The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Marvin Sapp on Church Donations, Stephen A. Smith Sparks LeBron-Kobe Debate, Tamar Braxton & Ryan Davis Interview

Episode Date: March 28, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Tamar Braxton talks about her cooking show, Kandi Burruss, Toni Braxton, her celibacy journey, and cheating. Plus, comedian Ryan Davis stops by to discuss his 'Underrated' Netflix special, family, Eddie Murphy, and Kevin Durant. And Charlamagne Tha God Gives Donkey of The Day To Marjorie Taylor Greene, Who  Snaps When Asked About Signal Leak. Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm not even talking about that. I'm talking about the fact that he feels the need to defend himself as an entertainer and as a comedian You don't have to tell me why you opened up the Chappelle, how many shows you do, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like, come on, Donnell. We know you're great. You've been out here making, listen, if you've been out here making a living doing what you love to do for 30 plus years,

you are successful. Bottom line, point blank, period, it don't matter what nobody say. I keep telling everybody over and over, success is subjective. I mean, happiness, as long as you're happy, you're successful. But something must be bothering him

because I don't know if you heard the interview, but I didn't even ask him. I didn't hear it. I didn't ask him. He just started going. I'm like, all right, let's go. Listen, man, to everybody out there listening to me, if you are happy doing what you do

and you've been doing it for a long time and you got food on the table and a roof over your head, you are successful. Don't let nobody tell you different. That's right. But listen, this is the thing, maybe he was already like always feeling like that, but this was just like the tipping point for him because it felt like a therapy session, like the interview. And it's good that you weren't here.

I'm glad I wasn't. It's nothing that you weren't here. I'm glad I was nothing he says serious So I'm glad he got to express himself to be vulnerable with another brother in the room Because Lauren was bothering me in the room me sir Me sir me hello. Hi me. Oh, hi. My name is hi Okay, yes More guys was be able to do that mr. Mental health advocate Well listen Donnell is on my line every every day and I tell him the same thing, okay? You gotta be secure in yourself.

Right before you crack jokes and laugh at him. That's right because what Darnell wants is the validation of other people. Yes. There's not a therapist alive that'll tell you to seek the validation of other people to be secure in yourself. But I think with Darnell and maybe next time we can talk to him about this in depth but I feel like he feels like he's funny and I feel like people don't find people fight like they play with him and he find him he's feel like

he's underrated that demand is you know you know the man hilarious that man is gonna be here all weekend with sold out shows that what are we talking about city water yep but I can't but I can't convince you that you dope yeah well I can't convince you that you dope you got to believe that in yourself I can't convince you that you don. I can't convince you that you dope. You gotta believe that in yourself. I can't convince you that you dope, Donnell. Well, Ryan Davis, comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us this morning. Hey, and guess what? You ain't gotta convince Ryan he dope. Okay, Ryan no he dope. Why? Why?

You don't gotta convince Ryan he dope. Drop on the clues bar for Ryan Davis. Confidence through the roof. Well, Donnell Ronlund's actually sat in during this interview as well, so you'll hear him chiming in and talking about his feelings. Why y'all do that? Um.

If I'm a comedian, I don't want no comedian sitting in on my interview. It was a good conversation. Donnell probably just came in there, you know how Donnell is. Yeah. Like Ray J, he do what he wants. But it was good for Donnell because Ryan.

You got to see what confidence looks like? Oh my goodness. What? See, that's the reason why. Yeah, there you go. That's the reason why. There you go though, another comedian helping out another comedian. Okay, I like that.

Because Ryan didn't seem like he cared, you know what I mean? So. Yeah, but you know what? They had great conversation and you'll see because Ryan, I guess, is more white, I guess, consumers that go to his shows and do all that stuff.

So he talks about how that makes him feel because he's like, yo, I'm black. But when I go to my show, sometimes I don't see as many black people. So him and Don now were able to vibe and kind of conversations about that. So they'll be joining us in a little bit. And also Tamar Braxton will be here. Oh, oh, my girl. That's my boo. Yeah, she has a new cooking show with her mom, Tamar and Miss E. So we'll talk to her about that.

She's back on the tour. She's back doing music. So we'll talk to Tamar. She talks about all her beefs and everything that's been going on in the last couple of years. So Tamar will be joining us as well. So let's get the show cracking. We got front page news.

Morgan will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody, it's E, J, N, V, Jess, and Larry. It's Charlamagne the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Morgan?

Yeah, let's do it. What's up? Happy Friday to y'all. How y'all feeling? Bless Flack and Holly favorite. How are you, Morgan? I'm good, girl. All right. I'm doing good. Let's get into it. So this group chat is growing legs, isn't it? The story where the journalist was added to the group chat with intelligence officials, well, that continues to develop, especially among those in Congress. A federal judge is ordering Trump

and his administration, the agencies, to keep the messages sent on the Signal app after military attack plans were accidentally shared with a journalist. Now, Judge James Bullisburg ruled the agencies must preserve texts from March 11th through March 15th. The Justice Department said they are working to track down and keep messages from that time period.

For what? Because ain't nobody going to be fired. So what's the point? I mean, you know, I mean, one thing they was keeping it because they were going to, you know, have some evidence to build a case to get somebody up out of there, but ain't nobody getting fired for this? Well, this comes after an advocacy group sued, claiming department secretaries and intelligence chiefs ignored federal records laws by using the auto-delete features on the app.

Now, Republicans have been downplaying the breach, which saw officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the National Security Advisor of Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard discussing airstrikes in Yemen now the editor of the Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg was somehow added to the chat which mentions times and methods of the Houthi rebels targets so to your point yes Charlemagne we will see what happens with it but meanwhile house speaker Mike Johnson says the house investigation into this doesn't seem necessary he believes coverage yeah he believes the coverage on the incident has actually been overblown let's hear those comments from speaker Johnson I haven't had a chance to review

all that but I'll tell you that the national security team is doing an extraordinary job they have accomplished that mission it was a success president has full trust and and Mike Walton I do as well as a former colleague and someone I've known a long time it's been overblown I think by the media. I think this is a mistake, it was acknowledged as such, I'm certain it will not happen again. Yeah, I truly can't believe there's going to be no consequences for this situation. Like this should have been an immediate firing. All this classified information being discussed on signal. Signal and nobody is getting fired and like this has not been overblown. In fact, it hasn't been blown up enough

So, uh, yeah, so the Republican In fact, this has now become a bipartisan issue the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Roger wicker of Mississippi He says his panel wants an inspector general investigation into the leak of sensitive data In the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be fired. Now Schumer spoke out about the reported military plans being discussed on that signal app.

Let's take a listen to Charlemagne's favorite Democratic senator to hate on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as he comments on the leak chat as well. This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time. It's bad enough that a private citizen was added to this chain,

but it's far worse that sensitive military information was exchanged on an unauthorized application. Yeah. I mean, he's right. He's absolutely right. And this is incompetence at the highest level. And this isn't a Democrat or Republican thing. You know, it's an American thing.

There's no American that should be okay with this. I wonder how much other things were sent on that app that we just don't know about. That's a problem. Yeah. And that's essentially probably why they want to reserve or preserve those texts. So House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, he also wrote a letter to President Trump

demanding Hexseth be fired, saying he recklessly and casually disclosed highly sensitive war plans. And of course, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson Hexseth continues to reiterate that there was no classified materials or war plans shared. So we will continue to see how this plays out. In the meantime, that's your front page news for 6am at 7am. 7 a.m. Envy, can we talk about what's going on with your G-men? The Giants?

Yeah. Of course, we can do that next time. Come cool with that. You gotta say it. You gotta say Giants, man. You can't just say G-men on this show. Come on. Damn, Envy talking about gay men this early? Yeah, that's why I took a step back and was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051.

It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. What up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool. We wanna hear from you on the Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now, he'll tell you what it is. We live? Hello, who's this?

Yeah, what's up Envy? What's up, Trav? Jazz, what's up baby? What's up boo? What's up star, how are you? Pigs, what up sis, how you? Now I'm doing good, just taking on my bro and checking on my girls.

See how y'all doing? We are blessed, black and highly favored, brother my brother who you getting into this weekend So we all use the public restroom right do y'all put your bare butt cheeks on the public toilet Oh, no, no, sir. I don't think anybody does no Okay, I had to stop talking to this guy because he'd be out here bare button public toilet seats And you were trying to tell me that it is actually sanitary should not put the liners down on toilet seats You know what's so crazy? I just called and I was talking to be and he just answered the phone. He said he heard the same thing that is sanitary. Why? He's gonna be a bottom. Yeah. We're gonna get a bump on your butt. Don't sit on public

toilet seats please with your bare butt. That's nasty. Yeah the only way it would be unsanitary is if you're using the same liner as somebody. Now that's nasty. Imagine seeing the liner already on the toilet and you sit on the line and you like thank you God But all right y'all you have a good weekend good Friday, it's freaky freaky Friday make sure y'all do something freaky today You know what? I asked you who you was getting into Business are Goodbye hello, who's this These are you Solomon the guy? Please King good morning

Yes, I gotta get out my chest Donna Rollins There's clearly one of the funniest people on the planet because he's doing it for this long at the highest level For you to come at the breakfast club and complain that people aren't taking you seriously cover them to them, it's a little wack. I agree. And it's ingenious. You, on one interview, you said you had a book and brought out a pamphlet. He was being funny though. Like, come on, yo.

He was being funny. But I get it, but you hear David Chappelle, Kevin Hart, when they speak in interviews, they're funny, but you also have real conversations with them. I see that, man. It's always a joke, you know that. Donnell, it's always a joke. You know, man. But hey, they swooped it down on Rollins.

You know, you one of the greatest to ever do it. Stop crying. Love to the Breakfast Club. Y'all have a good morning. Peace, King. And that's really what it boils down to. You are great at what you do, Donnell. He is.

Stop crying. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Call up next 800 585 105 1 that's just me. I'm with the coach of Philip. Hello. Who's this? What's up breakfast? This is uber Mike. It's been a while. How y'all doing?

What's up over Mike Mike Mike Mike? Hey, hey two things real quick. Charlie. How's that Prius treating you? Prius doing good, man. You know saying hey Hey, I love it man and two things. No, this is the last one Lauren LaRosa and Jess Aleris, hey, I love y'all. Y'all keep those knuckleheads in line. I just, I'm late to the party, but I just wanted to say y'all are incredible and I just wanted to send my love to both of you guys. Thank you.

We appreciate that. All right, y'all have a good one, okay? Yes, so everybody who drives a Prius, man, exceptional fuel efficiency. Environmentally friendly car got comprehensive safety features too. This guy's lying he ain't got no I haven't seen no Prius who makes a Prius? Toyota. What you talking about? Big Dink got one too. I heard she got two of them put together. You ain't never seen nothing like that. I Will Hello

Jamal what part of Jersey Elizabeth all right, what's up, brother get off your chest what's going on? Hey, I tried to call in I wanted to get my take on that conversation about swiss beat and Alicia Keys never get into an argument I just say I just think that that's unrealistic You know I'm saying me and my wife been together 13 years man, and we argue at least once every two weeks But we get it together But I just don't think is realistic for a couple to be together that long and now argue I think it's kind of healthy we get into arguments once in a while you know that I agree and then on top of that then on top of

that the makeup sex after the argument be the best that's right my wife just for the makeup sex that's right that's right I don't think is like it's not realistic and the way that usher grumped Alicia Keys and that in that And the way that Usher groped Alicia Keys in that performance, I know that was an argument. There's no way that wasn't an argument. You know what's so funny? My wife said something to me the other day about that argument discussion. She actually had texted me while we was having it and she said that, what did she say?

