FULL SHOW: Jamie Foxx Expecting Child With Girlfriend After He Swore ‘No More White Girls’ + Lil TJay Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club — May 13, 2026

Episode: FULL SHOW: Jamie Foxx Expecting Child With Girlfriend After He Swore “No More White Girls” + Lil TJay Interview

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Breakfast Club, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious, Lauren LaRosa, and DJ Envy (out today), delivers a lively mix of current events, celebrity news, personal anecdotes, and a candid interview with rapper Lil TJay. The show’s themes center around relationship woes, financial realities of dating, political battles over voting rights in the South, reactions to insensitive comedy, and progress in sports and entertainment. Key topics include Jamie Foxx’s new child with his girlfriend (after previously joking about "no more white girls"), an in-depth conversation with Lil TJay about trauma, growth, and industry relationships, and the challenges and costs associated with dating in today’s economy.

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Highlights & Key Segments

1. Front Page News: Southern Politics & Black Voting Power

[05:53–12:28]

• South Carolina Redistricting: Republicans in South Carolina block Trump-backed efforts to redraw congressional maps that could have dismantled Congressman Jim Clyburn’s district.

  • Charlamagne Tha God [08:15]: “It's good to know that there are some Republicans out there who still want to do the right thing.”
  • Lauren LaRosa [08:31]: Jokes about “best whites in the South.”

• Tennessee Lawsuit: ACLU sues to stop a new congressional map engineered to split Memphis’ Black vote, threatening the only Black-majority district.

  • Charlamagne Tha God [10:04]: “50% of black people live in the South. … What is happening here does directly and indirectly impact black people everywhere.”
  • Discussion of Black Southern consciousness as America’s “litmus test” for progress.

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2. Celebrity News & Cultural Moments

a. Jamie Foxx’s Expecting Child: ‘No More White Girls?’

[71:57–76:39]

• Jamie Foxx, at age 58, is expecting a child with girlfriend Alice Huckstep, raising eyebrows given his previous stand-up routine claim: “No more white girls.”
  • Charlamagne Tha God [72:17]: (Recalling Foxx’s stand-up) “No more white girls, I'm back on the Black side of town.”
  • Jess Hilarious [75:03]: “Even though he was joking … I really did think … I did believe it. But even further, more than that now, shorty pregnant ...”
  • Hosts discuss interracial dating, generational age gaps, and public reactions.

b. Chris Brown vs. Pitchfork Review

[76:24–79:10]

• Chris Brown claps back at a harsh Pitchfork review calling his new album “garbage.”
  • Chris Brown (audio) [76:58]: “At the end of the day, I don’t give a f--- what these n----- is talking about.”
  • Charlamagne Tha God [77:36]: “You can't just put ‘this album is garbage.’ That's some Twitter stuff.”
  • Lauren LaRosa [77:55]: “I want you to actually go and read the review because … it made no sense.”

c. Rest in Peace Tributes

[106:09–107:45]

• Remembering Brandon Clark (former Grizzlies player) and Jason Collins (first openly gay NBA player) after their respective deaths, reflecting on struggles with overdose and cancer.
  • Charlamagne Tha God [107:22]: “Humans be dealing with all types of things you have no clue about.”

d. Congratulations: Queen Latifah & A’ja Wilson

[108:04–111:43]

• Queen Latifah set to coach on The Voice Season 30.
• A’ja Wilson lands Vanity Fair cover, highest-paid WNBA deal, and national accomplishments; discussion of her relationship with NBA player Bam Adebayo.

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3. Lil TJay Interview: Trauma, Growth & Realness

[42:45–67:13]

• Lil TJay’s Journey:

  • At 25, discusses surviving being shot 7 (or more) times, PTSD, and his personal growth from “crash out” behavior.
  • Self-isolated for healing; physical but not mental therapy.
    • Lil TJay [46:11]: “I ain't do nothing. Like, I'm like, kind of like an inch of Ryan. I do physical therapy. I ain't do mental therapy. I just got away from everybody and just figured it out.”

• Career Evolution:

  • Explains challenges of shaking headlines and public perceptions. The album “They Just Ain’t You” reflects how he differs from the average person.
    • Lil TJay [50:00]: “I think a lot of people misunderstand me, and I think a lot of people 100% understand me … The way I think from the ground up is very different.”

• Relationships and Beefs:

  • Talks alleged beefs with Offset (over a $10k gambling debt), and A Boogie; says he wants to squash drama.

    • Lil TJay [60:33]: “It's just pull me up on it. … I ain't got no beef with … anyone.”
    • Offset drama details [62:51]: “It was 10k. It was nothing, bro. I threw in the strip club whenever I want to … but it’s not enough for us for me to hate you.”

  • On outgrowing street life and the difficulties of separating from his upbringing and community ties.

    • Lil TJay [53:32]: “Me channeling with you might be a liability for me just because … we just live two different lifestyles and I think differently from ground up than you.”

  • On love: Song “Used to Love” not entirely autobiographical, rumors about his relationship status, and choosing friends over industry ties.

• Memorable Moments & Humor:

  • Candid (and comedic) recounting of trying to get up in the hospital (“I got into it with the doctor”; [47:34]).
  • Jokes about Charlamagne and the chemistry between the hosts and guest.

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4. Relationships & Dating in Today's Economy

a. Can People Still Afford to Date?

[88:00–102:12, 89:24—Good contextual discussion]

• News segment highlights a study: With first dates costing $200-$250+ (dinner, transportation, etc.), nearly half of singles are reconsidering dating for financial reasons.
  • Mimi Brown [88:08]: “Nearly half of single Americans say dating is no longer financially worth it.”
  • Hosts joke about “walks in the park with Subway sandwiches,” picnics, and creative dating on a budget.
  • Jess Hilarious [89:05]: “You go to Subway, then you go to five and below and get a little blanket…that’s how you do it.”

b. Call-Ins: Real People Dating on a Budget

[91:58–99:47]

• Listeners share dating tactics: creative date ideas, importance of real connection over money, and the impact of social media on dating expectations.

  • Naomi (caller) [94:16]: “Take her for a walk, take her to Subway. Have conversations…see if she’s even worth those five-star restaurants.”
  • Charlamagne Tha God [90:08]: “If you really like somebody…it don’t matter where y’all go. It should be all about connecting with the person, communicating…”

• Producers and team members (Brandon, Eli) join in, discussing affordable date ideas, work perks (concerts), and the expectations they encounter—often using humor and self-deprecation.

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5. Community Calls & Listener Engagement

[12:28–22:45, select other segments]

• Listeners call in to “get it off their chest,” sharing blessings, issues parents face, school teacher fatigue, and positive shoutouts to authors and entrepreneurs.
  • Charitable Moment: [22:13–22:41] Charlamagne personally cash-apps money to a struggling teacher who called in, showing empathy for educators and acknowledgment of systemic underpayment.

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6. Donkey of the Day: Bronx Woman Posing as Student

[79:10–87:43]

• Casey Classen, age 28, impersonates a 16-year-old to enroll in high school for public assistance schemes.
  • Charlamagne [80:43]: “First of all, you should have known she was old because she had a Facebook page.”
  • Exploration of “desperate times, desperate measures,” public resources, and a light-hearted roast of Bronx/Florida headline stereotypes.

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Notable Quotes

• “50% of black people live in the South. … The litmus test for this country is not how great it’s going in New York … It’s how great it’s going in Memphis and Mississippi.” —Charlamagne Tha God [10:04]
• “No more white girls, I’m back on the black side of town.” —Jamie Foxx clip [72:34]
• “I’m not tripping on Offset. … I kind of feel bad for him.” —Lil TJay [61:13]
• “If you can’t see your kids, then you can’t see the world.” —Charlamagne Tha God on passports & child support [41:00]
• “Take her to the park…see if she’s even worth those five-star restaurants.” —Naomi, caller [94:16]
• “Humans be dealing with all types of things you have no clue about.” —Charlamagne Tha God [107:22]
• “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Charlamagne’s positive note [115:57]

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Timestamps by Topic

• Opening banter & news intro: [02:36–05:53]
• Southern voting rights & redistricting: [05:53–12:28]
• Listener calls & shoutouts: [12:28–22:45]
• George Floyd jokes controversy, Terrence Floyd interview: [22:55–33:48]
• Lil TJay full interview: [42:45–67:13]
• Jamie Foxx expecting child/“No more white girls”: [71:57–76:39]
• Chris Brown & Pitchfork review: [76:24–79:10]
• Donkey of the Day (Bronx news): [79:10–87:43]
• Can you afford to date? (front page news & extended topic): [88:00–102:12]
• Rest in Peace (Brandon Clark, Jason Collins): [106:09–107:45]
• Queen Latifah, A’ja Wilson news: [108:04–111:43]
• DaBaby “Pop That” charts success: [111:46–112:59]
• Show wrap-up, birthdays, positive note: [113:06–115:57]

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Conclusion

This episode is a compelling mix of laughter, honest conversation, and sharp social observation. It tackles tough issues (race, political power, trauma), celebrates cultural moments, and keeps it relatable through talk about money, relationships, and community resilience. Lil TJay provides honest reflection on his life and career, Jamie Foxx’s personal life sparks debate and humor, and the ongoing struggle to find love (and afford it) in today’s world is the through-line that connects callers and hosts alike.

If you missed it: Expect current news, a highly entertaining Lil TJay interview, controversial pop culture news, and authentic, humorous discussions about dating and life in 2026—all in The Breakfast Club’s signature, unfiltered style.

Transcript

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Jessica]

What's up, Sean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Jeff's hilarious. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Hump day. 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.

[Jessica]

And good morning.

[Lil TJ]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, it's a hump day. I don't know what that means. I don't know. Why do we even still say that? I guess it's the middle of the week.

[Jessica]

Just the hump getting over the hump, I guess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what's up, man? Thursday, don't be feeling like a Humpty Yo.

[Jessica]

Yeah, a little bit. But, you know, Tuesday, don't be feeling

[Charlamagne Tha God]

like a Humpty O. Monday is the biggest hump.

[Jessica]

It can't be for a hump show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's definitely for a hump. Until the weekend.

[Jessica]

That's assault at that point.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then it's not even smooth sailing. Cause Sunday feel like a hump, too. Cause we know we gotta be back here on Monday.

[Mimi Brown]

True, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Jessica]

Well, I'm broadcasting from Atlanta, y'.

[Lil TJ]

All.

[Jessica]

Cause tonight I will be at Estes music lounge from 6 to 8 for my book signing event.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jessica]

For my new co parenting memoir, hosted by my girl, JoJo Alonzo. So shout out to everybody in Atlanta that's listening to us right now with 96.1 to beat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dropping a clues bombs for 96.1 to beat. Yes. Make sure y' all go join Justin at Landon tonight. What else did you do last night? Anything fun? When'd you get to Atlanta? I saw you yesterday afternoon. When?

[Jessica]

The hell I know. 6pm and I went to Rocksteady.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo.

[Jessica]

Remember we went when. When I hosted the first Black Effect podcast festival. Y' all had a dinner at Rocksteady.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, Rocksteady. Food fire.

[Jessica]

Oh, so good. The Caribbean cuisine, it was so good. The drinks is fire. They got some, yo. Some jerk. Lamb egg rolls, yo. Crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, so you'll be exiting in and out of this show tonight to go to the bathroom. Okay, Absolutely. I understand. I understand.

[Jessica]

How was your night?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. I was sleeping. I don't do much, bro. I'm a father of four. I was born in 1978. Like, I don't be all mixy. But she likes. I like to work and go home. That's what I like to do. I like being with my family. And I like doing nothing. So that's what I was doing last night. Nothing. Okay. And I woke up this morning mad that my nothing was interrupted.

[Jessica]

Wow. Cause work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep. Absolutely. Okay. Now, Lil TJ is joining us today. Lil TJ is a 25 year old rapper from TJ from the Bronx. The Bronx, right. You know, the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And TJ has had a lot of crazy things happen to him. Okay. Yeah, man, he's been shot. He recently had some type of kerfuffle. Well, allegedly.

[Jessica]

Yeah. But he always smiling. He always, like, got good energy down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He is. But what would happen. Lauren, get on the microphone. What happened with him and Offset?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Allegedly he was a part of like a fight or something that happened before Offset got shot that led to Offset being shot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, he'll be here to talk about all that this morning. And he's got an album called they Just ain't you. All right, so Lil TJ will be joining us this morning. And we got Front page next with Mimi Brown, Donkey of the day. The latest with Lauren. All of that good stuff. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne. Tha God, Jess. Hilarious. DJ Envy is out today. Lauren LaRosa is here. And it's time for front page news. Mimi Brown. What's happening? Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. How y' all doing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me salute the San Antonio spurs first. They beat the Minnesota timberwolves last night, 126 to 97.

[Jessica]

All right,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to throw that out there. We got listeners in both places. Good morning, Mimi Brown.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Charlotte. Good morning, Lauren. How y' all doing this morning?

[Jessica]

Damn. Say good morning to J.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Jessica]

Good morning, girl.

[Mimi Brown]

How you doing over there in Atlanta?

[Jessica]

Good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm good.

