FULL SHOW: Nicki Minaj’s UN Nigeria Speech Sparks Mixed Reactions, Usher Sues Bryan-Michael Cox + Mario & Ray J Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club – November 19, 2025

Episode Title: Nicki Minaj’s UN Nigeria Speech Sparks Mixed Reactions, Usher Sues Bryan-Michael Cox + Mario & Ray J Interview
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God | Guests: Mario, Ray J, Mimi Brown, Lauren LaRosa

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Episode Overview

In this engaging episode, the Breakfast Club dives into several headline-grabbing stories and high-energy interviews. The hosts unpack the mixed fallout from Nicki Minaj’s United Nations speech on religious persecution in Nigeria, examine Usher’s surprising lawsuit against longtime collaborator Bryan-Michael Cox, and bring R&B star Mario and the ever-unpredictable Ray J into the studio for insightful, personal interviews. The show keeps its usual lively, unfiltered, and sometimes hilarious banter, offering both news and unfiltered conversation on pop culture, race, relationships, tech—and, of course, music.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Front Page News & Politics

(Starts ~06:47, 32:13)

A. Epstein Files Bill Advances [07:04]

• Mimi Brown reports that Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, now awaiting President Trump’s signature.
• The bill mandates all unclassified Epstein-related documents be released publicly, with victim names protected.
• Notably, only Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted ‘no’, positioning himself as a diehard Trump ally even as the rest of the Republican party voted yes—fueling speculation about internal GOP rifts.
• Charlemagne muses:

  "Chuck's right. You shouldn’t trust any of them. …I felt like it was some type of internal coup going on in the Republican Party, and they were going to use the Epstein files to take their parties back." [09:39]

• President Trump attempts to redirect attention via Truth Social, insisting “the Epstein story shouldn't distract from the victories of his administration.”

B. Texas Redistricting Ruling [11:00]

• Federal court blocks new Texas House maps for discriminating by race, a major blow to planned Republican expansion in next year’s election.
• Judges find direct evidence the maps diluted Black and Hispanic voting strength.
• Lauren LaRosa on the decision:

  "The judge who wrote the decision is a Trump appointee, which makes this ruling even more striking." [11:10]

C. North Carolina Immigration Crackdown [32:25]

• ICE raids hit Charlotte, NC, with over 200 detained—most without criminal records, raising fears of racial profiling.
• Massive absences at schools (30,000+ students) as families keep children home in fear.
• Mimi:

  "They're arresting people who are just outside doing their jobs… so they're questioning, what are we doing here? Are we locking people up because they're brown or because they're criminals?" [34:38]

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2. Culture & Technology: Nicki Minaj’s UN Speech

(Main Segment: 21:24–27:00)

• Nicki Minaj speaks at a United Nations event on the plight of Christians in Nigeria.
• Applauds Trump’s “global leadership” on religious freedom, drawing both support and sharp criticism.
• Notable Quote – Nicki Minaj:

  “This isn’t about taking sides. This is about standing up in the face of injustice. …For the rest of my life, I will care if anyone anywhere is being persecuted for their beliefs.” [23:41]

• Hosts note mixed reactions online—some Nigerians grateful for attention, others accuse Minaj of fueling misinformation and aiding political agendas.
  • Charlamagne:

    “I saw her getting a lot of backlash from people in Nigeria. …People in Nigeria were saying that this is a way more complex situation than people are making it and that she shouldn’t be the voice of it.” [25:37]

• Lauren asks the room: Can two things be true? Does celebrity advocacy outweigh messy political optics?
• General consensus: The issue is complex, and the limitations of social media “hot takes” make it even murkier.

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3. Celebrity & Music News

A. Usher Sues Bryan-Michael Cox [27:10–31:12]

• Usher is suing BMC and a group of partners to recover a $1.7M restaurant investment in Atlanta—claims only $1M was repaid and the rest misused.
• BMC issues a statement emphasizing he was only a passive minority shareholder and insists "My 27 year friendship with Usher remains fully intact."
• Charlamagne’s take:

  “Business is business. Sometimes I hear people talk and I'm like, okay, they ain't never did business. They don't understand.” [30:11]

• The hosts agree it’s just business, but recognize why social media would frame it as a dramatic “falling out.”

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4. Call-in & Community Segment: Viral Chicago Assault

(17:31–19:49, 74:00 “Donkey of the Day”)

• Callers and hosts are outraged over a viral video of a pregnant Chicago mom and her young children attacked outside a school by a group of local teens.
• Discussion of systemic failures, youth violence, and calls for accountability for both the young assailants and parents.
• Charlamagne delivers his “Donkey of the Day” to the teens:

  “You can't use youth as an excuse to not hurt one of these kids. If Kashonda would have had a pistol… y'all be crucifying her…” [77:13]

• Stacy Shells Harvey (Regeneration Schools) calls for schools and Child Protective Services to intervene.
• DJ Envy reflects:

  “Sometimes kids are just stupid… which is stupid. I'm not giving them a reason to, but I would hate for to see a kid taken out of a family without them, you know, if you don't intervene now, that behavior continues.” [81:52]

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5. Technology & Society: AI “Digital Twins”

(35:23–39:53)

• Mimi Brown covers a viral “Two Way” app that allows people to create AI avatars mimicking their personality and memories.
• Promo video sparks 40M+ views, showing an avatar “grandma” interacting with family, supporting descendants even long after death.
• Hosts debate the comfort versus the “creepiness” of AI afterlife, ethical dangers, and potential for abuse.
  • DJ Envy:

    “Y’all don’t find that creepy? ….What about the bad side of that? When people can use that to do things like, hey, I am so-and-so, yeah, I'm co-signing for my son… It could be a bunch of ways that they manipulate them videos to be negative.” [38:22]

  • Charlamagne:

    “If you make me an angel and I fly off, you can't make me an AI twin. Now you done sent me to heaven. Okay, so you can't do both now.” [38:44]

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6. In-Studio Interview: Mario (Singer)

(40:39–56:15, main Q&A 44:01–56:15)

• Mario joins to discuss his new EP “Mood Swings,” returning to touring, and his legacy in R&B.
• Lively debate on Twitter back-and-forths with Ray J over who would win in a Verzuz battle.
  • Mario:

    “Y'all gotta put me in different conversations… I get passionate about it… The Internet is the Internet. …But I get that during my hiatus, I’ve had to remind people that, yo, …I really, God put me in this, because the gift is really there…” [43:15]

• On evolving as an artist and person:

  “Not falling in love with my creation... you got to let the people that connect with the music and connect with what you’re doing connect with it. … It’s really about evolving, bro.” [45:12]

• On relationships and public scrutiny:

  “I'm in a relationship now, and I'm still learning my girl. … I think sometimes the Internet, the dark and the ugly get more highlighted than the love.” [51:12]

• Charlamagne asks about personal growth:

  “With greatness comes the opportunity for leadership. And with the opportunity for leadership, you’re able to actually see the world from a different space… when you take on that role of being vulnerable and being a leader…” [55:41]

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7. In-Studio Interview: Ray J (R&B Singer, Entrepreneur)

(Starts ~83:52, Main Q&A 84:00–107:00+)

• Ray J brings his characteristic unpredictability, opening up about his public image, business, and new show “Love Cabin.”
• On his “bad guy” persona and internet fame:

  “You just turn into the bad guy… sometimes it takes a toll to try to, like, hey, I'm going to be positive for 2026. …But then on the other side, there’s a negative side to that too, with whatever comments…. But I really want my family to be proud of me, and they want me to show a different side.” [89:27]

• He reflects on mental health, business, addictive cycles of viral drama, and the pressure of streaming culture.
• The Ray J/Mario Verzuz debate is REIGNITED in-studio, with Ray J admitting,

  “…in a verses live right now Mario would crush me.” [99:51]

• Ray J also openly apologizes to Mario, Wale, and others for recent social media accusations.
• On his family life, Love Cabin, and romance rumors, Ray J laughs off relationship questions and tries to clarify tabloid drama, often to hilariously awkward effect.

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8. Quick Hits & Memorable Moments

• Callers shout out Black maternity care and doulas, urging more support for Black women’s health (14:04).
• Hosts reminisce about HBCU pride, tour life, and New Edition/Boyz II Men era concerts (71:18+).
• Lauren LaRosa keeps THE receipts: exclusive updates on Portia Williams flight incident, Vivica Fox–50 Cent reunion, 2000s nostalgia tour news, and more (66:18–73:40).
• Classic Charlemagne humor:

  “If you make me an angel and I fly off, you can't make me an AI twin. Now you done sent me to heaven. Okay, so you can't do both now.” [38:44]

• Personal moments:
  Mario gives Jess Hilarious her flowers:

  “I'm so proud of you… You're raising a young king. …I'm proud of you.” [53:29]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Start | |------------------------------------------|-------------| | Political Headlines (Epstein Bill) | 06:47 | | Nicki Minaj UN Nigeria Speech | 21:24 | | Usher Sues Bryan-Michael Cox | 27:10 | | Call-in: Chicago Assault Outrage | 17:31; 74:00| | AI Digital Twins Debate | 35:23 | | Mario Interview Q&A | 44:01 | | Ray J Interview Q&A | 84:00 | | Vivica Fox & 50 Cent “make up” | 68:19 | | Millennial R&B Tour Chat | 71:18 |

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Nicki Minaj at the UN [22:23]:

  “I would like to thank President Trump for prioritizing this issue and for his leadership on the global stage… this is not about taking sides.”
  — Nicki Minaj

• Charlamagne reaction (re: Nicki & Nigeria) [25:37]:

  “It’s funny how algorithms work, because y’all said that y’all saw a lot of Nigerians supporting. I saw the opposite, really.”

• Mario on his artistry [43:15]:

  “Y’all gotta stop taking me out of these conversations… The gift is really there. My persistence and my ability to continue to push and continue to put out music is still there.”

• Ray J, on his public persona [89:27]:

  “You just turn into the bad guy… sometimes it takes a toll, …but I really want my family to be proud of me, and they want me to show a different side.”

• Charlamagne’s Donkey of the Day [77:13], on youth violence:

  “You can’t use youth as an excuse… If Kashonda would have had a pistol on her and let a shot fly, y’all be crucifying her right now for shooting a child when the reality is all she was trying to do was protect herself and her nine year old.”

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Tone & Style

The episode is fast-moving, irreverent, personal, and at times moving—jumping between serious debates about justice, playful debates about music, and messy, real-life celebrity drama. Charlamagne brings sharp (and at times cutting) context to the political and cultural stories; Envy and Jess Hilarious keep the pace lively; Lauren LaRosa delivers the “receipts” with unofficial but informed updates; interviews with Mario and Ray J are unfiltered and richly revealing. The conversation is as much about how Black celebrities navigate fame, family, and social politics as it is about the “news.”

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed the show, this episode is a whirlwind of news, activism, and entertainment—the kind only the Breakfast Club crew can pull off. Come for the smart debates and rare musical insight (Mario, Ray J), stay for the raw conversation about tech, politics, and Black millennial culture. Whether it’s Nicki at the UN, a viral tragedy, or R&B legends feuding about Verzuz, the Breakfast Club brings the story to life—messy, real, and unfiltered.

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[Mario]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

We saw these pictures and we were.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, what is the story with this?

[Charlamagne tha God]

She gets real about the inspiration behind her roles.

[Mimi Brown]

Oh, no. There is no to how people will behave.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And she puts hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yag on notice.

[Mimi Brown]

I don't think so, honey. I feel very, very triggered by this.

[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Mario]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio. 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.

[DJ Envy]

Jess. Hilarious. Let's try this again. Jess. Hilarious.

[Mario]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

There you go.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Charlamagne, the God. Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Hump day. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

That is right. Good morning. Is Wednesday hump day. How you feeling, Jess? I feel good. Can y' all hear me? Yeah, we can hear you. Oh, cool, cool, cool. I feel good. Mimi.

[Mario]

I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know how Mimi do this. I'm in la.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. She actually, I do know how she does this. She lives over here. So she can set her alarm every.

[DJ Envy]

Day at 2:30am or 2:00', clock, do our makeup, get on at 3:00am this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Time zone is kicking my ass. I'm over here in LA.

[DJ Envy]

I celebrated Mike's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mike Epps 55th birthday with him.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Last night it was lit. It was a lot of legends in the building.

[DJ Envy]

Martin, Cedric, Dan the Tayner, Michael Collier.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was so happy to see Michael Collier.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all show Underwood. It was. It was many legends. I was gonna ask. Of course I was gonna ask if you woke up and put your makeup on. Or was this from last night? Cause you still got the. Oh, no, this is from last night. You got the jewelry on, the eyeliner, everything. This is from last night, y'. All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, basically. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So it was. It was nice. It was that blue note jazz. It was really dope. He had the theme Harlem nights thing. When I say Petey Pablo walked up to me and was like, how you doing? Did not even know. Like, you couldn't even tell. Certain people were certain people because they went by the theme. So it was like. It was. It looked like a whole bunch of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Old pimps in there last night, and I was just like, okay.

[DJ Envy]

But it was lit, though. It was lit. Did you find an outfit for Chris? Did you get one for Chris? I know Chris was looking for outfit. He did.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yep. We did.

[Mario]

We did.

[DJ Envy]

It was lit. He. He ate down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I ate down, too.

[DJ Envy]

I was in. I was like, okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

There was Mexicans in Harlem in the 50s. I don't know. I'm just asking.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think so. No, it was not in there.

[Mario]

Actually, a couple of the bartenders, they.

[DJ Envy]

Look like they was Latino or whatever, but Charlemagne, whatever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

My husband ate it down last night.

[DJ Envy]

Like, he was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Listen, did Mike Epps tell you.

[Mario]

They gotta be a pause for that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did Mike Epps tell you he not doing Breakfast Club no more?

[DJ Envy]

No, he didn't. No, he did not. Yo, shut up. He did not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all know his ass be back up there.

[Mario]

He definitely.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I heard he said that on stage the other night. I think I forgot he was somewhere in the dmv. I heard it, too.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I heard it, too.

[DJ Envy]

But you know, it be back. Sometimes people say things, and it's just.

[Mario]

Gonna get them in trouble.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's what we tell you in the intro.

[DJ Envy]

That's what we tell you. Yeah, that's what the intro says. We asked the question. You could decide if you want to answer or not, but that is up to you. But today, we got some good ones for you this morning. Mario will be joining us. So he had a new EP called Mood Swings out right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Baltimore's own Big Mario.