Oh, she said the combo is pointless because there is no baseline for what an argument is. An argument in quotation marks and whether or not you've had one is subjective. And I believe that. I believe some people don't even know when they're having an argument is an argument in quotation marks and whether or not you've had one is subjective and I believe that I believe some people don't even know when they have an argument. Yeah, man. We got a friend right me and my wife got a friend right and we were over did we have this conversation about a year ago. We're in my kitchen we were talking about it and they said they never argue that night they started arguing. I'm like no way I'm I'm debating because I'm like yo there's no way you guys don't argue. This, that, and the third.

And they're going back and forth. They're like, no, we don't argue. And right then they start arguing. Hilarious. Well, an argument is an exchange of opposite of views, typically a heated or angry one. So in any relationship that has happened. An exchange of views that's heated is an argument. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I mean, I don't care if you don't think it is. R could be the other way, right? It could be an exchange of views, but without the heat. So you don't think you're arguing, but it's still an argument. It could be, yeah, right. It could be more of a debate or just a disagreement,

but it doesn't have to get heated. I just don't like, like you said, Charlemagne, like let me know how that works, like how you do that. I just, I don't understand it. You know what I'm saying? Like sometimes, and just because you argue, that don't mean, I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's normal.

Like I said, I think it's healthy. Sometimes I'm not arguing with my wife and it'd be something petty like, hey babe, where my work pants at? Oh, you didn't dry them? You know I needed them for the next day. That's an argument, but we get over it. You know what I'm saying?

Jamel, let me ask you a question. You a Giants fan? No, no, I'm not really into the sports. I'm a truck driver. Okay, all right. Okay. We'll be safe out there. I'm running late for work right now.

Hey, Jeff Hilarious, I love you guys. Charlamagne the God, I love you. Thank you, King. Me and my boy, I'm a truck driver. He a truck driver, and I told him about it. And we joke all the time. Every, me and my boy, I'm a truck driver. He a truck driver and I told him about it. And we joke all the time. Every morning when I call him, he always like, Shawn LaMane the guy,

Jamaican cap from Florida. It's just funny, I listen to you guys every day. Thank you brother, I appreciate you. Definitely, definitely. You guys enjoy your day. All right brother, thank you. Slept all the Jamaicans that listened to the Breakfast Club, man, I was at the airport the other day

and they were very in tune to the Beanie Man interview and they said we have to have vibes cartel up here vibes is coming to New York next couple of weeks April 11th yes you know why I know that cuz so many people told me that at the airport that's right literally April 11th that's right I love you Jess you my guy what is the second time some traps and that do y'all do literally no ain't no y'all he said it to me. He was like you my bro Y'all my bros like no You and Lauren you love what y'all guys do Somebody said that this morning. Yeah

Hello, what y'all guys do is I love you. Just you my guy like yo, yo, stop playing with me. It's too early And I did see you blush when he said he was a truck driver too. I did see the little blame. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest with Lauren coming up. Yes, we do. So preacher Marvin sap.

He's being dragged to the gods right now. He locked the doors of the church during the tithes and offering and say yo, I need 40K or nobody getting about it here. He's responded. The people are pissed off. We're going to talk about it. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody is DEJ, Envy, Jess, Hilarious, Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight back. She gets into somebody that knows somebody. Okay, so preacher gospel recording artist Marvin Sapp is in some trouble right now. He was trying to collect $40,000 during an altar call from his church and the people

are not upset about it. Now there's some people in this church, in this story we're talking about that are saying that Marvin Sapp never would have made it if they were in this church because he started asking for this money and told the ushers to lock the doors and close the doors until they collected it. Let's take a listen to him. That's how you get shot. There's 1,000 of you. I said close them doors. Close the doors. We are going to lead together. There's 1,000 of you tonight and those that are watching. It's a thousand that's watching online. If I get a thousand online to give this, if I get a thousand in the sanctuary to give this, that's forty thousand dollars tonight.

I'm challenging each of you all down here to give a twenty dollar seed. I actually think twenty dollars is a lot of money. Twenty dollars believe it or not, when my late wife Melinda P. Sappers alive was a good date. I could take her to the movies, buy popcorn, get one soda, two straws. I wasn't cheap. That's swag. I was looking her eyes. She's looking in mine. But I need everyone standing up here with us, with me to plant a seed of $100. Because again, it costs to sit up here. And this is what I need you to do. If you're giving electronically, or you

think you're giving tangibly, I'm going to have y'all come to the altar and give it because I need to see a thousand people moving. Take your phone and stick it on the on the bucket giving his worship. That's so damn tacky. That's a crime like how you can hold us hostage until we give you a hundred dollars. You're right. Us is locked the door. That has absolutely nothing to do with God. I mean for and first of all what if the congregation don't got it? What if some of them there because they're looking for a blessing. They tell you give 10% of what you got what if you ain't got nothing? Yes. 100%. But that's why people look at the church the way that they look at the church. Don't blame that on the church. But that's how Marvin, but that's how people look at the church. They

feel like every church is like that. They feel like they say come as you are. And if I come bro and you say not gonna let me go unless I put my phone on the bucket and what bill Marvin Sapp got that he's trying to catch up on I'm like Yeah, like cuz you know, it's tax time. I don't know if he backed up, you know If he had or anything, but this is crazy from a year ago, though I've got to say so this is actually from July of 2024 But it just went re viral again because it you know churches do the online Sermons now so the video is out there online of the full church service and it just went revival again with people taking issue to

it now. Revival better be a real word Lauren. I said it went viral again. You said revival. You said twice. You doubled down on that revival. Well, revival, revival, whatever the church is getting into me I'm feeling the gospel over here. Well, it went so viral again that he had to, I don't think it went viral the first time. It went viral this time again. It went viral this time to the point where Marvin Sapp had to actually come out and add some context. So he says, let's add context to this clip on social media. Recently, this clip has gone viral, challenging 2,000 individuals virtually in in person to

plan a seat at $20 during an international gathering held at the Convention Center with over 4000 people in attendance that evening plus the virtual viewers. And that same moment I also challenged the leadership to lead by example by selling $100 apiece that evening I personally gave much more because he talked about having to pay $2,000 to renew his ability to lead the church and the money he gave right before he went into it and went into this. He says now some have taken issue with a particular moment when I started the ushers rather first dollars to renew his ability to lead the church and the money he gave right before he went into this. He says, Now some have taken issue with a particular moment when I instructed

the ushers rather firmly to close the doors during the offering to those unfamiliar with the church context or who may not regularly attend worship gatherings. This has been misinterpreted as holding people hostage as well as offensive. That was never my intent. And y'all know when the pastors be praying at the end the church and they be like I sit down don't leave yet. We not done. That's different than closed doors by the way You already feel like you're being held hostage in a long church service anyway, okay Now you won't close the door. No, no, no, actually black church. You there from like eight They're like four so where did the number 40,000 come from?

I did a number of people the number of people cuz he asked for $20,000 he asked for $20. $20,000. Oh for 2,000 people? Okay, I got it. Yeah, so $20, a thousand people person, thousand people online. $20, $40. And then he told everybody, you up here with me in the pool pit, baby, it pay to play. A hundred? You better pay to play. A hundred dollars. That's the VIP. Premium bottles up here. Okay, alright. If you're after all that money, you gotta do more than preaching though. You gotta do more than be preaching though. You have to do more than be preaching. Ain't no fish fry, ain't no water being turned into wine. You're not going to perform Never Would Have Made It. Something got to happen.

For a $20 cover job. Remember they used to have the dinners after the church. You used to have somebody cooking or something because everybody be sitting there so long they'd be hungry. Sorry to cut you off Jess, but he was saying, no you're not. Shut up. He was saying that after this church service, he said don't rush out of here. We ain't going nowhere but to the restaurant after.

So they wasn't serving food. He knew people wanted to eat after. You can't spend all that money and not have no food on deck. Like that's the least, I would be like, yo $20, all you can eat afterwards. You know, Shirley them in the back, they got the big chicken, the fried chicken,

everything you want. But then he gotta pay for the food. That he's really not making the money that he needs for whatever he needs the money for. And Marvin Sapp got money, man. Look at Marvin Sapp. He said that he did this because when any time finances are being received in a worship gathering, it's one of the most vulnerable and exposed time for both the people who have the finance and the security teams. Movement during the sacred exchange can be distracting, at times

and even risky. So his directive was not about control. It was about creating a safe focus in a reverent environment for those choosing to give and for those handling the resources. And unfortunately, in this social media age, snippets are easily shared without context and assumptions are quickly made without understanding the full picture. Oh, by the way, there was a conference. By the way, I've got a full Mandela network. I totally understand the context. I don't like it. I've been to churches that have done stuff like this. I've been to masses that have done stuff like this. I've been to mosques that have done stuff like this. You've been to church where they said lock the doors?

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They're going to kill me. Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Basically, like, you know, who got the first thousand dollars? Who got the first hundred dollars? Like, yeah, it's like forcing people to probably spend money that they don't have. But basically like, you know who got the first thousand dollars who got the first hundred hours like yeah It's like forcing people to probably spend money that they don't have and then you know when you're doing it under the guys of God I don't like that because people feel like they have to do that because you know, God wants them to do it like no Don't lock me in like if I didn't have it when the door was unlocked

Like if I didn't have it when the door was unlocked, I'm not Said now you lock the doors and they rain down on me Right, like what that's crazy. Wow one dollar one dollar one dollar one dollar one dollar lady with the wig three dollars three dollars That's crazy lady with the wig Talk like that so that went above my head my past is a black I don't talk like that. So that went above my head. My past is a black guy. So I don't know where you be. Nothing going above your head. Nothing above that. That weed was too high.

That weed was too high for something to go above your head. You stop repeating. What happened? We had so much good time in here when you weren't here yesterday. Literally the best time. It was so peaceful, right? Yeah. They be lying to y'all.

Yesterday they was talking about how jacked up Lauren's wig was. I don't know if that was true or not. First of all, the- I see your comment. Yeah. I see your comment. He kept talking about my legs. First of all, the- I see your comment. Yeah. I see your comment. He was talking about my lace. First of all, we got it together.

Oh, do you admit that the comment was correct? The comment just said your wig was sitting a little bit too high. No, no, no, that wasn't correct. That wasn't correct. Okay, okay, okay. We had some buildup on the lace, but we got it together.

I don't even know what that means. But her wig ain't ever sitting up too high. Thank you, Jess. No, it's not. Just a little high? She's sitting up like a Chevy on 24th. Thank you Jess. No it's not. Just a little high. She's sitting up like a Chevy on 24. What you talking about?

Oh okay. Oh my goodness. That is the latest with Lauren. That is the latest with Lauren. Just because your feet be swinging when you sit up high you upset at me and my unit for being where you can't see. Please mind your business okay. Stay where you are thickums.

