The Breakfast Club BEST OF(Ali Saadiq, Nate Jackson, And Gary Owen Interview)

Summary

The Breakfast Club "Best Of": Ali Siddiq, Nate Jackson, and Gary Owen Interview

Podcast: The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts)
Date: December 30, 2025
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Featured Guests: Ali Siddiq, Nate Jackson, Gary Owen

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Episode Overview

This special "Best Of" edition of The Breakfast Club is a comedic celebration, spotlighting interviews with some of the brightest standup talents: Ali Siddiq, Nate Jackson, and Gary Owen. In an extended, free-flowing conversation, the hosts and guests reflect on the grind—from hustling on the comedy circuit and going independent, to viral crowd work clips, Netflix specials, and the real-life ups and downs that inform their material. All delivered with the signature mix of raw honesty and relentless jokes that defines The Breakfast Club.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Art and Journey of Comedy

• Independence in Comedy (Ali Siddiq) [12:12–21:26]

  • Ali Siddiq discusses his unique route—dropping standup specials independently "like Lil Wayne dropping mixtapes."
  • He credits Houston, his hometown, as the "capital of independent" art, championing the do-it-yourself spirit of coming up without label backing.
  • On being known for personal storytelling, Ali shares:

    “The funniest you're gonna ever be in life is based on how honest you want to be.” — DL Hughley told Ali [20:10]

  • He reveals how prison shaped his worldview and jokes, contrasting "jail" and "prison" in Black communities.
  • Memorable anecdote: Ali’s first set after being released from prison bombed hard—he got booed offstage. But he came back, adapted, and ultimately became the host at that very club.

• Crafting a Standup Special and Series [29:30–34:42]

  • Ali's "Domino Effect" special started as a one-off, but fans demanded to know “what happened next,” turning it into a series. By the third special, he was detailing how he actually got incarcerated, bringing an unprecedented honesty to the genre.
  • Strategic timing: Each part of the series dropped on Mother's Day or Father's Day, with the latest "Domino Effect Four" coming out Father's Day and running two hours.

• Crowd Work and Club Building (Nate Jackson) [40:39–49:28]

  • Nate Jackson introduces himself as an entrepreneur and comic, dubbed "the king of crowd work" by T.I., and owner of the largest Black-owned comedy club in the U.S. – Super Funny Comedy Club in Tacoma, Washington.
  • Surviving the pandemic: Nate discusses building his club just as COVID hit, forcing a grind with no external help, and eventually thriving at their new downtown location.
  • He has been in comedy for over 23 years and describes getting his break through persistence in L.A., cold calls, and hard-won crowd work gigs.

• Changing Landscape and Cancel Culture [47:46–49:28]

  • Nate addresses how the climate for comedians has shifted—more sensitivity, potential cancellation, and how social topics are "so magnetized."
  • He expresses hope there’s a swing back to letting funny be funny, referencing contemporaries like Chappelle and Andrew Schulz who push back on restrictions:

    “If you are gonna say anything that's gonna be even a little bit controversial, it has to be funny.” — DJ Envy [49:28]

Comedy Business & Viral Moments

• Netflix vs. Independence [34:01–34:50, 62:44–63:46]

  • Ali and Nate both address the allure and drawbacks of Netflix specials. Ali likes creative control and the integrity of independent work, but jokes about not turning down $20 million:

    "If they come, they come with $20 million and say, ‘Hey, man…’”—Charlamagne Tha God [34:01]

  • Nate, meanwhile, highlights the importance of accessibility for his family—his Netflix special wasn't just about reach, but so his mother could see it easily:

    “This is how my mama gonna see me and become…in the living room being like, my baby did it.” [63:16]

• Crowd Work Influence—Nate Jackson & Gary Owen [65:06–67:51]

  • Nate reveals some friction with Gary Owen over Gary adopting similar crowd work editing styles and content release rhythms—though he shrugs it off as part of the game:

    “Sometimes people come up and they're like, ‘That's the sauce.’ … There's nothing you can do.” —Nate Jackson [67:14]

  • Gary acknowledges adopting new strategies and thanks Nate for the influence:

    “Yeah. Thanks to Nate Jackson. I saw him here last week.” [86:35]

• Gary Owen’s Personal Life & Comedy [85:44–97:10]

  • A major segment is devoted to Gary Owen's family update: the accidental rift with his children after divorce, his reconnection with his son, and ongoing hope to reconnect with his daughter.
  • Gary and the hosts banter about handling serious topics through jokes and how his son has a similarly dark sense of humor, creating room for healing.
  • Transparent advice about divorce:

    “Get to a point where you’re cordial with your ex, and you guys decide what you want to do. …These lawyers are playing us…they will literally find one thing to keep it going.” —Gary Owen [95:13]

Noteworthy Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Comedy Comebacks:

  "So I end up becoming the host of that same place that I got booed in…Just Joking Comedy Cafe." —Ali Siddiq [20:05]

• On the Hard Beginnings:

  "I used to juggle 10 different logins and apps. Now one platform I manage my store, sell online, sell on social, even tag products right from my phone…" —Lauren LaRosa on managing her business with Shopify [21:29]

• On Joke Sensitivity:

  “‘Depending on the word…but…you gotta be so funny to the point where they don’t even wanna cancel you.’” —Nate Jackson [54:20]

• On Family Reconciliation:

  “The first thing he said was, ‘Dude, I know we got a lot to work on…But I really need your help with this problem right now.’ So I went into immediate, like, dad mode.” —Gary Owen, on reconnecting with his son [91:27]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [12:12–21:26] – Ali Siddiq: The struggle, independence, and becoming a storyteller.
• [29:30–34:42] – The making and expansion of "Domino Effect" specials.
• [40:39–49:28] – Nate Jackson: Super Funny Club, crowd work, COVID, and Netflix.
• [54:20–58:07] – Nate on joke boundaries, crowd work controversy, and lessons from Montreal.
• [62:44–63:46] – Nate explains choosing Netflix for his mom.
• [65:06–68:06] – Nate and Gary Owen on editing style dispute and podcast joint venture.
• [85:44–97:43] – Gary Owen: Handling grief, family drama, healing after divorce, and selling out shows.

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The Breakfast Club Flow & Tone

• Balanced between brutally honest and consistently hilarious—no one is safe from roasting, including the hosts themselves.
• Real-life stories about struggle, career pivots, and family drama are interwoven with lively banter and sharp one-liners.
• The hosts—Envy, Jess, and Charlamagne—mix appreciation with playful antagonism, keeping the conversation high energy and unfiltered throughout.

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Conclusion & Final Takeaways

This “Best Of” episode offers listeners a rollercoaster of laughs, life stories, and real talk straight from standup’s front lines. From the long arcs of Ali Siddiq’s life fueling his specials, to Nate Jackson’s rise via relentless hustle and crowd work mastery, to Gary Owen’s vulnerable updates on family and the ever-evolving business side of comedy—each segment is packed with insight and authenticity. Underneath the jokes, there’s a core message: Comedy is not just about laughs, but about honesty, perseverance, and connection.
“Self accountability is trusting yourself to be there for you, because the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Charlamagne Tha God [98:16]

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Where to Follow & Support the Guests

• Ali Siddiq: @alisiddiq (Instagram), YouTube (“Ali Sidiq Comedy”), new specials “Domino Effect” series.
• Nate Jackson: natejacksoncomedy.com, @mrnatejackson, Netflix special “Super Funny.”
• Gary Owen: @garyowencomedy, touring nationwide, various podcast projects.

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This summary captures the highlights and spirit of the episode for those who missed the show—and for fans eager to revisit the best laughs and wisdom from today’s most compelling comics.

Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Today, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. A season filled with family dinners, laughter and holiday shopping. But even in the middle of all of that joy, everyone needs a moment to slow down. The little pause between the music, the memories and the madness. And nothing makes that break better than an ice cold Coca Cola. It's that quick refresh that turns the holiday rush into calm, making the moment feel just right. It's the breath between the laughter and the late night rapping sessions. Because the best part of the holidays isn't having it all together, it's enjoying it while it's happening. Enjoy your Coca Cola. Refresh your holidays.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

Mom's Alzheimer's was already so hard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But then we found out she had something called agitation that may happen with.

[DJ Envy]

Dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

[Martha Stewart]

That was a different kind of difficult.

[DJ Envy]

So we asked her doctor for more help.

[Nate Jackson]

Seeing symptoms like these in a loved one, it could be time to ask.

[Martha Stewart]

Their doctor about Rexulti.

[DJ Envy]

The rexpiprazole 2 milligrams.

[Nate Jackson]

The only FDA approved treatment proven to.

[DJ Envy]

Reduce the symptoms of this condition.

[Nate Jackson]

Rexulti should not be used as an as needed treatment.

[Martha Stewart]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Martha Stewart]

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[DJ Envy]

I'm glad her doctor recommended reczalty.

[Martha Stewart]

Talk to your loved one's doctor. Moments matter.

[DJ Envy]

Running a business is hard enough. Don't make it harder with a dozen apps that don't talk to each other.

[Nate Jackson]

One for sales, another for inventory, a.

[DJ Envy]

Separate one for accounting. That's software overload. Odoo is the all in one platform that replaces them all. CRM, accounting, inventory, E commerce, hr. Fully integrated, easy to use and built to grow with your business. Thousands have already made the switch.

[Martha Stewart]

Why not you try Odoo for free.

[DJ Envy]

At o d o o.com that's odoo.com my small business used to have me doing a ton of things at once. It felt like playing basketball five on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One and I was the one.

[DJ Envy]

Now QuickBooks on the intuit platform gives.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Me access to a team of AI.

[DJ Envy]

Agents and trusted experts for the assists I need so I can outdo anything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Check this out. Nothing but net net profit that is Val bad punt.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Outdoit with intuit. QuickBooks feature availability varies by product.

[DJ Envy]

So you're telling me that the AI.

[Nate Jackson]

That'S meant to make everyone's job easier to manage just adds more to manage? On top of the thousands of apps.

[DJ Envy]

The IT department already manages? Funny how that works. Any business can add AI.

[Nate Jackson]

IBM helps you scale and manage AI.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To change how you do business. Lets create Smile to business. IBM. Wake you up.

[DJ Envy]

Wake that ass up. Program your alarm to power 105.1 on iheartradio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Jess? Hilarious. Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The guy. It's Tuesday.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. And it's all about comedy. That's right. Some of the best comedians that stop through, like Ali, Sadiq, Nate Jackson and Gary Owen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man. Salute to my guy. Salute to all of them. Because I love all of them as comedians, but salute to my guy, Gary Owen. I am happy that the Breakfast Club is finally going to be on Netflix this year. What will be will be shown on Netflix this year. So Gary Owen will finally get on Netflix at some point this year.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't even think about that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So salute to you. Yeah, Gary's been trying to get a standup special on Netflix for a long time. They've been fronting on him. But now that he'll be on Breakfast Club, he'll at least get on Netflix.

[DJ Envy]

That is dope. That Is dope. You know, we actually got on Netflix before Gary Owen, but that's okay. We next time Gary Owen comes, we should give him like a 60 second or a two minute slot just to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, let him do a set. Yeah, absolutely. Let him do a set.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I agree. But anyway, let's get the show cracking. It's all about comedians this morning. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Nate Jackson]

This is your time to get it off your chest. Keep calling 800-585-1051.

[DJ Envy]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, this is James calling from North Carolina.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, James? Get it off your chest, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nothing much.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning, everyone. Jazzy Jess.

[Nate Jackson]

What's up?

