FULL SHOW: Lil Nas X Reportedly Arrested After Alleged OD, Spotted Roaming LA in Underwear, Offset Opens Up About Cardi B & Takeoff on New Album + Ciara & Kem Interview

Summary

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The Breakfast Club – Episode Summary

Date: August 22, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Featured Guests: Ciara, Kem, Lauren LaRosa

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode covers the “World’s Most Dangerous Morning Show” signature blend of music news, candid celebrity interviews, pop culture commentary, and lively listener interaction. The show’s focus today is celebrity news (most notably the reported arrest and alleged overdose of Lil Nas X), major album releases (Offset, Ciara), contemporary political updates, and deep dives with R&B legends Ciara and Kem, who share their personal and professional journeys.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Weekend Plans (02:12–04:29)

• The hosts joke about DJ Envy’s daughter’s birthday party logistics, weather anxieties, and their own fashion choices.
  • “Like y'all said, my daughter is one. She ain't going to remember nothing.” – DJ Envy (03:42)
• Early shoutout for guests: Ciara and Kem, whose careers and personal growth are highlighted.

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2. Front Page News: Weather and Washington, D.C. (07:22–11:53)

• Hurricane Aaron’s movement and east coast evacuations.
• President Trump’s "crime crackdown" in D.C., and the tensions with local communities, focusing on both homelessness and policing.
  • “That was the initial call to action from President Trump...I’m wondering if they just did the tough on crime thing to be able to just push all of the homeless people up.” – Charlamagne (11:12)

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3. Get It Off Your Chest (Listener Segment) (12:07–18:18)

• Callers vent about their own struggles, workplace issues, and celebrate milestones (a caller shouts out his parents’ 42nd wedding anniversary).
  • “There's a lot of people that didn’t know who Kim was...You’re a ridiculous person.” – Charlamagne (05:44)

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4. Hot Topics: Lil Nas X's Reported Overdose & Arrest (20:21–32:49)

• Discussion regarding Lil Nas X allegedly being hospitalized due to a possible overdose and arrested after being found roaming LA naked.
  • Ongoing skepticism about whether it was a publicity stunt, given Lil Nas X’s history of headline-making antics.
  • “It saddens me that I see this video and the first thing I think to myself is publicity stunt.” – Charlamagne (23:08)
  • “I hope nobody would play like this...about having a mental breakdown, a drug overdose, or being arrested. But you just never know nowadays.” – Charlamagne (25:40)
• TMZ reports, video evidence, and public’s doubt addressed; hosts emphasize mental health and healing if the story is genuine.

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5. Front Page Political News: Redistricting & Border Policy (32:49–36:33)

• California and Texas battle over congressional redistricting; implications for 2026’s midterm elections.
• Biden administration's border wall “paint it black” initiative.

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6. Celebrity Interview: Ciara (38:01–67:34)

Highlights:

• Ciara discusses her new independent album, CeCe:
  • Ownership, independence, and gratitude to her fans.
  • “It’s amazing...when you have an idea, I can activate on it when I want to, how I want to. And I may not get it right, but I like my batting average.” – Ciara (47:17)
• Opens up about her family life, moving to New York for Russell Wilson’s football career, and her approach to blending fame, motherhood, and entrepreneurship.
• Responds to old criticism and rumors, including her relationship with Charlamagne:
  • “If I did do anything that really offended you and hurt you in any way, Sierra, I do apologize, sincerely.” – Charlamagne (41:10)
  • Ciara reflects on rising above negativity, not responding to criticism, and prioritizing love.
• Addresses "corny" labels given to her husband Russell Wilson, defending black love, step-parenting, and public family debates:
  • “What you see with him is really who he is. And so it’s beautiful, it’s different, but...everyone’s entitled to their opinion.” – Ciara (51:07)
• Evolving gracefully as a black woman in entertainment and celebrating other women’s milestones.

Memorable Moments:

• Ciara and Charlamagne burying the hatchet over past shade.
• Uplifting advice on ownership, resilience, and responding to trolls.

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7. Latest with Lauren LaRosa: Pop Culture News (67:44–76:49)

• Young Dolph Murder Trial Update: Alleged mastermind Hernández Goven acquitted.
  • “If I was that guy, I wouldn’t stay in Memphis. Even though a court found him not guilty, if the streets think he’s guilty...” – Charlamagne (69:57)
• Offset’s New Album (Kiari): Offset gets introspective, with tracks dedicated to Takeoff and about his turbulent relationship with Cardi B.
  • “He said, you got your get back. I got my get back. But it’s 50 to 2!” – Charlamagne (74:10)
• Lauren celebrates her 100th podcast episode and 5 million downloads.

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8. Donkey of the Day (Call-In Segment) (77:08–86:05)

• Listeners call in to air out grievances.
• Jess Hilarious called out over a joke about a plus-sized content creator.
  • Jess apologizes, clarifies her intent, and the hosts debate comedic boundaries and sensitivity.

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9. Artist Interview: Kem (86:24–105:32)

Key Points:

• Kem discusses his journey from homelessness and addiction to R&B stardom.
  • “My story is one of the prodigal son; it’s not rags to riches, but about coming through the other side of darkness.” – Kem (93:03)
• Importance of vulnerability, authenticity in music, and what it means to be an independent artist.
• Kem credits his mother’s “tough love” for saving his life.
  • “Best thing that ever happened to me was my mother throwing me out of the house.” – Kem (95:55)
• Emphasizes using therapy, not just faith, to heal trauma.
  • “You need Jesus and a therapist. And you might need some medication.” – Kem (100:15)
• The power of love, empathy, and care as healing forces.

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10. Pass the Aux: Music Recommendations (105:56–112:54)

• Nyla Simone previews new drops from Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface, Conway the Machine, Chance the Rapper, Teyana Taylor (feat. Jill Scott) and praises artistry, collaboration, and intention in new music projects.

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11. Closing Segment & Positive Note (112:54–end)

• Shoutouts to upcoming events, shoutout again to Ciara and Kem.
• Positive Note:
  • "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." – Winston Churchill (114:14)
• Uplifting the community, celebrating resilience, and previewing the next show.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• Charlamagne on publicity stunts:
  “It saddens me that I see this video and the first thing I think… is publicity stunt.” (23:08)
• Ciara on independence:
  “There’s nothing better than owning your masters, right? There’s nothing better than ownership.” (47:17)
• Kem on his recovery:
  “My story is one of the prodigal son… It’s not rags to riches, but about coming through the other side of darkness.” (93:03)
• On Russell Wilson’s image:
  “When you hear people say Russell Wilson is corny, what’s your honest reaction?” – Charlamagne
  “Why would I even respond to that? What you see with him is really who he is.” – Ciara (51:07)
• Charlamagne’s positive note:
  “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” (114:14)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening / Weekend Plans: 02:12–04:29
• Ciara & Kem Announced: 04:29–06:50
• Lil Nas X Segment: 20:21–32:49
• Ciara Interview: 38:01–67:34
• Kem Interview: 86:24–105:32
• Donkey of the Day: 77:08–86:05
• Music Recommendations: 105:56–112:54

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Tone & Style

Maintaining The Breakfast Club’s signature energy, the hosts blend humor, honest reflection, and directness. The interviews are warm, candid, and insightful, inviting guests to share their real stories and for listeners to feel included in the conversation.

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This summary covers major themes, memorable exchanges, and timestamped highlights so you get all the essential content without missing a beat – perfect for anyone who missed the full show!

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, usa. 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. Jess.

[Just Hilarious]

Hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The guy big to the planet. It's Friday.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, it's Friday. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The weekend is here. Yes. Good morning. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What is happening what's going on?

[Just Hilarious]

What's up, G.S.

[DJ Envy]

What'S up? What's up? I'm down in Maryland, man. Just praying that this storm skips over so my. My daughter's birthday party can be a success.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it's gonna be outside.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. It's outdoor. It's a bubble guppies theme party. So you know that's water or whatever, Right? So it's like a pool party. But y. If I didn't book a plan, beast. But I mean, everybody think they gonna be in my house. But I'm just gonna redirect everybody to the Chuck e. Cheese, like 15 minutes away.

[Just Hilarious]

If it's not that bad, get a tent.

[DJ Envy]

If it's not as bad, get like a.

[Just Hilarious]

A 10 or 2.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's gonna be pretty bad.

[Just Hilarious]

Then you better just Chuck E. Cheese.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the meteorologist say?

[DJ Envy]

They always lying, though, so I don't know. They don't know either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They do be wrong.

[DJ Envy]

They do be wrong a lot. I remember Marty Bass. Marty Bass. It ain't never do nothing that Marty Bass said it was gonna do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who the hell is Marty Bass?

[DJ Envy]

The meteorologist in Baltimore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My beach.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah. On the news, everybody know Marty B. I guess in Baltimore.

[Just Hilarious]

It look good. It say the weather's going to be Saturday high 80, 65, no rain.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you good then.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So she just trying not to have a party cuz she too many people coming over. So she feeling antisocial. That's what this is. Okay. All right.

[DJ Envy]

Like y' all said, my daughter is one. She ain't going to remember nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She going to remember them silly ass glasses you got on right now.

[DJ Envy]

The Messy Visions that you can get for 20% off on the website.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are those called? The roller coasters. What are those called?

[DJ Envy]

These are called the Infinities. Don't play with me. Can put your description in them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, I love these.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, Cynthia Aro wore these in the movie Wicked. The Messy Visions. Yeah, she ordered them right? From a website and wore them during the movie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She had no glasses on at Wicked?

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, she did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was definitely.

[Just Hilarious]

She had glasses on like that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Round glasses?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, round.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Infinity.

[DJ Envy]

Infinity. That's what they call. So get them. Use the promo code. Wake w a k e. That's why.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

150 people coming to your house. Good. No, we got glasses for all of us. Every last one of them. Listen, we got an amazing show for you today. That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

CC Sierra will be joining us this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I was gonna start off with Kim, but. Okay, go ahead. Okay, I Was gonna lead up to Sierra. You know what I mean? But go ahead and continue.

[Just Hilarious]

I forgot Kim was here today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's disrespectful. I know. Okay, but first of all, Kim and Sierra will be joining us. Not together. Sierra will be here because she's got a new album out today called CeCe. And Kim will be here because he's got a new single called Give my love and Rock with Me. And I mean, people love Kim. I mean, Kim has an amazing and amazing story of overcoming adversity, overcoming homelessness, overcoming addiction. And, you know, he raps. Not raps. He sings about love, the love that he found for himself, and now he projects that onto other people.

[DJ Envy]

I freaking love Kim. My mother used to wake up and wake us up to clean up to Anita Baker and Kim. That first album, chemistry. That's how I know every single song. Front, back, forwards, whatever. Because my mother blasted this man through the house growing up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You. I was at your comedy show. Your mom was like, when y' all going to have Kim up there?

[Just Hilarious]

You said that for real, You.

[DJ Envy]

He is always lying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your.

[DJ Envy]

My mother do not even talk to this man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you mean? She did say that to me, okay? You know, I didn't know who Kim was, man.

[Just Hilarious]

There's a lot of people that didn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Know who Kim was. Yeah, you're. You're. You're a ridiculous person.

[DJ Envy]

I forgot all about Kim. Matter of fact, I didn't know who he was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know since I started in radio at Z93JAMS in Charleston, Kim was one of the first people that I even heard about, cuz he would be on every single show all the time. You just not black. Black. And every day you come into this radio station to prove how black you are. Now, I did not know who he was until you need to take off that locks hat, all right? I did not put on a Morgan. Put on a Morgan Wallace snapback or something. I don't want to talk to you no more. Listen, we have a great red. Didn't know who Kim was. He's Puerto Rican.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, he's Puerto Rican.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're proving my point. You sit in the back.

[Just Hilarious]

Didn't know who Kim was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's 19, okay?

[DJ Envy]

All them kids up there do. They don't know damn Kim.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. Meanwhile, me and Jesse. Me and Jesse talking about Kim. Even our program director came in here yesterday. Coach, the admission was like, everybody knows. Can we all know Kim. Like, cut it out. I did not. The Dominican, the Puerto Rican, and the other Tether back there. Okay. She's a tether too. All right. Anyway, Nick said even I know him. All right, you and he's Italian. Drop one of the clues bombs. Nick.

[Just Hilarious]

I did not know who kid was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And he's gonna be joining us. And drop one of clues bombs for 803 fresh. Okay. 803 fresh from South Carolina. Wagner, South Carolina. He dropped the remix the boots on the ground yesterday with another Carolina native, Ms. Fantasia. Are you familiar with her? Any y' all familiar with her?

[DJ Envy]

Do you know her?

[Just Hilarious]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's Fantasia? Yeah, exactly. Of course I know who Fantasia is.

[DJ Envy]

This.

[Just Hilarious]

That was boots on the ground remix featuring Fantasia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to 803 Fresh. Salute to Fantasia Carolinas all day.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, and let's get in some front page news.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations to Derrick Rose with some quick sports.

[Just Hilarious]

His jersey retirement ceremony will happen on January 24th. Well deserved.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very well deserved.

[Just Hilarious]

Salute to Derrick Rose and everybody in the shot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One of the people that I always think about in terms of injury and you know, if he hadn't gotten injured, what would have been the ceiling for Derrick Rose, man. Salute to Derrick Rose.

[Just Hilarious]

What's up, Morgan?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, y'. All. Hey.

[DJ Envy]

How we feeling on a Friday. It's been a week. Hey, girl, you on your little john today. Okay. You know, you see it. Don't get into it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell she look like little John today. Crazy chill.

