FULL SHOW: Verzuz Returns Live, Offset Clears the Air on Saweetie, Cardi & Migos + Lil Jon, Cam Newton & Ashley Nicole Interview

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The Breakfast Club – Detailed Episode Summary

Podcast: The Breakfast Club
Date: October 8, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Special Guests: Lil Jon, Cam Newton, Ashley Nicole, Lauren LaRosa
Major Topics: Verzuz Returns, Offset Interview, Lil Jon’s Iconic Career & Mindfulness, Cam Newton & Ashley Nicole on BET’s 106 & Sports, Current Events

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Episode Overview

This dynamic episode of The Breakfast Club delivers a mix of hip hop culture, mental health, sports, and breaking news. With the studio energized by special guest Lil Jon—whose career, reinvention, and spiritual journey are spotlighted—the show covers everything from the return of Verzuz, Offset’s public statements on personal rumors, and a wide-ranging, thoughtful interview with Cam Newton and Ashley Nicole about their new BET show.

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Key Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. Celebrating The Black Effect Podcast Network and Upcoming Guests

• [02:20–03:29]
  • Hosts reflect on attending the fifth anniversary of the Black Effect Podcast Network.
  • Jess Hilarious joins, and anticipation is set for upcoming guests: Lil Jon, Cam Newton, and Ashley Nicole.

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2. Lil Jon: A Cultural Icon’s First In-Studio Interview

Lil Jon’s Influence in Hip-Hop

• [03:29–05:00]
  • Charlamagne expresses his fandom: “There’s never been a time I haven’t listened to Lil Jon every day of my life for 20-plus years.” (Charlamagne, 03:56)
  • The crew lists Jon’s iconic anthems (“Get Low,” “Snap Yo Fingers,” “Damn!”).

Spiritual & Physical Transformation

• [04:43–05:00]
  • Lil Jon’s evolution into mindfulness and mental health is highlighted.
  • “His transformation that he’s had in regards to his spirituality... is reflecting in his physical body as well.” (Charlamagne, 04:43)

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3. Front Page News: Government Shutdown, Healthcare, and Social Issues

Government Shutdown & FAA Worker Crisis

• [05:52–10:28]
  • Guest newscaster Mimi Brown details the effects of the government shutdown on federal workers and air travel.
  • Discourse around President Trump’s statement about potentially withholding back-pay for “some” workers.
  • Sharply criticized by Charlamagne: “What essential worker that works... doesn’t deserve to be taken care of?” (07:08)

Healthcare Subsidies Running Out

• [08:30–10:10]
  • Discussion on what expiring ACA tax credits mean for millions, potentially doubling or tripling monthly premiums for many families.

Real-World Impact

• [10:10–10:28]
  • “Everyday working-class people gotta suffer. The light company... the landlord, healthcare—they don’t care that the government shut down. They need theirs.” (Charlamagne, 10:10)

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4. Call-In: Listeners Sound Off on Shutdown & Family Struggles

Political Venting

• [10:43–12:41]
  • Listener ‘Jay’ criticizes government hypocrisy: “Congress still gets paid.... when they had the invasion on the Capitol... Trump said he wanted to keep the worst out, but pardoned people with ridiculous arrest records.” (Listener Jay, 11:11–12:13)

Raw Emotional Family Dynamics

• [14:00–19:39]
  • Caller ‘T’ shares about estrangement from her mother and the pain of trying yet failing to bridge family for her new child.
  • Jess Hilarious encourages breaking the cycle; Charlamagne cautions about reintroducing trauma.
  • “When we pray for negativity to be removed from our life... sometimes that negativity is people we think we should love, or feel should love us.” (Charlamagne, 15:51)
  • “You should talk to your mother without the baby first.... see if she really wants to meet your child.” (DJ Envy, 17:04)
  • “Black men— we need to cry more.” (Lil Jon, 63:57) (Later, about fatherhood and feelings)

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5. Pop Culture: LeBron’s Hennessy “Decision”, Verzuz Returns, Celebrity Moves

LeBron James "Decision" – Sponsored Content

• [20:40–22:38]
  • LeBron mimics his famous “taking my talents” speech in a tongue-in-cheek ad for Hennessy.
  • “LeBron did a Decision Part II to let Lakers fans know y’ all just need to get drunk all season because y’ all ain’t getting no championship.” (Charlamagne, 22:00)

Verzuz Makes a Comeback

• [24:24–30:07]
  • Verzuz returns, now at ComplexCon—Cash Money vs. No Limit.
  • Panel speculates on whether key artists like Lil Wayne or Snoop will appear.

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6. Lil Jon In-Depth: Career, Crunk Legacy, and Mindfulness

ATL Beginnings and Evolution

• [39:00–44:08]
  • Lil Jon recalls breaking into Atlanta’s club scene and SoSo Def with Jermaine Dupri.
  • “I was like the hottest DJ in the city... Jermaine hired me in ‘93 for AR and street promotions.” (Lil Jon, 43:02)

The Science of Crunk and Cultural Impact

• [47:44–55:00]
  • On why crunk music blew up: “Crunk music was an outlet of energy for Black youth.... When you went to the club, you let all that out and felt amazing.” (Lil Jon, 48:12)
  • Traces crunk’s lineage and influence—debates whether Memphis or Atlanta owns its start.
  • “Master P changed the landscape of the South. ‘Bout It’ was the record.” (Lil Jon, 52:08)

Major Hits & Collaboration

• [53:12–55:37]
  • “Get Low” and “Lovers & Friends” become universal anthems.
  • Origin of “Lovers & Friends”: “I was in the strip club, and the DJ played Michael Sterling... I thought, this could be cool for Usher.” (Lil Jon, 53:54)

Spiritual Journey, Mental Health, and Reinvention

• [56:07–64:47]
  • Turning 50 inspires Jon to focus on genuine happiness, divorce, and meditation project.
  • “A guy came to me, said, ‘I did that Cologuard test because of you...’ Just stuff like that makes me feel like I’m doing good in the work.” (Lil Jon, 62:37)
  • “We got to help each other. We all we got.” (Lil Jon, 64:44)

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7. Current Events: Immigration, Blexit Tour, & HBCUs

• [31:29–37:53]
  • Chicago leaders battle Texas National Guard immigration deployments and ICE raids.
  • Blexit/Turning Point USA launch a conservative college tour at HBCUs during homecoming—drawing strategic concern from hosts.
  • “If you go so against them, don’t just be on social media mad. Y’all get organized too.” (Charlamagne, 37:10)

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8. Offset Clears the Air: Rumors, Migos Split, & Takeoff’s Passing

• [70:07–73:40]

  • Offset tells Keke Palmer the rumors about Saweetie were never the source of Migos family tension or divorce.
  • “It was something deeper than that for the split... I think people was trying to tear my situation down.” (Offset, 70:24)
  • Takes responsibility for mistakes in his marriage to Cardi.

• On Takeoff’s Death Regret

  • “To be honest with you, I never really said this. I felt that some responsibility was on me—what if I didn’t go solo? ... I wasn’t there. So it’s like not having control or something so close to you....” (Offset, 72:00)

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9. Cam Newton & Ashley Nicole: BET’s “106 & Sports”

On Travis Hunter & Mentoring Youth

• [87:16–88:46]
  • Cam Newton praises Travis Hunter’s positive example and describes his football mentorship program: “This pigskin can take you places. It’s gotten me everywhere that I ever wanted.” (Cam, 87:59)

Relationship Real Talk

• [92:31–98:41]
  • Spirited panel debate: Should you tell your partner your “body count” or past lovers? Consensus: Context and transparency matter, especially if circles overlap.
  • “You can’t really truly be in love with a person if you don’t really truly know a person.” (Cam Newton, 98:36)

Chemistry as Co-Hosts

• [98:44–102:09]
  • Ashley and Cam detail how they were chosen for the show, emphasize their chemistry and the wide cultural subjects covered beyond sports alone.

Navigating Sports Media, Praise for Mentors

• [102:16–105:38]
  • Cam discusses being cast on ESPN’s First Take amid the Shannon Sharpe situation, his respect for Smith and Sharpe, and the importance of positive representation in sports media.

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10. Community & Mental Health

• Charlamagne promotes the annual Mental Wealth Expo in Newark, NJ, focused on Black mental health, with top therapists and guests.
• Show closes on a poignant note:
  • “The person that broke you cannot fix you. Stop waiting for them to fix you... Have a great day.” (Charlamagne, 116:15)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Lil Jon, on starting his day: “Get up in the morning, do my skincare routine... always in my mind saying affirmations for the day, even before I go to bed.” (41:10)
• Charlamagne, on systemic issues: “Everyday working class people gotta suffer... they don’t care that the government shut down.” (10:10)
• Offset, reflecting on Migos: “I never really said this—felt like some responsibility was on me, what if I didn’t go solo?” (72:00)
• Cam Newton, on authenticity: “Cinderella’s shoe was fit for Cinderella. My name is Cam Newton. I can’t put on Cinderella’s shit.” (96:34)
• Lil Jon, on reinventing himself: “Now I’m using my voice and my power in a good way... it’s always been positivity, but it’s meaning more now.” (61:40)
• Charlamagne, on legacy and healing: “My legacy is going to be all about positivity... crunk was a positive release. Now it’s mindfulness: get therapy, fellas.” (65:51)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:10] Show Opens / Black Effect Reflection
• [03:29] Lil Jon Guest Tease
• [05:52] Front Page News: Government Shutdown, FAA
• [14:00] Listener Callers on Family Dynamics
• [20:40] LeBron’s Hennessy Ad “Decision”
• [24:24] Verzuz Return Announcement
• [39:00] Lil Jon In-Depth Interview Begins
• [53:54] "Lovers & Friends" Creation Story
• [56:07] Lil Jon’s Meditation & Mindfulness Pivot
• [70:07] Offset on Rumors & Migos
• [87:16] Cam Newton & Ashley Nicole Interview Starts
• [92:20] Relationship Transparency Debate
• [102:16] Cam Newton on Navigating Sports Media
• [116:15] Charlamagne’s Closing Positive Note

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Tone & Style

Throughout the episode, the conversation is lively, candid, and full of characteristic humor, with moments of earnest vulnerability from both hosts and guests. The show balances culture, personal growth, and hard-hitting social commentary—anchored by Charlamagne’s reflective insights and the unapologetic vibes of Jess Hilarious and DJ Envy.

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Recommended For

Fans of hip-hop culture, Black excellence, sports and entertainment news, mental health advocacy, and anyone interested in authentic, cross-generational conversation about today’s most important issues.

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Skip to these timestamps for your favorite segment—or listen to the full show for one of the most engaging and thoughtful Breakfast Club episodes in recent memory!

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

This weekend, one of the homies mentioned.

[Lil Jon]

He closed on a new crib.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lil Jon]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lil Jon]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lil Jon]

Don'T drop the ball. You know what I mean? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Morgan Wood]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning usa. Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

Jess is running a little late. Charlamagne, the Cap.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning, man. Last night we was out a little bit. We were celebrating the five year anniversary of the Black Effect Podcast network.

[Lil Jon]

Drop a bomb.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. A little, little shindig, a little something something.

[DJ Envy]

I love it. That's amazing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Salute to know everybody who pulled up to that. That was a fun. That was a fun time.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Yeah. You guys were out late last night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I mean late for me is. By the way, the event was from five to seven.

[Lil Jon]

Okay, that sounds late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz I don't, I don't do things on Y time. Okay. I do things on untime. Okay. Five to seven.

[DJ Envy]

So you drove in traffic time or you stayed in the city?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean I got like out there like 5:15. I got there like 5:15. So I was there from 5 to 7. And then we had a little dinner and I was in the house about like 9:30, 10. But that's late for me. I turned into a pumpkin at 10 o'. Clock.

[DJ Envy]

That ain't that late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, no, that's late for me. I turned into a pumpkin at 10 o'. Clock. But forget us, man, today we have an amazing show for you this morning.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, about this guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, first of all, Cam Newton and Ashley Nicole will be here. They're the co host of the new BET show, 100 Sports.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That premieres on October 15th and that's going to air every Wednesday on BET. Correct. But we have a cultural icon in the building today. One of the greatest producers of all time. Not just hip hop producers, just producers in general. And I have been wanting to sit and have a conversation with this brother for a long time. The great Little John.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Drop a bomb for Little John. He'll be joining us. Like you said, dj, producer, artist, A and R. So many different things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is the first time here. There's never been a time in my life that I haven't listened to Lil Jon every day of my life for at least 20 plus years. Because we work out.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So our workout playlist is literally Little John or Little John produced records.

[DJ Envy]

Not as Little John, dmx. DMX is mine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

DMX is who I work out.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, dmx.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So. So it's like every day of my life, literally I'm listening to Little John.

[DJ Envy]

I'm excited about this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm a Little John. I'm a Little John fanatic.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

And Little Johnny.

[DJ Envy]

And if you haven't got your tickets, 96.1, our sister station in Atlanta is having jingle ball in December. December 18th.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Little John is performing. Little John and friends. So get your tickets. We're be. The whole family's gonna be in Atlanta. We got Little John.

[Jess Hilarious]

Stop saying little.

[DJ Envy]

Little John.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also his. His transformation that he's had in regards to his spirituality.

[Jess Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In regards to his mental health, his mindfulness and his, you know, it's reflecting in his physical. Physical body as well. So pull up a Little John record, man. And then we gonna got. We gotta go to Mimi Brown and front page news. I know y' all ain't got to search for no Little John.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we got it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got it. We got it. Little John, the man was responsible for a whole era of music. Exactly.

[DJ Envy]

We had, man.

[Lil Jon]

You want get low?

