The Breakfast Club - Amanda Seales to Darius McCrary ( Eddie Winslow) Interview and More

Episode Date: June 15, 2018

Friday 6/15 - Fathers day is coming up, but did you hear about the "Baby Daddy" cards that Target got backlash from?? Well we opened up the phone lines to see if our listeners took offense to the cards. Also, our friend to the room Amanda Seales stopped by and spoke about her "Smart Funny and Black" Tour, having her own entities and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to another crazy Florida man who called the police asking them to test his meth, cause he thinks he got a bad laced batch. Also, since it is flashback Friday we had Darius McCrary or better known as Eddie Winslow from Family Matters stop by, and he spoke about his comments on the "Me Too" movement, his relationship with Karrine Stephans better (super head) and more.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, TJ and V. Charlamagne Tha God. Beast of the Planet. It's Friday. Yes, it's Friday, and Nas' album is out today. Is Nasir available on Tidal yet? No, it's not available yet. You know it's not.

It's not available yet. Clearly, they did that deal with Wave so that people would download the app, and then it's only available there. I don't think it's available on Wave yet either. I don't think it's- Wave? Wave. I don't think it's available on Wave yet either. Oh, it's not? That's what they did with all the other albums. there. I don't think it's available on Waves yet either. Wave? Wave, I don't think it's available on Wave yet either. Oh, it's not?

That's what they did with all the other albums. No, I don't think you can find it as of yet. I got a chance to hear it. I heard it twice in entirety, and it gave me that feeling. When Nas first came out, you had to rush to the store to go buy Nas, and you were driving, and today I see myself speeding. I was speeding listening to the Nas album. Earn that good music check, Envy.

No, I don't. I know you don't. Stop it. No, production is amazing. Sounds great. And just the stuff that Nas, I almost said curse, the stuff that Nas is spitting just makes you feel good. It puts you in that zone.

Nas has always been one of the most socially conscious artists out here. And that doesn't change. No, not at all. That doesn't change. His music always has a lot of socially redeeming value to it. I did see some people jumping out the window yesterday, though.

I saw people saying things like, this is his best album since it was written. I wouldn't. Stop it, man. It was written, been out 22 years.

I only heard it twice. It's aged well. Exactly. How you all of a sudden can say something's better than something that's been out 22 years and you just heard it

once at a party? But he's definitely, he's definitely been conscious. Like I said, it gives you that feeling of back when I was a teen and nobody used to go to Miami for Fourth of July weekend. We used to all go to Virginia Beach and drive into Virginia Beach or go into Jones Beach, which is out in Long Island, or Harlem and ride.

That's what this album gave me. It gave me that feeling this morning. Well, I got to hear it. You're putting a lot of sauce on it. You're putting a lot of expectations on it. I haven't heard it yet. That's how I feel. I guess you can stream it now. I heard a couple records on Instagram. And I've heard

those records before, by the way. But Nas wasn't on them. Nas wasn't on them. I always tell y'all that the album Kanye let me hear, what was that? Maybe a month or two ago? I don't know how long ago that was. The album that came out, the Ye album, was not the album that he let me hear at all. But a couple of those Nas joints

definitely were on I guess maybe intended to be on Ye's album. One of the ones, let's first before we do that, Amanda Seals will be joining us this morning. Drop one of Clues bombs for Amanda Seals, the homie. Okay, Variety named her one of the top ten comics to watch for 2018.

Also, Eddie Winslow will be here this morning. First of all, don't disrespect Darius McCrary like that. I think that's his name. Darius McCrary. Okay, I said it right. It's Eddie Winslow, man. I mean, we know.

Yes, Eddie Winslow. Eddie Winslow will be joining us this morning. He does have a name. Okay. Darius McCrary. His name is Darius McCrary. All right. Eddie Winslow sounds better.

So he'll be joining us. And we got front page news now. What are we talking about, Yee? Well, imagine if you were in the pool with your daughter and other people are in the pool and a white person comes up to you and asks you, did your daughter take a bath before getting in the pool? I'd whoop his ass. Hey, punch him in the face. Just punch him in the nose.

That's easy. Now, listen, look at y'all pulling up a Nas record. Yeah, let's pull up a Nas record. Hold on, you got a record off the album? I do what I do like I do it for TV. Is it clean? We hope so. What's the record?

They cleaned it up here. Cop shot the kid. What's the record? They cleaned it up here. Cop Shot the Kid. That's the record I heard from Ye's album. Well, this is Nas featuring Kanye West. There's no Nas on it, but I can't wait to hear it. Cop Shot the Kid. Okay. Slick Rick sample.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, Happy Eid Mubarak. Wow. Okay. And yes, that is the record I heard a couple months ago. Nas wasn't on it, though, but drop on the Clues Bonds for that. Tough tune. Geesh, that record's tough. The perfect person to have. Nas wasn't on it, though, but drop on the Clues Bonds for that. Tough tune.

That's the perfect person to have on that record was Nasia Jones. That record's hard. 100%. Tough tune. Tough tune. All right, well, let's get into some front page news. Now, let's talk about this father and daughter that was in a swimming pool. Well, no, it was actually a mom.

Oh, mom and daughter. Yes. So what happened is they were at the Westin Hotel in Pasadena, and a white man confronted a black female swimmer at the pool in Pasadena, California. Now here's what happened. I simply asked them if they showered. Okay, we have our general manager coming up here. Because that's part of the rules.

But you didn't ask anyone else. You didn't ask anyone else. You asked me if I showered. You're the only one in the pool. There's plenty of people asked me if I saw them. You're the only one who pulled. There's plenty of people over there in the goddamn pool. You're the only one who pulled. There are three other people over there. There's three other people over there.

You didn't ask them. They're right over there right now. They've been over there. When you asked me, they were there. Relax. I don't have to fucking relax. I should have asked if it was a white ass that he watched his funky ass this morning. Right.

How can you come up to a woman and her daughter and ask them if they showered? Y'all taking all that energy to the wrong people, man. I told y'all, Michelle Obama said when they go low, we go high, but not me. Charlamagne Tha God

takes it right to the floor with him. Is he an employee? No, he was not an employee. He just was there. He tried to say that he was a health inspector. The hotel said

he's not a health inspector and he's not an employee of the hotel. The hotel staff was actually on the woman's side saying that what he did was inappropriate. What'd you smell?

I just said, did you wash your funky ass? Because I smell mayonnaise. He's stupid. Who left the mayonnaise out too long? But they were the only black people in the pool, so I guess he felt like... I don't believe in violence, but sometimes you just got to slap the ish out of somebody. You just got to give people the same energy they give you, though. That's all.

Oh, my goodness. Shout out to y'all for what y'all are nice for. Now, in Arizona, the Arizona Republican Party is calling on a state lawmaker to resign. And this is what David Stringer, who is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, said. 60% of public school children in the state of Arizona today are minorities. That complicates racial integration because there aren't enough white kids to go around. He said there's not enough white kids to go around. Does he know that white people make up 70% of the population? And that was him criticizing immigration.

But does he know that white people make up 70% of the population? There's plenty of white kids to go around. Well, apparently he doesn't like immigration because it's a threat to the white kids that are here in the United States. Oh, they definitely, listen, they definitely have the fear of a brown planet. There used to be fear of a black planet, but they definitely have fear of a brown planet. Well, even the governor thinks that David Stringer should resign after those comments. Now, David Stringer has responded and said, My political opponents have taken 51 seconds out of a 16-minute speech to try to distort my message and mislead votes.

All right, Target. This is very racial this morning, all of these stories. But Target has pulled their baby daddy greeting card from stores after the customer complained. Now this is what happened. Takesha Saunders was in Dallas and she was looking for a card that represented her, a card with a black couple for Father's Day.

And she couldn't find one. Instead the only card that she saw with an image of a black couple said baby daddy on the front of it. She said, you cannot be serious Target, really. This was the only Father's Day card that featured a black couple. And that was it. So they did apologize at American Greetings. I could be, you know me.

I see things a little different. That sounds like a great greeting card to me. But you know, they need more black cards. Like my mom is the queen of black cards. Like for every holiday, she's going to get a black card, and if she can't find one, she will color the faces that are white-black. That's my mom.

They have those mahogany greeting cards that are specifically for black people. Just don't disrespect the baby daddies. Some people out here are just baby daddies, and they may want a greeting card too. So why do just dads get a card and husbands get a card? Why can't a baby daddy? Why do you have a card specifically for baby daddies? It's a shame that there's a picture of only a black couple, and that and husbands get a card. Why can't a baby daddy, why do you have a card specifically for baby daddy?

Well, it's a shame that there's a picture of only a black couple and that's the only Maybe she didn't see the card with the baby daddy that had the white couple on it. Well, American Greetings responded. They said, thank you for raising this concern and bringing it to our attention. This card was intended to be a playful husband card, but we have notified the product team that it missed the mark. What does it say inside of it, though? You ain't telling me enough.

What does it say inside of it? I don't know, but on the front it just says, Baby Daddy. Wish you were here more. Happy Father's Day. Baby Daddy, wish you was here more. Thank you for the child support. It is appreciated. I don't see the problem with that. I actually

think that baby daddies need to get that card, man. Goodness gracious. I would love to see some baby daddies get that. But at the same time, you would love to see some black couples on Father's Day cards. Regular cards, right. There's black baby daddies out there. Yes, there are. There's white baby daddies out there, too. And Asian baby daddies.

By the way, there's some women out there that would love to send some baby daddies some cards on Sunday. Okay, ain't Father's Day Sunday? It is Sunday. All of y'all don't deserve a Father's Day card. Some of y'all deserve a straight-up baby daddy card. Thank you for being a good baby daddy. I'm sure there's some online. Keeping child support coming every month.

