The Breakfast Club - Arsenio Hall and Anderson Paak + Bruno Mars Interview

Episode Date: March 5, 2021

Today on the show we aired the exclusive interview with Charlamagne and Arsenio Hall, as they discussed the new movie Coming to America 2, which is out today on Amazon Prime. Also, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak now known as the group "Silk Sonic" called in and spoke about their new song "Leave the Door Open", old school music being theit impact and more. Charlamagne also gave "Donkey of the Day" to Tampa police for firing a Black school resource officer for saying the N- word and Angela nominated lifestyle blogger Curly Nikki for his Woman's history month segment. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy. Captain of this bitch. Angela Yee. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way. Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler rubbing you the wrong way. The Breakfast Club.

Pay for everybody. Good morning, Angel E. Good morning, TZMV. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Friday. Yo, Dramos, why bass sound so low? Why you so low? Hold on. Let me turn myself up.

What about now? Now? A little better. A little better now? Come a little higher. Oh, yo, what about now? Shut up, man. Yes.

Hold on. Good. Right there? Yes, you're good, bro. You're good, bro. Come on, stop it now. Mountain up, man. Yes. Hold on. Good. Right there? Yes, you're good, bro. You're good, bro. Come on, stop it now. Mountain Atlanta. Stop it, man.

It's Friday. I'm out in Atlanta. I'm out in Atlanta. My hand's already full. This is Friday, baby. What's happening? How are y'all feeling? What is up?

Yeah, shout out to everybody out in Atlanta. You know, I love Atlanta. I'm doing a lot in Atlanta in the last year or so. I picked up a lot of real estate. I'm actually doing my next real estate seminar in Atlanta next Sunday. And I I love Atlanta. I'm doing a lot in Atlanta in the last year or so. I picked up a lot of real estate. I'm actually doing my next real estate seminar in Atlanta next Sunday. And I just love Atlanta. Atlanta is black excellence. And I love Atlanta.

I was out last night eating at Copper Cove dinner. And I just got to chop it up with so many different brothers. Brothers in the NBA. Copper Covey. Copper Covey is a great name for a restaurant in Atlanta right now. It's Copper Cove. That's Ruggs' restaurant. Oh, I thought you said Copper Cove. You go there

to cop some COVID. Get some nice food and COVID. No, Copper Cove. So I was out there last night just chopping it up with brothers about different things that they're doing and different investments that they're doing. I was talking to one brother yesterday. He plays in the NBA and he owns a cannabis license out in

the South. And he was telling me how he got it and what he does and the whole procedure of doing it because I'm trying to get one in Jersey. And he would just tell it like it's just great because there's so much black excellence in Atlanta. So you get to chop it up with so many different people doing so many different things that you don't really get to see whether you're chopping it up with brothers that work at different stores and different businesses.

So I really, really enjoyed that. So shout out to everybody in Atlanta. I'm here. I'm sure. What part of Atlanta are you investing in? A little bit of everything. Well, not just Atlanta, but Georgia as well. So houses in Fayetteville, then we're buying houses. I'm not particular.

I don't know the areas of Atlanta, but different houses that pop up on auction.com. We're looking at a couple of buildings, a couple of multi-units down here. And I'm doing my car show. So we're setting all that up while we're here. So I just love Atlanta, man. Yeah, it's a very cultural weekend, too, by the way.

I mean, you got NBA All-Star weekend this weekend. But you got a couple of movies. Arsenio Hall, because he's a talk show god. And Arsenio Hall's show inspired me so much. And, you know, I've gotten a chance to talk to Arsenio quite a few times, you know, off the air. But this is our first public conversation on the air. So, you know, coming to America's out on Amazon Prime Video right now.

Definitely. Yeah, we're going to build on that. And one of the conversations we were having in Copper Cove, which is so funny, we were talking about Hove. And, you know, it's good to talk about a brother that's doing so much and investing and this, that, and the other and how much he is and what he turned it to, where he came from. But we're all in there like, yo, what you think Hove's good to talk about a brother that's doing so much and investing in this, that, and the other and how much he is and what he turned it to, where he came from. But we all in there like, yo, what you think Ho's going to buy next?

Football team? We're like, I don't know if there's a football team for sale right now. Like, we really know. Like, we ain't that pricey. Like, yo, you know what he's selling to Cowboys right now? Like, we don't know, but we know. You would never know what he's doing. He is literally the epitome of stay low and keep fire.

And I love it. As the late, great Christopher Wallace once said, stay low and keep fire. And I love it. As the late, great Christopher Wallace once said, stay low and keep fire. I love it. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what we talking about? Yes, well, Joe Biden had some things to say about these mask mandates being removed.

And now people are offended that he used the word Neanderthal. Okay. I know another N-word he could have used that would have pissed people off. What N-word is that, Charlamagne? Y'all better be happy with Neanderthal. Okay. I know another N-word he could have used that would have pissed people off. What N-word is that, Charlemagne? Y'all better be happy with Neanderthal. All right, we'll get to it next.

It's the Breakfast Club. We got that Drake. Oh, what Drake we playing right now? We got What's Next. Okay, Jamos. Jamos stopped everything for the Drake. We got that Drake. Just want to make sure you know.

We got that Drake. Drake. It's new Drake. It came out today. It's called What's Next. He's spitting on this. It's new Drake. It came out today. It's called What's Next. He's spitting on this. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. That was Drake, new Drake with What's Next. New Drake. A three song. I don't even know what you call it. I guess it's just a three pack this morning.

Three pack. Three pack. None of y'all say Drake better than Soulja Boy. I don't know why we don't be having drops that say new music from Drake. But I'm not a producer. All right. Well, let's get into some front page news. Where we starting, Yee?

Well, let's start with these mask mandates. Now, five states, Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana, and North Dakota have ended or will soon end statewide mask mandates. Now, there's 11 states that never actually required face covering statewide. And that's Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee. So, of course, Joe Biden had some things to say about that. And we discussed this yesterday. I think it's a big mistake. I hope everybody's realized by now these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the

way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms. The last thing we need is the Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything's fine. Take off your mask. Forget it. It still matters. I might be a little dumb. What's wrong with that word? All right. Well, Senator Marco Rubio went on Twitter and he said President Biden's use of an old stereotype is hurtful to modern Europeans, Asians and Americans who inherit about 2 percent of their genes from Neanderthal ancestors. He should apologize for his insensitive comments and seek training on unconscious bias. And then he linked to a CNN article that reported on Princeton university research,

finding some Neanderthal DNA among Africans as well. Oh my God. Middle finger to all of that rhetoric. Listen, people aren't Neanderthals, but it's just socially irresponsible. It's ass backwards. That's what Joe Biden should have said.

It's ass backwards. Either we want to slow down coronavirus cases or we don't. If masks are proven to work and you know, you see coronavirus cases going down all across the country, wear your mask. Simple as that. Why would you tell people not to wear a mask? And I don't want Marco Rubio,

Marco Rubio better not say anything because he's a part of a party where they use a whole other N-word to describe people with African DNA. What word is that? Nigger. Alright, now in the meantime, the House displayed the final tally for a vote on the George Floyd police reform bill.

There was only one Republican that voted in favor of it. The George Floyd Justice and Policing Act would ban chokeholds and it would change other police policies as well. The only person that was a Republican who voted for it was Lance Gooden. He's a conservative and he has expressed enthusiastic support for Donald

Trump, but he did vote for it by accident after the vote. He admitted that it was a mistake. He said, I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late. That's God. That's God. That's God controlling your steps for you, sir. Whenever you get on your knees and you pray for God to guide your steps, that's what that That's God. That's God controlling your steps for you, sir. Whenever you get on your knees and you pray for God to guide your steps. That's what that was just now.

Well, the bill did still pass 220 to 112. So his vote didn't really matter, but he did make sure that he went officially on record to reveal what his true thoughts were. Well, now I got to pass. I got to pass through the Senate now. Right. Mm hmm. Yeah, that's just the House. All right. Well, that is your front page news. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? My name is Kim. Hey, Kim. Good morning. Good morning. How you doing today? I'm doing well. Where you calling from?

I'm calling from Savannah, Georgia. Okay, Georgia. Get it off your chest. I don't like how the news, the radio stations, and everybody is just saying that the teacher needs, the teachers need this, the teacher's on front line, teachers get involved with the kids. No, we are the bus drivers, the monitors, and the food nutritionists that deal with the kids first we've been on front line from day one when the

corona happened and we never get taught good props to the bus drivers props to the monitors

the food nutritionists for doing what they're doing the teachers just started coming back

to school with the kids they've been on virtual learning with the kids forever if they were

virtual learning that means the bus drivers weren't in school either, right? That's why we didn't think about you. We were taking lunches out to the kids at the school at the bus stops. You're absolutely right. And the kids were doing virtual learning.

Well, shout to all the bus drivers out there. Shout to all the janitors, the maintenance people, the food people, the people that cook, the chefs and all. Yeah, we appreciate you too. And you're right.

You're essential workers too. You should be on, if you want the vaccine, y'all should be number one, you know, up there people, the people that cook, the chefs and all. Yeah, we appreciate you, too. And you're right. You're essential workers, too. You should be on. If you want the vaccine, y'all should be number one, you know, up there with the teachers on that list. I agree. Yeah. Only reason we don't think about y'all. Yeah, we should be the ones up there, too. Because it's always you hear the teachers this, the teachers that.

No. Teachers just started coming back to school. From day one, the bus drivers, the monitors have been going out to these bus stops giving feed to these kids face to face with these kids and the parents not the teachers

why would the kids be at the bus stop no dropping off school lunches you know cause they gotta drop off school lunches to feed them

so they probably just drop it off at the bus stop and the kids can pick them up at the bus stop so that way the kids can still eat

kinda like you know with the free lunch and everything yeah I never I never heard that it's the first time hearing about. Yeah, me too.

Yes, we've been doing that from day one since it actually started. Well, thank you. We appreciate it. We appreciate everybody who's been working so hard throughout this pandemic, but everybody who's been dealing with the lunches, with nutrition, with driving the buses. Yes. Hello, who's this? This is James.

I'm calling from North Carolina. I had a question for Dramos being at a Freaky Friday. Whoa, okay. Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday. Go. Ask Dramos a question, James. I've been wanting to know

for a long time, man. Did you really link up with Lizzo when she just first moved? Dramos. Lizzo is a beautiful woman. She's just, you know, we're not each other's type. Yo, shut up. What's your type? She just said she's not you.

How do you know what her type is? Lizzo called you an F-boy. Lizzo did not want you in no way, shape, or form. I think she was flirting. Let's be real. So how do you know you're not her type? She told him. She called him an F-boy. What are you talking about? Maybe that's her type. Oh, please. She said she hates F-boy. She called him an F-boy. are you talking about maybe that's her type oh please she said she hates that boy she called him a f-boy but let's be honest because he was

rude that's let's be honest we all know dramos was into jason lee from hollywood you see i don't like this narrative you guys appreciate it there you go that was the that was the connection that was the connection yes jason lee's been looking like a snack lately Wouldn't you say? No, I wouldn't say that You can't tell a man he's looking good Jason is looking good Jason has lost a lot of weight You can't say that man look good, bro There's a difference between looking good and looking like a snack, guys But we gotta wrap up here

I wrap up my snacks too Especially when I want to eat them later That's crazy Get it off your chest 800-585-1051 If you need to vent, hit us up now too, especially when I wanted to eat them later. That's crazy. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Alright, I want to get some things off my chest, right? First, I want to say that I don't F with Charlamagne Leonard McKelvey. Yesterday, he did something that made it seem like there was a security breach.

