The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Marlon Wayans Addresses 50 Cent Backlash, Jeezy Speaks On Divorce Lessons + Owning Manhattan Cast & Swayvo Twain + Interview

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Jeffrey St. Arromand, Tricia Lee & Ryan Serhant discuss balancing careers and navigating disappointments. Plus, Swayvo Twain opens up about losing his parents, his connection to Angie Stone & D’Angelo, and his journey in music and artistry. Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a Bojangles manager who fatally shot an employee’s father. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Woke up. Wake that ass up. Program your alarm to Power 105.1 on IHeartRadio. 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. Just hilarious, a little late, Sholomey to go. Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is? Guess what day it is?

Pump day! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. Good morning. Now, I got just an alarm clock.

I guess she ain't use it. Hey, man. Listen, man, it's the holiday season. You know what I'm saying? Let everybody, you know, be in whatever spirit they want to be in. Yeah, she'll be here in a second. What's up, though? And if she's not, it's okay?

It's the holiday season. I told y'all when I got here Monday. The next few weeks don't really count. Why are we doing this? If it don't really count. Because we love coming to work. We don't call it on the scoreboard. We have careers and we have obligations.

So it counts. I mean, I think everybody's slacking off a little bit of their jobs, regardless of what it is that they do. Y'all better not. I see it. Holiday check will be your last paycheck. I better not. I had to blow the horn that a couple of the garbage men this morning.

Like, bro, you know, you can't just sit here and smoke a blunt in the middle of the street. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to get the, I'm trying to get to work. It was like, oh, my back. They was just cooling. They were just chilling?

It was cool, and it's the holiday season. Jesus. Okay. It looks a lot like Christmas because it is. Okay. Yes. All right. Well, he was out in about last night?

Outing about last night. What did last night? Oh, no, you know what I did last night? Last night I hosted a screening. Knives something? Man, shut up, man. A screening for Netflix. What's it called?

Knives something, right? I thought it was. I don't like when you do that. You should have asked me. Okay. Knives out. Nives out. That's what I said.

I said Knives out, like I'm lying. I had to think about it. Yes, Knives Out. I just woke up. Knives Out. Yeah, stars Carrie Washington. It's called Wake Up Dead Man. It's a Knives Out mystery.

How was it? Carrie Washington is in it. Milakunis is in it. And I hosted a screening for it last night. How was it? I didn't stay for the screening. I watched it last weekend. This guy's crazy.

I don't know. First of all, don't ask me these questions. You shouldn't be asking me these questions on the radio. Okay. Don't ask me these stupid-ass questions on the radio. I see pictures. Okay. Because I hosted a screening.

That's why I asked about it. Oh, how was the screening you mean? Oh, this guy's crazy. What you mean? The screening was great. It was packed. A lot of people were in there. You know what I mean?

We did a nice little 10-minute Q&A before the screen happened, you know. Carrie Washington was there. Milakounis was there. The whole cast was there. It was great. It was actually really, really fun. Okay, Kaylee Spaney was there. Yes, it was really good.

I'm not going to ask how the movie was. Ryan Johnson, the director was there. All right. It was really good. It was really a really fun. Ryan Sirhan will be joining us this morning. Season two of owning Manhattan is out right now on Netflix

Ryan Surinand Tricia Lee and Jeffrey St. Armand If you haven't seen it It's out right now Pretty good show I love it If you're into Just seeing what the real estate business is and getting into real estate

Not just buying homes But being an agent And seeing how tough job is Not's a job People trying to buy and sell homes Just not a million dollar houses Everything rentals and all that So buying though

We're gonna talk to him Oh also Swayvo Twain will be joining us You know what that is? Of course That's the son of Angie Stone in DeAngelo, man. Columbia, South Carolina's on. He grew up in Atlanta as well, though. Yeah. Yes. So both of course, both of his

parents has passed away this year. So we're going to talk to him. He has some new music. And we're just going to kick it with the brother, man. See how he's feeling, how he's holding up how he's doing. And today is Tiana Taylor's born day. Can we start off the show with some Tijuana? We got some Tee in there? We ain't got no Tee in there? Give me a second. I don't know why we're putting each other on this spot. Why are we pulling that up? Why he's pulling that

that up? Everybody, don't forget, you can get it off your chest, 800-5-8-5-1-5-1. If you need to vent, you just get on the phone lines right now. He's trying to kill time to find a record we don't even have. Don't worry. We'll get it on later. We don't have enough time anyway because by the time we come back and it'll be front page news. So let Tiana's a song brief. Oh, which one? Okay. We got a couple. All right. See, Tee, you're going to play

30 seconds of the song? Yeah, let's do that one. That one works. All right. Tiana Tella, Happy Birthday is the birthday. Happy Born Day, T.T. This song's so tough, man. Tiana Taylor, happy birthday, Tiana. Happy born Day T. T.T. Man. T. T.T. is a young icon amongst us. She is. I just want y'all to know that. Right. That woman is

so goddamn talented. Yes, she is. Morning, everybody. Good morning. What's up, Jess? I'm walking here like you, extra on power. Let's get some front page news.

What's up, Mimi? Good morning, Envy. Jess, I know you're just getting there. Charlemagne. How y'all doing this morning? Good morning. All right, so we start this morning in Pennsylvania, where President Trump traveled to the Pocono Mountains

to make the case that he's already delivering lower-case, lower prices and bigger paychecks, even as many voters, though, say they are still filling the squeeze. Now, speaking to about a thousand supporters at the Mount Airy Casino Resort, Trump pointed to the stock market and 401Ks as evidence that the economy is gaining strength. But his biggest challenge last night was the same one he always faces nationally, which is convincing people that their everyday costs are actually going down.

At one minute, at one moment, he downplayed the idea of affordability altogether. And moments later, he said making America affordable again was his greatest priority. Let's listen to some of his speech. Gave you high prices. They gave you the highest inflation in history and we're giving you, we're bringing those prices down rapidly, lower prices, bigger paychecks. You're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks.

We're getting inflation. We're crushing it. And you're getting much higher wages. I mean, the only thing that it's really going up big, it's called the stock market and you're 401Ks. But they have a new word. You know, they always have a hoax. The new word is affordability.

So they look at the camera and they say, this election is all about affordability. But under Biden, real wages plummeted by $3,000 a year. Under Trump, the typical factory worker has already seen their wages increased by more than $1,300. They always stand in front of people who don't have no stocks and point to the stock market. Okay, you can't lie to people about what they're feeling. feeling in their pockets like go stand in front of some working class people and try to convince them the economy is good i bet that crowd reaction will be a lot different

and you're right the numbers they tell a very different story than what trump is saying most major polls show that voters still feel financially stretched and there's also government data that backs that up the overall cost of living is still rising energy prices are up over the past year inflation which had been easing has crept back up following the tariffs that trump put in place and on top of that employers have announced more than a million in job cuts this year. That's the highest level since the pandemic, adding to the sense of unease that many families are already feeling. And there's polling that makes that disconnect even clearer. There's a recent Gallup poll that says that 68% of Americans, they say the

economic conditions are getting worse, while only 27% of people believe things are improving. Now, that gap between what Trump is saying and what people are feeling is becoming one of the defining challenges of the upcoming election year, especially with affordability, consistently ranking as voters' top concern. Now, during that rally yesterday, Trump, he also veered off on his economic message several times and turning his attacks on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Somali immigrants, and a range of other unrelated issues and comments that drew reactions from the crowd, and also at times shifted the tone of the rally.

So we will continue to see what else comes from that meeting. And as affordability dominates the national conversation, there were two local races in Florida, or two local races, one in Florida and one in Georgia, that are showing just how voters are feeling and responding to it at the ballot box. So in Miami, a Democrat, she just ended a 30-year Republican streak

to become the first woman mayor ever elected in the city of Miami. Aline Higgins, she campaigned directly on affordability, and immigration concerns, the feeding a Republican endorsed by President Trump. And in Georgia, Democrats, they flipped a house seat in a district that Trump carried by double digits. Eric Glistner, he asked the growing number of special election wins by Democrats that they have picked up this year. So clearly affordability, immigration, very, very key issues for people in different states and different cities right now. Yes, but, you know, it's one thing to campaign on affordability.

It's another to get in an office and actually, you know, govern and make things more affordable. So that's the, that's the important thing. Like, after you campaign on affordability and, you know, you win whatever election you know you were running for, once you get in office, you have to have to fight to make things more affordable for people. Absolutely, definitely.

And so we will see what happens with those two candidates. A couple of special elections happening there. And coming up at seven, a holiday staple is getting more expensive this year. It's reviving an age-old debate. We'll tell you what it's driving the price hike and what it means for your bottom dollar.

All right. Thank you, Mimi. Now, everybody else, get it off your chest. Good morning, Jessica Robin Moore. How are you? What you mean? Don't wave me off. Because you're looking over here like you're about to pick on me.

I don't have time. No, I'm not. I'm just saying, good morning. I ain't saying good morning yet. How are you? How are you? How are you? Did you have a good night?

I was up all night in the head so long getting my hand down. Damn. I could tell you was up. I woke up with a text from Jess. I was like, she must have been up all night. Because she usually don't text that late. Yes. By 9 o'clock, she used to go to sleep.

I got seen her time. I said, well, okay. Not tight and fresh, yo. Please stop looking overheld. It look good. Thank you. Get it off your chest. 800-585-105-1.

If you need to vent, call us up right now. It's the breakfast club. Come on. It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wait. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed.

It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-105-1. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this? Irritated Uber Drive. Hey, irritated Uber driver, how are you? Bless and highly medicated.

There you go. I know, that's right. What's up, man? Okay, I'm irritated. I drive in the city of Detroit. And in my car, I got a picture of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, as I should. I got a picture of Kamala Harris when I met her in Detroit. I had a Trump supporter in my car telling me yesterday, if he knew a, a ninja was picking him up, he would have canceled the right.

Damn. I said, stay with your chest. I said, say it. I said, go here to sit. So he said it, and I dropped his ass off on the east side of Detroit. And I said, I figured it out. Why did he think he could beat a ninja? Did you have your mask on, your sword, and everything else?

Shut up, man. You're stupid. You know what, y'all's funny, but he's Trump supporters. Y'all do not run this. Y'all, I'm tired of y'all talking about what Donald Trump has done for this country. He's segregated us. He wants to try to put us in our place. And then I'm tired of him talking about.

construction workers that we make too much money. I told the Trump supporter, get out there and do the jobs that a construction worker does. Put some respect on our pay and leave our affordable wages alone. I agree with you. How many stars did he give you? He's at a show zero.

Listen, he gave me one star reported me telling me that I have expensive pictures up in my car. Uber called me yesterday and said, man, what's going on? We got to complain. I said, okay. And I said, I got a picture. of my president, Barack Obama, and his wife.

They said, maybe I should take it down. I said, maybe you should kiss my ass. Right. I wonder what the policy for that is, though. That's weird. They tell us to be neutral and stuff like that. I said, there's no neutral about it when you get in my car and talk in ignorant.

