The Breakfast Club - BelBivDevoe and the New Cast of New Edition
Episode Date: January 26, 2017Thursday 1/26- The New Edition series is out so it was only right to have some of the original members "BelBivDevoe" today on the show, as well with the cast members of the series join them for Throwb...ack Thursday. Also, Angela gave some advice to listeners for Ask Yee and it seems like Charlamagne is about to have a recurring Donkey because Sean Spicer got Donkey of the Day again! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Had enough of this country?
Ever dreamt about starting your own?
I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.
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55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete.
Or maybe not.
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I'm a lovable asshole.
And this is The Breakfast Club, bitches.
Good morning, USA! She's just not in the room yet. She's not in the room yet. Now, I'm going to tell you something, man. She's getting beat. That's what they call it. I have a sleep schedule because I base my life around sleep because, as you can tell,
we get up very early, 4 in the morning for us.
And our days usually last, well, mine usually last until about 5, 6 o'clock.
So I'm in bed by 9, 30.
Okay.
10 o'clock at the latest after I watch a little CNN, MSNBC, Black-ish on Wednesdays.
But your schedule been messed up, huh?
Schedule been messed up because of the new edition movie on BET,
but it's been worth it.
Dropping the clues bombs for the new edition movie on BET.
That is one of the best things BET has done in a long time, damn it.
Yep.
And I love growing up in the era I grew up in.
Absolutely.
Now, I was blessed to see it about a what, a week before?
Not me.
We're talking about the new edition movie.
I've seen all three episodes.
It is amazing.
I had them in my email,
but I didn't watch them on purpose
because I wanted to watch it with everybody else
because I enjoy the whole social media aspect.
Watching is a family.
I was watching it last night also,
even though I saw it already.
So I'm looking forward to the night for now.
It's better though when you see it
and you don't see the commercials
because there's so many commercials.
Bro, watching it on BET
is like watching it on Snapchat. I swear
it's like a commercial every freaking
time a segment plays.
It's like the commercials are longer than the segments.
Absolutely. Because it's only like, I know
in the email, the movie was only an hour
and 20 minutes a piece. About an hour
and 20 minutes. Yeah!
So it's 40 minutes of commercials every night.
Absolutely. Wow. It's not too bad. And in the preview, they have the it's 40 minutes of commercials every night. Absolutely. Wow.
That's not too bad.
And in the preview,
they have like the little pauses
where the commercials would be.
Like a second pause
so you get to see
where it would be.
And it's like,
damn, commercial again.
But it's an amazing,
I mean, the actors
who played in this pick,
the biopic,
it's just amazing.
They did a phenomenal job.
They're coming up here, right?
Yeah, they're coming up here today.
We're going to kick it with
BBD and the actors from the new edition movie.
Now, I'm not mad at Hakeem.
What's Hakeem's real name?
Brashear Gray.
Brashear Gray.
I'm not mad at Brashear Gray because, you know, anybody that knows me, it's been a lifetime
goal of mine to play Michael Bivens in a movie.
Michael has known that for over a decade.
Didn't even consider me.
I wouldn't have either.
Didn't even consider me.
Would I were him?
Actually told me that I aged out of the role.
Fine. It's fine. I can understand that. But Hakeem's doing a
great job. Because I don't even look at the movie
and think that I'm watching Hakeem
from Empire. He just keeps saying it now.
You know what I'm saying? He played
Mike to the T. He even talks like Mike.
Yes, exactly. He even talks like Mike.
Everything. Yes.
Absolutely. Well, that was great for him.
I was watching it again last night. Very into that.
Watch it over and over and over
again. Try to do the dance moves. Were you doing
the dance moves? Yeah, I tried the dance moves.
I tried everything. Come on, man. Been doing the dance moves for years,
bro. Alright, now we... And I just
want to say one thing before we
start telling why you're mad. Yesterday,
Envy and I both had a photo shoot separately.
My photo shoot was supposed to start at
4 o'clock, but because Envy took so long and had a photo shoot that was like six hours,
mine didn't start until 8 o'clock.
You act like you don't know Envy a whole, though.
I had outfit changes.
Four hours late.
You know what I'm saying?
I had outfit changes.
I had sneaker changes.
I had vehicle changes.
It was a lot to do.
All right.
Okay.
I mean, it came out amazing.
I had to do my hair.
I had to make sure everything was just prepped and right in my clothes. It was amazing. When he says I had to do my hair. I had to make sure everything was just prepped and right,
and my clothes, it was amazing.
When he says he had to do his hair, he had to dye his grays.
That's what he had to do.
He had to make sure there ain't no grays in the photo.
Ain't that wrong with my little song, Pepper?
Oh, I'm hooking you up with that laser hair removal, by the way.
Good, all right.
Don't do it, don't do it.
You're going to look stupid as a 70-year-old bald-faced man.
That's all right.
I'm going to try it out.
All right, well, let's get the show cracking.
We got to say good morning to our newest family members.
98.3 in Durham. Oh, Raleigh? Drop on a clues bomb for R show cracking. We got to say good morning to our newest family members. 98.3 in
Durham. Oh, Raleigh? Drop
one of Clues Bond for Raleigh. We on in Raleigh now?
And 92.1 in Raleigh.
Okay. Raleigh-Durham. It's the same thing.
I guess it's two different stations. Yeah, it's the same thing.
What? Raleigh-Durham. It's two different
stations. There's ones in Durham, ones
in Raleigh. 93 in Durham
and 92.1 in Raleigh. That's about what?
That's about 80 markets now in Calumet. Yeah, about 80 markets in Calumet. It was Calumet. Just moved to North Carolina. And 92 won in Raleigh. That's about what? That's about 80 markets
now in Calumet, right?
Yeah, about 80 markets
in Calumet.
It was Calumet.
It was Calumet.
You guys need to update that list.
We're just a little engine
that could.
Right.
A little ghetto-ass radio show.
We said BBD will be joining us
and also the cast
of the new edition movie,
but also friends in the room,
Donnell Rollins.
Oh, Donnell?
I don't even count.
We ain't even got to announce that.
Donnell!
We ain't even got to announce Donnell going to be here. Donnell was calling me yesterday. He wanted to come by the juice bar. Oh, Donnell? I don't even count. We ain't even got to announce that. Donnell! We ain't got to announce Donnell going to be here.
Donnell was calling me yesterday.
He wanted to come by the juice bar.
Oh, yeah?
Mm-hmm.
All right, well, let's get the show cracking.
Front page news, what are we talking about?
Oh, man, a friend of Charlamagne's got arrested yesterday.
Also, we'll talk about that wall in Mexico.
Again?
What do you want?
What did the Mexican president have to say?
Yes, another one.
Doesn't pay to be Charlamagne's friend.
Let's lose the text, though.
All right. Not him. Oh. We'll get it to him whenlamagne's friend. Let's lose the text, though. All right.
It's not him.
Oh.
We'll get it to him when we come back.
It's the Breakfast Club.
Come on.
All right.
I'll bring the key now.
I'll bring the key now.
You do know you're on the radio, right?
You know what happened?
Morning, everybody.
It's the Breakfast Club.
You didn't leave your key when you pressed your car.
I parked my car, and I left the key in my pocket.
So they can't move my car.
That happens sometimes.
So I got to say it's to intern to go bring the key.
All right, well, let's get in some front page news.
All right, now, which one of Charlemagne's friends are arrested now?
Actor and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf was arrested.
He got into a scuffle.
He was at an anti-Donald Trump art installation outside of a Queens museum.
Free Shia!
And he got arrested early this morning, around midnight, 12.30 a.m.
Shy is an ally if I've never seen one.
What was Shy doing?
Well, he's been protesting,
and they're saying that in this commotion,
there was a shouting match between two groups of people,
and he allegedly ripped a 25-year-old man's scarf off
and scraped that guy's neck
before he shoved him to the ground.
That's when officers did respond
and arrest him with that incident. He was charged with
misdemeanor assault and later release.
He's been doing this whole live streaming
24 hours a day. Yes, he will not divide
us. He will not divide us.
We're going to bail him out?
He's already out.
Yeah, so I don't know if you guys
have seen this video footage of them outside,
but they've been chanting
he will not divide us. We have audio actually. He they've been chanting, He will not divide us.
We have audio, actually.
He will not divide us.
He will not divide us.
He will not divide us.
He will not divide us.
He will not divide us.
Okay, that's great audio.
Right, and you know what happened?
This is crazy, but he was posing for a selfie with a guy,
and the guy shouted out
Hitler did nothing wrong. See?
Don't fall for that kind of bait, though.
That's COINTELPRO all day long. COINTELPRO
will go to those type of peaceful protests
and yell stuff like that. Then you beat
them up, then you in jail. Don't fall for
that kind of bait. What is going on?
Alright, now also tell us about Donald
Trump. What is he doing now?
He's keeping promises. We already told you, yes, one of the first things that he did as president was to get this wall bill.
That's what he wants to do. He signed that bill trying to get that to executive orders.
He wants to get that construction of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border done.
And he also wants to boost border patrol forces, increase the number of immigration enforcement officers who deport Mexicans.
And the Mexican president is saying we will not pay for any wall.
Duh, why would they?
Trump said yes, you will.
The ex-president also has said that from Mexico before.
He said, why would we pay for the wall?
Your taxpayers' dollars are the ones that will be paying for that wall, not us.
Didn't Trump have an interview last night?
Yeah, he did.
I was watching the No Edition movie, so I didn't turn to it. I don't know if it interview last night? Yeah, he did. I was watching the new edition movie,
so I didn't turn to it.
I don't know if it was last night. It was last night.
It was last night.
And the Mexican president also will be in the United States,
so he does want to have a conversation again
with Donald Trump about this whole thing.
He actually does want to resolve these issues.
He said Mexico offers its friendship
to the people of the United States
and expresses its wish to arrive at agreements
with its government,
deals that will be in favor of Mexico and the Mexicans.
The whole thing sounds a little crazy.
That's a lot of money to be spending when we could be using that money on better things.
And building that wall, that's not even how people, most Mexican citizens, get here.
They don't even, like, in the dark of the night, you know, crawl under a gate.
Yeah, that's not how people even really get here.
Yeah, Trump gave a very convoluted
answer last night when they
asked him about it. He basically said that
America's going to pay for the wall, but Mexico's
going to reimburse us in some way, shape, or form.
And they said no, they're not, but they don't know.
But they're going to have to reimburse us. And I'm going to make sure
they reimburse us, he said. We have audio?
