INTERVIEW: YG Talks 'THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB,' Vulnerability, Evolution, L.A. Street Politics, Grief + More

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – Interview with YG on 'THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB,' Vulnerability, Evolution, L.A. Street Politics, Grief + More

Show: The Breakfast Club (The Black Effect Podcast Network & iHeartPodcasts)
Date: July 8, 2026
Host(s): DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee
Guest: YG (rapper)
Special Guest: Lauren London

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on a candid and multi-layered interview with rapper YG about his new album, "The Gentlemen’s Club." The discussion dives into his personal evolution, navigating vulnerability, overcoming past trauma, and the complexities of L.A. street politics. YG opens up about shedding his old self and redefining his narrative as an artist and man. The episode also touches on grief, masculinity, fatherhood, creative risks, and being authentic in both music and life.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Meaning Behind "The Gentlemen’s Club"

• Inspiration & Wordplay:
  • YG clarifies the album is not about strip clubs but about "grown man growth," creating a space (metaphorical club) for men to talk openly about things men don't usually discuss.
  • Quote:

    "The gentleman's club...for me, like, it mean grown man growth. The club is a place you can come and we can talk as men...about things that men don't normally speak about." – YG (04:00-04:28)

  • Entry to this "club" is symbolically by killing off your old self.

2. Artistic Evolution & Escaping Labels

• Moving Beyond the “OG Street Version":

  • YG discusses being typecast because of his history and music style but emphasizes his artistic ambitions and desire to show he’s more than just a “gangsta rapper.”
  • Quote:

    "I had to get this off my chest, you know what I'm saying, to move forward." – YG (05:18)

  • He deliberately held back while under a bad label deal, a common industry struggle, waiting to create real, complete albums until he was free.

• Advice from Kendrick Lamar:

  • Relates a conversation with Kendrick about not rushing projects just to exit contracts.
  • Quote:

    "I'm just doing that, like, to get out my deal, and [Kendrick] like, yeah, you tripping. And I'm like, yeah, I know." – YG (07:50)

3. Self-Examination & Reputation

• Conscious Image Shift:
  • YG began introspecting on how he was perceived (“super blood, gang, gang, gang") and realized he needed to intentionally show other facets of himself: a father, businessman, fashion-forward artist.
  • Quote:

    "I'm like a dad. I got, like, two, three businesses...That's all y'all think? ...All I know is crash out, like burnt, fried shit...but that's just not it." – YG (10:14-11:38)

4. Vulnerability and the Music

• Killing the Old Self:

  • The album uses recurring themes: self-destruction, insecurity, midlife crisis—the journey of outgrowing harmful patterns.
  • Standout Tracks:
    • Hitman and Ready to Die: metaphors for killing the old self.
    • Insecure: YG addresses anxiety, sexual performance insecurities, and personal doubts—topics rarely addressed in his scene.
      • Quote:

        "We be having insecurities...like, you gotta get through that shit. You gotta get over that shit...insecurities is some...that you gotta kill too." – YG (18:11-18:46)

    • Features JID and Ab-Soul, whose high-level verses pushed YG.

• Addressing Real-life Grief:

  • Grieves friend Slim’s death amidst rumors and LA drama, details organizing his friend's obituary and dealing with the emotional load.

5. Complexities of L.A. Street Politics

• Living in the City:
  • Unlike many peers, YG chooses to stay in L.A., which keeps him exposed to risk (both physically and emotionally), but says it’s fundamentally who he is.
  • Quote:

    "Most everybody who becomes successful from where they from...they leave...When you a n***a from LA...we ain't leaving...this the place everybody want to move to." – YG (25:55)

  • The tension between the excitement/danger of LA life, the real consequences, and his responsibility as a father.
  • Quote:

    "It's all fun and games until it get bad. I'm just blessed...still here." – YG (34:20)

6. Fatherhood & Family

• On Being a Present Father:
  • YG’s children, particularly his daughter's personality ("she be like, what’s up 400"), show the collision of legacy and responsibility. Despite LA’s dangers, moving isn't in his plans—unless for his daughter's tennis career.

7. Leadership & Rebuilding 400 Label

• Lessons in Mentoring:
  • Formerly too close with signed artists, YG now adopts more professional boundaries to encourage success.

8. Bold Storytelling & Creative Risk (The “Tiffany” Record)

• Controversy & Social Commentary:
  • “Tiffany” tells a story inspired by real men’s trauma, including sexual abuse, reflecting community taboos and the challenge of speaking on them.
  • Reception was largely positive for its candor, but sparked debate, especially regarding narratives about transgender people.
  • Quote:

    "I'm an artist. I'm storytelling...it's a real situation that happens...I ended up telling both sides..." – YG (41:40-42:56)

  • Emphasizes not promoting hate, just real lived experience, hoping art can spark discourse and healing.

9. Tribute to Nipsey Hussle

• Influence & Grief:
  • Nipsey’s legacy looms large throughout YG’s process, both as inspiration and a void.
  • Quote:

    "Nipsey would really be proud of you, bro...of the evolution and you opening up in that way." – Charlamagne (47:12)

  • YG expresses the absence he feels and awareness that what they built musically and as men is irreplaceable.
  • Discusses how the visual and touring plans for the album are inspired by the narrative grandeur of artists like Michael Jackson.

10. Personal Growth & Letting Go

• What Needed to “Die” Internally:
  • YG admits that “revenge” and his impulsive, crash-out behavior had to go for him to truly grow into a gentler, more conscious man.
  • Quote:

    "I'm like, if you got some weird energy, I'm going the other way...cause if I don't, I'll crash out. I don't want no smoke, man, I'm chilling." – YG (51:51-53:11)

11. Relationships & Twists in Storytelling

• YG discloses the "Dinner Dates and Heartbreaks" track stems from his personal experience with infidelity—though, as he warns, the truth in his art is always "twisted up."

