FULL SHOW: Ja Rule Exits Plane After Running Into Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo, + Teddy Riley And Mona Scott Young Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club — February 10, 2026

Episode: Ja Rule Exits Plane After Running Into Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo, + Teddy Riley & Mona Scott Young Interviews
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

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EPISODE OVERVIEW

This edition of The Breakfast Club covers a whirlwind of topics: viral drama involving Ja Rule, Tony Yayo, and Uncle Murda on a plane; a deep-dive interview with R&B legend Teddy Riley promoting his memoir "Remember the Times"; pop culture and social issues with Mona Scott-Young; plus the latest on Super Bowl halftime controversy, Chipotle’s pricing strategies, and family drama with Glorilla. Themes include hip hop beef, black entertainment legacy, industry transparency, and embracing multicultural changes in America.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Morning Banter & Super Bowl Food
2. Epstein Investigation Developments
3. Caller Interactions
4. Ja Rule vs. Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo Plane Incident
5. Super Bowl Halftime Show Controversy (Bad Bunny)
6. Front Page News: Sports, Olympics, Social Media Lawsuits, Chipotle Pricing
7. Teddy Riley Interview: Music, Inspiration, Legacy
8. Mona Scott-Young Interview: Managing Icons, Love & Hip Hop, Representation
9. Family Drama: Glorilla's Online Dispute
10. J. Cole’s Music Career Update
11. Black History Month Segment
12. Memorable Quotes

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1. Morning Banter & Super Bowl Food

[03:03 – 06:46]

• Hosts open chatting about post-Super Bowl food traditions.
• Charlamagne Tha God jokes about “short king” dominance in music stardom:
  “This is a short king industry, sir. Jesus Christ.” (05:33)
• Quick reference to Bad Bunny’s universal popularity and what it means for music culture.

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2. Epstein Investigation Developments

[07:11 – 13:01]

• Mimi Brown reports on Ghislaine Maxwell’s Congressional deposition. She invoked the Fifth and declined key questions.
  • “[Maxwell] declined to respond…used this opportunity to not only campaign for clemency but also to send a direct message...” — Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (08:29)
• Release of Epstein files heavily redacted; lawmakers express concern over protected names of at least six alleged co-conspirators.
• “Who polices the police? …Who holds them responsible for redacting files?” — Charlamagne (10:54)
• Maxwell reportedly willing to exonerate Trump and Clinton in exchange for clemency.
• Hosts debate the culture of cover-up and lack of transparency.

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3. Caller Interactions

[13:25 – 21:22]

• Fans call in for "Get It Off Your Chest"—shouting out birthdays, Black History Month, and praising Lauren LaRosa and Jess Hilarious.
• Light-hearted jokes on DJ Envy’s ethnicity.
• One caller promotes her photography business.
• Emphasis on representation, family pride, and generational love.

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4. Ja Rule vs. Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo Plane Incident

[22:11 – 33:41]

• Lauren LaRosa breaks the story of Ja Rule running into Uncle Murda and Tony Yayo on a flight.
• Brief confrontation led to Ja Rule being removed from the plane after a pillow was thrown.
• Uncle Murda’s account: “Ja Rule was by himself…he had to make a scene so they could remove his scary ass…” — Instagram video cited by Lauren (24:03)
• Ja Rule’s team claims only one side recorded and shared evidence; calls for ending ongoing beefs.
• Discussion centered on maturity, consequences, and public image: “Can’t risk getting put on the no fly list… for some foolishness.” — Charlamagne (25:59)

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5. Super Bowl Halftime Show Controversy (Bad Bunny)

[73:14 – 86:00]

• Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance triggered backlash from conservative media figures.
  • “To get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America.” — Quoted from Fox News (85:15)
  • “I don’t understand why you so upset at good business…He was the highest streaming artist!” — Charlamagne (76:41)
• Discussion about American identity, language, and evolving culture.
• Charlamagne delivers a passionate “Donkey of the Day” monologue on the hypocrisy and racial undertones behind the outrage (82:06–86:00).

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6. Front Page News

Segments:

1. Steph Curry out of NBA All-Star Game (due to runner’s knee)
2. Olympics: American skier says wearing US flag is “hard” given current politics; triggers Trump criticism and free speech debate.
3. Meta Lawsuit: Facebook accused of failing to protect children from predators; debate on teen account safety and online age verification.
4. Chipotle Controversy: Executive suggests targeting high-income customers, sparking class backlash.
   • “Sit your poor ass at home…If you ain’t making a hundred thousand or more, we don’t want you.” — Charlamagne, sarcastic take (41:23)

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7. Teddy Riley Interview: Music, Inspiration, Legacy

[43:16 – 72:38]

Early Career & New York Hustle:

• Riley recounts being pushed out of hustling by friends and redirected into music.
• On bringing Harlem sound to Virginia Beach: “It was something in the water…” (47:18)
• Helped foster the careers of Pharrell, Chad, Missy Elliott, Da Brat, and more.

Jackson Collaborations & Industry Lessons:

• Shares stories of developing a strong bond with Michael Jackson.
  • “Michael would buy everything. Whenever I had my daughter, my second daughter, he just bought everything for…” (50:42)
  • Talks about protecting Jackson’s privacy amidst the media circus.
• Reveals lack of royalties from early hits:
  • “I did the Keith Sweat album, I’ve only made fifteen hundred dollars from that to this day…It’s not about the money—it’s about the legacy.”—Teddy Riley (53:10, 55:23)
• Importance of parental and spiritual guidance in keeping grounded.

Reflection on Legacy:

• Did not sign Chris Brown or Missy but recognized their talent: “I told Missy, ‘You should be solo’…” (63:43)
• Focuses on building groups and the lasting impact of “New Jack Swing.”
• Addresses accusations of R&B style theft (R. Kelly/Aaron Hall): “Nah, he was inspired. You can’t steal…” (68:44)
• Discusses support for Michael Jackson through legal struggles.
• Motivated by inspiring kids and promises a coming master class.

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8. Mona Scott-Young Interview: Managing Icons, Love & Hip Hop, Representation

[89:23 – 105:42]

• Discusses branching out from Love & Hip Hop into movies and concerts.
• Lessons from artist management (Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, Tyrese): “It’s about maintaining a relationship beyond business…There’s a respect level there.” (93:41)
• Reflects on impact and criticism of reality TV:
  • “Everything has its good side and its bad side. You have to be prepared to take it all. I can’t enjoy the benefits without dealing with the backlash.” (98:51)
• Debunks myths about Love & Hip Hop’s origins (Jim Jones, Chrissy) and the lack of equity for TV show creators.
• Legacy: “I’m interested in the impact I've had on people’s lives, not just what I changed about TV.” (103:02)
• Announces upcoming projects, including a Tina Marie biopic.

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9. Family Drama: Glorilla’s Online Dispute

[106:26 – 110:34]

• Glorilla goes live with her parents to dispute sister’s public accusations about financial neglect.
• Father expresses disappointment at the public airing of family issues: “I love all my children, but I do not appreciate what Victoria’s doing to my family name.” (107:49)
• Reveals history of personal conflict with sister, sets a boundary: “I don’t owe you a thing…Do it on your own name.” (110:25)
• Hosts encourage celebrities to maintain boundaries and keep family business private.

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10. J. Cole’s Music Career Update

[111:50 – 114:15]

• J. Cole announces via AMA that he has no current plans for new solo albums; focus shifting toward production, but open to future creative inspiration.
• Charlamagne and Envy discuss the introspective limitations and length of his latest work.
• Projected to have second-biggest debut of 2026, after Don Toliver.

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11. Black History Month Segment

[114:32 – end]

• B Dot presents a segment on FAMU’s “Marching 100” and Black institutional excellence (115:53).
• Recognition of historic Black inventors such as Alice Parker (central heating system, 119:48).
• Charlamagne’s closing thought quotes Marcus Garvey: “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” (121:14)

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MEMORABLE QUOTES & MOMENTS

• On short king supremacy:
  “This is a short king industry, sir. Jesus Christ.” – Charlamagne (05:33)

• On conspiracy and government secrecy:
  “Who polices the police? …Who holds them responsible for redacting files?” – Charlamagne (10:54)

• On legacy and business:
  “I did the Keith Sweat album, I’ve only made $1500 from that to this day…It’s not about the money—it’s about the legacy.”—Teddy Riley (53:10, 55:23)

• On innovation in Black culture:
  “If you don’t build your own systems, you’ll always be begging to be remembered by somebody else.” – B Dot (116:54)

• On identity and backlash:
  “The way y’ all acting over Bad Bunny is how y’ all should be acting over the Epstein list” – Charlamagne (86:00) “America is the great American melting pot…That is what makes America truly great and always has.” – Charlamagne (86:00)

• On reality TV as a launchpad:
  “You have to be prepared to take it all…I can't enjoy the benefits without dealing with the backlash.” – Mona Scott-Young (98:51)

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RECOMMENDED LISTENING SEGMENTS

• Epstein Files & Government Secrecy: 07:11 – 13:01
• Ja Rule vs. Uncle Murda & Tony Yayo Plane Incident: 22:11 – 33:41
• Teddy Riley on Music Industry Survival: 43:16 – 72:38
• Super Bowl/Bad Bunny cultural controversy: 73:14 – 86:00
• Mona Scott-Young on TV, Legacy, and Representation: 89:23 – 105:42

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TONE AND STYLE

The episode maintains the show's trademark balance of humor, streetwise candor, cultural pride, and sharp social commentary. Panelists move naturally from playful teasing (“You can’t risk getting put on the no fly list for some foolishness”) to passionate lectures about community uplift, cultural innovation, and the necessity of knowing Black history.

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For listeners:
This episode is a must if you want frank takes on music beefs, insights from Black industry icons, and sharp commentary on the evolving landscape of American culture—all with The Breakfast Club's authentic voice.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Teddy Riley]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Finding the right coverage for your new.

[Teddy Riley]

Place and even help you file a claim over the phone, in person, online or on the app. They're ready to help you and they.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don'T drop the ball.

[Teddy Riley]

You know what I mean? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[DJ Envy]

You know, we joke all the time on our show and it seems like we hate on each other, but in real life, it's all love here and that's family. And that's why this message from the Blue Square alliance against Hate really, really matters. Because real hate isn't jokes. It's real people getting targeted. Like the kid who gets singled out at school in the commercial during the big game. But what stood out to me was someone choosing to show love instead of ignoring it. If you saw that blue square commercial, you know, and if you want to show support, sharing the blue square is one way you stand for love and not hate.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake you up. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up. Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Running a little late.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne. To God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Good morning. 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.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. How you feeling, Charlotte?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, I feel great. I'm still in a Super Bowl Sunday mode. And that's only because I, you know, was still eating super bowl leftovers yesterday. I came to the conclusion that I really like Super Bowl Sunday food. Yeah, I like it. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Wings, guacamole.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The guacamole.

[DJ Envy]

You know, pizza for some.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I make the nacho. Well, my wife makes the nacho nachos with the vegan cheese for me and the shredded chicken. You know, the beef meat. I mean, not the beef. The turkey meatballs.

[DJ Envy]

You should have had empanadas this year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now they have. No, that's your household. So you're a Dominican.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not Dominican. But bad bunnies perform. You're supposed to have empanadas, first of all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nachos could be considered that as well. So what are you talking about? And when I say consider that as well, I mean Latino culture. Latino culture. You know what I'm trying to say?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I know what you're saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Latino culinary food. Culinary food. What am I trying to say here?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't remember. I don't know. But Teddy Riley will be joining us this morning.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Teddy Riley will be joining us this morning. You know, salute to Teddy Riley. You know, of course, he's from Harlem. I actually met Teddy Riley when I was in college, when I went to Hampton University. He opened up a studio out in Virginia, Virginia Beach. And he had everything out there. Black street. He had so many different artists stopping through. That's where he founded Pharrell, and Pharrell was his intern and started working with him. And he had Michael Jackson out there. He had so many people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Teddy is from Harlem, but Teddy's also from Virginia. Like you said, Teddy's also from South Carolina.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All his family is from South Carolina. His mom, God bless the dead, is from South Carolina. And Teddy's just one of those people who randomly like, my life just had me meet years, years, years, years, years ago. I'm talking about 20 plus years ago, randomly in LA. Me, Teddy Riley, Debbie Brown, Glasses Malone, and Vivica Fox.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. I don't know how that happened. I still, to this day, every time I even ask Glasses and Debbie how that happened. Teddi, I don't even know how that happened.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody knows.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We just.

[DJ Envy]

Restaurant.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's when Teddy empowered me in a way that he didn't even realize because he said that there's no tall superstars. He said, in order to be a superstar, you have to be. No, you have to be short. He said, there is no tall superstars. What do you mean? He said, look at the industry. Everybody in the industry is short. And then I said, at the time, I was like, what about Snoop? He's like, snoop is an exception to the rule.

[DJ Envy]

Jay Z's tall. Snoop is tall.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not gonna tell you what he said about that. Okay, all right. But he said, Snoop is an exception to the rule.

[DJ Envy]

Michael Jackson was tall, wasn't he?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. I never met him.

[DJ Envy]

Chris Brown is tall. I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, I hear you running short on names. I know that much. Okay. This is a short king industry, sir. Jesus Christ.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, let's get the show cracked.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, he's got a book out, though. Remember the time. That's why Teddy Riley is joining us this morning. He's got a book out called Remember the Times. And he'll be here for to talk about that this morning. So listen, since we still in a Super bowl mood, might as well keep some bonito going. Okay. I don't know the name of this record, but I enjoy it.

[DJ Envy]

I wonder what Spanish people think when black people just F up the names.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Benito, what do they call us? Red.

[B Dot]

Moreno.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, what do they call us?

[DJ Envy]

Morenos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morenos.

[DJ Envy]

Morenos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Just remember Bar Moreno. Bar Moreno from Big Punch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Big Punch, yes. But I just like this record. I don't even. I had to ask Red what the hell is he even saying this morning, but play the record, right?

