15.) Verizon Crash, ICE Lies, + New J Cole Coming (1/15/26)

Summary

The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show - Episode 15

Verizon Crash, ICE Lies, + New J Cole Coming (1/15/26)
Date: January 15, 2026
Hosts: Ebro, Laura Styles, Peter Rosenberg
Guest Contributor: Tyreek

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into:

• The nationwide Verizon outage and the deeper implications of our reliance on cell service
• Explosive revelations about ICE agents, Trump, and new Epstein victim testimony
• Tense geopolitics: militarization at home and abroad, protests, and Venezuela
• Controversies around police violence, the Minneapolis ICE murder, and community response
• The return of J. Cole, debates on hip hop legends, and festival drama involving Nelly and Ludacris

The hosts maintain a sharp, irreverent, and candid tone, mixing humor, cultural critique, personal anecdotes, and pointed social commentary.

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1. Verizon Outage: Tech Reliance & Social Shade

[00:45-04:49]

• Ebro reports in from Detroit, referencing cell outages from the day before, which leads to a group discussion on the real-world consequences when connectivity fails.
• Laura details her experience:
  "Maybe like 20 minutes? Just an SOS. I just kind of waited it out and was making calls through WiFi." [01:16]
• Tyreek gives a comedic and incisive breakdown on the outage, reading sarcastic corporate statements from Verizon and the shade from T-Mobile.
  "Verizon, we're out here being shaded by T Mobile. Are you not embarrassed? Because I am." [03:45]
• The hosts welcome Tyreek as a recurring contributor, applauding his journalistic flair.

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2. Ebro “On the Road” — F1, Apple, Name-Dropping

[04:49-07:18]

• Ebro shares travel updates and his plans to interview F1 superstar Max Verstappen about the new Ford/Red Bull collaboration.
• Name-drop fest: Ebro references Lewis Hamilton, sparking jokes about status and relatability.
• Tone: Playful jabs about humility, status, and show business.

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3. Viewer Support, Superchats, and On-Air Dynamics

[07:53-09:41]

• The hosts riff on the discomfort around soliciting fan donations, Superchats, and the show’s business evolution.
• Ebro jokes that Laura and Rosenberg are “trying to take advantage of your bank accounts,” prompting playful defensiveness.
• Laura points out, “People know that it makes Ebro uncomfortable and he's weird about it, so they do it more now.” [08:57]
• Multiple listeners are thanked by name for their support; the crew jokes about “extras” for tipping, with tongue-in-cheek reference to Laura’s viral “finger bang” dance.

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4. Global/Political Chaos: Immigration, Wars, and Media Distraction

[10:32–14:42]

• Ebro lays out a bleak rundown of global crises:
  • Trump’s activity, Iran-Venezuela tensions, military deployments, immigration crackdowns, and ICE abuses.
• Rosenberg feels like he’s “watching the wheels come off” as the news pours in.
  "If this was a movie about how at some point the ish goes down, this is what the TV looks like." [11:08]
• Ebro: “Yesterday was one of those days… everything’s out the window.” [11:49]
• The hosts press “Congratulations, You Played Yourself” buttons multiple times for political hypocrisy.

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5. Epstein Revelations & Media Silence

[12:07–18:14]

• Ebro references new explosive testimony from Sasha Riley, an Iraq war vet and Epstein ring survivor, implicating major politicians including Trump.
• Rahsaan reads a harrowing trigger-warning-laden summary highlighting systemic trafficking, murder, and cover-up.
• Laura: “Oh my gosh, bro.” [16:33]
• Rosenberg asks, “What is any of this really gonna do with regard to Trump?” questioning impact and media priorities.
• The hosts discuss weakened Trump support, Congress gridlock, and the lack of prosecutions.

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6. ICE Protests, Police Immunity, & Proud Boys Connection

[19:08–26:43]

• Ebro plays clips of Minneapolis’ mayor urging calm, warning that violence enables further crackdowns and can be used to justify suspending elections.
• Laura and Rosenberg unpack the violent escalation on both sides, the DHS granting ICE agents “immunity”, and the “bait” for chaos.
• Ebro: “You are not helping… ICE can leave, this massive deployment can come to an end.” [21:30]
• Shocking revelation: Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio is listed as an ICE agent in a leaked database.
• Laura: “A journalist just went undercover and applied to be an ICE agent. And she was like, bro, they barely asked me any questions.” [25:41]
• Rosenberg on ICE recruitment:
  "These are fat, lazy losers who've never done anything with their lives... the only thing that motivates them is their intense racism." [25:48]

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7. Trump’s Popularity, PR Battles, and Venezuela

[26:58–31:46]

• Rosenberg questions whether Trump cares about the growing backlash:
  "Is he looking up and going, hey, guys, this doesn’t look good?” [27:01]
• Laura and Ebro speculate about Trump’s “narrative management,” referencing staged texts with “Mom Donnie.”
• Laura: “As unlikely bromance blossoms. Yo, shut up, bro.” [28:07]
• Venezuela’s unrest: U.S. citizens warned to leave as militias take to the streets. Rumor surfaces (unverified) that Trump is listed as Venezuela’s president on Wikipedia.

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8. White House Twitter & Public Messaging

[29:30–32:22]

• Rosenberg reads a disrespectful official White House tweet targeting Minnesota’s governor, highlighting the breakdown of decorum.
• Rosenberg: “There’s no bottom, man. This is who people want their kids to be like?” [31:08]
• Ebro shares a personal story about flag football for kids, with parents distributing Trump 2025 flags:
  “Here we are, blood in the water. I just don’t think that’s a good idea to have my daughter involved in.” [32:11]
• Discussion about how politics now invade even the most basic childhood activities.

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9. Hip Hop Corner—J. Cole Returns, Generational Debates, and Festival Drama

A. J. Cole “The Fall Off” Release

[33:26–41:08]

• Laura breaks the news: the new J. Cole project drops February 6.
• The team reflects on Cole's artistic legacy, the backlash after the Budden spat, and fan expectations.
• Ebro urges, “I’m super excited... it sets the year off. One of the superstars back, it’s great for the genre.”
• Rosenberg: “J. Cole made a mistake... all he did was go get quiet for a while, lock in, come back with some music… J. Cole will be back and it’s all good.” [36:07]
• Extended discussion about hip hop’s focus on beefs vs. artistic merit and maturity.

B. Hip Hop Generations & OG Artists

[41:08–47:42]

• Deep dive on Rakim, Jay-Z, and how MCs age in hip hop; lack of respect & support for veteran artists compared to other genres.
• Discussion on failed ticket sales at Rakim’s SOBs show and the cultural responsibility fans bear for the state of the genre.
• Ebro, on Rakim/Jay-Z’s similar age: “Who’s that more amazing for? I guess it’s more amazing for Jay-Z…” [43:36]
• Laura admits “I’ve been heavy R&B,” prompting the others to joke she’s “part of the problem.”

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10. The Lowdown: Laura’s Headlines—Controversy and Gossip

[49:33–58:22]

- Javonta Davis Wanted for Kidnapping & Domestic Violence

• Laura: “It has to do with a woman who worked at a gentleman's club and it's just a mess.” [50:19]
• Rosenberg: “This is why you're never going to be the star that you should be.” [51:26]

- ICE Agent Claims & Minneapolis Update

• Laura covers official statements that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good, suffered internal injuries.
• Rosenberg is skeptical: “He didn't seem like he in the moment… It sounds like a good story, though, for them, right?" [52:47]

- Rock The Country Festival: Nelly & Ludacris Under Fire

• Laura details backlash against Ludacris and Nelly for appearing at Kid Rock’s ultra-conservative festival:
  • "Ludicrous was trending for all the wrong reasons yesterday. People are really upset." [54:48]
  • Rosenberg: “Go do the research. Is the bag worth it now?” [58:06]
  • The segment devolves into playful finger-bang jokes and dancing for the bag.

