The Breakfast Club - The Breakfast Club BEST OF(Patientce Foster, Chris Brickley, And Nina Parker & KevOnStage Interview)

Episode Date: September 1, 2025

Best of 2025- BEST MOMENTS - Patientce Foster, Chris Brickley, And Nina Parker & KevOnStage Interview, Craziest Thing You Did To Flex Topic. Recorded 2025. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning This is your time To get it off your chest 800-585-105-1 We want to hear from you On the Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? Hey Jamie

Hey Jamie, what's up? Get it off your chest Hey, how you doing? I wanted to get on here Excuse me, I might be a little nervous I ain't ever called the radio station before. But I just want to sing a little song for y'all real quick. All right, go ahead, brother.

And it's my birthday. Oh, happy birthday, Berth. Happy birthday. You from Baltimore? Thank you. Thank you, huh? Yeah, you're from Baltimore. I'm definitely from Baltimore.

That's just ain't it, yeah. You already know, what's up? What's up, dummy? No, you can't say that if you're not from there. Don't. Don't, don't, you know. Go ahead. Sing something for us, though.

All right, all right. What? There's so many things I've got to tell you, but I'm afraid I don't know how. Because there's a possibility that you look at me differently, love. Ever since that first moment, I spoke your name for me, no, I knew that by you. Being in my life Things were the time The change is love

Oh Jesus Okay, shoddy All right, what did you do? Okay You need to lose your name in vain What else you do? You said I'm trying to finish the hook, me

I'm sorry Don't do a face And you Sometimes don't go straight Love All right, what else you do, bro? You need to be saying Trade

school I need to I need to call right I need Hey yo stop playing my man

I need to find something else to do I like Jamie you have a great one bro like what else

you do besides sing thank you for real in school I play ball for real in college

but now I ain't in college right now I got a little girl for real so

oh you don't do nothing he said he play ball in school and you stop playing

yo yeah I'm 23 I I'm in Florida now. I'm from Baltimore, Virginia. Now I'm in Florida. What you're doing in Florida?

Just telling you working, you know. You ain't got no job. You got me. Hey, yo, any job. Just telling you, you know. Ain't no such thing as a regular job, brother. You got a job. That's a good thing.

You're working at the Marriott. You're making a living, man. For sure. Yeah, I appreciate it. I want to all to see me out of you. Y'all going to see me, man. Yes, I'm wishing the best for you, man. God bless you, man.

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800-585-105-1. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Sala Man. Envy, what up?

Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an end. outdoor pool, our outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. We can get on the phone right now. We'll tell you what it is. We live!

Hello, who's this? This is Sydney. Hey, Sydney. Good morning. And happy birthday. Belated. Thank you. Thank you.

So I'm here to get it off my chair. I had a, it was my 30 30, and I invited, like, let's say 30 people, and literally only nine sold up, and they left me with a bill. Dang. What? And it was your dirty 30. It was my 30-30. Y'all went out to dinner.

You had a dinner and only nine people showed up. You invited 30 people. Nine showed up and they left. No, literally, there's a beautiful restaurant in the Bronx called Maya's Bar and Grill. So I kind of rented out the back section to have and it was going to be open bar. You just had to pay $100.

But, you know, I got to give him a headcount to know how much, you know, food to bake or how many people are. Yeah, yeah. So I'm giving the head count. I don't think your people's going to pop up, you know, and they kind of did it. And they kind of stuck me with that bill. Damn, that was $3,000 a hundred to pop and only nine.

So you had to come out your pocket, what, $2,100? Exactly. Jesus. I'm so sorry. Exactly. And I'm still, I had to put it on the painting plan. I ain't going to lie because I ain't got it. I feel you.

I understand. And they knew that, too. And if they knew that they wasn't going. How can you even show up somewhere not having no money? And it's a birthday girl birthday. No, it wasn't even that day. even show up with no money. They said it was coming and just didn't show up.

So they are as repeat and everything. All that. Damn. I'm so sorry. But you see, look, going to see your 30s, you see you got to leave some people back in the 20s.

No, yo, oh, trust me, I'll say that now. Sometimes that next day, I cause everybody out. I understand.

You want to say all your friends that didn't show up on you? You want to issue on them this morning? You want to say the names? Well, I know one of them because they got a definite family. But you know what?

People didn't show up And I'm like At least you won't pay me half the bills Send me something to pay for this bill I was everybody I called a cut out I was like y'all send me something Let me at least have to call So I can pay this bill

Because this ain't me You do realize They don't really like you though right Oh my dude Oh damn thanks Sean No I'm just saying Like they didn't They didn't show up

Like did they give valid reasons What was the reason Only one person Gave a valid reason They had a death in the family And everybody else was just like I mean they had a plan Everybody I don't even tell you

I'm true I don't even care about the explanation or whatever. I just actually at least paid something. Give me something. Did you tell them that it was $100 or you just said pull up? That's a little sneak. No, it was a flyer, everything. $100 open bar food.

Everything was included. Yeah. It was a whole flyer. I didn't just tell them pull up and, like, no. You got to prep some people. Now everybody got it. You know? Yeah, for sure.

Some people, you know, press and, you know, save their money and stuff. But no, I didn't just tell him to, you know, talk. And I'm sorry. At least a restaurant did a payment plan. Most restaurants would have probably locked you up, you know what I mean? At least they did a payment plan. I know. Yes, that's what I'm saying.

He's very good. And the food is delicious. Myers Paran restaurant on East Tremont. If y'all ever, I would just go. Myers. If y'all want to bless, yeah, Maya's bar and restaurant. You know, only nine people ate, only nine people drank. Yeah.

Myers help her out a little bit if you can. That ain't Maya's fault. No, but they can help out. That is not mind of fault. But he has. But I don't got to do it. God damn thing. He is helping me.

He is helping me. He's working with me. So he did a plus and so I just want to shout on his dress on because he's a dope person. Yeah, go go to my support. Maybe Maya can take up some more? Yeah, that's what's that. That too. I know.

Can I talk to my cash out in case somebody want to bless me and feel desperate for a girl? Man, this is crazy. Yo, Charlotte, it is. Everything going on in the world and you're really going to ask people for your cash act because people didn't show up to your birthday. party. Come on now. No, it's not even that is because she got a whole big-ass bill to pay by herself. That's her fault. She should have better

friends that actually like her. Well, she doesn't and she just found out. Right. But the ask the public, to cover that bill? No. God bless you, sweetheart. We love you. Have a great day. That's not right. Wow. When you get on the radio and ask the public to send something to your cash

it should be for dire needs, bro. Yeah. Like, not this. Come on, man. No. But what if she has dire needs that she can't take care of because she had to pay $20,000, $100 by herself. She should have thought about that beforehand. Well, she did. Maybe you should have had a smaller function.

Or once again, have some friends that actually like you. She thought she did. Friends that actually like you take you out for your birthday. Exactly. Or it shouldn't have been at myis because $100 is steep for one night. When people ain't got it right now, she should have did. Golden Corral in the Bronx. That's what she should have been.

It was like $29. $29. Oh, she'd have been good. She did that damn. I agree. Damn. Damn. Sorry, Mama.

Well, if I had your cash out, I would have through a dollar. I know, dang something. Get it off your chest. 800585-105-105.1. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Salameen the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren La Rosa is here with us. And we got some special guests in the building this morning. The host of the new show Friday Night Vibes on TBS.

Well, the new host of Friday Night Vibes on TVS. Dana Parker and Kevin on stage welcome I brought that up because you know Kev didn't talk about that last time

he was here and I saw Nina and Ken's and Nina was like I don't know why he was up there and did not mention that we had a new host

Friday night vibe I said men be having tunnel vision so you got all these other projects he was I watched the interview and I was so excited I was like I can't wait until he mentions Friday night vibes because we were in the middle

of filming Friday night vibes and he didn't say nothing I said, man, Friday Night Vives, Friday Night Vives. And I had just did Taryn Hall and I was like, Keth, I mentioned you and shouted you out. They showed your picture on the back. I'm being gashly.

First of all, I feel like, I'm being gashly. I said it first, so it means it's true. Maybe that's just who you are because, you know, one of your best friends was up here. What is that happened? Like, just right here. And when we told him that you were coming, he was like, he didn't even tell me he was here in New York.

Are y'all really best friends? He was like we were playing pool. What is friendship? And he never said, what is friendship? We saw him and we saw Tony just in the green room I was like, what are you doing here? Tony didn't tell me he was doing the breakfast club. But men don't share details like that.

Like, if it would have been me and my home girl, we would have been like at the hotel having breakfast before we came over. I feel like y'all just see each other when you see each other. But you know Tony had a show in New York? I did know that. I got tickets to a show.

Oh, you were more surprising? Yeah, I was going to pull up on them. Yeah, sure. You bought the tickets and he gave you the tickets because he's a friend. I always buy my tickets. I don't even play that. I love that.

I'm not trying to hear it. Don't hit me. Because people you ain't even cool with like, what's up on the ticket? Kevostates.com is what we're talking with them? My parents buy tickets to my show. I want to support, but then they want you to give up the ticket to me. No, that ain't support.

