The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: EJ Johnson Says Beyoncé, Rihanna & More 'Did Not Eat' On Met Gala Carpet + Mýa Interview

Episode Date: May 7, 2026

Today on The Breakfast Club, Mýa Talks Creative Freedom, Navigating the Industry, Independence. Plus, Charlamagne Gives Donkey of The Day To A Florida Woman Who Was Arrested For Kicking A Child During A Youth Football Game. Listen for more! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Turn a Nirvana up just a little bit. Just give us a little. Yeah, I just want to be honest with y'all. Breakfast Club is a piecemeal show. They find a lot. What you mean? What you mean? If they can find somebody to fill in here, find somebody to fill in there, they just

plug the holes. Doesn't matter. The only constant is me and envy. Dmitrius is running the boys right now. He's, uh, he just started working here a couple of months ago. It's not his fault. He was just thrown into it this morning. Hey, this is a place where they will take the rookie and put them right in the big leagues.

You put it right in the game. Go! And you better dunk. Game six, NBA finals. The don't matter. You get minutes. All right. this crazy. All right. Well,

this morning on the show, Maya will be joining us this morning. Yes, you will be. Her new album is called Retrospect. That's right. And she calls it Retrospect because she's tapping into the sound of the 70s and 80s. Correct. And early 90s a little bit too, right? No, 70s and 80s. No, more 70s and 80s. Yeah. But it's Maya, man. Maya got some stories. Yeah, and Matt, Maya got a catalog that we forget about. She's had a bunch of songs. I thought you're about to say something else. I was like, boy, you're wild. What? What? I don't know. I heard it was Maya got it. I was like, what?

I said catalog of music. I didn't know what she was about to say. That was kind of crazy. I was with her in Pittsburgh about a couple of weeks ago when she was performing with Gizi and Boosie, which I thought was strange. I'm like Jeezy, Boosie Maya, but it actually worked out.

She actually killed them. So she did a damn thing. That's real. If you born in the 1900s like us, okay, that's all the same era. Yeah. Not really. That sounds like my playlist.

That is definitely my playlist. It can go for some Jeezy to some Boosie and Maya quick. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I actually was listening up. White me down to best of me. That's what I was listening to the original version of Best of Me This Morning, actually. Yeah, with Jada Kiss.

Jada Kiss. Produced by Swiss Beets. Yeah, I was laughing. Maya did an interview a couple of weeks ago with Gina Vuees, and Gina was like, I didn't even know that this was a remix. I didn't even ever even heard that version. No, Gina is a child. I know.

And I love Gina. I know. I'm going to tell you dropping a clue to Mom to Gina, but you don't know what the bombs are, you mentioned. He said, nope. Boom. Boom. He said, all right.

Well, let's get the show crack. We got front page news next. Mimi will be joining us. Let's start the show with some of my. You got my up? Of course. He just played it. Okay.

There you go. All right. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Get your ass. We got a huge announcement at 7 a.m. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV, Jess Alarious.

Charlamaine Nagu. We are the breakfast club. Good morning. Jay Z had so many guys trying to holler at dudes, girls. You know what I'm saying? Yes. He sure did. Having a fair.

I act like an adult for once. Did you see? Well, let's get in some front page. News. Did you see Jay at the game last night? Did you see when he was leaving? I did actually. Oh my goodness. I see all those people around him. Jay was like, all right. Enough's enough. Where's my car? Let me get that for out of here. I mean, Jay Z. Jay Z in New York, right? But anyway, let's get some front page news. Let's start off with NBA last night. The Knicks beat the 76 is 101st. New York

Knicks, that was a little too close. A little too close. Man, shut up. A win is a win, man. I know, but it was a little too close. They scared me last night. My heart was beating too fast. I was sweating, but it was a little too close last night, and the Spurs beat the Timberwell's 133.95. I don't get cocky, because OG got an injury. How bad is his injury? Because OG, the best player on the Knicks right now, the whole

playoffs, if you ask me. I mean, we don't know. Mitchell Robinson, I didn't see him last night, so, I mean, they get me a little nervous, but we'll be all right. What's up, Mimi? Good morning, Evie. Charlemagne, how y'all doing this morning? Peace, Mimi, Brown. Good morning. So we started this morning in Tennessee where a major fight over voting

rights and political power is now unfolding just days after the Supreme Court weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act. In a 6 to 3 ruling last week, the court made it harder to challenge congressional maps that critics say dilute black voting power. It does dilute that black voting power. And now Tennessee Republicans, they are moving fast. So lawmakers, they have unveiled a new map that would break apart the state's only majority black congressional district in Memphis. So slicing the city and Shelby County into three. Republican-leaning districts.

Critics say the move could erase decades of black political influence in Tennessee and likely flipped the state's last Democratic congressional seat. Now, hundreds of protesters, they packed the state capital this week. Let's listen to some of what they had to say. Democrats and myself are fighting relentlessly to stop this racist redistricting effort and to elevate the issue of voting rights and the need for voting rights protection. We know that these redistricting efforts is happening because of the gutting of the voting rights Act Section 2. They're targeting black communities and the consequences are going to be perilous

for black political power. At least a dozen U.S. congressional seats and majority of black districts are at risk and 200 state house and state senate seats are also at risk if this racial, racist racial gerrymandering persist. That's why we have to organize. That's why we're fighting right now to depend District 9 to protect our voice, particularly in the South. That was the wrong audio, huh? Yeah, that was. But that's okay. That was state representative. The death of you yesterday, too. It's not okay. The effort with you mean.

The effort with you, Mimi. Well, that was state representative Justin J. Pearson, who led those protests. Now, Pearson, he's calling the effort to attack black political representation, you know, just outright nasty and just, you know, an attack on what we're seeing in, you know, our political realm. He compared the new map to modern day voter suppression, but he also led that protest. And let's see if we have the sound from the protesters. who were out in front of the state capital. And it's a terrible day from Memphis. I was born in Memphis.

I love Memphis. And today, Memphis is suffering from a thousand cuts. And 100 of them came from Bill Lee and Donald Trump. This is going across the South. We've seen some pictures of some potential maps where there is maybe a dot, a two, or blue. We cannot let this happen. Just a huge slap in the face, you know, for veterans, but also for the black community. community because they have sacrificed more than we can even imagine.

Yeah. And so also, you guys, this could just be the beginning. Tennessee is now one of several states moving to redraw those congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. And after President Trump, he pushed those Republican-led states to revisit those district lines. And if this Tennessee map passes likely as early as today, it will become one of the first major redistricting efforts tied directly to that Supreme Court ruling on the voting. Rights Act that we saw last week. We know this is all to rig the midterm elections and I've been asking people way smarter than me

for months. How can we be so sure that there will be free and fair elections for the midterms? And everyone told me, well, state elections will be fine. Well, I can't tell. No. No. They're not. I don't understand. How do we always know what the offense is going to be? But they never have a

defense to prepare for Republicans' offense. And you know what's funny about that, Sharr, in Virginia, The FBI, they rated the office of a Democratic Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas yesterday, along with her marijuana dispensary that she co-owned as part of a federal bribery investigation. No charges have been filed, but the story is getting national attention because Lucas is one of the top Democrats behind Virginia's effort to redraw those congressional maps ahead of the midterms. Those are the maps that Democrats gained up to four seats in Congress, which would, of course, help to shift that balance of power in Congress. Now, just weeks after that victory, federal agents raided her office. And Lucas, she says the timing is no coincidence.

In a statement, she accused the administration of using federal power to intimidate political opponents in the middle of a nationwide fight. It's so obvious. I mean, Republicans playing for keeps and Democrats just playing. Yeah. Yeah. All right, y'all, well, coming up at 7, this fight continues. We're going to tell you what is going on in Georgia and the new ruling that a judge there just stamped. with his approval coming up at 7.

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We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this? Yo, big chocolate to toast sucker. What up, Envy? I hear from you a long time. I thought you was locked up. I thought you was in Pringer, and I was happy about that. No, no, I ain't sucking toes in prison, brother.

I know that you'll be sucking in prison, but it's a family show. They say you get down like that. First tell Maya, I'll make a smile if I can suck her toes for a while. And then the big news is now that our Knicks are winning, they say that they're going to change Philly cheese steaks to New York cheese steaks. So you can go down to Philly this weekend and say, this weekend, and say, I want a New York cheese steak and rub it in their face. What do you all think?

I've been wanting you arrested for so bad. I think your jokes are so horrible. I don't know how you're a comedian. I've never heard anybody that said they've seen you. He's laughing. His own stuff. Hey, Jess, you owe me a favor. You got to get me on Wilden Out, girl.

I got you. I'm going to save him the embarrassment. I don't think they want you a Wild and Out. That would be hilarious, actually. I would love to see him on Wilden Out. Have you ever seen what he look like? No. Oh.

But the embarrassment that he would feel after he bombs on Wild and Out. with warm my cold heart. Hello, who's this? Theo. Theo, what's up? Get it off your chest. Hey, how are you guys doing? Good morning.

Peace, Leo. Hey, I've actually been going on this call for a couple years now. I listen to you guys a lot. Love the show. And I always want to call in and see if I could pitch a podcast to you. Would that be okay to do on air? Sure, Theo. Why not?

Yeah, Theo. Okay. I'm an avid reader. I love history. and I'm kind of a nerd and I want to make it cool to be a nerd So I'm always trying to talk to people about history And I actually used to have a history podcast

Where I spoke about kind of dark stories in history The very first episode of my podcast I spoke about the California genocide Where the former governor The first governor of California greenlit a massacre of the Native Americans to make room for the 49ers. Oh, wow.

They were coming in for the gold rush. But I don't just talk about dark stories. I also like to talk about, you know, characters in history like Mary Ellen Pleasant. I'm not sure if you're familiar with her, but she was the first black millionaire before Madam C.J. Walker. Oh, wow.

Yeah, and she built, she actually took on a job as like the help in the San Francisco area during the goal rush. And she took on his job as the help so she could listen to her client's secret. And she took their secrets and invested a ton of money and became a millionaire. Oh, so she was like the spook who sat by the door? Yeah. Okay, got you.

