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Charlamagne Tha God
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Jess Hilarious
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Lauren LaRosa
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Morgan
Good morning, usa.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
Jess Hilarious
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
Morgan
Jess. Hilarious. Hey, yo, what's up, Charlemagne?
Charlamagne Tha God
To God, peace to the planet. It's Friday. Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and Holly favorite. Oh, Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. My microphone.
Morgan
You all right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. My microphone dropped. Can't have the microphone drop today, baby. It's Valentine's Day, baby. All day.
Morgan
That's right. Happy Valentine's Day to all the lovers out there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ain't nobody got time for that, though. Don't put no extra pressure on yourself today. Don't put no extra pressure on yourself, you know, to do anything extra. Don't put no extra pressure yourself, you know, to perform amazingly in the bedroom tonight. Like, that should be your mentality all the time anyway, because when you put it.
Morgan
But you got to go a little extra harder. No, you got a little extra hard on Valentine's. Yes, you do.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, you don't. Just be yourself. Like, if you got to go extra hard on Valentine's Day, that mean that you ain't been doing what you've been supposed to be doing, you know, any other time.
Lauren LaRosa
And that's the case in America in many in families and homes. So damn. So try extra hard. But I enjoyed my birthday yesterday. It was amazing.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you do the shirts?
Lauren LaRosa
Absolutely not. No, I couldn't, yo, because Chris had a whole day planned. Y'all planned to just shroom and chill with my sister. And my man Chris was like, nah, we going out. We going out. So what you do a spa day? I got a facial body massage for 90 minutes. Yo, I couldn't just do an hour, so I did a full body massage. And then I thought me and him was just going to dinner. He told me, your dog. That we went to dinner, kitchen and cocktails in D.C. and we sat at this big table. I thought that he was, you know, he was trying to keep me incognito. I look up 20 minutes later, I see my sister, my cousin, who I haven't seen in a while, shout out to Brittany, Sheena and her girlfriend, you know, her friend and everything.
Charlamagne Tha God
Your people. Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
And I was just so happy. I'm just like, oh, that was amazing. Even though I didn't want to do nothing, I was happy that he put that together.
Charlamagne Tha God
What the hell are you gonna do today?
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, I don't know, but. Oh, we got. We got the. The event, but I don't know what you're doing before that. And tomorrow we got something planned, too. Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Drop on a clues bombs with Chris. He really Mexican. Y here working hard as hell.
Morgan
Yo, shut up, man.
Lauren LaRosa
What? If that's the black side, why we keep on giving. You give a lot of credit to that side, cuz they.
Charlamagne Tha God
They do Work hard.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah. And that side of family ain't even. I don't even know where they at.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now they a even show up, so don't.
Morgan
You know where they at?
Charlamagne Tha God
I know you know where they at. Let me tell you know where they at. It's very quiet at your house, Chris.
Lauren LaRosa
They ain't call around. They haven't called to check with a.
Charlamagne Tha God
Baby in a minute.
Lauren LaRosa
They ain't trying to come past. I was like, they all right.
Charlamagne Tha God
You stupid.
Morgan
I hate y'all. I hate y' I hate y'all. Well, salute to all the dance dads. I'm out at another dance convention competition. We actually in Boston, so we had to drive here last night, but my daughters have to be on stage, I think at 11am so they got to be down there at 9:30 to start warming up. So I'm out there. So I got the two little ones with me and my wife with me. So we're gonna just do Valentine's out in Boston. So if you got a good restaurant in Boston or something cool to do, let me know and we'll pull up. Because right now it's dance that everybody. I just woke everybody up with yelling, good morning, us. They looking at me like, what the hell?
Charlamagne Tha God
What about you? Oh, Dud, what am I doing today? I'm going to see Captain America. And that should check off the Valentine's box because there's a red Hulk. Okay? So red is usually the color for Valentine's Day. So I'm going, okay, I'm going to see Captain America later. That's what I'm going to do.
Lauren LaRosa
My man ain't even say, yeah, me and my wife going to go, I'm going to go see Captain America.
Charlamagne Tha God
And it's a red Hulk and it's a red Hulk. So it's.
Morgan
It's Valentine's Hulk. That's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
I got. I got four, five girls at the house because I got my four daughters and her. Act like you. Ain't everybody got time for all of this? Okay, I get it. I'm ready.
Morgan
Jesus. All right, well, Drew Ski will be joining us, ladies and gentlemen.
Charlamagne Tha God
Drew SK Ain't got no Valentine either. He looking for one because he got a new series called could have Been Love.
Morgan
That's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Man, don't nobody show studs love like Drew Ski. Drop on the clues Bombs, studs. Y'all need to build a statue for Drew Ski outside of a Foot Locker or wherever y'all be shopping at. You know what I mean? Like, Jesus, first of all, you know that's the thing.
Morgan
Straight men trying to holl at studs. You know that's like a thing, right?
Lauren LaRosa
Well, yo, that's. Yes. The whole thing.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's a video game. Yeah. They look at it like a video game. What? Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
That's so sad.
Charlamagne Tha God
Vibrate is the joystick.
Morgan
What?
Charlamagne Tha God
Anyway, goodbye. Also, too, you know, a lot of people are organizing boycotts of different retail stores that have rolled back DEI initiatives. But, you know, there's also black people who have products in these stores. So we're bringing up a few of them today. Melissa Butler of the Lip Bar, Ian Rucker, Jameson and Ellen Rucker, Sellers of Rucker Roots. They will be here to talk about being black people that have products in those. In those stores.
Morgan
That's right. So Detroit and South Carolina. North Carolina, stay in the effort.
Charlamagne Tha God
We're going to talk to them in a little bit.
Morgan
All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Salute to OVO Eli. You know, he is the biggest Drake fan, and of course, Drake and Party released the album. So I asked him, what's the biggest record?
Jess Hilarious
What?
Morgan
The record he loved the most, and he said, give me a hug. So let's start the show.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's how I know OVO Eli don't got no holes. OVO Eli don't have a stitcher vagina lined up for the day. If I don't, I only got the track, track 11. If that's the record he picked, then he definitely don't have no woman on Valentine's Day at all. You picked the 1 rap record.
Morgan
I don't know if you follow him, but if you follow him, he's always in his bedroom by himself talking to.
Charlamagne Tha God
Drake, so I can see why.
Morgan
All right, well, here it is. Give me a hug.
Charlamagne Tha God
You dropped the one rap record. I've only gotten the track 11. I can't sit here and act like I care because I've never liked when Drake sings. So I don't have an opinion on this album thus far. Plus, I haven't heard the whole thing yet. But when I heard Give me a hug, I'm like, okay, give me a hug is crazy.
Morgan
It's Valentine's Day. Can you be a little nicer?
Charlamagne Tha God
I do. Drake. Drake can still rap. But it's like, Eli, you picked the 1 rap record. I only got the track 11. But out of all the tracks, I heard they were all R B songs until Give me a Hug. You picked the 1 rap record to play.
Morgan
Well, morning, everybody. We are at the Breakfast Club.
Lauren LaRosa
How many tracks is on the album?
Charlamagne Tha God
21. There's 21 tracks on there. Jesus, 21 tracks on there.
Morgan
Well, we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. All right, now let's start off with sports. This is All Star weekend. So tonight is the celebrity game. So Drew Ski will be playing the celebrity game. We'll talk to him about that. Saturday, they're actually doing the HBCU classic, which is going to be two HBCUs playing against each other. Morehouse College. Yeah, this is like the second, third year they done this, so. Yeah, so, okay. Probably not. I wanted to ask you because a promoter asked me to book me Juneteenth. Do we still celebrate Juneteenth? Are we gonna have off that day? Because he was asking, I was like, I don't know what Trump got on this on the schedule yet.
Lauren LaRosa
We still should do it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. If you celebrating Juneteenth is based on what a white man thinks, then you don't need to celebrate Juneteenth. But you're not really black, so. I already knew that.
Morgan
No, I'm really black. But asking, because people usually have off that Monday. But if they're not giving federal workers off that Monday, then we can't. We can't have a party on Sunday. We gotta have it on Saturday.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not a federal worker.
Morgan
All right, but this is a private.
Charlamagne Tha God
This is a private company.
Morgan
But also Saturday they have the three point contest and the slam dunk contest, and Sunday is the G League Rising Stars and the all star game at 8:00pm so if you wanted your all star schedule, that's what it is. But good morning, Morgan.
Lauren LaRosa
Good morning.
DJ Envy
Good morning, guys. Happy Valentine's Day. And most importantly, cheers to the folks and week in DJ envy, Charlamagne.
Morgan
God.
Charlamagne Tha God
And Morgan, happy Valentine's Day. Hey, girl.
DJ Envy
All right, let's get into it, y'all. So top of the headlines. It was a busy day at the. Yesterday at the White House, President Trump provided updates regarding the Russian Ukraine war. He met with India's Prime Minister and he announced that he is implementing a new round of reciprocal tariffs. Now, speaking from the White House, Trump said. He said that add value added tax systems used by other countries will be considered tariffs and further elaborated on which countries have the worst tariffs. Let's hear more from President Trump.
Jess Hilarious
Whatever they charge us, we're charging them. So it works out very well.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's very.
Jess Hilarious
It's a beautiful, simple system and we.
Charlamagne Tha God
Don'T have to worry about charging too.
Morgan
Much or too little.
Charlamagne Tha God
Traditionally, India is right at the top.
Jess Hilarious
Of the pack pretty much. There are a couple of smaller countries that are actually more.
Charlamagne Tha God
But India is a very, very. They charge tremendous tariffs. Yeah. I don't know if y'all heard about it, but, you know, today he put tariffs on chocolate, flowers, hotel rooms, restaurants that are four star or more Hallmark cars that got hearts on them.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Stop it.
Melissa Butler
Stop.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know if y'all heard below. Yes, today morning.
Lauren LaRosa
Just because you don't want to go do nothing romantic don't mean you gotta mess it up for everybody else.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm just telling you, Trump did.
DJ Envy
Nah, don't do that. Trump said that other countries will want to have their companies in the U.S. the president said prices for some things could go up, but ultimately will come down. Now, Commerce. Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick said the tariffs could go in effect by the beginning of April. Okay, Charlie.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, my God. He just put tariffs on teddy bears. It just came through on.
Morgan
On X Teddy bears, too, now.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, this is.
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, my gosh.
DJ Envy
And of course, all of this comes as the consumer price index report did go up. Inflation year over year went up 3% in January. It looks like we're running out of time, so I'm gonna reserve the rest of the stories for seven, if that's okay with you guys.
Lauren LaRosa
You want to be playing? Yo, shut up. Yo, what you mean?
Morgan
We'll see you next hour. And happy Valentine's, Morgan.
DJ Envy
Yes, I'll see y'all at 7:00.
Charlamagne Tha God
This is crazy.
Morgan
Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open again. 800-585-1051. If you're single on Valentine's and you're lonely and you just want to spread some cheer or talk about your Galentine, you can call up here. We'll show you love and compassion and all that stuff.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't see too many lonely women. I see too many women juggling. To be honest with you, I. Coy Larray ruined things a few years ago when she said girls are players, too. These women is out here juggling. You hear me Lying about being on so they don't got to share that box two and three times today.
Melissa Butler
Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
Listen, it was a hard job for me once upon.
Morgan
Call us now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.
Charlamagne Tha God
This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.
Morgan
I hate the way that you walk.
Lauren LaRosa
The way that you talk. I hate the way that you dress.
Charlamagne Tha God
Everything with me is Blessed call. Up next, 800-585-1051. Not just me.
Jess Hilarious
I'm with the culture.
Morgan
Feel it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hello? Who's this? Michelle. Hey, Michelle, about the girl who called about her car. Hey, Michelle. Oh, did you. How did that work out for you? It worked out great.
DJ Envy
I want to thank you, Charlamagne and.
Charlamagne Tha God
The Breakfast Club, all of the listeners that donated to take the time out to go to your cash app and donate your hard earned money. Means a lot to me. So I just want to say thank.
Melissa Butler
You guys so much from the bottom of my heart.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm so much. Did you get enough to get that? So you got the Jetta back?
Melissa Butler
Yes, I did.
Jess Hilarious
Thank you.
Lauren LaRosa
Thank you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, that's amazing.
Lauren LaRosa
We love you, baby girl.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a Valentine's Day.
Melissa Butler
No, that's.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's the furthest thing from my mind. That's right. You got the Jetta, though.
Lauren LaRosa
That's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
Jess Hilarious
Thank you, guys. Have a good day.
Morgan
All right. Now, if you don't know, she called a couple of weeks ago crying. They were about to tow her car and she needed it for work and she was asking for help, and the Breakfast Club listeners and Charlemagne and people, you know, helped her out, and she was able to get that out. So, yeah, I'm glad that happened. I'm glad she wasn't lying because it was a little thing that people said she might be lying.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ain't no people. That was you. And you know what else? You know what else I respect? I respect the fact that she don't care about, you know, Valentine's Day. She's like, that's the furthest thing in my mind.
Lauren LaRosa
Exactly as it's. As it's supposed to be, you know?
Morgan
Hello? Who's this?
Charlamagne Tha God
Good morning. It's your boy Lovey from the Bronx club family. Love it.
Morgan
What's up, Lovey?
Charlamagne Tha God
Jess, first of all, I want to say happy born day. My born day is a week away from yours, Jess. So I'm happy you're selling. You get to. You and your hubby get to do your thing. I love to see that black love.
Lauren LaRosa
Thank you. Thank you so much, Lovey.
Charlamagne Tha God
And Shaw, Uncle Sean, there's something you didn't touch on that I want to put in the air. In 1811, the biggest slavery vote popped off in New Orleans. I know we. That got ignored and washed over for the super bowl, but I just want to acknowledge our. Our reboot people. Okay? Absolutely.
Morgan
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
Totally understand what you doing for Valentine's Day. Can I say it on ear? I mean, if you Want to. I don't.
Morgan
Yeah, go ahead.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, I'm supposed to be getting a menage, but I'm trying to keep it under the cat because. Yeah, yeah. Last year, my ex tried to control the menage. He tried to tell me my. The other girl couldn't make me.
Jess Hilarious
So it was.
Charlamagne Tha God
It was the whole thing. So I'm hoping I could. I'm hoping I can regulate this time. Is it you and your ex again? With another woman or two different women? Oh, that's why I can't say Shot. I gotta be good. Shout out to the wifey out there, man. You know who you are? Well, it's Valentine's Day. You know what I'm saying? So, I mean, to be honest with you, there are a lot of women out here that don't have one. So the fact that I, you know, you. You are, you know, sharing yourself with two says a lot about you. You a giver, lovey, you know? Yeah. Yes. We supposed to be a giver, not a borrower. I have no problem with that. You know what I mean? Like, I don't. I think it's very selfish for you not to share yourself with more than one woman if that's what the woman wants. Exactly. And I got a perfect 2D scenario. We'll talk about that off the air. And shout out to the Lauren larosas of the world that don't have a king to fill that void. I got you, Lauren. I'm gonna be honest with you. Love you, Lauren. Might have too many. And see, that's what we're gonna. I want to talk about that at some time this morning. Some of these women who have, you know, three and four guys, they juggling, they end up with nothing on Valentine's Day because. Thank you, lovey.
Lauren LaRosa
Get off your hands. When I used to juggle, baby.
