The Breakfast Club - 2 Chainz Interview & More

Episode Date: February 17, 2020

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Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

People watch The Breakfast Club for light news and really be tuned in. It's one of my favorite shows to do just because y'all always keep it 100 y'all keep it real. They might not watch the news but they're on Twitter, they're on Facebook they're, you know, they're listening to The Breakfast Club Get your ass up

Wake up Wake up This is your time to get it off your chest Get your ass up. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Mr. Spark It Up. I go by the name of J-Mang.

Okay, whatever. Get it off your chest, bro. Oh, yeah, I'd just like to let the world know that after 15 long months, your boy has finally got his license cleared. Yes, sir. No more dirty driving. Okay. No more bad and dirty.

Congratulations, King. Yes, sir. Thank y'all. Thank y'all very much. All right. Well, be safe out there. Don't lose it again, brother. Hey, one more thing, though.

Hey, y'all got Call ID? Go ahead and say my number. So when I call next time, y'all already. But we don't got no damn Call ID. Okay, store his number. We do have Call ID, but we not storing his number. Store his number. Can I come in?

You got an ASD? I got someone to ask. Your number's the 904 number, right? Yes, sir. Yeah, we not storing that, though. But have a good one, though, brother. Little Duval. Have a good one, though.

What you say about Little Duval? He said he's from Duval. Oh. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Capers, man. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I'm just blessed.

You know, I woke up this morning. Got to go to work out there. At work, you know, blessed to have a dog. Congratulations, bro, bro. That's it? Appreciate it, man. That's how you feeling? Can I get a shout out?

Go ahead. Yeah, yeah. You can go follow me on Instagram at Capedaman09. Okay, brother. That's how you feel? Go ahead. Yeah, yeah. I'll get one. You can go follow me on Instagram at KateTheMan09. Okay, brother. Hello, who's this? Romeo. Romeo, what's up, man? Get off your chest.

What's up, Envy? How you doing? First and first, I'm going to say I'm blessed this morning. I'm having my first child. Oh, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. But, yo, show them in the car, man.

I love you. Ain't nothing wrong with telling a black brother you love him, as you say. That's right. I'm mad at you. I'm mad at you because I can't believe you surprised that, um, MV, light skin, Boosie, so can't change some tires, man. Well, I don't want to stereotype people. But it's easy to change some tires.

Like, how you can't change some tires? Well, you got to be taught. Like, my father had to teach me. I mean, I know the concept of changing the tire. I just never changed the tire. Don't switch it up now. I mean, I know the concept. It's a very easy thing to do.

It's a very easy concept, but I just don't do it. I'm not going to sit here and say it's easy now. You know, I'd rather call AAA. It is easy to tell somebody how to do it. Where you from, brother? I'm from Brooklyn, Canarsie. How many fixing flat places by you? It's a whole lot.

There you go. That's why I ain't got to change a tire. That's what I paid him to do. Thank you, though, brother. He might not have the money. People out here struggling, you know. $9, man. $10.

Some people don't even have an extra tire in their trunk. That's true, too. Now, that's expensive. That's true, too. To ride around with an extra tire. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up? This is John.

How y'all doing today? John, what's up? Get it off your How y'all doing today? John, what's up? Get it off your chest. Just wanted to spray some positivity, man, tell you guys you're doing a great job over there, as usual. Charlamagne, we had a compromise last week. I just want to make sure you stand true to the yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, regardless of what time you show up, right?

Yes, sir. Oh, he missed it this morning. I didn't do it today. Yeah. I missed you this morning because I was kind of late tuning in. Oh, man. I don't know whether you did it or not. But also, I'm heading to vacation in two days.

I'm on vacation for the next five days, heading to Miami for the first time. So I'm happy about that. You about to wild out. I'm going to have a little fun. There you go. Just to laugh at me. I'm going to have a little fun. Black men don't cheat.

That's right. Hold on. Wilding out doesn't mean cheating. I know. Okay. What does that have to do with anything? He's just telling y'all. I'm just getting clarity in the situation.

That's all. You guys have a great morning. You too now, bro. Thanks. Lorenzo. Yo, what's going on, CJMV? What's going on? What's up, bro?

Get off your chest. Hey, listen, Charlamagne there. I'm right here, sir. Yo, what's going on, Charla? I'm blessed black and highly favored. What's happening? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Charlamagne there. I'm right here, sir. Yo, what's going on, Charla? I'm blessed black and highly favored. What's happening? Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Good morning, YouTube. I want to know what's going on within the past few years, like 10 years. Why everybody got so damn sensitive over everything, man? You can't say nothing online. You got to watch it. You say, I be feeling like sometimes, you ever heard of that? Like, you be seeing it in movies, like when people put it in movies, like that cryo sleep. I just feel like

doing something like that. I've been going to sleep for like 10 years, I come back and be like, yo, what's going on? Well, everybody's so fake politically correct. You can say whatever you want, you know what I'm saying? You just gotta deal with the consequences of what you said, you know? And I think that everybody's so afraid of like these social media mobs and being attacked that they be walking tightropes and walking on thin ice

because they don't want to be attacked by the mob. But there's so much access now, too. Before social media, we weren't hearing what everyone had to say about everything. Now everybody's voicing their opinions, and sometimes they're saying things that maybe they regret saying or maybe they're not saying it in the right way. Sometimes they're putting it out there to get overanalyzed by people. They only regret when they get attacked.

That's understandable. That's cool. But you know what I'm saying? It's like, let's say it's Charlamagne. He don't ever post his kids, but he posts his kids, and he does something with his kids. You know, right away, oh, my God, he shouldn't be doing this, this, and this, and that.

Like, come on. Yo, mind your business. Yeah, I agree with you. Everybody's so sensitive. Everybody's so soft nowadays. But it's just the way society is. Bro, say whatever you want. Who gives a damn?

Let the mob attack. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. The Breakfast Club. It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Tere from Detroit. What up, Del? Don't you go making fun of her accent. Child, speaking of accents, ain't nobody making fun of Detroit. Speaking of accents, tell me why I just moved here from New York. I'm gassed as hell, crop tops, coochie cutters, everything, doing me, living my good life.

But I live amongst all these Caribbeans and Flatbush. So you know they staring me down, looking like they gonna try to kill me. And I have to give them this Detroit attitude because I already know y'all can't do no hate crimes here because they will revoke your immigration card, honey. And God only knows what you did in Jamaica to even get here. So just keep staring while I keep walking. You tell them to Ray. And you know I'm from Flappish.

Honey, let me tell you, your people your people is getting on my nerve. And they over here they looking at me all crazy-eyed and shit. And I can't take it, honey. I'm just over it. What's your name? We're going to put the word out there.

They got to leave you alone and show you some respect. Or at the very least, follow my Instagram at JTere. Tere, you know it's your fault, right? Tere, you got your buns out. You got your stomach out. You looking all sexy. So that's the reason they looking at you. And they are because all the trade is looking at me.

And I had a few little trade pieces or whatever. But this was trash. This was trash. I know. I was very disappointed. Very disappointed. The penis is trash. There's nothing you can do, right, Trey?

There's nothing I can do. I'm going to go to the Bronx and get pregnant. All right. Let's go. Boogie down. Trey, if you get pregnant, you call us up immediately, alright? We need you up here. I sure will. You need the answer.

Alright, Trey Trey. Trey Trey. Hello, who's this? Hello? Hello? This is Marato. Damn delayed response. That's a very original name.

I've never heard that before. Where are you calling from? I'm calling from Angola, Africa. Africa. All right. Africa. Wow. All right.

The motherland. What's happening? Get it off your chest. Good morning. All right. Good morning, DJ Andy. Good morning, Salamander God. What's up, King?

How are you? Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning. Nice to meet you. Yeah, yeah. It's a very long distance call. I might spend here $100 just to make this call. I just want to say that this show is amazing.

You guys are doing an incredible job. And I listen to you every day on my Apple podcast. And I don't even know if the program was live. I just called. Okay. I want to show you some positivity. Yeah. What you guys are doing. I just called. Okay. Yeah, we're doing

and it's inspiring us all. What time is it in Africa right now, in Angola? What time is it? It's 11 16. 11 16. Okay. P.M. or A.M.? A.M. Okay. Alright. Good to talk to you, brother. Hello, who's this? We're comedians. Shaina.

Hey, Shaina, get it off your chest. I just want to thank God for this day. That's right. You know, I know. Look, I thank God for this day, for this job. I'm so blessed. I'm highly favored. I got my own business.

And I just want to just thank God. That's all, guys. Shayna, Shayna, you're not just blessed and highly favored. You're blessed black and highly favored. You're absolutely right. I am blessed black and highly favored. And I just want to thank God for it. Thank you, mama.

Hello, who's this? Hey, man, what's up? This is Reckless TV. How y'all doing? What's up, Reckless TV? Get her off your chest. I wanted to speak about college. I did trade school.

