FULL SHOW: TD Jakes Steps Down After Health Scare, Shenseea & Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft Spark Drama, Diddy Rejects Plea Deal in Sex-Trafficking Case + Cenk Uygur Interview

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – April 28, 2025

Host(s): DJ Envy, Raashaun Casey, Lauren LaRosa, Lenard McKelvey, Jessica Moore, Morgan
Guest: Cenk Uygur (CEO, Founder, and Host of The Young Turks)

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1. Introduction and Weekend Recap

The episode kicks off with the hosts sharing their recent weekend experiences. Lauren LaRosa recounts attending an intimate Lauryn Hill tribute event in Brooklyn, highlighting the deep emotional connections and reflections on Hill's life and career.

Lauren LaRosa [02:45]: "It was a deep, deep, deep experience. I loved it."

Meanwhile, Charlamagne Tha God discusses his hectic schedule, balancing his daughter's cheerleading competitions with attending the Black Effect Podcast Festival in Atlanta. He praises the event as an invaluable networking and cultural gathering for podcast enthusiasts.

Charlamagne Tha God [03:36]: "Every year is just such an incredible event... salute to everyone who pulled up this year."

2. Black Effect Podcast Festival Recap

Charlamagne provides a detailed overview of the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, mentioning notable attendees like Cam Newton, Sarah Jakes Roberts, and Trinidad James. He emphasizes the festival's role in fostering community and supporting emerging podcasters.

Charlamagne Tha God [05:07]: "It was a lot of people who pulled up, man. Salute to the no Homo Podcast. You know, they were walking around with a big sign that says Charlemagne loves studs."

3. Front Page News: Congress and GOP Spending Bill

Cenk Uygur delves into the political climate as Congress resumes session after a two-week recess. He highlights a live-streamed sit-down protest by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker against the GOP's proposed spending bill, which threatens essential services and healthcare.

Hakeem Jeffries [07:51]: "This is a time to choose. And we're either going to choose the side of the American people or we're going to choose this cruel budget..."

Jeffries and Booker articulate concerns about potential cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and other critical programs, framing the bill as a threat to millions of Americans.

4. TD Jakes Steps Down After Health Scare

The hosts discuss Bishop TD Jakes stepping down as senior pastor of Potter's House Church in Dallas following a severe heart attack he suffered in November. They commend his resilience and the seamless transition to his successors, Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts and Pastor Tory Hill.

TD Jakes [26:55]: "I have seen too many men build something and stay so long that they kill what they build..."

The conversation underscores Jakes' ongoing commitment to community service despite his health challenges.

5. Shenseea & Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft Drama

The drafting of Shedeur Sanders by the Cleveland Browns sparks significant drama. Initially expected in the first or second round, Sanders slides to the fifth round, leading to speculation and controversy. Additionally, a prank involving Jax Albridge, son of Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Albridge, impersonating an NFL general manager and misleading Sanders adds fuel to the fire.

Shenseea [33:02]: "Things happen. Sometimes it's adversity. We got to change it though. We got to be different, we got to do different."

Despite the setbacks, Shedeur Sanders maintains a positive outlook, attributing his draft experience to divine timing and faith.

Shedeur Sanders [33:53]: "Everything happens the way God wants it to happen."

6. Diddy Rejects Plea Deal in Sex-Trafficking Case

Jessica Moore updates listeners on Sean "Diddy" Combs' legal battles, where he has rejected a federal plea deal related to a sex-trafficking case. Diddy's legal team argues that his lifestyle, often portrayed as a "swinger," does not equate to criminal behavior, positioning his refusal as a stand against unjust prosecution.

Mark Agnifilio, Diddy's Attorney [97:05]: "In the world that Diddy lived in as his mogul, being a swinger was common..."

The hosts debate the implications of rejecting the plea deal, discussing potential outcomes in both criminal and civil courts.

7. Cenk Uygur Interview: Democratic Party's New Initiative

In an exclusive interview, Cenk Uygur outlines a strategic initiative aiming to revitalize the Democratic Party by embracing left-wing populism. The focus is on policies that directly benefit the average American, such as higher wages, lower drug prices, paid family leave, and ending money in politics.

Cenk Uygur [77:35]: "Higher wages, lower drug prices, paid family leave... let's bring the Democratic Party back to what it was."

Kenk emphasizes the need for grassroots support, advocating for the establishment of Rebellion Pack—an organization free from corporate PAC donations—to champion these progressive policies.

Cenk Uygur [81:04]: "If you want to support this movement, Rebellionpack.com is where you can get involved."

8. Tariffs Impact on Businesses and Consumers

Lauren LaRosa and callers share personal anecdotes illustrating the adverse effects of tariffs on small businesses and consumers. From nail salons struggling with inventory shortages to increased prices on everyday items like gasoline and nuts, the conversation highlights the widespread economic strain caused by elevated tariffs.

Lauren LaRosa [42:04]: "She might not have her shop too much longer because she doesn't want to increase her prices."

Hosts discuss how these economic challenges extend to various sectors, including healthcare, where medical devices for children are becoming prohibitively expensive.

Ashley [52:34]: "It's affecting medical devices and getting these to children because now the prices are just going to go up..."

9. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025

The hosts celebrate the induction of iconic acts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prominently featuring Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa. They commend Outkast as "the greatest hip hop group of all time" and Salt-N-Pepa for their enduring influence in female rap.

Lenard McKelvey [65:43]: "Outkast... they should be in every musical hall of fame."

The discussion touches on the importance of recognizing artists who have significantly shaped music and culture over the decades.

10. Awards and Light-hearted Segments

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in humorous segments, including the "Donkey of the Day" award, which playfully criticizes individuals for their misguided actions. This segment adds levity to the program, balancing serious discussions with entertaining banter.

Lenard McKelvey [70:22]: "The moral of the story is this. You have to understand how your actions affect others."

11. Conclusion and Sponsors

The episode concludes with advertisements for sponsors such as Nissan Murano, AT&T, Coca-Cola’s "Share a Coke" campaign, and State Farm, interspersed with final thoughts and positive messages encouraging community support and empowerment.

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Notable Quotes:

• Lauren LaRosa [02:45]: "It was a deep, deep, deep experience. I loved it."
• Hakeem Jeffries [07:51]: "This is a time to choose. And we're either going to choose the side of the American people or we're going to choose this cruel budget..."
• Cenk Uygur [77:35]: "Higher wages, lower drug prices, paid family leave... let's bring the Democratic Party back to what it was."
• Shedeur Sanders [33:53]: "Everything happens the way God wants it to happen."

Timestamp Highlights:

• [02:45] – Lauren LaRosa on Lauryn Hill tribute event
• [03:36] – Charlamagne Tha God on Black Effect Podcast Festival
• [07:51] – Hakeem Jeffries on GOP spending bill
• [26:55] – TD Jakes announces stepping down
• [33:53] – Shedeur Sanders on his draft experience
• [77:35] – Cenk Uygur on Democratic Party initiative
• [42:04] – Lauren LaRosa on tariffs affecting businesses
• [65:43] – Outkast induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Closing Note:

The Breakfast Club episode from April 28, 2025, delivers a comprehensive mix of in-depth political discourse, personal anecdotes, and cultural celebrations. By addressing significant issues like political reforms, economic challenges, and high-profile legal cases, alongside lighter segments, the show ensures an engaging experience for listeners seeking both information and entertainment.

Transcript

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[Raashaun Casey]

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[Lenard McKelvey]

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[Jessica Moore]

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[Raashaun Casey]

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[Lenard McKelvey]

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.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yo. Just hilarious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[Raashaun Casey]

Charlemagne the guy.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day to serve our Beautiful listeners. What's happening?

[Raashaun Casey]

Good morning. How was everybody's weekend? How was your weekend, Jess?

[Lauren LaRosa]

My weekend was amazing. My husband and I enjoyed the weekend with my daughter. My son is back at home in Maryland with his grandmother. But yo, we went to this event on Saturday. It was like a diary, actually. This is merch that I'm wearing from the event. It was like an intimate reflection on the life of Lauryn Hill.

[Jessica Moore]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And we covered everything.

[Raashaun Casey]

It was in Jersey, on New York.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was in Brooklyn, New York. And it was at one of these nice things. And it was like segments we have. Like, we had trivia on her. And when I say a deep reflection, I mean, like, it went through, like, her insecurities and how things was affecting her behind the music, from one relationship to the other. And then when she had her son and then how, you know, her with the fugees, her time solo. And it was just amazing. And it was an intimate event. It was like 25 to 30 people. My daughter's godmother, a godfather, Menelik, He's Ethiopian. He's cool as hell, man. He has these events all the time and, like, and it's like kind of like a find your tribe thing. It was. They had complimentary wine, and then they had non alcoholic wine for people who didn't drink. It was just like a really nice time. We got deep and stuff, and it was dope. All right, so that's cool, you know?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was a finger.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Okay.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, lit.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, well, salute to that. Now, Charlamagne, you had your Black Effect Podcast Festival, man?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, we did. I was all over this weekend, though. I was in. My daughter had cheerleading competition too, so I had to fly from there to go to Atlanta for the Black Effect Podcast Festival. But drop one of clues bombs for the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, man. I mean, every year is just such an incredible event. Everybody who's, you know, who loves the podcast culture, whether you just love to watch podcasts to be entertained by them, or you want to, you know, be in the podcast business, it's just a great weekend of networking and, you know, information being, you know, dispersed to everybody. So, man, salute to everyone who pulled up this year. You know, Cam Newton was there. He interviewed Portia Williams for his Funky Friday podcast. The new senior pastor, Potter House, Sarah Jakes Roberts, she was there. She interviewed Toya Carter. So her and Reginae was there, man. Who else was there?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw Jacques. Jacques?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Jacques was there. He was with Tank and J. Valentine for the R B Money podcast. It was just a lot of people who pulled up, man. Tyrese pulled up. I ain't seen Trinidad James in a long time. He pulled up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what's up.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. And did just so many dope ass podcasts who came out. Salute to the no Homo Podcast. You know, they were walking around with a big sign that says Charlemagne loves studs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's who that was. Yo, that was funny.

[Raashaun Casey]

That was hilarious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I loved it. You better have took that too. You gotta like hang that up in your house.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know what? I didn't take it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ah, that's.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But I thought. But no, I, I, I kicked it with, I kicked it with them. I kicked it with Boss Britain, DJ Excel for a minute. So salute to them. But it was just a fantastic event. Thank you to everybod. Came to the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival. And we'll see you next year as well.

[Raashaun Casey]

And salute to all the dance dads out there. My dad, my daughter's had a competition all weekend from 7am to 11pm on Saturday and 7am to 7pm yesterday.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo, you purposely telling us the Times.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To justify why you.

[Raashaun Casey]

It's ridiculous. It doesn't make any sense.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It is too damn long. I know.

[Raashaun Casey]

And it's like 30 minute breaks, 45 minute breaks in between our breaks in between. So it's not enough to get a nap. You just gotta sit in it. Just to sit in it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Envy is so irritated, yo. I came in here with all the energy, you know, because I had an off weekend. So I was very, very happy. I'm in here dancing and all that. The glow, really. He come here like, sit down. What is wrong with you? I'm like, damn, dad, what's up? What's wrong?

[Lenard McKelvey]

I didn't see it all. Dancing all weekend.

[Raashaun Casey]

I haven't seen it all this weekend. Had a good time. They both won first pray. First place. I was, I was very happy. First in their division, first in the region. So I was super duper happy. So I think we got one more and then it's a wrap. Okay, the dance season is over.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good. And then we get nice Envy back.

[Raashaun Casey]

Then we got soccer season. But we'll talk about that one later. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page. Morgan is back. We'll kick it with her when we come back. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Usually they have the sports in front of me. Not this morning. So I know that the Timberwolves beat the Lakers last night. 116, 113. Timberwolves lead the series 3 1.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It's a rap for them Lakers. Just need y'all to know that. Okay. But y'all knew. But y'all knew LeBron James and Luca Donkic wasn't going. You know, they can't win things by themselves. It's just them. Other than that, that's not a deep team at all.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

The Pistons lost to the Knicks last night, 94. 93. So the Knicks, of course, lead the series three one. And the Celtics lead the series three one. They beat the Magic 107.

[Lenard McKelvey]

98.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, what we got? Morgan. Welcome back.

[Morgan]

Thank you.

[Cenk Uygur]

Well, first, let me just say thanks to Bri and Mimi for holding it down. And let's get into it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Cenk Uygur]

First up on the front page, Congress is back in session today, y'all, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. after a two week recess. So yesterday on Sunday, Congress Hakeem Jeffries of New York, he is a Democratic Democrat, and Democrat Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, they spent some time on the steps of the U.S. capitol doing a live stream. They called it a sit down protest and discussion on what House Minority Leader Jeffries claims is the dangerous situation we confront in America. Now they spoke about the impact of the forthcoming GOP spending bill. Let's take a listen to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries comments.

[Morgan]

This is a time to choose. And we're either going to choose the side of the American people or we're.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Going to choose this cruel budget that.

