The Breakfast Club - Black Entertainment Exclusive Tea (Loren Interviews Kandi Burress, Wallo and Gillie and Ciara at BET Media Room)

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

Loren LaRosa is making her rounds at the BET Awards Media Room where she got to interview Kandi Burress on her latest Broadway show and even got her reaction when asked about Kenya and RHOA. Also, Loren had friendly discuss with the uncs Wallo and Gillie about maintaining her focus as she glows up, following a fun interview with Ciara discuss her new move to the "Big Apple" NYC!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart podcast. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You hear that excursion? You know if you don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey y'all, it's Lauren LaRosa and this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. As I always tell you guys, this show is, it keeps you up to date. Everything pop culture, entertainment news,

I'm your daily dig into all the things, right? And all the conversations that shake the room. But if we are doing a behind the scenes at a grind check-in like we normally do, Lowrider. Back, back, back on the grind. Grinding. I've talked enough for the week, but we're here in LA, we've had a really, really great past two days in the media room for the BET awards.

They're celebrating 25 years of 106 in part and some iconic moments and was on the show. So there was so many amazing talent names that we got to speak to via the radio room or the media room for Breakfast Club and for the podcast. Just want to get into some of you know, those interviews and the radio room or the media room for Breakfast Club and for the podcast. Just want to get into some of, you know, those interviews and those conversations because bringing y'all the latest means I'm right there.

It's happening in real time. And that is exactly what we did. So let's take a listen. I got done with Gilly and Wallow from Million Dollars With a Game. And Gilly's daughter, New York, LA, who was a music artist, we talked about her career, but we also got into the fact that Wilo done said, I don't take my job seriously

as a journalist. So y'all know I had to ask him, well, why you feel like that? And I got the family with me. You got Gilly, Wilo. What's going on? Tell the people what you have going on right now. I want to throw it to you first, because I've been following

you for some time on social media. This is my first time meeting you in person. But I am so proud of you as a music artist. As a female music artist, it is so different for a rap woman to break through and you have such a cool audience. Thank you. Talk to the people a bit about your music, where you are right now and just being here at the awards with you know, dad and aunt. The whole process has been really like fun. I'm working on dropping my debut album in July called Rain On My Parade. And I'm dropping a fire single next week with my brother Hitmaker called Bad Luck.

So when you talk about working on your debut album, is it a little bit more nerve-wracking to just dropping songs and kind of filling out your audience, putting together that actual project? Is it pressure? I feel like it's really been fun more than anything I when I first started dropping music I dropped two EPs in the alternative and like R&B realms so I feel like that's like helped me to like gauge like really like what my fans want to hear. Yes well let's talk about the alternative space and then I'm gonna

take it out here to you guys because also too what I love to see is is the fact that they push you. Y'all are like, she don't even need promotion. Y'all are walking billboards for her everywhere that you guys are even if she's not there. But being in an alternative space also too as a black female artist, people are, I don't even think they're understanding it, but they're trying to now. Do you feel that turning point of like people understanding what you're doing, your aesthetic, your music, how you feel to your absolutely absolutely as I've been like building my catalog and

really like showcasing my art and what I'm about absolutely I feel like it's translating really well I mean got you now Gilly Wala congratulations thank you on everything always congratulations to you I see your podcast you got a million streams like yeah congratulations to you I watch anything I mean watching you. I'm watching your streams like. Yeah. Go with. Congratulations to you. I watch anything. Talk to me. I mean, you you you you court TV now. You every you everywhere. How am I going?

Cuz I heard you said I wasn't taking it serious. Listen, man. I what I did. Uh you know, I'm gonna talk about that. Yeah. Cuz we're gonna talk about that. Yeah, I'll be waiting. I gotta make sure. You know, I'm real strategic and I understand

um I understand deals. I understand who watching and who not. Yeah. So, I understand social posts. So So you gotta be on point cuz you never know who your next partner might be Well, let me tell you something if he said you wasn't taking it serious, you know what that showed me What he little spark up under you? Yeah, no because I think for what I do I think a lot of people don't understand that like I come from TMZ and I come from this journalist background, but I also do come from the world of the internet.