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. Yes, this is the Breakfast Club. You didn't listen to the Latin Station? So this is the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's get into France. What you mean Bad Bunny is universal? It is the highest streaming artist of the year last year. Absolutely. Album of the year at the Grammys. Just did the Super Bowl.

[DJ Envy]

But somebody tuning in late just hear that, they might think we just switched to Spanish station.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They might just think we're playing one of the biggest artists in the world. No, as a Radio station should.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, I agree with that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But anyway, it's Taylor Swift. We don't do that.

[DJ Envy]

We don't do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Big guitar in the world.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus Christ. All right, let's get in some front page news now. Steph Curry will not play in the 2026 NBA All Star Game due to his knee injury. So he will be out this Sunday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, man, you get to that age, that's the first thing that goes. The knees. God damn it.

[DJ Envy]

They're calling it, quote unquote, runner's knee. That's what he has right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That calls almost 40 knees. Steph Curry, 40 yet?

[DJ Envy]

No, no, he's not 40.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Close to it.

[DJ Envy]

He's close to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thanks, Mimi. Good.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. So we start this morning with new developments in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The lawmaker, Jelaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate, who is serving 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking minors. Now, she testified by video from a federal prison camp in Texas as Congress continues to examine how Epstein was able to abuse underage girls for years and whether others were involved. But when it came time for her testimony, for her to answer key questions. Maxwell, she declined to respond. Let's listen to some of that.

[DJ Envy]

Have you ever coerced, directed or otherwise instructed any young woman or girl to provide sexual favors to Mr. Epstein or any other individual?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence. I would like to answer your question.

[DJ Envy]

But on the advice of counsel, I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Respectfully decline to answer this question and any related questions.

[Mimi Brown]

So basically, that's how that deposition went. Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury, she was inside of that deposition. Now, afterwards, she said she was disappointed with the testimony and suggested that the limited cooperation was intentional. Let's listen to some of that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is very clear that she used.

[Mimi Brown]

This opportunity to not only campaign for.

[DJ Envy]

Clemency, as she has been doing, but.

[Mimi Brown]

Also to send a direct message that she is hoping that people who were sitting in the deposition will transmit to the President of the United States, which is that her silence can be bought through clemency. Let us be clear that Donald Trump is not only named thousands of times in the latest release from the Department of Justice, he is named over 38,000 times in the files that were released.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Two weeks ago alone.

[Mimi Brown]

There are now at least nine or 10 other countries across the world that have opened investigations or forced their leaders.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To step down because of their mere.

[Mimi Brown]

Association with Jeffrey Epstein and the United States government. Government is engaged in an active cover up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history.

[DJ Envy]

Of the United States.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's why I don't understand the whole, you know, are there others involved thing. It's clear there were others involved, but I guess they are talking about in regards to who was running the ring, I mean so.

[Mimi Brown]

Good question because Congresswoman, excuse me, congressman or congressman, two of them, R.O. khanna and Thomas Massey, they were also there. They also reviewed those files and they said that they're seeing new name people they believe may have been involved. Let's listen to that.

[DJ Envy]

I'm very concerned. First of all, most of the unredacted files were redacted. 70, 80% of the documents the DOJ.

[Teddy Riley]

Got were redacted from the FBI.

[DJ Envy]

The FBI didn't unredact it as the law was required. The grand jury wasn't unredacted. So a lot of it was smoke and mirrors. Second, Massey and I saw that there's.

[Teddy Riley]

Six men who were co conspirators who were protected and whose names were blotted out. Those names need to be made public. DOJ needs to say who they are.

[DJ Envy]

And we're pushing to have them made.

[Teddy Riley]

Public, but there's no excuse for releasing survivors names.

[DJ Envy]

But protecting these six men, these men.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

U.S. citizens, what fields do they work in? Is it finance, is it political? At least one is a US citizen.

[Teddy Riley]

At least one is a foreigner and.

[DJ Envy]

The other three or four have names. I'm not sure if they're foreign or US and which field do they work in?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One is pretty high up in a.

[DJ Envy]

Foreign government and some are. One of the others is a pretty prominent individual.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy, like who polices the police? It's amazing how the law can only be enforced if people choose to follow it. Because if the people who enforce it don't follow it, nobody is there to check them. They could just redact the files because they choose to and nobody can say hey, y' all shouldn't do that. Who, who holds them responsible for redacting files? What is redact? What is it meaning redacting files that.

[Mimi Brown]

Redacting so that, that black cover up that we saw, basically the whole RO.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Said the files that should be unredacted is still redacted, right? Yeah.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Right.

[Mimi Brown]

So, so basically they were hiding those six names. They were redacted, they shouldn't have been redacted. And so they were saying that everything was basically redacted. 70 to 80% of all those files were redacted. They shouldn't have been according to the law that they, that con supposed to be able to review these, these, these documents without a redaction. And that's not what happened. The grand jury testimony was redacted. That wasn't supposed to be redacted. So as they're going through this, they're finding that over 80% of those files, Charlotte, were still redacted, which is against the law.

[DJ Envy]

And all these conversations are old conversations with Giselle Maxwell.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

These are all conversations that, they're all old conversations.

[Mimi Brown]

But she's not saying anything. So she, her attorney, actually. Good question. And because her attorney came out and said that she would be willing to testify that neither Trump nor former President Bill Clinton committed any wrongdoing in exchange.

[DJ Envy]

For clemency, of course, because she got 20 years. So I wouldn't talk either. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. Unless you're going to give me something. You're going to give me something. You're going to take some time off my 20 year sentence. You going to pardon me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then I wonder why she even still alive. Like why haven't they murked her yet? Would it be too obvious?

[DJ Envy]

But they got a camera on her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

247 and they had a camera, allegedly had a camera on Jeffrey Epstein too, but that camera just mysteriously went off.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

So we will see what happens. It seems like it's heating up a little bit now. We're getting a little bit more information as, as they're reviewing these files.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy though. Think about what she said. She was like the lawyer said. She will say Trump and Bill Clinton had nothing to do with it if you just let it go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just trying to figure out who keeps the checks and balances. Like that's what I want to know. Like who did it? Who do Ro Khan and him go to at this point?

[Mimi Brown]

That's the thing themselves. They're, they're policing themselves right now. So. All right. Well, coming up at 7, that quick affordable lunch spot and maybe shifting focus in your favorite order may soon cost you more. Will tell you what popular chain may be going up on its prices.

[DJ Envy]

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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a new day.

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Wait.

[DJ Envy]

Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed, it's Time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To get up and get something.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Who's this? Yo, long time no speakers. Mellow.

[DJ Envy]

What's the word?

[Teddy Riley]

Envy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mellow.

[DJ Envy]

You been mellow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the word? Life is amazing, man.

[DJ Envy]

Go, life been lifeing. But garden.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Garden.

[DJ Envy]

Can I tell you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Teddy Riley]

Good, brother.

[DJ Envy]

As long as you good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely, man.

[DJ Envy]

First off, I want to say happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Birthday to my mom.

[DJ Envy]

You feel me? I'm not about to air out her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Age because she going to whoop my.

[Teddy Riley]

Never mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But also, it's Black History Month and I gotta double down on this. Yo, can we drop on a cruise.

[DJ Envy]

Bond for all the beautiful, natural black.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Women in this world?

[DJ Envy]

Like, I seen Uncle Charlotte post a flip the other day, and he had the chicken heads on playing like, Lauren Love me. LaRosa did not have on that. If you don't want me, then don't talk to me. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause she wasn't looking good. She was looking amazing.

[DJ Envy]

Stop doing that to her, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you told her. You told her to let go of.

[DJ Envy]

The bad wigs, and she did it rock. She got the euphoria. Put your picture on the mirror. Is she looking good, bro?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, I like the haircut. I was the person in the room saying how I love the haircut.

[DJ Envy]

I said I didn't like it, and she took it out of me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I loved it. I love that look.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy. No, that's all the belief.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She.

[DJ Envy]

Soon as she walked in, this was like Chicken Little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, that don't mean nothing. That just means she looked like she was little, but it still looked good. Nah, bro. Come on, bro.

[DJ Envy]

You always, like, don't hate on her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because you can't pull it off. And I sent you.

[DJ Envy]

You tried to on Daiko back in the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, what are you talking about?

[DJ Envy]

That same haircut, bro. You not low.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mellow. You just talking mellow. Let me tell you something. I was watching Love Jones for the millionth time on Saturday night, man. Yeah, man, there's nothing like 90s Rom com. Fine. Just that natural beauty. No surgeries, no nothing. Just. Just fly. Beautiful. Oh, you mean. Thank.

[Teddy Riley]

You.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Goodbye, Melo.

[DJ Envy]

Act like you flirting with him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Mona Scott-Young]

This is Kia.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's up, Kia? Good morning. From where? You said Boston. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlemagne's desk. Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I called in this morning.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted to talk about how Solomon is always getting on DJ Envy about being Dominican. I've been listening to the Breakfast Club since my daughter was like one. She's now 16 now, and she said to me the other day was all like, oh, mommy. I looked up DJ Envy online because she never seen you. And she's like, he is light skinned. I didn't know he was that licensed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So that's probably why DJ Envy, that's.

[DJ Envy]

Probably why Charlamagne's always getting on him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I thought it was funny and.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted to call him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, please let your daughter know. The reason I get on him is because I want him to represent his heritage.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not Dominican, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I think representation is important. So the fact that he's Dominican. Dominican, I don't see why he don't represent because other Dominicans would really appreciate.

[DJ Envy]

I am not Dominican. If you're from Boston, were you Cape Verdean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I am not Cape Verdean.

[DJ Envy]

I'm black. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no, you can't ver.

[DJ Envy]

If I'm Dominican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't.

[DJ Envy]

No. If you. If I'm Dominican, you can't ver.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She didn't call you Dominican. Call you Dominican.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think you're Dominican. DJ Mv. I thought it was funny because my daughter finally looked you up and thought he was so light skinned.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now she knows why Charlamagne's always getting.

[DJ Envy]

On you about being Dominican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I just thought it was funny. And I also. I want to shout out the Breakfast Club. I've been listening to y' all forever and I also want to take the time to shout out the fact that.

[DJ Envy]

I am an up and coming photographer. I do photography and listen, New Jersey, New York is a hop, skip and jump away.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Jack Charlamagne, DJ Envy, if y'.

[DJ Envy]

All ever need photos, I do events in studio, photos.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All of that I pull up just to hop, dip and jump away.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, what's your Instagram? Give out your website and Instagram or something?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, yeah, my Instagram is ishineImages. That's I s h y n eImages.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Yeah. Laura LaRosa is always in need of a photo shoot.

[DJ Envy]

Damn. I would definitely love to do Glory too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, ma'.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Am.

[DJ Envy]

You have a good one, mama. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out to Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love you. Love you more.

[DJ Envy]

Shout out to all the Dominicans, all the Puerto Ricans and all the Cape versions.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Shout out your people. Yo, shut up. Say Breakfast Club. Been on forever. My back hurt every time like it's like clockwork. Every time that somebody say I've been listening to y' all forever. My little.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. It's the breakfast Club. Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest. Keep calling 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Hello? Who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, this is Zakiya.

[DJ Envy]

Zakiya. Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Hey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, first, I want to say Jess.

[DJ Envy]

And Lauren, the young people. We love, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I'm 23. I've been watching Jess probably since I was, like, 12. I love you, girl. Lauren, I live for you. And I just want to shout out to my mom, like, honestly, she's my superhero. She was adopted at 9. Didn't know her parents, but she raised four children. Three graduated college. I'm in. I'm her last child. I'm in college, and I just want.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To shout her out.

[DJ Envy]

She's in Atlanta area. She has three hair salons and another one in metropolitan area. And I just want to shout her out to her. I love her. Keep going. Maya Lake. What's it? What's it? She has the hair salon name Mama Sunny J. It's in Greenbrier by the discount mall. It's in that area where it's literally in that. What is called that little complex.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And first of all, Lauren and Jess, say hello to the young lady.

[Mona Scott-Young]

I want to cut her off. Thank you, girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my bad, y'.

[Mona Scott-Young]

All.

[DJ Envy]

I'm so nervous.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And she was talking. We supposed to do stop for me. I'm excited.

[DJ Envy]

I'm nervous. That's okay.

[Mona Scott-Young]

A lot going on.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You'll be fine, though. You'll be fine. We appreciate you.

[Mimi Brown]

Thank y'.

[B Dot]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Y' all have a great day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Good day.

[DJ Envy]

No, you say what you gotta say.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren, you said you was nervous because you in college.

[Mona Scott-Young]

It's a lot going on.

[DJ Envy]

No, it's a big week for me. Like, I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pray about it. Put on some music. I got a playlist, too, if you need it. DM me.

[DJ Envy]

And one thing I would say Charlamagne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love you.

[DJ Envy]

I love you. But can you give my girl Lauren at least one day out of week just to tell her you love her? Just one day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You got to pick the day. Pick the day, give them the assignment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's crazy that y' all think. You think I don't tell her that all the time?

[DJ Envy]

No, I know you do, but sometimes you be on my girl like heavy. Like heavy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't tell you that.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I've been watching for the first day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Arguing. You told Jess don't let up on her foot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On her neck.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, you could calm down a little bit.

[DJ Envy]

You said she looked like Chicken Little.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He reminds me I'm Daddy list every day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is not true. I had to tell her yesterday, I am not your father. Okay? She got me yesterday with some crazy stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's like having a dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like, I am not your father.

[Teddy Riley]

Yo.

[Mona Scott-Young]

He said, I ain't even that.

[DJ Envy]

Don't try to make me that. I'm like, damn, yo, she trying to bond. Hey, dad.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning. My dad listening. Hey, good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't understand that. Like, this is what it feels like to have a father. First of all, you don't know what that feels like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, I have a stepdad. My brother's dad.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All this time, you ain't said nothing about me.