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11. Merch Drop & Announcements

[59:03–end]

• Laura reveals the first official show merch drop:
  “Go to ebro laura rosenberg show dot com. Blood in the water tees. Only available for a limited time.” [59:09]
• The team thanks designer Chase and production company No Company.
• Rosenberg rushes off to his daughter’s first birthday, tying together the episode’s themes of family and realness.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Tyreek on Verizon:
  “Verizon, we're out here being shaded by T-Mobile. Are you not embarrassed? Because I am.” [03:45]
• Rosenberg, on America’s spiral:
  “If this was a movie about how at some point the ish goes down, this is what the TV looks like...” [11:08]
• Ebro on ICE agents:
  “If the founder of the Proud Boys is listed as an ICE agent, who are the other ICE agents?” [25:10]
• Laura, skeptical on ICE “injury” claim:
  “Do we trust it? Do we trust the sources?” [52:43]
• Rosenberg to Ludacris and Nelly:
  “Is the bag worth it now?” [58:06]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Verizon Outage / Tyreek: 00:45–04:49
• Ebro On The Road/Detroit: 04:49–07:18
• Superchat / Fan Support: 07:53–09:41
• World & Political Spotlight: 10:32–14:42
• Epstein/ICE Revelations: 12:07–18:14
• Protests, Mayor Audio, Proud Boys: 19:08–26:43
• Trump’s Popularity Battles: 26:58–31:46
• Hip Hop/J. Cole Segment: 33:26–41:08
• OGs & Hip Hop Generations: 41:08–47:42
• Lowdown Hot Topics: 49:33–58:22
• Show Merch Drop/Wrap: 59:03–end

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Episode Tone & Takeaway

Unfiltered, current, and deeply in tune with the cultural and political moment, the show weaves together humor and seriousness, pressing listeners to stay informed, think critically, and—above all—be ready to call out hypocrisy wherever it lies, from government to hip hop icons.

Key message: Stay vigilant, support what matters, don’t fall for the distractions, and remember: “It didn’t have to be like this.”

Transcript

[Laura Styles]

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[Ebro]

Just don't call it a podcast. Here we are. It's blood in the Water.

[Rosenberg]

Yes, it's Ebro's. Not sure anything's working because he's in Detroit. So you all of a sudden, nothing. The whole world might not work.

[Ebro]

Well, not only that, yesterday all the cell phones weren't working. So, I mean, things are broken out here. It's not just me. My g. You know what?

[Rosenberg]

I didn't have any. I. You guys were telling me about the cell phones. Other people were telling me about the cell phones.

[Ebro]

I didn't have any problems.

[Rosenberg]

I had nothing. And I'm Verizon.

[Laura Styles]

I did. I did. What'd you have for maybe like 20 minutes? Just an SOS. It was just an SOS. I just kind of waited it out and I was making calls through WI Fi, so. And that was fine.

[Ebro]

Afterwards, maybe I would. What time was this, Laura?

[Laura Styles]

Oh, God.

[Rosenberg]

Three or something.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah. In the afternoon, like 2, 3.

[Ebro]

Oh. You know why? I was on my. When I was at home and then jumped in and got to the airport, didn't have took calls. Well, do you want to get right to the breakdown? Tyreek's breakdown? Let's get to it early.

[Laura Styles]

We can.

[Ebro]

You know, I mean, can.

[Laura Styles]

Because a lot of people were wondering, Rosenberg, like, what the hell happened? Not too many knew exactly what was going down. So you know a friend, friend of the show, who will be seeing a lot more. Tyreek told you, has an awesome breakdown. Let's jump into it right now, Verizon.

[Tyreek]

Is everything okay at home? Because everything is not okay for me. I haven't had any phone service all day. I got people out here thinking my phone is cut off. My bill is paid every month.

[Ebro]

I.

[Tyreek]

My bill is actually due tomorrow, and I'm debating if I should even pay it. For those of you who don't know, Verizon is currently experiencing a massive nationwide outage. We just have no service now. Luckily for me, I've been home all day, so I just been on WI Fi. But what if I had plans? What if I had to do stuff today? I would have just been out and about, stranded with no signal. That's not safe. It's not the 90s anymore. You can't just be outside with no cell service. And my Verizon plan ain't cheap either. Y' all don't have any $65 plans, so we shouldn't have problems like this. And this is no shade to the $65 girls. I'm just saying. And what's absolutely hilarious is the fact that Verizon and T Mobile's tweets both showed up back to back before we even get into the tweets. I see that SOS in the top right corner. I've been seeing that all day. This is what Verizon has to say. Verizon's team is on the ground, actively working to fix today's service issue that is impacting some customers. I'm one of the some. We know this is a huge inconvenience, and our top priority is to get you back online and connected as fast as possible. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this issue. And then here's T Mobile right behind them. T Mobile's network is keeping our customers connected, and we've confirmed that our network is operating normally and as expected.

[Ebro]

Expected.

[Tyreek]

However, due to Verizon's reported outage, our customers may not be able to reach someone with Verizon service at this time. Verizon, we're out here being shaded by T Mobile. Are you not embarrassed? Because I am.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

That guy. That guy's tone, journalism skills, it needs to be cared.

[Laura Styles]

I love him.

[Ebro]

No, no, no. He's thorough.

[Rosenberg]

He does it all. He does it all.

[Ebro]

I got Tyreek is good man. Happy to have him. Now, Laura, you reached out to him, right? Because we're building a community of people. So you want him in it? You want him in it? Yes.

[Laura Styles]

I love him. He's so nice, by the. By the way, Ebro, he's so funny. He told me he was like that. He was at the Mariah Apple music event, right?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Laura Styles]

And he's like, I don't know if I remembers me, but he's like, I was the only bald guy until he showed up. And he said. He said hi to you. Yeah, he's super cool. We'll be seeing more of him. But yeah, he's. He's, he's great.

[Ebro]

So you got, you got that, you got. That was broken. And then you got the fact that. Yeah, I'm on the road. This is the, the first Ebro on the road edition of the Ebro. Laura Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

No, it's not.

[Ebro]

Oh, that's right. I started on the road.

[Rosenberg]

He started on the road for two days.

[Ebro]

Well, yeah, but that wasn't work.

[Rosenberg]

This is different. Oh, this is E on the road working.

[Ebro]

This is work. Yeah. That was just like we. That was us launching our little hodgepodge program from vacation. Our little engine that could. But I would just happen to have a plan Vacation. No, this is literally on the road. I want to shout to my Apple music team, you know, we're. We're doing a deal with F1 this year on Apple. Wow. And. And the Apple music team and the Apple TV plus team, you know, we're out here in Detroit because Ford, which is a big deal if you care about cars and things like that, is now involved in F1. And Max Verstappen, who's the one of the biggest drivers in F1, his Red Bull car and Ford have a collaboration. I'm gonna do an interview with him. And you know, these F1 dudes, they don't really talk. So I don't know how. I don't know how great this conversation is going to be, but like, well, they have.

[Rosenberg]

They have a guy who doesn't talk and if. And a full on F1 novice getting together to have a chat.

[Ebro]

Yes, exactly.

[Rosenberg]

This is going to be something. But you've done another F1 interview before, haven't you?

[Ebro]

Yeah, look, I. Yes. Lewis. Lewis is a. I consider a friend. You know, I've known him for a long time.

[Rosenberg]

That was such a crazy name. Yeah. Laura, there's no bounds to that level of name drop. That was so. Hold on. I need to find.

[Ebro]

That's my guy, man.

[Rosenberg]

Laura, it was a double. It was a double whammy. Name drop number number one. He just called him Lewis when we were talking about F1 drivers and then had to go to. I consider him a friend.

[Ebro]

I do. I do.

[Rosenberg]

What's bigger than a bomb? A friend.

[Ebro]

Listen, man, let me. Can I live my life without ridicule at some point in my life?

[Rosenberg]

As soon as it's returned? Reciprocal. Reciprocally, I will do that for you.

[Ebro]

I think the word is reciprocated.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, I said as soon as it's returned. Reciprocally. Is that all? That didn't sound good, though. So I should. As soon as it's reciprocated, I will do that for you. Because if I just said, well, Laura, you know, if you're talking about Lewis, you know, I consider that a friend.

[Ebro]

No, Ed. Well, the other part is the reason I said I consider him a friend is because I thought you guys were going to say, what does he consider you? Because I consider him a friend, but he may not consider me at all. Yeah, there you go. But not. Yeah. So that's why I'm in Detroit. Big car reveal, big F1 coming to the United States. Big, you know, crossover of tech and athleticism talk. So, yeah, that's why I'm on the road. But here at the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show, we need you to subscribe. We need you to like and share and do all the things. Laura and Rosenberg are going to try to take advantage of your bank account and get you to send us money today at some juncture.

[Laura Styles]

I love how you just pointed at us. We have support from our fans, and they know that we are trying to complete the many plans we have.

[Rosenberg]

So I've never asked for anyone to do anything in the Super Chat. Now, once we launch a Patreon, then I'm going to ask you to subscribe faithfully, but I'm not going to ask you to do anything in the Super Chat. That's what people. That's what people want to do.