[Morgan]

Republicans are trying to jam down the.

[Raashaun Casey]

Throats of the American people that would.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Effectively take away health care potentially for.

[Morgan]

Tens of millions of Americans, children, seniors and families and people with disabilities and veterans and others.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Take away food from the mouths of.

[Morgan]

Children, undermine, you know, the ability of.

[Lenard McKelvey]

People to survive who've worked hard their entire lives, all in service of a massive tax cut for their billionaire donors.

[Cenk Uygur]

So Senator Booker, he talked about the GOP spending bill as well. In fact, in a post on X, he said congressional Republicans are preparing to gut Medicaid and essential services to give the ultra wealthy a tax cut. He was also on the steps yesterday of the US Capitol. Let's take a listen to his comments.

[Morgan]

We believe presents one of the greatest moral threats to our country that we've seen in terms of what it will do to providing food for the hungry, care for the elderly, services for the disabled, health care, health care for the sick and more.

[Cenk Uygur]

And also, happy belated birthday to Cory Booker. He spent his birthday doing that. So, speaking of marking occasions, President Trump Prepares to mark 100 days back back in office this week, which is set to come tomorrow on Tuesday, April 29th. Now, this all comes as recent national polls indicate the president is not having the sweeping support that he may think he has. NBC News, stay tuned. Poll found 55% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the presidency, while 45% approve. On immigration, one of his strongest issues during the 2024 election, the poll found that just over half disapprove of his policies, while only 49% approve. Meanwhile, the economy proved to be his weakest issue. Only 39 are satisfied with his economic agenda, while 61% are voicing their opposition. And overall, 60% of those surveyed believe they believe the US is on the wrong track, while 40% say it's on the right one. And when it comes to tariffs, a national poll shows that nearly two thirds of American disapprove of President Trump's tariffs. A new ABC News Washington Post Ipsis poll shows that 7 in 10 think the tariffs will increase US inflation. Nearly half of Republicans polled think the tariffs will have a negative impact on inflation. But there are also some Republicans who believe that it could create manufacturing jobs and bring those back to the US so that includes 90% of Republicans and 60% of independents.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It's funny when people talk about those manufacturing jobs because, I mean, number one, it takes, you know, quite, quite, quite a few years, several years to even build a factory. But then when you think about what the country's going to look like in five to 10 years, most of those manufacturing jobs are going to be AI anyway.

[Cenk Uygur]

Absolutely. You're not wrong there. You're not wrong there at all. But that pretty much wraps up the.

[Lenard McKelvey]

6Am I want to say one other thing, too, Morgan. When you look, look at the low approval ratings that Trump and you look at the low approval ratings of Democrats, it just lets, you know a lot of Americans are just fed up with it all. Like, period, right country, the country needs something different, period.

[Cenk Uygur]

Overhaul complete. You know what? You, you're not wrong in saying that. You're not wrong in saying, and I think, I think you're definitely on the right track when you're saying that. Yeah, everybody seems to be fed up.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know, I'm just fed up with it all. Yeah.

[Cenk Uygur]

And it's, it's really, it really starts with the pockets. You know, that's where it really boils down to, you know, so, yeah, you know, I'm gonna keep y'all posted on what's going on. Am we going to talk about Shador, though? You know, I. We got, we got to get into what happened with Shador Sanders. He finally got selected by Cleveland, but we'll get into the drama a little bit.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right? And 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. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Lenard McKelvey]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Morgan]

800-585-1051.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We want to hear you on the Breakfast Club. Hello? Who's this? Hey, good morning. This is James calling from North Carolina.

[Raashaun Casey]

James from North Carolina. What up? Get it off your chest.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, man, I was just thinking over the weekend about this whole Shannon Shar incident. And I was thinking about the double standard in it. Not. Not the part about the assault or whatever, but I mean, as far as him being the age that he is and how young the lady is, I, I just. If you flip the roles, man, I guarantee it, it wouldn't be such a big deal. I mean, look at that movie, How Stella Got her Groove Back. The women were celebrating that mess, man. This woman was 40 years old, 8 to 20 year old guy. And then, and then on top of that, you got like Cher was dating some dude that was like 40 years her junior. I didn't hear too much about that. You know what I mean? When you have to do all those mental gymnastics and hypotheticals, you know, to prove why somebody should be doing what they're doing, they probably shouldn't be doing it.

[Raashaun Casey]

Like I said, it's not against the law, but I think it's totally wrong. I don't think it's ethically right, morally right. I mean, you could have said juice, you know, with Q, he was dating his teacher.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But that's a movie.

[Raashaun Casey]

He named movies, though. But those are movies. But I don't think it's right. Even with billichek. Belichick is 70 something years old and he met that girl at 21. I don't think it's right. You know what I mean?

[Lenard McKelvey]

But not. He's not right. Okay, but what about. What about that old. That old story about that teacher that was messing with her student and ended up getting pregnant by him and all that? Y'all remember that story? That woman. That woman got multiple chances to get right, I think before they sent her to Jail. I, I, this is, I'm not even having this conversation. It's so much nuance with this conversation. I think that y'all are not factoring in so many different things that are part of this situation and why Shannon is. Well, I know, I mean, don't get me wrong, so.

[Morgan]

Man, don't get me wrong, man.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I agree with you, Andy. When with the whole A thing. I got a daughter that's 20 years old, man. I couldn't date a person that much younger than me. But I'm just saying that, you know what I'm saying, it's the double standard there. It's not even just the age thing though. It's the audio phone call and him saying he was gonna choke the girl out. Whether or not that was role playing or not, I don't know. You know, it's the text messages, I guess a lot of things that factor into this situation. Not just, it's not just as simple as. He's 56, she was 19.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I totally get what you saying too, sir. Like on the other side. Because even when a gays do it, I be like, what? Like, because when the old studs be dating the young girls, I'd be like, uh, what you want with her? You know, because my, my sister is 21 and what if a 60 year old stud came up to her? I would kill her. You know what I mean?

[Lenard McKelvey]

And you Talking about a 56 year old man who had so much to lose. Like, like, like, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Because you have to know who you are, right? You got to know what you got. You stand to lose in this situation. He just put himself in a bad situation to be 54, 56 years old.

[Raashaun Casey]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do not.

[Lenard McKelvey]

The Breakfast Club. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Charlamagne.

[Raashaun Casey]

What up?

[Jessica Moore]

Are we live?

[Morgan]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Raashaun Casey]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We can get on the phone right now.

[Raashaun Casey]

He'll tell you what it is.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We live.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hello? Who's this?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Oh, man, finally. Peace and blessings, guys. How you guys doing this morning? Hey, good morning. Just hilarious. Hey, hey, also, DJ Envy.

[Raashaun Casey]

Also.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It sound like you didn't even want to say nothing a while ago, brother. You need to stop being so insecure. Oh God, I'm not insecure, brother. Nothing believes what DJ Envy last Week. You brought up my name?

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, I was just.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I was just driving in my truck, doing my sanitation job and heard my name being brought up with Travis.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah. Travis's studio caught on fire, and he was asking for people to donate, and I was like, it would be a big deal if Sean Stone said, you know what? I'm gonna put my differences aside and donate to his engineer.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But you know what's so crazy, Jess?

[Morgan]

I don't have a problem with Trav.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I did donate that same day. Yeah. And so if Trav don't believe, you could go to the guy page, you know what I mean, on the GoFundMe, and you will see Sean Stone name right there, that I donated $10. You know what I mean? That's.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's dope. I think y'all should use this to. To put your issues aside and just.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

Continue on envy.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right, Andre? I don't have a problem with y'all. He's the one that have a problem with me. He's the one that don't like me for no reason. You should turn that into a rat, stupid. Oh, my goodness. And also, I just want to shout out Mel. Mel Brooks, the white lady that was on the show recently. Mel Robbins. Mark. Mel Robbins. Mel Robbins. My bad. I love her outlook on life, man. I would love to talk to her one day, because I'm one of the guy that have two YouTube subscribers, and she's telling me, keep going. You know what I mean?

[Raashaun Casey]

Have you only had two subscribers?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I've been there for, like, a year now. Listen, I mean, Sean, Sean, you know, Mel got another theory called the knowing to quit theory. No, she got up. She has to know when to quit there. Listen, listen. Just like how I'm a giver. I would love for people to go support my YouTube channel. It's Sean Stone. TV S E A N S T O N E T V And hopefully one day, I can enter interview jets. Hilarious. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hopefully one day you will.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. Yes. Congratulations on your marriage too, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, Sean.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So you. I know you're trying to keep it quiet.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What'd you say?

[Lenard McKelvey]

You did get married, people. I know you're trying to keep it quiet.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So thank you for. For, you know, catching on, Sean. I appreciate that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. Nah, for real. It could have been me, just so you know. I mean, it could have been me you met outside the bodega, but, you know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Married, though, ain't you?

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, I'm not. No, I'm not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, man. Okay.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, I'm not married. Yet I see that eventually I will get married, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I see that in your future. Very cool.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But I love that for you and Crystal and hopefully your baby Marley. And my baby could be best friend because my girl just turned 1 years old on April 15th. So shout out to baby Paris. And just check your dm, because I send baby parents to your dm.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You shouldn't be dming married women. Have a blessed day, Charlamagne. No, you should not be dming married women. Especially if you were the one who wanted to marry him.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hello? Who's this?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hello?

[Jessica Moore]

Can y'all hear me?

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, we can hear you now. It says that you were in Orlando, you gave Jess. Hilarious. A massage, and you smelt something.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Damn. Don't play with Jess like that. Don't even play with Jess like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I didn't say that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I just want.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was calling to tell just.

[Cenk Uygur]

Thank you so much for the opportunity.

[Jessica Moore]

And she's a woman of her word, and I appreciate.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Appreciate the shout out this gia.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you, girl.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Charlotte, let me check you, too, because you need to let Taylor go to Kendrick Lamar show. No, Taylor pregnant, period. She gonna be in the suite.

[Jessica Moore]

She ain't gonna be with the bot around. Nobody but you and your security.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Nope. She was waddling around Atlanta this weekend looking like she ain't had no business being there. Nope. That's a weekend.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's one night. A couple hours. He gonna have it in there like, come on, now.

[Jessica Moore]

She work hard.

[Lenard McKelvey]

She deserved that. Yeah, she definitely do. They only want to give her a week maternity leave. Can you believe that?

[Raashaun Casey]

Three months.

[Lauren LaRosa]

At least a month.

[Lenard McKelvey]

This is crazy. At least a month. She needed at least six months, but give her at least a month.

[Raashaun Casey]

She got three months. They gave her three months for maternity leave.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But no, I love you, G. I appreciate you, baby.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I love you, too.

[Jessica Moore]

And thank you so much.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I really appreciate you.

[Jessica Moore]

You're a woman on your word, and.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I really thank you so much. Absolutely.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right. Have a good one now. Tell them about your massage place where people could get you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You make it. Don't even want to talk to me. I know.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause y'all done messed up.

[Jessica Moore]

Talking about. I said the lady stanking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was saying, okay.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I am the G League Experience.

[Jessica Moore]

Tampa, Florida, mobile massage therapist. Yes, I am the best, y'all look.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Me up the T, H, E G.

[Jessica Moore]

I Ali J, E, Y A H, A L I and y'all should know.

[Lenard McKelvey]

How to spell experience. Yes, ma'am.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know she said that one too long.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Y'all look me up. I'm mobile. I got Mother's Day specials going on.

[Jessica Moore]

So y'all come look me up. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram.

[Raashaun Casey]

Have a good one, mama.

[Lenard McKelvey]

If you don't know, you don't play with no. You don't play with no woman when it comes to no smells.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, y'all, I was joking. Hey, yo. But. But the stretch is, like, it's very necessary. Like, I think she used to work in, like, physical therapy because, like, she, like, she made me feel like I was taller. Like, she stretched you out when she do you, like, she got the hot stone treatment. She uses, like, eucalyptus put something like that. You can smell the scents, like, everything. And she traveled from Tampa to come to Orlando because she couldn't catch me when I was in Tampa. So she definitely mobile.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest Lauren coming up.

[Jessica Moore]

We do. TD Jakes is stepping back as senior pastor from his church after his medical scare a couple months ago. So we gonna get into all that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Love you, Bishop.

[Jessica Moore]

Yes, I'm here for the festival.

[Raashaun Casey]

What's that one called?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jessica Moore]

I don't even know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want to call it the Saraji. Oh, remember Saraji used to come out slander Bob? Yeah, her and Tasha Smith. But yeah, I love that.

[Jessica Moore]

This is inspired by the festival.

[Raashaun Casey]

Okay, all right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, what up, y'all?