[DJ Envy]

It's just the hat on the lock show. Chill with the glasses and the glasses. All Lord. All right, let me see if I can get a hype for you. All right, so. So first off, page a weather update on Hurricane Aaron. So a tropical storm warning has been lifted for parts of the east coast as Hurricane Aaron moves away from the U.S. now, the warning spans from North Carolina to north to the northern coast of Virginia and it was discontinued on Thursday night. Now, Erin, is a large storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph right now and is over 400 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Swimming at most east coast beaches has been advised against as forecasters predict potentially life threatening surf and rip currents over the next several days. States and emergency. State. States of emergency, excuse me, have been declared in some areas of New Jersey and North Carolina. In fact, New Jersey seems to be experiencing massive flooding on the Jersey shore where coastal warnings have been issued ahead of the hurricane. So New Jersey and North Carolina, prayers to you for those impacts. Those of you have been impacted by the storm, but it seems like we are for the most part in the county clear regarding Hurricane Aaron. Now another amazing oh my God. Yeah. So in other news, President Trump met with local, met with law enforcement yesterday at the US Park Police facility in southeast Washington D.C. that's also located in Ward 8 where the White House claims most of the non immigration arrests took place. The administration has also referred to that area as the slums, but I'm not going to get too much into that. So Trump thanked the officers for cooperating with the federal takeover of the city and as part of his crime crackdown. And he said that crime has been down since the operation began. Let's take a listen to his comments from yesterday afternoon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're not playing games.

[Just Hilarious]

We're going to make it safe and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'Re going to then go on to.

[Just Hilarious]

Other places, but we're going to stay here for a while. We want to make this absolutely perfect.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's our capital and I guess it.

[Just Hilarious]

Used to be many years ago say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it's certainly not had a very good run.

[Just Hilarious]

And you got to be strong, you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got to be tough, you got to do your job. So I just came, I just wanted.

[Just Hilarious]

To thank you all. You're doing incredible. You're incredible people. You make the country run, frankly, you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Make the whole place run. We're going to have the best capital ever.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So shortly after the President spoke, people flooded the streets uptown D.C. for a Defend DC rally at 14th and U Street Northwest. Now Justin Yada Johnson, who I think should be on the show, you guys should bring him up. He's actually the part one of the organizers of the Don't Mute DC movement. He said while we are enduring what we're enduring with the surge in feds, we can utilize this moment to uplift the community, to have our voice heard. He went on to say, people cannot live in fear. And that's what I see our community doing right now. So we have to continue to curate these spaces so they can feel safe. And the Don't Mute DC movement just has people take the streets, you know, go go. Floods the streets. It's just kind of like a big party. It used to be called Mochella, but for obvious reasons you can see why that name is no longer so. Yeah, because that's actually really sad like what they're doing to them. Homeless people cutting a tent, slicing a tents up, dragging them and you know, and they don't have nowhere for them to go. That's, that's really sad. We were talking all for cleaning up homelessness and everything like that, but have somewhere for them to go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We was talking about this yesterday because just Brought this point up in the room, and she said what you just said. And I was thinking like, yo, that was the initial call to action from President Trump. The initial call to action was we got to clean the homelessness up in D.C. and then that all of a sudden turned into this, you know, tough on crime thing. Yeah, but I'm wondering if they just did the tough on crime thing to be able to just push all of the homeless people up. Well, you heard in the president criminalize their, Their, their, Their, Their, their homelessness.

[DJ Envy]

He said he coming to other cities, so, you know, take heed. But that's your front page news for 6am at 7am what, like, like a homeless tour? Well, he said he getting on like he getting or be under the guise.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of the tough on crime tour. Yeah, it'll be a tough on crime tour.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, well, that is front page news. Now get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The way that you talk I hate the way that you dress.

[DJ Envy]

Everything with me is blessed.

[Just Hilarious]

Call up now, 800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling. Hello? Who's this? It's Mike.

[Just Hilarious]

Mike.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Mike?

[Just Hilarious]

Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, DJ Envy, y'?

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was on. I don't know if you remember me, but I was at your, your car show. I was the tallest guy in the building, and I gave you my hat, and I was telling you about my brand. Young heart at 15. You had two different hats.

[Just Hilarious]

You had a black one, and then.

[DJ Envy]

You had a, like a, a green.

[Just Hilarious]

Or cream or something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, well, the orange one, that's the one I had on my head. But, but, but, yeah, but like, so, you know, I was, I was wanting to know, did you get that hat? And like, you know, you gave it to me. I gave it to my daughter. She bought a home to break down.

[Just Hilarious]

Doing the hats for and, and what it means to you because you, you told me a whole. The reason why you were producing those hats.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So young heart at 15 is a, is a, is a clothing liner brand that we spread heart awareness through our clothing line for young athletes in America. And one of our mission is to have heart screening like echocardiogram available for these kids to prevent certain car to prevent certain cardiac arrest from happening. You know, I lost my brother back in 2016. He was at Oklahoma State University and made, you know, USA day. So, you know, you know, I was just, you know, spreading that awareness. And you know, I would love to like, you know, even share my story, more of my story there, you know, at the Breakfast Club. But one of the things is that a lot of people remember my brother, the kid, that high school kid that played against John Wall. It made, you know, a world star and all that. So, you know, just me shining this light. This movement is taking the color on. It's a movement. So, you know, this is not talked about in America. So this is my, this is my movement. This is what I'm fighting for in America.

[Just Hilarious]

Tell them how they can support you and find your story, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, they can find my story. They can follow us. Follow the brand at young heart of 15. Everything spelled out young hearted. The number one files on the website down now. But you know, it's just me, you know, it's LLC trademark and everything, so.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, brother, Good luck with everything.

[DJ Envy]

I told you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. Why you hang up on that, man? That wasn't actually in the middle of Jeff's question. I didn't hear Jeff's question. What's up with you this morning, man? Just question.

[DJ Envy]

How tall is he?

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, he's like six, six, six, seven.

[DJ Envy]

All right, because he said he was the tallest guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dark skinned. Was he handsome too? Hello? Who's this? But you got him in your phone as tdh. What's up? Tall, dark and handsome.

[Just Hilarious]

What is wrong with you, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is wrong with you? Hello? What's up? This.

[Just Hilarious]

Eric, Eric, what's up your chest?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. Eric, how are you? I'm. I am chilling. I'm about to go to work, man. I. I just want to say, man, I work with some people that they cocky, they arrogant, do the job wrong. And I don't know how they made it this far in life, bro. Like, and so these people got kids. Like, I feel, I feel bad for the future, bro. Give me an example. Well, I can't, I can't tell you what work, you know, work the government job, but. Oh, got you. You know, you got people that walk around and they, they think they taking initiative and they, and they do something and they talk about, yeah, I do this and I do that, but you just did the whole job wrong. Now I gotta come behind you and fix everything. Like, really well, thank God the job got somebody like you. The crazy part about it is they'll never get blame for the bad things that they do, and you'll never get the credit for cleaning it up. That's just the way things are in corporate America. Yes, sir. All right, brother.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You guys are our inspiration. Thank you. You guys keep me. Keep me entertained every day, man. I appreciate you.

[Just Hilarious]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up, wake up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake your ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your.

[Just Hilarious]

Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Envy.

[Just Hilarious]

What's up, Trav?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, baby Boo? What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, up, Solomon. Peace, sis. I just thought about you, cuz. We just had a caller call in and say that, you know, he. He have to come up behind people and clean things up.

[Just Hilarious]

He said I got to come by.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know you had to do that a couple times before, you know, you entered, right? Oh, God, leave me alone. Okay? I am calling to spread some love today because my parents celebrated 42 years of marriage yesterday, man. So that's when they called again. Big Pam and Big Darren, a little shout out. How old are they? 42 years. How old are they, if you don't mind me asking? I think I want to say 62 and 64. That's amazing, man. That is beautiful. Yeah, it definitely took a while. I remember being younger. It definitely was a lot of times with my mama then. Did not want him in the house. I mean, once in. My brother got beat with a balloon for letting my daddy through the back door for years later. You didn't beat people with some wood when they came in the back door?

[DJ Envy]

Come on, Trav. You walked into that one, though, boy. I ain't gonna lie. I was talking about my parents right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're right. I'm sorry. My fault. My fault, brother. My fault. But no, I mean, I just want to make sure that I call and just say happy anniversary to them. 42 years is a long time. Congratulations, man. You should take them to Golden Cre around. I got. I wish. I got these vip, golden color.

[Just Hilarious]

I got two right here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got one?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But they for the Bronx, though.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that's the only.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the only. My mama, is she a Ruby Tuesdays person? She loves you offer the finest dining restaurant in the world. She gonna say, nope, I'd rather go to Ruby Tuesday. Ain't no buffet at Ruby Tuesday. Go to crowd killer.

[DJ Envy]

No, I know, but I don't know what it is about people. Mothers like my mother loved Olive Garden and Ruby Tuesday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Olive Garden. Unlimited breadsticks. Now we talking now.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Trav.

[DJ Envy]

All right, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All. All righty now. Get it off.

[DJ Envy]

You make somebody not even want to be gay no more, yo, because you didn't have to do that. He was talking about his mother, his father.

[Just Hilarious]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got the latest Lauren coming up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

LL Cool Bay.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Yes, we do. Hey. Hey, Jess. Lil Nas X.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see him shout out Charlamagne? Great segue.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Everything is a joke with you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't even plan it on this show.

[DJ Envy]

I'm about to come on here and say Lil Nas X has been hospitalized for a possible drug overdose and arrested. And. And just Jokey, jokey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you see him shout out Charlemagne?

[DJ Envy]

I saw some things, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He stretched out his ex.

[Just Hilarious]

He said Charlemagne taught me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wish he did say that. He is.

[DJ Envy]

So we gonna get into all the things he said because that 4am stroll in LA, it was a lot happening. He was walking down there, pumping down. Okay, ready for the party. Oh, you was ready.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what the ladies were launching bricked up watching that video.

[Just Hilarious]

Shut up, man. The ladies next is the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Just Hilarious]

The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Going to the Carolinas this weekend too. Columbia. Okay. Salute to the 803 metro. What's happening everybody that listens to us on Hot 1039 in the metal. Used to be.

[DJ Envy]

I used to do Columbia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ain't never been.

[DJ Envy]

My ex went to Benedict.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, word. Dropping the clues. Bombs with Benedict. That's what sucks the Benedict College.

[DJ Envy]

Why you got daughter dropped the bomb and all that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who it is?

[DJ Envy]

How you know I didn't have trauma at Benedict.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who is the guy, though?

[DJ Envy]

Everything. Come on, move on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, yo, Noodles. I need you to do some investigating, man. We need to find out who Lauren LaRosa used to date.

[DJ Envy]

Can we go to the latest?

[Just Hilarious]

Let's get to the latest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This Lauren becoming a straight F. Be somebody that knows somebody.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

So L N X has been arrested after and. And possibly OD'd. This happened Thursday. So yesterday. Yeah, Thursday at 4am he was roaming around the streets of LA. And there's a video that a person who was riding down the street recorded of him that TMZ obtained. Let's take a listen to the video of Lil Nas X. Nah, nah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, I'll be late to the party tonight. Where at?

[DJ Envy]

You know where it's at.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Uh oh, somebody's gonna have to pay for that. Hey, for everybody coming to the party. La la la. Jesse, I. I am serving you. I am serving you. And you better be at that party tonight. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Get my good side.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every side. Yes. Shawn Bankhead taught me that one.

[Just Hilarious]

Charlemagne taught him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. It's gonna be a beautiful sunrise. Give me that phone so I can throw it. I want to throw it far away so you never see it again. I don't like phones. Don't miss the party tonight. Watch. Are you still here? You need to be telling everybody about the party, girl. What's your problem? Break it down, break it down, down. See, you ain't break it down for the people, though. You ain't described to the people that the man was walking around in cowboy Carter boots and some tighty.

[DJ Envy]

I was going to do it after, but you're right, I should have said that before, but yeah. So at 4am, Lil Nas was strolling down the street and he's. So he's in Studio City. This is a popular street that he's on too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Empty as hell.

[DJ Envy]

It was 4 o' clock in the morning. Huh? Huh? Was it La Cianica? What was it? No, it was. I'll get the name of the street either way. You'll know the name though. It's. It's Lankersham, where all the dancers go to dates. Okay. Yes. So he was strolling down the street and there's a guy riding by who begins to record him. Now this guy records this video? Yes. He's in a tighty white. He's in the cowboy boots. There were also people who spotted him who called LAPD and said, hey, there's a nude man walking down the street. He needs some help.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why y' all ain't never did that to the Naked Cowboy here in New York? He was dressed just like the Naked Cowboy. Only thing he didn't have was a guitar. Y' all ain't never called police on the Naked Cowboy.

[Just Hilarious]

I was thinking the same thing. Did he ever get to a point where. Because they said nude and nude means totally like nothing?

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That video, that's the one I wanted to see. I kept reading, I kept googling, it never came up.

[Just Hilarious]

Shut up, man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. So he serious. Trying to be. Right. So he did get to the point where he was naked. So when police officers got there, they tried to like, basically like get him and put him in like cuffs. And before they could get to him, he like, charged at them, but he stripped down naked before he charged at him. So where they were on, they were finally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

These other. Where that video.

