The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: AMAs Recap: Janet Jackson Stuns With Performance, Eminem Triumphs Over Kendrick Lamar, Diddy’s Attorney Pushes To Strike Kid Cudi’s Testimony From Trial + Monique Rodriguez Interview

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Monique Rodriguez discusses her new book The Glory in Your Story, the rise of Mielle Organics, and addresses the recent hair loss controversy. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to the two suspects who tragically killed rapper LGP Qua for his chain on Mother’s Day. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo weekend. That was your weekend brother. Very fulfilling, very fulfilling, very restful. I did exactly what I like to do which is absolutely, positively nothing. You know what I mean?

Sit around the house with the family, the wife and kids, caught up on some reading. Finished the original sin by Jake Tapper. That was a good read but yeah other than that I did absolutely nothing which I love to do. Yeah I did a little bit of both. I was out at St. Martin. Salute to everybody that was on the island of St. Martin. You say it like that was a club. You was on the island of St. Martin. I was in St. Martin for two, three days. I was out there Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

And I had an amazing time on that island. They do Soul Beach. Salute to Sinbad and his brother Mark. They do that. They've been doing that for like 25 years. Was Sinbad there? He was not there. Sinbad was there. His whole family was that. They've been doing that for like 25 years. What, Sinbad there? He was not there. Sinbad was there. His whole family was there. But he was not there.

What up, Jess? I had a great time. Then we went to Indianapolis, had to do a party. And then I spent Sunday and Monday just relaxing with the family. Just doing absolutely positively, sitting on my ass doing nothing. Oh, as a Nick fan, you had to be in Indianapolis. I was. Damn. I was.

I bet you ain't repped the Knicks there, though. I did. No, you didn't. I did. Now I can tell by the way you said that you didn't really repped them. I did. I did. I didn't go as repped the Knicks there though. I did. No you didn't. I did. I can tell by the way you said that you didn't really rep them. I did. I didn't go as hard as I would if we had been up. Like if we was up I would have really been, but we was down 0-2 at the time.

Yeah, he was sad. Yeah, so. That's when you're supposed to rep the hardest. Nah. I'm a cowboy fan. Okay, every year we going to the Super Bowl. I don't care what the record is. When you're down is when you're supposed to be really, really, really talking that talk.

When you do it when you up, that's kind of cowardly to me. Nah, I ain't have much to say. I rep my Knicks but it wasn't stupid. They were walking around with the choke face, the whole choke out. You was afraid they was going to do you the way those Knicks fans did that Pacer fan. I saw that viral video where they hit him with the trash. You know what I'm saying? He was scared he was going to do you like that in Indiana.

We had security, sir. We weren't worried about that. But we had a great time in Indiana, so shout out to everybody. Shout out to the Indy 500 Monster Energy. We had a great time. What you did this weekend? Man, shout out to... You was in the Monster Country, Connecticut?

Whatever. It's Mash and Tucket. Yeah, so shout out to New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport. They were in there. And then, yo, the next day, Boston was so lit. Yes. Boston was lit. Love Boston was I love y'all and then shout out to two of my fans that hunted me down after the show She one lady I think it was D and T. D and T from

Boston she just had a baby two months ago. She was so she was lit She was drunk homegirl shot get in the car, but she was like, I love you so much eyes crossed like cock like a pistol She was drunk, her homegirl shy, get in the car. But she was like, I love you so much. Eyes crossed like cock like a pistol. She was like lit. That's probably the first night out she's had that. That's what she said. That was her first night out since she had that baby. Breastfeed and all that and she, man, so I love, they made my night.

D and T. Yeah, so I was outside smoking. They came and ran up on me. Do people with cross-eyed know they cock-eyed? Like, do people with cross-eyed know they cross-eyed? I'm sure they got a mirror. Yes, I used to be cock-eyed when I was little. Yeah, man, I grew out of it. How cross-eyed was this woman? Like the people with cross eyes know they cross eye? I'm sure they got a mirror. Yes, I used to be cock eye when I was little. Yeah, I grew out of it.

How cross-eyed was this woman? And how you grow out of it? Because the fact that you send that as an identifier. It was a lazy eye. It's a difference now. It's different between cock eye and lazy eye. Well, they'd be cocked up when they... She was looking at you and Chris at the same time?

No, me and her home girl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lazy eye just... They went out, not crossed, you know. Lazy-eyes, yeah, eyes just a little lower. One of them, yeah. One of my, yo, my left eye used to go crazy by itself. My coc-eyes like, you look in one place, but you don't know where you're looking at.

Oh, so I messed it up. She had a lazy eye. I get a lazy eye after midnight. After midnight. Why? What's his name? I get a lazy eye after midnight. That would be a brown eye, sorry.

Oh, that's a brown eye. And you have a lot of experience in that. I do not. Alright, let's get the show cracking. Monique Rodriguez will be joining us. She's the founder and CEO of is it Miele Organics or Miele Organics? Miele. Miele. Miele.

Is Miele Organics. Yes. Miele Organics. Yes. She'll be joining us. She has a new book, The Glory in Your Story. So we'll talk to her in a little bit. And then we got front page news with Morgan when we come back. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now last night

1 28 1 26 at Thunderbeat the Timberwolves they lead that series 3 to 1 and tonight the Knicks take On the pace is at 8 p.m. In Indiana. So let's go New York New York New York You ain't say that when you was in Indiana. I did Wasn't as loud Again, what is the best out of seven? Oh, just the last one tonight. No Oh, just the last one tonight? No, no, no, no, no. Right now Indiana wins two-one. Oh, the first person won four games.

Yes. What up, Morgan? Hey, y'all. Hey, well, welcome back. It feels good to be back. So let's get into it. First up on front page yesterday was Memorial Day and President Trump honored those who gave their lives serving in the military.

He visited Arlington National Cemetery to mark the occasion and participated in the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier before delivering remarks. Now he said he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army. He was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army. He was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States

Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States Army and he was a member of the United States National Cemetery to mark the occasion and participated in the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier before delivering remarks. Now he said he that he of course and we would be lost without our service members while also honoring gold star families.

Let's take a listen to his comments. In every hour of peril in every moment of crisis, American warriors have left behind the blessings of home and family to answer their nation's call. They've offered all that they had within them and given their last breaths to each and every one of us that we might live safe. Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after the victory is won and today we lift you up and we hold you high. He must have took his meds in. That was tame compared to what he put on social media when he said happy Memorial Day to all including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through warped radical left minds. Man got cancer. You just don't shoot that. You know, you just don't care. Yeah, that's that's crazy. But Trump did say that we share in the song with the families of fallen service members.

He added that those service members gave everything and asked for nothing. And I like to take it a step further. And, you know, to those who have lost someone that has served, we continue to salute their service and sacrifice because we know for you every day is Memorial Day so um but moving on and unfortunate news this comes as a congress member uh we're mourning the loss of a congress member former New York representative and Korean war veteran Charlie Rangel who died at the age of Rangel is it I don't know okay well you guys know y'all in New York, so Wrangel often referred to as the lion of Harlem, died on Memorial Day surrounded by family. He was elected to

Congress in 1971 where he served for 46 years becoming the house ways and means chairman in 2007. He was the primary sponsor of 40 bills during his tenure, including President Obama's Affordable Care Act, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and the so-called Rangel Amendment aimed at ending apartheid in South Africa. Now, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is saluting Rangel as a true American and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling him a trailblazer and champion for justice. Of course, right now there's no word or details

surrounding his death or funeral arrangements, but of course we are continuing to mourn his loss. And we will mark the occasion, you know, by honoring him as well, considering the fact that he was a Korean war vet. But that's your Front Page News for 6 a.m. At 7 a.m. we'll talk about President Trump and how he feels about current President of Vladimir Putin, Russian President Vladimir Putin calling him absolutely crazy.

And then we'll also get into the big beautiful bill because you know that's moving forward in the Senate right now. So stick around. All right. And everybody else get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Let us know how your weekend was. I know it's tough three day week and you got to get back to work on Tuesday. It-585-1051. Let us know how your weekend was. I know it's tough, three day weekend.

You gotta get back to work on Tuesday. It's hard getting up this morning. Let us know how your weekend was, what you did. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, what up? This is Tanya with Omaha. Tanya from Omaha. What's up? Get it off your chest, Tanya. Hey, man, I just need to get it off my chest that our Omaha police department are a bunch of gang members, man. They shoot and kill non-black people with no accountability, with no transparency. Let us know what's going on. They release the body cam footage

of an incident that happened like three, four days later. They shoot the man outside of his home. He just graduated high school. He was from, I believe, Sudan. And there's no accountability for it. Well, what was your brother's name? I'm not even going to lie to you. I can't even pronounce it.

I'm a butcher, and he was from Sudan. He was a 19-year-old. And it was... I'm looking it up now. His name was Janeti Ibrahim, it seems like it. Yeah, and he was like, it's crazy because like, the police do this type of stuff and then they fire them, but then they get hired up with the Sheriff's Department.

And that just happened in Omaha, like, it's not right. The Omaha Police Department just happened in Omaha. Like it is not right. They, they, the Omaha police department just fired another cop. And then he gets hired with the sheriff's department. He killed somebody with a no knock warrant and he was fired by the police department. But then I hire him with the sheriff's department. You know what was crazy? I haven't heard anything about these cases.

Like I just Googled the case, you know, about the guy from Sudan. That was five days ago, but I hadn't heard anything about it. Yeah, and I'm telling you, it happens all the time here in Omaha. Like, Omaha really has a real problem and it's swept under the rug.

Like, I think it's because we're a Republican state that the news just don't, just doesn't cover it the right way. They don't. And they try to make it seem like the minorities here are the problem when it's really, it's our police force. We can't, it's like really having like slave masters on our necks. Like you can't drive down here at a certain time without getting pulled over because

you know if you're driving at three o'clock in the morning because i work in the morning you're gonna get bumped up so i'll move my time back to at least five o'clock thank you for putting this up on the story we'll do some more research on it and thank you so much you be safe out there hey yeah hey y'all also look up the incident that happened at Coral Bomba Hall with the artist from Kansas City named T. Rell. He came up here, disrespecting. I'm telling you, a lot of times it's black officers and it's black security guards that are perpetuating this violence.

And I don't know if they're doing it to try to make these white people happy, but I'm telling you, it's crazy out here. Y'all just do a little research on Omaha, Nebraska You know we got Terrence Crawford here but you know what I ain't even gonna catch. He definitely on that Republican type ish too you know what I mean but it is what it is. You say you're talking about T-Rail getting maced and attacked by club security? Heck yeah! Look at the video man that man is walking out of the club and they spraining in his face less than two feet away. Pause.

All right, well thank you mama and be safe out there. She's being serious this guy told by pause. Like, yo. Maybe pause still applies. I mean, I hate that that happened to the brother. I mean, but pause still applies. No, it does. Hello, who's this? Good morning, it's Krista from Connecticut. How y'all doing? Hey, Kristen, you go see just this weekend

I did I had fun. So I was not in the front row. That was an accident I was actually in the third row and I had so much fun. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you I appreciate that. I was waiting for you to shout out willa man six I mean, I was like the only person from willamante there so I would have been like, whoa Willamantic I mean I was like the only person from Willamantic there Was waiting for you to shout out Willamantic and you were like hot for New Haven Bridge for She was having a hard time with some of the mother names to the God but I'm glad you came out baby girl. Thank you so much. Yes. Thank you

No, y'all better Y'all better get used to my voice and I'm a call in once a week. Okay, look forward to hear from me All right. All right guys. Have a good one. It's a bit get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need the vent hit us up now is the Breakfast Club. Good morning the Breakfast Club It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning the Breakfast Club This is your time to get it off your chest We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? Hey good morning, it's Sherri. Hey Sherri, get it off your chest. Hey Jess, hey up and down, hey Izzy, good morning. How are you? I'm doing good, so I want to get off my chest. Shout out to these parents who have been emailing me on my three day weekend because their child is going to fail and go to summer school. That's even more interesting. Why you mad at me?

