The Breakfast Club - Best of The Breakfast Club : Lena Waithe/ Shoot Your Shot/ Migos

Episode Date: February 19, 2018

Monday 2/19 - Today on the show we flashed back to when Lena Waithe the producer of hit tv show The Chi stopped by where she spoke about the show and more. We also flashed back to your favorite "Shoot Your Shot's" one dealing with a fake father's abandonment and another where a woman turned into a cougar real fast. In addition, we went back to the time Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to J. Holiday and flashed back to the time Migo's stopped by where they spoke about their new album, and take off literally taking off in the middle of the interview. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello, who's this? Tanisha from Norfolk. Hey, Tanisha, get it off your chest. I'm blessed this morning because every day I wake up to go to my job and I can take care of my two babies. So I'm blessed this morning. every day I wake up to go to my job and I can take care of my two babies. So I'm blessed this morning. Congratulations, baby. Thank you.

I love y'all so much. I watch y'all every, I mean, let's see y'all every morning on my way to work. We love you too. Thank you for having no taste. Hello, who's this? This is EJ. Hey, get it off your chest. Well, I just want to say that I'm thankful today.

I had been in and out of the nursing homes three times because I couldn't walk. I'm at my house now. I'm walking, and I'm helping my family. And I am thankful. Okay, well, congratulations. That is truly a blessing. I feel gratitude this morning. There's a lot of people thankful this morning.

I like when gratitude is the attitude. Hello, who's this? This is Leslie. What's your name? Leslie. Hey, Leslie, you got a fat tongue, my G. That's a girl. No, it's not. It's a guy. It's a guy or a girl? It's a fat gay guy.

No, it's a girl. Told y'all. Oh, okay. Get it off your chest. Sounds like a fat gay guy to me. I'm mad this morning because when I went to Checkers, it was closed. Oh, you went to Checkers this morning. So I was right about at least you being fat. I'm not fat.

You went to Checkers at 6 a.m.? Yeah, Checkers usually be open this time of morning. But for some reason, it was closed. Do they sell breakfast? I didn't know they served breakfast. No, they don't sell breakfast, but they sell... So why would they be open?

Right, okay. How much do you weigh? But they usually do. I went there one time and it was open. At 6 a.m.? How much you weigh, ma? I weigh...

I'm not going to disclose that information. Well, I just want you to know that it's a new year issue. It should be a new you. This is the time of year where all the gyms are really, really packed

until March. I think you need to go in there and be a part of that number. Okay, then. All right, mama. Have a blessed day. All right, Leslie. My goodness.

You know how fat you gotta be to go to checkers this time of morning, but then call the breakfast club and complain about them not being open. God damn it. Who's this?

Hi, how y'all doing today? This is T-Mattis, T-E-E-M-A-D-I-S. I got something to get off my chest. I'm not mad or blessed today. Okay, waiting on you. Yeah, my thing to get off my chest is two years ago when I was in New York, I hollered at Angelique's homegirl and she told me, ew, to my face. It was all good.

I didn't mind it. I kept watching. But I will tell you this. I made an observation of you three collectively. Every morning, you guys come off with some type of sexual innuendo off of another topic you were talking about, and you guys say no, stuff like that. Nobody says that ever again. We don't play no.

We grown men. We don't pause. You guys do that. Especially you two, Charlamagne and DJ Envy. Good morning, everybody. Hi, Angela Yee. I don't think me and Charlamagne. DJ Envy. Good morning, everybody. Hi, Angela Yee. I don't think me and Charlamagne... We let the...

You guys party around that... We hold joke all day, every day. And I will say this. As a collective... We play around the rim, above the rim, baby. Above the rim. But check it out, though. But check it out, though.

As a collective, if you have taken any psychology courses and you've studied throughout the course of your life, you guys either suffer from one or two things. Either you all are homophobic or you're curious. What do you think it is from your assessment? I'm going to leave that situation to y'all. I don't know.

I'm going to ponder that one. I have never thought about it. I never thought about it. Like I always tell y'all, man, there's nothing a man Has told me yet To finesse me out My boxing reach Alright so Not yet But it could happen

Yeah I mean I know I ain't I'm married No okay But if you wasn't married If I wasn't married I ain't thinking about it I just can't get over The fact that my friend

Told him ew But why is there No gray area though Why we gotta be Either homophobic or gay I don't know Why can't we just be Having some fun

I love me I love a good racist joke and I love a good gay joke. Whoa. All right. What do you mean whoa? It's not whoa. A good racist joke. Yes, I love a good joke about race and I love a good joke about gayness. Well, keep your fingers away from me because I don't like that type of funny.

That's not your idea of a good time. That's not my idea of a good time. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Get it. Pick up the mother, mother phone and dial. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Barshe, man, coming out of Charleston, man. I'm out here in the morning heading out. Yo, 843, what's happening? I need you to slow down.

You sound like you had a lot of pork this morning. Calm down, man. Hey, yo, DJ Envy and Angel Lee, this is a true story. I kid you not. I'm coming out of the joint. I was talking to a cat, and he hooked me up with Charlamagne Tha God. And Charlamagne talked to me. Before he got that platform, he didn't have no money or nothing.

And he was dead broke. And he was amazed at the story. Soon as he got that platform, this is the green-eyed genie, the creator of hip-hop. All pioneers know it. And now, everybody, they doing a movie on me, and here, Charlamagne didn't have no money. Y'all didn't even know I'm DJ Envy and

Angela Lee. He didn't have no money or none of that. Soon as he got that platform, Goldie's my man, Charlamagne. Your best friend, Goldie, he put you on the phone with me when I was driving the trolley bus in Charleston doing the million dollar wedding, taking everybody to the plantation that was coming from all over the country. And you talked to me for about 30 minutes. And I told you I was the creator.

You didn't have no money. You were dead broke. Soon as you got that platform, like many black people do, you flip, got a book deal, move your family out of there. Now you're over in Jersey. Goldie, me and Goldie talk about you all the time. He works in Jersey, though. Your best friend. Your best friend's in New York.

And then me and Ben Bartlett driving around in a van with Grand Wizard Theater in shootouts. 1975, 1976, 77, 78. I'm in the martial arts tearing the s*** out the frame. 35 years in the martial arts. And we over here, I'm bringing this martial arts tearing the s*** out the frame. 35 years in the martial arts and we over here, I'm bringing this culture to all the five bubbles. Nobody knew no hip-hop, knew of nothing. You come out the country of some

March Corner, first living in Charleston. Charleston, all of that back then was all bummy and dirty. Now you get a platform. You don't know the history, you don't know the life, but you know what's about it? It's millions just like you, Charlemagne. So I'm not going to even hate on you right now.

I don't know. I sound like hate to me, sir. I don't know what you're talking about. But listen, Goldie is my guy. That's not my best friend, but that's my guy. And number two, I don't understand your point. Yeah, I was broke at one point in my life. And people come up. I don't understand what your point is.

I don't get it. Like, you spoke to me back in the day, and then now what? You spoke to him for 30 minutes, and I thought that was pretty good. You know, you fled in South Carolina. You was broke. You got a job in New York. You work in New York. I don't see the problem. I mean... Sound like a great come-up story to me. I don't know.

I was proud of you. I mean, hey. Salute to my dude, Golden Eyes, though. I still talk to Golden. I don't know. I don't know. I was proud of you. I mean, hey. Salute to my dude, Golden Eyes. I still talk to Golden. I don't know. If your family was in South Carolina, that'd be a long drive every morning from South Carolina to work. I don't get the point of the whole story he just told us. He's only about to be like, why you put me in it? But good morning.

Goodness gracious. He was mad. Hello, who's this? Hey, man. It's Davey Ruffin again, man. I'm back. I'm trying to redeem myself. I'm all right though this morning. I'm blessed how y'all doing. Redeem yourself for what? It's been a weird morning, but what's up, bro?

What I really wanted to get off my chest is why at six in the morning, some certain people, I think they forgot about hygiene. You see what I'm saying? There's no reason at six in the morning, you feel like the back of a trash truck and the shift just started. Nah. You damn right. Hey, but if you do garbage, though, if you're a garbage person, it stays in your pores, though.

Come on now. Sanitation work. It might have been trash from the day before. And to the guy that called right before this, it's Angela Yee. He kept saying Angela Lee. It's Angela Yee. Everyone does that. The man is clearly eating pork early in the morning, man.