I did two years for HVAC and electricity, and I can work anywhere in the United States. I'm 23 years old, and nobody's doing trade no more. Everybody's trying to be doctors and lawyers. So right now, trade school is the best thing you can do. I agree. After I graduated, my teacher came to me and said I should go for another four years and I'll be guaranteed to make six figures and I can go anywhere in the United States. So trade school is popping right now because ain't nobody

really doing it and everybody needs help with HVAC and air conditioning. I met this guy the other day, I think when I was in D.C., man, he ran up on me and he was like, man, thank you for always talking about trade school because I went to trade school and I've been gainfully employed for 40 plus years.

I forgot what he said he did. Hello, who's this? What's up, Envy? This is E from Asheville, North Carolina again. What's up, bro? You started your business this weekend? Man, I started me up my business this weekend as a hot dog cart called Bunny LLC. Bunny LLC.

I like that. That's dope. Congratulations, sir. You should have came out to the seminar, man. You would have had over 1,000 people wanting some hot dogs, brother. Oh, yeah, man. That's what I'm waiting on, man. I got to get you this money, man. I should have came out to the seminar, man. You would have had over a thousand people wanting some hot dogs, brother. Oh, yeah, man. That's what I'm waiting on, man.

I got to get you this money, man. I ain't mad at you. Hey, man, I want to thank y'all, man. You, Charlemagne, Anjaliye, man, how you be a family guy, man. I really love that, man. And there's a lot of family men out here that look up to that, man. Keep going. Keep doing that.

Charlemagne, man, you just keep us inspired and everything. Anjaliye, I love you just keep us inspired and everything. Angelina, I love you. You're beautiful and everything, baby. I would like all y'all to take a look at Black Alachan. He hiked the Appalachian Trail, and he biked the Underground Railroad. Black Alachan, he got YouTubes up, and he just trying to show, you know, black people that we can hike. And because if the world comes to an end, boy, we ain't going to know how to do nothing.

So, you know, check them out. You ain't lying. All right, bro. Thank you, man. I say that all the time. If a nuclear bomb or something was to hit, like, how would people survive? People don't know how to fish. They don't know how to hunt.

They don't know how to live off the land. Nothing. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? 51051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of

the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more.

After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself.

It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we were talking about love and hip-hop in New York. Chrissy and Jim Jones had a conversation that sparked some interest. Let's hear it. If marriage never happens, I don't feel a way about it anymore because it doesn't complete us. But I do want to get married. I believe that every woman who's in love or is in a strong relationship that we all deserve to have that. I don't feel that way. And I know it sounds crazy. In the beginning, I thought that was the end all be all. I thought that was natural progression.

But at this point, what is that going to change for? So we're asking 805-85-1051, if you've been in a long relationship, more than 10 years, is it necessary to get married? Now, Charlamagne, you said you had a conversation like this? Yeah, I mean, I've been with my beautiful black wife, my beautiful black queen for 21 years, just stressing that I married a black woman.

We've been together 21 years, married for five, I believe. And the night I actually proposed, you know, we were on the beautiful island of Anguilla and we were having dinner on the beach and we were having that exact same conversation. And she sounded a lot like Chrissy. She was like, you know, at this point,

I'm not even really tripping, you know, off marriage. Like, what's that going to change between us? And, you know, then I changed the conversation. And I was like, well, if I got married, if I did propose to you, I would want to propose, you know, in a place like this. You know, like doing what we're doing right now on the beach, having dinner. And, you know, I would stand up like this. And so I actually stood up and I would get down on my knees like this. And she's looking at me and I pulled the ring

out of my pocket and asked her to marry me. So for you it was important but for her not as much. You know what, I'm going to be honest with you. I'm not a woman so I can't speak for women. I can only say I think sometimes women, they love you and they're just like, whatever man. I'll take it how I can get it.

You know what I'm saying? I don't think they get to the point. I think some women might pressure you to get married. Some women might just be like, whatever, man. I'll take it how I can get it. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't think they get to the point. I think some women might pressure you to get married. Some women might just be like, whatever. But I still think deep down, a lot of them do want to get married. Because it's not like, you know, she didn't accept that wedding ring. Right. You know what I'm saying?

But you also wanted to get married. I definitely wanted to get married. You know what I'm saying? And it's like the conversation shifted. So we went, she went from signing like Chrissy, but when I actually got down on my knees and proposed in that moment, you know, the tears came and everything else came. And, you know, she was happy to be engaged.

Yeah, I got married early. I was 23. My wife was 22. It was just something that I always wanted. I seen it with my parents. I seen it with my aunts and uncles. And I always dreamed of leaving Queens and buying a house with a white picket fence and getting married and having five kids. Now you got an electric black fence.

I got an electric black gate. It's 12 feet high. It's 12 feet high. It's a little bigger house than I expected. I got five kids, and we've been married for 18 years. But, you know, it's just what I wanted. What about you? How do you feel about it?

Well, I've always been very vocal about the fact that I think it's your choice. Like some people can be in a relationship. I've been in mine for over five years and, you know, I just haven't been feeling like we have to get married. So maybe that'll change

and if it does change, you know, it'll happen. But it's not really something that I've ever felt like stressed about. I never sat around and planned my wedding or was like, okay This is what I'm gonna do. I want to get married here I think for some people marriage is extremely important like as a woman like me and my friends have had this discussion and I've had Friends who felt pressured to get married from their family members. My family's never pressured me to feel like I have to get married

I had one friend who you know Her father was very sick and had Alzheimer's and she wanted to get married while he was still alive for him to be able to witness that. But I think it's important for you to get married because you want to. I know so many people who have gotten married, not because they were in love, but just because I'm pregnant and I feel like it's the right thing to do, or we've been together this long and so on and so forth. And when I get married, I want it to feel like this is going to last forever. And I'm doing it just because I'm so in love. That's all I want to do.

You know what else about that, too, though? It's like if you're the man, right? Because me and my wife, we literally never had that conversation until the night I proposed. Right. So I wonder if a guy is having that conversation with his woman, does it confuse him? Because he's like, well, damn, I want to propose, but I don't know if she's going to say yes or not. Because she's telling me she may not want to be married. You know what I mean?

Let's open up the phone lines. We'll take your calls when we come back. 800-585-1051. I think I told my wife at 16 I was going to marry her. I was like, I'm going to marry you. I knew it. I was like, I'm going to marry you. Yeah, that was a blessing for you,

because especially back then, she was definitely dating down. What does that mean? What are you talking about? Listen, man, ladies out there, you know, when you find a man that you, she was definitely dating down. What does that mean? What are you talking about? Listen, man, ladies out there, you know, when you find a man that you can peg, lock him down. Salute to Gia. This guy just found out what peg meant like maybe a month ago. And I'm still trying to figure out how he found out what it was.

Salute to horrible decisions. We already know how he found out. We know how you found out. Shout out to Trav. That's not pegging, sir. Shout out to Trav. All right. 800-5- That's not pegging, sir. That's just straight up sodomy. Oh, all right.

We're taking your calls when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about Jim Jones and Chrissy. They had a conversation

on Love & Hip Hop. Let's play a clip of it. If marriage never happens, I don't feel a way about it anymore because it doesn't complete us. But I do want to get married. I believe that every woman who's in love is in a strong relationship that we all deserve to have that.

I don't feel that way, and I know it sounds crazy. In the beginning, I thought that was the end-all, be-all. I don't feel that way. And I know it sounds crazy. In the beginning, I thought that was the end-all, be-all. I thought that was natural progression. But at this point, what is that going to change for?

So we're asking, if you've been in a relationship for a long time, is it necessary to get married? Hello, who's this? Yo, what's up? Envy is mellow.

And I'm here with iPhone Sim 2. Y'all together? Y'all about to get married? Yeah, yeah. Okay, all right. Yeah. Congratulations, King. Congratulations. Congratulations. iPhone sim 2 you about to get married yeah okay alright congratulations congratulations

congratulations congratulations kings don't make me kill you what are you talking about I'm happy

that y'all gonna hear wedding bells soon stop playing with me but nah man for real

honestly speaking I don't really think marriage is necessarily necessary. Because, I mean, Charlamagne, you said it best one time. You said once y'all are connected at the soul, y'all are already married. Marriage is a piece of paper, man. That was before he got married, though. Then he got married and changed his whole view. Yeah, that is a fact.

But you're right, though. Sometimes I think that titles mess up sometimes, though. Sometimes. You just never know. You say, yo, we're going to do this. Sometimes it mess up. I didn't get a chance to call earlier. I feel like one of my

I feel like one of my uncles passed away. This is different. How that's your uncle and you the same age? You and Kobe the same age. Kobe, man. It's different. How that's your uncle and you the same age? You and Kobe the same age? I said, I feel like one. I feel like one of those people. Kobe, man, goodbye, man.

Goodbye, Melo. You big 42-year-old grown man talking about his uncle passed away. Sarah. Good morning. Hey, good morning. We're talking about if you've been in a long-term relationship, is it necessary to get married? So I was with my son's father for over 10 years and we never got married thinking it

wouldn't change anything we ended up breaking up and then the next man i got with was the one initiating the conversation for married and we got married after six months of being together right so there was some assurity and finance finality at least from a legal standpoint, of you get the benefits, you have a say, the recognition and acknowledgement of being a wife instead of being a girlfriend. There is nothing that comes with being a girlfriend besides y'all are hanging out and you get married and then all of a sudden you are Mrs. So-and-so. And it brings families together. It brings lives together more so than just being together and chilling, you know? Ideally, though, because some people get married and act like

they're not. Hello, who's this? This is Ivory. Hey, Ivory. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, Charlamagne. What's up? Queen, how are you? Now, we're asking, after being in a long-term relationship, is it necessary to get married? No, I don't feel like it's necessary to get married. I've been with my dude for six years.