[Mimi Brown]

Good, good, good. All right, so we start this morning with a major development in that growing redistricting battle playing across the south, because this is the never ending story and this is actually good for your state, Sharla, because in South Carolina, a late night vote, Republicans, they blocked an effort backed by President Trump to redraw the state's congressional map. So that's a move that critics warn would erase the district currently represented by Congressman Jim Clyburn. Now, he's the highest ranking black member of Congress. Now, that proposal failed after five Republicans joined Democrats to stop it from moving forward. So leading. Leading the resistance was Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massie. So before the vote, he openly acknowledged that there could be political consequences for this, for opposing Trump and national Republicans, but said his conscience was clear. Let's listen to some of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There is no way that we would have come up with a map that just blows up those traditional and historic communities of interest. I think that is something that is very important. It should be important for us. I also think doing this, y' all doing this is going to tick some people off. Now, I'm not concerned about ticking off Democrats. That doesn't bother me. What I am concerned about is what will the, how will this be received by people in the middle? And I think when you do something like this, there's going to be an impact. I also think that one of the side effects of this is very candidly, you're going to motivate black turnout and there will be repercussions for that.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. So now this does not in the fight entirely. Governor Henry McCasser, he could still come back and call lawmakers into a special session later this year. But for now, South Carolina has become the late, the latest Southern state where Republicans themselves, Republicans, are pushing back against those aggressive redistricting efforts tied to political power and control of Congress.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, dropping the clues buzz for South Carolina, it's good to know that there are some Republicans out there who still want to do the right thing. There are some Republicans in South Carolina who absolutely love Congressman Jim Clyburn. And I say it all the time, South Carolina got some of the best whites in the South. We just got, we got some of the best whites in the South.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It sound like you choose, you know, be like, is that white meat or dark meat?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right? Hey, man. Hey, man, if you're not from there, you don't understand. Don't get me wrong, you got some rotten eggs, too, but we got some, some of the best whites in the South.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, right now they're standing alone because as we move on to Tennessee, that fight is now escalating. The aclu, they have officially filed a federal lawsuit to block Tennessee's new congressional map before the August primary election. So Tennessee Republicans, they recently approved that map that splits Memphis, a heavily black district, into three separate congressional districts stretching into majority white parts of the state. Critics say the move, it dismantles Tennessee's only majority black congressional district and it weakens, weakens black voting power in the process. Now, the aclu, they argue that the map was intentionally designed to dilute the political power of the black voters in Memphis. And one of the loudest voices speaking out against this map has been Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pierson. He is also running for Congress. And this map would dramatically impact his race, would almost cut him out of the entire thing. So I recently sat down with Pearson to talk about the lawsuit, the fight over voting power, and why he believes that this battle goes forward far beyond Tennessee. Let's listen. You know, someone listening in Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, you know, Chicago, even New York, they may be hearing and thinking, you know, this is a Tennessee problem. This is a South problem. Why is that thinking wrong?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Mimi Brown]

And we know what happened in Memphis and what's about to happen in all these states that we just said, you know, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana. But how is this going to come for the rest of us?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

50% of black people live in the South. Our ancestral home in this, in the United States of America is the South. And so what is happening here does directly and indirectly impact black people everywhere. And if we are suffering under the political lynching that is occurring in the state of Tennessee and across the south, you better believe that is going to impact your ability to live a life fully and completely and wholly of who you want to be as a black person in the United States of America. The litmus test for this country is not how great it's going in New York, it's not how great it's going in California. It's how great is going in Memphis and Mississippi. That's the litmus test for America's progress. Justin is absolutely right. The black consciousness of America exists in the South. That is a fact. Question. Was Senator Shane Massey the first Republican to acknowledge this is an attack on the black vote?

[Mimi Brown]

I don't know if he's the first to acknowledge it, but he might be the first to actually say it on the Senate floor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotcha.

[Mimi Brown]

You know what I mean? And say it in his speech, which you know is a pretty big deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Mimi Brown]

Right now. And for more of that interview with Justin Pearson, it is on my podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Mimi Brown]

So go listen to episode one. He is on there and he's just explaining a little bit more. And so coming up at 7 for are people still dating? Because it's what you mean, people.

[Jessica]

Come on, come on.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen.

[Jessica]

Mimi's been taking a break.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's been taking a break for a long time.

[Mimi Brown]

You're what, Mimi, we're gonna get back to the story, right? So for a lot of single Americans, romance, it may be falling victim to the economy. We are gonna talk about it because a lot of people say that they are rethinking dating because it's getting Too expensive, folks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Too broke to date. Yes, but that's why you shouldn't make it about, you know, money. It should be about love. Well, you can find some.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't know if you love the person on the first date, go out

[Mimi Brown]

with them a few times.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but maybe y' all just need to be somewhere where y' all can just communicate and have conversations.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like the party.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But y' all generation don't even know how to talk to each other no more. That's not true. Y' all gotta look each other in the eye and just.

[Jessica]

Just kick it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Mimi Brown]

We're gonna talk about it. I think there's some other ways to kick it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You gotta. You gotta drive your car somewhere. You gotta get on a bus, a train. Like, ain't that free no more?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'll discuss in the next news. But right now, get it off your chest. 1-800-585-1051. If you want to call up and tell us why you're blessed, you can do that. If you want to call up and tell us why you're stressed, you can do that as well. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Ray. Ray. Ray.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, Charlamagne, Envy.

[Lil TJ]

What up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Jess Hilarious]

We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hi, this is Stacy. How are y'? All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Stacy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, Stacey?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm good. I'm good. Jessica. Robinson Moore.

[Jessica]

Hey, Robinson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You a Robinson?

[Jessica]

That's not even me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know you was a Robinson.

[Lil TJ]

No, I'm not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, you got two last names.

[Jessica]

Who is that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That. Wait, no, wait, wait.

[Jessica]

Jessica. Robin Moore To Robinson Moore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To.

[Jessica]

It's not Robinson.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's Robin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jessica.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hilarious. Your book. Your book was amazing.

[Jessica]

Oh, thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I am so nosy. I finished that. Yo, I was so mad, like, listening to the book because I did the audio.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, I see why Charlemagne endorse you. Charlamagne is a genius. I don't think y' all know how genius Charlemagne is. When Charlemagne stands behind something, he stands behind it for a reason.

[Jessica]

And he get all the way in there, especially when he stands.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't even like how you said that. You know what?

[Jess Hilarious]

You know what, Charlemagne? People can't even give you a compliment without you being so gay friendly. I love it. No, no, that's hilarious. You are a genius with that book. I was. Yo. The only thing I was mad about is that it was over. I'm like, wait, I want to hear more. Book is amazing.

[Jessica]

Thank you so much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Book was amazing.

[Jess Hilarious]

If y' all did not get Jess hilarious book, run and go get it. It is amazing.

[Jessica]

Thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. You did your thing with that. And I can't wait for Rome part.

[Jessica]

Yeah, yeah, he's. Trust me. He working on but okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all have a good day.

[Jess Hilarious]

And yo, shout out to the Breakfast Club for inviting me back to DJs Envy Car Show. Y' all are amazing. Y' all do me so good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I mean really good.

[Jessica]

Especially Envy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The laugh was the craziest part after.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy. Go get Tell Death to repair it by Jessalia. It's available everywhere. You buy books now and the audio is available as well. Good morning. Who's this?

[Dr. Umar]

This is. Hey, Sonja, the Haitian therapist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you got morning. You got through twice this week.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, she need to call back this week.

[Dr. Umar]

I'm blessing God. I'm thanking God for the blessing. Enzy, I have beef with you over that Cheyenne Bryant interview.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's not here, but go ahead. This will get it off your chest.

[Jessica]

As for Lauren's here. She was there.

[Dr. Umar]

Lauren. Everything she said was incorrect. She never answered the dissertation question. And as a therapist who has interns working under her request, that was completely false. She was an intern, so she's never been a therapist. And I don't think that we're far enough in men's health in our community for her to be feeling all of these untruthful end lies. We're not there yet. For her to be a scammer.

[Jessica]

Cruel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Dr. Umar]

All my fundamental things. Oh, go ahead. Sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I said all my mental health professional homies were highly upset. You know, I mean, they were highly upset.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And we absolutely.

[Dr. Umar]

Go ahead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was gonna say we talk shout out to Dr. Shonda Reynolds. We had called a therapist, a psychologist, actually, not therapist, to talk through some of the things and the terms and the qualifications. So we tried to get as much information as we could because we know that it's. So there's so much y' all have to go through in order to be actually licensed and stuff like that. So we. We tried our best in our pre research. I think we asked some good questions, though.

[Dr. Umar]

And my biggest beef with her is that she keeps feeding that people don't change. There's not a therapist worth their grin and salt that whatever you can't Change. That's the fundamental basis of our practice, that you first get change. And so for her to just keep spewing these things and then insulting us and telling us that I'm stupid and we don't actively listen, how is that therapeutic? It's just not a good look for the field as a whole, especially for the black. The black Psychiatrist, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and social workers, they definitely work way too hard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She said therapists. She said therapists and psychiatrists don't listen like y'. All, some of the best listeners. That's your job.

[Dr. Umar]

I know. And she was saying that we don't practice active listening because we got what she said. So thousands of people heard wrong, but she's the only one that heard right. Okay, we need to have some therapy for herself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, thank you for calling, Doc. Your phone is overstimulating me this morning. I'm not gonna lie. There's a lot going on with your phone. But we're. We got through. We. We. We understood the gist of what you were saying. Get it off your chest 1-800-585-1051. If you want to get something off your chest right now, you can call up and do that. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress Everything with me is BLESSED Call up next, 800-585-1051. Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling Good morning. Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Nile.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Niall. How are you, sir? Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I gotta tell everybody I'm blessed, black and highly favored. How's the Breakfast Club? Good morning, Jess. Good morning, Charlotte.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We are blessed, black and highly favored as well, sir.

[Jessica]

Morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

I had grew up with the Michael Jackson movie when I was younger, when Michael was alive. So I was in no way trying to see this production below production. Lo and behold, my wife's job gave her tickets, and I came out a freaking fan. I want to give a shout out to the Jackson family. They did a phenomenal job. There were times I actually forgot I wasn't actually watching Michael.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who did you think he was watching?

[Jess Hilarious]

The real Michael.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you mean you didn't think he was watching Jafar?

[Jess Hilarious]

Exactly. You know what I'm saying? Like, I did not. I forgot that that was not Michael Jackson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you. I loved the movie. I thought it was great. It was fun. It Made me feel good. I don't know what else people wanted.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I don't know why either. But you know what? People are gonna hate regardless. But, Jess, I want to talk to you. My dear sister, I know that you've got style. I know that you know plenty of young ladies that need no saying things to hook up those accessories. Have you ever got a chance to check out JoJo's Boutiques?

[Jessica]

JoJo Boutiques? That sounds very familiar, but no.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm the guy that called who lost his kids at a custody battle at his job the same week.

[Jessica]

Jesus. Okay, you doing better now.

[Jess Hilarious]

And me, I. Me and my wife had started a. A boutique shop online, whatnot.

[Jessica]

I do remember you. You. You actually. Yeah, you called up. You called up here before.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, ma'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am.

[Jess Hilarious]

I was hoping I could get you to check out something and maybe, you know, saying, either cop something sporty, wear it. You know, you're gonna like something we got. I promise you.

[Jessica]

Okay, what's the website? Just give me the website real quick.

[Jess Hilarious]

Instagram is J O J O S period. B O, W, T I, Q U, E. 2025. JoJo Boutiques. 2025.

[Lil TJ]

Okay.

[Jessica]

Jody Middleton.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Jessica]

I got you.

[Lil TJ]

All right. Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

I promise. Take a good look at the inventory. You're gonna love what we got.

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[Jessica]

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[Jess Hilarious]

We got hundreds of inventory. I promise you.

[Jessica]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I appreciate you, brother. I appreciate people that can smoke and talk at the same time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How you know he's smoking?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, I can hear it in his boy voice. I just wanted to know if it was weed or a cigarette. Good morning. Who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, it's Rachel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[Jessica]

Morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, so we.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I am a middle school teacher, grade

[Jess Hilarious]

six to eight, and we in school next week. And I'm just one tired, broke teacher. Okay? Them kids, they don't listen, and they not raised. Okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where you calling from?

[Jess Hilarious]

I can't see.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm calling from Louisiana.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I can say I love what I do.

[Jess Hilarious]

I wake up every morning going to work, and you know I love what I do. It don't feel like work, but, man, them kids get on my nerves sometimes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How many. How many more weeks y' all got left?

[Jess Hilarious]

We actually end next week. The kids last days on the 21st.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, what you got planned for the summer for yourself? Nothing, really.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm a coach, so I coach some sports. So we. We hit the. We hit the ground running in two Weeks. You love the kids with volleyball and basketball.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me tell you something. My. My mother has been a public school teacher, or she's retired now, but she's been a. She was a public school teacher for well over 30, 40 years, you know, in. In South Carolina. So I really appreciate public school teachers, man. I think that y' all should be some of the highest paid individuals in the country because of. Because of exactly what you just said.

[Jess Hilarious]

I agree with that, too. I agree with that, too. But, you know, we're. We're building up the young. The younger generations, and you know it. You have to love what you do to. To do this job, and you can't. You can't be in it for the money because we don't make enough money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, we appreciate y'. All. I mean, the fact that, you know, we trust dropping our kids off to school to be with. Be with people that are really complete strangers. How many times the parents actually talk to you? How many parents do you actually know? For real? For real.

[Jess Hilarious]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I mean? Yep. I'm gonna see. You know what? What's your cash app? What's your name? What's. You got a cash app?

[Dr. Umar]

Yeah, I have cash app.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's dollar sign.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hold on. R a c h. Huh. 0721.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

0721. Are you Rach?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm Rach.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got on the black.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A black dress.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. All right. I'm gonna send you something. I'm gonna say. Because when I heard. I heard the way you said broken. I feel it. I feel it in your spirit.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen, it's so much we spend. You know, we don't have a lot of funding. And like I said, I don't do it. I don't do it for the money. So whatever God blessed me with when he give it to me, you know, that's what I gotta give back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I completely, completely understand. Hold it. Sending right now. It said it's in. You got it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, Rach.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, y' all have a great one.