[DJ Envy]

You ain't even shout him out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been said that. My brother's dad. I was. I was straight.

[DJ Envy]

Say his name.

[B Dot]

Say his name.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, Kirky. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, that's so cute. Salute to Kirky.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kirky, Kirky, Kirky.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You look slam so like the Kirky.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, ma'. Am. She said Kirky.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That isn't name.

[DJ Envy]

Salute the cur. All right, you got the latest with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Low rent coming up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. We gonna get into the pillow fight that went down because 50 Cent is now in the chat. Tony Ayo, Uncle Murder, then got into it with JA Rule on the plane. And I had to call Uncle Murder this morning and wake him up.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your talk. LL Cool.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sources trust.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That knows a little bit about everything and everything.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Little brown girls look at you and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Go, I want to be like you.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Laura on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool B.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, good morning, guys.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I. I called Uncle Murder this morning because, of course, he was not up, but he woke up, woke his.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ass up to tell people what happened first.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I'm about to explain why, but. So I caught him this morning because there was a video yesterday that 50 Cent posted of Ja Rule on a flight from California back to New York. And Tony Ayo and Uncle Murder are sitting behind Ja Rule and they get into it a bit. Let's take a listen to them going back and forth on the plane.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Suck ass, Ja Rule.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So it's. It's a very short clip that they posted. That's Uncle Murder that you hear in Ja Rule in the clip as well. So I asked, Asked, you know, Uncle Murder, like, what happened? Like, why, first of all, y' all didn't see each other before y' all got on the plane before, when y' all were boarding? He said, no, they didn't see each other when they were boarding. They got on the plane, and then Ja Rule got on the plane and he was like, I think he's. He's alleging that he thought Ja Rule was scared because Ja Rule was by himself, but they were not by themselves. So he says Ja Rule started going off to the point where they removed Ja Rule from the plane. Let's take a listen to the video. Because Uncle Murder posted a video of, like, the seat when Ja Rule got up. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. When they start deporting black people, I don't want to hear nothing. I don't want to hear nothing. Even the rich ones don't know how to act. Keep them on the plane. Yo, you going to Haiti or Converter, you going to Panama? Just stay. Just stay on the plane.

[DJ Envy]

I don't care. That was so clowned out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm like, y', all, I'm so sorry.

[DJ Envy]

And then. Yeah, so they were just with each other, Uncle Murder and Yayo?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it was Uncle Murder. Yeah, they had other people with them. Ja Rule was by himself, and I. I go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Why wouldn't you get off the plane? Like, I'm getting off the plane. Y' all about to be kicking the back of my seat, playing into it.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Y' all sitting behind me.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm not letting nobody sit behind me. Y' all grown ass men, too. What we playing for?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, if I was, y' all would have got off the plane, too. I'm not staying on the plane. Crazy ass guys behind me at all. Behind me too, dude. Because I don't even. First of all, I'm not fighting on no plane. That's a federal. Yes, let's be clear on that. Like, yeah, I'm not getting put on no fly list because, you know, Uncle Bird here behind me throwing ice, right? And doing who knows what.

[DJ Envy]

I want pretzels.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They were talking about a food fight they had up here. So I can't imagine they're gonna do in that plane. And I had asked Uncle Murder, because in that video, you hear Tony Ayo Joking like, oh, you told him SMD 50 Cent said in his caption when he posted this, he was by himself talking about Ja Rule. He had to make a scene so they could remove his scary. His scary ass. Laugh out loud. Yayo said, s my D. Then the gay stewardess said, it's going down. Laugh out loud. And I'm like, y' all are crazy. I'm like, you wasn't worried about getting put on a no fly list.

[DJ Envy]

There's somebody threw a pillow, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because there was a pillow fight that occurred briefly. So TMZ had reached out to Ja Rule. We found out some more about this because TMZ Jamie, who's their news director over there, reached out to pillow fight Ja Rule.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And when you hit somebody with a pillow, they wasn't having no pillow fight on the plane.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was the start of one. So Ja rule to TMZ's message to him. He said via TMZ, hi, Jamie here from TMZ reaching out for a comment regarding the Delta flight you were on on Sunday morning. Witnesses tell us that you got into an argument with Tony Ao on the flight, that you were the aggressor talking about Ja Rule. And you yell profanities saying that he wanted to fight, then throwing a pillow at Tony Yayo. The crew stepped in and pulled both guys off the plane for a bit. Yayo yelled back that the planes are anything on the plane is a federal offense. And he did nothing wrong. Ja Rule said he popped up on the. On the punks by himself on the plane. He called them the P wor. And he says he threw a pillow at Yayo head cause he's soft. It knocked his hat off. It was hilarious. And he called the whole team the P word.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All in first class, by the way. You can't risk getting put on the no fly list, catching a federal offense for some foolishness. I'm getting off the plane too, okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Teddy Riley]

You've been working in the garage with your dad every week, Monday to Sunday, trying to get the old school up and running. Today, after all the hard work, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All finally finished it.

[Teddy Riley]

So you have that feeling of accomplishment. You did it. Then your dad throws you the keys and says those three magic words, all yours, son. Yep, that same car belonged to your grandpa and that your dad helped him fix is yours three generations right there keeping the tradition alive. But if you ask dad to really keep the tradition going, you need to get insurance. And you already know you need to get State Farm. Because your agent, well, he gets tradition too. His dad was an agent, his grandpa too, so he gets you. Generation to generation. Remember to choose the agents that your family counted on. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is dead.

[DJ Envy]

We joke all the time on our show. People may think we hate on each other when we go back and forth, but the truth is that's the way we show love. That's respect. That's knowing where the line is and that's why this message from the Blue Square Alliance Against Hate really sticks. Because real hate isn't playful. It's not jokes. It's not entertainment. The commercial during the Big game showed a kid being targeted at school. Quietly, but in a way that happens way too often. And what really hit was the response. Someone chose to step in and show support instead of looking the other way. We talk a lot about culture, about community and having each other's backs. And this is what that looks like. So if you saw the Blue Square commercial during the Big game, take a second and really think about it. And if you want to show support, go to bluesquarealliance.org to learn more. And I'm talking about yay or jump off the plane for 50, so it don't even matter.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And let the record show 50 and Ja were on a plane together before. And 50 never 50 didn't even act like that. No.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. You can't risk getting put on the no Fly List, catching a federal offense for some fools.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but you know, Uncle Murder. Antonio, would you let them sit behind you and throw pretzels off the plane too?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I used to hold you talking about smd. That's gonna go beyond pretzels.

[DJ Envy]

These are grown ass men. And then what? They expected for Ja to sit on the plane and just let them torment him the whole time?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, nah, he mustn't take it out.

[DJ Envy]

They would too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Too someone from Jack Murder.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then.

[DJ Envy]

And then until they fight in the first class, until shots are thrown, you know, blows are thrown.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then what now they all locked up now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

No more bison in the. In the Scardinia.

[B Dot]

What is it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What do you say he be eating.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In the Swiss island?

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Someone from Ja Rule's team just got back to me and they said for now only one side pulled out a phone. On the record they wanted to mention on only one side put out a phone to record and conveniently edit their video. They mentioned at this point, this person is getting up to take his kid to school. He said, Ja Rule is about to be a grandfather. Tony Yayo not sure if he has kids or not. Uncle Murder mentioned on the Breakfast Club, he bought a house once he started to have kids. With all of that, we need to focus on love. Not sure why we're inserting ourselves in beefs at this point. Entertaining beefs or keeping beefs going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I'll be honest with you. I wouldn't even want that video out if I was any of them. You know what I mean? Because don't be surprised if somebody calls Delta just to report them, just to see what you saw on that. On that flight. That's the type of world we live in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And Delta, don't play about the first class. I did reach out to Delta to see if there were any repercussions that were going to happen, but Uncle Murder told me that they love Delta. There was no issue. They flew without incident after this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, yeah, y' all got sponsorships and stuff. Now y' all got the podcast, the Real Report.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The first episode dropped yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it did.

[DJ Envy]

I'm surprised Murder was up at 5am when you called him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He wasn't up. He woke up and he said, good morning, Lauren. And I was like, hey, good morning. And then after I was done, he was like, good job. Thanks for calling. I was like, thanks for waking up. I'm going. You can go back to sleep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What did 50 say when he was on a plane with Jai? He said. He just. He said every now and then he would get up and just walk around to make him uncomfortable.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got that audio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he didn't make a scene. Oh, you got the audio?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Let's take a listen to 50 on the breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So do y' all see each other? Like, I saw him.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We sat right in first class. Like, he sat on the other side, like. Like by the window, See? And I just. I sat down and kept getting up.

[Teddy Riley]

And moving around and things, seeing if anything would happen. No, just make him uncomfortable because I knew that he was by himself. It's like him and another guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you get a bully? How you get a bully? I'm the victim. I've been victimized so many times.

[Teddy Riley]

All they hear is the shot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They don't see the person you slapped before it gets to that point. They don't see what actually caused all of the things to happen. You know what I mean?

[Teddy Riley]

So it's really.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Josh, because he wasn't involved with nothing.

[Teddy Riley]

It's just. It just was him taking credit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you ever see you and Ja, like, pictures together? We say, insta vid or.

[Teddy Riley]

No, that won't happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some things don't just go away.

[Teddy Riley]

Like, it just won't go away. Like when the weather get ready to change and I can feel it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It reminds me that I should have a problem. Well, that's how Yale and Murder should hit. Yeah, that's a federal offense. Not to mention, you just got people that'll complain, people that'll send that video to Delta and just complain and say, look at this type of stuff. Y' all having first class?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, 100.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, why. Why bring those kind of issues on yourself?

[DJ Envy]

I'm definitely not staying. That's a flight from la. I want to get my nap in. It's a four and a half, five hour flight with the beds. That's just wild to me. I gotta sleep with one eye open because I know they're gonna throw some pressures on me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, then you get put on another flight. You don't know if the first class is even available. See, they gotta wait the next flight. Ja rule. I wouldn't even.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Phones out.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all recording.

[Mona Scott-Young]

They sent that straight to 50.

[DJ Envy]

My Lord, my Lord.

[Mona Scott-Young]

He's in front of us.

[Teddy Riley]

My Lord.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Like, come on, man.

[DJ Envy]

What do you want us to do, man? Look like I don't got time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, in the next hour, we're going to talk about. 50 Cent has asserted his beef in all the hours at the top of the show this morning. Because in the next hour we're going to talk about Cardi B and Stefan Diggs and this alleged breakup. I've been digging and I think I figured out some things, but 50 Cent is commenting on that as well, too. So we'll get into it.

[DJ Envy]

Did you reach out to them as well, too?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have, but we're gonna talk about that.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus. All right, when we come back, we got front page news. And then Teddy Riley will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody.

[Mona Scott-Young]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now, some quick sports. Steph Curry won't play in the 2026 NBA All Star Game due to runner's knee. So he is not playing this weekend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's All Star Game this weekend?

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I will not be watching. Oh, no, it's on Sunday, so I'll be watching it this weekend. I will be watching LSU play my University of South Carolina Women's Gamecocks, 8:30pm on ESPN. You heard me. Because that is going to be an incredible game. All right. Malaysia Fawali is from South Carolina, used to play for the University of South Carolina, transferred to go to lsu and this is the first time that they're meeting this season. So I'll be watching that this weekend.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, that's. That's gonna be a good game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it is.

[DJ Envy]

Wow. LSU is what, 5 and 1 and South Carolina is 3 and 3?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are you talking about? What?

[DJ Envy]

No, I guess not. No, no, that's men's football.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They lost two games all year.

[DJ Envy]

I lost two games. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Number three in the country.

[DJ Envy]

All right. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Teddy Riley]

Hey, good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

So the 2026 Winter Games are underway overseas. Have you guys been watching this or paying attention to it at all?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I've been watching the Olympians say how they don't like America.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, I see one sport. I seen the sport where they on the ice and they gotta. They throw like that little disc, and the disc slides into the something. I don't even know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hockey.

[DJ Envy]

No, it's not hockey. They're on ice skates. They throw some little funny disc. I don't know what it's called, but go ahead.

[Mimi Brown]

I don't know what it's called either, but this morning, the spotlight is shifting off the Games and into politics. So an American Olympic skier, Hunter Hess, he is defending himself after comments he made about representing Team USA sparked backlash. Let's listen to that.

[DJ Envy]

It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US Right now.

[Teddy Riley]

I think it's a little hard. There's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren't. I just think if it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I'm representing it. Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't.

[DJ Envy]

Mean I represent everything that's going on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In the U.S. yes, we are Americans. Americans have freedom of speech, and we carry that everywhere we go. And if he's not happy with the American government, he has the right to express that. That period.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. Well, the comment drew sharp criticism from President Trump, who called him a real loser and said he shouldn't have tried out for the team then if he wasn't going to love the USA or support the usa, whatever he interpreted that comment to mean. But now Hess is responding. In a social media post, he said that he loves his country, he's proud to compete, but also believes that. What you were saying, Charlotte, that America has the right to free to. To speak freedom freely. Right. That he shouldn't have to not hide how he feels. And he and other Olympians, they're also joining in. They're saying that they're proud to represent the U.S. but they believe that athletes should be allowed to voice their opinions and say. Said the same thing, basically. So you can still love your country and still want better for it. Now, the International Olympic Committee, they are aware of the political backlash or the. The political back and forth and they have declined to comment. Yeah, America is raising some eyebrows overseas and we've been talking about this landmark social media case that's happening here in California. That's the. Where the woman who was about 19 years old, she said that it damaged her mental health. Just, I think you and I were talking about this, right. Snapchat settled and then TikTok settled later. Well, now there is another major case underway, this time in New Mexico. So a high profile trial against Meta. It began this week. The state's attorney general, they are suing the company which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. We're talking about Meta. They're accusing it of failing to protect children from online predators. So prosecutors argue that Meta knowingly allowed young users to be exposed to sexual exploitation and inappropriate contact while continuing to design its platform in ways that attribute and keep teens engaged. Now, they claim that the company was aware of the risk, but they refused to fix it. Meta, they say that is not true. They say they have built in protection for teen accounts. They limit who they can message. They block adults from directly being able to contact them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Since when?

