FULL SHOW: Marvin Sapp on Church Donations, Stephen A. Smith Sparks LeBron-Kobe Debate, Tamar Braxton & Ryan Davis Interview

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – Episode: FULL SHOW: Marvin Sapp on Church Donations, Stephen A. Smith Sparks LeBron-Kobe Debate, Tamar Braxton & Ryan Davis Interview

Release Date: March 28, 2025

Introduction

In this engaging and multifaceted episode of The Breakfast Club, hosts Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Jess Hilarious navigate through a blend of personal stories, political discourse, entertainment news, and exclusive interviews. Skipping over advertisements and non-content sections, the trio dives deep into discussions that resonate with their diverse audience.

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Supporting Donnell Rollins: Confidence and Self-Worth

The show opens with a heartfelt conversation about comedian Donnell Rollins' struggles with self-confidence following a recent interview where he expressed feeling underrated.

• Charlamagne Tha God (02:12): "I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners."

• DJ Envy (03:01): "Donnell feels like he's funny and in reality, people don't find him that way."

• Charlamagne Tha God (04:05): "If you are happy doing what you do, and you've been doing it for a long time and you got food on the table and a roof over your head, you are successful."

Hosts emphasize the importance of self-validation and discourage seeking approval from others. Jess Hilarious adds that Donnell’s feelings might have been amplified by a therapy-like session during his recent interview, expressing relief that the vulnerable dialogue wasn't directly with them.

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Front Page News: Government Leak and Political Fallout

Morgan delivers a comprehensive update on a significant breach involving Trump administration officials who accidentally shared classified military plans on the Signal app with a journalist.

• Morgan (06:52): "A federal judge is ordering Trump and his administration to keep the messages sent on the Signal app after military attack plans were accidentally shared with a journalist."

Host Charlamagne Tha God responds strongly, criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans for downplaying the incident and arguing that serious consequences should follow such a breach of national security.

• Charlamagne Tha God (07:45): "I truly can't believe there is going to be no consequences for this situation."

Morgan notes the bipartisan nature of the issue, with both Republicans and Democrats calling for investigations and consequences, including calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s termination by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

• Charlamagne Tha God (09:46): "This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time."

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Guest Segments: Ryan Davis and Tamar Braxton

Ryan Davis: Comedian and "Underrated" Special

Introducing Ryan Davis, the hosts delve into his journey in stand-up comedy, emphasizing the challenges of breaking into mainstream platforms and being recognized beyond social media fame.

• Ryan Davis (86:02): "I think being underrated describes my journey in stand-up. Amongst my peers, they know my skills, but the general public doesn’t connect as much."

• Charlamagne Tha God (89:07): "Do you have any chance to reconcile [...]"

The conversation touches on the pressures of social media in shaping perceptions of comedians and the importance of maintaining artistic integrity over popularity.

Tamar Braxton: "Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Ms. E"

Tamar Braxton discusses her new cooking show alongside her mother, Ms. E, highlighting the show's focus on positivity and family dynamics.

• Tamar Braxton (40:24): "I have a cooking show with my mom, and this has been a lifelong dream for her, and it's been 10 years in the making."

Charlamagne and DJ Envy engage in lighthearted banter about Lauren LaRosa's appearance and Tamar's personal life, including her journey through celibacy and healing.

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Interview with Lauren LaRosa: Personal Growth and Relationships

Lauren LaRosa opens up about her experiences with relationships, dating post-breakup, and the importance of therapy in personal healing.

• Lauren LaRosa (40:18): "I took a year off to be by myself and to really heal and to really figure out what I wanted in my life and where I wanted to go."

The conversation delves into her approach to dating, emphasizing the value of healthy disagreements and the importance of communication over seeking validation.

• Charlamagne Tha God (03:32): "I think happiness. As long as you're happy, you're successful."

She discusses her celibacy journey, motivation behind it, and the challenges of balancing single motherhood with seeking new relationships.

• Lauren LaRosa (43:31): "I've taken a year off to heal and understand myself better."

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Stephen A. Smith Sparks LeBron-Kobe Debate

In a heated segment, Stephen A. Smith ignites controversy by questioning LeBron James’ absence at Kobe Bryant’s memorial, leading to discussions about athlete relationships and media portrayal.

• Charlamagne Tha God (69:46): "I enjoyed that 17 minute rant. It was very entertaining."

The hosts critique Stephen A.’s approach, suggesting that his personal disputes overshadowed his professional commentary, and discuss potential impacts on his media career.

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Comedic Insights with Ryan Davis

Ryan Davis shares his perspective on being underrated in the comedy industry, the impact of social media, and the support system among comedians.

• Ryan Davis (88:12): "The conversations aren't had a lot, but Dave Chappelle, whenever I put it out or whatever, he texts me. He's told me before, if I need anything, I can reach out."

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Upcoming Events and Projects

The episode concludes with announcements about upcoming events and projects:

• Lauren LaRosa’s debut album and tour, scheduled for April 17th in Virginia.

• Ryan Davis’ comedy special “Underrated” available on Patreon, with upcoming performances highlighted.

• Black Effect Podcast Festival on April 26th in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring notable personalities like Tank, J. Valentine, Carrie Champion, and Decisions Decisions.

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Conclusion

Throughout the episode, The Breakfast Club emphasizes themes of self-reinvention, resilience, and the importance of community support. The hosts encourage listeners to stand up against hate, embrace personal growth, and support each other’s endeavors, mirroring the inspiring messages conveyed in their sponsored segments about Nissan and AT&T.

Notable Quotes:

• Charlamagne Tha God (14:00): "You can learn ... just like the popularity of an individual."

• Charlamagne Tha God (89:23): "This is incompetence at the highest level... No American should be okay with this."

• Lauren LaRosa (43:31): "I've taken a year off to heal and understand myself better."

• Ryan Davis (86:02): "I think being underrated describes my journey in stand-up. Amongst my peers, they know my skills, but the general public doesn’t connect as much."

This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting key discussions, personal stories, and notable moments with appropriate attributions and timestamps, providing a clear and engaging overview for those who haven't listened.

Transcript

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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.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yo yo yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

Jess Hilarious.

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The guy Peace to the planet is Friday. Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's going on?

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. How you feeling, Jess?

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel good. I'm well rested. Did my skin treatment last night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Still don't look better than mine. Them bundles look amazing, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

Absolutely. Definitely do. And these are not bundles. Thanks. But I know I look good. Thanks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's happening, man? It's a Friday. Listen, Donnell, why Donnell? I'm so glad I missed Donnell yesterday. Why Donnell so insecure?

[DJ Envy]

He's, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn.

[DJ Envy]

It's not a matter. It's insecure. He feels like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is it then?

[DJ Envy]

We play with him so much that everybody feels like they can play with him. So when he goes places, people test time because of, he says, his interviews.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not even talking about. I'm talking about the fact that he feels the need to defend himself as an entertainer and as a comedian. You don't have to tell me, you know, why you opened up for Chappelle, how many shows you do, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like, come on, Donnell, we know you. Great. You've been out here making. Listen, if you've been out here making a living, doing what you love to do, right, for 30 plus years, correct. You are successful. Bottom line, point blank period. It don't matter what nobody say. I keep telling everybody over and over, success is subjective. I mean, happiness. As long as you're happy, you're successful.

[DJ Envy]

But something must be bothering him because I don't know if you heard the interview, but I didn't even ask him. I didn't hear it. He just started going. I'm like, all right, let me let you go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, man, to everybody out there listening to me, if you are happy doing what you do, and you've been doing it for a long time and you got food on the table and a roof over your head, you are successful. Don't let nobody tell you different.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

But listen, this is the thing. Maybe he was already, like always feeling like that, but he. This was just like the tipping point for him because it felt like a therapy session, like the interview. And it's good that you weren't here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm glad I wasn't.

[Jess Hilarious]

Nothing he said, serious. So I'm glad he got to express himself, to be vulnerable with another brother in the room because Lauren was bothering him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's the other brother in the room?

[DJ Envy]

Me, sir.

[Jess Hilarious]

Excuse me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's the other brother?

[DJ Envy]

Me, sir. Hello. Hi, me. Oh, Hi, my name is.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, able to do that. And more guys are supposed to be able to do that. Mr. Mental Health Advocate.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, listen, Donnell is on my line every day and I tell him the same thing. Okay. You got to be secure in yourself.

[Jess Hilarious]

For you crack jokes and laugh at them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Because what Donnell wants is the validation of other people.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, there's not a therapist alive that'll tell you to seek the validation of other people to be secure in yourself.

[DJ Envy]

But I think with Donnell, and maybe next time we could talk to him about this in depth. But I feel like he feels like he's funny and is. It's not a feel, but people don't find. People fight like they, they play with him and they find him. He feel like he's underrated.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That the man, you know how, you know the man's hilarious. That man is gonna be here all weekend with sold out shows.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are we talking about?

[DJ Envy]

City Winery. Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I can. But I can't convince you that you dope. Well, I can't convince you that you dope. You got to believe that in yourself. I can't convince you that you dope. Donnell.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Ryan Davis, comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And guess what? You ain't got to convince Ryan. He don't. Wow. Okay. Ryan. No, he don't.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why, why, why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't got to convince Ryan. You don't drop on the clues. Bomb for Ryan Davis. Confidence through the roof.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Donnell Rollins actually sat in during this interview as well. So you'll hear him chiming in and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talking about his feelings. If I'm a comedian, I don't want no comedian sitting in my interview.

[DJ Envy]

It was a good conversation.

[Jess Hilarious]

He probably just came in there. You know how Darnell is like Ray J.

[DJ Envy]

But it was good for Darnell because. Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got to see what confidence looks like.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. See, that's the reason why.

[Jess Hilarious]

There you go.

[DJ Envy]

That's the reason why.

[Jess Hilarious]

Another comedian helping out another comedian.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

I like that seem like he cared. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

So, yeah, but you know what? They had great conversation. And you'll see because Ryan, I guess is, I guess is more white, I guess consumers that go to his shows and do all that stuff. So he talks about how that makes him feel because he's like, yo, I'm black, but when I go to my show sometimes I don't see as many black people. So him and Donnell were able to vibe and kind of conversations about that. So they'll be joining us in a little bit. And also Tamar Br Braxton will be here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my girl. That's my boo.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. She has a new cooking show with her mom, Tamar and Ms. E. So we'll talk to her about that. She's back on the tour. She's back doing music. So we'll talk to Tamar. She talks about all her beefs and everything that's been going on in the last couple of years. So Tamar will be joining us as well. So let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Morgan will be joining us, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, let's do it.

[DJ Envy]

What's up? Happy Friday to y'all.

[Morgan]

How y'all feeling?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bless black and highly favored. How you, Morgan?

[Jess Hilarious]

Good girl.

[Ryan Davis]

All right.

[Morgan]

I'm doing good. Let's get into it. So this group chat is growing legs, isn't it? The story where the journalist was added to the group chat with intelligence officials, well, that continues to develop, especially among those in Congress. A federal judge is ordering Trump and his administration, the agencies, to keep the messages sent on the Signal app after military attack plans were accidentally shared with a journalist. Now, Judge James Boisberg ruled the agencies must preserve text from March 11 through March 15. The Justice Department said they are working to track down and keep messages from that time period.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ain't nobody going to be fired. So what's the point? I mean, you know, I mean, one thing, if they was keeping it because they was going to, you know, have some evidence to build a case to get somebody up out of there, but ain't going. Ain't going. Anybody getting fired for this.

[Morgan]

Well, this comes after an advocacy group sued claiming department secretaries and intelligence chief chiefs ignored federal records laws by using the auto delete features on the app. Now, Republicans have been downplaying the breach, which saw officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the national security advisor, intelligence national director, excuse me, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard discussing airstrikes in Yemen. Now, the editor of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was somehow added to the chat which mentions times and methods of the Houthi rebels targets. So to your point, yes, Charlamagne, we will see what happens with it. But meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House investigation into this doesn't seem necessary. He believes the coverage. Yeah, he believes the coverage on the incident has actually been overblown. Let's hear those comments from Speaker Johnson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I haven't had a chance to review all that, but I'll tell you that the national security team is doing an extraordinary job. They have accomplished that mission. It was a success. The President has full trust and. And Mike Waltz and I do, as well as a former colleague and someone I've known a long time. It's been overblown, I think, by the media. I think this was a mistake. It was acknowledged as such. I'm certain it will not happen again. Yeah. I truly can't believe there is going to be no consequences for this situation. Like, this should have been an immediate firing. All this classified information being discussed on Signal Signal, and nobody is getting fired. And like, this has not been overblown. In fact, it hasn't been blown up enough.

[Morgan]

So, yeah. So the Republican. And in fact, this has now become a bipartisan issue. The Republican Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, he says his panel wants an inspector general investigation into the leak of sensitive data. In the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth to be fired. Now, Schumer spoke out about the reported military plans being discussed on that Signal app. Let's take a listen to Charlemagne's favorite Democratic senator to hate on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as he comments on the leaked chat as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time. It's bad enough that a private citizen.