[Lil TJ]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right, Bye.

[Dr. Umar]

Bye.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, that was. Get it off your chest. You can call in every morning. 1, 800, 5, 8, 5, 10, 5, 1. And get whatever you feeling off your chest. Now it's time for the latest with Lauren. What you got coming up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We talked to George Floyd's brother yesterday, Terrence Floyd.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why you dressed in all black.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I'm dressing all black because, you know, I just be giving. It's just very much giving.

[Jessica]

I Like your hair.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you. It's just sleep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You look very, very giving. You look very ready to be an activist this morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, maybe because he's always dressing all black and angry, but yes, maybe because Terrence Floyd, he heard our segment yesterday in our comments about the George Floyd joke that Tony Hinchcliffe did at the Kevin Hart Rose, and he has some things he wants to get off his chest, so we're gonna let him do that this morning.

[Jessica]

All right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So don't go anywhere. We'll be back with the latest with Lauren. It's the Breakfast Club.

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

All?

[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Lauren Lenos on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool baby talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So yesterday I had a conversation with Terence Floyd. He is the Brother of George Floyd and he was responding to the Tony Hitchcliffe joke that was told at the Kevin Hart roast about George Floyd. Let's take a listen to that joke. What happened in here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, that's God. That's God saying you don't need to play it. Okay, enough.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, so we, we talked about the joke yesterday, so you guys may remember that. But Terrence Floyd says that he believes Kevin Hart should have spoke up. Let's take a listen.

[K]

My thing with Kevin, and I'm a fan, I feel like my family and their friends, they said, you know, it should have had not the Will Smith action, but the Will Smith energy where

[Lauren LaRosa]

you stand up and Kevin Hart should have responded differently.

[K]

Right, right. Responded right then and there like, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up. Cause I remember Kevin Hart and a few other celebrities was at the Minnesota funeral in that respect. Like, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up, hold up. That, that one is too far. Me watching some clips of certain other jokes. A lot, a lot of it just felt it was, it wasn't tasteful. The east so short. They hang him on a bonsai tree. Well, that's not tasteful.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I actually mentioned that joke too. They said they would lynch. Not hang. They said they would lynch him from a bonsai tree. That was Shane Gillis.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Who was the host of the Kevin Hart roast of the evening. Now Terrence Floyd also talks about Gianna Floyd, who was the daugh George Floyd and how she deals with these moments and the jokes and how it comes back on her. Let's take a listen. One of the other things that they mentioned was like Gianna and George Floyd's daughter, your niece being teased in school and how stuff like this doesn't help. Like does she get direct response from things like this because they're so viral. She's getting older now.

[K]

She was, she was, she was six when this happened. She's 12 now. I was talking to Travis yesterday. We realized something always is talked about or happened or somebody say something or bring up controversy or whatever around my brother's name when it's nearing his. The anniversary of his death. It happened with this. It happened with Charlie Kirk. It happened with Lil Yachty. We say keep it, you know, keep saying his name. But we don't want this narrative. This is crazy. We upset, but we. I'm focusing more on the well being of my niece.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah. The Death anniversary is May 25th.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, yes, it is May 25th. Now he also talked about a part of the joke where Tony Hinchcliffe says to Kevin Hart that George Floyd is looking for up at him. Let's take a listen to Terence Floyd on that.

[K]

It was a part in there where we always say, you know, my brother looking down on us because we talking positive. The fact that he said that he's looking up. We were stuck on that when we heard it. He's like. He's looking up, looking up from where? Are you trying to say he's in hell. So this is not. This is not what comedy is supposed to do. It's not supposed to have us thinking about what you. What you meant, what you meant. Oh, we supposed to laugh to heal. Heal from this. That roast was supposed to be for Strictly Kevin and what people think about him and make him laugh and enjoy his counterparts and his. His. His comrades and stuff like that. Not for anybody from that roast to be getting backlash about what somebody said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As I said yesterday, what's funny to you is a trigger to others. And that's why the roast should have only. Should only be about people who are participating in the roast. If Kevin and Cheryl Underwood and Pete Davidson are fine with people making jokes for. On their deceased loved ones, that's on them. They're participating in the roles, but people who weren't there who have nothing to do with the rose, they shouldn't even be mentioned.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, imagine sitting at home, possibly enjoying the rose, and then someone makes a joke about how your loved one, you know, died a violent, tragic death. Like making a joke about your loved one's violent, tragic death. That's gotta hurt. Come on, now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And. And I think, too, what's big for him is the fact that he's a fan of Kevin Hart. So it's like. It's that he doesn't want to feel away towards Kevin Hart, but at the same time, it's like they feel like they're not being protected, in a sense, and everybody should understand why we should be protecting what happened with George Floy. And he's confused why people don't understand that, like, why he even has to argue that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't. By the way, it's not even just George Floyd, the Charlie Kirk of it all, too. I don't care how you feel about either one of those individuals. I just feel like you shouldn't be making jokes about, you know, someone dying a violent, tragic death. Like, just imagine being either one of their families and hearing that. Come on. That's.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's. That's gotta hurt.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And Terence Floyd, he talked. We talked a bit about that as well too. Like the Charlie Kurt conversation as well. And that interview, if you guys want to check it out, is in full on my podcast, the Latest with Lauren LaRosa podcast. It's available this morning. If you guys want to go and check that out in full everywhere you

[Charlamagne Tha God]

listen to podcasts, courtesy of the Black Effect Podcast Network.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. And thank you to Terence Floyd for doing the interview because they bothering people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Boy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, actually, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you ask him how he was doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hope so. When I listen to the podcast, will. I will I hear. Hi, Terence. How are you feeling today? Before you just get all in this

[Lauren LaRosa]

business, I'm for sure, because me and Terence Floyd, we. I've been working with him for a few years from when I was back at tmz. So he had actually reached out to me because he heard our comments here on the Breakfast Club and he appreciated our comments so much because they've been dealing with this for the last couple days. He just appreciated having a voice that was pushing back against people saying it's just jokes. So that's how we got here. I didn't even reach out to them first, but shout out to him, though, because he. They're going through a lot and he wanted to take the time. So, you know, we appreciate him and his voice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Another thing he said too, when he said the Will Smith energy that should be on stage, those are the consequence. That's. Those are the consequences of free speech. Everybody thinks when they on these platforms, the consequences are only financial, are only corporate. No. Somebody will slap you in your mouth too. You just better be lucky the right person wasn't in the audience. Okay, let's. Stephen Jackson would have been in there. Oh, right. Oh, no, it had been. Oh, Matt Barnes was there.

[Jessica]

Yeah. Matt Bonds was there with his. With his girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying?

[Jessica]

Yeah. Did not find. That's why I said the being in the room was way more uncomfortable than probably watching it on tv. Like it was. It was a lot of people in

[Charlamagne Tha God]

there like, what the hell? What?

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you're dressed like Tyrese was at George Floyd funeral right now. Let me see.

[Jessica]

Oh, my God.

[Lil TJ]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, he always got on boots. Yes, that's. That's exactly how Tyrese is dressed.

[Lil TJ]

Oh, my God.

[Jessica]

Y' all are same exact blouse.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, for real. Only thing you're missing is the little beret.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yeah, he did have a beret.

[Jessica]

And it was hot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it was June.

[Jessica]

It was June.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, it was hot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got a front page news with Mimi Brown. Coming up next, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne to God. Just hilarious. DJ Envy is out today, but it is time for Front Page News with Mimi Brown. I don't have nothing. Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

I was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shout out. No, I was going to shout out to San Antonio spurs beating the Minnesota Timberboys 126 to 97. But I realized how much I don't care.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it ain't about me. Shout out to everybody in San Antonio. Salute to everybody in Minnesota. Okay. 126 to 97. The spurs won last night. They're up 3, 2 in the series. And I think tonight is game five of the Pistons Cavaliers. Yes, they play tonight. That's all I got.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay. All right. Good morning, y'. All. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. All right, so I wish I had better news with this story. So we start this hour with two separate hantavirus developments. Health officials are watching the one here in the US that is not connected to the cruise ship and another tie to that outbreak that we've been following. So first in Illinois, health officials are investigating a possible case near rockford that's about 90 miles from Chicago. Officials believe that a resident may have been exposed while cleaning a home with rodent droppings inside. Now, they stress this does not appear to be connected to that cruise ship. So that's one thing. But separately, in the cruise ship outbreak, two Americans are now inside Emory University Hospital inside their high level bio containment unit in Atlanta. And that's the same specialized isolation unit used during Ebola attacks or outbreaks. Officials say one patient developed mild symptoms while the other one remains under observation. And New Jersey health officials say two residents here may have been exposed to someone infected during the outbreak. And Maryland is monitoring two residents who may have been exposed during the flight with an infected passenger, even though they were never on the cruise. And one more state, Virginia, is also monitoring at least one resident who returned home from the shift.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think we might need to be concerned, guys.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

At first I wasn't too concerned, okay, about the head of virus. But so, you know, because some people say it's nothing to worry about. Some people say we should be really concerned. But then somebody brought to my attention yesterday, they was talking about the X Files and there was a line in one of the X Files. I don't know if it was. I think it was the X Files movie, Fight the Future. And somebody in the movie says, if you want to kill a lot of people, use the Hannah virus.

[Mimi Brown]

Oh, wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, God.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. In the nineteen, 1988 movie the X Files. And there was another X File show that reference to Hannah buyers. You ever seen that episode of X Files when it starts like an episode of Cops, but then you think you're watching Cops, but then it turns into the X Files. They reference Hannah virus and that as well. But that lie. If you want to kill a lot of people, use the Hannah virus.

[Lil TJ]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was. That was the next Files Fight the Future.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thanks for that, Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That ain't me. I can't do math. What was 1998? How many years ago is that? Almost 30 years ago. They've been plotting to kill us for years.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, globally, health officials now say there are 11 reported cases tied to the cruise ship outbreak, including three deaths. One French passenger remains in critical condition in Paris. And then because, you know, Hannah virus can have a long incubation period, sometimes several weeks, before symptoms appear, health officials are warning that there could still be additional cases. Let's listen.

[L]

So I think we expect that the cases are going to continue rising. And part of the reason is that we're still in the incubation period from those initial people that were exposed in the ship. Remember, it can take three weeks or even longer in some cases before you start to show symptoms and that you're infected. So I think it is expected that we could see some more cases here. And that should not be a surprise on its own. What would be surprising is if it was, if it were people that were not on the ship that ended up testing positive. And that's something that we haven't quite yet seen, although I know there are some people under investigation in that scenario. When you look globally and yo.

[Jessica]

So is it only rats? Because when they talk about Hantavirus or Hana virus or whatever, I only see, like, rats and mice. Like, is that. Is it only connected to rodents?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, Just rodents. Yeah.

[Jessica]

But then what are the animals, like, eating? Is there something wrong with them? Because we always have. It's dead rodents everywhere.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. I think Envy asked that question. Why wouldn't it be prevalent in New York? Because, you know, there's rats, rodents all over the place.

[Jessica]

Right.

[Mimi Brown]

And that is a good question. But globally.

[Jessica]

Or have a virus or something.

[Mimi Brown]

Exactly. But globally, countries, they're taking this very serious. Here in the U.S. you know, we don't have any mandatory quarantine orders for returning passengers. Instead, health officials say that they are monitoring People on a case by case basis. The doctor spoke about that, too. Let's listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[L]

And so essentially, you have some countries like Spain, that are more conservative, and they're basically keeping people in the military hospital for the entire duration of the quarantine. And then you have other systems and places where they essentially are saying a few days of quarantine, and then you can go home and quarantine at home. And I think that opens up risks because expecting perfect quarantine for somebody to do that at home is very difficult. If you look at the WHO's recommendations, it says if you have anyone else at home that is not a passenger is not exposed, you need to be in a separate room from them. If you're even close to them, you need to be wearing a respirator. I don't think that's feasible for 42 days. So hopefully that is not something that would happen.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

Do not come home. Do not go home. That's crazy. Isn't there stuff that they don't know about it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

When Covid happened, weren't we late to do all of the.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes. Oh, it's giving very familiar vibes. Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, this has a mortality rate of 40 to 50%. Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

But just the way it's being handled.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Is what I'm talking about, because I just remember we were really late to all of the quarantine and actually doing what we were supposed to be doing

[Mimi Brown]

until it was too late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you wanted to kill a lot of people, use the Hannah virus. 1998 X Files. Okay. All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's always something.

[Jess Hilarious]

Always.

[Mimi Brown]

And speaking of always something, if you owe Child Support $2,500 or more, you may want to rethink those summer travel plans, because starting Friday, the State Department says it will begin cracking down on Americans seriously behind on child support payments by restricting your passport. Now, they've said this before, but they are now starting to crack down on anyone who owes $2,500 or more. They could be swept into this. But officials say the first enforcement wave is is expected to focus on people who owe $100,000 or more. But if you owe anywhere from 2,500 to $100,000, they are looking at you. So federal law has allowed this since the 1990s, but officials say enforcement is now about to ramp up significantly. The State Department says people behind on payments will need to resolve that debt with their state child support agency before they can fully regain their passport.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I have no problem with that. If you can't see your kids and you can't see the world. Okay, Being behind a hundred thousand dollars on child support is insanity. Right? If you don't have money to provide for your kids, then you shouldn't be able to travel abroad.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's like. You know how somebody will owe you money and then you see them flossing on Instagram or you see them out somewhere spending money? Hell no. You owe money on your child support, you can't provide cash for your kids. But you out here, you know, stunting

[Jessica]

in France, what, Mexico?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Anywhere but Charlamagne, you be calling my dad a legend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, your dad, support. I just thought you didn't take care of you. I just thought he. Yeah, I know. He was on child support. He's on child support.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, I'm 34 now. I don't even think it matters, but I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you mind?

