FULL SHOW: Jess Hilarious Addresses Her IG Live , Jonathan Majors & Meagan Good Get Married, A.J. Johnson & Tressa Smallwood Interview + More

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – Episode Released March 19, 2025

Title: FULL SHOW: Jess Hilarious Addresses Her IG Live , Jonathan Majors & Meagan Good Get Married, A.J. Johnson & Tressa Smallwood Interview + More
Host/Authors: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlemagne Tha God
Description: The world's most dangerous morning show, featuring dynamic discussions, celebrity interviews, and breaking news.

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1. Front Page News

a. NASA Astronauts’ Extended Mission

• Morgan Wood opens the news segment discussing the unexpected extension of two NASA astronauts' stay on the International Space Station.

  "They were supposed to only be in space for just a matter of days... they've been up in space for eight or nine months."
  [05:06] Morgan Wood

• DJ Envy adds insights into the astronauts' return and logistical challenges.

  "I know they're going to fly back here tonight... what the docs are watching them."
  [05:48] DJ Envy

b. Senator Mark Kelly and Tesla Dispute

• Morgan Wood reports on Arizona Senator Mark Kelly's decision to dispose of his Tesla vehicle amidst conflicts with Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump.

  "Every time I get in this car... reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country."
  [07:51] Senator Mark Kelly

• Lauren LaRosa and AJ Johnson discuss the potential impact and public reactions.

  "I respect it... if you buy used, he gets none of the money."
  [08:27] Lauren LaRosa

c. President Trump's Economic Policies and Californian Deportations

• Morgan Wood highlights a UCLA study predicting that President Trump's economic policies could trigger a recession by slowing manufacturing and reducing the workforce.

  "UCLA economists believe the policies could slow down the manufacturing sector and reduce the workforce."
  [28:30] Morgan Wood

• Governor Gavin Newsom criticizes Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to justify deportations, asserting it disregards federal court orders.

  "They are using a centuries-old law to justify deportation... This undermines the cornerstone of our constitutional democracy."
  [29:13] Governor Gavin Newsom

d. New York Tariffs and Economic Impact

• Morgan Wood discusses the ongoing tariff war between the U.S. and Canada, emphasizing its adverse effects on New York families, increased costs for goods, and challenges in the housing market.

  "The average New York family will feel it over the course of a year... fewer Canadians are crossing the border since these tariffs began."
  [31:32] Governor Kathy Hochul

  "The Department of Justice maintains that no deportation flight left the US after the order of a federal judge was placed to stop the planes from leaving."
  [29:31] Morgan Wood

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2. On-Air Host Dynamics and Tensions

a. Internal Conflicts Among Hosts

• A heated discussion unfolds between Lauren LaRosa and AJ Johnson, highlighting tensions related to show dynamics and online backlash.

  Lauren LaRosa: "Yo, she didn't know what Jess was on, so she rushed to the elevator. She hits the button."
  [44:48] Lauren LaRosa

  AJ Johnson: "I'm not about to be up here fighting for no mic... You're doing a lot of it right now."
  [38:23] AJ Johnson

• Charlemagne Tha God intervenes, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and discouraging the influence of online negativity.

  "We have to stop letting the Internet dictate how we move."
  [52:58] AJ Johnson

b. Addressing Online Comments and Show Narrative

• The hosts discuss the detrimental impact of online comments and narratives on their relationships and show quality.

  Lauren LaRosa: "The Internet loves mess. And one of the easiest ways to create mess is to pit people against each other."
  [52:19] Lauren LaRosa

  DJ Envy: "We can't let those people online dictate what we do. Like f those people."
  [69:13] DJ Envy

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3. Guest Interviews

a. A.J. Johnson & Tressa Smallwood on "Fighting to Be Me, The Dwen Curry Story"

• A.J. Johnson and Tressa Smallwood introduce their new project, an independent movie titled "Fighting to Be Me, The Dwen Curry Story," which delves into the life of Dwen Curry, a respected Hollywood stylist who turned to a life of crime.

  Tressa Smallwood: "I'm Tressa Azarelle Smallwood, CEO of Megamind Media... Making our own way in the industry."
  [71:29] Tressa Smallwood

• They discuss the film’s focus on Curry’s struggles, his impact on the LGBTQ+ community, and his eventual criminal activities.

  Wendy Williams: "Dwen is a very well renowned and respected Hollywood stylist from the 90s... He became a convicted felon for credit card fraud."
  [71:08] Wendy Williams

b. Wendy Williams’ Court Case Updates

• Tressa Smallwood provides updates on Wendy Williams’ legal situation, noting a favorable court ruling that allows Williams to move to a less restrictive facility.

  "Judge has agreed to allow Wendy Williams to move from the secured memory unit to a better, more... less restrictive unit."
  [86:14] Tressa Smallwood

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4. Positive Notes and Listener Engagement

• Lauren LaRosa shares motivational insights inspired by Don Miguel Ruiz’s "Four Agreements," emphasizing the importance of clear communication and not making assumptions.

  "Find the courage to ask for what you want... You always have the right to ask."
  [91:57] Lauren LaRosa

• The hosts encourage listener participation by opening phone lines (1-800-585-1051) for audience interactions and discussions.

  "If you need to talk, you can hit us right up now."
  [10:56] Lauren LaRosa

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5. Conclusion

The episode intertwines significant news updates with personal discussions among the hosts, highlighting both external events and internal show dynamics. Despite tensions regarding show roles and online criticism, the hosts strive to maintain engagement with their audience through guest interviews, motivational segments, and open conversations.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Senator Mark Kelly on Tesla Dispute:

  "Every time I get in this car... reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country."
  [07:51]

• Governor Gavin Newsom on Deportations:

  "They are using a centuries-old law to justify deportation... This undermines the cornerstone of our constitutional democracy."
  [29:13]

• Lauren LaRosa on Internet Influence:

  "The Internet loves mess. And one of the easiest ways to create mess is to pit people against each other."
  [52:19]

• DJ Envy on Overcoming Online Negativity:

  "We can't let those people online dictate what we do. Like f those people."
  [69:13]

• Lauren LaRosa on Encouraging Dialogue:

  "Find the courage to ask for what you want... You always have the right to ask."
  [91:57]

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This detailed summary encapsulates the key discussions, insights, and interactions from the episode, providing a comprehensive overview for those who haven't listened to the full show.

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlemagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo. Say something, man.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what to say.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everybody is here.

[DJ Envy]

I know everybody's here, but nobody's right here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She'll be. Well, say something Jess.

[DJ Envy]

Hilarious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne the God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Hump day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's going on?

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel fantastic, man.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

God is good.

[DJ Envy]

You see my. You see my outfit? What the Godspeed new Godspeed hoodie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like it's the first day of high school. Play my song, Ray. Play my song. Play my song. Let's go. Sin hands to help me increase thy fame. All right, come on now. Classic, classic, classic. Right there. Oh, man. Listen.

[DJ Envy]

Salute to everybody. Heading to work this morning. Heading to school. High school, college, elementary, middle school.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I never went to college anyway. I graduated in night school. Berkeley High School, 1998. Okay, but today is gonna be a great show. Everybody is here. Everybody is here. Lauren LaRosa is here. We got some guests this morning. A.J. johnson and Tressa Azarelle Smallwood from the new BET original movie, Fighting to be Me. The Dwyn Curry Story.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Now, you know AJ Johnson, a legend in this actress game. Come on, we can start from House party. You know, she was doing it with Gina doing the kickstep in House Party. Then you could do Baby Girl. No, no, Baby boy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

See, that's why Trump signed executive order. His baby boy, man. Jody's.

[DJ Envy]

Jody's mom.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Baby boy. Cut it out, man. Jesus Christ. Baby Girl. You know what I meant? No, I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I mean, Baby Boy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's exactly why Trump be signing executive orders right there. Okay? To keep you from making those kind of mistakes.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But A.J. johnson and Tressa will be joining us. And let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Morgan would be here. She'll be breaking down everything that's going on in the world. I'm glad you wasn't singing. And everybody else, you could get it off your chest. 800 this morning, man, phone lines are open.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whatever y'all want to talk about. Okay, let's go.

[DJ Envy]

It's gonna be one of those ones. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Morgan.

[Morgan Wood]

Good morning, everybody. How y'all feeling today?

[DJ Envy]

Feeling amazing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bless black and highly favored. What's up, Morgan?

[Morgan Wood]

All right, let's get into it. So two NASA astronauts are back on Earth after a nine month stay on the international Space station NASA spokesperson Steve Stitch says there's no specific timeline when Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be reunited with their families, but it should essentially be soon. You know, it takes some time for astronauts to readjust once they've gotten back on Earth. These astronauts were actually supposed to only be in space for just a matter of days, I believe eight or nine days. And they've been up in space at that space station for more like eight or nine months. So let's hear more from NASA spokesperson Steve Stitches on these astronauts.

[DJ Envy]

I know they're going to fly back here tonight. They'll probably spend some time rehabilitating a little bit and what the docs watching them and then they'll rejoin their families in the next, you know, day or so. I don't, you know, they were supposed to go for two weeks. Right, Right. How did they have enough food for nine months? Like, you know, you carry enough food for a month maybe, maybe eight weeks, but they had enough food for nine months.

[Morgan Wood]

You know, those. Have you ever seen, like, space food? You see how it's packed?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's like paste.

[Morgan Wood]

Yeah, it was like. But it's very compressed also. So I would imagine that it would be beneficial for NASA just to overstock space stations anyways, you know.

[AJ Johnson]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'll tell you something, Morgan. Space seems very boring, okay? Either they have to sign NDAs. Are they lying about going to space? Because they never come back with no amazing stories. I mean, y'all was in space all that time. And I watched CNN last night and I didn't hear any great stories. Okay. Social media was more, more entertaining yesterday than definitely coming back from, from space.

[Morgan Wood]

Okay? So Williams and Wilmore had to stay way longer, as I mentioned, and planned aboard the iss after issues with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft, of course, they returned home on a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday, splashing down into the ocean off the coast of Florida. SpaceX, you know, that's Elon Musk. I think something that was really kind of cool was their first meal back. Did you see that on cnn? No, no, no. The. No, they ate PBJ salad and a burger. So I'm just like, you know, when you, when you coming back from space and you've for nine months, like, they.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Got peanut butter and jelly salad.

[DJ Envy]

No, no. When they did their first meal, when.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They got back, she said PBJ salad.

[Morgan Wood]

Someone had a salad. Someone had a pbj.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it's a peanut butter jelly salad.

