FULL SHOW: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Rematch Set, T.I. Blasts 50 Cent In Second Diss Track In 24 Hours

Summary

The Breakfast Club – FULL SHOW Summary Episode Date: February 24, 2026
Theme: Cultural, Political & Entertainment Headlines — Boxing Rematch News, T.I. vs. 50 Cent, Social Media Manipulation, Grocery Savings & Confronting Racism in Education

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Episode Overview

On this episode, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, and Lauren LaRosa dive into a packed morning of trending stories circulating the world of sports, politics, hip hop, social issues, and everyday life. The team discusses the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao rematch, T.I.’s diss tracks at 50 Cent, political intrigue involving the FBI, a viral incident with BAFTA and Tourette’s syndrome, social media bots in politics, and a local look at grocery shopping and community resilience. The show takes a hard turn to a heated conversation on racism in education after a Hunter College professor's racist remarks come to light.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Weather & Home Life Amid School Closures

(02:32–04:23)

• Heavy snow continues to affect the crew and listeners; roads are blocked, schools are opening late, and delivery services are slow.
• The team jokes about cold pizza and life stuck indoors.
• Charlamagne raises concerns about physical risks—"Shoveling snow can trigger heart attacks, especially among older folks." (04:36)

2. FBI Official’s Olympic Party Trip Controversy

Front Page News with Mimi Brown (06:05–11:13)

• Story: FBI Director Cash Patel criticized for attending Team USA’s gold medal celebration in Italy, traveled by government jet; questions about taxpayer funds and priorities.
• Quote: “Our taxpayer dollars were definitely used, you know, for that trip. But what is anybody going to do about it? Nothing.” — Charlamagne (07:40)
• Lawmakers demand transparency, with concerns about repeated personal misuse of government resources.

3. Birthright Citizenship Facing Legal Challenge

• Trump calls for a narrower reading of the 14th Amendment.
• Supreme Court arguments are pending (April 1st).

4. "Get It Off Your Chest" Listener Calls

(11:28–14:29)

• Tax frustration is high; listeners discuss lack of fiscal control and reparations (Charlamagne: “Black people shouldn’t have to pay taxes as part of reparations”—12:03).
• Community and health issues are shared (caller celebrates 52nd birthday while facing heart issues; receives encouragement and shoutouts).

5. Media Critique and Political Fatigue

(14:50–17:31)

• A caller accuses the show of over-focusing on Trump.
• Charlamagne: “We report on the news, and he [Trump] affects a majority of those issues in the world.” (15:29)
• Hosts explain their national focus and cover the role of the president in dominating news cycles.

6. BAFTA Awards: Controversy Over Racial Slur and Tourette’s

With Lauren LaRosa (19:10–28:49)

• Incident: John Davidson, a guest with Tourette’s, involuntarily shouts racial epithets during honors to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo.
• Reactions: Davidson apologizes, says it’s not his intention; Delroy Lindo felt disappointed at the lack of direct outreach and apology (27:00).
• Panel’s Take: Charlamagne and Jess believe BAFTA should not have invited Davidson; failing that, he should have been escorted out after the first outburst.
• Charlamagne: “If you have that type of condition that causes you to say inappropriate words, just don’t have him at the event… it’s really just that simple.” (28:36)

7. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Rematch Set for Netflix

(29:04–32:30)

• Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao officially to rematch on Netflix September 19th.
• Hosts debate if there’s public excitement:
  • “Why is Mayweather fighting at 49? It’s clearly a money issue.” — Charlamagne (30:08)
  • “Cuz it’s an official fight and it’s on his record… people are interested.” — DJ Envy (30:36)
  • Skepticism over whether the fight will matter in legacy terms (31:12).

8. Political News: Nicki Minaj & Social Media Bots

Front Page News with Mimi Brown (32:45–37:35)

• Politico reports bots amplified Nicki Minaj’s right-wing posts; over 18,000 suspected fake accounts.
• Cardi B’s name drawn in by a Trump advisor, but she denies involvement and is threatening a lawsuit.
• Segment underscores the manipulative power of networks of bots in contemporary political discourse.

9. Grocery Stores, Savings, and Regional Staples

(37:35–48:46+)

• New consumer satisfaction survey: Trader Joe’s ranks high, discount chains like Save a Lot gain ground as budget stress grows.
• Listeners from various regions call in with their store preferences (Trader Joe’s, Aldi, ShopRite, Piggly Wiggly, BJ’s, Costco, Fresh Grocer, etc.).
• Cultural nostalgia for local brands discussed.
• Charlamagne’s Wisdom: “You want to be in [a store] that saves you some money, but also one that actually makes you feel good… some of these stores, man, just mentally and emotionally make me feel good.” (57:47)

10. T.I. vs. 50 Cent: Second Diss Track in 24 Hours

The Latest with Lauren (59:33–62:34)

• T.I. drops a new diss aimed at 50 Cent (“Got the right one, roll some, light one…,” “You hate women, get that from your mama, you ain’t receive none…”)
• Panel discusses the seriousness: “I love hearing T.I. rap but I don’t like hearing him and 50 go at it because that’s one of those ones that could get ugly.” — Charlamagne (61:23)
• Both hope “cooler heads will prevail.”

11. Donkey of the Day: Professor’s Racist Comments

Charlamagne’s Editorial (67:08–75:36)

• Hunter College professor Allison Friedman accidentally unmutes microphone, makes racist remarks about black students during a Zoom call.
  • Quote: “They’re just too dumb to know they’re in a bad school. If you train a black person well enough, they’ll know to use the back, you don’t have to tell them anymore.” — Allison Friedman (69:25–70:38)
• Charlamagne: “You can’t teach a bunch of black kids with this mentality.” (77:07)
• Listeners largely demand her firing, citing irreparable public trust and harm to students.

12. Listener Call-In: Should Tenured Racist Teachers be Fired?

(75:48–91:32)

• Most callers, including educators, demand termination, citing the need for student trust and safety.
• One dissenting view: suggests a “teachable moment,” but hosts counter that racist beliefs deeply held over a career aren’t eradicable through a workshop.

13. Pop Culture Updates

Lauren LaRosa (92:09–100:21)

• J. Cole’s 'Honda Civic tour' car breaks down, but he continues to engage fans, adding authenticity to his roll-out.
• Cardi B celebrates sold-out tour dates and underscores her commitment to her fans: “People doubted… but if y’all paying to see me, I’m gonna give y’all a hell of a show.” (95:51)
• Isaac Hayes estate settles copyright suit with the Trump campaign.

14. Black History Month Spotlight

B Dot’s Segment (100:39–105:18)

• Fascinating retelling of Yasuke, the African samurai in 16th-century Japan, whose story subverts conventional narratives around race.

15. Offbeat Fact of the Day

• Jessalarius: "Did you know ketchup was once a medicine for diarrhea and indigestion in the 1830s?" (105:36)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Charlamagne: "We are just gonna have to realize that there are racists and bigots among us. It just is what it is." (67:51)
• Charlamagne: "You must use your privilege to fight prejudice. I want to hear white folks on the zoom say 'Allison, you’re a racist b---h.'" (70:43)
• Listener Amber: “If you’re supposed to be making students feel safe… and you are supposed to not be creating hostile environments… I despise when people in education don’t take their role seriously.” (77:57)
• Charlamagne: “If you gave her 30 more seconds, the N-word was flying.” (87:12)
• DJ Envy: “I don’t want a racist teaching my child… you don’t know why they’re grading that child…” (91:10)
• Lauren LaRosa: “If Honda doesn’t get involved [in the J. Cole album promo], somebody’s missing a moment!” (94:39)
• Cardi B (clip): "If y'all paying to see me, I'm gonna give y'all a hell of a show." (95:51)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Weather & Morning Banter: 02:32–04:23
• Front Page News: 06:05–11:13, 32:45–37:35
• Listener Call-ins (Vent & Grocery Talk): 11:28–14:29, 37:35–56:52+
• BAFTA/Tourette’s & Representation: 19:10–28:49
• Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: 29:04–32:30
• T.I. vs. 50 Cent: 59:33–62:34
• Donkey of the Day (Racist Professor): 67:08–75:36
• Listener Discussion/Community Input: 75:48–91:32
• Pop Culture Wrap-Up: 92:09–100:21
• Black History Segment: 100:39–105:18

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Tone & Vibe

Lively, sharp, sometimes rowdy but always honest. Humor is ever-present, even in the face of tough news (“If you gave her 30 more seconds, the N-word was flying”—Charlamagne). The team moves smoothly between pop culture, personal stories, and significant current events—neither shying away from difficult discussions nor missing a moment for laughter or cultural nostalgia.

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Summary Prepared for Listeners:

Whether you want the inside scoop on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, TI & 50’s high-stakes feud, how bots warp celebrity politics online, the best grocery stores to stretch your paycheck, or a deep dive into workplace racism and parent perspectives—all filtered through The Breakfast Club’s distinctive lens—this episode is a can’t-miss. Energetic, real, hilarious, and unafraid to ask the real questions.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mind Control is real? If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car?

[Caller/Guest]

When you look at your car, you're

[Charlamagne Tha God]

going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you?

[Ben Higgins]

I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can you get someone to join your cult?

[Lauren LaRosa]

NLP was used on me to access

[Charlamagne Tha God]

my subconscious mind games.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like delusionally proud of my chart.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Ben Higgins]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Program your alarm to power 105.1 on iheartradio.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, USA.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[DJ Envy]

Jess. Hilarious.

[Jessalarius]

Wake that ass up.

[DJ Envy]

Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The gone peace to the planet is Tuesday. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Yes, we're still at home. If you're watching this on homeschooling. Y' all watching this wherever you're watching us. Yes, we're still home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The weather is homeschooling still.

[DJ Envy]

They're pretty nasty. They're still plowing out the streets. It's still a frozen road, so hopefully we. We will be out today. So. Yeah, we're still broadcast for the crib. How's everything by you, Jess?

[Jessalarius]

Everything cool. I'm still looking at these cars buried under this highway next to my building, but so good.

[DJ Envy]

You know, my kids had the nerve to order pizza yesterday. It took the pizza guy. Did it come? Yeah, it came four hours later, but. But they ordered pizza yesterday. They were tired of Dad's cooking, so they ordered pizza.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it finally came.

[DJ Envy]

It came like four hours later. Pizza was cold as hell. We had to microwave it, though. But they did get their pizza yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Crazy.

[Jessalarius]

I tried to order yesterday. Everything was just available for pickup, not delivery. Nobody was out? No, nobody out where I was at.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Charlotte?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where. Where were the Mexicans yesterday, man? Salute to all the Mexicans out there, man. They didn't pull up yesterday, man. I thought they was going to come get this money.

[Jessalarius]

They probably think it's a setup.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A setup for what? Ice. You ice. To attract.

[Jessalarius]

Yes, they probably think the ice set them up for the ice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And they never plowed our street either, so I don't know what the hell is going on. I would think that, you know, if they knew a blizzard was coming, knew a. No Easter was coming, they'd be on deck as soon as things stopped. But no, it's not what happened?

[DJ Envy]

Well, I'm sure they'll do it this morning because the kids definitely do have school today, so it's a delayed opening, but they do have school, so they got to make sure the roads are clear for school buses, et cetera, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but you can't. You can't do it day of, because even when you come do it day of, there's still, you know, things that we're going to have to do in the driveway. You know what I mean? That takes time. Okay. I had to go clean up a little bit of snow yesterday. And all I kept thinking about was, damn, what about that poor individual who was out here shoveling snow and had a heart attack? Remember the last storm?

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, yeah. Every time.

[DJ Envy]

Every time there's a snowstorm or blizzard, they always say, be careful. Because if you're older and you're not used to your, I guess, doing cardio or workouts and you're lifting up that heavy snow, you can have a heart attack.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I see. I definitely am used to working out, but I thought it was just the cold. I thought it was like the cold and doing them heavy, strenuous activities in the cold that caused you to have a heart attack.

[DJ Envy]

And what is wrong with your camera? I done seen every pimple that's not on your forehead right now. Like, it's crazy. Yo, your camera keeps going closer to your head and closer to your head and closer to your head.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My camera not moving. I ain't touching my camera.

[Jessalarius]

He talk about me

[Charlamagne Tha God]

now. Envy not even talking. See, that's what it'd be getting as soon as he start talking and you know what I'm saying, and trying to criticize somebody. His dumb ass. Cause he on mute. And he clearly on mute. Because we can see he's on mute. You see, everybody? Phone says mute. Hey, okay, here we go.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Shut up. I did by accident. Let's get the show cracking with your camera.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As soon as they say that his dumb ass camera goes out. Ain't nothing wrong with my camera. My camera. Now you're good.

[DJ Envy]

Now you're good. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Mimi Brown will be joining us. It don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, M.V. jeff. Charlemagne. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mimi Brown.