[DJ Envy]

And then you already know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't play with him.

[DJ Envy]

Then after that, Ray J will be joining us. So Ray J and Mario will be joining us today. And it's a lot. It's a lot this morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So I bet it's regular.

[Mario]

Yeah, it's a lot.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's regular.

[DJ Envy]

It's a lot.

[Mario]

It's entertaining.

[DJ Envy]

So we're gonna kick it with Ray J. And Ray J brings some people with him as well. That's right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. His niece. So what's her name?

[DJ Envy]

Sarah?

[Mario]

Saraya.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Sarai. Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Sheila.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, Sheila from Love Cabin.

[Mario]

Love Cabin. Sheila.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Huh? Sheila.

[Mario]

Who is that?

[DJ Envy]

That's the girl I was crying online the other day when. When he was. Ray J was talking about his family, and he hit her on over the head with the mic.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was like, are you crying?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You don't.

[DJ Envy]

You didn't see the Ray J's live? No, I don't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I don't know that she'll be here. From Love Cat.

[Mario]

Yeah, she'll be ready to love Cabin with Ray J.

[DJ Envy]

Boy, it gets. Yeah, that's what we say, too. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Mimi will be joining us. Don't go anywhere.

[Mario]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Can we play some inspirational skies, the Limit, Notorious B. I, G?

[Mario]

We got that.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, let's go. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

[Mario]

Let's get in some front page news.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

Peace.

[DJ Envy]

Mimi, how you feeling, girl?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, Jess. You look so cute.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Welcome to the West Coast.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, girl.

[Mario]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know how you do this, but thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

So we start this morning in Washington, where Congress has now cleared a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. And it is. It is expected to land on President Trump's desk next. Now, the House acted first, passing the bill in a 427 vote to 1. The only no came from Republican Senator or Republican House member Clay Higgins of Louisiana, which is a close Trump ally. Every other Republican and every other Democrat voted yes. A few hours later, the Senate approved the very same unanimous bill, a rare move that lets them skip the debate and roll call vote as long as no other senator objects. Now, a White House official says President Trump is prepared to sign the bill as soon as it reaches his desk. Here's what the bill includes. It requires the Justice Department to release all unclassified Epstein related documents, emails, investigative files, flight logs, internal communications in a public format. All victims names would be protected. This vote comes after months of resistance from the Trump administration and top House Republicans who insisted the Justice Department had already released enough information. But a bipartisan pair, Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democrat Ro Khanna of California. They forced the issue and gathered the 218 signatures needed to force the vote on the House. Now, survivors of the Epstein abuse, they watched from the House gallery as the vote sailed through. And even with the bill cleared, both. With the bill clearing both chambers, Senator Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, he still doesn't trust the administration to move quickly or voluntarily. He's warning that Congress and the public will need to keep the pressure on until the files are actually released. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[DJ Envy]

So the great news is now the House has passed it, the Senate has virtually passed it. It goes to the President's desk. I was going to say we have.

[Mario]

A lot more work to do first.

[DJ Envy]

Who knows how long the House will.

[Mario]

Try to hold it. We should put pressure on Johnson to.

[DJ Envy]

Send it right over to us. Second, the President has said he'll sign it, but who the hell knows with him?

[Mario]

He can change his mind on a whim. But third, and maybe most important, and.

[DJ Envy]

I just had a meeting of 10 senators to discuss this, we got to.

[Mario]

Make sure we get all of the Epstein files all.

[DJ Envy]

They can't around with this. They can't say, oh, we'll give you this, but there are legal reasons we.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Can'T give you that.

[Mario]

And we are going to be pursuing.

[DJ Envy]

Them relentlessly to get everything.

[Mario]

Because I don't trust this administration. I don't trust Bondi, I don't trust.

[DJ Envy]

Keshe Patel, I don't trust the President.

[Mario]

And they could screw around with this. It'll be all of our jobs to be on them and make sure that we get everything.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Chuck's right. You shouldn't trust any of them. And interesting that Republicans overwhelmingly voted to release these files, which leads me to believe two things. One, the FBI redacted Trump and other prominent names in the Epstein files like was reported over the summer. All Republicans are fed up and they trying to take their party back from maga. I said that months ago that I felt like it was some type of internal coup going on in the Republican Party and they were going to use the Epstein files to take their parties back because this is the only thing they could use to rebel against Trump and not get backlash from his base.

[DJ Envy]

Now, there was one person that voted against it. Who was that? Congressman, do we know it was.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, it was Clay Higgins of Louisiana.

[DJ Envy]

He's Republican, correct?

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, he's a Republican and he is apparently a staunch supporter of President Trump. So he stood his ground and said no. The only one out of the Senate and the House to vote no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wow, that's big glazing. Why he ain't get the memo? Why didn't he get the memo? Why? He's the only person that didn't y. Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Even House Speaker Mike Johnson voted yes.

[DJ Envy]

So, you know, and, and isn't he.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's, that's, that's going against what Trump wants. Because Trump said he wants the files released, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

He said he wants.

[Mimi Brown]

But do we really, you know, we'll, we'll see, you know what that looks like. And speaking of that, President Trump, he reacted to all this on True Social, saying the Epstein story shouldn't distract from what he calls the victories of his administration. And really quickly, because this important, a major ruling out of Texas that could reshape the entire 2026 midterms. A federal court has blocked Texas from using those newly redrawn House maps. That map had been at the center of the nationwide redistricting fight, and it was part of President Trump, his key effort to expand the Republican Party next year. So in a two to one decision, the judges found substantial evidence that race, not just politics, drove how those key districts were redrawn, weakening the voting power in the black and Hispanic communities. Now, the judge who wrote the decision is a Trump appointee, which makes this ruling even more striking. And that Texas map, as we know it, set off a chain reaction. Missouri, North Carolina, they passed their own maps adding Republican seats. And that is what was the catalyst for Prop 50 here in California, which added five Democratic leaning districts to counter what was going on in Texas. So Texas, they have appealed to the Supreme Court. They did that almost immediately. If the ruling holds, Texas will have to fall back on its 2021 CRIM congressional maps for those for the 2026 midterms. So we'll see what happens if the justices step in and. And fight this on behalf of Texas.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely. Coming up at 7, we're going to talk blurring the lines between tech and what's real when it comes to emotions and family.

[DJ Envy]

All right, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club.

[Mario]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray.

[Mario]

Ray.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, Charlamagne, Envy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What up?

[DJ Envy]

Are we live?

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I got an indoor pool, a outdoor pool.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

We can get on the phone right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He'll tell you what it is.

[DJ Envy]

We live. Hello?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, my Breakfast Club family. It's your boy. Love you from the Bronx.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Love you from the Bronx. Love you. What's happening, brother? Good morning. Good morning, Jazz. How you doing?

[Mario]

I'm good.

[DJ Envy]

How you doing, lovey? You know, I'm blessed. Black and highly favored.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I want to shout out Taylor.

[DJ Envy]

When is Taylor coming back?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Taylor be back after Thanksgiving. Right after Thanksgiving. Yeah, she might. She might be back next week. Technically, her maternity leave is next week.

[DJ Envy]

I miss Taylor, man. I haven't. I. I haven't spoke to in a while, letting her do the mom thing, but I miss Taylor. The intros just ain't the same. And I do want to shout. Let me shout out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The intros are the same because those are the ones that she made. What are you talking about? Those intros still fire. What do you mean? No, no. The intro to still fire. But the Taylor made it interesting.

[DJ Envy]

I gotta keep Taylor in there with her hands on it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yard. These are the entry. Those are tailor made it productions.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. All right. I'm just making sure.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, sir. But I want to show the last shout. Can I shout this? Of course.

[DJ Envy]

All the ladies that's going through this maternity. I see all over the Internet. Ladies, we need to pull back the midwives. I see ladies getting mistreated. Our queens are mistreated in a emergency rooms. I've seen a lady that was nine months and had been delivering a pump.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I saw that.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, man. Go get you a doula, man. Salute to Latham Thomas. Latham Thomas was my wife and I's doula for our last. Our last two. Like, go get you a doula if you can. If you can, man. Doulas are very important.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's going on? Jay, what up? Get it off your chest, Jay, man, look, I just.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I just want to get a Breakfast Club a shout out, man. You guys really have been there through some tumultuous times, you know, from. From the elections to the scandals to the drama. And you just. You guys have just kept us just.

[DJ Envy]

In the zone with your entertainment, your.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Humor, you know, your adverse thinking. You know, everybody has a collective, and I just think that's huge. And it's important, especially for our mental health, man. Some people. Some of us don't even have anyone to turn to to talk about our feelings or how we feel, and it's just good to have that outlet, you know? Thank you, black man.

[DJ Envy]

I appreciate you. We appreciate you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We appreciate y', all, man. Thank you. Thank you. The Breakfast Club is America's front porch. You come sit, sit on our front porch any morning.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is your time to get it.

[Mario]

Off your chest, Whether you're mad or blessed.

[DJ Envy]

I hate the way that you walk.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The way that I hate the way that you dress.

[DJ Envy]

Everything with me is blessed. Call up next, 800-585-1051.

[Mario]

Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Mario]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hi, this is cash calling from D.C. keesh from the D cash from the DMV area. What's up? Hi, Enzy. I'm so glad you answered because I played a game. My friend created an HBCU card game, and you're a part of it. You're in it. What's the question? What's going to envy go to? Is that the. Is that my question? Yes, I think it is. Send the card game up there. How can I get that call game? Because maybe I can get some from some of my HBCU friends for Christmas. Oh, I love it. So he's on Instagram. It's called Play hanging on the yard. Play Hanging on the Yard. Yes. H A N G I N on the yard. Check him out on Instagram. But it's a cool game. And I believe he's sending y' all some. You and Lauren, you know, Charlamagne, and just. Even though they didn't go to hbcu, they can still play HBCU games, right? Absolutely. I just know that y' all are on there. But. Yeah, he'll send one to everyone.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. I don't feel bad.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey. Peace. I don't feel bad about being left out. That I understand why you sent them to Lauren and Emmy.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. But he can send everyone one. But I just wanted to say hi.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I listen to y' all every day.

[DJ Envy]

Called before. I'm a government employee and I'm back to work.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, congratulations. How tough was it for you over those 40 days?

[DJ Envy]

It was really tough. I was good with them standing for something for other people because I have health care, of course, through work. But I was good standing for something. But I'm happy to be back. And I'm happy to be getting paid.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Absolutely. We happy you getting paid.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Perfect.

[Mario]

And thank you for your service. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't want to have to call in and give you all my cash app.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, a couple more days. A couple more days. You probably.

[DJ Envy]

It was getting to it. It was getting to it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Thank you for calling.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[Mario]

Bye.

[DJ Envy]

Bye. Have a good one. Hello? Who's this? Good morning. This is Shelly from va. Shelly, you.

[Mario]

Sound a little angry.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don't nobody up here owe you no money?

[DJ Envy]

Now I'm calling because. Good morning, Breakfast Club. I wanted to know if you guys heard about the story of the young mother and her children who were jumped in Chicago.

[Mario]

I did.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It has been disturbing my spirit all day long since yesterday. I didn't watch the video, though. I literally stopped. Like, it looked like right before they was about to get into the action. But just the thought of that pissed me the hell off.

[DJ Envy]

It's disgusting. It's disgusting. And if she had defended herself and started shooting or hurting these children, she would have been villainized. It's disgusting. Our children need help. These parents need to get it together.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And she was pregnant. How old were the kids? How old were the group of kids?

[DJ Envy]

The kids look like junior high school kids.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And. And they were trying to look like.

[Mario]

Junior high school kids.

[DJ Envy]

They were just bullying her, the son and the daughter. And she's pregnant. The sun was trying to protect her belly. Yeah. Like, it was just deplorable. It was disgusting. She's 33 years old. Her son was nine years old.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. I don't understand. I don't even understand the thought process of. Of a. Of a bunch of young kids seeing a pregnant woman and wanting to put hands on, thinking it's okay. Yeah. And then jumping the nine year old son at some point, like, where does your just empathy kick in? Like, you know what? I shouldn't be doing this.

[DJ Envy]

Right, Right.

[Mario]

And nobody stops.

[DJ Envy]

That's all I had to get off my chest. Good morning. Breakfast Club flavor. Y' all have an awesome day.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Morning.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Thank you. I do want to know that young woman's name, though. I was thinking. I literally was thinking about her since yesterday afternoon. Because I'm just like, where's the outrage? This is ridiculous.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it's outrage. They're. They're protesting and everything in Chicago.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

[DJ Envy]

And a Chicago rapper has. They've moved her. Apparently they've moved her to a new place, transferred her children out of that school district.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Does she have a Gofundme or something you know about?

[DJ Envy]

Her name is Kushanda. I don't know about a Gofundme, but I know that they're flying her. One of the rappers from Chicago supposed to fly her out to Los Angeles this weekend, her and the children, and give them a Christmas and all kind of things.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Gotcha.

[DJ Envy]

So, yeah, there's a lot of outrage.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, I see. A Kashanda had her.

[DJ Envy]

Kashanda. Yeah. Well, thank you so much.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right. You guys have a great day.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

So disgusting.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, that. That story. I don't. That. That story pissed me off to the high heavens yesterday.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. What's up, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning, y'.

[Mimi Brown]

All.

[DJ Envy]

You got your Delaware State on today. We see you. So where's my helmet? I asked him for a helmet.

[Mario]

I guess I gotta wait till the.

[DJ Envy]

Season'S over because they gotta use the season.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Once we beat South Carolina this weekend, then we got you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's what you think gonna happen Once.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We beat South Carolina this weekend, then we got you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Envy. 47 to 13.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I'll be at the celebration bowl and I can get you a helmet. Probably signed from the winning team.

[DJ Envy]

I asked for that helmet for six. Six months ago.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I asked too. You. You was there when I asked. They said they were gonna get you.

[DJ Envy]

They said they use the same home helmet in the game. So they got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We can afford helmets now.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You look pretty. Thanks, babe.

[DJ Envy]

How you doing, though?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good.

[DJ Envy]

We got the ladies coming up.

[Mario]

What we talking about?

[Charlamagne tha God]

We're just sitting there like you don't know what you're supposed to be doing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was waiting for Envy to say to go into it.