[Donnell Rollins]

Was added to this chain, but it's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Far worse that sensitive military information was exchanged on an unauthorized application. Yeah, I mean, he's right. He's absolutely right. And this is incompetence at the highest level. And this isn't a Democrat or Republican thing, you know, it's an American thing. There's no American that should be okay with this.

[DJ Envy]

I wonder how much other things were sent on that app that we just don't know about. That's the problem. Yeah.

[Morgan]

And that's essentially probably why they want to reserve or preserve those texts. So House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, he also wrote a letter to President Trump demanding Hexef be fired, saying he recklessly and casually disclosed highly sensitive war plans. And of course, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson person, Hexeth, continues to reiterate that there was no classified materials or war plans shared. So we will continue to see how this plays out. In the meantime, that's your front page news for 6am at 7am Envy, can we talk about what's going on with your G man?

[DJ Envy]

Go to Giants. Yeah, of course. We can do that next time. I'm cool with that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You gotta. You gotta say it. You gotta say Giants. Morgan, you can't just say G Men on this show.

[Ryan Davis]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you talking about gay men this early.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051 is the breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Ray. Ray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ray. Yo, Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

Envy, what up?

[Ryan Davis]

Are we live?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Jess Hilarious]

We can get on the phone right now.

[DJ Envy]

He'll tell you what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello? Who's this year? What's up, Envy?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Trav?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, baby?

[Jess Hilarious]

What's up, boo?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, star? How are you? Peace. What up, sis? How you. No, I'm doing good. Just checking on my bro and checking on my girl. See how y'all doing. We are blessed, black and highly favored. My brother, my brother. Who you getting into this weekend? Listen, let me tell you, all right? You see how this is? I just gotta escape by that. And I just keep talking.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm sorry. Go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So when y'all use the public restroom, right? Do y'all put y'all bare butt cheeks on the public toilet? Hell, no.

[DJ Envy]

No, sir. I don't think anybody does.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I. Okay. I had to stop talking to this guy because he'd be out here, bare button public toilet seats. And he was trying to tell me that it is actually sanitary to not put the liners down on toilet seats. You know what's so crazy? I just called him and I was just talking to B. And he just answered the phone. He said he heard the same thing. That is sanitary. Wide.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, that damn bottom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, well, you're gonna get a bump on your butt. Yeah. Don't sit on public toilet seat. Squeeze with your bare butt.

[DJ Envy]

That's nasty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. The only way it would be unsanitary is if you're using the same liner as somebody. Now, that's nasty. Imagine seeing the liner already on the toilet and you sit on the liner.

[Jess Hilarious]

And you like, thank you, God. Like what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But. All right, y'all. Y'all have a good weekend. Good Friday. It's freaky. Freaky Friday. Make sure y'all do something freaky today. You know, I asked you who you was. Getting into my business, Char.

[DJ Envy]

Goodbye. Hello. Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

The guy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Beautiful. Chancellor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace King.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. I gotta get off my chest. Donald Rollins is clearly one of the funniest people on the planet because he's doing it for this long at the highest level. For you to come at the Breakfast Club and complain that people aren't taking you seriously because of them, it's a little whack. I agree. Disingenuous you. On one interview, you said you had a book and brought out a pamphlet. He was being funny, though. He was being funny. But I. I get it. But you hear Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, when they speak in interviews, they're funny. But you also having, like, real conversations with them, it's always a joke.

[Donnell Rollins]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But, hey, they salute to Donald Rollins. You know, you one of the greatest to ever do it. Stop crying. Love to the Breakfast Club. Y'all have a good morning. Peace King. And that's really what it boils down to. You wanted to. You are great at what you do, Donnell.

[DJ Envy]

He is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stop crying.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

[DJ Envy]

I hate the way that you walk.

[Jess Hilarious]

The way that you talk I hate.

[DJ Envy]

The way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Call up next. 800-585-1051.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Breakfast Club? This is Uber Mike. It's been a while.

[Donnell Rollins]

How y'all doing?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Uber Mike?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Uber Mike.

[Donnell Rollins]

Hey, hey, two things real quick.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne. How's that Prius treating you? Prius doing good, man. You know what I'm saying? Hey, hey. I love it, man.

[Donnell Rollins]

And two things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, this is the Last 1. Lauren LaRosa and Jesse, Larry's pay. I love y'all. Y'all keep those knuckleheads in line. I just.

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm late to the party, but I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just want to say, y'all, y'all are incredible. And I just want to send my love to both of you guys.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you, everybody. Brother. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y'all have a good one. Okay. Yes. Salute to everybody who drives a Prius, man. Exceptional fuel efficiency. Environmentally. Environmentally friendly car.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got comprehensive safety Features, too. That's.

[DJ Envy]

These guys lie. He ain't got no. I haven't seen no prayer. Who makes a Prius?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Toyota? She talking about. Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Big bank got one, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, she do. I heard she got two of them put together. You ain't never seen nothing like that.

[Jess Hilarious]

None of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Eight Will Priest.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Envy. What's going on? This is Jamel from Jersey.

[DJ Envy]

Jamel. What part of Jersey?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Elizabeth.

[DJ Envy]

All right. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's going on? Hey, I tried to call in. I wanted to get my take on that conversation about Swiss Beats and Alicia Keys. Never get into an argument. I just say. I just think that that's unrealistic. You know what I'm saying? Me and my wife been together 13 years, man, and we argue at least once every two weeks. Damn.

[Carlos Miller]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. I just. I just. But we get it together, but I just don't think it's realistic for a couple to be together that long and not argue. I think it's kind of healthy to get into arguments once in a while. You know what I'm saying? I agree. And then on top of that. Then on top of that, the makeup sex after the argument be the best. That's right. Sometimes I argue with my wife just for the makeup sex.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right. That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think it's. It's re. Like, it's not realistic. And the way that Usher groped Alicia Keys in that. In that performance, I know that was an argument.

[DJ Envy]

You know, that was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no way that wasn't an argument. You know what's so funny? My wife said something to me the other day about that argument discussion. She. She actually had text me while we was having it, and she said that. What did she say? Oh, she said the combo is pointless because there is no baseline for what an argument is. An argument in quotation marks, and whether or not you've had one is subjective. And I believe that. I believe some people might don't even know when they're having an argument.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got a friend, right? Me and my wife got a friend, right? And we were over. We had this conversation about a year ago. We're in my kitchen. We were talking about it, and they said they never argue. That night, they started arguing because I was like, no way. I'm the. I'm debating because I'm like, yo, there's no way you guys don't argue. This down the third and they going back and forth. They're like, no, we don't argue. And right then they start arguing. Hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Well, the argument is an exchange of opposite of views, typically a heated or angry one. So in any relationship that has happened, an exchange of abuse that's heated is an argument.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So, I mean, I don't care if.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't think it is, or it could be the other way. Right. It could be an exchange of views, but without the heat. So you don't think you're arguing, but.

[Jess Hilarious]

It'S still an argument to be. Yeah, right. It could be more of a debate or, you know, just. Just a disagreement, but doesn't have to get heated.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just don't. Like. Like you said, Charlemagne. Like, it. Let me know how that works. Like, how you do that. Because I don't. I don't understand it. You know what I'm saying? Like, sometimes. And just because you argue, that don't mean I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's normal. Like I said, I think it's healthy. Sometimes I might argue with my wife, and it'd be something petty like, hey, babe, where my work pants at? Oh, you didn't dry them. You know, I needed them for the next day. That's an argument. But we get over it. You know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

Jamel, let me ask you a question. You're a Giants fan?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. No, I'm not. I'm not really into the sports. I'm a truck driver.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I'm running late for work right now. Hey, just hilarious. I love you guys. Charlamagne, the. God, I love you. Thank you. Me and my boy. I'm a truck driver. He a truck driver, and I told him about it, and we joke all the time. Every morning when I call him, he always like, Charlamagne, the guy. Jamaican cat from Florida. It's just funny. I listen to you guys every day. Thank you, brother. I appreciate it. Definitely. Definitely. You guys enjoy your day.

[DJ Envy]

All right, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to all the Jamaicans that listen to the Breakfast Club, man. I was at the airport the other day, and they were very in tune to the Beanie man interview. And they said, we have to have Vibes Cartel up here. Vibes is coming to New York next couple of weeks. April 11th.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know why I know that? Because so many people told me that at the airport.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Literally.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

April 11th.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Well, get it off your chest.

[Jess Hilarious]

No. Did that say I love you, Jess? You my guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is the second time Trav said that to y'all, too, literally?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, ain't no y'all. He said it to me. He was like, you my bro. Y'all my bros. Like, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But then he said. He said. He said you and Lauren, he love what y'all guys do. Somebody said that this morning? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, Trav did say, I love what y'all guys do or something, but he was like, I love you, Jess.

[DJ Envy]

You my guy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, yo, yo, gonna stop playing with me? It's too early.

[DJ Envy]

And I did see you blush when he said he was a truck driver, too. I did see the little blame. I did see that. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest with Lauren coming up.

[Ryan Davis]

Yes, we do. So preacher Marvin Sapp, he's being dragged to the gods right now. He locked the doors of the church during the ties and offering and said, Yo, I need 40k or nobody getting about of here. He's responded. The people are pissed off. We going to talk about it.

[DJ Envy]

Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's Dej Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Ryan Davis]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'd be having the latest on the bees. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything. What was the latest on the Breakfast Club? Talk to me.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay, so preacher gospel recording artist Marvin Sapp is in some trouble right now. He was trying to collect $40,000 during an altar call from his church. And the people are not upset about it. Now it's some people in the. In this church, in the story we're talking about, that are saying that Marvin Sapp never would have made it if they were in this church because he started asking for this money and told the ushers to lock the doors and close the doors until they collected it. Let's take a listen to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's how you get shot.

[Ryan Davis]

His sermon.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's 1,000 of you. I said, close them doors. Close the doors. We all gonna lead together. There's 1,000 of you tonight. And those that are watching, it's a thousand that's watching online. If I get a thousand online to give this, if I get a thousand in the sanctuary to give this, that's $40,000. Tonight, I'm challenging each of you all down here to give a twenty dollar seed.

[DJ Envy]

I just think twenty hours, a lot of money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Twenty dollars. Believe it or not, when my late wife, Melinda P. Sappers Alive was a.

[DJ Envy]

Good date, I could take her to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The movies, buy popcorn, get one soda, two straws. I wasn't cheap. That's swag. I was looking at her eyes, she's looking in mine. But I need everyone standing up here with us, with me to plant a seed of 100. Because again, it costs to sit up here. And this is what I need you to do. If you're giving electronically or even if you're giving tangibly, I'm gonna have y'all come to the altar and give it because I need to see a thousand people moving. Take your phone and stick it on.

[DJ Envy]

The, on the bucket.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Giving his worship, that's so damn tacky.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's a crime. Like how you gonna hold us hostage until we give you a hundred dollars, right? Twenty dollars.

[DJ Envy]

Ushers, lock the door.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that has absolutely nothing to do with God. I mean, and first of all, what if the congregation don't got it? What if some of them there because they looking for a blessing, they tell you give 10 of what you got, what if you ain't got nothing?

[Ryan Davis]

Yes, a hundred percent.

[DJ Envy]

But that's why people look at the church the way that they look at the church.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't blame that on the church. But that's how I'm Marvin.

[DJ Envy]

But that's how people look at the church. They feel like every church is like that. They feel like. They say, come as you are, bro. And you say, you're not gonna let me go unless I put my phone on the bucket.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And what Bill Marvin Sapp got that he's trying to catch up on. You gotta tell me what this money for.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm like, yeah, like, because, you know, it's tax time. I don't know if he backed up, you know, if he ain't dead or anything, but this is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it's from a year ago though.

[Ryan Davis]

I was about to say. So this is actually from July 2024, but it just went re viral again. Because, you know, churches did an online sermons now. So the video is out there online of the full church service and. And it just went revival again with people taking issue to it now.

[Jess Hilarious]

Revival better be a real word, Lauren.

[Ryan Davis]

I said went viral again.

[Jess Hilarious]

You said revival.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Twice.

[Jess Hilarious]

You doubled down on that revival.

[Ryan Davis]

Well, revival, revival, whatever the church is getting into. Me, I'm feeling the gospel over here. Well, he. It went so viral again that he had to. I don't think it went viral the first time. It went viral this time. Again it went viral this time to the point where Marvin Sapp had to actually come out and add some context. So he says let's add context to this clip. On social media recently this clip has gone viral. Me challenging 2000 individuals virtually and in person to plant a seat of $20 during an international gathering held at the convention center with over 4, 000 people in attendance that evening, plus the virtual viewers. In that same moment I also challenged the leadership to lead by example by sewing a hundred dollars a piece that evening. I personally gave much more because he talked about having to pay $2,000 to renew his ability to lead the church. And the money he gave right before he went into. And went into this. He says now some have taken issue with a particular moment when I instructed the ushers rather firmly to close the doors during the offering. To those unfamiliar with the church context or who may not regularly attend worship gatherings, this has been misinterpreted as holding people hostage as well as offensive. That was never my intent. And y'all know when the. When the pastors be praying at the end of church and they'd be like sit down. Don't leave yet. We not done. That's different than closed doors by the way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You already feel like you. You already feel like you're being held hostage in a long church service anyway. Ok, now you want to close the door. No, no, no.