[Jessalarius]

Morning, Mimi.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

So we start this morning overseas, where an Olympic gold celebration is now sparking questions here at home. And it involves the FBI. So Director Cash Patel, he is facing criticism over his presence at that celebration and whether it was appropriate during a busy and sensitive time for federal law enforcement. So video shows Patel inside the Team USA locker room in Italy after the US Men hockey team, they won Olympic gold. It was the first time in nearly 50 years he's seen cheering with the players, drinking beer, and just enjoying that celebration. Now, Patel says he was honored to be there and that the trip had been planned months in advance. But flight records show he traveled to Italy on a government aircraft. And the FBI says the visit was official, that it was tied to security coordination and meetings with Italian law enforcement. But still, some Democratic lawmakers, they say the optics are concerning and questioning whether taxpayer dollars were used for what appear to be a celebratory stop. Let's listen to some of that locker room celebration in a call that the team took from President Trump during the moment.

[Caller/Guest]

We're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I could send a military plan or something. But if you would like to, it's a, it's the coolest night. It's the biggest.

[Hans Charles]

We're in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We'll get the cash and we'll get the military to get you guys. That's, I mean, our taxpayer dollars were definitely used, you know, for that trip. But I mean, what, what is anybody going to do about it? Nothing.

[Mimi Brown]

Complain. So. Yeah. So State of the Union addresses tonight, the men's hockey team may or may not be in attendance. We will see. But the president did extend that invitation to them. Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, he is also criticizing Patel's appearance and he says it was inappropriate and that it sends the wrong message. Let's listen to what he had to say. What are his reasons?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Vidi is ridiculous and was completely inappropriate for him to be engaging, to be, to go at all. Let's, let's be honest. The excuse that he had to go for security meetings the day before the games are over is patently ridiculous. Horrible, horrible message to the FBI rank and file and a horrible message to the country when the FBI is in the middle of such a incredibly important investigations. Everything from the notorious kidnapping now on its fourth week of Nancy Guthrie all the way to we may be on the brink of war with Iran.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. So this is not Patel's first time he's been questioned. Democratic lawmakers, they've launched an investigation into his use of FBI resources. And the reviewing reports that he used the FBI's private jet for trips that appeared personal. Flying to see his a girlfriend performed. She's a country music singer. And some flights that lawmakers have described as date nights and other leisure travel like golf and hunting trips. And lawmakers girlfriend, I forgot her name. Jess, but she is a country music. Yeah, we'll look her up. But lawmakers, they want, they want flight records and they want expense details because they say every time my jet goes up in the sky is $5,000 an hour to operate.

[DJ Envy]

They said $100,000 to Milan. And most people, if you take a trip and it's not business related, you got to pay that out your pocket. Right. So he should have to pay that out of his pocket.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's going to check on Boo. Like, what you going to do, call his boss and complain? His boss, his boss is offering the military jet to take the hockey team to D.C. tonight. So what are we talking about?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, so that's a good question. So we'll see how this one plays out. I think we all know the answer to that, though. And really quickly, after losing at the Supreme Court over terrorists, President Trump, he is now turning his focus to another major case, birthright citizenship. So the 14th Amendment, it says anyone born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is a U.S. citizen. And that's been the law for more than 100 years. So if you were born here, you're a citizen. And that comes with very limited exceptions. And President Trump, though, he is arguing that that interpretation, it is too broad, it is too loose. And he's now publicly urging the justices not to make what he says is, quote, the wrong decision. He says the amendment was originally intended to guarantee citizenships to citizenship to slaves after the Civil War, not for children born to undocumented immigrants or people who are temporarily in this country for on work visas and such. So his administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow a policy that would end that for those children. The lower courts, they have already blocked that. And the Supreme Court, though, is still scheduled to hear those arguments on April 1st. So, yes, we will see what happens with that. And coming up at 7, is your timeline being manipulated? A new report says fake accounts may have boosted a major celebrity's political post. We'll talk about it in the next hour.

[DJ Envy]

All right. And everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you need to get some things off your chest. Call us up right now. Phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Jessalarius]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

What's going on? What's going on? This big Hindog X. What's going on, brother? What's up, Envy?

[DJ Envy]

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

[Caller/Guest]

Taxes, brother. I'm sick of these taxes, payroll tax, death tax, estate taxes. It's just, it's too much. It's overwhelming. If we had a decision to make as far as where our tax dollars went, that would be one thing. But they just take them and send them everywhere, all over the world, different countries, and we have no say so whatsoever. And it's just exhausting and overwhelming. That's what I had to get off my chest, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I believe that black people, for our reparations, we shouldn't have to pay any type of taxes whatsoever for 200%.

[Caller/Guest]

That would be the great equalizer. Some people want to press down on reparations, I understand that. But it was something more flowing that allowed us to actually engage in some type of reparations that way. That would make perfect sense to me. You know what I'm saying? That was on my chest, brother.

[DJ Envy]

Just think about it. Your tax dollars just paid for Patel's flight to, from New York to Milan. $100,000. You know what I mean?

[Caller/Guest]

That's what, that's what had me hot, man. We have no control over these things and it's not fair. And all Americans should out be raised. Not African Americans, all Americans. We begin taking advantage of African Americans in particular because you know, it affects our bottom line much more in a lot of different ways. But yeah, I agree wholeheartedly, man. It's just tough to watch our tax dol out of the window to foreign countries and we have no control over these, these entities whatsoever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You absolutely right, my brother.

[Hans Charles]

Thank you, brother.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, Envy, this is Derek from Jersey. How you doing this morning?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, brother? What part of Jers I?

[Caller/Guest]

In essence county.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, how the weather over there? How to snow?

[Caller/Guest]

Snow is not melting yet.

[DJ Envy]

Did they plow you out, man? Are you, are you able to get outside? Are you going to work today?

[Caller/Guest]

No, I'm disabled right now, so I can't work right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the disability, if you don't mind us asking.

[Caller/Guest]

It's interesting you brought that up. I'm actually suffering from heart related issues. I wish I could hook up with your guy Dr. Kuma, so he can give me a full workup. But I've been dealing with this disability for over 10 years. But you know, be nice to have a second opinion or something like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why can't you reach out to Soaring Medical, man. Tell them, tell them we sent you. Tell them Breakfast Club sent you. Tell them Charlemagne and Envy recommended it. And yeah, hit him up. He'll definitely take care of you, brother. Soaring Medical Center. I promise you, if you reach out to Dr. Puma and you tell him we sent you, he'll look out.

[Caller/Guest]

Okay? So I called because today's my birthday. I turned 52. Just wanted to have a birthday, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations, brother.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah. Seeing another year into this life. God bless me. They told me I wasn't gonna make it for some time, but I'm still here.

[Jessalarius]

That's right. Well, God bless you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy born day.

[DJ Envy]

Happy birthday, brother.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you do when you're 51 and you got heart issues? You're just happy to be alive, right? Because you can't do nothing that actually, you know, impacts your heart. Like, have a drink, eat some fried foods. You know, you're live.

[DJ Envy]

That's. That's the thing that makes you feel good. That's right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, Ray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ray, Ray.

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, Charlemagne.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Envy.

[DJ Envy]

What up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

We can get on the phone right now.

[Caller/Guest]

He'll tell you what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We live. Hello?

[Jessalarius]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, this is Kevin. How you doing, Kevin?

[DJ Envy]

What's up? Where you coming from?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, sir?

[Jessalarius]

Good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

I'm calling from D.C. what up, kid? I just wanted to know, man. Is this a Breakfast Club or the Trump Club? Like, every morning, it's Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because Trump is the President of the United States of America, sir. And we report on news, and he's got the State of the Union tonight at 9 o'. Clock. So if you're really tired of Trump, you really not, you're gonna be tired of all news outlets tomorrow. And also, do you only listen to Breakfast Club? Because there's not a news outlet in the world that the president every day, sir.

[Caller/Guest]

Nah, but y' all be ODing, though. Like, there's other issues in the world. Like, I mean, like, y' all d like all day. Trump, Trump, Trump.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All day, there's other issues in the world. Even though we're talking about the President of the United States of America who affects a majority of those issues in the world.

[Caller/Guest]

So, Charlamagne, you from the 843, right? 803, right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why?

[Caller/Guest]

Why? Why I don't hear you talk about Linda Davis?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because we're a nationally syndicated radio show. Like, we Talk about some local issues every now and then. But for the most part, we're a nationally syndicated radio show, so we talk about national issues.

[Caller/Guest]

So. So what's going on in Mexico that trumps the FBI going to. Going to Olympic game? Like, that's like, that's. Is it that serious?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, that's our taxpayer dollars paying for. That's our taxpayer dollars paying for our taxpayer dollars. Me, you, and everybody listening. Paying for an FBI director to go to an Olympic game.

[Caller/Guest]

Nah, I just think y' all like the source magazine of politics. Like, y'. All, like y' all creating division, like

[DJ Envy]

y' all firing division.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All Mimi bride is doing is reporting the news, sir. Like, she's not making every morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Trump, Trump, Trump. That's the only thing going on in

[Charlamagne Tha God]

the world because he's the President of the United States of America.

[Jessalarius]

You can listen to. And you can listen to anything you want to listen to, bro. You don't even. Yeah, listen.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes. You don't even. You don't even be agreeing to have the stuff they say. You just be going with the phone. You really don't be agreeing with them. I'll be listening.

[Jessalarius]

But that's the thing. But you don't like to listen to this. So you can listen to something else, bro.

[Caller/Guest]

You gotta keep envy. First of all, you only want from New York. So at the end of the day, like, no, this is. This is. This is. Come on, this is the home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But what should we be talking about this morning?

[Caller/Guest]

Tell me, just like I said, what's going on in Mexico? Like, you got talked about that yesterday, brother.

[Jessalarius]

We talked about that yesterday.

[Caller/Guest]

No, but it's not over. You talked about Trump yesterday twice, too. But a lot of those issues are like, it's over. This. This is happening right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

So what's your point? I don't get your point.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is still the first hour of the show. You don't know what Mimi Brown talking about.

[Caller/Guest]

Keep us up to date with our family members. That's over there. Our loved ones that's over there. Keep us up to date how we can get them back over here safely.

[DJ Envy]

Just talking about her loved ones over there all the time, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly. Jess is Mexican now.

[Jessalarius]

No, no, just his husband is had Mexican. I feel you, bro.

[Caller/Guest]

That's what's up. Just. Just switch it up a little. That's all I'm saying.

[Hans Charles]

I'm not.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes, you do. Because I'd be hanging her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 if you need event, hit us up now late. We got the latest with Lauren coming up. What are we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren, good morning.

[DJ Envy]

You had a great weekend.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I feel a lot better, though. I'm good. I'm here. I had a great weekend, though.

[Jessalarius]

That's what's up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You still having it because you stuck in Miami?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, it's cold down here. It's freezing in Miami.

[Jessalarius]

Oh, damn.

[DJ Envy]

We're supposed to feel bad for you. We just got snow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, okay. I'm not on the level that y' all are on, but it is not go lay by the beach anymore. Weather. Like, we are cold down in col. Bubble coats on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, caled didn't see a shadow or something.

[DJ Envy]

I don't.

[Hans Charles]

Oh, boy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know what's going down, but I'm ready to come home. I'd rather be cold at home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, we got the ladies coming up. What we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We do John Davis and the men. What's RS that Charlemagne gave Dunkey today to yesterday. He had some more words. So we're gonna get into what those words.

[DJ Envy]

Him responding to Charlemagne will be hilarious. Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What the response was to respond to me.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You talk LL Cool bitch.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. The little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where's she going? The latest with Lauren. Take me through there on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool Band, talk to me.

[Mimi Brown]

Hey, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[Jessalarius]

Hey, girl. All right.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nothing. I'm here still in Miami, but I'm on my way back soon today, hopefully. Yeah. So, all right, let's. Yesterday, I wasn't here, but I saw that you guys had talked about everything that happened at the BAFTA Film Awards. And after you guys talked about it, after Charlamagne gave his donkey today, I saw that John Davidson, who is the man with Tourette's, who shouted out the N word when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting the award, he issued a statement. He brought. Broke his silence yesterday. And when I saw that headline, I was like, okay, someone is going to finally directly apologize. And, you know that's going to happen. There's going to be something here. So he released a statement yesterday that said, I wanted to thank BAFTA and everyone involved in the Awards last night for their support and understanding and inviting me to attend the broadcast. I appreciated the announcement to the auditorium in advance of the recording, warning everyone that my ties, that my tics, I'm sorry, are involuntary and are not a reflection of my personal beliefs. I was heartened by the round of applause that followed this announcement and felt welcomed and understood in an environment that would normally be impossible for me. In addition to the announcement by Alan Cumming, who was the host the BBC and bafta, I can only add that I am and always have been deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning. I have spent my life trying to support and empower the Tourette's community and to teach empathy, kindness and understanding from others, and I will continue to do so. He says that he chose to leave the auditorium early into the ceremony as he was aware of the distress that his tics were causing other people that were there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And see. And that's what I don't understand. Right, that last line you said. Cause I stand on the fact that BAFTA shouldn't even have had him there. If he has this condition that causes him to say socially inappropriate words, then don't invite him to this event. Cause if there was someone who had some type of psychological condition that caused him to physically attack people, I guarantee they wouldn't have them there. So John Davidson should get the same treatment happened.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you know, not only that, but even after the first time, after the first time it happened, maybe they should have stepped in and said, you know what, let's walk him out. Because maybe they didn't know how bad it was, maybe didn't know what was going on. So you give them that, that grace. But once it started to happen, but

[Lauren LaRosa]

somebody say, you know what, listen, somebody in a room at some point has to like, even if it's not them, like, has to step in because one of the times.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

He really has taught me to embrace people sleeping in different rooms on different Houses in different places, but just an embracing of the isness of it.

