The Breakfast Club - AOC interview and who had the best crying meme wins

Episode Date: February 25, 2020

Today on the show we had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician and activist who serves as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. She spoke about 2020 race, Trump comments and more. Also, after Michael Jordan mentioned his famous crying meme in his heart felt tribute to Kobe Bryant yesterday at the memorial service, we opened up the phone lines to see what has been the best crying meme moments over the years and Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Joe Biden after getting confused about what position he is running for. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Got the cameras a-motherfucking together. I'm not in Greek. What kind of show is this? My son lives in City South. The Breakfast Club. With DJ Envy. The captain of this bitch. With Angela Yee,

the only one who can keep these guys in check. With Charlemagne Tha God. I'm a lovable asshole. And this is The Breakfast Club, bitches! Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Angel E is out today. What's up, Charlamagne? Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday. Yes, it is.

What's happening? Hey, everything is great. Now, yesterday we were out in D.C., Angel E and I. Shout out to Pepsi. They were doing a gala. It was called Historically Better, where they recognize and acknowledge people that are doing well that graduated from HBCU. So it was a bunch of people nominated. where they recognize and acknowledge people that are doing well that graduated from HBCU. So it was a bunch of people nominated. It was hosted by Terrence J., myself, Angela Yee, and the Tory.

And they just acknowledged, you know, different people, whether they were ministers, basketball players. There was a brother that was in the FBI. There was a bunch of people I would acknowledge last night. So it was just a dope gala representing African-American black people for Black History Month. African-American black people for Black History Month. African-American or black people, whatever you like to call them, but for Black History Month. It was just pretty dope to see so many black people in the room looking so nice and being so accomplished. I mean, that makes sense. That's not a crazy thing to say.

African-American black people, because you have European black people, you have Caribbean black people, you have, you know, different levels. It was black people in the building. I don't know where they were from. I don't know. It was Caribbean, African-American. It was black people in the building. You said African-Americans.

There was so many African-American black people. And it was just dope to see so many accomplished black people in the room last night and just having a great time. So shout out to Pepsi. On the way back, I think Angela Yee's tire blew out. So her tire blew out. So she had to pull over on the side of the road and call a tow truck and she had to take an Uber home. So that is the reason why she is not in today. But she is okay.

Okay. Her car is a little effed up, but she is fine. Okay. All right. Now, did you see the Kobe Memorial? Did you watch that? I did it to myself. I didn't want to.

I was trying to avoid it. I was trying to tell myself, I'm not going to watch this. I don't feel like being sad on this Monday afternoon. But I said, you know what? It's Kobe Bryant's Memorial. It's Gigi's Memorial. I'm going to watch. So I did.

How many times did you cry? I teared up. You know what I teared up about? I teared up about the fact that, because the perspective, I was trying to figure out why things like this hit so different, right? There's so many different aspects. It's the fact that he was a father doing his normal routine with his daughter for one of her extracurricular activities, basketball.

And, you know, it can just happen just that fast, right? But I was thinking about the fact that we're just not in control. I think a lot of times your ego kicks in in situations like that and says, oh, I got to get control, I got to get control, I got to get control. You're not in control. That's all that situation shows you. You're never truly in control. Yeah, I tell you a lot.

I watched it on the way down to D.C. and when she said you know, God took Gigi and Kobe away because she knew that Gigi couldn't be on this earth without Kobe. I just started bawling. Yeah, my dermatologist Dr. Natasha Sandy. I just started bawling right there.

Dr. Natasha Sandy, we was having a conversation when it first happened and she said the same thing. She was like, you know, their spirits have always been linked. Their spirits were linked, you know, long before they got here. And their spirits will be linked long after their physical bodies are gone. She said the same thing. Like she was like, they both had to go together because their spirits are so intertwined. Connected.

One couldn't live without the other on this planet. I was like, yeesh. Yeah. Yeah, man. It just shows you that you're just not in control. You're just not in control. You're just never in control. And I think that's what causes a lot of the anxiety, right?

Yeah. Because we're just always trying to control the future. We're trying to control certain outcomes, and you just can't. Nothing can be controlled. You just got to enjoy the moment. That's right. Yeah, man. Well, we'll give you more and give you some updates and what happened in the memorial and all that other stuff when we come back on Front Page News.

But also, AOC will be joining us this morning. Alexandria Cortez. That's the C. There's an O. What? Ocasio-Cortez. That's why I call her AOC right there. It's AOC will be joining us this morning. AOC will be here this morning.

That's right. To talk about everything that's going on in our current world today. That's right. So we'll kick it with her in a little bit. And then front page news. So we'll tell you about the memorial yesterday. Kobe Bryant's memorial. And Harvey Weinstein. He should be in Rikers right now. JL, we'll tell you about that. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's

DJ MV Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. So now Vanessa Bryant, she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a helicopter company claiming the aircraft should have never been placed in the peril it was in before that accident. They're not saying, you know, the amount of money that she wants, but she is suing, and she'll probably win. I can't see her not winning. Yeah, especially if the guy wasn't supposed to take off and took off anyway

and didn't have clearance and took off anyway. I don't know, man. And he was cited in 2015 for doing the same thing, so I can't see him losing. Yeah, situations like that, you know, I mean, I hope she wins, but it's just the sad part about it is, you know, you win, but it doesn't bring your people back. You know what I mean? So if it was somebody else's negligence that caused your people to perish,

I don't know if that does anything for you. Just because you beat them in a lawsuit. You know what I mean? No, not at all. Now, also yesterday was the memorial at the Staples Center. 22,000 people were in attendance. And Beyonce, she sang Halo. Here's a snippet of that.

Ooh, Halo, don't take it away. And Beyonce, she sang Halo. Here's a snippet of that. All right. Now, Vanessa Bryant, she spoke yesterday, which I'm sure was probably one of the hardest things she had ever had to do, just to speak to people and talk to people about her husband and daughter. Yeah, I was thinking about that yesterday. I was thinking about the fact that the best thing that probably happened was they had a memorial like a month later just so everybody could gather themselves a little bit more because i don't think she could have did that a month ago nah well let's listen god knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other he had to bring them home to heaven together babe you take care of our gg and i I got Nani, BB, and Coco.

We're still the best team. We love and miss you, Boo Boo and Gigi. Lord have mercy. May you both rest in peace and have fun in heaven until we meet again one day. We love you both and miss you forever and always. Mommy.

Lord have mercy. I'm to turn the volume down right there I couldn't listen to that again I would have started crying Yeah it's just the impermanence of life right It's just like we just Not in control And when you hear stories like that Immediately you're like

Okay let's tighten up Let's you know Gotta get in control Gotta get in control It's just like no There's no control There's no control baby When it's your time

It's your time Yeah I had to turn the volume down because if not i'd be tearing up here now uh shaquille o'neal he spoke about the day he uh that kobe gained his respect the day kobe gained my respect was the guys were complaining i said shat kobe's not passing the ball i said i'll talk to him i said kobe there's no iron team and kobe said i know, there's no I in team. And Kobe said, I know, but there's an M.E. in that mother----. You goddamn liar. So I went back and told Rick and Big Shot Bob, I said, just get the rebound. He's not passing. That's a goddamn lie.

Drop on the clues bar for Kobe Bryant, damn it. Ain't no I in team, but it is an M.E. in that mother----. That's right. Goddamn it. Follow the hot hand. All right, stop complaining. Do your goddamn job. Do what you good at and I'll do what I'm good at now michael jordan spoke on his little bro cubries

was my dear friend he was like a little brother the questions they're wanting to know every little detail about life that they were about to embark on he used to call me text me 11 30 2 30 3 o'clock in the morning talking about post-up moves footwork and sometimes the triangle at first it was an aggravation but then it turned into a certain passion and he also talked about himself crying. I'll have to look at another crying meme for the next... I told my wife I wasn't going to do this because I didn't want to see that for the next three or four years. Why is the Jordan

crying meme so big, man? Why is his meme of crying so damn big? Because Michael Jordan got to be top two ugliest criers of all time. Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of ugly crying. Like, his tears are like color purple tears. Like, it's just the way they stick to his face. And then last night, it looked like he had snot coming out his nose.

And before he even said that about the meme, I was just sitting there thinking, like, he about to bring the Michael Jordan crying meme back just by looking like that on that goddamn stage. And he don't even think about wiping it off. You know how certain people you see crying, you're like, wipe your face. Wipe that goddamn stage. And he don't even think about wiping it off. You know how certain people you see crying, you're like, wipe your face. Wipe your goddamn nose. It just sticks. Like, they come out and they just stick there.

Like, they're not even real. It looks almost photoshopped on. Yes, Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of Ugly Cries. Goodness gracious. There's nobody better. Who Ugly Cries better than Michael Jordan? I can't think of one. I can't think of nobody, bro. Who? Kim Kardashian.

Kim Kardashian. No. Nah. Kim ain't got nothing on Michael. Please. Not even close. Oh, Kelly got an Ugly Cry face, though. No.

No. Because don't know tears for. It's just all fake. And we don't feel sorry for him. All right. All right. Well, that's front page news. Get it off your chest.

