Lauren LaRosa (2:10)

And progressing and you know what I mean? And seeing the growth yourself. I'm gonna tell you right now, the Hate be hating. Okay. Like, it be happening. And you know what's crazy is I feel like people have always said to me, like, people want you to do well, but they don't want you to do better than them. And I never. I never felt that, but now I kind of see it's like, okay. But I also feel like, too, it's like when you come from that meme where it's like, I was raised in love, so I could never be a hater. I show too much love for you to be a hater. All of that, that, like that. That. That should live with you when you think about your naysayers, your doubters and all of that. And for me, I don't really sit in that. Like, you might get me. I might be mad for a good, like, day or two. You know what I'm saying? But after that, I'm like, okay, bet heard you. Because when you spin that block, baby, it's gonna cost you. Bust that U turn. It's gonna cost you. Okay? Like, that. That fuels me. It makes me get creative. It makes me, you know, it just. I don't know, it makes me up it. So I hope, Patrick, that's how you feel. And I'm happy that you feel accomplished because you're doing a great job. And we are learning and doing in real time. But the beauty of that, too, has been we've been able to, you know, start showing our process in real time. And I think for young creators that are, you know, figuring this all out, my platform has always been about transparency. It's always been about, yo, I don't got this all figured out. I'm. I'm moving, I'm grooving, I'm sticking and moving. I just happen to be good at what I do. So doors are opening, but when I get in those doors, a lot of times I'm having to, like, feel my way to the light switch. First time, first timer. I did. Did that with college. I'm doing it here with this, you know, podcast. I'm a new podcaster, so we just got the green light officially and. And kind of got our understanding of what our flow should be to be able to post videos the same day that the audio goes live, which is a game changer. Drop a bomb for the game changers. Okay, so we are looking for a backup editor to help Patrick out. So if you're in the New York area. And, yes, I know it can be done digitally, but I want someone here in New York, I think, because of how timely things need to be how much content we're shooting, I need to be able to pull up on you and drop off a hard drive if we need to. Baby, I ain't trying to. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, we are looking for that. But for me, I think I'm feeling. Because I know how I'm feeling. I can't put it into one word, but I'm feeling like I just got back to school all over again. Like, I feel like I just walked into class, homeroom for the first time, freshman year, first day of school, and I don't know if you remember freshman year, high school, freshman year, college. That first day, you feel so. Like, your eyes are so open wide, and it's like, oh, my God. Like, you're ambitious. You're ready to go. Like, you're. That's how I feel. I feel that way because I think I've done some pretty cool interviews at this point. We've done and we are doing, and there's so much more to come. Some really fun stuff. But I'm so big on. Like, I just want to make sure. Like, I pray to God, Like, I literally pray that God keeps me, like, in a place of, like, focus, because as the brand grows, there's going to be a lot of all that fun stuff, a lot of the glitz and the glamour. But, like, for what I do, I have to, like, sit down, do the work. I. I create newsroom hours for myself because I need to do the work. I need to call people. I need to watch what's going on, all that good stuff. So I'm feeling like I just checked back into school because I felt myself kind of getting too caught up in the brand to brand to brand to brand. And I'm. You know what I'm saying? Boom. Bring it on back, baby. Okay, so that's how I'm feeling today. So I think we're both feeling really good feelings.

Patrick (5:45)

Absolutely.

Lauren LaRosa (5:46)

