FULL SHOW: Lawsuit Against Diddy, Druski & Odell Beckham Jr. Dismissed, Maury Wants To Settle Rap Beefs, Wale On Solange And Run In With Kai Cenat + Jarrett Adams Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club – December 18, 2025

Episode Overview
This episode of The Breakfast Club (DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha God) covers a range of hot topics: updates on lawsuits involving Diddy, Druski, and Odell Beckham Jr., a heartfelt push for unity in Atlanta's rap scene (courtesy of 21 Savage), pop culture moments with Wale, an in-depth interview with civil rights attorney Jarrett Adams, and lively listener call-ins. The show blends candid discussion of current events, personal anecdotes, and signature humor.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Holiday Vibes & Front Page News

• Hosts discuss holiday plans (03:30–05:49):

  • DJ Envy shares final holiday shopping struggles, and Charlamagne debates buying his son an electric bike, raising concerns about safety gear and peer pressure.
    • “Electric bikes are dangerous, man.” — Charlamagne Tha God [05:07]
  • Jess jokes about holiday stress and cutting down her gift list.

• Front page news with Mimi Brown (07:52–14:16):

  • Political Updates:
    • Coverage of President Trump's national address criticizing the Biden administration for inflation, border policy, and the economy.
    • Charlamagne debunks Trump's car price claims, linking supply chain issues to COVID, not just politics:
      • “It had nothing to do with Trump. This was all with supply and demand.” — Charlamagne Tha God [11:46]
    • Health insurance drama as subsidies are set to expire; House sends lawmakers home without a deal. Jasmine Crockett calls out Speaker Mike Johnson:
      • “The Speaker, he loves to run when things get tough. That's not leadership. That's cowardice.” — Jasmine Crockett (via Lauren LaRosa) [13:00]
  • Healthcare affordability:
    • Callers and hosts debate the reality of rising health costs, with listener “Trouble Wife AKA maga” describing her own bubble of prosperity in Richmond, VA, which the hosts refute as not representative (16:32).
    • DJ Envy: “Half of us adults say it’s difficult to afford health care costs, my brother.” [17:26]
  • Holiday stress and relationships:
    • Psychologists say Christmas stress kills intimacy, but New Year’s brings it back (39:44–41:25).

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2. Call-In Segment: Community Voices (15:10–22:23)

• Diverse callers share life updates and opinions:
  • Female truck driver shares stories from the road and camaraderie, with Charlamagne saluting women in trucking (18:58).
  • Ongoing banter about frequent callers, relationships, and the pressure of giving during the holidays.
  • Jess Hilarious on gift-giving: "If you looking forward for me to get you a gift, look backwards, nigga, because I can’t." [05:49]

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3. Rap Unity & Social Media Drama: 21 Savage’s ATL Peace Mission (22:31–33:45)

• Lauren LaRosa recaps 21 Savage’s viral tweets:
  • 21 Savage urges Atlanta rappers to squash beef publicly, calling out Gunna, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Quavo, Offset, and QC’s Q.
    • “Y’all knew Gunna wasn’t no gangster when he told the first time. And we swept it under the rug for you. … We ain’t get s*** but trauma…” — 21 Savage (read by Lauren) [23:46]
  • Future and Young Thug positively respond; Future: “You my little brother for infinity.” — Future (via Lauren) [29:16]
• Roundtable Response:
  • DJ Envy: “I got no problem with him doing it online because the drama be online.” [30:42]
  • Jess: “All these grown men, he could have tried to arrange some type of meet-up…”
  • Charlamagne: “21 speaks with a whole lot of common sense. If you young men would listen to him, your lives would probably be a whole lot better.” [30:42]
• Legacy of Atlanta rap’s past unity:
  • All agree, “music sounded so much better when they were all working with each other.” [31:45]

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4. Interview: Jarrett Adams – From Defendant to Defender (42:11–66:23)

• Background:
  • Adams was wrongfully convicted at 17, spent 10 years in prison, and became a civil rights attorney.
    • “I told myself not only was I not gonna go back, but I’m gonna try to do something to keep people from going there and pull out as many brothers and sisters… as I can.” — Jarrett Adams [43:18]
• Notable moments & Quotes:
  • On returning to the courtroom:
    • “When I go in there, there’s a bit of, y’all tried to take me out… so I’m walking through swinging arms like George Jefferson in this boy.” — Jarrett Adams [43:50]
  • How he chooses cases:
    • Discusses emotional ties to wrongful conviction stories, wanting to create systemic change:
      • “We try to select cases that can do a couple different things… If we can get out and make a change legislatively, those are the cases that we highlight.” [45:55]
  • Therapy and trauma:
    • “I have to balance my emotions… The only way you can maintain that balance is with constant therapy.” [47:14]
  • Criminal justice system critique:
    • “The people who are closest to the fire usually know how to put it out, but they’re the furthest from the water hose. We need to find a way to feed the water hose to the people who are on the ground.” [58:13]
    • Encourages Black and Brown people to show up for jury duty: “Our turn up cannot outweigh our turnout.” [62:05]
  • Most powerful prison story
    • Three generations from same family in the prison visiting room; a little girl raises her arms to be wanded by guards, mimicking her mother and grandmother:
      • “What’s she doing at 3, 4 years old knowing she’s supposed to stick her arms up? … We gotta address this.” [65:14]
• Closing:
  • “Heal people will help heal people. Hurt people will continue to hurt us.” — DJ Envy [48:21]

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5. Pop Culture Hot Takes & Updates (66:56–75:41)

• Wale clears up rumors:
  • Denies Lotus Flower Bomb was about Solange, shares their real-life friendship.
    • “She was one of the first super celebrity people that really f***ed with my music. … She put me onto the Victor & Rolf Flowerbomb, and that’s how the opening lines go.” — Wale [69:42]
• Wale and Kai Cenat saga:
  • Wale discusses how being unrecognized by Kai at the BET Awards hurt his ego; hosts tell him to let it go.
    • DJ Envy: “Kai did not make Wale look crazy. Wale feels crazy because that’s just how he feels.” [72:28]
• Diddy, Druski, Odell Beckham Jr. lawsuit dismissed:
  • Case dismissed due to missed deadlines, but may be refiled. Druski gives statement emphasizing support and justice for true victims.
    • “We can’t allow these clout-chasing antics to deter real survivors from coming forward.” — Druski (via Lauren) [99:45]

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6. Donkey of the Day – Camille Benson's Criminal Bread Tampering (76:39–84:46)

• Charlamagne Tha God’s “Donkey of the Day”:
  • Camille Benson charged with “attempted mayhem” for putting razor blades in bread at Walmart. Hosts shocked by the evil, call for psychiatric evaluation, decrying low bail.
    • “People like this should not be allowed to come home until they spend a lengthy amount of time in a psychiatric institution.” — DJ Envy [83:29]

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7. Jess Fix My Mess – Relationship & Life Advice (88:02–98:19)

• Call 1: Husband’s wife hospitalized for mental health breakdown, now resents him for his decisions.
  • Jess advises patience and letting things blow over, but urges him to consult a lawyer if necessary:
    • “She’s gonna be mad at you anyway. … Just sit back and relax. Pray for her.” — Jess Hilarious [91:11]
• Call 2: Single father struggling to discipline 8-year-old son
  • Jess and Envy weigh in on non-physical discipline, importance of structure yet allowing vulnerability:
    • “Sometimes you gotta try that [physical discipline] because, listen, gentle parenting is cool, but when you got no limit soldiers that you raising… Yoke his little ass up!” — Jess Hilarious [94:02]
    • Envy: “You want them to be able to tell dad whatever…” [97:27]

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8. Quick Hits & Closing Moments

• Big news for “A Different World”: Reunion series coming, OG cast reprising roles (101:16–102:20).
• Maury Povich: Jokes about coming out of retirement to settle the Nicki Minaj–Cardi B and Drake–Kendrick beefs with lie detector tests (102:36).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Our turn up cannot outweigh our turnout… Show up to jury duty, y’all!” — Jarrett Adams [62:05]
• “Heal people will help heal people. Hurt people will continue to hurt us.” — DJ Envy [48:21]
• “You can’t tell people they don’t feel what they feel...” — DJ Envy [10:32]
• “If you looking forward for me to get you a gift, look backwards, nigga, because I can't.” — Jess Hilarious [05:49]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Holiday/Front Page News chatter – [03:29–14:16]
• 21 Savage’s peace crusade for Atlanta – [22:31–33:45]
• Jarrett Adams interview – [42:11–66:23]
• Wale, Solange, & Kai Cenat pop culture rundown – [66:56–75:41]
• Donkey of the Day: Camille Benson – [76:39–84:46]
• Jess Fix My Mess – [88:02–98:19]
• “A Different World” announcement + Maury Povich – [101:16–103:32]

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Overall Tone & Style

• Signature Breakfast Club blend: direct, funny, and unfiltered
• Mixes serious commentary (criminal justice, politics, mental health) with playful pop culture and listener engagement
• Strong advocacy for self-care, accountability, and community action

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is packed with insightful interviews, passionate debates on the economy and health care, calls for unity in hip-hop, and real talk on personal struggles. The Jarrett Adams segment is particularly moving for its firsthand view of injustice and hope for reform. If you want to understand the intersection of hip-hop culture, social issues, and everyday life—with plenty of humor—this episode is a must-listen.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jared Adams]

What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit chant. Echo drum beat. Everybody showing that school pride game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere, adding ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, what up, y'?

[Jared Adams]

All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's DJ Envy and the holidays are here. The time of year that's all about connecting with loved ones in person or over the phone. In fact, hearing someone's voice can evoke a similar emotional response as a hug. And while most of us can hop on a video chat to really bring that connection to life, using tech isn't easy for everyone, especially some of the older folk in our lives. AT&T has been doing something special here to help. They offer digital literacy workshops that help older adults learn how to use technology to do things most of us take for granted, like video conferencing and sharing photos. Take Nancy Shand. She joined one of AT&T's workshops to learn how to video chat. For the first time this holiday season, Nancy won't just be hearing about family gatherings. She'll be a part of them. Sharing stories, opening presents, and making memories all through a screen. Nobody should have to go through the holiday season alone. So be sure to connect and stay connected to your loved ones this holiday season.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Someone will be eliminated.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pressure is coming down.

[DJ Envy]

Trainer games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on train games.com Wake you up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake that ass up.

[Jared Adams]

Program your alarm to power 105.1 on iheartradio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, USA.

[DJ Envy]

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, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hilarious.

[Just Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne, the guy, he'll be here in a second. What the hell is wrong with Charlamagne the guy?

[Just Hilarious]

I do not know. I don't know why he don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What the hell's going on in New York.

[DJ Envy]

New York.

[Just Hilarious]

Everybody on the chopping block. He better get it together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Make sure you subscribe to his YouTube channel. That's YouTube.com seetheguide. And also while you're doing that, make sure you subscribe to my only fans. My only fans feet page, which is gonna be DJ Envy's feet, just in case. What's up, Jess? How you feeling?

[Just Hilarious]

What's up? I'm good. I'm good. I know you was ready come for me. Like, what's going on? Where you at, Jess?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I didn't see you, I said, just better stop playing.

[Just Hilarious]

I know, yo. I know, I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You getting ready for the holidays with what's going on.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, I actually was trying to get my stamps back, man. Food is high as hell.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Just Hilarious]

So, yeah, I was trying to get my stamps back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You better stop. I know you better stop. Yeah, I'm almost done holiday shopping. I have one more gift to get, which is my son Jackson's gift, and he wants one of them electric bikes that, you know, you see people riding through the city.

[Just Hilarious]

So are you finally gonna get him one? Cause I know you Was hating on the idea for a minute.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I think them electric bikes are dangerous, right? And it's funny. As a kid, I used ride all types of bikes. I used to ride the street. It didn't matter. I didn't care. You fall, you get up. But now it's like, I don't want to say my parents didn't care, but I think I care a little more. Like, I googled, I did the homework, and I see the kids that fall off the bike usually have brain damage. And I'm like, yeah, I don't think.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But all his friends got it. But I'm like, you know, yeah, it was like, you know, let a boy be a boy. But electric bikes are dangerous, man.

[Just Hilarious]

I know they are, but you can. It's all types of, like, safety gear that you can get him. Like, you know, helmets, knee pads, elbow pads.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, all that. And I thought about that.

[Just Hilarious]

But you still ain't.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because he'll leave the house with that stuff, and then when he go hanging out with his friends, he'll take it right there for.

[Just Hilarious]

Because it don't look cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct. And he'll be the only one with the full.

[DJ Envy]

Elbow.

[Jared Adams]

Pass the whole suit on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And his friends ride a little stuntman, right? And then he gonna take it off, and I'm gonna feel away. So I don't know. That's. That's the last gift I have to give everybody. I got everybody, moms, everybody's done. So he's the last one. And I've been going back and forth, so I'll figure that out today.