Let's play the audio. I'm not going to pay for that
wall. That's not our president.
He should pay for it.
That's not the president of the United States it We're talking about the audio of Donald Trump
That's not the president of the United States of America
I understand that he's not our president
But that is not the president
I know they said it's going to cost like
16 billion dollars to build but my thing is
You got homeless veterans
You got the water still filthy
In Flint, Michigan
Forget sending the feds in Chicago
Use that money to provide more jobs in that city.
Opportunity for those kids so they don't grow up to be gangbangers.
And you're not going to prevent this from happening anyway
because not only would you have to build a wall,
but then you would also have to hire people to patrol that wall
in addition to that.
And they said there's some areas that have very rugged terrain.
It's going to be virtually impossible.
Yeah, so you put more money in the public school system in America,
donate to HBCUs.
I can think of a billion
other things to do.
You want to help Chicago?
Why don't you spend some money
on building some programs
in Chicago?
I just said that.
Right.
I can think of a billion
other things to do
with that money
than build a damn wall.
Absolutely.
He's been tweeting
about Chicago so much.
Why don't you help out
here in the United States?
Yes.
$16 million is a lot
of money.
Yeah, to build a wall.
$16 billion?
You know how much
a billion is?
No, no. A B. Never counted
it before. 16 billion?
Never seen it. Okay. For a wall?
Alright. That's first page news.
Alright, when we come back, tell them why you're mad.
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is The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Hey, hey, hey, yo, hey, yo, good morning, yo.
This is the Mad Rapper, son, for real.
I'm mad and I stay mad.
I stay angry.
I stay heated.
I stay pissed off.
Tell them why you mad.
Breakfast Club, let's go.
Hey, this is Zayn from the WV.
Hey, tell them why you mad, bro.
Damn, I ain't heard of a Zayn since the rapper Lil Zayn.
And Zayn Lowe from One WV. Hey, tell him where you're at, bro. Damn, I ain't heard of a Zane since the rapper Lil Zane and Zane Lowe
from One Direction.
I'm the brother
that sent you,
talked to you
a couple weeks ago
about his book
and you told me
to send it out.
I sent it out
a couple weeks ago.
What's the name
of the book?
Out There.
Nah, I never heard it.
Was that the one
where it wasn't
an actual book?
It was just like
maybe a thousand pages?
Not a thousand pages,
just like 350. It was in a manual album. Oh pages. Not 1,000 pages. It's like 350.
It was in a manila album.
Oh, he sent it as a manuscript.
He sent a manuscript.
Oh, yeah.
I seen it.
It's a bestseller.
I'm not reading that.
I'm still scared of the anthrax here from a decade ago.
I understand.
I know that's not your thing.
I'm not asking you to read it.
I'm just asking you to help a brother out.
Put it in somebody's hand.
Because if you're not a public figure, it's kind of hard to get fiction published.
Yeah, but you can do it yourself now.
There's so many ways to self-publish.
If you have an agent,
chances are you're going to make a lot more money.
Plus, it gives you an opportunity to make a movie out of it.
This is a potential bestseller from what
everybody's hopefully is saying.
It's just a matter of getting it out there.
You know what, man? I'm going to check it out
just for you, bro. I'm going to check it out just for you, bro.
I'm going to check it out, and if I like it, I'm going to sign you and keep 99% of everything.
Oh, you're so nice and so kind.
Hello, who's this?
Hey, man, it's about the opportunity.
Hi, this is Barry from the Bronx.
Hey, tell them why you're mad.
I'm mad because I've been sleeping with this guy, or was sleeping with this guy, who happens to be a bus driver, on and off for the last three or four months.
We weren't in a relationship or anything. Actually, it's been four years. I'm sorry.
We weren't in a relationship or anything.
And three days ago,
he tells me that he slept with
the matron from his bus.
The what? The matron from his bus.
He's a school bus driver.
Oh, the lady that holds the bus, Dev. But that's not your mom.
I don't see the problem there. What's wrong? He's not my man. He slept with the school bus driver. Oh, the lady that holds the bus, Dev. But that's not your man. I don't see the problem there.
He's not my man.
He slept with the school bus driver,
I mean, with the matron.
He and I wasn't using protection.
I told him I was disappointed and upset
and felt like he shortchanged me
because he never told me
that he had sex with anybody else, period.
So how did you find out?
He did tell you.
He told me three days ago.
He and I have been doing this for like three or four years now.
I'm going to be honest with you.
I think that is very disrespectful for you to say that man shortchanged you
when he hit it raw.
He gave you all of him, and you're acting ungrateful.
Stop it.
That man took chances.
That man don't know if he got STDs.
So what is it that you went?
You could have got pregnant.
No, I'm just saying I'm disappointed,
and I'm mad because you put my life in danger by telling me that me and you,
it was just me and you. Are you going to continue to sleep with him? First of all, you judging that man. I'm mad because you put my life in danger by telling me that me and you it was just me and you. Are you going to continue
to sleep with him? First of all, you judging that man
I'm done. You don't know if that man
used a condom with the bus lady? You should ask him.
I don't care if he did or not.
That means everything. No, but he
could have told me so that I know how to protect myself
and know what to do for me. I don't
care about what he did with her. Baby, I'm looking
out for you. I already looked out for you
by using a condom with the bus driver.
I only have sex with you raw.
I don't see the problem here.
So you really believe that all this time
he was only with you
but wasn't in a relationship with you?
Right.
Come on now.
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Do you have any bumps down there?
Oh, stop it.
No, not at all.
Have you had any coughing fits?
No.
I hope you really, really leave him alone.
It sounds like you wanted
a relationship with him, though.
No, I didn't.
In the very beginning,
we were, we,
I did want a relationship
with him,
but then we decided
we couldn't be in a relationship.
We were two different people
on two different planes,
so we knew we were
nothing more than just
smashing or whatever.
So who else were you sleeping with?
Nobody.
So, hold on.
You guys weren't in a relationship,
but you weren't sleeping
with anybody else, and you believe that you weren't sleeping with anybody else and you
believe that he wasn't sleeping with anybody else but that's
not a relationship. Right.
Okay. You're awfulizing this
situation, boo. As long as you ain't got no
STDs, you're fine.
You do what's right. No, you do what's right for your body.
If you don't want to be with him anymore, you gotta cut him
off for real. How was the penis?
She hung up. Why you hung up on her?
I didn't hung up. She hung up. Jesus, she didn't hang up.
Yes, she did. Tell them why you mad.
800-585-1051.
If you're upset, you need to vent, you can call us
at any time. When we come back,
we got to talk rumors and new edition
will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
That was Ray Sherman
with Black Beatles.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
Yes.
Now, next hour, New Edition.
Well, BBD will be joining us.
And the cast of New Edition will be here.
You know what I realized last night?
It's something that I always knew.
What?
Because I've always wanted to play Michael Bivens in the New Edition movie.
It's no secret.
But last night, I always, it confirmed what I always thought, that Michael Bivens is actually New Edition movie. That's no secret. But last night, I always it confirmed what I always thought that Michael Bivens is actually
the brains behind New Edition.
And the reason I say that is because when he
bossed up and learned the
business, he damn near saved the
whole group. When he ran up in Gerald
Busby's office and he was like, what is
this production company? And he
hired the other white man to fire
Gary. Yeah. Mike bossed up and saved the whole group, bruh, the other white man to fire Gary.
Yeah.
Manager, yeah.
Mike bossed up and saved the whole group, bro, bro.
He did boss up.
He bossed up, and he saved the group.
And that's why throughout the years, Mike has always been good financially.
Absolutely.
Mike went off and started Biv 10 Productions.
He had Boys to Men, another bad creation.
He was behind a lot of other groups as well.
Absolutely.
Shout out to Michael Biv, man.
It's a good chance if Michael didn't boss up and learn the business,
we don't have the new addition we have today.
But we would have had them.
They wouldn't have been together.
They wouldn't be speaking to each other. They'd have been broke on Celebrity Rehab, possibly.
Absolutely.
All of them.
All right.
Well, we'll talk to them next hour, all right?
We got some rumors on the way in.
Yes, is there a potential lawsuit against Trey Songz?
We'll tell you who might be pressing charges.
Also, Tracee Ellis Ross, Lorenz Tate, Tika Sumpter, and more.
Amari Hardwick will tell you what they have going on together.
Okay.
All that and more.
Keep it locked.
It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ and the Angela Yee.
Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
I just want Drake to find one real friend, man.
It seems like he hasn't had one real friend since he's been in the industry.
And he has no new friends.
No new friends.
People showing him fake love.
Somebody please love Drake for him.
Okay.
Please.
But let's get to the rumors.
Let's talk Trey Songz.
It's about time.
What's going on?
Rumor Report.
Rumor Report.
This is The Rumor Report. Talk to Report. This is the Rumor Report.
Talk to them.
With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.
Well, we told you this story before about Kiki Palmer versus Trey Songz,
where she said she was in his house,
and she was at a party that he invited her to,
and she somehow ended up in his music video.
If you don't remember, here's a little recap.
They start playing a song that I happen to be in.
They start saying like they want me to be in it.
One person asked me, I say no.
Another person asked me, I'm like, no.
People keep asking me.
Now, mind you, they've been giving food.
They've been giving drinks.
And I'm just starting to feel like, yo, I'm being like cornered.
And I'm not in a professional situation.
I'm being pressured to do business. and I'm not in the right mind.
I'm under the influence, and I don't feel like it's fair that I'm having to deal with this right now.
All right, well, guess what she's planning to do now?
She's planning to take some legal action against Trey Songz.
Yes.
She actually told Larry King that she did not know her likeness would be used in his music video, Pick Up the Phone, and she thought she was just at a regular party.
She said she did see a camera but thought it had nothing to do with her.
She said she denied access to her image three times,
and she said, I wasn't in the right mind.
I had been drinking and eating, and it wasn't a professional environment.
She said it was sexual intimidation.
She said a female is put in situations sometimes where males use their masculinity,
their sexuality, to taunt you
She said she would pursue that legal action
Until
Is that a thing though? Sexual intimidation?
I thought sexual intimidation was like when you intimidate somebody to have sex with you
Well I think
No
No I don't think that's what it is
I mean I haven't heard sexual intimidation
Me neither
Really used in a lawsuit like this
But I guess she felt like she was just intimidated because he was a man, she was a woman.
So she means gender when she says sexual, probably.
Yeah.
It doesn't mean that he tried to have sex with her or anything.
I wonder why they couldn't have a conversation, though.