Let's get on into some things today in the latest. You know, we have some updates. You know your girl. Love taking y'all to court. Love to take y'all to court. So first on the docket, we have Diddy. To be honest with y'all, this is probably one of the most interesting updates that I've done on Diddy in some time, and it's not really much of an update. So earlier today, reporter, legal reporter Megan Cun. I follow her on Twitter. You should as well. She tweeted a document from the court that explained how Brian Steel, Young thug's attorney and we talked about this was officially put on record in Diddy's case for Diddy's defense. Now this, this is a big deal. When we talked about this last, I told you guys what, how big of a deal and how great this would be for Puff if this were to happen. Basically that means that a judge is saying Brian still has done everything admissions wise. So he's legally submitted everything he needed to submit to be able to show that he can come and stay the night over the attorney's homes in the Southern district of New York. So it's called, it's something called pro Hack vch. And that just means that as a non like local attorney, he's going to be able to work with the other local attorneys in Diddy's case to help figure this whole thing out and to be able to represent Puff, Big deal here because Brian still is damn good at what he does. Okay, but when this document was posted by Megan Kunev earlier today, I was like, okay, well that's good. But like you could be put on record and he could still decide not to go forward. Money checks cannot clear. Like there's a lot of things that can prevent you from officially being retained. So I reached out to a source close to the situation, was very familiar with all the inside workings of these things, who confirmed to me that Brian still has been officially retained. And when I say officially retained, my next immediate question to them was, so is he already working with the attorneys like he's clocked in? They made it clear an attorney does not do all of this. And when they say all of this, they mean go through the process of getting cleared admissions wise. So submitting the paperwork and having the conversations and the back and forth with the court so that the court can say, hey, you're allowed to come on over here. Yeah, you can come over here, you can sit with us. And here are the rules when you sit with us. An attorney does not do that unless their plan is to get active the minute they first day outside get active. So I'm told that Brian still has already been strategizing with Puff's team since the moment he was cleared, admissions wise. Now, Puff does have a court case today, Friday in court, they're going to be having a couple conversations. They're going to be talking about whether his case is able to be pushed out two months or not. If not, he goes to court in a few weeks. They're going to be able to talk about, you know, this Cassie video and whether this video is going to be able to be used in court as evidence or not. They're still hung up on that because what Puff's team is saying is that the video, they're still arguing that the video was like distorted, it was an edited version, you know, all of those things. Meanwhile, the prosecution is saying, no, CNN had an original copy of this video, which is what we use. Puff's team is saying, well, bring in a specialist. Let's have someone go through and look at this video. So all of those things are going to be talked about in court. Right? So my next question was, well, is Brian still going to be in court on Friday? They could not answer that question for me, but I said Brian still does not show up to court because what I predict will happen is that Puff's team is going to get granted more time. So they'll get those two months to prepare their case. And in preparing their case, Brian still will really hone in, get way more familiar and then he'll pop out after that period. I also predict that he's going to kind of lead strategy within this, but I couldn't confirm that. I did try and confirm that and couldn't confirm that, but it would make so much sense, especially after what we just saw him do with Young Thug. I also did two ask if, you know, if there was any response from Puff. How is Diddy feeling about Brian still being brought on to this case? Diddy did not get an answer to that, but I will have that answer for you guys. But I, I can say that I was told that the team themselves, you know, the full legal team, is super excited and that Brian still, after, you know, being briefed on everything, kind of, you know, just, just a bit in order enough to know if he wanted to take the case or not, he is very optimistic that Puff is going to be a free man. And that's a big statement. Now let's talk about predictions real quick. When it comes to what I think Brian Steele will lean in on and, you know, what the strategy will be. But specifically for him, I think one of the things I mentioned this in the last episode will be the, you know, the no evidence presented. But I think the way that he's going to do it is instead of being like, there's no evidence, there's no evidence, there's no evidence. It's going to be like his rights were violated. He was put through A, B, C and D as a high profile man, a wealthy man, like, you know what I'm saying? And because of that, here's everything he lost. Here's everything that was damaged and there was no evidence presented this whole time. I think Brian still is really good at making the. The people that he represents look like human beings, But I think that that's one of the things he's going to try and do. I also think that he's going to really hone in on this Cassie video. I think that he is going to, you know, just again, make it a point of, okay, we saw the video. My client has apologized, but that has. He's not being charged for what we saw in this video. And I think Puff's attorneys tried to do that. Mark Agnifilio tried to do that in the beginning, but he wasn't successful at it. And I think it's because his approach in the court, it just wasn't strong. Like, you didn't even believe him. And I also feel like Puff was advised wrong from the beginning on that video when it came to, like, him acting like it didn't happen, you know, the way that the apology was set up. So this will be a fresh start to build a different narrative around that video. Now, don't get me wrong, that video is so disgusting. I don't know how it will happen. But I think because of the attorney that I know Brian still to be, he's going to not try and minimalize what we see at all. He's going. He's going to make sure that Puff knows he needs to be very empathetic about what we see. He's going to make sure that the court understands that Diddy's team understands what they saw and is also very empathetic to that because it did not come off that way. It came off as this man who was super powerful and super rich who does not care about anything, and his team is following right behind him when it comes to that. Brian still is damn good, but, baby, he got his work cut out for him. If he is able to clear Diddy in this case, this will probably be one of the biggest he got off since O.J. simpson. Let's talk about that online. Y'all tweet me about that. Instagram me about that. How do y'all feel? Next topic. Drake's legal team is using the biggest stage known period as their best witness in this whole defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. So Drake filed a complaint a while back, and just 24, maybe 48 hours ago, Drake amended that complaint. Drake points at the fact that this super bowl halftime where Kendrick Lamar performed was one of the most viewed halftime shows of all time, with over 