[Morgan Wood]

Goodness.

[AJ Johnson]

Oh, my gosh, guys.

[Morgan Wood]

Moving on, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, he is Getting rid of his Tesla car after a public spat with Elon Musk. In a video posted on X, the Arizona Democrat said he drove the car to work for the last time on Friday. He pointed to the actions of President Trump and Elon Musk for his decision to get rid of Tesla. Let's take a listen to Senator Kelly's comments.

[DJ Envy]

Every time I get in this car in the last 60 days or so reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country. It's one bad thing after the next. He's firing veterans. I'm a veteran, so I have a really hard time driving around in this thing. So I think it's time for an upgrade today. So this is going to be my.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Last, last trip in this car.

[Morgan Wood]

What do you guys think?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I respect it. You know, all of y'all complaining about Elon Musk. If you drive a Tesla, if you on X, then you really don't care about Elon Musk that much or what Elon Musk is doing.

[DJ Envy]

They were saying, just don't buy Tesla's new. If you buy used, he gets none of the money. But if they. If you can buy it used. But it's kind of hard not to because not for nothing, Tesla got some of the best stuff in their car. Like the car, self drives the car, self parks the car, pretty much does everything. If it's raining outside, you push a button, the car comes to of the store for you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I never wanted one. I mean, plenty of people do, though.

[Morgan Wood]

That's essentially what Mark Kelly said as well. He was like, there are things I like about the car. There are a lot of things that I, you know, I don't like about the car. But Musk recently called Kelly a traitor after the Senator posted pictures of his trip to Ukraine. Kelly responded by telling Musk he doesn't understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe. So Tesla has faced protests and calls for boycotts due to Musk's work with the Department of Government Efficiency, AKA Doge. So with that being said, do you think these boycotts are working? What are your thoughts on that? You know, one here, here we have Tesla. We saw what happened with the blackout with Target. Are the boycotts working, yes or no?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have no idea because I don't, I don't. What's the call to action? I mean, that's what I. Well, I do know that what the call to action is for Target because I've seen some of the action items. But when those. Some of those. When some of those action items start getting answered, then I would say they're working.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Okay. All right.

[Morgan Wood]

Well, that's your front page news for 6am 7am we're talking deportations, tariffs, and aviation news. So stick around for more front page news. I'm Morgan Wood.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Morgan.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jessica Robin Moore is here. Good morning, Jess.

[AJ Johnson]

Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Welcome. Welcome to Fair east side High school.

[Morgan Wood]

Yeah.

[AJ Johnson]

Before Mr. Clone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you better know the song.

[AJ Johnson]

Of course. Of course. The whole song.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sing it. Sing it. You better know the song. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Shoot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I need to learn it, too. I only know the one good part, the beginning.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nope. Joe Clark would not be pleased. Smoke Crack would not be pleased.

[DJ Envy]

We don't know why. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If there's something bothering, you need to get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Call us up right now.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, y'all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

It's a new day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Morgan Wood]

Wait.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wake up.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[AJ Johnson]

Who's this?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

You Envy?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Trav?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

What's up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Peace, Trav. What up, sis?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

What's going on? What's up? I know Jess and Lauren is there. I don't know which one is sitting.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In there right now.

[AJ Johnson]

What's up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

How y'all doing?

[AJ Johnson]

Good.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

I'm just calling this thing dropping the clues bombs for the Brother Club. It's never been this busy when I've been trying to call up here, and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know what happened, but yeah. Shout out to y'all ratings this morning. You still got through the back door. You always get through the back door.

[DJ Envy]

Clearly, Trav.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

And Lauren, both of y'all, are both valuable to this show. Y'all both bring your own thing to the show. I totally understand where, Jeff, you're coming from, but y'all both are needed on the show. And that's why I'm sure you do an amazing job. Jeff. Don't let the comments.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't let anybody tell you different.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

I told Charlamagne a year or something. I do think that you were the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

One that was prepared. Don't laugh how much you were being put on the show.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

You were prepared and keep doing your thing, baby.

[AJ Johnson]

Appreciate you, Trav Star.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. You ugly Bye. First of all, you don't even believe that. You bricked up the whole time. You bricked up the whole time. You having this conversation wasn't bricked up.

[DJ Envy]

Bricked up the whole time was not bricked up.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Are you talking to me?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I hope not. I don't know. According to Donald Trump. I'm not talking to you.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Okay.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

My name is Alexis. I'm from Louisville, Kentucky.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I am upset because that old man.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Keep coming for judge.

[AJ Johnson]

Every interviewer that I have seen of.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That man, he has been talking about.

[AJ Johnson]

Jess, and I'm so mad about that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And I think y'all should split up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jess.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Hilarious.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And that y going to have Florin on her. She doing the first hour and Jess doing the second hour.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Because I miss Jess with the mess. Jess talked about the mess that the.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Celebrities do that I be looking up.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

And Irene, that's why I continue to watch the show for you.

[AJ Johnson]

I appreciate you.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

I love you.

[AJ Johnson]

I mean, I know Tony, I'm so nervous.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I'm pregnant.

[AJ Johnson]

I'm just up. But, Jess, I love you.

[DJ Envy]

And if you leave the show, I'm leaving, too.

[AJ Johnson]

I love you, too. I appreciate that.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Alexis. Hello. Who's this?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You a starter? You the Lone Bar, okay? That's what you are.

[DJ Envy]

Hello. Who's this?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Yo, what up? This is Jay.

[DJ Envy]

Jay, what's up? Get off your chest, Jake.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Yo, so two things, man, real quick. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Peace. King, how you?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

I'm great, man. I hope what I was hearing was a troll about you all up there, but because each of you are great in your respective spaces and what you do individually, and you all have come together as a great team, I think it works well. Everybody has a shaky start at first off, you know, building the team, so. But you guys are great.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, King. Jesse, I need to get off my chest just right here. By the way, he talked me up.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Good morning, Jeff.

[AJ Johnson]

Good morning. How are you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Oh, y'all are dope, man. Appreciate you to my South Carolina brethren, Charlemagne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

I gotta get this on my chest, man. You need to stop singing, bro.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Please stop singing.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you sound hard. Like, bad.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Please.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you sound bad.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

When I've heard you sing God is Good. I love that song.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, first of all, first of all, first of all, you a heathen. That's why you don't like that song. You a heathen. Because when you hear somebody saying God is good, it pisses you off.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, he likes it, so he just don't like you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It ain't about my. Am I singing when I hear finger? Bro, it's about the testimony. It shouldn't be about how I sound. Okay if I say, you know, I know that God. My God is good. That has nothing to do with how I sound.

[DJ Envy]

God didn't bless him. Looks for a singing ability, brother.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Bro, I don't know. Do it in a poetry style or something next time, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, hey, hey. Don't talk. Don't talk. Don't you talk to Joe Clark like that.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, brother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

800.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Where my baseball bat?

[DJ Envy]

585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

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

[AJ Johnson]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Hey, this is Noah. I'm from North Carolina.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Noah from North Carolina. Get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Well, first off, good morning, Charlamagne, Good morning, DJ Envy, and good morning, Jess. How are you guys doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, sir.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

We listen to this show on the way to work every morning. We love this show, just to let you all know.

[DJ Envy]

Appreciate it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Yeah, not a problem. We, as a fellow person that vote. I did vote for Trump, and I know y'all get a lot of the Democratic side that calls in. I'd like to be the first one of the first to call in from the other side.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're not. You're not one of the first. But do you think I just want.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

To know why the Democratic side, like, he walked into kind of a bad situation, and everyone expects him to have it all cleared up in two months. He's got four years. I mean, everybody's complaining about what he's done. Two months, but nobody's given any time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's interesting, right? I think that, you know, he did walk into what they say was the greatest economy in the world, but it's hard to say that when. When working class people don't feel it in their pockets, you know, but he did, according to, you know, the stock market and the gdp, did walk into a great economy. And you know what, almost two months in, it's not that great anymore.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Yeah, well, when you say working class, as a matter of fact, I'm driving in to go for some concrete right now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us right up now. We got the latest with Lauren coming up.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yep, we do. So, Jonathan Majors and Megan Good are married. And I don't know if this is like a real thing, a coverup, but we gonna get into it.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[AJ Johnson]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Tressa Smallwood]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

She'd be having the latest on this. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. And you better know the school song too. Lauren, you better know the fair east side song.

[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlemagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Tressa Smallwood]

I don't go there. All right, so before we get started with Jonathan Majors and Megan Good, who are married.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yay.

[DJ Envy]

Officially.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Officially.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Congratulations to them.

[Tressa Smallwood]

But before we get there, Tracy Morgan. I know we talked about that in the first hour yesterday. I did want to update everybody he posted to let us know that he was doing good. He said that he was, you know, he was at the doctors at the time and they told him that it was food poison. He says he appreciated, appreciates all of his Madison Square Garden family for taking such good care of him. And he wants to shout out the crew that had to clean up. He appreciates them. I'm sure he does. And then he said, more importantly, the knicks are now 1 and 0. So when he throws up on the court, that happens. So maybe he might have to break it out again in the playoffs. Hashtag, go Knicks.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can tell it was food poisoning by the way he projectile vomited. Because I had food poisoning before, and that's exactly what happened. Happens.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that's what I said. Yeah, I know he doesn't drink, but Tracy is the type of person that when he goes back to the Garden, anybody who cleaned up that mess, he gonna tip you big. Like, Tracy's very generous. So he. He's probably gonna tip you big.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What if Tracy was like, boy, don't you be saying that now. I gotta tip.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, he got it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't even know.

[Tressa Smallwood]

By the way, he said, appreciate y'all. I was like, okay, he probably gonna take care of the people now.

[DJ Envy]

He love those people over there.

[Tressa Smallwood]

All right, so shifting gears, Jonathan Majors and Megan Good are married. Now, this is according to reports and according to sources. So he sat down with Kevin Frazier yesterday on ET at a premiere for his new movie Magazine Dreams. And they talked a bit about just where him and Megan Good are right now. Let's listen to Jonathan Majors on being married.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I remember her telling me, I've never been this happy before. Just my girl, man. She's just my best friend, you know, my wife, you know, my. My fiance, my Coretta.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah, that's it. So that slipped. And in the package and in the story that ET broke exclusively, they revealed that the reason why that slipped is because according to a source that they spok two they got married and it was Jonathan Major's mother who actually married them in a private ceremony. And. Yeah, and it was just days, you know, before he set to return to the big screen the magazine Dream. So a lot of people were calling this out and saying, yo, this is happening. And that was dropped because of the audio that Rolling Stone posted yesterday of him apparently admitting to choking or whatever his secretly taped. Being secretly taped. Yes. So people feel like this is Megan Good again, having to be thrown in front of the fire for him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So let me tell you something. Last night I was watching Magazine Dreams.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Is it good? They say it's, man, it's an award winning performance.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jonathan Major bad mother effort drop on the clues bomb for Jonathan Majors. Okay? I mean, I kept getting Interrupted. Because people kept calling me about Jess. But Jonathan Majors is a truly gifted actor. Once in a generation, talent, like a person that can't be denied his gifts, will continue to make.

