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This is an Iheart podcast.
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Guaranteed human peace of the planet.
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Charlamagne tha God here. And the end of the year is the time to set the foundation for next year. New ideas, new product drops, new goals. And when I'm building anything meaningful, I need the right tools. That's why I always tell folks, especially black entrepreneurs and small black owned businesses, Shopify is the move. We use it at the Black Effect podcast network. And I've seen firsthand how it helps creators and business owners grow with confidence. Okay, Shopify is like having a whole team behind you. You, your chief of staff, your personal assistant, your co founder, all in one platform. Wherever your people are, Shopify makes sure your business can meet them where they're at. So if you're ready to take the next step in your life, whether it's merch products or anything in between, get on shopify.com ben and make it happen. It is time to stop putting off your future and start your new role as your own boss today.
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Let's get to it.
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Time to do it.
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I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody.
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You know, she don't lie about that, right?
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Lauren came in hot.
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Hey, y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the ladies with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now today, guys, on our episode coming in hot, Ms. Mimi Brown, TV is here.
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Hello, everyone. Thanks for going to have me. I'm so excited.
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Of course. So our audience here, they are called the Low Ridas. Okay. Because they be riding for me. Okay. When they be coming for me, they be riding for me. So it, you know, that's our audience, that's our community. So it is Mimi's first time here on the podcast. Mimi does front page news on the Breakfast Club and I have her here today because I'm trying to figure out world domination. No, I'm joking. I have her here today because I wanted to talk to you guys just about like health insurance and some of the things that are going on with Medicare because of a very personal experience that I, I've recently encountered that we're going to talk a little bit about. But there was so much that went down today. Mimi was at the studio with us all day today at the Breakfast Club and we had Fetty Wap pop up at the show and she was there for that and, you know, just some things. So we are going to talk through that Talk through the day. So y' all gonna get to hear Mimi talk about more than just front page news today? Yes, I'm excited.
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Little more than one dimensional news to get into it a little bit.
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Yes, yes, for sure. So here on the latest, we do a segment when we open the show. It's called behind the scenes of the Grind. The check in.
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Back on the grinding.
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Now, I started this even though I don't have a co host on this show. Like, it's literally just me and the low riders and the cameras. But the reason why I started the check in even though I'm in here talking to myself is because I felt like in the beginning when I started this podcast, um, almost a year. We're literally, you know, almost a year next month, March 24th. Uh, when we started this podcast, I had so much happening so fast. Um, it has been a crazy year. But I think one of the things that I realized that I didn't do enough of was just take a second to sit down and, and check in on myself. And I realized how much that played into negatively, positively, but also kind of like ambiguously as well. Where like some days I was just there. I wasn't. My day wasn't good, my day wasn't bad. I was literally just getting through the day. And how that played into like everything I do in work and how I show up for people just in my real life too. So I was like, girl, you gotta start checking in on yourself, seriously. So I felt like if I made it a part of the podcast and how we opened the show, I would have to take the second to do that. Yes, yes. So we are going to start with the behind the Scenes of the Grind check in. So Ms. Mimi Brown, checking in behind the scenes of the grind. How are you feeling? And when I ask you that, I mean, how are you really?
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You know what, that's a mixed bag because I am so excited to be in New York.
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Right?
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Yeah, on the East Coast. So I live in la. I usually do the show remote. And so to be here is so exciting and to just to, you know.
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Physically.
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Mentally be here. But I will say this, when it. For what I do with the news, it is very exhausting. Only because it is a very fast moving news cycle all the time.
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Yeah.
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There are things that are hitting you while you're sleeping. We're living in a time that I never thought that we would be in. And because I care so much, I can't escape it. Right. So it's one part of because I care about what's happening in the world and what's happening to people. But then there's the other side where like, I have to do it for my job.
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Right.
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So I can't escape it. And so for me, I'm doing good right now because I think I'm in the fog of the excitement. But if it were a regular day and it was a Friday, I'd probably be more mentally exhausted from the week, from the headlines, from whatever happened that drove us into another wave of, oh my God, I can't believe this is actually happening and we're 2026.