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So you better have the same energy. Hello, who's this? Angel. Angel, what's up? Get it off your chest, bro. First off, I'd like to say rest in peace to Kobe Bryant and GGS and Jabba Boss for the beautiful memorial that they threw yesterday. It kind of put me, it gave me a little bit of closure

and just seeing Vanessa Bryant up there, it kind of just, it made me just a little bit stronger. I mean, if we're hurting, just imagine what she went through. I just want to say it's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ceremony. Okay. Well, thank you, brother. And that's it. Envy, where can I find your mixtape at? That one that you guys were talking about that you guys had the anniversary on.

Oh, it was an album, sir. It wasn't a mixtape.ape it was an album i'm sure you can look online if you look it's called block party b-l-o-k party p-a-r-t-y it's not on none of the streaming services uh yep it's actually it's on title yeah it's on title after music and all those on the streaming services it sure is i'm gonna listen to it today and i'm gonna grade you on it I'm going to call back tomorrow. How are you going to grade him on a 30-year-old mixtape? Dang. Let him live. What up, Trav? Yep.

What's going on? I'm chilling. I'm chilling. What's up, boo? Hey. Oh, God. She must not be here. No, she's not here today.

What's up, Charlamagne? What up, sis? How are you? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. How are you living? I'm blessed black. I'm doing good. How you living? I'm blessed black and highly favored, sir. Okay, okay.

Don't forget ugly. Don't forget ugly. Goodness gracious. Listen, man, I want to shoot my shot at one of y'all listeners, man, that be calling all the time. Who? Because he just sounds fine. Who? His energy just sounds fine. Every time.

You wake up horny as hell on a Tuesday? Yeah. Tell Mello to follow me on Instagram. You just sound fine, Mello. Oh, you a Mello? Now, you know good and well Mello is iPhone Sims Boo now. Hey, man. Hey.

Hey. I'm trying to see what Mello look like, man. Just follow me on the gram, aka underscore twin. Only you. I'm going to see what you look like. You know, you just sound fine. I'll let me. Alright, Mello. Mello, we got a love connection early in the morning with Trav.

Goodness gracious. I'm sure Mello might be calling up in a minute. Yeah, I'm sure. Mona! Yeah? Get it off your chest, Mona. I don't really have anything to get off my chest, but I was here talking about the Jordan Ugly Cry and Viola Davis has a real ugly one. Oh, yes, she does.

All right, now. Now we talking about goats are ugly crying. You're right. You're absolutely right. Viola Davis definitely got a good ugly cry. My goodness. Yes, he's good at it. All right.

Thank you, Mama. Y'all have a good day. Bye-bye. You too now. Hello, who's this? It's Ed. Ed, what's up? Get it off your chest, Ed.

What's going on, man? This is me again. I didn't think I was going to get through my bed. My son's birthday today, man. Kingston, happy birthday. I'm going to give a shout-out to my wife. I love her to death. I'm going to give a shout-out to y'all too, man.

Okay. DJMV, I love you, man. I love your family, environment, man, and Charlemagne. Yes, sir. Do you remember when I called in about the Black Alachan on the AT Trail? No, but I'm going to act like I know what you're talking about. Well, yeah, man, if you can just get out there and just share our life or something, man, he's trying to teach black people about hiking and stuff in the woods and surviving off the land.

You know what I'm saying? Okay. Y'all reach out. And DJ Envy, man, I'm trying to get to y'all podcast, the Casey Crew podcast. Yes. Can we pick one of them or something? You said, can we what you or something? Get some of them tickets or something for the Casey Crew podcast.

I love you and Giz. Oh, well, the Casey Crew podcast is something that you can listen to. So you can go to SoundCloud Tidal Apple Music Oh no yeah You know I'm definitely

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If you want more information We Just click the link in my bio And we'll give you all that information We're actually giving away a trip So so hopefully maybe you can click on it. Maybe you could be a winner of that. Bit. All right, bro.

Good luck, man. I appreciate y'all, man. Have a good one. Good morning. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions. but you just don't know what is going to come for you.

Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection. It was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

You're trying your best. And you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after

a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy.

Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Renee. Hey, Renee, good morning. Good morning. I just want to get off my chest. I'm a teacher. I live in Queens. I travel out to Bushwick, Brooklyn.

I need these parents to know how dirty these schools are. I'm dealing with an infestation of roaches, waterbugs, rats. And parents just have no idea what's happening with their kids in these schools. Like, this is why children are always so sick. Teachers aren't sick. We're calling out all the time. And I've tried to contact the Board of Health. They don't reach back out.

So I just want to encourage parents to go and look after their children's school. Ask about how they're cleaning, all of that. Because it's ridiculous. Why don't we do this? Why don't we bleep out your name and you tell us what school it is so we can say that school has roaches and rats and all types of things? You know what? I'm not going to do that. Okay.

I rather just, you know, I'd rather just have parents reach out to their own school because it is happening everywhere across New York City. You know why I really respect you? Why? Because you know the difference between a water bug and a roach. A lot of people don't know the difference. I'm saying a lot of people confuse water bugs with roaches. Oh, there's a huge difference.

Oh, there is a huge difference. As a man who grew up with roaches, I'm glad that you know the difference. Okay? Well, you have a good morning, mama. I ain't grown with no roaches, but you too. Thank you. Thank you so much. Goodness gracious. Hello, who's this? Jeff. Jeff. Thank you. Thank you so much. Goodness gracious.

Hello, who's this? Jeff. Jeff. How you guys doing? How's it going? What's your name, bro? My name is Jeff. I work for an NGO at the United Nations.

What's up, Jeff? Yes, M School Global Network. We won an oil concession. It's Black History Month. And we lost our 400s here in this side of the pond. And we won an oil concession for gas and gasoline and there's nobody in our community we can approach

to have a sensible conversation about this concession. It's for the community for us to do something about it. It's our way of getting something back from the continent. What the hell are you talking about Berber? You're talking about oil, man. Oil.

Oil. The oil business. Oil concessions. We have that. M4Global.org. We have that. We would like to share it with the community, but there's nobody to talk to, to have a sensible conversation.

I mean, shit. You can't talk to nobody up here about no damn oil? Why are you calling up here? What do we know about oil? There's a lot to be known about. That's why we need to get in touch. There's a lot for you guys to learn about. Okay, you hold on, all right?

You talk to him on the side. Hello, who's this? He will give me some lamb with some oil on it. I'll take it. Yo, Envy is mellow. What's going on, bro? Yo, mellow. Oh, man, God got a blessing for you this morning.

Mello, you know who just called and shot a shot at you? Trav. Trav said you sound sexy. Yep. And Trav said he wanted to just, you know, get your Instagram so he could see what you look like. So go ahead and give him your Instagram real quick. Hold on. I'm going to play both sides clipping.

I don't go on that side of the fence. I appreciate it, though. Only one following me on the gram. I guess you can follow me on the gram. It's Mello underscore Moolah with three A's. To be honest, I wasn't even calling for that. I was calling because y'all kept hanging up the phone on me yesterday. Don't worry about all that, all right? Worry about this dick we trying to pass to you, okay?

All right? Yo, King, King, King, King, King. King, King, King, King, King. King, King. The young man, Trav, wants your Instagram. You gave him the Instagram. That lets me know you're a little curious. And, you know, listen, don't block your blessings, King. That is clout.

That is clout. Stop playing with me. Nah, man, I was just trying to quote you on some positivity. Yo, Envy, bro, you and your wife were on the carpet at the awards. Y'all was killing it, son. Thank you, bro. Y'all was looking great, bro. And Charlamagne, your memes are hysterical.

You know what I mean? Some niggas make millions. Other niggas make memes. But you know what? You can go to the— Actually, hold on. We're going to click. Actually, I do both.

Okay. Just want to throw that out there. But you can go to the awards next year, too, if you want. I'm coming through. I'm telling you, sis. Let me know. You and Travel look good on the red carpet together. Matching tuxes.

That'd be fly. You ain't say, Travis. Huh? Stop playing with me, man. Who playing with you? Stop playing with me. Stop doing this. You know what?

I don't want to talk. I don't appreciate people who don't appreciate their blessings. Travel, be in your DMs. We'll hear all about it. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time.

Now, when we come back, we got the rumors. Angela Yee is out, so I'll hold it down. Now, could it be possible that this guy lost a fight because he was wearing a 40-pound costume? Let's not report that story. It's still Black History Month. That hurt my feelings yesterday. I can't believe that was... I don't believe he said that.

Could that be the reason he lost the fight? We'll talk about it when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report.

Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to him. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. So now Deontay Wilder allegedly claims that wearing that 40-pound costume before his fight with Tyson Fury left his legs dead, and that is one of the reasons why he lost. Allegedly, that's what they're saying.

Where's the audio? There's no audio. Where's the video? They're saying it will be coming out a full interview, I believe they said, by the end of this week. I don't feel like my guy said that. I don't believe that King Deontay Wilder would come with a lame-ass excuse like that. I just don't believe he said that.

And I'm going to tell you something else. Deontay Wilder is going to be back. Y'all keep playing with Deontay Wilder if y'all want to. I see all of the memes, and I understand the energy of social media. That's the way it is when you take an L. But Deontay Wilder will be back. That's right. I think the trilogy is going to happen.

I think he gets a chance to exercise that clause, and he has 30 days to do that. He did exercise it. I don't think he should have done that. I think that he should have fought maybe one or two more fights, like fight Ruiz, maybe, somebody else, and then fight Tyson Fury, maybe

late 2021. Sometimes you want that back. It's like somebody punches you, you want to punch them back. You don't want to wait. You want that right away. I heard yesterday he fired his trainer. Yeah, that's allegedly too. He fired his trainer. They're parted ways.

