Never Count Her Out: Yung Miami’s Underdog Era

The Breakfast Club

Lauren LaRosa opens with a personal reflection on navigating her mid-30s and the shifting perception of adulthood before pivoting to an anal

Key takeaways

• Lauren LaRosa reflects on turning 34 and realizing adulthood feels different than she imagined, noting she still feels like she is
• Yung Miami experienced a mental breakdown and depression after early solo tracks like
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• received heavy criticism from fans and media.
• The City Girls member responded to online hate by channeling her emotions into her upcoming album, ultimately finding success with the viral summer anthem
• LaRosa discusses the pressure of building a solo career in front of the public, highlighting how imposter syndrome can resurface even for established artists.

Main topics

• Navigating adulthood and personal milestones
• Yung Miami's solo career transition and backlash
• Mental health and depression in the music industry

Notable quotes

"I don't think I am still used to getting up early in the morning... God wants me to be his strongest morning soldier."

Conclusion

The episode offers a dual perspective on personal growth and profession

Transcript preview

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Start listening to Scam Goddess on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 8 (1:46) So like by age 11 or so, at least 70 % have a phone. Speaker 3 (1:50) I'm Dr. Joy, and this is Therapy for Black Girls. We spend our surviving middle school run getting into what's happening inside your kid's brain, the group chat, and their friendships, and what you can do about it. Speaker 6 (2:01) Your child is not doing this on purpose. Speaker 3 (2:04) That's the kind of perspective we've been pulling from the psychologists and psychiatrists who study this for a living. Listen to Therapy for Black Girls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 3 (2:15) Every case has Speaker 8 (2:17) a story. Every victim has a voice. But will it be heard? I'm Nancy Grace. On Crime Stories, we go beyond headlines to examine evidence, challenge the story we're fed, and pursue justice for victims and their families. Please join us at Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your podcasts. Hope you join us. I'll see you there, friend. Speaker 2 (2:48) I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You hear that exclusive? You don't Speaker 4 (2:53) feel alive about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Speaker 2 (2:55) Hey, y'all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa, and this is another episode of The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, y'all know we always kick off The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. With the behind the scenes of the grind check-in. And that is the segment where we really, really check in while on the grind. I don't know about y'all, but I dang sure don't stop the check-in on myself. I will literally burn myself to the ground. Well, the old me would have burnt myself to the ground. Actually, I have physically burnt myself down to the ground to the point where I was fainting in the club, y'all. So I built this segment into the podcast because since it's just me and y'all, I figured why not start checking in on myself and making that a habit and you guys holding me accountable. So let's get on into behind the scenes of the grind. Let's do it. It is Friday. Finally, how am I feeling? I'm, you know, getting to the end of the week is always a joy for me. I don't think I am still used to getting up early in the morning, which is crazy because I didn't just start getting up in the morning early for breakfast club. When I worked at TMZ, we worked on New York time because that's just how a lot of like businesses and especially news here in the U.S. works. A lot of the clocks and everything are set by New York. A lot of the print and newspapers print at a certain time. And, you know, things are based off of New York. So I would have to be up and on my way to work in L.A. around like 5 a.m. My first meeting. What happened at 6 a.m. at TMZ. So you guys ever watch TMZ and, you know, that circle up show? So there's two shows. There's the daytime show where people are just sitting at their desk and like they're talking one on one straight to the camera. And then Harvey and Charles are on this like elevated platform. And then there's a second show where everybody in the room is all in one big circle. So that everybody in the room, one big circle show is based off of the actual meetings, producer meetings that we had. every morning so at 6 a.m or like 5 I would try to you know need to get there by like 5 30 at 5 30 a.m you would get there and that was like your actual clock in time if you were later than that you were late for work because if you come in late and that meeting started maybe you get the dirtiest looks of the dirtiest look okay um but yeah you would get there around 5 15 5 30 and you would just search the internet and a lot and with searching the internet more so to be honest with you guys was more about um what was trending that morning So for the most part, you would be watching just headlines and blogs and Twitter and, you know, however news was coming your way the day before. So as soon as you leave work, you would be, you know, keeping up with things until, you know, time to go to bed, wake up the next morning and go back into work. So that morning, you know, Internet search and was trending across X or Google or wherever. It's just to know what happened kind of while you were sleeping. We would make