[Raashaun Casey]

It's DJ Envy. The first few months of 2025 have been quite a year. Work deadlines, group chats you can't escape, and your weird cousin's latest overshare. It's a lot. But here's some good news. You don't have to bring that stress into your car. The all new Nissan Murano is your piece on wheels, thanks to its available features. Imagine sliding into the relaxing, massaging seats that feel like they were made to melt your tensions. Take in the skyline views that let sunlight pour in and watch as your day brightens. I have a special playlist that always gets me right. And with the Bose premium sound system, you too can vibe like you're at your own private concert. Plus, with your 64 color personalized lighting option, you can set the mood any way you want, be it romantic, chill, or in a straight up do not disturb mode. Let the Nissan Murano be your oasis in a chaotic world. Because sometimes the greatest rush isn't rushing at all. Drive the all new Nissan Murano today.

[Cenk Uygur]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Appointed seats are optional features.

[Raashaun Casey]

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[Jessica Moore]

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[Raashaun Casey]

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[Lenard McKelvey]

Breakfast Club.

[Raashaun Casey]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Laura.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[Raashaun Casey]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lenard McKelvey]

She gets the details.

[Jessica Moore]

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

[Lenard McKelvey]

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

[Morgan]

Who is the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Talk to me.

[Jessica Moore]

I'm sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn you.

[Lenard McKelvey]

What the hell is going on?

[Jessica Moore]

No, I swallowed something the wrong way.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Okay.

[Raashaun Casey]

Great weekend in Atlanta. All right, let's go.

[Lenard McKelvey]

She was surrounded by studs. Them studs was on love.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I bet they were giving me motivational advice.

[Jessica Moore]

We took pictures with the sign.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was, like, real good. See, you had on that old pants seat with the crap side.

[Jessica Moore]

I'm a strong black woman. Yeah. Hey.

[Lenard McKelvey]

One of the studs walked up to her and said, lo, you ate that. And I was like, oh, I didn't know what they were talking about. Liar.

[Jessica Moore]

Well, wow. This is a crazy segue. TD Jakes is stepping down as senior pastor at the Potter's House Church in Dallas. He announced it this past Sunday at. During his one of his services. Let's take a listen.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I have seen too many men build something and stay so long that they kill what they build. What you got to understand is it's not so important that you just know when to grab a hold. It's knowing when to let go. What you didn't know from November 4th, they've been running the church anyway.

[Morgan]

They're not meant to replace me because.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Nobody can, but if they step into this position, they may extend me. Y'all just played three clips back to back with no context. Yeah.

[Jessica Moore]

So the second one was TD Jakes after he announced that his daughter Sarah, Jake Roberts, and Pastor Tory while were would be taking over the church, he just had the church, like, welcome them. And he explained that, you know, we heard him say, and. Go ahead, Charlemagne, I know you have something.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I was just gonna say, I love Bishop T.D. jakes. That man has helped me get through so much. Just listening to his sermons over the years, reading his books, and being able to develop a personal relationship with him. I love that man. And I want to thank Bishop T.D. jakes for all his Service drop on the clues bombs for Bishop T.D.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah. And he. He. He talked about the. The scare that he had in November as well. And for those of you guys who don't remember, back in November, he was preach. Was preaching. He went down on stage. At the time, they just said it was a medical emergency. We didn't really know what happened. But then TD Jakes came out and said that it was actually a massive heart attack. He had no idea because there was no. He didn't have the typical symptoms of going into a heart attack. He just felt like he was going to sleep. And a doctor had told him, like, five minutes later, he would have been dead on arrival to the hospital. So it was. It was a serious heart attack. So.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Wow.

[Jessica Moore]

You know? Yeah. And he also said that he's taking some time to go out and do some more things in the community, so.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Okay. But I also want to say, when I tell you Bishop TD Jakes is passing the torch. The more than capable individuals, Pastor Torre and Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts, they both was at the Black Effect Podcast festival this past weekend. And I told Torrey, I said, brother, you and Pastor Sarah are on divine assignment because the impact that they have on people, especially young people, is incredible. Every young person around me at the festival, festival wanted to meet them. One of my young mentees, Marcus Scott. Another young mentee, Nyla McPherson. When I tell you these people love Pastor Sarah and Pastor Torre. So Sarah and Torre have the ability to bring a whole new flock of people to the church. So salute to Bishop Jakes and Pastor Sarah and Pastor Torre. I call them the first family of faith. I love those individuals, and I got.

[Jessica Moore]

To meet them, too, thanks to Charlamagne. I was like, no, it's too much. Because everybody was like, fit, like, going crazy over them. And I was like, I don't want to meet them as too much, but I used to go to their church in LA years ago, and a lot of people, if you. If you've been in LA and lived there for a while, one church was like the church that, like, you go, it helps you get through your experience because it's tough when you're moving and transitioning. So I got the tell them that. And as I was talking, I felt myself getting a little emotional. I'm like, why am I? But they really do symbolize, like, a time in, like, your life in LA when you're trying to figure things out and you go to their church trying to, you know, and they give you that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So people were in tears meeting Pastor Sarah this weekend at the Black Effect Podcast Festival. And I know Sarah don't need me too, because she's divinely protected, but I'll flip tables for Sarah Jakes Roberts. You hear me?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Amazing.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah. Well, we wrapping up now, so I'll come back to the next hour. Next one. Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Look real quick, though.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I went to get my nails done in Jersey City. Thank you. You know, just give them a little something. Right? And what I noticed was talking to the Asian woman who was doing my nails. Yo, like, the tariffs directly, just to see it in real time, how it affects everybody is crazy, because she was saying, like, her and her inventory, like, she's running out of stuff. And because there are tariffs on China, she don't know when it's coming. She don't know when.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And like, to buy. She can buy the same stuff in America, but it's so much money, it's expensive here. And so she's like, I'm damned if I, you know, try again if I do that shopping for my products in America. So I may not have my shop too much longer. This is my bread and butter. I've been doing this for 45 years. 45 years older. Lady named Mimi in Jersey City. So, like, just to see how it affects people in real time. I mean, I know it's real, but to hear her testimony just tell me that while she doing my nails, and I'm like, damn.

[Jessica Moore]

You know, I didn't even think about nails.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, that's. That's interesting, because she could, like, like, triple her prices. Right. But then what about all the other nail salons around her? Are they. They gonna do that? They probably gonna have to.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I'm sure they're all dealing with the same thing. So now. Now your nail. Regular nail job gonna cost probably three times as much as it used to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. And nail techs cost more than the shops. You know what I mean? But the ones that are creative and they're more convenient because they can come to you and stuff. But she's like, she don't want to increase her prices because she's been there for 45 years.

[Raashaun Casey]

She gonna have to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And she got, like, clients that been coming to her, you know, who didn't have kids, generations and generations. Like, she got. So she don't want to.

[Raashaun Casey]

They have to do, like, a tariff tax on it. Yeah, yeah.

[Jessica Moore]

25 pedicure, 25 miniature days.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And she is so heartbroken over that. Y'all so horrible. Just wanted to share that.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, well, that was the Latest with Lauren. When we come back, we got front page news, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[Raashaun Casey]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the God we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. Now. Some quick sports. New York Knicks beat the Pistons 94. 93. They lead the series 3 1. I know Detroit's mad about that one, but they were physical the whole game. So how you gonna not caught make a call at the last play when they were physical the whole game. So great. Missed call. Minnesota Timberwolves beat the LA Lakers 116, 113. Minnesota leads 3 1. Celtics beat the Lando Magic. Boston leads the series 3 1. And the paces beat the Bucks. They lead the Series 3 one as well. What's up, Morgan?

[Cenk Uygur]

Yeah, let's get to. Let's continue conversation conversing. Excuse me.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hello.

[Cenk Uygur]

Monday, about sports. Okay, the wait is over for Shador Sanders.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I know.

[Cenk Uygur]

We was all watching to see when he would go be drafted, right? So as you mentioned on Friday, he did end up in Cleveland, but it was not in the second round. Instead it was the fifth round, y'all. Shador is the son of hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Dion primetime Sanders. The former Colorado quarterback was drafted fifth in the fifth round by the by the Cleveland Browns. Sanders, who many thought would go in the first round, of course, you again, as I mentioned, you guys thought the second round, but he slid all the way down to the 166th pick overall. So let's take a listen to what he had to say following his selection. After that was made. Let's hear from Shador Sanders.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Things happen. Sometimes it's adversity. We got to change it though. We got to be different, we got to do different.

[Morgan]

We can't control the uncontrollable.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You can't control that. So you just gotta remain positive, stay.

[Morgan]

Happy at all times.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And no God got you. I knew the whole time God had me question. So I wasn't really panicking because I understood. It's about perfect timing, man. Drop on the clues bombs for Shador. Absolutely everything happens the way God wants it to happen. And that's what I love the most about the way Shador handled that situation. All weekend he laughed. We never saw him get frustrated. He didn't have no sense of entitlement. He didn't blame nobody. He just simply kept giving God the glory. And I love that. That showed me everything I needed to know. About his character and his attitude, the fact that he was just like, yo, whatever God got playing is gonna happen. Like, he never let his faith waver. And I love that about Shador Sanders, man salute to him.

[Cenk Uygur]

But there was a lot of, you know, speculation as to why it happened the way it happened. But to your point, you know, and to his point, God's timing, you know, nobody, nobody can control that, period.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And I will say that this. If Shador goes to the NFL and he sucks, all that collusion talk is out the window. If he, if he goes to the NFL and he's not good, then you proved all those teams who passed on him. Correct. So let's pray he proves them wrong.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's right.

[Jessica Moore]

All right.

[Cenk Uygur]

So, yeah. Meanwhile, the son of Atlanta Falcons head coach is admitting to the childish prank. Jack Ulbrich, he apologized for prank calling Shador Sanders during day two of the draft. Now, defensive defensive coordinator Ben Albrecht's son impersonated New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and told the Colorado quarterback that he was going to take him with the next pick. And then Sanders ended up falling to the Browns in round five.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So. Oh, I didn't hear that one. The one I heard was the one where he told him, you're gonna have to wait a little bit longer. I hear the one that he said, I'm pick you next.

[Raashaun Casey]

It was only one call, so maybe said it on both calls. I, Yeah, I heard. He said, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I only heard the one part where he said, you're gonna have to wait a little bit longer. By the way, giving him donkey of the day today. But that was hilarious. Come on now.

[Raashaun Casey]

I think he did it to somebody else, too. That's, that's not funny. He used to get his ass whooped, though.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It was. That was fun. That was hilarious. Cut it out.

[Raashaun Casey]

That ain't funny. When you sitting there waiting to get your name.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's why it's funny.

[Cenk Uygur]

That's terrible. The question is, what type of punishment can you know that. That child or even the person. That person. Coordinator. Like what kind of punishment? What are. How y'all gonna handle that?

[Lenard McKelvey]

And that's why I'm giving him donkey of the day. Because you know, in that moment, he didn't care about what his daddy's profession was like. You gotta care about you. You, you got to care about what your daddy does because you bringing negative attention and light to him. Him.

[Cenk Uygur]

No, that's true. Also switching gears, a Louisiana judge says a 2 year old US citizen has been deported with no Due process On f. On Friday, a toddler was sent to Honduras with her mother who had been deported. Now it is important to note that the mother does not have legal status in the United States. So Judge Terry Daughtry, who was appointed by President Trump, ordered a hearing to be held next month on the issue. Now he says the hearing is in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the government just deported a US Citizen with no meaningful process. So it's also being reported that three children and as I mentioned, the two year old have allegedly been deported to Honduras illegally. The two year old, as I mentioned before. And then there's a four year old and a seven year old with another mother. Now that mother also did not have legal Status and the 4 year old is actually being treated for cancer. So that's absolutely horrible that you know that would happen in the midst of treatment. Now on cnn, State of the Union Senate Mike Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed President Trump following those allegations, saying the administration is violating the rule of law and Americans are not happy about it. Let's take a listen to Senator Schumer.

[Lenard McKelvey]

This is not the only instance. There are reportedly other instances where US.

[Raashaun Casey]

Citizen children were deported without any due process.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Due process is a hallmark of what our country is all about. Rule of law and ice and Trump seemed to break it in every single way.

[Raashaun Casey]

Right now President Trump is violating rule.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Of law in every way and we're.

[Raashaun Casey]

Fighting him every single day.

[Cenk Uygur]

So yeah, he was also. Schumer was also asked about the possibility of impeaching Trump, but he said it's too soon to decide. Also noting that, you know, the Dems do not control the Senate or the House. So that would not be. Yeah, right, exactly.

[Lenard McKelvey]

This would be his third time getting impeached. What's that going to do? But you know what, Morgan, I did not know, I did not know until you said it about the two year old. I mean, I knew about the two year old getting deported but all the news reports just kept saying that a two year old got deported. I didn't know that the mother had got deported because she wasn't a citizen. I mean they were. Yeah, I didn't know that.