[Just Hilarious]

Like I tell people, if you looking forward for me to get you a gift, look backwards, nigga, because I can't now. I can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no. I only got the kids and my mom and my pops. That's it. Everybody else.

[Just Hilarious]

That's all I'm doing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is what it is. It's tough out here. It's hard out here.

[Just Hilarious]

It is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, today on the show, Jared Adams will be joining us. He's a civil rights attorney and justice reform advocate. He was wrongly convicted and spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He'll break down his story and we'll chop it up with him in a little bit. Lot to talk about and, of course, just fixed my mess. So if you're having relationship issues. Relationship problems. If this thing's going on, the holidays are here and you need some advice, some. A friend that is not connected to the situation. Anyway, anyhow, well, Jess will be here to fix your mess so she'll help you out.

[Just Hilarious]

I also am charging. I'm charging now. So I'm gonna drop my cash app and be going, what? The cash app out there? Because I'm charging $10 for advice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What? No, you're not. She's not charging. She call up in a little bit. She'll help you out with all your stuff. And then let's start the show with DMX. Today is DMX's birthday. Oh, what we got?

[Just Hilarious]

What we got in here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think it's only right. Hey there, Charlemagne. I think it's only right to start with the dog. Today is his birthday. Today is the dog's born day.

[DJ Envy]

Happy born day to the dog. He created the greatest, second greatest Christmas song of all time, after Felice Navidad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know about that, but let's play what's my Name? Dmx. Wake your ass up. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

That is a one on one. God created one at DMX and then shut the patent down after that. You've never met a person like DMX ever in your life. Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to. Just rest in peace, dmx.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, I got mad I didn't get to meet him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I used to to make beats, and DMX purchased three of my beats. He overpaid me. And then he put it in his movie. And every time the movie got released to every country, I got paid. And he told me to put it in my kid's name so the kids get all the royalties for that.

[DJ Envy]

To the dog, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to dmx. He was just a good dude.

[DJ Envy]

He was a spirit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my gosh.

[DJ Envy]

He was a spirit, not a ghost. Oh, my gosh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, all right. Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news to start off quickly with some sports.

[DJ Envy]

Thursday Night Football.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Rams take on the Seahawks at 8:15. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[DJ Envy]

Peace, Mimi.

[Just Hilarious]

Brown girl.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. All right, so we start this morning at the White House, where President Trump addressed the nation with a clear objective to set the narrative for his second term. Now, in the 18 minute address, the president touched on a wide range of issues, including the economy, immigration, crime, conflict overseas. And early in his speech, he made it clear where he places the blame, opening with criticism of the Biden administration and the country that he says he inherited. Let's listen to what he had to.

[Jared Adams]

Say 11 months ago. I inherited a mess, and I'm fixing it. When I took office, inflation was the worst in 48 years, making life unaffordable for millions and millions of Americans. This happened during a Democrat administration, and it's when we first began hearing the word affordability. Our border was open. And because of this, our country was being invaded by an army of 25 million people, many who came from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums. They were drug dealers, gang members, and even 11,888 murderers. This is what the Biden administration allowed to happen to our country.

[DJ Envy]

I cannot accept that. The reason I cannot accept that is because Donald Trump said on day one he was going to fix the economy. Okay? He volunteered that lie. And since that hasn't happened, we got to hold him to that.

[Mimi Brown]

Exactly. And speaking of that, speaking of that, Charlemagne. Much of his speech had focused on the economy. The President, he argued that his administration, they've already made progress bringing prices down, even though millions of Americans, they say they still can continue to feel the squeeze by the cause of every day groceries, housing, utilities, and other basic expenses. Let's listen to what he had to say about the economy.

[Jared Adams]

I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast. Under the Biden administration, car prices rose 22% and in many states, 30% or more. Gasoline rose 30 to 50%. Hotel rates rose 37%. Airfares rose 31%. Now, under our leadership, they are all coming down and coming down fast. Democrat politicians also sent the cost of groceries soaring, but we are solving that, too. The price of a Thanksgiving Turkey was down 33% compared to the Biden last year. The price of eggs is down 82% since March, and everything else is falling rapidly.

[DJ Envy]

He's making the same mistake the Biden administration did. Like Biden tried to tell us the economy was good when it wasn't. You can't tell people they don't feel.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What they feel like what exactly?

[Mimi Brown]

A recent polling shows the majority of Americans say the economy is not working well for them personally. Seven in ten say the cost of living in their community is no longer affordable. And with the 2026 midterm elections approaching, the economy is expected to be the central issue. One of the biggest moments of the night came when the President announced what he calls a warrior dividend. It's a 1776 bonus check that he is sending to 1.4 million service members. It's tied to the nation' 250th anniversary. He said those checks are already on the way. And he said they have been funded by tariff Revenue.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy thing is you can play with semantics. Right. That's what, that's what he did. Right. You talk about the car industry, right? When Biden was in. Yes, the car industry was high, but it wasn't because of Biden. It was because of what happened with COVID And everything was shut down. So they couldn't build any cars. So because they couldn't build any cars, the demand was high. So people were paying overpriced to get the cars that they need. As soon as the world opened back up and these car manufacturers were able to build again and people were able to fly, everything went right back down. As you know, the country would. Had nothing to do with Trump. This was all with supply and demand.

[DJ Envy]

That don't mean people could afford the cars.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, they couldn't afford the cars. But that was the reason why the car prices was up. Had nothing to do with government. Had to do it because Covid shut the world down.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

And to your point, envy. Now that they went down, they're back up because of tariffs.

[DJ Envy]

Correct.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And now they're back up because of tariffs.

[DJ Envy]

And people still can't afford them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They still can't afford them.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, they still can't afford them. So turning now really quickly to Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson, he is sending lawmakers home early for the holidays without a deal to stop health insurance premiums from rising. Now, House Republicans, they passed a health care bill yesterday, but it does not include those extended Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire in just 14 days. GOP leaders say the bill lowers health care costs in other ways by expanding cheaper insurance options, lowering some premiums, and targeting drug prices. But those missing subsidies, they sparked sort of a revolt on the House floor yesterday. Four House Republicans, they broke with their own party. They sided with Democrats using a procedural vote to force a vote on extending those subsidies for three years. Democrats say Speaker Mike Johnson, he sent lawmakers home to avoid dealing with the issue. Let's hear what Jasmine Crockett had to say on that issue.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, we are supposed to be in session until Friday. The speaker, he loves to run when things get tough.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

That's not leadership.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's cowardice. And so that is what he's decided to do. We saw this happen when it came down to the Epstein files. He decided to send Congress out right now. We are supposed to be in until Friday. He has decided that our last day is going to be tomorrow because he does not want to deal with the fact that we have a ripe discharge petition that is sitting in front of him that could not only help our constituents, but help he is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me just tell you, when you talk about revolt, you're going to see that. Crazy. I've been dealing with the health care system in the last couple of weeks. They're saying that the volume of people that go to the hospital has risen 40%. They said people are scared to go to the hospital now because they don't know if they can afford it.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're talking about the price of ambulance bills, the price of emergency room bills, the price of I have to decide if I'm gonna take my child, my mother, my father, my brother, my sister, my niece, my aunt, to the doctor because I can't afford it because the premiums are gonna be too high, or I can't afford to take them to the hospital. And they're talking about. Well, we'll figure it out later. It's gonna be crazy. And especially with the flu. The flu has been hitting the kids and old people like crazy. If they don't figure this out, it is going to be a nasty mess. Because if I go to the hospital and I got to figure out if I can afford it or take my kid or. Or figure something out, it's going to be disgusting.

[DJ Envy]

We'll get ready for a nasty mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is going to be a nasty mess.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Because with the house being sent home, that forced vote won't happen until January, which all but guarantees that premiums will rise on January 1st. So, you know it's going to be a big backlash. Yeah, for sure. All right, well, y' all coming up at 7. Christmas stress might be doing more than draining your wallet. It could be draining the mood, too. So we'll explain.

[Just Hilarious]

You know what I mean? You know what? Don't. I don't need no more bad news.

[Jared Adams]

It's not bad news. It's not bad news.

[Mimi Brown]

Draining the mood. Intimacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Libido. Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

Drained horniness.

[Jared Adams]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Jared Adams]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Keep calling.

[Jared Adams]

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

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, this is Trouble Wife, AKA maga, calling in from Richmond, Virginia.

[DJ Envy]

You said AKA what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maga.

[Jess Hilarious]

AKA maga.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Lord.

[Jess Hilarious]

I talked to y' all a few weeks ago.

[Jared Adams]

Talk to us?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, but I just want to say this, you know, it's no doom and gloom out here. Down here in Richmond, Virginia, plenty of money, plenty of money being spent. Grocery prices are down, gas prices, we down to a dollar, almost 99, $2. You know, it's no struggle out here. There's no struggle. And as far as like that Obamacare, Obamacare wasn't good from the get go. I'm a healthy individual and that because I didn't want to sign up for Obamacare. Way back then they used to charge me $600 just because I didn't want to sign up for it. I think the healthcare and things like that, you know, the mamas and the daddies need to put their heads together and you know, develop their healthcare program for their kids and things like that. You know, we need to strip that Obamacare away. You can't keep subsidizing that and keep pumping money into it. But now at the top of the year, you gonna really see how Obamacare really was, you know, and what the prices was because they're gonna strip away the government funding towards it. But it's no doom and gloom out here. The economy is booming. The economy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Trevor, I don't, I don't know what, what, what small block you live on or what bubble you live.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm living in Richmond, Virginia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But the gas, gas prices are down a little bit. Yes, they are down about 50 cents, 75 cents. Gas prices are down, but grocery prices are now, grocery prices are still high as giraffe put down in like not, not down here.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I'm, I'm living in Virginia.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, this I want you to do, open up that bubble so more people can come live in it. You got room in that bubble. You got room in that bubble.

[Jess Hilarious]

The project is booming. Ain't nobody struggling in the project.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you tripping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Now I know what he said. He said his name maga. I know what he said.

[DJ Envy]

Tripping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He going crazy. Then he said, you know, Yeah, I paid 600 every time I went to the, to the, to the doctor. You think people can afford 600 when people are living check to check.

[DJ Envy]

Half of, half of us adults say it's difficult to avoid health care. Afford health care costs. My brother. Okay? And three and ten say they, they have a, they have a family member in that household that has, that has had problems paying for health care in the last year. I don't know what he talking about, by the way. I don't even. Yeah, I don't even need the statistics. I see it. So I don't know what he talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Jared Adams]

Good morning, Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Ray. Ray.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Envy, what up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Are we live?

[Jared Adams]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Jared Adams]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can get on the phone right now.

[DJ Envy]

He'll tell you what it is.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's Yanisa. What's up, DJ Envy? Good morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

What's up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said the other day that you never seen a female truck driver.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was a kid, I didn't see too many female trucks. I see them now all the time. But when I was a kid driving, I didn't see none.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, just to let you know, I'm one of them. And I wanted to honk my horn for you real quick.

[DJ Envy]

Honk your horn for me?

[Jared Adams]

Go.

[Mimi Brown]

Let's go.

[Jess Hilarious]

Also, if you don't mind, period, I wanted to shout out my company real.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Quick, if you don't mind.

[DJ Envy]

Go ahead, mama.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen, I work for a company called Carteret Disposal, Inc. That's cdi located in Avenel, New Jersey. We are a roll off company. We have all size containers. 30s, 20s, 15s, 10s, compactors, anything you need. We got competitive prices that have one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hell of a team.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm one of them. Check us out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna tell you. Yeah, I need. You know, I went through. I went through a deep rabbit hole the other day of female truck drivers and what y' all have to deal with on the road, whether it goes to changing tires and how the men try to pick on y' all and all that other stuff. Oh, yeah, man, you're doing an amazing job. I didn't see how y' all shower at rest stops. Y' all really be doing your thing. Salute to you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you. I appreciate it. I'm definitely one of those females that actually mess with the guy's back. I called not that long ago complaining about sensitive men.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You remember that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, that was me.

[DJ Envy]

You ever had a little lot lizard action?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[Jared Adams]

A what?

[DJ Envy]

Don't li.

[Jared Adams]

No, what?

[DJ Envy]

You ever had a little lot lizard action? Pulled up to a truck stop, seen a little handsome something. You know what I mean?

[Jess Hilarious]

Deciding that, called, I got a wife and a kid, buddy. Back up.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, you got a wife. Okay, never mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, look, all the men.

[Just Hilarious]

What are the men called? Are they lot? They not lot Lizards.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

What are the men called? Lot. Leon's like, what?

[Jess Hilarious]

Are they disgusting?

[Just Hilarious]

No, no.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She don't know.

[Jared Adams]

Oh, no.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's disgusting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You be safe out there in the roads, all right?

[Just Hilarious]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Take it easy, guys. Happy holidays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You too.

