Jay-Z Made History at Yankee Stadium: Inside the Historic Yankee Stadium Weekend

Summary

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The Breakfast Club – July 13, 2026

Jay-Z Made History at Yankee Stadium: Inside the Historic Yankee Stadium Weekend

Podcast: The Breakfast Club
Host: The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
Featured Voices: Lauren LaRosa, D. Nice, B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller), plus special guest appearances (voice clips) by Jay-Z and others
Date: July 13, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode recaps and dives deep into Jay-Z’s legendary three-night celebration at Yankee Stadium in New York, marking major milestones in his career. Hosts Lauren LaRosa, D. Nice, and B Dot share behind-the-scenes stories, firsthand experiences, crowd energy, logistical challenges, and memorable musical highlights—including the historic moments, guest appearances (Beyoncé, Eminem, Rihanna, Slick Rick, Nas, Blue Ivy, and more), and the palpable cultural impact of this unprecedented hip hop event.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Exhaustion and Excitement Post-Yankee Stadium Weekend

• Lauren’s Recap ([02:45]):
  • Lauren shares, “I am so tired right now. Like, I got home from the Jay Z concert about four and a half. Four, 4:30 in the morning...I woke up, it was 5:20. I was like, dang.”
  • Both Lauren and D. Nice (who also stayed up into the early morning) were still buzzing with energy and awe from the experience.

2. Three-Night Jay-Z Spectacle: Concept & Structure ([04:30])

• Night 1: Celebrated 30 years of ‘Reasonable Doubt’
• Night 2: 25 years of ‘The Blueprint’
• Night 3: “Extra Innings”—a mashup featuring numerous special guests
• Lauren attended Friday and Sunday; Taylor (another guest) attended Sunday.

3. Crowd Size and Security Chaos

• Friday: Smooth entry and positive energy ([05:30])
• Saturday: Record-breaking attendance, incidents of inebriation and fun
• Sunday: Entry chaos—massive lines, crowd control confusion, and doors locked due to safety ([06:14])
  • Lauren: “...they shut down and lock down the doors on the outside...they shut it down. So the people bum rush the door. They bum rush the door.” ([07:27])
  • Describes being stuck outside for over two hours, talking to NYPD, and witnessing fans’ desperation (“it was so many people there, yo.”)

4. Safety Concerns and Jay-Z’s Decision

• Jay-Z addressed the crowd about the delay ([17:43]):
  • Quote: “It was like 10,000 people outside and they closed all the doors and somebody rushed the door and they closed the door for you guys’ safety and everybody's safety outside...I don't want to start music, people get trampled. So I know, really sorry for the inconvenience, but I had to make sure everybody's okay.” ([17:50], Jay-Z via voice clip)
• Lauren and D. Nice praise the organizers’ and Roc Nation’s handling of the situation ([16:40]–[17:23])

5. Notable Attendees and Star Power

• Celebrities amongst the crowd:
  • “...the first Friday when I came, Toby Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio were trying to get in...” ([11:57])
  • Charles Oakley and Angela Oakley also struggling to enter
• Beyoncé, Rihanna, and other high-profile guests captivated fans
  • “Seeing Rihanna on that stage, that’s great. It was amazing.” ([40:13])

6. Special Performances & Iconic Moments

A. Beyoncé Surprises

• Lauren: “Beyoncé was my favorite part of the weekend. I never got to see her on tour before.” ([20:01])
• D. Nice notes even Beyoncé scaled back her usual grandeur to let Jay-Z shine on his stage ([21:04])

B. The Blue Ivy Moment

• Lauren: “Blue Ivy definitely made me tear up...You texted me was like, my kids need to be like this. I am so serious.” ([29:33])
  • Blue Ivy’s piano performance linked to family pride and emotional highs

C. Nas & Slick Rick

• B Dot: “I was really happy to see Slick Rick and Nas.” ([29:54])
  • Many highlighted the cultural weight of seeing Nas and Jay-Z together: “our generation, we never seen that before.” ([30:04])

D. Eminem’s Rare Appearance

• “Yo, the roof came off when he came out.” ([30:21], B Dot)
  • Discussion around Eminem’s reclusiveness and legendary status

E. Teyana Taylor & Audience Reactions

• Teyana Taylor’s appearance surprised some; fans expected Beyoncé or Mary J. Blige for certain sets ([42:26])
  • “They didn’t put Tiana in the best position...her audio was so not like...”
  • Ongoing speculation about which surprise guests would materialize each night

F. Afterparty Culture

• B Dot’s insider view: “I was standing next to Yo Gotti and we were just splitting chicken fingers and fries and passing the bucket around to whoever.” ([26:17])
  • Afterparties included Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Angie Martinez

7. Generational Impact & Hip Hop Legacy

• D. Nice and Lauren reflect on Jay-Z’s career longevity:
  • “People don’t realize...Jay-Z is the same age as Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.” ([32:31], B Dot)
  • “It’s ill to see Jay at this stage in his career, you know, still in demand across all demographics.” ([33:21], B Dot)
• B Dot and D. Nice speculate whether this might be Jay-Z’s last major performance series ([33:29])

8. The Power of the Roc Nation Artist Tree

• Lauren reflects on the business prowess of Jay-Z’s artist roster:
  • “There were three billionaires that hit that stage. I know Brianna, Beyoncé, Jay Z. Minimum, like, Nas is up there...” ([40:13])
  • Praises how artists connected to Roc Nation also built empires

9. New vs. OG Generation of Fans

• Lauren and D. Nice discuss “gatekeeping” in fandom:
  • “Why are you upset that he’s getting new admirers?” ([51:56])
  • Both agree this event created new lifelong Jay-Z fans