[Mimi Brown]

If you're navigating your own transformation or just want a chart side view into how a leading artist integrates astrology, creativity and real life, this episode is a must. Listen Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you listen to your podcast.

[Ben Higgins]

What do you do when the headlines don't explain what's happening inside of you? I'm Ben Higgins and if you can hear me is where culture meet beats the soul. A place for real conversation. Each episode I sit down with people from all walks of life, celebrities, thinkers and everyday folks. And we go deeper than the polished story. We talk about what drives us, what shapes us, and what gives us hope. We get honest about the big stuff. Identity when you don't recognize yourself anymore. Loss that changes you Purpose when success isn't enough. Peace when your mind won't slow down. Faith when it's complicated. Some guests have answers. Most are still figuring it out. If you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome to the A Building. I'm Hans Charles.

[Hans Charles]

I'm inalec Lumumba. It's 1969. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr have both been assassinate and black America

[Charlamagne Tha God]

was at a breaking point.

[Hans Charles]

Rioting and protest broke out on an

[Charlamagne Tha God]

unprecedented scale in Atlanta, Georgia. At Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest. It featured two prominent figures in black history, Martin Luther King Sr. And a young student, Samuel L. Jackson. To be in what we really thought was a revolution.

[Hans Charles]

I mean, people would die.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

1968, the murder of Dr. King, which traumatized everyone.

[Hans Charles]

The FBI had a role in the

[Charlamagne Tha God]

murder of a Black Panther leader in Chicago.

[Hans Charles]

This story is about protest. It echoes in today's world far more than it should, and it will blow your mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to the A Building on the

[Ben Higgins]

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[DJ Envy]

Segregation in the day, integration at night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules.

[Jessalarius]

We didn't worry about what was going on outside. It was like stepping in another world.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Inside Charlie's place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Mimi Brown]

You saw the kkk.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they was dressed up in their uniform. The KKK set out to raid Charlie, take Him away from here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's Place, a story

[Mimi Brown]

that was nearly lost to time until now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen to Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. That happened Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler. She said on X that one of the times it happened, and she's a black woman, that it was hurled at her. And she. I mean, now she just. She's nominated, she's receiving an award, and she just has to be there in this show. And you're. You're here. People are hearing this happen.

[Jessalarius]

Exactly. That's what I'm saying. And then they are aware. He's been aware of his cobra, whatever the. You know, the part of Tourette's is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he's aware of that.

[Jessalarius]

And whoever his handler is, I mean, I know he wasn't there by himself. They know what he's capable of, and you know what I mean. So, like Charlotte said, he shouldn't even have been there or. All right, if y' all want to give him a chance to be there, the first time he shouts something offensive out, remove his ass. That's just it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Even before, I mean, any. Yeah, 100%. Now, one of the things, too, that I saw yesterday, because I reached out to bafta, because what I didn't know. See a conversation about was what direct conversation did you guys bafta? Whoever had with Michael B. Jordan and Del Roy Lindo. I saw that they issued, you know, this very general apology. Right. But nothing else. So Delray Lindo was talking to Vanity Fair magazine following the award show, and he said that he wishes a representative for the awards body had reached out to him and Michael B. Jordan after the N word was. N word was shouted out as they presented that award on stage. And then he just reflects on getting through the moment. And he said, we did what we had to do. Talking about the fact that you saw them take the pause, gather themselves, and continue to just finish what they were there to do.

[DJ Envy]

And he still didn't apologize. I'm sorry.

[Jessalarius]

He still didn't apologize.

[DJ Envy]

Regardless of what happened, regardless of his tic, regardless of his disorder, he knew he did something wrong. He knew it was foul, and the proper thing to do is say, hey, I can't control this. I apologize if it offended you. I apologize if it's for saying the words that I said, like, and BAFTA

[Charlamagne Tha God]

should apologize for not editing it out, because I don't understand how. Absolutely edit out. You edit out somebody saying free Palestine. They said they edited out, you know, some. I think, some other things that John Davidson said, but you chose to leave that particular nigga in there. Why were you just trying to promote that movie, I swear, which is based on John Davidson life? I'm just trying to figure out, you know, what was the reasoning and the logic behind leaving that N word in there and editing out other things.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I don't know, but when I was watching this yesterday coming off the cruise that I was on, because it was like. It was like a thousand plus black women there, and it was, like, such a great vibe, and you know. You know how you feel when you leave those type of things. Like, yes, we got this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, Come on now. A bunch of black women walking off a boat and somebody just yell, yo, triggering, right?

[Jessalarius]

Y' all already getting off of a boat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm just so tired of black being synonymous with empathy and disrespect. And, like, we. We have to do what we got to do to get through. When I saw the Del Rondo say that, like, we just did what we had to do. I'm like, man, like, at what point do we. Essence did this really good breakdown about that, Just about the accountability that should have been taken and not just directly pointed to intention. Because everybody is going to look at, you know, Davidson's intention a different way, regardless of what he, you know, suffers from.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I stand on the fact that BAFTA shouldn't even have invited him. Sorry. If you have that type of condition that caused you to say inappropriate words, then just don't have him at the event. Like, it's really just that simple. It's just that simple.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Well, that is the latest for this hour, guys. All right, Wait. I mean, we. I still got a little. Yeah. Okay. So yesterday. Yesterday, too, I saw that Netflix announced a fight. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is happening again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I told y' all this yesterday. Yo, I told you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I saw him announce that he was, you know, coming out of retirement after the Mike Tyson fight. See, clearly he needs some bread. And I was like, it's gonna be him and Manny Pacquiao fight. That makes sense.

[DJ Envy]

What is that fight worth?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I'm gonna watch it. I mean, I'm not gonna say I'm not anticipating it. It's not like something I want. But, I mean, I'm watching because I'm a boxing fan, you know. It's on Netflix.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it's coming out on us. It's coming on September 19th on Netflix. But it's crazy to me that people now with Floyd's fights, it's just like, oh, yeah, we gonna tune in. Because that's how they're doing his fight with Mike Tyson too. Like, people are not.

[Jessalarius]

He's like, no hype.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why? Why should he not like Mayweather fight in 2026? He's 49 years old.

[DJ Envy]

The Titan.

[Jessalarius]

He's 49 and it's his birthday today, so happy birthday.

[DJ Envy]

Today is his birthday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look, empathy. Give him a little empathy today. Charlamagne, you called him a brokey yesterday. I was like, why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did not call him a brokey.

[Jessalarius]

He did not say he was a Brookie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said, you said that he needs the money.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's clearly a money issue. What other reason would Floyd Mayweather want to fight at 49 years old?

[DJ Envy]

I think people want to see the Pacquiao fight, the Mike Tyson fight. I don't think anybody cares. I think people would want to see the Pacquiao.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw this announcement yesterday, and it was not.

[Jessalarius]

He don't need to go shopping today for his birthday. He should just cook dinner at home. Spent time with his little grandson every 49.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I want to know why Envy thinks people would want to see Manny Pacquiao, Floyd. Floyd Mayweather rematch in 2020.

[DJ Envy]

Tell you why. Cuz it's an official fight and it's on his record. He has this beautiful record of 50 and 0, and it's a chance that he could mess this record up by losing one fight. And it won't be the. The top of the top. La crem. La creme. So I think people are interested in seeing this fight.

[Jessalarius]

Who would y' all want to see him fight?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nobody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Father Time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Father Time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, I want to continue to see him battle against Father Time. That's. I don't nobody.

[Jessalarius]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't want to see father.

[DJ Envy]

He's 15. No, I don't want to see him get back in that ring.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am I going to watch it? Yes, because it's, it's entertainment, it's content. It'll be on Netflix, and we all got Netflix. But no, I, I'm not, I don't.

[Hans Charles]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not interested in Floyd Mayweather coming back to the ring.

[DJ Envy]

I would see that fight. I don't want to see the Tyson fight. The Tyson fight I could care less about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Honestly, that's crazy. If he loses a fight at this point, is that, like, news that's gonna stay. I Mean, we'll have to talk about it, but, like, is it gonna be like the. Oh, my God. I don't think that'll be on his record.

[DJ Envy]

That'll be a stain on the record.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It'll be on his record. But, like, will it stop the world? Like, I feel like, like, his flight, his fights used to literally, like, everybody

[Jessalarius]

was like, okay, fluid, no hype about it. I feel like that about boxing. Any, like, no fight really actually gets the. The promo it used to get. Like, it's not as Tank Davis, Javante,

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tank Davis, I feel like, used to have that effect on people. They used to fly in from every. Yeah, well, maybe because I'm from Delaware and I'm in that, like, Delaware, Jersey, Baltimore, whatever. But I know people would go everywhere to support him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you're a boxing fan, the last big boxing super fight was Canelo Alvarez versus Terence Bud Crawford. Like, that was the last super fight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, they're saying Gervonta might get back in the ring. One of his managers was saying that there's a fight being playing right under our noses. He got a lot going on, though. I don't know how that all comes down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also, I want the record to show. You know, a lot of times when you saw Manny Pacquiao still fighting after the fact, it was because he was having money issues, too. So a lot of times when you see these fighters get back in the ring at these older ages, man, it's. It's not because they scratching the itch. It's because, you know, exactly with.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, that is the latest with Laura. Now when we come back, we got front page news. Mimi Brown will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

So we're going to talk more political news this hour. A new exclusive report from Politico is raising questions about how some political messages are spreading online. So the report, it focuses on rapper Nicki Minaj, who over the past year has become increasingly vocal on conservative politics, praising President Trump, criticizing Democratic leaders, and appearing to appearing at events aligning with the MAGA movement. Now, her posts generate millions of views. But according to a new analysis by Cyber as, a company that tracks online bot activity, it found that more than 18,000 accounts that amplified Minaj's political posts were identified as bots or accounts that showed signs of being fake. So basically, many of the accounts amplifying her political content may not have been real people. Now, the data company that investigates this, they said those accounts, they repeatedly posted short, similar praise under her post, helping push the content further into your social media algorithm. The report does not say that Minaj created the bots or directed them. It only focuses on the amplification surrounding the account activity. Now, Minaj's representatives, they did not respond to requests for comment. And a close Trump advisor to Minaj, he is dismissing those findings. And he defended her online and saying that she has a large online reach and basically accusing this of being a political attack against her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, there are people who get paid to push false narratives about political opposition. There are people who get paid, you know, to push messaging for political parties. And anyone who they feel has political influence, they even, you know, use bots to attack them. And it's funny yesterday that that article came out while they were actively doing the campaign against Gavin Newsom.

[Mimi Brown]

Gavin Newsom. Yeah. And we've heard about this, right, when there was the whole Russian interference situation, and that's when we first really learned about the bots. But as a debate over that gained attention, there was another name in hip hop that suddenly got pulled into the conversation. I'm talking about Cardi B. So that same Trump advisor, he claimed that a journalist who shared the bot findings is partnered with Cardi B's agent and suggesting that, you know, somehow she was involved. And Cardi, she is denying any connection to the journalists, the report, the data company behind the analysis, and she called the accusations false, defamatory, and she says she plans to sue. But also, here's what's important to. To point out that Cardi has not been mentioned in the report. She's not linked to the bot data. There is no proof that she had anything to do with it. The analysis just literally centers around Nicki Minaj and her account activity. So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And what's the guy's name? Alex Brucewich.

[Caller/Guest]

Right.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes. Yes, that is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He said that Cardi's agency was pushing, was behind that. That company. Right?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Cardi was like. She had nothing to do with it. Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not just Cardi's agency. That's a bunch of people's agency, including Lil Wayne. So it's like, so what I don't understand, you know, what. What the agency being behind that company has to do with anything because they're a company, they represent a whole bunch of people.