Don't tell him that. And I just want to say, sometimes people smell because of their clothes. You ever notice that? Sometimes people, if you shower and you put on dirty clothes or old dirty coat, you're still going to smell. So make sure you wash your clothes. You ever notice that sometimes people, if you shower and you put on dirty clothes or old dirty coat, you're still going to smell. So make sure you wash your clothes too. Or if you use cheap detergent,

sometimes cheap detergent don't work. That's why you got to Febreze everything. Okay. Freeze. Get it off your chest. 800-585.

You ain't broke no more, Solomon. You ain't got to Febreze everything no more. I'm going to always live like I'm broke. You ain't got to Febreze. Just get some detergent.

I just wasn't sure what he wanted. Nobody. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway't got to breathe. Just get some detergent. I just wasn't sure what he wanted. Nobody. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now we have a special guest joining us. She's an actress, producer, and screenwriter. We have Miss Lena Waithe in the building. What up? What up? Now, I saw Lena

last night, and she asked me, she said, now, has Envy actually seen The Chi? I did. I said, probably not. I did see it for you, and I'm going to tell you why I seen it. I was in the gym training, and my trainer was like, I got to check out The Chi, and I was like, why? He was like, Charlamagne posted on his Instagram that

it made him cry like a little bitch. Damn. He was like, I got to go see it. I didn't say that. What I was like, why? He was like, Charlamagne posted on his Instagram that it made him cry like a little bitch. So he was like, I gotta go see it. What I said was, Jason Mitchell has almost made me cry twice. One of those scenes was from the shot. So I watched it. Did you like it? I loved it, actually. Oh, thank you. Did you tweet about it?

Did you post about it? No, I didn't post about it. You need to post about it. Come on, brother. Come on, we gotta stick together. You know why I didn't post about it? Why? Because we have a rule in my house that I can't watch a show without my wife, and I watched it without my wife. Okay. And it'll be destruction in my house.

Here's the deal. I have to watch it with my wife, then I can post. That's what I need. He doesn't know yet. Please, I need y'all to watch it together. Okay. All right? And then both of y'all need to tweet about it.

Okay. And post about it. You got it. All right, I appreciate that. Well, I tweeted about it, and that's how we got Jason Mitchell to come on the show. Thank you for tweeting about it, Angela. I appreciate you. I thought it was great, and then tweeted about it, and that's how we got Jason Mitchell to come on the show. Thank you for tweeting about it, Angela. I appreciate you. I thought it was great, and then shot my shot, and I said, we would love to have you come

on up here, and it worked out. That's my boo. He's all heart. But we got the creator of the show right here now, Lena. The creator's here. We here. The first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing. Correct.

Yeah, it's kind of crazy. You told me last night that you want to be the Kanye West of writing. Yeah, yeah. I think because I think my mission is to, it's interesting of crazy You told me last night that you want to be the Kanye West of writing Yeah, yeah I think because my mission is to It's interesting because a lot of people know me from Asked From None And they know the Thanksgiving episode Which I was very honored to win an Emmy for But I think to me, you know, The Chi

Is another color In my voice And I kind of want to keep surprising people That's the thing we're talking about with Kanye Every album felt so much different than the last one You almost didn't even know if it was the same artist And that's what I want to do, I want to keep surprising people. That's the thing we're talking about Kanye and like every album felt so much different than the last one. You always didn't even know if it was the same artist. And that's what I want to do. I want to keep surprising people. I want people to kind of like be, like always be

guessing. Like what am I going to do next? Right, because it's so different from Master or None. Absolutely. And Chicago's a hard place to represent well, but obviously you're from there and Common's an executive producer on it. But people from Chicago will raise hell. Oh my God. And they be, you know, nitpicking some things.

They done got at me. But that's my thing. You know, I don't ever want to sit there and go, okay, I got it. I'm good. I don't need no input. You know, to me, I was talking to Charlamagne last night. It's like, I feel like the audience is such a huge part of my career, all of our careers. Like, we can't do this without them. And I

really, really appreciate their feedback. I want to hear from them. Explain the shot a little bit. It's not just about the shot. It talks about gun violence and the trickle effects. Talk to people about what was your mindset when you created this? Well, it was like three years ago when I wrote the pilot. And I was living in Los Angeles.

And all my family still lives in Chicago. I always run back there all the time. And I just feel so connected to the city. And I was watching all these news stories. It was really hot in the news like three years ago. It was just the gun violence, the deaths, it was just getting to be really out of control. It still is pretty hot.

It is still crazy, but I think, you know, the tough thing is, you know, the news sometimes they get bored with the story and move on. So it's like, you know, the people are still there. They're still struggling with things. And so I was just watching it and I was seeing people going to the city and reporting on it, which I appreciate. But at the same time, these are foreigners going into my city who don't know what it's like to survive a winter there, who don't know what it's like to run the streets in the summer there, who just don't know the heartbeat of the city. And I know the heartbeat because I used to fall asleep to it every night.

And so for me, I was like, I want to be able to tell the story. And I was reading so much like Baldwin at the time about Langston Hughes and I was seeing how they would tell stories about us and really paint a really vivid picture of who we are as a community. And I thought to myself, I was like, oh, I want to try to do this for Chicago because I feel like there wasn't any humanity behind

the headlines. There were just numbers. There were just statistics. And I know those people and I think there's a story behind every statistic and I kind of want to tell their story so people would not be so desensitized to the deaths um because I think we have been dehumanized in the public eye and I think that's problematic now I know you have a love for different world yeah you call yourself a Hillman grad yeah yeah after learning what we learned about Bill Cosby how do you separate the art from the artists? You know, I think it was devastating for me because the Cosby show in a different world literally changed the course of my life. Like I wouldn't be sitting here if it weren't for those two shows.

It was like a life jacket for me, you know, growing up on the south side of Chicago. I was like, you know, a kid living in my grandmother's house. So what he did may break my heart, but it doesn't it doesn't take away, you know, the the character of Whitley Gilbert. It doesn't make, you know, these phenomenal episodes of television go away. I think we all remember the episode with Tisha Campbell and the HIV episode and talking about the L.A. riots or the phenomenal episode called Mammy Dearest, where they sort of deal with the sort of dark skin, light skin thing. I mean, the those things, those memories are ingrained into my mind. Like, that doesn't make all that go away. That still resonates inside of me.

And so it was really tough. But for me, I always, it's not going to make me feel any less joyful when I watch that show. Or if I'm feeling down, I'll put it on and I'll just feel like I'm at home. And that show made me go to Hampton. That was the reason why I went to university. Yeah. Because Hillman is kind of like H.U. the way the cast and the thrill was. Come on.

That's why I went to Hampton. Yeah. You know, it changed so many of our lives and has such a huge impact on us. I don't think you can throw the baby out with the bathwater on that one. You said you wanted to be a writer since you were young, like seven years old. How did you know you wanted to write for television? I just knew how much I loved television. You know, I always say I grew up in a two-parent

household, my mom and the TV. So it's like I was just, it really brought me so much joy that I wanted to be a part of it. And I felt like, you know, TV, growing up in inner city, TV teaches you how to dream.

It teaches you what to dream about. And that's really what it did for me. And so I was trying to say, oh, I want to be a part of that. And then, you know, when I was in fifth grade, my teacher said, I really like reading your papers. And I was like, why? And she said, because you write the way you speak. And I just remember, I just remembered that. And I think that's why it's so important for teachers to really highlight to kids what they do well, because I was really told I was told the early age like you speak well, you write well.

You're great with dialogue. You enjoy reading, you know, and also love watching TV. So when I got older, my mom was like, OK, what you gonna do with your life? I kind of combined my two favorite things, which is writing and television. And I majored in writing and producing television at Columbia College in Chicago because I wasn't ready to leave Chicago yet. So my mom said, do you want to go out of state? I was like, nah, nah, I want to stay here. Stay here. Yeah. So I went to college.

I'm so happy I got to go to college in Chicago because, you know, my university was like downtown Chicago and it was amazing. We have more with Lena Waithe when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Lena Waithe in the building, actress, producer, screenwriter, Yee. Now, for the show Master of None, how many of those things that you wrote about are real life stories? Because there's some random guy masturbating on the train, citizens arrest. Well, here's the thing. I didn't, I wasn't a writer on the show. And so, like, a lot of that stuff

comes from Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari. That's them, you know, pulling from their own life experiences. The first time I wrote on it was for the Thanksgiving episode. Oh, okay. And I didn't want to because... And then you went and won an Emmy for it.