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On Breaking the Mold:

  “The only way you get into the gentlemen’s club, you gotta kill your old self.” — YG (03:32-04:28)

• On L.A. Life:

  "Being a real n***a, you still pulling up...it get tricky. It get tricky." — YG (31:18-33:12)

• On Art as Social Healing:

  “Art is supposed to create some type of discomfort...” — Charlamagne (46:27)

• On Growing Up:

  “The biggest thing I had to kill was revenge...my solution always be crash out...Now I go the other way.” — YG (51:51-53:11)

• Nipsey’s Influence:

  “Nipsey would really be proud of you, bro.” — Charlamagne (47:12)

• How the Tiffany Track Was Perceived:

  “You did that. You took us on a crazy story journey...with the pen.” — Anonymous Fan Feedback, recounted by YG (43:31)

• Personal Vulnerability:

  “We be having insecurities...like, you gotta get through that shit...insecurities is some...that you gotta kill too.” — YG (18:11-18:46)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• [03:03] Meaning of “The Gentlemen’s Club”
• [04:30-05:23] Growth and vulnerability
• [06:03-07:16] Bad label deal, industry pressures
• [07:43-08:16] Advice from Kendrick Lamar
• [08:28-11:41] Realization of personal evolution
• [12:28-15:05] Killing off the old self, Hitman & Ready to Die explained
• [16:08-20:38] Discussing “Insecure,” anxiety, and masculinity
• [21:04-22:26] “We Know the Truth” and Internet rumors
• [24:11-25:20] Dealing with grief after Slim’s death
• [25:21-35:05] Navigating LA street politics and why YG stays
• [36:49-38:55] Evolution of the 400 label, lessons from leadership
• [38:55-44:16] The “Tiffany” record, sexual trauma in the community, creative risk
• [47:12-49:21] Nipsey Hussle’s legacy on YG’s journey
• [51:43-53:19] Growth, letting go of revenge, personal changes
• [53:21-54:13] “Dinner Dates and Heartbreaks” backstory

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Conclusion

YG’s interview on The Breakfast Club is a revealing exploration of personal and artistic maturity. Using his album The Gentlemen’s Club as a springboard for discussing vulnerability, street culture, grief, and growth, he models a new masculinity—one where honesty, discomfort, and healing take center stage. The conversation is rich with authentic moments, humor, and hard-won wisdom, making this episode unmissable for fans and anyone interested in human evolution through art.

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For full context, listen to the uncut interview where YG discusses more on the album, creative process, and his insights into manhood, healing, and survival in LA's complex world.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every day I wake up. Wake your ass up.

[YG]

The Breakfast Club Finished or y' all done?

[DJ Envy]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed, ladies and gentlemen, yg.

[DJ Envy]

Welcome back, brother.

[YG]

What up, witty? What up? What up?

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How's your energy this morning, brother?

[YG]

I'm good. I feel good.

[DJ Envy]

You just landed. You just. You just arrived right here?

[YG]

Yeah, something like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You dress like that on the plane?

[YG]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sounds like. I know they pulled you to the side.

[YG]

No, no, no, no, no. I just put this on, though, you know what I'm saying? It's the fit right here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The album. The gentleman's club.

[YG]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is that the new way that the say therapy? The therapist's office?

[YG]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[YG]

Pretty much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[YG]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Well, break it down. Well, break it down. The meaning of gentleman's club and why you called it that. Cause the first thing people are going to think is when you see gentleman's

[YG]

club, strip club, booty club, titty ball,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

you gotta list it out.

[DJ Envy]

But it's a lot different from that. So break down. Why you play with the words like that?

[YG]

So, like, I took the gentleman's club concept, you know what I'm saying? Cause, like, I'm known for, like, party music and all that, so it's like, all right, bet. But I put a little twist on it, you know what I'm saying? Like. Like the gentleman's club, like, with the album, like, for me, like, it mean grown man growth, you know what I'm saying? And, like, with the concept of the album, I got, like, I built the world. It's like the gentleman's club is like a place you can come and we can talk as men, you know what I'm saying? Talk about things that men don't normally speak about, you know what I'm saying? And the entrance. How you get in this club, you know what I'm saying? You got to kill your old self, you know what I'm saying? So that's your entry. Like, so. Yeah, bro, I just played with it. Like, you know, I put the dress code with it. Black tie, fair.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love the concept, man. Did you ever feel trapped by. By a version of yourself like that? The OG street version? I guess.

[YG]

Yeah, for sure. Like, I'm. I don't want to say I feel trapped, but, like, you know, I was doing that and giving the world that for so long. Like, people started to think, you know what I'm saying, that was all I had, or, you know what I'm saying, that was all I knew how to do, you know what I'm saying? And I really be on some artist shit, so I'm like, all right, this album right here I'm finna let y' all know, like, I'm more than that, you know what I'm saying? You can look at me, like, different, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. So I had to, like. I had to get this off my chest, you know what I'm saying, to move forward, you know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

Was it hard to be that vulnerable getting those things? Was it difficult?

[YG]

I feel like I held back for so long on talking about just a lot of stuff due to, like, my situation with the labels and shit, you know what I'm saying? I was holding back a lot. So, like, when I finally was like, yeah, I'm going there. I'm finna do this. I was ready. I'm like, bet. Let's talk, you know what I'm saying? And then I was just going through life at the time, so, like. Like, it felt good to, like, you know what I'm saying? Busting records down, like.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So did the label tell you not to do it? Was they specific with, like, we only want club records from you? Were they specific with telling you what to do or what they wanted to put money into us?

[YG]

No, no, no, no, no. So I was just, like. I was just going through, like, me finding out, like, what type of deal I was in, you know what I'm saying? And when I found that out, like, early on, like, I told myself and all my peoples, I'm like, look, I'm not really giving no real albums, and. And so I'm finna just drop projects until I get out my deal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's using a bad deal.