Available. And doing your weekend visits. You want to open up the phone lines and talk about it? 800-585-1051. Would you be offended with a baby daddy card? You shouldn't be. You know what? The only way you should be offended by that is if you know, damn, I could be more than a baby daddy.

800-585-1051. Would you be offended by a baby daddy card? And baby mamas, would you buy this card for your baby daddy? You're goddamn right they would. Thank you for the child support every month. Thank you for making your weekend visits on time. Okay? My goodness. 800-585-1051.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? How you doing? It's Lamar. Lamar, you a baby daddy, bro? Nah, I'm a father. Oh, you're a father. Okay, see, it's a difference. That's what I'm saying. I can't

get no baby daddy card. You know what I mean? It doesn't sound right. But you don't deserve one. I can tell you don't deserve one because you said you were a father. It's the difference between a father and a baby daddy. Baby daddy, correct. Exactly. I appreciate you guys.

Happy Father's Day, sir. Yes. Anthony. Yes. You a baby daddy? I'm a baby daddy. Would you appreciate a card? Yeah.

But if I don't get one, I know I'm just a baby daddy. I'm just a f***ing old master. Exactly. Finally, it's something for baby daddies, man. Right. Because you know what? I looked at it like this. I got a daughter.

I'm married. And I got a daughter. She's not my biological daughter, but she calls me her dad because I raised her. Now, I got a son out here with a female that really, I don't really have no real interaction with him because of the situation. So I'm just her baby daddy. You know what I'm saying? And if my son wanted to send me a card, I would accept it.

But at the same time, I understand what's going on. I'm a father to this young lady that I have in my life. I'm going to get a Father's Day card from her. So if I'm a baby daddy to him or to her, it is what it is. It's the truth. Who that is? That's just my baby daddy. Who that is?

That's just your old baby daddy. That's your baby daddy. That's all. Shout out to God. I love you, man. I love you, too, bro. I love y' That's just your old baby daddy. That's just your baby daddy. That's all. Shout out to God. I love you, man. I love you too, bro. I love y'all. Y'all stand up.

Y'all keep it real. And that's what it's all about. And I'm just keeping it real. I'm a baby daddy. It is what it is. All right. My man. See?

At least you know your place in the ecosystem. He does. Hello. Who's this? This is Teresa. That's ecosystem, not ego system. I said eco. Oh.

Eco. Hey, Teresa. Yeah, I'm calling about the baby daddy card. You want to know where to get one? No, stop it. No, I don't have any children, but I just think that the card was actually probably written by a white person. If y'all read the inside, it says you're a wonderful husband and father, and I'm so grateful to have you as my partner, my friend, and my baby daddy. So basically they don't even understand what a baby daddy is

and the card that she needs to be counted. That sounds to me like just one of those funny cards because every now and then my wife will be playing around and she'll be like, I'm here with my baby daddy. You know what I mean? That's what that sounds like. That sounds like some humor. It's written by a person who said by Felicia and they don't even know who Felicia is.

By the way, a lot of black people don even know who Felicia is. By the way, a lot of black people don't know who Felicia is either. Especially this young generation. Yeah, exactly. But thank you, mama. Y'all know who Felicia is? Y'all know who Felicia is?

Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Toya. What show was it? Wasn't even a show. See, y'all don't even know. I don't know. Look at that.

See? Friday. Friday. Friday. Friday. Bye Felicia Friday. That's what it was. I knew it was one of them.

Hello. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. This is Toya. Hey, it was one of them. Hello. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. This is Toya. Hey, Toya. We're talking baby daddy cars. What do you think?

I love the idea. I wish I would have known about it. I would have so went down there to the store and got them before they took it off the shelf. I think it's a really good idea. You probably still got time. I get what she's saying and where she's coming from about it. Have a little, you know, multi, you know, choices and things like that. But I like that idea.

I think it would have made a lot of money. I like the idea, too, because there is a difference between baby daddies and fathers. I know a lot of baby daddies right now who pay their child support every month and still don't get to see their kids. Every now and then, the baby mama should just send them a card and say thank you for the child support, baby daddy.

But you know what, this card, I guess, wasn't for just a baby daddy. It was somebody who was a husband and a father. Well, they got to find... There's mahogany cards. They're hard to find. Like I said, my mom will go out of her way to find a mahogany card if she can't. That's what I always used to get, those mahogany cards. She paints them brown.

Well, I'm going to tell you what. I be sending e-cards now, though. I don't even buy cards in the store. Take them off the shelf. See the God world or produce something, okay? My goodness. I got an idea. 800-585-1051.

Now, Angela Yee reported that people were upset about these baby daddy cards. Yes, people were upset that they had cards in Target, and the only card with an African-American couple on it for Father's Day said baby daddy. All right. Well, how do you feel about that? Are you offended by the baby daddy cards? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Raven. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Raven. Good morning. Good morning, mama. How you doing? I just think it's crazy that they have the baby daddy card, but they're not wrong for it, because Target definitely had a baby mama

card for Mother's Day. Really? Really? Yeah, they had no pictures on it, though. But Charlamagne, happy almost birthday, because we got the same birthday. Hey, June 29th, Cancer Gang, What's happening? Have a good morning, everybody. All right, mommy. Equal opportunity.

Say that baby mama call. Got to have baby daddy call. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. It's Jay. How you guys doing? Good morning, Jay. Hey, I got zero problem with a baby daddy call.

I think people in this world is way too sensitive. Like, can we have a little bit of fun? Everything got to be politically correct. They trying to make the world that way, sir. Target is only one store. If you can't find a car that you want to find, go to a different store. Why does everything got to be, oh, baby daddy. Okay, people with baby daddy, enjoy it.

Have fun. I don't see what a problem is. We keep making everything rage. Why do you have to make an apology as a company? There's nothing to apologize for. You took a little mark in the challenge. You tried. It didn't work. Sometimes things work. Sometimes don't. But it's not that serious in my opinion.

Well, nobody's like protesting the store or anything. They just took that one particular card off the shelves. And I will say context matters though because they said the inside of the card says, you know, to a wonderful husband, a wonderful father. And then at the end, it's like my baby daddy. So it's like a joke. So I'm upset because I thought it was just a straight-up baby daddy card.

Like, you know me? Wish you was here. There's cards out there where you laugh, Joe. There's a lot of funny cards out there. Why are we getting, like, people get so sensitive because it's baby daddy. Okay, everybody's a baby. I don't care if you got a ring on your finger or not. You have a baby and you're a daddy, you're a baby daddy.

Just live with it. Can we just enjoy life? Sir, I am a baby and you're a daddy. You're a baby daddy. Just live with it. Can we just enjoy life? Sir, I am a husband and a father, sir. So am I. I'm still a baby daddy. I got a wife. Oh, my gosh. I'm a baby daddy, period, man.

Who that is? That's just my baby daddy. Who that is? That baby daddy. I'm looking at other baby daddies' cards. There's one that says you're my favorite baby daddy. See, that's dope. That's crazy. If you're a woman and you got four baby daddies, that's dope. I want to know I'm your favorite baby daddy's cards, there's one that says, you're my favorite baby daddy. See, that's dope. That's crazy.

If you're a woman and you got four baby daddies, that's dope. I want to know I'm your favorite baby daddy. That's crazy. Hello, who's this? Tasha. Heffa. Heffa. Tasha.

Oh, I thought you were going to say Heffa. I was like, what? How do you feel about the baby daddy songs, mama? Well, I call my baby daddy my son's father. I don't like the term baby daddy, but I just wanted to let you all know what the inside of the card said to straighten it up a little bit. So it's a card for a husband,

and it says you're a wonderful husband and father, and I'm so grateful to have you as my partner, my friend, and my baby daddy. Happy Father's Day. So context matters. It's actually just a funny card. It's a humorous card. Right, that's what it is. It wasn't even funny. It is funny. It's humorous. Well, it's kind of, yeah.

My wife does that to me. I can't be mad. You said you do that to your husband, right? No, I don't have a husband, but I don't call my baby daddy, baby daddy. I call him my son's father. Right. Cool. Alright. My wife does that to me playing all the time. They have a card here that says I ain't your son's father. Right. Cool. All right. My wife does that to me playing all the time. They have a card here that says, I ain't your baby's daddy. They have another greeting card.

That's a great one, too. My goodness. Listen, context matters, man. All right. Well, 800-585-1051. You can get it at Fitchessa anytime. Now, you, we got rumors on the way? Yes.

Guess who just became a U.S. citizen? I didn't even know he wasn't eligible to vote. We'll tell you who just went through that process. Also, let's discuss Nas' new album as well. Okay. All right, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Amigo's featuring Drake, but don't let anything distract you from the fact that Pusha T watched Drake in a rap battle this year. My goodness. Okay? Don't let anything distract you from that fact.

Now I'm preparing this Nas mix for later on. What's your favorite Nas joint, E? My favorite Nas song... Give me one second. Come back to me. Let me think about that. Charlamagne? My favorite? I mean, I got a lot of favorites, but I would really like for you to play... It was on the

Lost Tapes, and it was over the Barry White instrumental. When he starts it off, he's like, no idea. It's original. There's nothing new. It's just sun. It's never what you do, but how it's done. What you base your happiness around. Material women. I think it's small paper. That means you're inferior. Okay, okay. I know what you mean. I know what you mean. Okay, okay. I know what you're saying.

But I have a lot of favorite Nas records. You can't ask me what my one favorite is. I would like for you to play that. Wasn't that his first song ever? I mean, by himself as a solo artist. His first single was It Ain't Hard to Tell. you to play that. And you said that one. Wasn't that his first song ever? I mean, by himself as a solo artist, his first single was It Ain't Hard to Tell. Let's do that. The first one to come out was Halftime. Yeah, I remember Halftime.

