The Breakfast Club - You Need To Be Thinking Big (Ray J Apologizes, Jay Z tickets in high demand)

Episode Date: March 24, 2026

Loren LaRosa is getting real about a shift she’s been feeling—moving out of survival mode and into a space where she’s thinking about purpose, longevity, and real impact. What happens when the grind isn’t the main focus anymore? And how do you start building something that actually lasts? In this episode, she opens up about that internal transition while also breaking down what’s happening in the culture. From Ray J’s apology and how it ties into Brandy’s legacy moment, to Brandy finally receiving her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, to Jay-Z shaking things up with rare concert announcements—there’s a bigger conversation about legacy, control, and staying power. She also gets into Meek Mill’s move to LinkedIn and the reality that no matter how big you are, the noise of the internet never really stops.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is your daily dig on all things, pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room. Now, we always kick off this episode, checking in behind the scenes of the grind. For those of you guys who are new here in this space, be checking behind the scenes of the grind, which is a time where we just honestly stop and ask, how are you doing? Like, how are you really doing Lorida? So asking myself how I'm really doing today, today is, I mean, I don't know, it's one of those days where I'm having conversations. with myself a bit more about longevity.

For some reason this morning, I don't know if it was because it was raining and it was cloudy outside. I woke up and I just, I don't know, I just started talking to God about like, okay, what does impact really look like in the space that I'm in? And like, how do you go, like, what is going the distance to actually impact

and what the substance look like and, you know, everything is so saturated. Everybody's doing this news thing. and, you know, just started having all these conversations about what is in the marketplace and, you know, just where I want to stand out at. And the things I want to do moving forward, not even moving forward, but just, you know, at some point in career, I want to, you know, there's so many things that I want to do that involves storytelling.

But it's always, like, right time. And it's always, when can you apply to time so that you're not just, like, rushing to do things because you have the platform at the moment or, you know, the followers at the moment or whatever the case may be, like, what is the intention? Why is that the intention? And how do you go about it? And what are the, everything is like one step after the other. Left foot, right foot, take your time, don't rush into things. But just knowing when to get started and how to go about it without taking away from the main thing, keeping the main thing, the main thing, was something I was having a conversation with myself about some time ago.

And some time ago, but it comes back up often. And today was one of those days. So I've been just having conversation with myself about this. And I told myself that I was going, you know, pray on it a bit, write down some things, jot down some things. And one of the things that came to mind when I was thinking about it is the fact that, like, you get in this uncomfortable space because, things are so new. And we talked a bit about this on the last couple episodes. But I think what I realized in this season of my life is that I've always had to like, everything has always been like fight or flight for me. And I think that I've finally gotten

into a space just in my personal life and in my work life where it's not fight or flight. I posted this meme on the Brown Girl grinding Instagram. Follow us there. It's all about conversation, motivation, and all the things that are going to shake the room. Brown girl grinding, all common spelling, brown girl grinding. But I had posted this meme and the meme said, why doesn't anyone have a conversation about when ambition turns down and your want for longevity turns up? And the first time that I saw that meme, I'm like, I don't even understand how one thing can be true if you want the other to be true.

Like, how are you talking about longevity and legacy, but you're talking about your ambition turning down? Like, what? Like, no, turn me up. Like, you know what I mean? Like, turn me up so I can execute. And then today I was having a conversation with myself and it led to me having a conversation with, you know,

people around me. And one of the things that my boyfriend actually identified today, he was like, I think for you, your journey has always been about just trying to get to the point where you're okay. and doing what you love to do so. But now you're at a point where you're okay and you're doing what you love, what you love. So it's like how can you extend that into other things that you love?

But also things that you know will actually help other people get to the point where they're able to experience, you know, this like season of not comfort because it's still very uncomfortable. And I want to stay uncomfortable. But I just think I'm beginning to think about like bigger picture. And that's like a, it's like such a weird feeling because I've always just thought about like securing the picture in general to make sure I'm good. Like you know what I mean? Like how we paying bills, how we saving, how we making sure everybody okay.