[DJ Envy]

You want snap your fingers? You want what? You want get low?

[Jess Hilarious]

Snap your fingers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Give me young bloods.

[Lil Jon]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Young bloods.

[T]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In there.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Snap your fingers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, come on, come on. Snap your fingers. All right, here we go.

[DJ Envy]

Snap your fingers. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Mimi's up next. Let's go.

[Lil Jon]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. We gonna start off with some quick sports tonight. The Vegas, the Aces play the Phoenix Mercury at 8pm Eastern Time. That's game three. Aces lead the series two zero. Last night if you stayed up late, the Yankees took on the Blue jays. They were down 6 3. And then Aaron Judge came through. They actually won last night, nine to six. Game four is tonight to the Mariners beat the Tigers. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's Mimi. Good.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning.

[Lil Jon]

All right.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, we start this morning with still continued growing frustration for travelers as flight delays pile up at airports across the country. From Boston to Nashville, Chicago to Houston, passengers are once again facing long wa as a government shutdown drags on. Now, the FAA says the issue comes down to staffing. There simply aren't enough air traffic control controllers, the people who guide every flight from takeoff to landing. And in Nashville, some Travelers waited nearly two hours. At Chicago O', Hare, DeLay stretched close to 45 minutes. And at smaller airports like Burbank, the staffing shortages still continue. Now, these controllers, they are considered essential workers, which means they have to show up even though they're not getting paid. While the shutdown continues. And now there's growing anger after President Trump suggested that some of these workers may not receive back pay once the shutdown ends. Let's listen to that.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, I would say it depends on who we're talking about. I can tell you this. The Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy, but it really depends on who you're talking about. But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Way. What. What essential worker that works for the government doesn't deserve to be taken care of? Like, and see, this is why I. I don't know. If Democrats and Republicans know people don't care, whose fault is it? Fault it is that the government is shut down. They blame all of y'. All. Y' all could try to politicize this all they want. They pointing fingers at both parties.

[DJ Envy]

They don't care.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And when they hear rhetoric like that, what you mean one federal worker deserves it over another? They're all government workers. They all deserve to get paid.

[Lil Jon]

They all work.

[Mimi Brown]

They all work. And to your point, Charlemagne, not only that, it's against the law. So back in 2019, Congress, the government Employment Fairmen Treatment act, which guarantees that every federal worker will be paid, furloughed, or if they're working without pay. So if they're at home or if they're a TSA agent actively working, they should still get paid. So they must receive that once the government opens. So we'll see what happens. But a memo went out, and that's where all this came from. It came from the White House, and it said that furloughed workers might not automatically qualify. There is no more information on what that qualifier may look like. So we'll just see what happens when, you know, the government shutdown is over or if President Trump comes back out and gives us some more information.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, Mimi, I'm sure you're right. But the thing about laws, you have to have people that care about them. When you got a guy like Trump in charge, doesn't care about laws and lives. Very lawless. That law means nothing. But you are correct.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, you are correct, too. Absolutely. You need someone who's going to enforce those laws. And so as a frustration plays out at the airport, Washington isn't moving any faster either. There was no vote in Congress yesterday to end the shutdown, meaning that it will stretch at least another week. While lawmakers return, they're on recess. They don't return until August 14th or, excuse me, October 14th. And at the center of all of this, of course, we've been talking about those tax credits that help millions of Americans afford health insurance. Now, those subsidies are expected to expire at the end of the year. So here's what that kind of means for you. So a single person making $35,000 a year would see their monthly premium jump from $85 to nearly $220 a month. And a family of four earning around $80,000 could see their bill rise from $320 a month to almost $700 a month. I know that is a double, especially when families are living paycheck to paycheck. So Democrats, they argue that the subsidies are key to keeping the price down. But Republicans, they insist that that is unrelated to the shutdown. And time is running out because open enrollment for most states, they start November 1st. And another thing to keep in mind, that you may not be on Obamacare or the Affordable Care act, but if millions of people lose their coverage, insurers will raise prices and will have to make up the difference. So that means higher premiums for everyone across the board. So including people with private health insurance or employer based insurance. It will affect every household because it will decide how much all of us have to pay for healthcare next year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is disgusting, man. Everyday working class people gotta suffer. Cause guess who don't care that the government is shut down. The light company, your landlord, the healthcare system, the bank who gave you your loan for your car. They don't care that the government shut down. They need this. Matter of fact, you passed due. It's the 8th already.

[DJ Envy]

MTA, you gotta get to work.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Lil Jon]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Well, that's front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

[Lil Jon]

Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Ray. Ray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, Charlamagne Envy, what up?

[Jess Hilarious]

Are we live?

[Lil Jon]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Jay]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Lil Jon]

We can get on the phone right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He'll tell you what it is.

[Morgan Wood]

We live.

[Cam Newton]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this?

[Lil Jon]

This is Jay.

[DJ Envy]

Put your seatbelt on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sorry about that. 843. What's happening in the. 843? I was just home. I was home this weekend. Well, Sunday and Monday, I was down there.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Jay? Get off your chest yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I just want to make a comment with the shutdown.

[Lil Jon]

It's. It's ridiculous because Congress still gets paid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you have a lot of people.

[Lil Jon]

Just living daily paycheck to paycheck.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But what I really want to jump on, when they had the invasion on.

[Lil Jon]

The capital, I was just going through different people arrested because the public information.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That Trump said that he wanted to.

[Lil Jon]

Keep the worst of the worst out of America. But if you look at some of these guys who he pardoned, some of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Them have the most ridiculous arrest record.

[Lil Jon]

One guy got 23 arrests and then.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He'D been indicted the same day Trump.

[Lil Jon]

Potted him for kids perform kids pornography.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

From the age of 12 and under.

[Lil Jon]

One of the sheriff of taking bribe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Postman looking at 23 years. Then all of the people he pardoned, you know, Tim Scott, I just want.

[Lil Jon]

You to hear that not one of them was black.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That he part. A lot of people didn't notice that read this.

[Lil Jon]

So I took my time and research.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All this last night.

[Lil Jon]

And the people that he pardoned have records. That's ridiculous. And some of the people that he trying to deport back to whatever, they don't have records of people that he's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Snatching up off of the street.

[Lil Jon]

Look at that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Not only are you correct, a lot of those same individuals, after they were pardoned, they committed fresh crimes.

[DJ Envy]

That's what he said.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, they committed fresh crimes. Oh, I thought he was saying that they had records already.

[DJ Envy]

No, he had records, but he said they got arrested as well.

[Lil Jon]

No, they had records.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I saw Tim this weekend too. Salute I salute to Tim Scott. I saw Tim in the airport when I was at home.

[Jay]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[T]

Hey, good morning, everyone. This is T. What's up, T?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Girl, your body ain't Tito.

[Jay]

Whoa.

[T]

Oh, you. Oh, I can't my man be listening.

[Mimi Brown]

Anyway.

[Jess Hilarious]

You was about to tell him oh, you must not know. Yeah, I feel that I would let.

[T]

Him talk his mess this morning. Ain't no problem. You're right, I'm wrong.

[DJ Envy]

She's about to send him a picture.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then she remember not send me no pictures in my past. Huh? She said something about her pastor.

[Jess Hilarious]

She wasn't about to send him no pictures. She was ready giving that rebuttal like, excuse me.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

She goes, that's not enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What happened? That's not enough.

[Jess Hilarious]

Her boyfriend came up behind and grabbed that damn phone.

[DJ Envy]

N all the phones just dropped.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, God. Sorry. T, that's our phones, you know. You know, we barely making it up here. You know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-5-8, 5, 10, 5 1. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake up.

[Jay]

Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To get up and get something.

[Lil Jon]

Call up now.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051.

[Lil Jon]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Cam Newton]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[T]

Oh, my gosh. I think we are disconnected. Anyway, this is T again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, T, here we go.

[Lil Jon]

T. We thought we lost you.

[Jess Hilarious]

T. What's up, girl?

[T]

No, hey, y'. All, I got. I need some advice and some real honest advice. So I have a baby. We had. Me and my boyfriend, we had our first child together. He's six months.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congrats. Congrats.

[Lil Jon]

Me and my mom, we have never.

[T]

Had a great relationship. So it's been about three years. We haven't talked. It's always been like that. I got emancipated when I was 14, so I've always been taking care of myself. I sent her a baby shower invite. She never showed up. She told me the reason why she didn't want to come, and I had to email her that. She said the reason she didn't want to come is because we haven't talked. And so now My baby is 6 months, and I just feel like. I feel bad because it's like he's missing out on my side of the family. My sister. Me and my sister don't talk, but my boyfriend's side and everybody, like, my great grandma's side, they're all in his life, and he is so loved. So it's like I'm in a rock and a hard place. Of that. I sent her another email, like, hey, your first grandson, the first grandbaby, you know, is about to be seven months next month. So you want to meet him. But I'm tired of reaching out. I feel like the older generation, they don't know how to be accountable and apologize for the hurt that I was raised in. So it's just like we don't talk.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Now, is it. Is it your pride as well? Because if, you know, the older generation won't do it, you know, for whatever reason, they are more stubborn and more set in their ways. Then, you know what? Just go break that ice. Take the baby to her. Go see her. Y' all can. Y' all can talk about talk when you get there. You know, What?

[DJ Envy]

I mean, yeah, I'm a Jess.

[T]

I don't care what you live at, Jazz.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[T]

It's like she changed her number. I have to email her.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, damn. So she kind of sort of don't want to be found.

[Mimi Brown]

It's like that.

[T]

But then I know my mama grew up in hurt. Like, one thing I can recognize is that she grew up in a lot of hurt. But when she cut you off, she's one of them black mothers that cut you off. She don't need to talk to you, don't do nothing. Even if she want to reach out, she's not going to reach out. So I thought breaking the ice was sending her the baby shower invite.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, can I ask you a question? You know, I think that sometimes we forget that when we pray for negativity to get removed from our life. You know, sometimes that negativity is gonna come in the form of people that we think we should love or people that we feel like should love us. And it might be our parents. You ever thought to yourself, maybe it's just for the best that y' all not speaking right now?

[Jess Hilarious]

Right now. It's been a long time.

[T]

But then it's just like, I kind of. It's like, you know, to see my boyfriend's side of the family so involved, and everybody just love on this little happy baby. Like, it makes me yearn, that relationship. Not even for us. It's for him.

[DJ Envy]

I would give her one more shot. I would give her one more shot. Do it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because honestly, she could be hurt that you emancipated yourself at 14. She probably like, you left the nest. You didn't want me as a mother. You know what I mean? And then just on top of that, you don't know what she's been dealing with either. She don't wanna be found. You know what I mean? You contact her through email, she probably could be going through so many other things as well, Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But what. What work has she done on herself? Cause that's the same woman that you had to leave at 14.

[DJ Envy]

She don't even know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause she wasn't even an answer. So you bring your child around her. Now she bringing that same trauma she put on you that made you leave at 14 on your child.

[Jess Hilarious]

But she's yearning the relationship, and that's still her mother at the end of the day, even if you don' Take.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your baby, go find a good.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know what I'm saying? Just. Yeah, go talk to her. That's it.

[DJ Envy]

I think you Should. You should talk to your mother without the baby first and. And, you know, start telling some of that trauma, seeing where her head at, and then see if she really wants to meet your child. That's what I would do. It seems like you. You want to meet her, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because if she the same person, I don't know why you would want your child around.

[DJ Envy]

That's still her mom, though.

[T]

But you know what's crazy?

[Lil Jon]

Y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[T]

And I won't hold y' all long. But it's like, see, I never knew about emancipation at 14. She's the one in an argument. One day after I got a whooping, he told me that I needed to get emancipated. So being, you know, a teenager, I looked it up and the judge actually granted it. And I feel like she didn't think that was going to happen. It was one of them block mom lessons. Like, I'm going to tell you, do something, but it's not going to happen if you got to come back to me. So when he granted it, it's like, that's what took her, like, a toll on her. And so it's just like, I invited her to go to therapy with me years ago. She didn't want to go. And so from there, it's just been like, okay, I just got to let you go. But if not us, I don't feel like my grand. Like, not my grandson.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God.

[T]

I don't feel like my son should be missing two grandparents. Like, I don't know. I just feel like this man's selfish.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's the other thing, too. She gotta meet you halfway. She's not trying to be. She's not trying to have a relationship with her daughter either.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, well, it's also why you got emancipated. Like, why did you leave?

[Lil Jon]

What.

[DJ Envy]

You know, what was that. That main argument about?

[T]

And then this is like, to be honest, like, I remind her a lot of my dad, and my dad took her through a lot. And, you know, I have a sister that was mad, quiet. She don't want to do nothing. She wasn't outgoing. But then I was the outgoing one. I was the one on the. I was the one always, you know, trying to do places, go places. And I was just. I'm energetic. I have, like, a passion. I have ambition about me. And so I probably did take her through some stuff. I can say that as a teenager. Yeah. But I don't feel like it was nothing to be like, oh, you need to get your emancipation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, you A teenager. What teen don't take their parents through stuff. I think that you are way more mentally, emotionally intelligent than she is at this point. And, you know, I think that it should work both ways. Yes, you should maybe reach out to your mom, but she should be trying to reach out to you too. And if she hasn't, I think that you should look at that. Look at that as a sign as well.

[DJ Envy]

Give it one more shot.

[Jess Hilarious]

Definitely don't give up on your mom. Just. You know what I'm saying? Definitely you don't know. Again, you don't know what she's going through. You know, you probably could help her. She probably can help you, provide you some clarity on why she only want to be communicating through email with you. You never know. Just keep trying. But the first meeting shouldn't be, all right, let's go invite her to therapy. Nah, just go see her. Just go see her. You never know. Like, when she see you, it may all go away. Whatever. You don't know. You don't know what you may spark.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's true. You might walk in and get all the clarity you need. Oh, I see the crack pipe on the table. I see that empty 1942 bottle.