Yeah, you call me out of my name. You're paying me. And then you're going to call me out my name. Thank you, Jess. You heard that. You're going to call me out my name. Put some respect on my melan. First of all

I'm mad I'm mad at you that you didn't I'm mad at you that you didn't call him a crackerback but also if you look at it I called him

I called him an ignorant baloney smelling damn Trump that ain't hit hold your head I called him everything else too

but I can't say it on the radio but if you want me too I will but I'm looking to these Trump supporters y'all need to stay in your lane

you should have called you should have called him a milk cricket but also too look at the flip side right if you would have gotten to a car

and the person And had a bunch of magapriar for Nileya, how would you have felt? I wouldn't have got in that car. I would have canceled that ride. So it's kind of the same thing? Yeah, yeah. He should have canceled it. He should have canceled it.

If he's being a beautiful black woman with... Hey, hello? Damn. Cash Patel caught the call off? The FBI ain't playing, boy. She dragged his ass on. The whole lot blacked out just now? Wow.

I was going to tell him maybe she should download the Lyft app, you know, just in case people... to go so she'd have some other income coming in. That was the CIA. But also too, man, if you want to get where you're going, just mind your goddamn business. You can't hold your political opinion for two seconds. You know what I'm saying? You get in the car. You see Barack Obama picture, Michelle Obama

picture. Shut the hell up. You're getting somebody called. You see Magaprafanyi. Shut the hell up. All like she said, cancel the ride. I was going to say, just get out. Like, you, you, I pull off and then you tell me that you if you knew that I was going to be black, you would have canceled. You can always get out now. Yeah, get out right now. That's why if she

said, if she did what she said, and dropped his ass off in the hood. Good time. I'm like, Shuliffe, I got to get to the airport. I ain't got time to mess with you. Just get me there. I don't care what you got in there. Because the reality is you don't know what's in a person's head,

a heart, you know what I'm saying? Or trunk. So you got to relax. Get it off your chest. 800585-105-105-1. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Get it up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Keep calling. 800-585-10-1. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Lamar from Detroit. Lamont, what up, Joe.

Talk to us. Get it off your chest. Heavy in the day this morning. Good morning. Hey, yo. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. So, Pete King. How you doing, Black, man? What's happening in there? Hey, I just want to say, hey, Jess, we got a lot in common. Your birthday, your birthday, so is mine. Hey.

My first granddaughter, her birthday is August 20th, like your daughter. Oh, my God. That's what's up. Yeah, we got a lot in common comment. Yeah. Yeah. I do want to say, hey, y'all, Jasmine Crockett. I appreciate her, man.

I'm glad she's doing what she's doing. But don't put all her campaign on focusing on Trump. Tell the people what you're going to do for the people, you know what I mean? In Texas. What you can do when you become a senator? You call them from Texas? I'm talking to Detroit. I thought you were calling from the Texas, my fault.

All right, brother. No, from Detroit, 313. What up, though? Hey, salute to Jasmine. Boy, Jasmine pissed off people yesterday. It was a combination of bots. It was a combination of people who, you know, just were ready. to oppose our campaign because they would know

they were announcing the combination of the same old people who always get upset when folks, when certain people announced that they running, but boy, she had people pissed off yesterday. She sure did. Hello, who's this? Oh, it is Jay. Jay, what I'm getting it off your chest. Man, I need people out here saving parks, man. It's 2025.

Y'all still saving parts with chairs and water bottles and all those actions. He means parking spots. People say the parking spots. Yeah. What are you calling from? I'm Chicago, man We No, Jay I'm not going to

I'm not going to front Jay When I lived in Queens If I shovel my My spot out When I come back home I want that spot back To be there

Yeah I shovel that spot out Bro See no See no It ain't like that No more man To me no more

I'll shovel that spot I'm gonna go You know You got the snow Plow gonna come down the street Anyway Go push that snow right Back in your spot

So it's like Nah, man You're trying to say these parts for, man Yeah, that's labor Do you know how long it's taking How cold somebody's fingers Be shoveling them spots You better not move that garbage can

You move that garbage can You've got four flat tires You're not parking my spot He said it ain't like that Hey, it's 20-25 Man, I'm putting my car right side And I'm putting it right there right now You have four flat ties

In Chicago He's better chill He has some bullet holes in his windows Get it off your chest 800-585-105-1 We got the latest with Lauren coming up Where's Lauren ain't here Man Lauren ain't here

Eddie ain't here I told you everybody don't give a damn Everybody just don't It's the holiday She's gonna text me Amvi up coming up Oh she'd be just better It's the holiday

I'm telling you everybody Then cash it in All right well we got the latest With Lauren coming up So don't go anywhere As the Breakfast Club good morning Lauren becoming a straight fat She gets him from somebody

That knows somebody She gets to detail I'm the home girl That knows a little bit about everything in it. She'd be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything.

Well, it's the latest. On the breakfast club. Talk to me. L.L. Cubey. Good morning, y'all. Good morning. All right. So, and getting started this hour, I wanted to congratulate Asia Wilson.

She covered Time Magazine as their athlete of the year this year. This has been such a great year for her. I know we talked about her during all of her. the achievements, but I just wanted to remind people what her year look like. She just was there she just was Tom's woman of the year woman of the year back in February.

And then she won her championship against the Mercury, MVP of the season, and the final. So to top off the year with Athlete of the Year, congratulations. Dropping the cruise bombs for Asia Wilson, South Carolina is the whole Metro 803 was happening. Y'all remember that press conference, the post game conference where she was like turned up

after the game and she was enjoying the game. I hope she enjoys her New Year's even. just like that because she worked hard this year. No, she will. Now, switching gears a bit, the Breakfast Club keeps coming up again in a lot of the things

and a lot of the mess, okay? Uh-oh. You mean, say nothing. This is an old breakfast club, but, you know, we're in the mix. Okay, so Marlon Wayans has had to come on line and basically clear up

that he is not defending Diddy. Yesterday, I don't know if you guys saw it, but there was a whole conversation about we're not going to watch Gary Movie 6 and we're not this and we're not that because Marlon Wayans was asked the question when he went to the crew show about

Diddy and the documentary, right? So late last night, I woke up this morning and I saw a video that he posted. Let's take a listen to Marlonne's. 50 and Puff have a long-term beef. It's personal. It's between him and Puff. And before it between him and Puff, it's between both of them and God. Just the way

Puff is down on his love. Wait, that's not the correct video. Let's play Marlon response to backlash. Number two. I'm going to make it abundantly clear. I'm not here defending Diddy. I am here because I got dragged into this because somebody asked me a question and I had an opinion. Nobody's wrong for giving an opinion about any subject, period. I'm not here defending ditty.

Don't let the narrative fool you or get to you once again. Somebody's creating narratives. This is my point. So please look at the whole clip that I did and then look what happens with the narrative. And that's what I'm telling you. Y'all people don't be sheep. use your brain it's your freedom of thought

freedom of speech and don't ever let nobody bully you never don't let nobody bully you you got me love and back to trolling this troll the narrative is you gotta let people

go through whatever it is that they're going through you know what I'm saying Marlin said that people are kicking ditty while they down so that makes people think about ditty kicking Kathy while she was down but they're like you know what stay out of that one

exactly right he posted that video four hours ago I was like dang they must have been on him to because it's like if he's in LA it's like 1 o'clock in the morning but you said it was trending I mean it was but you know he's he normally is like

he's gonna move on about some things like he ain't really tripping or he's gonna have a lot of fun with it and play that's what he's been doing now when it comes to the money when it's trending don't watch what a scary movie 6 now I want to come to the money let me fix this right now I get you plus you got somebody stirring the pot 50 cents stirring the pot yes oh my god

both of them are so 50 cent and Marlon lands have been going back and forth every since yesterday when we left work online and he said in his video he was going to get back to the trolling now one of the things that marlin posted he posted a video of 50 cent up here at the breakfast club talking about what kicked off a lot of 50 cents issue with did he did he wanting to take marlin i mean did he want to take 50 cent shop it let's take a listen to the 50 cent when he was here uh some years ago not now fifth when you continuously called puff gay is that enough your relationships in

hollywood i don't go no i don't call i don't call him gay i said let me read it let me read it fifth Sorry I can no longer help you guys Soon you will all be gay and happy You are all now left under leadership Of Puffy Daddy Report to the nearest Rainbow Dinothies In Tina Day

Oh, that's one at the time Listen, listen I'm gonna say that because of the trick champs He said something fabulous And he goes, yo, no, but me and you We ain't party Like we need the party What is he talking about?

When people say that to me I get a little uncomfortable I get uncomfortable Like he said he said something to me one time, a long time ago. At Chris Lighty's wedding, he told me he took me shopping. I looked at him like, what the what did you just say?

Let me move, man, before I do something. You're going to make me mess up the wedding. Yeah, so Marlon Wayans posted that. 50 Cent has posted Marlon Wayans when, you know, he took the picture with the flag. But why didn't Marlon post that? Like, what's the... Why did he? Yeah. They've been going back of it for a night, but he's basically saying 50 cent, you need to explain this.

Like, oh, I get it now. You need to explain this. No, Puffy need to explain that, which he did on Breakfast Club. He did ask to take 50 shopping. Yeah, but you know, Marla Wayans is basically trying to make it seem like you was with all the shopping things. His caption says... What was the caption? His caption says some people just be lying. Come on, Curtis. Stop. You wasn't lying

about that though. Mm-mm. He said he said, I wanted to take him shopping. He said that here on breakfast. Yeah, and then you know, some things be AI. Now, I did see... Some things be A-I. Because I saw, I don't know if it was real. That's why I think I said it to you in a DM, but it wasn't... It was somebody else had supposedly posted. Didn't

Marlon post 50 in like the hot tub with Diddy or something, but is that AI? I don't know if this is real or not, but he did post a photo of 50 Cent and Diddy in a hot tub. Diddy has a cigar on his hand and he says, just for the record, bro, let's correct the narrative, Curtis, rub a dub, and then he says stop.

Now, 50 Cent has also been going in. He posted that photo that I was telling you guys about of Marlin with the flag, you know, when he came out talking about him. Waking up on the floor, is him saying, and he never went to a Diddy party, but there's a picture of him with Diddy at a party. Like,

They're going back and forth. They've been going. They've definitely been going. But 50 Cent, he spoke to us weekly. And he told us weekly that the way, because people are using like the trolling back and forth that he does online,

which we all know 50 uses, to be able to say, okay, this is why we can't believe 50 Cent because we know that he has some animosity towards Diddy. But he told us weekly and exclusive that they published yesterday, that he went about this documentary

completely different than how he trolls online. He even revealed in the exclusive that he spoke. spoke to Cassie and her husband and that she would be pleased with the documentary but he also says that he had a conversation with Diddy and his son and that originally Diddy was supposed to be

a part of this documentary and that didn't happen. Also I don't understand when people say things like you can't believe 50 cent when it comes to this documentary. I was born in 1978 most of these stories probably 95% of these stories we've heard about Diddy before. We just never saw

them packaged together in a documentary. But not only that, 50 didn't speak on a documentary. He didn't say one word in that documentary. He wasn't even on the documentary. I worked with Wendy Williams. I've heard all of these stories a million times. This is new to this generation, maybe. And Lauren knows that they reached

out to both sides of everybody on this documentary, not just the side that was against Diddy. They reached out the side of the people that was for Diddy. Some people didn't want to speak. Some people wanted to speak. But a lot of these stories, yeah, we've heard of these stories before. What did he say, the sons responded back? I mean, what did he say?