[AJ Johnson]

Is it a tear jerker drama?

[Tressa Smallwood]

What is it about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what? It's one of those movies that you have anxiety all the way through. It's like one of the movies you watch. You like, no, bro, don't do that. Don't do that, don't do that. You know what I'm saying? But it's, it's. I would. I don't know. It didn't make me cry. It just gave it give. It makes you anxiety, go up and down because you get so into his character that you're just like, bro, don't do that. No, don't do it. Don't do it.

[DJ Envy]

I'm gonna watch it this weekend.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it's really good.

[Tressa Smallwood]

He did also address the audio that Rolling Stone leaked a bit. Let's take a listen to that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you address this latest headline? You know I love you, brother. Yeah, I do love you, brother. I just can't speak to that. There's work to be done and that's.

[Tressa Smallwood]

What I'm focused on now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How have you worked on those things from your past? Mm, prayer. That's been a huge thing. The mandatory. That's just that one. And in the voluntary and the voluntary therapy, you know, that I've been in. And now I'm just finding ways to.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Invest and change and shift and grow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Grow myself in a way. I also wonder how much of the character from Magazine Dreams stayed with him long after he shot it.

[Tressa Smallwood]

What's the character like? What is his character?

[Lauren LaRosa]

He plays a bodybuilder who is. He's play. He plays a bodybuilder who wants to compete, I think to be Mr. Universe and Mr. USA or one of those.

[AJ Johnson]

I've seen trailers I seen because Zeus dropped the trailer, but I didn't see the movie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So he's on steroids. He's on cocaine.

[AJ Johnson]

Oh, wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's lusting after white women, right?

[AJ Johnson]

Oh, wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, but it's still good. It's fantastic.

[AJ Johnson]

Does he meet a black woman in the movie, though, Coretta?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no. In fact, he actually goes, never mind.

[DJ Envy]

Don't say too much. Yeah, I can't wait to see it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Fantastic.

[DJ Envy]

He's a brilliant actor.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So fantastic.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Well, speaking of marriages, or what is not left of a marriage, Teyana Taylor yesterday filed a complaint against Iman Shumpert. Now, in this new filing, she is basically saying to the court. Hey, y'all, he's in contempt right now. Back in July, we agreed that our marriage stuff, everything we agreed on as far as that their. Their judgment for what everybody gets would be sealed. And he is leaking false information to magazines, like, media outlets, all that type of thing, Right? So in this filing, because I remember there was, like, all these questions about what each person got, and we answered the question. But this filing goes more in depth. Now. I want to make sure I list this out so that we could put this to rest for the last time. And that's a part of it, because Tiana says that in this document, Tiana says she's been receiving like they've been taking her through the mud, like, threats and all that, death threats. It's public scrutiny because of that first story that leaked, because it made it seem as if Tiana took this man for everything that he had when that was not the case. So according to this filing, Tiana walked away with four of seven marital properties. Two properties she purchased solely on her own, two properties that both she and Aman contributed to. She took. She walked away with a tour bus that she paid for by herself, a Maybach that she purchased after Aman allegedly crashed, total and abandoned another Rolls Royce that she had, and he never replaced it. She also walked over to Bronco that. That she owned and solely purchased on her own. A Jeep Gladiator that she purchased by herself, a Sprinter van purchased in March 2024, which was after their separation. She purchased that on her own as well. Iman kept all of his luxury cars. Three of seven marital properties. One property he purchased alone, a Miami condo that Tiana alleges in this document that she put money towards. But he fought to have it in the divorce, so he got that and additional property they both contributed to. So she's just asking a judge to hold him in contempt of that judgment. And that can have, I believe it's like 20 days of jail time. And she's asking that, like, you know, certain fees be paid and all of that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But this slow now, what would he go to jail for?

[Tressa Smallwood]

It would be for contempt. Basically, their agreement when they were divorced was that this would be kept secret, sealed. It was supposed to let anything out because he. She's alleging that he fed false information to media outlets to promote, like, his music. And whenever he needed to up his name, he violates that.

[AJ Johnson]

He don't want to meet their names. Like, when he first got the divorce, he the one that even put it out there. She wanted it to be Private for the whole jump. And he was the one that, yeah, their names out there.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And she outlines that in his document too. Like when she originally filed it was because it was it, it was an initials to protect them. But not just them, their babies. And then when he refiled, he refiled with full name.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So he should have rapped about it, put it in the music.

[AJ Johnson]

People still would inherit it though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Well that is the latest with Lauren. Now when we come back, we got front page news. Morgan to be joining us. And don't forget, later on in the show, AJ Johnson and Tressa will be here. They got a new joint on BET plus called Fighting to Be Me, the Dwen Curry story. All right, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. What up, Morgan?

[Morgan Wood]

Yeah, let's do it. So a new study from UCLA says President Trump's economic policies could lead to a recession. Ucla, UCLA economists believe the policies could slow down the manufacturing sector and reduce the workforce. The analysis says there's no signs of a recession right now, but multiple events could happen at the same time in the next year or two that could lead to an economic downturn. Downturn. Elsewhere in California, Governor Gavin Newsom is going after President Trump over his use of a centuries old law to justify deportation of hundreds of illegal immigrants. Now, speaking on his podcast, Governor Newsom said a federal judge temporarily blocked the deportations, but they proceeded anyway. Let's hear more from California Governor Gavin Newsom.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This to me, of all the things that has happened during the Trump administration, the notion that you can completely disregard the federal court and literally challenged the court just blatantly in contempt of court, I mean, that's the cornerstone of this constitutional democracy.

[DJ Envy]

He's been doing that for so long. Like what's the surprise now?

[Morgan Wood]

Well, I think again, we, it goes back to what we were saying yesterday about proof and making sure that the deportations are exactly they're right, that we are in fact, the US is in fact deporting criminals. But who's the checks and balances on that? So the Trump administration says the deportees were identified as members of the Venezuelan gang. And the 1798 Alien Enemies act gives the federal government sweeping powers to deport, imprison, deport or imprison non citizens during wartime. Now, the thing about this is President Trump has repeatedly said he believes the United States is under attack. At its borders. So would he consider that, you know, would this be that type of situation? So this comes as the Department of Justice maintains that no deportation flight left the US after the order of a federal judge was placed to stop the planes from leaving. And a court filing made on Tuesday to meet the deadline set by Judge James Boasberg, the DOJ still refused to say exactly when the flights carrying the alleged gang members left for Venezuela and El Salvador. The lawyers said providing those details would be inappropriate because the Trump administration didn't go in, didn't go against the order, but they did say they would be willing to provide more information in a private setting. They saying that basically we can't say this out loud publicly because this is a matter of national security. So, yeah, that's what's going on with the deportation flights. But we're still trying to figure out what happened with that last flight in Texas and the timeline of the judge's order as to, you know, whether or not the flight in Texas was still grounded or, you know, the judge had his order issued, and that's going to probably be a big deal. Meanwhile, New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the tariff war between Canada and the U.S. is continuing to hit New York State hard. Hochul adds the average New York family will feel it over the course of a year and adds more further that fewer Canadians are crossing the border since these tariffs began. Let's take a listen to New York Governor Kathy Hochul's comments on Canadian tariffs.

[AJ Johnson]

People are going to understand very clearly the impact that this is having on their everyday lives. I mean, the average family possibly paying upwards of two to three thousand dollars more for everything. And the war is just getting started. I was in Manhattan asking what occupancy is like in the hotels, and they said many Canadians are canceling reservations.

[Morgan Wood]

Places like theaters in Buffalo are feeling the effect.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Morgan Wood]

What do you guys think? I mean, you're up there.

[DJ Envy]

I'll be honest. It won't necessarily affect us because I live in Jersey, but it will affect my parents who still live in New York, and it will affect New Yorkers if that tariff hits Canada and they raise those electric prices. Yeah, absolutely. Positively.

[Lauren LaRosa]

New York gets their electricity from Canada.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, yes.

[Morgan Wood]

There are parts of. Yeah, Hokul. And not only New York. There are places in Michigan as well, and Wisconsin, I believe, as well. Hoko also says the tariffs are making it harder to build more housing at a time where there is a severe housing shortage in the state. This because of the cost of lumber and steel are up as A result of those tariffs. And she called the situation enormously frustrating.

[DJ Envy]

I just wonder, with one last thing, I just wonder, with all that stuff going on, will the government help? Because a lot of people are gonna get their lights cut off. Like, the electricity is gonna get cut off. Because if they raise those prices and people could barely afford it now, and they can't afford it, are they just gonna have people with no electricity, with no heat, with no AC in the summer? Right. You know, they can't cook.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

The federal government's gonna have to help.

[Morgan Wood]

Yeah, the federal government should. You know, that's what. But being that they're the ones implementing some of the tariffs and, you know, we will see what happens. One thing I will notice, I'm noticing here in Maryland, Governor Westmore is possibly talking about, like, a.

[AJ Johnson]

A.

[Morgan Wood]

A moratorium for. I'm sorry, help me with the word when you. The foreclosure moratorium. So that way people won't lose their houses. So I imagine that a lot of this stuff that happens between the tariffs and the layoffs and all of these things are got to probably go back to the state. So, yeah, we will see what happens there. But, of course, you know, I'm gonna keep you posted elsewhere. Before I go. Congratulations are in order to the Breakfast Club's own DJ Envy and his lovely wife, Gia. And hire Casey crew on being named the honored family for the 43rd annual conference on the Black Family at Hampton University. You know I love me some HBCU news. Okay, so this year's theme is From Chaos to Community. Elevating black Families. Actualizing the vision.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I object.

[Morgan Wood]

Community and ceremony. Oh, please. Why?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said black family. Their father is not black.

[DJ Envy]

I am black. Continue on.

