The Breakfast Club - The Breakfast Club BEST OF - Mýa Talks Creative Freedom, Navigating the Industry, Independence. Plus, Callers Call in For Jess To Fix Their Mess. 

Episode Date: July 2, 2026

Best of 2026 -  Mýa Talks Creative Freedom, Navigating the Industry, Independence. Plus, Callers Call in For Jess To Fix Their Mess. Recorded 2026. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm with the coach of feeling. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Taylor from Atlanta. What's up, Taylor? Get it off your chest. I'm going to go ahead. First, I'm only trying to know, hey, look, so soon as allergy medicine, we're going to be up at all these times of hours.

So it's cool to talk you off when I get the chance. But now, I wanted to take, um, I can't stand how white people, especially people who are maddened people, don't know their history and they refuse to learning. Real quick, I was in Denver about two, three weeks ago. And for a bachelor's party, one of my homeboys, he just, he's got a good job up there with a good organization. So we're going to fly up there, support them, you know what I'm saying, stuff like that. And it's like, me, though I call from Atlanta, from really from College Park, Georgia, but I live in Atlanta. home was from Florida.

I got the Carolina, South Carolina, North Carolina. They got Kent, uh, Bintzis, uh, Talley, all like that. But anyway, we walk into this bar and these white girls jumped straight on us. Um, and they just stay in their pocket to us. And the bartender was like, oh, where y'all boys from? And being down south, being called boy, you're going to look at a certain type of way. Right. And then he's like, you know what?

I can't wait for, um, for doing to make a little bit of, um, for doing to make a America great again. Man, let me tell you, we, I, my whole boy's up on him first. My home up Florida, he got eating his first. Then I said, then I asked him, well, we're with America great. And then every year that he was trying to name, it wasn't. I'm like, so flooding black towns, that great? Uh, from what you did? What? Us in Alabama, was that great? When they have the, um, the Japanese and chairman kicks, I was like, it was never great. And then, so anyway, we end up leaving and my homeboy turned around my home boy turned around and say yeah

and we take your snow bunnies with us so um good dr um um um dr um um um dr um um so when we got back to the air banns but when we got back to the Airbnb um the white girl when the white girl she said a lot of white people don't like knowing about their history

simply because they can't take it it feels like you know all your life you believe Santa Claus is real if you find out, not you don't know how I'll take it. Well, I will say this. I mean, you turn the Bachelor Party to a history lesson. I'm not mad at that.

But you're losing with you brought the Snowbodies back to the crib. I'm sure some of your partners is married. Now, you just got them all caught up and wrapped up. And why did y'all bring the Snowbunnies back to the crib if you just had a black history lesson? And if you're about to get married the next day or whenever. I know. So let me tell you,

there was seven of us at that time because three people were late. I was on the phone with my black queen. I saw who. What was the ratio? Out of the seven, how many are actually entangled in other situations outside of them snow bunnies? So I mean, they're married or in relationships?

No. It's only me. I'm in a relationship trying to possibly get married. And my other home boy who's engaged. We did not. We were like, man, we got to go back to our room. Because I ain't going to lie. Like, two of them look like Mariah Care.

And sometimes you know yourself and you sit up behind that. But you was contemplating. You were contemplated. We're just having to Dr. Umar and the lashes. Jesus. That's how it'd be. It'd be like, I'm on the for my black queen, but low-key contemplating the ice bunny. Nah, you see, you should, when they were taking them ice bunny,

when they were taking them ice bunny, when they were taking them snow bunnies back to the crib, bro. You should have, you should have took off. You should have got a hotel room. Y'all never take off. That's the problem. We were in a little, like a little mini mansion. So we're down there, like I said, we endeavor. So I thought it was going on.

Once again, it's seven. At this time, it's seven of us. Three of my homeboys, they came later. But it was five. Because you know if there's nobody saying somebody raped them, y'all all going to jail. That's why I'm sick, Mary. Hey, look.

That's what you got to think. You got to think of the worst just in case that you don't put yourself in that predicament. Fellas, I see y'all later, I'm going to another room on the other side because I don't want to be associated with none of this. And that is exactly what I did. I went to the other room on the other side, and I'm from John Stewart. I called my lady. I let her know what was going on.

and I'm here. All right. Thank you, brother. You have a good weekend. All right, well, you don't know one of the white. We were trying to figure out

what to do to one of the snow bunnies when they got to the crib when they got to the Airbnb, we tried to figure out the music and the other white girl said, you have a little buck on your play list?

And you played it too and you watched them dance. I'm telling your wife. Goodbye, sir. Goodbye, sir. Hello, who's this? This is Rashida from Maryland. What's up, Rashida from Maryland?

What's up, Rashida, Maryland, get it off your chest. Good morning, DJ, NV, just hilarious, Charlamina guy. Jess, shout out to you. It's your store of Maryland. Oh, what's up, baby?

How you doing? Oh, my God, I'm such a big fan. I'm doing so good. Thank you. Yes, I wanted to get off my chest this morning. I know it's a lot going on in the world, but I'm a single parent. I got two sons,

18 and 14, don't do the mess. And I worked two jobs, and I currently graduated from University of Phoenix top of my class. Congratulations. And literally, thank you. Thank you. I'm the first, I'm the first generation graduate of my family.

That's amazing. What's your major? My boy sound like this because I got off work late last night. Literally working two jobs, taking care of my kids, you know, like, and then getting up and they're happy to take care of everybody else's kids. I understand. What's your major? What you major in?

I'm major in early childhood elementary education and youth leadership. Okay. So does my mother. That's what's up. That's what's up. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes, she's doing. She got a daycareer.

I remember you talking about it on the radio. Two locations. Absolutely, yes. Yeah. So, I mean, our job, you know, no matter what, it's inspired. So, like, I just wanted to do something that I'm going to inspire somebody. And let me tell you, them kids treat you like a celebrity. Yeah, they do.

There be times where stuff be going on in the world, it's like, them kids pour right back in here. And they make you feel so good. I appreciate what you do, girl. That's important. For sure. Thank you. Thank you so much. Have a good one, Mama.

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This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you are mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this? Jay Holliday. What's up, Bub, get it off your chest. Who's taking the bed? I'm a first time caller, long,

long time listener. I wanted to shout out my wife. Okay, go ahead. I wanted to shout out Ayanna for holding it down. They don't talk about the unemployment. I've been unemployed a year and a half, and she's been holding it down for me. What you was a federal worker? No, I wasn't a federal worker. I just got laid off.

Oh, okay, okay. She's your one. Who's your two? You got a two? No, I ain't got no two. Only one. There you go. That's what I'm talking about. Black men don't cheat. That's right. That's right. That's right. How y'all got doing? Bless Black and highly favored. Thanks for asking.

Congratulations on your book, Jess. Thank you so much. Go pick up a copy, man. I love you. I don't got, well, I ain't got no kids, but I'll read, I'll check it out. Yeah, it's not only for people with kids. The book basically talks about, you know, relationships as well. It's the basis of it is co-parenting, but it's relationships and how you assess them as well.

You can use it to. That's true. Yeah. Hello, who's this? Yo, smooth jazz from the port. What are our breakfast clothes? Smooth jazz. What's up?