Why you mad at me? I've been trying to get in contact with you all year. One month about your child. Now you wanna blow up my email. What age group? So I teach first grade. First grade. Damn.

First, right, exactly, exactly. Summer school in the first grade? It's crazy. That's what I'm saying, it crazy right and most of it because like like not coming home work, but Right and listen I was I've been listening to y'all since 2016 I commute from Baltimore to DC every day Shut up all of you to the DC But I just wanted to say that I love y'all so much

I appreciate everything that y'all do. Y'all give me a good TK before I go in here with these dad-kidding every morning. I really appreciate y'all. I love you and we appreciate you too, because what you do is not easy, I'm sure. That's right. Woo!

Man, it's something about it, but I love it, so I thank God that I'm here to do what I do, but y'all gotta use response to my emails back at August when I'm telling y'all y'all chatted. We not do it right? Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. All right, take it easy on them kids. All right. I do but y'all better respond to my message. I just wanna tell y'all y'all chattin' you not doin' right. Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. All right, take it easy on them kids.

All right, all right, thank you, thank you. Y'all have a good day. You see, I don't mind her holdin' them back, you know what I'm sayin'? Because I don't believe in that no child left behind stuff. You know what I mean? If a person isn't, you know, doing what they supposed to be doing in school

and they not passin', hold their ass back. The first grade though? What's that got to do with her? Look, and then if I was a parent, I'd be fine. Let's send his little ass to school in the summer. That's right. I'm gonna take him. Because what happens, you pass him

and he's not ready to go to second grade, then he go to second grade and be stupid again. And do the same, yup. Same thing. Nope. But if she got that many kids, then there's another problem. I know, but you see her problems were no homework and absence.

It starts at home. Something ain't clicking at home with them kids. And respect to what's her name, Sharice, that just called? Because you need teachers who care. You have a bunch of teachers who do not care. The fact that she cares enough to fail that young man, hold him back, and prepare him for the next grade, salute to her.

We need more teachers. I don't think it was one. I think it was a bunch of kids, she said. Well, they're not ready. They're not ready. But I don't think it was one, I think it was a bunch of kids, she said. Well, they not ready, they not ready. But she said she ended it with, but I love what I do, and that's the part. Hello, who's this?

Oh, this is Mo from the Natty. Mo, what's up? What's up, Mo? Get off your chest. What's up, man? I just wanna call and say good morning to the Breakfast Club, the ladies and the fellas up there. Good morning.

I just wanna get off my chest about Trump and that jet, man. I agree it's not a good idea to accept that jet, but I also want to say that I want to congratulate Charlamagne when he speaks about the jet. I used to think he didn't know what he was talking about, but now I know it's his personal ignorance on his part. The first time he read an article in the constitution that says it's illegal to take the jet, he read the part all the way through the period that said unless he had consent from Congress, but now when you hear him read it, he leaves that part out.

So again, I just want, it should have been a donkey today, but I could never get through. So I just want to give it up to Charlie Maynard, his wife, Rick Manchin. What are you talking about? What I'm talking about, you heard what I said. I said when she read it the first time, a couple of couple of weeks ago, you read the article and it said that it was illegal to accept gifts from foreign nations.

And you read all the way to the period where it said unless he had consent from Congress. But he doesn't have consent from Congress. How can you get it if you don't have consent from Congress? You remember Congress, he always did, right? That's his people, right? He doesn't have, he doesn't have congressional consent. Then they can't get it if you don't have consent from Congress? You remember, Congress, he always did, right? That's his people, right? He doesn't have congressional consent. And I didn't leave that out when I said that.

You left it out three or four times after you read it the first time. You stopped way before that part time. How do you think you get congressional consent? They approve it. You put your people in there and they let you do what you want, like we always say. They let him do what he wants. Congressional consent.

So whereas if it's illegal, then it's illegal. You do know congressional consent involves a vote, right? Well obviously he's going to get the vote at the end. They let him accept it, somebody let them accept it. No, no, no, no. Congressional consent. They can't accept something that they don't consent to. Yes you can when you don't respect the rule of law.

Congressional consent involves a vote. And my brother, now you know why it's a problem. Well, but I'm gonna have to, like you say, like you say a lot of times when people catch you on something, I don't know nothing about that. So I'm gonna have to look into that. Have a good one. But he can't take it if they don't consent.

And congressional consent involves a vote. Get it off here, Chess. 800-585-105 one of you need to vent you could hit us up. What's up Lauren? Hey good morning. How was the day? Oh Lord it was great. What procedures you got done? Stop playing because people was really down there checking on my arms. And I was so confused. Because he told people I was there getting my arms done. Who goes to do something? Some lady came up to me and was like, come here baby Charlamagne said you're here getting my arms done. Because you got- Who goes to do- Some lady came up to me and was like, come here baby, Charlamagne said you're here

getting your arms done, it's hot outside. Have you rested? I was like, rest? What? What do you mean? But that's why you got your arms fully covered and it's gonna be 75 degrees today, tell the truth. No, I have my arms fully covered

because it's cold in that courtroom and I'm tired. You going back to court today? Yes, today, yes. The grind don't stop, baby. All right, well what are we talking about with the ladies with Lauren? Before we get to court, we're going to talk about the AMAs because Janet Jackson performed on television for the first time in seven years,

and people still mad at the AMAs. And people still mad that... She was just on tour. Oh, you mean performed on television. Okay, my bad. Yes. So Janet Jackson and JLo performed? JLo hosted the whole show, and she performed, yes.

Man, nobody cared. Damn. What? I didn't watch it. I told y'all. I put it in the chat. I seen you but I wasn't, the game was on. It was really good moments too.

You know what kind of event that would have been 15, 20 years ago? I agree, I agree. JLo hosted, performed and Janet Jackson? I ain't even, I was watching the game. Batman was on, I watched it. Even like, JLo looked amazing and all that and and Janet Janet Jackson though And Tasha Smith presented her award. It was like a whole thing. Like really? Yes, if people's Eminem one

I see that because I was mad. I see that was a lot of people mad that Eminem is still is a white rapper And I'm like all these years later. So man, he's white You know, let's talk about it when we come back. We're giving up too much We'll talk about it when we come back the latest're giving up too much. We'll talk about it when we come back. The latest with Lauren. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Jess, Hilarious, Charlamagne, the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

Lauren be coming with straight face. She gets in from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest. On the Breakfast Club. Turn the mic on. Turn the mic on! That's crazy. There you go. There you go. Hello. Oh, hey. Hello.

So the 2025 American Music Awards went down last night and JLo hosted the show. She opened, you know, where they get to do a song and then they do a performance. Her performance was like a blended melody of like a lot of the people who were nominated and you know, people who went on to, went later on that evening. She did a lot of like, Not Like Us and Kendrick stuff as well. She looked good. Like she didn't perform it, but she was dancing.

Like she had dance breaks to it. Did they promote the AMAs? I didn't hear nothing about the AMAs until last night. You know how I be finding out stuff? I was on Twitter and I saw people arriving at the carpet and I was like, oh, let me turn on the AMAs. That's crazy. JLo hosting it. I produced an email. That's how I even know it was on Yeah, didn't get that email. Yeah, it was it was on the email But I was gonna ask so JLo opened up kissing a guy and a girl cuz I seen that trending yesterday

Yeah, yep. She kissed her this morning her male and her female dancers a lot of places I'm glad you said both cuz a lot of us Yeah, it was like I'm sure it was like a stage kiss though. Okay. But... I'm kind of tired though, we've seen that so many times. Yes, right. Britney Spears did that, Madonna did that, we've seen that so much.

Yeah, I think the big thing for her is, you know, after now she's a fully single woman and she's expressing her sexual independence on the stage. That was a part, that was a big talking point of her performance. So the studs can come get it if they want is what she was trying to say. What? Get in line. Maybe. Okay. The woman that she kissed was never mind. She should have kissed Ben Affleck as Batman and then Ben Affleck as Daredevil. That would have been fine. You said the lady she kissed was what? Nothing. What? Moving on.

She looked like Ellen. No, she was just a lady. Okay. So, yeah, so, so after so Jayla opens it up and she's hosted throughout the night and there were a few big moments. Janet Jackson, I told you guys she performed for the first time in seven years at the on TV for the first time in seven years at the American Music Awards. She was amazing as always and she doesn't age whatsoever. I see my angels, won't you approach me, throw me a line On the top and outside, she got you, says, who am I?

I know exactly what's going to happen, so go ahead I'm not gonna let you down, so come and talk to me I wish I didn't even have to ask you to love me, but just say it I really don't know whether to be disappointed in the AMAs or myself I had no idea any of this was happening. I had no idea the AMAs was on. I had no idea JLo hosted it. And I damn sure didn't know he was getting a live performance from Janet Jackson.

Yeah. Well, don't be pissed off. I didn't know either. Sorry. And I'm not pissed off. And I mean, not only did she not only did she perform, JLo also was a huge award winner of the evening. It was presented by Tasha Smith and girl Yes

Tasha Smith looked amazing too. She had a short blonde buzz cut She looks amazing, but Janet Jackson accepted the icon award last night and everybody stood to their feet and her speech was very moving Let's take a, but Janet Jackson accepted the Icon Award last night and everybody stood to their feet and her speech was very moving. Let's take a listen to Janet Jackson. I am so honored. I'm so grateful. I mean, no disrespect in any way, but I don't consider myself an icon. My family, myself, our dream was to, it wasn't ever to be famous. We always had a

special love for music, dancing, and singing, and fame came with the result of hard work and dedication. My story, my family's story, it's truly an American story. This would have only happened in America. Praise God Janet Jackson don't whisper no more. Remember when she used to fake whisper everywhere? I thought she whispered everywhere. Like what? I want to think that.

Remember when they used to do that? I'm so glad Janet don't fake whisper no more. Jesus. I thought she was doing Michael. I thought she did that to conserve her voice. I always thought it was like that too, but then I thought it was like just something that happens in our family. Yeah, because Michael do it. I thought they did that to save their voice. But no, you said Tasha Smith had the short, yeah, the short bomb buzz cut.

Yeah, she looked like Eminem, but no, she looked really- And it's gonna take us to heal us. It's mental health awareness month, and on a recent episode of Just Healed with Dr. J, the incomparable Taraji P. Henson stopped by to discuss how she's discovered peace on her journey. So what I'm hearing you saying is healing is a part of us also reconnecting to our childhood in some sort of.

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Of last year of all time. Favorite male hip hop artist. It can't be all time. It can't be for last year. Favorite male hip hop artist. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it.

I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it.

I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at it. creator for favorite male hip hop artists. Of last year? Of all time. Favorite male hip hop artists. It can't be all time. It can't. It can't be for last year.

Favorite male hip hop artists. That's cause y'all slept on that man's album. He had his last album. Y'all didn't even listen to it. What was the name of his album? Huh? What was the name of his last album? Hold on, let me look at that.