[DJ Envy]

TDS Truck driving stud. There you go.

[Jared Adams]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Envy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know who it is. It's Sharita again from New Jersey returning the call.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sharita, what's up? You the one that called the other day. You was mad that Trav kept getting through, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I'm calling again for the same reason. Listen, I'm calling to tell Trav this time we play the same field.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm definitely never in his inbox ever, so. You're right, boo. All I'm asking is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wait, wait, wait. All I'm asking is Trav just give it a break. Let other people get through.

[DJ Envy]

Hold on. When you say y' all play the same field, I mean, you like penis, too, is what you're saying.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Nah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Basically.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't want his.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, got you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen, listen. Let me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me tell y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I get it. I get to work at 6:30.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen, my husband text me. He's like, I think that call was for you. When I got on, he was just finishing.

[Jess Hilarious]

So, you know, just know I'm definitely coming back.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She know women.

[Jess Hilarious]

We don't play.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm coming.

[Jared Adams]

We will go back every other day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If I have to.

[Just Hilarious]

But what about the people that's gonna.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know he gonna call again.

[Just Hilarious]

What about the people that's getting to. That's getting tired of you calling, talking about Trav calling too much, but you're gonna get back through it and complain about Trav again.

[DJ Envy]

I feel it now.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm done.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm done. I'm done. I just had to. I just had to come back one more time.

[Just Hilarious]

There you go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up?

[Jess Hilarious]

This is for all the people that be begging all year.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Please don't call the holidays.

[DJ Envy]

The holidays is the time where they gonna really get it in. But I got a solution for that. Anybody who asks you for anything around this time of year, just tell them you'll get back to them after next year. And if they. And if they trip on that, because, you know, people will come to you with all type of stuff like, oh, you know, my. My roof need to get fixed. You know, my alternator. All types of stuff like, okay, I'll get back to you after the new year. If they trip on that, they just trying to get Christmas gifts for somebody. Hey, they just need a little extra money for Christmas gifts.

[Jess Hilarious]

Y' all have a good day.

[Jared Adams]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

The New Year's in a couple of weeks, right? So it's just like, if I tell you, I'll get back to you, you know, top of the new year, and you get mad about that, that means that you really just want some extra money for Christmas gifts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. All right. All right, well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest with Lauren coming.

[DJ Envy]

Up when we talk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, good morning. So 21 Savage is on the quest to get Atlanta back together. He's calling out everybody. Young Thug future.

[DJ Envy]

I love it. Not only did 21 Savage drop a great album, I'm telling you, that young man is probably one of the few. Few young rappers with real live common sense and emotional intelligence, and they respect him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we'll talk about it next. It's the Breakfast Club becoming a straight.

[DJ Envy]

F. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody, some details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything, and she be.

[DJ Envy]

Having the latest on.

[Jared Adams]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Jared Adams]

Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, guys, so last night, there were a series of tweets that were posted to 21Savages at the account. So he is attempting to get Atlanta back together with all the different beefs that's happening. So he tags Gunna and Young Thug and he says, y' all figured this out. Y' all figured this ish out. Y' all love each other. Y' all knew Gunna wasn't no gangster when he told the first time. And we swept it under the rug for you. You know, he wasn't trying to leave you to hang inward the streets. I can't. This is blocked out.

[DJ Envy]

After that, you don't read n word like you used to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, the words are blocked out on the blog.

[DJ Envy]

N words fix that. Yeah, y' all love each other n word. You knew Gunna wasn't no gangster when he told the first time. And we swept it under the rug for you. You know, he wasn't trying to leave you to hang f the streets. We ain't get s but trauma from that s. Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So then he continues and he's. And he. This is now tagging the baby or not the baby. Baby, he says, you want baby, Little baby? You one of the realest young in words out this Ish. Admit Slime was moving the goal post and we were standing behind him because we love him. My brother, peace of the planet.

[DJ Envy]

Charlamagne, the God here. Now. You know, the end of the year is when, like a lot of business owners, I really lock in. All right, this is the time to set the foundation for next year. You got new ideas, new product drops, new goals. And when I'm building anything meaningful, I need the right tools. That's why I always tell folks, especially black entrepreneurs and small black owned businesses, Shopify is the move, okay? We use it at the Black Effect Podcast network and I've seen firsthand how it helps creators and business owners grow with confidence. Entrepreneurship is very important to me, okay? There's nothing wrong with working for people. There's nothing wrong with partnering people. But you should strive to own your own as well. And Shopify can help others grow into entrepreneurs. It's like having a whole team behind you. Your chief of staff, your personal assistant, your co founder, all in one platform. Whether you're running a side hustle or a full storefront selling locally or worldwide, Shopify takes all the guesswork out. Shopify brings everything into one place. You can sell on your website, on social media, and even in the real world. Like some of our partners at our Black Effect Festival coming up in April. Wherever your people are, Shopify makes sure your business can meet them where they're at. Plus, you got Shopify, Sidekick and their AI tools. Total game changers. I love how it's like having an assistant giving you insights, content ideas, edits. Shopify's got your next move covered. So let me ask you this. If you're ready to take the next step in your life, whether it's merch, products or anything in between, get on shopify.com b e that's shopify.com Ben and make it happen. It is time to stop putting off your future and start your new role as your own boss today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, what up, y'?

[DJ Envy]

All?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's DJ Envy. And the holidays are here. The time of year that's all about connecting with loved ones in person or over the phone. In fact, hearing someone's voice can emote a similar emotional response as a hug. And while most of us can hop on a video chat to really bring that connection to life, using tech isn't easy for everyone, especially some of the older folk in our lives. AT&T has been doing something special here. To help, they offer digital literacy workshops that help older adults learn how to use technology to do things. Most of us take for granted like video conferencing and sharing photos. Take Nancy Shand. She joined one of AT&T's workshops to learn how to video chat. For the first time this holiday season, Nancy won't just be hearing about family gatherings, she'll be a part of them. Sharing stories, opening presents, and making memories all through a screen. Nobody should have to go through the holiday season alone. So be sure to connect and stay connected to your loved ones this holiday season.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Connecting changes everything. AT&T.

[Jared Adams]

What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beat everybody showing that school pride. A game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like a band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and an.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ice cold Coca Cola.

[Jared Adams]

That's a winning combo. Combo. No matter the sport, no matter the yard, everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

[DJ Envy]

Do you actually know ball? Well, come prove it with a free $10 from Better Picks. Download the better app, pick more or less on player stats, watch the games and win cash. It's that simple. Must be 21 or older. In a jurisdiction where better picks operates, terms and conditions apply. Better Picks Sports just got better.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

10 athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract worth $250,000.

[Mimi Brown]

This is where mindset comes in.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Someone will be eliminated.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pressure is coming down.

[DJ Envy]

Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainer games.com then.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tagged Quavo and offset y' all in words. Tell the word I put. Tell the world. I put y' all on group text and told y' all to squash it before it even got far. In words, if y' all was still together, y' all would be unstoppable. I totally agree. Then he tagged Q from quality control. From quality control who you know was the manager over the Migos and a bunch of other artists as well. He said I told you to your face you did wrong at the party, but I never bashed you on the Internet because it would have made me would have made the city look bad because you was putting all the young n words on and that would have effed the money up. So then after that, you know, the tweets are circulating and people are starting to respond to them and comment on them. There are some tweets that happen from Futures account that he responded to. He says, bigger than the net. Then he put us. And then he tags 21 Savage future. He says, you my little brother for infinity.

[Mimi Brown]

Us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then 21 Savage responds back and said, I apologize, my brother. I should have called you first. Us. And then 21 Savage continued to tweet. I guess he was getting some pushback.

[DJ Envy]

Did anybody else respond? Did any of the artists respond besides Future? I saw Thug respond.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't see. Oh, yes, I did. Yes. So Thug responded, said, I love you, my brother. You always been with me. Thug also was talking on a stream just, you know, randomly. And it's kind of like coincidental for the timing, but he was talking about how the rap game is messed up right now because of all of the beefs. Let's take a listen to that.

[Jared Adams]

I feel like I always wanted to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do this type of music. And then I feel like rappers in.

[Jared Adams]

Like, a weird, like, space right now because it just seem like everybody beef.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's just like two of the biggest artists in the world, like, clash. A lot of ripple effect.

[Jared Adams]

That came out weird. I feel like it's time. We gotta, like, take it to the next level.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We gotta level up, like, AI just.

[Jared Adams]

So much everything in the world leveling up itself. I think we like grief, so we just like comfortability.

[DJ Envy]

Comfortability. Even though we.

[Jared Adams]

Even when we feel like we like, hustling hard as we can, we still, like, it's still cap.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, man. Salute to 21 Savage. Oh, go ahead. Yeah, yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

I was saying I respect what 21 is trying to do. I don't know if I'm like, I'm not upset that he did it online. I just feel like all these grown men and he seems like he's cool with all of them. He could have typed, like, he could have tried to arrange some type of meetup for everybody.

[DJ Envy]

I don't have no problem with him doing it online because the drama be online. You know what I'm saying? And I dropped one of clues. Bonds with 21 Savage. That brother is a real leader. And I don't know anything about discreet politics of Atlanta, but when you got a brother trying to bring people together like 21 is, you gotta say that he's right. And 21 speaks with a whole lot of common sense. And if you young men would listen to him, your lives would probably be a whole lot better because we already know when it comes to the streets, you end up in jail or dead. So it makes no sense to get the opportunity to be making so much legal money and still be in the streets. And 21 is telling you that. And that's why I love his new album, what Happened to the Streets? Because he has those messages all throughout the album.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But also what he said was he did say he reached out to a lot of these people behind the scenes. So he probably tried. Yeah. So he probably, like, enough's enough. Let me do it in the public eye so people can see what I'm doing. And I hope. And I hope, like they said, I hope they are able to get it together because music did sound so much better when they were all working with each other. When you would hear Little Baby and Thug and Thug and Gunner and Offset with this one and Gunner with this one and this one, that's what made music sound amazing. That's what I loved about Atlanta because it showed that they stuck together until they didn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So 21. Savage continued to tweet because I think some people were commenting on the. On the. Like, his attempts to get people back together. He says for the ones that don't get it right now, it'll sink in later. I was lost, too. He says. The realest in it. The biggest change all the time. Last year, I was the realest for trying to stop Thug from exposing Gunna. And now I'm fake. Laugh out loud.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, man, we see all the drama in the public eye. Y' all can't wait to run out there and talk about folks when they beefing. So when you see a brother like 21 who's being a real leader, trying to bring people together, run out there and talk about that, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Salute to that brother 21. I love what he's attempting to do.

[Just Hilarious]

I love how Gunna is now, though. You know, he's been consistent with music. He been in the gym. He seemed like he. He seemed like he should have never been around street anyway. I like where he at. He probably like, nah, I'm good.

[Jared Adams]

Y' all can.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all can go in and get together.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I'm his 5K.

[Just Hilarious]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

You sound like his auntie or his grandma or something. You. I told you he shouldn't have been around them boys anyway. Okay. I told you that from the beginning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's selling out contests, he's selling out venues.

[DJ Envy]

Damn thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He just sold out in Atlanta.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Hanging with different people. You Know he got new friends.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Him offset and they making really good music.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know why he running around here calling himself Gun and Sergio, sir. You got a nice name. Sergio Giovanni. And you want to be a gunner and be out here with these thugs. I didn't told you. See you and Sergio and Jeffrey cut it out. Okay?

[Just Hilarious]

Y' all know he wasn't street when he told the first time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like, damn.

[DJ Envy]

That's a good point though.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

See?

[DJ Envy]

And why you want people to become rappers and then follow street rules? That makes no sense to me. If the man wasn't in the street to begin with, now he got the opportunity to make legal money. Why do you want him to result back to the streets? Why do any of y' all want to go revert back to the streets? I understand it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I hope we see it. I. I hope we can get to see especially thug and gunna drop on.

[DJ Envy]

The clues bombs at 21, man, for being a real leader. Pull up some 21 Savage.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got what you want to hear.

[DJ Envy]

I want to hear Step Brothers. I want to hear Step Brothers featuring Young Nudie. He samples dmx. Stop being greedy. Today is DMX born day. Yes. Pull up that Step Brothers record, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got it right now.

[DJ Envy]

Go check out 21's album. What happened to the Streets? The same things he. Those same tweets that he's putting out. He got those messages all throughout the album. Album, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, let's get into the joint.

[Just Hilarious]

Birthday was yesterday. That's had a birthday yesterday. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, let's get to the joint. We got front page news next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's EJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news now. On Thursday Night Football, the Rams played the Seahawks at 8:15 on Prime Video. Also, the Knicks decide against hanging NBA cup banner at Madison Square Garden. So they're not going to hang up that cup up. They want a real chip. They said we'll take it, but we want a real chip to hang up a band.