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“It was like 10,000 people outside and they closed all the doors...I don't want to start music, people get trampled...I had to make sure everybody's okay.”
— Jay-Z explaining the concert delay ([17:50])

“Blue Ivy definitely made me tear up...You texted me was like, my kids need to be like this. I am so serious.”
— Lauren LaRosa ([29:33])

“Yo, the roof came off when [Eminem] came out.”
— B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller) ([30:21])

“People don’t realize...Jay-Z is the same age as Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.”
— B Dot ([32:31])

“I don’t think people understand...Jay-Z, like, he owns rock...he's an independent artist...he owns that.”
— Lauren LaRosa ([50:10])

“There were three billionaires that hit that stage. I know Brianna, Beyoncé, Jay Z.”
— Lauren LaRosa ([40:13])

“It’s ill to see Jay at this stage in his career, you know, still in demand across all demographics.”
— B Dot ([33:21])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:45] – Lauren describes exhaustion after returning from the concert
• [04:30] – Weekend rundown: themes of each night
• [06:14] – Door/entrance chaos and crowd surges on Sunday
• [17:43] – Jay-Z’s on-stage address explaining delays
• [29:33] – Emotional moment: Blue Ivy on stage
• [29:54] – Nas and Slick Rick’s historic performance with Jay-Z
• [30:21] – “The roof came off when [Eminem] came out” – Eminem’s rare appearance
• [32:31] – Generational reflections: Jay-Z, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane
• [40:13] – Billionaires on stage: the Roc Nation artist empire
• [42:26] – Teyana Taylor’s set and the audience’s expectations
• [51:56] – Debating fan “gatekeeping” and Jay-Z’s evolving fanbase

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Conclusion & Final Thoughts

The hosts close with renewed awe for hip hop’s cross-generational power, Jay-Z’s unique legacy, and the evolving culture of major stadium events. Lauren shouts out the unity and community at Yankee Stadium (“that’s how much people love Jay Z” [49:05]), and expresses gratitude for experiencing such a milestone in person, despite the chaos and exhaustion. Both hosts agree: this was more than a concert—it was hip hop history in real time.

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Transcript

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[Amy Ehrett]

Y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All, I am so tired right now. Like I got home from the Jay z concert about four and a half. Four, 4:30 in the morning. No, it was, it was four. It was, it was a little, maybe like 405. Because I was going to just get dressed and come right to the station because I was like, then I won't be late. Then I was like, you know what, you could lay down till 4:45. Honestly, like 5:00. I woke up, it was 5:20. I was like, dang.

[D. Nice]

At least you got that. At least your alarm went off. My shit did not go off. I feel like. And I set my shit so I got.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What, what Was that, like 30, 45 minutes? How long did you sleep? I went to sleep by 4ish.

[D. Nice]

4 in the morning. I'm like, I'm gonna get up at

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[D. Nice]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. Let me tell y', all, this weekend with Jay Z outside with the Uncs at the Unk Con, it was, it was a very festive weekend. I didn't go all days. I know it really. But you know what's crazy? Taylor, by the way.

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Hey, y'.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

All.

[D. Nice]

Oh yeah, y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All, Taylor is here. Taylor made it.

[D. Nice]

Is here.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

She.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Jay Z concert Sunday.

[D. Nice]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So she went to the extra innings day. So yeah, checking in behind the scenes of the grind because we got to do that first. Back on the grind. I am tired, but I appreciate the fact that I, I feel like I would. I just witnessed history.

[D. Nice]

Right? Yeah, I feel like that too. I was, well, I, I'll help you get into it. But when they, like when they shut down the stadium of the fans, I was like, there's two ways of looking at it. Like, wow, this is chaotic. But it's like, wow, look at Jay Z, like bringing like the impact, you know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So we'll get, we'll get into the latest now because I mean it all intertwines. But so this weekend in New York, this past weekend, July 10th through the 12th, Jay Z did a three night celebration at Yankee Stadium. So night one, he celebrated 30 years of reasonable doubt. Night two, he did 25 years of the Blueprint. And then on the third night, it was called Extra Innings, it took place at Yankee Stadium. You see what he did there. And Extra Innings was just like him. It was like a mashup of things. A lot of special guests. I went Friday and Sunday night. Taylor went Sunday night. And Friday night was smooth. Like, I got there. I was trying to be early. I really was trying. But I got there. I got there on time, though. Like, I got there. We walked in, probably like five minutes later, Jay Z was like, can y' all hear me? And then, boom, it started. But Friday night was smooth. I got there. I went into the suite entrance. Charlamagne did a suite. So we were all there. We had a great time. I was drunk, living my best life. I didn't have to wake up early for work in the morning. It was the best feeling, the best night ever, singing the songs. I did think I was going to see Foxy Brown for Ain't no N Word, but she did not come out at all this weekend. But, yeah, we were having a good time Friday night. Saturday seemed smooth, too. I didn't go Saturday, but it seemed smooth because. Because it seemed like it started. I feel like people were.

[D. Nice]

That's. That's what I was going to say. It seemed like a lot of people, from what I seen on my timeline, they were a little disappointed. From Saturday night, though.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw a lot of people say they had a good.

[D. Nice]

They had a good time, but I

[Lauren LaRosa]

feel like people were.