And it's over.
But more so, my point isn't to say it's not about this person, this guy, and what he did.
It's the overall idea that you can't just do stuff to people and it's alright no matter
who you are. The video's taken down.
I'm getting a lot of, I'm having more
empathy as I get older. I can't
be mad at Kiki. I saw people online yesterday
slandering her. I'm like, we don't know how she
felt. Clearly she felt the way
if she's going through with a lawsuit. But they took
the video down and it's not being sold.
It was a mixtape. Yeah.
Can we talk about how high she was though?
When she said she was under the influence and she wanted to go hide in the closet,
she was smoking that stuff, bruh.
Right.
We'll see what happens with that.
Now let's discuss an audio
series. It's a 10-part weekly
audio series and that series stars
Tika Sumter, Tracee Ellis Ross,
Wood Harris, Omari Hardwick.
Other people are in it, like Corey Hardrick.
Our guy Afion Crockett is in it, Brittany Snow, Lawrence Fishburne.
And it's also going to be written by Josh Olson, who did A History of Violence.
What is this?
It's an audio series.
Doesn't it sound dope?
Oh, audio series.
Okay, gotcha, gotcha.
Yes, it's a weekly audio series.
It's going to be on Spotify, on iTunes.
And it looks into Chicago's policy games of the 1940s.
It's going to chronicle the lives of players in the lottery games and talk about the African-American residents in Chicago
that were self-sustained in the community.
Is audio series the new fancy way to say podcast?
It's not a podcast.
It's like a scripted audio series.
Like Serial Wars?
It's a podcast. No, it's not a podcast. It's like a scripted audio series. Like Serial was? It's a podcast.
No, it's not a podcast.
It's written. It's scripted.
They got a scripted podcast. That's what Serial is.
Well, they're calling it a 10-part weekly audio series. So it sounds
pretty exciting. Some heavy hitters on there.
Some fancy asses. It's a podcast.
Alright, Mary Tyler Moore. Rest in peace
to Mary Tyler Moore. She has passed
away at the age of 80 years old. You know her from the Dick Van Dyke Show and also from the Mary Tyler Moore, rest in peace to Mary Tyler Moore. She has passed away at the age of 80 years old.
You know her from the Dick Van Dyke show and also from the Mary Tyler Moore show.
I can't wait to get that old.
I can't wait to get so old to where people, when you die, they be like,
damn, I thought they was already dead.
Because I damn sure thought Mary Tyler Moore was already dead.
She won seven Emmy Awards.
She was a television producer.
She was a symbol of feminism.
And she just passed away yesterday, a month after turning 80 years old.
Okay?
Now, why is Steve Harvey in trouble yet again?
I don't know if you guys saw this story, but there is a potential video or audio that could be leaked out.
Now, a man named Joseph Cooper, who was a videographer who went to work with Steve Harvey, is trying to get $5 million from him.
What Uncle Steve done did?
He has some tapes of him where he says that Steve Harvey is going off about white people.
He said that he was saying things like, spit on white people, go assault white women.
And that was all during some of the shows that he performed at a Dallas comedy club.
So Steve Harvey actually had to go to court to argue over who owns and who can release this footage.
This footage is 20 years old, by the way, and it's in a comedy club.
Oh, come on.
Stop it.
Knock it off.
Right.
Beat it.
Steve, when he took the stand, said, I just have this cloud over my career that he's created over me.
He's just relentless.
I've got more to lose as I get bigger.
And in this business, image is everything.
So he's been shopping these tapes around for years.
And Steve Harvey has been trying people
trying to convince people not to hire him
or anything. Are you really going to judge a man
based off his behavior 20 years ago?
And what's something he said
in a comedy club?
It's hard to take anything seriously
and hold it against someone's character.
We live in a very PC era now.
20 years ago those comedians were getting on stage
saying all kind of wild, reckless stuff.
Absolutely.
But Steve Harvey still doesn't want those tapes to come out.
I can imagine.
Probably because the jokes weren't that funny.
He's way funnier now, 20 years later.
Don't put out my old stuff.
Well, he said it's because of his image as well.
You don't want to.
He wouldn't have done those jokes now.
Drop on the Clues Bons with Steve Harvey.
That's a real N-word.
I don't care what nobody say.
Sleuth Uncle Steve.
All right.
Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Reports.
All right.
Thank you, Miss Yee.
Now, when we come back, we have BBD and the cast of New Edition joining us.
I know we've all been watching the New Edition series on BBD.
Amazing series.
You must watch TV.
So we're going to talk to them when we come back, all right?
That was me.
Those were Bad and Bougie.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
We got some special guests in the building.
Three of the great, three members of the greatest R&B group of all time.
Wow.
Absolutely.
Thank you.
But they are an R&B group themselves.
That is true, too.
What's up, man?
What's up, fellas?
We're playing the Slash game today.
BBD Slash Nordic.
Right, right. AKA's up, fellas? We're playing the slash game today. BBD slash Nordic. Right, right.
AKA all around the building.
Is this movie that's on BET a cleansing of sorts?
Yeah, it's very therapeutic in a sense, man.
We actually started the process about 10 years ago of just talking about doing it.
We actually had a deal signed with, I believe it was Fox.
And Bob didn't sign at that time. and Bob didn't sign at that time.
Bobby Brown.
Bobby Brown didn't sign at the time.
But 10 years later, here we are again, man, with all six signatures on there, and this is it, man.
Is everything actual?
There's nothing fabricated at all to the T, or is it a little fabrication?
Nah, man.
Let me tell you something.
Honestly, dude, this movie, you know, it's so real, right?
As you've seen, right?
It's like, it's kind of why you only see three of us here today.
Wow.
I could imagine.
You know how y'all open the wounds back up or something?
Like y'all backbiting each other.
I'm not going to lie.
Some people look kind of like D-heads when I was watching that.
But I understand that you guys were young at that time and inexperienced in the business, too.
You mean, a**heads, right?
Yeah.
It's a continuous
situation with our group, man.
It morphs into so many different
variations.
At times, there's five of us.
At times, there's four. Of course, you can
see at times, there's three, and then it breaks
down into the individuals as well,
man, but it's a never-ending never-changing story we can actually the movie takes place from
1978 right which is the birth of new edition all the way up to about 2005 when we did the BET
awards but we could actually do another part two from 2005 to 2017 that would probably be even more
incredible than the first version and I'm sure there were a lot of things you had to even leave two from 2005 to 2017. That would probably be even more incredible
than the first version.
And I'm sure there were
a lot of things you had
to even leave out of this
because there's a lot of
different sub-stories going on.
But I think the most
shocking thing to me
was that you guys
were still living
in the projects
and having number one songs
and going on tours
and going overseas.
And that's crazy.
I can tell you,
I used to fight a lot, boy.
Open the scene,
Bobby Brown is performing.
He's on stage for like, what, two hours?
Okay.
BBB is supposed to perform after, right?
So now they only got one song left to do.
Which could be Poison, and they shut the whole house down.
They run up on stage and take the mic from him, basically,
and just start singing.
Yeah.
Right?
They start singing Poison.
So now Poison's going on.
Bobby Brown gets mad, tries to get the fire hose
and tries to spray him. Runs on stage, and they start fighting Poison. So now Poison's going on. Bobby Brown gets mad, tries to get the fire hose and tries to spray him.
Runs on stage and they start fighting on stage.
Bobby Brown and his crew versus New Edition.
Now somebody pulls out a gun.
Was that true?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It got cocked up.
It got crazy.
Really?
What do you mean it got cocked but he didn't fire?
He couldn't pull it out, Charlamagne.
He went for it and it had got cocked.
So that was the good thing.
But the crazy thing, it was in front of 10,000 people.
Really? And the build up
is it was Ronnie's
Uncle Brooke. He was going through something.
He had like a real heart attack situation
in LA.
And Ron was just there
and he probably should finish his own story.
No, no, no. It was just madness, man.
People know me for being the quiet cat.
He ain't look quiet that day.
And it takes a lot, ultimately, for me to get to a boiling point.
So, you know, you look at 1980 when I first entered the group, you know,
falling back, just trying to learn my way.
Fast forward to 1996, 97 on the home again run,
all of Bobby's antics and the different things that we had gone through as a group, man.
And it just got to that point where now
it's affecting my family. My uncle
Brooke, the cat that gave us our name,
heart attack. Los Angeles,
California, Bob didn't show up
for the show. So boom, we go
to the next city,
Las Vegas. It's crazy.
Miss Jackson's in the
dressing room trying to calm the situation
down. Me and Mike, I don't even think
we went on stage. You wasn't there yet.
Rick is performing with my brother Rob
so it's actually Bell and DeVoe
but my brother Rob.
You wasn't there yet. He didn't even
show up. It was crazy because
Rob was trying to go on stage without
Ron. I'm like, get the hell out of here.
We ain't going on stage without Ron. You sound crazy. He's like, to go on stage without Ron. So I'm like, get the F out of here. We ain't going on stage without Ron.
You sound crazy.
He was like, we going on stage.
So me and him about the wild out and Miss Jackson, his mother, and Whitney's in the dressing room.
And I'm like, ain't nobody going F on stage without Ron.
So make a long story short, I didn't go.
Rick was like, F that.
I got to get my money.
So Rick does go on stage.
And Ron's twin brother plays him in Belle Biv DeVoe.
The whole shit was crazy.
So when it got to the beginning of the movie, that was our first time seeing Ron since L.A.
Which was in the next city, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
And it's crazy, my bus kind of broke down on the way to the show.
My thing was the confrontation.
I wasn't even really worried about the show
at that point. It's like, you know,
at the point where we kicked Bob out the group
initially, it felt like the same
situation. Like, too many antics,
son. Like, you causing
us money and all of the above,
man. And it got to the point where, boom, I get
to the show, and it's
what, about an hour late? You know, Castell
had already did the new edition part and
then we broke it down into the individual sections before we jumped back on again and i come in the
building and bob's doing the same man it just got to that point where it's like man enough is enough
and it blasted off on stage man and that's a small inkling and uh you know eye into the fabric of new
edition man which is kind of crazy at times.
Now, Ronnie, you were the last member to join before Johnny, right?
Yeah.
Which seems crazy because y'all seem so close, like y'all been down for each other forever.
Yeah, and these guys grew up together.
I mean, 70s, all the way up to the time that the the spark for new edition came in uh 1978 and it was just thing in
boston you know talent shows everybody just wanted to you know hear the girls scream and just win
this 10 or 25 whatever it was so i jumped in after they won the big hollywood talent night
where they got the recording contract this is 1980 they want to go from a four-man band to a
five-man band.
