FULL SHOW: Drake Sued Over Spotify ‘Fraud’ Streams, Diddy Prison Update, Meek Mill Detained By NYPD + James Solomon & Frank Gilmore

Summary

The Breakfast Club – November 3, 2025 – Full Episode Summary

Overview

This episode of The Breakfast Club (DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha God) dives into some of the most pressing stories in entertainment, politics, and pop culture. Topics include Drake’s class action lawsuit over alleged Spotify stream fraud, updates on Diddy's life in prison, Meek Mill’s NYPD detainment, and lively debate over U.S. politics amid a government shutdown. The show also features audience call-ins reflecting real consequences of the shutdown, celebratory moments (Jeezy’s world record), and conversations about what’s acceptable for Halloween costumes.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Weekend Recap and Halloween (02:15–05:00)

• Jess Hilarious recaps her shows in Charlotte during Halloween, praising the energy of the city and clubs, recounting chaos in a positive way.
• Hosts debate the evolving custom of trick-or-treating and parents swapping out their kids' candy for safety reasons.
• They joke about what types of candy are best and reminisce about the houses that gave out full-size treats.
  • Quote: “Whoever house giving out the big Hershey balls, yeah, that’s what they want.” – Charlamagne Tha God (04:11)

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2. Front Page News with Mimi Brown: Gov’t Shutdown and Trump Interview (05:33–11:00)

• The government shutdown is in day 34, SNAP benefits are at risk for 42 million Americans.

• Lawsuits and court orders against the Trump administration push for food assistance funding; only half of November’s benefits can be covered.

• Trump blames Democrats for the shutdown in his “60 Minutes” interview, advocating to end the Senate filibuster.

  • Quote: "They've lost their way. They become crazed lunatics...I think we should do the nuclear option...ending the filibuster." – President Trump, as discussed by hosts (07:40)
  • [07:40] Major discussion of escalating grocery, utility, and medical costs, with open enrollment seeing a Utah woman’s premiums rising from $400 to $2,000 a month.
  • Charlamagne and DJ Envy urge for immediate relief for affected families.

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3. Listener Call-Ins: Hip-Hop Debates and Shutdown Grievances (11:32–19:53)

• Listeners weigh in on topics from the "King of the South" in hip-hop (heated J. Cole vs. Scarface/T.I./Lil Wayne debate) to media influence on elections.
• Multiple government employees and family members call in, laying bare the daily stress and cascading financial consequences caused by missed paychecks and SNAP disruptions. (44:29–60:38)
  • Quote: “67% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Like you miss one paycheck, your whole life is in shambles.” – Charlamagne Tha God (46:06)

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4. News Update: Diddy's Life in Prison (21:00–27:43)

• Photos of Diddy at Fort Dix prison surface, showing him with a greying appearance but seeming in decent spirits.
• Diddy’s assigned job is in the laundry; hosts reflect on differences of low-security facilities and how “high profile” inmates are treated.
  • Quote: “Only thing you should be doing when you in these correctional facilities is trying to give some correction.” – Charlamagne Tha God (28:43)

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5. News Update: Meek Mill Detained by NYPD (30:08–33:08)

• Lauren reveals details after direct contact with law enforcement. Meek was handcuffed outside a NYC club due to an unsubstantiated firearm tip, later released with no charges.
• The team discuss police protocol, the emotional toll of being publicly detained, and systemic issues with “cuff-first” procedures.
  • Quote: “The worst part about that is all you get is an apology.” – Charlamagne Tha God (30:43)

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6. Deeper Dive: Politics and “60 Minutes” Trump Interview (35:11–42:32)

• More on Trump’s interview: takes on immigration, economic issues, and the upcoming mayoral races.
• Issues of rising costs are confronted, dissatisfaction with both political parties explored.
• Obama and Kamala Harris are noted as the Democrats' top campaigners ahead of elections, with Barack’s involvement seen as telling about Biden’s struggles.

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7. Callers on the Shutdown: Real-Life Fallout (44:29–62:16)

• A series of in-depth, empathetic discussions with government employees hit by the shutdown:
  • Missed paychecks force families to drain savings, take out loans, and struggle with bills/rent.
  • Parents working multiple jobs still fall below subsistence; panic over losing SNAP/EBT.
  • Emphasis on the aftermath (credit, debt, and holiday hardship) even if/when pay resumes.
  • Charitable efforts are highlighted; hosts urge both monetary and volunteer support to local food banks.

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8. Drake Sued over Spotify ‘Fraud Streams’ Lawsuit (64:34–70:55)

• Lauren LaRosa details a class-action lawsuit (lead by RBX, Snoop Dogg’s cousin) against Spotify for turning a blind eye to mass-scale fraudulent streams, with Drake named as the lawsuit’s illustrative example.
• The suit alleges that as many as 37 billion of Drake’s streams were inauthentic, benefiting from “bot farms” largely traced to international locations (notably Turkey).
• Major record labels possibly implicated in playlist-botting and streaming fraud; the team discusses consequences for both artists and labels.
  • Quote: "This is going to be, like, the next federal freak off...this is illegal.” – Charlamagne Tha God (68:25)

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9. Donkey of the Day: Harrison Coleman (71:01–76:37)

• Charlamagne highlights the case of a Maine man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend, forcing her to steal from Walmart at threat of death—a story used to illustrate how economic desperation is breeding more bizarre and violent acts.
  • Quote: “Desperation and lack can mutate into abuse and exploitation real quick. And that's what this story is an example of. America, I'm telling you right now, you are going to see a lot of economic stress, a lot of economic survival turn into emotional violence like this.” – Charlamagne Tha God (72:57)

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10. Hot Topics: Halloween Costume Controversies (81:13–91:43)

• The crew discusses public outrage over criminalizing or controversial Halloween costumes, specifically:
  • Winnie Harlow’s Whitney Houston costume (praised by hosts, misunderstood by online critics).
  • Julia Fox’s “Jackie Kennedy in blood” costume (considered truly tasteless).
  • Broader debate about what costumes are offensive ("People dress up as the devil every year and ain't nobody mad at that"). – Craig, caller (88:24)
• The moral: Let people have fun, avoid actual harm, but recognize context and taste.

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11. Celebratory Moments: Jeezy’s World Record (94:22–97:44)

• Jeezy enters the Guinness World Records for largest orchestra at a hip-hop concert (101 pieces in Vegas).
  • Quote: “This record has never been set before. He is the first person to set this record.” – Lauren LaRosa (97:09)

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12. Pop Culture News: Ray J and Brandy Reunite (98:09–101:44)

• Ray J makes a surprise appearance at Brandy’s show, saluted as one of the most entertaining performers—an assertion that sparks plenty of playful pushback from the hosts.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “67% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Like you miss one paycheck, your whole life is in shambles.” – Charlamagne Tha God (46:06)
• “Desperation and lack can mutate into abuse and exploitation real quick.” – Charlamagne Tha God (72:57)
• “This is going to be, like, the next federal freak off...this is illegal.” – Charlamagne Tha God (68:25)
• “You can be who you want to be. Now, there are things...you just shouldn't do.” – Jess Hilarious (91:46)
• “You dress up as the devil every year, and they ain't got no problem with that...but as soon as somebody dresses like a human, an imperfect human that makes mistakes, somebody got an issue with it.” – Caller Craig (88:24)

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Key Timestamps

• 02:24–03:20 – Weekend/Halloween recap
• 05:33–11:00 – Government shutdown & Trump interview
• 19:53–21:00 – Diddy prison update
• 30:08–33:08 – Meek Mill detained by NYPD
• 44:29–60:38 – Real-life stories of shutdown’s impact
• 64:34–70:55 – Drake vs Spotify ‘Fraud Streams’ lawsuit
• 71:01–76:37 – Donkey of the Day: Harrison Coleman
• 81:13–91:43 – Halloween costume controversy
• 94:22–97:44 – Jeezy’s Guinness World Record
• 98:09–101:44 – Ray J & Brandy stage moment

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Tone & Vibe

The episode features a blend of humor, sharp social commentary, nerdy hip-hop and pop-culture debates, and compassion for the very real struggles listeners are facing, especially due to the government shutdown. The hosts maintain their signature sarcastic, playful style but show empathy for genuine hardship.

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For Listeners Who Missed The Episode

• Politics gets personal: The ongoing shutdown is brought straight home by callers struggling with missed paychecks, bills, loans, and holiday stress.
• Entertainment news is interwoven with real life: Lawsuits against streaming fraud (Drake), Diddy's prison life, and the surreal mechanisms of hip-hop’s digital era play out alongside discussions of what makes a Halloween costume cross the line.
• The hosts constantly mix realism and comedy, balancing hard truths (economic desperation, police/citizen relations) with light moments—like playful ribbing about trick-or-treating or who’s allowed to dress up as Whitney Houston.
• Listener interaction is central: Their stories humanize the headlines; the hosts even offer direct help (charity, Cash App) to those in need.

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Final Positive Note (104:58)

Charlamagne closes with:
“I want you to be so busy loving God and loving others and loving your life that you have no time for regret, worry, fear, or drama.”

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet Charlamagne the Godhead. We've got a new movie to put y' all on too. Sarah's Oil is based on the true story of Sarah Rector, one of the first black female millionaires in America. The film follows young Sarah, who inherits 160 acres of land in the early 1900s.

[Just Hilarious]

And.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And yeah, there might just be oil on it. With her faith, family and hustle, she works to claim what's hers. It's inspiring, it's heartwarming, and it's a story worth seeing. Sarah's oil hits theaters November 7th. Don't miss it. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo.

[Caller/Guest]

Yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo. Yo.

[DJ Envy]

Yo.

[Caller/Guest]

Yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo. Yo, yo, Yo.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Just hilarious. Wake that ass up, Charlamagne niggall.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet.

[DJ Envy]

It's Monday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed, Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. Good afternoon.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How was everybody's weekend?

[Just Hilarious]

It was good, man. Charlotte always shows me a good time, man. It's always a bunch going on in Charlotte.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Always. Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

I. I was performing right next door to Giveon. Did not even know really.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So was there.

[Just Hilarious]

Then they had.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

And then Halloween. They celebrate Halloween like crazy down there. Parties on at every club and where the Comedy Zone is, and it's like right near the amphitheater, the Fillmore, everything like that. So, like, it was chaotic and it was crazy. It wasn't like chaotic in a bad way, but it was just so much going on. Yes. And I know I said that I was gonna give away a cash prize to the person that showed up in the best Halloween costume, but it wasn't set up for that. I didn't lie. Shut up. I wanted to. I wasn't even able to do meet and greet because it just wasn't set up for that. But shout out to Charlotte, Comedy Zone and all the staff, T. Tammy, the security. Oh, my God. Amazing. And the server, my girl Stacy. So. I just love Charlotte. It was nice. It was nice. But I'm sorry I wasn't able to do meet and greet or give away the cash prize. It wasn't set up for that at all.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Okay, well, salute to everybody that did the Halloween trick or treating thing. I did it early. And the best thing about it, it's ending earlier and earlier and earlier. I was back home, like, at 8:00'.

[Caller/Guest]

Clock.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'll be honest with you, it's pointless trick or treating. Yes. We really got to start treating it like a catch and release. Meaning like how when you go fishing and. Which I never understood, people just like to do that for the sport. Go out there and fish, catch the fish and throw it back in. It's the same thing now. It's like you go out, you get all this candy, then you got to go through it to make sure it ain't no goddamn edibles or nothing like that. And then it's just like you. You barely let the kids eat it.

[Just Hilarious]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the point?

[Just Hilarious]

Because it's a lot.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I didn't even go through it. What I did was I have candy at home that we bought. We just swapped it out.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, okay.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Anybody go upstairs, take a shower, put your clothes on to swap it out.

[Just Hilarious]

But what if they had better candy?