[D. Nice]

At least in my timeline, people were disappointed. I think of it ending early or I don't feel like. They feel like they got a lot. I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But child, everybody I saw leaving Saturday was so drunk they could. But they shouldn't have been. On Insta Story. Shout out to Scotty Beam. I was watching my homegirl, Scotty Beam, who she also was radio personality at one time, and like correspondent, anchor, social media girly, she was just recapping her Saturday night at UNCON and had a ball. And I think she went there by herself or was by herself for majority of the concert. So it started a conversation online about going to concerts by yourself, but I don't know if this is one of those ones that I could have went to by myself, to be honest. Yeah, because the only reason why I say that is because, for example, Sunday night happened and they had to shut down and lock down the doors on the outside. So Friday night, there were tons of tons and tons of thousands of people there that flew in from all over. Saturday night beat Friday night's record for the largest attendance number at Yankee Stadium. And Sunday, yo, I ain't even seen the numbers, but I already know it's no way that he didn't break that record all three nights long. Like I'm saying that As a fact, and I haven't even checked that yet, that's how early it is following the concert. I haven't even seen those reports yet, but it was so many people outside. So when I arrived Sunday night, I saw all the people. I was very confused about where you entered into the stadium at, because the line was all the way back to the entrance I used Friday. But they were all facing one way, which was going to a different door. And I'm like, it's no way. All these people are going in one. One side, one entrance. Like, it's no way. So then I walk up to the other side, trying to do the opposite of what the line was doing so I could get around the line, and I hear boom, boom, boom. I'm like, what is that? I thought security was, like, beating somebody up. They were bum rushing the doors because they were so mad that they had shut that door that second. There was like, two sides that you can enter stadium on. One side got crazy with people just, like, at the front and trying to get in. They shut it down. So the people bum rush the door. They bum rush the door. And I'm standing next to cops. Like, I'm literally at a police officer because I'm trying to find the best entrance for our seats. And I'm not saying the cop. What is that noise? They're like, I don't know. I'm like, you the cop? How you don't know? You ain't gonna go find out. It was. It was so many people there, yo.

[D. Nice]

Like, I was scared, man. I had. My anxiety was through the roof because

[Lauren LaRosa]

you could not be freaking out, my girl. You were excited. You don't sit down and relax.

[D. Nice]

Because I was like. And again, I was living on some drugs, y'.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

All.

[D. Nice]

But I'm looking around the stadium, I'm like, yo, if this show doesn't start. Because they were playing elevated music, they weren't even playing any songs.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Also, D. Nice wasn't even DJ no more. No, that's what I'm saying. Like, no one.

[D. Nice]

Like, there was no music playing or nothing. So this was like, people were getting antsy. There was two guys are about to fight in my section like that. It was just like. And we're in the Bronx at that. Like, I was just like, lord, please let me get out of stage maybe.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I had such a good time Friday. And I felt like. Even though it was like, all right, we outside. We outside right now. Like, you know, I felt like that, but I felt like we had such a good time On Friday with no incident. I wasn't really thinking about that. And then I sat outside. I sat outside of that Jay Z concert for about 12 or something, but that's what I was worried about.

[D. Nice]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I sat outside for two hours, a little bit over two hours, just trying to get in that fight.

[D. Nice]

Fighting or nothing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They weren't fighting, yo. People was looking out, like, shout out. I wrote this lady's name down. I want to mention her. There was a woman, she was just like a. Like, she didn't work there. She didn't anything. Her name was Nari. And I asked. I'm like, what's your name? I'm gonna make sure I talk about you. Her name was Nari. I was standing out there for, like, ever. And, like, Charlemagne, because they had, like, where I was sitting at was like, where the talent entrance was, Cuz I'm like, okay. On my way to the door, the original door I was trying to get into, away from the crowd, I saw Charles Oakley and Angela Oakley from Real Housewives of Atlanta and Charles Oakley and be a legend, right? So when I see him outside, I'm like, oh, yeah. If he's not getting in in New York, it's real. So then I see Angela Oakley, and I've never met her before, but she watches the show. So she was like, hey, beautiful. I'm like, which way y' all going in? Because we going with y'.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So we walk all the way around to the back talent entrance with them. By the time we got there, they started rushing that back door. They were letting some talent through to a certain extent, but then still holding them. That's where Charlemagne was? Yeah, I didn't even see him. There was a girl who came over to me and was like, hey, Charlemagne wants to make sure that you cool. And I'm like, yeah, I'm fine.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't know he was there. I'm like, where is he? So she was like, oh, he's up there. I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm fine. She was like, let me see a ticket. So then she was asking me, like, she was trying to figure out where my ticket was so that when she got me in, she could tell me where to go. She was gonna, like, try to help me get in. I sat there for about an hour and a half, and then I went to another side, and it was a woman named Nari who had got real cool with the security guard. When they finally opened that door back up. They closed it down because they started getting crazy, started shoving. Then they opened it back up again, and she was like, he was about to grab her and let her go in. And she was like, no, you need to take Lauren in. Like, she shouldn't be sitting out here. And I was like, that was so freaking nice. Like, thank you. She was like, I'm on my way in too, girl. Like, it was just like, people were being so nice. Like, everybody was just so nice. And mind you, in the Bronx, so you got people yelling, screaming f your mother, like, all that stuff. But everybody really just wanted to get in and have a good time. People were so excited for Jay Z and so excited for the concert. But I did start to think, like, yo, if one person even moves the wrong way and everybody starts running, thinking something's going on, or we in the middle of the Bronx, like, if I'm somebody that's like, really, really, like, you

[D. Nice]

know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, it's like, these people not from here. You had white people. I mean, like, corporate executive white people. Like, like, imagine when I. The first Friday when I came, Toby Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio were trying to get in, and I'm like, oh, they outside. Like, imagine that, y'.

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All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And it lasted for a good. Like, it lasted for what? How long were we. It didn't feel like three hours when I got in there, but they were saying, like, people and when I got inside were telling me they were wa. For like, three or four hours.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

Yeah.