That's why what you're doing, I'll be like, yo, she's so fire because you have a way of appealing to your audience that a lot of artists aren't doing. I'm a journalist, but I'm doing it in a way that people don't even understand. People literally don't understand my trajectory. They don't understand the fact that I have a personality, but I'm also, I care about the facts. I care about good conversation. So a little bit of it, I was like, why Waldo giving me the old hit in hip hop talk

that don't understand the Tmr? No, no, no, that's the whole thing. Now you, if anybody know, you know me and Gil understand culture now and in tomorrow. That's why we be destroying it out here. Yes. I'm giving it to you on a tip like, I'm gonna give it to you more often the offer here

Yeah, but I understand you talking to the people that got the big money the biggest money out here Yes, whereas though we know the deals I understand what's important in the polls and what's not and it's like sometimes you got this you got it You got to keep the main thing the main thing I get you and that's the one that's really gonna take you to the next Level yeah, sometimes the other stuff on the side be cool But it's like that ain't why they gonna give you 10 million and 15 million Yeah, so that's what I'm more on focus on that the work is all that but sometimes it'd be the extra stuff They'd be like that's not necessary focus on this

It's all love though. Y'all know Gilly Wallow. They they family at you know, first of all, New York LA Who is Gilly's daughter? She is dope Please make sure you guys go and follow her. Her sound, her aesthetic, everything is fire. But y'all know Gilly and Wallow, our family, is very much giving an unk energy. So as I mentioned in the interview, I don't take anything personal. It's more so of like I understand it's all love. And I think people are just very protective of the space that I'm in right now and want to see me doing well. And I appreciate the feedback. I get it all day long from people I respect. And I appreciate just being in a space

that have people want to pour into me in that way. Now I talked to Candy Burz, the Candy Burz. We got into some things. We talked about Othello on Broadway because my girl as a producer is just doing things that are so much bigger than I think what people give her credit for. Now, we also talked about the fact

that the thing that made Kenya not be able to appear on the show in the first place, those photos, Britt Eady, who the photos were allegedly of, came out and said the photos weren't even her. And she dropped the $20 million lawsuit against Bravo because of that. Let's take a listen to Kandee and her reaction. Let's talk, Othello. Let me say thank you to every single person that bought a

ticket and helped us break records. Okay. Tomorrow is our last show on Broadway so we finish our run tomorrow and it's so crazy because everybody's like oh my god you know y'all gotta bring it back but we knew when we started it that it was going to be a limited run. And I'm just thankful to be a part of it, okay? To be able to say, you know, I was a producer on a show that starred

at Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal is like amazing. And it's Broadway, that's like, for a lot of people, people are probably wondering like how did you even get into that conversation because people may think it's out of your wheelhouse but that is such an epic thing for a person who's been on screen performing right like yeah so my career has you know led up to this point um my first one was Thoughts of a Colored Man and that was when Broadway was like first coming back uh open after the pandemic and I mean well it was during the pandemic. So that was the first one and then we did the piano lesson and we really started setting

records and setting, you know, showing that shows that was starred black actors directed by a black female director had a Black producing team that we could still sell tickets and really, because at that time Piano Lesson was really selling crazy amount of tickets as well. And I think that was like the problem prior to people were scared to invest in shows that start all, you know, Black talent. Another big part of your life for so long was Real Hot Swagz of Atlanta. Mm-hmm. I did 14 seasons straight.

I know looking at this season, you happy you stepped away? Yes. Well, they recently came out that, first of all, Kenya being let go from the show for the rest of that season, that those photos that they allegedly took. Which I was upset about. Yeah, you had talked about the fact that you felt like the network doesn't protect their talent, but now we're finding out that the photos weren't even Britney. Britney posted the statement saying that she was not in those photos and that she sued,

she dropped a suit against Bravo because of the stress that it put her through because they allegedly were supposed to have done this investigation. I'm so confused how that happens. I'm confused too. I don't know. I wasn't there. But like, what do you get? I mean, it's like if you're looking at a photo, you can tell whether it is or isn't a person, right? Well, I mean, my thing is, like, everything changed because I thought at one point they were trying to say she was underage in the in the photos So how did they know that if the photo wasn't even her?

So who came up with that when remember they was trying to really come down heavy on Kenya They was trying to say you know that she put these photos out which was inappropriate And then they was like and at one point they were trying to say and she was underage at the time and I'm like well Who says she was that age then if that wasn't her in the photos? There's been a lot. I don't know. My thing is I went there, I'm glad I went there. And my name Bennett, I ain't in it.