Alright. Tamar Braxton when we come back her new, Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Miss E. We'll talk to her next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into The Breakfast Club.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Nega. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. What's up, Morgan? Yeah, Envy, I know you like to start with sports sometimes, but what's going on with your team up there, your football team and you know I got you. So Russell Wilson, who just days ago signed with the Giants, he believes he is the best option to start for his

new team. The Giants new signal caller was introduced to the media in a presser on Wednesday and he said he expects to be the starting quarterback. Let's take a listen to Russell Wilson. Yeah, I expect to be the starter and come in here and be ready to rock and roll every day. I think to be able to lead, I think this team's really looking for somebody to lead them in every way in terms of the process in the off season, during the season,

our habits and our thought process and how we create a great winning culture and how do we continue to establish that and to really build on the things that we do well and the things that we continue to need to do. I think New York's going to be wicked man. Like I can't wait to you know get in the Giants locker room and get wild. Oh my goodness. I'm gonna get crazy. I mean I think Russell Wilson I think he still has some gas in the tank but you know he's older he's 36, 37 years old he's you know on the tail end of his career. I hope that the Giants pick a quarterback.

I know they were talking about getting linemen and offensive linemen, but I would like Shidora. Let's be clear. Russell Wilson had a great year last year. He did. What's going to cause Russell Wilson's career to come to an end is playing for the New York Giants. Or the Dallas Cowboys. He's the boss.

That's going to be the problem. So, NFP East, quick question about that though. Alright, maybe y'all can answer this for me. So is it, do you get to pick where you want to go? Like when you've been in the league long enough or do you just have to, they just like give you away or trade you their stuff? Like you don't have no say in where you go? No, you can say, but he didn't.

He didn't. It depends. If your contract's over, then you can decide where you want to sign with. You know, sometimes they have no trade clauses. You can go where you want to go. You can tell, you can force a trade. Like I want to be traded to such and such. That don't mean that they'll do it, but you can say it. Right. Right. Right. So Wilson, who did win Super Bowl 48 as a member of the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium, he officially joined the G-Men or the Giants less than a week after

the team signed veteran QB, Jameis Winston,, excuse me, Jamis Winston as a free agent. New York also resigned Tommy Devito earlier this off season. So to get another quarterback in the, in the draft and Shador Sanders at that envy, you got big dreams. I didn't know Jamis Winston signed with the Giants. He signed with the Giants and resigned the Vito, but I just think you got too many quarterbacks at this point that this tells me that they might not be going for Shador,

which is a stupid situation. Shador's young, he's talented, he's somebody that can hold down that franchise for a long time. I like Russell, I love Russell actually. I think Russell got some more gas in that tank, but I just don't know if I would not draft Shador. By the way, Jameis Winston being drafted by the Giants,

fantastic signing, not for the Giants, but for New York media. This is where James Winston needs to be to further his media career. You hear me? James Winston in New York with New York media is going to be incredible. Now don't get it twisted, we got some weapons. So we'll see. This should be interesting. Yeah. I mean, we'll go further than the Cowboys. Woo. He said that early. All right. So in other, in other news, y'all, let's get back to the political spectrum. Elon Musk, he says he doesn't think he'll be working at the Department of Government Efficiency much longer. He spoke to Fox News and he said he believes Doge will reach their goal amount of government

waste fraud removed within his 130-day mandate. Let's take a listen to Elon Musk. We are cutting the waste and fraud in real time. So every day that passes, our goal is to reduce the waste and fraud by $4 billion a day every day, seven days a week. I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that timeframe. So 130 days is the legal timeframe given to a special government employee, which is that is what Musk is. He's not an elected official to stay on the job only 130

days and so he's coming up on that time and he believes of course as he mentioned in the audio that they can cut the deficit by 1 trillion dollars within that time frame there's no way there's no way he is gonna cut one trillion dollars from the federal government without doing irreparable damage to our society and you're not gonna cut that type of money if you're not going to the Department of Defense if you're not making cuts in the Department of Defense if you're not making cuts in the Pentagon and not making cuts to our military you're not getting nowhere near that number. You're just gonna end up firing a whole bunch of people

cutting a whole bunch of jobs that people need to be doing. Well that's been the case. That's been the case. That's essentially what DOJ is doing and then only for some of the judges to turn around and then reinstate those workers. So we will see. Yeah, I can't imagine that this is going to be cleaned up to what Musk is saying. In other news, the FAA is telling Congress it must do more to ensure flying remains safe. Following that midair collision over Washington DC that killed 67 people on January 29th,

now the agency's acting administrator, Chris Rushlow, he told us in a hearing yesterday, we have to get smarter about how we use data, adding safety investigating must evolve. Let's hear more from Chris Rushlow, the FAA acting administrator. Something was missed at the DCA crash. I take that seriously.

I take that upon myself. Something was missed and there and since that time we've been using new tools available to us, artificial intelligence, machine learning. Yeah. So investigators have highlighted 85 close calls around Reagan, DCA for those who know the codes, over the last three years before the crash. But Rushlow admits alarming,

alarming trend was missed. So yeah, again, yesterday it was bridges. Something that's in think about today. It's aviation. Just something to think about. And do we got time for one more real quick? Yes, no. Y'all heard about what happened with Salinas

So the woman who murdered Teyano superstar Selena has been denied. Yeah. Yeah So the Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Yolanda Saldivar did not pass her parole Review process it'll be 30 years to the day next Monday that Saldivar shot and killed the singer in a hotel in Corpus Chrissy, Texas now Saldivar was the killed the singer in a hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Now Saldivar was the president of Selena's fan club and the star had just found out she was embezzling from her when she confronted her. Saldivar is now 64 and she is serving a life sentence for Selena's murder. Her next parole review date will be one to five years from now. So yeah, anything for Selena, you know, but that's your front page news

I'm black sir Black sir, okay Americans have a very strong appreciation to the music and legacy of Selena, of course, you know Oh my god We all love Selena's, you know anything for Selena's but that's your front. Yeah, that's your front page news I'm putting the ass on it that you didn't see the movie. No Salinas, yes They say everything anything for basically her pet her family had broke down on the side of the road and when they found out

They were asking for help and these guys pulled up You know very I hate to say stereotypical kind of you like seen but um when he when they went to help The family they were like yeah anything for Selena's But yeah, not I mean, you know Selena we like we like Selena anyway. So that's your front page news. Follow me on social at Morgan Media and for more news coverage, make sure you're following at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeart radio app and visit us at BINnews.com. Thank you.

Have a great weekend and happy Friday. See you. I moved to Selena. Very tragic story. I know nothing about Selena. I know about the movie that Jennifer Lopez was in and that's it. I'm not. You should know as a Dominican man.

I don't even know a song. She had to learn Spanish. She didn't even sing. She had to learn Spanish to sing those songs in Spanish. That's right. That's right. But Envy knows Spanish. He tried to act like he don't know because he'd be out here trying to act black. Kay. Hey, yo. Kay is crazy. Listen, don't go. All right. Well, thank you guys. Now when we come back, Tamar Braxton will be joining us. She has a new cooking show called Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Miss E, which is her mom. We'll talk to her next. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne

the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lorna Roses here as well. We got a special guest in the building. We have Tamar Braxton. Welcome back. Hi, thanks. How you feeling? I feel great. How you feeling, friend? I'm good. I can't complain. You got a lot going on. I do. Let's start first with the cooking show. We have a cooking show. We're going to start positivity. Yes.

It's so positive. Uh oh, here we go. Oh, you know you act great. Okay. Well, you know, I have a cooking show with my mom, and this has been a lifelong dream for her. And it's been 10 years in the making. And everybody knows I've been very open and honest about our situations at WeTV like years ago and why we couldn't

do other things. And so the opportunity presented itself again 10 years later and here we are. It's probably one of my favorite projects that I've put out since the Braxons. Wow. Yeah. What are y'all cooking on the show? What kind of food? Like what type of meals? Okay, so last night's episode that came on, I made like rasta pasta. Okay. So it's like easy stuff. Yeah.

Right? Okay, okay. Who tastes it and says it's good? Do you have any judges? Well, I do have different people on there. My sister Trina came on there. My son comes on there. He's very honest like me. And Mitch, he's on there too. Like, I mean, we have real people on the show. Like, it's real behind the scenes people who is honest.

But my food is always good though. Yeah, I sing and I cook. You sing on the show, you sing and you cook. No, in my life. I sing and I cook. What's your go-to dish? Like, what's your favorite? What you want.

Oh wow, you like that. It's good like that. It gives that. What's your go-to dish for a man? That's to impress a man. What go-to dish for a man? What are you going to cook for the man? So if he likes cheese, this is what I say, always go to Alfredo. Homemade Alfredo or some type of salmon and spinach.

Yeah, because it looks like you put a lot of effort into it, but there's really no effort. Yeah. I feel like sometimes the guys be coming at like they make Alfredo and Sam and seem like if you cook that you don't really know how to cook. Like they come at those meals sometimes. Well, I've only been single for a little while, so this is my first time hearing that. I've been out here. I've been out here. She's been single for a long time.

Don't say a long time. It's been about like a year. Like, don't do me. Look on me, Nabra. I forget. You know what? If we go to a restaurant, right? Yeah. Nine times out of ten, and you don't know the food, you're going to pick something safe.

And what does it say? A salmon dish with spinach or some type of greens. Or like mashed potatoes, right? Yeah. And you're going to be satisfied. So why not do that at home? It's an easy one, yep. Now you look, you're very glowy right now.

Yes! Absolutely. Oh, we took off our glasses! The skin that you had taken glasses off. The blue liner underwear you had on. Yeah you look good. She knows a little vibe, a little biker vibe. So what changed? Because I know sometimes you didn't seem as glowy, you didn't seem as happy.

What got you to a place where you look happy? Like you look very happy. Really? I mean I am happy. I feel like I'm always happy. I don't know, I took a year off to be by myself and to really heal and to really figure out what I wanted in my life and where I wanted to go and maybe that's what that is. Do you love love?

Are you ready to get back into love and back into dating? I've seen you post something about you gotta make sure people don't have HIV which was just totally... Well not that, I said I'm on prep. Okay, go prep, okay. It's true though. You know, I don't know if I'm ready for love. I know that I'm ready to, you know, put myself back out there.

Yeah. So what happened in the last relationship? I don't want to talk about that. And the reason why I don't want to talk about that is because I don't want to be disrespectful. You know what I mean? I want to stay on this path of, you know, like it was what it was and it was my favorite relationship until it wasn't. And that's that on that. And there's children involved and I definitely don't want to offend them. And I don't want to keep talking about their dad where they're offended about,

you know, me saying things about him that they feel that is derogatory. You know what I mean? Well, what is your type? I don't know if I have like a real like aesthetic type, but I do know I like nice guys. You know what I mean? I like respectful men. I like men who want to be monogamous, although where are they? Yes. You know, but that's my starter kit. And somebody that can handle Tay.

Really you think so? On all levels. I feel like I'm a lot in a relationship feel like I don't feel like I'm a lot in a relationship. You know, I feel like when it comes to my job, I am very like into it and demanding about that. But in relationships, I'm not a lot, they look like what? I am not a lot, I'm a lot. I'm a lot. He said yes, yes, yes.

I don't think I'm a lot. I feel like I'm very submissive actually. So when it comes to dating, have you thought about with your son? Like how is that going to work? When are you going to introduce him? Does your son have to like, have you thought about that component? He's older now. He's 11. And he's just like you. He that component? So now he's a man just like you

Very honest, so like me and my mother Your mother yes, okay. You know how you get around bottom of people you start talking about. Okay, so here is the thing That's why I say I'm not gonna you know dates Seriously, and so he gets of age because I don't want to keep introducing him to the wrong people. I mean serious Mamma need her. I do. But, you know, it's not really fair to him that these relationships keep going sour. You know, but you don't plan for that.