[Ebro]

Do you guys think I'm. You guys think I'm subverting our business efforts with my antics and kind of like, I'm not making it. I'm not doing it right, right?

[Rosenberg]

No, I don't think it's that. I think it's like you're. You're like a weird way of acting like. And then putting it on us. I. We're not even doing anything. It's just. I just consider it general weird.

[Ebro]

Who is that? Oh, you're not doing anything. You yelled at me yesterday.

[Rosenberg]

What?

[Tyreek]

You.

[Ebro]

You yelled at me yesterday for being uncomfortable about the Super Chat.

[Rosenberg]

I didn't yell. I think if anyone got yelled at yesterday, you yelled at me at some point early in the show because I'm not up early enough emailing. I said shut. Oh, I said shut your bitch ass up.

[Ebro]

You did.

[Rosenberg]

Whenever we talk about money, this guy goes, you don't have to give money. In fact, maybe we could give you money.

[Laura Styles]

No, but what I love is that people know that it makes Ebro uncomfortable and he's weird about it, so they do it more now, that's great.

[Rosenberg]

Welcome it.

[Ebro]

That is marketing efforts I did not anticipate.

[Laura Styles]

I know. They're just like, here you go. With a big old smile. Go ahead, Ebro.

[Rosenberg]

Vicky came through already. Wanted to show love and support.

[Ebro]

Good looking out, bro.

[Rosenberg]

We appreciate you, Vicky. Let's see. Bonnie came through. We love you. Thank you for keeping the show going, man. These people are great.

[Ebro]

Oh, there's. There's more.

[Rosenberg]

A whole bunch more.

[Ebro]

Am I the only one?

[Laura Styles]

DJ Gotti.

[Ebro]

Gotti, what's happening?

[Laura Styles]

$50 before we even started.

[Ebro]

All right, my G. Chill now, dj.

[Rosenberg]

God, you gotta relax.

[Ebro]

I feel like now. I feel like now. I feel like you're trying to pay for something extra. Dc, you're trying. You're trying to get Laura Styles to throw that finger up and put that tongue out.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God. Why'd you have to go there anyway? We love you.

[Ebro]

Because I had somebody's wife on my text talking about it's fingering. What did she call?

[Rosenberg]

No, no. Finger bang.

[Ebro]

Finger banging.

[Rosenberg]

But I didn't know.

[Ebro]

I.

[Laura Styles]

This morning, and I was cracking up.

[Rosenberg]

I didn't know if it was like a autocorrect mistake or if that was. She was actually calling the dance a finger bang, which I. It's not.

[Ebro]

When Laura hits the finger bang, you got to put extra money in the chat.

[Rosenberg]

There's. Let's see. Hold on there. There was a bunch more here, too. I can't keep up with all these super chat messages, man. Y' all are.

[Ebro]

Why you. While speaking of keeping track, Laura, I'm having problems keeping track with everything we have today because there's a lot of things we were trying to cover.

[Laura Styles]

Okay?

[Ebro]

Trump is super active. You got the Iran stuff going on, the Venezuela militias blocking roads. You have Caribbean nations saying they're going to take deportees, but they won't take Haitian deportees. I mean, it's. It's a whole situation internationally out here. You have military headed to the Middle east from the United States. That's going on. You have European military. Germany, I think. Who else? Germany and Germany and two other countries are headed to Greenland because of threats from the United States.

[Rosenberg]

It's no. Like, yesterday was one of the. Like, there's been a lot of bad days. Yesterday was like, I'm sitting at work and on the TVs on, ABC's on. I'm seeing the stories popping up, and I'm like, oh, man, if this was a movie about how at some point the ish goes down, this is what the TV looks like. In the scenes leading up to it, like, like the wheels are coming off, man. Everywhere. Everywhere. And all the things that I thought Ebro were like the pride of Donald Trump, like, not meddling in people's business in America first. And we don't get involved. It's all. Everything's out the window.

[Ebro]

It's the button, by the way. Hit the button for you. No new wars. Congratulations, you played yourself.

[Tyreek]

We're.

[Ebro]

Oh, and also hit the button one more time for. You know, we're gonna get the Epstein files and we're gonna drain the swamp.

[Rosenberg]

Congratulations, you played yourself.

[Laura Styles]

Files anymore. What happened to them?

[Ebro]

Well, because I'll tell you why. One of the reasons is that Sasha Riley story that started oozing out yesterday.

[Laura Styles]

What's the Sasha Riley story?

[Rosenberg]

I missed that.

[Ebro]

It. It's so triggering. I. I can't even get to the details on the interview with this person who was trafficked by Epstein. He was trafficked by his family and yes, since he was 6. He was 6, 7 years old.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Ebro]

And it deeply talks about Trump's involvement.

[Laura Styles]

Wow.

[Rosenberg]

I don't. I see this some places, but not a lot of places.

[Ebro]

Ebro, right?

[Rosenberg]

Mainstream media ain't getting. Ain't hitting us yet.

[Ebro]

Well, and when you go down the rabbit hole, you're gonna see why. Rahsaan says he's got a video. Everybody, trigger warning, trigger warning. If you have kids in the car, Rahsaan, run the video.

[Rahsaan]

This Iraq war veteran's name is Sasha Riley. Sasha Riley was human trafficked into the Trump Epstein trafficking ring as a little boy. This was Sasha then. I am going to give you the trigger warning now. This is absolutely a story that anyone under the age of 18 should not hear. It is going to talk about child essay. It's going to talk about schmurder. It's going to talk about trafficking, all kinds of things. And this is just truly a summary of his story. I am also going to try and use tick tock lingo to try and get this video out to as many people as possible. That is not done in any way, shape or form to diminish just how. How serious this is. I just. I want this to be heard loud and clear and far and wide. This is the summary that Lisa provides prior to the audio files. And I'm gonna give reading it a shot. Let's see if I can get through it. These are Lisa's words. I met Sasha Riley, a decorated Iraq War veteran, during the course of my work. I realized he needed help. I offered to help and I helped. I first spoke with him by phone and recorded his initial victim testimony during July 19th to 24th, 2025. His testimony is a window into the systemic torture, grape and murder of impoverished children under the ages of 13 for profit and sport within the Trump Epstein and associated criminal enterprises. Sasha was adopted to during 1977 for the purposes of trafficking by William Kyle Riley. Sasha was trafficked by William within the Trump and Epstein ring from about 9 to 13 years old. Prior to trafficking within the Trump Epstein ring, Sasha was trafficked to relatives from about the age of 6 years old. William worked as a pilot and trafficker for Trump and conspirators within the Trump and Epstein and associated criminal enterprises. William hunted victims, trafficked victims, transported clients and victims on airplanes and helicopters, and silenced victims, including by Schmurder. And William and his father Paul worked within the Dixie Mafia. Sasha is one of the only trafficking survivors from during those years. The PDF file of perpetrators that Sasha is willing to testify against include Donald John Trump, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham and Clarence Thomas. Please see audio recordings A through F and part two section called A Bullet of Case Background for more detail. Again, that's available on Substack. I told Sasha I would publish audio from our conversations unedited and unredacted. And so I am, for myself, for Sasha, and for his friends Samantha and Patricia and Sarah, all of whom died. And for the rest of the victims buried on all the farms, the ranches, the patches of wilderness across the good sweet earth. And for the rest of the innocent. The evidence is ample. Certain types of films, videos, CPS reports, FBI reports on William, and a military report involving the court martial of a fellow soldier found with.

[Laura Styles]

Oh my gosh, bro.

[Ebro]

So, yeah, it's about to get. That's getting deep out here. So a lot of the noise you're seeing, Rosenberg, I think, is to distract from that noise. Now, is it worthy of coverage, the Iran stuff? Absolutely. Is everything going on worthy of coverage? But that's not being covered. Another thing that I'm seeing that's not being covered with regard to that is there are women who are now gathering because they were a part of the Epstein ring, the whole Epstein thing, who were placed in NYU and Columbia and were given degrees from NYU and Columbia because Epstein promised it to them. But they never qualified to get into the school and they never finished the school work.

[Rosenberg]

I'm reluctant to say this, but what is any of this really gonna do with regard to Trump?

[Ebro]

I don't know. I don't know. But I don't think that.

[Rosenberg]

You really think this is what they're ducking. I think all the stuff they're doing is just part of their plan to take over the world and, you know, cleanse. Cleanse the world of us Jews and people of color.

[Ebro]

Can't two things be true?