Got you. Got you. Well, listen, man. So basically you want to do a podcast that's based on history, but it sounds like a lot of history from San Francisco area, West Coast. there. No, not necessarily. Oh, okay. I talk about history from all over the world. I actually like

to, you know, dive into the history of race and racism, but I also like to get into the history of Africa on what happened to the continent after so many people were taken away from me, because that's a deep story, too. Well, Theo, hold on. We'll put you on hold, and we'll get your information, and that way we can connect you

with the person that you want to talk to. Basically, what Envy is saying is he didn't find any interest in that, but I did. No, I mean, I don't do podcast. You do podcasts. That was crazy. I mean, you just cut the man off.

I mean, he was talking. I mean, he was in the middle of a thought. I mean, I said, you wouldn't even let the man get a thought. I mean, I was connected with you. Is he really on a hole in me? Yeah, he is. Okay. The way he was treated Theo was ridiculous.

No, I did. Okay. That man's name is Theo. You still there? Yes, I am. Hold on, see? I put him on hole. I'm going to give him a hole. I'm going to give him my number.

No, no. No, you got the, you're interested. You're interested. I like people who tell me things I never heard before And I never heard about that millionaire before Madam C.J. Walk. I never heard her. You take some pointers, Jess. Get it off your chest.

800585-105-105. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the breakfast club good board. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. Lindsey, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest.

I got an indoor pool. I want to hear from you on the breakfast club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We lie? Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Yavim from Arizona. Yavin, Arizona.

Yeah, I think that's having me on the phone. What's up, brother? What part of Arizona? Good morning. I'm from Phoenix. Yeah, I'll be out in Phoenix this summer. I think my daughter's got a nationals out there for the first. I love Phoenix.

I love Phoenix. You hear me? Phoenix and Scottsdale? Yeah, yeah. What's up? Talk to us. Yeah, this is just talking about Scottsdale. Scottsdale's a dope place.

Yeah, we was out there for the final four, man. We had a ball. Yeah. So, yeah, I was just calling to get out of my chest. I was in a car accident a few weeks ago And these damn insurance companies They don't really care They just want to total my car

I'm leaving without anything But I drive my car My mobile notary And that's why I make money right now I'm trying to get back on my seat But I did start to go find me I want to see if I can get that information out there Or my cash shop

Just see if I can get some community help Go ahead young man Well let me ask you question before you do that Did you have food coverage on your car? Yeah Actually, it was his fault. He had full coverage, but, like, I'm in a tough spot right now, and they want to total my car out.

They says too much damage to do the repairs. So they'll pay you out for it, right? They'll pay you for it, right? They pay the loan off, but then they'll auction the car off, and I'm not able to, I'm kind of, like, with nothing. I got you. Understand. Go ahead.

Go ahead. Go ahead, bro. Yes, on my Instagram. My Instagram name is Y-A-V-I-O-N-N-E-E. E, so Y'all Vyande. My go-fund me is in my Lincoln bio. And then I can throw my cash shop out there, too. That's dollar sign Y-C-R-A-N-S-90, Y-C-R-A-N-S-90.

So, yeah, we're your blessing. If anybody could help, and then, of course, prayers to help. Anything helps right now. It's like a really hard time. I am definitely sending you in your car healing energy, okay? But I'm going to be honest with you. I don't think this story is going to move to many people.

All right, there's people out there who's cars are getting totaled every day. What? Why are you looking to me? like this man he just put his heart on the line he's in a very dark place yo I'm just saying is just the people cars getting totaled every day I know it said that way ain't gonna move people like that I'm just letting you know somebody did total you what did this accident happen brother I get it and normally want to be a big deal but I'm I'm like trying to get a job and trying to keep working at the mobile notary

because that's how I make money so I got what's the mobile notary oh like we all yeah you know right somebody coming to do that today did you get an attorney brother Yo? Yeah, but it's taking it forever. I don't know if I'm not getting me making any headway with them, but yeah, I got actually called Top Dog Law. There you go.

God damn it, top Dog Law to the rescue. Let me know if they work for you. God damn it. Okay, I'm going to need to know if Top Dog Law work for you, man. This guy's crazy. I'm just saying, like, as some stories move people. People's cars get totaled all the time,

and he got insurance. So he... That is what I'm saying? He will get covered. Yes. What he's saying is they'll cover the loan, but nothing after. He can't afford to buy something after that. Yes, I understand.

I totally get it. But I'm just telling you that that ain't top-tier moving people. Yo, this man say, yeah, I do the mobile notary. He said, oh, yeah, I got somebody come to do that today. I do. Yo. I got to meet somebody in the chest. 585, 105.1.

If you need to vent, we got the latest with Lauren coming up. Good morning. Yes, we do. Hello. Hello, cool, babe. Hey, okay. So this morning, we're going to start off with Dave Chappelle. He sat down with Michelle Obama and her brother for the Craig Robinson for In My Opinion podcast.

But he's pointing out an issue that he's seeing with a lot of young comedians today. So we're going to get into it. All right. We'll get into that. Next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You and a guest on an epic rock adventure with IHard Radio and Adepardness. Live in Toronto with flights and hotel.

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help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. There's the worst singer in the group. The worst? Yeah. Me. Is there anything to the idea that because you're from Harvard, you only got in because your parents made a huge donation. The group.

The yard birds, right? That's the name. The Harvard yard, but they're open. Do you have a name suggestion? We're open. Since you guys are middle aged. One erection. Listen to humor me with Robert Smygel and Friends on the Iheart radio app,

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or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform. platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment. And the next, we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music.

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I'm Sam J. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick it here, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill, waxing all about crack in the 80s. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack. I'm down to talk about crack on day, but just so you all know.

I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table. right now so thank you finishing that sentence I don't think there's a more important

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Sholami and the guy We are the breakfast club let's get to the latest with Lauren Let you talk LL Coobbe Yeah I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself.

I'm the home guy that knows a little bit about everything and everything. Little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you. Take me through that, take me through that. The latest with Lauren Lewis. On the breakfast club. LL. Cool bag. Talk to me. I know you had an intro like a 90s sitcom TV show. That's what plays on Netflix?

Yeah. Oh, wow. We shot it for the first time. I saw it. I'm like, wait, you don't hear that every day when I'm here? No, we shot it a while ago. Nick, one of our producers who thought that it would be a good touch. But I actually want to reshoot it because I like my hair in it.

But yes, we do. You can't hide the boat. I just want the record to show. I've never liked your hair since you've been here. Oh, my. I want the record to show you've never had hair since I've been here. So don't comment on hair. Okay, so look, let's get into this.

Before we get to Dave Chappelle, because there's some more met gala leftovers. That is the gift that keeps on giving. So there has been a conversation going viral about Rihanna, which I honestly think is the wrong conversation, but we'll get to the right one. So Rihanna and ASEP Rocky were at the Mek Gala. We saw them on the carpet. There was a video that circulated after the Met Gala of ASEP Rocky and Rihanna in a van. And like the photog or the paparazzi, you could literally see through the windows. And it looks like they're having like a really like, I wouldn't even say like heated because they're chill.

But they just seem annoyed as 18 double hockey six, right? So the conversation and the story and the headlines. that went after that video was that A set Rocky and Rihanna were having like an issue of some sort relationship-wise because it seems like they were in this like contentious conversation in its band, right?

So then TMZ does a story and they clear it up there. They do a story on sources close to the couple that say it was just a 16 hour day from getting dressed to arriving to all the peopleing that you have to do at the Met Gallo they tired y'all. You mean to tell me TMZ reached out the sources

to find out somebody was hungry and sleeping? Right. Because when I saw the video, I literally was like, I don't know why this is a thing. if you spend all that whole day and you probably got to be a parent the night before that you've got to get up in the morning

get the kids together to get yourself together I would be looking how they were looking to but okay so at that same time a video started circulating of Rihanna and A set Rocky like behind the scenes of the Met Gala A set Rocky's talking to two women and Rihanna's kind of like chilling by the side waiting for him she seems tired

and ready to go a little annoyed Tyler is in the background of that video and it's known that Tyler is a huge Rihanna fan so fans spotted that And they were like, oh my God. Like, did Tyler and Rihanna get the run into each other again? She talked about the first time she met her before. But then they started meming her because she's just standing in this corner, like with her hands crossed, just literally sitting there.

So they started to meme Thailand and kind of make fun of the moment. So Tyler gets online and responds to people wondering if she got to meet Rihanna. Let's take a listen to Tyler. Everyone knows a lovely. Oh, my gosh. So I made her lost there. And she was cool. You know, I met her, but I think she was occupied.

I went up to her. I was like, oh, hey, you know. She was like, hey, my baby dad is calling me, and then she left. And I was like, oh, maybe she was busy. So I don't know, I felt awkward. What the heck, I felt awkward. I don't know how to say hi. If I feel like someone's busy, it's like, so the time, yeah, I don't want to go up because I felt like she was busy.

You know what I mean? And the last time she was busy. So I want to, like, when we do speak, if we do end up speaking ever, I want us to be like calm. So we both can just, you know, vibe and talk nicely. Man, everything does not have to be a story. Folks be letting social media make them explain everything. Yeah. You can tell she's a fan.

Yeah, I was going to say you got to. And she was nervous about speaking to her. Everybody always be on her head about whatever she do. You know what I mean? So I know they was probably making a feel dumb look dumb. And she really just wanted a chance to say something to Rihanna. For colored girls who considered meeting Rihanna. Oh, my God.

Charlemagne. That's crazy. That is so crazy. Yeah. So then in addition to this video where she's kind of explaining, she, Tyler also posted, you guys ever saw the meme where you're sitting in the car and someone banging on the door, but you can't hear them.

You're unbothered. Yeah, she posted an unbothered meme as well too. So listen, there's no fire here, there's no smoke, just let it go. And honestly, I feel like if people are going to have a conversation about Rihanna at the Met Gallo, the only one they should be having is about the moment when she stopped on the carpet for Chanel Jones from the Today Show because it was an amazing moment. Let's take a listen to that.

Yes. What is your daily to all? Today was honestly hoping that I could meet the moment and catch somebody's eye contact. So many people when they come here on the carpet, it's take, take, take. My goal was to give, like give back, because I feel like your talent gives us. So I just wanted to... Who deserves you to be poured into as well? Thank you.