He proposed about three years ago. Everybody keeps asking us, when are we getting married? When are we getting married? And I honestly feel like it's not going to change anything in our relationship. We already live together. We have two kids together. I know I want to be with him and I feel he's just a piece of paper.

Marriage doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be forever. As long as we know and we love each other, I don't feel like we need to get married. I'm not knocking your opinion, but I will say I keep hearing people say nothing changes. A lot of people have hit it right on the head. When a woman

has your last name and you can call her your wife, I'm not going to lie, it is a different kind of energy. It's way different than being like, that's my wifey, that's my girl, that's my old lady. When you can say that's your wife and y'all got the same last name, it hits different. Some women don't change their last name

by the way. Exactly. Some women don't change their last name. I'm talking about the ones that have. Say what? Some women don't change their last name. I'm talking about the ones that have. But it does hit different. It does. I'm not going to lie to you.

Yeah, but I feel like me and my dude, we have such a strong connection that marriage is not going to make it any deeper. Like, I love him. We have a soul tie. Like, it's just

a piece of paper. Marriage is just a piece of paper to me. And that's definitely your relationship, your choice. I think it's a little bit more than just a piece of paper, though. I mean, but like I said, and I'm only basing that off years of just having a girlfriend

and then now having a wife. It does feel different. I'm not going to lie to you. Well, thank you, Ivory. 800-585-1051. We're asking, after being with someone in a long-term relationship, is it necessary to get married? Call us up right now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about

a conversation on love and hip-hop that Jim Jones and Chrissy had about being married. Let's hear it. If marriage never happens, I don't feel a way about it anymore because it doesn't complete us. But I do want to get married.

I believe that every woman who's in love or is in a strong relationship that we are deserve to have that. I don't feel that way. And I know it sounds crazy. In the beginning, I thought that was the end all be all. I thought that was natural progression. But at this point, what is that going to change for? So we're asking 800-585-10, after being with someone for a long time, is it necessary to get married?

Hello, who's this? Lisa. Hey, Lisa, good morning. Good morning, guys. Hey, Lisa. How are you? Happy Thursday. Thank you.

Now we're asking, you've been married, well, you've been in a relationship for 14 years, right? You're not married? Well, I'm married now to somebody else, but I was in a relationship for 14 years. What happened? Talk to us. We grew apart. You know, things change. A lot of things just happened, and there was a lot of, you know, cheating and stuff.

Why were you doing all that cheating, ma'am? I was not cheating. Where'd you get that ear horn from, man? This guy's crazy. Who was cheating then? It wasn't her. Who was this white man you was dating that was cheating? No, he was not a white man.

He was a black man. I don't like the way you said black. Who cheated? Okay. So go ahead. But, you know, we thought about the marriage part, but I just felt like if it's working like it is, let's just keep it like it is.

I can't be defined by a piece of paper at that time. But it was a process of me learning about a relationship and how to deal with a relationship, how to deal with certain things. And as I got older, I realized that, you know, when I did meet my husband now, that, you know, marriage is a wonderful thing.

But it's not like any different. We're still friends. You know, my husband and I are good friends. We're best friends. We talk. We have a good time. It's like regular. So, you know, a piece of paper doesn't define you. It really doesn't. Okay. I gotta go home and ask my wife about this piece of paper. I don't remember this piece of paper.

What's the piece of paper they talking about? A contract. Well. What contract? That you have to sign the paperwork you have to fill up. It's a contract? Yes, it is. Oh, the marriage certificate, you mean.

Yeah, the license. You mean the license. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is a contract because it is a process to get divorced, too. Yeah, but I. Yeah. Steve said tell him about it. I can't remember. Do you feel like marriage is just a piece of paper, Envy? No, marriage is more than a piece of Yeah. Steve said, tell him about it.

I can't remember. Do you feel like marriage is just a piece of paper, Envy? No, marriage is more than a piece of paper. I don't feel that way either. I don't... No. Well, a 90-day fiance,

it is just a piece of paper. No, it ain't no just a piece of paper for me. I don't even know... It just depends on your relationship. For some people, they get married

for specific reasons, not because of love. And that's the truth. Some people don't get married because they're in love. Boy, some of y'all very pessimistic with this marriage thing, boy. It's the truth. Some people don't get married because they're in love. Boy, some of y'all are very pessimistic with this marriage thing, boy. It's a fact. Some people get married for, and a lot of people get

married for love. Right, and some people do, some people don't. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Yesenia. Hey, Yesenia, good morning. Good morning, how are you guys? I can't believe I got through. I'm on hold forever. Okay, now we're talking about being with someone in a long-term relationship.

Is it necessary to get married? So, me and my boyfriend have been together. It'll be seven years in March. So, you used to be in Point Awe. Excuse me? Nothing. Oh. So, we've been together for seven years.

We're in the process of buying a house. You know, I feel like when you're surrounded around a lot of people that get divorced, it kind of loses the sentiment of being married. You know what I mean? I feel you on that. You see all these people who are, also people who are in relationships and married, but are not happily married.

I used to, I used to. Right, exactly. Exactly. Like I feel, I feel like when, when you're surrounded by divorce, it doesn't mean anything. However, I will say that if we were to have kids, because we don't have kids yet, I would definitely want the same last name that my kids have.

Exactly. I think it depends. My daughter came to me and said that when she was about five, six years old. But I'm going to tell you something. When you said about being surrounded by divorce, I was surrounded by divorce. My mom and dad got divorced, and I got like four or five aunts and uncles who got divorced. So you got to be the person who's going to break those generational curses. You know what I'm saying?

So what changed your opinion? Huh? What changed your opinion on it? What changed your opinion on it? How did you come out of that? I mean, it was just something that I wanted to do. Plus, you know, I remember having that conversation with my daughter. I asked why we don't have the same last name, and that really got me to thinking, like, why aren't we married?

Like, what am I? I got a beautiful woman. She's put up with all my BS all these years. Why wouldn't I want to get married? And then not only just get married, be a faithful devoted husband. That is the leveling up that men don't understand.

You can't just get married and say I'm going to get married and still move the way I was moving when we were just boyfriend and girlfriend. No, you get married and you say I want to be a faithful devoted husband and father to my kids. And that's when you see the energy really, really shift. That's what I think. Yeah, but I think it's a little contradictory because

you're saying that your daughter had to tell you why don't we have the last name for you to get married. No, that's not what I said. I said that was part of it. I ain't say that was the only reason. I specifically said I wanted to get married. And I love my wife. It's nothing like sharing everything, and that's how I honestly feel. And we got to be the generational curse breakers, right? Like, I look at my father, and I see how he did my mom,

and how he tells me all the time he wish he never left my mom for another woman because he feel like his life hasn't been the same since. Why would I want that for myself? Like, we got to be the generational curse breakers. We can't look around and say it didn't work for everybody else in our family, so it won't work for me. Yeah, but I think that it also depends on your parents, too, because my parents are better divorced than they were together.

Yes. And I think it's also just up to you. Like, nobody should pressure you to feel like you have to be married or like if your relationship is working and you're happy like that, do your thing. Put my bag again, Steve. We don't fight in here. All right.

Yeah, Charlamagne, don't pressure me. Don't pressure me. I'm not pressuring you. I'm just telling you what worked for me. Oh, you're kidding. All right, what's the moral of the story? Thank you. Thank you, Mama.

The moral of the story is when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. That's the moral of the story to me. All right, the moral of my story is I love my wife. Good morning, baby. I'm going to meet you at the airport in about another hour or so, okay? Yes, and also, too, you don't marry somebody you can live with. You marry the person you cannot live without.

That's what I think. I'm going to use that one later. Hey. I like that one. Babe, I didn't marry you because I could live with. What did I say again? You don't marry someone you can live with. You marry the person who you cannot live without.

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Yes, sir. We have 2 Chainz and the True Can. What's up, fellas? What's going on? First, let me say thank you to 2 Chainz. Thank you. I did a car show this year, and I needed his car. And he sent it.

No problems, no questions asked. I just want to say thank you. A lot of times people say thank you. Why you make it sound like you got one car? He sent one car. I bet you messed it up. I didn't mess it up. It was just a heavy-ass car, but thank you. Why you make it sound like he got one car? He sent one car. I bet you messed it up. Well, you got it. I didn't mess it up. It was just a heavy-ass call, but thank you.

Yeah. He sent that call. That's dope. I'm from Atlanta. I'm descended up here. That's pretty cool, man. Yeah, that was pretty dope. So I wanted to say thank you.

And let's talk about this true camp. Let everybody introduce themselves, man. How is world? Man, hot lot, man. South side, Atlanta, Georgia, man. Gabby Roll, how are they? Hey, man. You got Shalipa Roll, man.