Get it off your chest. Yeah, man, I wanted to talk about this Drake album. Now, I'm my first off, I'm not a Drake fan, but I like good hip-hop. I like good music. And from what I got from the three albums is that he pretty much gave three different stages of him. And, like, I've always said, I like so far gone, Drake, you feel me? Anything after that, I ain't really too much of a fan of him. He got some hits here and there and stuff.

But the only thing I really liked about, you know, these three albums is the club bangers that he had on that last, that last, uh, this last CD. That cheater print is funny as hell. It's one of my favorite ones, though. I ain't allowed. Can you ask you a question? You got any homeboys that rap? That rap? Yeah.

Yeah, for sure. I bet you don't listen to none of their music, but you listen to three Drake albums this weekend. I bet you whenever they send you something, you'd be like, man, I ain't got time for it. You know what I'm saying? Nah, no, no, no. Hey, yo, shout out. Shout out to my dog, bamboo, body. He got good music out.

Bamboo body. Bamboo body. He's from Baltimore, I believe. You know, you know, he grew up in the port, yo. He grew up in the Port City, woman to North Carolina. You know what I mean? We all stand on that for real. But it's a lot of, it's a lot of homies.

Four-Fogo local. He's from the Port City. I listen to his music, too. I mean, like, I support for real. I hope so. Because there's a lot of y'all out there that listen to three Drake albums this weekend but won't never listen to one song

your homeboy sent you. Why I gotta be that? Like if Kendra got down, you would be like, yo, why are you living? If he dropped three albums, he would have already dissected all of them. I listen to one Drake album.

There's a lot of Drake fans out there. I don't have that kind of time. There's a lot of Drake fans out there. Like when Chris Brown dropped that double album was like 36, 37, 47. They still ain't listened to it. He just did that last week and you still ain't get through all of it.

I didn't. I am. I am. I am. I am, I am, because I'm still listening to the 45 track albums, the two ones before that he dropped in. So, yeah. But there's a lot of Drake fans out there. Like, you don't think OVO Eli up here didn't listen to every drink song?

Oh, I know he probably know every song on every album work or work. He don't have no kids. Yeah, he did. He went to Toronto. Okay, he's a young man with really no life. Damn. Drake is his life. Shut up, yo.

He has no life. Did he get back from Toronto yet? I don't know. But he met Drake, though. He did meet Drake? Yes, he did. We don't know that for sure. He told us he did.

He wouldn't lie. He actually didn't tell us in anything yet. He didn't tell us that. Somebody told me that and I told y'all. No, somebody, you ain't telling me that. I did tell you that last week. I read you the text verbatim. Crazy girl.

I wonder what he said to drink. I wonder what happened. Anyway, get it off your chest. 800-585-105-105-1. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Salomey and the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're taking your phone calls 800-585-105-1. This comes from a conversation. Palmer was having and she was talking about when she gets married she doesn't want her and her spouse

live in the same house let's listen one thing i need you to know is that i never want to live together alone time but is that real that's real i just feel like you know whoopi goberg said the best one she was like i don't want a betty in my house yeah marry even so you're married he's going to live around the corner two corners would be great what about a guess what you let him live in the guest house you can be on the same you know land but i'm over there and he's over there at best separate But think about how fun it would be to be like, I'm going over to my man's house. Yeah. It keeps things right.

It's fun and exciting. I want to go sit on his couch. And he better clean when you're coming over too. That's what I'm saying. You know what I will say I'm laughing about it, but there are probably people watching right now who agree with you. Come on. It just helps to keep. I feel like sometimes you can be just too up under.

That's cute in the beginning. You know what I'm saying? I want to go with my man's house. I want to go like, yes, there's nothing like saying that when you're dating, but when you're married, But when you're married, I can't, I don't agree with it for myself. It's absolutely mandatory for me to live in the house with my husband. But I do understand why a person like Cheryl Lee Ralph would say that. Now, Kiki is young.

I don't know, unless she just went through the wring of her baby father. I don't know. I guess all the turmoil that they went through, I guess that got her to that point. And that could change for Kiki because she's young. younger. But Cheryl Lee Ralph, I do understand. For one, her and her husband live in two different states. He's a politician or something like that.

And she's an actress and she has to be on a certain side, you know, in a certain city because she films most of the time. So I understand that then they older. They didn't have years and years and years. And when you get older, I do notice because I notice from my grandmother, you want your space. And she ain't going to leave them. Like, they got her and my grandfather was together.

They were together for so long that she didn't want to leave them, but she didn't want to live with them. That's just how that. was. I don't know. How many, how many girlfriends your grandfather had? We not, I don't know. Okay. I have no idea. All right. Because remember I told you, she shot him in the ass one time, right? That's what, right. But somebody shot me an ass. I don't know if I wouldn't live in the house anymore. But that's what, but he, he bought that

on the south. Now, I swear, no, I was telling the truth about this. No, I was telling the truth about the church. No, my mother didn't want me to reveal that about our church. I have your mama call and say, hey, don't be talking about my mama. Okay. All right, yeah. Yo, I got to leave my family business out of this. But yes, like, I do understand, I just don't agree with it for me. Yeah, I cannot be married to my wife and

we not live in the same house. Like, I just can't. Like, we are up under each other and I'm fine with it. I love it. Even when we're arguing, I want to look at her miserable, she won't look at me miserable. We're just going to be miserable in the same bed together. But now, we are not no way. Hell no, you live in this house, I live in that. No, no, no.

It's not happening. Yeah, I have no idea what Kiki Palm is talking about. And neither does she. Okay, she's, she's She sounds like a person who's never been married. I would actually listen to her and respect it more if she had some lived experience. Okay, what's the point of being married if you're not going to live with each other?

That's part of being married. That's how you build deep intimacy with a person. That's how you share daily responsibilities. That's how you have a long, you build long-term compatibility. Do you need space sometimes? Of course. Do you need me time, a long time? Of course.

But what's the point of being married if you're not under the same roof? How does that work with the kids? Right. I don't know. I totally understand. There's nothing better than being in the bed with your wife in the middle of the night. And one of your kids come in because they say that they had a bad dream where they stomach hurt. You want to be there for every waking moment.

Absolutely. So I don't, like, no. Like, no, Kiki. But we have somebody on the line that said it works for them. Hello, who's this? I'm a remain anonymous. Breakfast Club. What's up?

What's up? We cannot see you. How are you? That's all right, Jess. Don't, don't, don't judge. I got you. I got you. You said this works for you?

Okay. In a situation where you and your husband don't live in the same house? It's not a situation. This is an actual relationship Don't play with me and me. Okay, I'm sorry. Go ahead. Let's play.

Break it down. We are actually in a relationship. We have dated for about six years. Y'all not married, though. We've been engaged a little over two years. Are y'all married, though? No, we're not married just yet. So why are you listening to her?

Damn. Because she understands. You know what, Shalomene? You know what? Everybody don't want the same thing. Yeah. And not everybody is traditional. And when I got with him,

I let him know I'm not the most traditional person. And I've stuck with that. It's more me than him. And a lot of the times when you hear about people not wanting to live together, it is the female. It's more the female than the man. The man is like, we need to be under one roof. But I feel like that comes from my trauma.