True, true. I'm very grateful. But I think I really didn't want it to be muddled, you know, because I'm a writer first. And I thought, I was like, oh, I don't want people thinking, oh, well, she writes on this show and she stars on it. It's like, no, I didn't write anything in season one. They met me and they were like, okay, we had another idea for this character. We thought she was going to be some chick that may have been a love interest for Dev. But we like that you're a black lesbian and, you know, have an interest in swag.

So we're going to rewrite all these other scripts and make her like you. So I was like, OK, cool. So so I really trusted them and they knew my voice and they really appreciated my cadence. I was like, all right, cool. Let's do this. But then in season two, when I circled back with Aziz and we're talking about just like life stories, I told him about my coming out story and they were really entertained by it. And I didn't think my coming out story was that extraordinary or fascinating.

Maybe because it was mine, but they were like, no, that's an episode. And I was like, okay. And then, and he was like, we should get Angela Bassett to play your mom. I was like, okay, keep wishing. And then Angela was like, she, you know, she read the script and she was like,

yeah, I'd love to come like play with you guys and do this. The Emmy was icing. Like I had such an amazing experience doing that. And the response I got was phenomenal. I didn't I didn't know how much the culture needed that episode of television. I really, really didn't because so many people reached out and was like, finally, like we're seeing someone that reflects us and you're telling our story. And I think for me, I just sort of I didn't care if when I walk into a room, the energy changes. I didn't care to shout from the rooftops like, yeah, I'm proud to be black. I'm proud to be gay. I'm proud to be a woman.

And then I realized how much of an anomaly I was in the industry, because if you look at how many black people are in Hollywood and how many out gay black people there are in Hollywood, the numbers just don't add up. But I think for me, what I hope is, with my success and just my career and my trajectory, I hope that somebody looks at me and goes, you know what? Maybe it ain't that bad. Maybe I should just

stop trying to be pretending to be something I'm not. I think it's the confidence that's intriguing. It's not the fact that you're black and you're gay and you're a woman. It's the fact that you're unapologetically all of that. People wish they could be that confident. It's interesting because I think some people are really confident. I think there's just a level

of fear of, I don't know. I don't know what they're afraid of. I can't speak to it because that's not my experience, but I see it all the time where I see people who I know are family, but they're acting as if they ain't. Was there a time that you were scared? No. No. And my boy Justin Simeon who created Dear White family, but they're acting as if they ain't. Was there a time that you were scared? No, no.

And my boy Justin Simeon, who created Dear White People, I remember, because I never thought I would be an actor or a public person, but I remember when we were in the process of, we got into Sundance, and we knew that, you know, we knew Justin was going to be doing a lot of interviews and all that kind of stuff, and Justin and I had a conversation where we were like, we will never ever pretend to be something we aren't when we get out there in the public eye.

People need to hear that. You know, you get a lot of emails for Ask Ye about that. And me and my wife, I thought you were about to say people always inquire in advance if these are lesbians. I want to come out. How can I come out? Like, they don't know. You get that a lot when people call. They get that a lot. So it's glad that people hear your story.

Do you think it's everybody's business, though? Like some people choose to come out the closet and some people are just like, my sexuality isn't your business. You know, I think that argument held water a little bit longer ago. But now I think it's imperative that especially if you're a person of color, because the truth is there, you know, for me, when I was a young black girl who knew I was different, was watching TV, I would always be staring at the TV set looking for myself. Right. And I didn't see me.

And when you don't see yourself, you start to think that you don't matter or you start to think that something is wrong with you. So for me, I take it as a responsibility to be out as hell, you know, black as hell, female as hell. So that way, when some young brown kid is sitting at home and turn on YouTube and watching y'all or turns on Netflix, watch Master of None or is watching The Chi or whatever it is, you know, they will say, oh, that's me. And she's OK. And she seems to be happy and doing quite well for herself so you know what I'm gonna be brave and be myself and be out because if she can do it and survive

then maybe so can I school I'll listen is real quick because you know you call yourself an openly queer woman when did the word queer change from a slur to a term of endearment yeah I think for me the reason why I use the word queer is because even though, yes, there's lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, asexual, non-binary, there's a lot of categories within our group. And the reason why I like to say queer

is because I don't want to separate myself from any of those other people. To me, I'll fight next to a gay man, I'll fight next to a bisexual person, I'll fight next to a trans person, I'll fight next to someone who's non-binary. I like to say we're all one big family. And so that's why I'm not, I try not to say lesbian. Cause then I'm sort of like, I feel like ostracizing the lesbian group within a group of that's already a minority.

So for me, when I say queer, it's really my way of just sort of being all inclusive. So that way I'm not separating myself from any other group. It's me saying like, we're all one big group. We're all, we all have something about us that's sort of different and we all have to come out in some sort of way. So I just kind of feel like we're all one big family. Well, Lita has to go guys. Okay, I just have one last question. Has this side been picked up for a season two yet?

Not yet, but I feel confident. It will. And I'm grateful to all these people that really showed up. You know, I mean, so many people, so many of our people, so many people that don't even look like us were like, you know, Instagramming and posting and tweeting. And it

was another, it feels similar to Thanksgiving, you know, because the thing about Netflix is like, we don't know how people feel about it. It feels like, you know, we don't have ratings or whatever. But I think for The Chi, you know, and we were lucky because Showtime was gracious enough to release the first episode early. So we were getting tweets and emails and comments. It was getting texts and he was screen grabbing them and sending them to me.

People were saying, again, thank you for showing us as we are. And and that's really my mission as a writer. I really want to continue to gain the audience's trust, and I want to continue to be a person that can really, you know, wave a flag for our community. And, you know, I think it's something I don't take lightly.

And even like with winning the Emmy, I'm really grateful, and I didn't expect for that to happen so early in my career. So I think for me, I feel like I'm always trying to earn it. You know, I'm really trying to earn that moment. And I'll, you know, hopefully I'll get a few more. One last question. How do you think the show will change the perception of Chicago? I asked you this last night, but I want our audience

to hear it. I hope it just sort of reminds them that black boys aren't born with a gun in their right hand and a pile of drugs in their left. You know, they're born with the same amount of hope and joy and potential as every other little kid. And that, you know, we are human.

And I think that's the thing that people often forget. We are human beings. And we're just a group of working class folks that are trying to go to work every day, raise our kids and get to church when we can. And also, too, you know, I know people have said they feel really connected to the characters and they feel like they're really rooting for them and care about them. And even though they may be fictitious, my hope is that if you care about Kooky, if you care about Brandon, if you care about Emmett, if you care about Kevin, that maybe when you hear a story on the news about some young black boy being shot and killed in the street, it will no longer just be background noise.

But you'll wonder what his nickname was. You'll wonder what he had for breakfast that morning. You'll wonder what his dreams were. And I think that he had for breakfast that morning. You'll wonder what his dreams were. And I think that's the mission is to get people to care about our lives. We appreciate you for joining us. Lena Waithe. Lena's special, man. She's about to be in a Steven Spielberg movie. So you know what that means.

Whenever Steven Spielberg puts a black woman in their movies, Oprah, Whoopi, they go to a new level. That's where Lena's about to go. Look, and I'm going to keep coming back, man. Whenever y'all hit me, I'm going to come back. Please do. We appreciate you for joining us. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. It's time to shoot your shot with The Breakfast Club. You lose your one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up.

Hey, we got Dan on the line. Dan, what's up, bro? Hey. Hey, Dan. We're doing Shoot Your Shot now. Now, tell us your story. What's your situation, bro? Well, recently, I had a girlfriend.

We found out she was pregnant. You know, it's kind of like that story everybody, you know, a lot of people are used to. I got cold feet, and, you know, I took a walk. I left. You left your pregnant girlfriend? That was lame, bro. Yeah, I realize that now. Why did you leave your pregnant girlfriend?

I'm disgusted by you. That was whack. So you were planning to not take care of your kid, or you just didn't want to be with her? No, it was more or less I just needed a little time to kind of clear my head a bit. But I talked to friends and family. You know, I got a good support system. And, you know, I knew I had to be in the child's life. You know, I was gone for three months,

which is way too long for, you know. I ain't gonna lie, you're sounding like a sucker right now, my brother. That's pretty awful because she could have been so stressed out. That could really have harmed the baby. I don't want you back in my life when you wasn't with me for the tough times, baby. You wait till I push this baby out to try to come back around? I'm embarrassed enough. Honestly, I am.

So did you ever see the baby? Have you ever seen the baby? For three, well, here's the thing. For three months, I didn't hear nothing. I didn't get contacted. I didn't get no phone calls. You think? I wouldn't have called you punk ass either. Well, you left. Yeah, you did leave. You walked right out, bro.