[Ryan Davis]

Actually black church. She there from like 8 to like 4.

[DJ Envy]

So where did the number 40,000 come from?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz of the number of people there.

[Ryan Davis]

The number of people. Cuz he asked for $20.

[Jess Hilarious]

20,000.

[DJ Envy]

Over 2,000 people. Okay, I got it.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah. So $20 a th000 people per thousand people on $20.

[DJ Envy]

40.

[Ryan Davis]

And then he told everybody if you up here with me in the pool pit, baby, it Pay to play 100. You better pay to play $100.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the VIP.

[Jess Hilarious]

VIP.

[Ryan Davis]

Premium bottles up here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You out there for all that money. You got to do more than preaching though. You got to do more than be preaching. Ain't no fish fry. Ain't no water being turned to wine. You're not going to perform. Never would have made it. Something got to happen.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For a $20 cover.

[Jess Hilarious]

Remember they used to have. Remember they used to have the dinners after the church. You know what I'm saying? Had somebody cooking or something. Cuz everybody be sitting there so long they be hungry.

[Ryan Davis]

Well, no.

[Jess Hilarious]

So he.

[Ryan Davis]

Sorry to cut you off Jess, but he was saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you're not.

[Ryan Davis]

Shut up. He was saying that after this church service he, he said don't, don't rush out of here. We ain't going nowhere but to the restaurant after. So they wasn't serving food. He knew people wanted to eat after.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't spend all that money and not have no food on deck. Like that's the. I would be like yo, $20 all you can eat afterwards. You know, surely them in the back, they got the big chicken, the fried chicken, everything you want.

[DJ Envy]

But then he got to pay for the food that he's not really not making the money that he needs for whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got money, man. Let me look up Marvin.

[Ryan Davis]

He said that he did this because when any anytime finances are being received in a worship gathering, it's one of the most vulnerable and exposed time for both the the people who have to finance and the security teams. Movement during the sacred exchange can be distracting at times and even risky. So his directive was not about control. It was about creating a safe focus in reverent environment for those choosing to give and for those handling the resources. And unfortunately, in this social media age, snippets are easily shared without context and assumptions are quickly made without understanding the full pictures. Oh, by the way, that was a conference.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bobcat got a $4 million net worth. I totally understand the context. I don't like it. I've been to churches that have done stuff like this. I've been to masses that have done stuff like this.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

But basically, like, you know, who got the first thousand dollars? Who got the first hundred dollars? Like, yeah, it's like forcing people to probably spend money that they don't have. And then, you know, when you're doing it under the guise of God, I don't like that. Because people feel like they have to do that because, you know, God wants them to do it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, no, no, don't lock me in. Like, if I didn't have it when the door was unlocked, I'm not gonna have it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Ryan Davis]

Just said, now you lock the doors, and it rained down on me. Right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, what? That's crazy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

$1, $1, $1. $1. $1. Lady with the wig, $3. $3. $3. That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lady with the wig is crazy.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no.

[Ryan Davis]

My pastor don't talk like that. So that went above my head. My past is a black pass. I don't know where you been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nothing going above your head. Nothing above that. Too high. That's too high for something to go above your head. What happens?

[Ryan Davis]

We had so much good time in here when you weren't here yesterday.

[Jess Hilarious]

Literally the best.

[Ryan Davis]

It was so peaceful, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They be lying to y'all. Yesterday, they were talking about how jacked up Lauren's wig was. I don't know if that was true or not.

[Ryan Davis]

First of all, I see your comment. Yeah, first of all, we. We got it together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh. You admitted the commenter was correct. The commenter said your wig was sitting a little bit too high.

[Ryan Davis]

No, no, no. That wasn't correct. That wasn't correct. We had. We had to. I had to. We had some build up on the lace, so we got her together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't even know what that is.

[Jess Hilarious]

Her wig ain't never sitting up.

[Ryan Davis]

Thank you, Jessica.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, it's just a little high.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sitting up like a Chevy on 24th. What you talking about?

[Ryan Davis]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is the latest.

[DJ Envy]

That is the latest with Lauren.

[Ryan Davis]

When you sit up high, you upset at me in my unit for being where you can't see. Please mind your business. Okay, Stay where you are.

[DJ Envy]

Thickums all right, Tamar Braxton. When we come back, her new show, cooking sessions with Tamar and Ms. E. We'll talk to her next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up, wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Morgan]

Yeah, Envy. I know you like to start with sports sometimes, but you know what's going on with your team up there, your football team, and you know, I got you. So Russell Wilson, who just days ago signed with the Giants, he believes he is the best option to start for his new team. The Giants new signal caller was introduced to the media in a presser on Wednesday, and he said he expects to be the starting quarterback. Let's take a listen to Russell Wilson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I expect to be a starter.

[Donnell Rollins]

And come in here and be ready.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To rock and roll every day. I think to be able to lead, I think this team's really looking for somebody to lead them in every way in terms of the process, in the off season, during the season, our habits and our thought process and how we.

[Donnell Rollins]

Create a great winning culture and how do we continue to establish that and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To really build on things that we do well and the things that we.

[Ryan Davis]

Continue to need to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think New York's going to be wicked. Man, I can't wait to get in the Gian locker room and get wild.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're gonna get crazy.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, I think Russell Wilson, I think he still has some gas in the tank, but, you know, he's older. He's 36, 37 years old. He's, you know, on the tail end of his career. I hope that the Giants pick a quarterback. I know they were talking about getting a lineman and offensive lineman, but I would like. I'm not. I would like Shador.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's be clear. Russell Wilson had a great year last year.

[DJ Envy]

He did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's going to make. What Russell. What's going. What's going to cause Russell Wilson, you know, career to come to an end is playing for the New York Giants. That's gonna be the problem.

[Jess Hilarious]

Quick question about that, though, like, all right, maybe y'all can answer this for me. So is it. Do you get to pick where you want to go? Like when you've been in the lead long enough, or do you just have to. They just like, give you away or trade you theirself? Like, you don't have no say in where you go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you can say, but he didn't. Okay, yeah, it depends.

[DJ Envy]

If your contract's over, then you can decide where you want to sign with. You know, sometimes they have no trade clauses. You can go where you want to go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You could tell. You could force a trade. Like, I want to be traded to such and such. That don't mean that they'll do it, but you can say it.

[Morgan]

Right, right, right. So Wilson, who did win Super Bowl 48 as a member of the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium, he officially joined the G Men, or the Giants, less than a week after the team signed veteran QB Jameis Wilson Winston. Excuse me, Jameis Winston, as a free agent. New York also re signed Tommy DeVito earlier this offseason. So to get another quarterback in the. In the draft. And Shador Sanders at that, envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Woo.

[Jess Hilarious]

You got big dreams.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn' James Winston signed with the Giants.

[DJ Envy]

Yep, he signed with the giants. They resigned. DeVito. But I just think you got too many quarterbacks at this point. That just tells me that they might not be going for Shador, which is a stupid situation. Shador's young, he's talented. He's somebody that can hold down that, that franchise for a long time. I like Russell. I love Russell, actually. I think Russell got some more gas in that tank. But I just don't know if. If I would. If I would not draft Shador.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, Jameis Winston being drafted by the Giants, fantastic signing. Not for the Giants, but for New York media. This is where Jameis Winston needs to be to further his media career.

[DJ Envy]

You hear me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jameis Winston in New York with New York media is going to be incredible.

[DJ Envy]

Now, don't get it twisted. We got some weapons, so we'll see. This should be an interesting year. I mean, we'll go further than the Cowboys.

[Ryan Davis]

Woo.

[Jess Hilarious]

He said that early.

[Morgan]

All right, so in other news, y'all, let's get back to the political spectrum. Elon Musk, he says he doesn't think he'll be working at the Department of Government Efficiency much longer. He spoke to Fox News and he said he believes Doge will reach their goal amount of government waste fraud removed within his 130 day mandate. Let's take a listen to Elon Musk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We are cutting the waste and fraud in real time. So every day like that passes. Our goal is to reduce the waste and fraud by $4 billion a day. Every day, seven days a week. I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame.

[Morgan]

So 130 days is the legal time frame given to a special government employee, which is. That is what Musk is. He's not an elected official to stay on the job only 130 days. And so he's coming up on that time. He believes, of course, as he mentioned in the audio, that they can cut the deficit by $1 trillion within that timeframe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stated. There's no way. There's no way he is going to cut $1 trillion from the federal government without doing irreparable damage to our society. And you're not going to cut that type of money if you're not going to the Department of Defense, if you're not making cuts in the Department of Defense, if you're not making cuts in the Pentagon, not making cuts to our military, you're not getting nowhere near that number. You're just gonna end up firing a whole bunch of people, cutting a whole bunch of jobs that people need to be doing.

[Morgan]

Well, that's been, that's been the case. That's been the case. That's essentially what Doge is doing. And then only for some, some of the judges to turn around and then reinstate those, those, those workers. So we will see. Yeah, I can't imagine that this is going to be cleaned up. Up to what Musk is saying. In other news, the FAA is telling Congress it must do more to ensure flying remains safe following that midair collision over Washington, D.C. that killed 67 people on January 29th. Now, the agency's acting administrator, Chris. Chris Rushlow, he told a Senate hearing yesterday, we have to get smarter about how we use data adding safety. Investigating must evolve. Let's hear more from Chris Rushlow, the FAA acting administrator.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Something was missed at the DCA crash. I take that seriously. I take that upon myself. Something was missed. And since that time, we've been using new tools available to us. Artificial intelligence, machine learning. Yeah.

[Morgan]

So investigators have highlighted 85 close calls around Reagan DCA for those who know the codes over the last three years before the crash. But Rushlow admits alarming. Alarming trend was Ms. So, yeah, again, yesterday it was bridges. Something to think about. Today it's aviation. Just something to think about. And do we got time for one more real quick?

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Ryan Davis]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

No.

[Morgan]

Y'all heard about what happened with Selena's. So the woman who murdered Teano superstar Selena has been denied.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So the Texas Department of Criminal justice says Yolanda Saldivar did not pass her parole reason review process. It'll be 30 years to the day next Monday that Saldivar shot and killed the the singer in a hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Now, Saldivar was the president of Selena's fan club, and the star had just found out she was embezzling from her when she confronted her. Saldivar is now 64, and she is serving a life sentence for Selena's murder. Her next parole review date will be one to five years from now. So, yeah, anything for Salinas, you know, but that's your front page news.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not gonna rap envy.

[DJ Envy]

I'm black, sir.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, I'm black, sir.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're not gonna rep for Selena.

[DJ Envy]

I'm black, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, I know a lot of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dominican Americans have a very strong appreciation to the music and legacy of Selena. Of course, you know.

[Morgan]

Oh, my God. Don't just. We all love Selena's, you know, anything for Selenas. But that's your friend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's your front page news.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm putting the S on it that.

[Morgan]

You didn't see the movie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, but they say Salinas.

[Morgan]

Yes, they say everything. Anything for. Basically her. Her family had broke down on the side of the road, and when they found out, they were asking for help. And these guys pulled up, you know, very. I hate to say stereotypical kind of like, scene, but when he. When they went to help the family, they were like, yeah, anything for Selena.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, I didn't know it was just gonna end.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jump in.

[Morgan]

No, it did not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's really not.

[Morgan]

It was just very, very difficult type of scene, it's all. But, yeah. Nah, I mean, you know, Selena, we like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We.

[Morgan]

We like Selena. Anyway, so that's your front page news. Follow me on Social at MorganMedia. And for more news coverage, make sure you're following LACInformation Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail] thank you. Have a great weekend and Happy Friday. Tom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Selena. Very tragic story. I know nothing about Selena. I know about the movie that Jennifer Lopez and that's it.

[DJ Envy]

I. I'm not. I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You. You should know as a Dominican man.

[DJ Envy]

I don't. I don't even know.

[Jess Hilarious]

She had to learn. She had to learn Spanish. She wasn't even singing. She had to learn Spanish to sing those songs in Spanish.

[Morgan]

That's right. That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But Envy knows Spanish. He tries to act like he don't know because he be out here trying to act black.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yay.

[Morgan]

Is crazy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you, guys. Now, when we come back, Tamar Braxton will be joining us. She has a new cooking show called Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Ms. E, which is her mom. We'll talk to her next. And don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlamagne. The guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren Laros is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. We have Tamar Braxton. Welcome back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hi. Thanks.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel great. How you feeling, friend?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm good.

[DJ Envy]

Can't complain. You got a lot going on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do.

[DJ Envy]

Let's start first with the cooking show.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We have a cooking show?

[DJ Envy]

We gonna start positivity.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

How we.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's so positive. Uh oh, here we go. You know, you act great. Okay, well, you know, I have a cooking show with my mom, and this has been a lifelong dream for her, and it's been 10 years in the making. And everybody knows I've been very open and honest about our situations at WeTV, like, years ago and, like, why we couldn't do other things. And so the opportunity presented itself again ten years later, and here we are. It's probably one of my favorite projects that I've put out since the Braxtons.