That's Schoolie. West side song. Now, Chase, now how man. Gabby Roll, all that. Hey, man, you got Shalipa Roll, man. It's Schooley, West Side Song. Now, Chains, how did you get this camp together? What made you decide to put this group together and put some young guys on? I felt like I've done everything else in the business. I'm in this point in my career where I still enjoy doing music, but it's definitely time for me to put somebody on. It's definitely time for me to add quality of life to what I got going on.

So I figured the best thing to do is not only do a label, but to put somebody on, somebody young, somebody with a newer perspective, a new sound. And so that's what I'm trying to do with my boys right here. I got the label deal with Atlantic Records last year. So after rapper go to the league, I started locking in and really trying to find some talent to complement what I was doing and what I like to do. I don't feel like an artist can reach icon icon status until they put other people on.

I agree. You feel the same way? I agree. And, you know, I'm working on that with being an entrepreneur, owning businesses outside of outside of music. Everything from G Leagues to the G-League team to the lounges, I felt like it was just time to add this to my portfolio. And also, this is my way of giving back. You know, none of these guys are part of no charitable contribution, but just giving back to the neighborhood, giving back to the whole process of trying to change young black men's lives. So with Schooley, he's been a superstar in Atlanta for over 10 years now. He's only 25 years old. He's in this group, Rich Kids, super legendary,

super been a fan of him since I've been doing music. And then I got World, who's down here on this end, from one of my homeboys in the streets. We were just watching YouTube one day, and he showed me this clip of World walking through his apartment complex, basically saying that he was more of a community activist, and he had this agenda called No Child Left Behind, which I felt like was just a whole different movement for a rapper or artist.

And then with the two guys you see on each side of me, they're from the south side of Atlanta College Park where I'm from. This is Sleepy Rose and Hot. And what happened with them was one of my right-hand men, Big, grew up with me on the south side. His son got killed, unfortunately, to some gun violence. You know, at 17 years old. So his son is actually Sleepy Rose's best friend and Hot's cousin. So I gave Big a job as an A&R to

kind of help him cope with what he's dealing with and he brought me these two acts and we've been rocking ever since. I like to watch your videos that you guys post online because it feel very energetic like to have the young guys around you. Y'all don't look so turnt up right now. But when I see y'all on Instagram... I'm telling you. They rappers. They're officially rappers now. What y'all was y'all last name?

What are they called? Tito's. That sounds like a vodka. Not what we was y'all drinking. Tito's. Whatever.

He don't know what he's going with. I'm dead. That boy is blurry right now. I thought Tito's was a liquor,

but all right. I'm still hearing stories about last night. You didn't go with them? I left. hearing stories about last night. So, you know. You didn't go with them. I left. I can't do it. Yeah, it's probably good that I left, though.

You know what I'm saying? But I encourage them to enjoy their life, live the life. You know, I'm trying to, like, lead by example. I don't want to be the little chaperone, preachy preacher. You know what I mean? You got to let them make some mistakes. Like, when I used to take Sleepy out, at first, he used to go in other people's section. I had to explain to him, like some mistakes like when I used to take sleepy out at first He used to go on other people's section. I had explained him like

He's already my height Somewhere else to be the tallest Tallest and but it might not be in our section and I'd be like, you know, they they pay for that right there You know the bottle taker was you whether you didn't go to somebody else Bring about five. No, they don't even care about drinking like they just like trying to just move right there. You know what I'm saying? But you wasn't the bottle taker, was you? You didn't go walk up to somebody else's table and take their bottle? Nah, I bring a bottle if I tell them. No, they don't even care about drinking. Like, they just like

trying to just move and be seen. Like, they not shy at all, you know what I'm saying? And it's important to be around me to be able to like be your own individual.

Like, as far as sitting under me, that really, I have to tell them like, let's, you know, let's get a little title, you know, take some fleets because these guys

are getting the club they're spread out, you know what I'm saying? little title, you know, take some fleets because these guys are getting the club. They're spread out. You know what I'm saying? Spread their wings. Come to the bowling party. Yeah. Yeah, you know, and that's the vibe I like around me. So it do give me that feeling, Angela.

You know, I be needing the young ones around. I usually travel with just seven employees. You know what I'm saying? Role manager, DJ, photographer. But now we kind of moving as one. You kind of got to be the chaperone though, right? Because you don't want them to make mistakes if you can prevent it. No, if I can prevent it, but how's she going to learn, you know?

So we all learn. You know, I still learn. But at the same time, like, man, if I became like preachy preacher, then I wouldn't be realistic to the fact of me being 21 before. I wasn't in the music game at 21. I was a little bit you know a little bit off of my path but. What were you doing? We knew what he was doing.

You want to tell him himself? Goodness gracious. Now as a collaborative effort putting out this project right you guys have no face no case. How do you decide who gets on what song, what songs make the project? Because I'm sure y'all record it a lot.

We just get our 100%. Everybody go crazy. It's usually, like, friendly competition when we're in the studio. You got to go hard, like, on some, just change on the song. I don't know. He ain't never said your verse whack,

but it probably ain't been that situation yet. Have you said that so far? He might have told me before. My a** was whack. He never said your verse wet, but it probably been a situation Man First your first reaction? I be pissed off. Yeah. He say about me, I'm be pissed off. I don't give a damn. He tell me, man, break a shoe shrink.

I tell him, I'm pissed off. I don't even want to hear it. All right, you hear me? So when they tell me that s***, I'm mad as hell. But I'm just waiting there and redo that motherf***. Now y'all tell me this s*** ass. Yeah. That motherf*** hard.

It ended up being the intro to the album. So, I mean, that's probably why when you hear, I mean, you've been doing it long enough, too. When you hear something, you know, like, man, this is what you wanted to want. And that's what I'm trying to tell this little s*** right here. I've been doing this long enough to let him, you know what I'm saying?

And you can't be in your feelings on constructive criticism. But did he tell him his ass, or do you like to do that again? No, you have to. You have to tell somebody else to tell me his ass. No, you got to tell him his ass. me his ass. No, you got to tell him his ass. He needs the most abrupt, abrasive way, because he has lack of, you don't understand, man. My wife had to tell me, like, you taking folks from the streets and putting them on TV, like, I had to figure that out because, like, I didn't understand at first, you know what I'm saying?

Like, these boys are fresh, not out of jail and then, but just fresh off the block, you know what I'm saying? So, stuff comes with that, you know what I'm saying? Like, these boys are fresh, not out of jail and everything, but just fresh off the block, you know what I'm saying? So, stuff comes with that, you know what I mean? And I accept that, you know what I'm saying? I accept all of that and everything that comes with it, but... That's the best energy, though. Yeah, I'm looking forward to, like, changing... Like, so I'm in it... Like, I love doing rap. I run

circles around, you know what I'm saying, rappers. Like, this is what I do. I'm always do that, and I love being creative and all that. So this is just another way for me to do that with bringing in new people and just kind of like, just showing them different ways and just being able to get up happy as hell knowing that you

finna do something you love and get paid off of it. You know what I'm saying? Whether it's pain that you've been going through, you're able to profit off your pain. And so I'm just trying to show them how to do that without telling them, stop. Don't go over there. Don't drunk too high. I don't give a damn. They got their own van. They smoking it out.

They doing what they want to do. They moving around New York. That's what I want to see. Alright, we got more with the Real University, 2 Chainz and the gang when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. We got the Real University, True, 2 Chainz, Hot, Schoolie, Sleepy Rose, and Whirl. And I got a question.

How do y'all pick records, though? Like, I f***ed with the pop-off, the Schoolie joint. How do y'all pick records? Like, do they go in there and record by themselves, or y'all do it all together? It's hard to pick a record, man. I might record probably like 10 songs in one day. Tick might don't like none of the records. You feel me?

So I got to try again a whole nother day. Boy. Yeah. You feel me? So it's hard to pick a record. The bar is set high over here. We definitely over-record for everything. Shout out to Dallas.

We went to L.A. for a couple of weeks and locked down in the studio. And that was our first time all being in the studio at the same time. We're having multiple rooms. So not only were we able to sit in the same room and work together, we were able to split up, go in individual rooms, catch a vibe, hear each other's music, but it was all competitive. Like, you know, when this dude in the other room, he cooking, and we just getting all in the same room

and listening to stuff for the first time, and that started giving us that feeling of like, man, we really got something going on. So what's the plan as far as release? Of course, you got this album with everybody on it now. Now as a label exec, now who's next to go? How do you decide who's next? Well, it's basically, you know, it's data nowadays.

Honestly, it's like you see it, you know what I mean? Like with this project and what I told them, like, I don't expect for it to just be as big as my individual efforts or nothing like that because I'm trying to put new people on. And I want them to think like other people. When y'all see new people on, the initial thing is I'm a hater. I got to buy into what you're doing, so that's what they're doing now, trying to buy into the guys.

