FULL SHOW: Neo-Soul Legend D’Angelo Dies After Battle with Pancreatic Cancer, Alexis Ohanian vs Charlamagne + Monaleo, Stunna 4 Vegas & Dr. Alfiee Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club – October 15, 2025

Episode Theme:
A reflective and heartfelt episode covering the recent passing of neo-soul legend D’Angelo, a deep dive into mental health with Dr. Alfiee, and honest, vibrant discussions with guests Monaleo and Stunna 4 Vegas about love, healing, and community.

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Main Themes and Purpose

This episode of The Breakfast Club balances heartfelt tribute, cultural commentary, and open conversations about health and relationships. The passing of D’Angelo sets a somber and reflective tone. The episode focuses on honoring Black music legends, discussing Black mental health, and exploring themes of community, vulnerability, and generational healing—intertwined with lively conversation and signature Breakfast Club humor.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Remembering D’Angelo (17:04–24:33)

• Announcement of D’Angelo’s Passing
  • [17:04] Lauren LaRosa shares the news that D’Angelo passed away at 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer.
  • D’Angelo’s family and son Michael are grieving deeply; Michael lost his mother, Angie Stone, just months earlier.
  • Lauren emphasizes giving his family space:

    “He talked about just how difficult this has been for him... He wants people to remember that he’s also a person.” – Lauren LaRosa [19:54]

  • The hosts criticize public pressure on grieving families to make statements.
  • Lauryn Hill’s tribute to D’Angelo is read on-air, honoring his profound impact:

    “Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who have remembrance of the legacy in.” – Lauryn Hill (read by Lauren LaRosa) [22:45]

  • Discussion on the privacy of cancer battles, and the unpredictability of cancer:

    “Cancer is no joke...I have not seen it discriminate.” – Charlamagne [22:23]

• Music and Reflection
  • The show closes the segment with D’Angelo music and universal condolences.

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2. Headlines & Social Issues

Government Shutdown & IRS (06:11–10:50)

• The federal government shutdown reaches day 15 with no resolution in sight.
• Hundreds of thousands of workers are without pay, but tax filings and bills continue.
• The team exposes the stressful disconnect between political games and everyday realities.

  “How is America going to act like it’s business as usual when the business is closed?” – Charlamagne [10:06]

Pentagon & Journalism Crackdown (07:30–9:39)

• New Pentagon media policy requires pre-approval of journalists’ stories, raising censorship concerns.
• Most major outlets refuse to comply; One America News signs on.
• Broad critique of political attempts to limit the press.

Social Media & Tech (32:07–35:56)

• Instagram rolls out “age gating” to limit teens’ exposure to mature content, amidst skepticism about effectiveness.
• OpenAI to allow “R-rated” adult interactions with ChatGPT for verified adults:

  “That’s crazy... I tried to get chat hot and bothered, and it was like, I don’t do that.” – DJ Envy [35:48]

Supreme Court & Voting Rights (25:05–26:38)

• Supreme Court hears a case that could erode minority voting rights, specifically Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

  “If the court sides with Louisiana, states across the country could stop creating majority Black or Latino districts, reducing minority voices.” – Mimi Brown [26:05]

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3. Listener Engagement – "Get it Off Your Chest" (11:33–16:46)

• Callers express gratitude for donations, share frustration over dismantling of special education, and discuss gender and gossip stereotypes.
• A personal injury story from a regular caller brings camaraderie and humor.

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4. Guest Interview: Monaleo & Stunna 4 Vegas (36:16–59:31)

Relationship, Family & Healing (37:40–43:53)

• The couple describes their vibrant relationship—the wedding, the significance of pink, and keeping some things private to protect their bond while still celebrating with supporters.
• Monaleo opens up about her father's secretive battle with cancer and the emotional weight of major life moments:

  “During his cancer battle, he was private… He didn’t tell anybody for six months... I just saw him deteriorating. It really, really hurt me. But thankfully, he’s beat cancer.” – Monaleo [41:03, 42:33]

• On expediting the wedding so her father could witness it:

  “It made me live for myself and for my family, for my village, for my community.” – Monaleo [44:20]

Mental Health Struggles and Growth (44:20–48:30)

• Monaleo candidly shares her history of childhood depression and a suicide attempt in fourth grade.

  “I was feeling like that very young, very young… I don’t like who I am… but I know that’s not true now.” – Monaleo [45:29]

• Rap became her primary outlet, evolving from anger to healing.
• She stresses breaking generational curses—highlighted by the trauma and triumphs of motherhood.

  “Your trauma is never your fault, but your healing is your responsibility.” – Charlamagne [45:54]

"Solarin" Record & Black Community (53:12–55:11)

• Monaleo explains her song “Solarin”:

  “It was about celebrating black unity and community… I wanted to create a space for Black Americans to turn up and have a good time.” – Monaleo [54:01]

• Unapologetic about causing conversation—even controversy—over centering Blackness in her music.

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5. Dr. Alfiee: Mental Wealth Expo & Black Mental Health (81:34–99:55)

• Recap of the 5th Annual Mental Wealth Expo in Newark:
  • “Black people actually do want healing… There’s so much need out there.” – Dr. Alfiee [82:18]
  • Deontay Wilder’s emotional openness at the Expo highlighted how even the toughest people are hurt by betrayal and loss.
• The necessity for community spaces, healing, and supporting each other beyond financial means.

  “Sometimes you just want somebody to check on you... I’m not always okay.” – DJ Envy [86:23]

• Mental health funding and access remain limited for vulnerable populations.
  • “There are not enough beds... not enough providers who look like us.” – Dr. Alfiee [95:38]
  • Calls to support organizations like the Mental Wealth Alliance and The Acoma Project.

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6. Headlines & Pop Culture (60:13–109:34)

• Alexis Ohanian vs. Stephen A. Smith/Charlamagne:
  Ohanian responds to Charlamagne’s critique—clarifies that he tried to “pull up in person” for the TV debate, but Stephen A. was remote.
• Nicki Minaj legal headlines:
  Nicki Minaj addresses reports of her possibly losing her home—labels it a business mix-up, not a real threat.
• LeBron James viral podcast moment:
  Dissects relationships, loneliness, and “getting off people quickly”—applauding honest public vulnerability.

  “If they get off you that fast, then it was never meant to be in the first place.” – LeBron James [105:03]

• Kylie Jenner’s music venture:
  Hosts lampoon her new single “King Kylie” as “trash,” but note it’s a marketing tie-in for her makeup collection.

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7. Notable Quotes and Moments

• Charlamagne on cancer:

  “I really hope you find a cure for all forms of cancer in our life.” [05:31]

• On Political Frustration:

  “America’s a joke at this point… How is America going to act like it’s business as usual when the business is closed?” – Charlamagne [10:06]

• Monaleo on generational healing:

  “I grew up a lot… I was abused… but I prayed for this. I wanted to use this opportunity to be candid and clear and concise.” [47:56]

• On Black culture:

  “Sometimes you just got to tell people it’s a Black thing. You wouldn’t understand.” – Charlamagne [57:02]

• Dr. Alfiee on rest and self-care:

  “We got the world on our backs… but we’re not allowed to put stuff down and be vulnerable, allow ourselves to rest.” [86:25]

• Closing positive note:

  “You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions.” – Charlamagne [112:57]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [17:04] — D’Angelo’s passing and tribute
• [25:05] — Supreme Court voting rights case
• [36:16] — Monaleo & Stunna 4 Vegas interview
• [44:20] — Monaleo’s mental health & family story
• [53:12] — “Solarin” song and Black solidarity
• [81:34] — Dr. Alfiee and Mental Wealth Expo
• [86:23] — DJ Envy on emotional check-ins
• [105:03] — LeBron James on relationships
• [112:57] — Charlamagne’s positive note

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Episode Tone

Balanced throughout emotional depth, cultural advocacy, and trademark humor—grounded, honest, and community-focused. The hosts blend solemnity and celebration, especially in honoring D'Angelo, supporting open mental health conversations, and uplifting stories of Black love and growth.

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For listeners seeking insight, healing, and honest humor mixed with pop culture, this episode is both cathartic and inspiring, offering reminders to care for ourselves, honor our community’s legacy, and claim space for joy and vulnerability.

Transcript

[Stunna Girl]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Stunna Girl]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Stunna Girl]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

When it's cravinient.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at am, pm. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can.

[DJ Envy]

Grab in just a second at am pm.

[Stunna Girl]

I'm seeing a pattern here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

Crave, which is anything from am, pm. What more could you want?

[Ed Helms]

Stop by ampm, where the snacks and.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience. Ampm. Too much good stuff.

[Ed Helms]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Ed Helms]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Ed Helms]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, usa.

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

Just hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne to God.

Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Good morning. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another to serve our beautiful listeners. What's happening?

[DJ Envy]

What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

How you feeling, Jess?

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

I'm feeling good. How are you feeling? Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm good. I'm out in Austin, Texas. I had an event to do this week. Well, Yesterday it's actually F1 racing in Austin. That's when all the biggest races come. And there's a huge event this weekend, so we had, like, a kickoff celebration for one of the races, Lando, who races for Monster energy. So I DJed that last night. I tried to get on the flight last night, but I guess because of the weather and everything that's been going on, the flight was delayed. So it was better for me just to keep my ass here and fly out first thing this morning right after the show. But I'm here. What's going on? What up?

[DJ Envy]

You always working, shorty.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what's up. I got a wedding to pay for. You know that my daughter's getting married now.

A lot of these still do that. I thought that. Who is. Oh, yeah. The bride, the father, the bride, the father, the bride. People still do that. In this time and these trying times, I think the two fathers should be coming together. What's the word? Fit the bill.

[DJ Envy]

That's what Eddie Murphy said about Martin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, that's what I'm trying to do. But then my wife comes up with these ideas, like, I think we should have fireworks at the. At the wedding. I think they should. I'm like, what?

[DJ Envy]

Like, she getting married again?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm like, what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fireworks?

I'm like, what? Because if I was the other father, I'd be like, look, here's my set amount. I don't know what the damn case is over there doing, okay? But this is what I got. This is what I got on it, right? All right.

Now, some of these events, you know, playing for so far out, like the NBA in China and F1. And I got one more event where I'm super duper excited. I'm heading to Dominica. That's the island. Caribbean island Charlemagne. Caribbean island that my father's father is from. So it's gonna be my first time back. It's their carnival. So I'm out there for a day or two. I'm excited about that. So Dominica is the island.

Caribbean. You Dominican.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, that is not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you act like you say Caribbean, like the Dominican Republic. Not in the Caribbean, too. Like, it's all of the. Oh, my God. You are what you are, bro.

[Jess Hilarious]

Bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dominica is a Caribbean island. Dominican Republic is a Latin island, I believe. I don't know.

Okay, and you are lat Latino. And you're Dominican. And Dominican, whatever the hell you want to be. You can be Dominique Wilkins for all I care. But I'm going to tell you something else. We got a great show this morning. Okay? Dr. Alfie Brieland Noble. She's a psychologist and scientist and author, founder of the Acoma Project. She will be here this morning to talk all things mental health. And she'll be giving a recap of the 5th Annual Mental Wealth Expo that we just did this past weekend. And stunner for Vegas and Mona Leo.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, you got it right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Because I was messing her name up yesterday. You hear me? But she has the record that we played that Nyla played in Past the Ox a couple of weeks ago. It's called Solarin.

That's the black.

Yeah, that's all the non blacks to the back. See, that's what I call all the.

Non blacks to the back.

Yes. Yep.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fantastic story. They got me.

[DJ Envy]

She is so lit.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

I love her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

Yeah, we'll talk to them. Well, let's get the show cracking. I. I know we better have some. D' Angelo pulled up, man. We gotta send a rest in peace to d'. Angelo. R B icon and legend.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely horrible.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we got front page news next. You got a d' Angelo record.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Rest in peace again to d'. Angelo.

Well, I really hope you find a. A kill for all forms of cancer in our life.

You and me both, man.

You and me both. Have mercy, Jesus.

We'll break that down.

He's only 51 years old.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And could you, you know, we were talking behind the scenes, you know, could you imagine his son, who's 27 years old, had to bury mom Angie Stone a couple of months ago. And now, Pops, rest in peace. And condolences to that family, man. We'll break it all down in the latest with Lauren. But let's get in some front page news. All right? Now let's start off with some Major league baseball. Some sports. The Dodgers beat the brewers last night five to one. And tonight the Toronto Blue Jays play the Seattle Mariners at game three. That happens at eight o'. Clock. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Blessed, black and highly favored. How are you?