[Morgan Wood]

Anyways, shout out to Everybody in the 757. You know, I believe that's 103 jams. You know, you guys up on. Pull up on the Family. Pull up on the Honor Family. A special ceremony will be held for the Casey family during the conference's opening session today at 6pm in Ogden hall on the campus of Hampton University. It is free and open to the public. And I spoke with Gia and Envy yesterday, and you can catch that coverage on the Black Information Network. So that's pretty much it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. It's eight freshly matching outfits being shipped to goddamn Virginia right now. Right now. What color did y'all do? What color? Tell her. What color did you do? I bet you did. Hampton University colors.

[Morgan Wood]

It's gonna be blue. A little blue, a little gray, A little cabinet.

[DJ Envy]

You just gotta see it today. But yes, thank you. Yeah. We are being honored tonight at 6pm Salute to Thea Mitchum. She's actually giving out the award for me, so I'm super duper excited. A bunch of people that we went to college with are gonna be there. Family's gonna be there. So it's pretty dope. And it's a conference that they do every year. It's the 43rd annual. We've been participating in this conference for the last couple of years, so. So we're excited about it, man, and honored to be a part of it. So I can't wait to see Everybody in the 757 tonight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Morgan Wood]

Congratulations again. So that's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. Follow me on socials, Oregon media. And for more news coverage, follow lack informationnetwork. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit us@vine news.com. thank you, guys. Have a blessed day.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Thank you, Morgan.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Morgan. Now, now when we come back, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Something that we seen online yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What did we see online?

[DJ Envy]

Our very own Jess Hilarious was trending.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That little fire starter.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A little Baltimore fire starter.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

I wore my fresh outfit like the first day of high school today. So when we come back, we're gonna talk to Jess. We're have a conversation with Jess when we come back. And we're gonna take your calls as well. 800-585-1051. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's happening? How's everybody feeling out there?

[DJ Envy]

I'm great. How you feel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel blessed, black, and highly favored. Just hilarious is here.

[AJ Johnson]

I'm cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Just my job.

[AJ Johnson]

I came into work. What's up?

[DJ Envy]

She's been trending all day. Yeah, I think she's number nine right now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Because I was sitting at home last night trying to watch magazine dreams, and I kept getting a bunch of phone calls and text messages. And people was like, just, Larry's is going off on live, but we have audio. Okay.

[AJ Johnson]

We supposed to be a team up there. Not one person, not one person comes to my defense at all. Like, when I'm like, not one mother ever. With this online. Come on. I've been quiet a lot. If jessalurius is quiet, it's a reason. I always got My mother, mouth open all the time. Just ran like a high school. It is fair east side High.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I agree with that.

[AJ Johnson]

Fair east side.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Fair Point.

[AJ Johnson]

Before Mr. Clark, though, every day. And they always talk about, you ain't at work. You ain't at work. Yeah, I started picking up more shows. Hell, no. That's how I'm getting. Hell no. Hell no. I have more fun outside the studio than I have in there now. Is you crazy? No, act like. Now act like. Act like that's not for real. Act like nobody knew that. Stop acting like y'all. Like, really.

[DJ Envy]

What you mean? We don't have you break that down. Explain how we don't have it.

[AJ Johnson]

Okay. All right. So the narrative, like I said, with the online. Ish. That's what I said. Y'all. Ain't nobody trying to clear up no narrative about nothing. That ever since I came back. It was weird. Yes, it was weird. Yeah, I. I. At first, no, I did not. I wasn't too fond of Lauren. No, I wasn't too fond of her when I came back because we had a whole plan. Even how. When I came back, how I pick her to fill in for me. Right. I come back, she ain't never leave. Then all right, cool. That she don't leave, but she's on only during my segment. If she was meant to be a fourth host, move her in another way. Why she gotta be moved in on? Cause nobody had a problem with Jess with the Mess until she started reading. Right. You know what I mean? Reading right till she started. I wasn't hired as a reporter. I was. I was hired as Jess with the Mess. So she started reading and delivering details and all that stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[AJ Johnson]

Then that's when Jess with the Mess wasn't good enough no more. That's how it was presented. So I'm like, all right, cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who said that, though? Because of the Internet.

[AJ Johnson]

What are we talking about? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is. This is every. This is our listeners. This is. This is. Yeah, why can't. Why can't we worry about the. The comments and these are people that enjoy the show and watch the show. It's not all about Instagram. It's YouTube. It's like, we have people that have been watching this show. Yeah, she's great at what she do. That's why I picked her to fill in for me. But when I came back, it was. It's kind of. It's like, what's going on? If she's gonna be a fourth voice, why she only gotta Be a fourth voice.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Correct.

[DJ Envy]

In my segment, she wasn't a fourth voice. She was a producer. She was hired as a news producer to help with getting all news and doing interviews.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was gonna be the senior news producer.

[DJ Envy]

She wasn't on there when you came back. Lauren was not on there. She was in the back doing questions, sending interview questions, reporting the news in my life.

[AJ Johnson]

She was on air.

[DJ Envy]

They told her to step in this room.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, but I thought you was using her on purpose.

[AJ Johnson]

What? You thought I was using Lauren on purpose?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[AJ Johnson]

No. What are we talking about? No, no, no. She didn't leave. When I came back the first day, the first day, we had a whole situation like, all right, look, this was gonna happen, and when it's time for us to roll it, it changed. No, the first question was about. Only person who asked me about my baby maternity leave was Indy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right?

[AJ Johnson]

I walked in. She addressed the. The hate in the comments. That was the first thing she addressed when I came back. I'm like, what. What the hell? So, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We.

[AJ Johnson]

We started talking off air. We started, but I'm saying even prior.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To you even coming back.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So.

[AJ Johnson]

So then I felt uncomfortable that first day. So I'm like, all right, look. Thea was like, all right, all right, all right, well, we'll just take her off air. She was back the next week. All right, cool. Because there was a voice.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They.

[AJ Johnson]

Y'all wanted her on air. There was a voice. They, you know, they wanted her there. They wanted her here. There's. There's a place for Lauren in the show. All right, cool. Another way.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Because you. You said you wanted to change the segment from just with the mess to.

[AJ Johnson]

The Lauren that was eventually. Eventually. Even when it. Even when it came down to. It's still being called just with the mess. And then I'm introducing her to introduce stories that was pointless and it was stupid. It's no just with the mess. Just make it Brown girl grinding or. Or Lauren with the latest or Lauren's legal corner. I'm giving ideas. I'm like, yo, I. Even with the Taylor, yo. Change her. Change that. Take that just with the mess off of that. I feel like I'm getting credit for something I'm not doing, and it's stupid because that's. This is not what she does. Is not just with the mess. I read headlines and I give commentary. I say what people thinking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I agree. Could I ask a question?

[AJ Johnson]

Yes. She's more of a reporter. She's journalist.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ask a question. Question.

[AJ Johnson]

What.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why didn't you wear the durag this morning because.

[DJ Envy]

Why you joke so much, man?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What you mean?

[AJ Johnson]

But it's not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bring it to the radio.

[DJ Envy]

It's not a joke. But it's not a joke.

[AJ Johnson]

It's a serious issue about it.

[DJ Envy]

It is a serious issue.

[Wendy Williams]

Okay, let me just sit back and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Watch then, because I'm, you know, I'm just. I'm not Joe Clark.

[DJ Envy]

Because it's not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I am, actually. You're my baseball bat.

[AJ Johnson]

No, it's now envy. That's what I'm saying. No, Nobody has even tried to clean up the narrative that I'm a villain, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're not a villain.

[AJ Johnson]

Who said you a villain? You don't live in them comments, too. Charlotte, stop acting like you don't understand.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What do I always tell you? I say stop listening to the Internet. Stop listening to the comments. Stop listening to the folks on YouTube. Don't let them trick you out your position. What you did last night is what they want you to do, and you can't let the Internet win.

[AJ Johnson]

No, but look, it's not even about what they want me to do. I did last night what I wanted to do, what I felt like I should have been dead. I've been asking questions.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Internet loves mess. And one of the easiest ways to create mess is to pit people against each other, especially two women. And I don't dwell in that. And y'all know that.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but see, this is. This is the thing. You let the Internet dictate what's going on. We've had conversations, and this is the thing. This is why. I thought it was corny. And it's just. Me personally, I thought it was corny because we have conversations up here. We just have a meeting. If you had an issue, a problem, a situation or something that you felt, why you ain't bringing to the team? When you came back, Jess, I pulled you to the side. I said, jess, if you feel uncomfortable, if you don't want Lauren in the room, this is your show. We can make that to change whenever you want. Did I not. Did I not say that to you?

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah, you did. It's not about wanting her in a room, yo. It's about the segment. Like, if she was. It was like, y'all have that conversation.

[DJ Envy]

If you had a problem, say it to us. We had a meeting.

[AJ Johnson]

Yesterday's off air.

[DJ Envy]

Like, nobody having my back. Cause we have your back. As far as the Corey Holcomb thing, y'all been beefing for 11 years.

[AJ Johnson]

It's not even about you worried about.

[DJ Envy]

Comments and you worried about what people say after.

[AJ Johnson]

I'm worried about the perception and my reputation.

[DJ Envy]

They've been itching on me for 15 years. They've been issuing. I don't let it affect me because I know who I am as a person. I don't give a f what them people say in the comments.

[AJ Johnson]

I know who I am.

[DJ Envy]

I know what I do. You let them people get in the comments and f with you. You're great at what you do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everybody simmer down.

[DJ Envy]

Like you a dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She very.

[DJ Envy]

You let them people piss you off. No, after like you nice. Like what you do is funny.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I tell her that all the time.

[DJ Envy]

Brought that energy that we needed to the Breakfast Club club. And you let a ass person in the comments say something to stand you up after.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We don't even know.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

We don't even know who these.

[Lauren LaRosa]

These people are.

[DJ Envy]

They could be bots and all that. And we.

[AJ Johnson]

And.

[DJ Envy]

And we doing it on air when we could have did it behind the scenes. Like I f with you the long way. Not on some Internet is.

[Wendy Williams]

And.

[DJ Envy]

And they hear that through there. That's. That's. This is whack.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It sounds very light skinned. But let's go to the phones. 1-800-585-1051. Let's open the phone lines, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Woo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stop.

[DJ Envy]

I'm going to get a spotlight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got my candles lit. I got my candles lit. If you need me to light sage, I'll light sage. Just want to fight Envy being beige rage. It's the Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy Charlemagne. The guy just hilarious. Lauren LaRosa is here. We're having a conversation because just hilarious went crazy on Instagram last night and.