[YG]

Oh, hell yeah. Just like most everybody, you know what I'm saying? But I just basically chose to crash out, like, you know what I'm saying? I just. I'm finna just run this shit up. But, like, what I was doing, it basically hurt me in the long run, like, how I felt, you know what I'm saying? But I made sure on every project I dropped, you know what I'm saying? I got a hit. That's mandatory. But as far as putting together four complete albums, like, how my Crazy Life Was and all that, I wasn't on that at all. I'm like, no, I'm not doing that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, you can't do that. The reason you can't do that is because of my crazy life. My crazy life was such a complete body of work from top to bottom with the skits and the storytelling. You can't.

[DJ Envy]

You.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We expect that from you at this point. That's.

[YG]

You feel Me. That's why I said I crashed out. Because, you know, it's like. Or you was mad at your situation, but it's like, you know what I'm saying? You just start doing whatever, and people started looking at you like that. You know what I'm saying? So that's. That's what I was doing.

[Angela Yee]

I saw that you said you had a conversation with Kendrick about not putting out, like, rushing to get through albums to get out of a deal.

[YG]

Yeah, we were talking about this same situation.

[Angela Yee]

Oh, so it was in the midst of all of this. So was he hearing the music and he came to you like, yo, just hear some advice.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jess.

[YG]

No, no, no. So I was just telling him, like. Like the whole, like. Like the. Like the. The whole concept of the album and my intentions and my goals, you know? And then, like, I just explained the same thing. Like, yeah, I was just doing that, like, to get out my deal, and I'm like, yeah, you tripping. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, yeah, I know.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When did you realize, yg, that you actually needed to evolve instead of just survive,

[YG]

Man? I realized that, like, 2020, like, two, three. But I started working on this album 2024. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what happened in your life that made, like, self examination important? Like. Like, more so than just self preservation? Like, what made you finally take that step back and start doing that inner work?

[YG]

I think, like, the situation, like, I was just explaining, like. Like, I asked people. Like. Like, I started asking people this question, like, 2021, 2022. Like, I'm like, when you think of YG, would you. Would you, like, what's the first thing that come up in your mind? You know what I'm saying? And I'm asking, like, homies, females, people I work with. I'm saying, I'm just asking people and everybody, like, super blood, pomp,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

gang, gang, gang.

[Angela Yee]

And seeing you maneuver, it's literally that part. Partying, Hard bottoms.

[DJ Envy]

Nah, but when you just said it, I. The first thing I thought I was, like, the first thing that came to my mind was blood. That's the first thing that came to my mind when I thought about yg. The second is the music.

[Lauren London]

The first, honestly, his style. We got a very particular style. I think you dressed like Michael Jackson

[YG]

back in the day. Yeah, so, yeah, so like.

[Lauren London]

Prince, he would have been like, no, hold up. But Michael Jackson is who I feel like.

[YG]

Yeah, yeah, no, yeah. Hey, that's a compliment.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[YG]

But, yeah, I asked you, like, I asked people that question, and you Know they were saying that. And then I'm just like, at this time, I'm like, damn. I'm like a fashion. I'll be dressing. I'm like a dad. I got, like, two, three businesses. I'm running, like, myself. Like, you feel me? That's all y' all think. You know what I'm saying? And then I had to, like. So I'm asking, like, why do y' all think that they like, well, bro, that's all we see. We get on the Internet, we see news clips. We see you in red. We see gang. We see homies dying. We see you. And I was like, damn, you right? Like. And then when it comes to the music. Right when it comes to the music, you know what I'm saying? Like, I've been given the same in the videos. And, like, that's all they seen is. It's just all that. You know what I'm saying? So I was like, all right, like, I gotta intentionally go and show y' all and give y' all me in a different, like, way. You know what I'm saying? So for me, when I came with the whole gentleman's club, I'm like, yeah, I'm finna. Black tie, fear, dress code, you know what I'm saying? Everything black and white. We on some grown shit, but don't get it up. Like. Like, what you think of me? All that. Yeah, I'm. Yeah, I'm not for sure, you know what I'm saying? But it's like, that's just not it.

[Lauren London]

You more than that.

[YG]

Yeah, I'm more than that.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[YG]

You know, so. Yeah, that's what happened, bro.

[DJ Envy]

And how has the change been for you? Because we see. We've seen the change. We've seen you dress up. We've seen you step outside of the box before Moore did. Has it been well received or.

[YG]

Oh, yeah, people. Yeah, no, they. They. You understand. Like, I've been. I've been on some other. Like, she's just mentioning, like. And I've been dressing like how I've been dressing for a long time, you know what I'm saying? So, like, like, people already know, like, if you know me, if you around me, you already know, like, yeah, that ain't gonna smother. But as far as me as an artist, like, what I've been giving to the world, like, music. Music videos and all that, I've been giving them the same, you know, so. But I've been on some other shit. Yeah, two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two of the best moments on the album, you know? Because they kind of crystallize. Crystallize. The album is course hitman and ready to die, right? Because as you said, you know, you got to kill off an old version of yourself. Do you think you have to always kill off the old version of yourself to become who you supposed to be?

[YG]

I mean, like, when you come from, like, places like I come from, and your lifestyle is. With your lifestyle is. And you. You learned like, a lot of things that you learn in the Streets. Like, I feel like to get to that next point in, like, life and like, like being grown, like, you definitely got to kill yourself. Because all. All I know is crash out like burnt fried shit. You know what I'm saying? That's. And I think we all think that's regular and it's normal. And then you know when you, like when you hit a certain age and you just start looking at, like, life and like, damn, like, when you start really breaking down, like, wait, how this happened? What happened? And it's like, well, you crashed out. Yeah. You responded to this like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You.