[Rosenberg]

Two things can be true. I just, I just don't think that, like, I feel like the Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. I think it's almost more of a distraction on our side of the ways to take these people down than anything else. I don't think there's going to be enough of a Trump connection. I think in everything we've seen, if Trump had been as tied to it as people on the left would like him to be, I still think we would know about it already.

[Ebro]

Well, no, I think this, I think it's because Congress can't get anything done because they don't have the majority. So even if they were to move against Trump right now in some criminal proceedings, it's not going to get moved through. It's not that, too. There's no prosecution. That's going to happen. Just like the last two times he's been impeached, there just wasn't enough support because people were more interested in playing to their voting base in their states and localities and than they were concerned with doing the right thing and protecting the nation from where it's at right now, which is in a, in an. A death spiral.

[Laura Styles]

And we're not going to act like his team is not going to do everything possible to remove his name from it all. You know what I mean? So I, we're, we're screwed. Like, we're never going to get the truth.

[Ebro]

But I do think, but I do think some of this plays into, and this is very important, the war behavior, the Epstein stuff. I think it all plays into the, I guess the weakening of the Trump base and the weakening of the Trump support, which is clearly evident, which is why you have video of him at the microphone talking about, if we lose the midterms, I'm going to get impeached if we look. Because all of this plays into that. Speaking of that, run the. Get the audio of the mayor of Minneapolis ready, because anybody in the streets right now who is wanting this ice slave catcher, you know, Gestapo stuff to stop, if you're in the streets being violent, I'm hitting yourself with. Hit you with the button right now. Hit you with the button right now.

[Rosenberg]

Congratulations.

[Ebro]

You played yourself. Run the Clipper song.

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[Ebro]

Anyone that is taking the bait tonight, stop. That is not helpful. Go home. We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with.

[Rosenberg]

Our own brand of chaos.

[Ebro]

And I have seen thousands of people throughout our city peacefully protesting for those that have peacefully protested. I applaud you for those that are taking the bait. You are not helping and you are not helping the undocumented immigrants in our city. You are not helping the people that call this place home. Ice can leave and this massive deployment can come to an end.

[Rosenberg]

We have filed litigation to hopefully make it so.

[Ebro]

And at the same time, I'm deeply concerned that we don't have that kind of time. This is already the second shooting that we've had in a week. People are scared. The atmosphere is tense. But again, there is another option. We can stop going down this route together. We'll open it to any questions. Now, the reason I say you're playing yourself. And you can get mad if you want to get mad. I see people in the comments on that post. We were like, oh, look. Look at the Democrats. They don't want Pete. No, people, don't you understand that violence in the streets means they can claim it's unsafe to have the midterm elections?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, well, I think it's beyond that. I think they're worried that. I think they're worried that one. One officer hurt or God forbid, killed would lead in. Lead to mass killing.

[Ebro]

I thought there was an ICE agent hurt yesterday.

[Rosenberg]

There was. There was. But I'm saying it getting worse. I mean, I sent you guys the picture to the group chat of Christy Gnomes speaking at that podium that says one of ours, all of yours.

[Ebro]

That's Nazi propaganda right there.

[Rosenberg]

My g. It's not. I looked it up. I don't see any proof that it is that, but it's. It sounds. I don't need it to be Nazi propaganda. Just read what it's saying. They are literally warning as if they're under true attack. If you harm one of ours, we will kill all of you. They're putting it on the podium. So I don't think this is even about the midterm election I think the mayor is just saying for the safety of our city and our country, not devolving into literal complete chaos and violence.

[Ebro]

That's what the mayor saying. That's not what I'm saying.

[Laura Styles]

You guys. Didn't they say that ICE agents have complete immunity?

[Ebro]

Yes. That was a tweet from Department of Homeland Security yesterday.

[Laura Styles]

So I think a people are trying to make sure protesters don't get killed because as we, you know, as we saw yesterday, the multiple videos of ICE officers being like, haven't you learned? Haven't you learned? I think that's one of it. That's part of it too, you guys. People are going to get hurt. And they don't want people out there defending other human beings. They don't want people protesting.

[Ebro]

Well, you.

[Rosenberg]

I think that, you know, I see why people would see it and go all sell out, but I think they're literally worried about people dying in the street. And you can go out there and protest safely. But, like, the antagonizing on camera, while I respect the hell out of it, and. And like trying to physically get close to people as opposed to organized protest, I feel like you're just getting so close to something terrible happening. And I think.

[Ebro]

But you're also, like the mayor said you're falling for the bait. That's why he said you're falling for the bait.

[Rosenberg]

They want that.

[Ebro]

That's why I go back to. They want chaos. They want it to be unsafe in the street because then they can say, we're sending in the military, we can't have elections. It's too unsafe.

[Rosenberg]

Well, and all the other things, in addition to no elections, slash, we got to throw more people in jail. We got to change this rule. We got to do that. It will just allow them to run roughshod completely.

[Ebro]

And there's this revelation that was confirmed yesterday, something we already knew. This is the people who are actually ICE agents. I think we pulled some photos for you all. Rahsaan, do you have those photos in the tuck to share? That's right. Founder of Prad Boys is. Is. Proud Boys is listed as an ICE agent in leaked database.

[Rosenberg]

Well, that doesn't say that guy. That's no surprise.

[Laura Styles]

Enrique Tario.

[Ebro]

Now, he's been waiting. Thank you, Rahsaan. That's all we need right there. That's all we need. But if he. If the founder of the Proud Boys is listed as an ICE agent, who are the other ICE agents?

[Laura Styles]

Who do you think? His buds, his keepers.

[Ebro]

The Proud Boys. Hit the button, Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

Congratulations.

[Ebro]

You played Yourself.

[Rosenberg]

I mean, that. That never even the ones. The ones who actually are that. That about it. And they want the smoke. They're signing up.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, it's super easy. A journalist just went undercover and applied to be an ICE agent. And she was like, bro, they barely asked me any questions.

[Rosenberg]

Not to mention, these are fat, lazy losers who never did anything with their lives. And the only thing that can motivate them to go get a check and probably get off their mom's couch and put down the Mountain Dew and the weed for a minute is their intense racism. They're like, well, this sounds fun. And actually motivates them enough to find, you know, elastic pants big enough to wrap around their fat waist so they can go out and chase down immigrants.

[Ebro]

Listen at MG Cernal was in our chat and says, was in a facility for four months last year. Lost my job. Most of the people in there had committed no crimes whatsoever. Just didn't have updated legal status, saw three people die. It was hectic.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, my God, that sounds hectic.

[Laura Styles]

And you hear stories like this over and over from people who have been like, have seen it firsthand.

[Ebro]

Nah, man. This is a super congrats, man.

[Rosenberg]

It didn't.

[Ebro]

Have you played yourself. It did not have to be like this.

[Rosenberg]

I'm telling you, this is Ebro. I really believe this. I don't even know what Trump thinks of this. This is the Stephen Miller dream. They're letting Stephen Miller. Miller mania is running wild, brother. This is what he wanted.

[Ebro]

I mean, say your prayers, take your vitamins, dude.

[Rosenberg]

I. I want. And I wonder if Trump ever looks up because, you know, Trump cares about being popular, and I just. He's not looking up and going, hey, guys, this doesn't look good. Like, I don't even think anyone likes this.

[Ebro]

Well, no, but that's why he's texting. No, no, guys. But that's why he's texting with mom Donnie.

[Rosenberg]

Right?

[Ebro]

You know, that's why we get those headlines. Trump and mom Donnie were texting yesterday, but I. I didn't.

[Rosenberg]

Because he cares about. Because he cares about being popular.

[Ebro]

He wants to text a guy that's hot.

[Rosenberg]

So, like, I just. I just am. I'm curious as to how he's seeing this and seeing that it's only being received well by the most extreme people, and he really thinks this is dope.

[Ebro]

Laura, what were the Mom Donnie Trump text. I just saw the headline, so I didn't even.

[Laura Styles]

I didn't. I didn't see them gonna look it up right now.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I saw. I saw the New York Post headline and then I was like, oh, see, there you go.

[Ebro]

From his. From his, you know, his. His narrative shaping media buddies, the New York Post.

[Laura Styles]

Okay.

[Ebro]

That's why they're throwing that up.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, they. They love that.

[Laura Styles]

They've been texting at least twice a week.

[Ebro]

See, I'm seeing now that's to balance out the chaos right there.

[Laura Styles]

Look. And it says a as unlikely bromance Blossoms. Yo, shut up, bro.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, that's.

[Ebro]

There you go.

[Laura Styles]

People still think the New York Post is actually real news.

[Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Laura Styles]

I mean, it just says that they're exchanging friendly, quote, unquote friendly.

[Ebro]

That's my point. As Rosenberg was just saying, Donald Trump likes to be cool. That's a part of the I'm still cool narrative. While I'm out here starting wars, literally, people in Venezuela are running. Listen. Militias are in the streets. They're blocking off road. They're running out American businesses and executives. I saw a report yesterday, the embassy was like, yo, if you are not Venezuelan, leave Venezuela.

[Rosenberg]

Well, listen, you better get your Venezuela talk in now because soon that we'll have no talk time for Venezuela when we're in the middle of war with Iran.

[Ebro]

Well, no, I mean. And Trump is. I think it's on Trump's Wikipedia. He's listed as the president of Venezuela.

[Laura Styles]

Is he really?

[Ebro]

I saw that. I don't know if it's real. I didn't Google it. I didn't Google it myself, but I saw somebody post that. I don't know if it's real. Could be AI. Who knows? All right, ladies and gentlemen, ERA Laura Rosenberg. Shout out to everybody in the chat early. I know we getting. It was on some. Lou confirmed it was. It was on Wikipedia.

[Rosenberg]

Yo, that's that. But that's. That doesn't mean anything. No, but he.

[Ebro]

It only happened because he said he was the acting president of Venezuela on Monday. Did you.

[Rosenberg]

Did you guys see that? The tweet yesterday, that came from that. I posted it on my Twitter. It came from an actual official account. I'm gonna read it to you. This is from an official account. Rapid Response 47. Have you guys look seen that account?

[Ebro]

No.

[Rosenberg]

Rapid Response 47 on Twitter. Official White House rapid response account supporting Otis Is America first agenda and holding the fake news accountable. MAGA. Whitehouse.gov following 61.3 million followers. Okay, super verified account. All right.

[Ebro]

What does that mean in these this day and age?

[Rosenberg]

It goes beyond. They don't even have a blue check. They have the, like. Now we're Official. Official check.

[Ebro]

Yeah, and we trust Elon, but keep going.

[Rosenberg]

I'm just saying it's a real account.

[Ebro]

This is.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, no, of course we don't generally, but this is real. And yesterday, when Tim Waltz was speaking and had some technical errors, they posted. Tampon is currently attempting to do a live, highly produced statewide address to condemn the enforcement of our immigration laws in Minnesota. But it's going so well. Laughing emoji. You're a loser at Governor Tim Walls, and you always will be. Just. Just resign in disgrace, you buffoon.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, wow.

[Rosenberg]

That's an official message from the White House.

[Ebro]

That's more flabbergasting than them using Nazi propaganda to you. No, I mean, it's all bad.

[Rosenberg]

No.

[Ebro]

Bad.

[Rosenberg]

No. The song. You mean the song that they use for the DHS commercial? I'd say that's more flabbergasting. But this is. It just.

[Ebro]

They're just.

[Rosenberg]

There's no. There's no bottom man. This is who people want their kids to be like. Like you. You talk to your kids and you like, that's the president we love. Look at them. This is how they operate. This.

[Ebro]

Yes, yes, yes. And I didn't realize that this was an actual thing until I was at some of Issa's flag football games, listening to how the parents talk in front of their children. Seeing children running around with flags, football flags in a sport that say Trump 2025 on the flags.

[Rosenberg]

Nah.

[Ebro]

Yes, it's a flag football. It's, by the way, girls flag football 10 and under. They have flags. The flags that you pulled.

[Rosenberg]

They give them special Trump flags.

[Ebro]

No, they went and bought them.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's how much so that they can.

[Ebro]

Run around and play football. Their children with flags to pull that say Trump 2025.

[Laura Styles]

That's crazy.

[Rosenberg]

Was it ever in a game Issa was playing, like her attitude. And did you tell her, if you grab one of those flags, throw it in their face?

[Laura Styles]

No, he can't do that. He cannot do that. Rosenberg.

[Ebro]

Well, I just. Here we are, blood in the water. I just don't think that's a good idea to have my daughter involved in. She knows.

[Rosenberg]

She knows what time it is. Is knows about fighting white supremacy.

[Ebro]

Listen, this is. See, this is. This is the problem. This is the problem. The problem is, is you have leftists like you who also want to do chaotic things like the. Right. That's the problem.

[Rosenberg]

I don't think that's. That's correct.

[Ebro]

Absolutely. You're. You're encouraging my 11 year old.

[Rosenberg]

No, That's. That's. I. Listen. I'm just saying. And this. She knows what time it is. You want to. You want to throw your politics in my face? I was already fighting people with politics at 10 and 11. It was. It was go time already.

[Laura Styles]

Nah, man, it's. It's different now. These people are crazy. No way.

[Ebro]

Laura, are you ready with the rundown and the lowdown today?

[Laura Styles]

Yes. Let's go, let's go, let's go. You got. You want to get into it right now? Because I'm excited. We have some good stuff.

[Ebro]

All right, you ready, Rosenberg? On your end?

[Laura Styles]

Come on, Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, you mean for the song. We still don't have an intro though, to the. All we have is, you know, this little, little bop.

[Ebro]

Oh, that's all we need. It's time for the rundown. And then maybe she'll get messy with the lowdown. Laura Styles on the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[Laura Styles]

Let's do this. All right. Well, J. Cole, the fall off is finally. Well, almost here has a release date. It jumps February 6th. But you can check out the music video for the first single just to check to out now. A lot of people are so excited about this. Do you guys have any inside information you want to share? Because I feel like you. Some of you might know.

[Rosenberg]

Not me.

[Ebro]

No, I think.

[Laura Styles]

Really?

[Ebro]

No, I think. Look, I think we have an. I heard about an album date, which I don't know if it's a public date.

[Laura Styles]

I just said February 6th. That's what's out there.

[Ebro]

Yeah. So I don't. But I don't know if that's the date that I heard. A different date. So I don't know.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Ebro]

But I'mma go with yours, Laura Styles. Okay.

[Laura Styles]

Because that's. That's what's out there. So that's what I. I went with. Okay.

[Ebro]

I. I reached out for us to even play the jcole video and song today. I don't know if that's a good idea on our YouTube live. But I. You know me, I'm all for breaking rules.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, but then they're gonna try to yank us off or something.

[Rosenberg]

It's every. It's everywhere. People go hear it themselves.

[Laura Styles]

Go, go, go find it. It's very easy to find. So go find it. I'd rather us tell them where to go than us.

[Ebro]

Oh, somewhere else. Okay, I got you.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, just, you know, when they're ready after the show. But yeah, excited. Listen, I saw a lot of people in the Internet tweets saying, I don't know if I care anymore.

[Ebro]

Wait, what?

[Laura Styles]

I have no respect for him.

[Ebro]

Nah, chill, chill.

[Laura Styles]

And then some people are like, I am so excited my favorite artist is back. I'm excited.

[Ebro]

A, I'm super excited. B, I love the song. And now in the video clip, I don't know if the actual single. Because I don't have the actual single. Does it end with the ma. Is. Does it end with the Mob Deep? The actual single?

[Rosenberg]

I don't know.

[Ebro]

Because at the end of the video, the beat changes.

[Rosenberg]

I don't know the. I just listened to the clip. I didn't see the video.

[Ebro]

Got it. Let's get a little bit more. But also want to point out that watching the video is very. He's remember the whole I let Nas down whole thing. And his fan people were like, you know, you let Nas down. And I guess I don't understand why people were irritated by that song so much when it came out. This song is basically reminiscent of NASA's song Rewind, where he's telling a story backwards.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's right. Because the opening bar, he talks about his. His child going back inside the mother and.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

The whole thing. It's a dope record, man. Anyone? I just want to say to anyone out there who would say they're done with J. Cole because of what happened in the button, Congratulations, you played nothing.

[Laura Styles]

We're just starting. He's giving us a sneak peek.

[Rosenberg]

Nah, it's just so lame, though. Like, in fact, I was going to give. I was actually going to give J. Cole credit and say Drake should learn something from J. Cole.

[Ebro]

Go away for a while, sit down.

[Rosenberg]

Which is J. Cole made a mistake. The mistake wasn't even close to the level of mistakes we've seen Drake made. And Ebro. All he did was go get quiet for a while, lock in, come back with some music. And with the exception of some douchebags, who cares Making comments on the Internet, J. Cole will be back and it's all good.

[Ebro]

Well, not only that, but you act like J. Cole's only appeal to hip hop and the hip hop fans is going at it with other MCs, which is a great songwriter.