[DJ Envy]

We got the ladies going on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. We talking about Nicki Minaj. She spoke at the UN Yesterday. We gonna talk about all of the support she's getting and all of the backlash as well.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get into that next.

[Mario]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jessilari Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm so tired of hearing Luther. God damn could have changed it. Lord have mercy.

[DJ Envy]

Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fat.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. Somebody. She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

She be having the latest on the.

[DJ Envy]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sometimes you have facts, 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 yesterday, Nicki Minaj addressed people who gather for a special event in New York. This was a gathering of the United nations for people who were having a conversation about the plight of Christians in Nigeria. Nicki Minaj has been vocal on X about this, which is what landed her in this speec position with Ambassador Walt, who's been, you know, doing some work in Nigeria, according to him, to make sure that people are able to practice the religion that they believe in. Now let's take a listen to Nicki Minaj speaking.

[Mimi Brown]

Hello, everyone.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I must say, I am very nervous. So please thank you, Ambassador Waltz, for this invitation. It is an honor to stand on this stage with you and the other distinguished speakers here today to shine a spotlight on the deadly threat faced by thousands of Christians in Nigeria. I would like to thank President Trump for prioritizing this issue and for his.

[Mimi Brown]

Leadership on the global stage and calling.

[Lauren LaRosa]

For urgent action to defend Christians in Nigeria, to combat extremism and to bring a stop to violence against those who.

[Mimi Brown]

Simply want to exercise their natural right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To freedom of religion or belief.

[Mimi Brown]

I stand here as a proud New.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yorker with a deep sense of gratitude that we live in a country where we can freely and safely worship God regardless of one's creed, background, or politics. Yeah. So then she also addressed the barbs as well and just wanted to make it clear that this is not about picking sides politically. Let's take a listen. Nigeria is a beautiful nation with deep faith traditions and lots of beautiful barbs. When one's church, mosque, or place of worship is destroyed, everyone's heart should break just a little bit. I am joined here today by peace builders, by faith leaders, by those who saw violence, saw the threats clearly before us, and chose not to look the other way. Barbs, I know you're somewhere listening. I love you so very much. You have been the ultimate light in.

[Mimi Brown]

My life and career for so long.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I want to make it very clear that this isn't about taking sides. This is about standing up in the face of injustice. For the rest of my life, I will care if anyone anywhere is being persecuted for their beliefs.

[Mimi Brown]

Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So, I mean, there were people on both sides. There were people who felt like Nicki Minaj should not have at all. First of all, just even before she got here to the UN Just on X alone, should not have spoken out about this because it aligns her with Donald Trump, which isn't a good look for her. And because there are people that believe Donald Trump, you know, and him having conversations about Nigeria isn't an actual. Like, he's not actually trying to solve this issue, that he's coming there because he wants to be able to explore will eventually and use resources and things of that nature in Nigeria by going there. So her bringing attention to this doesn't help because basically they're saying she doesn't know enough about what's happening to make herself the face of this. And of course, the minute she spoke out about it, Ambassador Walt and a lot of other people on that side supported and uplifted it and jumped on in a broader in as kind of a speaker. And now here she is.

[DJ Envy]

I seen a lot of Nigerians supporting her, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So there were people that were coming out for him. Exactly. And I think. So what I want to ask the room is because there's people that are upset, but I also saw people that were having conversation about can two things be true? Because at the same time, it's bringing a lot of conversation around what's happening, regardless if people don't want Nicki Minaj to be aligned with Trump. And Waltz or whoever is still bringing attention to something that is really happening. Like, every day, people are being, like, killed. And there was a school of girls that Ambassador Waltz talked about in the opening of his speech. He says this happens every day, but he mentioned this school because he says this just happened last night. There were, like, 25 girls that were taken from a school because of their Christianity, and we don't know if we'll get them back to their families. So can two things be true? How do y' all feel?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I mean, two things can definitely be true, but I have. I have absolutely no idea what's going on in Nigeria. I have no. I have no idea of what's going on with any of this. And it's. It's funny how algorithms work, because y' all said that y' all saw a lot of Nigerians supporting. I saw the opposite, really. I saw her getting a lot of backlash from people in Nigeria. People in Nigeria were saying that this is a way more complex situation than people are making it and that she shouldn't be the voice of it. Yeah. So I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I'm with you. I'm way past my pay grade. I don't know enough about it. But I just read what some people were saying. I see a lot of people were in support of her, but I did see a lot of Nigerians saying, thank you.

[Mario]

So, like I said, I really don't know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I saw one. I'm looking at a comment right now. This is from an article I read. It said many social media users accused her of spreading misinformation and fueling religious division. One commenter wrote, there's no campaign against Christians in Nigeria. Boko Haram attacks everyone, including Muslims. So I don't know. I have no idea.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know either.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And I will say it. So, to your point, there are conversations right now about the fact that even the way that this conversation is being angled to what you're saying, Charlemagne is all about the. All about the fact that it's like. It's a. It's a political thing. Like, they're using this to kind of get the attention in one place when it really should be other places because of, again, the complexity of the situation. So, I mean, I don't know, but she did it.

[DJ Envy]

Conversations about this conversation.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Huh?

[DJ Envy]

You said it's conversations about this conversation?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yeah, a lot of them. I mean, but that's what happens anytime a celebrity as big as a Nicki Minaj decides to get into anything political or, you know, whatever the case may be. But, yeah, yeah. Now, in other news, this is actually kind of sad news. So Usher has filed a lawsuit against one of his longtime music producers and a few other people for a loan on a restaurant in Atlanta that never opened. So in the lawsuit, this lawsuit was filed this week, Usher says that producer Brian Michael Cox, who produced some of Usher's biggest hits, you Got It Bad Burn, approached him in 2024 to invest in a restaurant that was about to open. It's a restaurant and lounge that was going to be open in Atlanta called Homage atl. Um, so then later on, I guess, you know, Usher says in the filing he didn't want to invest in a restaurant, but agreed to do it and loaned the group $1.7 million that he wired over in January, he says. Usher claims when the property for the location hadn't been purchased, months later, he asked the group to repay the loan. He said that he received $1 million in compensation in August, but has yet to receive the remaining $700,000. And he's claiming that another person involved in this told him that returning the money was not that easy because the money had been used for other purposes. He says he hasn't. Usher says he hasn't received an explanation about what it's been used for. So he's seeking $4.9 million in damages, which is the $700,000 from. For each of the lawsuit's claims for different claims that he has entered. But it's just sad to see because for people who know the relationship between Usher and Brian Michael Cox, it kind of caught us off guard to even know that this was even happening.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That got to do with business, though.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, this is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I understand what people.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But it's not just business and personal.

[DJ Envy]

It's not just Brian Michael Cox. It's a group of people. It's a group that own that property that he's suing. Brian Michael Cox is just one of the people that I'm sure, as a percentage owner.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, he's probably the celebrity. He's the celebrity. So they take it as natural.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But even if so. Right. Even if that is the case. Yes, even if that is the case. The reason why not. I mean, he is the recognizable name, but there are people who, even if you don't know Brian Michael Cox, the name, you know, the songs, you know that, the work that they've done and also the friendship. So it seems like business. I don't know. To me, it wasn't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

If I go into business with somebody and there's a group of people and the business don't go right and you know, my people advise me I need to sue or whatever business, I'm going to sue the business.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Brian Michael Cox spoke and he said, go ahead, Jesse.

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm saying you was just saying more so along the lines of they have been friends or they're closer.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Before to get to court.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So Brian Michael Cox said, I've learned a lot recently about being careful with who you choose to invest in a business business with, no matter how small the investment. I'm currently in the middle of a failed deal that I didn't orchestrate. And while the situation has been disappointing, I know my name will be clear by both sides. It's just unfortunate that this clarity didn't come sooner. My legal team has also advised me of a lawsuit involving a company where I am only a passive minority sharehold. I was not a participant in the business transaction and had and have no involvement in the ongoing legal process. While I'm unable to share more details right now, I want to make one thing absolutely clear. My 27 year friendship with Usher remains fully intact. I appreciate everyone for who has reached out with concern. Thank you for the love, the patience and the understanding.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Business is business. Sometimes I hear people talk and I'm like, okay, they ain't never did business. They don't understand.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I understand business is business. But I, I just, you know, the fact that Brian Michael Cox had to come out and say, hey, our friendship is still good. This will all clear up. I just, I just would have thought that maybe they could have done things behind the scenes before it got. But, you know, maybe they tried.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know why he had to do that? Because Usher did. Social media started putting name. His name they put into the door and started making this bigger than what it was. Okay. Like they, social media made this a thing between Brian Michael Cox and Usher. No, this is Usher suing a business group. Right.

[DJ Envy]

And he just. My Brian Michael Cox is a minority owner of the group.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But like he said, him and his Usher's still good. They probably spoke about this. You know, I gotta get my money.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So, you know I'm about to hit him, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He's like, yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Brian was like, yeah, they got it done. Okay. I don't have a problem with this not at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They had a few business.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's my business, not you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm just talking about the social media business yesterday. Yes, exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Stop. I thought you was talking to me. I'm talking. I thought you was talking about Lord have mercy.

[DJ Envy]

Got persecution complex.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You should have seen her run after me just now.

[Mario]

Why?

[Charlamagne tha God]

All I did was go throw something when she came running. Like, I went out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I went outside because I was asking him about his donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, she was running. I'm like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought he was going to, like. You know how you go to, like, rooms and he go poop and stuff like that.

[DJ Envy]

So I didn't know where exactly.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's what I said to her. I said, I know you used to men leaving out of your life, but I. You don't have to do this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he said, I know you used to chasing after men.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You had to see the jogs you had. I know that jog. Like, don't leave.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Jess, I miss you like Christmas. Like, you think somebody's coming on Christmas and they just keep leaving. Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, I never just sat and thought he was coming on Christmas. All right.

[DJ Envy]

I wasn't talking about you, but all right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, we were just talking hit dog.

[DJ Envy]

Holidays right around the corner.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm sorry, Low.

[DJ Envy]

What you sorry for? I'll be back tomorrow. All right, thank you. When we come back, we got front page news. And then Mario will be joining us at old movies to Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, y'.

[Mario]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Peace, Mimi. Blessed, black and highly favored over here.

[Mario]

Good morning.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, so we start this hour in North Carolina, where the federal immigration crackdown is stretching into the middle of its first week and tensions are still running high. DHS says more than 200 people have now been arrested across Charlotte as the operation began, and only about a third of those arrested, though, have criminal records, such as prior deportations, weapons charges, assault, or DUIs. The rest are being detained solely for immigration violations. Now, at the local school district there, hundreds walked out of school protesting the raids and showing support for classmates whose families were afraid to leave home. The school district says the impact has been profound. On Monday alone, more than 30,000 students, roughly 1 fifth of the entire Charlotte Mecklenburg district, they were absent from school. Community organizers say nearly half of the mom and pop shops they're closed during the crackdown, either out of fear or because customers simply aren't coming. And Tom Holman, the border czar, he's telling FOX News that enforcement is here to stay and sanctuary cities specifically should get ready. Let's listen to what he have to say.

[DJ Envy]

Regardless of Republican or Democratic city, we're going to force a laws across this country and take those public safety threats off the street.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Bill.

[DJ Envy]

But I will say this. I've said it from day one. Sanctuary cities were flooding the zone because we know they're releasing public safety threats.

[Charlamagne tha God]

In the communities every day.

[DJ Envy]

That's where the biggest problem is and that's where we're sending the majority of the agents.

[Mimi Brown]

And this morning we're learning that federal agents are pulling back from Raleigh and shifting personnel back towards Charlotte where the operation has been the most aggressive. And this isn't just happening in North Carolina. In St. Paul, Minnesota, hundreds of protesters, they confronted confronted federal agents during an operation yesterday at a warehouse. Agents responded with pepper spray and several people were hit with pepper balls. It's still unclear how many people were detained, but officials say the agents withdrew eventually from the area. Federal officials, they say that they will be in North Carolina through Friday before sending roughly about 200 agents to new Orleans. They say that could either happen next week or roughly around the first week of December.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So I didn't know they had sanctuary cities in December. But I wanted to ask you, Mimi, if they arrested more than 200 people and only a third have criminal records, what are they arrested them for?

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that's what, that's what the uproar is about, right? Is it racial profiling? Because they're stopping people who are just outside doing their jobs. They're hanging Christmas tree lights, they're blowing leaves and they're just arresting them. One man was arrested and he had to show his real ID to get out. He was already locked up and he had to show his real ID to kind of get out of a situation. And so they're questioning, what is this? What are we doing here? Are we locking people up because they're brown or are we locking people up because they're criminals, they're gang members like you guys are saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

So we'll continue to watch that. And if you try to access your favorite website yesterday and it wouldn't load, here's why. There was a major outage at Cloud Fair, the company that manages traffic for millions of websites. It knocked out large part of the Internet. It was offline for several hours. Did you guys notice anything yesterday?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I heard people telling me that, though. People kept saying their apps weren't working.

[Mario]

Well now.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren kept saying that X was down.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, it was. So because it started about six o' clock yesterday morning, Eastern standard time, they say a routine configuration file that Cloudflare uses to filter and manage the Internet traffic, it suddenly grew larger than expected. It overwhelmed the system and it triggered widespread outages. So it took out major platforms like X Chat, gp, Spotify, Shopify, even parts of the New New Jersey Transit Transit Digital Services. So it left writers unable to pull up schedules and updates. Now, Cloud Fair says this wasn't a hack, that it was an internal error. By mid morning, everything was fixed. Most sites came back online, though some users still saw major minor hiccups and things like that. And now to a story that's prompting some tough conversations about lost technology and how far is too far. So. So a new AI app called Two Way is promising to let people create a digital twin of themselves, an avatar that looks like you, talks like you, and stores your memories. The company behind it says the technology would allow families to stay connected even after someone passes away. But not everyone, yep, not everyone is seeing this as comforting. So a promo video for the app, it went viral. It has more than 40 million views. And it shows an elderly woman, it's her avatar. It's supporting her daughter through her pregnancy, talking to her grandson as he grows up, and even giving him advice years after her death. Let's listen to some of that promo video.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mom, would you tell Charlie that bedtime.

[Mimi Brown]

Story you always used to tell me?

[DJ Envy]

Once upon a time, there was a baby unicorn.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hi, Grandma.

[Mimi Brown]

Hey, Charlie.