So, I mean, listen, he's going to need a whole new game plan, a whole new technique to go up against Tyson Fury. And that's the trainer that allegedly threw in the towel in the seventh round. The trainer that saved his life. The trainer that probably saved his career. So, you know. But still, I still think he needs to bring somebody else in just to teach him a different technique. He can't just rely on that power punch all the time.

But Deontay Wilder will be back. Trust and believe that. I always wonder, like, when those boxers, do they ever get a chance to talk to, like, Mike Tyson and talk to Tyson about, you know, different things that he did? Or if he said, you know, let me talk to Floyd about different moves that he would use. You know, do boxers do that? Because you see it all the time with NBA players and football players. When DeAndre was here on Breakfast Club,

I don't know if he said that him and Lennox Lewis was supposed to talk or train together. Was it Lennox Lewis? I don't remember. But, yeah, I'm sure they do. Now, also, Layla Ali. Well, it looks like a super fight is about to happen. It might be a little too late, in my opinion.

But when Layla Ali was on The Breakfast Club, this is what she said. Would you ever get back in the ring just for fun? Money, right? Layla there? Really? You still training? You still training? I stay training. But, you know, I don't think there's anyone there for me right now that would actually give me a good challenge. Okay, well, Clarissa Shields, she was on The Breakfast Club, and she wants all the smoke. there for me right now that would actually give me a good challenge okay well clarissa shield she

was on a breakfast club and she wants all the smoke i've never disrespected layla ali when it like comes to her boxing she paved the way so when i heard her say that i'm like so what she's saying like i don't know how to box or something if you come out of retirement i smoke you but do i want to fight a 41 or 40 year old layla ali no Ali? No. I want to actually her embrace me, I embrace her, and we build women's boxing to the place where it's supposed to be at. Nope. We want to see a fight. Now, Layla Ali was on ESPN, and this is what she's saying now.

Have I been sitting around thinking about boxing? No. But lately, there's been a little chatter. You're referring to Clarissa Shields? Yes. Two-time Olympic gold medalist undefeated? Yes, which is amazing. And I love that because we want to see women continue to grow and inspire other people, right?

And people are asking me, would you come back? Well, I have to be inspired. Is she an inspiring opponent? Of course, absolutely, especially that mouth. When it's personal, that starts a fire. And when the money's right and it makes sense, then why not? I'm about all this. So it looks like this fight might happen.

I'm about all this. I don't know if it's The Zone or ESPN or whoever. Somebody need to cut that check and get Layla Ali and Clarissa Shields in the ring. Veteran versus, I don't want to call Clarissa a newbie, but OG generation versus new generation. I would like to see. Do you want to see that, though? Yes.

Because she's out of her prime. How do you know? I bet you Layla Ali will beat your ass right now. She can. I'm not a boxer. Battle me and DJ. I'll see her all day long. Man, you can't DJ no more.

Layla Ali probably can beat you and DJ into it at this point. Stop it. You ain't DJing so long. She can't beat me and DJ. All right, whatever. Listen, Layla Ali, you remember that movie Rocky? Do I remember the movie Rocky? No, no, no.

I think anybody remembers that movie. It was one of the Rockies where he fought Antonio Tava. He was already retired and he was already done. And they did it for, like, fun. This would be something. This was for money, though, so it ain't for fun. But this is what that reminds me of. That was a movie.

And, well, let's see. I would love to see the fight. 40-year-old fighter's still banged. George Foreman won the title after 40 back in the day. Like, Leila Ali can get busy still. Okay. I think that would be a great matchup. Leila Ali trained for like a year, and her and Clarissa Shields getting on in 2021 sometime.

Who's going to win? I don't know. I mean, I don't know. It's a toss-up for me. All right. I would, I would, I don't know. It's a toss-up for me. Well, Jesse Smollett was back in court yesterday. I mean, I don't know. It's a toss up for me. All right. I would I would. I don't know. It's a toss up for me.

Well, Jesse Smollett was back in court yesterday. He pleaded he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment for lying to the cops. But in some off news, the guys that allegedly did this to him, Abel and Ola, the brothers, the two Nigerian brothers, they were in court yesterday. And they said that Jesse was pretty pissed off. And so was the lawyer. And this is what the lawyer said about it. They're here to support the process. They are here because they want the truth to be told. The brothers want the public to know that they were honest and open and remorseful about their conduct involved in this entire event. They have been truthful since day one. They will continue to be truthful. They will continue to cooperate. They will continue to be truthful. They will continue

to cooperate. They will be here till the very end of this process. Now, why they were in court yesterday, I don't know. I don't know.

Abram, what's his name? Abram Ola? Abel and Ola. Abel and Ola. That's not like the stars of like an African fairy tale. Like, they get lost in the woods

and get stuck in a gingerbread house and gotta eat their way out. That's all you got out of that, huh? Their names sound dope, actually. They just sound like they should be some type of team. The new WWE tag team. Abel and Ola.

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Yes, indeed. AOC is what they call her. Hello. Good morning. Welcome. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Did I say everything right? Yep. You got it all right. He was worried about it. That's why you led with AOC. I'm not led with AOC. But she is AOC. It's a lot of syllables.

Well, for people that don't know, tell them how you got into politics.. I suggested it. But she is AOC. It's a lot of syllables. Yes, it is. Well, for people that don't know, tell them how you got into politics. Tell them your story. You're from the Bronx. The youngest person ever in Congress, by the way. And it was amazing when you got elected. And I always say the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all the floor. That is true.

That is 100% true. So how did you get your start? So I'm a third generation Bronxite. My dad was born in the Bronx. My grandmother moved to the Bronx from Puerto Rico. And growing up, you know, being born in the Bronx, my parents, they had to, we felt a pressure to move out so that I could have an education. The idea that our zip code determined so much of the quality of life that the way that my parents felt like I needed a shot was to be somewhere else. And so after I graduated college, I moved back to the Bronx and I started doing education work with young kids. And that kind of brought me into activism. And I never thought that I was going to run for political office.

But I felt like, you know like this window really opened in 2016. And I felt like our representation wasn't good enough. And I decided to run in a primary election against a 20-year incumbent. To go in the system. Yeah. And I was outspent 10 to 1, $3 million put in against me, but we did it the old-fashioned way, organizing people in the community, aunts, uncles, abuelas, everybody knocking on doors. And it was probably one of the biggest upsets of 2018. For those of us who aren't Spanishly inclined, what did that mean?

Abuelas, grandmas. Grandmas, okay, okay, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Did a lot of people who traditionally weren't voting, did they come out to vote? Yes. We expanded the electorate about 68% above the last off-year midterm primary. And that's how we really changed this thing because we're not going to change our outcomes with the same voters that have been determining all of our other outcomes. But what are some of the misconceptions of democratic socialism? I think there's a lot of misconceptions.

One is that there's a huge generational divide. Older people tend to think of democratic socialism through the lens of the Cold War, right? Like they think of communism and they think of all of these things. Younger people, I think our views on democratic socialism have been really shaped in our political upbringing. The first time I ever voted in an election when I turned 18 was for Barack Obama. And now the people who voted for Barack Obama at the youngest possible age that they could vote for him, now we're in our 30s. And so the last 10 years, our entire adult political lives have been shaped by the discourse. And so since the time I was 18 years old, Republicans and people at large have called health care socialist, public education socialist. They've called systems that the rest of the modern developed world has, like universal health care, paid family leave, tuition-free public colleges and universities, all of those things are called socialist or democratic socialism.

But for me, my political ideology has really come from people in the American tradition like Howard Thurman, Martin Luther King. Even Albert Einstein was a democratic socialist. Ella Baker, James Baldwin. All of these folks come from a tradition of critique of this obsession with money and profit and capital at all human and environmental costs. And when you actually look at the present day, some of the most popular policies and things that we have are not capitalist. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, libraries, public schools, firefighters, infrastructure, none of these things were built because they come at a profit. There are some things that should be economic or social rights and we've established that as such.

It's like, I mean to me when I hear democratic socialism I hear compassionate capitalism. Why not tweak the message just a little bit? If that's how you see it, then I think that that's how you see it. I do think that there are important differences. Compassionate capitalism to me is like raising the minimum wage a little bit. And to me, democratic socialism is unionizing your workplace or having a worker cooperative. It's a different structure. I like the fact that you shake up. Okay. And you've really challenged the senior leadership in the Democratic Party. How's your relationship with them now? You know, I think the one thing that that I'm thankful for is that I do think that people now know that I'm you know now that I'm a

year in that I'm not doing this to play games this is not like an ego thing I think there is a certain degree of respect that they know that when I'm being a pain in the butt it's over an issue you know for example there were two bills pushing through right now in Congress on marijuana deregulation and legalization. So one is a justice bill, and it's making sure that we are taking care of and expunging people's records and that we are making right in the criminal justice side. And the other side is the banking side, which is to allow banks to actually deal with incoming money from what we now deem as federally illegal in purchases of cannabis. And so, you know, one of the

confrontations that I had this year was we should not pass the banking bill first. We should pass the justice bill first. And that seems like a given that that has to pass. To us, it's a given. But of course, the easier thing to pass is the banking bill. And here's the actual problem, is that the people who made money and profited off of private prisons now get to turn around and take that capital and be the first people to invest in, you know, the market for marijuana and

cannabis. Meanwhile, it's our communities that are still dealing with the scourge, even if you're out, still having that on your record. And so right now, you know, it's one of those things where it's like seen as annoying or it's a fight because I'm saying we should do things differently. But I think ultimately, the relationship is okay. You know, I'm not like, trying to curry favor or be liked. But ultimately, I think that's also why it's why there's some kind of respect there too. Now being from New York, what do you think about

former Mayor Bloomberg running for president? What are your thoughts? I think it's not a good idea. I think our experiences have seen this, you know, from stop and frisk to the surge in housing costs in New think people think that his money makes it a safer bet against Trump. And I actually don't think that that's the case at all. How do you explain so many black people falling in line for Bloomberg? Well, A, I think a lot of people don't know Bloomberg. Like we're here in New York City. We lived under his tenure as mayor. And this is part of what he's doing. Like when he comes in, swoops in super late in the game with billions of dollars at his disposal and is able to kind of shower the airwaves with his cash. But

also he funds a lot of nonprofits and a lot of charities with, you know, his Bloomberg philanthropies. And so I think. And mayoral campaigns. Yeah. And mayoral campaigns and all sorts of stuff. And he and he also gave a lot to a lot of different campaigns. So I think people see what he's done with his money. They haven't.

