The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Lil Nas X Reportedly Arrested After Alleged OD, Spotted Roaming LA in Underwear, Offset Opens Up About Cardi B & Takeoff on New Album + Ciara & Kem Interview

Episode Date: August 22, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Ciara opens up about family life, independent artistry, her relationship with Russell Wilson, Rihanna, and new music. Kem also joins us to reflect on his career, R&B t...hen vs. now, personal struggles, his sobriety journey, and the viral ‘Give My Love’ line dance. Plus, a caller gives Charlamagne and Dr. Umar Donkey of the Day for Dr. Umar’s infamous $500 date offer. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is an I-Heart podcast. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, terrorism. Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System
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Starting point is 00:01:14 with former first lady, Michelle Obama. Folks find it hard to hate up close. And when you get to know people and you're sitting in their kitchen tables and they're talking like we're talking. You know, you hear our story, how we grew up, how Barack grew up, and you get a chance for people to unpack and get beyond race.
Starting point is 00:01:32 All the Smoke featuring Michelle Obama. To hear this podcast and more, open your free iHeartRadio app. Search all the smoke and listen now. And here's Heather with the weather. Well, it's beautiful out there, sunny and 75, almost a little chilly in the shade. Now, let's get a read on the inside of your car. It is hot. You've only been parked a short time, and it's already 99 degrees in there.
Starting point is 00:01:56 Let's not leave children in the back seat while running errands. It only takes a few minutes for their body temperatures to rise, and that could be fatal. Cars get hot, fast, and can be deadly. Never leave a child in a car. A message from Nitsay and the ad council. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Shalame the God.
Starting point is 00:02:21 Peace of the planet, it's Friday! Yes! It's Friday! Yes, the weekend is here. Yes! Good morning, how y'all feel out there? I feel blessed black and highly favorite. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners.
Starting point is 00:02:34 What is happening? What's going on? What's up, G.S.? What's up? I'm down in Maryland, man. Just praying that this storm skips over, so my daughter's birthday party can be a success. Why, it's going to be outside?
Starting point is 00:02:45 Yes. It's an outdoor. It's a bubble-guppies theme party, so, you know, that's water or whatever, right? So it's like a pool party But, yo, if I didn't book a plan B, so I mean Everybody think they're going to be in my house But I'm just going to redirect everybody to the turkey cheese
Starting point is 00:03:00 Like 15 minutes away If that happens If it's not that bad, get a tent If it's not as bad, get like a 10 or two It's going to be pretty bad Then you better just What the meteorologist say? They always line though, so I don't know
Starting point is 00:03:13 They don't know even They do be wrong All the time. They be wrong a lot I remember Marty Bass It ain't never do nothing that Marty Bass state it was going to do. Who that was Marty Bass? The meteorologist in Baltimore.
Starting point is 00:03:23 Oh, yeah. On the news. Everybody know Marty Bass. In Baltimore? It looked good. It said the weather's going to be Saturday high, 80, 65, no rate. Oh, you good then?
Starting point is 00:03:33 She just trying not to have a party because she's too many people coming over so she's feeling antisocial. That's what this is. Okay. All right. Like y'all said, my daughter is one. She ain't going to remember nothing.
Starting point is 00:03:44 She'll remember them silly-ass glasses you got on right now. Excuse me? The messy visions that you can get for 20% off on the website. What are those called? The Roller Coasters? I went to go. What are those called?
Starting point is 00:03:54 These are called the Infinities. Don't play with me. And you can put your description in them. Yo, I love these. Listen, Cynthia Arrivo wore these in the movie. The same ones? The Messy Visions. Yeah, she ordered them right from a website and wore them during the movie.
Starting point is 00:04:07 Hey, had no glasses on it, Wicket. Yes, she did. She had round glasses on like that. Clown glasses. Round glasses. Yes. Infinity. Infinity.
Starting point is 00:04:16 That's what they call. Oh, my goodness. Use the promo code. WIC. W. K-E. That's why 150 people coming to your house.
Starting point is 00:04:22 Good. We got glasses for all. Look at every last one of them. Listen, we got an amazing show for you today. That's right. C-C-Cierra will be joining us this morning.
Starting point is 00:04:30 Well, I was going to start off with Kim, but okay, go ahead. He's on this. Okay. I was going to lead up to Sierra. You know what I mean? But go ahead and continue. I forgot Kim was here today.
Starting point is 00:04:42 Yeah, that's disrespectful. I know. What? Okay. But first of all, Kim and Sierra will be joining us. That's not together. Sierra will be here because she's got a new album out that they call.
Starting point is 00:04:49 called Cece. And Kim will be here because he's got a new single called Give My Love and Rock with Me. And I mean, people love Kim. I mean, Kim has an amazing, an amazing story of overcoming adversity, overcoming homelessness, overcoming addiction. And, you know, he raps, not rap, he sings about love, the love that he found for himself. And now he projects that on the other people. I freaking love Kim. My mother used to wake up and wake us up to clean up to Anita Baker and Kim. That first album, Chemistry, that's how I know every single song, Front back forwards, whatever, because my mother blasted this man through the house
Starting point is 00:05:23 growing up. I was at your comedy show, your mom was like, when y'all going to have Kim up there? Did you say that for real? He is always lying. Your mom would be nice to talk to this man. What you mean? She did say that to me, okay? You know, I didn't know who Kim was. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:05:39 There's a lot of people that didn't know who Kim was. You're a ridiculous person. I forgot all about Ken. Matter of fact, I didn't know who he was. Since I started in radio as the 93 jams in Charleston. Kim was one of the first people that I even heard about
Starting point is 00:05:53 because he would be on every single show all the time. You're just not black and every day you come into this radio station to prove how black you are not.
Starting point is 00:06:00 I did not know who it was until you need to take off that locks hat. I did not know. Put on a Morgan Wallace snapback or something. I don't want to talk to you. I don't talk to you no more.
Starting point is 00:06:10 Listen, we have a great Red didn't know who Kim was. He's Puerto Rican. Yeah, he's Puerto Rican. That's you're proving my point. You're sitting in the back didn't know who Kim was. She's 19.
Starting point is 00:06:18 Okay, all of the young-ass kids up there, do they don't know the damn, Kim? Meanwhile, me and Jesse didn't talk about, me and her mom and know Kim, and you didn't know you, I just didn't know you, I put me on the camera. Even our program director came in here yesterday, coach did mention me, was like, everybody knows. Can we all know Kim? Like, cut it out. The Dominican, the Puerto Rican, and the other tether back there. She's not even, what is it?
Starting point is 00:06:43 She's a tether too, all right. Anyway. Nick said, even I know him. All right, you. And he's a talent. Drop on the clues bombs, Nick. I did not know who it was. And he's going to be joining us to show he is to tell you.
Starting point is 00:06:54 And drop on the clues bombs for 803 Fresh. Okay, 803 Fresh from South Carolina, Wagner, South Carolina. He dropped the remix to Boots on the ground yesterday with another Carolina native, Ms. Fantasia. Are you familiar with her? Do you know her? No. Who's Fantasia? Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 00:07:10 Of course I know who Fantasia. This. Uh-uh. That was Boots on the ground remix featuring Fantasia. Salute to 803 Fresh. Salute to Fantasia. Antasia Carolinas all day. All right.
Starting point is 00:07:20 And let's get in some front page news. Congratulations to Derek Rose. Started off for some quick sports. His jersey retirement ceremony will happen on January 24th. Well deserved. Very well deserved. Salute to Derek Rose and everybody in the shy. One of the people that I always think about in terms of injury and, you know,
Starting point is 00:07:37 if he hadn't gotten injured, what would have been the ceiling for Derek Rose, salute to Derek Rose. What's up, Morgan? Hey, y'all, hey, how we feeling on a Friday? It's been a week. Hey, girl, you want your Lord John today. okay you know you see it don't you see I'm gonna get into it
Starting point is 00:07:52 I'm gonna tell her she'd look like little John today That's crazy That's crazy Okay It's just a hat on the lock show chill With the glasses With the glasses And the glasses are Lord
Starting point is 00:08:03 All right let me see if I can get a hype for you All right so first off up Page A weather update on Hurricane Aaron So a tropical storm warning has been lifted For parts of the East Coast as Hurricane Aaron moves away from the U.S. Now the warning spans from North Carolina to
Starting point is 00:08:16 to the northern coast of Virginia and it was discontinued on Thursday night. Now, Aaron is a large storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour right now, and is over 400 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Swimming at most East Coast beaches has been advised against, as forecasters predict potentially life-threatening surf and rip currents over the next several days. States and emergency, excuse me, have been declared in some areas of New Jersey and North Carolina. In fact, New Jersey, it seems to be experiencing massive flooding.
Starting point is 00:08:48 on the Jersey shore where coastal warnings have been issued ahead of the hurricane. So New Jersey and North Carolina, prayers to you for those impacts. Those of you have been impacted by the storm, but it seems like we are, for the most part, in the clear regarding Hurricane Aaron. That's amazing. Oh, my God. Yeah, so in other news, President Trump met with law enforcement yesterday at the U.S. Park Police facility in Southeast Washington, D.C. that's also located in Ward 8, where the White House claims most of the non-immigration arrest took place.
Starting point is 00:09:17 The administration has also referred to that area as the slums, but I'm not going to get too much into that. So Trump thanked the officers for cooperating with the federal takeover of the city and as part of his crime crackdown. And he said that crime has been down since the operation began. Let's take a listen to his comments from yesterday afternoon. We're not playing games. We're going to make it safe. And we're going to then go on to other places. But we're going to stay here for a while.
Starting point is 00:09:42 We want to make this absolutely perfect. It's our capital. and I guess it used to be many years ago, say, but it's certainly not had a very good run. And you've got to be strong, you've got to be tough, you've got to do your job. So I just wanted to thank you all you're doing incredible. You're incredible people.
Starting point is 00:10:01 You make the country run, frankly. You make the whole place run. We're going to have the best capital ever. Yeah, so shortly after the president spoke, people flooded the streets uptown, D.C., for a Defend D.C. rally at 14th and U Street Northwest. Now, Justin Yada Johnson, who I think should be on the show, you guys should bring him up.
Starting point is 00:10:21 He's actually the part, one of the organizers of the Don't Mutute D.C. movement. He said, while we are enduring what we're enduring with the surge and feds, we can utilize this moment to uplift the community to have our voice heard. He went on to say, people cannot live in fear, and that's what I see our community doing right now.
Starting point is 00:10:39 So we have to continue to curate these spaces so they can feel safe. And the Don't Mute D.C. movement just has people take the streets you know go go floods the streets it's just kind of like a big party it used to be called Mochella but for obvious reasons you can see why that name is no longer so
Starting point is 00:10:53 yeah because that's actually really said like what they're doing to the homeless people cut knee tent slice knee tents up dragging them and you know you have nowhere for them to go that's really sad we were talking all four cleaning up homelessness and everything like that but have somewhere for them
Starting point is 00:11:10 to go we was talking about this yesterday because just bought this point up in the room and she said what you just said and I was thinking like yo that was the initial call to action from President Trump the initial call to action was we got to clean the homelessness up in D.C. And then that all of a sudden turned into this you know tough on
Starting point is 00:11:25 crime thing. Yeah. But I'm wondering if they just did the tough on crime thing to be able to just push all of the homeless people up. Right. Well, you heard in the president's remarks. The criminalized their their homelessness. He said he comes to other cities so you know, take heed. But that's your front page news for 6 a.m. at 7 a.m.
Starting point is 00:11:40 What? Like a homeless tour? well he said he's like he getting on like he getting all of the homeless people out of America or be under the guys that's a tough on crime tour yeah it'll be a tough on crime tour all right well that is front page news now get it off your chest 800 585 101 if you need to vent hit us up now it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club this is your time to get it off your chest whether you're mad or blessed I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress with me as best.
Starting point is 00:12:15 Call up next. 800 5851-105-1. Not just me. I'm with the coach of feeling. Hello, who's this? This is Mike. Mike, what's up, Mike? Get it off your chest.
Starting point is 00:12:25 What's up, DJ, and V? Y'all, I was on, I don't know if you remember me, but I was at your car show. I was the tallest guy in the building, and I gave you my hat, and I was telling you about my brand, young heart at 15. When we spread, young, what we quit. You had two different hats. You had a black one, and then you had a, like a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a green or cream or something?
Starting point is 00:12:45 Yeah, with an orange one. That's one I had on my head, but, but, yeah, but, like, so, you know, I was, I was wanted to know that you get that hat and, like, you know. You gave it to me. I gave it to my daughter. She brought a home to, break down what you, what you're doing the hats for and what it means to you, because you told me your whole, uh, the reason why you were producing those hats.