And now I'm at a space where it's not just about money. It's really about like impact. Like I don't know. I'm growing up. Y'all like I'm becoming one of the new adults and it's scaring the heck out of me. But in all of this that I'm doing every single day and everything I'm putting my time, into, that was my thought this morning. I was driving into work and I'm like, God, what? Like, what is this feeling that I'm having of like, okay, let's slowly start moving into a season of like

really figuring out impact? Because you've identified your passion. You've put yourself in a good place to be able to pursue your passion and do it consistently. But now it's like, okay, there's passion, but let's look at purpose. And this is, again, this is not a new conversation for me y'all like feeling like okay i know my purpose but like do i and if i do and if it is what i believe you know god is is is telling me my purpose is which is honestly a lot of it is just about being a vessel um am i doing that in all the ways that he's equipped me to be able to and if not what like there's so many other ways i can do it because there's so many other things that i am able to do how do i start where do i start

in a way that doesn't take away from the main thing. Everything is cohesive and everything, you know, just everything, one hand washes the other. Everything is supportive of the other thing. So that's where I've been, you know, thinking lately. And I don't know if anybody else is going through this season of their life where it's like, okay, I'm not fight or flight. I'm not just surviving. Now I'm in a space where I'm living. And if you've ever, you know, lived in survivable at any point in your life, you know, sometimes you don't even identify the switch.

I honestly don't even think I identified a switch until today. Until someone said to me today, like, that has always been your ministry has always been survival, sis. And now you're not surviving. So now you're able to think about what is the long-term goal, you know, how is it helping other people? What is the longevity? What is the legacy? What are you actually building? Not just what are you getting up every day to do, you know, to scratch your goal off the list.

So that's what I've been today mentally. I don't know, you know, how you. you all been feeling and maybe it's the, you know, the weather change and, you know, I feel like warm weather makes you start upbeat and the thoughts get, because that's, I mean, that is an upbeat thought. The thoughts get upbeat. But I don't know. I've just been thinking more about others than myself. And I think a lot of that is because, like I said in the previous episode, make sure you guys go take a listen to the episode prior to this one. The fact that I've been okay and not feeling guilty with checking up on myself and taking care of myself. I think it's really put me in a space

where I'm like, okay, I'm good. Like, my cup, you know, it's good. Like, I could, I could feel others, you know, like, and I don't want to do that. And until I do that, I feel like I'm not fully fulfilling my purpose that I was put here on the earth for. So been having those conversations with God. Y'all let me know how y'all are feeling. Check in with me behind the scenes of the grind. I'm Lauren LaRosa everywhere. I want to hear from y'all. But let's get on into the ladies now speaking about celebrate your pride with the station that's as bold vibrant and diverse as you are iHeart pride canada from dance anthems to pop icons and hits from 2s LGBTQ plus

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Break down that for me, my friend. I do think UCLA has a really good chance of getting back to the final four. Obviously, Yukon is the overwhelming favorite in this tournament, but I'll be honest, I think people are kind of sleeping on Texas. Exports are suggesting that UCLA is the number one challenger to Yukon and that right after that would be Texas. SEC is so deep and so thinking just about everything. It really is annoying. So it's UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU.

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Purpose, okay? Let me tell y'all something. There has been so much purpose that I feel like has been receiving. It's flowers. within these last two years since, you know, a lot of these, like, legacy iconic acts have been on the road. I talked about this on the podcast some time ago. I went to go see Brandy and Monica in concert when they came here to New York for the Boy is Mine tour.

And that tour was iconic, we know, because Brandy, musical powerhouse, entertainment powerhouse, Monica, musical powerhouse, entertainment powerhouse. And the two didn't always, you know, see eye to eye, or, you know, the people around them did it. And it created this like versus thing between the two of them. And there's always been this unspoken issue, right? So watching them over this last year just repair all of that and love on each other and protect each other has been amazing. And again, I think it's like you get to this point in your career where you have done so

much for yourself. You look around you like, okay, but what can what I've done and what I've learned do for other people. And I think that's what we're seeing a lot of our legacy talent like a Brandi or Monica. That's the season at their end. So they're talking more about their journeys. Brandy has this new book coming, right? But it was announced this week that Brandy will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And we talked a bit about this on the Breakfast Club. So the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which is the company that actually gives, what they don't give, you got to pay.

for it. The company that gives once you pay for it, your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, announced that Brandy will be receiving her star on March 30 of 26. It's going to go down in LA on Hollywood Boulevard, which is where it normally goes down at. Actor Issa Ray, or actor writer powerhouse, Issa Ray is going to be speaking on Brandy's behalf. Babyface will also be speaking as well. And it's just going to be something like amazing and impactful to see. It'll live streamed on the official walk of fame website um if you guys want to check that out and it's actually going to be airing 1130 a.m pacific standard time so that's 11 3 30 hour time three hour difference um but you know you talk about her Grammy impact you talk about her iconic movie and television

impact this is like a long time coming she's celebrating 30 years in this business this is a long time coming she deserves every little bit of it And recently the conversation around Brandy has just been, it's been a little bit all over. I mean, look, we did the exclusive here on the podcast when Ray J called and, you know, was defending his sister because he was upset at some comments that Shine had made when sitting with Cameron and Mace over on it is what it is and just brought up the fact that he used to date her.

