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Lola Brooke
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Mario
This is Julian Edelman from Games with Names. Now let's get into the serious stuff. We're talking football food, specifically Daisy French onion dip. These are so delicious. They're like homemade dips made with real herb and spices. Also made with some daisy sour cream. Daisy sour cream is a long standing staple for Taco Tuesday. They also have daisy ranch dip. So get out there and give Daisy French onion dip a try. You will not regret it. Wake you up. Wake that ass up.
DJ Envy
Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk.
Charlamagne Tha God
The way that you talk.
Mario
I hate the way that you dress.
Charlamagne Tha God
Everything with me is blessed.
Mario
Call up next 800-585-1051. Not just me, I'm with the culture.
DJ Envy
Philly. Hello? Who's this?
Lola Brooke
Hey, this is Auntie Kim from the 843.
Charlamagne Tha God
What up? Auntie Kim from the 843. What's happening, Charlemagne?
DJ Envy
I married now.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, congratulations.
DJ Envy
Nice.
Charlamagne Tha God
Who made that mistake?
Lola Brooke
Busy.
Charlamagne Tha God
What happened?
Lola Brooke
I said, I know he was trying to get you to come, but I.
DJ Envy
Know you were busy.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yeah.
DJ Envy
Do you even know Auntie Kim?
Mario
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, I know Auntie Kim.
DJ Envy
He said that you shouldn't.
Lola Brooke
That person shouldn't even have married you.
Charlamagne Tha God
I did not say nothing. Wow.
Lola Brooke
Well, Jess. Jess, the math. I love Jess.
Mario
I love you.
Lola Brooke
I'm gonna keep calling every day until you come down to Charleston.
DJ Envy
Yes, ma'.
Charlamagne Tha God
Am.
DJ Envy
I'm trying to get somebody to make it happen. Venue down there. I gotta come down there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Where would Jess come? We ain't no comedy clubs in Charleston no more.
Lola Brooke
Didn't we have this conversation before Shawna made Yes, ma'.
Charlamagne Tha God
Am.
Lola Brooke
Okay, you gotta work on that. You Charleston back to the right.
Charlamagne Tha God
I didn't know that. But.
Lola Brooke
There'S a lot of things you.
DJ Envy
Don'T know about yourself down here.
Lola Brooke
They hold you in high regards now, you know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, I appreciate that. You know, that's home.
Lola Brooke
Don't be so modest.
DJ Envy
Don't be so modest.
Lola Brooke
Right.
DJ Envy
Auntie Kim, did Charlemagne send you a wedding gift yet? Auntie Kim? Charlamagne send you a wedding gift yet? No.
Lola Brooke
Oh, no, that's all right. Just saying, you know, just giving me his wedding, you know, just giving spend. Sending me off with nice words. That's just enough.
Charlamagne Tha God
Send me something. Send me the registry or something. I, I, I'll, I'll send something.
Mario
Cuz usually when People go to the.
DJ Envy
Wedding, they usually, they pay the plate.
Charlamagne Tha God
I know you ain't got no registry.
DJ Envy
You know, usually when people have a wedding, people got to pay the plate. So him and his wife and his kids would have went, that's six people. So how much is each plate? Everything was free.
Lola Brooke
And I want to give a shout out to my nephew, the moan Finley, who put his foot in that food. But I just want to let you guys know I love y' all on a daily.
Charlamagne Tha God
We love you too. Thank you. Eight, four, three, all day.
DJ Envy
Hello, who's this? Yo, this Jeff from Dayton. Jeff, Dayton, Ohio. What's up, buddy? Get it off your chest.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, man, I want to talk about these Y out here in these streets.
DJ Envy
Where I live, man, they.
Charlamagne Tha God
They done lost their mind, you know, they did call it the epic center of fentanyl and the opiate trade. So I guess they on this money thing still. We got two young guys on trial right now, shooting up a house 37.
DJ Envy
Times, killing a 12 year old little.
Charlamagne Tha God
Girl, man, that's insane.
DJ Envy
And it's just like, my goodness, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
A few months ago we had a cat kill a landscaper for blowing grass on his car. So it's just like, man, we here in Dayton, Ohio, we just, we just tired, man. We need some help. Like, ain't no political leaders where I'm from, no activists.
DJ Envy
It's just downhill every single day.
Charlamagne Tha God
What about, what about, what about the homes, man? Like, what about the parents in the homes? Do you know any of these kids? Parents?
DJ Envy
Yeah, I know a lot of them, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
The direction ain't getting no positive direction, man.
DJ Envy
A lot of these parents young at this point, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
We got the Y in the club with their parents. Lord have mercy. Yeah, it ain't got to that point. I know they young. 35, 36 year old parents, 17, 18 year old kids, they meeting up at 937, getting it in on the week. Damn, my brother.
DJ Envy
Yeah, I'm sorry, brother. Lethargic.
Charlamagne Tha God
I just want y' all to and everybody across the nation, man, send a prayer up for my city, man. Cuz, you know, Dayton, Ohio, man, we know him for a whole lot in America, for positive attributes throughout history, and we done lost our way. Yes, sir. But prayer is definitely up, brother.
Mario
All right, brother.
DJ Envy
Hello? Who's this?
Charlamagne Tha God
It's Aaron.
DJ Envy
Aaron.
Charlamagne Tha God
What up?
DJ Envy
Get it off your chest.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, man.
DJ Envy
Yo, wanted to go to work today. Try to start my car. That john would not start up, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, that's why you gotta warm it up. You know, you're Supposed to warm it up. You don't just get in it. Yeah, you gotta warm it up. See, what happened was I started up early, so I couldn't warm it up.
DJ Envy
Went outside, saw my check, engine light.
Charlamagne Tha God
Was on, turned it off.
DJ Envy
Trying to bring it back up.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nope. Damn. Damn. What is it, though? Are you low on oil? Like, what's going on?
DJ Envy
You don't know? No, I checked the oil last week and I just filled it up with gas.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, man, you should go back out and try.
DJ Envy
You know, Sometimes you just gotta let the car sit for a little bit, then restart it.
Charlamagne Tha God
One more.
DJ Envy
One. I did that, too. Envy. I did that too.
Mario
God damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now is the worst time to be having car. The worst time to be having car problems because that's more money that you got to spend that you probably ain't got.
DJ Envy
You know, my bank account.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, I don't. I'm just saying it's rough because you.
Mario
You're 100% right. That's what I'm saying.
DJ Envy
We're sorry for you, Aaron. Yeah, man. Oh, man, I appreciate that, though.
Charlamagne Tha God
I love y'.
DJ Envy
All.
Charlamagne Tha God
Love you, too. Doing what y' all do, man. Blessings out there, brother.
DJ Envy
Get it off your chest 800-585-1051. If you need the event, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.
Mario
Good morning.
DJ Envy
This is your time to get it.
Mario
Off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed I hate the way that you.
DJ Envy
Walk the way that you talk I.
Mario
Hate the way that you dress Everything with me is BLESS Call up next.
DJ Envy
800-585-1051.
Mario
Not just me I'm with the culture.
DJ Envy
Feeling hello, who's this?
Charlamagne Tha God
This is Larry.
DJ Envy
What's going on?
Charlamagne Tha God
What's up, Larry?
DJ Envy
Get it off your chest Larry.
Charlamagne Tha God
How are you, Larry? I'm doing all right, Mr. The guy. Yeah, my. My middle name is Larry.
DJ Envy
Listen, my thing is, America is a dump anymore, man. It used to be fun to live here.
Charlamagne Tha God
It ain't fun to live here no more. That's not true. Now, come on, cut it out now. We being a little crazy every day. What? So, so tell me a fun place.
Mario
Hey, look, this current administration is trying.
Charlamagne Tha God
To kill us all. That is true. But hey, the poverty line used to.
DJ Envy
Be like 20k or something. I bet you the poverty line is about 50k now.
Charlamagne Tha God
Listen, the Madden level just on 99 right now. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, it's America.
DJ Envy
Hey, it's built to stress you out. This whole mental health thing is real.
Charlamagne Tha God
I got the Book.
DJ Envy
I mean, I finished yet, but I got it.
Lola Brooke
I will.
Charlamagne Tha God
Thank you, my brother. I appreciate you, man.
DJ Envy
Hello? Who's this? Hey, this is your bro Muhammad from Baton Rouge. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I just want to let everybody know with all the fear mongering going on about this food and being able to afford food for your houses, the most honorable Elijah Muhammad and all.
Charlamagne Tha God
The Miss Louis vodka told us beans.
Mario
And rice every day.
DJ Envy
It's a very cheap meal, but guess what? It's a very healthy meal, especially that Navy beans.
Charlamagne Tha God
So if you gotta go buy food.
DJ Envy
For your family, you might not be able to buy meat. But focus on the basics. The beans, the rice and the water and everything will be okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're absolutely right, brother.
DJ Envy
Thank you, brother. Hello? Who's this?
Lola Brooke
Good morning, this is Shay.
DJ Envy
Shay, what's up?
Charlamagne Tha God
Peace. Shay.
Lola Brooke
Good morning. Today is my 34th birthday.
DJ Envy
Happy birthday.
Lola Brooke
Thank you. Thank you.
DJ Envy
I woke up feeling really good, really.
Lola Brooke
Peaceful, really excited for this new chapter. This one is the cool, expressive, positive energy.
DJ Envy
And I have a question for Jess.
Lola Brooke
What's up, girl? When are the next time you're going.
DJ Envy
To be performing in New York? Because I always miss you and I want to come see you. I'm trying to put together a deal now for Brooklyn or somewhere like that. Everybody keeps telling me about these venues or whatever. I'm mad since Caroline's closed. Like, that was my favorite spot in New York.
Mario
But now I got to find another.
DJ Envy
Venue that I can make a good deal with. You killed salsa configo in the Bronx, though.
Mario
You killed that.
DJ Envy
When I went.
Mario
Yeah, when I went to see a couple months ago. I love it.
DJ Envy
But everybody don't like coming to the Bronx. And I understand, I understand why it's a risk. I live in Brooklyn, so I'm the Bronx.
Lola Brooke
See what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
I understand in the Bronx is a.
Charlamagne Tha God
Risk if you don't live in the Bronx. You know, going there once a year is pretty much enough. Anything else is risking it.
DJ Envy
Exactly. I got you though, girl. I got you. Thank you, Shay. Happy birthday.
Lola Brooke
Okay, thank you. Have a good day, everyone.
DJ Envy
Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.
Mario
If you need to vent, call us up right now.
DJ Envy
It's the Breakfast Club.
Mario
Good morning, everybody.
DJ Envy
It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy.
Mario
We are the Breakfast Club.
DJ Envy
Lorna Rosa is here and we got a special guest in the building.
Charlamagne Tha God
Big Lola.