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You said something that I heard and I'm like, damn, like, I know what that feels like. You said, I can't escape it.
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Yeah.
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And I like often feel like, you know, like we have jobs that I think a lot of people are like, oh my God. Like if, if you want to do news in a pop culture space, we are very, very blessed to be in this space and you know what I mean, to be doing the things that we're doing and the platforms that we're working with. But I always wonder to myself, today's actually Angie Martinez's birthday. Happy birthday, Angie Martin, if you're listening. I don't know if she listens, but if she does, woo. That is the goal. She is like on my Mount Rushmore of people who do what I do. And I've been blessed to be able to meet her and have a few conversations with her because of the station power 151, which is the station that the Breakfast Club is on in New York. Yeah. But I was reading or rereading her book when I was coming back from Ghana and it just hit so differently this time around because of the year that I've had. And one of the biggest things in the book that I feel like I didn't hear him talk much about and I was like, man, I hope she writes another book because of this is like, what was her escape from? From this. Because even when she had her son, and I know you have a son, even when she had her son, she talked about like how difficult it was. Cuz she was in the thick of it. She was at the, like, that's like, if I was to get pregnant like today.
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Yeah.
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You know what I mean? Like, she was at the thick of like, okay, things are changing, people are paying attention. Your career is in a very pivotal point and I don't want to be pregnant today. I know that I need it. I'm. I know I got some more time to put In. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, those are things that I think about, like, okay, you know, building a family. And not even just like, building a family, but, like, just having time for myself. Like, I need to go get my nails done. I haven't done it. Cause, like, I can't find the time in between. When do I sleep? When do I. I can't escape it. Like, I always feel like I'm going to miss something. Always.
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And do you people ever say you never put down your phone?
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People always tell you that. And, girl, I got two of them, right? I'd be on bow items. I'd be like, all right, this one posting the content. This one is the emails. Like, it. Like, yes.
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Because you feel guilty. Almost.
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Like, if I stop and I take.
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A few moments for myself, I feel so guilty, and I feel like I've missed something. So, you know, I think for both of us, what we need to do in 2026 is really try and find a balance. Like, a moment where we can escape. Because even now, as I'm saying this, I see your phone lighting up.
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My phone is lighting, girl, Literally right now. You made me look at my phone. Yeah.
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I mean, but that's what I'm saying. It's. It's hard to escape it. It just. It really is. And so I think for me, I'm going to try and be more intentional to actually take the days off that I have off. But, I mean, I feel like, oh, my gosh, something's going to break over the weekend. I need to know what's going to happen.
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Yeah. And during the weekends, I feel like even though I've gotten a lot better at having a good time, but, like, I'm still. Because it's like, I like to. We were talking about this. Like, I like to, like, watch things as they happen.
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Me, too.
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Like, I like to watch my timeline. I like to, you know, interviews, when they're first posted before they make it to blogs and social media, gets an opinion of them. Like, I like to do all of that type of stuff, and I feel like I use my weekends for that. But, like, even just in unpacking my apartment and organizing my life so that my work life isn't chaotic, I've had to almost bargain with myself to be able to find time to do that. And then I feel, you know, I'm in this phase of, like, trying to save money and make sure I'm doing the right things with money. And I feel bad when I have to hire people to do things. Like, just clean or, like, it's just. It's.
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It's. But that saves your time.
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It does. It saves your time. Yes.
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And so you shouldn't feel bad because you can't do everything at. Like, I've had to learn how to do that, especially as a mom. Like, I feel. I feel guilty when I'm doing this, and I don't give my son the time that he needs, but then the house still needs to be cleaned up. Then I, you know, I need to. So I've had to learn how to outsource. So don't feel bad for that, because that will give you some of your time.
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That feel bad feeling. And every time I say that, I'm like, girl, do you hear yourself? There are so many people who, like, don't even have that option. Like, shut up. But me, for me to feel bad feeling is like. Like, I could do that just as good as the person I'm about to pay this couple hundred dollars to. And this couple hundred dollars could go to my savings account. It could go to, you know, like, dang, I just thought of something right now. Like, literally in this moment, I thought of something that I could be doing with my money, and I thought of something that I need to pay not for myself, but for someone else. Like, there's just so much that rides.