[Caller/Guest]

Right?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. So just a lot of, you know, just information Going on. It was a really interesting article. It was on Politico, if you want to read it for yourself. It was an exclusive from Politico. It was really, really interesting. And lastly, let's talk really quick about the one place that everyone goes, and that is to the grocery store. Because in this economy where you shop says a lot about how you are managing your money. So a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. They surveyed more than 30,000 shoppers. They didn't ask about just prices. They looked at, you know, freshness, produce cleanliness, store layout speed, and overall value. So the headline is the overall satisfaction with grocery stores really dropped this year. And it tells you that some shoppers are feeling pressure. So consumers were asked to rank grocery stores based on those categories. And Trader Joe's, it topped the list. Now, shoppers gave it high marks for consistency, strong quality, cleanness, fast checkout, and prices that feel fair for what you're getting. And on the flip side, stores like Walmart, they fell below industry average. Albertsons Giant Eagle, they came in lower. And meanwhile, this was like really the headline. The discount chain Save a Lot, it actually improved. So that tells us that price matters and that shoppers are leaning in where they feel like their dollar is getting stretched more. Because, you know, in this economy, it's affordability, right? It's, it's, it's the deciding factor. And they said that people are just doing the math in the aisles and they're comparing totals and they're making trade offs between brand names and store names and, and stores like Save A Lot. And those discount stores are really where people are finding that they can stretch their dollar.

[Jessalarius]

Save a Lot of. Used to be the Jam. Like, remember, Remember Murray Steakhouse and all them too, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All, y'.

[Jessalarius]

All, Y' all know nothing about that.

[DJ Envy]

So used to steal from Stave a Lot.

[Jessalarius]

No, I never stole from the market, only the retail stores. So. Yeah, but the market is not like Save a Lot shoppers Giants, y' all. Remember, none of that. Well, that's just east coast stuff. That's just like Maryland stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We had Food lion and Piggly Wiggly and Bilo. You know, that's what I came up mean. We still have the Piggly Wiggly, Food Lion.

[DJ Envy]

Buy a little shopping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stop.

[Caller/Guest]

Stop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Right now for me, it's Stop and Shop. Shop and go. Trader Joe's expensive.

[Jessalarius]

Yo, remember, Stop, shop and save.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what. Ain't that what's happening when you catch on fire? What you say?

[DJ Envy]

Stop dropping roll, sir.

[Jessalarius]

It's a Market. It used to be in Maryland. I don't, maybe Baltimore. We had our own little oasis and stuff. But yeah, anyway.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, so those, those stores that you can just go in and save a lot, those are really where people are, you know, spending their money nowadays, which rightfully so. Right. You can get more bang for your buck at those.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, ma'.

[Caller/Guest]

Am.

[Mimi Brown]

So that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the black Information network, Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit binnews.com thank you, Mimi.

[Jessalarius]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Thank you, Mimi. And let's open up the phone lines. Mimi says something that people are, I'm sure trying to say how they could possibly figure out how to save as much money as possible. 800-585-1051. What is your go to store to save some money when it comes to growth Groceries? That is the question. 800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what's also interesting about that, man? Sometimes it's about saving money. Sometimes it's about just like what grocery store you actually love going to. Like when I was little, I used to love going in food line because, you know, you could go in there with a couple of dollars and get you, you know, a 99 cent pack of Little Debbies, you know, a $4 plus tax and get you a big three liter, you know, generic store brand sold at 99 cents, $4 plus tax. And now as an adult note, I, I like going to like Wegmans. You know, Wegmans ain't the cheapest.

[DJ Envy]

No Wegmans, not at all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it's just something about Wegmans. I just like, I just like actually being in Wegmans. Well, let's go to the cookie aisle.

[DJ Envy]

Well, let's go to the phone lines. We'll take your calls when we come back. 800-585-1051. It's the breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's topic time.

[DJ Envy]

Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion

[Charlamagne Tha God]

with the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we open up the phone line to 800-585-1051. Mimi Brown, during front page news was talking about some of the places people go to spend money and save money on groceries, which opened up this. Actually, we have a clip of it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's play it.

[Mimi Brown]

A new report from the American customer satisfaction Index. They surveyed more than 30,000 shoppers. They didn't ask about just prices. They looked at, you know, freshness, produce, cleanliness, store layout speed, and overall value. So consumers were asked to rank grocery stores based on those categories. And Trader Joe's, it topped the list. Now shoppers gave it high marks for consistency, strong quality, cleanness, fast checkout, and prices that feel fair for what you're getting. And on the flip side, stores like Walmart, they fell below industry average. Albertsons, Giant Eagle, they came in lower. And meanwhile, this was like really the headline. The discount chain save a lot. It actually improved. So that tells us that price matters.

[DJ Envy]

So we're asking 800-585-1051. Where do you go to save some money, Charlemagne? I know you talking about Food Line.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no, I'm talking about, you know, back in the day. I don't, I don't do the grocery shopping. You know, back in the day I used to like to go to Food Line because I could go in there when with three, four dollars and get me a 12 pack of oatmeal cream pies. Okay, Little Debbie's for 99 cents, a dollar four plus tax. And I could get me a big three liter food lion brand drink. About to say soda, but I don't know if that was soda. I could go get me a big 3 liter bottle of soda for 99 cents, which was also a dollar four, and I would have a couple quarters left over to play Street Fighter or something. But that don't have nothing to do with my adult life.

[Hans Charles]

Life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I have no idea.

[DJ Envy]

What about you, Jess?

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, so back in the day I used to go to. We used to go to Stop Shop and Save Save a lot. My steakhouse and shoppers. Now I go to Acme. All these Food Line and We is. I like we is. But Acme we is is not up here. We is. Is in. Some people call it wise, but that's crazy. But I go to wise when I'm in Maryland. But up here, Acme Acme is really, really good. They always got sales. And if you download the app, you can get all types of like coupons and discounts and stuff on, you know, stuff you need like eggs and cheese and meat.

[DJ Envy]

You gotta be careful with Acme in a lot of those places because a lot of times they give discounts on things that are expired. So you definitely gotta check the dates. Cause that, that's happened a bunch of times.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But see, it don't matter once you put some heat to it. Once you put some heat to It. You know what I'm saying? You cook out all the journals. My wife just text me and say shoprite is where she goes to.

[Jessalarius]

Shop Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Save money. Shop Right is her. Her go to. I don't know why I ain't thinking that. Because I always see the yellow plastic bags upstairs.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Shop Right is a place. But when I was a kid, it was A and P and Wall Bounds. Wall Bounds was the place where it was like the local grocery where you ain't have to go far. And of course, if you're in New York, you know, you go to the local bodega or corner store and you get whatever you need quickly. But. But the biggest place where I used to go all the time is BJ's and Costco.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know you.

[Jessalarius]

Do you love me?

[DJ Envy]

Grow up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you give him or did you go to it? Grow up.

[DJ Envy]

You're an idiot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello. Grow up and shout out salute to Piglet Wiggly Man. You know what I'm saying? Not only is Piggly Wiggly one of the greatest grocery stores of all time, the hot bar in Piggly Wiggly,

[Jessalarius]

you'll

[Charlamagne Tha God]

get you some good eating in Piggly Wiggly, you hear me? You might fool around and get some chicken gizzards, man. Oh, my gosh.

[DJ Envy]

Disgusting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But. Yeah, but disgusting.

[DJ Envy]

BJ's is where you go because that way you could get bulk of things. Things. What's wrong with y'?

[Hans Charles]

All?

[DJ Envy]

I'm actually going to. I'm going to BJ's after the show today, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know you are. Don't threaten. Don't threaten DJ Envy with a good time. Yo, you know what? Let's go to phone lines. Man.

[DJ Envy]

This guy's crazy. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, brother, where you going? To get your groceries. Pause.

[Caller/Guest]

Okay, most of my groceries come from Dollar General General. But the catch is Dollar General gives you coupons throughout the week for $5, $10 off, $5 off for 25 purpose, and $10 off a $40 purchase. So what I do is on Saturdays, I take my coupons and go to Food Flying and Dollar General. And I only spend 25 at a time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I think people sleep on Dollar General, but Dollar General got all your basic necessities. They have your A eggs. You know what I'm saying? They have your milk.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, actually, Dollar General now in North Carolina, they're doing like little grocery market. So everything the grocery store has, you can kind of have it at Dollar General. And they like corner stores too, so it's pretty cool.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, thank you, bro. You Know, we don't have dollar generals on the east coast like that, especially down in New York. So I thought Donna General was like kind of like the. The Five Below store. You go there and you get some. Some candy, a little stuff like that. I didn't know they had grocery groceries.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, you talking about family dollar, but yeah, Dollar General. We got that in Baltimore. Baltimore, too. Yeah. It's a bunch of them around, they got like necessity, you know, like the essential stuff, like milk and all that stuff Charlotte was talking about.

[DJ Envy]

Hello, who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hi, Charlemagne. This is Kenesha from North Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace, Kenesha. How are you?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm doing good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

So my family and I, we like to shop at Aldi. I'm surprised it didn't make the list. It's inexpensive, it's non artificial ingredients.

[DJ Envy]

And what's the name of it?

[Caller/Guest]

We shop at some people. I'm from Richmond, Virginia, so I understand all the stores you were saying, it's an up north thing, so they're not gonna get it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I don't know none of those stores. I did.

[Jessalarius]

I actually said. I said all these. I. I said all these. Some people pronounce it Aldi's, but that's right, it's down there in Maryland, Virginia,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

here, D.C. and Envy been getting money too long, cuz they definitely got dollar generals in New York. I was like, what? I'm like, you said there wasn't no dollar generals in New York.

[DJ Envy]

I'm like, now, growing up, we didn't have no dollar generals. Hello, who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Growing up. But they got them now in the Bronx. Bronx definitely got some dollar generals. Brooklyn definitely got a Dollar General.

[DJ Envy]

N. Not when I was growing up, they didn't have. Hello, who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, this is Adrian.

[DJ Envy]

Adrian, good morning.

[Hans Charles]

Morning.

[Caller/Guest]

How are you guys? Yo, I. Oh, my God, I can't believe I connected with the Breakfast Club. What's up?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, what's up, brother?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, I, I 100 agree with Charlemagne. And honestly, yesterday. Oh, no, the other day, before the storm, I spent an hour and a half at the Costco bakery aisle because, yo, it just smelled that good, bro. Man, and I only got like six

[DJ Envy]

item, and they got everything. They got cheesecake, they got cakes, they got croissants, they got the bagels. They got everything fresh. Yeah, I go to Costco's too. Costco, they got.

[Caller/Guest]

You know, and honestly, like, I even try to ask, yo, let me get a freak croissant, because they were fresh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, I'm gonna tell you something else. Bro, go to Wegmans and go get them chocolate chip cookies from Wegmans. Oh, my God. Oh, no, no, no.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, yeah, Wegmans. Wegmans is. Is definitely it. And also they. They have like a very good wine selection. Like, oh, hell, let's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And if you ask for like, like, if you go to Wegmans and ask for like, like, like, like. I don't want to say top shelf wine, but like, you know, high end wines, they be having them in the back. They'll. They'll go unlock this little room and take you in that room and they'd be happy. Yeah.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes. 100. 100.

[DJ Envy]

And you know, if you use the app, if you use the app for Costco and BJ's, if. One, you ain't got to clip coupons because the coupons is already included. And two, you could pay off your phone so you never have to wait in line. You could pay right there in the phone and walk right out and they'll check you a couple of items and you're good. That's because you a different type of

[Charlamagne Tha God]

freak when you got a coupon for a pj.

[Jessalarius]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Some of they.

[Jessalarius]

You ask them for a good wine, they go unlock this room and take you back there and get you a wine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, they do at Wet Cuz. Wegmans got a good wine selection. So they got the Cus and the silver Oak out. But then when you ask for other stuff, they take you in the back too. Wegmans be having it all. I ain't going front.

[Jessalarius]

It is very refreshing hearing growmen talk about, you know, their love for the grocery stores. This is dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is very refreshing.

[DJ Envy]

And I gotta go grocery shopping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Groceries.

[DJ Envy]

No, no. Shut up. But I gotta go to BJ's paws. Cause if not, my kids grabbed everything in any one of these grocery stores. I gotta make sure we cut it down. I gotta go to BJ's today. Charlotte, you wanna come with me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. Cause I don't like how you were talking to the dude earlier and you said something about going to get groceries and you said pause. Like why?

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, why you have to pause that? You make things gay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I make things gay.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all just talk about me with BJ's all morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. You know what? Forget it.

[DJ Envy]

Now, if you're just joining us, we open up the phone lines to talk about grocery stores. During front page news, Mimi Brown was talking about where people go to save on groceries.

[Mimi Brown]

Let's listen a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. They surveyed more than 30,000 shoppers. They didn't ask about just prices. They looked at, you know, freshness, produce, cleanliness, store layout speed, and overall value. So. So consumers were asked to rank grocery stores based on those categories. And Trader Joe's, it topped the list. Now, shoppers gave it high marks for consistency, strong quality, cleanness, fast checkout, and prices that feel fair for what you're getting. And on the flip side, stores like Walmart, they fell below industry average. Albertsons, Giant Eagle, they came in lower. And meanwhile, this was like, really the headline. The discount chain save a of lot lot. It actually improved. So that tells us that price matters.