And I think a lot of people may have endorsed him without seeing what he did when he actually had a position of power. They feel like he could beat Trump. And that's the main thing. I think people look at. may have endorsed him without seeing what he did when he actually had a position of power. They feel like he could beat Trump. And that's the main thing. I think people look at. That's not enough for me. Just somebody that can beat Trump. I agree. Obviously, we have to beat Trump. But if we beat Trump and go back to the same policies that we had before, a worse Trump is going to come. A Trump that's more sophisticated, whose fascism is less obvious, is going to come and things could get even worse. Would you ever take money from Bloomberg? No.

Why wouldn't you take money from Bloomberg? Only reason I ask is because I know he gave Stacey Abrams $5 million for Fair Fight 2020, and he said that he would give a billion dollars to whoever the Democratic nominee is. Why can't we take his money? One thing is that I don't need it. You know, I've worked really, really hard to be financially independent of wealthy people in how I run for office.

And B, I don't think that it's worth the optics of he donated all this money. So he has some influence. Well, more the optics, but the power. Like, it's not just I mean, people say all the time, oh, I can take this check. It doesn some influence. Well, more the optics, but the power. Like, it's not just, I mean, people say all the time, oh, I can take this check. It doesn't influence me. It does. Even if he's just giving you the money because he wants to beat Trump for a good cause.

I think there's a lot of ways he can do that to beat Trump that I don't necessarily need to accept. He can fund lots of other candidates. He can fund organizations like Fair Fight, which is fighting voter suppression. I don't think a dollar from Michael Bloomberg's wallet is a morally wrong thing. But for me, I rely on small dollar donations and

I think that the independence for me is important. It's more important than the cash. The year is 2025. AOC is 35 years old. I was able to run for president and Bloomberg was like, here's a billion than the cash. The year is 2025. AOC is 35 years old. Eligible to run for president. And Bloomberg's like, here's a billion dollars, AOC. Rock out. No. Wow. Now, we talk a lot about these Democratic nominees and the past things that they've done that have affected us negatively.

But what if some of these candidates come forward now and have some plans for the future? Do we say, okay, this was in the past. They've learned from that. And now they have these great plans that they're implementing. Do we come to accept that? Because we don't know. Obviously, right now, Bernie Sanders looks like he's doing a great job and he's leading everybody in the polls. But whoever it is, do we rally behind that person if it's a Joe Biden or Bloomberg, even though their past, we don't agree with. Bernie too, though. Bernie voted for the crime bill. I think that redemption in politics is an acceptable thing, but you have to earn it.

It needs to be proven through years of work and evolution for the right thing. This is what happened with Bloomberg. He was down with stop and frisk. He fought for it in the courts. The courts overturned it as unconstitutional. He still fought it, defended it after him being mayor. And then this is the first time we've heard him say it was wrong. Five minutes before he runs for president, he says, OK, maybe this wasn't the right thing. Pops up at a black church. So, yeah, exactly. People need to prove through

their actions and through what they're willing to withstand, how down they're going to be with our communities. But I also think that this year is just tremendously dangerous. Like if we elect Trump again, I don't even know what is going to be left after four years of that. But that's why I think we have to nominate someone who can do both. Who is that person, though? Because, I mean, listen, everything you're saying is true, but none of these people have proven themselves when it comes to black and brown communities. Not to me. When it comes to legislation or policies, like who? official is going to save anybody. And I'm saying that as an elected official, because first of all, it's all part of a larger system. So you can have one great, amazing, incredible elected official. They're still in a system that's completely bogged down in the legacies of racism,

basically American apartheid with Jim Crow, with the genocide of Native people. So I think that knowing that, I think what's really important and what's special right now about this moment is that we are starting to get politicians that are accountable to mass movements. And I think Bernie Sanders has that accountability to mass movements. I think you have some folks that, you had some great candidates in this, Julian Castro, I think Elizabeth Warren has some of that accountability as well. And and we're just starting to get that. So I understand why people look at this whole field and don't feel particularly inspired. But I think if we continue to support those candidates that are accountable to mass movements, and I think that Bernie is the

most accountable. Who would you like to see as his vice president? Got to be a black woman. I mean, of course we'd like to see diversity on that slate. There's a lot of great candidates out there. I don't know. I'd love to see Nina Turner with Bernie. Nina Turner's incredible. I think that Bloomberg is going to announce Stacey Abrams. And I think Biden and Senator Harris would be formidable.

I just think you have to have a woman of color with you. Yeah, I think it's important to have that diversity at the top of the ticket. But I think it's really important that we don't just start engaging in tokenism. Like it's not just about putting a woman of color, a black woman, just because they're a woman of color, a black woman. It's like, oh, no, those three are more than qualified. Of course. Of course. How do you feel about Bernie bros and gals who attack people who speak out against Bernie on social media? Well, I, you know, when I see some of this behavior, it's unacceptable. Right. So, like, if you're out here attacking a person personally, you know, it's one thing to be to be tough in a debate and to point out hypocrisy and to say, you know, this doesn't make any sense or this position hurts working people. It's one thing to to say that it's another thing to just be dehumanizing.

And we see that everywhere from our schools all the way up to, you know, adults. Like it's just so easy now for a kid to drop a comment for a person to drop a comment that they would never say in real life. I know you experienced that a lot. Oh, yeah. I mean, you know, the president threw some shots with you. I think he would never say to you. Oh, no, he would not. He called you a whack job.

Yeah, he never would. Like, keep that same energy. I always think it's a compliment. Keep that same energy when you see me, Donald. I always think it's a compliment when Donald Trump doesn't like you. It's like, I'm doing something right. Yeah, well, I mean, I think he's scared. Were you surprised when he sent out that tweet?

No. You weren't surprised? You knew it was coming? Yeah, I felt it coming because, A, he's obsessed with television. And so he responds to things that he sees on television. And because I'm on Fox on fox news like all the time but also he doesn't like attention not being on him so if attention's on anyone else if it's on adam schiff it's on nancy pelosi if it's on colin kaepernick he's gonna try to find a way to reel that back in he's really good at it and he is because because he's a narcissist, but he is good at it.

I don't know if I blame the media for that or him. It's both. It's like an addictive, unhealthy relationship that they have. They can't stop covering him and he can't stop consuming it. Alright, we got more with AOC when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with AOC. Charlamagne. Isn't that dangerous for you, though, when you got the president calling you a whack job? It's very dangerous. I had a point last year where I would wake up in the morning and I'd look at pictures of people who were trying to harm me that day.

Wow. And a lot of times it was white supremacists. Like, it's very, very very real and it's very scary that's why i think when people like especially on the far right they're like oh this is an attention thing it's like i am not doing this for my health it's actually bad for your health so you do you pull up to the bronx and hide some goons what do you do i actually feel safest in the bronx i figured that the bronx ain't gonna let that happen i feel safest in the Bronx. I figured that. The Bronx ain't going to let that happen. I feel safest in the Bronx. It's when I'm in D.C. that I feel way less safe, actually.

Bring some of them brothers and Tim to D.C. Yeah. What's up? It's funny. I go home and I live in the same neighborhood that I've always lived in. And so if any of my neighbors or anyone in the building sees anything off, I mean, you know how it is. It's like a new car or anything like that. People are like, hey, hey, hey, have you seen that?

Like, go to the store. Stay in there. And be like, be careful. There's someone outside. It doesn't look right. But yeah, but like nothing ever, nothing ever weird has happened. But the funniest thing was one time, New York One, like the news truck came and we were doing an interview and all my neighbors were like, New York One's out here.

Like, like, go to the store. Hide in there. I was like, no, it's fine. I want to ask you a few more questions. You challenged Nancy Pelosi once, but on a view, you called her Mama Bear and you said, tell people don't mess with Mama Bear. Yeah. So when you see somebody like Susan Sarandon promoting to primary Nancy Pelosi, how did that make you feel? Well, I think you can hold two things at the same time. It's kind of like when you have family and you argue with people in your family, but

you're still at the end of the day, a family. I think it's kind of like that within a party is that ultimately we're going to disagree with each other. And sometimes those disagreements are going to be big disagreements. But ultimately, we need to make sure that we defeat Trump. And like a Democratic majority at the end of the day, as problematic as it can seem sometimes, is better than a Republican majority. Nancy Pelosi is just insanely skilled. Like whether you agree with her or disagree with her, no one can say she doesn't know what she's doing.