[Ryan Davis]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What are y'all cooking on the show? What kind of foods? Like, what type of meals?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, okay, so last night's episode that came on, I made, like, rasta pasta.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, so you made that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So it's like, easy stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Right.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Who tastes it and says it's good? Do you have any judges?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I do have different people on there. My sister Trina came on there. My son comes on there. He's very honest. Like, me and Mitch. He's on there too. Like, I mean, we have real people on the show. Like, just real behind the scenes people who is honest. But my food is always good, though.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I sing and I cook.

[DJ Envy]

You sing on the show, you sing and you cook while you cook?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, in my life. And I cook.

[Ryan Davis]

What's your go to dish? Like, what's your favorite?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What you want?

[Ryan Davis]

Oh, wow. You like that? It's good like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It gives that.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's your go to dish for a man? That to impress a man? What are you gonna cook for the man?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So if he likes cheese, this is what I say. Always go to Alfredo. Homemade Alfredo.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's the best.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Or some type of salmon and spinach. Yeah. Because it looks like you put a lot of effort into it, but it's really no effort.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

I feel like sometimes the guys be coming at, like, they make Alfredo and salmon. Seem like if you cook that, you don't really know how to cook. Like, they come at those meals sometimes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I've only been single for a little while, so this is my first time hearing that.

[Ryan Davis]

I've been out here. I've been out here, and she's been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Single for a long time.

[Ryan Davis]

First of all. Don't say a long time. It's been about, like, a year. Like, don't do me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

If we go to a restaurant, right?

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nine times out of 10 and you don't know the food, you're going to pick something safe and what it say, a salmon dish with spinach or some type of greens, some, like, mashed potatoes. Right. And you're going to be satisfied. So why not do that at home?

[Ryan Davis]

It's an easy one. Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, you look.

[DJ Envy]

You look. You're very glowy right now. You look absolutely.

[Ryan Davis]

The skin, the blue liner under.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why would you have little vibe, a little biker vibe.

[DJ Envy]

So what changed? Because I know sometimes you didn't seem as glowy, you didn't seem as happy. What got you to a place where you look happy? Like, you look very happy. You're not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, I am happy. Like, I'm always happy. I don't know. I took a year off to be by myself and to really heal and to really figure out, you know, what I wanted in my life and where I wanted to go, and maybe that's what that is.

[DJ Envy]

Do you love love? Are you ready to get back into love and back into dating? I seen you post something about you got to make sure people have hiv, which was just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, not that I said I'm on prep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's true, though. You know, I don't know if I'm ready for love. I know that I'm ready to, you know, put myself back out there.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. So what happened in the last relationship?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, I don't want to talk about that. And the reason why I don't want to talk about that is because I don't want to be disrespectful. You know what I mean? I want to stay on this path of, you know, like, it was what it was, and it was my favorite relationship until it wasn't, and that's that on that. And there's children involved, and I definitely don't want to offend them. I got you. And I don't want to keep talking about their dad where they're offended about, you know, me Saying things about him that they feel that is derogatory. You know what I mean?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, what is your type? Do you have a type of type?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know if I have a real, like, aesthetic type, but I do know I like nice guys. You know what I mean? I like respectful men. I like men who want to be monogamous. Although, where are they?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, but that's my starter kit.

[Jess Hilarious]

And somebody that can handle Tay.

[Ryan Davis]

Really?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You think so?

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel like on all levels, not just nice Tay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel like I'm a lot of. I don't feel like I'm a lot in a relationship. You know, I feel like when it comes to my job, I am very, like, into it and demanding about that. But in relationships, I'm like, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Everybody behind you is laughing when you said that.

[Ryan Davis]

But you said, look away when you.

[DJ Envy]

Say I'm not a lot.

[Jess Hilarious]

They don't look like what I am. Not a lot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a lot.

[DJ Envy]

I'm a lot.

[Ryan Davis]

He said, yeah, friend.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, friend.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't think I'm a lot. I feel like I'm very submissive, actually. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So when it comes to dating, have you thought about with your son, like, how is that going to work? When are you going to introduce him? Does your son have to, like. Like, have you thought about that component to shoulder now?

[Jess Hilarious]

He's just like you. He is very honest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's like me and my mother.

[Jess Hilarious]

Your mother? Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. You know how you get around Baltimore people? You start talking Baltimore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So, okay, so here is the thing. That's why I say I'm not gonna, you know, date seriously, until he gets of age, because I don't want to keep introducing him to the wrong people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you mean?

[DJ Envy]

Serious mama. Need her.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do. But, you know, it's not really fair to him that these relationships keep going sour, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

But you don't plan for that. That's not what you intend for.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't. I definitely didn't this. But the truth of the matter is, is that it happens. And, you know, I don't want to keep introducing my son to these guys, and they let him down, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

Do you think social media plays a big part in breakups?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Social media played a big part. I feel like, okay, you know, I wish I could have been or had the opportunity to have been more private.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I know the next go round, it will definitely be private.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

Did you and your son have a conversation about, like, make your decision to wait until he was 18. Like, was he like, hey, mom, what if we just kind of like, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He'S not like that. That was the decision that I made because I'm a single mom and, you know, I'm in protective mode all the time of my son.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, so what. What happens if you do date somebody and they get close to your son and it doesn't work? Do you still allow him when they break up to still speak to your son, or is it a rap?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I. I often do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You never speak? Yeah, because that leaves the door open.

[DJ Envy]

A little bit, like. Cause now I can put my foot in just a little bit and tell.

[Jess Hilarious]

Your mama a lie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know about that. I'm a Pisces. The rap is the rap.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. But, you know, I feel like the relationship that he's has. Has established with that person. That should play out the way that it needs to. I can't involve myself in that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you.

[DJ Envy]

Got you.

[Ryan Davis]

What has your. I know you were celibate for some time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm still celibate. No.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay. Is there like a time period that you're doing or is it just like when you get to a place spiritual?

[Lauren LaRosa]

How long have you been celibate? A year.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus.

[Jess Hilarious]

Damn day.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, not even a kid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoa. Not a whole.

[Jess Hilarious]

Not a vibrator.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you do that? Nothing. I'm not really a touchy feely kind of person. On myself anyway.

[DJ Envy]

Is it on myself anyway.

[Ryan Davis]

But like, you're still meeting guys, though, and kind of like, you have friends, I'm sure. Casual conversation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Friends. Casual conversation. But I'm not interested. There's no one that I've been interested in.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You don't yearn for that feeling, that touch that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Of course I do. But, you know, where does that lead to? You know what I mean? If they're not like minded and we're not on the same page, it's like I'm dating for intent. You know what I mean? Nobody is dating for intent anymore. It's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

And what's the longest you ever been celibate? Is this it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is it.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, you hurt right now?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm actually. Now I'm okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

You're right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I'm super crazy busy and I've done a lot of healing.

[DJ Envy]

What have you been doing as far as healing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, you know, I believe in therapy.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I really believe in therapy. And I've just been taking out time for myself to get to know me, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Was your celibacy journey hard in the Beginning. No, no, no. Oh, Tamar was fed up. Fed up because I said a few times that I was gonna be celibate, and then I was like, what's up, big head?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then she got pregnant.

[DJ Envy]

Then she got pregnant.

[Ryan Davis]

I ain't never even said it. I don't even wanna lie like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no. I think that, you know, once you come to a point of where you're ready for a change, you have to start making different decisions to get the changes that you want, the results that you want.

[DJ Envy]

What did you learn about yourself? You said you. You learned a lot about yourself. What did you learn about yourself?

[Lauren LaRosa]

That I was a perpetual relationship person and I just wanted to be in a relationship instead of looking for the right relationship for me.

[Jess Hilarious]

Gotcha.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. All right. We got more with Tamar Braxton when we come back. Her new show, Cooking Sessions. Tamar and Ms. E comes out every Wednesday on Cleo TV. We'll be back with more. Tamar. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. La Rose is hanging with us as well. Tamar Braxton is in the building. Lauren.

[Ryan Davis]

But you said. I saw. You're on Sherry, and you said that you are ready to get back to dating them, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I am.

[Ryan Davis]

So how does that work with your celibacy? Are you dating people that are also on a celibacy journey?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I haven't been on one yet.

[Ryan Davis]

Oh, no date yet at all? Well, that was just a couple days ago.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, that was yesterday.

[Ryan Davis]

Yesterday. So ideally for you. What's that first date, back outside looking like?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't. Yeah, the outside is weird. It's very weird. And I don't know what that looks like, sis. You know what I mean? Cause I don't think we all know what that looks like until we meet that person and they show themselves, right?

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I never imagined at my age or this stage of the game that I'd be single. So it's kind of weird anyway, you know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

So you gotta explain one thing to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Me, though, my friends.

[DJ Envy]

You talk about HIV prevention, but you sell it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So you taking the HIV prevention that early just to. Just to make sure you have enough?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.

[Jess Hilarious]

Never.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I wouldn't be prepared.

[DJ Envy]

But I'll say, but you celebrate until.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm celebrating until it happens.

[DJ Envy]

Was there a scare? Because what made you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it wasn't a scare. You know, the fact of the matter is that the outside has changed and people are not monogamous at all. Everybody has the same boyfriend. And what is scary for me is actually contracting something because I am looking, you know, and I am dating. So that's what's scary to me.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then not for nothing, before hiv, you got chlamydia. You know, you still got the gonorrheas, the herpes. It's a whole bunch of other things, crabs and crops.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But there's also a medicine for that too. There's also a different kind of prep for that as well. So, you know, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. But for now, prep period, hopefully you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don'T get to that bridge though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what? Hopefully not. You know, but I'm not saying I'm out here raw dogging or I will raw dog. But, you know, things happen. You know, we adults. Hello. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Does it bother you that your. Your whole life is so on social media? Because everything that you do and people are gonna compare. It doesn't matter who you're dating, if you unblock your sister, if you block your sister, whatever happens with you. But you guys kind of did it. Cause you did that. But does it bother you now?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's irritating now because I can't really get away from that stigma that I'm problematic and always shoe. Right. But I think that is something we signed up for a long time ago and we didn't know that we were signing up for. So. Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

Does it affect you business wise? Like as you're doing new things under your production company and stuff like that? Is. Is that enough?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No. I have five TV shows that I shot. What is this? March.

[Ryan Davis]

March 20th, 25th. March 27th.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Five in the can.

[Ryan Davis]

Love that for you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Congratulations, baby.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you. And an album.

[DJ Envy]

An album and basketball.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That.

[DJ Envy]

The back making music.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, back making.

[DJ Envy]

We'll put you back into that space. Is that your. Your. My getaway, My Zen making music?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, I usually put out a single my birthday. Remember the last time I was here?

[DJ Envy]

Yep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But. And I told you guys there was an EP that was coming or album that was coming, but then like life happens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I'm actually glad that life happened because I feel like this is like my best project.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really? Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Why? Why do you feel this is your best?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I am just putting myself out there and putting everything that happened to me, especially like within the past year and a half. You know, I just.

[DJ Envy]

So you talk about your relationship and how it affects you and all that life. What was the most difficult thing to do.

[Ryan Davis]

I was gonna say, was it triggering for you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it wasn't triggering. It was therapeutic because I'm in therapy, so it really wasn't triggering. It was actually, you know, I look at it as a sign of release. A sense of release.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then you have October 9th. You'll be joining October London for the October nights.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We will be joining each other.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Y'all joining each other?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, on the Oktober nights Calling All Lovers tour. And I'm really excited. Well, Calling All Lovers is an album that I didn't get a chance to promote because I got sick. I don't know if you guys remember, that was, like, a couple years ago. And so now that I'm not sick and, you know, now that things are going well for me in life, I decided to go back and kind of showcase that album for that tour.

[Jess Hilarious]

I love the fact that the special guest is Ro James.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Isn't that spectacular?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo.

[Jess Hilarious]

What?

[Ryan Davis]

That is crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I can't wait. The Tour starts on April 17th. Why you laughing at me?

[Jess Hilarious]

I love Rojanes.

[DJ Envy]

Pause, pause, pause. You know, when New Yorkers say pause, they about to say something that might sound a little gay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay. What?

[DJ Envy]

Ro James came up here one time, right? And Charlamagne looked at Ro James, and he was like. Like, he has to be the thickest man I ever seen in my life.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What?

[DJ Envy]

I mean, everything.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Pull up the clips.

[DJ Envy]

Who was the guy that came up here that. You complimented his ass. And he got some tight buns. I can't remember his name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Complimented his ass. I ain't never complimented his ass.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, you did. You complimented his ass. He was doing a drop right through the window, and he was like, look at his ass roll.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

James. He did like his ass.

[DJ Envy]

He did compliment his ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said, God damn, he got a fat ass.

[Ryan Davis]

That's a compliment, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, you know how fat a man's ass gotta be for another man to say he got a fat ass? He might need to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. Something ain't right with Ro James thick.