[Charlamagne tha God]

How was school today?

[DJ Envy]

It was really fun.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Look who's gonna be a great grandmother. Oh, Charlie.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, congratulations. She says that he's been kicking a lot, though. That's weird.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Y' all don't find that creepy? Like, how do you feel about that? Very weird. Like, you know what I mean? Like, how grandma gonna know how to react to something. So it's really just chat pt. Chatgpt. Just guessing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is.

[Mimi Brown]

It may be reacting. I don't, you know, I don't know the technology behind it, but people are saying that is, it's a comforting way to stay connected. But it's also unsettling because it's blurring the lines between real memories and a machine, raising ethical questions. Like, you know, how do you really feel about that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

And if you.

[Mimi Brown]

When you listen to the promo, you heard, you know, the mom was pregnant, and then the grandson, he became a dad. And so the grandma became a great grandmother, and it was just. It's kind of weird. I don't know how y' all feel about that, but I don't know if I want to watch my loved one, you know, on a screen and it's not real.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Would you do that? It feels like when people, I guess, used to watch old videos and look at pictures. You know, back in the day, it was the VHS tapes and then it updated to, you know, memories you have stored on your phone. I guess the only difference is those are actually real. But I can see how it gives you, like, I guess, the same type of comfort, same type of coping mechanism.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but the problem with that is, is that's the. That could be. You could look at that as a good side. But what about the bad side of that? When people can use that to do things like, hey, I am so and so. Yeah, I'm co signing for my son. Oh, yeah, I'm doing this. Like, it could be a bunch of ways that they manipulate them videos to be negative.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't think they're gonna let you be able to do that digitally because you still got to sign stuff and, you know, I know. I know one thing for all you people that like to use AI when somebody die, you can't do both. If you make me an angel and I fly off, you can't make me an AI twin. Now you done sent me to heaven. Okay, so you can't do both now.

[DJ Envy]

Exactly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, they say the app, the people who made the app, they said that you can only create your own avatar. No one else is. It's free. Right now. As they figure out how to design this ethically, they say that their mission is to set the standard for how AI avatars should be built with strict rules against identity theft, imitation, or anything that crosses the line. But it's still a very emotional space. Grief, memory, legacy. So that's why this is drawing strong reaction. So we'll continue to see, you know, what this means, but I don't know, y'. All, this is a little scary to me.

[DJ Envy]

It is crazy. Just, people just can't rest in peace no more.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, you know, they just, you know.

[DJ Envy]

You gotta still be here talking and stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you explain it?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. To a kid and mentally and emotionally, it feels like you're not getting what you supposed to get.

[Mario]

Right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because, you know, as much as we don't want to accept it, death is a part of life. And, you know, at some point, all of us are going to grieve and we're going to have to go through that emotion. And usually when you come out on the other side of that, it does make you a stronger person. And almost. It's almost like you're not allowing yourself to feel that natural.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, feeling of grief.

[DJ Envy]

What about it? For somebody that doesn't have a father in their life.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Life.

[Mario]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

So they can use that, and that could be their dad.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like, I would love to be in control of that avatar. See, I would just love. I would just love the avatar to be like. I'm be honest with you. I don't with you either. Can you imagine a deadbeat avatar? A deadbeat avatar would be hilarious. I would love to be in charge of that just once.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Mario]

No.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, y'.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown Brown TV for more stories. Follow the black information network, download the iHeartRadio app, and visit vine news.com.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Thank you, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

All right, when we come back, Mario will be joining us. He has a new ep, mood swings, and we're gonna talk to him about everything, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren Larose is here as well. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

Mario.

[Mario]

What's up? What's up?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's up?

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling, man?

[Mario]

Yo, how you doing? You already know. Yeah, yeah, I'm good, bro. I'm good. Good.

[DJ Envy]

Back on the road, Back on tour.

[Mario]

Yeah, on tour right now. Moose swings. You know what I'm saying? The new EP out on tour.

[DJ Envy]

I want to tell you, I want to start right now. You shook that man's hand. That man fronted on you the other day. What did he say? What'd he say, Jess?

[Charlamagne tha God]

That Ray J can beat him in a verse. Yes, you did. That's what happened.

[Mario]

You said Ray J can beat me.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, he did.

[Mario]

I mean, you know, he had to. You know, though, he had to be.

[DJ Envy]

On the other side.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I ain't talking about singing. I'm not talking about. Like, this is a. I'm not talking about singing vocally. Yes. Music. Yeah.

[Mario]

You think what Lost his mind.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You ain't let him on that stage that tonight. Cause you knew what was gonna happen at the Wally. Yeah, Ray J. Y.

[Mario]

You said I didn't let him on stage.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray J wanted to do the voices right there.

[Mario]

You could ask Ray J what happened backstage. I Was like, yo, let's do it. Let's make it happen. He was like, shrink me. Just.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Just.

[Mario]

I don't care what you do. Just, let's just make it happen. I'm like, I didn't even know he was gonna be there. I said, hey, bet. I got you. You. They didn't let him on stage. It wasn't me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's not Ray J story. Ray J's story was I wanted to do the verses right. So Mario was like, nah.

[Mario]

Out of all people, you trust Ray J's story?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Damn.

[Mario]

You trust Ray's story?

[DJ Envy]

Out of all people, you.

[Mario]

I don't know. I don't know. I didn't know what was happening back there. Like, it was a plan, and then it did happen. So, you know. Well, you know, we going to run.

[DJ Envy]

Into each other again.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sleeping on you, though.

[DJ Envy]

I know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Why they keep sleeping on you?

[Mario]

Me Tell them why they keep sleeping on me?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't know vocally.

[DJ Envy]

Hold on.

[Mario]

You said, hold on. We gotta go back.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Three in impossible. I don't think you can with.

[DJ Envy]

He got crazy.

[Mimi Brown]

Five.

[Lauren LaRosa]

About 10, six.

[Mario]

Yeah, that's. That's kind of crazy, bro.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He said one song for one song.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And he said new music because he.

[Mario]

Could only do one song.

[DJ Envy]

Damn, that really, like, really.

[Mario]

Like, people be like, all right, that's a shit strong.

[DJ Envy]

Because versus you got.

[Mario]

It's like, it got to be strong. You gotta have some strong. It's not, you know, that's. It's not a joke.

[DJ Envy]

If you're going with the right.

[Mario]

If you're going up against the right person, you gotta have a strong right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because people.

[Mario]

People. You don't know how they gonna be feeling that day, but they might love the song one day. One day it might be like, that's better.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Mario]

People aren't consistent, but you can do1.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Which three times, because technically he definitely.

[Mario]

Could, but he only got one wish.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And then. But. But he could do it three times. And then you got sex with Hannah.

[Mario]

No, for sure, he got something.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You gotta. Wait a minute, bro.

[DJ Envy]

He got a couple records, bro.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then what?

[Mario]

But, like, yeah, they not timeless, classic records that make you feel some. Like, it's just a different. Y' all gotta just stop taking me out of these conversations, bro. Honestly. Y' all gotta stop taking me out of these conversations. You know what I'm saying? I get passionate about it, and I love all my peers, bro. Like, you know what I'm saying? The Internet is the Internet. Like, whatever. But, like, y' all gotta put me in different conversations. But I get. I get that. That during my hiatus, like, I've had to prove, like, remind people that, yo, like, I really. God, put me in this, because the gift is really there. My persistence and my ability to continue to push and continue to put out music is still there. My passion is still there. I'm still hungry. You know, I take it serious, you know, But I think some people are like, Internet, have fun on the Internet. And then some people really take it serious. I'm one of those that take it serious.

[DJ Envy]

I think people forget because of your hiatus, right? And the reason I say that. Cause I forgot. And we went on tour. We went on, like, an R and B tour, and I DJ for Mario during that tour.

[Mario]

Facts.

[DJ Envy]

And when you understand, when we're playing six songs and those. That 15,000 arena is singing them.

[Mario]

Six songs only, because we only got 15 minutes, we would play more music. But, yeah, go ahead, continue.

[DJ Envy]

But the six songs, you understand, it's like, oh, I get it now. That's why when you said it, I'm like, nah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

When we did our makeup the other.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Day when Envy was playing, I'm like, oh, yeah, I forgot that one. Oh, yeah, I did forget that one.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mario]

Night happens. I think it's natural, you know, I saw y' all interviewing Mike X the other day. I was like, yo, it was a great interview. He made some good points about people forget, you know, you gotta remind people. And I think that it's just the way of the Internet as well as just like this. This new world of, like, everybody's receiving stuff so fast, and it's like, if you don't put music out for six months, you. Where you been at? You know what I'm saying? But for us as artists, a six months, that's a small campaign it might take. Especially in R and B, it might take six months for people to even know you got a joint that's heating up, you know, But.

[DJ Envy]

But that's just a part of the process.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You've been in the game since you were a teenager. What's something the grown version of you had to unlearn from the young version of you?

[Mario]

A lot of things, bro. But I would start with, you know, not falling in love with my creation. Meaning, you know, when you create music and you put it out to the world, you gotta let it go, you know, you gotta let the people that connect with the music and connect with what you're doing connect with it. And you gotta keep creating. Like, keep creating. Don't. Don't pigeonhole yourself to, oh, you gotta make another hit. Like, let me love you, you gotta make it. It's really just about evolving, bro. Cause there's so many other things that happening in life as to why the music sound the way it does now. Right. Mood swings is a completely different vibe from glad you came, which I released just a year ago. So really just being free in the creative process because we're in a world now where it's about exploring who are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You, like, picking up the phone and calling when you're going through the process of, like, I gotta re remind people, or I'm trying to make this sound different than that and not chase that record. But ego wise, like, there has to be a part of Mario that's like, this has to be big because I'm Mario. Like, who coaches you through those battles?

[Mario]

Coaches me or just somebody? Honestly? God, I'll be honest with you, because I think a lot of people that surround me every day, they just believe in me. You know, they tell me real, but they believe in me. And it's like they understand how strong I am mentally. But there's no person that I call to ask advice about those types of things because I think that my journey is my journey and I just have to trust God and I gotta trust the people that I entrust creatively. Right? So when I went in the studio to start mood swings, me and my boy Dre Moon, who I met through one of my managers, AK with 365, we've been knowing each other for years. Like, he did a bunch of future records, but. But he never hopped into his R and B back, but he's always wanted to. I say, yo, let's, let's, let's. Like, I want to hop into this darker, moodier part of me as an R B artist that's like, moody and still musical and R B, but just like more authentic. And so he's like, yo, let's get in the studio. Let's go. And it was. It was like working with a friend and somebody that you go over their house, they come over your house. You know, they kids, you know, they family. But y' all both really young goats. It's different than working with somebody that's like, I'm a fan of your music. I've always wanted to work with you, but I don't know where you live. I don't know, you know, what you into. It's a different thing. The foundation is there. So that to me, and I trust the team that I work with, and we just make the music that we love. We go in the studio. We might go in the studio and play verses with ourselves. Like, yo, you play your. Your favorite five records ever, and I'm gonna play mine against yours. And that inspires to get the studio session started.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Bet you won't do that with Ray J, though.

[Mario]

I'm trying to, Ray. They don't want no smoke with me on any level. He know that's why he gotta always.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He.

[Mario]

You know, he. He's a major troller, though. It's like, how do you execute a major troller? Even if you execute him, he gonna come back from the dead.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Not take it personal.

[DJ Envy]

Realize that and not take it personal.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Real.

[Mario]

Because it's different from, like. And I had other people that, like, hit me and really got on some.

[DJ Envy]

Really.

[Mario]

Some sissy.

[DJ Envy]

But, like, Ray J, like. Like, we.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We talk.

[Mario]

You feel me? So it's like he can say some wild, and I might say some wild the next day, but it's like, he's a major troller, so he gonna go deep in the quicksand. Whereas I got this going. I'm on tour right now. You know what I'm saying? I ain't gonna go that deep into quick. But, yeah, it's whatever.

[DJ Envy]

Omarion was mad too. He was pissed off. They didn't seem trouble.

[Mario]

He seemed like he was hurt, you know? It's crazy. Can I be honest?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. No, no, no.

[Mario]

The honesty is that all we were doing is having conversations about things y' all have, but nobody don't really talk about it all the way. Yeah, we're just having a conversation the same that everybody do. People in the comments actually went crazy on everybody I spoke about. About or answer the question about than I did. Like, you giving too much grace. And it's like, damn, is it that serious? Why is it that serious?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because you're an artist. Yeah, that can actually. And you're talented. And I'm sure they look. They're like, damn. I think Mario dope is. He don't feel the same way about me.

[Mario]

That's crazy. I feel like everybody got strengths and weaknesses. Like, if somebody. If somebody can dance, they ass off. And they ask somebody a question like, yo, who the who out of these people? I'm gonna ask who can dance or who can't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can't.

[Mario]

Let's just say always on that, he was like, yo, can Mario dancing? He was like, ah, hit or miss. I would laugh. I would laugh. I would be like, damn, he right. They know him for dancing, right? They know that's his craft, right? So that's, you know, it's just not too serious, bro.

[DJ Envy]

Mood Swings, right? So you up and down on that. This is, like, love angry.

[Mario]

It's a mixture of like. Like, love. It's really a conversation. It's a conversation piece. When I started Mood Swings, it was just about 90s R&B vibes, and I'm like, yo, how do we take that feeling and, like, update it? And this was, like, the approach. And then I would have, like, a couple different. Draymond executive produced it. Worked with a lot of great producers on here. But, yeah, the conversations are different. And also the textures of what I singing is different. Like, I got a song called Fortune Cookie, and it that. I've never spoken like this before, but the actual texture of the way I'm using my voice. Song called Moan. Same way I'm giving you different moods of who I am as an R B artist. How I think about intimacy, how I think about love, and just, you know, just talking my. Honestly. Yeah. Check it out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Inspired Fortune Cookie.

[DJ Envy]

Damn it, man. Yo.

[Mario]

With Asian woman.

[DJ Envy]

That is crazy.

[Mario]

It wasn't an Asian woman.

[DJ Envy]

It's just.