So I came in 80 in the fabric of No Addition as far as what we were able to build before 83.
You know, when Candy Girl came out, I was able to mesh and, you know, join that chemistry.
So like you said, it was my uncle taught me a joint.
It was one of the Jackson songs.
Your Uncle Brooke.
Yeah, my Uncle Brooke.
Who was the manager at the time.
Exactly.
Gave us our name, no audition.
Taught me a joint.
You know, I learned in about an hour and a half.
Went to Bob's house the next day and performed it with the guys.
And I don't even know if there was a vote or anything.
It just seemed like I was in. You know, what happened was, what we didn't show in the movie was,
we had actually auditioned a few other guys before Ron, and they were just horrible.
So when Ron came in and he knew everything, he fell right in place.
It was just refreshing.
It was like, because in the very beginning, we always wanted to have five.
We just couldn't find that fifth member.
And we tried a guy named Frank and, you know, Travis.
Poor Frank, poor Travis.
Yeah, exactly.
So when Ron came in, it was just so
refreshing to see someone that just
got the feel and the style and knew exactly
what we was looking for.
Alright, we got more with BBD coming up next and we're
talking more about the new edition story on BET.
It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
That was Jay-Z with Bonnie and Clyde.
Morning everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee,
Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
We have BBD in the building.
Now, Yee?
So, Ralph Tresvant, right?
They had initially wanted him to be a solo artist,
but you guys didn't know
that they wanted him to be solo.
When did he tell you?
Like, when did you guys find out?
You didn't even know
he made a sacrifice like that.
Nah, honestly,
I didn't find out until we were actually writing the movie
until he told that story. Really?
I didn't know that. That's the truth.
They wanted to sign him solo and he was like,
no, it's got to be all of us. That's loyalty.
We didn't know that. And to be honest,
everyone spoke to the writer individually.
So it's a lot of
we didn't know what was going
on. And we didn't know how each other felt when it was problems.
Like I never knew Ralph's point of view.
Because me and him, we go through it, you know, through the movie or me and Bob.
So you really didn't know what the next man was feeling until you saw the script.
Does it make you look back at things differently now,
knowing that he could have done that and didn't?
I think it's interesting because I just want to ask Maurice,
did you really do it like that?
I saw a route side of the story,
but it only makes sense to me if Maurice could tell us that.
That really happened.
Yeah.
You don't believe him.
No, I just want to know why would you meet us and separate us?
That's all I just want to know.
What were you thinking?
You didn't think Ricky could sing? You didn't think Bob could sing? We came to you
with guys that could sing
and I know you wanted the Jackson 5,
but we knew addition.
Even with the Jackson 5, you need a Michael, I guess.
Right, but when we started
our first day recording with Maurice,
and he said,
I think you guys could use another member,
right? Which we agree with because we always
want to have five. And he wanted
to change our name. We didn't show that
in the movie. He wanted to change our name from
New Edition to Magic Five.
And he wrote it on a piece of paper,
right? With a big J
and a big five.
So if you're looking at it, just basically say,
you know what I'm saying, the whole J5 thing.
So that's why I never, you know,
why I was surprised to hear the story about Ralph.
And you know what else is interesting in the movie too?
In the studio, Bobby was actually going in to sing the first song.
And the first song we recorded was Jealousy.
Yeah, but because of him and Ricky and the fight and everything,
he figured that Bob was going to be a problem.
So that scene when it switches from Bob to Ralph,
that was Maurice thinking he couldn't go recording an album like that with Bob.
So he lost his spot because they had a little tussle
behind the drummer set and whatever.
And to us, that was just everyday action.
Yeah, that's what we do for fun.
But I think even as like if you're brothers growing up,
you fight a lot.
You know, family.
We spent a lot of time together.
I mean, we would have pillow fights that would turn into real fights.
I mean, we would just.
That sounds like B2K.
Yeah, I'm saying we just, we spent so much time together that it got frustrating.
And then plus you have one person, you know, that's like, okay, we got to get our money.
They're not getting our money.
And I'm surprised at having
the opportunity to just leave your manager,
cut all contact with him because you
got ripped off so much
that you guys were actually like, nah, let's
just ride it out. Like, to me,
it's like, okay, let's go, let's go. But I guess
the mentality wasn't...
Did Maurice get a say
in the movie? Maurice, though? Yeah, he did.
Yeah, he did.
They interviewed us. They interviewed us.
They interviewed Maurice.
They interviewed Gerald Busby, of course.
You know, my uncle, Brooke Payne.
Everybody that had a pivotal part in New Edition's success,
they interviewed to make sure this story was authentic
and not just from our perspective.
Right.
You know, because we can be a little biased,
and we may fabricate a situation or what have
you, but they're making sure they're doing the truth check with everybody else around.
So the three nights is covering a good amount.
It's so much more.
So Bobby had no input in the movie?
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
He was going through a lot.
I mean, he was the last one that signed on, but yeah.
He was going through a lot with his own personal business.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And he came late to the table on this one, shall I mean.
And that was only because we didn't talk about when people was like,
well, where's Bobby?
He didn't sign.
Bobby was trying to do his own movie.
And he thought in doing our movie,
they were trying to get the life rights to his movie.
So he sat out for a minute.
And then he jumped in in the 11th hour.
And the thing is, he was on set coaching his man the whole time.
That's interesting.
Bobby do got a whole other story because I read his book Every Little Step.
Yeah.
So I'm sure y'all got y'all own little story.
You could probably do a movie on each and every one of y'all if you wanted to.
Right.
Did any of y'all have solo aspirations?
Or y'all just knew y'all three was stronger together?
I think, you know, BBD was actually by default, you know, as you see in the movie.
You know, when Ralph, at that time, he decided he wanted to make a solo record.
I mean, we were stumped, man.
We were in a lot of fear because you got to remember at that time, Ralph was that guy.
When we go on stage, know we would take times and take
turns introducing ourselves he got the louder screams every time so for us it
was all about Ralph and we I mean we came into this business as a group so
breaking off and solo like that just wasn't the furthest thing from my head
at the time when we were we did our last show at the Forum
during the Heartbreak Tour,
we were having this conversation with Jimmy Jam.
He was like, so what are you three going to do?
I mean, honestly, like, it wasn't BBD.
We was just throwing out ideas.
Well, maybe we'll manage or produce
or do something, you know, behind the camera.
And he just calmly suggested,
why don't you guys just be a group?
And we're like, what are we going to do?
He said, Rick, you sing.
You know, Ron and Mike, you guys are rapping.
And we just, the light bulb went off from there.
So it was really only because Johnny was doing his own thing
and Ralph was making a solo.
You were the last three standing.
Yeah.
And Bobby was already a solo star too.
Exactly.
So we're like, okay, cool.
Why not try it?
Now, this is a great look for BET, by the too. Exactly. So we're like, okay, cool. Why not try it? Now, this is a great look
for BET, by the way.
Yeah.
And I'm sure you guys
had other options.
So why did you choose
let's do this with BET?
Well, go ahead, Ron.
It's like the universe
just kind of wrapped around
in that way.
Again, you know,
initially it was
Paramount Vantage
and it was supposed to go
to the big screen
for two hours.
And, you know, fortunately, Bob didn't sign his life rights away as far as new edition is concerned.
And it kind of all started at the BET Awards in 2005, you know, when the idea for this movie came about with the executive producer, Jesse Collins.
So fast forward eight years, you know,
we trying to plug and play with this thing
and figure out how to make it happen.
And it just so happened that Bob signed his life rights,
you know, in, what was that?
Maybe 2013 or something like that.
And they began to start talking to, you know,
different companies at that time.
And BET was the right place.
And when we look at the history of No addition from video soul and a lot of the stuff that allowed
us to be seen you know across America and even across the world initially as
far as the magnitude of success that we had was BET you know they had a
footprint on our success so it was no better place especially when they were
talking about
three nights but we just felt like we could get deeper into our story this is going to be
record-breaking for bt by the way but you know the crazy part is is they seem like they had the
jedi mind trick the best because the only reason the movie happened is because we told all we kept
in so the way they approached us and getting the stories out of us
actually was clever
because there's no way to write the script
unless you get all of the information.
And they came at us all
and they sat with us individually
so they made everybody feel comfortable
to open up.
And that was the process
that we all thought was a hard part.
But the toughest part was
when we went away for a resort,
we went away to read the script.
You were actually reading what the next man thought about you.
And we locked ourselves in the room for, what, like 10 hours?
Yeah.
That was the most craziest shit ever, man.
Because you reading, you sighed, and you're like,
yo, man, that's how you felt?
Like, it was so deep.
Y'all didn't have no mediator?
No, we ain't.
None.
Broke.
Yeah.
But the thing is, we've never ever sat in a room and went through anything like that
ever in our life.
To sit there and just look at the man and have him reading what he felt about you and
how they're doing this story.
And it was just interesting.
You could hear a pin drop in the room, but we dug it out for 10 hours, man.
We actually felt like that was, besides creating the group,
that had to have been the second best day in our life because we all.
Somebody cried.
I mean, I was, you know, me and Ralph kept looking at each other
because they had us going at it a lot.
And I was like, damn, Riz.
He was like, I know, man. It was just
like, we needed that,
man. And that's why when she said YBT,
I don't think anybody else
could have approached it unless
they have black culture to know how to deal
with us. Alright, we got more with BBD coming
up in minutes, and we'll also talk to the cast
of the new edition story, alright?
That was a little new edition, mini mix.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
We got BBD in the building.
How did y'all perform without taking the egos out?
Because y'all made it a business.
You guys didn't get along, which I got on stage a lot of times
and didn't speak in sync.
That's incredible.
And nobody would know the difference.
How did y'all do that?
When they say, ladies and gentlemen, new addition,
and we hear the roar of that crowd and that energy,
it's like I'm not a drug addict, but it's like cracking your veins.
You know what I'm saying?
And the yearning for that is what allows us to be able to kind of sweep our problems
under the rug or throw them in the closet for an hour, hour and a half of rock.
And then when we get off stage, we right back to business and figuring out how we, you know,
just choking each other up.
I mean, I mean, to the point where we will have fights.
I remember one time me and Ralph got into it and they really have this into the movie.
We got into it because, you know, we used to play fight and all this, you know, slap
box and everything.
Right.