Which, you're right. I probably deserved it. Duh. I just found it weird that I didn't get contacted at all. Why would I contact you when you left me high and dry? You walked out. Can you imagine how that makes a woman feel, bro? Seriously. She's pregnant, and she's like, yo, I'm pregnant, and then you just ghost on her. She already

got her hormones going crazy. Yeah, that's lame. After thinking about it, I know I was wrong. That's why I wanted to make up for whatever I missed out on. What do you think's gonna happen this morning, sir? Like, seriously, what do you want us to do? If you guys can help me out, I want to come back.

I want to put everything behind us and got to be in this child's life. It has to happen. I do agree that a child needs both his parents, but as far as you and her being together, I can't co-sign it. I just can't do it. That would be ideal, but however it goes, I need to be in the child's life. Okay. Well, let's call her.

What's her name? Her name is Shay. All right, we're going to call Shay when we come back. Okay. Well, let's call her. What's her name? Her name is Shay. All right, we're going to call Shay when we come back. And you better do a lot of begging. You better do a lot of apologizing. I don't know if I would trust you if I was her. I wouldn't take her back if I was you.

I'm not. Take him back. Take him back. Yeah, I wouldn't take him back if I was you. You know what I mean. I wouldn't take you back, you bum. But I do agree you need to be in the child's life, though. Good luck. We'll do it when we come back.

Hold on, all right? Thank you. I will give her a call when we come back. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. It's Shoot Your Shot. My body is DJ Envy Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Shoot Your Shot. We have Dan on the line. And Dan's about to call Shay. Hello? Hi, Shay. Hello. Yes?

Shay, it's Dan. I know it is. I haven't heard from you, and, you know, I just want you to know that I cleared my head about a lot of stuff, talked to some friends and family, and I need this. I have to be in the child's life. I can't go any longer without you contacting me. Okay, hold up. First of all, you haven't spoken to me in three months.

I called you so many times, and after you ignored me and treated me like I'm not shit, I stopped talking to you. I stopped calling. I stopped talking to you. I stopped calling. I stopped trying. But honestly, it's too late. Like, that shit just sailed a long time ago. Look, between me and you, that's fine. But I got to be in our child's life.

Well, that's another conversation we would have had months ago if you weren't avoiding me. It's not your child. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Yeah! That's what I like to hear. Good morning, Shay. This is The Breakfast Club.

Charlamagne Tha God, Angelique, DJ Envy. I am proud of you, Shay. I told this sucker that he did not deserve to be back with you after he left you high and dry when he was pregnant, and I'm glad the baby's not his. God is good all the time. Shay, you're not saying this just because you're

angry, are you? No, no. Oh, my God. I cannot believe I got the whole breakfast club in my life. Tell me about the glory of God, baby. Tell me how good God is. Go ahead. Tell us.

Why is it not his? Well, God is really good. God is amazing because it turns out that the baby's daddy was somebody else, and he and I are in a relationship right now, and he's amazing. So did you get a test and everything, though, to make sure? Yeah, we did. I am going to overlook your harsh ways because this is what God wanted for you. I am proud of you, Shay.

Tell that sucker, hang up the phone. Don't ever call you. Lose your number. Y'all ain't got no reason to be together. Yeah, you are a sucker, Dan. Dan, I'd like to hear what Dan has to say about this now, Dan. Do you feel like this is karma? Exactly.

This is exactly why I got cold feet when I found out you're pregnant. Oh, don't try to act hard now, Dan. No, I won't hear that. No, I won't hear that. Don't try to flip the script now, Dan. We never asked Dan why he just walked away, Dan, and maybe that was the reason. Was that the reason, Dan? I got scared, but also, this is exactly why I was nervous about having a child with her,

because I could never get a boy. Oh, Dan, your energy changed. Your energy changed. A little while ago, I want to be with the kid. I want to be back with her. Now, all of a sudden, this is why you didn't want to do such and such. Kiss my ass, Dan, and kiss Shay's ass, and kiss the little baby's ass, too, and kiss the real daddy's ass as well.

Dan might have dodged a bullet. Maybe that was the reason why Dan walked out because she thought Shay was cheating on him. You don't know. Well, you know what? He wouldn't have been stressed out for all these months if he would have just kept in contact and known what really happened. Exactly.

This is messy. But it seems like everybody wins. Everybody should be happy. It seems like it. Congratulations, Shay. Thank you so much. And listen, that new man you with, the real baby daddy, his penis is huge, isn't it?

What? You already know. He's blowing your back out better his penis is huge, isn't it? What? Why you wanna know? He blowing your back out better than Dan ever could, isn't he? Why you wanna know? Alright, well thank you guys. Appreciate it. Go cry, Dan. Dan gonna cry in the car. He gonna cry in the car. Goodbye. Goodness gracious. That was

Shoot Your Shot. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time to shoot your shot. morning. Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. It's time to shoot your shot with The Breakfast Club. You give it one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up.

Mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up. We got Greg on the line. Greg, what's up, bro? Hey, guys. How's it going? Hey, Greg.

It's shoot your shot, man. What's going on, man? Tell us who you want to shoot your shot with, bro. Oh, my gosh. There's this attractive older woman that works out at the same gym I work out. Her name's Carol. Oh, you like older women, huh? Cheryl.

I used to call older women vintage vagina, but I don't talk to, I don't object. What's the word? Objectify. I don't reduce women to their body parts anymore. Thank you. All right, Greg. She's definitely a cool girl. Don't call her an animal.

What kind of animal are you? So, Greg, continue. Let's talk about Cheryl. So, she's in the gym. She's in the gym. And, you know, we make eye contact all the time. And I helped her out with a couple of machines. So, you work at the gym?

I work out. He works out. You just work out there. You don't work there, but you've been helping her even though that's not your job. Yeah, I'm just being friendly. You've been spotting her and all that, huh? Are you sure that y'all making eye contact? Because she's just like, who is this weirdo that keeps looking at me?

No, no, we chat each other up a little bit. Is she married or is she single? I don't, I haven't seen a ring on that finger. I mean, she's at the gym sometimes. Who the hell wears rings at the gym? I know. Tell me some, like, what kind of conversations do you guys have?

Oh, man, we talk about school, working out, summer bodies. How old are you, Greg? I just turned 18. I took a long break. 18?

This woman is 40? You talk about school. Now, I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to tell you something. You can flirt with her and make her feel good, but I don't think

no 40-year-old woman giving no 18-year-old kid no play, man. Yeah, that would be actually creepy. It's good, though. You make her feel good. You know what I'm saying? tell you something. You can flirt with her and make her feel good, but I don't think no 40-year-old woman giving no 18-year-old kid no play, man. Yeah, that would be actually creepy. It's good, though. You make her feel good. You know what I'm saying? She's like, damn, I still got it, you know? I don't know.

We really have a connection. What are you looking for, though? Do you want a relationship or you just want to, you know, swim in that fountain of elderliness? I would like to go out on a date with her. That's sweet, but she might look at you as a child, as her son. But you have her phone number? Yes, I do.

Oh, she gave you the number. You asked for it? Of course. And she gave it to you? Like, how'd you ask for it, though? Like, going something like, yo, can I call you sometime? I want to get to know you better. How'd you ask for it?

Oh, I said, we plan to have a workout date together. Like, you know, meet at the gym at the same time. Oh, you set it up as work. Smart, smart, smart. That's good. That's smart. You can't get turned down that way. That's smart.

All right, well, let's call her, and let's see how this works out, all right? We're going to stay quiet. Let's call your grandma, man, and see if we can make this infestation hookup happen. And we're going to call her, see how this works out, all right? Hold on. Okay. All right, when we come back, we're going to call Cheryl and see how this works, all right?

So don't move. It's the Breakfast Local Morning. Hello? Hi, Cheryl. How are you? This is Greg from the gym. Greg. Oh, hey, baby.

How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm okay. A little surprised with this phone call, but how are you? What's going on? I'm all right. I wanted to know if you were free this weekend. Would you like to go to the movies or to dinner or something like that? What? How old are you? 18. Legal.

Oh, my God. I do want to go. I can't lie. I do want to go because you a sexy little person, but I thought you was younger than me than 18. So where do you want to go? Chuck E. Cheese. It's working.

Hey, Cheryl. What's up? It's the Breakfast Club. I'm Angela Yee. Hey, Cheryl. That's Charlamagne. That's Envy. Hey, Cheryl. What's up? It's the Breakfast Club. I'm Angela Yee. Hey, Cheryl. What's up, Cheryl? That's Envy. Hey, Cheryl. You almost pedophile you.