[Mimi Brown]

This is, this is their teen account, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, so if you have a teen account, they said that it gives parents more oversight so you can monitor what your teens do. Now, this trial is expected to last several weeks and it's being closely watched nationwide because there are a lot of states planning to follow suit depending on the outcome of this. So we have this case at the heart. It's going to decide whether social media did enough to protect children from predators. And the one here in California is deciding whether it did enough to protect people from their mental health, from anxiety, from depression and things like that.

[Mona Scott-Young]

So even if it is a teen.

[DJ Envy]

Account, when you're signing up for an account like that, that you can just lie and put your birth date in.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Like, it's not like that.

[DJ Envy]

It has a feature where you have to. A requirement where you have to upload your ID or something like that. Like, you, you can just lie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because that's what I used to do.

[DJ Envy]

On the porn sites when I was like underage.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And they, they would say, oh, am I Older than 18?

[DJ Envy]

I'm older. But I was like, they still ask.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You that on pornhub, depending on what state you are.

[DJ Envy]

I know, I know because I still see it.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, Instagram says that they have some software in place. I think it's some sort of AI that they're using now to detect based upon, like, what you're scrolling, what you're looking at to determine your age for those teen accounts. So we'll see. And this story is turning a lot of heads this morning. Chipotle may soon be leaning into a different kind of customer. And your burrito bowl could cost you a little bit more because of it. So during a recent earnings call, the company's interim CEO said Chipotle's core customer tends to be younger, digitally savvy, and have a higher income. Executives say about 60% of their. Their customers have higher household incomes. Let's listen.

[DJ Envy]

We learned that 60% of our core users are over $100,000 a year in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Income in average household income. That gives us confidence that we can lean into that group in a more.

[DJ Envy]

Meaningful way, whether it's the solo occasion.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, or group occasions to really drive.

[DJ Envy]

Meaningful transaction performance in the year.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that comment is now sparking backlash with, with him now coming back and saying that that's not exactly what he meant. He's kind of clarifying those remarks. So let's listen to that, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's a bit of, a bit of.

[DJ Envy]

Misinformation that's been communicated over the last few days. What I said distinctly on the earnings call is that 60% of our consumers average household income is over $100,000 a year and they're still spending in this, in this tough economy. So we're going to lean into those consumers with brand innovation, menu innovation, and really give them more compelling reasons to come in. But we, hey, we cater to everyone in all lifestyles. We have an offering for everyone, no matter where you come from or your lifestyle or your household income.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is very interesting. And that is such a. First of all, my daughter loves Chipotle.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, my daughters love it, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I'm saying. So she eats a lot of Chipotle. I never thought about who the target demographic for Chipotle is, because a hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. Like, like, only like 18 of all, you know, American adults earn over a hundred thousand dollars annually. So I know them kids ain't making that type of.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, but their parents are. But I would, I would see like, the way we look at Chipotle. I think a lot of people look at Chipotle as it's better than fast food. You know, they don't look at it as the same as a McDonald's or Wendy's or this, that a Taco Bell. It looks like a little better. So I think that's what he was trying to say, but I just don't know why.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No that's not what he was trying to say. He was trying to say sit your poor ass at home. Okay? All right. If you ain't making a whole 100,000 or more, we don't want you. That's what he was essentially saying.

[DJ Envy]

But watch. Ain't got shrimp though. Like, that's more money. That's a lot.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Shrimp are high as hell.

[DJ Envy]

They got steak, they got chicken, they got beef. Throw some shrimp in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But why would you say that? I don't understand, like, why as the head of a company you would say you're focusing on more high income customers. Why would you say anything?

[DJ Envy]

But that was an inside call, though. That was supposed to be inside.

[Mimi Brown]

I was going to say. Did he know that, that ear.

[DJ Envy]

This was an inside call.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, I didn't know that.

[DJ Envy]

Now this was an inside call. This wasn't supposed to go everywhere. This was supposed to be, you know, let's, you know, plan for next year.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Right, Right.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody leaked it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We taking the pole out. Chipotle. C H I T L E Chitle.

[Mona Scott-Young]

That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What if they have a Chitle menu when you walk? What if you walk in Chipotle from now on, they got the Chitle menu and the po menu. Oh, just po.

[DJ Envy]

Damn. Just beans and rice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Beans, no meat. Damn.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, now he's clarifying those comments, y'.

[Teddy Riley]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

He's basically saying he didn't mean it like that. And so he wanted to say that was some misinformation. They have menu items on there for everybody. No matter what your salary may be, you can still go to Chipotle and find something that you can afford.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, Right, Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He said okay.

[Mimi Brown]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because it's too late.

[DJ Envy]

We already heard you.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, those prices are expected still to go up by 1 to 2%, they said. So just look out for that. But that is your front page news. I mean Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown TV for more stories the Black Information Network or visit bin news.com.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Mimi.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, girl.

[DJ Envy]

All right now when we come back, Teddy Riley will be joining us and we're going to be kicking it with Teddy Riley. He has a new book called Remember the Times. We're going to talk to him next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed, icon.

[DJ Envy]

A legend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on now.

[DJ Envy]

Ladies and gentlemen, Teddy Riley.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome back.

[Teddy Riley]

Thank you, man.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you Feeling, man, you look good, Ken.

[Teddy Riley]

Thank you, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, Teddy, new book coming out called Remember the Times. Right, man, you got a lot of. First of all, you have an amazing story. But I was thinking when I saw the title, you got a lot of titles you probably could choose from, right? Like songs that you could choose titles. Why?

[Teddy Riley]

Remember the Times, Remember the Time is truly the biggest R and B record I've ever made.

[B Dot]

Really?

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah, but it's really not about the song. It's really about people remembering where I came from.

[Mona Scott-Young]

From.

[Teddy Riley]

And it's. You know, you can say so many things behind that, you know, remembering when I first wanted to be in music, when I first wanted to be a star, when I got picked up on the stage by Gladys Knight at five years old, you know, so Remembering those times just made me say, it's a great title. I didn't want to call it just Teddy Raleigh, you know, I feel like it's bigger than me.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, with this book, it's so hard to interview Teddy Riley because there's so many different lanes, angles, ways you can go. And I know so much about him, I don't even know where to start. So I guess we start with, when did you know music was gonna be your passion and was gonna be your love?

[Teddy Riley]

When I got busted.

[DJ Envy]

Talk about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Busted where?

[DJ Envy]

How?

[Teddy Riley]

When I got busted by the police. I used to be a hustler first, and, you know, I used to go to the club Harlem World to actually see all of my idols and people like Dougie Fresh, who I went to school with. And I think it was around maybe a few weeks after that, I felt like the most high was like, I'm gonna take you out of here. And then the crew, my crew, Shack crew, we all here. It's about 17 of us left. And they kicked me off the streets. It's like, nah, you can't come back on. And I said, okay. But I gave him a fight. And when I did that, you know, I felt like that was the right thing for them to do. And my guys always talk about it. My Guy supreme and Al Capone, you know, it's like, man, I wish they would have kicked us off the block, too. So. But, yeah, that's how what made me want to be in music. And just that was my only choice because I went back to church, played for the church, and did everything that I can to make ends meet for my family. My mother, single parent.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was it they heard that made them kick you off the street?

[Teddy Riley]

No, they always knew I did Music. I used to carry my little Casio around while hustling. I used to carry my Casio and. And they just. They used to rap while I'm playing. And actually, supreme is the one who's the skinny kid that Bat was battling big. He's the one who brought me to the crew. So, yeah, we. We're well connected, you know, when it comes to music, all of us did music. It's just that we didn't have a way to get into it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So when. When you moved to Virginia beach, right? You know, you grew up in Harlem, moved to Virginia beach, how did that shift? You know, how did that shift shape your. Your worldview and your. And your sound?

[Teddy Riley]

It didn't shift. It wasn't even a shift. I just went to Virginia. I. The reason why I went to Virginia. We used to go to Virginia every summer. Fourth of July, Fourth of July, Memorial Week, the whole summer. Used to go to Kings Dominion, you know, so I would go there every summer with, like, my friends from school. D. Ferg, Alpo, Rich Porter, all of us. We charter a bus and we just go. So one day I went actually with the mother of my daughter's mother. I went with her, and we were at the hotel. Was that the Holiday? It's not the Holiday Inn. It's called the Holiday. And I told her, I said, man, I would want to move here. And next thing you know, about two years later, I did it.

[DJ Envy]

What did you see special in Virginia?

[Teddy Riley]

The water. It was something in water, and it just made me want to be there. You know, Coney island wasn't it for me.

[DJ Envy]

Coney island wasn't it.

[Teddy Riley]

But it was something in the water of Virginia that made me just want to be there. And that's why I did the first video there. Ramshaker. It was history.

[DJ Envy]

Was Virginia accepting to you when you first moved in, when you first went there?

[Teddy Riley]

I didn't really know anybody. We came here. We came there just solo. We just came there and moved there. But we got a lot of people just. Just, you know, police pulling up on us because we all had, you know, Ferraris and cars and all of that stuff, and they would just kind of pull up on us, even at my house. And then when we had the studio, that's when everything started evolving into us being able to do talent shows and do stuff for the community. And basically what I did for the community was kind of kept the kids off the streets. I had basketball tournaments for the Bitties. I had celebrity tournaments. Allen Iverson and all those guys used to play for my team. So Virginia became just a. I mean, when I went there, there was no music. You know, that there was Jimmy buffett. And then after that, you know, just getting acquainted with the radio stations. I got a couple of people jobs. Like, what's shaggy? I got him his job at 104 and 103 and. Huh.

[DJ Envy]

103 jams.

[Teddy Riley]

103 jams. But he was at z. What's that?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, the other station for you.

[Teddy Riley]

So, yeah, just being able to be connected and help people just get jobs and opportunities for kids to play ball. And softball. We had softball team. We just had everything going. And that's what they recognized, but Virginia didn't recognize. To me, the people did.

[DJ Envy]

Do you remember meeting pharrell first time you met him? Remember meeting pharrell and chad? And what was that like the first time you met them? And did you see the greatness at that time of them?

[Teddy Riley]

Of course. When I gave the talent show, everybody was going for people saying, I will always love you and all of these high, long notes songs. And I said, no, they're not the winners. They're the winners. And they didn't even have the concept. They just went in, just freestyle.

[DJ Envy]

And it was Chad, if relative Chad.

[Teddy Riley]

You know, switching instruments. And that really intrigued me. I was, like, very impressed with what they can do. And that was my goal, Just to find more creators, you know, and just take them to the next level. So I did that for a lot of people. Rodney jenkins came down. You know, I just built a synergy that brought everybody to. I even had executives, Russell Simmons, all of them, they came down heavy d. So just. That's what made it big for me. It made it even more attractive.

[DJ Envy]

Now. You brought the community in. I remember going to that studio, used to have these times where he would bring students, local people and everybody just to come listen to projects, just to come listen to music. And I remember seeing. First time I ever seen it in my life. And this is gonna sound crazy now. I think you might have had the first plasma television in the world.

[Teddy Riley]

It's like, no, you know, that was a gift.

[B Dot]

From who?

[Teddy Riley]

From Michael Jackson.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Teddy Riley]

Really? He used to always, what? Come on.

[DJ Envy]

I think it was like 40, 50,000 for that television.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah, it was a lot. But I said I wouldn't buy any.

[Mona Scott-Young]

It.

[Teddy Riley]

But he just. You know, one thing I did with Michael, we built a brotherhood, you know, where this guy. Anytime when I had my. My daughter, my second daughter, he just bought everything for. I didn't have to buy nothing. So it was like that, you know, and when his kids. My kids used to babysit his kids, you know, when he came down to Virginia, you know, where did he stay.

[DJ Envy]

When he was in Virginia? Did you rent him a house? Was it a hotel? Cause it would have been crazy, the fact that Michael Jackson was in Virginia.

[Teddy Riley]

He tried to stay in the hotel, the Marriott. And that's the reason why I don't stay in that Marriott. I stay in a new hotel down the street. But they invaded his privacy. Wavy tv and they went in his room. A employee gave a key to the television station. They walked into this room and he was like, no, get out.

[DJ Envy]

He was in the room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where was the security?

[Teddy Riley]

No security. That's crazy. So I moved him out and put him in one of my places. And when I put them on, it's so private because I had bought a place in, like, a senior citizen community, and it was over. It had a golf course and everything. And I just said, you know what, Michael? Would you like to stay in here? He said, I would love to stay anywhere that's private. So I gave him the condo. It was brand new. And he bought the kids and everything. And then you mostly stay at the studio show or on the bus. So I would give him the bus, him and the kids. And, you know, while we made music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How when you did the show, you was like, what, 17, 18.

[Teddy Riley]

17.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. Well, I always wonder when you were. The Michael Jackson thing made me think about it, because when you were producing those hits as a teenager, who was protecting Teddy Riley, the kid? Like, you know, people might have been celebrating your genius at the time, but they might not have realized how young you were. So who was protecting you?

[Teddy Riley]

Nobody. Did you have the reason why? You know, a lot of things that back then I didn't know, and I sort of didn't have a concern because I just want my music. I wanted my music on the radio. I just wanted my music out there. And I blew a lot of opportunities at the same time. A lot of my business wasn't done. You know, Example, I did the Key Sweat album. I've only made fifteen hundred dollars from.

[DJ Envy]

That to this day. Jesus.

[Teddy Riley]

But I got the publishing, but I never got my royalties. No one never looked out for me. So now we're going through different channels because you can't, you know, have a person's name on the album and as a producer and not have a contract, you understand? So thank God I know the business now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So there wasn't times, though, when, like, even Michael himself was kind of like, trying to pour game into. Because I saw you say working with him around that time was like being in college. Like, you weren't. You weren't asking him those questions.