So is that tweet from Susan Sarandon fair? Well, you will never hear me speak out against a primary election because I won in a primary election. I think it's wrong for me to close the door behind me to say, oh, I can get here this way, but no one else should.

So you support incoming candidates? I support incoming candidates and I support primary challengers. It's all about the work that you're putting up. Got you. And I saw people calling you a hypocrite because you got your goddaughter into a charter school a few years ago. And they say that's a no-no for the Democratic socialist base. How do you respond to that? My cousin, you know, and my goddaughter, he made a choice given what that was in the South Bronx. And he asked me to help him. Would I help him fill out the form so that he could pursue this choice that he made for his daughter?

And how are you going to tell someone no? is that, and the situation that he was in, was that we grew up and he was raised in the Bronx when dropout rates were 40, 50, 60%. And his school was completely, totally inadequate. And he was faced with the choice a generation later to send his daughter to that same school without enough improvements. And so the deal is, so what we fight for is policy where he never has to make that choice again.

It would be hypocritical if we weren't proposing policies where you don't have to make choices like that. I've got a couple more questions. Bernie, one of his main pushes is Medicare for all. But you recently said we may need to be flexible on that to get things done. Yeah. So so I appreciate the opportunity opportunity to talk about this. So because I think what's really important is that we fight for the full freight of Medicare for all. And so this is not about rolling back on it at all. In fact, if anything, we should talk about why a public option is not good. And the reason for that is because you set up a public option for insurance.

Then you let all the like for-profit insurers continue to kind of reign in the way that they do. What they will do is that they will kick off all the sick people onto the public option plan. And then all of a sudden our public option seems crazy expensive because you have all sick people and no healthy people, which as we know, does not work in insurance. So Medicare for All as a single payer system is the best way to do it. Because if you do use a public option as a middle step, it actually, in my opinion, makes it politically less feasible to get Medicare for All. Because what you're doing is that you're front loading all of the worst parts of the system.

And then you're asking people to politically support expanding that. What was the point of impeachment? Well, so the thing is, is if we allowed the president to continue doing everything that he did and the House didn't act, then it was going to be on us. Right. Because people were criticizing when there was no impeachment. Then it's on then it's on us. It's Democrats who are choosing not to pursue the rule of law in the United States of America. Now that it's, you know, moved to the Senate and the Senate acquits. This is on Mitch McConnell. This is on Marco Rubio. This is on Ted Cruz. This is on Susan Collins.

This is on Lisa Murkowski. They are responsible for the degradation of the rule of law and our slow descent into fascism, frankly. I don't think it's a slow descent. Yeah, I mean, that's true, too. That's true. That's true. The elevator.

You think he loses in 2020? And the reason I say that is because I see Democrats cannibalizing each other so much. Like, somebody like Joe Rogan comes out, endorses Bernie. People get mad and say, oh, don't accept that endorsement. Why not? Yeah. First of all, I don't think November is a sure bet for anybody. And anyone that is telling you that any one candidate will for sure win or any other candidate will for sure lose is lying to you because those are the same people that thought

Hillary had it in the bag in 2016. There is a very like it's just not certain no matter who you nominate, which is why it's not any one person that's going to beat Donald Trump. We really need to come together in a huge mass movement, especially in electoral college states. So Trump, when did we move back to where we came from? Oh, man. Well, some of us don't have the luxury. We are here. But I think it's dangerous now. You know, it's dangerous now. And I think it's dangerous now you know it's dangerous now and I think what we really need to do is inspire people who didn't

turn out last time to turn out this time. And Alexandria as far as your career in politics do you have some goals for yourself that you see outside of Congress in the near future? No Stop it. It's clear you're setting up for a presidential run one day. No, no, no, no.

I don't think, I don't know. And I'm an optimistic person, but I just, I think that the things that we're fighting for right now, there's some people where you just need to put it on the line, knowing that it's going to limit your political prospects. And I'm comfortable with that. Like I'm okay because I feel good about my first year because I called the detention camps at our border what they are. Concentration camps. Yes. And I feel good that I stood up in the way that I stood up. I feel good that I stood up for a 70 percent wealth tax on incomes above 10 million a year. I feel good about those things. But I also know that those severely, you know, if I wanted something bigger, I would have been much more tepid. So you're building a base, though, like, you know, you're not eligible at 35.

Yeah, but I'm building a base now. Like that you know, you're eligible at 35 to run for president. Yeah, but I— So you're building a base now. Like, that diverse base you're talking about, that Obama coalition, you're kind of building that now. Yeah. I mean, I think for me it's less about aspiring to a position as more about a mission. You know, five years ago I didn't wake up and say, oh, I'm going to run for Congress. I wouldn't have been bartending in a restaurant if that was my long-term political plan. And so these last two, three years have been such an enormous whirlwind and I happen to be a spiritual person. And so I wake up and just try to think of given how things

are right now, what are the best ways I can be a vessel for good? And maybe that means I continue my life in politics. Maybe it means I write books or become a professor or I don't know, get a cabin somewhere. I have no idea. So I think for me, it's just a day by day thing. But I think that one of the biggest mistakes and one of the biggest reasons that our politics is so messed up is that everyone is always trying to run for president and so it prevents them from taking courageous stances because even though they're in a position today to do something they're like oh if i do this now how will this impact me if i want to run for president someday f that you know

and so i don't think that we should be making decisions based on a positional aspiration. I think we should be taking positions and doing work based on what we're trying to accomplish

in this country. How many times have you called President Donald Trump an F boy when nobody's around? Because you let that F that fly. I do have a potty mouth

in, not in public. You're from the Bronx. You're from the Bronx. You're from the Bronx. From the Bronx. Well, thank you for joining us. Thank you. You don't be a stranger.

No, of course. Thank you for having me. It's AOC. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Now, Dame Dash was on the last episode of Growing Up Hip Hop, and he had him and his kids were in therapy.

Well, I don't think the therapy session worked out too well. Let's play a clip of what happened. He told me, don't come around until you fix yourself. No, I didn't say that. Yes, you did. Yes, you have. I've heard you say that. Yes, you have said that.

Wow, okay. Please, everybody. We lived in the Sherman Oaks house. Because you're disrespectful. Whoa, wait a minute. Please. Relax.

Please, calm down. Everybody, that's what I did. Okay. We can't get nowhere. Yes, we can. We can get somewhere. You're the reason we can't talk. You just stay spoiled, man.

I'm very disappointed in you. I'm disappointed in you, too. I know you are, but you're a child. And I took care of you. You never gave me nothing in your life. What's the problem? Geesh. What am I missing here?

Nothing. I just went on a therapy session. I mean, therapy's supposed to work. You're supposed to talk to it. He just, uh, he actually, they said stormed out. He said he called them both clowns and then walked out of the room. I know it's a TV show, you know, but even though it's a TV show, I still don't like to get involved with, you know, parents and their children.

Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? I don't think that's none of our business, even though it is on a TV show. It is on a TV show. I just really wish that. When things like that, it's always hard to heal when the world is watching. That is a fact. You know, I just really wish that they were hard to heal when the world is watching. That is a fact. I just really wish

that they were able to do that without the world watching. That might be the smartest thing you ever said on this goddamn show in nine years. Hard to heal

when the world is watching. I'm going to pull the bomb for envy. I know. I just repeated what you said. Well, I'm running for state senate,

so... You got a shot. Now, yesterday, Angela Yee reported about Wendy Williams dating a jeweler named Will. Ooh, spill that tea, girl. Let me hear more. Wendy Williams said she's single and she is not dating the guy, Will, the jeweler.

Shout out to Will, though. He's a cool dude and a friend to him. Yeah. Why you ain't confirmed with Will? Huh? Why you ain't called Will? That's not my business. You still want to know, girl.

I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I don't want to know. Now, Charlamagne did an interview with Pete Davidson yesterday, and he talked about a lot. So you want to spill a little tea, honey? What do I got to spill tea for? The interview's up on YouTube. Well, let's play a clip of it. You have conversations with him about when it's time to leave SNL?

Yeah, I have conversations with a lot of people. It's a hard thing to do because you don't want to ever pull the trigger too early. But everybody's always been like, you'll know when you know and it'll all be all right. Do you know? Yeah. I personally think I should be done with that show because they make fun of me on it. What's the point? It's a comedy sketch show.

No, but I get it. But I'm cold open political punchlines. When I'm not there, they'll be like, political punchlines. Not like when I'm not there. Like, they'll be like, huh, but Pete's a f***ing jerk face. And you're like, whose side are you on? That's exactly how I feel working here. Drop one of the clues, boss. Pete Davidson.

Tied him in. The butt of Envy's jokes. Would you like to see the butt? You want to see the butt? It's over there in the corner. Now, listen. Yes, I feel Pete. SNL responded too, right? Would you like to see the butt? You want to see the butt? It's over there in the corner. Now, also. Yes, I feel Pete. SNL responded too, right?

Yeah, what did SNL say? I don't know. You got the paper over there. We got to go to the part where they talk about SNL. Go ahead, play that part now. I have a weird feeling in that building where I don't know whose team they're playing for, really. Since I really wanted last year to be my last year, but, you know, I'm still around and trying to knock it away. So it doesn't feel like a family environment at SNL?