[DJ Envy]

What's up? What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yo, I saw this advertisement on Instagram the other day about these sneakers that give me.

[DJ Envy]

They're for men that gives you three inches of height. They like lifts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it had me thinking, oh, at first I was like, that's a pretty good idea. But then I thought, isn't that lying? Kind of like women would throw. That is so lame. Why would you want to. Why would you want to do that? That's so corny.

[DJ Envy]

Why? Why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why can't we just be happy with what God gave us?

[DJ Envy]

Cuz what if he's like 411 and he's sick and he's sick of it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's still 411 even in them sneakers. And you're gonna look extra dumb when you come out them sneakers in front of your whatever girl you're trying to impress. She gonna be like, what happened? That's what I was getting to Charlemagne.

[Gary Owen]

Like, like, isn't that lying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kind of like with women with the weave and the push up bras and all that stuff? Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Excuse me. Yeah, a lot of people use those sneakers and they say those sneakers actually work and you can't tell, like they look natural and they even got something else where they put a heel in the sne. Little tall as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, they look natural till you take them off. Imagine you meet the girl of your dreams, talking about you. I met this dude, he five, he about five nine, five ten, right? And tell you he take them sneakers off and then she like, what the.

[DJ Envy]

Hell, he a clown though? Because literally just was like out wigs and push up bras. That is totally different. What are you talking about? It's the same thing. No, it's not. It's the same thing. You meet this girl, she got big ass breasts and then she take off.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Her bra, you know, the breast still big. They just not perfect.

[DJ Envy]

They just not sitting up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, just not perfect.

[DJ Envy]

Stay on the floor. But to take off your shoes and like five. Five. And I thought she was five.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Eight.

[DJ Envy]

Is disrespectful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is.

[DJ Envy]

Or the same thing. You got beautiful hair. You think her hair is so beautiful. And she put the wig on the side. The same thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't mind a wig. Yeah, that's what I thought. That's what I thought. Same thing. A wig is different. Cause a wig. It's not like she's trying to pretend that her hair is actually her hair. With a wig, you know, it's a wig.

[DJ Envy]

You trying to act like you Will Smith, but you Carlson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now I got a freaking Jazzy Jeff. You and throw your ass up, right?

[DJ Envy]

Jesus. Thank you, brother. Done order them. He order every color. Y. Hello, who's this? What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This DJ Rock, aka Mr. Myrtle Beach.

[DJ Envy]

What's happening?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Myrtle Beach.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's happening in the Myrtle, man, I love Myrtle Beach. Grew up in Myrtle beach, man.

[DJ Envy]

Salamaine.

[Gary Owen]

What's up, Salama?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's happening? What's happening, brother? I heard this lady call up like a month or so ago, trying to.

[DJ Envy]

Give you flowers, talking about how handsome.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are and all that. Look at, man. Somebody to call and let Jess know that he a barbershop legend.

[Nate Jackson]

For real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me tell you what happened. You remember there was a clip on your Instagram that you did? I think like some. Your boyfriend woke you up and was like, who is this on your phone? Or something like that. And you was like, who was this? Who's this? You had some red panties on in the bed.

[DJ Envy]

Look at Christ.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody in the barbershop was talking about that. That day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was so many years ago, wasn't it? Wasn't that like six or seven or eight years ago or something?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everybody came in the barbershop. Like, man, you seen that clip with Jeff? She was laying in the bed, woke up, everybody was like, yeah, dog.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, yeah, that was a skit. I was in Miami. That was. Yeah, that's the one.

[DJ Envy]

And then Jamie Foxx commented on that too. Yeah, I remember that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, he not lying, cuz. People be in my group chat and they be like, yo, my bad, Charlemagne. And then it'll be a clip of Jeff in some tubi movie busting it open or something.

[DJ Envy]

Excuse me. No, this is not an opportunity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She a group chat. Everybody at the barber shop saw that, man.

[DJ Envy]

It was like, yeah, since we talking, it Hit my group chat, too. I had to block everybody. Don't talk like my sis. Like that now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And they think. They think saying my bad is gonna be on my bad Charlamagne.

[Nate Jackson]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They think saying that is cool.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, you could just blush. Justice blushing. Thank you, brother. Get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Yo, Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

Envy, what up? Are we live?

[Nate Jackson]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I got an indoor pool.

[Nate Jackson]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? What's up?

[DJ Envy]

This is Leonard.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is not Leonard.

[DJ Envy]

This is Leonard. Leonard from where?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. This ain't this thing. This ain't Uncle Leonard.

[DJ Envy]

This ain't say Charlotte.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But this Leonard. Because I'm not a Leonard. I'm a Leonard. I'm so glad my mom ain't put up. Leonard. Leonard.

[DJ Envy]

No, you're not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your name. My name is Leonard. Okay, okay. I won't get off my judgment. My uncle, he did 15 years, right?

[DJ Envy]

I'm trying to update him with the new technology.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I invited to my gender reveal. I tell him we gonna use AI to do the gender reveal. He come there all happy, but then he get mad when he realized it's not the actual answer. He think it's Allen Iverson doing the reveal. And I can understand why he feel that. What you having? What you have? What y' all having? What was the. What was the reveal? A girl. Hey, congratulations.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations, girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dad, I appreciate it. Thank y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No problem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You met your first. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, congratulations.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're gonna love it. Yeah, I am. I appreciate it, dog. All right, brother. Have a good day, man. Get it off your chest. Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hi, it's Angel Henderson.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Angel Henderson. How are you?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my God. I'm so happy, y'.

[Nate Jackson]

All.

[DJ Envy]

I got through.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm from Orlando, Florida, and I wanted to tell.

[Martha Stewart]

Hey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Jess.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, girl. Hey, Lauren Le Restra. Listen, Charlamagne, this is for you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I want to tell you, no matter what nobody say, you keep preaching, preaching.

[DJ Envy]

The word, the good word. I'm talking about letting us black folks know what's really going on. You have really taught me a lot, because I be listening just about everything.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Politics and mental health.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got me started my mental health.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Journey, and I really want to shout out the whole Frito Lay Orlando plant, y'.

[Gary Owen]

All.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We got it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Martha Stewart]

Thank y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All. Thank you. Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

So cute.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, let me shout out my favorite. Elijah. Oh, go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Jess. Oh, my God, your baby is so pretty. Thank you, baby. Hey, Lauren, if you're up there.

[Nate Jackson]

Hey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Congrats.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We appreciate you appreciating us. Salute to your boyfriend, Elijah.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got a very powerful name named after the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you so much. And shout out the whole Frito Lay plan.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Orlando Salute to the Frito Lay plant. Orlando Salute to everybody who listens to us on 1045. The beating Orlando. Is that what you listen to now? Oh, she hung up.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. And Orlando is one of my favorite cities to go do comedy. And they love it. They love me there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I love Orlando. My aunt lives in Orlando. My mom's sister lives in Orlando. Every summer, we would either be in New Jersey or Orlando.

[DJ Envy]

Orlando is lit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's where I used to go.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. Is DJ Envy. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. We have comedian Ali Siddiq. Welcome, brother man. Thank you for having me.

[Nate Jackson]

How you feeling?

[DJ Envy]

I'm good, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, I like the way you distribute your comedy, man. Like you.

[DJ Envy]

You.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You dropping specials like Lil Wayne used to drop mixtapes.

[DJ Envy]

And they all funny. Yeah, man. Thank y'. All. It going the independent route. Keeping it independent. You know, I'm from Houston. We the capital of independent. You know, ain't nobody coming out that way. They look for us. We just gotta do it. That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Out the trunk. Rap a lot.

[DJ Envy]

Out the trunk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Everybody always say rap a lot. I think that's our only label, too. You know, we had some other labels, but, you know, rap a lot, they ain't stick around. You know, we got. Well, we had 12 houses.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Nate Jackson]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

You know, and then after that, you. You have the independent, you know, Switcher house for sure. But rap a lot is the. Is the staple.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

They should have did a comedy. A comedy thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We.

[DJ Envy]

We tried laugh a lot, but it didn't. It didn't stick.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what's so funny? J. Prince. J.

[Gary Owen]

Prince.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Reputation proceeds in. But he's a funny guy.

[DJ Envy]

He is. I've done. I've roasted J. Prince a lot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you didn't.

[DJ Envy]

How was that? That was dangerous. I. I think that we have a healthy respect for each other, you know, the last time I wrote, I was hosting something. It's not like I'm roasting him at a roast. This is me hosting something. I'm like, yo, man, what? So you got all these bodyguards. It was him and Floyd next to each other. Like, somebody bodyguards gotta take off because can't nobody see, like, who gonna jump on you next to Jay friend. You see, I'm like. And he's small. He's small. He look at a lot of dudes around, though. Yeah, I know. And I know most of them. How'd you get in the comedy, man? Just being black, really? You know, I've been funny since I was a kid. You know, I know people try to think I was funny because I was in prison, but nah, I was jovially sarcastic in prison. It was just. I was the kid on the back of the bus. And then when I was in prison, I was the same way. Oh, so y' all about to fight. Okay, who gonna lose this fight twice? What you mean? I said, Cause. Okay, let me explain. One of y' all gonna win this fight, and then the CO's gonna come in and beat up both of y'.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All.

[DJ Envy]

So who wanna lose this fight twice? So that was my logic. You know, I was just. I was just a sarcastic, jovial, sarcastic person. And when I got out, it was the. It was the goal. It was definitely the goal that became funny how I even got in the start doing the goal. Cause you start calming. You actually don't know what to do. You've seen it, but where do you go now? You got to go to open mic. I knew I needed clothes. That's what I definitely knew I needed was closed because, you know, comics always dress, and I'm coming out of prison. I had a seat. My. My. My sister sent me lil Sears outfit. You know, it was a little. It was a little shirt from Sears. It was Nights of the Round tables. I knew that was from Sears. And some khakis. Knights of the Round Table, man. It's a fake polo. Fake polo. My daddy bought him. My daddy bought him. When polos really in style, he came in, man, I found these polos on discount. I said, man, that is not a polo, man. That is a dude with a flag. And it's only, you know, the nice round table only have three legs on that horse. Then that horse only had three legs, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was your first shirt out of prison?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that was my first shirt out of prison.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

A nice little round table. How long were you in prison? Six years.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Six. What'd you do you know how I just ask.

[DJ Envy]

I used to be a street pharmaceutical rep, which is very frown, very frowned, like they want. When you sell drugs, they want you to have a jacket. Go to like a CVS or Rite Aid or somewhere. People come in with prescriptions. I was, you know, shortcutting it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What kind of drug was it? What drug?

[DJ Envy]

Unfortunately, crack.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

You said after age, you said. You said, oh, okay. Like that. Was that. That worst ever Marijuana.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was just ahead of your time.

[DJ Envy]

Marijuana. You know, I got partners who went to jail for marijuana. It's like. And they, and they knew it was wrong. They like, man, this don't even make no sense. It's a leaf. Now, what I did was definitely wrong. The fact that you only got six years back then is, is. Is because they were giving people football numbers. Who got six years? Oh, I thought you said I did six years.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you did six.

[DJ Envy]

No, I. I had six on a. I did six on a 15.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And I, I had a, a 15 and a 10 that ran concurrent.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Six years.

[DJ Envy]

I said six years for crack. The fact you only got six. I said, jeez, man, no em.

[Gary Owen]

Somebody.