It had me nervous and upset. Why were you nervous? Let me tell you what I was told, okay? I'm sitting in the studio minding my business. Whenever it's suspicious or strange activity downstairs security calls up we get a call the call says there's a guy down here looking for dj envy he's like well envy's not here today the guy said i refuse to leave until i get a kiss from dj envy right so he tells me this story and says that the guy has to be escorted out

because this guy wanted to give me a kiss, right? Now, I'm like, wow, somebody's at the station and they won't leave because they're trying to get in touch with me or kiss me. Now, mind you, we have security up here. So I call the security. Security goes, Envy,

what are you talking about? And I'm like, Charlemagne said this and Wack said this And we have two Three security guards up here I call each one of them And then he calls me back Envy they're playing with you Nobody came up there

Looking for you So I just think that I just want to tell you That's foul I just want to tell you that That's not funny I think they just Didn't want to concern you sir

That's all it was You know what I mean They handled the situation The threat of the kiss Was taken down Okay Shut up man The threat of the kiss Is gone I hate you Alright Shut up, man. The Threat of the Kiss is gone.

I hate you. All right? You took one for the team? Goodbye. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Tyrone. How you doing this morning? Oh, boy.

What's up, Tyrone? Tyrone, what up? Get it off your chest. Hey, I want to get off my chest. Yesterday, I came home after working all day, and I caught my wife with my best friend. Woo! She ended up leaving and leaving me with my boys, which is fine. My boys are four, three, and seven months.

And that's not the bad part. The bad part was I got a phone call from my mom. My father in Tallahassee got caught in a house fire and he didn't make it out. So now I'm going to have to call in to work and try to get myself together, my boys. We got to make a road trip from

Chicago, well, Rockford, Illinois, all the way down to Tallahassee. Damn. I'm so sorry, bro. Yeah, man. Sending you love. man sending you love and light brother and healing energy thank you so much man I love you guys

I listen to you guys every morning before I head into work and everything you guys keep spreading the positivity and Charlamagne got so much love and respect for you bro usually I would be so much hype but right now, I'm just, I don't have anything to be

hype for, you know. I understand, man. I got love for you, too, King, and I wish I could do something to make you feel better, but it's one of those moments where you just got to feel your feels like you're going through it right now, and it's okay. Only thing I can tell you is that trouble really don't last always. I know that sounds cliche, man,

but, you know, it may not be tomorrow. It may not be not be a year from now may not be two years from now but you can definitely you know heal from this not get over heal yeah not completely heal either but heal somewhat you can be better than you are today are you an avid reader bro oh no sir do you have charlemagne's books bro the manager say he don't read i don't have no i do read i just i'm an actual meat manager i cut meat i've um been cutting meat for 30 years hold on hold on time out what'd you say you just excited dramos and envy you said you're a what he's a meat manager he manages meat you're a meat yeah i cut meat for a living at a grocery store i've been doing that since um i've been 18 years old just you know he managed to, life goal and everything.

And, yeah, it's a promising job, you know. All right. Well, send us your address and drop off Charlemagne's book to you so that way you have his book. It's so much to discuss. It's one that tells about a story, one that dives into mental health. And if you just hold on, leave your address and meet manager and Dramos can drop one off. And if Dramos starts talking to you about,

you know, getting you to manage his meet, just run. What's wrong with you guys? You and this meet thing, man. I love you, man. See, we got a laugh out of you this morning.

All right, brother. We're just trying to get you to laugh, man. I know you're going through it, King. Thank you guys so much. Appreciate it. I love you.

Appreciate you, brother. Hold on, all right? Dramos, you get his address Alright You do the right thing Shut up You know when somebody Tell you something so

Horrible And it's like You can't lie to them What can we say To make that brother feel better Nothing Right That's your best friend gone

And your woman gone Lord have mercy I don't think making fun of his job Was the right angle on that one either We weren't making fun of his job Ramos We were just, you know, being immature.

We were just being immature. It's just coming. Come on, meat manager. Come on. I can't avoid that one. Come on, meat manager. You manage meat, King? Just saying, bro. I hate this show. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, hit us up now. You got rumors on the way? Yes, and Dwayne Wade's daughter, Zia Wade, had the opportunity to talk to Michelle Obama about her book, Becoming. And here's a little snippet coming up next of what their conversation sounded like. It was really beautiful.

All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia.

I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder,

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that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report.

Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, Takashi69 made a homophobic comment on Instagram regarding Lil Nas X. So Lil Nas X went ahead and aired out some DMs on TikTok. And according to Lil Nas X, I guess, Takashi was trying to slide in his DMs. So dancing along to one of his own songs, Lil Nas X addressed the comment by asking this you and then shared a screenshot of his dms at six nine with two separate messages yo in october of last year and then gonna be in your city soon what you doing lol and that was from last month well takashi then responded saying this before this even start we're gonna nip this it's my gram right here six nine that's my account look stop playing with me soon so he's trying to prove that he didn't

actually reach out to him I don't know I believe what would be the problem if you reached out to him nothing I will say this Lil Nas X don't give a F I like that guy I know he's great but also if you're Tekashi you can't be homophobic when your rap name is 6ix9ine

6ix9ine alright now let's move on to some positivity Zaya Wade has met Michelle Obama virtually they did a Q&A session yesterday and Zaya Wade then shared that on Instagram and so before they started discussing becoming they did talk about advice for teen readers they did talk about how Zaya was nervous to meet Michelle Obama and she said that's her idol. What advice do you have for teens who want to be themselves and thrive? Well, like you have and currently are. I am just so proud of you being just an amazing role model and embracing your truth. You're already doing this. So maybe this is for some other young people that are

listening. It does take time to know what your self is, you know, for young people. So my first piece of advice is be patient with yourself. Now, Michelle Obama also asked Zaya what advice she had for young people trying to find themselves. And Z Wade said we all think that we thrive with people who are just like us but I think getting a different perspective from someone else who isn't like you really helps that definitely helped me in becoming me and defining my truth I think she's great I love what Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade

how they're raising her I just love it man I really really love it alright Eddie Murphy has explained how Arnold Schwarzenegger is the person who inspired him to do coming to america he was talking to yahoo entertainment and here's what he said you know what happened i was watching i think it was a one of those movies with schwarzenegger is it when they use that terminator movies and they use that special effect where they made him really

young and i was like hey if you did that scene we could do a scene where we're young and that scene where we're in the club, we could connect it. Then this happened. And that was the piece that made it all kind of fall into place. OK, I mean, I don't know, man. I think it might have been Ryan Coogle and Aaron Magruder that inspired Coming to America, too, because, you know. Yeah, but they didn't direct it all. They didn't direct it though. Yeah, but I read a treatment. I read a treatment that they wrote back in the day and I know Eddie said

he didn't like, he didn't like Ryan's idea for coming to America. But the treatment I saw that they presented has a lot of similarities to the movie that's currently streaming

on Amazon Prime Video. Now, Yee, have you seen the movie yet? No, it's out today. I know a lot of people have seen it already. They've been hitting me in my DMs and leaving comments. I've been getting a lot of people have seen it already. They've been hitting me in my DMs and leaving

comments. I've been getting a lot of packages, though, from them. Oh, the packaging is great. Dope. Yeah, we've been getting a lot of promo materials for Coming to America. They sent us some Soul Glow. I'm trying to figure out if that's real activator or not. It is. It's real activator. I read the box. That's from Bronner Brothers.

I got some sexual chocolates. Yeah. We talking in our senior hall next hour. I'm talking in Brothers. It is. I got some sexual chocolates. Yeah. We talking to Arsenio Hall next hour. Next hour, I'm talking to Arsenio Hall. All right. Well, and they've been doing a lot of press lately because Eddie Murphy also did Kevin Hart's Sirius XM podcast, Comedy Goldmines with Kevin Hart. And he talked about how he had actually planned to start doing stand-up again and then the pandemic. My plan was to do Dolomite, Saturday Night Live, Coming to America, and then do stand-up again and then the pandemic? My plan was to do Dolomite,

Saturday Night Live, Coming to America, and then do stand-up. And then the pandemic hit. It shut the whole shit down. The whole time last year, I would have been out working on my act, trying to get my shit right. Hey, when the pandemic is over and it's safe for everybody to go out and do it, then the plan is to do it.

Should Eddie Murphy do stand-up? Yeah, why not? I think he wants to, yeah. You know what? Oh, my God. You know what I'd like to see Eddie do? I would like to see Eddie do what Mike Tyson did when Mike Tyson did his one-man show.

And he came out there and he just told stories about his time in Hollywood. I think Eddie should do that. Because the bar for Eddie Murphy's stand-up is so high and it's almost like you can't get to that level again. If you remember, a couple years ago, he was negotiating a deal with Netflix

and that was for an undisclosed number of stand-ups. Remember, they were saying he was going to get about $70 million. Yeah, if I was Eddie, I'd come out in the throne and I'd be like, I'm going to sit down because I don't want y'all out here trying to say Eddie Murphy is doing stand-up again. I would come out in the throne and I'd be like, I'm going to sit down because I don't want y'all out here trying to, you know, say saying Eddie Murphy's doing stand up again. I would come out in the throne and I would just do the one man show like Mike Tyson did. It's funny that you said that because watching Coming to America 2, my bar is so high from the original one.

Because that's my favorite movie that I don't think it can't compare. And I try to compare it. It just can't be the same thing. You got you got raw. You got delirious And I try to compare it. It just can't. It'd be the same thing with you got raw. You got delirious. Like people would compare it to that. I would. If I was Eddie, I would just come out and do a one man show.

Because whenever you hear him just tell stories about his time in Hollywood and things that he's experienced, they're hilarious. I would just do that. Same way Mike Tyson did. All right. Now, Nas recently did an interview with Financial Times, and he was saying that he doesn't feel like he's in competition with any of the younger rappers. He said, I appreciate what's out there, but there's no one keeping me up at night. I hear a new rap record. I think it's great, but I don't listen to it the next week.

And he did say that Pop Smoke did catch his eye. He said, we were happy to see that young king come up. He was a breath of fresh air. The drill movement in London, Chicago, and New York is really exciting. He also says that he has some plans to turn his track from Illmatic, New York State of Mind, into a film. That's dope. That's interesting to me because Nas is a

god MC, right? I mean, Nas is in my top seven favorite rappers of all time, so I always wonder how people like that do see the game because they're artists, you know what I mean? So their palette is different than ours. All right, well, that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Miss aim because they're artists you know i mean so their palette is different than ours all right well that is your rumor report all right thank you miss you but you notice all of the greats they love

they love the new artists you know it's sometimes it'd be the b level and c level artists like oh hey you pop right now but all the god mcs whether it's hove or nas or wherever else you put in that category they love the new mcs and love to work with them you know yeah that's why i mean that's why it's interesting to hear nas say nobody keeps him up at night. He said he appreciates it and he can enjoy it, but he's just not up at night. Yeah, I get it. All right. Well, we got front page news next.

What are we talking about? Well, let's talk about All-Star Weekend. It's going down this weekend. Envy, you're in Atlanta already, right? Yep. All right, so let's discuss what's happening. All right, we'll do that when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Hey, that's new Drake, little baby. Man, little baby floating on that. I like that, I like that. I like that. Little baby killed it. Now, if you're just waking up, Drake dropped a three-pack last night of songs.