Like something had to happen. Why do you ever, ever want a house divided? Like, you know what I'm saying? It's not divided. It's not divided. It's not divided. I sleep with him. He sleeps with me every night.

We're not sitting here like not together. It's not divided. There's no trauma There's no trauma assisted Or associated with not wanting to live together But y'all sleep together every night you just said How? And then you go home?

On the phone or like what do you do? Well technically the home is next door So yeah Oh so y'all live next door to the channel On the same land You're just next door to each other Yes exactly what Kiki Palmer said Where you're right here, I'm right here

Okay it works You got your space Our spaces literally are right there. No problem. I'm not, I'm not listening to you until you get married. That's the whole biggest. That's the gist. Then, Solomon, I'll call you back when I get married.

I got my ring on my finger. That's going to be my husband. So question, when you have kids, who are the kids going to live with? Oh, no, honey, we don't have kids. I'm too old to have kids. My kids are grown. He does have children, but his children are grown, semi-grown and one is kind of middle schoolish.

She's what I'm saying? She older. She is open. When's the wedding? When is the wedding? Well, we're hoping the wedding will be in the next year or two, but we want to buy some homes first. We want to buy some land first.

And we don't want to make that. Okay. So what are you going to do when you look out the wedding? Income, Jess. Income. Income. Don't play with me. Income.

When you see another woman coming in that house, what do you do? Oh, then he wouldn't be living next door. Why do you even bring that in the decree? I'm just kidding. I'm just, no, it's a reasonable question. You're definitely a reasonable question. There should be, but there should be. If there's a respect factor and you all have had that conversation,

it shouldn't be let's play around with each other's feelings and let's play around with each other's lives. This is a conversation like Kiki Palmer said, you have to have early and in the beginning. Sometimes you probably don't think it's going to be like, well, maybe we'll fall in love and, you know, we'll change each other's minds. But people have to understand that if you are honest from the beginning,

you can't fault a person for wanting to stick to their honesty. Yes, man. And a lot of people just don't want to live together. It's all right. As long as you're taking care of your business, and I'm taking care of him, and he's taking care of me. We're taking care of each other. Yes, we appreciate you, but we need to talk to some married people.

If you're just joining us, we're talking about something that Kiki Palmer said about marriage. Let's listen. One thing I need you to know is that I never want to live together. That's real. I just feel like, you know, Whoopi Goldberg said the best one. She was like, I don't want anybody in my house. Yeah. Marry even.

She's going to live around the corner? Around the corner would be great. What about a guest? Would you let him live in the guest house? You know what I'm saying? We can be on the same, you know, land, but I'm over there and he's over there. At best, separate rooms. But think about how funny it would be to be like, I'm going over to my man's house. Yeah. It keeps things right.

It's fun and exciting. I want to go sleep on his couch. And he better clean when you're coming over. That's what I'm saying. You know what I will say I'm laughing about it, but there are probably people watching right now who agree with you. Come on. Many people. It just helps to keep.

I feel like sometimes you can be. just two up under. So we're taking your calls 800-585-105-1. Hello, who's this? Oh my God, it's Liz. Good morning. Hi, Liz. Now, Liz, are you married and you and your spouse don't live in the same home? Yes, I am married, and we're not living in the same home. We just recently got married. Congratulations, damn. Oh, just now of 2025? Yes. Now, the floor is yours. I will listen to you. Now, tell me why y'all not living together. Well, right now we're trying to sort things out. That's number one.

He has his own apartment, leases, and stuff like that. But let me tell you something. I was in a relationship for five years, and it was the worst of the worst. The breakup was horrible. I ended up with nothing. I had to leave the apartment. It was just starting over. I understand where she's coming from.

You know what I'm saying? Like, it's hard to trust someone when, like, you know, like, you know, know if it doesn't end well, what's going to happen with the lease? And then you have things invested. What if you don't get the things back? So why did you get married again, baby? Don't really sound like you were ready for that because you still hurt from that five-year relationship, you know?

You jumped to Birmingham a little too quick. Well, that's my year relationship. It healed. It was actually ended three years ago. And I actually met this person a year ago, and he actually is slowly in accepting of what I went through. So he's actually allowing me to be me. So y'all don't live with each other and y'all not moving in with each other?

Y'all going to keep it that way separate? I think they're going to. Oh, no, no, no. We're definitely going to move in. But I understand where she's coming from. I'm a little scared now. Is he scared to move in with you because you're Latino at a time like this? Oh my God, literally.

He is capable of, it's just like I said, you have to really kind of know the person. But I also took time to heal. I think he was talking ice. Like, I was not. Wait, what happened? I thought you because Latinos is more feisty and crazy. What's the race of your husband? Well, my, he's white.

Oh, okay. My suspicion was right. My suspicion was right. He's a little scared. I'm his fanning. I'm his scared to move in with you. You know, you might get that knock at the door. I'm just saying you might get that knock.

Damn. No, no, no. thing he's not going to get the knock. We're well documented. So that's not the issue. But it was like I said, it was, I had to take time to heal. Like, I didn't want. I was like, whoever was. It was. Yeah. Whatever man came to my house. I was like,

you're not going home? Like, you don't have a home? Damn. Damn. So yeah, she a little scared. But congratulations on you getting married. I think that's dope. That's fire. But like, I think you should like do some type of therapy to get over. you being scared to live with your spouse, I mean, because it's just still, like, you still hurt from that. You know what I mean? I know it was three years ago that seemed like a long time to you, but you're taking that into your new marriage. You know what I'm saying? Yes. And you know what's so crazy, Charlemagne? It's crazy because when I used to be with my

ex-partner, we used to listen to, like, the breakfast stuff. And I always used to be like, oh, my God, I do not like Charlemagne. I feel like he is so judgmental. Yes. And then he'll be like, why? That's his personality. But it's so crazy. It was my first time in a while listening to you guys. And I was just like, wow, like I have progressed because I used to ignore your whole morning show because of what I went through. Well, I'm glad you healed, Mama.

Yeah. I'm not judgmental. I just judge certain situations. Very judgmental. No, no, no. You're amazing. Let me tell you something. I heard your podcast, Mel Robbins.

You are amazing. You're a very great speaker. So believe it or not, you're amazing. And I love you guys so much. Have a wonderful, wonderful day. I love you, too. All right. Well, what's the moral of the story?

If there's a moral. Don't listen to unmarried people about married. About marriage. Yeah. Yeah. That's the moral of the story. I only want to talk to people who have done this successfully that are happily married. But I guarantee you Kiki feels like that because of what she went through with her son's father.

I guarantee you that. I feel like people say that until they find the right person. When you find that right person, you want to be with that person 24-7, 365. That's the whole beauty of marriage. Absolutely. Some of us stay in relationships too long that that's not good for us. We stand it too long and that's how you end up hurt and just like what Kiki said. You was trying.

You had it. You had it. You had it. It's always the opposite sign. You know. I thought you had it. I thought you was bringing it home then. I thought you was bringing it home.

You just stopped. I thought you had it. I don't know. You almost had it. You almost got there. And it's fucking silent too long. All right. Mr.

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You have over 60 animals. First of all, how do you even keep track of everybody? And second, do you have favorites? Who are they? And why? Yeah, I need to know about this. Okay. I don't know where the number's 60. I really got to figure that out.