[Mario]

It's just women in general. I think women are like fortune cookies, bro. Like, you know, it's like you never know what you gonna get if you really dive in and really get to know a woman on those more intimate levels, you know? And it's something that I've always prided myself on when getting to know somebody. I'm in a relationship now, and I'm still learning my girl. I'm still learning, like, how to unlock certain parts of her and, you know, how to make her feel safe in moments where I'm not around and, like, just so many elements to having a relationship with a woman, whether you're just a friend or whether you're in something deep like I am, it's just you never know what you're gonna get. You gotta crack open a fortune Cookie. Obviously, the record goes a little deeper into some, like, more intimate.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But, like, yeah, how does your girlfriend deal with all of the. Like, being Mario's girlfriend, everything's public. Like, when you post to her, there's, like, such a big response because they're like, she's not a black woman. Like, how does she deal with seeing stuff like that?

[Mario]

I think that she. She's a very, like, analytical person. Like me. Like, she dives into things to understand the psychology behind it. Like, like, what's. What's the what. What does it really mean? She understood to a certain degree. But she's also human, you know, so we've had conversations. She's like, I. I clapped back at people before. She clapped back at a couple of people. I'm like, yo, just don't. Yeah, don't even. Don't let it. You know. And then once that first initial one happened, she was like, oh, okay, I get enough. And I told her, you know, it's. It's. It's one of those things where people. Until they understand that you got something real, people hate you before they love you. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes. And that they don't even have to know you, right? But then there's a lot of support I don't want. And I think sometimes the Internet, like the. The dark and the ugly get more highlighted than the love, right? Even with me sometimes I. I see all these love you. No, I love what you're doing. We know you love black when we know you don't got nothing. And then that one or two comments, that's like, dark. You're like.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I'm saying?

[Mario]

And that's just human nature, right? So we just working through it together. It's my first, like, real public relationship in this way. Whereas, though, like, the picture. We were going on vacation for my birthday, and we had took some pictures that she posted a picture of her pregnant on her page before I did. But her page is probably like, babe, Nobody's gonna say, I'm like, babe, I'm. Go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Mario]

Next thing you know is, you know, So I was trying to tell her, like, you know, but I was. I'm not ashamed of it. So I was like, yo, go ahead, do your thing. And so it was beautiful. Like, I. I'm really proud that I'm able to say, out of all the men in my family, especially on my mom's side, like, that I can give my son something that I didn't have. You know, when he touches. When he incarnates on this planet, he's gonna have a different life than I had. And I'm proud of that, you know, and the growing pains of being an artist who's now more open with his life. I should have did this seven years ago, 10 years ago, but now I'm being more open. So this is the part.

[DJ Envy]

This is a part of it.

[Mario]

You gotta go through.

[DJ Envy]

Through it.

[Mario]

I'm ready. Come on. Congratulations. Put me in. Congratulations to you.

[DJ Envy]

Hold on real quick.

[Mario]

Yo, I want to give you your flowers. I'm so proud of you, Jess. I'm so proud of you, you know, where we come from, you know, you're raising a young king. You got another baby that you just had. You met. You're married now, right? Married now. Like you, doing your thing. And I'm proud of you. You know what I'm saying? I love you and I'm proud of you.

[DJ Envy]

I love you too, y'. All.

[Mario]

I'm saying. I just wanted to say that. Yeah, for sure.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What do you feel? Mario the man has grown the most compared to my Mario the artist.

[Mario]

That's a great question. Thank you. I think that I've been able to shadow work myself on a more honest and authentic level than I have before because. Not just because I'm about to be a father, but because I see. I see the world around me changing in ways that I'm like, when things get out of control. If you can't always control how your environment is going to. What is going to happen in the environments around you, because when you're an artist, things happen around you. You have to be exposed. If you want to have success, you got to be out here, right? And so it's really important for me to have control of myself on a deeper level, in control of my emotions and control of my. How I view the world, how I view people, how I view my relationships with people. Getting better at relationship building because I wasn't good at that as a young kid and as a young adult. And so just really doing that shadow work, bro, and also becoming a better friend to people that I consider important in my life instead of being, like, closed off or being like, okay, I can't trust nobody. Like, I'm not opening up to no. Like, having a little bit more grace and understanding that, bro. With greatness comes the opportunity for leadership. And with the opportunity for leadership, you're able to actually see the world from a different space. When you take on that role of being vulnerable and being a leader, which means coming up with solutions, right? And it could be anything. It could be in work, it could be in your personal life. It could be for your family. It could be for.

[DJ Envy]

For.

[Mario]

And I think that that's something that God blessed me with experiences to get through so that I can help people come up with solutions, you know? And it could be small things, bro. Somebody could call me one day and be like, yo, I'm going through this. You know what I'm saying? I. I just made my first, you know, $20,000, bro. My first hundred. Like, it's like those small things. I. That money, before I know how to. I Could give you advice on that. If I can't give you advice on some, I know somebody who can. Just being more open and vulnerable about life, man. And. And knowing that everybody's not out to hurt you, you know? And that comes from growth and doing shadow work.

[Charlamagne tha God]

When you first did your shadow work, did your shadow self escape?

[Mario]

It scared me when I felt like people weren't respecting the work that I was doing myself. And that triggered me. It was like, what the purpose of doing it, if nobody cares and they still gonna judge you, they still. And I realized, like, yo, bro, it doesn't matter if people don't see the work that you're doing. You can't change their perspective. You can't change how people see things, because they can only understand things on the level that they're experiencing. Right. I was reading this book called. The author's name is called Power versus Force of. You read that? But it's really good. And it basically talks about life by way of calibration. Like, it's from zero to 600, right? So you can have a conversation with your homie about running down on somebody. This might be calibrated like a 10, 10 or 20. But then you can have a conversation about growth and health and building, community building. That's calibrated at like a450,500. It just talks about how these things affect your body, how it affects your mind. And I got it from this chiropractor, but he doesn't do regular chiropractor work. He does, like, spiritual chiropractic work. Whereas, though he finds where your traumas are, you know, where you're lying to yourself, where you're not being honest.

[DJ Envy]

When.

[Mario]

The first time I worked with him, he brought me. He does it, like, in his backyard. He lives in la. And then he was like. He said, hold both your arms up. He's like, I'm actually a question. And you could choose to tell me the truth or tell me a lie. The one where I lied on him, my arm got weak. Like, literally, I'm not. It was like, if. It was like. And I knew I was lying. And then the one where I told the truth, it was like my arm was stuck, steady, it was strong. And I was like, damn, that's crazy. You don't think that, like, your body and your mind and. And how everything worked, like the truth, even if it's ugly, is more powerful than a lie. I mean, you could take that in so many different ways. But I would like to think that I want to live in A in a space where I can live as much truth as possible.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And.

[Mario]

And the lies aren't as. That I tell myself.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Absolutely.

[Mario]

You know what I'm saying? So I don't know. All that stuff is just a part of my journey.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Just say one time, your accent be going in and out. Your Baltimore accent.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You talking to me about the ebony.

[Mario]

It's cool. Nah, nah. It do. It do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then I forget what I asked you about. And he was like. And I was like, oh, yeah, he really. He from there.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because I haven't heard it yet, this interview. That's why I've been living.

[Mario]

I've been living in LA for like 15 years now, so. But if I go home for two weeks.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You said when he get mad, come out.

[Mario]

Yeah, it's crazy when he get upset.

[DJ Envy]

About something that he trying to get you mad.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good luck.

[DJ Envy]

You do not get Mario.

[Mario]

You definitely don't at all. So.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So question.

[DJ Envy]

Right when they got mad at you for kicking the cameraman off stage?

[Mario]

Yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I thought that was kind of crazy, cuz that's your time to perform. You don't know who this dude is on stage?

[Mario]

I think that it was just people not used to seeing me like that, bro. Like, yeah, man. Yeah, like you. So it's like I try not to get mad, bro, because when I get mad, I get mad. You know what I'm saying? And then it's like, I'm like, it takes a lot to get me mad. Right. So when I get there, hopefully I don't want it to be seen ever. Like, I don't want people to see that side of me. Like. And it's not like I'm not human. I just. It can get taken out of context. Which it did.

[DJ Envy]

Right? Right.

[Mario]

So I'm going to tell the story officially here on Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Mario]

They hit us for this fair. I'm like, okay, it's close in la. We'll take the sprint up. Go up there, do it, knock it out. We come back to the crib, right?

[DJ Envy]

Cool.

[Mario]

Family only say, all right, cool, Lloyd.

[DJ Envy]

Couple of artists. All right, bet.

[Mario]

Let's do it. I get to my shows usually if it's shows with other people, I get there like. Like when we doing a drink, probably get it like 10, 15 minutes before. Cuz I don't like sitting in the dressroom. I get antsy. Like, man. So. So no one told me that a cameraman was going to be on stage at all. So when I go on stage, I'm performing and I keep seeing a figure around me, the stage is pretty big. I keep seeing a figure. I'm like, okay. Then when I saw him for the first time, I'm like, damn. Did he jump up from. Because he didn't have a camera, bro. He had an iPhone on a joint. Go look at the video. So I'm like, all right. He must have jumped from out of the crowd. Came on my irony trip or whatever. He over there. But then he got comfortable, and on the stage, they got. They had too many speakers. They had more speakers because usually every artist get to say what they want their stage to be like, right? They left the other artist speakers on the stage. So it was more speakers than it was supposed to be. So I'm looking for where he about to go. And I tripped one time over the over court. I ain't say nothing. I'm like, man, crazy. I gotta watch out. Then as I'm walking back to the right side of the stage, he's all the way downstage, like, like, near the speaker. Like, you. You should be like, further back. Like, you feel me? And in that moment, it's like, yo, you got to get the off the stage, bro. Right?

[DJ Envy]

You done already tripped.

[Mario]

I'm like, you got to get the off. Like, it wasn't even like, I hate you. Get off the. Like, it was just like, get the off. I just. You feel me? It was like that, right Then you even apologize. Shortly after was like, oh, that was a half ass apology. But I didn't even realize he went on tour.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Went on tour?

[Mario]

What you mean? He went on a press tour by it. So, like, I was like, I'm like, bro, you know, let me just do this. But yeah, that's what happened.

[DJ Envy]

He was.

[Mario]

Yeah, but he was supposed to be there proudly. And then, you know, but it really was just. I didn't know he had an iPhone.

[DJ Envy]

Have you taken your girl to Baltimore and she where?

[Mario]

Yeah, she's been in Baltimore like three. She went with me on Thanksgiving one year. We went to Baltimore. We went to Philly Family affiliate Baltimore. She from. She's Mexican. Oh, she's from. She's from Sacramento.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Girl come from over here too.

[DJ Envy]

Mexican as well.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you. But he black and Mexican. I. I think straight Mexican.

[Mario]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can I ask y' all a question?

[DJ Envy]

What's up?

[Mario]

Y. Doesn't matter.

[DJ Envy]

Nope. It don't matter.

[Mario]

Yo, you see how I'm saying no?

[DJ Envy]

I just wanted to know how.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Girlfriend is Mexican.

[Mario]

Yeah, like, doesn't matter.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It don't matter. To me, it might matter. And Dr. Umar no, she's not that kind.

[DJ Envy]

She legal?

[Mario]

Yeah, man. Everybody legal? Everybody good.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I think love is love.

[DJ Envy]

Love is love.

[Mario]

Love is definitely love.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But. But I. I do like to see black men with black women, though. But that. That's. That's just because that's what I feel.

[Mario]

Nah, for sure. I love to see all of it. I love to see all those.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But I want you to be in love if you love her.

[Mario]

Love is, man. I wouldn't be. I wouldn't be here if I didn't love love her. I wouldn't. We wouldn't be here if we didn't.

[DJ Envy]

Love each other or procreating like this.

[Mario]

Exactly. 1,000%. Like, we having a beautiful experience right now. The only, you know, the hardest part, obviously, is always the traveling, right? Being away from home, checking in, being like, damn, if I'm on stage and something's happening, I will not. I can't get the crap. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's hard.

[Mario]

This. This has been. This has been hard because it's like things were already in motion. These toys were already playing, you know? But I get off tour in December, and I'll be home for all the holidays.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't think you owe anybody an explanation, though. I think that's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was tricky.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's like, why are you explaining who you love?

[Mario]

You know, it's not so much explaining who I love, is it? It's. It's the narrative of, oh, Mario doesn't like black women that I have an issue with. And where this narrative was created from, that's the thing about the Internet is, like, you can't just leave that, you know, out in the air. That's crazy. You know what I'm saying? So I know I'd rather confront it so people understand that it's a lie and it's not true, versus not saying anything about it, which I've done in a couple interviews since that interview, you know. But the way he asked it was. So he set me up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, what's your relationship with black women? Right. No, that wasn't the first question.

[Mario]

No, that was like the. He was like, do you have a problem with black women?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's a wild question.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The way you answered it, that we played that clip here, the way I don't think it. It didn't make it any worse, but I think it made people try to find another reason why you don't like black.

[Mario]

It was that psychologically, these podcasts and people. When people are listening, everybody doesn't have the Same way they receive things. And we're dealing with. Y' all know, we dealing with. Brian got said, you know, we dealing with. In the coming. You know, and so it's like, yes, of course. Like, I come from. I'm a black man who comes from a black city, who comes from the. The. The. The. The struggles of black people in this country. So I come from what my core. A lot of my core fans come from. So of course, it's like, if someone says something like, do you have a problem? The people who never even heard that question will be like, wait, you got a problem?

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Mario]

It's like. It's a site.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's like, right?

[Mario]

So of course I gotta say.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I'm saying?

[Mario]

I'm defending that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But then you bring in to say.

[Mario]

That I love black women and black women of the most beautiful creatures on this planet. And so why do you hate him?

[DJ Envy]

No, he told. What is he talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Say, I feel like it made people do what he doing right now.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, bro, I.

[Mario]

Hey, look, for everybody who hates Charlemagne. Hey, listen.

[DJ Envy]

But where did y' all meet?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What did y.

[DJ Envy]

Me.

[Mario]

We met. I met. I met her in Florida, like, years ago when I was living in Miami. We met, and her mom was living at the time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, we met.

[Mario]

Like, we met. We've known each other for, like. For, like, nine years. You know what I'm saying? So we've seen each other through relationship. We've been friends for so long. Yeah. Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm happy for you, brother.

[Mario]

I appreciate it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I really enjoyed this conversation.

[Mario]

Let's do it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hearing you do the work is good, man.

[Mario]

Let's go.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Is Mario. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fat.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. 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.