[Jared Adams]

I ain't.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, speaking of the Nick, they say that video of Josh hall putting his thumb in Jalen Brunson butt was. AI.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was it?

[DJ Envy]

I wasn't.

[Mimi Brown]

I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I don't.

[Jared Adams]

Man.

[DJ Envy]

I. I'm telling you, I cannot live the rest of my life asking if something is real or not. I have no idea if it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was on the NBA page.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I was thinking. I mean, I don't know.

[Just Hilarious]

Nah, that was real, man. Don't they do stuff like that all the time?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, they don't do stuff like that all the time.

[DJ Envy]

That was crazy. They might slap you on the butt. Good play, but that was wild.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know if it was. I don't know. I just saw somebody say it was AI. I don't know if it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think it was AI.

[Jared Adams]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But anyway. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. Mv Josh Alamane. How y' all doing this?

[Just Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. So we start this hour at the White House, drawing attention this morning not for new policy, but for new plaques. So they're part of a recently added Presidential Walk of Fame mounted beneath portraits of past presidents. And several are taking sharp aim at President Trump's predecessors, including President Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Now, one plaque calls President Biden the worst president in American history. It repeats false claims about the 2020 election and blames him for inflation, immigration, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and global conflicts. Another targets former President Obama using his full name, calling him decisive, attacking the Affordable Care act, and repeating debunked conspiracy theories about spying in Russia. Now, White House officials, they confirmed that President Trump, he personally wrote many of those plaques, plaques calling them his version of history. And last night, former Vice President Kamala Harris, she weighed in on the frustration during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Let's listen to what she had to say.

[Jared Adams]

The idea that those plaques would have been placed by a president of the United States to talk about former presidents of the United States. The American people deserve better. And a lot of times, you can't help but laugh at it. But is this coordinated or is this just random chaos? It is not random chaos. First of all, I know that it has felt chaotic, but what we are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In fact witnessing is something that is.

[Jared Adams]

A high velocity event.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is moving quickly, which is the.

[Jared Adams]

Swift implementation of a plan that has been, in a large part, decades in the making.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And yes, part of the crazy is.

[Jared Adams]

Meant to distract from the fact. The guy said, and I believe there were a fair number of people who voted for him, who believed him when he said on day one he was going to bring down prices. And look where we are. The price of food is up, unemployment is up, inflation is up. And so what does he do? He keeps dropping bombs. That is because he wants to distract from the fact and have us talk full time about the crazy instead of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The fact that people are being challenged.

[Jared Adams]

Right now about being able to pay their rent, buy food, get Christmas gifts for their kids. And he doesn't want us talking about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The fact that he has destroyed the.

[Jared Adams]

Economy in so many ways.

[DJ Envy]

She is absolutely correct. Like. Like, every single word.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

That was last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel. They. It's really an interesting watch, so if you get a chance to watch the whole thing. But, yeah, she definitely went in and explained a lot of things. You know, she talked about Project 2025 and how it's literally been in the making for decades and what we're seeing now. And the. This plan of, you know, how we talk about it never stops. It just keeps going. That is by design. And so it was a really good.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, I will say this, Mimi. You know, me and the vice president had this conversation. Whenever they talk about Project 2025 being decades in the making. The question I have to ask is, then what was y' all defense? If y' all knew that this was decades in the making, why weren't y' all creating a defense for it for decades as well? Like, I don't.

[Jared Adams]

I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I understand her rhetoric, but I just was like, well, what were y' all doing while they was making Project 2025?

[Mimi Brown]

Which is a very good question. But getting back to those plaques, the White House has not said how they were funded or where the government resources were used to make them. Did you guys see the photos of those new plaques that are along the presidential wall?

[DJ Envy]

I said I saw Obama and Trump.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's. It's very interesting. If you haven't seen it, take a look.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, y'. All.

[Mimi Brown]

And lastly, here's something that might surprise a lot of couples. So Christmas might be actually killing the mood. So researchers say interest in sex goes up around the holidays. But for many couples, the stress of Christmas is getting in the way of intimacy. Psychologists say it's not about desire. It's about pressure. So Christmas for couples, it means travel, family obligations, hosting, shopping, financial stress, and long days. So by the end of the night, most couples are just exhausted. And then they. Here comes New Year's, though. And then it flips. The pattern flips, researchers say. Intimacy, it often rebounds for couples around New Year's because the energy is different. It's a celebration. It's not an obligation. There's a countdown. There's champagne, music, staying up late, and a sense of starting fresh together. So that makes sense, right? What do you guys think?

[Just Hilarious]

It does.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It makes sense.

[Just Hilarious]

The pressure of it all down definitely is a mood drainer.

[DJ Envy]

But is it? Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Especially if you sent you a whole Christmas list or, or your relationship is new.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It could be stressful.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, right. You just got with somebody in lockdown in October and Christmas is like the first official holiday that y' all going to spend together. That's a lot of pressure because it's like, damn, it's our first Christmas. I ain't going to be able to get you nothing.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, y' all should have had that conversation in October. Because the reality is I don't think you deserve nothing if y' all just got together in October. It's like a 90 day probationary buying you nothing for Christmas. And I just met you in October.

[Just Hilarious]

No, no, no. You didn't just meet this person, but you locked in like you made it official in October.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what I'm going be honest with you. I've been married so long, I don't even know what making it official means.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren just made it official in the Bahamas.

[DJ Envy]

That girl got ring worm. Not listening to her.

[Jared Adams]

What?

[Mimi Brown]

You are silly.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Just Hilarious]

But think about.

[Mimi Brown]

We just got through, finished talking about affordability, right? So families are going through a lot and Christmas stress. They may, couples may not, you know, they don't feel like getting it in, but, but when the New Year's comes around, they made it through Christmas and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So, you know, they feel better.

[DJ Envy]

That's true. But honestly, man, that's why you have to have more than material things in a relationship. In a relationship, man. Like, it should be mental, it should be spiritual, you know, I mean, it should be emotional. Like those three things were always keeping you wanting to be physical with your significant other. I. I think so, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It has nothing to do with the. What you can buy somebody, right? Because times go up, things go up, things go down. You know, your paycheck goes up, paycheck goes down. You have a lot of money, you have a little bit of money, but that love you have, forget all that stuff. If your relationship is based off of finances, it's not gonna last long.

[DJ Envy]

I want all y' all single people out there to remember that, you know, I'm telling you, the spiritual connection. Spiritual, mental, emotional. That's how you should be trying to connect with a person.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk that talk, baby.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, he came back.

[Just Hilarious]

First of all, right?

[DJ Envy]

He want to be my soulmate so bad.

[Mimi Brown]

Silly. All right, well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown TV for more stories. Follow the Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit binnews.com.

[Jared Adams]

Thank you, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, when we come back, we have Jared Adams, civil rights attorney and justice reform advocate. He was wrongly convicted and spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He's gonna break that all down when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Just Hilarious]

It's DJ Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Fist club. Lauren laros is here as well. And we got a special guest in the building.

[DJ Envy]

His name is Jared Adams. Okay. He's got a book out called Redeeming justice, but he is a civil rights attorney and justice reform advocate with an amazing story. Good morning, my brother.

[Jared Adams]

Good morning. Good morning. Thank you both for having me on here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you for being here.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. You know, you were. You were wrongfully convicted and spent 10 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And you at 17, I believe, right?

[Jared Adams]

17 years old.

[DJ Envy]

17. But you went on to become an attorney yourself.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah. Not the first to do it, but 17 years old, wrongfully convicted. My conviction being over versed, reversed after almost 10 years with the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. And then it was what I saw inside the prison that really led me on the journey that I'm on right now. So when I get to this maximum security prison, you know, I'm one of the youngest, you know, inmates who's walking around this prison. By the time I'm on my way out out, you know, of. Of this prison, I'm looking at mainly 80, 90 of the prison is 17, 18 year old men of color. So literally, the prison boom that we talk about right now, that was when I was doing my time, and it was just, it was a sight to see. So when I left up out of those doors, I told myself not only was I not gonna go back, but I'm gonna try to do something to keep people from going there and pull out as many brothers and sisters now, increasingly, that I'm doing as I can.

[DJ Envy]

No, I was thinking, man, when you walk into a courtroom now, as a lawyer, what part of that teenage version of you is still present in your mind?

[Jared Adams]

I would say it's two spirits when I go in there. Number one, I thank God that I'm able to walk in there now. You know, a champion of justice, you know, being able to pull people out. But then also when I go in there, there's a bit of, you know, y' all tried to. Tried to murk me, you tried to take me out, you know what I mean? So I'm walking through swinging arms like George Jefferson in this boy, you know what? Like, like legitly. So there's a. There's a. There's a moment of being proud. There's definitely being humble, but. But it's a reminder that, man, look, this is all I fight. You understand what I'm saying? There are. There are more families affected now by our system. And we gotta find a way to link arms and create a human chain.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you identify, like, what clients you choose to take on?

[Jared Adams]

Well, it's an interesting question because for a long time, Lauren, I was a sucker for all my son. And you know, my.

[Just Hilarious]

My stuff.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because anybody behind bars is tough.

[Jared Adams]

It is. But then also, like my going through my journey, I went through it with my mama. My mama, single black mother. I go through it with her, and we became tighter. And so once I got my law degree. And this will help answer the question too, you know, how you got to wait in the mail for the law degree to actually get to the house? So when they get to the house, my mama tell me, I come over there and I told her I want her to keep it. And so she started crying. And I say, well, we ain't crying no more, man. We doing good. She said, no, no, I'm not crying cause I'm sad. I'm crying cause I know you just ain't gonna go try to make money. You gonna realize that there are other black males with single parents and they gonna need your help, and you gonna help them. Right? So for a long time, I was a sucker for that story. And then I get down deep in these cases and realize that it wasn't exactly what it was. Was. But it never disturbed me from. From. From like perfecting the process of the intake unit that we have right now. Right. I have an organization called Life after justice, where we review these cases and we try to select these cases on the cases that can do a couple different things. Right. We always want to see people get out, but also if we can get out and make a change legislatively or. Or some rule that will prevent. Those are the cases that we highlight and we want to put at the top of the list.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

List.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw you working on the Ben brothers case.

[Jared Adams]

Yes, right. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I know that there's no decision at this point.

[Jared Adams]

Well, it is one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Jared Adams]

They granted the decision in the bench case that she's talking about. If you know or don't know. Two white brothers from Wisconsin were wrongfully convicted and spent 27 years in prison for the rape and the murder and the kidnapping of a bar. You know, bartender, tender. Right. They ended up doing DNA testing, exhuming the body of the person who actually did it and was a serial rapist. And they cleared these men. But when they came home, they came home past the age of retirement. And literally there's a statute in Wisconsin that no matter how many years you've spent in prison, the maximum you will get is $25,000.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Jared Adams]

So you have to petition the legislators and make an argument and say, look, look, this is why they deserve more money. They did not make a decision up until like, a month ago or about three weeks ago, and they agreed to pay these men a million dollars plus the 25,000.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Jared Adams]

And it's. It's something that they desperately needed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, that's. That's like a. That's amazing. But when you get involved in these cases like this. Right. Even though you know that there's a wrong because of the way the system is set up.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you kind of save yourself from, like, if there is disappointment at the end? Because, you know.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah, 50.

[Lauren LaRosa]

50.

[Jared Adams]

It's continued therapy. Like, I still go to therapy right now to this day, you know, because I have to balance my emotions. No matter what the tentacles of. When you come in contact with this system that we have in the United States, the tentacles of that contact will always reach you through life. And the only way you can maintain that balance is with constant therapy. And so I encourage therapy. I do it myself, because there are. There are.

[DJ Envy]

We.

[Jared Adams]

We take it on the chin a lot. That's right, Lauren. And so. So we have to find a way to continue to get up off the mat. And we who are off the mat need to find a way to keep extending our palm and pulling people up with us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And that was a historic amount that they were awarded in Wisconsin.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah, yeah, it was. It was. It was a. It was an amount where it's been. It's been met before, but, like, only twice. Okay, Right. So they don't. They don't necessarily give it out. And right now there's a. There's a bill on the floor right now to make it, you know, a law that you will get $50,000 a year not having to go through what they went through and hold on and wait and hope.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I agree with you on therapy. You know, I'm a big, you know, proponent of therapy myself, man. And I always say, you know, heal people. Healed people will help heal people.

[Jared Adams]

No doubt.

[DJ Envy]

Hurt people will continue to hurt us. Hurt People, Absolutely.

[Jared Adams]

And my journey from. Listen, my journey through mental health wasn't easy, man. I. I thought I was going to a damn fish fry. My mama, aunties was like, man, baby, look, we need you to, like, you.

[DJ Envy]

Want to see the lady?