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We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Maya, welcome. Good morning. How's doing? Is this your first time here? I think so. Wow.

Good morning, Ma'am. I feel it. How's your energy this morning? How you feel? Good. I got a good night. Nice rest. Okay.

Mm-hmm. I have some tacos for Taco Tuesday. Hey. She's married to a Mexican, so she is. She's also black as well. Yes. I'm married to a black Mexican. I'm good.

How are you doing? New album, retrospect. Yes, sir. What did this album mean to you? This album is a journey back into time, the time that influenced me to sign up to music. You know, when I fell in love with music for the first time, it was literally so. Funk, R&B. that filled my household vinyl days, the collection that my parents had.

A lot of dancing going on, a lot of singing going on in the living room. But culture as well. The block parties, the skating rinks, those gatherings where your family would come over, laughter, children playing. So it's a celebration. Nobody could look at you until you grew up in that era, by the way. Like literally, no. Oh, no, I'm a 70s baby.

I know. I know. Yeah. Yeah. So the whole experience. But I'm glad that you said that because we were listening to the album and I instantly got prints. Yeah. So it was like that was totally intentional.

Oh, yes. The Minneapolis Sound. Absolutely. I've worked with Jam and Lewis before. Performed with Prince before. But that whole era of funk, the performance, the aesthetics, the fashion, you know, the little eye expressions and the facial expressions and the hand gestures. Just the ultimate performance during that time, the rehearsals. You know, I'm a musician's daughter.

Yeah. And it really inspired me. I've done stuff like that before on previous albums. I did a Rick James cover, but I just wanted to embody a whole body of work, which is what an album is to me. So retrospect is literally digging into the crates of my influences and going back into time, those joyful times of my childhood that first influenced me and introduced me to music. We don't really fast a performing with Prince either. Yes. What was that like?

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

Playing an instrument. all of those things and then really investing in your craft. And there were gems that were jobbed. See, I'm not Prince. And I started this independent journey very early before it was a thing. And Plenty Nine, right? And Plenty Nine is my label. And I didn't necessarily know what it was all about when I stepped into that new territory.

And he was the person that was the voice of reason that sort of kept me on that path, even when it got tough. You know, it requires you to, of course, finance 100%. That's the way I've done. done it and, you know, grind, but also wear several different hats and wear many roles. And it's been a beautiful educational journey of empowerment, but learning. And then also developing relationships when you become the label yourself and figuring it out because, you know, the business of music and then also the technological side of things changes. Yeah.

Every few weeks, there's a new platform. So it was really wonderful just to be in his presence, but also to receive the success. spiritual conversations, the business conversations, the new business models, the rehearsal conversations, finding your niche conversations, the performance aspect of it, and then encouragement. How ahead of his time was he? Oh, I mean, he was in his own world. He was one of one, playing over 17 instruments. You know, I don't know anybody that does that.

And it was very passionate, meticulous, very detail-oriented. I witnessed him doing a sound check at the O2 both nights. And so I actually ran into him on my way to my sound check coming from his sound check. And he was out there mixing on the board in the front of house. And he cares that much about how the audience or the listener receives the art down to the mixing. And so, you know, I get asked often, how come there's been an eight-year gap. in between albums. I mean, I too have really taken my time to

be in that process of mixing. This is the first album that I am releasing independently in Dolby Atmel as well as Sony 360 spatial audio, which is an immersive experience. Like inside of the music

surround sound. Okay. When you go to movie then? 360 degrees. But now that, you know, they're doing this with music now versus just soundtracks for films. You know, it's interesting because you say this your first studio album in eight years. It makes me think, were you protecting your piece or protecting your artistry? Honestly, I was really just having a ball, experiencing what it is to create from a real free, pure place. It wasn't even protection. It got very addictive, and I went

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

and a one territory release here and there, mixstaves, EPs along the way, and then something magical happens. Your relationships are built, you know, the process because of that education and practice, and then you show up and you put together an album, throw it out, just for the love, it gets nominated for a Grammy. And then it's additional confirmation to keep it. going. And friends always said, you know, I will help you if you stay independent. And there's been so many times you want to throw in the towel questioning self, is this really worth it? Do I need to

go back into the system and all of these things? Because it is very hard and it, you have to be very relentless and resilient in your grind, especially when you're financing 100% of it. And then sometimes people don't even know it exists. So you're also getting, oh, you're washed up, or you fell off. How come you don't make music anymore? And nobody. paying attention. So nobody's paying attention. So to answer your question, you know, there's been so many times that question mark has popped up. But I don't measure success in the way I used to when I was in the system because there's a new definition that's been introduced to me. My sanity is kept. My spirit's intact. I'm literally having more of one now in my 40s than I was

as a teenager, just kind of trying to figure it out in understanding that, you know, if it doesn't reach a certain number or a chart position, then you can be canceled. You can leave. You can be shelved. And I love music so much. I think I've protected just the love of the art, not intentionally. But that's what Prince was always talking about, and that's what he was an advocate for for those he thought

or maybe saw a little spark of love and passion in so that they can preserve their art themselves and still work in the business. You know, I was going to ask, you know, you started so young. I did. But we haven't heard a lot of Maya crazy stories. Is that because your dad is still with you now and he's still guided and making sure that he's controlling everything else? Because a lot of times when people start young, you start hearing crazy stories. The industry runs them down.

The industry makes them crazy. But we haven't heard those stories from you. I mean, there's always controversy. There's wild stuff out there, of course, that I actually experienced at the birth of, you know, a lot of the bottom feeder type of sites. You know, you can't avoid that in a public forum, you know, as a public figure. And everybody's a public figure nowadays. But, um. Lauren going to all the bottom feeder sites right now.

Just to see what you talked about. She just started typing. Shut up. I saw you talk about this from Melissa Ford on her, the sit down that y'all did. And I made some notes about just what it felt like being there at the break of it all Because we feel like we get it so bad from what we experience now Anytime you step out into this world Be prepared to get attacked from every direction

Even if you are Mother Teresa and your fundamentals It does not matter so you do have to understand that the world that we live in Plus everybody's opinion being Cool on Front Street It's gonna happen and if you know that everybody's kind of going through it, wonderful. We didn't have social media when I was a teen, so I survived. We had, you know, tabloids and logs, but I was really under the radar because also,

and I'm thankful for that, because I was still a test dummy when I first started. They weren't sure of R&D and if it could live on a rap and rock label. I was literally on Interscope when it was just rap and rock as an experiment. I was not signed on my first. album during their investment to see if it could even work and exist. I was not even signed to Interscope on my first album. I was signed to Hock Islam out of D.C. on University Music Entertainment. So it was real soft pedal-ish.

I didn't get the Britney Spears exposure. But we were positioning and aligning on old soundtracks, Ghetto Superstar, pop stuff here and there, good looks, just try to figure it out. So I didn't have the initial, I would say, stamp of approval. Yet I was in a real void, gray area. Like, R&B, we don't know what that is. Right. We don't know if that's going to work over here.

We're willing to take a chance somewhat. Let's see how it does. What was the first best business decision? Shout out to Baltimore, Drew Hill. You already know. Cisco. It's also on the same independent label that helped me. Break onto the scene.