[Laura Styles]

Right.

[Ebro]

And a hit maker.

[Rosenberg]

And that, that was the thing that I guess I found so irritating was that he was judged in this way of like, nah, you want to say you're one of the best, then you back out. I'm like, you're turning. Yes. Hip hop has a competitive spirit and a competitive lane. You're acting as if that's the defining quality to making a great artist is, are you here for the smok or. Nah. It's like, the most base way to break down. Hip hop don't do for any other genre whatsoever.

[Ebro]

It's lazy.

[Rosenberg]

Anyone. Does anyone think of, like, you know, many of the great rappers is all they're known for is their battling. Like, that's an absurd claim.

[Ebro]

Well, and not only that, but at the time when J. Cole decided, you know what, this battle thing ain't for me, I. You know, I stepped out. Let me step back. Let me take the song down. All of the things, right? I recall us at the time applauding him, to be honest. He knows what. He knew what was for him and what was not for him. It doesn't mean he didn't get the congratulations. You played yourself for jumping out there. But nonetheless, it was the right move.

[Laura Styles]

And he gave it to himself. He was like, this was a dumb thing to do. This was lame.

[Rosenberg]

And it aged great. It aged great. Think about how nasty it got after that.

[Ebro]

That's right. Guilt.

[Rosenberg]

He got out like, ooh, ooh. I thought we were sparring. O.

[Ebro]

There was. There was shooting. Yeah, we was flat boxing. Y' all got machetes out.

[Rosenberg]

I'm done.

[Laura Styles]

I just signed up for this.

[Rosenberg]

I don't. I don't dislike either of you guys. Go ahead and do your thing. Like, that was a smart move, whether a bunch of virgins on the Internet thought so or not.

[Ebro]

Well, you've been. You've been doing a lot of name calling today, bro.

[Rosenberg]

Guess what? You know everyone who's catching everyone who's catching it, whether it's the fat, sloppy pigs who's putting on the ice uniform, or whether it's the. Or whether it's the virgins who are mad at J. Cole. What do you. What's wrong with people, man?

[Ebro]

Now, do we know for sure that Schoolboy Q called jcole? Has that been. That claim substantiated that Schoolboy Q called J. Cole and was during this. During the battle?

[Rosenberg]

This was. This was at the. Wasn't it backstage at, like, Rolling Loud or something?

[Ebro]

I. I don't. Is that what it was?

[Rosenberg]

It was a.

[Ebro]

They saw each other, and Schoolboy Q was like, yo, my bro, fall back on this. Like this. This ain't.

[Rosenberg]

That was. That was always speculated.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Laura Styles]

I don't know if he's ever confirmed that that was a real thing.

[Ebro]

Got it.

[Rosenberg]

But if so, by the way, shout to Schoolboy Q. Shout to Schoolboy Q. And it's another it all. It does is legitimize all of it even more.

[Laura Styles]

He's a changed man. Schoolboy. Q, you got.

[Rosenberg]

You got involved in some ish. And then someone who knows better was like, yo, real quick, they're not slap boxing. This is about to get.

[Laura Styles]

There's weapons. There's weapons.

[Rosenberg]

And. And you know, Kendrick loves you. He doesn't want to. He don't want to take you out. Just. That was the warning I tried to get. Listen many people when. When Drake started playing around with the. Oh, are you coming outside yet? Let me get that. Let me get the AI.

[Ebro]

Who wants.

[Rosenberg]

Who wants a little from Drake? I was like, oh, I. I recommend. Leave the nerdy. Leave the nerdy boy from the west coast alone, because if he gets angry, he's a problem.

[Ebro]

So the other reason I'm excited about J. Cole being back just as a hip hop fan is because he's one of the. One of the greats is. It's early in 2026, right? It sets the year off of one of the stupid superstars of the game. It's great for the genre, it's great for the business. Great for everybody. The music's going to be phenomenal. The bars are going to be phenomenal.

[Rosenberg]

And.

[Ebro]

And this is. This is key. This is key. It further accentuates the difference between real hip hop superstars and people who are just have. Who are not there yet.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Ebro]

You know what I'm saying? Because we have a lot of, like, goat talk, legend talk, this talk, that talk. And I love when the real ones pull up and just show the difference, just because I think it's good for us, to all of us, me included, to remember the work put in by the greats versus people who are just not there yet. You haven't put in the time talk about it, or you don't have the skill. That's all. And that's not shade. That's just like, man, there. There's levels to this. Ish.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. And there are great artists in the genre who are like, at the top of the game, who've been doing it for a long time.

[Ebro]

J. Cole, one of them.

[Rosenberg]

Yo, does it blow your mind, Ebro, that I had a conversation with Rakim on one app a few weeks ago, and we were talking about the fact that, like, Ebro. Do you remember that gap between before Rakim came back with it's been a long time and the 18th letter? Do you remember? It was like, yo, man, Rakim, he's like, out the game. Is Rakim coming back? Is he gonna Drop again. There were like bootlegs. It was literally like your man was finished. And he was gone for a total of five years. Years between don't sweat the technique, right. And 18th letter people acted like he left Hip hop Yo Ebro. When he came back, he was 29 years old.

[Ebro]

Wow.

[Rosenberg]

Well, so Cardi was gone longer. Cardi was gone for seven.

[Ebro]

But she dropped singles, though. She did drop singles. She did drop singles. But I. But to that point of Rakim's age, which I think is important, and how it was perceived when he stepped away from the game for a second, we did not have the historical context at that time to even know where this hip hop thing was going. There wasn't. There was no Jay Z. There was no 55 year old. There was no Slick Rick coming back. There was no Nas.

[Rosenberg]

No.

[Ebro]

That owns a label and a distribution company and a marketing company and. And there's all this other business endeavors. And we had none of that, bro. So it was just.

[Rosenberg]

And the old heads at that time, the ones from the late 70s and early 80s, weren't really active.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

So it seemed like if you were gone at all, it was a wrap for you. And I think the only. The other real interesting factoid, as you mentioned, Jay Z and Rakim and age. How crazy is it that Jay Z is 56 and Rakim is 57?

[Ebro]

No, it's crazy.

[Laura Styles]

I know, I know.

[Rosenberg]

Daisy didn't get going until. Right. Until basically Rakim was about to make his. I'm coming back.

[Ebro]

Now, who's that cooler for? Who's that more amazing for? Well, I mean, I guess it's more amazing for Jay Z. Right. Because he has successfully kept himself relevant in so many ways that you perceive him as younger than.

[Rosenberg]

Than he is.

[Ebro]

Than he is. I guess, than he is.

[Rosenberg]

Or.

[Ebro]

Or the other way we perceive Rakim as older.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

Because of the area, the era that he came up with.

[Rosenberg]

Right. But then if you actually see Rakim or hear him talk, you're like, oh, yeah, no, he said that seems about mid-50s. That is what he seems like. But you feel like, oh, Rakim's got to be 65 years old. He's a legend. But no, I mean, he was out.

[Laura Styles]

Jay has just been consistent in our lives, you know what I mean? To like recently. But I mean, I mean, constantly here from Jay.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. He's never gone away. He's involved in so many things. But I really do believe, and I say this with respect to Rakim's team, like not just about Rakim, but other Artists as well. There are other. There's an opportunity, bro, like if you, if, if I were to try to walk away from running my yap, you know what I mean? And, and, and get involved.

[Ebro]

You like to talk too much. You just don't like to text early in the morning.

[Rosenberg]

Full circle for the week. You're right. But if I were to try to do that in another world, I, I feel like there's a real opportunity for people to step into the lives of some of our legends and manage them in a way that could totally change their career. Like, I, I really do think that some of our guys who are at the top, they can still perform. Some of them are better performers. They're like self realized people now and they're still amongst us and they're like iconic legends. I really think there's an opportunity for some of those people to do more and like be doing.

[Laura Styles]

Ll was trying to do that. His whole Rock the Bells movement, you.

[Rosenberg]

Know, I guess you're right. And he is. And he is like, I mean they're doing the cruise, they're doing different things. I just, I just. And Nas, and Nas too with the mass appeal stuff. So hopefully we'll see more of it because there are still so many of those guys. You're like, they're not old. Like they could still be outside doing stuff.

[Ebro]

Well, and I also think, unfortunately the problem is us. And by us, I mean the consumer. It's not them. You know, Redman and Method man, the Roots, Rakim, they tour. But it's like, was it last year you were, you were, you went, you unraveled. I damn near unraveled on the show. It was, it was a classic Rosenberg rant. I don't think about Rakim being at sobs.

