have their cars featured in your and your car shows, but it costs so much. Like you say to senate, yeah, we go get.

[DJ Envy]

We go get on the west coast. And if you've never been in my car show, all the cars that's there is not mine. So there's, like, 200 cars. So a lot of car. Most cars are from the regional area that we. We pull up in. But we're gonna. We're gonna expand more and more and more. People love the car show, and we've been, you know, talking to a bunch of different car clubs, so we're gonna. We're gonna start branding onto the west side and west coast and stuff like that. I think next year, we're doing Carolina, Dallas, Virginia again, so we're gonna hit a couple more markers, brother, but thank you.

[Caller]

All right, you guys have a nice day. And say hello. Hello to the rest of the recipes club. Hey, Red.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Definitely. He said, hey, Red. Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He shot at you like he grabbed your butt before, right?

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He shot at y' all like you hitting you. Acting like you don't know him. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? He hit and he saw red, and Red trying to act like he don't know him. Hey, Red. Don't act like you don't know me.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up. This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

Really a man of less. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? What's going on?

[Caller]

It's Aaron Watson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, Envy. Good morning, Lauren.

[Caller]

Good morning, Charlamagne. How y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

Aaron, what's up, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Holly favorite. How are you doing? Doing, sir?

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest, brother.

[Caller]

Not much, man. I just want to call in, let.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody know I got a interview today.

[Caller]

For my dream job. All heart radio out Here in Orlando, man. So just then, you know, some prayers for me, hope I get this position.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What station?

[Caller]

104.5.

[DJ Envy]

To be 145. We own on that station.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We on 104. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Good luck, man.

[Caller]

Yeah. Hey, appreciate it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, I got another thing I want.

[Caller]

To get off my chest. Y' all heard that new Justin Bieber album swag?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I ain't heard it yet.

[Caller]

Slap, man. Yeah, y' all gotta get on it, man. It's giving me like some old. Like some Michael Jackson. Not sounding like Michael Jackson, but it give me like that Michael Jackson. People did a thing on that album, man. Y' all gotta check it out, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna listen. I ain't. I ain't even heard nobody talking about it. This is the first time I heard somebody mention it to me.

[Caller]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. This is the second album, I think, in like three, four weeks. Lauren reported that it was supposed to come out, I think, last Friday at midnight, but then come out to about 3:40am and no nobody listening.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And by nobody, I mean me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, Nyla talked about it last week also. Charlemagne, she.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember when Nyla said it. Oh, now you remember?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now you're. Now you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember when Nyla said it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm sorry, I think it's my height. I'm. You know, when I speak it, you're a little. Little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all. First of all, your edges look fake this morning. You drew them in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My edges are very real. You're just mad, cuz. They're very growing and very glowing. You like nothing that's good. Glowing and progressing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, listen. Did you see that story about how they won't let you? There's an all girls school in Jamaica that bands edges.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I did. And we will talk about it later.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Curtains belong in the house. Not on foreheads. That's funny as hell because I used to always tell girls when they had their bangs, I'd be like, yo, I'm pulling back, like blinds. Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Nasty. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's your name?

[Caller]

Hey, man. My name.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Cliff? Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, man?

[Caller]

I just wanted to shout myself out. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Lawrence, I love y', all, man. Just rolling this morning. Today, my birthday, Virgo season.

[DJ Envy]

Happy birthday, Virgo.

[Caller]

And me and my brother, he four.

[DJ Envy]

Years younger than me.

[Caller]

Our birthday, the same day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what's up.

[Caller]

Yeah. Yeah, man. We appreciate it, man. I just wanted to say what's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love y'.

[Caller]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's all you got. We appreciate you, brother.

[Caller]

I got one more thing for you.

[DJ Envy]

Yep, there you go. Go that one. Y' all be safe on them roads.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all be flirting with each other, man.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

What do you mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You a lot lizard Envy. Flirting with them truck drivers. Yes, you do.

[DJ Envy]

As a kid, we used to be on the road.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That would be out fun.

[DJ Envy]

Blow the horn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You a lot lizard.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not no damn lizard. Mimi, that's not funny. Stop laughing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Caller]

Hey, can you guys hear me?

[DJ Envy]

We can hear you. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest.

[Caller]

Morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning.

[Caller]

Envy Charlemagne. Who's there?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren?

[Caller]

Rosa.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Good morning.

[Caller]

Good morning. Hey. I just want to tell you guys, I appreciate you guys very, very much. I wanted to give a shout out to me and my wife. We celebrated our 11 year anniversary yesterday of being married.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations.

[Caller]

Thank you. Thank you, guys. I wanted to tell you guys, too, I appreciate everything that you guys have put out. Charlemagne. Everything you put out with mental health has definitely helped me work on myself and helped me put a foundation for my family, my boys, and then Envy your book. I haven't read the second one. I read the first one, but it definitely helped me and my marriage out a ton. So thank you guys for being so vulnerable. I appreciate it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, brother. We try.

[DJ Envy]

Appreciate you, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where you calling from?

[Caller]

Denver.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay. I was gonna invite you to my mental health expo, but you might not be out on this side on October 11th, man.

[DJ Envy]

You don't.

[Caller]

You don't know how bad I've been wanting to go to. I'm definitely gonna make it up there one year. I'll just talk to my wife about it. I want to make it up there one year at least to go and check it out, but I'll definitely make it up one of these years, man. For sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you, brother.

[DJ Envy]

Have a good one. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got the latest with Lauren coming up. What we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do. We're gonna talk about 50 Cent because don't nothing pissed Dame dash off more than 50 Cent and Cameron teaming up. 50 let us know yesterday he got the rights to bring Paid In Full television in a series. So we gonna talk about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where you at, Lauren?

[DJ Envy]

In Delaware.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm at Delaware State University.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's that towel behind you that say? What's that say behind you, that towel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You always minding my business the wrong way. If you got something to say.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just trying to say, what is that?

[DJ Envy]

It does look like a towel. It don't look like a banner.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Desu. It is a banner. It's very much a banner. I'm in the studio. Radio station. The desu radio station.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, you should really donate to that radio station. You should get a. Never mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm thinking the same thing, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me just get some job yesterday. Y' all big money. Why don't y', all, you know, contribute something on air? Something students can hold you to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For real, how much. How much would some signage cost? Because that look crazy, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think they need a good like what I'm looking. Ms. Abra Perrine is here, who's one of the heads of Mass Combo. How much I need in here? She said how much y' all got? So we'll talk about it.

[Caller]

Man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hold y' all to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That signage look crazy.

[DJ Envy]

At least get you a step and repeat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn, man. Yeah, man.

[Mimi Brown]

Don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, don't step and repeat them. Okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's better than that towel.

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

Hampton would never. Hampton University would never.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, do not discourage the HBCU students, okay? You're here for motivation today. Shout out to State.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well we come back. We got the latest with Lauren. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning the Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets it from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'll be having the latest on the bees. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit every. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, 50 Cent will be bringing the cult classic Paid in Full back, and it will be a TV series he announced yesterday. He says I now have the rights to Paid in Full. I'm developing it into a premium TV show. If you like Godfather of Harlem, you're gonna love this. Cam set to executive produce alongside me. If you want in, get Adam. I'm out of the country.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Classic movie. How I wonder how they turn that into a TV show, though.

[DJ Envy]

You could just do that whole era, because that whole era is interesting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it'd be like a prequel before Paid in Full, kind of.

[DJ Envy]

Well, it could be a prequel, then it could go into Paid in Full, but just break it down a little more, you know? I mean, all those things that you break down, you know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. It could also go after, too, like. Or like, you know, there's so many ways you could tell that story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you go after. One of. One of them got killed. One of them went to jail.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, Paid in Full is bigger than. Bigger than them is. It's a whole era. So after that, I'm sure there were other people. Yeah, I think it's about the error. I think so.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So Cameron reposted 50 as well. He said. So we've been talking about this for a few months now, and it's almost time. Things 50 cent for the opportunity, we're gonna burn it down. Listen, if you got to get anybody involved, you get 50. But y' all know Dame Dash, or if you guys don't remember a few years ago, it was back in 2021. Page 6. I did an article because Dame Dash had been talking a lot about the fact that he was writing a se to Paid in Full, and he had talked about finally not having writer's block and wanting to bring it to the screen the right way. And at that time, Kim had also mentioned he was open to it and that there were some conversations as well. So, Dame Dash, yesterday, when all this news and people were celebrating and reposting and posting Cam, Dame Dash posted a video in response. Let's take a listen to Dame Dash.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cam just made a post major announcement.