[DJ Envy]

No envy. I didn't know nobody. I knew Real Harris. My attorney first. When I first went in, it was a fed case. And fed, they slick, too. They. They come in there, oh, we just gonna give you 300 months. And in your mind they say like that too. Yeah, 300 months. And in your mind you like, okay, 300 months. That ain't. That ain't nothing. But I know math. And I'm like, nah, nah, I know 312. Nah, we carry. Nah, it's crazy because they said it months. So it sound like you can do it 300, 300. It sound like days. But then when you do go to calculating, so then you gotta drop down the state in the state. The lady came in, she was wilding the prosecutor. She said, well, I'm recommending 99 years. This is when. 99 years. This is the thing. Envy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How much crack you got?

[DJ Envy]

I only. I only. Not only, but it was five keys, right? So the thing is this. They not supposed to let me in court because I'm going to say something. My attorney at the time, he wasn't talking fast enough. He's like 99 years. And I said a very derogatory word toward that lady. And I asked her who she thinks she caught. I'm like, man, I am 19. Who you think you caught, ma'? Am? Escobar. So we come back to court again, got reset off she saw my. I think 60 years would be appropriate, ma'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am.

[DJ Envy]

Once again, ma'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Am.

[DJ Envy]

Like, do you want me to have a life after this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So. So when you get out of jail, you get out of prison, you get your. Your fake polo. Do you remember your first show?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, just joking. Comedy Cafe, Thursday night, Apollo Night. I have on a suit because I'm working at most. I got a job at the mall.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

So I'm working at most of men's apparel store. Got a suit on. This is when you learn observation. So it's a lot of college kids in there because it's Apollo Night. They. And everybody up there doing everything. So I go up and all I said was, hey, and them folks boo. Super jacket off me. Hey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not even. I didn't even tell her it was bad. So, man, I'm talking about them booze. It was in stereo too. So I. I came and sat down and my partner Drake on somebody, man. What happened? I said, bro, you saw with him you was in the audience. I think you was born with him. Like you. You participated, dissipated. And at the time, Nikki, she. She asked me, said that my kid's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mom, we be talking like we know.

[DJ Envy]

And I said. She said, what, what, what? Your jacket at? I said, it's on the stage. They booted off me. It was. It was crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

So you had to go back up there and get your jacket, man. Yes, many people, man. It was. It was. So I waited for two weeks, waited for two weeks, came back T shirt and jeans. And I didn't write down what I was doing because everybody was singing, man. And I never won at this Apollo Night because people hit you with the gospel songs. Even though I was. I was good. Gospel song can't be G. Okay. Every man I heard, I seen the dude, he would start rapping and was getting about to get booed and changed this song in the middle of the song started singing by Jesus. So I'm like, wait a minute, was this boy rapping now you talk about how you spare relief J U S U S like, nah, why you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Wow.

[DJ Envy]

So I changed my. My whole thing went back up every week for about a month and a half to the people. As soon as I would get there after that, people were like, yo, man, you going up tonight? Oh, he's funny. So I end up becoming the host of that same place that I got booed in. Just joking. Comedy cafe. And I was the host for like a year. Yeah, that's how I started. So how did you turn into the storyteller comedian, because that's. That a lot of that's hard for people to do. Like, it's. It's. It's hard, I imagine, not for you, but it's hard. DL. DL. I'm on the road with DL. He told me. He said, yo, man, the funniest you're gonna ever be in life is based on how honest you want to be. And this was after some people when I was writing jokes. I don't even blame the people anymore because I think that when you have writers that. Writers under the pressure of turning in something to another comic and so they could see your show and then turn in, hey, man, I don't have nothing this week. But if you try to get that check so you turn in somebody else's material to dude, the person who you turned it into has no idea that. That you would. That you just saw this somewhere.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And so now. Oh, you a thief. So now I just. I switched from doing jokes to doing everything personally about me, and people still try to steal it. But it's hard because now, you know, it's a lot of comics that all of a sudden, they went to jail, but I went to prison. It's a different thing. Jail. And a lot of people been to jail, but prison is two different things.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that county and the prison, two totally different things.

[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

Woo. What a vibe we've got, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

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[Martha Stewart]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Gary Owen]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Gary Owen]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

And people would try to doing jail stuff in front of me. I'm like but you know, that's not what I'm doing. I'm walking through my life from 10 years old to now. So it just happens to be the first comedy series of specials like these. All these specials are tied together. So if you see three now which came out Mother's day you can't go see four without seeing one and two.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And one is the masterpiece. But three is the best one to me thus far that I that I see. And two has a different cachet to it because I was showing a different skill set in the actual art of it. Because it's two faces to comedy, you know, is having a tragedy so. And two, my sister passed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sorry to hear that my brother.

[DJ Envy]

Well, it's late now. I haven't seen you in a long time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grief is not linear. I don't know how you feeling this morning about it, man.

[DJ Envy]

It was 20 years ago. I haven't seen in a while what it's 20 years. I was 18, was 50 years old now. Sorry, sorry man. Well I'm man, listen, we've dealt with it. This guy's crazy. You know my whole intention come up here cuz I was mad at you. What I do, man, you were saying my name wrong. And you did it twice, too. You saying Ally. I'm like, man, this man know how to say my name. Ally. You know, talking about my special with somebody. Yeah, I think his name Ally. Ally. And. And they sent it to me, and it was on the break. I'm like, he knows how to say Ali.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He know.

[DJ Envy]

He know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz I kept hearing other people say Ali.

[DJ Envy]

Why you was listening to other people?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You better than that Charlemagne.

[Gary Owen]

It's.

[DJ Envy]

And I asked, say A L. I said, somebody called up there and asked who his favorite box is probably Muhammad Ali. He gonna say Ali. Just take the Muhammad out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because when the first special came out, everybody I knew was talking about that special. Especially in the comedy world. It was like, yo, you gotta watch this dude Ali Sediq.

[DJ Envy]

You know, ain't nobody say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody say, you gotta watch this dude Ali. He know a lot of real common con.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ain't nobody say Ali.

[DJ Envy]

Nobody said that. You know, it's like, Ali Wong. Like, he said all the other. And look, I don't even know Charlie. I'm like, Charlemagne don't like me. When I get up, when I finally get to the breakfast, I'm. I'm leading with, hey, man, why are you saying my name? I forget. Then I left it alone, right?

[Gary Owen]

It's like.

[DJ Envy]

Whatever. At least he mentioned me, you know, that's all I had.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that first special took off, though.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you. Did you understand that it would do that or it was just a risk? I'm gonna throw this on YouTube and see what happens.

[DJ Envy]

Man, I. I thought it was really good. And when I do a special, it takes a while for it to. You know, I recorded probably three or four specials before that one and was like, no, it's not special. So Domino Effect, the first one, I knew that it was. I knew it. It's like the first album I put out, talking Loud, saying something. That's my Reasonable Doubt, you know? So I knew once I put this one out, I knew it. I had that. That feeling about. I was too excited about it, and it didn't have any flaws to it. And that's one thing. When I look at something, I don't want it to have anything that somebody can grab onto. Like, but. But what about this? So when that happened, and then somebody said, well, what's the rest of the story? I said, what? Like, what happened after that? I said, you want to know? So they. Oh, so you had never even planned to make it? No. All three to keep on going with a series. When somebody asked me about what happened after that, and I said, okay, well, I stopped at 16, so let's do from 16 to 19. And then we get. We. We did the first. We did two. And then I said, yo, let's finish up how I even got incarcerated. People know I was there, but let's see how I got there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And then we. We did three, and we recorded three and four in D.C. at the same time. So we did two shows on that Friday and two shows on that Saturday. So four comes out Father's Day. So we strategically put one on Mother's Day, one on Father's Day, and four is two hours long, you know, versus the 1:30 that I've been doing. Your special part. Four comes out on Father's Day, like you said. How much of that involves, like, your dad or does it even involve. Man, my dad, he. I put him all through the rest of them. He has a small piece in full because he had. While I was incarcerated, my pops had. At 50, almost 60 years old, got locked up for an assault, man. And my daddy thought he was on some big boss mob type thing because his two brothers was locked up. I was locked up. Then he gets locked up. So he sends $500 on everybody's books while he. While he locked up and gonna write a letter. Yeah, just sent you some bread.

[Martha Stewart]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

We not in. We're not in the family like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You.

[DJ Envy]

You didn't send me nothing until you got locked up. I don't even understand this. Like, I've been locked up, like, four years now. He going, yeah, sent you some bread since we down here, man. I wrote back, hey, man, try to go home and make up here. He had less time than me. He beat me home anyway, and. But he sent money to his brother, his brothers. Oh, yeah. Appreciate you. Yeah. They thirsty sale. Like I. My Uncle Mac, he's a G. But my Uncle Alfred, he's a sucker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's a sucker sucker.

[DJ Envy]

Wow, man. My grandmother, right. Dementia, had dementia. I'm putting money in our books. The money coming up missing. He writing checks. He had my grandmother sign them. And she had dementia. She got dementia. You're stealing, boss. That's right. Yeah, that. That. That's wild. And. And then put her in a bad position with her bills not getting paid. And I don't know who my grandmother was when she was younger, but, you know, dementia, they be staying. Stuff that happened in their life. So I'm. I'm taking care of her one day because my Cousin, we. We rotating and I'm over there. I give her a Coke. Her Coke is low. I come back to grab a Coke to fill it up. She grabbed my wrist and say, put my glass down. I said, what? He said, put my glass down before I drown you. I said, when was you drowning full grown men in your life? She must have been a mobster, but she owned the cafes. I don't know when she was doing it. Yeah, but at some point she was drowning full grown. That's a. That ain't no regular threat.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She did that before. You don't just make that one up.

[DJ Envy]

I put it down. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you won't. I just brought the can and pulled it right. Yeah, I'm not messing with the lady.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ali just dropped domino effect three on May 12th.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And domino effect four, June 16th.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Now I think I'm gonna blow up now. I didn't. Finally got up here and he said your name right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to do. Do you want to do like Netflix or something like that? Does it even matter?

[DJ Envy]

And no, don't say no. But no. Well, I'm gonna say if.

[Gary Owen]

Why not?

[DJ Envy]

Why? I can't say no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If it comes, they come with 20 million and say, hey, man, but if.

[DJ Envy]

They own it, then this is none of the. They can't get. If they own it, they can't get it right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can make up a story, you can go there and say anything. Take the 20 million dollar check and walk away, man.

[DJ Envy]

Now. Now they got. I'm on Netflix. I got 20 million. And now they put out some nonsense. Now people. Yeah, that boy ain't cold. Yeah, right. You know what I'm saying? Don't want to do it on the Internet.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's doing what you doing.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah. Netflix kind of changed him a little bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wasn't himself. Right, right. His name? Ally. Ally.

[DJ Envy]

Now I just said Ally up there, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, how y' all doing?

[DJ Envy]

I'm Ali, man. Netflix and Baltman. Keep doing what you doing. You do it so well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, you definitely do it well, my brother, man, I.

[DJ Envy]

And I. And I appreciate. Appreciate that, man. I just. Can I. You know something? I just feel like an Emmy is gonna come my way since I made to this break. I used to always say, you know something? Enough people don't know me, I gotta get up there to see DJ Envy. It wasn't really about you, Charlemagne. It was. Yeah, cuz once he. He hit it with that. This a dj, everybody. That's. That's the part that you wait on. It ain't even really the show. If you don't hear that. The show just came on. Hey, I'm Charlemagne the God. It's just hilarious. He like, they need the proper intro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you think about the intro?