[T]

Crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, cocaine. Oh, you on that big thing.

[DJ Envy]

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

[Cam Newton]

What we talking about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

We talking about LeBron James. We know the big decision he made.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, speaking of alcohol.

[Lil Jon]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Speaking.

[Cam Newton]

Oh, my goodness.

[Lil Jon]

She's so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look, nobody know what. And she the one tease the story.

[Lil Jon]

She don't want to tease the story.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why you bring that into it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What was the tease about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't worry about he trying to be smart.

[Jess Hilarious]

He said crack pipe at first. He didn't say nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't talk about LeBron James when we come back.

[DJ Envy]

It's the breakfast smoker border.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight fact.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on this.

[Lil Jon]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes she has facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool bait.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So LeBron James has made his decision. He is not retiring. He is drinking more Hennessy. Let's take a listen.

[Lil Jon]

Well, everyone's on pins and needles across the country.

[DJ Envy]

You ready to go, LeBron? Where's the powder?

[Jay]

Left it at home.

[T]

Lebron.

[DJ Envy]

That sounded crazy. Fans want to know where you're taking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your talents this year.

[DJ Envy]

What's your decision?

[Jay]

Man, this is tough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And this fall, I'm going to be.

[Jay]

Taking my talents to Hennessy. Vsop.

[DJ Envy]

Vsop. And this was the conclusion you woke up with this morning?

[Lil Jon]

That was the conclusion I woke up with this morning.

[Jay]

Why I feel like it's going to give me the best opportunity to win more at hosting. Not only that, we're in that signature cocktails. We ain't at having a good time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Win at impressing guests.

[Lil Jon]

We ain't at making memories.

[Jay]

Win at making it look easy, win at leaving people.

[Lil Jon]

People wanting more. LeBron.

[DJ Envy]

Appreciate it.

[Jay]

I like my decision.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

W for Hennessy, L for LeBron. Okay. Like LeBron advertising, Hennessy is worse than LeBron promoting the chicken sandwich. That's what I thought it was gonna be, a new chicken sandwich. I would rather have. I would rather have it had it been Amazon. Okay, Y' all really believe lebron drank.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hennessy this well, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This man said he spends millions of dollars on his body. LeBron don't drink no damn Hennessy.

[Jess Hilarious]

You don't think you have a cocktail every now and then?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, maybe seeing him out with his wife when they traveling, he drink wine.

[DJ Envy]

I see him when drinking wine. I mean, the promo, it did what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wanted it to do.

[DJ Envy]

I just thought it was whack.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

LeBron did a decision part two to let Lakers fans know y' all just need to get drunk all season because y' all ain't getting no championship. Okay. That's what that was.

[Jess Hilarious]

Better at hosting. He said maybe he have a lot of parties and yeah, you want to be a better bartender for niggas.

[Jay]

That's what's up.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, LeBron has been decided to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A bartender is crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

LeBron has been working with Hennessy since 2024. But this new VSOP is like a reimagined. There's like new labeling, new branding. So they're bringing it to us via this decision. Decision. Now, many when Hennessy posted this, they said the decision has been made. Cheers to year 23.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But no, but nobody on LeBron's team said, hey, man, let's come up with a different creative. Because the decision is going to cause a lot of confusion in the marketplace. People are wondering what my future is going to look like. Like, nobody thought like, hey, can we come up with something else?

[DJ Envy]

Well, that's what they played into. But I just figured when he actually decided to retire, I just thought that would be the perfect cherry on the top. Right. To do an interview wearing the same shirt he wore that same time, kind of the same setup and say, you know what? This is my last year. I thought that would have been a dope way to go out.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, y' all both said that John think he was retiring?

[Lil Jon]

Hell no.

[Cam Newton]

No.

[DJ Envy]

I knew averages 24 points a game. He's still dominant.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I knew it was going to be an advertisement for something.

[Jess Hilarious]

For something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just didn't think Henny.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lebron, you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just want people to get drunk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's been in the liquor business, though. Remember he was doing Lobos.

[DJ Envy]

Did he own that or have part ownership?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he was an investor in Lobos. I was working for lobos when LeBron was investing. I'm not for sure if he isn't anymore, but I did ask a couple questions to some people that would know about how are you able to now do Hennessy if you are still working with Lobos? Well, yeah, they said it's a car about it's a cognac. But I just think. I don't know. When I was working with Lobos, it was one of the biggest talking points was LeBron being at the center of the brand. And a lot of the pushback I would get when I would present it that way would be like, we don't even believe LeBron drinks like a lot of people don't because he's such a big athlete. They don't believe that he's like a big drinker. So that was tough for us. So I don't know, maybe it's working with him and Hennessy, but he did give a comment in some articles. LeBron said it's an honor to continue the partnership with Hennessy. Our first collection was about a shared pursuit of excellence and boundary pushing. And this new limited edition is another chapter in that story. The design features his crowning gesture, which is special for him and stands to celebrate and make connections. This is what the bottle is made for. So yeah, shout out to Hennessy on that because they got the people going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like I said, w Hennessy, Al Brom.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. For yeah. Now other news. Speaking of announcements, Versus is returning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So yesterday it was announced that Versus will be returning at Complex Con this year. Going down October 25th. It will be cash money, record versus no limit.

[DJ Envy]

That's going to be dope fire.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. Now, tickets are available on Culture Con's website to to attend. I'm sorry, Complex Con. I'm saying Culture Con cuz we were there last weekend. Complex Con. But the caption says that it will be streamed and streaming information will be released soon. Now I did reach out cuz I was trying to figure out, you know, cuz from both camps there's so many people that show up whatever and it's pretty early but Master P did say to me, you know, October 25th. October 25th is about to be historical. They're going to give the world what they've been waiting for. The biggest New Orleans celebration ever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's Complex Cons demo? Because that's Uncle Auntie Aura right there. Now like you know I'm excited for that one. I can't wait. I hope they live stream that one. I need to see that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The one time I've been to Complex Con they had ASAP Rocky performing. It was very mosh pit vibes. It was very skewed very young. When I was there I felt like.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[Jay]

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[Morgan Wood]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I think maybe because of this announcement now you know a different crowd will be I don't know they'll be there but yeah but I feel like too these two, you know, conglomerates of music. Their music spans across generations. You might not understand it the way UNC's gonna understand it but nobody got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A lot of artists that's not here though. Like mystical's in jail. I was saying that murder's in jail.

[DJ Envy]

They got soaked the shocker I saw.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I actually post the the flyer for it too.

[DJ Envy]

I wonder if Snoop will come because Snoop did an era With. With no limit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I heard rumblings that if Lil Wayne is there, don't be shocked.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Lil Wayne gotta be there, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Lil Wayne don't go a lot of places. Yeah, yeah, but I heard rumblings that.

[DJ Envy]

You know, if it's cash money, you gotta see Lil Wayne, right?

[Lil Jon]

Cash money.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, you would think that, but Lil Wayne, you know, he does what he wants to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's gonna end up being like a battle of the DJs with. With masterpiece Birdman hosting. But either way, I think it'll be fine.

[Lil Jon]

Oh my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. So fire. Yeah. So shout out to them. So yeah, you can get your tickets to ComplexCon. And we're gonna wait for the stream information because we will be tuned in. This is a great return for them though. Big return. All right, well, that's all for the hour.

[DJ Envy]

It's the latest with Lauren. Now when we come back, we got front page news and the little John will be joining us in a couple of minutes, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lil Jon]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy with. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news and some quick sports. The V. The Vegas Aces take on the Mercury tonight at 8:00pm it's game three of the WNBA finals.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank God it comes on at 8:00pm that is a reasonable time for un.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, now some quick sports. NFL sports, I should say. Joe Flacco has been traded to the Bengals.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what does that mean for Shador Sanders? Where does he at?

[DJ Envy]

He's number two now. They say Shador is number two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y.

[DJ Envy]

And Odell Beckham has accepted a six game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing drugs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know he was on performance enhanced.

[Lil Jon]

Drugs when that happened?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know that. He hasn't. He hasn't been out there performing when he told. When the last time Odell played?

[DJ Envy]

I don't know, but he's suspended for six games. I didn't even know he was on a team, so I don't either. I don't know how he's suspended if he's not on the team.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what he announced on the pivot. I know he was doing the pivot.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah. So he's suspended and I. And also last night the Yankees won. They came back, they were down six.

[Lil Jon]

Three.

[DJ Envy]

They won nine. Six. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

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

[Morgan Wood]

Hey, girl.

[Mimi Brown]

Good Morning. Okay, so we start this hour with tensions rising in Chicago, where Texas National Guard troops have arrived as part of President Trump's expanding immigration crackdown. Now, the move is already sparking outrage from city and state leaders who say the president's actions are unconstitutional. Now, the deployment comes as immigration raids have intensified across the city and protests in suburbs have turned increasingly tense, with officers using tear grass, tear gas and pepper spray on demonstrators. A federal judge hasn't stopped the deployment yet. So for now, troops are staying put. But both the Illinois attorney general and the city of Chicago are suing, saying the president doesn't have the power to take control of the National Guard or send in troops from Texas. Now, Mayor Brandon Johnson, he is slamming the move and signed an executive order banning ICE agents from operating on city owned property. When asked whether he thought the president would follow that order. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, do I believe this? This president is going to follow simple law? Well, it's clear that he doesn't. Right? I mean, he is a convicted felon himself.

[Lil Jon]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is the person who released individuals who stormed the Capitol to stage a coup against the American people. This president has spent more time militarizing his own own police force than he has using his time in office to.

[Lil Jon]

Make sure that people can afford to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Eat in this city and across America or have access to health care.

[Mimi Brown]

And so the White House, they are firing back, accusing the mayor of aiding and abetting criminal, illegal immigrant killer, rapists, traffickers and gang members. And Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, he says, though, this isn't about safety, this is about politics. He's arguing that Trump's troop deployment is less about crime and more about consolidating power ahead of next year's election. Let's listen to that.

[Lil Jon]

Well, I believe that one of the reasons Donald Trump wants to send troops into American cities is because he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections. Now, if they've got troops in cities.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it becomes a kind of norm.

[Lil Jon]

For people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote, having troops at the ballot boxes. So I believe that is what this is about. It's about intimidating people from going to the polls who would not vote for his party and about the ability to take control of the elections if it doesn't go his way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's absolutely right. And I hate how nonchalant and calm he is about that. Like, I think that, you know, people should be ringing the alarms about what we could potentially see in 2026 and 2028 if y' all still care about free and fair elections in this country.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely. I totally agree with you too, Charlemagne. That is exactly what he's doing. Meanwhile, in Oregon, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, she made a surprise visit in Portland, touring the city's ICE facilities and meeting with the governor there. So we'll keep watching as these deployment of troops keep going out in some of these cities. And meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, it is homecoming season, and the focus is supposed to be on pride and tradition. But something else is sparking conversation. The conservative group Blexit, founded by Candace Owens and Brandon Tatum and backed by Turning Point usa, is bringing its national Educate to Liberate Tour to several HBCUs this month. Stops include some of the most iconic campuses. I'm talking Howard Hampton, Florida A&M, Tennessee, North Carolina, Bowie State, Lincoln University. And these are all taking place around their homecoming celebrations. Now, according to Blexit's website, the goal is to bring conservative values to life and spark conversations, powerful conversations on HBCU campuses. But not everyone is welcoming the effort. Critics say showing up during homecoming feels less like outreach and more like picking a fight, especially during one of the most joyful unifying times where black campuses are celebrating homecoming. Some student groups are urging classmates not to engage, saying the best response is silent, to let empty seats send a message. And across social media, frustration is also growing that the group, the group founded by Turning Point usa, would choose this moment, a season rooted in legacy and love, to make its pitch on HBCU campuses.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I like both approaches. You know, you can choose to ignore or you can choose to engage.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody's saying fight and, and, and, and start a war, but, you know, nobody said that. No, nobody said that. But that's what they make it seem like on there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I said they can ignore or choose to engage. I think there should be an organization that does the exact same type of tour. Like, you know, I personally don't believe any organization should be out there pushing a narrative for any political party right now. I don't think any party is worthy of that. But there can be groups that can be formed to debate these individuals if they choose to. Like, if they gonna come to these HBCU campuses during homecoming, then instead of just being out there, you know, pushing their, you know, ideology unchallenged and engage in the conversation, now they try to bait you into something more than a conversation. Then that's when you, you know, disengage or you. You choose not to even, you know, engage at all.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Mimi Brown]

But I think this is what they want. They want us to talk about it because why would they be going during homecoming the most? You know, the time where everybody's gonna be there for the most people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's true, too.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. But also think about it. They've been to two already and nobody has said anything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

They went to Johnson C. Smith, they went to Alabama State. Has anybody mentioned or even seen them or even said they went?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we talking about them now?

[DJ Envy]

No, because they just released their tour dates.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody.

[DJ Envy]

The two schools that they went to, there's no footage, there's no video.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. Like, by the way, I don't mind what they doing. You know what I'm saying? Like, when I. When I see people like that, only thing that makes me say is, okay, well, if y' all are so against them, don't just be on social media mad. Y' all get organized too.