[RT Thorne]

I want to congratulate him for making.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

50 his new boss. So congratulations, Cam. 50 is now your new boss and you're proud of it.

[RT Thorne]

Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So question, I know Dame will hit it, so I'm asking if 50 has the rights. Now, who had the rights before? I'm assuming it was Dame Dash who had the rights before. So did he lose control of the rights because of his Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing? Because you know, you have to surrender like key rights to satisfy credit creditors. Is that what happened?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did ask Dame you know, what happened from that time until now, but I have not heard back on that yet. So I have an answer to that soon. But I know in the bankruptcy filing that you're talking about that that went down, you know, the end of last week, he mentioned that he has no. Dame Dash mentioned that he has no monthly income, no house, no car, no publicly traded stocks, retirement accounts only about four or a little over $4,000 in Raleigh possessions. And he listed his assets as like guns, furs, jewelry that equal up to like two $500 TVs, computers, some electronics, and a hundred dollars cash in hand. Didn't mention any rights or assets. And I know when we did the last story about, remember, he had to. They were saying that he had to put up some of his movies and, you know, just different things that he owned for some of his prior debts. This was not mentioned either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But yeah, I'm just trying to figure out, you know, how did he lose.

[DJ Envy]

How do they own it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did he lose the rights to Paid in Full? Or did he even. Or did he even own the rights to Paid in Full? Because I just want to know the business. Like Dame is always teaching the business. He's always te about ownership and being a boss. So I just want to know, how did 50 end up getting the rights? Because I, I thought Dame had the rights. I would assume. I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

But are we still talking about this boss conversation? Like, is that a conversation that we're still having? That's the first thing he said. 50 Cent is his boss. And 50 said that's his partner on it. He's EP and with him. So I guess they're partners. But I hate this boss conversation because I hate the fact that people be like, I don't need no boss.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't want no boss.

[DJ Envy]

Well, sometimes not having a boss will lead you into foreclosure. And only having assets that lead up to $2,400. You can't keep having this Boss conversation without having a real conversation about entrepreneurship and. And what you need to do as an entrepreneur.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can't.

[DJ Envy]

We can't keep having these conversations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dan posted that old clip of him getting at you on Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't see that a long time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A little hot this morning, huh?

[DJ Envy]

Nah, that clip is amazing. That clip is amazing. If you have. If you see what happens within 10 years and then you look at that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Clip, you'll be like, oh, man, somebody else.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody made a bad decision.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I will.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dame should be happy that the rights to Paid in Full went to another black man. And he should be happy that that black man decided to make another black man the executive producer of the film. Not to mention Cam was a star of the original film. That sounds like good black business to me.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Collaborative.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I. I agree. And I think the way that. I mean, Cam has always been, you know, a great storyteller, but he. He's been dominating content for so long. Him teamed up with 50i. I'm really excited to see the way that they tell the story as well, too. You know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's unity and group operation. How can you not be happy at the fact that a black man got the rights to a film and decided to make another black man the executive producer? Like, you know, people at the top are collab. Are collaborating.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People at the bottom will compete.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And that's what I said. And it's only right. Like, the story's based out of Harlem. 50 Cent is from Queens. Like, it's only right that you get somebody from Harlem that can oversee, that can tell the stories, that was there, that heard the story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was an original star in the movies.

[DJ Envy]

It's a smart ass move. It's the smartest move, you know, and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe, like I said, maybe Dame can explain it, you know, I mean, because I just. I just want to know the business. Like, you know, who had the rights before 50 acquired him. If Dame had the rights, how did he lose it? Or did he sell it to 50? Like, what happened? Like, I just want to know. I want to not. I want to teach us, boss, you stupid.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, sure. He will respond. Well, no, last time I talked to Dame, though, he said he wants a verbal fair one with you, Charlemagne. So I'm sure this will definitely make him explain or have a conversation about what that was.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sure he said pause. I'm sure he said pause after he said that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And he said boss. He probably did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to be taught, boss. God damn. Why why? I'm seeking knowledge, boss. What you mean, man?

[Lauren LaRosa]

There was no pause.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some knowledge, man. That's all you want to be taught.

[DJ Envy]

All right. This guy's stupid. That's the latest with Lauren. When we come back, we got front page news. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

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[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ here. Envy, just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. She's actually broadcasting from Delaware State University. And let's get back in some front page news now. Some quick sports. The Vikings beat the Bears in Monday Night Football. 2724. What up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, y'. All. So the IRS is putting taxpayers on alert, warning that viral tax hacks on Tick Tock and other social platforms have already cost Americans more than $162 million in penalties. So here's the latest scam. There are two of the. Here's two of the biggest ones right now. The agency says that people are falling for misleading advice about the sick and family leave credit and the fuel tax credit. So the sick and family leave credit, it was created during the pandemic to help, to help self employed workers. So think freelancers, ride share drivers, small business owners who couldn't work in 2020 or 2021 because they were sick with COVID or they were caring for a loved one or they were just home with the kids while daycares were closed. But here's the issue. TikTok experts are now telling everyone that they can claim that credit right now on their current tax returns. And that's wrong because that credit expired in 2021 and it never applied to traditional workers. And the second red, the red flag that we're seeing is the fuel tax credit. Now, this tax credit credit was designed for off highway businesses, meaning farmers, truckers, and businesses that use fuel for things like tractors, construction and generators. But social media influencers, they're claiming anyone can use it to get a bigger refund. So to put just gas in your car, you can use the tax fuel refund. And that is incorrect. The IRS says if you're driving on a public road, you don't qualify. And so there's been a surge in questionable refund claims. It's leading to delayed claims, denied claims, $5,000 in fines, and an audit. And so tax experts say if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And the bottom line is, don't let Tick Tock do your taxes. And just a reminder, as we say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne I was going to say, between TikTok and these so called financial gurus giving you all tips on how to avoid paying Uncle Sam, all of y' all gonna end up in jail. And I feel, I feel sorry for these people because they are really looking for information and they're just simply getting misinformed. Like actual, Go to actual tax, tax experts. You know, in America you got to spend a little bit of money to save a little bit of money and to make a little bit of money. So I know that, you know, you may not want to pay somebody to do your taxes, but go get somebody who actually knows what they're doing. An actual expert to do your goddamn taxes.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. And that's what they're saying. They say, talk to a real CPA or tax pro. And as we just as a reminder, if you filed for an extension, October 15th is the deadline to get those in. And if you are in a disaster relief area, like a wildfire area, though, that date will also apply to you. You have until October15, your taxes in. And this story for this morning is just right on time as Lauren is at Delaware State. New York City just made history opening the first HBCU focused preparatory high school in a major US city. Now, the HBCU Early College Prep High School is located in Jamaica, Queens. It is designed to expose students to the culture, the legacy, the opportunity offered by HBCUs. The principal, Dr. Asia Johnson, she is a proud Delaware Delaware State University graduate. She says the goal is simple. To give students a head start and a broader vision for their futures. Now, interest in the school has been overwhelming. There were only 100 seats available this year, but more than 1,000 students applied. To get in, students had to submit an essay solving a community issue in healthcare or technology and record a two minute video explaining why they plan to or how they plan to use their, their degree and how they plan to give back. Starting in 11th grade, students can take online courses taught by Delaware State University professors earning up to 64 credits. That's the equivalent of an associate's degree before they even graduate high school. And so students are guaranteed, even better students are guaranteed admission into DSU once they complete the program. So, Lauren, your school is doing big things. I went to Howard, so shout out to all HBCUs. But Delaware State on this one is, is doing great things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to say, if we want to encourage kids to go to hbcu, should Delaware State be the leader? I mean, I feel like I'm just saying maybe. Howard, I can see Howard. I can See, I could even see Hampton. I can see South Carolina State. But Delaware, like, yeah, like, seriously, like, should they be the leaders on this?

[DJ Envy]

Stop it, man.

[Mimi Brown]

This is your moment.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, they should be the leaders. Because you know what happens when Delaware State becomes the leader of the conversation? We get more people like me to come and work with y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just got a note from the radio station, too. They wanted y' all to know this is the renovated station after kovit. So they have new equipment now. They're mighty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, first of all, tell them wings, ain't nothing about the equipment. We're talking about that little nasty ass band, that little nasty ass house.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's fine, because the Breakfast Club is going to sponsor some branding in here. That's what they're hearing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a football game, Tower. That's from the game.

[DJ Envy]

Put more money to the football team than.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's same the station. But.

