The Breakfast Club - Always Stay Grateful ( RIP to James Mtume, Sidney Poitier and Bob Saget)

Episode Date: January 10, 2022

First things first rest in peace to James Mtume, Sidney Poitier and Bob Saget. Moreover, in memory of James Mtume we played back the interview when he first stopped by the show and spoke about the Biggie's 'Juicy' Record, how sampling has evolved and more. We also had our favorite nutrionist Coach Gessie who spoke on fertility in the hospital and Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Two Las Vegas women for hiding stolen money and watches in their private area. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Breakfast Club. Everyone just kept telling me to prep for this. One word to describe the Breakfast Club would be flat. Impacting the culture. People watch the Breakfast Club for, like, news and really be tuned in, man. I don't even know what they call the Breakfast Club. It's like brunch. Envy, ye, and Charlemagne.

Wake that ass up, get out bed And listen to the breakfast club I'm waking up Good morning. Yes, it's Monday. Back to the work week. Back to the work week, man. God is great. How y'all feeling out there today on this fine Monday?

Feeling great. Feeling great. Let me start off by saying happy birthday to my brother DJ Clue. It was Clue's birthday on Saturday. And happy birthday to Angie Martinez. It was that icon legend's birthday as well on Sunday. Yes. Capricorn season is heavy up here.

We love it. Big radio legends right there. Yeah, radio legends. I always tell everybody, Clue got me into the game, so I'm always grateful and appreciative of him guiding me early on. So shout out to my brother, Clue. And Angie Martinez, too. You can go to Angie for anything if you need advice.

She's such a legend and icon when it comes to this industry. And she does. She knows everything. The boards, how to cut an interview, do the Vox Pro. That's a machine they use to cut interviews. She knows every part of this radio ting. So happy birthday to you. Yeah, salute to everybody who celebrated a boring day this weekend, man.

Because I keep telling y'all over and over, age is a blessing. It is. And you're going to want to get every single one of those years. Absolutely. All right? Because it always feels like it's too soon, regardless of how old the person is. You know what I mean? You realize, like, the Betty Whites of the world, the Cicely Tysons, the Sidney Poitiers,

you know, when they pass away, they're 90-plus years old. People say, life is too short. Right. That's a long life lived. I'll take that. Yeah. Especially, I would say, especially right now now as we're all experiencing so much loss. I mean, front page news this morning is a lot about loss.

And it's really sad. I actually was watching the news this weekend. It was really teary-eyed watching the fire that happened. That was breaking news when I was watching the news. I'm telling you. Seeing people lose their life. And then James M. Toomey passing sydney portier passing bob saget passing yeah appreciate your life man when you get those birthdays embrace

that age stop lying about your age you know what i mean stop trying to shave years off stop trying to stay younger just hey embrace it all because it is indeed a blessing yeah and the fire she's talking about there was a a deadly fire in the Bronx. I believe 19 people... We'll be doing that in Front Page News. Yeah, 19 people passed away in the Bronx. It was deadly. That's why I started the show off with Happy Birthday. I just wanted to start with positivity first, because I knew it was going to be a dark morning when it comes to Front Page News.

Just appreciate life. That should always be the intention. Always. Wake up every morning and just appreciate life. Thank God for it all. Appreciate family. Appreciate your friends. Appreciate everything. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking.

Front page news. What are we talking about? Everything we just said from page news, we'll be talking about the fire that happened in the Bronx. I was watching CNN when it was happening, and I saw that on their breaking news. Really tragic. They said that's one of the worst fires that we've had in the past decade. Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Alright, now in football. Cowboys beat the Eagles Saturday. Giants lost.

You can read about it all you want, but you know, not only did we beat the Eagles, not only did we beat the Eagles, we swept the NFC East this year. 6-0 in the NFC East. None of them bum-ass teams beat us. Not the, what was the name of the team now? The Washington football team.

Not the Giants, not the Eagles, nobody. Talk your talk. Done? Are you finished? For now, until we beat the 49ers next week. Okay? On our way to the Super Bowl, baby. Alright, man. Browns beat the Bengals, the Lions beat the Packers, Steelers beat the Ravens, Jaguars beat the Colts,

Vikings beat the Bears, Saints beat the Falcons, Titans beat the Texans, Seahawks beat the Cardinals, the Bills beat the Jets, the Dolphins beat the Patriots, the Raiders beat the Chargers in overtime, 49ers beat the Rams, and the Buccaneers beat the Cardinals. The Bills beat the Jets. The Dolphins beat the Patriots. The Raiders beat the Chargers in overtime. 49ers beat the Rams. And the Buccaneers beat the Panthers. Now, playoffs begin next Saturday.

The Raiders take on the Bengals. Patriots take on the Bills. Eagles take on the Buccaneers. 49ers take on the Cowboys. Steelers take on the Chiefs. All right? And then Monday night football, next week, the Cardinals take on the Rams. Yeah, take on is a strong word when you're talking about the

49ers versus the Cowboys. You might want to say the 49ers are going to lay down to the Cowboys next week. Okay. My goodness. What else you got, Yeezy? Alright, well, let's talk about that Bronx apartment fire tragedy. 19 people have died from that. 63 people were injured by severe smoke inhalation

and 32 people were sent to five hospitals in the Bronx in life-threatening condition. What they are saying is, according to early indications, it all started with a malfunctioning electric space heater. They're saying they believe that was the source of the fire, which started shortly before 11 a.m., and they said the smoke spread throughout the building.

That's what caused a tremendous loss of life and other people fighting for their lives right now in hospitals all over the Bronx. A portable electric heater. Here is the mayor, Eric Adams, speaking on what happened. This is truly a tragedy, not only for the Bronx. This is going to be one of the worst fires. We know that we have 19 people who are confirmed dead, as well as several others are in critical condition. And over 63 people were injured in this fire.

And then the loss of residency, people have been displaced. This is really a horrific day for us. But I want to commend the firefighters and those who really put their public safety on the line by going in. Horrible. So sad. Imagine celebrating the holidays a couple of weeks ago. You're making all these plans for the new year, all these new year resolutions, and this is how the year starts. So, I appreciate you like people.

And we'll be following up and letting everybody know what they can do if they want to help and donate. I heart is working with the mayor's office to figure out how we can be of any type of benefit at all. Yeah. I see this here when the firefighters are saying there weren't enough firefighters, I guess, because everything that's going on right now and some of the mandates and people out because of COVID that there weren't enough firefighters to get people out, which is sad. Appreciate your life, people. Don't take a day for granted, man. Nine kids aren't going to get people out, which is sad. Appreciate your life, people. Don't take a day for granted, man. Nine kids aren't going to get an opportunity to grow up. So embrace it.

Take a deep breath for everybody who can't. And we do want to say rest in peace to Sidney Poitier, who passed away. He was what they call, quote, Hollywood's first black movie star. He was the first black man to win the best Oscar for best, the best actor Oscar. He was 94 years old and his press, the press secretary for the prime minister of the Bahamas actually confirmed that he died on Thursday evening. And so here he is getting his lifetime achievement award. I arrived in Hollywood at the age of 22 in a time different than today's and in fact might never have been set in motion were there not an untold number of courageous unselfish choices made by a handful of visionary american filmmakers and i benefited from their effort the industry benefited from their effort. The industry benefited from their effort.

He did win that Oscar in 1963 for Lilies of the Field. And we also know him for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Didn't they redo that too? They did a remake of that where he's winning over the family of a white woman that he's dating. I don't remember. That was a pretty famous movie.

Yeah, I know the movie Guess Who's i know the movie i don't remember the remake though yeah and also rest in peace to james and toomey who passed away he was a grammy winning songwriter he was 76 years old and he appeared on 80 albums by the way he was most well known for his own solo work for juicy fruit that's what they sampled for big a lot of people sampled that song um and he also wrote songs for an ass A lot of people sampled that song. And he also wrote songs for an assortment of artists, including Stephanie Mills. He wrote Never Knew Love Like This Before. He also wrote for Roberta Flack, The Closer I Get to You.

He helped co-produce Mary J. Blige's album, Share My World. He did a lot of work. He also was the executive music producer for New York Undercover. And we'll be playing some of when James M. Toomey was up here. He was also a radio personality, by the way. Yeah, we're going to replay that. So he was 76 years old. That interview at 8 o'clock right after the donkey.

I was trying to get Juicy Fruit on right now, but y'all know Juicy Fruit. Juicy. Do-do-do-do-do-do. Juicy Fruit. We didn't need you to sing it. I don't know what you just sampled. That wasn't James M. Toomey, though. Whatever you just was singing.

Of course, Biggie used it for Juicy as well. But yes, and he actually did come up to the Breakfast Club. I spoke to his son yesterday, and he was saying that his dad read all the comments from the Breakfast Club interview that he did, and he really loved coming up to talk to us and really wanted to come back again and talk even more. So rest in peace to him, and my condolences go out to the M2 May family and all of their close friends.

Absolutely. Sending that whole family healing energy. All right. All right, well, that is your front page news. And we have more, obviously, coming up, but, you know, we got bills to pay. All right, get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, what you doing, man?

Oh, darling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, guys. It's Sandra, the Haitian therapist. Hey, Sandra. Hey.

Hey. I just want to tell you guys, I've been so busy. The ED is packed every single night. That's good. I don't think it's good. Like 200 people per night. Half of them I have to see for sex purposes. And then half of that is for children who want to kill themselves.

But the reason I say that's good is because people are actually getting the help that they need. At least you're providing help to people. I'm glad that people are going to get more mental health services. Well, yeah, for the mental aspect, that's great. But it is kind of draining on the ED that they're coming for, like, stuff like a cough or a sore throat. And it's, like, causing a huge backup. You have, like, hospital beds in the hallway. It's insane.

Yeah, I think that should be part of the curriculum in high school and college for kids to see. Like, I look at a – I know I'm going to pronounce her name wrong. What's her name? Shanae O'Connor? Shanae O'Connor. Shanae O'Connor. Shanae O'Connor.