And to be honest with you, like, Ray J. posted an apology today. and love red jaded death i know he means well i think all little brothers mean well but they just don't know the harm that they be doing sometimes he was the last person i wanted to hear from in the midst of us thinking about brandy's legacy and honoring her for it just because he just been he loves her so much but sometimes he gets in his own way and everybody's way um and i say that with so much love i do but he posted this apology today, but he posted this apology to his Instagram that a lot of people are picking up and covering, and I want us to take a listen to it. Listen, I'm going to go all out for who I believe in and who I love. And Brandy has been the one who has put me on, who has given me my opportunities to become successful in every aspect from acting to singing to TV. And the list goes on. I wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be where I am today without Brandy. Right. And so this apology is to Brandy and Brandy only and to Brandy's brand.

There's a lot of things that I might say are due controversy-wise, right? But to tie both of those things into each other is not okay. Some of the things I said was absolutely concerning, disrespectful, and heartless. I never want to attach Brandy into that much disrespect that I portrayed to the world. That should have been on a rant that only Ray J was, and only had something to do with me in my issues. And that's what I'm apologizing for. So Brandy, I know what you heard was, it was despicable, dirty,

and just downright disrespectful. And I feel bad. I feel bad that I tied you into it. and brought your brands into this world that I'm in. And so for that, I'm sorry. And I think for everybody else involved, we all need to just chill. It needs to stop now.

And I think that what, like the gist of what I'm taking away from this is that, number one, I know she probably customed behind the scenes because Ray J was being crazy. But I also think, you know, it's just, when you think about career and legacy, it's like there's so much, like,

BS that can be attacked. to it no matter who you are and what you've done just within this last like a week the conversations that we've been having about brandy the conversation she's had to come out and speak and clarify herself you know please go back and listen to our prior episode if you have not where we covered brandy speaking out about being upset that sean was mentioning that they previously dated right and i told you guys i spoke to someone in shine's camp we talked about this on the breakfast cup as well too and i explained to them you know where the upset was coming from where the backlash was coming from. But I'm just like, man, you think about all these 30-some years that she has been

what she is in entertainment. And even Brandy still got to deal with the BS. Whether it was intentionally done or said or not. Even Brent, like it's still, and she is the most out of the way doesn't subscribe to any of the BS, not in the blogs, you're not running into her anywhere. Like when we think about real celebrity and being put up and out the way, way. Brandy is one of the, like, she's one of the few that we have left where we don't know everything about her. And she was, like, everything is like protect the brand to protect the brand with her. And she still has to do with all of the, all of the things, all of the drama that comes, right? And I don't know. I was saying, I was thinking about that. And I'm like, dang, like,

she don't address nothing. She don't be in nothing. She don't speak on nothing. She literally be about her business and go home. And she is being honored for that. right and still has to deal with it. So what's the point in even addressing anything whatsoever? Like we look at like a lot of like artists who are always back and forth. Meek Mill launched a LinkedIn account, right? And he says that he launched his LinkedIn account because, you know, for years he's been in the music industry and wanting to connect with people in business and, you know, all of these different things, right?

It hasn't, according to him, and according to him, he has to him, he has to him. hasn't been able to successfully do so, right? So he goes over to LinkedIn because, you know, I think LinkedIn is just a lot more of a mature crowd anyway. Like he has people in here telling him like how to control, you know,

the LinkedIn process and how to set up templates and, you know, all that stuff, right? So he creates a LinkedIn and he says, I'll be on LinkedIn or something because I don't know what happened. We basically in deep, in a deep matrix trapped between Instagram, X, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.

We have millions of fans. We can't even get the real data on them. That's where the bots live free, control the narrative. He says his algorithm on X is all based on war politics, Muslim and Jewish hate. It may have started when I first started watching. He says he was watching the bombings and guys on his timeline. Then he got on this. He's talking about his original point in being on social media, right?