That's not what you're intent for. I don't. I definitely didn't this last time. But the truth of the matter is, is that it happens. And, you know, I don't't wanna keep introducing my son to these guys and they let him down. Do you think social media plays a big part in breakups? Social media played a big part, I feel like. I wish I could have been, or had the opportunity

to have been more private. But I know the next go round, it will definitely be private. Did you and your son have a conversation about your decision to wait until he was 18? Was he like, hey mom, what if we just kind of like... No, it's not like that. That was a decision that I made because I'm a single mom and I'm in protective mode all

the time of my son. So what happens if you do date somebody and they get close to your son and it doesn't work? Do you still allow them when they break up to still speak to your son or is it a rap? I often do. You let him speak? Yeah. Because that leaves the door open a little bit.

Because I can put my foot in just a little bit. Tell your mama. I don't know about that. I'm a Pisces. Once it's a rap, it's a rap. Yeah. But I feel like the relationship that he has established with that person, that should play out the way that it needs to.

I can't involve myself in that. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. What has your, I know you were celibate for some time. I'm still celibate. Oh, so it's not over yet? For real? No. Okay, is there like a time period that you're doing,

or is it just like when you get to a place spiritually? How long have you been celibate? A year. Yeah. Jesus. Damn, that's, like not even a kiss. Whoa. How do you do that?

Not a kiss. Not a vibrator. Yeah, nothing. How do you do that? Not a vibrator. How do you do that? Nothing. I'm not really a touchy feely kind of person on myself anyway. But like you're still meeting guys though and kind of like you have friends I'm sure casual conversation. I have friends casual conversation but I'm not interested.

That's the one that I've been interested in. Wow. Yeah. You don't earn your own for that feeling that touch that of course I do. But you know, where does that lead to? You know what I mean? If they're not like minded and we're not on the same page, it's like I'm dating for intent, you know what I mean?

And nobody is dating to attend for intent anymore. It's crazy. And what's the longest you ever been celibate? Is this it? This is it. Oh, you hurt right now. I'm actually not. I'm okay. Yeah, I'm super crazy busy and I've done a lot of healing and I've been doing as far as healing. Well, you know, I believe in therapy. Okay. Oh good. Yeah, I really believe in therapy and I've just been taking out time for myself to get to know me, you know Yeah, was your celibacy journey hard in the beginning? No, no

No, Oh, tell him I was fed up fed up cuz I say it a few times that I was gonna be celibate No, I think that you know once you come to a point of where you're ready for a change, you have to start making different decisions to get the changes that you want. That's what you want. What did you learn about yourself? You said you you learned a lot about yourself. What did you learn about that? I was a perpetual relationship person and I just wanted to be in a relationship instead of looking for the right relationship for me. Got you. Yeah.

All right. We got more with Tamar Braxton when we come back. Her new show, Cooking Sessions, Tamar and Miss E comes out every Wednesday on Cleo TV. We'll be back with more Tamar. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy.

We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa is hanging with us as well. Tamar Braxton is in the building. Lauren? But you said, I saw you on Sherry and you said that you are ready to get back to dating. I am. I am. So how does that work with your celibacy? Are you dating people that are also on a celibacy journey? Well, I haven't been on one yet. No date yet? Well, that was just a couple days ago.

Yeah, that was yesterday. Oh, s***. That was yesterday. So ideally for you, what's that first date back outside looking like? I don't... yeah, the outside is weird. It ain't. Yeah. It's very weird. And I don't know what that looks like, sis.

You know what I mean? Because I don't think we all know what that looks like until we meet that person. And they show themselves, right? Yeah. I never imagined at my age or this stage of the game that I'd be single. So it's kind of weird anyway. You know what I mean? So you gotta explain one thing to me though.

We're friends. You talk about HIV prevention. But you celibate. Yeah. So you taking the HIV prevention that early just to make sure? You never know what's gonna happen. But you don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. Never.

I won't be prepared. But I'll say. You celibate until? I'm celibate until it happens. Was there a scare? Because what made you? No, it wasn't be prepared. I'm celebrate until it happens. Was there a scare? No, it wasn't a scare. The fact of the matter is that the outside has changed and people are not monogamous at all. Everybody has the same boyfriend and what is scary for me is actually contracting something because I am looking, you know, and I am dating. So that's what's scary to me.

And then, not for nothing, before HIV, you got chlamydia, you know, you still got the gonorrhea, the herpes, it's a whole bunch of other things. There's crabs still around. There's also medicine for that too. I believe crabs still around. There's also a different kind of prep for that as well. So, you know, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now, prep, period. Hopefully you don't get to that bridge though. You know what? Hopefully not. You know but

I'm not saying I'm out here raw dogging or I'm a raw dogging but you know things happen. You know we're adults. Hello. Yeah. Does it bother you that your whole life is so on social media? Because everything that you do and people are going to compare it doesn't matter who you're dating if you unblock your sister if you block your sister, whatever happens with you, but you guys kind of did it because you did that, but does it involve you now? It's irritating now because I can't really get away

from that stigma that I'm problematic and always the issue, right? But I think that is something we signed up for a long time ago and we didn't know that we were signing up for. So yeah. Does it affect you on business wise like as you're doing new things under your production company and stuff like that? No, I have five TV shows that I shot.

What is this? March 25th, 27th. Five in a can. Love that for you. Congratulations. Thank you. And an album. And a tour. And back to about music. All that. So back making music. Yeah, back making music. What put you back into

that space? Is that your getaway, my zen making music? Yeah, you know, I usually put out a single on my birthday. Remember the last time I was here. Yep. But, and I told you guys that there was an EP that was coming or album that was coming. But then like life happened, right? And I'm but then like life happened right and I'm actually glad that life happened because I feel like this is like my best project. Really? Yeah. Why?

Why do you feel this is your best? Because I am just putting myself out there and putting everything that happened to me especially like within the past year and a half you know I just. So you talk about your relationship and how it affected you in all that life. What was the most difficult thing to do? I was going to say, was it triggering for you? No, it wasn't triggering. It was therapeutic because I'm in therapy.

So it really wasn't triggering. It was actually, you know, I look at it as a sign of release, a sense of release. Yeah. And then you have October Nights. You'll be joining October London for the October Nights. We will be joining each other. Okay, joining each other. On the October nights Calling Our Lovers tour.

And I'm really excited. We're Calling Our Lovers is an album that I didn't get a chance to promote because I got sick. I don't know if you guys remember that was like a couple years ago. And so now that I'm not sick and you know, now that things are going well for me in life, I decided to go back and kind of showcase that album for that tour. I love the fact that the special guest is Ro James.

Isn't that spectacular? Yo, what? Yeah, I can't wait. The tour starts on April 17th. Why you laughing at me? I love Ro James. Pause, pause, pause. You know when New Yorkers say pause, they're about to say something that might sound a

little gay. Okay, what? Roe James came up here one time, right? And Charlamagne looked at Roe James and he was like, he has to be the thickest man I ever seen in my life. Shut up! I swear everything. Why do you say that?

Who was the guy that came up here that you complimented his ass and he got some tight buns? I can't remember his name. Complimented his ass? I ain't never complimented his ass. Yes you did. You complimented his ass. He was doing a drop right through the window and you was like, looked his ass and he got some tight buns. I can't remember his name. Complement his ass, I ain't never complimented his ass. Yes you did, you complimented his ass. He was doing a drop right through the window and you was like, look at his ass. Roe James.

I didn't compliment his ass. You did compliment his ass. I said, God damn, he got a fat ass. What? That's a compliment, right? By the way, you know how a fatter man's ass gotta be for another man to say he got a fat ass? He might need to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Something ain't right with Roe James. Charlamagne thick thick. He thicker than Charlamagne. Like thicker than ass, like he had with Roe James. Shalem ain't thick thick. He thicker than Shalem ain't. Like thicker than ass, like he had a, he was. Yes, he got hips. Oh. Oh, okay. Wow, okay Roe.

There's some guys that have hips. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We like the hip committee. I don't know, no y'all do? You don't like the hip committee? I don't know man, I'm dead and I don't wanna look at your waist and be like. Well not, well not, not a man you dead.

She ain't say when a man you dead. Uh oh. Yeah, no, no, no. Oh, I mean i don't mind if somebody is thick but not my man i just you know i don't wanna be like thin no i like you like a thin on thin cause you thin no i like the like the muscle

and all that but just like the booty and the you know how sometimes you see a man you be like thin yeah like this n***a butt can't be bigger than you yeah like i'm a little jump well mine's just but i'm just not a hip committee. But it's kicking off April 17th in Virginia. In Virginia. And then we go to DC.

I'm excited. I'm excited. I know you are. What's up with you and Candy? Why y'all throwing shame at each other? Okay, so I'm not going to really get into it because I don't want to muster up situation. Okay. So we really basically wouldn't be here if I wasn't lied on. And that's my thing. Like I can deal with anything but don't lie on.

Yeah. You know what I mean? So that's my thing. So wait, when you say lie, you're talking about when Kandi said Ty did not come for you or threaten you, but you said he did when y'all had that backstage moment. So that clip came up that was three years ago. And it really did something to me because she didn't choose to kind of like divert from the situation.

She chose to call me a clown. And that pissed me off because we wouldn't be here had it not been for the lies. You get what I'm saying? But what I don't want to do is continue that conversation and take away from all the hard work that I have been doing these past couple of years and make it about a beef that I actually don't have a person currently. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah. Were y'all ever cool? No. Oh have a person currently. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah.

Were y'all ever cool? No. Oh my God. Yes. Are you kidding me? Like, like the whole escape group, like I am Eris's godmother and Tiny is Logan's godmother. So we have been around each other for like 20, 30 years. And so it was really a lot for us to have that kind of a falling out because of a lie when you just should have told the public you did what you did and it wasn't what it was and everybody moves on. But continuing to stick by the narrative that, oh, it has to be Tamar because Tamar has, it's easy target to me it was wrong and that's where I'm at with it. Is there any chance to reconcile like if somebody put

you on the spot? You have to ask her that you know I just feel like when you lie on a person publicly then it's your responsibility to make that right. Do you feel like you're the easy target when it comes to a lot of things because of the show and your personality and the things that you've been through you feel like you are the easy target? Yeah the Braxas have been on for 12 years That's kind of what I mean earlier too because I feel like a lot of stuff gets thrown on you all the time Yeah Because it's easy because it's easy for people to believe because everyone grew up watching that show and all of these instances with my family

Now I'm not saying I am I'm never wrong or I am the victim. I'm not saying that I'm just saying that it's easy to attach Myself to things and for people to believe it off the bat. Mm-hmm. Yeah, we got more with Tamaul Braxton when we come back It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning Jessalaria Charlemagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club Laura Rose is hanging with us as well Tamaul Braxton is in the building and we were talking about dating this week and you said that you're actively dating. When it comes to dating, does your man get a cheating pass? Right? And this comes from Young Miami. Young Miami said that she would give her man three cheating passes, the fourth one she's out. She's out. But she feels like

every man cheats. Okay. I wouldn't say a pass. Okay. But if he cheated, I do feel like that they deserve a conversation. I don't feel like in life that that is, oh god, I'm going to get myself in trouble. I don't feel like that's a total deal breaker, especially when you have life together, assets together, children together. It is a conversation because there is a breakdown somewhere. You know what I mean? I don't know. I just feel like when you cheat you're not ready. Yeah. Have you ever been a cheater? Oh, I have. It was the worst thing I've ever done. But why? What got you to that point? Was it a drunk night or was it a-

Did you cheat first or you cheated back? I cheated first. I cheated first because I felt like a relationship was not resolved. And you know, I started talking back to that person and I was confused. You spun the block. I spun the block and I was just confused. And that's just the real truth. Yeah. And it was a mistake.