[DJ Envy]

He's thicker than Charlemagne.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, thicken the ass. Like, he had a. He was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, bro. There's some guys that have hips.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We like the hip committee.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

No, y'all do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't like the hip committee?

[Ryan Davis]

I don't know, man. I'm dating. I don't want to look at your waist and be like, well, not. Well, not.

[I]

Oh.

[Ryan Davis]

I mean, I don't mind if somebody is sick, but not my man. I Just, you know, I don't want to be like, No, I like you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like a thin on thing. Because you think.

[Ryan Davis]

No, I like the. Like the muscle and all that, but just like the booty in the. You know how sometimes you see a man, you'd be like, damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Like, butt can't be bigger than you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

Like, I'm a little. Well, mine's just, you know, But I'm just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is not a hip committee.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. But it's kicking off April 17th.

[Lauren LaRosa]

April 17th.

[Jess Hilarious]

And in Virginia.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In Virginia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We go to D.C. i'm excited. I'm excited.

[DJ Envy]

What's up with you and Candy? Why, y'all?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so I'm not gonna really get into it because I don't want to muster up the situation.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So we really basically wouldn't be here if I wasn't lied on. And that's my thing. Like, I can deal with anything, but don't lie on me.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what I mean? So that's my thing.

[Ryan Davis]

So wait, when you say lie, you're talking about when Candy said Todd did not come for you or threaten you, but you said he did when y'all had that backstage moment.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So that clip came up. That was three years ago. And it really did something to me because she didn't choose to kind of, like, divert from the situation. She chose to call me a clown, and that pissed me off because we wouldn't be here had it not been for the lock. You get what I'm saying? But what I don't want to do is continue that conversation and take away from all the hard work that I have been doing these past couple of years and make it about a beef that I actually don't have a person currently. Does that make sense?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Were y'all ever cool or no?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God, yes. Are you kidding me? Like, like the whole Xscape group. Like, I am Eris's godmother, and Tiny is Logan's godmother. So we have been around each other for, like, 20, 30. And so it was really a lot for us to have that kind of a falling out because of a lie when you just should have told the public you did what you did, and it was what it was, and everybody moves on. But continuing to stick by the narrative that, oh, it has to be Tamar, because Tamar has. It's an easy target. To me, it was wrong, and that's where I'm at with it.

[Ryan Davis]

Is there any chance to reconcile? Like, if somebody put you on the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ground, you have to ask her that. You know, I just feel like when you lie on a person publicly, then it's your responsibility to make that right.

[DJ Envy]

Do you feel like you're the easy target when it comes to a lot of things? Because of the show and your personality and the things that you've been through, you feel like you are the easy target?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. The Braxtons have been on for 12 years.

[Ryan Davis]

That's kind of what I meant earlier, too, because I feel like a lot of stuff gets thrown on you all the time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, because it's easy. Because it's easy for people to believe, because everyone grew up watching that show. And all of these instances with my family. Now, I'm not saying I am. I'm never wrong, or I am the victim. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that it's easy to attach myself to things and for people to believe it off the bat.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with Tamar Braxton when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Laura Laros is hanging with us as well. Tamar Braxton is in the building. And we were talking about dating this week, and you said that you're actively dating. When it comes to dating, does your man get a cheating pass? Right. And this comes from Young Miami. Young Miami said that she would give her man three cheating passes. The fourth one, she's out.

[Jess Hilarious]

She's out.

[DJ Envy]

Cause she feels like every man cheats.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. I wouldn't say a pass.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But if he cheated, I do feel like that they deserve a conversation. I don't feel like in life that that is. Oh, God, I'm gonna get myself in trouble. I don't feel like that's a total deal breaker. Especially when you have life together, assets together, children together. It is a conversation because there is a breakdown somewhere. You know what I mean? I don't know. I just feel like when you cheat, you're not ready.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Have you ever been a cheater?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have.

[DJ Envy]

And why?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's the worst thing I've ever done?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But why?

[DJ Envy]

What got you to that point? Was it a drunk night or was it a night?

[Ryan Davis]

Did you cheat first or you cheated back?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I cheated first. I cheated first because I felt like a relationship was not resolved. And, you know, I started talking back to that person, and I was confused.

[DJ Envy]

You spun the block.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I spun the block, and I was just confused. And that's just the real truth.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And that was A mistake.

[DJ Envy]

Did you get caught or you told on yourself?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I got caught.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, damn.

[DJ Envy]

You were a bad cheetah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I wasn't a bad cheater. I got caught.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

How'd you get. Was it cell phone cord or.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was in my phone.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, y.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was on my phone. It was bad.

[DJ Envy]

Was it a picture?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was bad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was. It was the worst mistake I've ever made. I would never, ever, ever, ever cheat on anybody ever again ever, ever. Yeah. Because how do you recover? I feel like men. It's hard for men to recover from that.

[Ryan Davis]

Oh, girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. What?

[Ryan Davis]

Their chest be hurting and they be.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tight and what I don't want to do is break someone I love. You know what I mean?

[Jess Hilarious]

And have them looking at you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Realize how much you love that person. Person. After you cheated.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you can't take it back.

[Jess Hilarious]

And that's just the truth.

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[Jess Hilarious]

Like that's really just the truth. Sometimes you really don't know what you got until it's about to be out the door.

[Ryan Davis]

Jess, you got caught before, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You see me over here, my hands together and this. The crazy thing. I left my. I. I left a good relationship to be with my first. My first child's dad. And he. I got with him and not even 24 hours later, this cheated on me. And I try to go back to the guy, like, is this.

[Ryan Davis]

Is it too late? It's late.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why the you even.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, so it's too late. Yeah, I get it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you feel like I'm asking questions?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, we have an open conversation.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah, for sure.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you feel like a man can ever recover from their woman cheating on them?

[Jess Hilarious]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You think so?

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. This is how I look at it. If a woman really wants to get back and really wants to change and evolve and make a man feel comfortable, it's the same thing. When a man cheats with a man cheats. What. What makes a woman feel comfortable again is. Is being. Is allowing them to be comfortable. Right. I cheated. I talked about in my book. But I had to be able to be open with my wife where I know that I'm not doing no dirt. Like, I'd be like, I leave my phone here. Here's my phone. She never takes it, but she knows if she wants to, she can. Here's access to my social media. Here's access to anything that you need to make you feel comfortable to know that I will never do. You know, hey, I'm going on the road, babe. You want to come with me? I want her to feel comfortable where she never has that. That doubt in her mind ever again. And this is the person. I've been with my wife since 15 and 16, 31 years. So, yes, you can. So if she can do that, I got to put myself in that particular. If she cheated on me, would I.

[Jess Hilarious]

Be able to take that back?

[DJ Envy]

It depends how hard it was for her.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So you would give them the opportunity. So if it was your wife, you would give her the opportunity? Well, y'all got a lot of stuff.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A lot of children. You're the wrong person.

[DJ Envy]

But I would. It would be hard to see because I think for a man, mentally.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, man.

[DJ Envy]

Like, the fact that I gotta see you sucking. That would be hard.

[Jess Hilarious]

Crazy.

[Ryan Davis]

On your podcast that you have life, love and beyond, these are the conversations that you're having. Stuff like that. Conversations that we're having because you're so vulnerable, you're so open. It's like having girls talk with you. It is. Do you ever get nervous, though, when you're having these conversations that, like, maybe that ex or like, whoever you might have in conversation comes back up on social media, and it's like, I want to tell my side. And that was a whole Thing Because.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm very skeptical, okay. About talking about people.

[Ryan Davis]

Got you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what I mean? Because it takes away from everything that you doing for a moment and it's a complete distraction. So. So I'm very respectful now of what I say and I make sure that whoever I'm talking about that nobody knows who I'm talking about.

[Ryan Davis]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Ryan Davis]

What conversations are you having with your mom while you guys are cooking?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, we talk about stuff like that.

[DJ Envy]

You talk about that with your mom?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. We talked about last night on the premiere. Like, get em girl. Like, what's the things that you. What's the things that you cook to get em girl. And we talk about kids, we talk about life. We talk about. We talk about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My mom is one of my favorite people.

[Ryan Davis]

Y'all dynamic is dope. That's why I asked you that. She's not. She'll get into the things.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, she'll get into the things. And she's so. I don't know. She's just amazing and she gives the best advice about everything.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen, you are so right. I sat next to your mother on a flight before, right? We in first class, of course. First class.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But we sat.

[Jess Hilarious]

I sat right next to her, right? And I was on the phone. I was handling something, and we weren't even about to take off yet. They were about to just do that. That. That protocol, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The.

[Jess Hilarious]

The white flight attendant, she was like, you need to get off of your phone. I don't know, like, talking to me crazy. And I. Your mother knew I was about to go off, yo. And she just put her hand on my knee and she was like, don't even.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's her.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because that's what they want you to do. They want. She wants you to act up. She was. She already wasn't the best. She didn't greet people. She didn't greet us. It was me, your mother, and maybe one other person of color in first class. Didn't greet us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Didn't.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know. And when she did, it was very lackluster. Would you like something to drink before we go up the day? Or whatever? And she was like, that's what she want you to do. Do not do it. Your mother knew I was ready to go in. And then you know who she said you. I remind her of Absolutely. Smith. Sneaking out the house, going to Baltimore every such and such, man. Your mother got into it. Of got into some things about you. And you know, your sister's on the. On the flight. But she definitely. If she wasn't there. I probably would have been on the no fly list. The way that lady talked to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I'm sure was crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My mother has a way of, like, being honest but giving it to you in a comforting way.

[Jess Hilarious]

And she has a presence.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, she does.

[DJ Envy]

Definitely. Check out her cooking show. Cooking sessions with Tamar and Ms. E. Tamar is 48 years old, and you, when you see pictures of her 48th birthday, you're like, jesus Christ, Logan, you better check moms. And he does.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He does. Oh, guys, am I to block you.

[DJ Envy]

That week you blocked me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did block you that week.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You had to unblock me.

[DJ Envy]

Now I blocked you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now why you blocked me for?

[DJ Envy]

You was doing a lot.

[Jess Hilarious]

I was.

[DJ Envy]

It was so off point. It was soft porn. Did you see the pictures?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I did not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was so important.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's not. Soft point is modeling. Why can't I be a model?

[DJ Envy]

Well, make sure you check out Tamar Braxton. Her cooking shows, cooking sessions with Tamar and Ms. E. Her new project. And of course, she's on tour April 17th. If you're out in Virginia. What part of Virginia?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Norfolk.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, 757.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, that's what's up.

[DJ Envy]

If you're in the 757, definitely check it out. And we appreciate you for doing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, Fred. Thank you, guys. Hey, my new project comes out on April 11.

[Jess Hilarious]

April 11.

[Lauren LaRosa]

April 11. I love y'all so much. Family.

[DJ Envy]

It's Tamar Braxton. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm here yet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, now it's time to get into the latest with Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight fat.

[DJ Envy]

She gets into somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Ryan Davis]

I'm the home girl that knows a.

[Jess Hilarious]

Little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she has facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything.

[Carlos Miller]

Who is the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay, so in the latest right now there is another part two of the Stephen A. Smith LeBron James. More child. Yeah. Because Stephen A. Smith also does first take. So what we did yesterday here in the latest was Stephen A. Smith responding on his show, the Stephen A. Smith show. But he also does first take. So he went on first take and he, you know, began to divulge into the whole saga of the drama.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why wouldn't he exactly use this one? Oh, my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Ryan Davis]

You have one of the biggest sports commentators and one of the. In one of the biggest.

[Jess Hilarious]

The biggest athletes.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah. Hell dang Right, he's going to. But why he was divulging into all of this. He made a comment about LeBron not being at Kobe's memorial, which people didn't take well to. Let's take a listen to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I suggest that he be happy with the things that I haven't brought up. I never brought up really. And never really discussed why you were not at Kobe Bryant's memorial service. I never really brought up a discuss why you did not attend Dwayne Wade's hall of Fame induction when that man was directly responsible for you capturing a championship for the first time in your career. I brought up none of that. I didn't bring up the fact that even though when people had asked, you had alluded to what had happened tragically to your son, and thank God he's okay with his heart condition, I didn't bring up the fact that even though you couldn't go to the hall of Fame induction of Dwayne Wade, weeks later, weeks earlier, you were out of the country on business. I didn't bring that up. That's your personal business.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, you just bought it up. And thank you very much for putting it out there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I enjoyed that 17 minute rant. It was very entertaining. Entertaining. And that's hilarious to me when people say what I didn't bring up and then they say what they didn't bring up because they wanted to bring it up. Baby.

[Ryan Davis]

I was watching that rant. I said, oh, this might be almost better than Housewives. I might got to tune in the first take.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was good.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, but why. But why go there, though? What happened? Why didn't he attend Kobe's memorial or. Or, you know, his funeral?