[Mimi Brown]

Good, thank you. So we start this morning in Washington, where we are now in day 15 of the government shutdown. And there's still no deal in sight at lawmakers. Yesterday, they tried for the eighth time to pass a bill to reopen the government, but it failed again. That vote was 49 to 45. It needs 60 votes to advance. That means hundreds of thousands of federal workers will remain without pay as the shutdown heads into its third week. And frustration grows on both sides of the aisle. Meanwhile, over at the Pentagon, another battle is brewing. Several major outlets are expected to turn in their press badges today. This comes after the Defense Department rolled out a new media policy. Now, under the new rules, reporters who cover the military would have to sign an agreement promising to follow strict guidelines set by the Pentagon. And that includes getting stories pre approved before publishing anything that hasn't been cleared by defense officials, even if the information is not classified. Now, if a journalist breaks that rule, the Pentagon could pull their press pass and bar them from entering the building. And this is not the first time the administration has been accused of trying to silence the press. Here's what President Trump had to say in the past about media coverage. Let's listen to that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a very strong person for free.

Speech, but 97, 94, 95, 96% of.

The people are against me in the sense of the, the newscasts are against me.

The stories are 90.

They said 97% bad, so they gave me 97. They'll take a great story and they'll make it bad. See, I think that's really illegal, personally.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, I don't see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't see why he wants to stifle folks free speech. If there's defamation and, you know, slander, then you just file a lawsuit. But if a person just has a, you know, negative opinion about you for whatever reason, you either allow them to have that opinion or you do things to make them have a better opinion. And, you know, having a government shutdown is not going to make people have a great opinion about you right now.

Not at all.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Putting military in other people's city ain't going to have people have a great opinion of you right now. Sorry, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Now you're okay. So you're right, though. But I think with this, a lot of this is about facts. So if you're a journalist and you're reporting, you're just reporting the facts. You may not like the facts, and so therefore you feel like it's negative coverage. Right. So I think that that's kind of what he's saying. But abc, cbs, NBC, CNN, and Fox News News, they've all refused to sign before the deadline, which was 5pm yesterday. They say the policy gives too much power to the government and makes it harder to hold military leaders accountable. So far, only one outlet has signed on, which is One America News Network, which is a right wing cable leaning out right wing cable outlet that has generally been supportive of President Trump and his administration. Everyone else, from major newspapers to wire services, they are walking away. So we will continue to watch what that looks like. And today is October 15th. So if you filed for an extension, your taxes are due by midnight tonight. Now, even though the government is shut down, the IRS wants you to know that you still have to pay Uncle Sam. This applies to about 20 million Americans who asked for more time to file their taxes earlier this year. But the agency says the shutdown does not change your tax responsibilities. If you owe, you still owe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So.

[Mimi Brown]

So most IRS offices are closed right now, with about half of the workers furloughed. But essential staff are still processing returns and keeping online services running. There are a few exceptions for people hit by natural disasters. Some people in Arkansas, Tennessee, parts of California, Kentucky and West Virginia, they have until November 3rd to file. But for everyone else, if you miss tonight's deadline, you could face penalties of up to 25%.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How is America going to act like his business as usual when the business is closed?

[DJ Envy]

It's just wild. Like America's a joke at this point. That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, not even that. I want you to think about it. They're saying that you might not get your refund as fast because the government is shut down, but if you owe them and you got to file your taxes, they want it regardless if the shutdown. That's crazy.

Yeah. I really couldn't sleep at night if I was a politician. Knowing that we are playing politics with people's lives. Like it's October 15th and the bill collectors are not giving anybody no grace. The IRS not giving anybody no grace. And I was reading a study. It's like between 50 to 67% of people are living paycheck to paycheck. So at a time like this, 50 to 67% of people are living paycheck to paycheck. So people's lives are completely disrupted because they're not getting their money right now.

[Mimi Brown]

And they still have to pay. All right, well, coming up at seven, we all know social media can be a wild place. But now I want in on the action. Will tell you which apps is which app's latest update is giving only fans energy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Girl, who out here selling ass.

[Ed Helms]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're making it Easy to sell ass.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, we'll talk about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

Thank you.

You gotta find a way to make it easy for folks to sell ass.

Get it. Well, get it off your chest is next. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. Call us now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

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Hello? Who's this?

This is.

Hey, good morning, Mama. Get it off your chest.

Yes, I would like to thank everybody who donated to my Special Olympics group.

[DJ Envy]

I was able to buy the T shirts right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Thank you so much to everybody in New Charlemagne for letting me put my cash app out there, which is Shasha4377, if people still want to donate. I want to say one thing, though. I am so upset with Donald Trump because I deal with special needs kids all the time, and for him to dismantle the Special Education Department is so wrong. I can't stand family. You know, when things affect 65 and.

[DJ Envy]

Older and our kids and he's messing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

With the kids, especially special needs kids, it is so wrong for that, and I just don't understand it. Our kids need these benefits, and for him to do that is so wrong. Can I ask a question? Like, you know, what are y' all going to do when they get rid of the resources that these students with disabilities need? Like, what would be the backup plan when they get rid of, like, you know, the protections in place, like the, I don't know, the 504s and stuff like that? We don't know because we depend on all of this. We depend on Medicaid. We depend, you know, food stamps. Some of them depend on medical, you know, benefits. It's school benefits, IEPs. It's very hard. We barely get funding as it is, and we need to dismantle them. It's so wrong. I just can't fathom it.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, I'm not surprised, but I am surprised.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I mean? I'm just saddened by it.

[DJ Envy]

But anyway, I would like to thank.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All of you who donated. I'm so grateful to everybody who did and for those who couldn't get through. It wasn't my fault. It was Cash app. But I'm gonna put it out there again. Sha s h a 4377. Thank you, Chardelaine. Have a good day. Good luck, mama.

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

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're Mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

Hello?

Who's this? Hey, it's Tony gaines from Anderson, South Carolina. 864. What's up, Tony?

Get it off your chest, Tony.

Yeah, all right. Anyway, I wanna. I went back and I watched the Dame Dash interview you guys had, and.

He made a comment about how gossip.

Is something females do and stuff like that. The Charlotte made the insulting. So I want to ask Jess. Hilarious. And Lauren is there to win her opinion as well. Like, what do y' all think about that? Like, do y' all think that's messed up that men associate gossip with being negative and that it's only something that women do when we all know that dudes like pillow talk and dirty back and stuff like that too?

[DJ Envy]

I don't think gossip is only for women. I mean, it depends on what you're doing. You know what I'm saying? But I don't. Everybody tell each other business. Everybody. You know, whether you do it online, whether you do it in the privacy of your home with your friends, in a group chat with your guys, whatever. I don't really think it's. It's a feminine trait.

[Stunna Girl]

It's. Whatever.

[DJ Envy]

You got something to talk about, you got somebody to talk about it too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Don't matter to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel you. I appreciate that. I wanna. I wanna shout out. I don't support DJ academics, but I want to support his discord. Everybody who visits there and stuff like that. Talk. And a shout out to you, Charlemagne. I appreciate your podcast with a brilliant. It's good. And shout out to you DJ Envy for all you do to your community and stuff like that. You guys take care. Thank you. Why do men act like we don't gossip? Everybody loves some good gossip. Yes, everybody loves some little bit of tea, man. Okay. Hello? Who's this?

What's up, Trav?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, baby?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm doing good. What's up, Charlamagne? Peace. Says, you clean that booty blood off your sneakers yet?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, a little crazy. I'm actually going into surgery Today, man, Y', all, he had cut extended in my hands. I can't move my pinky. So, yeah, like, you know, put a little prayers up. They put me asleep later. Somebody did what with their pinky? What'd you say now?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He cut into my hand. He cut my attention. They got to go in and repair my tendon. Okay, okay, okay.

[DJ Envy]

I bet you'll never hang with that friend again, Lord.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, it wasn't really her for. It wasn't really her fault. So I can't really, like, you know.

[DJ Envy]

Put it on her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can't put it on her. Everything protecting her for a while. I hope the doctor don't got to go too deep in your tendon, man.

[Ed Helms]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, hey, man, I hope not either. They got going to repair though, you know. It's busted. Yes, sir.

Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, Travis. Crazy, y'.

[WashablesOfSofas Announcer]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I mean, put a little prayers up for your boy, man. Yes, sir. All right, tribe.

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, we're going to take some time to show love for D' Angelo who passed away yesterday at 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, we'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast.

[DJ Envy]

How dare you cut Chris Brownpaw off anyway. Go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait, Chris Brown or you want to cut Lauren? Which one you want?

[DJ Envy]

My bad. My bad. My bad says go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren becoming a street fan.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

So sad news to report this morning. D', Angelo, neo soul icon, music icon, four time grammy winning singer, songwriter and producer has passed away at the age of 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Very sad. His family released a statement yesterday that says the shining star of family has dimmed his light for us in this life. After prolonged and courageous battle with cancer. We are heartbroken to announce that Michael d' Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D', Angelo, has been called home, departing this life today, October 14, 2025. We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family. But we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind. We ask that you respect our privacy during this time, this very difficult time. But we invite all of you to join us in mourning his passing while also celebrating the gift of the song that he has left for the world. And that was from his estate. I then received a statement from his son and there was a. So the statement I received from his son says that, you know, he was grateful for everybody's thoughts and prayers that you know, cuz his son. So Michael Archer II is d' Angelo's son with Angie Stone. So he mentions or the publicist mentioned in the statement that Michael was grateful for everyone's thoughts and prayers and he was going to be strong like his mom and his dad taught him. But then Michael also posted d' Angelo's son that he actually wasn't ready to make a statement, that he had been by his dad's bedside throughout this whole time. So it's just very difficult for him to experience all of this. And that caused like, you know, a back and forth as well too. And I actually got a chance to speak to Michael yesterday after the whole statement mix up. And you know, he, he just, he's really grateful for everyone, you know, sending our love and the prayers. But it, he talked about just how difficult this has been for him. Absolutely. He's been through so much.

[DJ Envy]

Just lost his mom.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, just lost his mom as well. And, and he mentioned that, you know, during this time when the statements were released and all these things are happening and moving so fast, he was just trying to deal with the fact that in real life his parents are not here anymore. And he wants people to, you know, just remember that he's also a person as well. And we had a really great conversation. Also mentioned too that he will eventually want to come out and talk about his parents and you know, some of the memories that they've shared and just their legacies, but not right now. But he says, you know, he appreciates, you know, our platform as well for the time that we take, you know, owe nobody.

[DJ Envy]

No response? No, no, nothing at all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like crazy. Like why would they even expect him to want to make a statement right now?

[DJ Envy]

It's weird.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His mom passed away in March. His dad passed away. Yes, I guess, you know, the last couple of days. Why would he.

[DJ Envy]

With both of them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Why would they even want him to make a statement? Statement.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm not, I, I, look, I, for me, after the, the back and forth happened. I was like, I need to talk to him because I know what it's like to have a parent go through a battle like that. And I just would never want to be a burden to somebody in that situation. So our conversation was good. I think, you know, when he is ready, he says personal.