[AJ Johnson]

I knew the live would upset you know you Charlie. You don't get upset. Whatever. But I knew that it would upset Envy. I knew it would upset Lauren. That's why you closed the elevator this morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's. And that was crazy. Now what. Why would you do that, Lauren?

[Tressa Smallwood]

I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They pulled up at the same time.

[AJ Johnson]

At the same time. When we parked and she was in front.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She saw Jess. She didn't know what Jess was on, so she rushed to the elevator. She hitting the button. You remember when. You remember when Q was on Juice and he thought Bishop was behind him?

[Tressa Smallwood]

I hit the button one time and this.

[AJ Johnson]

This was why I heard the button though.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I said I felt like I didn't know what to say to you because I was so thrown off by the by parts of that live yesterday, I'm like, bro, we be talking at least enough. Like, we don't got to be friends outside of here. But I feel like I've always said to you off air, whenever things have happened, we've had conversations about a lot of different things.

[Wendy Williams]

We can.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Let's talk. Call me. What's up? What's. What's the issue? What's going on?

[AJ Johnson]

The issue is the whole narrative. Like, I understand after comments and yeah, after people and all that, but it's not all about them. It's how I'm feeling too. What if I'm feeling the same way the people feel? You know what I'm saying? So what? Because online feel a certain way. I can't say I can't. I feel the same way they feel about it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Call me and curse me out. Calling me.

[Wendy Williams]

I've done that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, you do. Yes.

[AJ Johnson]

Like, I've done that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

You know what I mean? There's a bigger issue sometimes times too, because I feel like, all right, you'll call him, you'll cuss him out. We might talk about different situations. But I think a lot of times, if there's an issue for real. For real. And then it don't be no movement in here. It's like there's an issue outside and then there's no movement in here, and then we just all in here. Like, hehehe. Like, you're doing a lot of it right now. You're laughing and joking. But for real, for real, you know that there's. She's up here crying. Nothing about that is funny. Like, there's real issues and real problems, and we don't really get to the gist of it ever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want the record to show I see just crazy.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So it doesn't matter if you see.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm not. I said I'm not talking to y'all. See, because when I try to be serious and talk. You see what I'm saying? You see the idea. Do me.

[Tressa Smallwood]

What I'm saying is, is that I think at this moment, because this is east side high, west side, whatever, high we gonna be. We here and we together. So we got to figure this out. And it. It's not. Everything's not a joke. And I can understand some of where you was coming from, but, bro, part of that live I thought was crazy. I'm like, what, Jess? Like, like.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah, what part? Because, like, it's not. Like, you didn't hear anything in that live that I haven't said to you.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I heard a lot that you didn't say.

[AJ Johnson]

Okay, so what part have I not. Did I not say to you?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Okay, so the part about the, the talking over each other and the hush. Be quiet. Because you talk about how you feel in real time, right? Yeah, I'm feeling in real time. That'd be quiet. That was crazy. Is crazy. The, the shut up. I was like, oh, okay. Because what we really giving up here? Like what's up? Okay.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlemagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Tressa Smallwood]

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[AJ Johnson]

But none of that was said. You didn't say anything about that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And then when I pulled you into the office with our EP with Eddie, the conversation, the first thing I said to you was, jess, we fighting for airtime. And it shouldn't be like that. That I want to know what. What can I do better as a producer? What can we do better as the two women sitting right here next to each other to make sure that don't happen because it doesn't look good. It's not going to play well for either one.

[AJ Johnson]

I literally swear to God, I don't even remember you saying that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And that's exactly why I had Eddie in the room.

[AJ Johnson]

Or I never, ever heard that. Because when you've pulled me to the side a few times to ask me you know, are you okay? How do you feel like, about the stories and things like that? You've never said what you just said to me. Now, now, listen, listen, I. I have said hush. Shut up. Yo, you over talk. And like I said, I'm not about to be up here fighting for no mic. Like, I'm not doing that if I already got the job. Like, what am I doing? Like, I'm not. It's four voices. Three of us are very opinionated. You know what I mean? Me, you, and Charlemagne. I'm not saying if you don't got no opinion, but he don't jump in every single time there's dead air. You know what I'm saying? When you. You over talk and it's like the only time you can quiet down is somebody be like, shut up or hush.

[Tressa Smallwood]

My mom don't even tell me shut up. Jess, I'm a grown ass woman and I understand you.

[AJ Johnson]

You could have said that right after what you saying. You put me in office. You didn't put me nowhere.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Tell me that, because the way that I do things when it comes to my job and my career, that's not what we on. And I told you from the jump, I was never going to give that to you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay?

[Tressa Smallwood]

And I did. I did. I Not our first conversation. I said, if I ever have an issue with you, I'mma handle it in a way where we can get through a conversation because we've grown. And regardless, you don't got to love me, you don't got to like me, but we here together. I'm here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And listen, like I said earlier, the Internet loves mess.

[AJ Johnson]

Yes, you are here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And one of the easiest ways to create messages, to pick women to against.

[AJ Johnson]

Each other, and you're here because of an opportunity that I extended, regardless. Yeah, no, no, I'm. I'm not, I'm not. I'm not sitting here like, you don't deserve to be here. I'm not sitting here like, you're not here. You're not going anywhere. That's not. That's first and foremost. Let's get that. It may be my delivery or whatever, but, yeah, you are here. I ain't never say you shouldn't be here. I said from the whole jump. Yeah, shorty do the job great. She's amazing. That's why I want it to be her segment.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It.

[AJ Johnson]

I pushed for that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think. I think y'all can work very well together. And once again, you gotta stop letting the Internet pitch y'all against each other. I know the Internet has created a.

[AJ Johnson]

Narrative, but that's what it is.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And that's what I'm trying to say is the Internet is there. We see it. We. No, none of us can ignore it. I saw that Corey thing two weeks ago. A week ago. It didn't say nothing about y'all.

[AJ Johnson]

Clear up everything else. No, I might want to clear up that. I'm not doing that. I don't like you or I. I'm. I'm hating on a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They say I'm gay and said I don't suck. No people.

[DJ Envy]

That's true.

[AJ Johnson]

That's different now. Come on.

[Tressa Smallwood]

The last time I attempted to do that, Jeff, it went so bad that I said I wasn't gonna do it.

[AJ Johnson]

I attempted to do what?

[Tressa Smallwood]

I don't dislike you. You don't dislike me. The day you came back. The day you came back, that's what my intentions.

[AJ Johnson]

The way I. When I. When I did come back, Lauren, you have to admit that ish was crazy. The way we had a setup. We had something going. We had a whole nother plan. It. It went left. You came in here and it's like you did something totally different today that you spoke to. What is. The things in the comments.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel like we're having a behind the scenes meeting on air, which is kind of cool, but we. Let's go to commercial or something and then come back. Well, I'll go to the phone call.

[DJ Envy]

We need a resolution, bro. We'll take some phone calls. But like, I'm resolution based and not argument based, so let's resolve. Shut up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You the number one beige raised person. You ain't never came up with a resolution. I was raised in your life.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Well, I just want to say women's history, Jess, what you feeling? We feel it together. And when. When that. The other thing happened that I called you about, I said that to you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What was the other thing?

[Tressa Smallwood]

The. The academics thing. And I want you to know I tweet.

[DJ Envy]

I responded to me. It's just leader.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And I. And I. And I responded to that on Twitter. I didn't send it to you. I didn't feel like I had to, but I did. But I called you about it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The comments. Stop listening to the comments.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Let me talk. Let me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In real life, we love everybody. Y'all love each other. This can work.

[Morgan Wood]

It will work.

[Tressa Smallwood]

It will work. What I'm saying. No, because this is what I'm saying.

[DJ Envy]

I'm joking, though.

[AJ Johnson]

I'm joking. And now it's the problem because we're talking about it. Exactly.

[Tressa Smallwood]

What I'm saying is, is that this will work, but sometimes this might have to happen. And it's happening with love. Because I. When Jess. When I saw Jess crying, I came in here because I care about. You have to be okay for all of this to be okay. And I'm a producer. At the end of the day, you my talent. We got. We gonna be straight. Everything's gonna be fine.

[DJ Envy]

Let's take some calls, and then we'll come right back. 800-585-1051. If you want to talk, you want to discuss. Of course. Lauren's here. Jess here. I'm here. Charlemagne's here. Let's have a conversation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We're queer. All right.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Song Brad. Finally some production up here. Stop acting like this is a goddamn high school, okay? That is the one thing Jeff said that's absolutely true. Y'all run this thing like a mother effing high school, okay? Don't you need me to be Joe Clark? I will be Joe Clark.

[DJ Envy]

Breakfast Club, good morning.

[Tressa Smallwood]

To get him a bat.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne. The God. Lauren LaRosa. Let's get to the latest with Laura.

[AJ Johnson]

Lauren becoming a straight fan.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Somebody details.

[Tressa Smallwood]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Tressa Smallwood]

All right. So yesterday, Monique posted to her Instagram an open letter to Tyler Perry. Now, this open letter comes in response to Tyler Perry speaking at Angie Stone's funeral and calling out the industry for taking Angie Stone's money and asking, where is her money? So she starts the letter off and saying, you know, we would like to give our heartfelt condolences to Angie Stone's family and friends. Sister Angie, we stand on the shoulders of our elders and ancestors, like you. So she's paying her respects to Angie Stone first. Then she addresses Tyler Perry. She says, dear Tyler Perry, I recently watched your heartfelt speech at Ansley Stone's funeral where you expressed frustration over her mistreatment by the music industry. It struck me and my husband, Sydney, but also made us reflect on some unsettling discrepancies in your actions towards me. Number one, you expressed anger over Angie's mistreatment, yet you labeled me difficult to work with despite never having worked with me. How can you condemn Poor treatment of others when you've imposed the same on me. We have audio admitting you were wrong. Number two, you ask, where's the money she's owed? Well, where's my public apology that you promised in 2016? The false narrative you perpetuated helped blackball me, costing me tens of millions. Where is the restitution for that? Number three, you mentioned you're being tired of us not receiving the benefits we deserve, yet you asked me to promote Precious for free without a contract or compensation, which highlights your double standard. And number four, you said we should be careful in how we treat the children of God. As a man of faith, where's your responsibility to act with love and truth? You promised me an apology years ago, but it's yet to come. Unlike the music industry, which you rightly criticize, we have audio documentation of your actions. Shouldn't you be held accountable too? And then she closed it out. She mentioned Mark 8:36. What will. What will it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul? We await your response with love and respect. Monique and Sydney.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Where's Monique from?

[Tressa Smallwood]

From Baltimore.

