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Hey y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa and this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. We got a lot to talk about. We got some chairmans and some things to discuss. Let's get right on into the news today. So hopping right on into the latest, you guys might have seen the interview that we did at the Breakfast Club with Dame Dash. And I mean, yeah, I don't. I. I was going to try and describe it or, like, sum it up real quick before I kind of get into, you know, my reaction to it. And this right here is like, you know, we only got but so much time here at the podcast. You know, it's quick news bites. The latest with Lauren. The Rosa is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. So make sure you follow me on social media. Lauren LaRosa. Everywhere. That's L O R E and L O R O S A everywhere. Because I'll be keeping you updated, you know, as this story develops and other things. We covered a ton of other things as well. I'll be doing a bit more reactionary things because there are some funny parts of the interview that I wanted to react to that I just thought were funny as a person that was in the room. So. Okay, let me just give some background context of this interview. Dame Dash at the Breakfast Club. So you guys know I come from tmz. I was, you know, at TMZ for some years. A part of what you do in any newsroom as a journalist is you develop contacts. When you develop contacts, it's normally because these are people that you have been working with that you've been reporting on. A lot of times, you know, you're not speaking to them directly. So I have so much. I have so many strong relationships with publicists and managers and that whole thing, agents. But a lot of times, you know, there are different influencers, celebrities who speak directly for themselves. Dame Dash is one of those people. So I begin, you know, having conversations via work with Dame back at tmz. And it was solely just, hey, this story is about to be posted, you know, because it was a lot of conversations around, like, money and his finances and things like that. And like, we see Dame Dash today and like, you know, there's all the. The boss jokes and all the things. But I think everybody at some point looked at Dame Dash and, you know, we all know the history, we all know the story, right? So for me, coming into a newsroom where know, it's not hip hop focused, but, you know, being a black person in the newsroom, that isn't There's a lot of stories and a lot of times where, you know, things are happening. And I would be the person to reach out to anything in relation to hip hop because I was the black girl in the newsroom. Right? Hate that title. But it was the truth. It was the honest truth. Like, I mean, I was there. Shout out to Trent, who is TMZ hip hop right now. Raquel and Van were there before me and were there while I was there and ended up leaving. But I say all this to say there, I had a. I built a working relationship with Dame Dash in that way solely just, hey, here's the news that's about to drop. Let me know if you want to respond now from that. You know, when I decided to venture out on my own and do my thing via Bronco Grinding and social media, same thing I keep whether they're brand new contacts at this point or, you know, these are people that, because a lot of people too, I was working with prior to being at tmz, but when I got there, I was in conversation with them more because I'm doing more news things, right? But whether it's a contact that I was working with there, somebody that I deal with because I met them in this new space at the Breakfast Club and, you know, doing the things I do on my own independently with Bronco Grinding and the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, I'm always going to reach out to you. So I do that with Dame often. And, and if you've listened to this podcast, if you've watched the Breakfast Club, you know that anytime I report on anything, Dame Dash, especially because a lot of this stuff, you know, I feel like when it comes up, we know what the conversation is. We know the jokes that come. I'm always, you know, I've been trained to always, as best as I can and as accurately as I can, present both sides of the story. Sometimes you have it where people don't want to talk to you. Sometimes you have it where, you know, people want to go to another outlet, whatever the case may be. But when I can do it in a perfect world, I'm talking to both sides and I let people know, hey, transparently, I'm reaching out to both sides, even on this. When this Dame Dash interview dropped and Dame Dash claimed several things that he was, you know, going to be the new chairman of Revolt, that he was going to use what he's doing with putting content on Revolt right now and being the chairman to then acquire Revolt at some point when he talked about Being in a previous conversation about acquiring bet, the bankruptcy stuff, I let him know, hey, these people, you know, that we're being told that this stuff is not true. Anytime I've worked with him, it's always been very apparent. A lot of times I come to him like, yo, sometimes I can't always disclose who I spoke to. I spoke to whoever. Here's the fact of the. Of the matter. There's been times where Dame has pushed back on me and said things like he's told me things weren't true or he's pushed back on me. I remember one time he said to me, I thought you had. No, he said, you're normally better than that. I thought you go directly to the paperwork, the documents. Because as much as I can, I don't want to rely on nobody to tell me nothing. I want to go and get it myself. So if I can get online and pull court docs or, you know, reach out to a network directly or whatever I can do, I'm always going to try and do that. And I had to, you know, in that moment when he tried to push back in that way on something different, I said, oh, it's in the court docs. I can send it to you. Send some docs, whatever. We talk through it. So that's been said. This is not my first time interacting with Dane, but this is my first time being in a room during an interview. And I will say I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready. I mean, I knew, you know, I mean, like, I know Damien's entertainment like that. That's just what it is. He knows what to do, how to do it, how to talk, how to. He. He know how to get the people going. But I did think that at some point the conversation would get constructive. And I think we did try and get like, you know, our few constructive, like, solid, real questions in. But, baby, was I not ready? So let's get to what Dame is throwing my way right now. As we're filming right now, all of the reaction and the fallout from the Dame Dash interview is happening. So I got people hitting me from everywhere and different, you know, things that were mentioned. And, you know, because what people don't understand is that no brand or no business wants to have anything not correct surrounding their brand or their business. When you're a brand or you're a business, you're in the business of narrative. So Dame Dash came on the Breakfast Club and he said these things.