I don't think Eminem didn't put out no album last year. Yes he did. He did have an album. I remember that. Yes he did. That's what I'm saying, there's no possible way. I can't be up here saying that. That's what I'm saying. There's no possible way.

I can't be up here saying that. That's my favorite rapper. You got Kendrick's album. You got the Drake's. There's so many different projects. Yes. No disrespect to Eminem, but not last year. Yes, the death of Slim Shady.

Yes, Coop DeGray. I didn't go to that funeral. I didn't even know it happened. I feel like you did. I was not at that funeral. Listen, and this is the thing. He went so hard. He was talking about everything that a black person would have gotten trouble for

On on the album like he Gave people people in wheelchairs. He coming to everybody's big and a kind of guy every no No, hell no wasn't bigger than Kendrick album. No, but so According to Google It must be a voted award. According to Google, the eligibility period, the data tracking period for nominations typically covers a specific time frame, such as March 22nd, 2024 through March 20th, 2025, which goes into the American Music Awards. That's what Google says to me. You said he's so torn to make a dial in this first week.

Favorite male hip hop artist at the 2020, I'm assuming it was for this year, but I know that there were a lot of people that were upset. They were, you know, I think they bring in the current... Nick just said AMA is a fan voted award. Okay, that makes more sense. No, hold on. I mean, Eminem has a huge fan base, but even here right here it says it goes off of fan interaction, fan voting.

And them old white men ain't on social media like that. Not like Drake fans and Kendrick fans not right yeah I'm confused where they pulled the fans at Facebook and Eminem is great but Eminem is great y'all gotta listen listen he even coming out of it but there's no way in hell Eminem wins over the year that very controversial album though if his fan voted then his fans voted yeah Yeah. I mean yeah. That's why I said it had to be a fan voting award. It's just a lot of that flew under the radar

because of the Kendrick and we had a lot of things to worry about over here, you know what I'm saying? We did. Or maybe Eminem has been great for so long that you just take him for granted though. Yes, I like that. Because the guy sells 280,000 units his first week. You're like, that's just Eminem, he's supposed to.

But if a new artist does that, everybody's like, oh wow. Yeah, because new artists ain't doing that. And numbers don't lie. And Eminem is like that. According to Illuminate, which is to give you information on the awards breakdown, it says, this is the data partner. They track key fan interaction metrics, including streaming, sales, and airplay.

And so they track this. They couple that with the fan votes and the winners ultimately chosen by the public. But that is how you're nominated and that is how you're chosen. So I still don't see it. But congratulations. A lot of people shared your sentiment last night. And I felt like it was anything Eminem wins, whether you think he deserves it or not, people

always have this interaction. Back in the day when he was winning, he deserved it. He was busting ass. But now I don't, I just don't see it. And I, Kaisa Knight was upset about it too, right? Yes, he was. And speaking of Kaisa Knight, I thought it was so fired deserved he was busting ass but now I don't I just don't see it now Kaisa Knight was upset about it too right? Yes he was and speaking of Kaisa Knight I thought it was so fire that he actually got to present an award last night. Oh my god. I was tuned in to Screamer University this weekend. Yes I think Screamer University was everywhere this weekend. SZA actually accepted the award

that he presented I believe it was best female R&B artist. I'm going to double check that, but let's take a listen to SZA accepting the award. Thank you so much. Tell them about Cheeming University. Congrats to Kai. Thank you so much. Yes, I'm so proud of you. Sorry. I'll be happy for my friends. Okay, first off, thank you to all the fans that voted for me. Mom, do I have makeup on my teeth? Thank you to my mom and to my dad, to my best friend Amber, to my team, but literally to all of Camp, I love you so much. It's like our first time entering fan one award, so thank you for mobbing for us. I love you so much, just as much as you love me probably more.

You have no idea. Thank you If it's fan voted I understand I mean Eminem is the highest selling rapper of all time You went back to Eminem I'm just thinking about it. I didn't know they were fan voted Yeah, well just cuz y'all didn't listen to it don't mean it ain't popular. You ain't supposed to do this I didn't know what happened. I know all the content. I just forgot the name of the album Oh, I just the death of some shady. I listened to it when it came out. What? When somebody say what, I'm gonna think about it.

What? What were the features? Listen to it, y'all. Oh no, no. He got a bunch of features on it. Joyner Lucas is on it. Like, it's a couple people on there that we don't know, but he like that. All right.

I like Justin Amoof. I'm serious. Well, as we wrap, I just want to say it's favorite female R&B artists and favorite R&B song That's is the one last night Kai's presented the class and I presented the favorite female R&B artists the word Female rappers, I didn't have my believe that was no no no no no one something Yes, I said that she won over Glowilla. She won what is different on big glow don't do it Yeah, yeah, they do cuz I'm gonna Yeah they do. Megan saw y'all did- I ain't gonna hold you.

Glo shoulda got that. I'm just, that's just my opinion. She Megan won over her, it was Doja, Glo, Lado. We'll figure it out. Go to commercial. Yeah. And people were pissed off. Yes.

Alright, well that is the latest with Lauren. When we come back we got front page news. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. Now last night, they're going to beat the Timberwolves 128, 126. They lead the series three one and my Knicks take on the Pacers tonight at 8 p.m. So let's go New York. Go New York. Go. What's up Morgan?

All right. Yeah, let's get into it. So President Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin has absolutely gone crazy. So talking to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the two have always had a good relationship, but something has happened to Putin. He added that Putin is needlessly killing a lot of people and that he has always once said that Putin wants all of Ukraine not just a piece of it. Let's take a listen to President Trump's comments on Russian President Vladimir Putin. I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don't like it at all.

So Ukrainian President Zelensky in a post on social media on Sunday said that nearly 300 attack drones had been launched by Russia. Meanwhile, a top Democrat in the House Intelligence Committee, Connecticut's Jim Himes, he told CBS has faced the nation that the US needs to apply maximum pressure on Russia and apply sanctions Let's take a listen to his comments. We really uptick the sanctions. We stop the export of oil We pressure India to stop buying Russian oil. And of course, we keep arming the Ukrainians Maximize the leverage of the West so that we can bring this war not just to a conclusion But to a fair and just conclusion that will keep the Russians from invading for countries in the

future. So officials in Kiev say that at least 12 people were injured in a Russian drone attack early on Sunday which damaged homes and apartment buildings. So continue to keep you guys posted on those international affairs. You know I've been watching those exchanges you know and it's like those two egos could be the end of civilization as we know it. Like I was thinking about that over the weekend. You know, you say the two, are you talking Trump and Putin? You know how they always say Russia and Putin had something on Trump and they talk about

the P tapes and all that other stuff. And you know, basically Russia had America in his pocket and they helped to steal the election. What if all that is true, right? Then Trump has no more use for Putin anymore. And, you know, wouldn't you want to get the guy that allegedly has all of this black material against you? Wouldn't you want to get him out of here? Absolutely.

You know? So wouldn't now be the time? I just don't like when I hear him say, you know, Putin's crazy. He's lost it. Blah, blah, blah. And then, you know, the Kremlin and they they they throw a little shot back like that could get stupid real fast. Yeah, because then they start talking about nuclear and this. Exactly. And we don't need those problems.

Exactly. Those problems. We'll bring it back to the front. That's bigger than a problem. If that would be the end of civilization as we know it. And former surgeon general Vivek Murthy is calling on Congress to do more to protect children from the harms of social media. He tells CNN, he tells, excuse me, NBC's Meet the Press that lawmakers need to establish safety standards for social media platforms because right now there are no protection

for kids. He suggests putting warning labels on social media platforms and establishing those safety standards. Let's take a listen to his comments on NBC's Meet the Press. Be Vic Murthy. It's equivalent of putting our kids in cars with no seat belts, with no airbags and having them drive on roads with no speed limits and no traffic lights. And that is just morally unacceptable.

I think Congress has so far failed in its responsibility to protect our kids, but it's not too late. They need to step up and act now. Put warning labels on social media platforms so that parents and kids are aware of the risks that we see. I don't think warning labels are going to change anything. I mean, parents just got to be, you know, watch over their kids much more, but we do have to figure out something to do.

But besides just that, I don't know if you guys have been seeing this new trend where it was not even a new trend but they've been doing it for a long time but it's getting worse and worse and worse where these kids are doing pop-ups at malls so they're putting on social media and then you'll get five six hundred seven hundred thousand kids at a mall and then they run through the mall stealing things fighting getting into altercation so it's getting more and more dangerous when it comes to social media it scares the social media. It scares the issue. They ain't got to do it with social media though. That's social media too.

Because they do it on that platform and do it. Yeah, but these people would do it. Running up in stores and taking clothes has been going on way before social media. Not like this. They're doing it every weekend. They put it on social media and they do it every weekend. I'm saying some people maybe do it for trends, but I mean they were doing stuff like that way before social media.

I can't blame- Not as often as it is. I can't blame boosting on social media. Nah, not as often as it is now. As a result of that, we got a, we got a booster right over here. I never wanted to be on camera when I was on it. Exactly. But she ain't boosting a thousand people. She's getting it all done by herself. Yeah. Nah, you gotta get in and get out. No, but, uh, as a result of that, I know at least here in the DMV, they started to implement a lot of curfews, early curfews, especially on Fridays and Saturdays for reasons like early, like

5pm, that if you're in a mall or, you know, a town center of some sort before a certain and you're under the age of eight, even 16, you know, you need to have an adult with you. Murthy did go on to say, though, that parents should try to keep children under the age of 16 off social media if possible because kids are being affected in different way than adults and they're starting to see it in the actual brain development and brain activity. So he's also calling on Congress to require more data transparency so that researchers can better study the effects of social media on young people. That's been going on for a long time.

Like they, you know, the malls either if you were under 18, you had to be accompanied by a parent or guardian or they would have a curfew on the weekends. Like as long as I can remember growing up in South Carolina, they would even do that. But you know, that was big in the South because when I went to school in Hampton, it could only be three people. You can only be in a mall with three people. Other than that, you had to break it up. You know why?

You had to break up and you had a curfew. You know why? Because they'd be fighting, but also they'd be running up in them stores as a pack and just taking stuff. I'm not saying something's going on way before social media. Like that's not a trend I would blame social media. It's just now amplified. Yeah, but in New York, we didn't have those curfews or those problems.

But when I went with the school in the South, they definitely did. All right. So that's your social media. That's your front page news, y'all. Follow me on socials at Morgan Media. I guess if you're on there. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network, download the free iHeart radio app and visit us at BINnews.com. Make it a great week, y'all.

Thank you. Thank you. Now, when we come back, the founder and CEO of MyEli Organics will be joining us. MyEli, why are you turning into a Spanish word? It's MyEli. The Dominican. The Dominican turned everything into Spanish. It's not MyEli, it's MyEli.

MyEli Organics will be joining us. Monique Rodriguez. Is that Spanish? I never asked her that. I couldn't wait to ask her because she black. We'll talk to her next. A new book, The Glory in Your Story. Should we talk to us next? It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Naga, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed. We have Ms. Monique Rodriguez. Welcome. Thank you. How are you feeling this morning? I'm great. How are you?