He talked to Diddy and his son. Didn't say. He just says he hasn't spoken to Diddy since he went through his case. I had communication with them and his son or with his son. There was a point when they were interested in being a part of the doc because they wanted to show their perspective. They were concerned about how things would be portrayed is all he said. So I am trying to figure out what that conversation was and when it happened. And why didn't they participate? You know, they're really upset about it. So why not? Diddy couldn't speak like he was going through a court case. So he could not speak on a court case. He couldn't speak after. But he couldn't speak during that court case. Sun's had an opportunity to talk. They should have talked. Because if you got men on the... Don't in the court case? No, I'm talking about him in the documentary. You got men on the documentary saying Puffy touched their butt, man.

You should be on there defending your dad's honor. Okay? Lord Rob said his butt got touched. He woke up sore. He said... He didn't even said... He tried to leave that out. He was trying to leave it for us.

He was going to figure it out. I woke up and didn't know what happened. He said he was sore and then he was laying next to him. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Ray J says... Ray J said... Ray J says he doesn't understand.

Ray Jays says he doesn't understand. how men let that happen after he watched the documentary. Let's take a listen. As a journalist, you heard me say what I said, and that's kind of what cranked this whole thing up. And then fast forward to the documentary. Just saying that they was getting that taken, bro. Multiple times.

That party? I owe you some money? Yo, what the f***'s going on in this world, bro? You said I woke up with females in the bed. Then I woke up and Diddy was in the bed. What was Diddy doing in the bed? Ben, bro. I wouldn't have a

fucking out. Way more running. On the rear end of her. I know what happened. I've been taken. I've been taken. And now, I'm still here, party and acting like nothing ever happened.

I agree with Ray J. If Little Rod had gotten paid, would he be talking about puppy touching his butt? If Kirk Burrell would have gotten this 25%, would he be talking about puppy touching his butt? Correct. Allegedly? Allegedly.

I'm just saying. I don't know. But also what Ray J. is if somebody touched my butt and I didn't like it would I come back? Right and keep putting. I mean not if you been, now look, somebody

but if somebody promised you you're going to be super producer. But you touched my butt. I mean... And I didn't like it. All right. Here's the thing with I'm not coming back. Here's the thing with grown men. If you tell me that you got you know, assaulted, sexually assaulted. The next thing you should be telling me is that you caught

an assault and battery would intend to kill case. Okay. But even if you show... But even if you saw off and you're not that type of individual, you're not going to come back. Charlotte made me trying to hug you from the back and you show up to work the next day. I ain't never try to hug that man from the back

when you tell him no lie like this. You get up and walk behind his chair and hear all the time. That ain't never happened. You saw him do that to me. I did not do that, no. No. No, envy will come in and try to hug

all the time. I've seen you get up and walk over behind his chair, especially when you got the timet. That's my brother. He can't hug me. We've known each other for a long time. There was our anniversary a couple days ago. You know, that's what we used to say.

That's my brother. And then M.B. came up in New York in the 90s, though. That's why I be leery. See, now you're hitting up to stuff from the band's behavior. This is error. This is the error he came up in. You see this, right? Bad boys come out as gay.

That's a way of a journalist, though. That's what he always has been saying. I need 50 to bring back one of his classic lines, man. I heard Puffy touched your butt. We need the T-shirts, Fifth. He touched your butt. No, he sat on a song. To say that all the time.

I heard puppy touch your butt. Did he did it? Oh, my goodness. Well, there ain't nobody more consistent than Curtis Jackson. You hear me? That's true. He's like this all the time, not just in the own public, private all the time. Him and Marlin are going to be going for like all of 2026.

Crazy because Marlon don't stop either. All right. That's the latest for Lauren. When we come back, we got front page news. And then we have the cast of Owning New York, all right? Season 2 is out right now. It's Ona Manhattan. Season 2 is out now.

Ryan Sourhan will be joining us and don't go anywhere as the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning everybody is DJ Envy. Jess hilarious. Sholomaine the guy. We are the breakfast club. Let's get back at some front page news. What's up, Mimi? Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Ivey. Jashalameen. How y'allamane? How y'all doing this morning? Good morning. So we start this hour in Kentucky where a shooting on the campus of Kentucky State University. Historically Black institution has left one student dead and another fighting serious injuries. The officials

say the violence unfolded yesterday near Whitney Young Jr. Hall, that's a dorm on the south side of the campus, right in the middle of finals week. Now, according to university leaders, the injured student is now in critical but stable condition, and early information shows the shooter was not connected to the school. The suspect, 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana, is in custody and charged with murder and first-degree assault. Let's listen to some of the press conference from local authorities. Within minutes, by 3.14 p.m., Frankford police officers arrived on scene. By that time, Kentucky State University campus police had already taken swift action, bringing a suspect into custody. Three individuals were involved in the incident. An individual who is not a Kentucky State University student is in custody. Frayford Police believed this to be an isolated incident, and there are no active safety concerns on campus at this time.

Damn. Well, police, yeah, police say the campus was on lockdown and the area was secured. But for many students, the fear didn't in there. They told reporters their sense of safety has been shattered. Let's listen to what they had to say. We got finals this week. We're just telling regular college week. We ain't thinking nothing going to go on with me.

And then, boom, it just happened. I heard them let too often after that. It just was crazy. And it took about, what, 30 minutes for the cops to get here. So it really was crazy then. Just the type of stuff we tried to get away. from and come to college and have to it be right at our doorstep it's just like crazy and we pay too much money for this kind of stuff to be taking place at this school yeah i feel the same way

basically like thought we were safe here ready to get up out of here now that i heard that hanged kind of defeats the whole purpose even coming to college shit in this year that's why i don't be liking the people that's exactly why i don't like people in you know what i'm saying people in people in yes no people in is when you got to be around people oh okay because you just never know what folks be on man, everybody is a potential shooter. When I used to work with Wendy Williams, she used to always talk about the shooter, the shooter, the shooter might be around. I mean, she had a reason to believe that.

But still, never you're in a crowded place, boy, you just never know. But them kids are right. Like, you go to college and get away from a lot of the BS, to learn, to further education. And that's a place that you figure will be safe, right? A bunch of students in a place that just want to learn. And then you've got somebody that doesn't go to this school. that kills a young man.

And they look how the scourge they sound. You know, it's like, dang, I don't even want to, you know, be here, you know. And that's such a good point, Jessica. One of the young men that was interviewed was like, he doesn't even want to come back after the semester is over because this happened. And a statement, the university's president, they called the shooting a senseless tragedy that has left the entire campus grieving. And officials are urging anyone who needs counseling to reach out.

There will be support and services available. for students, staff, and faculty, and the school has canceled classes, final exams, and all campus activities for the rest of the week, and students are being told that they can return home if they choose, and more guidance will be shared in the coming days.

Yeah, psychologically, that has to mess you up, because if you come from a certain environment, you know how to move, right? Like, you kind of know who's who, you know what to avoid. How you do that on campus? Yeah. For sure. And switching gears now to a story that's getting a lot of attention on social media, just this is something you brought to

attention. A posts are circulating claiming META will start reading all of your private messages on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. One viral post with more than 238,000 likes says that META will start reading your DMs. On December 16th, every conversation, every photo, every voice message fed to AI use for profit. Now META says that is not true and here is what is actually happening. Now META is rolling out a policy update on September, excuse me, December 16th, but does not not give the company access to your private messages, those private conversations with friends and families. That remains end-to-in encrypted, which means meta cannot read them. But what the update

actually does is it allows meta to use the messages that you send directly to its meta-AI chat box for personalized content and ads. So if you ask AI about hiking, for example, you might start seeing more hiking apps, trail posts, or ads for hiking boots, something like that. Meta said that is no different from how Instagram already reacts when you watch your real. That activity will shape what you see next. And to clear things up, Snopes, which is an independent fact-based publication known for verifying viral claims and misinformation, they reached out to META for a clarification, and they sent back a statement that says, we do not use the content of your private message

with friends or family to train our AI unless you or someone in the chat chooses to share those messages with our AI. this also isn't new nor is it part of our December 16th Privacy Policy Update. Okay cool because I was ready saying, I'm done I am done

before my guys. Man, what? But it's crazy to me that y'all don't assume that they're already looking at all your stuff now. Absolutely. Yeah, but when you hear that it's going to be like sold or put out there, you never know who's going to get it and then be like, just said or

damn, that's what you were saying. But once again, it's crazy that y'all assume that they wouldn't do that anyway. You know what the craziest thing to me was? When everybody gets on these apps, like, signal and everything else, and they be like, we can send secret messages. You really think somebody going to create a whole app for you to send secret messages, and they're not going to look at it. They're looking at all these apps.

It's not accessible. WhatsApp, text, all that. They look at all that. You should just assume whatever you text in, whatever site you want, and you send in stuff, DM, that somebody can see. Correct. If you move like that, I promise you, you'll avoid a lot of problems in the future. All right, well, now to a very different kind of holiday delivery.

So correctional officers at a South Carolina prison, say, a drone flew over the prison yard and dropped a package that looked less like contraband and more like someone was prepping for a full holiday feast. So inside that package was crab legs, raw steak, old base seasoning, cigarettes, and two large bags of marijuana. This was a Baltimore prison? This was South Carolina. This is in South Carolina. You heard crab legs? Yeah, crab legs.

The old bag. Crab legs, yep. So all of this was wrapped neatly in a bag, a pigly-wiggly shopping bag. Let's go, Pigley Wiggly. So the Department of Corrections, they even joke that someone was clearly planning an early old bay crab boil and steak dinner. Now, officials say that drone drops are a growing problem nationwide, but they usually involve dangerous drugs, not seafood and seasoning. No arrests have been made. and officials are still investigating

who that package was meant for. Hey, listen, man, I ain't mad at him for trying. It's the holidays, man. I need me a seafood boil, some wheat. You know what I mean? I don't see the problem, man. I'm going to be honest with you. Like, he tried. Whoever it was tried. I can't be mad at him for trying.

They definitely tried it. And lastly, to a serious question that needs answers this morning. So are y'all team real tree or team artificial? Girl, I do. Not what my house is smelling like no damn pine. No. I'm artificial.

I like, I'm artificial. I've always been team RealTree, but, you know, my wife ain't having it. She hasn't been having it the past couple of years, so we're artificial trees. Yes, so let's all of you guys are artificial trees. Okay. Well, because this year, the Christmas tree debate is even louder than ever. So Real Tree fans, they swear that nothing beats the smell, Jess, the tradition, the moment of bringing that pine scent home. And artificial tree people say they're done with the pine needles, the watering and the mess.

They want something they can just pull out of a box and plug in. Right. But this year, yeah, but the cost this year is the real debate. 70% of households are choosing artificial, not just for the convenience, but for the price. A real tree can run anywhere from $120 to $200 this season, thanks to droughts and transportation costs. But artificial trees aren't cheap either. Pre-lit versions with all the settings, those are selling for about $400 this year. All right, y'all, well, that is your front page news.