Charlamagne Tha God
What? You had to just talk to him.
Lauren LaRosa
Listen, stop playing with me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Get these girls some game. That's juggling three and four today.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, I sure will.
Morgan
Later on 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club.
Charlamagne Tha God
Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Wake up. This is your time to get it off your chest.
Jess Hilarious
Whether you're mad or blast.
Charlamagne Tha God
We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Plus. Hello? Who's this? Andre from Baltimore.
Morgan
What's up, Andre? Keep off your chest.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, I just wanted to wish my wife a happy Valentine's Day. Trina, baby, I love you. Also my daughters, Danielle, Treasure, and Kamala. I want to wish them a happy Valentine's Day kind of going forward this year. My. My girls ain't little girls no more. They got their own Valentine's, so. A little bit, but it's all good.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
15.
Charlamagne Tha God
How old are they?
Morgan
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
15 to 16.
Morgan
All right. We'll still do something special for them anyway. Get them flowers, teddy bears, chocolate. Let them know Daddy loves them regardless.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, Donald Trump, just put it on all those things. You better go check the prices, yo. Teddy bears. 75 for a small one right now. That's right.
Lauren LaRosa
And it's all right. Your girls are on my way there now.
Charlamagne Tha God
Just getting off the work. On my way to go pick up some flowers and candy or something. There you go.
Morgan
There you go. I guess they'll always love Daddy, so don't even worry about it.
Jess Hilarious
All right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Y'all have a good one, all right? Salute to all the guys who ain't. Who ain't paid child support in years, but they're going to get flowers and candy for their babies today.
Morgan
Oh, boy, he sounds. Damn.
Lauren LaRosa
Who is you talking about?
Morgan
Just came in swinging a negative.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not being negative. I'm being realistic. There's another side to this that y'all ain't seeing, okay?
Morgan
Hello? Who's this?
Charlamagne Tha God
DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlamagne McGaugh. Good morning. Peace, King.
Morgan
It's ball time.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's happening? Y'all already know what it is. Listen, man, before. Before I get into that, man, I just want to shout out my wife, Crystal, man, today is our anniversary. So I want to say happy birthday, man, to my beautiful wife. May God bless us with many, many more these anniversaries to come. You know what I mean?
Jess Hilarious
All right.
Lauren LaRosa
That's amazing, y'all. Anniversary on Valentine's Day, that's amazing.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, that's. That's when. That's when I get it, you know, we got married on that day, so it's a beautiful thing, man. Happy Valentine's Day. But listen, y'all, it's ball time, man. Listen. I told him a new year, just.
Jess Hilarious
More flavor from the hill to the.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hilltops I'm stepping hard to bring back butter Exposing the ready rock Thought it was done Five Heartbeats. Hi. A wordplay is deadly but the popularity wins the bet so up with co sign. I make sure they flatline for the Internet. This is it. What? Let's get rich. Lucini pouring Watch the cat floated he was already roll Keep your camp low I raise the stakes this is for the real that sun sign, that'll create a space, fill it with substance then walk on a punchline OG oh, okay.
Morgan
OG Valentine's Day. Let's go. Charlotte cleaned out that back. He looking for action in that back door.
Jess Hilarious
Smaller Big.
Morgan
He want that whole tour. He want to yell.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
Morgan
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Boss. Boss.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, God. All right, here I go. Shorty. I'm there for you anytime you need me. For real, girl, it's me in your world. Believe me, nothing makes a man feel better than a woman. Queen with a girl, first of all. Okay, come on. When we gonna stop this Forever.
Lauren LaRosa
Somebody else's.
Jess Hilarious
What?
Lauren LaRosa
This is already somebody. How you gonna steal somebody else's balls?
Charlamagne Tha God
What'd you say?
Lauren LaRosa
How are you gonna steal Method Man's buzz? And it's not herpes.
Charlamagne Tha God
What are you talking about? There are a few things that's forever like herpes. And y'all need to think about that when y'all out here juggling three and four men on Valentine's Day.
Morgan
Wow. So negative today. Thank you.
Charlamagne Tha God
I appreciate. Y'all have a good weekend. Be blessed, y'all. All right.
Morgan
Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got just with the mess coming up. What we talking about?
Lauren LaRosa
Drake dropped that. Well, PND and Drake dropped. And he coming at Kendrick a little bit. So we gonna get into it on the love album. On the love album, he had threw some shots at Kenny.
Charlamagne Tha God
Not. Not as hard as that shot he threw at Joe Budden. That's how I know he Canadian. Because he don't even understand culture at all. Talking crazy like that. What he said to Joe Budden. My daddy told me to never say to a man unless you ready to die, kill, or it.
Jess Hilarious
All right.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, we're to get into that when we get back.
Morgan
Yeah, this you freaky, man. It's freaky Freaky Friday.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's your light skinned brethren. Ain't got nothing to do with me.
Morgan
Just the mess is up next.
Jess Hilarious
The Breakfast Club.
Morgan
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.
Charlamagne Tha God
Let's get to Valentine's Day. Where my candles at?
Melissa Butler
I don't like ugly.
Lauren LaRosa
That's why you ain't got no Valentine.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's exactly why you ain't got no Valentine, Ugly.
Melissa Butler
Oh, you so bad.
Lauren LaRosa
Jessica. Robin Moore. Jess. Don't do no lies.
Charlamagne Tha God
Don't do no lies.
Lauren LaRosa
She don't spare nobody.
Charlamagne Tha God
On the Breakfast Club. She's a coaching shoe. She was able to get y'all to.
Lauren LaRosa
See something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.
Jess Hilarious
It's time to set it off.
Lauren LaRosa
So let's get into it. All right. Now, Drake threw some shots at some people.
Melissa Butler
Yeah. Oh, yes.
Lauren LaRosa
On the R B album.
Melissa Butler
It's a rap, too. It's a vibe. Okay. Okay, so. So we're gonna start with the. Yeah, the shots. So first of all. And Give me a hug. Let's take a listen. Because he throws some shots at.
Lauren LaRosa
Give me a hug.
Melissa Butler
Yes.
Charlamagne Tha God
Track 11. Raining in Houston. But we immediately go to the smoke.
Melissa Butler
Oh, yeah, we do. Because people, if anybody tuning in is gonna act like they didn't tune into this album to hear if there would be more smoke, you're lying.
Charlamagne Tha God
That is what.
Melissa Butler
Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Melissa Butler
Did you. Did you listen to it?
Lauren LaRosa
I. I didn't.
Melissa Butler
Okay.
Lauren LaRosa
Yesterday was my birthday. Last thing I was thinking about was Drizzy.
Morgan
Well, yeah, it came out on midnight anyway. But, yeah, I love the fact that he's rapping. I like Drake rapping. The singing. Songy stuff is cool, but I like.
Charlamagne Tha God
When it's an R B album. He told us it was gonna be an R B album with party. I didn't think that it was gonna be any smoke on the album because I know Drake don't want none.
Melissa Butler
Nah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Especially with Kendrick.
Melissa Butler
He's still. He's still poking. And I will say there's one line where he actually mentions the not like us. It's okay. We gonna keep going.
Lauren LaRosa
What did he say?
Melissa Butler
He said. He said. Basically, he just makes. He's saying Kendrick is like, yo, you not like us. And he's saying, no, you not like me. That was a slight shot. Now here's another one he talks about. He put. He talks about.
Charlamagne Tha God
Lauren.
Morgan
Could be making this up, by the way. He could just be singing not like us. Lawrence, just.
Melissa Butler
Why would Drake put not like us in a song after not like us? After five.
Lauren LaRosa
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Each week, we'll sit down with inspiring.
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Figures like David Oyelowo, Mel Robbins, Martin.
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Melissa Butler
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Charlamagne Tha God
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Morgan
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here? Ow. Go slower. I met Santi at a luau party in October.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm Santi Damian.
Morgan
Oh, it was bizarre. The guy just disappeared one day. Santi has been missing ever since the hookup.
Lauren LaRosa
What is that?
Morgan
I'm solving a mystery through sex and haven't made a private dick joke until now. Like, no matter how hard I try, all roads lead to the hookup.
Charlamagne Tha God
You think it's causing people to turn aggro? I'm gonna rip your arms off and use them to.
Morgan
Yeah, that's a word for it. This is such terrible representation. I'm so sorry. Poppers.
Charlamagne Tha God
These aren't just any poppers.
Morgan
Mama always used to say God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No, my psychiatrist didn't laugh at that one either. Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Melissa Butler
Grammy wins after the Super Bowl. Drake is not slow and we're not going to see.
Lauren LaRosa
I thought it was Like a shot being.
Melissa Butler
There's more. So listen to this. This is off of a song called Brian Steele. You know, Brian Steele is a young thug's attorney. Let's take a listen to him talking about putting the beef aside. Charlamagne. Did you just yawn?
Charlamagne Tha God
I was yawning when I was listening to it. Riding, yo, Riding into work this morning.
Melissa Butler
So he's referencing the tweet when young thug tweeted at Drake, future at Metro and said, yo, we are brothers. Music ain't the same without us. We need to collab. Well, if y'all need to wake up, I got some songs.
Charlamagne Tha God
There was another part where he said he don't care about the he don't care about rap beef. He too busy trying to get the party.
Melissa Butler
Exactly. And he dropped some. There are some records on here for the party. One of my favorite Nokia. Now let's take a listen to this song. Yo, Jess, I'm about to zoom in on your face right now.
Charlamagne Tha God
I know. Party. So mad party gotta be like, man, you waited all this time to do this album with me, and this is the best we got.
Melissa Butler
And that's the thing for me, I feel like this was more of a Drake album than a Party Next Door album. Even though there are some sexy songs on here, Drake definitely dominated this album.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're absolutely right, Lauren. I don't feel party on this album at all. I only got the track 11, but I don't feel party on this album at all. You know what I'm saying? I've never been a fan of Drake singing. I do like Party, but something about what I've heard on this project thus far, it just feels manufactured. It lacks soul. It's like. It's like AI and B. Yeah.
Morgan
But I would say maybe it's not for you because he does it for his core fans that like him in that area. No, I'm just telling you what you're saying because you. You don't like Drake regardless. You don't like Drake when he sings.
Charlamagne Tha God
You don't like Drake when he walks.
Morgan
You don't like Drake when he talks. You don't like Drake when he gets a haircut. You just don't like Drake. And that's fine. That's not for you.
Charlamagne Tha God
But these are for his core fans.
Morgan
I'm like, I like rapper Drake. You just don't like if Drake.
Charlamagne Tha God
The best record ever.
Melissa Butler
I'm a fan of Drake. I will say this was when I heard it, I said, oh, this is. Oh, this the old Drake party. Drake, the Good Drake, but it doesn't hit like the whole wave of Kendrick we just heard, and I hate to have to compare him to that, and I think that's what's happening right now. But it's a good project, though.
Lauren LaRosa
It don't even hit.
Melissa Butler
I thought it was a good project. It's definitely not a party. It's like a, a, a, a seed.
Lauren LaRosa
It ain't even about. It's. It don't even hit. Take Kendrick out of it. It's not even. It don't even hit like old Drake. What are you talking about?
Melissa Butler
No, y'all gotta listen to this and hold from start to finish. Not here on air. I listen to it twice and it's actually good. Like the Nokia Demetra Padres with Chino. I was confused about that. He's like, rapping in Spanish but glorious. He gives like, a ode to, like, ice, spice and sexy drill. That was for the club. Like, it's.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm just not comparing. I'm definitely not comparing it to Ken to J's point. I'm comparing it to older Drake. Like, I've heard better Drake R and B or better Drake singing this ain't.
Melissa Butler
You thought you was getting mixtape Drizzy. We're so far removed.
Morgan
Charlemagne didn't never like no type of.
Melissa Butler
Drake has always. Drake's been spritzer Drake for a long time, and that's what we got right now.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's exactly what it feels.
Melissa Butler
Spritzer Drake is where we've been at for a minute. The spritzer and the manufactured.
Charlamagne Tha God
It feels like AI and B.
Lauren LaRosa
No soul to it songs. That's. That's better then we should have played them.
Charlamagne Tha God
And I tell you one thing, Noia.
Melissa Butler
Nokia is a vibe. Y'all. Y'all are.
Charlamagne Tha God
I tell you nothing. Drake and Joe got a squabble too, by the way. Okay, Drake and Joe, but got a squabble.
Melissa Butler
I think so too.
Charlamagne Tha God
This generation different. You don't invite men to your genitals or tell men they suck the genitals unless you want to fight, kill, or suck something. You call that man a T? Sucker. God dang.
Lauren LaRosa
He definitely did she.
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus Christ.
Melissa Butler
Y'all need to go listen to Nokia off the. Off the. This album.
Morgan
I'm listen to the album this weekend.
Lauren LaRosa
I am. I'mma listen to it.
Melissa Butler
Wake up, Jess.
Charlamagne Tha God
The windshield wipers are going and it ain't even raining, man.
Lauren LaRosa
Baby.
Charlamagne Tha God
When your wife is going, well.
Morgan
That is just with the mess. Thank you, Jess. Thank you, Lauren. All right, when we come back, Morgan will be Joining us. And then Drew will be in the building, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Jess Hilarious
Wake up, wake up.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're locked into the Breakfast Club.
Morgan
Morning, everybody.
Lauren LaRosa
It's DJ Envy.
Morgan
Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. Some quick sports. This is All Star Weekend. So they got a bunch of things lined up. Tonight is the celebrity game. Saturday is the HBCU game, Morehouse vs. Tuskegee. And of course, the All Star game goes down on Sunday. What's up, Morgan?
DJ Envy
What's up is it's Valentine's Day. Are y'all in the mood for love or.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, Absolutely, I guess. Yeah, sure. Let's do it.
Lauren LaRosa
Yo, yo, you.
DJ Envy
You know Charlamagne squad and I just can't. Let me try to get through this news.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay. We gonna love on the news.
DJ Envy
President Trump met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House yesterday. In a press conference after the meeting, he praised the relationship between India and Said and the US and said they will begin or we the US Will begin selling military equipment to India. The gag is, though, the prime minister's visit also follows a controversial US deportation flight earlier this month that saw over 100 Indian migrants return to their home country. In other foreign affairs, President Trump says Ukraine will be involved in peace talks to end the war, but there will be a separate line of communication between the US And Russia. He made those comments yesterday from the Oval Office. Let's take a listen to Trump's comments on the Ukrainian Russian war.
Charlamagne Tha God
They're part of it.
Jess Hilarious
We would have Ukraine, we'd have Russia.
Charlamagne Tha God
And we'll have other people involved, too. A lot of people. A lot of. A lot of forks in the. A lot of forks in this game.
Jess Hilarious
I'll tell you what, this is a.
Charlamagne Tha God
Very interesting situation, but the Ukraine war has to end. The young people are being killed at levels that nobody's seen since World War II. And it's a ridiculous war and it has to end. We had a good talk with President Putin.
Morgan
I had a good talk with President Zelensky. Very good talk.