[Teddy Riley]

Oh, yeah. I mean, that's college. I learned a lot more than I'm supposed. You know, than I know that then.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Got you. Okay.

[Teddy Riley]

A lot more. And he just kind of schooled me on a lot of things, like, things that I should be doing. And then even Pharrell, you know, Pharrell noticed something that. Like, when we did the essence festival level, and Pharrell's like, yo, your name is on that. You gotta get paid from that. I was like, so those. Those are things that, you know, I feel like my friends, true friends, would, you know, say, yo, you got paid on that. You got paid on that. So now today is a whole total different day. It's a beautiful day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you never made no money off the show either because you was. Uncredited. Uncredited on that too, right?

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn.

[Teddy Riley]

I just wanted to hear my record on the radio, you know, I just had stars in my eyes and not business, you know, When I went down to Virginia, I was even a little more established. You know, I had a cool team. And, you know, actually the mother of my son was my manager, Maddie, and she helped me out a lot, you know? So my thing is, I like to be creative, and most times, you know, you don't think about the business aspect.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whose job is it to correct that, though? Cause, I mean, like you said, Doug, your fresh. Y' all went to school together. Y' all was cool. Like.

[Teddy Riley]

Like, well, with Dougie, that situation is a little different. And I'm cool. I'm really cool. Just my thing is, if I'm just being mentioned, I'm good. It's not about the money. It's really about, you know, the legacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that's what rich people say.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I know, right? You don't want to know. Was there ever a time where you lost it all?

[Teddy Riley]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

And what happened with that? Because, you know, and the reason I asked is I remember the studio, and then I remember they was like, now Teddy got rid of the studio in the bus. I'm like, that's Teddy's everything. What happens? I always wanted to know what happened during that time.

[Teddy Riley]

Around that time, I moved to California because the work wasn't coming to Virginia. So when I went to California, I just kind of just built myself back, and I actually filed bankruptcy there. And when I did that, it gave me a whole New change and so crazy. Right after filing bankruptcy, I say about maybe four or five months later, I just. I was back to where I was financially, business wise. I had built a new team, and then I wound up coming back to Virginia. But I came back to Virginia to fight for my kids, get the house in order. The studio was actually stolen from me with a gentleman who was actually serving about. I think he had a 33 year sentence. Troy Titus, the Titus family. And that happened because of Chauncey and myself. We just said, you know what? We gotta do something about this. So we wound up going on American greed and we had to testify. And there were so many other people for Pharrell in them. They were involved as well. He took money from a lot of people and, you know, kind of fortunately got us all, but he's seven time for it, and, you know, we're good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's interesting, you know, when I think about, like, you know, you even talk about not being credited for certain records. Like your mother told you early on, God's gonna bless you. You just take what he gives you, and he's gonna bless you much later. So was. Did that early lesson help you in those type of moments?

[Teddy Riley]

Yes. And that's the one thing I always feel when I make a decision. I always think about God. You know, it's like, wow, what would he do? Then I think about my mom. That's like the. You know, that would be the closer. You know, for me, it's always about, you know, our parents just like, you know.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah.

[Teddy Riley]

If kids do not lean on their parents, they're not gonna be straight. They don't fall short. That's right. So I always lean on my parents. And, you know, my godparents, they're still here. She's still here. And I still call her. You know, she's the one who named me Teddy instead of Thea because she didn't like Theodore. She's like, I'm calling him Teddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, Riley would have been kind of fire too, though.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Too long.

[Teddy Riley]

It is too long.

[DJ Envy]

Theodore Riley.

[B Dot]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Dude gave Majestic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You know, it's crazy.

[Teddy Riley]

That's the only thing Michael called me. He never called me Teddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Called you Theodore.

[Teddy Riley]

He calls me theater.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, wow.

[DJ Envy]

And that wasn't even your name.

[Teddy Riley]

What's that?

[DJ Envy]

That's not even your name.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, his real name?

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah, my real name is Theodore. Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Your godmother just was the first to call you Teddy.

[Mona Scott-Young]

I got you.

[DJ Envy]

I think about all the artists that you got a chance to work with and you created a sound, you created a project. I mean from, I mean did everybody from Bobby Brown to Keith Sweat to, you know, whatever. But I always think about if you would.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

We joke all the time on our show. People may think we hate on each other when we go back and forth, but the truth is that's the way we show love. That's respected, that's knowing where the line is. And that's why this message from the Blue Square Alliance Against Hate really sticks. Because real hate isn't playful. It's not jokes, it's not entertainment. The commercial during the Big Game showed a kid being targeted at school quietly, but in a way that happens way too often. And what really hit was the response. Someone chose to step in and show support instead of looking the other way. We talk a lot about culture, about community and having each other's backs. And this is what that looks like. So if you saw the Blue Square commercial during the Big Game, take a second and really think about it. And if you want to show support, go to bluesquarealliance.org to learn more. This episode is brought to you by the Burbs. A new Peacock original starring Emmy award winner Keke Palmer.

[Mona Scott-Young]

The mystery comedy series follows Samira, a lawyer and new mom who moves with her family into her husband's childhood home.

[DJ Envy]

While the peaceful suburb of Hinkley Hills may look picture perfect, it doesn't take long for the buried secrets of the.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Cul de sac to be unearthed. Let's just say it's a keep your friends close and your neighbors closer situation.

[DJ Envy]

Every episode of the Burbs is available to stream now only on Peacock. Ran your own label. Like a. Uptown. Like a. They would have all been signed to you, it would have been your sound, but you created all these sounds for all these different labels.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was Little Man a production company?

[Teddy Riley]

Little man was a label.

[B Dot]

And then.

[Teddy Riley]

Future was a label with mca. And when I left mca, I went to Interscope. So before that I was with Uptown, you know what I'm saying? So this is how the whole thing pretty much went. Andre Harrell came to the Rooftop. You guys are familiar with club in Austin Ring? Well, that was a roller skating ring that we owned. My partner, Robert Wells, Gusto, we built the studio up there. We started a record label. So it's Gusto, myself at the roller skating ring. Yeah, laveva and Greg G. And when we did that, Andre Harrell came up there because he wanted me to work with Heavy D. I'll be sure. And his artists before he came, like, before he came, he. It wasn't called Uptown. When he came uptown and he hung with us and he tried to, I guess, do a deal with my partners and I wasn't in, you know, a factor to it. I was just supposed to be the producer. And that's why everybody always see me as a producer instead of making me a partner. But my guys didn't do it and they didn't fall for the deal because I wasn't implemented as a partner. So that's what I mean by being pimped. So that's, you know, I wasn't fortunate or wasn't in the right room to be that Uptown, but they always wanted to give me a label which is a high furbished, you know, production company. So. But now it's a total different story. You know, I can pretty much do anything.

[DJ Envy]

What artist did you get a chance to possibly sign and say, you know what, you let go or you didn't do that deal?

[Teddy Riley]

I had many opportunities to work with Missy. Used to always come to the studio. The brat.

[DJ Envy]

Did you see the talent in Missy when she.

[Teddy Riley]

Of course, I'm the one who basically said to Missy, you should be solo because she was with the group's sister.

[DJ Envy]

Sister, yeah.

[Teddy Riley]

And she used to always come to the studio and she bought the group. You know, everybody's cool, but I said, you need to be solo. And she did it also. Who else, kid?

[DJ Envy]

The Brad brat.

[Teddy Riley]

The brat. I've known the brat since she was 14, and she used to come up with my best friend, Darn. And I didn't know what to do with her then, but when she went with jd, I was like, that's the perfect combination. You know, Sometimes you gotta, you know, let things be because it's gonna happen the way it's supposed to, you know? So who else? Chris Brown.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For real?

[Teddy Riley]

Chris Brown? Allen. Timmy Allen bought Chris Brown to Virginia, to the studio, to Virginia Beach. And then he was very, very young, and I didn't know what to do. I was so into Black street, you.

[DJ Envy]

Know, and that's my group.

[Teddy Riley]

I wasn't more like, you know, I was the creative one, working with my group, working with the groups, you know, when I had the time to work with groups outside of me and then worked with Bobby Brown and all the different ones. So I was kind of spread then, you know, to have a record label and then have this and sign this person. So, you know, I signed as many as I could and, you know, just kept it moving.

[DJ Envy]

What about Timbaland?

[Teddy Riley]

Timbaland was actually already signed working with Devonte. And, you know, but we all knew each other. Timbaland used to always come to the studio as well. And we just built a friendship, you know, because we all from, you know, from Virginia. I moved to Virginia and, you know, became from Virginia. So it was always a networking thing, and we always got had fun together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy. You didn't know what to do with Chris when you was a child. Protege yourself.

[Teddy Riley]

Well, I'm diff. I mean, I was more of producer. I was more of let me work with somebody, you know. But at that point in time, I was so into, like, building Black street, you know what I'm saying? Like, coming from Guy, I said, yeah, I gotta build something else, another dynasty. So I wasn't more into signing anybody at that time.

[DJ Envy]

So you were going for groups, like, not just solo artists.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah. Looking for another group anyway, too, because I signed 911. Used to be basic black today. Work with high five. And I was like, I love working with groups.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. Underrated group, man.

[Teddy Riley]

I'm actually working with them now. Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow. They got hits. That's a very underrated group.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah. So Tristan and I, the original members, they came back and we were coming together to do the new Jack Swing tour with Dougie and everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that's one of my favorite performances, is high five on Apollo Cloth when they did. I like. And the reason I like that performance so much is the coordination. Yeah, they all were dressed alike. The choreography was hitting. You could tell that they rehearsed and practiced. You don't see that too in too much of any group nowadays.

[Teddy Riley]

You don't see no groups. Well, that's my goal. You know, I'm looking at working with them and doing a partnership with them. Guy 2.0. And why you say 2.0? I say 2.0 because I can't say Guy because Guy is guy. But guy 2.0 is the new guys. And I can't wait for y' all to hear them, you know, All I'm doing is just keeping it consistent.

[DJ Envy]

Is Aaron in it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, he said new guys.

[DJ Envy]

But it's gonna be some of the old members, I'm assuming.

[Teddy Riley]

No, no, I don't think they're ready for this. This is a whole nother. Whole nother aspect of what music sound like and the consistency, because people are looking for consistency. That's the reason why we don't have groups, because everybody's breaking up. And I'm really tired now of just making people wait, especially to hear my music. How you gonna let a song go number one and you're not standing behind it? I like went number one. Booty call. You know, these records have got line dances and. And we sitting just dormant. Doesn't work that way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are you doing them a disservice by calling them Guy 2.0, though? Because I know they got you, but God damn, Teddy, let's chill. I like.

[DJ Envy]

It's a beautiful.

[Teddy Riley]

They're beautiful songs. It is, but ask them to sing it.

[DJ Envy]

Do you think? You know, everybody always has the conversation. Aaron hall and they always talk about R. Kelly taking Aaron Hall's whole thing.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think if first of all, for the new people that don't know what the hell you talking about, Spell that out. That sounded crazy.

[DJ Envy]

People would always say that R. Kelly stole Aaron hall style, stole the whole concept of the look, everything from Aaron Hall. What were your thoughts on that?

[Teddy Riley]

Nah, he was inspired. You can't steal. You know what I'm saying? It's like me giving you sounds. And I'm giving you sounds. I'm giving you sounds. We're not going to sound the same. R. Kelly does not sound like Aaron hall, and Aaron hall does not sound like R. Kelly. He has his own sound, and he. He developed his signature. Aaron developed his signature. He lost his signature. And I'm sad to say this, you know, we're on tour, and if you have to always do this to the crowd, it is what it is. And of course, I mean, you could say that Frankie Beverly, but at least Frankie Beverly went out there and gave it his all. When you go out there and don't give it your all and then you just gonna pass the mic, it just doesn't work that way. People want to hear your music, and they want to hear your record. And that's what I've been really tired of, especially making the music and being an architect of my sound. I want my sound to show. And there's so much I can't wait for you all to hear that I'm doing. I'm doing the Symphony new Jack Swing album with guest artists and people who come and sing my music with strings. And I just have a dream of just doing, like, the Carnegie Halls and something special for us as a people where we can be in tuxedos and be ghetto fabulous with this bed of music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So when the world was having all those other conversations about Michael Jackson, like the cases and all that stuff, right? You as a friend, like, how did. How did you. I guess how was supporting him through that time? Because he had done, you know, a whole different side of him, right? He had done so much for you as a friend. Like, how was.

[Teddy Riley]

I was always there. Yeah. I think y' all saw that I went up against Oprah. I was like, yo, this is not right. You know, the whole thing about all the lies about, you know, what they think he did. And I'm so happy that the actual evidence came up, you know, it was all a plan. And that's why I stay private.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Michael is the one person, you know how. And whenever celebrities get in stuff, they'd be like, they trying to tear him down. The system trying to tear him down. He was trying to buy NBC. He's the one celebrity I always say, like, nah, they really was trying to get Michael. Michael had way too much power. And I really hope that in the movie they explore, you know, what he did on the publishing side so people know how much power he actually had.

[Teddy Riley]

I hope so as well. I know that I have a few songs in there, but I'm hoping that, you know, they give that roadmap, because most times they just make the film and make it look glorious or whatever it is. But I think the truth needs to come out now.

[DJ Envy]

I think so, too.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

There you have it. Make sure you pick up the book.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Remember the Times, February 10th. Teddy Riley, the icon.

[DJ Envy]

Teddy, we appreciate you so much.

[Teddy Riley]

I appreciate y', all, too, you know.

[DJ Envy]

Done for this communities, this culture, this music industry, boy. Because like I said, the inspiration you gave so many kids is just the reason why a lot of kids, I'm sure, are in this music industry right now. Just seeing the kids from Harlem that was able to make it, it means a lot to people, brother.