Shanae O'Connor. Yeah, her son just committed suicide. He was 17 years old. Could you imagine 17 years old? Yeah, that's horrible. I didn't even know you worked in the ER. That's why I got confused. I didn't know you worked in.

I thought you just was a therapist. I'm a crisis therapist. So if someone wants to kill themselves or other people, their medications, either the police brings them in or they come in on their own and not have to determine if they have to be going to the hospital and be admitted to the hospital. Oh, got you, got you. Okay.

See, that's why I said good because, man, think about back in the day when people used to be going through that kind of stuff and they didn't even have a place to go. They didn't have somebody like you to go talk to. That's pretty dope. We still need more of it, by the way. It's a lot. I think I see maybe 20 to 30 kids a day now, nowadays.

Wow. Well, keep doing the good work. Thank you, guys. Oh, and Charlamagne, I think the Black Effects definitely need, like, a panel of mental health professionals to talk to the public because there's so many things that I think people should know that they don't know, like, you know, coming to VR. Oh, nah, for real.

We got some things like that coming. You know, I'm doing the Mental Wealth Expo again this year, but we definitely was thinking about doing something a whole lot earlier for exactly what you just said. Well, thank you for calling, Mama. Hello, who's this? This is Two Piece. That don't work, bro.

You can't stop trying to be 2 Chainz, all right? No, this is Two Piece. That's not going to work. Two Piece what? I guess that's a rap name, Two Piece. Yeah, but Two Piece matters. Is that fist? Is that chicken?

What is it? Two Piece or what? It's Two Piece fist. It's Two Piece. See, I got a song called Two Piece. That's how I got my rap name. Okay. Let's hear it. Go ahead. Oh, boy. No's how I got my rap name. Okay. Let's hear it.

Go ahead. Oh, boy. No, that's okay. All right. All right. I was out on the block doing my thing. That girl on my phone going insane. When my homeboy pulled up with a pocket of change.

All right. I got two pieces for you. Listen, listen, listen. Hold on. Listen, I got two pieces for you. It's two, listen. Hold on. Listen, I got two pieces for you. It's two pieces of advice. All right? First piece of advice.

Go get a job. All right? That's the first piece of advice. Now you can work at KFC. You can work at Popeye's. You can do two pieces of chicken all morning. Second piece of advice. Take that job way serious and not your rap career.

Out. Word out. Okay? Yeah. All right. Hold on, Hold on. When I drop the drum commercial and y'all be playing it, I want to hear that same attitude. Drop the what?

Show us. I like that. He's going to show us. I'm a rapper. I come out of prison. I don't wrote six albums. Y'all ain't even heard me yet. My actual full name is Drop Top aka We just heard you. My actual full name is Drop Top, a.k.a. Two Piece Top.

They know me all over Memphis, all over Yachting. They don't know you. God bless you, bro. They're about to know me all over Memphis. What you know they don't know me in Memphis? We sending you healing energy, King. Sending you a rap career healing energy. Yeah, yeah.

Sending you healing energy. See, look. I said I got an introduction. It's called Drop Top Two Piece. It goes like this right here. All right. When I'm drop top, I'm in my drawings and chains. Might step in the club.

Bro, it's only Monday, bro. Bro. When I'm two piece. Bro, it's Monday. It's 6 o'clock in the morning, King. I got an idea for you, brother. What's up? I just gave him two pieces of advice. I gave him better. Number one, get's Monday. It's 6 o'clock in the morning, King. I got an idea for you, brother. What's up? I just gave him two pieces of advice.

Number one, get a job. Number two, take that job way more serious than you do your rap career. That's my two pieces of advice for you. All right. 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. 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. So if you got something on your mind, lay it out. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Jeremy.

How you doing? Jeremy, what up? Get it off your chest, brother. How you doing, man? I just want to give my blessings to Bob Tiger. Bob Tiger is a family man. We all in a different era. Like, Bob Saget was a great comedian.

Yeah, rest in peace, Bob Saget. Definitely rest in peace, Bob Saget. You ever go with Rebel? I didn't know what the hell he was saying that for. I thought he was saying Ball Saget. What? I swear. I was like, man, I'm going to just go with this because he said R.I.P.

I didn't know who he was talking about at first. It took me a while to catch on to his conversation. Hello, who's this? Say yes. He's right. He's ball sagging.

You said what? It's Tim. What's up? What's up, bro? Get off your chest. How y'all doing today? Bless Black and highly favorite. How you doing, my brother?

Man, I'm doing good, brother. I'm just getting off of water. About to go home and go to sleep. Okay. Alright. That's all you wanted to call up here and tell us? That's it. Thank you for that piece of information. No, no, no. Hold on, Mom.

I thought you wanted us to come tuck you in or something. No, no, no, no, man. I wanted to talk about what's going on in the world, man. I don't know if y'all noticed, but this world is getting dangerous and y'all like that. Yes, it is. I ain't gonna flip. I'm scared. To be honest, I'm scared.

But at the end of the day, I'm keeping my head up. I'm going strong. And all this stuff is gonna just fly through me. You know what, man? I'm gonna tell you something. You gotta have more faith in God, man. You know what I mean? Like, you can't wake up every day and be moving off fear.

You gotta move off faith. You gotta know that God has a bigger purpose than we can even see right now. All of this is happening for a reason. I don't move our fear. I move our strength. I'm just saying how the world is today. It's just crazy. I get it.

It gives all of us anxiety. It's weird because I think about 30 plus years ago my grandma used to say, I've never seen a time like this. And now I'm talking like her. I've never seen a time like this. You're right. Be safe out there, brother.

These things, you old. I know. Y'all be careful out there, brother. You be safe out there, brother. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Camilla. Camilla, good morning. Good morning.

It's my birthday today. Happy birthday, Camilla. Happy birthday. We love's my birthday today. Happy birthday, Camilla. Happy birthday. We love a Capricorn. Happy birthday, girl. Thank you. Thank you. I just wanted to tell everybody, make sure to be nice to people.

Amen. It's a hard world we live in. I lost one of my best friends about a few months ago to suicide. So I woke up this morning to check on social media, and another friend of mine had posted a pretty depressing status. So just make sure you guys reach out to people, love old people, let them know that you love them because it helps. You don't ever want to be in the situation to say,

I wish I would have done this. That's right. I just wanted to make sure to tell people that. Be nice because it does not cost anything. And appreciate the blessing that you're walking in. I turned 30 today. Life has been amazing. And it's going to get better.

So just make sure to always count your blessings and nobody else's. That's all. Great advice, Queen. Great advice. You have a blessed day. You too. Bye, you guys. All, queen. Great advice. Thank you. Have a blessed day. You too. Bye,

you guys. All righty. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Now, you got rumors on the way?

Yes. And let's start off the rumors with some positive news. Black girl magic. We'll talk about Rihanna and what she is doing right now that she's excited for. And I can't wait for it too. All right. We'll get into that next. 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 for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capriburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own 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 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 God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Back to the work week. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Riri. This is The Rum She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela

Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, some exciting news for Rihanna. She posted on Instagram, 2022, we coming in hot. We about to bring you a whole new Savage Fenty experience with the launch of our brick and mortar retail stores. Can't believe it's actually that time and I

can't wait for you to have this experience. Our very first locations, Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, Philly and Washington, D.C. Watch the Savage Fenty feed for details. Congrats to her. Man, drop on the clues bombs for Rihanna. Big Fenty. Okay. And by the

way, Savage Fenty was valued at $1 billion. Love it. Just so you know. Yeah, those stores are going to pop too. That's just one of her ventures. Especially if they're more of an experience. I mean, it's going to be an experience just because it's Rihanna's spot.

You know, people are going to like to go there. But if they really make it like an experience when you go in there, oh, they're going to kill. Yeah, because just think about it. The real place that people go to all the time, because it's not like that many options when you want to get underwear, is Victoria's Secret. Because you can find them places and just walk in, get what you need and get out.

But this is what we need. And I like the representation that she has when it comes to the models and everything, all different sizes and shapes and colors and all of that. So that's dope. All right. Now, Antonio Brown has been making the rounds, doing his interviews after his departure from the Bucs. And on Friday, he did the Full Send podcast,

and he had some things to say about Tom Brady. These guys called me to win a Super Bowl. After a suspension, I come and help them do that. If Tom Brady's my boy, why am I playing for an earnest salary? Right. You my boy, though, right? Right. Who's better than me over there?

Let's be real. Right, but don't you— No, no, no, let's not not be right. Let's be honest. It's the podcast to be real. I'll be real. Who is better than me over there let's be real right but don't no no it's no let's not not be right let's be honest i'll be real i'll be real who is the best guy over there since you guys know football brady can't do by itself but you guys gonna make it seem like he just is horror god bro we're all humans bro we all depending on someone else to do the job can we answer the first question uh you're making an earnest salary because the team doesn't trust you, A.B. Sadly, A.B. put himself in a position where, at the time, teams were thinking low risk, high reward.

They were taking a risk. That's why you got an earnest salary. I don't know if this is right, but they're saying he got a $2 million signing bonus. Then he gets a $916,000 base salary and then a roster bonus of $370,000. So they're saying his salary was $3.1 million. Yeah, but a receiver of his caliber without the trouble makes way more than that.

That's just a fact. Well, also on the Folsom podcast he responded kind of to Asian Doll. Asian Doll had posted, what's up Antonio Brown, take me out to dinner. And then she put like a laughing emoji after that. And asked about that did you know some girl since you are here you go I'm not going here I'm my fam is right no saying some girl

here whatever child can we see what she looks like Asian doll no no we're not putting her up in this segment. I just want to see. Don't ruin my segment with no girls right now, bro. I'm not even saying in relation to you. Ladies, I'm taken. I'm relaxed. I'm on reserve right now.

I got a lot more things than women right now, so let's get that clear. Now, my D-famous, you seen it or nah? Now, Asian doll posted, me and A.B. talk all the time. LOL, the tweet when I asked for dinner was clearly a joke. I'm very beautiful and attractive. I can never be embarrassed. I literally be trolling.