[DJ Envy]

We don't need to see that. Go ahead. No, no, I'm saying. That's what I'm saying, though. But we. We don't see none of that. We only see this, what, 10 minute video of him strolling down the street.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It saddens me that I see this video and the first thing I think to myself is publicity stunt. Okay, I'm not saying it is. I don't know if it is. I'm just saying that because it's Lil Nas X and how everything seems like a rollout nowadays to me. It feels like a publicity getting arrested, though.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where's the video?

[DJ Envy]

But where's the mug shot? Well, hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait. So TMZ has confirmed and I'm going to reach out because he's still in jail. He's in jail and Van Nuys. He's been held without no bell, having a good time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just joking. Sorry.

[DJ Envy]

He's being held without no bell and probably.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don'T let me go. They said when they came to rest.

[Just Hilarious]

Me charged at him like he was really.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all finally showed up, y'. All. What if this was like a mental breakdown that made them say it might.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be a possible od. Definitely. Right. But if it's not, we got all bases covered.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Never do nothing like this before to promote it. He has, he has. But the only reason why I'm like, trying to give him a little bit of like, yeah, Grace here is because the police are the people who said based on whatever they saw, this would be. This might be a potential. He went to the hospital, got treated, and he was arrested.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, he was a problem apologizing after the fact. I'm just telling you for what I see right now, just don't feel real. And it's his fault because of the things that we've seen him in the past. So when I see it now, like, I'm like, damn, this could be a publicity stuff.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So it's like little boy cry wolf. Ain't that what it is? Like, yeah, yeah. The boy cry wolf.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Where's the mug shot? Where's the video of him getting arrested? Where's the video. Him butt naked charging the police. Y' all got everything else, but y'.

[DJ Envy]

All don't got all of that.

[Just Hilarious]

And then he said Charlemagne Talk.

[DJ Envy]

He said Sean Bank. Yes, it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sean Bankhead taught me that one.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I thought he said char.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And he didn't look down trotting.

[DJ Envy]

He didn't look right. I mean, he might be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He didn't look down trotting. Like, he didn't look. I don't know. I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Like, he don't look like. Like down, like depressed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, it wasn't given overdose, but we don't know what he.

[Just Hilarious]

If he did, what drug he overdosed on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It could be. It was given. It could be given high.

[DJ Envy]

And then the person who recorded him recorded him all that time, right? Like, just recorded it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, just him by itself, you know what I'm saying? Ain't no other angle from nobody.

[DJ Envy]

And you were just out there in the middle of the night. What'd they say it was like 3:00 clock in the morning or something? 4:00am 4:00am and this person is like recording him the whole time for blocks and blocks and blocks as well. Because that, that walk was a walk. He walked for a little minute. Baby, pump down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not saying this is a publicity stunt. I don't know. I'm just saying because it's Lil Nas X. It makes me feel like. Like it is now. I. I hope it's not. I would hope nobody would play like this. I would hope nobody would play about having a mental breakdown. I would hope nobody would play about having a drug overdose. I would hope nobody would play about being arrested. But you just never know nowadays.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you never know. You never know. And his history of doing things like this does not help him in this.

[Just Hilarious]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Well, I will say that there is now another video. There's no sound or anything to it. But earlier that day around like 1:30pm or earlier Wednesday, there's a video now of him in a hotel called Short Stories Hotel in. And he's just wandering aimlessly around the hotel. And then he heads out and he takes his shirts. Shirt off and he's just wandering like off from the hotel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that video.

[DJ Envy]

TMZ also has that video as well.

[Just Hilarious]

So they want all these videos.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Guys, no, shut up. I'm trying to figure out if this together here.

[DJ Envy]

So they. So they. So what they're. What they're saying is that whatever this episode was, it began earlier that day. And I mean, he. Remember I showed you I showed Charlie man yesterday a video Instagram.

[Ciara]

Huh.

[DJ Envy]

Well, did he get high again? I mean, what kind of drug is that? That he did that earlier. Yeah, well, they were trying to say it was it drugs. But like how. What was he on? How could he have been high that long? We don't know yet. We don't know any of the details yet. But I'm sure things will come out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, if he had him, if he had some type of mental breakdown, if you had some type of drug episode, we're definitely sending them healing energy. But I'm just saying, because it's Lil Nas X and the things that we've seen in the past, it feels like a publicity not going to jail though. But we'll see. We don't even.

[DJ Envy]

You do not know these little millennials, man. I mean, or Gen Z, whatever he is. They will do anything to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, these records.

[DJ Envy]

Records to push these, you know, tracks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whatever, including go to jail. And they didn't say he overdosed. They said it's a suspected over.

[DJ Envy]

Is that possible? But they took him. Now here's a telltale sign too. They took him to the hospital to be treated and then took him to jail. He wasn't released. He's still in custody and they took him to jail. So whatever that drug. Yeah, so, but it. So if it was, I mean, serious, he would have stayed. But I do believe though, because the. He was charged with a battery on a peace officer. Right. That's a misdemeanor police officer. Officer there. Well, it's a police officer, but a police officer someone I think, who comes when something like this is happening that is trying to calm you down so then that you can be like that type of thing. Okay, but I was saying that because it's a misdemeanor, but they're holding him without bail. So to me that's a little odd.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's like holding him without bail for a misdemeanor.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I'm saying. So, like I'm trying to figure out what this is. That's what I'm saying. Like I'm gonna try and call their eyes and see what's going on. Because it's a misdemeanor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, we shouldn't jump to conclusions. But then we wouldn't be a radio show if we didn't. Okay, this is what.

[Just Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share bite sized stories of missing and murdered black women and girls in America. There are several ways we can all do better at protecting black women. My contribution is shining a light on our missing sisters and amplifying their disregarded stories. Stories like Tameka Anderson. As she drove toward Galvez, she was in contact with several people talking on the phone as she made her way to what should have been a routine transaction. But Tameka never bought the car and she never returned home that day. One podcast, one mission. Save our girls. Join the search as we explore the chilling cases of missing and murdered black women and girls. Listen to Hunting for Answers every weekday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The super Secret Bestie Club podcast season four is here and we're locked in. That means more juicy cheesement, terrible love advice, evil spells to cast on your ex.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, we're not doing that this season.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, well, this season we' each episode.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Will feature a special bestie and you're not gonna want to miss it. Get in here.

[DJ Envy]

Today we have a very special guest with us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Our new super secret bestie is the diva of the people.

[DJ Envy]

The diva of the people. I'm just like texturex.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My theory is that if you need to figure out that the stove is hot, go and touch it. Go and figure it out for yourself.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, that's us. What the heck, that's us. My name is Curly and I'm Maya.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In each episode, we'll talk about love, friendship, heartbreaks, men, and of course, our favorite secrets.

[DJ Envy]

Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Microtura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Just Hilarious]

A foot washed up, a shoe with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some bones in it. They had no idea who it was. Most everything was burned up pretty good from the fire that not a whole lot was salvageable.

[DJ Envy]

These are the coldest of cold cases. But everything is about to change. Every case that is a cold case that has DNA right now in a backlog will be identified in our lifetime. A small lab in Texas is cracking the code on DNA using new scientific tools. They're finding clues in evidence so tiny you might just miss it.

[Just Hilarious]

He never thought he was going to get caught. And I just looked at my computer screen, I was just like, ah, gotcha.

[DJ Envy]

On America's Crime Lab, we'll learn about victims and survivors. And you'll meet the team behind the scenes at othram, the Houston lab that takes on the most hopeless cases to finally solve the unsolvable. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, which is content.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right. We have to suggest all angles. I mean, discuss all angles.

[DJ Envy]

And I will to your point with a lot of people who are talking about this are having the same questions y' all are so.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, well, that is the latest with Alara. Now, when we come back, we got some front page news, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's CJ Envy.

[Just Hilarious]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. What's up, Morgan?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, y'. All. Hey. So let's talk about what's happening in California. First it was Texas this week. Now next week, it looks like we'll be following what's going on in California with the Democrats moving forward with their own redistricting efforts. Now, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure on Thursday that calls for a special election aiming to redraw state maps that would most likely give Democrats five additional House seats. Newsom says Democrats will take over the US House in the 2026 midterm elections. Let's take a listen to his comments.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They fired the first shot. Texas, we wouldn't be here. And Texas not done. What they just did. Donald Trump didn't do what he just did. We got here because of his failed policies. Those are being exposed hour by hour, reinforced today by Walmart announcing they'll be raising prices because of the tax increases, because of the tariffs. Because when all things are equal, we're all playing by the same set rules. There's no question that the Republican Party will be the minority party in the House of Representatives next year.

[DJ Envy]

So the statewide vote will be held in November. California's redistricting push comes as Texas Republicans move closer to finalizing their own reworked district. Now, on the other side of the aisle, California Republicans are vowing to fight Governor Newsom's attempt at redistricting. Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher says it's wrong for any state to allow politicians to draw congressional district lines. Let's take a listen from him. The governor says they're fighting fire with fire. Well, the problem when you fight fire.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With fire is you burn it all down.

[DJ Envy]

Because if we continue down this road, other states will do the same thing. Thing.

[Just Hilarious]

And the only people who will be.

[DJ Envy]

Hurt are the people and their ability to be represented.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Something that is fundamental to our American experiment. Right.

[DJ Envy]

Let's take away the corruption from these.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Seats because we've already heard it's been reported that some may have influenced how those lines were drawn so they could run for Congress.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So California state Republicans, of course, are backing Representative Kevin Kiley's House bill that would prohibit midday mid decade redistricting nationwide. Meanwhile, in Texas, plans to redraw the congressional boundaries in Texas, which have passed the State House, are now heading towards the Senate. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to sign that bill and he's also calling for legislation to impose penalties or punishments for those legislators who are willfully absent from any legislative session. So we'll keep you guys posted on that. And in case you missed it this week, Homeland Security Secretary Christy no says the entire southern border wall will be plain painted black. Now, Noah made the announcement earlier this week, I believe Tuesday at a press briefing near El Paso and says President Trump is making good on his promise to secure the border and crack down on illegal immigration. Let's take a listen to her comments.

[Ciara]

That is specifically at the request of.

[DJ Envy]

The president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is.

[Ciara]

Painted black, it gets even warmer.

[DJ Envy]

Warmer. And it will make it even harder.

[Ciara]

For people to climb. Today we have the most secure US.

[DJ Envy]

Border that we've ever had in the history of this nation. Now, Homeland Secret Security Secretary Noam says the funds for the painting were allocated in the massive spending bill that was already passed earlier this year and that the pace of the painting is currently a little bit less than a half of a mile a day. So that's what's happening on our southern border. And I'm just going to go ahead and wrap things up because it's Friday. I mean, why not? That's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. Y' all can follow me on socials at Morgan media. And for more news coverage, follow at black information network. Download the free iHeartRadio app. Visit us@vi news.com Thank y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Thank y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Have a great night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Morgan. And listen, I want to tell everybody today is Friday. So, you know, on Friday, we do the people's donkey. If you want to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid, reach out and touch us right now. 1-800-585-1051. And we do that next hour. But right now, now, Sierra will be joining us.

[Just Hilarious]

We're gonna kick it with CC her new album comes out today, and her and Charlemagne haven't had the best, let's say, relationship in the past.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I never met Sierra before. I never met Sierra. Never had a conversation with Sierra.

[DJ Envy]

You never met her?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not that I remember. I don't know. I don't think we ever met each other. No.

[Just Hilarious]

We know she's never been on the Breakfast.

[DJ Envy]

That's why you was running your mouth like that back in the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I used to definitely slam the Sierra back in the day.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's harsh. Very harsh.

[DJ Envy]

And that's why I hope that people's donkey. All the people's donkey go to years.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You what? That was so long ago. That was a long time ago. Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

But you know, she still has trauma.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If she walks in and slaps the out me, you'll be out with him. I understand.

[Just Hilarious]

Will you sue her?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would have to. I would. I would. I would understand. But she understands business, too. She got the NFL. She got the NFL. You know what I'm saying? Come on. We can settle out of court, though. Damn it. All right, when we come back, CC.

[Just Hilarious]

Sierra will be here. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy. Jess.

[Just Hilarious]

Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well, and we got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, y'? All? Before we start, I just gotta.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My.

[Just Hilarious]

My daughter sent a message to you.

[DJ Envy]

Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was the message.

[Just Hilarious]

So the other day, my daughters were there and my youngest one sent me a text that said, I met Sierra. She spelled it S I E R A.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I was like, I don't know who that is.

[Just Hilarious]

I said, you mean the singer, dancer, Ciara?

[DJ Envy]

She was like, yes.

[Just Hilarious]

I said, go tell him that my dad knows you. So she went and you were very nice and she danced for you and everything.

[Ciara]

Oh, my God.

[Just Hilarious]

But she came back with a message. She was like, dad, Ciara said, make sure that you and Charlamagne are very nice to her when she comes on the show. And then she says, why are you and Charlamagne not nice to her?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, God.

[Just Hilarious]

And I was like, that was so long.

[DJ Envy]

Now you got problems in your household.

[Ciara]

Let me tell you, your daughter is insane. Both you have two daughters here dancing. They are incredibly and gifted.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, thank you.

[Ciara]

I'm telling you right now, like, I mean, this. I know something special when I see it. Them little girls are special. I'm telling you, it's insane. Like, my daughter Cena was there watching them and I love that she was seeing a girl that looked like her. Watching your daughters do what they were doing, and I think they hadn't been doing it for too long.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If it was salsa and they're Dominican.

[Ciara]

It'S in their blood. It's in their DNA. No, they were doing gymnastics and they had two different styles of dancing. They both showed us their shows. They were preparing for some performance.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, they for the next season. I haven't seen their dances yet because I want to see it the first time it.