[YG]

Yeah, you. You understand. Like, you really. You shouldn't have been up over there like that. Or your homie, he was sitting in. But like, why is he still over there? It's really. You know what I'm saying? You got to deal with yourself. So I felt like when you come from the streets, you gang banging, whatever, you know what I'm saying? You gotta unlearn a lot of the shit that we was taught, you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree wholeheartedly, but the Streets won't let you do that. A lot of times the Streets, like, you may not be on that no more, but we.

[DJ Envy]

Are we still on it.

[YG]

Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, yeah, the Streets is gonna, like, the Streets is gonna for sure be the Streets. But it's like, bro, like, I feel like everybody from where I'm from, bro, they already know. It's like, bro, I done did the Streets all the way up. Like, so it's like the only thing that'll come next for me. Like, still trying to do the streets up. Like, not musically, but like, in real life. Like, it's like I'm end up dead or in jail. Like, so it's like. And like everybody know this, you know what I'm saying? So it was like, I gotta pass. Like, you feel me? That's how I feel. But like, you feel me. This album is not like this whole era. This album is not like, oh, I'm a square now. Like, it ain't that what you're doing

[Charlamagne Tha God]

now is more gangster than anything you've ever done.

[YG]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because you have to let go of that old version of yourself that probably served as like, a mask, right? Like a shield, protection, that armor. Now you saying, nah, I can't use that no more. That don't serve me no more. So here's me, the real me that's more vulnerable and more G than anything else.

[YG]

Yeah.

[Lauren London]

The Tyler creator record, that was like, totally different from what we usually get from yg. How did that collaboration come about,

[YG]

how that collab come?

[Lauren London]

It's lit, though. It's just different. I'm like, okay,

[YG]

yeah, no, when I. Like when I made the record, Ty produced the beat. He made the beat. I went in there, did the song, and then I'm whispering and I'm just like, whoever I put on this song, it gotta be an artist that know how to, like, play with his voice or just do some different shit, right? So Tyler was one of the first motherfuckers I thought about and I sent it to, bro. And then this nigga sent it back and he ain't even whispering. I'm like, what the fuck? Like, this nigga just did the whole opposite. But you feel me? That's why it's a good balance. Exactly like, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, like, yeah, that's how that happened.

[Lauren London]

That's what's up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One of my favorite songs on the album is Insecure, right? Because I think that you talking about anxiety in a very relatable way sounds insecure, as I want to this, but I'm scared thinking how early I might nut.

[YG]

You can tell he's been there before. You can tell he's been there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We all have things to insecure. That's why off the liquor. That's why I pop dick pills when I hit a stripper. But I understand what you're saying. You're just talking about anxiety that comes with life. That's just what. What you use to talk about it.

[YG]

You on some.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. What made you want to, you know, do that record?

[YG]

I mean, like. Like the album is the gentleman's club, you know, and we talking about. We talking about things that, like, people where I'm from don't really talk about. You know what I'm saying? So, like, like the record or the insecure record? Like, as I'm piecing the album together, you know what I'm saying? That was probably like one of the, like the third last record I did. You know what I'm saying? Was that one, like the fourth. But I'm. I'm piecing the record together. The first concept record I made on the Gentleman's club that's on the album was the Midlife Crisis record, right? That's the last song, right? So, boom, I made that record, and then I'm like, I'm killing myself, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know what I'm saying? The old me, right? So now, boom, I know how the album ended up, so I'm putting it together. It's like, all right, how did we get here, though? You know what I'm saying? So I'm working backwards. So then, boom. Like, I make Hitman. Boom. And I'm just like, all right, all right, cool. Like. Like, I know I'm killing myself. How do we get here? I put a hit out on myself trying to hire Hitman. All right, cool.

[Lauren London]

Boom.

[YG]

So then I. I'm just keep piecing it together, and it is like, how do we get here? Like, I'm going through every phase of, like, you know what I'm saying? Want to kill your old self? And I, like, I feel like, man, like, we. Like, we be having insecurities, you know what I'm saying? In life, like, to get you feel me to the next phase, wherever you going through, like. Like, you got to get through that shit. You got to get over that shit. So, like, like, insecurities is some. That. You know what I'm saying? Like, you gotta kill, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How hard is it to admit that? Especially when, you know, you come from a culture where showing any type of weakness, vulnerability can be taken as, you know.

[YG]

Yeah. That's why I. I feel like. Everybody got insecurities, right? But, like, I'm not, like, insecure when it come to, like, Like. Like, I know I ain't a soft. Like, I know, like, you feel me. So it's just like me and the homies, we be in the group chat talking about all type of. We be talking about, you know what I'm saying? That, like, don't really talk about to the world. So I'm just like, nah, I'm finna talk about all this. Like, we be talking about all type of. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, nah, we finna put this in the record, you know? And I feel like, like, on a verse, like, I came. I came on a verse. My verse represent, like, the street, like, the fried, like, you know what I'm saying? And then like, everybody else did they thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jed and absolute.

[YG]

Yeah, Jed and absol.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That Would have had me insecure being on there with them dope ass, rapping ass, oh me.

[YG]

That Absol sent his verse back. We like, what the fuck? This just went crazy. And then J at this, I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But like, say I'm. I'm a famous rapper, so I can have any, any girl that I want, except. Except for the girl that I want. God damn.

[YG]

And then just how he, like, like, like, like how he did his verse, like, you know what I'm saying? On some like spoken word type. Like that was crazy. But yeah, bro, that record, I feel like it was like it was needed. Like if I'm, if I'm trying to. If I'm like killing my old self, like insecurities, like, it's definitely a part of that.