[Lauren LaRosa]

One thing about ladies from Baltimore, they going to take it to the Internet. Okay. Every single time. You don't even got to worry about it. They going to bring it to the line to the Internet. I thought they squashed that, though. I'm not tripping.

[AJ Johnson]

No, it was her. Between her and Tyler party.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[AJ Johnson]

Her and Lee Daniels. That's diabolical. Yeah. Following a funeral. I mean, like, I. I don't.

[DJ Envy]

That was a funeral post.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah. Yeah. I think the timing. I get what she was trying to do and, you know, she fell away. She could feel away. But the timing and like what she used to come into the conversation, I think I was like, man, that wasn't the lane for that at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean. But would there ever be a right time? Because, you know, but the good brother Tyler Perry said it at a funeral, so she. Even if she referenced it a month or two from now, it would still be what he said at the funeral.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but she just. They just laid it arrest a couple of days ago.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So it's coming from a funeral post. That's. That's diabolical.

[AJ Johnson]

And then she put it in. She did. She got the condolences that she's given in the same post as her kind of. Still challenging Tyler. Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So word is he had on a silk. Silk scarf. When she wrote that letter too, it was like a. A silk.

[AJ Johnson]

First of all, what you're talking about my Scarf that I wore on Live last night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What are you talking about? I'm just saying what the word is.

[AJ Johnson]

I don't know. Sources say scarf.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sources say. Sources say. I don't know.

[AJ Johnson]

Whatever.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Well, yeah. All right, so next we're gonna move to Young.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hi, Penny. What's wrong with you? Why you get so frazzled just now?

[Tressa Smallwood]

I wasn't frazzled. I'm trying to make sure my next story is good because we didn't know that. We've been all over the place this morning. We kind of didn't know where we was going at one point. So yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, God.

[Tressa Smallwood]

You right over there. Yes, Muscle head. So yesterday on. On Instagram, Young and May's ex girlfriend posted a video of Young Ma. And in this video, Young Ma is like, video. There's, like, IVs in her arm. And people were like, why would you post this?

[AJ Johnson]

She was sick. She was, like, near death. Like, she was really sick.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was this week. She was sick.

[DJ Envy]

No, no.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah. So in the video, you see Young May, you know, her eyes are yellow. There's IVs, as I mentioned, and her ex posted it saying that, you know, this was during one of the youngest points of Young Ma's life and her career.

[DJ Envy]

Lowest points.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lowest points.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Lowest points. I'm sorry. Yes. Lowest points in Young Ma's. Like, what did I say?

[DJ Envy]

Youngest points.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Sorry. Lowest points in Young in May's life. And the ex girlfriend was talking about how she had to step in as the role of the caretaker, as Young in May battled all these health issues, but then their relationship fell apart because of jealousy and control issues and all these things. Right? So Young in May, because people were like, I mean, even if y'all didn't work out, why would you post this?

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah, you don't do that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That's not cool. If you helped her during that time, you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Excuse me.

[AJ Johnson]

Yo, how dare you. No, yo, I'm not ready posting. Nobody on it. Like, come on now. That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Crazy.

[AJ Johnson]

That's crazy work.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Well, Young and May had to come online and respond. Let's take a listen.

[AJ Johnson]

I mean, I know y'all see this video going on, going around on the blogs. Somebody, you know, once upon a time was with. Posted me in the hospital at a vulnerable moment, something that I've owned already. It's been two years. That was two years ago. You know, I mean, I had an unfortunate situation in my life, and I got sick. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

I'm a human. Human.

[AJ Johnson]

We go through things. We make mistakes. You feel me? I just didn't expect this person to do that. But, you know, it is what it is. I don't even know what to say. All I could do is let God handle it. Just moving with God, man.

[DJ Envy]

I just.

[AJ Johnson]

I just feel like that was just so foul, though. I don't. I don't even know how a person can have the urge or willing to want to even do something like that.

[Wendy Williams]

That just speaks a lot.

[AJ Johnson]

And I just never knew this was her character.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[AJ Johnson]

So what. What did she do? What was the point? Like, what was she trying to convey with that message of even putting those old videos out of her being sick?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Well, what I did cheat?

[AJ Johnson]

Or, like, what did Young and May cheat on Shorty?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Like, what I took from it is like, maybe she is upset about however their broke up their breakup and their fallout happened. And I don't know, it seemed. Because it was just like, I held you down.

[DJ Envy]

She was like, I held you down.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I cleaned you up. You couldn't even wipe yourself. Like, it was one of them things. But I feel like, you know, like, if a person is at that point in their life where you have to do all that, regardless of how y'all fall out afterward, like, I just. I wouldn't even be able to sit with myself.

[DJ Envy]

She tried to embarrass younger me. That's what she tried to do.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Wouldn't be able to sit myself. Something like that. Well, that is the latest for the hour.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. At the latest with Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I think, you know, we should take some phone calls from the listeners because, you know, like I said earlier. You said you wanted a resolution, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, resolution, of course.

[Lauren LaRosa]

See what the listeners think. See what the resolution should be.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. All right. So no donkey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To be honest with you, I didn't prepare a donkey this morning because I was, you know, too busy laughing. You know, Lauren's running from just in the elevator and, you know, you and you.

[AJ Johnson]

That's not. She was trying to hurry up and close it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not running.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Because in these heels, baby, it wasn't. Oh, no, I had my slippers on this.

[AJ Johnson]

It was a little awkward.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They pulled up together this morning. Lauren got to the elevator first. She saw Bishop behind us, and she started hitting the elevator. She got on the elevator, the little kinky boots comes in here. She's like, envy. Kinky boots over there, steaming. Because, you know, he gonna keep things on his chest until somebody pulls it off.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Jess was like, get it off your chest. So he got it off his chest. So, you know, now we Back settled.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And you have no feelings whatsoever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I could kill you.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So unbothered.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, you know me.

[Tressa Smallwood]

No, I don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, well, they do work with me for 15 years. Okay. Unmoved, unbothered. All right. I love and I genuinely do. Y'all know that. I think both of y'all know, though. I genuinely love both of y'all.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Me know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think y'all. I think y'all know that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Okay, J. Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She like.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Just know me longer than Lauren. Just know I love her. Okay. We got 10 years in. All right.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So. Yes.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, whatever. We'll take your calls when we come back. 800 1051. You don't love me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes, bro.

[Wendy Williams]

Sometimes.

[DJ Envy]

Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're checking out 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. Charlemagne usually does donkey of the day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Here, but I didn't prepare it. It was too much going on this morning, you know what I mean? Because of a young lady named Jessica Robin Moore. Okay. And you need to answer the phone for your mama, too.

[AJ Johnson]

Yes, I call her leading.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. But, you know, we just having some family discussions up here on the radio this morning, that's all.

[DJ Envy]

Yep. And we're taking your phone calls. Hello? Who's this?

[Tressa Smallwood]

My name is Keith.

[DJ Envy]

Your phone sounds so crazy. Can you take us off Bluetooth or speak or whatever you got us on?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Can you hear me?

[DJ Envy]

I can hear you now. Good morning.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yes, this is key caller from Atlanta.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, good morning. What's your thoughts?

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Okay, so first of all, I only started back listening to the show because of Jerry.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Congratulations on your baby gift.

[AJ Johnson]

Thank you, baby.

[Tressa Smallwood]

From the get go. Yes, the whole situation has been awkward. Y'all not gonna sit up here and play Jess. Like, she didn't come back from maternity.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Leave and have somebody in her seat.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That just could not get up or. Y'all didn't even address the situation. Like, okay, we got somebody new we gonna introduce on top of Jess. She came back and the girl took a list.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

How's she supposed to feel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, you don't know the whole story. Tell her you wanna fill in some blanks, Jess.

[AJ Johnson]

I wanna fill in blanks.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, no, I was just gonna say number one. Jess pin picked Lauren. Yes. Yesterday when I'm on maternity leave, I want Lauren.

[AJ Johnson]

And then, you know, like, But. But even when I say that, it's like, I don't want it to come off. Like, oh, the only reason that she's even, you know. You know what I'm saying? Like, I just don't want to seem like I'm.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you did make a choice, and also.

[AJ Johnson]

I did. But you. It just. It was just weird, you know what I'm saying, How when I came back, like, this young lady just said, when I came back, it was just like, all right, if she's expected to be the fourth host or whatever, yo, let's bring her in on. Let's create her own segment. That's legitimately do it. Let's officiate it. You feel me? Like, why is it only when I gotta talk or when I. You know, on my segment and things like that? You know, it could have been done a whole nother way. It could have been brought to me while I was even on maternity leave, that we wanted to bring her in permanently to be on the show and not just a producer.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't think. I don't think we. I don't know. I don't think we even came to that conclusion yet. She was supposed to be the four or fold.

[DJ Envy]

She was supposed to be.

[Lauren LaRosa]

From the time y'all auditioned. Jess was gonna be the host. Lauren was gonna be the senior news producer.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was always the plan, you know, when you came back from maternity leave and Lauren was here, the senior news producer, when you started to bring her in to do some of the litigious. Litigious stuff.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah. The court things. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought the segment was just evolving naturally. Like, I thought y'all were having those conversations. Y'all was putting that together. I didn't know it was an issue.

[Tressa Smallwood]

But in real time, are you realizing that, like, they're possibly. Not possibly, but there should have been some more guidelines laid out, like, structured stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Once everybody figured out exactly what it is they wanted to do.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah. But I think even if, like, because for me, as the person that, like, I'm watching all this in real time, I know Jess feels away. I. I don't know what's happening either. I was also like, okay, what's happening? But I was just going with the flow. But I felt like going with the FL.

[AJ Johnson]

Made.

[Tressa Smallwood]

It kind of, like, was like. Like. Like when you got a bruise and you keep touching it, so it's like you. It's hurting more, and then we just not talking about it, but, like, I didn't know what else to do because we ain't talking about it, and that's me figuring it out.

[AJ Johnson]

And when I realized you didn't know what was going on either, because we Had a conversation. That's when I told you, Ariel, my anger is misplaced. Like, I'm. I'm mad at her when I shouldn't be mad at her. Like, and it was made to look like that from the jump, and it was just like, it was no coming back from. Even when I like being. Started being cool with her. Like, all right, you know what? Nah, she. You know, and she's hate. She's helpful, and she helps with questions, with interviews and all of that, helps conduct the. Like, the news and the details and stuff. I'm like, all right, but it's still no communication. Now I'm just cool with her. But we still don't know what's going on. So it's just. It's just weird, isn't being in a weird space with it.