DJ Envy
So a spokesman for the Kremlin said it could take a few months to set up a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He signaled such a meeting might take place in Saudi Arabia in the capital city of Riyadh. This comes after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told allies the administration does not support NATO membership for Ukraine and a return to the country's pre war borders is unlikely. So they are going to have to move forward. We're basically not going back to how things were. Meanwhile, the cease fire agreement between Israel and Hamas appears to be back on course after the militant group said it will release Israeli hostages this weekend as previously planned. Remember, There is a 12pm deadline Israel and Hamas were disputing over the Gaza cease fire deal as Israeli officials declined to confirm if they will abide by the cease fire terms even if Hamas releases the hostages. So Hamas has postponed the planned release after it accused Israel of violating the troops by not allowing aid supplies to enter the war torn region. But as of right now, it does seem like the cease fire agreement is still on and the hostages are on schedule to be released. Now whether or not Israel how Israel reacts to that remains to be determined. In other news, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy Jr. He is now the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services. He was sworn in yesterday afternoon in the Oval Office as President Trump watched The Senate voted 52 to 48. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against Kennedy. Democrats pointed to past comments made by Kennedy Jr. Related to his reported criticism of vaccines and as their reason why they chose not to support him. Now, RFK Jr. Was interviewed by Fox News last night where he said the US Spends heavy on health care despite being a vast sick population. Let's HEAR More from RFK Jr here.
Charlamagne Tha God
What we're going to do is give people good science. We don't have good safety studies on.
Lauren LaRosa
Almost any of the vaccines.
Charlamagne Tha God
We spend two to three times what other countries pay for health care. And we have the worst health outcomes. We literally have the sickest population in the world.
DJ Envy
So Kennedy Jr. Said he aims to refocus US health priorities away from infectious diseases. He's also talked about getting rid of, getting rid of ultra processed foods.
Charlamagne Tha God
I do have thoughts on that because you know, that is one thing that I will say, you know, even when you look at, you know, the Department of Education, they do do spend so much money on education in this country, so much money on healthcare in this country. But we don't have great either. Like we don't have, we don't have the best healthcare system or we don't have the best educational system. So there is, there is something to that. When I, when I'm like, damn, they do dump a lot of money in those things. But things aren't getting better. So is the money actually going to those things?
DJ Envy
Do you feel like a shock to the system? Which is what I believe is happening now is probably what's necessary.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know if what they're doing is the remedy. I'm just simply saying when somebody raises the question or says, hey, why are we spending so much money in these areas? But these areas aren't the best, you know, are some of the best in the world. It is. That is a valid criticism.
Morgan
I don't know about shocking, I don't know about taking the money away, but finding different ways to allocate the money. Because like Charlemagne said, if we're not the best in education and the best in healthcare around the world and we're spending the most, there's a problem somewhere.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like I even was looking at about how, you know, here in New York how the Feds just rescinded $80 million to New York City for migrants. And in my mind I'm like, damn, they spent, they spent $80 million. I mean, this was just like a one time payment. But they spent $80 million on these migrants. But it's still such a migrant issue. So what is that money going to? That's all I be wanting to know. Where's the money going to?
DJ Envy
Yeah, well, I guess that's what Doge is for. So bringing things to you guys. In New York, the top federal prosecutor and Mayor Adams corruption case. Did you hear that she's resigning? So rather than follow Justice Department orders to drop charges, Danielle Sassoon fired off a brief letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that she's resigned, effective immediately. Now, multiple sources say she did not mention the Adams case. Sassoon's departure comes days after DOJ directed New York prosecutors to drop the case against the New York City mayor who's accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions. Bribes from other people, bribes from people trying to buy his influence, including Turkish officials. Now, Adams repeatedly denied any wrongdoing doing. He also cleared up whether or not he was switching political party lines, saying that he will be collecting petitions as a Democrat. And of course, this comes as Adams met with the border czar, Tom Holman. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the two had a clear understanding of how they can work together. Adam says Homan assured him that ICE agents wouldn't go into sensitive locations like schools. Let's hear more from New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Morgan
He's very clear that in order to go into those entities, you need a judicial warrant. And he has not articulated to me he wants to go into our schools. There's no desire to round up our children. My message to him and what I got from him, Eric, there are dangerous people on our streets in this country in general, but specifically here in New York City, we want to work with you to get them off your streets.
DJ Envy
Yeah. So the mayor also reiterated that he would allow ICE to operate on Rikers island to target violent criminals. And Homan wants to work with him to get, of course, as previously mentioned, the dangerous people off the New York City streets. Now, the meeting.
Morgan
But doesn't Eric Adams have to do what Trump says?
Charlamagne Tha God
Right.
Morgan
Because he has him kind of like dangling. Because if he doesn't listen to Trump, Trump can, you know, relift the order and they could prosecute him, Is that correct? Because he didn't get a pardon.
DJ Envy
No, he did not get a pardon. But if the charges are going to be dismissed, then they're going to be dismissed. I mean, can you bring. Bring back charges? I mean, that's what the, his lawyer said. Alex Bureau said yesterday that once the charges are dismissed, they can't be brought back up. So not sure if the meeting does come days after the Department of Justice, of course, as, as mentioned.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know, you know what else I wanted to know, Morgan? When, when the Department of Justice sues New York over sanctuary obstruction, who are they suing exactly? When you say you sue, New York is like, is that the governor is. I mean, I mean, is that. I don't know who.
DJ Envy
Yes. So when do. When DOJ is taking legal action against New York? That would be Governor Kathy Hochul. I do see that the Department of Justice is actually suing New York State over its efforts not to support Trump's immigration policies. So Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ is taking legal action against New York Governor Kathy Hochul and other state officials over New York's alleged resistance to supporting Trump's mass deportation policy regarding illegal migrants. Now, Bondi pointed out New York, New York's green light law, which he claims keeps state law enforcement from sharing vehicle data with federal authorities for immigration enforcement. Now, state Attorney General Letitia James says New York's laws protect all New Yorkers and she's prepared to battle that in a lawsuit in court. So it's, it's basically Coco and James versus DOJ and Bondique.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
DJ Envy
All right, guys, so that's your front page news. I hope you everybody is enjoying their Valentine's Day and this beautiful Friday. I'm Morgan Wood. Follow me on on socials at morganmedia. M O R G Y N M E D I A and for more news coverage, follow Lack Information Network. Download our free iHeartRadio app and visit us@binnews.com.
Lauren LaRosa
Thank you.
Morgan
All right, now, when we come back, Drew Ski will be joining us. We're going to kick it with Drewski when we come back. Have a great Valentine's, Morgan. 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. Lauren LaRosa, filling in for Jeff.
Charlamagne Tha God
Guests.
Morgan
We got a special guest in the building.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, indeed, Drew Ski.
Jess Hilarious
What's up? What's up, y'all?
Charlamagne Tha God
Welcome back. How you doing, my brother?
Jess Hilarious
Good, good. I was just laughing at that clip of you bringing the whole sectional over for that girl, man. Hey, man. No, this is. What's wrong with you, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
With me?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah. But you kind of did hold back a little bit, though. You didn't go all in. Yeah, I thought she was really gonna go crazy with the jokes.
Charlamagne Tha God
I leave insulting fat people up to you.
Jess Hilarious
Yes. Wait, all right. No, I don't do that. No, I don't. I don't do.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, you did.
Jess Hilarious
I did.
Charlamagne Tha God
I tend to keep it content with the fat little boy that you insulted. Which one?
Jess Hilarious
Jesus Christ. I didn't do that.
Charlamagne Tha God
They was.
Jess Hilarious
Man, listen, listen, listen.
Charlamagne Tha God
Have you been keeping in contact with that little boy?
Jess Hilarious
No, I'm not in contact with that kid or his mother, but I think I probably will be getting sued at some point from that. I don't know why, but she said. She said she was going to, though.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
I don't know how that works. So I'm new to the money, so I don't know if that actually. Does that go through.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. One day your lawyer gonna hit you and be like, hey, Drew, Ski, you got a civil suit you're getting sued for. I'm not even joking. It comes with the terror.
Morgan
You can sue anybody for any.
Jess Hilarious
Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
That don't mean that they going to win, right?
Jess Hilarious
Oh, okay. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
But they can sue you for.
Jess Hilarious
How much for that. For calling a kid fat?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, yes. Emotional.
Morgan
You know why people. A lot of people do that is because they figure out you don't want the head.
Jess Hilarious
But I'm saying. Come on, man. Y'all played the clip of. Of Kev throwing me the alley oop, though.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Kev started it first.
Jess Hilarious
He started it.
Morgan
Gentlemen.
Jess Hilarious
Now, I ain't gonna be no snitch now. You're right.
Melissa Butler
Now you want him to be in code. We didn't play no click.
Charlamagne Tha God
They gonna go to Kai. Kai. Raw footage.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, man. Hey, you know, but. Nah, honestly, it was. I ended up apologizing to the kid, but Yeah, I thought. I couldn't tell. Sometimes when I'm in character and doing, like, these streams, you don't know who's acting and doing all this stuff along with you. So it's like, some people be coming on the stream. They might be serious. Some people be coming on there as. As a character, and the kid was there playing something. So I don't know.
Charlamagne Tha God
I really didn't know. I didn't think.
Jess Hilarious
When he started crying, I'm like, oh, man, you got to come fake. Yeah, I really thought it was fake because I'm like, oh, they playing into the character of the AD family.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, that wasn't a character.
Jess Hilarious
Well, yeah, he actually was a fat kid. But I didn't pee it off, man. I just thought. I'm like, it's all. It's a green light because everybody been calling me fat all night.
Morgan
So you was looking at like, hey.
Jess Hilarious
Hey, man, sit down, man. Sit your fat ass down, man. So I'm like, oh, okay. This is green life forever. Everybody getting called fat in here.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you think we should have called her fat is what you're saying?
Melissa Butler
She said, you can't say that. You got to say F word.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, okay. Oh, the girl with the section. Oh, Big Dank. No, I just thought it was funny as hell that you brought the whole entire sectional. You could have just found a bigger chair with no arms. I think she just wanted a chair with no arms. He made it worse. Yeah, you're right. It ain't no Satan.
Charlamagne Tha God
Have you done could have been love Detroit yet?
Jess Hilarious
Yes, we did do Detroit.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
Jess Hilarious
She was. She's from Detroit.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, you got.
Jess Hilarious
I would have signed that, too. Yeah, yeah, we had. We got some big women on the TV show, I guess. Yeah.
Morgan
I mean, love wise. Are you in? Is that. Are you into big women?
Jess Hilarious
Tough question, brother.
Morgan
What you mean, tough question?
Jess Hilarious
Hey, man, you know, I've been there. I've been there. I will say I've been there. Probably before the money and the fame came.
Melissa Butler
Okay, you've been there? What, like dating a big woman or you.
Jess Hilarious
Well, I've been in between, and then in some seams.
Charlamagne Tha God
You from Atlanta? Of course.
Jess Hilarious
There's a lot of big, beautiful women out there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Don't forget where you come from.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, no, I'm not. That's why I say I stay grounded, you know, even with the money and the fame. I said that. I've said I've been there. I ain't say, I might not revisit.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay. One thing I do appreciate about you, Drew Ski, is How you show love to studs, man. We don't have enough appreciation.
Jess Hilarious
Studs straight up.
Charlamagne Tha God
And never have. What made you start showing studs the love you do?
Jess Hilarious
Well, you know, studs, people don't understand that. Studs have an appealing touch, truthfully. Like, you can share clothes with them.
Morgan
Okay.
Jess Hilarious
You could vibe with them sometimes. They could be a bro, you know, like, when you hanging out with a girl, you'd be like, damn. I feel like I. I can't express my feelings to her because she gonna think I'm with week studs. They understand that. They got periods, bro. You know what I'm saying? So.
Charlamagne Tha God
So it's like talking to your homeboy, but with, like, feelings.
Jess Hilarious
It's like talking to a homie. But you can also hit on the side if she with it. You never know. Sometime the studs, they be. Sneak the stud. They don't tell y'all that. That's what I'm saying. They don't tell y'all that. Studs be sneaking.
Morgan
There's a whole group of people that are like.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's called sneaking indicators.
Melissa Butler
Like, how you know when a stud is with the sneak or not?
Jess Hilarious
You never really know. That's the thing about them being a stud. They're so. It's like they got a mask on. So sometimes you just gotta poke at it and try to see. Okay, see, not. Not.
Melissa Butler
You crazy?
Jess Hilarious
Not actually, but I'm just saying, like, you know, you just try to vibe with them and see how they feel. Some of them, they are stuck up, and they don't go for none of that. So you gotta respect those. Put them to the side. That's a bro.
Charlamagne Tha God
Do they like women or do they like, let me get on top?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, they do it. But you still gonna hear the masculinity in the voice.
Charlamagne Tha God
Got you.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah. So it kind of with you a little bit.
Morgan
How many have you asked?
Jess Hilarious
Hey, man, we're not here to talk about that. Yeah, it's not that much, but a couple. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
I think it's wild we got some.
Jess Hilarious
On the show, though. It could have been love.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, I think it's wild when studs pull out. They scrap on and then they, like, have another girl sitting on it. And then in the person with the.
Jess Hilarious
Scrap on, they try to act like it's something going on. Come on, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wild to me.
Jess Hilarious
Are you into that? You watch that type of stuff?
Charlamagne Tha God
Do I watch it?
Jess Hilarious
You. I mean, you just explained it. You did explain it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, okay. Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
Because it's like. It's like you Know if you get a tattoo, imagine getting a tattoo on a fake arm and acting like.
Jess Hilarious
Exactly.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know what I'm saying? Exactly. That's how they do.
Jess Hilarious
It's kind of. It's a dumb thing. It's like, let's cut. Yeah, yeah, I get it. No, I know.
Charlamagne Tha God
And you got the record with Young Ma.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
We just. But why do we have to go into that? Why is it that amazing?
Jess Hilarious
One of those things and then go into Younger May? Come on, man, don't do that. No, that's the bro dog.
Charlamagne Tha God
But you know what made me think about that? Young M was up here one time, a long time ago, and I asked her that. Remember she had the line shorty in your head? And I asked her how.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, but you know, when I. When we shot the music video with her for the song could have been love recently, suddenly she told me. She said, you know, Drew Ski, I don't be caring because I'm not really a stud. She said, I don't see myself as that. She see herself as something completely different. That's why she's like the queen of them, because she don't even see herself on that.
Charlamagne Tha God
You call it a queen? Are you using the right terminology?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, you're right. You're right. Probably king.
Melissa Butler
I think young inmate wouldn't mind being called up.
Charlamagne Tha God
No.
Jess Hilarious
She told me straight up. She said, I'm not. She said I ain't classified as that. She told me straight up.
Charlamagne Tha God
See what I'm saying?
Jess Hilarious
She said, I don't want to be called that. She said, I don't get offended. Everybody asked me like, do you get offended by what Drew Ski be doing?
Melissa Butler
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
And she said, no, I'm not a stupid up. She said she in her own lane. I don't even know what they call her. Type.
Melissa Butler
Fine.
Jess Hilarious
For real. I really still don't know what they call her.
Melissa Butler
Type is a cutie.
Morgan
Laur said she's not into girls, but she would be into yoga bay.
Melissa Butler
I think for a lot of us straight women, she. She be. Cuz she's like a Brooklyn like you just.
Jess Hilarious
She tough, man. She ain't. She's a tough cookie to crack, I'll tell you that.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you hand selected her like you. Like. I know. I want to do this song for my could have Been Love. I want Young M. It's because we.