[DJ Envy]

So we're asking 800-585-1051. Where's your go to to save some money on groceries? Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hello? Hey.

[DJ Envy]

What's your name, Mama?

[Caller/Guest]

Annie. Hi, Andy.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, Mama.

[Caller/Guest]

Where you call New York? Harlem.

[DJ Envy]

Harlem, okay. Where do you go to save some money on groceries? Mama, what store do you go to? What's your go to store?

[Caller/Guest]

Usually South Bay, because their bowl and basket brand is much cheaper than and the other store brands, and it's still good quality or little In Harlem. I don't know if y' all heard of it. It's like Aldi, but it's called Little L I D L. Man, I ain't

[Charlamagne Tha God]

never heard of none of that stuff. I'm from South Carolina, and I know people in the south be listening. Like, what the hell are they even talking?

[DJ Envy]

You heard a shop, right, though? You're the shop, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shop, right? Oh, definitely. My wife goes to shoprite for sure. But, you know, I'm raised off. Well, you said Piggly Wiggly.

[Caller/Guest]

I knew you were talking about down south.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You already know Buy low, Piggly Wiggly food line. Okay.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

You remember Wall Bounds? Mama, Are you hung up on her?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Jessalarius]

Who's this crazy?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, y' all remember Wall Bounds? Tss or none of those.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, A and p. She's only 31. She sound like a Dominican mother of five. That's at least 43.

[Caller/Guest]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hi, this is Stacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are y'?

[Caller/Guest]

All?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Stacy? What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, where you been at? I know Stacy was gonna all this talk of BJ's and groceries.

[Caller/Guest]

Oh, dad, you know what? It's so funny, right? So there's this store called Little. It's spelled L I L with apache D. So, you know, anything with apostrophe d at the end, it has to be a big deal. So as far as my cupcake business. As far as my cupcake business. They have like the cheapest confectioner sugar. The cheapest. It's butter to cheap.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

He really has taught me to embrace people sleeping in different rooms, on different houses, in different places, but just an embracing of the isness of it all.

[Mimi Brown]

If you're navigating your own transformation or just want a chart side view into how a leading artist integrates astrology, creativity and real life, this episode is a must. Listen Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcast.

[Ben Higgins]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome to the A Building. I'm Hans Charles.

[Hans Charles]

I'm Menelik Lumumba. It's 1969. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr have both been assassinated and black America

[Charlamagne Tha God]

was at a breaking point.

[Hans Charles]

Rioting and protest broke out on an

[Charlamagne Tha God]

unprecedented scale in Atlanta, Georgia. At Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest. It featured two prominent figures in black history, Martin Luther King Sr. And a young student, Samuel L. Jackson. To be in what we really thought was a revolution.

[Hans Charles]

I mean, people were dying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

1968, the murder of Dr. King, which traumatized everyone.

[Hans Charles]

The FBI had a role in the

[Charlamagne Tha God]

murder of a Black Panther leader in Chicago.

[Hans Charles]

This story is about protest. It echoes in today's world far more than it should. And it will blow your mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to the A building on the

[Ben Higgins]

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[DJ Envy]

Segregation in the day, integration at night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules.

[Jessalarius]

We didn't worry about what went on outside. It was like stepping in another world.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Inside Charlie's Place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Mimi Brown]

You saw the kkk.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They was dressed up in their uniform.

[DJ Envy]

The KKK set out to raid Charlie, take him away from here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's Place, a story

[Mimi Brown]

that was nearly lost to time until now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen to Charlie, Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Caller/Guest]

This egg. Yeah. So that store is really, really good as far as, like, saving money. Like, I only go there for, like, my bakery items and stuff like that. But how y' all been?

[DJ Envy]

Good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, sir?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm good, I'm good. I'm just chilling. Listening to my favorite morning show in the whole wide world. And congratulations, we are now on Netflix. That's so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, we are, sir.

[Caller/Guest]

Y' all have a good day.

[Jessalarius]

Thank you. Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this, everybody?

[Caller/Guest]

What's up, y'?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. You can't make it.

[Jessalarius]

What's up, baby?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Back to back cheek clappers.

[DJ Envy]

Come on now. We were asking where you go get your groceries.

[Caller/Guest]

Listen, y' all know I love me a good quality meat, so I go to Fresh Grocer. And Fresh Grocer got them good quality meats, and I be fingering through them, like, trying to find the good prices. And I just bought. I made me some turkey neck. I love me a good turkey neck, too. And I made me some turkey next last night. And Fresh Grocer is one of my favorite stores to go to to get some good quality meat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, Travis called me to Philadelphia, so that must be a Philly thing.

[Caller/Guest]

Thing, yeah. Fresh Grocer. Philly thing. I do want to say I used to go to acne, but acne, that means it's too expensive. And I don't like over here. Overcharging.

[Jessalarius]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

You ever been to BJ's?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, so BJ's like Costco and stuff. So that's a little. I live alone, so I don't need to buy like a bunch of stuff in bulk.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, he don't need BJ. I don't do the BJ's and bulk envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, he need meeting weekly.

[Caller/Guest]

I'll need it in bulk. But I did go to. So normally Shop Right is another good one. But during the snowstorm, it was two packs in there.

[DJ Envy]

So I had to go to Acme

[Caller/Guest]

the other day because there's a little bit more clear in there because they more expensive. But like Shop Right is definitely the one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shop Right is the one. Shop Right is definitely the one. That's. I think that's the one that we all can agree on. Especially if you live, you know, in the up north area.

[Caller/Guest]

Quality meat too. Sure. I know you. I know you love a good quality meat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I'm only on chickens and turkeys right now. I cut out red meat.

[Caller/Guest]

That's still me.

[DJ Envy]

That's still chicken sausage. This thing is chicken sausage. Thank you.

[Jessalarius]

Meat is meat.

[DJ Envy]

What's the moral of the story, guys?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The moral of the story is, man, two things about grocery stores. Number one, you want to be in one, that saves you some money. But two, you want to be in one that actually makes you feel good. Like some of these stores, man. Man, just mentally and emotionally make me feel good. When I. When I see a Piggly Wiggly, when I see a food lion, it brings me joy. When I see. I don't. I don't even. I didn't know the last time I seen a bilo. But when you see these stores, it makes you feel good because you just remember, you know, the good times that you used to have.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. As a kid, is that for me,

[Jessalarius]

in Baltimore, we got a store called Wilmot and you can get anything you want there. So just, you know, shout out to Wilmar. If you're in the Baltimore area, go check out Wilmar.

[DJ Envy]

Walmart.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? That sound like that's that. That is to McDonald's what McDowell's was to McDonald's. That's what that sounds like.

[Jessalarius]

Okay. And nobody was complaining about McDowell's and coming to America. Right? Because that was nobody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody saluted Walmart too. Walmart. I was gonna say Walmart. A Target.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody said they go there. Walmart or Target? Target.

[Jessalarius]

High as hell. What are you talking about?

[DJ Envy]

Target?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't go to no Target for

[DJ Envy]

No grocery store, Walmart.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Jamal Bryant will be so disappointed in you knowing that you still go to Target. But they been knew you was a sellout. You if envy.

[DJ Envy]

I said I'm surprised. I didn't hear nobody else say, I tell you I go to B.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, no, no. I know what you do. We know what you got.

[DJ Envy]

The latest with Lauren coming up. Man, don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning talk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

LL Cool B. Yeah, I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

[Jessalarius]

Little brown girls look at you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I want to be like you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Take me through that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take me through there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The latest with Breakfast Club. LL Cool.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, y'.

[Mimi Brown]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So TI has officially dropped a diss track. I know some people thought the first song that he posted yesterday was a diss track, but this is. You can't question this one. 100 drop the diss track at 50 cent. It's called right one. Let's take a listen. We have two parts of the song and parts of the song. Uh, he going at 50 cent for various things, but he brings up 50 cents. Mother of his youngest child, Cyr, who was dating Diddy at one point. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like a fish salmon. And God damn it, if didn't work. Any more drama. I'm not landing once it's up.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not landing. Truces is outlandish. You're not that nugget and you're not

[Charlamagne Tha God]

that trying to stun on everybody with them white catch.

[DJ Envy]

Got the right one. Roll some light one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's all right. We're having for the night come. I don't like guns. I walk up on them knife song. Thank you, Tyson.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So then in another part of the song, 50 Cent mentions. I'm sorry, TI mentions 50 Cent and all the drama with Murder, Inc. Let's take a listen to that.

[DJ Envy]

Hate to let the an inch in my life, but I give his ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can't saw about a mission in my wife. You hate women. Get that.

[DJ Envy]

Why you can't keep one. You can't love them. Come from your mama, you receive none.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, no. You rather set fires and housing with babies in them.

[DJ Envy]

I got paperwork from the guns in prison. Your name is in them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peter Parker journalism, he's saying. I guess I'm venom. Morals won't break up in them New Yorkers. You gonna defend them?

[DJ Envy]

It's your king, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He building a victim from the get go go murder Ain't pump this full of bullet holes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, ti, He. He's not playing at all. So that was released through a couple outlets. A couple stations, and I saw a couple outlets. Get this exclusively yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I love hearing T.I. rap. He's in my top seven favorite rappers of all time. But I don't like hearing him and 50 go at it on no level. Because that's one of those ones. Yeah, that's just one of them ones that. That, that. That could get ugly. I'm not putting no fuel on that.

[DJ Envy]

There's no fuel to be on that fire. I mean, I love when. When, when ti raps, and I would love if. If 50 raps. But like Charlotte said, this is the one where you just. Just hope that, I guess cooler heads prevail because it can get there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And ti, my partner in real life. I don't. I don't. Yeah, I don't. I'm not. I'm not. I can't put no fuel on that fire at all.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, this is. This is the one that you don't

[Charlamagne Tha God]

want encouraging none of the back and forth. Nothing. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Cause this will get there. And we don't need to see that quickly, too.

[Jessalarius]

It's already there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was about to say it's up.

[Jessalarius]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Well, they haven't seen each other yet. Pressing. Everybody could add more fuel to it and, like, stay up. Yeah, this. This one. This one will go, so let's just stay up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, 50 Cent hasn't responded to this that I've seen yet. So, you know, maybe this is the. It's gonna end here, but we'll see what happens, I guess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, 50 was replying with memes and stuff yesterday. He was definitely. Yeah, that's the thing.

[Jessalarius]

I don't think you're gonna make no songs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And a lot of the memes have been back and forth with King, with ti's son. They had, like, a little back and forth yesterday. But nothing directly to this song, though, is what I was mentioning. But speaking of clearing things up, I.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do. You know what, though? I do want to hear 50 rap. Not. Not. And. And please, I don't want to hear 50 do a diss record. No back to TI. But I do want to hit 50 rap. I. I was thinking about this yesterday. I'm like, yeah, we haven't heard fifth rap in a long time.

[DJ Envy]

Well, he just did a song. He does the. So he just did a song with. With Chef G and what's the other homie's name that got locked up. He does Songs years ago, though, right? No, wasn't.

[Hans Charles]

It was.

[DJ Envy]

He just released it a couple of months ago, like, maybe two months ago. But I think he does songs when it comes to his shows. Like, he'll do intros to his shows when it comes to something to his business, but he just ain't doing it just to do it. It got to be a real reason people thought that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That you might hear something. When all of the. We asked Son Uncle Murder about it, when all of the. The podcast beefs back and forth were going on with Jim Jones, Mayo, whatever. People thought we might hear 50 Cent rap then, too, and it didn't happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But, oh, I'm about to look that record up. 50. I'm looking at it now. 50. Chef G. Sleepy Hollow and Jeremiah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it came out about. Maybe about a month ago. You know, Ed Sheeran was actually on that hook. And then. I don't know why. Why they took Ed Sheeran off and put Jeremiah on it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But all the time, it puts it into things. Like, he has a brand's cognac ad that he posted on his Instagram, and there's some music there as well, too.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, he does it when it. When it makes sense. But like I said, what Charlemagne was saying, not only, you know, 5th and Ti they all move around too much, right? Ti be moving, yayo be moving, Murder, people. You just don't want to see it get. Get that way. So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Well, in other conversations, I know you guys talked about Simba yesterday and everything with him in the game, and the game being in his girl's dm. Well, Simba is now clearing it up. He responded to the conversation you guys had yesterday. Trying to clear this up. Let's take a listen to Simba.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, y' all been seeing the conversation go viral about me and game. I said, bro, this is what y' all gotta understand. This happened when I was in a serious whole phase. I used to come to the studio with a different girl every day and be like, game, this my girl Game. This is my wife game. So I didn't told this this so many times. By the time I told him about one I was serious about, he just thought it was another girl girl. So when he DM'd her, I had to be like, nah, Chuck, that. That's my girl. Like, for real. My baby mom. He's like, oh, my bad. I ain't no. You know what I'm saying? So I don't want everybody to think mine was a piece of. You know what I'm saying? Nothing like that. Cause it wasn't like that at all.