Starting point is 00:13:02 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, let's special. Young Heart of 15 is a, is a, is a, is a, is a cold around a brand that we spread a heart awareness through our cold around for young athletes in America. And one of our mission is to have a heart screened. like echo cardiogram available for these kids to prevent certain cardiac arrest from happening you know I lost my brother back of 2016 he was at Oklahoma State University
Starting point is 00:13:25 and made you know USAD so you know I was just you know spreading that awareness and you know I would love to like you know even share my story more of my story where you know at the breakfast club but one of the things is that a lot of people remember my brother the kid, that house school kid that played against John Wall, it made, you know, a world star and all that.
Starting point is 00:13:48 So, you know, just me shining this light, this movement. It's picking the color on, it's a movement. So, you know, this is not talked about America. So this is my, this is my movement. This is what I'm fighting for in America. Tell them how they can support you and find your story, brother. Yeah. They can follow us, follow the brand at Younghearted 15.
Starting point is 00:14:06 Everything spelled out. Younghearted, the number one files. On the website, down now, but, you know, it's just me. You know, it's L.C. mark and everything so all right brother good luck with everything and how tall he said you was the tallest guy in the building oh damn why you hang up on that man man that wasn't actually in the middle of just question i didn't hear just question what you said what's up with you this morning man i'm how tall is he oh he's like six six six seven oh why because he said he was the tallest guy
Starting point is 00:14:34 yeah he's tall he was like six six six seven dark skin was he handsome too hello who's this what you got him in your phone as tdh what's up tall dark and handsome What is wrong with you, man? What is wrong with you? What is this? What's up? Eric, what's up? Eric, what's up your chest?
Starting point is 00:14:49 Peace, Eric, how are you? I'm mad. I'm telling you. I'm about to go to work. Man, I just want to say, man, I work with some people that they're cocky, they're arrogant, do the job wrong,
Starting point is 00:15:01 and I don't know how they made it this for our life, bro. Like, and some of these people got kids, like, I feel bad for the future, bro. Give me an example. Well, I can't tell you what I work You know, work the government job But, you know, you got people that walk around And they think they take an initiative
Starting point is 00:15:20 And they do something And they talk about, yeah, I do this and I do that But you just did the whole job wrong Now I've got to come behind you and fix anything Like, really? Well, thank God the job got somebody like you The crazy part about it is They'll never get blamed for the bad things that they do
Starting point is 00:15:38 And you'll never get the credit for cleaning it up That's just the way things are in corporate America. Yes, sir. All right, brother. I appreciate your time you can you guys do every morning. Thank you. You guys are inspiration. Thank you, Jay.
Starting point is 00:15:51 You guys keep me entertained every day, man. I appreciate you. Get it off your chest. 800-585-105-105-1. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:16:05 Wake up, wake up. Wake up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the breakfast block. Hello, who's this? Is it? Hey, me.
Starting point is 00:16:18 What's up, child? Jeff, what's up, baby? Abel, what's up? Yes, that's all the name. P. Sis, I just thought about you because we just had a call or call in and say that, you know, he has to come up behind people and clean things up. I said, I got to come up behind me.
Starting point is 00:16:31 I know you had to do that a couple of times before you know you entered, right? Oh, God. Salon, leave me alone, okay? I am calling to spread some love. love today because my parents celebrated 42 years of marriage yesterday man so as when they call to get a big Pam and big Darren a little shout out how old are they if you don't mind me asking uh they want to say 62 and 64 that's amazing man that is beautiful yeah I mean that definitely took a while I remember being younger it definitely was a lot of
Starting point is 00:17:07 times with my mama didn't um did not want him in the house Once in my brother got beat with a bloom for letting my daddy to the back door. Damn. You know, for years later. You didn't beat people with some wood when they came in the back door. Come on, come on.
Starting point is 00:17:23 Trab, you walked into that one, though, boy. I ain't gonna lie. I was talking about my parents right now, oh, you're right. I'm sorry. My fault, brother. My fault. But, no, I was going to make sure
Starting point is 00:17:32 that I call and just say, you know, happy anniversary to them 42 years is a long time. Congratulations, man. You should take them to Golden Corral. I got, I wish I got these, the VIP Golden Corral. I got two right here.
Starting point is 00:17:42 You got one? Yeah, I got two. But they're for the Bronx, though. Yeah, that's only, that's the only, that's the only. Yeah, my mama, my mama is, uh, she's a Ruby Tuesday's person. She loves Ruby Tuesday. Oh, my God, Mama, see her. You go off her at the finest dining restaurant in the world.
Starting point is 00:17:54 She's going to say, nope, I want to go to Ruby Tuesday. Ain't no buffet at Ruby Tuesday's golden and Corral. No, I know, but I don't know what it is about people mothers. Like, my mother loved Olive Garden and Ruby Tuesday. The Olive Gardens, now slaps, the unlimited breadsticks. Now we're talking now. Yeah. Thank you, Tribe.
Starting point is 00:18:09 All right, y'all. All right, now. You know, you make somebody not even want to be gay no more, you know, because you didn't have to do that. He was talking about his mother and it's forever. Get it off your chest. 800585-105-1. Now we got the latest with Lauren coming up.
Starting point is 00:18:24 L.L. Cube. Good morning. Yes. We do. Hey, hey, Jess. Little nice X. You see him, shout-out show. Oh, great segue.
Starting point is 00:18:31 Oh, my God. Wow. Everything is a joke with you. You can't even play it on this show. I'm about to come on here and say Little Nise X. has been hospitalized for a possible drug overdose and arrested and just joky, joking. Did you see him shout out
Starting point is 00:18:45 Charlemagne? I saw something. He shot me out, no lie. Yes, he stretched and he threw like, no boy. I saw that. Oh, you know, he was definitely very much given. I wish he did shout out. He said Charlemagne taught me. I wish he did say that. He is so stupid. We're going to get into all the things
Starting point is 00:19:01 he said because at 4 a.m. Strow in LA there was a lot happening. He was walking down. Pumping down. Okay. Ready for the party. Oh, you was ready? Ready for a body? He was bricked up watching that video.
Starting point is 00:19:12 Shut up, man. The ladies with Lawrence next is the Breakfast Club awarded. The Breakfast Club. We're going to the Carolatlands this weekend, too. What part you're going to? Columbia. Okay, salute to the 803 Metro was happening.
Starting point is 00:19:25 Everybody that listens to us on Hot 103-9 in the Met. I used to be down there. It used to be what? I used to do everything. Columbia. There ain't never been to Columbus. My ex went to Benedict. Oh, word.
Starting point is 00:19:35 Dropping the clues bombs with Benedict. That's what sucks. Sweet the Bener. Why you got to do all to drop the bomb and all that? Who it is? How you know I didn't have trauma at Benedict? Who is the guy, though? Everything, come on, move on.
Starting point is 00:19:45 Hey, yo, noodles. I need you to do some investigating, man. We need to find out who Lauren LaRosa used to date that baby. We're going to find out fast. Can we go to the latest? All right, let's get to the latest. Lauren becoming a straight fact. Lauren be saying yourself, bro.
Starting point is 00:20:01 She gets to somebody that knows somebody. She gets to me in the email. I'm a home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She'd be having the latest on. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit every time. Well, it's the latest. On the breakfast club.
Starting point is 00:20:18 Talk to me. So Lil Nas X has been arrested after and possibly OD'd. This happened Thursday, so yes, or Thursday at 4 a.m., he was roaming around the streets of L.A., and there's a video that a person who was riding down the street recorded of him that TMZ obtained. Let's take a listen to the video of Little Nod's X. Nah, no, hey, don't be late to the party tonight. Where at? You know where it's at.
Starting point is 00:20:43 Uh-oh, somebody's going to have to pay for that. Dach, yeah, duh. Hey, four of us coming to the party. La la la. Yes, I am serving you, I am serving you. And you better be at that party tonight. Yes, give my good side. Ha, ha, ha.
Starting point is 00:21:02 Every side. Yeah. Yes. Sean Bankhead told me that home. to them? No. Woo! You want you to give it to me, baby?
Starting point is 00:21:13 That's going to be a beautiful sunrise. Give me that phone so I can throw it. I want to throw it far away so you'll never see it again. I don't like phones. Don't miss the party tonight. Why are you still here? You need to be telling everybody about the party, girl. What's your problem?
Starting point is 00:21:29 Break it down, make it down, make it down. See, you ain't breaking down for the people, though. You ain't described to the people that the man was walking around a cowboy, called the boots, and, uh... and some tidy whiteys. I was going to do it after, but you're right, I should have said it before.
Starting point is 00:21:41 But yeah, so at 4 a.m. Lounaz was strolling down the street and he's, so he's in Studio City. This is a popular street that he's on too. It was empty as hell. It was 4 o'clock in the morning. Huh?
Starting point is 00:21:51 Was it Lassianica or what was it? No, it was, I'll get the name in the street. You don't know the name, though. It's Lankrichisham. Where all the dancers go to dance. Okay. Yes, so he was strolling down the street and there's a guy riding by
Starting point is 00:22:03 who begins to record him. Now, this guy records his video. Yes, he's in a tidy whiteies. in the cowboy boots. There were also people who spotted him who called LAPD and said, hey, there's a nude man walking down the street. He needs some help.
Starting point is 00:22:15 Why y'all ain't never did that to the naked cowboy here in New York? He was dressed just like the naked cowboy. The only thing he didn't have it was a guitar. Y'all ain't never called a police on the naked cowboy. I was thinking the same thing. Did he ever get to a point where he said nude? And nude means totally like nothing.
Starting point is 00:22:28 Yes. He'd be like, man, I missed that video. That's the one I wanted to see. I kept reading. I kept Googling it. He never came up. You know, shut up, man. Yes.
Starting point is 00:22:35 He's serious. Trying to be. right? So he did get to the point where he was naked. So when police officers got there, they tried to like basically like get him and put him in like cuffs and before they could get to him he like charged at them but he stripped down naked
Starting point is 00:22:49 before he charged at him. So where they were on, they were finally able to. You see that video? No, for real because they got all these other way that video way. We don't need to see that I'll be honest with you. That's what? Go ahead. No, I'm saying that's what I'm saying though but we don't see none of that. We only see this what 10 minute video
Starting point is 00:23:05 of him strolling down the street. It saddens me that I see this video and the first thing I think to myself is publicity stunt. Okay, I'm not saying it is. I don't know if it is. I'm just saying that because it's Little Nas X and how everything seems like a rollout nowadays to me, it feels like a publicity.
Starting point is 00:23:20 Getting arrested though? Yeah. Where's the video at? Where's the mug shot? Where's the mug shot? Well, hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait. So TMZ has confirmed and I'm going to reach out because he's still in jail.
Starting point is 00:23:30 He's in jail and vane eyes. He's been held without no bell. Having a good time. I'm joking about it. Sorry. Oh, man. He's been held without no belt. And probably, y'all are...
Starting point is 00:23:40 Please keep me. You don't let me. You don't let me go. They said when they came to the rest of me, he charged at him. Like, he was ready to be. He was like, yes. Y'all fatherly show you. Y'all.
Starting point is 00:23:51 What if this was like a mental breakdown? You're right. You're right. You're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. But if it's not, we got all bases covered. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:01 You're right. He never do nothing like this before to promote a home. He has. He has. But the only reason why. I'm like trying to give him a little bit of like Grace here is because the police are the people who said based on
Starting point is 00:24:13 whatever they saw this would be potential. He went to the hospital, got treated and then he was arrested. I have no problem apologizing after the fact. I'm just telling you for what I see right now, just don't feel real. And it's his fault because of the things that we've seen him do in the past. So when I see it now
Starting point is 00:24:29 I'm like damn this could be a publicity stuff. Yeah. So it's like little boy cry wolf. Think that what it is? Yeah. Yeah. The boy cry wolf. Yeah. Where's the mugshot? Where's the video of him getting arrested? Where's the video? Butt-necked charging the police?
Starting point is 00:24:41 Y'all got everything else, but y'all don't got that? All of that. And then he said Charlemagne. He said Sean Bankhead. He said Sean Bankhead. Yes. Let me hear it. Sean Bankhead taught me that.
Starting point is 00:24:51 Yes, Sean Bankhead. I thought he said, Charlemagne. And he didn't look down-trodden. He didn't look rather? I mean, he might be... He didn't look down-trodden. Like, he didn't look... I don't know.