Jess Hilarious
Got so many studs in the house. And I know that, you know, you. You can't do something like that without getting her approval. So I wanted to make sure we was doing Everything. And. And following suit. Right. That's what it's about. Yeah. Representation.
Morgan
Well, congratulations on the Dunkin Donuts commercial.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Not just that you're getting a lot of endorsements. Absolutely. Dunkin Donuts, Fried Picks.
Jess Hilarious
It's a bunch of stuff. I did a Nike commercial.
Melissa Butler
Nike commercial could have fest. The music festival.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah. There's a bunch of stuff. I don't. I can't keep up with it. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's more lucrative, Endorsement money or the money you make off social media doing stuff?
Jess Hilarious
It's equally the same, kind of. It just depends on the deal. I think it depends on what. What the deal is. So the super bowl commercial, definitely, that was my first time doing that. So that is lucrative.
Charlamagne Tha God
If you don't.
Jess Hilarious
The people out there don't know. A Super bowl commercial is. You know what's crazy? I saw that Jim Carrey was supposed to be in this Dunkin Donuts commercial with all of us. So Ben Affleck accidentally.
Charlamagne Tha God
Johnny Wahlberg.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah. Yeah. Jim Carrey was supposed to be in it. And they accidentally sent the amount of money that he was supposed to get for the two hours that he was going to be on set.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Wow.
Jess Hilarious
And I was mind blown.
Morgan
You had to send it back.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, well, we. We had to act like we didn't see it.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Wow.
Jess Hilarious
But then my team kind of. Yeah, it was. It was up there over five. Two hours to be on set. Yeah.
Morgan
Wow.
Jess Hilarious
It was. It was up in that area. And I'm like, what? So we argued back with them. They didn't bust. Touched him. They're like, you ain't Jim Carrey. Yeah, but no, I just thought it was kind of like, damn. Like, this is the level to work up to. This is. It was kind of inspirational a little bit. Seeing the number that they had him there for two hours.
Morgan
All right, we got more with Drew Ski when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is hanging with us as well. We're still kicking it with Drew Ski Charlamagne.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now you got this new show. Could have been a love. Are you really looking for love, Juice?
Jess Hilarious
Yes. Yes, I am.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like, Seriously?
Jess Hilarious
Nah, seriously. And the show will show that I am looking for love. And it was amongst a bunch of girls in the house. You know, I think it was probably the best situation to do because it's like bringing back the vibes of, like, flavor of Love. And you Know those shows, like, I Love New York and this time. Cause nobody in this generation has seen that. I grew up watching that type of stuff, you know? And that is really what I wanted to bring that vibe of. It's like, all right, right. If Flavor Flav can find love. Flavor Flav?
Charlamagne Tha God
What are you saying?
Jess Hilarious
No, I'm not saying that. I, I just met the dude. He's, he's, he still looked the same, but I'm just.
Melissa Butler
He's such a nice person.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, he's a good. Yeah, nice person. Now, when a girl say you a nice person, what that mean, bro? Yeah, yeah. What that mean? No, he's a good dude. Nah, all jokes. He's a good guy. But if Flavor Flav can find love on television, I, I, I was like, all right, let me just go with his motto, O'Drew. It makes sense, though, I think.
Morgan
What are you looking for? What, what type of woman? Like, what's.
Jess Hilarious
We got a lot of women that was in the house.
Melissa Butler
Meatball is on there.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, Meatball.
Melissa Butler
That's where you.
Jess Hilarious
Philly.
Lauren LaRosa
Yes.
Jess Hilarious
I said we got the trench babies in there, you know, So I wanted a selection of all. I have white, black, Latino, BBW. Yeah, we got. Well, he's not a contestant. Dr. Umar. Not a contestant, but he is. He did help me find love. We had Bobby Altoff. She was helping us find love.
Morgan
Caleb Presley, Doctor Kicked all the white girls off immediately.
Jess Hilarious
Yes. Young and May also was helping us as well. Yeah. But yeah, Dr. Umar, he wasn't with all the, you know, he was straight, pro, Afro American, and he, he let them know, like, he was asking some of the Latino girls. He's like, do you see yourself as Afro Latino or just Latino? And I'm like, what the does that mean? It doesn't make sense what he's saying. It's like, what is Afro Latino? He's like, do you believe you are Afro Latino? It didn't. Yeah, he's, he's.
Charlamagne Tha God
What made you go get Dr. Uma? I mean, fantastic.
Jess Hilarious
Yes.
Charlamagne Tha God
What made you get him for this in particular?
Jess Hilarious
I wanted to see what girls were in it for the money, and I wanted to see what girls are in it, honestly, to, to be with a king. And he knows all about a king situation. Like, how could you uplift his empire?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
And that was one of the things he preached on in the show. But he got a little. We had to get him offset. He, he kind of.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, he went crazy.
Jess Hilarious
Well, he, yeah, he was, he was actually scaring the women on the show. We got him. Offset.
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, it got bad.
Melissa Butler
As a joker, he really scared.
Jess Hilarious
No, no, I think he. He got into his bag of, like, he started arguing with one of the white girls.
Morgan
He's really like that?
Jess Hilarious
No, and it got. Yeah, he. You'll see. It's on. It's on around, like, episode three or four, I think you'll see.
Melissa Butler
So this is serious. Like, you're really looking for love on the show.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, no, it was serious.
Melissa Butler
In the. The teaser that you posted on your Instagram, you lean a lot into the whole Ruby Rose. People thought that was fake situation. So I didn't know if this show was, like, you really looking for love or it's another gimmick situation.
Jess Hilarious
We just wanted to make it, like, feel like, yo, like, this stuff was covered on TMZ and all these pages. We might as well look for love if this is what's going on. It's like, yo, this year, for some reason, my love life has mattered the most. So I was like, all right, why wouldn't we do a show that's kind of what we wanted to show? Like, all right, this is kind of almost makes sense to do right now in a comedic way, of course.
Melissa Butler
But I think for some reason, you was in the back of the boat kissing Ruby Rose. That's why we care.
Jess Hilarious
I mean. Yeah, no, I'm not saying for some reason. I'm just saying it just was, you know, that's what this year consists. I've never really been public. No, I didn't. Well, I didn't.
Charlamagne Tha God
She did.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, she.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know, he said you paid for pr, not the.
Morgan
Hey, Jesus.
Jess Hilarious
Hey. That's neither here nor there, brother. I just. You know, I just go with the flow. I let people talk, man. I don't.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you love her?
Jess Hilarious
Love is a strong word.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you like her?
Jess Hilarious
Yes, I did.
Charlamagne Tha God
I did break your heart?
Jess Hilarious
Nah, I don't think at all. I think. Yeah. I think it might have just been my fault. There's some things that. That transpired in the midst of all the, you know, all that bull, man. You know how this goes. I don't know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you cry?
Jess Hilarious
No, no. We wasn't in that deep. I just. That's why I said it wasn't love. It wasn't at that point yet.
Melissa Butler
But you went public with her, which was a big deal. I think that's why we all thought it was fake, because we were like, yeah, never like.
Jess Hilarious
You know what it was, though? It was. Was probably because we grew up around, like, the same area, so it was kind of like naturally, eventually maybe gonna happen. You know what I mean? Like it was like because of friends and like other people around her camp being with people around my camp, we always would see each other. It was like always like a, a blow by situation. So it was like ah, maybe, yeah. But then sometimes I ain't got no money yet.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now you ain't got no money.
Jess Hilarious
But that was at the time. No, I'm saying at the time.
Charlamagne Tha God
Lying to her, telling her you ain't got no money.
Jess Hilarious
No, no, I'm talking about back then. I'm saying like we grew up in the same area.
Charlamagne Tha God
So it's like, oh, wanted her but you knew you.
Jess Hilarious
Well, I ain't say that either, but I'm just saying it's like ah, but I might, I might, I don't know. But that's. Did you buy together nine? I don't think I bought. No, no, I did, I, I, I did, I did like some flowers. But it was only like a couple weeks. It just.
Melissa Butler
Wait, your whole relationship with her?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, it might have been like, I don't know, two, three weeks.
Charlamagne Tha God
You went public after two, three weeks.
Jess Hilarious
Hey, I was wild.
Charlamagne Tha God
You ain't that great.
Jess Hilarious
No, I wasn't on that. I just. What, you know what it is, is it's because I thought like, all right, this what we supposed to do. I'm thinking like, oh, we both in the public eye. This is, this is what's supposed to happen.
Melissa Butler
Like let me get ahead of it before it happens type of thing.
Jess Hilarious
No, not even before it happens. It's like I was like it, I mean somebody's going to leak it at some point. We going out in public and doing.
Melissa Butler
Stuff shout out to.
Jess Hilarious
Might as well, might not. You know, like might as well. So I don't think it was a bad situation to go public. I just think it might have just been a little too early. Like with, with going public. I do believe, believe you can do it too early before y'all get to adjust and like just like how you can move in with a female too early segue.
Melissa Butler
I think anything that you do like revolving, like involving you and like your look, people would just be making jokes. You posted a photo about you getting ready for the NBA All Star game.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, yeah.
Melissa Butler
And they caught, they called you to kill O'Meal.
Morgan
They called you what?
Melissa Butler
They called you Kill Oatmeal. They was in the comments blaming you.
Jess Hilarious
But see that, that's what it is sometimes. That's why I say you can't. Some goofy girls, they'd be like, oh my God, I'm made for you. Like, you have no idea how funny I am. And I'm like, I have no. You have no idea. I would never date you. You know what I'm saying? Just because it's like sometimes you don't want a girl that play too much. Some of those girls that play too much just go too far too. Like I, I have had a situation where a girl, you know, I'm saying kind of like where you, you said in that setting in the, in the bedroom. And she was like, damn, you got a. Got between your legs. And she wasn't talking about. I thought I was like, what that mean? She said my thighs was making it look like a gat.
Melissa Butler
Yo. Like they touch. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, like they spelled the word got.
Melissa Butler
When you was talking about the shorts.
Jess Hilarious
A Gap.
Charlamagne Tha God
A Gap Gat. Gat.
Jess Hilarious
A Gap.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like a gun?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, like a gat. Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, like God damn.
Jess Hilarious
Like a fat old ass. She said my thighs. She said my thighs. Hey, man. Here to talk about that. I'm just telling you what she said. So that's why I say to say sometimes it ain't good to date a girl as goofy do too much. And I went from up to downtown real fast.
Charlamagne Tha God
That might not have been goofy. That's just an observation.
Jess Hilarious
No, it's just. Hey, it's like, what did you. It's like, shut up. Yeah, it's like, come on now, don't say that right now. Cuz a girl that's goofy always dates a dude. That's like quiet, kind of chill. If you ever know it's not that you can't handle it. Sometimes it'd be too much, man. It's too much.
Melissa Butler
She told you your thighs rub together.
Jess Hilarious
Now you said when she said the guy it was cool. She would have said thighs are together. But she said your make a gap. I'm like, you wear your clothes when you have sex.
Melissa Butler
You really been getting ready for the.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, what?
Morgan
You, you wear your clothes when you have sex.
Jess Hilarious
Me or her?
Charlamagne Tha God
First of all, you, you wear T shirts in the pool.
Jess Hilarious
Hey, no, I'm a T shirt in the pool type. I'm say, yeah, yeah, I saw you.
Charlamagne Tha God
In Turks living your life. You had. Nah.
Jess Hilarious
A little bit. A little bit. I, yeah, I'll throw it up a little bit, but you know, I'm one of them. I'll put on like a little. What's some like, like a shirt?
Melissa Butler
Why would you put that.
Morgan
The water shirts.
Jess Hilarious
You heard them. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
I noticed that in the could have been video look like saucy a little bit.
Jess Hilarious
Huh?
Morgan
What?
Charlamagne Tha God
When you was doing this.
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Morgan
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here? Ow. Go slower. I met Santi at a luau party in October. I'm Santi.
Lauren LaRosa
Santi Damian.
Morgan
Oh, it was bizarre. The guy just disappeared one day. Santi has been missing ever since the hookup.
Lauren LaRosa
What is that?
Morgan
I'm solving a mystery through sex and haven't made a private dick joke until now. Like, no matter how hard I try, all roads lead to the hookup.
Charlamagne Tha God
You think it's causing people to turn aggro? I'm gonna rip your arms off and use them to.
Morgan
Yeah, that's a word for it. This is such terrible representation. I'm so sorry. Poppers.
Charlamagne Tha God
These aren't just any poppers.
Morgan
Mama always used to say God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No, but my psychiatrist didn't laugh at that one either. Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Charlamagne Tha God
I ain't gonna lie, Drew Ski.
Melissa Butler
I was like, come on, Drew Ski. Just one time.
Lauren LaRosa
One time.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
Not saucy, man. Saucy. Come on, man. Now that's. Now that's a freaky ass right there. Saucy. No, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying off the. You know, being on.
Morgan
All right, we got more with Drew Ski when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Drewski. Charlemagne.
Charlamagne Tha God
Question. You, Kai, and Kev. We know. We want to see the movie. Is there actual talks happening? Happening?
Jess Hilarious
Yes. Yes. He just called us last night, spazzing on us.
Melissa Butler
He is Kevin Hart.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, he is in Kevin Hart. Just letting us know. He was like, guys, get serious about this. Because he. He gave us a list of movies to watch, to study. He wanted us to. I guess. I watched some of the movies, but Kai didn't. So he was like, listen, man, it's not like you got to do. Y'all ain't doing. He said, what movies you got set up for this year? And we both just. I said, come on, Kev, don't do that to us, man. Don't. But he's. He honestly was just. He's. It's like hard parenting. You know what I mean? He's, like, letting us know, like, yo, lock in. Because this is like, I'm trying to get y'all to that next level of thinking. Like, all right, if I'm telling you to study this or do this or study the script or look at this movie, that definitely is something you should do, because this is gonna benefit your future. So, you know, he just was taking it hard on us. But, yeah, nah, I think we. We have a bunch of meetings set up right now to where we'll be shooting very soon. I don't know exactly the month, but it will be this year.
Charlamagne Tha God
Have you seen the script? Have you seen the.
Jess Hilarious
I've seen part of the script. At the beginning of It. It's at the beginning stages to where they're, like, in a writing room right now. So writing room means, like, multiple different writers are, like, punching up jokes on it. And then also, all of us have, like, a say so on what's being written.
Charlamagne Tha God
So I do like that Kev does that for y'all. Because there is another level. I know that you and Kai making a whole lot of money, but there is another level to all.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah. He's like, yo, you guys are. You guys are lit. But, you know, if you want to be the man forever or, you know, a superstar, this is the type of stuff you got to do. So he's just given that. That firm parenting of, like, take this serious. Like, I understand y'all. Y'all saying, oh, I'm busy. I'm. Seriously, guys, what movies you got set up right now?
Charlamagne Tha God
A Project X style movie. Was that one of the movies he asked y'all to watch?
Melissa Butler
What was that list?
Jess Hilarious
No, it's. Hey, I don't want to say because then that'll give off our idea of whatever was shooting. Who told you Project X style.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's just common sense. A Project X style movie with you, Drew Ski. Kev. Kai can be on his.
Morgan
Drew Ski son.
Jess Hilarious
Yes, you're right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Drew Ski kills.
Jess Hilarious
And Kai.
Charlamagne Tha God
With you, Kevin Kai.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
And literally Kai can be on Scream the whole movie. And as. And as he screams, the scream gets bigger, but the party keeps getting bigger.