[Ryan Davis]

What did he say? Great question, Jess. Because what happened was LeBron was actually there, but reports were that he had asked not to be shown on camera. Let's take a listen to Stephen A. Coming back in the second hour. First take. Having to correct that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Remember, people were blowing up my phone since the first segment of the show when I talked about him at the memorial service. Okay. I didn't mean to say he wasn't in the building. I was told he was in the building, you understand? But we saw a whole bunch of players.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We didn't see him. Why? H. I'll let him answer that one day if he so chooses. What? Yeah. How that. How is that possible, though? Like, how is that possible to be at something like Kobe Bryant's funeral and not get caught on nobody's camera? Nobody.

[DJ Envy]

Maybe they didn't Let anybody film inside. And he came through a back door or came through a side door, not the door that usual, you know, people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All those people in there, though, they.

[DJ Envy]

Said he was there. They seen him. They just said there was no videos about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not saying he wasn't. I'm just saying how did he escape not being on no video or no.

[DJ Envy]

Camera could have came out the back door, side door, that big ass building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With all those people. I don't know, man. With some of the biggest stars and athletes in the world. I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

He was there.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean. But is it really a big deal, though?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm with you. They were like, why does it matter if I attended or not?

[Ryan Davis]

He was trying to make the point that from what I gather and Charlamagne, you let me know how you felt. But I felt like the rant was him, number one, saying, you're a liar, you're a liar, you're a liar, you're not a good person. People don't like you, and you do bad to people, and then you're upset when people talk about it. So he was trying to, in my opinion, trying to make the. The parallel of like, these are people who paid the way, who've done good for you, but you. Now that you think you are who you are, it's like everybody got to kiss the ring. You don't got to care about nobody else.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, what he was alluding to is he was saying that LeBron was upset that he wasn't a speaker at the funeral.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah, like, it's all about him, basically.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, yeah, like, okay, let's get to the bottom of it. I'm sitting over here like, well, we. He's boys. Boy, I was confused.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what it was. He was eluded. Because that. That's what I was told yesterday, that he was saying that people were. LeBron wasn't a speaker at the funeral. So that's why LeBron was, I guess, I don't know, upset. I don't know.

[Jess Hilarious]

Y'all won't get to see me on camera. I'm going play dirty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm not saying any of this is true. I'm just saying this is what the streets are saying.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And by streets, I mean group chats.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay, well, I. I mean, you gotta trust your sources, because I ain't got nothing in this world. But also, too, with the Dwyane Wade thing, I know that there were reports that at that time Bronnie's health situation was happening. Bronnie Jr. So that's why reportedly LeBron didn't show up to the things that that Stephen A. Was, was mentioning. But there was another part too that Stephen A. Talked about that I thought was hilarious because did you guys go watch the video of him boxing sparring? Okay. So that, that people have been throwing boxing coaches his way and everything. Because now there's a company that has come out to TMZ Sports and say, yo, they really want to do this, we'll make it happen.

[DJ Envy]

They are not doing that.

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah, so, so, so many different people are like, hey, like I saw Matt Barnes be like, yo, if you need a boxing coach, I got somebody for you. But Stephen A. Responded to being posted by LeBron that box boxing video.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In the aftermath of that interview. What does he do? He puts out some, some page about me boxing and all of this other stuff from a decade ago with two torn rotator cuffs. Final problem. It's very, very embarrassing video, I'll be the first to say, and all that stuff, even though I like it to be left up there. Because if people think I want to throw hands like that, that's how I throw hands.

[DJ Envy]

Knock yourself out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm good with that. I know that the man I am today is not the man that I was was a decade ago. Why do I bring that up? Because that's how petty you've become. You're LeBron James. You that butt hurt over the things that I'm saying that you would post that video. When has LeBron James ever done something like that? But suddenly you're doing that. As it pertains to me, this man is in his feelings. I wonder why. Could it be because I don't believe you're the goat? Because I'll never believe you're the goat. I mean, my God, I have done everything but put diapers and a bib on this brother. Listen, by the way, nobody is losing in this situation, okay? LeBron is still LeBron. Stephen A. Is having one of the best years of media personality has had in a long time. He started the year with people saying he should run for president. He signed a hundred million dollar contract and now he's in a beef with the biggest basketball player in the world. And his specialty is basketball. Right in time for the playoffs, right?

[DJ Envy]

I just don't like it, man. I, I mean, I enjoy it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a lot. I love it. I do.

[DJ Envy]

But I don't want to see Stephen a. Smith and LeBron going back and forth. They not going to box. Like, why would you want them to Box.

[Ryan Davis]

They don't even need to box. I feel like just the verbal sp is enough for me. And he did say he's act. He's. He's invited LeBron to conversations that LeBron does not want to do.

[DJ Envy]

And LeBron never went against a, a personality that does this for a living. Just like if Stephen A. Smith plays him in one on one basketball, Steven's not gonna win.

[Ryan Davis]

I hope LeBron takes that as a challenge and sit down and has that conversation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To your point, Lauren, I think LeBron could fare better verbally if he went to the right platform. Pat McAfee may not be able to get that out of him. He go sit down, you know, at 7:00am in Brooklyn with Melo and Cash and, you know, Elmero. Or he go sit with Gilbert Arenas and them brothers. You know, you might. He go sit with all the smoke. Matt Bond, Stephen Jackson. You might get a different side of Bron.

[Ryan Davis]

That's crazy. We were talking about that yesterday, me and the producers and we mentioned those platforms.

[DJ Envy]

But would Bron want to do it? Like, why play basketball? Who cares? Like, why go back and forth?

[Ryan Davis]

Why don't you tell him shut up and dribble?

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm just saying, like, why go back and forth? I'm a basketball player.

[Jess Hilarious]

I see what you did, Lauren. My bad. Go ahead.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay. And as we wrap up, I just wanted to send a congratulations to Arlette and her husb husband. Arlette, who is she from Delaware?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You just said it like we know her. Shout out to Earette.

[Ryan Davis]

Because he won't even let me. Maybe he let you get a word in.

[Jess Hilarious]

Her name is Arlette Amadi. She is the host and actually the. The creator of the balloon pop series on. On YouTube. It's going to Netflix now. Yo.

[Ryan Davis]

So shout out to Arlette Amazing and her husband Bolia. Bolia Mandu. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What race it is.

[Ryan Davis]

As we wrap up real quick. So yes, they are headed to Netflix with their series. It will premiere April 10th and it'll happen every Thursday at 8pm Eastern Standard Time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Love it.

[Ryan Davis]

Yvonne. Yvonne Oriji.

[Jess Hilarious]

Orgie.

[Ryan Davis]

Orgy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yvonne Orgy.

[Ryan Davis]

I always say her name wrong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You mean to tell me Yvonne has been on Insecure all of these years? Stand up specials on hbo and you don't know Yvonne Orgy?

[Ryan Davis]

I know who she is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She had a business.

[Ryan Davis]

First of all, be quiet. You've been talking a lot for me today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't get mad at me because you don't know black women's names.

[Ryan Davis]

And I know who she is. I get her name wrong. And I wanted to get it right. So me and Jess practiced it and I still got it wrong. I wanted to ask you, did you know something? But I can't say it on air.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right, don't. But they had Orgy hosting it, which I was a little confused about in the beginning because it's like, yo, no, why is Arlette not doing it? But, you know, I guess it's like, you know, policy. Maybe she's not a bigger name, you know. Well, she's not a big name in the industry, so they had to get somebody of a, you know, a bigger name.

[Ryan Davis]

But.

[Jess Hilarious]

But Arlette Amuli is the executive producer.

[Ryan Davis]

Yep. Her will be executive executive producers. And Yvonne Orgy will be hosting, posting it.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations to them. All right, now, Charlamagne, who you give.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That donkey, too, man Four after the hour. We need Marjorie Taylor Greene to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with her, please.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that next. So don't go anywhere. And then comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up, wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[Donnell Rollins]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's the donkey of the day.

[Ryan Davis]

Charlamagne Devil.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club. Yes, Doggy. Today for Friday, March 28, goes to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Now, ever since Atlantic magazine published Secretary of Defense Pete Hexef's messages to a group chat on Signal discussing classified war plans, Republicans have been turning themselves into Auntie Annie's pretzels trying to defend this foolishness, okay? Some are just brushing it off as an honest mistake. Some are saying they weren't discussing classified war plans. But all of them are missing the obvious, much larger point on purpose. And that point is that some of the top US Officials in America shouldn't be on Signal discussing anything that has to do with our government. And especially they shouldn't be discussing classified war plans. Now, some Republicans handle it better than others. I personally feel like when you are being asked about something that makes your side look so incredibly stupid, just play it cool, okay? Either don't comment or just act like it's no big deal. Mistakes happen, you've texted the wrong group chat before, blah, blah, blah. But Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't get that. Didn't get that keep it cool memo, okay? No, not at all. See, the Georgia Republican refused to answer a question from a reporter about the incident. And wait until you hear what her excuse was. Let's go to CNN for the report, please. Anybody else? What country Are you.

[Morgan]

Wait, what country are you from?

[Ryan Davis]

Okay.

[Morgan]

We don't get a crap about your.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Opinion and your reporting. House Republican member Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at a Sky News correspondent, Martha Kellner, when she asked about the Signal Group chat controversy. Why don't you go back to your country? We have a major migrant problem, and you. No, no, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You should care about your own borders. No, no, no, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me tell you something. Do you care about people from your country? What about all the women that are raped by migrants? No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

By migrant?

[Ryan Davis]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you care?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, you're done.

[Morgan]

I don't care about your fake news.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The congresswoman from Georgia then called on an American journalist, but the reporter redirected her back to Kellner's original question. Do you have a relevant question?

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is an American journalist. Thank you.

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm an American, and I'd like to hear your answer to what she's asked.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not answering her question because I don't care about her network. If you would like to ask, I can answer. You know why Marjorie Taylor Green couldn't address the question? Because then she would be forced to address the national security concerns that any American, especially an elected official, should have about this situation. Okay? This isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an incompetence of our elected officials issue, okay? Could get a whole lot of people killed issue. All right? This is why we don't trust politicians, because they put part party before the people. It shouldn't matter what party a person is in this situation. What should matter is right or wrong, qualified or unqualified, drunk or not drunk. See, I remember when Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, was accused of regularly abusing alcohol to the point that he passed out at a family gathering, okay? And once needed to be dragged out of a strip club while in uniform. My kind of guy, by the way. Just not the kind of guy I want running the Secretary of Defense. Now, these allegations, because that's what they are, allegations were made by an ex relative and they were given to US lawmakers and reviewed. So when people see he's on Signal talking like this, I think it's a valid question to ask whether or not the potential DUI hire is drunk, okay? That has nothing to do with a party, all right? If you truly put country over your political party. But Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't wanna have that convo. She wanted to deflect accountability for her party's action. Actions. Oh, oh, oh, good old deflection. Okay. A tactic used to avoid criticism, blame or negative consequences by diverting attention or responsibility away from oneself. There is no faster way to lose respect than to deflect. See, Marjorie, if you was to simply say what they did was wrong, we the people, regardless of party, could respect that. Okay, you didn't even have to say there should be consequences, even though there should be. Just tell us that that top U.S. officials discussing classified war plans on signal is stupid and should never happen. As an American. Okay, I would have said, you know what, thanks for telling the truth, Marjorie. But now you just confirming what I already knew. And that is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is an ultra realistic humanoid robot designed by Elon Musk. That's the only logical explanation. Okay, she is AI Artificial ignorance. All right, she connects to WI Fi just fine, but can't connect to basic human decency and truth. Listen, message to all elected officials. You have to be able to call out your own. If you call out your own, then you can be respected by all. But if right or wrong depends on who's right or left, then you just a pawn. Please give Marjorie Taylor Greene the sweet sounds of the hammer tones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. Of the day.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel like Marjorie Taylor Green is the perfect example of the military man school lady.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's the military man school?

[Jess Hilarious]

Nancy Mace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nancy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Nancy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you think they like to say she been.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, no, no. Nancy Mace. You wouldn't look at her and be like, oh, you went to a military man school. You look at Marjorie Taylor Green.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, she looked like she went to a military the class.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, yeah, like you ran the class because she diesel. Like, yo, what I'm talking about. Shorty is stocky. Like I wouldn't even want to fire.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, that's how Elon Musk designed her. That's how Elon Musk designed her. Yeah. I don't think I'm telling you, she's a humanoid robot designed by Elon Musk. I really believe that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. Now when we come back, comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us. We kicked it with him a day ago. Charlemagne wasn't in. Donnell actually sat down during this interview.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Donnell Rollins.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Donnell Rollins. He wanted to be a part part of it and let's just say very interesting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hope Donnell wasn't in here trying to make Ryan not believe in himself the way Donnell don't be believing in himself.

[Jess Hilarious]

We can't ever do that to Ryan.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hope, I hope, I hope it was the other way around and the confidence that Ryan Davis has rubbed off on Donnell. Cuz Ryan is uber confident.

[DJ Envy]

They were two comedians that bonded over comedy and it was a great conversation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, I'm going listen.

[Jess Hilarious]

Is that right? Was that Ryan's first time up here?

[DJ Envy]

No. No.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay. Okay. I was going to say, cuz, that if I got the chance to finally sit down at a breakfast lunch club and another comedian came in on my interview.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree with you, Jess. Well, he wasn't.