[DJ Envy]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

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

[Mario]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, guys, so we have more clarity. Yesterday we talked about Portia Williams and the fact that she was on the FBI's radar following an incident that happened on the flight, but we didn't know what actually happened.

[Mario]

Happened.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So yesterday I spoke to Portia's attorney. His name is Joe Habaki or Hibachi, and he says Ms. Williams. He says Ms. Williams or Portia was verbally assaulted, they alleged, by an irate and unhinged Passenger without being provoked. The passenger they alleged then proceeded to make false allegations that were in direct conflict with observations from several eyewitnesses. He then goes on to clarify why the FBI is involved. Because when this was reported and mentioned. FBI is mentioned. Mentioned. It sounds so super serious. I mean, it is. It's the FBI. But he clears it up. He says, as with any incident that occurs aboard an aircraft, federal authorities are required to conduct an investigation involving all parties to determine what, if any, offenses occurred. He did mention that, you know, Porch is cooperating to the fullest extent. They just want this to be cleared up, though. So there's a little bit more detail in there for you guys. So it sounds like, according to Portia's attorney, it sounds like it was not her fault. They're alleging.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So, yeah, she was being heckled.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what it seems like. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And what happened to the heckler? Because we only see them take her off or walk her off. I haven't walked the other person off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have not gotten a response to that yet. I've asked Delta. You know, I sent this statement, asked them.

[DJ Envy]

I had.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know that.

[DJ Envy]

What do you call a Delta? You just call Delta.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They have media. They have media contacts. They have a communications department.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But Capital P wasn't getting walked off the plane.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's another thing as well. Yes, I believe I might have even said it. And there were other reports.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's why I bought it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So she was not escorted off the plane or walked off the plane. She just got off the plane. And the police. I mean, not the police, and the authorities were there because they were called. But it wasn't like she had to get, like, removed from the plane.

[DJ Envy]

But that's what it seemed like from.

[Mario]

The video that everybody posted.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, it was a fair thing. You looked at that video, and you know how sometimes these things happen where they do have to remove people. I think it was a fair thing for people to think. But to clarify that she was not escorted off of the plane.

[DJ Envy]

Gotcha.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, in other news, Vivica Fox, I think she's finally done talking about 50. She says they have made up. Let's take a listen. You've done self healing and you said, but it took some time. And now I can actually laugh about this.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And I was glad he had a funny response about it as well. We're no longer fighting, y'.

[Mario]

All. Oh, this is so.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did notice that he said he would put you in the matrix. That would be nice to Go into the Matrix. And you know what else made it great?

[Charlamagne tha God]

He said he loved me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, he did.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you guys, I. I will always have.

[Mario]

You know, you got that one.

[DJ Envy]

We are in a. In a good place.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I'll take the blue pill.

[DJ Envy]

Okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

But, girl, I was talking about that. You always got that one. I know I got that one. And I. Oh.

[DJ Envy]

My goodness. The orgasms were foul. There's always going to be a soft.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Spot for 50 with her, and it's.

[DJ Envy]

Always going to be a soft spot for Vivica from 50 because he. Everybody else, but he do not go crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's like fake crazy. Like in what he posted, he said, you know, I love me some you, girl, but it's been 22 years, Viva. He said, I know. I got you in the Matrix.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Speaking of spots, though, that's why you gotta hit that spot. When you hit that spot, you haven't thinking about you forever. You heard what she just said. It's all about that big O. And I ain't talking about, oh, Oprah. Okay, once, because it's very. It's such a very hard thing for women to do, right? Like that. Y' all don't get there easily.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not. Yeah, not all the time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So when you got that one, that make you get there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what they say. You get the right person.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's what I'm saying. You said what?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nothing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Running back like a quarterback.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I said, okay. Wait, what? No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's what you just said.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No. In other news, bow wow and B2.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You got a two boyfriend friends?

[DJ Envy]

Don't do that. Keep going. Just keep.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bow wow and b2k are going back out on tour for the first time since the Scream tour. Let's take a listen to Bow Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Heard you going on tour. Yeah, man. It's about to be real crazy out here, you know? I'm saying, about to make history with my brothers.

[Charlamagne tha God]

B2K.

[DJ Envy]

It's only right. Y' all been asking for it. It's gonna be special, you know, I mean, me and the boys, we ain't tore together in over 20 years. It's monumental, man. B2K. Bow wow, man. Special. Only right. And this whole thing really came from the. From the boys, you know what I'm saying? Them fixing their differences and sitting at the table and talking. And then from there, BET Awards, and we all performed during the 100 Season park tribute. They hollered at me and they like, yo, bro, this is our time. It's our moment. What can we expect at my career? I Think pretty much. Fans ain't know what to expect with the dog getting high energy number hits. My shows are never the same, so just be expecting the best, not only from myself, but from the boys. Everybody in good spirits. And we ready.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So this is a 28.

[DJ Envy]

I can't wait for that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm either. Me either. That was one of the first concerts I. I went to. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What? It's really crazy. Bow wow stays on the road, too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

28 city tour kicking off February 12th at the Colonial Life arena in Columbia, South Carolina.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Metro.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So they're gonna be hitting a lot of places in a lot of cities. I want this last. Y' all know, last time was it who was together? Never mind. I'm not even gonna go there.

[DJ Envy]

I heard Bow Wow talk about. He was saying that they could still go on tour because their music meant so much to a generation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We have that clip. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

There's a reason why it's not a lot of new artists really on tour.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Youngboy did his thing. I'm just thinking, this year, Gunna about.

[Charlamagne tha God]

To go on tour as well.

[DJ Envy]

Gunna's about to go out. Shout out. Shout out to Gunna.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's not a lie.

[DJ Envy]

Look, we can't even think now. Listen to this. Randy, Monica, right? Wayne, Bow Wow, Trey Songz, Chris Breezy. Then you got got me and B2K. We had Nelly and Ja rule, and them went out, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yep.

[Mario]

Jacket Edge.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm gonna go on. You see, 50 Cent just did his world, right. Just lack the word, right? These are all millennial artists. The younger, like, the new artists should take that in consideration. Like, damn, we putting out music and it's hot and we. And we popping. Yeah, you popping for them first seven months. But then when you look up eight years from now, bow wow 55 still running arenas and you out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You got a point. You forgot Kendrick and Sza, though.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Kendrick and Sizzle.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I think there's definitely some OG toys rate be POPP, some era tours. Right? Because you got B2K, and is it just Omarion or is B2K? Yeah, they got back together. And then you got. Yeah, and then you got New Edition and Boys to Men with Tony Braxton.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then you got.

[DJ Envy]

Damn, it was just somebody else. I just had Brandy and Monica 112 and then 112. You know what I'm saying? It's like all these different eras going on tour.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's ready be crazy out here because people want something they can feel right now, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And also too I was gonna say.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They got discounted tickets on Facebook because the economy, A lot of those shows you would like to go to, but times is hard out here, man. You know, they gotta have some discounted tickets on Facebook.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, this tour is being done by the Black Promoters Collective, and they're normally pretty good about their pricing. I will say that about the tours that they do. So I. I don't know the answer to that Facebook question, but I can get it for you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because you need these to be successful.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, yes. And. And I will say most of the, not even, most of the time, any of the tours that I've seen the Black Promoters Collective behind, like they also did the Patti LaBelle. Yeah, they're. They get the people there and they understand the pricing because they know their audience is so. Yes. And as we rap, I could do it.

[DJ Envy]

Was it quick enough?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I just.

[Charlamagne tha God]

There's no such thing as quick with Lord.

[DJ Envy]

You're right. You're right.

[Mario]

Absolutely right.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you for the latest with Lauren. Sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes. Who you giving that, man? These little young teenagers in Chicago. Somebody got to put belt to ass to them, man. We need the teenagers that assaulted Konda Hatter and her nine year old son to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with them.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that Next. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good morning. Don't be in a date because you mean I am not. There's a bunch of donkeys out here in the street.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is why Charlemagne is here.

[Charlamagne tha God]

If we live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may have been, we never would say anything.

[DJ Envy]

On the Breakfast Club. In the words of Charlemagne, the God, he's a donkey. Oh, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Charlemagne, you giving donkey today to Hoop now. Well, Busta Rhymes donkey today for Wednesday, November 19, goes to those group of children and teens in Chicago who decided they wanted to jump a 33 year old mother named Krishonda Hatter and her 9 year old son, Crashonda. I am so sorry that happened to you and your son. I refused to watch the video because reading about the story was enough to just disturb my spirit. Okay. Hearing the news report was enough to disturb my spirit. And I hate to disturb your spirits this morning. Well, let's go to Fox 32 for the report, please. Well, there is outrage in South Deering tonight. A mother and child beaten on the way home from school.

[DJ Envy]

The attack was caught on cell phone.

[Mimi Brown]

Video and has sparked demands for immediate action.

[DJ Envy]

Casey Cronus is live at Chicago Police headquarters with the latest. Casey?

[Mimi Brown]

That's right. And community members, as you mentioned, they want answers now.

[DJ Envy]

Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials tonight are condemning the attack as well.

[Mimi Brown]

Calling it deeply in disturbing. And we need to warn you it.

[DJ Envy]

Is heartbreaking to watch this video.

[Mimi Brown]

It happened yesterday shortly after school dismissal and we have blurred and frozen the video before things escalate. Chicago police are now investigating after a 33 year old mother named Korshanda and her 9 year old son were viciously attacked near 106th and Bensley. Her young daughter was also there. The terrifying incident unfolded just a couple blocks away from Orville Bright Elementary School where the boy is a student.

[DJ Envy]

Korshanda says they were walking home when.

[Mimi Brown]

A group of kids began following them, then started punching and kicking the mother and son.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I hate to hear people that helpless, okay? I know we say things like hate is a strong word and it is. And it's perfectly okay to say I hate that kind of behavior. I hate people who display that kind of behavior. I don't care that they're kids, okay? The news reports that children and teens, okay, they're children and teens, kids, whatever you want to call them. There's something you need to learn early that a lot of people learn late. And what you need to learn is there are consequences to every action. I look at this situation and I think to myself, man, I don't care what happens to those kids. But I know I'm lying to myself because I do care what happens to those kids because I understand the environment that makes those kids, kids become those little savages, okay? I know the socio economic conditions that created that. Not excusing their behavior at all because I want them to be punished to the full extent of the law. What I actually want to happen or what wanted to happen was for some other adults to come through and intervene, okay, While it was happening and start beating their little ass. Because if you want to act grown, you should get treated grown in situations like this one. I'm all for that, okay? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. They needed their little heads busted, okay? They needed their young asses kicked. You know, I am a huge mental health advocate, okay? I have a non profit called the Mental Health alliance and we advocate for social emotional learning in schools. These kids need it. We really need to address youth mental health with social and emotional learning in schools. But when I hear stories like this, it lets me know we also need priests to perform exorcisms on some of these kids, okay? I don't know the ages of these kids, all right? But the, the ones that were teens need to face severe consequences. And the ones that weren't teens, I don't even know how you begin to punish them because what are they afraid of? If you jump in a 33 year old woman and her 9 year old son in broad daylight, what are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? Losing. Tick tock.

[DJ Envy]

Huh?

[Charlamagne tha God]

These, these types of kids aren't even afraid to die because they clearly don't understand the value of life yet. Because if they value their own lives, then they would value the lives of others and they would never do anything like this. All right, Ice, you might be detaining and deporting the wrong people. All right? This is the epitome of we losing recipes. There was a time when kids respected the elders. And Kasanda, I know you're 33, but you an elder to those kids. And there was a time you didn't cut up in front of the elders. In fact, whatever BS you was on, you stopped when an adult came around. You didn't fight in front of the grown ups. But now these kids is jumping the grown ups. And what's sad is Corshonda said the situation still stemmed from bullying at Chicago's Orville Bright elementary School. So imagine comforting your nine year old trying to protect them from bullying and these little punks end up jumping on YouTube. Let's listen to Sister Krishan to speak, please.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They fought my son, hit my son first all in his face. Then they dragged me in the grass and pulled my little baby hair. I'm trying to get justice for my son. Thankful for everybody that came out here today to support.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Man, I, I love us, but I love me more. And you can't use youth as an excuse to not hurt one of these kids. And if Kashanda would have had a pistol on her and let a shot fly, y' all be, y' all be crucifying her right now for shooting a child when the reality is all she was trying to do was protect herself and her nine year old. Okay? Let me tell you why in something and let me tell you why n's parents something. Y' all better get these kids the recipes, okay? You better monitor what they watching on YouTube and what they taking in on social media because Satan is not playing with the minds of our children. And I don't give a damn. The first law of nature is self preservation. If you love your child and you don't want to have to dress your child in a Fresh quarter zip for their funeral. Then you better teach them some damn respect. Please let Remy Ma give these youngest who jumped Krishan De Hatters and her nine year old son the biggest. He y'.

[Mario]

All.

[DJ Envy]

He ha.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He you stupid.

[Mario]

Are you dumb?

[Charlamagne tha God]

My good friend Stacy Shells Harvey. She hit me up. She is the CEO of Regeneration Schools. Dropping the clues bombs for Stacy Harvey. Okay. CEO of Regeneration Schools. She heard us discussing earlier because you know, this is the donkey of the day replay. She heard us discussing during. During donkey. What should happen to these kids? Cuz you know, we really don't know what should happen to these kids. And she had some suggestions, right? She is, like I said, the CEO of Regeneration Schools. Co founder of the organization operates a network of kindergarten to 8th grade public charter schools in Chicago and Cincinnati. And she said that Child Protective Services should get involved.

[DJ Envy]

Child Protective Services?

[Mimi Brown]

Parents?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, she said Child Protective Services should get involved. They need to identify every child involved from the video. They gonna do that regardless. All of those families should be in Child Protective Services where someone from the county money is coming out to see what's going on in the household. Holding the parents accountable, making sure these kids go to school. She said the school should issue suspensions because it was a dismissal. That's still their jurisdiction. But then Child Protective Services should then be monitoring the children's behaviors at schools, getting reports from the schools and families. And they should know that if anything else happens with your kid is going to the next level. Because people don't like the idea, idea of government getting involved. But when your child is behaving, behaving like that, there has to be consequences and there has to be consequences coming from somewhere. And she said it happens all over Chicago all the time. This is not a new thing where, you know, kids are trying to fight adults or kids are trying to fight their teachers.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, okay. I mean it's scary when you, when you bring in, you know, CPS because you just don't want nobody's child taken out for an unjust reason, right? If they have a history, yes, I get it. But sometimes kids are just stupid.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Stupid.