[Jessica]

No, it does.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My mom was just arguing with him, like, two weeks ago. He gonna say, you told me, happy birthday. Now you arguing with me. But, yeah, my mom been arguing with him for a long time about this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

About your house?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. My mom didn't want to go. No, she. She's had the opportunity to do that, but she didn't want him to be locked up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, she didn't put him on child.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's a legend. He just left. What?

[Lil TJ]

Oh, my God.

[Jessica]

That is so crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mimi, you have nothing else?

[Mimi Brown]

I do, but we got a wrap. So we're going to have to get to this dating question tomorrow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

N. You don't want to talk about the dating question, cuz you don't want to talk about your dating question.

[Mimi Brown]

I don't know what you're talking about. All I know is I just got the rap signal, which means it's time to go. What?

[Jessica]

He's talking about Happy birthday, Stevie Wonder, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's 76.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He can't see Mimi's dating life either. One day before she leave this. This week, we going to discuss it. All right?

[Mimi Brown]

We gonna get to that story. So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Isn't she lovely?

[Mimi Brown]

There you go, Jess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, well, that's your front page news, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Lil TJ's up next. He got a new album. They just ain't you. We'll be talking to him when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club.

[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. His new album is out right now. Ladies and gentlemen, Lil tj. Welcome back, brother.

[Lil TJ]

What's up with it?

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling, man?

[Lil TJ]

I feel good, feel great.

[DJ Envy]

You good?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me hold something. Young man, you look like you got it. Nah, people, he's like, come on. I ain't got it.

[DJ Envy]

Rap don't pay. You know that.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, rap.

[Jessica]

I like what you did, though. You gave it away. You gave some bread away to a lady singing on the side of the.

[Lil TJ]

Yo, what was that?

[Jessica]

Yeah, she was singing with her family, like with her homeless or something.

[Lil TJ]

I swear. I swear to God. Right? I do like that way better all the time.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right?

[Lil TJ]

Yeah. And you know this. It was the singing that made me say, all right, let me record her. Because I was thinking, like, if she'd go up for her own. You feel me? Like, I seen the potential in that, and it just went. And I seen everybody loved it, like, oh. And I'm like, yo, damn, bro. I guess you just got to kind of just push that in a face because that's my day to day life.

[Jessica]

I didn't see a person.

[Lil TJ]

I didn't see a person that's on the side of the street and don't give them maybe more bread than that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Lil TJ]

So I was like, damn, okay. You know, I'm the best on earth today.

[Jessica]

But, you know, but you really, really blessed her, though. And she did. She could sing. She had a n. Nice voice. They was living on the side of the curb, and you really. You let it rain all in the bucket. So that's what's up.

[DJ Envy]

But how you been, brother? I know you had the last couple crazy couple of years. How you been? How's everything with you?

[Lil TJ]

I've been chill. I think I just kind of like, just like settling in adulthood right now.

[Jessica]

Nice.

[Lil TJ]

Probably. What's going on?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How old are you now, DJ?

[Lil TJ]

I just turned 25.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Your full frontal cortex just developed. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lil TJ]

No more excuses.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You can't say. You can't just blame it on being young no more.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Are you learning or are you looking at, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder what that means. What does it mean when you say you. You fully settled into adulthood now?

[Lil TJ]

What I mean by that is I feel like. Like, I feel like even like the sense of human. The stupidity, like, certain things. Like, I just like. Like my immature side is kind of like calming down. I feel like, you know, I think look at things a little more serious

[Charlamagne Tha God]

nowadays because people think that you're just a poster child for being a crash out. Yeah.

[Lil TJ]

Because they don't understand me. They don't. For me, they just. They don't even hear nothing. You know, everything is just like a big ass, like whatever the signs say, headline, and then that's it. You feel me? For the most part.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What do you think people don't understand?

[Lil TJ]

I mean, I mean, I don't think I'm not that hard to understand, but I think a lot of people just don't even look into, like, what they really be seeing about me. So when I say don't understand, I think. I just think the real is just most people look past the headline.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, even when you do look past the headlines, if you see the video and it's like, you know, you kind of co sign and everything that the headline says, like the last. The last situation you was in, we saw you leaving the. The jailhouse wild courthouse.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, I was on the way, so I went away.

[DJ Envy]

Have you fully healed from, you know, what happened in Jersey where you got shot seven times? Have you fully healed from that? Because that has to be a type of trauma that, that it's like you continuously looking over your shoulder, you continuously making sure you make the right moves.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have you healed?

[Lil TJ]

It's crazy though. Like today, day and age, like, yeah, I'll be catching myself, like, oh, that PTSD don't worn off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's worn off already.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah. I ain't gonna lie. It got like a lot better. It was bad. It was bad. You feel me? It was bad. You feel me? And like, it's like, it feels like a lot better right now. I'm like a lot more like, you

[Charlamagne Tha God]

know, did you do something for it, like therapy?

[Lil TJ]

I ain't do nothing. Like, I'm like kind of like an inch of Ryan. I do physical therapy. I ain't do mental therapy. I just got away from everybody and just figured it out.

[Jessica]

So you just isolated yourself?

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

You were by yourself the whole time?

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, basically, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Do you move differently now with that situation happen? Because that's a scary situation. Most people don't. Don't live off of one shot. But the fact that you were hit seven times is very serious.

[Lil TJ]

And actually, you know what's crazy though, actually might have been more, you know, in the hospital report. Say more the news headline. 7. And I just let it rock. I just left it with seven. I ain't.

[Jessica]

How many times was it though?

[Lil TJ]

It is like 8, 9. But you know this. I got mad holes and so I damn everything the doctors know because some of them just was going through me for me.

[DJ Envy]

And you Say you didn't do physical therapy for your healing. You just. Bro, you lucky as hell, brother.

[Jessica]

How long did it take you to like get up and start moving, right?

[Lil TJ]

I was. Yo, you want to know something?

[Jessica]

What?

[Lil TJ]

You think I'm lying? All right, cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Which means you probably are.

[Lil TJ]

Yo, where is. I know how crazy it's gonna sound. Look, I was on my feet. I was on my feet probably like from the moment I could. Like for the moment I was alert and I just tried to get on my feet. I got on my feet and I got into. I was gonna say a fight, but damn near with the doctor for getting on my feet. He caught me. My feet, I gotta stand up. La la la. And he spake me out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He spanked you out?

[Lil TJ]

No, I got into it with the doctor because I was trying to get up on my feet and he was telling me hotel like for me there a lot going on in that spot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, he said he spanked you. You know, when you in the hospital, you got the down on. Listen, do you think trauma changes people or just reveals who they already were?

[Lil TJ]

Nah, it could. It can super change you. You feel me? It can super change me. Change you as a person. You know what I'm saying? And I feel like. I feel like what the world seen was me go through something traumatic and me change in front of them. And then I feel like they judged me a little cruelly, but it's over now. But I think that's kind of what happened was going on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What was going on on life on edge, right? You talk about like all these things going through your mind and just some of the things that you're dealing with as you're trying to navigate the world. Like you said, you feel better today. Do you still feel on edge or do you feel like you've kind of backed away from the edge a little bit?

[Lil TJ]

Nah, definitely. I still feel on edge. Of course. You know what I'm saying? I got like a lot of narratives. A lot of people want to see me like up know I'm trying to say. And even how we say the headlines and all the negativity you might see on me, none of them are really that like of a heavy hitter. Like let me really up. They're gonna. They waiting for me to up like you feel. I'm trying to say. And in my eyes, right shootings.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was about to say the last.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The last shooting somebody

[Lauren LaRosa]

and don't. So you've never had allegations affect you business wise? Even if. Because I've been told by people That I covered that just a headline can really do some damage on the back end, even if it's not fully true or, you know, whatever.

[Lil TJ]

You know, the thing is, though, so, like, I mean, probably is definitely. Probably people out there that might say, all right, this looks a little bit too rough for my liking, and I'll pass on it. Like, did it slow up my whole motion? Not. Absolutely not. And I think the. The thing where I win the most is that, like, I felt like my career is not based on popular vote. It's really just based off a core. So it's only so much, you know, somebody that's just not a part of what I got going on, I feel like affects me even though, you know, still a balance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I see your core call you inspirational, right? But then they'll see the headlines with the bull. Do you feel misunderstood, or do you think you've made it easy for people to misunderstand?

[Lil TJ]

I think. I think a lot of people misunderstand me, and I think a lot of people 100% understand me. And the people that understand me might not have as much of a voice, like in a comment section or a headline, you know what I'm saying? But I think a lot of people understand me to a certain extent. But the reason why the name of the album is they Just Ain't true is I realize the way I think from the ground up is like. Like, very different to the average person.

[Jessica]

Did you really remove a bullet out your neck?

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, while I was wide awoke.

[Jessica]

Because you didn't want to go back under anesthesia, like, yeah, you did it with a scalpel and numbing cream.

[Lil TJ]

I didn't do it, but the doctor did it. And I was wide awake, and I'm like, nah, I'm not going to sleep. Wow, that changes the whole story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought she was on some Rambo.

[Lil TJ]

I did not have neither like that.

[DJ Envy]

When did you realize that the streets in the rap game are totally two different things?

[Lil TJ]

When did I realize that? I realized that from day one, you understand, like, when I was like. I also feel like, what kind of, like, make people not understand me as much as when I came in? I was kind of dramatic with the brand, and I feel like it wasn't. It became cooler to be tough in, like, in, like, my eyes later than when I first started. The thing is, like, I just kind of like I felt like I couldn't say nothing wrong, you know what I'm saying? I remember I've seen an interview. I was like, dragging it because I've Been outside doing, you know. Well, I was not trying to be a bad example, but I seen Andrew, I was like, yo, I don't even talk to girls. I'm waiting for the right one. This is, I'm like, damn. I was trying to be clean cut. You feel me? And that's why I feel like it might clash sometimes with you feel me? Like with. When I'm being my genuine self now. Because it'd be like, yo, that's little tj. Like, and I'll be just thinking, like, I'm just vain. I just, wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But see, that's what I remember because like now I'd be looking online, people be like, TJ looks angry, he looks reckless, he looks paranoid. Like, do you think that's fair?

[Lil TJ]

But then again, it's a thin line between. It's a thin line between. I just was able to probably hide my emotions when it was less pressure, maybe.

[K]

True.

[Lil TJ]

That's probably what it was. Got a little bit too passionate with sometimes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Plus you, plus you, you kind of, you grew up in this, right? Like when you first started, when you like 18.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah. You're probably younger, a little younger.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying? So people watched you grow into this 25 year old man. So you had to learn in front of the world, basically.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Now I'm sure you understand this statement. The streets just trick you out of it, right? Immediately.

[Lil TJ]

Because yeah, the streets. But I understood that then. That's kind of why I was going at with it. I understood that then, like, you know, and, and yeah, and even to now, like I got a song, right, called Can't Change and I feel like it's similar to like what you were saying with Life on Edge. And he was like, yo, do I feel like I'm still living life on edge? Can't Change is basically the answer to that. I feel like, because I felt like, because of a lot of things that was set up, like the way my life was set up to project when I was young, it's only so much. I could pivot from it right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's not true. You could pivot as far as you want. If you don't care what those people think about what they think, you'll feel like that.

[DJ Envy]

That's my fear.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You could be a pastor tomorrow if you want to, tj, but my fear is.

[Lil TJ]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lil TJ]

Yes. But I don't think I could pivot as much as I, as I want

[Lauren LaRosa]

to on a song you talk about. It sounds like you're Talking about the fact that, like, you know, you have family and friends that are still, like, kind of into things or from where you're from doing certain things. So it's like you can't fully uproot yourself and turn that switch off. And because of that, you got to protect yourself a certain way when you're around certain things. Right. Is that where you're going with it?

[Lil TJ]

You know what it is? So, like, kind of like the only people, like, I really know, like, I got like, a couple, like, you know, like. Like, people that's, like, important people in this world that's like, we close to and majority of people that I know, like, and deal with today is, like, people that I knew before I was famous. And all of these people is, like, from the trenches. I'm talking about like. Like, it's a up environment. Like, everybody dead broke, like, for me. And it just be the culture, be the mindset of the thing. So even if you kind of like, bless the trenches, what do with they bread is just spend it. Because the mindset is not like, it's not really gold to go up. Right. So now me with a goal to go up, surrounded by people I love, and nobody has that same goal. It's up. You know, I'm trying to say. So it does, like, pull me down to a certain extent. But then what I'm do, go chill with 10 people that I don't care or, like, worry about. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, associate with them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But how you just said that you spent a lot of time alone.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And sometimes you got to do that even with the people you come from.

[Lil TJ]

Because I feel safe alone. I feel like me channeling with you might be a liability for me just because we just live two different lifestyles and I think differently from ground up than you. You might put me in harm's way and not even realize it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't cut them people off.

[Lil TJ]

No, but that's you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It could be you. It could be you.

[Lil TJ]

Charlemagne right now, like.

[DJ Envy]

Like, Charlamagne ain't gonna put you in a place where you feel like your life is straight.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[DJ Envy]

NBA ain't gonna put you in a

[Lil TJ]

place where you feel like, intentionally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. We got too much to lose.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you feel like, okay, so, like, you talking about a Charlemagne, right? Because at first you said it's the people that had the mindset because they from the trenches. Right?