[Angela Yee]

What were some of the things that you realized that you hadn't killed off by the end of the two year span, like when you got to the end of this album that you were like, maybe I didn't deal with that the way I thought I did, like personally. So, like just anything that you addressed on the album, whether it's like vulnerability or whatever, as you're. Because you're working backwards, like, you know, right? So what, what's one thing that you was like? I thought I got over this. I thought I dealt with it, but I didn't.

[YG]

The We Know the Truth record is, is. Is that was like the last record. No, that was the second to last record I did on an album. And you know, I'm a street, so, you know, I'm like the last of a dime breed. I'm like a street that was like in the streets when the Internet became a thing. You know what I'm saying? So like, like a, like all I know is like, we don't get on the Internet talking about nothing. Like, we don't talk about nothing. We don't talk about nothing on the phone. We don't do none of that, right?

[Angela Yee]

So

[YG]

a situation happened and my name was all in it, like, like I did something or whatever, right? And people just on Internet just talking. I took like the street, like the, the, the, the. You feel me? The law. Like, I'm not saying nothing about nothing. I ain't talking about nothing. And I thought I'd deal with that like that, you know? Yeah, by being silent, like. But then it just got to a point to where it's like, I'm like, nah, nah, I gotta say something. You know what I'm saying? Like, I gotta speak on this. So that was that moment right there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But do they. I guess, do the people from the other side, do they believe that? Like, when you say, y', all, I had nothing to do with it, blah, blah, blah. Do they believe that?

[YG]

I mean, like,

[Lauren London]

you don't give a fuck.

[YG]

Nah, it's like, it's like, it's fact, it's facts. Like, I'm not even gonna say what nigga want to say, but like, Man,

[Lauren London]

you're doing great, yg, you're doing great.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You look like one of them interpreters

[Angela Yee]

at Agree self Control, cuz, even when I'm listening to you talk about the record right now, it's. It's kind of hard for you to speak about it because of the severity of the situation. Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why I know it was hard to recall.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, like, why now? Like, you've. There's never been any charges officially with. For you. Like, you've never been charged with anything. You kind of left everything alone when the rumors were circulating. Why talk about it now?

[YG]

Because people keep talking about it on the Internet and then, like, you know, family, like, calling, like. Like, you know what I'm saying?

[Angela Yee]

Like, it's just your family or the opposite side.

[YG]

No, my family likes people, like, and everybody, like, tapping in. Like, I'm like, bro, I ain't got nothing to do with that. Like, like, well, break it down.

[DJ Envy]

Because a lot of people might not know what you're talking about.

[YG]

Nah, nigga,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

think about LA street politics, whether he rapped about it or not. Break it down

[Lauren London]

with a girl.

[Target Ad Voice]

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[Angela Yee]

Like I'm break up or something.

[YG]

My bed, I ain't know.

[Lauren London]

Okay, yeah, got you.

[YG]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One thing that you did mention in that record, though, you talked about the grief you was going through at that time. Yeah, cuz, Cuz, Slim had just passed.

[YG]

Yeah, like. Like a week before that, you know what I'm saying? So that was one of the main things. And it's like, bro, I got paid 600,000 to do this show. You think I. Like, like, I came for that? Like, you know what I'm saying? It only make no sense. Like, and then, yeah, like, the homie had just got killed, you know? So it was like, bro, like, what they saying and how they saying it is like, bro, that shit all cap, you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you even give yourself time to grieve Slim, or did you just keep it moving?

[YG]

No, no, no, I had time. I still, you know, I'm saying, be like, going through that. But yeah, like, I had to put the Homie, obituary together, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. His family was like, nah, we want you to do it. So like, yeah, that right there was crazy. Like I was up doing that. Like it was, it was crazy. But it's dope though. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why is LA street politics one of the most complicated things to ever even just witness? I can, I can only just imagine living it because just on the outside looking in, it just seems so impossible to navigate.

[YG]

I mean, when you from out there, that's all you know, so it's normal to us. Like you said. Why is it so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It feels like it's almost impossible to navigate. Like you said earlier, to not end up dead, to not end up in jail in that lifestyle seems okay. So look, incredibly complicated.

[YG]

So I tell people this all the time, right? I'm like, look, bro, most of everybody who becomes successful from where they from, I'm saying they leave, they go move to Atlanta, you feel me? They go move to Miami, they go move to la, they go move wherever the they go move to. When you a nigga from la, Compton, wherever you from, Long Beach, Inglewood, South Central, whatever you from la, we ain't leaving. You know what I'm saying? Like, you feel me? This the place everybody wanna move to be from. Visit all that. It's like we really ain't really leaving.

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[YG]

Cold Breakfast Club even like you know what I'm saying? So niggas get money, become successful and you know you a move like out the way, but everybody moving out the way, you know what I'm saying? And then you feel me when you come outside like you 20 miles away from like where you from and like where is happening at you 10 miles away from where some shit is happening at. So it's like you would go out and you would think you being low, you'll be at Maestros in Malibu and it's a whole table of like niggas that's probably your opps like, you know what I'm saying? Cause they touching money, you got some money. So niggas all like it get tricky like that. But like, like what I'm trying to say is we stay in the city, you know what I'm saying? And you know what I'm saying? We like it's close, you know what I'm saying? Like it's close. So like it's a dangerous, like it's a dangerous lifestyle, you know what I'm saying? Cause you still like if you go and you having a club hosting or booking in like Hollywood or like downtown, all the homies pulling up, it's like whoever else pulling up, like it's a whole bunch of gang members in the party. Like that's just what it is, you know what I'm saying? So as far as on my side as an artist, you know what I'm saying? Having success and all that. Being from the city, still living in the city, you know what I'm saying? It get tricky. It get tricky. Cause then being a real. You know what I'm saying? You still pulling up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[YG]

I'm saying you still around, popping out, like, anything can happen.