Doing well, doing well. She's also got a new memoir out now. The Glory in Your Story, Activating a Fearless Faith to Change Your Life, Your Career, and the World. Yes. Now you turned a kitchen recipe into a multimillion dollar brand. Yes. What was the moment you realized you weren't just selling products, you were actually building

a movement? Well, you know, I went into this knowing that I was building a movement. You know, I created this brand out of necessity. You know, I felt that there was a lack of relatability in the hair care space. There was a lack of great products, healthy products for women that look like me. And I wanted to fill this void, but I always operated with a multimillion dollar mindset. I operated with the mindset of like, I'm going to be on the

shelf with these bigger brands one day eventually. And the day that we launched, which was May 23rd, our anniversary, is actually next week. And we sold out of every oil that we had. And we had a small amount of inventory, about 100 bottles because I was a small business, didn't know that it was gonna take off the way that it did and the day that we launched, we sold out of every single product

and I knew at that moment like I'm onto something because I knew that it was a need for it. I love the multi-million dollar mindset. Explain that to people, for those who may not have one. Yeah, you know, I think success is, when I talk about like activating fearless faith to change your mind, success is all about mindset. And you know, I grew up basically in the hood, right?

You know, I didn't come from a lot, but I always dream big. And I will look at other successful people and say, oh, they're successful because they're lucky. And I knew that I had to change my mindset and shift from thinking that, no, they're not just lucky, they worked for it, right? You know, they had to step out and be bold and go after their dreams and pursue their

purpose. And I shifted my mindset from thinking that I didn't deserve success to thinking that I do deserve it. And I realized that once that started to shift, my level of thinking and I operated from a level of abundance and not lack, more things flowed to me. Now in 2014, you were a registered nurse. Yes. So what made you say, you know what, this is not for me.

And what put you in a mind frame to actually create these products, right? Because people could say, you know, they could take a product and sell it, but you actually had to make it. You had to try it. I'm sure it didn't work right away the first time. I'm sure your daughter was sitting back there. I'm sure you burnt her hair a couple of times trying it out.

I don't think I burnt it, but she was definitely a guinea pig. So talk about that procedure and how that came about. Yeah, so actually I was a labor and delivery nurse and I was a nurse for eight and a half years and I became a nurse because my mom encouraged me to be a nurse. She was very traditional, you know, go to school, go to college, do what you need to do, get a real job so you can survive. My mom was basically about survival.

She had that mentality, which no fault because most of our parents' generation, they came from that type of generation. And even though when I was younger, like I've always had this dream and passion to be in the beauty space, my mom would always tell me like, it's cute, but you know, that's not a stable career. So I kind of like, put my dreams to the wayside and pursue what my mom wanted me to do. So it was never something that like I saw myself doing. So when I did graduate college, and I started working labor and delivery, I knew I'm like this is not a career path that I want to do for the rest of my life. And unfortunately after doing that for eight years I was pregnant with my

third child, my son, and unfortunately it was a high-risk pregnancy. Bless you. Thank you. And he passed away from complications. And when you go through pain and something, thank you, something that's so traumatic it catapulted me to live life on my own terms and not to live my life on someone else's dream which was my mom because you only get one shot at life and my pregnancy was high risk also for my life and I decided to pursue my dreams, do something that I love, something that was purposeful, something that I can wake up and feel like I have fulfillment and joy doing.

And I went back to that love as a child, being in the beauty space. And I started creating. I'm a creative by nature. And I would just go in my kitchen and mix together different ingredients and study and research what ingredients work well on our hair and I started posting it on social media and while people were following me and thinking like well

What is this girl doing like she's posting all these recipes It was really a creative outlet for me to express myself and to take my mind off of grief The grieving process. Yeah, and that's how my L became what it is. Where did my L come from? The name. The name oh so that's a great question I love answering that question it's actually a combination of my kids names so I have Mia, Gabrielle back there, Mackenzie, Ariel, my son's name was Milan it's a combination of all their names and their middle names L so they're my L's. Hmm. It was me. Yeah. Did they charge you?

They did, because I'm still paying for it today. Like, they are always asking for something, right? But, you know, they get paid well. How did you go, I feel like I'm skipping steps, and I want everybody to go read the book, The Glory and Your Story. Yes, please. When you go from the kitchen

to actually getting your products on the shelves, what were the steps? What did you do? Yeah, so my way of going into retail was not a traditional way. I started in 2014. We entered into retail in 2016, which number one is very rare for a brand, a small black owned business to start and not have any type of momentum or leverage and to go

into retail. So it was very risky and my goal was to go into retail year five. I wasn't even expecting to go into retail the year that we did. But we have built up so much momentum and we have built up this great community and it got the attention of the retailers. So our first retail partner was Sally Beauty and they heard about us on social media and of course retailers they want to be a part of brands that can add value to them. So you can't just go into a retailer saying oh I want to put my products on your shelf and expecting them to you know do the marketing for you, you have to have something that you

can bring value or add to their shelf. And we were a brand that was a disruptive brand and it caught their attention and then they called us to have a meeting with them and it was so divine because when we got the call to have a meeting with Sally's, their headquarters is in Denton, Texas. We were actually there in Dallas for my daughter's gymnastics competition, so we were not there for any business meeting. I actually almost turned down a meeting because we were there with our kids and we were like, well, we don't have a babysitter to go into this corporate meeting. They wanted us so bad, they were like, bring your kids to this meeting. They were like five and nine at the time.

Did they behave? They did. I told them, you guys better not say anything, go in there sit with your hands folded, like don't move because this is a really big deal. And I went in there with no presentation, just talked about my love and passion for this space and they tested us in 95 stores and they said we're gonna test you out because you're a new brand and we'll see how the brand goes. We launched in February and every store that we were selling in, sold out in less than two hours. It was just because of social media? It was just because of social media. Instagram at that. Wow. We're still kicking it with the founder

and CEO of My L Organics, Monique Rodriguez. Jess? Why did you decide to sell it to P&J, Procter & Gamble? Yeah, that's a great question. So when we decided to sell, to P&J, you know, Procter & Gamble? Yeah, that's a great question. So when we decided to sell, it was all about scale and global infrastructure. When you are growing a brand in order to scale, it's all about access to capital and having the great infrastructure and people to help execute your vision. And so the thing is like we didn't need to sell.

We wanted to sell because we wanted to sell because we wanted to invest in innovation, we wanted to have global reach, and we wanted to be able to create more accessibility for the consumers that we serve. You know, when you look at the texture haircare aisle, it's a small space. And our community, like we complain that we don't have access to great products. And my whole goal from the very beginning of building my own was to build a global empire. And I know that as founders, we did our best to take the brand as far as we could with our resources. And this is a normal trajectory of business. The goal of building a brand

is to either IPO or exit. And I've accomplished that goal and the great thing about it is I've been able to negotiate my contract to where I'm still on board, I'm still making the decisions, I'm still running the company, I still set the vision for it. So it's a very unique structure that you know not everyone sees and I know the community tends to be scared of brands that are acquired, but it's really a great win for us, especially as a black brand, a black girl from the South Side of Chicago, right? To even have the opportunity to have a conversation, a seat at the table with the conglomerate

like a P&G is a huge win of it in itself because we don't get opportunities like that often. We don't see it all the time. And you know, I wanted to show the possibilities of what's possible. Like we can take the heat. Us as founders, I can take the heat of breaking glass ceilings because I know that I'm also paving the way for my daughter's generation so she can build a brand and create something great and have a successful exit because we build thriving communities when we build brand scale them exit,

we build generational wealth not just for us, but for the community we serve. Preach Monique, but let me tell you something. One of the hardest things to do in life is to explain business to people who ain't got it. Who don't understand business. That's right. That's the hardest thing.

And I don't expect them to understand. How did that affect your business, right? Cause people see it differently. Where did you lose a lot of people? Were people hating on it? Did it mess business up. How did that affect your business, right? Because people see it differently. Did you lose a lot of people? Were people hating on it? Did it mess business up? How did that affect y'all? No, when we sold it, it didn't mess business up.

And that's the thing, like, when we made the announcement, you know, I really took the time to try to educate the community on the why. Like why businesses scale up, why, you know, we become acquired and this to create generational wealth and so we can have more access to help our community. So I put this whole message out to explain and while we did have a huge amount of support from the community, I mean, you know, like the bigger you are, the more eyeballs are you, you're also going to have people that don't like it, that don't understand it. And I feel that if, you know, there's so much access to information out here, right?

So if you really want to know how business works, you can research it, right? And you can take the time to listen when someone's trying to educate you. And I say this all the time, ignorance is a choice. That's right. You can choose to be ignorant when you have information in front of you. And if you just choose to not pay attention to it, then that is your choice and you have a right to your choice. But I'm going to choose to focus and educate those that want to be educated that want to understand the why. And also those that want to start a business, have an idea. And what is the trajectory of that? I want to show that by example, because it's not normal in our community.

We have to normalize this, because when I did my deal, it was, oh, you're a unicorn. Yeah, that's almost great, but it's not great, because we don't wanna be unicorns. We want this to be a normal conversation for us. And so it didn't hurt the brand, but I think it also comes with the territory, and I say this all the time, two things. If you don't want to be copied or criticized and don't be great

Did you say I'm sure you saw the tick-tock trends of people saying that they lost their hair after you did so to Png silently, you know that they have something to do with the formula. They said this is not the same my oh This is not the same formula and people you know It was it was a lot of people saying that they had lost their hair behind it. What would you say to that? Yeah, and you know, hair loss is, you know, traumatic in and of itself. And I can empathize with anyone that has suffered with hair loss. I myself have suffered with postpartum shedding, hair loss, right. And I think I want people to realize like this is the reason

why I created the brand, right? I created this brand to serve women with healthier products for their hair. When I made the decision to partner with P&G, it was very intentional. A lot of thought went into the decision making process. This was not a fly by night decision. You know, it was a lot of due diligence done on both ends, my end and their ends. And we have to realize like when you think of P&G, a lot of the products that are in our household are by P&G. They are a brand that's been around for hundreds of years that creates longevity, sustainability across generations with their brands. So I would never sell to a company that I knew that I thought would harm my creation. Like, my baby, Myelle was birthed out of heartbreak. Like this is something that's near and dear to my heart.

I would never sell to a company that I thought was going gonna ruin, you know, my brand. So, and that, and the thing is like, people have to realize that I'm also a nurse, right? Like, I lead with empathy, I lead with compassion, I lead with caring about the community that I serve. We would never put anything in our products that are going to damage or disrupt any woman's hair. And the people that are saying the formulas change, the formulas have not changed. You know, if people would actually take the time to see our products that were in 2020, right? And you look at now since after the partnership, the formulas are still the same. So the thing is like misinformation is spreads like wildfire. And people don't

take the time to like do their homework spreads like wildfire and people don't take the time to like do their homework and do their own due diligence before coming to their own assumptions. But I can confidently say that our products do not cause people's hair to fall out. And also people just be hating. You mean to tell me that after you get acquired by Procter & Gamble for an undisclosed amount, they know you got that cake all of a sudden. Is this all of these TikTok videos online? People saying, yeah, the product make my hair fall out all of a sudden.

Yeah, it came out of nowhere. Come on, man. And it's the same product my hair fall out all of a sudden. Yeah, it came out of nowhere. Come on, man. And it's the same product. We're not stupid here. Yeah. Come on. And it's like, I use the products.