I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown TV. For more stories, follow the Black Information Network, download the free IHeartRadio app or visit BINNews.com. Thank you, Mimi. Thank you, Mimi. Thank you.

All right, when we come back, owning Manhattan, season two is out right now on Netflix, and we have Ryan Sirhan, Tricia Lee, and Jeffrey St. Armand joining us. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ NV.

Just hilarious. Shalameen Nagu. We are the Breakfast Club. Lawn LaRose is here as well. And we got some special guests in the building this morning. Season 2 of owning Manhattan is out right now on Netflix. We have Ryan Sirhan, Tricia Lee, and Jeffrey Say Armand.

Did I say your name right? All right. Welcome, guys. Good morning. Good morning. Let's go. First, I want to say thank you to Ryan. I told him I called him one day and I said my daughter's in NYU.

She wanted to get into real estate. And he told me, well, first she has to get a license. So she got her license in New York, got her license in Jersey. I called her back. And he actually gave her a job, which was pretty dope. And she learned the real estate industry from Sirhan. And it ends the outs, and then she's now, she's in Jersey and she's working. So I just want to say thank you.

Thanks, man. You gave for the guy. Oh, so he's a real estate agent. He don't just do it for TV. The TV is like the last thing. He's real. He's a real agent. That probably happens a lot, though.

People think you don't really do it anymore. I bump into people in New York on the street all the time. And they're like, what are you doing in New York today? I'm like, I live here. I work in the, oh, it's not on a set in L.A. I'm like, no, it's real. It's the most real TV show in the history of the world. And you're actually working.

Yeah. But it's because you give actore, like the way you're... You give actor, really? Yeah, you look like... That's the biggest compliment. Yeah. When I saw you, that was what I said. You look exactly like you look on TV.

It's like the look. Yeah. Yeah, I try to stay in character. I shaved my head this summer, and I was recognized less, and it was hard for me. I went back into costume. That's all the skin work, right? I realized that there's a lot of... At one time, I feel like all on TV, there was nothing but...

real estate shows, right? And they were good. I thought they were great. And then I see like none. It's like they all, what, what is happening with the real estate industry where people are either leaving or maybe people are not doing as well as they experience or thought? Why is that? I mean, we all have feelings about that. I don't think it has to do with the real estate industry. I think it has to do with media and how people consume media. It used to be. So Million Dollar Listing was the first show I did in 2012. We did it for 10 years. And that show was special because you couldn't get access to a $10 million house, right? As a viewer, like you couldn't see a $50 million penthouse. You had to turn on TV to see what that looked like. Today, everything

is in the palm of your hand. You can go on Sora and invent one if you want to. Right. So the shows now are no longer about the access. So if you're a, if you want to make a real estate show and all you have is real estate, no one cares. And I think what makes this show so special, people like Trisha and Jeffrey, who are characters. They're great people, but they're great people, but they They are characters in this insane world of New York City real estate. And that's what people want to see. The real estate is actually like the bookends, right? It's the skeleton.

Like the backdrop. Yeah, it's the backdrop. And then so a lot of the shows have come off the air. They've tried and they've been canceled because they suck except for ours. And then we tell a great story too. Like how often do you have like a couple that's together, working together, you know, live together and just shoot together. you know, and actually come from Brooklyn to go into Manhattan.

So there's interesting storylines and we really try to like tell it differently so that the viewer at some point you're going to get tired to see the same thing over and over again. So, I mean, I think the thing that we really did different is like we really got into great storytelling

and really visually, when you look at it, it looks almost like a docu-series. It doesn't really feel like typical reality TV. Yeah, yeah. And how's the market now? How is the market? I mean, they're saying and houses have been on market

the longest in a long time. Is it a buyer's market? Is it a buyer's market? Where should people be looking? Should they be looking now? Should they sit it out? What's your thoughts on it? I mean, personally, I think it's always a good time to look.

I mean, whenever, like, there's a couple of things. There's a tale of two markets, I call it. Because you have, if you look at, you know, luxury sector, $4 million and up and the data, you got to be careful, like, what you read and what you hear, and just really look at the data. The data shows that there's been a lot of sales in that price point. And now, conversely, with lower price points,

people are affected by interest rates. But we do see interest rates are dropping and getting lower. So then people start to become more active. think the time is really now and especially this time in the season this is when you can get deals you know um during this time things like to your point have been sitting on the market for a little bit but now you can be more aggressive as a buyer so it just find that little comfortable medium between you know sellers that are realistic about pricing and buyers who are realistic about where they can land and we can find a deal well i think it's a little different for

us because our brokerage gets quite a bit of visibility so there's the market and then there's our business which is very different like we get i mean our phones are ringing we're very busy. We are listing billions of dollars of real estate. And I think that owning Manhattan has some part of that. You know, the Surhant brand has a lot to do with it. And I think the characters that are at the firm, I think everyone that is at Sirhant has such their own individual story.

Like, I think, I don't know if it was Ryan or when the producer said, it's like all of these people just show up and they all think that they're the lead and there's the main character. And they just happen to all be sitting in a room. And that's how it is, because in my mind, I'm the star of the show. And I think that's the same for everyone else. You actually are to start the show. Let's be clear.

But I think that's what's interesting about the brand is it really attracts people that are really like the face of their business and they're comfortable with that. And they lean into it and they use media and really creative ways to do it. So our business is very different than the market business right now. We're grateful for that. I was going to ask, you know, with the market being bad at in a lot of places and people being broke and just being able to afford, you know, rent at the time, they've been encouraging people to start buying houses. So that money that they're paying for rent could actually be towards house. Is there places or some type of grants that you send people to where they could actually get help with doing that? I think the best help personally, because, I mean, if we're speaking about New York specifically, is to buy together and to get creative about it.

You know, Gen Z is getting that right. And I think that millennials missed out on that mark. But when I speak to people, especially all through beds, die, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, wherever, there's so many stories are you and I bought. And then as soon as we were up on our feet, then we made sure our sister bought. And then we made sure our cousin bought. When I talk to people and we're selling these houses, multi-million dollar homes, people have been in for 20, 30 years, the stories are all the same. They got creative and they did it together.

Yeah. You know, it's easier. You can sell portions of an LLC. So co-ownership for younger generation is becoming a thing that we do now, that we've never done before. So New York City's hard because you can only cut it up a couple different ways. But like, if you, like, you can take eight cousins in Florida and you can cut up a purchase price times eight and maybe only two of you live there, but the rest of you are helping.

and it's an investment for them and you get to ride the market as the market increases. And that equity is always gorgeous. Yeah. You know, especially, I mean, in New York, I've watched it for 22 years straight. And I just, I always tell everyone

we can walk down the block anywhere in Brooklyn or anywhere in Manhattan and we feel proud of the work that we've done for our clients because if I see you five years from now, I know I'm going to be the favorite person you run into today. Because I know I was a part of that

really smart investment that you've made. And that feels good in the daily work. What's the quiet, you know, pressures y'all carry now? because of this show. Because, you know, when you think about your brand, your brokerage, your brokerage, they're all tied to decisions that are made on this show. Is there any pressure that comes to that?

Yes. Yeah. I mean, it's, you know, someone said to me yesterday, the show is uncomfortably authentic. And I think to your point about other shows not being on the air anymore, no one wants to be sold, right? No one wants to watch stuff that's super produced anymore. Like, this show watches us in real time, whether deals get done or not, whether people are happy or not, whether things are going our way or not.

I think all three of us have some sort of mental breakdown this season on camera that we probably wish was not out there. And so there's a lot of pressure. But I think we also understand the role of our responsibility to not just the world, but to our industry, to show it in as great of a light as we possibly can. And then make use of it, man. Like we are so lucky. It is not lost on us.

Like it's hard enough to get one TV show, let alone. a big one like this that's on a global network like Netflix that drops all over the world in one day where people get to say, oh, I'll go work with those people. I mean, it's a massive commercial for us. And then you need to have it picked up for season two. That's even the bigger. That's the harder. Or three. Three, we want three now. Everybody go watch it. Everybody go watch it. What's the next goal? What's the quiet presence for you are? I think it has changed. I think for season one for me, it was like I, I am showing up as the black woman and I created this, this pressure for myself that I had to at some point release.

to really give myself that freedom. And then obviously, I felt that it gave other black women that freedom. I was like, I'm just going to show up as me. And y'all are going to love it or leave it. I don't care. And I'll give you the realness of who I am, but I'll also give you all the layers of who I am. So I'm not going to just show up and be the person that's sassy.

I'm also going to be smart. I'm also going to be gentle. I'm going to be vulnerable. I'm going to be very maternal in some moments. You know, I can be a teacher in some moments. I can also check you in other moments. And so I felt like, let me just show all of that. And that's the only pressure I'm going to put on myself.

now I feel that the pressure is kind of always showing that we are actual real agents because that's the question we could ask the most and I mean I can't speak for everyone on the show but I'm 10 years in I had my 10 year anniversary last week and another 10 year anniversary as well but yeah so it's like you're lucky guy I don't know I'm no idea I'm still trying to find out when you five let me know But no, it's, to me, it's like, I do feel the need to, you know, just validate my business. And I never felt that before.

But being on TV, people just decide that you're not actually really doing this. I have to be on top of my emails to the moment I walk in and talk to you guys and then start right back up the minute I walk out. My clients don't care nothing about what I'm doing right now or that show they care about their assets. What about you, Jeffrey? No, I mean, I think one thing, just to piggyback on what Trisha is saying, I think it's important to understand, like, the vulnerability. that we reveal on the show because with us part of our story arc is that we're coming from Brooklyn into Manhattan and there's some great story origins with a new listing that we have like here on 5th Ave 5 East 59th Street um and the origin story with Trish and how that happened which is

nothing that we plan or stage whatsoever this is all authentic and how that comes full circle the moment and when you watch the show you'll get to you know to really understand it but it's it really heartfelt, I would say probably one of the most compelling moments of the season. I mean, we're shocked. I'm so shocked. I forget the cameras are there. And I'm like, what? And they catch everything because it was just, yeah, it was such a surprise. Yeah. But to answer you a question, oh, for me, me, what's really important is what Tricia is to really make sure that people understand that we know the business. The truth is you have to know the business inside out. You have to be cognizant of what's happening in real time. You got to be able

to disseminate like what's the truth and how does it really impact you? Because everything, you know, real estate is really both macro and micro. So you've got to be able to understand what's micro for your world and the macro piece that you read from, you know, on every other platform. So I will say this, though. I didn't necessarily understand how difficult real estate was, right? Until I had a daughter in it, right? Yes.

And I'm watching her with the emails and sending out emails. And then I'm watching her, she'll get somebody and then she'll go to short apartment and she'll drive 40 minutes to that apartment. And then the person to say, I can't do it today. Yeah. And how much time it takes. And you break down how much effort. energy it goes into doing it because people just see the glitz they never talk about the work you

never get paid for but the work that goes into a friend like jesus yeah i mean we're in it 10 years for a reason yeah so it just didn't happen right off the bat we're here on owning manhattan or we're just selling you know 15 20 million dollar properties you have to start from the grind i mean there are times when you work for months to two months to three months without getting paid like how long did you get paid on your first deal oh my gosh six months and it was no money at all no money at all so you got Yeah. And I feel like the shows, they tend to show all the glitz. And there's so much work that we do, we never get paid for. There's so many efforts that we make that nobody cares about. And I feel like being on the show, I want to make sure I share that story because the assumption is when you look really great and maybe Ryan will hire you and then you'll end up on a show and then you'll sell real estate. It's the complete opposite business plan. It's like you've got to do a really great job for even be like on his radar. Yeah, to even end up on the radar. And then being on the show creates pressure too. because I don't want to put a product out there that I can't sell. Because, I mean, every time I run into anybody, they'm like, oh, so what happened with, you know, so.