[DJ Envy]

It was very wanted to talk to him on a personal level. Not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Information or whatever to come back and report.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Our conversation was. I. I been through this. I didn't lose my parent. So I can't imagine what you're going through. But as a person, I want to make sure you know that you don't have to say anything. Parents. Yes. You don't have to say anything. And he was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One was a tragic accident recipe Angie Stone. So that's super unexpected.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then the other, you're watching your parent, you know, leave this earth. So, yes, he. I think in that moment, he just needed love. And I did, you know, just send him some love. Like, for sure he needs it right now, and their family needs it right now. Yes. But, yeah, the, the battle was private. And we've been talking a lot. I know behind the scenes, we've been talking a lot about, like, people dealing with cancer. And why is it so private? Especially because, like, you know, people expect four celebrities. Charlamagne, you said, why would people expect for him to make a statement. People expect for celebrities to just divulge everything. But cancer is so, like, you just don't know what's going on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's very private. He's not a celebrity. He's not a celebrity.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not Michael. I'm talking about d'. Angelo. Because a lot of people also, too, were having conversations yesterday about the fact that no one knew that this was happening because he kept the battle so private.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But when they say nobody knew who is nobody. Like, we didn't know who cares about us. Probably know the people that actually love him and care about him and not really pray for him and send them healing energy. New.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, you know, I saw a lot of conversations yesterday about men and men needing to take care of their health, and I understand all these combos, and I do even agree with a lot of them, but cancer is no joke. And I have not seen it discriminate. I've seen it impact people with great healthy habits, and I've seen it impact people with bad healthy habits.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, you. That's why it's so scary. You just. It just. You don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do want to read Lauryn Hill posted a tribute to him Yesterday that I thought was, you know, very touching. She says people need reflection. And this is her letter to d'. Angelo. She says, I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world. And presence not of this world needs protection, action. In a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You, sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with their genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who have remembrance of the legacy in. Thank you for charting the course for. In making space during a time when no similar space really existed. You image a unity of strength and sensitivity in a black manhood. To a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear, greed and all the. All of the exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos. That you, my brother, are in peace and bliss and eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I love you. I miss you. May God grant you peace and shelter to your family, friends. My brother, my king. Yeah, there was a lot of people pouring out love for him yesterday, as you can imagine. I saw Maxwell. I saw so many other people posting things as well, too. So we do have some d' Angelo music, but yeah, just wanted to take the time to just have the conversation this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder when he got diagnosed. Like, when did he learn he had it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I'm not. I'm not for sure about that. I do know, though, that his son had been here in New York and his family had been here as he was going through things. So. But I don't know how long he's been battling it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody out there who has survived the battle with cancer, God bless you, man. Absolutely. Lord have mercy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it's a nightmare.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm telling you right now. When it gets to the point where nanobots can kill cancer, I'm getting them put in.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, that's the latest with Lauren. We're going to close out with some d' Angelo Records. Front page news is next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. The last night in sports. Major League Baseball. Does anybody still love baseball? Are they still watching baseball?

I watched baseball since the 90s when everybody was on steroids. That's when it was a great sport.

[DJ Envy]

People still do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People still watching up out of it. All right. Well, last night, the Dodgers beat the brewers five to one. And tonight, the Blue Jays take on The Mariners, game three at 8:08. Now, what's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[DJ Envy]

We good, girl.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. Okay, so we start this hour with the Supreme Court case that could reshape how voting rights are protected in America. So today, the court is hearing a case out of Louisiana that could make it harder for black voters to have fair representation. Now, at the center of the fight is Section two of the Voting Rights Act. This is the part of the law that lets voters challenge political maps that weaken minority voting power. The case centers on Louisiana's latest congressional map. So a lower court ordered the state to create two majority black districts instead of one, since Louisiana's a third of its population is black. But state leaders appealed, arguing that it's unconstitutional to factor in race when drawing political lines. Now, civil rights groups, they disagree, saying ignoring race will erase representation and take the country backwards. They warn that if the court sides with Louisiana, states across the country could stop creating majority black or Latino districts, reducing minority voices in Congress and in local government. Now, a new report from voting rights activists and advocates. They warn that overturning Section 2 could allow Republicans to redraw up to 19 House seats in favor of of them before the 2026 midterm elections. And that would erase nearly 30% of the congressional Black Caucus. The advocates are calling this case one of the biggest threats to the voting rights law in decades, warning that if the court does side with Louisiana, it could reshape democracy as we know it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I'm pretty sure that the Voting Rights act will be good. I think everybody just needs to go ahead and brace themselves for that.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, I would have to agree with you, but we will keep watching and bring you the updates on that. And while that's happening in Washington, over on social media, Instagram is cracking down on what teens can see and do. So this week, the platform announced new changes aimed at making the app safer and a little bit more PG13. Now, after months of backlash over teen safety, the company says it's adding new limits on what young users can search and explore. One major change is called age gating. If an account already post adult material like sexualized content, alcohol, or links to porn, teens will not be able to view that message or that page. It's also expanding banned search terms and hiding posts with strong language, sexual poses, risky stunts, or drug use as part of a broader effort to make the platform feel more PG13 make it feel more like a PG13 movie. Now the updates will only apply to teen accounts, but the platform admits that many young users still lie about their age and to get around restrictions. Jess, we talked about this last week about, you know, how you can go and get around those things, but Instagram CEO said they're working to catch that while also trying to strike a balance. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think we want parents to know. I think that what we have to be careful of is the more aggressive we are about sharing with parents and the more aggressive we are about restricting down teen accounts, the more of an incentive we're creating for teens to try to lie about their age and work around it. To get a second phone to access Instagram just through the web to have an account that they don't tell their.

[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Ed Helms]

Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu every single episode.

[Stunna Girl]

32 lost nuclear weapons.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're like, wait, stop.

[Jess Hilarious]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s.

[Ed Helms]

Basketball player who still wore knee pads.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Ed Helms]

It's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of guests. The great Paul Scheer made me feel good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like, oh wow.

[Ed Helms]

Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here.

[Stunna Girl]

What was that like for you to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Soft launch into the show?

[Ed Helms]

Sorry, Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

[WashablesOfSofas Announcer]

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[Ed Helms]

Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a balance. We want to empower parents, but we also wanna make sure that we're not pushing teens too hard to try. And from their parents as well. I understand that that's exactly what you.

[Mimi Brown]

Were saying Jess last week.

[Jess Hilarious]

About what?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz they still going to get on it no matter what. They're going to find a way. The Internet is very addictive to everybody, but especially kids, children.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know One day I'm going put my page on that too, because I'm tired of seeing random TNA on my timeline.

[DJ Envy]

What's tna?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It, man, it's just one page that be popping up and it be like a girl and she'll have clothes on, and then like in the split second, she'd just be butt naked. Oh, like, why is this on my page? And then it'll be like, them pawn bots, them ladies will come in your comments and be like, how come. Oh, my. How come people get hard when I look? When they look at my page?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Oh, I'm having sex on my story. Like, they'll leave stuff on there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

It's for clickbait for people to go to there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, if you. If you delete keywords and you ain't got to worry about seeing that anymore. And there's somebody that we all follow that I get. I gets paid to do that.

I know exactly who you're talking about.

And I stopped following last week. Don't say their name.

I know exactly who you talking not.

But we all follow the same person and they. They get paid to do it. And they'll have a girl on their page and then be naked in the back.

Yeah, be butt. She be. Have on clothes, and they just be butt, neck. Like, she. It can be in a random position, like sitting on the couch, and then in a split second, she be butt naked on the couch. I'm like, what the hell?

Y.

[DJ Envy]

But you keep watching.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I don't. I want to see that white girl.

[DJ Envy]

Well, I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't follow the melanin in there. I might stick around.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, y'.

[Stunna Girl]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, all these changes, they're coming after months of criticism that Meta is putting profits over safety. So again that those are teen accounts that are taking place this week. And while Instagram wants to keep things PG for teens, over on ChatGPT, things are about to get a little bit more R rated. So OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chat box, says it's rolling out new features that will let verified adults use Chat GPT for romantic or sexual chats. So the company says it's part of its new treat adults like adults policy, giving grownups more freedom to use the app however they want. So starting in December, verified users will be able to customize ChatGPT's personality, including more human, like flirty or emotional responses. And yes, that includes allowing adult conversations for users who can prove they're over 18.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy. You know what, Mimi? I Try to have a little, a little sexual conversation with my chat yo.

[Jess Hilarious]

They wouldn't do it.

[DJ Envy]

That's so funny that they starting to do that.

[Mimi Brown]

Come back in December because it is rolling out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come back in December.

[Mimi Brown]

It's hilarious because open AI says they will. Okay? So they're going to use age protect age prediction technology to keep minors out. So if the system gets it wrong, you'll have to upload your photo ID to prove your age. Now, critics, they say the move could open the door for problems, especially when with vulnerable users. But supporters say it's about personal freedom and letting adults decide for themselves. Yes, yes, that is all you in December.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Once you decide to go talk to somebody real.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, yeah, but for the people who can't do that, what you want them to do?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Find somebody, man. Go decide to look in somebody eyes, you know what I'm saying? To have a conversation with a person. I know you was gonna talk to them on chat GPT, but look like.

[DJ Envy]

That'S for like the ed gains of the world, you know what I mean? Who can't be around people who he does freakish things. So chat GBT need to be used for the air games of the world.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know, man. I think that this young generation really missing out on real cheeks, man. That's all I'm telling you. I don't know what to tell y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. I don't think nothing gonna ever be real cheeks. But that's just my personal opinion. Don't listen to me.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay, yeah, well, we'll see. Jess, I'm gonna need some more information about what you were putting in chat too.

[DJ Envy]

I got you. I'm a girl. I'm gonna text you. I try to get. I try to get chat hot and bothered. He was like, I don't do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay, well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me, Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the Black Information network, download the iHeartRadio app or visit binnews.com.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Mimi.

Thank you, Mimi. All right, when we come back, stunning for Vegas. And Mona Leo will be joining us. We're gonna talk to them next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lorna Rose is here as well. And we got a special guest in the building.

Big stunning for Vegas.

[DJ Envy]

Big.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mona Leo. What's happening? How y' all feeling out there? Mona Leo. Okay, I'm sorry.

[Stunna Girl]

Mona Leo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm Retarded.

[DJ Envy]

Mona.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Leo.

[Jess Hilarious]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I love your music.

[Stunna Girl]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, I can't pronounce the title of it either. I call it you ain't black. But I did study what it was, though. Solarian is a. I say. I'm saying it right. So long, Solon.

[Stunna Girl]

Solon Solani.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a new way to describe black America. Black America.

[Stunna Girl]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Exactly.

[Stunna Girl]

So it's like an interpretation of, like, black culture, black history, and it. It relates to, like, descendants of slaves, specifically.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love it.

[Stunna Girl]

So that's what the term represents.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Go. I want to say congratulations on the wedding.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

The tie in the night, the baby, the family, everything. Congratulations, King.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I appreciate it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, congratulations to you, too. Beautiful. All pink wedding.

[Stunna Girl]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

You agreed to it, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You said, man, happy wife, happy life.

[Stunna Girl]

You did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't suggested.

[DJ Envy]

You didn't suggest it.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah, but I agreed to it.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. So that's obviously your favorite color.

[Stunna Girl]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

It's always accent in all your videos.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I see everything.

[Stunna Girl]

Like, you love the only color that I wear.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. How did you get him? Your husband?

[Stunna Girl]

Tell him. I was like, we can compromise if you want to do red.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She ain't have to do all that, though.

[Stunna Girl]

You do pink.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's her day. You feel me? I was with it.

[DJ Envy]

Right, right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She ain't had to do all that. You just love.

[Stunna Girl]

But you.

[DJ Envy]

You love us so much, you, like, I'm gonna just give her what she want. Oh, I love that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What made you finally want to want to settle down? Stunner. We being settled down, it's just like, we put it on the Internet just last month. We've been together, like, four years for sure. Oh, dope, dope, dope. My first year meeting her, though, was, like, kind of when I was taking a break, falling back from, like, the limelight or whatever. Anything I was going through. She probably not even. Probably she, like, helped me get through whatever. You've been everything like a homeboy would.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't never experienced that from no female. You know, she was the one immediately, like, yeah, easily like, you. Like, God told you, like, man, if you don't lock this one down easily.

[DJ Envy]

And that black woman behind you. I know. That's right.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you know he was the one?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, he was just already a fan of me.

[Stunna Girl]

That didn't mean that I knew he was the one. When I'm. I just felt like he was very. He was just as intentional as I was, and I really appreciated that. And he took good care of me. The same way I wanted to take care of him. So I feel like we were on the same page at the same time.

[DJ Envy]

I love that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What was the beauty of keeping everything off the Internet?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, what did what it was on the Internet.

It's just like they chose to bite down when they did. We've been popping out though. Yeah, but it's good.

[Stunna Girl]

It's just protecting our. Something that's personal to us. It's something that we care about and we love. So it was like protecting our relationship was super important. But we both have supporters that have been with us on our journeys, so it's important to include them in these pivotal moments in our life. Like the wedding. I feel like that was a no brainer. Like, so many people support us and love us and have been rooting for our union. So it was important for us to invite them virtually to the wedding.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You had us crying, girl. When you posted the moment with your dad.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was like, I literally was like, oh, my God. And you talked about him going through his cancer battle and getting to see you married and like, wow, like, that was really emotional for me. So just speak to like, kind of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you know, how's it emotional feel?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because my mom is a stage four cancer survivor and one of the things that she's always asked me.

[Stunna Girl]

Take your time. Why'd you ask me that question?