But I do know that this project will be used for discovery. This is where people, they'll hear a song and be like, who is World, who is Schoolie, who is Sleep, or whatever. So that's what it's more or less used for. But based off what we drop, it's more like a data thing. The reactions that we're getting from the consumers and everybody that's just listening. Correct me if I'm wrong, you got

shot in the neck last year. 2018 or something? I got shot in the back. It came out my neck. Did you feel obligated to put him on after that? Like I said, I know his family and everything. I know his cousin. And so his older cousin Big, who was my A&R, you know what I'm saying, after his son got killed, it was so close to home that I had to start paying attention

to the young guy, especially from my neighborhood, because I felt like, man, for me to be in this position and not give him an opportunity, I just felt like I wasn't doing no justice or whatever. So Big, that was Big's job was to bring in talent for him, you know what I'm saying? And so soon as Hyatt started getting himself back together, because he was in the hospital for, I think, maybe 30...

I was out for a whole month. I ain't eat, talk, walk, no nothing. Like, man, I was getting some milk through my nose and my stomach. I ain't move, talk. I couldn't do I just been in Atlanta. When did you start writing? Were you into rap at that time? That was when I started trying to rap, when I was in the hospital.

The whole time I was in the hospital, that's what made me want to rap. I'm like, man, fuck this shit. You started listening to Lil Baby, right? Yeah, Lil Baby. Yeah. Oh, what? Way to the top, that way to the top, that's what got me through that. I would listen to Lil Baby.

I was like, man, if I would have just died, I ain't have shit to show for it. So getting shot just kind of like gave you a new purpose for life. Yeah, a new purpose for life. Exactly.

Do you get paid for Metro Boomin' and London's tags? You know, that's him saying that. What is he saying? Who? Metro Boomin'

wants some more? No, no. And we got London on the track. We got London on the track and Dundee on the track. Oh, you didn't do Metro Boomin? No, I didn't do Metro Boomin. That's one of my great close friends, though.

That's my man. You don't get paid for that, though. The gang. He gets some beans. Not what I'm supposed to, you know. I don't be tripping on that. I'm supposed to be, though. I'm supposed to be.

You get nervous having artists because, I mean, you've been through a situation where you were signed to an artist and you wanted to leave. Do you ever get artists? Because, I mean, you've been through a situation where you were assigned to an artist and you wanted to leave. Do you ever get nervous, like, I got to go over an extra because of that situation? Not over an extra. I just try to do things that weren't done when I was in their position, which was just show them more, educate more. Not that the situation that I was in didn't do that because I learned from just being around.

I'm very observant. But with them, they got full creative control. So with them, I don't have any say-so in their studio activities because all they needed to be around me was work ethic, and they have that. When Sleep says he records eight to ten songs a day, it's almost

fascinating. It's just important for me to change somebody's life like i say that'll add quality it really helps both sides you know i'm saying i get i told them like when they start getting hot and i ain't got nothing going on i'm gonna crank my tour bus up because i own one and i'm gonna follow them around to do one or two songs and just get on their nerves and you know i I mean? That's just how it's going to be. Right now, it's about the discovery. I know I got superstars with me. It's like these are

the four hottest people from Atlanta. Atlanta been carrying the torch for at least two decades now as far as just being music and being on top with the rap scene. I know deep down in my heart that one of these four, if not all of them, is the

new guy from the city of Atlanta. I'm trying to figure out why Schoolie ain't pop up, because even Pitchfork said that Schoolie, you changed the way Atlanta rapped. Like, god damn. That's a big statement from them. What's your thoughts on that? I think I may be way too humble

for Atlanta. I don't know. I don't say a lot. I don't speak on a lot of things that I post to. I'm afraid of rejection, if you can believe that. So, like, I don't make so many mistakes. I be trying to just accomplish something. And I be grateful, like, for Pop Off, what it's doing right now. Like, I'm grateful that people just even giving me a listen again.

You know what I'm saying? I just been through so much i just be cool what do you think jane your ceo mind why why you think it didn't it hadn't happened for him yet i mean it took a long time for it to happen for me too so that's i think why we grew so close man it's always this feeling of somebody not wanting you to succeed somebody close to you i don't know about him but when he says fear rejection and just fear of all the things that he's going through inside his head I went through it too just knowing you know and with me I ain't know if it was the name change or what but I just knew I had what it took and so he reminds

me so much of me because when I did used to get on skate about coming to the studio or something like that when he came he would kill something so effortlessly i would be like i wonder is this guy doing this on purpose because he never shows emotion he's always the same way he's just he's never too geeked high or happy he's never too sad he's just always in the middle so i i used to tell people like other people i'd be like bro when the man do a song it'd be out of here when the man get on my song he go crazy you know i'm saying so it was like i don't and and and he sits around like it's not like he know it's time coming i don't really know how to explain how he move like it's it's not really that urgent he just kind of

be like kicking it and stuff but then as soon as he opened his opens his mouth you just know this is a superstar like shawty got it so I just know it's going to connect. It's about connecting the dots with the actual fans, not our peers. The peers, they already know who Schoolie is. They acknowledge him every time we go somewhere. It's about making the fans know what they're missing out on. All right, we got more with the real University 2 Chainz and the gang when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Shalameen the God here. We got the real University, true 2 Chainz, hot, schoolie, sleepy, rose and whirl. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God here. We got the real university, true 2 Chainz, hot, schooly, sleepy, rosy world. Now, Angelique? Now, 2 Chainz, you talk about changing lives.

So how has life changed world starting with you? How has life changed already with this project out, being on the cover, rolling out, everybody seeing that? Well, it changed a lot for me

because I come from nothing. Like, where I'm from in Atlanta, like, nobody, there's no celebrities where I'm from. So everything, where I'm from in Atlanta, like, nobody, there's no celebrities where I'm from. So everything changed about me. Money, relationships, family,

like, everything's different. When you say relationships and family, what does that mean? Because sometimes that's good, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's good and it's bad

because, you know, this rap s***, so, you know, my old lady be tripping a lot. Before I go on, before I go on, I want to say I'm totally honored to be here because I know a lot. Before I go on, before I go on, I want to say I'm totally honored to be here

because I know a lot of that'll drop everybody in this room just sitting in this seat I'm in. So I want to thank y'all. Man, that cheap now. Burp a club in it

and get somebody to go? Nah, for real, y'all big. Y'all big. You scared to sit by you, Charlemagne?

What? I'm just saying, like, for real, bro. I'm just honored to be here. Probably because what's in that box over there, but don, bro, like, I'm just honored to be here. But I'm honored to be here. You did.

What's the No Child Left Behind initiative? Well, the No Child Left Behind started, like, it started with me as a person. Like, I'm a person that raised on morals and principles, and, like, the kids in my community ain't got nothing to look up to. It's a federal penitentiary right by my hood. A kid where I'm from gets shot every year. So I just want to give the got nothing to look up to. It's a federal penitentiary right by my hood. A kid where I'm from gets shot every year.

So I just want to get a kid something to look up to, and it started as an idea, you feel me? What instilled that in you, though? Because, I mean, you know, growing up in Atlanta. Well, I wasn't left behind. Like, my father didn't leave me behind. My mother didn't leave me behind. So that's why I'm like, no child left behind.

And I got my kids with me every day. I got custody of my sons. So when you say you're a community activist, what is that? I uplift the community. I really like... Book bag giveaways and... All that. We do.

Every holiday, we do s***. But what I say about that, I want to just start a no-profit organization. It's just going to build up to it. So it's just me starting as a person. This is what I want to do for my community. Something you're passionate about. Does your music reflect that? Yeah, I deliver that message into my music.

All right, we were talking about lives changing, so. Sleep talk about. You did a bit, right? Yeah, yeah. How long? I'd say about two years. Two years?

Okay. Yeah, but that shit changed my life tremendously. You feel me? Like, I came from the block. I ain't gonna say I just came from the block, but the way I came,

I lived how early, you feel me? So I lived when I was 14, so I would bounce around tight. But the way I would bounce around, I would have my own. I would have a group with me, like my folks. I'm slick raising my A's tight down there all my life, you feel me? So a couple of them died off. So when brother took me up out of that, it just took all of them up out of it. It just changed everything.

It changed them. It changed me. Chase, what did you learn from your time with DTP that you are applying to the whole true situation? You know, man, you know, I ain't trying to get no clickbait, man. I'm just really just giving

these boys a chance and some opportunities. Not to say I didn't get one there, but just giving them a chance, some looks. You know what I'm saying? Just taking them around, getting them some game. You know, I don't even want to talk about DTP. That's just so out of my picture right now. It's just about what I'm

doing today. You know what I'm saying? Like, anybody know me, like, I ain't running out of ideas no time soon. I ain't running out of work ethic or energy, so I could be doing a lot of this stuff for myself. I've been here numerous times with you guys. It was important that I brought them in front of y'all. I know Charlamagne could be tough.

I know all that. But, like, this whole week, you know what I'm saying, we kind of worked up to this because it's been like me just trying to tell them, you know, talk. Like I said, I don't have to do nothing in the studio. But, like, when we come do interviews, I might say talk in the mic. I might say, you know, just different things, introduce, let the people know who you are, but it's very small

things that hopefully they can take with them when I'm not around. So that's why, you know, I came up in here. I'm not really worried about my last situation. I just know I'm sure, I know they're straight. I know they're straight because I made sure they were straight. I put something in their pocket. I put something on them. I made sure they moved

with me, you know what I'm saying? So I try not to let them have to worry about the block and going back to the block and doing some of the things they used to do. You know what I mean? Hyder's dealing with tons of cases that he had prior to getting with them. One of those cases are like the past trying to, you know, catch up to you while you're trying to do something, you know, right. So we're dealing with some stuff that was before I even got in the picture. You know what I mean? So I'm not worried about my previous engagements or relationships. It's about what

I'm doing right now. And I'm shaking up the industry right now. Because anytime I introduce these boys to somebody, they say, I already know what you got going on. I already know who this is. So I feel like it's working. I just ask because in a lot of ways, you were introduced to a lot of people through, you know. I definitely was.