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

You think social media would have helped your career more or heard it? Both. Both. You know, you get to know people too much. You know, there can be some strong effects personally, spiritually. You know, to open yourself up to the world is dangerous. And I think there's a lot of judgment that's very fragile when you're learning yourself as a teenager. I see it all the time with child stars in the public eye trying to grow into themselves.

So I think the popularity and, of course, the investment might have been enhanced. enhanced because of the exposure that you get from social media, but it could have gone so many different ways. Are you ready for it? What are the dynamics going on in your personal life? I don't think at that time I would have been ready for too much popularity. I was still learning me. I was also still learning the business and also just how to conduct an interview, how to do radio drops. Like the real things, when you're just a newbie to any territory. A lot of fans when they have a lot of fans when they have. conversations about your career, they always talk about how, like, your fourth album was like, either it was delayed or like the release wasn't as big as fans feel like it should have been. Yeah. And they feel like it was unfair to you, and that's why certain things didn't happen for you afterward.

How do you feel about that time period of your life? It's so interesting looking back at that time. So when I mentioned Interscope, a series of events go like this, Hock is Long, you know, sign to an independent label. They invest in you. Demos were shopped. to several different labels. Interscope said yes, but it's still a maybe. Second album, I got signed to Interscope officially.

Did another album. Third album was Moved Ring. 2003, did a tour, all that. I start wanting to record my fourth albums, and the budget was closed. And they're still recouping. A lot was spent making that third album with Ron Fair. And, you know, I didn't have management at that time.

So I'm now kind of in a transition where I've got to, I had to either put up my own money and I started to do that. And it was like a lot of money. Every week I was spending in studios. How much? $20,000. Over the course of two weeks, I said, this is ignorant. What I'm going to do is go home.

I'm going to build a studio. I'm going to build a rehearsal space. But I'm also going to purchase a house. So I can have living, take care of family, but also cast a crew that's based from my hometown that's hungry, that's thirsty, provide opportunities, start a foundation. But something doesn't feel right living in L.A. something is missing

and I was out there by myself so I called my dad up I was like look I'm not happy here let's sit down I can't create I don't want to come home and I want to do things from the ground up he took me to Motown

via Sylvia Rome it was still within the universal system and that's where R&B was supported it was understood culturally understood it has a history going back to Detroit so Sylvia Rohn allowed me

to executive produce my own project. And it was a wonderful project called Liberation, which would have been my fourth album. Things happened. There was Napster. There was social media. There was iTunes. And so when you change the release date,

so many different times, there's the farthest territory. Furthest territory, Japan. That's a whole day ahead, right? And when they changed the release state the last minute, Japan had the album. And it was out. And then it leaked.

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

And your whole rollout is fumbled. The whole investment. It gets shelved. You can choose to go back in the system. I was just in a place of processing, which has happened after spending a year and a half literally putting up even some of my own money. You cry? Of course. You know, to be thrown out, discarded, dropped, all of these things with negligence and made

to look like I wasted somebody's money when I show up, I show up on time. I really invest my own money into situations. I just decided to sit with sale for a minute and figure out, you know, what it is? I wanted to. Broadway called immediately, which was wonderful. Prince called immediately when he heard the word

independent. And there were these wonderful things that happened immediately for me where I was quickly gathered up and shown that this actually is probably going to be your greatest blessing. There are opportunities coming. You have a catalog already.

But I was always living in this fight or flight correctional facility mode. Yeah. Like, I want you all to understand that I'm not lazy. I want you all to understand that the perception is not I wasted anybody's money. The perception is, is I'm going to go get this and I'm going to go show you that I mean business. Show you that I'm really about this art. Show you that I'm really about this music.

And to do the best I can with what I got to work with, whatever that is. So I was just figuring it out. I was watching your interview with Gina Views and she was talking, Best of Me. Yeah. She didn't know Best of Me part two was. a remix to the original. With Jada kids. Yeah, I didn't.

You didn't know that either? No, I didn't. They're younger. I didn't know that. Jersey dress, June Ambrose, right? Yeah, June Ambrose. I literally created a jersey dress because of that thing. For really?

How did you do it though? So I have a brand called Brown Girl grinding, and we were trying to figure out something for the summer, and I loved the music video. So we created the jersey dress and literally because of... The way you look on her, that's not... That's not how to... What's...

What you want, I didn't think about it. He's a hair. Hater. I had no idea that there was a Jada kiss version of I saw Genevues in that interview. Ah, well, see, it was my street single. So, you know, it was also a mid-tempo as well. I knew, don't.

I knew. I knew. I know. I knew. People thought back then, that's when Jada and J-Z were going back and forth. Really? And they always used to say that J-D-T did that because he wanted to one-up J-D-Kiss because Did they have beef?

Back then, they were going back and forth. Absolutely. So that, so. I didn't even know that. I love that you did. She was all in her own removed. I love that for her own world. I thought it was just a remix.

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

on his tracks. And he was playing me some beats. I had Jimmy Cozier there, Tarantio. Moshanda was there. I picked a specific point. beat. He was like, oh, no, no, no. That belongs to DMX. That beat did the bat, bap, bap, bap, bah, bah, bah, bah. Oh, no. Swiss did the original featuring Jada Kis. Best of Mea original mix featuring Jada Kis, Swiss beats produced.

That was his very first R&B record that he'd ever produced, but it belonged to DMX, the actual beat, there was another song over top of it that I didn't hear, but I think he stumbled upon it by accident, and I said, oh, rewind that real quick. So I said, I want to write to that one. and Jimmy Cosier and I Jimmy Cozier is an R&BR. Toronto. No, I don't know.

I did know. I'm sorry, go ahead. Jamie Records, right? Yeah. Yeah, so we're all in the studio Jimmy Cozier, Taranville, Shonda, and I. And we just come up with the concept,

what we wanted to feel like. And that's how Best of Meepard won was born. It was a solo song first. We might have had a bridge on it. We took the bridge off and put Jada Kiss on it because we decided that that would be

my very first street single. What they do or what they consider street singles to be is to warm up, you know, the streets first before you go with your pop hit. That's all right. No, we know what it is with these young ones that you go back. Yeah. So we knew that we wanted Case of the X to be a single, but it kind of leans toward the pop world a little bit.

And we did not want to leave the urban crowd out of this. So we did destiny featuring Jada first. Steve Stout and hockey Islam were kind of working. working together. Steve Stout was at Interscocovo, how Islam was running the independent label side of University of music entertainment. And so Steve Stout had all these relationships and had Jay-Z hop on the remix, you know, because of his relationship with him. And McKeda and I, Macada Davis, wrote the remix here at the Hip Factory in New York. What was the tone and poke? And Tony Palms. Track Masters. Trackmasters.

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

No choreography, no rehearsals. And then it comes out and kind of like takes hold of. the clubs and whatnot. The lady marmalade era, right? It was huge coaching. Did that success feel empowering or did they come with pressure to compete with, like, I don't know, other women? I don't know. I didn't feel any competition because we're all, number one, so different.

We were all established at the time doing our individual thing in this business. And that was also very quick. We got in the studio to just lay our backgrounds together on one session, in one session. and then we cut our leads separately. Ron Fier was involved in that. Missy, as well as Rock Wilder, laid the foundation and blueprint of that record. Ron Faire took our vocals,

and then he edited them and kind of oversaw the executive production process of that. And that became this version of Lady Marmalade, you know. So, got into rehearsals for a couple of performances, won a Grammy together.