[Charlamagne the guy]

I know what the kids like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was thinking better candy. Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

This is the same. Some People get trolleys. It's Hershey's. It's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you know, this is what the kids really like. The kids like the full size stuff. Yeah. So they don't like the little bite size stuff. Whoever house giving out the big Hershey balls. Yeah, that's what they want.

[Just Hilarious]

No, I like certain candy. Like. No, like, you know, like the 100 gram bars and the peanut shoes and all that. Now, I don't like all that. I want Snickers. I like Skittles. Specifically. I like receipt cups.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's all you see out there. Skittles.

[Charlamagne the guy]

The trolleys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can even. There's people. People grilling hot dogs. Cotton candy. Oh, my God. Cotton candy house.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, I waited on. I waited online for 30 minutes for that kind of candy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not me.

[Just Hilarious]

You all crazy.

[Charlamagne the guy]

For me personally, my daughter wanted it.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, okay, okay. Well, I know when I was growing up, some houses didn't have good candy, so I threw that away.

[DJ Envy]

But.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, well, look what you're saying. Let's get the show cracking. Your president, Donald Trump was on 60 Minutes last night. Did you see it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's your president, too. You're an American citizen, right?

[DJ Envy]

You're right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dominican.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Now, you don't want to do that. No, I'm not Dominican. Yeah, he was on 60 Minutes last night. Mimi will break all that down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Charlamagne the guy]

He said his thoughts on the mayoral race and everything that's going on. So we'll break that down next. So don't go anywhere. Wake your ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a Monday morning.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Everybody is DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They won the 2025 World Series.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me tell something. I don't watch baseball at all. Okay. But I watched the last. What I watched from, I think, eighth inning to the end of the game. Yeah, that was pretty exciting. Yeah, that was pretty cool.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Dodges are a great team. They. They are really good team. Dodges, get busy. All right, now, in football, all right, the 49ers beat the Giants. The Vikings beat the Lions. The Chargers beat the Titans. The Patriots beat the Falcons. The Steelers beat the Colts. The Bears beat the Bengals. The Broncos beat the Texans. The Panthers beat the Packers. The Rams beat the Saints. The Bills beat the Chiefs. And the Jaguars beat the Raiders. Seahawks beat the Commanders. And then Monday Night Football. The Arizona Arizona Cardinals take on The Cowboys at 8:15. Late game. All right. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Envy. Just Charlemagne. How y' all doing? This Monday morning, highly favored. Good morning. All right. Well, we start this morning on day 34, the government shutdown, where the Trump administration faces a noon deadline to tell a federal judge whether it will keep food assistance flowing for millions of Americans. Two federal judges, one in Rhode island and the other in Boston, have now ordered the Agriculture Department to release November snap benefits, calling the suspension likely unlawful. Now, nearly 42 million people depend on those benefits to buy food. We've been talking about this and over the week, the weekend, the impact was hard to miss. Long lines at food banks and in some states, stadium parking lots turned into drive through food sites to help families sort out what's left. Now, 25 Democratic led states have sued the Trump administration demanding that the USDA use billions in emergency funds that Congress set aside to cover those November payments. But the administration says those funds were meant for natural disasters and not shutdowns. And while it won't appeal the ruling, Trump officials say there isn't enough money to go around. So there's about $5 billion available, but that is short of the 9 billion they say needed for a full month of benefits, meaning it would only cover about half of November. Meanwhile, President Trump, in his first 60 Minutes interview in five years, is defending his handling of the shutdown and blaming Democrats for the stalemate. Let's listen to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All we're doing is we keep voting. I mean, the Republicans are voting almost unanimously to end it and the Democrats keep voting against ending it. They've lost their way. They become crazed lunatics. And all they have to do, Nora, is say let's vote. And if they don't vote, that's their problem. Now, I happen to agree to something else I think we should do. The nuclear option. This is a totally different nuclear, by the way, it's called ending the filibuster.

[Mimi Brown]

Now, that filibuster, that's the Senate rule that lets party, the party with the fewer votes block a bill unless 60 Democrats agree to move it forward. So if it were gone, Republicans could pass a spending bill without Democratic support. Now, at the center of the fight is health care. Democrats want the tax credits that lower monthly premiums extended before reopening the government. Republicans say they want to deal with that later after a new funding bill passes. President Trump also spoke about that during the interview. Let's listen to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can make it much less expensive for people and give them much better health care. But where is that plan? And I'm willing to work with the Democrats on it. The problem is they want to give money to prisoners, to drug dealers, to all these millions of people that were allowed to come in with an open border from Biden. And nobody can do that. And I'm saying we can fix it. Nora, you have helped end these government shutdowns in the past when they came.

[Caller/Guest]

About, and you did it by bringing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm very good at it, but I'm.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Not going to do it by.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not going to do it by extortion. I'm not going to do it by being extorted by the Democrats who have lost their way. You know what? I don't understand, Mimi, and I don't know, maybe you can explain it to me. The health care is going to go up anyway because of the big, beautiful bill because that didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keep the cost down. So if it's going up anyway, what's the point of Democrats taking the stand to keep the government still closed at this point?

[Mimi Brown]

You're right, because the premiums, which the open enrollment started what, last this weekend, November 1st. And so people are getting those, those letters in the mail. In fact, one person in Utah, a woman in Utah, she told ABC News that she opened her bill and saw that her, her monthly premium had already jumped from about $400 a month Charlamagne to over $2,000 a month. And so at this point, it's like, what's going to happen? Is it retroactive? Like, how is this going to work as we continue to go forward? So you're absolutely right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And the premiums are set for a year. So at this point, if the premiums have already gone up, if they set for a year, at least give the people some relief and get the government back open.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Could you imagine your premium, $2,000, because now you got to make a decision if you do feel sick, right? Because you're not going to pay that premium. So you're going to say, I don't want insurance. If you do feel sick, you got to pick and choose when you go into the hospital, when you're not, you know, you got, you got to try home remedies first. So hopefully that works. So you don't got to pay the cost of hospital bills, which is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just, Democrats, you, you fought, it seemed like you lost the fight at this point. You know, go and give it up. At least give the people some relief by getting the government back open. Let these people get these SNAP benefits. Let these government workers get their checks. We don't need all of this craziness at the TSA during the holidays. Like, I. I think you. I think you lost.

[Mimi Brown]

We'll continue to watch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel like they lost. It's over.

[Mimi Brown]

It's crazy. It's.

[Charlamagne the guy]

It's.

[Mimi Brown]

Depends on what you're fighting for.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Seems like a pride thing now. Yeah. All right.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, and. Okay. Is that it? Do we have time for one more?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Charlamagne the guy]

When we come back next hour.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, sounds good.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051 is the breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a new day.

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Wake up.

[DJ Envy]

Whether you're mad or blessed, time to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get up and get something.

[DJ Envy]

Call up now.

[Charlamagne the guy]

800-585-1051.

[DJ Envy]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, what's up, every.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What's up, Trav?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, Jeff.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey, boo.

[Caller/Guest]

What's up, baby?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Shar? Peace, sis. What's the word?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, ain't nothing. Ain't nothing. Chilling. Chilling. I just want to shout out two things. Number one, shout out to the Dallas Cowboys. Make sure y' all tune in tonight. Watch us get that work put in. I mean, talk to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I don't like how you said that. You said, watch us get that work Pause. I mean, that. We gonna lose, bro.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Caller/Guest]

Watch us put in that work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but you ain't say that. You said, watch us get that work. You bottom this out, bro. You turn this into a bottom instead of a top, bro. Don't do that. You right. You right.

[Caller/Guest]

Number two, I gotta talk about my man Cole. Y' all had somebody come on like a week ago, two weeks ago, Marco. Plus, I think his name is Shout out to him. I villain like myself. But Charlemagne, I want. I just want to tell you that you know, nobody you name is touching J. Cole. I don't care if it's Big Crit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care if it's Killer Mike. I don't have nothing to do with your ridiculous hip hop takes, okay? You cannot ever.

[Caller/Guest]

Hold on, hold on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bro is not the king of the south in no way, shape, or form.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes, he is. That's why he rap better than anybody you can name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not true.

[Caller/Guest]

His cadences, his flows, his deliveries. Name one person.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

J. Cole don't rap better than Scarface. J. Cole don't rap better than Ti.

[Caller/Guest]

Lyrically, J. Cole don't rap better than Lil Wayne. Yes, he do. I'm sorry. When it comes to lyricism.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lyricism. Scarface and T.I.

[DJ Envy]

Bro.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, T.I.

[Caller/Guest]

First of all, like, none of them see J. Cole. When it comes to cadence, delivery, flow, lyrics, no matter what it is, substance, all of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not even arguing. I'm not arguing. This is silly. I'm not. I'm not having this debate.

[Caller/Guest]

We can fight. Bye.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You wasn't even outside. Like, you wasn't even outside when Jake. When T.I. and Wayne and Scarface was killing things.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So we could fight, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, it's Kamani. What's good, man? What's up, shrimp?

[Charlamagne the guy]

What's up? What's up, my G? What's going on?

[Caller/Guest]

Chilling. My brother, man. Just want to get off my chest about the passion game. Y' all know how I do, bro. This with Monty, man. I made that hoodie for Angela D a long time ago, and Charlemagne was hating on me. But I love you, brother. Man, I ain't got no hate for you, man. I'm still out here pushing, man. Seven years strong, bro. Seven years strong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I was hating about. I'd be forgetting.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But back in the day, man, I.

[Caller/Guest]

Caught up there talking about fashion designers. He's like, man, you ain't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ain't nothing, man.

[Caller/Guest]

You was hating back in the day, but now you're different, man. So it's cool, man. Man, and I also want to get off my chest. I ain't got no hatred for you, man. I swear to God, man. I used to hate you, but now I don't, man. It's cool, man. I swear to God, I ain't got no hate for you, bro. I could have made it. I could have made it, man, if you would have just been on my side when I was on the radio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't start that now.

[Charlamagne the guy]

He was probably trash. Didn't like it. Like, people get mad when you say something is trash.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It might have been trash. I don't remember saying. I don't. I've never seen his clothes to say it was trash.

[Charlamagne the guy]

No, he said you seen it. He said she was wearing it, and you said it was trash. Sounds like.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn. You told it it was trash she was wearing.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Does that sound like it?

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Get it off your chest. That would be trash. Sound like him.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Sound like him. 800-585-1105. Get it off your chest. Is the Breakfast Club. Good morning, The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it.

[DJ Envy]

Off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed.

[Charlamagne the guy]

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

This is Mark from Jersey.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Mark, what up, bro? How you feeling?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, man. I'm disappointed with Charmaine.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Charlemagne, why you mad at Charmaine?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, he's right there. I just hear his voice. Democrat law, stay in law. Excuse my language.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm disappointed with Charmaine. Tell me why they didn't. I'm telling me why they didn't lose.

[Caller/Guest]

Because they didn't give up yet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But. Yeah, but listen to what I'm saying. The health care is going up anyway because the big, beautiful bill didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keep the cost down. So if it's going up anyway, what's the point of continuing to take a stand for people's health care not to go up? It don't make no logical sense.

[Caller/Guest]

They didn't lose nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And. And what is that going to do to the American people? That means that more federal workers still ain't going to be getting their paychecks. That means people not going to get their SNAP benefits. That means the airport's going to be ridiculous. So what. What's. What's the win?

[Caller/Guest]

You give in too quick, bro. That's all I gotta say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, because I don't want to see people facing eviction. I don't want to see people not being able to pay their freaking light bills. I want to see people being able to eat for the holidays.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, what up? It's Keith from Brooklyn. You heard good morning, Brooklyn.

[Just Hilarious]

You heard good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

What's going on? Good morning. Hey, Jess.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey, boy. What's up?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, man. Yo. All right, so I got some. I got a little smoke for Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

Go ahead.