I know, I know, I'm feeling salty about it, but like, that's not the narrative feel like. It's time for this. I put out five, six solo albums. I got two group albums. I got a Grammy. I got a lot of stuff going on. What haven't I done? Made an attempt at

having a successful label. Like, what I ain't done is, like, I sit up and think, what haven't I done? Made an attempt at having a successful label. Like, what I ain't done is I sit up and think, what haven't I done? I ain't made the cover of Rolling Stones. I ain't got a verse with Jay-Z. I ain't put nobody on. You gotta put somebody. You can't be too much. You boss ball. You ain't put nobody on. This man 20 years old right here.

Y'all ain't put nobody on. I'm seeing y'all move. And a lot of these folks, they name bigger than they wallet. They ain't putting nobody on. I'm seeing y'all move. And a lot of these folks, they name bigger than they wallet. They ain't having no paper for real. Like, for real. These a**holes ain't having no paper. That's a cap. I would say I respect you a lot.

A lot of people only see the rap side. But, you know, when I look at you and I look at your life and I look at how, you know, you said your goal for the next two years is to make sure you put an artist on. I salute that. What you do for the basketball league that you own a team in and how you're trying to put people in your city on it and giving them a spot outside of just playing in the NBA and giving them something else to do. I respect that. The fact that

what you do in real estate, a lot of people don't know. And the fact that you put a lot of the stuff on the line to show people that it can be done with the amount of money and what you do. And, of course, the givebacks that you do. A lot of people don't see that side of 2 Chainz and they talk about everything else, but they don't show that. And that's one thing I would say I always respect about Chainz.

And then, of course, the second thing, the family. I love to see you with your kids and your wife and teaching people how to be good fathers. We don't see that. We weren't raised in that era. We were raised in the era where you hid your wife, you hid your girl, you hid your kids because you had to be single to promote for a label.

And the fact that I see that with you and you teaching these young men, I just want to say I salute you because I think that's pretty dope. Thank you, man. My wife beautiful, my kids are beautiful. So I couldn't hide that. You know what I'm saying? That's a reflection of you. Absolutely. So you'd be like, oh, okay, he got

something going on, you know what I mean? So I never tried to keep that narrative. Even when a girl, if a girl is interested in me, I have to be like, now, you know what I mean? So I never tried to keep that narrative. Like, even when a girl, like, if a girl is interested in me, I have to be like, now, you know, excuse me, but, like, look at me. I'm having people. I'm having good credit. You know somebody thought I was five before you thought I was five. You know what I'm saying?

Like, that's kind of like what these boys, they got their own lives going on. I'm not even here to do that. That's an example thing we said. If people got an ugly wife and ugly kids, you ain't own lives going on. I'm not even here to do that. That's an example thing we said. If people got an ugly wife and ugly kids, you ain't gonna see them. They're gonna have that burner page. Let's get into a joint off the album, Chase. What you wanna hear?

I like Brick to the Face. I like Pop Off. The first joint. I like Shoot Out. Then let's shoot it out, man. Yeah, they should do Shoot It Out. Let's get into it out, man. Let's do it, man. What do you want to hear? Yeah, they should do shoot it out. Let's get into it, and we appreciate you guys for joining us, man. Look forward to seeing you guys more. Wait, wait, hold on.

When is that Family Feud airing? Oh, man. Family Feud. Because I want to see that. Yeah, we can't tell y'all the results, but we went to Family Feud. Y'all better have one, man. Huh? What is y'all verse?

We played against Big Boy and his family. Did y'all smoke out the Family Feud studio? Hell yeah. What's wrong with you, man Did y'all smoke out the Family Feud studio? Yeah. What's wrong with you, man? Y'all smell us in here now. That's like what we say. It's only weed, bro. What are you doing?

By the way, Angela, thank you for a Valentine's Day or birthday party. Yeah, I had a good time with y'all. I only slept in there and lied off a blunt. I'm falling out of here. Where's the smoking weed? Yeah, by the way, you almost got the party shut down. I don't know if I'm invited back next year. I was like, what's that smell?

It was like, that's two chain section. That's what they need to understand, too. When they do, my name going to come up first. You wasn't there? I got in there late. When I got in there late and tried to even pull mine out, they was just freeze. But I made sure everybody, y'all had a lane.

You guys got to bow. And I appreciate y'all for coming out and showing support at the birthday party. They did come up to me and say, who is in here smoking? And I was like, I said, I don't know. There was like two chains in this crew. Envy was like, two chains. I didn't say that. I didn't say that.

Envy ratted on us. I didn't say that, man. Come on. It's the Breakfast Club. It's two chains in the True Camp, y'all. Y'all. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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You're a donkey. Yes, donkey of the day goes to an Ohio pastor named Dave Darbenmeier. Salute to everybody who listens to us in Ohio. Drop one of Kool's bombs for Ohio, damn it. Breakfast Club is heavy in Ohio. We on 10 stations in Ohio, from Akron to Cincinnati to Columbus to Dayton, Perrysburg, Toledo, Urbana. It's a lot, okay? We Urbana. It's a lot.

Okay, we have you in Ohio. Sleuth, Ohio. But y'all have a pastor there named Dave Daubenmeyer. He's a self-proclaimed activist and host of Past Assault Ministries podcast. And he is one of the 102 million people who watched this year's Super Bowl. And he's one of the people our board op Dramos hates because Pastor Dave didn't like the Super Bowl halftime show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. Relax, Drom. Okay, he doesn't dislike it because it was too Latino or Spanish as hell, as one of our callers said.

He dislikes it because he thinks he's going to hell for watching it. All right. Listen, I don't go to church every Sunday. I don't go to church on damn day, no Sunday. I grew up with Jehovah's Witness. My grandmother was a Baptist. I like studying the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Minister Farrakhan.

I love God, but I don't love religion. So I don't know what Pastor Dave is talking about when he says he's going to hell for watching the Super Bowl halftime performance. Now, Donkey of the Day, if you're just joining us, if you've never listened to The Breakfast Club before, it's all about giving people the credit they deserve for being stupid. Pastor Dave says he thinks he's going to hell for watching the Super Bowl halftime show.

Well, guess what? That's not even the most stupid part of this story. No, the stupidest part of this story is that Pastor Dave not only thinks he's going to hell because of this Super Bowl halftime show, Pastor Dave wants to sue the NFL because of it. Yes, he wants to sue the NFL because he thinks he's going to hell for watching the Super Bowl halftime show.

I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to the Past Assault podcast hosted by Pastor Dave Dobbenmeier to hear exactly what his complaint is. Would that halftime show, would that have been rated PG? Were there any warnings that your 12-year-old young son, whose hormones are

just getting ready, just starting to operate, was there any warning that what he's going to see might cause him to get sexually excited? I think we ought to go sit down in the courtroom and present this as evidence. Could I go into a courtroom and say, viewing what you put on that screen put me in danger of hellfire? Could the court say that doesn't apply here because the right to porn overrides your right to watch it?

Yeah, but you didn't tell me I was going to watch it. You just brought it into my living room. You didn't tell me. You didn't tell me there were going to be crop shots. Jesus. So we should know better. You should know better because of J-Lo and whoever that was. You should know. She's an expert in crop shots. You already know that. No, I

protect my eyes. I didn't know that about her. Is it not discriminatory for me to say I want to watch the Super Bowl, but I don't want to watch that. That's discriminatory against the values I have in my house. You can't just do that.

They won't even let you talk about hoes on Facebook. I want to sue him for about $867 trillion. He has a lot of struggles going on. Goodness gracious. Now, I know people don't like when I say goddamn. I don't think y'all understand why I say it.

See, it's fitting when I hear stories like this because the first person I think about when I hear stories like this is my creator. So I call on him. I say, God. It's like I'm calling on him like Margaret Simon. Come on now. We all read Judy Blume books growing up. But Margaret Simon says, are you there, God?

It's me, Margaret. I'm cutting out all the, are you there? Okay, it's me, Lenard. That's too long. God know who I am because God is all knowing so no need to tell him it's me and I don't have to ask if he's there because I know God is always there for me so I simply say God

then I say damn the damn is for you okay people like Pastor Dave okay the damn is like what the hell is wrong with people in this case God damn what the hell is wrong with Pastor? In this case, God, damn, what the hell is wrong with Pastor Dave? You think you're going to hell for watching the halftime show?