There was absolutely no competition. I didn't feel that. I thought it was a blessing. I thought it was wonderful to win with your sisters. My favorite song is falling. Just wanted to say that because, girl, you're trying to wrap it up. But my favorite song is falling.

My girl 2003, they had me like, that was my favorite song from Moorring. Now, Moorring is my favorite album, but my favorite song is falling. That's so beautiful. Why is it your favorite? Girl, because I thought I was in love in 2003 and I was telling this guy,

I'm telling you like, it's a whole area. you had in my life. You're like 15 at this time. Yes, and that's when you think that you, the boy that you love and you meet, that's the one you, I'm telling them like, you got me, you complete me, you got me falling head over hills

for you and just, and he's just sitting there like, okay, yeah, he ain't up even hear the song. And then when we broke up, he heard the song and was like, you're quoting an artist the whole time. And now you're going to do the same thing. Get your little hot ass out.

They were 16 during that time. I really was. Oh my yes. Maya, we appreciate it. She should do audio books or something, Maya. She should. That's what they tell me. I will.

I'll get into radio. I'll do guided meditation. All of it. I'll do that. Yeah. Voiceovers and whatnot. And the thing is Roger. I should have even known.

You're a 14-year-old name Roger? Mm-mm. Name daddy grandfather. I shouldn't even, I shouldn't even... It was so toxic. Anybody with the letter R is toxic. This is Maya fault. That was my jammed too, but this was my fault.

She had me in Chambles. The album comes out next Friday, and we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you, Maya. It's Maya, ladies and gentlemen, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Damn, the he-haw, did it? It's time for Donkey of the Day. I mean, ain't trying to be Donkey Today no more.

They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. Called Donkey of the Day, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Salome, who got the donkey of the day today? Well, just hilarious. It's Donkey Today. goes to President Tiffany Hernandez of Glendell Community College and Glendell Community College as a staff, record label, and Mother F in school. Okay.

I'm telling you right now that we are about to experience what I call the Great Disconnect. You are going to have a large swath of society that completely submits to the robots. They're going to completely submit the AI. Those are going to be the people who are proud citizens of a techno-futilist society. If you don't know what techno-futilism is, please read a great book called Technofutilism, What Killed Capitalism by Yainautilis. Varu Fakas, I think that's how you pronounce his name. I can never pronounce the name. But the name of the book is techno feudalism

what killed capitalism. But the rest of us are going to disconnect because nobody wants to spend the rest of their life going on social media questioning what's real or not. Okay, I'm not doing it. Swiping constantly, asking yourself, is this real? Sending links to people and they hitting you back,

like that's not real? I don't have the mental and emotional bandwidth to live like that. And also in our line of work, the radio industry there are already some things being done by AI technical stuff and I hate it okay because AI is not a human and when it comes to the details nothing beats a human touch all right AI does not micromanage okay I'm not even sure AI does the basic macro stuff good yet but I don't want people using

AI to cut clips for breakfast club I don't want people using AI to title things and create descriptions because AI gets a lot wrong and that is why Tiffany Hernandez and Glendale Community College need to be at the front of the congregation today because they decided to use AI for something that absolutely 100% needs a human touch. And that's a graduation ceremony. Yes, someone at Glendale Community College thought it would be a great idea to have AI announce the students' names. And this happens. Let's go to WRAL for the report, please. What a mess for everyone involved here at Glendale Community College. Students work so hard to get to this point, to get their diploma, and graduate and they say the school should have been better prepared.

Michael D. Gonzalez. The names being read during GCC's commencement didn't appear to match who was walking across stage. India Hall. Then the names at the bottom of the screen stopped changing. Azucina de Mesa Jimenez. Then the screen on the left goes blank. I was honestly just proud to be there in the moment. It was only after Grace Reimer crossed the stage and returned to her seat that she realized

something was off. Here's the photo. That's her on stage. That's not her name. But I also didn't hear a lot of cheering, and I know that my family is a pretty loud family. Several minutes later. Grace Marie Reimer. She finally heard her name. Yeah, that's not right, and it definitely made me feel uneasy. Here's what's happening. We're using a new AI system as our reader. So that is a lesson learned for us. This story is the perfect example of people using AI because they're lazy for no reason. Okay, I mean, what is the point of using AI for these kids graduation?

Is it really too much to ask to have a couple of people stand up and read names? Okay, are we really just going to let the robots have everything? We're concerned about AI taking jobs, but we're giving away the easy ones like this. Okay, you adults are busy trying to save time, maybe money, I don't know, but you're completely missing the point of the moment. Graduation isn't just some assembly line event. You can't treat these kids like products on a conveyor belt. Some fall off, some don't. Some get labeled wrong.

Some get labeled right. Some get stamped. Some get thrown away. This is a once in a lifetime ceremony for these kids. Families drove in. Okay. Students spent years and thousands of dollars hustling and you turned the most personal part. Hearing your name called.

So you can do a little dance to some pumping circumstance. Y'all turn that to just a glitch in the matrix. And the irony of this story, what really bothers me, these schools spend years telling students, don't use chat GPT, okay? Don't use AI to plagiarize. Do the work yourself. Don't let AI do it for you. Then as soon as it's time for the administration to do their work, they bring in RTD2. R2D2.

R2D2. What's the thing name for all of all? R2D2. Okay. They bring in Wally. They bring an Optimus Prime. They bring in a Terminator, okay, to do all the work for them. What would you do if you found out your fitness trainer was secretly using Ozimpy and Zetbound,

but was always speaking to you about the dangers of weight loss drugs? Would you trust him? No, you wouldn't. Okay. Hey, young world, Generation Z, where does AI rank in your top five in regards to your growing list of resentments? Okay. I know y'all got, I know y'all hate hustle culture. That's up there.

Climate change. Capitalism. America being beholding to Israel. Where does rapid, unchecked integration of AI into your lives and workplace rank? All right. You have a whole generation who already feel like technology is replacing jobs, creativity, and human connection. And this incident at Glendale Community College is just another example of that. Okay.

Glendale Community College, you have proven that common sense is now an elective course. Okay, using AI to announce human names at a graduation and the robot was skipping people like Spotify skipping songs on shuffle. This is the problem with society. Okay, everybody wants efficiency over expense. AI can't guarantee efficiency. But happy, well-paid humans can. Okay, I'm not even sure AI knows what efficiency is. I damn sure know that AI doesn't understand empathy are the importance of a moment.

And when this robot messed up these kids' names, all President Tiffany Hernandez and the administration could offer is the corporate classic. We apologize for the inconvenience. Man, skipping someone's name. at graduation is more than an inconvenience. Okay, imagine being the first person in your family to graduate college. And your old grandma sitting there waiting to hear your name

and she doesn't, and she thinks she's losing her hearing because she never heard your name, but she knows she saw you walk across stage. Got that old lady thinking she going crazy and it's your fault. This is why people are scared of AI, not because the technology exists, but because humans keep using it

to replace moments that require actual humanity. Okay. Some things require soul, and that's what AI will never have. Please give President Tiffany Hernandez of Glendell Community College the biggest he-ha. I see your dumb-ass beige wheels turning. I see them stupid-ass waffle-colored wheels turning. I'm just saying. What is your brain thinking, man, that is the color of dirty urine?