[DJ Envy]

See, somebody say that part yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't hear the whole all the smoke interview, so I don't know if he added that context or not. You know, I mean, I just heard that clip.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We went back and listen, because I'm like, well, did he say this before? And people took it out of context or.

[Mimi Brown]

He didn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And in the original conversation, when he walk. Walks into the interview, he's like, y', all, I'm finally not hiding my girlfriend anymore. And then they talk about how Hollywood gets, like, crazy, gets nasty with, like, when you put your significant other out there. And then he goes into the conversation. So people took it from what they could take from it, and. But. Yeah, but.

[DJ Envy]

No, but not.

[Jessalarius]

But did he. But did he say what he just said?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he didn't say an original clip, but, I mean, he's clearing it up. So everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That conversation requires some context because you. You know, you have the game out here looking crazy. Crazy like people be looking at the game. Damn. Don't leave your girl around the game. Like, the game be violating his brothers. You can't. You got to put some context to that symbol.

[DJ Envy]

He would never. Because I think he hit me. I think he hit Jesse Charlemagne yesterday

[Charlamagne Tha God]

because he looked crazy yesterday.

[DJ Envy]

He was like, he would never. He's like, it didn't happen like that, man.

[Jessalarius]

And I'm up here talking about. I'm not surprised, because on his reality show, he was snatching left and right. Like, I'm just.

[DJ Envy]

Man, you said you spoke to him yesterday. What do you say

[Charlamagne Tha God]

now? We were just talking. We were talking about a lot of other stuff, but then. That, too. But yes, we got to take the. Take the flag back, man. You know what I mean? Take the. Take the flag back. Salute the game, too. The game. The game. I told y' all before, that gangster Grills project he put out with Drama is hard, man. He got a. He got a record where he. He put my name in a record that's really, really dope. It's a record with him and Mozzy. I forgot who else on that record, but it's dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, that's the latest for the hour, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We'll be back in the next hour or the next lady latest with some updates on J. Cole and his Honda. Because it broke down, all right?

[Jessalarius]

It looked like it was gonna break down. Like, he went to go get one. He went to go get a lemon just for this. This is crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't tell me there's A video of the J. Cole under the hood fixing his own car down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yes. How did you know that?

[DJ Envy]

We'll talk about it next time. We'll talk about it next time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's something Cole would do. Y' all gonna leave him alone fixing his old car.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne. Donkey today. Who you giving that donkey to?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man 4 After the hour. We need a woman named Allison Friedman to come to the front of the congregation. She must suffer from Corporal Aaliyah as well. We'll discuss.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that.

[Jessalarius]

Next.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning

[Hans Charles]

with the donkey.

[DJ Envy]

It's time for Donkey of the Day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's a bunch of donkeys around here

[Hans Charles]

with the he haw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, you are a donkey. What the hell?

[Hans Charles]

What the hell is

[Charlamagne Tha God]

some donkey? Today's just sell themselves.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne. Give it to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Breakfast Club all day. Give it to him.

[Hans Charles]

Oh, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlemagne.

[Hans Charles]

Who you giving donkey to get to know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, Rob 49. Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, February 24th, goes to a Hunter College professor named Allison Friedman. Now, Allison might have coprolia. Coprolalia. Okay, Coprolalia. Okay. We heard. We learned about this. What is it? Say it again, Corporal Alia. There you go. It is the involuntary outburst of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. We heard about this this weekend because of the BAFTA Awards. And according to the NY Post, she has sparked outrage after she was caught making a blatantly racist comment during a New York City public schools video meeting. Listen, man, at some point, we are just gonna have to realize that there is racist and bigots amongst us. It just is what it is, okay? You know, some are open, some are closeted, and we keep making excuses for racist behavior. There are some people who will listen to me give Alison Donkey of the Day right now and say that I'm creating division. No, actually, I'm just reporting the news now. Let me tell you what happened. Alison Friedman is an associate professor of biology at the Manhattan School, Manhattan CUNY School. And there was a young eighth grader, black, of course, who was raising concerns about her Upper west side school possibly facing a shutdown during a Community Education Council meeting. Well, Alison Friedman thought she was on mute, and she wasn't. And she had some things to say about black students. Would you like to hear what she had to say? Let's listen to Alison Friedman.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been receiving speech services since first grade. I attend and two other students on Fridays. He delivers lessons and helps us fit those skills into our lesson.

[Caller/Guest]

Schools that like, they're helps.

[Mimi Brown]

They're just. They're too dumb to know they're in a bad school. I mean,

[Lauren LaRosa]

apparently King said it like, if you train a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore. They're just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Allison Friedman, what you're saying is absolutely hearable here. You've got to stop, you big dummy. Well, if you didn't hear what Allison said, she said they're too dumb. Talking about black students. They're too dumb to know they're in a bad school. Let's play it one more time, because she's talking in the background. So the student is talking, and Allison doesn't know that she's unmuted. Let's listen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been receiving speech services since first grade. I attend the government and two other students on Friday. He delivers lessons and helps us fit

[Caller/Guest]

those skills into our lessons that, like, they're.

[Mimi Brown]

They're just. They're too dumb to know they're in a bad school. I mean,

[Lauren LaRosa]

apparently King said it like, if you've trained a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Allison Freedman, what you're saying is absolutely hearable here. You've got to stop.

[Caller/Guest]

Stop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She said that black students, they're too dumb to know that they're in a bad school. Well, Allison, you're too dumb to know. Your mic wasn't muted, but honestly, I don't think she cared. Okay, These people know they can be openly racist right now, and nothing will happen. Right now, as I speak, they are saying Allison is being reviewed by her employer, but may keep her job thanks to her cushy tenure. I need my. I need my college professors and people in this world to help me out with this, because as far as I know, tenure is an employment status commonly in teaching that provides security against dismissal without just cause. Racism, not a just cause. Okay? Like Allison said, if you train a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore. She's basically saying, we will notice. Sit in the back if we listen to Massa. And she was replying to a comment made by Reginald Hicks Higgins, who is the school's district interim acting superintendent, who was quoting Carter G. Woodson, Allison, not Martin Luther King. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told. And what bothers me about these situations is I know Michelle Obama says, when they go low, we gotta go high, but what's wrong with taking things to hell, okay? My therapist told me that's healthy. Okay? It's not that you match an energy you just venting, too. Sometimes not replying to things like this is like holding in a fart. Now, uncomfortable, that is. Now, I don't fart in my clothes, so I know how it feels to hold in a fart. But when we hear blatant acts of racism like this, we have to meet the devil. In this case, the white devil at the door. And it's not just black people, okay? White people who aren't racist. When you hear these blatant acts of racism like this, you have to check it, okay? You must use your privilege to fight prejudice. I'm looking at y' all on the zoom sitting in shock. No, I want to hear white folks on the zoom saying, allison, you're racist, bitch. Okay? And I want to see black people on the zoom go to hell. Okay? You got slurs. We got slurs, too. You got disrespectful things to say about us. We got disrespectful things to say about y', all, okay? I don't even expect the little 8th grader to have anything to say. They only in 8th grade adults. The village are supposed to come to the defense of that youngin in that moment. All right, you have to tell Allison Friedman that contrary to her wishes, we are apt to absolutely freed men and women. And we have the right to tell her, okay? For a person with no lips, you sure got a lot to say. Okay, you can tell her that her world view and her hair looks like it stopped updating in the 1950s. You can tell her that racism isn't an opinion, it's a failure to learn. And clearly, Allison, you don't know a damn thing. Or you could just call her a milk cricket, okay? Or you can just call her a human jar of helmets. Or you can just do this old people good cracker ass cracker, and say, you got copra lalia. Whatever. Whatever works. There you go. All I know is, when it comes to people like Allison, her worldview is dying and she's mad she can't take the rest of us to hell with her. Please let Kathy Griffin give Alison Friedman the biggest Hee Haw. Please give this giant jar of mayo the biggest Hee Haw. Does Chelsea Handler want to give her the biggest Hee Haw as well? That is way too much. Dan Mayonnaise has Chris Rockman taking his Medicine or he still got copa ass cracker. Oh, what about my girl that work at the diner? She got corporal, too. Yeah, man, them ticks, man. Them ticks, man. That's the ticks. Is he copa Lia? Man, that's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for the donkey today, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

So the question is, should she lose her job?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Because she's under review.

[DJ Envy]

Let's open up the phone lines, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I don't even know what that means. It says she's under review, but because of her cushy tenure. That's what the New York Post is saying. Because of her cushy tenure, she's not going to lose her job. I don't know what cushy tenure means. So all the educators and everybody in. In the world of academia, please, please call up right now and. And tell me what that means.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, 800-585-1051. Should she lose her job? I mean, she's a teacher, right?

[Caller/Guest]

And.

[DJ Envy]

And yes, she's supposed to be helping the youth. Yes, she's supposed to be helping them grow and be better people and better young adults and all this other stuff. Can she do that at all with the way that she's thinking. Let's discuss. 800-585-051.

[Jessalarius]

She knew her mic was on. I don't care.

[DJ Envy]

I.

[Jessalarius]

She knew I might was. You're a teacher. You do zooms all the time. Time you knew your mic was on, you didn't care. She ain't care.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know why he left you. I don't know why. I don't know why he didn't respond. Just.

[Jessalarius]

I. I hate you could respond.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know why he didn't do that, but.

[DJ Envy]

800-5-8 5, 10, 5 1. Let's discuss. I love you, Jess. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[Jessalarius]

Steady.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Calling my phone, calling my.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club now. Charlemagne just gave donkey today. To who?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hunter College professor named Allison Friedman. She thought she was on mute, and she had some things to say during a zoom about black students. Let's listen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been receiving speech services since first grade. I attend the Goldman and two other students on Friday. He delivers lessons and helps us fit those skills into our lessons.

[Caller/Guest]

Schools that like, they're.

[Mimi Brown]

They're just too dumb to know they're

[Caller/Guest]

in a bad school.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, apparently Said it like, if you train a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Allison Friedman, what you're saying is absolutely hearable here. You gotta stop. And right now, her job is being reviewed by her employer, but they say she may keep her job thanks to her cushy tenure. Now, when you talk about a tenure, right. That is an employment status commonly in teaching, that provides security against dismissal without just cause. Is this not just cause? I don't know. Let's go to the phone lines and find out.

[DJ Envy]

I think it is just close. I think it is just cause. I mean, she's being racist. I think that's pretty much all we need to hear, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You can't teach a bunch of black kids with this mentality. I don't think so.

[DJ Envy]

So anyway, guess what you think, man?

[Jessalarius]

I think I should be fired. And if she do stay on, imagine how them students are going to approach her now. Look at her now. Like, I wouldn't even want to be in her class, but I'm. I'm tormenting her ass, torturing her ass every day. If I'm her student now, like, she might want to quit.

[DJ Envy]

There's no way, like, a teacher's job is. Is to be, of course, an educator, a mentor, to manage to shape students academically and, and personally and be that bridge between that education and regular life. Right. And if a teacher is not doing that and they can't inform a student or help a student and being racist, why do they need to be there? Just my opinion. Let's go to the phone lines.

[Caller/Guest]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

This is Amber.

[DJ Envy]

Amber, good morning. Talk to us.

[Jessalarius]

Morning.

[Caller/Guest]

I think she should actually, like, absolutely lose her job, being that I work in the school system, especially with our young black students, like, they are looking for trust in their school system. If you're supposed to be making students feel safe and you are supposed to not be creating hostile environments, I don't understand why her tenure will play a part here. Also, aside from the racial slurs and what they're doing to her image and saying about black people, thinking about the racial trauma that is causing these young children to hear them say that they're supposed to be. Be trusting you. So I, I really dislike, I despise when teachers and people that are in the education system do not take their role seriously.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree with you. And, and it's funny, when they talk about her tenure, that just means she's been racist for a long time.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, nobody knew yes, that, like, you can't. And what other like that. It just. It's absolutely absurd that they would even consider that being that she is blankly. And you know, you're not supposed. You knew that you were wrong when you said it. They knew she was wrong, which is why they reminded her that her mic was off and stopped her from saying, like, what else would she have said if they wouldn't have told her that?

[DJ Envy]

Who is she talking to?