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[D. Nice]

But I was able to get in easily. I found I saw someone that I knew that was like right at the security exit. And it must have. Right, right when I got in, I saw people like banging on the window. Like, I must have just made that mark.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, because when you said that you were at. That you were at the security or whatever door it was. I. That's where we went toward. That's why I walked down that way with them. Because I'm like, okay, well Taylor's down here, we can hop in line with her. I'm trying to come catch you already. I was literally like, all chaos broke loose. Like, honestly. But I will say shout out to Roc Nation. Jay Z's team really came out. There was amongst the people trying to make everything make sense because they didn't want nobody to get hurt.

[D. Nice]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And people were. I saw people being upset at Jay Z for not starting the show. I think that that was the best thing he could have did. Yeah.

[D. Nice]

Because then it would have been bad. People been mad at him. It was like, damn, if he do different, don't. Because if he did start the show, people and people got hurt a bit on him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was praying he did not start that show and people start bomb rushing. Because the little gate I was standing at, they would have took that gate and people down. And I had on like a girl. I had on a real heel. Okay. I'm of all the nights to not wear flats. But Jay Z, when he actually came out on stage, he addressed all of this. I mean, he had to. Let's take a listen.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

Explain the delay to you guys.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was like 10,000 people outside and

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

they closed all the doors and somebody rushed the door and they closed the door for you guys. Safety and everybody's safety outside there 10,000 people outside. I don't want to start music. People get trampled. So I know, really sorry for the inconvenience, but I had to make sure everybody's okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now. I also received a joint statement this morning from. It's a joint statement with the New York Yankees, ROC Nation, and Live Nation. So the statement says, on Sunday evening, at various fan entrances at Yankee Stadium, hundreds of individuals in large group who do not have tickets to tonight's performance stormed over peaceful ticket holders and in some cases, breached security. As a result, gates at all entrances of the stadium were closed for an extended period of time. With the thoughtful guidance of nypd, gates were reopened cautiously and carefully to ensure the safety of those inside and outside the Yankees. Rock Nation and Live Nation express our deep gratitude to the NYPD and into Yankee Stadium security personnel for their leadership and direction throughout the evening, putting the welfare of all the attendees above everything. I thought that they handled it the best way they could. Now I will say I was looking at autumn interests, because it's not A lot of them and indoors are skinny. I was like, what was the workaround like? What was the. Like, what's the solution to this?

[D. Nice]

I don't know. They should have worked it. Like, how TSA be working.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I spoke to somebody here, one of our producers that edits and produce or one of our editors that edits for Netflix. He was saying that it's always like that. The really popular Yankee games, too, and at graduations, like, they always have door issues. And I'm like, I don't go to Yankee Stadium for real. So I didn't know that.

[D. Nice]

Yeah. That's the second time I've been there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This is my second time being there. But the first time I was there, it was. I was there for a soccer game, but there were not nearly as many people.

[D. Nice]

I was there for the 50th anniversary, and it was chilling, too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, you know, once we got through all the things I told y', all, Friday night was a really good night. Once we got through all the things. On Sunday, Beyonce hit the stage again. Beyonce was my favorite part of the weekend. I never got to see her on tour before.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

Really?

[D. Nice]

You never went to a Beyonce concert?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everybody said that. Because when she was on majority of her tours, I was in la and I was like. I was working, like, three jobs at one point. I didn't have time to stop and go.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

What?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes. And I remember when she came to la, I remember one of the shows. I think it was on the Run.

[D. Nice]

On the Run is my top three favorite shows.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think it was on the Run. And she came and did an LA show. And I was. I was literally supposed to Go. And the person that was giving me their ticket had, like, double gave out the tickets or something like that and didn't have as many as they thought. So, I mean, like, I got dressed. I was at their house. We pregame, and they're like, I don't have to. Like, I forgot that this ticket belonged to this person. Now they want to go. One of their roommates wasn't gonna go at one point.

[D. Nice]

Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And the other person that paid for the ticket, I didn't pay for mine. They were just like, like, yo, I want you to come. So I'm gonna, you know, look out. So I gave the ticket back, and I was sad. Yeah, I've never seen Beyonce on tour, so see? So seeing her, and that was honestly, a little. I've never seen Beyonce in person. Like, Like. Like that. I mean, never on tour, never anywhere. Like, so I think I was just amazed because I'm like, this is Beyonce.

[D. Nice]

But you know what's so funny? That performance she gave last night on Sunday, that was so minimal of what she can do. And it was weird, though, seeing that personally, for me, because I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She be off. She be full out.

[Home Depot Advertiser]

Yo.

[D. Nice]

But I know. And you know, it's her husband's. Her husband's stage at that night, so I get that. But it was just so weird if, like, for her to even have the dancers come out, that was. I was surprised by that too, because,

[Lauren LaRosa]

yeah, I thought, I'm like, okay, this is like a little mini. Would she be doing on tour?

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

Hey, it's Erica and Mila from Good Mom's Bad Choices on the Black Effect. In this mini episode, we're getting real about the sex, pleasure, and HIV and other STI prevention conversations we wish we had when we were in our twenties. We share what we had to unlearn, what took so long to discover, and the advice we'd give our younger selves.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take a listen.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

I've had so many situations, especially in college in Atlanta, going to dinners with people, having shots, getting in the car, and feeling pressured, literally not using my voice, shutting down, leaving my body. And honestly, I'm still working through the trauma that that has caused.

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

Just the irresponsibility and lack of care for our bodies. Now, as someone in my. My late 30s, I realized that part of empowerment is also knowing your status and your partners. It's not weird to ask someone's status, and it's not weird to demand that they give it to you, because HIV is still a real conversation, and we need to be having it. So getting tested regularly and knowing your prevention options is so important. This includes prep and Truly, this is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

You can listen to this special episode of Good Mom's Bad choices on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. Sponsored by Care for the Culture from

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

B Dot is here. B Dot?