[DJ Envy]

When we first started, we hated it. I was like, why we gotta keep saying our names? Like, I don't want to keep saying my name. But our program director at the time was like, you keep saying your name. It's stuck. It gets stuck in me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Amanda's Clark, the consultant.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, him and Dennis Clark said that. Keep saying your name, but introducing yourself. Even when he beef with people, they'd.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Be, like, mocking him, like, dj.

[DJ Envy]

It's the whole rhythm of it. So you gotta say it like that. You can't just say DJ Envy. No, you got DJ envy. But let me tell you, the thing that. That makes me laugh, like, uncontrollably comes from the Breakfast Club. And I'm talking about me, the lady that live in that house, man. Let me tell you something. If. If I don't care how mad if that lady called me and say, yeah, this. This sweet JoJo. Y' all do that. What's the boy who couldn't say y' all name? Oh, my God, man. Let me tell you something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was true.

[DJ Envy]

That wasn't true. We know. We know. He was serious. Do you understand the. The type of I'm talking about, man, if my day is going bad. Come on, webbing. Go get. Go get it to me, man. But somebody made a cartoon when I first made it. Tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him again. Boy. Hey, boy. Y got name. This going to keep on making him say he still. Man. Boy, it's like this. It was like Al Sharpton versus the teleprompter.

[Nate Jackson]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Yep. You ever seen that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Al Sharpton. And the only reason I don't really say nothing about it much is because I did a. Jess, have you ever done a thing and they had that teleprompt on? Absolutely. Just over the weekend. And it was. It was going too fast. Yeah. And you had to envy. If I tell you I'm just up there and I'm dyslexic. That's the whole other thing. I don't. I don't do cold reads. Let me see it first. Let me take the picture of it in my brain. I can do it, man. I'm in there with a cold. With a cold read on the teleprompter, and he going fast. And also, they got on speed down, just. I'm like, I'm just in the man. I'm doing it. And the man looked like this. He's like, I. I know damn well ain't none of that. Whatever he say, man.

[Gary Owen]

What.

[DJ Envy]

What are you looking at? Like, hey, man, you just started saying stuff. I was like, I'm the king of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Changing my stuff, too.

[DJ Envy]

I change everything, cuz sometimes it be going too fast. I'm like, I can't get that fast, man. Envy. Do you understand? The man had to look at the teleprompter. He know damn way like, hey, bro, man, what are you looking at? Are you looking past me outside or something? I'm like, nah, bro, I'm looking dead at you. But you, man, it's too fast. Yeah, Billy Sorrells go in after me for the same position. I said, billy is hilarious. Billy, man, that teleprompter move fast. He said, man, I wasn't looking at the teleprompter. I was saying what I thought they wanted. Just like us. Yo, we'll make up some, man. Gotta make it up on the fly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did it find you? Ali?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, man, Ali Sadiq spelled my name with an I, S, I, D, D, I, Q. You know what I'm saying? A L, I first.

[Nate Jackson]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

S, I, D, D, I, Q. That's dot com. Or you can go on YouTube, at least the comedy, you know, man, just, you know, stay linked in with me on my. On my Instagram. Everything is the same. At least I'm following it right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think I already follow you, though.

[DJ Envy]

You already follow me? Because I know you definitely follow my man. What's. What's. What's the guy you be with all the time? Andrew Schultz? Andrew.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Andrew.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

I just saw Andrew Schultz at the roast. I was at the roast. Tom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, Tom Brady Rose.

[DJ Envy]

It's funny when you become a comics comic and you don't know, and then you walk in the room and all these comics come over to you. Hey, brother, man, why are you bowing, man? I'm a big. I'm a big fan. And like, hey, man, what. What's the bowing about, though?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Respect.

[DJ Envy]

And, like, Kevin was talking. Because I'm at. I was walking the road. Kevin talking to somebody. He turned around. Hey, brother, I didn't know you was gonna be here. Hey, Ali, man, what is wrong with y'?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All?

[DJ Envy]

Y' all see me, and then I'm. I'm walking into the party. I'm going to the. To the farm. To the farm Club, and I've been wanting to go because, you know, Maddie Johnson, one of my favorite players of all time. I just wanted to see what him and Bus was doing. They work at in this form club. I'm in there. And as I'm walking in, this the biggest compliment I think I ever got. I'm from a non. This non. Out of nowhere, I'm walking into this party. Chappelle is coming this way, a bunch of people with him, and he just stopped.

[Nate Jackson]

Hey.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Ali, you coming to Cincinnati, man, next weekend at the Taft Theater? I'm gonna try to come by there if I'm in town. And I'm. Oh, okay. How you know my schedule, first of all? And he said, man, take my number and call me. And I'm. And I'm trying to play it cool. I'm like, yeah, yeah, whatever, Chappelle. And walk right in there to Sam J. Sam, Chappelle just asked one number. Chappelle just gave me his number, told me he commented the tab. The man know my schedule. You know, he all in the files.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like.

[DJ Envy]

He saw tonight.

[Gary Owen]

Oh, man.

[DJ Envy]

Ali Sadiq, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us, brother. Thank y' all for having me, man. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yup. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne. The God, Jess. Hilarious. DJ Envy's around here somewhere, but we got a special guest in the building. He's got a new Netflix special called Super Funny. Nate Jackson is here. How you doing, my brother?

[Nate Jackson]

I'm doing good. How about yourself?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't come. Don't look over here. Get grinning and smiling, looking for material.

[Nate Jackson]

I swear to God, I'm not even on that right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, right.

[DJ Envy]

We see your mind going already.

[Nate Jackson]

No, this my first time on Breakfast Club. I'm like, yo, that's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He just.

[Nate Jackson]

Yep, this was happening.

[DJ Envy]

I'm like, it's happening.

[Nate Jackson]

That's what I'm on.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, man? How you doing?

[Nate Jackson]

I'm doing good, man. Things going crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations.

[Nate Jackson]

Thank you so much.

[DJ Envy]

I love that. I love to see when we like us, when we get specials.

[Nate Jackson]

You proud of me?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you.

[Nate Jackson]

Are you kidding me?

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Nate Jackson]

I watched a video with the flickering, and you came down the hallway and then disappeared in the chair.

[DJ Envy]

I was like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you, Nate. Thank you. People who don't know or who may not be familiar, who is Nate Jackson?

[Nate Jackson]

I guess TI Dubbed me the king of crowd work. I'm an entrepreneur. I own the biggest black owned comedy club in the country.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Super funny comedy Club.

[Nate Jackson]

There you go. In Tacoma, Washington, I'm a guy that got it out the mud from the very bottom and scraped my way up to a Netflix special that was in the top 10 and peaked at number three and did extremely well for the platform. And there's a lot coming. There's TV shows, there's movies, and so I'm excited. That's who I am. I mean, I'm. I'm your excited, huggable gangster cousin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People that probably don't, you know, might have thought you came out of nowhere. Like, you got the super funny comedy club in 2021, right?

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. Well, basically we were building it and then the news was saying that Covid was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kobe was kind of okay.

[Nate Jackson]

Which is, which is. Which is. It's hard enough to build a place, let alone watch the news and be like, I don't think it's gonna come over. I don't think it's gone. Oh, if you remember, Seattle's where it first touched down. The United States.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

As soon as it was like, I think it was Everett, Washington or something, it was like two hours north. I was like, oh, this is a wrap.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that might have been a blessing then if you did some PPP loans.

[Gary Owen]

No.

[Nate Jackson]

Because you had to be open for like a year to get. Yeah, we had, we had no help.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We couldn't lie like everybody else, man.

[Nate Jackson]

I tried. I tried to create. I was a. I was. I have an auto detail business. I have. That's right, Grooming business. I clean shoes. I was coming up with everything. All of them were like, nothing was working. So, no, we just fought on our own. We just fought it. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And.

[Nate Jackson]

And survived. And so we were at the first location for five years. Now we're at a brand new location downtown on the Marriott block, though, from Tacoma, you know, but it's. It's. That's it.

[Gary Owen]

Like, this is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is it.

[Nate Jackson]

From my city. We're in the most peak spot. Best location you could be. And now it's like we're thriving like crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you, a veteran, though, you've been doing comedy for like 20, 26 years.

[Nate Jackson]

20. Somewhere between 23 and 24.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I've been, I've been. That's what I'm saying. I've been at it for a minute. You know what? We've met before, and it's worth me talking about for a second. Charlamagne. So I was working With Jesse Collins entertainment as a crowd warm up. And they did this show, Hip Hop Hollywood Squares.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah, I remember that.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. And Jess was the square, and D.C. was the square, and other, like, cast members from Wild N Out and stuff were squares.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's when D Ray was hosting it.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Nate Jackson]

And I really wanted to be in a square. Like, when Soundstage would be empty, I'd be sitting in a square and, like, to the point where they, like, over headsets, like, was like, Nate Jackson out of the square. Like, just total rejection. Yeah. Like, this is for stars. They put me out the chair. So we were on a break in between two segments. And I was so upset. This day, man, you have one of them days where you, like, man, all this.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that's what I was on.

[Nate Jackson]

And Tip was, like, in the top left square.

[DJ Envy]

And I had.

[Nate Jackson]

Me. We had met before, and he told me to put. He was like, play. You want me to play Juvenile. You see that 98.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

400 degrees.

[Nate Jackson]

4 degrees.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

So I played that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember the day. Now you talking.

[DJ Envy]

I do, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The field was there.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. So he was up there. You were either on the bottom one or the left, but you were right there. And you were like, yo, you're killing it. I was like, excuse me. And you were like, dog. With, like, the. I can't remember exactly what you said, but you're like, I. With, like, you know, the crowd work guys with the little guy. Because I was the little guy, man. I came up under Wendy and I grinded. I got it out the mud. So when I see y', all, I watch. I was like, you don't even know what that did for me that day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Nate Jackson]

And I'm just telling you the little things like that. I was like, you know what? Let me just play my role. Let me do my. And let me just. You know what I'm saying? But that was. That. That. That was heavy that day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I remember that day because when 400 degrees came on, all of us. That's from the south started rapping it, like, right. Everybody talk rap. Like, that was a great day.

[Nate Jackson]

See that 98 Mercedes on TV about that? And I looked up in all nine squares is rock. I was like, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I remember you doing the crowd work, but I remember you being a little bit bigger.

[Nate Jackson]

Okay, What is that. Don't Eat Breakfast Club? Because we're trying to lose weight. Yeah, man. I went. I went fruit and veggie raw at the. On May 1st, and I lost 38.5 pounds.

[DJ Envy]

Damn. Congratulations.

[Nate Jackson]

So I'm just like melting. And so now I'm like trying to introduce, you know, some white meats back and whatever, just cuz I was like, man, it's too much chicken. Going by everybody like, yeah, yeah, we.

[DJ Envy]

Eating, but you not.

[Nate Jackson]

So I basically just eat around the outside of the grocery store and stay out the middle. And so I've just been melting away.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was it a scare?

[DJ Envy]

Was it a scare or you just wanted to get healthier or.

[Nate Jackson]

The reason why I want to see where my connect to my body.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Nate Jackson]

That makes sense. Yeah. I have a joke about him. I can see the first seven inches, but that first five, I can't see that part. So that's a joke. But no, I just wanted to lose some weight, man. I had. I mean, we lost Teddy Ray, we lost.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm laughing, I'm still having joke.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, he did the math. Too.

[DJ Envy]

No. Anyway, so I can only see for 79, but rest in peace is always over, man. But you know what? I noticed in your special, you talk about it a lot, your weight and eating and you got a lot of food jokes or whatever.