Did you get caught? Or you told on yourself? No, I got caught. Oh damn. That's not a bad cheater. No, I wasn't a bad cheater. I got caught. How'd you get caught? Was it a cell phone cord or was it a phone? It was in my phone. Yep. It was in my phone. It was bad. Was it a picture? It was bad. Jesus Christ. It was

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Yeah. Jess, you got caught before too? Yeah, you see me over here, my hands are getting wet. I'm just praying to God right now. Tell us about it. It's the door. Yeah. Jess, you got caught before too? Yeah, you see me over here, my hands are getting wet. That's all right. I'm just praying to God right now. Tell us about it. That's the worst. I cheated.

And this is the crazy thing. I left my, I left a good relationship to be with my first child's dad. And he, I got with him, and not even 24 hours later, this **** cheated on me. And I tried to go back to the guy like, is it too late? It's too late. Yeah, why the **** you even, you know, so. It's too late. Yeah, why the fuck you even, you know, so.

It's too late. Yeah, I get it. Do you feel like, connection questions, because, okay, we have an open conversation. Do you feel like a man can ever recover from their woman cheating on them? No. Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. You think so?

Absolutely. This how I look at it. If a woman really wants to get back and really wants to change and evolve and make a man feel comfortable, it's the same thing when a man cheats. When a man cheats, what makes a woman feel comfortable again is allowing them to be comfortable, right? I cheated, I talked about it in my book, but I had to be able to be open with my wife where I know that I'm not doing no dirt.

Like, I leave my phone here, here's my phone. She never takes it, but she knows if she wants to, she can. Here's access leave my phone here. Here's my phone She never takes it but she knows if she wants to she can there's access to my my social media Here's access to anything that you need to make you feel comfortable to know that I will never do you know Hey, I'm going on the road babe. You want to come with me? I want her to feel comfortable where she never has that that doubt in her mind ever again And this is the person I'm in with my wife since 15 and 16 31 years So yes, you can so So if she can do that, I gotta put myself in that predicament.

If she cheated on me, would I be able to take that back? It depends how hard it was for her. So you would give them the opportunity. So if it was your wife, you would give her the opportunity? Well, y'all got a lot of stuff. Yeah. Y'all have fears and children.

I think you're the wrong person. I won't. I'm the first man. But no, I would. It would be hard to see because I think for a man, is the fact that I got to see you sucking. That would be hard.

Crazy. On your podcast that you have Life, Love and Beyond, these are the conversations that you're having stuff like that. The conversations that we're having. Because you're so vulnerable. You're so open. It's like having girl talk with you. It is.

Do you ever get nervous though when you're having these conversations that like maybe that ex or like whoever you might have the conversation comes back up on social media and is like, I want to tell my side and that was a whole thing. That's why I'm very skeptical. Okay. About talking about people. Got you. You know what I mean? Because it takes away from everything that you're doing for a moment and it's a complete distraction. So I'm very respectful now of what I say and I make sure that whoever I'm talking about that nobody knows who I'm talking about.

Right. What conversations are you having with your mom while you guys are cooking? Oh, we talk about stuff like that. We talk about that with your mom? Yeah, we talked about last night on the premiere, get them girl like what's the things that you cooked to get them girl. And we talk about kids, we talk about life, we talk about everything. My mom is one of my favorite people. Y'all dynamic is dope, that's why I asked you that. She'll get into the things.

Yeah, she'll get into the things and she's so, I don't know, she's just amazing and she gives the best advice about everything. Listen, you are so right. I sat next to your mother on a flight before, right? We in first class, of course first class. But we sat, I sat right next to her, right? And I was on the phone, I was handling something and we weren't even about to take off yet. They were about to just do that protocol.

That safety demonstration. That protocol thing, right? We weren't even about to take off yet. They were about to just do that that that protocol Right the white flight attendant. She was like you need to get off of your phone I don't know like talking to me crazy and I your mother knew I was about to go off you know And she just put her hand on my knee and she was like mm-hmm Don't that's her because that's what they want you to do. They want she wants you to act up She what she already wasn't the best. She didn you to act up. She already wasn't the best. She didn't greet people. She didn't greet us. It was me and your mother and maybe one other person of color in first class.

Didn't greet us. Didn't, you know, and when she did it was very lackluster. Would you like something to drink before we go? And she was like, that's what she want you to do. Do not do it. Your mother knew I was ready to go in. And then you know who she said you, I remind her of?

Absolutely. Smith sneaking out the house, going to Baltimore, every such and such. Yo man, your mother got into it or got into some things about you and you know your sisters on the flight. But she definitely, if she wasn't there, I probably would have been on the no fly list. The way that lady talked to me was crazy. My mother has a way of being honest with giving it to you in a comforting way. She has a presence.

I love you. Yes, she does. Definitely check out her cooking show, Cooking Sessions with Tamar and Miss E. Tamar is 48 years old. When you see pictures of her 48th birthday, you're like, Jesus Christ, Logan, you better check moms. And he does. He does.

He does. Oh, guys, am I in my new project? I had to block you. I had to block you that week. You blocked me? I did block you that week. What, a friend, you had to unblock me now? I unblocked you now.

Why you blocked me for? You was doing a lot. I was. It was so off point. It was my birthday. It was so off point. Did you see the pictures? No, I did not.

I'm sure the pictures. You said it was so off point? It was so off point. It is not so off point. It's modeling. Why can't I be a model? Well, to show you. It was so good. It was so good. It is not so good. It's modeling. Why can't I be a model?

Well, make sure you check out Tamar Braxton, her cooking shows, cooking sessions with Tamar and Miss E, her new project. And of course she's on tour April 17th. If you're out in Virginia, what part of Virginia? Norfolk. Oh, seven five seven. Oh, Norfolk. Hey, that's what's up.

If you're in the seven five seven, definitely check out. And we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you, Fred. Thank you guys. Hey, my new project comes out on April 11th. April 11th then. April 11th. I love y'all so much. Love you baby. Y'all family. It's Tamaul Braxton, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I'm period. All right, now it's time to get into the latest with Lauren. Lauren be coming with straight face. She gets into somebody that knows somebody.

She gets into details. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on you. The largest. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. But what's the latest? On The Breakfast Club.

Talk to me. Okay, so in the latest right now, there's another part two of the Stephen A. Smith, LeBron James More? Yeah. Because Stephen A. Smith also does first takes. So what we did yesterday here in the latest was Stephen A. Smith responding on his show, The Stephen A. Smith Show. But he also does first takes. So he went on first take and he began to dive all into the whole saga of the drama.

Why Whitney? Exactly. Right. I'm going to use this one. That's right. You have one of the biggest words commentators and one of the in one of the biggest Yeah, you're dang right. He's going to but why die while he was divulging into all of this He made a comment about LeBron not being at Kobe's Memorial, which people didn't take well to let's take a listen to that I suggested he'd be happy with the things that I haven't brought up

I never brought up really and never really discussed why you were not at Kobe Bryant's memorial service. I never really brought up or discussed why you did not attend the Wayne Wade Hall of Fame induction when that man was directly responsible for you capturing a championship for the first time in your career. I brought up none of that. I didn't bring up the fact that even though when people had asked, you had alluded to what had happened tragically to your son and thank God he's okay with his heart condition. I didn't bring up the fact that even though you couldn't go to the Hall of Fame induction of the Wayne Wayne weeks later, weeks earlier, you were out of the country on business. I didn't bring that up. That's your personal

business. Well, you just brought it up and thank you very much Yeah, I enjoyed that 17 minute ran It was very entertaining entertaining and that's hilarious to me when people say what I didn't bring up and then they say what they didn't Bring up cuz they wanted to bring it up I got a tune in the first take it was okay, but why but why go there though? What happened? Why didn't he attend Kobe's memorial or his funeral?

Great question, Jess, because what happened was LeBron was actually there, but reports were that he had asked not to be shown on camera. Let's take a listen to Stephen A coming back in the second hour first take having to correct that. Remember people were blowing up my phone since the first segment of the show when I talked about him at the memorial service. Okay. I didn't mean to say he wasn't in the building.

I was told he was in the building. You understand, but we saw a whole bunch of players out there. We didn't see him. Why? Hmm. I'll let him answer that one day if he still chooses. What? How is that possible though?

Like how is that possible to be at something like Kobe Bryant's funeral and not get caught I'll let him answer that one day if he still chooses. What? Why are you playing? How is that possible though? Like how is that possible to be at something like Kobe Bryant's funeral and not get caught on nobody's cameras, nobody's video? Maybe they didn't let anybody film inside and he came through a back door or came through a side door, not the door that usually, you know, people come through.

Would all those people in there though? They said he was there, they seen him. They just said there was no videos. Oh no, I'm not saying he wasn't there. I'm just saying how did he escape not being on no video or no camera? It came out of back door side door I don't know man with some of the biggest stars and athletes in the world

But is it really a big deal though? Yeah, I'm with you they were like, why does it matter if I attended or not? He was trying to make the point that from what I gathered and Charlie you let me know how you felt But I felt like the rant was him number one saying you're a liar. You're a liar. You're a liar You're not a good person people don't like you and you do bad to people and then you're upset when people talk about it So he was trying to in my opinion trying to make the parallel of like these are people who paid the way who've done good For you, but you would now that you think you are who you are It's like everybody got a kiss the ring and you don't got to care about nobody else Well what he was eluding to was he was saying that LeBron was upset that he wasn't a speaker at the funeral.

Yeah, like it's all about him basically. Yeah. Like yeah, like that's... That's why I'm like, okay let's get to the bottom of it. I'm sitting over here like, well he's not a boys boy. I was confused. No, that's what it was. He was alluding to it because that's what I was told yesterday that he was saying that people were... LeBron wasn't a speaker at the funeral, so that's why LeBron was, I guess, I don't know, upset. I don't know. Y'all won't get to see me on camera. I'm going to play dirty.

And I'm not saying any of this is true. I'm just saying this is what the streets is saying. Yeah. And by streets, I mean group chats. Okay. Well, I mean, we got to trust your sources because I ain't got none in this world. But also too with the Dwayne Wade thing, I know that there were reports that at that time, Bronnie's health situation was happening. Bronnie Jr. So that's why, too, with the Dwayne Wade thing, I know that there were reports that at that time, Bronnie's health situation was happening, Bronnie Jr. So that's why reportedly LeBron didn't show up to the things that Stephen A was mentioning. But there was another part, too, that Stephen A talked about that I thought was hilarious

because did you guys go watch the video of him boxing, sparring? Okay, so that- people have been throwing boxing coaches his way and everything because now there's a company that has come out to TMZ Sports and said, yo, if they really want to do this, we'll make it happen. They are not doing that. Yeah. So, so many different people are like, Hey, like I saw Matt Barnes be like, yo, if you need a boxing coach, I got somebody for you.