Remember when Webby was up here and Webby couldn't pronounce those names? Now, listen. Now, some of those names. I see what you're doing. Some of those names. That's different. Now, if I had to choose who to say the names, okay? If it's Webby, if it's me, because I can't really pronounce that well, if it's just hilarious, then maybe you think AI.

Okay. If it's you. I'm going to AI. Maybe. I just got to see who else is available for us. What other humans are available? Some of them names. What other humans are available?

I'm really good with pronouncing people's names. I'm really good with pronouncing people's names. Yes, I am. Then when you go to other coaches. I'm real good with pronouncing his name. That's not just your American name, not your Thomson's and your Jackson's. Right. Like the name you started with.

The African. What's the African guy that you named the author with the book? He's not African. You said, what was it? He's not African. He's like, he's not African. He made the same way African out. Yannas by Rufakis. Exactly.

That is definitely wrong. That's not right. I don't know if I'm wrong. So now you're a professor. Arroy Rufakas. That sounds like you cursed at somebody. Mad spit everywhere. So I get why they did it.

No, no, no. Then we go to the age name. African names. But you scrape the bottom of the barrel. Webby? Yeah, it's crazy. Me? Yeah.

Just the Lari. Like, why do you keep saying? Jess Alari's boy, we know nothing. I know how to be known. You know people can hear you. You know they can hear you. Yeah. Hello, hello, yeah.

I don't mess people names up. I may mess up other things, but not people's names. Yeah. We can't even say Spanish names right. Like it'd be the Riviera. Again. Hold on. Riviera.

Like, what are we talking about? Okay. Stop playing with me. Give her name. Okay. Okay. Give her name. All right.

Okay. This can be good. This can be good. What I'm saying? Pronounce that. Pronounce. No. No.

Oh. See what I'm saying? Yes. No. Shut up. Janus Baru. Yeah, exactly. Now you're on state.

That ain't mad because you said the name wrong. Verrufakis. You cursed on the radio three times already. Baru Fakus. Yes. Stop cursing. He's African. He's not African.

All right. What is he? He's not African. Exactly. So that, see, I can't see, we just made the point. We can't say any names so that professor go up there. But that doesn't like us. AI can't say the name either.

Yes, you don't let AI. And I know AI is messed up. Yesterday I posted a picture of AI and it cut my arm up. I didn't even see my arms off. Only had one arm. But, you know, but. But once again, for a graduation ceremony, that needs a human touch, bro.

Yeah, it does. Even if you up there mispronouncing people's names, you know, you got to make sure you get the names right. But that's why you practice. If you know that you're doing a college graduation, You practice beforehand to make sure you have the pronunciation right. It'd be like 2,000 names. I don't care.

I don't care. You excite by that name. You got to make sure that you pronounce their names right. 2,000 names. It's a graduation. The professor's never seen them kids? It's a college graduation. That's how important a day like that is.

Exxed by their name. Yes. You practice pronouncing the names if you're the person pronouncing the names. That's right. By the way, that's what I would do. I could do it if I'm like Batman. You give me some time to prepare. I'll get it done.

Yonis. Varufakis. Yes, that is his name, y'all. Just took you four times to figure it out. You only got one shot. I said it right all times, but you got to read that name, Slough. All right, Shulamain, thank you for that donkey today. Yes, indeed.

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Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Amber. Amber, good morning. What's your question for Jess? So my question is someone who's slapped me as a teacher when I was in fourth grade. What? Okay.

You're, wait a minute. So what about them? I'm sorry, start over. So when I was in fourth grade, there was me. And she, like, Jackie, He did all this stuff. And I just really want to out her on Facebook because I recently found her.

And I just want to know if it's a good idea or not. She wants smoke from four grade. Oh, my God. It was a Christian school. It was a Christian private school. So everybody thinks really highly of her. And I just really want to put it out there what happened. What did you do to get slapped?

Damn. So it wasn't me. Now that I'm an adult, at that time as a child, I was very confused. Now as an adult, I found out that she had a problem with my mom. about something. Okay, okay. And your mom is still living, I presume, huh? Yeah.

Okay, and so, that's crazy. I can't give this, that type of advice on this radio here. I was going to say, well, have your mother slap her, but no. What happened when you went home and told your mother that she slapped you? Like, do you remember, like, did your mother take any type of action, legal action, or did she smack her ass back, you know, back in the day? It wasn't no legal action. We all went to church together.

I don't know how they might have handled it as a child. I just know what happened. And then I just kept on going to school. And it's just like really still bothering me. You ain't never talked to your mother about that? Because it sounds deeper than you getting slapped. You never talked to your mom? I did later on, years later.

What she said? It wasn't really much said. It wasn't really much said. But she slapped this shit in me. She yanked me up. It was another teacher in there who told her, stop. She was like, stop. It's not her fault.

Just stop. And that's how she stopped hurting me. Damn. Okay. Well, shit. You want to out or out of? I can't stop her. You still made you guys slapped 20 years ago.

Listen, and it don't matter what if I tell you not to or not, you already got it in your mind. You are still, obviously, you're bothered by that. And that was like a traumatic experience. And now that you just found her, girl, you want your revenge. So out her. Just go ahead and out her. I don't know if she's still slapping kids or whatever. But just out her, do it.

She got to be like 80 years right now, right? She's got to be old as hell. She ain't talking about a slap. And she's talking about it. She's talking about it. And I see to her family really loves her. Like I studied her for the past year trying to figure out if I want to do this. But I really just want to put it out there because why did you do that to me?

Is she. Okay. Holding that. Yeah, because she probably really did some serious damage to this young girl. Like she, when she was a kid, she, I'm talking about slap the up, jacked up. The other teacher was like, no, stop. It's not her fault. So obviously, everybody needs.

knew what was going on but you. And even as an adult, you don't know what's going on. That's not sitting right with me. You're not asking your mother to write questions. Your mother keeping something from you. Something that's happening with. She might probably was sleeping with that lady husband. I agree. As an adult, I know that my mom probably had something going on. But as a child, I didn't do anything and I really didn't know what was going on. Exactly. But that's the thing. I know you want the revenge on the lady for putting the hands on you. But really, your mother was supposed to step in and do something about that because you are her child and you had nothing to do with whatever they had going on.

Like, your mother was supposed to take care of that. And you said that you even asked your mother what happened. And she ain't even provides you with no context because you can't even tell me what, what happened? Your mother, Bryce, slept with that lady man or something, something. And she took it out on you because you was in our class. I get it. I don't can't.

I say out both of them. If you're going out, if you're going out the lady, you're going out your mother to out both of them because somebody is keeping something from you. And that's what make me think it's real big and it's probably horrible. It's a real crazy story. Okay, so that's literally my question is because I feel like that in my spirit.

With no real knowledge, I feel like I'm about to out my mom about something. Yep, yep. So unless you, so you have to give your mother one more chance to come clean about it. You got to say, my look, I'm about to press the button on this ish.