[DJ Envy]

Okay, okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Her thing is now is like, she's like, I've been sick before. I want to see you be able to do things. I don't know if I'll be able to be here tomorrow. So when you posted that, I was like, dang, like, time is of the essence. Like, it made me start thinking like, wow, I want my mom to be able to see me get married and have kids. And, you know, like, I don't think people understand the cancer battle, how scary it gets.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah, that's true. Your mom will see you be successful before she see you get mad.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to show that out there. But when I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When I. When I saw your post and I read the caption, it just really made me think because, you know, when I, you know, parents are always trying to be like superheroes.

[Stunna Girl]

Always.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So even through my mom's cancer battle, she was like, it's gonna be fine. Just make sure you get some grandbabies here, because I want to see my grandbabies. But when I read that, I'm like, oh, like, this is serious. Like, I gotta figure this out.

[Stunna Girl]

So serious. It was such an important moment for Me to share with my dad. And so I'm so glad you brought that up at the top of the interview, because I can't wait for him to hear this. But even during his cancer battle, he was very secretive. He was private. He didn't tell anybody for six months. Obviously, I feel like me being kind of tapped in spiritually. I felt like something was going on with him, but he never had explicitly told me that he was battling cancer. I just saw him deteriorating in a sense. Like, he was getting smaller, and it's. His hair was going, and I was just like, dad, what's going on with you? Like, and he was distancing himself from me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Our son wouldn't even go to him no more.

[Stunna Girl]

My son wouldn't, wouldn't. And my son loves my dad, but he was. He didn't. Every time my dad picked him up, he would be crying. And I was just like, dad, something's going on. And I just kind of pressured him a little bit, and I was like, tell me. Tell me what's wrong, or. Or else. And. And he showed me his scans, and I could see he had it real zoomed in so that I couldn't see that it said Hodgkin's lymphoma. But when I. I took his phone and I literally took off running down the street, and I zoomed out, and I saw that it said Hodgkin's foam. And I just bust out crying because it was such an emo. I never seen my dad cough, sneeze, me either. Have a cold, none of the things. So to know that he was exposed, that he was battling cancer without my full support, yeah, really touched me, and it really, really, really hurt me. But thankfully, he. He's beat cancer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Praise God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

Afterwards, he. I guess the chemotherapy had done a number on his heart, so he was. He had heart failure, and he had to have a triple bypass surgery that he also wasn't clear about either. One thing about my dad, he is truly Superman. Like, he doesn't want to. He doesn't want people worried about him. Even if it's something that I should be concerned about, he doesn be worried about him. So when I found out what he was battling, I was so emotional, and I was so all over the place. So. And I kind of put. If I'm being candid, it put. It made me want to expedite this, the process for everything, because I realized, like, I don't know what I was waiting on. I think it was. I was feeling the pressures from society, and I'M like, maybe I'm too young to be doing this. And, you know, you think about all these things in your mind, and then that kind of really snapped me back to reality, and it made me live for myself and for my family, for my village, for my community. So it kind of made me want to expedite the wedding process. And we did it. And to have my dad walk you down the aisle.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be there.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah. Walk me down the aisle was.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

A dream.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why do you, why do y' all think the adults, older adults, feel like keeping that from the kids is the, the right thing to do? Like, why fight a battle like that alone?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's scary. It's like a nightmare.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah. I don't think he knew. I think he wanted to keep hope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

But he was diagnosed at stage three. Stage three? Four. So he, I think he, he was optimistic, but I truly think he didn't know. And I think he wanted me to, you know, focus on my tour and my career. He didn't want me to leave and abandon what I was doing because he know I would have done that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is it true that you're, you attempted suicide in the fourth grade?

[Stunna Girl]

I did.

[DJ Envy]

As a baby. You're a baby?

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah, I was, I, I don't know. Well, I guess I was, I was experiencing a lot as a kid that I really couldn't process. And I, I knew it didn't feel good. I didn't know exactly what was happening, but I knew it was like, this feels wrong to me. And I really struggled with my self worth, my self confidence, and I was just like, why am I here? And I was feeling like that very young, very young. Fourth grade. I, I, that's true. That's my, that was my earliest. Well, third grade is when those feelings started. And then fourth grade is when I, like, started like, okay, let me figure out what I can do to not be here anymore. So it started in fourth grade, and then it progressed through middle school, through high school. But I'm so grateful that I don't feel that way anymore. I str. I think residually, those feelings, they kind of come up because it was so much of my life. I was, I just kind of got accustomed to feeling to, you know, I had indoctrinated all of these negative feelings and thoughts about myself. So it got to a point where I was like, this is my being. This is my core being. I don't like, like who I am. Yeah, this is, to the core. I hate who I am and what people have done to me. And I felt like I deserved it at a point in time, but I know that's not true now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your trauma is never your fault, but never. Your healing is your responsibility.

[Stunna Girl]

So healing is my responsibility.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So when. When was that pivot? When did you realize, like, I got it. I gotta heal?

[Stunna Girl]

I think I got to a point where I was like, I'm tired of feeling this way about myself. Like, there has to be more to life for me than just waking up every day and hating my existence. There has to be more to life. And I started journaling because I had already gone through therapy. And in my mind, I told myself, therapy doesn't work. This medication doesn't work. A lot of it was. What do you call it? Like, hardwired. So my. My grandmother struggled with her own battles. My mother struggled. My siblings struggle. It's kind of like. I don't want to say it's hereditary, but maybe it is. Yeah, maybe it's hereditary. So it was like. It got to a point where I was like, I can't do this anymore. Like, I want to. I see everybody enjoying their life. I'm ready to enjoy my life. I'm ready to experience it in a lens that isn't coming from this trauma. Like, I want to see what life really has for me. And I started journaling. I started making music in that process and really venting my frustrations and just kind of journaling via these. This rap. Via rap.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

And it started off as rap. I never thought I was gonna be a rapper, but it started off with rap because I was in that angry phase of my healing. I was just mad at the world, mad at everybody for letting me down, mad at my parents, mad at people who did things to me, Just mad at everybody. It was everybody's fault. So rap was, like, my first real outlet because I was able to vent these frustrations in a very aggressive way. And it still helps me, though, to this day. Like, I still will make a real aggressive record, but I feel like it's helping me come to a calmer place, you know, in the weirdest way, it's like this weird juxtaposition. I'll make the most aggressive song, and I'm like, all right, I'm good that I'm chilling for the rip. I could chill now.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

Like I said, I grew. I grew. I went through a lot growing up. I was abused. Please put a trigger warning on this, too, because I don't. I'm not here to trauma dump, but I'm just being candid because I prayed for this opportunity to get on Breakfast Club. I actually wrote it in my journal. Five years ago, 2020, I wrote this in my journal. I will be on Breakfast Club before I was even putting music out. So I'm just making sure that I do my due diligence to my younger self, because I told myself I was gonna be here, and I'm here, and I wanted to use this opportunity to be candid and clear and concise.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you're definitely supposed to be here.

[Stunna Girl]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

It was God's plan for you not to take your life in the fourth grade at 8 years old. You are a baby, you know, so I'm glad that you are here. And then you're breaking generational curses. So when you got pregnant, what was that like? Because now you're a mother, you know, and you replay things in your mind, like, oh, my God, I grew up this way.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not gonna allow my son or my daughter. Because you didn't know what you were having at that time.

[Stunna Girl]

Don't. Didn't know to deal with. But I kind of knew to a degree because I had a dream. One thing about me, I'm a dreamer. I feel like my. These spirits that come to me in these dreams, my friends, I had a dream to my homegirl who passed away. Her name is Xavin. She told me in a dream that I was pregnant and that I was having a boy the month that I conceived my son. So I feel like I kind of knew.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She told me that one, too.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I told him that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like a regular dream. Like, Babe, Zayn came my dream last night, told me we having a boy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So y' all planned baby boy?

[Stunna Girl]

Well, yeah, we did, because we had a. Candidly speaking. We had a miscarriage at first.

[Jess Hilarious]

Sorry.

[Stunna Girl]

About nine months before then. And that also. And I talk about this a lot, too. And also, it's like, I talk about a lot of. I'm not trying to be the spokesperson for anything either. I want to make that very clear.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just telling your life.

[Stunna Girl]

I'm just detailing my experiences. So I don't want it.

[DJ Envy]

Which is gonna help.

[Stunna Girl]

It's gonna help. It's gonna help because I. You don't realize how many people go through these things until you meet somebody who's ready to talk about it and I'm ready to talk about it. Yeah, there was a lot of. I had been told that I had these cyst, and then I went to. I got multiple different evaluations. They were like, oh, yeah, you have a cyst. It's 5 cm. 6. 6 cm. It needs to be removed immediately. And then other people, other doctors were like, oh, I don't see any cysts. So it was just like. Like, it was so much going on at the time. So when I found out that I was pregnant with my son, I was very protective over that process. And I didn't even announce that I was pregnant until I was eight months.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

And then when we had him, we had a home birth at.

[DJ Envy]

Amazing.

[Stunna Girl]

We had it in our kitchen. And my grandmother was there, my mother was there. Both my grandmothers, actually. His mom was there, his sisters, my brother was there, his brothers, my dad was there. It was a whole. And it was a very strange experience because it was such a vulnerable experience for me.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

But again, it was one of those things that was like, I feel like I. I feel called to do this because my. My mother and my grandmother, they both. My mother had all C sections with all her kids. They told her she was. She would never be able to deliver naturally or, like, vaginally. They told her she would never be able to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a lie, too, by the way.

[Stunna Girl]

It's a lie.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They told my wife that for our second daughter, and she had her. We had our next two vaginally.

[Stunna Girl]

They told me the same thing. They told me the same thing. Literally told me the same thing. And then my grandmother, she almost died having my mom. She only has one child, which is my mom, and she almost died having her. So she never had any other kids.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

So it was important for me to heal that trauma for the matriarchs in my family and show them that. Because when I first told them, they were like, what are you thinking about? Like, you're going to have the baby at home. Are you sure?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They was telling her that she needed to. That she might have to do a C section, too.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah, they were telling me, and her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mom was telling her that, and the.

[Stunna Girl]

Doctors were telling me that y' all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Might shouldn't do it.

[Stunna Girl]

I'm not. But I don't want to advise anybody against any doctor's orders, because there are doctors out there that are diligent and that are thorough with the work that they do. But again, I'm just going off of what I feel called to do. And very early on, within, like, the first six to 12 weeks of me being pregnant with my son, I was, like, going back and forth, and I was like, no, I'm doing a home birth.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

So I got a midwife, I got a doula, and I Have my family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got to do it for our third and fourth. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That's the best way.

[Stunna Girl]

I had natural births. Or y' all just had to do it at the hospital to advocate for y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All. No, my wife had a natural birth. Not because she wanted to. On the third one.

[Stunna Girl]

It was. It was happening so fast.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was something going on with the hospital where it was. She always gets mad because I tell the story wrong, but it was something. They couldn't get the epidurals or something like that, so she ended up having it natural, but she. We just decided to get a dude for the third and fourth because it's so hard when black women go to the hospital. Like, you can't play with that, the way the black maternal death rate is.

[Stunna Girl]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So after the season.

[Stunna Girl]

So that was all that was on my mind. I wanted to take care of myself.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Beating down your block. That was my anthem for, like, three years.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not playing. Did you expect that song to be as big as it got?

[Stunna Girl]

I expected it to change my life. I don't know about. I didn't know exactly what the parameters. I didn't know how big it was going to get, but I knew it was going. I knew it was pivotal in my life. Yes. And when I talk about journaling and writing that I was going to be on Breakfast Club, that this is around the time that I made that song. I was like, yeah, I'm going to be on Breakfast Club. I'm going be getting interview. I'm beginning plaques. Like, I knew I had a feeling in my bones that that song was going to change my life. And it did just that.

[DJ Envy]

I love it.

[Stunna Girl]

And I'm at that second phase, too, where I feel like these next few songs that I'm dropping in this project, I feel like it's also going to elevate my life. I feel like even sexy Solon has elevated my life to a degree with all the good and the bad talk about it. And also, thank you, Charlemagne, for posting that for me. I appreciate you for exposing that to an audience who might not have seen that, an older audience that. Like my dad, my mom's generation, who might not have seen it. I feel like it definitely is taking my life to a new tier as well. New fans, new levels.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It causes conversation, too.

[Stunna Girl]

It causes conversation, which was fine. I'm. I'm cool with the good. I'm cool with the bad. It was. I just wanted to usher in the conversation.