That was from the soundtrack for Zebra Head or something, right? Zebra Head. Some movie. Wasn't that on the soundtrack? It was also on his album, too. Okay. I'll get my clothes on. All right, well, let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk French Montana. What are you throwing money at me? What the hell is this? This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, congratulations to French Montana. He is now a U.S. citizen. So this whole time, French Montana was an illegal immigrant. Yes.

He was born and raised in Morocco. Just because you're not a citizen doesn't mean you're here illegally, by the way. French never got locked up? Because I'm not a stuff for French to hear. I cannot believe he's never been deported. Because that's what I would think. As much stuff as he did. Well, congratulations to French.

Drop one of Clues bombs for that illegal alien. He's not illegal anymore. Who's finally not illegal anymore. So now he can finally vote. He just got sworn in Wednesday morning in Jersey. Check it out. I am so proud that I am. vote. He just got sworn in Wednesday morning in Jersey. Check it out. That is funny.

Imagine if French Montana had ever got booked for a show in Mexico and was trying to get back in across the border and he got detained. Right there. Alright, now let's discuss Nas' new album. Nasir is out. And, you know, they don't, of course, have the whole entire album up on streaming services yet. We're still waiting for that to happen. But he did have a listening session and that was streamed on Mass Appeal's site and on YouTube. You can still see that now.

But we do have some snippets for you. We don't have the titles of the tracks because, once again, it hasn't been posted on any services yet, any streaming services. But here is one snippet for you from Nas' new album. I haven't heard anything. I haven't heard any of this. On the most expensive bed Still I'm losing sleep Next to Jets Beauty of the week 1993 He's spitting on this album. I haven't heard anything. I haven't heard any of this. I don't even like

this little teases I'm getting right now. Don't do this to me. We're just going to keep on teasing you. You know Nas hasn't had an album in six years. Right. This is his first album

in six years. Now here's another snippet for you from Nasir. Every 4th of July Busting in the sky It was important to a guy Who was mob-minded Future Marcia Lager driving

Till Lambo's got average on me I started liking the look, like I ain't had no money Yellow taxi seats over made-back seats Just to remind me, just to inspire me To stay focused, it's a real sick society Just cause I got your support, don't mean you buying me I'm buying back the land owned By the slave masters Where my ancestors lived

Just to say a rapper made a change The pant saga put plans in action To lay claim to Pan-African made it happen Woo, he spit on that one. On that one, he actually starts off when he got his first check and he said he bought his first crib and how he felt walking into that mansion

and felt like the white man that owned the house before him was like a ghost around him. It's dope. All that sounds great, but I want y'all to keep that same energy, okay? All you people that have been boycotting good music all month, keep that same energy because Kanye produced the whole album. Okay, well you can still listen

to J-Rock's album. That album came out as well and his album is called Redemption and he has a single that's called OSOM featuring J. Cole. Check it out. could pretend. See, I wouldn't feel right. I bought a Dodge Magnum. I just got signed. Everybody on my line. They wanna know the taxes. Dubai got a mansion. 30K to my mom. Mmm. Drop on the Clues Bonds for J-Rock,

man. J-Rock was the first artist on TDE to actually come out with the album. Drop on the Clues Bonds for Nasir Jones, too. A lot of good music out this weekend. I'm here for it all. And speaking of new music, guess who else put out a song yesterday? Who? Who told you this was happening. Nicki Minaj. How's it sound? Her song featuring Ariana

Grande and it's called Bed. Here's a snippet of that for you. Thousand dollar sheets. Waiting for you on some thousand dollar sheets. I got called a three over feet. Back shot to the beat of the Millie on you. Got me yucking like you got that Millie on you.

You stay on the go, get the Billy on you. I could make all your dreams come true. All right. Sounds like a cool little radio ditty. Yeah, nice. A little cool little radio bop. You know what I mean? I'm not mad at that one at all. All right. So very busy. Very busy, guys cool little radio diddy. Yeah, nice. A little cool little radio bop. You know what I mean? Not mad at that one at all. All right. So very busy.

Very busy, guys. I got to get to Nas first, though. Nas, J-Rock, it's a lot. It's a lot. Yeah, I have J-Rock already, so. And you know I root for all the rappers that are over 40. So drop on the Clues Bums for Nas and Jones. Yeah, Nas. I like out Nas.

I'm a lot. Heard it twice this morning. I really, really like it. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right. Now, when we come back, Amanda Seals will be joining us. The homie Amanda Seals, Variety named her one of the top ten comics to watch in 2018 just yesterday.

I know some of you guys are just waking up, so we're going to kick it with Amanda Seals when we come back. And let's play the Nas you played earlier. We got that Nas featuring Kanye West. By the way, I told y'all a couple months ago when Kanye first was playing me music, this is one of the records he played, but Nas wasn't on it. But I'm glad that this is a Nas record now. All right. Perfect person to have it. We'll play Top of the Hour, then we'll get that on, and Amanda Seals will be here.

A.N.V., Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The multi-talented. Amanda Seals. Hi, guys. Hey. It is so interesting to watch Amanda just continue. Hi, guys. Hey. It is so interesting to watch Amanda just continue to grow, man. It's people out here

that be talking to us like we don't know Amanda Seals. Really? Yes, because kids in general, like you're new to them. Good. That's a great thing. 100%. Yeah, I'm new to me. Do you think Instagram is causing a big, I don't know, I don't want to call it resurgence.

Yeah, I mean, two days ago was the anniversary of my Caitlyn Jenner moment. That was two years ago? No, two days ago, the 13th. Yeah, that was like the one year anniversary. And I know some people might be like, how you got a one year anniversary? But like people, yeah, somebody on Twitter was like was like oh that was that was a year ago but that changed my life so because after that happened it went from like oh you want a tv show to like thank you sister thank you queen you know and it went from like oh you just somebody who'd be talking to like

oh when you're in real spaces where things need to be said, you'll say it. That's amazing because we've known you for so long. I don't look at it as like, wow, that changed Amanda's life because I look at it as like, this has always been amazing. Always. Well, my mom, who is West Indian and therefore does not acknowledge anything of your excellence. When it happened, I was like, yo, like I'm going viral. Like, you know, this is like a thing. And she was like, I don't really know about all that, you know, and was really trying

to downplay it until we were in the mall and we were in an Apple store and three people came up to us and it was a white chick, a straight black guy, and a gay black guy, and they all came up, and were like, thank you so much for what you said. Thank you so much for what you said.

Thank you, sis, for what you said, and my mom was like, oh, my God, okay, people knew it, and I have to go watch the clip. I'm like, you know. She never watched it before. I'm like, you're trying to sun me, but no, I think it was really cool too because I think

a lot of people in Hollywood got to see like off rip that I'm a real one. And you know, not everybody a real one. It's tough to balance that though. It's tough to balance realness.

It's tough to balance funny. It's tough to balance intellect. Intellect. Intellect. He's an intellectual. Put some intellect on it. Artists? I mean, if I'm speaking pacifically.

No, it's not. No, it's not. I mean, I'm just, that's me. Do your agent stuff ever hit you? Like, could you pull back a little bit? No, they be like, go, bitch, go. I don't think anybody can tell a man to pull back on anything. I mean, if you want to get cursed out, sure.

Definitely cursed out. No, that's not true. I don't know everything. And if it's something I think that you feel like is productive or is coming from a good place, you'll at least take it into consideration. Nobody should be scared to tell you something. And I have people around me that know me and that I trust. So like I know that if they're bringing something to my attention

they're not doing it for any other reason than because they genuinely have a good intention for myself. No, I'm not stubborn like that. I mean, I'm really a best idea wins kind of person. Because you know, we all have emotions and whatnot. So sometimes you really do like get in the emotions of things and I've been really working on

thinking things through and taking out emotion, etc. Sometimes you need someone to be like, but I don't think it's about holding back as much as learning how to temper things in the right audience. You don't have to

find a different way to be. You just got to find different versions of real. And you're on tour right now. You're going on tour July 31st. We're going on tour July 30th through August 14th. Ten cities. And it's like, it's a dream. I went to taping during this time. No, we finished.

We air August 13th. We are air August 12th. Yeah. No, we finished. I mean, this is my baby. This is gonna be nice on tour while the show is also back right towards the end of it, the show comes back on air. It wasn't. Honestly, it's just the way things land. I mean, to be honest, the beautiful thing is to be able to be on a show like Insecure,

but also have my own entity. And I think a lot of folks, when they get a shot, they forget about their own stuff. And it's like, no, the shot is to help propel and continue to motivate your own stuff. Like, because I've been able to be on Insecure, it has only legitimized my messaging. It's only given me peace of mind in terms of money so that I can focus on the creativity.

And with Smart, Funny, and Black, it's not just like a live show with a band and folks being on stage being funny. It has a purpose. I want you to learn why you laughing. And so, you know, I just really always tell people, like, don't ever work harder for somebody else than you're going to work for yourself. Like, that's always the thing that I see people doing.

My mom, our parents have done that forever. 100%. Like, you know, they work and work and work and work. And then they be looking at you like, oh, you, like, like your job? Like, that's not how it's supposed to be. I you like, oh, you like, like your job? Like, you like, like, that's not how it's supposed to be. I'm like, no, that's how it's gonna be. Smart, Funny, and Black, I've said it a million times,

that's the best game show that's not on television. It don't need to be on television. I sold it. And then I took it back. And I sold it again. And I took it back because I realized that

the value of the show would be diminished by putting it in a space where people are in control of it that don't care about its value or about what it can do for the people. There's other projects that I'll sell, but with Smart, Funny, and Black, I realized that this is really a show that needs to be built up from the ground up with the people. You know, like, we are going to crowdfund eventually,

but, like, doing these tours and y'all coming out and buying tickets in these cities and selling these shows out and getting merch, which you can get right now at smartfunnyandblack.com backslash bookstore. As you can see by the shirt she has on as well right now. I had an exec tell me that they f***ed it up. They f***ed up Smart Funny and Black.