But Steven A responded to being posted by LeBron with that box boxing video. In the aftermath of that interview, what does he do? He puts out some page about me boxing and all of this other stuff from a decade ago with two tour rotator cuffs. Fine, no problem. It's a very, very embarrassing video. I'll be the first to say and all that stuff even though I like it to be left up there because if people think I want to throw hands like that, that's how I throw hands, knock

yourself out. I'm good with it. I know that the man I am today is not the man that I was a decade ago. Why do I bring that up? Because that's how petty you've become. You're LeBron James. You that butt hurt over the things that I'm saying that you would post that video. When does LeBron James ever done something like that? But suddenly you're doing that as it pertains to me. This man is in his feelings. I wonder why. Could it be because I don't believe you're the goat?

Because I'll never believe you're the goat? I mean, my God, I have done everything but put diapers and a bib on this brother. Listen, by the way, nobody is losing in this situation. Okay, LeBron is still LeBron. Stephen Hayes having one of the best years a media personality has had in a long time. He started the year with people saying he should run for president. He signed a hundred million dollar

contract and now he's in the beef with the biggest basketball player in the world and his specialty is basketball right in time for the playoffs. I just don't like it man. I mean I enjoy it. That's a lie. You love it. I do but I don't want to see Stephen A Smith and LeBron going back and forth. They knock on box like. Why would you want them to box? I don't. They don't even need to box. I Smith and LeBron going back and forth. They knock on box like, why would you want them to box? I feel like just the verbal sparring is enough for me. And he did say he's asked, he's invited LeBron to conversations that LeBron does not want to do.

And LeBron will never win against a personality that does this for a living. Just like if Stephen A. Smith plays him in one on one basketball, Steve is not going to win. I hope LeBron takes that as a challenge and sit down and has that conversation. To your point, Lauren, I think LeBron could fare better verbally if he went to the right platform. Pat McCaffey may not be able to get that out of him. He'll sit down you know at 7 a.m. in Brooklyn with Mello and Kaz and you know Amaro. Are you gonna sit with Gilbert Arenas and them brothers? You know you might, are you gonna sit with all the smoke? Matt Bond, Steven Jackson, you might get a different side of Bron. That's crazy.

We talked about that yesterday, me and the producers, and we mentioned those platforms. But would Bron want to do it? Like why? Play basketball. Who cares? Like why go back and forth with him? I'm too telling him shut up and dribble. No, I'm just saying. Like why go back and forth? I'm a basketball player. Nah, shut up and drive. I see what you did, Lauren. Okay, go ahead. Okay, as we wrap up, I just wanted to send a congratulations to Arlette and her husband, Arlette. Who is Arlette? She from Delaware?

No, Arlette. Let me get it out. You just said it like we know her. Shout out to Arlette. Her husband, Jackson. Go ahead, just because he won't even let me. Maybe he let you get a word in. Her name is Arlette Amadi. She is the host and actually the creator of the Balloon Pop

series on YouTube. Yes. Going to Netflix now, yo. Yes, it is. Y'all wanna please bomb for Arlette. So shout out to Arlette Amadi and her husband, Bolia, Bolia? Man Tendu.

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Orgy. Yvonne Orgy. Yvonne Orgy? I always say her name wrong. You mean to tell me Yvonne has been on Insecure all of these years, stand up specials on HBO, and you don't know Yvonne, or she's been? I know who she is. Well, she hasn't been since Laura's been here.

First of all, be quiet. You've been talking a lot for me today. I'm doing what you do. I will. Can you please be just? I'm about to go live, Jess. Don't get mad at me, because you don't know black woman's names.

Here you go, Lauren. Don't get mad at me, because you don't know black woman's names. I know her name, and I know who she is. I get her name wrong, and I wanted to get it right So me and just practice it and I still got a little you know, you know, I sir I Know me I want to ask you did you know something but I can't say it on air Orgy hosting it we guys I was a little confused about in the beginning cuz it's like yo

No, why is our let not doing it? But you know, I guess it's like, you know, policy, maybe she's not a bigger name, you know, well, she's not a big name in the industry. So they had to get somebody of a bigger name to host it. But Arlette Amuli is the executive producer. Yep. Her and her husband will be executive producers and Yvonne Orji will be hosting it. Congratulations to them. All right. Now, Shalime, who giving that donkey to? Man, four after the hour, we need Marjorie Taylor Greene to come to the front of the congregation.

We'd like to have a word with her, please. All right, we'll get to that next. So don't go anywhere. And then comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into The Breakfast Club. I was born a donkey.

It's the donkey of the death. This is the donkey. This donkey is the Ever since Atlantic magazine published Secretary of Defense Pete Hexsett's messages to a group chat on Signal discussing classified war plans, Republicans have been turning themselves into Auntie Annie's pretzels trying to defend this foolishness. Some are just brushing it off as an honest mistake. Some are saying they weren't discussing classified war plans, but all of them are missing the obvious, much larger point on purpose. And that point is that some of the top U.S. officials

in America shouldn't be on signal discussing anything that has to do with our government, and especially they shouldn't be discussing classified war plans. Now some Republicans handle it better than others. I personally feel like when you are being asked about something that makes your side look so incredibly stupid, just play it cool. Okay. Either don't comment or just act like it's

no big deal. Mistakes happen. You've texted the wrong group chat before, blah, blah, blah. But Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't get that, didn't get that keep it cool memo. Okay. No, not at all. See the Georgia Republican refused to answer a question from a reporter about the incident and wait until you hear what her excuse was. Let's go to CNN for the report please. Anybody else? What country are you from? Okay, we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. House Republican member Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at a Sky News correspondent Martha Kellner when she asked about the Signal Group chat controversy.

Why don't you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem? No, no, Kellner when she asked about the signal group chat controversy. American lives being put at risk about service members fighting for your country and your vice president. The congresswoman from Georgia then called on an American journalist, but the reporter redirected her back to Kellner's original question. Do you have a relevant question? Yeah, this is an American journalist, thank you. I'm an American and I'd like to hear your answer to what she's asking. I'm not answering her question because I don't care about her network.

If you would like to ask, I can answer. You know why Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn't address the question? Because then she would be forced to address the national security concerns that any American, especially an elected official, should have about this situation. Okay, this isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an incompetence of our elected officials issue. Okay, could get a whole lot of people killed issue. All right, this isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. This is an incompetence of our elected officials issue, okay? Could get a whole lot of people killed issue, all right? This is why we don't trust politicians because they put party before the people.

It shouldn't matter what party a person is in this situation. What should matter is right or wrong, qualified or unqualified, drunk or not drunk. See, I remember when Pete Heksef, President Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, was accused of regularly abusing alcohol to the point that he passed out of the family gathering, okay? And once needed to be dragged out of a script club

while in uniform. My kind of guy, by the way, just not the kind of guy I want running the secretary of defense. Now these allegations, because that's what they are, allegations, were made by an ex-relative and they were given to US lawmakers and reviewed.

So when people see he's on signal, talking like this, I think it's a valid question to ask whether or not the potential DUI hire is drunk okay that has nothing to do with a party all right if you truly put country over your political party but Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't want to have that convo she wanted to deflect accountability for her party's actions oh oh, oh, oh, good old deflection. Okay, a tactic used to avoid criticism, blame our negative consequences by diverting attention

or responsibility away from oneself. There is no faster way to lose respect than to deflect. See Marjorie, if you was to simply say what they did was wrong, we the people, regardless of party, could respect that. Okay, you didn't even have to say there should be consequences, even though there should be. simply say what they did was wrong, we the people, regardless of party, could respect that. You didn't even have to say there should be consequences, even though there should be. Just tell us that top US officials discussing classified war plans on signal is stupid and

should never happen as an American. I would have said, you know what, thanks for telling the truth Marjorie, but now you're just confirming what I already knew. And that is that Marjorie Taylor Green is an ultra realistic humanoid robot designed by Elon Musk. That's the only logical explanation. Okay, she is AI artificial ignorance. All right, she connects to Wi-Fi just fine but can't connect the basic human decency and truth. Listen, message to all elected officials. You have to be able to call out your own. If you call

out your own then you can be respected by all. But if right or wrong depends on who's right or left, then you're just a pawn. Please give Marjorie Taylor Greene the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's. Oh now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the military man school lady. Who's the military man school lady? Oh, Sharla's people's.

Nancy Mace. Oh, you think they like the same? No, no, no. What do you mean? You wouldn't look at her and be like, oh, you went to a military man school. You look at Marjorie Taylor Greene. Oh, she looked like she went to a military man school. You were a head of the class. Like, yeah, like you ran the class. Because she dieseled, like. Yo, what? I'm talking about Shorty is stocky. Like, I wouldn't even want to fire her. Well, that's how Elon Musk designed her. That's how Elon Musk designed her. Yeah I'm telling you she's a humanoid robot. Designed by Elon Musk. I really believe that. Crazy.

Alright well thank you for that donkey today. Now when we come back comedian Ryan Davis will be joining us. We kicked it with him a day ago. Charlemagne wasn't in. Donnell actually sat down during this interview. Donnell Rollins. Yeah Donnell Rollins. He wanted to be a part of it. And let's just say very interesting. I hope Donnell wasn't in here trying to make Ryan

not believe in himself the way Donnell don't be believing in himself. He could never do that to Ryan. I hope it was the other way around and the confidence that Ryan Davis has rubbed off on Donnell. Because Ryan is uber confident. They were two comedians that bonded over comedy and it was a great conversation.

OK. I'm going to listen. Was that Ryan's first time up here? No. No. OK, OK. I was going to say, if I got the chance to finally sit down at a breakfast club,

and another comedian came in on my interview, I'd say. I agree with you, Jess. Well, he wasn't mad about that. You know he was mad? He was more mad that Jess and Charlamagne weren't here for his interview. That's what he was mad about. He was like, where the hell is Jess and Charlamagne? I can see why he would feel that way. See?

Yes. Alright. Where's the Breakfast Club? Alright, well it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy, we are the Breakfast Club, Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building, we have comedian Ryan Davis.

Welcome brother. What's up man? Now Donnell Rawlins is filling in too here, you know Charlamagne is out, Jess is out, so Donnell is one of our family members, extended family members. But don't expect me to do no booty drops or none of that type of stuff. There's gonna be no booty jokes. That was crazy. But how are you feeling first and foremost booty drops or none of that type of stuff. There'll be no booty jokes. That was crazy. But how are you feeling, first and foremost?

I'm feeling good, man. I'm feeling good. Your new special, Underrated, is out right now. Yeah, man. And it's a story, you put it together. For people that don't know, explain how you started to do this on your own. You shopped it around and you couldn't get a deal.

Nah, I shopped it around. It's funny, too, whenever you, because I mentioned Netflix immediately when I said all Netflix didn't take it people go You know, there's other places. I don't think they understand how shopping around goes you shop it everywhere Mm-hmm You know, I just mentioned Netflix But it was held for like five months or it was in their hands for like five months and then eventually they said no They passed on it and by that time, you know, Don Nell will tell you man some material has like shelf life Yeah, yeah

How much did you shoot? How was he? Cost me about 150 because you know when you choose certain venues and then you have to dress the venue I had to paint the stage. It was several cameras You know, you got to get the jib you got to get the everything like I had to pay the venue, I had to paint the stage, it was several cameras. You know, you gotta get the jib, you gotta get the everything. Like I had to pay for everything out of pocket. So when you go to these places like Netflix

and all these other places that said no, which made you decide to do it on your own, did they tell you why no? Or did they just like bam? So you have no clue why. And they didn't spin the block once you did that breakdown online where you showed those numbers.