DJ Envy
Lola.
Charlamagne Tha God
Brooke. Welcome.
DJ Envy
How you feeling?
Lola Brooke
I feel good. I can't complain, y'. All like it early.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's the Breakfast Club.
Lola Brooke
I know. What's up?
DJ Envy
New project out?
Lola Brooke
Yes, new project out.
DJ Envy
How's it feel?
Lola Brooke
It feel good. Oh, my God. I feel like. I just feel like a new person.
DJ Envy
Why?
Lola Brooke
Because the last project I put out, y', all, I'm not gonna hold you. It just. My mom wasn't there. Like, I wasn't there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Really? Why not? What was going on?
Lola Brooke
Like I say, success. Once you get it, you don't know how to navigate it when you get. When you first get there. So it took me some time to, like, really enjoy my moment, be grateful for my talent, and just celebrate myself. So mentally, I wasn't there. That's why with Dennis Project, Dennis Daughter Project, I. I was so vulnerable because I started thinking about what happened before my moment, and I couldn't tap in. But now I'm like, I bet I got it. Like, I'm sure.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you didn't enjoy the moment of your. Your first. When you. When you released your first album? No.
Lola Brooke
No. And I just sitting there pretending like, I remember the last time I was with y'. All. I was like, I'm good now. No, I was not. I was just trying to. I was trying to trick myself into thinking that I was okay, but I wasn't. I saw you talk about, and I. When I heard you say this, I was like. I felt it. It resonated with me. You were talking about how that feeling, but also feeling like, wait, is this really happening? Am I supposed to be here? Is it all gonna be going tomorrow?
Charlamagne Tha God
Like, imposter syndrome? Yeah.
Lola Brooke
Like, yeah. Freaking you out? Like you didn't know. What, one day after the other was gone? Yes, that's exactly how I was feeling. And then. You don't know what that feeling is. Like, you know, you feeling something, but you don't know how to explain it. And you don't want people to look at you like, you crazy. Yes. But, you know, you going through something, and then I'll vet to everybody about things. Like, I'm not that person. That'd be like, oh, I'm going through.
Mario
This, and I'm sad.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nah, you could be sensitive.
DJ Envy
So you could be sensitive a little bit, Lola.
Lola Brooke
I mean, I guess.
Charlamagne Tha God
I guess I like that, though, because, you know, you rap with such a big voice, that big Brooklyn energy. But what's something in your life you still feel small about? Like something you scared to admit you still working on. Is that it? Confidence.
Lola Brooke
My confidence is there. It's not about having a confidence. It's about being Confident enough to not care, to show my confidence. Because you think about other people before yourself. Like, I think about stepping on people's toes before I'm 100% me. And you shouldn't do that because that means you holding back. So that's what it be. It's like, I know I can do this. I know I can do that. But, dang, would this person feel away if I start feeling myself a little bit more? And it's like, so what? Right, Exactly.
DJ Envy
You should. But I was gonna ask, with this project, do you ever chase. Try to chase the first project because you had successful records, big records. Do you ever say, I gotta stay on top? Does that bring you the pressure?
Lola Brooke
No, see, the pressure was doing the last project. This time around, it's like, no, I'm having fun. Like, I gotta remember that I'm rapping because I enjoy doing it. So no pressure.
Charlamagne Tha God
You feel like people underestimate you because of your size.
Lola Brooke
Yeah, that's why I be rapping like I'm 6 foot 2.
DJ Envy
I've never seen nobody have a security guard that has to put he. You. He puts you. He puts you on his shoulders to get you in and out of spot. Like, that is the craziest thing I've ever seen. Yeah.
Lola Brooke
And I'd be like, wee.
Charlamagne Tha God
Do you like proving people wrong, though?
Lola Brooke
I used to like proving people wrong, but not no more because I realized that that's a dead end. Like you. You can't waste your time trying to prove people wrong. You gotta prove yourself right on this project. I bet. From the first song, what's up with it? It seems like it's like a temperature check. So that's not proving people wrong. What temperature are you checking? Cause it seems like you like, oh, y' all was looking for me. I'm here. I was checking everybody body temperature, like.
DJ Envy
Cause my body Lola's so hard Yo, Lola's hard. I was checking everybody body temperature.
Lola Brooke
I was checking everybody body temperature. Cause it's like my body different. Like, I'm hard body over here. Like, what's up with it? Like, this ain't no play play. I'm for real. So let's get into it. What do you feel like has been like the biggest, I guess, things that have been thrown at you from opposition that you felt like you had to let people know. Like, I'm not worried about. I see it, but I'm not worried about y'.
Charlamagne Tha God
All.
Lola Brooke
Because that's kind of what that song gives me. It's like you addressing some things or Being a female artist in the rap business, I feel like they put so much pressure on you. It's like unnecessary pressure, and then you'll get tricked. Like, you'll get tricked out your spot. So I'm like, basically I'm saying, you ain't gonna trick me out my spot. What's up with it?
DJ Envy
The chat saying, fix your shirt.
Lola Brooke
Yeah. Oh, the chat. Oh, the boobies. You know, I really got nothing, but if it's looking good, why not? But, yeah, they give you unnecessary. I'm good now. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Is she good?
DJ Envy
They said Ariela's.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ariel is all on display.
Lola Brooke
No.
Charlamagne Tha God
Y' all see her nip out? I wasn't paying no attention.
Lola Brooke
No, it wasn't. I just think they saw the top of your bra. Yeah, it was the top. It's new.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's just a new, you know, the chat. Disrespectful. Don't look at the chat one like, we like it.
DJ Envy
Don't.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's crazy.
Lola Brooke
But, you know, they put. They put unnecessary pressure on you. So it's like at a point, yeah, I did feel like my back was against the wall, and I'm like, no, I'm not going out like that. So what's up with it?
Charlamagne Tha God
What's something about the rap game that's. That's way nastier than you expected?
Lola Brooke
It's a. It's. It's really a game you gotta play, and you gotta learn to play it. It's like, everybody is not for sure. This is a business. And if you do create some friends along the way, it's a great thing. But keep it to a minimum.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. I heard on the album, you. You was talking about people that was fronting on you, but you gave a boogie a lot of props.
Lola Brooke
Yes, I did. Yeah. Because he took me on my first tour and he set me up clean. Like, my set was on his set in the middle of his set. So the crowd is already warmed up. You know what I'm saying? And then I come in and then I'm like, ah, y' all ready for boogie again? And they're like, yeah. So he. He set me up, right? Can you talk about how? Because even so, it's a boogie. I remember I came and saw you a while ago. Future was at the Barclay, and they loved you there and they gave you so much love there. How impactful and important was it for people like that to wrap their arms around you, but do it in a very authentic way that gave you the best platform, put you in the right place on the shows. And things like that. Yeah, it just. It. It allowed people to accept me more, a little more faster. But it wasn't forced. It was just like, dang, why we ain't see this girl before? You know what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
So do people ever say that you, too, New York, and they try to make you cut New York down a little bit?
Lola Brooke
Nah. No. If anything, they asked me to be more New York. Like, can I hear your ex? They'd be like, can I hear your exit? Can I hear some lingos? And I'll be like, I don't. Just talk to me.
Charlamagne Tha God
You are New York. I was saying this morning, New York. But I was like, y', all, it would be ill if she was almost like DMX on some type because of how you look aesthetically. But she kind of is, though.
Lola Brooke
I mean, I'm influenced. I was gonna put on some Tims, but I was gonna put on the Hills.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Lola Brooke
I was. But I was like, all right, girl, pack the butters up. Like you always wanting no more. But I'm very much influenced by dmx, though. It's a song called what On a project and. Oh, it give, it, give, it give. Nori, too. And it's very New York.
Charlamagne Tha God
You mentioned people switching up on you, too, once you got your.
Mario
Your first plaque.
DJ Envy
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Was it family? Was it other artists? What was it?
Lola Brooke
It was a lot of people, man. Like. And, you know, the thing is, for me, it's like I didn't even pay no much attention to it, because I'm not. I'm not a person that's into drama. So I know when you feed into drama, then you don't feed into yourself.
DJ Envy
So.
Lola Brooke
Yeah, switched up, like, you know, but that's what. That's what comes with it, you know what I'm saying? At least that part I kind of already knew. But it's different when you go through it, you know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
Do you feel like female rappers get boxed into things? Like, they want you to either be sexy or gangster? Just do club records.
Lola Brooke
Like, they don't know what they want us to do. You gotta know what you want to do. Because it's like, whatever you thinking, that's not what it is. This is whatever I'm giving you is what you get. You got to be confident. You have to have way more confidence than the male artist, for sure.
Charlamagne Tha God
Which lane do you think people try to. People wrongly try to put you in Drill.
Lola Brooke
They tried to, but I cleaned that up. Energy. But then you came with the Bryson Taylor situation, which I would. I love that for you because I feel like so many people got to meet you as an artist because the song was so big, but it's the energy of your music that feels like Drew. Yeah, that's. But. But I'm not going front. Yeah. Because I love pop smoke. You know what I'm saying? I love his energy. I might. I might get on the drill beat, but I might talk about different things, but my tempo in my pocket, and my energy is going to be high.
DJ Envy
Do selling records mean a lot to you, or do you just like the music you put out? Because he just talked about the Bryson Tiller bracket. Like, there's, like, plaques and the fact that you.
Charlamagne Tha God
They really about to start hating on you now. Yolo. They really about to start hating on you now.
DJ Envy
Hold on, hold on. We gotta turn this mic on.
Charlamagne Tha God
Turn this side mic on.
DJ Envy
On behalf of Team 80 and Aristotle, the records, we want to congratulate you on a gold plaque.
Lola Brooke
Oh, my God. Thank you. Wow.
DJ Envy
Yeah.
Lola Brooke
It mean a lot to me.
DJ Envy
What is it? What does that mean to you?
Lola Brooke
This mean that I'm that almost big as you?
Charlamagne Tha God
Lola, stand up.
DJ Envy
I got on heels.
Lola Brooke
I got on heels. Let me. I'm laying in bed with you, girl, you sexy. You know why I think I love that for you? Because I feel like when that record hit and it really hit, it was at a time where people were trying to figure out if you would be able to do everything you did. Don't play with it, and do it again. And you did it bigger.
Mario
Oh, slap y'.
DJ Envy
All.
Mario
Can't believe this.
DJ Envy
My boy. Wish I could call my moms.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo.
Lola Brooke
Oh, man. Yeah. Because listen, they. People was doubting me before I got my first one. Like, they was doubting me all around the board. And then it's like, sheesh, I got to do it again. Yeah, okay, cool. And then you do it again. But, you know, you still.