An exec told me that. An exec was like, to be honest, we were trying to make it Smart Funny and White. You better tell me who that is when we get off this mic. That's always the conversation. We would go in the room, and it's like, the show has already been in existence for over a year at the time. Like, we've

been doing it every month. It's the most turnkey project ever. Just put us on a stage, put the mics, I mean, put the cameras, get the audience, let's go. And they were like, are there white people? And here's the tea. When I first created it, it was like, no, it's

Smart, Funny, and Black as the content. You don't have to be black to be on the show. But I have since gotten over that. Why can't we just have an authentically black space? I agree. I don't see anything wrong with that. And I think that it's really important because I feel like right now, a lot of people's energy is going into like we need to

we need to fight the outside forces fight the outside forces and I think that's important but in a multi-pronged approach to change I think you need to have different different energies going in different directions and my thing is we need to not necessarily for my work is not to necessarily be fighting the outside

forces but like building up our inside forces like we need to be enriching each other, you know? And I think we put so much energy into trying to fight with like folks that don't give a, they don't give a damn about black people. They don't even really care about white people. They care about money, you know, like they don't even know what they care about. So I call it smart, funny and broad. Right.

Can you just call it smart and smart, funny? Like, can you just smart and and smart funny? What about that? Nah, nah, nah. I have a master's in African American studies. I get to put it to use every night that we do this show and it's all about creating a place for folks to come through and laugh and get

excited about black history, black culture, and the black experience. You can be any race, ethnicity, gender class to come to this show. You just gotta know your place. You can come and learn. Or laugh! Or both!

Yeah. We got more with Amanda Seals when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Amanda Seals is in the building. Yee. All right. Somebody tweeted out, Issa Rae teases season three Insecure will be about black masculinity, a topic I bet she thinks she's an expert on.

Oh, that was Curtis Schoon who tweeted that. She'll follow the trend of other prominent black women, producers, directors, writers, and filmmaking and promote some sort of effery about black men. And Jay Ellis responded, as a black man who was a part of the first two seasons of Issa Rae and the very diverse writing staff of Insecure's work, I'd have to say, shut the f*** up.

By the way, pick your pants up. That's fine. Your toxicity is showing. I mean, that's really bottom line. Like, it's toxic masculinity. I mean, I had somebody on my Instagram yesterday say, like, there is a movement against black men, against straight black men. And I'm like, there have definitely been movements against straight black men, but it ain't stepping into a new space of acceptance of their

own selves and of emotion and of going to therapy so that they're not consistently in you know it's not even post-traumatic stress syndrome disorder it's like current traumatic stress disorder being being a black man in this country you know so that they're not dealing with survivor's remorse for like winning in the midst of like a bunch of dudes who haven't been able to like we just and you read my new book already i'm just like i know a lot of black women are really involved in wellness in a way that we never have been before like wellness is a huge movement in black in the black women community and i don't think it's reached over that far into the black male community in the same way. And so we are we are getting ahead. You know, a lot of women have been telling me recently they have PTSD because of relationships they've had.

Hell yeah. I feel like there really has to be something to be said for like being a man of your word or a person of your word. And I feel like too many brothers like that doesn't apply to what they connect with women on. It's like they will stick to that when it comes to their barber. I'm not cheating on my barber. I have to go to the same barber. I don't care where I have to travel. It's true. They'll stick to that when it comes to money.

You know what I'm saying? Like, yo, if I told you I'm going to pay you, I'm going to pay you. And they demand it back. But when it comes to that with women, like, yeah, I said that we're committed and I'm not going to cheat on you. It's like, but I might though. But you know, I'm a man and sometimes I got to just grow up and get out of this phase.

Both of y'all know. I haven't cheated since October 2016. I'm done. The fact that you can name the date means it was too recent. Like, it's over. You got your chip. I know my date.

By the way, I've heard you say your chip I know my date I know my chip I got my chip I've heard by the way no I'm not gonna say that you have a chip I've heard you say the year too though I remember he told me

the year I was like really I know the year I know the year I see y'all and Rob Lane with the faithful male community and I really like that

because it's like it's like making faithfulness cool and for black folks like we need that like that's what Smart Money in Blackness cool. And for black folks, like, we need that. Like, that's what Smart Bunny and Black is really on. Like, we going to make education and being learned and being about this beauty and blackness cool. Not that it's not, but, like, just completely trying to elevate that.

So I love that y'all do that because there's, and this is in no way to say that there aren't, like, women who are shady. Like, I feel like whenever I, as a woman, talk about this on my Instagram, like, men are always like, but what about women? And I'm like, I don't date women. I'm not in the vagina business. Stop expecting me to be in the vagina business. But I just think that there's, there really is such a pushback from men,

a lot of black men, on women who simply want to be holding them accountable and want to empower them and instead of like meeting the challenge, it's looked at like you're trying to like put me down. It's like, nah, I'm trying to show you like, yo, you could be this, like rise up.

You know what I want to talk about? Because when I talk to students in school sometimes, two stories that I talk about, I talk about my story coming up, I talk about Charlamagne's story because it's a f***ed up story. And... Wow, Evie! stories that I talk about. I talk about my story coming up. I talk about Charlamagne's story because it's a f***ed up story. You got a dick and a b***h? Wow. You got fired in the night. You got touched as a kid.

You got devil aids. I was giving somebody aids by the devil. It is the truth. I also talk about your story. You do? Yeah, absolutely. I've seen it up close and personal. And the fact that, you know, you never gave up,

but you always kept that smile on your face. So to see the success, talk about that as far as that grind. Because what you put into this industry, a lot of people don't see. They only see the insecure. No, that's true. Wax was out there talking about, yo, I thought you just talked hella shit.

I didn't know that you was like doing mad shit. You got podcasts. You got YouTubes. I was like, Wax. He's like, I just, I'm like, Wax, you literally came to my show at Caroline's that was sold out and I did an hour and a half. Hour and a half. Killing. And you killed

him. Like, you were there. He's like, yo, my bad, yo. Wax went down like Amanda Seals wormhole one day. Like, when he turned to me, he goes, Amanda fine as hell,'s like, yo, my bad, yo. Wax went down like Amanda Seale's wormhole one day. Like, when he turned to me, he goes, Amanda fine as hell, but yo, who want to wake up to this every morning? Oh, man. And you know what? Why did you do that? You know what? I told her that.

And the irony of that is that if I'm with you, you're waking up to s*** every morning. So wax that now. So, you know, people have... I'll give you a quick... It's just that it's so crazy how people, like, have such a misperception about, like, what you put out. Like, I'll have people on my Instagram all day,

like, oh, you know, you don't have a man, and it's like, I have suitors all year long. And I'm like, no, no, no. You know, so that's not, that's not it. But that speaks to the grind. I want you to talk about that from the beginning. I'm going to talk to the grind because it actually correlates with the personal life. Because I really do believe that, like, I will meet somebody.

So it kind of continues to drive me in a positive way to continue to be hopeful and give people opportunities, etc. With the grind, I've always believed in my actual talent. I always knew my worth, but you have to know your market value. And so people don't understand the difference between that, and that's how you get in the way of advancing. I never gave up because I had so many people around

me also that never would let me give up. You were one of those people. You were one of those people. I met Charlamagne later, but at the end of the day, it's like you have become one of those people in this phase of my life where you'll be like, yo, I did not want to put my bends on my Instagram because

I was like, I don't want to look flossy. I don't want to look like I'm trying to stun on people. I don't want to be Hov pulling up at the end of Imaginary Player and say, what's that? A 4.0 or 4.6? I didn't even got leathers. I didn't want to be Hov pulling up at the end of Imaginary Player and say, what's that, a 4.0, a 4.6? And then he even got Leathers. Like, I didn't want to be that person. But then Mane was like, you have to put it up because you got that being your complete

self. Like, you got that without having to forsake any of your integrity and you need to be able to show people that you can get what you want, whether it's material or not, by sticking to your guns. And so I think that's one of the main issues. And also, there was a certain point where it was just like, you know, I have a degree, but I don't have a desire to do anything else. I've always known that this was the space I needed to be in.

I just needed to find my way to it. Like, for all intents and purposes, Smart, Funny, and Black is my first hit. You know, like, I've been creating stuff for a long time. I've been on many of those platforms. Yes, you've been on many of my platforms. But we all knew that it was going to pop off. It's still having pop, pop. It's going to pop, pop.

Man, they're going to pop, pop. You somehow have to remember that it's development. So that when you do pop, you're ready. You're ready. I know right now, by the time we did Smart, Funny, and Black, I already know how to write in my comedy style. it like it's development so that when you do pop you're ready you're ready absolutely like i know like right now like by the time we did smart funny and black i already know how to write in my comedy style so i can write a smart funny and black i can write a whole two-hour show in an hour and to your point people give up because they're like damn why ain't turning over yet and it's like i think a lot

of that too is like people think that they're owed the turnover like they're like i put in the work like why hasn't it happened and that's when you have to really, really step back. And we've talked about this before in here. Like, I went to therapy, and I had to really step back and say, like, okay, what are the ways that I'm getting in my own way? And I think that, you know, there's a certain stankness that I had that was unintentional,

and I think there's a certain level of, like, frustration that gets put out there because you're just like, why am I having to, like, explain these things? And it's really not trying to be at anybody. It's just your own internal work,

you know, carrying itself out. But the reason I say it's so important to know your market value versus like your own personal value is because that's

what drives you crazy. Right. When you know what you're worth, but it's not, it's like homeboy, your friend Kanye, is these better than me?