[DJ Envy]

So what I love about it, you were still a little Too nice. She was like, you just telling non black people to go to the back. You ain't say, get out.

[Stunna Girl]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You just said, just go to the back.

[Stunna Girl]

I just said create a level of.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

You know, separation to a degree. Not trying to segregate. I'm just saying, like, give us our space to congregate, fraternize, fellowship for two minutes. I wanted to create a space for black Americans to turn up and have a good time. Black people in general, I know people were like, is this for black Americans? Is this for. It was like, I wanted to promote black unity and black community, which is why you see me depicted it cloaked in this black American heritage flag, which I want to encourage people to support and buy straight from the source. You can get it on blackletic, where blackletics not sponsored, by the way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I knew you had something when I went to go search the song that morning on YouTube and all I saw was reaction videos of people upset.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

That was mad.

[DJ Envy]

He literally did that in here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, I was like, is this really this mad already? I'm like, when this song came out, it was only six days ago.

[Stunna Girl]

Exactly. They were mad. I was. I expected white people to be mad. I really don't give a damn what white people think about me. I expected for them to be mad. I got that. That made sense to me. Because white people. Here's his thing with white people. And it's not that I'm saying that all white people are bad. Right. You know, they'd be saying, my. Like, I got a black best friend. My best friend is white.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

You know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

She's taking a page out of their book. So it's not that I'm saying white people are bad, but I think she.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wasn'T in the video.

[DJ Envy]

She wouldn't visit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was there in the back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Latino. Somebody said that to me this morning. It was like, she got a Latino best friend.

[Stunna Girl]

Oh, my God. Just because she tatted.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I promise you, somebody said that.

[Stunna Girl]

She's so misunderstood.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shout out to kt.

[Stunna Girl]

That's my best friend. Yeah, but it's like, I feel like white people, what they need to understand is that they've been conditioned a certain type of way under this. Because I feel like racism is a fundamental issue, and they've been conditioned to this certain type of teaching in a certain type of way subconsciously. So I feel like consciously it needs to be called out and it needs to be unlearned. That's my only thing that I want to make clear. It's not that I'm saying, all white people are bad. So they were mad. I didn't give a damn about that. I didn't care. And they were like, well, what if white people made a song like this? This white people have done worse. Let's be clear. They've done way worse in real life. And there is a song, actually, I saw it the other day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There was a song or the one about lynching.

[Stunna Girl]

Exactly, Exactly. So I was like, what the hell are we talking about? Yeah, what are we talking about? But, yeah, I expected him to be mad, but I didn't expect for so many people in my community to be upset.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

And then I kind of, like, did my homework, and I'm like, what is it that is upsetting people? And I got down to the root of it, and I'm like, all right, I see what's happening here. I can't. I can't do all this.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Stunna Girl]

This is too much. All I' ma say is what I wanted to clearly articulate. And that was, like I said, black community, black love, black unity, and detail. These, like I said, shared experiences across the diaspora that we can't control. Our grandmothers are very similar.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

So I wanted to detail that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes you just got to tell people it's a black thing. You wouldn't understand.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

You wouldn't get.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It ain't for it. It don't need an explanation.

[Stunna Girl]

They don't need no explanation. And it should be. Actually should be gay kept. I think a lot of our culture should be kept close to us because, you know, white people that keep whatever they want to keep close to them is kept very close to them. There's a lot of that's kept away from us. And I feel like we should have the same pride and integrity about our culture. And it's not about being exclusionary. It's just showcasing a level of pride and reverence and respect for what's been put in place historically.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is. Is that Don Julio Records? Is that really about Stunning for Vegas not answering the phone?

[Stunna Girl]

Yes, it was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you ain't answering the phone? Why you ain't answer the call?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Made a good song.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A blessing on your line, and you ain't pick up.

[Stunna Girl]

Stunning. Get him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I called her back.

[Stunna Girl]

He called me back halfway through the song, and I was like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, that just made the song. She just shouldn't have said it in the interview.

[Stunna Girl]

I shouldn't have. But I. I was being honest, though, because everybody's like, will, you lie? You gotta keep up with the lie. So I feel like the first time somebody asked me what was the origin of the song, I was just like, oh, yeah, this is what happened. Because it was just like the most readily available answer that I had, which was the truth. Maybe I probably shouldn't have said that, but it was true. I mean, he called me back halfway through the song, but I was already knee deep. I was like, oh, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was already.

[Stunna Girl]

I was vibing. I was loving the song. I knew it was a hit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was no point ever for her to be.

[Stunna Girl]

I shouldn't have said, what you doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you answering?

[Stunna Girl]

We shooting a video.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, well, I mean, it happens every now and then. It might happen, you know, she said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She'S looking at you decided that was his story. He better stick to it. No, I was really shooting the video.

[Stunna Girl]

I was calling him and I was like, why is he not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't be doing no sucker, bro. That why I don't even like when, like, a normal person walk up to us and joke about that song, I'll be ready to be like, bro, I'll slap body.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Stunna Girl]

I should have said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hopefully it's not nobody with me for little brother be like, bro, we'll slap the. I don't. I don't even play like his bros is crazy. Who did the body comes out this Friday.

[Stunna Girl]

This Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

17.

[DJ Envy]

Look at them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look at them.

[Stunna Girl]

Look at us. You see that people stamp? Y. I'm so proud of us. Look at us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Stunna Girl]

Magazine stamp.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That y' all can do. Not being afraid to come out here and tell y' all stories and just being this amazing example of black love, man. Salute to y'. All.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Stunna Girl]

Thank you so much.

[Jess Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[Stunna Girl]

Thank y'.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Stunna Girl]

Thank y' all for having us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Vegas. It's monolio. It's the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

J Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne. The guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning, man.

Thank you to Stunna for Vegas. Vegas and Mona Leo.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I was hacking Mona Leo name for a little while.

[DJ Envy]

I know. It's all right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, well, let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren becoming a straight fat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on this. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, is the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yesterday we talked about Stephen A. Smith and Alexis Ohanian, who is the husband of Serena Williams. And they're back and forth, even though it was via, like, Zoom or digital. Because Stephen A. Smith wasn't in the studio, Charlamagne shared some comments on how he felt about, you know, their. Their brief interaction. And Alexis Ohanian has now responded to Charlemagne. I want to take a listen first to what Charlamagne said yesterday about Alexis checking Stephen A. Smith.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't see nothing wrong with it, but it wasn't a real pull up. A pull up is when the person is there and you say what you need to say to the person's face. Like, I know Alex is a busy person, but when First Take asked him to come on, he should have said, is Stephen A gonna be there? And when they said he's gonna be there remotely, he should have said, I'll wait until he's in the studio if he really wanted to say something to his face.

[DJ Envy]

Well, what if they. They was like, look, this is the only chance you don't get the call.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, I'm Rich, I'm Alex. Y' all want me here. Y' all need me more than I need y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, but he's promoting something too.

[Jess Hilarious]

He.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, he need to be there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you got to kill two birds in one stone. You could come promote your thing. But I need to say this to Stephen A's face. I stand on that. It's not a real pull up. A pull up is when you look at somebody in the eye. Okay.

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Like, what are you talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I will say this, by the way. I didn't say there's nothing wrong with what he did. I'm just saying a real pull up. The way the audience was acting, I thought that he was in the studio.

[DJ Envy]

The way ain't say it to his.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Face so he wasn't there. You're gonna show up to the person's house and then say it, you know, when the person's on Zoom. That's cool. But a real pull up is face to face icon.

Yeah, I see. I. I'm pulling up regardless. I don't care if you're on FaceTime. If you're on the phone, it is right When I get a chance to talk to you, I'm gonna talk to you. But I didn't think it was a real pull up. He didn't say directly. Yo, I ain't like what you said about my wife during this time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Crazy in the studio right now seems.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So goddamn crazy all the time.

[DJ Envy]

You are crazy and be crazy for a second in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all be acting like I'm so goddamn I wasn't there.

[DJ Envy]

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[Stunna Girl]

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[Ed Helms]

Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new Snafu.

[Jess Hilarious]

Every.

[Ed Helms]

Every single episode.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

32 lost nuclear weapons. You're like, wait, stop.

[Stunna Girl]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s.

[Ed Helms]

Basketball player who still wore knee pads.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Ed Helms]

It's going to be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of guests. The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like, oh, wow, Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here.

[Stunna Girl]

What was that like for you to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Soft launch into the show?

[Ed Helms]

Sorry, Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

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[Ed Helms]

Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich.

[Stunna Girl]

So let's, let's.

[Ed Helms]

Let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wasn't there today.

You said it.

Yeah, now, I wasn't there with the day. You said it because it was Monday. But I would have said directly, not all of it. Well, you're not good in marriage. No, Nick. Nah. What you said about my wife, like, say, like directly to it. Like, get to it, right? Like, even if it's on FaceTime, if it's on Zoom, if it's on Skype, if it's on Black Planet.

[DJ Envy]

That's his way of checking people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But take it. We wouldn't even. That was at the end of their conversation.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The conversation would have started with, hey, yo, before we even get into anything, remember what you said about my wife, right? I didn't envy them. You've seen envy. Silly ass did that in studio.

I didn't do that in the middle of interviews.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, she did do it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care, cuz. You know, if you want to check somebody, I'm just. I'm light skinned. I can't hold it till after the interview. I gotta. We gotta talk now.

You can't even be all peace and cool until I get this out the Way.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I get it. But maybe Alexis is like, okay, business first. But I'm not leaving here until I confront you about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, Alexis responded yesterday. He says he added Charlemagne. He says, all my friends call me Alex Alexis because you called him Alex. And I asked to come on first take the chat with Stephen A. Smith for quite some time. Keep in mind, I own a handful of pro sports team and started a TF league. There's plenty of sports stuff to talk about. And my publicist kept getting told it wasn't going to happen. Then I went to the top and made it clear I wanted to come on the show to chat in person and they let it happen. Then I found out when I got to the studio that Stephen A. Smith. Stephen A. Smith was remote from Atlanta that morning. I timing, but I'm back to building now. And he talks about his businesses and he says he has no ill will towards Stephen A. Smith.

[DJ Envy]

But if that was the case, then. All right, so arguing that he didn't really pull up. Stephen A. Didn't stand on what he said either. I'd have said. I said what I said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I agree.

[DJ Envy]

I get what you're saying, brother.

[Stunna Girl]

You know what I'm saying.

[DJ Envy]

All respects to your wife, but I said what I said she was doing too much at the Super Bowl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I agree that stuttering and stammering shouldn't have happened, especially via zoom. Nothing. We're not even in the same room. Yeah, I agree.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Well, there we go. Envy you good. You pull up King.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, I'm good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now I gotta make sure don't pull up on me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If somebody disrespects you, I think you check it immediately. There's no playing around the games. There's no words. No directly, I didn't like what you said about my wife Crip walking. You have a problem with my wife? Let's. Let's discuss it now. Then after we have that discussion, we could continue on, but there's some things I need to get off my chest. We've all been there before and I had to get some things off our.

Chest before we continue on.

[DJ Envy]

You told that man very caucasianly to stay in your lane. What did y' all expect for him to do?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care. The phone, Stu, Zoom stuff. That's this new era we come from there. When you eye to eye. That's a real pull up like.

Yes.

Oh, he. They really pulled up on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, in other news, speaking of people that might have to pull up and figure some things out, Nicki Minaj So Nicki Minaj. Yeah. So Nicki Minaj is being reported right now that Nicki Minaj allegedly is in risk of losing her $20 million home in LA after not being.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hate that headline. That headline sounds so stupid. Continue.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm gonna continue. I'm to explain though, because Nicki Minaj has responded to this. So Nicki Minaj is allegedly might be losing her 20 million million dollar home in LA after not paying a man who her husband who alleges that her husband assaulted back in 2019. But Nicki Minaj is saying that this is all just a business mix up. So background. There is a man that filed a lawsuit for assault against Kenneth Petty, who is Nicki Minaj's husband. This guy was a security guard that was working with Nicki Minaj during the show and he alleges that Kenneth hit him after Nicki Minaj got upset at a female security guard and alleged that guard allowed somebody to come on the stage. There was like a whole thing. So he filed a lawsuit in court. This went to court. They did not show up in court. And so this man, you know, is able to now say, hey, she owns this home. A judge is saying the home can satisfy some of the things that you're asking for because he asked for $500,000. So we're here.