Starting point is 00:25:00 I don't know what it is. Like, he don't look like down, like depressed. I mean, it wasn't given overdose. but we don't know if he did what drug he overdosed on it could be it was given it could be given high and then the person who recorded him recorded him all that time right like just recorded it I mean just him by itself you know what I'm saying him ain't no other angle from nobody and you were just out there in the middle of the night what they say was like 3 o'clock in the morning or something 4 a.m. 4 a.m and this person is like recording him the whole time walk for blocks and blocks and
Starting point is 00:25:33 blocks as well because that walk was a walk he walked for a little minute and he pumped down I'm not saying it's a publicity stunt I don't know I'm just saying because it's little Nas X it makes me feel like it is now I hope it's not
Starting point is 00:25:47 I would hope nobody would play like this I would hope nobody would play about having a mental breakdown I would hope nobody would play about having a drug overdose I would hope nobody would play about being arrested but you just never know nowadays yeah you never know in his history of doing things like this does not help him in that's right That's right.
Starting point is 00:26:04 Well, I will say that there is now another video. There's no sound or anything to it. But earlier that day around like 1.30 p.m. or earlier Wednesday, there's a video now of him in a hotel called Shirt Stories Hotel in L.A., and he's just wandering aimlessly around the hotel. And then he heads out and he takes his shirt off, and he's just wandering, like, off from the hotel. Who got that video? TMZ also has that video as well.
Starting point is 00:26:26 Why do you want all these videos? Go ahead. No, shut up. I'm trying to figure out if this is trying to piece this together here. So they fit. So what they're saying is that whatever this episode was, it began earlier that day. And I mean, he, I remember I showed you, I showed Charlie May yesterday a video from his Instagram, huh? Well, then he'd get high again.
Starting point is 00:26:44 I mean, what kind of drug is that? He did that earlier. Yeah, well, they were trying to say it was, it was drugs, but like, what was he on? How could he have been high that long? We don't know yet. We don't know any of the details yet. But I'm sure things will come out. Well, if he had some type of mental breakdown, if he had some type of drug episode,
Starting point is 00:27:01 So we're definitely sending them healing energy. But I'm just saying because it's little Nas X and the things that we've seen in the past, it feels like a publicity. Not going to jail, but we'll see if you. We don't even know. We ain't with the jail. You do not know.
Starting point is 00:27:14 These little millennials, man. I mean, or Gen Z, whatever he is, they will do anything to show these records to push these tracks, whatever. Include and go to jail. And they didn't say he overdosed. They said it's a suspected overdose. It's impossible.
Starting point is 00:27:27 Possible. But they took him. Now here's a telltale sign, too. They took him to the hospital to be. be treated and then he was released to jail he wasn't released he's still in custody and they took him to jail so whatever that drug situation
Starting point is 00:27:39 yes so but it so if it was I mean he was released he would have stayed but I do believe though because the the he was charged with a battery on a peace officer right that's a misdemeanor police officer there well it's a police officer but a peace officer someone I think who comes when something like this is happening and it's trying to calm you down
Starting point is 00:27:55 so then that you can be like that type of thing but I was saying that because it's a misdemeanor but they're holding him without bail so to me that a little eye. It's like, holding them without bail for a misdemeanor? That's what I'm saying. So, like, I'm trying to figure out what this is. That's what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:28:06 Like, I'm going to try and call in eyes and see what's going on because it's a misdemeanor. Well, we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but then we wouldn't be a radio show if we didn't, okay? This is what it's Spock. Hey, guys, it's AZ Fudd.
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Starting point is 00:32:42 having the same questions y'all are so all right well that is the latest with Alarin now when we come back we got some front page news so don't go anywhere it's the breakfast club good morning you're checking out the breakfast club morning everybody is DJ NVV just
Starting point is 00:32:58 Calaria, Sholomey and the Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front-page news. What's up, Morgan? Hey, y'all. Hey, so let's talk about what's happening in California. First, it was Texas this week. Now, next week, it looks like we'll be following what's going on in California with the Democrats moving forward with their own redistricting efforts. Now, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure on Thursday that calls for a special election aiming to redraw state maps that would most likely give Democrats five additional House seats. Newsom says Democrats will take over the U.S. House. in the 2026 midterm elections. Let's take a listen to his comments. They fired the first shot, Texas.
Starting point is 00:33:34 We wouldn't be here at Texas, not done what they just did. Donald Trump didn't do what he just did. We got here because of his failed policies. Those are being exposed hour by hour, reinforced today by Walmart announcing they'll be raising prices because of the tax increases because of the tariffs. Because when all things are equal, we're all playing by the same set rules,
Starting point is 00:33:57 there's no question. that the Republican Party will be the minority party in the House of Representatives next year. So the statewide vote will be held in November. California's redistricting push comes as Texas Republicans move closer to finalizing their own reworked district. Now, on the other side of the aisle, California Republicans are vowing to fight Governor Newsom's attempt at redistricting. Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher says it's wrong for any state to allow politicians to draw congressional district lines. Let's take a listen from him. The governor says they're fighting fire with fire.
Starting point is 00:34:29 Well, the problem when you fight fire with fire is you burn it all down. Because if we continue down this road, other states will do the same thing. And the only people who will be hurt are the people and their ability to be represented, something that is fundamental to our American experiment. Right? Let's take away the corruption from these seats. Because we've already heard, it's been reported, that some may have influenced how those lines were drawn so they could run for Congress. Yes, so California State Republicans, of course, are backing Representative Kevin Kiley's House bill that would prohibit mid-decade mid-decade redistricting nationwide.
Starting point is 00:35:05 Meanwhile, in Texas, plans to redraw the congressional boundaries in Texas, which have passed the State House, are now heading towards the Senate. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to sign that bill, and he's also calling for legislation to impose penalties or punishments for those legislators who are willfully absent from any legislative session. So I'll keep you guys posted on that. And in case you missed it this week, Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Noam, says the entire southern border wall will be painted black. Now, Noam made the announcement earlier this week, I believe Tuesday, at a press briefing near El Paso, and says President Trump is making good on his promise to secure the border and crack down on illegal immigration. Let's take a listen to her comments. That is specifically at the request of the president who understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer. and it will make it even harder for people to climb.
Starting point is 00:35:56 Today, we have the most secure U.S. border that we've ever had in the history of this nation. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Noam says the funds for the painting were allocated in the massive spending bill that was already passed earlier this year and that the pace of the painting is currently a little bit less than a half of a mile a day. So that's what's happening on our southern border. And I'm just going to go ahead and wrap things up because it's Friday. I mean, why not? That's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood.
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Starting point is 00:36:39 So, you know, on Friday, we do the People's Donkey. If you want to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid, reach out and touch us right now, 1-800-585-1051. And we do that next hour. But right now, Sierra will be joining us. We're going to kick it with Cecee. Her new album comes out today, and her and Sholomey haven't had the best,
Starting point is 00:36:59 let's say, relationship in the past. I never met Sierra before. I never met Sierra. I never had a conversation with Sierra. You never met her? Not that I remember. I don't think we ever met each other. She never met each other.
Starting point is 00:37:11 That's why he was running your mouth like that back in a day. I used to definitely sland the Sierra back in the day. Yes. Harsh, very harsh. And that's why I hope that people's donkey, all the people's donkey go to you. That was so long ago That was a long time ago
Starting point is 00:37:26 Okay But you know She still has trauma If she walks in and slaps To me You'd be out with it? I understand Will you sue her?
Starting point is 00:37:35 Yes No damn I would have to I would understand She understands business too She got the NFL money too You know what I'm saying Come on
Starting point is 00:37:42 We can settle out of court though Damn it man All right All right When we come back CCC Sierra will be here It's the Breakfast Club Good morning
Starting point is 00:37:50 The Breakfast Club morning everybody is dj nvv jes hilarious charlemagne the guy we are the breakfast club long la rosa is here as well and we got a special guest in the building good morning cierra before the star i just got my daughter sent a message to you charlemagne was the message so the other day my daughters were dancing and they my youngest one sent me a text that said i met sierra she spelled the s i e r a and i was like i don't know who that is i said you mean The singer dancer, Sierra, she was like, yes. I said, go tell them that my dad knows you.
Starting point is 00:38:27 So she went and you were very nice, and she danced for you and everything. Oh, my gosh. But she came back with a message. She was like, Dad, Sierra said, make sure that you and Charlemagne are very nice to her when she comes on the show. And then she says, why are you and Charlemagne not nice to her? Oh, God. I was like, that was so long. So now you got a problem in your household.
Starting point is 00:38:47 Let me tell you, your daughter is insane. Both you have two daughters, am I right? They are incredibly ingifted. Oh, thank you. Like, I'm telling you right now, like, I mean this, I know something special when I see it. Them little girls are special. I'm telling you, it's insane.
Starting point is 00:39:04 Like, my daughter's seeing it was there watching them, and I love that she was seeing a girl that looked like her watching your daughters do what they were doing, and I think they hadn't been doing it for too long. Two years. No, no, no. If it was Salson, they're Dominican. It's in their DNA.
Starting point is 00:39:18 No, they were doing gymnastics, and they had two different styles of dancing. of dancing. They both showed us their shows. They were preparing for some performance. Yeah, for the next season. I haven't seen their dances yet because I want to see it the first time it goes out. No, no, no. You got something special going on. They get busy. Tell you right now. So it was beautiful to see. You know what? I love seeing it just because when I go on these dance competitions, it's very rarely black fathers or black kids dancing. When they get on stage and they get
Starting point is 00:39:45 busy, like they practice all day long. That's all they do. And they get busy. And it's so crazy to see people saying, like pointing at them and them winning because that's my best thing the DJ and this is cool but going to see them dance it's like it's special thank you so much
Starting point is 00:39:58 I literally went home and told Russ I said babe these girls because we're new to New York so I'm trying to figure out the places for our kids to get active and do what they love doing and I'm like that was so powerful to see and especially because again
Starting point is 00:40:13 the girls look my daughter they look like my daughter and she gets to see that so yeah you should be proud but don't be coming in crazy I mean, like your daughter's sitting on. I'm ready for whatever with you all this morning. What I mean to you?
Starting point is 00:40:25 What I mean? Are you dumb? Listen. I'm really asking. I don't remember. That was a good question. Oh, you don't remember. Listen, you know what?
Starting point is 00:40:35 When you got your energy in a certain place, you can't remember everything crazy that someone does to your says about you. But I definitely would always remember Charlemagne along the way in my journey coming up as an artist. But, you know, Charlemagne was being Charlemagne. I was on drugs That's a lot You were not on damn drugs You were just ugly back then
Starting point is 00:40:55 And don't try to act like that You know that was not drug that was you I went back down Some of the pipeline and we won't say it But I think you owe her an apology Because you was crazy Absolutely You said you went down
Starting point is 00:41:05 Diddy's pipeline and what happened Wait what did you say You all are crazy What did you say? Diddy didn't come up I didn't say nothing about Diddy's pipeline Listen I have If I did do anything
Starting point is 00:41:14 That really offended you And hurt you in any way Sierra I do apologize sincerely, but I really, I'm not even joking when I say, I really don't remember everything. Don't play the audio, we got to. No, no, you know, I'm not doing that. Like, you know, that type of time.
Starting point is 00:41:28 I only remember one thing, I really do. You remember one thing? What, do you want to say the one thing? It was what I used to say, Rihanna had the Navy, Beyonce had the Beehive, and Sierra had the crick. Oh, my love. That's the only thing I personally remember. That's crazy, well. Crick is a chirping loud, ain't they?
Starting point is 00:41:44 They don't sure all, because they're still here. We're still here. Well, how are you feeling? I'm feeling amazing. I'm feeling real blessed. Feeling real blessed. Feeling excited. This is release week.
Starting point is 00:41:55 So it's kind of, it's crazy. I've been doing it independently, so it's a beast. Like, I'm literally nonstop. I'm like, I'm out here grinding like it's the 2000s right now. So it's just, it's crazy. I really feel excited, though. I'm ready to get this project out, and I'm happy to be here. How's your move to New York?
Starting point is 00:42:12 It's amazing. You know, it's different when you come to New York. You know, it's one thing to come as a performance. but to come here, you know, to live, like, it's a whole different, like, feeling. Like, it's a whole different perspective. And then also seeing New York through our kids' eyes, it's really cool, you know. You know, Siena was, we were preparing the clothes that we were packing. And Siena had this really fancy pink outfit.
Starting point is 00:42:36 And she goes, I said, Cici Mama, that's a lot going on. She's like, mom, we go to New York. You know? So then she's ready. She's like, what we doing, you know? But to be able to be here with our family, obviously football is. It's the reason why we're here. It's exciting, you know, but it's, New York feels more calm from this perspective.