[Laura Styles]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Ebro]

And you being like, what the f is going on? How come pey people don't know about it, People don't care about it. And how come what's happening? Why is one of the greats at.

[Laura Styles]

Sobs and why isn't it sold out.

[Rosenberg]

And why it didn't, it didn't feel completely sold out. Why did.

[Ebro]

So that's. By the way, I want to reiterate. That's on us.

[Rosenberg]

No, you're right. Why does wuang have to say it's our retirement tour, we're never doing this again. Which none of us believe order to have all this arena sellout. An arena tour from them should sell out every time. If they go out every three, four years like a classic rock band does, they should do arenas every time. It should sell out every time.

[Ebro]

That's how you.

[Rosenberg]

Legend, you're right. That is on us.

[Ebro]

And so what you're talking about where you're like, hey, there's a business here to go help, you know, these try to make it. Yeah. If people will buy tickets and go support.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. No, you're right. It's a mix of both. I do think there's a way to shine this, kind of shine these guys up a bit and make them a little bit more scarce and done in the right way. So they're outside, but they do the right things outside. I think there is a dope way to do it. But you're. But you're right. I think we're both right. There is also. It is a responsibility on us because Ebro, you'd be shocked. Some people, their attitude. You'll be like, oh, you hear the new Dayla? And they'll be like, oh, they still making music? And it's like, yeah, bro. They're like, again, these are now realized people who have done 10,000 hours.

[Ebro]

By the way, by the way, that new Daylight album, it's so good, man.

[Rosenberg]

No, it's. It's. It's bonkers, bro. It's how good it is.

[Ebro]

Laura, what's. What's your most listened to new hip hop album?

[Laura Styles]

No, because I've been heavy. I've been like heavy. Scissor heavy. Yeah, yeah, I know.

[Ebro]

You're part of the problem too, right now.

[Laura Styles]

Yes, as of right now.

[Ebro]

And everybody I wanted to document. I just want to. You're also a part of the problem.

[Laura Styles]

I am. Because lately I've been just heavy. R B heavy.

[Ebro]

Rosenberg, what's your most listened to new hip hop album?

[Rosenberg]

It's. It's probably the mass appeals. It was probably really. I. I love that. I loved. I love the Ghost face.

[Ebro]

No, no. Yeah. Laura, you're a part of the problem.

[Laura Styles]

Because the Slick Rick album was the last one that I really gave it a. You know what I mean? I really, like played it.

[Ebro]

If you're. If you're in the chat right now. If you're in the chat right now, put up your most listened to new hip hop album.

[Rosenberg]

The Chance album was great last year.

[Ebro]

Phenomenal.

[Rosenberg]

The DEA album was fantastic. I would say those are my most listened to albums. You know, I listen to a lot of records. I'm in dj.

[Ebro]

Yeah, I listen to a lot. I listen to a lot of singles. Yeah. I listen to this W album.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, Wale is Fire.

[Ebro]

Listen. God. The Chance album. The Wale album. I don't know if we consider clips new, but whatever. I still listen to that a lot.

[Rosenberg]

Clips are fantastic.

[Ebro]

The Daylight album, yo, the Nas DJ premiere album. I don't love how the album starts. Like, the first four or five, I'm kind of like, yo. But after that fifth track, I forget the name of it.

[Rosenberg]

You like where it lands? What? I'll be honest. It hasn't gotten the. The play for me it needs to get because.

[Ebro]

No, you gotta go back. Go back.

[Rosenberg]

The timing of it wasn't good. But to your point about the Wale, it may be. I think it's probably his best body of work, and he has a lot. It's. It's fantastic.

[Ebro]

And. And I'm so happy for him, man. I'm. I'm watching his ig, his socials, not. He's posting new videos. There's no. There's no negative talk. There's no, like. It's all positive. It's all celebration of Wale. My G's, yo, salute to Wale, bro.

[Rosenberg]

And did it all in spite of a horrible commander season. It was. I. I really appreciate this.

[Laura Styles]

All right, guys, this time the lowdown is packed, so wait, hold up.

[Ebro]

Satan, I need to speak to you. Satan, come to the front. The lowdown is Laura's going to hell.

[Rosenberg]

I'm going.

[Laura Styles]

Let's go.

[Rosenberg]

I'm here. I'm here, y'. All. Let's talk about it. What we doing? We doing it or no?

[Ebro]

Run the intro saying, oh, oh, oh.

[Rosenberg]

Sorry, my bad, my bad. It's time for the low down with the low down. Dirty, evil Laura Styles.

[Ebro]

Damn, you threw evil in there. I mean, I guess if you want to dance with the devil like Laura's doing in the segment, it is what it is. What you got, Laura.

[Laura Styles]

All right, guys. Oh, man. Well, first of all, real quick, Miami Gardens Police Department announced that they're searching for Javante Davis in connection with domestic violence.

[Ebro]

Oh, man.

[Laura Styles]

Kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment. Like, this is all. Oh, my God. It has to do with a. A woman who worked at a gentleman's club, and it's just a mess, so they're looking for him right now.

[Ebro]

Well, if you listen to our program a lot, you'll know that when I'm about to go out on a limb, I have a hot take.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, here we go. Hot take. Let me get it. Let me get this.

[Ebro]

Now, listen, when you. And you know this is not what you want.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, and I. And you talk about. You talk about what I said a few weeks ago. I need to come up with the catchphrase for this.

[Ebro]

It needs to go on a T shirt.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, no, because listen, this one needs to go to. We've been coming up with a lot of great stuff. I need one for this. The same thing that I said about Stefon Diggs. On a different level, when I've heard enough, at a certain point I just go, huh? Javante Davis, bro. Yeah, like him in some domestic thing with a woman. I'm not downplaying it at all. I'm just saying, like, yeah, bro, this not.

[Ebro]

Not what you're saying is not surprised. Unfortunately on brand.

[Rosenberg]

Unfortunately on brand. This is why you're never going to be the star that you should be. This is why you're never going to mean what you should mean.

[Ebro]

This is.

[Rosenberg]

This is why boxing can't seem to take a full step forward. And, you know, hopefully there's a. There's a whole new boxing company starting, Zufa. Hopefully that helps take things to a new place.

[Ebro]

But wait, what's it called?

[Rosenberg]

Zufa?

[Ebro]

Didn't we just come off something called Dazen?

[Laura Styles]

The Zone?

[Rosenberg]

The Zone. That's a channel that still exists?

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

Oh, yeah. What's up with these names, man?

[Laura Styles]

You know? All right, well, let's focus because there's more. All right?

[Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Ebro]

All right. Stay Lord. Staying in hell.

[Laura Styles]

Staying in hell. And get the F out of here. Ready? Rosenberg, because this one. So Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, they're reporting that he suffered internal bleeding to his torso after the incident. It's been confirmed by two U.S. officials that were briefed on his medical condition. They're saying that they can't give us. They can't disclose further details. But by the way, the videos from the scene showed him just walking away after the incident.

[Ebro]

Out of here.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. I don't know if I'm buying it.

[Laura Styles]

Do we trust it? Do we trust the sources? Hit the button.

[Rosenberg]

I mean, he didn't seem like he in the moment when he was so busy on saying effing. He. He wasn't busy being like, hey, I need some medical attention. I. I don't know. I. Sounds like a good story, though, for them, right?

[Ebro]

Well, listen, are these the same professionals that just tow the line for the White House? Are these same professionals that hopped on the microphones before Renee Good's body was even understood what happened to her? Her body was cold and called her an extremist. And called her an extremist. Are these. These is the same people?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I believe so. Ibrahim. Yeah. So I. I don't I don't have.

[Laura Styles]

Okay, so in other news. So there was a concert that was announced and called Rock the Country Celebration.

[Ebro]

Now, this ain't even in the lowdown. This was supposed to be congratulations, but.

[Laura Styles]

It'S low because somebody I really like is getting dragged to hell. He deserves it. So, yes, the concert has been officially announced. Rock the country celebrating 250 years of freedom. Stars crazy with kids. Rock, Blake Shelton. And then as you start going, wait a second. That's Nelly. We already know where.

[Ebro]

Well, Nelly. Nelly. We already knew our last conversation at the old plantation with Nelly. When we dealt with the. When we talked about Trump and his alignment with maga, you could tell where he was at.

[Rosenberg]

Well, I, I, I'm. Again, I'm not. I don't think he showed his alignment. I think he showed. He doesn't care that much, you know, and was playing the middle, doing the dances.