And so it seems that they are friends because they then posted a series of lives that he was in the live comments joking around with her, too. All right. A.B alright AB made choices you know he made a choice and as long as you can live with the consequences of your choices that's on you alright and also during an episode of the tapped in daily chat that's what Kaz

and Ashley Nicole Moss do on Clubhouse Justin the boy was on and he was saying that Kanye or should I say yay wants to talk to Antonio Brown about his rap career hey we outside and AB got the fire record AB listen man to another team pick you up you gotta pull up to the studio man me and Ye working and Ye want you to pull up man Kanye and AB records sound like in one word? Describe that. Amazing. Legendary. You know what I'm saying? Ye is also another advocate for mental

health and equality everywhere. So I'm excited about bringing both of them together. When Justin LaVoy says me and Ye working in the studio, what does that mean? You asking me? I mean, he was around him a lot when he was working on Donda, I guess.

So maybe he's... He's like helping A&R or something like that. Maybe helping A&R, maybe support, maybe. We don't know. Well, if you guys recall, A.B. did release this single called Pit, Not the Palace. I'm from the pit, not the palace. I'm kind of stylish. Lifestyle, lavish. Jump in the coupe with no mileage.

Run it. Style it. I'm from the pit, not the palace. I got. Run it. Style it. I'm offering a picnic to Palace. I got to run it. Style it. Hit on the gas, make it growl it. Jump in the coupe with no mileage. Came from the struggle.

I had to hustle. Get off the muscle. This is no tussle. I don't got to touch you. I get to be. I make it bubble. This is tough. Fresh out of payment. They bring the pain. I bring the pain. I never heard.

Am I tripping or that sound all right? Yeah, it sound all right. He released it, what, last week? I never heard it. I didn't even give it a chance. I didn't even give it a chance either. I ain't gonna front. But I mean, that's the first I'm hearing of it.

I've never heard that. That's the first little snippet of anything I've heard. It seemed like it sounded alright, but I didn't check for it when it dropped. Me neither. Alright, see, Justin LaVoy is on top of it. No, first of all, Justin LaVoy also told us he was getting watched and thrown to. That didn't happen. He also told us Don Dao was dropping

a few times. Three times, four times. And it didn't, you know. I like Justin for a lot of things. His music picks, that's not one of them. Alright, well that is your Rumor Reports. Alright, that's not one of them. All right, well, that is your rumor reports. All right, we got front page news. Next, what are we talking about? Yes, and we'll give you some details of what we know about Bob Saget

and his passing, and rest in peace to Bob Saget. Also, Deltacron, yet another variant. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Naomi McDuffie is a girl who knows exactly where she's going in life,

but she's about to find out that nothing is what it seems. Tuesday on The CW from Ava DuVernay comes the can't miss new series, Naomi, Don't Believe Everything You Think and Don't Miss Naomi. Tuesday, 9, 8 central, only on The CW. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news.

Now in football, the Cowboys beat the Eagles. The Chiefs beat the Broncos. That was Saturday. Don't be just brushing by the fact that the Cowboys beat the Eagles. The Cowboys beat the Eagles. And also the Cowboys swept the NFC East thisboys beat the Eagles and also the Cowboys swept the NFC East this year. 6-0 in the NFC East. Only the third time

the NFC East team has done that, by the way. Who cares? Now Washington beat the Giants. Browns beat the Bengals. Lions beat the Packers. Steelers beat the Ravens. Jaguars beat the Colts. Vikings beat the Bears. Saints beat the Falcons. Titans beat the Texans. Seahawks beat the Cardinals. Bills beat the Jets. Dolphins beat the Patriots. The Buccaneers beat the Panthers, 49ers beat the Rams,

and Raiders beat the Chargers. Don't forget to say that the Giants beat themselves all season. I think that's very important for you to know as a New York Giants fan. I think they know that. I mean, we're on quarterback number four, so, you know, it happens. It be like that sometimes. All right, now, Klay Thompson, he returned after, damn, two years plus. And he did his thing last night.

He scored 17 points in 19 minutes, 7-18 shooting. And he dunked on somebody hard. And he actually spoke after the game. And I'm just so grateful to be out here and the love I received pregame and the video tributes. It was special, man. It's a night I will never forget. And it lived up to all the hype.

And I'm just very grateful for our fan base. It's incredible. It was an emotional night. And I'm just, I did not know I was going to dunk on somebody first game. That felt good. So, hooray for me. Yeah, man. I pray that brother stays healthy.

I don't want him to get injured anymore. Steph and Klay are, you know, one of those duos that you really root for, regardless of how you feel about them. You appreciate seeing them play. So I want to see them out there together. Those back-to-back injuries were tough to watch. So salute to Klay Thompson. Yeah, he looked good last night. He didn't look like his leg was tender.

He was pivoting. He was dunking. He was moving. It wasn't like he was being careful with it. He was full steam ahead. So congratulations. Golden State Warriors was my preseason pick to win the NBA championship. No need to change that one. Alright. What else

we got, Yee? Well, rest in peace to Bob Saget. He passed away. He was at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando and his family confirmed in a statement to CNN we are devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today. He was everything to us, and we want you to know how much he loved his fans,

performing live and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter. Though we ask for privacy at this time, we invite you to join us in remembering the love and laughter that Bob brought to the world. He was best known by audiences as Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House, the wholesome patriarch. And he was they said right now there's no signs of foul play or drug use in the case. According to the sheriff's statement, he was in Florida as part of his comedy tour. And according to Bob Saget, he talked to Jake Tapper last year in an interview and he said Full House was an accident.

He said, I got fired on CBS and was asked to be in Full House. And that actually ended up running for eight seasons, lived on in syndication. And then Netflix picked up a spinoff in 2016, Fuller House. Then he also did CBS's How I Met Your Mother. And of course, you know him from America's Funniest Home Videos as well. Yeah, I need to know the cause of death immediately. Like when I hear stories like that, I need to know why for my anxiety sake because I don't want to think that someone just drops

dead at 65 just because. I need to know something. Okay, well they are still investigating that. Alright, and a researcher in Cyprus has discovered a new strain of coronavirus and that combines the Delta and Omicron variant. So they're calling that Deltacron right now. And so combines the Delta and Omicron variants. So they're calling that

Deltacron right now. And so far, they found 25 cases of the virus. It's still too early to tell whether there are more cases or what impacts it could have. But right now, they're also saying that young children hospitalized with COVID-19 has hit a record high, according to the CDC. They said while children still have the lowest rate of hospitalization of any group, pediatric hospitalizations are at the highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic. Sadly, we are seeing the rates of hospitalization increasing

for children 0 to 4, children who are not yet currently available for vaccination. What's the point of telling us about, what's it called? Deltacron? What's the point of telling us that? Like's it called? What you said? Deltacron? Mm-hmm, Deltacron. What's the point of telling us that? Like, why? Like, there can't be any other reason to tell us that

other than to cause fear. Like, what's the point? I mean, I don't know. I remember when Omicron, when they first found those cases, it was just, it starts off really small, very few, and then it spread pretty quickly. So I guess they're just keeping it tight. How many variants are

there right now? I don't know. Too many. More than the Marvel Universe. I'll tell you that much. Too damn many. About four or five that I can think of. Delta, Deltacron, there you go. You know what I'm trying to say. The big old Omicron.

I feel like there was more. IHU. Who knows, man? I feel like there's so manyHU Who knows man There's a lot of them I feel like there's so many So I don't know I don't even know how many We just keep on hearing About different ones But anyway that is

It just feels like fear mongering It feels like they constantly Just trying to stir up fear In people Like tell me when it's a problem It's already a problem Like COVID is COVID They said they need to know

Which variants are circulating Because that's how they determine how they do the vaccines. Because I guess different ones are better for other ones. Because I was reading what they were saying about Omicron and vaccinations and how effective it is and booster shots. So I guess they have to also adapt the vaccines to fit what type of variant it is. So it's different vaccines at this point? I thought it was, like, I'm confused. I think some of them are more effective.

You know how they'll be like, well, with the Omicron variant, this one's more effective against it. So I think part of it is, you know, and also knowing what your symptoms are, because I know with Omicron, they're saying it starts off with a sore throat or a scratchy throat, and that's how it starts. They say that with most of them, no. I don't know. That's how it starts. So sometimes I guess you know which variant you have.

I don't know. That's how you know. I'll tell you one thing. All of this stuff is confusing. And I know they said with Omicron, people don't typically lose their sense of taste and smell. That's not true. My wife lost hers.

And I've heard other people lose. So she knew she had Omicron? We don't know. I don't know which ones we have. They don't tell you for the most part. So you don't even know. Listen, the CDC director was on CNN this weekend, and she said she got to work on her messaging.

She said they know they're confusing people. So if the people that are in the positions of power that are supposed to be doing this every day are admitting they need to work on their messaging, and they know how they're confusing people, what do you think the rest of us are doing by having these conversations? Confusing people.

I don't know what the hell's going on no more. All right, well, look, I'm trying to what the hell is going on no more. All right. Well, look, I'm trying to keep up to it. It's changing every single day. So we shall see. And that is your front page news. All right.

Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, rest in peace to James and Tume. He passed away. Condolences to his family, of course. He stopped through in 2017 and we got a chance

to talk with him. We spoke to him about his music career. We spoke to him about his music career. We spoke to him about politics. And we're going to get that back on when we come back. All right, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

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We have to send a rest in peace to James M. Toume. And, of course, condolences to his family and friends. In 2017, he stopped by The Breakfast Club, and we talked about a lot. His music career, politics, and we're going to get that back on right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You need to tell them some of the songs that you're behind so they know exactly who you are. Well, you know, as a writer and a producer of other artists,

I did Stephanie Mills' You Know How to Love Me, What You Gonna Do With My Lovin'. Okay. Never Knew Love, Roberta Flack, Closer I Get to You, Back Together Again with her and Donny Hathaway. My own band, Juicy Fruit. Juicy! Juicy!