[Caller/Guest]

So I want to give credit to a caller that called up there Friday, and she gave y' all donkey of the day for the part that the media played at Donald Trump being president. Because you know what? And I love how Charlemagne loves to deflect, right? Because on Friday, he was like, oh, you need to go read this book. And we're not talking about the role that Kamala Harris played or Joe Biden played. We talking specifically about the role that the media played and talking about this, man, every single day when you could have been talking about Nikki Haley.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nikki Haley?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, Nikki Haley. We talked about this already.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nikki, my girl.

[Caller/Guest]

So you thought Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley was a better, better option than Donald Trump and Joe Biden?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought Nikki Haley was definitely a better option than Donald Trump on the Republican side. Absolutely.

[Caller/Guest]

Could have been talking about him every day. Y' all talked about True social. Who has true Social? But listen, why y' all bring up true Social?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why would we be talking about Nikki Haley when she wasn't even running?

[DJ Envy]

She was.

[Caller/Guest]

She was the primary in the election. Charlemagne. Now, you know, I called up there during the election and I said, why y' all talk about that guy every day when y' all could be talking about Nikki Haley? That was during the primary.

[DJ Envy]

It was only.

[Caller/Guest]

It was only.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nikki Haley was not one of the nominees.

[Caller/Guest]

No, but she was running in the primary before the Republican showed me. You remember I called up there during the Republican primary. I said, why are y' all talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on. So you don't remember me saying during the primaries, I think Republicans are dropping the ball by not getting behind Nikki Haley? Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

And I told you, I said, I can count on. On two hands. How many times you mentioned that? You mentioned Donald Trump every single day. Man. Wasn't even the president yet, and y' all sat there and talked about him every single day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not the only call that said that. Because.

[Caller/Guest]

Because the caller Friday thought the same thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't ignore Donald Trump. Guys, I don't know what this logic is that y' all think you can ignore Donald Trump, but ignoring Donald Trump got him a second term.

[Charlamagne the guy]

No, they said you got him a second term. That's. That's what I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's just completely my fault.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Blame you. It's all you. Hello? Who's this? This is Barlow Barno. What's up? Where you calling from?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm calling from Newport News, Virginia.

[Charlamagne the guy]

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

[Caller/Guest]

Well, I just want to Say hello to Ms. Jess.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey.

[Caller/Guest]

To Mr. God himself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, brother?

[Caller/Guest]

And to DJ Envy. I met you. I don't. I know you probably don't remember, but I met you coming in to Longhorns, you and you and your wife was coming from Hampton University gala or something. Did nobody know who you were, girl? Like, who is that? I said, yeah, you don't know who that is? That is DJ Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You went to Texas Longhorn Steakhouse.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That sure did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Sure did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I think you'd be getting too bougie for your own good.

[Just Hilarious]

Texas Longhorn Steakhouse is not a restaurant.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What is this?

[Just Hilarious]

No, it is a roadhouse or Longhorn Steakhouse. They know Texas.

[Caller/Guest]

It was Longhorn Steakhouse.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I like to hear that.

[Just Hilarious]

Long Run Steakhouse.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How long ago was this?

[Caller/Guest]

I'd say 2019.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, that was a long time ago because now we eat a canvas, which is the. The Caribbean spot over there. Salute the camera.

[Caller/Guest]

You had on like a red tuxedo jacket with black pants.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Okay.

[Caller/Guest]

And your wife had on like a sparkly, pretty, pretty gown. I mean that it was nice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I like how you. You remember this. That's all kind of weird up ever since 2019. Oh, baby, in a fewbody know who you was but I knew I knew you was.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest with Lauren coming up. What we talking about Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do. We are going to talk about Diddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why are you looking at your stomach and legs, girl?

[Caller/Guest]

That's not a. I don't even got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My stomach and my legs out. Shut up. I got on a hoodie. You just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, y'. All. It's two o' clock in the morning over here. I have time. Charlamagne.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, you in la. What's up, girl?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody to know she in LA so bad. Two o' clock in the morning over here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, we gonna talk about Diddy this morning, y'.

[Caller/Guest]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

There's some photos of him so you'll get to see him for the first time. But he started a job at his new home, which is Fort Dix. We're gonna get into all the details.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dang. Nice.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, we'll get into that. Next is the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren be coming with straight fast.

[Charlamagne the guy]

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 the bees.

[DJ Envy]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything. Who is the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

There are some photos that have surfaced. TMZ obtained photos, which is very wild, of Diddy on the yard at Fort Dix, which is where he's going to be serving the rest of his time if his appeal does not come through. So I printed the photos for you guys just so you guys can take a look. For the listeners in these photos, Diddy is how he looked majority of the time when I saw him in court. So he's very gray. He has a scully on his head, which is a hat on his head. But his. The hair on his head is the same way that his beard looks super, super gray. When Jessica first saw the photos, the first thing she said was just what you say.

[Just Hilarious]

I said oh my God. He looked like he aging a little bit. He look a little old. But you know, he hasn't seen the daylight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, it's the facial.

[DJ Envy]

Get ready because sports, culture and entertainment is colliding like never before. Wednesday at 109 Central on BET is BET's all new series 106 in Sports. Hosted by NFL star Cam Newton and sports analyst Ashley Nicole Moss, 106 in Sports is where the biggest plays meet the biggest conversations. Each week, Cam and Ashley are counting down the top five moments everyone's talking about. From the most jaw dropping highlights on the field to the viral clips taking over the feed to the culture shifts shaping fashion, entertainment and black Excellence, the Top 5 countdown dives into all the game winning touchdowns, buzzer beaters, red carpet fits and headlines, making stories that define our culture. With Cam bringing an athlete's perspective and Ashley bringing an analyst's edge, they're breaking down every angle. The wins, the controversies and the unforgettable moments that keep us talking. Whether it's a wild play that broke the Internet or a championship celebration for the ages or the latest trends shaking up culture. If it's big, it's on 106 in sports. Whether it's stars like LeBron, Steph Giannis and Durant making waves on and off the court, you know it's making the countdown. So tune in and join the conversation because it's where sports meet style, competition meets culture and every moment matters.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Don't miss the all new series on.

[DJ Envy]

Wednesdays at 109 Central on BET's 106 and Sports. If you want to relive the countdown or catch what you missed, stream the next day on bet. The wait was worth it. Positive affirmations and all the hard work, the keys to your dream home from the vision board have been secured. I see you. A whole new future awaits your planning. From top notch decor but on a budget to late night backyard summer cookouts, life feels good. Now comes the time to fill it with memories. What will you host first? Maybe movie night, game night, stories that make us laugh and spades tournaments that make us cry. First you need to get movers and new furniture. And what about party favors? Will there be a theme? Of course it's theme because you're always doing the most. Oh yeah, the food to cook or order out. Don't forget to put it in the group chat so everybody can already see who gonna be there. All that planning can be stressful, but insuring your home shouldn't be. And that's where State Farm comes in. Because State Farm agents can help you choose the coverage you need. Just call, go online or check out the app. An agent is ready to help so you can focus on showing off your new home. If you know, you know like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Just Hilarious]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Compared to your collection.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's also how you look during COVID too though. I mean he is 56 years old.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he's not able to dye his hair. I mean.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I think it's just really the hair. I'm not saying his skin or whatever he looks. He's not. I'm not saying he's deteriorating, but. No, like his. Don't tell me out there. Trying to say. I said, did he look like an elder?

[Charlamagne the guy]

His birthday's tomorrow, actually. But yeah, he does.

[Just Hilarious]

He can get a discount.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right now.

[Just Hilarious]

Not right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Right.

[Just Hilarious]

But when he get home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

There's some stress in there too. Of course.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Of course, of course.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So it's going to age you. But noticeably in those photos, he's on the yard with other inmates and they're in conversation. He's smiling.

[Just Hilarious]

Smiling.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And that's the first time that a lot of people not only have seen him, but when you hear all the stories about how he's breaking down the court and he's in tears, a lot of people were pointing out the fact that he looked in good spirits. Yeah, I guess as best as he could look while there. And, you know, for. For dicks. We talked about it. They were asking for him to go there because of the location for the visiting of his family, but also because it's low, low level security. So that means, like on the BOP website, they say that there are a lot more staff to inmate, so things are a bit more controlled. A lot of times the prisoners that you have in the low security prisons, their crimes aren't as violent some of the times. This prison that Diddy is at right now currently actually houses 4,128 inmates. So it's a bit on the smaller side. He now has a new job as well. TMZ is also reporting that he'll be there wash, washing people's clothes, working in the laundry room for his time behind bars. So bit of an update on Diddy's life right now.

[Just Hilarious]

It's good to see him around people smiling and stuff, you know, whatever the conversation is. You know what I mean? Just. Yeah, it does. It seems. He seems very comfortable just from this photo.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, well, I'm sure he was like that in the. In the other jail, but they just could get no pictures. But I was curious to who took the picture. Like, was it a guard? Was it an inmate with a cell phone? Like, how are they getting these pictures of Diddy?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can't answer that question definitely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Probably a guard.

[Charlamagne the guy]

They got cell phones.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You never know. It could. It also too, because it's been publicized that he's there. It could also be a paparazzi as well too, because if you see the angle of the photos and how it's kind of shot through the gate.

[Just Hilarious]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's why that gives a paparazzi angle.

[Caller/Guest]

I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I reached out to the prison itself and I also reached out to Diddy's team. I know that the neither one of them will probably be able to answer the question or probably won't give that to me, but my first thought was, because everything with him is so high risk and high security, this had to piss somebody off that these photos.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Paparazzi couldn't get this close. They couldn't get this close to a jail. This is probably somebody. This looks like it's inside shooting out outside like, that ain't no paparazzi pig.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, listen, I hope he pays that to society. I pray he uses this moment to get started on his healing journey. I hope he repents for all his sins. The only thing you should be doing when you in these correctional facilities is trying to give some correction. So I hope he comes out a better human.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Correct. And to my knowledge, the reason he has to work is that's part of his good behavior to get less time. So they give you a jail job. So that's part of your good behavior. It takes off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got to work in prison regardless, don't you?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Some people don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't have to.

[Charlamagne the guy]

No, you don't have to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, in other news over the weekend, there was a story, or there was a video actually, that circulated after Meek Mills had tweeted that he had been placed in handcuffs in New York. He was detained in New York. He was outside of a Harbor nightclub. So I broke a story after speaking to law enforcement sources because I'm trying to figure out why he was placed in handcuffs, like, what happened. So in the video, you see Meek and he is, you know, just yelling that this is embarrassing. Why am I in cuffs? He then tweets about it and says that the police tried to embarrass him. They threw him in cuffs outside of a club in New York. And he tweeted like, super late night, early morning after leaving the club. So according to law enforcement sources, a DCI spokesperson told me that on Saturday, this was around four, a little bit after four o' clock in the morning. Police responded to reports of a male with a firearm in a vehicle in the vicinity of West 46th street and 12th Avenue. That's the cross street of the club. And they say within the confines of this area, they did investigation because police stopped three males in a vehicle matching the description that they were given and the license plate number provided by a witness, and there was no firearm recovered. They said that the investigation was completed at the time, and no arrests were made, so Meek and his friends were able to be let go. And he then responded to this posting, you know, my update, and basically said, you know, police did all of this because of some bad information. And he posted another video of him being placed in handcuffs. Everybody outside the club. Of course, it's a big spectacle because it's Meek Mills and he's in handcuffs, you know, so. Yeah. All of that for nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. The worst part about that is all you get is an apology.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, after they detain you, put you in handcuffs, you know, search, don't find nothing. All you. And by the way, you might not even get that because. And you might just get a. All right, you're free to go.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, there is protocol. When people do call and say that somebody does have a gun, they have to definitely check it. But I would say I would. They release every phone call ever. Well, how can we. I would love to hear that phone call. Let me hear somebody calling in and saying, my car with my plate was holding the gun. I would like, as somebody that would have got pulled over, I would want to hear that for myself and not the fact that you just pulled me over because you thought I had something.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I just. I mean, also, too, I feel like the. Like, why does the detaining have to involve cuffs? Like, why can't it be.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Because if there's a gun. If there's a gun in the car, they want to make sure that they don't have any guns on their person, that they can't run. So that. That is absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When they have a reasonable suspicion, that's what they do. I mean, it sucks, but that's what they do. Especially if it's a gun.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, especially when you're like a Meek Mills. But, I mean, maybe the police didn't know. Not that he would be treated any differently. It's just. It causes a bigger spectacle.