[DJ Envy]

But on the real. Dr. Asia Johnson, who's running that in South. South Jamaica, Queens, if you're out there listening, you know Queens is my borough. That's where I'm from. I would love, and I'm sure I will bring Lauren with us. We would love to come down and talk to the students. Whenever you need us, we will be there for you. I love what you're doing and the fact that you're encouraging students to go to HBCUs. The only reason I went to HBCU is I seen a different world. And that encouraged me. I thought to me, a different world was. Was Hampton University. And that was the reason why I went. So the fact that if you need us, we will be there. You can DM us, you can call our people. If you from Queens, I'm sure that you know somebody that knows somebody that knows my mama. So please hit us up. We would love to support you in all that you are doing. I love what you're doing. Even though you went to Delaware State.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I actually am in contact with her already. If y' all are a call back.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'd love to thank you for that story, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes, absolutely.

[Caller]

All right, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that's your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me on Social @mimi Brown TV. And for more news coverage, follow the Black Information Network or Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit binnews.com.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you so much. I know. It's so crazy. Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What? Your lineup?

[DJ Envy]

No. Lauren talks about everything. She talks about Delaware's football team. She talks about Delaware's parties. She talks about everything. But here's a graduate of Delaware State doctor doing some big things, and you ain't mentioned that one time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just saw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait a minute.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait, I gotta have.

[Mimi Brown]

Lauren's back on this because we talked about this yesterday, so I had to. We talked to. You know, I knew she wanted to do it, so we talked about. So you got to give Lauren some credit. She already knew. She just saved it for me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's okay. They just like to hate and you know. You know how they do black women. Well, me, you're new, so you don't know. But, girl, we gonna need each other, because if Charlamagne, it's Charlemagne Envy goes in and out, you know, he half black.

[DJ Envy]

Damn. I'm not half black. I'm full black. But. All right, anyway, thank you so much. Now, when we come back, Danielle Deadweiler will be joining us. Actress and also RT Thorne will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Their new movie, 40 Acres, is out right now. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lorna Rosa is here as well. We got some special guests in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

We have Danielle Deadweiler. Welcome.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

And we have Artie Thorne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome, brother. Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling this morning? How y' all both feeling this morning?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Beautiful. Really great. We're happy to be together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I know y' all here to talk about 40 acres, but I gotta tell you, phenomenal job until. Phenomenal job until. You know, I always wondered about that role because it tells one of history's most painful stories. How did you prepare emotionally for that role?

[Mimi Brown]

You.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

The way I prepare for anything. It's rigorous research. I just grew up in Atlanta, and so the civil rights community in Atlanta has reared me. I did, you know, volunteerism with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a kid, went to Cascade Unite Methodist Church, which doctor, Reverend Lowery, who partnered with Dr. Martin Luther King during that, you know, pivotal time. You know, those are people who are critical in defining my life and understanding of society and community. And so all of that kind of like that intuitive personal history as well as, you know, academic knowledge and history about that. The era went into creating that role and. And. And just staying rigorous with the relationships with Chinoya, who directed it, and. And. And the family and just it. It's been such a palpable thing for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Once you tap into a role like that, like playing the mother of Emmett Till. How do you get that out of you. Like, how do you just go back? You don't, right?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

No, no. Anything that. That is visceral like that, that stays with you. It's a wound, a scar of sorts, and you walk with it. And I mean, that's. That's the beauty of it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Like, I get to talk about this all the time. I get to talk the history of the work and how it's supposed to have this residual effect, this kind of echo. And it'll be in conversation with any work that I do moving forward. So I'm curating in that capacity.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted to go back, if you don't mind. I wanted to. What made you want to be an actress? Like, what was the thing? What did you see on television? What play did you go see? What did your mom instill? You say, this is what I want to do.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

It's just been in my life. I've been acting and performing since I was a child. My mom made sure that myself and my siblings were always a part of arts oriented things. Atlanta, Black Atlanta. Black arts Atlanta in the 80s is just pivotal. Right. So I started in dance and naturally segued into theater through critical cultural markers in the city. Total Dance Theater, Gary Harrison Studios, saw Jumandi productions all the time. I grew up as a Kenny Leon's True Colors Theater Company young artist. So this has just been it, which it should be, right? For children. It should be for people in general. This. The arts is just a part of our lives. It came a critical moment after academic pursuits that, oh, I'm missing something. And I had to return. And so one of the first things that I did when I was making the professional return was for colored girls. And Jasmine Guy directed it. And so it just whooshed from there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, this is a question for both of y'.

[Caller]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right. Because, you know, going back to the Till thing a little bit, but Also talking about 40 acres, what did Till teach you about the responsibility of storytelling?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

I. I don't know if Teal taught me that responsibility. I think it's just always been present. Our history is. Is integral. Our history is. Is. Is just. It's a. It's a brilliant thing that's a part of everything that I do. Everything that we do. Yeah. And. And which is the way that it works in 40.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Like, she is teaching the children not just about how to survive, but how to synthesize history with culture, with agriculture, with, you know, all of the qualities of life. It's a spherical thing. Everything is connecting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[RT Thorne]

Their. Their roots of survival in the film is not just rooted in. They can kick some ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[RT Thorne]

They got military might. But the important thing is, is that it's rooted in their. Their preservation of their culture. You know what I mean? That's also surviving for them. And it's very much. That's why in the film, it's, like, you see the family, they're all about their culture, their. Their history. Like the book reports that she gets them to Nadine, you have to know yourself as you're surviving, as you're moving forward, because you're the only ones that are gonna do that. It's, you know, the language that they have. You know what I mean? Galen, the father's passing down his language, the agricultural practices. It's all rooted in their history. And that's how this family is truly surviving in the future.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

And yet they're truly joyful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Just sitting down, telling stories while she's doing their hair, or the games at dinner time. Like, critical things that people talk about that they don't know necessarily get anymore. Like, let's just sit down and be a family and. And play and enjoy each other. Like, those things are. Are what people are fighting for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In a time right now where, like, so many of our spaces and, like, the things that you guys are talking about, passing on, like, our stories, our history are being, like, quieted by. By certain people creating this film for you guys. How did you pick and choose what you wanted to teach us through it? Because we learned so much, but there's so much we need to know in order to be able to preserve our history at this point.

[RT Thorne]

I mean, for me, yeah, for me, it. Honestly, it came very organically. It really. It really wasn't, like, choices. It was just like, you know, my mother. You know, the echo of the relationship in the film between Hayley and Manny is like. It's an echo of me and my mother. And, you know, she came to Canada as a Trinidadian immigrant. You know what I mean? And she, you know, as much as people love to think that Canada is, like, this, you know, bastion of, like, you know, racial whatever, it wasn't. It wasn't in the 70s, you know what I'm saying? So when she came here, it was very much like she experienced a lot of discrimination. And she was like, you have to be prepared for this world. And from the jump, my mom was like, I don't trust these institutions to teach you your history. So you're going to do book reports. Why are you going to school? Why are you doing whatever you're going to do book reports, you're going to learn some culture. You're gonna read. You know what I'm saying? You're gonna read parable. You're gonna. You're gonna. You know, so. So all of those things were directed from my life that I just. I gave to Haley to pass down to her children. You know what I mean? And. And just that. That understanding of who you are will preserve you as we move forward. Because as they try to erase us, we are the only ones that gonna keep our stories prevalent and important to our. To our descendants, you know?

[DJ Envy]

Now, you tell a lot of stories. Canadian directors tell a lot of stories. You started with music videos. Why is the Canadian eye so good at telling those music videos, which goes to television, which goes to film? Why is that? I. Because we can name a list of Canadian directors.

[RT Thorne]

Yeah, you know, I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's.

[RT Thorne]

That's a real good question. Because I took my influences from some of the greats, some Hype Williams, you know what I mean? And I know you're talking about the legacy of Director X, you know what I mean? But I think Canada has a very interesting perspective. We're very close to y', all, and our culture is heavily influenced by America, but we're very sort of diverse, and we. This is this. There's people from all over the world that come to Canada, and. And in Canada, you bring your culture and you. You keep your culture, and we celebrate people's culture. So the. The influences come from all over the place, and we look at the world in a way, and so, you know, we're picking and choosing different things, and so the influences come from all those places. And I think that's why that, in a way, we can. We can kind of pull from everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne, RT how do you balance creating entertainment but also having deeper messages in it?