You're not all about giving in to everybody. Thank you, Rihanna. You deserve to be poured into and you're beautiful, you're black journalist. And I respect you and I love you for this. I love your outfit I love you Rihanna I love that moment

for a lot of reasons and I really want to know if Rihanna knew who Chanel Jones was because if you know Chanel Jones story you would understand why Rihanna

pouring into her in that moment was incredible because her husband died I think last year from Brachiancer and a couple weeks ago Chanel put out a book called Through Mom's Eyes

Simple Wisdom from mothers who raised extraordinary humans and it was number one on the New York Times best sellers list so I'm saying all that to say I just wonder

Did Rihanna know who she was or was that random? Because if it was random, her discernment is on point. That's amazing. Absolutely. Yeah. And I love the moment too because, again, like I said, that's a long day. Everybody in there is getting ready all day. You're preparing all day.

You're just trying to, like she said, meet the moment on both sides. As a celebrity and as a journalist. And everybody wearing them heavy-ass uncomfortable with costumes. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, that's all I got from this, too. Number one, there's no food at the Met Gallagher. Because everybody always be hungry. Plus, we spoke to somebody yesterday who told us that they just be having us

some trash-ass catering at the Met Gallo. And people ain't eating all day because they're trying to fit into the outfits. Yeah. Somebody's going to faint. You also don't have time. But, yeah. How do you know? Because I've been to gala before.

Not the Met Gala. She's been to gala. Not bad. How you know? She's been outside. I just want to reiterate that she got rejected at the Met Gala. Why? I don't know why they rejected you.

We are wrapping up. No, you keep bringing it up. We are wrapping up this hour. In the next hour and the next latest. We'll get to Dave Chappelle because I want to take time with that in a lot of the audio on the conversation he had with Michelle Obama, just about where things are today in headlines and a comedian. Speaking of headlines, right?

All right. The car show, salute to everybody out there. Now, you know, Charlemagne and myself and Jess and Lauren, we always talk about moments for us so we can enjoy, like where we can enjoy as community, enjoy together,

excuse me. So this year, the Drive Your Dreams Car Show is coming back to the 757, July 25th. Still the same. Kids five and under a free early Burry. ticket is 1999. We try to keep it as affordable as possible. I know

gas prices are high and food prices are high so we try to create an environment where people could have a great time. So it's all types of cars, celebrity cars, old school cars, exotic cars. We have food trucks. We have carnival rides, carnival games for the kids. There's vendors, there's music, it's a whole

experience. If you've never been to the car show, you want to go. When I say it's like a family reunion, it's a family reunion, it's indoors, it's outdoors, there's music, there'll be performances. Monster energy is bringing the bike so they'll be doing all the tricks. Lincoln Tech has all type of engagement. So if you haven't been to the car show,

make sure you're there, July 25th. You're going to see any type of car that you want. There's going to be trophies. There's going to be food. I think the lobster house is coming. They're going to be bringing lobster rolls. There's cupcakes. Stacey's Cupcakes? Stacey's Cupca.

You know, wherever Amy go. Stacey will be there. I think you need to monitor that situation. I just think she needs to monitor the situation. between you and States. What you mean. So today, that's right. Tickets go on sale right now. 1999.

If you haven't been to the car show, you want to go. It's in the 757. Whether you're in the DMV, whether you're in the Carolinas, whether you're in Atlanta, it's just about an hour, two-hour drive. Make sure you pull up on us. It's at the Hampton Convention Center again. Kids 5 and under are free, and tickets are 1999. I'll be breaking down some of the cars, some of the celebrities that will be coming in the next

couple of weeks. But get your tickets today. It's going to be a lot of fun. And I love the 7-5-7. So if you're looking for the perfect Father's Day gift, which is coming up in a couple of weeks, or the perfect Mother's Day gift, $19.99 today, the tickets go on sale.

So you can put the look at my bio, man. That's my second home is the home by the sea. So you got any discounts for Hampton University students? $20. Well, this is 1999. It's $19. They're going to be giving away pennies. Yeah, it's $19.

It's $1999. But the sad thing about it is school is out in the summer. So there will be no students there. So, but definitely get your tickets. We're going to have a lot of fun. There's going to be a lot going on. Like I said, tickets in 1999. And not only that, 757, DMV, the Carolinas, which is right there, Atlanta, which is right there.

I want to see what type of cars you have. Of course, I'm going to bring about 30, 40, 50 cars with me. But I want to see what type of cars you have, whether they old cars, they're exotics, they knew. I know you put your work into your cars. Pull up on us, DJMV Car Show at Gmail.com. Send pictures of your cars. We'd love to get your cars in the car show. So, again, July 25th Saturday, marked the date.

It's the first car show of the year. and I can't wait to see all y'all. So click the link in my bio, and man, we're going to have a lot of fun. It's going to be like a big-ass cookout, y'all. That's what it is. We have, like I said, it's indoor, outdoor. We have food trucks on the outside.

We got music playing. We got cars outside. We got cars inside. So it's just my favorite time of the year. It's the way my kids can meet your kids. They'll be playing games. They'll be in the jumpies. They'll be rides.

I'll be hanging with the dads. My wife would be hanging with the moms. It's just a full experience, a full day, 12 to 5. So I can't wait to see you guys again. Let's get back in some front page news. Now, we're going to start up some quick sports last night. The Knicks beat the 76 is 108-102. The Spurs beat the Timberwolves.

133-95. Now, Cleveland Cavaliers, pay the pistons tonight at 7, and the Lakers take on O'KC at 930. What's up, Mimi? Good morning, y'all. How y'all doing this morning? Peace, Mimi, your teeth look extra white. I know, right?

Oh, thank you. I went to the dentist yesterday. Oh, okay. I was about to say, damn. Yeah, I was going to get a tip. I hope you gave him a tip or her a tip, because your team look extra white this morning. Thank you. I'll take it. I'll take it.

We start this hour in Georgia. A federal judge has handed President Trump's Justice Department, a rare victory, and its push to revisit the 2020 election. So a U.S. District judge, it ruled yesterday that the FBI can keep more than 600 boxes of original 2020 ballots that was seized during a January raid on Fulton County's Election Center in Atlanta. Now, Fulton County, they had asked the court to return those boxes, arguing that the search rely on faulty evidence, but the judge said no.

And the Justice Department says, now, it is investigating whether election records were mishandled, but DLJ lawyers, they have not named a single suspect, a single target, and the statute of limitations may have already expired on the crime, but they are investigating. So election officials nationwide, though, they are watching this closely as President Trump continues to push false claims of fraud and threatens a federal takeover of local elections. But Fulton County, they say they are not backing down. The chairman of Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Rob Pitts. He is called this investigation, retribution from the start.

And here's what he had to say a few months ago, the day after federal agents walked in and conducted this raid. It's all about the 26 and the 2028 elections. If they are able to sow dissent, concern, confusion among the voters, it could impact, and I think it will impact the elections in 2028. 26 and 28. A secondary concern, though, is there's been an effort in the state legislature with our state elections board. They wanted to take over Fulton County elections for some time now. So I think this may be a part of this also. The 2020 elections are over with, no matter

what they're doing with the ballots, again, we counted every legal vote. They were counted multiple times. There was even a hand count. And in every instance, we come up. clean. In fact, in addition to that, we've had conducted some 17 elections since 2020 without any errors concerns whatsoever. Mimi Brown, can you tell me why a federal judge ruling that the FBI can keep the 600 boxes of ballots is something? It is something because what they can do now is they can probe and go through all of those boxes and they can look and see who is illegal, who is an illegal, who they can disenfranchise, who they can say, you know, know, it shouldn't have voted.

So purge those voters from the upcoming midterm elections, especially if they don't feel that they're going to vote in favor of whoever Trump is endorsing or whatever Republican docket is on that ticket. So it just gives them carte blanche to go through Fulton County records and do whatever they want with them at this point. And then the regulators, the commissioner at Fulton County, as long as they don't have the boxes and they're not in a secured space, there's nothing. that they can do about that.

And so it's just another tactic, another way to influence the upcoming midterm elections and elections going forward. Well, you said it. You said Trump is threatening a federal takeover of local elections. And it's like, hmm, why do you think that is? Because these folks, Republicans are just not going to sit back and let the midterm elections just happen. Y'all ain't going to just go out there and vote them out.

That is not going to happen. And so once again, I will say, if you know what the offense is, why don't you have a proper defense? And we talked about just this morning three different states. We talked about Tennessee and what they're doing in Tennessee, right? We talked about Virginia and the rays that they're doing there. And now we're talking about Georgia. We didn't even get to Indiana and Mississippi.

I mean, there's just so much happening, you know. Hopefully we can get to those tomorrow. But there's just so much when you look at the different tactics that are being used in the different states to cause all of this. It is definitely attack on the upcoming midterm elections, no matter how you look at it. And switching gears a little bit. So if you woke up this morning and your follower account looked a little lighter, you are not crazy and you're definitely not alone. Instagram just carried out what online users are calling the Great Purge of 2026,

wiping out millions of accounts in massive crackdown. They were going after bots, spam pages, fake followers, and AI generated accounts. So in about a six-hour window, Instagram, it ran a brand tool, a brand new AI tool, the platform and it deleted what it believes are not real people. The Instagram is trying to clean up its platform. Many users say this has become flooded with fake engagement and artificial popularity.

And this matters, I guess, now a day because followers today are tied to influence, sponsorships, visibility, and for many creators, real money. But some users say the sweep was not perfect. Some people claim legitimate accounts were mistakenly flagged or removed in the process. And if that happened to you, you can. can appeal it directly through Instagram's Help Center. I definitely have lost $100,000 followers now that I look. Yeah, I lost a bunch.

But mine don't ever grow in no way. I was sitting at 4.5 million followers forever. Like years, years, years. Like, mine does not grow at all. Oh, my God. I had 5.7. I had 5.8. You said what?

That went up. That means went up. No, no, no. You said you're 5.7 now. I had 5.8. Oh, yeah. So you lost 100,000. Yeah.

That is crazy. I lost $100. But I mean, that makes sense. If you are a page that especially has probably had active campaigns against you, they're going to put them bots on your page. So if they did a clear out, yeah, bye, get rid of them bots. I'm glad. Yeah. Yeah.

That's the good way to look at it. A lot of people are, you know, a lot of people, some people are celebrating and some people are saying, you know, they lost, they just care about the count. But Instagram CEO, he warned for months that AI is making it harder to tell what's real online and now platforms are under pressure to prove, you know, users can still trust what they're seeing. And that's why, though, they say experts on every major social media company is likely headed toward this to do that more aggressive crackdown like this on. I'm not mad at it. I'm not mad at it.