Like you really feel that way. Like you're, yeah, you heard what I said. And it's all these folks out here winning. And you're like, what am I doing wrong? And you have to really look at yourself and be like, well, I know when I first got to L.A., I had to really remember. I had to really take a look at, like, what is the value of the work I've done? I've done a lot of stuff, but nothing had real, like,

poignant, like, market value. It was valuable to me, you know, but it didn't have enough value in terms of, like, credits for agents, et cetera, et cetera, and these things that people think, you know, that... These things that do matter.

And so what was great about becoming a part of the cast of Insecure was that it legitimized... It was a credit that was legitimate to, like, other people, you know? And you need that, but you have to understand like that that's part of the game. And a lot of times we get bent out of shape and we quit because we don't understand the

game and we don't understand the difference between knowing your worth, but also knowing that there's like other value to other projects and that you got to get in certain spaces to increase other people's perception of your work. All right, we got more with Amanda Seals. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Amanda Seals is in the building. Charlamagne? You mentioned Kanye.

He posted about you. You know Charlamagne told him. You know Charlamagne told him. I know he did. Kanye was front row center when I did Deaf Poetry Jam in 2001. Like if you watch it on YouTube like he's sitting right there like

and you know I've interviewed. And you got an old picture of you, Kanye, John Legend and A.D. Keys. Yeah from when I was doing MTV. It's a very interesting time right now. Lines are being drawn. I think people are really showing. They're showing themselves and they're showing what is valuable to them. You know, I think it's interesting

how like we have absolutely really been very specific about like who we choose to criticize about their allegiance with 45 and who we choose to let slide. And when it comes to black women, I feel like we have been completely like hardline about it.

You know, but when it came to this guy, I feel like we have been completely like hardline about it, you know. But when it came to this guy, I don't know if it's because he does good songs or you like his sneakers or what. It's like folks were very easy to simply just be like, well, you know, it's not that bad. You know, it's not it's not it's not that deep. He's just trying to express himself and have freedom of speech. Dangerous. It's dangerous. It's dangerous. And when we undermine the level of danger that is associated with someone like Kanye West openly supporting 45 and then his wife openly, you know, supporting and literally being on camera and saying like, well, it's fine. Let's just go to Wyoming and like, just live it up and dance it up. It says to me like, okay, if you're a journalist and you had to go there for work, I can respect that. But if you went there to be cool, you are part of the problem. The music business that we are in, it's in a new era right now. You know, you see these

label cats that have been there for 20 years and like, this is a new era, like, you know, and I'm like, it's coming up, it's coming on you. Because you're no longer just an artist. Like, you are an individual that has more than your music to market and to, you know, connect you to people, etc. So, with that being said, we have to acknowledge also that, like, for a long time, the music business, and we all know this, has been, like, this secret society. You know, like, when Me Too hits the music business, ain't gonna be no more hip-hop. It's gonna start. It hasn't hit already? It's coming. Not yet.

It's coming. Very little. It's because the mind f*** has already started to take place of like, no, you can't say it because it's against, you know, the black man and, you know, it's gonna put people down. I mean, that's what they tried to do with the Russell thing, you know? But at the end of the day, it's like when you start hearing people like Khalees start speaking out, you know, and you start hearing people like myself speaking out. I haven't even said my stories.

You know, you you know, all of it. I mean, Reese got it. I live the other day and was like Reese. Reese is the artist that was on. She's a Philly. She's a Philly. Actually, my best friend produced her first album. Yep.

Santee. It's going to tell you about a story to that. He said I was dead. I was like, I don't freaking remember. I don't think you can bring that up on camera, sir. Oh, sorry. Where were you? Okay.

Well, tell me after. Yes. Because I want to know. It was with you. It was with me? Yeah. And I did nothing. A moment of a guy being trash.

What happened? And saying something to you. Share with us. You got to share with the room, guys. Oh, you were right there, you. I don't remember. You was right there. I don't remember. You was right there. I don't remember.

You was sitting right there. What? I'll tell you. Okay. I was in a situation. Right. You would put me in the situation. Oh, my God.

But not in a bad way. Like, you had the best of intentions. Right, right. No, no, no. You had the best of intentions. I've been sending down that road. It was a good road. You had the best of intentions.

But to your defense, it was so normal for this person to speak to me in that way that it didn't even rattle you. I remember having to do the mind work with myself like, this is not okay. I know that it seems like it's okay by the surroundings. But no, I was in a meeting. I can explain the situation. I was in a meeting. You can say the whole thing if you want. I just didn't know.

I don't feel like dealing. Okay, got you. You If you want I just didn't know I don't feel like dealing Okay got you You see what just happened Cause I don't feel like dealing I don't wanna have to deal with it That's why all these women Don't say anything That's why we don't say

Cause I don't wanna have to deal with it And now we have these internets And get on the internets And they little internet thugs Come behind and be like He don't wanna fuck you Da da da da da da You're just like

You know what I should've just kept it to myself And gone to therapy So I We want to f**k you. You're just like, you know what? I should have just kept it to myself and gone to therapy. So we, Envy had brought me into a meeting for a job. And while we were at the meeting, the individual was talking to me and he was saying that I should change my name. So that was most of the meeting. Like him being like, nah, you shouldn't be Amanda Diva. Amanda Diva ain't cool.

Nobody's going to listen to you. I'm like, but people are already listening to me, whatever. And somehow or another, we got on the topic of people sleeping their way into positions. It wasn't about me. It was about a specific incident. And this person, who is an

executive that is interviewing me to hire me for a job, was like, well, when you gonna f*** me? You were sitting right there. that is interviewing me to hire me for a job was like, well, when you gonna f*** me? In front of everybody. You were sitting right there. I don't remember. Envy was sitting right next to him like this. Y'all have to know, like, Envy has been a brother.

Like, Envy has looked out, like, I remember in one of those moments of the grind being too much, I always tell the story of, like, I was on Twitter just, like, lamenting, and Envy called me and was like, what, what, what, stop. Like, stop crying and create some opportunities for yourself.

And you like gave me a blueprint. And even though like I wasn't able to turn those opportunities into like big things, it gave me hope. And hope is a whole other currency that you can ride, you know, but it don't even matter how talented you are. Like Me Too hits everybody. Like it's just a fact. Have you seen that individual again? That individual be tagging me. That individual

be Amanda Seals-ing me. And I'll bet you money, he don't remember saying that shit to me. Right. Probably said it so much he bought it. Said it so much.

Like, oh damn, I said that. I've seen him say it on camera though. We all have. Yeah, but we all... He said it on a TV show to another individual. Okay.

Nothing, you're never the first. Who is this? He didn't ask her to fuck. He just told her, I heard you fucked your way to another individual. Damn. Okay. You're never the first. Who is this? He didn't ask her the f***. He just told her, I heard you f***ed your way to the top. Why would you say that to somebody? I mean, I've had like a rapper literally like say to me, I was like, hey, I'm in town. You know, would love to

link up. And I think maybe I was naive because I really just thought we have working relationships. Oh boy. And this person's response to me was, I want to see your f*** show me with your fingers. Whoa. Sheesh. If I'm trying to f*** you, go no. Right. Okay. And this person's response to me was, I want to see your pussy. Show me with your fingers. Jeez. If I'm trying to fuck you, go no.

Right. Okay? Like, it's not going to be like some surreptitious, you know, like you got to figure out the rhythm. No, it's going to be a very clear, distinct movement.

There's a picture of Charlamagne sitting on Wendy Williams' lap. That's inappropriate. That's inappropriate. That's definitely inappropriate. You know, I always tell this story. Quincy Jones asked me to sit on his lap. And I did it.

And it was because... It was Quincy Jones! It was Quincy Jones! It's Quincy Jones! And like, you're in the interview. And you know, you're talking like you got lemon heads in his mouth. You know, and he's like, ah, 28. When I sat on Wendy's lap, I had to be like 27, 28.

But what was that conversation? Hey, come sit here? Yes. Yes, exactly what the conversation was. She's bigging at me. What am I supposed to do? He was like, come on, sit on my lap. And I had told him that I love bass lines, that that's like my favorite part of the song. And so when I sat on his lap, he went in my ear and went... What did Wendy say?

Yeah, yeah, Charlamagne. I'm just kidding. What did Wendy say? I don't remember. I go to therapy for stuff like that. You got to purge, expunge that. Oh, God. So between what Khalees said

and Kanye producing the whole album, are you listening to Nas' album? Nah, not at all. You know if Amanda's not listening to Nas, you know that's serious. Like, Amanda's... Nas' head. Nas, Amanda?

Nas is the subject of the third portion. My master's thesis was in three parts, and it was a thesis on the rap album as a continuation of the African-American narrative. And Nas was a huge part of that because the first part was, you know, just explaining. The second part was I broke down Biggie's life after death record by record in comparison to Native Son. And the third part was I interviewed a number of individuals who I considered to be hip hop experts from Beverly Bonds and Talib Kweli etc and everyone kept saying if you're gonna do this and talk about the narrative you have to talk about Nas he's one of the greatest MC storytellers

of all time you know so he was a huge part of that he has a blurb on the back of my poetry book you know but like y'all know like I really am hip-hop head like I warm up when I'm going on stage like my warmer upper is uh I brag. How real I keep it? Because it's the best secret. I rock a vest. Prestigious. Cuban link flooded Jesus. And Alex watching Kathie Lee and Regis. My actions are one with the sea. I can do the whole thing. And we all know that

one of the greatest verses of all time is through the lights, cameras, and action, glamour, goods, and gold. I unfold a scroll, plan, seize a stampede, the globe when I'm deceased. But in the beast, I rise like geese, tip-conca-piece, leaving savages, roaming the streets, live on the run. Police the globe when I'm deceased. But in the beast, I rise like yeast, to conquer peace, leaving savages, roaming the streets, live on the run. Police give me,

give them my gun, trick my wisdom with the system that imprisoned my son. Smoke a gold leaf, I hold heat. Nontriloquially, I'm raunchy,

but things I do is real and never haunts me. While funny sound is rolling the pile, roost the head's profile on a bus to Rikers Isle, holding weed inside a pussy with their minds

on the pretty things in life. Props is the truth of life, it's like a cycle. F***ers come home, some will go in, do a bullet, come back and do the same again. From the womb to the tomb, I presume the unpredictable. Gun salute, life rapidly.