[RT Thorne]

It's just something that's organic to me. You know, coming from the history that I just talked about with my mother and stuff like that stuff is in me where I realized the importance of it because of what she instilled in us. So I want to make sure that, you know, it's reflective of. Of that knowing that our history and. And things should. In. They shouldn't be infused in what we do to make sure that we get it. I get a chance to tell a story, I'm gonna make it count. I'm gonna make it. You know what I mean? Like, I'm not wasting it. But at the same time, I grew up on Spielberg and, you know, I'm saying Spike Lee and, and, and, and James Cameron, you know, so I'm a comic book nerd, you know what I mean? So I grew up on X Men, you know, so, and these things were entertaining. So I'm like, well, I want to do both. I want to entertain. And then I want you to, I want you to walk away. I want you to take the movie home with you. I want you to walk away thinking about it the next couple of days, you know, I want you to want to talk about it, it with people. You know, there's, there's a lot of films out here. You know, people are craving that. I feel there's a wave happening right now. You know what I mean? People are craving original stuff that they're tired of seeing such and such four and five, you know what I mean? Like, you know, and you see, you see the brother, you know, Ryan cooler coming with sinners, you know, you, you see, you know, even, even Zach Kreger with, with the weapons movie, you know, it's just like people are interested in. Give me something different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very frustrating though. Yeah. Because that should have always been the way in Hollywood. Because whenever you see there's something special about folks who come through without being asked, like your co worker surprising you with your favorite coffee just because or your friend handing you the aux cord the moment you get in the car, no debate, no fight, just positive vibes. That kind of love. It just hits different. And that's exactly the energy. AT T is on with their new guarantee. If there's ever a network interruption, AT&T will proactively credit you for a full day of service. No calls, no emails, no jumping through hoops. It's just handled. It's like the universe saying I got you. Except this time it's not the stars aligning, it's your network. And let's be real, that connection is everything. Whether you're holding down the group chat, checking in on your parents scrolling TikTok, your network's gotta come through. And if there's a problem, AT&T is on the case. No stress, no drama, just real backup when it counts. Credit for Fiber downtime lasting 20 minutes or more or wireless downtime lasting 60 minutes or more or caused by a single incident impact 10 or more towers. Restrictions and exclusions apply. See att.com guaranty for full details. AT&T connecting changes everything.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

The things that really pop off and break through. It's really something new. I never had seen Game of Thrones before. Yeah, right. You know what I mean. Like I never. Like it's the thing, of course, sinners. But I've never seen those type of things. I never understood why Hollywood didn't want to be original. Like the like it was a time where originality seemed to be like, I don't want to take a risk on that yeah, I'm going. What's. What's considered safe? Another superhero movie.

[RT Thorne]

It's turned into theme parks, right? It's just like this is for everybody. Come on the ride. You've seen it before, you know what it is, so come pay your money for it. And I don't know, it's.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

I mean, there's something to serial. I think the serial framework is interesting to people. I just think that there isn't. That era is shifting. There is a great level of fatigue and the world is wanting something that is more rupturous, something fresh, something that is more political or deeply personal and just more queered and strange and weird. Those kinds of things are. Have always been in the. In the. In the framework. You know, it's just about those things rising to the surface for folks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you feel like you get presented like nothing but dark Rose?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

No, not at all. Okay, so I have a slate of madness coming. The last three things I've done have been straight up comedy, dark, grounded, slapsticky, kind of like I. I get the gamut and I am curating for that. I mean we're not. There is no one dimensionality ever, you know, And I'm interdisciplinary in all of the work that I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You do that on purpose because you don't want to be like typecast as the person that just.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

You can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Typecasting.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Ain't nobody gonna type. Guess. Me. I get to. I'm creating. I am working with a team of people who know who I am at my core. I'm building from my inner world and I select accordingly, you know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you do. When you say that, you mean you're also creating projects too, that put you in different lights. Because I know your ep.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Yes, yes, yes. Developing works. I. I'm in a performance art realm. I'm in an experimental film realm. I'm. Things take time to come out, right? Like a project could develop over the course of two to five years or. Or more or whatnot. But I am intentionally circling a lot of different genres because I want us to be witnessed in all kinds of life. Everything that I do will not be the lovable woman.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Everything that I do will not be the villain. However, I. Everything in that. That spectrum, the full range of that is my interest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've heard you referred to as a multi disciplinary artist. Yeah, multi disciplinary.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

I mean just multiple, inter between, moving between worlds. We all do sometimes, you know, folks, because of capitalism in a certain kind of way. Lane you. But you can veer off. I mean it's just don't hit no other cars in the midst of doing it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The film talks or is very loud about black women or black mothers fighting for their families, protecting their families to the end. And I think that's always a conversation with black women about like how protecting and nurturing we can be. But what do you want black women to take away from this film about how to protect and take care of themselves in order to take care of the family?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

That's so appropriate because in one of the scenes, Galen talks about her deserving reprieve and that kind of joy and release.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

I mean, over the slate of films that I have done, which is the assumption that, you know, I do things that are trauma driven or, you know, just black women in complete nerd or turmoil there. I think that there's a diversity of things emotionally that are happening and we deserve to explore the other emotions just as much. I don't think that it's a take your hands off and completely live in utter soft air alliance life. Sure, one would love that. But I don't think that struggle is ever. There's never an end mark to it. You know, just like healing isn't. There's no end. There's no. There's no. There's no. This is the death. This is it. You've made it. It's continuous. And so I think there is. It is a continuous effort to diversify the manner in which you distribute labor to encourage others to have a greater independence and autonomy in the way that they move through the world and just. And giving that over and still doing our work for ourselves.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So love that.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna ask you. When numbers are concerned, right, Everybody looks at box office when it comes to movies. That doesn't necessarily say how successful a movie is, but for some people it does. How does that affect mind frame when you're doing these type of movies?

[RT Thorne]

I'm not in Hollywood, so I'm an independent filmmaker. You know what I mean? So that's not what defines it for me, you know, and money comes and goes. So I think about legacy and I think about telling a story that's gonna stay with people. Like I said, I want to make a film that you take home. You walk with it in your head. And to me that means the most important thing. And if it's there and people talk about it, you know, independent film lifeblood is word of mouth. That's how independent film has always been. So people start talking about it, they spreading it and. And other people find It. And, you know, that's a beautiful thing when that happens. So I don't mind that. You know, like, look, you know, when on. On other projects, it may be the benchmark. And that's cool. You were doing something with a studio. That's cool, sure. But with this, it's just about, does this film resonate and stay with the people and does it spread and make people think that's the most important thing for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you're an independent filmmaker, so you still gonna need funding. Fair. So how do you, you know, get these people to continue to fund this great work that you're doing if it's not a roi?

[RT Thorne]

Well, I'll say this like, I think for this being my first film, the important thing is to. Is to let them know that I got a voice. And this is what I'm interested in saying. And I think people understand in the movie business, they understand, you know, this was independent. This wasn't backed by a studio, didn't have a promo budget. You know, normal studio pictures have a budget equal to their budget to promote the thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[RT Thorne]

So people understand that and they go, cool, he's got a voice. Hopefully, God willing, they want to work with me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then.

[RT Thorne]

And then, you know, that other money part that'll come when the bank comes. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think great work is sometimes pointed? Because I even think about, like, Till, right? Like, they talk about, you know, Till got snubbed by the Oscars, and they talked about, you know, Till might have suffered from wokeness fatigue. And, you know, they were saying it was a box off at this point. They were saying all of these different things in regards to this just great body of work. Do you think that that can play a role into it too?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Anybody listening to that? What's the snub? We're having continuous conversation about the work. Work about the themes, about, you know, you, you, you dealing with it in the frame right? On the computer, on. In the theater, wherever you're watching it. And then people are connecting to it outside. They just, you know, August was just here. You know, I just talked to Ms. Deborah, who helps with the. Who runs the, the. The Emmett Till Foundation. They're having continuous, you know, conversation about it. This is since 1955, you know, and so, you know, extending what this means to think about survival. I don't know when 40 takes place, but 40 is in the dystopic future, which feels very like now. So just the ability to bring this end of the spectrum to this End of the spectrum. That's what's happening. You know, it's not. There's no snubbing. Snubbing isn't possible if we are creating something and we are creating the conversation around.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know when the snub happened. I don't want to get her name wrong, but the director of Till she had posted. She had posted on her Instagram. It wasn't directly response, but if the timing, people took it as a response where she talked about how Hollywood, you know, treats black. Black women horribly and they push this white male stereotype. Do you feel like that's changing, has changed since the. Since the snub? I know you don't care about the snub, but has that changed in the work that you're doing, or do you think it will change?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

I think that we have always been present creating the significant works for ourselves. The funding may not look the same. The ubiquity of it and the marketing of it may not look the same. But there are plenty of black women and a variety of other people of color joining the fold of making the stuff that we want to see. There is no true idea of us, like, not being able to push, you know, towards the center. We are the center, period. Right. And should there be more support? Yes, but you can't, you can't hold down what's already, you know, that's real moving up, moving.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's dope. How do y' all see storytelling as a tool for social transformation? I feel like the arts are going to be very important to us moving forward, especially with them just taking history out of everything.