Oh, my God. That's the worst part. Yeah, it's horrible. It's horrible. Because you film in real time. And so you're like, hey, I just got this listing, this building or this penthouse. Something like, let's go film it. And then, but filming doesn't last forever. You eventually have to stop.

And if it hasn't sold, that's what happens. And then everyone, oh, what happened? Oh, did you, did you failed? You failed in front of the world? Yes. At selling an apartment? that's not that hard and the one thing you don't realize as we're shooting oftentimes we're still negotiating a real time yeah so we're shooting under the guys of this is going to be sold on the show

and we're just hoping that it get sold like that was the case last season for us i mean it was a property that we were just we shot it we closed it and like we were still the closing table trying to close in real time as we were shooting the scene of it being closed yeah and it was like such a difficult transaction it got like awarded real estate board oh yeah they they won deal of the year deal of the year for all of new york so it and that's really a award that goes to you like that's a real that's a real award that shouldn't have closed that's the reason for the award the whole industry

gets together to say you actually did it that was the deal that was on the show first season so imagine the layers of stress there you know and you're on TV for the first time as well yeah but I was going to say so on top of all the stress you're on TV you also have like your personal lives that are being showed there's a character there where do y'all find the time to do all of that work like what do y'all teams like behind the scenes

that help you guys because there's a lot of interaction and correspondence with trying to close something there's so much support though but it's just really time management and just having a support system like thankfully that's part of the reasons why and not wasting time yeah a big piece of advice I give to people a lot especially younger younger people is you have the time everyone's got the same amount of hours yep like I have the same amount hours that she has that Oprah has you know what I mean like we all the same amount of time in the day and do a time audit like actually just same way if you're trying to lose weight like you do a diet journal to see

like oh wait you're right like I do eat a lot I just eat a little bit all the the time and then it all adds up same thing with time like if you'll you'll see shoot okay my screen time wow i did open ticot 72 times today what if i didn't do that what else could i do you know and so that's like that's an epidemic um and that brain rot right um you know it's it's real it's totally real which like in in australia now they outlawed social media for kids under 16 which i think is really going to change the landscape you know country by country by country and I think it's a major mental health issue of just because it's easier and then you're never bored and kids need to be bored like they got to figure things out they got to find things

to be difficult and it's one of the harder things about hiring kids now at a school to come work in real estate is they're like all right well where's the thing where's the thing the thing the thing the thing like you just sit still and you just need to put in the work and build it never done it before like they've never built a block house because you can't swipe a block house What's the one house that you guys didn't sell that bites at you every day? Oh, my God. COVID, 2019, going to 2020, a foreign investment fund wanted to buy a building in New York City. And I'd never sold a building before.

Okay. And we found a building on the east side. It's called Copper Tower. It's the building that looks like a, like a K. Okay. It was March, the beginning of March of 2020. We had a contract out for just under $990 million. And I had never done a deal like that before.

Like, literally life-changing. The money that was coming in was heavily backed by oil money. And then people started getting sick. And the price of oil drops, the stock market tanks, the deal gets put on ice, and the deal dies. And then someone else bought it, like, two years later. And I think about that deal dying. What would have been your commission? It would be 2% of basically a billion.

You know? Yeah. So it had been, I think, just under $20 million. And I think about that four times. a day. So that one, that jumped right. I didn't think about that deal because it was just so, but we all have those. I mean, if you're thinking about getting into real estate and you're thinking about your career, anybody can do it because it's 75, 80 hours. You click online. The barrier of entry is incredibly low, but the chance of success is even lower, right? 90% of everyone who gets

a license bails because there is no benefit, there's no salary. You have to eat what you kill and no one tells you what to do. But if you put in the work, if you're good, to people, you follow up, you can have a completely limitless career. And I think that opportunity is part of the magic that the show also follows, because it does follow all the dead deals because our job is to lose. The job is to swing so much that you lose. You take so many shots at the net that you just, you miss them all because the ones that go in are worth it, you know, and you're only as good as your last deal in this business.

I was selling an apartment before Uber came out to one of the taxi kings of New York City who owned all the medallions, super rich. Right? Super, super rich, buying an apartment in lower Manhattan. It's like $25 million, full floor, insane deal. But it's new construction. So you go to contract like two years before you close. In those two years, Uber gets approved to come into New York City. Taxis basically disappear.

And the value of that medallion, which went from like $1.1.2 million, went to like $200,000. So his net worth went from here all the way to here, and he couldn't close. and I remember, like, they were going to take his deposit, which in a building like that is, I think, 20%, so 20% of about, you know, of, uh, it's like five million bucks. You know, you know, say, by five million dollars you lose. And he, like, grabbed me by my suit lapel and he put me up against the wall. I tell the story because I put it in a book and he never came after me, but he, um, uh, and he was like, he was like, I've put people under the bridge. if you don't get me out of this, you're next. And I had to find him an attorney to try to get.

And we found something in the offering plan, which is the book that the Attorney General approves, one line that the developer hadn't actually done their job on, and we got him out of his deposit, and I'm still here today. Jesus. That one was a rough one. And how do you deal with people yelling at you, right? Because at the end of the day, you're doing a job for a client, right?

And you're trying to do the best job that you can. But sometimes I'm sure things don't go the way They want, but the disrespect and I see it sometimes. So how do y'all deal with that? It's never you. You have to, it's hard at the beginning until you understand that people never really grow up. They're just disguised as like 40-year-old men, you know? And they don't know who else to take it out on, so they take it out on you.

Like Mary, yeah, but like married couples, like, is she going to yell at her husband? You know what? It's easier to yell at Jeffrey because she's angry at the situation, not necessarily angry at us. So, like, you always just have to detach and understand that they're upset about the situation. situation and you have to be able to empathize with it and then you just mirror and say i understand if i could yell at myself i would like i'm here with you you just keep you agree you agree you agree and then you hit them with solution solution solution and then they don't know what to do and they say just fix it right and that's how you that's how you get through it and a lot of this like we wear

multiple hats i mean part of it is therapist right you know being able to understand be empathetic to what they're going through and then realizing this is someone's most you know the biggest asset And so they're most expensive asset ever. So you got to really understand where it's coming from. Again, it's not really you. It's just them. And they're like, oh, my God, this isn't happening the way I expected it to happen. So you just have to understand and just have answers and solutions to whatever the issue is in like right then and there.

Most of the time people are just mad at themselves. Yeah. And so they just take it out on other people. Yeah. I do that. So you break down in the trailer. Yes. You break down just because of all of the like pressure.

How often do y'all break down? even though it's not once before lunch and then one time after dinner yeah typically 11 a.m. usually It varies with the deals

and what we're dealing with you know like there are times where you know deals just fall apart and you do everything you can and they still fall apart you know what was your part

like what was it exactly like what is the biggest this is the cherry on top that now the tears are flowing that scene yeah that's in the season finale was not anticipated it wasn't like planned

or anything and just goes to how real this show is and how uncomfortable a lot of it is. This show is also really funny. You know, it's very aspirational. It's very sexy, glitzy, big real estate and all that. But then at the same time, it shows all the gutters of the business, too. And there's just a lot.

You know, there's a lot going on. I bootstrapped the business for four years by myself, you know, on 100% of it. Everything's on me. Do I grow? Do I not grow? People are angry. People are happy. There's personal pressures.

There's no time. I sleep four hours a day. Why did I ever do this? Should I just move? Like, you know, there's just like a lot of this. And I've no one to talk to you because everyone is biased. The therapist is biased. Your spouse is biased.

Your friend, the company, my mom is biased. You got a biased therapist? Yeah. But they're biased to you. They want what's best for you. Always. He's a therapist. I do.

If you're a therapist and you're watching this, my email is Ryan at surhant.com. You've got a whole lot of residence for a real estate. Yeah, please. I need, I need a mental help. And I was talking to my ex-assistant who I just have like a very friendly relationship with. And he was in my email for five years. So he just knows my life. And it was the first time I'd actually just, like, talked about everything that was going on.

And, you know, I think I say, like, I focus on the work because the work keeps me focused. And I don't know what else to do. And then there was just an awkward silence. And then I just lost it. And then the cameras are there. And I'm like, oh, Jesus. I feel like everyone found out about that. They're like, Ryan was crying.

And we're like, he doesn't have any emotions. How do you pull that off? That man has no heart. Do you still speak to the people from a million dollar list? Because I feel like they're just just off the face of the planet. Like any of those guys anymore? No, I'm crazy. No, I haven't.

You don't see them anymore. You don't hear any shows about it. I just realize this is the different. It's not the same show. This is a minute? This is a different show. But none of those guys, there were big characters. Start with season one.

They were big characters and you just don't see them anymore. And it's just weird that you just. Only Manhattan is my fifth reality show. I did four for Bravo, a million-dollar listing, a wedding show, a renovation show, and then a show called Sellet, like Sirhant, which we turned into Sellit.com, which is a sales training business. And then owning Manhattan, which we push over to Netflix. And I think what's cool for us is, I think for other shows and the other guys, right,

a lot of people, like you talked about, they get on TV and they want to be on TV. They want to be famous. They want to become influencers and sell toasters or whatever. The three of us have, like, fame as a byproduct of our ability to do more. more business and build the greatest careers of all time and I think the audience sees that and so they keep giving us more because it's just real and so I built a sales team my first you know career as a real estate agent on the back of bravo you know million dollar listing and now we're building a company and kind of a met away on the backs of Netflix and people get to watch like going

from a couple of us at a dinner table to okay there's 1,500 of us now in 15 states yeah what does that look like and then just watch that whole Jenna to raising money for the first time getting fired, having people quit on you. And so yeah, so I think the other guys, you know, were, I mean, I think there's a lot of one-hit wonders out there across the board. You see the music, you see it in sports,

you know, and so we work really, really hard to focus on the work. If you take care of the work, the work will take care of you. We appreciate you guys for joining us. Thanks so much. Season 2 of owning Manhattan is on Netflix right now, Ryan Sirhan, Trisha Lee, and Jeffrey say, oh my, thank you so much. How about our niece? How about our niece? Our niece is looking for something. Yeah, no, she's

come right to Brooklyn. I already spoke to it. Okay, say no more. Yes. All right. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fast. Tell her. She gets him to somebody that knows somebody. She gets to detail. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.

She'd be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything. Well, it's the latest. On the breakfast club. Talk to me. GZ sat down with Bishop T.D.