Starting point is 00:42:54 Because I think if, like, you're a visitor, like, New York is like bright lights, all this. But now it's like, okay, wait, how are we going to survive? What are we going to be doing? Like, how are we going to live? Like, hold perspective, but I love it. We love our date nights here, the food. They say, you'll never have enough food in a lifetime eating in New York. So I've been loving the restaurant options.
Starting point is 00:43:13 There's so many. I didn't realize how. much community that has grown the communities that are creative have grown here like with playgrounds and stuff there's so many playgrounds but you only see that because now i have kids so i say differently so i'm just excited everything you need it you want to find is right here the beauty supplies like everything is all here so i'm excited i won't say it's calm now until the giants start losing shut that's why i feel like russell deserves better like seriously the giants are going to be terrible no they're not let me tell you let me tell you
Starting point is 00:43:47 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, let me tell you right now. I love you dearly, but you can not look in me and tell me that the team of my husband's going to be on is going to be terrible. I'm just not going to allow that. You can feel what you want to feel, though. It's all good. His Cowboys are trash. And I understand, listen, I understand, you know, the history that franchises, they evolve and they go through things, but we're going to speak life over here. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:44:05 I speak life over with Russ. I think he's going to have a great season. The Giants, though? Nah. Nah, John's a lot. Sorry, right, you can feel how you feel how you feel, but it's going to be great. We're going to be good. Is there a part of you that ever wants him to retire?
Starting point is 00:44:17 No. I want for him to do it when he wants to do it, but I think he still has a great story to tell. You know, he's been so fortunate to, you know, I've done all that he's done and, you know, defy many odds. And so I think he's still got a lot more amazing football left in him. And so I'm just excited, you know, to support him. But whenever he wants to do that, you know, it's organized chaos in our house,
Starting point is 00:44:40 you know, because his world goes, my world goes. So it's like a really, like, craft, of schedules to make everything like, you know, work and make sense, but we're having fun right now and I really love football too, so I enjoy it. I enjoy watching him do his thing. Sometimes people say, like, you know, Sierra has more headlines for her relationship than her music. Does that bother you or do you just lean into it? No, I think people aren't taught to what they feel. I mean, that's up to you and what you want to feel, but I'm not her living. You know, I'm living my life and I, I mean, a part of living in front of the world is people,
Starting point is 00:45:13 You're going to be open to people that have opinions. But that's all right. You're entitled to it. You know, so I don't really worry about those things because I am doing a lot. I am a mom. I am a wife. I am an entrepreneur. I am an artist.
Starting point is 00:45:26 So you're going to say many things about me and that's all good. We're still kicking in with Sierra. Jess. You have been outside. It's been great seeing you in these spaces where you dancing. God grew up to you dancing. And that's the thing. You have not aged a bit, by the way.
Starting point is 00:45:39 Thank you. You have really been like doing your thing when you come. to promoting Cecee, right? So let's get into the album. Yeah. The name of it is called Cecee. And that's who you are. That's my nickname.
Starting point is 00:45:51 It's personal to you, right? So in this album, we're going to be getting an inside look on. Yeah, so it's really more so just my token of appreciation. You know, it's been 21 years as my first album, you know. And so to be sitting here with the same passion and joy that I had as a little girl growing up, starting off my career and to still be here with opportunity and it's still, be, you know, fortunate to have some of the best fans in the world. You know, when people see me in the streets, I say, well, hey, CC, I'd be like, hey, girl.
Starting point is 00:46:21 But it feels real personal when someone calls you by your nickname. And my fans have done that. And honestly, like I said, doing it independently, I would not be here if it wasn't for my fans. I would not be here if I didn't have the love and support that I've had over the years. And so it's just really a token of appreciation from me to my fans to give them this project, but also, again, time and get back to Cece because that's what they call me. It's real personal for me, but it really is, like, it's an attitude of gratitude. Like, it's not easy to, you know, to stand tall and to be still going at this rate and to have the level of support that I've had is like, it's just such a blessing, you know, so you can't listen to the Charlemagne's of the world.
Starting point is 00:47:01 You know what I'm saying? Because if you do, then you won't, you know what I'm saying? You won't level up, right? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? But do you like the independent route? Because everything falls on you now. It's no longer labels, no longer label pushing the record.
Starting point is 00:47:15 You got to go out there, kiss baby, shake hands. You got to do all that. No, it's amazing. Listen, now, it's a grind. Like I said, I'm ground like it's a 2000. Like, we outside. Like, I go from the stage to the classroom to the football field to support Russ to be here this morning with you guys. And then I hit my son's teacher up to talk about his Spanish exam thing he has to do.
Starting point is 00:47:37 Like, it's nonstop. But I love the independent route because, one, there's nothing better. than own your master's right there's nothing better than ownership like you think about the math of what it is for us as artists it is hard to do the traditional route for a long time is to me it's not sustainable for long term you know purposes so mathematically it's definitely much better but I love that when I have an idea I can activate on it when I want you how I want to and I may not get it right I may swing I may fail but I like my batting
Starting point is 00:48:07 average you know being able to do it my way and I've been very fortunate over the years, even when I was signed in majors, all my big moments, I was like, this is the moment. Like, I've always been that voice. I've always betted on myself, but now I get to reap my full benefits of when I do take that big risk and make that big bet. So I like it this way, it's like I said, it's not easy, but it's a good feeling though. I feel empowered, like more than ever in my life. And also, too, you know, like where there's sync opportunities, like level up is a song that keeps on giving. It's almost three times platinum. I don't know how many billion streams with that song alone, I say it's a gift that keeps on giving because I get these
Starting point is 00:48:44 unique sync opportunities that just don't stop. And I don't have to go through these channels for approval. I don't have to like get someone's like, you know, is this okay? Is it not? It's like, no, I like it. I want to do it. Let's do it. You know? And so it's, it's a great feeling. And I just want to remind you to I was on drugs and alcohol and a little bit ugly like just said. I just want to keep stressing that thing. He might have sipped a little something this morning You know, he's covered in a hat. Just to see the excitement in your face
Starting point is 00:49:18 When you talk about your music Like, have you ever had a moment, right? Where somebody played something for you? But even the making of this album, right? And you were like, eh, no. Yeah, no, we have those moments But it's funny because you know how you hear artists say Like, they have hundreds of records?
Starting point is 00:49:35 I don't record tons of records. I've never done that. I've always been very intentional about the songs that I've written or record for my record. So I don't have a lot of leftover records. But if I start a record, I'm not feeling out. I was just like, eh? Like, nah, you know. And sometimes you do get songs.
Starting point is 00:49:49 You're like, that's not for me. So, yes, do I have those moments? But I will say all in all, I'm lucky that I get to write on a lot of my records. So, you know, if I'm not feeling the vibes, we're just going to cut it short, you know. But, yeah. Do you preview your music for hubby or your husband? Oh, yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:50:05 He knows and sees everything. Like, even when I'm, like, in the process of thinking about stuff, you think about Rust that I don't think people know is, like, he obviously is amazing on the field. But his creative mind is, like, insane. Like, he actually has really incredible ideas that he'll throw my way. And, like, he's in it with me, which is so fun. Russ don't seem like a dancing.
Starting point is 00:50:30 It doesn't seem like he's dancing. Listen, I say he dances really nicely in the pocket. Okay. I get it? You know what I'm saying? but he actually has a nice little groove. It was funny because the other night, him and all the QBs,
Starting point is 00:50:41 he had invited the fellas to come out, the QB room to come out, and they were all jamming, and, like, James was like, Russ, I know you had that in you. Like, you know, but he gives sauce a little bit, you know, it's cute. Question, and this is not how I feel,
Starting point is 00:50:55 so don't tell you about to me. No, when you hear people say... He's so funny, can see you over there waiting, like, just wait for just waiting. No, not to be real. Let me mess this up. What do you want to ask?
Starting point is 00:51:05 When you hear people say Russell Wilson, is corny. What's your honest reaction? Oh my gosh. I don't have to even reply to that because, you know, like that, why would I even respond to that? You know what I'm saying? Like, I know what I know and that's all that matters, but he's one of them
Starting point is 00:51:21 he is the most amazing human being you could know. The smartest, most intelligent black man that I have ever known. You know, and what you see with him is really who he is. You know, and so it's beautiful, it's different
Starting point is 00:51:38 you know, but I don't doesn't bother him though. That's it bother him because I feel like he gets it because he takes care of his wife. And we've had conversations up here as men saying like I don't understand why he's beat, why he gets called a simp Well, I think it depends on who he loves His wife. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, who's the
Starting point is 00:51:54 man saying it? Mm-hmm. Well, Channing Crowder said it once. No, no, no, no, no. She was the same same name. She was like, what kind of guy is saying it? I'm not going to go down to specific lane because I'm just saying who's the man saying it right it's like someone saying a person doesn't love someone but have you ever love someone right have you ever been loved right so sometimes people to me speak out of pocket because they just don't know so for me is versus being mad about it just like god bless them you know like you know i'm saying like so yeah because it's obviously something that
Starting point is 00:52:27 they're lacking it's just you know everyone again everyone's in touch to their opinion but it's like you don't we don't have to live i don't have to live my life to prove anything to anybody body, right? And so I think, you know, sometimes, too, people have a perspective just because of how they see life. And that just may be their way, but, you know, to me, too bad for them if they want to live life a certain way and love people a certain way. Too bad for them. Yeah, Atlanta, that wants to come out of you. Like, one time, like the Atlanta, just say, yo, suck my from the back like that. Like, that's New York. First of all, that's New York. In Atlanta, that's a good time.
Starting point is 00:53:00 Listen, listen, listen. Oh, my. Gosh, you are silly. Let me tell you, do I want to say stuff sometimes? Absolutely, but is it worth it? No. What Michelle say, when they go low, we go. Yeah, but you got to take it to hell with them too, though. Yeah, but is it really worth the breath?
Starting point is 00:53:19 Like, you think, I think about how many people I've seen come and I've seen go when I'll leave it there. So you're telling me, Sierra got a prayer, but she don't got to curse. No. She doesn't have to curse somebody out like? She don't got a curse, no, but will she curse? Yeah. Yeah, you know Pull up on me a certain way
Starting point is 00:53:37 I might pop out But no, no, no, no, no Honestly, I don't know, man I'm, I don't know, I just Or how I'm trying to live my life It doesn't have space For like a negativity It just doesn't
Starting point is 00:53:50 Like you cannot Like if you're trying to go to a certain height That stuff is like down there You know what I'm saying? Like it's like wisdom has showed me Like you ain't got to respond People respond for you like just watch those that have things to say about you just watch it like they'll respond for you
Starting point is 00:54:09 they'll do it to themselves you know what I'm saying we're still kicking it with Sierra Lauren I was gonna say I saw that a lot people responding for you and taking up for you guys when people were having a debate about Russ being a stepdad or not like early on and people were like why is that an issue like why why is their family unit an issue for you a lot of people had that conversation yeah you stayed quiet the whole time you handled that yeah you didn't got talk about that You know, there's beauty and love. It all comes back to love.
Starting point is 00:54:36 I think people, when they talk about that type of stuff, they forget about what matters the most in the situation. It's the child, right? It's not about the adult conversation of it all. Is the child being loved, how they should be loved? That's all that matters. Obviously, I know, like, the beauty and a blended family, right? There's no greater feeling than my kids all feeling together
Starting point is 00:55:00 and waking up and feeling love the same. that is a blessing, you know. So, and I think that every child deserves to feel, you know, that kind of love that I get to see my kids have. You know, and so, you know, I think when things are new to people, it just creates great conversation. But sometimes conversation is great, you know, because sometimes conversation also opens up things for people to really talk about things that they probably wouldn't talk about, right? You know, maybe, like I said, at my time when I was a single mom, I think a lot of women were able to see my journey to be able to be like, You know, just me finding my way as a woman, right? And I thank God that he's blessed me with this special love that I have.
Starting point is 00:55:39 But I think there's like, again, it goes back to like, why do I have this platform, right? It's like if I can inspire someone in any kind of way, like that to me is success, right? And so I think oftentimes you don't know what that's like until you're in that position, right? And you're like, oh, this is my life. Like, okay, let me figure this out. But I mean, it's a gift when, you know, I think woman can know, like life doesn't stop. at a situation for you right you know life can't evolve and grow how you want it to and as it relates to families and men right there's a difference between boys and men okay and to me men love a certain
Starting point is 00:56:16 way they they have a certain standard of how they love and choose to love and do things you know and I feel blessed that when I look at my husband that standard is like it's top tier right it's like my dad's love right that's the truest love I've known from a man you know and And so to see that is such a blessing, but I love that my kids when they look up at each other and, you know, future out him, him in a moral art, like our baby girl, like he's the sweetest with her or Siena and just how it win and how they all interact with each other is love. That's all that matters, right? So conversation is good, though, sometimes. It opens up things and hopefully it helps others. I would like to say that is the most perfect pointy tale I've ever seen.