[Ciara]

Oh, no, no. You got something special going on. They get busy telling you right now. So it was beautiful to see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what?

[Just Hilarious]

I love seeing it just because when I go on these dance competitions is very rarely black fathers or black kids dancing. When they get on stage and they get busy, like they practice all day long, that's all they do. And they get busy. And it's so crazy to see people saying, like, pointing at them and them winning because that's my best thing, the DJing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And this is cool.

[Just Hilarious]

But going to see them dance is, like, special.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you so much.

[Ciara]

No, I literally went home and told Russ, I said, babe, these girls because we're new to New York, so I'm trying to figure out the places where I can kids to, you know, get active and do what they love doing. And I'm like, that was so powerful to see. And especially because again, the girls look, my daughter, look. They look like my daughter and she gets to see that. So, yeah, you should be proud.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Ciara]

But don't be coming in crazy. I mean, like your daughter sitting on.

[DJ Envy]

What are you dumb?

[Ciara]

Listen, I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm really asking. I don't remember.

[Ciara]

That was a good question. Listen, you know what? When you got your energy in a certain place, you can't remember everything crazy that someone does to you or says about you. But I definitely would always remember Charlamagne along the way in my journey, coming up as an artist. But, you know, charlamagne was being Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I was on drugs.

[Just Hilarious]

That's a lie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are.

[Just Hilarious]

You was not on damn drugs.

[DJ Envy]

You was just ugly back then. And don't try to act like that. No, that was not drugs. That was you.

[Just Hilarious]

I went back down some of the pipeline and we won't say it, but I think you owe her an apology.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause you was crazy. Crazy, absolutely. You said you went down Diddy's pipeline and what happened? I didn't say. What? What did you say?

[Just Hilarious]

I didn't say nothing.

[Ciara]

Y' all look crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Diddy didn't come up.

[Just Hilarious]

I didn't say nothing about Diddy's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, I have. If I. If I did do anything that. If that really offended you and hurt you, hurt you in any way, Sierra, I do apologize, sincere, sincerely. But I really. I'm not even joking. I really don't remember everything. I only remember one thing. I. I really do.

[Ciara]

You remember one thing? What you want to say the one thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was what I used to say. Rihanna had the navy, Beyonce had the beehive, and Sierra had the crickets.

[Ciara]

Oh, my Lord.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the only thing I personally remember.

[Ciara]

That's crazy. Well, crickets are chirping loud, ain't they? Still here.

[DJ Envy]

We still here. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you feeling?

[Ciara]

I'm feeling amazing. I'm feeling. Feeling real blessed. Feeling real blessed. Feeling excited. This is release week, so it's kind of. It's crazy. I've been doing it independently, so it's a bit like I'm literally non stop. I'm like, I'm out here crying like it's the 2000s right now. So it's just. It's crazy. I really feel excited, though. I'm ready to get this project out and I'm happy to be here.

[Just Hilarious]

How was your move to New York?

[Ciara]

It's amazing. You know, it's different when you come to New York. You know, it's one thing to come as a performer, but to come here, you know, to live like it's a whole different like, feeling like it's a whole different perspective. And then also seeing New York through our kids eyes, it's really cool, you know? You know, Sienna was. We were preparing the clothes that we were packing, and Sienna had this really fancy pink outfit. And she goes, I said, cece, mama, that's a lot going on. She's like, mom, we going to New York. She ready. She like, what we doing? You know? But to be able to be here with our family, obviously football is the reason why we're here. It's exciting, you know, but it's. New York feels more calm from this perspective because I think if like, you're a visitor, like, New York is like bright lights, all this, but now it's like, okay, where, wait, how we gonna. How are we gonna survive? What are we gonna be doing? Like, how are we gonna live? Like, whole different perspective. But I love it. We love our date nights here, the food. They say you'll never have enough food in a lifetime eating in New York, so I've been loving the restaurant options. There's so many. I didn't realize how much community that has grown. The com. The communities that are creative have grown here. Like with playgrounds and stuff. There's so many playgrounds, but you only see. See that because now I have kids, so I see it differently. So I'm just excited. And everything you needed, you want to find is right here. The beauty supplies, like, everything is all here. So I'm excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I will say it's calm now until the Giants start losing.

[DJ Envy]

Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why I feel like Russell deserves, like, seriously, the Giants are going to be terrible.

[Ciara]

No, they're not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not going to be his fault.

[Ciara]

Let me tell you. No, no, no, no, no. Let me tell you right now. I love you dearly, but you cannot look at me and tell me that the team my husband's going to be on is going to be terrible. I'm just not going to allow that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah.

[Ciara]

You can feel what you want to feel, though. It's all. Listen, I understand, you know, the history that franchises, they evolve and they go through things, but we gonna speak life over here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So with Russ, I think he gonna have a great season. The Giants, though?

[Ciara]

Nah, nah.

[Just Hilarious]

Giants.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Ciara]

You can feel how you feel, but it's gonna be great.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're gonna be good. Is there a part of you that ever wants him to retire?

[Ciara]

No, I. I want for him to do it when he wants to do it, but I think he still has a great story to tell you. Know, he's been so fortunate to, to, you know, done all that he's done and, you know, defied many odds. And so I think he's still got a lot more amazing football left in him. And so I'm just excited, you know, to support him. But whenever he wants to do that, you know, it's, we're, we're, it's organized chaos in our house, you know, because his world goes, my world goes. So it's, it's like a really, like crafting of schedules to make everything like, you know, work and make sense. But we're having fun right now and I, I, I really love football too, so I enjoy it. I enjoy watching him do his thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes people say like, you know, Ciara has more headlines for her relationship than her music. Does that bother you or do you just lean into it?

[Ciara]

No, I think people are entitled to what they feel. I mean, that's up to you and what you want to feel. But I'm out here living, you know, I'm living my life and I, I mean, a part of living in front of the world is people. You're going to be open to people having opinions, but that's all right. You're entitled to, to it, you know, so I don't really worry about those things because I am doing a lot. I am a mom, I am a wife, I am an entrepreneur, I am an artist. So you're gonna say many things about me and that's all good.

[Just Hilarious]

We're still kicking it with Ciara.

[DJ Envy]

Jess, you have been outside. It's been great seeing you in these spaces where you dancing, girl. I grew up to you dancing and that's the thing. You have not aged a bit by the way. But thank you. You have really been like doing your thing when it comes to promoting Cece. Right, so let's get into you the album. Yeah. The name of it is called Cece and that's who you are.

[Ciara]

That's my nickname.

[DJ Envy]

It's personal to you, Right? So in this album we're going to be getting an inside look on.

[Ciara]

Yeah. So it's really more so just my, my token of appreciation, you know, it's been 21 years since my first album, you know, and so to be sitting here with the same passion and joy that I had as a little girl growing up, starting off my career and to still be here with opportunity and to still be, be fortunate to have some of the best fans in the world. When people see me in the streets, they'll say, hey Cece, I'd be like, hey girl. But it feels real personal when someone calls you by your nickname. And my fans have done that. And honestly, like I said, doing it independently, I would not be here if it wasn't for my fans. I would not be here if I didn't have the love and support that I've had over the years. And so it's just really a token of appreciation from me to my fans to give them this project. But also again, again, tying it back to cece, because that's what they call me. So it's real personal for me. But it really is like, it's an attitude of gratitude. Like it's not easy to, you know, to stand tall and to be still going at this rate and to have the level of support that I've had is like, it's just such a blessing, you know? So you can't listen to the Charlemagne's of the world. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Ciara]

Because if you do, then you won't, you know what I'm saying? You won't level up. Right? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So.

[Just Hilarious]

But do you like the independent route? Because everything goes on you now. It's not, I love it. No longer a label, it's no longer label pushing the record. You gotta go out there, kiss baby, shake hands, you gotta do all that.

[Ciara]

No, it's amazing. Listen, now it's a grind. Like I said, I'm grinding like it's a 2000. Like we outside, like I go from the stage to the classroom to the football field to support Russ, to be here this morning with you guys. And then I hit my son's teacher up. Talk about his Spanish, Spanish exam thing he has to do. Like it's non stop. But I love the independent route because one is nothing better than owning your masters, right? There's nothing better than ownership. Like you think about the math of what it is for us as artists. It is hard to do the traditional route for a long time. To me it's not sustainable for long term purposes. So mathematically it's definitely much better. But I love that when I have an idea I can activate on, want it when I want to, how I want to. And I may not get it right. I may swing, I may fail. But I like my batting average, you know, being able to do it my way. And I've been very fortunate that over the years, even when I was signed to majors, all my big moments, I was like, this is the moment. Like, I've always been that voice. I've always betted on myself, but now I get to reap my full benefits of when I do take that big risk and make that big bet. So I like it this way. It's like I said, it's not easy, but. But it's. It's a good feeling, though. I feel empowered, like, more than ever in my life. And also, too, you know, like, where there's sync opportunities. Like, level up is a song that keeps on giving. It's almost three times platinum. I don't know how many billion streams of that song alone. I say it's a gift that keeps on giving because I get these unique sync opportunities that just don't stop. And I don't have to go through these channels for approval. I don't have to, like, get someone's like, you know, is this okay? Is it not? It's like, no, I like it. I want to do it. Let's it do do it.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Ciara]

You know, and so it's. It's a great feeling.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I just want to remind you, too, I was on drugs and alcohol and a little bit ugly, like J said. I just want to keep stressing that.

[Ciara]

He might have sipped a little something this morning. Came in, like, hot, you know, coming in hot.

[DJ Envy]

Just to see the excitement in your face when you talk about your music. Like, you. Have you ever had a moment, right, where you're. Where somebody plays something for you? But even the making of this album, you. Right. And you were like, no.

[Ciara]

Yeah. No, we. We have those moments. But it's funny because you know how you hear artists say, like, they have hundreds of records. I don't record tons of records. I've never done that. I've always been very intentional about the songs that I've written or record for my records. So I don't have a lot of leftover records, but if I start a record I'm not feeling, I'll just lay like, nah, you know? And sometimes you do get songs where you're like, that's not for me. So, yes. Do I have those moments? But I will say, all in all, I'm lucky that I get to write on a lot of my records. So, you know, if I'm not feeling the vibes and we just gonna cut it short, you know? But yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Do you preview your music for hubby or your husband? Oh, yeah. Okay. He.

[Ciara]

He knows and sees everything. Like, even when I'm, like, in the process of thinking about stuff, the thing about Russ that I don't think people know is like, he obviously isn't. He's amazing on the field, but his creative mind is like insane. Like, he actually has really incredible ideas that he'll throw my way. And like, he's in it with me, which is so fun.

[Just Hilarious]

Russ don't seem like a dancer to me. It don't seem like.

[Ciara]

Listen, I say he dances really nicely in the pocket.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Ciara]

But he actually has a nice little groove. It was funny because the other night, him and all the QBs, he had invited the fellas to come out the QB room to come out and they were all jamming and like, Jameis was like, like, russ, I didn't know you had that in you. Like, you know. But he can sauce a little bit, you know, it's. It's cute.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Question. And this is not how I feel. So don't take no. When you hear people say he's so.

[Ciara]

Funny because he be over there waiting, like, just waiting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not to be rude.

[Ciara]

What you want to ask?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People say Russell Wilson is corny. What's your honest reaction?

[Ciara]

Oh, my gosh. That I don't. I don't have to even reply to that. Cuz, you know, like that. Why would I even respond to that? You know what I'm saying? Like, I know what I know and that's all that matters. But he's one of them. He is the most amazing human being you could know. The smartest, most intelligent black man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Ciara]

That I have ever known. You know? And when you. What you see with him is really who he is. You know? And so it's beautiful, it's different, you know, But I don't.

[Just Hilarious]

Does it bother him? Does it bother him? Because I feel like he gets it because he takes care of his wife.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we've had conversations up here. Yeah. As men saying like, I don't understand why he's be. Why he gets called a simp.

[Ciara]

Well, I think it depends on who's.

[DJ Envy]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Ciara]

Who's the man saying it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What Channing said it was.

[Ciara]

No, no, we ain't gonna call no names.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She wasn't saying names.

[Ciara]

I'm not gonna go down a specific lane because I don't wanna. I'm just saying who's the man saying it? Right. It's like someone saying a person doesn't love someone. But have you ever loved someone?

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Ciara]

Have you ever been loved? Right. So sometimes people to me speak out of pocket because they just don't know. So for me, it's versus being mad about it just like, God bless them, you know? Like, you know, God bless them.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Ciara]

You know what I'm saying? Like, so.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, because it's obviously something that they're lacking.

[Ciara]

It's just, you know, every again, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but it's like, you don't. We don't have to live. I don't have to live my life to prove anything to anybody. Right. And so I think, you know, sometimes too, people have a perspective just because of how they see them life. And that just may be their way. But you know, to me, too bad for them if they want to live life a certain way and love people a certain way.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Ciara]

Too bad for them wants to come out of you.

[Just Hilarious]

Like one time, like the Atlanta just say, yo, suck my from the back like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, that's New York in Atlanta, that's a good time.

[Ciara]

Listen. Oh, my gosh, you are silly. Let me tell you. Do I want to say stuff sometimes? Absolutely. But is it worth it? No. What Michelle say, when they go low, we go. Yeah. But is it really worth the breath like, you think? I think about how many people I've seen come and I've seen go when I leave it there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So. So you're telling me Sierra got a prayer, but she don't got a curse?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Curse somebody out.