our list and then we would go into the producer meetings and everybody would go around and talk about, you know, what stories they were working on for the day, what angles they were coming from. You know, if I could help you figure out your pitch, you help me figure out my pitch as far as like different angles or different resources we needed to break a story, we would do that. Breakfast Club is a bit different though. Coming in in the morning, it's like you already have everybody else like, you know, just... Envy, Char, they're on air, top of the show. The producers are cutting audio. We do a lot of our reconvening the night before. Me and the producers that I work with on the latest with Lauren La Rosa within the Breakfast Club. But the timing is still, and we talk a lot throughout the day too, but the timing is still early for me. And I told myself that even though I am not really a morning person, it's like God wants me to be his strongest morning soldier, okay? I don't know what it is about me getting these morning jobs, but I keep getting them. So I think that it's, you know, it's in preparation for something. So I'm just learning to get up in the mornings. But Fridays are always my favorite days and weekends are always my favorite when I'm not ripping and running too crazy because you get to sleep. At this era of my life, I am working, I am sleeping, and if I am outside enjoying my time and reclaiming my time, it is planned and it has to be worth it. I don't know if that's an age thing or if that is a because I get up so early in the morning for work thing, but whatever it is, that is where I am at. I also realized too, like behind the scenes this week, I've been thinking a lot about the fact that me and my friends like... we're really like y'all we're adults I'm 34 years old and every now and then it hits me like you are a real adult like this thing is here baby girl it is happening one of my friends um his girlfriend I it she's a dermatologist black woman dermatologist shout out to shout out to my girl Jabria dreams uh she's working down in Georgia um but Yeah, I FaceTimed her the other day. She had one of her student assistants with her. And, you know, I know her as Jabria and I know she's a doctor, but it's different seeing people at work and then seeing how other people see them as well. So they were having conversations about how they all start their day before work. And, you know. Dr. James and the rest of her team are talking about different songs and motivational songs and things they listen to on their way in. And one of her medical assistants was like, you know what? I listened to the latest with Lauren La Rosa on my way in to work. It motivates me because of her story. It keeps me going. But also like she's filling me in on what's going on as well, too, and give me like real good background context. So my one of my guy best friends, like a brother to me. This is his girlfriend, who is Dr. James, and she had asked him if I could FaceTime and just talk to the student for a little bit. Because, man, medical school in any sort of way ain't no joke. That girl was in school forever. And he will be in school for some time, too. So just something to keep him motivated. So I FaceTimed and I'm talking to him and he says something, something, something, Dr. James. And it hit me. I'm like, oh, shoot. Like the way that I look at doctors, like my doctors. They got a friend or a homegirl that look at them as like, girl, that's crazy. You really somebody doctor. The cycle of life is insane. Like we are really grown adults with all this responsibility right now. And I think if I'm being completely honest with myself, I always known that I was going to have a big old serious old job. But when you get to certain ages, it doesn't feel like what you imagined it to feel like. I thought by 34 years old, I was going to be married. I was going to have kids. I was going to be living in a home that I owned. And I just pictured my life being having, I have a lot of responsibility. I was going to say having a lot of responsibility, but I do have a lot of responsibility. I pictured my life. Speaker 2 (9:58) when I was younger thinking about the age I am now. But now in that age, I feel so young. Like, I feel like I am barely scratching the surface of so many things. Like, even the thought of having children, I know I'm going to do it, want to do it, you know, being married, going to happen, and all of this, you know, soon, relatively soon. But, like, even the thought of that, I sit sometimes and I'm like, I'm really going to be somebody's mama. Like. Speaker 2 (10:27) I just wonder if that feeling ever goes away. Do you ever? I'm always trying to figure out when am I going to get over that hump of, dang, I'm really the new adult too. No, I'm the adult here. You know how your parents used to be like, I'm the adult in this house. I brought you in this world. I'll take you out. I don't know if your parents told you all that, but my mom used to always be like, this is my house. You can get out. I brought you in this world. I'll take you out of it. I'm the adult in this house. I wonder when my I'm the adult in this house is going to kick in. Like, is that something that only happens once you get to your like, dang, I got all these babies in this house stage? Y'all let me know. Find me on social and let me know when did your. Speaker 2 (11:08) feeling of being an adult go from, oh my God, I'm really an adult to I'm the only adult in this house. I'm Lauren La Rosa everywhere. L-O-R-E-N-L-O-R-O-S-A. Let's talk about growing and maturing and realizing that like you are grown. And did that sink in? Ladies, I would love