[Jared Adams]

Yeah. We need you to let it out.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jared Adams]

You know, we not. We not. And I think that in our community, see, we. We are. We are. We reject it because we think it's a sign of weakness. Because you're like, oh, man, they crazy. You going to see this and going to see that. But for me, I was on autopilot when I got out because all of my guys, man, they weren't turning up no more. They had kids, they had careers. So I thought I could work 24 hours a day to catch up. For almost a decade, that was taken. And it wasn't mentally healthy for me. So going through that, that I'm understanding now that that. That the real how I look at this when it comes to my mental health is these are moments of decompression. And sometimes, man, you have to go and decompress so that way you can have the right state of mind to respond to all the stresses that the world has to offer each and every day.

[DJ Envy]

I got to get you on my. You know. You know, I do the mental welfare exploit.

[Jared Adams]

I do, I do. Shaka was telling me about that. He was like, man, make sure you talk about that so you can get on with that, bro.

[DJ Envy]

Next year, we're going to do. I want to do three or four cities next year, so. Okay, I definitely need you there. You got a memoir deeming justice, right? And the subtitle is From Defendant to Defender.

[Jared Adams]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

What was the hardest chapter to write emotionally? And what did you learn about yourself when you was putting your story on paper?

[Jared Adams]

So it took me three years to. To write the book. And part of the reason why it took me those three years is because I wanted to read all of the books of people with stories of wrongful conviction. Because I wanted it to be. Honestly, I wanted it to be, man, I wanted to be a salute to my mom and my aunts, man. They didn't have to hold me down like that, but they did. So when I write it and when you look at the book, you think it's a wrongful conviction book. But if you look at the first opening, it's a dedication to my aunts who. Sugar, honey and peaches. Look, I'm from Chicago. Don't, don't, don't. You know what I'm saying? That's Their nicknames, right? And so I sent a shout out to them because, man, they did stuff like keep me alive when I wanted to die in that boy. I would get a letter with a verse every day from one of them. Them, because they told me, baby, look, we're gonna acknowledge that they've incarcerated Joe Body, but we will never let them imprison your mind. And so I wrote this story from a perspective of not just what the person goes through while they're in prison, what does the family go through? Because my mama went from, man, listen. My mother was a big hat wearing peppermint, passing front row church. But when I went through this, she got tired of answering the question, charlemagne, what happened to Jerry? Where he at? You know what I mean? It became hard for her. And so I wanted to send a shout out to her and then also continue the pages about what I'm doing in life right now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When you talk about, like, your mom and your aunt, right? And you said that they was like, you gotta go see the lady.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Mm.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When you're helping, because, I mean, you get people the justice that they deserve, right? But a lot of times they don't identify that they have issues that they need to deal with.

[Jared Adams]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So now you're that person in their life. When you're doing that, like, how easy or how hard is it to. To tell somebody, hey, you need to go get some help? Like, yeah, we gonna figure out the job in the state, but you need to go get some help because you're just trying to live your life.

[Jared Adams]

It's a difficult conversation, but I can. I can use a story that I just had. So I got a client in Chicago, guy by the name of Shaquille Williams. He was wrongfully arrested for a murder that they knew he didn't commit. So we. We are going through the suit. And one of the toughest things about a civil suit is a deposition, because you get. You get peppered with questions. And so he's being asked these questions that are emotionally triggering to him, where, you know, he lost his mom while he was locked up. He now has a wife, and he. I have to explain to him and encourage him that you have to keep going to therapy because there are situations where when someone gets out of a place, like a system like we have, you have to learn how to not treat your.

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[Jared Adams]

Woo. What a vibe we've got, y'.

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Jared Adams]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jared Adams]

Max, a wife like your cellie and that's a difficult thing to do and you should never want to do it alone. So what I try to do is live my life and say, look what I've done. What I've done to make it more easier for guys to be receptive. These are some hard dudes who think that, you know, they can't show a sign of weakness. So if I'm telling them that I done went through and did this time and I done walked the same, same hard tears you have. But I still revert back to therapy because it is, it has helped me tie my shoes in a race that is life.

[DJ Envy]

I've heard you say the criminal justice system is rigged.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And that justice is for sale. So when you look at the current system, what are the top two or three pressure points that most clearly show you how like money and race still determine these outcomes?

[Jared Adams]

Well, look at what we got going on right now, man. Like, just look at what we get, what we got going. We, we have, we have a, A, a system that it depends on who you know and what you have. Right. And it will determine your result. We are seeing right now our justice department, you know, being used in such a way that is scary, but also being used in a way that we must ask ourselves, like why they weren't doing this for us. You know what I mean? Like why we wasn't getting this. Right. So I think that the low hanging fruit is this. We, we must find a way to step in where there are clear gaps in our system and there are wealth gaps that determine a whole lot of the, the sentences and stuff like that. We need to get as loud as we can for lakeisha as we do for Bryant. You get what I'm saying? And I think that I, I really do believe that our way of fixing, fixing the system itself, and Angela Rye and a lot of other, other of my colleagues say the same thing. We have to focus in the individual states. Right. That's where we have to focus at. But once we start to work together in these individual states, I think that we must then be able to link arms and start to petition the change that can make it up to the Supreme Court to make that governmental change that will affect the United States in its. All in its entirety. So, in short, what we need to do is the people who are closest to the fire usually know how to put it out, but they're the furthest from the water hose. We need to find a way to feed the water hose to the people who are on the ground, the activists, the people who are going to the courtrooms, the people who can tell you, look, don't vote for this judge, vote for that judge, because this judge will make the change. However, we can go back and make sure that our vote counts. We have to be educated in order to do it, but that is what we have to do in order to start to tinker away at this mighty, mighty system.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted to ask you about this. That's why I got about. Because you, you. The track you're on is. I want to stay on this track. What did you think, man? Because this really, really disappointed me when I saw our Good brother, my song.

[Jared Adams]

And that's my daughter on the front.

[DJ Envy]

Page of the New York Post labeled as a crime boss. Because Zoran Madani is essentially doing what you're saying people should do. He's going to get somebody who's been through the system. Yeah. Who's reformed.

[Jared Adams]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Put them in place on the public safety committee.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think there's a better representative to have than somebody like a. And for him to be demonized like this. How did that make you feel?

[Jared Adams]

I mean, look, I felt attacked. I felt attacked with that brother. And I know him, like, you know what I'm saying? Me, me, me. And we just talked about a case I have in New Jersey a few, you know, weeks ago. The case is Raheem Brian. You can look at it. The kid was shot in the back of the neck. We have a sensitive, you know, force. You going, but I was just rotating with that brother. So when I looked at that and I saw it, it came up on my timeline, and I immediately felt attacked, you know what I'm saying? Like, as if it was me. And I think we all should have that type of response. And I'll just say this for anyone who's questioning, you know, this move, right? When we. We just came through the pandemic, right? And we got through the pandemic through vaccines, right? So the vaccines are actually what, the virus that is turned into an antibody, right? And we injected in ourselves as a defense mechanism. If this brother, which I know he will do with his. His experience being in this position, he is a voice that is the closest thing to the problems that we have to be able to provide us a solution. Why would we not want that?

[DJ Envy]

Word up.

[Jared Adams]

If we. If we have a president right now, who is the president, and he's been convicted of something, why can't we have a brother like this and more sisters like this in positions where they can say, look, I know what it's like, right, to be at home, not have child care and have to not be able to work so that way they can provide us the solution. You want us to all come off Medicaid and all these dumbass arguments that you hear about, well, black people on snap, they own this, they own that. Well, why don't you put the people who have had the experience and why they had to be on snap in position to be able to provide solutions so that we can snap. Snap out of here. If that's what you all want to do, right?

[DJ Envy]

Man, you said something earlier when you was talking about, like, the prosecutors, man, it made me think like, you, you stood on both sides, right? As a defendant and a defense attorney. What's one thing you wish every prosecutor, judge, and cop had to experience or learn before they're allowed to hold that kind of power over somebody's life?

[Jared Adams]

Man, I really wish they can experience a day in prison, in a day with the family members at home who have their loved ones in prison, right? Because you talking about astronomical phone calls. Prisons ain't placed in the city. They in Appalachia somewhere, right? You know what I'm saying? You got to drive a clean correction. You ever went to Clinton? I got a couple clients up there, man. You, you that you might as well block out your calendar for that day, right, and hope everything work out. So it's like that. That part of it, in my opinion, is, again, they need to experience it just to have that sympathy and empathy, man. Everything doesn't require a hammer. You understand what I'm saying? Like, and that's. That just seems like what happens when you get. Get us in front of one of these systems, man, we all look like nails to them.

[DJ Envy]

For people listening man, who will never see the inside of a courtroom beyond jury duty. What's one specific action they can take, you know, right now to actually move the needle on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform and in their own city.

[Jared Adams]

Pay attention, man. Like, legitly, man, if you're going to be there, you gonna show up. And also listen, in general, black folks show up to jury duty. Come on, y'.

[Just Hilarious]

All.

[Jared Adams]

Like, legitly, man. Like, we, We. We have to show up to jury duty. Like, you just don't know how many jury pools in the northern district of IL boy, where I'm doing a wrongful conviction case, and I ain't got not nothing but one or two of us in there. And then we trying to get about that. Like, we need y', all, man.

[Just Hilarious]

We.

[DJ Envy]

We.

[Jared Adams]

Listen, look, our turn up cannot outweigh our turnout. Like, legitly so. So for me and my perspective, I like to have a good time, too, man. But, man, when it's time to. When it's time to turn out, we got to turn out. Please show up to jury duty. Y', all, y', all, y', all, if. You just don't know, man, if. If we get a jury pool that is. That is diverse, right? We now control a lot of the outcomes, man. Show up, show up. If you can be there, be there, right? I'll be like, man, Charlemagne. I'll be trying to get people eye contact when they be on the jury pool. Like, please, please don't make noise. Go stand up and say, you got a baby like that. Come on. But that's. That's what we need, because we present the case, but the jury makes a decision. We need black and brown folk. And let me make sure that I'm clarifying that. Not just black for black and brown folks, folk, because we ain't the minority if we link up. You know what I'm saying? So that's what we need. Show up the jury duty. That's it. And then pay attention to that. Take notes and stuff like that. Be active in your participation, because what your. What your vote counts for right there in that moment is critical to the. To the lives of a lot of my clients and a lot of lawyers. Clients.

[DJ Envy]

What gives you hope that meaningful justice reform is actually possible?

[Jared Adams]

Man, the cases, man, I just look at the cases, and I. And I. And I. And I also am just a person who wants to be hopeful. I have to be, right Going through what I went through, man. I'm a prayerful person. I'm a hopeful person. And I also get an opportunity to look at the babies that we have that are coming up right now, man. And I'm afraid, y', all, I don't even lie, you know, when I'm looking and talking to these mothers and fathers in these courtrooms, I believe that it's desensitizing our babies to believe that the criminal system is just a part of our lives. And some kids never experienced that, only in the movie. And I. And I, you know, I give you another example of. People ask me, man, what's the toughest thing you ever seen in prison? Prison. They expect me to say a knife fight or something like that, man, I tell you, the toughest thing that I've seen in this prison. So I'm playing ball on the first couple years that I get to. To Green Bay Correctional, and Green Bay Correctional in Wisconsin was. Was. Is. Is it. It's a tough place, okay? And right now, they are. They are stabbing each other up in there. And this is. It doesn't make any sense what's going on with the violence. So I'm passing time. I'm playing basketball ball, and, you know, everybody picking their squad, everybody got a nickname. And I'm hearing, you know, these guys on the other team, and they like G Pops, old man and gson, right? I'm just thinking, like, they all from the same block. You know what I'm saying? I ain't know. I ain't know at all. It wasn't until I got in the visiting room and I was visiting, my mama came up to see me from Chicago, and I'm in the visiting room, and I didn't realize, man, this was three generations, man. This was a grandfather, a father and his son. But what really messed me up was three. Two women came to see him with three kids, and it was a little girl with him. And, man, the little girl came through the medical detective and raised the armor to be wanded because she was looking at her mama and grandmama be wanded coming to the prison. And you don't want the kids anything like that, man. Like, you, you know, you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You.

[Jared Adams]

This is a baby. What. What's she doing at 3, 4 years old knowing that she's supposed to stick her arms up in the air? And I said, man, look, we. We gotta address this. We. We need to implement inside our schools of psychology sections that address specifically people who encounter the system, whether it be family members or whether it be people who are there in order to make some real, real, real change.

[DJ Envy]

That.

[Jared Adams]

That is the thing that I will never forget. And that happened almost 20 some years ago, but I never forget it.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, man, Jared Adams, his book, Redeeming Justice From Defendant to Defender. My Fight for Equity on Both sides of a Broken System is available everywhere. You buy books now, man. Thank you, man. How can we continue to support your work? I know Life After Justice. What's the website?

[Jared Adams]

But also the website is jaredadamslaw.com Lifeafterjustice.org is the website site. And y' all can support by. By sharing the story, man, like, honestly, Charlamagne. Listen, if we gonna have a donkey of the day, let's do a king of Queen of the day.