Parents buy tickets to your show? My parents refuse to get free tickets. They're like, I believe in you and what you're doing. I'll go get tickets. They know you made it, though, right? There's no poor. They want to make sure. They don't make sure they don't got loaned you no money ever again.

No, well, yes. They're like, you keep doing good, so I need you to make it. You know, they're not just testing you. to see if you're going to say, no, no, no, y'all've done enough. I got you. No, they, I'm going to fail that test. No, man. You don't have a phone test?

They buy them. They support. Now I know for the next show. I got. I'm on my own. My friends, I don't mind. It's people I don't know. We ain't got a relationship.

You're trying to get the free tickets, man. No. Oh, okay. It's like a hookup. When I work, Popeyes, I get my friends a hookup. Not everybody. Like, you can't listen with a biscuits. You see the price?

That's true. How did this come together? You know what's crazy? we actually chem tested together. Kevin and I knew each other only on social media like I was a fan of his work but we had never met so we would you know exchange on social media and then

the show used to be hosted by Tiffany Haddish and Dionne Cole they were revamping it and so they did like a big casting call so when we got called and sometimes when you get to a certain level you're like oh I still got a Kemp test I was like so we did the Kemp test and it was actually like a family reunion it was about 20 about what

15 women, 15 men. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we were Kimtesting with our friends. So it was like a big, they actually were too loud. We got in trouble. It took all day long. Yeah. It was like, you spend five minutes with this person.

And then, okay, y'all done, and this person. And when Nina and I went, it was like, this sounds cliche, but I was like, I forgot we were even auditioning. We were just chopping it up. And they stopped us. We were like, okay, cool. I was like this. We got this. Like, there's sometimes, I feel like you get that little voice, you know, when you're in this industry, you just know when you're in this industry.

You just know when something is magic. Absolutely. And we were sitting next to each other, and it was so easy with him. And I've had a lot of co-hosts over the years. And Keb is, by far, like, the easiest person I've ever worked with. Oh, thank you. That's the ultimate compliment, by the way. It's not to him as to his wife, Melissa.

Hey, Melissa. Because his wife is, he knows how to, there is a, there's a dance, as you guys know. And then when you have, like, a co-host who knows how to communicate in a healthy way with a woman, it's just like even like he'll be like do you need to sit I'm like what because I'm used to people being like get off the way and it's just he's very kind

so it just makes it so easy to work with but also Nina oh go ahead show me I tell people that all the time when somebody says you're easy to work with that's beautiful and when somebody says you're a pleasure to work with you're always work yeah because it's a long the work is hard

so talent is evenly distributed you know in L.A. New York but good people to work with is not so much and then it's already stressful you got early call times and all that stuff, if you're also a jerk on top of that, it's like, bro, I don't even want to do it. Because life be life and as you know, so it's like it's hard to get on it and have to like turn

all of that off, you know, and filming. So when you have somebody that's, like, Keb is really like my real life brother. You know, I really love him. I love his wife. Like, we have dinners. Like it's so it's just, it doesn't, it truly doesn't feel like work. So we just be cutting up. And, you know, this show really allowed me to

like be funny and like really tap into because I feel like I've done so much formal journalism. This was like a different this was more vulnerable and Keb is more my coach sometimes where he's like, just say it like, you know, because I'm so trained that sometimes it's a little bit more stiff

so he's like, just say it, they ain't okay? Yeah, and Nina helped me too because I had never done official TV never worked off a prompter before so the first day I was like, hey man, it's like a lot of pressure and you can't really mess up it's time for you to do your job right

and he was like, oh it's how good just how you do it, let's run through it once and Nina, man, let me tell you what, she's big sis for real because when I don't be wanting to do stuff and she'd be like, ah, we ain't doing that y'all we are doing this like you can tell she's been in the game

for a long time never rude or anything like that but she she knows how to assert herself and people respect her for that and I'm more of like I ain't never done this so whatever y'all say is cool but also when you've done it a long time you know when people are padding time like you're like we don't need we got this we can just roll through this like y'all ain't got

a baby us like we're going to come in we're going to knock this out and we're going to go home everybody going to get home on time you got over time is it hard for you kev being on a production that you don't control No, low-key, actually, it's freeing because you like being someone to do it. Oh, my God, he likes it. There's a certain amount of stress when you control it.

Like, the talent is just one aspect. Then you've got to worry about the budget and the control and the edit and the delivery. Friday night vibes, brother, when it's over, all right, y'all, see y'all the ball. And it's, it is a welcome reprieve from having a do-all. I don't want to have to worry about post, edit deliveries, time code, you know, S&P, leave it at the door. Coffee, yes. What time is lunch? Okay, perfect. See y'all tomorrow.

I just come on time, do my job, chop it up with Nina. I knew it was cool. Nina let me, she was getting braided down. She was like, come on, I'm here. Oh, y'all are real friends now. Oh, I said, as a black man, you let me see the braid down? That's weird. The braid down is intimate.

Come in real quick, close the door. I'm getting braided down. No, that's why I think that camaraderie and chemistry from the audition through the show, it just carries on throughout. And then that's why the show feels so natural. Our guests come on. They feel really natural with us. You know what I'm saying?

And it doubled the rating. So we did the first season. We only had like 12 episodes. So it was just the first Friday of every month, which right now, you know, TV is very difficult. They actually doubled our episode order because they were saying that our interviews with each other and with our guests were spiking over the movies. So, yeah. So, I mean, listen, to get a double order during this time, we feel very blessed. We're still kicking with Nina Parker and Kev on stage.

Their new show Friday Night Vibs is on TBS. Was it toxic working in? Envy. What? I mean, listen, this is, I've heard it's not like that anymore. I don't know. And this is one of the reasons you and I haven't talked because I checked out of all things, TMZ.

I never watched the show again when I stopped. Like, I didn't, I stopped community. I'm not communicating with people I knew, but anything like I just kind of shut that part of my brain off because I had a lot of PTSD. And it was, you have to think about it. This was like the birth of new age media. there were no rules

so we would work like 14 hours a day you would get in trouble for taking a lunch you couldn't leave like your desk you had to answer your phone at 4 in the morning it was you would work weekends and you couldn't say no people would walk around with their laptop

we would go to a concert you have to have your laptop in your bag because if you got a call at 4 and you didn't answer you would get fired it was over for you it was over for you so and I made the decision to participate in that because I didn't have anybody

I didn't have anything else I didn't have a team we were kind of deterred from getting a team like you know so the things I know now this is pre-HR there too because HR was new

when I got there was no HR No HR No HR And I came to TMZ HR was very new And there was The union things that come in When you have a union protection

They got rid That didn't exist back then Like they had telepictures That was the parent company That technically you could go But you didn't know anybody there Because they weren't You only knew who was in the building

So it was really the Wild West and I probably I mean when Michael Jackson died I didn't leave the office for three days Like we slept there And that was your salary of $50,000 or less I mean I think I was still making like the PA salary then

Which was I think I had got boosted to like $6.50 a week Crazy thing is when Lauren started working here You ever see that dog that they I'm not comparing you to a dog But that dog that when you get out the shelter right And you put your hand up to pet it and the dog That's how Lauren was working here That's how I was for years

Lauren was like, wait a minute, you guys just said good job? I'm like, I thought she was joking. Then I realized, no, she was traumatized. Even thing about this morning. I still won't tell her that. No. How long were you there? I was at TMD for eight years.

And when you come in, you hear, well, from the black people there, you hear so much about you. Van was always really big about, you know, talking to me about you. He was there when I was there. So was Raquel. And then they left. And when they left, it was me. And I was like, what the heck am. At least you had the camaraderie.

But then they left. Right. And then George Floyd and Amad Aubrey happened. And it was like, oh. And you're fighting by yourself because there's a lot of microaggressions. There's macro too. And one of the things that was hard for me was like, at the time, and this was before Van even got there, I was the only black person on camera.

And so. Ooh, you are soul sisters. Yes. No, the story is you tell me. And you feel an obligation, but sometimes you're tired. And you don't know what the heck you're supposed to be saying half the time. But the thing is, with black talent especially, you don't have the, the luxury of being silent when it's a black issue

because they're going to look at you in this room full of white people and wonder why you just say anything. They're not going to think about like, I've been doing this every single day. I got a migraine. I'm tired. Like, I'm tired of arguing. I know they're race baited me.

They bait you on purpose. But at the same time, I'm like, I got to think about the people who are watching that look like me that are like, you know, why didn't you speak up? Right. But, you know, as you age, fighting every day gets exhausting.

And also when you're getting baited. Because it's like, I don't mind having a healthy discussion, but you purposely trying to bait me to have this conversation so you can have content and I'm not really with that and so you get tired of being used you get tired of like

women being talked about you know you feel like I'm in this space when I was there it was very toxic like we would get they had a relationship with Vivid

because you know of Kim Kardashian sex tape and Vivit was sin like sex tapes in and sometimes people would just watch them in the office you know and it was like you were like

what am I what's going on but then also you're like well what are my other options and that's when you start to build these relationships so you're like I got to make an exit plan. I had a, I just want to say this real quick,

then we can move away from TMT because you have moved away. But I met you. I'm finding out so much about you over. We've been in the trenches. You've never said nothing about this. I met you a long time ago in L.A. And our interaction, you weren't rude, but it just wasn't the best.