Starting point is 00:56:58 Oh, my God. It's moving like Dr. Strange Cape. You know, Dr. Strange Cape moves with him. No. I'm saying like, Dr. Strange. What is that? Dr. Strange. What is that?
Starting point is 00:57:06 Marmar. Okay, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Had a life of its own. So it's like certain times when you talk. It's in its own world. It's like, it's moving with your emotions. It's nice.
Starting point is 00:57:13 It's nice. It's good. It's unbelievable. But I want to ask you, you said something earlier that made me think about something. Do you think black women in entertainment are allowed to evolve gracefully? Or do we only celebrate them when they're like young and messily? No, man.
Starting point is 00:57:29 I think um do I think people like when people are sad yeah but I think about like you know women that are rocking it like think you know people do celebrate you you know I think as a community though you know just outside of artistry I do think that the more we can support each other the better we will be and I think historically because of what we've been through like historically as a culture as a race you can to go my, my, mind, mind. Your condition to like, you don't want to share so much. And what I've noticed in my communities
Starting point is 00:58:07 of friends sometimes that don't look like me, they will call me and be like, hey, Sierra, do you need help with, how can I help you? Right? That's a very common question I get asked. You know, and I feel blessed to have the friends that I do. And it makes me want to do that for people that look like me. Because we need that.
Starting point is 00:58:28 need that like it's a real thing like think about just like why we always be fighting crazy in our communities like we have more fights I think you know and again I could be wrong but just the culture of us like we got we got that rah-rah like it's just in us and I think there's something about history that's predispositioned us that way where it's like how do we evolve like together like how do we eat together right like it's a real thing like my I feel very blessed at the friend circles that I do um and like You know, it's like Jewish community. Like, the way that they, like, rock with each other is crazy and amazing.
Starting point is 00:59:03 Like, the Latino communities, like, the way they rock is, like, beautiful. Like, by the way, I'm blexican. Like, I'm learning my Spanish, so I say I'm, like, black and Mexican. I love that. Yeah, yeah, I love that. Yeah, my daughter is her black skin. It's our birthday today. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:59:16 Come on. She don't know. Uh, she don't know it. Oh, she don't know that? Okay, it's all right. It's all right. It's all right. It's all right.
Starting point is 00:59:26 Ola. Okay. Guys, it's AZ Fud. You may know me as a gold medalist. You may know me as an NCAA national champion and recent most outstanding player. You may even know me as a people's princess, but now you're also going to know me as your favorite host. Every week on my new podcast, Fud around and find out, I'll give you an inside look at everything happening in my crazy life as I try to balance it all. From my travels across the globe to preparing for another run at the Natty with my Yukon Huskies to just try to make it to my midterms on time. You'll get the inside
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Starting point is 01:00:42 Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled metal, glass. The injured were being. Loaded into ambulances, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, and it was here to stay. Terrorism. Law and Order Criminal Justice System is back.
Starting point is 01:01:12 In season two, we're turning our focus to a threat that hides in plain sight. That's harder to predict and even harder to stop. Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts. or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Noah. I'm 13, and as you might have seen from the news, I got a podcast, and I explain those fake headlines like your uncle would, like your cousin would if he actually did the research. Honestly, adults don't ask the right questions.
Starting point is 01:01:48 Now you know with Noah DeBaroso is a show about influence. Who's got it, how they use it, and what it means for the rest of you. It's not the news. It's what the news should be, someone Gen Z or Gen Alpha made it. When I'm watching everything. Sheesh. The majority of the youth, 18 through 24, say they trust Republicans more than Democrats from the economy.
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Starting point is 01:02:38 I dreamt of having a place where voices that have been historically sidelined would instead be centered. For over 30 years now, Latino USA has been that place. This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Cultura. As the longest running Latino news and culture show in the United States, Latino USA delivers the stories that truly matter to all of us. From sharp and deep analysis of the most pressing news, they're creating this narrative that immigrants are criminals.
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Starting point is 01:03:46 Oh, okay. No, no, no. Don't play with me. Solomon is very loco. Very loco, yes, yes, yeah. You got a p-a-oh. No. That was a curse.
Starting point is 01:03:56 That was a curse. No, but you think about that love, right? Let's lift each other up, like, in our big moments. Like, let's celebrate, like, celebrate each other. Let's not even, like, don't worry about, you know. I think sometimes you can get, like, a little distracted if you don't feel like things are moving at the pace you want them to. But it's like, celebrate the next one.
Starting point is 01:04:15 Like, your time's going to come. The more we can do that together, the more we win. I want to know what the conversation was with you and Rihanna when y'all patched it up. Oh, so sweet. What did that look like in 2025? I don't say patch it up. Like, it wasn't. like a patch up conversation but you know
Starting point is 01:04:28 we actually started at the Met Gala and it was her ASAP, me and Russ and we were all just chatting it up and you know talking about kids and Mo Kids and just like normal you know just like girls would do
Starting point is 01:04:43 so that was really sweet you know it was the best energy you know and CeC got love for Riri so you didn't even bring up the old stuff you don't even bring on your future it's so hard yeah it's like babies you know she you are now yeah she sent me this really sweet message like a while ago before we saw
Starting point is 01:05:02 each other and she was like saying i'm so proud of you you know and i thought that was so so sweet um you know for her to say that and i really respect her like i admire what she's doing and what she's done like i remember us meeting each other for the first time you know as babies and you know i started a little before her but to see how she's like leveled up and like built her empire like to do that in our industry is not easy and she's, you know, putting on for Barbados, as she would say, in such a big way. And I think
Starting point is 01:05:33 us women were just like, you know, we're women, you know, and like groan, like, you know, so it's all that kind of energy. Yeah. But that thump thugging on Twitter used to be fun to watch. Oh, my gosh. I remember when I got punched in the back of the head and Sierra had a field day. How did we're kidding.
Starting point is 01:05:49 Twitter has those tweets. You remember that? I don't remember that because I was laughing because I'm Like, you know what? I deserve it. And she was like, I bet you're in Medita's. You ain't used the Meditas dad, because I don't need it's that day. Listen, you got to get Charlottelmaid with something. Because this man right here.
Starting point is 01:06:06 Was you still getting high and ugly back then? Yeah, definitely getting high back then. Oh, yeah. Definitely, yeah. Yeah, no, listen, you got to, listen, the Charlemains of the world, I tell you, you don't forget them. That's what I do, though. You don't forget them. And you'd be like, just let something, if something, not let something,
Starting point is 01:06:24 But if something happened, you'd be ready to be like, hey, uh-huh. Wooden crickets now. Yeah, wooden crickets and now. Actually, I see the crickets and they ain't saying nothing. What is in my last question? If you script away all the titles, you know, superstar, wife, mom, who is Sierra at her core today? She a bouse. Love that.
Starting point is 01:06:48 Yeah, no, she a bouse. No, I mean, I say a woman of an ambitia. on a mission. Oh, that's always my jam. She's just trying to figure it all out. You know, just trying to grind every day, figure it out. She's a woman. I'm a woman that loves to serve.
Starting point is 01:07:06 I love to give and I love to live. Mm-hmm. Well, let's get into a joint off the album. What you want to hear? Let's go. Okay, we're gonna play this song that I'm excited about. I told y'all the video is out today. And it's my song, Dance With Me, Feature My Boy Tiger.
Starting point is 01:07:23 And check it out right now. Ladies and gentlemen, next time you see my daughter tell her we was nice. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna tell her. Because she was on me. She's so cute. She said, I think you know my dad. And I said, DJ Amby, I was like, yeah, I know your dad. I was like, oh my God.
Starting point is 01:07:37 And they showed out, I was like, that might not be your dad. I definitely can't dance like. I definitely can't. No, I'm messing with him. I'm messing with you. It's Sierra. They look black. That can't be Ambik.
Starting point is 01:07:49 Shut up, man. Pick up the new Al-C-C-C out today. Yeah. The Sierra, it's the breakfast club. Good morning. This morning, everybody. It's DJNV. Jess Lari.
Starting point is 01:07:58 Shalamey and the guy. We are the breakfast club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fan. Tell us, man. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.
Starting point is 01:08:10 She'd be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes she has facts. Sometimes she has details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest. On the breakfast club. Talk to me.
Starting point is 01:08:23 So yesterday, Hernandez Govan, who prosecutors are calling the mastermind behind Young Doff's murder, was found not guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. A jury deliberated for a little under three hours, and then Govan was let free to go. Why? Why? What was your reason? So they basically looked at the communications that were submitted by the government, which were like text messages and phone calls and said that there wasn't any evidence there that linked. Govind to being the person that set this whole thing up, offered to pay the money
Starting point is 01:08:57 after they took the alleged money that was on the streets to kill anybody from people around entertainment. Basically, they're saying that the government didn't do a good job of proving that case. There's that go. So, yeah, so they're saying they didn't prove the case. What they were alleging was that Govind was the person who
Starting point is 01:09:13 actually heard about the hit from their legend that was from Juk, who is Yogadi's older brother that passed away, and that he then called these two younger guys, and Justin Johnson and said, look, if y'all do the hit on anybody from Paperout Entertainment, I'll split the money with y'all a certain way. And then according to Justin, I'm not Justin, but according to Cornelius, who was actually like the star, like, testifier or testifier witness in this case,
Starting point is 01:09:40 he says that Govan actually was a person that even put him onto this. He said he didn't know that there was a hit. He said that he didn't know anything about this and that he had never spoken anybody outside of this besides Govan, but they're saying that he didn't prove the case. Govyn's attorneys are saying that all that was a lie and that Justin, not Justin, but Cronellia is just a person that is testifying because he wants to go home. He wants to get lesser charges as well
Starting point is 01:10:04 and that originally he had claimed that he had spoken to Duke to get the money and to do this whole thing. But to answer your question, they're just saying that they didn't do a good job proving her case. I'll tell you what, if I was that guy, I wouldn't stay in Memphis. That's what he said yesterday. Yes. Because even though a court of law found him,
Starting point is 01:10:20 you know, not guilty if the streets think he guilty. Yeah, you know, the street's going to do what they do. I wouldn't stay in Memphis if I was him. Well, he took, so. I was thinking he said. Yeah, Hernandez-Govern after court and his attorneys spoke to press about that. They spoke to ABC 24 Memphis. Let's take a listen.
Starting point is 01:10:36 This is what your justice is in Memphis. So if you're black and poor, you got a problem. So this is, Mr. Gauvin, how do you feel? You have this stress taken off your shoulders? Yeah, and have my life back. What is the first thing you plan to do? Go hood, my son. Mr. Govane, you, you have a little.
Starting point is 01:10:50 smile all this week but obviously you have a lot to smile about just tell me what you're feeling in right now it's kind of hard to explain the feeling of getting your life back i'm just i'm just blessed and i'm just ready to go see my son what was going through your head when you were waiting for the verdict this morning nervousness but i got a team around me that was very confident and supportive so without them it wouldn't be no hope i just want to thank again man robert haley belth houndall you heard your attorney say if you're black and poor in Memphis this is what happens Who would be your words of advice? Leave Memphis.
Starting point is 01:11:23 Damn. Do you plan on leaving Memphis, sir? Of course. I think his lawyer did it for pro long. His lawyer did it for free, right? I thought I read that too. Yeah, I saw that, yes. Because he didn't have a lot of resources,
Starting point is 01:11:34 and they felt like the attorney said, because sat in jail for, I believe, was nine months, and the attorney said that they felt like the jury felt empathy for him because he didn't have resources and the media. Because of the heightened media around this case, they felt that the jury looked at it and said, you have this person with no resources,
Starting point is 01:11:50 is that there isn't really strong evidence against. So we're going to let them walk. And because the jury came back so fast, they feel like, you know, they did their job. Like, they did exactly what they needed to do. Did you speak to Daw's wife? Because I know y'all are close. I just hit her up and said, you know,
Starting point is 01:12:04 I saw everything and just sending you some love. But she hasn't responded to expect her to. One of the reports I read said that his family that was in court was, of course, devastated. I'm sure. And I saw yesterday, Kiglock had posted, but then deleted it, like, on X. My City failed me.