Jake's for his podcast next chapter and they had a conversation in full about his life and some of the things that he's been through but jizi opened up a lot about his divorce and what he learned um so let's take a listen to jizi on what he learned from his marriage and his divorce what did you learn from it i learned i was a great husband i got a beautiful daughter out of a situation so i there's no regrets there but i learned a lot about myself i learned about you know my preferences for things the type of space that I need type of moments that I need to decompress about certain things

and this just unselfish nature that I was selfish in my prior life and I think just going forward in life it just taught me how to like give someone else grace and actually listen

to understand rather than just to listen to reply because when you're sharing the life with somebody you know it's almost like Like you don't become one, but this is a partnership, right? And so for me, it's almost like I've never experienced anything like that. Yeah, so there are, there's a, you know, conversation now around this clip because people are trying to figure out. Because he says, you know, I felt like I was a great husband and people were upset to hear him say that because it ended in a divorce.

But now what I, this is what I think people are missing because there was another part of the interview where he talks about what he learned, which I thought was actually really powerful. and it was a lot of accountability on his part. People are missing that, you know, you go through things, you learn, and you find out what you did good, what you did back. Let's take a listen to Jeezy on what he says he would do differently. I would definitely take my time. I've learned now that friendship is

the biggest key to anything. I mean, I think when you become friends with someone and you're like really invested in the friendship, it just builds a different type of foundation. I would make sure that the community is as strong as the foundation because it takes a community, like,

to keep you know to keep you accountable and have people that you can process with to be honest with you i didn't have a lot of great examples you're right of relationships and i do want to say this though because i felt like when people hear me speak about like what i went through my mom and all this stuff they're like oh you went into a relationship or marriage with mommy issues i had been working on that stuff so that had nothing to do with my timeline with my marriage it was a humbling experience to have to, like, make sure that you're present enough to hear what somebody else who's saying? There should be no judgment there.

He's right. But did the good brother of Jeezy learn that Dr. Umar was right? Can he talk about that? When I... Did he talk about that? He didn't... Did he learn that a lot of black women around him were right? Because a lot of black women were saying he should have been with a sister.

Not saying there's anything wrong with the relationship that he was in. I'm just saying that when he speaks about community and things of that nature. Sounds like he's saying Dr. Umar was correct. No, it sounds like he said he was... Whoa. Sound like you need to say he's working on himself, right? Because he was talking about the fact that he was selfish in a relationship and things like that. I heard him say he should be with a black woman.

Me too. I heard both things, but I heard that when I heard this part of it, I said, oh, he realized that he didn't need to be there. Yeah, absolutely. And his last thing, Jenkins, you can only give that to another black woman. You see what I'm saying? You know? Jenny Jenkins never sounded.

Yeah, no, it did not. That sounded crazy. Uh-huh. I mean, it sounded like, oh, Jenny Jenkins, you expect one presentation to walk in the room, but then, you know. A Jenkins is like. Like, no, uh-uh. My marriage. Get it.

Where did that's name back? To me, he said he needs to work on himself, and he was a lot selfish, and he had to be more in that relationship more open, right? Talk about things that's not just he said he wasn't. I call it right fighting. Right fighting is you just want to be right in a relationship, but you don't want to listen. And he said he had to go to that. That's not what we heard. We heard that.

I would expect you to say that because you were in international. You know, get black and you, uh, whatever you are. I am black, sir. But I continue. He just learned how he just learned in marriage that is not just about him. Yeah. I don't think that he, you know, was saying anything else. It's just like, okay, oh, yeah, this thing is about not, it's not just me.

It's a union. It's like me and you. I got to be emotionally intelligent enough to care about how you feel, too. You know, I heard him say you should have been on a black woman. You know what else is funny? Every time Jezy does these kind of interviews, because I remember when he did it with Nia Long and I did it with Bishop T.D.J. I get a bunch of people hitting me, a bunch of ladies that I know, why you don't hook me up with G.

Damn. Because I have. Some type of matchmaker. They like with GZB in these sentences. Because he sounds very accountable, very mature, very grown, very like, you know. It's not giving snowman. No, it's given, uh, no, it's not. It's not.

What's his name? What's his name? What you mean? What's his name? His bro name? Jay Jenkins. Is Jay Jenkins for real? It's given Hill brothers.

It's given Hill brother. It's not giving him snowman. He's given Jake Jenkins. Jay, not no Jake. Oh, Jay Jenkins. Yeah, because he's. even talking to hear about like his finances and learning what to do with the finances

and what differently dating wise he's going to do this time around he's going to do this time around you know he ain't cursing he's very calm I don't realize god damn she's talking about she's dripping all over the floor

we can't get him no why you're so jealous well you married and you definitely married and you definitely married she's in a relationship you said they wrapped up over cheesy Jesus.

Well, in the next that is crazy because if we was down to him, you'd be like, you hate black men and blah, blah, blah. Look, that. And then we like,

shout out to Jeezy. He's grown. You made some mistakes you learned from me. He's like, y'all broke up. Shout out of, you know, when you get somebody a gift

and they love the gift more than that. But he's been handling that shake with. Over there, Tombo, Jinkin. Yeah. Like, yeah,

absolutely. You got your flowers. That's that damn shakewood That is very childish That was so childish And the chat's seen it The chat's been watching you all day That was so childish

In the next hour We're going to talk about some things Because Howard Stern Has some things to get off his chest About Kim Kardashian We didn't get to it here But we're going to definitely bring it in the next hour

All right Ish, old school Howard? It's kind of He references old school Howard All right Now shake weight king Who are you giving you a donkey to me? Four after the hour

We need a man named Maurice Nolan Evans to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him, please. All right. We'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Donkey up the day. Damn, the he-haw, did it? It's time for Donkey of the Day.

I'm not trying to be Donkey Today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. Called Donkey of the Day, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Solomon, who got the donkey of the day to day. That's crazy, right? How's somebody going to get mad at me

because I try to be a good co-worker and tell them they sweatsuits smell a little used. You're an ass, man. I just asked that they work out this morning. I'm like, you know, you got to be around people today. Anyway, don't here today. What's wrong with him, man?

For Wednesday, December Tiff, goes to Maurice Nolan Evans. Okay, he's 25 years old, and he's been charged with murder. After a parking lot dispute ended in him killing a man named Dominique Goodman. First thing's first, rest in peace to that brother, Dominique, man. Let's go to WSBBTV for the report, please.

That's why I don't argue with people, man. I'll advise anybody on that. Don't argue with nobody. That's advice from a Bojangles customer after he learned why the fast food restaurant was closed. I told him an employee here is accused of killing the father of his co-worker and the store's parking lot.

Maurice Evans faces murder, aggravated assault and felony possession of a firearm during a crime and the death of Dominique Goodman. metal police say a manager sent Evans home for the day Sunday afternoon. Officers say instead of going home, Evans waited for about an hour for Goodman to arrive. And when the guy got out, he got out shooting. Marlene lately says she is a family friend of the Goodman's. She says Goodman's daughter works at the restaurant and called her father for help after getting into a dispute with Evans.

Goodman then came to the restaurant to check on his daughter. He very protective of his children just like anybody would be. He never expected it to end with him dead. Why, why, why, why, why, rest in peace, Dominique Goodman again, man. You know, I got four daughters. My daughter comes to me and tells me you picking on her, you know, she had a dispute with a grown man. I got to come highlight you about it, okay? And now I'm dead because you lack emotional intelligence.

I haven't read in this story or heard in this story where Dominique had a gun. I haven't read in this story where he was aggressive. I don't know what was said to this 25-year-old man, Maurice Evans, by Dominique. but I know that whatever it was it wasn't worth Dominique being unalive for it and it's not worth Maurice having a murder charge. I love Bojangles. Okay, I had a Boatberry biscuit

the week of Thanksgiving. I ordered two actually. Okay, I only ate one because that's about 350, 370 calories. But the moral of the story is Boarberry biscuits ain't dying for you, man. Okay, Bojangles ain't worth dying over. You a manager at Bojangles, a manager at a restaurant period, a manager at a fast food chain.

Managers at restaurants and fast food chains must hear and take customer and employee complaints seriously. Okay, managers are the first line of defense for the culture of any establishment, not just culture, productivity, and legal risk. Okay, I don't know what you said to this man's daughter, but what if what you said was liable

and her father coming to talk to you about it and enabled you to see a different perspective, change your behavior, and shift some things around before you and Bojangles got sued, okay? All you had to do, young man, was listen to what his father's complaints were and move on.

but no you decided to grab a pistol and shoot and kill this man for what we got to shed our fragile eagles people it's 2025 all right this is the year of the snake 25 was the year of the snake i don't know if y'all know that okay the snake year means shedding okay you shed all that bad energy bad behavior this is about transformation and new beginnings and it's a nine year okay two plus two plus five equals nine this is an endings year okay a karmic completion year and boy Oh boy, Maris, have you just embarked on a new beginning called prison? All right? Now, there was a part of me that initially thought this is why we got to teach our kids to stand up for themselves, but I don't know how old his daughter was.

What if she was 16 and the manager Marise is 25? She went home to tell her daddy about this grown man picking on her. So he pulled up, you know, even if she was 16 and knew how to stand up for herself. Clearly this dude, Maurice, was unstable and might have ended up harming the young lady in some way. You just never know nowadays. And this is why everyone should just mind their business. I agree with the brother that was talking at the beginning of the thing. Play the clip again, right?

That's why I don't argue with people, man. I'll advise anybody on that. Don't argue with nobody. Stop right there. I don't argue with people unless it's on the radio or on a podcast. Okay, mind your business. Mind your black-owned business. Mind the business that pays you.

Managers shouldn't be picking on an employee. Okay. The only thing you should be telling that employee to do is they're just. job. If you get complaints from employees, employees, parents, customers, just listen to the complaints and adjust accordingly. You do not grab your pistol and kill them for complaining

about whatever they was complaining about. And the fact I even have to say that is nuts. But welcome to the current world we live in. Please let Remi Ma give Maris Evans the biggest he-ha. He-ha! You stupid, motherfucker-a-you-dum. Sad. Sad. So sad. Tragic.

All right. Well, thank you for that dog. here today. Yes, ma'am. All right. When we come back, Swayvo Swain will be joining us. That is the son of Angie Stone and DeAngelo. He has a new song called Dove Soar and we're going to talk to him when we come back. I actually don't go anywhere as to Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody

is D.J. NV.J.N.V.J. is hilarious. Salomey and the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lawn LaRose is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. We have Swaveau Twain. Welcome, brother. How you feeling? I'm feeling blessed, man. Thank you all for having me. Now, for people that don't know, you are the son of Angie Stone and DiAngelo.

Yes, sir. So first, we'll say, you know, send the other condolences and well wishes and everything. How are you doing now? How are you feeling, man? I thank you for the condolences, but, man, they are in a better place to me, man. They ain't paying no bills no more. They're good, man. They're good, man.

It's taking the moment by moment, for real. Every day is a different day, different emotion, I'm sure. Yeah, it'd be Sunday is better than others for sure. but we're still pushing, man. We still pushing. When I think about you, man, I think about you, you know, you had two, you know, legends as parents, right? Yes, yes, sir.