And when I was about to leave Ben, was like, you should call Nina. And I was like, I don't think she cares for me that much. And he was like, why? And I was like, well, and I told him, but now hearing your, I don't know if you even knew who I was. But if so, I'm thinking, like, maybe that, I had nothing to do with that, but I'd never thought about...

My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam, maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age.

And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed.

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you think it's regular. You think it's okay. Right. I never thought about, like, what your post-life felt like mentally having to go through and deal with all of that. I think that's something to do with you telling the world that Nina was rude to you.

No, I said she wasn't rude. Like, why would you do that? You could have said that off the head. No, the reason why I want to say that is because now I'm sitting here and I felt your emotion just now when you were talking about your experience and I identified with it so much.

And it made me think about if I were to run into someone right in that same predicament unknowingly I might not like you know do you know what I'm trying to say well you're reacting to the place not the person yes and so you you know it's like if someone brings up a relationship that hurts you

you're kind of like especially if you're not in the space to like say you're not thinking about it and it jars you for a second where you're just like and also I'm very media trained right so sometimes I don't want to speak bad on a place and I don't know if my experience will be

your experience. So there's a lot I can't say to you without saying it, right? Where I can, it's like, how do I tell this person there in the, in the trenches and like get out quickly? Yes. Because that may not be your journey. So how do I say that to you with because it's so nuanced? So it's just such a layered thing. So sometimes if like people come up, be like, I'm at TMZ. I'm kind of like. Exactly how it was. I'm like, yeah. I don't, I don't know what to tell you because this is, it's only something you understand if you've been there. It's like being in a sorority, but at the same time, and I think I've just healed from being there probably within the last like four years, four or five years. I have this thing now where I'm, my friends say I'm

the fastest responder because you had to be this thing, right? I always, even now, I'm not really in news anymore. Like, I'm a host for shows. And even now, I feel like, I got to look at these headlines. I'm like, what am I doing? I'm posting about no news. I'm the first to post a tweet about it. Like, what am I? So you have these things. So I don't remember the, the interaction, but I'll say that it was so traumatizing that sometimes it was hard to react positively about it. And also, you know, as you grow, you learn how to temper that a little bit better. Friday night vibes on TV. We appreciate you guys for coming up.

Don't be strange. You could come a more. Oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry, Kev. I feel like you didn't get to it. I was watching too. I was like, oh, my God. This is really happening.

They're going to put this on TNZ. It's going to be our team Z. It's going to be full circle. I'm serious. Please come up more. If you're out in town, please come up. Thank you, guys for having to wait seven years to get cabs. Well, y'all just had him. Well, y'all just had him. So, you know.

This was fine. I was fully in, I was in the comments. I was tweeting. He was in the comments. But Nina, your line is still in stores. Yes, yes. I have a clothing line for Plus Women's size is 12 to 30. Yes, it's in stores.

It's at Macy's. It's doing very well. And so this is one of the design. So, yeah. It's still, you know, than multiple streams. I always need that. Big Nina Parker, not the little one. She needs that. She keeps a check.

All right. Well, it's Nina Parker. Kept on stage. Friday night vibes on TBS. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's D.J. N.J. J.S. Hilary. Sholomey. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, phone lines are wide open. 800585.151.

This morning, they have been calling me Flex Washington, Flexington. Yes. And a host of others. And why is this, Jess? Because you made a video the other day that hit the shave room. that made it seem like you was trying to go save your dogs from the rain. I don't know who the hell think dogs got to be saved from the rain, but

you had the video a selfie style, right, to show the big castle that you live in in the back instead of showing the dogs. The objective was to show you rescuing the dogs from the rain. I was showing... You finally got them from their one bedroom apartment. The process. I'm talking about, you wanted... I was training the dogs.

You wanted us to even see how big the cage is, but he stood in the cage. And D.J.M.V. is not short. I put that cage together. I got it from track of supply, by the way. I didn't even think about that. you were standing in the cage. How much for those cages? I put them together myself from Tractor Supply. And I was showing the process.

I've talked about these two puppies that my kids and family wanted. We got these dogs and now nobody helps me with these dogs. I have to do it every day and train these dogs myself. Those are some big puppies. They were born on March 9th. Imagine a plane flying over that house and seeing you in that cage and thinking to themselves. Oh, my God, they got Dominicans and cages in New Jersey. It was big.

Did you see the cage in the man? We're crazy. Cage is not that thing. I didn't see the cage. I saw him running in the back yard, though. Man. Yeah, but it's what I did to, you know, to show people that when your kids say they want dogs, just know that it's all on you.

Your multi-task is on another level once you hit that tax. You could have came in here and got it off your chest about that. You did not have to make a selfie-style video to show to your house in the back. Never dropped the phone once. It wasn't for that. It was for my TikTok. If you follow me on TikTok, I explain some of the things that I do. We just show fun.

Just being fun and doing certain things. Your phone is waterproof? What's the crazy? Is your phone waterproof? Is my phone waterproof? Is your phone waterproof? I don't know, but I'm asking you. You was pouring down raining.

Yes, it works in water. Yes, it does. Tax bracket. What's the craziest way you're ever flexed? Craziest thing to be in the flex? I don't do that. Jax. Every time you talk about your crib, you say,

she never says her house. Yes. My estate. Because it's not just a house. And then I'm not in a penthouse in Jersey City. I'm in my state. So I'm talking. And then look, she was talking to me about her daughter's first birthday.

And it was very casual. She was like, so, okay, this is my house. I'm going to put this here, this here. I'm like, it's an aerial shot of a huge plot of land. I was like, okay, Jess. But I'm not going to fake, save no dogs to show that. All right, I'm not going to do it. What about you, Lauren?

I don't flex. You flex your hair. Hair is just the flesh. Like, what? Damn it, man. Lauren's head. Lauren's head. Ain't nothing flex about Lauren hair.

Don't do that. That hair is stiff. Hold on. That hair is stiff. This right here. Listen, that hair is stiff. about this, don't do me. This is a good two racks right here.

You need to. Lauren hair. Hair by L.J. This don't come cheap. This is virgin. This is a good two racks. Don't play with me, okay? The install is installing.

Hello, good morning. Who's this? Yo, yo, what's up? This is Jay, the cable guy. Good morning, Jay, cable guy. What's going on? Not much. What's the craziest thing you did to flex?

So check this out, right? This is back in my heyday. I'd say about 2000. I was really jocking this girl trying to get it to go out. She finally accepted and we went on a date, right? So I'm really trying to flex.

I check my bank account on speakerphone in front of her. Just to watch her reaction. And I think around that time, it was about, you know, 104, $104,000. Woo!

In 2000, okay. You wanted her to do you do it? This was my contracting days, you know, when it's 1099, he was running through taxes and all that. It's all legit now.

Right. That was the craziest thing I did to flex What did she say When you did that Yeah What was that reaction Oh the attitude

Changed The attitude went straight from You know Willic Siddi To Come on Is this something serious With us

Is this Do you see yourself Going forward with this It was like Yeah okay Yeah sure Sure What did you hit

Did you hit Did you hit Look I'm not gonna kiss And tell I'm not going to kiss to tell I'm not going to kiss to tell Bro, it was 2,000.

It did work out. It did work out. Okay, you smashed. You probably married her. You probably married to it to this day, that's why. No, no, hell no. Oh, why, right, right. Come on, and who's this?

Yo, you know those vibes as mellow. How you doing? Mello, what's up? What's the craziest thing you ever did to flex, like your boy, envy? Oh, I'm not even, but first off, can we drop one of coupons for envy for flexing so hard? That was fake fire. You saw the video?

You saw the video? That was fake fire That was fake fire It's all right So take it But I'm not going to hold with me Back in the days In my younger days

I was on some Drake I was on some Drake time You know Nokia I was like yo you want shots For the girls And you know what I mean I shouldn't do that And I had to

Pretty much Keep ordering shots And to my direct deposit here You know what I mean And I feel like That's the wildest thing I've ever done Because I was sitting there For an additional

an hour and a half, bro. It did not have. What you would have did that deposit was like late or like your bank? You know what I mean? Sometimes it'd be off. Like what you would have done? Not even going to hold you.

We was in a karaoke bar and I could sing. I would have disfactor them. Period. Goodbye, Melo. Hey. Word. I would have, you know what I mean? They called me spray rooms in the hood.

I'm not even going to lie to you. I don't want that the air thing. Like, I play with me. Hey, y'all. Goodbye, Mello. Listen, I want to tell everybody, too, I'm going to remind people in Charlton, South Carolina that today at noon,

The International African-American Museum is going to be absolutely free, okay? Myself and the Black Effect Podcast Network sponsored a free day at the International African-American Museum in Charleston, starting at noon today. So if you're off for Labor Day, gather the kids, and, you know, go to the International African-American Museum starting today at noon. It is completely free. A mission is free. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody.

Alameda Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. La Rosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. She's the only other person from Delaware that I know of. Oh, no. You know Joe Biden, President Biden. Joe Biden, yes. I know him as well. And you know, as patience, what the

f***es? What the Fentz? Patience. Patience for us in here, ladies and gentlemen. Patience. I'm about to. You know, on imaginary players, she says, and patience, what the f*** when she's about to, I guess, do something she's not supposed to. And patience says. So she said, patience be like Cardi.