Starting point is 01:12:17 He deleted it, though, not too long after. that so I mean as you can imagine like this is not something what would she say you know what I'm saying everybody involved need to be held accountable like everybody needs to be in jail like it's it's crazy yeah one of the shooters is in jail and Cornelius
Starting point is 01:12:34 testified against him as well and Cornelius is also facing the time in jail that he will do as well so everybody yeah yeah but in other news going back to some music news so offset has finally dropped Kiyari
Starting point is 01:12:49 and I've been listening to the project I think I'm like four songs sure of listening to the whole album but it's good people are saying that this is like one of his best releases so he's released a couple different songs but he has a song called Never Let Go which is a tribute
Starting point is 01:13:05 to offset and he has move on which he talked about and we talked about up here is a tribute to take off I'm sorry it's a tribute to take off yes and then he has You're confusing your black men all week I just want you to know that Oh my good she definitely thought Mike Tennis was shot I'm going to stay focused. I am staying focused.
Starting point is 01:13:22 Stay focused low. You know what? Stay focused, big low. And then he has, and then he has move on, which is a song about closing the chapter with Cardi. So let's take a listen. And he also dropped the video to Never Let's go and it's a fire. Like the visual is, it's a great visual, even though it's a very sad song.
Starting point is 01:13:38 Let's take a listen to Never Let's go, the tribute to take off. That's John Legend, right? Yes, it's featuring John Legend. John Legend got the eulogy voice, boy. Yes, he did me? Yeah. And the setup of the visual, John Legend. is there he's playing a piano it's um you see offset he's going through the motions of all
Starting point is 01:13:52 you know just feeling the song and feeling the emotions that he's been living with for this time um i haven't listened to the album yet you know because them albums be coming out at midnight i'm an old man i'd be sleep and i don't want to hear all that hippity hop in the morning i got you listen on the way in that's what i'm gonna listen to it this afternoon y'all i think y'all gonna like it i think he has a mixture of like you know something for us then he got some vibes on there for you know he got some real rap on there as well too but um he did another song that I mentioned, and we talked about here, Jess, I know you talked about this,
Starting point is 01:14:20 move on, which is him closing the chapter with Cardi B later. Okay, so I'll say got personal on this album. Yeah. And he said, you got your get back. I got my get back, but it's 50 to 2? Yeah, 50 to 2. Who up? Yeah, no. Who went in the game? Who went in the series? 50 to 2 is great.
Starting point is 01:14:37 And he was so shay about his girl, his girl, don't need a lace. You heard that, long hair don't need no lace? Cardi got long hair, too. And don't need lace, but I'm like, yo, I caught that line, no. That line was a line. That's what you're stuck on.
Starting point is 01:14:50 50 to 2? That's all you stuck on. You've been posed to tap out, man. Give me the controller back, man. Let's the control of the playing station. 50 to 2? No. The album is, I don't know.
Starting point is 01:15:00 It wasn't really clear in the song. I wanted to listen to the off-sit-to-all. Please do. You are messy, yo. Why? I want to hear more context to the song. That's what you're talking. I didn't know.
Starting point is 01:15:10 I don't want to hear all that hip-de-hoppy-day now since I get in the car. No. I said, I don't want to hear all that hip-hipty-ty-hop. Hippity hip-hop first thing in the morning when I wake up when I wake up and set my intentions and save my prayers and all of that I need to, you know...
Starting point is 01:15:22 I feel you. Yeah, I do that. No, he has a... He is a walking contradiction because you get so mad because we play songs like residuals and snooze and holy blindfold and all that
Starting point is 01:15:30 but now you don't want to hear He wanted to boots on the ground and when we get up. Come on when we first get up at four and five five and all right. Well, wait, but I got to say something before we read. All right.
Starting point is 01:15:39 So today, posting to the latest with Lauren La Rose of the podcast will be my 100th episode. Congratulations. Thank you. to LL Cool Ben. To bring my Q cards
Starting point is 01:15:48 to make sure I got everything right. So 100th episode, we are at 5 million downloads. And in this 100... Nice. Oh, some people won't hear me? Huh? Oh, because you act like you don't.
Starting point is 01:15:59 So in this 100th episode... I don't hear you just now. Exactly. We have a recap of my favorite moments, including an interview that I did with Golden Brooks, Maya from Girlfriends. It's audio only. You can't watch this.
Starting point is 01:16:09 You have to go listen. So go and download, if you have not already, the latest with Lauren and Rosa, the podcast. Come and flashback to the journal, to the journey with me because it has been a journey
Starting point is 01:16:17 but yes, my low riders are here with me. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. Hello, Kubei getting money. And listen to Brewerin idiots this week. Lauren Lerosa's on Brewerian Nidians
Starting point is 01:16:30 and Lauren Lerosa for whatever reason decided to tell y'all about the other video I got. I never said anything about it. With my name. I've never said anything about the other video. I got two videos of Laura Lorosa. I never said anything. She was under pressure for some reason
Starting point is 01:16:42 and just decided to tell everybody what's on the video. I was just happy and talking about my man. And, yeah, we're going to talk about... Say his name, say his name. For what? We got to wrap up. We got to wrap up. All right.
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Starting point is 01:17:30 and give folks the credit they deserve for being stupid. Whoever you want to give the biggest he-heart to, you can do that right now. So good morning. Who do you want to give donkey today to? I want to give it either to Charlemagne or Dr. Umar. What? What did I do?
Starting point is 01:17:45 Okay, you I'll tell you what you did. Turn your radio down first, Mama. Then go ahead. Okay, Alexa, stop. Okay, what you did is Dr. Umar went and now is trying to get women
Starting point is 01:18:03 to date him for $500, for $500,000, dinner with, with Umar. And you never even talked about, Shalameen. You know why? Because when I first saw the video, I thought it was AI.
Starting point is 01:18:16 I didn't know it's real. Okay, I see that. What y'all want me to do, though? No, talk about it. You never talked about it. Well, you know why? Because Dr. Umar is supposed to be on breakfast club soon. So, you know, I kind of wanted to talk about it with him.
Starting point is 01:18:31 He also lost spending. I saw that. I see that he, the school might be going up for auction because he's behind on some bills and some stuff like that. I mean, there's a lot to talk to Dr. Umar about. But if you ask my opinion, I've already said it. I don't think Dr. Umar was scamming anybody.
Starting point is 01:18:48 I just think Dr. Um, you know, wasn't on top of his business. And I think that sometimes when you're taking on the task of opening up something like, you know, your own school, you know, it takes a village to do something like that. A lot of money. And a lot of money. And I don't know if he actually, you know, had, had that, that village around him, you know. Yeah. What's wrong?
Starting point is 01:19:08 But like I said, you didn't talk about, you didn't talk about the subject. That's what God me. You're talking about it. Why you are, but only because I said something. No, I talked about it on my podcast, a few weeks ago. She wanted you to give him donkey for charging women $500 to date him. I don't have a problem with that.
Starting point is 01:19:29 Okay. Well, have a good one, Mama. You selling roller coaster glasses? No, I'm not. What you mean? I don't have a problem with it. I sell other glasses. I sell messy visions, and you can get them for 20% off if you use the promo code, W-A-K-E.
Starting point is 01:19:42 These are the ones I just head on, y'all. These are called the NOVAs. They are for the LGBTs and the street people, you know, just not trying to exclude anybody. But these are super dope. Okay. Rainbow colors. I love it.
Starting point is 01:19:55 With an extra 20% off if you use the promo code week. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning. It's Timothy out of Fort Lauderdale. Timothy out of Fort Lauderdale. You want to get the biggest he haul to, sir? I want to get a big he hawker to all the females in Fort Laudadale.
Starting point is 01:20:11 All of them? All of them. Damn. So what you're supposed to? Switching size, you're going to be strictly bussy now. Nah, not yet. They're just female in nine days. They don't know to be independent.
Starting point is 01:20:22 They feel like they need a man for money. You do not need no man for money. Get your own hustle on. Whatever a man do for you, that's just a bonus. Amen. Okay. Well, thank you for calling, brother. Yep.
Starting point is 01:20:36 Now, that's the first time I've heard. I don't think I ever heard a man tell a woman to be independent. They usually want to depend on them. He's sick of him. Like, good morning. Who's this? Hey, oh, this D from Latson. Latson, South Carolina?
Starting point is 01:20:48 Latson's South Carolina, Tauphan, Representative. 8, 4, 3, what's happening? Who you want to get the biggest he-haught to? Man, I need whoever ain't listening to that new J-I-D album to get the biggest donkey. That shit goes so crazy. That new J-I-D album is tough, man.
Starting point is 01:21:04 Real tough. That's super tough. Whoever ain't listen to it, whoever ain't stream it, whoever ain't give it a shot, they need don't get a week. Yeah, it's called God does like a... You know what I mean?
Starting point is 01:21:15 God does like ugly. Yo, I got that on Spotify right now. JID album is dope. He got a big single to me, the joint with Irv Gang and Skate. He got another good record. What's the, what's the word? With Justin, Justin, J.S. What's her name?
Starting point is 01:21:28 Jesse Rays? Jesse Rays. Yeah, that was tough. The one with Clifton and Super Tough. You know, Saluta J.D.'s team, man. He got a good team, you know, his management, Barry, and everything else. You know, he's just one of these guys that's on a label that sucks because these labels don't know how to promote artists anymore
Starting point is 01:21:45 That's just the truth to the matter I was looking at his numbers I think he did like let me see I think he did like 30 something thousand You know It's like yo You'll build somebody You have to break them down
Starting point is 01:21:54 No Jid is dope It ain't his fault No I'm talking about the label Yeah And these labels Because the label I mean they didn't do a good job With Jid's album at all
Starting point is 01:22:02 Like skate should be all over the radio The song with Jesse Reed should be all over the radio You know And I don't know As far as like the promo And the marketing I just feel like
Starting point is 01:22:10 They should be doing more For these artists man This is a great album That jig got God, God don't like ugly. Who's he signed to anyway? I forgot. I was going to say capital. It ain't Dreamville.
Starting point is 01:22:19 I know it's Dreamville, but who's the major label? I'm not sure. Oh, Interscope. Interscope. Y'all suck. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning.
Starting point is 01:22:25 How are you? This is Ebony. Hey, Ebony. How are you doing? I'm doing fine. How are you? I am blessed black and highly favorite. Who you want to get the biggest he-haught-to?
Starting point is 01:22:33 I actually want to give the biggest he-haz to, um, yes. I want to give the biggest he-haz-haz-hous. Yes, Jess hilarious. Yes, that's hilarious. Okay Hi, Jess, are you listening? Mm-hmm. What's that?
Starting point is 01:22:46 Yes. I've seen a recent comment on Instagram that you actually made towards a big girl that I didn't really, like, agree upon. What was that about, Jess? What you said about the big girl? She was a content creator. I thought she was a content creator, being funny. You know, she did the Chris Brown. It Depends Challenge.
Starting point is 01:23:02 And she was outside of a Wendy's or Burger King of one of them fast food restaurants. And she was doing it. So I assumed that she was a comedian. And the comment I said, you know how he starts. the verse you know you bad as hell I said I know the song ain't say you fed as hell I you know you know she she chose to put my comment over top of a video of her working out like I posted on that because she's on a weight loss journey you know I didn't know that so why you're not really a donkey yes but you know I just I expect better out of you you know
Starting point is 01:23:35 yeah you expect better out of a comedian I don't know how people do that but I definitely understand. I appreciate the concern for the big squad. I apologize to her. Yes. Thank you guys. Are you a big girl? Are you a big girl? Yes. No, I ain't no big girl. I know she not. Okay. Well, thank you for calling.
Starting point is 01:23:56 You can't even go get a 20-piece saucy nugget combo in peace nowadays without just hilarious coming through making goddamn jokes. All she want is a little baconator. You don't say nothing to people in here that eat all the bacon. What you say? What you say? Listen, shut up.
Starting point is 01:24:10 Yo, I made a video apologizing about that. I thought it was a joke video, so I didn't even listen to it. You know, I apologize. Nobody took me serious. Well, I actually went and jumped in her DM and I apologized to her first. And she wasn't trying to head because she thought I was apologizing because I was being canceled. I'm like, y'all can cancel every week. That's nothing.