[DJ Envy]

Practical.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When it is a person that people know.

[Just Hilarious]

Black people love to put S's on people names. Name is not Meek Mills. It's just Meek Mills.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His name ain't even Meek Mill.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, I know it's Rami, but it's not Mills.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I ain't never letting the S go for Meek Mills. That's that one we gonna keep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Yeah. I hate how they got a handcuff you when they detaining you and searching your vehicle and all of that stuff, but, you know, it's. It's protocol because they do it for their own safety.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They think that you might Run.

[DJ Envy]

Why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Or if you have a weapon, you can grab a weapon because you would know where it is. So that. That's protocol. But like I said, I would love to hear the call of somebody calling in saying that my exact car with my exact plate seen me holding a gun. Because I would think it's BS Crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I've also asked to. But no response for the. I wanted to know what the actual description was that they called and said, like. Because I saw Meeking handcuffs and I saw his friend P mounted handcuffs. And their height is different. They, like, look different. Like one's dark.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it was the car.

[Charlamagne the guy]

They pulled everybody out the car. They're just gonna say if you tall, short, fat, everybody in addition to the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Car knowing who to search, it would have been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, they searched the car, everybody in the car and the car. Because you could have the gun.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You could throw it to somebody in the back. Everybody gets searched, everybody gets pulled out. Everybody gets put uncuffed and detained until they figure out what's going on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, he's okay. Meek is okay. That's a big part of it. We definitely should say that because, you know, these things can go. But he's good, though.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Salute to Meek. All right, well, that is the latest one.

[Just Hilarious]

Happy birthday to Jocelyn Hernandez. We got some Jocelyn Hernandez music to play for her. Y' all crazy, ain't y' all petty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, how we petty? Because he look and then you just acting like it's in the system.

[Just Hilarious]

Dump.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She got Woman of the Year, Jess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said it like she married J. Blige or something. You got anybody Mary Oblige in the system?

[Just Hilarious]

Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any faith, evidence, any sizzler.

[Just Hilarious]

This one Jocelyn and is just one Woman of the Year. Play with me.

[Caller/Guest]

It was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was glamour Bulgaria, though.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, but she won a Woman of the Year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is that? That sounds like something you got to go to the CVS to clear up. Oh, my God. What did you say it was? Glamour. What?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Bulgaria, Bulgaria.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just the glamorous book like their Bulgaria's. Glamour magazine gave her Woman of the Year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Different types of old.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

And she's very successful. Yeah. So get some music in here.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, well, when we come back, we got front page news. And then we're going to open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're going to talk about this shutdown. How has it been affecting you during. Get it off your chest. So many people called. We'd love to hear from you 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. All right, let's start off with some quick sports. Now, you're a baseball fan. Congratulations to the Dodgers. They won the 2025 World Series. They beat the Blue Jays in seven, so congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've never, I don't watch baseball. I used to like baseball and everybody was on steroids back in the 90s, but I watched that game because it was on Friday night and there was nothing else on real tv. Really? That was a good game.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah. Yeah. Now, in football, last night or yesterday, the 49ers beat the Giants, the Chargers beat the Titans, the Patriots beat the Falcons, Steelers beat the Colts, the Vikings beat the Lions, the Bears beat the Bengals, Rams beat the Saints, Bills beat the Chiefs, Jaguars beat the the Raiders, Panthers beat the Packers, Broncos beat the Texans, and the Seahawks beat the Commanders. Now in Monday Night Football, the Cardinals take on The Cowboys at 8:15 on ESPN. Good morning, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Just Hilarious]

Good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black and highly favored.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. All right, so we start this hour with the rest of that 60 Minutes interview that is still trending. This morning, President Trump sat down with Nora o' Donnell at Mar A Lago, and he covered a wide range of topics from immigration to the economy, indictments of his political rivals, nuclear testing, and the upcoming elections. Now, when it came to immigration, he said ICE agents haven't gone far enough. Let's listen to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think they haven't gone far enough because we've been held back by the, by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama. You have to look at the people. Many of them are murderers. Many of them are people that were thrown out of their countries because they were, you know, criminals. But a lot of the people that.

[Mimi Brown]

Your administration has arrested and deported aren't violent criminals.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Landscapers, nannies, construction workers, landscapers. Did he say landscapers who are criminals?

[Mimi Brown]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes, he did. And he also denied that grocery prices are rising despite data showing that they are. He denied that he was seeking retribution against some of his biggest critics, including FBI Director James Comey, former national, his former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The interview also marked his first appearance in suing CBS and his parent company, Paramount over the way they edited a 2024 interview with then Vice President Kamala Harris, now the network. They later settled for 16 million without admitting any wrongdoing. Trump, he praised CBS's new leadership, calling it one of the best things that have ever happened to the press in a long time, and even weighed in on the upcoming New York City mayoral race, which we're going to talk about next. But he called the Democratic candidate, Zoran Mondami, a communist. And he said that if it came down to him or former Governor Andrew Cuomo, he'd pick the bad Democrat over a communist in the day. And he hinted that if Mandani won, it would affect how much federal money that New York could receive.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So remember when I told y' all that Donald Trump was going to make CBS his new Fox News? Remember when I said that? And also too, man, it's going to be very interesting. The mayor or mayoral race tomorrow. I mean, Mandani looks like the clear front runner. And if he wins, I think I believe in politics. I believe that the power is really with the people.

[Charlamagne the guy]

We heard Donald Trump say, Donald Trump said, I ain't sending no money to New York.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, listen, you already, you got it. I'll tell y' all what I, I think I already told y'.

[Caller/Guest]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But, yes, if, if Madani wins, it's going to be so much federal overreach. It's going to be so much overreach from the Trump administration. That's going to be ridiculous.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, he said it yesterday. He said it's hard to send money to New York if he. I'm not sending money to a communist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If Madani loses, though, I mean, you know, I mean, I don't know. It's going to be interesting.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And the New Jersey governor race is serious, too.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes, we're about to talk about all of that. So as voters prepare to head to the polls tomorrow, a new ABC poll, Washington Post poll, it shows that most Americans, they are not feeling great about where the country is headed. Nearly two thirds say the U.S. is on the wrong track. And even about a third of Republicans agree it's not just frustration with the direction of a country. They say they are fed up with both parties. Seven in 10Americans say Democrats are out of touch with everyday concerns. And roughly 6 in 10 say that same thing about Republicans. It all points to a public that is tired, skeptical, and ready for something different. And so now those feelings will be put to the test at the ballot box. With key elections happening tomorrow that could offer an early preview of where voters stand heading into 2026. So in both Virginia and New Jersey, they are electing governor. So in Virginia, history is on the line. Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican winsome Earl Sears, a Trump ally. They're both women, meaning that the state will elect its first female governor, whoever wins. But beyond making history, this race is a test of whether Virginia is shifting blue again after Republicans swept statewide four years ago, and how voters feel about abortion rights and the economy and education and envy, as you were just saying. In New Jersey, Democrat Mikey Sherl, he's a Navy veteran. He's facing off with Jack Cittarelli. Did I say that right? Who was backed by Trump. The state usually leans blue, but Republicans there are energized, making this one too close to call. We saw former President Barack Obama there this past weekend helping, you know, rally for Sheryl. And I think it was Cory Booker. And so a lot of people are trying to energize New Jersey to get out and vote. And in New York City, the mayoral race has tightened fast. So Democrat Duran Mondame, he still lead, but Cuomo, who was running as an independent, is closing that gap. So now polls show that Mondami is ahead by single digits. He was ahead by double digits. He's ahead by single digits with Curtis Sliwa holding third. And so out here in California, voters will decide on Proposition 50, and that's the ballot measure that could add a new Democratic seat to Congress. Governor Gavin Newsom, though, he says that he is confident that Democrats will take the win tomorrow. Let's listen to what he has to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Recklessness aside, his style aside the substance, he hasn't delivered. And that's why, again, we're here, Prop 50, because he knows he's going to lose the midterms, and he's trying to rig the election before one vote is cast. This is an historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than the president himself. In every core category. He's underwater. And he's a guy who promised to make us wealthier and healthier. We're poor and sicker cross country. The board people are starting to realize that not only is our coffee more expensive, their beef is more expensive, but the cost of an automobile is more expensive since he became president. The cost of utilities, all the things he promised to solve day one, he hasn't solved.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. So we'll keep an eye on those key races. Polls will open bright and early Tomorrow morning at 6:00 clock in Virginia, in New Jersey and in California, a lot of those key races. So we'll continue to track those for you guys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I will say in Jersey Those ads they run about Mikey Cheryl are nuts. I mean, they got ads of her not being able to answer questions, and if I wasn't used in one, I would be like, what's wrong with this lady?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But. But I can see how they're out of context. Like, especially when she was here, she couldn't answer the question. But, you know, after I pushed her, she did actually answer the question. But they don't use that part. They just use the part where she couldn't answer. But I saw another one that was.

[Just Hilarious]

Even worse, doing another interview, and she, like, really, really stuttered.

[Charlamagne the guy]

They took it out of context. But the same thing with Trump did with. With Kamala Harris. And they were talking about certain things, and we talked about it up here. They took it out of context, but it's, It's. It looks nasty. And even I seen Barack Obama. They got him everywhere right now. They got Barack Obama on tour. He was in Virginia, too. Where Abigail. I can't remember her last name. The governor of Virginia. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what it says about the Democratic Party that Barack Obama is the only person they can use for these. These elections? They can't. Why is it Biden? I know he's recovering from cancer, but why isn't Kamala out there?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Like, it's like, Kamala should be out there. Like, damn, Biden should be at least doing. Doing it from Zoom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mom ain't been office in a decade.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Mimi Brown]

Well, Kamala was in California. She was. She was talking about Prop 50.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was, yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

So she's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's from Cali, though.

[Mimi Brown]

I know, but she's on the campaign trail trying to, you know, pass. Help pass some things.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So we'll, you know, her, Barack Obama.

[Mimi Brown]

Cory Booker, they were all out this weekend doing, you know, a few rallies, trying to help people get to the polls. So we'll continue to watch that.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, y'.

[Just Hilarious]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the Black Information Network, Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit bin news dot com.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, thank you, Mimi. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1-051. How is the shutdown affecting you? You know, Trump was on 60 Minutes last night. He broke down the shutdown and his thoughts on it, his thoughts on the healthcare, his thoughts on why the shutdown is happening. Let's just ask you guys, how is it affecting you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Because, you know, everybody always wants to talk about the people they never talk to, like, like, as if the government shut down isn't causing people to not get their checks for damn near the past month is. If the government shutdown isn't causing people to not be able to get their SNAP benefits. As if the government shut down, Is it causing TSA to be crazy?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Let's discuss 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's topic time.

[Charlamagne the guy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're opening up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're just asking, how has this government shutdown affected you? Trump was on 60 Minutes last night and spoke about the government and if what he feels about the shutdown. Let's listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All we're doing is we keep voting. I mean, the Republicans are voting almost unanimously to end it, and the Democrats keep voting against ending it. They've lost their way. They become crazed lunatics. And all they have to do, Nora, is say, let's vote. And if they don't vote, that's their problem. Now, I happen to agree with something else. I think we should do the nuclear option. This is a totally different nuclear, by the way, it's called ending the filibuster.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So we're asking 800-585-1051, how has it affected you? We just opened up the phone lines. Just want to hear from you this morning. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, this is Denny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Denny, how are you?

[Just Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

I'm okay. I'm calling from Stanville, North Carolina, Fort Bragg.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Fort Bragg. Talk to us. How has this shutdown affected you? Mama.