[Nate Jackson]

I feel I did like four minutes of the. Just break the ice.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. And then they're like, that's what we.

[Nate Jackson]

Gonna take for the, for the national clip. That's gonna be your trailer. I'm like, oh, okay. So now, okay, what about all the other stuff I said?

[DJ Envy]

But how does it impact now? Because now you, you know, you lost. Lost a lot of weight and I'm guessing you're still coming down, right? So how does that affect your comedy now? Like you still doing the food jokes?

[Nate Jackson]

You can. I mean, it was not. I don't have. I had food jokes, but it was more about weight loss jokes and temptation. And you could have that at any weight. You know what I'm saying? Like, it was, it was crafted where I was like, I think I'm losing weight, but I can still get these jokes off. You know what I mean? But at the end of the day.

[DJ Envy]

I write a lot.

[Nate Jackson]

And that's what, that's what, that's what the crowd work is. You're writing on the spot, so just switch it up.

[DJ Envy]

Is there anything that you stay away from? Like, you know, because I feel like the world is so sensitive now. Like, you say one thing, oh, we're gonna cancel you. Is there anything that you stay away from or you'd be like it?

[Nate Jackson]

I kind of am with everything. But I will, I will tread lightly around, you know, some politics stuff. Because this, they just been so it's so magnetized, you know, at a point, people are like, I don't even care what he's talking about no more. Because he's not.

[DJ Envy]

He's obviously not.

[Nate Jackson]

You know, I'm like, man, just chill out. I want everybody to laugh first.

[DJ Envy]

Ratchet.

[Nate Jackson]

That's. That's why it's called super funny. I wasn't. That's the theme of the show. Love. Love hard. Eat good and laugh. Laugh to your fullest. So that's the thing. That's what. That's what it is.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna say, do you think people miss the funny and things because they want to cancel you? They are looking for something to be hurt or affected by. Because I remember one time you just laughed. It wasn't. It could be a black joke, a white joke, a gay joke, a straight. It didn't matter if it was funny. It was funny. But now I feel like people look for something to be like, I'm gonna cancel you off that word right there, you know?

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. Depending on the word, but. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Or the term or the joke.

[Nate Jackson]

I think it depends on how you saying it. Right. Like, what I. What I can stand the least is when a comic takes the time to craft a beautiful joke. And I mean a beautiful joke where it, like, meanders and then you get hit with the punchline and then you still be like, but the topic was da, da, da. Hey, man, chill out. That's a good ass joke. Also, I think we're shifting back some, and I don't want to say it on a platform so big that people are like, oh, you think we won't cancel you too? I don't need that smoke. But I'm just saying, I think there's been a shift since, I don't know, maybe 20, 19. 2020, definitely. You know what I'm saying? And. And so there's been some pushback. People like Schultz and people like Chappelle that are like, I'm man, all that comedy first, then we'll talk about what's next.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. If you are gonna say anything that's gonna be even a little bit controversial, it has to be funny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have to be funny so people can't be.

[DJ Envy]

What a matchup we got, y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe.

[Gary Owen]

Non stop action.

[DJ Envy]

The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beat, everybody. Showing that school pride. A game like this.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It calls for an ice cold Coca Cola.

[DJ Envy]

Ah. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the the right note, just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere. And in ice cold Coca Cola, that's a winning combo no matter the sport, no matter the yard.

[Gary Owen]

Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work.

[DJ Envy]

So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

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[DJ Envy]

Gotta be so funny to the point where they don't even wan cancel you. Man, that is funny, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

I had a joke about a Vietnamese car dealer, and I know it sounds ridiculous, but I'm from Tacoma, Washington, and we kick it with the Vietnamese, Cambodians, Samoans, black people. Everyone's all. We all mix. So when you go gamble, the dealer gonna be Vietnamese. And they were teaching me words. And so I started picking up on the dialect to be like that and stuff like that. So I had this joke.

[DJ Envy]

What does that mean?

[Nate Jackson]

That means you. And so I picked up on that. They say that a lot. And I just started hearing it, not knowing what it was. I'm like, why y' all keep saying. And they're like, oh, yeah, I mean, you. I'm like, what the. So I wrote a joke about how I had found out, but I put it after I hit a jackpot. So basically, she was calling me bout, which was my interpretation of her saying in my face, and I didn't know. So I slowly reveal that they've been being racist to me. And then I get her some get back the dealer. And I say, she acts black. So she. I said, well, okay, you act black then. And she's like, I don't know my father. I'm like, that's not what the.

[DJ Envy]

I Was listening for an accent.

[Nate Jackson]

What are you supposed to sound black?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stop it.

[DJ Envy]

Stop, stop, stop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's a lady in there that really don't act, like.

[DJ Envy]

Now she about to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come in like, that's messed up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Triggered her.

[Nate Jackson]

I'm so sorry, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was watching one of your specials before. One of your crowd work specials, man. There was a fat dude in the crowd. The fat dude named Big Mac. That dude security. I don't know if you remember, but the dude was like. He said something to you and you was like, don't get mad at me. I'm not the one who fed you.

[Nate Jackson]

I ain't make you bite all that. People be in the comments like, pot calling the kettle black. I'm like, nah, that's a little pot calling a big ass kettle black. But the point of the Vietnamese joke was that same joke, JFL was like, we can't have you up here because you saying that joke. Well, I'm like, did you listen to it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right?

[Nate Jackson]

So I just got back from that. Came straight from Montreal here.

[DJ Envy]

Oh.

[Nate Jackson]

To where I had my own show. I had like, I. I did variety top 10.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

I got that this year.

[Nate Jackson]

And so. But. But it brings it full circle to be like, you know, I almost. I was like, I should do the joke. You know what I'm saying? But they showed me so much love. I was like, you know what? I'm not gonna be bitter. I can't.

[DJ Envy]

Funny. You should.

[Nate Jackson]

Now if I just came out, like, Vietnamese sound crazy and I just start cussing, like, I'm like, that. That is. Yeah, you overstepping.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

You know what I'm saying? But not. And that's my pet peeve. Like, if somebody. If you can. You can hear the intellect in the joke and the setup and be like, oh, that was good misdirection to hear that. Like, nah. It's like how some older black people. Like, I didn't even have fun because he cussed 14 times. He's in there counting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly, man.

[DJ Envy]

That's a show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Listen. To give people the story. So you went from. You're doing the warm up, warming up the crowd at the hip hop squares. But I know you ended up on Wild and Out. Like, how did all of those stuff. Things happen?

[Nate Jackson]

Oh, my goodness. That. That's not my start. My start. I just got dared to do comedy while I was in college and I went on stage and I was like, oh, this was kind of good. And so I stuck with it. And then I moved immediately to la and I was there for, like, Six years. And then I was like, I need to go home and stack some bread. So I started, like, 12 shows, and then I combined it into one show, and it was like. The biggest show was like, Thursday night was like, 420 people for, like, eight years. It was massive. And in Seattle. In Tacoma.

[DJ Envy]

In Tacoma.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, downtown Tacoma. And it's really, like, 80 people every Thursday in case the IRS is listening. So it was like. It was hella. But then I stacked and came back, and so then different opportunities started to kind of come together. And so I had an opportunity to work with Jesse Collins Entertainment, and that's how I did the crowd work. And I think it was just a plug from D Ray.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Nate Jackson]

Because, you know, I do Monday nights at the Improv and Da Looks out shout out to D Ray. And. And so that's how I got into that. But the way Hollywood, man, you'll have a day where you're like, yo, I made it. You'll be standing on a table, fist pumping the air between Tony Rock and Chris Rock, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, what? It would feel like a million bucks. And then the next day, you're like, damn, I gotta perform in this dungeon. Yeah, it's not. It's not. It's up. But you gotta do it all. And so you know that that's essentially why I was where I was. I was like, man, I just can't get a damn. I got wilding out. Bet I do four episodes. Niall says I look old. I'm like, corey Holcomb is here. How I look old. And no shade. No shade. But I'm just saying, don't say I look old.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said, you look old.

[Gary Owen]

No, he.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm like, I waited to get.

[Nate Jackson]

On the show for six years. Yeah, I look old now. Give me a part of my hair.

[DJ Envy]

Let me rock.

[Nate Jackson]

And then every game was rapping. I'm like, we can't just do no oc, right?

[DJ Envy]

This just be funny. Would have a game.

[Nate Jackson]

Like, all right, this is what we gonna do. You gonna roast this thing.

[DJ Envy]

We, like, bet all the comments. Like, hell, yeah, Nick, be in the.

[Nate Jackson]

Corner like, you know what? It needs bars now. We're like, just get out the way Charlie clips, man.

[DJ Envy]

Go in, man.

[Nate Jackson]

God damn, Here come Justina.

[DJ Envy]

Go ahead.

[Nate Jackson]

I'm like, that's not my bag. I'll learn it. But that ain't my bag.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You only did four episodes of Wild N Out.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, but they were big ones, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you.

[DJ Envy]

They were big ones, though.

[Nate Jackson]

Like, I did Erykah Badu episode we did. Cause I can sing too. So we did the Revenge of Tyrone where she did the follow up to Call Tyrone. And then I did the Travis Scott episode. And then I did the one where the dude had hella kids. But then he said, we can't talk about the kids.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nick.

[DJ Envy]

Nick Hitter.

[Nate Jackson]

No, no, it was somebody with more, I think.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Nate Jackson]

Cromartie.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Antonio Cromarty.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

That's all we want to talk about. Like, you got a million kids. He was like, anything but the kids. We're like, well, then go home because.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. So I did a some good. You know what I'm saying? And so I like that. You know what? I think the reason I only got the four. And I'd like to say this on this platform, on the Erykah Badu episode, she came and she was like, yo, let me meet the people. I'm gonna be on the episode with me and 85 south guys all stood around on the soundstage with Niall, and she's like, here's what I think we should do. And Niall ran down the games. Here's what we gonna do. Restart from there. She's like, okay, I'm going to my dressing room.

[DJ Envy]

I want.

[Nate Jackson]

I want one of the brighter ones to come with me now. I'm standing up there with one episode under my belt. She's like, you. What's your name? I'm like, nate Jackson. She's like, you. You tell me what's going on here? And I was like. I was like, hey, Carlos, can you come with me?

[DJ Envy]

So I grabbed Carlos.

[Nate Jackson]

We go down. She's like, there's gonna be a part where I go down to my knee and I'm singing real hard. I want you to put my jacket on me like James Brown. I'm gonna throw it off and come back like a Phoenix, and I'm gonna kill it. I'm like, bet that part of the show happens. I walk out, I put the thing on her. Everything happens as planned. After it's over, execs come up and they're like, who the told you to walk out? Sorry, What?

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Nate Jackson]

Erykah Badu did. Erykah Badu told you to walk out? Yeah, she said, throw the thing on her. Why do you. What you thought I just over. Just came out the. I know I'm barely welcome here. Why would I put. Yeah, mess up your million dollar moment. You know what I'm saying? And so that's when it was like I was on ice. But it only takes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But the show is in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So even if you did do that and it worked, who cares?

[Nate Jackson]

Come on, man, think. Put, put the other hat on you exact. You put your bag into Erica being on episode. Here come one of your little. Doing anything in frame.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That she asked to do that.

[Nate Jackson]

Oh.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Specifically.

[Nate Jackson]

And I even remember being like, I, I. Somebody was next to me. I was like, hey, she said to throw the thing. You want to go out? And they were like, well, no, man, I don't want to go. I'm like, okay. Well, she asked like, I'm not gonna. I don't want to not do it. Then after she like, where was the.