Mario
This is Julian Edelman from Games With Names. Now let's get into the serious stuff. We're talking football food, specifically, Daisy French onion dip. These are so delicious. They're like homemade dips made with real herb and spices, also made with some Daisy sour cream. Daisy sour cream is a long standing staple for Taco Tuesday. They also have daisy ranch dip. So get out there and give Daisy French onion dip a try. You will not regret it.
Lola Brooke
Get slept on. You know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
You.
Lola Brooke
You still get slept on, but it's cool. Like, if you not strong enough to be in this game, then the success ain't Going to come.
DJ Envy
But. But talk about what, what that means for you, right? The fact that you're selling records. This one is gold.
Lola Brooke
My heart.
DJ Envy
What does that mean? Seeing that plaque and all your hard work coming through with these sales?
Lola Brooke
It just means that all my dreams are coming true. And it means that when I was saying to my mom, like, I just feel like I'm somebody in this world, somebody important, that I wasn't tripping, it was true. Yeah, Like, I really felt it. And it just shows that I'm gonna be able to take him off. Yo, mom. I got you, baby. I' ma continue paying no bills, girl.
DJ Envy
Is your mom your biggest fan? Cause that's the first thing he said. I need to call my mom.
Charlamagne Tha God
Is that your biggest fan?
Lola Brooke
Yeah. My mom is the reason I resigned from my job to pursue a music career. So I will always, like, have her back because she always had moms.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a record card. It was all a dream. And you mentioned that survivor's remorse held you back from celebrating your win. Are you going to celebrate this?
Lola Brooke
Yes, I'm going to celebrate that. I promise. This is a different time. I'm going to celebrate that when? I promise you that.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you've reached a place now where you can celebrate those?
Lola Brooke
Yes. Like, I feel like, dang, I should be happy for myself and I shouldn't feel like because I done went and found this success that I gotta worry about. Where you at in the level of success of your life? You know what I'm saying? Like, yours is gonna come. I waited for mine. I've been on a bench for a very long time. I sat on the bench and I watched the game. Now that I'm in the court, like, dang, can you cheer for me? Let me bond.
Charlamagne Tha God
So what were you feeling survivors remorse about? Exactly?
Lola Brooke
Like, just with everything. The littlest things, like being able to pay my bills on time. And I still know people that's not able to do so, you know what I'm saying? Like, the littlest things was holding me back, that I felt bad. And it's like, why would you feel bad when it's your time and you gotta keep going so that these people could be in your position too.
Mario
Right.
Charlamagne Tha God
So at what point in your success did you realize it was okay to.
Lola Brooke
Help yourself first when nobody was there, When I was going through it in my room by myself, when I was like, I was depressed and nobody was there. And I'm not saying that nobody didn't want to be there. I just dealt with it by myself. But I got through it, so I'm like, okay, now you got to start putting yourself first.
DJ Envy
You do know, though, that you got to take care of yourself and family first, because a lot of times that happens to a lot of people, and they take care of everybody else, and then they go. That's right. You do understand that part of it, though.
Lola Brooke
Yes.
Charlamagne Tha God
When young girls from Brooklyn look at you and say, I want to rap, too, what's the. What's the realest guidance you can offer them?
Lola Brooke
I would say when they tell you too aggressive, be even more aggressive. Yeah. Say it with your chest, girl. Say it with your tatas. Just don't show them tatas.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's something you manifested for 20, 26 that scares you in the best way.
Lola Brooke
The scariest thing right now for me would be knowing that I know my worth. I know my worth. And that's the scariest thing. When somebody know they worth, they ain't taking no. I ain't taking nothing from nobody. I don't care who it is. Standing on it like I'm six two. You are, because I am. I'm sick. I'm seven two. But today I'm six two because I'm sitting down.
DJ Envy
Ladies and gentlemen, Lola Brooke. We appreciate you for joining us. The new album, I bet, is out now.
Lola Brooke
Yes.
DJ Envy
And congratulations on all the success.
Lola Brooke
Thank you.
DJ Envy
That's right.
Lola Brooke
Yes. I don't know how I'm carrying that thing out of here.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a bunch of men with you. I hope you don't have to carry.
DJ Envy
It, but I want to carry it.
Lola Brooke
I carry just like a pergo.
DJ Envy
It's the Breakfast Club. Is Lola, bro. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is here as well. We got a special guest in the building.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, indeed.
DJ Envy
Mario.
Mario
What's up? What's up? What's up?
DJ Envy
How you feeling, man?
Mario
How you doing? You already know. Yeah, yeah, I'm good, bro. I'm good. Feeling good.
DJ Envy
Back on the road, Back on tour?
Mario
Yeah, on tour right now. Moose swings. You know what I'm saying? The new EP out on tour.
DJ Envy
I want to tell you, I want to start right now. You shook that man's hand. That man fronted on you the other day.
Charlamagne Tha God
What did I say?
DJ Envy
What did he say? What'd he say, Jess?
Charlamagne Tha God
That Ray J can beat him in the verse.
DJ Envy
Yes, you did. I said no, you said ray J.
Mario
Can beat me in the verse.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, he did.
Mario
I mean, you know, he had to. You know, he had to be on the other Side.
Charlamagne Tha God
I ain't talking about singing. I'm not talking about. Like, this is.
Mario
Hey.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not talking about singing vocally. Yes. Music.
Mario
Yeah, you think what nigga lost his mind?
Charlamagne Tha God
You ain't let him on that stage that night. Cause you knew what was gonna happen at the Wild. Yeah, Ray J.
Mario
You said, I didn't let him on stage.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ray J wanted to do the voices right there.
Mario
You could ask Ray J what happened backstage. I was like, yo, let's do it. Let's make it happen. He was like, shrink me. Just. Just. I don't care what you do. Just. Let's just make it happen. I'm like, I didn't even know he was gonna be there. I said, I bet. I got you. They didn't let him on stage. It wasn't me.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's not Ray J's story. Ray J's story was I wanted to do the verses right then. So Mario was like, nah.
Mario
Out of all people, you trust Ray J's story?
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
Mario
You told him you trust Ray J's story? Out of all people, why would you. I don't know. I don't know. I didn't know what was happening back there. Like, it was a plan, and then it did happen. So, you know.
DJ Envy
Well, you know, we gonna run into each other again.
Lola Brooke
I know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
DJ Envy
Why they keep sleeping on you?
Mario
Tell the man why they keep sleeping on me.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know vocally.
DJ Envy
Hold on.
Mario
You said, hold on.
DJ Envy
We gotta go back. Yes, he did. Hold on, bro.
Mario
He said it with his chest.
Charlamagne Tha God
He got three in a possible. I don't think you can with crazy.
Lola Brooke
Five, about 10, six.
Mario
Yeah, that's. That's kind of crazy, bro.
Charlamagne Tha God
He said one song for one song.
Lola Brooke
And he said new music because he.
Mario
Can only do one song. Damn, that really, like, really, like, people be like, all right, that was a stroke. Because versus you got. It's like, it got to be strong. You gotta have some strong. It's not. You know, that's. It's not a joke if you're going with the right. If you're going up against the right person, you gotta have a stronger.
DJ Envy
Because people.
Mario
People. You don't know how they gonna be feeling that day. They might love the song one day. One day it might be like, that's better. What? People aren't consistent.
Charlamagne Tha God
But he could do one wish three times. Because technically he definitely could.
Mario
But he only got one wish, and then.
Charlamagne Tha God
But. But he could do it three times, and then you got sex with T. No, for sure.
DJ Envy
He got some nice Wait a minute, bro. He got a couple records, bro.
Lola Brooke
And then what?
Mario
But, like, yeah, they not timeless classic records that make you feel some. Like, it's just a different. Y' all gotta just stop taking me out of these conversations, bro. Honestly. Y' all gotta stop taking me out of these conversations. You know what I'm saying? I get passionate about it, and I love all my peers, bro. Like, you know what I'm saying? The Internet is the Internet, like, whatever, but, like, I gotta put me in different conversations. But I get. I get that during my hiatus, like, I've had to prove, like, remind people that, yo, like, I really. God, put me in this because the. The gift is really there. My. My persistence and. And my ability to continue to push and continue to put out music is still there. My passion is still there. I'm still hungry. You know, I take it serious, you know, But I think some people are like, Internet, have fun on the Internet. And then some people really take it serious. I'm one of those that say, I.
DJ Envy
Think people forget because of. Of your hiatus, right? And the reason I said that, because I forgot.
Mario
Yeah.
DJ Envy
And we went on tour. We went on, like, an R B tour, and I DJ for Mario during that tour.
Mario
Facts.
DJ Envy
And when you understand when we're playing six songs and those. That 15,000 arena is singing them six.
Mario
Songs only, because we only got 15 minutes, we would play more music. But, yeah, go ahead, continue.
DJ Envy
But the six songs, you understand is like, oh, I get it now.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's why when you said, I'm like, nah.
Lola Brooke
When we did our makeup the other.
Charlamagne Tha God
Day when Envy was playing, I'm like, oh, yeah, I forgot that. Oh, yeah, I did forget that one.
Mario
Yeah, yeah. Night happens. I think it's natural, you know, I saw your interview with Mike Epps the other day. I was like, yo, it was a great interview because he made some good points about people forget. You know, you gotta remind people. And I think that it's just the way of the Internet as well as just like this. This new world of like, everybody's receiving stuff so fast. And it's like, if you don't put music out for six months, you. Where you been at? You know what I'm saying? But for us as artists, a six months, that's a small campaign it might take, especially R B. It might take six months for people to even know you got a joint that's less. That's heating up, you know?
DJ Envy
But that's just a part of the process.
Charlamagne Tha God
You've been in the game since you were a Teenager. What's something the grown version of you had to unlearn from the young version of you?
Mario
A lot of things, bro. But I would start with, you know, not falling in love with my creation. Meaning, you know, when you. When you create music and you put it out to the world, you gotta let it go. You know, you gotta let the people that connect with the music and connect with what you're doing connect with it. And you got to keep creating. Like, keep creating. Don't pigeonhole yourself to, oh, you gotta make another hit, like, let me love you, you gotta make it. It's really just about evolving, bro, because there's so many other things that happen in life as to why the music sound the way it does now, Right? Mood Swings is a completely different vibe from glad you came, which I released just a year ago. So really just being free in the creative process because we're in a world now where it's about exploring who are.
Lola Brooke
You, like, picking up the phone and calling when you're going through the process of, like, I gotta re. Remind people, or I'm trying to make this sound different than that and not chase that record. But ego wise, like, there has to be a part of Mario that's like, this has to be big because I'm Mario. Like, who coaches you through those battles?