Look at her hair, her is beautiful. Like, my family uses the products. Like, I don't take this lightly, and this partnership has always been led with honesty and transparency. And I'm gonna be honest with you guys, what people also don't realize is that when you are a smaller brand, a lot of the things that you do can go under the radar because you don't have a lot of eyeballs on you, right? I've seen brands that are smaller

that have products out and they don't even have the ingredients listed on their products, right? When you are a bigger brand, you can't do that. So the level of compliance and processes and the level of strictness that we had to be in compliant with to even talk to P&G, the safety regulations were like through the roof. So people have to understand like this is a large company, they operate with the highest level of safetyness, right? And they've even helped us operate even more safer. So people can trust like these products are good to use, nothing has changed, we operate with the same level of integrity, everything's the same,

other than we just have access to more. And you know what else I would like to see, all the brands that Procter & Gamble has, just my stuff makes your hair fall out, allegedly. The black woman owned product just makes your hair fall out. Right, the black woman. Procter & Gamble been around for years. I would also say that every hair product is not for everybody like what you use in your hair that might work for you or your daughter

might not work for me or my daughter you know that doesn't mean that it's it's all black people hair. People's hairs are different. Not the same. Like yours like there's nothing that could work for you. All I'm saying is Procter and Gamble have been around forever and nobody's made those complaints but now all of a sudden, come on man. Of course. We're still kicking it with Monique Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of MyEl Organics. She has a new book, The Glory in Your Story. Charlamagne?

Do you think the black community puts too much pressure on black owned businesses to be perfect and they'll give grace to like other billion dollar brands that don't ever even show up for us? Oh absolutely. I mean, we can see it all the time. We see millionaires, billionaires that build companies exit all the time, and we celebrate it.

That's the point of business, like you said earlier. That's the point of business, but when a black person does it, we tear them down. And the thing is, we gotta choose our heart. We gotta pick our battles. We complain as a community that we have a lack of access to capital, mentorship, expertise. But then when we're trying to create these avenues of creating wealth so we can

create access to capital, expertise, and mentorship, there has to be more of us to do it, then we tear it down. So either you don't want the access, or then when we do get the access, you can't tear us down for getting that access. And that's why I say we gotta choose our heart as a community because we can't have it both ways. Because what happens is we stifle our community

when we tear black brands down for doing what other cultures do all the time, we stifle us because now it causes fear in investors. It causes strategists to say, oh now you're more risky so now I'm going to devalue you. So me, if I was a different culture, my value could have been more if that risk wasn't there. So all we're doing is we're setting ourselves back because the next Monique Rodriguez that comes forward that tries to do this, they're gonna ask the question like,

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I need you to expound on that, Monique, because I think what you're speaking to is whenever something like this happens, right, like you know, you do get acquired by PNG, the backlash from social media can be so bad that it makes these companies be like, whoa, should we have done that situation? And they'll think about doing that,

you know, to the next person. Right. And that's why it's important that when black brands scale and are exited, we have to show up even more as a community to support those brands because now they're looking at these brands as a case study. They're looking at MyEl now as a case study of like, what happens when you're acquired and does the community still ride for you?

Does the community still support you? And again, if we don't support and they start to see sales drop off, then it's Sifo's opportunity for a next entrepreneur that wants to scale. And that's the part we have to realize. And again, to your point, we can't expect people that's not in business to understand business. But again, we are creating platforms like this to help spread the word and to educate, right?

We're taking the time to educate you so you should say in your mind, I'm going to support this black founded brand. Like let's not just say we support black owned, let's also support black founded brands, right? Because we're all in this together. In order for us to create these thriving communities, we got to support us, right? Things that are made by us, created by us, not just owned by us, because you should have the freedom and the opportunity to do whatever it is that you want to do with your brand. If you want to stay small and local, you have a purpose to serve. You should be able to do that. If you want to stay online and serve just online consumers, you should be able to do that. If you

want to scale an exit and be acquired or IPO, you should have the freedom and flexibility to do whatever it is that you want to do with your brand without being criticized. You know, I think there's a lot of people who feel like, well, a lot of founders get pushed out when the big money shows up. So they just want to make sure

that y'all still calling the shots and it's not just a black face on like a white boardroom. Yeah, no, like I'm on Zoom calls pretty much every day. Still talking about Myel and product innovation and development and marketing and different events and activations and how we can show it for the community. So, you know, I mean, of course I am the face of the brand.

I created the brand, but I'm more than just a face. I'm also the strategic vision behind it as well too. So I have, I make the final decisions on everything that touches the consumers and I do it because I made it that way. So we put like those safeguards in place to protect our brand, to protect our legacy. And you built it with your husband or own side of the company? I was saying, and it frees up a lot more of your time so you can do things like write your book and then I'm sure delve into other business endeavors and things like that. Because

what P&G also is, is like, like good partners for you. Like they, they take on the bulk of the other thing you had to do all this by yourself at one point, you know, I'm sure you had a team, but that's the part that they take on as well. Like they make it, I don't want to say easier, but a little bit more easier to run the whole ship. Yeah. Like they free up a lot of my mental capacity so I can like have the mental capacity to make the the hard decisions the decisions that matter and you mentioned something about manufacturing like we still manufacture

our own products so manufacturing was not even P&G doesn't manufacture our product that's what I'm saying like everything is still the same like we still manufacture in Chicago right where I'm from so yeah is still the same. Like we still manufacture in Chicago, right where I'm from. So yeah. And you built it with your husband, right? Yes, so my husband, we've been together since I was 16, known each other since we were 12 and 13. And so we've literally like grown up together.

And when I had this dream, he supported it from the very beginning. Like he operates from a very logistical finance operations mindset. And I'm the visionary, the creator, and when you just merge those two different sides of the brain skillsets, we've been able to build this amazing company

and be this dynamic duo, because we both add different value to the company and different skillsets. In your wedding. A lot of people say don't mix business and marriage. What you say to that? I say the wedding rings says it all. That's great. Crazy. In your wedding. A lot of people say don't mix business and marriage. What you say to that? I say the wedding rings says it all. That's crazy.

Crazy. Yours is too. Thank you, you know I thank you girl. Thank you. You said about mixing business with. Yeah people say don't mix business with marriage. What do you think? I mean I don't, I think you have to know

what works for you in your marriage. Like I've met some married couples that are like, well we can't work together and they're happier not doing so. And that's totally fine. I don't think there's no wrong or right answer for us. It works well for us because you know, the things that he does for the company, I honestly don't even want to do. And of course, he knew nothing about hair care and products, so he couldn't really operate in my space. And I think if you want to make it work, you have to like take your egos out of

it. You know, you can't be in competition with your spouse. And my husband, he was always big on like pushing me to the forefront. He's like, listen, this your time to shine. Women, you guys have been held back for so long. Like, I'm OK with putting you out there and letting you be at the forefront and I'll just help and support you on the back end. And I just think that it takes a real man to say, you know what, I'm okay with putting you out there and letting you be at the forefront and I'll just help and support you on the back end. And I just think that it takes a real man to say, you know what, I'm okay with being behind the scenes

and you being out there and I'ma just support your vision. And him not feeling like, well, I'm the man, I'm the protector, like, you can't be out there. Like, he was very comfortable saying, I'm just gonna support you. And he's done just that. And, you know, my mentor told me she's like there will be no my L if it wasn't for

you Melvin and you or you you and like you guys had to build this together and you know it's I think it works for us and you just have to know like what works for you and have respect for each other respect each other's roles and lanes and you know just be aligned with your vision. I'm true to Melvin. He's also a black man too. He's also a black man. Yes. So where do Rodriguez come from? So his mom is Puerto Rican. Oh yeah. I was gonna say, you black, he black but all right. Yeah right. Listen, great question. Pick up the book right now, The Glory in Your Story. Yes, man.

You are an inspiration, Monique. Thank you. You and your husband, Melvin. I really respect what it is that y'all are doing and have done and I wish and pray for much more success. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

It's Monique Rodriguez. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren will be coming with straight facts. Tell her. Tell her. Man.. She gets into somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on you. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she has facts, sometimes she has details, sometimes she has a little bit of everything.

But what's the latest? On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me. All right, y'all. So Diddy back in court again this week. But right now there's gonna be some explosive testimonies today, including Capricorn Clark that we will hear from a man named Lance. Who is Capricorn Clark for people that don't know? Capricorn Clark is a previous personal assistant of Diddy's, but she has come up in this case and in this hearing almost

every single day that I've been there because she was around and has witnessed so much. She is the woman that Kid Cudi alleges called her and said, Hey, Diddy's at your house. She's the woman that is alleging that Diddy made her get in the car with him to go to Kid Cudi's house. She was, you know, the person that knew about the burner phone that Cassie talked about that she would talk to Kid Cudi on. She knows a lot of the things. And everyone has mentioned her.

So now we will finally get to hear from her about her testimony, her experiences. But before we get there today, Diddy's team, Brian Still, his attorney is actually asking for Kit Cuddy's testimony to be thrown out. What he's saying is that because so they're saying that it's unfair and it's legally irrelevant. They're saying number one, there's no proof of what kid Cuddy is saying that everything is is his opinion or what he believes But there's no evidence. There's no confession from Diddy and there's no actual receipt There's no evidence when it was a car that was blown up. So I'm good to that part

So they're also saying that um because he has no personal knowledge of seeing Diddy there himself, it's all speculation. Now to answer your question, you're talking about a car was blown up so there should be DNA, there should be all these things, right? That's what you're asking? No, that's not what I'm asking. Well, if a car is, what Diddy's team is saying is if a car is blown up and you're going to say that Diddy was lying to you, because remember Kit Cuddy said, I asked him about it and I

knew he was lying to me. He said that on the scene. If you understand you're gonna say that you need something hard to back that up for us exactly to back it up so you need you need something more like we need more evidence we can't just go off of what you think happened because of all these events that you just put together and said you know what he has to be responsible for it that's what they're saying now getting to to the car. So Lance Jimenez, he is a City of LA Fire Department arson investigator. So he's going to get on the stand and testify to responding to the car arson of Kit Cuddies. And they're going to get into this whole DNA conversation because Brian still, when Kit

Cuddy was on the stand, tried to get to the point that there was DNA found on a bottle in the car on Kit Kuddy's Porsche that was blown up and there was DNA evidence on that bottle that linked to a woman. That makes no sense to me because I saw people keep saying that on social media and I'm like what y'all thought that Diddy threw the bottle himself? That's what I was going to say. You really think you're going to see, you think Diddy got out, cut open the top and then dropped it in there?

You think Diddy got his hands dirty? Like come on. Like that's what y'all really think you're gonna see, you think Diddy got out, cut open the top and then dropped it in there? You think Diddy got his hands dirty? Like, come on. That's what y'all really think happened? I mean, I think they're leaning into one of those, well, for Diddy's scene, they're gonna lean into if the glove don't fit. Like if you don't have the physical evidence that puts him there at the crime doing it, then what are we even talking about right now? That's true.

Unless it's a woman that comes out and says, hey, I was paid by Diddy to do it. Excellent. Right. Then that's a whole nother conversation. Now here's the thing. So when the arson detective or investigator gets on the stand, the government is asking the judge to not allow Brian Steele, Diddy's attorney to even be able to bring up that DNA. And the reason why they're asking that is because they're saying that even though he'll

be able to testify that he responded and there were reports taken, he according to this document that they submitted, the investigator says that they only recovered partial female DNA. He can't speak to what partial female DNA even means. They also say that he did not personally collect the swabs. He didn't perform the testing himself. He has no personal knowledge regarding the testing other than what was included in the report. And they're saying that the report basically is like, it's not a full report, so it doesn't talk about any other DNA that would have been possibly found.