Dame Dash (9:25)

I'm now the chairman of Revolt right now. And I also, I have 50 deserve to be the chairman of Revolt. I got you. So I'm now the chairman of Revolt with a pathway, you see, because he wants to trigger me and I want you to acknowledge that. So I'm now Cam's boss, the chairman of Revolt with a pathway to acquisition. I've been trying to buy notice, not Cap. We can't see this on deadline. Can you stop yelling? Can you stop interrupting me, please? Deadline wasn't. Didn't make the announcement for this particular situation. They didn't want to. I had an announcement I was going to make with bt, but Paramount stepped in and they said, do it later. And they didn't want to be a part of this mess. It will be in something, you know, this gets played tomorrow, so the announcement will be in the trades tomorrow. I've been trying to buy Revolt and I also just did a 25 episode deal for my podcast for Bosses Take Losses, and I'm putting all my content on Revolt.

Lauren LaRosa (10:19)

Now. Once this was posted, a source close to BET got back to me and said, completely not true. Dame Dash has never been in conversations about acquiring bet. I hit Dame Dash and I say, hey, look, just letting you know, I spoke to a source close to BET who was telling me you were never in conversation to acquire bet. I then let him know before I posted any statement, before anything, Revolt Television is saying that you being chairman is not true. And I think they're going to make a statement now. Time went by. We're still fully filming the Breakfast Club, right? So time went by because I. I don't like the whole you're lying. Which, I mean, I'm not tripping. People do this all the time. Like, this is when you want your narrative to go, you want your narrative go. That's not my thing. But what I do always want to provide is clarity, information, and valid sources. And that is what I do. So this is what you're watching right now. So again, I let Dame Dash know, hey, Revolt TV just said this to me. I'm letting you know. And I'm also. I also asked him, let me know if you would like to say something in response so that when I post Revolt Television telling me that you are not chairman, I can also say, and here's Dame Dash's response to that. Fair enough. So. So they both can get picked up at the same time. Fair enough. Basically, he said that was bs. He said it was BS to the BET situation. He said that he had proof that he could show me. He said he had to facetime me to show me the proof. I told him, like, look, just send me whatever proof you have. I'm willing to look at it and go through it. And I always update with both sides of the story. I don't have a dog in a fight here. Like, you know, my job is to just tell the story and to do it in a way that is factual and that provides some clarity. He was insisting that I facetimed him in order to clear that up, which at the time too, we're still filming the show. Filming the show, so I can't do. So I let him know what the statement was going to be. So then it went from him being the chairman to him saying to me, oh, I'm the chairman for the month. And he posted on his Instagram first he posted to Charlemagne. He said, charlemagne, I would advise you not to make up phony sources without real names saying that anything I said was not true. True or we will have a legal problem. Do not try to compromise my reputation. I have proof to support everything I say that will stand up in any court. Then he posted my tweet, which again I text him long before I posted this tweet to let him know that this is what was being said and give him opportunity to either respond to counter to anything. Dame Dash post my tweet and he says, here goes the I'm the chairman for the month. If I acquire I will be official chairman. Please stop playing with words. Just take that L Then he posted a Vibe article and mind you remember in our interview we asked because he said things are not real unless deadline or, you know, something like that announces it. And we asked would there be anything announced? Because he was making all these announcements on the Breakfast Club. Would there be anything announced in any of in deadline or anywhere else? And he's like, no, Deadline didn't want to do the story right. So then this Vibe article pops up and the Vibe article says, Dame Dash, name Revolt TV Chairman unveils my my paid in Full docu series trailer. Right Same. And the Vibe article continues. Damon Dash has been named chairman of Revolt tv, a position the entrepreneur and executive were helm for the duration of one month. On Tuesday, September 16, the 54 year old in the network announced the appointment, which is effective immediately. And we'll see Dash bringing content from his own platform, American New Network, to Revolt tv. In addition to his duties as chairman, Dash's partnership with Revolt TV includes simulcasting 25 episodes of Dash's podcast, Bosses Take Losses, hosted by the mogul himself. Revolt TV will also stream a significant portion of Dash's catalog on the platform, including but not limited to his forthcoming docuseries, My Paid in Full. The project will be driven from Dash's personal perspective of the Paid in Full era and spotlight various figures who were present during the event that were depicted in the 2002 film, which Dash spearheaded. And then there are some quotes here about the the Paid in Full doc and all the stuff. So then Dame Dash post the Bosses Take Losses trailer, which he says is with Revolt via the America New network. Now, granted, all of this time has went by and Revolt still has not said anything. Revolt has, besides what they said to me, which is that Dane Dash is not the chairman. And I want to make it clear because Dame Dash said I was twisting his words. Let's listen to the words that he said out of his mouth. Do you hear the words that are coming out of my mouth? I heard him. Let's take a listen.