[Cenk Uygur]

That's gonna be, you know, a big thing. This is probably gonna be one of those, what do you call the, the first case, the precedent case. And, and, and what's going to probably be a long standing situation for a lot of migrants. So it's something to watch. And if I can, I know we probably running out of time, but random story I thought that was very, very interesting. Um, a new. New data from Lending Tree shows a. A growing number of Americans are using credit now to buy groceries. A survey of 2,000 consumers ages 18 to 79 found that 50% reported using credit to help lower. Excuse me, Cover the cost of food. About 25% of those surveyed said they used to. They use buy now, pay later loans for groceries now. Yeah, groceries. I mean, we know about, you know, big electronics, things like that, or, you know, other things like furniture, whatever. You know, I ain't got a couch, just, you know, panels I've been doing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been using credit for groceries, though, you know, just instead of using liquid cash, you know, for my business or whatever. So, I mean, that's been using cash, but. But that's later. That's. That's crazy to have to do that to eat, you know, financing.

[Cenk Uygur]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Cenk Uygur]

I think using credit on groceries is, you know, fine. If you find that to be feasible for you in terms of, you know, like, any of the kickbacks you can get for your credit cards or stuff like that, rewards, you know, I. I might swipe, you know, the. The travel card for, you know, you want to get the rewards back and stuff like that. But, you know, like, you're saying buy now, pay later is definitely a sign of the times, essentially. Yeah, but that's your front page news, y'all. Y'all follow me on social at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, make sure you are following at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail]. thank y'all.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, thank you, Morgan. Now, when open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051 just broke down her experience at a nail shop this weekend where the owner said that, you know, she might have to close because she can't get product. She has to raise the prices. Things are too expensive. So the question is, how are tariffs affecting you? 800-5851-0551. Are you a business owner or your regular consumer? How is it affecting you? Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

It's topic time.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Call 800-5851-051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club.

[Raashaun Casey]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're asking how have the tariffs affected you? Now, this conversation comes from Jess was getting her nails done over the weekend and tell the people what happened, Jess.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, so I was getting my nails done in Jersey City, you know, nice little design, I mean, nail salon. And the lady who was doing my nails, she is the owner and she's been doing nails for over 40 years. And she was saying that the tariffs are affecting her faster than she thought they would because she's running out of inventory and she orders her stuff but she don't know when it's coming. It's high as hell. And you know, even when they do pay, it's not even only the price, price gouging, like the price increase. It's, it takes a long time to get here. So she was saying like she don't know how long she's going to be open, how, how much longer she'll be open because she doesn't want to increase our prices. And you know that's gonna make her lose clientele. She bent she had 20 year, 30 year clients and she just, she don't want to. She's gonna have to. But she said she don't want to. She was so devastated. And it was nobody in there. It was nobody. It was a nice big shot. But I had to get my nails short with the overlay because she didn't have like any tips. Y'all know, like my nails long. She didn't have any tips. She didn't have a lot of colors. She had ran out of stuff.

[Raashaun Casey]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So she did what she could on my nails. I still like supported her.

[Raashaun Casey]

Well, they're saying that some of the major things that are beginning growing up that would affect everybody is first and foremost clothing. They said the largest American retailer source apparel from China in Asian countries. So footwear and clothing are going shoot up. They also said toys. So they said almost 80% of the toys sold in the US are imported from China. So that's going to be going up as well. They said seafood is going to be going up because of the tariffs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Excuse me.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, Seafood and Sheen Sheen hiked their prices, their US prices as much as 377% ahead of tariff increases. And that's the sad part about a lot of this stuff, man. Like how many of these corporations are going to hike their prices, prices just because they're greedy. And they can blame the hike, the.

[Raashaun Casey]

Price hike on tariffs and Charlemagne, something that probably affects you. Nuts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He nuts.

[Raashaun Casey]

Nuts.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I do, I love, I love honey roasted cashews.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, they say a lot with the, with the tariffs. They're saying a 40, a 46% tariff on Vietnam will definitely hurt people that are heavy, heavily into nuts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I know nuts come from Vietnamese. I mean, come from Vietnam.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, they said it comes from nuts. And also Brazil. Brazil and Vietnam are where we get a lot of our nuts from.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know where gay comes from? It comes from Queens. That's why it's called Queens. That's why Envy is a queen from Queens. And next hour is our next topic. Was there a time you thought you were gay? We're gonna talk about that.

[Jessica Moore]

Oh, my God, I love that.

[Raashaun Casey]

What are you talking about?

[Lenard McKelvey]

So, Envy, get ready to tell your story. Cause if you don't, I will.

[Raashaun Casey]

There's no tariffs on gay, sir. But coffee and rice and wine and spirits, they're saying are gonna be affected as well.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What do we have in America? Like, damn. This also lets you know how heavily we depend on other countries as well. God damn. We can't get our own nuts. We ain't got no American nuts.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's because. And it's just my personal opinion, America focuses too much on celebrity. I really do. I feel like America's obsession with celebrity is what led to, you know, a celebrity being in the White House. And that's the type of things that people focus on. Like what actually actual skills do we teach people in this country.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Exactly.

[Raashaun Casey]

Now you're right. And we have to get back to. To the trades. Like you said. We have to make sure that we. We. It's not just, I know I love college. I graduated from Hampton University. Salute to all my four year schools. But also, like you said, we got to get back to welding, H vac, electrical, automotive. We have to get back to those trade schools. We have to salute to Lincoln Tech, by the way. But we got to get back to those trade schools.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Salute to Jordan the welder. Jordan the Welder was at the Black Effect Podcast festival this weekend. Man, you know, we love Jordan. Jordan is a young woman who, speaking of trade, she's a. She's a welder.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's right.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's right. And Jordan ain't. I ain't gonna say she. You know, everybody need a little bit extra cash, but she ain't hurting for no money.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's right.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hello? Who's this?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hey, good morning, DJ Envy. How you doing? My name is Kamar.

[Raashaun Casey]

What's up, Kamar? Talk to us. How. How are the tariffs affecting you, brother?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Oh, man, it's been affecting me and my family business. You know, we're not. We're not getting a lot of customers. Secondly, I teach Welding at a trade school.

[Raashaun Casey]

Okay.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So a lot of the budgeting and stuff is allocated for different stuff. Our material are not good because we're buying speed per material for students. So it's not been good for us.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, a lot of people are actually pushing things aside like if they were going to do something for their house or do something extra, they're just waiting. Now they're holding on to the money because they don't know when that money is going to be needed, when it's not, when it's not going to be coming in no more. So if people want to do things, they just got to hold off a little bit which is I'm sure affecting you guys a lot.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Absolutely. I used to teach at a school that you're familiar with. Lincoln Tech.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's my school. Salute to Lincoln Tech.

[Morgan]

Yeah man.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We are up there in Mawa and I know it's been rough getting material.

[Raashaun Casey]

And stuff because of the tires but yeah, yes. Well, salute to Lincoln Tech again. Actually my cars are at the Mawa campus but salute to Lincoln Tech.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I remember man. Yeah, you're. You're throwing out about two old school cars I think a Chevy 7 piece.

[Raashaun Casey]

Chevy 67 Corvette and 67 Pontiac GTO. They both.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah man. Yeah, they're great man. They're nice.

[Raashaun Casey]

Thank you brother.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah man. Blood.

[Raashaun Casey]

Have a good one. Hello, who's this?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hey, my name is Kayla.

[Jessica Moore]

How you doing?

[Raashaun Casey]

Hey Kayla, Good morning. How has the terrorists affected you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

They whooping my ass with already because I tried to order a specialty made.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Wig from United because you nice has.

[Jessica Moore]

A Brooklyn like location but if it's.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Pre made of course it's like regular.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I tried to order like a.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Specialty made one that was like chocolate.

[Cenk Uygur]

Brown and it was like real long.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Like 32 inches and they tried to.

[Jessica Moore]

Add 55 on top of regular taxes.

[Lenard McKelvey]

On top of that. You know what's crazy? Lauren is in here with a short wig this morning too for the exact same reason.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She is not just had to get.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Short in there, Jess had to get short in there, Lauren had to get shorter wigs. That's crazy.

[Raashaun Casey]

What they what they ain't tell you that Jess was in the back actually cutting Lauren's wig because it's so expensive. We got to get just got to do a couple jobs now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I hate the school.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, can I wait to train?

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know what, what you mean?

[Jessica Moore]

Let me tell you something. The way, the way I'm about to just order these regular ass wigs out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Of Brooklyn, I'm have my Way. Damn.

[Lenard McKelvey]

What does a regular ass wig out of Brooklyn look like?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The brig? The wig that sit next to you every morning.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Damn.

[Cenk Uygur]

Pretty much.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Pretty much.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You ate that period.

[Jessica Moore]

Thank you.

[Raashaun Casey]

I ain't gonna let y'all talk about Lauren wig like that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Now.

[Raashaun Casey]

Enough said. No.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We were talking about the one.

[Jessica Moore]

He had on, like, the other week.

[Raashaun Casey]

Okay, all right.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That was from. That was from Lauren, people.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was from the store in Brooklyn, sweetie. Chill.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know what else, though? I love having these conversations.

[Raashaun Casey]

Thank you, Kayla.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I salute to Kayla. I love having these conversations because we live in an era. Era where nobody wants to show their struggle. Like, social media has everybody wanting to look rich. So you never gonna really know how real it is out here in these streets unless tell you right.

[Raashaun Casey]

Well, 800-585-1051. We're asking, how are the tariffs affecting you? Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lenard McKelvey]

If y'all talking about it, you know we talking about it. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club.

[Raashaun Casey]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're talking about how are the tariffs affecting you? Now, this conversation comes from Jess. She was out and about getting her nails done. And you spoke to one of the nail shop owners, and what did she tell you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was saying that her inventory is so low because she doesn't know when she's going. Her stuff is going to be delivered. Not only is it high like it. It's increased in price, but it takes long to get her inventory. She's been waiting for, like, I think, like a month for her stuff. So she ran out of nail polishes, nail files, and, like, things for pedicures she can only do. Like, she really couldn't even give me a damn pedicure. Well, she couldn't complete the service. I wanted my nails done and my toes done, but she didn't have certain things, and she just didn't want to be. Be a disservice. She didn't want to do a disservice. So she was like, I'm sorry. I understand if you don't want to get your nails done. I said, I will, just to support you. But she didn't have tips for her nails. She ran out of acrylic. And it's just really, really sad because she was damn near in tears in there.

[Raashaun Casey]

Let me ask you a question.

[Lenard McKelvey]

She's not even gonna be able to afford to give you a hookup for shouting her out this morning.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's okay. It is totally okay. I gave her a big tip. I just, you know, basically like a nice donation, but I don't even know if that will help her because they ain't gonna make our stuff come.

[Raashaun Casey]

I was gonna ask you, you know, speaking to other comedians, I know your shows are sold out, but are other comedians having a hard time selling out shows because people don't want to go out anymore?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely.

[Raashaun Casey]

Because a lot of DJs have been hit me and saying that their clubs are not packed, that it's hard for them to get, you know, jobs because people are not going out. They're not spending that extra money at the club buying drinks and things like that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, no, it definitely affects the tour season for sure. And then, not for nothing, everybody is on tour now. I've never seen so many people on tour at once. You know, you got from artists to comedians to everything. And then it's a lot of festivals and DJs. I, you know, like car shows. It's a whole lot of, like a host of events going on, and people gotta figure out, okay, this ticket is 35, you know, all right, if I could do this and I won't be able to go to this show. And, you know, so it is definitely a lot. Even in my own experience with me selling out shows, it takes longer to sell them out. I sell them out, but it just takes so much longer. I remember I used to sell out shows making one video about where I'm gonna be and that. That just do numbers and they'd be sold out before I get there. But now, now it sells out right before, or it'll still be a couple tickets away from being sold out.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Can I say can. Can your brother say something real quick? I just want to say something. I just want to say something to all the DJs and all the comedians who, you know, nobody's coming to their shows. Wasn't nobody coming to your shows before these damn tags. Cut it out, okay?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You coming in the comedian.

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, I'm just saying some of y'all wasn't getting no sold out shows before these times. Now, I know it's a good excuse to use.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, no, you know what? You right, yo. You right. Like, no, I ain't. You know, your ass ain't been selling, but yeah, period.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hello? Who's this?

[Raashaun Casey]

Y'all so foul.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hey, man, this is Boone from. From 843.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hey, 8:43.

[Lenard McKelvey]

What's happening. I'm doing great this morning. Doing great on 526 headed to the port. Trying to check these boxes turned in for the day. Are you a long care of. Don't destroy us no other long trauma. I pull patinas, man. Okay.

[Raashaun Casey]

So how the tariffs affecting you, man?

[Lenard McKelvey]

It's killing us down here, man. We was doing easily 30 boxes a week. Now it's down to maybe four boxes and right now the board is showing empty. No more work. I guess I'm going home. Wow. Damn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jesus.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yep. Thank you for calling right here, man. Like it used to be because like, like two months ago we was getting like 2,000 boxes a day. I need y'all to know elections have consequences. Okay. We just approaching the first hundred days and look how people talking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So that. So that also affects the employees at the ports.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Because if ain't nothing coming in, they ain't got nothing.

[Raashaun Casey]

No.

[Lenard McKelvey]

No jobs and these companies gonna have to start laying people off.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hello? Who's this?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hey, this is Ashley.