[Ciara]

Like, dude, she don't gotta curse.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Ciara]

But will she curse? Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Ciara]

You know, pull up on me a certain way, I might pop out. But no, no, no, no, no. Honestly, I don't know, man.

[DJ Envy]

I'm.

[Ciara]

I. I don't know. I just. Or how I'm trying to live my life. It doesn't have space for, like, a negativity. It just doesn't. Like, you cannot. Like, if you're trying to go to a certain height, that stuff is, like, down there. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's like wisdom has showed me, like, you ain't gotta respond. People respond for you. Like, just watch those that have things to say about you. Just watch it. Like, they'll respond for you.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Ciara]

They'll do it to themselves. You know what I'm saying?

[Just Hilarious]

We're still kicking it with Sierra Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna say, I saw that a lot, people responding for you and taking up for you guys. When people were having a debate about Russ being a stepdad or not, like, early on, and people were like, why is that an issue? Like, why. Why is their family unit an issue for you? A lot of people had that conversation. Yeah. And you stay quiet the whole Time you handle that. Yeah.

[Ciara]

You ain't got to talk about that. There's beauty in love. It all comes back to love. I think people, when they talk about that type of stuff, they forget about what matters the most in the situation. It's the child, right? It's not about the adult conversation of it all. Is the child being loved how they should be loved? That's all that matters. Obviously. I know, like, the beauty in a blended family, right? There's no greater feeling than my kids all feeling together and waking up and feeling love. The same. Same. That is a blessing, you know, so. And I think that every child deserves to feel, you know, that kind of love that I get to see my kids have, you know? And so, you know, I think when things are new to people, it just creates great conversation. But sometimes conversation is great, you know, because sometimes conversation also opens up things for people to really talk about. Things that they probably wouldn't talk about, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Ciara]

You know, maybe like I said at my time when I was a single mom, mom, I think a lot of women were able to see my journey to be able to be like, you know, just me finding my way as a woman, right? And I thank God that he's blessed me with this special love that I have. But I think there's like, again, it goes back to, like, why do I have this platform, right? It's like, if I can inspire someone in any kind of way, like, that to me, is success, right? And so I think oftentimes you don't know what that's like until you're in that position, right? And you're like, oh, this is my life. Like, okay, let me figure this out. But I mean, it's a gift when, you know, I think women can know, like, life doesn't stop at a situation for you, right? You know, life can evolve and grow how you want it to. And as it relates to families and men, right? There's a difference between boys and men, okay? And to me, men love a certain way. They. They have a certain standard of how they love and choose to love and do things, you know? And I feel blessed that when I look at my husband. Husband. That standard is like. It's top tier, right? It's like my dad's love, right? That's the truest love I've known from a man, you know? And so to see that is such a blessing. But I love that my kids, when they look up at each other and, you know, future al. Him. Him and Amora are like our baby girl. Like, he's the sweetest with her, Sienna. And when. Just how. When and how they all interact with each other is love. That's all that matters, right? So conversation is good, though sometimes it opens up things, and hopefully it helps others.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would like you to say that is the most perfect ponytail I've ever.

[DJ Envy]

Seen in my life.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, Dr. Strange cape, you know, Dr. Strange cape moves with him.

[Ciara]

No, I'm saying, like, Dr. Strange cape. What is that? Dr. Strange. What is that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Marv. Had a life of its own. So it's like certain times when you.

[Ciara]

Talk, it's in its own words.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, it's. It's moving with your emotions.

[DJ Envy]

It's not stiff. That means.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It'S unbelievable. You said something earlier that made me think about something. Do you think black women in entertainment are allowed to evolve gracefully, or do we only celebrate them when they're, like, young and messy?

[Ciara]

No, man. I think. Do I think people like when people are sad? Yeah. But I think about, like, you know, women that are rocking it, like, think, you know, people do celebrate you. You know, I think as a community, though, you know, just outside of artistry, I do think that the more we can support each other, the better we will be. And I think historically, because of what we've been through, like, historically, as a culture, as a race, you're conditioned to go, my, my, my. You're conditioned to, like, you don't want to share so much. And what I've noticed in my communities of freedom, friends, sometimes that don't look like me, they will call me and be like, hey, Sierra, do you need help with da da, da da. How can I help you? Right? That's a very common question I get asked, you know, and I feel blessed to have the friends that I do. And it makes me want to do that for people that look like me, because we need that. Like, it's a real thing. Like, think about just, like, why we always be fighting crazy in our community. Like, we have more fights, I think, you know, and again, I could be wrong. But just the culture of us, like, we got. We got that rah rah. It's just in us. And I think there's something about history that's predispositioned us that way, where it's like, how do we evolve, like, together, like, how do we eat together? Right? Like, it's a real thing. Like, my. I feel very blessed to have the friend circles that I do. And, like, you know, it's like Jewish community, like, the way that they, like, rock with each other. Is crazy, amazing, amazing. Like, the Latino communities, like, the way they rock is, like, beautiful. Like, by the way, I'm Lexican. Like, I'm learning my Spanish. So I say I'm like, black and Mexican. Yeah. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

My daughter is black skinned. It's her birthday. Yeah.

[Ciara]

Come on. Okay. It's all right.

[DJ Envy]

It's all right.

[Ciara]

Hola. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

A foot washed up, a shoe with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some bones in it. They had no idea who it was. Most everything was burned up pretty good from the fire that not a whole lot was salvageable.

[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

He never thought he was going to get caught. And I just looked at my computer screen. I was just like, ah, God.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, we're not doing that this season.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, well, this season we're leveling up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Each episode will feature a special bestie, and you're not gonna wanna miss it. Get in here.

[DJ Envy]

Today we have a very special guest with us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Our new super secret bestie is the diva of the people.

[DJ Envy]

The diva of the people. I'm just like texturex.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My theory is that if you need to figure out that the stove is hot, go and touch it. Go and figure it out for yourself. Okay, that's us.

[DJ Envy]

What the heck? That's us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My name is Curly.

[Ciara]

And I'm Maya.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In each episode, we'll talk about love, friendship, heartbreaks, men, and of course, our favorite secrets.

[DJ Envy]

Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Microtura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Ciara]

Oh, no, no, no, don't. Charlemagne is muy loca.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We loco.

[Ciara]

Ccc. No, no, but you think about that love, right? Let's lift each other up, like, in our big moments. Like, let's celebrate. Like, celebrate each other. Let's not even, like, don't worry about. You know, I think sometimes you can get, like, a little distracted if you don't feel like things are moving at the pace you want them to. But it's like, celebrate the next one. Like your time's gonna come. The more we can do that together, the more we.

[DJ Envy]

I want to know what the conversation was with you and Rihanna when y' all patched it up. Oh, so what did that look like?

[Ciara]

I would say patch it up. Like, it wasn't like a patch up conversation, but, you know, we actually saw each other at the Met gala, and it was her asap. Me and Russ, and we were all just chatting it up and, you know, talking about kids and mo kids and just like normal, you know, just like girls would do so that was really sweet, you know, it was. It was the best energy, you know, And Cece got love for Riri.

[Just Hilarious]

So you didn't even bring up the old stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You didn't even bring up.

[Ciara]

No, because you're like, yeah, it's like babies.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Ciara]

You know, she sent me this really sweet message, like, a while ago before we saw each other, and she was like saying, I'm so proud of you, you know, And I thought that was so, so sweet, you know, for her to say that. And I really respect her. Like, I admire what she's doing and what she's done. Like, I remember meeting us meeting each other for the first time, you know, as babies. And, you know, I started a little bit before her, but to see how she's, like, leveled up and, like, built her empire, like, to do that in our industry is not easy. And she's, you know, putting on for Barbados, as she would say, in such a big way. And I think us women were just like, you know, we're women, you know, and like, bones, like, you know, so it's all that kind of energy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but that dumb thugging on Twitter used to be fun to watch.

[Ciara]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember when I got punched in the back of the head and Sierra had a field day. I remember that because I was laughing because I'm like, you know what? I deserve it. And she was like, I bet you them Adidas you ain't using Medidas that day.

[Ciara]

Listen, you gotta get Charlemagne with something, cuz this man right here was.

[DJ Envy]

You was getting high and ugly back then.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was definitely getting high back then.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, Definitely ugly.

[Ciara]

Okay, yeah, yeah, no, listen. You got it. Listen. The Charlemagne of the world, I tell you, you don't forget them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I do, though.

[Ciara]

You don't forget them. And you be like, just let some. If something. Not let some. But if something happen, you be ready to be like, hey.

[DJ Envy]

And crickets now.

[Ciara]

Yeah, wooden crickets, actually, I see the cricket and they ain't saying nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is my last question. If. If you script away all the titles, you know, superstar, wife, mom. Who is Sierra at her core today?

[Ciara]

She a bow.

[DJ Envy]

Love that.

[Ciara]

Yeah, no, she a boss. No, I mean, I say a woman of ambition on a mission, always. This was my jam am. She's trying to figure it all out, you know, just trying to grind every day, figure it out. She's a woman. I'm a woman that loves to serve. I love to give and I love to live.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, let's get into a Joint off the album. What you want to hear?

[Ciara]

Let's go. Okay. We gonna play this song that I'm excited about. I told y' all, the video is out today and it's my song, Dance With Me featuring my boy Tyga. Hey, and check it out right now.

[Just Hilarious]

Ladies and gentlemen, next time you see my daughter, tell her we was nice.

[Ciara]

Oh, my gosh. I'mma tell her because she was on me. She's so cute. She said, I think you know my dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I said.

[Ciara]

She said, DJ Ambie. I was like, yeah, I know your dad. I was like, oh, my gosh. And they showed. I was like, that might not be your dad.

[Just Hilarious]

I definitely can't dance like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I definitely can't dance like.

[DJ Envy]

I definitely can't dance like.

[Ciara]

No, I'm messing with him. I'm messing with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They look black. That can't be in.

[Just Hilarious]

Pick up the new album CC out today, Sierra is the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Yes. Morning, everybody.

[Just Hilarious]

It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne, the guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We are the Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody. Details.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[DJ Envy]

So yesterday, Hernandez Govin, who prosecutors are calling the mastermind behind Young Dolph's murder, was found not guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder. The murder. A jury deliberated for a little under three hours, and then Govind was let free to go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why? What? Why? What was your reason?

[DJ Envy]

So they basically looked at the communications that were submitted by the government, which were like text messages and phone calls because. And said that there wasn't any evidence there that linked Govind to being the person that set this whole thing up. Offered to pay the money after they took the alleged money that was on the streets to kill anybody from Paper Rock Entertainment. Basically, they're saying that the government didn't do a good job of proving that case. Echo. So, yeah, so they're saying they didn't prove the case. What they were alleging was that Govin was the person who actually heard about the. The hit from their legend. It was from Juke, who is Yogatti's older brother that passed away and that he then called these two younger guys, Cornelius and Justin Johnson, and said, look, if y' all do the hit on anybody from Paper Rock Entertainment, I'll split the money with y' all a certain way. And then according to Justin. I'm not Justin. But according to Cornelius, who was actually, like, the star, like, testifier or testifier, witness and case, he says that Govin actually was the person that even put him onto this. He said he didn't know that there was a hit. He said that he didn't know anything about this and that he had never spoken to anybody outside of this besides Govind. But they're saying that he didn't prove the case. Govind's attorneys are saying that all that was a lie and that Justin. I'm not Justin. But Cornelius is just a person that is testifying because he wants to. He wants to go home. He wants to get lesser charges as well, and that originally he had claimed that he had spoken to Duke to get the money and to do this whole thing. But to answer your question, they're just saying that they didn't do a good job proving their case.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'll tell you what. If I was that guy, I wouldn't stay in Memphis.

[Just Hilarious]

That's what he said yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because even though a court of law found him, you know, not guilty, if the streets think he guilty, you know the street's gonna do what they do. I wouldn't stay in Memphis if I was him.

[DJ Envy]

Well, he.

[Just Hilarious]

First thing he said.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Hernandez Govin, after court, and his attorneys spoke to press about that. They spoke to ABC 24, Memphis. That's. Take a listen.

[Just Hilarious]

This is what your justice is in Memphis. So if you're black and poor, you got a problem. Mr. Govan, how do you feel?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You have this stress taken off your shoulders. Yeah. Have my life back. What is the first thing you plan to do? Go hug my son. Mr. Govain, you haven't smiled all this week, but obviously you have a lot to smile about.

[Just Hilarious]

Just tell me just about what you're.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Feeling in right now.

[DJ Envy]

It's kind of hard to explain the.

[Just Hilarious]

Feeling of getting your life back.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just blessed, and I'm just ready to go see my son. What was going through your head when you were waiting for the verdict this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nervousness. But I got a team around me.

[Just Hilarious]

That was very confident and supportive. So without them, it wouldn't be no me. I just want to thank again. Manny, Robert, Haley, Beth Handel, you heard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your attorney say, if you're black and.

[Just Hilarious]

Poor in Memphis, this is what happens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What would be your words of advice?

[Just Hilarious]

Leave Memphis.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. Do you plan on leaving Memphis, sir?

[Just Hilarious]

Of course I Think his lawyer did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It for Pro Bongo.

[Just Hilarious]

His lawyer did it for free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

I thought I read that, too.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, I saw that. Yes. Because he didn't have a lot of resources. And they felt like. The attorney said, because sat in jail for, I believe it was nine months. And the attorney said that they felt like the jury felt empathy for him because he didn't have resources. And the media. Because of the heightened media around this case, they felt that the jury looked at it and said, you have this person with no resources that there isn't really strong evidence against, so we're gonna let him walk. And because the jury came back so fast, they feel like, you know, they did their job, like they did exactly what they needed to do.