When did you first realize that that wasn't normal? In school, like, kindergarten, for real. Like, I was always type, I ain't never really tell people in school, like, I just go to school and just be Mike. But if I get into trouble or anything, and my mom had to come up to the school, like, the teacher would be the same thing,

parents, so she know who she is, but she's going to wait to, in front of the whole class, be like, it's such and such a your mama, and I might say yes, I might say no, and then, like, the whole class or no, and then they're going to ask their mama, and it'll just be a whole little thing,

so, yeah, that's when I realized that. How was growing up? Did you grow up, I don't want to say normal, because you had two iconic stars were you always on the road. How was growing up with? No, it was, it was normal at time. So, like, in my earlier years, I went with my mom.

Like, I was, you know, with grandma, so I was in, Columbia, South Carolina. 8-0-3 to met. For sure, 100%. And, you know, my mama came and got me from Columbia when I was about 12 or 13 and moved me to Atlanta. So when I first moved to Atlanta, that was like a super culture shock. I'm like, yeah, everybody out here got money. Like, we stayed right, like, $2 down for Pac-Man Jones, and he was terned. Like, so it was normal, but I tried to be as normal as I could.

But then when people started figuring it out, it was just doing extra stuff, you know. You went back to Columbia? Did you go to USC or my Trevor? No. Oh, okay, okay, okay. I go back to Columbia just to visit. I probably got like a three-day limit in Columbia. What was one lesson your father taught you about, like, artistry?

And then one lesson your mother taught you about this. my daddy like we never really sometimes we would discuss like music notes and music theory but we didn't really discuss stuff like that he really put me on like mindset things like this how you need to be with your business this is how you need to be with your team like this is how you need to be with your mental

when you get overwhelmed things like that and my mama she ain't have to show me nothing like I've seen it like my mama's like she'll be in the hospital and get out of the hospital that night and go to go do the show and nobody know you know what I'm saying she was a real soldier gangster so she ain't have to say nothing I was watching I was living it with her and I saw your video that you posted on your Instagram and you just well first of all I just want to say watching you speak at their funerals it you just there's still like such a joy there

or something that I didn't understand I've never been through what you've been through but I don't don't know if you can kind of like talk us through when we're seeing you. You're like making everybody laugh and you're with your family and it's the push-ups and y'all just having a good time. I'm like, how is he able to, you know, do that for everybody in a situation he's in? I mean, that's my personality. Like, I'm not a complainer. You know what I'm not like a woe is me guy. And I'm always trying to like bring the vibes, you know what I'm saying? So in a moment like this when everything be morbid and dark, Like, I'm going to make everybody laugh.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Because that's how my mom was. Like, she was so funny. Like, she's the funny person you know, but she ain't telling no jokes. So I just, I just always try to keep it like, man. You know, even at funeral's life, you know, not for nothing. A funeral would be for the living.

They don't be for the dead because they're gone already. So, you know, let's laugh and talk about the good time. That's not, you know, as much as we can't. You know what's interesting. I can tell how much faith you have in God because, you know, when you first started the conversation, you said, I mean, they're in a better place. Like, if you were a true

believer, that's really, that really should be the mindset, right? 100%. Yeah. Yeah, no, this is, man, when they, when they leave here, you really, like, as their son, I think I'm really seeing how much they were actually shouldering on the day-to-day. Like,

you know, especially being in the music, been in my mom's been in a sense. forever ago and my dad is the same thing so you know shifting from labor to labor by the time you get the 2025 the business be all messed up you know what I'm saying you know you try to fix it and work on it but they just unfortunately ran out of time so now you know I'm fighting that fight for them so I think it's I'm like damn y'all was doing this every day like this what y'all was battling with and still going to work and still dealing with my on top of that I can't because sorry y'all but um Yeah, man, they were, they were some soldiers, man.

What gave you the music, I don't want to say what gave you to music, but when did you say I want to start singing? When did you know you had that shit, you could sing? When I moved to Atlanta and seeing the rich kids, they were a little bit older than me, and they had the hottest thing in Atlanta. I'm like, oh, this was going on? And, you know, I started, I still was really running from me, but maybe, like, 15, 16, my mom would bought this whole studio set up for her.

in the house and I ain't never used it so I started going down there recording myself figuring it out and before you know I don't did about 50 60 songs I don't win to play or something she actually really loved it you know what I'm saying so when she did that

she just put the battery in my back and I was just going hard from there and what did your dad say about your music because they said he was a hard critique when it came to music now for sure like I'm not going to lie just be real with you my daddy didn't really

embrace it and say go ahead and go crazy son he didn't do that after my mama passed really? Yeah like he ain't he never really wanted me doing music because

everything he went through with the business you know what I'm saying he's like son I don't want you in a shit you know what I'm saying but it's like man I'm going to work in a warehouse like I'm tired of the car center like I'm cold you know what I'm

But as my mom passed, he really tapped in. He was, like, very impressed. And that's all I ever really wanted, and that. Just in the hear, and then. Get that approval. Yeah. How do you call about your own identity while still acknowledging the legacy you come from? That's been my battle all of my life.

But I can't do nothing but be me. Like, when you hear my music, it's like you can hear them in it, but it's still me. I'm doing a whole different thing. And I ain't trying to battle them or trying to live up to what they did. They already did. They didn't went to the mountain.

I'm on my own journey, you know, Swave or Twain. And I can't run from who I am, and I ain't trying to, but I'm not trying to. I can't compete with that. And I don't want to. Did you do records with them with your parents?

Yeah, I'm on my mama last album. Me and her got a son together. Me and my mama and my sister. Mr. Diamond, we have a song together that I'm a release. And my father never got to work together, though I think that's, like, no one regret. We ain't never get to do nothing. You got me on mom for sure. I saw you also talk about the, you know, the time that you spent with your dad.

It was like a week or a couple weeks that you guys got. And just after your mom passed away, the time that you guys were spending together. And you said you finally saw your parents as just like people because there was a lot of things that, I guess you had in one way in your mind and then when you and your dad spent that time after your mom passed away you saw him so differently. So yeah man, my

you know my dad he moved in a certain way you know like and I always think he was just being extra but when we did my mother's funeral we had the repass and my dad was in the city the whole day

so he hit me like so I'm going to put up and pull up and pull up but he didn't show up the whole funeral. And then the whole repass happened he didn't show up either. So I'm like late again, you know what I'm saying? But he pulled up like at the last possible second at the repast. And he came straight

to me. And instead of my family in South Carolina treat him like a regular person here for the funeral, they all went mobbed him like you Justin Bieber or something. Phone's out. Yeah. And I'm like I, there's a lot of my family that

did that I don't fucking to this day. You know what I'm saying? Because it's like, man, we just put my mom in the ground. So when I seen that, I said, oh, wow. Now you understood. This is why he, this is why he'd be moving in this type of manner. Because it's like, he ain't want to even make it about him. He just wanted to be there for me.

You know what I was in? Did you talk to any of your family about that? Or you just was like, you know what? Action speed. I don't want to talk. Yeah, I don't talk. They showed their ass without him. And he was dealing with cancer at that time.

I went in looking back at the pictures like yeah he probably was but I ain't even know like I ain't no idea like I ain't I ain't never seen my daddy with an ailment or nothing so when they came to that situation it was it's shocked there about it definitely shocked me I ain't I ain't never seen my dad that's sick or nothing so you found out like the rest of the world down there like down there like I knew I knew he was battling with it but I didn't know how bad it was. Did you get a chance to, like, you know what I said, say your goodbyes and everything?

Yeah, man, I spent the last, down there, like, last week together, you know, I was up there with him. And we was just, just talking and laughing and listening to music, and, you know, I ain't, I ain't really wanted to see me sad or nothing like that. So I was just like, we, you know,

we're going to five out. Me, my little brother, my little sister, we all was there. You know what I'm just. You don't got to answer this if you don't want to, but what was your perspective, like, knowing that you had just lost your mom earlier this year, and now you're spending your last moments with your pops? Did you even look at it at the last moments? Yeah. Yeah, I knew why I was there, you know, but I don't know, man.

I think that was just, in my mind, I'm like, man, this is just what's going on in my life right now. like this was going on I definitely can't question God you know but I'm just take this I'm gonna really take this time and cherish it you know what I'm saying

and you know I'm gonna wipe my face up when I started crying because I don't want him to start crying and you know man we're listening to his music we're listening to Earth winter fire you know like

yeah looked at me one time he looked at me and he like he looking at me like that son I see where you at in life like you I remember when I was your age I was just getting ready to drop my second album

I was just seeing all the pressure that was on me I was like I'm looking at you and like I see you know what I'm saying so I don't know I was just being there being in that moment and you have your song a Dovesore that is a dedication to your mom and your dad

at what point did you start writing that song like after your mom passed away Like, when were you okay enough to try and put things in music in further with your father? So it's crazy. I was in the studio making that song probably about two days before I got the call about my daddy. So when I was making, originally making the song, it wasn't even about. It wasn't even about my dad's really about my mom. The first part, but I was getting writers blocked on it.

So I did that probably two days later I got the call, like, you need to, clean like doctor's like me to get your ass up there so i went up in new york did that and they came back to the line i was working on it but i couldn't i couldn't really come up with the words so after we did the funeral and i can't i came back like probably the night before i flew out to come back home after the funeral i finally like broke the writers blocking was able to finish the song so yeah man i don't be working that song for the last month for And you said on your song You say, I know God had a chuckle

When I told him my plans Yeah, man What were your original plan? Definitely It definitely wasn't going to two films this year Right But now So my mama passed

The morning after my birthday She had a show On my birthday And You know, for the last year or two I've been opening up for my mom On the show So I usually go with her

just to make sure she good, first of all. You know, but for some reason, she just didn't want me to come to this one. You know, she told you that? Yeah, I know. Like, right before she left, she's like, son, you got your own career. You're getting ready to do your rollout. You don't need to come to this. You know, just stay home.

And I'm like, Ma, you sure? And she's like, no, I'm positive. But she made me come to all the rehearsals for the show. But the day before, she's like, no, I don't want you to come. And, you know, at the time in March, my PR right here, it'll tell you, like, I had a whole album done, rollout, got my little budget together, and I was getting ready to do that, and then the morning and after, everything changed.

So that's what that lyric comes from. Like, I had a plan, but God had something different. Like, no, they ain't, what you're thinking, that ain't about to be that, brother. Because you'd have been on the bus with her. Yeah. Man. Yeah. Yeah, man.

What's one conversation with your dad and mom that changed your direction in life? Not even just musical, just as a man. Man, my dad has said me one day, he's like, son, you got to choose your piece over everything. You know, I think it was a point in my life where I was just being pulled in so many different ways. And, you know, it was draining me.

Like, you know, my mom had been dealing with, you know, her health. I've been essentially like a caretaker for her for the last four or five years you know people didn't know that and you know she did a good job of hiring it but you know there's a lot of serious situations and you know I had to you know

sacrifice a lot you know and I'll do it again you know because that's my mom and I know she'll do it for me but you know yeah I was just talking to my dad and he was like man you know you do what you do for your mom but all the rest of that man you got to choose your piece

of everything and I really started implementing that and it helped me a lot 10 years from now what do you want people to say about you that has nothing to do with your parents I just want people to say that I was a genuine guy or I helped them some type of way or you know a lot of people being hitting me like throughout this process

like man I don't know how you doing it and I'm like, man, I ain't doing nothing, but a whole lot of crying and praying. If I, you know, if I could be a, if you can look at me and think you can get through because I'm getting through, then, you know what I'm saying? That's fine. All right, there you have it.