I mean, like, Lauren's the shit, and he's, like, the best and has treated me with nothing but love, and he's, like, a father figure to me. But, you know, as far as, like, everyone else, it's like, you know, it's a cutthroat f***ing show. Listen, there are no permanent friends or enemies when it comes to business, and you know, sometimes you just gotta know when to

leave. Yeah, they're saying that that is untrue. They give him the star treatment. Whose day? Whose day saying that? Sources. SNL sources. Who would they say that to? I don't know. Dan gave it to me, man. Page six. There you go. Well, you know, if you know, say it. I know that part. Alright. They're saying Davis got time off to shoot Suicide

Squad, sequel in Atlanta. It was allowed to skip the show for his pal Ricky Velez's wedding. They're saying they've got time off to shoot Suicide Squad, sequel in Atlanta. It was allowed to skip the show for his pal Ricky Velez's wedding. They said Lorne Michaels, the show's creator, gave him the week off to go. They said what he's saying is just unheard of. Well, all I know is Pete Davidson's stand-up special, Alive in New York, is on Netflix now. It came out today.

He's got a movie coming out next month called Big Time Adolescent. Stars Machine Gun Kelly, Jordan Rock. He has King of Staten Island that is written by Judd Apatow. That comes out later this year. He's in Suicide Squad 2. Pete's got a lot going on. He will be A-OK without

SNL. Okay. Alright, and that is your rumor report. Yes. Now, Charlamagne, who are you giving your donkey to? You know, man, we need former Vice President Joe Biden SNL. Okay. All right. And that is your rumor report. Yes. Now, Charlemagne. Yes, indeed. Who are you giving your donkey to? You know, man, we need former Vice President Joe Biden to come to the front of the congregation. We really need to have a word with him. I know the South Carolina primaries are this weekend.

This is a big week in my home state of South Carolina. I really need y'all to think about what y'all doing this weekend. And we got to have a word with Joe Biden. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Charlemagne, say the game. Don't get out of the shape. Charlemagne. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate. I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, give me what you need.

It's The Breakfast Club, bitches. Who's Donkey of the Day today? Well, I'm putting be a donkey. Get it with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today? Well, I'm putting some comics on my lips. Okay. Donkey of the day. For Tuesday, February 25th goes the former Vice President Joe Biden. Joe Biden has to be one of the worst presidential candidates of all time. This is his third time running for President of the United States of America.

And this year was supposed to be a layup. This was the year that Joe Biden came into the series with a 3-0 lead before he even played a game okay people said he was the most electable candidate the only democratic candidate who could beat trump well if the primaries are any indication he hasn't proven he can beat bernie sanders hell until nevada he couldn't beat mad pete or elizabeth warren now it's a very pivotal week the primaries are happening in my home state of South Carolina. Drop one of clues, bump the South Carolina. Damn it. 803-843-864 all day. All right. That's the crib right there. And Joe Biden is calling South Carolina his firewall. He is hoping that his popularity among black voters, older black voters is going to propel his trash ass campaign to victory.

Well, according to The New York Post, the latest polls of Democrats in South Carolina that those polls show Biden, who once had a 28 point lead in November, has shrunk into just a says shrunk into just five percentage points because the real fire is coming from the burn. Otherwise known as Bernie Sanders. OK, this is why you always have to, you know, choose people over polls, because of the last few polls from presidential elections and primaries and any indication polls don't know what the hell they be talking about okay polls told us we wanted uh gore over bush polls told us we wanted clinton over oh obama polls told us we wanted clinton over trump and polls told us that joe biden was going to be the democratic nominee for president this year and there's nothing anyone could do about it that's what they said well bernie sanders elizabeth warren mayor pete they all said hold up wait a minute okay y'all thought we was finished and now bernie is at 23 and joe biden is at 27

now when you factor in the margins of error in each poll the two are virtually tied and joe biden is hoping that south carolina's black democratic voters hand him a victory and give him momentum going into super tuesday uh if bernie finishes first place well it's probably lights out for the biden campaign that would be a fatal fatal shot now i don't have a dog in this fight full Super Tuesday. If Bernie finishes first place, well, it's probably like the Biden campaign. That would be a fatal, fatal shot. Now, I don't have a dog in this fight. Full disclosure, I'm waiting on the running mates for all of these guys to be announced because the running mates for me is what will help me make a decision. Personally, I feel like the first person to announce a black woman is their VP wins in my book, whether it's Biden and Senator Harris, Bloomberg and maybe bloomberg and uh maybe stacy abrams uh bernie sanders and maybe senator nina turner i don't know i'm just wishful thinking here but the first

person to announce a black woman as a running mate wins to me now why is joe biden getting donkey of the day well yesterday he was attending the south carolina democrat party's first in the south dinner uh i was told he received the longest ovation of any of his competitors. So I have to give him props for that. But when he was wrapping up his remarks, I don't know if he had to pee. I don't know if he had to do a number two. I don't know if he was just tired, needed a nap, whatever it was. He just mailed this last line in. It was very DJ Envy-ish.

Okay. And I have to factor. Watch your mouth. Shut up. Just have to factor into what decision you plan to make this weekend in the south carolina primary let's hear it and i have a simple proposition here i'm here to ask you for your help where i come from you don't get far unless you ask my name's joe biden i'm a democratic candidate for the united states senate look me over if you're

like we see help out if not both the other. Give me a look though, okay? Lord have mercy. Play it one more time, please. And I have a simple proposition here. I'm here to ask you for your help. Where I come from, you don't get far unless you ask. My name's Joe Biden. I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Look me over. If you're like we see, help out. If not, vote for the other by. Give me a look though, okay? You had to go to the bathroom, bro. If you thought Joe you see, help out. If not, vote for the other guy. Give me a look, though, OK? You had to go to the bathroom, bro. If you thought Joe Biden was an uninspiring candidate before, if you are not feeling Joe Biden because of the 94 crime bill that he wrote, if you weren't feeling Joe Biden because you heard that he's been accused of inappropriately touching women, if you don't like Joe Biden because he doesn't have a black agenda, if he has not moved you at all this election cycle,

then how does this clip make you feel? How can you vote for someone who doesn't even know what the hell they are running for? My name's Joe Biden. I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Joe Biden is running for the highest seat in the land, president of the United States of America. He was first elected to U.S. Senate in 1972. It's 2020.

Why in the hell would he think he's running for U.S. Senate in 2020? You know why it's so easy for him to say that? Because it's 2020 why in the hell would he think he's running for u.s senate in 2020 you know why it's so easy for him to say that because it's all rehearsed it's all robotic they spew the same bs redundant rhetoric so much that it's all a blur doesn't matter if it's 1972 running for u.s senate or 2020 running for president all these negroes look alike to me okay you probably caught deja vu because you've seen this before i mean mean, when you've seen one blind, one black, blind Democratic loyalist, you've seen them all. OK, now it's another part of this clip we have to dissect real quick. So play it. If not vote for the other Biden.

Who the hell is the other Biden? Play the whole thing in its entirety. One just one time, please. And I have a simple proposition here. I'm here to ask you for your help. Where I come from, you don't get far unless you ask. My name's Joe Biden. I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Look me over. If you're like we see, help out. If not, vote for the other Biden.

Give me a look, though, OK? Who the hell is the other Biden? Play that for me in HD. I have to make sure I'm hearing what I'm hearing. What's that? One more time. If not both the other Biden. You know the other Biden. It's official. Joe Biden has been cloned. See?

That's a robot. That's why it malfunctions, glitches, says foolishness like this. The man is 77 years old. He can't be all over the country like that. So the real Joe Biden is somewhere asleep. But he needs to show up tonight in the debates because this Joe Biden that y'all been having out here, this robot, he's been getting his ass kicked.

We need that other Joe Biden who was the one y'all said was the most electable, the one y'all said can beat Trump. When y'all go to vote in the SC primaries this weekend, make sure that the other Joe Biden is on the ballot because this Joe Biden doesn't deserve y'all votes. This Joe Biden is the same Joe Biden who last week said he was arrested in South Africa trying to free Nelson

Mandela from prison. I spent my whole life fighting for civil rights, voting rights, social justice, economic justice, and that's what I'll do when I'm your president. This day, 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and entered into discussions about apartheid. I had the great honor of meeting himid i had the great honor of meeting him i had the great honor of being arrested with our un ambassador on the streets of suedo trying to get to see him on robin's island he's never shared that story before in his life that never happened which mean that never happened nobody remembers that but joe biden he's making up arrests he's telling us he's running for the u.S. Senate when he's running for president. And he's telling us to vote for the other Biden.

Bro, if the other Biden isn't on that ballot in South Carolina, I don't know how you could vote for this Biden. OK, don't let them fool you and tell you he's the only one who can beat Trump. He hasn't even proven he can beat Bernie yet. If Bernie doesn't stand against Trump, like some experts say, then how can the person losing to Bernie, who doesn't even know what he's running for, beat Trump? Will the other Biden please stand up? Because that's the mother effer we need. It's not for the other Biden. I will. Just show me where he's at.

Please give Joe Biden the biggest hee-haw. This is embarrassing. He's never got arrested in South Africa? That's what the streets say. The other Biden. Oh, that's right. Oh, man.