He's legal. He's legal. No. Almost is the operative word. I don't want to hear he's legal because if this was a man and she was a woman. Y'all do it all the time. Y'all do it all the time. We'd be calling you creepy and nasty and all kind of stuff.

If you saw this little boy and them triceps and biceps, you would understand. Shut up, but you just called him a little boy. No, he's a young man that glistens. His sweat smells like Tom Ford. Now, you know good or you ain't taking this little boy seriously. Now, you might let him come over and smash

a couple times, but you ain't taking this little boy seriously. And what's wrong with that? Oh, hey, then. Sheryl, I wish you was fast. What's wrong with that? I'm judging. I'm judging. It's too early for the judging.

Stop it. Okay, well, let me ask you a question. He invited me. I didn't go after him. Greg, where are you going to take her? The movies. The movies? And what restaurant?

I'm just curious. What restaurant are you taking her to? They're going to Chuck E. Cheese, and they're going to see Jumanji. That's what they're going to do. That's what y'all are going to do. Chuck E. Cheese and Jumanji. He's a classy. You're not giving him enough credit.

He's a classy young man. He smells like Tom Ford. He's very respectful and smells like Tom Ford, and I like him. And he's my motivation for coming to the gym besides my jiggly part. You're going to get you a contributor to the delinquency of a minor charge. Y'all are going to be out, and you're going to order him a little wine, you know what I'm saying, to get him in the mood, and You're going to get you a contributor to the delinquency of a minor charge. Y'all going to be out and you're going to order him a little wine, you know what I'm saying, to get him in the mood

and you're going to jail. No, I'm not going to order him wine because he's 18, not 21. Stop it. You got kids? Stop it. You got kids? I do.

How old are they? That's not the important part. That means that they're close to this young boy's age. When you're sleeping with him, you look down and you hear some moaning and you think of your child, you're going to know what it is. You got a son?

I am not going to think of my child because my child don't have the muscles on this man. This man is sexy. And Charlamagne, you need to take notes from him and get your weight off and learn something from this young boy. Knock it off. Well, you ain't never seen me with my shirt off. And get your weight up. All right. All right.

Well, y'all are going to go out, so this should be interesting. I can't wait to hear the follow-up if you guys end up really, like, dating. Seriously, y'all. I still have the testosterone of an 18-year-old. And he went through all this for me. I feel special. Well, let us know how it goes, mama.

My penis still gets firm like an 18-year-old. And I'm mean, mama. All right? All right, grandma. She's not a grandma. Thank you very much. No, I don't like these double standards. If this was a 40-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman,

we'd be calling him a freaking creep. In fact, we've done that with Shoot Your Shot before. She's a creep. If you're illegal. He's definitely a creep. It's always okay if they're illegal. We keep that same energy when it's a 40-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman.

Would I do that? No. But is it legal? Yes. Goodness gracious. That was Shoot Your Shot. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You get donkey of the day. Yeah, you dumb ass.

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

Let's go. They had to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day. They chose you. It's a breakfast club, bitchy. Who's donkey of the day today? Donkey of the day goes to the artist formerly known as Jay Holiday. Now, I get emails every now and then asking to have Jay Holiday on the breakfast club. And at 3.34 p.m. yesterday, I got one of those emails,

and the email said, do you guys have space for this interview? This rant is growing press under it. Can you clear this up and say what he really meant by the IG post? I had no idea what they was talking about, but I always feel like that's whacked me, you know, when an irrelevant artist wants to do a whole interview based off a rant they had on social media. If you had no buzz doing anything else,

or if you was a star who had a buzz back in the day, and you were trying to reheat those cold french fries that are your career by going off on a social media rant, I'm not interested. So I didn't even look at the attachment in the email, but as I look at it now, it was a picture of a man I assume is Jay Holiday. And the reason I say assume is because I have zero idea what this young man Jay Holiday looks like, okay? iPhone X face recognition, fail-ass boy.

Now, you know your Uncle Charlotte not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, so feel free to reach out to me on social media and explain to me why Jay Holiday is mad at the Grammy nominations. The only time you should be mad at Grammy nominations is if you are in contention for one. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Jay Holiday wasn't in contention for no Grammy, was he? He wasn't, right? Now, the last and only time that he was nominated for a Grammy was 2009

for his album Back of My Lack. I know you're thinking, all I know is the record, Bad. Well, Bad was on that album. And he lost that year to the queen of hip-hop soul,

Mary J. Blige. Drop on the clues, bombs for Mary J. Blige. Oscar nominated. Oscar nominated. Now, I was thinking, okay, maybe Jay Holiday is writing for people, so that's why he's mad. Maybe a song he wrote was in contention and didn't get nominated. Oscar nominated. Now, I was thinking, okay, maybe Jay Holiday is writing for people,

so that's why he's mad. Maybe a song he wrote was in contention and didn't get nominated, so therefore he didn't get nominated, so he's mad. But no, that's not the case. Jay Holiday just... Mad. Yeah. So he decided to post the video on social media.

I saw it on Baller Alert's page. Let's hear what Jay Holiday had to say. So apparently, man, the black man's still losing to the women. I get it. No disrespect. I was raised by a woman. to say. So apparently, man, the black men still losing to the women. I get it. No disrespect. I was raised by a woman. I have two older sisters, man. I have absolute all respect for black women.

But with that being said, understand this, man. Black men, African-American men, men from the hood, we go through everything to make sure that who we care about are taken care of. We don't swing our d*** our around we don't do all this bullshit to be seen i could be that over here is up i know a whole bunch of little that sing that i could call their ass to fuck up but i don't and understand this i got daughters man cardi beyonce scissor all y'all motherfuckers, stop using that fucking pain to make it okay to say some bullshit on your record and get nominated for a Grammy

for going through some bullshit, because so have I. All right, let's unpack this. Don't use your reality. Sheesh. Let's unpack this. By the way, I thought it was Cat Williams when I saw the video.

I was like, why is Cat Williams talking? Because he looks just like him. First of all, I have no idea what Jay Holiday is really talking about, okay? He starts off sounding like he's still salty that Mary J. Blige beat him in 09 for the Grammy. Then he starts talking about black women singing about their pain. Since when don't artists of all genders

make music about the pain they have been through? That's what we relate to. Yeah, whether it's in a relationship, whether it's because of society, whether it's tragedies in the hood, the foundation that most great black classic music is built on is pain. I mean, in fact, Jay-Z is nominated for 444. That album is about pain, the pain of breaking your wife's heart because of

infidelity, the growing pains of being a father, a better husband, the pain of his mother having to suppress her sexuality and then smiling because she was free to be who she is. Like, it's all about pain. Kendrick Lamar has a bunch of Grammy nominations and Kendrick talks about everything from depression to suicidal thoughts. Is that not pain?

Here's the problem. Jay Holiday, in the words of my homie Amanda Seals, is one of those guys who likes poom poom but doesn't like women. Okay, Jay Holiday clearly has a problem with getting bested by a woman. Okay, you got to go read the caption on this video. Okay, Jay Holiday's caption on this video said, as a black mother effing man, yes, salty, I lost to Mary J. Blige. Negro, that was 2009. Get over it. All right? you didn't win in 09 okay you should have did what another great black r&b singer said

to do and that's dust yourself off and try again all right r.i.p alia then he put i'm over it no you're not because if you did you wouldn't be making this video jay holiday put hashtag pain wins not talent hashtag don't support junkie music. Hashtag the weekend chick. Hashtag watermelon swallowing. Hashtag foreign poom poom. What are you doing to help? Because my daughters love y'all but are not allowed to listen. That's the problem.

Jay Holiday, when you are the author of a song called Bed, you are not allowed to be that hypocritical. My name is Charlemagne Tha God. This is my 20th year in this radio business, okay? I started off as an intern in 1998 in Charleston, South Carolina at C93 Jam. So I was around and very active during the Jay Holiday bed era. I remember people being upset

that record was playing during the day. Listeners did not think that record bed was appropriate for kids to be listening to during the day. But it didn't stop the record, you know? But the same complaints you have about these young ladies, you know, sexually explicit lyrics, people had those same complaints about beds. My brother, what the hell are you have about these young ladies, you know, sexually explicit lyrics. People had those same complaints about beds. My brother, what the hell are you talking about?

And let's be clear. You said pain wins, not talent. No, talent wins. And Jay Holiday, you were not more talented than Mary J. Blige in 09. And I'm pretty sure you're not as talented as SZA and Beyonce now. It's not about gender, sir. It's about greatness. And in 09, you was good, but you weren't great.