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Can you tell me that you were at times, mentally. I mean, just physically mentally exhausted, right?
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Girl, hell yeah.
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So. So I think, you know, if you carry that into, like, just day after day, week after week, that's going to take a toll. So that that money that you're talking about saving is going to impact your health, which is not worth it at the end. So I think, you know, when I. When I look at it like that, I, you know, it's money well spent, you know?
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Yeah, yeah. I. I tell. I watched. I tell myself that. Yeah. But, yeah, I just. That I can't escape it. I'm like, yo, I always think about. And reading Angie Martinez's book made me think about again. Like, how do I create those subtle escapes for myself where, like, I'm still able to tap back in and do my job when necessary, but at the same time, I'm enjoying life and enjoying what's happening right now and enjoying people in my life and taking the time I need for myself to just not be so burnt out and just show up for people and show up for myself, you know what I mean?
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Absolutely.
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Like, does our job really afford for you to be able to do that?
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You have to steal those Moments and that. And I think that's. That's what we have to figure out how to do when and how to do it. Because you have to literally steal those moments.
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You just do, you know, girl, I. I ain't stolen a long time.
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You don't have to keep each other on that one.
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Yeah, I ain't stolen in a long time. To do it made me like, girl, I ain't never stole nothing. I don't know what you.
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I said, I'm over here preaching to.
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Her, I don't do it myself. Okay.
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But we gonna figure it out.
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Well, so behind the scenes of the grind, we are figuring out how to balance it out about that here, though. Like, just figuring out how to balance it all. And like, what that, like, really, honestly looks like. Because I think it's different for everybody as well too. Like, what mine looks like is different than what yours look like. Especially because, like, I don't have a kid yet. And when I do, my kid is going to be brand new. I'm saying brand new. Like, mine's 12.
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So he's pretty self sufficient. Yes, Siri.
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Yeah, mine's going to be brand new. Or to peel them out the pack. You know what I'm saying?
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I'm peeling out the pack.
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Throw him in the microwave. Get them going. No, I'm not gonna put my kid in the microwave, y'.
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All.
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It was a joke. It was a joke. But we gonna get on into the latest. So first up in the news, all over your timeline, Fetty Wap at the Breakfast Club. So today was a very interesting day because Fetty Wap, who you know, I was able to break his first statement since returning home from prison, popped up at the Breakfast Club and decided that, you know, he wanted to have a conversation about so many things, about, you know, family, about music or, you know, lack thereof right now because he's focused on just like spending time with his kids. You know what his first couple days out have been just a lot. It was such a wide ranging conversation. But. And I felt bad for feeling like this, but when I was sitting there with Fetty Wap, as we were talking to him in my mind, I was like, I'm really happy for him.
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I was really happy for him, too. He's in a different place mentally.
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You could. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it just felt weird to be like, I'm really happy for you. You had to do all that time in jail. Like, that's how I was thinking. But then I'm like, like, I'm like, man, jail really changed his life, if not saved his life.
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You can tell.
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Yeah. And I. I don't ever want to see anybody behind bars. I know that that is rough, especially you go from being Fetty Wap on top of the world. Right. Money issues are not. Because at the time that all of his issues were happening, before he ended up behind bars, there were conversations about different money issues and him having fun things in his career and just different things by himself, which is how he, you know, ended up in a predicament which landed him behind bars.
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Yeah.
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But, yeah, I just. The time that he was able to sit down and we talked about that. Like, sitting still. Yeah, Being still. The time he was able to sit down, I think really, really changed him. Now, granted, it's only been about 48, maybe 72 hours, depending on the day you watching this video or listening to this audio since he's been home, but I don't know. That's what I took away from the conversation.
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You know what I took away? I loved how he talked about realizing, and I don't think you need to go to jail to realize it, but I love how he talked about realizing who was really down for him.
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Yeah.
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When he was there.
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Yeah.
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You know, because they.
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We.