And I don't even think I was feeling it just one
day, right? But Riz is like, yo, boom, boom,
boom, and he hit me, right? Boom. And, you
know, in the face, like, lightly, man. And I'm
to the point that I almost felt like, you know,
the little beef between me and Bob
on the home again, right? So we
going at it, boom, boom, boom, right? And then
we end up having the full fight, right?
Mick and, Rick and Mike is trying
to break the situation up. Food is flying
everywhere.
It was just the fruit.
It was a trade going like this.
You know, a couple little blows and then
you know, they're breaking it up and you grabbing
the first thing you can, water and fruit
and we're throwing it at each other
and we get to the point where we're crying,
you know, and we say a prayer. each other. And we get to the point where we're crying, you know,
and we say a prayer.
It's in the dressing room.
It's like 20 minutes before 8 o'clock.
Exactly.
You know, we say the prayer.
Everybody's crying.
I'm not going to lie.
This don't sound like Bobby,
the only person who's on drugs in this group.
Nah.
You know what I'm saying?
Set that to the side and went up there
and did one of our best shows.
And I want to say that was the awful love tour.
Yeah. Adrenaline was going was the awful love tour. Yeah.
Adrenaline was going from the fight. Yes, indeed.
Why is there still conflict now, though?
It's just a crazy cloud, man.
And we pray about the cloud, like, damn,
you know, because it's so much
more we want to do. But it's
just sometimes hard to get six votes.
Like, that's really the hardest thing,
bro, to get everyone to
just agree.
Because it seems like someone's always looking at it from a different perspective.
And it's easy.
Yo, we're going to the awards show.
Can we do it?
I don't know.
I got to check my schedule.
So it's like, well, let's take that off the schedule and let's go rock on TV so we can go back on tour and make more money.
Like, there's the easy science to it.
So y'all don't practice then?
No, no, we practice.
Oh, y'all practice.
Y'all get together?
We just sometimes, it'd be three in practice, maybe four.
Right.
You might get five for a half an hour.
You might get five two weeks before the show.
Would you mind if we bring some of the cast in?
None of the cast is here?
Yeah, we got a few members of the cast.
Oh, that's hot.
I see bad people outside.
I see Akeem.
We walked up on them yesterday.
Open the door.
I see Akeem.
Akeem plays Michael Bivens.
I was supposed to be you, bro.
I wasn't playing New Edition, guys.
I just want to say the casting was
fantastic in this movie.
Robbie Reed.
Shout out to Robbie Reed
and everybody,
the whole cast.
I mean, it was
a great project.
I just felt as being
a part of something
that's history again,
playing somebody
so respected,
somebody that's
accomplished a lot.
You know, I felt
it was important
for me to play
somebody like
Michael Bevin.
You have to learn
how to dance
and learn how to sing and all that.
I mean, I already know how to dance.
I'm a little, he the best dancer out there.
You have to learn how to dance.
First of all, I'm playing the most effortless dancer.
Keep your trash to me.
You have to listen.
He said effortless, not smoothest.
Come on.
Hold on, hold on.
Wait, wait, wait.
Hold on.
Hold on.
It's never an interview without Woody.
What do you got to say, Woody?
What about dancing?
What you going to say?
I want to say these fellas was all trash.
But they put in the work.
They was humble.
You know what I mean?
They came in and worked every day.
And they did their thing.
Who do you think he playing?
Who do you think he playing?
Bobby Brown.
Bobby Brown. Now, how did the casting go? Did they have to shadow y' playing? Who do you think he's playing? Bobby Brown. Bobby Brown.
Now, how did the casting go?
Did they have to shadow y'all?
Did they live with y'all?
Absolutely.
We hung out as much as possible.
To the mic, to the mic, to the mic.
With Brooke Payne, we put them through a 30-day boot camp where they just, I mean, they had to learn every, I mean, when you watch the videos, everyone kind of thinks they know the routine.
Right. But they're a lot more detailed than what you see in the video. learn every, I mean, when you watch the videos, everyone kind of thinks they know the routine, but
they're a lot more detailed
than what you see in the video.
I thought I knew the routine when I was watching it this morning.
Y'all didn't do that. I was out there with the slime.
This is intense.
I don't know, because it's literally, they would,
the choreographer and producer
of this movie, the legend, Brooke Payne,
he would be on us so bad.
The difference of five, four inches on your arm.
And if you didn't know, you did it again and again and again.
And the first choreography we learned was a medley of all the hits,
like 12 minutes long.
So imagine doing that nine hours a day
and then them coming in there doing it effortless
and making you feel like, dog.
Them and Keez is killing it. effortless and making you feel like dong.
We gotta do it like this, so when we saw them,
when we saw them, you know, we knew
what he was going, you know, wild out, but
we gotta give it to you, Al.
We felt like you had our boy down
real nice.
So you slid into the most
difficult spot.
And I know you want to talk and shine, so go ahead, man.
Hey, man, I just want to shout out Guy and my mama.
I'm on a breakfast club.
Did anybody disagree with any casting?
Was there anybody that got cast?
I still didn't like the way they casted Bobby.
No, I'm just playing.
They wanted me to play Ralph at first.
They wanted me to play Ralph at first, and I
didn't even agree with that. I was like, nah,
that ain't right. At first, I was like,
nah, I feel like I'm more Ronnie.
Yeah, Andrew Solis, you have to be.
Yeah, it didn't make no sense.
Were you guys big fans of New Edition before
you actually got casted in this movie?
Yeah. My dad actually toured playing guitar
with Ralph, Johnny, and Bobby
on the Heads of State tour.
That's the first time I heard of New Edition. It really got
caught into that world. When I got the part, everything
just came back super full circle for me.
Hold on, Keith. Tell them who you know
your mom's favorite.
Yeah.
Growing up, my mom had a crush on Ronnie, man.
Ronnie Ralph Prince and Michael Jackson was on their little clutch purse growing up.
So I'm like, I need to keep on.
You look like Ronnie a lot now.
Sounds like it.
Well, can I get any heartbreak?
Hold on.
Can I get any heartbreak checks, then?
Shout out to the youngers that killed it.
Tyler.
Miles, Tyler.
Tyler, Kayla.
Oh, yeah, they did great.
They were so good.
They killed it.
They carried the whole first night.
Even, like, the clothes and everything were pretty much on point.
And we just want to say this is an opportunity.
I thought it was great.
This is an opportunity to give them their flowers while they're here.
Absolutely.
When we started this film, Luke and I were able to talk to Robbie Reed after rehearsal one day.
And we were like, why aren't they legitimized and stamped as legends?
The legends that they are.
They are.
Yeah, I think so. Oh, young boy. No legends that they are. They are. Yeah, I think so.
Oh, young boy.
No, no, no.
They are.
They are.
New Edition, listen.
What are you talking about?
New Edition is in our hearts.
We're talking about, no, the actual steps.
Okay.
You know, the honor.
You know, the Hall of Fames, all of that stuff.
We started this movie, and God has blessed us with that.
Like, they're getting their star on the Walk of Fame.
That's what we're talking about.
Yo, but we, I mean, we movied out, but we just got to keep it funky, man.
We've been busting our butt on something else, too.
What's that?
Tonight at 11 o'clock.
Oh, that three.
Turn on Facebook Live with Bell Biff DeVoe.
We got a live concert from Boston.
Really?
And at midnight, bro, the Three Strikes album comes out.
We want you to buy it, support it, play it like you play Poison.
All that.
So it don't end when the movie go off at 11, right, bro?
Absolutely.
Hell nah.
And since the Poison album, like as far as our craft, we're a lot better.
So song for song, besides Poison.
I agree. Match this up with that album, we killing, besides Poison, I agree. Match this up
with that album, and we killing it
on this album. I agree. That's my
word. Y'all got a party in Boston, right?
We got a party tonight at Bijou.
Bijou tonight. We gonna
watch the movie, right?
We gonna watch the third night tonight,
and then we gonna perform. Personally, from
all of us, thank you so much. We knew the music,
but we didn't know you guys personally.
Y'all didn't have social media for us to look up what y'all doing crazy online.
You know what I mean?
Thank God, right?
We got that now.
You see what I'm saying?
So if somebody do a biopic right now, it's like, I don't care.
I see everything they do on Instagram.
I don't care about that biopic.
But for y'all, I feel like this is really special.
And I want to say thank y'all personally.
This is my first gig.
This is my first time working with all my brothers.
This is not your last, bro. This is my first gig. This is my first time working with all my brothers. This is not your last, bro.
This is not your last.
It's BET 9 p.m.
It's The Breakfast Club.
It's the cast of New Edition and BBD.
Yes.
The Breakfast Club.
I miss music like New Edition, man.
Groups like New Edition.
Why you say you miss music? Yeah, you can listen to it. Exactly. I mean, you see that, but there's no new groups like New Edition. like no addition. Why you say you miss music?
Yeah, you can listen to it.
Exactly.
I mean, you see that, but there's no new groups like no addition.
That's fine.
Who's new like no addition?
That's fine.
That's okay.
That gives you that feeling.
Oh, what if they came out with a new, new addition?
And call it the new, new.
Yeah, exactly.
New, new addition.
You don't always need something new.
Things should move forward, but you can always pull up old, new edition music and listen to it.
Oh, that stays. And guess what, in my car. Now we got a movie. Drop one of Clues pull up old, new edition music and listen to it. Oh, that stays.
And guess what?
Now we got a movie.
Drop one of Clues Bonds for the new edition movie on BET.
And I see people talking about what other movies they want to see.
People like, I want to see a Jodeci one.
I want to see a SWV one.
I want to see a Guy movie would be good.
That would be dope.
Teddy Riley.
Now hold on.
A Guy movie?
No, no, no.
Teddy Riley.
Guy would be poppin'.
You got to do a whole Teddy Riley. You don't need to do a SWV movie, maybe, but you Teddy Riley. No, this is the thing. Guy will be popping. You got to do a whole Teddy Riley.
You don't need to do an SWV movie, maybe, but you got to do an Uptown Records movie.
That would be dope.
That's when you do.
That's Jodeci.
That's Guy.
That's Andre Harrell.
But they all need their own separate.
That's Mary J. Blige.
That's Heavy D.
No, an Uptown Records movie.
I thought they all need their own separate.
And a Wu-Tang movie.
What are we doing this party?
A Wu-Tang movie.
We need to do this party.
I'm getting my dance steps down.
All right.
That's exactly why we're not doing no party.
Because nobody needs to see that.
Save that for your kids and your wife, bro.
Do that at home.