[RT Thorne]

Always, always been, always has been, you know, is. It's, it's a foundation of, of like, as we, as we're talking about, of our history and inspiring the future. You know what I mean? It's, it's, it's vital, you know, and, and for people to see things and reintroduce them to ideas that maybe they don't. That's, that's the important thing is like, as, as, as a younger generation comes out, they don't have to fight.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The.

[RT Thorne]

Trials and tribulations that, like, my mother had to fight. I didn't have to fight some of those things. But it's important to make sure that people understand them, because if they don't understand it, then they coming out with a certain sense of ignorance to the world and may not think that certain things are present, you know, and racism and discrimination and the isms are there, whether you, whether you recognize them or not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're there.

[RT Thorne]

So I think it's vital for art to keep speaking from our perspective so that it's like, oh no, you gotta know how to handle these things for future generations. It's vital.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

No, it's just a beautiful poetic looping. Right. I remember doing this. It wasn't technically a play. It was like a dance exhibition with that was called Women hold up Half the Sky.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

As a kid with Total Dance Theater. And I learned about four little girls in that piece. And then there was also this poem from Nikki Giovanni in the piece Capitola Williams delivered that hard. And then that makes me connect to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Then I'm doing till right? Like these stories, these fragments jump, you know, between us, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Oh, okay, Nikki Giovanni, she loved Tupac, right? And so then Tupac raps about this and then this. You are to find the fragment and then expand upon it. I think that that is not just. Just in the art, right? The art that whatever it is that you connect it to, whether it's in hip hop or whether it's in a film, you take whatever is magnifying for you in your mind and then you are to. To. To dig deeper. You are to read more about it. You. This is the. The beauty of our art takes a single thing and it is to. It is. Is to make. It's supposed to enable you to loop things further into the fold. For it, everything is deeply connected. If we but seek it out, if we but make the effort.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you decide when a story is worth the emotional toll it takes on creators and the audience? Because art can be healing, but it can also reopen old wounds too. Yeah.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

You mean for me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. What?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Trina, I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna give everything to a thing if I choose to do it. And we talk a lot about recovery. I mean, I think it's something for me now. I'm on sabbatical, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Man, was I supposed to be here? Like, it's, it's. I'm making conscious choices even more along, you know, just along the trajectory of the career, right? Like trying to make sure that I am well and I'm okay in the midst of the things that I choose to do. That's why I did three comedy based things over the course of the last year. But the other things are really valuable because you have to refill the cup or you have nothing to give, or it suffers or you know what not. But I am consciously moving things around to do stuff so that I can be okay. I also Have a child. I also have a family. I need to be with them. I need to. This is not just for. For me. This is for a greater community. And knowing how the community responds to that thing just in. I mean, we constantly referring back to Teal, but like Chinoya talked about not wanting to traumatize or trigger in the experience of things. There are all kinds of ways to tell a story and not. Not take people down into a. Into an experience. In a certain kind of way, you can. You can tell a story and. And. And with nuance and modification, in a certain kind of way, bring them into the fold of the thing. It doesn't have to be utterly, you know, drudgery and treacherous, the way that it makes yourself or the audience feel.

[DJ Envy]

Well, definitely go check out the film 40 acres. And we appreciate you guys for joining us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, thank you so much. Apple T. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[RT Thorne]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, Danielle, Deadweiler, R.T. thorne, thank you so much for joining us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Appreciate y', all, man.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are. The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a weird building, man.

[DJ Envy]

Like, what do you do?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you do, everybody, when you walking through your, you know, place of work and you hear somebody at their desk and they just sitting there. And when you walk by the.

[DJ Envy]

Who did that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't want to say, but it was a guy.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, was he thinking about Drake?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. He loves Drake and he loves screaming. That's all I'll say.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. All right, then. I didn't even want to look to see if something was wrong with him because it's one of them noises where you feel like somebody's saying it just to get your attention. And one thing about me, if you sit next to me inside, I ain't finna ask you what's wrong.

[DJ Envy]

Me neither. Well, salute to ovo. All right, well, let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Lauren becoming a street fan.

[DJ Envy]

She gets into somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'd be having the latest on this, the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Talk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So there are reports right now that Britney Spears is living in dog poop. So what do you mean? So friends of Britney Spears. Yes. So friends of Britney Spears and the sources close have spoken into the Daily Mail, and according to those friends and sources, they're saying that the mansion that Britney Spears has been or lives in where she makes all those videos where she's dancing and twirling and doing other things, is currently covered in dog poop. It's just a complete message mess. Now, to give some background context, you guys remember Britney Spears was in that conservatorship and there was a whole free Britney movement. I was down with the movement. I wanted Brick free until Brit was free. But now what is happening is she has friends and close, you know, you know, people close to her and sources that are coming out and saying that she's basically spiraling and that she's going through allegedly spiraling, that she's going through an episode right now. And from reports, they say this is something that happens with her all the time that they've seen over and over again. So there are some people who don't plan to intervene. There are other people that are saying that they are terrified for her future and she is not doing well. Her house is a mess. She does not clean up after her dog. She has several dogs. She doesn't have someone there cleaning every day. And she just isn't functioning like an adult would function at this point.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do we know her staff just didn't get deported?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't. Good question. I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

It can't be sanitary, though. I mean, they got to bring somebody in there to make sure it's not dog poof. If there is dog poop all over the place. Because the amount of disease that that plate that she could have or that could be in and around that place, and if her kids come by, they need to make sure that somebody, like Charlemagne said, comes in and make sure it's clean.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What if it's her now? If it's her poop, it's really a problem. Okay? If it's her poop, you gotta commit her immediately.

[DJ Envy]

Even if it's dog pooping, she's just letting the dog poop sit there. You know how dog poop smells and you can live in that all day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Long, clean no more. When you've been that rich that long, you know what I mean? Having used to people waiting on you hand and foot and then your whole team get deported, your whole staff get deported that do that to type of stuff.

[DJ Envy]

You know how to clean dog poop. And that smell has to be horrible. It creates maggots and all that other nasty stuff. And if. If that is the case, does she need to go back into a conservative.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, we don't know if any of this is true.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I'm asking. I said if it is true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So wait. Cuz there was a video that was posted not too long ago which kind of sparked concerns because you guys, if you ever seen any Britney Spears dancing video, she's. She always shows where she's at. Like she doesn't take the phone and show you, but you can see her background. So in the background of one of those dancing videos, it was very cluttered. The caption she was playing around with lighting and going to go clean up her house right away. But that's what made fans really concerned because of the way that the background.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Her clutter.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God forbid somebody doing a little spring cleaning or fall cleaning, whatever the hell it is, and they got a little clutter.

[DJ Envy]

You see some of these people's lives when they going live, you see their clutter.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know if y' all understand how the Britney fan, the Britney Spears fans in the Free Britney movement went. Like y' all weren't in the midst of it. I was there. I, I know these people are, are kind of low key. I. They were marching in the streets of la, baby. It was a real thing. Okay. But they're a bit, they. They take it a bit overboard. Like there were fans saying that they saw things on the ground that they were saying were the dog poop. Now that these reports have allegedly come out, but that fans are concerned and now these reports are surfacing. But they've been concerned because she's been dancing and twirling and doing all these things. And there's been a. Reports of her going through these episodes over the, you know, the time since she's, you know, y' all been screaming.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This about Britney for, for years and she seems to always bounce back or be fine. So I don't, you know. Yeah, I understand. Yes, I understand your spirits team. What's that? What's the spirits? Our team, the Spears. What are they called?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's the Free Britney movement. I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She don't have a team like how Rihanna got the navy, Beyonce got the beehive, what Britney got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know. I just know I came around the Free Britney movement time. I don't know what they call now that she free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I understand they're concerned, but you know, it's just a little dog poo in the mansion. Allegedly.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but don't she have a boyfriend and she have a boyfriend? At one time somebody has to be coming in and out that house. Somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, well, so, yeah, she was with. She was with Sam Asgari. They separated. That. That was like a whole thing. And she was. Yeah, she's, you know, she's been living her life.