Mario
Coaches me or just somebody Honestly? God, I'll be honest with you, because I think a lot of people that surround me every day, they just believe in me. You know, they tell me real, but they believe in me. And it's like they understand how strong I am mentally. But there's no person that I call to ask advice about those types of things because I think that my journey is my journey and I just have to trust God and I gotta trust the people that I entrust creatively, right? So when I went to the studio to start Mood Swings, me and my boy Draymond, who I met through one of my managers, aka with 365, we've been knowing each other for years. Like, he did a bunch of future records, but he never hopped into his R and B back, but he's always wanted to. I said, yo, let's. Like, I want to hop into this darker, moodier part of me as an R B artist that's, like, moody and still musical and R B, but just, like, more authentic. And so he's like, yo, let's get in the studio. Let's go. And it was. It was like working with a friend and somebody that you go over their house, they come over your House, you know, they kids, you know, they family. But y' all both really young goats. It's different than working with somebody that's like, I'm a fan of your music. I've always want to work with you, but I don't know where you live. I don't know, you know, what you into. It's a different thing. The foundation is there. So that to me, and I trust the team that I work with, and we just make the music that we love. We go in the studio. We might go in the studio and play verses with ourselves. Like, yo, you play your. Your favorite five records ever, and I'm gonna play mine against yours. And that inspires to get the studio session started.
Charlamagne Tha God
But you won't do that with Ray J, though.
Mario
I'm trying to, Ray. They don't want no smoke with me on any level. He know that's why he gotta always.
DJ Envy
He.
Mario
You know, he's a major troller, though. It's like, how do you execute a major troller? Even if you execute him, he gonna come back from the dead.
DJ Envy
When did you realize that and not take it personal?
Mario
Real. Because it's different from, like. And I had other people that, like, hit me and really got on some.
DJ Envy
Really.
Mario
Some sissy.
DJ Envy
But, like, Ray J, like. Like, we.
Charlamagne Tha God
We talk.
Mario
You feel me? So it's like, he could say some wild, and I might say some wild the next day, but it's like, he's a major troller, so he gonna go deep in the quicksand. Whereas I got this going. I'm on tour right now. You know what I'm saying? I ain't gonna go that deep in the quicksand. But, yeah, whatever.
DJ Envy
Omarion was mad, too. He was pissed off. They didn't seem trouble.
Mario
He seemed like he was hurt, you know, it's crazy. Can I be honest?
Lola Brooke
Yes.
Mario
The honesty is this.
DJ Envy
No, no, no. For sure.
Mario
The honesty is that all we were doing is having conversations about things y' all have, but nobody don't really talk about it all the way. We're just having a conversation the same that everybody do. People in the comments actually went crazier on everybody I spoke about or answered the question about than I did. Like, you giving too much grace, and it's like, damn, is it that serious? Why is it that serious?
Charlamagne Tha God
Cause you're an artist.
Lola Brooke
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
That can actually sing, and you're talented, and I'm sure they look. They like, damn. I think Mario dope as he don't feel the same way about me.
Mario
That's crazy. I feel like everybody got strengths and weaknesses. Like, if somebody. If somebody can dance, they ass off, and they ask somebody a question like, yo, who the who out of these people? I'm gonna ask who can dance or who can't? Let's just say always on that, he was like, yo, can Mario dance? He was like, ah, hit or miss. I would laugh. I would laugh. I would be like, damn, he right, Right? They know him for dancing, right? They know that's his craft, Right? I get it. So that's, you know, it's just not too serious, bro.
DJ Envy
Move swings, right? So you up and down on that. Is this, like, love angry?
Mario
It's. It's a mixture of, like, love. It's really a conversation. It's a conversation piece. When I started Mood Swings, it was just about 90s R B vibes. And I'm like, yo, how do we take that feeling and, like, update it? And this was, like, the approach. And then I would have, like, a couple. A Draymond executive produced it. Work with a lot of great producers on here. But, yeah, the conversations are different. And also the textures of what I sing in is different. Like, I got a song called Fortune Cookie in there that I've never spoken like this before, but the actual texture of the way I'm using my voice. Song called Moan. Same way I'm giving you different moods of who I am as an R B artist, How I think about intimacy, how I think about love, and just, you know, just talking my. Honestly. Yeah, check it out.
Charlamagne Tha God
Inspired. Fortune Cookie.
DJ Envy
Damn it, man.
Mario
Yo, With Asian women.
DJ Envy
That is crazy.
Mario
It wasn't the Asian woman. It's just. It's just women in general. I think women are like fortune cookies, bro. Like, you know, it's like you never know what you won't get if you really dive in and really get to know a woman on those more intimate levels, you know? And it's something that I've always prided myself on when getting to know somebody. I'm in a relationship now, and I'm still learning my girl. I'm still learning, like, how to unlock certain. Certain parts of her and. And, you know, how to make her feel safe in moments where I'm not around. And, like, there's so many elements to having a relationship with a woman, whether you're just a friend or whether you in something deep like I am. It's just you never know what you're gonna get. You gotta crack open the Fortune Cookie. Obviously, the record goes a little deeper into some, like, more intimate, but, like.
Lola Brooke
Yeah, how does your girlfriend deal with all of the. Like, being Mario's girlfriend, Everything's public. Like, when you post to her, there's, like, such a big response because they're like, she's not a black woman. Like, how does she deal with seeing stuff like that?
Mario
I think that she. She's a very, like, analytical person, like me. Like, she dives into things to understand the psychology behind it. And, like, what's the. Like what's. What's the what. What does it really mean? She understood to a certain degree, but she's also human, you know, so we've had conversations. She's like, I. I clapped back at people before she clapped back at a couple of people. I'm like, yo, just don't. Yeah, don't even. Don't let it. You know. And then once that first initial one happened, she was like, oh, okay, I get it now. And I told her, you know, it's. It's. It's one of those things where people. Until they understand that you got something real, people hate you before they love you. You know, I'm saying sometimes and that. And that they don't even have to know you. Right? But then there's a lot of support I don't want. And I think sometimes the Internet, like, the. The dark and the ugly get more highlighted than the love. Right? Even with me sometimes I. I see all these. Love you. No, I love what you're doing. We know you love black women. We know you don't got. And then at one or two comments, that's like, dark. You're like. You know what I'm saying? And that's just human nature, right? So we just working through it together. It's my first, like, real public relationship in this way. Whereas, though, like, the picture, we were going on vacation for my birthday, and we had took some pictures, and she posted a picture of her pregnant on her page before I did. But her page was probably like, babe. Nobody's gonna say, I'm like, babe, I'm. Go ahead.
DJ Envy
Right?
Mario
Next thing you know is, you know. So I was trying to tell her, like, you know, but I was. I'm not ashamed of it. So it's like, yo, go ahead, do your thing. And so it was beautiful. Like, I. I'm really proud that I'm able to say, out of all the men in my family, especially on my mom's side, like, that I can give my son something that I didn't have. You know, when he touches. When he incarnates on this planet, he's going to have a different life than I had. And I'm proud of that, you know, and the growing pains of being an artist who's now more open with his life. I should have did this seven years ago, 10 years ago, but now I'm being more open. So this is the part. This is a part of it. You got to go through it. I'm ready. Come on. Congratulations. Congratulations to you.
DJ Envy
Hold on real quick.
Mario
Yo, I want to give you your flowers. I'm so proud of you, Jess. I'm so proud of, you know, where we come from. You know, you're raising a young king. You got another baby that you just had. You're married now, right? Yes, I am married now. Like you, doing your thing. And I'm proud of you. You know what I'm saying? I love you and I'm proud of you. I love you, too. I'm saying. Just wanted to say that. Yeah, for sure.
Charlamagne Tha God
Where do you feel Mario the man has grown the most compared to Mario the artist?
Mario
That's a great question. Thank you. I think that I've been able to shadow work myself on a more honest and authentic level than I have before because. Not just because I'm about to be a father, but because I see. I see the world around me changing in ways that I'm like when things get out of control, if you can't always control how your environment is going to change to what is going to happen in the environments around you. Because when you're an artist, things happen around you. You have to be exposed. If you want to have success, you got to be out here, right? And so it's really important for me to have control of myself on. On a deeper level and controlling my emotions and control of my. How I view the world, how I view people, how I view my relationships with people. Getting better at relationship building because I wasn't good. Good at that as a young kid and as a young adult. And so just really doing that shadow work, bro. And also becoming a better friend to people that I consider important in my life instead of being, like, closed off or being like, okay, I can't trust nobody. Like, I'm not opening up to no. Like, having a little bit more grace and understanding that, bro. With greatness comes the opportunity for leadership. And with the opportunity for leadership, you're able to actually see the world from a different space. When you take on that role of being vulnerable and being a leader, which means coming up with solutions. Right. And it could be anything. It could be in work. It could be in your Personal life, It could be for your family. It could be for free. And I think that that's something that God blessed me with experiences to get through so that I can help people come up with solutions, you know? And it could be small things, bro. Somebody could call me one day and be like, yo, I'm going through this. You know, I'm saying, I. I just made my first, you know, $20,000, bro. My first hundred. Like, it's like those small things. I f ed up money before I know how to. I could give you advice on that. If I can't give you advice on something, I know somebody who can. Just being more open and vulnerable about life, man, and knowing that everybody's not out to hurt you, you know? And that comes from growth and doing shadow work.
Charlamagne Tha God
When you first did your shadow work, did your shadow self scape?
Mario
It scared me when I felt like people weren't respecting the work that I was doing myself. And that triggered me. It was like, what the purpose of doing it if nobody cares?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Mario
And they still gonna judge you. They still. And I realized, like, yo, bro, it doesn't matter if people don't see the work that you're doing. You can't change their perspective. You can't change how people see things because they can only understand things on the level that they're experiencing. Right. I was reading this book called. The author's name is called Power versus Force, if you read that. But it's really good. And it basically talks about life by way of calibration. Like, it's from zero to 600, right? So you can have a conversation with your homie about running down on somebody that might be calibrated at like a 10 or 20. But then you can have a conversation about growth and health and building, community building that's calibrated at like a 450, 500. And it just talks about how these things affect your body, how it affects your mind. And I got it from this chiropractor, but he doesn't do regular chiropractor, where he does, like, spiritual chiropractic work. Whereas, though he. He finds where your traumas are, you know, where you're lying to yourself, where you're not being honest. When the first time I work with him he brought me, he does it, like, in his backyard. He lives in la. And then he was like. He said, hold both your arms up. He's like, I'm gonna ask you a question. And you could choose to tell me the truth or tell me a lie. The one where I Lied on him. My arm got weak. Like, it literally did. I'm not. It was like, if. It was like. And I knew I was lying. And then the one where I told the truth, it was like, my arm was steady, it was strong, and I was like, damn, that's crazy. You don't think that, like, your body and your mind and how everything worked, like, the truth, even if it's ugly, is more powerful than a lie. I mean, you could take that in so many different ways. But I would like to think that I want to live in a space where I can live as much truth as possible. And. And the lies aren't as that I tell myself absolutely. You know what I'm saying? So I don't know. All that stuff is just a part of my journey.