[DJ Envy]

And kids do what their friends do, you know, I mean, which is stupid. I'm not saying I'm not giving them a reason to, but I would hate for to see a kid taken out of.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Here's the thing about a family without them, you know, if you don't intervene now, that behavior continues. And guess what? You ain't gonna have to call nobody. They're gonna come get your ass. Once you become an adult all right. But when you do stuff like that. Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no. Those kids definitely should be held accountable.

[Mario]

But I'm just.

[DJ Envy]

I would hate to CPS to take them kids out the house without having the parents beat their ass first. First.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't. I don't know. I'm just telling you what Stacy said.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Salute to Stacy. Thank you, Stacy. That is the donkey.

[Mario]

Thank you, Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

Now, when we come back, Ray J will be joining us. Oh, God.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's exactly what adults are going to intervene for this.

[DJ Envy]

I bet. I bet y' all had fun with this one. This is crazy. It got serious. We'll get to it. Next. It got real serious. Y' all think Ray J can do no wrong. That's your problem. Y' all do Charlamagne and Envy love Ray J so much. Y' all never tell this man when he wrong.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's a damn lie. That's all me and Ray J do is tell each other when we wrong on air and off air.

[DJ Envy]

We'll talk to him next. I just tell him to call Charlemagne. We'll talk to him next.

[Mario]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Donkey. Today is brought to you by the law office of Michael S. Lamisoft. Peace to the planet. I go by the name of Charlemagne, the God. And the holidays are almost hit. Yeah. A time to see things clearly. If you're still rocking glasses or contacts in 2025, why treat yourself to the gift of perfect vision with my people over at Del Russo Laser Vision. Reach out and touch. 855-646-2020. Today they've got a 24 month no interest payment plan in locations all across New York and New Jersey. Our book [e-mail]. enjoy the seasons with clarity and confidence.

[DJ Envy]

You've seen the ads. Pre owned car prices that seem too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good to be true. Because often they are. Once you try to buy one, the final price is thousands more.

[DJ Envy]

You've been duped.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But that won't happen.

[DJ Envy]

Major world where what you negotiate. Morning, everybody.

[Mario]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. La Rosa is here. We got a special guest in the building. Ray J is here.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray J. How you doing, my brother? Blessings to you. After Pelly Pelly.

[DJ Envy]

It's a new designer, but welcome, Ray. How are you feeling, man? How you feeling, brother? You good? I'm feeling good.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You got a lot going on.

[DJ Envy]

Lot going on. Yeah. I. I want to. I want to make it really. I'm happy that this is My platform now. Thank you for giving me the opportunity.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

To.

[Charlamagne tha God]

To.

[DJ Envy]

To go into the holidays in the Q4 correctly. Okay. With respect and honor and love.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, let's start with the legal stuff.

[DJ Envy]

What legal stuff? Well, I thought y' all didn't want to. I thought that we couldn't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Why can't we?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, you mean.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna say first and foremost, I just want to tell, you know, people don't know that, but we really love you, Ray. Like for. For. For new listeners. Ray was our first guest ever on the Breakfast. Yes. Before I went crazy on the rant.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Right before the rant.

[DJ Envy]

I was the first guest guest on the Breakfast Club ever. I was the first guest ever. He was the first viral moment also on the Breakfast Club as well. Yeah, yeah. So we got. We. We love Ray. We talk about Ray all the time. And good or bad, we just know what we love. I would rather you guys always talk good about me, but it's okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But the bad is on you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But yeah, and the bad also.

[DJ Envy]

Some of you guys are my friends and plus we're all entertainers and you guys have to do what you have to. To do. Charlamagne knows sometimes I get a little emotional all the time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Me and Ray had a good heart to heart earlier this year.

[DJ Envy]

Like. Yeah. And so sometimes because I get emotional, you know, and, and terrible person, but I do sometimes. But because we're all in our zone, I'm a journalist as well. And so I just, I just feel a little bit like this is my personal people. But you guys have to keep it neutral, you know, throughout, you know, the day because that's the way you're supposed to be. So it can be one sided because that's not what journalism is about.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I appreciated the phone call though, because I'm like, you know, there's not people that's gonna be honest and that's the way Ray was feeling.

[DJ Envy]

But he was on My Live first, he was like, charlamagne's a piece of ishy. I hate Charlamagne.

[Mario]

I was like, call him.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I think this is.

[DJ Envy]

After that he said, call him. And then so we talked. Even we, we went. We. I call Charlamagne a lot. And, and there's just times when I feel like, you know, sometimes y' all can have my back or, or, you know, in certain instances what I'm going through. Just give it a little more seriousness on my side. But, but we do, we put. We protect Ray a lot, but Ray.

[Charlamagne tha God]

J got a comedian energy to where you don't know when he being serious or not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was the first time we spoke and I am serious conversation. But I didn't know when you were being serious. And sometimes I laughed and I put on mute because I didn't want you to feel away, but you're just laugh.

[DJ Envy]

Put on mute was crazy because he's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Funny naturally, but he. He's really serious and everything's like so heartfelt. So you don't want to laugh.

[DJ Envy]

But yeah, a lot of people try to hold it in. But I'm serious. I'm serious. Everything that I've been going through, it's been up and down and everybody has their up and down days and I think with the streaming world and shout out to Kai Sonat for kind of like opening up his doors to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Because he really like put us really on in the stream in a different way. And from there, when you're on your streams and you're streaming 24 hours, it's like they're.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So you go through these therapy sessions with your chat because nothing's bigger than the chat. And then you. I don't. I don't know. Every time it's gonna go this viral when I be saying certain things. So then I watch it the next day and I'm like, oh man, I gotta stand on that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But people, I'm telling you what I love too. I love seeing you on stage with your sister and I love seeing your niece with you. I love when I see your real family around you. That's when you look your whole, your whole, your whole.

[DJ Envy]

And I was so excited when I found out we were coming up here together. I'm like, von, this is everything because. Because again, I do want to turn the tides and I do want to, you know, showcase a different side of me because I think we. We've been crashing out to the left too much. And again, everything's entertainment. But, you know, you just want to make sure you kind of like guarantee to everybody that this isn't a liability situation. Or every time I'm in the airport and they like, we praying for you, Ray J. Hope everything's okay. I'm like, damn. Because people don't know when you're crashing out, crashing out or if you're just entertaining. So it's been a lot of. We praying for you, man. God bless you, man. Hope you're gonna be all right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because people think you on drugs. They think you got mental health issues, which we all deal with our own mental health issues.

[DJ Envy]

Mental health is serious. And shout out to Dr. Cheyenne Bryant. Yeah, she's. I mean, we talk a lot, and off camera, it's always off camera. But she helps me through certain things. And Dr. Scott, too, out of Cleveland, Pastor Scott helps me through some of. Some of the issues that I'll be going through too, and it helps me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Man, what have you learned? What have you learned about yourself?

[DJ Envy]

Well, you gotta watch yourself. It's easy to know it when you just watch it. And I think without adding in the trolling, you know, it's just me just keeping it real. And a lot of times people can't, I think, keep it this real because. Because there's a lot of different situations that might be in front of them. The job, their workspace, their partners, the people that. Around them that might feel away, that's paying, you know, the bills, whatever it is. You know, there's a lot of things that people go through that keep them away from being this extremely blunt. But for me, it's not like that. And I think that I have to hold myself responsible to hold some of this stuff in as we grow. And as I grow, I'm getting older, and I want my niece to be proud of me, and I want the team to be proud of me. And we can't. We can't crash out in 2026.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So when the public paints you as the bad guy for years, what does that do to you mentally? How do you protect your piece, man?

[DJ Envy]

You just turn into the bad guy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, okay. Lean into your shadow side.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you. Well, you not only lean into it, because I think that's the only thing that I think makes sense. You know, it's almost like, you know, if. If you're doing something that's extremely believable, then it works. But if you're doing something that's not, and it might be really who you really are, people don't understand it. And so it. It. Sometimes it takes a toll to try to, like, hey, I'm gonna be positive for 2026. Ray J's gonna turn the new leaf. He's gonna be a good person, but that's who I am internally, no matter what. So when the character comes out, if it gets over the top top, and it's. The impressions are up, you know, the Prof. The profits are up, you know what I mean? The numbers are up. Then it makes sense. But. But then on the other side, you know, there's a negative side to that too, with whatever comments people are putting in. I don't read any comments or nothing, but overall, just. I really Want my, My. My family to be proud of me, and they want me to show a different side of myself. You know what I mean? That I don't really show. And so I'm up for it. And I want to do it for 20, 26. Is Ray J sober now? Last time you were up here, you was playing with the little lean, but you look thinner, you look clearer. So I'm assuming not anymore. With the lean. Yes. Yeah. No, not the lean. Certain things are bad. Are bad. And I think you don't even know last time you was up here, you know, me and Charlamagne dumped it out and act like it was really there. It wasn't there. And that's what, that's where. That's what I'm saying. Like we dumped it out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You don't think we love each other?

[DJ Envy]

No, it's okay. It's okay. Now it's very expensive. So it was just like.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Very expensive.

[DJ Envy]

But no, again, you have to have self control eventually, over time. Time. Because if you have the option to make mistakes and just. And it works, the mistakes work, then you find yourself in a weird position because crashing out works. So how do you balance that with, you know, just being level in life? And sometimes for me, it just gets confusing and everything just becomes blank and it all just gets real blurry right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Now, you know, when you think about Rayquan, Raycon Tronics, you built these hundred million dollar businesses. To me, that's working.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne tha God]

This crashing out is just attention online. That's not really working.

[DJ Envy]

But it does work. It does work for impressions. It does work for certain skills. When you're doing Snapchat or you're doing Twitter or you're doing Instagram, you're doing Twitch and you're running, you know, 15 ads an hour. And you want your CPM to be solid, right? And you're running them at night, night and late night, and you want those to work as well. So I think it all works if you're looking at it from a really scientific level. And I think a lot of people don't think we look at it like that, but we do. But enough is enough at some point, right? And I don't know when it is. I don't know when enough is enough. Because I'm like, enough's enough now. But I'm like, is it enough? So are you changing a new leaf now?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Cause two days ago, I'm not even listening to this.

[DJ Envy]

You called Mario Gang gay. I called Mario. No, I said, I never seen Mario with a woman. But I love Mario, and I'm sure he has women. And I'm sorry, Mom.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He's on Instagram with his pregnant.

[DJ Envy]

I'm so sorry, woman. Exactly. So I made a mistake. Also, you said Wale was, you know, you said, like, the hospitality of his show and pretty much call him a sucker. I'm sorry, Wale, for that as well. And. And I want to extend my apology to Wale. Mario. He did a great job with Brandi. I appreciate Brandi for having my back. She said I needed to just slow down on all the extracurricular things that I do on the side and I would be able to compete. So you no longer want to battle him in the Versus. In a Versus. What? They had the main stage. They were headlining the verses, and then we did the. The beginning of the verses, and all together collectively, it was a successful disaster.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I told Mario that he didn't let you on stage. Cause he was afraid of the smoke.

[DJ Envy]

I'm telling you because I was on the side. I seen Mario on the side of the stage. I walk up to him. We in Baltimore or. No, we in D.C. we got mar.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Let's hear Mar. Mar. We got Mar. We want to let you hear what Mario said.

[Mario]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Shout out to Mark. Shout out to Mario. Even if he says something bad, God bless him.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, he didn't say.

[Mario]

He didn't say that bad.

[DJ Envy]

He's here. No, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Not. He's here. Like, we had him in the closet just waiting for you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Come on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You worry.

[DJ Envy]

You got to be King Cooper tomorrow. I just. Today.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Sara's here, and, you know, Sheila's here, and the whole team is here.

[Charlamagne tha God]

King Cooper.

[DJ Envy]

Don't hide. Don't hide me, King Cooper.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay, stop playing.

[DJ Envy]

I hit. I hit the homie and said, wow, you have my back for one time. Yes. I said, I know you haven't DJ Envy. You haven't had it for a few times.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You ain't let him on that stage because you knew what was gonna happen at the Wild. Yeah, yeah.

[Mario]

You said, I didn't let him on stage.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray J wanted to do the verses right there.

[Mario]

You can ask Ray J what happened backstage. I was like, yo, let's do it. Let's make it happen. He was like, nigga, shrink me. Just. Just. I don't care what you do. Just. Let's just make it happen. I'm like, I didn't even know he was gonna be there. I said, I bet. I got you. They didn't let him on Stage. It wasn't me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's not Ray J's story. Ray J's story was I wanted to do the verses right then. So Mario was like, nah.

[Mario]

Out of all people, you trust Ray D Story?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[Mario]

You told him you trust Ray J's story?

[DJ Envy]

Out of all people, why would you. You. I don't know, Mario. That's not okay. I saw Mario behind the stage, and when they said, mario's here, I'm like, no way. This is a coincidence. It's perfect for us to do what we got to do. I didn't know because somebody. Well, my management said Wale wanted Ray J to come out for a homecoming event or whatever. And I'm like, I'm doing the DMV Baltimore subathon. Anyway, let's go up there. I didn't talk to Wale or none of them, so I didn't know really who invited me. I ended up backstage. They said, mario's upstairs. I said, let's go find him. We went up. I said, mario, what's up? He said, what's up, Ray J? I said, what's up? I said, it's time. I said, you about to get on stage, and then I need to battle you with my song. I said, bro, even if I lose, we gotta. We gotta do it. He said, and I promise you, give me five minutes to think about it. And I go, five minutes to think about it. So then he goes down, and then I go down 10 minutes later, and he's performing. So he didn't give me the five minutes. He just, like, kind of shaded me on that end. And so I was standing on the side of the stage. Stage waiting for a mic. And they start directing me off, like, traffic, like, with the car, like, ray J, come on this way. Go that way. Now get the hell out of here. And I was just like, yo, it was crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But they kicked you out?

[DJ Envy]

They didn't kick me out, but they kind of just told me to get off because they. They was like, we don't want no problems here. What Ray J, was it. Was it this Ray J, or was it. It was. It was this Ray J. My eyes was really wide, and I was ready to get on stage, okay? They go, we don't want those problems here. Come on. And I just was like, all right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did Mario ever look over and see you? Like, you know, how you want to stage?