That's the ritual. But he was beating his wife, so I can't listen to the album. Damn. Well, we appreciate you sharing your intellect. And thank you for coming through. My intellect. This morning. All right.

Well, thank you for joining us. Thanks, guys. Amanda Fields. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right. Well, thank you for joining us. Thanks, guys. Amanda Stills. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk NBA Youngboy. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report. This is The Rumor Report.

Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, NBA young boy had to share some news. He said, I want to be the first to tell y'all I officially found out baby K isn't my child, but the man I am, I'm going to keep raising him like he's mine. I can't lie to her to find out the truth, but life goes on. Now, the reason he found out is apparently his son's mother uh had him take a dna test because she was trying to get child support and that's how it all went down

nba young boy's mom shahanda actually went on instagram live and addressed that she does still love little baby k no matter what i show the f**k i'm gonna love baby k and everybody be having something me and her mama on internet talking bull about stuff. It wasn't stuff out. And just like they said, we ain't claiming Tay-Tay is a mother lie. I said I wouldn't claim it no baby if I didn't know it was mine. She took a DNA test and Tay-Tay ended up being ours. They got on the internet talking about stuff first before they even knew that mother girl. They've been talking about baby Kay was ugly and he was this and he was that.

They baby the cute baby. It ain't even about no mother****** children. I don't care if Baby K mine or not mother****** mine. He still is my baby. Very eloquently stated. And y'all mad that Target got baby daddy cards and baby mama cards? So we found out biologically. That was somebody's mom?

Yeah, that's a young boy's mom. Okay. So was she happy or was she not happy? I'm sure she's not happy to find out the child's not biologically his, but she is saying that they will still take care of baby Kay. Yeah, I got plenty of people in there. I know plenty of people who've been in that position. They've raised a young child from like three to four to five.

You don't stop loving them. You can't just cut that off. So they just continue to do it. But you continue to pay and everything? I don't know if they have to continue to pay, but they continue to love the child. They continue to take care of the child. Yeah, you can't blame a child.

Didn't that happen to Ne-Yo, too? Didn't Ne-Yo find out the child wasn't his, but he still had to pay the child's bill on the child? Or was that just a song? I don't know. I thought it was real life. I don't know. All right.

Well, the game has announced he has a new LeBron James-inspired strain of weed. Now, he posted it on social media. Of course, he said, Welcome you to enjoy, new strain alert. Welcome you to enjoy my new strain, LA, LeBron James. I guess it's supposed to be LeBron James. It's a strain inspired by my city and then trying to bring King James to the Lake Show.

So that's going to be coming to a dispensary near you. So what does that mean? He got some new weed and they're trying to get LeBron to come to LA. Okay. So maybe that strain of weed will encourage him to want to come. If you smoke it nine times, it'll get you high three. Alright, Chance the Rapper is producing a concert for the 50th Special Olympics.

His new production company, Social Function Productions has signed on to produce that concert and they're going to include performances by Smokey Robinson and more people as well. So he announced that on social media. He's doing a concert for the Special Olympics? Yeah, he's producing it.

He has his own production company that produces concerts. Oh, all right. Yeah, so then that's going to be, I guess, their first big thing that they're doing, the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics. Now, Post Malone also has his first annual Postie Fest, and that's going to be in Dallas. He just announced that yesterday.

They have not said what the lineup will be, but it will happen on October 28th, and tickets will go on sale actually today at 10 a.m. local time. So if you're a big fan of Post Malone and you want to go celebrate Postie Fest, then you can go there. That festival is going to smell so bad. Chris Brown, another woman has gotten a restraining order against him, a woman named Cassandra.

She got a temporary protective order against him. She says that she attended one of his parties and he started stalking her and hitting her. She said he has never threatened her with a gun or any other weapon, but he has been following her and striking her and that it happened on several times on different days, but she did not specify the dates yet. So they do have a hearing

for that case which is going to be July 3rd. Who is that person? Some woman named Cassandra. She says Chris Brown. Now Chris Brown's attorney said this is sad because it's obviously the disjointed ranting of someone Chris doesn't know who has mental health issues. This just creates celebrity meet and greets with deranged

fans and perhaps the court may want to engage their mental health department. So that's Chris Brown's response. Yeah, nothing about that story sounds real at all. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Oh, and don't forget that we do have the iHeartRadio Music Festival going down, starring Justin Timberlake, Ray Shermer, Logic, and more. Tickets do go on sale today, by the way,

at 10 a.m., and that's going to be Pacific time, so 1 p.m. Eastern time. Make sure you go to iHeartRadio.com slash tickets so you can get your tickets to the iHeart Radio Music Festival. It's all going down for two nights live on one stage. The biggest names in music. All right. Charlamagne, who

you giving it down with? Listen, man. You know I love the great state of Florida. You know I love the great state of Florida. The reason I love the great state of Florida is because they never fail to provide me content for my donkey of the day. They keep you in business. Drop on the clues, Bond, for Florida. It's a man named Douglas Kelly who needs to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have

a whirl with him, but this is a lesson in good customer service. Always provide good customer service. Okay. We'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You get donkey of the day. Yeah, you dumb ass. You get donkey of the day.

Yeah, you dumb ass. You are a donkey. It's time for donkey of the day. Donkey of the day, huh? I'm going to fatten all that shit around your eyes. They want this man to throw them blows, man. They wait for Charlamagne to tap them gloves. Let's go.

You have to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day. They chose you. I know she is. The Breakfast Club, bitchy. Who's donkey of the day today? Yes, donkey of the day for Friday, June 15th goes to Douglas Peter Kelly, and he hails from the great state of Florida, okay? I have to, you know, get Florida its own donkey of the day intro.

I mean, seriously, if you're new to the Breakfast Club, then you may not know that your Uncle Charlotte says all the craziest people come from the Bronx and all of Florida. I know they are talking about breaking up the state of California into three pieces, but we really need to consider breaking Florida off from the rest of the United States and making it its own territory because the things that happen in Florida don't happen anywhere else. And this is one of those cases. See, Douglas Kelly is a meth head, ladies and gentlemen. And when you are out here working hard for your money, okay, and you are spending your

hard-earned money on meth, you need to make sure that you are buying the best meth money can buy. Okay? Think about it. You're taking a penitentiary chance every time you purchase meth. You are risking your health, your freedom, your life. So the least you want when you get some meth is some good stuff. Okay, well,

Douglas just wanted to make sure that the meth he bought was popping. So when you buy some meth from Florida and you want to know if it's good or not, what do you do? If you buy some meth from Florida and smoke it and it's not good, what do you do? Let's go to Fox 35 Orlando for the report, please. Final alert now, that was very easy

for deputies to solve. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office says this guy came to them. He asked deputies to test his meth. What was he thinking? Well, he said he had a bad reaction to it, and he wanted to press charges against the guy who sold it to him. Well, they tested it. It tested positive for meth, and they arrested him. Round of applause for Florida, they tested it. It tested positive for meth and they arrested him.

Round of applause to Florida, lady. Florida, you never cease to disappoint. Look, I understand when you go to a fast food restaurant and your order is messed up, you complain. If you went to a restaurant and ate the food and got food poisoning, you would complain. Any place you went

and spent money and weren't satisfied with what you received, you would complain. So I understand why Douglas went and spent money and weren't satisfied with what you received, you would complain. So I understand why Douglas felt like he should complain, but I don't think customer complaints apply to drug buys. Okay, I'm not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, but I don't think any of those customer service rules apply when it comes to buying methamphetamines. Please give Douglas Peter Kelly of Florida

the sweet sound of the Hamilton's. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. I just want to thank the great citizens of Florida for always proving me right. Okay. Round of applause to me for always being right about Florida. All right.

Long before there was a Florida man on Atlanta, I was telling you that the craziest people in the world come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And Florida has not ceased to prove me right yet. All right. All right. Thank you for that donkey today. Yes. Now, when we come back, Eddie Winslow will be joining us. Stop calling that grown man Eddie Winslow, bro.

What do you know him as? Eddie Winslow. All right. Darius McCreary. And Super Hedge Bay. All right. Well, all of the above will be joining us next when we come back. So don't move.

It's the Breakfast Club. Come on in. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. It's so hard not to call him Eddie Winslow. I ain't even going to lie, man. Wow. You know his name? Darius McCreary to call him Eddie Winslow. I ain't even going to lie, man. Wow, you know his name?

Darius McCrary. Hey, hey. Eddie Winslow. Hey, hey. Eddie Winslow's my homeboy, man. That's your homeboy? Yeah, man. You've been getting that for years, though, right?

Man, and you know what? The day that I stop getting it, it's going to be a problem for me. Yeah. You know, when you've been blessed to come into people's homes for years, and, you know, we come from an era when we had a captive audience, where people had to watch us, you know, because there were only a few networks on television, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox. 100%.

You know what I'm saying? So it's a blessing to have been able to grown up with an audience and have them grow up with you. So, you know, Eddie Wills was my homeboy, although he's went Hollywood on me recently. You know, they picked the show up on Hulu, and he's not returning my calls these days. Do you feel like you were pigeonholed into the Eddie character? No.