[DJ Envy]

So Nikki and Kenneth didn't show up to court.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Court or their attorney or who? Okay, now let me. So Nicki Minaj. Yes. Early this morning she posted, she reposted some of the stories and she says, I have evidence that this was given to a business manager who never told me. My lawyers and business managers, old and new are aware. Let's see if they'll speak up or if they'll have to call them out by name. That same business manager stole from me many times. She alleges. Then he was accused of killing a woman and leaving her in a hotel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She alleges.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not sure of the outcome of the case though. And she's talking about the woman in the hotel room. So basically Nicki Minaj is saying that this is all just a, a mix up that is going to be figured out. And she was upset at some of the headlines that ran.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would be too. Well, first of all, they're probably going.

To go to court.

This is the same thing that happened to Trey Song, I think a couple of months ago when there was a big ruling against him. But he didn't know to go to court. And as soon as his lawyer is filed, that was taken away immediately. That's going to be the same thing. But now y' all really think, think Nikki is about to lose her 25 million dollar home and she was only losing what, $500,000. So you think she was going to lose her 25 million dollar home over $500,000?

[DJ Envy]

I didn't even know the case, to be honest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's been so many different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You saying numbers that I can't even relate to. I'll be acting my way. So I see headlines like that I mind my business.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They started talking about the number of bedrooms in this house. I'm like, Nick, he's not losing that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

25 million million dollar home. You can hate Nikki, y' all could love Nikki. But she has a 25 million dollar home. And the judgment was for $500,000. There's no way that you would have to be forced to sell a 25 million dollar home for that money. Yeah, there's no way. That doesn't even make sense.

Hey man, I act my wage.

I act mine too.

I don't know nothing about this type of conversation, okay?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, you do act your wage. And be in China and in Greece and. And you paying for the wedding. You do act your wage.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know that's right.

[DJ Envy]

Big money, ma'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am.

I'm working.

I'm working.

[DJ Envy]

I know you win it up all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Over the country and out the country.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I'm about to ask Chris if.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He needs any help doing anything.

[DJ Envy]

He can be off the stage for you by himself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just give him a hammer and a few nails, okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

He'll figure it out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop on the clues bombs for Chris and every Mexican out there. We appreciate you, man. I don't care what the hell's going on in this country. Well, just be here legally. That's all we at.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shut up as we rap. And speaking of stages, Nicki Minaj also posted that she is not going to put out the album anymore. No more music. And she says, oh my God, no way. She added Jay Z and X. Was he happy now? She said she called the barbs on the barb phone and they said, no, don't put out the music.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now I know she's not blaming that headline on Roc Nation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's talking about like, come on, like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let'S start, let's stop now. Like, like, come on, we don't got to be ridiculous. Ridiculous. Man, do I think that T shirt you wear all the time, Charlemagne.

What's that T shirt?

Blame Rock Nation.

There you go.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

You missed the cue to wear it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I missed my flight yesterday. You know why? Roc Nation. I know, right?

That's ridiculous.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She says that they've been begging her for a tour and she just can't do the tour right now. And then she goes into a whole bunch of things with Roc Nation. She said it's no just like the casino. And she acts sc. Who is that's supposed to be Jay Z's like anonymous Twitter page.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So just want to let y' all know. But if it changes, the music will be here March 27th. So we'll cool. Yeah, that's it.

[DJ Envy]

Let's pray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. That's the latest with Lauren and salute to Roc Nation, by the way. Good morning, Emory. I just want to say good morning to myself. Yeah, all right. Charlemagne. Who you give me a donkey too, man.

Man. For after the hour, let's talk nuts. We need Hoppings to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her.

[DJ Envy]

He is so clowned out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Don't be out here acting like a donkey.

It's time for Donkey of the day. I'm a big boy. I could take it if he feel I deserve it.

Ain't no big deal.

I know Charlemagne funny sleep out of his mouth if you guys say something you may not agree with. Doesn't mean I'm mean.

Who's getting that donkey?

That donkey. That donkey. Donkey of the day right there. The Breakfast Club. You can call me the donkey of.

[DJ Envy]

The day, but like I mean no harm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Donkey Today for Wednesday, October 15th goes to a 45 year old woman from Toledo, Ohio named Gianita Hoppings. Okay. Gianita has recently turned herself in on charges of felonious assault and aggravated burglary. Who did Giannetta assault and who did she burglarize? Well, let's go to ABC13 for the report, please. Warren is out for the arrest of a Toledo woman accused of breaking into.

[Ed Helms]

A man's home then cutting one of his testicles.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Little police looking for Janita Hoping. Going to show you a picture from 2012 of hopings. Police believe the 45 year old woman went to the home of someone she knows yesterday. Kicked down the door. Kicked open the door. The guy living there told police he heard someone breaking in.

[Ed Helms]

So he ran down the stairs, but.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He didn't have any clothes on. That's when Hoping's allegedly attacked him, cutting one of his testicles. He had to go to the hospital for treatment. Hoping's is charged with felonious assault and aggravated burglary. She tried to hack off his happy sack. Okay? How you break in my house and try to trim my tender twins. Ladies, ladies, ladies. Do I have to be the one to tell you that when you in a relationship with a man or dealing with a man, as soon as you do something like Giannetta did, the man wins. You think you hurt him by cutting his dangly bits, but really, you hurt yourself more. Let's just say the man is cheating on you. Okay? I understand you being upset. I understand emotional can override logic, but you can't allow it to. Because while you in jail, okay, and then, you know, fighting to stay out of prison, having to spend money on a bond and lawyer fees and all types of stuff, that man is still going to be out here living his best life with other women, okay? Those same jiggly gems you cut will be sucked on by another woman while you trying to figure out how to pay your legal fees. And I'm gonna tell you another part of the story that's nuts to me, okay? According to 13 Action News, you just heard. Heard it. The victim told investigators that he heard someone break in, so he ran downstairs to see who it was, and he did not have on clothes at the time. Now, I'm not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, but this is why I keep some basketball shorts and a T shirt on the floor by the bed. Because God forbid, okay, someone break into my house, first thing I'm grabbing is the clothes. The clothes I'm putting on in the pistol, okay? Are you crazy? Running downstairs butt naked because you thought someone broke into your house? Why the hell would you want to meet your intruders butt ass naked? The only butt naked men that could scare burglars when they break in is Fleece Johnson and Diddy. Okay? Seriously, men, I need y' all to be better prepared. Keep some basketball shorts, sweatpants, a T shirt, a hoodie by the bed just in case. Not to mention my brothers, if burglars break in your house and you butt next naked, you might find out why pirates called treasure booty. But I don't want a victim shame here, okay? Gianetta is the issue. We have to find more rational ways to deal with our emotions. No man is worth you going to jail over. Now, I don't know the extent of her relationship with this man, but I know she has an electric monitor on now, and the judge ordered her to have no contact with the victim. All because she Decided to break in a man's house and cut his pillow pebble. And by the way, I'm not even mad at her for cutting his coin purse because he had his crown royal bag exposed for the world to see. If you think you're gonna get in an altercation with someone butt naked and they not going for your chuckle nuggets, then you are insane. Listen, the moral of the story is this. Don't make lifelong choices in moments of short term emotion. Because those feelings will fade. But those consequences, they don't. Please give Gianetta hopings the sweet sounds and the hammer tones.

[DJ Envy]

If you think that man about to be living his best life with one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Neck, he ain't losing it. It just got cut.

[Jess Hilarious]

What?

[DJ Envy]

It got cut off. What are you talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I a say cut off. Now you.

[DJ Envy]

You did say that. You say he cut one. She cut one of his testicles off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did not say off. I said cut. She cut. She cut it like cut.

I think he. I think you ball shaming because if somebody's robbing your house. He didn't have time to put on his underway. He ran downstairs. We all sleep naked. And second of all. You want to play a game?

Somebody said on the chat Charlemagne keeps booty shorts and a crop top by his bed. I will fight you, bro. This is why. This is why. This is why we got to get. Get the. The. The. No, the other one. What's that stuff they have on the movies where you can pop up in people house? I can't wait till that technology happen. Okay, you a clown. But no.

[Jess Hilarious]

But no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all don't want to play a game?

You want to play a game? Sure. All right, let's play a game of guess. All right. Gianetta Hoppings from Toledo, Ohio broke into our. I guess her boyfriend's house and cut his tail. Testicles. DJ envy. Guess what? Damn. Why do you say that? Sir? I don't. You thinking about Lorena Bobbitt? That's where your mind is going. Remember her A little.

A little bit. I think anybody else would go for other places but going for the testicles.

But he was naked though.

But you still gotta aim for it. It's not like that's. It's a small thing.

It's not like don't know what he.

[DJ Envy]

Was packing or wasn't packing.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz you got. Cuz your balls are closer to your body. Don't mean that it wasn't hanging crazy. Wow.

Anyway, don't talk my body.

I'm sorry. I don't want to make your mouth water this morning, Envy. I know how you get. Okay, now, Jess, hilarious, Janita Hopkins of Toledo, Ohio, broke into her boyfriend's house and cut his testicles. Guess what? What? Gracious damn.

Janita. I forgot the Genita name. All right, go.

Huh? Me. Me.

[DJ Envy]

And then nobody knows what he did to get them little balls poked. You don't know what he did. You do not know what he did. Why she was breaking in the house and why. And listen, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause you know what?

[DJ Envy]

I think he ran downstairs. I think he knew who exactly who it was. He ran downstairs. Cause he had somebody upstairs that was his. That was her. Her boyfriend. And she was coming over there because there was another woman in the house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. The fact he ran down the stairs naked lets me know he kind of.

[DJ Envy]

Knew who he was. Yeah, Big cheating. And when you play silly, stupid games, you win silly, stupid prizes. Now you got a nick on them nuts. And that's exactly what he probably get. Allegedly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sounds like you've been there before.

[DJ Envy]

Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

DJ Envy. Jess, hilarious, one of you is correct, one of you is wrong. And Jess, hilarious, you are absolutely, positively correct. Giannetta Hopkins is you. She's a four. Don't play Fiona Evans. She's a four. Blow Negro.

[DJ Envy]

A negro is crazy. And she's smiling like an adorgan. Get the other one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And this is the old mug shot. They say this was a mug shot from 2012.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all better stop playing with these women. Stop playing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

Thank you for that donkey today.

Yes, indeed.

Now, when we come back, Dr. Alfie Breland Noble will be such a balanced show.

We are. Dr. Alfie Breland Noble is a psychologist, scientist, auto founder of the ACOMA Project. She runs my Mental wealth alliance, and she will be here to talk about the Mental Wealth Expo we just had this past weekend and other things, you know. Okay, that's okay. We go from balance to this to mental health.

Oh, my goodness.

All right.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the.

Building, my partner, Dr. Alfie Bree Land. Noble. Good morning, Dr. Alfie. Good morning.

[Stunna Girl]

How you doing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you feeling? I'm good.

[DJ Envy]

I'm good.

[Mimi Brown]

I'm here with y'.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. What could be better?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. We just had another successful mental Wealth Expo.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was the fifth annual.

[Jess Hilarious]

Fifth annual. It was awesome. It was such a wonderful. I'm gonna tell you this. Newark.

[DJ Envy]

I love Newark.

[Jess Hilarious]

That audience girl the energy. They were like. Like, locked in, and they were paying attention, and they were responsive, and they were just so kind. And so I love that we were in Newark and that we went there this year. The venue was fantastic. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Everybody there was really cool. So it was fantastic.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. What are. What are some of the things that you took away? Like, did people open up to you about certain things?

[Jess Hilarious]

They always do. Like, I end up with, like, a line of people because I think people be trying to get free therapy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think what I learned was that there's so much need out there, and I learned a lot. My son was on stage at one point. I learned a lot from Jason Wilson. I learned a lot from a lot of the different people who were on stage. But I think the. The main thing I learned was that black people actually do want healing. Right. People act like we just out here wilding and, like, we don't care about our mental health, and we don't care to take care of ourselves, but we do, like, you know, and everybody's not on this hustle, grind, push through, you know, at all cost type of culture. So what I feel like I saw in people was a real hunger and desire to get tools to help them with their mental health. I also learned. I mean, I knew this, but the people love Charlemagne.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

And they really appreciate and respect what he's trying to do with putting these resources out into the community and talking about his own mental health. And I think the final thing I learned is. Or that was just reinforced for me, was how loving black people are. We are some loving, welcoming people. And I just. Just felt so much positive energy at that event. Met so many wonderful people whom I hadn't met before, whom I admired from afar. And I have to say this. Deontay Wilder is the nicest. That brother is a sweetheart. He was just a doll. And so it was really wonderful to be able to be in that space and have people come, donate their time to us and take care of the people. And again, the Newark folks shouts out to Newark, because those are some good people. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love Newark, man. You know, my father lived in Newark for many, many, many years. Oh, yeah. I got a lot of family in Newark. Salute to all the Kelvies and new. But the interesting thing about Deontay. Well, two things. I feel like the Mental Health Expo is a. Is a safe space, right?