Oh, yeah. And you, me, and he, and several others. You know, I've been in the game. Your son always says that Juicy Fruit put, yeah. And you, me, and he, and several others. You know, I've been in the game. Your son always says that Juicy Fruit put him through college. Yeah, and his sister. The whole family. Yeah, but we were... Juicy Fruit, I always say, it's interesting.

I consider that one of the grandparents of hip-hop. You know, and once Biggie did it. And I have to give credit to Puffy, too. I remember the first day I met Puffy, I was scoring a show called New York Undercover. I was doing all the music for that. You heard of it. Well, you know, sometimes, you know, I don't assume, you know. And Puff came in and said, yo, I got this artist, Tom, how much do you need?

And he says, Biggie. And he brought him in, man, we hugged. That man was sweet, beautiful, man. And one of the things I said about Puff, we sat down, worked out a page and a half. me and he says biggie and he brought him in man we hugged that man was sweet beautiful man and uh one of the things i said about puff we sat down worked out a page and a half you know and that was it you get a dollar you're 50 cent it was the best deal we ever cut i haven't wow everybody else would be back and forth you know no no puff was straight up and i'm not saying that just because i'm on revolt was that the biggest sample uh of that record so far um it was the first and it was the

sample that put us into the next generation got it's been like 70 samples of that yeah i was gonna ask you how many people have sampled that song well yeah yeah more than enough you know me but uh keisha cole's version i thought it was really good uh was it let it go i like that how do you pick who samples your music do you want to hear The song first No they pick the song And then you know They ask for a clearance You know And we just got

Something that just Came out with Chris Brown And R. Kelly R. Kelly got you Got you Something called Juicy Booty

Do you mind Do you pick Do you mind About clearances Or does it just matter If the splits are right Well the splits You know

I mean Some people are like No you can't do, you know, I mean, I don't know. Some people are like, no, you can't do secular music. Well, I ain't got that problem. And, you know, you know, it's about the cut, the splits on a song, you know, how much of it that they're using, you know. But like I said, it was important for me to make that reference about Puff. We sat down. My beef was, I don't know if y'all know about this.

It was a big fallout. It was a song that came out called Talking All That Jazz. That's the song. That was about me. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, it was about sampling. Yeah, sampling, because I was doing, I used to do a co-hosting radio show called Open Line here for about 20 years.

On BLS? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I was one of the co-hosts, Bob Slade, Bob Pickett, and myself. And my only thing in that, we had a conversation about sampling. I said, I'm not against the co-hosts, Bob Slade, Bob Pickett, and myself. And my only thing, and we had a conversation about sampling, I said, I'm not against sampling. I'm listening to, if you're going to sample my music, pay me. That's all. But you got to remember, back then,

there was a big split, brothers and sisters, with music. And there was a breakdown of what I call the cultural continuity, man, between older blacks and younger blacks. Still going on today. Yeah, but back then, the music was the vehicle that really expressed that division. And I just said, pay me, man. I said, it'd be no different if I took your rap

and put it on my song. That don't make it my song. So, Daddy-O heard part of that and didn't hear the other half, which I said, the deepest thing I heard that year was Bring the Noise, you know, Public Enemy. But we worked with that. We're very good friends now. But that was the whole thing. It was a big, I was Bring the Noise, you know, Public Enemy. But we worked with that. We're very good friends now.

But that was the whole thing. It was a big, I mean, we had old head black people that was running over records and CDs with. Yeah, see Dolores talking. Yeah, oh yeah, please. I mean, you know, but I wasn't from that because I was into more about your children, your nieces and your nephews are a reflection of you. That's the mirror. And my generation didn't want to look in the mirror. Okay? And I've always been against that, man. And it's like

we started looking at y'all through other eyes, but it was our responsibility. You know, the irony of that is the fact that all rappers want to get paid now. Rappers not gonna let you use their voice and nothing they do without getting paid. They want to pay for everything they do. That's a good point. But see, back then, cats were so, the division was so big that cats were glad to be sampled.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just that, don't have to pay me. I had a brother, I won't name his name. He was very popular. He called me and said, man, guess what, man? Someone so sampled me. I said, great. Did you sample a check?

Okay. So that's what that was. And it's interesting because back then it was not only just a divide of age, it was a musical genre because hip hop was new. Y'all was doing the R&B thing

but it was like, who are these, what's this rappity rap? Well, see, no, no, you're right. Now, I was coming from just, I mean, to extend the conversation.

See, my front ground, my front ground is jazz. I played with Miles Davis for five years. So everything after that is like, that was always here. And coming out of jazz, then migrating into R&B and funk. But I never looked at rap as like some kind of hybrid. I mean, each generation creates its own music.

It's funny because listening to Juicy Fruit, like when I got older, when I was young. Which version? No, I'm cheating. When I was young, you know, you just sing it. You don't really know what you're singing about. I still don't know what I'm singing about. The song's about oral sex. Really?

I didn't know. You didn't put me on there either. Well, Wrigley's new because they tried to sue me. I thought it was about gum. As a kid, you go juicy. Juicy fruit. That's what I'm saying. But now listen to the lyrics.

Read the lyrics. I could lick you everywhere. That's not about gum. So Juicy Fruit tried to sue you. Wrigley's gum. Yeah. Well, they thought, why does anybody sue? They thought they could get some money.

So I go to the deposition, and they have this long table, man. Longest table I've ever seen in my life. And there's lawyers all on all sides. And I knew they would get to the final, the real question. Well, Mr. Matumi, what do you mean by you can lick me everywhere? And I said, well, you know, I'm not talking about gum. I said, I'm talking about oral sex. Everybody turn red.

And they dropped it right there. You're chewing Juicy Fruit right now. No, no, actually I'm not. Did they ever try to sample or use your record? That would have been dope. They could have just used the beat for the Juicy Fruit commercial. That would have been dope. Well, that was my suggestion.

You can take advantage of that. Cut a check? This is kind of happening. But that was old school back in the day. It's not like it is now where corporations migrate to what's happening they kind of ran from what was happening back then you know just like in grammys you know i won a grammy and i i don't even know where it is because i was 1980 you won one right that's something somewhere in there yeah you don't even know where it is no i don't care for it it was for never knew love like

this before see i'm glad you remember because i don't but the bottom line is the reason why i didn't care about it we went and that was back in the day when they would give the black awards off off camera they still do no no yeah but not no y'all get a look you all get more play but i mean back then none of the major black awards and they come back and say yeah earlier tonight you know me we gave the black stuff out so that never meant nothing to me and i never created music for awards. I'm into reward. My reward is if the people love what you're doing. I wonder why we never make more noise about that overt racism.

Like, that's overt racism. Like, the fact that they don't show the Grammys on TV. And, I mean, you've had rappers that have boycotted it because they don't show it on TV. But that's really, like, some overt racism. Like, why do I never call the Grammys out for being overt racism? Because you don't have a lot of political voices in the music now. Hmm, you know, I don't like this I'm they I'm not claiming to be but you know, we've met with the minister. So, you know where I'm at politically But we don't have a lot of people who have political consciousness

You know either you're artists and you're devoid of any political consciousness and you don't speak up like one of the problems I had With all the murders that go down, why is it that we only get irate if a white cop shoots a black person? But we can bump each other off every day. And there's no real raising of a voice within the community that it affects. It used to be like self-destruction. And I was in that video. I was so happy.

That's something I'm real proud of. I was probably the oldest cat they invited. All right, well, don't move. We have more with James and Tumi. Rest in peace and condolences to his family. He stopped through in 2017, and we're getting that interview back on. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. That was Notorious B.I.G. with Juicy. Of course, it sampled James M. Toomey's classic song, Juicy Fruit. All right. Now, rest in peace to James M. Toomey. Condolences to his family.

He stopped through in 2017, and we're just replaying some of that interview. So let's get it back on. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, when Biggie sampled your joint, did they even add real drum patterns? Because it seems like it's your song all the way muted vocals.

Yeah, well, you know, that was kind of... And did he call you for that original? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. So it wasn't a sample. No, no. Puffy and I talked. What they did, they added some playing in it,

but it's the track. I'll show in it, but it's the track. I'll show you the contract. It's the track. That's not the only song they sampled from y'all, too. Didn't Faith sample Love Like This before? Yeah, Faith. I've got samples from Nas. What was that song?

Black Girl Love. I got samples with DMX, Jay-Z, Coming of Age. That's the sample. Oh, so your check is amazing. Well, I've been

very fortunate. They continue to spin on radio. I've been very fortunate. Now, I know you followed a minister. Yes. So did you have

a relationship with Brother Adonav Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X? No, no, brother. I'm 70. I'll be 71 in January. I was always an avid follower, you know, in terms of reading the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

I met the Honorable Minister Farrakhan in 1995. We became very close. And he asked me to join him on several delegations. Libya, I've been in Libya, South Africa, Sudan, you know, Cuba, meeting with Castro. So I've been traveling with the minister for about 15 years. Did you ever use any of the money you were making to fund

some of those civil rights movements back in the day? Because we always hear about, like, Harry Belafonte would do that for, like, Martin Luther King Jr. Did you ever do that? Oh, no, I do it for community organizations. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. You see, you know,

I think everybody should have their platform. And mine is the things that are happening in my immediate community. You know, I live in South Lawrence, New Jersey. So it's a lot of anti-violence organizations and stuff. And some things I did with the prisons, you know, stuff. Paper, you know, helping with those.

The kind of stuff you don't really want to talk about, but, you know, you just got to do that, you know, and if you're committed to what you're talking about. I was reading somewhere you're one of the founders of Kwanzaa, so explain why some of you say that. No, no, no. I didn't say I was 90. I said 70.

I'm one of the original celebrants. In other words, when I went out to California to go to school, I ran into Karanga. And Kwanzaa, the original Kwanzaa was in 1966. It was about 10 of them. I was involved in 1967 when it was about 23 of us. And everybody was like, yo, they crazy. They thought it was anti-Christianity and anti-Santa Claus.