Charlamagne Tha God
Just say one time, your accent be going in and out, your Baltimore.
Lola Brooke
I say that you're talking to me about the ebony.
Mario
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Charlamagne Tha God
When he get mad in my mouth.
Lola Brooke
And then I forget what I asked you about. And he was like. And I was like, oh, yeah, he from there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Cause I haven't heard it yet, this interview.
Mario
That's why I've been living in LA for like, 15 years now. So just. But if I go home for two.
Charlamagne Tha God
Weeks, you say, when he get mad.
Mario
Yeah, it's crazy.
DJ Envy
When he get upset about something that.
Mario
He'S trying to get you mad. At all.
Charlamagne Tha God
So question.
DJ Envy
Right when they got mad at you for kicking the cameraman off stage.
Mario
Yeah. Yeah.
DJ Envy
I thought that was kind of crazy because that's your time to perform. You don't know who this dude is on stage.
Mario
I think that it was just people not used to seeing me like that, bro. Like, yeah, man. Yeah, like you. So it's like, I try not to get mad, bro, because when I get mad, I get mad. You know what I'm saying? And then it's like, I'm like, it takes a lot to get me mad, right? So when I get there, hopefully I don't want it to be seen ever. Like, I don't want people to see that side of me, like. And it's not like I'm not human. I just. It can get taken out of context. Which it did, Right? So I'm gonna tell the story officially here on Breakfast Club. Yes. They hit us for this fair. I'm like, okay, it's closer to la. We'll take the sprint up. Go up there, do it, knock it out. We come back to the crib, Right? Cool. It's family orange. Say ooh. All right, cool.
Charlamagne Tha God
Lloyd.
Mario
A couple of artists.
DJ Envy
All right, bet.
Mario
Let's do it. I get to my shows, usually if it's shows with other people, I get there like. Like, when we doing a drink, probably get it like 10, 15 minutes before. Because I don't like sitting in the dressing room. I get antsy. Like, man. So no one told me that a cameraman was gonna be on stage at all. So when I go on stage, I'm performing, and I keep seeing a figure around me. The stage is pretty big. I keep saying a figure. I'm like, okay. Then when I saw him for the first time, I'm like, damn. Did he jump up from. Because he didn't have a camera, bro. He had an iPhone on a joint. Go look at the video. So I'm like, all right. He must have jumped from out of the crowding trip or whatever. He over there. But then he got comfortable, and on the stage, they got. They had too many speakers. They had more speakers. Because usually every artist get to say what they want their stage to be like, right? They left the other artist speakers on the stage. So it was more speakers than it was supposed to be. So I'm looking for where he about to go. And I tripped one time over to overcourt. I ain't say nothing. I'm like, man, crazy. I gotta watch out. Then as I'm walking back to the right side of the stage, he's all the way downstage, like, near the speaker. Like, you should be like, further back. Like, you feel me? And then that moment's like, yo, you gotta get the off the stage, bro. Right?
DJ Envy
You done already tripped.
Mario
I'm like, you gotta get the off the stage. It wasn't even like, I hate you. Get off the. Like, it was just like, get the.
DJ Envy
Off the.
Mario
I just. Right. You feel me? It was like that apologized shortly after, and he was like, oh, that's a half ass apology. But I didn't even realize he went on tour. What do you mean he went on? He went on a press tour about it. So, like, oh, wow. I was like, I'm like, bro, you know, let me just do this. But, yeah, that's what happened. He was. Yeah, but he was supposed to be there, apparently. And then, you know. But it really was just. I didn't know he had an iPhone.
Lola Brooke
Have you taken your girl to Baltimore?
Mario
Has she.
DJ Envy
Where is she from?
Mario
She's been to Baltimore, like, three. She went with me on Thanksgiving one year. We went to Baltimore. We went to Philly. Family affiliate, Baltimore. She from. She's Mexican. Oh, she's from. She's from Sacramento.
DJ Envy
As well. Thank you. But he black and Mexican, I think straight Mexican.
Charlamagne Tha God
All right.
Mario
Can I ask y' all a question?
Lola Brooke
What's up?
Charlamagne Tha God
Y.
Mario
Doesn't matter.
DJ Envy
Nope. It don't matter, yo.
Mario
You see what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
No, I just want to know how.
Lola Brooke
Matter that your girlfriend is Mexican.
Mario
Yeah. Like, doesn't matter.
Charlamagne Tha God
It don't matter to me and Dr. Uma.
DJ Envy
I'm like, she not that kind.
Charlamagne Tha God
She legal.
Mario
Yeah, man. Everybody legal. Everybody good.
Charlamagne Tha God
I think love is love.
Mario
Love is love. Love is definitely love.
Charlamagne Tha God
But. But I. I do like to see black men with black women, though. But that. That's. That's just because that's what I feel.
Mario
Nah, for sure. I love to see all of it. I love to see all.
Charlamagne Tha God
But I want you to be in love if you love her.
Mario
Love. Of course, man. I wouldn't be. I wouldn't be here if I didn't love her. I wouldn't. We wouldn't be here if we didn't love each other.
DJ Envy
Procreating like this.
Mario
Exactly 1,000%. Like, we having a beautiful experience right now. The only. You know, the hardest part, obviously, is always the traveling, right? Being away from home, checking in, being like, damn, if I'm on stage and something's happening, I will not. I can't get the craziness. You know what I'm saying? It's hard. This. This has been. This has been hard because it's like things were already in motion. These toys were already playing, you know? But I get off tour in December, and I'll be home for all the holidays.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't think you owe anybody an explanation, though. I think that's right.
Lola Brooke
I was tricky.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's like, why are you explaining who you love?
Mario
You know, it's not so much explaining who I love is. It's. It's the narrative of, oh, Mario doesn't like black women that I have an issue with. And where this narrative was created from, that's the thing about the Internet is, like, you can't just leave that, you know, out in the air. That's Crazy. You know what I'm saying? So I know I'd rather confront it so people understand that it's a lie and it's not true versus not saying anything about it, which I've done in a couple interviews since that interview, you know? But the way he axed it was. So he set me up.
Lola Brooke
Like, what's your relationship with black women?
DJ Envy
Right.
Lola Brooke
No, that wasn't the first question.
Mario
No, that was like the. He was like, do you have a problem with black women?
Lola Brooke
Yes.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's a wild question.
Lola Brooke
The way you answered it, that we played that clip here. The way I answered it, I don't think it. It didn't make it any worse, but I think it made people try to find another reason why you don't like black people.
Mario
Psychologically, these podcasts and people. When people are listening, everybody doesn't have the same way they receive things. And we're dealing with. Y' all know, we dealing. Brian got it. You know, we dealing with. In the community, you know? And so it's like, yes, of course. Like, I come from. I'm a black man who comes from a black city, who comes from the struggles of black people in this country. So I come from what my core. A lot of my core fans come from. So, of course, it's like, if someone says something like, do you have a problem?
DJ Envy
People who never even heard that question.
Mario
Would be like, wait, you got a problem.
Lola Brooke
Here?
Mario
Right? So, of course, I gotta say. You know what I'm saying? I'm defending that.
Lola Brooke
But then you bring in to say.
Mario
That I love black women, and black women are the most beautiful creatures on this planet, and.
Charlamagne Tha God
So why do you hate him?
DJ Envy
No, he told. What is he talking about?
Lola Brooke
I feel like it made people do what he doing right now more.
DJ Envy
So basically.
Mario
Hey, bro, I. Hey, look, for everybody who hates Charlemagne. Hey, listen.
DJ Envy
But where did y' all meet? What did y. Me.
Mario
We met. I met. I met her in Florida, like, years ago when I was living in Miami. We met, and her mom was living at the time we. Yeah, we met. Like, we met. We've known each other for, like. For, like, nine years, you know what I'm saying? So we've seen each other through relationships. We've been friends for so long.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, I'm happy for you, brother.
Mario
I appreciate you.
Charlamagne Tha God
I really enjoy this conversation.
Mario
Let's do it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hearing you do the work is good.
DJ Envy
It's the Breakfast Club. Is Mario with the Donkey.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's time for Donkey of the Day. A bunch of donkeys around here. Yes, you are a donkey.
DJ Envy
What the hell? What the hell?
Charlamagne Tha God
Some donkey today just saw himself. Oh man.
DJ Envy
Charlamagne, who you giving? Don't really do tonight.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow. Donkey of the day goes to 43 year old David Scott Jr. Now I get on this radio every day and tell you all to do your jail math, okay? Your jail math is when you find yourself in a situation and you have to calculate whether or not you can afford to do whatever time you will have to do if you react a certain way to said situation, okay? Everything has to be calculated, all right? You, the money you will spend on bail if you even get one, the money you will spend on a lawyer. Can you even afford the time it will take to be arrested, processed, detained, etc. Etc. You have to make all these calculations in your head before you make certain decisions. Now some of us have decided that if someone ever harms our kids in any way, we go into jail. And I too am in that number. Okay? But what I need us parents to understand is there is levels to reacting. Okay? Is one to before you harm somebody being the highest.
Mario
All right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Our kids are worth it all, but everything doesn't require you to take it to 1 to 10, okay? Case in point, the story of David Scott Jr. From East Point, Michigan. All right, he was arrested after he allegedly threatened to shoot up in elementary school because they was playing in his child's face. I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to what's the name abc7detroit for the report.
DJ Envy
Please, please say a parent at Pleasant View Elementary School got so upset that his first grader didn't get snack time.
Lola Brooke
Wednesday that he made threats to staff members during child pickup.
DJ Envy
You allegedly confronted the teacher and stated.
Lola Brooke
Words to the effect of I'll air.
DJ Envy
This out and I'll be back tomorrow.
Lola Brooke
That suspect, 43 year old David Scott.
DJ Envy
Jr. Shaking his head at the allegations in court Thursday for his arraignment. He pleaded not guilty and his bond.
Lola Brooke
Set at $150,000 cash surety due to a criminal past. On Thursday, police added extra patrols to.
DJ Envy
The area and the school had only.
Lola Brooke
Indoor recess as an additional precaution. But that child's mother tells me there's.
DJ Envy
More to this story.
Lola Brooke
Tykeisha Watkins says their son has been.
DJ Envy
Coming home from school hungry for weeks.
Lola Brooke
Overwhelmed by loud noises. Sometimes he'll skip lunch, so snack time.
DJ Envy
Is sometimes the only time he has to eat.
Lola Brooke
So he's been coming home hungry.
DJ Envy
But the school district told me there.
Lola Brooke
Is no official snack time while the mother wasn't there at pickup Wednesday, she does not believe the allegations against Scott Jr.