Dame Dash (14:54)

You understand what I'm. I wanted y' all to bomb on me because I knew all these announcements were coming to anybody else makes an announcement, they're great. But if Dame Dash. Oh, it's a little thing. Oh, you're not the chairman like I am. I'm about to buy this. You understand what I'm saying? I don't play. I've been trying to buy Revolt for two years. I tried to buy bet. I just play a different game. See, the game I play, you don't make money. Every day you get licks. It takes 10 years to make a company and sell it. You have to have ebitda. You sold by a multiple.

Lauren LaRosa (15:20)

And then as things progress, Dane changed what he said in the Breakfast Club interview in text and said for a month, as far as I know. And when I talked to Revolt, I said chairman. At all? At all. At any point, they said no. They doubled down. No. The one month, the anything, no. And at first the conversation was, he's chairman. And then when the Vibe article dropped, he leaned into for a month. Now, granted, I don't know if maybe, you know, there was some sort of, like, here's what they were trying to make happen or whatever, but my source, who is leading narrative for Revolt Television, it says it's not happening. Not only do they say it's not happening, they also say it's not even happening for a month. That is, there's nothing locked in at this moment. At this point, I am dumbfounded with, like, why we are even here. Like, what is happening? I'm very confused. I am extremely confused. And I think one of My biggest things, too, is just if you were. If you are looking to do business and Dane does business, like, you know, that's his thing. Another one of my things, too is. Is like, you know, I think with the whole bankruptcy thing, and when Dame said we don't understand bankruptcy because we don't file for it, I don't think that that's a black people thing. I think there is, you know, financial, like, literacy needed in our community. I know that I used to work for a credit bank, but I think people in general, unless you've done a certain amount of business or you've been in a certain amount of debt, not even from business, just from life, you don't understand what a bankruptcy is and how it works, but most everyday people do not. So right now, you're in the interview and you're speaking on what you have, what you don't have, and you freshly just told a judge, I only got a little over $4,000 to my name. I can't afford to pay this debt. I wouldn't be no interview talking about nothing, not a thing. They'd be like, you broke. Whoop, they do. You ain't got no money, Dame. If I was Dame Dash, you couldn't pay me to get on the platform and talk about my finances right now. Because if, you know, everything clears through this bankruptcy, which is the goal. I mean, he does make out at least back at, you know, in the clear, where he can. Like he talked about in the Breakfast Club interview, he can then go on to do whatever it is he plans to do, and he's doing it without all of this debt that has come on his back. I get that. But it's not smart to sit and talk about what you have while telling a judge in a court document that you don't have it. Why would you not think that somebody would try and use that against you? Like the attorney who is. They're pushing back, y'. All. The. The morning that Dame Dash came to the Breakfast Club, I received a document that was filed by Chris Brown just about them pushing back on the bankruptcy filing because they don't believe that Dame Dash is telling the trut truth in the filing for several different reasons. They bring up addresses that they say, you know, are fraudulent that are listed in his bankruptcy filing. They bring up, you know, you know, the. The what he says he has, and they believe that he has more. I would just be being so careful. And. And again, this is just me explaining my side of things at this point, because Dame trying to take me to the cleaners as a liar and all these things. But I will say Dame Dash knows because. And that's why I explained what my working relationship is. Anytime I'm working on a story and I'm working with these sources and I'm, you know, doing all the things, whether I can say someone's name on record or not, I go about the process the same way. I'm reaching out to all parties involved all the time, talking to them, trying to understand, trying to get context, trying to understand what the color of the situation is. So that as I'm providing information, I'm providing it in a way that tells the whole story. Because I think that's important. Especially when I would never want to be the reason that a Dane Dash can't go do a business deal if that's what he's really doing. I would never want to be. I don't care how much you laugh, you joke, you whatever, nobody feels good being the reason why somebody can't go and do something that they are set out to do that will help feed their family ever. So I never want to be that person. But one thing I'm not is a liar. And it's very convenient that I'm a liar right now. But when Dame needs to feed the streets with his music or, you know, his side of the story, I'm good at what I do. It's all love. Still, I mean, I guess I don't know. This interview got me confused as hell. If you have not watched at this point, please go take a very sit down, you know, pour you some wine, turn the lights down low and watch Dane Dash on the Breakfast Club. The most recent interview that we did because, baby, it is some things and there. And I am, I'm. I'm just very confused. I am extremely confused. I don't know why, why stir a pot this way for no reason. I just don't get it. Listen, this is the latest with Lauren, the Rosa. And at the end of the day, there's always a lot to talk about. Y' all could be anywhere with anybody talking about it, but you guys choose to be right here with me every single episode. I appreciate you guys for my low riders. Keep on tuning in. Keep telling a friend to tell a friend that this is exactly where they need to be for just listen. Exclusives, first hand takes on pop culture, entertainment news and all of the conversations that shake the room. I'll see you guys in my next episode.

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