No, it was a cultural holiday. And the thing I'm most proud about, we decided to do that. We didn't ask Congress to pass nothing out of self-determination. So no, I'm not the originator, but I'm one of the participants. So to this day, you still celebrate Kwanzaa every year?

50 years. I feel like I've been to your house. I've been there for a Kwanzaa celebration. Yeah, we've hosted a Kwanzaa celebration for 50 years. Now my son and my daughter are firing their sisters running now. Kwanzaa's not popping like it used to. It's like it fell off. Well, you know what?

You're absolutely right. One of the things that made it fall off is misinformation. People don't even know who started it. And they have mixed things like if you're a Christian, you can't. It's none of that. But again, it was a cultural celebration. That's right. That's all it is.

My mom used to celebrate Kwanzaa. But then when I got a little older, they stopped. And then it just never, the tradition never went on. Let's reignite Kwanzaa. Right. The McDonald's commercials used to keep calling the problem. McDonald's. McDonald's was heavy on Kwanzaa.

The president used to say happy Kwanzaa. They stopped all that. Because you know how that is, brother. McDonald's used to have Kwanzaa. The president used to say happy Kwanzaa. You know, they stopped all that. Right, yeah. You know, because, you know, you know how that is, brother. McDonald's used to have But we established something that's actually celebrated around the world, man. So,

that's also part of the music, you know. What is your cultural consciousness? Absolutely. Well, listen, I appreciate you for coming through. I was flattered that you would even want to come up

to the breakfast club. Oh, flattered. What you talking about? I mean, this, to me, this is the kind of setting I love. It's not enough conversations between older and younger.

You know, like younger will talk to themselves. I don't talk to old people for what? You know what I mean? What artists do you listen to now? Like what new artists? Well, you know, it's artists. Well, first of all, of course, Kendrick Lamar just blows me away. But I'm glad you raised that question.

Because more importantly to me I'm listening to the production of the new young producers and I found it's a very interesting cycle that has happened you're having a lot of young

jazz cats produced like Terrence Martin does he's an incredible saxophone and

as a matter of fact when I heard Kendrick's performance I called my son I said man get this young brothers name you know cuz I call cats out of the blue I said one talk to and he was into man you know wow he couldn't believe I said no man I said when I heard that sex I said fail and then you have the people butterfly the road jabs influence yeah yeah and then you have Rob Glasper.

All right. Robert Glasper. Yeah, I said Rob, but it's all right. And then it's the young brother that when I talked to Common, the brother that did his version. Oh, Kareem Riggins. He's a jazz musician. So something's coming.

Something's coming because now The music is doing full circle These cats are in hip hop And they also got a foot in jazz What do you think happened to jazz? They always say jazz Kind of got extinct Went extinct Well brother

Everything kind of gets extinct When it begins to not be When it no longer is able To press the boundaries Okay Look Parts of hip hop got extinct

when sampling, just kind of, people were sampling the sample of the sample. It was like, okay, damn, all right. When you don't hear music.

I can say that about blues. I mean, we created blues. Most young black people don't know about, where would they hear it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You go to a blues concert,

I can count the amount of black and brown kids that are there. You think hip-hop might ever experience that fate? Has to. In order for something else to grow. Ooh. Feel me. It's called evolution.

Yeah. I can't imagine it. Somebody's going to come along, maybe 30 years from now, some little kid, and say, yo, that's the track. And everybody go, everything has to die in order for something new to come.

So you think jazz died for hip-hop to grow? I don't think jazz died as much as it got co-opted. And that's what's happening now in hip-hop. Because I thought it was jazz, too. Because it was like, who was it? Michael Bolton? Not Michael Bolton. Wasn't it Michael Bolton?

No, he's a singer. Are you talking about Kenny G? Kenny G. Oh, yeah. There you go, Kenny G. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, everything gets watered down. And once it gets watered down into the larger public,

see, capitalism has a way of absorbing everything eventually. And, you know, you've seen it in hip-hop. But, again, to repeat my point to you, it has to, whatever exists at some point has to die in order for something new to replace it. If I were a young artist coming up, this is a great time to come up. You know why?

Because you can create your music, press send, and it's all over the world. You don't need to get signed. First of all, signed to what? You know, record companies are dinosaurs now. Matter of fact, they cruise the net to find out who's getting the most hits. They don't know what's going on. And the deals they make with young artists are crazy.

360 deals. They take your publishing, you know, everything, part of your tour and all that. This is a great time to be creative. The question is, will people take advantage of it? Wow. Thank you to the good brother, M2Made. Man much brother for having me thank you man thank you and and giving me a chance to speak to your audience and if i've said anything of worth i hope you know some of it can be embraced you definitely did my brother thank you for coming man okay man it's the

breakfast club all right that was our interview with j and Toomey. You can see the full interview on the Breakfast Club YouTube page. Rest in peace again. And again, condolences to all his family, all right? When we come back, we have the rumors, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wax, I did 100, by the way, already. Talking push-ups. We do push-ups every morning. We're getting back into it. All right. All right.

Get rid of the man-hitting. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Lauryn Hill. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report.

Gossip. Gossip. With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, Lauryn Hill is teaming up with screenwriter Oren Moverman,

and that's to executive produce a new documentary that will take a close look at Newark's very prominent Baraka family. It's called Why Is We Americans? Here are some of that trailer. There's no trailer here. Okay. All right. Well, this documentary will explore newark's struggle with oppression

through the lens of the baracka family's decades-long involvement within social activism poetry music and politics we found the channel as you know ross baracka is the mayor of newark right now but you know a lot going on um with his family and of course his father, Amiri Baraka, his wife, Amina. And here is that trailer. Why is we Americans? Are there any American poets in here? Why is we Americans? I want to hear an American poem. In 1967, there were major uprisings in New Orleans.

They busted in there like gangbusters, shot up the whole street. We don't call them riots. We call them a rebellion. I knew Amiri Baraka's name as a freedom fighter, as the people's champion. The ability to just be able to speak truth is huge. We will get it wrong, but we have a right to make mistakes. We have a right to get it wrong. We have a right to fall down and we have a right to get back up. Yeah, I'm always dying to see a good documentary. What's that coming out on? That is actually going

to premiere at the IFC Center in New York City on January 14th. Then it'll be at the Pan African Film Festival in February in LA. So then I guess we'll see where it lands after that. Okay. Alright, but it's a African Film Festival in February in LA. So then I guess we'll see where it lands after that. Okay. All right. But it's a really interesting family story.

I didn't know all of this about his family. So make sure you guys check that out. And Kanye West has teamed up with Balenciaga for the first of its kind Yeezy Gap Collection. So this should be a 2022 global launch. Kanye first shared the news on social media. He posted a photo of the legal contract that was signed by Gap Yeezy and Balenciaga in regards to that business partnership. Then Yeezy Gap shared a few details. They said the first of its kind launch is Yeezy's Peerless Vision. Yeezy's Peerless Vision bring together the most influential designer

of his generation, Demna, with iconic American brand Gap and Yeezy Gap engineered by Balenciaga, continues Ye's commitment to bring creativity to the forefront and delivering his vision of utilitarian design for all. So the first drop is set for June 2022, according to Vogue. And according to reports, Kanye and Cardi B are also going to be shooting a music video at a Miami Balenciaga store. So they're going to be doing that in Miami's design district. They said he was spotted at the store twice in the past week. He was photographed shopping for an outfit on New Year's Eve. And then he was there with Future as well.

And, you know, Kanye's been in the news every single day, it seems like. Another thing that he did recently was, you know, he loves to let people freestyle for him on the street. Well, when he was in New York City going to dinner at Carbone with his new boo, I guess, this rapper named Loner approached him. And here's what that sounded like. me bitch have always wanted they ain't had the feast they ain't even let us have the feast so we about to starve and by December we just gotta eat. You know how I know Kanye really likes the energy of people like walking up to him and rapping because he's got the perfect excuse

not to listen to people right now COVID, social distance don't be running up on me without no mask and spitting that's the last thing I want clearly he enjoys it yeah and he was telling him give out your Instagram, give out your handles spitting, that's the last thing I want. Clearly he enjoys it. Right. Yeah. And he was telling him, give out your Instagram,

give out your handles. So that's good promotion right there. All right. Now, Shine was on Drink Champs. He sat down, of course, with Nori and DJ EFN. And he talked about a lot of different things like his career, politics, life after prison. He also talks about his relationship with Diddy after the whole incident that happened in a New York City nightclub.

He was in jail from 2001 to 2009 for that nightclub shooting that he was involved in. And here's what he said about blaming Diddy back then. I don't really blame that on him now as much as I did then because I did go through a stage of bitterness. You're human. You know, I blame it more on the lawyers that were advising him, because his lawyers were there,

excuse me, to secure a not guilty verdict. I think that's how everything, you know, fell apart. And he said that to me. He said, you know, man, you know, I'm sorry, man. You know, I should have never listened to those lawyers. That's rare. And, you know, I forgave him. That was over a decade ago.

Right. And I was in a different space then. That's dope. So you can check out that full Drink Champs episode where Shine talks about a lot of different things, including politics. Of course, people are always interested in that, his own career, and what he's been up to. Dropping the clues, Bonsonori and DJ EFN, drink champs. Smoking out here in these streets.

Absolutely. Shout to Sean Poe, too. Definitely salute to Sean. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Reports. All right, Sean, who are you giving your donkey to? You know, for after the hour, I'm no gynecologist. You know what I mean? But I bet you a gynecologist would agree with me when it comes to this donkey of the day. We'll talk about it. Okay.