I'm not mad at it. Get rid of all the box. I'm not mad at it at all. Yeah. All right, y'all, that is your front page news. I'm Meeb Brown. Follow me. I B.B. Brown TV.

For more stories, follow the Black Information Network. All right. Thank you, Mimi. Thank you. Peace, Mimi. Now, when we come back, R&B singer, Maya, will be joining. us. We're going to throw it back with Maya, so don't go anywhere. She has a new album, retrospect.

DMV's own. That's right. Drops next week. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Shalame and the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lord of Los is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Maya. Welcome.

How are you doing? Is this your first time here? Is this? Wow. Good morning. How you feel? How's your energy this morning? How you feel? Good. I got a good, nice rest. Okay.

That's important. Tacos for Taco Tuesday. Hey. Nicol Mayo. She's married to a Mexican, so she is. She is. She's also black as well. Yes.

I'm married to a black Mexican. I'm good. How are y'all doing? New album, retrospect. Yes, sir. What did this album mean to you? This album is a journey back into time, the time that influenced me to sign up to music. You know, when I fell in love with music for the first time, it was literally soul.

Funk, R&B that filled my house. whole vinyl days, the collection that my parents had. A lot of dancing going on. A lot of singing going on in the living room. But culture as well. The block parties, the skating rinks, those gatherings where your family would come over, laughter, children playing. So it's a celebration.

Nobody could look at you until you grew up in that era, by the way. Like literally, no. Oh, no, I'm a 70s baby. I know. I know. Yeah. Yeah. So the whole experience.

But I'm glad that you said that because we were listening to the album and I instantly got prints. Yeah. So it was like that was totally intentional. Oh, yes. The Minneapolis Sound. Absolutely. I've worked with Jam and Lewis before. Performed with Prince before.

But that whole era of funk, the performance, the aesthetics, the fashion, you know, the little eye expressions and the facial expressions and the hand gestures. Just the ultimate performance during that time, the rehearsals. You know, I'm a musician's daughter. and it really inspired me. I've done stuff like that before on previous albums. I did a Rick James cover, but I just wanted to embody a whole body of work, which is what an album is to me.

So retrospect is literally digging into the crates of my influences and going back into time, those joyful times of my childhood that first influenced me and introduced me to music. Were you a performing with Prince either? Yes. What was that like? It was beautiful.

You know, I got to see him two nights in a row at the O2 in London, and he had a lot of artists join him. And I learned a lot just by being there for two nights. There was a jam session, of course, afterward at the Indigo. And, of course, the conversation about independency, you know, the first conversation. I'd met him before that. But he was a big advocate of empowerment. No sampling. Playing an instrument.

All of those things and then really investing in your craft. And there were gyms that were dropped. See, I'm not Prince. And I started this independent journey very early before it was a thing. Planet Nine is my label. And I didn't necessarily know what it was all about when I stepped into that new territory. And he was the person that was the voice of reason that sort of kept me on that path, even when it got tough. You know, it requires you to, of course, finance 100%.

That's the way I've done it. And, you know, grind. But also wear several different hats and wear many roles. And it's been a beautiful educational journey of empowerment, but learning. And then also developing relationships when you become the label yourself and figuring it out. Because, you know, the business of music and then also the technological side of things changes. Every few weeks, there's a new platform. So it was really wonderful just to be in his presence, but also.

to receive the spiritual conversations, the business conversations, the new business models, the rehearsal conversations, finding your niche conversations, the performance aspect of it, and then encouragement. How ahead of his time was he?

Oh, I mean, he was in his own world. He was one of one, playing over 17 instruments. You know, I don't know anybody that does that. And was very passionate, meticulous, very deep. detail oriented, I witnessed him doing a sound check at the O2 both nights. And so I actually ran into him on my way to my sound check coming from his sound check.

And he was out there mixing on the board in the front of house. And he cares that much about how the audience or the listener receives the art down to the mixing. And so, you know, I get asked often, how come the, this. It's been an eight-year gap in between albums. I mean, I, too, have really taken my time to be in that process of mixing. This is the first album that I am releasing independently in Dolby Atmel, as well as Sony 360 Audio, which is an immersive experience. So that you're like inside of the music, surround sound.

Okay. How are you going to move it there? 360 degrees. But now that, you know, they're doing this with music now versus just soundtracks for films. You know, it's interesting because you said it's your first studio album in eight years. It makes me think, were you protecting your piece or protecting your artistry? Honestly, I was really just having a ball, experiencing what it is to create from a real free, pure place. It wasn't even protection.

It got very addictive when I went independent because I had the freedom to create whatever genre with no ceiling I wanted to. The timeline I set, no deadlines. I didn't have to focus on charting or numbers and validate myself based. on someone else's definition of success and all that pressure that does come from the major label system. And the investment I knew, excuse me, the investment I knew was going to be very boutique, you know, and very startup under the radar, because I started in Japan on my very first few releases. So it was really fun because I didn't have all those rules and, of course, the criticism that comes with releasing a full body of work over me. But that was the time to get acclimated to what this independent journey. was about, do it in a very

under the radar situation and a one territory release here and there, mixstaves, EPs along the way, and then something magical happens. Your relationships are built, you know, the process, because of that education and practice. And then you show up, and you

put together an album, throw it out, just for the love, it gets nominated for a Grammy. And then it's additional confirmation to keep going. And, and And Prince always said, you know, I will help you if you stay independent.

And there's been so many times you want to throw in the towel questioning self. Is this really worth it? Do I need to go back into the system and all these things? Because it is very hard. And you have to be very relentless and resilient in your grind, especially when you're financing 100% of it. And then sometimes people don't even know it exists. So you're also getting, oh, you're washed up or you fell off. How come you don't make music anymore and nobody's paying attention?

So nobody's paying attention. So to answer your question, you know, there's been so many times that question mark has popped up. But I don't measure success in the way I used to when I was in the system because there's a new definition that's been introduced to me. My sanity is kept. My spirit's intact. I'm literally having more of one now in my 40s than I was as a teenager just kind of. trying to figure it out in understanding that, you know, if it doesn't reach a certain number or a chart position, then you can be canceled. You can leave. You can be shelved. And I love

music so much. I think I've protected just the love of the art, not intentionally. But that's what Prince was always talking about. And that's what he was an advocate for for those he thought or maybe saw a little spark of love and passion in so that they could preserve their art. themselves and still work in the business. You know, I was going to ask, you know, you started so young. I did. But we haven't heard a lot of Maya crazy stories. Is that because your dad is still with you now and he's still guided and making sure that he's

controlling everything else? Because a lot of times when people start young, you start hearing crazy stories. The industry runs them down. The industry makes them crazy. But we haven't heard those stories from you. I mean, there's always controversy because wild stuff out there. of course that I actually experienced at the birth of, you know,

a lot of the bottom feeder type of sites. You know, you can't avoid that in a public forum, you know, as a public figure. And everybody's a public figure nowadays. But Lauren going to all the bottom feeder sites right now. Just to see what's out there.

I saw you talk about it. She just started typing. Shut up. I saw you talk about this from Melissa Ford. On her, the sit down that y'all did. And I made some notes. about just what it felt like being there at the break of it all,

because we feel like we get it so bad from what we experience now. Anytime you step out into this world, be prepared to get attacked from every direction. Even if you are Mother Teresa and your fundamentals, it does not matter. So you do have to understand that the world that we live in, plus everybody's opinion being, who on Front Street, it's going to happen.

And if you know that everybody's kind of going through it, wonderful. We didn't have social media when I was a teen, so I survived. We had, you know, tabloids and blogs, but I was really under the radar because also, and I'm thankful for that, because I was still a test dummy when I first started. They weren't sure of R&B and if it could live on a rap and rock label. I was literally on Interscope when it was just rap and rock as an experiment. I was not signed on my first album during their investment to see if it could even work. and exist. Oh, say that again.

I was not even assigned to Interscope on my first album. I was signed to Hawk Islam out of D.C. on University Music Entertainment. So it was real soft pedal-ish. I didn't get the Britney Spears exposure. But we were positioning and aligning on old soundtracks, Ghetto Superstar, pop stuff here and there, good looks, just try to figure it out.

So I didn't have the initial, I would say, stamp of approval yet. I was in a real void gray area. Like, R&B, we don't know what that is. We don't know

if that's going to work over here. We're willing to take a chance somewhat. Let's see how it does. But what's the first best business decision? Shout out to Baltimore

Drew Hill. You already know. Cisco. It's also on the same independent label that helped me break onto the scene. There's a lot of

piggybacking that happens. We're new to this business, which is a very competitive business, and I'm thankful for that move, even though that wasn't my first choice for the first single. I had a strong camp. My dad was there during that time, and my mom was my accountant. She's always kept me debt-free and finances intact, even in the hardest times, you know, so that I'm very responsible, but I'll also understand how quick it could go out the door. but also, you know, to plan for the future of state planning as well and what you want to avoid. So I've been really, truly privileged and blessed to have family involved in my business, but also present.

So just kind of keep me protected from all the things that we do hear about. You think social media would have helped your career more or heard it? Both. Both. You know, you get to know people too much. you know, there can be some strong effects personally, spiritually. You know, to open yourself up to the world is dangerous. And I think there's a lot of judgment that's very fragile when you're learning yourself as a teenager.

I see it all the time with child stars in the public eye, trying to grow into themselves. So I think the popularity and, of course, the investment might have been in handy. enhanced because of the exposure that you get from social media, but it could have gone so many different ways. Are you ready for it? What are the dynamics going on in your personal life? I don't think at that time I would have been ready for too much popularity. I was still learning me. I was also still learning the business and also just how to conduct an interview, how to do radio drops.

Like the real things, when you're just a newbie to any territory. A lot of fans when they have a lot of fans when they have. conversations about your career, they always talk about how, like, your fourth album was like, either it was delayed or like the release wasn't as big as fans feel like it should have been. Yeah. And they feel like it was unfair to you, and that's why certain things didn't happen for you afterward. How do you feel about that time period of your life? It's so interesting looking back at that time.

So when I mention Interscope, yes, a series of events go like this, Hockey Slom, you know, signed to an independent label. They invest in you. Demos were shopped. to several different labels. Interscope said yes, but it's still a maybe. Second album, I got signed to Interscope officially. Did another album. Third album was Moodyring, 2003, did a tour, all that.