[Jessalarius]

It's probably somebody in her house. Somebody like, wherever she was at. Because if they on Zen, more than likely she was home.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Mama. Hello?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, good morning, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's your name?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, my name is Megan. Good morning, Envy. Charlamagne. Jeff. Yes, Lauren. I was just calling in response to what you were asking, Charlemagne, what does cushy tenure mean in response to the donkey of the day. Right. Well, to me, that just means that they were relying on her longevity of employment. And it just sounds like, based on the fact that she was employed for a long period of time, then she can do whatever she wants to do, which is not. It's not rare. People can come into the office and do whatever they want to do and treat us however they want to treat us. Just because you've shown, you know, that you. That you loyal to the company, but it doesn't mean that you have good morale.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree wholeheartedly. I keep hearing that tenure because she. Tenure, tenure. That just means she was racist for a long time. And the other thing, I was right. How many times does she have those conversations with other teaches on that zoom and it was somebody.

[Caller/Guest]

And not be recorded.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They be having them together and somebody like. Allison, your mic is on.

[Jessalarius]

Yes. You have to stop.

[Caller/Guest]

Yes, your mic is on. Right, Right. Hey, I'm Mike. I'm Mike. It's just like on. You know, when we watch reality tv, you know, they. They. They cover up and they say, hey, I'm Mike, so that, you know, you can. You. You can't be candid at that point. So that's all that. That's all that that is. That's all that that is. And unfortunately, it was brought to the forefront, and so she needs to be held accountable.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I agree.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Mama. Now, if you're just joining us, Charlemagne gave donkey Today to who, Charlotte.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A Hunter College professor named Allison Freeman. She was on a zoom, and she didn't know that her mic was off mute, and she had some things to say about black students. Would you like to hear? Let's listen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'VE been receiving these services since first grade. I attended the government and two other students. On Friday, he delivers lessons and helps us fit those skills into our lessons

[Mimi Brown]

that like, they're, they're just, they're too

[Caller/Guest]

dumb to know they're in a bad school. I mean,

[Lauren LaRosa]

apparently Martin Luther King said it like, if you train a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you're saying is absolutely hearable here. You gotta stop. She said, they're too dumb to know that they're in a bad school. And then she thought she was quoting Martin Luther King Jr. But she was actually trying to quote Carter G. Woodson based off something that Reginald Higgins, who is the school's district interim acting superintendent, said. He said, if you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told. She said, if you train a black person well enough, they'll know to use the back. You don't have to tell them anymore, dumbass.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And right now her job is under review because of her cushy tenure. So just because she'd been there for a long time, I guess she's allowed to be as racist as hi, this

[Mimi Brown]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[DJ Envy]

what do you do

[Ben Higgins]

when the headlines don't explain what's happening inside of you? I'm Ben Higgins and if you can hear me is culture meets the soul, a place for real conversation? Each episode I sit down with people from all walks of life, celebrities, thinkers, and everyday folks. And we go deeper than the polished story. We talk about what drives us, what shapes us, and what gives us hope. We get honest about the big stuff. Identity when you don't recognize yourself anymore. Loss that changes you. Purpose when success isn't enough. Peace when your mind won't slow down. Faith when it's complicated. Some guests have answers. Most are still figuring it out. If you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome to the A Building. I'm Hans Charles.

[Hans Charles]

I'm in Lumumba. It's 1969. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr have both assassinated, and black America was

[Charlamagne Tha God]

at a breaking point.

[Hans Charles]

Rioting and protest broke out on an

[Charlamagne Tha God]

unprecedented scale in Atlanta, Georgia. At Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest. It featured two prominent figures in black history, Martin Luther King Sr. And a young student, Samuel L. Jackson. To be in what we really thought was a revolution.

[DJ Envy]

I mean.

[Hans Charles]

I mean, people were dying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

1968, the murder of Dr. King, which traumatized everyone.

[Hans Charles]

The FBI had a role in the

[Charlamagne Tha God]

murder of a Black Panther leader in Chicago.

[Hans Charles]

This story is about protest. It echoes in today's world far more than it should, and it will blow your mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen to the A building on the

[Ben Higgins]

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[DJ Envy]

Segregation in the day, integration at night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules.

[Jessalarius]

We didn't worry about what went on outside. It was like stepping in another world.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Inside Charlie's Place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Caller/Guest]

You saw the kkk. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They was dressed up in their uniform.

[DJ Envy]

The KKK set out to raid Charlie, take him away from here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's Place, a story

[Mimi Brown]

that was nearly lost to time until now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen to Charlie, Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She wanna be.

[DJ Envy]

And like what Jess said, if you're. If you are a student or you're a parent to that student, you don't want your kids in there. I don't care what age they are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Think.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Hans Charles]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now I guess they're saying because her and I'm just thinking about this. Maybe because she's been there for so long and they've never heard her speak like this. She's never had an incident, so they, maybe they're giving her some benefit of the doubt, but I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Benefit of the doubt? Maybe it's hidden. Maybe it's one of the things that just hasn't came out as of yet. Now that it's coming out, we should just ignore and forget it. That doesn't make sense.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can't have you teaching my kids when you think that, you know, they're, they're all too dumb to know that they're in a class.

[Jessalarius]

And you didn't, and you didn't call them the N word. I know the last caller said that

[DJ Envy]

she called them out.

[Jessalarius]

She didn't call them an N word, but she belittled them and degraded them, like, and you, their professor. That's weird.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you gave her 30 more seconds, she would have said 30 more seconds. 30 more seconds. N word was flying.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God. Hello? Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Hello.

[Caller/Guest]

This is Jonathan from Miami, Florida.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, brother? Talk to us. What's she doing?

[Caller/Guest]

So I don't think she should be fired. This is crazy, right? I, I, I teach at a higher institution in Miami. I'm considered a continuous contract professor, otherwise known as tenured. He's a professor like you mentioned earlier. And this is a teachable moment. This is where the lessons come, right? This is where we learn the intersection of learning and learning. And I'm also Haitian. There's a phrase that says song wants without shame. He needs to now go to HR and do workshops on how not to be stupid and how not to be ignorant. I want to leave on a last note too, because my wife is a professor at FIU and she's, I'm so proud of her because she's doing amazing things. She just released a book called keep your money, so she should not be fine. This is a teachable moment.

[DJ Envy]

Let me ask you a question, though. If, if she's the teacher and she's showing the fact that she is a little racist. That's what it seems like to me. Do you want her teaching your child? And let me ask you this, too. If this would have been any other community, the backlash would have been so crazy, the lady would have ran out the door. So you don't think she should have been fired? Regardless, you, you don't mind this teacher teaching your kids?

[Caller/Guest]

And a teacher that was like that teaching my child. I came at her neck. I wrote a long, nice email, but again, this. Because what happens when you find.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell the truth. Tell the truth. You Haitian, you know you blew that dust on her.

[Caller/Guest]

I am Haitian. I didn't throw any dust. I didn't know any dust. However, because if she gets fired, she's going to work for a certain administration that you know or Fox News. And so, you know, there's no teachable moment. This is a teachable moment. I think that's the most empty envy. I agree. I wouldn't want her to teach my child, but this happens. It is what it is. But let's take this opportunity to make it a teachable moment. That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, I don't agree with them at all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I respect your opinion, but I don't know if I agree with you because they don't allow teachable moments for black people.

[Jessalarius]

No situations like, like he care about the situation too much either. Like, I don't know.

[Caller/Guest]

It's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I, I agree.

[Caller/Guest]

I agree. I see what you're saying. But it should be a teachable moment because what happens the minute you fire them? They'll work somewhere else and keep doing what they're doing. There's an opportunity to learn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Here's my thing. You. You can't change a person's heart. So, you know, this isn't a young woman. This woman has been around for a long time. She's has a long. A long tenure. Like, you know, slapping her on the wrist and saying, this is a teachable moment. Is it gonna make her. Is it gonna change her feelings about black people or black students?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jessalarius]

And I don't care where she worked at after this, but the kids that she's offending ain't gonna have to look at her no more. She can be fine, go work wherever she want. That's cool. But she won't be there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Isn't it a stain on her record, too? If she does get fired? Isn't it a stain on the record that anybody would have to hire? They would. They would see the reason she was fired.

[Caller/Guest]

Teachers have unions, and those unions protect them, unfortunately. So it's. It's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotcha.

[Caller/Guest]

It's just like police officers, right? They kill people, unfortunately, some of them, and they go get hired, but in another space. So, yes, it's messed up what happens. And she should be held accountable. Again, being Haitian, this is. There's no shame because this current administration allows people to do certain things without any shame and any kind of accountability. But I would make this. I Would take an opportunity to say, hey, you got rep. Let's reprimand you for this. You should be held accountable. Accountable and, you know, move her to another class. Move it to somewhere else, but don't fire her, guys. Make this an opportunity for. For a teachable moment. It's black history month nonetheless, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you make it all the foundation. He's Haitian, so he making all the foundational black Americans so mad right now. I mean, they on the computers right now like that tether. Don't listen to that tether.

[Hans Charles]

Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

All right, what's the.

[Jessalarius]

Like, I was with him, but I wasn't. And then he almost got me there, but then, I don't know, like, that he made me a little bit more mad.

[DJ Envy]

I don't want to racist teaching my

[Charlamagne Tha God]

child because you just.

[DJ Envy]

Because you don't know why they're grading that child. You don't know what the performance is because of who they are and not the actual performance. I don't want to be dealing with that. I'd rather go to another school. Get out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, cool.

[Jessalarius]

Half our ass day, and then all the black kids, they show her how dumb they are. Her to every day make her ass quit. Torture her ass, period.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, what's the moral of the story if there is a moral?

[Jessalarius]

Torture her ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't going to say. I don't want y' all to torture her ass. No, I don't want that either. I just want the woman to have to deal with the consequences of her actions.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. All right, well, we got the latest with Lauren coming up, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it's the latest brought to you

[Charlamagne Tha God]

by top dog law on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, guys. So J. Cole's Honda Civic that he has been on the trunk tour or what is it? The trunk sale tour with. Has broke down. So yesterday J. Cole posted.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, come on, Jess. It's Chris. Time to shine.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, sir.

[Jessalarius]

He is not a mechanic.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't play well, yesterday, JCO posted on his ex account a photo of the car. And it was at a repair shop. You know, like they put the car up on a little. What is it called? Envy the little Paul lift. The lift.

[DJ Envy]

It's a Lift.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So they. So he posted a photo and he told fans that he was driving to LA. But on the way to LA, the, the 6 Civic said it had enough and it broke down. So that they were in Phoenix and that they were there for a while because they needed to get the car fixed. So they were to mob around the city and a sprinter selling CDs in the meantime. So they go, they get in the Sprinter, they mob in. But then they get back to the auto repair shop and Fins are lined up outside of the auto repair shop as well too.

[Jessalarius]

Now why is he driving to la? Yo, what is like what you doing?

[DJ Envy]

He's taking it back to the essence where he first started and he's bringing back that feeling of when he used to, you know, drive his Honda Civic around and sell it and sell it out to Trump. But this is the thing. Enough is enough, right? You were in New York, you were going to drive from New York to la. Alright, J. Cole, enough's enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We get it. I believe that they shipping that car state to state and you know, he's flying where he needed to go. And then when he gets where he's going, he drives the Honda around. I mean, because I saw the whole discussion about, you know, they feel like everything J. Cole is doing is performative. Anything you do around an album rollout is performative, even if it's something you sincerely want to do. Like this is how he's choosing to market his album by driving around in a Honda and pulling up the places and vibing and selling out the trunk. That's cool. It's part of the rollout. It's performative. But it doesn't mean it's not sincere.

[DJ Envy]

No, I think it's sincere. It's how he started. And even if he is trailing it to city to city, I just think it's dope and it's outside the box. It's not what people have been doing, especially people of his caliber. So the fact that he's taking his old Honda Civic out and he's going from HBCU to HBCU and hot spot to hot spot, I think that's dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And he like lets the fans rap for him. He had did the thing where they got in the car and got to listen to the album with him like early on in his driving around, he's really doing it. But I will say something. I've been thinking about this. If Honda doesn't get involved in this at any point, somebody there is totally missing a moment because care be What I feel like culturally, that would be the conversation. Yeah. It would make a lot of sense.

[DJ Envy]

It shows reliability. The fact that that car is, what, 20 years plus old and he's still driving it around.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We didn't need jcole to know that about Hondas.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, he is. Acura did it with. Ludicrous with Acura brought you when he did his. His old. His first car. So I think Honda should jump on it and bandwagon something with it.

[Jessalarius]

I don't remember make that one no more that he dropped.

[DJ Envy]

They did that Acura over for. Remember he had that Acura. They did that Acura over. They went on. They took it on tour. It was. It was a whole thing. So, yeah, I think they should.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Honda, no disrespect behind it. Don't need jcole. Okay. Honda's been around before jcole. They gonna be around long after jcole. Honda's gonna outlive us. You hear me right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. Yes. Yes. So in other words, reliable fan news. Cardi B. Is still selling out her tours. She just had a tour stop in Seattle. I know the video was going viral where she fell into, like, the little, like, whole part of the stage, and the fans were blaming the government. But Cardi B is talking now just about how hard she goes on this tour because she. People were really thinking that she wasn't going to show up well in the store because she had just had a baby and all the things. Let's take a listen to Cardi. Every show has been sold out, out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And one thing that I love the

[Lauren LaRosa]

most is while my tickets was being on pre sale, there was a lot of haters. There was a lot of devils that kept, like, trying to push this propaganda, like, she's not gonna be ready. She just gave birth.