[Lil Jon]

Correct.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And create a. I don't want to say a resistance movement, but, you know, if you don't like their ideology, create an organization that is going to challenge their ideology, do what they're doing.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm never mad with a debate, but the only problem is, is that Friday I'm DJing on the yard. It's gonna be about 10, 000 people out there. It's me, it's Wyclef, it's Wale, it's Brownstone. Like, we really think they're gonna go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To the Hampton University, The Hampton Homecoming. Wyclef Wiley and Brownstone.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[DJ Envy]

They do one for every.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every era of that Sounds so random.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they do it for every era, so, you know, it is dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I don't.

[Lil Jon]

I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I think people are gonna be on the yard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love Brownstone music.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely. All right, y'.

[Jess Hilarious]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, that is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the Black Information Network and Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit binnews.com.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you, Mimi.

[DJ Envy]

Now, when we come back, Little John.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Will be joining goddamn cultural icon himself.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, we will talk with Little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't even know what your mama and grandma used to do to Little John Ricketts play. Shake that monkey right now. Bet your mama stopped working. Stop twerking on the way to school. Jesus Christ.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, Little John. When we come back is the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are the breakfast club. Lon LaRosa is here as well. And we got a special guest in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The building, a icon guy. I thought he was up here. This is his first time up there, which is crazy.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. Seen you on the road.

[DJ Envy]

I know, but I thought you'd been up here.

[Lil Jon]

Ladies and gentlemen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, legend?

[Lil Jon]

Hey, man. Thank you all for having me.

[DJ Envy]

About time.

[Lil Jon]

We don't say good morning enough to our fellow brothers and sisters.

[Jay]

That is true.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lil Jon]

I was a victim of that until I started to change my mindset. Sometimes I would come down, get in the car, going, you know, on the road, I didn't say, good morning. And once I started to change my mindset, I realized that's a good, good way to start your day. And a gesture to someone, whoever you're riding with, you know, the driver, whoever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then ask them how they feeling.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes that's also the case. Sometimes just say, how is your day going?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

You know, because I found myself. Sometimes I'm a, I'm a. I'm really in tune to my spiritual side. I've been for a long time. Sometimes I might just be in. I remember being in the club, and I might walk by a random person, and I could feel their energy, and I'd be like, like, let me just give you a hug.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, wow.

[Lil Jon]

And sometimes that just changes somebody's life.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about the. What about when you were the person that might have been creating the energy, though? Like, if you felt, like, some aggressive angriness from this person, but it was your fault because your set that you just did.

[Lil Jon]

Well, you know, I, I, I, I'm tell you, one time I was in South Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey.

[Lil Jon]

In a Hole in the Wall club, and it was supposed to be a night where Cash Money was supposed to be there, and they called me because Cash Money couldn't come. So these folks in South Carolina was mad than a mother, and we was not Cash Money. Little John Eastside boys show up.

[Jess Hilarious]

Damn.

[Lil Jon]

And so I understand it's a hostile situation, but I said, I looked out on that crowd, and I said, the biggest dude in this crowd, I'm about to make him my best friend. And I made him my best friend during the show, like, playing to him, giving him drinks and hyping him up. And then he turned. Like, it turned the whole crowd around. And then they were fans of us after that. But it was a way you can always change the energy of a situation if you approach with a calm manner. That's why Good security. Don't go and try to fight somebody. They try to diffuse the situation. That's the first rule, is defuse it, not be the aggressor.

[DJ Envy]

And look, Little John, I want to go back, since this is your first time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on real quick, though. What is a little Jon morning routine?

[Lil Jon]

Like, I knew you were going to ask me that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. What is a little Jon morning routine?

[Lil Jon]

So this morning I woke up, had a little water, because, you know, I do my. I do this Korean facial stuff. So I do skin. You know, my skin is very important. How do my skin look, ladies?

[Jess Hilarious]

It looks really good.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. One. One rule for that is positivity. Positive energy, positive thoughts. Because if you're a negative person, all this negativity is gonna wear the flesh down. So get up in the morning, do my skincare routine, brush my teeth, all that good stuff. Stuff. I'm always in my mind saying affirmations for the day, even before I go to bed in my dreams. Like, last night, I was like, it's gonna be a great interview.

[Cam Newton]

It's gonna.

[Lil Jon]

This is. I look at this as one of the biggest interviews I've ever done in my life because it's a lot to talk about. Charlamagne, you. You seen me grow from. I think we. One time we talked, you were like. You came to the radio station in. In South Carolina one time. That was early on. He wasn't even on air yet. Right. Were you. Were you on there?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think it was a phone. Or you called in. You had just put out. I think you had just put out BIA. BIA.

[Lil Jon]

Wow. So that's 20 years ago. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So we were talking about you having the. The Confederate flag in the. In the video.

[Lil Jon]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

About that.

[Lil Jon]

So that's. You know, you've seen the growth, and it's. I think it's important because. Yeah, you've seen the Grove. You've seen it from a different angle. You've seen it from a different angle. You've seen it from a different angle. And. And, you know, you guys moved the needle of culture, and you had everybody and their grandmama on this show. So I think it's one of the most important and, you know, best interviews I think I'm gonna have because. Because of all of that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's claim it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, let's claim it. I want to go back. I want to start from the beginning. These are the interviews I love, because for some reason, I thought you've been up here before. So I want to start when you first got in the music Industry, right?

[Lil Jon]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Let's start with. You started working with Jermaine Dupree?

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, 93.

[DJ Envy]

Start from there. So how did you hook up with Jermaine Dupri and what did you do for Jermaine Dupree?

[Lil Jon]

So I used to be in Atlanta in the 90s. I was like the hottest DJ in the city. I was the man. I did all the parties and I would see Jermaine all the time at the clubs. And then I did this one club called the Phoenix Nightclub, which was the hottest nightclub in Atlanta at the time. We brought Biggie, we bought Biggie. I got Biggie and Craig Mack together when they did the Big Mac tour. Wow. So I got him. I worked on the radio station, but I wasn't the pd. And you know how back then you had to go through the PD because you wanted to get the spins for your artists? So Diddy, you know, we. He let us get Biggie and Craig because he thought I was like the pd. And he get there and the club is slammed like a million people, and he's like, yo, what the heck, yo, we need some more money because this thing is packed. And then he found out that I wasn't the pd.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, damn.

[Lil Jon]

And so he was extra pissed. And then he even tried to get the rep that worked for BMG at the time fired because she got. Because we got Craig and Biggie for free. Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So, yeah, that was normal back then when artists were on promote, all like.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, but you had. You wanted to go through the station so you can make sure you get the spin. Look. And we wasn't that, but we were high promoters. So I was doing all the hot parties and I would just see Jermaine all the time. Like, even if I wasn't DJing, I was everywhere. Like, I had a thing where I was. I wanted to be from. I called it from Bankhead to Buckhead. I was from the bougie spots to the. The most hood you can get in Atlanta. So I was literally everywhere. And Jermaine came to me. So he hired me in 1993. I started working at so so Deaf, and I was hired to do A R and street promotions because I was everywhere, right? So he wanted. He wanted someone that had respect in the city, that could go anywhere, and someone like me that I was always out. So that was Represent. So. So Death from Bankhead. Like I said to Buckhead, and what.

[DJ Envy]

Artist did you have being an A R for Social Death at that time?

[Lil Jon]

I. I had. I put together all of the Social Death base All Stars.

[DJ Envy]

And had not, I think the whole.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very slipped on era of Atlanta, by the way. Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

And that changed. That changed music too. Like, it gave us a whole genre that had never been created, like, had never been done before. And that all started because in Atlanta, we used to do like, it was DJ Jelly, Shout out, DJ Jelly, Shout out, the J team, DJ Smurf and all of those guys. They would take like slow jam acapellas. Like say one famous mix was can you stand the rain, new edition and put it over a bass beat. So they used to do all of these mixes like that. They would just do a whole mixtape. It'll be all bass beats and then these R B acapellas. And so I was like, we love this so much in the city. Let's take that and make a. A record from that. Nobody made an actual song. So I came up with that concept and I went to my boy, DJ Cool Kali, AKA Rodney. And then at the same time, I met Carl Mo. He used to call the phone at so. So deaf and. And play his tracks on the phone. Interesting story about that. So one day I'm like, these tracks is dope. So I called him to the. To the office and he comes up there with a freaking keyboard and plays the keyboard. Like, just playing the keyboard. Not like no CDs, no cassette tape, just playing the keyboard. I'm like, this is crazy. So I ended up in using him and we did my boo. And so, yeah, I did all of the Social Death base all stars. And then out of that, we had Player Poncho. He got signed and we did a couple records with Player Poncho. And Player Poncho is actually how I met the Eastside Boys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Lil Jon]

Because Player Poncho would always. When he would go out, he would have a whole like 2010, 20 guys with him. And the Eastside Boys was always with him, even if it was just like two or three guys with. And so me and the Eastside Boys, just one day we were in the club and we just start chanting this chant, who you with? Who you with? Get crunk, who you with? And then everybody in the club start chanting. And then I look at Big Sam, I'm like, we need to turn this into a song. And so I know I have access to people with labels and stuff. So I called somebody I knew, actually I called Cool Ace, this guy named Cool Ace. And Cool Ace connected me with this guy named Carlos Glover. And we ended up going in the studio and we made the song who you with? And that started everything For Lil Jon as an artist.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm glad you mentioned Sam and Bo too. Because people always seem to forget about the Eastside Boys.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What did they bring to the table? What made Little John and the Eastside Boys such an amazing group?

[Lil Jon]

We were the sound of the rowdy guys in the back of the club. That's what we were. We was the. That was turned up in the back that you just be looking back like make sure they ain't coming over here with that bull. So we were that. And what people don't understand about crunk music, I know some people are like, why was. Why did it do what it do? Why did it spread? Why did it become big? Because it was an outlet of energy for black youth.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lil Jon]

When you went to the club, you had a hard ass week. You had a hard life. Whatever the was going on in your life. You hear that crunk music and you get in that damn mosh pit and you let all of that out and you feel amazing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

You know what I mean? So that's why crunk music was able to. To reach so many people. That's why I still like going like I see you talking about all the time about Knuckles. You buck as a negro spiritual and it is like it touches your soul in a certain way. And I think we do in. In like crunk music. Tap into music to the ancestors. Because they were chanting and so on and so forth.

[DJ Envy]

What did you do when you were banned from clubs? I remember in college there was some clubs that were like, you cannot play none of that in this club.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, put your hood up and all that stuff. We just kept going. Because when you. When you tell somebody you can't have it. They wanted more. You know. I've seen people. I was in Louisiana one time, we did a show and they got so turned up they start fighting the police in the club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Amazing times. Amazing times, man.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. Was crazy. I think it's just a testament to like we just brought something different, you know. And like the kids now think they are turning up but they have no idea what a real turned up time was from the 2000s.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And get crunk was such a great record. Cuz I didn't think you could get crunker than Kings of Crunk, you know. I'm not even joking. I didn't think you could get crunking that. But as soon as you hear who in my Bohen being me. My like God.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. Killed that salute Bohegan out there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you. How did you even have the mindset to Take that to another level. How did you take that energy to another level?

[Lil Jon]

That beat was produced by Lil J, who produced Knock of your buck.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Lil Jon]

So it was time to, you know, come and work on the album. And, you know, everybody down with bme, of course, people that don't know crime mob. Part of that was through bme. So we are part of putting them out there. So, of course, I call all of the squad. You know, Trioville helped me write some of the songs. And yeah, Little J sent me. I think he sent me some beats. And that was one of the beats. And I was like, this is insane. Wow. I thought it was one of the correctest beats ever, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lil Jon]

I think my favorite beats that I've produced or co produced or been on is get crunk. And what you gonna do and what you're gonna do is unique. I was in New York when I did this. That beat. I remember I was on TBT and Steve got leave and shout out to Brian Leech. My boy Brian Leach, he was the A R at the time. He was like, yo, you got to go in and knock out this song for this. I think it was like a Christmas album or something. Christmas crunk album that Steve Gotley wanted to put out. And I'm like, he can't put no album out called Crump without me. So I'm like, this guy. And so I was in the new. I was in New York, and Brian was like, you got to go in and record this song. So I was angry when I made that beat. I'm never mad when I make tracks. But that's one of the only beats I've ever made when I was angry. And that's why I sound so aggressive, because I was mad that I had to go in the studio and record this. I wanted to just go out. Like, I was like, I. I'm going. Going to the club. He was like, no, you got to go in and do this song. And so that's my anger coming out through the drum machine.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you ever trademark the word crap?

[Lil Jon]

I can't remember. Probably did all my ad libs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know that because you're the face of crunk. But to me, I would have to give. I would say three six Mafia are probably the.

[Lil Jon]

So that's another argument going around. It's an argument that says Memphis started crunk. Here's. Here's my. Here's what I will say. We in Atlanta. You couldn't be Atlanta in the 90s and not be listening to 8ball MJG. You couldn't be riding around not listening to Master P. Master P. Master P changed the landscape of the South. The south, period.

[Jay]

That's right.

[Lil Jon]

He was the first one that really got us rowdy. I would say it was Master P, but we was listening to Ball and G and of course three Six Mafia came around that you think he got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His rowdy before 3 6.

[Lil Jon]

I think for about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bout it, bout it, bout it. Yeah, but tear the club up. I bet you I won't hit him.

[Lil Jon]

Was 97. What year did Body about it come out?

[DJ Envy]

I was in college. Had to be 95.

[Lil Jon]

I think it was like 95. I remember what happened was in the club in Atlanta, it was playing bass music. And then when Master P came, that was over.

[DJ Envy]

About that was 95. Definitely. I was a freshman of college.

[Lil Jon]

That was the record in the hood was getting no limit tattoos.

[Lauren LaRosa]

1995.