[Teddy Riley]

I'm so grateful to even know that, you know, and kids come up to me. I do like NAMM and all of the different conferences, shows, and when I appear, you know, it's like a magnet. And I love it, you know, to be able to talk to them. So I've never done a master class, you know, which will be coming up soon. But all of this stuff is starting now, which I'm. I'm happy being that I know my business. I know how to do it, you know, and get the right. What I'm worth, you know, because I've never gotten what I want worth what I'm worth. Well, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen.

[DJ Envy]

It's Teddy Riley. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Teddy Riley. Man, make sure you go pick up his book. Remember the Times, the memoirs out today, actually.

[DJ Envy]

And he looks good still. Yeah. Salute said he's 60, right? Got to be 60.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I don't know how old he.

[DJ Envy]

I think he said about to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, he about to be 60. Y.

[DJ Envy]

Well, let's get to the latest.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. Little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

[DJ Envy]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through there she going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Laura on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool B.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to me.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Talk to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

LL Cool Babe. Big Low.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We are going back to the super bowl just real quick.

[DJ Envy]

Okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. So first up in super bowl news. So there has been these rumors circulating that Cardi B. And Steph Stefan Diggs have split. Now, this started. It does, because it started during super bowl weekend. Yeah. So it started during super bowl weekend for several reasons. So number one, fans had noticed that they had unfollowed each other. Now, I can say that this happened before. I'm following the unfollowing and the photos being removed off the page. That has happened before. We reported on that here. But then there was a moment when Cardi B was on. She was on the carpet for a celebrity game that she was hosting and it asked her about any words. She has to step on Diggs before the game. And she responded this way that got people going on. Let's take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

Before the game. One inspired message.

[Teddy Riley]

Good luck.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was her body language with the good luck. She was talking to ESPN in that clip. Now, I reached out yesterday every place that I could.

[DJ Envy]

Of course you did.

[Teddy Riley]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, because it's, it's rumored right now. And I was trying to get more clarity on what happened, why, whatever, before I could report, but no one has responded back to me. Now, normally I will say causes all of that. No, it's the removing of the photos on the page as well and them unfollowing each other. And that's all.

[DJ Envy]

That's all that she said.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She didn't say, that's my nail. She's going off for him. She has turned into like the ultimate football girlfriend. Like literally. And we have heard or seen nothing. There was supposed to be this huge million dollar party after the Super Bowl. That did not happen. Of course he didn't win. But I'm assuming they still would have celebrated the fact that he made it there. There's also been conversations about whether or not this has something to do with. With invites because there was, you know, one of his best friends that was in the audience with his family and also a mother of one of his new children. So I'm the best girl.

[DJ Envy]

What the best friend got to do with it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because it's a girl that allegedly used to deal with offset. Oh, my God. Yes. Now I'm waiting for a response from any old body to please get back. Yeah, as of right now, that's all we have on that. But if I get anything, hopefully after this, I don't have a reply.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mind your business. Business.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, because they know that if I'm reaching out, if they know that if I'm reaching out, I'm trying to make sure that we do our due diligence up here and not just lean into what is being said. And normally I will say my sources in this area give me something to like, make sure I'm able to speak.

[DJ Envy]

Clearly and give you nothing yet.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everybody backed off of this one. I don't want nothing to do with this one.

[DJ Envy]

Maybe they're figuring it out, baby daddy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, we'll see what happens. Now 50 Cent posted. Can you imagine? He posted a photo of Cardi B and Stefan Diggs. Can you imagine Waking up this morning and you done lost your b in the Super Bowl, I would tell everybody, get away from me. Have a drink and go back to sleep. Now, in other super bowl news, speaking of people upset and going through some things, the people on the right are still really, really upset that Bad Bunny got the chance to perform at the Super Bowl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ain't they though?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it's like really, really bad. So Kid Rock was on Fox News yesterday with Laura Ingraham and he shared his thoughts on Bad Bunny. Let's take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

What'd you think of Bad Bunny? I know you didn't see all of it, but you saw some clips. I like most people, I didn't understand any of it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I saw there's a lot.

[DJ Envy]

Of dancers and a lot of big to do stuff and you know, he said he wanted to have a dance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Party, looked like he had one. I, you know, not my cup of tea.

[DJ Envy]

But I don't fault that kid for, you know, doing the super bowl, getting in front of a global audience. I fault the, you know, I fought.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The NFL for putting him in that position, you know, and turning point for.

[DJ Envy]

Having to come out and have an alternative for people to watch, you know, it's just. Poor kid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't understand y' all because I don't understand why you so upset at good business. Because at this point, you can't say Bad Bunny was anything but good business. You see the numbers, well, they're gonna.

[DJ Envy]

Stand on the fact that they, they saying that it didn't speak English. And the majority of people that watched the super bowl or Americans and they speak, that's what they're leaning on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Territory.

[DJ Envy]

I agree, I agree. And I don't think you needed to understand what he was saying to feel the vibe. But I do, like we said yesterday, yesterday when Jamie Foxx yesterday posted what he was saying, it meant a whole lot more to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can understand that.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, speaking of the numbers yesterday, we talked when we had some callers call in about that viewership record that Bad Bunny had broke. I got a call yesterday and I want to clarify that that number that is being reported, the 135 million to 142 million viewers, that record that he broke, that is not true. The numbers have not come in yet. Nielsen can't report that fast. So they gonna break all. It's predicted that he is going to break the records for sure. But I want to say that that number is not the number yet.

[Mimi Brown]

And when.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, when that number hits, I will be letting you guys know right here on the Breakfast Club. Now, one other thing I wanted to point out. Yesterday, there was a White House official, and I thought that this was crazy because the way that they're talking about this is insane. Right? So his name is Alex Brucette Bruise. Alex Brucewitz. He's a political consultant and former top advisor for President Trump's 2024 campaign. He tweeted yesterday, calling Jay Z and Roc Nation anti American and anti Trump, where he called. Called Roc Nation anti Trump, anti American. And he's mentioning this because they let people like. He says people like Bad Bunny and Green Day, who both hate Trump in our country and law enforcement, perform at the Super Bowl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Green Day ain't never performing no Rock Nation Super Bowl.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They did, like, the little opening show. They were a part. Yeah, they did. And Trump was upset about them as well, too, because they've come out and publicly, like, win against.

[DJ Envy]

Did they perform after Coco or before Coco?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was before.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bunny, really? I think it's. I think it started with Kendrick last year that was too black, and then now Bad Bunny this year it was way too brown. They couldn't take it. Yeah, this is like. This is like Barack being president and then Hillary being the nominee that we. The. The. The. After his.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A baby, Lord Ingram got on her show and called him everything but a child of God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, Bad Bunny.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, Lord.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's really, really bad. I mean, I have the audio. I don't know if we have time to play it.

[DJ Envy]

And they were so happy to see all them Latina people having.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And fun.

[Teddy Riley]

Like.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I was. I saw an article yesterday. A lot of the small businesses that he featured, their business is going crazy now. There was a taco stand. The line was wrapped around the. They had, like, so much media outside of their businesses.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Next for the halftime show. I've been thinking about this.

[DJ Envy]

What's it gonna be next year?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Electric Slide?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because we had Kendrick Lamar.

[B Dot]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And after Kendrick, I was like, okay, they definitely probably going back to Texas.

[DJ Envy]

I thought he was going back to white.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I thought they was. But then they.

[Mona Scott-Young]

With.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With Bad Bunny, which I didn't even think of. But when you hear it, you're like, oh, that makes a lot of sense. What could they do next?

[DJ Envy]

Well, you know what.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What can they do to piss people off more?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think they think about it like this. They're only. They're putting on the biggest artist of.

[DJ Envy]

The year at that time. Like, Kendrick made sense.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gr Makes sense.

[Mona Scott-Young]

It got to be one of the Asians.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It got to be K Pop.

[DJ Envy]

There we go. Hello, K Pop. They gotta be Y and they gotta bring Jackie Chan and Jet Le out. Just want you to know what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

K Pop artist is having a big year in America.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's the Demon hunter?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are they American? I just know my kids like them. I don't know what.

[DJ Envy]

You got to bring a squid game. They not on the same. They're not on the same. They're from different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think they real, though. They're not real people.

[DJ Envy]

K Pop Demon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

K Pop.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yes, they are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think they are. I don't have kids.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just know the name.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, K Pop. They do K Pop crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't want to see no K Pop.

[DJ Envy]

They could, and then now they, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just don't want to see no K Pop.

[DJ Envy]

That's how they feel about K Pop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My kids listen to K Pop all the time, and I can't get into K Pop.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, they got these representatives out here trying to make legislation because of Bad Bunny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just wonder what Rock Nation is going to do next for the halftime show. And that's probably why the White House is targeting them, because they probably pissed the hell off.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Oh, no.

[DJ Envy]

How many more years, J guy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know if they resigned and they resigned to do extra. They didn't officially five years ago.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't think they officially announced last year.

[DJ Envy]

If it's my last year, I'm before performing. I'm ending on the bank. I'm just gonna perform. Jay and others, though. Yeah, Jay put on the way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what? If the White House is calling him anti Trump and calling him anti Maga? What is it? Anti American. He would be the person that could piss them off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

According to what I'm looking at here, they extended the partnership with Roc nation for. For five years back in October 2024. So it's at least through 2029. So they got some time to make some people upset.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, that's the latest for Laura. Show them, man. Who you giving that donkey, too?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Before. After the hour. Let's continue this conversation. I need Megyn Kelly and Jesse Waters to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them, please.

[DJ Envy]

All right. And then after that, Mona Scott Young will be joining us. We're gonna kick it with Mona Scott, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is America.

[DJ Envy]

There is no question that there are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Problems in this country between police and community. Yes, you are a donkey.

[DJ Envy]

The latest on that police killing of a black man.

[Mimi Brown]

Not a new development in the deadly spa shooting rampage.

[DJ Envy]

And yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And so we are in a state of emergency, okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

White supremacist violence is and always has been the number one threat to our society.

[B Dot]

But I'm also very proud that my.

[DJ Envy]

Wife is white, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club, bitches.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Charlene, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day? Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donkey of the day for Tuesday, February 10th goes to Megan Kelly, Jesse Walsh, us. And everyone who is highly, and I mean highly upset over Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl. We knew there was going to be criticism. There is nothing in life that doesn't receive criticism, okay? I tell y' all about the rule of 10 all the time. My guy, Cadillac Jack, drop on A clues bombs for Cadillac Jack. Cadillac and G spin, they put the Breakfast Club together. And Cadillac told me this years, years, years ago, man, three people gonna lie. I mean, three people. Three people gonna lie like it. Three people not gonna like it, and four people don't even know what the hell happened, okay? And that applies to everything in life, including super bowl halftime performances. Personally, I'm one of the people who liked it. I loved it, okay? I don't have to know the words to know the vibes, all right? Positive energy is contagious, and it was a lot of positive energy coming from that stage. And if you can find a way to be mad at a man for performing in front of hundreds of millions of people. Insane. The only thing more powerful than hate is love. If you can find a way to be mad at that, then I have to be the first to tell you that you probably missed a message, okay? Yesterday, I saw Laura Looma tweet, the NFL should apologize to the American people for flooding the super bowl with foreign flags. Totally disgraceful. There's nothing American about this. President Donald Trump said the super bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst ever. It makes no sense, is an affront to the greatness of America, and doesn't represent our standards of success, creativity, or excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying. And the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching throughout the USA and all over the world. This show is just a slap in the face to our country, which is setting new standards and records every single day, including the best stock market and 401ks in history. There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a halftime show. And watch it will get great reviews from the fake news media because they have haven't got a clue of what is going on in the real world. And by the way, the NFL should immediately replace this ridiculous new kickoff rule. Make America great again. Latinos for Trump. How do y' all feel? I really would like to know. How do y' all feel? President Trump said a Puerto Rican man. Puerto Rico is a U. S. Territory. By the way, a Puerto Rican man, US Citizen performing at the super bowl is a slap in the face to our country. Country, okay. As if that's not our country too. Okay. My God. But then you have Megyn Kelly and Jesse Walters mad that the whole show was done in Spanish. Let's listen.

[DJ Envy]

I like the super bowl not to be an international event. I like it when we kind of all come together as Americans. Especially when it feels like the NFL is just using it as a marketing ploy to recruit Latin American audience on the heels of Latin America invading this country. 20 million pouring in and that's what you see. You see all these foreigners speaking a foreign language with foreign flags marching into the camera like a caravan. Too soon. This was an open borders moment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody knows it.

[DJ Envy]

That's what's going on here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To get up there and perform the.

[Mimi Brown]

Whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is supposed to be a unifying.

[Mimi Brown]

Event for the country.

[DJ Envy]

Not for the Latinos, not for one small group, but for the country.

[Mimi Brown]

We don't need a black national anthem.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We don't need a Spanish speaking, non English performing performer.

[Mimi Brown]

And we don't need an ICE or America hater featured as our primetime entertainment. And the halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American. Not Spanish, not Muslim, not anything other than good old fashioned American apple pie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

There should be a meatloaf, maybe some fried chicken and an English speaking performer.