It's simple. And if you were great, my brother, where you been? Last time you dropped an album was 2014. Guilty conscience. I don't want to hear you yelling from the sidelines. If you think you still got some skills, get in the game. Don't complain. Compete.

Stop telling me about gender and black man versus black woman, talent versus pain. Man, those ladies are working, and you are not simple and plain. Stop being one of those dudes who likes poom poom but hates women. Knock it off. Now, I'm only talking about this because I need content for Donk here today. But the resurfacing of Jay Holiday made me think about something. What? What are the top five most irrelevant holidays?

Like, we all have the holidays that really mean something to us. I love Christmas. I love New Year's Eve. I love Valentine's Day. But there's some holidays that I don't give a damn about. So these are Charlemagne Tha God's top five most irrelevant national holidays. Number five, Groundhog Day. I don't give a damn about no groundhog.

That's coming up. Okay. It's February 2nd. Look, I don't care. And if he sees his shadow. That's the only time I care. The only time I ever care is when I see the president do that thing where the groundhog peeps out and sees his shadow. That's the only time I care.

I thought groundhogging is when you're about to go to the bathroom and it comes out a little bit and then you suck it back in. I wouldn't even recognize a groundhog. I wouldn't even recognize a groundhog if I saw one in the street. It's like groundhogging. I would probably mistake a groundhog for a woodchuck, but I would recognize a groundhog before I recognize Jay Holiday. Now, number four. Most irrelevant holidays. April Fool's Day. Bruh, there is absolutely

no reason on April 1st for people to be falling for April Fool's Day's pranks. The jig been up. In fact, April Fool's Day is so irrelevant that nobody even bothers to do the pranks anymore. I already had one planned for you guys that I've been planning out since... I think we pretty much know when April Fool's Day is.

I'll wait till the second. Pretty much. Number three most irrelevant holiday, National Selfie Day. That's every June 21st. Selfies do not need its own holiday simply because people catch lights from selfies every day, B. All right, number two most irrelevant holiday, Christopher Columbus Day.

F that murderous bastard, Christopher Columbus. Only Christopher we acknowledge is Wallace. Now, the number one most irrelevant holiday. I need a drum roll for this one. Turn the drum roll up. Okay. The number one most irrelevant holiday. Beating out National Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Beating out National Peanut Butter Day. Oh, wow. Beating out National Hat Day. Wow. The most irrelevant holiday is... Jay Holiday! Oh! Drop one of those balls for that, damn it.

What does Jay Holiday win? He gets the biggest hee-haw courtesy of Remy Ma. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother... Are you dumb? Wow. Gosh. Fight me when you see me Damn it

I'm sure he will You know it was just Winnie the Pooh day You think he's more irrelevant Than Winnie the Pooh day That's an easy one First of all Don't you ever disrespect

Winnie the Pooh Well you didn't come in here Dressed up like him I dress like him at home Red t-shirt No droves Alright there you go It's not a t-shirt

It's more like a crop top Well Don't judge me for what I do at home. All right, if you like it, we love it. All right. You think you're Elliot in the bedroom. All right, thank you for that dog ear today. I don't know.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. The gang. Al's out right now. Migos.

What's happening? Coach Aduse. We got a little TV call. We control. What's up, sir? What's up? Hey, y'all getting a lot of money, man. Yes, sir.

A lot of money. He said, yes, sir. Keeping God first, you know. What happened? What happened? What exactly is coaching to the Migos? We the way we bringing all the people together, the young generation.

We making new music, keeping it fresh. And we the boys who started all this crazy flow, this crazy ice. We taking over the game. Yeah. And there's 24 songs on this new album now. We actually had to reschedule because I guess there was some type of last-minute emergency

before the album came out. You said you had to fly back or something to fix the verse or something? Nah, you know, we were just on the PJ figuring out the album at the same time. So you're on the private jet figuring out the album, then trying to get to the Bravo Club. Nah, I didn't want no album.

Three days before the album came out, y'all didn't have it right yet? Yeah, we on the clock. We got it. You gotta do the last-minute test. You can't risk greatness. Isn't it crazy? Because back in the day,

you used to have to submit your album so much earlier and now, three days before, you can still make changes. We try to hold on to it long because, you know, albums be leaking. Mm-hmm.

We ain't doing it. Some way. How come so many songs this time? 24 is a lot. It's a culture, two and three. It's an anniversary

and it's been a year. Mm-hmm. It's been a year since we dropped our last album. We got so many songs that's on the right. You've been producing and mixing though, right?

Because, I mean, early on, y'all didn't have the budgets and all of that to do it. So you've been doing that, right? We had the budget, for sure. But we just always were in-house and did it. When you make music, a lot of engineers don't know, like, the sound. They just know to mix it a traditional way. I'm talking about early on, even before QC when y'all was with Gucci. We been in our lab ourselves, been hands-on with our craft.

Got to. Now the interesting thing about y'all is y'all really hip-hop head though. Like I hear Offset referencing Wu-Tang on the 21 Savage collaboration. Quavo, you said Jay is your favorite rapper. Why is it this stigma that y'all not real hip-hop? You pay homage to the OGs that paid away for it. And I really listen

to that. I don't know what. If you can say you don't know who these folks is, you got to be lying. I don't know what you're saying. And you got to know the game that you in. You know what I'm saying? You got to know who paid away, who came in and dove first. Got to. How's it feel to be nominated for some Grammys?

What's that feeling like? First, it's a blessing. But, you know, this is what you do it for, to get that trophy. Bring that home. Is that the one thing that home. It's beautiful. Is that the one thing that your moms respect? Because moms always know the Grammys. Your moms might not care about some of the other wars, but mommy knows the Grammys.

Mom do respect us, period. You know what I'm saying? Y'all just bought her a house. Shout out to mom. Taking you. Mama. How'd that feel to buy your mom's a house, man? Feel good.

Accomplishments on accomplishments. Blessings on blessings. We ain't got to wait on no other guy. She ain't got to wait on nobody. And she got it from her boys. That's the best ticket in the world for my mama. Is that something you had on like a vision board or something? Like, I'm going to buy my mama a house.

Got the feeling like I made it now. Me and Takeoff bought my mama a house. And we had to. We got to. Got to take care of mama. Seems like you guys got your business together. Most artists don't usually have their business together until it's too late. What gave you all the sense to have your shit together? Have a good structure.

Have a good foundation. And then when that bag come in extra different, you can't move the same way how you move when you first. And keeping it real. You be on the AFP? Yeah. Are you telling them

not to waste their money or you just... Try to instill in them the same things. I would talk coming up, you know, they young, they getting money right now.

People don't know, like, when we first started, they came in with money. You know what I'm saying? You know, we were grinding. We were grinding out there in the street, but, you know, you ask them folks in the streets, they came in with money. You know what I'm saying? You know, we were grinding. We were grinding out there in the street,

but, you know, you ask them folks in the streets, they're a lot of amigos. They came in doing their thing. You know what I'm saying? I was listening to Cardi B talk about Offset, inspiring her to get a business manager and to get a lawyer and all that. And most of the times, you don't necessarily hear that

because most times when artists get money, it's so new, they just spend. How did you have that mind frame? Like, I know I need to get this, I need to get that, I need to how did y'all how did you have that mind frame like i know i need to get this i need to get that i need to get this like where did you get that mind frame and business sense from when we came in the game like i said big dog put it on me like he came in teaching us whatever he learned you know what i'm saying it was it was whatever he learned i learned at the same time and then i know she had just transferred from not really into music to having a real hit singer.

So, that money coming in, you got to clean that up. I'm a player. I ain't going to leave her. I have her money not straight. He said, you got to clean that up. You know, he's still thinking, oh, I got to clean that money up. It's clean now. It's clean.

I'm trying to clean the business up. That's what I mean. Not the money. The business behind the money. You know what I'm saying? He said, law of the land. But y'all are like second, third generation millionaires in Atlanta, though. It ain't like money new to black folks in Atlanta.

Especially young black folks. Everybody got money. Atlanta, black Hollywood.'t like money new to black folks in Atlanta. Especially young black folks. Everybody got money. Atlanta's a black Hollywood. Everybody got money. It's beautiful out there. Cars, superstars. You know what I'm saying? Us. You know? We the wave. Why you think the sound in Atlanta is accepted all around the world? Y'all hood n****s, man. Y'all smell like loud

right now. But the sound is accepted all around the world. Why? It's authentic. It's real. It's fun. Natural. Not too much thought. You know what I'm saying?