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Yes, donkey of the day for Monday, January 10th. Goes to two young ladies by the names of Nikki Grandel and Stacey Johnson. They both were arrested for grand larceny. Let the record show I'm not judging either one of these individuals. OK, one thing I have come to realize is that in life we are all simply one wrong choice away from Donkey of the Day. That's all. Life is about choices. OK, we've all heard the quote, destiny is not a matter of chance. It's a matter of choice. And that is true. All right. That's it. That's all. Life is just a series of choices. Okay. We've all heard the quote, destiny is not a matter of chance. It's a matter of choice. And that is true. All right. That's it. That's all life is just a series of choices. Folks make

choices. And sometimes those choices make the news. All right. This is one of those times because the choice that a lot of people are making in this moment that we are in is to rob and steal. All right. Stop acting like you don't see what's going on out here, folks. All right. Arm robbery, carjackings, burglary, petty theft. It's all up and it's stuck. In some cases, it's just a stick up. All right. All right. In some cases, it's just a setup. This is what this was. But it's not what these young ladies stole. It's how they stole it. See, these young ladies met a man on the Caesars Palace casino floor and decided to go back to his hotel room.

The man decided to take a bath to freshen up a little. And he left $6,500 in cash rolled up in a rubber band and a Rolex watch inside a duffel bag. All right. And the victim later said he couldn't find it. Duh. How green are you? All right. I'd have been scared if I was those two young ladies, because in mind I would have been like this got to be a

setup all right this dude gotta be police he invited us up here to his room and then went to take a bath and left his cash and Rolex out this is too easy all right this finna be a breeze I don't want it if it's a breeze but like I said it's not what they stole is how they stole it see Nikki and Stacey were arrested after allegedly hiding the cash sixty five hundred dollars and a rolex watch inside their panty wallets listen they were arrested after allegedly hiding cash in a watch they stole inside their panty wallets all right their vaginas okay i know rolexes come in boxes but that doesn't mean you should hide them in the boxes we come in now what i'm confused about is why didn't the ladies just

leave when dude was in the tub all right did you really think he was just gonna stick these valuable items inside your vajayjay and just close the meat curtains and nobody would be able to detect what's going on contrary to popular belief to popular belief, I don't have a vagina. But I can only imagine, you know, having a Rolex, a whole timepiece inside your love tunnel, that has to be uncomfortable. So why not just steal the cash and the Rolex and leave? According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, they did a body search of Stacey Johnson

and found the money bulging in her pants. Now, I don't know if they could tell it was money in her panties, but clearly the officer thought something smelled fishy. So he investigated further and found the money. If I was Stacey Johnson and there was a bulge in my panties in 2022, I would tell that officer, mine is business. And don't worry about what I identify as. All right, you don't ask a lady about her bulge in 2022.

What's wrong with you? Now, Nikki denied taking any items from the room, period. But upon booking her into the Clark County Detention Center, officers conducted an X-ray on her. And that's when they found the Rolex watch inside her front butt. See, this is how you turn your vertical smile into a vertical frown. All right. I know some women got the fupa and the fupa looks like a fanny pack.

But that doesn't mean you're supposed to put things like that in it. All right. You got to be careful about what you place inside your odorific poke hole. If you want to steal. Okay. I wish you wouldn't, but if you want to steal, don't put those stolen goods inside your goodies. All right. Your whiskey biscuit deserves better, man. I'm no gynecologist, but I bet a gynecologist would agree with me. You're not even supposed to put any and everything inside a garbage disposable. So why would you put any and everything inside a garbage disposal. So why would you put any and everything inside your fur burger? Okay.

All you ladies had to do was take the items and leave. Haul ass out the hotel. What you going to steal from this man and then sit there and help him look for his stuff? Yes, he sounds green. Right. And he may be green enough to bring y'all up to the room in the first place and leave his valuables out like that. But he's not green enough to sit there and have y'all help him look for something that clearly he knows y'all stole once again i'm not telling you how to steal i want you to get a job but if you're going

to steal don't hide the clams in your bearded clam please give nicky grandel and stacy uh what's her last name? Johnson. The sweet sounds of the Hamilton's. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yeehaw. Now, what do you call that? Is that boofing? Because I know when a man sticks something up his butt, it's boofing. Correct. Is that coofing? Because I know when a man sticks something up, his butt is boofing. Correct. Is that koofing?

I didn't know that. But you didn't know what? But boof, that's how you call boofing. Yeah, I never heard that. Yeah, when a man has something in his butt, it's boofing. Come on, you heard that before you. I swear I never did. I wonder why they call it that.

Y'all don't play games? I really don't know what game to play sir You don't want to play a game? No I don't want to play a game Alright We could play a game though You want to play a game? I do

You like boofing? You guys go ahead and play I'm at home I'm not playing with y'all no more. Z-Play going too far all the time. I don't even want to play no more. All right. Never mind.

All right. Never mind. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Guess whose boof it is. Guess whose boof it is. Grow up, man. Why can't y'all grow up?

It's me and you. Jesus. Gee, actually, this time. All right. When we come back, what are we talking? Oh, Coach Jesse will be joining us. Coach Jesse and Dr. Uman. All right.

We're talking. What are we talking? Amun. Dr. Amun. Dr. Amun. Amun. What are we talking this morning? Fertility.

That's what we're talking. Fertility this morning. All right. Yes. Eggs Over Easy. It's what we're talking. Fertility this morning. All right. So don't. Yes. Eggs over easy. It's a documentary that was just on own last week. And it's talking about fertility, talking about black women, a lot of different things

that are really important when it comes to having children. OK, we'll get into that. Next is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Don't be. Power. One oh five one. The Breakfast Club. Power 105.1. The Breakfast Club.

Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Clubs. We have some special guests joining us this morning. Yes, indeed. We have Coach Jesse and Dr. Amun. Good morning.

Hey, good morning. Good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Good morning, indeed. We have Coach Jesse and Dr. Amun. Good morning. Hey, good morning. Good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Good morning, family. So a couple of nights ago, you were on Own, Eggs Over Easy, the documentary. So break down what Eggs Over Easy is. It's not a cooking show.

No, no. So shout out to the creator, Shaquita Lockley and director who invited me to be a part of this, which was my TV debut. So excited to share this story. It really is about black women infertility. Okay. Infertility is this

ferocious battle that tears away at your soul, your spirit, your body, your finances, your relationships. And it is layered with the complexities of socioeconomic issues, right? Health inequities, isolation, anxiety, heartache, all these other issues. And what the film specifically said, let's talk about the title. What it talked about specifically was black women and infertility.

And the reason it was titled that is because, you know, there has been talk how when a woman is having issues with infertility, they'd say, oh, your eggs are hard boiled or your eggs are scrambled. Right. Which is so disrespectful. I said that was on Real Housewives of Atlanta. And that's why she named it that. The creator named it that because he says, no, you know what, we need to reframe the narrative. We need to center the conversation because, you know,

the stats say it's, what, 10% women are affected by infertility, but when you look at black women, it's a whole, they actually say, the studies say it could estimate at 50% higher. Why? Because of the gaps in access I brought no reporting yeah we're not even getting to that the fibroids that actually are one of the leading causes it's fibroids endometriosis and PCOS are some of the leading causes of

infertility and which a no we're disproportionately affected by them 80 to 90 percent of black women are affected by them so so, we're disproportionately affected by them. 80 to 90 percent of black women are affected by them. So now we're disproportionately affected by the issue that causes more infertility in our communities. Right. And then when you look at the infertility support services that are available, the advanced reproductive technology, you see that you don't see people like us in the centers. Right. You don't see people like us. The babies don't even look like us in terms of the babies on the wall. You know, when I went to my IVF clinic, you know, and really so why I was in the film was because of my infertility journey. When I was 30 years old, husband and I were four years into our marriage.

And, you know, we're planners. We're planners who are like, you know, we're not going to, we're going to enjoy marriage first. And then we're going to like, you know, check off the list. Well, now we're ready to expand our family. And we started working to conceive six months and we're not we're not making progress. Now, the technical definition of infertility is that you're unable to conceive with unprotected sex for a year. But, you know, something in me was like, wait a minute, something, I'm going to check to see what's wrong. I'm not going to wait for a year. Went to the GYN and she said, wait a minute, actually, you know, you, there's something going on here. You have fibroids. That's how I found

out. I didn't have any other symptoms at that time, But the truth is my leading issue of fibroids was the infertility. That was my symptom. And at that point, I ended up having a myomectomy because that's the surgery to remove fibroids that most at that time was available to preserve your uterus and your fertility. And, you know, they said, oh, you'll get pregnant right away. No problem. Five years later, I'm not pregnant and you know you get busy working you get busy in your career and you're like just wait a minute something's wrong but symptoms for fibroids are coming back because the fibroids are back now and now I have to have they're ferocious I can't even walk at some times. The pain is so bad. And then I said, I'm going to go to a fertility specialist because this doctor, she said I was supposed to get pregnant.

I didn't. I'm going to go to a fertility specialist who's also GYN. And he said it was one of the most horrific cases he'd seen. And he said I'd have to be cut open, stem to stern, vertically. And that surgery ended up, not only was it a trauma, again, abdominal surgery, but the point is 10 days later, they had to cut me open because I had to have a second surgery from complications from that surgery, which is now I had so much scar tissue where it knotted up my small intestine and I couldn't even eat, couldn't keep food down.

It's called a small bowel obstruction. Okay. So now 10 days, within 10 days, I've had two major abdominal surgeries. All right. Next piece of news, he tells me, oh, you're going to have to do IVF because they're scarring all over your fallopian tubes from these surgeries, which I had to preserve my fertility, right? Like to be able to have a baby. We did the IVF and the first cycle we conceived, like, yes, amazing, right? 10 weeks later, the baby's heartbeat stopped. I will never forget that day. We were literally, that week before,

we had heard the baby, we saw the baby's heartbeat you know what it looks like you've seen it a few times right a few times i hate that thought and um and they said wait something's wrong the baby we're not seeing the baby's heartbeat so they call it's called a missed abortion where now they had to go and do a dnc to remove the baby so at this point they're like you know okay but okay, but you're young. You know, don't worry about it, because this is something we hear in the fertility journey. Oh, don't worry about it.