[DJ Envy]

I was waiting.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did you at least tell Nick? Nick.

[Nate Jackson]

When Nick is like Batman, you see Nick there? Ninja smoke. Hello, Nick. When the last time you seen Nick J.

[DJ Envy]

Playing cards.

[Nate Jackson]

Playing cards on the Internet.

[DJ Envy]

I'm not seeing that in person.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kidding me.

[Nate Jackson]

He's just in a garage doing upside down sit ups. You don't never see Nick. He got too many shows.

[DJ Envy]

Six shows one time. That's crazy.

[Nate Jackson]

I could not believe, bro. He shot like a vlog, a Desus and Mero thing. He shot Wild N Out. Then he went to agt, then he shot a car show.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

Then I was like, this is tired. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Nate Jackson]

No. See, Nick, when.

[DJ Envy]

How did that, how did that come about though? How did, how did Netflix end up the place?

[Nate Jackson]

Simple for me. But like, so my mama getting older and she has an office downstairs at our house in Lacy Washington, and she got to go down these steps to go down in this cold ass basement and turn on, on an area heater to get on Netflix or to get on any streaming platform. But Netflix came on their old ass smart tv, which is dumb now, but that was the one. I was like, it's a smart tv. Netflix built in. So she'll watch Netflix and from the comfort of the couch, fireplace and all that. So for me, I was like, this is how my mama gonna see me and become.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, wow.

[Gary Owen]

Wow.

[Nate Jackson]

So you pair it with all the other stuff you know about Netflix and it kind of makes sense. But if they're not going to give me a deal, it's like I got to go to wherever.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

But that's why I was like, I could just stick it on YouTube with the crowd work joints where there's now 750,000 people. I think that would land well. But let's see if we can get traction with them. Because just literally I was on calls with agencies. They're like, where do you what platform I'M like, netflix, why My mama can't watch this downstairs? Like, I need her in the living room being like, my baby did it. I need that. And we. And that's what we did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gary Owen about to write that down. He going to try to use that to get his Netflix special.

[Gary Owen]

Finally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, Gary can't get a Netflix special for nothing.

[DJ Envy]

We got a podcast. No, I ain't know that you got a podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What podcast you and Gary got together?

[Nate Jackson]

It's called Gary and Nate podcast.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I did not know that. I know Gary had a podcast.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah, he got what just called Gary Owen. Yes, and I got my own.

[DJ Envy]

Hold on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's funny as. So you got a Netflix special. How did you break the news to Gary?

[Nate Jackson]

Right after he told me that they turned him down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Nate Jackson]

But I didn't mean to say it that way, though. Like, he was like, hey, man, I'm waiting to find out about Netflix now. I had already knew, like, I might be riding him third on mine. And so I just had to sit there, and he told me the whole thing. Like, yeah, man, I'm ready for it to get on there, man. I don't know what it's about. And I was like, man, maybe, you know, just keep chugging along, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You didn't want to give me your good news yet.

[Nate Jackson]

I had to wait. I had to wait till, like, the moment of like.

[DJ Envy]

Like, yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

And I was like, you want to hear something crazy, man? But you can't. You can't go. You can't ask the stupid, though.

[DJ Envy]

You can't tell nobody.

[Nate Jackson]

You can't say. You can't act stupid. He was like, ah, what you got? What you got? And I was like, yeah, yeah. Netflix gave me mine. He was like, that's what's up. I support that. But no, so. So, damn, he deserves one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

On the podcast, you said, gary be taking your style. Where you see that at your podcast.

[Nate Jackson]

I. We talked about it live. So you saw us come to a resolution, and you want to go back to when it was. That's. We start there.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we start from there, then we.

[Nate Jackson]

Go to the resolution. I'll precede this with, we're good.

[DJ Envy]

Now, what happened with Gary taking your style?

[Nate Jackson]

This is the thing. Gary would come up to the club. He did a weekend, and the weekend went great. And I asked him to do my podcast, and we had a great episode. And then it just. It was. We just energized to where it was like, yo, we should probably do something, something. And then it turned into, like, the Gary and Nate pod. And then the crowd work joints that I was putting out, where I'm putting out once a month or whatever. I, like, somebody sent me and was like, yo, Gary got these things he's doing once a month now. And I was like, well.

[DJ Envy]

They'Re cool now. I said, wait, wait, Gary did what?

[Nate Jackson]

So I didn't say nothing. I just sat on because we were only filming once a month.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I have been seeing Gary do more crowd work lately. I'm not gonna lie. So I'm not even even joking. I have been seeing him do crowd work.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, you'll see it. And when they explore, it just pops up, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

White people always do that to us, though.

[Nate Jackson]

Good for Gary, man. I love that he's getting traction because Gary's hella funny.

[DJ Envy]

He is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We love Gary, man. But this story is.

[DJ Envy]

I'm be honest, I did not know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all had a pod. I just subscribed to it. Y' all only started in November, though.

[Nate Jackson]

It's also done. Going to do one more episode explaining why it's over. But that is over. We're done.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What we.

[DJ Envy]

It's only been 24 episodes, but it's over now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just subscribed. Look, I literally just subscribed.

[Nate Jackson]

Click the same button.

[DJ Envy]

So finish the story.

[Nate Jackson]

Subscribe to Opinionated Charlotte, man. That's my podcast, Opinionated. So subscribe to Opinionated and subscribe to get the story. Make sure you subscribe to get some and then opinionated his mind. There's enough out here for all of us to get it.

[DJ Envy]

Finish your story.

[Nate Jackson]

It's not even a full story.

[DJ Envy]

God damn.

[Nate Jackson]

Envy, Envy. Envy. Just be in the fight.

[DJ Envy]

He's funny. Envy in the back.

[Nate Jackson]

You ain't going to do. You ain't going to do.

[DJ Envy]

That's what you do, Envy.

[Nate Jackson]

You just punk the bear.

[DJ Envy]

He is the Instagram. Listen, I rock with Gary.

[Nate Jackson]

I have no. I have no malice. You know what I'm saying? And so he good, but not. But it's just Ann. And so I have noticed that as I'm up in the Pacific Northwest fighting for ways to be an innovator and stay relevant from way to up there and off the grid, that sometimes people come up and they're like, oh, that's. That's the sauce. You can't. I can't protect that. Whether he comes close to me and does it or stays away from me and does it. If somebody sees editing style or a wave or, I don't know, a dress or a way somebody walks to Talk. And it's working astrologers. There's nothing you can do.

[DJ Envy]

He from.

[Nate Jackson]

He from there. Well, he's from Ohio. He lived this envious. He's literally saying every point of contention from when we argued. At the end of the day, we only were recording first.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you said that to him? You said you ain't wasn't even wearing baseball jersey.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

And then Gary was like, look at me.

[DJ Envy]

At my wedding party, he said, look at me now.

[Nate Jackson]

You know goddamn well.

[DJ Envy]

S. Gary gonna be up here in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A pit in, like, a week.

[DJ Envy]

Gary always come up here about. Gary's solid.

[Nate Jackson]

He's not f to be saying and all that. For anybody that's wondering where I'm at on it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He good.

[DJ Envy]

He good.

[Nate Jackson]

Okay, now, but y' all just not.

[DJ Envy]

Doing the podcast no more, But y' all good.

[Nate Jackson]

No, I. I can't. It's because we do first. We do first Mondays, and so he'll come up and do the club and the door deal is what makes it worth coming up. Then we record one or two or three or four episodes in one day or two, and then two. And it'd be my only two days off for maybe a 14 stretch of road gigs. I'm like, gary, I can't. I can't do. So I'm doing a comedy festival the 11th through the 17th, because my birthday is the 14th in August. And so he's gonna come up and he's gonna do Monday the 11th, and then we're gonna do one more episode. Just explain Lightning. We're just busy.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Where's your comedy festival? Isn't your hometown?

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah. Yes, in Tacoma.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Yeah.

[Nate Jackson]

So. And we got Tony Rock anchoring the weekend.

[DJ Envy]

Amazing.

[Nate Jackson]

Gary will do the Monday, then I'm gonna do a Nate Jackson presents on Monday. It's one of my concepts where it's like, I'm hosting for 35, 40 minutes, and then all the acts just come out the door. You don't know who's on stage.

[DJ Envy]

Dope. Dope.

[Nate Jackson]

Kind of like drop a Sunday, you.

[DJ Envy]

Know, I'm on the show.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. This makes so much sense, because I was listening to Gary's podcast, like, last week, and I was wondering why he was just going in on people who do crowd work. He was like, people who do crowd work are lazy, and they don't really know how to write. But now Gary on his pod.

[Nate Jackson]

That sounds made up. That sounds made up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, yeah, I did make it up.

[Nate Jackson]

It's true.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, yo, yo. I'm glad you see you through it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Didn't make that up.

[Nate Jackson]

Because here's why. Here's why it's made up. Because if you do crowd work or.

[DJ Envy]

Attempt to do crowd work and you.

[Nate Jackson]

Have good moments and you string them together, you already know you're using traditional stand up structure, but you're plugging the information you got off the people into that. So we're writing live and on the spot. And I think that what's overlooked is the phenomena of why people are like, why crowd work? Because you're in the crowd and you're hearing the response, your brain is processing the same information and you're like, what would I say? What was he gonna say? And every time the person you like that does it finds an angle. Every, like. So if I got to start with whatever, like, I would have been. I would have went on stage and be like, y' all see Coldplay, Y' all see the dude get caught. Like, I can talk about that at a crowd work joint. And now it's like, who in here cheat? Now we got some segues to get through, you know, I mean, but like, it's almost a gift when you get something, you're like, okay, let's cook with this, right? And I like to find a few so that I can do callbacks and have it all come together in jail together. So at the end you're like, that was. That wasn't just. That was an experience. That was just a couple of moments.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nate Jackson, tell them where to follow you, brother.

[Nate Jackson]

Nate Jackson, comedy.com or@ Mr. Nate Jackson on the gram or Nate Jackson comedy on Tick Tock. Just tap in. NateJackson comedy.com is the. Where you can see everything. I'm. I'm on. I'm ending the Super Funny World tour here in the next couple of dates. And the Big Dog tour starts right.

[DJ Envy]

After of that international.

[Nate Jackson]

We got Australia. It's. It's crazy. Get some tickets while there's any seats left. It's like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations, bro.

[DJ Envy]

You say you doing shows and movies and stuff. You casting stuff, you want to act in something? Yeah, for sure, I got some.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, cool.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I got some cuz like, I'm really, really good.

[Nate Jackson]

I almost forgot the movie. I'm tripping. So there's a movie with Seth Rogen, Kiki Palmer, Keanu Reeves, and it's Aiz Ansari's directorial debut that comes out in October and it's called Good Fortune.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm in that dope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn dope. So.

[Nate Jackson]

So yeah, no, I got stuff.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Nate Jackson]

I just bought this Red camera. We about to. It's about to go up.

[DJ Envy]

You bought the red?

[Nate Jackson]

They can't tell me nothing. Can't tell me nothing.

[DJ Envy]

Check out Super Funny on Netflix now. Nate Jackson, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us, brother.

[Nate Jackson]

Appreciate you.

[DJ Envy]

That's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bunch of donkeys out here in these.

[Gary Owen]

Streets.

[Nate Jackson]

Because you're mean.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Milk G. If we live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may offend, we never would say anything.

[DJ Envy]

That is why Charlemagne.