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You guys talked about, you know, he would spend money on his 20 friends to go here, to go there and do all the things. And then when he was there, you know, he named a handful of people, literally on one hand, who showed up for him.
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Girl, it wasn't even five people.
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It wasn't even five.
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He said, Coy Larray, 50 Cent, Chief Keef. And there was somebody else.
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Family.
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His family. I think there might have been.
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Was there any? I don't know.
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We had the clip. Let's take a listen to who Fetty Wap talked about, you know, really being there for him and what that looked like.
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Was the industry there for you when you were locked up? Like, who? Artists, label people? Family. Family included. Family, yeah, my family was there. Industry.
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Not too much.
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Not too much. Nah, man. Let me see. Oh, Coil array. Coil array. Coy Larae, 50 Cent Chief Keef.
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How, though? And like, in what way? Like, when you say they were there for you, like, what was it?
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Well, Corey, she actually helped me out with a record. I had put out an album called King Zoom. Right. And she actually. She featured on the record. She did a whole TikTok thing for me. She. She. And she just did it off the love. Like, she pushed that as if it was her own record. So, like, I don't Even know how to thank her for that, you know what I'm saying? Because she didn't have to do that. She was already. She already. She doing her thing, you know what I'm saying? And she from Jersey, so that they have, like this theory with people from Jersey where we like to pull each other down. So for her to help lift me up in my time of darkness, it was like, thank you a lot, you know what I'm saying?
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You said 50.
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What did 50 do, man? 50. 50 did a lot for me from. From day one. It was like he reached out like, yo, whatever you need, just holla at me, you know what I'm saying? And I'm like, all right, all right, all right, all right. And then it was like, where this money going? I'm like, what?
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Like, you know what I'm saying? I ain't used to that. I'm used to it.
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It's always the other way around.
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Send me the money here.
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Yeah, yeah. So it was just like. It was, it was. It was nothing. Like, he. Whatever I needed, he was right there. Like, he answered the phone.
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He.
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He. He didn't shy off, you know what I'm saying? All the way down to the. To the time I'm about to come home, he's, you know, how you getting home? And stuff like that, you know what I'm saying? So, like, if anything, like, as far as. As far as financial and. And like, mental, like, help, he was probably there, the biggest.
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So. Yeah, I know, I know. 50 was like, helping you diversify, like, income and different things like that as well too. What were the conversations like about when Fetty WAP comes home? 50 Cent is giving you what advice of, like, here's what you should be doing business wise, because the industry has changed so much.
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I can't curse, right? Yeah, you curse. Yeah. Hey, yo, hey, yo, stop fucking up, you know what I'm saying? You should have never stopped making music. Like, you should have kept going hard, like, you know what I'm saying? That's 50. 50 going, 50 going. He gonna say what he want to say, like, you know what I'm saying? He ain't got no filter, so it was good. It was. It was everything he told me. It just like, you know what I'm saying? Just get back to it. Like, don't. Don't waste no time. This time you only got this, this, this my last chance, you know what I'm saying? However that sounds to people. But, you know, if you in this industry, you know what that means, you know What I'm saying. So you got to make it count.
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That's the story of it. Like, you know, you at the top, you got everything going for yourself. You can do everything for people. Everybody's around when things are dark and you can't do as much for people, they're not around, you see who's down for you. Exactly, exactly. And there's a clip going viral of Fetty Wap running into French Montana and Max B in the hallway at Power 151. You know, the powers collided, they stopped, they had a conversation. And I think, you know, people. Max B. Is a person who just recently came home as well, too, who I'm sure has so many conversations that he can have about people being down for him, not being down for him. Like, you know, like, that whole. It's crazy how you. It all works. Like, that cycle of, like, you get on, you're able to change your life and change other people's lives, and then the minute that you can't do, the minute that you have to say no, the minute that you can't answer the phone as much, people stop.
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People stop. But you know what I like? What's the through line of all three of those people that you just named Max B, French Montana, and. And Fetty Wap? Is that even Max B he was talking about? You know, he did 18 years. Yeah, 18 years. And he talked about French just kind of being there for him.