I start wanting to record my fourth album, and the budget was closed. And they're still recouping. A lot was spent making that third album with Ron Fair. And, you know, I didn't have management at that time. So I'm now kind of in a transition where I've got to be. I had to either put up my own money and I started to do that. And it was like a lot of money. Every week I was spending in studios.

How much? 20,000. Over the course of two weeks, I said, this is ignorant. What I'm going to do is go home. I'm going to build a studio. I'm going to build a rehearsal space. But I'm also going to purchase a house so I can have living, take care of family, but also cast a crew that's based from my hometown that's hungry, that's thirsty,

provide opportunities, start a foundation that something doesn't feel right living in L.A. something is missing and I was out there by myself so I called my dad up I was like look I'm not happy here let's sit down I can't create I don't want to come home

and I want to do things from the ground up he took me to Motown via Sylvia Rohn it was still within the universal system and that's where R&B was supported it was understood culturally understood it has a history going back to Detroit

so Sylvia Rhone allowed me to executive produce my own project. And it was a wonderful project called Liberation, which would have been my fourth album. Things happened. There was Napster. There was social media. There was iTunes.

And so when you change the release date, so many different times, there's the farthest territory. Furthest territory, Japan. That's a whole day ahead, right? And when they changed the release date at the last minute, Japan had the album.

And it was out. And then it leaked. And then it got shelved and a whole bunch of other stuff. around that time. Out 24 hours prior? Well, they're just ahead, you know, regarding a whole day ahead. So they got it before they got the memo or somebody didn't click in the metadata to check

off that one territory. And so once it's out, anywhere, it's out. And your whole rollout is fumbled. The whole investment. It gets shelved. You can choose to go back in the system. I was just in a place of, look, processing, which has happened after spending a year and a half literally putting up even some of my own money.

Did you cry? Of course. You know, to be thrown out, discarded, dropped all of these things with negligence and made to look like I wasted somebody's money when I show up, I show up on time. I really invest my own money into situations. I just decided to sit with sale for a minute and figure out, you know, well, what it is? I want to do. Broadway called immediately, which was wonderful.

Prince called immediately when he heard the word independent. And there were these wonderful things that happened immediately for me where I was quickly gathered up and shown that this actually is probably going to be your greatest blessing. There are opportunities coming.

You have a catalog already. But I was always living in a fight or flight correctional facility mode. Yeah. Like, I want you all to understand that I'm not lazy. I want you all to understand that the perception is not I wasted anybody's money. The perception is, is I'm going to go get this. I'm going to go show you that I mean business.

Show you that I'm really about this art. Show you that I'm really about this music. And do the best I can with what I got to work with, whatever that is. So I was just figuring it out. I was watching your interview with Gina Views and she was talking, Best of Me. She didn't know Best of Me part two was a really. mixed to the original. With Jadafus.

Yeah. I didn't know that either. You didn't know that either? No, I didn't. They're younger. I didn't know that. I knew. I know.

Jersey dress, June Ambrose, right? Yeah, June Ambrose. I literally created a jersey dress because of that. Oh, Lord. For real? How did you do it, though? So I have a brand called Brown Girl grinding. And we were trying to figure out something for the summer.

And I loved the music video. So we created the jersey dress. Literally because of the way of her did not, that's not how to. Well, I didn't think about it. He's a hater. Literally that, I had no idea that there was a Jada Kiss version of Tassol, Genevues in that interview. Ah, well, see, it was my street single. So, you know, it was also a mid-tempo as well.

I knew, don't. I knew. I knew. But you know, people thought back then, that's when Jada and J-Z were going back and forth. Really? And they always used to say that Jay did that because he wanted to one-up Jadikis because the record. Did they have beef? Back then, they were going back and forth.

Absolutely. So that, so. I didn't even know that. I love that you did. She was all in her own. She was removed. I loved that for you. I thought it was just, oh, a remix.

So how did that come about? I heard you telling the story, but he was Swiss and how did the remix come about? So I was in the midst of recording my second album. I did a lot of it in New York. And work with Wyclef. Got in with Swiss. I always loved Swiss's rhythm on his tracks. And he was playing me some beats.

I had Jimmy Cosier there, Taran Ville. Moshanda was there. I picked a specific beat. He was like, oh, no, no, no. That belongs to DMX. That beat did the Bap, Bap, Bap, Bap, Bap, Bap. Oh, no. Swiss did the original featuring Jada Kiss.

Best of Me original mix featuring Jada Kiss, Swiss beats produced. That was his very first R&B record that he'd ever produced, but it belonged to DMX, the actual beat. There was another song over top of it that I didn't hear, but I think he stumbled upon it by accident, and I said, oh, rewind that real quick. So I said, I want to write to that one.

and Jimmy Cozier and I Jimmy Cozier is an R&BRs Ron, Neil I did know I'm sorry, go ahead Jamie Records, right? Yeah, so we're all in the studio

at Jimmy Cozier, Taranbeo, Mashanda and I and we just come up with the concept what we wanted to feel like and that's how Best of Me Part 1 was born. It was a solo song first. Might have had a bridge on it.

We took the bridge off and put Jada Kiss on it because we decided that that would be my very first street single. What they do or what they consider street singles to be is to warm up, you know, the streets first before you go with your pop hit. That's all right. No, we know what it is with these young ones that you go.

Yeah. So we knew that we wanted Case of the X to be a single, but it kind of leans toward the pop world a little bit. And we did not want to leave the urban crowd out of this. So we did Best in Me featuring Jada first. Steve Stout and Hockey Slum were kind of working. working together. Steve Stowe was at Interscope of Hocke Islam was running the independent label side of university music entertainment. And so Steve Stout had all these relationships and had Jay-Z hop on the remix, you know, because of his relationship with him. And Mikada and I, Makeda Davis, wrote the remix here at the Hit Factory in New York. What was the tone and poke?

And Tony Palis, Tractmasters. And Jay and I are shooting the video in Malibu, California. June Ambrose shows up with a jersey. I didn't think anything of it. It was, I guess, you know, customized to fit my measurements at the time. And that was that. That was the shortest video set I'd ever been on. Six hours total, including hair, makeup, glam time.

And then we were done. No choreography, no rehearsals. And then it comes out and kind of like takes hold of. of the clubs and whatnot. The lady mom made era, right? It was huge coaching. Did that success feel empowering or did they come with pressure to compete with, like, I don't know, other women? I don't know.

I didn't feel any competition because we're all, number one, so different. We were all established at the time doing our individual thing in this business. And that was also very quick. We got in the studio to just lay our backgrounds together on one session, in one session. and then we cut our leads separately. Ron Fere was involved in that. Missy, as well as Rock Wilder laid the foundation and blueprint of that record. Ron Faire took our vocals, and then he edited them

and kind of oversaw the executive production process of that. And that became this version of Lady Marmalade, you know. So got into rehearsals for a couple of performances, won a Grammy together. There was absolutely no competition. I didn't feel that. I thought it was a blessing. I thought it was wonderful to win with your sisters. My favorite song is falling.

Just wanted to say that because, girl, you're trying to wrap it up. But my favorite song is falling. Girl 2003, they had me like, that was my favorite song from Moorring. Now, Moorring is my favorite album, but my favorite song is falling. That's so beautiful.

Why is it your favorite? Girl, because I thought I was in love in 2003 and I was telling this guy, I'm telling you, like, it's a whole area. you had in my life. You're like 15 at this time. So yes, and that's when you think that you,

the boy that you love and you meet, that's the one you, I'm telling them like, you got me, you complete me, you got me falling head over hills for you and just, and he's just sitting there like, okay, yeah, he ain't up even hear the song. And then when we broke up, he heard the song and was like, you're quoting an artist

the whole time. And that you're going to do the same thing. Get your little hot ass out. They were 16 during that time. I really is. My yes. Maya, we appreciate. She used to join us.

You should do audio books or something, Maya. She should. That's what they tell me. I will. I'll get into radio. I'll do guided meditation. All of it. I'll do that.

Yeah. Voiceovers and whatnot. And the thing is Roger. I should have even known. You know, like, you know, hot ass. You a 14-year-old name Roger? Mm-mm. Named daddy your grandfather.

I shouldn't even, I shouldn't even, I shouldn't even. It was so toxic. Anybody with the letter R is toxic. This is Maya fault. That was my jammed too, but this was my fault. She had me in shambles. The album comes out next Friday, and we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you, Maya.

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I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now. Thank you for finishing that sentence. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah. For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history.

Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning. All right. Salute to Maya for joining us this morning. She was a whole era of my life. Yeah, she does. Maya got some bops. I ain't going to front.

Yes, she does. You know what will be a good versus Maya versus Amy Marie. Ooh. But Maya got three songs Mya got bobs, bobs, bobs. What you're talking about? I was just going to say Maya's catalog is a little bit more expensive.

And Marie got some bobs too. They both got bobs. She did. And Marie got some bobs. Three strong bops. I'm telling you right now. She got a little more than three. I think they can do a nice 10 for 10.

Yeah. You trip me, yo. Come on you on this radio. Don't be fronting, yo. Yeah, nah. Stop playing. Anyway, let's get to the latest. A crazy person.

With your talking a little cool, babe. Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. Take me through that. Yeah. I'm the homeguard that knows a little bit about everything and everything. The little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

Take me through that, take me through that. Where she's going? The latest with Lauren Lewis. On the breakfast club. L.L. Coobeck. Talk to me. All right, y'all. So Dave Chappelle, he sat down with Michelle Obama and Craig Robertson, which is her brother for the In My Opinion podcast. They're in Ohio.

And they're having a conversation about the state of comedy. and how the current administration and the like this culture that they create and the headlines alter how comedians do their job so d'a chapel is getting into how it affects the younger comedians let's take a listen younger comedians are a little bit different because their audience isn't in their room yeah they're internet people you know it's like sharing a space with people is really important to connection and understanding and it's no wonder why we feel so divided is because all of our interaction is happening without this heart-to-heart feeling we're losing that and you said young comedians nowadays have a different ethos because

they're not in the room negative too yeah because it gets more engagement if they talk bad about somebody they'll get they'll get more clicks and more engagement so everything's a disc record now and it used to be it's not like that that's true because you want to keep if somebody's face to face with you, you might still make the joke, but you'll keep everything above board, right? Of course. Because, you know, there's always that threat of getting punched in the face. Of course. But like you said, you know, if I say something negative,

you know you're going to get the likes and the clicks. And if I speak over 60 seconds, I'm going to get paid for it. Yeah. But what happened when you run into the people? Wow. I know. But I'm saying, what happened when you run into the people, though? I get what he's saying.