133 million people watching across platforms, too. Television streaming, you know, anywhere you could get it, the people was eating it up. They called this super bowl performance an assassination of character of another artist. And the reason why and how they're positioning it is actually really smart. I think Drake is on to something with this one. I don't think it's going to change the way people view him. And his people think he's a whiny baby, is giving light skin real quick, like, that's how people feel about this. I don't think it'll change that. But legally, I think he's onto something. So what he's saying is that. So what he's saying is that because Kendrick Lamar had to not say pedophile on the super bowl stage, there's no way that these brands involved cannot say. That's defamatory. There are multiple brands. Like, when you. When you make the decision to perform at the super bowl, there's a ton of different people who, like, help you decide things. This is something that has been happening with the super bowl for years and years and years, where the week of almost, I believe it's the day of. They do run through of performances. They check set list. They. You know what I mean? They want to make sure that legally everything complies. So Drake's attorneys were really smart and basically saying, hey, wait, so y'all saying that this man can't say this on your stage. He can't put y'all in harm's way or in danger, but he can say it on a song. Kendrick Lamar can say this on the song, and y'all gonna push it and y'all gonna promote it. And when we say to y'all that, oh, you know, Drake's house was shot up, and they're alleging that it was because of the song. Or when they mentioned Drake had to take his son out of school because he didn't feel like it was safe, or he had to move his baby moms out of where she was staying because he didn't feel like it was safe. All of these things because of a song that claims something, allegedly. It's like, y'all don't know what I'm talking about. I'm just upset that I lost a rap battle, but I would go as far as to say even Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar made a very obvious choice not to say that he teased it. You really going to do it? You really going like, he knew, you know what I'm saying? But he didn't say the word. He didn't say the word pedophile. Everybody was tiptoeing because they didn't want to end up in lawsuits. And I think what Drake's team is trying to say is, hmm, I wonder why. I think Drake is on to something with this one. But yes. So our next story. We still in court. I promise y'all that we almost off the docket. Okay. The updates are almost done. Done. Our third topic is Meg the Stallion, because Meg thee stallion wants Tory Lanez to get in trouble again. Okay. Megan is not playing with Tory Lanez. I don't know if this is like a calculated. Like, eventually he's going to run out of money for attorneys and can't fight back, and he's going to sit down and be quiet soon. Or if, you know, legally, they're just like, I mean, it's her. She got one of the biggest, baddest teams. You know, I'm saying, like, she coming out the ROC Nation gates and swinging. But, yeah, she wants him to get in trouble again. And I'm low key, not mad at this one today. I need to have a conversation with y'all about conduct a deposition. Okay? So a deposition is when, you know, you're sat down by attorneys from the opposing side. You know what I mean? So the ops, their attorney sit you down, y'all have a conversation. They ask you some questions because they're trying to get more information. The information that they get, a lot of it sometimes can be used as evidence. It can be used as a way for them to strategize. Like, it's just you're laying everything out on the table. Y'all basically coming to each other as a woman. Okay. With the receipts. So when that conversation happened with Tory Lanez and megdisallian's attorneys, because Meg thee stallion had asked for Tory Danes to be deposed while he is locked up, while he's still incarcerated in the lawsuit that she has against a blogger who she claims defamed her because this blogger was allegedly paid by Tory Lanez to do so. The judge said, okay, he can be deposed. They can have the conversation. But baby Meg, the science team filed something that said when they got there, and they started doing it, it was insane. They described Tory Lanez's deposition as disruptive, inflammatory, and inconsistent. They said in documents that it was so bad that even Tory Lanez council had to disavow the deposition. So what they're saying is that even his legal counsel was like, yo, bro, come on, dog, you tripping. So because of this, Meg's team was like, okay, judge, we want to put y'all on notice that this is what happened. We wasted our money, we wasted our time. And because we wasted our money and our time, he should be held in contempt of court. So let us know why we shouldn't feel like that and why we shouldn't move forward with pressing for that to happen. From you guys, from the. From the judge. Like, from the court. So the judge is like, okay, taking a look at it. Yeah. Based on everything I'm seeing here, let's move forward with this. I'm going to allow for you guys to put this on record in the court. I'm going to give Tory Lane some time. So Tory lane says until April 30, 2025. So a few weeks from now, about, like, two weeks from now, to come back and say, no, I wasn't in contempt of court. Here's what actually happened. But, baby, one thing the court don't play about is you wasting their time, their money, their resources, and you just being very like, do you know who I am? I could do what I want. They gonna make an example out of you every single time. Now, I will say I have reached out to Tory Lanez's team to see if there would be, you know, just any clarity on this from their side of it. And I was not providing anything. I did let them know that I was gonna be doing this podcast episode. I was gonna be talking about this, and I would love to have presented both sides, but we don't know from Tory Lanez's side what was said, what wasn't said at all. Now, if Tory Lanez is found in contempt of court for, you know, these alleged actions today or these alleged. These alleged actions this week in the deposition, what will happen is, is Meg, the science team wants Tory Lanez to have to pay for their attorney, their attorney fees, and basically, like, everything. They had to come out of pocket to make this happen. They like, tour, you owe us money. Run us our coin. No wooden nickels. Run us our coin. And then they're going to come back and do it again. And the second time, though, they're not going to have her team deposing him. They're like, let's get a special master of the court. Special master. I looked it up because I'm like, what is a special master of the court? But I figured it was like, kind of like a mediator, which it is. Basically, a special master of the court is an appointed neutral party. It's often an attorney or retired judge who assists a judge with specific tasks in a case, such as resolving different disputes, gathering evidence, or making recommendations. They are essentially a judge's helper who can perform tasks that would rather otherwise overburden a judge. So this is just a person that can come in a neutral party. So that way, you know, if, if Tory felt like, you know, what he was being asked or the conversation that was happening was very one sided or whatever, whatever made him respond to what they're alleging he did, this neutral party is basically supposed to make it where he don't feel like that and he don't go through that again because this person has no ties to either person. So hopefully second time's a charm.