[Raashaun Casey]

Hey, Ashley. Good morning. How have the tariffs affected you? Mama.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So I work in healthcare. I work with children. I'm a provider. And it's affecting medical devices and getting these to children because now the prices are just going to go up and then that's going to be put on the families. Things like when children are born, they have abnormal hearts devices to where that device is the heart.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, what up, y'all?

[Raashaun Casey]

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[Cenk Uygur]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jessica Moore]

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[Raashaun Casey]

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[Lenard McKelvey]

Or things with their brain to help stop. Wow.

[Cenk Uygur]

It's gonna help, you know, affect them.

[Raashaun Casey]

Wow. All right, well, thank you. Sorry.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. Even some of my patients, too. I live in Texas, so some parents even drop their kids off and leave because they're worried something may happen, but they still want their children to be taken care of. We should not live in a country where people have to. You know, where people can't afford to live. I know. We listen to what I'm saying. We say afford to live. I'm talking about those people. She's talking about, literally, life and death, Right? Because of their health situation, they can't afford to live.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, but, you know. You know, it's crazy because it affects it all the way around. Like, I know somebody who, you know, I was. You know, I always talk about when I get my fist physical and all my friends, I tell him, like, yo, you need to get your physical. You need to get your physical. He was like, yo, I can't. And I'm like, why? He was like, because the cost of everything is so far up. He was like, I can't even afford to pay my copay when I go. He was like, I gotta.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know.

[Raashaun Casey]

He was like, so I gotta wait a little bit. I'm like, damn. I'm like, well, you know, how much is the copay? Because he can't afford it. He has to do all these odd jobs to make sure he could put food on the table. And he said, everything is shot up in price.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's right. And, you know, Envy also started a little side business where he's giving people prostate exams. Exams. You know what I mean? And a lot of his homeboys.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Prostate exams.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And Envy's doing it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you're not certified.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I'm not even certified.

[Raashaun Casey]

Only did it to Charlemagne.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You ain't never gave me one, but a lot of it. A lot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Crazy.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. That's what he's been telling all them friends that can't afford physicals. Let me give you a little quick prostate check, so.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I know what to do.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yo, what's the moral of the story?

[Lenard McKelvey]

The moral of the story is, man, pray. That's all I said.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But all jokes aside, like, what you said, I know you weren't joking about praying, but what you said, Every election has its consequences. That's literally the moral of the story.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's right. It's crazy. That's Right. All of this is directly due to the actions of President Donald Trump. And this ain't even no partisan thing. I'm talking about if you are an American, you will be affected by the things that he's done. So, you know, you got to give him the credit, because when things go wrong, he gets the credit. When things go right, he gonna get the credit. So right now, things are going very wrong.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's right. All right, well, when we come back, we have the latest with Lauren. Now, Lauren, what we talking about?

[Jessica Moore]

Yes, we do. So I know we talked about Shador Sanders earlier this morning, but did y'all see the video going viral of him and Shinsia from the draft day? They saying it might be a little thing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, that's my gr.

[Jessica Moore]

We gonna talk about it.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club of again. I just want to salute to all the dance studios, especially all the black dance studios. A lot of times when I'm in these, you know, the dance competitions, we don't see too many black dance studios. So when I see them, I just like to recognize them. There's one in Brooklyn, one in Union, New Jersey. I don't know the names. I wrote the names down, but I forgot it at home. But I just wanted to salute them. They know who they are. I'm sure they're listening. But they do a terrific, amazing job doing what they do and bringing the actual culture on that stage. Cause a lot of times when you see the girls dancing on that stage, it's what they think the culture is. But when you have those black damn studios, they are indulged in a culture where it was one was called Island Gals. Island Gals out in Union, New Jersey, they killed it. Like, had maybe about 20, 30 girls aging from 6 to, I would say, 15. And them girls are killing it all types of dances, and they're doing ballet, they're doing tap, and they're doing hip hop. So I just want to say salute to all the dance studios out there. Y'all put a lot of effort and time, time. And I appreciate it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's like. Yeah, it is lifestyle.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It is.

[Raashaun Casey]

It is.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes. You said you. You heard. You said you heard Coco Jones album. Why not more this weekend, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Absolutely. Yes, I did.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Because I saw you say that in the group chat. You were saying it was dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It really was. That and Key Glock's album. Well, Key Glock's whole album did not drop yet, but he got three songs that he put out and it is lit. I like all of them. It's no sweat. 3am in Tokyo and the Grinch. He dropped easy. But yeah, why not more? I listened to Coco Jones whole project, man, and she's offering like, what she's giving on the album.

[Raashaun Casey]

It's dope.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I ain't heard it from her before. So, yeah, not saying that, you know, not discrediting her earlier music, but this is a different Coco and is. Is more mature and sultry and it's. It's something that you can do your makeup to all the girls. This is like. She got some, some, some anthems.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Well, dropping the foos bombs for Coco Jones because, you know, you know, over the weekend I saw people, you know, talking about how. And I was saying how Def Jam didn't send the album. Yeah, just make. Make sure you go scream her album. You know, I mean, like if the people that were upset about that, upset about Def Jam not sending us the album. Make sure you go support. Absolutely, yes.

[Jessica Moore]

Going up for her over the weekend on X.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But you're not. You're not going up if you don't go support that.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, you're right.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know what I mean?

[Raashaun Casey]

Comments and hashtags.

[Jessica Moore]

It was reviewed views of people who had listened to her.

[Raashaun Casey]

You got to go support her album. Yeah, good, good.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Coco deserves that.

[Raashaun Casey]

Your damn Charlemagne.

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, I haven't got a chance to listen to it yet.

[Jessica Moore]

Now it's out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You need to like, listen crazy.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You saw. You saw the weekend I had. I was in Orlando. I'm in Atlanta for the Black Effect Podcast Festival. Had a lot going on this weekend. I ain't listening. You know the only. You want to know the one song I listen to over and over this weekend? Regina Bell. God is good. I listen to Regina Bell God is Good for two hours on Saturday morning. Morning as I was just sitting in my hotel getting ready for the Black F podcast.

[Raashaun Casey]

Most people don't know and most people don't know. We usually. Well, I usually listen to the projects on my way to work.

[Jessica Moore]

Got you. Yeah, cuz you got.

[Raashaun Casey]

You got to drive where, you know, there. There's nobody bothering us. So that's why we asked for the albums early so we can listen to it on the way to work and. And dive into it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How was the host? Did Wheezy do good?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Wheezy and Mandy did fantastic.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Love Wheezy. I know she ate it up up there.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I love Bomb for Decisions, decisions they did a fantastic job at the Black Effect Podcast festival this past Saturday. I mean, my guy, Louis V, he was providing the soundtrack. You know, it was a great, great, great event.

[Jessica Moore]

I met somebody at the podcast festival who actually went to the Lean On Me school, y'all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And.

[Jessica Moore]

Yes. And he came up to me. Yes, he came up to me. He said. He said, when we do all that in here, if we gonna do the Joe Clark stuff, we gotta stand on one leg when we sing the song, because that's what Joe Clark used to make. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He wanted me.

[Jessica Moore]

Yes.

[Raashaun Casey]

He literally went Jersey right by you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Based off a real scoring.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Real.

[Jessica Moore]

Not. You don't know your own reference.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did not even know. I just. It's just my favorite Morgan Freeman movie of all time.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I didn't know that is a real person. Yes. All that happened.

[Jessica Moore]

He said, if y'all gonna do it, do it. Just do it right. He used to make us stand on one leg and sing that song so that we understood whatever we were getting in trouble for.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn. That makes the movie even more impactful for me now. I did not know that. That's what's up.

[Cenk Uygur]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

I think it's based off a school in Patterson. Patterson, New Jersey, I believe.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And it's New Jersey. I know that.

[Raashaun Casey]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren becoming a straight.

[Raashaun Casey]

She gets it from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lenard McKelvey]

She gets the details.

[Jessica Moore]

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

[Lenard McKelvey]

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

[Morgan]

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

[Jessica Moore]

Okay, y'all. So over the weekend, when Shador was celebrating his draft weekend, even before he was drafted. So this was after the first round, and he did not get drafted. He had already had celebration set up. Right. So they celebrating. And there's video that surfaced after this of Shinsia, who is a Jamaican artist at the celebration. She's sitting on the couch next to Shador. They're talking. There's no, like, physical interaction. Like, no PDA or anything like that, but they are it. You're looking like, why is she there? Like, it was a random. And it's. That's a private celebration, as we know. Right. So people started having the conversation about whether they were dating or not. And people. People, you know, felt like for him not to get drafted that first night in front of Shinsia because how gorgeous she is and how fine she is. It's like they're like, yo, it's gonna make him go even harder, right? Just making jokes or whatever. So that was like, a big thing. Then they started having a conversation about her age and his age because she's 28 and he's 23. So then they started debating about if she's too old to be with him and blah, blah, blah. So I reached out to a source close to Shinsia because I wanted to know, number one, are they even dating? Before we get into this conversation of age or whatever, I am told that they are not dating. What I'm told is that he had a bunch of different girls come in for the celebration weekend, you know, just to kind of not. I wouldn't even say promo, but just to be a part of, like, the vibes and stuff of the weekend. Shinia's role. Actually, she was a lead girl. That first night. If he would have been drafted, she was supposed to hand him that hat off of the shelves of hats that he had for the school that selected. I mean, the team that selected him. He didn't get drafted. She ended up staying for the weekend because she had already planned to be there for the weekend because it was supposed to be a whole celebration from. For the remainder of the week. And they met that day, that draft day first day was the first time that they had ever met. Now, whether sparks and flu or not, once she, you know, I mean, met him in person, I have no idea, but that I know of. At that time, they were not dating. That was the first time even meeting each other. She was just sitting on the couch in the celebration. So boom, Thursday. I'm sorry.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, whatever. Cause you always building me up to break me down. That. That would have been nice. I love Gencia.

[Jessica Moore]

I do too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think she is a lucky guy. Whoever gets that chance. Answer, lucky guy.

[Jessica Moore]

Well, speaking of other lucky guys, the rock and roll hall of fame, class of 2025.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I like this.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah. Those that. That dropped the information of all the, you know, who's going to be in the 2025 class. And Outcast is on the list.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Long overdue.

[Raashaun Casey]

Well deserved.

[Lenard McKelvey]

This is the immortal Outcast dropping the clues bombs for Andre 3000 and Big Boy. Come on, man. The greatest hip hop group of all time. You know, it's debatable to me between Outkast and Wuang, but most people definitely have Outkast, you know, number one on their list, very well deserving. Like they should be in every. There's not a musical hall of fame that Outkast, shouldn't Be in.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Jessica Moore]

Yes. Go.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And Outcast. Not the only ones.

[Jessica Moore]

No, no. There's a full list. So you also have Soundgarden, Cindy.

[Raashaun Casey]

She want sound God in the White Stripes.

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, we don't care about that. With Salt and Pepper.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Dang seasonings. I love them.

[Lenard McKelvey]

The great. No, no, no. I'm sorry. It's Salt and Pepper. Salt and Pepper is by far the greatest female rap group of all time.

[Raashaun Casey]

Absolutely. Hold on.

[Jessica Moore]

You knew he was talking about the group, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I. I always call. I call them the Seasonings.

[Jessica Moore]

Oh, okay. I thought. You really thought that. Like hell no.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know Salt and Pepper. Don't do me like that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Don't even talk about Season is when you went to all the unseasoned stuff before you jumped to Salt and Pepper. You went from outcast to all the unseasoned. This your story should have been Outcast. Salt and Pepper. Then we could have got to everything else.

[Raashaun Casey]

You could at least did Chubby Checker.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Oh, Chubby Checker got nominated.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yes. How you do sound guard before Chubby Check.

[Jessica Moore]

Continue the list. Go ahead.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's all I care about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

Salt and Pepper. Chubby Checker.

[Jessica Moore]

Well, congratulations to them.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jessica Moore]

And for those guys. For those of you guys who do not know, in order to be eligible for nomination, artists have to be at least 25 years out from the release of their first commercial recording. Inductees are awarded through four categories. Performers whose music. Whose music and cultural impact have changed the course of rock and roll. Influential musicians who've innovative styles have prepared cultural change. Change. And music excellence, which is an award designated for like writers, producers and different musicians.

[Lenard McKelvey]

What's the over under on Andre 3000? Showing up like that should be what draft picks and what's all them other draft kicks? Yes. What's the over under on Andre 3000? Even show.

[Raashaun Casey]

I think it'll show up.

[Jessica Moore]

It's gonna show up.

[Raashaun Casey]

I think I'll show up for this.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah. You can't. I don't know. We don't know that he moved to the beat of his own flute. We do not know if Andrew.

[Jessica Moore]

Oh.

[Raashaun Casey]

Cause he plays a flip out.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah.

[Raashaun Casey]

I wouldn't even be mad if you said Cindy Laa. Why you went to.

[Jessica Moore]

I didn't.

[Raashaun Casey]

We didn't even know.