Most people apologize. You know what I'm saying? Some people do. Some people try to keep it tall. But, yeah. But we're not going to act like, you know, back in the day on, like, deaf comedy jam, they wouldn't give it to you right to your face. They would, like Martin and would give it to you right then and there.

But it was still in fun, though. And I guess that's the other thing. When you can see that somebody's actually making a joke and it's in jest as opposed to having to feel or decide what the person is saying via social media, it's a little different. Well, they also talk about having to feel and decide what somebody is saying because now headlines and journalists are covering jokes. And Dave Chappelle talks about how that affects comedy. Let's take a listen to Dave Chappelle on backlash.

People would think it's me versus the gay community. I never looked at it like that. I always thought it was corporate interest in culture negotiating itself. Most of those people who were critical of what I was doing didn't seem like they were of it. Every opinion you can think of is represented in a comedy club. We would never think to silence one another. The intention of a comedy show is a very unique intention. We are playing with whatever the culture is.

made of and and what they were doing was acting like thought or speech was binary like there's only the everything's either this or that but all art is in between that it's all nuance you know you'll hear a lot of comedians complain about that and what they'll say is we can't say anything that's not true you can say anything that you can get away with exactly no i think you can say anything that you're willing to do with the consequences of. But you can get away with saying anything. But you got to deal with the consequences of it.

That's what everybody's ducking. The consequences of what you say. And then also, it got to be funny. Like, you feel me? Like, if it's a joke and whatever, whoever it's about, whatever it's about group people, whoever, it just got to be funny. Because even some of them are laughing.

Man, you did get, that was funny. But it can still be funny and people can still be offended. Yeah, but that's going to happen regardless. But I feel like the consequences wasn't as strong before. Like you crack a joke. joke, you know, sometimes people get mad, sometimes don't, and you just keep it moving. But now, I think with social media, it gives people a voice where it feels like they're upset for a lot longer. Yeah.

No, the consequences have always been pretty much the same. You're either going to get beat up or you're going to lose something, meaning, you know, you look financially. Like, it's always been the same. I think what envy is trying to say is it amplifies a lot differently outside of it, off of a stage, or even if it's on social media because of the internet and social media, so it makes it feel heavier. If comedians got backlash back then, you necessarily, we wouldn't know. Yeah. Because you had to send a fax. Not long it takes into the goddamn facts

You got to keep calling that line Over and over, okay? That's why You got to go actually do a protest if you wanted to Be heard. Now you can just get online and tweet. Well, yeah, well Dave Chappelle saying that that is what The comedy industry right now is dealing with But it's a very full-length conversation They're going to a bunch of different things

And that's live right now on Michelle Obama's In My Own Opinion podcast And in the next latest, we're going to get into some headlines And some things because E.J. Johnson E.J. Johnson's child is dragging all of the gods of the Met Gala so you're talking about all the

the gods and goddesses of the Met Gala. The people you don't touch, honestly, in my opinion. I don't see the problem. If E.J. say the girls ain't eating, the girls ain't eating. Baby, you just couldn't wait to talk and say. You're just so jealous of E.J. Because his short hair cut look better than your life. Wow.

Wow. Wow. You know it do. You know it that. You know it do. Clock it. You know it do. Without a bull spot. I don't know who's going. Without a bollie. I feel like right now, I understand what Dave Chabelle's talking about. You lean towards the negative. My boss spot is not even existing anymore. She didn't know this in so long.

She could have died. Well, you started using the spray in me, got you? My hair grew back. You stopped stressing me out. She definitely used that spray. I bet you can lick it off. I bet you can lick that ball spot right off right now. We got to hype this top of the hour.

Donkey of the day is up next. Who are you giving that donkey to? He's checking out the ball spot right now. No, I do not see it. It's okay. I see you trying to do a little swoop over. You know, then people be going bald, and then they do a little smooth over. That's what I saw.

When you come in here with your hat? Well, that's different. He hiding at that point. That's different. Who you give me a donkey to, man? Four after the hour, there's a woman named Renee Lynn Lambert. She is from Fort Myers, Florida. She needs to come to the front of the congregation.

Y'all going to learn to keep your hand off people churn. We're going to discuss. All right. We'll get to that nexus to breakfast slow. Good morning. Make sure you tell him to watch out for Florida, man. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Yes.

You are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after Deputy's Day. He rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. The breakfast club, bitchy. Donkey of the day with Sholomey the guy.

I don't know why y'all keep letting him get you all like this. It's not me, Duval. It's your people, okay? Donkey today for Thursday, May 7th, goes to 34-year-old Renee Lynn Lambert of Fort Myers, Florida. Renee has been booked on suspicion of cruelty to a child with, out great bodily harm and resisting an officer. And I personally believe disarrest was a waste of taxpayers' dollars. And I tell you why, after I tell you why she was arrested, okay?

Renee played a very dangerous game. And that game is putting your hands on other people's children. Okay, whenever I see adults do things like Renee did, I think to myself, she don't got no kids. Because when you've got kids, you don't tend to play with other people's churn, okay? Because you know how you are down to die about yours. So why would you ever want to be on the receiving end of the first? somebody down to die about this.

Okay, well, Renee was at a youth football game. All right, it doesn't say, you know, how young. It just says a youth football game where witnesses reported seeing an adult female, reportedly kicking a juvenile male in the middle of the field. Let's go to NBC News for the report, please. A fight between youth football players and Fort Myers caught on camera over the weekend. A mother with the Fort Myers Falcons can be seen kicking a 13-year-old player on the ground. Lee County deputy say that was Renee Lambert and arrested her for child abuse.

Curtis Jones recorded the fight. I think she was just trying to generally just hit the kid for no reason. Other parents and players say this was not the first time it got tense. Alexander Rosario Gonzalez tells me she was also recorded in this escalated moment at a different game with the Port Charlotte's Bandits a few days before. I got the f*** off my time. The mom was really aggressive towards everybody, the coaching staff, the other parents, and especially the kid on the field. The Fort Myers Falcons sent me a statement saying they are extremely disappointed that she has been permanently banned from all of Fort Myers-Falcon's events. Lambert told deputies she fought back because a child hit her with the helmet.

But they later found out that wasn't true. I don't know if she was a parent or not. Maybe she was a parent, but some parents got to stay home. Okay, it's football. Your baby going to get hit. All right? If you can't handle that, then get them off the team. Okay, but you know why I said her arrest is a complete waste of taxpayers' dollars?

Because in situations like that, police just need to be referees. Okay, what do I mean by just need to be referees? If you decide to put your hands on someone else's child, then that child's village should be allowed to put hands on you. Okay, we have to establish a different standard out here, man. Okay, if you put hands on my child, everyone in that child's village should be allowed to jump you. Okay, and it should be gender specific. If you're a man and you put hands on my child, all the men and that child's village should be allowed to jump you.

Okay, they should initiate the jumping. And if the women in the village want to get some licks in, they should have that right. And vice versa. Okay, if you're a woman that hits my child, all the women should be allowed to jump you. And the men shouldn't be allowed to get some licks in, but the men should be allowed to hold you while the women in the village handle their business. Okay. And the police, such simply be the referees to make sure things don't get too out of hand. Okay.

Some of our problems in our society, we don't always need to. the law to intervene. Sometimes good old-fashioned asswhipins are better than the law. And the reason we need these ass weapons to commence is because people have to be afraid of putting their hands on other people's children. I've read this story three times and still have no idea why this woman decided to run out there on that field and kick that child. Okay, a witness identified as Andre Valdez backed up the players claim that he was on the ground when Lambert allegedly kicked him in the leg and guess what? I have no idea why Renee did that.

Okay, Renee said she was hit first. How? You weren't in the game. Okay, you weren't out there practicing. Okay, you lied and said you got hit with a helmet. All right, the kerfuffle happened in the middle of the field. How did you end up in the middle of the field, Renee? How did he hit you first when he was in the middle of the field, minding his

business playing? Not to mention you're 34 years old. You sound like my daughters. He hit me first. Why isn't he in trouble? Can we hear some of that? You are being pointed out as being a suspect right now. You are detained. So where's number nine? Go get number nine.

A kid? Yes. You're an adult. Yo, you're mad at them for hitting me? I'm mad at an adult for attacking a kid. Stop. You're detained right now. Ma'am, that is a child.

You're supposed to be an adult, okay? The voice of reason, a peacemaker. But instead, you run on the field attacking football players like you're trying to earn a roster spot. What has society become when we have 34-year-olds, beefing with folks whose bedtime should be 830 people? Yeah. Okay, this is exactly, and I mean exactly why Jesus is not coming back. Imagine Christ returning, setting it off rapture just to see a grown woman in Allo Lagans trying to tackle number nine from the Falcons youth football team. It's not happening.

Okay, salute to the youth football organization because you heard in the news report, they banned her permanently from all events. And I agree, you can't be around kids if your emotional maturity is the same as the child. Please give Renee Lynn Lambert the biggest he-ha. And I watch dumb-ass light-skin over here. Watch her, I know him. I know him. I know this man well.

Watch him. Watch him. Watch him. Go ahead. Don't. Put some bad justification on it. Watch. I'm just saying.

I don't know what happened in this situation, right? But imagine little Ash. He's playing football. Yeah. Right? And one of them big, overweight linemen, bigger than your son. Hit your son in the back and he's not paying attention. damn that knocks him out.

Right? It's football. It doesn't matter. There's certain things that are illegal and you can't do. A kid is playing dirty. We've all seen dirty kids play football. We've all seen dirty kids play basketball.

And if you're a parent, you know what I mean. Like that one kid that's dirty that's going to elbow your son and intentionally injure your child or try to. See, why you had to put it like that? I'm just saying that now. I'm just saying that because I've seen that before. He put sauce on this story that don't even exist. I don't know.

This is not the story. I don't know if that's the source. But if you hit my son illegally and damn there try to take my son out, I understand. I do understand. But is that this situation? No, it's not this situation. I don't know.