[Just Hilarious]

Did you speak to Doll's wife? Because I know y' all are close.

[DJ Envy]

I. I just hit her up and said, you know, I saw everything, and just sending you some love. But she hasn't responded. I didn't expect her to. One of the reports I read said that his family that was in court was, of course, devastated. I'm sure. And I saw yesterday Key Glock had posted but then deleted, like, on. On X. My City Failed Me. He deleted it, though, not too long after that. So, I mean, as you can imagine, like, this is not something everybody involved need to be held accountable. Like, everybody need to be in jail. Like, it's. It's crazy. Yeah. One of the shooters is in jail, and Cornelius testified against him as well. And then Cornelius is also facing the time in jail that he will do as well. So. Yeah, everybody. Yeah. Yeah. But in other news, going back to some music news, so Offset has finally dropped Kiari. And there I've been listening to the project. I think I'm, like, four. Four songs short of listening the whole album, but it's good. People are saying that this is, like, one of his best releases. So he's released a couple different songs, but he has a. A song called Never Let Go, which is a tribute to Offset. And he has Move on, which he talked about. We talked about. Up here is a. I'm sorry. It's a tribute to. Take off. Yes. And then he has.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're confusing your black men all week. I just want you to know that.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She definitely thought Life Tenants was in you.

[DJ Envy]

I'm gonna stay focused. I am staying focused. You know what? And then. And then he has Move on, which is a song about closing the chapter with Cardi. So let's take a listen. He also dropped the video to Never Let Go, and it's a fire like the visual is. It's a great visual, even though it's a very sad song. Let's take a listen to Never Let Go, the tribute to Take Off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's John Legend, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it's featuring John Legend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

John Legend got the eulogy voice, boy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And the setup of the visual. John Legend is there. He's playing the piano. It's. You see, Offset, he's going through the motions of all, you know, just feeling the song and feeling the emotions that he's been living with for this time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I haven't listened to the album yet, you know, because albums be coming out at midnight. I'm an old man. I'll be sleep, you know, I don't want to hear all that hippity hop in the morning.

[Just Hilarious]

I just listen on the way in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I.

[DJ Envy]

Right, Jess? You heard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'mma listen to it this. This afternoon, y'. All.

[DJ Envy]

I think y' all gonna like it. I think he has a mixture of, like, you know, something for us. Then. He got some vibes on there for, you know, he got some real rap on there as well, too. But he did another song that I mentioned and we talked about here. Jess, I know you talked about this move on, which is him closing the chapter with Cardi B.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, so Offset got personal on this album.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He said, you got your get back. I got my get back. But it's 50 to 2. Yeah. 50 to 2. Who up? Yeah, I know.

[DJ Envy]

Who winning the game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who. Who winning the series. 50 to 2 is crazy.

[DJ Envy]

It was his new girl, don't need a lace. You heard that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Long hair.

[DJ Envy]

Don't need no lace. Cardi got long hair, too, and don't need a lace. But I'm like, yo, I caught that line, though. That line was a line you just stuck on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

50 to 2. 50 to 2. That's all you stuck on. You been supposed to tap out, man. Give me the controller back, man. Let the controller out. The play station. 50 to 2.

[DJ Envy]

No, the. The album is. I don't know. It wasn't really clear in the song.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to listen to Offset soon as I get in the.

[DJ Envy]

Please do.

[Just Hilarious]

Yo, you are messy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, why? I want to hear more context to the song.

[DJ Envy]

I don't want to hear. I want to hear all that hippity happening now. As soon as I get listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said I don't want to hear all that hip hop, hippity hip hop first thing in the morning when I wake up. When I wake up and set my intentions and Say my prayers and all of that. I need to.

[DJ Envy]

You know I feel you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I do.

[DJ Envy]

That is a walking contradiction. Because you get so mad. Because we play songs like Residuals and Snooze and Holy Blindfold and all that, but now you don't want to hear.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When we first get up.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, all right.

[DJ Envy]

I gotta say something before we wrap. All right, so today, posting to the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. The podcast will be my hundredth episode.

[Just Hilarious]

Congratulations, LL Cool.

[DJ Envy]

I had to bring my cue cards, make sure I got everything right. So 100th episode, we are at 5 million downloads, and in this hundred. Nice. Oh, some people won't hear me, huh? Oh, because you act like you don't. So in this hundredth episode, we. Exactly. We have. We have a recap of my favorite moments, including an interview that I did with Golden Brooks Maya from Girlfriends. It's audio only. You can't watch this. You have to go listen. So go and download if you have not already. The latest with Lauren laros of the podcast. Come and flashback to the journey with me because it has been a journey. Journey. But yes, my low riders are here with me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations, money.

[DJ Envy]

Get out my congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, money. And listen to brilliant idiots. This week, Lauren LaRosa is on Brilliant Idiots. And Lauren LaRosa, for whatever reason, decided to tell y' all about the other video I got. I never said anything about. I've never said anything about the other video. I got two videos of Laura Rosa. I never said anything. She was under pressure for some reason and just decided to tell everybody what I was doing.

[DJ Envy]

I was under pressure. I was just happy and talking about my man and. And, yeah, we gonna talk about. Say his name.

[Just Hilarious]

Say his name for what?

[DJ Envy]

We gotta wrap up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We gotta wrap up.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, let's go. Donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne opens up the line.

[Just Hilarious]

Fridays, 800-585-1051. If you want to give somebody donkey.

[DJ Envy]

Today, call us up right now.

[Just Hilarious]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. It's your time to nominate a donkey of your own. Remember now, that is how they choo. Call in now.

[Just Hilarious]

800-5851-051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donkey of the Day for Friday, August 22nd is the People's donkey. This is where we allow people to call in and give folks the credit they deserve for being stupid. Whoever you want to give the biggest he haw to, you can do that right now. So good morning. Who do you want to give donkey today, too?

[DJ Envy]

I want to Give it either to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne or Dr. What did I do? Okay, you turn your. What you did.

[Just Hilarious]

Turn your radio down first, Mama. Then go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, Alexa, stop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, okay.

[DJ Envy]

What you did is Dr. Umar went and now is trying to get women to date him for 500.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For $500. You know, with. With Umar.

[DJ Envy]

And you never even talked about a chalamet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know why? Because when I first saw the video, I thought it was AI. I didn't know. No, it's real. Okay, I see that. What y' all want me to do, though?

[DJ Envy]

Don't talk about it. You never talked about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you know why? Because Dr. Umar is supposed to be on Breakfast Club soon, so, you know, I kind of wanted to talk about it with him.

[DJ Envy]

He also.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Last Sunday, I saw. I saw that. I see that he. The school might be going up for auction because he's behind on some bills and some stuff like that. I mean, there's a lot. There's a lot to talk to Dr. Um, Umar about. But if you ask my opinion, I've already said it. I don't think Dr. Umar was scamming anybody. I just think Dr. Umar, you know, wasn't on top of his business. And I think that sometimes when you're taking on the task of opening up something like, you know, your own school, you know, it takes a village to do something like that. A lot of money and a lot of money, and I don't know if he actually, you know, had. Had. Had that. That. That village around him, you know? Yeah. What's wrong? I said you didn't talk about. You didn't talk about the subject. That's what got me. I'm, like, talking about it now. Now you are, but only because I said something. No, I talked about it on my podcast, the Brilliant Idiots, a couple weeks ago, actually.

[DJ Envy]

I wanted you to give him donkey for charging women $500 to date him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't have a problem with that. Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, have a good one, mama.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You selling roller coaster glasses?

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you mean?

[DJ Envy]

Stop. I don't have other glasses. I sell Messy Visions. And you can get them for 20 off if you use the promo code W, a K, E. These are the ones I just had on, y'.

[Just Hilarious]

All.

[DJ Envy]

These are called the Novas. They are for the LGBTs and the street people. You know, Just not trying to exclude anybody. But these are super dope, okay? Rainbow colors with an extra 20 off if you use the promo code. Wake.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Who's this? Timothy out of Fort Lauderdale. Timothy out of Fort Lauderdale. You want to get a Biggie? Hall Two, sir. I want to get a big he honker to all the females in Fort Lauderdale. All of them? All of them. Damn. So what, you switching sides? You gonna be strictly busty now? Hell no. Female nowadays, they don't know how to be independent. They feel like they need a man for money. You do not need no man for money. Get your own hustle on whatever a man do for you, that's just a bonus. Amen. Okay. Well, thank you for calling, brother. Yep. Now, that's the first time I've heard. I don't think I ever heard a man tell a woman to be independent. He usually want to depend on.

[DJ Envy]

He's sick of them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like. Good morning. Who's this? Hey, yo, this is D from Ladson, South Carolina. Ladson, South Carolina. Top five representative 843. What's happening? Who you want to get a biggest he haw to, man? I need whoever ain't listening to that new Jid album to get the biggest donkey that go shit so crazy. That new Jid is tough, man. Real tough. Super tough. Whoever ain't listening to it, whoever ain't streaming, whoever ain't give it a shot. They need Donkey. Donkey of the week. Yeah, it's called God Does Like Ugly. You know what I mean? God does like ugly. Yo, I got that on Spotify right now. J album is dope. He got a big. He got a big single to me, the Joint with Irv Gang and Skate, he got another good record. What's the. What's the word with Justin? Justin Justine or what's her name? Just Jesse Race. Jesse Ray is on. Yeah, that was the one with clipped on it. Super tough, you know. Salute to. Salute to Jid's team, man. He got a good team, you know, his management, Barry and everything else. You know, he's just. He's just one of these guys that's on a label that sucks because these labels don't know how to promote artists anymore. That's just the truth of the matter. I was looking at his numbers. I think he did like. Let me see. I think he did like 30 something. Thousand. You know, it's like, yo, fill somebody up to break.

[DJ Envy]

Break him down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, Jed is dope. It ain't his fault.

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm talking about the label. Yeah, you be in these labels because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The label, I mean, they didn't do a good job with Jizz Album at all. Like, Skate should be all over the radio. And Song with Jesse Reed should be all over the radio. You know, and I don't know, you know, as far as, like, the promo and the marketing, I just feel like they should be doing more for these artists. Man, this is a great album that James got. God don't like ugly. Who's he signed to anyway? I forgot. I can't remember. It ain't Dreamville. I know it's Dreamville, but who's the major label?

[Just Hilarious]

I'm not sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, Interscope. Interscope. Y' all suck. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

How are you? This is Ebony.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Ebony, how are you doing? I'm doing fine.

[DJ Envy]

How are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am blessed, black, and highly favorite. Who you want to get the biggest? He haw to. I actually want to give the biggest.

[DJ Envy]

He has to. I want to give the biggest heat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just hilarious. Yes, that's hilarious. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Hi, Jeff, Are you listening? What's up? Yes, I'm, I, I seen a recent comment on Instagram that you actually made Twitter towards a big girl that I didn't really, like, agree upon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was that about, Jess, what you said about the big girl?

[DJ Envy]

She was a content creator, and I thought she was a content creator being funny. You know, she did the Chris Brown it depends challenge, and she was outside of a Wendy's or Burger King or one of them fast food restaurants, and she was doing it, so I assumed that she was a comedian. And the comment, I said, you know how he starts off the verse, you know you bad as hell. I said, I know the song ain't say you fat as hell, you know, and, you know, she, she chose to put my comment over top of a video of her working out. Like, I posted on that because she's on a weight loss journey, you know, I didn't know that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So why are you.

[DJ Envy]

You're not really a donkey, J. But, you know, I, I just, I, I expect better out of you, you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You expect better out of a comedian?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know how people do that, but I, I definitely understand. I appreciate the concern for the big squad and I, I, I apologize to her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, guys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are you a big girl? Are you a big girl? Yes.

[DJ Envy]

No, I ain't no big girl. I know she not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, all right, well, thank you for calling. You can't even go get a 20 piece saucy nugget combo in peace nowadays without just hilarious coming through. Making goddamn jokes. All she want is a little baconator. You don't say nothing to people in here that eat all the bacon.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen.

[DJ Envy]

Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How much?

[DJ Envy]

Yo, I made a Video apologizing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I seen it.

[Just Hilarious]

I thought it was a joke video. So I didn't even listen to it because you apologize.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody, nobody took me serious. Well, I actually went jumped in her DM and I apologized to her first and, and she wasn't trying head and cuz she thought I was apologizing because I was being canceled. I'm like, y' all get canceled every week. That's nothing. I don't even apologize to people. So if Jess hilarious is in your DM talking about she's sorry, you better believe it cuz then it going to happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what's so crazy? I saw every single one of those videos and did not make a connection. Like I, I, because I, I didn't, I didn't get to watch Jeff's video. I just saw everybody saying the laughing emoji, saying Jeff, Jess was clowning the big girl. But I saw the other video of the girl going into Wendy's and I saw the video of the girl boxing. But she, she had a bunch of comments of people.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, when people make fun of her or negative comments, she posts them over top of a video of her working out. And she like she lost like a lot of pounds and she, you know, she gonna lose a lot more. But I, I didn't know that she was, was that she was on a weight loss journey like taking it serious. I thought, you know, listen, when you are big or you know, ugly or skinny or whatever, you know what I'm saying? And you put content out there and, and you're doing it in a funny comedic way, you gotta expect things like that. You know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But yeah, I saw her going, I saw her dancing in the Wendy's. I thought she was making fun of herself.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I thought. So I chimed in like oh, my turn. And Shane like that.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, listen, if you really want to apologize, we got some VIP passes. The Golden Corral here in the Bronx. No, we do, we do. We got them right here. Let me hold it. NVC so people don't think I'm joking. Salute to go to Corral. That's my favorite buffet place. We got the freaking look at right here. We got it for you right here. BRVIP Guest the only one for everyone. Free buffet and beverage. What's, what's the, what's the young lady name until December?