And they're alleging that this bottle could have went through multiple hands before it got to the car, where then, you know, the car was blown up, so. Was it a Serox bottle? It just sat like a glass, like a glass. Was it a Daylion bottle? They didn a glass like a daily on bottle they say that if it would have been that that would have been crazy yeah it wouldn't did that I'm sure and I'm sure did he didn't do it himself so all the DNA just makes no sense like Charlamagne said unless somebody's

gonna come out and say did he paid me to do that like this is I'll tell you one thing no I'm surprised that he team me reason hell about Capricorn clock taking the stand oh but that starts today right Capric Capricorn Clock, I'm bringing it, I'm telling y'all right now. People are, if you've been paying attention to this case, even though you might not know her as a celebrity name, people are really looking forward to her testimony because she has a lot that she can speak to.

They're gonna wanna lean into conversation about his Ditties-a-lest-jealous rages that he would go up when it came to Cassie. The kid-cutty stuff that we just talked about. There were instances with the woman Gina that Diddy used to date that another personal assistant said that he witnessed that made him allegedly quit and he said he went to Capricorn Clark and told her, hey, I'm quitting because this is what I just saw. So Capricorn Clark is a very important witness for both sides

because she has seen a lot and if you can debunk a lot of what she's going to say, you can prove either Diddy right or wrong and if you can get her on the stand and she fills in a lot of the holes that we've been hearing. She was Diddy's assistant, right? Yeah, one of Diddy's, he had like four or five assistants, but she was, it seems like she was like the go-to for a lot of things She also there were conversations that Cassie mentioned on the stand where she was involved in like the whole like Escorts and getting them to different places allegedly and all these things so did we ever find out if these people who are Testifying for prosecution are getting immunity

So I was told by a source that there are conversations about that and then one of the personal assistants that was on the stand His name was George Kaplan. He said, I don't want to be here. I still love Diddy, even though this is a very complicated relationship. And they asked him, well, why are you here? Are you receiving some sort of like immunity? He didn't say yes, definitely. But he said that there was a conversation with his attorney, but he couldn't recall the conversation. Because that is the closest I've gotten to answer. If you're giving all these people immunity, of course they're gonna say what they wanna say because they're not gonna be charged, right? They're more likely to represent for the prosecution team

than the defense if you're gonna give me immunity. Yes and no, because I mean, if you're immune, you just say whatever, who's gonna do something to you? You know what I was wondering too, how many of these people were actually Diddy's co-defendants but then they flipped before trial? Because you know it's a recall, right? So when it's a recall, it gotta be more than one person. I wonder how many of these people were actually his co-defendants, but then they flipped before trial. Cause you know, it's a Rico, right? So when there's a Rico, it gotta be more than one person.

I wonder how many of these people were actually his co-deeds, but then they decided to give testimony against him. I would assume a lot, even with Cassie. I mean, anybody that's involved, maybe CC with Capricorn Clark, maybe James Cruz, whatever. CC's Capricorn Clark. Oh, CC and KK. Who's KK? Uh, James Crews, whatever. C.C. is Capricorn Clark. Oh. C.C. and K.K. Who's K.K.?

Christina, Christina. That's too many K.K.s, C.C.s. It's a lot of, he had a lot of big two. When is Booty gonna hit the stand though? Who? Booty. Ha ha ha! Cause the booty ain't hit the stand.

It's only been three. Not me Googling, I was the Google Booty witness thing. Like did I miss a witness? Don't drive me crazy. You had Punisher on the stage, you had what's the other one's name on the stage? That was Bo Google booty witness. Did I miss a witness? Don't drive me crazy. You had Punisher on the stage. What's the other one's name on the stage? That was booty. That was booty.

Yeah, but that's the booty that just was there to participate. I'm talking about the booty that got penetrated. I know that's coming soon. Christina Caron is another person that is, that's KK and then Cece is Capricorn Clark. And you really had me looking up booty because I'm like, well, how did I miss booty? How did I miss booty? There's more to this because Dawn Richard, Dawn Richard, you guys remember she took the stand?

Now Q from Making a Band has come out with some claims against her and all of this as well too. Did Q tell us why he was crying? He did tell us why he was crying. But we need to bring it back in the next hour because there's audio and I want to make sure that we can play. But he finally revealed why he was crying about puff and why he was

up allegedly and why memory was up here he said y'all gonna find out later he didn't want to talk about it so we'll get into at the top of the next hour all right we'll get to that next. Shalomayn we giving your booty to your donkey too. Before after the hour we need a couple of young brothers Joshua, Thomas Coleman and Abdul Boyd to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them. Alright we'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The day does not discriminate. I might not have the song today, but I got the donkey. They

The breakfast club, bitch. Who's don't give the day today. Don't get a day for Tuesday, May 27th. Go to Joshua Thomas Coleman and Abdul boy. They are the two suspects charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Kadeer Johnson, more commonly known as L.G.P. Kwa. Okay, let me tell you something, man. L.G.P. Kwa is a young brother that a lot of us followed on social media, a lot of us reposted.

You know, we've talked about him here on the Breakfast Club. About Zulfili. He's from Philly. Yes, he was a breath of fresh air, a young man who had the moniker, the voice of the youth. And all he did was rap About things of socially redeeming value. Okay. All he did was rap about the realities of the street But more importantly, how have these young brothers didn't change their ways

They would end up dead or in jail play play something from LG LG P quah, right? I support you hands down told us how to stand up. Why do we kneel down? Valentine's they try to a massacre when shots through 17 people got killed in the floor to high school Tell these little girls you a queen That's the right move more than like the turkey on the gram again likes both time to stop the hate time to make improvement Now time to stop the killings and shootings and all the suicide from the city brotherly love You know is to adopt time to come together stick together like a unibrow. I don't sell my soul cuz my problem I'm just giving knowledge. Dropping the clues bombs for LG. Why? It is just one of those killings that literally makes you understand and realize why you just gotta stay dangerous because it doesn't matter what you on. You can be presenting the best energy in the world.

You can be a super positive person and there will be somebody out there miserable, ready to take your life simply because they hate their own. Can we go to Fox 29 Philly for the report, please? Right now, new developments in the murder of a beloved Philadelphia rapper. Police arresting two suspects in the Mother's Day murder of rapper Quaddir Johnson, known as L.G.P. Qua, and they're looking for a third person. Police say this man right here 21 year old Amir Early is wanted for his alleged

involvement in that May 11th shooting. Police say Joshua Thomas Coleman and Abdul Boyd both 19 years old are in custody and under arrest charged with the rapper's murder. Quah did nothing but speak out against gun violence. He did nothing but promote positivity in Philly and y'all robbed and killed him on Mother's Day. I was told they robbed him over a chain. Okay, three of y'all, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Abdul Boyd, and they're searching for a third suspect named Amir Early.

You all robbed and killed a young man who was just trying to make it out the hood. Okay, like you young brothers are. Okay, in fact, you killed a young man who I guarantee would have came up and came back okay? Like you young brothers are, okay? In fact, you killed a young man who I guarantee would have came up and came back for so many other young brothers in Philadelphia. I do not understand why we are so hell-bent

on hurting the people God sent to help us. And over a chain? By the way, I don't know if it was over a chain. I'm just repeating what my Philly folks told me, but whatever it was over, it wasn't something that was gonna change y'all lives. Okay, you all are charged with murder and in Philly the penalty for murder ranges from life without parole to the death penalty.

Okay you both are 19 years old Amir is 21. Life as you know it is over. You will never be anything more than a number in a system and I don't want to say what these kids be thinking. What do they know about prison that we don't know? Okay smart people learn from their own mistakes, wise people learn from the mistakes of others. Have we not seen enough people go to prison forever to know we don't need to be out here just killing each other? You taking a life and throwing your life away for what?

I wonder did they even know who Kwa was if you knew who Kwa was and still took his life knowing that he was just a positive brother who genuinely wanted better for you. Then I really have zero remorse for you okay f them let the white man sort it out because there's no saving lost souls like y'all I know we have conversations about rehabilitation but they got a rehabilitating prison they don't ever deserve freedom okay Kwa would never breathe again he got murdered at 30 at 30 I was just figuring life out. I was literally

just getting started and entering the best times of my life. I wasn't even married at 30. My first daughter was born two days before my 30th born date. You know how much life I've lived from 30 to now? I'll be 47 next month and I thank God that he blessed me with the opportunity to see those years and I pray for at least 47 more. I actually need 54 more. Okay, I need to die at 101. I actually read something yesterday that by 2030, humans could be immortal with the help of nanobots

that'll make us all immune to diseases. I don't think I wanna live forever because I'm sure God has another adventure for my soul. But I want you to think about this. Qua will never get to experience any of that because he's deceased. So Joshua, Abdul, soon to be a man when they catch you because they're gonna catch you. Y'all don't deserve freedom ever again because you let your darkness turn someone's lights out. You

let your negativity, your problems steal someone else's joy, someone else's enthusiasm took a mother's child away on Mother's Day. You deserve the worst of what the judicial system has to offer because I am truly sick of us being our own worst enemy and I will never understand why we hurt people who are just simply trying to help. Please give Joshua Coleman and Abdul Boyd the biggest he-huh. In a minute or early, you might as well turn yourself in. I don't even know where the hell you think you're going. Okay, you might as well just go ahead and turn yourself in. But say judicial again real quick.

Judicial. Okay, slow it down next time. Spell it. J-U-D-I-C-I-A-L. Don't play with me. Don't play with us. I don't think that's how you spell it. It is.

It is. I'm not sure. Judicial. The only reason I don't try to because you you spelt it Wow Wow, he tried it Wow. He tried it. He's about the right. All right, but thank you for that donkey of the day Now let's open up the phone lines this kind of this conversation started from behind the scenes. We were talking this morning 800 585 105 1 I don't know bring uh call Lauren now Lauren is catching a little bit of heat right for what her wings no we talked about when that crackhead ran up on her no no no no man Lauren is catching a little heat you know Lauren goes to the courthouse each and every day she's a journalist so she reports what's going on

at the dinner trial, and she's out there, and she's doing things. But on the weekend, Lauren, she'll go to the beach, and she'll wear a bikini. She'll go out, she'll have a good time, she'll be twerking, she does what she wants to do. Because she has a life. Because she has a life.

Because she has a life. So the question is, 800-585-1051. You killed my nerves. What happened? And he'd ignored it. Okay, so the question is 800-585-1051 You and he'd ignored it does what you wear off the clock affect how people see your professionalism Well, if it's a leather bikini in the dr. Yes First of all was leather shorts in the dr. What a nice top and Seven degrees so people are mad that you they not mad that it was leather They mad cuz I boobs Brown girl chafing. So you wear leather.

Well definitely brown girl chafing. You were at home all weekend for a while. They gave that ready. You can't wait. So I so the question is 811-DR-5805-1051. Dominicans don't even do that. People are mad at Lauren because on the weekend she went out there. She had a bikini on, she was out there having a good time. Enjoy your life.

And people were saying it's not professional. It was level. That's not what you should be doing. You're a journalist. You're gonna be in court today. And people look at you a little differently. Oh, that's why they was mad? And when we talked about it behind the scene, which really sparked my interest, was Morgan that does front page news. She got pissed. Morgan was like, no, you can twerk what you wanna twerk on the weekend.