What's what I'm saying? Like when Cardi's about to do something, she's not supposed to, I guess, you pop up in her mind like Cardi. Well, patient is the founder and CEO of Cream Labs, but, you know, she's behind, you know, some of the biggest artist's rollouts in hip-hop, right? And you've been with Cardi since day one. Yeah, 10 years. Wow. Yes, 10 years as of September of this year. Wow.

Well, let's start there. How did you meet Cardi and how did you get on part of her team? Oh, I love this story. Um, so when I had my son, I decided not to go back and work for Hertz. I was renting cars. Hertz, okay. After I graduated college, I ended up having to rent cars. There were no jobs.

So I decided to open up a salon in Wilmington called Vic Sated the Saline with my tax refund money. Lauren needed you. Lauren needed you. First of all of all. First of all, I've been supporting since day one, we was in there doing all the photo. I was in the photo show. We can tell one in the salon clothes too because everybody could have to continue on. You know what?

So basically I was, you know, just operating in the salon, but I opened the salon because I always wanted to be a publicist. So I'm like, I'm going to use my stylus as like my case studies, my clients while I self-teach myself, right? So I would look for opportunities for them outside of the booth was like my selling point. So fast forward, maybe four years. My partner actually, who's here, he was bringing a lot of talent and celebrities to Wilmington and we're a very, very small market. So there's not a ton of talent That comes in and out of Wilmington Especially because we're so close to Philly

So he would throw live events There were a ton of different events And talent and celebrities that You know he would bring out So my stylist were telling me Hey this girl named Cardi is coming to Delaware She's coming to dance We want to do her hair and makeup

I didn't follow her at the time But I you know I followed their lead And I reached out to Bun and asked him You know would you mind putting in a word With Cardi and her management you know we'll do her hair and her makeup at no cost so he followed through um and he made the connection the very first connection between myself and cardie and she pulled up with her manager at the time and a pt cruiser she had this orange wig on she came in yes oh shop shop had a pt cruiser this was so early

on this was like literally like before loving hip-hop area yeah So, yeah, she pulled up, she pulled up. She got her hair and makeup done, and she was just like, you want to come to the club with me? And I'm like, oh, you know, I got a sitter. Why not? So we go to the club and she gets dressed. She asks me to help me pick her money up while she's dancing. We order some wings.

We go our separate ways at the end of the night. And about maybe a month or two later, I had started filling out internship application. because I was just like, I'm 26, I think I was, how old was I? Oh my gosh? I was 26. And I'm like, you know, my son is two, three at the time. I really still want to be a publicist. I need to make a move. So I just started filling out all of these internship applications for Fashion Week, which is kind of what seguesed us into that space. And I took an internship. I slept on my friend's couch in Newark, New Jersey. And maybe my third day on the job, I ran into Cardi backstage. She was walking in the gypsy sports show. because they wanted all like internet or you know social media personalities and she was like oh like what are you doing here are you doing hair and I was like no I'm a publicist she was like oh I need one of those

and I was like okay and her and Shaft invited me to dinner that night and I walked in and they introduced me as her new publicist and that's how wow that is what's up this is before rap this before loving hip hop yeah we were selling makeup wash pop and cosmetics yeah Before live everything

The cosmetics I'm sorry Your hair salon Oh no no So as we continued to like grow And the business grew I you know Leveraged my

What I was building with her Into an agency Which is how Cream Labs came about And you know I decided that you know Maybe like six years after having the salon open I just didn't have the capacity Where the bandwidth to do it

And the industry in the salon Like the salon industry has shifted so much People wanted their own suite their own brands so I just focused on building out and expanding the agency but that's what you know all of it led up into building with Hardy did you do her head for her recent court case you don't do add no more I was here for the wigs like definitely but talk about that I mean shah let me mention that it's funny but I think even when we saw her switching wigs recently people

instantly started remembering the first time we saw her in court and everything was a moment when she was showing up the court, right? And you guys have been really good about making moments from the beginning. Was Cardi always the artist that wanted to do that? Did you have to talk her into it? What was her first moment where she's like, I need to, this is how I need to live

the rest of my career? Oh, her first moment. I would say it was the week that we met, the week that we decided to work with each other, which was Fashion Week. And I say that because the way that she showed up, so once we decided like,

we're going to work together, there was a few shows left. And the last show that normally happens during fashion week was the blind. So, you know, as an intern, my job was to get people from their black trucks to the front, you know, to their front row seat. So I'm like, you know, nobody really knows you outside of the personality that you built on social media. Let's just start increasing your visibility right away. And again, I'm like self-teaching myself at this point. I'm just doing what feels right. So I told her to come to the show and I was just going to seat her.

and I'm like just come and just look like you belong like she shows up in a turban these like wooden nipple pasties and like a flared bell bottom pant and everybody was just like if they didn't know who she was they wanted to know who she was and I just set her I just found a spot on the front row and just set her

and that told me that she was number one she was willing to be collaborative and trusting it wasn't like why I got to do this or I'm not really invited I don't want to show up I'm not going to always get it invite in the very beginning. Sometimes you got to show people why you should be invited, right? And that does come with a risk, obviously. But she was willing to like, thug it. She's like, okay, where I got to be? I'm going to show up. What I got to wear.

Okay, I'm there. And she just went with it. So at that moment, I knew, like, she loved and wanted to leave an impression wherever she went and really make a moment. And I think we just always carried that same energy throughout everything we did. I love that because that really defines Cardi B as a person. A lot of times people don't hear that side of it. Charlemagne and myself, we've seen her early on. So we've seen the grind.

We've seen her eating the McDonald's in the morning. We've seen her going to the team parties and we've seen that grind and the clubs and the strip clubs and the regular clubs and the this. So I love that story because it shows that,

you know, sometimes people are like, oh, no, she's this, she's that. No, she deserves to be here. She works to ask to get here. Absolutely. Against all odds. And it was, it's great that I was so fortunate

to number one be, you know, just giving the space. to like we're going to figure this out together you've never been necessarily a publicist of X amount of years I've never been a superstar like we just want to figure this out and trust in one another's intuition in one another's vision and

she literally like being there to see all the nose I love that I'm still in a seat to be able to see all of those people just eat their words like so many people were just like it'll never happen for her we're still kicking it with patience foster Jess I love

more particularly about your story how you went through how you used the hair industry to step into PR. Yeah. That is so dope. Yeah. It was, I mean, living in a place like Wilmington and Lauren knows like, we're Delaware down.

Wherever we go, it's like, yes, we're from Delaware. But the community and the network is so small. It's so limited. And to be in a space like public relations, you have to put yourself in spaces where you can rub elbows and kiss babies and build a network.

So I still felt like before I put myself out there, I wanted to have enough confidence and experience just from an entry level point of view. So looking at my stylist, more like clients, was really what helped me to feel like, okay, I got enough confidence to like walk into a space and feel like I know how to represent people. Even if it's on a small level, I feel like I had the fundamentals to represent someone and help leverage whatever talent they have into a brand. And I didn't know that that's what I was doing so early on, but now that I'm much more aware of my capabilities and what I'm able to do, I know that I'm able to take talent and leverage that into a brand, a brand that is sustainable outside of just one category. Let me ask you question. What's the difference between managing talent and managing the perception of the talent? I mean, I think that that's a piece of it, managing the perception of the talent, because the perception is essential to the value of the brand at the end of the day. but managing the talent I mean I think there's a lot of different aspects

to managing the talent you have day to day you need someone who's consistently paying attention to the logistics the calendar all of the things that keep everything moving and then you have people that have their expertise you have your music managers you have your brand managers and I think managing the talent

overall is just making sure that there's consistently a strategy there's consistently a plan like I don't know if people think that it's just we're just winging it like there's always a plan And there's always a goal. There's always like, we know exactly what it is that we want to do and what we want to accomplish. But I think really managing the talent is understanding the product itself, which is what the talent is, whether it's music, whether it's making clothes, whatever it is.

And then understanding how you create a relationship that's engaging with that audience in a way that grows the brand, that builds value in the brand. Because at the end of the day, you want to be able to leverage that brand into something. that is legacy forging. But let me ask you a question. How do you decide when somebody's a friend or when somebody's a client, right? Because you're going to have clients that pay you for certain things. But I'm assuming Cardi B is not just a client. She's your friend, meaning you can see that with that.

But like so if you're working with somebody and now Cardi B is beefing with that person, you can't work with that person anymore. But with a client is just like, it's just a check. So how do you decide that? And if Carty's like, you know, let's say it's not rocking with somebody, you say, well, I can't work with that person anymore. How does that work? I mean, that's a very real thing.

Like, and I think also it's just, what is your philosophy as an entrepreneur, what is your philosophy as an entrepreneur or a boss or whatever it is that you do, right? And I feel like whatever your philosophy is and your principles are is how you show up when it comes to making those type of decisions. And my philosophy is a lot different from other people. Like, there is no real defining line between personal and business. Like, my business is very personal. Like, my business feeds my kid.