But the Eggs Over Easy film, what I love is the fact that it dealt with miscarriage. It dealt with surrogacy. It dealt with all the different facets of infertility. At this point, here I was, you know, women who have miscarriages are made to feel like, oh, you know, just you'll get over it. You just you can try again. Right. And not help to actually grieve that pain that you were a mother. I know the minute I was pregnant, I felt the connection with my baby, you know, and here I was having to grieve that loss. We did press on. I have an amazing husband. Shout out to my husband, who is Mark. You are amazing.

You know, I love you. I couldn't have did this without you. And we then had failed IVF. So the next couple of years, it was either IVF or a fibroid surgery. Because guess what? I found out later, the fertility treatments were actually fueling

the fibroids growing. So back and forth, I'm having fertility treatments and fibroids. And how expensive was all this? Holy cow. Did your insurance cover it or no? No. So let's talk about that as well with the socioeconomic barriers of women making 61 cents on the dollar, right? In that time when we were doing it, my insurance only covered like the meds, right?

But it was 15,000. Now, I think there's like, meds, right? But it was $15,000. Now, I think there's like, it's more available. A long time ago. Yeah. Come on. It was like, when I tried it five years ago, it was $29,000. There you go. Well, it was $15,000 to $30,000.

That's what the range was. $15,000 to $35,000. And they give you, they pull, they take the eggs out, and they give you two chances. Well, no. We didn't have two chances. That was for one. No, they gave us two opportunities. It was some weird.

They gave you two opportunities. It's so crazy like a gamble. But they gave you two opportunities. It was 30 grand, and it didn't work. There's no guarantees. No guarantees. No, there's no guarantees. No guarantees.

And we lost. Me and my wife had to do it during Powerhouse like five years ago. This was before Brooklyn was born. And you know, you got to take the shots in your ass, shots in the stomach,

and it has to be at a certain time. And then, like it was during the middle of Powerhouse so they're performing. Me and my wife had to follow that corridor

and walk in with them. I remember going into the restaurant bathroom to go do the shots. You know what I mean? It really is a huge commitment financially,

time-wise. It's huge. And emotionally, you are going. One thing my husband said to me, I'm so glad I knew you before you started this

and I knew you who you are because you show up like this is so much emotion that you're going through in this. All right, we got more when we come back with Coach Jesse

and Dr. Amun. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Coach Jesse and Dr. Amun. Yee. Every woman, well, not every woman, but so many women

when you talk to them who have had kids have had a journey and had a miscarriage and things that they don't talk about. Yes. You know,

I ran into somebody the other day at my coffee shop and she was telling me she's pregnant. She's five months pregnant. But she was like, you know, last year I had a miscarriage and I told my husband, I told my fiance, I'm going to wait a few months before we try again.

I just need to give myself a break. Yes. You know, and so many people have these stories and a lot of times people are ashamed to talk about them. And that is the number. They get judged. Yes. You know, and so many people have these stories. And a lot of times people are ashamed to talk about them. And that is the number one thing. They get judged. Yes.

Yeah. And that's what I find with a lot of, with our black women, that they are ashamed. They're embarrassed. They're having a miscarriage because there's so much pressure. There's so much expectation, expectations for a black woman. So for them to say that they've had a miscarriage is almost like they're shunned upon. Like, what did you do wrong? Right, exactly.

What was happening? What's wrong with you? Are you broken? You're broken. You attack the woman straight away. Anytime you're talking about infertility, it's always the woman that gets attacked. No one really looks at the men like,

are we shooting blanks? Are our sperm count? Do we have sperm? Is our sperm functioning correctly? Is the quality? We don't we kind of get overlooked. And I think that needs to be. That's a huge piece. Yeah, that means we need to reeducate that when we're talking about infertility. It's you know, when you conceive, it takes two people, you know. So if you're infertile, it could be the responsibility of two people, not always.

But the numbers show it. The numbers even say that 9% of men are the factor of infertility, 10% of women. OK, so it's not like it's 1% men and 50% women. You know, I mean, I think they just blame it on. Absolutely, because we're supposed to. It blame it on absolutely because we're supposed to you're it's in your body you're supposed to be able to do this and somehow if it's not working you're broken you know that's the sad part about it i think for a lot of people even for myself you know when i had my my first four kids happened so fast so easy it wasn't a problem right we never

went through any miscarriages or anything right But now when the fifth child came, which was Brooklyn, we couldn't get pregnant for nothing. And we had a couple of miscarriages to the point when we had Brooklyn, even with Peyton, the last baby, I didn't get to enjoy Peyton until Peyton came home. And the reason being is because you're always scared. I've been to the same thing. They see a heartbeat one week, and the next week they don't see it, but they're not

sure and they don't tell you. So they'll be like, you know, you have to go to another specialist to see. And then when they go to another specialist, they don't see. Or the same thing where, you know, one time there was a baby there and then we came back a couple of weeks later and the baby wasn't there already. So we've been through that. We've been through that a couple of times and it was like, with Peyton, it was like,

I don't know. I don't want to get myself excited yet. And even when I seen the baby, there was a woman that calls the radio all the time. And she had her baby and she lost her baby a week later. Heart just stopped. Right. And when I heard that story, I still couldn't get excited because that's all I'm thinking. Now Peyton's home for a week. Now I'm excited.

But at first I lost that excitement because I'm scared. I'm scared to get connected and then miscarriage or there's a problem. So it's like the fact that people are talking about it more you realize it's more common than you think. And that's what I love about this film is that it talks about everything from surrogacy

to adoption. The other thing is so many people don't, you know, I want women to think about the fact that there are many paths to motherhood. Right? And there are women who think unless you, they've been framed to think, and their spouses even

support this thought that you're not really a mother unless you carry the baby and birth the baby yourself. And I really want us to dismantle that, okay? Because for some of us, there are babies, the baby and birth the baby yourself. And I really want us to dismantle that. Okay. Because for some of us, there are babies, your name is on that baby and somewhere that baby, but that baby needs to be adopted. But that baby's for you. Because let me tell you something, when you're raising that child, you're not going to be

thinking about the pregnancy. I don't sit there and say, oh yeah, I wish I remember being pregnant. I sit there. I love my child because I love being a mother to the child. You see what I'm saying? That's a critical piece. And then surrogacy, like shout out to Gabrielle Union who publicly shared her story. Because the point is people have to think there are other ways, there are other options.

And don't put your, you know, if you want to be parents, do it in a way that supports, like open up the thinking. Think about the different ways to it. And then egg freezing for our sisters who are out there and who are, please, you're 20s, you're a power broker, you're someone who's looking to focus on your career or you haven't met Mr. Right. Listen, it's expensive, but it is worth it. All those bags, all those shoes, all the baby showers you spend money on.

Let's have a shower for you. Actually, Kalei Stewart spoke about it in the film. She said, why don't we have an egg freezing shower? Because the older we get, the less eggs we have. It significantly drops. I got so many homegirls that froze their eggs over the past four or five years. And I feel like that's not an option when you're younger and you go to the doctor that they even suggest to you. You know what was kind of

scary is when the young lady on the Eggs Over Easy documentary yesterday, she didn't know to the age of 37 that women are only given or born with a certain amount of eggs. We're not educated about it.

She was thinking it was the same mechanism of how men every three months we produce sperm. I didn't know what I needed until we were going through a vitro. I didn't learn. Did you know that, Charlamagne? I've been hearing about this my whole life from miscarriages, the women freezing their eggs. Yes, I knew that.

I guess because I've been around so many women, I hear these conversations all the that. I had no idea. I mean, I guess because I be around so many women, I hear these conversations all the time. I'm surprised they talk about it, though, to the point that we have. Because you can actually measure your levels when you go to the doctor, the AMH and FSH levels. And that's the thing that I want to get to drill, if anything, to my sisters.

Don't be scared. Utilize the medical technology that is there get your testing done you know get your blood work done get your hormone levels done so if the request the AMH and the FSH which is what Angela was they know what it is because you talk too fast so request the AMH AMH anti-malarian hormone and FSH FSHollicle stimulating hormone test. And what Angela was just saying is that we're not, when you go for your GYN visits, they do a pap smear, right?

They don't, in your 20s, they check you for STDs, but they don't specifically say, hey, you know, let's check your fertility levels. Like, because you need to know. Right. If you don't know. Yeah. you're not going to check it later. People also need to understand STDs can prevent you. Exactly. Can cause you to become infertile.

You've got tubal diseases, right? As well as alcohol and toxins. Right. And what happens there is where your ovary or your fallopian tubes get scarred or get blocked. And that prevents the eggs meeting the sperm and again this in it it's the embarrassment the shame that they feel embarrassed to go and talk about they maybe have chlamydia they're gonna write and it's when when it's left untreated for a period of time this is now where the scars and the and the blockages and the damage comes to the fallopian tubes but there's this stigma that if you have a std somehow you are you know a hole or a loose woman and things of that nature when

you could be in you know a marriage or a relationship and never stepped out but he stepped out right and so we really need to and i think what we need to do as a community is come together to support the black woman because she gets attacked from every angle. Absolutely. Every angle from that physician to her husband, to her family, to the careers, to Joe blogs on the road. And we really need to support her to let her know that, look, you've got nothing to be ashamed of. These are things that can naturally occur. And we have solutions.

Well, we appreciate you guys for joining us. Absolutely. Thank you. We need to make sure that you guys continue and let us know when you launch and we'll talk.

I might do the seven, I might do the 30. How about the women? Come on, let's do it. Let's do it for the competition. We'll talk. Let's do it. I don't know what he did before

but he can still have his cinema. Well, how about this? How about this? We'll talk about it. How about you? And I thought about that because everybody may feel like they can't do the water fast.

How about you choose the fast you want to do, but you do the fast. That I can do. That you can do? My team already won, guys. Goodbye. Well, we appreciate you guys. Thank you so much, Coach Jesse.

Dr. O, thank you again. And thank you so much for always making this conversation possible. Absolutely. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, did you get that text I sent you about the COVID test

and how to test if you have COVID? Boy, what is you talking about? I sent it in your text. Somebody sent it to me and said you could test for COVID. You sent me something with a butt and a finger. Right. And I really wish you would stop. Well, now you want me to stop?