[Lil TJ]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Charlamagne is from where he's from, but he's changed his life and lived a different way. But you still Feel like being around someone, whatever he comes with, could come your way. Is that a form of your own ptsd, though?

[Lil TJ]

Yes, but it's also a form of you just not understanding. So I believe, right? Because if I walk downstairs right now and it's so unfortunate, right? This could be my security cab, A legal gun, right? Now, I know certain people that if we look at each other eye to eye, he. I might pull his gun in my chop, blow my whole face off, and I can't tell my security, you'll shoot him. Shoot him. Because he don't see a gun. And it's a whole, like, order of command of how this has to go. Now, you get what I'm trying to say? And with that being said, it sounds like an extreme situation, but it's kind of like, I think, like, that. You know what I'm saying? So now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, explain that to me again, because I think you need to fire your security if they can't spot a threat before.

[Lil TJ]

No, because it's just certain things. Like, now, what if my gun is tucked? You feel me? I'm about to walk up when you get close and I'm up and blow you down. You feel me? It's just. It's just how you read in the room. You feel me?

[DJ Envy]

He's saying that if he walks into somebody that knows and he knows his

[Charlamagne Tha God]

security or they know each other, everybody that he has beef with.

[DJ Envy]

You know, security is, you know, watching every environment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it ain't about knowing who you got beef with. I mean, that's part of. It's protected.

[Lil TJ]

But then it's like, it's almost. To a certain extent, it's like, yo, I like. Like, I. Like, I don't want to sound tough or none of that, but, like, I'm dramatically different from the average person. You feel me? It's to a certain extent, to security don't even got it in him. Nine times out of 10, like, you feel me?

[Jessica]

What I'm gonna do?

[Lil TJ]

Like, I'm gonna put you to the test. Like, you'll go in the street and let me see you. Let me see you in extreme situation. You feel me? Like, sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire. Sometimes I'll be around the bros and I'll be like, bro, y' all annoying me for me. They know that. They know that we talked. I'm like, I love y', all, bro. I want y' all do better, bro. But, like, y' all is annoying. Like, yeah, in a way, for me, but to a certain extent, you just kind of like, you need to balance it. It's just because I can't change. This is, like, my life. Like, this is, like, you feel me,

[DJ Envy]

you know, but you know how I feel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You'll be singing a totally different tune in five years, guaranteed.

[Lil TJ]

Hopefully. So that's.

[DJ Envy]

But you. You had conversation with 50, and I heard you say you speak to him after you got. You got shot before, right? Yeah, he's the perfect example of that, because he had the same thing. He couldn't. Any way he moved, it was on his ass, and he had to move militant in a way where it protected him.

[Lil TJ]

How did those conversations happen or work with 50 Cent? Yeah, you know, I just. I feel like me and 50 Cent is a little different, though. You feel me? And it's crazy, though, because I did that little old 50 Cent many men remix. I think it was gas me. I was, I swear, high. I press upload. But in reality, I do feel like we different. It's certain things, for example, that, like. Like, you know, it's just like. It's just my shoes. You feel me? And I feel like 50 Cent just did certain things that I just probably wouldn't do in my life life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like what?

[Lil TJ]

Boom. I don't know, bro. I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, you just don't want to say. You was hesitant when you first said the 50 Cent conversation. Like, what. What is the hesitation? Did the conversation not go the way you expected it to?

[Lil TJ]

Nah. I put it like this. I think that 50 Cent is, like, the big, like, gangster image. Like. Like, you feel me? A role model of the. Of the rap career. And it's like, almost even me, like, being a younger person, I was, like, falling into it a little bit. Like, yeah, you're not 52. I mean, like, yeah, yeah. But then when I actually use my own two eyes, and I'm like, all right, A lot of he do. I feel like at his age, I would not be doing, like, I'm trying to say, okay, I get way more past. I'm 24, 25. For me, a lot of he do. I would not do. You feel I'm trying to say now,

[Jessica]

you say he too old for the trolling that he does.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, he got me in 25 years for me. So I feel like he didn't come down to his level and troll me right now. Big 50, because that's what you want to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think the streets sometimes punish growth? Like, whenever a rapper tries to mature, people be like, oh, he's soft now, 100.

[Lil TJ]

But, you know, what it is. The thing is, though, these niggas don't be stopping. They growth when they want to. They stop when they grow from this, when they feel like they back into the wall again, into uncomfortable positions. Be like the streets, you feel me? Don't really be like, taking the initiative to say, all right, this is not how I want to live my life. It's not what I want to stand for. You see, I'm trying to say. And. And then they just get into a situation and start. Because, like, even right now, I feel like, would I change my morals and do anything that I wouldn't do before? No. But as of right now, in this day and age, I'm not saying. I'm not saying I understand. She's very well, you feel me? But I'm preaching that. That is not it. I want no beef with Zero. I don't beef with nobody. Like, I was anybody thinking about. I don't want no beef with you, feel me? I just hope you don't try to do nothing to me for me, but I don't want to be for nobody like that. Corny to me. Super corny to me, you feel me? And I know people that done done got life in jail, and I know people that are probably done that for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They.

[Lil TJ]

They might not even went to jail. They just got a whole bunch of. On their mind and way of thinking and just a lifestyle. They just don't want you for me. It's no anger for me. So I could tell anybody in the most genuine form that corn felony for me. But I do look at it as when I was younger, younger, younger, younger from when I was 11, 12 years old. I was catching felonies at those ages. I told myself, all right, these is your life rules. These are your morals. That's what you can and cannot do. And from there, I just kind of stood on. I stood in the pockets, you feel me?

[DJ Envy]

Is it beef too far with certain people to totally squash? Because you said you don't want beef with nobody, right? Is it too far to say, you know what? Let's end it right here. We all making money, we all going our own way. We all got our own crew.

[Lil TJ]

It's just pull me up on it. Pull me up on it. I ain't tripping. I ain't. Like, I ain't got no beef with. I don't want. Now, I'm not gonna say I don't got because I don't know how anybody looks at me. You know what I'm saying? I don't know how everybody look at

[DJ Envy]

me, because the first beef would they say, you and a boogie. But y' all do so much.

[Lil TJ]

Y' all so big for New York boom type boogie. Come give me a hug. I ain't tripping on that, man. Offset.

[DJ Envy]

I love that.

[Lil TJ]

What about offset Offset? I'm not tripping. My offset also, you know, it's crazy. Offset offset. I don't know what's up with offset offsets. You need to come give me a hug, too, man. I ain't.

[DJ Envy]

Now, was that over a gambling? A gambling thing?

[Lil TJ]

Nothing happened with us. I think that my lawyer got to figure that out, right? My lady told me.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not even talking about that. I'm just talking about why y' all don't like each other. Was that over a gambling day?

[Lil TJ]

I think that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lil TJ]

I mean, I think that a lot of people don't like Offset because he has some gambling problems. Me, I wouldn't even say I don't like him. I would say I kind of feel bad for him. It's kind of up. I kind of see what's going on. You feel me? I see it clear as day, you know? And I also look at him. Are you supposed to be like. Like, a more established, mature in the space artist than me? For me, And I look at how I maneuver, like, my security. I look at everything. Kind of like everything I can see with my own two eyes. And then when I. We run each other, like, I realized I'm like, bro, you ain't moving like that. God, bros look like a little sad, you know, Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If. If you. If you're in a space, I mean, maybe you just got here now, but I'm. If I'm listening to you, you're in a space where you kind of want to get away from all the problems in the drama.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drama.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I've seen you on, like, your streams and stuff when, like, you talking about the gambling stuff with Offset and just different. Even, like, the Kai. So not stuff. And. And it brings the drama in the conversation to you at the same time. Like, why do you do that?

[Lil TJ]

If you feel like, okay, sometimes I be feeling, like, so passionate, like. Like, I'm like, people gonna understand me. And then I'd be like, you know, the team will be like, never speak. Never speak. But I feel like. But I got a point. Like, you feel me like, your word, too. I put it like this, right? I ain't gonna lie. What I thought the world was gonna be like. Oh, set you a bum for me. Because, bro, words. Who I got rappers, dude. The whole industry is in my dm. You see how a couple came out, Everybody in my DM laughing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Haha.

[Lil TJ]

Also owe me bread too. The whole world is in my dm, officer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my bread.

[Lil TJ]

La la la for me. So I'm like, bro, I'm over here actually for my bread. You keep texting me angry text about getting in blood. I'm like, you wild and broski. So I'm thinking it's funny. Like it offsets a bum. He over here taking people. Brad running off. Anyway, I'll get it back in flood. I'm like, damn, I thought y' all was gonna film me for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How much are you?

[Lil TJ]

It was 10k. It was nothing, bro. I threw in the strip club whenever I want to.

[Jessica]

All right?

[Lil TJ]

But it's not enough for us for me to hate you, bro. I just feel like you just max disrespecting me. But kudos to you, bro. For me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But so you. Why did you. I mean, y' all cool like that to be. To just say, here's 10K.

[Lil TJ]

I didn't think 10K was that 10K in his eyes. Like, I didn't think it was a runoff type of 10k was y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all was in the casino together or something.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, I wasn't even better. Him, he like, he lost his money. He was accent. Let me tell you. He's asking a lady like, auntie, auntie, I even give you cat. He's calling everybody's phone. Nobody giving him no bread. He asking the ladies, like, regular people. Like, I don't think they work nine to five jobs. Like, not no rich people. And he getting them told, mama, cash at you in the morning. I'm like, you fake tweaking game. I don't know what make me jump in that algorithm. Give it as a five. The next five. I probably hit him back for. For mad long. For me, it was. I swear to God. Everybody probably telling me. Everybody telling me, like, yo, bro, he playing with you. I didn't even care. I didn't care. But then when I fake hit him about it, bro, you fake super tough cover. Yo, you tweaking broski.

[Jessica]

But was you fake hitting a bottle and you like, yo, y' all really want my money? You sitting here losing everybody else money.

[Lil TJ]

Like, no, no, I. I think probably like got spun off like 10 times, blah, blah, blah. And then one day was in the strip club. He just made a rain on everybody. Made a ran the whole club.

[Jessica]

That's the worst.

[Lil TJ]

Can I tell you Something, bro. Like, I don't really like saying stupid for me, but when I tell you, bro, everybody looking at me like, you gonna let him play? I'm like, leave him, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If that story is true, though, it is up. When you somebody owe you money and you like, yo, you, bro.

[Lil TJ]

The whole world is telling you,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not the bun.

[Lil TJ]

I'm like, damn, I'm the biggest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was worried about what everybody else was thinking.

[Lil TJ]

N. I never. To this day. To this day, kind of like, I think the most I try to do, like, intentionally was call him a bum. You feel me? I think that, like, 10 years younger than you, bro. Like, you feel me? I wouldn't give Cal Rich no money. I'mma feel like a weirdo run off on him. He might be two years younger than me. You feel me? Like, I'm not doing that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you and Offset could be cool, though.

[Lil TJ]

Hell, yeah. Any day. He probably like his fans. Whatever he about. I don't know, bro. I'm working off this music game. I'm trying to go up.

[DJ Envy]

Let's get into some music. Can we get into some music?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't want to ask? Let's ask about Used to Love, man. Is that a real situation?

[Lil TJ]

Used to Love? Nah, it's just music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay, okay, okay. I thought a girl really had you brainwashed.

[Lil TJ]

You thought? Made by Lala. Tell him stream it if y' all want to stream it. I made my Lala.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That Lala. Big Lala, huh?

[Lil TJ]

No, no. I wouldn't expect big Lala like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was joking, guys. Oh, but that would be a good one. You're supposed to get turned out by older woman.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He turned out on a couple songs. So. So y' all not dating you and Lala?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was a. That's a thing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, not all Lala bapt. Right? But you that people were trying to figure out. Y' all dating. Y' all not. Yeah.

[Jessica]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, you sad. I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

She said, I mean, you sad.

[Lil TJ]

I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we mean to try to almost make you cry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My bad. I didn't know. I thought you wanted that.

[Lil TJ]

That's gonna be the headline.

[DJ Envy]

That's gonna be the headlines about Big Lala, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, that was. This was about her. I had a convo with God. And he doubled down on you. I finally get it. Play with my heart. So I'm different. I thought you was loyal. I swear I would bet it. I saw that. That text ain't no edit. I felt like a sucker. No lie When I read it it ain't no making up nothing. I promise. It's over. You might as well get it.

[Jessica]

That's bars. Heartbroke bars.

[Lil TJ]

N. I just. You know, I think. I just. I think I'm a talented songwriter, so I couldn't know how to change the pockets on different type of songs. But mean, it just change in general thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If somebody hurt you, it's okay to talk about it.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, wait, hold on. I just caught up in real time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What happened?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lala then got engaged and had a baby. So why would you mention her?

[Lil TJ]

That's why I was kind of trying to figure out where I was going at with it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said the name first.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You definitely said no.

[Lil TJ]

Because. Because I figured that's what I was going to. Because I seen the headlines. Like we was talking about headlines. I seen the headlines going, that's when they got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm 47. I don't know who the hell you talking about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw something about a video. You put up a video, then deleted it. So people started having a conversation again. That's a couple months ago.

[Lil TJ]

Nah, you know, it's crazy. No, it was not the couple a couple weeks ago. But.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But no, I don't.