And you're suing for $867 trillion. How do you come up with that number? Okay, fun fact. The Bible, which I'm sure Pastor Dave reads. He's a pastor, right? It has about 30 plus scriptures on not quitting. Okay, in reference to quitting, the Bible commands us to not quit. Even when we get that defeated feeling, scripture uses the word endure a lot

when describing how to deal with that feeling of quitting, meaning to abide under or to stand up courageously under suffering. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up. That's Galatians 6, 9. 2 Chronicles 15, 7. But as for you, be strong and do not give up. That's Galatians 6, 9. 2 Chronicles 15, 7. But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. Just to name a couple of scriptures about not quitting.

And, you know, sometimes you have to turn the scripture. You have to lean on that Bible to get a greater understanding of things you may not understand. Pastor Dave, now is not one of those times. You need to quit. All right? Sit your dumb ass down. If you don't like what you saw at the halftime show, if you thought you was going to hell for watching it, what the hell is wrong with your remote control? You could have just turned the channel.

Gospel Broadcasting Network was on. I'm sure reruns of the 400 Club. You made a choice to sit there and watch the whole performance. So please, in Jesus' name, sit your dumb ass down and give Pastor Dave Dabin Meyer the biggest hee-haw. Sounds like he enjoyed it, though. Why did he sit there and watch it if he thought he was

going to hell for it? He enjoyed it. He made a choice. If you're watching it, is it worth the hellfire drum? My goodness. Alright, Charlamagne, thank you for that donkey today. Yes, indeed. Alright, we got more coming up next with The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club.

You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Will.i.am.

What's up, y'all? How y'all feeling? Welcome back. Now, is this really you, or is it your digital avatar, or your doppelganger? Wait, this is me, bro. This is you? Okay.

Let's do the check. Pinch him on a good time. This is me, bro. I saw you say that, you know, in the future, people will be able to sit in their digital avatar to adopt a gang and to do interviews and stuff like that. How far away do you think we are from that, for real? Well, that only happened in the digital verse.

You still need face-to-face. I don't know what kind of technology is coming where I could be digitally walking around the planet. That ain't happening any time soon. But no, as far as that happening, that's just the upgrade of the next device, being able to take all your FaceTime data that they capture and you're unlocking the phone data that is there and that with the combination of 5G be able to you know

have digital presence all that data exists. They're using that for dating apps now too because it actually helps for people to say this is who they say they are. Like if you're on a dating app, how do I know that's the person it is? And they're using I think on some

apps now facial recognition. Yeah, there's some concerns on that world of who owns the data. That's what I'm saying. I was thinking, who should own that? If you're an artist, who should own that? Let's take my next door neighbor growing up and my sister's coworkers, everybody should own their data. It shouldn't just be artists and, like, you know, the socially elite. It should be every single person walking the earth needs to retain and own their data because that also applies to your medical data and you choosing, you know, who has access to it, and you being rewarded by allowing your data to be put into, you know, machine learning to solve problems. Are you scared of that data? Do you not use FaceTime? Do you not do the thing to unlock your phone?

Are you one of those people that are going to still use the old flip phones? No, no, no. I'm just aware of what's actually happening. So I sit on the board of Artificial Intelligence for the World Economic Forum for the past four years. I've been a part of that community for six years. So I'm just aware of what's coming, the misuses of data, the lack of governance, lack of regulations on, you know, the big data doppelganger, I mean, the data monarchies.

Like social media, right? What? Because they might have access to you, too. Well, no, no, no, they do. And then they sell that data to, you know, you have to watch this documentary called The Great Hack. Oh, I saw that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The crazy thing about that, that did affect our election, that did affect Brexit, but people are complacent and convenience is where everyone's at. But we're going to look back at this time like, what the hell were we doing? That's what it feels like now, though. It almost feels like nobody really has a grip on any of this shit that's going on out here. Well, that's because there's no education, right? So they're still teaching you in school like it's 1998. Yeah.

They're not informing you on, you know. You said 1988, like it's 1978 still. Yeah. You know what I mean? Because the world has changed since then. Every move you make, every step you take is being calculated. Monitored, yeah. And it's the first time ever people are given a contract and don't read into the details of what they're signing.

And they use clever little words like cookies and the cloud. When in actuality, that ain, that ain't cute, what's going down. Is that even fair, though? Like, if you're a 12-year-old and you want to just get on TikTok, you're not looking at the fine print. You know what I'm saying? Before you click, yes, I accept the terms, the conditions. So, not all of the terms and conditions are villains, but there's some use cases out there in companies that misuse your data. People need to be informed and brought up to speed on what's actually going on, what micro-targeting is, how you could be persuaded and how these platforms were designed to persuade you

like you might be buying a house looking for a mortgage and then all of a sudden all these ads on getting a mortgage yeah all of a sudden that's everything that shows up that's all the articles that show up that's all the yeah that's that predictive algorithm so a lot of people think oh man my phone's listening to me like no bro they could predict

your behavior to a T with the you know the sequence of all these different types of, you know, data points. When you talk about digital doppelgangers, I mean, if you look at all the DNA testing, like whether it's 23andMe, African Ancestry, you're turning your DNA over, they really might be cloning you, bro. You never know. You might be in another country somewhere and see's like, that guy looks just like me. Yeah, you don't gotta do all that to do that. You could just go to a hotel and

nab your freaking stuff. DNA from the hotel you left over. From your hair to fingernails. Whatever with that. That's a totally different conversation as far as like, you know. They've already been cloning animals and food. What got you into this so far,

like so much? What started your peak interest in all of this? In tech and AI and all that? I think it was the school my mom sent me to. I went to a school called Brentwood Science Magnet two hours outside of the projects that I'm from in Los Angeles. So for 12 years, those are the schools I went to.

And I always liked tech. And I'm a musician because of my computer, not because I play the piano or the drums or the guitar. Really? Explain it. Well, I started working on my laptop straight from the MPC, which is another type of computer. Right. Where SP-1200 is a computer. So hip-hop and technology,

whether you're on a Technic 1200 or your SP-1200 or MP, it's all tech. We're manipulating machines. Correct. So out of all the forms of music, technology and hip-hop go hand in hand, more so than, you know, rock and roll with a guitar and you're singing. So when I look, I like to look at it like, you know, don't sweat the technique.

It's not just because it's technical. It's machine music. Samplers is machines manipulating music from the past, putting it and chopping it up on a on a grid. It's it's technology. We got more with Will.i.am when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy. We are the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. And we got Will.i.am when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy.

We are the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. And we got Will.i.am here. I know you're here to talk about the Parkland Rising film. We're going to get to that. But how will AI, you think, change the music industry? If at all. Well, the bar is like super low. So can you make an AI that could crawl the internet,

understand what's going on in an instant, create some algorithm that displays the information on a four-bar cycle and rhyme it with this engine called the internet? Yes. Get out of here, bro. Yes. Get out of here, bro. Yes. Can you have a developer develop different types of patterns and cadences that the AI is to give you information around? Yes. Potentially five years.

If somebody only focused on that, can it out-rap the illest rapper? Freestyle? Yeah, bro. He won't even need auto-tune. He'll do it himself. He's a robot. Well, the auto-tune is different because that means the,

it's called the ASR, the technology that recognizes the voice. And what is it? Audio speech recognition. That has to be synthesized to give it melody. So that'll be some time away, or a big investment away. Does Google X have the gravity to make it happen faster?

Yeah. It's just that the bar is so low. So yeah. See, even with iHeart, the company we work for, they have all these layoffs because they want to go towards AI. Well, they already have. You're going to ask yourself, what does that mean? What do they do?

They have a company that can see exactly when people turn up the volume on certain songs, and they can program those songs to play more because they feel people want to hear that song more. And then when they change the station, when they hear other songs, they don't necessarily play that song as much because they feel like people don't want to hear that song. And that's all digital. That's all through HD. And they don't need, they feel, people anymore because that system can program the music. But a lot of these digital streaming platforms have that.

They have skip rate algorithms. They have length of how long a person listens to the song. And then that's why every song on these streaming platforms are like less than three minutes. That's just the new math. But we've been here before.

When you look at the world from a technical perspective, you start understanding how it affects you emotionally. That's the reason why I said that's relative. They've also done studies to show that certain bpm songs are the songs that get played the most on the radio like your song has to be this amount of bpms or higher and you have a greater chance of that song being put into rotation and you know just even the hypnotic like feel of certain hooks and stuff like that that's why people will listen to stuff for a certain

amount of time or be more attracted to it. So people will be like, oh, they play faster songs on the radio more than they play slower songs. That's also depending on the bandwidth, too. So if you notice, no matter what city you go to, the urban station's going to either be

92 or 105. Crazy that that spectrum and the information on that spectrum is also conditioning to how we live in our communities. Crazy how they put the spectrum. So different on heat or putting something in the microwave

and the temperature and how it cooks it. So the information that's being spread through this radio, very rarely does somebody come here talking about technology and spectrum. Let's say that again. I'm confused. You said the radio stations are what? Because of heat? The radio stations

are spectrum. Right. And the people that own it bought that spectrum. And when you go into certain areas around America, just travel from here to Atlanta. Certain frequencies have certain spectrum. Certain frequencies. I need something to like I don't really go past 106. Travel from here to Atlanta. Certain frequencies have certain spectrums. Certain frequencies.

90-something to like, oh, 106. It don't really go past 106. Right. Those are urban frequencies. If you just break it down, about 106 in LA. It's urban spectrum. 98 to 106. And if you want to go to college information, it's 80. They own that spectrum because it's closer.