For a while, you walk in the room, go audition, all they see is Eddie? No, man, no. Because I was blessed to be able to work during the show. So having played roles like Muhammad Ali, and being in Oscar-winning films like Mississippi Burning before Family Matters was even a concept, you know, I had a solid foundation. I mean, 1986, I mean, what were you guys doing in 1986?

Shit, elementary school? Elementary school. I was on set shooting a movie with Ivan Reitman. It was directed by Robert Mandel called Big Shots, and it was produced by the original producers of the real Ghostbusters. You know what I'm saying? So I was able to cut my teeth

and hone my skills early on. So by the time Family Matters came along, it was just a rocket ship that I was blessed to be in, sitting in first class. You talk like a real thesby. He does talk like a thesby.

I can talk like a real n***a too. What got you into acting? What got me into acting was I come from an entertainment family. The McCrary's, Howard McCrary, Linda, Alfred, they used to open for the Jacksons, my family, long line of musicians.

And so I was actually watching my father work. I used to go to work with him. We were doing the music for a play, which ran off Broadway for years, called Don't Get God Started. And Chip Fields, God bless Auntie Chip, Kim Fields' mother, she discovered me. And that's what got me into acting. So I do consider myself and fancy myself to be a thespian. I'm a fan of theater because theater is what gave me my start indirectly. Most great actors come from theater, though.

Because when you're on that stage, you can't mess up. Yeah, you can't. But everybody can't do theater. You know what I'm saying? So that's why I ask people. I like to see who can take it to the stage. I mean, I was blessed to do a 25-city tour called The Maintenance Man, starring with Billy Dee Williams and myself, Arn S.J. And then later I did a 19-city tour with a gentleman by the name of J.D. Lawrence,

who I'm going to be teaming back up with to produce a show. That'll be back on Broadway called Scars and Stripes, a show that I've written. And, you know, it's about turning your scars into stars and wearing them as stripes. I love theater. I've done a little theater myself. I was in a play called Platinum. Okay. It was off-Broadway. Urban theater, ain't nothing wrong with urban theater.

Urban theater's kept a lot of us working for a long time. You know what I'm saying? I mean, when you don't see us on the screen, you still got bills to pay. Urban theater has been around for a long time. I mean, that's how Tyler Perry amassed his billions. You know, so I don't knock it. You know, in fact, I feel blessed to have been able to experience urban theater because they're going to tell

you when you ain't right. They don't hold back at all. Now introduce the young lady. We just have her sitting there. No, this is the lovely Gina Ree Womack. Good morning, Gina. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

You got to talk to the mic. Her father is one of my mentors, Bobby Womack. The great, legendary Bobby Womack. This is a real family matter, if you would. You know, so yeah. There's a lot of ups and downs in your business, too. There is. You know, we've had, um, Bokeem Woodbine was up here, and he was talking about

how he had a good run, but then he had such a dry spell, and it was really hard for him, shut up, it was really hard for him to get work at a period in time. So you've seen a lot go on in Hollywood. I'm a veteran. I'm a survivor. I've been through a lot of ups and downs.

It's extreme highs, but it's how you handle the lows. Martin Luther King said the character of a man is not judged by how he handles success, but how he deals with my man. I want to address the elephant in the room. We're back. success, but how he deals with my man. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, you know, so I want to address the elephant in the room.

We're back with Donkey of the Day. I don't know what you're talking about, but I know what you're saying. I call it the elephant, but y'all call it the, what'd y'all call it? Donkey of the Day. Did you hear Charlamagne give you Donkey of the Day? I heard about it. Do you remember why? Trust me, I'm paid to remember

things. Okay. Well, in case you forgot, just because you stated to TMZ that you were sexually abused by a Hollywood executive. I didn't say, no. But you said. I never said that I was sexually abused. See, that's the problem with media today and with the way things are spun. I never said that. I said that we've all been touched at some point or another inappropriately.

That is true. At some point. You know what I'm saying? I don't think I've ever been touched at some point or another inappropriately. That is true. That happened to me when I was eight. At some point. You know what I'm saying? I don't think I've ever been touched. You might not know it, though. You might not know it. Darius, he had a rumor about nine and a half inch dildos.

Envy did. So he definitely was. That was in my growing life, but I wasn't talking about my bad. Listen, man. You're right. You're right. You're right. You're right.

You were in the cage. You were in the last year. I'm sorry. I don't. You're right. You're right. You had a chance. You were in last year. I'm sorry. I don't live my life based on what nobody say about nobody and what nobody say about me. I got a whole lot of jobs, okay? One of them is not to give a damn what nobody thinks about me. You know what I'm saying?

And people don't know what the hell a lot of celebrities have had to go through and endure to get where they are today, to open up doors for other people to come behind them. You don't know how many... Nat King Cole, one of the greatest musicians, singers that we know, he wasn't even allowed to walk through the front door of venues that he was playing in.

He had to come through the back door. And these are things that a lot of us forget about. So, I mean, we all have been touched inappropriately. If somebody is rubbing your shoulders, and you might not be thinking about it because you're an entertainer and you're focused on what you have to do, getting on stage, saying these lines,

the pressure, your agent, your lawyer, your manager, your mama, your wife, your whatever, you're not thinking about it. You might walk away and say, this motherfucker was rubbing my shoulders. What just happened? What happened? But you know the way that TMZ approached you with the question, it made it

seem like it was sexual abuse and things like that. But that's what they do. And I'm not mad at TMZ. You know what I'm saying? I mean, Harvey Levin has made millions of dollars off of other people's anguish and pain. You know what I mean? So we have to understand that that is a part of the entertainment industry and much respect

to it. It is what it is. The truth of the matter is there was a story that was brewing that I know where the bodies are buried and I wasn't going to speak completely on it. And I was tired of them land blasting some of my people. And so I spoke on it the best way I could. My point was, and I was not victim shaming in any way. You called the victims thirsty. No, no, no. What I said is you have to know how to deal with the downs as well as the ups. People can ride the wave of success all day long, but knowing how to ride that wave

when it's coming in low determines if you're going to be able to stay on your feet or not. So what I was saying is that there are a lot of people who when the work is not happening or when they're angry or upset, they may have time when they're coming off of that high, when they're not on stage, are you doing it because you're thirsty or because you really want justice?

I wasn't speaking on Terry Crews or anybody else. I was speaking on a specific issue that somebody had brought up something that took place almost 30 years later. And my point was, as African-Americans, we have to be 10 times better. We have to be on time. If a leader's on time, he's late. That's what I believe. That's what Malcolm X said. Malcolm X said if you're on time, you're late. If you're early, you're on time. If a leader's on time, he's late. That's what I believe. That's what Malcolm X said. Malcolm X said if you're on time, you're late.

If you're early, you're on time. Exactly. All right, we got more with Darius McCreary. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We have Eddie Winslow, a.k.a. Darius McCreary, in the building. Yee. So do you feel the media paints a bad picture of you? I mean, I feel the media's going to do what it do. But, you know, I've survived a whole lot more than, you know, what's that title y'all have? Donkey of the Day. Yeah, it didn't scratch my Teflon.

You know what I'm saying? If you could choose your words again, would you still call him thirsty? To me, if you wait 30 years later to bring something up, I would consider it looking for a way to make yourself relevant. You have to respectfully disagree. Go, Yee. Yes. I definitely disagree with that because we can't tell people when they want to express themselves. It might take somebody that much time.

It could take therapy. We see that people have all kinds of unsolved issues from 30 years ago that they might have never addressed. It could be that maybe they felt like they couldn't get work in their line of business if they came forward because that person was too powerful. I agree. We see what's happening with Harvey Weinstein right now with allegations from decades ago,

Bill Cosby. So if it happened, it doesn't really matter when it happened. If somebody did something wrong, you should still be able to speak on it. I feel that there are different ways to handle things. If someone has an issue and they are uncomfortable, they could find a representative because we have agents, we have lawyers. There are several different ways to handle it.

Now, about 30 years ago, they didn't necessarily have that. Yeah, think about what you said. You said when you were black on those lots, you knew you couldn't get away with certain things. I still can't get away. I still can't get away with certain things. But imagine being a black woman in that situation. Even just a woman, period.

And they're like, man, if I say something, I'm going to lose my job. And there's so many powerful women that we see coming forward today that you look at them and you're like, I can't believe that she went through something like that. And they're powerful men, too. But my point is this. For every Viola Davis, think of how many others there are who weren't able to say anything. Think of how many other men. Terry Crews. Think of how many men, how many others that there are for everyone that you see.

So my point is, you might not have been able to say something about it 30 years later, but if you didn't, think of how many you didn't help by not speaking up. And maybe they tried to speak up, but nobody heard. But we can't tell people how to process when they decide they can come forward. Some people might never come forward. But that's the issue. But that's what I'm saying. But right now I feel like we're giving people more of a space

and a voice because we didn't have this voice before. Now there's all kinds of organizations that are supporting you. There's people that felt like their job would have been over if they came out. There's people that have like their job would have been over if they came out. Trust me. There's people that have been threatened. You haven't revealed anything. People you know, so you're holding on to some stuff too.

I am, and there's some things that I take to my grave. That's the school I'm from. That's kind of like the same thing. You're saying these girls didn't stand up, and if you know some situations, you should be standing up as well. Well, what I do is I feel like there are different ways to stand up. So just because I'm not going to get on the media and blast anybody doesn't mean that I'm not going to do

anything about it. I just feel like you have a misunderstanding with a man. Like, I have respect for the way that you handled Morris and DeSouza. No, Deezus and Merrill. I was like, Morris and DeSouza. The funny guys.

Salute to my guys. Morris and Dick Stoops. Salute. We got it. Salute. I love you guys. Jesus and Mero. Brilliant. Jesus and Mero.