Starting point is 01:24:29 I don't even apologize to people. So if Jess Solaris is in your DM, something about she's sorry, you better believe it. Because then it's going to happen. You know what's so crazy? I saw every single one of those videos and did not make a connection. connection. Like, I, because I, I didn't, I didn't get to watch Jeff's video. I just saw everybody saying the laughing emoji saying Jeff, Jess was clowning the big girl. But I saw the other video of the girl going in the Wendy's. And I saw the video of the girl boxing. But she, she had a bunch of comments of people. Yeah. When people make fun of her or negative comments, she posts them over top of a video of her working out. And she like, she lost, like, a lot of pounds. And she know, she's going to lose a lot more. But I, I didn't know that she was a, uh, she was on a weight loss journey, like taking it serious. I thought, you know, listen, when you are big or, you know,
Starting point is 01:25:17 ugly or skinny or whatever, you know what I'm saying? And you put content out there and you're doing it in a funny, comedic way, you got to expect things like that. You know what I mean? But, yeah, I started going, I saw her dancing in the Wendy's. I thought she was making fun of herself. That's what I thought. So I chimed in like, oh, my turn.
Starting point is 01:25:35 And Shane liked that. Well, listen, if you really want to apologize, we got some VIP passes to Golden Corral here in the Bronx. No, we do. We do. We got them right here. Let me hold it, NBC. Some people don't think I'm joking. Salute the Golden Corral. That's my favorite buffet place. We got the freaking, look it right here. We got it for you right here. Be our
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Starting point is 01:26:15 We're going to mail it to you. Tell Jay Savage hit us up. We're going to mail it to. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, that's your donkey. Yes, it is.
Starting point is 01:26:22 All right. When we come back, Kim will be joining us. Army singer Kim, and we're going to talk to him next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:26:32 Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Salomey and the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lon La Rosa is here with us as well.
Starting point is 01:26:39 We got a special guest. in the building. Yes, indeed. His new single comes out this Friday. Give my love. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Welcome. How are you feeling, brother? I'm good. I'm good. How's everybody? Bless Black and Holly favorite. Man, you are a legend. You know how many people who love you, man? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:26:55 You said yes. He said yes. I say that with gratitude, though. Absolutely. Absolutely. It's gratitude, man. It's gratitude to be doing what I do for a living for over two decades. And I don't feel like I'm done yet. That's That's really a blessing.
Starting point is 01:27:12 Why do you think you have the connection with the audience that you do? Is it because you bear your soul? Is it because you're so vulnerable? It's because they can maybe see some of their struggles and struggles you've been open about? Yeah, I think it's the vulnerability. I think it's the authenticity. And I'm making music in the tradition of Luther and Marvin and all that great music that we grew up, the Isley brothers and Patty.
Starting point is 01:27:38 You know what I'm saying? I'm holding. I'm trying to keep you. keep the light on for what I feel is good R&B and I think people appreciate that. But you're independent now, so you pay it for everything. So how does that feel? That part of the business feeling. Well, it's incredible. I started as an independent
Starting point is 01:27:52 though, right? My first album, Chemistry, I released on my own label, Chemistry Records we sold. That's when we, you know, I was selling CDs literally out of my trunk, 17,000 units on my own. So I'm just returning to, I've come home you know it's a full circle moment 23 good years at motown you know motown was good to me and i was definitely good to motown you know kept the lights on yeah we kept you know we kept you know we kept it pushing but uh in this season of my life you know as a husband a father we got a lot
Starting point is 01:28:25 kids a lot going on and i'm thinking about my legacy and how i want to move forward uh more equity um more autonomy um you know so i i feel real good i would think majority of your money was probably You made a touring, though, right? Touring. Yeah. Yeah. Touring is definitely the gift that keeps on giving it, as well as publishing, you know, publishing, right? Because I write most of my stuff.
Starting point is 01:28:48 You know, you've been very open about things like, you know, homelessness and addiction before finding, like, you know, your breakthrough. How did those struggles shape you as an artist? And a man. Look, coming through the other side of my darkness is really the foundation that's got me sitting here with y'all. You know what I'm saying? My testimony is everything, you know, and the music is infused with it. And I don't just look at what I'm doing as an entertainer. You know, I'm in the business, you know, and I'm in the game.
Starting point is 01:29:22 But I also look at it as ministry in a way. You know what I'm saying? People who are going through, you know, hopefully I say something that resonates with them that helps pull them through the other side of their darkness, too. What made you give it up? What was that final thing? I'm going to give this up and I'm a change when you talk. Hey guys, it's AZ Fud.
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Starting point is 01:33:59 You know, I know it sounds strong. And people say it all the time. It's a cliche, you know, but it's like you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. Sick and tired, man, you know, I got sober when I was 23 years old and out of jail, hospitalized because of my addiction, estranged from my family, you know, couldn't go home, sleeping outside. You know, my friends were people that at, my contemporaries were, you know, they were in school, they were in college, they were starting their careers. Saturday night, they're out on dates, they're doing the thing, you know what I'm eating out of trash cans, you know what I'm saying? And I'm, you know, when people think my story is, is one of rags or riches, but it's really the story of the prodigal son, you know what I'm saying? My parents, you know, two cars and, I mean, you know, want to send me to school and like all of that, you know.
Starting point is 01:34:47 But, yeah, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I gave up on my idea of how to change it myself, right? There's an adage I love that says when the student is ready, the teacher appears, you know, when I gave up, when I surrendered. You know, God brought some people into my life who showed me how to live a better way. And I've been doing it ever since. If you don't mind me asking, how did the addiction start? Was it recreational? Yeah, it started recreationally.
Starting point is 01:35:17 Right? You know, man, the first time I had a drink, man, it was like, you know, I was, you know, I think to some degree, we all have some degree of dysfunction in our homes. And I just, I didn't have, I didn't have any coping skills. right my and my parents you know god bless them they did the best they could we were you know we didn't talk about anything in our house you know we didn't uh there was anxiety and what i know now is is uh childhood depression and and and ADHD we didn't have them labels you know everybody we all depressed just get up and put your head down and plow through it um so all of those
Starting point is 01:35:53 things so by the time i found alcohol and drugs dude it was like a light went on you know what i'm saying it was a place of uh you know i thought that it was a place of uh you know i thought that it was a place of refuge you know I was I was I was free to be me you know I was the the life of the party you know until until I wasn't you know so my my upbringing was
Starting point is 01:36:14 it was it laid the foundation to seek something outside of myself to to medicate you know as soon as you often just a laris offered you a mimosa shut up yeah I'm so sorry no it's all good now you mentioned your parents you know so I'm sure
Starting point is 01:36:30 your parents had to kick you out to get to for you to get to where you need to be. Best thing that ever happened to me was my mother throwing me out of the house. Break that down because a lot of parents won't do that because they feel like that's their son. They don't want to, but I feel like sometimes you have to. You have to.
Starting point is 01:36:43 Yeah, she had to. It was the best thing that ever happened to me, you know? And when we do that, and I'm saying that as a father, and I don't know that I'd have the courage to do that. You know what I'm saying? Even having had the experience, but, you know, because there's a risk. And when we show that type of tough love,
Starting point is 01:37:02 love to someone. There's a risk that they won't make it. You know what I'm saying? But there's also a risk that they'll die in their darkness. You know, so I'm glad that my mother made that choice. What's your relationship after? Today it's all good. Right? It's all love. You know, it was necessary. My mom's in my mom's in recovery too. You know, the whole dynamic in our house, you know, shifted, you know, and we did a lot of great, a lot of good work to get to a good place. my father last fall, but, you know, we're all in a good place, man, and I'm grateful for it. Were you a generational curse breaker?
Starting point is 01:37:41 Um, I would say as far as addiction is concerned, my, as far as addiction is concerned, my mother, my mother got sober first, you know, um, and I, and I, and I have, I have continued, um, I have continued the, I like that, I'm going to take that with me. I have continued the curse breaking, you know, and I, and I have continued the curse breaking, you know, And hopefully my children will carry it forward. Absolutely. I don't you say that, you know, you all didn't talk about things in your house when you were younger. Before your father's passing, leading up to that, did you guys get to have those conversations?
Starting point is 01:38:18 Did you say, you know, because we didn't talk about anything, can we talk about it now? Yeah, yeah, we, you know, we were good, you know. And, you know, and I think that that's not exclusive to our culture, but I'm sure that, you know, our culture, we identify, you know. You talk, you know, grown folks are talking. You go into the other room. You know what I'm saying? You're seen and you're not, and you're not heard. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 01:38:40 And, you know, but we did a lot, again, we did a lot of great work to get to the other side of that. Yeah. We're still kicking in with Kim. His new single Rock with Me is out today. Jess. You had said that your music was your therapy. Yeah. You know, at your time of homelessness, right?
Starting point is 01:38:54 When you were away from your community, have you ever done any other therapy, like real therapy? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dude, when I signed, when I signed my contract with Motown, I had a panic attack. First time I ever had one. Wow.
Starting point is 01:39:13 And I didn't know what it was. I thought that getting a record deal, which I had been, you know, proverbially chasing, like, all of my life, I thought that that was going to be the cure all. Why I got the record deal, now I'm cool, right? there's all this other stuff all this other baggage that still needed to be to be unpacked it didn't more money
Starting point is 01:39:36 I would say more money more problems it didn't it didn't resolve you know a lot of issues so I ended up I was talking to someone a friend of mine and I was explaining to her
Starting point is 01:39:47 how I was feeling and she happened to be a child psychologist and she said have you ever been diagnosed with depression and I said no I had, you know, no, and she recommended a therapist, so I saw a therapist and, you know, and educated myself. I was on medication, you know, for a while. And, you know, it was, it was,
Starting point is 01:40:09 it was, it was, it was, it was, it was life changing, you know, we are. And that's after, I think I got a record deal. I was, I had been sober for maybe 10. So these layers, there are, there are layers to our lives, layers of the onion that we peel back. And there's more to discover. There's more to unpack. There's always. There's always. always more to be done. You know, I don't know there's a lot of stigma. And not as much today, probably as, you know, I mean, that was 23, as, as there used to be about, you know, the black church and we're talking about, you know, you only need Jesus.
Starting point is 01:40:41 Like, yeah, you need Jesus and a therapist. Right? You need a Jesus and a therapist. And you might need some medication. You know what I'm saying? Don't let those things keep you from getting the help that you need. How were you able to create a sound? track of love during that dark time in your life because you didn't love yourself right I don't know if you had somebody to love but how were you able to write you were really honest
Starting point is 01:41:07 about the things you were going through to all of the records up until I met my wife are aspirational right you know skinny dark skin kid shy you know I'm a introvert pretending to be you know an extrovert you know shy you know don't get you know want the want to look from the pretty girl want the you know so i'm i'm that's you know too too afraid to talk you know so that's all of my songs were this all inspirational it's all aspirational and it's all um you know when i did have a girlfriend and then the loss of the loss of love you know that first you know that first the first album chemistry is it's all of that that's crazy how you say you ain't even know how to talk, man. Your music got
Starting point is 01:41:55 so many guys' cheeks. But I can do that, right? I'm standing it, so my brothers, I'm standing in the gap for my brothers, right? You ain't got the words there's a Kim record for it, right? That's right. Yeah. So did love inspire your music, or did music inspire the way you love?
Starting point is 01:42:12 Both. Both. Both, right? And people talk about, you know, and I used to be in bands and they would be, you know, everybody's, we We were coming up in, you know, some Minneapolis sound. It was, you know, Tony, Tony, Tony.
Starting point is 01:42:29 It was all the dance tracks and all the, all my bandmates and my musical peers, you know, they were chasing this thing, dude, and I'm sitting over here in the corner with these little quiet ass, you know what I'm saying? How are you always writing the loves? You know, why you always was like, dude, I don't know. You know, that's just, you know, that's just, that's just what it is. And I'm, you know, and I'm grateful for that, you know, because I think that, um, All that ails the world is a lack of love to some degree.
Starting point is 01:42:58 No, I think, not even to some degree. I think that's what's missing. Because love gives you empathy, love gives you caring. You have those three things. Right. You'll show up and be the human that we need you to be. You know what I'm saying? Love, empathy, and care.
Starting point is 01:43:10 That's it. You know, yeah, for real. Yeah. Yeah. Looking back now, right, what are you most proud of now about your journey back then? I am most proud of being. Being sober, because upon that is, that's the foundation for everything else. If I'm not sober, I mean, that's, that's, you know, I mean, God and sobriety, you can go,
Starting point is 01:43:35 which one comes first? Because if I, if I'm drinking, dude, I, God may still be with me, but I'm not, I'm not. Right? I got you. Sobriety is, is, is probably the first thing. Upon that, everything else is built. And, and after that is, you know, is my, is. is my family, um, my kids.
Starting point is 01:43:56 My wife and I, we've got seven kids. He got you between us. Got me built by one. Right? I got six. The oldest is 30. The youngest is one. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 01:44:06 So we, you know, let's hear. Hey. You know what I'm saying? How did you meet your wife? How did you meet your wife? I met my wife at a show in Atlanta. And, uh, my wife came to a meet and greet on a tour that I should. that I, that at the time, I didn't feel like I should have been on.