[DJ Envy]

But does that make it fun or did that make it work? Right? If I gotta be on P's and Q's when I'm with my son, I gotta be P's and Q's. I'm taking my daughter if I want to be P's and Q's if I want to go to Maestros or I want to go shopping. Does that make it fun and worth it to you? Especially in la.

[YG]

See, it's the up part. I'm from this shit. So. That lifestyle, living like that and all that, I know that, like, it's kind of fun.

[DJ Envy]

You enjoy the bullshit, man.

[YG]

What? That's who we from. Not, like to. Not the bullshit. Really. It's just like. It's like, bro, like,

[Lauren London]

on the block, outside.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[YG]

Like, so, like, everything that come with that is like, bro, this what it consists of, right? So you. You. You accept that. Learn that, like, early on. And. Yeah, like.

[DJ Envy]

But

[YG]

that's the part of me that's like, you gotta unlearn that shit, bro. Because it's like, yeah. Like, it's all fun and games until it get bad. You know what I'm saying? And it ain't got bad plenty of times. You know, I'm just blessed. Niggas still here. Like, so. Yeah, but like you said, when it comes to my kids and, like, moving around, like, I don't really play with that. So, like,

[DJ Envy]

never thought about moving that long at all.

[Lauren London]

I was literally about to ask.

[YG]

And that moving.

[DJ Envy]

He looked at me like, moving.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I told you, that's the place everybody want to be.

[Target Ad Voice]

But.

[Lauren London]

But for Bob and Harmony, like, for the baby girls, like, would you ever take them up out of there?

[YG]

Like, my daughter played tennis, so that's what's up. Yeah. So I was like, like, if we move, we'll be moving to, like, Florida, like, so she can go to img.img academy. You know what I'm saying? Some like that, but outside of that, like, I don't got no plans on moving.

[Lauren London]

Yeah,

[YG]

I got no plans of moving. Like, did y' all leaving New York?

[DJ Envy]

I don't live in. I live in Jersey now.

[YG]

That's like me saying I live in the Valley.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But does your daughter use C words?

[YG]

C words? Nah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you be like a B. B B, A, B, B, A, B, B.

[YG]

No, my A, no, my little daughter, like my youngest one, she fried.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you mean that's your fault?

[YG]

Matter of fact, her birthday tomorrow will.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy birthday. I don't know how you say, what do you say?

[YG]

No birthday.

[Angela Yee]

It say birthday.

[YG]

She turned seven. But yeah, she be like, she be like, what's up 400h on me? She see me, she be like, what's up 400? I'll be like, man, what the fuck? I'll be like, von, who taught you that? Like, who told you that? That's just what it is, I guess.

[Lauren London]

Like Mary Bristner's daddy, you know what I'm saying? Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

So 400 dismantled when you decided to step away from like when you didn't want to do label deal situation no more. Is 400 still a label?

[YG]

Yeah, I got an artist like right now, like me, and I'm working. Okay, yeah, I'm back, I'm back, but I'm taking it slow, like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, rebuilding.

[Angela Yee]

What made you want to? Cause I saw you say you wouldn't. It's not easy. You didn't want to do Dylan artists no more.

[State Farm Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[YG]

Cause I feel like early on, like when I had like my label, my jv, a lot of my artists was like homies and, and people that became like friends because you know, we young and everybody that come around me, you feel me, they end up feeling like a part of the family and homie vibes and all that. Cuz you feel that's just my energy, which I learned it's not all, it's not good, you know what I'm saying? You can't really like, it ain't good, you know what I'm saying? All the time. So like a lot of stuff just I feel like went left or ain't really be what it could be. Meet his full potential because of like that. So you know, I like, like I shut the like the label down for like some years and I'm like, man, look, I'm not finna do nothing with no artist yet. I gotta figure this out. And then I, that's the part I figured out. I'm like like, I become like the bro, you know what I'm saying? Like the bro. I become the bro and the homie and it's like, yeah, that's straight. But it ain't always good for business, you know what I'm saying? So like my approach now is just like fall back. Like if I got artists, like let them do they Thing chime in when I need to chime in. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. But I got a new artist. His name Pey Gotti and shit. He watched you on the gang business record. Yeah, the gang business record. You know what I'm saying? Young N. He got it. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Let's talk about the Tiffany record. That was trending right before we went on break.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know if people was mad at you or not. Some people say it was a cautionary story. Others felt like it was reinforcing harmful stereotypes about transgender people.

[YG]

Nah, like. Like, so, like I said, like, the album, the gentleman's club, like, it's a place, like, man come to. To talk about things that we normally don't talk about. And when I was making this album, I don't know if. If y' all remember, but, like, one of the first songs I put out from this whole era, it's called 2004, I remember. And the song started. And it's like, when I was young, I got raped by a bitch twice my age. You know what I'm saying? So I put that song out first to, like, kind of like, let people know, like, I'm on that. You know what I'm saying? We finna. I'm finna. Like, I'm finna. I'm on that, right? So when I was making this album, we had sessions, like, in the studio, and we had, like, sessions where, like, homies are, like, we all talk about, like, shit that we never, like, talked about. You know what I'm saying? And, like, everybody was saying, like, yeah, bro, this happened. You feel me? I had my. You feel homies? Like, I ain't even know. Like, you ain't never talked about that. You feel me? Half the homies, like, yeah, that same happened to me. Who knows?

[Lauren London]

You know?

[YG]

Like, it's like, yeah, like, we all got raped. Like, you know what I'm saying? And one of the homies, he, like, he told his story, and it was, like, hard for him to, like, really, like, tell it. And then, you feel me? He told it and, like, damn. And he was like, yeah, bro, like, you know what I'm saying? You should, like, if you can find a way to rap about this, like, make a song about it. You know what I'm saying? I think you should do it. And I'm just like. I'm like, yeah, because it's a situation that happens in our community, and people don't know how to talk about it. People scared to talk about it, you know? And then when it come to, like, artists and making music, like, or just speaking about certain things, people were scared, you know what I'm saying? Because people like, oh, I don't want to get canceled or whatever, right? So I was just like, yeah, that's kind of hard to, like, make a song about, like, without nobody getting mad, you know what I'm saying? So, like, it took me a minute, and I'm just like, you just gotta

[Charlamagne Tha God]

tell the story, though.