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

Oh, yes,

[D. Nice]

he works here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Works for Rock Nation along with Charlemagne.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I'm trying to get employ.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, you was out all night. You got some rest? Cause you don't have to be here till right now. I am so tired.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I'm tired, boss.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh my God.

[D. Nice]

What was your favorite night? You went all three nights, right?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah, I did. And I had no ticket, believe it or not.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You had no ticket. You say lounge and you was at the after party.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

How?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I'm with the band, ok? I know a guy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bring me with you. Yo, I got there yesterday or I got there Sunday night. I couldn't even find like all the bars were so packed, people couldn't even move.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Oh yeah, the last. Last night's Risa was odd.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I don't know why. Why people wanted to be on risers. It was not fun.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

The first two nights were okay, but last night was nuts. And it was crowded, it was sweaty, it was hot. And there was no food. It was just champagne. I was standing next to Yo Gotti and we were just splitting chicken fingers and fries and passing the bucket around to whoever.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You are famous.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I'm not. I'm familiar. There's a difference.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You was eating chicken fingers and fries with Yo Gotti.

[D. Nice]

First of all, he's behind Jay Z taking a picture.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. First of all, let's go back before we go to the after party. Yo Gotti don't even look like he share his food.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Listen, he had a big ass bucket.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, not because of like size or anything. He just doesn't seem like a person. You just be like, yo, let me get some chicken for you. Like, he's not nice.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

He was around to everybody because people were hungry. We were standing up for like six, seven hours.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was. He is.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've never met him, but he just. I don't know. You know how some people just don't Seem approachable. Like, I wouldn't just go up to him and ask him, you know, even if I knew him, like, hey, can

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I get a nice guy?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, okay.

[D. Nice]

He's a nice guy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was starving, so I wish I was over there with y' all because I. I didn't have a chance. My tickets came in so last minute, I just get up and get ready. So I didn't really eat properly. And when I was like, I'll just get food when I get there.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Bad idea.

[D. Nice]

When? Last night?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. At the concert? Yes. So, okay, what was your favorite night? I think the first night. Yes.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I always think the first night for any concert is always the best because it's new for everybody, you know, so it's like we don't know what we're gonna experience, so. But the energy was so high the first night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought he was excited.

[Ryan Reynolds (Mint Mobile Advertiser)]

Yeah.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

When you don't.

[D. Nice]

And he brought out, like, him bringing out Beyonce, like, first, like, I didn't expect that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[D. Nice]

At all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then Blue Ivy, we gotta take a listen. We have to learn to tear up. That was Blue Ivy. Definitely made me tear up. Let's take a listen to Beyonce coming out to Can't Knock the Hustle. Now I'm going to play a bit of Blue Ivy. You won't hear her, but you hear Jay Z talk about her. And then she plays the piano. Let's take a listen. She plays into feeling it. Let's take a listen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, You. I teared up with Blue Ivy. My kids have to be great. I texted. Yo, you texted me was like, my kids need to be like this. I am so serious. Like, I don't just kids that just be at home and be like, mommy, I love you. No, Are you Blue Ivy?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

You look at your kid, then you look at Blue Ivy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She naturally. I remember them talking about how, like, she just naturally does all that stuff. Like, she don't even take, like, this is not something that she's like, she even thinks she wants to make a career out of yet she just be doing this stuff.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

She's a Grammy award winner already.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right, right.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

She's already accomplished. She's the big homie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Who was your favorite performance of the first night?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I was really happy to see Slick Rick and Nas.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Of course, everybody was so excited for Nas and Jay Z to be on stage together. We should listen to that. No one's seen that.

[D. Nice]

I feel like at least our generation, we never seen that before.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. But I knew when I saw that title curated playlist. By now I'm like, okay, he coming out this weekend.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

But you know what? I was really happy about night two when Eminem came out, and people tried to create this narrative online that Eminem is one of the best or biggest

[Lauren LaRosa]

rappers in the world because he white.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yo, the roof came off when he came out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But also, Eminem is. Oh, by the way, y', all, BDOT has been on the podcast before. You gotta. Because we will just say it because we know you. But it may be a new listener listening to this episode right now. So you gotta let them know where to find you and all the stuff, like how they know you, all that stuff. Oh, introduce yourself.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Hi, my name is Brian B. Dodd Miller. I'm a graduate of Delaware State University and I co host with Angela Yee from time to time on Way Up.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

Yes.

[Home Depot Advertiser]

Now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And you talk about Eminem. I think a part of it.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I know, but we got it. Let's get the Cliff Notes, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, my. They don't. First of all, don't short my people. They be into hip hop journalists just because I don't be doing all the top 10. He makes these lists that be pissing artists. It'd be like, top 10 rappers from like Saturn. And they'd be like, I've been on Saturn. What you mean you don't be.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

No, no, no. Absolutely not. But yeah, I'm a music journalist. I was also mtv, vj, saw the Rap Radar podcast, interviewed Drake, Jay Z and a couple other people.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And he is freaking. He was there with no tickets and ended up at the after party. But listen, yeah, Eminem don't go nowhere.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

He does.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He don't be nowhere. So I think. I mean, that's kind of what you get with Jay Z and Beyonce too, but we at least get to see them sometimes on Instagram and like living their life. And I feel like they've been active these last like six months, seven months. Eminem never. Like, the last we heard from him was when he became a grandfather. Remember, he was all sad that he was happy, but he was crying that Haley was having a baby or getting married or something.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah, I think both.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, yeah, I remember. That's the last time I remember hearing from Eminem.

[D. Nice]

Last time I was gonna say when he did that diss to Trump.

[Care for the Culture Spokesperson]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, he also. When he did the lawsuit with reasonably shady. The podcast, the Black Effect podcast.