No, so many, and that was the thing. It went so crazy because it was shared hundreds of thousands of times. So like my DMs were crazy and there was a lot of people reaching out who have platforms and things of that nature but I couldn't see it all or even entertain. Plus I've already told millions of people where I'm gonna put it and what I'm gonna do with it. And to the people who were reaching out you know with these platforms I appreciate it but also at this time this is a great time to reach out to other comedians because there's

a lot of comedians that have my story you know at this point you should you should put out that you're willing to bring comedians to your platform and give them a space to share their art you know what I mean that's what I wanted I wanted you know whenever I put it out to inspire other people to put their money Where their mouth is yeah interesting to me is underrated. Why did you choose to name your special underrated? I think that is and if you're just joining us Ryan Davis is here Donnell is filling in for Charlamagne and Donnell is on his journalist tip Because he just brought that in real easy. Real easy, yes.

Yeah, I think Underrated describes kind of what my journey is right now in stand-up, you know what I mean? I think amongst my peers, they know how I get down on stage, but I think the general public, we have gotten to a point where the skill of stand-up isn't really celebrated as much as the popularity of an individual and I want it to highlight that when it comes to the stand-up space you know I think I'm one of the best out here like one of the top ones and whenever I think I'm criticized anytime I'm criticized it's based off of social media content oh I

don't think you know he may be this because of the I've seen clips of something instead of the actual thing that I do So that's why I went with underrated. Do you feel sometimes? Because you have the crossover ability that people don't connect with your blackness Man, you know that you you did it with that. I'm actually the question know that you you did it with that I'm actually the question but to add on what what he said he's right right and the reason I say that is is I know you as a comedian but to me it doesn't stand out as it should yeah he's a little different because he's been coming on the breakfast club for years so we poke

at that we make fun of him but for you I didn't see it the same almost like a Hannibal Burr's right where he's he's huge, but not in our community, for say, you know what I mean? So how do you deal with that and how come that is? But that's why I lead the underrated. And I'm gonna tell you, I'm not gonna act like that's not bothersome to be underrated amongst the people you feel like you relate to the most. Black people? Yeah.

Why don't you think you connect to the black community as you should? I think that the black audience has been trained to gravitate towards certain type of stuff. I think what happens is we have been trained over the years to do what's the move, what's the popular thing to do. Everybody's going to be there there so I'm gonna go. You know what I mean? Instead of, I don't think a lot of people are willing to stand on, I like this person so I'll go even if the building is empty. You know, they rather be a part of something big or people love to be a part of something. And I think if I don't create that

fear of missing out like a lot of people do, you know, I'll sell out a show and I won't show anybody. So the narrative is the thought that I don't sell out shows and I always thought that was weird and then some, like I remember seeing comments when I would promote shows, they're like, I don't know if the shows sell out then I might have to pull up and I'm like, why would that be the reason to pull up into a show? Stuff like that always, you know, I think we're always, because we're the coolest kids that we're always looking for the coolest people to follow and comedy ain't about cool, it's about funny. And I think once we get back to that, you know, celebrating the skill and the actual

talent then, you know, comedy will be and the, you know, the actual talent, then, you know, comedy would be back in a good place. I'm gonna be honest with you, man. I really didn't have expectations. When I went online to just share my story or whatever, I was like, oh, my fans will see this. But then it ended up getting like 8 million views across platforms. That wasn't what I expected.

I expected, I was like, yeah, I'm just, I hope to get my money back. That's all you want to get. I want people to see it. I hope to get my money back. But I worked really hard on this project, man. Like whenever I went to shoot it, my father had been diagnosed.

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him many enemies. They're going to kill me. Listen to cautionary tales on the I heart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts With cancer yeah, okay. Wait a minute. I have to stop this right now. Wait a second. Wait a second We don't take you seriously, you know that. No, he talking about his father, you into the distance, back him. Anyway. I remember. See, I just tried to, I'm like, isn't that one of the most memorable clips for him?

I told you. No, but I'm just saying, you didn't laugh, you did just an endearing story, son. Your father was diagnosed with cancer too? I mean, not that, but it was just an emotional part. Yeah. Okay, go ahead. So your father was diagnosed.

I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, I'm sorry to hear that. All right. I appreciate your empathy, brother. So, he, it was, and my mom, him and my mom, they had never even been on a plane before. And they got on a plane to go to Chicago for my special. Wow. Yeah, that was a huge deal. Like my entire siblings, like all of my siblings, I'm one of eight.

Like everybody got out to support it, you know. To see that type of belief from my family man really meant a lot to me. How's he doing now? Ah, he's, see, proud black man. He won't tell you. We never know how this is doing. You know, we're like, hey, can you give us an update?

Oh no, everything's cool. So we never know. You just have we're like, hey, can you give us an update? Oh, no, everything's cool. So we never know. You just have to gauge how it looks. But let me ask you, you know, with so many comedians supporting you, right? If you listen, like, you know, I heard Kevin Hart and Charlamagne do an interview and I've heard Kevin support, you know, support you, I guess verbally. Do you feel like there should be more support with comedians where they actually help because they have other opportunities because, you know, we all see what's going on with Netflix and some of those other things. They do.

I think the conversations aren't had a lot, but Dave Chappelle, whenever I put it out or whatever, he texts me. He's told me before, you know, if I need anything, I can reach out. When we did, when 50 was opening, he did the big show down in Louisiana. Shrewsport, yeah. Shrewsport. The Shrewsport. I was like literally in Dave's green room and he told 50 if you're working on something comedy or whatever, this is one of the better comedy writers of today, you need to book him to do something. Those things do happen. Alright, well that's good to know that's happening out there. We got more with Ryan Davis when we come back.

Donnell Rollins is here. Also, Lauren LaRosa is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody, it's D, E, J, N, V, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa's here. Also, Donnell Rollins is sitting in

and we're still kicking in with comedian Ryan Davis. What happened with you and Kevin Durant? Why Kevin Durant got upset with you? Oh, Kevin Durant loves to go back and forth with people on social media and We had a difference of opinion and I'm cool with difference of opinion. What was the difference of opinion on? He said offense wins championships, which is not a saying has never been a saying in any sport. I know it's usually defense. Yeah And that's what we disagreed and then he called me a trash comedian and that's when I knew he was a familiar with my work.

This is what I'm talking about. It's certain words that's the n-word in comedy. Yeah. It's like, it's hard to go back. He could've said anything. Trash, corny, wack, those are fighting words in the world of comedy that you roast in them. Man. Trash is horrible. Trash is, trash Trash is trash?

Trash. That's how my whole day went. Like if you, like you know people now, they set up, they try potty, you see they show with how they do their day. If that had done that, all you would have saw is me like sitting there and saying trash. This call me trash.

Why are comedians so sensitive? Like comedians is the most- Not comedians, no. Let me tell you something. Y'all are the most sensitive people. Y'all are, y'all ignore when everybody else is. You gotta remember, Erykah Badu said it best. Keep in mind, I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my-

Y'all throw out so many shots though. So I feel like y'all are removed from sensitivities at a certain point. Well first off, I'm not- I don't feel like I was sensitive in that moment. I kept it basketball and then he said I was a trash comedian He said that he made it personal. I would I kept it basketball But I was like since we want to get personal you want to be funny

You want to be yeah, you want to step into my arena? Let's let's see how you fare I can't beat you in basketball, but I promise you I'm way better at this I don't know I think people just look at because I know what you're talking about But like even you got y'all earths what we look to you guys for relief So it's like it's hard for us to see y'all as anything but that sometimes and that's messed up that y'all don't see us as people Smokey Robinson people say I'm the life of the party cuz I tell a joke or two But take a good look at my face and you see I'm frowning.

We, as comics, as much as someone going to show is therapeutic for them, it's therapeutic for us. And the best comics are the ones that, whatever they're dealing with in life, they know how to go up, go on stage, and talk about things that are troubling them. Right, on my special, I talk about my relationship. I have a fractured relationship with my mother.

I talk about that. I talk about That must have been difficult to do that in front of her. Oh what? Like she she has something to say but she was there she supported so I always love her for that What does fractured relationship mean? Whenever especially in our community the woman and the matriarch of the family, you know She can do no wrong at times and then she she does do wrong, you gotta have that grace, you don't ever disconnect from your mother. And I made the decision not to really speak to my mother

for several years. Oh, that's tough. Yeah, and I talk about that in the set. You know what I mean? The mother of my children almost died, carrying our children, I talk about that. I talk about, that's what I mean? The mother of my children almost died carrying our children. I talk about that. I talk about, that's what I'm saying, I turn those things into levity. I talk about race, I talk about political correctness, I talk about relationships, I

talk about everything because there aren't spaces for that. I talk about suicide. And I think people don't realize because if you don't go to my shows you don't know they've been there been many Black men who walk up to me and go, you know, I Have a kind of a fractured relationship with my mother and there's no space for us Nobody's talking about what it is to be a black man in that space To look at the woman who created you and not feel the connection. That's the person we want to love us the most you know the people who don you and not feel So, you know, understanding, I had my first child at 26 and I wasn't ready. So having my third one at like 17, you know, I couldn't even imagine what, you know, she

never had a chance to become an adult before she started raising children of her own. But your mother had three children by the age of 17? Four by 19. Four by 19? Yeah. So was your father a lot older? Was he one of them? He's older.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's older. I talk about that in the special. What was that dynamic like for you though just because I mean the relationship ended up fracture but like Coming up and your mom is growing up with you with three other kids for the kids. I was like that was your sister What? You see her as mom that's mom cuz she we weren't raised like she's we weren't raised by grandma Like my parents were married. They raised us together. It wasn't until you get to become an adult. Like I'm 38. My mom was 38 when I was 21 and I had older siblings.

That's crazy. That's crazy. That's when I started to see how young she was before it was always, that's my mom. When she came and saw you, was that her first time hearing the jokes about your relationship? Yeah.

Yeah, but I've talked about our relationship on podcast and I never said what exactly it was or whatever she did because it was, you know, that's between us. But the thing is, she won't admit to it. And there will be people who watch this who know what I'm talking about. When you confront your parents about what it is or what trauma they brought to you or what they did or, and it's not that you're saying you're a bad parent. This is my experience of you and then the first thing they'll say is also I was the worst parent ever.

No, I wouldn't be here if you were a bad parent. I wouldn't purchase the home and give you that if I thought you were a bad parent. I wouldn't praise you the way I do if you were a bad parent. This is where I feel like something went wrong in my development and your parents did the best they could. Whether you believe it or not even if you like you well they could have done better what they couldn't see how many of us actually see the things that we do that we're messing up. Somebody has to tell you usually somebody has to tell you how they're experiencing you. You don't get to tell you how they're experiencing you.

You don't get to tell people how they should experience you. Absolutely. Well where can they find you? Where can they find your comedy special, Underrated, if they want to see it? You can go to my Instagram, right? But you go to Patreon, type in Ryan Davis, it'll come up. Just go to Patreon, type in Ryan Davis, it'll come up. And if you want wanna see him live,

he's performing at the Gramercy Theater on April 12th. In here in New York. That's right, and we appreciate you for joining us. And you see down there, we ain't make no booty jokes today. No, we left the whole alone. See, that ain't it felt that comfortable. Okay, I kinda, I missed the booty jokes. Wait, no, no, no.