Patrick (20:42)

What we take away from this episode, Lauren.

Lauren LaRosa (20:45)

It's a lot of information to download, y'all. I know, but I think, you know, you could take away that things are moving. But for me, one of the things that I've been feeling because things are moving. And we talked about this in a live interview with Charlamagne. Make sure you go check that out on the YouTube channel. I keep plugging it because it is such a good combo. It's just the pivot, the art of the pivot. And when things are moving like this, you know, just how it feels and what you remember and what you tell yourself. And for me, what I've been telling myself is, Lauren, never stop talking to your younger self. Never stop talking to your younger self, Lauren, because the minute you stop talking to your younger self, you are going to tap out of that, like, innocent. I really want to, you know, do the work. I want to do good work. I want to do good, period. Like, don't let these things taint you because they will you for the treats. Every other page are gold. I tweeted out, what conversations are you having with your younger self right now? And y'all went off. We almost had like a hundred thousand views on this tweet. So the Ichiro said my younger self never imagined I'd be here. I would tell her to enjoy life more, let life flow, and to trust her intuition and she'll be fine, baby. I have that conversation with myself all the time. Like, if I could only tell my younger self, girl, baby, girl, baby girl, like, girl, like you like, baby girl, like what? Y'all know what I'm saying? Especially the black girls listening. It's like, I don't gotta say much. Y'all just understand what I'm saying because y'all know we speak through, like, through, like feeling. Another person tweeted, I thought that this one, I was like, wow, man. It's just opinion. Said explaining to my younger self that the choices my mom made weren't poor after all. The choices made were guided through the experience of addiction. It's okay to forgive those traumas experienced because she couldn't help herself, let alone me. That was deep. Jen. Liz Keaton said the conversation that she's having with her younger self right now is, you did everything you said you were going to do. Put that anxiety. Put that in. You did everything you said you were going to do. Put that anxiety to the back and relax. We were doing cartwheels in the park now, baby. I felt that on a spiritual level. Bringing the church table rings and a shouting music. Oh, oh, oh, y'all. When I tell you, I felt that, like, I think when you're ambitious and, you know, you want certain things for yourself and you've been exposed to more, I think you get so, like, oh, my God, am I doing this right? Am I this? Am I that? Is it going to work out? Is it going to. But. But it's like, now, looking back, I would tell my younger self and. And today I still talk to my younger self, just, I said, stay motivated. But I talked to my younger self just about forgiving myself for not understanding that I was hurt all along. And, like, I had what it took all along. I think that, like, you cosplay, right? Like, you do good things and people hype you up and people. You know, the people around you love you and they fill you up. Like, I was raised in so much love. I never felt anything else but that. So I never felt inadequate, and I never operated from a space of inadequacy. But there were times where I was like, man, if this don't work, then what? And I told you at the beginning of the episode, because we still in the streets in the tweets. We still in the streets in the tweets right now. I told y'all that we had decided on the name for you guys, the community that watches us, that listens to us daily here at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. And we have decided. Drumroll, please. The Lowriders. So shout out to y'all, the Lowriders. Make sure you comment Lowrider. If you're watching this on YouTube, tweet me, Instagram me. If you're a low rider, if you're, you know, listening to this as you driving or whatever you doing, let me know that you. You with the gang, you with the mob. What was they thinking? They can't play with us all, 20, 25 and beyond. I really appreciate you guys for tuning in. I tell y'all this every episode because I truly mean it. At the end of the day, there is always a lot to talk about, and you could be anywhere with anybody you choose to be right here with me to talk about it. So I appreciate, appreciate you guys. I'm Lauren LaRosa. This has been the latest with Lauren LaRosa. I am the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody bringing you all the good, good. I'll see you guys in the next episode.