It's not too much. It's not too deep. You can get deep, but it ain't really too deep. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. It's more enjoyable music, more enjoyable vibes.

It's the hottest in the streets. And you know what else is great? You guys say that everybody's in the field, nobody's in the bleachers. And y'all have all done your own thing, like, individually. But you guys support each other. Like, take off, you have the album coming, the mixtape with Yachty. Is it an album or a mixtape?

Just wait on it. I can't tell you too much. I can't spill the beans too much. Just know it's on the way. All right, is it almost done? Oh, it's finished. It's finished? Yeah, you know know already in the rep

I saw a tweet this morning that was interesting it said Young Rich 2 was Quavo's album Coach 2 was Offset's album and Coach 2 was Takeoff's album yeah it seems like individually cause first

it was like Quavo then it was like Offset now it's like Takeoff is that purposely done? nah everybody got their own time y'all got to trip man it's all about time

it's all in one bowl yeah we're one that's what we're all in one bowl. Yeah, we're one. That's what we're with. All in one bowl. Every piece is special. That's why we ain't like nobody else. Everybody powerful. Ain't no weak link.

How do y'all make sure y'all stay together as a team? Because usually this is around the time when we start seeing teams start dispersing a little bit, breaking up and beefing and bickering. It's real family right now. Blood. I mean, we done been through everything. We didn't get a lot of everybody either. I feel like we went through more stuff.

Sleeping on that. They were telling us we ain't. They were tripping. You know what I'm saying? We had to really show people, make them wake up. We did real deal. That also keep us together too because it ain't no, we kept it all the way.

We started from the bottom. We ain't had no quick little hit then. I don't feel like we came straight from the mud as one. That's why we're going to leave out as one. We still can do our own things, but we support each other. You got to. We brothers, we ain't tripping about that. That's lit money.

We got more with Migos when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Migos in the building.

I remember the grind. I remember y'all did a club for me. And at the time, I think I gave y'all $3,000. That's how long ago it was. Why you put that out there? Because they nowhere near that now. But I appreciate it. Y'all got to make that up next time Envy asks y'all to do a bar.

Yeah, next time you got to overcharge for what you did. No, but I appreciate it. But I remember seeing the grind back then and how hard they went. Their time going to be $300,000. But that's how much the grind was. They grinded it out. And at the time, nobody believed. And they thought they were one-hit wonders.

And now they proved the industry wrong. And we was really independent. Don't forget that. Really independent. On the charts, independent. And that's the relationship to me with DJ Envy. I don't remember. I never took no $3, independent. And that's a relationship to me with DJ Envy. I don't remember. I never took no $3,000.

In New York. In New York profession. They won the early 1479 day when Cole K was just on that promo. For promo. Looking back at my... So K told y'all it was for free, but he took the $3.

But you know what? That might have went to their single. Travel expenses. Nah, I just don't remember you trying to pay everything. That's being too low, my bro. That was about 10 years ago. 10 years ago? It was about 10.

I don't even think I was here. You ain't been out 10 years. 10 years ago. Not at all. It was a long time ago. It was about 10. I don't even think I was here. You ain't been out 10 years. 10 years ago. Not at all. It was a long time ago. 2013. 2013. What's the lowest y'all took for a club appearance or something?

That y'all can remember. It been free before. It been a wreck before. Yeah. And they had to get in the door. That's interesting because people even now might have been like, well, you know, I was there early on and I was booking y'all for stuff for $3,000. I can't get no love now. Now what happens?

You respect my crime. You got to respect the evolution, baby. You know what I'm saying? Some people get some love, I'm sure, though. Some people get a little slight discount. You still get love, but I'm sure you still going to have to pay that. You're going to give me that shot of magic. Now, Quavo, we've been

seeing you working with Iggy Azalea. What's going on with that? Because I assume, I'm sure you're executive producing. Maybe people are tapping you to do other stuff, too. Quavo making music. They like to wave. We wave. Is there anybody you feel like you wouldn't get a sound to?

Like you wouldn't do a song with or wouldn't do a project with? When the price is right, we can work. You think you can make somebody into a star? Yeah, you trying to record? No. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Can you?

Hey. You trying to record? Am I? Oh, you want to experiment? Make me into a star? Make you a star. Let's do it. What make you think you can start a you project?

We can do you, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, we'll play it up here. KC don't. KC got the radio. We already got the pool. We got the 3,000 to come perform in the beginning. Let's do it. What make you think you can sell a Yee project? We can do a Yee, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, we'll play it up here. QC don't. We got the radio. We already got the pool. I'm going to pay you $3,000 to come perform in the beginning. Pay you $3,000.

I'm definitely not playing no Yee records. Now, in Atlanta, what's the difference? I'm not playing no Yee records. I'm a diss you, and I'm a diss you on it. Now, in Atlanta, what's the difference between people from the east side, west side, and the north? Like, is there a difference? We together. Because, see, in QC's team, we got the East, the West, and the North all on one team.

You know what that made? The all-star dream team. That's what it is. See, in Atlanta, we don't got – it's more love, I feel like, than all the other cities because they be having one rapper or they don't got no rapper. We be having five of us in the same studio. It be so in-house.

Like, y'all don't even know how close folks would be in-house. Like, everything'd be so small in the city. We smashing. We smashing right now, you know? Now, you said you love Wu-Tang and you love Hov. Listen to some of those lyrics

early on. It was disrespectful. Now people seem like they too sensitive. Do you gotta watch in your lyrics what you say because it seems like the industry is way too sensitive? They got on you for saying

queer the other day. We stuck up for you, though. I don't know the other day. We stuck up for you, though. I don't know if you heard. We stuck up for you, though. I didn't know what that meant, though. I'm serious. I really didn't know what that meant. You knew what it meant.

I didn't take it that way. I didn't take it like, because that's the way it's been used. I really don't want to talk about that. It's all love. I got love everywhere. I don't know what they talking about. You know what I'm saying? I'm big on fashion myself.

You know what I'm saying? So I got love for everybody. I ain't never been discriminated on nobody. You used it in the proper context, though. Like, this means weirdo. That's all it means. I was referring to that as, like, somebody put me on camera. Because a lot of my, even your friends, you might see your boy you ain't seen in a year.

And you might turn around and he's got the camera on you. You ain't even know. I was talking about like that. Weirdo. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I don't even get into that. Now, you don't get enough credit though i've said man for staying out of trouble there's one time he was in jail and out of jail it seemed like you was the guy that was gonna be causing the most problems in the group but you you clean out here

gotta clean it up my boy you know what i'm saying you know what i'm saying? You got to clean it up. It ain't about that. I was moving fast when I first got out, though. I had just got out. Everything. I didn't go through the first, everything. I went through the bottom part.

I still can't believe a lot of things. I had the big, I was feeling myself. So I was getting in trouble. I ain't with that no more. It's about recording, focus, get the money. When did you feel the switch happening? Was it after you jumped off the stage and punched the dude? Or was it when you were in jail?

Which one was it? It was just after all the, you know, you just look back at yourself when you grow up, man. I'd be at home, might be recording. It ain't cool. You know what I'm saying? At one point, it was like, I wasn't trying to do it to be cool, but it was all right. It was getting by, but it just got to a point where it wasn't cool no more. Like, you tripping.

You can lose everything playing. I ain't finna do that. And I just got focused. Will you ever really concern people? Oh, yeah, of course. Because, you know, they young, spotlight on them.

People go to hate when you start getting money. You know what I'm saying? They start getting money, like, real fast. And, you know, you got to watch out for the hating police.

You got to watch out for the haters in the street. You know, we've been through a lot that a lot of people don't know about. You know what I'm saying? Like, what people do know about, because they document shootouts and all kinds of crazy stuff. So I was really concerned about, you know, their well-being. But, you know, you learn from your mistakes. You know what I'm saying?

I feel like all the mistakes that they made and some of the bad, not mistakes, but just bad choices that they made back in the day that, you know, they grew from, you know what I'm saying? They understand that that wasn't going to get them to the next level. You know what I'm saying? So they good now. They young men. Quay, when you're doing the Migos biopic,

are y'all ready to talk about all of that type of stuff? Is the Statue of Limitations up on a lot of stuff? Nah, ain't no limitations. We got you. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You gotta give him seven years. He gotta give him seven. How much can you talk about in the biopic?

We gotta wait two more years then. Now, I saw you guys were talking about Kanye produced a lot of songs that you didn't use on this album. So does that mean you guys have another album almost ready to go after this? Because I know you guys keep coming. We just be recording records. Just recording records.