My business builds my livelihood. and keeps my livelihood and maintains a lifestyle that I like to live. So my business is very personal because, you know, you compromise my business. Now you're compromising the way I eat. So when it comes to Cardi and any other client and anyone can tell you, like, wherever there are boundaries or there's an opposition or someone that, you know, has done something in a way that not only makes them feel away, but it has messed with their business and their livelihood, I could never do this. business with you. Yeah. And that's just what it is. Like, I think some people try to convince themselves that it's okay because it's just business, but there is no way that you don't have an emotional attachment or a personal relationship with somebody that you go into a conference room

or on a conference call every day and fight for them to eat. We've got to have a personal relationship. That doesn't turn off when I decide I want to take another check from somebody that doesn't align with you. Like, we got to be on the same side for this to work. Yeah. Do you guys generally only manage. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit.

Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up.

Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. It's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him

because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast, and today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all-time Novak Djokovic. The world's number one, male tennis player. He's won 14 grand slams in a glittering career. Novak Djokovic! You've been through so many injuries, losses. I always heard himself. What has Novak Djokovic done? What goes through your mind when you lose? I just want to be left alone.

What has it taken to become Novak Djokovic? It's a consistent practice. It's prayer work, mindfulness, meditation, conscious breathing. It requires more responsibility from you on a daily basis to prepare yourself for the biggest battle. When you reach your 30, you start counting your days to your retirement. I'm 38 this year. How far can I go? How long can I push my own limits?

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. artists or is it actresses is actress do you see we're not specific to artists for the the company that we've recently announced and built fifth and freedom um it's not just specific to artists um it's just specific to talent but talent that is um talent that I can see true value in like because one of the main things about fifth and freedom is that it's a new way of management and it's a new way of looking at talent where some people are just more reactive they're waiting email. They're waiting for a deal. They're waiting to respond. It's about being

proactive, but also making sure that we're not limiting the talent to this one category that we're building a brand that can sustain over years without necessarily having to be active in one category. So it's about like building legacy, equitable opportunities like joint ventures,

things that, you know, at the end of the day, they'll have something to pass down or they'll have something to fall back on because everybody doesn't whether you're an artist, whether you're influencer you may not want to make content every single day once you reach a certain point it gets tiring you may not be inspired you may not be ready to drop a project every other month to meet a certain goal or drop a single right but how are you sustaining in between time

I think that comes from like building real brand values so that way you can you know build a true legacy how do you deal with somebody like Lauren first of all right I'm serious right because you know Lauren from Delaware but she should see she thinks you don't let her ask the question yet She's from Delaware. No, no, no, I want your honor. I know the best friends. Yeah, I want you to know how do you deal with her. So, meaning you know she's going to poke the bear.

She's going to find out the story. She is. But that's your client, right? And I'm a call. So she's going to call you and say, I just heard this. But you don't want the story out, or maybe the story's wrong. In most cases, you can just say, give them the middle finger, keep it moving. But now we're far.

And I've heard her call you mad times. Mad time. So how do you deal with somebody that's a friend, but you have a client? And then your head can't hold water for nothing. What? Excuse me? You. Right?

Neither can you. So how do you? I mean, you're asking anything that's wrong. But like I said, so how do you deal with like, you know, because you have relationships with TMZ. You have relationships with Lauren and these blogs. So how do you deal with that? I mean, I think like I'm just real big on like whoever I'm dealing with on a level like that. You're calling me directly and we're having conversations about things that are pertaining to clients.

Like, we already have a. level of trust there and a level of respect because most people will send out and I was a publicist years ago I am no longer the publicist for everyone that is still mentioning me I appreciate it I appreciate I know you the founding CEO of Cream Labs but what's your title like I'm also also the co-founder and Fifth in Freedom with my partner bun but I'm also I'm the brand for Cardi I'm her brand manager and her creative director got you yes so at the end of the day I'm calling me I work across all I work across all I work across her entire business at the end of the day

because again like the longest standing member of her you know of her group of her of her team so I'm involved in every single conversation at the end of the day because we built that currency of trust there

but no I was a publicist and that was you know what got me into the spaces that I needed to be in but as I understood what I'm truly capable of just outside of helping to control narratives and stories So you got old pictures of Lauren to make sure she don't put in that now

and you're going to leave off her pictures. Me and Lauren used to share Airbnbs in L.A and go out to like BT Awards. We weren't, we didn't have a name at the time, so we weren't on the list. So we were just finessing. So you know where the bodies are for Lauren. Yeah, she know what the body's been.

We've been friends for well over, well over a decade. We grew up together. So, but how I deal to your, to answer your question, I think it's just already a level of respect there. So she's not going to She's going to tell me what it is This is the information I have What do you want to do with that information

Right And it's two things for me Are we on the record or are we off the record? Number one You always on the record with Lauren No you're not That's against like journalists guidelines I really do this

It's a lot of times when I'll call her too And be like Before she even starts Completely off the record I know I know I'm messing with you know Yeah so it's like I'm going to to approach. I think I do a very good job. I don't blur the lines between what I do as a

professional and who I am as a person because they're pretty much aligned. Like who I am as a professional is how I show up as a person. So how I deal with her is just in any friendship. Let's be transparent. Let's be honest with each other. This is what I have to say. This is what I'm not going to say. Hypothetically, I'm going to say this. And, you know, we just work through it together. And I don't ever think for a moment, I'm never going to have a conversation. I'm never going to have a conversation with somebody that I got a second guess is this information going to leave this phone call. So it's like I think because of our friendship and the trust and the history that we have there, we can do good business. We're still kicking in with patience, Foster.

Charlemagne? How do you decide what's best for your client and what's best for your girl? And what I mean by that is like, you know, you see like somebody like Lauren in the position she's in. She's growing. Like, you know, she's building her name. You might have some information that you could be, I could get the people magazine. But if I give it to Lauren, it's really going to help Brown Girl grinding. What are you doing in those situations? I think it depends on a situation. Wherever there's controversy, drama, no pun intended, right? That's not ever, that's never been a part of my process or my systems.

Like, I'm never feeding. I know there's people that think like, oh, this is a PR stunt. Like, never feeding or setting up a stunt, right? But in terms of, like, exclusives, like, oh, we have this, like, great information or something we want to share about the album. Like, of course, like, I would want, you know, my friend to have the exclusive. but when it comes to the client it's just like if you love me

and you say you're my friend then you respect the fact that I have to do what's best for my client and that's just you know and if that level of understanding is just not there

then we're truly we're not friends and we can't do business and I will say there's been plenty of time and also too I think it's like a trade thing because like for me

it's like okay maybe if I know this or you just giving me this but then your client or whoever is like we want to go another place with it

I'm like I talk to her all the time she'll call me about something else There's been many times where I couldn't do something, but on the back end, it's like, ooh, I might get another story that's bigger or you might come to me and say, hey, this is announcing. Like, so it's a transactional thing as well for me,

but I want to talk about when, like, so Cardi says patients be like, what the fuck? There's a lot of moments, because y'all don't stage these things, but people always think things are staged. So, like, the Harper's Bazaar party moment, the, um, what was that?

Nicky Minaj, Cardi B, the fight at the Harper's Bazaar party. First of all, she didn't even hear the uh she wasn't there when when carty made the record because you heard it when when carty played it for you you were surprised when she when she said yeah i wasn't there for when she when she recorded the record she played it for me was like what the in real life i was just like taken back because i was like why it have to be me but i mean i guess it only makes sense because a lot of people probably think that there's this this yes man complex

in our relationship and it's the complete opposite like i'm gonna always have her back, right, wrong, or indifferent. Like, there's never going to be a time that I would stand down from that. But at the same time, where we don't agree, we don't agree respectfully, right? And we handle that, like, adults. And I think we do a really good job of, like, we know that our loyalty as, like, friends and basically sisters is, you know, the core of our relationship. But it really doesn't blur the lines when it comes to, like, being direct about, you know,

business decisions or just, you know, life decisions. We don't always see eye to eye. So there are plenty of times that she does And I don't know why the internet Thinks that I have like Have these strings and control what she says Or what she can do Like I think her fans kind of have this idea

Like take her phone Make her get off the internet Like this is a grown ass woman Like she's going to do and say as she pleases And yes from time to time She asked for suggestions or advisement But there are some times where she jumps out the window And she do and say whatever she want to do

And I am looking like what the fuck Like the talent that's coming in into Fifth in Freedom. I think what I was going to ask was there's a lot of those moments and they're big because of who she is and because of her personality. How do you in real time strategize

and figure it out where it doesn't hit her brain or her business too hard and it works out in her favor? Or at least her narrative is in her favor. I would almost say it's in the reverse. Like I'm not thinking

when something happens like damage control, which oh my God, like the association of publicists, please don't kill me. not thinking like, oh my God, I need to get in crisis control because I think what you build from the beginning and the tone you set with your client in terms of authenticity is what carries you through those moments. Because when those moments happen, I don't have to jump into damage control mode because we've been who we are from the beginning. She's been authentic

in who she is from the beginning. She's been unapologetic and unfiltered from the beginning. So it really sometimes in a lot of these moments Just doubles down on who she's always shown up is So I think it's really in the opposite for me Like I'm not in that moment Of course if it's absolutely crazy Let's talk through it let's figure it out But it's not a lot of like spinning of the narrative