And when I do, all hell are going to break loose because whatever you hiding, whatever the deep dark secret was, I'm going to get to the bottom of it. I got slapped over that, it's, and I'm not okay. 20 years later. Sex, I'm not.

And it is what it is. Right. So, out them both. You can't out one without out another. Because if you do out the lady, she's going to tell you some things about your mother that you're going to be like, oh, my God.

Oh, yeah, you got out both of them. But go to your mother first. Don't out the old lady now. Just go to your mother first, give one more chance to tell you. And if not, get both of them. Both of them. Okay.

That's what I'll do. And then call me. back and let me know what happened. Damn. Okay, thank you. All right, babe. All right. Just fix my mess.

800, 585, 105. One, she's been holding that on for like 30 years. Yo, she's been studying this old lady for a year now. No, like, this happened like 25 years ago.

Yeah, she helped also, but she finally found the lady last year and she'd been doing all her research. She knows where the lady worked, where the lady live, with a lady go to church, when she go to the grocery stores, to her kids and everything.

She is planning, she's a different type of slap. Because he just didn't yoke me up and I don't even remember their names. I know. That's what I'm sad, but show his Sprite bed. She didn't do nothing. All right.

Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up? This is Chris. Chris, what's your question for Jess? Good morning. All right. Hey, listen, I don't know if you're going to say good morning when I'm done. But my girlfriend's pregnant.

Congratulations. But she's, no. But she's not really my girlfriend. Oh, what the hell? So, you know, it's complicated. But. Okay. Thanks happen.

what I would tell you is when she told me, she told me she didn't want it. And I said, I support whatever you want to do. Okay. And all of a sudden, she just ghosting. Like, I don't know. She won't answer. She won't text. Mm-hmm.

Like, she's just ghosting. And here's the thing. I don't believe in baby mama, baby daddy crap. You know, our culture, we push that. I don't. Okay. I'm a man. I take care of.

So if we're going to have a kid, then we're going to be used to. We're going to make this a union. That's right. Oh, I've got to come back to this custody. I agree. What should I do? Because I don't want to get nasty, but I take, my kids are going to be with me. I understand.

So, okay. All right, look, what type of relationship do you guys have? You said she told, you said she's not really your girlfriend. So were you guys just dealing with each other? All your friends, were you all of planning to be in a relationship? If she got pregnant quicker than you guys planned? Like, what, what, what happened? What is the dynamic of the relationship?

we were just cool okay and then y'all were having sex and she got pregnant boom boom and she she said Chris I don't want this right

I'm like that's up to you whatever you want I support you that's what I told her support you and then you said she ghosted you you never heard from anything you know after that I don't know where she I don't know what's going on okay I'm like I don't know she had it and she did

should I here's the thing I also recognize there's a legal side. I don't want to be stalker. Yeah. Well, that's what you got to do. You just got to wait it out because your worry is coming from the fact that she never said anything else. She never confirmed whether or not she was actually really going to go through with the abortion or whether she was going to keep it. All she told you was she didn't want it.

Yeah. And you told her you supported her. I was trying to understand. And you told her you supported and whatever. So what makes you think that she didn't get it and that she's just angry that you didn't have? have a different response. Like, damn, no, no, no. We're not concerned about that.

What I don't want to happen is, you know, nine months a year down the road, I'm in the store, and they're like, oh, shoot, who is that? That's your baby. Yeah, but that may happen. Things like that do happen.

You know, you got to understand who you're dealing with. This is your friend. Y'all were friends. You probably didn't know it that well, you know, but, yeah, this is, you're going to have to just deal with that. You know what I mean?

Because if she's ghosting you, I mean, I wouldn't say give up trying. But if she doesn't hit you back up to give you any further clarity on whether or not she got the abortion or she decided to go through with the pregnancy, I mean, you just got to wait it out. You know, she could be going through the motions. It could be anything that the girl is going through. I understand, you know, your mental paranoia as well, though. Like, I understand you walking around worried every day, you know, but you just got to prepare yourself for the, you know, but you just got to prepare yourself for the, you know, the best and the worst at the same time. I'm sorry.

Yeah. It's rough. It's rough. Yeah, it is rough. But whatever you do, don't get nasty. It's not going to result well for anybody. But if you... No, and I don't want it to be. And I told her that. I said, it doesn't need to be that. It doesn't need to be anything negative at all.

It doesn't. It doesn't. And the fact that she was your friend, you actually were friends before. If she does have to be, then y'all just gonna have to figure out how y'all can come together come together and co-parent effectively, you know, because your situation is already, you know, not of the norm. Y'all weren't together. Y'all were two friends that was messing around and she ended up getting pregnant, you know?

She said she didn't want it. She probably had a change of heart and didn't include you in the plans. Whatever it is, you just got to prepare for the best and the worst in the situation. And you may need my book too, because it's till deaf-do we parent. It's a co-parenting memoir because you're going to have to put on your big boy. pants and co-parate effectively since y'all ain't got a relationship you have to find a way to do that it might have been another it might have been something else i forgot to mention though all right don't be honest don't play with me don't call up here playing with me what is it might have been so okay i think her friend is pregnant also

my bad by you i got a good i got yeah just i got i'm no i'm no i'm no i'm no you okay yeah just anyone is a whole story to it, but I'll bet. And you wonder why you ghosted. Really? Well, she was a willing participant. Who was the willing participant her friend? Both.

Both? Y'all had a threesome. You got both for them pregnant. Okay. Yeah, but it doesn't say the way you make a sound. Damn, you two twice and one threesome? It was three times, but, just, come on now. Listen, sir, my head's off to that.

But that, you're a dirty dog. Could you ask them what are you using for your unks in here, please? Yeah, what did you use that? Three times. And a threesome, damn. Hey, pineapple, pineapples and bananas. Pineapples and banana. Natural fruits.

That's not a joke. Ask any doctor I tell you. I eat fruits all the time. Yeah, you can't. That ain't happening. Okay. How old are you, bro? All right, yeah.

How old are you? You look. I'm 41. Oh, okay. All right. I still wasn't doing that. Well, my hat's off. off to you for your performance.

You know, you were never doing that like that. Now, slow down, man. It's a big boy tough. Are you trying to play you? Damn. Hey, shut your way. I just said I wasn't ever done. Okay, all right.

I just said, make sure. Like, I don't know why he came in me. Like, Rubin. Yeah, well, apparently you've been coming at everybody. That's the problem that he got right now. Hey, yo. Listen, that's why you ghosty. Hey, yo.

No, that's why you ghosted. You tried it. You called a pin. You left that big detail out. That's why that girl don't want. Man, no. You got enough. That's why she says she don't watch your kid.

That's not fair. That's not fair. That's not fair. Two friends going to be walking around with the same baby daddy. And they got pregnant on the same night. Oh, oh. I moved to Utah. We can get married.

I'm like tripping. We can be one and a happy threesome. Hang up on them. Yeah. Just get my book. Get two of, matter of facts. Since you've got two baby mothers now. Two potential baby mamas now.

Yeah, get two of my books. Pre-order it. By sir. Deaf, do we purring. Goodbye. Good luck. Like, what? I don't know.

Just fix my mess or try to or some situation just can't be fixed. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Shalamey and the guy. We are the breakfast club. Sholamane, you got a positive note. Yes, the positive note is simply this, man.

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