[Jess Hilarious]

95.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, exactly. That's what changed it for us. So I will say Memphis is part of the influence. But it started for us with Master P. Master that Body. Body just changed everything. But we are influenced. But it's all different sounds, but it all intertwines and works together.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What moment made you realize crunk had officially crossed from sovereign energy to a global movement?

[Lil Jon]

Coming up, doing mtv, they let me get in Times Square on a double decker bus with Little Scrappy on trl doing what you gonna do, bruh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mtv. I. I was gonna say mtv too, because I remember watching the Video Music Awards, I forgot what year it was. They played Get Low going in the commercial break and the audience went crazy. And Justin Timberlake was wild. And I just remember thinking to myself, oh, Get Low is out of here.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. And then we end up performing Get Low at the MTV Video Music Awards. Get Low. Yeah, Lean back. That was a pretty insane year for me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can you tell us the origin story of Lovers and Friends?

[Lil Jon]

So in Atlanta, we go to strip club for everything. So we always in. You know, I was in the strip club one day and the DJ played the Michael Sterling Lovers and Friends. And I was like, huh, that could be pretty cool for Usher to do. So let's back up. So this is before Usher's album is done. I give Usher the Michael Sterling on the cd. Like, check this out. We should do this over this. Don't listen to it. He don't listen to it. So we on my album. So I'm like, I'm gonna take that Lovers and Friends idea and do it for my album. So I do the beat over and I let Usher know, yo, I got this joint for us. Like, come, you know, let's do it. So he flies in, he records it, and he's out. And after he does his part. So I'm just like, wow, this is a smash. So I called Luda. I'm like, bro, we got another one. Like, I need you on this asap. Send it to Luda. He did his part, and then I go in last. Sure. Because I'm not the rapper. And so I was like, I need to take my time to make sure my verse is as catchy as possible, because I can't compete against Ludacris. And then it's Usher. Like, come on. So I was like, let me take something from this record. We had a record called. There's a record we did with ubi. I forgot the name of it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nothing's Free.

[Lil Jon]

Nothing's Free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you forget that? That's a classic.

[Lil Jon]

Nothing's Free. So we did Nothing's Free, like, in the 90s. And so I was like, that shout a part was really catchy on that song, but it was regional. Nobody really heard it out of the South. So I was like, let me take that same little thing and put that in Lovers and Friends. And that will be the little catch for my verse to make it catchier. And little did I know that that was gonna be, like, people's favorite verses.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

Because it's so simple. It's is catchy. And yeah, that's one. That song went number one without a video because it was the labels and superstar this and superstar that and da da da, da da. But number one song, rap song of the year, without a video in the 2000s is impossible.

[Jess Hilarious]

What made you do the meditation album? So that's totally far the other end of the spectrum.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah. Turning 50. Turned 50. A lot of things started to happen in my life. First thing I, I. It hit me was like, I asked myself, what makes you happy? And I said, dang, making sure everybody else good. But that's not what makes me, like, what makes me happy. I couldn't really tell myself. And so I was like, you know what? I need to kind of put myself first. Like, I'm not happy in this marriage. It's like, so said I wanted to divorce. Also around the same time, me and my. My good friend Doug Davis, we talk, like, every year because he calls and gives me because he's. He's like a couple months younger than me, so he's like, oh, you're old, man. So we're talking, and he was telling me he wanted to introduce me to somebody that was in this space and I was like oh that's interesting because I've been listening to like all of this like Binaural beats to sleep and relax and ocean and rain and all of this type of stuff. So me and this guy Kabir, his name is Kabir Sego, we connected and so I'm going through the divorce and like I didn't like where my mental state with that because I'm angry, I'm like ah, why can't she just do this and that and so I'm like mad and I don't like that's not me. I'm a positive at all times person. I don't think negatively the first thing.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[Jay]

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[Lil Jon]

So I started to, like, meditate every day. I started to say affirmations every day and it helped me to be in a better mental state as well as having good people in my corner, like my queen, her name is Jameela. She was there for me at that time and she would give me, like, also, like, like just positive. She would just keep me, try to keep me in a positive mindset. And she had been through a rough divorce too, so she can give me some insight and just, you know, help me keep my head up. So we went in, we recorded these albums and, you know, this time of my life is feeling like I'm doing what God intended me to do. But what's amazing is everything that got me here, I was supposed to do right. And even like all of the music that I've given people gave people positivity. So it's always been positivity, but it, it's meaning more now. When someone tells me, I never meditated, you help me meditate. I was having trouble getting over this grief of losing someone. Your meditation about grief helped me. I'm inspired to. You know how many people have called me about getting in the gym? Yeah, it's insane. Like celebrities all kind of people are like. Like, you inspired me to get healthy. So I feel now like I'm doing what God intended me to do. It took me a long time to get here, but this is this the time it's supposed to be. And crazy. I was thinking about this the other day. I met Mr. Farrakhan at the Source Awards one time, and he basically told me. He said, you got power. You got a voice. And he basically was kind of trying to tell me me, like, use it. And it like, that stuck with me. Like, I'm like, okay, but now I'm using my voice and my power in a good way to push positivity into the world.

[Jess Hilarious]

So that is what makes you happy.

[Lil Jon]

That's what make. That's what you know. Yeah, it makes me happy that. Okay, just to be. Just to do good, you know? Just to do good. Because all that comes back. And when you like. A guy came to me. I did the cola guard thing, right? A guy came to me in the club one night in the club and was like, I did that cola guard test because of you. And I. It came back positive. And he did. He. He didn't have colon cancer, but he had polyps. So just stuff like that. It just makes me feel like I'm doing good in the work, you know what I mean? Hiring people and being a good role model to my son. I have a daughter now, you know, she's 10 months old.

[Jess Hilarious]

Congratulations.

[Lil Jon]

I look at life, like, with health, like, I gotta be here for her.

[Jay]

You know what I'm saying?

[Lil Jon]

I gotta be here for her first day of school. I gotta be here for high school graduation, walk her down the aisle. So health is even more important to me. It was something I was doing to just, you know, live a long, full life. But even more so now I have even more motivation because of my daughter and her mother. I got to be here for them.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it's crazy to see you cry, because a lot of people never even thought you had eyes.

[Lil Jon]

No. You know what, black man? We need to cry more. I agree.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We need to cry.

[Lil Jon]

When you get more in tune to your higher self and you stop vibrating in these low frequencies, you can let yourself, let the energy flow, because we should. We don't have to be tough all the time. And you're an advocate for therapy. I push all brothers together. We don't have to suffer in silence. We suffer in freaking silence. Call your homie sometimes and just be like, you good? How you doing? Not just period, but how you mentally doing, bro? Because that one little conversation could make him not go do some stupid. All right, take his life or whatever, you know. So I started doing therapy. I pushed anything. Any knowledge that I got, I try to share with everybody because we got to help each other.

[Jay]

That's right.

[Lil Jon]

We all. We got.

[Jess Hilarious]

For sure.

[Lil Jon]

Y' all got me up here crying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Positive, man. It's good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Today was gonna be a good day. Great interview. You might have needed to release.

[Jess Hilarious]

Really good, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think people truly understand the loneliness that can come with success in entertainment?

[Lil Jon]

No. Because they just see the private jets and the trips and all that. They don't realize, you know, sometimes you can't go nowhere because people bugging you. You can't. Can't spend time with your loved ones without people bugging you or the. The you. I gotta make another hit record. Or, you know, I mean, like. Or even when you start to go down, you're not as hot as you were. People not picking up the phone and all that. Yeah, it's a lot of. Most people couldn't deal with this life. They could not deal with it because it's too much pressure. Then people on the Internet with all their opinions and all of this and that, and. And it's a lot of pressure that you cannot be built weak to be in entertainment industry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you. My last question. When you think about legacy now, how much of it is about peace and purpose rather than, I guess, the plaques and the parties and all that?

[Lil Jon]

I think my legacy is going to be all about positivity. Because every step of the way it's been crunk was positive. It was a positive release. Now in my latter years, it's meditation, mindfulness. Get therapy, fellas. I'm gonna tell everybody out there, get therapy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Lil Jon]

Get a therapy. If you're going through it, you. You should not be left to your own devices to deal with some serious issues. Sometimes you need to talk to someone that's a qualified person. And I did emdr. Did you ever do emdr?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I never did emdr.

[Lil Jon]

EMDR is amazing because it taps into your subconscious conscious. When I did emdr, stuff came out that I didn't even really didn't know was there. So it can tap to the. It can find the root of why you got that trauma. I was able to go to my childhood self and say, it's okay. Wow, I'm here. It's fine. Yeah, you're. You're loved, you're appreciated, you know, all of that. And it helped me to get past whatever that was and the more you do it, the more stuff comes to you. And you just realize, this is why I'm the way I am. I can now get past this and I could change these habits, you know, And I can be living. I can live a better life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow, man. Little John, you are an icon. You're one of the greatest producers of all time. You bought people so much joy in this next chapter of your life where you are helping people heal. I think it's going to be your best work yet, my brother.

[Lil Jon]

I think so, too. I do, too.

[DJ Envy]

And also, December 18th, you're performing for our sister station, 96.1, Jingle Ball.

[Lil Jon]

Jingle Ball, Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So what.

[DJ Envy]

What should the people expect for Little John in that show Crunk, period?

[Lil Jon]

They want it because it says Little John and Friends. It's Crunk, Crunk and Friends.

[Jess Hilarious]

I can't wait.

[Lil Jon]

Ain't no commercial. Just. It's Atlanta, you know, Jermaine talking crap, all like, Ah, but Jermaine, my. That's family. Jermaine actually called me, was like, who you bringing out? So I was gonna ask. Cause y' all got friends that are friends, so. But I'm just gonna bring the crunk. That's what. That's what they want. That's what I'm gonna give them. That's what they ain't seen in a while, right? So that's what I'm gonna give them. I ain't trying to do nothing crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Crunk, we're excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Could that era ever come back like the way Metro booming just did? Futuristic summer. Could that Crunk era ever come back?

[Lil Jon]

If it did, it'll. I don't know if people could handle it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think we need, like, grown people who don't get the release. You know what I'm saying? Maybe you have something. You put every. Everybody put their phones up, but you.

[DJ Envy]

Don'T heal the same way. You can't be jumping around.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I don't know how that was sprinkled down to the yns. Like, how would they heal?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We don't need y' all down.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's gonna sprinkle. TikTok gonna get in.

[Jess Hilarious]

Crunk could be recreated. But I'm glad that we do have these krunk classics that'll never die.

[Lil Jon]

Everything with me is the right timing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Lil Jon]

You know, when the universe tell me it's time for it, that's when it happens.

[Morgan Wood]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, 96.1. Get your tickets. He will be performing at the Atlantis Jingle Ball Breakfast Club.

[Lil Jon]

Good morning, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to the Icon Lil John. Man, you ain't live till you've seen a group of black women down south in the club singing nothing free. Bro. What you talking about?

[DJ Envy]

If you haven't got your tickets to see him perform in Atlanta. Our 96.1 family, the Jingle Ball. It's gonna be crazy. December 18th. It's gonna be Little John and friends, Jermaine Dupree and friends, Big X, the Plug, Nelly, Molly, a host of others. Man, get your tickets. You don't want to miss it. It's gonna be crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's an excuse to get more musty now.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's an excuse to get must go to go to Little John show while out leave stank. That.

[Jay]

That.

[Jess Hilarious]

No.

[DJ Envy]

That deodorant should be stronger than what is made for a man. Strong enough for a woman. What is it? Strong enough. You know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I don't. Nowadays. I do not know what you mean. Nowadays. I have no idea what you're talking about. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

It's made for both.

[Lil Jon]

Let's get to the ladies with Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren be coming with straight face.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some. She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on say I'm the biggest. The.

[Lil Jon]

The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So Sweetie, is not the reason that Offset and Quavo are no longer friends, nor is she the reason that Cardi B and Offset divorced. Offset sat down with Kiki Palmer on this is Kiki Palmer. And talked about that rumor that has been circulating. Let's take a listen to you and sweetie.

[Lil Jon]

No, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was a rumor, man.

[Lil Jon]

And I feel like it was something deeper than that for the split of me and bro. I don't really want to touch on, but it's something deeper than that. I think that was just like a. That was a thing that I was a bug that I heard. I think people was trying to tear my situation down in that situation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You think there were business people that were plotting on you both?

[Jay]

Both for sure. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And they were creating you guys, stopping you guys from being strong so that y' all couldn't go together against that.

[Jay]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

I would be seeing headlines and. And I men me.

[DJ Envy]

We.

[Lil Jon]

We men. So we don't play those games. We don't even know how to do that. And so it was just like. That was a weird Thing, though. That was. That was kind of. That was kind of crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, this was a really good interview. I mean, Office has done some really good interviews and promoting his album, but this one was really good interview. And I think it's because he was very comfortable with Kiki Palmer. They have a friendship that they dates back years, but.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, really?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. And I learned that in his interview. He said that Kiki Palmer used to be, like, in the studio with them back in the day in Atlanta.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah. I didn't know that because I was. You know, I always. I was gonna say salute to Kiki because, you know, folks love Kiki Palmer so much that they never call her messy, because that was Lauren or just asking that question.

[DJ Envy]

But they said they seem very comfortable.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They seem, like, very comfortable.

[Jess Hilarious]

He's a bit warmer.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm learning, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, we're not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We're learning. We are.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, we. Yeah, we are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Still. Go ahead. Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, Kiki Palmer and Offset also talked about Takeoff's passing. And Offset revealed something for her. To her for the first time. When people like that pass away, especially so suddenly, it had to make you think.

[Morgan Wood]

You know, what did you think?

[Jay]

You know what I'm saying?