And coming up with things that may not necessarily be true To help save face like And I love that she's just a woman that she just stands on her shit Like damn I did say that and I fucked up But you know yeah so do you feel with your PR background right do you feel that all publicity is good publicity I don't know I understand it I understand what it means but I still I do still feel like things can be harmful like unless all you care about is the attention that's the advantage of you know

everything is publicity but if you truly care about a brand that's going to build value and be valuable X amount of years from now, then you should care about you do have to care about what could possibly be harmful and I think a lot of times for her she gets this backlash of you don't have to explain everything

you don't need to say everything and I think there are some times that I'm kind of like I feel like we could have not said something but I also feel like I love that she feels the need to set the record straight so that way when a conversation does come up with a potential brand partner

or, you know, a potential partner just in business or, you know, what have you. It's like, I made sure to clear my name and set the record straight. And if what I'm saying is not true, you prove to me that it's not true. And I feel like she calls a lot of people's bluff and she makes sure to stand on exactly what she thinks and how she feels. And sometimes that comes out in Instagram comments or tweets or what have you. But, you know, I don't think that all publicity is good publicity. I think that all publicity is attention

but all attention is not good attention And sometimes the algorithm don't know the difference Whether somebody's saying good or bad things about you You just think damn she got mentioned a million times in Iowa Right, but it's like what is she getting mentioning for You know at the end of the day Especially if it's something that defames your character It's one thing if it's like if it's about something frivolous

Like wardrobe or a rumor or like a surface, you know, gossip topic. But something that defames your character and just your moral compass, like those still have real repercussions. A lot of people think that no one has any sort of principle anymore when it comes to these businesses. Everybody just wants a name.

They just want a celebrity. You know, they'll pay for it. No, like, there are still moral clauses and contracts. There are still people that have principles and they want to know how you show up as a person. So if you are defame in who I am, in my character, which could possibly stand in the way or intervene or interfere with what I'm building, then I'm set the record straight.

Can you go a little deep on that? Like, how do these salacious headlines hurt or help deals with corporate brands? I mean, they do hurt, right? Especially if it's a lot of brands, the brand partnerships go deeper than just the money. Like, what's the upfront guarantee? Like, how are we structuring this partnership? like they're still compliance at the end of the day they want to a lot of brands still want to know this is a decent person they they show up as a decent person and when they go out into the space or in the marketplace to represent my brand or my company

they can be trusted right because they've obviously spent millions of dollars and resources and manpower to build whatever it is that they're building and they don't want to compromise that so a salacious headline if you think about press right there's never a time where a headline will go up about a particular person or topic, and they don't end that article recount every other thing that is attached to that person. And also, right before this happened, such and such,

you was supposed to sign a deal or assigning a deal with this company. So now you're, you know, if I'm a publicist for this brand and I'm getting these Google alerts, this person who I'm supposed to be doing business with is now showing up in my alerts in correlation to the name of my brand or my company in a terrible

way. So to your point, even earlier, is all press, good press, that's not good press for them. Especially depending on whatever that brand is built upon, if they're geared towards mothers or they're geared towards a certain type of audience and that headline is either prejudice or hurtful against that audience, that's not good press.

You know what I'm saying? So, I mean, salacious headlines do, you know, come with a certain level of damage when you're building outside of just yourself brand. And most talent, if they're smart, they're building a brand of their own so that they can collaborate and partner with other companies and other brand.

Man, thank you for coming, patience. We ain't going to never beat the We on Cardi B payroll, Alex. They're like, damn, they interviewing Cardi's brand manager. Damn, we ain't never beat no doubt. Congrats on Fifth and Freedom. Those artists are going to be lucky in talent. Going to be lucky to have y'all. Thank you.

Congratulations to you and Bunn. Yes, Bunn. How did they reach you all? Do you even want them to? Yeah, they can definitely reach us. We have Fifth in Freedom on Instagram. You can reach out. We're very active on our Instagram.

And obviously, you know, you can see the services and things that we provide. Are you looking for something in particular right now? I don't think we're ever looking for something in particular. It really is just a field thing. Like, we have a really, really dope emerging artists coming out of Delaware, Billy Bird, who we've been working with for a few years. But now we're even in a better position and how, have a lot more

there's a lot more opportunity and like building her out because breaking artists out of very small markets is very difficult but she's so talented she's so raw like so I don't think

we're really looking for anything but we're also not looking so not looking do with that information what you will all right it's patience foster

it's the breakfast club thank you so much yes you are a dog what the hell what the hell is what the hell is what more do you need you

talking Some donkey today's just saw themselves. Salome, give it to him. Christmas Club, Waday, give it to him. Oh, man, Salome, who you giving a donkey to do tonight? Well, donkey today goes to 21-year-old Angel Gomez-Montan. Now, that's a name that'll alert, Ice. Now, listen, this man was born in 2004, okay?

I got a rule. I don't argue with people who were born the same year at Kanye West College dropout was released, okay? I'm not going back and forth for anybody who was born the same year T.I dropped his third hour merging urban legend. Okay, how do I look debating somebody who just entered the world

the year? Little Wayne dropped the car to one. There is nothing to be gained by that conversation. Okay, there is also a theory that young end that age don't want to work, okay? That young end of that age have a sense of entitlement. That youngens that age want things handed to them. Well, Angel didn't disprove

any of that, okay? In fact, Angel might be exhibit A on why a lot of that is probably true. Let's go to ABC 13 eyewitness news for the report, please. Breaking overnight, the man investigators to say murdered his roommate rather than pay rent is under arrest. Harris County Sheriff's Office says that Anheel Gomez

Montaignez was safely taken into custody. No other details published about this. Montaignez is charged with the murder of Christopher Rodriguez Lara, Laura's mother telling ABC 13 that Montaignez had been living with the family for free for about three months

when she started to ask him to start contributing. She says Montaña's shot and killed her son Thursday outside the apartment on Butte Creek Road in North Harris County. Rest in peace to 18-year-old Christopher Lara. You did not deserve that. This young man, Angel Montanez, was offered a place on this apartment's couch for three months. Three months, you didn't have to contribute to no bills. Okay, no rent, no nothing, just freeloading your monkey ass off. And then when you were told, this can't be happy. We have bills to pay.

You decided to shoot and kill 18-year-old Christopher Lahr. This is why you have to avoid unhappy, unlucky, miserable souls, okay? This young 18-year-old living his best life, okay, with his family. An angel who has family ties with them decided to smoke him for no other reason than his feelings were hurt. Okay, he also tried to shoot the victim's brother. That's what a 9-year-old witness reportedly heard the suspect say, I'm going to kill all of him. Here's the thing. If you can come up with a plan to commit a murder, then you can come up with a plan to get a job.

Okay, 21 year old, 21 years old, living rent free for three months. Do you know what kind of blessing that is? Everybody out there listening to me right now, just imagine the kind of cushion you could have for yourself if you didn't have to pay any bills, not one for three months? Let me tell you, freeloaders out there, if somebody is blessing you with the opportunity to not have to pay any bills for any amount of time. time, please find a way to make that person's life easier. Young man, your name is Angel Gomez, Montanez. I know you had the urge to do some lawn work, okay? It's in you, all right?

I know you wanted to cut some grass, trim some hedges, find a cabinet to fix, okay? There's got to be a pipe clogged up somewhere. There was something you could have been doing in that apartment to make things easier for the people you was free-loading off. This is why we can't get rid of job course. No, no, no. Okay, the streets need it. Young men like this don't have nothing else to do. Can't find a job, job court would be perfect for him.

Let him go to job court, learn a trade, get his GEDA diploma, and go out there and, you know, have some money to pay his own bills. Now look, kids nowadays don't want to work is a broad generalization, okay? I don't even believe it. Okay, I know plenty of young hustling-ass kids. But these young kids will kill you. It's not a generalization. Okay, these young is crazy. All right?

I know the prefrontal cortex doesn't fully develop. until the age of 25, but my God, all right? Angel, you would have never survived in no scrub's era. He would have been in the passenger side of his best friend's ride letting off shots. Who the hell you calling a buster? All right. But guess what, Angel? All that was from, you know, all that was was a challenge from your family, okay?

When somebody says, yo, you need to go get a job to help pay some bills. That means you need to get up, get out, and get something. Okay, that's why they was encouraging you. to do that. That's all they want it. But now you don't have to worry about room and board anymore because you got a murder charge.

Okay, in Texas, you're going to jail for 99 years of life and you will have to get a job, young man. Okay, food service, laundry, maintenance, furniture, manufacturing. Oh, you're going to get a job in prison. And you're going to give a job in prison. It's just going to have a blow in front of it.

Please let Remedy Maher give Angel Montana as the biggest he-ha. He-ha-ha. You stupid, motherfuckerachar. You dumb. And you sound like a fake Mexican. This is Mantana's. Angel God.

I'm probably pronouncing it wrong. Definitely sounded pronouncing it wrong. No, there ain't no R in it. It's spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-E-Z. Montanez. Montanez, yeah, let me see. Let me show him to. He's sound like he's an impersonating.