[DJ Envy]

He wasn't. He wasn't mad about that. You know, he was mad. He was more mad that Jesse Charlemagne weren't here for his interview. That's what he was mad about. He was like, what the hell is Jesse Charlemagne?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can see why you would feel that way.

[DJ Envy]

See?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

All right, where's the Breakfast Club? All right, well, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. We have comedian Ryan Davis. Welcome, brother.

[Donnell Rollins]

What's up, man?

[DJ Envy]

Now, Donnell Rollins is filling into here. You know, Charlemagne's out. Jess is out. So Donnell is. Is one of our family members. Extended family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But don't expect me to do no booty drops or none of that type of stuff.

[Donnell Rollins]

Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

But how are you feeling? First and foremost?

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm feeling good. Feeling good, man. Feeling good.

[DJ Envy]

Your new special, Underrated is out right now.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah, man.

[DJ Envy]

And it's a story. You put it together for people that don't know. Explain how you started to do this on your own. You shopped it around and you couldn't get a deal.

[Donnell Rollins]

Nah, I shopped it around. It's funny too. Whenever you. Cause I mentioned Netflix immediately when I said, oh, Netflix didn't take it. People go, you know, there's other places. I don't think they understand how shopping around goes. You shop at every everywhere. You know, I just mentioned Netflix, but it was held for like five months or it was in their hands for like five months. And then eventually they said no, they passed on it. And by that time. Yeah. Donnell will tell you, man, some material has, like, shelf life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You spent how much? Well, how much did you shoot? How much did it take?

[Donnell Rollins]

It cost me about 150 because, you know, when you choose certain venues and then you have to dress the venue. I had to paint the stage. It was several cameras. Cameras. You know, you got to get the jib, you got to get the everything. Like, I had to pay for Everything out of pocket.

[DJ Envy]

So when you go to these places, like Netflix and all these other places that said no, which made you decide to do it on your own, they tell you why no. Or they're just like, damn. So you have no clue why they.

[Ryan Davis]

Didn'T spin the block. Once you did that breakdown online where.

[Donnell Rollins]

You showed those numbers, oh, so many. And that was the thing. It went so crazy because it was. It was shared hundreds of thousands of times. So, like, my DMs were crazy. And there was a lot. A lot of people reaching out who have platforms and things of that nature, but I couldn't see it all, or even Entertainment Plus. I've already told millions of people where I'm gonna put it and what I'm gonna do with it. And to the people who are reaching out, you know, with these platforms, I appreciate it. But at. Also, at this time, this is a great time to reach out to other comedians, because there's a lot of comedians that have my story. You know, at this point, you should. You should put out that you're willing to bring comedians to your platform and give them a space to share their art. You know what I mean? That's what I wanted. I wanted, whenever I put it out, to inspire other people to put their money where their mouth is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Interesting to me, is underrated. Why did you choose to name your special Underrated?

[Donnell Rollins]

I think that is.

[DJ Envy]

And if you're just joining us, Ryan Davis is here. Donnell is filling in for Charlemagne. And Donnell is on his journalist tip.

[Ryan Davis]

Period, because he just brought that in. Real easy.

[DJ Envy]

Real easy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah. I think under rated describes kind of what my journey is right now in standup, you know what I mean? I think amongst my peers, they know how I get down on stage. But I think the general public, we have gotten to a point where the skill of standup isn't really celebrated as much as the popularity of an individual. And I wanted to highlight that when it comes to the standup space, you know, I think I'm one of the best out here. Like, one of the top ones. And whenever I think I'm critic, anytime I'm criticized, it's based off of social media content. Oh, I don't think, you know, he may be this because of the. I've seen clips of something instead of the actual thing that I do. So that's why I went with underrated.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you feel sometimes because you have the crossover ability, that people don't connect.

[Donnell Rollins]

With your blackness, man, you know, that you. You deal with that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm asking you the question so these people. It's true.

[DJ Envy]

But to add on what he said, he's right. Right. And the reason I say that is, I know you as a comedian, but to me, it doesn't stand out as it should. Yeah, he's a little different because he's been coming on the Breakfast Club for years. So we poke at that. We make fun of him. But for you, I didn't see it the same. Almost like a Hannibal Burris, right, Where he's huge, but not in our community, per se. You know what I mean? So how do you deal with that and how come that is.

[Donnell Rollins]

But that's why I lead the underrated. And I'm gonna tell you, I'm not gonna act like that's not bothersome to be underrated amongst the people you feel like you relate to the most.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black people. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Why don't you think you connect to the black community as you should?

[Donnell Rollins]

Like, I think that the black audience has been trained to gravitate towards certain type of stuff. I think what happens is we have been trained over the years to do. What's the move? Like, what's the popular thing to do? Like, everybody's gonna be there, so I'ma go, You know what I mean? Instead of. I don't think a lot of people are willing to stand on. I like this person, so I'll go. Even if the building is empty, you know, they rather be a part of something bigger. People love to be a part of something. And I think if I don't, I don't create that fear of missing out like a lot of people do. You know, I. I'll sell out a show and I won't show anybody. So the narrative is the thought that I don't sell out shows. And I always thought that was weird. And then some. Like, I remember seeing comments when I would promote shows. They were like, I don't know, if the shows sell out, then I might have to pull up. And I'm like, why would that be the reason to a show and stuff like that. Always, always. You know, I think we're always. Because we're the coolest, you know, kids, that we're always looking for the coolest people to follow. And comedy ain't about cool. It's about funny. And I think once we get back to that, you know, celebrating the skill and the, you know, the actual talent, then, you know, comedy would be back in a. In a good place. I'm gonna be honest with you, man. I really didn't have. Have expectations when I went online to just share my story or whatever. I was like, oh, my fans will see this. But then it ended up getting like 8 million views across platforms. That wasn't what I expected. I expected. I was like, yeah, I'm just, I hope to get my money back.

[DJ Envy]

That's all you want?

[Donnell Rollins]

I want people to see it. I hope to get my money back. But I worked really hard on this project, man. Like whenever I went to shoot, my father had been diagnosed.

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

Sorry to hear that.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, wait a minute. I have to stop this right now.

[Donnell Rollins]

Wait a second, wait a second. I know they say because they laugh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I knew he was gonna say that. Him.

[Jess Hilarious]

We don't take you serious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know that?

[Ryan Davis]

Anyway, I remember. Isn't that one of the most memorable clips for him? I told you.

[Donnell Rollins]

No, but I'm just saying, you didn't laugh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You dis story, son.

[Ryan Davis]

Your father was diagnosed with cancer, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, not that, but it was just an emotional part.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay, go ahead. So your problem.

[DJ Envy]

Sorry to hear that.

[Ryan Davis]

Yes, I'm sorry to hear that.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Donnell Rollins]

But I appreciate your empathy, brother. So he. It was. And my mom. Him and my mom, they had never even been on a plane before, and they got on the plane to go to Chicago for my special.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah. That was a huge deal. Like, my entire siblings. Like, all of my siblings. I'm one of eight. Like, everybody got out to support it, you know, to see that type of belief from my family, man, really meant a lot to me.

[DJ Envy]

How's he doing now?

[Donnell Rollins]

He's see proud black man. He won't tell you. We never know how this doing. You know, we're like, hey, can you give us an update? Oh, no, everything's cool. So we never know. You just have to gauge how it looks.

[DJ Envy]

But let me ask you, you know, with so many comedians supporting you, right, if you listen, like, you know, I heard Kevin Hart and Charlamagne do the interview, and I've heard Kevin support you, you know, support you, I guess, virtually, verbally. Do you feel like there should be more support with comedians where they actually help because they have other opportunities? Because, you know, we all see what's going on with Netflix and some of those other things they do.

[Donnell Rollins]

I think the conversations aren't had a lot, but Dave Chappelle, whenever I put it out or whatever, he texts me. He's told me before, you know, if I need anything, I can reach out. When we did, when 50 was opening, he did the big show down in Louisiana, Shreveport. I was like, literally in Dave's green room. And he told 50, if you working on something, comedy or whatever, this is one of the better comedy writers of today, you need to book him to do something. Those things do happen.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, that's good to know that's happening out there. We got more with Ryan Davis when we come back. Danelle Rollins is here. Also Lauren LaRosa. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren, the roast is here. Also, Darnell Rawlings is sitting in, and we're still kicking in with comedian Ryan Davis. And what happened with you and Kevin Durant? Why are you. Why Kevin Durant got upset with you?

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, Kevin Durant loves to go back and forth with people on social media, and we had a difference of opinion, and I'm cool with difference of opinion.

[DJ Envy]

What was the difference of opinion on?

[Donnell Rollins]

He said offense wins championships, which is not a Saiyan. Has never been a Saiyan in any sport. Yeah. And that's what we disagreed. And then he called me a trash comedian, and that's when I knew he wasn't familiar with my work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

This is what I'm talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's certain words. That's the N word in comedy. It's like, it don't. It's hard to go back. Anything corny?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whack. Those are fighting words in the. In the world of comedy.

[DJ Envy]

That you roasted them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Trash is horrible.

[Donnell Rollins]

Trash is trash. Trash. That's how my whole day went. Like, if you, like, you know, people now, they set up. They tripod. You see, they show with how they do their day. If that. If that had done that, all you would have saw is me, like, sitting there to say, trash this. Call me trash.

[DJ Envy]

Why are comedians so sensitive?

[Donnell Rollins]

It's not comedians. Let me tell you something. Sensitive people y'all ignore when everybody else is. You got to remember, Erykah Badu said it best. Keep in mind, I'm an artist, and I'm sensitive about my.

[Ryan Davis]

I throw out so many shots, though, so I feel like y'all are removed from sensitivities at a certain point.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't feel like I was sensitive in that moment. I kept it basketball. And then he said I was a trash comedian. He said that he made it personal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would.

[Donnell Rollins]

I kept it basketball. But I was like, since we want to get personal.

[Ryan Davis]

You want to be funny?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to be.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

You want to step into my arena?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's.

[Donnell Rollins]

Let's see how you fare. I can't beat you in basketball, but I promise you, I'm way better at this.

[Ryan Davis]

I don't know. I think people just look at. Because I know what you're talking about. But, like, when you got y'all, like, we look to you guys for relief. So it's like, it's hard for us to see y'all as anything but that sometimes.

[Donnell Rollins]

And that's messed up that y'all don't see us as people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Smokey Robinson people say I'm the life of the party. Cause I tell a joke or two. But take a good look at my face, and you see I'm frowning. We, as comics, as much as someone going to the show is therapeutic for them, it's therapeutic for us. And the best comics are the ones that whatever they're dealing with, they know how to go on stage and talk about things that are troubling them.

[Donnell Rollins]

Right. On my special, I talk about. I talk about my relationship. I have a fractured relationship with my mother. I talk about that. I talk about that.

[DJ Envy]

Must have been difficult to do that in front of her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, what?

[Donnell Rollins]

She had something to say, but she was there, she supported. So I always love her for that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What does fractured relationship mean?

[Donnell Rollins]

Whenever, especially in our community, the woman, the matriarch of the family, you know, she can do no wrong at times. And if she does do wrong, you gotta have that grace. You don't ever disconnect from your mother. And I made the decision not to really speak to my mother for several years.

[Ryan Davis]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that's tough.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah. And I talk about that in the set. You know what I mean? The mother of my children almost died, you know, carrying our children. I talk about that. I talk about. That's what I'm saying. I turn those. Those things in, the levity. I talk about race. I talk about political correctness. I talk about relationships. I talk about everything because there aren't spaces for that. I talk about suicide. And I think people don't realize because if you don't go to my shows, you don't know. There have been many black men who walk up to me and go, you know, I have a kind of a fractured relationship with my mother, and there's no space for us. Nobody's talking about what it is to be. Be a black man in that space. To look at the woman who created you and not feel the connection. That's the person we want to love us the most. You know, the people who don't feel that love, where do they go for levity? And that's what I try to provide.

[DJ Envy]

But do you give a grace? Right?

[Donnell Rollins]

No, I had to give her grace because my mom's super young. My mom had me as a teenager, and I wasn't even a first child, so, you know, understanding. I had my first child at 26, and I wasn't ready. So having my third one at, like, 17, you know, I couldn't even imagine what, you know, she never had a chance to become an adult before she started raising children of her own.

[DJ Envy]

But Your mother had three children by the age of 17?

[Donnell Rollins]

Four by 19. Four by 19, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So was your father a lot older? Was it?

[Donnell Rollins]

He's older, yeah. Yeah, yeah, he's older. I'll talk about that in the special.

[Ryan Davis]

What was that dynamic like for you, though? Just because, I mean, the relationship ended up fractured, but, like, coming up and your mom is growing up with you with three other kids, four other kids, it sounds like.

[DJ Envy]

That was your sister, wasn't it?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

Like, you see her as mom. That's mom. Cause she. We weren't raised like, she's. We weren't raised by grandma. Like, my parents were married. They raised us together. It wasn't until you get to become an adult, like, I'm 38. My mom was 38 when I was 21, and I had older siblings.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Donnell Rollins]

That's crazy. That's when I started to see how young she was before. It was always, that's my when she.