It's your body. You do what you want to do If y'all fellas want to go out there and wear a bathing suit is cool when you got your shirt off I was a guy in a bikini on the beach. I mean that's what you want to do She came in with pajamas on today. She could do what she wanted Today was a very I'm tired. Yeah, I mean, but I'm going to court and I'm looking also two people have an issue with Me going to court looking nice. I look nice everywhere. I go you're just upset that the content is a little more consistent I thought they was mad cuz you had on leather in the DR and I know that was justified Since Lauren is a journalist she's at court every day one since Lauren is a journalist she's at court every day do you have a problem with her on the weekend wearing a bikini or wearing provocative clothes or

twerking on somebody can she have both they also talking about my it was like your boobs not asymmetrical I said y'all so used to not seeing what I don't know what you mean they're not a little bigger than I was. They all look like bars with eyes is what they look like. This guy's crazy. 800-585-1051. Let's discuss. Yo, you look like a big toe. Can you just relax? It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

No. Pull out your, pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me. Add your opinion to the Breakfast Club topic. Break it down. 800-585-1051. The Breakfast Club.

No. No. No. 800-585-1051, The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ N.V. Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now if you're just joining us, people were upset with Lauren LaRosa, our very own. Reason being is Lauren LaRosa being caught,

she's a journalist. And when they see her on the weekends, she has a bikini on, she's dressed in a little provocative, she's out, she's twerking, she's doing her thing. And people are upset about that. So what they're saying is they think she should take journalism a little bit more serious? That's what they're saying.

They're saying that she should cut her off. bit more serious. That's what they're saying Your body because you're starting to oh my god God forbid you put on a little outfit and you and you support black business Yeah, because that's what you're doing because it was a whole HBC you weekend is DR. What am I supposed to have on? That you wear now before we get to any of this- Shout out to the Plastics NYC, those were the leather shorts that I was wearing. That makes no sense to wear leather in the DR, can we at least admit to that?

Before we just judge people and act like the critique of Lauren is so bad, can we just admit- They weren't focused on the leather, only you are. They didn't even know- I put on the leather, can I have the bikini on? No. A leather bikini, man. It was not a bikini, I was at a party, it was shorts.

They were leather cut shorts It was night time. It was a 2000s party shout out to Memorial Day getaway that me and young Jaco said it was nighttime. Even in the 2000s they were not wearing leather on the beach. I don't get what you say. The question is 800-585-1051. I guess people are saying that they feel like you should be wearing me in more professional. And we have Cece on the line. Cece, good morning. Cece, good morning.

Good morning. I just want to say this is my third time getting through to the breakfast club. I have great phone service. Hey. So what's your comment? What's your thought, Cece? So what I was saying was if Cuba got the beach, then people should mind their business. But I mean, if you were just out to dinner with friends or something like that, then yeah,

I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. I would be happy to do that. So what I was saying was if she was at the beach then people should mind their business but I mean if she was just out to dinner with friends or something like that then yeah I think she should cover up because like women clothing was generally like back in the day was modest They covered their arms legs and you know, sometimes their hair, you know What about leather?

What about leather on the beach? I don't know about leather on the beach. I wasn't on the beach. And leather! So Cece, you feel like she should dress a little more professional when she's out and about? Not if she's at the beach. That's why I'm saying she's at the beach. Come on now.

But what if it's summer time? What if it summer time? It's 100 degrees in New York. I can't wear shorts in a tank top because I like. Yeah, shorts in a tank top to cover the bottom of your butt cheek and the tank top that at least covers the side of where your skin is going. But I just feel like I want to know people that maybe I know everybody this is new and people are just not getting to know me And stuff, but like I mean I've been looking how I look. I don't know maybe because I don't sit up here with y'all People just understand we're young like this is what am I supposed to do? I'm not out here like flashing y'all on my Instagram. Listen even out there then with my friends. I'm definitely showing this

Brother, what makes you think there's older people that are critiquing you? I think it's a, you know what? You know what? A lot of it came from what I started feeling was it was a lot of black women and then it was an age gap. It was like you said black women. Well, I mean, what do you mean? Why you say age gap?

How do you know the age? I'm serious. I was seeing just some of the comments and I got DMS from some women. I got to go look at their pages and not all, it was so many people and then like blogs picked up the pictures too. So the people were arguing on the blogs, they were arguing on Twitter. So I couldn't see everything but the people who directly DM me and like, I think that they feel like it's with love but it's like, what do you want me to do?

But they were older black women who were just like, look, we love you, we really like protect what you have going on. We want you to just basically present a certain way so that people receive you a certain way. Yo, I ain't gonna hold you. I don't know where you're like, not like where you're not dressed. Like they act like you be having your ass in your boobs out every day. Like I've never seen I dressed a little bit more skimpy than you and I dare somebody say something to me But you I've never even seen you wear nothing out like that And you know, I think that was a bit of it too. It's like cuz most of the time y'all see me. I'm here I'm not dressing like that here. I dress like yes. I'm always dressed like that when I go out.

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Good morning. Morning. All right, so check it out, right? The thing is about image is when you project a certain image out into the world, if you project professionalism, that's what people is going to see. If you project ratchetness, that's what people is going to see. If you project both, people are going to be confused. So you always want to project professionalism because that's what people want to see you

as, as a professional. It's hard for people to then double you down as ratchet. When your professional attitude, your professional image, and your professional character is shining more than anything else. That has to be your light, the professionalism. The darkness has to be your ratchetness, which should be shown behind camera. So do what you want to do, but don't post it. You should post the professionalism that way people can only see you as the professional. Don't let them see the darkness, because people judge you for the

darkness. So you should dim your light because people judge you is what you're saying. I just wonder what's a professional beach attire because I was also that was that was a shut up. That was a job. He's still on here. Okay, cuz I want to know in Newark. He from Newark Jersey City, wherever you would as professional beach attire because I was also booked to be there.

So I'm at work. So I have to post I have to look apart. I have to be at these events. What do y'all want me in? Y'all want me looking like hey Arthur on the beach? Yo, and you can promote all of that you can because you still have a personality Brown girl grinding been a thing since before did he decided he wanted to go to court like that This is you've been you and it's okay for you to be a journalist with personality. Thank you. You're not just a robot

You're not just your job. You're a bunch of different things I don't need like what he's talking about you from Jersey City boy And you know if you wear leather on the beach, people will think you're an alligator. That's dangerous. Let's go. Let's take some long calls when we come back. You stuck on this one outfit. Shout out to the class of 2021. I wasn't on the beach. All right. If you're just joining us, Laura LaRosa. I was going to a party.

Laura LaRosa's got a lot of heat this weekend because people are saying that she's professional. She's doing the Diddy court. She's at court every day, but on the weekend, boy, she was turning up and people upset about that. This is crazy. This is just like, yo, she's in the DR. She's turning up. This is a party. And it's nighttime.

You see that? It's not the beach. If you're just joining us, Lola Rosa's catching some heat. You know, she does the Diddy Trial each and every day. She's actually about to leave in a second to head over to the diddy trial But on the weekend she was out and about in the DR. She had a bikini on she was showing a lot of stuff Hosting beach party. She was also hosting you know what I'm saying if it's a hundred and seven degrees What you expect for me to do now people are upset a little bit and saying that that's not professional

They want her to be more professional They want her to to act like a journalist and act like she works for one of these huge companies. Damn, Monday through Friday, okay. And I told Lauren this already. I did have somebody reach out to me and said, they actually said to me that Lauren should decide whether she wants to be an influencer or a journalist. I think those days are dead. Yeah.

I do too. I think I want you guys to understand that. And just in the first week of me covering the Diddy Trial, the way that I've been doing it, which honestly is just me turning on my camera and telling people how I feel. I've had the Wall Street Journal reach out to me. I've had NBC News in New York reach out to me several times

and we're working on something right now. I've had BBC, I've had the biggest- Talk about BBC. Because, shut up. You did not say you had BBC at the Diddy Trial. That's what they doing. That's what they doing. I've had the biggest because shut up But a lot of those platforms say to me they like what I do because they can't do it They are and I've never been that girl. That's why I've always said I don't know after I left my last job where I would work because this is how I am and it's not changing.

I believe that if they want professionalism, they go to Brown Girl Grinding. That is your brand. You do nothing but what aligns with your brand there. And then they want a little bit more personality. They go to Lauren LaRosa. That's it. All right. We got hello.

Who's this? Hi, it's Tay. Tay, what's your thoughts? Hey, so I'm kind of in the middle because I'm a stay at home mom But I volunteer in my kids school and I'm on a parent board and I sit on different You know, I have different titles at the school. So the administrators and the staff and everything they look at me a certain type of way They uphold me to a certain standard So I remember one day recently I came up to my daughter's school to pick her up and it was kind of warm so I had on a spaghetti strap like shirt and you can see all of my tattoos. I have

tattoos on my arms on my chest and they weren't mad but they were looking at me like oh wow Mrs. Hooks like we didn't know you were like that. They're looking at me like a goody two shoes. So I'm gonna say that yes what you wear outside of work does have an effect on your image But that's not our fault that society's fault is how they view you and it's not how you should view yourself So yes, like I said, I'm in the middle. Yes. I agree that what it affects your image, but it shouldn't And just put you in a box like oh, I'm a journalist I have to dress like a journalist 24 7. No, I have a life outside of this down that I do right period Thank you mama what I realize is like people are not used to like normally you see a journalist

There's no shade to other journalists girlies. I know I love y'all But normally you see journalists and like they're not coming how I'm coming when I dress a different way No, I'm just saying that like No, what I'm saying is that where I have a body like you just be quiet Right my hair up because you're getting on my nerves what you yeah What I'm saying is that my background is a lot different in these other girls. I come from runway. I've always been modeling. I've been here. What runway, girl? They don't got an airport.

What runway? They don't got an airport. You mean highway? I'm going to court. I think I'm going to court. I'm going to court. What runway? What runway?

Jess, what runway? Little baby, hold up. What runway? She said runway. You will never know America's next top model, girl. I actually didn't. What runway? I actually didn't.

I actually didn't. I actually didn't. I actually didn't. I actually didn't. I actually didn't. I I've done, I do that. It's a huge, you stand out. I don't know, talk to us. It's a, Metfeeter is a new media brand for like the new girls. So like all the new female rappers go through there. Their fashion show is a big deal and I open for them. Like I do this is what I'm saying. She told us that she was doing New York Fashion Week. You just didn't believe her. What I'm saying is.

Why would I? But listen to me. Listen to me. What I'm saying is It's not about leather shorts that was you know, what I think it's about people can't what I was trying to get to is people Can't understand duality. I can be good at my job. Yeah, I can read I might set a little bit I can read but I can also present well and everywhere I go. I'm just nice So if that's your issue, y'all really need to unfollow me because I'm cute and I know it's I it's nothing I can do like what do you want me to do be you? Be me a fan. I don't know don't be hard.

Be me a fan. I agree with you a thousand percent Lauren you should be able to do what you want to do how you want to do it. Yes. You present yourself in court a different way you're on a beach I don't know I don't know what you want her to wear on a beach. But even if I'm out in New York in way. You're on a beach. I don't know what you want her to wear on a beach. But even if I'm out in New York in the summertime, y'all are like, I... If you wanna go out and you wanna have a good time,

that's what you want to do. You don't have to dress up to prove or to satisfy anybody out there. They can all SMD. You make yourself happy and whatever makes you happy, F everybody else. I will say to me, professionalism isn't about attire. Correct.