One is What's Next, That Joint, and I think it's the, I was going to lemon pepper wings freestyle, right? Yeah. Lemon pepper wings freestyle with Ross. All right, well,

let's get in some front page news. Where we starting? Well, let's start with all star weekend. You out there and be now because of COVID, of course, you know, this is an Atlanta,

but everything is going to be in a single night. The skills challenge three point contest will be pregame. The dunk contest will act as the halftime show. Team LeBron, first round starters, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Steph Curry, Luka Doncic, and I can't say this right, Nikola Jokic.

They are doing the slam dunk contest and all that. Yes, it's all in one night though, instead of two nights. Kevin, team Kevin Durant,ylie irving joelle and b kawaii leonard bradley bill and jason tatum are the starters that's silly i mean you're already down there in atlanta you're not gonna have fans in the stands you might as well just do the slam contest on saturdays like you normally do and then do the game on sunday you're already there

it'll be a long day for all those players and people now who you got team durant and team lebron i don't care i I got Team COVID. Okay? Team COVID going to win the weekend. Nobody going to be there. I'm asking who you got. You got Kevin Durant's team or you got LeBron who got the Greek freak?

You got Steph Curry. I don't care. I don't care. I'm going to go with Team Durant. Yeah? I'm going with Team LeBron. Okay. None of them want to be there.

First of all, none of them want to be there. They barely take the All-Star Game serious as it is. And none of them really want to be there this weekend. I don't think they're going to be playing hard at all. You know, they still they still competitive. All right. Now let's talk about Charlotte Bennett. She's the second woman to go public with sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York. And she did say she thought the governor was trying to sleep with her and she was uncomfortable.

She told CBS Evening News anchor Nora O'Donnell what happened. And here's what she said about their conversations. He explains at that point that he is looking for a girlfriend. He's lonely. He's tired. He asked if I had trouble enjoying being with someone because of my trauma, the governor asked me if I was sensitive to intimacy in his office. Yes. During the workday. All right. And he admitted to that already. Right. Am I driven? He was. Well, what he said was that she took the conversation the wrong way, that he wasn't trying to do anything. But he understands that it was uncomfortable for her now or something like that. All right, now, in addition to that,

she talked about another part of the conversation where he was discussing ages and how he would date women if she was over 22. You have been quoted as saying that he also asked you about if you'd ever been with an older man. Yeah. He asked me if age difference mattered. He also explained that he was fine with anyone over 22.

And how old are you? 25. What were you thinking as he's asking you these questions? I thought he's trying to sleep with me and I'm deeply uncomfortable and I have to get out of this room as soon as possible. Damn. All right. And I was going to tell you Cuomo's response. Now, initially he had said last week that he never made advances toward Ms. Bennett, nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate. But then on Wednesday, he did a more direct apology. He said, I now understand that I acted

in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. It was unintentional. And I truly and deeply apologize for it. I felt awful about it. And frankly, I am embarrassed by it. And that's not easy to say, but that's the truth. Yeah. I mean, it's nuts that any man, but especially someone in his position would still be, you know, talking like that and making those same kind of mistakes after the me two times up movement Like, you have to be super arrogant or feel like you are untouchable, you know, to still be making those same kind of mistakes. I don't care how much

grease Governor Cuomo has in his head. He is not an untouchable mob boss. And Me Too Time's Up should have caused a lot of self-correction, right? And if you don't, if you didn't self-correct yourself, you're headed for self-destruction. Or maybe he's been doing it for so long, he just can't stop. That's true. That's what I mean. You got to have a type of self-destruction.

And I think he also, in his head, feels like because he didn't touch her or touch anybody, that he didn't do anything wrong. But conversation can also be manipulative and uncomfortable and wrong as well. Especially when you're a man with that kind of power and that kind of stature. Well, that is your front page news. All right. Now, when we come back, Charlamagne got a chance

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You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, Charlamagne got a chance to chop it up with Arsenio Hall. Yes.

You know, it's funny because this interview has been under embargo for a while. Because, you know, they was keeping it top secret for whatever reason because of the movie. Right. And the stuff that we talked about. But, yeah, I got this chance to sit down with one of my inspirations, man. Mr. Arsenio Hall, talk show goat. This man has inspired me on so many different levels. And I've been blessed to have several

conversations with him throughout my life but this one is public for the people so all right you look good my brother thank you man and god bless you you look great i love that you you did something about paul mooney this morning on instagram man god bless you because me and eddie were talking about him yesterday i was like shocked it was like you were hearing us i I always think about y'all, man, because from the outside looking in, it always seemed like unity and group operation had been a thing for y'all generation of comedians. Well, at least with the Black Pack. You know, with yourself and Eddie, Robert Townsend, Kenan Irving-Wayans, and Paul Mooney was a part of that as well, right?

Absolutely. There is an early picture where Paul Mooney is in that photo with me and Kenan and Eddie. I joked about this in Chappelle, in Chris Rock's dressing room, and it was on Instagram. It's interesting, you know, Prince, you know the famous situation at the Beverly Theater where James Brown is performing and Prince and Michael Jackson both showed up?

Well, no, I saw that on the BET Awards. That was your talking about? The one where Prince grabbed a light pole and fell in the audience? No. Okay, I have to send you this because it's too long a story. But my point was that legends and goats haven't always gotten along. And I love that Chris and Chappelle, as good as they are, they don't compete. They drive each other higher.

And that's the way Richard and Eddie were. And one time he had this little cart, right? And he said, I hear Eddie Murphy has a movie out. And I said, yeah. He said, can we go see it? And he was willing to leave the house. I put his little cart in the back of my Rover and I rented a theater at Paramount. Me and Richard sat and watched the Eddie movie.

What movie was it? It was a sequel to Cop. It was one of those and he loved Eddie and I love when the goats are talented and confident enough to hang out and drive each other higher.

I went on the road, did a couple of dates with Chappelle and Chris Rock, and I loved their relationship. You know, there was never jealousy. Nobody was ever hating on the other and falling off light poles at the Beverly Theater and stuff like that. So did Richard want to meet Steve because that's his illegitimate son?

Because Steve and Richard got it. They look alike. Why he wanted to see Steve? You know, it probably was some kind of synchronicity in looking at a mustache and saying, I like him. And by the way, he had met Steve one other time, too. I think Steve

told me they had met someplace. You know, it might have been some visual connection, but with Richard, it was probably because Steve was funny. And in those times when you're in your bed and that's all you do is sit with your friend and watch TV, laughter is healing. Laughter is the greatest thing ever. And it's why I'm happy this movie is coming on March 5th. I know it's not much in times like this when we have food lines and

people dying, but I'm sure glad that on March 5th, I can take people away for an hour and a half and make them laugh. That's why I wanted to ask you about the Black Pack because you and Eddie's relationship, the chemistry is always there. Why is that unity so important then? And how have y'all helped each other over the years?

Wow, it's interesting. You know, he's a rich guy. He don't need no help. But I think we've all had, we know what the other does. It's interesting. He's a rich guy. He don't need no help. But I think we've all had, we know what the other does. Stand-ups are very cliquish. There's this thing, we think we're the most talented people on the planet. We think stand-up is the hardest thing in the world to do.

And there's a tremendous respect. Don't get me wrong, there's some comics that stand in the back of the comedy store and they hate on you. But for the most part, we're very cliquish. And I think Eddie and I met, we understood each other. And it's kind of cool that we're still friends because friendships, you know, don't last. Sometimes when there's money and competition and that kind of stuff in the mix. How did you and Eddie even become the friends that y'all are? Eddie and I met through Keenan Wayans. We were, Keenan called me back in the days when you didn't have a cell phone. You call somebody at home, if they don't answer, f*** them.

But, you know, I got a call. It was Keenan. He said, come to the improv about nine. And he said, Eddie's going to work out because he's in town to do the Tonight Show. So he needed to work out his set. And I got there and we were standing in front waiting for Eddie to arrive. And Kenan introduced me to Eddie. And Eddie said, I wanted to meet you in person because my mother thinks we look alike. You don't look like me. Yeah. The second sentence Eddie said to me was, you don't look like me. Y'all don't look nothing alike. Yeah, the second sentence Eddie said to me was, Nigga, you don't look like me.

And Damon Wayans was parking his car. This is a great story. Damon starts walking down the street, and he's walking a little effeminate, very effeminate. Like men on film? Yes. Okay, okay. And so I hadn't met him and so we should he put his hand out he shook my hand and you know if somebody is really acting like that you don't

laugh because that's who they are you know so i didn't know i had never met keenan's brother and finally he came out of the character and i realized this guy is a funny mother and he can lock into a character and that character because eddie's standing there that character ended up a valet parking guy in beverly hills cop wow you know i'm wondering like were you hesitant in any way to do a sequel to a classic like coming to america Oh, yes. Because there are gods that walk the earth, you're afraid of criticism. You know, from Charlemagne to somebody on Twitter. I've been buying a coffee,

and the barista said to me, I heard y'all gonna redo that movie. Don't f*** it up. That's my movie. My family watched that movie once a year together. And you realize there are people who are afraid for you to go to work. They don't want you

to do it. They don't want you to quit it. And you start thinking, I'm like, if the barista is nervous, what's Charlemagne going to say? I mean, there are a lot of people who see it as this cult film that they grew up with and they love. And there were people who really didn't want

us to do the sequel. But I think we did it. And I think the people who are truly fans of it are going to like what we did. Now, if people don't like the sequel to come into America, do you think it will affect the legacy of the first film? No, I think the second one will stand on its own

as just a statement like, I loved the first one. You know, I don't think it'll hurt the legacy, but I also think they'll love it because it's like a great Michael Eric Dyson book. You like chapter one, and it's the same dude talking to chapter two, continuing his thoughts and his flowery languages. These two things work together. Like, I love the fact that your kids and my kid will be able to watch this, and within

this movie, even if they haven't seen the first one, it will be explained that there was more that happened that night when I said, I'm going to tear you apart and your friend, too. That entire night evolved and morphed into something else, and through the magic of film technology, like there's this movie that I was watching and I'm looking and I'm like, that young dude right there looked like De Niro.

And I realized it was De Niro. And they have this process by which they can make you look younger these days. So me and Eddie were talking about it. And he said, yes. He said they did that with Arnold. And he said, you know, with that idea, we can go back and we can have a reprieve of what happened that night and we can go from there into a sequel. And I think it was Arnold's young makeup in that process that gave him part of the idea for this. What took so long for the film to come out?

Because I've been hearing about this sequel for at least, it seemed like 15 years, honestly. Yeah. And here's the crazy thing, Charlemagne. And it's why I love when you ask those kind of questions. None of that stuff was ever true. Really? There was never a talk. We had actually decided we're fans of the movie, too. It was great.

We did it well. We're going to leave it where it is. And trust me, I'm not papered up like Eddie. If he said, let's do Coming to America 2 and it's about us going to Wakanda with R. Kelly, I would sign up and I

would do it. It's like, whatever my life is. Hakeem, the plane smells like piss. Whatever the f*** I would handle it. But we loved the first one and had decided to never do a sequel. And then he heard the idea. And that idea went through a lot of incarnations.