[Ryan Davis]

Came and saw you, was that her first time hearing the jokes about your relationship?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

But I've talked about our relationship on podcast, and I never said what exactly it was or whatever she did, because it was, you know, that's between us. But the thing is, she won't admit to it. And there will be people who watch this who know what I'm talking about. When you confront your parents about what it is or what trauma they brought to you or what they did or. And it's not that you're saying you're a bad parent. This is my experience of you. And then the first thing they'll say is, also, I was the worst parent ever. No, I wouldn't be here if you were a bad parent. I wouldn't. I wouldn't purchase the home and give you that if I thought you were a bad parent. I wouldn't praise you the way I do if you were a bad parent. This is where I feel like something went wrong in my development. And your parents did the best they could.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Could. Right.

[Donnell Rollins]

Whether you believe it or not, even if you like, well, they could have done better. What they couldn't see. How many of us actually see the things that we do that we're messing up? Somebody has to tell you. Usually somebody has to tell you how they're experiencing you. You don't get to tell people how they should experience you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Well, what can they find you? Where can they find your comedy special? Underrated. If they want to see it, pay for it.

[Donnell Rollins]

Go to. You can go to my Instagram. Right. But you go to Patreon, type in Ryan Day Davis.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It'll.

[Donnell Rollins]

It'll come up. Just go to Patreon, type in Ryan Davis. It'll come up.

[DJ Envy]

And if you want to see him live, he's performing at the gramercy theater.

[Donnell Rollins]

On April 12th in here in New York.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. And we appreciate you for joining us. And you see down there, we ain't make no booty jokes today. Nothing.

[Ryan Davis]

We left the whole alone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I kind of. I missed the booty jokes.

[DJ Envy]

Ryan Davis, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Pass the Aux.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, dj.

[Donnell Rollins]

Come spin now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come spin.

[DJ Envy]

Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You really disappointing today, Nyla Simone.

[I]

How am I really disappointing.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's up, Nyla?

[DJ Envy]

You go to St. John's your team finally made it to March Madness. You got a Morehouse. I love my HBCUs.

[Jess Hilarious]

First of all, you went to St.

[DJ Envy]

John's cuz of JCOLE and you finally made it to the March Madness tournament.

[I]

Well, if St. John's wants to send me some merch, I already paid tuition. Like, somebody gave me this for free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's classic, by the way. You can't lose with a Morehouse College.

[DJ Envy]

You went to St. John's okay.

[I]

And they also lost, by the way. But it's cool.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, Nyla.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[I]

Like, why are you coming off so hot?

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

N. By the way, he's Dominican and don't never rep Dominican and wear nothing Dominican, so don't let him talk to you like that.

[DJ Envy]

I am not Dominican. I'm black and I always represent Pan.

[I]

You really think you're Dominican?

[Ryan Davis]

What you in here with that song.

[I]

I know, but the first song of the day, I'm gonna go to Little Dirk. He just dropped the project. And in the song with Jana Eagle, he announced that he was married. It's called Can't Hide It.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, how old is that record? Because his voice sound, like, very different.

[I]

How am I supposed to know that? Oh, I don't think he sounds. Well, I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

You got a video for that one too, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't?

[Ryan Davis]

Yeah, something where they like holding the rings and the ring is nice. And people trying to figure out if it's a real marriage or.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[I]

They said that they got married married prior to the whole debacle. That's what the people saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I saw something about Mar the other day. Oh, he got the Most certifications, most RIAA certifications for a hip hop artist in 2025. Yeah, he got 53 new RIA double RIAA certification. So a bunch of gold and platinum plaques. Oh, work for that Y.

[I]

The next record is going to go to Reuben Vincent and 9th Wonder. They actually dropped a surprise mixtape before their album that's gonna be dropping later this year. And 9th sampled touchdown teaser is Super Super Fire, which I just wanna say shout out to ninth because I'm really enjoying these, like, IG videos where he shows him and how he chops like.

[DJ Envy]

These songs, samples up and everything.

[I]

Yeah, and then it goes to the real song. It's pretty cool. But anyway, this record is called Anything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That boy Ruben Vincent, man. That boy Ruben Vincent different, man. He be snapping, bro.

[Jess Hilarious]

He always put me on to, like, some good cruise music. Light my L and just be cruising. You always put me onto some good cruise music. That's cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder if Reuben could capture that sound with anybody other than Knife. And what I mean by that is Knife Wonder is such a OG veteran producer who knows how to create, you know, like. Like just said that bop, right like that. Driving while you bop. I wonder if there's any new producers that could capture that for Ruben.

[DJ Envy]

That same vibe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because Rubik Knife brings out the best in Reuben boy. Ruben is Ruben already dope, but him and Knife the together. Chef's Kiss, man.

[I]

Yeah, I agree with you. I feel like, you know, there's a lot of producer tapes coming out right now, but I think it's cool to see OG's work with like the newer artists. And I think we need to see more of that dope. So shout out to 9th and R for that next. I'mma go with Ma Don. She's in album mode and her first single off of it is called 10.

[DJ Envy]

That's all.

[Jess Hilarious]

I like when somebody take a sample and really, really do it like that.

[I]

Yeah, that's dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I dig it.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay.

[I]

Amazing.

[Ryan Davis]

What?

[I]

I can't believe you guys like all the records finally.

[Ryan Davis]

My girl too. And I just. I just asked a rep cuz I didn't believe the Dirk and India thing. I thought it was just like, you know how to be like, oh, we married. The rep is telling me, yes, they're married. They're really married.

[DJ Envy]

How you doing research? When she playing songs, you just don't stop.

[Jess Hilarious]

She just had to reach out to somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[I]

I told you. His manager told me that.

[Ryan Davis]

Oh, you didn't say that.

[DJ Envy]

She didn't trust you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She.

[DJ Envy]

Why she had.

[Ryan Davis]

Day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But when is my album dropping? Soon.

[I]

But that song is actually dropping Friday. That's like an early release right here.

[Ryan Davis]

I love her. She's like, Friday isn't today or next Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Okay.

[I]

Yeah, that might like, she's just.

[Ryan Davis]

As a person, she's just a. I.

[I]

Love her big personality.

[Ryan Davis]

Love it.

[I]

Funny. Funny as hell. Tik Tok Instagram. Make sure you guys follow her. But also really, really a spitter. Like, she does records like this, but she also got like real rap records.

[DJ Envy]

Gotcha.

[I]

So, yeah, shout out to Maya. Big fan, big fan. And then. Okay, I have one more exclusive. Like I said that Maya record drops Friday, but we also have a song exclusives.

[Jess Hilarious]

Huh?

[Ryan Davis]

You trying to up me?

[I]

Yeah, I need a drop, but I don't want. I want mine to be like world premiere. Can we do like a world premiere drop? This one is from Lauren LaRosa and just hilarious. It's called the Job is Mine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y'all ain't got nothing else to do. Y'all ain't got nothing else to do.

[Jess Hilarious]

Listen that's what I was thinking when the shoot was hit, dummy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So who's Monica?

[DJ Envy]

Who's Brandy?

[Ryan Davis]

I'm Brandy. Duh.

[Jess Hilarious]

Apparently she is. She is Brandy.

[Ryan Davis]

And she had demonica shoes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was gonna say you could be.

[DJ Envy]

Either one, but your voice wasn't even Brandy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Though you did sound scared. You sounded like. I don't want to say the wrong thing because Jeff might punch me in the face. You should have recorded that by yourself.

[Jess Hilarious]

We had to do it together.

[Ryan Davis]

That's the one I was trying to get. You know how Brandy be having. Like that soft. Like the soft. That's what I was trying to get.

[DJ Envy]

Y'all miss the Brandy should fight.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't do Brandy like that. You was not trying to chandle Brandi just now.

[Ryan Davis]

I was like, you know, she be like, can I talk to you about something? Like I was trying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That must be Brandy from loving hip hop Ain't Ray J sister Brandy.

[I]

The video black and white and everything.

[Ryan Davis]

No, the video is not black and white. The video is in color. And the video.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's in color.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Ryan Davis]

It's going to be dropping after we air the full song in the next hour on the radio. It's our debut. Wow.

[Jess Hilarious]

Make sure y'all tune into it. The listen. The. The vocals. All right, y'all. Y'all trying to saying the vocals whatnot. But the. The music video. Rapey crazy.

[Ryan Davis]

Thank you.

[I]

Y'all know I. I got. I got connected studios, producers we could do something with.

[DJ Envy]

Don't waste your money.

[I]

Okay.

[Ryan Davis]

They put what they did with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To his autotune.

[Ryan Davis]

A reverb.

[I]

A reverb.

[Ryan Davis]

Okay. They did something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh.

[Ryan Davis]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

He just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think nothing was wrong with the vocals. It's just Lauren really did sound scared. I didn't. It was nothing wrong with the vocal. Lauren really sounded like she was fearing for her life. His mind.

[Ryan Davis]

No, you gotta watch the video.

[Jess Hilarious]

And that was.

[Ryan Davis]

That was my trouble. That was me. What they be doing rifting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You thought Jeff was gonna push your wig back? That's what you thought.

[Ryan Davis]

My insecure baby. Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. Cuz it's already back. That's right. You right. Just my fault.

[Ryan Davis]

You are really the problem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Problem.

[Ryan Davis]

You know that? Literally, like, you really are the problem. We come together in unity and here you come.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, yes. We literally just said when you're not here, everything.

[Ryan Davis]

So Brandy vocals.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate. Everybody. Make sure you guys follow me on.

[I]

The gram at N Y L A S Y M O N E E E We have our Next. Battle of the beats, April 12th. So all producers, if you're interested in being a part of the Battle the Beats, make sure you guys pull up. We actually have an event at hashtoria.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, April 19th, right?

[I]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Ryan Davis]

April 18th.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

18Th. April 18th.

[Ryan Davis]

Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Friday, April 18th.

[Ryan Davis]

Yes.

[I]

It's going to be my podcast live. We need to talk live. And we have, like, a live band. It's going to be super cute with Smith and Wesson, so make sure you.

[Ryan Davis]

Guys going to be smoking in this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nyla, really? An old soul boy.

[I]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Are you going to have to have security there?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of course.

[DJ Envy]

Are you going to have the old school duo over here performing at any certified.

[Ryan Davis]

If you fire. If you need us, we have people you can talk to.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[I]

I'll give them a call.

[DJ Envy]

Enough's enough now. All right, now. Thank you so much.

[I]

Thank you, guys.

[DJ Envy]

All right, when we come back, we got the People's Choice mixes. The Breakfast Club Cabor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up, wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just like Larry Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now we got a salute to Tamar Braxton for stopping through this morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

Salute to Tamar, DMV sister.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's my girl. She got a lot of things going on, and. And, yo, she actually. She wasn't messy. Like, she wasn't messy at all. She wasn't like how Tay is usually, you know, as she's been in the past, but, like, she got a lot of growth going on and she had a glow to her.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

She said she's celibate, but she looked like she'd be getting the back blowing out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wasn't she engaged or something?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she was, and then it didn't work out, so now she's saying she's gonna be celibate for a while while she finds her new man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

And also salute to comedian Ryan Davis for joining us as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Ryan, man. His comedy special Underrated is out right now. What is it on YouTube? What's it at? It's on Patreon.

[DJ Envy]

My Patreon. Patreon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Patreon. Okay. Salute the Ryan man. Good brother right there, taking his career in his own hands. Why wait on the the networks or the streamers when you can just do it yourself? You got a fan base.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep, he does.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on, Jess, you got shows this weekend, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

I do. I have a show tonight. I'm with Martin Lawrence in Norfolk, Virginia, at the Chartway arena. Get your tickets if you have. Not yet. And then next weekend I'm in Raleigh, North Carolina. That's me headlining my own tour. The Bad Parents and tour will be in Raleigh, North Carolina at Improv. Make sure you get your tickets. We got two shows on Friday, two shows on Saturday. Saturday, me and my brother Desi Alexander will be there. So I'll see you next weekend, Riley. And the debut, the premiering music video is dropping to the Job Is mine by Lauren LaRosa and Jess. Hilarious. Y'all can catch that right now.

[DJ Envy]

All right, when we come back, Positive Notice the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for the Positive Note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. And listen, I want to tell y'all before I do the positive Note. Make sure sure you go get your tickets for the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival happening Saturday, April 26th at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia. All the Black Effect VIP Experience tickets are sold out, but there's still some general admission left. You can go to black effect.com podcast festival. Tank and J. Valentine are gonna be on that stage doing the R B Money podcast live. Carrie Champion is going to be there doing the Naked podcast live. Sarah Jake Roberts is going to be there doing her Woman Evolved podcast live. Decisions Decisions is going to be hosting it. So go get your tick. Blackffect.com podcast festival and we'll see you Saturday, April 26th. The positive note is simply this. Don't go above and beyond for people anymore. Meet them as far as they meet you. All right? Speak to them as much as they speak to you. Include them as much as they include you. Have a great weekend.

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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