Do that at home.
And be all out of breath.
Now sit down.
Embarrass your family.
Embarrass your family.
Can I do my rumors?
Let's get to the rumors.
Lifetime bio.
Listen up.
It's just in.
All the gossip.
Gossip.
The Rumor Report.
Gossip.
Gossip.
With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee.
It's the Rumor Report.
The Breakfast Club.
Since we're talking about movies that you want to see, there's a new Lifetime biopic.
And guess who is going to be on?
Who?
Who?
Who?
Michael Jackson on Lifetime.
See, you lost me when you said Lifetime.
I know, I know.
You lost me when you said Lifetime.
You know they already did Aaliyah, Michelle A.
Trash.
And this book will be based on a book from two of Michael Jackson's personal security guards.
It's called Michael Jackson Searching for Neverland.
It's going to talk about his final years.
I don't know about this one.
The film is right now in pre-production and it's going to start shooting next month.
Sounds like a horror movie.
Yeah, I don't want to see that.
Sounds like something that'll scare the kids.
Yeah, it scares me already. Sounds like something that's going to have Paris Jackson very upset. Just like a horror movie. Yeah, I don't want to see that. Sounds like something that'll scare the kids. Yeah, it scares me already. Sounds like
something that's going to have Paris Jackson very upset.
Just like she was upset before.
So, it'll be interesting, but
I don't know about that one. Alright, Oscar
De La Hoya was arrested for DUI
in Pasadena, California. Round of
applause. Why? No, no, don't you dare.
Oscar should have been locked up a long time
ago for dressing in lingerie. Well, he's been
having all kinds of substance abuse issues for years.
He's been to rehab and all of that in the past.
So they said he had taken a few field sobriety tests.
Didn't work out for him.
And then he got arrested.
He was in his Land Rover.
He was speeding, and that's why he got pulled over.
Imagine being a cop and searching Oscar De La Hoya,
and you realize he got a thong on and some fishnet stockings.
You'd just be like, whoa.
You shouldn't be patting that hard.
You shouldn't know all that.
Look at the picture.
The picture looks crazy.
See what I'm saying?
See what I'm saying?
Drop one of Clues Bonf
for Revolt finally
doing something right.
What about the one
where he was on the bike
and the tutu?
Remember that one?
I don't remember that one.
You don't remember
when Oscar De La Hoya
had on a tutu?
Revolt got that one?
I didn't see all that.
Yo, there you go.
Oh.
When Triple G was up here and I showed him Oscar De La H go. There. Oh. What Triple G said when he was up.
When Triple G was up here and I showed him
Oscar De La Hoya pictures in that lingerie,
Triple G said, that's his problem.
But I swear he was sitting on a bike in one.
I'm going to pull this up for you guys.
I don't know.
By the way, that's the only time Triple G
spoke perfect English in that whole interview.
You didn't understand him until he saw them pictures
of Oscar De La Hoya.
He said, no problem.
Bike, tutu.
All right.
And let's discuss Chicago.
Now, as we all know, we keep hearing Donald Trump He said no problem. Bike, tutu. All right. And let's discuss Chicago.
Now, as we all know, we keep hearing Donald Trump talking about trying to do something in Chicago. What can we do in the city of Chicago because of the violence?
Well, here's what Common has to say about Trump saying that he wants to send the feds in.
To help Chicago, you know, we got to take care of our own.
Like, within the community, we got to do things.
There's a lot of people out there already organizing and doing things.
We need our state and local people to do things.
We don't need that type of mentality.
So I'm not focused on the president right now.
I'm focused on helping the people in the city and how we can do it.
Common is absolutely right.
The reason Donald Trump is making those comments is because he feels the people in Chicago haven't done enough.
You know, the feds will come in and make a short-term impact,
but the long-term impact is the governors and the senators and the council members
and the elected local officials on the floor, people in the community.
Without the investment of those people, a federal solution means nothing.
All right.
And Twista also responded to Donald Trump's Chicago send-in the feds tweet.
He said, thanks, but no thanks at Real Donald Trump.
We can take care of our own city.
They got to do it, though.
They actually have to do it.
They have to put the pressure on their governors
and their senators and their council members.
Just like I just said,
the elected local officials on the floor,
they got to put the pressure on them
to actually do something.
All right, and Beyonce has gotten
a new Marvel comic book cover.
They're paying homage to Beyonce.
Who she think she is, me?
It's a Beyonce-inspired cover.
It's the second issue of its series, America.
And that's all paying homage to her formation.
Let me see it.
Where is that?
It's right there on the vote if you have a vote.
Way better than yours.
That's not true.
She's up there with Captain Marvel.
I don't know who the other lady is.
They've also been inspired with Marvel,
with Run the Jewels,
with The Life of Pablo,
Missy Elliott's Under Construction,
A$AP Rocky's Long Live A$AP,
Chance the Rapper's Acid Rack,
Kendrick Lamar's Pimper Butterfly,
and my guy, the jizz-a-jizz-a genius,
Liquid Swords.
Those are the hip-hop variant covers
that Marvel does.
But Beyonce didn't write her own one
and star in one like me, right?
Okay.
Drop one of Clues Bombs for me, damn it.
Hey, this guy is so petty.
I finally got one up.
But she's still Beyonce no matter what.
That is true.
So you get in formation, sir.
That is true.
Please.
I've been in formation.
My last name is Pinkett Smith Winfrey Knowles Carter.
Then act like one.
Okay.
But the gag is you're not Beyonce.
All right?
Neither are you.
I'm Angela Yee and that is your...
I'm not here trying to compete.
Nobody is.
I'm just reporting.
But I do have a Marvel comic that I wrote and starred in.
Thank you.
I'm Angela Yee, and that's your rumor report.
And you know what?
Let me clear something up.
We made fun of Angela Yee the other day
because she mentioned that one of the members
of the New Edition movie were wearing a four-ball jacket.
A four-ball jacket.
And we was like, that's a lie.
But it was an action.
There was a four-ball jacket in the New Edition thing.
I told you.
I've seen it with my own eyes. They have an eight-ball in there, but there's a four- was an action. There was a four-ball jacket in the new edition. I told you, I've seen it with my own eyes.
They have an eight-ball in there, but there's a four-ball.
I've never seen a four-ball jacket.
Yeah, it was confusing because he was in Michael Bivens' character, Bashir.
No, yeah.
He was in the hospital with a four-ball jacket.
Told you.
And then a couple scenes later when he was home, it was an eight-ball jacket.
Yeah, I was confused.
I've never seen anything like that.
I thought I was hot.
Yeah.
Listen, I told y'all.
How am I going to see something with my own eyes and you tell me I didn't see what I saw. I thought I was hot. Yeah. Listen, I told y'all, but y'all didn't have to see something with my own eyes. And you tell me,
I didn't see what I saw.
I never heard of it.
I live in a world full of alternative facts.
That's why.
All right.
Well,
who are you giving your donkey to?
Oh,
one of the greatest providers of alternative facts out right now.
My favorite standup comic,
national press secretary,
Sean Spicer.
He needs to come to the congregation for the second time this week. We'd like to have a word with him.
He's actually amazing.
Okay. That's pretty funny.
Charlamagne the devil?
Possibly.
The Breakfast Club.
Yes, donkey of the day for Thursday, January 26th goes to my new favorite person, Sean Spicer.
Sean Spicer is the press secretary
for our celebrity in chief, Donald Trump.
Listen, man, I know I gave him donkey of the day on Monday,
but every press conference this guy does
is automatically the best stand-up special
out at the moment. It's a lot of stand-ups
you can see on Netflix right now. Neil Brennan,
Three Mics. I watched Kevin Hartwood
now over the weekend, but nothing is funnier
than when Sean Spicer holds
a press conference, okay? Now, April Ryan,
who is the Washington Borough Chief of
American Urban Radio Networks,
was questioning Sean about stereotyping by omission,
something Trump's administration has been accused of,
basically saying that President Donald Trump has met with athletes and entertainers
but has not met with civil rights leaders.
Okay, well, Sean Spicer, the alternative fact provider that he is,
not only informed April Ryan that not only has Donald Trump met with civil rights leaders,
he's met with the civil rights leader, not just any civil rights leader, the head civil rights leader in charge.
I mean, when it comes to civil rights leaders, it can't get no bigger than who Trump allegedly met with.
OK, but forget me talking about it. Let me take you back to Spice's latest stand up special so he can tell you who Trump met with himself.
During his inauguration speech, he talked about inner cities, urban areas,
being riddled with gangs, violence, and drugs.
What is the agenda?
What are you planning when it comes to...
Well, April, I mean, just the other day,
he sat down with Martin Luther King Jr.
I would call him a civil rights leader.
...where his dad was the third.
Well, I think he has done a lot for that.
But the gag is.
Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot and killed on April 4th, 1968.
Clearly, Donald Trump had the time traveling DeLorean because that is the only way he sat down with Martin Luther King Jr.
Now, Donald Trump did meet with Martin Luther King III, the oldest living child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. But he's not Martin Luther King Jr. Now, Donald Trump did meet with Martin Luther King III, the oldest living child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott
King, but he's not Martin Luther King,
Jr. Contrary to white male authorities
popular belief, all black people
don't look alike. Now, I know, I know
some of y'all are thinking, Charlemagne, you're reaching.
He said Martin Luther King, Jr., but
you know what he meant. See, this is the problem.
When you're the press secretary for the president,
you have to say what you mean and mean what you say.
It's not about what you meant to say.
It's about what you said.
I don't come to conclusions based off what someone meant to say.
I come to conclusions based off what they say.
I can't get on this radio and say, hey, guys, have you ever read the autobiography of Malcolm Jamal Warner by Alex Haley?
Because some poor kid will go search for the autobiography of Malcolm Jamal Warner by Alex Haley,
and they will miss out on the greatness that is the autobiography of
Malcolm X by Alex Haley. I love
Theo from the Cosby Show, but there's a huge
difference, okay? Now,
Martin Luther King Jr. and Martin Luther III.
Do you not know the difference?
Play the clip once again from
Sean Spicer. Play it again, please.
During his inauguration
speech, he talked about inner
cities, urban areas being riddled with gangs, violence and drugs.
What is the agenda? What are you planning when it comes to?
Well, April, I mean, just the other day he sat down with Martin Luther King Jr.
I would call him a civil rights leader.
His dad was the third.
Well, I think he has done a lot for that.
And the fact that he didn't correct himself at all.