[D. Nice]

I didn't know he did that. Okay.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause he's mad about the shady thing. But anyway, Eminem be nowhere. And what I realized that night too, when Eminem Came out. That was night two.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I realized how committed to, like, the look rappers of a certain era are because, like, you can see his silhouette. And I was like, oh, that's Eminem.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Jay Z's the same way.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

You know what's so ill about Jay Z?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Worked out good for him.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

You know what's so great about Jay Z and Eminem and, like, Nas? These guys are in their mid-50s. Right. Like, people don't realize that. That Jay Z is the same age as Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

That's crazy.

[Tony Ayo]

Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

For real?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Only by like a year and like a couple months.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

No.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I would have never got that. He seems so much younger.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah.

[Home Depot Advertiser]

The perception.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But Big Daddy King was like his inspo coming in. Right.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

He was like his pro. He was the mentor to protege, that kind of thing. But they're literally the same. They would have been in high school at the same time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I always thought that Big Daddy Kane was a lot older than Jay Z. Not even just because of looks or anything like that. But music time, Music timing. And how. How time. How Jay Z's music is more relevant than, you know, I mean, Big Daddy Kane. There's a lot of people who don't know who Big Daddy Kane is that are younger than us, but also because of how he talks about Big Daddy Kane. I thought Big Daddy Kane was for him.

[D. Nice]

Yeah.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

You know, so it's just ill to see Jay at this stage in his career, you know, still in demand across all demographics.

[D. Nice]

You think this is the last time we're going to see Jay Z on stage?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yes. Outside of the.

[D. Nice]

Me too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Everybody too.

[D. Nice]

I think so.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Think about it. How many more anniversary shows you think

[D. Nice]

we're going to do exactly, though? And also think about just the momentum of this, though. Like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And he was.

[D. Nice]

My man was forgetting some lines.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What was that song he was doing la the last night, Sunday night, he was doing a song and he was. Kanye was on it. I don't even know the name. Cuz he was. He was doing one song and came out.

[D. Nice]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We got to find that audio and put it in here. Cuz I noticed. I'm like, okay. He don't really know the Kanye ad lib part. I'm like, but. And whatever. He gonna get his own part. He got his own part. He was doing a little bit. He was like.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

He forgot.

[D. Nice]

It looked like he was giving up when he knew,

[Lauren LaRosa]

we gonna wrap something. We gotta put that in here. Y' all gotta hear that. Y' all gotta hear that. That's What I was saying. No, but he was flowing throughout everything else

[Care for the Culture Spokesperson]

a little bit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

People also don't understand how because they make it look so easy to good rappers who do it like jk, Jay Z. It is hard to get up there and go for that long. Your breath control is like, he is 56 years old and just remembering the line like, he ain't never smoked a hookah in his life.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Jump shot, steal money.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yo.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I got a blast, guys.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You made it to the after party real quick.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You was in the after party. You went the first night, Friday night.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Private after party. DJ Khaled, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Jay Z.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Door open for me, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Angie Martinez.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I don't know how I made it, but I did without a ticket. Right? It's crazy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Are they in there really celebrating and have a good time in those things? Like when we see those pictures?

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Yeah. When Jaywood, everyone clapped and he made his rounds and said hi to everybody and it was cool, man. Dave Chappelle was crazy.

[D. Nice]

He did it all three nights. He did last night.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, he probably was pissed at. I know he was pissed off.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

I was there for the first and then I didn't go back. But it was cool, man. And it was a great celebratory moment, so I was happy to be a part of it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, thank you for tapping in. B dot.

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

Anytime.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Anytime you need someone that you know is executive level employee at Roc Nation,

[B Dot (Brian B. Dodd Miller)]

you know, of course, man. I'm again employee of the month. I'm coming for your spot. Charlamagne, Period.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

It.

[Amy Ehrett]

Period.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

Hey, it's Erica and Mila from Good Mom's Bad Choices on the Black Effect. In this mini episode, we're getting real about the sex, pleasure and HIV and other STI prevention conversations we wish we had when we were in our twenties. We share what we had to unlearn, what took so long to discover, and the advice we'd give our younger selves. Take a listen.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

I've had so many situations, especially in college in Atlanta, going to dinners with people, having shots, getting in the car and feeling pressured, literally not using my voice, shutting down, leaving my body. And honestly, I'm still working through the trauma that that has caused.

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

Just the irresponsibility and lack of care for our bodies. Now, as someone in my 30s, my late 30s, I realize that part of empowerment is also knowing your status and your partners. It's not weird to ask someone's status and it's not weird to demand that. That they give it to you. Because HIV is still a real conversation and we need to be having it. So getting tested regularly and knowing your prevention options is so important. This includes prep and Truly, this is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

You can listen to this special episode of Good Mom's Bad choices on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast, sponsored by Care for the Culture

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

from Gilead Sciences the Game plan for

[Home Depot Advertiser]

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biggest tournament takes the stage. Your backyard patio or living room becomes matchday hq. But any epic kickoff requires some prep.

Give your backyard pitch some attention by overseeding and fertilizing.

Add new patio seating to build out your outdoor watch zone. Upgrade your grill to handle halftime crowds,

or go all out painting a few

planters, a cooler or a DIY sign

in your team's colors. And if you need the finishing touches

like string lights or a fire pit,

the Home Depot delivers fast and free on over 2 million items, so you'll

be set up like a super fan. Build it like Beckham for match day

with fast free delivery from the Home Depot.

Then all that's left is to cheer like a champ.

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2026 Supporter how doers get more done subject to availability this is Tony Ayo

[Tony Ayo]

from the Real Report with Tony Ayo and Uncle Murder.

[Boost Mobile Advertiser]

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[Tony Ayo]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

But yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend, though. I did last night, though. I really do wish last night everything's better when you don't have to wake up for work the next morning. But I really want to say Rihanna. You know what I was thinking about with Rihanna? And I know like, the first night, there were so many like Nas. I know last the last night, I miss Ja Rule and Fat Joe, but I saw Fat Joe didn't come out.