[Nate Jackson]

He's a donkey. Oh, man. Charlamagne, you giving donkey today? To who now?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Busta Rhymes? Donkey of the day goes to a 20 year old Pennsylvania man named Evan Gabrielle Houseman. Evan is facing a bunch of charges including assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, resisting arrest, and criminal mischief and harassment, according to online court records. Who did Evan attack and why? Would you like to know? Well, police were dispatched to a home because Evan's father called 911 and said his son assaulted his wife, meaning his mother. What kind of sucker ass father does Evan have? If I'm calling the police after my son attacked my wife and it's because I don't hurt my son. All right, you a 20 year old grown man. I gotta whoop your ass for one, putting hands on my wife. Two for you putting hands on your mother. What type of human are you? Okay, I'm gonna do you bad, like I don't know you. Then call the police on you and I so they can come pick us both up. You for what you did to your mama. And me because of what I did to you. Now.

[DJ Envy]

Whoa. What a vibe we've got, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[DJ Envy]

As always, it's classic HBCU energy. Nonstop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chants echoing, drums beating, everybody showing that school pride. Moments like this. Yeah, they call for an ice cold Coca Cola. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there.

[Nate Jackson]

Mmm.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that taste always hit the right note. Just like the band at halftime. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere, and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the place, no matter the moment, everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.

[Martha Stewart]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Martha Stewart]

As moms, we do everything we can.

[DJ Envy]

To keep our kids safe. We baby proof buckle seatbelts. We walk them to school.

[Martha Stewart]

But there's another danger we can't ignore. Gun violence is the number one cause.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of death for school age children in the us.

[Martha Stewart]

That's why Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund exists.

[DJ Envy]

Through Moms Demand Action, we've helped pass hundreds of life saving laws and we're not stopping right now. Through December 31st, your gift will be triple matched three times the impact to save lives.

[Martha Stewart]

If you're going to give, this is the time.

[DJ Envy]

Go to Everytown.org and make your donation today.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's Everytown.org@CVS. It matters that we're not just in your community, but that we're part of it. It matters that we're there for you when you need us, day or night. And we want everyone to feel welcomed and rewarded. It matters that CVS is here to fill your prescriptions and here to fill your craving for a tasty and, yeah, healthy snack. At cvs, we're proud to serve your community because we believe where you get your medicine matters. So Visit [e-mail] or just come by our store. We can't wait. Great to meet you. Store hours vary by location, according to dispatchers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They could hear the sounds of a struggle in the background of the call, and Evan was yelling, shoot me now. Evan's mother said the argument started the previous night because Evan said he wanted money transferred to him so he could go buy some weed. Yes. Marijuana, pot, grass, ganja. He wanted his mama to transfer money to him so he could go buy some. And when she said no, the argument escalated. Evan threatened suicide. Said he was gonna overdose on pills. Okay. If he didn't get that money. He acting like he broke up with his mother. That's how I acted when my lady broke up with me in 2001. Sometimes you gotta fake kill yourself to get your girl back. It happens. But this is not his girl. It's his mother, okay? Acting like this over some damn weed. So the next morning, she told police that he grabbed her head, pushed it toward the floor, and then put her in a headlock. Okay, his mother? Yes. Jesus. She said that her son told her her that if she did not hand over his medication, he was going to apply pressure to her neck before he released her and took his medication into his room. Jazz, what would happen to your son if he tried you like this?

[DJ Envy]

Excuse me? I wouldn't even. I can't even say it on air. I can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's how I know. Parents be capping when they say, I bought you into this world so I can take you out. Okay, Mothers be in situations like this, and all they can think about is how they bought this child into the world because of strangers. They would have attempted to take a stranger out a long time ago. But wait, it gets worse. Okay? Daddy got involved. Daddy and his son began arguing. So Evan, big grown ass, 20 year old, threw a TV and an Xbox down a flight of stairs, breaking both of them and damaging a wall. So when his father went down the steps to check the damage, guess what his son did?

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pushed him down the stairs. What?

[DJ Envy]

I'm sorry. We're not there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pushed him down the stairs. Okay. Pushed him to the ground. He hit his head on the garage door. Talking about the father. His father then went outside to distance himself from his son running, basically. Okay. While his wife called 91 1. What kind of punk ass pops did Evan have? My daddy. My father going outside to get distance. After I threw down a tv. After I threw a TV down a flight of stairs, then pushed him down the flight of stairs.

[DJ Envy]

She don't nobody in the house on no gun.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

What's wrong with y'?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All? Then the son followed his daddy outside, pushed his daddy to the ground again and put him in a headlock and told his father he was going to kill him and take them both out.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then he let his father up and started to beat his father's car with a stick. So started doing damage to his father's car with a stick. Let me tell you something.

[DJ Envy]

Not the Caddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what kind of car was, but I don't beat my kids. But I got all girls and I come from the era of extreme ass whipping from my parents. This 20 year old needed an ass whipping straight from the 1900s. Not to mention you 20. At that point, you a grown ass adult. Okay? So whatever goes, goes. Now, when cops came, they ordered the suspect to put his hands behind his back. He said no. Then he started to walk toward one of the victims again because he wanted more smoke. Okay? Victims being his parents. Officers had to use a taser on him before they put him in custody. And while in custody, he kicked officers several times and he was sent to a hospital to be mentally evaluated. Okay, let's play a game.

[DJ Envy]

I'm ready for this one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to play again? Let's play a game of guess what. Racist. All right. Evan Houseman of Pennsylvania facing a whole bunch of charges because he beat up his parents. All right? Basically beat up his parents, mom and dad. Then when the cops came, they had to tase them. He put hands on them too. But he lived to tell the tale. DJ Envy. Guess what? Racist. White, white, white, white, white, white.

[DJ Envy]

White.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, okay, okay. Just hilarious. Evan Houseman facing a whole bunch of charges because he beat up his parents. And when the police came, he put hands on them too. But he lived to tell the tale. Just hilarious. Guess what?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Racing Cassidy with the audacity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

DJ Envy. Just hilarious. You both are correct. Evan Houseman is a blue eyed devil.

[DJ Envy]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. We got the blue eyes, everything straight out the Caucus Mountains.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, man.

[DJ Envy]

If I did that to my parents, I wouldn't be here right now. Hey, what are we talking about? I wouldn't be here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This whole story reeks of whiteness. Peak whiteness, okay? Capital riot whiteness.

[DJ Envy]

There's no. No way. There's no way I would be here right now.

[Nate Jackson]

Sorry.

[DJ Envy]

When you need him, you need a bullet in both of them feet. What you talking about? Sit your ass down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lord have mercy.

[DJ Envy]

I don't care. Could you imagine?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no.

[DJ Envy]

Could you? No, no. Like what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Please. I mean, I ain't saying you had to shoot him to kill him, but nah. Injury. You need to. Yeah, you need to sit your ass down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Putting your hands. Putting your hands on your mama is one. One thing.

[Nate Jackson]

All right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But God dang, when the daddy let you get away with it, too.

[DJ Envy]

He beat the daddy up down like he thought he was precious mother like he threw a tv. No black parent, no black family. What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He not even in shape. He a little fat, portly Caucasian.

[DJ Envy]

What about you, Red?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ain't like it's Logan beating up envy.

[DJ Envy]

Puerto Rican family. That wouldn't happen. He'd be limping now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My mom would have whipped my ass, too.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, your mother would have whipped your ass? My mother, I would never thought of that. She got the chunk of. Yeah, figured that. See, we black and brown up here. Ain't no. Ain't no damn way. All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlamagne, the guy we are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, we do. One of my favorite comedians, ladies and gentlemen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Why it's not one of ours, I.

[DJ Envy]

Don'T know, but one of my favorite comedians, ladies and gentlemen, Gary Owens here, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, Gary Owens.

[Gary Owen]

Let's get it. Ratings are better to skyrocket.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I already know what's up, y'.

[Nate Jackson]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Well, how you feeling? First and foremost?

[Nate Jackson]

How's everything?

[Gary Owen]

Everything's great. No complaints.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've been.

[DJ Envy]

I've been really watching your clips the last couple of.

[Martha Stewart]

The last.

[DJ Envy]

The last couple of weeks, I've been watching your clips, and I just want to say salute to you. I've seen a couple of clips where one guy, which was kind of weird. I thought it was kind of weird. His wife died.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And he still went to see Gary Oak going, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Today.

[DJ Envy]

Two days later. Two days later.

[Nate Jackson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Because he was supposed to go with his wife, and his wife died and he still went, which was surprising, but he went. And Gary, you decided to take care of the funeral?

[Gary Owen]

Course the. Well, they cremated her.

[DJ Envy]

They cremated.

[Gary Owen]

I took care of the urn. Then I gave him. I gave him more because he had to take off work for a month. But he didn't. I don't think he had a. A GoFundMe. So he got that. And that got over 14,000. So. Yeah, but the reason, it just was kind of spur the moment, but it was more. He didn't ask because then you see the good and the bad side of social media. Do something like that. Because I had.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It got.

[Gary Owen]

My DM's got overrun. Well, since you helped him, help me, can you do this? All he sent me a message was he told me that his wife passed. They. And then when I saw his page. They go to a lot of comedy shows. That was their thing. So they got pictures of all kinds of comedians. And so he's. I'm gonna go. Because she wanted. She. We were supposed to go. And so that's why I took care of it. Because he didn't ask. He said, man, I don't know if you do meet and greets, but I really like to get a picture with you. That's all he wanted.

[DJ Envy]

That's all he wanted. Yeah, yeah. I could even tell even when he was asking, he was stuttering like, I'm not here for this, but thank you. And I wanted to know, you know. Cause you pick on. I don't want to say pick on, but you will call people out at a show. Have you ever called out somebody and it was wrong? Like, I've done it up here all the time. But like, so what did your mom think? And they'd be like, my mom's dead. Like, it's happened a bunch of times. So has that happened to you?

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, yeah. You just be like, ah, way to bring the show down. If you had a commentary, you're there to laugh. But that's gonna happen. You know, I'm not mean like that. People think I'm just doing like crowd work. Sometimes I get interrupted. And we're taping it now. So I finally got a full time camera person with me, which I should have did a long time ago.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, that's why I'm seeing so many clips now.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, well, I got the right editor too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Gary Owen]

Okay. I mean, I had camera guys, but then I, I'd be like, why did.

[DJ Envy]

You stop it there?

[Gary Owen]

Now I got it took in trial and error. Now I got the right team. So that's Why? I think you're seeing me more in the algorithms, and the clips are better.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

Because they're actually capturing it and they're editing it correctly. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

So you're.

[Gary Owen]

So.

[DJ Envy]

You were always doing it. You just got. Got a team to actually capture it, edit it, and put it together.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah. Thanks to Nate Jackson.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Gary Owen]

I saw him here last week.

[DJ Envy]

But also La Rosa that's sitting to the right of you, threw a shot at you. Just. Just.

[Nate Jackson]

Just you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I didn't throw.

[DJ Envy]

It was another white comedian here, and I think she was trying to pick two white comedians against each other.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I saw that white comedian.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And she just threw a shot at you for no reason.

[Gary Owen]

And we did.

[DJ Envy]

Let's. Let's listen to the audio, know what's going on.

[Gary Owen]

But they brought up the Kendrick Lamar thing. I'm listening to it, and all sudden, the girl that fills in for just hilarious. That was there when I was there a few months ago. They said, you know, Kendrick has never really said who he's talking about. Andrew's like, how do we even know Kendrick was talking about me now? Envy, Charlemagne, and Schultz. Like, we only know who Kendrick was talking about. He could have been talking about Gary Owens. And literally, the girl goes, anybody checking for Gary? I tell you, this girl, I can't remember her name. I don't know what her issue was with me is, but I'd be like, we heard it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Gary Owen]

How did I catch a strain? Ain't nobody checking for Gary. Owen Baltimore, somebody checking for me.