[Lil Jon]

To be honest with you, I never really said this. Like, I felt like I had that. Like some responsibility was on me, because what if I didn't go solo? What if I just thugged it out with the business not being right? You know what I mean? Maybe we wouldn't even been right there in that place, because I just know how we move when I'm around a little bit. Like, it's just. I could read the room a little bit more. See, hey, this ain't the play. We need to get up out of here. I'm the one that's gonna say it. And then I wasn't there. So it's like not having control or something like that. So close to you. And then people talking, not knowing what they talk about.

[Jay]

That's tough.

[Lil Jon]

Saying with me or saying this and that. That. That's like, tough, man.

[Jay]

Like.

[Lil Jon]

But all I could do is I feel like I never forget my roots.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Lil Jon]

So me pushing, as long as I keep pushing myself, I'm still representing that. Cause that's still my family at the end of the day, I'm still me, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

Damn. Imagine dealing with that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

People saying that he ain't messed with him and all of that before he died. And then that's. That wasn't even the case. But people. That's always the case. People never really know what. What's happening or what's going on.

[Mimi Brown]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When something tragic happens to somebody you love, you always feel like, man, if I was dead, and maybe I could have prevented this.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I was reading Alan. I was in the book, and he had a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A similar story with his best friend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, with somebody who was close to him, who felt like Alan wouldn't have been caught up in a situation if he was there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Got you. Got you. Okay. Well, yeah. So they also talked about speaking of people thinking that they know things. Also, it says in this interview, if he could not be famous right now, he would not be because the new fame is too much. People have opinions. You can't express yourself. They think they need to know you. And then they get into the Cardi B. Conversation off of that. And he talks about how he handled the situation. Let's take a listen. Is there anything that you wish you would have done differently?

[Lil Jon]

I should respect her way more. You know what I mean? I made bad decisions as a man, like, stepping out. Like, gotta take that on the chin. Like, that's why when she left, I had to take that on the chin. Cause, like, I could have been way. We got so much our kids to live for. I was being selfish. And I could say that as a man. I'm a grown man. You know what I mean? I could say that I wish there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wasn'T so much Internet stuff going on.

[Lil Jon]

I done got out of pocket a couple times because, bro, you feel like you're getting bullied. Like, I. I used to never say nothing. I tried to recently just say something just like, to try to defend myself.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Lil Jon]

Because the narrative be nasty sometimes on me, and it don't be that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, he says that, you know, he hates that this is the story for them because they're both superstars in music, and all you see is the. The stories about their divorce and the public things that have happened with them. And, you know, he's taking accountability for that, so he's trying to move forward. He also said, too, that he's ready for the divorce to be over. I know Cardi has said when she was here that, you know, they're trying to move things along, but they're going back and forth about things. But he says he's ready for it to be over.

[DJ Envy]

Could you imagine, though, you're dealing with something with your. Your wife at the time, whatever it is, y' all going back and forth, and then the media throws fuel on it, you know, and the media might not necessarily know the truth. So it makes things worse. So I understand why he was. He was emotional, and a lot of.

[Jess Hilarious]

Times, you don't owe it to the media. You know what I'm saying? Like, a lot of people get online. He probably. He's one of them who just not gonna get online and say everything like. Like, you know, the rebuttal and all the opinions even going back to the Migo situation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because everybody. We were speculating when they broke up, man. What happened? Oh, De Quavo want to. You know, the Quavo want to be the Beyonce of the group or whatever. Whatever. Whole time, he said it was bad business. You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

He talks about the bad business that people were speculating about.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. He said that their plan was for all of them to always have their own thing. And we saw them do that. They all did different music. They had their own projects. It was fashion. But they were always supposed to come back together. But he said his issue was the business. It wasn't them. And then, you know.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Cam Newton]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And also, too, man, Offset was telling a tale is oldest time. So many men wish they could get a redo. Okay. So many men realize how we messed up after the fact. Thank God for all us men who made it through. And thank God for all the women who have forgiven our stupid asses over and over and over again. Okay, my brothers, if you. Because somebody caught up here earlier this week. Was that last week?

[Lil Jon]

Week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you get the opportunity last week. If you get the opportunity right now to, you know, pivot and change your ways before she get all the way fed up, you better do it.

[DJ Envy]

You better do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You better do it.

[DJ Envy]

You get that opportunity again, you better not f it up, boy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The good women are. Are not easy to come by when.

[DJ Envy]

A woman's fed up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lord have mercy. Ain't nothing you can do about it.

[DJ Envy]

Nothing.

[Jess Hilarious]

She eternal. You will turn into a hoe.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know about all that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Or turn into a hoe, I hope.

[Lil Jon]

I don't want her to do that.

[Jess Hilarious]

He's okay. I want to hold back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My hoeing ain't got nothing to do with your horn. You don't get a back like that. You think holding cheat.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I cheat back.

[Jess Hilarious]

There you go.

[Lil Jon]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I ain't get chlamydia.

[Jess Hilarious]

All of us now, we all sit near chlamydia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Up him. See, I go too far.

[DJ Envy]

Nope, you up. All right. That was the latest with Laura Charlaman. Who you give me a donkey, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Four after the hour. We need a man From Baltimore. Do you know him, though? Jess, I don't know you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know his name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His name is Mike Anarta. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. Okay. He actually need his ass beat, but we'll discuss it. Damn.

[DJ Envy]

We'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lil Jon]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club? Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Hee Haw again. It's time for donkey of the day.

[Cam Newton]

I mean, trying to be donkey today. No more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things called donkey of the Day.

[Jess Hilarious]

And it really caught me off guard.

[Lil Jon]

Damn, Charlemagne.

[Jess Hilarious]

Who got the donkey of the day today?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, Jess, Hilarious. Somebody from Baltimore. Okay, Donkey of the day for Wednesday, October 8, goes to Micah Narta. He is a 24 year old man from Baltimore, Maryland. The Cockeysville area. Jess, are you familiar here?

[Jess Hilarious]

I am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. What kind of area is that?

[Jess Hilarious]

It's like the county a little bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. Yeah. Well, Micah is in jail, rightfully so. And he's one of those individuals that makes me, as a father, want to own more guns. Okay. Young men like him with a reason. Seasoned girl dads like myself have to stay in shape. Okay? You got to make sure you know how to use a knife, all right? And you got to teach your daughters how to do those things, too, because you never know what type of predator is lurking now. Now, Mike has been arrested for disorderly conduct after he reportedly approached women in Baltimore county with written threats soliciting sex. What do you mean? He was approaching women in Baltimore county with written threats soliciting sex. Uncle Charlotte. Well, Micah decided that he wanted to go to businesses in the area and make them read from a notebook that commit contained demands for sex. Now. Now I'm questioning if Michael was born and raised in Baltimore, because why would he just assume that these young ladies in Baltimore can read? Wow.

[Jess Hilarious]

What wow?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't mean it like that. I meant, like, why would he assume that these young ladies in Baltimore would stop and read what he had written down?

[Jess Hilarious]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't play with me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just saying. Police found four notebooks in Micah's bag. According to the charging document, investigators said one contained a letter saying, I will shoot you with a gun and kill you. Come with me and find a place to have sex and do your best and don't do anything about it. And don't tell the police and don't tell anyone, even if you have the opportunity. This is true.

[DJ Envy]

That's the real letter.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, this is the real lesson.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The investigator said he spelled these words by replacing O's with E's, and he used a lot of W's. More W's than the I show. Speed Chat. I made that part up, but the letter was real. Now, I'm going to tell you something, man. We have to start dragging men like this, okay? We have to drag them the way people from Baltimore drag words like do. Okay? Not only should the village be allowed to put belt to ass, I think we should charge people like Micah for what they were attempting to do. We all seen the movie Minority Report back in the day, where they used to charge you for what you were saying he was thinking about doing. Okay, we need to charge Micah with rape, assault, kidnapping, whatever he was implying he wanted to do to these women or whatever he would have done to these women if he would have gotten the opportunity. This guy, according to charging documents, walked up to women on their way to work and showed them pages in a notebook that instructed one woman to follow him to a place to have sex with him. It also contained a message instructing the woman to women not to yell or call the police because he had a gun and would shoot her. Bruh, disorderly conduct, not a strong enough charge. Okay? Whatever man or men are in these women's lives should be allowed five minutes with this guy, okay? No fair ones either. He should be allowed to get jumped. All right? Can you imagine someone walking up on your mom, sister, aunt, daughter, Okay? I need five minutes, bro. And just like Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries, I'm writing a strongly worded letter to this guy before I put my foot up his ass, okay? I want him to feel the same horror, the same terror that he made those women feel. Can you imagine? Just walking down the street and somebody hand you a note. You read it and it's telling you that if you don't come with me to have sex, I'm going to shoot you. I want him to feel the same terror those women felt. Okay? I want you to read what I'm going to do to you. You before me and my village give you some discipline, okay? Also, this is where our correctional facilities fail us, because Micah has done this before, all right? He told police in D.C. that he wanted to speak to the president. And at the time, he had a notebook saying he wanted to shoot somebody. Okay? I'm assuming that somebody was the president. And then in July, he left a note instructing a Walgreens clerk to leave money at an Italian grill and, and threaten to shoot the clerk if they did. See, the problem is, instead of chasing a life of crime, he should have been a screenwriter, okay? You should have been writing books or something. Go get your Jordan Peel on. Go get your Stephen King on. Go get your Estee Cosby on, okay? You walking around with all those notebooks, okay, writing, but don't got one album, not even a mixtape, not even a book, self published on Amazon. You're not applying yourself, Micah. Now, I think you sick in the head and need some professional help. And your ass will whip. But this is why when people like him are in custody, send them somewhere where he can get his mind right? Send them somewhere where he can get some actual help, okay? We call these places correctional facilities, but ain't no correcting going on. See if. See if therapy can work on this man. And see if we can misdirect this sick, perverted energy to something positive, okay? He walking around Baltimore, you know, doing stuff like this. He could be doing something productive like actually writing book some screenplays. In the meantime, police said that anyone who has encountered Micah should contact 911-ART of Baltimore County Police Department at 410-887-1823. Do you know that number by heart, Jess?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you should. I'm sure it's been called on you before. Please give Mike Anarta the biggest he ho. Have you heard of this young man?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I don't know Mike Onado. First of all, he is 24.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's true.

[Jess Hilarious]

So he's very young.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you would think you would have heard about somebody walking around with a notebook. Why was she the same way back in the day where you knew about the guy that used to be.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, you're right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, we had somebody like, named Bunny man. Like in what? In Baltimore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Used to be in the hood.

[Jess Hilarious]

I mean, he used to be in the woods or whatever. He used to snatch kids. That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's.

[Jess Hilarious]

That was like a whole little thing.

[DJ Envy]

Was it real?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because he used to have a bunny outfit on, like a bunny costume. Used to rip kids and take them in the woods.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For real. So why y' all never went rabbit, hun? You should have had your pistol out there looking for this little rabbit.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I'm sorry. I was like 16, so I didn't have a pistol.

[DJ Envy]

Why nobody called the police on him?

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't know. I don't know. Listen, how do we Listen with this about Mike and order. I don't know him now. I don't know him, but that is weird. I'm glad that he's in jail because that's a mental situation. You walking up just to random women. You could be tased, you could be stabbed. Somebody could have did anything to him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He should have been.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He should have been.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, but I'm saying like, yeah, he out of his mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because that's. Honestly, if somebody walks up to you with a letter and they tell you they gonna shoot you. That's self defense. Anything I do after that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Anything it should be. Anything I do after that should be self defense.

[Jess Hilarious]

And he wasn't in Baltimore City doing this. He was not. He was in Cockeysville.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Which is the county.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you that.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's where.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's more suburban. Yeah, he.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Walk down North Avenue and do it. Walk down Monroe, walk down Fulton, Walk downst Poplar Grove and do that. He wasn't. Michael Narda would have. It would have been rest in peace telling you. No, them. Them city girls don't play that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't play that in the city.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was different.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. You.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Money man was different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

He had a whole bunch of equipment from what I'm told.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What kind of equipment?

[Jess Hilarious]

Come on, come on.

[DJ Envy]

Asking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was 16. She don't remember.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, but I was even younger than that. I started hearing about him when I was like what, 10? The bunny man. Yes. He lived in the woods. Leon Day Parks, if you know. You know, people used to come to that, that it was a school right in front of the park and they said kids mysteriously used to just get snatched up by the Bunny Man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Alvin Gray never did that movie. You know what all the movies you've been doing? Alvin Green, you ain't never did the Bunny Man? No, no. The bunny who lived in the woods. Yeah. Bunny who snatched kids out the woods.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, the man dressed as a bunny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Alvin, what we doing?

[Lil Jon]

All right, all right.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for that donkey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Today I got $3,000.

[Jess Hilarious]

Victims.

[DJ Envy]

And as Charlemagne about the guy that he's talking about that used to be in New York City.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Who's the guy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I don't even know how to say. It was a dude who used to like stand outside the 4040 club and he'd be wanking.

[DJ Envy]

For real.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He came up here one time too.

[Jess Hilarious]

Just in public. Just don't care who walking around.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He came up here, make eye contact with you and just thought about going to town.

[Jess Hilarious]

Nobody called the police on him?

[DJ Envy]

Nope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They did now. You got arrested. He was out there.

[DJ Envy]

Mad times doing it though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He came back over and over.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah, that's what you're saying. They keep releasing people like that instead of putting them somewhere.

[Jay]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He can't. He caught eye contact with Envy one time. Had to come to this. Had to come to the station to get that feeling. Boy, he came up here. He was actually in the room he wanted to make, huh?