[Tony Ayo]

It was.

[D. Nice]

He's talking about Jadakiss.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, so with Jada. Okay.

[D. Nice]

Because I knew Ja Rule was gonna come out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I thought that. I thought that because I heard. I was. I was outside of the stadium at that point. I just heard it. So when I heard a lot of noise, I thought Ja Rule was on stage.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, anyway, when I was walking to my seat, I saw Angie Martinez and Fat Joe, but I didn't get to see Fat Joe perform. But seeing Rihanna on that stage, that's great. It was amazing. But you know what it made me think about Rihanna. Roc Nation has done a really good job with the artists that come from their tree of, like, helping them build out real business to sustain in a way that we've never seen. There were three billionaires that hit that stage. I know Brianna, Beyonce, Jay Z. Minimum, like, Nas is up there. I don't know where he be sometimes because he invests so much quietly. I don't know. I don't think so. No, I don't think so. But I was just thinking about that, like, yo, Rihanna is a billionaire. I literally have on her makeup products right now and swear by them. And she's just casually living her life.

[D. Nice]

Yo. And that. But that's why everyone loves Rihanna, because she could be that and still walk the streets in New York. Like, hey, girl, hey. Like, just, just. Just like us regular people.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, Yes. I had a really, really great time, though. Such a great time.

[D. Nice]

Lil Mama should have came out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, she stands. Yeah, I said that jokingly. Like, I literally said I would have

[D. Nice]

thought it would been Like a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And Alicia Keys are two. They serious. Like, this is like real hip hop. This is like when. When did you. That's like Brown Sugar. When did you fall in love with hip hop? And not to say Lil Mama, not Mama know I. I love her. That's my girl. Mama, if you listen, you know I love you. But I think putting her in New York, I think putting her in that moment, it would have made it a joking thing. And none of them would have wanted that Mama, to be honest with you, she don't even like that moment no more like she hates it.

[D. Nice]

I know, but I'm just saying it would have been to me, I guess how I'm thinking, like it would make. We're in New York makes sense. And I get. People are making fun of the situation

[Lauren LaRosa]

and tell us that we don't need to be outside with the uncs because

[D. Nice]

is why little mama would have wanted to be on that stage.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. If who wouldn't have wanted to be on that stage? I would have got on that stage. And I don't do nothing.

[D. Nice]

I'm just saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I met Gail King, though, right now. Okay, well, that was our Jay Z weekend recap.

[D. Nice]

I didn't finish.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, go ahead.

[D. Nice]

When I. Because we came in with Tiana Taylor.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't even. Oh, go ahead.

[D. Nice]

Just to say, too, though, love, love Tian Taylor down. But what has happened was. What had happened was Yancy came out hard. Not life. And Friday, Friday night. And then, I mean, that's how. Not life. Don't knock the Hustle. And then he played that song again Sunday night. So, you know, people are going to think that Beyonce was going to come out, but instead brought Tiana. And I think that also brought down the momentum because people were also were waiting and she was the first act to come out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I think people were waiting, too, all night long. Because everybody that I was seated with and that's why I do like being on the floor versus a suite, because you can, like, feel the energy of other people. Everybody kept standing up when they thought it was a song that she would be coming out on, and then it wasn't her. And I think because she came out so early the first night for Can't Knock the Hustle, people expected her earlier in the show.

[D. Nice]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Or I think they didn't get.

[D. Nice]

But I think it's because of the song too, though. They're like, oh, Beyonce's about to come back out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I think that they. That wasn't a good.

[Care for the Culture Spokesperson]

They didn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They didn't Put Tiana in the best position. Whoever thought about that also, too. Her audio was so not like.

[D. Nice]

But I wonder if it brought out her. Brought her out on the first night, if she would receive better. Because people love Teyana. You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, I love Tiana. I loved her, but I was surprised. She looked good as hell. She always looked good, though. I was surprised to see her. Only because, if I'm being honest, I was surprised too. When I'm like, it's Sunday night.

[D. Nice]

It should be married in the house.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, Beyonce ain't popped up yet. And when she. When I was here Friday, she popped up real early in the game.

[D. Nice]

That's what I'm saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm like, it's a grand reveal. It gotta be Mary J. Blige. And I think that was another thing, too, is for the people who weren't expecting Beyonce, they were expecting Mary J. Blige.

[D. Nice]

Yeah. But I think maybe he wanted to bring her out. But, you know, she's on tour.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She's the girls, you know, I think Teyana's the new generation of the girls. And I think that that's what he was.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

Was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And it's New York. It's Tiana. She's had an amazing year. I think that that's what he was trying to.

[D. Nice]

Sunday night. No offense, Jay Z.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

Hey, it's Erica and Mila from Good Moms. Bad choices on the Black Effect. In this mini episode, we're getting real about the sex, pleasure and HIV and other STI prevention conversations we wish we had when we were in our twenties. We share what we had to unlearn, what took so long to discover, and the advice we'd give our younger selves.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Take a listen.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

I've had so many situations, especially in college in Atlanta, going to dinners with people, having shots, getting in the car and feeling pressured, literally not using my voice, shutting down, leaving my body. And honestly, I'm still working through the trauma that that has caused, just the

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

irresponsibility and lack of care for our bodies. Now, as someone in my 30s, my late 30s, I realized that part of empowerment is also knowing your status and your partners. It's not weird. And to ask someone's status and it's not weird to demand that they give it to you, because HIV is still a real conversation and we need to be having it. So getting tested regularly and knowing your prevention options is so important. This includes prep. And truly, this is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself.