[DJ Envy]

Word.

[Gary Owen]

I love Nashville this weekend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Somebody checking for me.

[DJ Envy]

It. Yep, heard it. Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

It reminded me. It was like when Tyrese got mad at me because I said of a. I said a joke. Like, in her mind, I'm not a real celeb, not a real entertainer. She doesn't take me serious. Yeah. She doesn't feel. I bet you in her mind, if she was booking the show, she wouldn't have me on. I bet you in her mind, she.

[DJ Envy]

Goes, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Gary Owen]

Why are you like that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, hold on. Why? Before we ask any questions, do you know my name now?

[Gary Owen]

Yeah. Lauren LaRosa.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. You didn't know it then.

[Gary Owen]

From Delaware. Went to Delaware State.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay. People come for me. They act like they don't know my.

[Gary Owen]

Name, but I know your name. That was a gig.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was a gig back in.

[DJ Envy]

Why throw the shot in? Why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So, yeah.

[Gary Owen]

Why did that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

First of all, it wasn't a shot. What you are.

[Martha Stewart]

I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, so I have a.

[DJ Envy]

It was a Shot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Can you be quiet?

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have a tendency to say things, and I don't think much of it. But then I realized that people. It hits people differently because I thought I was saying that during that time, it was very clear what Kendrick Lamar was talking about, because Andrew Schultz, in the conversation that he had, was all over the news. And then the Kendrick Lamar stuff happened. So don't be all over the news.

[DJ Envy]

Gary Owen. Don't be all over.

[Gary Owen]

There's never worked with Kendrick at the same time.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Y' all know what I'm talking about. Like, it was very clear at the time what was happening. It wasn't a dig at you. It was like a. I thought we all saw the same thing.

[Gary Owen]

I saw, like you said, that was the guy.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think you a celebrity.

[Gary Owen]

No, I just want content. I want you to react this thing. I know I'll be Lauren. I don't take none of this personal. And if I'm doing a rant, I'm like, yeah, they'll probably pick this up.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

And sure enough, took that bait.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I mean, look.

[Gary Owen]

No, I saw you in your car.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Views was good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

It helped out. Helped both of us out. Now look, then they're gonna clip this up. That's right. And we're still riding that Kendrick train.

[DJ Envy]

So you had a crazy divorce, and it's finally over. You moved on, and everything is good. So you've been. You. You spoke about your relationship with your kids. Has that gotten any better at all?

[Gary Owen]

Son got. Right after I left here last time, son got a hold of me, so now we're good. He was just in Vegas with me last two weeks ago.

[DJ Envy]

How did y' all make that interview?

[Gary Owen]

He didn't see the interview.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He. He.

[Gary Owen]

He had an issue at his job, and he. He needed my help, needed my advice. So he. He just called out of left field. It was funny because Adam, I open. We're in Philly, and he. He matched with this girl on Tinder. And he goes, yo, I got a feeling this girl's trying to catfish me. Can you go to the bar with me just to play wingman?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I go, all right.

[Gary Owen]

So we're walking to the bar, and my phone rings. It's my son. I looked up. I go, my son's calling me. And he looked at. I go, my son ain't called me, like, three years. So I picked up. I said, good luck with your Tinder date. I hope she's legit, but I'm out. So we talked for, like, three, four hours at night, and then yeah, we're. We're as close as ever now. It just took took time. Daughter is still. Still nothing, but she's. She's gonna be a tough one to crack.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Have you attempted to reach out to your daughter since always?

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, I always do, but, you know, I don't have. I don't have any. I don't have a way to contact her. She's not on social media. She got a new cell phone, so I have. I have no way other than an email.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, she's told her brother not to give you her number.

[DJ Envy]

Well, it's.

[Gary Owen]

It's a little different than that.

[Nate Jackson]

I'll.

[Gary Owen]

I'll keep that between them. I'll keep that between them. I don't want everything to be on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, but that's good. But I was. What was that initial conversation like? It was like, with my son. Yeah. Was it natural? Was it like, hey, how's it going? It was like, hey, dad. We haven't spoken to speak. Like, how was that. That conversation after three years? Because it's still your son.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But, you know, you still got a place for y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah. The first thing he said was, dude, I know we got a lot to work on. I know we'll get to it, but I really need your help with this problem right now. So I went into immediate, like, dad mode. Like, all right, that's what we got to do. And then it just so happened I was gonna be in the Bay Area, like, two weeks later, and that's where he lives. So the phone call happens two weeks later. We got to reconnect. And then. And then he ended up flying back to Houston with me. I said, you wanna. You wanna fly back Monday when I fly back?

[DJ Envy]

Because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

Cause, you know, I got the twins, so we got to meet the twins, and then everything's good. Now he's got it. You know, he's got his favorite already.

[DJ Envy]

I love it. Now, be honest. When you first seen that number, did you think it was a money call? Like, you know, like. Because, you know, when your kids call, it's either they in prime or they need some money.

[Gary Owen]

Oh, no, he has no problem asking for money.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Gary Owen]

Like, that's not an issue with him. Let me tell you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like this. Oh, you're making up for that three years.

[DJ Envy]

So it wasn't a money call. It was. I need some advice.

[Gary Owen]

It was that. No, that wasn't a money call. There's been money calls since. That's natural.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you have A moment where you, like. Because last time you were here, you talked about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There was.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was a bit emotional for you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ish.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Did you have a moment where you, like, were like, oh, okay. Like, I finally got to the point where me and my son are reconnecting. You were able to, like, take it in and, like.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, you know, I was, like. I was able to, like, be honest with him about the divorce. It had nothing to do with you. That's between me and your mom. Because I think he.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think.

[Gary Owen]

And maybe my daughter feels that way, too. I think they probably think they had something to do with it. And I was like, dude, it had nothing to do with you. Nothing. So, yeah, you got. You kind of replay the years lost and your brain. But then where we're at now, you know, we're good. Yeah. I didn't miss a wedding. I didn't miss, like, him having kids or anything like that. So I think that would be. That would be tough. Like, if my daughter ever. When she does get married, my God, I hope we're. We're back in touch by then. You know what I mean? Yeah. All that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Do you change how you do your jokes now? Because, like, I mean, from this point on, because your son's watching and you know all the things. And you had jokes about the divorce and all that stuff. Did y' all talk about that?

[Gary Owen]

No. He's. He's got a dark sense of humor, like I do, so he was good with it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How old?

[Gary Owen]

24.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Gary Owen]

He's an adult now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So now he's good. He'd be cracking up, and then he. You know, it's funny because now he's kind of hanging out at the comedy club up there in the Bay Area. Because I, I. When I did the show, I brought him up there, and everybody knew him from back in the day. We used to come around. So now he's. He's kind of hanging out there a lot, so he's meeting a lot of the comedians. So it's been good, because I think I've been cool with most comedians, unlike Jess, you know, with Damon. I mean, at one point. It's already sold out. It's already sold out. Oh, we added Sunday. It's sold out. Oh, you want to talk about Atlanta next week? Sold out. We did add a show. We did add a show Sunday in Atlanta, and then in two weeks, I got 11 shows in D.C. they're sold out.

[DJ Envy]

I know that's right, girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's good.

[Gary Owen]

What you Say, oh, wait a minute, I'm in. I'm in Virginia beach in October.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sorry about that.

[Gary Owen]

October, sold out.

[DJ Envy]

You better tell them I know what.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You'Re not doing on them sold out days.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No more divorce jokes. Because it came up in court. Mediation.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I know. With that. With the.

[Gary Owen]

With the thing. It came up mediation.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was gonna let you rock, so you sold out.

[Gary Owen]

Yeah. That was funny, though. I can't even lie. All right, that was a good one. I never even like the same thing. If I'm talking about Jess, I'm talking about Lauren. It's all content. Even in the divorce, I was like. Even with the mediation, it was content. Like, I was acting like I was serious. I was like, that's kind of funny. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

You got.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's just.

[DJ Envy]

And it's like, I know the lawyers don't even know when to take you serious. This is what I learned.

[Gary Owen]

This is the biggest thing I learned. I hope anybody's getting a divorce. Listen, and then you hear it all the time. Get to a point where you're cordial with your ex, and you guys decide what you want to do. That's fair to everybody. Cuz this is when I knew, these lawyers are playing us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This.

[Gary Owen]

We were held up for a couple weeks over life insurance. She wanted to take out like. Like a. I think it was like a $5 million life insurance policy. On me, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On you?

[Gary Owen]

Yeah, on me in case I pass away. So she's good, right? Yeah, but she's got to play the premium. I'm not paying it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I.

[Gary Owen]

My lawyer went back and forth to her lawyer over, that's too much for life insurance. I said, I'm dead. I don't care what it is. She's paying for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't care what my policy is.

[Gary Owen]

They go, well, I don't think the. The life insurance should be bigger than the divorce settlement. I go, who cares?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

When I realized I'm getting the bill, like, okay, why am I getting charged? Every email over the. I said, it's done. Give it to her. I'm done. And then when I finally. We finally get to a point where you're like that. I go, this is so pointless. They will literally find one thing to keep it going.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

And that kept it going for a couple weeks. That, dang, if I'm dead, how much does she get?

[DJ Envy]

And you're like, I don't care. I'm not paying the premium.

[Gary Owen]

All I can do is get a physical.

[DJ Envy]

That's Right. And they just getting your money, taking more money just to prolong it.

[Gary Owen]

And I finally told her. I was like. I finally got to a point where I called her. I said, look, we just got to get this over with. Trust me on this. I said, yeah, I wasn't the best with fidelity, but I never did you wrong financially. You know what I mean? So say you should be like, all.

[DJ Envy]

Right, yeah, yeah, y' all called you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Nate Jackson]

Okay.

[Gary Owen]

Every now and then, it'll creep back up like, whoa, you're really still mad?

[DJ Envy]

You're really still upset?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Gary Owen]

I think the. It's funny. I'm on stage a little bit. Like when I had the twins. I randomly saw her at an airport, and I. I said, hey, you know I had twins. She goes, yeah. And I go, well, do you want to see them? She goes, no. I said, I know you do. So I showed her the twins, right?

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It'S fun.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That is not fun. She thought it was fun.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I know him by now.

[Gary Owen]

So anyways, she goes, there's this white arm and there's this white leg in the side of the picture. She goes, who's that? I go, the nanny? She have a nanny? You have a nanny? We didn't have a nanny. I go, well, you met me at the wrong time. If you was with me now, you would have a nanny.

[DJ Envy]

He's a Gary, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I would have threw my drink at you.

[Gary Owen]

Why?

[DJ Envy]

It's funny, Laura.

[Gary Owen]

When you get divorced, you'll know. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm glad. I'm glad we're friends again. Lauren LaRosa from Delaware. Delaware State.

[DJ Envy]

Boom.

[Gary Owen]

Just know, if I ever say anything, I don't mean it. I don't at all.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You said I would say anything.

[Gary Owen]

Anybody checking for me? I worry about you.

[DJ Envy]

You should have called the Lauren Larosas.

[Gary Owen]

Lorna Larosas from TMZ's Delaware States.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, Charlamagne. You got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The positive note is simply this, man. Self accountability is trusting yourself to be there for you, because the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Have a great day.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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