DJ Envy
I mean, yes, we get upset as.
Lola Brooke
Parents and certain things could have been.
DJ Envy
Said, but I don't know. I do not believe that that came out of his mouth.
Charlamagne Tha God
Guess what, Racist.
Mario
I got this one.
Charlamagne Tha God
Shut up. No. Okay. Oh, God. Okay, don't act like they don't be appropriating our culture, too. You don't know. Go ahead and say this. Okay? Now, I did look it up on Urban Dictionary, though, okay? Just to be sure. And Urban Dictionary says airs this out is a term used by Gangsters are really mad hood people with guns. Okay? The example Urban Dictionary uses is. Jamal, man, f this. I'm finna air this out. Juanita, Damn you. Right? Let me grab my nine. It's safe to say that Urban Dictionary is ran by people who wouldn't be considered urban. Okay? By the way, I hate the term urban, but that site is clearly not ran by anyone from culture. Now, David Scott Jr. Is saying he didn't say this, okay? I don't know if he did or not, but whatever he said was enough to get him arrested. And I just want my brothers to know that we don't always have to take it there, okay? Whatever that may be. And I also understand that this is a lot of us brothers, first time being fathers, and there is no manual for this thing. But this is why smart people learn from their own mistakes and wise people learn from the mistakes of others. We must learn from David Scott Jr. Okay? You don't have to threaten the teacher. You don't have to threaten to shoot up the school.
Mario
None of that. All right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Calmly, calmly request a meeting, okay? Request a meeting with the teacher or school administration to discuss your child not receiving a snack. Because when you in this private setting, okay, emotions are less heightened, all right? The teacher in school can explain the snack policy or the fact that they may not have a snack policy. Then both parties can find a solution, okay? This approach reduces conflict, it opens up communication, and it's just always good to have a witness around so nobody can say you said something you didn't. Okay? Another thing you can do, just always feel free to gather information, all right? Policy review, all right? That is very important. Sometimes we just assume wrongdoing. But maybe David should have checked to see if the school has an official snack policy, and then you would know that his child isn't actually missing snack time. They just don't, you know, have a snack policy. Okay, but that's why you should always make a formal complaint that's another thing that you could do, all right? Write or submit a formal concern to the principal or school district. All of these things are better than making alleged public threat, okay? Because now you in jail, away from your child, and now you got to fight a case, all right? Money that could be going to your child's future is going to keeping you out of prison. This brother was charged with possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, okay? That's a five year felony, all right? Or a five thousand dollar fine. He's also charged with an intentional threat to commit an act of violence at a school. That's a misdemeanor. One thousand dollar fine, disorderly. I've seen conduct. And he's a habitual offender because this is his fourth offense. Three previously committed crimes with drugs and weapons related to. And his bond is a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Okay? So that's about 15,000 because you usually got to pay 10%. Calculate your jail math, people. Calculate your jail math. And always ask yourself, will it be worth it? Please Give David Scott Jr. The biggest he haw.
Mario
No game, huh?
Charlamagne Tha God
And this is also why you gotta, you know, be like, you know what, baby, you go down there and handle it. Because if I go down there and handle it, I'm going to jail.
Mario
Okay?
Charlamagne Tha God
You know what I'm saying? So you got to go turn to the baby mama and say, you go down there and handle it. Because if I go down there and handle it, I'm going to jail. Some people not lying when they say that. Yeah, okay.
Mario
Damn. All right.
DJ Envy
Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lola Rosa is here. We got a special guest in the building. Ray J is here.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ray J. How you doing, my brother? Blessings to you. That's a Pelly Pelly.
DJ Envy
It's a new designer.
Mario
Well, welcome, Ray.
DJ Envy
How are you feeling, man? How you feeling, brother? You good? I'm feeling good.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a lot going on.
DJ Envy
A lot going on. Yeah. I want to make it really. I'm happy that this is my platform now. Thank you for giving me the opportunity.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
DJ Envy
To go into the holidays in the Q4 correctly. Okay. With respect and honor and love stuff.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, let's start with the legal stuff, but legal stuff.
DJ Envy
What? I thought y' all didn't want to. I thought that we couldn't.
Charlamagne Tha God
Why can't we?
DJ Envy
Oh, no.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, you mean.
DJ Envy
Yeah, I was gonna say, first and foremost, I just want to tell, you know, people don't know that we really Love you, Ray. Like for, for new listeners. Ray was our first guest ever on the Breakfast. Yes, I was. Before I went crazy on the rant. Right before the rant. I was the first guest guest on the Breakfast ever. Yes, I was the first guest ever. It was the first viral moment also on the Breakfast Club as well. Yeah, yeah. So we got, we, we love Ray. We talk about Ray all the time and good or bad, we just know what we love. Thank you. I would rather you guys always talk good about me, but it's okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
But the bad is on you.
Lola Brooke
But yeah, and the bad also, you.
DJ Envy
Guys are my friends and plus we're all entertainers and you guys have to do what you have to do. Charlamagne knows sometimes I get a little emotional all the time.
Charlamagne Tha God
Me and Ray had a good heart to heart earlier this year.
Mario
Yeah.
DJ Envy
And so sometimes because I get emotional, you know, and I'm a terrible person, but I do sometimes. But because I mean, we're all in our zone. I'm a journalist as well and so I just, I just feel a little bit like this is my personal people. But you guys have to keep it neutral, you know, throughout, you know, the day because that's the way you supposed to be. So it can be one sided because that's not what journalism is about.
Charlamagne Tha God
I appreciated the phone call though, because I'm like, you know, there's not people that's gonna be honest and that's the way Ray was feeling.
DJ Envy
But he was on my Live first he was like, charlamagne's a piece of Ishi. I hate Charlamagne. I was like, call him.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, I think this was after that.
DJ Envy
He said call him. And then so we talked even we went, I call Charlamagne a lot. And there's just times when I feel like, you know, sometimes y' all can have my back or you know, in certain instances, what I'm going through, just give it a little more seriousness on my side. But we do, we put, we protect Ray a lot.
Charlamagne Tha God
But Ray J got a comedian energy to where you don't know when he being serious about.
Lola Brooke
It was the first time we spoke and I am serious conversation. But I didn't know. Yeah, when you're being serious and sometimes I laughed and I put on mute because I didn't want you to feel away. But yeah, you're just laughing because he's funny naturally. But he, he's really serious and everything's like so heartfelt. So you don't want to laugh.
DJ Envy
But yeah, a lot of people try to hold it in. But I'm serious. I'm serious. Everything that I've been going through, it's been up and down. And everybody has their up and down days. And I think with the streaming world and shout out to Kai Sonat for kind of like opening up his doors to.
Mario
Yeah.
DJ Envy
Because he really, like, put us really on in the stream in a different way. And from there, when you're on your streams and you're streaming 24 hours, it's like therapy.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
DJ Envy
So you go through these therapy sessions with your chat because nothing's bigger than the chat. And then you. I don't. I don't know. Every time it's gonna go this viral when I be saying certain things. So then I watch it the next day and I'm like, oh, man, I gotta stand on that.
Charlamagne Tha God
But people, I'm telling you what I love, too. I love seeing you on stage with your sister and I love seeing your niece with you. I love when I see your real family around. That's when you look your whole, your wholeness, your whole.
DJ Envy
And I was so excited when I found out we were coming up here together. I'm like, von, this is everything. Because again, I do want to turn the tides and I do want to, you know, showcase a different side of me because I think we've been crashing out to the left too much. And again, everything's entertainment. But, you know, you just want to make sure you kind of like guarantee to everybody that this isn't a liability situation. Or every time I'm in the airport and they like, we praying for you, Ray J. Everything's okay. I'm like, dang. Because people don't know when you're crashing out. Crashing out or if you're just entertaining. So it's been a lot of. We praying for you, man. God bless you, man. Hope you're gonna be all right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Because people think you on drugs. They think you got mental health issues, which we all deal with our own mental health issues at times.
DJ Envy
Mental health is serious. And shout out to Dr. Cheyenne Bryant. Yeah, she's. I mean, we talk a lot and off camera. It's always off camera. But she helps me through certain things. And Dr. Scott, too, out of Cleveland. Pastor Scott helps me through some of. Some of the issues that I. I'll be going through too, and it helps me, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
What have you learned? What have you learned about yourself?
DJ Envy
Well, you gotta watch yourself. It's easy to know it when you just watch it. And I think without adding in the trolling, you know, it's it's just me just keeping it real. And a lot of times people can't, I think, keep it this real because there's a lot of different situations that might be in front of them. The job, their workspace, their partners, the people that. Around them that might feel away, that's paying, you know, the bills, whatever it is. You know, there's a lot of things that people go through that keep them away from being this extremely blunt. But for me, it's not like that. And I think that I have to hold myself responsible to hold some of this stuff in as we grow. And as I grow, I'm getting older, and I want my niece to be proud of me, and I want the team to be proud of me. And we can't. We can't crash out in 2026.
Charlamagne Tha God
So when the public paints you as the bad guy for years, what does that do to you men, mentally? How do you protect your piece, man?
DJ Envy
You just turn into the bad guy. Oh, okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
Lean into your shadow side.
DJ Envy
Well, you. Well, you not only lean into it, because I think that's the only thing that I think makes sense. You know, it's almost like, you know, if. If you're doing something that's extremely believable, then it works. But if you're doing something that's not, and it might be really who you really are, people don't understand it. And so it. It sometimes it takes a toll to try to, like, hey, I'm gonna be positive for 2026. Ray J's gonna turn the new leaf. He's gonna be a good person, but that's who I am internally, no matter what. So when the character comes out, if it gets over the top and it's. The impressions are up, you know, the Prof. The profits are up, you know what I mean? The numbers are up, then it makes sense. But. But then on the other side, you know, there's a negative side to that too, with whatever comments people are putting in. I don't read any comments or nothing, but overall, just. I really want my. My family to be proud of me, and they want me to show a different side of myself, you know what I mean? And I don't.
Mario
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DJ Envy
Really show. And so I'm up for it. And I want to do it for 20, 26. Is Ray J. Sober now? Last time you were up here, you was playing with the little lean, but you look thinner, you look clearer. So I'm assuming not anymore. With the lean. Yes. Yeah. No, not the lean. Certain things are. Are bad. Are bad. And I think you don't even know. Last time you was up here, you know, me and Charlamagne dumped it out and act like it was really there. It wasn't there. And that's what, that's where. That's what I'm saying. Like we dumped it out.
Charlamagne Tha God
You don't think we love you?
DJ Envy
It's okay. It's okay. Now it's very expensive. So it was just like.
Charlamagne Tha God
Very expensive.