And being in the mix of the conversation with the post music, connect with his fans. And now everything is such a deep fake, you know, AI mind like culture, right? So then he talks about being on LinkedIn and he's over there because he wants to, you know, connect in a real way. Once he posted the fact that he created a LinkedIn, he said, you know, within minutes and hours, he had all types of CEOs and business people. They would have never met connected with him in a matter of 25 minutes. He says he's using AI to help him write his captions. He just wants to be done with all the gossip and the drama. I don't think it matters what platform you go on.

I don't think it matters who you are and where you are in your career. I just don't think that you can escape it. I think that eventually we all have to get to this point where if that's what you want, you just have to live in this, kind of like a very protected bubble. And like that's what Ray J's talking about. Like Brandy lives in this space of like she knows what she wants to know. We know about her what she wants us to know. She responds to what she wants to respond to, but she's still Brandy.

she still sells out arenas like monica and brandy sold out that full tour run right and it was very selective about the press that they did it was little to know like they did press don't get me wrong i was not gonna say no press they did press there were there were several interviews that they did promoting in and things like that but it was they didn't have they didn't have to buy into all the bull like they didn't have to lean into all of the like the algorithmic stuff like they're not they weren't doing a lot of the normal hits like i was trying to figure out if they would like just can we get one of them on the breakfast club when they come to new york and not that they didn't i mean i never heard back but it's just you know for the way that their celebrity is set up they don't have to and when i think about like legacy and longevity i even think

about that like what conversations am i even entertaining on a day to day but are not helping me in that move forward and how can i change your alter celebrate your pride with the station that as bold, vibrant, and diverse as you are. IHeart Pride Canada. From dance anthems to pop icons and hits from 2SLGBTQ Plus Canadian artists. It's the soundtrack that keeps life loud and proud. Just ask your smart speaker to play IHartPry, Canada. Stream us on your phone or listen now at IHartRadio.ca.

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But did you know he was also a spy? Was this before he wrote his stories? It must have been. Our new podcast series, The Secret World of Roll Doll, is a wild journey through the hidden chapters of his extraordinary, controversial life. His job was literally to seduce the wives

of powerful Americans. What? And he was really good at it. You probably won't believe it either. Okay, I don't think that's true. I'm telling you. I was a spy. Did you know Doll got cozy with the Roosevelt's?

played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman. And then he took his talents to Hollywood, where he worked alongside Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock, before writing a hit James Bond film. How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever? And what darkness from his covert past seeped into the stories we read as kids. The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote. Listen to the secret world of Roll Dahl on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Marsh Madness is here, and if you're trying to keep you, keep up with everything happening on and off the court. We've got you covered on the podcast, flagrant and funny. You look at the top four number one seeds. What do you think UCLA is going to do? Break down that for me, my friend. I do think UCLA has a really good chance of getting back to the final four.

Obviously, Yukon is the overwhelming favorite in this tournament. But I'll be honest, I think people are kind of sleeping on Texas. Experts are suggesting that UCLA is the number one challenger to Yukon. And that right after that would be Texas. SEC is so deep and so thinking just about everything. It really is annoying. So it's UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU. Only ones that could possibly upset Yukon.

On Flagrant and Funny, we're giving our unfiltered takes on the biggest moments the conversations everyone's having. So whether your bracket is busted or you just want the latest on the tournament, we got you. Listen to Flakran and Funny with Kerry Champion and Jamel Hill on the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. In 2023, former bachelor star Clayton Eckerd found himself at the center of a paternity scandal.

The family court hearings that followed revealed glaring inconsistencies in her story. This began a years-long court battle to prove the truth. You doctored this particular test twice in so-ins, correct? I doctored the test once. It took an army of internet detectives to crack the case. I wanted people to be able to see what. their tax dollars were being used for. Sunlight's the greatest disinfected.

They would uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg, the lesbian, Michael Marantini. My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trap. Laura, Scottsdale Police. As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences.

Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news at Americopa County as Laura Owens has been indicted on fraud charges. This isn't over until justice is served in Arizona. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good people. What's up? What's up? It's Questlove. So recently, I had the incredible opportunity to have a real conversation with actors and producer, Jamie Lee Curtis, ahead of the release of her new thriller series, Scarpetta. I can honestly say I've never done an interview like that before. You know, at one point, I shut my... my laptop down. And we just started chatting as old friends, recent Oscar recipient. So we have some commonality there. I predicted that, by the way. And you said these words to me, dust off your mantle. Yes. And I looked at you and I said, what? And you said, dust off your mantle. And then I left

and that was it. And then when all of that happened, I remember the next morning, I think, I think I wanted to, like, write you and go, how did you know? Listen to the Questlove show on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Somebody else who just popped out and did the thing. Jay-Z announced number one Roots Picnic, right? People went crazy. Then, and we talked about that here on the podcast on a previous episode, right? then Jay-Z announced two shows at Yankee Stadium.