Like, for instance, when he first told me the idea, I said, I kind of like that. And he went to the original writers and wanted them to craft just The format and get the Technical stuff right and then go to Kenya And modernize it and make it funny So he had a process And I said We're going to have to cast A son for you

And he said I got that And I said who? He says Tracy Morgan And I said No Tracy Morgan is funny I said, no, no. Tracy Morgan is funny every day he wakes up. But you all look about the same age. He can't be your son.

It's like we can't have Coming to America with Morgan Freeman as your son found in America. You know, that doesn't work. But we knew that whatever he did, he wanted Tracy in it. So we made him the uncle. And they did a casting call and Jermaine came in. Jermaine Fowler came in and crushed it on his audition. From what Craig Brewer told me, the day he came in, it was over because they loved Jermaine. So the bottom line is it took four more years after that day that he let me read the draft.

It took four more years to get it right. All right. Now we got more with Arsenio Hall. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Am I right? Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. You know, Coming to America comes out today. And Charlamagne got a chance to chop it up with Arsenio. Yeah, Coming to America is actually out. I got the chance to sit down and chop it up with one of my inspirations, Mr. Arsenio Hall. Listen, y'all are comedians. You know what I'm saying? Y'all don't bite your tongue. But things have changed drastically from the first film. Did being politically correct and having to be politically correct in certain moments impact the comedy at all?

Absolutely. Just like when I do stand up, sometimes you're nervous. I was doing stand upup one night before COVID and this dude was sitting watching me like this, Charlemagne. He was just recording it all and we got him to pull it down off the YouTube but the problem is

when I'm in a little club working out, the jokes ain't finished yet. I learn what's wrong and what's right. And you adjust things. I hate people to tape it then because, you know, you can get in some trouble. But political correctness, it makes you think about it a lot. When I don't like to think, I just like to do it.

Like coming to America, I remember when I saw the line where my barber addresses breasts in Africa. I think his term was them long, sloppy titt yeah yeah and you know i'm like oh man i'm gonna come back and do this sequel and then and i was like well i'm just gonna blame it on kenya that's it that's it you know you talked about a being like rich and there was a time when when Eddie was one of the biggest stars in the world. I mean, he's still, he's an icon now, but I'm just talking about, like, just a red-hot superstar. Was there ever a moment where you had to check him because he might have been getting big-headed and fronting on you? Wow. I'll tell you something about Eddie.

Eddie will say some s*** to me, and we'll be boys doing what guys do. But I've seen someone say something about me to Eddie, and it's like, hey, mother s***, that's my brother. And so we say a lot of crazy s*** to each other, and we argue

just like friends do. But when our backs are against the wall, you know, we ride or die when it comes to that friendship. I've always looked up to you in the talk show space, man. You know that. I've said that a million times,

had the pleasure of telling you that. Hey, man, you know what I think of your work. I mean, when people ask me about this, you know, like during the election, I'm like, it looks like they don't need me on the planet because Charlemagne is taking everything I dreamed of doing and tried to do to the next plateau. And with you on the planet, I can stay home. Well, you know, I reference you all the time, man.

You're one of the reasons I even want to do a talk show. When I hosted while I was a guest on Stephen Colbert's show one time and he let me sit behind the desk and I made the audience do the woof, woof, woof, you know what I'm saying? Hey, yo, dog, I just had

shoulder surgery from all the years of doing that shit. I had my shit replaced. You serious? I'm like an old quarterback, Solomon. I'm like, people do that to me now, and I go to the other arm. What was your experience like as a black male talk show host in the 90s? It was hard because, well, first of all, hard. Hard is what my uncle did

at Jones and Lockwood Steel or what my other uncle did at Chevrolet. But there were times, you know, I remember one time a reviewer referring to me as a monkey.

I mean, you can imagine back then. It was different and we've become a little more politically correct. But it was hard. And we've become a little more politically correct. But but it was hard. You know, the context. He was talking about my movement on stage, you know, because I'm not I don't stand. You know, I was a stand up and I move a lot. It's crazy, Charlemagne.

It's the things I could tell you. But you know what was the hardest? Sometimes I had a desire to leave the business different than I found it. The things I could tell you. But you know what was the hardest sometimes? I had a desire to leave the business different than I found it. I wanted to bring Black people into it. I remember asking the president of Paramount for an intern program because there weren't enough Black writers. And there had never been any in late night who write jokes every night. So I started an intern program. My first intern was John Singleton and he wanted to direct. And the coolest thing in the world was this guy on my set who sometime I would say, why is John Singleton in the hallway where talent is?

And he would always wander away from the interns and go say hello to a guest like Cuba Gooding Jr. And it's weird that so much of the prep for that movie in his mind and in his heart and meeting people and networking was done on the show. And at that time, it was like, hey, man, you're supposed to be zero rocks in the paper that they gave you. But now I look back and I'm glad he said, f*** off, sir. I don't want to do that. Did he say that to you?

No, he didn't say that. But I love that he didn't do what I said all the time. Like there were times the interns weren't allowed on the stage. And there were times I would walk into the booth and John Singleton was watching the director.

And now I look back and I'm so glad that he didn't do what I said do. You know, and so we had young writers and interns and I was able to put a lot of hip hop on. I was able to try to do anything that Oprah and Johnny weren't doing. And Oprah wasn't crazy about hip hop back then. So I've got to have this lane in this world all to myself but one of the hard parts was in starting that I remember going to Paramount and saying I want to book this group and I knew that I was gonna have a hard time I had to approve all the bookings early on and I wanted to do NWA And one of the people in the meeting knew who it was. I had a cassette tape that Ice Cube hand delivered to me.

He brought it to the set because Ice Cube hated me for many years. Why? I wasn't able to pull it off. It was early on. And I wasn't able to get Paramount. He wanted to do F*** the Police. And I was the president. I was the national ambassador of D.A.R.E. and all kind of stuff, which meant I went to schools with cops. And so Paramount wouldn't let me do it. I remember finally when they started letting me two songs. He played me my prerogative and don't be cruel.

And I said, I want to break both of them up. He said, no, just one. I want both of them, Bob. It's not like the Tonight Show will let you break it. So I went to Paramount and I said, I want to do two songs in one night. I'm going to do it on a Friday night. And I'm going to do one in the early part of the show and one at the end of the show. I'm going to do prerogative last.

And they didn't want me to do it. And it was interesting. They didn't like when I said Bobby Brown, they said, look, I'm sure she's very talented. But and I said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. She and they said, Bobby Brown is she was a spokesmodel on Star Search, right? No, Bobby Brown is a man. And Bobby Brown was a new addition. And so I realized they were turning me down on stuff they didn't understand. And you have to you have to realize that in those times when I'm saying Bobby Brown and when I'm saying Q-Tip and when I'm saying, you know, you know how people sit in the band at The Tonight Show or david sanborn sits in with with paul schaefer i want to have some hip-hop guys with my posse and i wanted to do stuff different and i had to fight for a lot of that all right we got more with arsenio hall when we come back don't move

it's the breakfast club good morning e.j nv angela yee Charlamagne the guy We are The Breakfast Club Now, Charlamagne kicked it with Arsenio Hall About how long, about a week ago, two weeks ago? Longer than that Yeah, longer than that But it's dope You know, I got to sit down with him and chop it up for an hour He's one of my inspirations

I always say it's six degrees of Arsenio There's nobody that you can meet in the industry from a certain era That Arsenio doesn't have a story about, but we'll talk to him. Man, it shows me how much value one Black person in the right position can have. Because one thing that you always showed us, it was so much value in us. And that's one thing I love about the Arsenio Hall show. There was a time where there was a need to highlight hip-hop and black stars. Do you think that black talent is adequately represented and highlighted now? Well, not to keep kissing your ass, but, you know, when I listen to you or watch you,

I hear about stuff I don't know about. And I think that's important. You know, you go deep into hip hop and, you know, you and Envy, you know, y'all know some folks and I love going that deep. I love going deeper than Ryan and Kelly will go with hip hop, you know, and you do that. I love Trevor Noah's position in the business because he's brilliant and he deals with an area of show business that Soul Train didn't deal with. He deals with an area of society that we've never seen a brother deal with. I would love to see more people so we have more variety because there's a huge space between Charlemagne and Trevor. Trevor, by the way, who's incoming to America. Yeah.

I won't even tell what he does, but you can imagine. You know. But the bottom line is there's something in the middle. And I know there's Desus and Morrow. Desus and Morrow, yeah, they're my guy. Yeah. But the bottom line is, like the NBA, I don't mind having five people in late night, you know, and a white boy coming off the bench. We can flip it up a little bit, you know?

You know, I'm so happy this movie's coming out, coming to America, too, on March 5th, because really for you in a lot of ways, because I've told you this before. What is Arsenio Hall waiting on to tell his story? Well, see, now, you being friends with Wendy makes this real relevant. We all, the world, just saw her documentary.

There's no Calvin. Isn't it Calvin? Calvin, yeah. There's nobody like that in my life. So you need a villain? You gotta have a villain? None of my women

have ever had down the street in a house that I bought. But that stuff makes good television. That makes good storytelling. I'll be honest with you, man. I think a documentary on me might be storytelling. I'll be honest with you, man. I think a documentary on me might be boring. I mean, stop. There's but there's no there's no drug problem, you know, unless.

Hey, by the way, weed has gotten me through 2020 and part of 2021. You know, I'm edible. Do you smoke? Yeah, I'm a smoker. I'm i'm a big weed smoker but i think but you need a cocaine problem you know you need to have a scene where where you put heroin in your ass at some point for a good document documentary would be a guy who came from cleveland and did very well and then wrote a letter to paramount and said, I want to move on. I think I want a family and I want to do more acting. You know, that's not a good documentary. You had so many legendary people and moments on the Arsenio Hall show, and you kind of answered this already.

Do you even factor those moments into your own personal measurement of value? I guess I do. But as many things that I did right, you know, there are a lot of people who hate me because they feel only Barbara Walters should interview Farrakhan. And I shouldn't have done it. So I got things from that era and moments in that era that people hate me for, too. And you got to take the good with the bad, but that's who I was. I was Mr. Curious and I remember meeting him and he told me about the million man March. And he also said to me that I'd never heard this and I thought it was

important to the black community. He looked at me and he said, cause I asked him about Malcolm. And I said, I think the question that black people want to know is your relationship with Malcolm in the end. And he said, I think the question that black people want to know is your relationship with Malcolm in the end. And he said, I think I may have contributed to an atmosphere that killed Malcolm. And when he said that, I'm like, I got to do this interview. And I already resigned from the show. I'd sent a letter to Carrie McCluggage and they let me do it.

But a lot of people didn't like it. And I get that. I'm sure there are people who didn't like my interview with other people too. But, you know. So you resigned from the Arsenio Hall show. Like the rumor has always been Arsenio Hall got canceled because he interviewed the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Yeah, I had sent a letter of resignation to the guy who was running Paramount prior to that. Paramount didn't have to let me do that, but they thought it was good TV to ask him these questions. And by the way, I brought in

a man back then named Irv Rubin, who was head of the JDL, because I wanted to ask those questions too, not just the things that Black people were concerned about. So I tried to do it in that way. But yes, I had sent a letter in and resigned. And because they had to figure out what they were going to do with the show, they let me continue to do more shows while they figured it out. Because I remember the conversation they came to me. They said, what would you do? We have Bill Bellamy under contract. Do you think he'd be good? And that was their conversation. They also brought up Jon Stewart, who they eventually gave the show to.