[YG]

You gotta tell the story. Yeah, the truth is the truth. I'm an artist. I'm storytelling, you know what I'm saying? And it's a real situation that, like, happens, you know? And I'm like, what would let me put the record out while I was like, all right, I'm cool with this is because I ended up telling the both sides, you know what I'm saying? And I'm like, you feel me just as a human, I'm like, all right, if I write this record, Listen to this record, and it sound how it sound, and then at the end, you get. You got both sides of the story. I'm like, people like, like, understand that and appreciate that and look at it like, no, this art, like, you know what I'm saying? It's real. Like, this art, he's storytelling, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, bro, that's all it was. It's not no hate record. I'm not trying to tell nobody to, like, do anything violent to nobody, you know what I'm saying? It's just like, somebody I knew story. Exactly.

[DJ Envy]

How was it received? How. How was the feedback to you that

[YG]

you feedback being great? Like, I think a lot of people is taking it for what it, like, really is, you know what I'm saying? Of course you gonna have people talking about whatever they choose they want to talk about, you know? But, like, a lot of people, like, nah, bro. Like. Like, you did that. You know what I'm saying? Like, you did that. You took us on a crazy story journey, and it's like, nah, this shit real. And it's like, you really took us there, though, you know what I'm saying? With the pen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A lot of transgenders hitting you up in the DMs.

[YG]

I don't be really checking my DMs,

[Lauren London]

and

[Charlamagne Tha God]

you know what I mean, man? Because you did speak from both.

[Angela Yee]

You mean out of support, like, seeing

[Charlamagne Tha God]

what they say, like, yeah, I seen, I seen.

[YG]

I seen, like, a website. A website from that community.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, gay magazine.

[YG]

They was like a magazine pop. They was. They was like, supportive of the record, I think. Right?

[Angela Yee]

I mean, I think they're in the middle. They're posing the question to the readers. Do is it harmful or is it just insight as to, like, what it's like to experience that and providing context to how you can get through the situation. They were trying to figure it out, in my opinion too.

[YG]

Okay, okay, but.

[DJ Envy]

And then you get. Did you get your homies approval? Did you have to tell them you

[YG]

were doing it or, you know, the homies was like. Like, the homies who wasn't a part of you feminine them sessions. Like, the homies, like, when, like, when hurt it, like, was like, bro, what?

[State Farm Ad Voice]

Like,

[YG]

they like, they like, why would you. Like, wow. And I'm like, that's why. Cause, yeah, like, that's why. Cause like, why it's like, yeah, bro, we gotta talk about it. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm talking, like, when you listen to the album, bro, we talking about insecurities, everything right of my wrongs, midlife crisis, trying to kill the old me. Like, we just talking about a lot of things that, like, men from where we come from don't talk about. You know what I'm saying? And that's what the album is about. You feel me? That's what the gentleman's club about. And your entry to this club, bang.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Killing. Killing your old self. When you make a song like Tiffany, what responsibility do you think you have for how people interpret it? Cause it sound like you really put a lot of thought in how people interpret it.

[YG]

Yeah, for sure. Like, yeah, like the responsibility, like, like I said, for me to put the record out, Like, I had to, like, like, like I had to feel like people was gonna hear it, had a thoughts as they listening. But you get to that last first and it's like, oh, like, damn. Like, yeah, that had to, like, that had to happen. It took some time. It took some time. Or that record took me. That was like the longest, like, record, because I did the first record and then when a beat switch and the beat change, you know what I'm saying? I did that record like four months, five months later.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, art is supposed to create some type of discomfort, I think. Good art.

[YG]

Yeah, exactly. And I knew, like, when I came into this album, I'm like, like, my goal with this album was since I was putting out just whatever for so long, you know what I'm saying? I feel like people was playing with my name, like, as an artist, you feel me as a rapper. So, like, one of my main Goals was like, hey, like, you gotta come and get right? Because you know what I'm saying, you with that. So, you know, I'm saying that was one of my main goals. And I knew, like, to do that, like, it might get, like, it's gonna be risky. I'm saying I might have to. Like, it's gonna be uncomfortable. Like, I'm gonna be uncomfortable. You know what I'm saying? It's a part of it. So I was just like, it. Let's do it.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I was thinking about when I listen to this album? When I was like, yo, Nipsey would really be proud of you, bro.

[YG]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just. Just of the. Just of the evolution and you opening up in that way and trying to show Screet, it gets something different.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's one of the first things came to my mind, like, Nipsey would be. Especially after I heard Insecure, I was like, nipsey. Nipsey was really. Yeah, he proud of this one.

[YG]

Yeah. And then I, like. Like, I wrote this whole. Like, I put the whole thing together, like. And as I'm putting everything together, like, I'm just like, how this shit gonna look on tour? Like, you know, I'm saying I'm thinking about this tour. I'm thinking about the show. I'm thinking about, like. Like. Like, the hits, like, my catalog mixed in with, like, this, like, the storyline of the album. Like, you know what I'm saying? That's how I'm putting this together. I'm like, yeah, she gonna be hard.

[Lauren London]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you think about Nip when you was creating this album?