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I thought that was so fire, right? But I think it's so fire to see French Montana and Max B's relationship play out in real time. Like, Max B. Coming home, French taking him to the game, making sure he's straight. Because everybody needs a somebody.
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Everybody needs a somebody. Like, especially when you are locked up or whatever that may look like. But, you know, just to see their friendship, you know, for all these years, that's. That's amazing.
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And one of the other things, too, that I thought was pretty interesting, I'd asked Fetty Wap about Masika and some tweets that Masika had tweeted out, and it was very like. I mean, I think by now. By now, I've kind of. Anything that's like, pop culture and trending or whatever, we're going to ask about it when the interview happens, right? And I've kind of gotten in. In a space where we do these interviews where it's like. Because sometimes, like, it's not the most comfortable thing to bring up, especially because when I'm listening to Fetty Wap talk, in my mind, I'M like, I don't know. Like, it's a weird space to be in. It's like you don't know other than what someone's sitting in front of front of you and telling you, Right? So when I'm hearing him say, yo, I just want to spend time with my kids. I want to. Everything was about making up for time that was not spent. Will my kids forgive me? I'm going to get back to music. I've already been in the studio. But, like, right now, redemption is putting that time in.
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Yeah.
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And then you see her tweets online where Masika's like, you know, verbatim. She's like, she's calling Fetty Wapa disappointment. She says, how do you get out and be an immediate disappointment? I hate believing in a nigga that I know I shouldn't believe in. And he proves me the f right. Prove me wrong. And she put wrong on all caps. Prove me wrong for once. Damn. First day out and still a bitch ass nigga. Go back. I don't play about my babies and I don't give a F who don't like it. Sorry for the curses, y'.
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All.
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Y' all know I don't really curse that down the pot. My kids have been through enough. Let my babies down and you're gonna see a different side of me. And I get it. As a mom, if she feels like her kids were wrong, she gonna come. She gonna come like that about her.
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B
Babies to a different person. When you feel like someone's messing with your kids, whatever that may look like.
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Right.
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You definitely do.
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But in talking to him, I'm like, even when I asked him about was kind of one of them things where my first instinct was, I don't know what's going on inside of their situation, but I hope for the remainder of the time that we have to see them interact with each other until their baby is however old, where they don't have to be as direct in communication. They can figure it out off the Internet. Because it seems like he is really trying to be in a piece. A place of, like, peace and space, where things are growing. But again, we don't know. I'm not taking away from him and what he said to us. I can only go by what he's saying to us, though. And I hear her on one side as well too. So you gotta kind of like, I guess you gotta kind of take both into account. But let's take a listen to Fetty Wap. When I asked him about Masika and how he handled that. I saw Masika tweeting about. Yeah. That whole situation.
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D
See that? She wanted that segue.
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I was gonna ask a question regardless. You all in his bedroom. But I mean. Okay, so I'm asking you. I saw her tweet about disappointment. And I know you guys have a daughter together. Like, what's the plan for you and her moving forward? Cause that gets loud.
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D
I appreciate her for, you know, I appreciate her for making sure she. Making sure that my daughter knew that I love her. She didn't try to keep her away at this time. You know, during that time, I was down. You know, whenever I called for her, she let me talk to her. You know what I mean? I don't got nothing bad to say about her. So whatever. I don't know. I don't be. I'm not really a social media person. Would you jump back on reality show? Would you do that? I promise my guys, I'll do it for them. Loving hip hop' cause they see.
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B
Cause they can.
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Cause hip hop is on its way.
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But I don't. You know what I'm saying? That's not nothing that I would have chosen for myself. But like I said, when you down, you just like, man, I should have did that, man, so I could have. You know what I'm saying? Like, it was just a whole bunch of things you just wish you should have did. But, yeah, as far as that situation, I don't have nothing bad to say about nobody. Even when it comes down to what you asked me earlier, as far as my daughter's mom, like, you know, like, no matter what happens as a man, you stand up. So it doesn't matter what anybody says about me. You know what I'm saying? Like, you take care of my kids, I'm gonna love you forever. It doesn't matter. Like, you know what I'm saying? And I appreciate each one of my kids. Moms, you know, they all healthy, they all in school, they all breathing. They all doing their thing, you know what I'm saying? Like. And, you know. Oh, yeah. And I want to say I appreciate my daughter Lauren's mother, too. She was. She was there at the beginning of this bed for me, you know, when she didn't have to be. You know, she was going through her own thing. You know what I mean? So, yeah, I just. I don't have time for negativity, man.