[DJ Envy]

That's what the super bowl should be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus, fried chicken is the black. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

The black side was fried chicken.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bread. You're Puerto Rican. I'm sorry that you got to go through this. Envy. You're Dominican. I'm sorry that you have to go through. I'm black, sir. Jess, your in laws are Mexican. I'm sorry that y' all have to go through this, okay? Megyn Kelly said that we should keep it quintessential American when it comes to the super bowl halftime performance. Jesse Waters said he doesn't like when the sports super bowl is an international event. America. I Don't know if y' all know or not, but before this year, there have been 13 non American performers. Okay? So I'm trying to figure out is the issue that he wasn't performing in English because Puerto Rico is part of US Territory, Residents of Puerto Rico are US Citizens. So is it the language? Because you can't, you know, tell me that you want to keep it an international event. It should be quintessential American when 13 non American performers. Performers have already performed, okay? Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, YouTube, Shania Twain, Sting, Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the who, Coldplay, Shakira, the Weekend, Rihanna. I don't remember y' all complaining about any of them. Okay? I wonder if Enrique Iglesia, Shakira would upset this administration, and if so, why? If they were to perform now, would they upset this administration, and if so, why? I think I know the answer, okay? And I have a question. What did Brown do to you? Jesse Waters, Megan Kelly? The way y' all acting over Bad Bunny is how y' all should be acting over the Epstein list, okay? Yesterday, lawmakers Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie was supposed to be reviewing some of the Epstein files under the Epstein Files Transparency act, which Connor and Massie co authored. And it requires federal agencies to. Federal agencies to provide unredacted records from the FBI and granted juries related to Epstein's criminal case. And guess what? They were still redacted, okay? In fact, Ro Khanna and Thomas Matthew said the Justice Department redacted the names of at least six men who are likely incriminated by their inclusion in the Epstein files. Why aren't you outraged about that? Megyn Kelly and Jesse Walters. That's what people should be upset about, okay? They should be upset about how the government is playing in our face and protecting powerful men who are potentially pedophiles. Okay? Listen, you know, a Bad Bunny performance made me want to do learn Spanish, okay? Because I like the energy of his music, okay? And my kids, you know, learn Spanish in school, so I'm like, you know what? Let me keep up so they're not cursing me out behind my back, okay? And. And I want to know what the hell he is saying, okay? I'm not going to sit around and complain that it's not in English. I'm going to get on his level. And that is the beauty of America, okay? America is the great American melting pot. A society where immigrants from diverse cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds blend together to form a single, harmonious and stronger unified culture. That is what Makes America truly great and always has. Okay? America for a lot of people is one big teachable moment. And if you stop learning, you start dying. You know who said that? Albert Einstein. So guess what, Jesse and Megan, you might be dead on your the inside. Please give Jesse Waters and Megan Kelly the biggest he. Jesus Christ.

[B Dot]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for that. Donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren Laros is here as well. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

Mona Scott Young. Welcome back.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Thank you. Good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Mona Scott-Young]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Mona Scott-Young]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Mona Scott-Young]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Mona Scott-Young]

Good morning. On Fumes. Exhausted, but I'm so. I'm happy.

[DJ Envy]

You're always working.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Always working.

[DJ Envy]

I seen a video yesterday and I don't know how true it is, but they said love and hip hop is over.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I don't know.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Who knows?

[DJ Envy]

No, it's not.

[Mona Scott-Young]

There's so many changes happening over there. I have no idea.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

That was your baby. That's the reason I was asking.

[Mona Scott-Young]

No, absolutely. But all babies grow up. They leave the nest.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you're doing. You doing movies now, right?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I am, yes.

[DJ Envy]

Concerts as well.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Concerts as well. I've started promoting tours. I got bit by the bug when I did Missy's tour and the queens of R B, you know, so I've continued to do that. Yep. Been doing some radio dates, so that's been fun.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, before TV and like before movies, you were managing art artists. Like, what skills from artist management translated most directly into building the entertainment empire you have now?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I think, you know, the relationships with talent, being able to kind of bridge that gap and getting them to deliver on services and just relationship management overall, you know, that's probably the biggest skill set that I think I bring to production.

[DJ Envy]

You've been with Missy for so long, you know, most times you don't see a manager doing it for that long.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

How has that relationship been so solid for that many years?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I mean, I think it's because it's transcended work. Right. We're friends as well, and, you know, we really kind of appreciate each other on a level beyond the business, and so there's a respect level there that I think, you know, keeps the relationship going. Yeah. Busta, too. I mean, exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tyrese, right?

[Mona Scott-Young]

He's going.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And I just started working with Tyrese.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why such a headache late in your career?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Like, because I. Because I love adventure.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he's.

[Mona Scott-Young]

He's incredibly talented. And I always say that, you know, part of my primary directive as a manager is when I see talent and I know that I can do something to help bring it to fruition. You know, I. I want to be there. I want to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, that's how recent, though. And he's. And he's super. He's very, very creative.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah, he's incredibly creative, super talented, and he's a good person. Right. So for me, that's important as well. Yeah, I put a lot in the life's too short bucket, but he's just a good person. So.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When it comes to Missy and Buster, what did you recognize in them that the industry didn't before they. Before everybody did?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Just their sense of uniqueness. Right. To have managed the two of them for so many years, they are like the yin and yang, you know, and. And incredibly unique, incredibly passionate, and have kind of that ability to transcend time.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Even taking Missy out on tour, people were so surprised. That was the first time she had ever headlined a tour because she feels so omnipresent.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was surprised.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah, exactly. People were like, wait, what? And I was like, no, trust me, I was there. I'd know.

[DJ Envy]

But.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And Busta, you know, still doing it, still hands down, the best, you know, to ever do it when he gets on that stage. So for me, I've had the incredible privilege of being part of two super unique, super special careers that are still going strong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I'm saying. So when you see greatness like that, right, and see what they became, the longevity and everything, how do you even spot that now? Like, I don't even know if that's something that can be duplicated like that.

[Mona Scott-Young]

It's so crazy you say that, right? Because my kids, I'm always like, what on earth are you all going to be listening to in 20 years? Right? It's.

[DJ Envy]

And.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And there's something to be said for, you know, what they're enjoying now. But I do believe that the, the artist development, the art form of being an entertainer. Right. Has been lost and that's what creates the longevity right now. What you're seeing is a lot of people who are as strong as their latest hit, right? You got the hot record, you're popping right now, you're on fire. But what is going to give you that staying power, right? Are you going to be around 20, 30 years from now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you ever feel like the success of reality tv, it boxed like a lot of black creatives in the one lane, Even though, even though it was giving a lot of people opportunity, it didn't necessarily give you a lane, I guess, to showcase talent.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Well, it's hard, right? Because I think the Internet had a lot to do with it as well because it leveled the playing field for artists right before where you had to have a major system to gain exposure. Now the exposure was literally at your fingertips. But I think what reality did was it again provided that same kind of wide exposure. It's all about how you positioned yourself and how you took advantage of that platform. Right. So like I said, it was a, it's a double edged sword. It had its good side and its bad side. But I think when you didn't understand how to, you know, use it to your benefit, you allowed yourself to be pigeonholed. Because we've seen people who were able to rock out and move into different directions, create and take advantage of opportunities that did not exist, exist prior to them having that platform. So I think it's all about, you know, understanding the business model and how to work it to your benefit.

[DJ Envy]

Do you miss it at all? I'm sorry, do you miss that part of the game?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I mean, I still do. Unscripted.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Mona Scott-Young]

But again, it's always about evolution when you talk about staying power. It's about being able to take an opportunity, utilize it to catapult you to the next level. Right. So it doesn't just apply to what I say to the talent on the show. I've had to apply that to.

[DJ Envy]

They criticize you a lot for love and hip hop and some of the things that they. How do you take that criticism?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I mean, everybody's got an opinion, right? People criticize y'. All, you guys know who you are, you know what you're doing. I'm not, you know, I don't live my life based on what other people think. So it's. No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is there any, you know, it's funny, Mona Long, this is long, long time ago, she gave Me a call one time, you know, because of my criticism of the show. And her perspective made a lot of sense to me because, you know, I didn't realize. Well, I'm not gonna say I didn't realize, but, yes, some of these people had never been on television before, and they got opportunities that they never would have gotten if they didn't get that platform.

[DJ Envy]

And then you see a lot of.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Them now, like, elevating and doing things.

[DJ Envy]

Beyond, you know, listen. And you provided me a catalog growing up. That was my. I was, man, every franchise of love and hip hop was exceptional except Los Angeles, you know, how.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right, right, right.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Was my content.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I, I, that's when I started doing Jess with the Mess. That was my first Jess with the Mess. I used to do it on the episodes Love and Hip Hop New York. That was my whole childhood.

[Mona Scott-Young]

I still watch the Beginning New York.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Mona Scott-Young]

When you ask me how do I deal with the criticism, it's stories like this, right? Everything has its good side and its bad side. You have to be prepared to take it out. I can't enjoy the benefits of and not be prepared to deal with the, you know, perceived backlash.

[DJ Envy]

You ever wish you started your, your own network during that time because you had the shows, you had everything, like. Cause it could have been your own network.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Listen, what a coulda, shoulda. I try not to live with regret. Right. Everything I do, I do it with intentionality. And it's what's for me at that time.

[Teddy Riley]

Gotcha.

[Mona Scott-Young]

I mean, there's a lot on the horizon now that I would have never have contemplated way back then, but, you know, I take everything in stride.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You still get surprised by things that come your way.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Absolutely. Absolutely. Every single day I get up, I. You know, what I love about living life every day is I never know what, you know, is around the corner. And so I'm still excited about the things that I'm doing now. I never thought I'd be producing tours as much as I, you know, represented talent and went out on tours with them, but who thought I would be putting it together? Soup to nuts. Right. So that allowed me to exercise another area that I'd never thought of before directing. I never saw myself as a director. Right. And now moving into, you know, live stage productions and features. Those are all, you know, I'm still excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was something people, the audience thinks they understand about love and hip hop that they completely get wrong?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Listen, it has evolved tremendously, and I think there were times later on when people felt like they wanted to Add water and stir to the form formula, right? So I'm just gonna come in and do this thing that's gonna, you know, make me the meme of the day, whatever. But in the beginning, what people didn't understand is that this, like we said, was really their lives. And it was difficult for them. Like, there were so many hours spent after a difficult scene, like, you know, talking somebody through it and. And really helping them deal with whatever it is that they had just experienced for real on television, knowing that the whole world is going to see this thing that just happened to me, you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Know, Is it true? I know. I've heard Jim Jones talk about this. Another love and hip hop myth, that originally it was supposed to be about him and Chrissy's life. And they developed the idea, like he says, like he created love and hip hop. Absolutely.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Well, listen, I talk about it openly all the time, right? When Jim Ackerman, who was the executive at VH1, came to me, Yandy was managing Jim Jones at the time. They had an idea that they had pitched, which was centered around Jim that they were developing for, I think, two years and couldn't kind of figure out the right formula. And I think Jim was going through a lot of things at the time, and when they turned the cameras on, he would just. Was not in a space where he wanted to do it. And so there were a couple of iterations before we landed on what people came to know as love and hip hop. I mean, we tried to do something with Mama Jones and, you know, the dynamic between her and Chrissy, and, you know, so there were a couple of things that we tried. And then when it was more about these ensemble casts, it was like, well, let's spread it out. Let's look at the friends. Let's see who else is in the world. And I've said also, the person who came up with the name was Emily. You know, we were sitting there going through a bunch of different names, and Emily was like, loving hip hop. And we're all like, yeah, yeah, that sounds great.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yeah. Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now they gonna say, why didn't they get equity in it?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Because if you understand the business of television at that point in time, this was an unproven concept.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Mona Scott-Young]

There was nothing like it on television. Everybody was kind of locking arms and trying something. It could have been an epic fail, and then you would have had 100% of zero. But when you do television, it's work for hire, right? They. They were not investing money. And this is. Is the business side of Things that people need, you know, to educate themselves on and understand. Nobody came to the table and said, I want to fund this. I'm going to own this thing and license it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Mona Scott-Young]

This was an idea that was purchased and paid for by a network, and everyone developed it for that network.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When your legacy is discussed, right. Like 20 years from now, what do you hope people say you changed about tv, not just what you profited from?

[Mona Scott-Young]

I don't know that I'm necessarily as interested in hearing what I changed about TV as much as I am the impact that I had on people's lives. You know, think about the number of cast members that have come through just that franchise, never mind all the other things that I've produced and the other things that I've done in my career and in my lifetime. Right. And just knowing that in whatever shape or form, in whatever scope and scale that I had an impact on. Helping someone, you know, realize their dream, helping someone get one step closer to, you know, their full potential or understanding what their space is in the world and how to be in that and live it and. And live up to it, that's, to me, way more important.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mona Scott-Young]

And again, that's when, you know, talk about accolades or talk about criticisms, none of that, you know, has any bearing for me, because as long as I every single day, understand what my intentions are, maintain my direct relationships, know the impact that I've had on their lives, whether it's been publicized or not, none of that stuff, you know, matters to me. Do you have any other movies that you're doing? Absolutely. We're developing a ton of stuff. Absolutely. Yes. Some I can talk about. Very excited to be working with Suzanne DePass. The legend. Right, Exactly. We have several projects that we're developing. Also a project that I have been pursuing for a very long time. When I did my first TV show, one of the judges on the road to stardom with Missy Elliott was Tina Marie. And so I have been passionate about seeing Tina Marie's story come to life. So that is a project that I'm working on with her daughter, Aaliyah Rose. So, yes, I'm very excited about that. But, yeah, no, many, many more things to come in the pipeline. So.

[DJ Envy]

Well, if you need any more actresses.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Of course you are on my very short list. Absolutely. Very short list. And, Charlemagne, I will be following up with you on my podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Beautiful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I wanted to ask you, too. I know you've always been proudly Haitian.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right. Do you have anybody impacted by the ending of the TPS status.

[Mona Scott-Young]

I mean, not directly. It's just a horrible, you know, thing that is. Listen, the state of the world in general is crazy and chaotic right now. But yeah, there's a lot of extended family, a lot of, you know, friends who have family that is being impacted by this. But it is, you know, part and parcel with everything that's going on in, in its entirety in this world right now. Like, we can't just, you know, look at what's happening to Haitian Americans. Look at what's happening to us in general. Like, like, it's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Mona Scott, we appreciate you for joining us. Don't forget Mary J. Blige presents Be happy. Make sure you definitely check it out. And thank you for joining us.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Thank you for having me, guys.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fan. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody, some details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on.

[DJ Envy]

The.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it's the latest brought to you by Top Dog Law on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me. Top Dog Low.