[DJ Envy]

Word.

[Jared Adams]

You know what I'm saying? Straight up, man. I love y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Jared Adams]

Thank y' all for this is us.

[DJ Envy]

Crowning you right now.

[Jared Adams]

I appreciate you, brother. I really do, man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir.

[Jared Adams]

I really do.

[DJ Envy]

It's Jared Adams. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Jared Adams]

Yep. Thank y'. All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[Just Hilarious]

It's DJ Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. You know, I was just thinking, I haven't heard the artist the Dream in a minute.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I was just thinking? How rich the weekend is right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah. You see that?

[DJ Envy]

He just did a billion dollar billion deal. Yeah. Some of his catalog, but yeah. Salute to the Dream. Last time I saw the dream. Last time I saw the dream was at the Book of Hov event at.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The museum in Brooklyn.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Whenever that was, that's when I Last time I saw the dream.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I haven't heard no music. Music for the dream in a minute. But anyway, let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight F. She gets.

[DJ Envy]

Him from somebody that knows.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[DJ Envy]

She be having the latest on.

[Jared Adams]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Jared Adams]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, guys, so real quick, before we get into our next story, I did want to add something on to the last hour when we were talking about 21 savage. I saw that a Big bank had posted that future 21 Savage and him were on FaceTime like a few hours ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So 21 and Big bank from from.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Perspectives with Big bank, the interviews that we play out of Atlanta. Yeah. So just Big bank man update there. They got on the phone.

[DJ Envy]

And listen, if you're a big. If you love Big bank like we love Big bank, make sure you subscribe to the Big Facts podcast as well as the big Banks Prospective Podcast, both on the Black Effect Podcast network.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Period. Now, moving on, in other news. So Marlon Wayans is revealing what his. His family group chat look like. During his back and forth with 50 Cent, he was speaking to Melvin Robert and his team over at ktla. Let's take a listen.

[Jared Adams]

You found time for a social media beef with 50 Cent. What was it like in the family chat? Were your brothers, like, egging you on or telling you, quit it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just said his name, I think.

[Jared Adams]

Asked me about the documentary.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was like, I didn't see it.

[Jared Adams]

I was just like, I don't think brothers need to be quarreling in public like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then what?

[Jared Adams]

I get into a public quarrel with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A brother, and I just think it was bad for.

[Jared Adams]

For the culture. So I kind of backed out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I don't even say that name anymore.

[Jared Adams]

If you ask me, hey, you got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Change of a dollar? So you need.

[Jared Adams]

You need a half a dollar?

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Got it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You got five dimes?

[DJ Envy]

Two quarters.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'll send two quarters.

[Jared Adams]

How old are you? I'm 43 plus a dime. I will no longer say, oh, my gosh. And my brothers, they were funny. Damon was like, why you pick the biggest brother? He's on Gamma Rays. Stick to beefing with Soulja Boy, Kevin Hart.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People that we can beat.

[DJ Envy]

Good advice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mar can turn everything into a joke. He's one of those comedians. He's one of those comedians that better.

[DJ Envy]

Not turn into a joke as a comedian.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Well, moving on. So Wale switching gears a bit. Wale sat down with Shannon Sharp on Club Shay, and they talked a bit about. It was. It was all over the place. But they talked a bit about the rumors that have been longstanding. That he dated Solange. Yeah, he dated Solange. And that Lotus Flower Bomb was about Solange. Let's take a listen to him denying those rumors.

[Jared Adams]

Lotus Flower Bomb, the rumors are. It's about, you know. No, we was real good friends and how good we was. Like, she.

[Just Hilarious]

She.

[DJ Envy]

She's got a great.

[Jared Adams]

She was one of the first, like, super, like, celebrity people that, like, really with my music. And I remember we performed together at the VMAs. You know, my band was the house band for that joint. We performed together and we just got cool. I was still very, very, very, like, underground, right? And she put me on to a lot of stuff. Like, back then, like, we was just cool. Like, she put me on there, like Givenchy, and she put me on the Victor and Ralph Flowerbomb. You know what I'm saying? And that's that's how that. That's how the opening lines go. But it ain't about nobody like that. It ain't y'. All. So y' all ain't in the room.

[DJ Envy]

Nah, nah, nah.

[Jared Adams]

N. She. That's just. That's my people. She just. If anybody knows Solo, they know that she's always ahead. She thinks ahead. Like she saw with a lot of people. She saw what a lot of people seeing me now back then. Right.

[Just Hilarious]

It's always those kind of stories about Solange, though. She always putting somebody on with something she did. Same thing with jt, a couple other artists.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I know, though, for some time leading up to this, like, the reason why people stood 10 toes down, the fact that there had to be something going on, is because back in 2018, there was a fan that tweeted, while he does, like, where you can, like, talk to him on X and they act. The fan said, I want to know who Lotus, who inspired Lotus Flower Bomb? And he responded, she's married now. And at the time, Solange was marrying the director, I believe his name is Allen. So that kind of sparked it even more. So this is his, like, putting his foot down on, like. No, we were just friends. And she said that before, too. Like, we were really good friends.

[Just Hilarious]

He could have just. She could have just gave him, like, some inspiration for an idea to do the song.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now he also got into the Kai Sinat.

[DJ Envy]

There's no way we still talking about this. There's just no way.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, we are. Shannon. Shannon Sharpe asked him about, you know, that whole run in with Kyot at the BET Awards. Let's take a listen.

[Jared Adams]

I was upset for like five days in a row. So when he's talking about mental health at the Stream Awards, I'm like, yes, yes, yes. Mental health. You get it now? Imagine giving your life to this game and then you go to the awards to just support the culture that you've been a part of for 13 years. And then somebody who asked you to play a video, like, ask you, yeah, yeah, let's play one day. Because you saw last year. And then you go online and everybody's like, yo, that's not. You didn't know who you was. That was funny. And you in a room full of your peers, right? And I was like, wait, let me go hollering real quick through my vantage point. I'm just like, yo, that made me look crazy, bro. But I think the way that people saw it is like, yo, you 20 year old I'm just saying you made me look crazy. I don't. I'm. I feel like uncomfortable in this room. And then when they said I pressed them, I was like, oh, oh, oh. So that means I gotta leave. I don't expect. No, I introduce myself to at my meet and greet sometimes, like, that's how I move. Like, I don't be like, you got to know who I am. It just something seemed like it was a little bit like downplaying a little bit, right?

[DJ Envy]

Kai did not make Wale, oh, my God, look crazy. Wale feels crazy because that's just how he feels. And Wale is my guy, but he gotta let that go, man. Kai didn't know who. Who he was. So what? Everybody not gonna know who you are, my brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But the way that it happened was so natural. He didn't know who he was in the chat.

[DJ Envy]

I can't believe we're still talking about this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, it makes sense.

[DJ Envy]

We talked about this with Wale. That. That is a wounded ego. Okay? Wale feels hurt and inadequate because Kai gave him a blow to his self esteem just because he didn't know who he was. And we know Wale. Wale sense itself is not that fragile. That brother knows he is enough. Most people react like that when they feel they are not enough. Wale knows he's more than enough. Come on, Wale, let it go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know if W knows knows that, though. I think while he's in a place, I feel like he feels he's underappreciated. Underappreciated?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel like he feels like people don't respect him the way that he should be. That was just a blow in the face. People feel that way. But we do love.

[DJ Envy]

We value him. We appreciate him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But with all that being true, Charlotte, is there anything wrong with him being vulnerable about how he felt in that moment?

[DJ Envy]

No, there's nothing wrong with being vulnerable. You can feel it. You can feel any way you want to feel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he said there's no means, there's.

[DJ Envy]

No reason for it. I'm just saying. Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

So now what I didn't like about, you know, how he bought that conversation in with. With Shannon when he was saying that Kai just. He saw him at. At the streamers award opening up about, you know, mental health. And then he's like, oh, now you get it. Because I was going through the same thing. And I imagine showing up like the way he bought it in is still. It's like, ah, why. Why we. Why we take that approach to it.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, you might always say nobody is responsible for how you feel. Feel about yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Like, you know, like when we say things like, oh, he made me feel crazy. Like, no, can't nobody make you feel anything that's not real about yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He just didn't know who Wale was at that time. I mean, Jess, you've been there before, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, Everybody.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, Hella. People don't know me.

[DJ Envy]

Knowing people.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, oh, hell yeah. Yeah, hell yeah. All the time. Like, y' all be getting on me every day because I didn't know Arnold Schwarzenegger was the. The governor of California.

[DJ Envy]

No, that's not the one we talking about. Don't worry about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, Ye.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know why I'd be bringing up old stuff. It's okay. So if you want to bring up old stuff about envy, that's fine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's move on. Yeah, that's the latest with Lauren told us, though.

[DJ Envy]

He told us everything is A Lot. And clearly in the world of Wale, everything is a lot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And it's out now.

[DJ Envy]

Which is also one of the best, best albums of the year, by the way. If I had to put that. If I had to put together a top five albums of the year right now, Everything Is A Lot would probably be in there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, I know we're rapping, but one of the things he said about that project in this interview that I thought was so brilliant, I love to hear him say, is he realized with this album that he cannot. It doesn't matter what the numbers are, first week, whatever. He can't make people feel how he felt about what he put out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Say that again.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Basically. It doesn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's happy about his project.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He can't make people. He can't. And this is not verbatim, but the conversation was, he can't make people feel what he felt when he put out this album. Like, people are going to feel however they want. This is most critically acclaimed album and people still got something to say about Wale right now.

[DJ Envy]

Kai's like, look, I cannot make you feel like, okay, I wasn't sliding you if that's how you feel. I was not sliding you when. If you feel that way while they. There's nothing I can do about it. No matter how much I apologize.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know how many interviews you do about it.

[DJ Envy]

I said, sorry, everything's a lot. Everything is a lot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Out now.

[DJ Envy]

Man 4 After the hour. I need this woman named. What's her name? Camille. Benson to come to the front of the congregation. Man, I don't hate people, but boy, I hate what this person did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll get to that. Next we got a wild a joint. Can we play a wale joint?

[DJ Envy]

Play something off the new album.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We ain't got nothing. Stop it.

[DJ Envy]

Now a radio station not having none of your new music. That's more disrespectful than Kai not knowing who you are. Okay, you done been up here plenty of times to do anything. You better have something off the new album.

[Just Hilarious]

Play some old Tomorrow today. I'm singing it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't wanna buy.

[DJ Envy]

We got no.

[Just Hilarious]

Nope.

[DJ Envy]

Play that until you find something new off the new album.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now that's all we got for right now. Don't get a days up.

[DJ Envy]

That's more disrespectful than what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you going to blame it on me? I'm not the music director, you the dj. You know what? Damn the he again.

[DJ Envy]

It's time for donkey of the day.

[Jared Adams]

I ain't trying to be donkey today no more.

[DJ Envy]

They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. Call donkey of the day.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

And.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it really caught me off guard.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn charlamagne. Who got the donkey of the day today?

[DJ Envy]

Well, Jess, hilarious Donkey of the day for Thursday, December 18, the second to last donkey of 2025. Because after tomorrow, we are taking a well deserved vacation until the new year. Hopefully we'll be back. Okay? But it goes to a woman named Camille Benson. Okay. She is 33 and hails from Texas, but she has been charged with attempted mayhem. I have never even heard of this.

[Jared Adams]

That.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, you heard of attempted mayhem? No, Never heard of it. Now. Now, what is attempted mayhem? Well, according to AI Overview, it refers to the crime of trying to maliciously disfigure, disable or destroy a part of someone's body, like an eye or tongue or limb, but failing to complete the act. All right, like. Such as trying to blind someone but only causing serious injury. Okay. Mayhem itself involves successfully causing disfigurement. Like blinding or cutting off a figure. Oh, I guess. Slashing of the face, I guess. Stuff like that, Right? I swear, man, the more you learn about life, the more you wonder why certain people are living. All right? Your brain shouldn't even be allowed to work like this. God really needed to install a self destruct button into some humans, okay? I mean, as soon as a person is about to do something as heinous as mayhem to an individual, they should just cut off. All right, Just fade to black. Go dark right there on the spot. Wake up reincarnated as a tuna fish or something. Okay, it don't make no sense. And this woman, Camille, absolutely needed to wake up as a tuna fish. Matter of fact, not even a tuna fish because my mouth started watering thinking about tuna. Tunas are great. Very tasty. Maybe she should come back as a worm or something. All right. Anything that be that can be put on a hook. I don't know. Coming back as a tuna fish just seems too good for her, even though she looks like she probably smells like one. But let's go to WXXV 25 News for the report, please. We begin with new details this evening on the case.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoo.

[Jared Adams]

What a vibe we've got, y'.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

All.