It's based on your work. Because I see people who will praise Mark Cuban for coming to a meeting in a t-shirt, but they want somebody else to be in a suit. But the reason they don't mind Mark Cuban being in a t-shirt because Mark Cuban has already shown up and Mark Cuban has delivered results time after time. So I just think that's what it's about.

To really be looked at as a professional, you have to show up and consistently and constantly do the work. But you know what, I think the days of certain professionalism being in attire are just gone. Like when I, even the way I talk, you know that gets critiqued all the time.

The way I talk, like all of that stuff, I think that the reason why y'all even care, y'all arguing about my leather, my whatever, is because I'm cutting through and I'm cutting through because I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself and you're seeing the results. And that's all it is. And people don't understand that.

And that's okay if you don't understand. You gotta hit the creep dance before you go out in the park. You got the pajamas on. Shout out to the Plastics NYC. And give them Felipe B. You wearing pajamas to court today? And I had to let my hair breathe. I was just like, let me get the girls a little bit of like.

That's yours? Yes. Stop what? Listen, and for people who don't understand. You wanna say something so bad. What you mean? Say it,? You wanna say something so bad? What you mean? Say it!

What you wanna say? That's what I was trying to turn it on. Yeah, he was trying to find something, but go ahead. But you know what? You do take it serious, yo. You really do take this stuff serious, and that's what I want people to see. Yo, he did, she do. She takes it very seriously. He does. I was gonna say the runway that she walked in right there, with that fucking, with that widow peeking. Oh my goodness, alright. We got the ladies. What are we talking about?

You can't. You could never. You could never. No little fat feet. You could never. Ma'am, the ladies. That's why you have slides all the time. What are we talking about? Ladies and lords. We're going back to Diddy. Yes. Well, really it's Dawn Richard and Q from Day 26. There's a conversation about why he was crying and upset. He alleges he was drugged and I from Day 26. There's a conversation about why he was crying and upset. He alleged he was drugged and I don't know. Some other things.

We'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club Good Morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren be coming with straight face. Tell us, tell us, man. She gets into somebody that knows somebody. She gets to detail.

I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on the latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. So Q of Day 26, you know, they were on Making the Band 4. He has finally come out and had a conversation about why he was so upset and crying in a lot of his interviews talking about Diddy and that whole conversation.

And he is making some really huge allegations against Dawn Rashard. Let's take a listen. My ex at the time, which was Dawn, she gave me a ecstasy pill. Yeah, she said it was ecstasy and she said it was from puff to give to me and it was red and I took it because I thought I was going to get freaky with my girlfriend and I trusted her that that's what it was. So I took it immediately and she had one too. He gave her two of them.

I took mine within like 20 minutes. I knocked out and blacked out. I woke up in the twins bed bedroom in the basement and I woke up out of my sleep Screaming very very loud the twins did he swear his girls? Yeah, I woke up in their bed to cameras filming me and they were laughing as I woke up out of my sleep screaming and Not gonna cry It felt very sacrificial

That's what I admit when I said, I felt like they were trying to hurt me or Diddy was trying to maybe sacrifice me that night. Now when Q was up here, y'all remember that we almost kind of got to the Diddy conversation because we were asking, did they experience anything? Very triggering. Yeah, very triggering. He didn't want to talk about it. Then they went on, I believe it was Vlad TV and he broke down. But now we finally have some more details. And that comes from the Amy and TJ podcast, Amy Robach and TJ Holmes. They have this series that they're doing with

a Arbio Day called covering the Diddy Trial. So he was a guest. Now those allegations are big. It's kind of crazy to hear it. Dawn actually had to come out and respond because people were like, hold on, with everything else that's going on. I don't think people even just understand. Yes. So Dawn came out and said that, you know, she wants to be clear. She has never drugged anyone or given anybody any pills. The suggestion that she did so is categorically false. If such a belief were genuine, it would be inconsistent with the actions that follow such as inviting me into your home, introducing me to your younger sisters and family and continue a relationship with me. It would also be inconsistent with choosing to attend social events without me, engaging

with individuals I had previously expressed concerns about and continuing to live with or provide favors to those same individuals. Many of these actions occur while I was not present or even in contact with you. Throughout our time together, even after our separation, I made a conscious decision to not share or disclose private matters or the circumstances surrounding the end of our relationship to protect you." And she put you in caps. I did this out of respect for you and your family. That's interesting because she's doing the same thing to Q that people are doing to Cassie.

Why would you stay with a person after they do something, you know, heinous to you? I don't know what's true or what's not. I'm just saying it's interesting that that's the yeah route she took Yeah, I mean but when she went so Don Richard also took the stand and did he's trial and when she testified she Spoke in support of Cassie for the most part. So I just want to make sure that that's clear But yes people are doing that to Cassie And she did that the Q's. Yes. Yes, and that's exactly that the Union. Why would you? That's not right yeah, I just think it's crazy that she took the stand and nobody bought up the fact that she had just worked With did he she's on the last album the love album the love I thought they did bring them

No, they didn't get to they brought up her being in contact with him after leaving the whole diddy situation in 2011 But they didn't specifically bring up the love album And I did ask why did they not and I was told They don't know but yeah, um, so that happened. So maybe that's a bit of more of an explanation for people But picking up spirits, uh, brother Q. Yeah, yeah Yeah, um, you know the spirits pick up the spirit picking up the spirits Travis Hunter married his fiance picking up the spirits. Picking up the spirits. Travis Hunter married his fiance, Liana Lanay.

They got married on Saturday and did y'all see the video of him dancing at the reception? He seems so happy. I feel so bad for him. He seems happy. I love it. Oh my God. He seems like such a good kid. There was also a video that went viral of him this weekend of he was like walking by

a backyard and a kid was like doing football training or like runs and he stops him and kind of like, and the kid is like doing football training or like runs and he stops him and kind of like the kid is like oh my god but he gives his new wife a G-Wagon and they're just having a good time the wedding was beautiful but people are having a conversation about whether or not he got a prenup there have been reports that he has no prenup. Why are people so invested in your relationship? I don't know I mean I think it's just because of all of the stuff that went viral leading up to the wedding but I'm like man is this boy can't catch a break because that has become the conversation around

Whether he should have a prenup or not with this woman because I have a person he does not have one But look if he don't want one he don't want one Don't let it I know he young and all that whatever if he don't want one and his mother not the person to talk to him About that or you know his wife's my manger, it's all right, it's all right. And I'm pretty sure he got lawyers and all that, he's a professional athlete, right? Yeah. Yeah. If he ain't take care of it, it may not be his decision.

It's okay. I mean, it may have been his decision to not have one. Like people too worried about it. Yeah, people are so invested in their relationship and it's weird because it's like, if they work out, they work out, it's for them. Right. if it doesn't work out it doesn't work out and guess what only people got to deal with that is them. It's them. Why the fuck people care so much? Yeah well I mean I just thought it was unfortunate I'm like then he's so happy and celebrating and boom here come the

conversations but same like you you'd be happy celebrating yourself and then boom why she wearing that? But you know what I'm not mad at it I'd be like boom let's post some merch to sell so yeah, I mean Travis ain't mad at it He was just as happy. Oh my god. He was so happy Backed it up and more to forward and hitting the Lord. That's cool You know what you don't gotta go to my hand somebody raise their hand you don't gotta go to them. Thank you Sometimes asking Lauren why she wearing that is a valid question It's not Thank you. No sometimes asking Lauren why she wearing that is a valid question Every day you come in here a different color and we let you know, right?

We don't ask you why you go from light to dark the dark the light the mocha in the middle We let you be great Whatever you want to be I'm just simply saying what is Lauren wearing is a valid question sometimes pull up with leather on the beach What is she wearing is a valid question? I wasn't on a beach, but you know what? I don't mind you asking that question because thank you. Because now it has become a question that a lot of the media outlets are following as well too. And you know, I always wear black designers, so it's giving platforms. So that's how I'm gonna spin that. There you go. But back to what we was doing over here. But you had that Chick-fil-A cow outfit the other day and I told you. I didn't

even wear that. That was a sample. I was trying to. She had a Chick-fil-a cow outfit the other day and I told It was like a mini skirt, but it was made out of cow skin and it was called moob area and I'm like Lauren Don't you put that? I had Gunn-Holmes' sister right there, like Gunn-Holmes' sister. Yes! I was like, come on, are you crazy? With suspenders. Sometimes. With suspenders. It was a mini skirt with Gunn-Holmes' and suspenders. And it was called Moo Berry. And it was cow skin. She had it laid out like the first day of school she did.

I know what she did. Like she was going to kill them in D.O. Are you going to wear it? Because when you eat it, when you- No, it was exactly. It was a sample because, like I told you, I model. So they sent it to me to try on so they get the measurements, right? But I mean now I'm gonna wear it because I think I should photo shoot in it because yes

Oh upset and when you like shoot down, I don't want to hear nothing but apology Yes, she wears that and pull that on it. Does everybody go to her business with number cowl mochi All right, that's the latest with Lauren let's's get to the mix, the people's choice mix is the Breakfast Club, good morning. Wake up, wake up, you're locked into the Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. Again, I just wanna say, salute to everybody

that I ran into in St. Martin, had an amazing time. Salute to Soul Beach, I do it each and every year, and we just have a great time, man. Some of the biggest artists, biggest comedians, and biggest DJs on one island, it's just always a great time. Salute to Soul Beach. I do it each and every year and we just have a great time. Some of the biggest artists, biggest comedians and biggest DJs on one island. It's just always a great time. And Salute to Monster Energy Indiana was dope as well. Tonight the Knicks will win. That's what's up. Now you was in Connecticut and Boston.

Yes, Connecticut and Boston. And yo, listen, Boston, I love Connecticut. Yes, Connecticut. Yes, I love my Connecticut cousins and all that. Boston was crazy. Like yo, the energy I got, when yo, you know how some of my, when you're used to getting standing ovations when you walk off the stage, they stood up for me when I went out there before I even said anything. Like at Wilbertheater, man, shout out to the staff at Wilbertheater, they took great care of me. My fans, man, I ate good in Boston.

Yo, and then after that, they had like an after party at the W, I stayed at the W. Yo, they turn the Lobby into like a little lounge and they had the LED lights and it was so mixed in there You know, it was it was very very dope. So man, shout out the boss and I can't come back there man I love Boston. Yeah. All right. And also salute to Monique Rodriguez for joining us She was the Sorry man, we'll make sure you go get her book. Absolutely. And speaking of books, I wanna salute to Dawn Staley, man. Thank you to everybody who came out to Philadelphia this weekend to check Dawn Staley out.

Dawn Staley had a book signing in Philly. You know, that's her hometown. I know it was crazy wasn't it? Oh my God, like 2,500 people or something crazy. Yeah, man. So salute to everybody who came out to see Dawn Staley in Philly. She'll be in Columbia this Thursday.

South Carolina? Yes, Dawn will be in Columbia this Thursday, May 29th, 6 p.m. at the R2I2 Conference Center. I don't even know why I told you that because it's sold out already. Damn. But yes, it's already sold out. I just saw that it sold out. But yes, make sure you go get a copy of Don Stanley's new book Uncommon Favor available everywhere you buy books now It's time to get up out of here. Shalom and you got a positive note. I do the positive note is simple, man Please remember that you can receive all the compliments in the world all the likes in the world all of that But that won't do a thing unless you believe in yourself. Have a great day do a thing unless you believe in yourself. Have a great day.

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