[DJ Envy]

But God bless Brittany.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know. I can't answer that question of why no one has come in and cleaned. But I will say fans were concerned.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is real out here. Move on, follow me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Moving on. So another report, speaking of mansions, because this all started at Kylie Jenner's mansion and now we are here. So. So Meg the Stallion. There are reports right now that in the Meg the Stallion defamation case against a blogger that Kylie Jenner and Joe Budden will potentially be called to the stand because they have been listed on a witness list. Well, for Kylie Jenner, people, you know, everything started at her home. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So there's a blogger, her name is Mila Grams. And this blogger, I'm sorry, Milagro. Milagro actually has been reporting on. On different things and Magna Stallion is alleging that she only reports negative things and there's a whole. It's a whole defamation case that she's working allegedly with Tory Lanez to disparage her in the media. So basically the defensive side, so Milagros side wants to call certain people to the witness list because they're trying to establish their storyline and I'm assuming they're calling Kylie because everything with Tory Lanez and Magna Science started at Kylie's house. You know, the pool and then the car and all the things. I'm not, not with Joe Budden. I believe it's just, you know, probably about like reports and different conversations that he's had on platforms. But. Yeah, but witness list, I will say just because you're listed doesn't mean you have to show up or you do show up.

[DJ Envy]

Isn't Aiden Ross on there too? I see they were trying to serve him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I did see that Aiden Ross mentioned in the stream that he was trying to be sir or they were trying to serve him, allegedly. And this was done through like a. A band that showed up to a property that he has. But I reached out to confirmed that that was actually in relation to this case and from what I was told, I'm not clear on whether it was in relation. Did say himself that that was what happened. Yeah. So we'll I guess see what happens here and see who gets on stand. But I know in the beginning of Tory Lanez and Meg the Stallion's case, the original case, which Tori is now locked up for. Kylie Jenner was listed on a potential witness list, and that didn't happen. They didn't let her come in court.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, what else you got, man?

[DJ Envy]

What about Kai? I see K not doing big things on the stream.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So we do have Kai.

[DJ Envy]

So this is why D. Day 6, day 7 or something like that. Day 8.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me tell you something. At this point, Ka Not Stream is like. It's like the new variety show. Everybody's there, everybody's pulling up. So over. Over the last couple days, Kaisen I has had a few different guests on the stream. But recently he had Kiki Palmer, but they thought she was Mary J. Blige. Let's take a listen. Make something happen, okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Say less. Give me a song.

[DJ Envy]

Real love.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Some real love Someone has had my heart free Real love Searching.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For a real Jesus, you know?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

It's me, Mary Jane. It's me, Mary.

[DJ Envy]

My mom just texted me and said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's my type of carrying on right there. Kiki just fell right into it. Kiki just fell right into it. She ain't try to correct the young men. She just was like, nope, that's me.

[DJ Envy]

You see somebody mom texting be like, that's not Mary J. Blige.

[Caller]

Young.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. But it made me feel. I don't know why that made me feel old. Because he thought that you are older than people. Is the younger. The young, like one of the younger streamers that hangs with Kai?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That really.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was 13 years older than them. Yes. You old compared to them. You old.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm sure he meant no disrespect. He really thought that was Mary.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are a DSU alumni, all right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

There's young alumni, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but you ain't one of them.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, how old are you? 34.

[DJ Envy]

36.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh? You 34?

[DJ Envy]

36.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm 33. What is happening right now? How do we get here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, I'm a year off, all right? And so you're 13.

[Lauren LaRosa]

33. And I am young alumni. Don't do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are not young alumni.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nothing about y' all being 52 and 51 and all those.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am happy to be this age. Okay, but you are not young alumni.

[Caller]

Not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm not 52 yet. I'm 47, okay? You'll know when I'm 50. Trust me. Trust me.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you'll know when I'm. I'm pulling straight. Denzel. Anything, all right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't tell your age, and you don't tell your true hair color.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop on the CL for Lauren. That's what I'm talking about. Lauren. Call out the Dominican for the lining. Right? Cuz when I say it I just sound like I'm hating. You are hating coming in here with that thing drawn on. Excuse me? What'd you say?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said you hating because you can't find your lining. It's never it's not there. We ain't.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Seen it in a few years.

[DJ Envy]

This place is nasty. All right, well, that is the latest with Lauren Charlamagne. Who you giving your donkey to?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man 4 After the hour, we need a junior senator named Eric, Eric Schmidt to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up, wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

With the donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A bunch of donkeys around here? Yes, you are a donkey. What the hell? What the hell? Some donkey todays just saw themselves.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, man. Charlemagne. Who you giving donkey to do tonight?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, Rob 49 Donkey today for Tuesday, September 9th goes to Missouri Senator Junior. No. Missouri Junior Senator Eric Smith. Okay, Now, Eric was Speaking at the 5th annual National Conservatism Conference in Washington. And he posed a question. The question is, what is an American? Would you like to hear some of his answer? Let's listen.

[Alabama A&M University Announcer]

The Continental army soldiers dying of frostbite at Valley Forge. The pilgrims struggling to survive in the hard winter soil of Plymouth. The pioneers Striking out from Missouri for the wild and dangerous frontier. The outnumbered Kentucky settlers repelling wave after wave of Indian war band attacks from beyond the stockade walls. All of them will be astonished to hear that they were only fighting for a proposition. They believed they were fighting for a nation, a homeland for themselves and their descendants. They fought, they bled, they struggled, they died for us. They built this country for us. America in all its glory is their gift to us, handed down across the generations. It belongs to us. It's our birthright. It's our heritage, our destiny. If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all. When they tear down our statues and monuments, mock our history and insult our traditions, they're attacking our future as well as our past. By changing the stories we tell about ourselves, they believe they can build a new America with the new myths, new people. But America doesn't belong to them. It belongs to us. It's our home. It's a heritage entrusted to us by our ancestors. It's a way of life that is ours and only ours. If we disappear, then America too will cease to exist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's a lot there. Let's unpack. Let's discuss. If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing at all. If you listen to what I just played, Senator Schmidt kept saying, America doesn't belong to them. It belongs to us. He said America is a nation and a people with its own distinct history and heritage and interest. Listen, man, there are some white people. I said some white people in this country who believe in white replacement theory. Okay, I don't have time to tell you what white replacement theory is, but it's the claim that white populations are deliberately being replaced place by non white people. Not to mention the census project back in 2018 projected that white people will become the minority by 2045. Ever since that came out, okay, the plan has been in motion by some white people to ensure that don't happen. You know, I love putting on my tin foil Pooh shiesty mask, okay? I love a good conspiracy theory. But when that census project came out and prior to that getting eight years of a black president, then they turned around and almost elected a woman. Some white males said, no way, Jose. Literally. No Jose, no Julio, no Juan, no Jamal. Okay? No Tyrone, no. Come on now. Now I see the headline. I see the headline going around on Instagram. It says, eric Schmidt says America is for white people only. Now everybody is going to run with that headline. And then Eric is going to go on Fox News and say the radical Left is losing their woke mind. I never said that. And he's right, he didn't. But here's the thing. He never said who us is. And that's the game, okay? When a politician leaves us undefined, it's because they know exactly who they're talking to. And the people he's talking to, they know that. Messages for them as well. And spoiler alert, if you're black, brown, legal immigrant, LGBT envy, Jewish, Muslim, chances are you not in that Egypt either, okay? You not in that us. All right? That's all Eric Schmidt just gave, okay? He gave us a they not like us with absolutely zero seasoning. Okay, what happened to America being conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal? Okay, what happened to America being inclusive? I mean, it never really was, but damn it, at least we was fake trying. Okay? Now you got people like Eric Schmidt saying straight up, this country is for us, and he's saying it over and over and over again. That's not inclusive. That's exclusive. And when you're speaking at a national conservatism conference, forgive us if we think us starts sounding like shorthand for white males only, okay? By the way, no matter how much you attempt to clarify this, it's going to sound like racially coded rhetoric straight out that we want segregation against starter pack. Okay? The U.S. you talking about aren't the ones who make the best tacos on Tuesday and jerk chicken on Saturday, Okay? He's talking about the US that seasons food with a pinch of salt and a pinch of prayer. Okay? If America is everything and everyone is nothing at all. That's what he said.

[DJ Envy]

Didn't he say that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can I hear that part again?