Swayvo Twain. Swayvotwit. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Salomey, the guy.

We are the breakfast club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fat. Tiva! Man! She gets them from some. somebody that knows somebody. She gets to detail.

I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She'd be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest. On the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

So Howard Stern had to address some accusations that Kim Kardashian made last week on episode seven of their reality show. What did that come on? Hulu. They have a big partnership with Hulu. So Kim Kay was on the show When she was talking about her 2016 parish robber room She was robbed in her hotel room for all the jewelry

And she alleges that Howard Stern Basically didn't believe her And made a whole mockery of it on his show Let's take a listen to Kim Kay talking about Howard Stern Howard Stern Was like famously mocking it all the time And saying that it was just I'm sick And it's such a joke

And I made it all up I remember he was so defiant about it Okay Yes I was literally up there So she said this And she's also said something similar around Kanye West as well too

But so she said this And then Howard Stern said Oh no we're not going to let that fly Not at all because that is not what I said So he responds with his original comments Because you know his show was recorded He responds with his original comments Let's take a listen to the original comments

If this woman was robbed at gunpoint By a bunch of dudes And they threw her in a bathtub And tied her up or whatever they did I mean that is That is frightening That is frightening. If it is a farce, and really, they should go to jail for that.

Well, I don't think it is. But, you know what, there were no security cameras in the area. So there's no footage of what went on. The one time the Kardashians don't have a camera. Yeah, it's something really going on, something real. First of all, we live in an era where you should question everything you hear, especially because of the, and everything you see nowadays, because of the area that we live in. And she's a reality show star. So why wouldn't you think everything of the storyline?

When she said mockery, I thought I was going to hear him be like, oh, you got wrong. I thought it was going to be something. He basically said, if it happens, it's frightening. And I feel sorry for it. But he was like, something doesn't sound right. What's wrong with saying? Right.

And he didn't say that either in me. Well, he said, God damn. He said, Robin said, I don't think it's untrue. And he said, I don't either. He literally said, I don't either. He said, if it happened, it's tragic. If it was a farce, blah, blah, it's jail. And let's just to be clear, because in another episode of the Kardashians,

she brought up her ex she doesn't say Kanye West but during that time she was with Kanye and she says that even her ex accused her of faking the robbery for a TV show around that time people did believe that Kim had faked the robbery for the show because they thought that it was

very ironic that there were no cameras with her and that there was no security with her knowing that she had all this jewelry in the room and you know all the things that people knew she would be in Paris at the time her security had dropped her off and made sure she was in her room her room and then went out with her sisters and which wasn't unnormal for them

because the security guard would secure the whole family. But people were just saying, right, so yes. But people were, people at that time and a lot of outlets, it wasn't just Howard Stern. A lot of outlets were just trying to put the pieces together and saying how far fetched this was. And they didn't believe her. Some people didn't believe her. But Howard Stern comes back in on his show and basically says, if I had something to say, I've said a lot of crazy things, I get to it. Let's take a listen to Howard Stern.

On the latest episode of the Kim Kardashian show, she accused me of saying that she faked. her Paris robbery attempt and she's very emotional about it. Fortunately, anyway, in this case, our show is taped. So we went back and looked up what I said and nothing could be further from the truth. Now, tell me if I'm wrong, I would characterize that discussion as a very fair assessment that some people are saying it's fake, which was true. And we said, we don't think it's fake. We think that she was, she went through something horrible.

Some guys came into her room and threw her in a bathtub and pointed a gun at her. And I said that's really frightening. By the way, let me say something. I have said so many awful things in my career. You don't need to make up stuff. And also the fact that she put words in Howard's mouth for TV is exactly why Howard thought that the robbery was probably a storyline as well. Now y'all see where I was getting with bringing this in.

Because of all the people that you're going to say said something, Howard Stern is not the one. At all, he's going to clear it up instantly or repeat what he said. So, you know. Yeah, that's not what I was saying. I was saying the fact that she put words in Howard Stern's mouth for TV. TV is exactly why Howard thought that the robbery was for TV as well.

And then all of people... She creates storyline. Right. Right. And then all the people who did say it was fake, like publicly. And you didn't go at them, but you went at Howard Stern who didn't say it was fake. But it was a lot of people that did. Well, by the way... People were just asking questions, too.

By the way, Kim did that for exactly this. I'm going to use Howard as a storyline because I know Howard going to go back and talk about it. It'll become a talking piece on the other show because I had to ask you, what What is the show even come on? I didn't know the show was still long. Yeah, it's still long.

It used to come on Bravo, right? No, they were on E. They had that big relationship with Ryan Seacrest on E. But yeah, so speaking of other things in the news that might be real, might not be, Joe Tocopina, Wendy Williams' attorney was on Nightline, and he's saying that she'll be out of her guardianship potentially this year, which is like, we only have weeks left of this year. Let's take a listen to Joe.

What's the plan you have to get her out of the guardianship, And when can we expect some movement in court? The plan is this. There are guardianship attorneys, and we're watching and waiting. They've assured Wendy by years end she'll be out of guardianship. No guardianship should feel like a sentence. And honestly, Wendy's does, Wendy's feels like a sentence. She said it was $18,000 a month she was paying this.

Approximately, yeah, imagine. Just imagine of her money, not the state's money, her money. But if she does get free of this, is there still going to be somebody that's watching over her to make sure that everything is, quote unquote, okay? So from what I was told once I saw this, because that's a pretty tight timeline to, you know, say, I was told that if that even happens this year and it probably won't, yes, it would just be a limited guardianship. So there would be somebody with her to still figure out certain things, like financial decisions, you know. She also has like, she's openly talked about dealing with substance abuse, right? So someone checking in on her when it comes to that. She'll be able to come and go like we've seen her do, you know, more recently. But there will be somebody there. But from, you know, the way. that they're angling this is that she's going to be 100% free and I was told that that is not what it's

going to be. What it would be dope is if, you know, when she was coming up, Charlemagne lived in her basement. Charlemagne kind of returns the favor and allows her to live in his basement. Yeah, he got a nice place. He probably has a real nice piece. He got a nice house. You know, no business. You know, we'll be finished in our basement.

You better. He better. I don't even have a basement. I don't know, that's right. You have an attic? Nope. He don't got no space for Wendy. I'm talking about a gas firm yesterday. I went a trailer. You look like a little trailer. No, you don't. Lime.

Real and fake. Matt Barnes decided to clear up again some rumors about him paying a AI model $61,000 because you're trying to extort them, allegedly. Let's take a listen. I've sat back dealing with personal, real, family, healing, and making sure my kids are good and just trying to get my life back in order while I've sat back and watched the Internet

lie about it, the whole year, live for me being gay to me talking to showing an abortion to me telling some girl not to do a reality show and then I get back from Dubai and I get back and I see all of a sudden I'm suing an AI model where I got

played by an AI model and all these little bottom feeding blogs pick it up. Shout out to the ones that are real and know the bs from the bullshit or at least check you guys believe that I got played by AI model and I'm suing him. You see someone like Gilbert and I had a conversation with Gilbert. He addressed the bullshit

and it kind of was, from there it caught fire. And I tell him, bro, like, after all we've been through, bro, tap in with me and see if it's real. And he said he apologized, he didn't know it was that deep, but y'all can't believe everything you motherfucked in here. So he didn't get guy by Yamato, he did. It was just a girl from Instagram. You were about to say something?

I'll explain to us. I don't know what none of these stories are, but it's just because Matt Barnes is hot. You know what I'm saying? To all the smoke podcast is hot. Like, I was watching the fight this weekend. Lamont Roach versus, uh, uh, uh, Isaac Cruz and they had the

All the Smoke logo in the ring They had salute to it. It is what it is Cam and Mace. They had their logo in the ring too but all the smoke is just a hot podcast and when you're a hot podcast people are going to use you for content. That's the way it is. So Matt should take that as a compliment that all of these rumors and all his gossip has been

about spreading about him all year. I think the only issue is that it affects his family unit because he was saying so there was a real girl that him and his ex that took a little break from each other. He was DMing with her. He posted a video about this back in November. He ended up paying that girl because when

he got back with his ex who was pregnant at the time, and he told her, she said I'm going to release these sex messages. So he paid her because he didn't want it to come out because it was a high-risk pregnancy. And because of how hot things are with him, now everybody picks up his stuff. So he was trying to, you know, clean it up and it just took its own life from there. But the girl is a real

girl. He's said that multiple times. That's why he's like, just ask me the facts, y'all. I'll tell you what's going on. Because he does address a lot of his own stuff. Well, make sure you subscribe to the All of Smoke Podcast on the Black Effect. I Heart Radio Podcast Network. Yes. My guys, Matt Barnes, is Stephen Jackson.

With Lauren. All right. Now, when we come back, we got the mix. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody is DJ NV. Just hilarious.

Shalameen de Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, this weekend, you're doing something special for Baltimore. Yes, I'm bringing Christmas to Baltimore. So I have two shows at the Nevermore Hall, downtown guys get you, well, damn, I was ready to get your tickets,

but the event is sold out. It's a community event given by the More Love Foundation. That's my foundation. we are doing a toy drive. So it's toys for littles, man. Everybody gets in if they bring a brand new toy for a kid, so we're expecting anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 toys that we're going to be able to bless families with, man,

because everybody deserves Christmas. So if you weren't able to reserve a ticket for this show, and it's already at capacity, I'm sorry, I will be in D.C. next weekend. That's Thursday to Sunday, too, December 18th, through the 21st, I'll be at the D.C. Improv. So get your tickets, and those ain't free. So, Jesselariousofficial.com

And I will be doing meet and greet because I know D.C. got security at the D.C. Improv, y'all. Love you guys. D.M.V. I'm coming. Salute to Ryan Sourhan for joining us this morning with Tricia Lee and Jeffrey St. Amman. Salute to Ryan, Sirham. And make sure y'all check our owning Manhattan season to now on Netflix. That's right. And also, Swayvo Twain.

That is the son of Angie Stone and DeAngelo. He has a new song, Dubso and talks about everything that's going on with him. So salute to him. For stopping through. Salute to Swaybo, Tewan, my 803 brother, man, Metro, Columbia all day. That brother is holding his head in grief. That's right.

So eloquently. Yeah. Salute to him. Now, you got a positive note? I do, man. I want to remind people that there are 22 days left in the year. 22 days left in the year, okay? And I want to remind you all of what this year was.

2025 is the year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac. What does that mean? Well, it calls on you the share. anything that no longer supports your well-being, including those snakes in the grass in your life, okay? You were supposed to move with purpose this year, not pressure. Okay, you should transform quietly yet powerfully. You're supposed to act with intention this year and respond with precision,

and you're supposed to let your growth speak louder than revenge ever could. So you got 22 days, all right? You got 22 days to acknowledge that, you know, this is the year of the snake. And I also want you all to know that this year of the snake met the universe, year nine okay nine is the highest level of change so it's a perfect alignment for growth all right release the baggage you've carried for too long move with intention and let your evolution be the ultimate flex you got 22 days okay 22 days to acknowledge that and lean into that power and we'll see you in 2006 not saying this our last day I'm just letting you know

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