[Caller/Guest]

So a lot of us, we're just wondering, you know, with the shutdown, this will be our second paycheck. This Friday will be our second paycheck. So, you know, we have like our health insurance and all those things that come out. And a lot of us have taken out, like, loans. Well, I haven't yet, but a lot of people have taken out loans through their bank. So we're just trying to figure out is this debt that put us in debt, you know, will we owe all the back money, private pay insurance? Then you owe the money for the loan that you pay. I mean, our people have been resourceful to sending us food bank information, but people don't have gas to get to the food bank.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. So you said you have Gotten the check this week? You said you gotten a check already?

[Charlamagne the guy]

No, she said this is her second shape check she hasn't gotten.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that you haven't gotten. I'm sorry.

[Caller/Guest]

Right, right. So they gave us, our first one was a partial paycheck, maybe like a week. They gave it to us until October 1st and then after that, you know, we've been nothing. But we've been showing up, we've been doing our job. Most of us have been in good spirit. We've been asking each other, you know, are you okay? Do you need something? You know, we're living in a day and age where everybody is prideful. They're afraid to ask for help, but we're trying to stay positive. But at the end of the day, a lot of people are going to be in debt. When the government does open back up, we'll be in debt because we'll owe for our health insurance. And the people that had to take out loans to help them get by, they'll owe that money as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I think people don't understand. 67% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Like you miss one paycheck, your whole life is in shambles.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, yeah, well not only that, you, you think about like what she said. Let's say she has a credit card bill she can't pay or a car note she can't pay. Right. Cuz she's waiting to get credit card.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Car note, light bill, healthcare.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So now, so now her credit score shoots down.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So now she, if she wants to get a loan or she wants to buy a house later on is so low the interest rates are through the roof. Or like everybody knows who has credit. Like it's, it's, it's easy to lose, it's easy to go down, but it's harder to get back up. And that's just horrible.

[Just Hilarious]

It's not only what they're going through right now, it's the aftermath of all of this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it couldn't be at a worse time.

[Caller/Guest]

The holidays, that's what we're afraid of, the aftermath. Like the people that had to go to their bank and ask their bank to give them a 15,000 or $2,000 loan when it starts up again, you have to pay back that in addition, addition to your bills to make a current, in addition to any back pay that you're owed, you know, for your health insurance and things. So we're getting ready to crash, just trying to survive.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, that's so sad. Well, Danny, can I pay for your lunch today?

[Caller/Guest]

You sure can.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What's your cash app, Danny?

[Caller/Guest]

That's so nice. It's Dinny Boo 8808. No, I'm Chocolate Chick. Chocolate Chick.

[Charlamagne the guy]

888 Chocolate Chicks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

888 Chocolate Chick. That sounds like something I need a subscription to every month. Oh, my God. Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

You know what?

[Caller/Guest]

You a.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Okay, hold on.

[Just Hilarious]

And it's the regular way you spell chocolate. The regular way you spell chick. Right?

[Caller/Guest]

That's it. You know what I'm talking about, Jake. You're a chocolate chick.

[Just Hilarious]

You already know my chocolate.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all talking about, you know, borrowing money from the banks. You. The banks is borrowing money. I saw it with a fed. They injected 29.4 billion into the banking system. And what's your. What's the. What's the food bank you go to out there? I heard you say something about the food bank.

[Caller/Guest]

We've been given, like, a bunch of resources to different food banks. They just send us, like, random emails. I have not, like. Like I said, I'm, like, from the old school. I'm a survivor. I keep my freezer stocked for days like this. So I have not gone yet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you.

[Caller/Guest]

But there are lots of them.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just Prayers up for you, man.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Prayers up for you. Lunch on me today.

[Caller/Guest]

All right, thank you so much. Y' all have a great day.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Let me know if you got it, too.

[DJ Envy]

You got it.

[Caller/Guest]

Oh, hold on. It did. It said, that's a lot of lunch. I guess I'm gonna buy my co workers lunch, too.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, amazing. That's nice.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That's what it is, mama. Have a good one. Hello. Who's this?

[Just Hilarious]

That's. What's up, baby.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, what's going on, brother?

[Charlamagne the guy]

What's your name, brother?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, this is Chef Anthony. I'm out here in Washington, D.C. yes, sir.

[Charlamagne the guy]

How has this shutdown affected you, brother?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, man. So, you know, my wife, she was actually working for the Food and Drug Administration. She put in 15 years of work there, and, you know, she only 40 years old, and for her to, you know, get let go, you know, it's real discouraging. So, you know, I just try to keep the household uplifted as a personal chef, you know, an entrepreneur for 17 years. You know, I take care of things and pull my weight. But let me tell you what she did. She went and got herself a job as a school teacher. Second grade teacher at a school in Princeton.

[DJ Envy]

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[Caller/Guest]

So she went from going to making like 160 to now making about 47. And you know, I commend her every day for it, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, well, at least she has a job.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? At least she has some type of money coming in.

[Caller/Guest]

100%, you know, and to keep her encouraged, you know, I've been through things, you know, I had overhead brain surgery when I was 19, you know, I went to prison. I actually was stationed up there. Where did he was at right now in four ditch. So you know when you can go through certain things and overcome it, you know that, you know, Ecclesiastes 3 says there's a time for everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Caller/Guest]

I tell her like, look, you know, this might just be a transition from, you know, your situation that's taking place right now. So what makes transpire later on, you know, come up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How was your time at Fort Dunn?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, yeah, I was gonna ask like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What kind of prison is it?

[Charlamagne the guy]

What kind of prison is it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you know people because you know, Envy thinks it's a. Yeah, Nah, Fort Dix is.

[Caller/Guest]

It's a low facility, got about four fences around it. You know, you wake up 6:00am, go get your breakfast, the gym open. I actually had a job there. I was a painter on there. So you, you know, we paint fences, paint different rails. You could watch TV in different TV rooms. But it's actually. This is the thing that they don't tell you. It's actually a 16 man sale. So it's kind of like military staff bunk beds. And they just put you in different rooms with different people. You got your locker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, so you got 15. You got 15 roommates? Essentially, yeah. You think they got DD in there with 15 other people? I doubt that.

[Caller/Guest]

Absolutely. 15 other people. But you seen the picture where everybody smiling? He looked like he having a good time. But they're gonna take care of him in the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, shut up, man. I don't like the box. What does that mean for Diddy? Hold on. Now we got. When people say they gonna take care of Diddy and jail, what exactly does that mean?

[Charlamagne the guy]

I don't know. If you're just joining us, we just open up the phone lines. I wanna talk about the government shutdown. How is it affecting you? President Donald Trump was on 60 Minutes yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He spoke about it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

This is what he said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All we're doing is we keep voting. I mean, the Republicans are voting almost unanimously to end every it. And the Democrats keep voting against ending it. They've lost their way. They become crazed lunatics. And all they have to do, Nora, is say, let's vote. And if they don't vote, that's their problem. Now, I happen to agree with something else. I think we should do the nuclear option. This is a totally different nuclear, by the way. It's called ending the filibuster.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So we're asking 800-585-1051. We have Tanisha on the line. Tanisha, good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Good morning. I'm sorry for the background noise. I'm coming into work. I work at a high school. But I wanted to say that I believe that the shutdown is affecting my family personally. My husband is a government employee. He's not being paid. And I don't think people realize that these government employees are receiving pay stubs that say zero, damn. And that could be a huge weight on them mentally because they have to look at themselves not receiving pay. Also, these landlords don't care. They are saying the rent is still due. The electric company, your water company, your bills are still due. I mean, as you guys Heard I'm at work so I can help out a little bit. But we are a two income household for a reason.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

And my husband is thinking about trying to get another job, but he has to show up for training. However, if he takes leave, he may not be able to come off of leave. So it puts people in a bad position. I'm trying to help families also. I say on my social media, anyone that needs help, I would like to help feed families with the Aldi special. A couple of families have reached out to me, but it's just we're doing what we can. So not only are we suffering, but we're also trying to reach out to help people because it doesn't seem the government is trying to help. And these politicians are still being paid. Legally, they cannot refuse their pay. So if they're saying they are refusing their pay, that is not the truth. I researched it. They have to submit for pay refusal 30 days before they are not paid. They have not done that. If they've done that, that indicates that they were maybe planning on the shutdown. I feel like also some politicians are donating their pay to the food bank. But we got to think, with tariffs and shipping and getting food, how quickly can the food bank get food? I'm just saying we're not thinking about the big picture here. And the bigger picture is when does this shutdown end? Because like I said, my landlord said, oh, well, your rent is still due.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We've been saying that for the past couple of weeks. Like none of these people are going to care that, you know, you're not getting paid. They want their money, but not only.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That, because they probably have bills too. Your landlord might not own that house, so he might have to pay the bank as well. So he might have to use your money to pay his mortgage. You know, I mean, so it's, it's, it's effed up all around. And I'm so sorry for that, Mama.

[Caller/Guest]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have a great day.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you keep calling these people Mama?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, I don't know, I just, I'm a federal worker.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't want to put my name.

[Caller/Guest]

Out there on the radio, but I was calling about the question of how the shutdowns was affecting me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Talk to us.

[Caller/Guest]

Because the government shutdowns, I'm a federal worker. Luckily, if my husband and I didn't have a healthy checking and savings account, we will be in a situation where we couldn't pay our bills. So he's the only one that's working. So it's like money's going out, but none is coming in. And so I also have a child that's in extracurricular activity. It's just not so much as a strain, but it potentially could be if this continues.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. And it's the holidays, too, right?

[Caller/Guest]

Thanksgiving coming up, and also my daughter's birthday sauce on Thanksgiving. So it's a lot. Not just that, you know, so I don't know what they're doing. If they're trying to wait until after this election to see if Democrats get more seats to try to do something. I don't know, but it's crazy.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I'm sorry, Mama.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I mean, you know, something got to give soon. And, you know, that's what I was talking to Mimi Brian about earlier, you know, and this is what I don't understand, and I want someone to explain it to me. The health care is going up anyway because the big, beautiful bill didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keep the cost down. So if it's going up anyway, what's the point of Democrats continuing to take the stand that they are doing this so health care prices don't shoot up?

[Charlamagne the guy]

We got Tayvon on the line. Tayvon, good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne the guy]

How are you feeling this morning?

[Caller/Guest]

Good. How are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, good.

[Charlamagne the guy]

We're talking about the government shutdown. How is it affecting you?

[Caller/Guest]

Well, it's affecting me because I'm a single mom to four kids. I was divorced last year, and so it's just been me and them since the divorce. I already work, you know, 40 hours a week. Just picked up a second job, but it's still not enough. So that's how we ended up on the benefit. So it's. It's scary to think about how I'm gonna feed my kids. And, you know, I trust God. He's never let them miss a meal yet. But I'm nervous.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's right.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, it's nervous. I look at my kids and, you know, I want. The least I should be able to do is be still. And I know I shouldn't be doing it by myself, but I am, so. Everyone has such a bad idea about, like, ebt. Like, oh, you don't work, or you just sit on, like, your butt and don't do what you're supposed to do. But I get up and I work 40 hours a week. Just picked up a second job, and it's still not enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Thank you for calling.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't. I really don't think people get it, bro? 67 of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Like, people really be taking for granted the black people lessons that they have when they don't have to live paycheck to paycheck, man.