Melissa Butler
And bigger at the house.
Jess Hilarious
I will say that this movie will be amazing whatever we do. I don't know the specifics all the way through yet. We still in the writer room, so. Yeah. Nah, Kev is honestly being, like, the father figure, and I like setting all this up, so. Yeah, and he. And he really is, like, locked in with all. Amongst all the other stuff he's got going on as well. Like, he's really. He's locked in.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's right. Listen, it's right there. I looked at Kiki Palmer and Scissors. Their movie is at $40 million. The one that you should rapid. I feel like y'all can do that. That are even more.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, easy. I agree.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know what I mean? And it's not going to cost a lot to shoot a movie with you. Like, y'all like that? Yeah, that's the next level.
Jess Hilarious
I agree.
Morgan
This weekend, you're going to be at the NBA Celebrity All Star Game.
Charlamagne Tha God
Can you play?
Melissa Butler
Can you play ball?
Jess Hilarious
I've been training. I've been training with a. A trainer from Ote over time. And, yeah, he's trained like Bradley Beal amongst other NBA players and stuff. So Corey Frazier, huh?
Charlamagne Tha God
Are you really trying to go out there and win MVP as well?
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, I'm, I, I, I, I'm trying to win mvp because I, of course I'm gonna be entertaining and wilding out and Stu put up some points to get the mvp.
Charlamagne Tha God
Is Gilly in the game?
Jess Hilarious
No, I don't think.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, they. Gilly was in the game. He winning mvp.
Jess Hilarious
NBA just got to do better on the rosters, man. They gotta. I think they just should bring a little bit more of, like, our world into it. NFL did a good job this past weekend with the flag football. Yeah, yeah. They, they had, like, me lotto, sexy red Kai speed. They just had. They had, like, people that, like, people understand, like, that these are celebrities with NBA. They got. There's a lot of people on my team.
Morgan
Conversation on your team.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, Shibuzi. No, I know your team.
Morgan
Matt Barnes is on your team.
Jess Hilarious
Matt Barnes. I knew that. Yeah.
Morgan
Chris Brickley, the trainer.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, yeah, the trainer.
Morgan
Terrell Owens.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
So the Drew Ski's point. He needs more of his generation.
Jess Hilarious
No, I'm just saying, like, I just think that they.
Morgan
I'm with.
Jess Hilarious
You should have a couple more.
Charlamagne Tha God
Your generation. I get what you're saying.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah, my generation.
Morgan
No, no, he's not on there.
Jess Hilarious
Not saying it has to be that either. I'm just saying, like, what, what position? Some of the names. I think I'm probably gonna run point.
Morgan
Definitely not.
Charlamagne Tha God
You need to be playing center.
Jess Hilarious
Hey, man, listen.
Charlamagne Tha God
And. Cause I want you.
Jess Hilarious
Y'all will see after I win MVP that I am at the guard position.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're not playing God. You're not.
Morgan
Definitely not playing God.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're not playing God.
Jess Hilarious
Somebody online said I'm playing the wrong guard position. They said it's for football.
Melissa Butler
You should do security guard.
Charlamagne Tha God
I agree.
Jess Hilarious
Somebody said a pulling guard.
Charlamagne Tha God
I agree.
Morgan
What are you doing for Valentine's? Valentine's Day.
Jess Hilarious
The game kind of messes up any Valentine's Day plans. I got with a bunch of girls. I had a bunch of them lined up.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got to work.
Jess Hilarious
I had a bunch of them lined up. I just. I'm playing in the game. I'm busy. I'm busy. Like I said, like, why can't she.
Charlamagne Tha God
Go with you to All Star Weekend?
Jess Hilarious
Hey, I'm locked in. I'm trying to get mvp.
Charlamagne Tha God
True, true, true.
Jess Hilarious
All the ones I had lined up. I can't do it. Can. Yeah. I can't do the whole rose petal at the Hotel thing. I can't Hand runner. Okay.
Morgan
What could have Been Love is out now. Where can they see it?
Jess Hilarious
They can see it on my YouTube at Drew Ski. So, yeah, it could have Been Love. Let's do it.
Morgan
We appreciate you for joining us.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Follow Juice if you're not already. But who is it?
Lauren LaRosa
It's Drew Ski.
Morgan
Ladies and gentlemen, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess.
Charlamagne Tha God
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Charlamagne Tha God
Jess. Worldwide meth on the Breakfast Club. She's a culture sh. She was able to get y'all to.
Lauren LaRosa
See something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.
Jess Hilarious
It's time to set it off.
Lauren LaRosa
So the Feb. 13 event didn't go.
Melissa Butler
Down the big me. The welcome back.
Lauren LaRosa
Welcome back?
Melissa Butler
Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
It was a welcome back party.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Melissa Butler
No.
Lauren LaRosa
What happened? Like, oh, my God. No. They canceled it.
Melissa Butler
Oh, my God. No. You sound so concerned. Honestly, it's giving. Don't play with 50 cents. So yesterday, the Amaranth bank arena, where the. The con. The party was supposed to go down there or concert. We're supposed to go down. That posted and said, due to unforeseen circumstances, tonight's show has been canceled. Refunds will be made at point of purchase. Of course, you know, 50 Cent posted. Posted this with the quickness he captioned it and said, I had nothing to do with this. Please stop calling my phone. I sincerely hope you have a nice day today. Happy Valentine's Day. I'm stronger than you think I am. With the smiley face.
Morgan
Jesus.
Melissa Butler
Yes. Now, we talked about how, like, there have been reports that some of the artists and stuff were pulling out, but I heard something about ticket sales not being where they needed to be as well, too.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you mean? Yeah, I heard that they only sold 900 tickets.
Lauren LaRosa
So how. How long is. I mean, how big is the venue?
Charlamagne Tha God
Like, 14,000.
Melissa Butler
14,000 people. People.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn. And it sold 900 tickets? That's what I was told. I don't know if that's true or not.
Melissa Butler
Which is crazy to me, though, because if it is ticket sales or even if it's the other stuff, because 50 was saying that artists were pulling out because of all of the allegations that he's throwing me his way right now. People were so hyped for me to come home, and then now it's just done.
Lauren LaRosa
It's like, I felt like that was like One of the most talked about things like, I wonder why they didn't.
Charlamagne Tha God
Do it in like Atlanta or Detroit. You know what I mean? Let. Let Hannah Kang put her, her hands on that thing in Atlanta and you know, and then. Ain't they from Detroit, right?
Morgan
Yeah, they from Detroit. But I also think he lives in Miami, so I think he's a, you know, he can't leave Miami. He's in the house arrest, I believe. So it would have to be in the city that he lives in.
Melissa Butler
And Ross was posting stuff like if you had tickets to the show already and you could show proof that you had tickets to the show. I forget what club they were going to, but he was saying, like, if you came with the tickets, like, they would, they would do something on the entry or something like that. So they were trying to basically still make it up to the people who had already purchased their tickets. But yeah, that is a wrap.
Lauren LaRosa
That's crazy. Ain't nobody come out and say nothing like, Big M, Little Beach.
Melissa Butler
No, not yet. Big Me, Little Me. Not yet.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
All right.
Morgan
Leave 50 alone.
Lauren LaRosa
I know. Jesus. What else we got going on?
Melissa Butler
Kanye west, the divorce. So remember we were talking about. Yeah, so the chicken wing, him and Bianca Sensory. We were talking about this how there are reports right now that they are his. Him and his new muse are on their way to a divorce. According to Daily Mail, they have split and they are exciting. A close source to a source close to Kanye. Now this source says that both people have reached like a. A good place with their divorce attorney. So this, if, if true, is something that's been in the works for a while. I will say that Milo, or Milo that works with Kanye west has come out and said that this is not true. And before, there were reports that, remember, they had split and they had broken up, and then we seen them in Tokyo together, laughing, joking, having a good time. So I don't know what's true or not, but I think right now everybody's just reaching for a Kanye story because he's been.
Lauren LaRosa
That girl is sick of being cold, Bianca Sensory. Like, she's sick of that. Like, she tired, especially in the winter. You want me show up everywhere naked, like, no socks, no nothing, like, I'm cold. And when we seeing her dance, she's trying to keep warm, you know what I'm saying?
Melissa Butler
She be looking happy, though, when she with them. But I mean, I guess she's supposed to.
Morgan
But where are they getting this information from? Because every time they say they split or there's a problem There's a divorce. Somebody from Kanye's team says it's a lie. So are people just making this up and people running with stories?
Melissa Butler
I'm not for sure, but I reached out to someone close to the rapper, and their response to me was, why you keep believing in stuff?
Charlamagne Tha God
That's what Consequence said.
Melissa Butler
I don't know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, you stupid.
Melissa Butler
I am a journalist. You do not reveal sources. You're not supposed to. And it was not Consequence that I spoke to. I don't talk to Consequence. No.
Lauren LaRosa
Talk about Consequence. Like.
Melissa Butler
Oh, God, for real?
Jess Hilarious
No.
Lauren LaRosa
The one with the love and hip hop teeth.
Morgan
What is wrong?
Charlamagne Tha God
No, remember.
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, my God. We talk about that one.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, that one.
Melissa Butler
Because he. That's Kanye guy. My.
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, my God. I had no idea. That's the only way I remember him. Them teeth, like, on Love and Hip Hop, he used to every episode, this be her. Like, oh, my God, everybody. Every episode. I had no idea he was close with Kanye.
Charlamagne Tha God
So they're not getting a divorce? Basically?
Melissa Butler
No, that. That. I mean, from what I'm told, no. But would you be surprised if that were to happen?
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know. I just be wondering, why would a news outlet report that if just because.
Lauren LaRosa
Somebody told him that that girl was a goddamn prisoner. Okay? She's screaming for help. She's tired of not wearing any clothes. It just is what it is Just.
Morgan
About to do a coat drive for.
Melissa Butler
She's good on the coat, definitely. Now I will say Kim Kardashian came out and she was talking about, you know, what led her to the point where she was ready to divorce.
Charlamagne Tha God
She gonna be walking at somebody's show next.
Lauren LaRosa
Why Kim talking about, no, Kim, do not do it. She don't do that.
Melissa Butler
Yeah. So they basically were. Because Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have reunited recently on the Kardashians, and y'all know that that was a whole thing. Like, Chloe hadn't been speaking to Lamar for some time, but Lamar was always trying to get back in her good graces. So because of that, Kim Kardashian actually started talking about what made her divorce Kanye, which she hasn't talked about in a while. And she basically said that the hardest part is that, like, when she split from Kanye, you don't foresee it happening, and it really, like, changes a person's personality, and then you're not the same person once you look back. And like, I think she said, when you're going through a breakup, like, as bad as what she went through publicly with Kanye and As bad is what Lamar and Chloe went through. You're not the same person, and it makes you feel or almost hate the person that you were with. So that's why this came up. So now the headlines are picking up. I don't know. Kanye just in the news this week, y'all people just like to grab and.
Charlamagne Tha God
Go with him because he gives us a lot to grab and go.
Melissa Butler
Oh, pause.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, that's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Whoa. But.
Lauren LaRosa
But. But it's interesting to know that Lamar is. Has reunited. Not reunited, but, like, got reacquainted with Chloe.
Melissa Butler
Yeah, so he did. So they. They. They sat down in the episode, and it. He came to come get some stuff that she said that she had in his house or had in her house that was his.
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, my God. For all them years and years. It's still some stuff over there.
Melissa Butler
It was like some of his rings and stuff like that. So it was like big stuff. But basically, in. In. In the part of the episode that you see, she gets emotional because she talks about being by his side when he was in the hospital. She talks about that show still come on. Yeah, it's on.
Lauren LaRosa
Still comes on.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Melissa Butler
This was actually a good reunion for her, though, because Lamar has been on a lot of weird st trying to get her attention. She finally gave it to him, and the conversation was very, like. It was deep. She talked about basically being by his side when his dad wanted to pull the plug on him for life insurance. That's what she alleged. She. She FaceTimes her mom, who gets emotional because she's like, I'm happy to just see y'all in a good place, but last time we talked to you, Lamar, you were going through so much. She stuck. He went heart attacks. The overdose. She was.
Charlamagne Tha God
She.
Melissa Butler
Chloe be riding with her men. That's one thing about her. The ups, downs in circumstance.
Lauren LaRosa
But I did not like I. What they say sometimes you gotta almost.
Charlamagne Tha God
Die to get your woman back.
Melissa Butler
Oh, no, He. They ain't getting back together. Chloe said she over who said that?
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, okay.
Melissa Butler
You be you.
Lauren LaRosa
But I did not like when she told her sister. Remember, Lauren, the episode when she told her sister, Kim, Lamar is not going to be known for anything else but a drug user. That hurt my feelings because he played basketball.
Charlamagne Tha God
That is absolutely true. That's what we know Lamar from. That's right. Lamar is a Green basketball player.
Lauren LaRosa
We do not just the drug user.
Morgan
NBA basketball player. No.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah. But thank you, Lauren.
Melissa Butler
You're welcome.
Jess Hilarious
All right.
Morgan
Well, that was just with the mess Charlamagne who giving that donkey to.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, you know, it's Valentine's Day. And you know, historically I've always given, you know, Valentine's Day to the women that are lonely. But you know, those days are over. Women are doing too much now. So I need all of these women who think they play as they need to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with them. And you know, Jess, you don't even make no faces at me because you're a retired player. But Lauren LaRosa, you sit right with where you at. You need to sit right there. Don't you move. Don't you move. Cuz you really need to hear what I'm about to say. We'll discuss when we come back for after the hour.
Morgan
Don't do Lauren dirty, man. She got a long night ahead.
Charlamagne Tha God
You hush, okay? There's a lot going on that you don't know about cuz you're not here today. But we about to discuss some things.
Melissa Butler
God is good. Is good. I'm good. Don't even worry about me, baby.
Morgan
We'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wake up.
Jess Hilarious
Wake up.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're locked into the Breakfast Club. You are a donkey.
Jess Hilarious
It's time for Donkey of the Day.
Charlamagne Tha God
Donkey of the Day does not discriminate. I might not have the song of the day, but I got the Donkey Day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey man, hit it with the hero. Yes, the Breakfast Club.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Who's donkey of the day today?