[DJ Envy]

You let him in, remember? Yeah, he was up here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't remember that one.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you let him in if he telling on himself? I ain't never read that in the book. Book. All right, Cam Newton and Ashley Nicole.

[DJ Envy]

Will be joining us. They're the co host of the new BET Show 106. And sports, it's the Breakfast Club.

[Jay]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got some special guests in the building.

[Jess Hilarious]

We do.

[DJ Envy]

We have Ashley Nicole. Welcome.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hello.

[Morgan Wood]

Hello, everyone.

[DJ Envy]

And we have Cam Newton. Welcome back.

[Jay]

What's up, bro?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where do you want to go today, Kim?

[Lil Jon]

I'm trying to tell you. We can go live and we can keep it right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We can go both ways.

[DJ Envy]

Pause.

[Lil Jon]

Where you want?

[Cam Newton]

Travis Hunter.

[Lil Jon]

Deion Sanders.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, which way you want to go, Bo Jackson.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it's a BET show. 106. And sports. Let's start. Let's start with Travis Hunter. Since you already said his name first and jumped out the box, what's your thoughts?

[Cam Newton]

Love him. Travis Hunter came through my C1N program, which is an all star team where I use football as a way to show kids or young athletes that you can change your life. Travis Hunter is a person that does not get respected enough because he has not did anything wrong. He's been exceptional on the football field and yet we couldn't find no dirt on him. So we have to attack somebody close to him. Never had a dui.

[DJ Envy]

Nope.

[Cam Newton]

Not a domestic. From what I've heard and seen and seen him firsthand, he's an unbelievable person.

[DJ Envy]

All he does is smile.

[Cam Newton]

That's all he does is smile.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, he does.

[Cam Newton]

And I was rocking with Trav when his smile wasn't even. You know what I mean? He had the crack smile and so much. So like I said, his. His younger brother Travis plays on my, my team now. And this is, this is my way of philanthropic initiative where, yeah, a lot of people can give back in their own perspective and respective ways. But for me, I use the game of football to say, hey, bro, you don't gotta rob, you ain't gotta steal, you ain't gotta, you know, sell drugs. Like, bro, this pig skin right here can take you places. It's gotten me everywhere that I ever wanted. And when I've seen Travis at his age to see how he has morphed into the individual. Now, of course, everybody's entitled to their own opinion about who he is. Oh, he a sucker, he a this, he that. He's married.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[Jay]

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[Morgan Wood]

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[Cam Newton]

He has a family. I thought that was what couple goals was supposed to be. I should take a page out of his book.

[Jess Hilarious]

But yeah, we gonna get to that.

[DJ Envy]

Why you look like that, Ashley? When he said that?

[Lil Jon]

Huh?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because he's capping like he knows exactly where he stands when he comes to that. He made it very clear. He's made it clear in a lot of last 24 hours. But I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

We had a conversation about learning your significant other's body counting names, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh no.

[DJ Envy]

But this is the thing.

[Lil Jon]

Is it not real?

[Cam Newton]

Is it not real?

[Lil Jon]

You want to know that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I need to know if you're in.

[DJ Envy]

The same industry.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ask me and.

[Jess Hilarious]

Then I'm going tell you my T.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, is where I I think I agree and disagree. Now, if it is a situation where I'll use Cam as an example since you sitting next to me, this is just an example. October 15 if John Doe has a certain profession.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct?

[Lauren LaRosa]

And there is a possibility that John Doe is going to run into into.

[Mimi Brown]

Jim do, because they're in the same.

[Lauren LaRosa]

World, then yes, I feel like that is something that you need to vocalize and you need to be honest about because you never want your person to walk into a room and everyone's in on the joke except for. Yeah, that person, right.

[DJ Envy]

You about to interview your man's ex. One, he popped down. You didn't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He laughed.

[Lil Jon]

He laughed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He got a ace of spade tug.

[DJ Envy]

What? No, no, she laughing. She's smiling or kicking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hugging you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what I'm saying. Like, if you're going to cross paths, there's a possibility for you to with someone, then yes, I think that that should be vocalized. But if it's like you're a hometown, you know, crush and they're never gonna cross, like, he don't need to know that. That's none of your business. The only things you gotta keep close to the chest. But, but, but if that's. If that's your man, y' all together, y' all building, like real life at our ages that we're doing, you gotta take him back to your hometown at some point. So I think it's certain people, certain places, certain times, right? So everybody may be a bit insane. But if you know, okay, babe, look, we going back to my homecoming hometown. But you know.

[DJ Envy]

You might go see.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Mama House, but you're not certain places, certain times. So if you taking your person you love to wherever. I think it's just a conversation of, like, in this part of my life, here was a person that may have been important because I. Especially if, you know, you could run into them because you're in these places all the time. He's not.

[Mimi Brown]

I will say this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I. I recently went to somebody that I'm like, getting to know's hometown, and he didn't point out and give me names, nothing like that. He basically said, like, we're walking into this party, they're to going. Going to be some people there that I dated in high school, whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So now you looking.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It wasn't like, is this person. This is her name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was just like, you'll be on your peas and she hugging you too long.

[DJ Envy]

She hugging you too long.

[Mimi Brown]

I feel like you gotta.

[Cam Newton]

You done turn into an owl.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, sometimes as a woman, you gotta.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Keep some secrets and some things to you and some things to yourself. Like your person doesn't know. Have to know about everything you did before, though. All you know is, I'm with you now. Like, that should be enough. I think everything Is like not realistic. You can't know every single thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I agree.

[Mimi Brown]

But.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But certain things, like if I'm walking in that party, we ain't got to do like an Instagram run through, but like, we need to have a conversation of like, okay, do you still speak to these people? Is this woman gonna walk up to me and like, yes, have friendly conversation with me? What is. What's happening? Yeah, if you're gonna be in proximity, whether it's a one off, whether it's.

[Cam Newton]

Y' all giving, Y' all giving too much.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, let's see if you can. Let's see if you can one offs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You don't need to know every.

[Cam Newton]

Are y' all still talking? The simple question is I just want to know your list.

[Lil Jon]

I don't care.

[Jay]

One off.

[DJ Envy]

Still though. You still smash my Shorty.

[Cam Newton]

I count 1 off or 10 off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It still counts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You're not telling your girl. I was in Turks and Caicos ten years ago with my boys and I hit, so.

[Lil Jon]

And that's why you business.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay?

[Cam Newton]

That's why you lead with everything, so you don't mess up a vibe because you're trying to explain. Hey, hey, before we go in here, there's a chance that DJ like, no.

[Lil Jon]

That'S not.

[Cam Newton]

And this is the thing that we all have to understand. What works for me may not work for you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's fact.

[Cam Newton]

Cinderella's shoe was fit for Cinderella. My name is Cam Newton. I can't put on Cinderella shit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know that's right.

[Cam Newton]

So that's cool. So I'm like, yo, we get into this, that'll never be me. And I love going on them comments and hitting your profile and realizing like, baby, you were never.

[Jay]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In what way?

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Cam Newton]

You have more posts than followers. There's nothing that we can relate to. I appreciate your insight. I needed that impression.

[DJ Envy]

So this show is more than sports.

[Jess Hilarious]

Going back to your. Your Turks and Caicos comment, right? Like, all right, he don't need to know about a Turk. Look, I'm going to tell you, I'm right now. My husband wanted to know if I ever had a one night stand. You know what I'm saying?

[Cam Newton]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Safe answers. That night in Turks and Caicos, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, babe.

[Cam Newton]

One.

[Jess Hilarious]

One night I did go, you know, me and my cousins went to certain Caicos and I, you know, I smashed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The behind the drinks IG profile phone number. You gotta keep something.

[Cam Newton]

A lot of times it's not even about what it is. More so than are you willing to tell me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Cam Newton]

Because now it's a deeper rooted going to go to hell with this information.

[Lil Jon]

What.

[Cam Newton]

What else are you willing to keep? Or what do you get to decide? Yeah, what's worth telling me or not? If I'm asking you what I deem is extremely surface level and extremely innocent. Because I'm not judging. I'm happy, baby.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Cam Newton]

I'm not going nowhere. I already know before me there was somebody or somebody's. Let's talk about it. I believe in a relationship, there should not be anything that's off limits. That's just me. Like, so much so that it's like, yo, nah, man, go there. But it's, it's, it's. It's certain things that I think, like, you can't really truly be in love with a person if you don't really truly know a person. And that's me. And like I said, Cinderella's shoe is for Cinderella. It's not mine.

[DJ Envy]

Now, how did y' all get together? How did y' all decide to do this show?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It kind of just happened. I mean, I don't know, our experiences were a little bit bit different or maybe it was the same. So I was in the middle of the NBA playoffs. I also work for CBS Sports, and I got a call that they were doing castings and kind of test shoots, pairings in LA last minute. Can you fly to la?

[DJ Envy]

Kinda can't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm in the middle of the playoffs. Like, big deal, can't move. Cam and I did ours virtually. He was actually in LA and met with a whole list of people from so many guys that we know and women that we know that doing their things in individual industries. And Cam and I even virtually just had a chemistry that was just drastically different than what he had with anyone when he was in la. And obviously he can speak to that more. And it just kind of snowballed from there. And the whole process was. He announced at the BET Awards, and then it was just kind of like a waiting game until this point. And now we're in the 11th hour, really excited. But, yeah, your situation in LA obviously was different than mine.

[Cam Newton]

Virtually, it was a process and it was something that I was new to because typically is, we want you for this. Going about business now in this phase of my life is something that I will always remember. And everything that you do is earned. Nobody. This entitled mentality of like, man, I'm Cam Newton, first pick, Heisman Trophy winner, like, mvp. Like, man, nobody care nothing about that now. It's like how you can position yourself and are you qualified to have this? Are you talented enough to have this? Can you far exceed just football and tap into the unknown of the culture? Hey, can you talk politics? If you had the opportunity to. Hey, can you talk about home goods? Can you talk about fashion? Can you talk about lifestyle things? And when you start to really dive into, hey, this is something that I really want to do and take serious. You have to go out on a limb and take sacrifices. Right. So, yeah, I had to prove. Went to la. Ashley, obviously, was one of the first persons.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You were my first.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[T]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But that sounds crazy. We taking that clip. We're taking that clip. We're gonna see how y' all deal with it. We're taking that clip.

[Lil Jon]

Go ahead.

[Cam Newton]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And he said, yep. You know, we had.

[Cam Newton]

We had that as something where. Okay, that was a good icebreaker. It was probably 15, 20 minutes, and that's when my day kind of started, I think, you know, a question was posed to me and often asked, like, what's my superpower? And some would say probably football. But I think really, for me, I've never met a stranger. Like, I've really genuinely talked, like, talking and really hearing people out. I went to school, study sociology, so I took a lot of psychology classes as well, and didn't really know how much of a nerd that I really was. And doing it my way, it wasn't that, you know.

[Jay]

Nah, bro.

[Cam Newton]

I'm from Atlanta. You know, Twin, you feel like, nah, it's like, nah, I. I can really, you know, learn a thing or two, and that has helped me in places and positions. So when you see me on Funky Friday, fourth one now, you know, with, you know, Ashley and 106 in sports, this will bring out a different element of. Of what we're used to seeing Cam Newton.

[DJ Envy]

I know you gotta go. I know you have a question.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, one question. So first, congratulations on your deal with espn. A first take.

[Cam Newton]

Yes, ma'.

[Jess Hilarious]

Am.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So I know when. When everything happened with Shannon Sharpen and your deal was announced, people made it seem like you were, like, the replacement because he was gonna no longer be there. And I know he's a mentor to you. How has just navigating that dynamic or even that conversation been for you? Because even when you, say, spoke about it, you made sure that you were, like, you know, you were very thoughtful of how you spoke on both sides of it. Like, you were fair to her and fair to him.

[Cam Newton]

Who was her?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The alleged victim.

[Cam Newton]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Like, I. I speak of about my personal relationships with individuals not to condone or, you know, support wrongness. That's not the case. If somebody feels that God blessed me with an opportunity off of somebody else.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, OOP dee doo.

[Cam Newton]

Now I know Shannon Sharpe. Shannon Sharpe has helped me in my career immensely. You can't have me talk bad on that person because I look up to him in a way, and I judge my content off of some of the things that he does. I can call Shannon Sharpe right now. I can reach out to Ocho right now. You can't make me hate Nightcap. No. Any different than Club Shay Shay. You can't make me hate that. Hey, it is what it is. Nor can make me hate the pivot. You can't make me hate any other platform that I see, anybody that has my complexion. Because I think what we get misguided with is this is not competition and content. It's just my next collaboration. It's not. I ain't competing with you, bro. Like, first take, Stephen A. Smith calls me. He's like, hey, man, I'm gonna give you two options. Which one you want to do? You can either do this, or you could do this. Do that now. And I said, no, no, no, Stephen A. Like, tell me what you want. It was that. It's like, hey, man, like, how can I be better? Give me my month review. Hey, man, you got to get to your points faster. This is live tv. People are watching and expecting you to get to your point. Now, it's not no fourth and one type of tone where you can build up the story. It's like, no, bro, because I. I need. I need innuendos. I need. I need cues. And you guys have been working together where, you know, like, okay, okay, she's about to wrap it up. Or he's about to kind of bring it to a close. We're trying to study each other, but we also need to have the ratings and the reviews to be entertaining.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Cam Newton]

So it's unfortunate what, you know, Shannon Sharp went through, but for me, I respect him with the. The media empire that he's creating and is. Have created or creating. He's extremely brilliant. And when it comes to Stephen A. Smith, he's a person that is a machine. A machine. And we had our discussion about him yesterday, and I think he's been very intentional about how people view him. It's extremely intentional. It's like, yo, he moved you. And I've been saying this on this press run. It's like, I want to move people emotionally. Like, when people look at this thing, like, I Want them to.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why is he talking again?