[YG]

Of course. All the time. Like, for sure. Like, this, like, the Nip shit. You know what I'm saying? Like, it be me up a lot. Cause, Like, I'll be like, what me and bro was doing in the city with the music and just, you know, I'm saying a relationship, like, in the music, like, it ain't gonna be able to be recreated. And it's just. It's just a void that's missing. You know what I'm saying? Cause, like, a lot of people from, like, other places be like, yg, you the only, like, street nigga, like, from the west coast that niggas, like, fuck with. Like, like, what's up? What you doing? Like, I'm like, damn, bro. Like, I'm like, man, it was like, the ones like, you know what I'm saying? Streets all the way, doing the music. Now it's like. Like, dolo. You know what I'm saying? That should Be with me a lot.

[Lauren London]

We gonna get any visual. Well, you. I. I see the gentleman's club being like, a visual album where you could tell your story of the album visually, like, right. With a whole bunch of videos like Michael Jackson did. Yeah, it's not a song that Michael Jackson got. We ain't got no. No videos to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So you gonna do that?

[YG]

No, we had talks about it, like. We had talks about it. He said, I got, like, some shit lined up, like, with this whole, like, gentleman's club world. Yeah, we talked about it. Like, this album campaign is gonna be like, a long campaign. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren London]

But, yeah, because even what you said about the tour, you can see it, like, you putting it the whole story. You putting it together on tour, saying how it would look like a movie. I think it would be dope. I mean, a video to every. Every track in the order of the way that the story is told.

[DJ Envy]

That'd be dope. So, yeah, let's get into a joint off the album, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on. What you about to say, Lauren?

[Angela Yee]

I was gonna ask you feel like this album, because I saw. I think it was gq said that this is, like, your best album since my. My Crazy Life. You feel like this album gonna get you on B Dot's list this time? He did the. The best albums the west coast.

[Target Ad Voice]

You.

[Matt Altmix]

We was.

[Angela Yee]

You was a little upset about that.

[YG]

Yeah, I like when I made this album, like, yeah, I got all that in my mind. I'm like, yeah, I remember this. I remember getting. Saying this ain't mentioning my name. Like, all right, bet. Like, this whole next era, like. Like, y. Like, I'm tripping. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm tripping. And I know, like. Like, a lot of people heard the album. They like, oh, it's far. But, like, niggas wanted more slaps and all that. Like, yeah, we gonna get to that. You know what I'm saying? You feel me? That ain't nothing. We gonna get to that. Like, I had to get this off, though. You know what I'm saying? This art piece. I had to get this off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I feel like your feel like this is, like, your Mr. Morale and the big stepper.

[YG]

Yeah, I heard a lot of people saying that, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's one of my favorite Kendrick albums, probably top two, maybe, just because of what it represents for men in. In that moment. I think that's one of the mobs you go back and you listen to in the future. And when you start to see a lot of men evolve and start, you know, doing more work on themselves, they're gonna point to that album and 444.

[YG]

Yeah. Yeah. That's what's up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the biggest thing you had to kill about your. Your old self in order to become the man you are today? Was it ego? Was it pride? Was it revenge? What was it?

[YG]

Yeah, I think revenge, like, just crashing out, like, just in every aspect of my life. Like, whenever, like, I feel, like, mad or disrespected or plagued, like, my solution always be crash out. You know what I'm saying? And yeah, yeah. Like, just. Even when I'm dealing with, like, now, when I'm, like, dealing with certain stuff, people, like, I'm calm. I'm like. I'm trying to talk. I'm trying to be grown. I'm like, I don't even want to argue. Like, bro, like, I'm like. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm like, a whole different. Like, I'm like, if you got some weird energy, I'm going the other way. I'm trying to run. It's certain. I'm like. It's certain thing. I'm like, man, I hope I don't ever be in the same place as this person, because I'm a run. I'm gonna run the other way because if I don't crash out, so you know what I'm saying? I'm on that. I'm like, man, I don't want no smoke, man. I'm chilling.

[Angela Yee]

You know, if you run into the girl from Dinner Dates and Heartbreaks, that's gonna be calm too.

[YG]

You funny.

[Angela Yee]

Was that a personal story? That was your personal story, or was that one of the homies?

[YG]

No, that was my story and shit. Like. Yeah, but, you know, like, nigga be dealing with them girls and shit.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. On that song, he talks about being. Finding out he was getting cheated on. Yeah. And I thought I knew who it was in the song, and then you threw me off a bit.

[YG]

Exactly. Twisted.

[Target Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

Cause you was like, we got caught outside the country. I'm like, okay, I remember those photos.

[YG]

Hey, everything on the album is twisted as fuck. You feel me? So you probably think you know what you talking about, and you gotta really, like, it's twisted up.

[Angela Yee]

Okay.

[YG]

It's twisted up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's yg, man.

[DJ Envy]

Let's get a joint. What you wanna hear off the album, brother?

[YG]

Huh?

[DJ Envy]

What you wanna hear off the album?

[YG]

Play that. Oh, my God, dog.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God.

[YG]

Pusha T. That's hard. That joint is hard.

[DJ Envy]

Pusha T. Let's get into it right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations. Keep growing too.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[YG]

Thank you. Likewise.

[DJ Envy]

It's yg. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Hold up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every day I wake up. Wake your ass up. The Breakfast Club.

[YG]

Y' all finished or y' all done? Mom, are we there yet? 10 more minutes.

[Target Ad Voice]

Only 10 minutes.

[YG]

Can you drive slower?

[Angela Yee]

What's up with them today?

[YG]

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[DJ Envy]

The games, this funny baby bot character.

[Angela Yee]

Kids, we're almost there.

[State Farm Ad Voice]

No.

[YG]

With more than 4,000 interactive games, songs and shows little ones can't get enough of. Lingokids is the number one entertainment platform for young kids. Why didn't we download this sooner? Lingokids.

[DJ Envy]

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[Target Ad Voice]

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[Lauren London]

Hey everybody.

[DJ Envy]

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[Matt Altmix]

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[Angela Yee]

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