[DJ Envy]

Her name is Jay Savage with three. With four E's on Instagram.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jay Savage with four. Four E's and seven L's. We have here. Okay. A Brbip Guest. Free buffet and beverage card for you.

[Just Hilarious]

They got healthy stuff at Golden Corral, too, so they'll just think it's.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, but it's a buffet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're gonna mail it to you. Tell Jay Savage, hit us up. We're going. We're gonna mail it.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, that's your donkey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it is.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, when we come back, Kim will be joining us. Army singing Kim. And we're gonna talk to him next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy.

[Just Hilarious]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lon LaRosa is here with us as well. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[Just Hilarious]

His new single comes out this Friday. Give my love, ladies and gentlemen. Cam.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome.

[Just Hilarious]

What's happening?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you feeling, brother?

[Just Hilarious]

I'm good. I'm good. How's everybody?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bless Black and highly favorite, sir. Man, you are a legend. You know how many people love you, man.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, he said yes. I say that with gratitude, though, right? It's gratitude, man. It's gratitude to be. To be doing what I do for a living for over two decades, and I don't feel like I'm done yet. That's really, really a blessing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why do you think you have the connection with the audience that you do? Is it because you bear your soul? Is it because you're so vulnerable? Is it because they can maybe see some of their struggles and struggles you've been open about?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I think it's the vulnerability. I think it's the authenticity. And, you know, and I'm making music in the tradition of, you know, Luther and Marvin and all that great music that we grew up with. The Isley Brothers and Patty, you know what I'm saying? I'm holding. I'm trying to keep the light on for what I feel is good R and B. And I think people appreciate that. But you're independent now, so you're paying for everything. So how does that feel, that part of the business feel? Well, it's incredible. I started as an independent, though, right? My first album, Chemistry, I released on my own label, Chemistry Records. We sold that when we. You know, I was selling CDs literally out of my. Out of my trunk, 17,000 units on my own. So I'm just returning to. I've come home. You know, it's a full circle moment. 23 good years @ Motown. You know, Motown was good to me, and I was definitely good to Motown. You know, Kept the lights on. Yeah, we kept you Know, we kept it pushing, but in this season of my life, you know, as a husband and a father, we got a lot of kids, a lot going on, and I'm thinking, thinking about my legacy and how I want to move forward. More equity, more autonomy, you know, so I, I feel real good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would think majority of your money was probably made touring though, right?

[Just Hilarious]

Touring, yeah. Yeah. Touring is definitely the gift that keeps on giving as well as publishing, you know. Publishing, Right. Because I write most of, I write most of my stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you've been very open about things like, you know, homelessness and addiction before finding, like, you know, your breakthrough. How did those struggles shape you as a, as a artist and a man?

[Just Hilarious]

Look, coming through the other side of my darkness is really the foundation that, that's got me sitting here with y'. All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

You know what I'm saying? My testimony is, is everything, you know, and the music is infused with it. And I just, I don't just look at what I'm doing as, as an entertainer, you know, I'm in, I'm in the business, you know, and I'm in the game. But I also look at it as, as, as ministry in a way. You know what I'm saying? People who are going through, you know, hopefully I, I say something that, that, that resonates with them, that helps them, helps pull them through the other side of their darkness too. What made you give it up? What was that, that final thing that says, I'm going to give this up and I'm a change when you talk.

[DJ Envy]

I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share bite sized stories of missing and murdered black women and girls. And in America, there are several ways we can all do better at protecting black women. My contribution is shining a light on our missing sisters and amplifying their disregarded stories. Stories like Tameka Anderson. As she drove toward Galvez, she was in contact with several people talking on the phone as she made her way to what should have been a routine transaction. But Tameka never bought the car, and she never returned home that day. One podcast, one mission. Save our girls. Join the search as we explore the chilling cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls. Listen to Hunting for Answers every weekday on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, sis, what if I could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance bro tell you how to manage your money again? Welcome to Ambition this is the hard part. When you pay down those credit cards. If you haven't gotten to the bottom of why you were racking up credit or turning to credit cards, you may just recreate the same problem. A year from now when you do feel like you are bleeding from these high interest rates, I would start shopping for a debt consolidation loan starting with your local credit union. Shopping around online looking for some online lenders because they tend to have fewer fees and be more affordable. List Listen, I am not here to judge. It is so expensive in these streets I 100% can see how in just a few months you can have this much credit card debt. When it weighs on you, it's really easy to just like stick your head in the sand.

[Ciara]

It's nice and dark in the sand.

[DJ Envy]

Even if it's scary, it's not going to go away just because you're avoiding it. And in fact, it may get even worse. For more judgment free money advice, listen to Brown ambition on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your your podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York state number and we own you. Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps.

[Just Hilarious]

Are short term, highly regimented correctional police.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Programs that mimic military basic training. These programs aim to provide a shock of prison life emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was overwhelming and you don't know who's next to you and we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells. Listen to shock incarceration on the iHeartRadio.

[Just Hilarious]

App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. A foot washed up, a shoe with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some bones in it. They had no idea who it was. Most everything was burned up pretty good from the fire that not a whole lot was salvageable.

[DJ Envy]

These are the coldest of cold cases, but everything is about to change. Every case that is a cold case that has DNA right now in a backlog will be identified in our lifetime. A small lab in Texas is cracking the code on DNA using new scientific tools. They're finding clues in evidence so tiny you might just miss it.

[Just Hilarious]

He never thought he was going to get caught and I just looked at my computer screen, I was just like.

[DJ Envy]

Ah, gotcha On America's Crime Lab, we'll learn about victims and survivors, and you'll meet the team behind the scenes at othram, the Houston lab that takes on the the most hopeless cases to finally solve the unsolvable. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Mother.

[Just Hilarious]

Drugs and alcohol. You know, I know it sounds. It sounds trite, and people say it all the time. It's a cliche, you know, but it's like you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. Sick and tired, man. You know, I got sober when I was 23 years old and in and out of jail, hospitalized because of my addiction, estranged from my family, you know, couldn't go home, sleeping outside. You know, my friends were people that my contemporaries were. You know, they were in school, they were in college, they were starting their careers. Saturday night, they're out on dates, they're doing their thing, you know, and I'm eating out of trash cans, you know what I'm saying? And I'm, you know, when people think my story is one of rags to riches, but it's really the story of the prodigal son, you know what I'm saying? My parents, you know, two cars. I mean, you know, wanted to send me to school and like, all of that, you know, but, yeah, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I. And I gave up on my idea of how to change it myself. Right. There's an adage I love that says, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. You know, when I gave up, when I surrendered, you know, God brought some people into my life who showed me how to. How to live a better way, and I've been doing it ever since.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you don't mind me asking, how did the addiction start? Was it recreational or.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, it started recreationally, right. You know, man, the first time I had a drink, man, it was like, you know, I was. You know, I think to some degree, we all have some degree of dysfunction in our homes. And I just. I didn't have. I didn't have any coping skills, right? And my parents, you know, God bless them, they did the best they could. We were, you know, we didn't talk about anything in our house. You know, we didn't. There was anxiety. And what I know now is, is childhood depression and adhd. We didn't have them labels, you know, everybody. We all depressed. Just get up and put your head down and plow through it. So all of those things so by the time I found alcohol and drugs, dude, it was like a light went on, you know what I'm saying? It was a place of. You know, I thought that it was a place of refuge, you know, I was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was.

[Just Hilarious]

I was free to be me, you know, I was the life of the party, you know, until. Until I wasn't, you know, so my upbringing was. It was. It laid the foundation to seek something outside of myself to medicate, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As soon as you walked in, Jessilaris offered you a mimosa.

[DJ Envy]

Shut up.

[Just Hilarious]

No, it's all good. Now, you mentioned your parents, you know, so I'm sure your parents had to kick you out to get to. For you to get to where you need to be. Best thing that ever happened to me was my mother throwing me out of the house. Break that down. Because a lot of parents won't do that because they feel like that's their son. They don't want to, but I feel like sometimes you have to. You have to. Yeah, she had to. It was the best thing that ever happened to me, you know, and when we do that. And I'm saying that as a father, and I don't know that I'd have the courage to do that, you know what I'm saying? Even having had the experience, but, you know, and. Because there's a risk, and when we show that type of tough love to someone, there's a risk that they won't make it, you know what I'm saying? But there's also a risk that they'll die in their darkness. So I'm glad that my mother made that choice. What was your relationship after today? It's all good, right? It's all love, you know, it was necessary. My mom's in recovery, too. You know, I hope the whole. The whole dynamic in our house, you know, shifted, you know, and. And we were able. We did a lot of great. A lot of good work to get to. To a good place. And we lost my. My. My father last fall. But, you know, we're all. All. All in a good place, man, and I'm grateful for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Were you a generational curse breaker?

[Just Hilarious]

Um, I would say, as far as addiction is concerned, my. As. As far as addiction is concerned, my mother. My mother got sober first, you know, and I. And I. And I have. I have continued. I have continued the. I like that. I'm gonna take that with me. I have continued the curse breaking, you know, and. And hopefully my children will. Will. Will carry it forward.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I heard you say that. You know, y' all didn't talk about things in your house when you were younger, before your father's passing. Leading up to that, did you guys get to have those conversations? Did you say, you know, we didn't talk? Because we didn't talk about anything? Can we talk about it now?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, we. Yeah, we, you know, we were good, you know, and, you know, and I think that that's. That's not exclusive to our culture, but I'm sure that, you know, our culture, we identify. You know, you talk. You know, grown folks are talking. You go another room, you know what I'm saying? You're seen and you're not, and you're not heard. You know what I'm saying? And, you know, but. But we did a lot. Again, we did a lot of great work to get to the other side of that. Yeah, we're still kicking it with Kim. His new single, Rock With Me, is out today.

[DJ Envy]

Jess, you had said that your music was your therapy at your time of homelessness, right? When you were away from your community. Have you ever done any other therapy? Like, real therapy? Real therapy?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dude, when I get. When I signed. When I. When I signed my contract with Motown, I had a panic attack. First time I ever had one, and I didn't know what it was. I thought that getting a record deal, which I had been, you know, proverbially chasing, like, all of my life, I thought that that was gonna be the cure all. But I got the record deal, now I'm cool, right? There's all this other stuff, all this other. All this other baggage that's still needed to be. To be unpacked. It didn't. More money. What did you say, my man? Say, more money. More problems. It didn't resolve, you know, a lot. It's just. So I ended up. I was. I was talking to someone, a friend of mine, and I was explaining to her how I was feeling, and she happened to be a child psychologist. And she said, have you ever been diagnosed with depression? And I said, no, no. And she recommended a therapist. So I saw a therapist and. And, you know, educated myself. I was on medication, you know, for a while, and, you know, it was life changing. You know, we are. And that's after, I think I got a record deal. I was. I had been sober for maybe 10. So these layers, there are layers to our lives. Layers of the onion that we peel back. And there's more to discover, there's more to unpack. There's always, always More to be done. You know, I know there's a lot of stigma and not as much today probably as, as, you know, I mean that was 23. As. As. As there used to be about, you know, you know, the black church. And we're talking about, you know, you only need Jesus. Like. Yeah, you need Jesus and a therapist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

You need a Jesus and a therapist. And you might need, and you might need some, some, some medication. You know what I'm saying? Don't let those things keep you from getting the help that you need.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How were you able to create a soundtrack of love during that dark time in your life? Cause you, you didn't love yourself, right? I don't know if you had somebody to love, but how were you able to write?

[DJ Envy]

You were really honest about all the things you were going through.

[Just Hilarious]

All of the records up until I met my wife are aspirational, right? You know, skinny, dark skinned kid, shy. You know, I'm a, I'm a introvert pretending to be, you know, an extrovert, you know, shy, you know, don't get, you know, want the, Want the look from the pretty girl. Want the, you know, so I'm, I'm. That's, you know, too, too afraid to talk, you know, so that's. All of my songs were this. All inspirational. It's all aspirational and it's all, you know, when I did have a girlfriend and then the loss of, the loss of love, you know, that first, first, you know, you know, that first. The first album. Chemistry is. It's all of that.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy how you say you ain't know how to talk, man. Your music got so many guys cheeks.

[Just Hilarious]

But I can do that, right? I'm standing it so my brothers. I'm standing in the gap for my brothers, right? You ain't got the words. There's a kid, there's a chem record for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

Right? Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So did love inspire your music or did music inspire the way you love?

[Just Hilarious]

Both. Both. Both, right. And people talk about, you know, I used to be in bands and they would be, you know, everybody's. We were coming up in Minneapolis sound. It was, it was, you know, Tony, Tony, Tony. It was all the dance tracks and all the, all my, my bandmates and my musical peers, you know, they were chasing this thing, dude. And I'm sitting over here in the corner with these little quiet ass, you know what I'm saying? How you always writing the love, you know, why you always was like, dude, that's. I don't know you know, that's just, you know, that's just, that's just what it is. And I, and I'm, you know, and I'm grateful for that, you know, because I think that all that ails the world is a lack of love to some degree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I think I. Not even to some degree. I think that's what's missing. Because love gives you empathy. Love gives you caring. If you have those three things, things right, you'll show up and be the human that we need you to be.