[DJ Envy]

You're right.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And like you said, this is the time where we need to. To be community, right? And you know, it's tough on everybody. And some people won't have a Christmas and some people won't have a chance to have a Thanksgiving with family. So this is the time as community, we need to. If you can't afford it, if you can't give to a food bank, little things. Like I was talking to my wife the other day and I was like, we got six kids.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

We got ish, tons of baby clothes. You know what I mean? And we were like, well, let's make sure we get it to a family that might need it, that can't afford to. To buy baby clothes, that can't afford to buy onesies and, and whatever. It may be a lot of stuff we did give away, but, you know, we got a house full of just. I got six kids, damn it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've donated this six different food banks over the last few days. You know, I launched the 50,000, 50,000 meal match for new for New Yorkers because of the SNAP crisis. Food bank hit me this weekend and was like, yo, we've over exceeded that. You know what I'm saying? So I'm gonna get the. The final number today. But you know, same thing. Food banks, community organizations in Charleston, South Carolina. Moss Corner, South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. I've donated to them all because that's what I can do. But you know what I've been telling folks, yo, if you can't give money, give your time.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, if you guys, they gonna need extra hands, go down to some of these food banks in these pantries and look how long these lines are. If you can't, you know, donate no money, just go out there and give your time if you can. If you can afford to do that, you know.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Absolutely. Well, we got the latest with Lauren coming up. What are we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, we're going to be talking about Drake. There's another lawsuit, but this time Drake is in the hot seat over some streams. So we're gonna have a conversation about it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Just can you do me one favor.

[Just Hilarious]

What?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Before the end of this November.

[Just Hilarious]

What?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Can you teach me this Chris Brown dance?

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, I got you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was busy. We gotta start slow.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But like you gotta like, like.

[Just Hilarious]

It ain't like you gonna do it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

If I teach you.

[Just Hilarious]

You have to do it and actually post it on I'm do it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But I'm gonna to surprise the kids like I'm doing with the kids like I got it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Surprise the kids with what? By being the dad that learned to dance. That's a year old. He won't be.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That's pretty much it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you doing that old dance, dad? By the time you learn it, they'll be doing some new tik tok craze.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, I want to learn that one. All right, I got you. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight fat.

[Charlamagne the guy]

She gets them from somebody that knows.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some about some details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on.

[Caller/Guest]

The.

[DJ Envy]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything. What's the latest on the Breakfast Club? Talk to me, LL Cool B.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, good morning.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey girl.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So there's a. There's a new class action lawsuit. So there's a ton of people who have got together to file this lawsuit. But the lead plaintiff is a rapper named RBX who's also known as a cousin to Snoop Dogg. And what he is claiming is that Spotify should be in trouble because they have turned a blind eye to a mass scale fraudulent streaming like scam situation. And he points to Drake as an artist and says that Drake among a ton of artists. But specifically the example given in the lawsuit is, is about Drake. They say that Drake has benefit benefited from the mass scale fraudulent streaming and the lawsuit. It doesn't say that Drake can himself did anything wrong. The lawsuit is against Spotify. Well, not that he didn't do anything wrong, but the lawsuit isn't against Drake. It's against Spotify. But basically what they're claiming is that every month Spotify has billions of fraud fraudulent streams that are generated from fake, illegitimate or illegal methods like bots. And this happens at a mass scale and it hurts other people and other artists on Spotify that would be making money because you make money off of your stream. So if your streams are not, you know, blown up and these numbers aren't big and huge, you're not competing so you're not making money the way that you would be Especially because of these huge blown up numbers that artists like the allege of Drake has happening. So they're saying to Spotify, you guys should be held responsible for the money that we are not making. And they give an example of, you know, basically saying like Drake has all these billions of streams across Spotify, but approximately 37 billion streams were inauthentic and appear to be the work of a network of bot accounts is what they're alleging. And they allege that this activity took place between January 2022 and September 2025. And it also claims that an examination of Drake streams revealed abnormal VPN usage which had, you know, weird like locations which they're also pointing to bot accounts used for streaming various songs. They say, for instance, since the lawsuit claims that over a four day period in 2024, at least 250, 000 streams of his song no Face originated in Turkey. So yeah, they're, they're trying to. And this is ironic because you guys know Drake has been on this whole thing with like bots and allegations of people using bots and fixed streams in the Universal Music lawsuit with Kendrick and Not Like Us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How is this connected, Lauren, to when Spotify wasn't? It was. Spotify is investigating the Playlist bribery allegations in Turkey. Turkey earlier.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so. So still working on specifics on the connection but because we, we broke that. Not broke. Well, we were one of the first people to report that story as well too. But what I believe is happening because people were trying to figure out why are the investigations and all these rays that we were talking about then happening in these random locations. If you look at this lawsuit here, those random locations are where they're tracking these like bot farms too. So if you go and you get all the information from the bot farms and these places where these VPN accounts which are these like basically online addresses that show you, you know, where things are.

[Just Hilarious]

Bot farms is crazy.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, they have these. Yeah, I mean that's the thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They have clip farms too. Streamers use them too. It's basically just a group of like people sitting behind, you know, computers or whatever that are doing whatever you tell them or pay them to do. But basically Charlamagne, to answer your question, the locations like in here it says, you know, there are these random locations that they're tracing these bot farms back to that raid. Basically was them going and saying, hey, we're trying to get some more information here because something's about to happen. So if you put two and two together, I think one over here, what we talked about before with the raids is them gathering some evidence and now you have this, you know, big class action lawsuit that is saying, we have the evidence now here is the lawsuit. So I think what you're going to see is these two come together to try and prove what they're claiming is happening with, with allegedly with Drake and a ton of other artists.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I don't, I don't know about Drake, but this is going to be a situation in the future because I feel like in the future this is going to be like the next federal freak off, like one of the next big federal cases because this is illegal. Like it's going to be a lot of artists who have been using these bot farms to blow their numbers up, blow their digital sales up, not just their sales, but to control narratives on social media. They gonna find themselves in some, some federal situations.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Oh, not only that, you use those, those bot forms to get more money from a record label to sign you. Right, because that's what this is, that's what it's based on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's essential. Is this a lie? Basically, yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And the bot forms, if you look on Tik Tok, cuz I've seen pictures, I don't know if they're real or not, but they have like a, maybe like 100 phones set up and 100 phones are streaming different artists. So I guess you pay these bot forms and let's say you pay and then this month is this artist and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait till Peter get involved, cuz, you know, they got monkeys that know how to freaking be sitting at the computer typing all of this stuff out. Yes. You ain't see Superman.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Shut up.

[Just Hilarious]

Goodbye. Goodbye. No, because as soon as they say something about the monkeys, you know, I was thinking about all of them that was just released that just got. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Like you don't see the connection.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They not.

[Just Hilarious]

The last thing they thinking about is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is they just got released last week and now all of a sudden the lawsuit. You're not paying attention. You not paying attention.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, this guy's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're not paying attention. These monkeys out here telling they snitching.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Monkeys out here snitching. Go ahead, Lauren.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But all jokes aside, this is gonna be the next federal free go. You can, you can see it coming a mile away.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But who gets in trouble at that point? Is it the artist or is it the record label?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it's the.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Cuz is it the artist that's playing it or is it the label that's paying it for the art?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm probably both, but. But see that they also have artists that are doing it independently. Independently on the label.

[DJ Envy]

Correct.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And they're gaming the label as well. So that's what you would. That's good. That goes back to what you're saying. You know what I mean? Like, you hire these people, right? They boost up your numbers, they boost up your sales.

[Charlamagne the guy]

They base it off of the streams. And if my streams are different, this is what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's right.

[Just Hilarious]

This is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. That report that we did about those raids that were happening back in Turkey at the. I was told that they were happening at the offices of Universal, Sony, and other major record labels in Turkey. That was back in September. And that was because of a bribery allegation regarding artists on those label paying for individuals, like, on, like, uh, playlist, uh, placements and stuff like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

These artists is going to Turkey to get their head done, and they freaking bot for. Yo. This is crazy.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes. Hairline teeth, streams, all of it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, do we have time for anything else?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Nope.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, well, that's the latest with Lauren Charlemagne. Who are you giving that donkey, too, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Four after the hour. We need a guy named Harrison Coleman. He's 50 years old. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with him. His story. I expect to hear a lot more of it over the next few months, but we'll discuss.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, we'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wants to know how you came up with the donkey of the date. Because you're mean. I am not. There's a bunch of donkeys out here in the street.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is why Charlemagne is here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If we live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we lay a thing we never will say.

[DJ Envy]

On the Breakfast Club. In the words of Charlamagne, the God, he's a donkey. That's what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Give it to him.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne, you've given donkey the day.

[DJ Envy]

To who?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, what it mean when you on Twitch and it says level two completed, now it's saying level three. What's that mean? It's a video game.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay. Donkey today for Monday, November 3, goes to a man from Maine named Harrison Coleman. Okay. Harrison is 50 years old, and he is facing multiple charges this morning after he was accused of kidnapping his existence ex girlfriend and threatening to kill her if she did not do what he asked her to do. What did he ask her to do? What task Was he telling her to perform and if she didn't do it, he would kill her? Well, hold on, let me pull up the news report. Let's go to ABC8 for the report, please.

[Mimi Brown]

Auburn police arresting Harrison Coleman on Wednesday, charging him with kidnapping his ex girlfriend and threatening to kill her if she did not steal items from the Walmart for him. Officials say Coleman assaulted her, forced her into his car and drove to the store. The woman told employees she'd been threatened and one of those employees approached an Auburn police officer who was working a security detail at the store. Coleman was taken into custody after police found him in his car. He is being held without bail until he faces a judge.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate humans. You know, I have a philosophy and it's rooted around the whole your thoughts become things mindset. And I truly believe that the things you want to happen in your life, you should always think about and you should speak about constantly. But the things you don't want to happen in your life, you don't think about, you don't speak about. But when you see stories like this man, the first thing you think about is protecting the women in your life, right? The first thing you think about is how to keep women in your life safe because you don't ever want them to be in a situation like this. Because the reality is we can't control the crazy of other human beings, all right? Are the desperation of other human beings. But you know what's so scary about this situation? This man wasn't trying to get no money. He wasn't trying to sexually assault this woman. This man wanted her to steal specific items for him from Walmart, okay? Did you listen to us the last hour when we had people calling in explaining how the government shutdown is impacting them? People are hurting out here, okay? I'm not making any excuses for what this man did. He's got to deal with the consequences of his actions. But I'm just telling you that for the foreseeable future, we are going to hear a lot more of these types of crimes. Now, I don't judge people for what they do when they're in survival mode because I understand they just trying to survive. But you know who does judge you for what you do when you're in survival mode? The judge. Okay, I know desperate times call for desperate measures, but please understand these desperate measures are also going to get you a whole lot of time, okay? Only thing I want to tell folks is pleased. Don't let your survival turn predatory, okay? Because survival doesn't justify your crime. All right? Desperation and lack can mutate into abuse and exploitation real quick. And that's what this story is an example of. America, I'm telling you right now, you are going to see a lot of economic stress, a lot of economic survival turn into emotional violence like this, okay? I don't know if this man was trying to get these items to resell. Maybe he needed them to live. All I know is when people can't provide for themselves, they take from others, okay? Emotionally and materially. All right? The more a man feels useless or powerless, the more he may over assert control over the people closest to him. And that's not excusing this man's abuse in any way, shape or form. I'm just putting into context the larger American mental health and economics collapse crisis, okay? Because Harrison wasn't just violent, he was clearly desperate. And desperation left untreated turns human need into human harm. America, these are the monsters that you are currently creating, okay? When the system fails to feed the hungry, the hungry start feeding on each other. Please give Harrison Coleman the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Chat won't play a game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now the other thing I was thinking, what if Harrison was just giving her a ride and he took her to Walmart and she went in there and started stealing? When she got caught, she said this guy out there made me do it. I'm just saying. I'm not saying that's what happened. I'm just saying that's the other place my mind went as well.

[Charlamagne the guy]

So you want to play again?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, because I don't know. What? I don't have no idea. There's no picture.

[Just Hilarious]

Chad definitely won't play game. But to answer your question, that level two level, level three is a hype train. Basically we getting mad donations and subs or whatever. People are buying subscriptions, gifting other people, which unlocks the. You know, it creates discounts for subs and things like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay?