[Jessica Moore]

I did say Cindy Laer. You didn't. You missed Sound Garden and then I said Cindy Lopper. You were just so upset that I said Sound Garden at. You know what I mean that you.

[Raashaun Casey]

Said that before Salt and Pepper. Yes.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I really want to know, if Andre 3000 gonna show up, he gonna show up. Y'all say that like that's just a given. Andre, do not be beat for these industry shenanigans. He going.

[Raashaun Casey]

He gonna show up.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I don't know.

[Jessica Moore]

Salt and Pepper will actually be receiving the Musical Influence Award during the induction ceremony.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Very well deserved. You talking about two ballot, hall of Fame, music, anything. And if they're not, they should be.

[Raashaun Casey]

That's right.

[Jessica Moore]

Yes. And that award ceremony will go down November 8th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, speaking of unseasoned, Happy birthday to Jessica Alba.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Alba got seasoning, girl. Goya, what you talking about? Honesty. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm sorry.

[Jessica Moore]

I'm sorry you missed it. It was a sk. Complexion that got you.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Jessica is good people. She. She actually one of yours? She Mexican.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's not. She not one of mine. Don't try to. I don't own them people. Not one of mine. Don't do that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Your husband Mexican and your baby is half Mexican. What you talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did not know. So, Alba, Jessica Alba is Hispanic?

[Lenard McKelvey]

A little. Yes. She's Mexican.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Got no. That.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Okay. Salute to Jessica Alba, man.

[Jessica Moore]

Sor. Shout out to Jess.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Jessica, good people. She is Jessica, good people.

[Raashaun Casey]

Charlotte, man, who you giving your donkey to, man?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Before. After the hour, we need Jax Albridge to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with him, please.

[Raashaun Casey]

Albert didn't sound Spanish to you? Latino to you?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I don't know.

[Jessica Moore]

I. I didn't know that either, you know, just. No, I didn't know she was. I didn't know what she was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because when you think of Hispanic, you think of Riviera, Martinez, Lopez, Armando, like, whatever, black.

[Jessica Moore]

Which you think of?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jackson Johnson.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Johnson Washington.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know what the hell McKelvey is.

[Lenard McKelvey]

We.

[Raashaun Casey]

We. Your Irish.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Irish. Oh, I don't know.

[Raashaun Casey]

Donkey today. Who you giving that donkey to, man?

[Lenard McKelvey]

I already told you, we'll do it next breakfast. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Donkey up the baby.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn the he haw again.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It's time for Donkey of the King. I ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Things called donkey of the Day. And it really caught me off guard. Damn, Charlemagne. Who got the donkey of the day today?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Well, Jess, hilarious Donkey of the day for Monday, April 28 goes to Jax Albridge. Who is Jax Albridge? Well, he's the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Albridge. Now, over the weekend, he did something that was absolutely hilarious. Hilarious, okay, stupid. Which is why he's getting donkey of the day, but hilarious nonetheless. See, we all watched Shador Sanders slide in the 2025 NFL Draft. He was eventually drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round, dropping a clues bomb for Shadow Sanders. Sidebar. I love the way Shador handled the whole situation. All he kept doing the whole time he wasn't getting drafted was give all glory to God. He kept saying, this is God's plan. And he accepted, accepted whatever was happening in his life at that moment. I love that. Drop on the clues. Bonus. Your door once again. But Jax took it upon himself to pretend to be an NFL general manager and prank calls your door. Sanders doing this whole thing. Let's listen. Hello, this is Mickey Loomis here, the. The GM of the New Orleans Saints. How you doing? Good.

[Morgan]

Hard you, man, good.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Been waiting on you. Yeah, we have.

[Morgan]

It's been a long wait, man. We're going to take you with our next P.E. right here, man.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, sir. Let's be legendary.

[Morgan]

But you're going to have to wait.

[Lenard McKelvey]

A little bit longer, man. Okay, Sorry about that. What does that mean? Are you going ask us what it mean? And you was on the phone. You heard that? He said, you're not the way living. First of all, hilarious. Okay? Very, very well played. You got to give it to him. What a way to meet the moment with a joke. If I had access to Shador's personal number or whatever number he was using on draft day, my mind might have went to doing something like that too, at that age. Jack Ulbrich is 21. But the reason I'm giving Jax the credit he deserves for being stupid is because of who his father is. His father is Jeff Ulbrich, defensive coordinator coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons. Right now, as I speak, the NFL is reviewing Jeff's role in the Shador Sanders prank call. The Falcons said they won't be taking any action against Jeff. But the NFL said they have been in contact with the Falcons and they are reviewing the matter. And this is the issue. See, Jax, you didn't take into consideration how this could impact your daddy because of who he is. And that is something we all need to remember when we do things. Things. Who around me will this impact? Who around me will this affect? Okay, Jax, if you was just some 21 year old kid who prank called Shador, I'd be like, whatever. But your daddy is in the NFL, okay? He's defensive coordinator for the Falcons. Now we know where you got the number from? Okay, I'm not saying daddy gave it to you, but you clearly have been privy to some inside information, and that's exactly what happened. Jax unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number which he found in an open iPad while visiting his parents home. Now you. Now you done made things hot for your daddy for no damn reason. You know how the Internet works, okay? Or maybe you don't. So let me explain. Jax, you're white, okay? Caucasian. There is a narrative. And the narrative is people already think that white people, owners, executives, coaches in the NFL are colluding against Shador to humble him and his father, Deion Sanders, because they don't like confident, secure black men. That's the narrative. So when the son of a defensive coordinator in the NFL pranks Shadora like that, and you hear Shadora say, nobody has this number, it puts five fire on the flames of all the conspiracy theorists because you like. Oh, they really playing with Shadow. The son of an NFL defensive coordinator prank called Shadow. Everybody with a tin foil pool shiesty Mass who thought this was a conspiracy. You can't tell them nothing after this. You confirmed their suspicions, Jax. And you made it hot for your daddy for no damn reason. Now, Jax did apologize on Instagram. Let's go to NBC 11 Alive News for the report.

[Morgan]

I'm sure you saw the shocking video over the weekend of Shadur Sanders being prank called.

[Lenard McKelvey]

The callers posing as the Sands general.

[Morgan]

Manager, leading shooter to believe that he.

[Raashaun Casey]

Was being drafted by the Saints. Well, turns out one of the kids involved is the son of Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The Falcons confirming today that Jax Ulbricht.

[Morgan]

Came across the contact information on his father's unlocked iPad.

[Raashaun Casey]

Jeff Ulbricht did not know about any.

[Morgan]

Of this until the prank call came to to light.

[Raashaun Casey]

The Falcons have apologized to Shadour and his family. The Falcons went on to say, we have also been in contact with the NFL and will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries we may receive from.

[Morgan]

The NFL League office.

[Raashaun Casey]

We are thoroughly reviewing all protocols and updating if necessary to help prevent an.

[Morgan]

Incident like this from happening again.

[Raashaun Casey]

Now, Jax actually released an apology on Instagram this afternoon. He says he called Chadura on Sunday to apologize. Apologize. Jax also says what he did was.

[Morgan]

Completely inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful. He says he's sorry he took away from Shadur's moment and that it was selfish and childish.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, make sure you apologize to your daddy too, for embarrassing his last name. And let the record show they did prank call a couple of other players, but nobody cared about them because Shadow was the main attraction for the whole draft. All right, the NFL needs to send the Sanders family an edible arrangement or something because I can't remember the last time folks talked about the NFL draft this much, especially after the first round. But the moral of the story is this. You have to understand how your actions affect others. We always think about how someone is impacted personally. But when you do things, think about how it will impact others, especially those you claim to love. Please give Jax Albrecht the biggest Hee Hawk. Matter of fact, let Chelsea Handler give Jax Ulbrich the biggest Hee haw. Hee haw. Hee Haw. That is way too much, Dan Mayonnaise. Mm.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, indeed.

[Raashaun Casey]

Now, when we come back, we have the CEO, founder and host of the Young Turks, Cenk Uygur. He'll be joining us when we come back, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Laurel Rosas here as well. We got a special guest in the building, the CEO and founder and host of Young Turks, Jank Uygur. How you feeling?

[Morgan]

I'm good, I'm good, brother.

[Lenard McKelvey]

How you doing? Bless black and highly favored man. You got this initiative that you're launching that you're trying to recruit Democrats who lean into left wing populism.

[Morgan]

You got that right?

[Lenard McKelvey]

What does that look like?

[Morgan]

So that looks like some of what Trump promised. Hey, I'm gonna deliver for the average guy and I hate the establishment, etc. But of course he was full of crap and he didn't mean it. And so we said on the Young Tourist this brothers, all he's going to do is do tax cuts for the rich, right? So that's what he did and that's what he wants. Five and a half trillion dollars in tax cuts for corporations, etc. So what we're saying is how about we actually deliver for the average guy? Higher wages, lower drug prices, paid family leave so you can get a little bit of time off when you have a kid, Money out of politics, end the wars and lower housing prices. But in order to do do that, you got to take on big drug companies, you got to take on private equity that's buying our residential homes and driving up the prices. And so the reason that the Democrats haven't done it in the past is because they're too wedded to the Donor class. And so we're saying let's bring the Democratic Party back to what it was. So what it was was serving the average guy, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, all these, by the way, super popular programs. So let's go back to passing bills, delivering for people, people, and let's get the Democratic Party back and kick Trump's ass.

[Lenard McKelvey]

You know, I'll go.

[Jessica Moore]

I was gonna say, what you're talking about is economic populism.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jessica Moore]

But how realistic is that? Because people always say this stuff, and then even when they get in a position, it's. There's so much you got to fight through so many different tiers of, like, the House and, you know, the people that don't agree. So how realistic is it? And what does that time I look like? Because when you're saying it, I don't. I'm not gonna say it. In my time here, it's gonna be generation. Generations.

[Morgan]

Yeah, Lauren, I love that question, okay. Because you're right. That's exactly the question everybody should ask, okay. Because Democrats get in, and then they never do it. Right? And so I get super frustrated. First thing they took out of the bill, the COVID relief bill under Biden was $15 minimum wage. Now, if you $15 minimum wage, you not only raise people's wages to the tune of about $92 billion.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right?

[Morgan]

That goes from the richest people in the country, the people who need it the most, who are working. Right. But you also raise the wages above. And then whenever you go to do that, they go, oh, no, you can't do that because that'll drive up inflation. No, inflation's already here. I need my wages to go up to keep up with it.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right?

[Morgan]

So why don't we ever pass any of those things? Because the donor class. So look, I, you know, if you're a Democrat, I hate to break it to you, right? So if you're a Republican, I got terrible news for you, okay? But if you're a Democrat, I got bad news, which is that Biden and all those guys, they never meant it. They never. That's why they took $15 minimum wage right out of the bill. So why are we different? A, no corporate donors. No candidate is allowed to take corporate PAC money if they're with Rebellion pac. And so so far, we got Ro Khanna, the first guy who said no corporate PAC money at all. And he's awesome, and he's the one that worked with Bernie to get $15 minimum wage at Amazon. And when they first started that, they're like, oh, you're not going to be able to pressure Amazon. You don't have any power. What are you guys going to do? You progressives, you know, you're always rabble rousing. And guess What? They got $15 minimum wage at Amazon. Right. So Rose been delivering throughout. Now we got Richard Ojeda running in North Carolina. 9. That brother almost beat somebody in West Virginia when he was down 50. When that's a R plus 54. So what? But when we get in, Lauren, if we don't deliver like Sierra, I'll put the first one up on the board. Paid family leave. So that's 12 weeks off for moms after they have a baby.

[Jessica Moore]

I've had to use that. Yeah, well, I have a baby, but my mom was sick, so I had to use paid family leave.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And. But you know that 85% of Americans don't have paid family family leave.

[Jessica Moore]

I don't know what I would have did without it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, that's crazy not to have. You got to go back to work the next day or you got to burn all your vacation time, all your sick time. It's so unfair. So that polls at 84. What that means is the Democrats and Republicans are full of crap. If you can't pass Something that said 84, you're not trying. Okay, so what we're going to do if we win is we're going to try, and we're going to try like hell and we're going to take out whoever is in our path, whether they're Republicans or Democrats. So if they want to come cry about it, nope, problem. We're populous. We're ready to kick their ass. So it's not like, oh, yeah, like the old days.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I'll go.

[Morgan]

We'll be so kind to our colleagues. Our colleagues are so precious. No, your colleagues aren't that precious. They're the ones who killed all these bills. So I demand accountability for our candidates. I'll do the accountability. If they throw any of these bills under the bus, then we're going to kick them out of the group. But they're not going to because they're great guys. And we got another guy coming on May 1, too.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I think everything that you're saying is great. I just feel like it's four years too late. And what I mean by that is we're talking. Talking as if we're in normal times, as if the midterms are just going to come and we're just going to go vote and, you know, put the people in or 20, 28 is just going to come and we're just going to go vote. They're already telling us what they're planning to do. They want Trump to run for a third term. I just don't think. I don't think these normal ways of doing things are going to be able to combat what is currently in the White House. And I don't think we understand that yet because it's just total talk.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

When they actually do the things that they say that they're doing, that's when everybody's gonna realize, like, oh, wait, so we don't have free and fair elections no more.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So, Sean, couple of layers to that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right?