Thank you. We understand. Thank you. Right. We're going forward. They got Morris and Dick Stoops. Respect to the way that you handled that. They're going to use this on their show, by the way.

It's all good. I love them. I'm going to visit them next. We'll talk about victim shaming there next. More than this. More than this. And go ahead. Yeah, but I mean, the way that you handled it, you know, respect to that.

However, there is a way that you could have handled it as well if you would have chose to deal with it before they got here and stepped outside and talked to them. You're going to tell thearius how to handle your business? No, no. What I'm saying is where I come from, there's one or two ways that you deal with it. Being a man. You know, we're either going to talk about it or we're going to get into some gangsta s***. And if he wasn't a man?

No, no. Why are you instigating? Look at you, man. He said there's different routes you can go. See, but this is the whole thing, right? And I look at any man that touches a woman as a cow, especially touching a woman without consent as a cow. Absolutely.

And they need to be dealt with, whether it's right now, whether it's 30 years from now, whether it's 20 years from now. Absolutely. And I'm not mad at that. And my whole situation is if you do something in the light, I'm going to check you in the light. I'm not going to check you behind the scenes. I'm going to check you in the light.

And then you can say, okay, I apologize. It's over. And then when you leave, you can do whatever you want to do. That's a coward. Same thing with a man that touches a kid. That's a coward. And that can never be respected, whether it's right now or 30 years from now. I agree.

If Bill Cosby touched them young ladies, he's a f***ing coward. I don't want nothing to do with him because it doesn't matter what he did. Him personally is a coward. I got three daughters. I feel a little beige-raised. Trust me, I have kids too. So I understand that,

but my point was, and when I said this, and I hate to... Imagine if your daughter got touched, right? Oh man, we have a problem. But I'm a different type

of cat though, man. I'm a different type of cat though. What, you a killer? No, I'm not a killer, but don't push me. Don't touch my kids. And like I said, I'm paid to remember things.

So with this whole thing, hashtag me too, I respect it. I'm all for us bringing things to the light. One of the things that I've been blessed to learn is how to live in my truth. But once again, there is tact.

And part of the problem that I feel that a lot of African Americans that we suffer from is we've been through so much. We've been beat up so much that a lot

of our passion is mistaken for rage or emotion. That's a fact. I'm not yelling at you. I'm just passionate about what I feel. Absolutely. And so a lot of us don't make it you. I'm just passionate about what I feel. Absolutely.

And so a lot of us don't make it in corporate America. A lot of us don't make it, you know, in structured situations because this game is not our game.

It's not built for us. So once you understand the game that you're playing and you know what the rules are, then you can govern yourself accordingly. Well, let's change the subject.

What do you think about marriage? Because you were married to a super miserable... What about couples? Her name was Corinne. Corinne. Charlemagne. How did y'all get together? The street snorer is, you know, super.

It is what it is. And if you ask her who the real super head is, she'll tell you. It's me. Oh, my God. Hey! I'm a backcracker. You know, Cal is going to eat pussy.

You know that, right? So it's good to hear a man come on the show in the mid-Eden. I'm just saying. You know what I'm saying? You got to, you know, if you're trying to get in, you got to know how to be a deep-sea diver. Ain't nothing wrong with eating pussy. Looking for the pearl. All right.

You a little ass, too. You a little ass every now and then. Hey, I'm just saying. Hey! If I'm in, I'm all the way in. That's why I'm such a great actor, because I know how to commit. How did you meet to win? How did y'all meet?

How did you start dating? At a barbershop. She was at a barbershop? Well, no. The first time we actually met, yeah, we were at a barbershop, and we became friends, and she was getting her son's haircut, and I connected with her son, you know? Were you aware of her reputation? Clearly you were. Yeah. I mean, to me, like I said,

man, I'm a live and let love person. You know, which is why victim shaming and all that stuff, me, that's the craziest and furthest thing from who I am. I'm a very non-judgmental person. And one of the greatest things that I learned from Corinne is to live in your truth. I mean, a lot of it later on, we found out was fabricated. You know, she

admitted to it. You know, I mean you know I mean you want to sell a book you know a publisher is going to tell you what to do you're going to do that just like a lot of these artists are singing records that they don't write no I don't think that's what it was they had to hurt because she said you were beating her son that one time and I mean that was your wife

well I never beat her son in all honesty you know Corinne was very abusive to her son, to me. You know, that's... Verbally or physically? Both. I mean, that's why the marriage didn't last, you know, unfortunately. And there are a lot of abused men. And even when I made that statement to TMZ,

you know, I was speaking from the perspective of men in this industry. It's unfortunate that people don't pay attention to what fathers go through. It's just like, oh, that's just dad. He's supposed to give up his shit and sacrifice his life so that we can have everything that we want. That's what we're taught to do as men, and men don't cry, right? We're not supposed to.

Right? Exactly. So, you know, I was speaking from the perspective of a man. I'm glad you cleared that up. Thank you. I appreciate it. Well, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Thank you, Ms. Gina. Thank you.

And if we see Desus and Moros, Desus and Moros. Desus and Moros. Hey, Desus and Moros, I'm going to have fun for you us. Thank you for having me. Thank you, Miss Gina. Thank you. Desus and Moros. Desus and Mero. Desus and Mero. Desus and Mero are going to make that smoke for you now. They're my homeboys. I love the show.

It's hilarious. Desus and Mero. Desus and Mero. Mero's in Desus. The Herald in Desus. Desus and Mero bring that smoke. The Darius McCrae

bring that smoke. McCrae, by the way. It's McCrae, not McCrae. McCrae. Bring that smoke. McCrae, by the way. It's McCrae. Not McCrae. McCrae. I'm sorry. You know you've made it when they spell your name wrong. Thank you.

Darius McCrae. It's Gina Womack. Thank y'all. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Kim Kardashian. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Yes, Kim Kardashian and Alice Marie Johnson were on the Today Show. And they were talking about how Alice ended up getting released from prison last week while serving a life sentence.

Now, first, Kim Kardashian talks about who the first person she called was in order to get things in motion. I called Ivanka, and we had a really great conversation about women and wanting to help each other. And I knew that she would have understood Alice and she Immediately was so receptive and so great. Okay. What's the problem?

All right Then she talked about meeting with Trump and how she broke the ice with him and then got down to business I I first said that I am here because I really want to know why you kicked Chloe off The Apprentice. And that was the first thing that I said. And he laughed and it broke the ice. And then we got focused and we spoke about Alice. And I explained to him where I found her, why I believe in her, how people deserve second chances. And immediately, I mean, the president had compassion for her right away. He felt that it was the right thing to do. I guess, you know, meeting with Trump is okay if you actually get something done.

Yeah, there's a result from it. Yeah, she got something done. The ends justify the means is the question they say. And in this case, the ends did justify the means. But you got to meet with him to at least attempt to get something done. Somebody got to sit at the table. It can't just be you going to meet with him, chat it up, and take a picture. All right.

And then here's Alice Marie Johnson. She said she could never thank Kim Kardashian enough. Thank you is not big enough. I think I have to walk it out. I have to walk my thank you out. I have to live it out for her, for my family, for the supporters. Your picture moves around, my favorite picture in my Bible. Right now, my prayer focus for you was in Psalm 105, touch not my anointed

and do my prophet no harm. Kim has been anointed to do this, and no one better not touch her, even with their mouth. Also, Alice said she didn't even know who Kim Kardashian was before she ended up getting help. Yeah, she was in jail for 20 plus years.

She probably don't know who a lot of people are. She was in jail for 20 plus years. She probably don't know who a lot of people are. She was in jail for 20 plus years. Alright, now Bill Cosby, since we're talking about legal things, has fired his entire legal team and that is before his sentencing. He's supposed to be sentenced on September 25th. So he has a brand new attorney now

and you know he's facing sentencing on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and molesting Andrea Constance back in January of 2004. He was convicted. He's facing up to 10 years behind bars on each count. I had to do my whole legal team away too.

I got convicted. Okay word. Everybody got to go. Bye. Alright and in celebration of Donald Trump's birthday Chrissy Teigen did something pretty cool. She donated $288,000 to ACLU. That's the American Civil Liberties Union. And they said they want to hold the Trump administration accountable whenever possible, particularly on the hot-button issue of migrant children and the administration's zero-tolerance policy.

So there you have it. That's a great way to celebrate Donald Trump's birthday. Donate some money to the American Civil Liberties Union. Why would you be celebrating Donald Trump's birthday? You're not. It's just kind of a F you to him. Just like I said when it was Mike Pence's birthday, we should donate to Planned Parenthood. Oh, so yeah, celebrate isn't the right word. Yeah. Well, she posted, John and I are outraged to see and hear the horror stories of immigrant families seeking asylum and refuge in America being ripped apart due to the inhumane policies of the Trump administration.

They said the president celebrates his 72nd birthday today on this auspicious occasion in order to make Trump's birthday great again. Each member of our family has donated $72,000 to the ACLU. So that's why she did it. Okay. Salute to her. I'm not into spending money on people I don't like. I told you that yesterday. Well, it's something that he doesn't like. It's something he doesn't like. So it's for she did it. Okay, salute to her. I'm not into spending money on people I don't like. I told y'all that yesterday. Well, it's something that he doesn't like.

It's something he doesn't like, so it's for a good cause, regardless. If you're going to donate money, what a great time and in the honor of that. Don't even attach it to him, though, is what I'm saying. I like it. Actually brought a lot more attention to their donation, too. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Now, shout to Revolt.

We'll see you guys on Monday. Everybody else, it out to Revolt. We'll see you guys on Monday. Everybody else, it's all about Nas. Let me know your favorite Nas joint. We're going to do a Nas mix this morning. His album is out today. It's produced entirely by Kanye West. It is. So if you've been boycotting Kanye, stick to your boycott.

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