[Lil TJ]

I only run. I'm like an old head. I only run my Instagram. I don't even run my Snapchat.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you be knowing exactly what you be doing on them streams.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, that's me talking. If I'm talking, talking to live, that's a little different. But like, my social media accounts, I don't run all those.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But they gonna see this, though. They gonna see this on Netflix, on YouTube. They're gonna look in your face and be like, damn, yo, he almost cried.

[Lil TJ]

N. I'm with y', all, man.

[DJ Envy]

Ladies and gentlemen, Lil TJ is out right now. They just ain't you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's little tj.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. 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' all finally finished it. So you have that feeling of accomplishment.

[Lil TJ]

You did it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then your dad throws you the keys and says those three magic words. All yours, son. Yep.

[Lil TJ]

That same car belonged to your grandpa and that your dad helped him fix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's yours.

[Lil TJ]

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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet Charlamagne Tha God here Now y' all know I'm big on ownership. Owning your ideas, owning your business, owning your future. And that's exactly why I use Shopify. Shopify. Shopify is the platform that lets you take an idea and actually build a real business out of it. All right? It gives anyone the tools, the storefront and the control. So you're not building on somebody else's platform or somebody else's algorithm. Okay? It's your own store, your community, your own customers. That relationship is yours to own. All right? What I love is how discoverable it makes everything. Shopify puts products everywhere people actually shop. Google, YouTube, TikTok, shop the shop app. Even inside ChatGPT you can literally go from conversation to checkout. That's next level options in our changing world. And right now the Black Effect storefront is busy and Shopify is handling the heavy lifting. I am so excited that Shopify is going to show up at our Black Effect Podcast Festival this year in a big way. And of course I'll be there preaching this platform and introducing this platform to all our small black owned businesses that partner with us. Shopify is helping drive the marketplace this year at our festival and their footprint and commitment to us and the community of black owned businesses is something I am proud to be a part of. Build your store, own your audience and create something that lasts. Start [e-mail] Breakfast Club Amazon Health AI presents Painful Thoughts why did I search

[Mimi Brown]

the Internet for answers to my cold sore problem? Now I'm stuck down a rabbit hole filled with images of alarmingly graphic source

[Sophia Bush]

in various Stages of ooze.

[Mimi Brown]

I can clear my search history, but I can never unsee that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't go down the rabbit hole. Amazon Health AI gets you the right care fast. HealthC Care just got less painful. It's time for the latest alarm. Cool, babe.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sources.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. The little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through there.

[Lil TJ]

She gone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Laura. Take me through that on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool baby. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Alrighty, guys. So Jamie Foxx is expecting a new baby. He is going to be a dad again. At 58 years old.

[Jessica]

Hey, yo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So him and his girlfriend Alice Huckstep. And then this is somebody that. We've seen him out a bit. You know, there was like rumors they broke up, got back together. So she's not a new person, but yeah, she's pregnant. So I gave you a photo of Alice. Sharla. Jess, you. I couldn't shoot you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought Jamie Swarov. White women.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, we have that clip, so. Back in the back. Yes. So when Jamie Foxx did that stand up after he got better, following all of his health situations, he did tell us he was done. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And even when I tried to prove to you that I wasn't a clone, the Internet wouldn't believe me. And then you saw me with a white girl. That's Jamie. You know that. Blood and white. That's probably why he stroked out with all them goddamn bunnies.

[DJ Envy]

Get you a black girl, you'll stay alive.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But sisters, I'm here to tell you I've been cured. No more white girls, no more white girls. I'm back on the black side of town. No more spray tan. No more

[Lauren LaRosa]

white girls.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No more white girls in public. I forgot about that. He said in public.

[Lil TJ]

Public, yeah, but.

[Jessica]

Because I haven't seen him with.

[Lil TJ]

With her.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, no, no, no. They be outside, baby. She popped up. The first time we even knew that they were like. It was like a real thing. She popped out at one of his premieres. And then later that like probably like a year or so later that summer, they were at Nobu. We've been seeing them out on days. There's a lot of photos of them out in public.

[Jessica]

You said our last name. Hog Step.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Huck Step.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, the hell is a Hog Step?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Model, influencer type.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That sound like a something that's trending with the three little pigs on tick tock, little hog step. I don't know how to hog. Well, God bless Jamie Foxx.

[Jessica]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am totally against this. Damn doctor. I'm. Listen, Love who you want to love.

[Jessica]

Yeah, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Amen. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Play Dr. Umar. Again, I am totally against it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's something about when people talk to us as black people with them cords and the church things behind them, we just really believe it and really feel it.

[Jessica]

Yo, I really believed it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I forgot it. Said it was clearly a joke. But at the end, he said, not in public. So, you know.

[Jessica]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So he was still with his snow bunnies in private. I mean, even though you said he was still clearly a joke, people. And I hope she has a healthy pregnancy. There you go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I started to say successful.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. I know what you meant, but. And there's no word as to. I tried to find out. There's no word as to how pregnant she is, like, how far along they are, but, yes. Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Does that disappoint y'?

[Lil TJ]

All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two sisters in the room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jamie Fox. Been dating white women as long as I can remember. Jamie Foxx. And then dating as long as I've been old enough to understand what that is.

[Jessica]

I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But getting.

[Jessica]

Getting pregnant. Getting one pregnant.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was surprised.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm shocked.

[Jessica]

I'm like, damn. You know what I'm saying? Because even though, you know, he. It was. He was joking, saying, you know, I'm black, I'm back on the black side of town, I really did think, like, you believe. All right, cool. Yeah, I did believe it. But even further, more than that now. Shorty pregnant. She pregnant. And that was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, it can work. They might be half on Obama, you know, you get another little Obama. Okay. A little J. Cole.

[Jessica]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, they cool, too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look, nothing. Yeah, I wasn't surprised. Love Jamie Foxx, though. But I was not surprised at all.

[Jessica]

He said he 58.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he's 58. And she's. She's like 30, 31. His oldest daughter is, like, 32.

[Jessica]

Absolutely. But when. But you know how, you know the older moms, right? When they have, like, babies, when they older, they don't want to be the mom. Like, 70 and 80 at graduations. That's how it's about to go down.

[Lil TJ]

Like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's different for men.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sadly, it is different for me. Jamie Foxx, he looks amazing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I'm saying. How would you say he is.

[Jessica]

He looks amazing now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, he good.

[Lil TJ]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He gonna look great when he's 72.

[Jessica]

No? Probably so.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, well, congratulations to them and hopefully we'll, you know, we'll keep you guys updated. The story was broken on sources, but I did confirm on my own that it actually is real. It's a real thing. So I'm trying. I'm gonna try to keep up with the news here because.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I wonder if they watch Django together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Probably.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[Jessica]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Move.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Moving on. So yesterday we talked about the fact that there was that viral Pitchfork review for Chris Brown and the album Brown and all things. Well, Chris Brown spoke out following a lot of the conversation that came from that. Let's take a listen, Team Breezy.

[Lil TJ]

I know people want me to get

[Charlamagne Tha God]

on here and say some shag, but that we kicking a. Goddamn it. We ain't letting up.

[Lil TJ]

I' ma keep my foot on their neck and we ain't stopping.

[State Farm Ad Voice]

You hear me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We doing this tour more come.

[K]

I'm not gonna tell you what's more to come, but it's coming.

[Lil TJ]

At the end of the day, I don't give a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What these is talking about. I know exactly who my fans is and I know exactly who hearing this album. If you're not my fan, I don't want you to listen to my. Go listen to my Zara Larson or somebody. Now, I'm gonna be honest with you. That Pitchfork. I try to always be honest, but that Pitchfork article was releasing bs. I didn't read it, but I saw the tweet posted where they said, this album is just garbage.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said all that yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't hear all that. I just heard you say that it had a bad rating.

[Jessica]

That was the first thing she said, that it was garbage. It was trash.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I really gotta start paying you more attention. That is like, first of all, if you're a Pitchfork, right? Pitchfork is supposed to be a prestige publication, right?

[Lil TJ]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, I guess. Right. They're supposed to be, like, somebody that actually critiques music for real. You can't just put. This album is garbage. That's some Twitter stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I want you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't like the. I hate when these publications, you know, lower the bar just to do what they see working on social media. But you don't have to rage bait for clicks.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want you to actually go and read the review because I told you I stopped reading at a certain point because I felt like the whole article was that it doesn't make you think about the compilation of music, the song choice. And we can argue that all day long because I don't agree with some of the song placements on the album, but it was literally about Chris Brown, his narrative, the Rihanna things, what he's trying to come back from. It was. It just. I was very confused.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wouldn't even have got past the tweet. Like, if you start off, this album is garbage. Like, I'm not looking for. I'm not looking for that from somebody like Pitchfork.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, that's something I expect just regular people on social media to say.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want you to have a real breakdown of why you may or may not like this album.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pitchfork, they broke it down, but I felt like that was BS too. But yesterday it was announced that Chris Brown's album, there's. It's being projected. It's going to be aiming for number, a number five debut on the Billboard 200 with 70K the first week in units. That's a projection right now. So we'll see how it goes.

[Jessica]

Chris.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. And then you wonder why, you know, journalism is. Is in the toilet. You know, music journalism is in the toilet because the people who are supposed to be the real music journalists sounded like just regular, everyday folks on social media.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This album is garb. What was it? This album's a piece of. This album.

[Jessica]

A piece of trash, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Piece of trash.

[Jessica]

They didn't even say garbage. They said, oh, yeah, piece of ish.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow. You know what I'm saying? Come on, man.

[Lil TJ]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Knock it off. 4 after the hour is donkey of the day. And I need a Bronx woman named Casey Clayson to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with her.

[Jessica]

We heavy in the Bronx. We had a little TJ just now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, you're right.

[Jessica]

It's crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We outside shout out to my family in the Bronx, period.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why you act like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't do that. They already don't like you.

[Jessica]

I really got Bronx Truman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then it's time to don't give a damn. We in the Bronx. Y' all not shutting us down. We in the concourse with a conc. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all the.

[Sophia Bush]

Why does the Sunshine State consistently produce such strange news?

[Lauren LaRosa]

If I catch y' all ass in

[Jessica]

traffic, I whipper my G and y'

[Charlamagne Tha God]

all gonna sit almost.

[Lil TJ]

It is just one of the many

[Charlamagne Tha God]

wack, wacky news stories out of Florida on the Breakfast Club. You know, Donkey Today for Wednesday, May 13th goes to a 28 year old Bronx woman named Casey Class. And now every other day I get on this radio and I tell y' all that the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And I must be honest and say that Florida overwhelmingly dominates that versus battle, okay? Not because there isn't enough nut ass stories coming from the Bronx. It's simply because. Because Florida foolishness is different than others. But today the Bronx wins, okay? And it's not even close. See, Casey Classen is 28 years old. Two, eight. And she is accused of posing as a teenager at a New York City high school for two weeks. Let's go to News 12 for the report, please.

[Sophia Bush]

28 year old woman was impersonating a teenager. She successfully enrolled at this school and her name is Casey Classeten. Now, according to the criminal criminal complaint, Classen is facing criminal impersonation and trespassing charges. Court records show she pled not guilty to both. The document goes on to say on April 13, she enrolled as a student at Westchester Square Academy under the name Shamara Rashad. With the birthday March 8, 2010, which would make her 16 years old. The principal then saw a Facebook page with her photo and a different birthday and confronted her about it. He first asked her for her information. She said, my name is Shamara Rashad. I'm 16 years old. I'm from Ohio. I came to New York with my sister. Then he showed her the Facebook page and asked if that was her. She said, yes. My real name is Casey Clown. My real date of birth is July 29, 1997. I'm not Shamara Rashad. I'm not 16 years old. I lied about my identity because my friend forced me to. She was using me to receive more public assistance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, you should have known she was old because she had a Facebook page. Facebook page, okay. And I feel Casey was on YouTube and she came across the fact that Andrew Garfield played Peter Parker when he was 29. Yes. The 29 year old playing a 17 year old. I feel like Casey was on X and saw someone post how Stacy Dash was 28 playing a 17 year old in Clueless. I feel like Casey was watching a Breakfast Club interview with Full Force. Salute to the good brothers Full Force. Dropping the clothes bombs for Full Force. I feel like she was watching them discuss how they were all. All in their late 20s, early 30s, playing the role of high school teenagers in house party. Okay. I feel like she saw those things and got a bright idea. And that bright idea was to pose as a 16 year old high school student named Shamar Rashad. Okay. She did all of that allegedly so her friend could receive more public assistance benefits. Times are so hard that you got people willing to pose as high school students so they can get more food stamps, more Medicaid, maybe just some temporary assistance in the form of cash, commonly called welfare. Maybe she needs some assistance with housing and utilities. I don't know what she needed. I don't know what her friend needs. I just know they needed some type of public assistance and she was willing to pose as a 16 year old to get some. Just what kind of type of fraud did you commit when you were trying to get that type of stuff back in the day? Credit card.