[Morgan]

So first off, we're the only ones, as far as I can see, that's actually got a plan. Right. So, like, and I encourage everybody else, like, if you don't like our plan, great. If you're a Democrat, come up with a different plan. Right. And then plant your flag like we're doing, and say, hey, you know, I'm for this or I'm for that. We're saying we're for economic policies and we're gonna win back Congress. So step one in beating Trump and also taking over the Democratic Party, you got to win these elections if they're.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Free and fair elections.

[Morgan]

So now, Charlamagne, to the point you're making. So why were you and I opposed to Trump? We were opposed to him because we were worried that he's going to do authoritarian crap like this. Why did you and I worry about Joe Biden? Not because we hate Joe Biden, but because we were worried he was going to lose to Trump.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's right. That's right.

[Morgan]

And unfortunately, we were right about all of that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right?

[Morgan]

So, okay, now what's next step? So I've gone on every kind of show, so I'm here on Breakfast Club, but I've gone on, you know, Patrick, but David and Tim Pool and David Pakman and Brian Tyler Cohen. So every left, right. Everything in between, Right. Breaking points, etc. Right. So what I see from the right in that is some of them are hardcore MAGA guys. And if Trump says and the Constitution, they'll light it on fire. But half of them are just bros. And they're like, wait, why are we burning the Constitution? I thought we were in favor of the Constitution. So you're beginning to see that when I first said that, people like, oh, get out of here. There's no way way every Trump voters are racist, fascist, etc. But wait and Then all of a sudden, Trump burns up the stock market and Dave Portnoy, who supported Trump, is out there going, what the hell? I just lost $20 million. Okay, I don't like this. I don't like this. And I don't blame him. You know, I don't, I don't have the 20 million to lose, but I know I'd be mad. Okay, so that's financial. You go to Rogan and Rogan's like, wait, wait, wait, wait. What are we getting rid of due process for? Why are we locking people up without even bringing them to court? What part of that is America? And it is in America, right?

[Lenard McKelvey]

You got Candace Owens talking about them taking away freedom of speech.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, so. And look, you're seeing, on behalf of Israel, they're snatching up people off the streets. And so that's. I mean, it doesn't get any more cancel culture than I'm going to arrest you with. Mass men.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Raashaun Casey]

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[Morgan]

I'm gonna deport you. I mean, that's canceling your life, right? And so they cancel their diplomas, etc. So I see all that. But my point to you, Charlamagne, is that you'd be surprised at how many other people see that. So, so he came in at around 50%, which is as high as he's ever been. Boom. Last poll out, he's down to 40 opposes 59%. He's already in a 19 point hole and he's going south. So if he goes to cancel elections, for example. It's. I wouldn't put anything past him.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right.

[Morgan]

But at that point, it's not just going to be us on the left, and it's not just going to be minorities. It's going to be people like Rogan and others who go, no, no, no, no. We signed up for lower prices. We signed up for closing the border. We signed up for some of the things you and I might agree with or disagree with, but we didn't sign up for this.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But then what happens when he starts locking up media?

[Morgan]

Yeah. So look, here's your bellwether, okay? He locks me up. We're in a lot of trouble. Okay? But here I am on the front lines. I oppose him 100%. I'm doing a democratic movement to make sure he loses in Congress. I'm Muslim, I'm a huge critic of his Israel, and I'm a naturalized citizen, okay? So if anyone's on the front line, I'm at the very, very front of that line, and I'm saying, come get me. So I'm. Okay.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Don't say that. Don't give him a reason.

[Morgan]

No, my point is, though, guys, if we all panic, we're not going to get anything done.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I agree with that.

[Morgan]

Okay? So let's all stay calm. Let's do a plan. I. Here I am with a plan to actually take power away from him in 20, 20, 26. If you got a better plan, I'm all ears. But what I can't have is no plan.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, we got more with Jake Yuga when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the God we are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We're still kicking it with Jank Yuga, Lauren.

[Jessica Moore]

So if. If all goes well and everybody that you want and gets in, y'all able to start moving and doing all these things, there's going to be times where y'all going to have to disappoint people because everything can happen the way they need to. How do they handle that? Because I think that's another thing that happens with Democrats. They make it seem like they're never going to disappoint, and then they do, and then they don't know how to come back from it. You said that right now, Trump, his message and everything was good, but he is doing horrible when it comes to the terror tariffs. He's blowing it, is what you said. Yeah, he is sticking to his ground on, like, this is what we need to do. We might lose some people in the midst of it, but it'll make for better. According to him later, y'all might have to do that too. Then what happens? Because people will say you guys are blowing it at that point.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So first off, Trump isn't really sticking to what he said. He said global tariffs for everyone were at ridiculous, comical levels. And we're like, what the. I don't mind tariffs. Like, you could protect certain industries with tariffs. Right. And rebuild manufacturing. So it's not crazy to do some tariffs. Right. But when he announced, oh, I'm going to do like these unbelievable, never heard of before tariffs all across the world, we're all like, what are you doing? That's crazy. Right? So then he took that back and then he had the 145 tariffs on China and we're like, you know what iPhones are going to cost if you do that? Then he took that back. So now he's down to still stupid tariffs on China because they're so gigantic that they're not productive right now. Now flip it back on us. Right? So what happens, number one, if we do something wrong? Just like Rokhanna, he's like, hey, listen, we, we do, we fight for what's right. If it turns out we weren't right, then you break, bring it back. So there's no shame in saying, hey, we tried our best, we tried this and you guys said you didn't love it. So then we're going to next. So why do we pick like those six bills, right? Anti war, money out of politics, etc. Because those are super popular. They're all above two thirds. So if our guys get into Congress in 2026, what we're going to say is not just Republicans, but Democrats too. Why are you all preventing a bill that's at 84%? Why are you all such radical that you're in the 16%? So because mainstream media will say, oh, paid family leave. That is a radical progressive idea.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Oh, no.

[Morgan]

Nobody can pass out the filibuster. The parliamentarian. Right? Yeah. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. 16 is radical. 84% is not radical. This whole country wants a. 74% of Republicans want it over, 90% of Democrats want it over, 80% of independents want it. Now, if we can't pass something, we're at an impasse. Why? Because the corporate donors are going to come in, they're going to buy the mansions and the cinemas, even if stare around there's going to be new mansions and cinemas, etc. What are we going to do? We're going to start calling people out. So that's what you've never seen in.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Politics, especially on the Democratic side. No, Trump did it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Jessica Moore]

And that's kind of what I mean by not like he's doing what he said he was going to do because he does what he wants. I just mean that like when some, if he says he wants something and it doesn't go his way, he calls people out. He does. He sends a flares scare attack who he lose in the midst of it. That's what I meant by that. Democrats don't do that at all. Like, they play this like pr. You can't scare, you can't ruffle a feather. God is good, everything is love. That's how we handle issues.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I tried to get the VP to call out Cinema. I tried to get her to call out Manchin. I tried to get all the Democrats to do it. They just would not do it for whatever reason.

[Morgan]

So I know the reason. And Lauren, that's such, again, a great question, right? Because if we don't call people out, you can't get it done. So it's like Trump is terrible on policy, but on strategy, I, I get it, right? So like the Democrats say, oh, you can't just intimidate people into voting your way. What do you mean? I just saw Trump do it. I just saw Trump do it like 12 times.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's right.

[Morgan]

I've seen Trump do it now time and time again. What do you mean you can't do it? No, it's not that you can't do it, so you don't want to do it. Right. And Lauren, they take that like, God is good, all that attitude as a cover story. Oh, we're so nice. We're so nice that we can't call out our colleagues. That would be me mean. But in reality, they're both taking the same donor money, right? Mainstream media never calls them out and Democrats never called them out. We're calling them out. We're calling them out. You hear me saying it about Cinema Mansion, you hear me and Charlamagne talking about Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer talking about billionaire buddies. He's like doing talking points like, oh, Republicans and their billionaire buddies. Hey, brother, come on, come on, man. How many billionaire buddies do you have? Exactly, right? So if you don't call them out, you're never going to get anything done. That's the one thing Trump is Right about. So let's get our guy in. But that, unlike Trump, isn't just for himself, but for once. For once actually looks out for all of us.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I love this idea. I love what you're doing. I love what David Hodge is doing. I think it's fantastic. You know? Yeah, I just tell him how to support.

[Morgan]

All right, so first of all, rebellionpact.com since we're not taking corporate money, we need a lot of grassroots donors. Last time for just Democrats, Young Turks audience raised two and a half million dollars.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Wow.

[Morgan]

This time, let's double it, right? Let's get these guys some real juice. And we're gonna get them on all the shows and all the podcasts, get their voice out there. They're not afraid. They're not afraid. They love their message. They want to tell their message. Okay, so rebellionpact.com but also volunteer.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right.

[Morgan]

And also, if you can, if you want to. And we've already. I announced it yesterday already. A bunch of people going through the candidate process. So that's how we find folks. But we can't run everybody. You know, you got to be judicious and you got to find the best people. So I don't want to give people false hope. You got to come correct, and you got to be great. Right. But if you're doing that and you're an honest person, rebellionpack.com we're going to at least consider you, whereas the Democratic Party would. Then the other way is just keep up with Young Turks. Like, we're on YouTube. 6:00 every night, 6, 8:00, me and Anna. Right. And so we're going to give news about all the updates and stuff. And then we're going to. I'm sure how amazing people join our advisory board to help. Help us win. Like maybe Charlemagne.

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, I would. I player. I would do that. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah, let's. Let's talk about it. I would love that.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right, Absolutely.

[Morgan]

And we got some other folks that are interested in joining the advisory board that I think would be amazing. Let's get a wide variety right everywhere. Everyone, Charlemagne, from you to like, I want Harvard Law Professor Larry Les again. He's a godfather of money in politics. Get money out of politics. And. And so let's get smart, passionate people to actually overcome the system that we have here. And so, look, if you give up, they win. If you stay on your couch, they win. But if you get up and try, look, protests. I love it. It needs a step two, and this is step two. Right. Step two is we actually go win and take back Congress. Step three is we go take over the Democratic Party and win the country over and actually pass the bills. Right. But step one's great. Get in the game somehow, right?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Noise.

[Morgan]

Make some noise. Volunteer for Rebellion Pack. Go to protests. Or you guess you heard somebody's got a better idea. Do that idea. But get in the game. Because the minute you sit down and lose hope is the minute they win.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Tell them where to find you, man.

[Morgan]

So Young Turks on YouTube, 6 to 8 o'clock. You could of course, find it on TYT.com as well and rebellionpack.com to help this movement, Rebellion Pack and your Instagrams.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And all of that.

[Morgan]

So at Jank Uygur and at the on Turks and you'll be able to find us on all the platforms.

[Lenard McKelvey]

My man Shank. Thank you for joining us, brother.

[Morgan]

Thank you, Charlamagne. Appreciate it. Thank you, Lauren. Great questions. Really appreciated it.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Thanks for the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club.

[Raashaun Casey]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lauren becoming a straight fan.

[Raashaun Casey]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Details.

[Jessica Moore]

I'm the home girl that knows a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Little bit about everything.

[Lenard McKelvey]

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

[Morgan]

What was the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Talk to me.

[Jessica Moore]

So Diddy, y'all know trials coming up?

[Raashaun Casey]

Yep.

[Jessica Moore]

So his lawyers are laying out what kind of his. His big defense will be. So Diddy recently rejected. Rejected a plea deal. And when he rejected the plea deal, they are arguing that he's a swinger, but he's not a criminal. Now, okay, what was the plea deal?

[Raashaun Casey]

Did we know what the plea deal was?

[Jessica Moore]

I'm gonna get into it. Just why you let Jess laugh?

[Raashaun Casey]

You waiting for you because you knew Justin set you up for this one.

[Jessica Moore]

Okay, so. So Diddy rejected a plea deal that the federal prosecutors offered him. And now because of this, they're positioning him as a swinger, as I mentioned. Right. So in court on Friday, there was a hearing that happened, and it was about a different. A bunch of different topics. So according to Rolling Stone, they said, the prosecutor said that they did offer him a plea deal, but he flatly, like, denied it. He didn't want anything to do about it. Do with it. There was no details of the plea deal that came out Envy, but it is believed that that he was offered one. And people do believe that like Rolling Stone is not like lying about this. Like, this is true. But the reason why people was like, is no way that this is true. Because everybody feels like if he's pushing for court, right. Like I was told, he really wants to go to court now. He didn't want anything to delay. He's actually happy that that two month hold didn't happen. Why wouldn't he just take a plea deal, get it all over with and figure out how to, you know, get home off of the plea deal?

[Raashaun Casey]

He's not going on a plea deal. Plea deal. He got plea guilty to something.