[DJ Envy]

Well, how do we resolve this? Because we gotta get it to AJ and Tressa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think we figuring it out in real time. You know what I'm saying? But I do want Justin Lauren to know that I think when it comes to that latest With Lauren segment, they can work together and just. You are the third co host for the Breakfast on the Breakfast Club for a reason. And we are going to continue to restructure this show and turn this show in what it needs to be so you can really get your stuff. And we've had these conversations.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think that was part of the meetings that we've been having behind the scenes that we've been talking about and making sure everybody feels comfortable. Everybody is seen, everybody's heard. That's what I think part of those conversations were.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I think y'all both got scrimps, you know, like, what Jess does, Lauren don't do. What Lauren does, Jess don't do. And I think that compliments, you know, I think y'all compliment each other very, very, very, very well. And I think both of y'all can have so much success on this show, but we got to stop letting the Internet dictate how we move. Cannot listen to the comments. Cannot listen to these people on YouTube creating these narratives, because they're gonna pit each other. They gonna pitch all against each other every chance they get until they can't no more.

[DJ Envy]

But I told that to Jess, and I told that to Lauren, and I tell it to anybody up here. They try to pit me and Charlamagne against each other a million and one times. They will try. Yeah, yeah, you just hump me more. But they try as much as possible. But they will try. They'll try to pit Y'all two against each other. They'll try to pit me and you against each other. Jess. They'll try to put Jess and Charlamagne. That's what the Internet does. They. Half the time I don't even think it's a face. But we can't let those people online dictate what we do. Like f those people. Like, like, we, we, we gotta, we gotta really just open our arms to, to the people that support us, that love us, that love listening to us, that enjoy that know the show. The rest of these people just gonna poke just for that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's why I love having this conversation today on the radio. And I, I, in a way, what just did last night, I get it. And now all the awkwardness is gone. It's all out in the open. It's all out on Front Street. You can't use that against us no more.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Well, when we come back, AJ Johnson and Tressa Smallwood will be joining us. Us. They have a new show on bet. Plus it's called Fighting to Be Me, the Dwen Curry Story. We'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club.

[Tressa Smallwood]

It's a movie.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, a movie. I'm sorry. See, she knows that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Dwin Curry. Yesterday she was here.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Tressa Smallwood]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa here for Jess. And we got some special guest joining. Joining us this morning, we have A.J. johnson. She's back. Good morning.

[AJ Johnson]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

And we have Tressa Smallwood. Welcome.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Good morning, everyone.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling this morning, ladies?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Fantastic.

[Wendy Williams]

Listen, I'm in New York. It's cold as. I don't know what, but I'm here.

[DJ Envy]

It ain't that bad. If you'd have came a week ago, it had been like 30, 20 degrees.

[Wendy Williams]

Well, you know, when you're bouncing between LA and Africa, anything under 70 is like, I'm not going outside.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Last time I saw you was in Ghana.

[AJ Johnson]

Yes, but.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But you living there now.

[Wendy Williams]

Well, I was back and forth then you just didn't know it because it was December and everybody was hanging out. Okay, But I've been back and forth, living and working since 2019.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And I know that you guys are here to talk about fighting to me. The Dwyn Curry story and trust. I know you're new to the platform. I want to introduce yourself in Megamind Media. What? You do? Yes, absolutely. So I'm Tressa Azarelle Smallwood. I'm CEO of Megamind Media, an independent movie production company that's making our own way in the industry, so. Well, where DEI gets cut, we don't get cut.

[Lauren LaRosa]

There you go.

[Wendy Williams]

There you go.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who is Dwayne Curry? For the people who aren't familiar?

[DJ Envy]

Dwyn Curry.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah. You wanna. You have a close relationship with Dwen?

[Wendy Williams]

Well, Dwen is a very well renowned and respected Hollywood stylist from the 90s. And honestly, not only is he known for styling celebrities like Lisa Ray and Yo yo and Missy Elliott, he was one of my first stylists right after House Party when I hit. But, you know, in the 90s, you know, being gay and being in that world wasn't necessarily as accepted as it is now. And so Dwen, looking for love and acceptance, turned to a life of crime. And so.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Wendy Williams]

And so in all of that celebrity and accolade, he became a convicted felon for credit card fraud. And so now she, in trans. In the trans community, is now an advocate, has done time and is trying to teach the more visible community in the LGBTQ+US, you know, how to survive and. And thrive, actually, without it being criminal.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's tr.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

He's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's trans, right?

[Morgan Wood]

Trans, yes, trans.

[AJ Johnson]

And.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And to be clear, you know, a lot of people are trying to figure out fully trans in terms of having the sexual, you know, assignment. No, but she is. She is trans, but not without the sexual. Without the assignment.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Now, I gotta. I gotta ask. You attended and you graduated Spellman in Atlanta. Now you're also a member of Delta Sigma Theta.

[Wendy Williams]

Have been for years.

[DJ Envy]

Now, you heard when we were talking about the young man that lost his life by hazing.

[Wendy Williams]

I'm so glad you're bringing this up. Go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Wanted you to break that down. We were talking about, should they still be doing hazing at this point?

[Wendy Williams]

Okay, how much time we got?

[DJ Envy]

Because. Because.

[Wendy Williams]

Okay, let's know your rank. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So let's start with the fact that I pledged at 17, one of the youngest undergraduate pledges at Spelman at the time. And then through my stay at Spelman, I became vice president of the chapter, which then gives me Dean of Pledges as a new. When the new line comes in and Dean of probates. The difference between those is Dean of Pledges is you bring the new pledges in and see them through the process. Dina, probates means you carry them through the end of the process, because it's a process. And so having those Two positions. I can comfortably say that hazing is a personal thing. It's not an organization thing when I say that. Meaning if you've been hazed before and you want to interject that on a new pledgee, that's a personal thing. My pledge period was no walk in the park. It was not. And so one of the reasons I wanted to become Dean of pledgees is to say that's not necessary. And again, we're talking about undergraduate pledging. So when you are 25 and 26 and you're no longer even in the school and you're still coming back to be part of the pledge period, that's also a personal thing. Like, what are you missing and why are you coming back to inflict possibly deadly fatal force. If you're in the institution and you're a member of the chapter, nine times out of 10, you're being raised in the way that the chapter is being raised. And so nowadays hazing's not allowed. So again, I'm still going to. There's something personal, a personal vendetta that somebody's exercising in that.

[DJ Envy]

But, you know, sometimes people will say that the graduate people that's. That's in the fraternity of sorority are not looked as the same as the people that actually quote, unquote, pledged grad chapter.

[Wendy Williams]

Grad chapter. Correct. Well, that's true. And then we also. Some organizations in the D9 also have honorary members. Now, what I say as having pledged is what's most important to me is the union and the camaraderie of me having had line sisters, some of my best friends to this day, as separate as our lives have gone. Kids, no kids. Teacher. I'm in Hollywood. We're still connected because we helped each other through a trying process as we were teenagers. You're not getting that in graduate, and you're definitely not going through that when you're an honorary. So I think we have to value in undergrad, we have to value the truth of the process and know that it doesn't have to be physically abusive, especially when it can be fatal.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with AJ Johnson and Tressa Smallwood when we come back. Fighting to Be Me. The Dwen Corey Story, the movie on bet. Plus, we'll talk to them more. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess, Hilarious Charlamagne, the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with AJ Johnson and Tressa Smallwood. The new movie Fighting to Be Me. The Dwen Curry Story is Out right now. Charlemagne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's this role preparing you for next?

[Wendy Williams]

You know, I've always wanted to do FloJo's story.

[DJ Envy]

Ooh, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been hearing about that forever.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah. And so somebody had the right to it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I forgot who had it.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I can't remember if we have to.

[Wendy Williams]

Go back to that. Cause John Singleton and I were trying to do it right after baby boy and then, you know, it just. His focus shifted and we just didn't get it done. But again, not even just the biopic of the athlete, but just the life of an athlete at that time and what it took to be so great and to still be a woman and to be so courageous in her fashion. It's like what we know. You know, we see Serena doing it, we see other women doing it, but Flo Jo started it. And so I like those kind of stories of let's know where we come from. That's the other side. I like going back into our history so that people don't think it's just happening, you know, we are, we are. We got a bad history behind us. And I want to tell those stories too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it was, I think Tiffany had.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I feel like Tiffany had it. She. Yeah, well, she was supposed to play.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Starring and producing in a biopic about Flo Jo. I don't know what happened.

[Tressa Smallwood]

And then I didn't hear anything else.

[Wendy Williams]

Probably because I'm supposed to do it.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That was back in 20.

[Wendy Williams]

Or me and Tiffany. Or me and Tiffany. I mean, again, it's collaboration.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah.

[Wendy Williams]

So I mean, I don't know, but that's what I'm saying. I mean, I, I want to get that story done. She was very instrumental. Flo Jo, I mean, was very instrumental when I was little in my work ethic, you know, and just, you know, taking care of my body. And so my physical existence now is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A large result of her question. Would you ever do a story about polygamy?

[DJ Envy]

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[Tressa Smallwood]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Wendy Williams]

Who dibbles in it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Are you Devil dabble?

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah. How is that amazing? Oh, amazing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But also out here stealing your thunder, though. Neil think he the guy now.

[Wendy Williams]

Well, he, you know, listen.

[DJ Envy]

He can have the thunder because he's doing it.

[Wendy Williams]

For a whole different reason. Let me say this as we're bringing it up, Mike. My space in it, honestly, is because since I've been exposed to different cultures and different religious and spirit practices around the world, my thing is I haven't found a lot of men in America who are really appealing to me spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally. So my thing is I've got the athlete that I hang out with. I've got the spirit that I pray with. You know, I've got the person that's adventurous that I travel with. So it's more lifestyle than it is the sexual connection. For me, it's. It's more like I'm not in a relationship. So I have more than one man I spend time with.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So whatever you don't get over here, you can get here, here.

[Wendy Williams]

Now, my soul is actually monogamous, okay. But because I can't find that, I don't stop.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Did you decide to dibble dabble in polygamy after that breakup you mentioned that took you to Africa?

[Wendy Williams]

It's before that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Before that.

[Wendy Williams]

Years ago. It was before that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Wow.

[Wendy Williams]

It was way before that. And so me having a relationship after that was me trying monogamy again. And a large part of me was bored. You know, intellectually, I was bored again. I wanna travel the world. I wasn't finding a lot of African American men who are building their lives to do that. I even say now when I meet men, I say, you know, I carry five currencies on any given day. How many currencies do you have?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

God dang it.