You heard the news report. The woman said she got hit with a helmet by the child and everybody said that was a goddamn lie. But here you go with your baby's justification for things that don't make no damn thing. I'm just saying if you're a parent and your kid plays football or basketball, you've seen that before. And maybe you wanted to jump out there and yoke a kid up too. This waffle color justification. I'm just saying. I saw it in his eyes.

You did. You knew. I've seen it before. And I might or might not have jumped on the court before. I haven't touched the kid, but I might have almost. Okay. Because you elbow my kid the one way purposely. Yeah.

I felt the way. Yeah. Boy, that situation, that's different. I'm just saying. I'm going to be out there. All right. Guffing with all the kids. I can't be a 13-year-old.

These 13-year-old is big fat. We don't even know the age. You said 13. I did not say 13. He didn't say any age. I actually said I don't know the age. You said that big time is. Bairage rage.

You just be ready to give all type of details that don't exist. I know there's parents out there, understand. They've seen it before. I understand too. All right. You really are the son of a DA, boy. You just be ready to give all type of D.A. No, you're the nephew of a D.A.

Somebody D.A. There's no D.A. Please check them for a YR. Earpiece. Lord. God. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today.

Up next, just fix my mess. 800-585-105-1. If you're having relationship issues, problems, or you need some co-parents and advice. You can call Jess right now. 800-585-105-105. 1. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Tell us, tell you.

It's the real deal. Help me. Help me. Oh, my God. I'm all up in your mess. I'm going to fix it. Fix it. Fix it. Just going to fix your mess because my advice is real.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Sholameen the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Just Fix My Mess. Hello. Who's this?

With Marie. Hey, what's your question for Jess? Mama. Hi, Jess. How are you? I'm good, babe. How are you? I'm going through it just a little bit. What's going on? So I've been going, well, completed a 50-50 time sharing with my daughter and her father. He first wanted to sign over his rights and turn around in acts for 50-50 custody. I'm in Florida, so I know it's a, you know, a 50-50 state, but he now has her during the week and is responsible for school drop-off and pick up. And this morning I called her on FaceTime. She looked jacked up, have on the wrong unit. form and I don't I'm just I know there's certain things that's out of my control and she's not

with me but I just need some advice as far as what should I do or could I do because I know if I go back to the court they're just going to say you know he has her this time so he's responsible for whatever he's supposed to be doing but it's just not working out my daughter doesn't even want to go with him but because it's a court order I have to still send her and me as a mother that doesn't sit right and feel comfortable with me knowing that I'm sending her somewhere she doesn't even want to be. Okay. So where, you, y'all don't live in the same city, you said?

Not in the same state, not the same city. You're about like 20, 25 minutes away. Okay, so y'all are not far from each other. And now y'all have shared custody. So like you said, 50-50. He have it one week, you have it one week, something like that, right? Yeah. Okay.

You're not, you're not at all going like what I'm going to say. Because you actually said it while you were telling me your story. You can't control it. I understand that baby girl does not want to be there. you know all the time you're probably the cleaner the more fun parent you know the parents she can get away with a lot more you know and you're her mom so she has a different type of bond with you and you take extra care of her that's how we are as women you know but um you know when we're mothering it's different you know we pay critical attention to our children fathers it's a bit

different you know what i mean um yeah that that's that's so out of your control and you can't even do anything to complain to the courts about it as long as he's upholding his end of the deal. There's really nothing that you can do. Are you two on like a talking basis? Can y'all communicate with each other at all to have the conversation? I mean, to a certain extent, if it's about my daughter, yes, we can talk. But, you know, he's had her and I'm calling. He's not answering.

He's not picking up. So it's like hard for me when she's not with me to even still have that communication. Okay. When she's with me, he calls, I answer. So that's not an issue. She has her own phone or you have to call his phone to speak to her. I have to call his phone. She has an iPad, but during the week at school, she doesn't bring it.

So it's like when I'm trying to call her to tell her good night or good morning, it's just been hard. Yeah. How old is your baby? She's four. Yeah. Unfortunately, is really nothing that you can do as long as he is taking her to school. You know what I mean? I understand.

Her hair ain't going to be in tip-top shape like it is with you when y'all leave the house and you take her to school. but unfortunately that's just the difference between dad's household and mom's household, you know, until she gets old enough to tell her day, you know, to say, look, I want to spend this time with dad or, you know, I want to spend this time with mom, or she gets old enough to dress herself or to do her own hair or things like that. This is just what she's going to have to deal with. He is still a good father, though, am I right? He's an okay dad.

Like I said, he at first wanted to sign over his rights. clearly didn't want nothing to do with her. At first. At first. And then I don't know if somebody's in his ear talking to him and all this trying to get 50-50 so that he doesn't have to pay child support. And he wanted to file for her every other year. And when the court denied all of that and told him he has to pay child support,

he's like, okay. I don't know. It's just a whole. Yeah, it's a whole thing. Yeah. I know. And it takes some while, it takes, you know, a while to get used to. But you're going to drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why he, uh, is.

why he all of a sudden wanted some type of custody of her. You know, it could be somebody in his ear or he could have just really said, look, I need to do what I got to do. This is foolishness. I have to step up and be her father. Like, you know, he could have said that. And I hope that's the case, yeah.

I hope that's the case too. But I don't need you driving yourself crazy trying to figure out what the case is. I'm trying not to, oh, my gosh. I know. He's very particular, and I'm just trying to make sure, like, her routine is consistent and all of that. But I actually talk about this in my book

Till Death Do We Parent, which is out now. It's hard. It is hard because you're trying to, I'm not going to say you're trying to control his household outside of yours, but that's like one of the hardest things it is when my son was staying with me

and then he would go with his dad. He would come back a whole new kid and I had to reprogram him and I had to get, you know, it's different. It takes some getting used to, but with time it got better, you know, because Rome and I had to start having conversations. You know,

whether we want it to or not. The hardest thing to do is to communicate with somebody that you feel you may despise or you may have wronged you or you know, you know, done you wrong in so many ways, but it gets better, you know what I mean? Like, if y'all can have a conversation about baby

girls living arrangements when she's with him and with you, I think y'all can get through it. I don't, I don't want you to stretch yourself out for it for nothing. Yeah, I'm trying so. I appreciate it, Judge. Thank you very much. No problem, baby. I appreciate you. We're in the middle of Just Fix My Mess.

Hello, who's this? This Shannon from Alabama. Shannon from Alabama. What's up? Oh, my God. I can't believe I got through. I love y'all so much. We love you bad, boo.

Just, it's your best. I've been on the song since Five o'clock for get it off your kids. But so just before I got a few, first let me say hey to everybody. Hey, DJ CNV. Come on. Hey, Starla.

Peace, peace. How are you? I don't do it. I'm bliss, black, and holly favor. There you go. And I want to give a shout out to Poppy Sita that answered the phone. I know he a man, but he'll look sassy this morning. Okay, Ray.

Really, little sassy this morning. Yeah, Poppy Sita. They had popa Sita. But anyway. What's up, girl? Yes, really what I got going on is I'm a single mother, right? And I know you be telling us stories about back in the day when you used to, you know, boost the little bit of deal what you had to do.

So apparently, you know, I picture it like, you was from a little bit of, hood, right? So I'm from a hood and this is the thing. We, despite where we come from, the kids that we're having, especially with technology, they are so smart. And it's not that we're dumb, they just way more advanced than we were at their age. Absolutely. And with all of that being said, I have a six-year-old who is so freaking smart. However, I just don't have the support system. And he's always in these different programs and stuff. Right now, he's in a competition for the animal planet channel with Ranger of, is it Rick

or Colin, whatever. I'm not sure, but that's fire. That sounds really, that sounds real. Yeah. You can vote for him at junior ranger.org. That is jr-d-r-R-D-R-G. And the problem is I don't have a support system now. I'm not calling

to say, you know, I'm doing bad or I lost my job, because I'm doing very well. I have a lot of accolades. However, you know, my mom, dad, one sister, one brother, they all passed away, so it's literally me. Our support system isn't big. So the question for you would be, Jeff, you know,

how do you kind of, you know, navigate and giving them the best when they are so smart and you just, I ain't going to say I don't have it, but I can't just do. Now, what I would love is for you guys to vote for him to date,

If y'all could, while we're on the phone, go ahead and go to a junior ranger.org. That's jr-r-g-r.org. All right, girl, you're going to have to slow that down. J-R-D-R-D-R-D-R-G. R-A-N-G-R-G. He is the only black person competing. Like, I know African-Americans,

sometimes we just ain't reaching out, but anything my kids say, I'm a indulgent. I'm going to go find it. And being that he's the only black person this how I feel. I feel like those other people got a little more money than me, you know what I'm saying?

So we be climbing up. We've been in the number one spot a couple of times. But right now we're in number three and it's at the end, the top five. Come on, uncles and aunts. I got you. I ain't even asking. And I'm talking about for Charlotte and DJ Eve's too

because it's kind of like a charity. This ain't like I missed up my money or, you know what I can give y'all little. background on me because I'm doing my thing and like I said just how I started you know we started from poverty we started from the and I'm so proud of myself right now I can't even tell you. I'm proud of you

as well yes man making it happen is you by yourself you don't have no parents no siblings and so I totally understand your plate and everything and you just want them to do way better than you you you know well you're a little pay and say girl because you're made it now I'm tired I'm on I'm on my way up you're on your way

it's all right yes It's okay. So look, Junior dash Ranger. So I pulled up the page. It's with Jeff Corwin. Is that the right thing? Yes. And my son is Aspen Roberts.

Aspen Roberts. Okay. How do I vote for him? It don't look like I can. So they make you have like a Facebook or something, I believe. But if you don't want to do Facebook, that's a pre-vote, you can do, you know, the money vote. Today is two times to vote. So even if you donate $10, it's like you donate to donate $20.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. The way I've been sharing it is I've been sharing the link. But, of course, y'all ain't going to be able to see the link if I send it to y'all. Send it to the DM. Send it to the Breakfast Club page DM because we'll have the producers go in and get it. And then, yeah, we can make sure. Charlotte and DJ, y'all are going to do it, too.

Charlomaine just ran to the bathroom, girl. It's his poop time. Tell him when he come up. I know he got some bubble good. Well, he said he don't poo just in a well, but I think he'd be saleless. in the store. Yeah, he's got to go, you gotta go. Yeah, girl, yeah, he did.