My bad, Joe. Forget the other Biden. The other Biden got arrested in South Africa. Not that one. Got you. Got you. Got it. All right.

Switch gears. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Now, let's talk crying meme faces. No, not crying meme faces, just ugly cries, period. Yesterday, Michael Jordan, to me, proved he's the Michael Jordan of ugly crying. When he gave his speech at Kobe Bryant's memorial, there is nobody that ugly cries better than Michael Jordan. It was already proven with the Michael Jordan crying face meme.

He doubled down on it yesterday, let you know he was the goat of ugly cries. But there's some other cries. And let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're talking about the ugliest cries out there. Now, a young lady called earlier. And said what? When I made that statement, she said Viola Davis.

I have to agree with her on that. But there's some other ones out there. Tobey Maguire. That's from the health, right? What movie is that? That's the health, right? None of y'all know. I don't know. Ooh. That's from The Health, right? What movie is that? That's The Health, right? Oh, none of y'all know. I don't know.

I don't know either. Tobey Maguire got a good ugly cry. Kim Kardashian. Kim K, yeah. Taylor said New York from I Love New York. We have audio on some of these if we want to hear it. Yeah, let's hear it. Let's hear Kim K. You want to play it when we come back?

Let's play it right. Let's play one right very fast. My gut and my heart is telling me that I just did this too fast and I didn't know what I was doing. I wasted everyone's money. I wasted everyone's everything and I feel bad. We got to play one more. Let's play

Go Down to R. Kelly. Let's do this one. This one was a horrible one. How can I work? How can I get paid? How can I get my kids? That's a bad one, bro. How? Your ex-wife.

I don't feel. No, no, no. Your ex-wife says you abused her, Robert. 13. No. Mine. 13 years. The hog top.

I flew in on a helicopter. Kelly don't count. On a helicopter. No. You know why? You know why? Yes. He committed an ugly crime.

He deserves the ugly crime. All right. I don't feel sorry for our Kelly. He committed an ugly crime. He deserves the ugly cry. All right. I don't feel sorry for R. Kelly. 585-1051. Who has the ugliest cry face? All right. Call us up now. It's the Breakfast Local Morning.

Pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me. Add your opinion to the Breakfast Club topic. Break it down. 800-585-1051. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about ugly crying faces. Now, this comes from Michael Jordan. He was at Kobe Bryant's memorial. He was just talking about his crying face as a meme. I'll have to look at another crime meme for the next. I told my wife I wasn't going to do this because I didn't want to see that for the next three or four years. So we were talking this morning was like, yeah, it's pretty

bad. Well, listen, Michael Jordan is the goat when it comes to ugly cries like Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of ugly cries. I don't think there's nobody better than Michael Jordan when it comes to ugly crying because his tears stick to his face. Right. And for whatever reason, they come out his eyes but end up like on his forehead and on his temples. And then it always looks like his snot coming out his nose, but the snot's not running.

It's just little layers of it right around the nostrils. Right. Well, let's play a couple, of course. Can we play Viola Davis? It's just little layers of it right around the nostrils. Right. Well, let's play a couple, of course. Can we play Viola Davis? I've been right here with you, Troy. I got a life, too. I gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you.

Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me? I think this is from the movie The Help, if I'm not mistaken. I personally think right after Michael Jordan, another black man. Who's that? With a bald head. Who? Might be

number two. But it's too early to tell. I've never seen you cry. Shut the hell up. He hasn't stayed. His tears haven't stood the test of time yet like Michael Jordan's. Who? Tyrese Gibson.

Oh, man. I just want my baby. I'm at $13,000 a month. What more do you want from me? Damn, damn, damn. I'm going to tell you another good one. Chris Crocker. Remember Chris Crocker?

Who's Chris Crocker? Chris Crocker was like some guy that was crying on the internet over Brittany's piss. Yeah, let's play that one. Let's play the audio. And how f***ing dare anyone out there make fun of Brittany? After all she's been through. All you people care about is readers and making money off of her. She's a human.

Leave her alone. That was a nice, good, ugly cry. People are still saying Kim K, so let's play the little Kim K. Kim K, Kim K had a great, ugly cry. My gut and my heart is telling me that I just, like, did this too fast and I didn't know what I was doing.

I wasted everyone's money. I wasted everyone's everything, and I feel bad. Uh, Tobey Maguire. What was the guy that was on that Ayan LeVant Zant show? Was that Ayan LeVant Zant show? The dude who looked like a little shark, like a little baby shark from the side profile?

I don't know. Y'all know who I'm talking about, man. Who's that? Intervention. The show Intervention, man. He looked like a little baby shark. We have the audio? Let's play it. Because I know somewhere deep down in my heart, I still love you. You know what I'm thinking?

You always talk about light-skinned brothers, right? But I'm thinking Michael Jordan, right? Tyrese and R. Kelly. All you dark-skinned brothers with bald heads. Let's play R. Kelly. Nothing but no goddamn R. Kelly. I'm playing it. Let's play R. Kelly.

How can I pay child support? How? If my ex-wife is destroying my name and I can't work, how can I work? How can I get paid? How can I take care of my kids? How? Your ex-wife says you abused her, Robert. 13 years being married. I flew in on a helicopter, on a helicopter. Yes. Yes. Can somebody get us

some tissue? I don't want no tissue. I'm going to leave. See, I don't count R. Kelly. The reason I don't count R. Kelly is because he deserved to do an ugly crime. When you commit an ugly crime,

you should be somewhere ugly crying, whether it's in a prison cell or somewhere. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Stephanie.

Hey, Stephanie. We're talking about ugly crying faces. What do you think? I think the person who has the ugliest crying face is Pookie from New Jack City. That's a good one. Ooh. That's a good one.

Let's play that right now so people can hear it. This crack s***, man. It's got me, man. I don't got no control over it, man. I try to kick, man. This s*** be calling me, man. Be calling me, man. That was a good one, Stephanie. That was a good one.

That was a good one. Right before he smoked that crack. That was a good one. Thank you. Yep, right before. Hello, who's this? KG. Hey, what's up, bro? Who you think had the ugliest cry face? Hands down has to be Tyrese. No, y'all gonna do my guy dirty like that.

Tyrese don't got the ugliest, but he's right under Jordan. Oh, my goodness. He's right under Jordan, bro. All right. Hello, who's this? DJ Envy. It's Jay from Jersey.

How you feeling this morning, brother? What's up, bro? We're talking to ugly crying faces. Who you got? You know, the crazy part is I had picked Dakota Fanning saying that she was the Viola Davis of white people, but then I come across my favorite player, Dennis Rodman. He got some ugly ass faces, too. Yo, Dennis Rodman. He got some ugly-ass faces, too. Yo, Dennis Rodman when he was on CNN

with the MAGA hat crying over Kim Jong-Jung? Not even that. I go back even further than when he won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Yeah, that was bad. Yeah, that was bad. Alright, thank you, brother. Alright, well, 805-85-1051. We're talking ugly, crying

faces. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's topic time. Pick up the phone, baby. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking ugly crying faces. Now, this comes from Michael Jordan. He was speaking at Kobe Bryant's memorial, and he was talking about how every time he cries, it becomes a meme. And Charlamagne said, yeah, it's pretty ugly. Yeah, I mean, listen, when I watched that, even before he said that, I said to myself, Michael Jordan is about to bring back the Michael Jordan crying face meme.

There is nobody who ugly cries like Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of ugly crying because it's just the way the tears stick to his face, and it's like a combination of tears, snot, and sweat. You call it TSS. That makes for the perfect ugly cry, and nobody does it better than Michael Jordan. Second to me is a young man named Tyrese Gibson.

Tyrese had the tears. He had the snot. Didn't have that much sweat. I just want my baby. I just want my baby. I'm at $13,000 a month. What more do you want from me? What about Terrell Owens?

It's really unfair. It's really unfair. It's really unfair. It's my team. It's my quarterback. Terrell Owens was okay. His name is Terrell. Terrell was okay. The thing with Terrell, it was no snot.

It was no sweat. It wasn't that. Like, his face didn't really move. It was decent. I wouldn't put it in my top ten, though. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Mike. Mike, what's up, man? We're talking ugly top ten, though. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Mike.

Mike, what's up, man? We're talking ugly crying faces this morning. All right. The father from Yana Van Zandt. Yes. The intervention. Yeah, the intervention. He has the ugliest cry ever.

He may not be no celebrity, but that cry made him famous. I can't remember his name, but we got the cry right here. Let's play it. Because I know somewhere deep down in my heart, I still love you. No! Rocky Lockridge? Rocky Lockridge looked like a baby shark from the side. Damn it, man.

Hello, who's this? This is Sherry B, Sherry in Hampton. Oh, my goodness. I picked Donald Trump because he don't shed a damn tear for no damn money. Well, if he don't shed a tear, how can he? That's why. That's why. That's a fake cry. All right, Sherry.

A fake cry is the ugliest cry you can get. Sherry, this is why black people can't get ahead right here because black people start commenting on stuff that don't got nothing to do with nothing. We asking you about ugly cries and you telling me about a white man

that you've never seen cry saying he got an ugly cry. You making up stuff. That's what I'm trying to say. The ugliest cry to me is a fake person that cries. The man has never cried. When have you ever seen Donald Trump cry?

Sherry, let me see you cry. Sherri, where you calling from? Where you calling from? It's crazy, Sherri. Sherri, let me hear you cry. Let me fake a cry right now. Let me hear you. Who you voting for?