[Jared Adams]

As always, it's classic HBCU energy. Nonstop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chants echoing, drums beating, everybody showing that school pride. Moments like this. Yeah, they call for an ice cold Coca Cola. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there.

[Jess Hilarious]

Mm.

[Jared Adams]

Yeah, that taste always hit the right note. Just like the band at halftime. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere. And an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the place, no matter the moment. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

[DJ Envy]

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Someone will be eliminated.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pressure is coming down.

[DJ Envy]

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[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

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[DJ Envy]

Razor blades being found inside loaves of bread at 2biloxi Walmart locations Biloxi Police announcing just minutes ago that they have made an arrest in this case. 33 year old Camille Benson from Texas is Charlotte charged with attempted mayhem and is being held in the Harrison county jail on a $100,000 bond. Police had released surveillance videos earlier today of Benson identifying her as a person of interest in the case. Take a look at this. This is a tick tock sent to us by Mariah Watson showing some of the impacted bread she purchased at one of the stores. The investigation all began Monday when officer responded to the Walmart's on CT Switzer Road and Pass Road for calls about tampered products. In both cases, customers reported discovering those razor blades inside loaves of bread. Jesus, this chick wanted people to eat razor blades on rye with cheese, peanut butter and razor blade sandwiches. I don't like to use the word hate, but I hate people like her. Okay? We love to say hurt people hurt people and that is true in a lot of cases. Unhealed pain in folks does cause harm harm and it does cause unhealed people to cause harm. But some of y' all just evil and you need an exorcism just as much as you need therapy. Okay, I love home cooked food over anything but I also love eating out, all right, Everything from fast food restaurants to fine dining. That's why I don't like when fat people try to say I hate them because I identify as a big back. But one of my greatest fears when eating from these places is stuff like this. This is what I mean when I say every single day of our lives, lives, all we are trying to do is avoid other people's crazy. All it takes is one person committing one act of crazy to disrupt the multiverse okay, what's the point of putting razor blades in banana nut muffins? FYI, I love banana nut muffins, okay? Banana nut muffins is my go to blueberry muffins is my number two. But I'm only doing either or. But why put razor blades in banana nut muffins? Why put razor blades in loaves of bread? By the grace of God. God, I'm glad no kids were injured. Or by the grace of God, I'm glad no elders were injured. By the grace of God, I'm glad nobody was injured. But just the mindset of a human to put multiple razor blades and loaves of bread and banana nut muffins in a couple of retail locations in the Biloxi area. Now here's the thing. Her bond was set at $100,000.

[Jared Adams]

Okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's it.

[DJ Envy]

That's it. That's it. A hundred thousand dollars for attempted mayhem? Probably got to pay 10. Like 10 grand, right? I don't see the reason for her to be out, okay? People like this should not be allowed to come home until they spend a lengthy amount of time in a psychiatric institution. This woman put razor blades and banana nut muffins and loaves of bread. This is an intentional, premeditated Batman level villain attempted crime, okay? You don't just let people like that back into society because they can afford a bond. Nah, bro. Bruh, you gotta. You gotta spend some extensive time trying to figure out what's wrong with this human. That she would be willing to harm other humans on this level. The Grinch wasn't this diabolical. He just wanted folks to have a terrible Christmas, okay? He wasn't trying to disfigure them forever. Listen, all you hurt people, do yourself a favor and get some healing, okay? That's what I want you to get for Christmas. Some healing. Because not all hurt people hurt people. Some spend their lives making sure no one else feels what they did. Some break cycles. Some build safe spaces. Some turn pain into purpose. Hurt people don't just hurt people. Hurt people can heal people too. Camille, if you get out on bond try that, please let Remy Ma give Camille Benson the biggest Hee haw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hee haw.

[Jared Adams]

Hee haw.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You stupid motherf.

[Just Hilarious]

Are you dumb?

[DJ Envy]

You can't just let somebody like her back into the street. She need to be sat down in somebody these psychiatric institution and we need to figure out what's wrong.

[Just Hilarious]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to play again.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not playing the game. Why? Crazy is crazy, that's why.

[Just Hilarious]

It don't matter what color exactly. Crazy is Crazy belong. That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

And you over there, chalk, choking, dying over there. But you want to play the game? Yeah, you better go.

[Just Hilarious]

Exactly have been a grazer blade. That could have been a razor blade.

[DJ Envy]

No, I don't want to play a game. Crazy is as crazy does. This woman is just the chat wants.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To play a game.

[DJ Envy]

I just chat. I always want to play a game. I don't care what the kids want to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's play a game.

[Jared Adams]

Come on.

[DJ Envy]

No. What is she?

[Just Hilarious]

Crazy is. It's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Doesn't matter. She's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, but what is she? I'm just curious.

[DJ Envy]

She needs help. That's what she is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But what is she?

[DJ Envy]

Okay, is she black? Need help.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

White, need help. Asian, need help.

[DJ Envy]

Spanish, need help. You Dominican, you need a drink of water. What is she? Let me alone. Move on.

[Just Hilarious]

What is she? What is she?

[DJ Envy]

What is she? What are you? That's what everybody want to know.

[Jared Adams]

I'm black.

[DJ Envy]

Chad, let's play a game with DJ Envy. Guess what race he is. Don't nobody know, cuz he'll show up to the Puerto Rican Day parade with Puerto Rican flag, show up to the Dominican Day parade with a Dominican flag, show up the black stuff like he black. And when he want to be a cracker, he can be a cracker, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm black. All the chat says I'm black. All the chat says I'm black. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

That's a lie. Y' all know better than that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is she? I'm just scared.

[DJ Envy]

It don't matter.

[Just Hilarious]

So crazy.

[DJ Envy]

You know what? Let me show you.

[Jared Adams]

I'm gonna show you what you.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just play my theme music so I could just see.

[DJ Envy]

What is she gonna be honest with you? What is she gonna be honest with you? Okay, I'm really just looking at her picture for the first time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. And she's what?

[DJ Envy]

I have no idea. Cause she got nigga features, right? Cause she got 21 savage tattoos all over her face.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But she looks white.

[Just Hilarious]

She like.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what this is. I'm going be honest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Her name.

[DJ Envy]

Her name is Camille Benson. I have no idea what this is.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't even know.

[DJ Envy]

Actually, this just might be something that they created in the lab.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, wow. She look. She look white, but she look like one of them. She looked like one of them, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was a white lady that remember.

[Just Hilarious]

You just saying, what is she?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is she? What is she?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that. What is it? What?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Jared Adams]

What is this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what that looks like.

[DJ Envy]

Elon Musk made it.

[Just Hilarious]

That's what. Yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

She look created.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If I see her like, I'm running, though.

[DJ Envy]

This is a creative village.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that's the creative player right there.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what. I really don't know what this is. I don't know either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today.

[DJ Envy]

Seriously. And she got, like, blonde, curly hair.

[Just Hilarious]

What is it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What is it?

[DJ Envy]

It's like they took the worst of all races and just put them all together, sprinkled it all on one person. Cracker. A little bit.

[Just Hilarious]

You got a little bit of everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. When we come back, just fix my mess. 800-585-1051 relationship advice. Any typ you can call just right now. She'll help you out with all your problems. 800-585-1051. It's the breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's the real deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Help me, help me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God. I'm all up in your mess.

[Just Hilarious]

I'mma fix it, fix it, fix it. Just gonna fix your mess. Cause my advice is real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for you, Jess. Fix my mess.

[Jess Hilarious]

Chris.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Chris, can. What's your question?

[Just Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

Morning, everybody. What I'm calling about is, yes, I'm from the good state of Florida, and my wife is basically having a psychological breakdown. And her job last week caught me scared of her. So Friday I went and got a court order to have her put in a psych ward. The hospital wasn't communicating with me, so I went over their head and got them in trouble. The psych unit. And now they hate my gut and they're telling my wife things that only I told them, making her hate me more. And then they went to court yesterday for an extension. And instead of them telling them what they did or what they know ever so was. Her husband said this, her husband said that. So needless to say, this woman will probably never speak to me again. This is my wife of 34 years, and I don't know what to do.

[Just Hilarious]

She's not going to speak to you again because the psych ward is telling her things that you did or that you said that you didn't say that.

[Jess Hilarious]

I said in confidentiality with them. And when they went to court yesterday for an extension, they did not say. They have observed. They put everything on me. Everything.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, they're upset with me because I went over their head.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, all right, all right. Which you should have done, it sounds like, because you only want the best for your wife, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Correct. And like I told them, I don't know them to make an opinion, nor do I care about them. My objective is my wife. Wife. And maybe I shouldn't have told him that. I don't know.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, so you want me to do what?

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't know what to do. That's why I'm calling you.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, oh, no, I don't know you. You probably got to call another one. Like call another. I mean. Cuz I really don't understand what the problem is. It's like. So they won't let you come back in there.

[DJ Envy]

Did they ban you?

[Just Hilarious]

Like, what's if they just.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no, that's not the problem. My wife is upset with me because, yeah, they're telling her things that I'm telling them in confidentiality and they're claiming they're not telling her. But how does she know if they're the only people I told? Also, in court yesterday, they blamed everything on me of why she was there and why they needed an extension.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, yeah, well, you need a lawyer. That's what it is. Okay? You need a lawyer, not me. You need a lawyer to figure that out because that's. That's actually bad. But I mean, your wife is mad at you. But she's in a psych ward though. You feel me?

[Jess Hilarious]

So I put her there anyway.

[Just Hilarious]

No disrespect. Yeah, you put her there, but you kind of had to, right? Cause she gotta get right, you know what I'm saying? So let her be mad at you. She'll be all right. You know what I mean? She'll be all right if she's in there.

[Jess Hilarious]

I guess my question is, do you think this will blow over? Should I just sit back and relax? What should I do?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, sit back and relax. She gonna be mad at you anyway. Cause she in a psych ward. A lot of people in the psych ward don't want to be in a psych Blackwood. So she's gonna be mad at you anyway. You know, just sit back, pray. Pray for. You know, I mean, let's go see it on Christmas, you know what I'm saying? You'll be all right. She'll get over it.

[Jess Hilarious]

You think once you get out, everything will be fine or.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, that's the whole reason why she there. She's getting her rehabilitation together for her mind and all that, you know? I mean, don't mess Your mental health up, you know, I mean, over her being mad at you. She going to. She's gonna be mad at you, but she gonna be. She won't forget all about. About it when she get home.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

Boom.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. You good?

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

You good?

[DJ Envy]

Good luck, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, we're in the middle of. Just fix my mess. We got Michael on the line. Michael, what's your question for Jess?

[Jess Hilarious]

All right, first of all, good morning to everybody. My question is that I raised my son by myself. And I don't like when it comes to discipline. I don't hit or anything like that. And he's been showing out more in school than on the bus and bad temper, raising his voice at me and that grandma and all that. So I was just wondering how to. How I could go about that, because whippings never worked. Worked for me. I got my ass whipped all the time, and it did nothing. So I don't really think. I don't really know what to do with. With it right now.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay. How old is he?

[Jess Hilarious]

You said eight.

[Just Hilarious]

He's eight.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

And what. What you say he doing here?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, he just, like, when it comes to me, he. He just like to raise his voice and stuff like that when I'm trying to correct him on something he's doing. But at school, it's like he's hitting people on the bus and constantly getting into fights and all of that.

[Just Hilarious]

So you. And you said you don't physically discipline. Like, that's. That's never been your way?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, because it never worked with me. I'm like. Out of all my mom kids, I was the most to get my ass whooped. It did nothing.

[Just Hilarious]

And it did nothing. What kind of kid would you say you were? Why were you getting your ass? Were you worse than your ear?

[Jess Hilarious]

I did all the things that was. That was worth getting my ass whooped.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. Yeah. And it didn't work for you, so that's why you don't want to whoop his. I mean, you can't. Like.

[Jess Hilarious]

I didn't hear that.

[Just Hilarious]

No, I'm saying. So you. You ain't never just pop his ass one good time? Like, just, you know, bow right in the chest real quick? Like ain't just once.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no. Hell no.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn. Okay, well, you're getting back what you did. I mean, usually they say that about girls with their moms, but, you know, it just seems like your son is walking in your footsteps. You know what I'm saying? I mean, it. He's eight. I thought you was telling me about a teenager you know what I mean? But he's eight. This, this behavior can be.

[DJ Envy]

Now if.

[Jess Hilarious]

It'd be different if he was a teenager, like, right?

[Just Hilarious]

No, he, he ate. He didn't get his little ass whipped right now. But, you know, I respect your household. I respect your parents who, you know, your views, like, you don't want to hit your child. That's, that's cool, you know what I mean? But you're gonna continue to have this problem if you haven't tried to sit them down, you know, you gentle parent. That's what you do.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, I guess you can call it that, but I like, I like, I think communication and teaching them wrong from right helps more because I got my ass whooping. It's like, just stop doing that. Don't do that. Yeah, but you ain't telling me how to correct the problem, so it's gonna take me a little while longer to learn it on my own. So I just communicate and try to explain and help them correct it, right?