[Just Hilarious]

So it, it creates the ad. How much ads you watch got you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I just need to know who to go shake down. So that is money.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that is money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

People know that people in here are doing bad and they're gifting people.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Sorry, Chad, he doesn't want to play a game today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I don't know the game.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I know the game to play. I don't know what race the person is.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think it matters though. This is a person. This is a class issue right here. And you're gonna see a lot more of this in the foreseeable future if America keeps going down this road. You're right.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051 now. Halloween fell on a weekend. This weekend it was Friday. Hopefully you guys enjoyed your Halloween and people were very picky about who people dressed up as, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, this is crazy.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is what Lauren was talking about with her and her man. Her man wanted to be Biggie and wanted her to be Puff.

[Just Hilarious]

No, that is not what her man.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Wanted her to be. People were upset about that. So, you know, people were also upset about Winnie Harlow. She played. She was Whitney Houston.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Thought she did fantastic. Drop one of the clues. Bombs for Winnie Harlow. I thought she. That was great.

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Are there certain costumes that people shouldn't be? That is the question. 800-585-105.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's definitely costumes people shouldn't be. I guess more, more specifically, was the Winnie Harlow offensive? I didn't think. I don't. I don't even know what they found offensive about it.

[Just Hilarious]

Yo, they give her a hard time anyway. Just.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I think that's because of. I think it's because of her skin. I don't think people understand.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And they shouldn't understand that she was born like that. I don't know people's problems.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What her skin got to do with it?

[Just Hilarious]

No, I'm saying, you know, because, you know, she like, she two different. You know, she got the. The patches. You know what I'm saying? So people be trying to come at it. I'm like, all right, well, if she would have been Michael Jackson at a certain point in his life, then they.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Would have been mad at that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That would have made a lot of sense.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Oh, Charlemagne in the face. Same difference. But he would have been like a cow.

[Just Hilarious]

People would have been like, oh, wow, now you, you know, then Peter Will PETA would have came out of nowhere. But you, damned if you do, damned if you don't. So she did great.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Now she killed the. 800-585-1051. Let's discuss. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, this conversation started really from Winnie Harlow. She's. She played Whitney Houston for Halloween. She dressed up as Whitney Houston for Halloween, I should say. And people were upset with that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And we were asking. 800-585-1051. I guess, are there certain costumes or certain things people should stay away from? But Whitney Houston's estate reposted the costume.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I. I don't see any malicious intent. I don't see anything where she was trying to be negative or anything that people are talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh.

[Just Hilarious]

Because that's when she was clearly on drugs and, you know, abusing substances. But it's like, yo, that was one of the most viral moments of her career. Not to mention that night she won awards.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Just Hilarious]

That was the whole point of the speech, dumbass. Like, why was Smiley mad?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We don't know what moments Whitney was high and what moments she wasn't high.

[Just Hilarious]

Right. She was always like us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was always that way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Like, so. Come on. I thought that when he did a great job, I don't. I don't see the issue. Yeah. And like, like I said, if Whitney's actual Instagram page reposted it, what the hell are y' all mad at?

[Just Hilarious]

Right, Right.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And Julia Fox. They were mad at Julia Fox. You know, Julia Fox used to date Kanye. She's a model.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne the guy]

They were mad at her because she played Jackie Kennedy and she had blood on the costume.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, I thought that was tasteless now.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, explain that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because her husband was tasteless, because, you know. Yes. That's. That's the outfit she was wearing when John F. Kennedy got shot, and the blood was on her, and she didn't want to take the dress off, even though people were telling her to take it off, because she was basically. It was a symbol. Like, y' all want to show y' all what they did to my husband. I thought that was kind of tasteless now.

[Just Hilarious]

I did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought Julia Fox outfit was tasteless.

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely. Now that you explain it to me, I literally thought that she was just trying to scary it up, up because it's Halloween and, you know, she was just going with the vibe. But, nah, that's definitely horrible.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. The smoke y' all giving Winnie Harlow, y' all should be giving to Julia Fox. Because I felt like, you know, somebody's trauma shouldn't be turned into a hell yeah costume. Nah, nah, nah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, let's go to the phone lines. We have Liz on the line. Liz, good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes, hello.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Hey, good morning, mama. What's your thoughts?

[Caller/Guest]

My thought is that the disrespectful costume that I saw was Whitney Houston, where they had dust barter dress on her, and she. They had her playing like she was cracked out. That was very disrespectful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wasn't playing. Like, she was cracked as a bet.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That was, like, identical of what she did to the bet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. When he was just acting.

[Caller/Guest]

I know, but when you. When you imitating. When we dealing with legends, you try to imitate their best behaviors. That was bad behaviors. That was messed up.

[Just Hilarious]

But you're not gonna say that Shorty wasn't turned up. Like, I'm talking about Whitney had all of us saying, you better lay low, and Johnny, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, whoever, she was saying, like, that was a. A big virality moment of Whitney's career. Like, she. She didn't seem cracked out. And I can show you some. That's cracked out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. And. And. And the Thing with Winnie too. She didn't just do that moment. She did I want to dance with somebody cover. She did.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes. This person costume had her wig. Her wig was jacked up. Oh my. It was terrible. I was like, you could have did her like that.

[DJ Envy]

Wig.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, Same style, everything.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

This is Sierra.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Hey, Sierra.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What's your. Your thoughts on Good morning? Halloween costumes. Good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, I think that some of the celebrities do too much. I'm not gonna lie. They don't know how to read the room in certain instances. I get that there's some celebrities that have passed away and you just want to, you know, give them the flowers that they deserve by dressing up. However, I don't know, it just seems a little awkward and a little uncomfortable to watch.

[Just Hilarious]

I can understand what you're saying. I can understand. You want to give an example what you think? Who you think the model that did the.

[Caller/Guest]

Whitney Houston.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, Whitney Harlow.

[Caller/Guest]

It was funny, but it was kind of cringe to watch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why though? Like you talking about Winnie Harle.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But why?

[Caller/Guest]

I mean, because she was. It was cute but like awkward to witness. It just felt like. Like it was a little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's who Whitney was also too. Nobody ever gets mad when they people recreate the scene of Whitney and Bobby dancing in the store.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, yes, exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They probably was hot and you talking.

[Charlamagne the guy]

About cracked out like.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, but that was. That was like a moment.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Charlemagne got in trouble for wearing a costume one time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I got in trouble for who.

[Just Hilarious]

You dressed up as one time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a grown ass man.

[Just Hilarious]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wasn't in trouble.

[Just Hilarious]

Like he dressed up as Hillary Clinton.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I had on a Nike tracksuit with a Hillary Clinton mask. That's though.

[Charlamagne the guy]

When we had the interview for the first time when they googled it, that came up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no. Well, what it was. I had envy pinned up in a corner.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I was. And I was looking at the camera with the mask.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, you're a clown.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can you imagine the Secret Service pulled.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That up and then had to ask them, why would you humping somebody with a Hillary Clint mask on?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This place is. You better lay low. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

This is Craig Davis from Van Al.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Craig?

[Charlamagne the guy]

How you talk to us?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm all right, brother. How y' all doing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, good.

[Caller/Guest]

What's going on, J?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey, what's up, baby?

[Caller/Guest]

What's up? Hey, man. I was just listening to the topic and that is very trash. You know, people dress up as the devil every Year, and they ain't got no problem with that. You mad? Before he put me on, right on the phone, it was like somebody read a book where somebody dressed as Jesus and everybody was mad about it and then upset that it was not dressed like the devil anymore. Girls dress as a sexy devil dressed as a dealer. Other people dressed as a devil. Don't nobody feel like that. But as soon as somebody dresses like a human, an imperfect human that make mistakes, you know what I'm saying? Somebody got an issue with it. That's nuts. I don't get it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You know what? You're right, Greg. Cause, you know, me and my family used to do Halloween.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very, very.

[Charlamagne the guy]

We used to do decorate the crib, and it was crazy. I was talking to one of my pastors, Naima, out of la, and she was like, you know, she finds it weird that a lot of people dive into recreating Halloween, which is like, I guess promotes fear, it promotes darkness, it posts negativity, it promotes the devil.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it was like, oh, bye, humbug. Relax. We just like throwing costumes.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Nah, but she. But she told me that. And after she said that, she was like, you know, wearing a costume is fine, but the way that a lot of people dive into it, like you said, they are the devil, they are the sexiness. And she was like, it's a little too far. When we thought about it, we was like, let's. Let's.

[DJ Envy]

Life is blessed.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Let's.

[DJ Envy]

Let's chill.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Let's chill.

[Just Hilarious]

So tone it down.

[Charlamagne the guy]

We chilled off on it for this year in the next couple of years. But I agree with you, Greg, but what about Jesus?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, yo.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Because I don't want to celebrate Halloween.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like I used to. I grew up not celebrating it. I was a Jehovah Witness.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, hey, Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir.

[Caller/Guest]

Charlemagne. I wanted to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that. You grew up Jehovah Witness.

[Caller/Guest]

I am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you witness now? Okay, okay, So I understand your perspective.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, but see, that's the thing. Like, it's. It's weird that, you know, that's the devil is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Go ahead.

[Caller/Guest]

I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Them demons talking.

[DJ Envy]

But.

[Caller/Guest]

No, but it's like. Yeah, it's like. I just think that's the whole devil thing. And it's like, everybody's cool, but every other.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yeah, that's. That's why I didn't do it this year. But thank you, Greg, for your call.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you ain't doing this yet?

[DJ Envy]

I told you.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Because I was talking to a past, and he was like, a lot of times we Idolize. And we promote the fear, the negativity, the demonic of Halloween. And it was like, it's not right. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, shut your ass up. The whole costume planned out. He told us what he was gonna be and everything. We asked. You just ask. Asked you. Damn. I wanted to see Dame, and you was like, I ain't bringing with me.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I still wear. I still wear a costume, but we don't celebrate it like we. You. Every year. We used to do a video like it's a huge production.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was out trick or treating with us. I saw you in the neighborhood. Right, but I'm just saying, I just saw you.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Right, but we didn't go to the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Extent that we usually do. Last year, we. What happened?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yo, last year we did Aaliyah and Kim. The year before that, we did a whole creepy crawler thing. The year before that, we did the.

[Just Hilarious]

The.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Whatever. We do whole production.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was out Friday, too. You had your Madison.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Listen, I said we don't celebrate. We do. I said we still wear it, but we just don't celebrate and do the costumes and do the decorations in the crib anymore. We don't do that anymore because it's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Too deep and dark. Thank you. Devil gonna bite you on your ass, man. That's what you want? Yeah, I do. Okay.

[Charlamagne the guy]

The devil gonna bite you on your ass. What's the moral of the story? I ain't being positive, but you got to move on.

[Just Hilarious]

The story is you can be who you want to be. Now, there are things. There are people that you absolutely should not be. Like, there are things you just shouldn't do.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But what about Lil Nas X?

[Just Hilarious]

What was it? Oh, when he created Bobby Lights recreated the Luna, I thought that was funny. I thought it was amazing. Why not do it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Give it a whirl.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Well, he was going through lunas. X was drugged up and, well, allegedly.

[Just Hilarious]

But they're both gay now. Come on, Bobby probably been a little drugged up as well, because, you know. You know what I'm saying. So it's fine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, speaking of gay, I just can't believe Envy don't want to call pumpkins with DJ Clue no more.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What are y'?

[Caller/Guest]

All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Used to call pumpkins together. Now they don't want to call no pumpkins.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, but speaking of gay. Happy birthday, Roseanne. But I do think that. I do think that. So it was some good people. It was some good costumes, and we didn't shed light on them. Wendy, Raquel went. His big glow Shorty looked just like her.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

Saraji P. Henson did Janet Jackson from Scream. She did Janet Jackson. She did a couple.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She created.

[Just Hilarious]

Recreated a couple of Janet Jackson.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Nash.