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B
He. He seemed. No matter what, Whatever's happening, he. He did seem grateful for her holding him down, whatever that may look like.
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Yeah, right, right. Even if at Like a surface level of just, like just answering the phone when he called so he could talk to his daughter is what it sound like. He was just grateful for that.
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B
He sounded like he was just grateful for that.
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A
Yeah.
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You know, we don't know all the details, but, you know, just judging from his response. And again, as a mom, I get it, I get it. If I feel like my child isn't getting something from their father, I might get rah rah on you too. But I do understand also where he's coming from. Just. Thank you.
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Well, listen, I hope that all of the gratitude and everything that we've experienced from him in this interview today is what carries on throughout his release. He does have some strict guidelines around his release. I know he'll be on these strict guidelines for the next five years. Drug testing can be a thing. He won't be able to open bank accounts with an approval from the feds. And even then, and still he'll still have to let probation officers know about like, taxes and any income. Of course, no alcohol or drugs unless prescribed, which is why they're, you know, potentially will be doing the testing. And if it's up to a judge, he may be tested, you know, through a rehabilitation program which is set just for him, just to make sure that he stays on track throughout this time that he'll have to be involved in, you know, this next level of like, what monitoring from the government looks like. And for those of you guys who may not remember, Fetty Wap was arrested some years back. And again he completed a three year sentence out of six years. So back in May of 2023, Fetty Wap was sentenced to six years. So he completed three. And he is now home. But when he was first busted, he was busted with over 500 grams or more of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash. But I think it's a big deal that the court decided to let him go, you know, all these months early. I think it speaks volumes to just what he's been able to do, rehabilitation wise for himself and what we saw, right, that girl.
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B
What we saw.
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A
Yeah. Yes, it was evident. I, I've never. That's not true. I, I guess I had before. But yeah, sitting with him, I was like, okay, I'm. I truly believe he's going to use this second chance that God has given him to make the most out of his situation. And he did. That was so touching. Yeah, he said it was. Because I think for a lot of, for a lot of people, when you are, you know, you have Cause he has fame. I don't know how much money he may have left or not. You know what I'm saying? But he has fame. He has the notoriety. There's still platform. There could still be such an entitlement to what he thinks he should have because of who he was before he was thrown behind bars. Yeah. Everything about the person that just sat in that Breakfast Club room with us today was stripped of all of that. There was no entitlement. There was no. There was a lot of accountability. And I think that there was a lot of God in that room. I don't know. He didn't talk much about faith besides saying God said it, but you could literally feel like, oh, his purpose and his like. And maybe that's what it is. Maybe you asked him that because someone.
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B
Was it Charlie?
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Charlemagne. Charlemagne. They brought up Proverbs. I believe it's 46:10 where God talks about being still. Psalms, Psalms, Psalms 4610. I think I googled. Let me see. So Psalms 46:10. Yes. This is what Charlemagne brought up. Be still and know that I am God. I'll be exalted among nations. I'll be exalted in the earth. Let's take a listen to that moment. That was a moment where I was like, oh, baby, God is. God is welcome with this man. And I am so happy to hear it, so happy to see it now as we move on, just, you know, quickly. Cause we done already ran it down, and Taylor's gonna kill me at the amount of time. Um, I brought Mimi Brown here today because, I mean, first of all, she's in New York, so it's like, why not have Superstar on the podcast? But also yesterday, in real time, I was getting phone calls about my mom's insurance, and my mom comes to New York. For those of you guys who do not know the lowriders, who don't know, my mom is a stage four brain and lung cancer survivor. So at this point, she is doing scans every three months just to, like, check up, just to make sure that nothing's growing, nothing's there, all of that stuff. And we always have, like, a little stumble, stumble when it's time for her scans. Because, you know, hospitals are overwhelmed. Approvals from insurances don't happen all the time on time. So that was no biggie. I'm like, okay, I know how to handle this. We call third parties. We push the approvals ourselves by just saying, flagging the fact that we don't have authorizations. Her doctor is such an advocate. Boom. We're doing all that. And then my mom calls me and says that her home health aid agency has called her and said that they will have to take her home health aid off of the schedule because her insurance is saying that they don't have. Like, it's canceled. She doesn't have it anymore. Her home health aid, though, did show up today, and I haven't talked to her insurance yet, because when I finished Life yesterday with just getting her calmed and, you know, back and headed to Delaware with my brother, I was so exhausted, I was like, I'm gonna deal with them tomorrow. But my mom let me know that her home health aid did show up today. So I'm not for sure what's going on with her insurance or not, but I do know that we've been having some hiccups, and we were told that it was canceled by the home health agency. And I went to Mimi and I'm like, yo, where did Trump leave off? Because I thought he backed off of this. I thought we were okay.