Jon Stewart had a couple bites at the Apple. He did a show back then after me because they went with him instead of Bellamy. And then, of course, there's no timing greater in show business than God's timing. It ain't about when you want it. It's about when he want to give it to you because Jon Stewart changed the game, but not that night. Later on, they put him in the right place in front of where, you know, Trevor's life is now.

And he was groundbreaking and changed the business. But back then it wasn't his time, but he replaced me. Why, why resign? I want it. Like when you're doing a talk show, it might be similar to what you're doing every night. I'm watching somebody's movie. I'm reading someone's book. There was no link back then. You had to go to a theater or someplace and watch somebody's movie. You know, there was no laptop. There was no, like sometimes I can hit my laptop, the word speak, and it'll read somebody's book to me. And I just sit and listen. But back then, you actually had to sit with Judith Light's autobiography and read it before the interview

the next day. And there was a point where I wanted to act more. I did Harlem Nights in the nighttime. I would do my show all day and I did Harlem Nights in the nighttime. I would do my show all day and then shoot Harlem Nights at night. And Shalame, I love to act, man. I love to act. I wanted more time to pursue that. People would put me in movies as the talk show host

or they would use clips and they still do that. Like recently, there's a Mr. Mr. Rogers movie and they erased Mr. Rogers when I interviewed him back in the day and they put Tom Hanks in they can do stuff like that now so my old interview is in the movie so I guess you could call it typecasting I wanted to act more And something else that's really important for a man when it hits you, I felt that every day doing this, I wanted a kid, man. I wanted to be a dad. I remember the moment too. Magic had started coaching and he was coaching the Lakers. And Cookie Johnson let me babysit EJ and take him to a game between the Lakers and

the Clippers and EJ is watching the game with me and during halftime I took EJ in the back just to let him just give dad a hug and when I leaned over so he could kiss Irvin you know how a water balloon you can't hold it it go down on this side it go down onvin. You know how a water balloon, you can't hold it and go down on this side and go down on that side. You know how a water balloon does. That's how EJ started doing to get to his daddy and to kiss his daddy and hold his daddy. And he didn't want to let him coach the second half. And there was a moment that I don't know how to describe other than the way I'm doing it. I was that there's no love like the love of a father and his son, a father and his daughter. That moment, I was like, I didn't want kids. As a

matter of fact, to be, I'm going to be honest with you. I'm not going to even say I didn't want kids. You know how when you don't make mistakes and you get around and you haven't gotten somebody pregnant, you worry. And I went to a doctor. You know, I was like, I ain't never got nobody pregnant. And, I mean, I use condoms and everything, but you suppose it slips sometimes. And I never had one of those situations. And I went to a doctor, and he said, I remember the term. He said I had slow swimmers.

And I didn't even ask him for more information because that was just too embarrassing. I said, okay, whatever, because I think that means you're broke. You got slow swimmers. And I didn't even ask him for more information because that was just too embarrassing. I said, okay, whatever. Because I think that means you're broke. You got slow swimmers. And it's all about God, dog. Not you, but the other one. And the bottom line is eventually my girl got pregnant and my son was born. And I spent the next 21 years, you know, I was that dad at every game, at every play. And I tried to slide in and do work here and there. But you can't do Hollywood part time. Hey, Arsenio, I just want to tell you, man, you loved, you valued, you appreciated. And I'm just happy that you exist on this planet, man.

And I want everybody to go out there and check out Coming to America. Continued success, bro. Say hello to the duo go out there and check out Coming to America. Continued success, bruh. Say hello to the duo that sits in the studio with you every morning. I love you all and God bless you. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Shalameen the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, make sure you go check out my

conversation with Arsenio Hall on The Breakfast Club's YouTube page. It should be up now. That's right. What's our YouTube? Breakfast Club AM? No, that's not it. Breakfast Club's YouTube page. It should be up now. That's right. What's our YouTube? Breakfast Club AM? No, that's not it. Breakfast Club? I'm not in the studio.

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This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on the Breakfast Club. Well, OBO Sound Radio is back. Now, Drake made that announcement on Twitter. He posted yesterday, going live tonight at 10.30 p.m. Eastern with the return of OVO Sound Radio and the launch of our 24-hour station, Sound 42, a new experience on SiriusXM.

He also shared three new songs on the Scary Hours 2 EP. Now here's what Drake had to say about Certified Lover Boy and Scary Hours 2. I'm back in tip-top form. So, you know, that's a blessing. And CLB is currently being chefed

in every way possible. And I'm just really excited about the music that we're making. I don't have an exact date, but just know it's in the pot and it's coming soon. I wonder if it's easier or harder for Drake to make music now. You would think it'd be easier because he's playing with house money because he's Drake, but sometimes you set the bar so high

that when you fall short of what we're used to, people critique harder. That's what I've been doing. So it's good to see him return to form. It's also inspirational. You know, a lot of times you get inspiration from different things. You trying to grow. You trying to get to that next level.

But when you're on that level, what do you rap about? I mean, it's good to see him return to form on the three-pack he dropped. Like, when he raps, he's one of the best. And he's snapping on that Lemon Pepper freestyle. When he said, these days, fame is disconnected from excellence. Half the time, I gotta ask these niggas what their profession is. Jesus Christ. Usher the generation in. These are where my

confessions live. Bars! Yeah, he spitting. Alright, well, the songs he put out are What's Next, Once in Needs, and Lemon Pepper Freestyle. Why are you talking about the music that you hear in a hotel lobby in LA, though? Why you always gotta have something to say about Drake? Just let him live, man.

Put out three songs, you like it, and then you have to do that. And then you got to go left. And when I gave him props, y'all ain't saying nothing. But as soon as I say something that y'all might perceive as negative, look at y'all. See? Alright, now Too Short has explained why his song with Drake never came out. He was talking

with E-40 for Hip Hop DX, and here's what he had to say. I was just about to why his song with Drake never came out. He was talking with E-40 for Hip Hop DX. And here's what he had to say. I was just about to do a song with Drake. I feel like it might have happened. And then he got the 13 Billboard Awards and nobody answered the phone anymore. I was like, you know, I don't call too many times. I just fell back like, damn, I missed the window. Drake owned that, though.

A lot of Drake's sound came from the Bay Area, man. So Drake owned that, man drake a lot of drink sound came from the bay area man so drake owned that man he got busy right all right now space jam a new legacy according to the director malcolm d lee he says this new one will be even better than the 1996 original he said it's a better movie than space jam he told entertainment weekly weekly lebron has that has got that going for him he said if you say theatrical movie space jam is it you know he just whacked that movie out right you know he literally just made the movie whack we gotta stop doing that when you compare something to the original people go in thinking okay i'm waiting for this to be better than the first space jam and when it's not then they'll

say things like oh the movie is whack you know what You know what I call that? I call that Miff Bleak in somebody. Salute to Bleak. I love Bleak. But when Jay-Z said Miff Bleak is the new, improved me, he set Bleak up for failure. Because Bleak is good. But he's not hove. I mean, nobody's hove. But what part twos are better, though? There has to be a part two that was better than the part one that we can talk about.

Bad boys. Bad boys. What's bad boys? I mean, yeah. Yeah, bad boys. Bad boys are equally as good. Bad boys, too, Boys I mean Yeah Yeah Bad Boys Are equally as good Bad Boys 2 was fire Yeah Bad Boys 2

I would say equally as good Equally as good I think Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3 was really good I liked it better than the first See I don't do horror movies Yeah you're going too far Yeah I don't pay people

To scare me I don't know Which sequel was better Than the first I gotta think about that one Alright well that is Your rumor report Hmm Y'all keep thinking Which sequel was better Than the first. I gotta think about that one. Alright, well that is your rumor report.

Y'all keep thinking. I can't think anymore. We gotta go, guys. Rumor report. That's it. Thanks. Who you giving that donkey to? Oh, man, we need a Tampa Bay Police Department to come to the front of the congregation. Tampa Police Department in Tampa. Y'all need to come to the front of the congregation. We would like

to have a word with you, okay? Okay. Florida. We'll get to that next. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Make sure you tell them to watch out for Florida, man.

The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. Put the breakfast club,

bitchy. Donkey of the day. With Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. Because it's Florida, little Duval. Donkey of the day for Friday, March 5th, goes to the Tampa Police Department. Now, what does your Uncle Sharla always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. I love the state of Florida, but we would be playing ourselves if we didn't recognize

that the state of Florida is operating on a different frequency than the rest of the world. Not too many things in Florida make sense. Well, at least not to the rest of us on the outside looking in. And this is one of those times. See, the Tampa Police Department fired Delvin White, keyword white, for violations of policy that prohibit discriminatory conduct. So Delvin White, keyword white, clearly did something to discriminate against someone. Well, what did Delvin White, keyword white, clearly did something to discriminate against someone. Well, what did Delvin White, keyword white, do?

Let's go to WTSP CBS 10 for the report, please. Tampa's police union is fighting to reinstate a police officer fired for using the N-word on the job. The union says the punishment was too harsh. Police say the language violates community trust and was enough to fire eight-year vet devlin white who worked as a school resource officer at middleton devin white keyword white was fired for being caught on body camera saying on a phone call to a young woman the n-word and they're fighting to get his job back i know know what you're saying. Well, Uncle Charlotte, that absolutely deserves donkey of the day. He deserves the biggest hee-haw.

No police officer named Devin White, keyword white, should be, you know, using the N-word. Okay? And they shouldn't be fighting to get his job back. Yes. Well, let's play a game of guess what race it is. All right. Now, Angela Yee. This should be very obvious to all of us.

Now, Angela Yee, Devin, last name White, keyword White, okay, was fired by the Tampa Police Department because he was caught on body camera saying that his job is to insure. Well, I'm not going to say what he said his job was to insure, but he used the N-word. Guess what race it is. I'm going to say Caucasian. sure but he used the n-word guess what race it is i'm gonna say caucasian what gave it away his last name now dj envy yes devin white keyword white tampa florida was fired by the tampa police department because he was caught on body camera

saying the n-word envy guess what race it is. This is a tough one. But I got to go with white. Okay. Well, let's go back to WTSP CBS 10 for the report, please. And find out if you're right. The Tampa Police Union is fighting to reinstate a black police officer fired for using the N-word on the job. Hold on. Play it again.

WTSP CBS 10. I think Envy and Angela on the job hold on play it again wtsp cbs 10 i think envy and angela yee were wrong play it again tampa's police union is fighting to reinstate a black police officer fired for using the n-word on the job y'all were wrong that was too easy delvin white is black and he was fired for using the N-word. Now, can we hear how he used the N-word in context, please? My hair go back. You going to jail now? He said, you going to jail now, nigga? Now, let's discuss. Play it one more time.