[Cam Newton]

Y' all keep putting the mic in front of his face. Why, like, next.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I moved you.

[Cam Newton]

You gave me that comment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Cam Newton]

Checkmate. Oh, man, that's my boy Cam, bro. Where I get one of them hats at? Hey, where you get the swag from? I moved you. That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Checkmate.

[Cam Newton]

So when you start looking at what you're doing holistically as a business and not just a hobby, that's when you're going to start seeing the greatness in people. So. So shout out to Shannon Sharpe, you know, praying for that situation to be resolved. From what we know, it has been. Nobody was hurt, and, you know, we go from there.

[DJ Envy]

I can't wait to see how BET edits y'.

[Lil Jon]

All.

[DJ Envy]

I can't see. Don't say why.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Don't wrote me in. First ever Countdown show. So did they develop a new format for y'? All? It's not live. Is it live in front of a live audience? Live audience. Okay, but how do they package it?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz they're gonna be wrapping Cam up like crazy. You got to rope him in crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

But I really love the, like, the casting for it. I love Cam, and I love you with Cam. I love that. Yeah, they needed somebody that was time enough for your ass and your mouth. Who can counter? Yeah, you were supposed to send me a hat two years ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You sent me your hat size.

[Cam Newton]

And I know it's tough with all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The designs and the different. You know what I mean?

[Cam Newton]

Like, what you gonna go with today?

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, check it out.

[Cam Newton]

October 15th.

[DJ Envy]

They wrapping him up now. October 15th. Ashley Nicole, Cam Newton, host of BET's new show, 106 in Sports. Check it out, and you guys can come up anytime. You have more time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First take is y' all gonna be at the Norfolk Dell State game, too, at the Eagles Stadium. You gonna be there, Cam. No, you're not coming.

[Cam Newton]

Pay attention to see if you see me or not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, I'll be there. I'mma be there.

[Cam Newton]

Give me that view.

[DJ Envy]

That view, ladies and gentlemen. All right, it's Ashley Nicole, Cam Newton. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Jay]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She gets the details.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on.

[Cam Newton]

The.

[Lil Jon]

Latest with Lauren Lorenzo Rosa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So, Kyron Lacy. We talked earlier this week or the other day, actually, about Kyron Lacy's attorney, Matthew Ory, releasing video to clear Kyron Lacy's name in the car crash that killed a 78 year old man named Herman Hall. Now, in response to this video that was posted in Matthew Ory's video basically showed kyren Lacey's car 100 yards away from the crash. The accident happens and then. And then he says his car goes by.

[Cam Newton]

Correct.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So the Louisiana State Police have now released additional video in response to that video and in response to the video of the coercion that they were alleging that was happening. And we have audios and you know, all the things. But I just want to set the tone by saying, I think, think with the Louisiana State Police are trying to make it, or trying to make it clear that they didn't coerce anybody. But this back and forth to me, I, I just feel like it's in bad practice. And we did speak to Kyren Lacey's mom and we'll get to that as well too. But let's start with.

[DJ Envy]

Well, first you said they released their own video, so does their own video show anything different?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Louisiana State Police's video that they recently released shows Kyren Lacey's car driving by or trying to pass cars in a lane. And they're alleging that because he. She went by these cars. There was a woman who had to swerve and then she hit the man who. That died. Yeah, that was killed. And you. They have audio from this woman as she's on the ground of her telling police what happened. Okay. And then there's also witnesses while the ladies laying on the ground who were there that are also accounting for what the police are saying happened, which is Kyron, Kyron's car swerving around the other cars in the lane. Let's take a listen to that.

[Cam Newton]

Way.

[Lil Jon]

There was a green Charger that. The green Charger caused all this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The green, the green Charger collided with these cars.

[Lil Jon]

He went around the truck and she had no choice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said something about a green Charger. What, who, who told you something about a green Charger?

[Lil Jon]

What did you see happen?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He went to pass me car around the curve.

[DJ Envy]

All right, calm down.

[Lil Jon]

I got, he had, he had his brother.

[Cam Newton]

That was that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was taken to the emergency room.

[Lil Jon]

To hospital or something like that.

[Jay]

Chemo, something like that.

[Lil Jon]

But I got his number also to verify this.

[Cam Newton]

No, cuz he was the part that.

[DJ Envy]

Was in front of her when that green Charger came.

[Lil Jon]

So he jammed on breaks, she was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Coming down, they was going that way. She went to Dodge missing and that's when she came on.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And she. He's referring to is the woman who hit the man who passed away. And she's laying on the ground at this time. Now, I want y' all to listen to the. Because we didn't have this audio the other day. I want y' all to listen to the audio of a, a person who witnessed the crash that police were trying to talk to that Kyron Lacy's attorney released. Let's take a listen to that.

[Mimi Brown]

That.

[Lil Jon]

Don't worry about filling any, any of this top information like your name, address.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't worry about any of that. Just right here, if you could. I'll just have you write exactly what you saw. Just make sure to include, you know, where you were. I don't even know what the name of the highways. So Highway 20, you know that you just.

[Jay]

All right, me and my wife going to figure out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, and just make sure you add.

[Lil Jon]

In there that you had to slam on your brakes and the brakes like, you know, you had to slam on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The brakes to, to avoid that charger and the brakes locked up to avoid that charger.

[Morgan Wood]

That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, excuse my commitment.

[Jay]

I wasn't even gone.

[Lil Jon]

That lady in the back of me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She didn't show what's happening. That's how she called that record.

[Jay]

She.

[Lil Jon]

She was running the back of me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She pulled on the other side.

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Lil Jon]

But the, the Charger was coming right at you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct. And that's why you had this on when you break the head on with you. So, yeah, just make sure you include that. And that's very important because we're trying.

[Lil Jon]

To locate this charger right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So just include that in the state.

[Lil Jon]

Statement and I'll read it over and then I'll be out of here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I think about? When should you interview people immediately after a traumatic car crash? Because they might not even have their wits about them. They might be disoriented. They might not even know. Know what they saw. Everything might be a blur to them. Is that the time to actually have that conversation? Like, immediately?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because the lady that actually hit hall, who's the man who passed away, she's literally laying on the ground when they're talking to her.

[Lil Jon]

Her.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And in that moment, I don't know if she's even, you know, she's coherent.

[Jay]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

The only thing with that is people forget so fast. So if they don't ask immediately and you ask a couple days later, now you allow them to calculate too many different things. In their mind that they might not have really happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

It happens all the time. When something happens, you're able to do it. But now when you go back a week later, you'd be like, damn, did that really happen?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So that's why they ask people immediately.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I. Go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're right. People do forget too fast. But sometimes they may not even really remember what happened. Like, accidents happened fast, like, or Noah. You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, I reached out to Kyron Lacey's mom, and she said to me, I asked her, you know, was there any response to what police just released in response to you guys, you know, trying to clear your son's name? And she said, hey, Lauren, thank you so much for reaching out at this time. The response video, Mr. Ori, who's their attorney, that video that he posted, that is our response. I will keep in touch if anything changes. So there, you know, know, at this point, for them and for Kyron, Kyron's family, it's. We said what we said and what you guys are seeing play out. This is how we feel. And, you know, they want his name to be cleared.

[DJ Envy]

The only problem I do have is, is even if he was driving reckless and going around cars, whatever.

[Cam Newton]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

And the reason I say whatever is the accident happened before he got there.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

And you can tell it's at least 2, 3 seconds he was behind me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he wasn't driving reckless, though. I mean, from the video I saw, there was nothing reckless about it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To alleging that he went in the opposite lane to get around cars.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was trying. It looked like he was trying to get around the accident.

[DJ Envy]

No, before that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I didn't see that before that.

[DJ Envy]

Some other video released. But regardless, the accident happened way before that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Anyway, that's what his attorney is. Post a video of the show. And Kyron's mom's name is Ms. Candace Washington. So that's who we spoke with. But yeah, so now there's this back and forth playing out in the public, and at the end of the day, I think, you know, it's the investigation has to.

[Jess Hilarious]

To, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Answer this. But they're fighting back. They want to clear his name.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's horrible, man.

[Jay]

That's very hard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's horrible. I don't even know who to point the finger at in this situation. This man just. This young man just really got done dirty by the system. He did. And it's just like a sorry doesn't suffice. Yeah. And Apollo, a police officer saying I'm wrong doesn't suffice. I don't even know what you do in a situation like this. This young man is not here no more. He killed himself.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Committed suicide. And we won't even never know what he was dealing with.

[Jay]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That made him even say, you know what, man? I can't. I. I can't take this. If everybody thinks I did something that I clearly did not do.

[DJ Envy]

Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn. My whole career is derailed now because y' all think I did something that I didn't do. And I'm telling y' all I didn't do it. There's video saying I didn't do it. And y' all still don't believe me.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My God, rest in peace to that.

[DJ Envy]

Young man and condolences to his family. It's just. It's just sad. This is very tragic. All right, well, that is the latest with Lauren. Now when we come back, we got the mix. Of course, Little John was here earlier, so we're gonna get some Little John joints on. 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Lil Jon]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Salute to Lil John for joining us this morning, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cultural icon. I mean, you talk about people who defined a whole era. Era of music. Like, I. I really don't think people understand who Little John is. Even when you talk about, like, top five hip hop personalities ever. Yes. You know, when you think of hip hop personality, you think like Tupac, you think Snoop Dogg. You gotta put Little John up there.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, the guy got spoofed. You know what I'm saying? He had such a big personality that Dave Chappelle. Chappelle could spoof him. And people knew who the hell Dave Chappelle was talking about. Lil John is as. He different, man.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hell, yeah.

[Lil Jon]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And if you want to see him perform live, you can check him out at our Atlanta Jingle Ball 96.1. That's December 18th. Get your tickets. Little John will be performing. Jermaine Dupree will be performing. Nelly, Molly, Big Extra Plug, just to name a few. So if you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. And also salute to Cam Newton and Ashley Nicole for joining us 106. In sports.

[Jess Hilarious]

They gonna drive them readings up. The way they argue back and forth.

[Cam Newton]

That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

I like her, though. Cause Shane. Shane will back down from none of his points.

[DJ Envy]

She's definitely not backing.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I love that.

[Lil Jon]

Too.

[DJ Envy]

Now it's time to get up out of here. This weekend, you upstate, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep, upstate in Syracuse and Albany. So Friday we got two shows at the Funny Bone Comedy Club in Syracuse and then the next day hopping over to Albany, New York. I'm also at the Funny Bone Comedy Club there. We got two shows as well. Jocelyosofficial.com get your tickets. I will be doing meet and greet ups today. State can't wait to see y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

All right now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do. I just want to remind people too, man. This Saturday, October 11th from 11am to 4pm at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center. It is my fifth annual mental wealth Expo, man. So make sure you go register to be there. Mentalwealthexpo.com Some of the best mental health professionals in the business will be there. Dr. Rita Walker, Dr. J. Barnett, Dr. Alfie Breland Noble, Jason Wilson Elliot Connie Deontay, Dante wilder, Queen of Fua. Dr. Lakeisha Hallman will be there. I mean a whole host of people. So go to mentalwealthexpo.com to register to be there. You don't have to register, but it's recommended. And we'll see you this Saturday from 11am to 4pm in Newark, New Jersey. Now, the positive note is this. Hey, I need you to know that the person that broke you cannot fix you. Okay? I repeat, the person that broke you cannot fix you. Stop waiting for them to fix you. They are the person that broke you, you stupid. Have a great day. Breakfast Club bitches.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

This weekend, one of the homies mentioned.

[Lil Jon]

He closed on a new crib.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

While everyone's asking about a housewarming, you're asking the real questions. Like who is his State Farm agent?

[Lil Jon]

See, home ownership is one thing, but the right coverage is the real game changer. It's how you Protect your land legacy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A State Farm agent can help you with finding the right coverage for your.

[Lil Jon]

New place and even help you file a claim over the phone, in person, online, or on the app.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're ready to help you and they.

[Lil Jon]

Don'T drop the ball. You know what I mean? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Morgan Wood]

Hate never did anybody any good. Hate is harmful to the hated and the hater alike. Hate is poison in the heart and mind and a horror to all of humankind. That's why hate must stop with us. Right now, our Jewish neighbors are facing an unprecedented wave of hate simply for existing. Families are being harassed, people are being attacked, synagogues are vandalized, homes destroyed simply because the people are who they are. People claim the hatred is justified, but no hatred against another ever really is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why?

[Morgan Wood]

Because hate against one community spreads to other communities. And if it can happen to them, it can happen to us. It has happened to us, and it has to stop. Black, Jewish, Latino, and Muslim, we must stand together against hate. We must say loud and clear that we will not let hate win. Don't be ignorant and indifference. Educate yourself and rise [e-mail].

[Lil Jon]

Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got.

[DJ Envy]

The chance to hang out with Diplo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Bailey Zimmerman while I was there.

[DJ Envy]

How did Ashes come together, Diplo?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour.

[DJ Envy]

You're about to jump in your tour bus.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we had like three hours.

[Lil Jon]

It was really cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He literally just like randomly showed up.

[Lil Jon]

To my house and I'm like, oh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that.

[Lil Jon]

I want to show you. And I was like, okay, you can.

[DJ Envy]

Listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcast.

[Lil Jon]

And big shout out to my friends.

[DJ Envy]

At Hyundai for making this possible.

[Lil Jon]

Had a blast cruising around festival weekend.

[DJ Envy]

In the all new Palisade hybrid.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is an iHeart podcast.