DJ Envy
But no, again, you have to have self control eventually, over time, because if you have the option to make mistakes and just. And it works, the mistakes work, then you find yourself in a weird position because crashing out works. So how do you balance that with, you know, just being level in life? And sometimes for me, it just gets confusing and everything just becomes blank and it all just gets real blurry right.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now, you know, when you think about Rayquan, Raycon Tronics, you built these hundred million dollar businesses. To me, that's working, absolutely. This crashing out is just attention online. That's not really working.
DJ Envy
But it does work. It does work for impressions. It does work for certain skills. When you're doing Snapchat or you're doing Twitter or you're doing Instagram or you're doing Twitch and you're running, you know, 15 ads an hour, and you want your CPM to be solid, right? And you're running them at night, in late night, and you want those to work as well. So I think it all works if you're looking at it from a really scientific level. And I think a lot of people don't think we look at it like that, but we do. But enough is enough at some point, right? And I don't know when it is. I don't know when enough is enough, because I'm like, enough's enough now. But I'm like, is it enough? So are you changing a new leaf now? Because two days ago it's.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not even listening to this.
DJ Envy
You call Mary Mario gay. I call Mario. No, I said I never seen Mario with a woman. But I love Mario. And I'm sure he has women. And I'm sorry, Mom.
Charlamagne Tha God
He's on Instagram with his pregnant.
DJ Envy
I'm so sorry woman. Exactly. So I made a mistake. Also, you said Wale was. You know, you said, I like the hospitality of his show and pretty much call him a sucker. I'm sorry, Wale, for that as well. And I want to extend my apology to Wale. Mario. He did a great job with Brandy. I appreciate Brandi for having my back. She said I needed to just slow down on all the extracurricular things that I do on the side and I would be able to compete. So you no longer want to battle him in the verses? In a verses. They had the main stage. They were headlining the verses, and then we did the beginning of the verses, and all together collectively, it was a successful disaster.
Charlamagne Tha God
I told Mario that he didn't let you on stage because he was afraid of the smoke.
DJ Envy
I'm telling you because I was on the side. I seen Mario on the side of the stage. I walk up to him. We in Baltimore or we know we in D.C. and I'm.
Charlamagne Tha God
We got Mark. Let's hear Mark. We got Mark. Yeah, we got Mario.
DJ Envy
Okay. Shout out to Mark. Shout out to Mario. Even if he says something bad, God bless him.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, he didn't say.
DJ Envy
He didn't say that bad. He's here. No, no, no.
Lola Brooke
He's here. Like, we had him in the closet.
Charlamagne Tha God
Come on.
DJ Envy
I just. Today, yes, Sira's here, and, you know, Sheila's here, and the whole team is here.
Charlamagne Tha God
King Cooper.
DJ Envy
Don't hide. Don't hide.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay, stop playing.
Mario
I hit.
DJ Envy
I hit the homie and said, wow, you had my back for one time.
Mario
Yes.
DJ Envy
I said, DJ Envy, you haven't had it for a few times.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm sorry.
DJ Envy
I'm sorry.
Charlamagne Tha God
You ain't let him on that stage.
Mario
Yeah, yo, you said, I didn't let him on stage.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ray J wanted to do the voices right there.
Mario
You can ask Ray J what happened backstage. I was like, yo, let's do it. Let's make it happen. He was like, n shrink me. Just. Just. I don't care what you do. Just, let's just make it happen. I'm like, I didn't even know he was gonna be there. I said, I ain't bet. I got you. They didn't let him on stage. It wasn't me.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's not Ray J's story. Ray J's story was I wanted to do the verses right then and then.
Mario
So Mario was like, nah, out of all people, you trust Ray J's?
Lola Brooke
Story.
DJ Envy
Damn. Damn.
Mario
You told him you trust Ray J's story? Out of all people?
DJ Envy
I don't know Mario. That's not okay. I saw Mario behind the stage, and when they said, mario's here, I'm like, no way. This is a coincidence. It's perfect for us to do what we got to do. You know, he was. I didn't know because somebody. Well, my management said Wale wanted Ray J to come out for a homecoming event or whatever. And I'm like, I'm doing the DMV Baltimore subathon. Anyway, let's go up there. I didn't talk to Wale or none of them, so I didn't know really who invited me. I ended up backstage. They said, mario's upstairs. I said, let's go find him. We went up. I said, mario, what's up? He said, what's up, Ray J? I said, what's up? I said, it's time. I said, you about to get on stage, and then I need to battle you with my song. I said, bro, even if I lose, we gotta. We gotta do it. He said, and I promise you, give me five minutes to think about it. And I go, five minutes to think about it. So then he goes down, and then I go down 10 minutes later, and he's performing. So he didn't give me the five minutes. He just, like, kind of shaded me on that end. And so I was standing on the side of the stage waiting for Mike, and they start directing me off, like traffic, like, with the car, like, Ray J, come on this way. Go that way. Now get the hell out of here. And I was just like, yo, it was crazy.
Charlamagne Tha God
Kicked you out?
DJ Envy
They didn't kick me out, but they kind of just told me to get off because they. They was like, we don't want no problems here.
Charlamagne Tha God
What?
DJ Envy
Ray J, It. Was it this Ray J, or was it. It was. It was this Ray J. My eyes was really wide, and I was ready to get on stage. Okay. They go, we don't want those problems here. Come on. And I just was like, all right.
Lola Brooke
Did Mario ever look over and see you? Like, you know how you want to stage what you could see?
DJ Envy
He didn't want no problems at that point because I knew that dc, which is one of my favorite cities in the world, I love dc. Shout out to Kathy Hughes. Shout out to DC I wanted it so bad, but they. They didn't. They didn't let it happen. So I respect it. I was a little mad, but I think after that night, I Started to go, you know what? Maybe I'm a little mad too much. Maybe I need to switch up from the Casamigos to maybe Tito's.
Lola Brooke
How many songs in a version we.
Charlamagne Tha God
Left that you got? I say three in a possible.
DJ Envy
Ray J. It just depends on where you are. Like, I think that the verses for no Limit and cash Money should have been in New Orleans.
Mario
Absolutely.
DJ Envy
It would have been a whole nother thing.
Lola Brooke
So where does Ray J's versus take place? Ray J's versus, like, if you have the perfect setting.
DJ Envy
In Baltimore.
Lola Brooke
In Baltimore. Okay.
DJ Envy
Yeah. In his hometown.
Charlamagne Tha God
In Mario's hometown.
DJ Envy
Because I love. I love Mario and I love Baltimore.
Charlamagne Tha God
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
DJ Envy
You know, I think doing it in LA wouldn't be fair because now I'm doing songs that Mario might not have even heard. And they still lit and they still platinum, you know?
Lola Brooke
What song do you lead with? Like, what's your number one?
DJ Envy
The song that I lead with is One Wish.
Mario
No.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, right out the gate.
Mario
No, out the gate.
DJ Envy
One wish. Because I got a new gospel version.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's dope. You should be allowed to do one wish three times. Three different ways you're supposed to get three wishes. So it should be more than one wish. So one wish, then you do a one wish, then you can do a one wish. Afro beats. Kill them.
DJ Envy
I think one wish five times.
Charlamagne Tha God
Then. Sexy can I. I said.
DJ Envy
This is what I said. I said, Let me love you is not bigger than one wish.
Charlamagne Tha God
You should let me love you.
Lola Brooke
I don't know if I know Ray J.
Charlamagne Tha God
One wish.
Lola Brooke
I love one wish. I'd love to see you perform it. But I do think, think, what's the metric? Let me love you is bigger, but.
Charlamagne Tha God
You can look it up. You can see well.
DJ Envy
But then also. Also take into account I'm 1,000% independent.
Mario
Like, there's.
DJ Envy
There's. There's no. There's no. Like, there's no Koch distribution on this one. There's no epic distribution on this one. This is just straight sanctuary. And Ray J, 3%, like, deal within 97 US forever.
Charlamagne Tha God
Sexy can I, Sexy can I Sexy.
DJ Envy
Can I Is bigger than let me love you to me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hit it first is a possible no.
DJ Envy
Hit it first is not okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
You can do hit it first.
DJ Envy
Well, hit it first. Never really. That's a big record. People know that record. That's crazy, because they never really saw the light of day.
Charlamagne Tha God
And I want you to know that those two right there said that Mario would wash you in a verse.
Lola Brooke
I did.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know why they not keeping that same energy right now.
DJ Envy
And I think so, but honestly.
Lola Brooke
But I don't think that you would stand.
DJ Envy
I think so, too.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're right.
DJ Envy
I think you have five joints.
Mario
I think Mario five.
DJ Envy
Mario can sing live as hell.
Charlamagne Tha God
Your niece said once, Mario only got one joint.
Lola Brooke
I didn't say nothing.
DJ Envy
Let me love you. Just a friend Braid my hair. The joint with Gucci. I love you, Rah Rah. And I love that. Brandi supported me, too. But she also said, ray gotta, you know, do right in order to compete because Mario is a serial singer, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's a serial singer, and I respect that. And I think that innoverse is live right now. Mario would crush me.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm glad. I'm glad you and your sister got back on the I love the same page. How did that happen?
DJ Envy
We always been on the same page. I think just publicly. It was just, you know, she brought me out at the concert, but I was just. Every time I get around B and my mom and Sarah, I just get real emotional, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
And you straighten up. You don't act like you act anywhere else with them, I'm sure.
DJ Envy
Yeah. Nah. And I think that it's just enough is enough. And I'm so happy that rah Rah's here today because it just. It makes me do better no matter what, because I know my mama is watching and my dad and Brandi, and.
Mario
So.
DJ Envy
Like, I'm like. I'm really a comedian. We really are in, like. Like this Richard Pryor, like, red fox format of comedy where it's uncut. Right. And if everybody took it like that, I think it'd be better, but for the seriousness of what it is, I just. I don't want to let them down moving forward, and I just want to do right.
Charlamagne Tha God
You still have sex with scribbles?
DJ Envy
I do, yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
DJ Envy
I do. I do here and there. But I'm not. I'm really not a sexaholic at all, though. Yeah, I just. I'm very focused right now. So Sheila tell you, like, shout out to Sheila on the love cabin. We got the. The show on Zeus. It's going crazy. They got mad questions in the chat that.
Charlamagne Tha God
What questions y' all got for Sheila?
Lola Brooke
Is that the same person?
DJ Envy
We still got a lot to get to with Ray J. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
I saw you make. I saw on Shade Room, you had this young lady crying.
DJ Envy
She was crying.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not gonna lie. It was a part of me. I was like, that's kind of player Just a little bit.
DJ Envy
What, they made it cry?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, just a little bit. Just. Just the way. It's just the way. Because I. Once again, I can't tell when Ray J being serious, like, he's just entertaining us.
DJ Envy
Well, it was just all about the chat.
Charlamagne Tha God
It wasn't all the jokes.