[Just Hilarious]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love, empathy, and care.

[Just Hilarious]

That's it, you know? Yeah. For real? Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Looking back now, right, what are you most proud of now about your journey back then?

[Just Hilarious]

I am most proud of being, being sober. Because upon that is. That's the foundation for everything else. If I'm not sober, I mean, that's, that's, you know, I mean, God and sobriety, you can go, which one comes first? Because if I, if I'm drinking, dude, God may still be with me, but I'm not. I'm not, right?

[DJ Envy]

I got you.

[Just Hilarious]

Sobriety is probably the first thing upon that everything else is built. And after that is, you know, is my family, my kids, my wife and I. We got seven kids.

[DJ Envy]

He got you.

[Just Hilarious]

Between us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got me built by one, right?

[Just Hilarious]

The oldest is 30, the youngest is one. You know what I'm saying? So we started over, still sharing, you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you meet your wife?

[Just Hilarious]

How did you meet your wife? I met my wife at a show in Atlanta and my wife came to a meet and greet on a tour that I shouldn't. That at the time I didn't feel like I should have been on. We had just, we had just. It was just me, but we had just. This was 2015, so in 2014, you know, me, Joe and Charlie Wilson, you know, we was out killing them for months, right? And then I came back and tried to do. Do another tour. So we had been out there, so I really felt, you know, that I, I shouldn't have been out on the road. But what you think, think you're someplace for is not necessarily why you're there. We think we're there for one reason. But there's something, there's something else. Something else is going on and, and I met my wife at a, at a meet and greet. She hates it, dude. Because when we get into our caller. Oh, yeah, meet and greet. I got you meet and greet.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

She gonna see this. We gonna have a right, right?

[DJ Envy]

Meet Greek.

[Just Hilarious]

That's my meet and greet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was a divine meet and greet, though. That's the difference. You knew she was the one as soon as.

[Just Hilarious]

Huh? You knew she was the one as soon as you met her. Oh, boy. There was something that made me want to stay in contact with her, which I never, you know, and my. My. You know, and I'm lame. I'm a. I'm a square, right? I'm asking her. She got a. You got a business card? Ain't nobody carrying business card.

[DJ Envy]

You only know if she got a business.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got a business card?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, but I met. I met her. I met her. I met her at a show, yeah. Met her at a show, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, brother. Thank you for your testimony, man. Yeah, absolutely. And thank you for, you know, you know, turning your testimony in. The art that. That heals, man. Thank you, brother.

[Just Hilarious]

Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's really, really been a blessing to be here today.

[DJ Envy]

We love you, Kim.

[Just Hilarious]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy.

[Just Hilarious]

Just like Larry Charlamagne, the guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We are the breakfast club.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren LaRosa is here, and let's get to pastor off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. DJ, come spin now. Come spin. What's up, Nyla? Big Nyla. Nyla Simone. What's happening?

[DJ Envy]

What's poppin, guys? Hey, girl. Hey. Nobody said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People always do that. You be like, peace. How you doing? I'm good. How you doing?

[DJ Envy]

Or sometimes you want to say it back, I'm well. Thanks for asking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes people don't even say, I'm well, though. They just be like, you be like, how you doing? Like, how you doing?

[DJ Envy]

But that's because this is a generation of people with no manners.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

But it's cool. I appreciate you guys saying good morning. I know you're on your phone. You catching up with the latest?

[Just Hilarious]

She wasn't paying attention to you.

[DJ Envy]

She was catching up with the latest. She was trying to book a guest for us.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, sorry.

[DJ Envy]

But okay, I'm gonna start with. First of all, I just want to shout out. I know a lot of projects are dropping today. Lupe, Fiat, Pascal, Goldface, Conway Goldface.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, who the hell is Goldface? Who's Goldface? And does he have a brother named Shout Face?

[DJ Envy]

I didn't say Ghost Face. I said Ghostface.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ghostface Killer. My favorite MC of all time. Don't play with him.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, and Conway the Machine. But Chance the Rapper dropped his project last week, and I didn't touch on it, so I wanted to do one of the records I like and it's a pretty lengthy project. But I will say my favorite records are the records where he's actually rapping. Like I like Chance and his rap bag, hence the name Chance the Rapper. So I like a Back to the Go featuring Vic Mensa.

[Just Hilarious]

He's spitting.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm be honest with you. I haven't gotten the Chance project yet. I've been still on his clips. I've been on jid, I've been on your. What's my man name? Marco. Marco plus Marco plus. I haven't gotten a chance yet. I gotta get the chance.

[DJ Envy]

Definitely listen to it. I think it's worth the listen. And yeah, like I said, all the rap records on there I definitely favor and I in that song in particular, I really like the acid line, like the flip. The homage to his first project. I thought that was really tough. But also Tiana Taylor just dropped her project and she got a song on.

[Ciara]

There with Jill Scott.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, it's a star studded lineup. She got Taraji P doing like opening, opening skit. Then she has Lala doing like another skit but it's more like a poem.

[Ciara]

That'S kind of talking on like breakup.

[DJ Envy]

Like betrayal, I guess, alluding to the divorce that, you know, they both went through. Either way, the joint with Jill Scott is tough. It's just got featuring Tyler and it's called Poom Poom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's going. I want to hear the Jill.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. I don't know why it's so. I think it's because we're just short on time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I need to hit Jill.

[DJ Envy]

It's good though. Definitely go listen to it.

[Ciara]

It's on the playlist.

[DJ Envy]

Or just check out Tiana's project. It's sexy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are Tiana and Tyler hanging with Jill because you want to record with Jill? I know they hanging off a dead life trying to play with you singing. Oh, I know they hanging on for Jill life trying to keep up with Jill.

[DJ Envy]

It's good, but it's well done.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I gotta listen to it.

[DJ Envy]

I want to say Tiana did a really good job putting this project together. I feel like not everybody, everybody puts like thought and care and intention behind their projects. But this was well done. The visuals and yeah. Oh my God. I don't think people talking enough about the like she's literally making mini movies that sink and she's dropping them in order. The fashion is fire like her. I mean they're always on point. People don't talk about it enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's still not gonna like You, Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

It doesn't matter. I'm a fan either way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sure she's still gonna curse me.

[DJ Envy]

Exactly. Ghost Face Killer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's my favorite MC of all. All time. Stop playing with it.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Let's get into it right now over there. No pausing. Y. Oh, you don't have to. What do you mean you don't have to? It's a skit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got to hear the skin on Ghost Face Alb. It's hilarious. It's my favorite. My favorite rapper of all time. I want to go back to Jill Scott real quick though, cuz that's my. My Jill Scott. Erica. I do my wife's favorite artist all time and two of mine. I don't think I've ever heard Jill Scott do a R B collaboration with other women. I could be completely wrong. I was. I'm sitting there racking my brain about it. I cannot think of a time then.

[DJ Envy]

She do all with Kalani.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not saying she didn't.

[DJ Envy]

She did do one with Kalani on Kalani's last project, but Kalani shortened her verse, so we don't know what the full sounds like. But she is on a project. It's like her and then some really big Brazilian artists.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Kalani Marshall. Yeah, she got. She got a couple.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She does.

[DJ Envy]

They said she got. Yeah. Brandy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Brandy.

[DJ Envy]

Come on. Don't play with Jilly from Philly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't remember though. That's what I'm asking. I really don't remember though.

[DJ Envy]

It was a. It was a conversation collaboration with her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Marsha and Bron.

[DJ Envy]

Woman. A grown woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would have remembered the Martian in jail. Now that's my two of my favorites right there. You talking about.

[DJ Envy]

Well, she definitely did Kalani. Yeah, Kalani for sure. Kalani was the song. Is it Su Sua? I never heard that was. They collaborated on Black Girls Rock. So they both.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. No, it was a separate songs, but I guess they both participated.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So people I know, Kalani was hanging on for dear life. That's why she cut that verse. Shout out to Kani though, about Jill Scott. See, I'm not trying to diss any of these women. I'm just telling you that when you're talking about people like Jill Scott, that's a different caliber. That's a different tear. Say something stupid, Lauren, because you don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I was just. No, I was. What I was about to say is that no one would take it as a dis. Because when the young girls talk about Jill Scott we give her the praise and she's like, she be og mentoring low key. And she give it like on Instagram, in person, everything. Like, so that's not a dis.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We know. Throw rose petals at Jill Scott feet when she walking.

[DJ Envy]

We do though, by the way. We do her aunt. I don't know. I'm a young woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got Erica right there on the wall, you see, we got Jill Scott over there, you know.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Balance for the room.

[DJ Envy]

Well done. Okay, well, we like it. And so you did like the Ghost Face record, obviously.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I liked everything you played today.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, everything was good.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

I know the trauma. Yeah, we did good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, good.

[DJ Envy]

Well, if you guys like it, make sure you guys listen to the playlist. You can listen to it by following me on the gram at Nylasimone. N Y L A S Y M O N E E E. Click the link in bio. And why you guys I are over there. Well, I was gonna say we're having this. This hip hop night party is gonna be me 9th wonder static selector.

[Ciara]

So if you like that last joint.

[DJ Envy]

You would definitely like this party.

[Ciara]

But we just trying to bridge the.

[DJ Envy]

Gap within rap and just hip hop culture in general. But we sold out a ticket. So if, you know. Sorry about that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk. That talk. Big naira.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, September 9, of course.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, well, that was past the Oak. Let's get to the mix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy.

[Just Hilarious]

Just hilarious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne, the guy.

[Just Hilarious]

We are the Breakfast Club. Salute to everybody in North Carolina. South Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Excuse me.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm gonna be in Columbia, South Carolina, this Saturday, seven to midnight. The all white party. Me and DJ Big Worm, we're gonna.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be rocking out the Metro 803.

[Just Hilarious]

It's the all White Affair. They said it's sold out, but they're gonna release more, more tickets today. So I can't wait to come out there and have a good time. I thought the storm and the hurricane was gonna cancel that party, but it looks like it moved on. So we will be rocking in South Carolina this weekend. What's a good spot to eat in Columbia?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man, you got Mr. Seafood. You got Kiki's Chicken and Waffles. Oh, my God. Stubborn crave. My man Chris with stubborn crave. But he does, like, just takeout. A lot of different places you can go, but Kiki's chicken and waffles, Mr. C hit Chris, my man. You know. You know Chris. Yeah. Chris got a dope spot called Southern Crab. You should let Chris Just cater for y'. All. I'm gonna hit Chris. Hey, hey, Chris. Chris got Chris food his bang. Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you can go see Bernard that backyard dining experience. Go get baptized that chicken. Go watch him baptize that chicken. What you wanted. Whatever you want to do. You know, you're gonna have to eat in the backyard at Banana Spot, though.

[Just Hilarious]

That's all good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's all good.

[Just Hilarious]

All right. And salute to Ciara CC for joining us today. Her new album is out today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it is, man. Salute to Sierra. It was great finally having a conversation with Sierra and chopping it up, because we never. I was. I wasn't here the last time she was here on Breakfast Club, you know.

[DJ Envy]

She was here and you weren't here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I wasn't here. It was years ago.

[Just Hilarious]

Probably like seven, eight years ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I used to give her. I used to give her hell way, way, way back in the day.

[DJ Envy]

So, yeah, you know. Well, that's good. Y' all made up and everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

You said she. He was high, that he ain't never lied to nobody like that in his life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, all I like to do is talk, lie, and laugh.

[DJ Envy]

That is crazy. It was like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I was doing drugs.

[DJ Envy]

I was doing. I'm like, boy, you never did drugs in your life. You was a clown. That's what it is. I'm high. Like, I'm high.

[Just Hilarious]

And salute to Kim for joining us, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Kim, man. He got a new single, Give my love and rock with me. Did you tell your mom that you interviewed Kim?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, I. I called her. He was like, call your mom. And then when. When she FaceTimed, she answered the FaceTime. He was like, hey, girl. I was like, okay, then. Hey, girl. Yes. It was lit. My mother almost dropped the baby. She had her hand.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, stop, man.

[DJ Envy]

She was so happy to see Kim.

[Just Hilarious]

It's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. And listen, man, I'm gonna be in Atlanta tomorrow for Invest Fest. Salute to Troy and Rashad Earn Yliza. I'll be down there for Invest Fest. The name of our panel is New Hollywood Ownership in Media's Future. It will be myself and un, Steve Harvey, and we'll be talking about media ownership and growing creative businesses and redefining what success means today. Okay? So we will be on the main stage from 5pm to 5:35pm tomorrow. Okay? Me and Steve Harvey at Invest Fest tomorrow. On the main stage, 5pm to 5.35pm tomorrow. So join us. Why don't you?

[DJ Envy]

Don't be late, because it's only a little 35 minutes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, I'm gonna be there. I'm, you know, I'm in and out, but I'll be there. I'll be there enough time. Oh, you're talking to the people.

[DJ Envy]

Like, don't get there late. They only there for a little bit of time. You understand?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This comes from Winston Churchill, by the way. But the positive note is success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Did you hear what I said? Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Because sometimes we fail and we get, you know, unless unenthused and we're not enthused about things, and we be like, damn, I want to quit. But you can't. You got to keep going. So. Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Have a great weekend.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, Winston, that's. That was good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Breakfast Club.

[Ciara]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Ciara]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Just Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

Listen to America's Crime Lab on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.