[Ebro]

Some would say, well, guess what? Hit the music.

[Rosenberg]

Wait, wait, hold on, hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on. Just a couple questions.

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

Is the event, like, run by Kid Rock, or is he just all. Is he one of the. I saw his name listed first.

[Laura Styles]

Yes. So the very first one. I don't know.

[Rosenberg]

Okay. I'm just curious to who's behind the event.

[Laura Styles]

Okay, well, the person that was being dragged was Ludicrous.

[Rosenberg]

They're like, congratulations, you played yourself.

[Laura Styles]

You Leonard Skynyrd. I understand why I would be there, but Luda, oh, man. So, yes, ludicrous was trending for all the wrong reasons yesterday. People are really upset.

[Rosenberg]

No, it is his music festival.

[Ebro]

It's Kid Rocks.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, Kid Rocks. Massive.

[Ebro]

Yo, put my dancing music.

[Rosenberg]

Hold on. First. So first of all, congratulations.

[Ebro]

You played yourself.

[Rosenberg]

And second of all.

[Ebro]

For the bag, Luda. That's what we doing.

[Laura Styles]

I don't want to do it.

[Ebro]

Now that.

[Rosenberg]

Hey.

[Ebro]

Dancing for the bag shoulder. Shimmy on.

[Rosenberg]

Laura's doing the finger bang.

[Ebro]

Oh, listen. That's where the tip go up, baby.

[Rosenberg]

Trying to get.

[Ebro]

Now, listen, now, listen, listen, listen, Luna, you have plenty time. You have plenty of time to get off the dance floor. Maybe an agent threw your name on a poster. You didn't know. Maybe crack. You didn't know. There's still a chance for you to. Still a chance. Still a chance, Ludo. Now, Nelly is not giving up that bag.

[Laura Styles]

No, he don't care.

[Ebro]

You know why? Put my dancing music on. Oh, oh. Play the mushy middle, huh, Nelly? The mushy middle. Nice and comfy in the middle. Don't want to side. Oh, Move the dance for the bag. Don't want to do this for the best.

[Rosenberg]

Now, listen. Yeah, hold on. Listen, hold on. Listen, guys, I. I have three minutes today, so I am at 9 o'.

[Laura Styles]

Clock.

[Rosenberg]

I have to leave for MJ's birthday. I'm not messing around with y'.

[Ebro]

All.

[Rosenberg]

I'm sorry.

[Laura Styles]

Okay?

[Rosenberg]

Just know it's over. An entire plan has to be executed on time. When the baby walks out of the room for the first moment of her first birthday.

[Ebro]

Are you catching it on film? It didn't happen.

[Rosenberg]

If it don't hit the gram, bro, I only. I have to do work because she's the one filming it and I have to do the.

[Laura Styles]

You know, you're Lion King. You're going to bring her out.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. That. That would. That would have me in the video. I'm literally opening the door and getting out of the shot. I think that's my job.

[Ebro]

Well, and. And by the way, when we're up here and we're saying doing the dance, everybody has to do some form of dance. And there's levels to these dances. Rosenberg, hit the music, baby. Dance for your daughter today. Make, keep, keep love and happiness in the house. You better get out there and do that dance, baby.

[Rosenberg]

I got two minutes on the dock. Hey, last.

[Ebro]

Everybody gotta do the dance.

[Rosenberg]

I was yesterday. I was building hats for stuffed animals.

[Laura Styles]

I love it.

[Rosenberg]

Filling balloons.

[Laura Styles]

I love it. Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

But real quick, I just want to remind Nelly and Ludacris and Luda. I love Nelly and Ludacris. I really, I really do like this. I'm not saying that to facetiously so then I can take a shot at you. Think better of this. Think better. Have you go look up the things Kid Rock has specifically said. Please read the interview. When he started screaming all types of racial epithets, was holding his gun. Please read the things he said about Beyonce before. Please actually go. Because it's Kid Rocks Festival. It says in Michigan. I'm not going to be silly and make fun. I'm going to ask respectfully, two people who I really enjoy. Ludacris and Nelly. Go do the research. Is the bag worth it now?

[Ebro]

Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

[Laura Styles]

Yes. So that's it.

[Ebro]

If Luda doesn't pull out at his festival. Stay tuned. We'll be back to Rosenberg because he'll have some things to say.

[Rosenberg]

You think, well, I'm threatening.

[Ebro]

Yes. It feels like a threat.

[Rosenberg]

Or else.

[Laura Styles]

All right, that's the end of the lowdown, guys. I do have a special announcement, though.

[Ebro]

Okay, well, you know, we're not going to be able to get to the OGs then, because most folks leaving. If you get into your special announcement.

[Rosenberg]

You guys can do it without me, but I can't. I told her 9 o' clock on the dot. I'm keeping it today. Gave us one hour, one full hour. Not shortening my show, but I was like, I'll be there for you at nine. I got you. And I saw her go in the room recently.

[Ebro]

Well, and this is the same woman, by the way, who's. Who's holding him to this 9 o', clock. Who last night was texting me how much she loved the show and how successful it is. Oh, she loves and even gave Laura's dance a finger bank. I mean, a name called finger bank.

[Rosenberg]

The last text message I just got to about me coming to the room to help her says, do not got my decorations.

[Laura Styles]

Okay, Got it.

[Rahsaan]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

All right. Just really quick announcement. Announcement.

[Laura Styles]

We have. We've had a lot of plans. We have plans. We're executing such plans. Right?

[Ebro]

Okay.

[Laura Styles]

And we did it. We delivered. You guys asked for merch. It's official. Our first drop is on and popping. Go to ebralora rosenbergshow.com wow. Right now. Blood in the water.

[Rahsaan]

Tease.

[Rosenberg]

Wait. Nah. You lying.

[Laura Styles]

Officially ready to copy.

[Rosenberg]

Ebro Laura Rosenberg, show dot com.

[Ebro]

Show show.

[Laura Styles]

Ebro Laura Rosenberg show dot com.

[Ebro]

Wow.

[Laura Styles]

Pop your tees. I'm so excited. They look fire.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. So fire. So, yo, shout out to my guy, Chase, super, super dope designer. All see. All see. Even on Instagram, all letter C, E, V, E, N. Oh, wow.

[Laura Styles]

And shout to no company also for hooking us up, holding us down.

[Rosenberg]

Yo, this the dollar. Yeah. Shots to no company. And Rick, this is a. This is a gorgeous product. I hope you love it. It's only going to be available for a limited time, and then it'll be gone. This is just our first little drop for the people, for those of us who were with us when the blood was in the water. You know what I mean? It's for you.

[Ebro]

Are you saying the blood's out of water? Water's been clear.

[Rosenberg]

I'm just saying this is the blood in the water era of the show.

[Ebro]

Got it. Here we are. It's blood in the water, meaning the shark. The sharks are circling. They're waiting to eat. They're waiting to eat our corpses. They're waiting for our dead bodies to sink.

[Rosenberg]

Well, okay.

[Ebro]

So that they could.

[Laura Styles]

All right, all right. Well, let's. Let's. Let's wrap Happy Birthday, Maya.

[Rosenberg]

Happy birthday.

[Ebro]

Listen, it should be noted from here on out, that's right, my niece, M.J. maya Rosenberg shares a birthday with Martin Luther King Jr. For the day.

[Laura Styles]

That's right.

[Rosenberg]

Not to the day. Happy birthday, Martin Luther King. Happy birthday, baby. MJ1. One year of this amazing little human. You know, she is, she is a cool little kid, man. Her, even at one year old, her vibe, Maya's vibe is a vibe. She is, she is a vibe. So I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go try to not mess this thing up, all right?

[Ebro]

You could bounce.

[Rosenberg]

All right, so get out.

[Ebro]

Get out of here. Listen, and for everybody else out there, we'll be back tomorrow. The OGs will be back tomorrow. We'll get to the original gurus. Also, we have the. What is it called? Family matters Fridays and Friday freedom.

[Laura Styles]

That's right.

[Ebro]

All of that will be available tomorrow on the program. And yeah, man, we appreciate all of you. The ERO Laura Rosenberg show. Subscribe, share, check out the merch. And let's salute Laura Stiles, the merch manager. Delivering on our plans early in the game.

[Laura Styles]

There'll be more. I have some exciting ideas. So we'll be sharing all of that. But please, like Ebro said, go to Apple Podcasts. Give us a little five stars. Leave a comment and just tell a friend. Subscribe. Love you guys. Bye.

[Ebro]

Just don't call it a podcast.

[Rosenberg]

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