DJ Envy
No, she wasn't. That was her crying.
Charlamagne Tha God
So, Sheila, you're holding Ray J down till he goes back to his family. How does that feel?
DJ Envy
That is crazy.
Lola Brooke
You know what? Let me me say this. Ray J and I are really good friends.
DJ Envy
You know, and you're looking good today, Sheila.
Lola Brooke
Thank you so much. I may cry, I may not, but.
DJ Envy
Are y' all more than friends or y'?
Mario
All.
Lola Brooke
We're really good friends.
Charlamagne Tha God
What are you crying? What were you crying over?
Lola Brooke
You can do what you want with that information.
DJ Envy
Sheila was crying because she couldn't be on the. On the front desk. And the back desk was where her office was with. With Clark, and they were doing their streams. I thought you was.
Charlamagne Tha God
I saw you say that you wanted.
DJ Envy
To go back to your family, but that wasn't what she was crying for. Yeah, yeah. So what she was crying for? Because I was like, yo, I'm on the front desk. You have to do this desk, and you can work your way up to the front desk. But right now, this is my chat. You have your chat. Clark has his chat.
Charlamagne Tha God
Got you.
DJ Envy
She's scared you're gonna fall for him, and then he, you know, you get connected and he leaves for go. Goes back to his family.
Lola Brooke
No, not necessarily. You know, that wasn't my first time I cried. I was like. Like, probably my fourth time crying.
DJ Envy
Well, because she. Well, like, yeah, I respect everybody that cries. Some people. And I don't. I don't know people's water based.
Mario
Right.
DJ Envy
But some people cry more than others. So she cries a lot.
Mario
Okay.
DJ Envy
Just even when she's happy or sad. Right.
Lola Brooke
I mean, I'm a cancer, y'.
DJ Envy
All.
Charlamagne Tha God
Me, too.
Lola Brooke
You're a cancer as much as me.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, I'm more of like. Like, I do, but not a lot.
DJ Envy
I don't cry.
Lola Brooke
You understand? Like, I'm kind.
DJ Envy
Like, I don't see you as a cry.
Lola Brooke
June. Cancer.
Charlamagne Tha God
What number? June what?
Lola Brooke
June 26th.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yeah, I'm 29th. Okay.
Lola Brooke
Okay. We're. Right. Okay, so.
Mario
But.
Lola Brooke
So you kind of understand where I'm coming from. Right? So the first time you cried, it was about the death or. The last time we saw it was the desk. What were the other issues that we. I honestly cry about anything. Like If. If he tells me he doesn't like my. My hair, I'll cry. Like, it's just.
DJ Envy
But I love your hair. Know I'm just making. I love your hair now and I love your hair yesterday.
Charlamagne Tha God
So.
Lola Brooke
Yeah.
DJ Envy
So where do you want us to go?
Charlamagne Tha God
What?
DJ Envy
What? Cuz Pete, that's what the chat is asking. Like, where do you want this relationship to go? Do you want it to be serious? You want it to take.
Lola Brooke
This is a relationship. Yeah, for sure. This is a relationship. This is a great. This is a really good friendship. It's a good. It's a start to.
Charlamagne Tha God
Ray said we go together because once.
DJ Envy
You bump uglies, it goes to another world.
Lola Brooke
We're really good friends. Right? Right.
DJ Envy
Absolutely. But Love Cabin is. Is going crazy and all. New episode Sunday on Zeus why do.
Charlamagne Tha God
You have around your knees though?
DJ Envy
Well, this is the first time they ever been. Well, they actually got into a spat before when they didn't know each other. And they haven't worked it out yet, but we're gonna work it out. Listen, hold on. We're gonna. Were gonna. They had. They got into an argument about what? At a club when I wasn't there. And so they didn't know each other. And Sheila walked up like she was.
Charlamagne Tha God
Family, like, oh, what's up, Rah Rah?
DJ Envy
Well, no, no, no. It was something she didn't know that was my niece. And so they had got into it and I'm like, yo, that's my niece. And so I want everything to be at peace. I'm turning a new leaf.
Charlamagne Tha God
I got all money on Rah Rah.
DJ Envy
Well, Rah Rah's my little. Yeah, we wouldn't even do that because that's my little niece and I love her so much and I love, love everything that she's doing with her career.
Charlamagne Tha God
I mean, but you gotta listen to your family. When your family say they don't like somebody, is it the energy? Is it our energy?
DJ Envy
I just think we all gotta sit down after this. After. Well, after the Breakfast Club, I think we're all gonna go and have lunch.
Mario
Breakfast.
DJ Envy
She said she got more press.
Lola Brooke
So you expect this to go somewhere then if she. Because I thought the show was like, you're helping other people find love. You finding love too? You.
DJ Envy
No, no. This is about. This is about Love Cabin. The Love Cabin. You don't know how it's gonna it the end. Like the last like 12 episodes are gonna go crazy.
Charlamagne Tha God
You're not supposed to get high off your own supply. If she is a. If she is a star, and she's beautiful. Testing the product.
DJ Envy
Well, you got to understand, Ray J, as the host on this show, is a different host. He's a. He's a dirtier host than most, but he's. He's very curious, and he invites himself into the competition. So he's trying your product.
Lola Brooke
Exactly.
DJ Envy
This is a different hosting gig.
Lola Brooke
Okay. He's trying to find love as well.
DJ Envy
But are you. Are you fine with that? That he's, you know, finding, you know, tasting his products?
Charlamagne Tha God
You're not the only one with you.
DJ Envy
Well, if you watched the last episode, I was kissing Athena, which was.
Lola Brooke
Athena kissed you?
DJ Envy
She kissed me. Which was.
Lola Brooke
You didn't.
DJ Envy
Amazing.
Lola Brooke
Athena kissed you. She said, get it right.
Charlamagne Tha God
So it's okay that you're not the only one? Sheila, you fine with that?
Lola Brooke
What do you. What do you mean? Like, that I'm not the only one?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes.
Lola Brooke
In regards to.
Charlamagne Tha God
In regards to where Ray J puts his penis.
Lola Brooke
Well, like I said, Ray and I were really good friends, and whatever he decides to do with his penis is up.
DJ Envy
Well, my rah rah's here, so my niece is here, so we gotta keep penis out.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, I'm sorry.
DJ Envy
Just gotta keep. Just say. Well, no, I know. No, but I'm saying. But still, uncle. And penis is a lot. She's back there laughing. I just don't want to do that. Like, let's do just. Just loving.
Mario
I'm about to tell R to start.
DJ Envy
Brandy's watching. It's a lot.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm sorry.
Lola Brooke
How do you choose?
DJ Envy
My mom is watching.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yeah, sorry.
Mario
Mom.
DJ Envy
Charlamagne. That was a lot.
Lola Brooke
Have you met his mom, too? Have you met Ray J's mom?
Charlamagne Tha God
No, and she. And you shouldn't. Ray, that's. That's doing too much.
Lola Brooke
Why is. Why.
Charlamagne Tha God
Why do you say that?
Lola Brooke
You met Brandon.
Charlamagne Tha God
You can't. Can't. Come on.
Lola Brooke
I mean, it might be a little soon, but.
DJ Envy
Well, I think. I think they can meet on this because she's one of the stars of Love Cabin. So we're on an extreme Love Cabin promo tour.
Charlamagne Tha God
Business. She'd be passing, like, business.
DJ Envy
Well, yeah. Like right now, we've gotten the opportunity to be on one of the biggest shows in the whole wide world to promote Love Cabin with Sheila and I. And this is a great moment for us, for Shila, like, so how did you feel when he got a. Sheila. Sheila.
Mario
I'm sorry.
DJ Envy
Sheila. I like Shila, too. How did you feel when he was. When he professed his love and said he wants to get back with his family when you were there and together.
Lola Brooke
Oh, honestly, I wasn't there at the time when he said that on the stream, I was sleeping, but I support him whatever he, you know.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, I like that Shiloh thing. That's what's up. Oh, it is Sheila.
DJ Envy
Sheila, because. Because she spells her name with a S H. I thought I was saying it. Think about it. So you were in the bed in the back when he was on the stream that day?
Lola Brooke
I went to sleep because, you know, I was. I cried all night.
Charlamagne Tha God
So I won't worry back with Princess, too, because that's when I saw red is most stable. When Ray was with Princess. That's. That's the Ray.
DJ Envy
But Princess asked the one in back as well, too.
Lola Brooke
I was about to ask, how does Princess love feel about Sheila?
DJ Envy
And I think Princess is in a place where she has her nail shop. She's been super focused on work and really just trying to build her business. And so I haven't really got a chance to talk too much about it. But I know that I'm there for the kids and for her financially and. And for love as well.
Mario
Right, Right.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's what you want, right? Back with Princess.
Lola Brooke
I want both of them to be very happy.
DJ Envy
See, Ray Ray says she wants both of them to be happy. You go to the nail shop a lot? You. You and Princess, everyone. Wow. From Prella Nail Shop, Umbrella beauty bar. Well, thank y' all for joining us. Thank you for holding on down. Ray. My favorite person on earth, Ray J. We love you, brother. All right. It's the Brett Sheila we see back there, too.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nah, But, you know, it's a different breakfast club. The front desk.
DJ Envy
It's time to get up out of here.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, yo, man. My positive note is simply this. I just want to salute to everybody that's on their healing journey, man. And I want to tell y' all that some people were not put here to evolve. They are here to remind you what it looks like if you don't have a great day.
DJ Envy
Breakfast club finish or y' all done.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wake you up.
Mario
Wake you up. Wake that ass up.
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Podcast: The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts)
Air Date: January 6, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
This "Best Of" compilation features lively and candid interviews with artists Lola Brooke, Mario, and Ray J. The hosts provide the usual mix of humor and real talk, exploring each guest's latest projects, personal journeys, industry challenges, and some playful back-and-forth on topics like musical "Verzuz" battles and internet perception. The episode also includes classic "get it off your chest" call-ins from listeners, the "Donkey of the Day" segment, and signature Breakfast Club banter.
[00:59-08:30]
[08:41–23:56]
[24:14–47:45]
[50:18–56:24]
[56:50–74:49]
Conversational, authentic, and brimming with inside jokes and cultural commentary. The hosts keep it lively and real, drawing out vulnerable and celebratory sides of the guests. The tone oscillates between playful rivalries, deep introspections, and feel-good energy.
| Segment | Start Time | End Time | |----------------------------------|------------|------------| | Listener Call-ins | 00:59 | 08:30 | | Lola Brooke Interview | 08:41 | 23:56 | | Mario Interview | 24:14 | 47:45 | | Donkey of the Day | 50:18 | 56:24 | | Ray J Interview | 56:50 | 74:49 | | Closing Remarks | 82:41 | 83:01 |