Play it one more time. My hair go back. You going to jail now? You going to jail now, nigga? Listen, the Tampa Police police benevolent association said yesterday that they are standing with devin white and fighting the department's firing let me read the statement from tampa police benevolent association spokesman danny alvarez he said we stand with the city of tampa and the tampa police department in their efforts to stamp

out racism in every form and condemn any and all derogatory statements in or out of uniform but the facts in the delving white matter do not reflect an act or any intent that warrants the punishment he received for his alleged transgression charlamagne to god lenard mckelvey uncle charla absolutely agrees let me tell you something we live in a country where a black person is three times more likely to be killed by police during a police encounter than a white person we live in a country where a black person is three times more likely to be killed by police during a police encounter than a white person we live in a country where black people are more likely to be arrested and more likely to receive a longer prison sentence than a white person convicted of the same crime we are more likely to be profiled than white people

police historically do whatever the hell they want with us in this country and now all of a sudden you want to fire a black man for using the n-word in context let me tell you something there is a thing called cultural competency and when you from a certain environment you speak the language of that environment of course a black police officer in tampa is going to use the n-word devin white keyword white was raised in the east tampa community and that's the environment that he chose to protect every day. Don't nobody know how to talk the language of the community better than a person who's from there? By the way, that's what we need. That's what we want.

We need policing that is for us and by us. Do you know Devin White also told investigators, yeah, use the N-word. And he used the N-word while making an arrest in November and he used the N-word twice while arresting an uncooperative male for trespassing. Let me hear that little clip

again of him on the body camera. My hair go, brother. You gonna tell now? You gonna tell now, nigga? Yes, he probably put handcuffs on a brother when he was being uncooperative because he knows him. Probably even knew the property he was trespassing on and was giving the dude a stern talking to and telling him, you going to jail

now, okay? I can guarantee you with no facts or evidence to back this up that a white person in the Tampa Police Department called a black person the N-word before or displayed some other form of racism because the whole law enforcement system is one of the most racist systems, you know, period. The two most racist systems in america are probably law enforcement and the medical system i guarantee you some police officer used those words

or was racist in worse ways and nothing happened to them okay tampa bay police department i don't know who you're trying to fool but you didn't fire devin white because he used the word nigga you fired devin white because in your eyes, he is a nigga. OK, Tampa Bay Police Department. Give this man Devin White his job back. OK. All right. Give the man his job back. All right. Y'all know good and damn well that man was not using the N-word in whatever context y'all thought he was using it in.

OK, Devin White was using it, you the way you are you use it when you have folks from the community police in the community all right you're just gonna have to understand there's a language barrier that y'all gonna have to overcome and it's simple we use the n-word y'all don't and we shouldn't use the n-word either but that's a conversation we need to have in private at the next secret black people meeting in the meantime please let Remy Ma give the Tampa Police Department the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw! Hee-haw! You stupid mother******, are you dumb? I just want you to know that you're over

your n***a quota for the day. That's what I want you to know that. You just said it. So you made me go over. I made you go over. You made me go over. I was fine. I'm allowed 10 per every five minutes. No, you're not. White man just said the N-word folder's over. No, it's not.

Well, guess what? I need a white man to tell me that I can't use the word nigga. And I got to say it. You can't say it. You got to say it to me. You can't say that word. What word? Say it.

What word can I say? I don't know. Exactly. Because if you say N-word, I'm going to say Nancy, noodles, nutmeg, okay, naughty, by nature. All right, man. Shout to that cop, man, too, man. He's doing his thing. That's what we want.

We want somebody from our community to police us, that's going to talk to us, and be from our community, right? If he'd have been like, excuse me, sir, you know you're going to jail. No. No, you want somebody that we know that's from our community. That's what we've been saying, right? That's what we've been screaming for. We've been crying for, right? Give Devin White his job back.

Absolutely. All right. Now, when we come back, Anderson.Paak and Bruno Mars will be joining us. Never heard of them. No, not at all. They started a group. What's it called? Silk City?

Sonic Silk? What's it called? Silk Sonic. Silk Sonic. Silk Sonic. All right. We're going to kick it with them when we come back at the Breakfast Club. Silk Sonic. All right. We're going to kick it with him when we come back as The Breakfast Club. Come on in.

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Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building this morning. We have Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak. What up, guys? What's going on? Yes, guys. How y'all feeling? Black and highly favored.

How y'all feeling? Oh, great, man. Bless, bless, bless. You guys are doing an album together. Now, how did this come about? Were y'all together? I mean, I think y'all were together since y'all together now. Did y'all record it together, or was this a pandemic studio session?

Let's be careful about how we say together. We're just some honest musicians that still play instruments, still listen to Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and stuff. And there's only a few people like that. So when you find it, you just you just got to link up. What does the name Silk Sonic mean? Where'd that come from? Bootsy named us. Oh, tell you got to tell us that story.

That's that's come on. That's incredible. He heard the song. He that story. Come on now, that's incredible. He heard the song, and said we need a name. You know, Bootsy Collins named Babyface. I didn't know that. I hope Babyface don't mind if you don't mind if I tell it. Please. Babyface was in the studio, and

Bootsy Collins walks in. He's in the studio with a bunch of his friends. He looks at at the time, he's Kenny Edmonds. Bootsy looks at him and says, what's up, baby face? And the whole studio starts laughing. The next day, they have a show, and the guy introduces him as Kenny Edmonds,

and he got the golf clap. And as a joke, the very next night, he goes, ladies and gentlemen, baby face. And the girls start freaking out. And I hope I didn't botch that story, face. But that's the story. So what do you do? Walk in the studio and say, hey, Silk Sonic?

No, no, no. We played him the song. We sent him the record. And when it says hosted by Bootsy Collins, what other involvement does he have in the album? He's going to be narrating this whole album. We try to put a show together. And we call it the set list of doom.

Okay. Well, let me ask y'all a question. When he said y'all was silk sonic, y'all didn't ask what that means? Y'all just... You can't really question the OGs, you know? Like, you only get a few moments with them, so you kind of just have to run with that. I liked it. I think it fit with the music

and, you know, it sounded cool when he said it, so it was like that's rock with it. I think it fit with the music. And, you know, it sounded cool when he said it. That's rock with it. It seems like a Five Heartbeats type of vibe or something like that. I got nothing but love for you, baby. Hey, we was arguing this morning. Which one of y'all is a better pure singer?

Come on. We ain't gotta argue. Damn. You know what I'm saying? We ain't gotta argue. We ain't gotta argue about that. It's like, you know, I'm saying We gotta argue We gotta argue about that You said it's you Anderson You said it's you Anderson It's like you know I'm a drummer first

So I know how to support No Bruno Bruno Can't nobody sing higher Than Bruno Can't nobody sing clearer You guys are gonna hear

You guys are gonna hear Anderson singing his ass off On this album So you think Anderson's A better pure singer Than you Bruno I didn't say that Charlamagne Charlamagne? I didn't say that, Charlamagne.

Charlamagne, you can't. And I would never say that. We can edit that part out, right? Now, do you guys watch Versus? Are y'all fans of Versus? Yeah. Would y'all ever do a Verse? Well, it was either going to be a Versus or make an album.

And Anderson chose the right move. Yeah. No, I love the versus. I don't know. Would you do a versus? Hell yeah. Who would you battle? You. Damn. That makes sense. You see Raekwon and Ghostface are up

next, and that's really a great way to celebrate. That's going to be great. I'm just happy. I think what Swizz and Timbaland did with that is awesome. I text Swizz congrat Timbaland did with that is awesome. I text Swizz congratulating him because I think that did a lot for the pandemic. Absolutely. Now, besides Anderson.Paak, who would you battle, Bruno, if there's anybody out there? I'll go toe-to-toe with anybody out there.

I like that. Toe-to-toe. I like that. I don't want to battle nobody. I don't want no problems. I don't want no problems. I don't want no problems. Now, I see, Bruno Mars, you also got yourself an alter ego, right? You're designing clothes. Yeah, everyone's calling it an alter ego.

It's kind of weird. Who is the fashion designer slash mystery man slash? Oh, yeah. No. Riquette? Yeah. What do you call it? Lacoste approached me.

I've been fortunate to have been asked to do collaborations before with other companies. But it always came with, like, guidelines. Lacoste was the only company that was like, Bruno, you can do whatever you want. And so, you know, Bruno Mars, like, that's like tour merch. And that's me on stage. I got to be a designer. And that's where Ricky Regal came up. Because I want to wear the clothes. I don't want to wear clothes that says Bruno Mars on stage. I got to be a designer. And that's where Ricky Regal came up. Because I want to wear the clothes.

I don't want to wear clothes that says Bruno Mars on it. Now, Bruno, the other barbershop debate we was having was if you did do a versus and you battled The Weeknd. Oh. I said Bruno. Toe to toe, Charlamagne. You heard me the first time? Toe to toe. I said Bruno over The Weeknd.

I said that. Oh, come on. What do you think, Anderson? I mean, I think that's no brainer. I'm about to say. Come on. Don't do that, Charlemagne. Don't do that.

Don't do that. We know what you're doing. We know what you're doing. It'd be a beautiful thing to see. Bruno said, I'll take anybody toe to toe. But then I backed out immediately. That was me. I got gassed toe. But then I backed out immediately. That was me. I got gassed up, but then I backed out immediately.

Now, Bruno, question. Why you scam that woman out of $100,000? Damn, man. Why you doing that, Bruno? You got that boy during the pandemic? Making the album with Anderson wasn't enough? Listen, I owe some money, man. I had to skip town to Pasadena.

I put a lot on the Spurs that night. It didn't really come through for me. He was overextended. No, listen. Do you know her name? Yeah. I don't think they put her name out there, but. All right.

Well, whoever you are, I'm so sorry. And stay off the internet. That's all you got, Bruno? Stay off the internet. That's all you got, Bruno? Stay off the internet. It's treacherous. It's treacherous out there. But Bruno, what did you think when you heard that story, though? I mean, look, I have family members

that thought I was actually talking to them on Facebook. You know, like, this is my uncles and my aunties. Like, they really thought it was me talking to them. So I don't blame her. I just, I just say to everyone out there, be careful because that's a different world. It ain't the real world out there. Don't send money.

Nobody, nobody's sending money. Anderson pack or Bruno Mars. Unless it's the silk sonic. Come on now. Have you ever had a situation? Nobody's sending money. Anderson.Paak or Bruno Mars. Unless it's the Silk Sonic. Come on now. Come on. Have you ever had a situation, either one of you, where you thought you were talking to somebody online and you got catfished? Like maybe a collaboration you were trying to pitch

and it was not the person you thought it was? Well, it happens all the time. I call the same person with the same first name, and you realize 30 minutes in uh this ain't this ain't the earl that i wanted i got a chance rich all right i'm all at you later yeah yeah stuff like that but i always know who i'm talking to just now you know it's interesting right because y'all sent the tweet out saying that y'all was you know doing an album doing a song everybody's talking about it does marketing and promotion from record labels even

matter when you get to a certain point in your career? Does it still matter? Yeah, because we hope that the Breakfast Club is going to champion for this song. That's why we want to sit down and talk to y'all and make sure that you guys champion for these out-of-work musicians praying that y'all going to play this record.

This seems like an easy way to do it. You stay here for a day, you do 20 interviews, you ain't gotta go to no place. I don't know, it's different, though. I'd much rather be there with y'all and, you know, doing it like that. This Zoom thing,

this is like the third time I've ever done a... Is this Zoom? Can I say that? This is Skype. Can I say that? This is Zoom, guys. This is Zoom. This is Zoom.

Yeah, this is like my third Zoom in history. Not too good with technology. I'm not a tech guy. This guy. How do y'all keep in touch with your lady friends during quarantine? Lady friends? Yeah. Anything married.

I got a wife, Shelly. I mean, you got to really chill. I didn't know. You've been here a couple times. Don't try to pipe and kill. Yo, cool out. Trying to get me jammed up. That's what he does. Trying to get me jammed up. That's his whole thing. I didn't know. He's been here a couple times. He's talking about his wife and kids. That's what he does. That's his whole thing. I didn't know.