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, Ed Sharon, Donkey of the day for Friday, February 14th. Valentine's Day goes to all you women who want to be players. Coi Leray, I blame. Okay, yes, I blame you. When you came out with that sneaky bop back in 2022, girls is players too. You shifted things for a whole generation of women. Now, before I begin, I would like to say that for years, I historically gave the lonely women hell on Valentine's Day. Okay? To women who didn't have a man on any level. Not a husband, not a fiance, not a boyfriend, not even a consistent sneaky link. And yes, ladies out there with a consistent sneaky link, you should expect something from that consistent sneaky link on Valentine's. Valentine's Day. Your best eater should come with an offering on Valentine's Day. Okay, what does your vagina have? No value. Are you still mismanaging your poom poom in 2025? Shame on you. I thought you learned how to properly manage your vagina by now. But I guess not for the record, if your best eater or your consistent sneaky link doesn't get you anything for Valentine's Day, then your vagina truly has no value, okay? That's right. You letting that consistent sneaky link sweat on you. You letting that man put saliva all over your honey pot and he can't get you a little something something for Val Valentine's Day. If that's the case, your vagina not worth the price of the Brazilian you got yesterday for today. But let's get back to these player ass women. Okay, I gave this some thought, and I have a question. What's worse? Actually, being alone on Valentine's Day? Not having a Valentine, not having someone to call your own, or being a player ladies, and having about three on the roster and having to juggle all three in the next, you know. Well, in this 24 hours, okay, see, you can be surrounded by people and still feel alone. And I know you ladies out there that are players who have about three competing for your Love like this. An early 2000s BH1 reality show. I know y'all lonely. You can't fool me. If you wanted something that could have been love, you'd have been on Drew ski show. No, you want the real thing. But guess what? You're not gonna find it because you're juggling. All right? You want to be a player out here with three men. Three ready to lie about your period being on the two of them. All right, I see what you're doing. See, you're waiting to see who does what on Valentine's Day. And based on what they do, that's when you decide. Decide who you gonna spend the late, late night hours with, okay? But let me tell you something, my brothers. I need y'all to hit us. She already knows who she wants to be with, okay? She got the whole itinerary planned out. Now, let me tell you what she did, my brother. She probably told all of y'all that she's spending the day with her grandmother and mother sounding. Sounding something like this.
Melissa Butler
My mother and my grandmother and my niece.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow. Mother and the grandmother and niece. The niece is diabolical. But you know as well as I do that grandma and mama not gonna be out past, you know, past about eight, all right? They in their night clothes, head wrapped, calling it a night by nine. Okay? This, you know. So that player lady you chasing is just looking to see who is gonna be active after 9pm who's gonna be on her body after 9pm in fact, I've heard these player ladies refer to Having multiple suitors on Valentine's Day. I've heard them refer to this activity. Activity as a marathon. Now, I'm not gonna say no names, but I was having a convo with one of those player ladies earlier this week, and she admitted Valentine's Day was gonna be a marathon. I actually have it. Can we listen? I heard you had a few prospects.
Melissa Butler
I'm gonna go home and make sure that they get, you know, their. Their roses and their candies. I do it every year.
Charlamagne Tha God
How many. How many guys is it?
Morgan
Ignore him. Continue on. I mean, don't get yourself in trouble.
Charlamagne Tha God
What are you looking for, this valentine?
Morgan
Oh, boy.
Charlamagne Tha God
What do you hope one of these guys. How does the person win?
Morgan
Where it goes?
Melissa Butler
How does a person win?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
Melissa Butler
The winner knows how he's supposed to win. I don't have to get on air and say it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay, okay, okay.
Melissa Butler
It's not. It's not a competition. It's. You know, It's. It's a marathon.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now, let me tell you something. Don't. Don't let all that player talk confuse you, okay? Because it sounds bigger than what it is. See? Player, player ladies not really built to be players. Because if you was, you could be honest with all your hoes and let them know the hunt is on. Okay? You out here telling them that you're spending the day with your mother and grandmother and niece, when the reality is you're going to brunch with one. Okay? A late lunch with the other, and then you spending the night with the one you really want to be with. And I'm gonna tell you why it can get sticky when all of them know, okay, where you work. All right? And all of them pop up at the job at the same time because they was invited by a diabolical co worker.
Melissa Butler
You ain't invited nobody nowhere. I know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Whoa, whoa, relax. Whoa. You got scared, huh? You got scared, huh? No, I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't do that. But there was a traffic jam downstairs. Oh, it was a traffic jam. Guess what it was a traffic jam of envy. Guess what it was a traffic jam of.
Morgan
Jeff, tell me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Flowers.
Melissa Butler
You ordered these flowers?
Charlamagne Tha God
No, I did not.
Melissa Butler
Yes, you did, because how would you know that they was downstairs?
Charlamagne Tha God
Because they called back to back to back. They called back to back to back. One call came in saying, we got flowers for guess who. Player of the year Lauren LaRosa. Okay, let me tell you something. I was shocked, because when they said flowers, I was thinking, oh, wow, a guy sent flowers. But guess what? They called Again. And then again.
Morgan
No.
Charlamagne Tha God
Three men send flowers up here for Lauren LaRosa. Guess what? Guess what. Guess what. Read the cards. You want to read the card? Read the card.
Melissa Butler
What do the cards. What do the cards say?
Charlamagne Tha God
Read them. I want to know where they're from. Read the cards.
Melissa Butler
I want y'all to know that this is Charlemagne being Charlemagne. You know what? I came ready for this. That's why I put on a red lip.
Charlamagne Tha God
Read the card.
Melissa Butler
Really, really good.
Charlamagne Tha God
Read the cards. You know what? Don't worry about it. I. I took another one. I took pics of the messages on the card already.
Melissa Butler
How did you get that so fast?
Charlamagne Tha God
They've been here for 30 minutes, ma'am. As soon as they said we got fly for Lauren LaRosa. Do you think we didn't send people downstairs Now, Jessica Robin Moore. Jessica Robin Moore. You're a retired player.
Melissa Butler
I was in on this.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're a retired player. What do you suggest? Living. Lauren, you know, do. Or do you want me to read these messages first on this card?
Melissa Butler
Somebody said.
Lauren LaRosa
Here, read them.
Melissa Butler
You want me to read the message like the clip? Audio.
Charlamagne Tha God
Let me see.
Melissa Butler
A little short.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn. Okay.
Melissa Butler
Message one says, they're looking like chocolate milk.
Charlamagne Tha God
Message one says, I don't know what place I will finish in the marathon, but I hope it's first. Sincerely. You know who drop on a clues bomb for that? Smart man. Okay. Glad you didn't leave a name. Better to remain anonymous when you sending something to a player on Valentine's Day.
Melissa Butler
Oh, my God.
Charlamagne Tha God
Message number two from these other flowers says. Damn, why it gotta be a race? I hope I'm not in second place. Sincerely. Never. Number two.
Melissa Butler
None of the people I know would even talk.
Morgan
Like, what's the third?
Charlamagne Tha God
Third one? Third and final message. Oh, this is crazy.
Morgan
What?
Charlamagne Tha God
Leave the competitions for your heart. The Quincy and Monica. I'm not racing nobody for nothing. This isn't loving track meets. See you later, Mr. First Place.
Melissa Butler
Y'All. He is lying. I can't even talk to men that talk like that.
Charlamagne Tha God
I can tell by these messages whose brunch, whose late lunch and who's getting the late night. Okay, ladies, is this the life you want to lead? Is this the life you really want to lead? Ladies, ladies. Is the play of life really better than having a one and only Valentine? Are you going to end up alone? Because these men are not going to like the fact that all of them sent flowers to your job at the same damn time. And your messy ass co worker read the messages on the air. I Don't know. But just remember, whatever the outcome, this is the life you chose.
Morgan
Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Because girls want to be players, too. Please give all the lady players on Valentine's Day the biggest he haw you end up with nothing.
Melissa Butler
Y'all know they saying in this newspaper that R. Kelly appeal was denied.
Charlamagne Tha God
You gonna end up with more of you, Lauren.
Melissa Butler
You gonna end up envy. You know, he sent these flowers.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ph, balance going to be all the way off. I ain't talking to you. I'm just talking to all the lady players. And.
Melissa Butler
And. And even if I did get three flowers, ain't nothing. I'm not.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you mean, even if you.
Melissa Butler
Keep talking about balances? Ain't three people doing video, right?
Charlamagne Tha God
You see all that right there? You.
Melissa Butler
First of all, let me tell you, you knew that the flowers was here before they came up.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, first of all, they called downstairs when there's a package. Lauren. They called 25 minutes ago.
Melissa Butler
No, it wasn't 25 minutes ago.
Charlamagne Tha God
How long ago was it? Mac.
Melissa Butler
And then also I. I went and told Mac to go get them. He didn't even have him yet. You had what was written on the card.
Morgan
All right, well, thank you for that. Donkey of the day, sir. I am so disappointed in you, Lauren.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you say?
Morgan
Disappointed?
Lauren LaRosa
Amazing gag reflexes.
Melissa Butler
Okay, let's play big pimping.
Morgan
Play big pimping.
Charlamagne Tha God
Big pimping for big laros.
Morgan
Let play big Pimping.
Charlamagne Tha God
God damn. This is crazy.
Morgan
All right.
Charlamagne Tha God
This is crazy.
Morgan
I'm not just.
Melissa Butler
It's cool because you're doing all this and you ain't stopping nothing.
Morgan
Here we go. All right. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Charlamagne.
Melissa Butler
Nothing.
Morgan
Now when we come back, I feel.
Melissa Butler
Bad because I really thought it was, you know, my little whatever, whatever.
Morgan
From the lip bar. We have Melissa Butler. We have. I own Rucker Jameson. We also have Ellen Rucker, Sellers of Rucker roots.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
Morgan
These to them next.
Charlamagne Tha God
These young ladies, these women, they have products in all of these retail stores. Some of these retail stores have rolled back some of their DEI initiatives. So I want to talk to these women who actually have products in these stores about this situation.
Melissa Butler
What you looking at, a player?
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Melissa Butler
They don't believe you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Somebody who bit off more than they can.
Melissa Butler
They don't believe you. You need more people. And I don't bite off nothing more than I can chew. I always handle mine. Well, I'm good over here. These flowers ain't stopping nothing, baby. I promise you.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's why message number three says, Silly Mr. First Place. See you later. Huh?
Melissa Butler
That message is so sassy. None of my. None of them. I mean, not them.
Morgan
Wow. All right, all right, all right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy.
Charlamagne Tha God
Jess.
Morgan
Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa filling in for Jess. And we got some special guests with us this morning. We have the founder and CEO of the Lip Bar, Melissa Butler. Welcome. And we also have co founders of rucka roots, Dr. Ellen Rucka sellers, and I own Rucka Jameson. Welcome.
Charlamagne Tha God
Good morning.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Thanks for having us. Thank you so much for having us.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, we, you know, the reason we wanted you here today is because there's all this conversation about Target and should folks boycott Target because they rolled back their DEI policies. But then there are people who say we should be doing a buyout and supporting all the black owned products in Target. And you all have black owned products in Target. So we wanted to hear from you all.
Lauren LaRosa
Thank you for this opportunity.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Thank you for this platform. You know, I think it's very important for brand owners to have a voice in this because every day we are in there grinding. We have worked so hard to get on the shelf. The shelf space is a covenant space, right?
Lauren LaRosa
Everybody doesn't get the opportunity.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And for a brand to get, get to shelf space is a huge pro. Like a process, like it takes years. It takes years. It really does. And to stay there, it's so hard too. And so I'm so glad that you.
Lauren LaRosa
Gave us this platform because we need our community.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
We need our community to, you know, galvanize around these black brands because we're fighting the good fight too. Right? So let's take it back.
Morgan
Let's take it back. Let's go, let's go to the products.
Charlamagne Tha God
Let's start with.
Morgan
Since you're speaking, let's talk about Rucker Roots, what Rucker Roots is and talk about the process of selling your product. Because most people don't know. They don't understand, like you said, they automatically think you have a product, you put it in Walmart and you're good. Oh, no, they understand that, you know, it goes from one store and then a region and then from no to a store. So break it down to what Rucker Roots is, how it started and how you.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
So for Rucker Roots, we are all natural hair care company. I own and I started it in 2015 with the goal of being a household brand. Right. And so we started it in professional salons. So we gave products to stylists and.
Lauren LaRosa
Let them use the product.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
We had a distributor. Then we went to trade shows, which we met Melissa, at several trade shows. Trying to get your product out there.
Lauren LaRosa
So you're in front of the consumer.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And once you get the notoriety or the. Once you get enough recognition amongst some of these retailers, they come to you and say, hey, you know, let's talk about coming in to retail.
Lauren LaRosa
Retail.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And so our first retailer was Sally's Beauty and then Target, and. And after you get one, you get more. But, you know, in order to stay in those retail stores, you get audited. Basically every year you have a line review. If you're not performing, guess what? Your space is gone. And so when we look at the boycott, I'm not telling people not to boycott. Like, that's not in my space spirit.
Lauren LaRosa
That's not where I come from.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
You know, I mean, boycotting is part of, you know, our bloodline.
Jess Hilarious
Right.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
What I am telling people is you can't forget these black brands that have worked so hard to get there, because it's a long process.
Charlamagne Tha God
And see, that's why I think a buyout is good because of what you said. If, you know, these products are sitting on the shelf in Target and nobody goes in there and buys them, then what? That gives them a reason just to say, you know what? Get this stuff out of here anyway.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And honestly, honestly, isn't that the goal?
Charlamagne Tha God
Absolutely.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Isn't that the goal? And that's what we're working. I mean, that's the goal for them, you know, to weed us out, to discourage us, to, you know, bring trauma and drama and all the things that.
Lauren LaRosa
You know, as black women, we have. We have to deal with every single day. Can I chime? Yeah, go ahead.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Okay. Ellen. Ellen and I are sisters, and we're from South Carolina Philosophy and Charlemagne. And we come from a very big family in a very small town where 4 out of 10 people in our town are unbanked or either underbanked, so they don't have the debit cards to shop online. All they have is to go into our local Walmart and get products off the shelves. So that's 40% of our clientele that can't shop online. Now, we're not telling you not to shop online because as we all know, we want you to shop online. But, you know, we come from a small town where a lot of our clientele can't shop online.
Charlamagne Tha God
We just getting wifi in some of.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
These rural areas, we couldn't even when Covid hit our hometown we couldn't even have remote schools because most of the people don't have the energy.
Morgan
Jesus.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Yeah. So we want our people to be able to go to the Walmart and.
Lauren LaRosa
Pick up our products and shop, I.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Think, more than anything. So throughout this process, it's been really disappointing to feel the wrath of our own community. Like, I started the lip Bar in 2012, literally making lipstick in my kitchen because I was frustrated with the beauty industry. It's lack of diversity, it's excessive amounts of chemicals. But I really wanted to center black women. And I've been doing that for 12 years. Like, 12 years I've been standing up for black women saying, hey, you are enough. Hey, I am.
Lauren LaRosa
Yo, what up? It's your girl, Jess. Hilarious. And I think it's time to acknowledge that I'm not just a comedian. It's time to add uncertified therapists to my credentials. Because each and every Wednesday, I'm fixing your mess on cathfully reckless on the Black Effect podcast network. Got problems in your relationship? Come to me. Your best friend acting shady? Come to me. Thinking about cursing that one stank auntie out at the next family gate gathering. Do it, but come to me before you did because I cussed all mine out before you wanna fight your co workers, come to me. Baby daddy mad cause you got a boyfriend, come to me. Thought you was the father, but you not come to me. I can't promise I won't judge you, but I can guarantee that I will help you. As a daughter, a sister, a mother and an entrepreneur, I've learned a lot in life, so I'm using my own perspective and experiences to help you fix your mess. Send me your situation and let's fix it as Listen to carefully Reckless on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
Charlamagne Tha God
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Morgan
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Each week, we'll sit down with inspiring.
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Morgan
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here? Ow. Goes lower. I met Santi at a luau party in October.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm Santi Damian.
Morgan
Oh, it was bizarre. The guy just disappeared one day. Santi has been missing ever since the hookup.
Lauren LaRosa
What is the.
Morgan
I'm solving a mystery through sex and haven't made a private dick joke until now. Like, no matter how hard I try, all roads lead to the hookup.