[Just Hilarious]

But it don't seem to be working. So now sometimes you gotta try that because, listen, gentle parenting, sir, that's cool. But when you got no limit soldiers that you raising, you know what I mean? Sometimes they need, they need that, that, that. Yoke his ass up. Just yoke him up, yo. Like, you don't gotta hit him. You yoke his little ass up. He's eight. You don't want him to, you know, get 10, 12, 14, 16, and, and never experience a yoking, a proper yoking before, you know what I mean? Because that's the problem with a lot of these adults and a lot of these kids now, they never had the ass whooped or even just, you know what I mean? Just chastised just a little bit. They never had their father put them in the corner, shake them, yank their ass up, and you know what I'm saying? Now get your ish together. They, they haven't had that. I don't think that's abuse, you know what I'm saying?

[Jess Hilarious]

Do you think it could be like, with us, like a stability problem too? Because, like, he was in Michigan with his mom, then she moved to Tennessee, then they moved back from Michigan. Now he's down here with me.

[Just Hilarious]

It absolutely could be that. How long you had him?

[Jess Hilarious]

He's been down here with me for about five months, six months.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So he's adjusting. That's what it is. I mean, all right, so you can still yoke him up, but you know what I mean, you do have to teach him, like, look, things that you.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, like whatever the household you were in before, yo, you can't do that here. You know? Really, really. If you don't want to yoke him up, you know what I'm saying? Just really, really put that in perspective for him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He ate.

[Just Hilarious]

But these little.

[DJ Envy]

He.

[Just Hilarious]

He's. He's mature enough to know what he's doing is wrong, you know, and. And he can distinguish the difference between right and wrong. And then also, part of this is still just him growing up as well. He is eight. But implement those rules right now. Implement that structure, because he can't do the same things he was doing with his mom at dad's house. And it's still all out of love. You know what I mean? It's a good way to. It's ways to discipline him and still show him that you love him. You get what I'm saying? Yes, but five months, and that gave me the context that I needed. He just trying to adjust, and you can help him with that. That's. That's not bad. That's not bad.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then on the other spectrum, brother, I, you know, just remember, all. Sometimes physical doesn't have to. All discipline doesn't have to be physical. Right. And the reason I say that is some kids don't react to a beating or anything like that. They feel like that's the way that if something goes wrong, they're gonna use that on other kids. I would say have those conversations first. You don't have to be physical. You having a strong. Talking to your son. He should be able to fear and hear in your tone what's right and what's wrong. My pops has never touched me in my life. He has never put a hand on me at all.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but then you grew up to, like, spankings from other men.

[Jared Adams]

No, shut up.

[DJ Envy]

But.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But on the real you. You don't necessarily have to. Now, I did put hands on Logan, but my other son, I did not put hands on.

[Just Hilarious]

And.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And they were raised totally different. It's still respect. But you don't have to put a point where your kids are scared of you. Cause you don't want your kids to.

[DJ Envy]

Be scared of you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want them to be able to feel comfortable, to tell you everything and be able to tell dad, whatever, if there's a problem, if there's a situation, and, you know, there's some trauma, there's some stress because of what's going on with your family. So I would just say Keep him close to you. Keep having them conversations, and really try to guide him that way. Cause sometimes you put hands on him, it could go left, and you don't want it to go left. You don't want to lose your son's trust.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, that's the reason. That's why I don't whoop my kids like I used to. The only child I ever whooped is my oldest daughter. Daughter. And she was about 8 at the time. I whipped her, so. And I. It just think the tears in her eyes and the way she looked at me, it's like she was scared. So it's like, no, I'm never hitting my kids again.

[Just Hilarious]

How was her behavior after that, if I just may ask?

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, she. She's very respectful. And, you know, she. She's not like a bad kid, you know, but.

[Just Hilarious]

Got you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just. It hurt me. I can't do it.

[Just Hilarious]

I feel you. I feel you. Appreciate that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good luck, brother.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just fix my mess. 800-585-1051. We got the latest with Lauren coming up. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight face.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets it from somebody that knows somebody.

[DJ Envy]

Details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[DJ Envy]

She be having the latest on.

[Jared Adams]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So a real quick mention. There was a filing that happened recently. Diddy Drewy and Odell Beckham Jr. There was a sexual assault lawsuit that was filed against them a while back. This was a lady that alleged that Diddy tried to sexually assault her with a TV remote. And Drew Ski and Odell Beckham Jr. Were there. Uh, that case was officially dismissed. Uh, it was dismissed because the judge is basically saying that the place plaintiffs were told several times that the lawsuit would be dismissed if they kept missing deadlines because people weren't served the way they were supposed to be. So it was dismissed without prejudice, which means that the plaintiffs could refile in the. In the near future if they choose to.

[DJ Envy]

That case dismissed against Drew Ski months ago.

[Jared Adams]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No. Months ago. Yes, months ago. What happened was Drew Ski provided evidence to show that he was nowhere near any of the things and all of whatever. But now it has officially been thrown out of the court is what we report.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought you said a couple of weeks ago was thrown out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all can look it up. I'm moving on to the next story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just wanted to make sure that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We mentioned it Because I reported on the claims when they came talk. Okay. Now, Andrusi did give a statement on this as well. He says the evidence I submitted overwhelmingly showed that I was innocent and proved I never knew this individual and was never in the same state at the time of the alleged incident. Through it all, I'm truly grateful for the support of my family, friends and fans and business partners who stood by my side even as these individuals attempted to destroy my reputation for greed. I pray for the real victims of assault.

[DJ Envy]

Now let's lock her ass up. Let's lock the woman who filed that from.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. No, no, you're right.

[DJ Envy]

You're absolutely right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You make those false claims and he has to spend all that money, attorneys and all that other stuff and he probably lost deals.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

And Lauren, can't Drew Ski sue her if he ch.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If he chooses to, He. He can definitely come for her if he wants to. Yeah. And he says. He ends the statement by saying, we can't allow these clout chasing antics to determine her true survivors from coming forward and speaking out against their abusers in the future.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Drew should be allowed to sit on her for real. That's. That's. That's the start of a punishment.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, he lost a lot of weight. It ain't going to do nothing now.

[DJ Envy]

You're right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

N. They was in. I'm not even going to break it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Back then, that could have been homicide, but go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In the beginning of this.

[Jared Adams]

Is the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Modern day heavy D. No, but in the beginning of this, remember when the lawsuit for broke people was like, ain't no way this really happened because she said that Drew Ski was oiled up and acted like it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like a slipper.

[Lauren LaRosa]

People was like, what? Ain't no way that that happened.

[DJ Envy]

But, but all jokes aside, she needs to have some type of consequences. Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That's ridiculous.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now, in other news, bringing the move back up the Different World cast, it was announced that they will be reprising their roles in the Different World new series that is, that will be coming. So I know we've had, you know, Jasmine Guy here. We've had Ms. Debbie Allen here as well too, and Kadeem Hardison who've talked about this coming and trying to get it going. So it's, you know, over time we've known that this is happening, but they are coming back to reprise their roles. So in a joint statement, they said A Different World is back. Yay. We are over the moon to bring this much anticipated sequel with our returning legacy stars, Kadeem, Hardison, Jasmine, Guy, Cree, Sumner, Daryl and Bell. These beloved characters are returning in a major way away with that respects to their histories while engaging in exciting new storylines that are relevant to the issues of today. So the log line for this is Dwayne Wayne. And Dwayne Wayne and Whitney's daughter goes to college and she's like navigating things. So all of the OG characters will reprise her roles and it'll be reoccurring. Reoccurring. So they'll be in a few episodes.

[DJ Envy]

Love it.

[Just Hilarious]

I know that's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dope, dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now, as we end the hour, I know we were talking a lot today about back and forth and. And I thought that this would be a good clip to play because Maury Povich was on Sherri Shepherd a few days ago and he talked about if he came out of retirement, what he would want to do. Let's take a listen.

[Jared Adams]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

I would come out of retirement if.

[Jared Adams]

I could get Nicki.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B and Cardi B settle their differences with lie detector tests. How about if Drake and Kenny, if.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Kendrick came on stage, Same thing. So you would come, you'd want.

[DJ Envy]

I'd come out of retirement.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come out of retirement to settle the beef, y'.

[Unrivaled Basketball Announcer]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Maury Povich would come. Would y' all like to see Maury Povich settle those beefs? You would get such great ratings if you could get Drake and Kendrick. I put it out there.

[DJ Envy]

I put it out there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, well, we're putting it out there with you. Cardi B. Come on over with Maury Povich.

[DJ Envy]

We could do a prime time special.

[Jared Adams]

A whole prime.

[DJ Envy]

You could be the host.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm.

[DJ Envy]

I would love it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, happy retirement, cuz he ain't going.

[DJ Envy]

See, neither one of has no idea that it's 2025. About to be 2026.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Not ne one of them need that in no way, shape or form.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't think he can handle the barbs and all of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not at all.

[DJ Envy]

That's not even something they're considering.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, that's the latest with Lauren. Now up next in the mix, salute to dmx. Happy birthday. DMX is all about dmx. This morning. We're going to be playing DMX records all through the mix. And also, also, also to DJ sns. Today is DJ sns, my guy. Sns, man, legend, the icon. He sent me. He called me last night, late last night. He sent me. He got a New record that he did. And he said, tell Charlemagne that. He said, leave envy alone.

[DJ Envy]

SNS is a great brother, man. First time I ever met sns, I didn't even really know SNS like that. And we was in Puerto Rico and got into a little squabble and I had dropped my wallet in the midst of the squabble and he took my wallet and put it to the front desk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What year was this?

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, that's probably had that many Trying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To figure out like where put your money at.

[DJ Envy]

Stuck in Puerto Rico, cuz I ain't had no id, no nothing.

[Just Hilarious]

So even about the money, silly.

[DJ Envy]

You got ringworm now cuz your mind is too simple.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is a wing worm. You born looking like a wing worm. You are a worm.

[DJ Envy]

No, I say you look Duran head girl.

[Just Hilarious]

It is also Angie Stone's birthday today as well. Happy birthday, Angie Stone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the mix. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Shout out to everybody in Atlanta. I'm actually headed to Atlanta right now for Atlanta's Jingle Ball. That's the night, that's tonight. So I'm gonna be hosting that salute to Jermaine Dupree, John and friends. I'm gonna be working and I'm coming right back. I'm going out there. Coming right, right back.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, seriously, Emmy, who you want me to talk to?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Could be asking some. What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's not wild stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ask me some wild questions.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I would love to talk to Nelly about, you know, the Metro boomin and the, you know, that whole collaboration. Jermaine Dupree, he just said that, that people gonna ride, the good singers gonna rise to the top. I want to know which singers he think is going to come out of the AI era the best. Like, I got some positive stuff. You don't have to fight.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, some tickets are still available. It will sell out tonight. So if you haven't got your tickets.

[DJ Envy]

Get your tickets check.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's gonna be an amazing show. So I can't wait to see you guys tonight. That's our jingle ball in Atlanta. Salute to Jill. Salute to Louis V. Salute to everybody up there. Ferrari, BT, JoJo, scream. Everybody on that station, man. Mono. What's up? We're gonna have a lot of fun tonight. All right. And also we got a salute to Jared Adams for joining us today.

[DJ Envy]

Salute to the good brother Jared Adams, man. He's got a new book out. It's called Redeeming justice. All right. And I just like Jared. His story is crazy. He was wrongly wrongfully convicted. Convicted and spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn't convict. Learned the law while he was in prison and now he's a. A civil rights attorney man, so. And justice reform advocate. So salute to Jared Adams.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, Jess, where you at this weekend?

[Just Hilarious]

I'm gonna be in D.C. my first show was tonight. We in D.C. for four days, me and my brother, Desi Alexander. Get your tickets if you have. Not yet. Most of them are sold out. I'm looking to add more, y'. All. So like I said, we got five shows so far. I'm looking to do like 3, 6, 7, 8. I can stay in DC for as long as I please. I love DC improv. So meet me there tonight. The show starts at 7:30. Get your tickets if you haven't yet. Like I said. Just hilarious. Official.com also pre order my book Till Death do We Parent, the co parenting memoir, Me Raising my son with his father. And it's great if you pre order now through Barnes and Nobles because they having a 25 off pre order sale. So do that. And they only doing it up until the new year. Yeah. So get the book.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, indeed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Well, you got a positive note.

[DJ Envy]

I do have a positive note, man. 13 days left in the year. I've been telling y' all that it's the year of the snake. And it's a nine year, the year of the snake. When it meets the Universal Year 9. It is a perfect alignment for growth. You got 13 more days to release the baggage you've carried for too long. Move with intention and let your evolution be the ultimate floor flex. Have a great day. Breakfast club. Wake you up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake that ass up.

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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