[Stunna Girl]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I think it's more important now than ever for black people to create spaces where we can feel safe, where we can, you know, experience joy and where we can be informed. And, man, when you see Deontay Wilder sit on that stage and open up like, this is the former heavyweight champion of the world. Literally knocks people out for a living. For him to open up and, you know, talk about. About, you know, his experiences and the things that he's been through and, you know, how hurt and betrayed you know, he's felt throughout his life and how vulnerable he's. How vulnerable he was. That was. Man, that. That led a lot of people. That allowed a lot of people to let their God down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think so.

[Jess Hilarious]

And I. You know, I. I was just so shocked by how open and transparent he was about who's hurt him in his life. I heard him talk about people who were close to him in his family, and, you know, you could see the pain in his eyes about, like, having to. To walk through that terrain and kind of figure that stuff out. And he's not alone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because I look at you all and what you've been able to achieve in your lives, and I would never speculate, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be to have the people who are closest to you. You know, people got their hands out. You know, I understand. You know, some folks are struggling, but, like, people don't sometimes give their loved ones the opportunity to sort of own their power and be in their space without wanting something. I'm not saying people always do that, but. But I would imagine that what you really want, just be happy for me. You know what I'm saying? Like, be happy for me and support me and lift me up and don't ask me for a whole bunch of stuff. I mean, I get it. People need help, and I think people like Deontay will probably are very open to helping folks. But it's just the idea that some folks don't get the opportunity to enjoy what they built because they're struggling with these things, sort of pulling it. Yeah. You know what I mean? In that duality is it's got to be hard. So I just really appreciate how transparent he was. So people can understand. Like, I've heard Mary J. Blige say this. Just because we have a lot, you know what I mean, doesn't mean that we don't have struggles. And. And he was able to share that.

[DJ Envy]

With people, and it's big responsibility that come with having a lot, you know what I mean? Like, I don't live the same as I used to. You know, I have more kids than I used to. You know, I have A whole. A whole nother life, you know, that I'm. I'm working towards building. And then a lot of times, all people like Deontay and myself, you know, I guess, you know, will want is just call me and ask how I'm doing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

Cause I'm not always okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I mean?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

And although, you know, I don't trust people enough to just open up, also, I don't really have a lot of people that's like, oh, you good?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

You all right? Oh, you look down today. What's up? Like, you know, like, that matters.

[Nyx Brand Announcer]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And so when you say it reminded you Saturday that black people are the most loving people. We are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We really are.

[DJ Envy]

And a lot of times we stand in our own way of that too.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. That's such a good point. Like, I love that you said sometimes you just want somebody to check on you.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

It can't always be that people like you all are out here in the public eye and. And everybody's eyes are focused on you. And the assumption is that you don't struggle or that you don't have things that you worry about. You know what I mean? Or you don't have things that you're trying to work through. And so the idea, particularly for us as somebody sisters, the idea that we, like, are the backbone. I feel like Atlas, I was a classics minor in undergrad at Howard. Like, we got the world on our backs, and we just kind of bent over and we're not. You know what I mean? And I think what that feeds is this notion that we're not allowed to put stuff down and be vulnerable, allow ourselves to rest. Shouts out to the sister at the nap ministry where she talks about rest is resistance. And so I love that you brought up this point. Point of taking care of yourself. You didn't say it in this way, but part of how you take care of yourself is you look for those spaces and look for those people who gonna check in on you.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Ed Helms]

Hey, it's Ed Helms and welcome back to SNAFU, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

32 lost nuclear weapons you're like, wait, stop.

[Stunna Girl]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s.

[Ed Helms]

Basketball player who still wore knee pads.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Ed Helms]

It's going to be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of guests. The great Paul Scheer made me feel good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm like, oh, wow.

[Ed Helms]

Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here.

[Stunna Girl]

What was that like for you you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To soft launch into the show?

[Ed Helms]

Sorry, Jenna. I'll be asking the questions today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I forgot whose podcast we were doing.

[Ed Helms]

Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's, let's, let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jess Hilarious]

To, like, let your hair down a little bit. That's where you get to not be just with the mess. And my news is real.

[DJ Envy]

I told you I was a fan.

[Jess Hilarious]

Than to put that down. Like, you deserve to put that down too. And I love watching you and your little boy, the oldest one on socials, and it just tickles me because he's delightful and he's adorable, but he needs to see mommy have some rest and peace too, cuz that teaches him how to treat the women in his life as he grows up.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you. Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you. You mentioned how in recently, Kamala Harris said losing the election caused her to grieve in a way that was similar to the way she grieved the loss of her mother. Can you speak to what that might have meant from a clinical perspective? Because people act like they hear, like, what you mean, like losing the election felt like your mother dying. Like, as if the two couldn't both be, you know.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Impactful to cause that level of grief.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. When I think about grief, you know, people have different theories. There are seven stages of grief. There's five stages of grief. Grief is really just our way. I heard. And the actor, I think his name was Andrew Garfield, plays Spider man, say once that grief is just your way of expressing all the love that you have for someone that you didn't get to express when they were alive. And I was like, ooh, that's like hurt hit me in the heart. And I think the idea of grief is really just processing loss. Right. Loss is not just a human. Loss can be anything. Loss can be a relationship. Loss can be, you know, losing a love. When I lost my mom, actually 19 years ago, about a month ago, it was 19 years. And my sorority sister and my fellow Hu Bison, one day I'm gonna meet that sister. I love big sister, General Kamala Harris. And I think if you think about what she put into 107 days, right? When you think about what she had to endure, the things that she was not allowed to say, the ways in which she was not permitted to be her full self because she was running for office, you know, I think when you think about carrying all of that.

[DJ Envy]

That that is heavy.

[Jess Hilarious]

And to go through all of that at the highest level on an international stage with all these eyes on you, and then to lose to who she lost to and in the way that she lost, we just going to keep it real. That's heavy and that's hard. And so I can actually understand her grieving that because that's the chapter of her life that she was thrust into, that maybe she wasn't expecting. And she has to put that down. And so anytime you have to put something down like that, that we should anticipate that, that separation, that that void is going to be there. And that's what grief is. It is processing and making sense of what did I lose, how did I lose it, and what am I going to fill that space in my heart with now that that is gone. So it makes total sense to me that she would say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think mental health initiatives are being adequately funded? Because I noticed this weekend, you know, we had the mental welfare, but I saw a of lot like, you know, two or three other events going on. I know Taraji P. Had her event, and that's great because, you know, it's World Mental Health Day Friday. Taraji Pin had her event going on. And what was the other ones you went to?

[Jess Hilarious]

Project Healthy Minds had an event and I was at with Kate Spade for World Mental Health Day, Women's Mental health.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Which I think is great that all of these different events are happening. But do you think mental health initiatives are being adequately funded?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, absolutely not. Because you have too many people out there who don't have access to care. And what people will always argue is that it's money. Some of it is money, but some of it is we don't have enough providers who look like us. Right. I'm talking about black folks right now, other people of color. Color to allow people to look online or to get a recommendation and to know instantly that they're going to sit down with somebody who gets them. Right. So we're not funded in terms of providers. We're not for, you know, sh. I'M always talking about the research. We don't have near enough money to do the research that needs to be done. You know, we just don't have enough facilities to take people in. When I think about inpatient facilities for people who really need care, even if it's short term care or long term care, there are not enough facilities around. And then when you think about, you know, one of the latest things is defunding of special education.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, Right.

[Jess Hilarious]

And so those young people with behavioral health and educational needs, those young people are not going to get what they need. So in so many ways, we don't have anywhere near enough funding going towards some of the most vulnerable populations. And when I say vulnerable, I'm not, not just talking about black folk, I'm not talking about race. I'm talking about different aspects like having a disability, like having a mental illness, having a severe and persistent mental illness. Also think about people who may have made a suicide attempt and have to be hospitalized, particularly young people. There are not enough beds to go around for those young folks to get what they need. So no, we absolutely don't have adequate funding for mental health initiatives.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what should people do then? How do we get them on?

[Jess Hilarious]

I think one thing I think people have to do is people have to. People who have the means. Even if all you have is $5.05. You know, when I think about the Mental wealth alliance and, and what you set out to do with train, treat and teach, you want to get people the help that they need. But you can't do that if you don't have money, you don't have funding. So what I want people to do is to go to organizations like the Mental wealth alliance online, go to the website like, go to the donate page and give what you can. But it has to happen consistently. One thing we try to teach people is, you know, everybody loves coffee. I'm not going to call no coffee company's name because it's one that y' all like up here in New York. I don't like it, but I ain't gonna say nothing. I want nobody to beat me up. But instead of having coffee five days a week, skip one of them five dollar coffees and take that money and donate it to an organization like the Mental wealth alliance who's putting in the water. I think it's also about advocacy. We have to have people out here who are writing to their, you know, representatives at the local, regional, state and federal level and saying, we need you to invest in our young people in older people in our communities to support. And then the final thing is, you know, when I think about youth and adolescent mental health, only about one and a half to 2% of all funding that goes to everything in the nonprofit space goes to their mental health. Funding for mental health overall is a very small percentage of where money goes because of stigma. So I think part of it is with what we do at the Mental wealth alliance and similar organizations, the goal is to help people understand. I heard somebody say the other day, if you break your leg, you have diabetes. God forbid, if you have, you know, hopefully it's a benign tumor. If you have something that's impacting you, you. You don't ask to wait or you're not asked to wait to get that treated. It's the same thing with mental health. We shouldn't ask people to put off taking care of their mental health because there's not access, there's not money, there's not availability of providers. And so if each of us can do just a little bit, right? And part of my mission with the work that I do is to try to put money in organizations to help them get the resources that they need to do the work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Work.

[Jess Hilarious]

But it can't be one person. It can't be just a few people. It takes all of us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dr. Alfie, tell them how they can support the Coma Project and the Mental Health Alliance.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, Mental Wealth Alliance. You're gonna go to Mental wealth alliance, all1word.org. You're gonna get on that page. You're gonna look for the donate button. You're gonna click donate and you're gonna give the Mental wealth alliance some money or the Akoma Project. AA K as in kite OMA Project. All one word. You can do that. Go there and donate or just check out the resources that we have there. You can follow, obviously, Charlemagne the guy. So you can learn more about the Mental wealth alliance. Or follow me, Dr. Alfie. D r A L F I E E on all socials, like, everywhere. And we hope you'll go donate to the mental. The Mental Health Alliance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, you know, it's interesting. People always ask me, you know, charlamagne, how are you able to do, you know, so many different things? And I always say, because you have to have a great team. Team. And you know, Dr. Alfie Breland Noble, she runs the Mental Wealth Alliance. She runs the Akoma Project, and she, you know, helps put together the mental health expo every year along with I heart and, you know, everybody else. So thank you, Dr. Alfie.

[Jess Hilarious]

You're welcome. And shouts out to all the folks at iHeart to you and everybody. New Jersey Institute of Technology. That was a lot of work. And I just really appreciate everybody who put their time and effort in. And I gotta shout out the kind people in Newark for coming. We really appreciate y' all dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, new. Thank you, Dr. Alfie. Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren becoming a straight face.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody some.

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on Good L. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit on the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, girl.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I want to send a congratulations to Solange, who has been named the first scholar in residence at USC Thorton School of Music. Yes. That's so fire. So according to the LA Times, she will be working according to all areas of the school. So she has a three year residency. The program will start this week, and she'll help develop the school's music curation program and that she's working with the dean and, you know, different creative directors and DJs and filmmakers and her herself. Having all of these experiences will bring all of that to the school and be working with the students to help them further their careers in music in the arts. So that's fire. Congratulations to her. Yeah, 100%. Yes. Now, now, speaking of LA, LeBron James sat down with his wife Savannah for her podcast. Everybody's Weird. And on the podcast. Join, Join. Joining. Savannah James and LeBron James were. Kaisanat.