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B
So, yes, we talked about this a little bit, you know, and I think it's. It's. And we said. When you told me this, Lauren, I was like, you know, we always talk about 20 million people who, you know, may no longer have health insurance, who may be kicked off their health insurance. But you put a name to the face, literally yesterday, right? You put a situation to the face. And I think what's. What's. What's happening is people are finding out in real time that as of December 31, 2025, that they either no longer have health insurance, they can no longer afford their health insurance, or some of the services and benefits that they had with their health insurance are no longer viable. They. They will no longer apply to their account anymore. And that is just because the Obamacare subsidies, that would keep things low so that people can afford to have those health insurance. Health. Have that health insurance. They expired. And Republicans who are in charge of the House, who. Who are in charge of the Senate, they have not put together a health care plan for the American people. And so right now, as of, you know, the first. Second, going into the second week of January, there are millions of people who will no longer have health insurance. And, you know, it.
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A
It is.
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B
It is a thing that I think that most people don't think about, right? Because we. Again, some of the things that are happening in the world are things that we've never really had to deal with, right? Those are just afterthoughts, you know, that, you know, you can get Affordable health insurance some kind of way. But right now it is really hard. We've never been in this situation. And so I think, you know, what people need to do is call their insurance plans, check on your premiums, you know, and this is not just going to affect people who have Medicare or Medicaid. This is going to affect employee led insurance programs. So even if you have it through.
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A
Work, your corporate insurance, even your house.
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B
It'S going to go up because it's.
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A
All, it's also, you're going to pay more for stuff.
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B
You're going to have to pay more because if, if, if they kick off, you know, Medicare, Medicare, Medicaid or ACA programs, that's going to affect, you know, insurance premiums. Insurance companies are still going to have to get paid. That's going to affect the people who have insurance through their job. You know, it's always going to be a domino effect. And so a lot of people think it's not going to affect you because, oh, I, you know, I have it through my job. It definitely will affect you. Your, your services that you usually get may go up, your out of pocket expenses may be more. I just think before you go to the doctor, before you schedule your checkup, before, before anything this year in 2026, you just need to call and make sure that you still have the same coverage that you thought you had as of last year, you know, because Trump didn't back off of it and he has no plan for the future going forward. I will say this, today's Friday. So as of Thursday, yesterday, the House Republicans.
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A
January 5th. January, I'm sorry, January 8th.
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B
January 8th.
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A
8Th. Woo. I said fifth, y'. All. It's three days later. January 8th was yesterday they had a.
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B
Health care vote in the House. I think it was about 17 Republicans voted with Democrats to, to reinstate those Obamacare subsidies that would push back those prices. But it now heads to the Senate, which is expected to have a tough time. So the way the process works, the House will vote on it, the Senate will vote on it, and then the President will sign it into law. I don't know if the Senate, it's going to pass the Senate because, you know, they have their own things that they want to add to it that may not go over well. You know, they want abortion, stricter abortion laws, just, just things that really don't affect everyday people. I just, you know, we should care about our fellow human, that's all. And we should just care that people really need to get their cancer screenings or people really need to take their baby to the hospital or whatever that may look like. But right now it's not looking great.