Nevermind, nevermind. Don't interrupt me. All right, it's Ryan Davis, It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Pass the Aux. You really, you really disappointing today. Nyla Simone. How am I really disappointing? What's up Nyla?

You go to St. John's, your team finally made it to March Madness. You got a Morehouse, I love my HBCUs. First of all, we- You went to St. John's because of J. Cole and you finally made it to the March Madness tournament. Well, if St. John's was to send me some merch, I already paid tuition. Like somebody gave me this for free. That's classic by the way. You can't lose with a Morehouse college player.

You went to St. John's. Okay, and they also lost by the way, but it's cool. Well, good morning, Nailah. Good morning. Why are you coming off so hot? By the way, he's Dominican and don't never rep Dominican and wear nothing Dominican, so don't let him talk to you like that. I am not Dominican.

I'm black and I always represent the country. I'm black and I always represent the country. I'm black and I always represent the country. I'm black and I always represent the country. I'm black and I always represent the country. I'm black and I always represent the country. I morning, Nala. By the way, he's Dominican and don't never rep Dominican and wear nothing Dominican, so don't let him talk to you like that. I am not Dominican, I'm black and I always represent Hampton University.

Man, people really think you're Dominican. I'm here with Seth's son. I know. But the first song of the day, I'm gonna go to Little Dirk, he just dropped the project, and in the song with Jhenea Iko, he announced that he was married, it's called Can't Hide It. Okay.

How old is that record, Cuz his voice sound like very different How am I supposed to know that? I don't think he sounds well, I don't know. He got a video for that one too right? He does? Yeah They like holding the rings and the ring is nice and people trying to figure out if it's a real marriage or not They said that they got married prior to the whole debacle. That's what the people saying. I saw something about Dirk the other day. Oh he got the most certifications, most RIAA certifications for a hip hop artist in 2025. Lil Durk?

Lil Durk, yeah he got 53 new RIAA certifications so a bunch of gold and platinum plaques. Oh word. This game is way for that. The next record is going to go to Ruben Vincent and 9th Wonder. They actually dropped a surprise mixtape before their album that's gonna be dropping later this year. And 9th sampled a touchdown teaser. It's super, super fire, which I just wanna say

shout out to 9th because I'm really enjoying these like IG videos where he shows him and how he chops like these songs. Samples up and everything. Yeah, and then it goes to the real songs. Pretty cool, but anyway, this record is called Anything. That boy Ruben Vincent, man. Yeah.

That boy Ruben Vincent, different man. He'd be snapping, bro. That always put me on to like some good cruise music. Yeah. Light my L and just be cruising. You always put me on to some good cruise music. That's cool. I wonder if Ruben could capture that sound

with anybody other than Knife. And what I mean by that is, Knife Wonder is such a OG veteran producer who knows how to create, you know, like Jess said, that bop, right? Like that driving while you bop. I wonder if there's any new producers that could capture that for Ruben.

That same vibe. Because Knife brings out the best in Ruben, boy. Ruben is, Ruben already dope. Him and Knife together? Chef's kiss, man. Yeah, I agree with you. I feel like, you know, there's a lot of producer tapes coming out right now, but I think it's cool to see OGs work with, like, the newer artists. And I

think we need to see more of that. So shout out to Knife and Rue for that. Next, I'm gonna go with Maia Da Don. She's in album mode, and her first single off of it is called Tint. That's all. I like that somebody take a sample and really, really do it like that. That's dope. I dig it. Okay, amazing. What? I can't believe you guys like all the records.

Finally, 10. I am my girl, too. I just asked the rep, because I didn't believe the Dirk and India thing. I thought it was just like, you know how it'd be like, oh, we married. The rep is telling me, yes, they're married. It's a thing. They're really married. I've been doing research when she playing songs.

You just don't stop. I can't reach it. Damn, she just had to reach out to somebody. You know what I'm saying? I told you her manager told me that. Oh, you didn't say that? She didn't trust you? She had to do it on her own.

I didn't hear you say that. Yeah, his manager told me that. Oh, I thought you said they. When is my album dropping? Soon. But that song is actually dropping Friday. That's like an early release right here. I love her.

Friday isn't today? Next Friday. Oh, OK, OK. Yeah, that might record up next Friday. She's just, as a person, release right here. I love her she's like Friday isn't today or next Friday. Okay okay yeah that's my record next Friday. She's just as a person she's just I love her. Big personality, funny as hell, TikTok, Instagram make sure you guys follow her but also really really a spitter like she does records like this but she also got like real rap records. Gotcha. So yeah shout out to Maya, big fan, big fan. And then, okay, I have one more exclusive. Like I said, that Maya record drops Friday, but we also have a song from- You trying to up me on the exclusives? Huh? You trying to up me? Yeah, I need a drop, but I don't want, I want mine to be like world premiere. Can we do like a world premiere drop?

This one is from Lauren LaRosa and Just Hilarious. It's called The Job is Mine. Y'all ain't got nothing else to do. just hilarious it's called the job is mine she is brandy your voice wasn't even brandy though you did sound scared you sounded like i don't want to say the wrong thing But just might punch me in the face You should have recorded that by yourself You know Brandy be having like that soft like this awesome, that's what I was trying to get

Brandy just I was like, you know, she She was like, can I talk to you about something? I was trying to do that. That must be Brandy from Love & Hip Hop and Ray J's sister Brandy. Is the video black and white and everything? No, the video is not black and white. The video is in color. It's in color. Yep, it's going to be dropping after we air the full song in the next hour on the radio. It's our debut.

Wow. Okay. Make sure you all tune into it. Listen, the vocals, all right, y'all trying to say the vocals are wet in that, but the music video already be crazy. Thank you. Y'all know I got, I got Konex's studios, producers. We could do something with the vocals. Don't waste your money. Okay. They put, what they did to us? A reverb reverb a reverb, okay This Lauren really did sound scared It wasn't wrong the vocal Lauren really sounded like she was

Rifting you thought just gonna push your wig back. That's what you thought. My wigs ain't insecure baby. Exactly. That's right, it was already back. You're right Jess, my fault. You are really the problem. You know that? Literally. Like you really are the problem. We come together in unity and here you come. Yes, yes. We literally just said when and here you come. Yes, yes. We literally just say it when you're not here. Everything just goes. Brandy vocals.

I hate everybody. Make sure you guys follow me on the gram. At Nihilus Samoan. N-Y-L-A-S-Y-M-O-N-E-E-E. We have our next Battle of the Beats, April 12th. So all producers, if you're interested in being a part of the Battle of the Beats April 12th. So our producers, if you're interested in being a part of the Battle of the Beats, make sure you guys pull up.

We actually have an event at Hashdoria. Oh, April 19th, right? Yes. April 18th. April 18th. Friday. Friday, April 18th. Yes, it's going to be my podcast live.

We need to talk live and we have like a live band. It's going to be super cute with Smith and Weston. So make sure you guys are on the RCT. Y'all gonna be smoking in that? Naila really an old soul, boy. Yeah, I am. You gonna have security there? Of course.

Are you gonna have the old school duo over here performing at any certifier? Honestly, that would be fire. If you need us, we have people. You can talk to them. All right. Okay. I'll give them a call. Enough's enough now.

All right. Now, thank you so much. Thank you guys All right, when we come back, we got the people's choice mixes the breakfast club. Go board it Morning everybody is DJ envy Jess hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now We got a salute to team all Braxton for stopping through this morning. So we'll just aim our through this morning. Salute to Tay Marraxon. That's my DMV sister. Absolutely, that's my girl. She got a lot of things going on.

And yo, she actually, she wasn't messy. She wasn't messy at all. She wasn't like how Tay is usually, you know, how she's been in the past, but she got a lot of growth going on and she had a glow to her. Yeah, she did. Yeah, so was she. She said she's celibate, but she looked like she'd been getting the back blown out. Wasn't she engaged or something, Marraxon?

Yeah, she was and then getting the back blown out. Wasn't she engaged or something? Yeah, she was and then it didn't work out. So now she's saying she's gonna be Celebit for a while while she finds her new man. Okay. And also salute to comedian Ryan Davis for joining us as well. Salute to Ryan, man.

His comedy special, Underrated, is out right now. What is it on YouTube? What is it? It's on Patreon. My Patreon. Oh, Patreon. Okay, salute to Ryan, man. Good brother right there taking his career in his own hands. Why wait on the networks or the streamers when you can just do it yourself? You got a fan base? You know? Yep. He does. Hold on, Jess, you got shows this weekend, right? a show tonight with Martin Lawrence in Norfolk, Virginia at the Chartway Arena.

Get your tickets if you have not yet. And then next weekend I'm in Raleigh, North Carolina. That's me headlining my own tour. The Bad Parenting Tour will be in Raleigh, North Carolina at Improv. Make sure you get your tickets. We got two shows on Friday, two shows on Saturday. Me and my brother Desi Alexander will be there. So I'll see you next weekend Raleigh.

And the debut, the premiering music video is dropping to The Job Is Mine by Lauren LaRosa and Jess Hilarious. Y'all can catch that right now. All right, when we come back, Positive Note is the Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning, everybody, it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy, we are the Breakfast Club.

It's time for the Positive Note. That's right, and listen, I wanna tell y'all before I do the Positive Note, make sure you go get your tickets for the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival happening Saturday, April 26th at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia. All Black Effect VIP experience tickets are sold out,

but there's still some general admission left. You can go to blackeffect.com slash podcast festival. Tank and Jay Valentine are gonna be on that stage doing the R&B Money Podcast live. Carrie Champion is gonna be there doing the Naked podcast live. Sarah Jakes Roberts is gonna be there doing her woman of all podcasts live. Decisions Decisions is gonna be hosting it so go get your tickets man blackeffect.com slash podcast festival and we'll see you Saturday April 26th. The positive note is simply this don't go above and beyond for people anymore. Meet them as far as they meet you. Alright? Speak to them as

much as they speak to you. Include them as much as they include you. Have a great weekend. Me, Harley Quinn Smith. That's my daughter, man, who my wife has always said is just a beardless, d***less version of me. And that's the name of our podcast, Beardless, D***less Me. I'm the old one. I'm the young one. And every week we try to make each other laugh really hard. Sounds innocent, doesn't it?

A lot of cussing, a lot of bad language. It's for adults only. Or listen to it with your kid. Could be a family show. We're not quite sure. We're still figuring it out. It's a work in progress. Listen to Beardless, D***less Me on the iHeart radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. 45 years ago, a Virginia soul band called The Edge of Daybreak recorded their debut album Behind Bars. Record collectors consider it a masterpiece. The band's surviving members are long out of prison, but they say they have some unfinished business. They had a dead break, eyes of love, but supposed to have been found enough without another apple.

Listen to Soul Incarcerated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell bent effort to sabotage a war. J. Edgar Hoover was furious. He was out of his mind

and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees. Listen to Divine Intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm ready to fight. Oh, this is fighting words. Okay. I'll put the hammer back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a bestselling author with the second most banned book in

America. Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back. Part of the power of Black queer creativity is the fact that we got us, you know? We are the greatest culture makers in world history. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.