[Jessica Moore]

But I mean, but you can, depending on what you do. We don't know yet, but I will. I'm trying to figure that out. Depending on what the plea deal was, was though, it could have been something that like young thug took a plea deal too and was able to.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And you said it opens them up civilly. Did he open bro. Them civil cases is open. He already getting, he already getting sued for hundreds of millions of dollars. You mean opens the most.

[Raashaun Casey]

But if he pleads guilty, depending on what the deal is, is almost like if you plead guilty for criminal, it's easier. Way easier for civil form.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's not, that's not true. O.J. simpson got found not guilty and still lost in the civil case. Right.

[Raashaun Casey]

But we're saying if he pleads guilty, depending on what the deal is and he says yes and pleads guilty, they can use it in the civil case. OJ Was found not guilty. Totally two different things.

[Lenard McKelvey]

That's not true because a lot of the.

[Jessica Moore]

If you notice.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes. And if you notice, a lot of Diddy's civil cases are getting dismissed because they're not strong. So just because a criminal case could be way stronger than a civil case could. So. No.

[Jessica Moore]

Well, in this, whatever that plea deal was and the conversations they were having in court on Friday. Friday, Diddy's team is arguing that he might have lived a swinger lifestyle, but he's never done anything inappropriate or criminal. And that was coming from the head of his legal team, Mark Agnifilio. Now, he said that in the, the world that Diddy lived in as his mogul, this entertainment mogul, being a swinger was common. So basically, Diddy is being prosecuted, according to his team, for something that is a common lifestyle. And that's what they're going to lean into heavily when he goes to court, which may provide, provide some issues only because, you know, there's a conversation around like people saying that they were drugged against their, their Will, you know, forcible things that happen to them. So depending on who, and we still don't know, depending on what their evidence is and who they're, who they gonna have taken a stand, that can completely flip. Especially because we know Cassie's gonna be taking a stand. Right. And if this swinger lifestyle which she did engage in at some points, but at some point it turned the other way, she can testify something completely different. Like. No, it goes beyond that. So they're taking a gamble at even putting it out there this, this early. But you got to kind of lay the foundation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y'all may have answered this, you may have answered this question before, but the fact that she settled with him.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like I didn't know that that was possible. You can settle with somebody, you can get paid and like you settle with them and then they can still turn around and be a, a witness.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I didn't know that either.

[Jessica Moore]

It's because she was subpoenaed by a federal court. So like you can have a settlement, but if a federal court is saying.

[Raashaun Casey]

Federal court don't care about the settlement.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah, like these, these things happen. Like it's not like legal. Yeah, she was subpoenaed, so she kind of didn't really have a choice but to. You know what I mean? Like, because I just didn't, I wanted.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't know that worked like that. But okay.

[Raashaun Casey]

And then when you, once you're subpoenaed, she has to tell the truth and if she doesn't, she could get in trouble.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, they talked about a bunch of different stuff, but that's going to be his defense. So we'll see how that works out for him. Now in other news, Ryan Coogler. So Ryan Coogler, sinners is still, you know what I mean, Sending. The numbers are still going crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A crazy amount of money.

[Jessica Moore]

So it earns $45 million in the second weekend of the release with ticket sales only. Ticket sales only falling 6% from the first weekend. It's 48. 48 million dollar opening, which happened that first weekend. So it's still making numbers. But Ryan Coogler has been doing interviews in a bunch of different ways, like talking about the creative and the photo and the film and how it was shot. We talked about that in here. But he sat down with a platform and had a conversation about a ton of different things. But they brought up his deal and you could tell he was kind of like over the conversation. Let's take a listen.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I'm not the first Filmmaker to get any of these deals, you know, and Warner Brothers is not the first studio to. To provide these deals to a filmmaker, you know, so, so like, I think that, I think that a lot has been made of my deal. In particular, I'm not totally sure why, you know, like, like, like.

[Raashaun Casey]

I have.

[Lenard McKelvey]

My guesses, you know, but I've been in the industry long enough to know what kind of deals are possible. And nothing about this deal is a new thing.

[Raashaun Casey]

Why does he sound like he's defending it though, Ryan?

[Lenard McKelvey]

He's not. Let me tell you what Ryan is doing. Ryan is throwing an alley oop. You know why people are making a big deal about this, Ryan? Because you're black, right? Okay. And you're black. Black. You a black man man from Oakland who does not code switch in no way, shape or form. You enter the rooms black, you talk black, you move black. That's why they making a big deal of it. Because they can't believe a got that kind of deal.

[Raashaun Casey]

Was the interviewer asking like in a negative way or.

[Jessica Moore]

Because the interview was. She wasn't asking another a negative way. He was sitting down with Democracy Now. But she did spend a lot of time breaking down. Like, this is what they did and this is why it's monumental. And this. And he's like, he basically was on something like, yeah, she was white. He's basically on some type topic time like, okay, but like that's what happens. This is business. And I, I basically, I handled my business. So what are you talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You trying to figure out. Figure it out? She's trying to figure out how it happened.

[Jessica Moore]

She just. They're making it seem like it's like. I mean it is monumentous and it's amazing to see, but they're making it seem like.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Monumentous.

[Jessica Moore]

Monumentous. Yes. And he, they're, they're making it seem like, like he changed the trajectory of like how studios are going to receive money and basically taking money out of their pockets. And like he's changing something when he, he's like, I, I didn't.

[Lenard McKelvey]

They can't believe they gave a black man that kind of deal. You mean in 25 years ownership of this movie is going to go back to this black man? You, you mean to tell me that this Black man has first gross rights and this movie has made $161 million worldwide. So they in the. They in the black now and it's.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Only been two weeks.

[Jessica Moore]

Exactly. The budget was 90 million for the film. And then it initial projections when people were hating they thought it was only going to make 35 million dollars.

[Lenard McKelvey]

So 90. 90 million for the production budget. You probably put another 30. 40 in marketing and promotions. And they're at 160. They. They way out of the red. That's right.

[Jessica Moore]

100.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Black. Black on black. Black.

[Jessica Moore]

Why you was mad at Monumentous because.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He never heard of it before?

[Lenard McKelvey]

No, I never heard of that word before.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You didn't hear that word when you received your honorary degree.

[Lenard McKelvey]

I've heard. I've heard my monumental, but I've never heard monumentous.

[Jessica Moore]

Yeah, you can. It's O, U S at the end.

[Raashaun Casey]

Great importance.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They don't teach those words in remedial classes. Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, I do.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I do. Yes, I do.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And by the way, Lauren, don't be in here acting like you don't be making up words.

[Jessica Moore]

But that word is so regular.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, I feel like you made a Jaguar. I have no idea what else did.

[Jessica Moore]

I make up up, because I do be just saying stuff.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You do?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yes, you do.

[Jessica Moore]

But I say it with so much conviction that, like, yes, you just. We just do at church. So.

[Raashaun Casey]

My goodness. All right, well, that is the latest with Lauren. Thank you, Lauren.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And the fact that envy googled it. You didn't know it was a goddamn word either, right?

[Raashaun Casey]

Yeah, I was like, why she didn't say monumental?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, she said it was so much poise, though. I knew it was real. Lauren don't know a word. She will be like, I don't know, it's like showing.

[Raashaun Casey]

No, it's a monumental deal. She was like, monumental.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Monumentous. I just looked it up. Yes, monumentous is not a recognized word in standard English dictionaries, despite its use online. It says, often used as a combination of monumental and momentous, both of which are valid words with similar meanings. So it's not actually a word?

[Jessica Moore]

No, my definition says, although not in all dictionaries, it is a word that. Yes, it uses the meaning of monumental. I learned the dang word in school.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Y'all.

[Raashaun Casey]

Y'all don't think it's a word?

[Lenard McKelvey]

Ain't. No. I'mma send this to the group chat. It literally says, apparently monumentous isn't a real word. Microsoft Word doesn't recognize it, and dictionaries are saying it's a made up word combining monumental and monument and momentous.

[Raashaun Casey]

Yes. That's not a word. You just made that up. That's Delaware. Delaware education, ladies and gentlemen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I wonder if you can make up a word and not get in trouble for it. Like, ity.

[Raashaun Casey]

You know?

[Lenard McKelvey]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Is that a word?

[Raashaun Casey]

So I can't get in trouble? That's not a word. All right, man. People's choice mixes up next.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, my God.

[Raashaun Casey]

It's the Breakfast Club. Morning.

[Lenard McKelvey]

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

[Raashaun Casey]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club now. Charlamagne, you were out in Atlanta this weekend, man.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Salute to everybody who pulled up to the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival in Atlanta. Atlanta. Such a beautiful event. You know, I just feel like we're in a time where, you know, we got to create community. We got to create safe spaces for each other, and that's what the Black Effect Podcast Festival Festival will be feeling like. Just a. A great, safe space. Salute to all the people who hit that stage. The Trap Nerds Podcast. Good Moms, Bad Choices. They had Drea Gates as one of their guests. Trap Nerds had Clayton English as their guest as well. Carrie Champion with the Naked Podcast. He had him on Shumpert, a guest. Cam Newton with Funky Fridays. He had Portia Williams as a guest. Tank and Jay Valentine with the R B Money Podcast. They had Jacques as a guest. And the. The. The. The mighty Sarah. Jake Roberts, she had Toya Carter as her guest, man. So salute to everybody who hit that podcast stage, and we'll see you next next year in Atlanta for the. For the fourth annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, period.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And y'all.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And salute to Mandy and Wheezy, too, for hosting the event. Decision Decisions. They did a fantastic job as well. Debbie Brown was there on the panel. My man, Jay Barnett. It was an incredible event, man. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody who pulled up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And Lauren was on a panel, too. I seen my girl Lauren.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Lauren hosted a panel. Lauren hosted a panel as well. Salute to Lauren. Lauren was sitting in the crowd, and I didn't even see Lauren until I was on stage, and I was like, why the hell is Lauren sitting in the crowd? And she was surrounded by studs, so I thought she was being held hostage. I'm saying one of them studs had a strap on her waist. They had it to her hips, like, don't move. I'm telling you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was over. She was overwhelmed by the studs.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, she was surrounded by studs. I was like, what's going on?

[Lauren LaRosa]

She didn't know how to break away.

[Raashaun Casey]

My goodness.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All she gotta do is say my trash. And they be like, oh, no. Get the hell on. That's how you get away from the stud telling me just trash. And I want to give a special shout out to the event. Sounds of spotlight. I went to an event this weekend on Saturday hosted by my daughter's godfather, Menelik. He is my Ethiopian brother and he does these, these, these events every now and then. And I'm wearing merch from the. The event. And it was like a. Like a tribute to Lauryn Hill. It was like a diary of Lauryn Hill. We went from her life behind the music to like, everything from when she started to where she is now. And it was just like a deep, deep, deep experience. I loved it. It was very intimate. But he has these events and it allows you to be vulnerable and, you know, kind of like a, like find your tribe type thing. You know, he had non alcoholic beverages there, complimentary wine, and it's just dope. It gives people who necessarily don't feel, you know, feel heard. It gives them a voice and, you know, allow them to share their experiences as it relates to Lauryn Hill's life and what she was going through behind the camera and everything like that. And it also taught me a lot. I did not know that Lauren Hill was. You know what I'm saying? She was. She was dealing with Wyclef, right? And then, like, I didn't know that he had got married while he was dealing with each other.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Crazy. This one of the reasons I love Jess. Y'all think Jess be on the Internet all day, just really be in her own world. There's no way you should have known all of this. They told me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. And I called myself a fan. I literally felt like a stranger to her. At the end of the event, I was like, what? Whole time he got mar. And then look, the whole. Well, I would be telling y already know. I know. I'm sorry. I had no idea. And I didn't know that she got booed at Apollo. Like, excuse me, that was Lauren Hill. And I didn't know that Whitney Houston loved her. Like, that was her gr. She did not.

[Lenard McKelvey]

Yeah, Jersey girls. They're both Jersey girls.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know they're both from Jersey, but like, oh, my God. So now I get the whole at the award. Sign them up. I forgot what award that was. When Whitney announced that it was Lauryn Hill who received the award.

[Lenard McKelvey]

It was the Grammys.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was lit. I appreciate it. Yeah, I did not know.

[Lenard McKelvey]

And she did get booed at the Apollo and I hate that she got booed at the Apollo because people always use that for people who really can't sing. Yeah, people that, people that really can't sing and be getting booed, they'd be like, well, always remember Lawrence Hell got booted the Apollo.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, but.

[Lenard McKelvey]

But you actually suck.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, yes. But you know what? She kept singing and she like, she didn't allow that to stop her. She was singing like they, like they wasn't born. So shout out to me for learning some stuff.

[Raashaun Casey]

All right, it's time for the positive note. Charlemagne, you got a positive note?

[Lenard McKelvey]

I do and it's simple. We were talking about it during Donkey of the day. But I just want to stress to people, you need to learn that you're a fact your actions do affect other people. People need to learn that their actions do affect other people. So be careful what you say do. It's not always just about you. Breakfast Club.

[Jessica Moore]

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