You hear you hear them yelling Martin Luther III to correct him,
and Sean Spicer just keeps talking like, whatever.
That lets me know he either don't know, don't show,
or don't care about civil rights or what the hell any Martin was talking about.
Don't care.
Sean Spicer don't know the difference between Martin Luther King Jr.,
Martin Luther King III, Martin Lawrence, Trayvon Martin, all black Martins, dead or alive, look exactly the same as Sean Spicer don't know the difference between Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King III, Martin Lawrence, Trayvon Martin, all black Martins that are alive look exactly the same as Sean Spicer, okay?
Now, Tamika D. Mallory, drop one of Clues' bombs for Tamika Mallory.
She posted a great point on her IG the other day.
She posted a Sean Spicer clip, and she said,
You see why folks have no business meeting with Donald Trump without taking trusted organizers, policy experts, and our impacting individuals with them.
April Ryan asked for a plan to deal with inner city violence, and he responds by saying he
met with Martin Luther III.
Tamika goes on to say the whole point of him meeting with these folks is to be able to
throw them in our face when asked for a real plan.
Don't be used.
Tamika Mallory hit it on the head.
Don't be used.
And you know you're being used, simply because the National Press Secretary
doesn't even remember who the celebrity in chief,
Donald Trump, is meeting with, okay?
When it comes to civil rights issues,
because he really doesn't care.
And this is proof.
Please give my favorite stand-up comic,
the National Press Secretary, Sean Spicer,
the biggest hee-haw, please.
By the way, don't think this is rare, okay?
There's a lot of people who have no clue Martin Luther King Jr. is dead, believe it or not.
I remember a couple years ago when Jimmy Kimmel was doing live witness news on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and this happened.
On Martin Luther King Day, this took almost no time at all.
We asked 14 people if they saw a speech Dr. King gave this morning and seven of them said
they had. And with that said, I present to you perhaps the most disturbing edition ever of
Live Witness News. This morning, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made a very impassioned speech at the
Capitol. What do you think of that? I thought it was great, you know, very inspiring, motivational.
How do you think his speech this morning
compared to the one he gave in 1963?
The same, better?
I wouldn't say it's the same or better.
I would say it's very current for today.
This morning, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
did a speech from the Capitol.
What did you think of that?
I think it was great.
What did you like about it?
All the details and things like that.
You know, it's very, very rare to see him speak in public these days.
How'd you feel seeing him speak in public this morning?
I was shocked.
Yeah.
Talk to me a little bit about that.
I mean, I just, I couldn't believe it.
I was like, how, how could it happen?
I haven't heard him talk for a while.
Pretty much.
Pretty, pretty freaking much.
You got to give people the credit they deserve for being stupid.
So a lot of people I don't know dead either.
Some people I think already dead.
It happens.
All right.
Like Mary Tyler Moore.
Had no clue she was still alive.
Anyhow.
All right.
All right.
Well, thank you for that dunk of the day.
Up next, Ask Yee.
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Hello.
Hi.
Hey, what's your name, mama?
My name is Stephanie.
Hey, Stephanie.
From where?
From, well, born and raised in Miami, Florida, but currently living in Orlando.
All right. What's your question for Yee?
I'll be in Orlando tomorrow, actually.
I'll be there Saturday.
Hey.
Hey.
So my question is basically, like, I have my best friend who I've been best friends with since I started college.
So, like, a little over three years.
And she and I have had the best of relationships.
She's the closest person in the world to me.
I've never trusted someone the way I've trusted her.
I've never, like, been as close to another female the way I am to her.
Okay.
She also has an ex-husband who she was friends with previous to me.
Before I even met her, they were very close, and they had a falling out
because basically she wasn't being a real friend to her.
Okay.
Recently, she popped up out of nowhere, and they made amends.
Okay, cool, fine.
It didn't sit well with me in the beginning, but I was like, whatever.
I'll try for my best friend.
Let's, like, try to welcome her in.
Since then, like, her vibe has just been, like, she's so rude and, like, disrespectful.
And she's just done little things, like, not even to me, but to my best friend that I was like, what?
Like, I could never imagine her taking from anybody.
So, wait.
Now, back up, back up. So this has been your
best friend for how long now?
For a little over two years. Okay.
So it's kind of a newish thing
because, alright.
And so now she's just acting funny because her ex-best friend
came back in the picture. I wouldn't say
acting funny but definitely showing
me I guess a different side of her because
I've never taken her to be the person to let
someone like talk to her the way that
her ex-best friend has been talking to her
or take the crap from her ex-best friend
that she is taking.
I've never taken her to be that person because I'm not
that person and I believe that birds of a feather
flock together.
So you've discovered that
now you know a real
side of her that you didn't know before and you don't
like that. Right.
But I'm okay with my best friend being maybe a little bit more submissive.
Okay, that's not a big deal.
But now, most recently, a situation in the club, like, her ex-best friend just disrespected, like, my entire situation.
Long story short, we were in the club.
I'm in VIP with my boyfriend, and, you know, they weren't in VIP, but I was still trying to make sure they were good.
And her ex-best friend pulled the stupidest of stunts where she stole a freaking cup of liquor from the VIP.
And it was a big issue.
But I didn't make it a big issue then.
I brought it to my best friend.
I'm like, hey, look, I want to talk to her about it.
But if you think you should, then let me know.
You're saying she stole one of your drinks?
Yeah, basically, from VIP.
Okay.
And so...
Now, this all sounds very petty.
I'm not going to lie.
It sounds like maybe you guys are fighting over who's her best friend.
I mean, I completely get where it could feel that way,
which is why, I mean, sound that way,
which is why I was super hesitant about even bringing it up to my best friend.
But it was more about...
Okay, I just want to stop saying
best friend, best friend, best friend.
Because I feel like it's just making
this whole thing seem really territorial.
Everybody is, she's friends, she has other friends.
It don't got to be your best friend. You don't even gotta label that.
Right. That's somebody you care about, that's your friend.
Right. It's like you're trying to say best friend
because you want to make it clear that's your best friend and this
girl is her ex-best friend. It's a whole thing
of being, having a title on it.
And I don't think you need to do that.
What you have to realize is that
you guys are all grown.
If she chooses to hang out with somebody else and act a certain way and it doesn't vibe with you,
you don't have to hang out with her anymore.
Just because you want her to be your best friend, that doesn't necessarily mean that she considers you to be her best friend.
Right.
It sounds like you guys are getting territorial.
And it sounds like you were in the VIP.
She stole a bottle of liquor.
First of all, if I'm in the club with people and I'm trying to be good to them,
they don't got to steal a drink from me.
I'm going to offer everybody.
I'm going to offer somebody a drink.
So how does she steal a drink?
That's the point.
I did offer them and I made sure they had drinks.
And she was the only one of the bunch who decided, I'm not going to ask.
I'm just going to take the drink.
And she thought it was funny.
And then everyone else in VIP is looking crazy because they're like,
who is this girl?
Like, why would she do that?
I don't know that that's stealing.
I mean, if she feels like y'all in the club and she just pours herself a drink,
she probably didn't feel like she had to ask you.
Because we in here.
Like, if I'm in the club with a bunch of people, we all hanging out.
I got bottles at the table.
Help yourself.
I think you just have to be more, first of all, just stop doing the best friend thing.
If y'all are friends, y'all are friends.
If she wants to be friends with somebody else and you don't like that other person, you don't have to.
It don't got to be territorial over a person, okay?
Because that's when everything's going to get messed up.
You have a boyfriend, you have a whole nother life outside of this.
When y'all get together and hang together,
it don't got to be no pettiness and no jealousy.
Women are so jealous of each other sometimes.
Right. Let her do her thing.
You do your thing. When y'all hang out,
you just concentrate on having a good time.
If you don't like this other woman, you don't got to be around
when she's with her. That's no problem.
But you also just be very aware of not
trying to bash her, not saying negative things
about her, because that's her point and you got to be respectful of that.
The main thing is, as women, we have to respect each other.
That don't mean we got to like each other.
Right. No, of course.
And if you don't like her, just don't even bring her name up.
Don't do nothing because it's going to make your friend defensive.
Right.
Think about it.
If she don't like somebody that you're cool with and she starts talking ish about her,
it's going to make you defend your other friend.
Right.
And now you look bad.
You got to be the bigger person.
Gotcha.
You're right.
You're right.
Okay.
Okay.
And then maybe one day
all of y'all will be cool
with each other.
Who knows?
Maybe.
That's an ideal situation.
If that could happen,
great.
All right.
Well, good luck, Mama.
Ask Yee.
800-585-1051. You got
a question for Yee. Call her now. It's the Breakfast Club.
Good morning. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are
the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask
Yee. Hello, who's this? Hey,
it's Chaos from the Tampa area.
Good morning, Breakfast Club. What's up, bro? What's your
question for Yee? Oh, that's my team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Oh, there you go.
Well, I did more for my city the last couple
years than the Buccaneers.
Anyway, yeah, I kind of need, I was just busting a bar.
I kind of need your help with the situation, obviously.
Okay.
Okay, well, it's not me, but it's my homeboy and my homegirl.
I'm cool with both of them for like eight years now.
They're both in like their 30s.
He's like very disrespectful to her in ways that I don't agree with.
I'm talking about women hitting him up all the time on Facebook and meeting up with him, women hitting her up,
talking about, yo, your man's with me, blah, blah, blah.
And they're married, have two kids.
And let me just say, I think she's used to these domestic violence-type situations
because of previous relationships.
She actually got her teeth knocked out.
I had to get them surgically put back and all that.
Yeah, so, I mean, you know how some women just don't pick the right dudes.
I don't really know how to intervene there with them.
I try and drop knowledge on them, you know what I'm saying?
I actually stole a Charlemagne quote the other day,
and I told my homie while the cops were at the crib
and he was yelling at the cops and her,
I'm like, bro, don't, Charlemagne quote,
I was like, don't fight fire with fire,
fight fire with a fire extinguisher, bro.
There you go.
That's why you need to buy my book in stores April 8th.
Hey, homie, homie, hey, besides the fact
you put me on the Ron and Burn the Secret,
I already pre-ordered Black Privileged Opportunity
to come to those who make it.
Thank you, God.
God's so good.
Look at God.
All right, but let's get back to your friend.
Yes, ma'am.
I mean, I give her good advice, and she's like, but we're married, and I don't know.
He's putting his hands on her.
She's in a past relationship that's happened, but I don't know what goes on behind their closed doors.