He's got some cute kids. Beautiful pictures of his wife and kids. You understand me? Well, now it makes sense, Bruno, why you seem so level-headed and so just humble. You know what I mean? Because you got that stability.

Appreciate that. All right, we got more with Silk Sonic when we come back. That's Anderson.Paak and Bruno Mars. Now, what's the name of this joint, Charlamagne? I thought it was called Bruce Leroy. Keep the Door. I think it's called Keep the Door Open. Oh, so why they talking, or I guess they told us it was Bruce Leroy

because they was trying to, they didn't want the name of the song to go up. Maybe. All right, well, let's get into it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning. All right, that was Leave the Door Open. Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak, they are here.

Good morning. We are The Breakfast Club. Now let's get back to the interview. Shalame. Anderson, what's something, you know, Bruno is stronger than you at and vice versa, Bruno? What's something Anderson is stronger than you at? Can I take this one? Let me just take this one.

When I'm stronger than him at? The boy know how to bet, man. I'm telling you, man. You know what's going to hit, what's going to not? He got like a sixth sense, you know? I'm more like, ooh, let me see. I don't know. It could go this way, filling it out. But he got like a spidey sense. Like, like, ooh, let me see. I don't know. It could go this way. Filling it out, but he got

like a spidey sense. Like, nah, we gotta hit this. No, we gotta do this progression. You know what I'm saying? This is gonna get us the... There's money in that. There's some magic in that. That's his favorite thing. You know? This is the math on that. What about you, Bruno? What's something Anderson's stronger than you at? The exact opposite of what

he said. I grew up with some old school producers that was really hard in the studio to work with because they understand how to get to a certain place that they want to go. And I grew up watching that and seeing that and I've seen some horrible things, but I've seen them that turn into magic. Anderson is give me the drumsticks, you know, turn on the mic. So he's got this freedom that that's how he finds his groove. And I'm a little, and I'm a little more like,

all right, well maybe if I play this chord and then I do this and then I do that. Yeah. I also like to like bounce around. Like we're going through the song, you know, we work on it for four or five hours and then let's, let's jump something else, you know, or let's let's let's touch on this. This dude is obsessed. He's going to be working on the same damn song for two years just because there's magic in the hook.

He knows that. And it's like an obsession, bro. And like we can work on something all day and we back, and I'll be like, man, is it sick? You're like, nah, it ain't good. We made a left turn here. We need to go right here. And we work all day on it again. It's crazy work, I think. And I told Andy, it's like, it's nothing to brag about. I wish I could just go and just have, you know, some awesomeness. But it just takes, like I said, it takes a lot for me to feel like, all right, it's done.

And this first single, that took a lot. Yeah. And we couldn't be prouder. Hey, I want to ask Bruno. You know, Bruno, you know, people love to accuse you of being a cultural thief, which I find interesting because you are a person of color. What would you say to those people? I would say you can't look at an interview, you can't find an interview

where I am not talking about the entertainers that have come before me. And the only reason why I'm here is because of James Brown, is because of Prince Michael. That's the only reason why I'm here. I'm growing up as a kid watching Bobby Brown saying, okay, if that's what it takes to make it, then I got to learn how to do the running man. I got to learn how to do the moonwalk. I got to learn how to do the moonwalk. That's it. And this music comes from love. If you can't hear that, then I don't know what to tell you.

Yeah, when I saw you shout out Teddy Riley and the New Jacks swing movement at the Grammys, I was like, all right, that's homage. You know what I mean? When you won the award, I was like, OK. It's the truth. It's not a secret. Like I said, we're wearing the inspiration on our sleeve.

What is the point if us as musicians can't learn from the guys that have come before us? Why did they do it? And I hope later on down the road, there's going to be a band

that's taking what we did and flipping that and freaking that and putting their own spin on it. Because if they don't, then what was the point of us doing this? If we play basketball, if you can't learn from Michael Jordan, what was the point of him doing that? Why can't you learn all these tricks that this man did,

the greatest of all time, and learn how he did this three-pointer or this fadeaway. Which Kobe did. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. And as he should, because that's the blueprint. This man showed you how to do it.

Does that criticism piss you off? No, it comes with the gig. And there's real merit to what people are saying about black entertainers not getting their flowers. You know, and I'm champion with that. I'm with that. But it's more so, I guess at the time, when it kind of popped off on the internet,

I was looking in the mirror like, what am I not seeing? Where is this? Where is this past? Do I have this past that I don't know about? And where can I get this pass? Because I could use some for me and my friends. At the time, that was it. But I understand.

It's Twitter. Yeah. Have you adjusted to being a superstar, man? Nah. It's not because I just do music. That's all since I was a baby. And I don't look at myself as a superstar. All I want to do is do music.

And to me, success is doing what you love. And I love doing music. And I love being able to provide for my family doing what I love. When's the last time you've been to a strip club? You know, he came to Jersey Girls with me one night. That was a long time ago. That definitely was.

He came to the club. I was surprised he walked in there. I don't even think I was, I don't think I was of age. Well, good job, Envy. I think I showed him a blockbuster card and the guy was like,

yeah, you good. Come on, Envy. Come on, Envy. You know what, though? It has been a pandemic and I know you guys have been ripping and running for years now

and not really had a chance to sit down. Was there an upside to actually having some time to maybe not have to be on tour and doing all of that? Did you learn anything new about yourselves? Slowing down was special because you get to hold on to this energy. And we're in a world that's going so fast, so fast that sometimes you got to take a break. And I think quarantine forced everybody to unplug a little bit and reevaluate what's important in life.

And I think it's why we're rolling out this album the way we're rolling it out. We don't want one week of trending on Twitter. And, you know, we work too hard for that. We want to drop these songs one at a time and read the room. Yeah, I like this energy, man. I like the energy between y'all. I really do.

It's like a cool buddy cop s***. Yeah. There's something there, man. Why'd y'all name the first single Bruce Leroy? You know, we still signed it, but we couldn't name the band Bruce Lee. Whooping your ass, whooping your ass. All right, now shout out to Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak for joining us today.

Make sure you stream and pick up their joint, their new single, Leave the Door Open. Now, we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and let's talk about new music. There's a lot happening this Friday. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

You know I got your rumor report. Coming up next on The Breakfast Club. Now, before we even get into that, I just want to point out that now Facebook streams of music videos will officially count toward the Billboard charts. Wow. So that's something new. And it's a big deal. Artists deserve recognition in music charts for the social capital they drive and the social discovery they fuel. That's what the VP of business development and partnerships at Facebook had to say. So adding music video plays on Facebook to the billboard charts is an important step in the right direction. I concur. You two already

done that, right? Yep. All right. Now let's discuss some new music. We already talked about Drake a whole lot in his three pack that came out. But let's play the one songaps, he's one of the best. You know what I mean? That's what I want. I want an album, you know, full of Drake rapping. I mean, he can do that now. Like, you know, he's already Drake. He's home already.

Like, let me hit him bars. Yeah, but it don't matter what you want. It matters what he wants to do. Well, I'm just telling you what I want. I'm a consumer, too. I like the versatility, though. Because, you know, as a consumer as well, I like when he sings, too. I like those songs also.

It's a mood. So I like a variety of it. I like how, like, Lauren, we were just talking about Lauren Hill. I had this conversation with Danielle Smith about how she would sing and rap and how dope that was. And I feel like he does the same thing. I could write a whole thesis on that one line. These days, fame is disconnected from excellence. Half the time, I got to ask these people what their profession is. Like, that is very true.

Fame and excellence are not synonymous with each other at all. Now, as we just pointed out, Silk Sonic put out their first song, Leave the Door Open. That's Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak. Tyler, the creator, Tell Me How. It's a Coca-Cola commercial. Also, Clevver featuring Juice WRLD and Post Malone. Life's a Mess.

Saweetie put out the Best friends remix with Doja Cat and Steph London I like that song she's also giving away a Tesla by the way so there's a whole thing going on I think you have like a month a little month and a half left if you want to win a free Tesla from Saweetie Young Dolphin Key Glock Aspen G Herbo I really like

that and break yourself baby Keem this is dope. No sense. And drop on the clues, boss, with Baby Keem. Baby Ke baby keem so dope you know who put me on baby keem actually lord dickie lord dickie put me on baby keem some years ago he was just like y'all you should listen to baby keem baby keem sounds like kendrick if he was doing trap music baby yeah they related too right isn't that his cousin or something yeah and i think i think he signed to kendrick now kendrick and dave free i think don't quote me. They be keeping it low, you know,

and pop smoke fashion featuring polo G from the boogie soundtrack and pop smokes, no cap featuring M 24, the remix from the boogie soundtrack. Also new album, some little Dirk from OTF and a K cams crew, which is rare sound squad. They did like a deluxe album,

a deluxe edition of their album, Tory Lanez, play boy, a whole lot of new music. I can't even get to all of it, but I just wanted to give you guys just some previews of what's happening. I want to salute to Tink too, man. Tink put out a record called

Bottom Bitch. Oh, man. That sounds so dope. Yes, Tink, Bottom Bitch. I love Tink's music. I love how she's... Early, early, early. Her music sounds way different now though not not really she's just gotten better like tink been one of my favorite artists since timbaland introduced me to her and she never stops working and she's just only gotten better her sound has just evolved but it's just a matter of time for tink to pop off i saw jt um from the city girl

shouting her out saying she can't wait to collaborate with her on the next project and cardi was bigging her up last week so So it's only a matter of time. Yeah, I think this is Tink's year, I believe. I hope so. Is she still sorry with the win? No, she's been part of Wizards. All right. Now, Envy, this story is for you.

We have to make sure we get to this. So Chris Harrison from The Bachelor. He wants to go back to hosting The Bachelor franchise. And he had to backtrack on some remarks that he made. He had to take a hiatus. He made a mistake talking to Rachel Lindsay about some photos that surfaced of another Bachelor contestant, Rachel, at a 2018 Antebellum South party. Here's what the original audio was. We all need to have a little grace, a little understanding, a little compassion. It's not a good look. No, it's not a good... Well, Rachel, is it a good look in 2018,

or is it not a good look in 2021? How'd you feel when you heard that, Envy? I mean, it was foul. I mean, this is the thing with people like that. When he first made that statement, he doubled down and he tripled down on what he said. Then when he got the backlash, then all of a sudden, oh my gosh, I was wrong. That was foul. Like it is what it is. That's what you believe. That's what you honestly believe. Stick with what you believe. Well, he was on Good Morning America and here he is taking accountability. I am saddened and shocked at how insensitive I was in that interview with Rachel Lindsay. And I didn't speak from my heart. And that is to say I stand against all forms of racism. And I am deeply sorry. I am not a victim here.

I made a mistake and I own that. Yeah. He takes accountability because he got all the backlash and almost lost his job. That's the reason why he's taking the back, you know, the accountability, but he doubled and tripled down when he did that interview.