[DJ Envy]

But you could see he didn't want no problems at that point because I knew that dc, which is one of my favorite cities in the world, I Love dc. Shout out to Kathy Hughes. Shout out to DC I wanted it so bad, but they. They didn't. They didn't let it happen. So I respect it. I was a little mad, but I think after that night, I started to go, you know what? Maybe I'm a little mad too much. Maybe I need to switch up from the Casamigos to maybe Tito's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How many Casamigos we left out?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You got? I say three. In the possible, Ray J.

[DJ Envy]

It just depends on where you are. Like, I think that the. The. The verses for no Limit and cash Money should have been in New Orleans. Absolutely. It would have been a whole nother thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So where does Ray J's versus take place? Ray J's versus, Like, if you have the perfect setting.

[DJ Envy]

In Baltimore.

[Lauren LaRosa]

In Baltimore. Okay.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

In his hometown.

[Charlamagne tha God]

In Mario's hometown.

[DJ Envy]

Because I love. I love Mario and I love Baltimore.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I think doing it in LA wouldn't be fair because now I'm doing songs that Mario might not have even heard, and they still lit and they still platinum, you know?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What song do you lead with? Like, what's your number one?

[DJ Envy]

The song that I lead with is One Wish.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, out the gate.

[DJ Envy]

No, because I got. I got a new gospel version.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's dope. You. You should be allowed to do one wish three times. Three different ways you're supposed to get three wishes. So. So it should be more than one wish. So one wish, then you do a one wish, then you can do a one wish. Afro beats kill them.

[DJ Envy]

I think one wish five times.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Then. Sexy can I. I said this is what I said.

[DJ Envy]

I said let me love you is not bigger than one wish.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You should let me love you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know if I wish I love One Wish. I'd love to see you perform it. But I. I do think, what's the metric? Let me love you is bigger, but.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You can look it up. You can see what you. Well.

[DJ Envy]

But then also. Also take into account I'm 1,000% independent. Like, there's.

[Charlamagne tha God]

There's.

[DJ Envy]

There's no. There's no. Like, there's no Kotch distribution on this one. There's no epic distribution on this one. This is just straight sanctuary. And Ray J. 3%, like, deal within 97 US forever.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sexy can I, Sexy can I Sexy.

[DJ Envy]

Can I Is bigger than let me love you to me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hit it first is a possible.

[DJ Envy]

Hit it first is not. Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You can do hit it first.

[DJ Envy]

Well, hit it first. Never really record people know that Record that's crazy because it never really saw the light of day.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And I want you to know that those two right there, there said that Mario would wash you in a verse. I don't know why they not keeping that same energy right now.

[DJ Envy]

And I think so, but honestly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I don't think that you would stand.

[DJ Envy]

I think so, too. I think you got five joints.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I think.

[DJ Envy]

I think Mario. 5. Mario can sing live as hell.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Your niece said one.

[DJ Envy]

Mario only got one joint.

[Lauren LaRosa]

One.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't say nothing. Let me love you. Just a friend. Braid my hair. The joint with Gucci. I love you, Rah Rah. And I love that. Brandi supported me, too, but she also said Ray gotta, you know, do right in order to compete because Mario is a serial singer, right?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He's a serial singer. And. And I respect that. And I think that in a verse is live right now. Mario would crush me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm glad. I'm glad you and your sister got back on the same page. How did that happen?

[DJ Envy]

We always been on the same page. I think just publicly, it was just, you know, she brought me out at the concert, but. But I be just. Every time I get around B and my mom and Sarah, I just get real emotional, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And you straighten up. You don't act like you act anywhere else with them, I'm sure.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Nah. And I think that it just. Enough is enough. And I'm so happy that Rah Rah's here today because it just. It makes me do better no matter what, because I know my mama is watching and my dad and Brandy, and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I'm really a comedian. We really are in, like. Like this Richard Pryor, like, Red Fox format of comedy where it's uncut. Right. And if everybody took it like that, I think it'd be better, but for the seriousness of what it is, I just. I don't want to let them down moving forward, and I just want to do right.

[Mario]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

We got more with Ray J when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You still have sex with Scrippers?

[DJ Envy]

I do, yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

I do. I do here and there. But I'm not. I'm really not a sexaholic at all, though. Yeah, I just. I'm very focused right now. So Sheila tell you, like, shout out to Sheila on the love cabin. We got the. The show on Zeus is going crazy. They got mad questions in the chat that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What questions y' all got for Sheila?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is that the same person?

[Charlamagne tha God]

We still got A lot to get to. I saw you make. I saw on Shade Room, you had this young lady crying.

[DJ Envy]

She was crying.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm not gonna lie. It was a part of me. I was like, that's kind of player. Just a little bit.

[DJ Envy]

What? They made it cry?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, just a little bit. Just. Just the way. It's just the way. Cuz I. Once again, I can't tell when Ray J being serious. Like, he's just entertaining us.

[DJ Envy]

Well, it was just all about the chat.

[Mario]

It wasn't.

[DJ Envy]

No, she wasn't. Not with her crying. So.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So, Sheila, you're holding Ray J down till he goes back to his family. How does that feel?

[DJ Envy]

That is crazy. You know what? Let me say this. Ray J and I are really good friends. You know, you're looking good today, Sheila. Thank you so much. I may cry, I may not, but are y' all more than friends or y'.

[Mario]

All.

[DJ Envy]

We're really good friends.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What are you crying? What were you crying over?

[DJ Envy]

You can do what you want with that information. Sheila was crying because she couldn't be on the. On the front desk. And the back desk was where her office was with. With Clark, and they were doing their streams. I thought you was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But I saw you say that you.

[DJ Envy]

Wanted to go back to your family, but that wasn't what she was crying for. Yeah, yeah. So what she was crying for? Because I was like, yo, I'm on the front desk. You have to do this desk, and you can work your way up to the front desk. But right now, this is my chat. You have your chat. Clark has his chat.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Got you.

[DJ Envy]

She's like, you scared you're gonna fall for him? And then he. You know, you get connected and he leaves for go. Goes back to his family. No, not necessarily. You know, that wasn't my first time I cried. That was like. Like probably my fourth time crying. Well, because she. Well, and I. And I. And I respect. I respect everybody that cry. Some people. And I don't. I don't know. People's water base. Right. But some people cry more than others. So she cries a lot. Just even when she's happy or sad. Right. I mean, I'm a cancer, y'. All.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Me too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Feel things.

[DJ Envy]

You're a cancer.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you cry as much as me?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I'm more like. I do, but not a lot, but.

[DJ Envy]

You understand, like, I'm kind. Like, I don't see you as a cry. June cancer.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Which. What number. Doing what?

[DJ Envy]

June 26th.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, yeah, I'm 29th. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Right, right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So you kind of understand where I'm coming from.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So the first time you cried, it was about the death or the last time we saw it was the desk. What were the other issues that we.

[DJ Envy]

I honestly cry about anything. Like if. If he tells me he doesn't like my.

[Charlamagne tha God]

My hair, I'll cry.

[DJ Envy]

Like, it's just. But I love your hair. No, I know. I'm just making. I love your hair now and I love your hair yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So where do you want us to go?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz, Pete, that's what the chat is asking. Like, where do you want this relationship to go? Do you want it to be serious?

[Mario]

You want it to take it serious?

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is a relationship.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, for sure. This is a relationship.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is a great.

[DJ Envy]

This is a really good friendship. It's a good. It's a start to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray said we go together.

[DJ Envy]

Cuz once you bump uglies, it goes to another world.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We're really good friends.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

Right. Absolutely. But Love Cabin is. Is going crazy and all. New episode Sunday on Zeus why do.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You have her on your knees, though?

[DJ Envy]

This is the first time they ever been. Well, they actually got into a spat before when they didn't know each other. And they haven't worked it out yet, but we're gonna work it out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Listen, hold on.

[DJ Envy]

We're gonna. We're gonna. They had. They got into an argument about what? At a club when I wasn't there. And so they didn't know each other and.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And Sheila walked up like she was family. Like, yo, what's.

[DJ Envy]

Well, no, no, no. It was something they. She didn't know that was my niece. And so they had got into it and I'm like, yo, that's my niece. And so I want everything to be at peace. I'm turning a new leaf.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I got all money on Rah Rah.

[DJ Envy]

Well, rah rah's my little. Yeah, we wouldn't even do that because that's my little niece and I love her so much and I love everything that she's doing with her career.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But you gotta listen to your family. When your family say they don't like somebody, is it the energy? Is it our energy?

[DJ Envy]

I just think we all gotta sit down after. After this. Well, after the Breakfast Club, I think we're all gonna go and have lunch.

[Mario]

Breakfast.

[DJ Envy]

She said she got more precipitous.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you. So you expect this to go somewhere then if she. Because I thought the show was like, you're helping other people find love. You find the love too.

[DJ Envy]

You expect this Is about. This is about Love Cabin. The Love Cabin. You don't know how it's gonna it the end. Like, the last, like, 12 episodes are gonna go crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You're not supposed to get high off your own support supply. If she is a. If she is a star and she's beautiful. Testing the product.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you got to understand, Ray J, as the host on this show, is a different host. He's a. He's a dirtier host than most, but he's. He's very curious, and he invites himself into the competition. He's trying your product. Exactly. This is a different hosting gig.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

He's trying to find love as well. But are you. Are you fine with that? That he's, you know, know, finding, you know, tasting his products?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You're not the only one with you.

[DJ Envy]

Well, if you watched the last episode, I was kissing Athena, which was. Athena kissed you? She kissed me, which was amazing. Athena kissed you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

She said get it right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So it's okay that you're not the only one? Sheila, you fine with that?

[DJ Envy]

What do you. What do you mean? Like, that I'm not the only one?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

In regards to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

In regards to where Ray J puts his penis.

[DJ Envy]

Well, like I said, Ray and I were really good friends, and whatever he decides to do with his penis is up. Well, here. So my niece is here, so we gotta keep penis out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

Just gotta keep. Just say. No, no, no. But I'm saying. But still, uncle. And penis is a lot. She's back there laughing. I just don't want to do that. Like, let's do just loving Brandy's watching is a lie.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How do you ch.

[DJ Envy]

My mom is watching.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, yes. Sorry, Mom.

[DJ Envy]

Charlamagne. It was a lie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have you met his mom, too? Have you met Ray J's mom?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, and she. And you shouldn't. Ray, that's. That's doing too much.

[DJ Envy]

Why is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Why do you say that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You met Brandon.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You can't. Can't. Come on.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, it might be a little soon, but. Well, I think. I think they can meet on this because she's one of the stars of Love Cabin. So we're on an extreme Love Cabin promo tour.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Business, you see? Passing. Like business.

[DJ Envy]

Well, yeah. Like right now, we've gotten the opportunity to be on one of the biggest shows in the whole wide world to promote Love Cabin with Sheila and I. And this is a great moment for us for Love Cabin. Like, so how did you feel when he got Sheila? Sheila.

[Mario]

I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sheila.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wrong girl.

[DJ Envy]

I like Shila. How did you feel when he was. When he professed his love and said he wants to get back with his family when you were there and together? Oh, honestly, I wasn't there at the time when he said that on the stream, I was sleeping thing, but I support him. Whatever he. You know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, I like that sh.

[DJ Envy]

Thing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's. What's up. Oh, it is Sheila.

[DJ Envy]

Sheila, because. Because she spells her name.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I thought I was saying it.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I want to love you too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have a question.

[DJ Envy]

So you were in the bed in the back when he was on the stream that day? I went to sleep because, you know, I was. I cried all night.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So I won't worry. Back with Princess, too, because that's when I saw Red, his mom stable. When Ray was with Princess. That's. That's the Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Princess asked the one in back as well.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was about to ask, how does Princess love feel about Sheila?

[DJ Envy]

And I think Princess is in a place where she has her nail shop. She's been super focused on work and really just trying to build her business. And so I haven't really got a chance to talk too much about it. But I know that I'm there for the kids and for her financially and. And. And for love as well.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Rah, rah. That's what you want, right? What? Ray? Back with Princess.

[DJ Envy]

I want both of them to be very happy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

See, Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Ray says she wants both of them to be happy. You go to the nail shop a lot, huh? You. You and Princess have your own Princess.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

From Prella Nail Shop. Prella Beauty Bar. Thank y' all for joining us. Thank you for holding un down. Rac.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Always my favorite person on her.

[DJ Envy]

Ray J. We love you, brother.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Brett Sheila we see back there too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But, you know, it's a different breakfast club. The front desk. Was it the front. The back desk? Yeah. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time to get up out of here. Let me salute to Alabama. I'm going out to Alabama for a huge show with so R B show with John B. They just called me about it. I'm gonna be hosting and DJing the show. It's John B. It's Drew Hill and Take he Soul. TK Soul. TK Soul. Yes. So that is the Turkey Day music festival for the Alabama State University. So I'll be DJing that. It's gonna be a lot of fun. It's Thanksgiving Eve. So Wednesday dope. Well, that's already lit, man. Cisco Ray do a bunch of backflips and act like he not even his age, you know? He still does it, though. He still does all the flips and all that. I know, I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, like, he stay on the road. He stays in shape.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like Cisco don't play if you're gonna lose his mind. When Cisco do Thong song, watch.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, what's so funny is it wasn't, I think, like two years ago he performed at my birthday was Drew Hill. It was an R B party.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And maybe do a thong at him. No, no.

[DJ Envy]

They got on stage, and I went backstage, I said, y' all not gonna do thong song. And then he came back on stage. Dude, he was like, my man envy said he want to hear this. And it just sounded so crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Nah, that's not on brand to me.

[DJ Envy]

So crazy. So salute. Salute to Cisco and Andrew Hill and make sure you get your tickets. Manchester, Connecticut.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I will be at the Hartford Funny.

[DJ Envy]

Bone Comedy Club December 5th and December 6th.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's not this weekend, but next weekend. So get your tickets@j official.com I will be hitting there first weekend in December.

[DJ Envy]

Hartford, Connecticut. Get those 10 tickets. All right, now you got a positive note? Sh.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I do, man. I want y' all to know that strength does not come from winning. All right? Your struggles, develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is being strong. Have a great day. Breakfast club.

[DJ Envy]

You all finished or y' all done woke up?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wake you up. Wake you up.

[Mario]

Wake that ass up.

[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Mario]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Mario]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Mario]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

All?

[Charlamagne tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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