[Alabama A&M University Announcer]

They believe they can build a new America with the new myths, new people, but America doesn't belong to them. It belongs to us. It's our home. It's a heritage entrusted to us by our ancestors. It's a way of life that is ours. Ours and only ours. If we disappear, then America, too will cease to exist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not. Is that. We got the other part. Oh, well, he had the line. He said the line. If America is everything and everyone, it's nothing at all. Eric, if America is not everything and everyone, then it's nothing at all, okay? When will we realize that we are the good, the bad in the ugly, okay? All wrapped in the one. That's what make this cut. That's what makes this country great, okay? The hope for America is actually in our history, which is why I don't Know why we keep trying to hide it? Okay, let's look at it, deal with it, and move forward. Okay? You can't heal what you don't reveal. The melting pot that is America is what make this, is what makes this country incredible. Okay? The great American melting pot, filled with a little bit of everything, is what you makes this country amazing. And, Eric, please don't gaslight folks and backtrack on what you said and tell us that, you know, we saw you say something that you didn't say. Because when somebody keeps saying America is for us, but never tells you who us is, trust me, you already know who they talking about. Okay, if it don't sound like it includes you, then it probably doesn't. And that's why we got to call this language what it is. Coded racism wrapped up in patriotism. Okay? America ain't supposed to be about us versus them. It's supposed to be about we the people. But some folks like Eric don't want we. They just want us. And anyone who doesn't want us together, well, they don't believe in America anyway. At all. Please give junior senator from Eric Schmidt. No, what if I keep saying that? Please give the junior senator Eric Schmidt the biggest he hope talk.

[DJ Envy]

All right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is for us.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for that donkey today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But never tell us who the US is.

[DJ Envy]

Now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you know who they talking about. Of course, yeah. If it don't sound like it includes you, then it probably don't. That's all I'm saying. No, that's all I'm saying.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We were having this convo yesterday during the latest with Lauren. We were talking about Carme, his Hall of Fame speech.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was an incredible speech. Drop on the Clues bombs for Carmelo Anthony. Amazing speech.

[DJ Envy]

One of my favorite Knicks ever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right? Why would you call him that?

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you said, Nick. My bad. He was like, why would you just say that after what I just said? After what I just did? Gabe, donkey today. Why would you just say my favorite ever?

[DJ Envy]

That's the Knicks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know. I heard you wrong. I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

New York Knicks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, I am. I understand.

[DJ Envy]

What's wrong with you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?

[DJ Envy]

So what is the question? We were talking about it. And a question that everybody asked and we've seen online and Charlemagne even asked yesterday was he did not shout out la.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah, yeah. I asked why he didn't shout out Lala. Yeah, I thought he did.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just, I just, I swore. I'm like, there's no way. He mentioned single mothers and the women in his life. Like, there's no way. But he didn't.

[DJ Envy]

So what is the question? 800-585-1051. I seen it trending yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Messy.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Lauren being messy. And the question is what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm just, I, I, for me, I just felt like at least a thank you or like a, you know, because I think, you know, she played a big role in holding it down so he could have the right mindset to go and do a lot of the things he did. I think that's. That conversation happens a lot with women being overlooked in those instances. So even if it wasn't Lala, I would be saying this. I'm not being messy. I'm being a woman and being honest.

[DJ Envy]

So you're saying he shouted out his coaches, he shouted out his peoples, he shouted out his moms, he shouted out his pops. Pops. He shouted at everybody around him. But you're asking how come he didn't shout out his wife? His ex wife.

[Lauren LaRosa]

His ex wife. I'm asking, you know, am I tripping? Did Lala deserve a thank you or, or something? An acknowledgment of some sort in that hall of fame speech because of the role she played in his life and career?

[DJ Envy]

Okay, 800-585-1051. Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's the dj Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'd be having the latest on.

[Caller]

The.

[RT Thorne]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Lauren, this girl is on.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She has no idea that we on the air right now. She got her head down.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Somebody text her, man.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren. Yes, we're live.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, we live.

[DJ Envy]

We're live.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What an embarrassment you are to DSU Radio.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What an embarrassment. You wanted DSU Radio.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus Christ.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As you, as you broadcast from your alma mater. Not even paying attention. Hold on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's your alma mater? Charlamagne. You got one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is that? Wait a minute. I have an honorary degree from South Carolina. State University.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Campus for four years, completed credits, did classes, took tests. I don't want to hear nothing about that, so leave me alone. I was over here prepping for my segment because Delaware State University has taught me to be well prepared as I put my mark on the world. Do you have something to say?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I gave you a drink, though. Couple of them.

[Caller]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh?

[DJ Envy]

Wow, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, we appreciate the honoraries.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, I'm for sure.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Already too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why did. Why did we give her a job?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, listen, I was calling over to Jamaica. Okay, What?

[DJ Envy]

Come on, reset.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's go. All right, go, Laura, go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I did call over to Jamaica. There's a. A story that's going viral right now. St. Andrews High School for girls over in Jamaica is a school that has posted online that the girls coming into their school are not allowed to wear their edges laid. So the post says, reminder, students, please be advised that wear that. The wearing of edges is now officially banned on campus. Remember, curtains belong in the house, not on forehead. This running emoji.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, what's the science behind this, Laura? Like, what is the reason why. Like I. Like. Like, what's the. What's the reason?

[DJ Envy]

Does it block your knowledge as it come in the curtains? Blocks your brain? Like, what's the problem?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, they say that they want to keep their. They want their girls to keep their looks neat and school ready. Now, when I don't look neat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not yours, other people's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know you're not talking about mine. Maybe the. They felt like the girls were overdoing it a bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I over. They told me I had to talk to the principal, but the principal was preparing for a presentation right now. Wouldn't get on the phone with me. The only thing I did find out.

[DJ Envy]

Was I can't believe you even called Jamaica this. This time in the morning, but go ahead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This morning they're starting school.

[DJ Envy]

But now, when you put it like that, I guess they want everything to be uniform. Just like in some schools, boys can't have facial hair, they can't have mustaches, they can't have any type of facial hair. It's not allowed. I guess it's kind of like that in high school.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't blame. You got all that facial hair.

[DJ Envy]

In high school, you're not allowed to have a mustache. Stats in some schools.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's St. Andrew's High, right? That's the name of the high school?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, it is called. Yeah, it's St. Andrew's High School for Girls. That is the name of the school.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Nicole. Salute to Nicole White, a good friend of ours. She's. That's her alma mater.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just found out because I saw a comment she left in Shade Room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, they. They. What they told me, though, was that because I asked, well, what happens if the girls lay their edges and come to school despite your posting? They said that detention is the result.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's messed up. Now, I do think some people take too much time creating edges. Like some of y' all so busy detangling that last strand of baby hair with a fine tooth comb, looking like an old, bald white man, you know, with a comb over, stretching that last strand like Reed Riches to make it seem like you got more edges than you got. Now, that could be a distraction.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but I guess. I guess it's a. A private school type of thing, and there's certain. They want everything to be uniform. Like, like I said, I remember when Logan played football in high school, they could not have a mustache of facial hair. You had to shave it off.

[Caller]

Off.

[DJ Envy]

And I know sometimes, I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean edges, though. Edges is a part of your hair. Like, that's like, what is a woman supposed to do if she. What is it nice if you ain't got no edges?

[DJ Envy]

Like, slick back? I guess, like ask. Ask Lauren. What do you do with no edges?

[Caller]

Lauren?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, hold on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You. You can slip them. Slick them back. Like, you don't have to. They don't have to slick down. You can slick them back. It's up to you. But I just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I never understand stuff like this because I feel like, I mean, that should be your personal choice of how you want to wear your hair. Like, I don't understand how it interrupts the learning process. Process. But maybe there's something more that goes into it, too. Because some schools do uniforms. Yes. Because they want to stop one student from, you know, maybe there's like a bullying thing happening or. We don't know. I did try to get the answer to that, but I. They're preparing for a presentation, so shout out to their school and getting their students ready. They said back to school was happening. They got other things to focus on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren just brought up a good point, because what is. What about the bullying? Because, you know, I don't know if that happens in high school, but there are a lot of women who don't have edges simply because they can't grow any. Like, they have receding hairline.

[DJ Envy]

You mean people bullying on you because you couldn't grow here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is not what I meant.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I took.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What did you talk about? What you mean when you say bullying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I meant because like, different girls lay their edges different ways and sometimes the edges can be a little overdone. Where like you laying two now you stupid a lot laying it like you laying it the wrong way. That's what I was maybe thinking, but again, I'm speculating here because I didn't get an answer to the question.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I was thinking about the people who the, the, you know, the young ladies who don't have no edges. Like their forehead is a full court with no out of bounds, like lines. Like. That's who I'm thinking about in this moment.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, sometimes it looks stupid. Like when, sometimes when the edges come down to your cheek and all that, it just looks crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, man, but, but I, but I mean, but then I can see when you ain't got no edges and you get, you get bullied for it, you know what I'm saying? Like some you're calling yourself a queen, but your crown keeps slipping because they ain't got no grip.