It says you stick your finger in you and then you pull it out and if you smell something, that means you ain't got it. Yeah, that's... My daddy used to always tell me that when it comes to STDs. He said dig in your ear a little bit,

put a little wax on your finger, and then when you stick it in the girl's pom-pom, if she jumped, that means she got something. So that's what that sounds like to me. That sounds like one of them silly-ass home remedies to me. I don't know. Okay? And by the girl's poom-poom, if she jumped, that means she got something. So that's what that sounds like to me. That sounds like one of them silly-ass home remedies to me.

I don't know. Okay. And by the way, if you can smell it, you probably don't got it because COVID takes your sense to smell and your taste. That's the whole point. Huh? Try it right fast. So hold on.

You said if you smell it, you got it? If you smell something on your finger, you ain't got it. Oh, you don't have it. Try it right fast. Oh, got you, got you. You got the smell of the Bunkido, but what about the taste? What you mean? What about the taste?

There's no taste test challenge? There's no taste test. You going to try it right now? The taste test. That's what it means. The taste test. There's no taste test for COVID? No, there's no taste test.

Oh, okay. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk John Legend. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. Rumor, rumor. On The Breakfast Club.

All right. John Legend is one of the latest musicians to turn over his catalog and sell his catalog. And so 12-time Grammy Award winning singer. And of course, you know, he's a coach on The Voice right now. And he does have his residency in Vegas happening. He sold off his catalog of music dating back to his first album. So that starts from December 1st, 2004 to January 1st, 2021,

as well as the copyrights to the works, according to a statement that was filed in November in New York. So there you have it. A lot of musicians have been doing this lately. We've seen 50 Cent, Nelly, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, a lot of people just selling off their catalog right now.

The Dream sold 75% of his catalog for $23 million, Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston's estate, Ray Charles, and a lot more. Yeah, I mean, a lot of people are doing it. I just wonder if they're selling their full catalog, if it's a part, and how long. You know, some people are selling it for 10 years or 5 years or 20 years. And, I mean, I guess they're doing things with that money that they can make even more money or maybe they're just cashing out and just relaxing. I don't know. Right. They said a lot of it has to do with tax benefits

also and the market is crazy right now and people are also paying a lot of money for people's catalogs so maybe people might feel like it's a bubble and let's do it now while you can but it's all whatever financial decision you decide to make, right? Alright, now Reason was on the Red Pill podcast Let's do it now while you can. But it's all whatever financial decision you decide to make. Right. All right.

Now, Reason was on the Red Pill podcast. And one thing that he was talking about that people were arguing about was whether Fab, Fabulous is a better emcee than Andre 3000. Here's what he had to say. I feel like if you lined up Fabulous, Andre 3000, I got my money on Fab. That's how I feel. Word up. I'm not about to hate on Fab. That's how I feel. I'm not about to hate on Fab.

God damn, that boy from Atlanta is a monster reason. Come on, we love Fab. I love Fab. You know damn well. That's the thing. Respect to Fab. He's out-rapped Wayne.

If you can out-rap Wayne, you can out-rap Andre 3000. I'm not saying that it's easy for Fab, but I think if Fab came in there with the mindset of, I want the best verse, I think Fab can outwrap Andre 3000 on that verse. I don't like these convos. And the reason I don't like these

convos is because both these brothers are great, but it feels like when we have these convos, it would cause us to take away from the greatness of Fab. You know what I mean? Fab is great. Fab is great. He's had a legendary career. He's been a consistent all-star throughout his career. He'll be in the

Hall of Fame, but Andre 3000 is a once-in-a-generation culture-shifting type of artist. There's nobody you compare Andre 3000 to. He's the first and only Andre 3000 we've ever seen. Fab has gotten compared to a lot of people, you know, throughout his career from day one.

But he's great. You know, but it's like comparing, like, Tracy McGrady. Tracy McGrady's phenomenal. All-star, Hall of Fame player. But he's not Kobe Bryant. You know what I mean? It's a difference. People love these versus conversations, as you know.

So it definitely gets everyone riled up. Another thing that had people riled up was Timbaland. He was on his Instagram Live listening to The Weeknd's album. And he compared The Weeknd's new album to Michael Jackson's Thriller. Really? This album is different, y'all. This s*** right here, this on some thriller s***. Trust me when I tell you.

I haven't heard it, have y'all? No, I haven't heard The Weeknd's album yet, but I plan to listen. But we have to get to a point where we can just say something is dope. Without comparing it to something else. Because as soon as you say Thriller, and I don't hear Thriller, now I'm disappointed. You know what I mean?

And plus you're talking about, when did Thriller come out? 80s? 1980? 80-something. 80, 81? 82. 82?

That music has stood the test of time. There's so much feelings and emotion attached to that Thriller album. Like you don't do that the weekend. Why do we do that to people? Don't do that. Yeah, you're right. Don't do that.

And last but not least, the 2022 Golden Globes winners. Because of the pandemic, everything was not in person. So you just get to know who won. And one legendary win was MJ Rodriguez, who became the first transgender actor to win a Golden Globe for Pose. Here is what she had to say. I have to say this.

Number one, thank you, Golden Globes. This is for the LGBTQAI, Black, Latina, Asian, the many multi-beautiful colors of the rainbow around the freaking world. This is not just for me. This is for y'all. This is the door that opens for y'all. Not me, for y'all.

There are going to be so many young individuals, young, talented, thriving individuals that are going to be able to trail in and storm in through the door. This is for y'all. Salute to MJ Rodriguez. Congratulations. Other winners include Will Smith for King Richard, Best Performance in a Motion Picture Drama Actor. I still ain't seen it yet.

I saw it. It was good. I cried. So I know you're going to cry. Probably. I haven't seen King Richard. I went to go look for it over the holidays and it wasn't there. Was that on Netflix? No, it wasn't on HBO Max. I looked't seen Ken Rich. I went to go look for it over the holidays and it wasn't there. Was that on Netflix? No, it wasn't on HBO Max. I looked at it and then I Googled and they said something like, I forgot what they said, but it was only on HBO Max for a limited time or something like that. Damn.

Oh, yeah, I watched it. I watched it twice, actually. Also, best miniseries or television film was The Underground Railroad. And I haven't seen this movie yet, but this is making me want to watch it because I always see it when I look at, what is it, Netflix? Or maybe when I'm in a hotel but The Power of the Dog got best motion picture drama. Have y'all seen that?

The Power of the Dog? I have not. I think it's on Netflix but I know I always see it pop up and I'm like, what is this about? Alright, well that is your rumor report. You know what I did see? I did see Selling in Atlanta, the sisters in Atlanta out there. Selling Tampa? No, Selling in Atlanta.

Oh, they have a Selling in Atlanta? Yep. That's another show that's on the OWN Network. Listing Atlanta. Listing Atlanta. Yep. It's on the OWN Network. It's pretty dope.

It's a bunch of sisters out in Atlanta that are selling real estate. It's getting into the real estate. I just love to see our people in there selling properties, discussing real estate, discussing generational wealth. So if you get a chance, check that out on the OWN. I know episode two is this week, so you can go on OWN on the app and definitely check it out. I watched it over the weekend. It was pretty good.

So shout out to those sisters out in Atlanta. All right, well, it's time to get to the mix, the People's Choice Mix, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's go. It's time to get to the mix, the People's Choice Mix, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's go. It's time to wake up. Yeah.

It's The Breakfast Club. Let's go. Go down. Angela, you hear. And my friends at The General Insurance give you quality car insurance for less. Check out their affordable rates and flexible payment options by calling 800-GENERAL or visiting thegeneral.com. The General Auto Insurance Services, Inc., an insurance agency,

Nashville, Tennessee. Some restrictions apply. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let me shout out to Tara. Book Reviews by Tara.

I guess Abrams, the book company that I did my book deal with, is starting to send out the books for people to review and read. And she was the first one that I seen. And her review was really, really dope. Spot on. Where's mine? What? Where's my book to review?

Where's my book to review? I'm not giving yours until the book is out. And my hidden chapter better be in there, too. Your hidden chapter. Okay. No. Chapter 69 better be in there. There's no chapter 69.

I want to read the book. Where's the book at? No. My relationship with Charlamagne is not in there. Are there any books in the studio? Nope. Not yet. Not yet.

But they're sending out. Maybe Charlamagne can boof one. He can boof one. I might already have one. He might be up there already. But I just want to shout out to her because her review was really, really, really dope. Dope. And rest in peace to James M2 May again.

Yeah, man. We replayed his interview this morning. Absolutely. Condolences to the M2 May family. Absolutely. That's the worst thing about, well, it's not the worst thing, but it's like, you know, when you've been doing anything long enough, especially a show like The Breakfast Club, and, you know, you meet all of these interesting people throughout our 11 years. It's like, man, there's been a lot of people that we've sat down

and had conversations with in this room that have transitioned, you know? Correct. Young, old, black, white, doesn't matter. So the only thing that makes me do, man, is just constantly realize how much you have to appreciate life, man. I say it all the time now. Take a deep breath for those who can't. Absolutely. how much you have to appreciate life, man. I say it all the time now. Take a deep breath for those who can't.

Absolutely. And also shout out to Coach Jesse and Dr. Amun for joining us this morning as well. Absolutely. Salute to Coach Jesse and Dr. Amun. Yes, doing amazing work. I know so many people that they've helped. I know them personally. So I really appreciate the work

that they've been doing in the community. Absolutely. All right. When we come back, positive notes. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

All right. Now it's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do, man. My good sister, Dr. Rita Walker, she posted this yesterday. You know, Dr. Rita Walker is a psychiatrist. She's phenomenal. She's the author of The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health. And she posted this acronym yesterday that I love because for me, 2022 is all about boundaries. And she posted what is boundary B is for be aware. O is for of what is you unacceptable and normalized saying no, Do what is best for you and know that it's not your responsibility to sacrifice yourself for others.

B-O-U-N-D-A-R-Y. That is a boundary. Breakfast club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done? 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.

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