It wasn't necessarily for the Culture album. He did Bad Bitches Only. People probably don't even know that. Oh, did you have a 21? 21, 21, yeah. So him, Buddha, me, and we all just got on and collab. But I brought the record to him, and he played like three samples on it. And the shit just stuck with the bass line, and it was a wrap for me.

What's y'all favorite place that y'all been to in the world thus far? We see y'all on the ground, all in the water water in these different exotic places. What's your favorite spot? The Blue Lagoon. Yeah, that's Iceland South Africa I heard the Blue Lagoon is dope. I heard it's freezing cold, but they got little warm ice things You could jump in the water and it's nice and warm. That's big big pools Like volcanic volcanic. Yeah warm water, but it's on rocks. and it's nice and warm naturally. Big pools of volcanic warm water, but it's on

rocks, so that's the only reason. That's the next trip I'm going to take to fam. I heard it's dope. Why you like South Africa, Tago? It's just the vibe. It's like the jungle. We straight out the jungle. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What country got the best p***y? I don't know.

It's crazy. America best America. America. See, that's what I like. We got more with Migos when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Migos are in the building. Charlamagne? Quay, when you say you're out of your element, do y'all feel out of your element in the industry?

Are y'all adapting to it? They adapting to us. They finally getting what we saying. Because we've been knocking at the door for a long time trying to get y'all to understand the game. But now y'all really, like, cut the own button on the ears and y'all f***ing with us. So we appreciate it.

Did y'all know it was going to be like this? Yeah, yeah. That's what we dream for. You dig? For sure, for sure. Even the crossover success? That's what we do it for. I love it.

I never doubted. I don't think you really. I believe. Early. I don't believe y'all been coming to the breakfast club for a long time now before it was just Migo

it was Offset I mean Take Off and Quavo Take Off and Quavo and Offset was locked up Offset called in from jail one time right

the show I'm tired of that right they've been rocking with us for a minute for a minute you know why we pull up every time y'all

back to y'all... Back to... Y'all got a lot better in interviews lately, man. I've been watching y'all. It's like y'all finally realizing y'all ain't drug dealers no more. So y'all actually talking. Like y'all ain't acting like y'all talking to the police. Yeah, that's what they feeling like.

A little interrogation. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? Speak to those. Right. Yeah, we in there. Now, Pete,

do y'all ever, you ever get nervous of too much music? Because there's a lot of Migos records that's catching. There's like, you know what I mean?

I can name five. We're gonna flood the market. Market show. Mm-hmm. We're trying, we're trying, we're trying to get 80% of the market show

and leave 20% to the world. Damn it, you greedy, Pete. Yeah. If you don't make... See, we a whole team. Don't make it not greedy

because we a team. A whole team. You see, if you come to the A, ain't nobody looking like us. If you go to New York, ain't nobody. L.A.,

our whole team, Rafe, Lambert, when we go to club, for real, I don't see it nowhere else. We need all of that. And then I feel like we got so much...

We got Atlanta looking like Dubai. You know how in Dubai that thing just back to back. Transform a game. Come on, pull your car down there. I see you got a nice one. I'm going to swear to the land one time. He said you got a nice one. Like you only got one.

I covered him. He just hunted on you. What you got? What one you got? 2004 Cadillac. You can't swear to the land. What you got? You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got a nice one. You got? What one you got? 2004 Cadillac. You can't swear? What you got? What you got? What you got?

Yeah, do you tell each other if you're doing a song and you don't like somebody's verse? Or you guys just let it rock? You know how we came up? For real, though. That's how we came up. It's like, it ain't, like, it's easy. I used to, listen, I used to do a verse, and it'd be some, it'd be girls, homeboys. If it ain't hard, I'm talking about like, we was like in eighth grade,

seventh grade in high school. Oh, it'd get deleted right there. We ain't never had no pressure like telling you like, nah, bro, that ain't it. And it ain't never been taken like no personal. If you tell me that, I know he right. I'm going to delete it, and I'm going to go back in. It ain't like, bro, you don't know what you're talking about. It ain't none of that.

It's easy to work with each other like that. Quavo, you said Takeoff was the best one out of the Migos. Yeah, we all the best. All right. He the best. Now, you said he's the best lyrically. You know, Charlamagne has been saying that pretty from day one. Nobody listen to me, man.

No, nobody listen to you, but. I mean, it been like that just growing up. You know what I mean? All the way growing up. He the youngest. I feel like he learned more from, you know what I mean, it been like that just growing up, you know what I mean? All the way growing up. He the youngest, and I feel like he learned more from, you know what I mean, from his uncle, you know what I mean, his big cousin, you feel me? You know what I'm saying? Uncle.

And he soak it all in. And with his own crap being ahead of his time, being on our age and our time, I feel like he got to be the best. But take off be rapping. He even confused Nicki Minaj, because she didn't realize you was rapping about her on Motorsport. Cap. Now with the album out, are you paying attention to what people are saying about it?

Like, are y'all looking with culture too trending and everything? Are you looking at what people are saying? Yeah, I look every now and then. I try not to look, but y'all be looking. Just to check on it, see what's going on. Equate, I saw you say that Nicki and Cardi played this off

by not doing the video together. I ain't say they played it. I say I tried to get them all in one shot. That's it. They didn't want to do it? It didn't happen. I tried to get them all in one shot. Scheduling conflicts?

Schedule. I put on schedule. That's a story. Just trying to help, Quavo. Schedule. Thank you. What do y'all learn from Gucci, man? Because I always see y'all with Gucci.

It's like every club appearance, I see Gucci at IACP. I always see y'all with Gucci. It's like every club appearance I see Gucci at, I used to see P, I see you and Off or Taker. It's always either together, it's always y'all. We just a real family. We came in the door together. We've just been everything loyal. I don't know who else to mod with in the city if it ain't these boys, period. What advice does he give you?

You know what I'm saying? Stay on these suckers' neck. Don't be worried about no hate on them. Keep airtime air. What do you he give you? You know what I'm saying? Stay on these suckers' neck. Don't be worried about no hailing, G. Keep airtime air. What do you say? Airtime, you see somebody hailing, upload the link. You know what I'm saying? Upload the song.

Been looking for that Glacier Boy project, too. Oh, yeah. What's the Glacier Boy? Glacier. Glacier Boy. When we get together, that's what we call ourselves. The whole gang, just Glacier Boy. It's two months, two months, two minute calls all at one time. the whole gang, just Glacier Boy. It's too much. I ate too much money, too many cars all at one time.

It's a glacier. Glacier Boy. You guys, I think Takeoff just quit the group. Now you have to go back. You have to go to jail. I'm going to tell you something. If I go to jail with anybody, I'd love to go to jail with Takeoff. Takeoff ain't going to take me.

You hear me? Does Takeoff do this usually because i saw y'all do this in l.a i think y'all just got up and left but you had a flight to catch take off go to the bathroom they said the local so you had to go to the bathroom take off take off the bathroom right you took off in the middle of the interview i don't know. Listen, I'm not a comedian, but there's a good bad and bougie joke

somewhere in here right now. Okay? No, wait. I got to ask y'all one last thing. We have Valentine's Day coming up, right? I want to hear some of your, what are some of your favorite love songs to play? Love songs?

Mm-hmm. I know you got a song. You know where you're going Out your way That's a slow one for you That's a slow one Out your way Out your way

Alright Hold on You people been Trying to get on you They say you're out here Cheating and all kind of Stuff like that False allegations

False allegations I told y'all False allegations My man good Yeah You know what's true, man. I know it's false allegations. You know what I'm saying?

I just wanted to put it out there, you know? Nah, man. I love my wife, man. I don't care what... You know, a lot of haters I have, you know? They think it's fake. It's real, though. It's hard with social media.

Yeah, but it ain't nothing to hide. I ain't finna hide from social media, either. You know what I'm saying? That's how, though. It's hard with social media. Yeah, but it ain't nothing to hide. I ain't finna hide from social media either. You know what I'm saying? That's how I feel. Next question. All right. Coach Atu is out right now. Coach Atu out right now.

The Mego gang. And we appreciate you guys for joining us. And Takeoff just returned. There he goes. You missed it. Right in time for the end, Takeoff. Excuse me, my bad. Pardon me. Hey, man. off just returned there you go you missed it right in time right in time for the end hey man y'all don't ever change okay please i don't give a how much money y'all make how big y'all getting in this piece don't change there you go okay it's the migos it's breakfast

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