Charlamagne Tha God
You think it's causing people to turn aggro. I'm gonna rip your arms off and use them to.
Morgan
Yeah, that's a word for it. This is such terrible representation. I'm so sorry. Poppers. These aren't just any poppers Mama always used. Needless to say, God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No, but my psychiatrist didn't laugh at that one either. Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
To your favorite shows creating products for you. Hey, I'm making sure that I am building our self esteem collectively. And so when this happens, I want our community to know that, like, we are disappointed too. Like, we're upset with. With Target and Walmart and Google and all of these companies that have shut down their dei. But to ask us to remove our products from retail, it's unrealistic because what does that look like for most black businesses? It looks like us shutting down our actual businesses. So you ask, like, how does it work to get into retail? Well, how it works is we buy inventory up front months in advance, almost a year in advance. So. So when you think about retail.
Morgan
Pull the mic up.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
When you think about retail, it's kind of a crazy thing. Like, we buy products to sit on shelf just in case you want it, which means that we are. We are having to outlay capital at the FORT Storefront for thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of units so that if you go into your local Target, Walmart, cvs, it is available for you.
Charlamagne Tha God
You basically front and Target the brick.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Yeah, absolutely. Because what happens is there are a.
Melissa Butler
Minimum on that, like, amount of inventory.
Charlamagne Tha God
It depends on.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
It depends on how many doors.
Melissa Butler
You know, some stores do have that. Yeah, it's a large amount. And they don't give you money to.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And they don't give you money to up it. And so you have to buy that inventory, but you don't get paid on that inventory for sometimes Eight months, you know, a year, depending on when you set. And then once they place the order, you can have terms that are net 60, net 90. So, like, black owned brands are waiting on their finances to come through. We can't just pull our products from Target. We're in. We're in contracts with them. We are, for the most part, dependent on retailers to ensure that we have the visibility and to make sure that we have the turns. Now, some people will say, like, oh, well, just, you know, make sure they shop@your.com, y'all. In 2020, when Black people. When it was a trend to shop black businesses, we all benefited. Yeah, we all benefited. It felt good. We were living in the money.
DJ Envy
We.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
We hired more people, we bought more inventory. And then, guess what? It wasn't invoked to shop black anymore. So I want us to remember the. The buying power of black businesses.
Melissa Butler
Sure.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
If you want to boycott, boycott. Because, like, there is so much power in our dollars. But at the end of the day, we have to be intentional about our shopping to make sure that our dollars are going back to our communities. Because guess what? Black people hire black people.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Like, My team is 75 black. My team is 100% women. I'm investing in my community. I gave $35,000 in grants to black women last year. So it's like, these are. This is what black businesses are doing. So the minute you decide that shopping black is a trend, it negatively impacts us. The minute you decide that you won't shop in the stores that carry our products, it will impact us. Now, we're not here to say you should shop in these retailers. If you feel disrespected. You have the ability and the right to take your dollars wherever you are most comfortable. But to your point, don't forget about us. Please do, in fact, go to our dot com. Exactly.
Charlamagne Tha God
All right.
Morgan
When we come back, we're still kicking it with Melissa Butler from Lip Bar, Ellen Rucker Sellers, and I own Rucka Jameson from Rucker Roots. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lorna Rosa hanging with us as well. And we're still kicking it with Melissa Butler from Lip Bar and Ellen Rucker Sellers and I own Rucker Jameson from Rucker Roots.
Melissa Butler
Laura, I saw a report that one of the brands said that they found out when we found out that the dei.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Nothing. Nothing. And so now we're just on the front lines fighting for our lives on social media. Because people are coming at us as if we did it, as if we created it. So no, we did not have a head up. That was very unfortunate. But I will say, like myself, people like Tabitha Brown, people like be from Honey Pot, we have been having constant conversation with Target about the impacts about their responsibility in the matter and frankly pushing them on, on what they need to do next. And so just know that just because like we are online and we're still selling our products, that does not mean that in the background we are not fighting the good fight within the retailer. Because at the end of the day, like I know people are upset with, with Target and Walmart but like we actually have skin in the game. Like yeah, you need to find a new place to shop your toilet paper. But we are actually in business with them. So of course we're upset. We are more upset with these retailers for, for blindsiding us and for frankly not being clear on what this actually means. Now that being said, all of those brands for, for the most part shopped or, or launched in, in Target before DEI was this three letter trend word like going back to like dark and lovely. They've been pushing and building small black owned businesses. So as far as I know they contain, they will continue to do that. But the reality is we are, we are witnessing an attack of deeds. We are witnessing an attack from the government on dei. So like how, how are we all supposed to manage that? Are we supposed to shut down our Gmails?
Morgan
I was going to ask the dei, get your products in there. Did they give you the opportunity to get in there?
Ellen Rucker Sellers
No, no, no, no. We got into retail because we were a strong brand. Now do you know, some of the.
Lauren LaRosa
Buyers look like us and they appreciate, you know, representation? Absolutely.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
You know, some of the buyers that we have met, met with, you know.
Lauren LaRosa
With some of our retailers, they are African American buyers.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And that's so important too to make sure that you know, we, you know, have those people in those positions so that they can bring in brands like us and understand the importance. But if you look at how much African Americans spend, I mean these retailers are all in the money making business, right? We spend money. So yeah, it's a business. We don't foresee see our brands going in. I mean, you know, we don't, they want to make money and our, our consumers spend the most money. That's just facts. So I just really black women spend nine times our white counterparts on beauty products. And so obviously there's a difference in a black woman's hair and A white woman's hair. In terms of makeup, aside from color theory and a brand caring enough to actually have a wide range of colors, there's no, there's no real difference. And so my buying team is actually not women of color. They've never been women of color. And so I think that speaks to the idea that like, to your point, they're in the money business. Like everybody here is trying to fill a gap. Everyone is trying to figure out how do I get more customers to shop our products? And this is where, you know, if you have a record roots, if you have a lip bar and you understand that this can bring a different customer, you have an advantage. And so we all have strong businesses, we all have strong brands. Brands, we have strong followings and that's how we've been able to stay in retail this long.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, somebody told me and I don't know if it's true, they said Target didn't actually roll back their initiative, they just changed the name.
Jess Hilarious
Is that true?
Ellen Rucker Sellers
I think that a lot of these corporations are scared to get sued by the government. Right. I think that's what they are nervous about.
Lauren LaRosa
You know, this new administration coming in.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And making all these changes and, and the war on diversity, equity, inclusion. And they're scared to get sued if they put it out there. And I know, you know, just this.
Lauren LaRosa
Week we just, we just shipped huge.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
Orders to, you know, one of our retailers.
Charlamagne Tha God
Really?
DJ Envy
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
But I wonder if that's because of the bot. They're calling it a boycott because there's some people who are like, no, I'm gonna go in these stores and I'm gonna buy all the black products. I may not, you know, buy anything else, but I'm gonna buy the black product.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
And we want you to do that. Yeah. And we're not telling, I'm like, we're not here to tell you where to shop. We're here to tell like ask you.
Lauren LaRosa
To shop with us.
Ellen Rucker Sellers
We love y'all, you know, we need you. We love you. We are here for the fight. We're in it for us. We're not telling you to not boycott, but we telling you to, you know, support these brands. Support. We're going on 10 year anniversary and we couldn't have done it without out our consumers and our loyal customers. So thank you. Continue to support Rucker roots. Follow us on all platforms at ruckerroots. And of course Ellen said online, ruckerroots.com and we're on Amazon, Walmart, Target, Sally's, Belk, JCPenney and our website. I'll just say the lip bar has always been a community based business. It's the community that has got us this far. And please know that we will continue to. To invest in the community. Like we will never turn our back. Like I. I am from the blackest city in America, Detroit, Michigan. So just know that I am always putting us first.
Charlamagne Tha God
There you have it. That's right.
Morgan
And it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.
Charlamagne Tha God
Let's play. A lady still in here lying talking about I sent these flowers. I did not send these flowers stuff. But none of her boys would send her these Paul bear flowers.
Melissa Butler
Say none of my boys. I said my boo.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, she said none of her guys would send her these Paul bear flowers. I said they sending you a message.
Melissa Butler
To let you know our selection is very mature.
Charlamagne Tha God
Dead out here.
Melissa Butler
I will say that this is very mature.
Morgan
Well, this is usually where we do Pastor A. But Nyla is sick.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nyla sick Cuz she's single. She didn't want to be here today. Jesus. She couldn't take.
Melissa Butler
They warned me and I still can't sim.
Charlamagne Tha God
Walking around with little ear things on her head talking about I love you. She ain't got no Valentine, Nick. You know, it's just. It's rough out here, man.
Melissa Butler
My flowers.
Morgan
Let's get to Jess with the mess.
Lauren LaRosa
News is real, whether it's Jessica, Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lies.
Morgan
Don't do.
Lauren LaRosa
She don't spare nobody worldwide J.
Charlamagne Tha God
Worldwide match on the Breakfast Club. She's a culture sh. She was able to get you all.
Lauren LaRosa
To see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.
Jess Hilarious
It's time to set it off.
Lauren LaRosa
So it's a lot of music that been dropping and we're gonna get into some. We had Drake, Jacques and who else dropped to me Offset.
Melissa Butler
The baby.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, the baby. Okay.
Melissa Butler
Yeah. So taking it back to Drake, but not too long because I know y'all. Y'all hate the album.
Morgan
I didn't listen to it yet, so I can't say what I love.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's just more of the same. It's. It sounds manufactured. There's no soul. It's like. Like I said, it's AI.
Melissa Butler
You wanted more from him, right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Maybe I expect more from Party. I don't know.
Melissa Butler
I didn't know Party is a great artist. But this, this was Drake's moment. I wanted to play the top of Give me a hug. I feel like people are skipping over this because I think this explains why we didn't get that deep, soulful sound that you wanted from Drake. Let's take a listen. I think Drake, he's. He gota. He got to get his footing back, y'all. He's been through a lot. He got to get his footing back.
Lauren LaRosa
The comments, there's a lot of the things that I feel like that's. That's all them. Like what he was just rapping about. All of that stuff was in the comments.
Melissa Butler
You know, it's getting to him, and I think people wanted to hear how he really felt about it. But, like, would you get on the track right now to really do that?
Charlamagne Tha God
You do realize this is a collaboration with Party, and it's supposed to be an R B album, but the fact that it's an R B album, but y'all keep going back to the rap, should let you know everything you need to know about the R B that's on the album.
Morgan
Well, I didn't hear it, but I love. I love when Drake raps. I. I don't necessarily love the R. R B point.
Charlamagne Tha God
The stuff I like. This is R B album.
Melissa Butler
I think the fake. The fact that Drake got talked to himself like Issa Ray in that mirror means he needs some more time, y'all. It's too soon.
Charlamagne Tha God
He shouldn't be called Give me a hug. It should be called I need a hug. That's what the album should actually. But I thought that's what we need.
Morgan
I thought we wanted him express his feelings in his music instead of going online when he goes. When he does it in the music, y'all say he needs a hug.
Charlamagne Tha God
He know. He said he want a hug. It's called Give me a hug. Boy, I love revenge. People try to make excuses for you each other.
Lauren LaRosa
Well, definitely asking for a hug. You need one.
Melissa Butler
He do on this song. He asking for the hug. Like the person that you ain't seen in a minute, that be like, come here, y'all. Give me a hug. Those people. It's kind of annoying, but next song. Speaking of just, you know, getting into some things. So Jacques and De Loaf. Now, before we get to the song, we talked about this in just with the mess earlier. Jess, remember when we were talking about how, like, De Loaf, Deandra Saunders.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's.
Lauren LaRosa
What happened with that?
Melissa Butler
So. So dejelaf and Jacquees actually sat down and they addressed this whole situation. There's been a fallout with Jacquees's fiance because of the collaboration. Let's take a listen.
Charlamagne Tha God
In my understanding, she don't really Understand the entertainment industry. I think that's why you see, like, the outlashes on the Internet and just.
Morgan
Different stuff like that.
Charlamagne Tha God
I think she probably do that to be heard or something.
Morgan
I mean, of course I don't like.
Charlamagne Tha God
It, you know what I'm saying?
Jess Hilarious
But I try not to indulge in the Internet stuff.
Lauren LaRosa
Sure.
Morgan
You know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
So I try to stay as far away from it as possible in the public. Anybody that know me, I feel like they just know that I'm passionate about my work and my dream.
Melissa Butler
I respect people relationships, you know, But I also. It's like, do y'all respect the friendship? I've been out the picture, you know.
Charlamagne Tha God
And I stay out the picture unless it's business.
Melissa Butler
Like, we don't even hang out as.
Charlamagne Tha God
Much and do the cool that we used to do.
Melissa Butler
So now it's, you know, it's respect.
Lauren LaRosa
Females just never even take it to.
Melissa Butler
Me for real or even if they.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did know me, they don't like me now, you know what I'm saying? Just because they don't like our bond and our chemistry.
Melissa Butler
So now y'all heard all that. Jess, go ahead.
Lauren LaRosa
I just feel like, what do you mean she's doing. Going back to what Jacques said. Like, what do you mean? She's doing this to be heard or whatever. Yeah. Because obviously you don't hear her. You know, even if she don't understand, it's your job to make her understand what's going on. You know what I mean? And to hear her say that she was like, she couldn't come to Then. Then she said she was blocked from some type of rehearsal or she wasn't allowed. Wasn't allowed to be there. Like, she not ever part supposed to feel like that. You know what I mean? Like, especially if we just had a baby. You proposed to me. You tell it. You doing all these interviews, how much you're gonna marry me and all this stuff. And then next that. You know, that's why rappers supposed to lead a. I get why they leave their personal life private because this.
Melissa Butler
That.
Lauren LaRosa
That's not even supposed to be a thing. You're not even supposed to be on it.
Melissa Butler
Oh, I want to take a listen to some of the songs because I will say, f your friend zone one was very flirty, very whatever. And I think that's what sparked the rumors. Even though, you know, they're saying it's.
Lauren LaRosa
Supposed to tonic and it's called after friend zone, baby.
Melissa Butler
Friend zone, too. But this is a continuation of their 2017 project, to be fair, before DeAndre was in.
Lauren LaRosa
I get it, but that girl just had a baby. Her mind is fresh on. She just went through this with Drezy. It's. It's too much.
Melissa Butler
Now take a listen to the song.
Morgan
She better not listen to that album.
Melissa Butler
Yo. The album, very much that. That is a remake of their Still Belong to Somebody. They did this belong to somebody else, and it still belonged to somebody else. So they kind of, like, sampled their own song. But it very much leans into we crossing the boundaries of a friend. Z. But they have said that this is platonic. Deand. Deandra Sanders also did say that she tried to introduce herself to Dej Loaf twice, but Dej didn't want to meet her, according to deandra. And she's basically saying, y'all go, please give their little album some press so they'll stop leaning into this so hard.
Charlamagne Tha God
I was born in 1978, man. Y'all really be having sexy music like that? No.
Lauren LaRosa
Hell no. All this creeping ass music.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
Right side eye A.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like, why you putting this on?
Melissa Butler
You trying to tell me something you.
Lauren LaRosa
Belong to or whatever? Like, what's going on?
Charlamagne Tha God
Just making sure. I'm like, dang. That's what y'all playing about.