Well, Rachel Lindsay is saying she does accept his apology because it's what she needs to do to move forward with her life. She said she has not spoken to Chris directly since his good morning america interview but she did watch it and she did tell us they spoke about three weeks ago when it first happened and he apologized directly then too so that's what she told tmz and i feel bad for rachel man because they they've been attacking her they've been you know they have threatening her they've been sending her death threats and all that and all she did was did all she did was do a great interview so shout out to rachel i don't know anything about

what y'all talking about but i think it's hilarious when people don't accept other people's apologies i think it's incredible because there is nothing funnier than watching the person who apologized do you accept my apology and the person says no what do you do but when you apologize you got it got to be from the heart like Like, you really got to understand it. You can't just apologize because you're getting backlash. Now, isn't Rachel Lindsay Van Latham's co-host? Yes. On his podcast.

Yes, Higher Learning Podcast. Because I saw him talking about them attacking her. Shout out to Van. Van stood up for her, man. I appreciate that. He really held her down. Man, you care about The Bachelor. You don't care about no damn Rachel.

No, I do. I mean, I love my people and I want my people to win and I love the fact that... You did try to get Chris Harrison's job, too. Oh, you did. You did. I was joking. No, you was dead serious. You was dead serious. I know you sent some emails to the network and everything. Well, salute to Rachel. I don't know what's

going on. I have no idea, but I stand with you. I hate it. I stand with you, Rachel. Alright, well, that is your rumor report. Well, you to Rachel. I don't know what's going on. I have no idea, but I stand with you. I hate it. I stand with you, Rachel. All right, well, that is your rumor report. Well, you must have really sent some emails. I was kidding, but your reaction lets me know you did. Oh, yeah, hold on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't know this nigga?

You think he didn't really send emails? He definitely did. Because he wasn't sure if I knew or not. Rashawn Casey? You told. You think Rashawn Casey didn't send emails for real, for real? When Rashawn said

he wants something, he going to try to get something. Okay, trust me, I know. He probably sent a demo and everything. Well, I just want you to know that I'm going to... He was on the Breakfast Club

like, uh, this rose. I'm going to Human Resources right now. If you're listening to Human Resources, Leonard McKelvey, just call me the N-word and I am hurt by it. Are you're listening to Human Resources, Leonard McKelvey just called me the N-word and I am hurt by it.

Are you pronouncing his name wrong just like people pronounce Kamala's name wrong on purpose? You gonna compare this to Kamala House? First of all, Envy, I protected you. Did you just use the N-word? Oh, I'm sorry. I protected you yesterday when that man came up here. Yesterday we had a security breach. A man came up here and said he would not leave until he got a kiss from DJ Envy.

You wanna give you a rose? I protected you. How'd you protect me? I called down there and I told him, you let him know that Envy has a cold sore. You don't want a kiss from Envy right now. I hate y'all, man. I hate y'all. I hate y'all.

I hate y'all. All right. Well, it's time to get to the people's choice. I want to see this email you sent. Revolt will see you guys tomorrow or Monday, I should say. Everybody else. You probably attached a picture with a rose in his mouth

no he did a video for sure the people's choice mixes it's DJ Envy I'm your next host of The Bachelor now tonight hey what's good not only do I flip roses not only do I flip houses

I flip roses I flip roses now tonight I'm in Atlanta this whole weekend tonight I'm going to be at Slush so come join me Slush this weekend BQE weekend. Tonight I'm going to be at Slush. So come join me this weekend. BQE, of course. I'm also going to be at Sweet.

Shout out to Daryl. Shout out to Tori. Shout out to everybody in Atlanta, man. Shout out to Ruggs. I had a good time at Copper Cove last night. I'm going to be at Monticello and Rose Bowl. So a lot going on. Just follow me on Instagram and party with me safely.

So we'll be having our masks on. You all right? I'm going to human resources. You call me an n-word and she's bullying me. I'm definitely going to human resources today, man. Mix is up next. All I heard was a cough. I didn't hear nothing else.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right. Well, it's Women's History Month. So who are we repping today, Ye? Well, yes. So this weekend, Nikki Walton. She's a licensed psychotherapist.

She's a TV personality. She has CurlyNikki.com. She's a bestselling author, Better Than Good Hair. And she has a Be Her Summit that she put together that is happening this weekend. That is to empower and celebrate women. So listen to this. It's Women's History Month, and we're celebrating the most influential women in history. Check out this phenomenal woman. So as you know, this is Women's History Month,

and I'm highlighting powerful women all month. And one person I wanted to bring to the front is Nikki Walton, aka Curly Nikki. Now she does have a summit happening this weekend. We'll talk about that. But first, I want Nikki to just talk about who she is, a bestselling author, licensed psychotherapist, all of that. Yes. Yes. So I started curly Nikki.com back in 2008. I managed to get myself on the Tyra Banks show. And this, this website took off tremendously in a very short time. I was sharing my story, my journey to self-love from self-hate. I didn't like my hair. I didn't like my skin. And I just, I wanted to learn to love myself for who I really was. And as I continued that journey and continued sharing, it became a phenomenon. And I wrote a bestselling book with Harper Collins in 2013. I began working with Steve Harvey, with Dr. Oz. I continue to work with Dr. Oz to this

day, sharing about outer beauty. But during that whole time, during that rise, during my peak of success with CurlyNikki.com, I wasn't happy. I had everything that they told me I was supposed to have to be happy, but I wasn't. Family, house, nice car, the career, the success, bestsellers list. But I didn't feel fulfilled. And every day kind of felt the same. I felt stuck. I felt stagnant. And I actually, I called Tracy Ellis Ross sobbing, weeping one day because I'm like, there must be more. There has to be more to life than just this. And she's like, you can't just wait like in the kiddie pool. You have to go deeper in your journey, your true journey,

your inner journey. Yes, you love yourself more, your physical self more, but you have to find out what is also there. So it was like mid 2013 when I went deeper and I started reading Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now and Michael Singer, and then about 600 more books, 600 more authors. I traveled the world. Yeah. Traveled the world, all over the world from Brazil to Africa to Spain, trying to find happiness, true peace inside. And I finally did. And I could see that no matter what temple I was in, what plane I was on, what street I was walking down, that peace was already always here. And so I started sharing about that on Instagram and on curlynicki.com, this hair blog that never really was just about hair. It was always an inner journey to freedom. But I began

sharing reluctantly this piece because I wanted to help the women that look like me find the same freedom that I was finding. And I knew I was free for real when I was with my grandmother, who was my best friend in the whole wide world. And she was taking her last breath. And that was like the moment that I had dreaded my whole life. And so I'm there in that moment. And the peace was there too. Even though there was grief, I could feel that peace in the background. And so I began sharing and under the hashtag, be her now. And it became a very powerful hashtag. Many women got it tattooed on them. Thousands of DMs were these very successful entrepreneurial women, CEOs of companies are messaging me like, I'm not happy. How can I find this piece inside? And yeah, that

is my journey. And it's the journey that I know we all have our different paths, but we're going to the same destination, which is recognizing that we have everything we need in us already. And that this piece is always already here. So first let's start with hair, right? As a representation, because I think so many women, especially black women, we have issues with our hair. I know growing up, I used to hate that my hair was curly. It was frizzy all the time. I didn't know what to do with it. And so I do want to talk about how hair is a representation of not just something superficial, like people might think, because people have a lot of things to say about our hair. It's, you know, yeah, just culturally how we're viewed, how you have to even have the crown act, right? Because women are

looked a different way in the workspace if you have a certain type of hairdo. So let's talk about that a little bit and just how you got to that journey where you were able to embrace your hair, because your hair is amazing and beautiful. I love it. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I did not. And I actually never had a relaxer growing up. It was always press and curl, but it was always late. It was always press and curl until I got to college, but it was an all white school. There were no black stylists up there and I was left on my own, but I didn't like the fact that I was always concerned about my hair. So knowing that I knew I had to take control of learning about it because we weren't taught how to care for our hair, but to be able to feel

just as confident and comfortable and beautiful with your own hair, no matter if it's pulled back or out and curly, or you have it straightened, that's a powerful place to be. Now let's discuss you and how you felt like you were unhappy. And I feel you on that, right? You had a bestselling book, Better Than Good Hair. Girl, you got everything. You got this going on and you feel like you should be happy. And then you feel a little ungrateful that you're not. And you're like, there's people who aren't doing what they want to do. There's people who are out there struggling.

How dare I be ungrateful? So talk about how you came to that realization and what you did to kind of overcome that. Yeah. You know, I love that you touched on like that ungratefulness because for me, I would hear like, okay, practice gratitude, practice gratitude. I had a journal and I never felt grateful, like genuine gratitude. It always felt forced. And I knew that that was a major problem. And as I went deeper and would sit, I would meditate girl for like two, three hours a day. And I was blessed enough to have a lifestyle to be able to read all the time and meditate all the time.

And I started seeing that true gratitude is not a human quality. It's a soul quality. It's a God quality. So the more I got quiet and tapped into that more quiet place within, that natural gratitude, that natural compassion, like true love, God love just started coming from that place. And so all of a sudden, it wasn't like I was forcing myself to be grateful for the beautiful opportunities I've been given. It was, I'm grateful in this moment for good Wi-Fi to be able to speak with you. I'm grateful for this microphone that's delivering my voice and this chair that's supporting me. So coming into the present moment is what helped me. I just had to recognize it and

practice it in every moment. And then it becomes your lifestyle. And it's just as natural now for me to feel grateful as it was for me to feel ungrateful 10 years ago. So right now there are so many people going through so many different things and it has been hard for people to take care of themselves. We have a lot of stress in our minds. So let's talk about why this summit will be beneficial and what's happening at this Be Her Summit. And so the Be Her Summit is shifting, helping women shift into this and staying here, staying her, the best version, the whole version of yourself. And the summit is going to take five entry points. We're covering creativity, spirituality, entrepreneurship, beauty, and wellness, meeting people wherever they are, wherever their passions lie.

But the thread that's tying it all together is that you are recognizing your wholeness and that you have everything you need within you already. You're just opening out a way for it to get out here in the world. And I would love, I would absolutely love for every woman that comes to the summit to recognize that she is already free. And it's just our thoughts that keep us feeling trapped, that keep us feeling small. And so stepping out of that box, that's what we're doing on Saturday, March 6th, all day. We're practicing.

It's a mini retreat where we're practicing all day being our best selves in private together at home so that we can be and show up as our whole selves in public on Monday. And where can people sign up so they can get more information so they can attend? And I see a lot of my friends are on the panel. My girl, Yolanda Williams from Cream Blends. I see she's on there. Jasmine Solano. So yeah, amazing. BeherSummit.com. It's virtual and it's going on all day on Saturday from 10am Eastern until the night, but it'll be beautiful. And I'm so appreciative to you for helping me get the word out. Thank you so much, Nikki. I can't wait for us to continue doing some work with you. We appreciate you. Be here. Summit all day Saturday. Make sure y'all sign up for that.

It's the Breakfast Club. And that was another phenomenal woman in history. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, today is the last day to vote for the winner of our How Do I Get On contest. That's this ultimate search for the next big artist in hip-hop or R&B. Now, Facebook groups helps you find and grow your passions and want you to grow your pocket, too. So, vote for your favorite artist right now, and you have a chance to win a $500 gift card. Yeah, it was really dope.

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to get up out of here. Again, shout out to everybody in Atlanta. I'm out here all weekend long, so hopefully I get to see you guys next week. I'll be back in atlanta for my real estate seminar so i know i think we have less than 100 tickets left it pretty it sucks because usually when we come to atlanta we have two three four thousand people but because of covid they only uh they're limited to 30 so for more information just click the link in my bio now charlamagne you got a positive note uh What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

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