I doubt it, but, I mean, he calls her everything in the book. The C word, which I won't know what goes on behind their closed doors. I doubt it, but I mean, he calls her
everything in the book,
the C word,
which I won't say like,
you know what I mean,
slut,
all this,
all this,
whatever.
So he's mentally abusive
toward her,
for sure.
And as far as physically,
you don't 100% know.
It's not a healthy relationship.
Not at all.
And he's the one
that I'm pretty sure
is committing infidelity
and all that,
so.
Right.
But,
I don't really. And she, I'm sure, is aware of it because you said people have been hitting her up also.
She's the one that told me about it, yeah.
Right.
And because she probably has been abused by him, you know, mentally,
and because she has low self-esteem and she doesn't feel like she's worth more than that,
she is staying in an abusive relationship, and you want to get her some help.
Yeah, and I am, but I'm cool with both of them,
more so him, but I mean,
I'm not going to see somebody being mistreated.
And let me tell you something.
You shouldn't even be able to be cool with somebody
that would treat someone that way
without you actually standing up and speaking to that person,
and then you shouldn't be cool with somebody who acts like that
because that isn't anybody I could ever be friends with. Word up.
I do. In front of her, I
speak to him on multiple issues like that,
other than him actually putting her hands on her.
Well, then maybe you need to speak to him aside from
in front of her, and you need to speak to her on the side, too.
But does she have family and other friends that know
about this? That was a very good point.
Maybe I need to speak to him alone.
I don't think so. His family's, like, up north.
He lives in, like, Casco County, this small town in Florida. Because I would definitely say this is something that you need to speak to Malone. I don't think so. His family's, like, up north. He lives in, like, Casco County, this small town in Florida.
Because I would definitely say this is something that you need to maybe alert some of her family members or other friends to and let them know I'm very concerned about our friend.
I've heard things that he has said, you know, to her in front of me.
I mean, I agree.
I can't really go behind, like, my man's back.
Why does it sound like she needs a support system? She does. Yeah. I mean, I agree. I can't really go behind, like, my man's back. Why does it sound like she needs a support system?
She does, yeah.
I mean, she definitely does.
Listen, I've had a situation with a friend of mine, right?
And I actually ended up having to force her to go to the police station
and get a restraining order because her boy,
her child's father was very abusive toward her.
Things that he would say he actually did.
He used to put her hands on her and everything.
And sometimes we feel like it's not my responsibility.
I have to mind my business. That's her relationship
and she's making those decisions.
And for a little while I was
trying to mind my business because I didn't want
her to feel like she couldn't talk to me about anything.
You know, I didn't want her to feel like,
okay, I'm not telling Angela because I don't want to hear
it. Because ultimately people
make these decisions, you know, until
they reach their breaking point and
her breaking point was that it was something that was unforgivable that included you know her boss
me her family members all of her friends and that was unforgivable and i ended up having to force
her to go and get a restraining order and go to the police department and i'm gonna be honest it
was difficult for her at first but she hasn't looked back and it sounds to me like of course
if you really care about her and you want to make sure this doesn't get any worse and you want her to get some help, I think you need to do more than just keep it to yourself.
Hey, I think you're absolutely right.
And can I also make a call to whoever and have the anonymity behind the call also just so that they're aware of the situation in that household.
You mean call, like, some of her family members or friends?
I mean, like, something bigger than that.
You were talking about calling the cops.
Oh, you want to call the cops?
Yeah, because I don't even know any of her family members, to be real.
All right, and let me tell you this.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline, you definitely can make sure you call there as well to get some advice get involved see if you can help and that number is um 1-800-799-7233 if you want to call there 1-800-799-SAFE and that's
where they have some trained people that can listen to you 24 7 and maybe that's something
that you should try to actually get her to come somewhere and just seek some help tell her you
know what you need some professional help to understand. You are beautiful. You have children
that you have to think of too and that was the main thing with
my friend. I told her, you have kids. It's not
even just about children. That's the main priority, yeah.
So that's why I feel like it is important for you
to do something. Okay, thank
you for that wisdom. I'm going to catch that number whenever
this comes on the air again.
1-800-799-SAFE. Okay
and one more thing, super quick. The chemistry
between all three, especially between you and Charlamagne yesterday,
was hella funny, and that's why Charlamagne was dropping bombs for you.
But Charlamagne, I can't wait for that hard copy.
My G, can't wait.
Thank you, sir.
He wants your hard copy.
The hard is coming soon.
Yes, Black Privilege.
Opportunity comes to those who created April 18th.
You can pre-order now.
That's my first book.
And it's coming in hard.
I got hard copies.
I got paperbacks.
I got audio versions. Which one you want, Evie? You pick
one book. Evie wants a hard copy. You want a hard copy?
I got a hard copy for you. I ain't messing with
y'all, man. Or do you rather get it orally?
I got a hard copy. That's what you want?
You want the oral reading?
I'll pass. You sure? I'll pass.
We got rumors on the way, Evie. Yes, let's
discuss Big Sean. He's talking about his
album, I Decided,
and we'll tell you what he's done with Flint, Michigan in mind.
Okay, we'll get into that when we come back.
Keep it locked.
It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
Let's get to the rumors.
Let's talk Big Sean.
This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee.
Well, Big Sean was on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
His album, I Decided, is coming out.
Why hasn't he been here?
It's coming out February 3rd.
Because he don't want me to ask him why he hasn't been romantically linked to any black women since he's been in the industry. Jhene Aiko is part black.
She's a little black. She is.
Her daddy black, right? Or African.
Her daddy African. She black? Yeah, okay.
What's wrong with that? She really is.
She's mixed. Okay, alright.
Alright, well anyway, Big Sean
was talking about the current situation
in Detroit and also
in Flint, Michigan.
And here's what he had to say.
So what we've been doing is we raised just about $100,000 for Flint on our own through the foundation to seek the proper care and not just give them water, but, you know, all these different things.
And on top of that, the last song on my album I've featured, I haven't revealed this,
but I'm featuring the Flint Chosen Choir.
It's a choir from Flint.
It's a song called Bigger Than Me.
And, you know, once you hear it, you'll see why I wanted them to be on that.
But I was just happy to have, you know, Flint be a part of my album in that way as well, too.
Drop one of the clues bombs for Big Sean.
That dude can rap his ass off, and he's an overall great guy.
That I said he is coming up next week, I thought.
Just never dated a black woman since he's been in the industry. Just want to throw that back out there one more. That I said he is coming up next week I thought. Just never dated
a black woman
since he's been
in the industry.
Just want to throw
that back out there
one more time.
Well he was coming up
here.
Not anymore.
Alright well he also
has Eminem on the album
by the way.
See what I'm talking about?
And the album I decided
is out February 3rd.
What does that have to do
with dating a black woman?
It has nothing to do
with nothing.
Alright Solange
is creating a
seat at the table
inspired syllabus
and she wants her fans to help her create that syllabus. She's asking for women All right, so Lange is creating a seat at the table inspired syllabus,
and she wants her fans to help her create that syllabus.
She's asking for women from ages 16 to 30 to craft this with her,
including text messages, music, and art.
And they're going to tackle five different themes, including resisting racism, understanding gender and sexuality,
the role of relationships, nurturing ourselves,
and a seat at the lunch table.
So because that album has been so reflective and very popular
and a lot of women have been inspired by that,
they wanted to do a syllabus for it.
I like that.
You have until January 31st, by the way, to submit material for that.
I like that.
The fact of the matter is, you know,
I don't know if I said this yesterday to Chrishek Michelle or somebody,
but you can create your own table now.
Right. That's it. Period. Absolutely. Create your own table. You don't know if I said this yesterday to Chris Chappell or Michelle or somebody, but you can create your own table now. Right. That's it.
Period. Absolutely. Create your own table.
You don't gotta wait to be invited. Hell no.
For what? Create your own table.
Alright, Kiki Palmer. She was on Larry King and she says that she is
planning to sue Trey Songz for putting
her in his video without her knowledge.
Now first she explains what she
was doing in the house in the first place and her
quote unquote sexual intimidation.
What did you mean by sexual intimidation?
I mean, just that, sexual intimidation.
You know, I mean, like, I feel as a female, often I'm put in situations where sometimes males will use their masculinity, their sexuality to taunt you.
You know, I hate to have to bring and say that
and make it known, but I mean, look,
I ain't the first person that's gone through. People have
gone through this all the time. I don't think
that's the right term for what she's trying to say, man.
She's basically trying to say that men
overpower her or men use their masculinity
to influence. When they go over sexual intimidation
style, like, they trying to, like, rape her
or something. No, I don't think that's what she means.
Or force her to have sex.
I'm just thankful that doesn't happen in this room ever, okay, with us.
I don't even know what that means, and I'm Googling it, and I don't see it.
Oh, okay, here we go.
What's the definition?
I think it just has...
It says sexual intimidation in the workplace.
I don't know.
Let me read it for you.
I think she's just talking about them being masculine.
Oh, it says sexual intimidation is just one form of sexual harassment
and occurs when one person engages in behavior
or makes comments intended to intimidate another person.
So I guess she's right, right?
Yeah.
But it says these actions are typically offensive
due to their sexually inappropriate.
And if you watch the Larry King interview,
she is saying that they were saying some things that were inappropriate, I guess.
Okay, and she also said that she is planning that they were saying some things that were inappropriate, I guess. Absolutely inappropriate.
Okay. Okay.
And she also said that she is planning to sue, like I said.
Check this out.
Are you planning to take legal action?
Yes, I am.
I mean, the video is down now.
But, I mean, more so, it's out and it's over.
But I feel more so my point isn't to say just specifically about this person, this guy and what he did.
It's the overall idea that you can't just do stuff to people,
and it's all right, no matter who you are.
Sexual intimidation can occur between members of the same sex or opposite sex.
Common examples, employees posting or saying sexually explicit or demeaning jokes,
pictures, cartoons, or other materials.
I might have got me a case.
I got me a case, then.
Well, I'm got me a case. I got me a case then.
Well, I'm fine in this room.
But Envy and Charlamagne may have a case against each other.
Hey, man, things ever get hard, I'm suing Envy.
I'm suing you immediately.
All that chocolate thickums and references to my ass and all kind of stuff.
Okay, let things ever get tough.
You humped me once or twice up here.
That's not true.
And you asked him if he wanted a hardcover oral of your book.
Aggie sure did.
Black privilege.
Opportunity comes to those who create it.
See?
You can preorder now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble.
It's out April 18th.
Shining and shooting the touchstone.
Thank you.
All right.
Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report.
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