[Just Hilarious]

I a see. I wish go to Nash Shepard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I show speed had a fire costume too.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What was he?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What he did? He was a black dark flash. Damn, that was hard.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All right, well, we got the latest teams. What we doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We are talking Jeezy cuz he just broke a world record. And we have some exclusive details on the world record and how he broke it. We're going to talk about it.

[Charlamagne the guy]

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

[DJ Envy]

It the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lauren Le Jefferson. Brandon Binks. Wow.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Salute to Nori. Nori ran the marathon over the weekend, 26.2 miles.

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Which is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Gave you a break. I'm gonna call you today because I need you to call him for me about that. I. I got some questions I need to ask him about that race. You see people get so hurt and all these things happen to them while they're running.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I didn't see Nori post the crim crossing the finish line yet, but he ain't posting nothing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what I was gonna call you about. Like, yo, where is his.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I seen his team running.

[Charlamagne the guy]

His team did it. So I'm just assuming that Nori did it too. So congrats.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to qdz. I saw Kim QZ running my girl Rachel Edwards. I saw her running the race as well. Rachel.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Rachel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Rachel does it all the time. Rachel. A big, big marathon.

[Charlamagne the guy]

And I wonder. I want to figure out how you get into the marathon because they said they get like 200,000 applicants but only 50,000 people, I think or something like that are allowed. And then it costs money to do this envy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm working on the story. That's what I need you to call Nori for.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Okay. All right, all right. All right. Well, let's get to the latest one.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren. Lauren be coming with straight fat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets him from somebody that marries somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She gets the details that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the.

[DJ Envy]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sending a congratulations to Jeezy speaking of accomplishments because he is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. His orchestra that accompanies him in his shows that he has been doing. You guys know he is in Vegas. Vegas currently is now the largest, largest orchestra for a hip hop music concert. It is stamped. So congratulations to him. Let's take a listen. There was actually a judge there at the concert last night. Let's take a listen to that judge giving Jeezy award.

[Charlamagne the guy]

No, we don't have that audio.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, we do.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Nope. You ain't got it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

I done seen some before, but I.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Ain'T never seen 101 piece orchestra with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A hip hop artist in my life.

[DJ Envy]

Matter of fact, this ain't never been done before, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You have to say this like some world record. Be a world record or something.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All the way from the Guinness Book of World Records.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Andy Glass is here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jeezy, today you set a new Guinness World Records title.

[DJ Envy]

The largest orchestra for a hip hop.

[Caller/Guest]

Concert ever in history.

[DJ Envy]

Honoring.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne the guy]

First of all, I received that thank.

[DJ Envy]

You for traveling this world. This.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all make some noise for the.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Color of Noise, though.

[DJ Envy]

For real.

[Charlamagne the guy]

20 years.

[DJ Envy]

You know, it's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I used to read the Guinness Book.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Of World Records when I was in school.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? No, you didn't. This is amazing.

[Charlamagne the guy]

This is what it's about. Staying focused, not paying attention to the noise, trusting the process, and going with the most high man.

[DJ Envy]

I love y'.

[Charlamagne the guy]

All.

[DJ Envy]

This is real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop on the clues bombs for Jeezy. I got to take my black ass to Las Vegas. Cause I need to experience that thug motivation. One on one with that orchestra. I am upset at myself that I have not not seen that yet.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn. And you was hyped because you kept.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Saying you were gonna go, oh, I'm going like, jeez, I got a top seven favorite rappers of all time. And Jeezy is absolutely in my top seven.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, well, that orchestra is the Color of Noise orchestra. It's composed by Derek Hodge, and it's musically directed by Adam Blackstone in Vegas. So you do got a couple more dates, Charlamagne, if you want to go and see him. And the judge that actually came out, I got some background information or how we even get here. Because you hear about some of these records sometimes, but, like, you never hear why or how Guinness even finds, you know, that these things are happening. So the judge in. In Guinness, they take weeks to research. So this came across their radar. They were super interested in it. Not only did he become or this orchestra become the largest, but this record has never been set before. He is the first person to set this record. So Even if, you know someone has 102 people. People, orchestra, because he has 101, Jeezy is in history as the first person to ever, you know, have this large orchestra for a hip hop music concert. Yeah. Then they fly in.

[Just Hilarious]

They.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They have to witness it in real time. So I have to watch the show in real time, make sure there's actually 101 people, and then they give you the award, which is what we got a chance to listen to, and you have to have, like, witnesses there. I was told that he had. Jeezy had two witnesses there. A music industry exec and a marketing exec. Only rule is that they can't be on your payroll to be your witness. And if all this goes well, while the judge is there, boom, you get your award. So shout out to him. Shout out to Jeezy in the show in Vegas. Oh, yes. Now, in other news, speaking of shows, Ray J and Brandy reunited on the stage at the Boy Is Mine tour. Did you guys see the video again? So there's not a lot of audio. You saw it? Yeah, it was a really nice moment that I. I saw a lot of people posting and talking about, did he sing or.

[Charlamagne the guy]

He just came out to support.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he didn't. He didn't sing or anything. So Brandy was performing. Ray J comes up from under the stage, and she literally just says, give it up for Ray J, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then she goes to the back of the stage, and they hug, and then they both go down under the stage together. But, you know, Ray J's been very vocal about how Brandy hasn't been the happiest about a lot of the things he's been doing publicly. And it seems like they're, you know, the brother and sister, so things happen. But I think to see them on stage, the hug, it was, you know, one wish.

[Just Hilarious]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

One step at a time.

[Caller/Guest]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

He's on tour himself right now. I think he's. I've seen him outside performing in some parking lot or something like that. But, like, before a show or something last week he was out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ray J got a few that can set an arena sexy. Can I wait a minute? One wish. I hit it first.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, but that's not his tour.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And no, but he would have said it up.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That one wish. If it black.

[Just Hilarious]

He would have. He would have said it off.

[Charlamagne the guy]

It would have went crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, I would rather saw. Wait a minute. Us.

[Charlamagne the guy]

No. One wish.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You want to see One wish? For sure.

[Just Hilarious]

Wait a minute.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is there, too. But, yeah, he didn't perform though. But if he did perform, I think they would have been crazy because I mean, they went crazy just seeing him there with Brandy in general. But I think people sleep cuz Ray J be funny when he do his performances because that clip Jess is talking about went viral because of how he was performing.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, he was. Yup. He was serious, giving it his all right in that parking lot. And I. I love that. But what parking lot? I don't know what it is, but he is in a parking lot and his fans outside of this fence and they are giving it up for Reggie. I'm talking about they. He loves it. Great. And it's amazing and I love that. But I think the people just was happy to see the moment between brother and sister, you know what I'm saying? Because we haven't seen them together in a while.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And let's be clear, Ray J is one of the greatest performers living today.

[Charlamagne the guy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care what y' all say.

[Just Hilarious]

Say absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can put Chris Brown.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm trying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You trying to tell me Ray J not as entertaining.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You smoke one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, he's entertaining.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You compare.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Showmanship on stage. He's not Chris Brown.

[Charlamagne the guy]

You said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't say showmanship. You said showmanship. Compare him to Chris Brown. What do you think you do? I know I didn't. You. I didn't say so much words, man matter. I said Ray J is one of the most entertaining entertainers out here today, which he is.

[Just Hilarious]

And that you are right about. Yes, he is very entertaining.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He more entertaining on social media than Chris Brown. And our show now on social media and when he hit that stage, depending on what song he. I'm riding with Ray.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

That clip that you talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, that was.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm riding with Ray. What up, Ray?

[Charlamagne the guy]

I want to know where he smokes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And go ghost Ray back to back. Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was actually trying to get Ray J to do a zoom with me so he could talk to us about the moment with Brandi. Because I knew it would be way more entertaining.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And trying to chase Ray J. He said just landed in Miami. I was like, it's never happening.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Like, because he's busy. He probably doing a show there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, they outside.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can't wait till Ray J come out on one of them stages and do sexy, can I? And everybody be like, oh, shoot. That was the bop. Did you. He hit him with a. Wait a minute. Then you going to be like, oh, Ray got records.

[Just Hilarious]

But it doesn't go with the Brandy. And Monica album.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It doesn't.

[Just Hilarious]

If I had. No, it does not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you acting like Monica and Brandy don't got Up Tempo Records?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, they do, but it's like. Yo, but I. Ray, don't take it serious enough. This is a serious tour. This is great. Like, no, I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They don't take it seriously.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, that is raging. Lauren. It's Usher and Michael Brown.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Michael, that's enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I.

[DJ Envy]

No more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay? Ray up there with Michael.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Yo, you know what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. Entertainment wise, y. You birthday.

[Just Hilarious]

Just behind everybody, it's DJ Envy.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. Hopefully you guys had an amazing Halloween salute to everybody I seen out there. Trick or treating. Always a great time. My kids loved it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You just said you don't do trick or treating cuz you Muslim now cuz you make up your goddamn mind. You just said a pastor told you not to do Halloween. This guy is something else, bro. Why do we even listen to him?

[Charlamagne the guy]

I didn't say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This guy is crazy.

[Charlamagne the guy]

I said we don't celebrate it like we used to. We used to do these huge videos every year. We used to decorate our house and really celebrate it to that effect. But we still let the kids trick or treat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't be half gay. Okay, Right.

[DJ Envy]

Well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because this is what I want to tell you. If you. If you. If you put your lips on it, you still okay, right? Are you Seven day Adventist? It don't matter whether you suck on it. I don't even know what the hell that means. What is a Seven day Adventure?

[Charlamagne the guy]

I didn't say Seven day Adventure. I said seven day Adventist. Is that you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are you talking about? Do you celebrate Christmas? Do I celebrate Christmas?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Why would I ask? You gotta ask him. Take that question again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what the hell he's trying to get at. What are you trying to say?

[Charlamagne the guy]

Say forget it. Never mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This guy is so. Didn't he say earlier his pastor told him not to celebrate Halloween no more? He don't do it no more.

[Charlamagne the guy]

How did I clarify?

[Just Hilarious]

He said he didn't want to, like, do a deep dive into it. He just wanted to. You know what I'm saying? Like, he. They gotta dial it back a little bit because of the. The demons and all that. Like, he ain't want to really be into it. Into it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Thank you for listening.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, but with six kids, it's hard to not celebrate it at all. So it's like, hey, whether you put.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The in or put it in, all the way. You're still gay. Still gay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne the guy]

That's all you got out of it? You what Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note.

[Just Hilarious]

No, wait a minute.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Oh, sorry, Sorry.

[Just Hilarious]

Shout out. Shout out to everybody that came out in Charlotte over the weekend came to see me at the Comedy Zone. And then just real quick, shout out to all the staff. The TSA staff at clt, man, Charlotte Airport, yo, they were so nice to everybody. I know, like tsa. Them TSA workers are going through it. But, yo, they were still like. Like bubbly. They were still helping people. They wasn't barking on nobody who needed obvious instructions repeated back to them many times. So just. Just shout out to those people, man. Keep your heads up.

[Charlamagne the guy]

But how was Spirit flying? I meant to ask you.

[Just Hilarious]

I did not fly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Spirit. Damn, you're a clown.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I don't know. And I'll be on your side a lot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy, right? Don't play with me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did not.

[Just Hilarious]

But shout out to United and Delta. Don't play with them anyway. Toledo Funny Bone. I will be there. Perrysburg, Ohio. That's November 14th and 15th. Friday and Saturday. We got four shows, so get your tickets.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Perrysburg, Ohio.

[Just Hilarious]

Meet me at the Toledo Funny Bone Comedy Club. Me and Desi will be there with some new jokes, new stuff, you know, so get your tickets. Just hilarious. Just hilarious.

[Charlamagne the guy]

Official.com and charlamagne, you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do, man. I just want to tell y', all, man, give all praises due to God all the time, please. Thank God for it all, man. All praise is due to God and his son, Jesus Christ. And I want you to be so busy loving God and loving others and loving your life that you have no time for regret, worry, fear, or drama. Have a great day. Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne the guy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an I Heart podcast.