[Wendy Williams]

And that's not a flex.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That shit is.

[Tressa Smallwood]

But it's intimidating. Dating.

[Wendy Williams]

Oh, well, sure. See, here we go.

[DJ Envy]

Anyway.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah, but I mean, think about in the pandemic when. When the American passport couldn't get us out of here.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's real.

[Wendy Williams]

I gotta leave you because I gotta. I got another passport. I got other currencies. Even without the passport, I wasn't even a dual citizen until 2022. In 2020, I went to three different countries because I had cash. I was prepared.

[DJ Envy]

I tell you.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I got the email, right?

[Wendy Williams]

So I had cash in the currency. So, I mean, again, this is just my life, right? It's not like I'm trying to say I don't want an American man. I'm just saying my international life, my global options take me into different cultures.

[DJ Envy]

And it would be cool if that man had the same. Just on the other side, if he had a woman for this, a woman for that, woman for that, and you for traveling.

[Wendy Williams]

As long as he's okay with me doing the same thing. We're gonna have fun. I'm not wild with mine. I'm not. It's not something that I promote because it's not about that.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Yeah.

[Wendy Williams]

It's about me making sure that I'm full and what that means as a global woman.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Global woman. I know, I know.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That's right.

[Morgan Wood]

Listen again.

[Tressa Smallwood]

She is intimidating.

[Wendy Williams]

So here. Here's a question. Here's a question real quick for you two. So I know. I know you have women, but how do you feel about that woman perspective? Would you allow it?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Wendy Williams]

Would you allow it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Allow. I don't know. How can you stop a woman from doing what she want to do?

[Wendy Williams]

But how do you feel? Would you be comfortable?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I wouldn't personally.

[Wendy Williams]

Can you tell me why?

[DJ Envy]

I'm too insecure.

[AJ Johnson]

Okay, that's fair.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That's fair.

[DJ Envy]

I want my woman.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So proud of you. I like it's for the same. Part of. Part of it is probably for what Envy said. But you wouldn't just say that out loud. Most.

[DJ Envy]

I guess we would have married 23.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I bet. Been married for 28, 26.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've known my. My woman for 26 years. But I guess we would have to have the conversation, like. Cause you said you have all of these different guys for different things, right? So what is it that I'm not fulfilling that? I think that conversation has to happen first to decide to see what it is.

[Wendy Williams]

See, I love that. But if it's something that you can't fulfill or you're not interested in, do you feel like she's supposed to acquiesce and compromise or are there concessions? Is that compromise versus concessions? My. My devotion? Or do you feel like there's concessions that can be made so that you're both happy and fulfilled.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's tough, man.

[Wendy Williams]

You all have been in long term relationships, Mountains and valleys. Mountains and valleys. No relationship is perfect, of course. But, you know, for me, I started my career so young that trying to find that kind of relationship in Hollywood. You know, I wanted it, I couldn't find it. You know, at that time, everybody that could have been a potential partner, we were all trying to get our foot in the door. And so whether it's athlete, producer, director, talent, it wasn't happening for me like that. But I still wanted my life. So it's not so much. I want to make sure it's clear, even for the people. Listen, it's like, it's not like I'm just saying I want more than one man. That's why I said my heart and my soul is monogamous. But if I can't have that, then what do I do?

[Morgan Wood]

That's fair.

[AJ Johnson]

Like, until you get it.

[Wendy Williams]

Yeah.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Because we found a couple of potentials for you, but then we had had to boot them out. Is it tough because you're AJ like you. You are. They see you, it's like, oh, shoot. I watch now. They actually movie credits and things behind the scenes.

[Wendy Williams]

You know what? I'll tell you, it. It helps dating internationally because a lot of the international men don't know or they don't really care because they're of a certain financial status themselves, a certain social status themselves. And so I'm.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I like where you be hanging out.

[Wendy Williams]

Listen, we gotta travel, boo. We gotta travel. And so it's not important to their culture, you know?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Gotcha.

[Wendy Williams]

And so, you know, they acknowledge it and they respect it, but we're not connecting on that, that level. We're connecting more on spiritual level on what are we doing for the country.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Right.

[Wendy Williams]

Which is where I'm at in my own self.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

There you have it. Well, thank you again to AJ Johnson and Tressa Smallwood for joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The latest with Lauren is up next.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Breakfast Club. Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne. The God, Jess. Hilarious DJ Envy. And now it is time for the latest with Lauren.

[AJ Johnson]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She gets the details.

[Tressa Smallwood]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

She'll 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. What was the latest on the Breakfast Club? Talk to me.

[Tressa Smallwood]

So Wendy Williams, you remember that judge that was upset at her, Lisa Sokolof?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That judge, it's being reported by the sun, has agreed to allow Wendy Williams to move from the secured memory unit to a better, more, I guess like less restrictive unit where she's staying. So you know, Wendy has been there for the past, almost like almost a year, year at this point. And she's been in a very secured situation. So she was asking for less restrictions. That judge was upset because Wendy was talking in the media and you know, just doing different things and now the judge is agreeing. So there's some movement over there. People are, you know, wanting to know what's going on. It seems like it's a movement. She looked good leaving court too. Talk to the cameras. The camera said, did things go your way today? She said they did. Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, when was that? When did they have that court date?

[Tressa Smallwood]

Monday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, okay. Yes. Because Monday, you know, Wendy's able to, to be a little bit more looser. So she went out to eat and she, she invited us to come eat. I didn't eat, but I popped in.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I did. The food was so good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I popped in. I mean it was cool. It was cool to catch up with, catch up with Wendy.

[Tressa Smallwood]

I think it was more cool to see how the world reacts to Wendy. Like when I walked in, the girl was like I said the name of the reservation with Gina. She was like, are you here with Wendy? And I was like, yeah. And then like, I don't know, just, just being there and seeing it in person and meeting her in person because I'd never met her in person because they wouldn't let me in. Yeah, her where she's standing, that I was like, dang, this is Wendy Williams.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She do act like somebody who just got out of prison though. I mean the way, yeah, the way she was eating was kind of crazy. I mean like it was, it was kind of crazy.

[Tressa Smallwood]

But it's cuz she can't take nothing back to where she stays. She doesn't have a microwave or anything.

[AJ Johnson]

How was she even allowed to go out to dinner though?

[Tressa Smallwood]

They're allowing her to do more stuff like that because Alex, her niece is here. Well, was here. So you know, she can move around a little bit with family, but it's just very like there's like of course restrictions still, but yeah, yeah, she's slowly getting back around to it. So shout out to Wendy and all the food that she can eat now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Tressa Smallwood]

That's it. That's all I got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, we got the People's Choice mix. Up next, Envy will be doing the people's choice mix. So 1-800-585-1051. I don't even know why I'm giving you the phone number, cuz it's not like you be taking requests. So it's the Breakfast Club. You're checking out the Breakfast Club? Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne. The God. DJ Envy. Jesso. Hilarious. Him be left.

[AJ Johnson]

Yeah, he did.

[Tressa Smallwood]

He went to north to get honored.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Exactly.

[AJ Johnson]

You got class.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, he. I completely forgot about that. Y'all play so much.

[Tressa Smallwood]

You know what's crazy? My high school in Delaware, they used to call us east side High.

[AJ Johnson]

See, in real life, I just keep.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Ending up at east side High.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They told me MB left cuz he was mad. He was mad about him. And J, I forgot he want to get honest.

[AJ Johnson]

Even when Lauren first came in, you said, you better know school. I don't go there. I'm like, you the new. You the newest student. You the newest student.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

You better.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't know the lyrics.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Graduated left.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Play the song right. You better know that. You bet that if you going to be in this high school, you better know the lyrics of Fair east side. You don't know Fair east side.

[Tressa Smallwood]

Nope. Give me suspension. Let me take a couple days.

[Lauren LaRosa]

God damn, your wig do look like you smoke crack. But listen. Oh, my God. When we come back, we got the.

[AJ Johnson]

Positive noted more the Sam's Wig.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's the world's most dangerous morning show. Charlamagne. Tha God, Jess. Hilarious. DJ Envy. Envy's not here. He left. But me and Jess is still here. You got shows this weekend, Jess?

[AJ Johnson]

I do. I got shows in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Funny Bone. We got two on Friday and two on Saturday. And I am doing meet and greet after the last show on each day, so make sure you get your tickets, man. And also, I need a videographer in Cincinnati, Ohio, so reach out to the DM or the email that's connected to my Instagram page, y'all. I can't wait to see y'all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's right. And listen, I want to remind y'all too, man. Make sure to get tickets for the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, happening Saturday, April 26th in Atlanta, Georgia at Pullman Yards. Some of the best podcasts in the business gonna be on that stage. Good Moms. Bad choices. Carrie Champion will be there with her naked podcast, Tank. And Jay Valentine will be doing the R B money podcast live. And Sarah Jake Roberts will be doing the woman of all podcast. It's all hosted by Mandy and Weas from Decisions Decisions, so make sure you go get your tickets. Black Effect.com podcast festival. When we come back, we got the positive note. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Yeah, it's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne. The God, DJ Envy. Just hilarious. The Baltimore fire starter. Her and Monique went crazy online yesterday. That's all. Did y'all text each other beforehand?

[Just Hilarious]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Did you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you text. Moni can say, yo, that was cool, but watch this.

[Tressa Smallwood]

No, no, I did not.

[AJ Johnson]

No, no, no. She might have text me and said, now, that was cool, but watch this. That was bigger than what I did. I'm like, damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it was not. Actually. You definitely was bigger than the. The Monique story. You know, every time something. This is the crazy part about breast club now. Every time something happens up here, people think it's a stunt.

[AJ Johnson]

Yes.

[Tressa Smallwood]

It.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what I'm saying?

[Tressa Smallwood]

And I'm like, no, this ain't no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And that's why I don't take nothing serious. And now. Because they're not gonna take it serious anyway. Now, the positive. The positive note is ask for what you want.

[Tressa Smallwood]

There you go with these cards.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, you need to get some. Okay, These are Don Miguel Ruiza four agreement cards. And this is from the don't make assumptions chapter. Ask for what you want. Find the courage to ask for what you want. Others have the right to tell you yes or no, but you always have the right to ask. Likewise, everybody has the right to ask you for what they want, and you have the right to say yes or no. So always ask me, I'm finished.

[Charlemagne Tha God]

Or, y'all done.

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[Tressa Smallwood]

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