He probably got twiddling his toes like, um, oh, baby, he is when the lady was in the bathroom. No, no, his poop come right out, because you know that whole open back there, be like, whew, yes, his butt is loose. With all those vitamins and so he probably taken, but look, DJ, if y'all support your boy, like he got a huddle-in'all, like, we're trying out here.

Period. And probably you can do it as a text right off. I don't know. You'll do a lot of talking. You're the girl from the hood that know, Everybody biggies. Everybody. Oh, I'm just so excited to be talking to me.

I had so many comments. Because see, I was going to call and I was going to be like, hey, is Morris there? I was going to be drinking him. I had to throw a few notes saying, you know, that's why I had to get on my boy Poppy Pizza because. We got to go. We got to go. We got to go.

Goodbye. Take the DM for the breakfast club. Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. I love y'all. We love you too, baby. We love you, baby. We love you back.

It's not actually y'all's houses because without them, y'all couldn't even do the job of the child doing. Period. I like, don't be calling. Bye. You right, bookey. She had a lot on the mind. She's a lady in the hood that knows everybody information.

You know, I seen Bill sticking out of Jane House the other day. She didn't know everybody's business. I don't even think she was, she ain't need no, no, just, she had no mess for me to fix, yo. She just wanted to talk. Yeah, she just wanted to talk. And she probably didn't think she was going to get through. Absolutely. Well, Jess fixed my mess.

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me. So E.J. Johnson, who is the child of Magic Johnson. That is a legend, okay? Period. He may be the child of Magic Johnson, but he's not a child. Whoa. He is the, uh, what do you? He's a child. Go ahead. He's, yes. Look at you. You got so confused. It's not. Like, did I say something wrong? I was going to try and identify, but I know he said he doesn't like the word son. He doesn't identify the child. He doesn't identify the child. He doesn't.

Shut up. He's reviewing or critiquing the Met Gala and he gets into some of the biggest on the carpet. Let's take a listen. The Matt Gallup, the graveyard that this event has become. It's just like all the looks were just awful, on awful and awful, and then a little more awful. The only one who came to work was Emma Chamberlain, honey, and it was like a land-fied win,

because no one else was even trying. You have all the heavy hitters, Beyoncé and Rihanna and Kim, and they all fell short. And, you know, it's a very hard day, especially for me to say that about Rihanna, and I know she's been going through a lot, but like, let's just a lot. Let's go back to the Guaupay and the yellow cape that was cascading down the stairs all those years ago.

I mean, it was bomb. The It Girls, too, and your little Zoe Kravitz and your Haley Beaver and your, you know, Gigi Ha didn't do it. And they just really weren't doing it either. It was very just like, you know, whatever. It was the graveyard. You know, the real kicker for me was Beyonce comes in at the end, honey, like the grim Reaper chale, dressed like Skeletor, honey, and just was there to break all the souls and then take everyone down to the underworld. Now, listen, y'all know I'm a pinkish,

if Winfrey, No, Carter. I love Beyonce, but if E.J. say y'all not eating, y'all not eating. I don't know what to tell you. Okay, do better. That's all I heard. The girls need to do better because E.J. said y'all not eating. AJ, you tell you. This is, this is, this is the look that he says took the night.

Emma. I thought the same thing. Okay. The outfit took the night. I did not know her name. And I also printed out some of the other looks for you guys. He referenced Rihanna's 2015 yellow carpet look where she looks back down the stairs. That's like an infamous look.

That was fire. Yeah. Yeah, he was not here for Beyonce at all. Let me see. Y'all just going to let E.J. do that. Beehive. What am I going to do? I'm just saying.

I'm just saying. There's different rules. The Army, right? Rihanna got the Army. Oh, the Navy, my bad. Beyonce got the Beehive. Now, once again, if E.J. Say y'all not eating, y'all not eating, y'all got to do better.

But y'all just go let him get that off. Navy and Beehive? But listen, you got to think about it because the theme is art, right? Fashion is art. Fashion is the dress cold? Yeah. What art was Beyonce portraying? What art was Rihanna portraying?

So, but they were doing... They were doing art of different bodies. And so it was like you're supposed to represent different parts of the body. E.J. said they wasn't eating. Yeah. Oh, so Rihanna was representing what? I don't know what her outfit was representing. E.J.

So you're all telling me, did y'all agree with E.J.? I'm just asking the question here. No, I ain't going to hold you because I, you know, Rihanna always kills face card never declines. But I thought she looked like a clam, like a dirty clam. Oh, clam. Yeah, clam. Yeah, clam, like, that you find in the sand.

That was ridiculous. What are you talking about? That's why I thought her art was the sea. Yeah, she looks, you know, like a clam. That's why you don't get invited to nothing, Jess. That is not. Rihanna, scratch her off all this. She's like, no, you look good.

Rihanna, you had her in mind for any Fenty Beauty makeup, any savage scratch her off the list. Yeah, I don't see clam. I don't see what you see. I don't see clam. What? Does it get vulva? You said by you.

She said it was supposed to be an oyster. Rianna said it was supposed to be an oyster. I'm in the sea. I'm close. I'm in the sea. I'm in the sea. I'm in the sea. Yeah.

But it's not about whether you agree or disagree. It's art as interpretation. Can we talk about how many of y'all had the confidence to say what y'all wanted to say until E.J. gave it to you. I didn't say nothing to you. You could have said this all week, but you didn't say nothing. I don't agree with him about three. Not the little E.J.

E.J. is to the gay community, what his daddy was to the NBA. One of the greatest of all time. Okay. The greatest point guard ever gave people the confidence to say what they really wanted to say. E.J. better be at that big gala next year. He better be there. Man. We'll see.

He was eating sitting in the chair. Like he was definitely given serving like rich auntie. Yeah, sitting in the chair eating them down. What? Rich auntie. That's his energy. Yeah, his energy is rich auntie. Which work you to bring out at which time.

I don't know what E.J. or Jess are Lauren talking about. I don't know nothing about none of this fashion. Okay. You just said if the girl's not eating, then they're not eating. You think I meant that? I just was saying it. Oh my God.

For entertainment purposes. Whoa, that's such a clown. At you was right, though. As we wrap the hour, I just posted it exclusive to my Instagram. You can find it over on the Breakfast Club's page as well to Kodak Black, very different segue. Breaking news, though, Kodak Black was arrested in Florida

and I have the details as to why. So we'll talk about that more tomorrow because we don't have the time now, but I do have it. But you know when we come back if you want to do it when we come back? That's cool. But you know what they need to bring back? Remember fashion police that Joan Rivers used to the last thing? AJ should don't imagine that hosted by E.

So originally when E. E.J. was doing all of the reality TV. shows and running around. People thought his natural extent, the natural, like, next move for him would be that, but he decided to step away, but he told Carlos King, he's back, and he's back. Obviously. His natural extension.

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There's going to be all types of cars, celebrity cars, exotics, old schools, there's games for the kids, there's rise, there's food trucks, and you will be there. Call it 1005. It's a lot. That's a family pack. I love that. That's right. You know people can't use pennies, Envy?

Right. So do you just make it $20? or 1995 so they can do nickels. All right. Yeah. It's the breakfast flow. Good morning.

Morning everybody is DJ NVJ. Just hilarious. Salameen Nagar. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, Lauren, you said Kodak Black just got arrested. What the hell happened? Yeah, so he actually voluntarily

surrendered himself last night. So there was an incident back in November 2025 where they walked up on some cars. Kodak was not in the car, but he was with the people. They found drugs in the car and a bottle of Lean. His fingerprints are on the bottle allegedly. But his attorney is saying that he wasn't in possession of the

bottle, so he will be fine. These charges are not going to stick. But he turned himself in, though, because he had to figure that out. They found out that they were going to arrest him, so he just turned himself in. So does it have rolling out this weekend? Well, he's not officially on a lineup, but he's known to pop up, and his attorney told me that he is going to bond out. That's what the plan is to bond out this morning. He's just waiting to see

a judge, so he should be fine. Okay. All right. We've got a salute to Maya for joining us this morning. Man, salute to Maya, man. You should definitely go watch that full conversation on Netflix. She has a new album out called retrospect, where she's paying homage to the 70s and the 80s. But I don't know, man, it's just, I never knew Maya's personality. We was, like, talking about it growing up.

Like, we never saw her personality. Yeah, we never really know too much about Maya. Like, of course, we know the songs, and it was always rumors of her dating. But we really didn't see Maya too much. I think the first time I actually met Maya was a couple of weeks ago in Pittsburgh for her performance. Damn, for real? Yes.

I don't think I've ever met Maya before. And she had bops. You know what I said? She had bops. She was on big records. But for some reason we didn't know her like we knew Alia. Correct. You know what I'm saying?

Like we didn't know her like we knew even Beyonce back then. Right. Destiny child. Like, yeah, I don't know why. All right. Well, you here anywhere this weekend? No. Well, actually, it's Mother's Day.

So, no, I'm not headed anywhere. I'm being celebrated and I'm also celebrating my mother. But May 22nd and May 23rd, that's a Friday and a Saturday of this month. East Providence, Rhode Island. You can meet me at The Comedy Connection. I haven't been there in a few years. I'm excited to get back again. That's May 22nd and May 23rd, Friday and Saturday.

We got four shows that weekend to 1 at Friday, 7 and 9. And then to the following day, 7 and 9 as well. East Providence, Rhode Island at the Comedy Connection. Me and my brother, Desi Alexander, will be in the building. So get your tickets at just hilariousofficial.com. And also salute to everybody that has purchased tickets for my ninth annual Drive Your Dreams car show. It is going down Virginia in the 75th on the 25th. It's all types of cars.

It's family fun. It's rides and games for the kids. It's like a huge family reunion. It's indoor and outdoor. We put a very limited early bird tickets. I think it's like 2,000 early bird tickets, and they're almost gone already. So if you haven't got your early bird tickets,

get them now. They're 1999. We want you to come with your family. Kids five and under are free, and I can't wait to see you guys. Now, let's get to the positive note. All right. Solomon, you got a positive note?

I do, man. Pat Summitt. Pat Summitt once said, accountability is essential to personal growth. Accountability, that is the word of the day. Accountability is essential to personal growth as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it,

you're bound to make the same one again. Accountability. That's the word. Have a great day. Breakfast club, bitches. Do you all finish or y'all's done? Boat, woke up. Wake that ass up.

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