Lauren LaRosa
Interesting thing is they both gay, ain't she? Don't she got, like, a girlfriend or something? Yeah, they. They both in public relationships with. With people. Like.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you telling me there's a stud out there ready to. She ready. She ready to stand up and be.
Lauren LaRosa
Like, Dej is the feminist, is the one.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, like, I feel the Same way, Deon. DeAndre. What's her name?
Melissa Butler
DeAndre.
Charlamagne Tha God
I feel the same way. DeAndre. I know your pain.
Lauren LaRosa
You know what I mean? But thanks.
Melissa Butler
She could be by, though.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, she could be, but she just. She's in.
Charlamagne Tha God
I thought.
Lauren LaRosa
Yo, I swear I saw something like.
Melissa Butler
She had posted photos a minute ago. Yeah, but I don't know where she is right now. Yeah, I don't know where that is right now.
Charlamagne Tha God
Between studs.
Lauren LaRosa
It don't matter. I don't. It don't matter where she at right now. She. It matters about what her deandrea feeling like. Listen, because that girl could be going through postpartum or anything. And why would you deny meeting the girl? Why did you. Why would you decline on meeting meeting DeAndrea if you. And if you and Jacques are strictly platonic? I don't understand why it is a.
Charlamagne Tha God
Sticky situation, though, because, you know, it seems to me like the two people, Jacques and dejlo probably would have been better friends than lovers, and they probably should have never been in a relationship. And it's the worst when you realize. You realize that after y'all done sweating on each other because you can't. You can't un a person.
Melissa Butler
They engaged.
Charlamagne Tha God
Who?
Melissa Butler
Deandra and deandre and Jacques are engaged. I don't know if they ever really sweated on each other in real life or if this is just for the music. Oh, I like a year. So un is confused.
Jess Hilarious
I don't know.
Charlamagne Tha God
I thought y'all. I'm listening. I thought y'all was. I thought the problem was that he used to be with days. Childish and DeAndre don't like them doing music together.
Melissa Butler
We don't know.
Morgan
That's it. He got it, right.
Lauren LaRosa
That's the gist of it. That's right. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Morgan
All right.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm about to stay out these young people business.
Lauren LaRosa
I know, right? I know, right? Because they pissing me off. And I shouldn't be mad.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's too tic tac.
Morgan
Well, that is just with the too much tic tac, But Happy Valentine's to anybody.
Melissa Butler
Happy Valentine's Day, everybody.
Morgan
Mix. It's a Valentine's mix. Don't go anywhere.
Charlamagne Tha God
You heard? I say, everybody. She's talking to all her hoes. Wake up.
Jess Hilarious
Wake up.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're locked into the Breakfast Club.
Lauren LaRosa
Morning, everybody.
Morgan
It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing today? Charlamagne, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
Salute to my guy, B. Dot. You know, every day during Black History Month, B Dot puts out a podcast called I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. And today's episode is about HBCUs and PBIs. HBCUs and PBIs are the dynamic duo of black education. One with a rich history of excellence and the other in urban hero Meeting that today needs B dot. Let's discuss. All right, now, let's start with the HBCUs. They the OGs. These schools go way back. Like before your grandma's grandma was even thinking about having kids back. You dig what I'm saying? First one, Chaney University, 1837. That's right. Black folks was out here educating themselves when slavery was still happening. Imagine trying to study algebra when people out here trying to enslave you. Now that's some dedication. HBCUs were like, y'all don't want us in your schools?
Morgan
Cool.
Charlamagne Tha God
We'll build our own schools. And they did it. Big Howard Spelman Morehouse, HBCU Homecomings you know the vibes. If you never been to one, you're missing out. Now, pbis, that's Donnie and Mark and Joey and Jordan. Them, you know, new kids on the block. CPD eyes came later. They like, we might not have the history, but we here for the hustle. See, PBIS are schools located in urban areas where most of us live. And they said, listen, black students are here. We see you. Let's make this work. But PBIS weren't always for us. Some of them started as regular old colleges and then looked around and said, oh, snap. Half our students is Black. Guess we're PBI now. Now, here's the thing. Both HBCUs and PBIs are here to lift us up. They're about helping us get degrees, build careers, and to help you stop having to ask for your mama's car. And both are cranking out Black excellence. HBCUs gave us Martin Luther King Jr. Oprah and Chadwick Boseman. PBIS are newer, so they're alumni. Like, hey, we still coming up right now. But we got next, though. Although there are similarities, there are also differences. The big difference, HBCUs are about legacy. You walk onto a HBCU campus and it feels like a black family reunion where everybody's a TV or unk, period. There's history in the air. Pbis, they're about right now. They're like, what do you need? You need resources, you need scholarships, you need snacks. We got you. So we need both. Why? Because racism doesn't take a day off. HBCUs are there to remind us where we've been. And PBIS are there to make sure no one gets left behind. It's like a relay race. HBCU started it, and PBIS grabbed the blue stick. That what you say when somebody pass Need a baton? I ran track a little bit in high school. Wasn't very good, but I know the jargon. So whether you repping famu, Winston Salem State Howard, or some PBI in your city, just know this. These schools are for us. By us. They FUBU schools. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.
Morgan
Happy Black History Month, everybody.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, indeed. And make sure you subscribe to I didn't know. Maybe you didn't neither. On The Black Effect. IHeartRadio Podcast Network. Available everywhere. You listen to podcasts?
Morgan
All right, when we come back, we got the positive notice. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.
Lauren LaRosa
It's DJ Envy.
Morgan
Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is hanging with us. Now, I know, Lauren, you have nothing to do tonight, but I got something for you. Saturday Night Live 50 is the homecoming concert. It's on Peacock. It's a live event. It's hosted by Jimmy Fallon. It's gonna be packed with all type of appearances. They're gonna be highlighting some sketches, and they're gonna have some musical performances. So I know you don't have a date. And really nothing to do tonight. This is something you might want to do.
Melissa Butler
You'll be minding my business real bad, Envy.
Morgan
But I'm not lying. It's tonight, February 14th. It's on Peacock. And you can go. It's gonna be a lot of entertainment. It's gonna be performances. So when you're sitting there by yourself lonely, tonight, you can be entertained.
Melissa Butler
Y'all just. I just sit lonely with, like ice cream in the dark. And you know what? I'mma lean in. You right? I'm gonna put it on Peacock. It's live. I've actually seen SNL in person, so it's probably gonna be good on Peacock.
Charlamagne Tha God
But see, the thing about having all those hoes is that you know when you actually gotta settle down and have one, you're gonna end up with nothing. Like this morning. It was bad. I know it was bad for her. Guys already texting her right now. Like, oh, word. How many oh word texts you got this morning?
Melissa Butler
None.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're a liar.
Melissa Butler
Zip.0 sends you with the narrow. I don't. I don't understand what you. What do y'all think I'd be like, doing?
Charlamagne Tha God
What text you got yesterday? Then you said somebody text you yesterday.
Melissa Butler
And said how diabolical you are and how well I handle it because they know the domesticated wifey version of me.
Morgan
Well, you won't be doing much. So the best of Saturday Night Live tonight on Peacock. You. Because you said you're going out with your aunt and your mom so y'all can all sit together and watch it together. Check it out. You guys have a great weekend. It's gonna be a three day weekend as President's Day over day on Monday.
Charlamagne Tha God
President's Day is Monday. Salute to Drewski for pulling up. Make sure you check out his show could have been Love, available on YouTube right now. Episode one is out right now. And salute to the good sisters, man. Melissa Butler of the Lip Bar. I own Rucker Jameson and Ellen Rucker, Sellers of Rucker Roots. They are just some entrepreneurs, black entrepreneurs who have products in a lot of these retail stores that have rolled back a lot of DEI initiatives.
Jess Hilarious
Man.
Charlamagne Tha God
So it was good to have them up here just to hear their thoughts about that and how we can continue to support their businesses.
Morgan
All right, well, you got a positive note for the people.
Charlamagne Tha God
I do. But go ahead.
Lauren LaRosa
Before y'all get to the positive Note, next Sunday, February 23rd, I will be in Tampa at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel. Y'all get y'all tickets@just hilariousofficial.com. it's one show. The show starts at 8, and I will see y'all when I get there. Tampa, it'll be me and my brother, Desi Alexander. I haven't been here in a few years, but I'm totally excited. So point me in all the good direction, all the directions of the good food.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, and. And listen, I want to tell everybody, too. If you in Newark, New Jersey, pull up the hashtoria tonight from 5 to 7. We just gonna have a little mixer. It's Valentine's Day, you know, a little pregame. You might want a pregame before you go out to dinner, you know, go out to the movies, whatever it is you want to do. Pull up the hashtoria. 799 Broad street in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Premium cannabis, Legal cannabis dispensary in Newark. We got a DJ gonna be there tonight, DJ Annie Warhol. She'll be DJing from 5 to 7 tonight, 799 Broad Street, Hashtoria, Newark, New Jersey. Pull up before you pull up in. Pregame, before you go out for the night, man. Okay, see you tonight, everybody.
Lauren LaRosa
Don't get too high and go right back in the house.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's hilarious.
Lauren LaRosa
Game at a dispensary.
Charlamagne Tha God
That might be even better.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, that right. That might be. You could save some money.
Charlamagne Tha God
Save some money. That's right. Get high, get the munchies. Get. Go. Go home. You know, you and your girl sweat on each other.
Lauren LaRosa
You know, do the thing that's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
And the positive note is simply this love. That's what the day is all about, right? Even though every day should be about it. But love yourself first, and everything else will fall in the line. Love yourself first, and everything else falls in the line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Okay? So you can jump out there talking about, I love you today, baby, I love you. None of that is real if you don't love yourself first. Have a blessed day. Breakfast Club, bitches. Y'all finished or y'all done?
Jess Hilarious
Welcome to my legacy.
Lauren LaRosa
I'm Martin Luther King iii, and together.
Charlamagne Tha God
With my wife, Andrea Waters, King and.
Morgan
Our dear friends Mark and Craig Kilburger, we explore the personal journeys that shape extraordinary lives.
Lauren LaRosa
Join us for heartfelt conversations with remarkable guests like David Oyelo, Mel Robbins, Martin.
Melissa Butler
Sheen, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Billy Porter.
Jess Hilarious
Listen to my legacy on the iHeartRadio.
Charlamagne Tha God
App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is my legacy.
Lauren LaRosa
Yo, what up? It's your girl Jess. Hilarious. And I think it's time to acknowledge that I'm not just a comedian. It's time to add uncertified therapist to my credentials. Because each and every Wednesday I'm fixing your mess on carefully Reckless on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Got problems in your relationship? Come to me. Your best friend acting shady? Come to me. Thought you was the father but you not come to me. I can't promise I won't judge you, but I can guarantee that I will help you. Listen to carefully Reckless on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast, you.
Charlamagne Tha God
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Jess Hilarious
This past season on my podcast, here's the thing, I spoke with more actors, musicians, policymakers, and so many other fascinating.
Charlamagne Tha God
People like writer and actor Dan Aykroyd.
Lauren LaRosa
I love writing more than anything.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're left alone. You know, you do three hours in the morning, you write three hours in the afternoon. Go pick up a kid from school.
Lauren LaRosa
Then write at night.
Charlamagne Tha God
And after nine hours you come out with seven PA pages and then you're.
Lauren LaRosa
You're moving on.
Charlamagne Tha God
Listen to here's the thing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – February 14, 2025
Episode Title: FULL SHOW: The Breakfast Club Reacts To Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's Album, Kanye & Bianca Censori Reportedly File For Divorce + More
Host: DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God
Release Date: February 14, 2025
1. Introduction and Main Topics
In this episode of The Breakfast Club, hosts DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God delve into a variety of high-profile topics. The primary discussions revolve around the latest album release by Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR, reports of a possible divorce between Kanye West and Bianca Censori, updates on President Trump's recent policies, and the impact of rolling back Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives on Black-owned businesses in major retail stores.
2. Reaction to Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's Album
Charlamagne initiates the conversation by expressing skepticism about Drake's latest collaboration with PARTYNEXTDOOR. He critiques the album's authenticity and soulfulness, stating, “It sounds manufactured. It lacks soul. It's like AI and B” (07:35). DJ Envy echoes some sentiments but remains more neutral, highlighting that the album caters to Drake’s core fanbase.
The hosts discuss specific tracks, with Charlamagne focusing on the rap elements and questioning their relevance in an R&B-dominated project. Melissa Butler from Lip Bar chimes in, appreciating certain tracks but noting the overall departure from what fans may expect from Drake (26:30).
3. Kanye West and Bianca Censori Divorce Report
A significant portion of the episode addresses rumors surrounding Kanye West and Bianca Censori's relationship. Reports from reputable sources like the Daily Mail suggest that the couple is moving towards a divorce, a claim that Milo, Kanye's representative, has publicly denied.
Charlamagne and DJ Envy express skepticism about the validity of these reports, emphasizing Kanye's pattern of engaging with media narratives that offer him ample material.
Melissa Butler adds depth to the discussion by highlighting the complexities of Kanye's personal life and his previous relationships, such as his reconciliation attempts with Chloe Kardashian.
4. President Trump's Tariffs and the Ukraine-Russia War
The show transitions to international politics, focusing on President Trump's recent statements regarding tariffs and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. Trump announced new reciprocal tariffs on various goods, including chocolate and flowers, which Charlamagne criticizes for potentially impacting Valentine's Day plans.
Additionally, the hosts discuss Trump's meetings with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the implications for U.S. foreign policy. DJ Envy provides a rundown of Trump's comments on managing the Ukraine war, emphasizing the necessity for peace talks.
5. Impact of Rolling Back DEI Initiatives on Black-Owned Businesses
A critical segment features Melissa Butler, founder of Lip Bar, and Ellen Rucker Sellers of Rucker Roots, discussing how the rollback of DEI initiatives by major retailers like Target affects Black-owned brands. They highlight the challenges of maintaining shelf space and the financial strains caused by such policy changes.
Charlamagne supports their perspective, advocating for a buyout approach to support Black-owned products while ensuring their continued presence in retail spaces.
6. Guests and Special Segments
The episode features special guests Melissa Butler and Ellen Rucker Sellers, who provide firsthand insights into the struggles and resilience of Black entrepreneurs in the beauty industry. They discuss strategies for overcoming retail challenges and emphasize the importance of community support.
Melissa shares her journey from creating Lip Bar in her kitchen to establishing a successful brand in major retail stores, while Ellen explains the operational hurdles of maintaining product presence without robust DEI support.
7. Valentine's Day Banter and Personal Anecdotes
Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in playful banter about their personal Valentine's Day plans. Charlamagne talks about attending the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, while DJ Envy and Lauren LaRosa share their own festivities. These segments add a lighthearted contrast to the heavier discussions.
8. Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts
As the show wraps up, Charlamagne delivers a poignant message about self-love and the significance of valuing oneself before seeking external validation. He encourages listeners to prioritize personal well-being, especially on occasions like Valentine's Day.
The hosts thank their guests and listeners, reminding everyone to support Black-owned businesses and stay informed about ongoing social and political issues.
Conclusion
This episode of The Breakfast Club offers a comprehensive look at current events affecting the Black community, the music industry, and international politics. Through engaging discussions and insightful guest contributions, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God provide listeners with a nuanced perspective on navigating complex societal challenges while maintaining personal authenticity and community support.
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