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A
Yeah, I just wanted you to the conversation we had yesterday, which is insane because before all of this, like a few months ago, my mom's insurance called and were like, hey, because of everything that's happening with the new administration, we're just calling because certain things are changing. We want you to know. So we, we talked through all of that, but I did not think it would get to this point where like, I'm having to wonder, does my mom not have health insurance?
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B
Yeah. Yeah.
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A
And then I'm like, okay, I'm not rich, but like, I know I can help her pay for health insurance if I have to. Like, I thank God that I have a job. You know what I mean? But I'm thinking about people who, even with the job might not be in that place, you know what I mean? To be able to pay out of pocket. And it's just, oh my God, it just stops. And it's like, you just have to like, literally yesterday it was just like, what? Boom, here you go. And I didn't even have the bandwidth to begin to dive into all of that. I can't imagine someone who not only doesn't have the, you know, the means to pay for it, but also like, if you are a sick person going through something, what, you want me to now sit on the phone and figure out insurances?
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B
It's, it's beyond, it's, it's almost cruel. It is cruel.
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A
Right?
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B
Because when you think about the people who just need it for their everyday survival and they can't get it, it's, it's. I talked to someone a couple of weeks ago who told me that their insurance Premium jumped from $300 a month to $2,200 a month and they've been forced to cancel it. You know, so what do you do in those type of situations? So it's not, you know, I don't know. I really don't. I don't know where we are headed, but it is something that I'm committed to following and seeing where we go from here. But you know, it's just, it's really all up in the air if you ask me. I think we're focusing too much on foreign issues versus issues right here.
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A
That's always been a complaint about our government, regardless of the administration. Like, I know, I remember people who were saying that about like mayor, like Eric Adams in New York and like, you know, Biden at one point Just like, we're worried about, like, take care of home first. It has always been a conversation about the government. But, yeah, girl, I just needed. I. I needed that conversation. So I'm like, if I need it, I know there might be someone else out there that also needs it as well, too. So let the people know where they can follow you at. For more information like this, please follow.
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B
Me at Mimi Brown tv. And I'm also talking about these issues Monday through Friday during Front page News, so make sure you tune in. I'm always literally trying to break it down in a way that is understandable for our everyday life, because I think a lot of people are like, oh, I don't follow politics, or I don't know what that means, but I literally make it my life's work to tell you how this is going to show up at your front door.
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A
Is Mimi. Is M. I am. I spell it out for the audio listeners, too. Yep.
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B
M. I am. I Brown. Like the color. So Mimi Brown TV on all platforms.
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A
Well, y', all, this has been another look at baby pj.
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B
So cute.
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A
He ready for this podcast episode to be over. He misses me. They gonna try to say I didn't know how to hold him. I'm gonna show you. I knew what I was doing.
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B
Not knowing how to hold the baby's head.
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A
Lauren, I know how to hold a baby. That's not what I heard. All right, y', all, we gonna wrap this podcast episode because I need to show Mimi that I know what I'm doing, okay? Like, they got my name out here. I'm gonna play y' all the clip, okay? They were telling me I didn't know what I was doing. I knew what I was doing.
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D
When Lauren was holding Taylor's baby, it scared the ish out of me. And Charlamagne, I knew what to do.
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C
You look like Rashan. Rock the baby, head. The baby back to Taylor.
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A
You know what? It's not my time yet, but when it is, I put the baby in.
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C
Ms. Gwen was so nervous. Oh, my God.
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A
Thank you for trusting me with your baby.
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C
She tried to make the baby walk the baby. Six months old. She got to hold the baby up the wall. Come on, man. You watch the memes too much. And them babies dancing, and you been believing it.
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A
Taylor's baby loved me, okay? He didn't cry, so I got.
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D
He's probably scared.
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A
So we're going to wrap this episode, Low Riders. I tell you guys, every single episode, y' all could be anywhere with anybody. Talking about all of the babies and all of these things, but you guys choose to be right here with me. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. And I appreciate you guys, my Lowriders so much, every single episode. I will catch you guys in my next one.
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