[DJ Envy]

Phantom and friends.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, Phantom. Okay, Phantom. Uh, and there was one other person. I forget his name, but I remember.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. But so they're having a conversation about various things and they do these, like on the podcast. They bring women together to have conversations about relationships and different things. So this was their first time doing it with guys. And it's guys of all ages and they start getting into some things. And people were so shocked to hear Lebron talk like a normal person. I don't know why. They're always shocked whenever he talks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't be normal people. Yeah, that's where humans don't be humans.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's crazy to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The other person on the podcast. Sorry. Was Taco. So these are other streamers. Yeah. So, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Shannon and Taco are streamers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Taco, Mexico. Mexican.

[Stunna Girl]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, you're A clown? Is he mixed?

[DJ Envy]

You're a clown.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I would understand why he would think.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wait, Brad, I can't hear you talking to the mic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's Brazilian.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Brazilian, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Right. Like they don't eat tacos in Brazil. Boy. Go ahead, Lauren.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So they're having different conversations, and they begin talking about being alone and what it's like when somebody likes you and all of a sudden doesn't want to deal with you anymore. Let's take a listen to LeBron on being alone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Alone. I don't want to be alone. That's for damn sure. If I got to fight, cross, scratch, whatever, to keep mine, I got to keep it. I got to do what I got to do. I don't want to be alone. I'm only child, single parent household. I knew. I knew for sure. I met my homies for the first time in the seven when I was seven, eight years old. We started playing sports, and I got around them and we started traveling, playing sports. I was like, oh, it's amazing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then when I got with Vanna and I was like, oh, it's crazy. Oh, this is amazing. I love this. I'm like, ah, next time I'm alone, You know, being up underneath Champ.

[Stunna Girl]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now the. So the conversation started because they were talking about when you're dealing with somebody and having integrity. And what is it like when you decide, okay, I like you, I'm gonna deal with you, but all of a sudden, I'm off you. And LeBron James is saying, it's not you all the time, it's them. And people need to know that. But it's okay to say you don't want to be alone and that you want to find somebody to be with someone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That why you got two guys?

[DJ Envy]

I don't have anything.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He didn't say anything wrong. I mean, he loves to be in his relationship. And anybody in a great relationship know if you'll do whatever to make sure that relationship works. And you scratch, you'll scream, you'll yell. You will make sure that it works. In a marriage, it takes time.

[DJ Envy]

So the guy name is not Taco, it's Tota. Tota. Oh, I thought that's what they say in the thing. Yeah, because they said Taco is not Brazilian. His name is Tota High.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me verify that because they introduced themselves in the beginning. Taco, his name was.

[DJ Envy]

They said Taco was from Odd Futures.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You look at him instead.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it's the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought I called that man tacos. Now, what if they call you Popeye?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me look this up.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, shut up, chicken.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What if somebody just look at you and call you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. I'm not tripping. That's. Yes, That's Future, AKA Taco. Yeah, that's Taco from our future. He's not. He's not Brazilian. That's though. I didn't know that. Okay, sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Taco and Toto, two different people.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They are two different people. That's why I'm confused right now. It was Taco who has worked with our future. Now, wait. Now let's move on to this other clip.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So let's go chicken. Come on.

[Stunna Girl]

Shut up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God. Y' all got the DJ confused with a Toto. Okay, so I want to play this clip because this is what people got mad at. And you said LeBron didn't say anything wrong. People not mad, but people were, like, stunned to hear him say this. When he talks about people getting off you quickly. Let's take a listen to that. I think a lot of people, though, get off people quickly.

[Stunna Girl]

Like, they be so into you, and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Then they be like, okay, I'm done.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, they went into you. Yeah, yeah. And you can't look at it. You can't think. Like, when you looking in the mirror, like, damn, what did I do? It's them. No, I'm just saying anybody in general, like. And be like, what did I do? Like, if they get off you that fast, then it was never meant to be in the first place. That's what relationships is all about. You know, y' all go through ups and downs, but, like, getting off you and you so in deep with somebody, and then you, like, the next day you wake up, you're like, oh, that's crazy. And by the way, the man, too. Yeah, the man, too. Because there's some. It's some. It's some cutthroat, ruthless ass out here right now, too. You know, I'm in locker room. You know, it's a lot of women out here that's now kind of flipped the script.

[DJ Envy]

They go for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And. And, you know, some homies out here that's trying to be good, too, and just, you know, trying to figure it out. And now they looking in the mirror saying, damn, what did I do wrong? Yo, that's the problem with what he said.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No problem. Your reaction was like, oh, he said that. Everybody yesterday was like, lebron.

[DJ Envy]

Cuz, he not lying. He not lying first and foremost, but I didn't expect to hear LeBron say that, you know, how he just so picture perfect and I, you know, just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whatever, but this is out of here.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but it was with in words, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The description and what he said is true. Like, you know, you be into a person, and then you find out it ain't hitting like you thought it was hitting. And I'm just talking about sex. Sex. I'm just talking about in general, period.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Sometimes it's personality things or family things.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes the outfit that they have when you meet them be the same outfit that be their best outfit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God, I'm so glad about the streets.

[DJ Envy]

Got two pairs of good jeans. And I just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about his personality? What if he's a nice person underneath all them same clothes he be wearing.

[DJ Envy]

Everything else?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Same sneaker, same jeans.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said personality an hour ago. Y' all missed that. I said, sometimes the personality don't be two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why do you have two? Does one have something that the other one doesn't?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The one that I am with that I have decided to be with and going to be with has everything I need. And that's all we going to talk about ever in here, period.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Not as long as I got two videos.

[DJ Envy]

Not being a clown.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Two videos of what? Okay, I want to make sure, too, because in the beginning of this, I said everybody's weird, but they say weird and different things throughout the podcast, but it's everybody's crazy with Savannah James and April McDaniel. Now, in closing, speaking of videos, Kylie Jenner was under some fire for a music video she released because the girls are rapping Kylie Jenner King Kylie, drop some music. Okay. And the people was mad at the music video because, you know, know she's on her fourth strike. That's the name of the song. And they don't like some of the things that the videos depicting. But I want y' all to hear the music first. Then we'll get into some things. Let's take a listen to the hook of the song. Y' all mad at that hook?

[DJ Envy]

I mean, to be honest, it's not like it's for kids. It sounds like. I mean, it's fine. It's like, whatever in her world that'll pop. Like, whatever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all ain't even heard the bars yet. Let's take a listen to the rapping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All the black women.

[DJ Envy]

I get what y' all saying, but there is a lane for music like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ain't a fart at this point. That's a shark.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now.

[DJ Envy]

No, I don't like it. It ain't for me. But there is a lane for music like this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the lane?

Garbage.

[Stunna Girl]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know. But there is the lane. But I'm telling you, people watch, we gonna hear it on the show as a soundtrack or something. We gonna see a bunch of kids tick tocking. So it like.

[Stunna Girl]

So she actually.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all forgot when Kim got in the studio back in the day.

No, we did not.

And recorded something that equally God, we.

[DJ Envy]

Would have liked to forgot. Well, I didn't forget that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's when I was a big ain't going nowhere and dream wrote it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, this record is honestly the dream wrote that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

What the.

No.

[DJ Envy]

Go ahead, Lauren.

[Stunna Girl]

I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your baby daddy be that rich one day.

This was dropped because that rich one day just to make stupid records.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And let me tell you, she dropped this because she has a new King Kylie collection coming to her makeup line. Drops October 18th. And this is to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. That's like a special collection. She dropped her King Kylie song. Now people talking about the music name King Kylie. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I never knew this first. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I had no idea that had nothing to do with makeup. If you didn't tell me that, I would not even know there was a correlation.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Andy, you gonna put it in your mix?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You better not.

Nope. That record's trash. It is trash. It's garbage.

Garbage.

I want to be a billionaire one day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't know. Kids want to bop to that.

[Stunna Girl]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Garbage.

Well, that is the. The latest with Lauren.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What they say trash. They mad in the chat.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they mad, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Happy birthday to Keisha Cole. We should have played some Keisha Cole today.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

I'm gonna get some Keisha Cole in the mixed in.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Latest for Lauren, the People's Choice mixes. Up next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Larish, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, salute to everybody in Austin, Texas. Of course, they have the F1 races, which I was out here for yesterday. But because I think the shutdown in tsa, it wasn't too many employees and I couldn't get back, so I'm heading back today. So if you are traveling, give yourself a little extra time and definitely check those flights because that government shutdown is really affecting everything.

Oh, wait till the next couple of weeks when the snap and the wick cut off and the TSA workers really start coming. When they start calling sick crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Well, safe travels, Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. And salute to Stunning for Vegas and monaleo for joining us this morning.

Mona Leo.

[DJ Envy]

Mona Leo. But I expect that from you. Envy you don't you messed up everybody name me too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was hacking that. I was hacking her name all day. But I'm gonna tell you something, I'll never forget it because I really, really like her and stunner's energy, man. Like really for real. For real. Like they having an amazing union. You can see God in, in their union, man.

[DJ Envy]

So yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she's she gonna have a bright future.

That's what it is. And also salute to Dr. Alfie brilliant noble for joining us this morning.

Right. Salute to Dr. Alfie Br Land Noble. Make sure you go to thementalwealthalliance.org if you want to support anything that we're doing in the mental health space. And I also want to tell Birmingham, Alabama, man, salute to everybody who listens to the breakfast club on 10, 3, 1, the Beat in Birmingham, Alabama. I haven't been to Birmingham in a minute minute. But I'll be there this Friday with former vice president Kamala Harris because she is stopping there for her 107 days book tour. So we'll be having a conversation about the 107 days book at the Alabama theater of this Friday in Birmingham, Alabama. So go get your tickets if you haven't got them already and I'll see you Friday, Birmingham.

You better leave a little earlier just in case.

Me? Yeah, listen, I'm not, listen, I'm not that type of person. If anything happens that keeps me from getting someplace I ain't supposed to be.

[DJ Envy]

There, it's a sign.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's it. I'm not tripping. So you know my flight leave when it leave and if I get there, I get there. If I don't, then it's not meant for me to be there. But 100 point will be there on Friday, God willing.

Jess, where you at this weekend?

[DJ Envy]

I'm actually nowhere this weekend but October 31st and November 1st, I will be in Charlotte, North Carolina. I will be coming to the 704 at the Comedy Zone. We got four shows, two on that Friday and two on that Saturday. Get your tickets if you haven't yet. Just hilarious. Official.com I will be doing meet and greet. And listen, it's Halloween so if y' all want to celebrate it, let's celebrate it. Y' all come dressed up. I'm coming dressed up as a stud. I will be changing for the second show. I don't want to let y' all know what that costume will be. But come, please come being I'm giving away a prize. I was gonna say something, but it's crazy. I can't say it on the radio. But you will be winning a prize. Best costume contest. I will be having Friday night on Halloween, and you will win a prize. And yes, it is money. So come with your best costume on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

All right. You got a positive note, Charlamagne?

I do. And the positive note is simple, man. You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions. I repeat, you must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions. Okay, that is a form of self care. Have a great day, Breakfast club bitches.

[Ed Helms]

Hey, it's Ed Helms, host of Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new Snafu every. Every single episode.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

32 lost nuclear weapons. You're like, wait, stop.

[Stunna Girl]

What?

[Ed Helms]

Yeah, it's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of fabulous guests. Paul Scheer, Angela and Jenna, Nick Kroll, Jordan Klepper. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Johnny Knoxville here.

Check out Crimeless Hillbilly Heist, my new.

True crime podcast from Smartless Media, Campside Media and big money players.

It's the true story of the almost perfect crime and the nimrods who almost pulled it off. It was kind of like the perfect storm in a sewer. That was dumb. Do not follow my example. Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the.

[Ed Helms]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two rich young Americans moved to the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Costa Rican jungle to start over. But one of them will end up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dead and the other tried for murder three times. It starts with a dream, a nature reserve and a spectacular new home.

[Stunna Girl]

But little by little, they lose it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They actually lose it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They sort of went nuts until one night, everything spins out of control. Listen to Hell in Heaven on the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast or.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wherever you get your podcasts.

[WashablesOfSofas Announcer]

The murder of an 18 year old.

[Mimi Brown]

Girl in Graves County, Kentucky, went unsolved.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For years until a local housewife, a.

[Mimi Brown]

Journalist, and a handful of girls came.

[Stunna Girl]

Forward with a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.

[WashablesOfSofas Announcer]

Listen to Graves county on the iHeartRadio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get.

[Mimi Brown]

Your podcasts and to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Stunna Girl]

This is an iHeart podcast.