You know, you know you can eyeball it, Mexico. First of all, no. Let me say. Exactly. Exactly. I never heard of Montemines. That's a different one. Exactly.

Okay. All right. Well, thank you for that. donkey today, sir. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ and V. Jess, hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the breakfast club. We got a special guest in the building. Lawlerosa is here as well. We got a special guest

in the building. Yes, indeed. Training to the NBA players and a host of other things he has going on. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Brickley. Welcome back. And thanks for having me. How are you feeling? I feel great. You know, I feel like coming to this show three times, it means like you're doing something right. To me, this is the doperest. show got the biggest platform where you guys do is amazing so to come three times is though I'm a little tired last night I went a little drive went to my old apartments just like you know kind of like

celebrate where I'm at right now and uh yeah I'm just thankful in the moment what's important why did you decide to do that why you wanted to go back most people go forward yeah why'd you want to go back and see where you so you know going on the breakfast club was cool for the third time so I'm like okay I'm literally going to drive to 106 in Columbus and I drove to um I lived in Cliffside Park. And then, so I drove to all these. Just, I do that just sometimes when I feel like I might be losing motivation, just to get that back.

And then also sometimes in celebration mode. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes,

my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, him, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now hold up, isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and

they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale,

listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled. metal, glad.

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Ashley Simpson-Ross joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residence. It's a full week of nostalgic interviews you don't want to miss. Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast, and today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all time, Novak Djokovic. The world's number one, male tennis player. He's won 14 grand slams in a glittering career. Novak Djokovic! You've been through so many injuries, losses.

I always showed himself what has Novak Djokovic done? What goes through your mind when you lose? I just want to be left alone. What has it taken to become Novak Djokovic? It's a consistent practice. It's prayer work, mindfulness, meditation, conscious breathing. It requires more responsibility from you on a daily basis to prepare yourself for the biggest battle.

When you reach your 30, you start counting your days to your retirement. I'm 38 this year. Can I go? How long can I push my own limits? Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. That thing? Yeah. Now, for people that don't know who you are, you're an NBA trainer.

You play basketball for Louisville. Yeah. And what got you into training basketball? Why do people feel like you are the trainer that they should work with? Because we've seen you work with people like, of course, Mello, we've seen you work with LeBron. We've seen you work with Hardin, Westbrook. Just to name a few. So why are you the person that people say I got to train with Chris?

Man, that's a great question. I thank God every day. I think at the end of the day, I'm a good person. I study my craft, and the players know I care. And also, I'd be dumb not to say, luck comes with anything. Anyone really successful, some type of luck needs to come along the way. How much of a player development is mental versus physical? That's a great question.

That's so many players that If you watch the workout They wouldn't miss a shot And you'd be like They should be in the NBA They play in Europe It's because when the game comes They just become like a mental midget

Like they miss a shot Then they just pack it in So yeah The mental aspect is huge So like my job is A I'm a trainer Teaching players how to play But then also

Teaching players like Don't get too down Hold yourself accountable A lot of mental stuff Yeah So mental is a big part of it Huge Huge.

So outside of mental, what else do you look at with a player when you're like, okay, this player's going to be a star? Yeah. So there's two ways I go about it. So sometimes I'll work with a player and he's already an all-star. So in those aspects, they still want to get better. But they'll be like, study my game, try and figure out what I need to get better at. I'll tell him what I think and then we'll attack it.

Then you have situations like Donovan Mitchell. So I started working with Donovan Mitchell. He had like 700 followers on Instagram. He was like in 11th grade. Now he's an NBA superstar. So to do that and see that, it's super dope. I did that with Kian Anthony, Cole Anthony, and recently, Sierra, Future Junior. He's 11 years old.

Russell Wilson hits me up, and he's like, yo, I want you to do what you did to Kian, Cole, Donovan, to my son. So he's been in the gym. But let me ask you, when you, like, a player like LeBron, right? Who's probably one of the best players ever, one of, right? What do you train him to make him better? Like, what can make him better? 100%. What makes you, like...

He's the goal. So, yeah, you're right. It's like, uh, so A, he can get better at things. Like, even great players, I always have some flaws in their game. Once we started working, LeBron was like, all right, I want you to watch film tonight, come over to the workout tomorrow and tell me two things that I need to get better at. So this is like nerve-wracking going to LeBron. He put you on a test.

Yeah, he did. And so I gave him two things. He liked him. And, uh, yeah. So that there's always weaknesses. There's always weaknesses, even in the grates. Now, you call LeBron the goat, people will be like, LeBron's not the goat, Jordan is the goat,

so why do you have LeBron as your goat? Man. He scored the most points in NBA history. That's just a fact. He holds so many records. I mean, I fact doing it in this era with the social media and all that, all the hate, it's just a lot what he's going through. He's one team championships with three teams.

His brand is giant. So is his Jordans. But now I'm team LeBron. day. How do you feel when people be coming for Brani? It's messed up because the end of the day, he didn't choose to be LeBron's son. Like, he

he's a great, he's literally like a great kid and you can tell, you know, it's like a little, it's a sore spot for the family. I wouldn't want to mess. Someone mess with my kid, none of you guys would. But Brony's actually really good. I think that, I think he's just going

to peak like in a year or two. Do you think he should be in league because that's your training yeah for sure for sure and because people don't understand before his freshman year he had that hard stuff right like I think he had the guess was a seizure or he passed out he'd something major yeah couldn't so he could play like half the season so yeah and he's an NBA player yeah what made you pivot to being a trainer right rather than for sure in a career being a player yeah so obviously I wanted to be MBA player but I wasn't good enough so I

Damn. I couldn't. You couldn't change all these players, but you couldn't change yourself, Chris? Yeah, nah, nah. Some of the best people. I made the most, so I grew up in New Hampshire. You know, I still hold the record, many records there. Played at Louisville.

I had two NBA guys in front of me. And, yeah, I could have gone overseas. But I was like, I played for Rick Petino. And then, so my two mentors of Rick Petino and Phil Jackson, who's actually on the shirt, two of the greatest coaches ever do it. And so I'm like, okay, if I have the opportunity to know these guys, Let's attack this coaching thing. So I did the coaching thing.

I'm like, nah, it's not for me. So then I started the training thing. Who was the first player that believed in you as a trainer? J.R. Smith. Shout out to Jail. That's one of my close friends. My first year when I was with the Knicks, I was making $300 a week. He let me stay in his coach.

So I stayed on Jair's couch for the whole year. Shout to Jare for that. He had to do that. Yeah. Jair is a good guy. Did you see recently, Don Saly was talking about she interviewed to be the coach the Knicks. Yeah. What do you think about that? I mean, I think it's fire.

That would have been so fire. You know what I mean? I don't know if I feel like they would have known how to protect her in the way she might have needed. Because she in New York. Right, everything that would have came her way and I would have hated to have seen that. But I don't know much about sports. I just know it's like being a black woman. Yeah, nah, for sure. I'm actually, I wanted to get the job. I think soon enough there'll be a coach in the NBA that's a girl coach.

They already had girl refs. It's kind of funny when the players be yelling at the but, uh, yeah, no, I think it's coming soon for sure. What's the most slept-on player in NBA right now to you? Slept on right now in the league. So, like, there's levels, I guess. But I would say Ty Jerome. Tide Jerome, yeah, he's like another kid. I guess I'm being biased.

I've worked with him since, like, eighth grade. And just to see that, there's no better feeling working with a kid and watching him, like, achieve his dreams. No, absolutely. Have you ever trained somebody that you knew they were just going to be trash? Even after you, even after you? I'm dead. but like for like someone's

some celebrity son like Clue. Yo, Clue is overly confident. He's like delusionally confident. But so he has but to be a good. Clue with that is so funny. So to be a good shooter, you need to be

delusionally confident. But he's this not a great shooter yet. We're talking about DJ Clue? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Clue plays basketball. Clue takes basketball serious. So I do these rapper runs. I do these rapper runs and be like Drake, Cuevo, Beber, and

Clu, Clu's there. He's there. Oh, okay. No, no, Clu plays well for real. Like, he comes... Really? Like, yes. I know his outfits be matching. All the time. What are you thinking about his jump shot? When he throws, like, from the side. It goes in, though. So you can't... It does. And he's probably going to get mad at me for what I've said. Me too.

That's okay. He's a good guy. We're still kicking in with Chris Brickley. I want to ask, you know, when you train these players and you look at somebody like LeBron or you look at somebody like Chris Paul that, that are, you know, 40-year-old. They still play good ball. Sure. Why do you think they're able to play so good at this age where a lot of players at the age of 32 got to tap out?

Is it the training? Is it their body in shape or is it their IQ when it comes to basketball? It's the way they approach. Like, so LeBron will do it at 8 a.m. workout, he shows up at 6 a.m. Every single time, say we've worked out 20 times, 10 a.m. Workout, he shows up at 8 a.m. Like, he's just, like, prepared. And I think these guys, I think the ones that make it.

It's like 10 years, super hard to make it past 10 years. To do that, you got to sacrifice. Sometimes your family time, you got to sacrifice a lot. Yeah, it's tough. You got this new shoe coming out. You ain't coming here with no sneakers for us. You guys, no, you guys got, so Ben's. Also, that's dope, by the way.

