On August 11, 2011, Lil Mama was a guest on "The Breakfast Club". While on the air, tensions rose between her and fellow DJ Charlamagne tha God as they exchanged jabs, with Charlamagne bringing up her VMA incident and the controversy between her and Nicki Minaj. Two more DJ's, Angela Yee and DJ Envy, chimed in, discussing her absence from music at the time. After some time, Lil Mama broke down in tears when her mother's passing was brought up. Lil Mama crying spawned numerous memes around the internet. Five years later Lil Mama returned to "the Breakfast Club" to explain why she cried, and the DJ's and Lil Mama exchanged apologies with one another.