[Jessica]

I was, I was real heavy on them credit cards. I can look at a credit card one time and know all 16 digits on the front and a little CBB code.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, go ahead. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Now, I read another story in the New York Post where Casey says she spent three years in a psych ward. Okay. She said she fled an abusive marriage and struggled with an eating disorder and that landed her in a psych ward. She clearly suffers from some severe mental health issues. Someone who knows her, who goes by the last name Rogers, told the New York Post that they last communicated with Casey in 2018. And they said they feared that the young woman had been human trained, trafficked and may have been sent to the high school to recruit others. She just a mule. She a mule for public assistance and possibly for human trafficking. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Okay. Casey said back when she was 25, she lost custody of her 2 year old daughter because of her financial issues. Financial issues will lead people to do something strange for a piece of change. Okay? And losing your daughter definitely will. And that's why America is a failed project. We don't have resources to take care of the most vulnerable amongst us on any level. Casey needs to be receiving high levels of psychiatric treatment and her basic needs should be taken care of. Hell, there should be some type of support for her 2 year old as well. But when you have people like this just roaming the streets with no assistance, can't get no snap, that's when they snap and usually end up risking it all and enrolling as a 16 year old high school student when you are 28. I have empathy for her. But you know who I don't have empathy for? For the Bronx. Okay? Look, I feel it in my heart, in my spirit, in my bones, that she could only get this off anywhere in Florida. In the Bronx. Okay, yes, she deserves the biggest he offer enrolling in West Westchester Square Academy. But the powers that be at Westchester Square Academy, y' all deserve the biggest he haw too, for allowing her to enroll. How the hell did this slip to the crowd? Tracks for two weeks. Does she look young? Yes, but she also looks a little weathered. Okay, just the fact that she told y' all she was 16. Just because she's frail with glasses doesn't mean she's 16. And it took Facebook to catch her. What gave it away? Her throwback Thursday from when she was 16 in 2014. Huh? Westchester. What did y' all think when you saw those crows feet behind the glasses? You thought she was scratched from failing a driver's test?

[Lil TJ]

Test.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two weeks. Two weeks she was at that school. I know for a fact when she sat in those tiny little desk, her knees sounded like popcorn popping in the microwave. And you know the reality? The reality that nobody noticed she was 28. You know why nobody noticed that? Because every student in the Bronx already looks exhausted from life. It's just true. You know what? Let's give Casey, Classen, and the administration at Westchester Square Academy the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons. That's what it was. It didn't come to me till the end. And sure, but that's what it was.

[Jessica]

She literally said every student in the Bronx.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what came to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got little cousins and they don't look stressed out.

[Jessica]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what came to me at the end. That's why she was able to get. Well, not all of them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What did somebody from the Bronx do to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, you don't watch the news. Then if you watch to you personally, all you gotta do is watch the news and you will see that the craziest people in America come from the Bronx. And all of Florida watch the local news here in New York just one time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I be listening to 10 to 1.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Most of the stories are from the Bronx. Bronx that are crazy. Jeez, I'm telling you. But I'm. It came to me at the end. That's why nobody noticed. Yo, cuz all, there's a lot of students in the Bronx that already look exhausted from life.

[Jessica]

Nah, but that's wild. Do we got a picture of Shorty? Cuz, like for her to look.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to see her?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want to see her name one more time.

[Jessica]

She got to do that for two weeks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said two weeks.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What was her full name?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Casey. Classen. K A C Y C L A A A S E N. I think.

[Jessica]

Oh, man, we can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why y' all say like that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Man, what you thinking over there in playing a jazz?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did y' all cut it out? Why y' all say oh like that? Why y' all say oh like that? Tell me why you said oh. Matter of fact, don't tell me why

[Jessica]

y' all said oh, yeah. N. Cuz, you know, I in trouble. Like a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Text me.

[Jessica]

Yeah, all right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Text me real quick. Yeah, text me. Jeff,

[K]

that's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I see the bubbles. Oh, no, Jess, you said love on the spectrum. You need to. Hey, yo, speaking of love, Stop. Mimi Brown. Who? Didn't Mimi have a topic earlier about dating?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mimi said, people not dating because we broke.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought this was interesting.

[Mimi Brown]

That's exactly what I said. Okay, okay. So real question for all the single people out there. Can you even afford to date? Because according to a new report, nearly half of single Americans say dating is no longer financially worth it. So researchers, they found that the average date night in America costs between 200 to $250 just for one date to go. Well, that includes dinner, transportation, just getting ready. Okay. Everything's gone up. Restaurant prices, ticket, date ticket, movie tickets, dating app subscriptions. So people are like, I'm just not dating anymore. They're scaling it back and they're swapping it out for cooking at home, maybe walks in the work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you can't do that if you're dating, right? Because you're not just grabbing somebody's house.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It depends on where you are. Y' all could do a first date walk in the park. That's cute. Yeah, you can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or you can have a picnic.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, you still gotta buy things for the picnic, though.

[Mimi Brown]

That's that part.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Walking is free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You go to Subway, right?

[Jessica]

Exactly. You go to Subway, then you go to five and below and you get what, a little blanket? It gets like some little. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't even get no blanket. We gonna get on the grass. We got the subway.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's because he from the south and he just think we are of the

[Mimi Brown]

earth on the grass?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[Mimi Brown]

So here's the question. How are we dating in this economy, ladies? Do we still expect the red carpet rolled out? Are we cool with something like grabbing coffee, sitting on the grass, eating Subway sandwiches?

[Jessica]

I've always liked stuff like that. That's how you really get to know someone. You get to really know a person, you know? Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wish you would buy me Subway with all that scamming you was doing back in the day with your Credit cards. You had paper. We gonna talk about it when we come back. 1-800-585-1051. Call us right now. It's the Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God. Just hilarious. DJ Envy is off today, but Lauren LaRosa is here and our front page news correspondent, Mimi Brown as well. Well, and Mimi had a topic that she couldn't get to in Front page news, but it's a very interesting topic. What did you say, Mimi? People broke and they don't date no more.

[Mimi Brown]

They do not date anymore. They can't afford it because they have to spend their money on bills, groceries, you know, rent, all the basics. So you can't afford to date anymore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

See, I don't. I don't like how that sounds because you can't afford to date. I just feel like everybody needs to lower their expectations of what you think a date is. And you know, the problem is you have so many people, people, especially women, who say things like they don't want to date nobody who ain't got no money. They don't want to date no man who ain't papered up. Meanwhile, y' all out here struggling yourself.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But that's a part of it. But also too, I think people's budgets is. This is just tighter. Like what you used to have. Like that extra maybe 50, 75, 100 you used to have, you might not have no more because now you pay more in gas or.

[Jessica]

Yeah. So imagine trying to get to the date, but you don't have cash.

[Lil TJ]

You don't got.

[Jessica]

You know what I'm saying? Muffler hanging off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is the time to really find somebody that loves you because they Uber, Uber is crazy.

[Jessica]

Uber, Lift, all them R Share apps, all of that stuff is jacked up in price too, cuz gas high.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you can stop falling for people for superficial reasons. How about y' all connect and, you know, do things that y' all can afford to do, but most importantly, look each other in the eyes and have a conversation. Some communication needs to happen. You know what I mean?

[Mimi Brown]

Get to know each other.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get to know each other. Like, what happened to that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I think people be. Especially when it's nice outside, sometimes you just be moving because you want to do something, not because you really want to date. Date people. Dating is just like an easy. That's like a It's like a easy card you could swipe. Like, okay, I want to go out for drinks. I'm gonna just call a date. But if you're dating in right attention. Yeah. You don't care where y' all go or what y' all do. That's also. It depends on where you are in your dating life, too. Like, it's a little different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The hell you blushing for?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, that man took you out the country twice and ain't did nothing but first of all, freaking slip and slide my pockets up aside, you know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I just choked on my bacon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's go to the phones. Good morning. Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Breakfast car fam. What's going on? This is Mr. Show Money out of Rose. What's going on?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace, Mr. Show Money Money.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's happening?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's happening? Are people too dat to broke? Mr. Show Money.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Jessica]

Too dat, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, too broke today.

[Jess Hilarious]

Tell a woman that you going to the park, Five Below, and subway, and that's whack. I'm me, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's what.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you don't say it like that. You be like, hey, I would love to, you know, surprise you. And then you go to Five Below, get all the stuff, go to somewhere, set it up, have the picnic set up. She walk into that.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then. And then when you. When you went online, that's five Below, and catch her outside, get in the Uber.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then what do you do?

[Jess Hilarious]

When?

[Jessica]

What? Say that again.

[Jess Hilarious]

When you. When. When you in line at 5 below, at 5 below, paying for your stuff, and she walk outside having an Uber. Then what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, how the hell y' all got the Five Below if she

[Jessica]

got to catch n yo? No, this is the thing. This is the preparation. You go there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You.

[Jessica]

You don't take her to Five and Below with you and then take her to the park. You tell her meet you at the park, and then say you don't even do Subway. Say you cook a nice meal. You put some effort into cooking something. If that's what you do. You go to Five and Below, you get the blanket. You get the picture?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Jessica]

And then you get there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Jessica]

What's up?

[Jess Hilarious]

Name a park in Boston. Baltimore. Any part in Baltimore.

[Jessica]

Leon Day Park. We got the.

[K]

The.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, so something called meet you at the mall or wherever he meets you. Y' all talk on the phone, whatever, boom, let's go out. When we going? We're going to Five Day Park. What would be your response back in the day?

[Jessica]

Back in the day. Are you tripping?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, he's not. He not tripping. Because if you like the guy, you gonna meet him at Five Day Park. Yes, if you like him.

[Jessica]

That's not even what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I'm saying.

[Jessica]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, it was bad. Yeah, it was. Got you, got you, got you.

[Jessica]

Yeah, I'm all for that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't Talk to me, Mr. Show Money. My point is this, right, because. Because if a man, if. If a woman likes you, she gonna meet you wherever you ask her to meet at.

[Lil TJ]

Yes.

[Jessica]

It don't matter.

[Mimi Brown]

And I think you're thinking about it wrong. You gotta surprise her. You gotta like, you know, pump it out. I'm going to take you out. It's a surprise. You know what I mean?

[Jessica]

Don't got a. That the blanket was $5. She ain't gotta know you broke. You know what I'm saying?

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

This is Naomi.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Naomi.

[Jessica]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How was dating while broke?

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hi, Jess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How was dating while broke? Naomi, what's going on?

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel like you could date, but I think that society, and men specifically, have allowed society, social media and these citywide girls to set the way of dating. Like if you dating with Tim Shin Jones and know the girl yet and they taking them to the side five star restaurant, she gotta earn that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree.

[Jess Hilarious]

Take her on the wall. Take her. Like you guys said, take her to wall. Take her to subways, take it to Starbucks or cafe, have conversations and see if she's even worth those five star restaurants.

[Jessica]

True.

[Jess Hilarious]

And if you start from that high,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

how are you gonna maintain that you're 100, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. They need to be more realistic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what? What you just said is very true. And I know that to be true. I don't even want to talk to no more women. We got. We got a lot of broke people up here, right? So that are dating.

[Lil TJ]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What? What? I mean, because they young and they know. Because they young and they on the come up. Like guys like Eli, you know, my guy brand. Brandon, get. Brandon, be getting to it. Brandon, get to it. No, no, no. I'm just talking about the women. Brandon, get to it. When we come back, we're gonna talk to Brandon, we gonna talk to Eli and we gonna see how they have been navigating.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, they be outside concerts, restaurants.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get to do it. Because it ain't about money. That's what I'm trying to tell y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I feel like, you know, we get on this radio all the time and I tell y' all like, you know, it's not about superficial things. Like, if you really like somebody, you like that person. So it don't matter, you know, where y' all go on a date. Y' all can figure something out, but it should be all about connecting with the person, communicating with the person. And, you know, women have such a crazy expectation, right? Because y' all want the bar to be so high. Y' all want to go. Remember that whole list of restaurants they had? You don't take a woman.

[Jessica]

I'm so mad that people ever even was saying that because now Outbacks, they count. You go to Cheesecake Factory and you paying like 200, 300 anyway, just for two people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying?

[Jessica]

Crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But Brandon is here. Brandon is one of our producers here at the Breakfast Club. How old are you now, Brandon?

[Lil TJ]

30.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Brandon is 30 years old. You know, he's on the come up. Brandon gets to it. Brandon be knocking him down. I'll just be asking this story, you know, I just want to hear what's happening out here.

[Lil TJ]

Not too much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you doing it, Brandon?

[Lil TJ]

I'm good. So. All right, so you gotta have your little spots. All right? Like, I got this little. I was telling brother, that guy's little spot in Belleville. I go to you get a little nice date for under a hundred dollars.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. What they serve what kind of food?

[Lil TJ]

It's like, kind of like bar food, burgers. Okay. But it's a. They got DJ playing. Nice vibe. People in there, good drinks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lil TJ]

Strong drinks, drinks. And then you gotta use the perks of what's around you. So luckily, I work in a place like this, so if I could get tickets, that's a nice little free concert date. Or like, there's like, a lot of jobs have, like, perks you could use to your benefit to dating. So you gotta, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Jessica]

I'm close with Charlemagne.

[Lil TJ]

I have not used y' all.

[Jessica]

To go to the podcast shows. I can get some tickets for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good advice, though, Brandon.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah, nice little. Y' all mentioned the picnic day. That's good. Get a nice little drink, a little cherie board. Act like you doing something.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Eli.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Eli is. Come here, Eli. Eli works in our digital team here at the Breakfast Club.

[Jessica]

This is about to sound real different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm 28. 28 years old now. The love of Eli's life is Drake. I want y' all to know that is the love of his life on. On Twitter and Instagram is ovo. Eli. What do you do, Eli? For nice, affordable, function, functional dates? I usually Ask her to guess where we're going. First guess is where we go. That's some.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Drake is for real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's stupid. What did she say, Mr. Child? Pull up and pull off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, you basically saying, you know what type of girls you're dating, you're aiming for a certain type of girls.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Unless I find a sugar mama, which I haven't found yet, but that'll be clutch. That's what y' all should be looking. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Eli would make a good sugar baby because you listen, you take orders well.