Starting point is 01:44:26 We had just, we had just, we had just, it was just me, but we had just, this was 20, 2015. So in 2014, you know, me, Joe and Charlie Wilson, you know, we was out killing them for months. And then, and then I came back and tried to do, do another two of us, so we had been out there. So I've really felt, you know, that I shouldn't have been out on the road. But what you think you're someplace for is not necessarily why you're there. We think we're there for one reason, but there's something, there's something else, something else is going on. And, uh, and I met my wife at a, at a meet and greet. She hates it, dude, because when we get into our call it, oh, yeah, meet and greet.
Starting point is 01:45:05 I got you meet and greet. Damn. Right, she's going to see this. We're going to have a, right, right, meeting greet. That's my thing of meet and greet, though. It was a divine meeting greet, though. It was a difference. You know she was the one as soon as you met her?
Starting point is 01:45:19 Huh? You knew she was the one as soon as you met her? Oh, boy. There was something. that made me want to stay in contact with her which I never you know
Starting point is 01:45:30 and I'm lame I'm a square right I'm asking her she got a you got a business card ain't nobody carrying a business card you only know if she got a business you got a business car
Starting point is 01:45:43 yeah but I met her I met her at a show yeah met her at a show yeah well brother thank you for your testimony man and thank you for you know, turning your testimony
Starting point is 01:45:54 and the art that heals, man. Thank you, bro. Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's really, really been a blessing to be here today. We love you, Kim. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
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Starting point is 01:46:31 Big Naila, Simone. What's happening? What's popping, guys? Hey, girl. Hey. I think I like that. I was shooting. I was sorry.
Starting point is 01:46:38 Because we said it first. What's up, Nile? Big Nile. Like, people always do that. You be like, peace, how you doing? I'm good. How you doing? You're supposed to say it back.
Starting point is 01:46:46 I'm well. Thanks for asking. Sometimes people don't even say I'm well, though. You be like, how you do it? You be like, how you doing? But that's because this is a generation of people with no manner. But it's cool I appreciate you guys saying
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Starting point is 01:47:03 I'm gonna start with First of all I just want to shout out I know a lot of projects Are dropping today Lupe Fiasco Kong Waze Who's ghost face I mean
Starting point is 01:47:12 Who the hell is gold face Who the hell is gold face? I didn't know I didn't say Gofface I said ghost face killer My favorite MC of all time Don't play with him
Starting point is 01:47:21 Yes and Conway the Machine but Chance of Rapper dropped his project last week and I didn't touch on it so I wanted to do one of the records I like and it's a pretty lengthy project
Starting point is 01:47:30 but I will say my favorite records are the records where he's actually rapping like Chance of his rap bag hence the name Chance the Rapper so I like
Starting point is 01:47:39 Back to the Go featuring Vic Minza He's spitting Yeah I'm not gonna chance be rapping I'm gonna be honest I haven't gotten the Chance
Starting point is 01:47:46 project yet I've been on his clips I've been on your what's my man named Markle Markle Markle Plus Marco Plus.
Starting point is 01:47:52 I haven't gotten the chance yet. I got to get the chance. Definitely listen to it. I think it's worth to listen. And yeah, like I said, all the rap records on there, I definitely favor. And in that song in particular, I really like the asset line, like the flip. The homage to his first project. I thought that was really tough.
Starting point is 01:48:10 But also, Tiana Taylor just dropped her project. And she got a song on there with Jill Scott. First of all, it's a star-studded lineup. She got Taraji P. doing, like, opening skit. Then she has Lala doing, like, another skit. But it's more like a poem that's kind of talking on, like, breakup, like betrayal, I guess, alluding to the divorce that, you know, they both went through.
Starting point is 01:48:31 Either way, the joint with Jill Scott is tough. It's Jill Scott featuring Tyler, and it's called Poon Pum. I want to hear Jill. Yeah, I don't know why it's so sure. I think it's because we're just sure on time. I need to hear Jill. It's good, though. Definitely go listen to it.
Starting point is 01:48:43 It's on the playlist or just check out Tiana's project. It's sexy. Are Tiana and Tyler hanging with Jill? Because you on a record with Jill. I know they're hanging off a deal. trying to play with Jill. Is Jill singing? Is Jill?
Starting point is 01:48:55 Oh, I know they're hanging off for dear life. Trying to keep up with Jill. It's good, but it's well done. I got to listen to it. I want to say, Tiana did a really good job putting this project together. I feel like not everybody puts, like, thought and care and intention behind their projects,
Starting point is 01:49:08 but this was well done. The visuals. Oh, my God. I don't think people were talking enough about the, like, she's literally making many movies that sink and she's dropping them in order. The fashion is fire. Like her, I mean, they're always on point.
Starting point is 01:49:20 People are going to talk about it. She's still not going to like you, Lauren. It doesn't matter. I'm a fan either way. I'm sure she's still going to curse me and shoulder me now, too, but he's going to. Goose face killer. That's my favorite MC of all time. Stop playing with him.
Starting point is 01:49:31 Yes, let's get into it. He's bricked up right now over there. Rep. That's nasty. No pausing. No pause. You don't have to. What do you mean you don't have to?
Starting point is 01:49:39 It's a skit. You got to hit a skin on Ghostface album. It's hilarious. That's my favorite rapper. That's my favorite rapper of all time, man. I want to go back to Jill Scott real quick, though. Because that's my, Jill Scott and Eric, about doing my wife's favorite artist all the time
Starting point is 01:49:50 and two of mine. I don't think I've ever heard Jill Scott do a R&B collaboration with other women. I could be completely wrong. I'm sitting there racking my brain about it. I cannot think of a time. Didn't she do one with Kalani? I'm not saying she didn't.
Starting point is 01:50:02 She did do one with Kalani on Kalani's last project, but Kalani shortened her verse. So we don't know what the full sounds like, but she is on a project. It's like her and then some really big Brazilian artists. Okay. Yeah, Kalani. Yeah, she got a couple.
Starting point is 01:50:16 She does. They said she got, yeah, Brandy. Brandy? Come on, don't play with Jellie from Philly. I don't remember, though. That's what I'm asking. I really don't remember though. It was a conversation collaboration.
Starting point is 01:50:26 Her and Marcia and Brosian? Her grown woman, the grown woman. I would have remembered the Martian and Jill. That's two of my favorites right there. Well, she definitely did Kalani. Yeah, Kalani for sure. Kalani was the song, is it Susie? Susia.
Starting point is 01:50:38 Yeah. I never heard that. Was the, they collaborated on Black Girls Rock, so they both. That's her song. No, it was their separate songs, but I guess they both participated. paid it so people I know Kalani was hanging off in their life
Starting point is 01:50:49 that's why she cut that verse shout out to Kalani though but if you're talking about Jill Scott see I'm not trying to diss any of these women I'm just telling you that when you're talking about people like Jill Scott that's a different caliber that's a different tier say something stupid
Starting point is 01:51:00 Lauren because you don't know I was just no I was what I was about to say is that no one would take it as a disc because when the young girls talk about Jill Scott we give her the praise and she's like she'd be OG mentoring okay y'all should bow down like on Instagram
Starting point is 01:51:13 in person everything like so that's not a disc We know. Throw road pedals to Jill Scott feet when she walk in the room. We do, though, by the way. Yeah, that's what they say, we know.
Starting point is 01:51:20 We do. Her and Erica, we love them. You see, I don't know. I'm a young woman. We got Erica right there on the wall. You see, we got Jill Scott over there. You know, yes. Yes.
Starting point is 01:51:29 Balance for the room. Well, done. Okay, well, we like it. And so you did like the ghost face record, obviously. I liked everything you played today. Yeah, everything was good. What? Woo!
Starting point is 01:51:37 Girl, I know the trauma. Yeah. What? We think good. Okay, good. Well, if you guys like it, Make sure you guys listen to the playlist. You can listen to it by following me on the gram
Starting point is 01:51:47 at Nila Simone, N-Y-L-A, S-Y-M-O-N-E-E-E. Click the link in bio and why you guys are over there. Well, I was going to say we're having this hip-hop night party is going to be me, Ninth Wonder, Static Selector. So if you like that last joint, you would definitely like this party, but we're just trying to bridge the gap within rap and just hip-hop culture in general. But we sold out of tickets, so, you know, sorry about that.
Starting point is 01:52:09 Have you know. Like, I just mentioned it so I know. Niall! Talk that talk, talk, Big Nila. So, yeah, September 9th, of course. All right. Well, that was past the all. Let's get to the mix.
Starting point is 01:52:22 The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning everybody is DJ. And J. J. J. J. J. Lariari. We are the Breakfast Club. Sluke to everybody in North Carolina. I'm going to be in Columbia, South Carolina.
Starting point is 01:52:36 This Saturday, 7 to Midnight. The All-White Party, me and DJ Big Worm. We're going to be rocking out. The Metro 803. It's the all-white affair. They set it sold out, but they're going to release more tickets today. So I can't wait to come out there and have a good time. I thought the storm and the hurricane was going to cancel that party,
Starting point is 01:52:54 but it looks like it moved on. So we will be rocking in South Carolina this weekend. What's a good spot to eat in California? Oh, man, you got Mr. Seafood. You got Kiki's chicken and waffles. Oh, my guy's suffering crave. My man Chris was Southern Crave, but he does, like, just takeout. A lot of different places you can go
Starting point is 01:53:13 But yeah, Kiki's chicken and waffles Mr. Seafood I'm here, my man You know, you know Chris You know Chris got a dope spot called Southern Crave You should let Chris just cater for you Oh man Chris Hey hit Chris Chris
Starting point is 01:53:22 Chris got Chris food is bang Okay All right Well you can go see Bernard That backyard dining experience Go get baptized that chicken Go watch him baptize that chicken What you want to do
Starting point is 01:53:34 Whatever you want to do You know You're gonna have to eat in the backyard That's all good That's all good All right And salute to us CIRS CC for joining us today.
Starting point is 01:53:42 Her new album is out today. Absolutely. Yes, it is, man. Salute to Sierra. It was great finally having a conversation with Sierra and chopping it up. Because we never, I wasn't here the last time she was here on a breakfast club, you know?
Starting point is 01:53:54 She was here and you weren't here? No, I wasn't here. It was years ago, probably like seven years ago. And I used to give her hell way, way, way back in the day. Yeah. Well, that's good. Y'all made up and everything. Yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 01:54:06 You said he was high. He ain't never allowed to nobody like that in his life. First of all I like to do is, is talk shit, lie, and laugh. That is crazy. It was like, I mean, I was doing drugs. I was like, boy, you never did drugs in your life. He was a clown.
Starting point is 01:54:20 That's what it is. I'm high. I'm high. And salute to Kim for joining us, too. Salute to Kim, man. He got a new single, Give My Love and Rock with me. Did you tell your mom that you interviewed Kim? Yes, I called her.
Starting point is 01:54:34 He was like, call your mom. And then when she FaceTime, she answered the FaceTime. He was like, hey girl. I was like, okay, did I hate girl. Yes, it was late. My mom almost dropped the baby. She had her hand. No, stop, man.
Starting point is 01:54:45 She was so happy to see him. It's time to get up out of here. Solomon, you got a positive note. Yes, and listen, man, I'm going to be in Atlanta tomorrow for InvestFest. Lutte Troy and Rashad, Ernie Elisa. I'll be down there for Invest Fest. The name of our panel is New Hollywood Ownership and Media's Future. It will be myself and Unc, Steve Harvey.
Starting point is 01:55:07 And we'll be talking about media ownership and growing creative businesses and redefining what success means today. Okay, so we will be on the main stage from 5 p.m. to 5.35 p.m. tomorrow. Okay, me and Steve Harvey at InvestFest, tomorrow on the main stage, 5 p.m. to 5.35 p.m. tomorrow. So join us, why don't you?
Starting point is 01:55:30 Don't be late? Because there's only a little 35 minutes. No, no, I'm gonna be there. I'm in it out, but I'll be there in enough time. Oh, you're talking to the people? Oh, never mind. Yeah, people, like, don't get there late. They only there for a little bit of time. time you're right that's right that's right but you got a positive note this comes from Winston
Starting point is 01:55:46 Churchill by the way but the positive note is success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm did you hear what I said success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm because sometimes we fail and we get you know unenthused and we're not enthused about things and we be like damn I want to quit but you can't you got to keep going so success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm Have a great weekend. Yes, Wednesday. That was good.
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