[Erica and Mila (Good Mom's Bad Choices)]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Jay Z, you owe me a spa day. Okay. If you ever happen to stumble upon this podcast, because I know they be saying that you listen to everything. I don't need you to call me from a block number like they said you'd be doing. Okay. I don't need a record deal. Even though I think I can rap all I need. You never knew that I thought I could rap. I. I wish I could. Like, when I hear good rappers, like, when I watch Jay Z, I'd be like, I wish I could rap.

[D. Nice]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just like the. I can see how the finesse is.

[D. Nice]

You do talk, like, very fast and stuff like that. I can see it transition.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, like I be spitting the flows and running the lows.

[D. Nice]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just need a spa day, y'.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I need a Roc Nation sponsored spa day. Oh, my God. We were standing forever. It was people also who stood outside and inside all that time waiting for the show to start, who didn't have, like, actual seat. It was, like, standing room that they were in. They were swapping off, like, people around me. Like, when they would get up to go get food or drinks or use the bathroom, they would let people sit down just to take a break. That's how much people love Jay Z.

[D. Nice]

Yo, I keep thinking, though, well, never mind. It doesn't matter.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out to him for putting on the show.

[D. Nice]

No, for real. Shout out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I thought we were gonna get shorted on the show.

[Target Advertiser]

Me too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then I was like, but it's Jay Z. He probably paid. Of course. It's worth it. Yeah, it's worth it.

[L (Guest or Contributor)]

I.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

That was my.

[D. Nice]

Well, that was my first Jay Z show because I. The first time I seen him live was on the Run.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[D. Nice]

Him and Beyonce. And that was top three, one of my favorite shows. But seeing him and I really seen the. His story in a sense of, like, his first album and just the impact. The impact to me was just nuts to me seeing that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't think people understand and I don't think people understand that, like, Jay Z, like, he owns rock. Like, he's like, he's. He's an independent artist. I know, because he's a billionaire. He's so big of us. Like, we think of independent artists of, like, as, like, indie and trying to figure it out. And he was that at one point, but, like, he owns that, like, And I always think about that.

[D. Nice]

Like, what does he think of seeing all, like, is this. That's. That's amazing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I know. Like, like, what is this? Because you. I wonder, like, you get to a point where you used to it or no, right? Because, like, you. He's been Jay Z for a while. Beyonce has been Beyonce for a while.

[D. Nice]

I think they still.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I would.

[D. Nice]

I would think that they still be like, wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

People were running, especially Jay Z being

[D. Nice]

at the age, to the stage, like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, somebody tried to climb on my boyfriend's back. He was like, yo, relax. Because we were staying. Like, we were standing up. So the girl tried to climb in the chair. So she used it, like, grabbed him. He was like, yo, what the hell? Like, relax. And I turned around, like, what is going on? He was like, yo, you gotta relax. Back up. It's not that you're not. And she was drunk. Like, it was some of my mom. She was about to fall off that chair. Because those chairs wasn't the type of chairs you just stand up on. They was like picnic chairs. But, yes. Look, I know y' all are gonna hear a lot of different mixed reviews

[D. Nice]

about everything, but it was good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I. I had a great time. Even the. You know, I learned about Jazz O and the origin story of Jay Z. I had always thought Daddy Big Daddy Kane played a lot of a big role in that. And like so many other people I'd never heard about about Jazz O, I learned a lot of hip hop culture in real time. And it's just. I want to see where hip hop can take you. Like, where our things can take you to.

[D. Nice]

No, absolutely. And I was telling our Uncle Sharla because he just was hating on us young folks about the whole thing, trying gatekeep Jay Z.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I was asking him, I was

[D. Nice]

like, why are you upset that he's getting new admirers?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, that doesn't make any sense. And he got quiet.

[D. Nice]

But because it's like, I wasn't a huge Jay Z fan, but, you know, I respected the man. Understood, like, his. His process. Not even say process, but, you know, his history. But seeing it and really understanding the impact, like, oh, wow. And, like, hearing, like, it's different. I'm glad to be like, okay, I'm a fan for sure now.

[Ryan Reynolds (Mint Mobile Advertiser)]

So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I agree. Well, that was another episode of the latest with Lauren, the rose of the podcast. I don't know if you guys have ever known this, but when I say this final line, I'll tell you what song it's from. My boyfriend realized it this weekend we were at the concert. I tell you guys every single episode. Y' all could be anywhere in the world, but y' all choose to be right here with me, my low riders. That sound familiar? You could be anywhere in the world, but you choose to be right here with me. Jay Z says that I. I kind of flipped it, but that's where I got it from. That is where you got from.

[K (Guest or Contributor)]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I love it when you. No, that part where he like. I mean, the. I like that song in general, but. But that part where he's talking, like, it's like, very, like.

[D. Nice]

I get what you're saying.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know who I am, like, but also, I'm learning who I am. So, like, y' all here and y' all know, like, more so, like, I really do this. Like, and I appreciate y' all for being here and confirming that I really do this because I really be doing this. So I appreciate y', all, my low riders, every single time that y'.

[Jay Z (voice clips)]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tune into the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, if you did not already go check out all of the content that I've posted from the Jay Z weekend. I had a lot of videos that I was fighting my battle with in there. No service, no wi fi for real to get up. And I covered majority of everything. We were everywhere this weekend with the Bronco grinding content. Got a lot of pickup, so go check that out. L O R E N L O R O S A everywhere. And brown girl grinding on social as well too. And if you're listening to this episode, you can use the code BGG love for 10 off. Because JG Jay Z just got me wanting to love the people. Like, oh, there was a lot of in that room. I'll see you on the next episode. I'm out. I'm tired. Bye.

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[Care for the Culture Spokesperson]

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[D. Nice]

Yeah, yeah.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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