[Mimi Brown]

Eli's very sweet.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I can see that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't even know if I should have asked Eli this question. We're not sure if Eli sex was sexuality because he's so. I might have just put him on the spot. He might just be up here making up stuff. I just tell a girl, guess wherever we going, that's where we go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Just because he loved Drake and he wears Drake and boots.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just really generous, so, like, I. I overspend. Oh, you trick. Yeah, I'm too generous. I'm overly generous to the point where I spend too much, and I'm like, damn, what's the most you ever put you spent on some.

[Jessica]

On.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On a woman, Eli? Well, in terms of a gift or going out, Just in general. To get the box. To get the box. I mean, I did, like, a trip. I did a trip, like, upstate, and it was a few days.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I drove. I hope Ice man never comes. I mean, I've got a bowler. Yeah. I still got to get my money. That's the whole point of this conversation.

[Jessica]

Eli.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, you gotta make it work. If you're broke, you're broke. I'm joking. You just gotta make it work with what you got. Yes. Like, I agree with Charlamagne. If. If, you know, you guys really have a. Like a mutual understanding or that, like, bond. Yeah. That connection, then you. You make whatever work. You know, like grocery shopping, school. I've cooked with. I've had women and I cook together, stuff like that. Yeah, yeah, of course. I be chefing it up all. You eat them, though, huh? Which box? I mean, go to the phone, please. Good morning. Good morning. Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning. This Tank from Atlanta. How y' all doing, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What up, Tank from Atlanta? How do you date? Date While broke? Well, I don't date right now, but

[Jess Hilarious]

I was from the Himalayas. But look at here. I heard y' all saying this cheap date stuff that That'll work for one date, maybe two. But these women nowadays, let's keep it real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They. They don't want to go out on

[Jess Hilarious]

a subway or a blanket date. They want to go to Jamaica, and they want some good dinners. That's what they want.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but you got to talk to them like how our mama and daddy used to talk to us. You got Jamaica money.

[Jessica]

Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What? Okay, yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

But that's what they doing for.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can we flip the script a little bit, though? Because on the other side, women, when you're dating your man and you take your man out, y' all ain't gonna go for too much simple eventually either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all want crazy?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[Jessica]

Way more simpler.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They are. But eventually, y' all want to see us do something nice because y' all have had to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So a woman taking you out is so rare. I'll just be happy that she taking me out and paying the bills.

[Jess Hilarious]

That happen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Happens for a while. And then you also want to see, like. Okay, if I'm putting points on the board, I want to see what you can do, too. Nothing is wrong with it. I'm just saying, you making it seem like only women have these, like, set standards and stuff. Ours might come in earlier than y', alls, but y' all got standards.

[Mimi Brown]

I mean, I feel like men are simple.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They are. So to a certain extent, you don't

[Mimi Brown]

have to do all of that. I'm with Charlotte. Like, just the fact that I'm going out with you or taking you somewhere or spending money on you, how long? And then listen until it runs out, you know?

[Jessica]

And in my experience, show cooking for a man goes so much.

[Mimi Brown]

And they love that. That's a good one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm telling you.

[Jessica]

You go to a nice restaurant where you paying four or five hundred dollars, the food might not even be good. Then you can't get seconds. Then you, you know what I'm saying? You can't wait, smoke your little blicky, wake up in the middle of the night, hey, babe, make me another plate. You know what I'm saying? Give me the Y. Then, you know, roll over, put your in that. You know what I'm saying? That's a whole thing that'll go better than spending almost a stack on a date.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you ain't going.

[Jessica]

You ain't going to see no more.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If it's a first day, they not at your. Like, y' all spending the night and all that. I mean, later down the line, it could happen on the first day. That's what you want.

[Mimi Brown]

But as the relationship goes on, all

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm trying to do is hit anyway. So all extra. It don't even matter what you mean. That's what y' all don't get anyway.

[State Farm Ad Voice]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Jessica]

Yeah but I'm not itching to go downtown and tell a receptionist I'm here to talk about my downtown. Some things you'd rather type than say out loud.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no question too embarrassing for Amazon Health AI. Chat your symptoms and get virtual care 24. 7 Healthcare just got less painful. It's time for the latest with Lauren.

[Jessica]

Lauren be coming with straight back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe she gets them from somebody that knows somebody gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on this the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. But it's the latest brought to you by Top Dog Law on the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So just you know real quick I want to take a second to say rest in peace to a few people. There's been, you know, some some sad news happening in the NBA. First I want to start with Brandon Clark, former Grizzlies player. He passed away at the age of 29.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is horrible.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did he die?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So it the autopsy report the medical examiner's office has come out and basically deferred the pro like why he passed away but is being investigated as a possible overdose because of different paraphernalia drug paraphernalia that was found inside of the home that he was staying in on Monday which is where he was found. So that's crazy. Yes. It's not 100 that it was an overdose but they're investigating it as that. So, yeah, I want to send a rest in peace there. And then also to Jason Collins. Yesterday it was announced that he had passed away as well too, from brain cancer. He is known as one of the first openly gay NBA players and he passed away at 47 years old. So there's been a lot of tributes going out for him as well too. I hate cancer, like with everything in me. But yeah. So sending the rest in peace to those, you know, those two people and to their family. Sending some love and some comfort.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, humans be dealing with all type of things that you have no clue about. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If that first story is true and that's what they're saying, it was a potential overdose. People dealing with things you don't know about this brother. I knew about him dealing with brain cancer. But just think about the everyday struggles that people are dealing with every day. And they think about whatever problem you may be going through today. I bet you in your mind you're like, you know what? I thought I had some issues. I'm doing okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Compared to what others are going through

[Lauren LaRosa]

because Jason Collins, he. He was dealing with this for. It's like an eight month struggle, like, and you know, at that stage of cancer, that's a. It's a very heavy thing to experience for yourself and for your family. And yeah, we, you. We don't know everything that was happening with Brandon Clark, but there were some things that were being reported. So, you know, people are dealing with some things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God bless, man. God bless them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now switching gears a bit and you know, uplifting a little bit. It Queen Latifah. A congratulations goes out to her. It was announced yesterday that she will be joining the Voice Season 30 as a coach on the show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I have no idea what that means. I've never watched the Voice a day in my life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So she'll be one of the people on the show that are, you know, helping the talent get to where they need to get to in order to compete and the way that they the because you're selected by NBC and the network and casting. But it's based off of, you know, your career, how well your career has gone, how much influence you have, but also how good you've been in your own career at your different talent. So she will be joining Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson who have been on the show, and Riley Green who's going to be a newcomer as well. And the season will premiere in September of 2026. Yes. Now, Asia Wilson. So Asia Wilson is. This is Vanity Fair's Vanity Fair magazine's cover star. And the COVID was revealed yesterday as well too. And she is having a conversation about a lot of different things. They go through her career in the beginning of it. And for those who don't know, I'll just point out some of her accolades. She is a four time league mvp. She led the Las Vegas Aces to their three championship victories. The first WNBA player to score more than a thousand points in a single season. She, you know, back in April, she reportedly signed a deal that makes her the highest paid player in WNBA history. This is a three year contract that starts at $1.4 million and could reach up to $5 million. She also has her sneakers. The A1 sold out literally in May, back in 2025. And then the A2 dropped and went overseas in the spring.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's just her professional career. You spent a whole other 15, 20 minutes talking about what she did for the South Carolina Gamecocks, dropping the clues bombs for Asia Wilson.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She is also an author as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, yes. New York Times bestseller. Asia got a statue outside of Colonial Life arena in Colombia.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's that girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't play with Asia.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's that girl. Now they get into a conversation because at a part of the interview and it's written so we don't have all the studio, Bam, her boo is there as well. And they're in like white T shirts it describes and they're laughing and joking and they said that the time frame of this was after a hard loss that Bam took to the Miami Heat. And Asia's like, this is what I love about our relationship. Like we can have these games, wins, losses, but having the partner here with you to just get through life with has become one of the things that she loves the most. So they're talking kind of through that and through some other things. And she's talking about what she wants to focus on as she moves forward. She talks about potentially getting into to some things in Hollywood, but she says personally she is looking forward to being a wife and becoming a mother.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Jessica]

Aja, yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yep. And she says, and she also is looking forward to being an amazing daughter to her parents, which those are all her number one goals. She says her mom says all the time that there's a bunch of cities that they've never been to and things that she wants to do. And Asia's in that spirit now where she's like, all right girl, come on, let's do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she got that paper.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shopping includes moms for Asia Wilson. Dan. Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love to see women at this point of their lives. Lives.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bam. What you waiting for? You ain't gonna get better.

[Jessica]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just being honest with you. When you got top 10, you got to recognize you got top 10.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, I thought you meant basketball wise. I mean basketball basketball.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why would I be talking about basketball when we ain't talking about basketball right now?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because you said he ain't gonna get better. I'm like, he just scored 83 points.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's not going to get better. As far as a woman is concerned.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. And a partner.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you got top 10 tier, you should recognize you got top tier. And you lock top tier down 100.

[Jessica]

We don't know his plans. He probably planning an engagement right now. When to shoot the club up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As he should be.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As he should be. Not to mention that is a future number one draft pick waiting to happen. Male or female.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So that is the latest for the hour. And as we wrap one more congratulations, Dababy. He is, uh, chart charting the chart charts or topping the charts right now. His rap song pop, that has hit the raps rap charts, topping it for the first time since 2020. Now, y' all know it's been a fight for him. Okay.

[Jessica]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But he's there. And actually, I love pop that the song, but the remix is out as well, too. Young Miami is on it. Glorilla is fire. So congratulations to him because it's been a fight for him to get back, but he's here.

[Jessica]

Young Miami let go on that record.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love young Miami on that record.

[Jessica]

It's all the way Miami.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. The baby's had hit since this whole little kerfuffle.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He has, he has. But I feel like this is the first time where we're seeing what we know because it was moving on the charts. It was playing in the clubs. But I feel like this is the first time where it's being recognized the right way on the charts, where people are actually talking about it and acknowledging it. Like, I don't think that he was getting this before.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was the record he had before this?

[Lil TJ]

No, it was one before.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was sexy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two of them. Shake something. Shake.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was being played everywhere, but this one popped. That is the number one rap song on Billboard Pop. That thing. Hottest song in the world. Said that meant that stood on it is what he said in his Instagram post.

[Jessica]

And the music video is fire. Did y' all see it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did I saw it.

[Lil TJ]

Yeah.

[Jessica]

It was fire.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yep. But that is the latest for the hour brought to you by Top Dog Law. Any accident, big or small, called Top Dog Law.

[Jessica]

And happy birthday to Dennis Rodman. He is 65. And Stephen Colbert. Happy birthday, Steve. He's 62.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dropping a clues bomb for Stephen Colbert. My South Carolina brethren. You know, his brother was my seventh grade social studies teacher. Well, he was a seventh grade social studies teacher at Berkeley Middle School. His brother Jeff. Yes.

[Jessica]

Oh, I know Jeff Colbert.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it's Colbert, actually.

[Jessica]

Oh, people say Colbert.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know, but yes.

[Lil TJ]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You got another birthday too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's my guy. Who's another birthday? Oh, yes, man. Salute to my guy, Harry. Yo, Harry. Yo. Thank you for reminding me about that, Lauren. Hold on. Harry O's daughter, her name is Church Chase and she has a dance comp this weekend. Today is her born day. So drop on the foo bonds for Chase. Happy Born day, Chase.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Happy birthday, my guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Harry O. Harry O. You do something nice for your daughter. I know you are, but you know, do something really, really nice. Harry O got money. I don't know if you know, but your daddy got a lot of money. Okay. Just want to like, just want to remind you of that. All right. Put that pressure on him. Okay, It's. Oh, and we got the People's Choice mix coming up next. But Envy not even here. So he did the mix. I know, but. But it sounds so stupid because he gonna come on here talking like he been here the whole time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's how DJs do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, it's the Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne. Tha God, Jess. Hilarious. DJ Envy is off the day. Jess, you in Atlanta, right?

[Jessica]

Yes, I'm in Atlanta. Tonight I will be at the Estes Music Lounge from 6 to 8pm for my book signing event for my new co parenting memoir. Til Death Do We Parent is out now. You can go get it today. It's in bookstores and online. The event will be hosted by my girl, JoJo Alonzo. So shout out to everybody in Atlanta that's listening to us right now. Now on 96.1 a beat. I will be signing copies, we'll be doing live Q and A and I'll be taking some pictures with people. So it's going to be a nice little night of fun. Atlanta.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to JoJo. Salute to Jess. Make sure you go check them out tonight. What you got, Lauren? Anything?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, this, it's not nothing the public can come to, but this weekend Though I am going to be at.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So why you about to say it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I want to. I want to shout out the program. So there's a program at International High School in Jersey that there's like high school students that are becoming entrepreneurs and they bring people in that are doing things. Things to talk to the students. So I'll be with the girls at International High School this weekend, but shout out to the facilitators of that organization because you know, you need that in the schools nowadays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And I'm happy to be there and excited to meet all of the young ladies.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The show's over, guys. Okay? We'll be back tomorrow. Same bad time, same bad channel. Here's the positive note. The positive note. Once you say that to me, just say it.

[Jessica]

Yo, you got a positive note. Before we get out of here, I

[Charlamagne Tha God]

just want y' all to know, like, when one, like when one person not here, like, it just throws everything off. Like we like a well oiled machine. You know what I'm saying? And envy is you definitely ain't oil you. Actually, let's talk about it now. Since you want to bring it up. Since you want to bring it up. Why you come here ashy every day? Like you're not on Netflix, like you're not on YouTube, not on social media.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was not ashy today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The positive note is this. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. So don't decide to be ashy like Lauren LaRosa. Have a great day. Breakfast club. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartradio.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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