[DJ Envy]

Top Dog. What you gonna do if a dog bite you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you gonna do? All right, y' all give them no ideas, please.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, let's get into this latest. So Glorilla has responded again to all of the family drama that is going down. She was live on Facebook and she was explaining kind of her side of things because, you know, her sister was accusing her of not taking care of her family, including her mom and her dad. And she actually brought her mom and her dad on the live. Now let's take a listen to Glorilla speaking to her mom on the live. Mom, you keep doing what you want to do.

[DJ Envy]

You keep getting spoiled every month, and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You keep working because you want to.

[DJ Envy]

Work, because you don't want to lay on your back and beg nobody for nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The girl told where we were the hours that we were going, so we had to resign.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How many hours was you working there anyway?

[Mona Scott-Young]

Two, three.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you're going to work two, three hours, but she acting like you just need to go work there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm pretty sure that's 200.

[DJ Envy]

She didn't know we were working at first. And when I couldn't give her the money, I did, you know, and I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Said, well, you know, I'm working.

[DJ Envy]

She said, you working? So that made her think that I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was struggling it's cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My you taken care of. You know you can get whatever you want. You don't gotta explain nothing.

[DJ Envy]

I let you come on here on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Live on my life so they can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hear your side of the story. Oh, Magla really even gotta do that? Yeah, man, she don't have to do that. You don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She don't at all. And she also got her dad on the live as well too. Let's take a listen to Glorilla talking to her dad. Let me call my dad.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Hold on.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, baby, I don't get on now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause I look dead. All y' all my truth. Victoria need her ass whoop. I'm the dead. I love all my children, but I do not. I appreciate what Victoria's doing to my family name.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I really don't tell the world how I treat you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look, you have been outstanding. I could never pay you back for all. I don't lost count.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's all that matters. You and my mama taken care of. And I'm happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know you take damn good care of me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You take damn good man. You deserve it. Never pay you back for all these d. You don't bought me car party and gave me part. You gave me plenty of money. I done traveled all over the United States with you. You haven't seen my wildest dream that glory you know I love all y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All good bad news.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm. I'm really sad Glorilla had to do that. And I ain't hear mama or daddy say the three words that the sister needed here. And that's get a job.

[DJ Envy]

I think she has a job. Don't you have a job?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't. I don't know where she's working. I saw that she's like hosting events and doing skits and stuff now.

[DJ Envy]

But she had the FedEx job up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know if that was like a real uniform or they just put her in that because she was talking about how her mom was working at FedEx. I don't know. But I know she is hosting things now. I saw a flyer the other day and it was like hosted by Glorilla's sister. Now, gorilla did talk.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on. You shouldn't even. By the way, you shouldn't want to be known as that. You shouldn't want to be known as Gloria sister. Go figure something else out on your own.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sitting. I'm upset at GLOW that even had to post that like it's your family business. You do what you want to do you work hard? You keep your making these hits. You're on tour, you're working your ass off f everybody else. Your mom and daddy good. That's all that matters.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's all that matters. And. And at the times I've seen glow, I've seen her with her family, I've seen her with her brothers and you know, she introduced this my brother, this my sister. So I don't understand it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, Glorilla talked a bit about of that herself. Like when she was just on a live by herself. About the siblings that she does deal with and what the situation is between her and this particular sister. Let's take a listen to that. Ain't gonna talk about how you got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Me sent to jail for a whole week.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How you tried to shoot me and set me up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You could have been saying my name deposit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You went about the wrong way shot.

[DJ Envy]

Now you'll never get a penny out of me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'mma leave you alone because the world don't know that you are like literal mental patient and they laughing at you and not with you. I could have got on there and told them how you broke out of Lakeside, how you had to take an IQ test and they determined that you had to go to the mental hospital and how you broke out. That the world is making fun of you and I hate that for you. But continue to get your money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Continue to do whatever you do, but.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do it on your own of your own name. I'm. I don't with you. My feelings that I don't with. They know why I don't with them. If I didn't you seven years ago. I still don't you no matter that I got money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't owe you a thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Go live screaming at the phone with your goddamn schizophrenic and make you some money and keep my name out your mouth. Keep my whole family name out your mouth.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She should have said I hope you heal. And if I'm going to give you any money, it's going to be to pay for your therapist.

[DJ Envy]

I could have told him you only had nine fingers. But I ain't say that though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey yo. And do you feel I curse her.

[DJ Envy]

Test and that's why showing your nine fingers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I don't know stud can make some money. There's a circus hiring for that right now. Come see the nine fingers.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Tory Lanez.

[DJ Envy]

Give her 2500.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is yeah the Tory Lane Center. $2500. On social media she because she posted and talked about it and said she gave her mom had. But she said she owed her mom money, so she gave her mom half. But she also yesterday posted, it was like a text message that is allegedly from Gorilla from their mom. Mom. And I guess Glorilla's mom, if this is real, sent it to a family group chat, but meant to send it to Glorilla separately. And in the text message, first of all, she shows the mom's number, which was crazy. And a lot of blogs blocked it out. But she did show her mom's number. But the text message basically saying, like there were some times where the family did have feelings about certain things, like they wanted to go and celebrate glow during certain things and that didn't happen. And you know, needing clothes and just different things.

[DJ Envy]

That's their family business.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sounds like it's a bunch of in house things that should have never made it here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All y' all keep showing me is exactly why Glorilla don't want to be around you. That's all she keeps showing me. Every single time she posts, I'm like, I get. I get exactly why Glorilla set a boundary with her.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, in other music news, J. Cole did a AMA yesterday. Y' all know what AMA said for no anything. Yeah, I didn't know that it was American Music Awards. Me too. I'm like, he's doing his own American Music Awards. But he didn't ask me anything yesterday on his website for the fans. And we found out some things. So we found out that J. Cole, number one, does not want to do any more jcole music. He says he has a genuine love for music. It's a blessing dropping his album. He was highly inspired by it, but he has no interest in making any more J. Cole albums. His passion and excitement right now is in producing. He says he will write, record, and when it's time, when it hits him, he might release new music if the spirit says to do so. But the fall off is a project that he will not try and sell. Stop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So he's not. He's not retired like he said?

[DJ Envy]

No, he's not retiring. He's just not doing his own album.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He said it's confusing. So what are you going to do?

[DJ Envy]

But everybody says that when they retire, right? We heard that from Jay, we heard that from ti We've heard that from a bunch of people. And yeah, somehow some way they still come out with music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Anybody asked him why he called himself the half black Messiah? That is cool. Did anybody ask him why he said, we got to respect this mulatto.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I Didn't I just want to know.

[DJ Envy]

Like, all right, well, that is. That's where he addresses himself as the music.

[B Dot]

Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know, but I'm saying I didn't see a fan ask that question. I was in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe I would have got in there and ask some questions.

[Teddy Riley]

Of course.

[DJ Envy]

And he gave with a straight block.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Charlemagne, like your ID would probably.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You would have made a. I. I enjoy the album.

[DJ Envy]

His questions get.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, so you've actually. You have a tape.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I listen. I've listened to a lot of. I listen to the whole album a couple times.

[DJ Envy]

He said he was going to have to listen to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what you should do. I don't think it needed to be a double album, though. I would have. I would have shortened it. Hour and 41 minutes is a lot long. I would have. I would have shortened it in probably to probably about 11 or 12 songs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I think it's. I think it's a good project.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, the project, if. If these numbers are right, according to chart data, might be the second biggest album debut of 2026 so far. He'd be coming behind Don. Don Toliver.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do. I. Like I said before, though, I do want him to be more introspective because it feel like, you know, he's been rapping about the same things for a long time.

[Teddy Riley]

Long time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, okay, yeah, like, I, you know, you. You had some issues with your wife, I guess, you know, we all deal with that, right? Like wanting to be a better man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But we want to know more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You the first rapper to come out of Fayetteville. We know that's tough. Okay. You moved to New York to chase your dreams. Okay, well, I feel like he's been rapping about those same things for a long time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I knew it was going to fail your substance test, sort of. I told you that.

[DJ Envy]

Well, we'll talk about it when we come back. We gotta go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I gotta wrap up the hour and let the people know Top Dog Law sponsored this. Thank you. If you guys need them, call them for any accident, big or small.

[DJ Envy]

Top Dog Law, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are. The Breakfast Club is Black History Month. What we doing today? Charlamagne, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to my guy, B Dot. You know, every day during Black History Month, B Dot does a podcast on the Black Effect Podcast network called I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. Well, he tells you some things about black history that you may not have known unknown. And today he's going to tell you about the marching 100. How fam you turned discipline into dominance.

[B Dot]

The marching 100 how fam you turned discipline into dominance. Welcome back know it alls to another episode of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect podcast network, especially in February, entitled I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. And I'm B Dot, the PA announcer for FAMU Rattlers. Five home games a year. We got Club Bragg rocking. And you can argue a bigger draw on Saturdays than the football team is the band, man. They march and play to the stadium. They do a 15 minute pre game performance. They play in the stands during the game. They do their halftime performance, they go back in the stands and play some more. And then they do do a 15 minute fifth quarter. If there was another band that was brave enough to challenge them and come to brag, and if it wasn't, they'll just play for 15 minutes for the fan and then they march back to the band room. It is phenomenal to see. Now my homie Trevor, he a fourth generation rattler and he just sort of turned into a brother to me. But his blood brother is actually one of the drum majors for the Magnificent Seven that will fam you call they drum major majors that my boy, Ty Lloyd. So before we get into this episode, I'mma give you three of the most useless facts you'll never need in life about black bands. Your first useless fact, the number 100 in the marching 100. It ain't about size, but they got over 300 instrumentalists. It's about standard. Your second useless fact, Most modern halftime shows are built off systems created at an hbcu. And your third useless fact, Black excellence didn't become influential by accident. It was engineered. Now for today's episode. Do you know how FAMU's band came to be? Because I didn't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe you didn't know.

[DJ Envy]

Maybe you didn't know. Maybe you didn't know. I didn't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't know.

[B Dot]

In 1990, in 1926, Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. Cause he understood something most people still miss. If you don't build your own systems, you'll always be begging to be remembered by somebody else. Now, fast forward 20 years. 1946, Florida A& M University. A man named William P. Foster. He took a position most people would have treated as a job. But him, he treated it as his calling. He created the marching 100. Not just a band, an infrastructure of excellence. Every detail mattered. How you stood, how you marched, how you sounded, how you held your instruments. Cause Dr. Foster knew something. The way you practice when the stands are empty is the way you'll perform when they fool. The standard was the standard, and the standard didn't bend for crowds or cameras or comfort. Ain't nothing comfortable about being in the band. If you've ever seen them, you know, practice is not. Not a suggestion. I still don't know how they be humping with them tubas, but here's what made it revolutionary. See, before the marching 100, fans mostly walked in a straight line and played the notes. You've seen the bands show up, march, play, go home. After the marching 100, precision became the performance. Discipline became the culture. Presentation became power. The halftime show became the show. To this day, some folks just come to the game for the halftime show, don't know what happened. At the start of the third quarter, they already heading to the exits. When Beyonce wanted to honor HBCU culture at Coachella, she didn't study USC or Ohio State. She studied the marching 100. But they wrote the playbook. And here's the part that I didn't know that excellence wasn't about music. It was about building black systems that could not be ignored. For it, no one had to include the marching 100. They set the bar so high, everybody else had to rise to it. That's what infrastructure looks like. You don't ask for a seat at the table. You build a table that's so impressive that everyone else asks the city yours. Like Charlemagne did with the Black Effect podcast network. You see the check I heart cut. Listen. A century after Carter G. Woodson carved space for black history, the Marching 100 March 100 show what happens when black institutions control the standard, not just the narrative. And that's why this fits our season's theme. 100 years of knowing better. The marching 100 didn't chase validation. They built something so excellent that the world recognized around it. And that's the hidden truth of black history. When we designed the system, the system worked. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

[DJ Envy]

Salute to B.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Dot.

[DJ Envy]

Do y' all know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, boy.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Why y' all have heat in your house?

[DJ Envy]

Because it's cold.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Because Alice Parker pioneered a modern central heating system in 1919.

[DJ Envy]

And that's why we all have heat in our homes, thanks to a black woman.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Her name is Alice Parker.

[DJ Envy]

So give it up. Make some noise, y'.

[Mona Scott-Young]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna bring you this book, right? And it's called how it's called Black people invented everything.

[Mona Scott-Young]

Everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'mma bring you that book.

[Teddy Riley]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She.

[DJ Envy]

She right in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right there. I mean, like. I mean, like, yeah, right there. Alice Parker, 1919. Okay. Natural gas fired furnaces.

[Mona Scott-Young]

But you know what? A lot of people did not know why they're warm. Huh?

[DJ Envy]

You know. You know where she from. I know where she from. Yeah. No, I don't. Okay. Do you know New Jersey?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God, that's great.

[DJ Envy]

You know your history. But a lot of other people don't. Alice Parker, New Jersey, one woman.

[Mona Scott-Young]

She is the first person.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Mona Scott-Young]

To create a heating system in 1919.

[DJ Envy]

So before then, people would sub zero out this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, exactly. I'm about to say that. And I didn't even go to college. Did I know this? You supposed to dispute that because you from here. I didn't even go to college, and I know stuff like that.

[Mona Scott-Young]

What's up? I'm glad you y' all deep diving.

[DJ Envy]

In my lesson here. Thank you so much. All right, it's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note. Oh, before we do, salute to Teddy Riley for joining us this morning. Make sure you pick up his book.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Remember the time. It's out today. It's actually out today. Today is February 10th. So it came out today.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, man. It is Black History Month. So let's have a positive note from Mr. Marcus Garvey. Mr. Marcus Garvey says a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots. So that's why Black History Month is important.

[Teddy Riley]

So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So go learn something about yourself today. Okay? Peace. Breakfast club, bitches.

[DJ Envy]

You all finished or y' all done woke up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake you up. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mona Scott-Young]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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