You know, one celebrating the 30 years of reasonable doubt, which is a very rare return for Jay-Z, either one of these shows, and another is celebrating on the 25th year anniversary of the blueprint, right? So you got July 11th and you got July 10th, right? We have not seen or heard. And I mean, everybody listening to this like, duh, it's Jay-Z. But, like, that's what I mean. like building up that level of like cachet where like you literally can like be seen when you

want to be seen and like you know like wow and control the masses when you want to respond to when and how you want to which him and Beyonce barely do right but even then and still there's so much drama that has been surrounding Jay's name for like the last month and he don't even you don't even say nothing about nothing. It's like you can't escape it. And it's like kind of scary too. Like as I think about like, you know, what I want my platform to be and like, you know, the good conversation to be.

And, you know, like I always feel like you've got to take the good with the bad. And that's always that's the downfall too of like anything in life. But especially in what I do, it's like as much as you want to just report on like all the positive, there is the negative too. And it's all a part of it. And it's all I think it's a stylized thing. Like it's all about how you do. it. Do you do immorals? Do you do it with integrity? Do you, you know, do it in a way that like,

you know, for me, it's never personal. There's never any malice. You know, I never have an ill intention, a targeted intention, anything like that. Right. But still, it's like no matter what you do, sometimes, I always think about like, yo, this, this, this world of like conversation and storytelling is to the point where like people don't even know what's real and what's fake. And they attach both to people's names. Literally. and the strongest brand survived but like think about the people I'm talking about y'all like jZ is like jZ has been famous my whole life and I'm 34 years old brandy has been famous my whole life like this morning when I'm having a conversation with myself about like legacy and impact and

you know longevity and stand power one of the biggest things I was saying is like how does all of that survive all of this that we're in that that is running a meek meal over the LinkedIn, right? And a lot of a girl, the people that get it, get it, we've been on LinkedIn. He, now he, he, he bringing all the, all the craziness to LinkedIn. We've been over there, you know what I mean? Like, but, and that's a joke. I'm saying that to say that I don't really know what is escapable at this point, but you have all these high points of news today, right? Jay-Z with like over 800,000 people in Q for these tickets, uh, for, you know, the, the, the, the, the concerts at Yankee Stadium. Brendi announced, Hollywood.

with Walk of Fame and Ray J is apologizing because he didn't brought, you know, the drama her way. There's no escaping it. So as I, you know, continue to think, sorry, y'all, today I feel like it's news and we're talking about the news, but a lot of this, I've just been watching the moves that people have been making. And I'm like, yo, this right here, that is goals. Like, I want to be able to like wake up one day 20 years from now and like my impact still

be felt then like the people we're talking about like a brandy like a monica like a j-z shoot even meek i don't i don't think that meek understands his power yet but he has the power it's there his his cultural impact definitely is it has it's happened whether people want to give it to him or not because he's the you know he need to be the butt of the jokes a lot every since that bunny hop but it's there right but these are all people that like I look at and I'm like okay even if I don't love everything that they're doing let me look at what they've done because there's a blueprint here no pun intended there's a blueprint here and I want to figure it out I want to figure it out so congratulations to everybody that we just mentioned meek that made it on over meek made it on over to the daunting side of social media

he's a little late but we welcome him nonetheless him and you know his suits over on LinkedIn nonetheless to our girl Brandy who is so deserving. I am so excited and especially because Issa Ray is going to be speaking on her behalf. And I can just see the parallel of why Issa Ray would be inspired by a Brandy, right? Brandy who made so many strides in television for young black girls in the mainstream, just in general, but like in the mainstream who were multi-hyphenant and talented. And we talk about, you know, making things cohesive. Brandy was all of the things

and a multi-hyphenate at a very high level before we even, the girls even knew what that was. I am so excited to hear her speak on Brandy's behalf. I'm just excited for everything to come, okay? I'm going to be at that concert. I'm going to be tuned in to Brandy on the walk of fame. We're going to bring it all back here to the latest.

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But if there are pre-sell tickets, though, that are, well, some of the pre-sells, like, they stop the queue for it. But now you can sign up to get an alert. I'm actually on the website right now. You can sign up to get an alert for tickets that drop today. March 24th. These are like the general tickets. So they have like general tickets and general, um,

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