Mercedes, yeah, Mercedes. So she, you know that when I was at FDU, I was the youngest Division I, was a coach. You know she you coached? That's how I met her. She was coaching and she was coaching against my son. Okay. And that's how we actually met. And then she started coaching my son.

Yeah. And she coached a bunch of players. Actually, two made them to the league. Yeah, yeah. For sure. So she gave me all you guys sizes. So you guys are going to have them next week. So I have your size, yeah, your size.

Yeah. Nice. Thanks, Chris. So those are fire. So I want them to be basketball shoes that you can wear off the court. And I feel like, you know, it's, and yeah, you could wear them. Did you design them yourself? Design them everything.

So, the leather, it's leather and suede, which is kind of rare for a basketball shoe. Shout to Rihanna. She did like a leather and suede Puma shoe, and I was like, ah, that's dope. Nice. You guys know what brown street signs mean in New York City? No. So you know most of them are green. So a brown one means, like, an historical landmark.

So I did brown. So the whole thing is like owed to New York City. Nice. 1984 is when Puma started, like, legacy. And then street signs, but I did the street signs, like the names of my gym. certain things that mean something to me so yeah I hope they do well I got the 106 in

Columbus Delhi menu you know in the soul it's like a little dope things like my photographer took this from my from my crib this is like my view shout out the next subject so you know and how did you get to

how did you link up with Puma so man when we first started so no trainers ever signed a sneaker deal like a real sneaker deal like an NBA player sneaker deal I've never read of a trainer even getting a sneaker at all. You're like a trainer

influencer. Yeah, I hate that with influencer wear, but no, I guess you could say that for sure, but so we, I've seen someone wearing, Rudy Gay was wearing pullman's I sent my manager, I said, my man, I'm like, we need to get this done. We end up getting it done. So then two years into it,

asking for a sneaker, they're like, no. I remember being on the flight to Alex, like, yo, I got to work harder. Like, next year got a sneaker, first sneaker, sold out first day. And I'm like, damn, I didn't even think people, second sneaker sold out first day footlocker dick's sporting goods all over the world now this is the third one and uh you know I'm hoping it just does good

hoping I saws up man it's dope I heard you say earlier that you like to go back to some of the places that you live when you feel like you're not motivated or you want to celebrate what about what you do yeah get you interrupt where you're not motivated sometimes man just uh I feel like I'm giving all my energy right I feel like So, say, I have seven workouts today. Every seven player that comes in, all seven players, they want the full Chris Brickley. So I feel like 7 p.m. comes and, like, my brain is done. Yeah.

And sometimes that affects my personal life. Like, I'm not giving my girlfriend the energy she needs. Or I'm not giving my family. I have a big family. Or maybe I'm, it just, and I know you guys know how that works. But so just any job. And then sometimes the players, one superstar play. might not like it if I'm working another superstar player out so keeping the politics and all that yeah

are you surprised by your fame sometimes because I know you came to the car show last week yeah it's like people were taking pictures with you like crazy like you for sure like almost surprising to you uh my boy next so he's seen it all he was when no one knew me he was there so shout at the next he was with me at the car show so we know I'm looking at the BMWs first stuff your car show is fire thank you so much like I'm gonna go back and uh I was just trying to, you know, take pitches and then, you know, one dude's like, yo, could we do an interview, we had some podcasting, then another dude's like, could we take a picture?

And it was just like six people right away. And I was just like, it's amazing, right, to have that. But just sometimes, like, where I live, it's an issue. I have to promote where my gym is and where I live. So as people waiting outside that I want to propose stuff, and it's just like, I want some privacy. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. It started feeling like your car show and not his. I would direct him right over. Y'all see that DJ over there? But it was dope, though. Oh, thank you. It was fine.

I wanted to ask, you know, when it comes to these trainers and they seek you out, do these people pay you? So like, does LeBron cut you a check for training or does these people? You'd be like, nah, I'll train LeBron for free. Yeah, yeah.

No, so they'll all pay. Everyone I train pays. But I let it, I like leave it up to them. Especially like the superstar players, I know I'm getting something out of it. So I'm like, whatever you think that you deserve, like, pay me. Now, the young guys, I feel like some guys come to me because they just want an Instagram post to have, like, a big platform. And I'm like, nah, I'm not, if you want to work out a week or two weeks, we can do it.

But I'm not doing no one workout, one Instagram posts. We're not doing that. What's the most you got paid? You know what I got to say who was from? Just the most you got paid to train with Chris Brickland. Well, I guess I'll give you two answers. Gary V did it, like, did some, like, charity thing. someone spent was it $15,000 to train with me

but as far as like how much I charge someone so usually it would be like I won't be in a good mood I'm tired someone asked me to train and I just give some crazy number thinking I'd say no because you don't feel like it anyway for sure so I got $2,500 like a 30 minute workout that was the most for sure that was the most for sure

yeah which is fine which is cool it's not like yeah now you did say your uh you know sometimes your your your girlfriend and your kid doesn't get to see like that who are you outside of your brand yeah yeah do right because you definitely matter as a person for sure i'm not i'm like uh super introvert so i watched the first two my two interviews here i'm like cringe i'm like damn because that's not me i get mad at chai and it's funny like i'm like but when i'm speaking to lebron or i'm speaking to kd or these like or beber or drake in a workout I'm like I'm super confident

That's your passion Yeah but then I get I become introvert But no I'm just a super loving person Care about my people That's my whole life Like when I told my dad he could retire That I was like

Like I made it Like in my life And my that's how I feel So yeah So I think I'm a good person I take pride in that I've learned though As you life

Is living People take advantage of that How is Drake as a basketball player He's gotten a lot better He's done a lot better for sure Last time he came hit like 13 3s So he saw as on his page It's funny these rappers come

And like to me like Doing a show in front of 80,000 people's cool They think a video A workout video on my gym is cool And I'm like yo out of all the things Like uh yes that's It's funny We're still kicking it with Chris Brickley

Who's the best celebrity baller? Man So I would say I got a girl in a guy So I worked with get her the singer For like six months He gets busy? She's nice. Her again is she made her come to you just because she wanted to do her.

She said she wanted to try and make the WMBA. So basically. Her, the singer. Yeah. So if you guys Google it. Or her successor. No, this is two years ago for like almost a year. If you Google it, there's pictures of it.

So we train the goal was, she's like, I'm going to make a WMBA roster. And then she had a label switch, some personal stuff. She's like, I just got to get this album. And she's been in that mode. But we were training every day. She was making 15 threes in a row. Really? Wow.

Her? NBA threes. Her makes up my team. You're going to ask. They said yes. Because I want to play us now. I see that one. When I saw she played basketball, I don't want to, now I'm going to see if I can post up.

And then who's the guy? The guy, best J. Because, I mean, he came to me and he's like, yo, I know I'm 10 years too late. But I'm willing to give you three months. Can you get me to become a pro basketball player? And he played in NBA Africa. And then he played in the kids. So that was dope.

He would put his kids to sleep, getting his bike. Jake, you know, the whole bike. He would ride his bike to my crib. He worked over two hours. Regan instructed his jump shot. He made NBA Africa. Have you ever played Chris Brown? So you know, Chris Brown, that was my best friend in the world for like four years.

Oh my God, mine too. Yeah, that's my man. So to a point where... That was not our best friend, but go ahead. Yes, it was. I'm sorry, go ahead. Please, Chris, go ahead. So to a point, when I was working with the Knicks,

every day off we had I would fly out to LA and we'd chill we'd kick it he'd fly it for my birthday that was my man that's like I think so the whole music stuff I started meeting all these artists through Chris so I'd come to New York with Chris he was like he's already prime Chris

but he was like super prime Chris and uh you know I got Casanova on tour with them I got so many artists songs through being cool that's definitely a cool thing but CB is nice if he like wanted to be from like an 18 year old

I got a story for you so I coached a ludicrous weekend nine NBA players one artist Chris Brown he scored 30 points wow

this is like six years ago really yeah how's Dirk people say Dirk yeah Dirk's good too Dirk can shoot shout Dirk you know

everything that's going on I hope yeah I hope you guys out soon I spoke to him last night I took him last night yep really yeah he's in good spirits it was actually like really

really good spirits and he's like yo bro he's like when I get out I'm coming to the gym we're training I'm going league and he said that so yeah shout out Derek man it's one of my good friends does he checking with you all the time yeah we're super close we're super close and that was super close with Vaughn too

um yeah me and me and my guy next the night before that happened um I remember we're at the I was at my house I'm like sleeping he's facetiming me Vaughn over over he's like come on pull up on me we pulled up on him got pictures and then the next day that happened. That was messed up.

Yeah. You live a life. Huh? I said you live a life. No, thank you. Very well for yourself. You guys too. All right.

Well, the shoe comes out September 5th, which is next Friday. Make sure you go pick them up and where can people get them? So, Foot Locker, Dick's Sporting Goods, Puma.com. They're going to sell out quick so they'll be on grail. Hell yeah. And, yeah, all over the world. All pro-nitro 2s. Chris Brickley, ladies and gentlemen,

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