Who you voting for on Super 2? Who you voting for on Super Tuesday? I cry every second of the day, baby. Who you voting for on Super Tuesday? You know I love y'all. She's from Virginia. Who you voting for on Super Tuesday? I love you, Cheryl. I used to talk too damn much.

Used to what? I used to talk too much, so God working with me, ain't he? No. God ain't working. God ignoring you. He is working with me, ain't he? No. I'm talking to y'all. God ain't working. God ignoring you. Who you voting for? Who you voting for? Because you still talking to me. He is working with me because I'm giving y'all a chance to talk.

Are you really, Cheryl? Are you really? That's what you think you're doing? All right, Cheryl. Yes, yes, he's working with me because at first I couldn't shut the hell up. Yeah, yeah. Vote for Pusha T. So now I'm listening.

I pray for listening. God told me to tell you. Oh, Lord have mercy. You won I pray for listening. God told me to tell you. Oh, Lord have mercy. You won't even listen to what God told me to tell you. The only thing I'm waiting on now is my peace and my husband. The last things that God got to give me. Nope, God ain't giving you that because you won't listen to God now. God told you to shut the hell up, and you ain't shut the hell up since you called up here.

What? Look, closed mouths don't get fed in the bullseye. I can't. Sherry, vote for Pusha T, okay? Have a blessed day, Sherry Don't get banned I can't, I can't Sherry Vote for Pusha T, okay? Have a blessed day, Sherry Alright, I love y'all Pusha T

Love you too She really gonna Write in Pusha T on her ballot Why you do that to her? You know she's stupid Oh my goodness I don't mean she's stupid I just mean she's stupid

What's the moral of the story, bro? I don't have a moral of the story Sherry done took all my energy I don't have a moral of the story I was perfectly fine, man That's why I don't be talking to these bitches after 5 o'clock. You know what I'm saying? I only talk to them because I'm on the air from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

I promise you, bitches don't have access to me like this, bro. My goodness. All right, well, when we come back, we got rumors. We'll talk about this. No I in team, but there's an M.E. in that motherfucker. We'll tell you who said that. Me. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. mother****. We'll tell you who said that. Me. So don't move.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip.

Gossip. With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Now, Tory Lance released a statement about his label situation. He said, there's no bad blood with the label Interscope. I had a five-album deal. I gave them

12 project albums if you include all the mixtape with original music. I can officially go on record and say I exceeded the five-album mark, and I'm still just getting my feet in the water. It's official. New Toronto 3 comes out March, and as soon as you hear it, I have officially

finished my deal with Endoscope. It's been real. Do y'all care if people are signed anymore? I do. Really? I just love the fact that now, you know, now everything he puts out, he eats off of. I think that's pretty dope. That's what I'm saying.

So do you care if people are signed? Like if somebody says, hey, I'm with Interscope or I'm with Def Jam, does it matter? No, I don't care about that. No, not at all. I don't care about that. But I love the fact that he created a name for himself and now everything else he'll eat from here on out. I love that. I don't know why these himself, and now everything else he'll eat from here on out. I love that. I don't know why these guys just don't go straight to the streaming services.

Why they just don't go straight to the Apples and the Spotify. Well, the labels still do a lot. They still pay a lot of advertising, budgeting. Yeah, they do. Because I'd be saying these albums just be coming out like farts. Yeah, but sometimes they do that. They pay for videos. They do billboards.

They do campaigns. They do all that stuff. I don't know the last time I've seen a label. I don't know the last time I've seen an artist and been like, wow, the label's really got a campaign behind that person. I can't think of the last time. Sometimes you see it. Cardi maybe would invasion of privacy.

Yeah, but like, look, Cardi. Think of Cardi B. Who? Of course, B-Boy. You know why? Because he's white, drum. Run the boards. I'm not talking about them. But even Cardi B. Look at Cardibo. You know why? Because he's white, drum. Run the boards. I'm not talking about them.

But even Cardi B, look at Cardi B, you know, look at Atlantic. They made Cardi B even bigger than what she was. Now with her last records done, then she could go on her own. She doesn't need a label anymore,

you know? Yeah. All right, now let's talk about Kobe Bryant's memorial. Over 22,000 people showed up and it was sad, man. I cried a couple of times watching it yesterday

uh when vanessa bryant spoke boy i couldn't stop the tears god knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other he had to bring them home to heaven together babe you take care of our gg and i got nani b Bibi, and Coco. We're still the best team. We love and miss you, Boo Boo and Gigi. May you both rest in peace and have fun in heaven until we meet again one day. We love you both and miss you forever and always. Mommy.

The best thing they did was wait, wait like, what has been almost a month? Yes. Since he passed away. It was the best to do the memorial a month later because it gives everybody a chance to gather themselves. You know, a lot of tears have already been dropped over the past 30 days. But it's just another reminder, man,

that things are not in your control. And I know our ego makes us, when we hear stories like this, our ego makes us want to say, oh, we got to get things in control. I got to get things in control. There's some things you just in your control. And I know our ego makes us, when we hear stories like this, our ego makes us want to say, oh, we got to get things in control. I got to get things in control. There's some things you just can't control. Well, Shaq also spoke, and he talked about the day he gained Kobe's respect. The day Kobe gained my respect was the guys were complaining.

I said, Shaq, Kobe's not passing the ball. I said, I'll talk to him. I said, Kobe, there's no I in team. And Kobe said, I know, but there's an M. I said, Kobe, there's no iron team. And Kobe said, I know, but there's an M.E. in that mother******. That's right. So I went back and told Rick and Big Shot Bob, I said,

just get the rebound. He's not passing. Just get the rebound. Drop on the close bombs for Shaq. When I tell everybody in this room that it's all about me, they get mad at me. Instead of just getting the goddamn rebound. What are you talking about? What are you talking about?

That's why you dropped the headphone. Do you want to have that combo? I don't care. All right. Now, Jordan also spoke about Kobe being his little brother. Kobe was my dear friend. He was like a little brother. The questions, the wanting to know every little detail about life that they were about to embark on. He used to call me, text me, 11.30, 2.30, 3 o'clock in the morning,

talking about post-op moves, footwork, and sometimes the triangle. At first, it was an aggravation, but then it turned into a certain passion. Yeah. I wonder if Michael Jordan ever told Kobe Bryant, I love you. Michael Jordan don't seem like the I love you type of person to other guys.

You know what I'm saying? I don't know. So even though he may have a lot of love for you and may really love you, I don't know if you express it, but then he cries so much. Maybe. I don't know. Well, rest in peace,

Kobe Bryant. And again, condolences to his family. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. It still don't feel real. Angela Yee is out.

She'll be back tomorrow. All right. Now, everybody else revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. People's choice mixes up next. Get your request. Angela Yee is out. She'll be back tomorrow. All right. Now, everybody else, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, it's Black History Month. Who are we saluting today? Today, we want to salute Katherine Johnson. She was an American mathematician. If you've ever seen the movie Hidden Figures, then you know a little bit of the Katherine Johnson story. She was also a NASA employee, and they were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed space flights, man. So

we just want to give you a little history lesson on Miss Katherine Johnson since she has passed away. The Breakfast Club presents a new Black History Month legend. I started out working on airplanes because when I went there that's what it was, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. When the space program came along I just happened to be working with guys and when they had briefings on it I asked permission to be working with guys and then they had briefings on it. I asked permission to go. And they said, well the girls don't usually go.

And I said, well is there a law? They said no. I said well, so then my boss said let her go. And I began attending the briefings. You're already doing the work, but you didn't know exactly what it was. And gradually, I did more. I knew more about the geometry of the program,

all about the mapping to the here and there. So it was a very easy transition. And that was another new Black History Month legend, courtesy of The Breakfast Club. All right, and rest in peace. Yes, indeed.

All right. When we come back, we got your positive notes. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, shout to Pepsi. Now, yesterday, Pepsi did a historically better gala where they just saluted and acknowledged a bunch of people that graduated from HBCUs that are doing well. Everybody from ministers to individual that work for the FBI to so many different people. So I just want to salute Pepsi and shout to all the HBCUs out there.

I hosted alongside Terrence J. Notori, and Angela Yee, and Rotimi performed. Angela Yee's not here because on the way back, she blew her tire out and her tire flew off her car. She's okay, but by the time she towed the car

to the dealership and had to take her Uber home, it was a little too late. That's horrible. How far away was she from New York? She was in New York. She was a couple of exits from the crib. Okay. So she was in New York.

She is fine. She'll be back tomorrow. Shout out to everybody that came out to my real estate seminar in Vegas. I really appreciate it. I appreciate you guys coming to learn. Hopefully you guys will invest in some real estate properties. I want to see you guys investing and creating generational wealth. And we got a bunch of people

asking me when am I coming to different cities? We got Miami coming up, Toronto, Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago. So if you want more information, click the link in my bio. And let's talk real estate, man. Let's create generational wealth for our kids. And also, shout to News 1. News 1 did an article on 20 HBCU graduates who are changing the world, and I'm on that list alongside Stephen A. Smith is on the list,

Oprah Winfrey, Kamala Harris, just to name a few. So shout to News 1 for that article. That's for all the work that I'm doing in real estate and trying to teach our community how to create generational wealth. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yes, man. The positive note is this. He who is not courageous enough to take— Well, first of all, let me tell you the positive

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