It doesn't really travel too far away from where that college is broadcasting from. So when you, and that spectrum and information, cooking or conditioning is no different than temperature on a stove or a microwave. So the conditioning of what information, the songs that are played on this spectrum influence lives of the people in the community. You ain't talking about healthy food on the station. You're not talking about education on the station and guiding our youth to go down a path

where AI and autonomous everything is going to be right around the corner. And when that happens, who is going to be hurt the most? What job displacements? Our community. Black people, black and brown people. When AI is everywhere, machines

are autonomous, we get hurt first. Because one, we're not educated on this new world that's coming right around the corner. Fast, but the trillion dollar investment from the big data monarchies. AI is being far more invested in our communities

than education. And if you're going more invested in our communities than education. And if you're going to school in America, you you worried about getting shot in school. So, you know, I don't know. So these are the kind of things that, you know, I consult on because my understanding of it. I used to work at Intel in the Futurist Lab. Obviously, one of the first guys at Beats when we started it in 2007. I just like think-taking. Now, my company, who built an AI, we just got acknowledged and certified by IBM. We're on IBM's cloud via Red Hat to offer up our solution to other companies as well. But that's good though because it's like you're disrupting the frequency.

Like somebody's listening to you right now and they're listening to the things that you're saying and it's cutting through to them because it doesn't sound like what they're used to getting on said frequency. Yeah, I'm I don't look, I'm that's me. I don't look like I don't sound or look like

what you're used to from a black dude from the projects. That means there's more of me coming, like super knowledgeable, even beyond what, you know, my information, you know, level is on all things tech. There's some 12 year old right now in some hood in America and they want to develop the next platform. Well, that's their first mistake, thinking that black people are monolithic, right? Profiling. Yeah, it's like 1920 right now, right? Cars about to be deployed

in a major way. Airplanes about to be deployed in a major way. Electricity's about to be in everybody's home in a major way. Light bulbs about to be in everybody's house in a major way. Radio bulbs about to be in everybody's house in a major way, radio is about to come into your world in a major way in 1920. 2020, 100 years later, and we're still not in the conversation like we were in 1920 about how the world is going to be developed.

It's like Black History Month, and check this out, it's like the worst Black History Month where black people are attacking black people. Just, you know, it's like the worst black history month where black people attacking black people just you know it's sad with kobe bryan's death and all the things that happened because of it we talk about the wrong things and are do we or will we persuade because we all know persuadable technology right yeah how about that you might think that you didn't want to talk about it but you talk about it you didn't think that you wanted to be a part of you know just the ongoing cycle of like black smudge and pushing it down, pushing it down.

You were persuaded, bro. All right, we got more with Will.i.am when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy. We are the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club, and we got Will.i.am here.

What technological advances should we be looking for this decade? Looking for, I think the technological advancement that we should be looking for is being technical on how we encourage and inspire and motivate our nieces and nephews in our community to compete with the nieces and nephews of the folks that own the Googles, the Facebooks, because that cycle is just going to continue. And we're not encouraging our nieces and nephews and our sons and daughters to compete in that world. It seems like everybody

has a phone, right? And there's a lot of things that you can do from that. Like kids are playing with apps and doing things that I don't even know how to do. Yep. On your phone, your laptop. And then they're able to learn how to create things. And it might be more accessible just because it's not as expensive, too, to be able to do certain things. Yeah. So in our pockets, we have the most powerful device ever made and do the dumbest on it. Right. It's like access doesn't mean you're accessing it. You know, right. We just have

access. But do we take the time to, you know, just to block out all the persuadable, you know, tools that are all the persuadable weapons that are thrown at us. So if facial recognition can unlock your phone, then facial recognition could also keep certain information from getting to you. Let me ask you one question. How should we be using our phones then? I read this book called Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, which is great. He talks about it as it should be used as a tool.

How would you say we should be using our phone? I take the word use away because that sentence could be flipped on you. Are you using the phone or is the phone using you? I want to understand the phone so I know if the phone understands me so the phone can never use me. Because I want to understand all things that that, you know, what's going on in that world. And just be mindful.

So basically treat the phone like a white person. What? No, no, no. What? No, like, that's it. That's bad, bro. You should be rhyming, bro. Like, what? You would it. That's fast, bro. You should be rhyming, bro.

You would be the sickest MC, bro. Like, you got bars, just random bars. Let's talk about your new, you got a new single, right? This guy's crazy. Say again? You got a new single. Yeah, so because I've been working on tech for six years, the Black Eyed Peas, we did Masters of the Sun,

which was like a VR, AR. We went back to our roots in 2018. Dope as f***, by the way. I'm shocked that Marvel didn't jump all over that with other comics. Oh, no. So with Marvel, the Marvel game, because it's a publication and we're putting out the comic book, that thing is going to, Marvel did its thing.

That will live forever. And then part two will come and that will live forever and we'll continue to build the IP. You were EP on the Parkland Rising film. Mm. I didn't know this Friday marks two years since the shooting inland Rising film I didn't know this Friday marks two years since the shooting in Parkland, I didn't know that

Yeah, so it just breaks my heart thinking that a kid has to go to school afraid for their lives because there's so many school shootings in the states It's an amazing documentary because we've never

saw the perspective of a survivor of a school shooting in a way, in the form of a documentary like this that came from them. You know, it's these kids, they're activists, they're pushing for gun reform. They're, you know, begging is the right word. Pleading is the right word. Like, for the humanity of us all, for the love of America and what we become in this crossroads, like I said, the investment for AI is high. The investment for HI is low.

And more importantly, with low investment in education, a kid then also has to, you know, fear for their lives in a learning environment. I salute these kids. I want to do all that I can to support the kids. We all should do all that we can to support these kids. This is that moment that we'll look back upon in 2020, the rise of the machines and the decline of human intelligence.

We appreciate you for joining us, brother. One last question. Who do you like in this year's presidential election? I feel like you would have been an Andrew Yang guy. I like Bernie. I like Bloomberg. You like Bloomberg. You know what the race stop and frisk policy?

I don't know anybody in politics that doesn't have a cloudy past. So to say that everybody's supposed to be, you know, sunny days, that's not realistic. He said that just five years ago, though. There's probably people that are in office that just said some two seconds ago. Yeah, I don't think we're looking for a perfect candidate, but I think that when it comes, it baffles me that people like Biden and Bloomberg are leading amongst black voters

because they implemented legislation that actually hurt black communities. Yeah. It's just hard for me to trust them at the bottom of the knife ending. These are 70-year-old white men. Why would they change now? Of course, they're going to tell us anything at this point to get our vote. And I think even for me, being from New York

and seeing what Bloomberg did, how it impacted us in New York, it makes you feel a way to... Maybe I should ask you, why do you like Bloomberg? I didn't ask that question. Maybe you might enlighten me to something. What I like about Bloomberg and... Bernie.

And Bernie is that there's an opportunity for us to have someone executing our base. So it's not is that president good or not. They're going to do what they're going to do, but can they do for us? But more importantly, can we do for us and be a strong base that doesn't weather and shift? That's the part I think we need to work on as a community, is everyone showing up, picking our candidate, and having that candidate work for us. The reason why the candidate never works for us is because we ain't doing for us.

We're not aiming our, like I said, it goes back to what we were talking about. We don't aim our herd in the right direction to where we have economic power as a collective. I love our music. Our music is great, but our music isn't the best for the state of our females and our strong women. That's an understatement. Right? Our music, I love our music, but our music isn't the best for the state of our females and our strong women. That's an understatement.

Right? Our music, I love our music, but our music isn't promoting wellness and, like, mindfulness. I love our music. It's awesome. But it's really celebrating us going in and out of this privatized prison system.

Like, how can our community, once and for all, just get a little bit more control of our faith as a community without waiting for somebody to do for us? That candidate is going to do what we do to ourselves. And that's what we see. So I see an opportunity in these candidates to do for us.

That's all. Gotcha. Well, thank you for joining us. That's all. Gotcha. Well, thank you for joining us. It's Will.i.am. Thank you, guys. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Today's new Black History Month legend

goes to the richest black man in the country, Robert Smith. He is the CEO of the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. And last year, he was a blessing to the graduating class of Morehouse College. $34 million donated to the graduating class of Morehouse College. They34 million donated to the graduating class of Morehouse College. They will not have no student loan debt.

Sally Mae, Sally Mae, go away, Sally Mae. The Breakfast Club presents a new Black History Month legend. Men of Morehouse, you are surrounded by a community of people who have helped you arrive at this sacred place and on this sacred day. On behalf

of the eight generations of my family who have been in this country we're going to put a little fuel in your bus and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans and let's make sure every class has the same opportunity going forward because we are enough to take care of our own community we are enough to ensure we have all the opportunities of the american dream and we will show it to each care of our own community. We are enough to ensure we have all the opportunities of the American dream. And we will show it to each other through our actions and through our words and through our deeds. May the sun always shine upon you.

May the wind always be at your back. And may God always hold you in the cradle of her hands. And that was another new Black History Month legend, courtesy of The Breakfast Club. When we come back, positive note, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

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