[DJ Envy]

You stupid. But is it more understandable, let me ask you, Lauren, since you are a woman, is it more understandable if they're trying to keep things uniform, right? Like I said, like, you know, you know, even with skirt size, they say skirt size have to be this size, socks have to be to this length. Like there's certain things that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you worry about when I'm laughing. Stop. Why you won't never let un enjoy yourself.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ain't nothing in envy's question funny.

[DJ Envy]

Just answer. Don't listen to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I, I don't think there's anything with you trying to keep things uniform. But I'm always going to ask questions when anybody is trying to police a way a physical appearance of a person, especially a woman in her hair. Like, I just, personally, I just. My first question. Why would do the edges do like, what does that. You know, my niece loves the lay edges. I be telling her she, she kind of gotta relax a little bit. But you know, that's the thing that the girls are doing. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But people are saying that if you're not from Jamaica, you wouldn't understand because their schools are very traditional and they have a lot of different rules. So, you know, but I wonder how.

[DJ Envy]

That is because, you know, sometimes, you know, in certain schools you weren't allowed to have dreads. You remember that dreads were banned and you couldn't have dreads, and they changed that a couple of years ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I just feel like you're putting too much pressure on these young ladies to have to care about something else that, you know, you really shouldn't have to think about.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Other than once you do your hair, come to school, like, is your hair stopping you from learning? Is it distracting other kids? Like, who cares whether you have edges or don't have edges? Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just know we couldn't do that. Huh?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hold on. What would you do if they started being in color? Spray at I heart.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow. Damn. Lauren's shooting this one. Drop on the clues bombs. Damn. I'm not gonna lie. Young look stupid. I mean, you know, I, I, it's been looking stupid all week.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Your barber pulls up on campus a lot. If your barber couldn't pull up and save the, the eraser of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, see, the difference is I don't try to. I like having a baldi envy. Just be.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you don't. You got a line that you somebody drew on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Was it for excellence? Because these, this school is making sure that this is their, you know, level of excellence that they want for their young women. Was your baldy by choice or that was your choice of excellence?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have no edges, so I decided to go bald.

[DJ Envy]

All right, guys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Envy. Envy ain't got no edges. But he decided to let, let somebody draw a line on him.

[DJ Envy]

I do have my edges.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sketching line on his.

[DJ Envy]

I do have my edges. But thank you very much. That is the latest with Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know we can see you, right? That be the crazy thing about life. It's like we see him.

[DJ Envy]

Look, look. But anyway, we got the People's choice mix up next. Lauren is broadcasting from 14th grade Delaware State University.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is disrespectful. Now you got beef with the whole hbcu.

[Danielle Deadwiler]

You.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast club. Now, Lauren LaRosa, she's out at Delaware State University, her alma mater.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

You want to shout some people out there?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So shout out to Delaware State University. I'll be speaking at the convocation today, welcoming in the new student body. And I'm here at the Masscom department at the DESU radio station, which is crazy because. Because I don't remember the last time I was here, but it did not look like this. So they begin changing things. And you know, Ms. Ava Perrine is in here with me. She was the first class I ever had in College. And then one of the engineers for the radio station is in here with me as well, too. He wanted to say hello.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me ask you a question. You say you don't know the last time you've been there. Lauren, why haven't you been there?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I haven't been in the radio station. I've been on campus. I was just here not too long ago. I come back here all the time, but. But I haven't been in the radio station in a while.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, okay. What they gonna do about that towel, man? Y' all need some better signage.

[DJ Envy]

Can we speak to them?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. You said you was gonna. You. You said you was gonna. You want to come over here, too, so they can see you?

[Danielle Deadwiler]

Yeah, I can.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Come over here. You said y' all was gonna donate. Y' all been had the job.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can't do nothing for DSU Radio before I do it for South Carolina State.

[DJ Envy]

Look at your step and repeat. We got you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You have money you gave. You got an endowment fund at South Carolina State, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. And they gonna keep.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's up, brother? How you feel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tell them your name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, everyone in the Breakfast Club. My name is Kamari Shields, AKA the Total Package. That might be the first time you hear this name. I promise it won't be the last. Station manager here at DSU Radio, we just want to say thank you, Lauren, for stopping by and, you know our facilities. Welcome home.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you. They've been here with me. I've been here since 4:30 in the morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Getting everything ready.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His radio name is the Total Package.

[DJ Envy]

Total Package, yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Salute to you, man. You keep doing what you're doing. What do you ultimately want to do, young brother? Ultimately, I wanted to get into voiceover. It's been one of my biggest dreams. But honestly, being an on air personality is honestly inspired by you, Charlemagne, because I've been watching you ever since you were on Guy Code and watching how you always get back to the community. So you're one of my big inspirations, man. I appreciate that, my brother. And I'm going tell you something. The Voice over world is a very dope world to be in, and it's interesting to hear you say that as a young person, because a lot of young people don't realize how much money you can make being a voiceover guy. You know what I'm saying? Like. Like, you can make a lot of money being a voiceover person. Like, you ever listen to, like, radio stations or certain commercial voices, like, you know, who probably Making a lot of money right now. That dude that go top. Philly. Yeah, that Philly from Philly. I can't remember his name.

[DJ Envy]

What's his name? He did a couple commercials for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Top Dog. Like, I know he do the top. Lucky.

[DJ Envy]

Lucky.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lucky.

[DJ Envy]

He make a lot of money, like, Lucky.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He makes bank, and he has his own, like, recording studio and everything. And he always makes it off the dome. And I'm like, that is straight money.

[DJ Envy]

I want.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that can be you total package. Great. Stay in that lane, brother.

[DJ Envy]

Good luck, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you both.

[DJ Envy]

All right, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any way we can help you, we will. We're not like Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He asked for the sign in here. And some other things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know this Marine was definitely hot with you, Charlemagne. Are you talking about our sign here station? I don't discuss problems without creating solutions. So we're gonna fit, we gonna make. We gonna fix that. We're gonna fix that. We gonna fix that. We're gonna hold you to it. I got you. We're gonna fix that. That.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You ain't met him in person. He little. It's not a lot to hold, too.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He got money, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm definitely gonna do it. And I'm gonna do it just to spite Lauren, because I want her to walk into her college campus radio station all the time and have to think of me. Wow. She can't escape. She can't escape, Unk. No matter where she goes, it's gonna pain her to hear people on campus say, damn, man. Un got us a nice sign, Lauren. Now the pressure's on you to do something. Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren is here. And Lauren is doing everything she can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do for her for the radio anyway. What'd you say? Total package. She gonna be coming back soon enough so we can do a radio. An interview with her for here on the radio anyway. Oh, dope, dope. That's dope.

[DJ Envy]

It's time to get up out of here now. Send all our love to everybody in Delaware State University. Lauren, I know we joke a lot, but, you know, we support the HBCUs. While you're down there, bring me back a helmet so I can have a helmet up here in the station.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know goddamn well if she bring a helmet up here, that's gonna be one helmet short that the team gonna have. You know, they need all the helmets they need. You know they need all the helmets.

[DJ Envy]

You're right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. They can't just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's a Delaware State, and we won our first game. Not too long ago. Shout out to DeSean Jackson and the team.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations. But no, I'm serious. I want a helmet so I can play helmets up there. I've been trying to get a collect a bunch of HBCU helmets and put them up here in the studio. All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Frozen right now, but got you.

[DJ Envy]

All right. You got a positive note?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do have a positive note. It comes from the great Maya Angelou, man. Well, if. Well, first of all, I want to tell people too. Please keep in mind, October 11th, I'm doing my fifth annual Mental Wealth Expo in Newark, New Jersey. Okay. It's gonna be at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event center at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Saturday, October 11th from 11:00am to 4:00pm it is an honor of World Mental Health Day. It is a day of mental health education and healing and it is a free event. I would not even want to do this event if I couldn't do it for free. So go to mentalwealthexpo.com register to attend. You don't have to register, but it is is recommended. But we'll see y'. All. Saturday, October 11th from 11am to 4pm Joelle and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey. My fifth annual Mental Wealth Expo. Now, the positive note comes from Maya Angelou. She said, if you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude about it. Have a blessed day.

[DJ Envy]

Breakfast Club finish or y' all done?

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an I Heart podcast.