And we can move right along. Y'all know I love a good housewives conversation. And I actually got to meet Kelly in person in the media room and she is a doll in person. She's actually a lot shorter than I thought she would be. And Shemia, finally met Shemia in person as well too. Shemia said she wants to come here and do the podcast. Did not know Shemia is a radio girlie.

She was there doing the media room as well, doing some interviews and stuff. So she wants to come and break down some topics on the podcast. So we'll get our girl on to. But in other news, the latest, if y'all don't know, Russell Wilson has brought his family to New York because he is playing for the Giants now. And I actually got to talk to Sierra about what that move to New

York has been like for her and the family. Yeah, we live in New York now. Yeah, we do. What has that adjustment been like for you? Oh my gosh, New York. What up? Listen, I love New York The culture the people the food It's amazing. Like my dad's from New York. Got you. I didn't know that. Yeah, so I've always had an appreciation for the city I used to honestly be like New York is kind of overwhelming Cuz I'm from Atlanta and I'm like a lot of people feel like that It's dirty like all these things but then I'm like now that I'm like, it's dirty, like all these things. But then I'm like, now that I'm older, I appreciate everything that you should appreciate about the city from my perspective.

And I'm excited for our new chapter in New York. I love the people. I love the accent. I love the culture. I just love I'm excited. What's your favorite dish? Are you eating the you know, bacon, egg and cheese from the bodega? I actually had someone gift me a bacon egg and cheese sandwich I was like oh this kind of interesting. They well they gave it to me it's like a warming kind of moment but I said I don't know which bodega you went to. No but I am the pizza the big cheese pizzas my big slices my kids wanted me to take them. So we did that already. And I love the Italian vibes in New York.

And I also love just everything. In this new chapter in life with Russ, because I know that there's so much pressure on him right now, people are waiting to see if he's going to do. And he delivers. Like, what do you guys do just leisurely to kind of just do this all day in New York? Oh my gosh, we love our date nights.

You know what Russ does is he's really good at it. Compartmentalizing. He has his football. When he's in it, he's in it and he's super focused. He wakes up every day at 430 in the morning and when he leaves football, he leaves it there. Right. Like I do like talking about football with him sometimes. I'm like, I want to be a fly on the wall because I love what he does. I think he's the best at what he does. But when we're together, it's our chance to like just enjoy ourselves. And so we are really intentional about that. We love our date nights. We love going to the movies.

We love just being with each other and just, you know, having our fun as best friends is it's a blessing. I love hearing you talk about him. Yeah. Yes. Not your gift in Sierra, It's a blessing. I love hearing you talk about her. Yay. Yes, go off. Not y'all gifting Ciara a sandwich from the bodega as a housewarming gift. That's low key kinda crazy. Like I would be like, what?

Why, don't give me no sandwich. But Ciara was cool though. It was a very like real life fan moment because I was such a Ci Sierra fan for a long time. I thought I was going to be dancing in the next Sierra video. So to sit with her and have the conversation, I was just like, oh my God, but that was the media room for me. Like I am such a fan of so many different people and these outlets

and these platforms and the conversations. So getting to see a lot of the people in real life who I haven't met so far through the breakfast club. I very much was in there like oh wow look that's fire or meeting people in person more so though as y'all heard with candy even finding out that certain people are like tuned in to like you know me reporting on the breakfast club or the Diddy trial via social media or just anything freaked me out like wait,

I'm on y'all notifications list. But that's because we bring you guys the latest and we do such a good job here of it. So thank you guys for tuning in because everybody was saying, hey, congratulations on a million downloads on the podcast and just everything you have going on. So y'all as a family, as the Lowriders, we're making our mark. That's I left the radio room feeling like okay, girl, you doing something. You're doing

it. Now make sure you tune into the BET Awards going down tonight, June 9, 8pm Eastern Standard Time. I am so looking forward to the 106 and Park tribute. Jim Jones will be performing on that as well. We got to talk to him too. And I'll be backstage for BET, but bringing of course some of that content right here on the latest with Lauren LaRosa. Make sure you guys come on back.

And I say it every episode, at the end of the day, there is always a lot to talk about. And you guys could be anywhere with anybody talking about it, but you choose to be right here with me. I appreciate you guys so much for that. and I will see you in my next episode.