[Mimi Brown]

She been rehearsing for only a month.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I'm a person that I recognize the value of a dollar. I don't like to play with my

[Mimi Brown]

money, so I wouldn't want to play

[Lauren LaRosa]

with y' all money if y' all paying to see me, I'm gonna give

[Mimi Brown]

y' all a hell of a soul.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Remember when I was saying like a couple of months ago, like, I went over budget and people was making fun of me? I'm glad everybody get to see why I spent so much money on my show. Like I said, I was not playing with the production. I was not playing with nothing.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's a little bit over 12 shows, and I believe in. It's like three months after she's given birth. So shout out To Cardi.

[Jessalarius]

She's always worked hard. After every baby, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Every.

[Jessalarius]

Every baby she had, she was on stage pregnant, giving it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now as we wrap, I just saw this. Isaac Hayes the third posted that Isaac Hayes estate has settled with Donald Trump. You guys remember they had the copyright infringement lawsuit against Donald Trump and his campaign because they kept using the song hold on, I'm Coming throughout Trump's like campaign rallies. So they have settled. It is. There's no details as to what that settlement looks like. But after that. Now there has been a voluntary dismiss, dismissal of the claims. And Isaac Hayes posted a statement that said that this represent. This resolution represents more than the conclusion of a legal matter.

[Jessalarius]

It's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's about the importance of protecting intellectual property rights, especially as they relate to legacy ownership and a responsible and the responsibility of creative works and how you're supposed to honor those. So that is now settled. Yeah, I gotta go catch my flight.

[Hans Charles]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said that like we holding you up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No,

[DJ Envy]

we even said the latest with Laura. She said all right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said it because I wanted to make sure that was my own reminder of why I'm still here. Because I wanted to make sure that I saluted Heather Lowry and Finland. Or Finland SC and Finn forward. I did the cruise this weekend from Friday to Monday. All literally over a thousand black women on a boat. It was like Essence Festival on water. Like, I mean, we out there, like, praying together. Pretty V did like live motivational speaking. We doing yoga in the morning, partying that night. Monica swv, Keisha Cole popped out. It was just like, I've never experienced anything like that, like, at all. It was so fire and seamlessly done and it was her first year doing it. So shout out to Heather Lowry in the feminine forward team because I saw

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ivy Rivera was out there. I saw y' all do a panel together or something.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, we did a panel. Me, Ivy Rivera, Milano D Rouge. I can't remember everyone's name on a panel as well. Oh, Ingrid Best from I Best Are you Best wines. Are I Best Wines? I have the name, the best wines company. We did a panel. I sat down with Crystal Renee and talked on her Keep It Positive podcast. That conversation, I was like, mind blown by how many people just received it, like, but they came ready. It was literally like a life changing experience. And I'm not just saying that because I love Heather because she's from Delaware. It really was like one of those times. Like, I came back into the world today because I needed to break yesterday. Yesterday and Was like, you know what? I'm. I'm supposed to be here. I'm showing up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're supposed to be here. Salute to Crystal Renee, too. Crystal Renee. Keep it, sweetie. Keep it positive Sweetie Podcast. You can listen to that on the Black Effect Podcast network. People love that podcast, by the way.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yo, her fans. I've never seen fandom like this. They showed up in generations, like, grandma aunts, like, so dope T shirts with her face on it. Like, house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They were like, that podcast.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've. Yes. I'm learning from her. Crystal, I already told her you're gonna be my podcast mentor because the way you pack them live shows out, baby go off. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

That's what.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you talk to Keisha Cole? Did Keisha Cole talk to you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't talk to Keisha Cole. I did. We had a little. I mean, I reposted her on Instagram, but Keisha Cole and SWV were having issues with their sound, and they still sounded flawless. SWV had to go acapella at one point and just sing.

[Jessalarius]

Oh, that's what's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because it was so. They didn't want to deliver a bad show, so they just cut the music, and we're singing in harmony. And I was like, yes, girl. Tamar Braxton was there, though. I did talk to Tamar.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Keisha comments on a lot of. A lot of your posts. That's why I asked.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, no, that's my dog. I love her. She's so supportive, but I didn't get a chance to see her. She had actually been kind of, like, away, because I think she was protecting her voice so that she could sing. But her son was all over the boat. He was celebrating his birthday, so we had a good time with him as well, too.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I didn't get to see her after, though.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, get on your flight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I will see you guys. And make sure you guys remember tomorrow. Top dog law. Any accident, big or small, they're bringing you the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I'll see y' all tomorrow morning.

[DJ Envy]

All right, the People's Choice mixes up next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing today, Charlotte?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, today is Black History Month. You know, every day during Black Black History Month, my guy, B. Dot, does a podcast on the Black Effect Podcast Network called I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. And today, he's gonna tell you about the black samurai they didn't expect. The story of Yasuke, the African warrior who rules the samurai status in Japan.

[Hans Charles]

The black samurai they didn't expect was in Japan. Welcome back know it alls to another episode of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect PODC network, especially in February, entitled I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I'm your host, B Dot. And this week we're traveling all over the world studying black history and how black folk have not just impacted, but transformed the world we live in today. So get your digital passports. Today we travel to Japan. Now, be honest. First of all, do you have have any clue what a samurai is? These were elite warriors in Japan. I'm talking about martial arts. They were disciplined. They were badass. But be honest, when you picture a samurai, black is probably not the color your brain picks. And that's not your fault. That's the edit. But before we get into the meat of the episode, I have to give you three of the most useless facts you'll never ever need. Not a day in life. Up first, there was a documented African man living in Japan in the 1500s. Your second useless fact is that same African man served under one of the most powerful warlords in Japanese history. And your third useless fact is he wasn't a servant. He was a samurai. Yeah, and I knew nothing about it. His name was Yasuke. Y A S U K E Yasuke. He was an African man who got to Japan in the late 1500s. They say were probably brought there through them Portuguese trade routes. Historians believe Yasuki was from Mozambique, probably from the Maku people. Some records suggest that he might have been a child soldier before being brought to India and then Japan. And when Yasuki stepped off that ship, Japan had never seen somebody like that. I mean, he was tall, dark skinned, physically imposing. I'm talking about people followed him in the streets just to look if you above 6 5, that's how they treat you in places like Japan and China. Now they automatically think you play in the NBA and they want to autograph it. Was reported that some of the people thought his skin was painted. They tried to scrub it off, but when it didn't budge, the fascination got serious. But here's where the story flips. Yasuke caught the attention of Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful and feared warlords in Japanese history. Instead of dismissing him, Nobunaga did the unthinkable. He elevated him. Yasuke was given a residence, a stipend west weapons and they gave him the status of samurai. Nobunanga reportedly said Yasuke had the strength of 10 men. Japanese records confirmed that Nobunaga spoke with Yasuki directly and was super impressed to find out that Yasuki was smart as hell. That wasn't symbolic. Like samurai weren't mascots. They were elite warriors. Trusted, armed, respected. Now here's the part that messes with the narrative. Narrative. This was before race became a global hierarchy. Before black automatically meant inferior everywhere, like in Japan. Yasuke was judged on loyalty, ability and presence, not his skin color. This is crazy. But anti blackness. That had to be taught globally. It wasn't automatic. And that's a receipts level historical fact. Yasuke fought alongside Nobunaga. He was trusted in battle. And when Nobunaga failed, well, Yasuke's fate faded into mystery. Not because he wasn't important, but because history didn't quite know where to file a black man who didn't fit the script. A century after Carter G. Woodson created space to preserve black history, stories like Yasuke's are finally resurfacing. Because if we don't document global black presence, people start believing we was only ever enslaved, never respected, never powerful, never everyone. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Congratulations, your passport has been stopped.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Next stop, Ethiopia.

[DJ Envy]

All right, salute to B Dot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to my guy, man. And make sure you subscribe to the I didn't know. Maybe you didn't need the podcast on the Black Effect podcast network.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Jess, you got a fact? What's your fact, Jess?

[Jessalarius]

Yes, I do. In 1830s, did y' all know that ketchup was once medicine? They used to use it as a career as a cure for diarrhea. In the 1830s.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, they. They use not just diarrhea indigestion as well. Yes, we knew this.

[DJ Envy]

But that was the.

[Jessalarius]

But diarrhea was the first thing that they used it for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dr. John Cook Bennett. Yes. He believed that tomatoes could be therapeutic properties, ma'. Am.

[DJ Envy]

They thought it was a health remedy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why they started selling ketchup to begin with. Because it was. It was like. It was for like. It was like the Pepto Bismol of its. Of its time.

[DJ Envy]

Helps stomachs diarrhea, indigestion. You type.

[Jessalarius]

Y' all type so fast. Both of y' all type. What are you talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You do the most basic stuff and then you don't know. Oh my God. As a black person. But listen, not Even just as a black person, as anybody with some curiosity, if you use something as much as you use ketchup, you ain't never looked at the origins of ketchup?

[Jessalarius]

No. No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, well, sorry, crazy ass, no.

[Jessalarius]

And neither did Envy. He be over there lying, too.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't. I'm sitting here playing with my remote control truck over here. I don't know what you talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They didn't even start using ketchup as a condiment until, like the 1900s.

[Jessalarius]

Yes, yes, yes.

[DJ Envy]

You know there was a ketchup pill. You know it was a ketchup pill at one time?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I don't know about. No, I thought it was a tomato pill.

[Jessalarius]

He lied.

[DJ Envy]

It was. It was a ketchup pill.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know about no ketchup pill. It was a tomato pill that they used to use, you know, to treat like. Like indigestion. It was like.

[DJ Envy]

It was like indigestion, jaundice and all that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah. It was like the Pepto Bismol of his time.

[Jessalarius]

All right, y'. All. Well, just the fact of the day is ketchup was once medicine in 1830s. It was used for diarrhea and indigestion and stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what you be messing up. You be asking us if we knew this. Just.

[Jessalarius]

I didn't ask y' all today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said, did you know?

[DJ Envy]

You say, did you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you know?

[DJ Envy]

Know?

[Jessalarius]

I didn't know. I said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, you say it every time before. Yes, we did know that.

[Jessalarius]

All right. That's where I mess up at. Anyway.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not going to ask y'.

[Jessalarius]

All, did y' all know nothing else? I'm just going to give the facts.

[DJ Envy]

There you go.

[Jessalarius]

Where y' all be typing when I'm asking? Because y', all, both of y' all can type real fast.

[DJ Envy]

So just where you this weekend?

[Jessalarius]

I'm in Greenville, South Carolina, so. Greenville. Get your tickets if you haven't yet. We got four shows at the Comedy Zone. Two on Friday and two on Saturday. I will have merch and I will be doing meet and greets. So get your tickets. Jessalariusofficial.com and next month, Greensboro, North Carolina, I'll be hitting the south again. So get your tickets.

[DJ Envy]

All right? Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do have a positive note, man. And this is for all you prejudice people out there, okay? Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual or you will fail. Have a great day. Breakfast club. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Program your Alarm to power 105.1 on iHeartradio. What if mind control is real? If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car?

[Caller/Guest]

When you look at your car, you're

[Charlamagne Tha God]

going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you?

[Ben Higgins]

I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can you get someone to join your cult?

[Lauren LaRosa]

NLP was used on me to access

[Charlamagne Tha God]

my subconscious mind games. A new podcast, exploring nlp, AKA neuro linguistic programming.

[Mimi Brown]

Is it a self help miracle, a

[Charlamagne Tha God]

shady hypnosis scam, or both? Listen to mind Games on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Mimi Brown]

Hi, it's Jill Interestine, host of the Spirit Daughter podcast where we talk about astrology, natal charts and how to step into your most vibrant life. And today I'm talking with my dear friend Krista Williams. It can change you in the best way possible. Dance with the change, Dance with the breakdowns. The embodiment of Pisces intuition with Capricorn power moves.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I'm like delusionally proud of my channel chart.

[Mimi Brown]

Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcast.

[Ben Higgins]

You can scroll the headlines all day and still feel empty. I'm Ben Higgins and if you can hear me is where culture meets the soul. Honest conversations about identity, loss, purpose, peace, faith and everything in between. Celebrities, thinkers, everyday people. Some have answers, most are still figuring it out. And if you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Hans Charles]

1969. Malcolm and Martin are gone. America is in crisis, and at Morehouse College, the students make their move.

[Ben Higgins]

These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson locked up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King senior. It's the true story of protest and rebellion in black American history that you'll never forget. I'm Hans Charles, our menelik Lumumba. Listen to the a Building on the

[Ben Higgins]

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.