The Breakfast Club - Black Agenda Loud and Clear

Episode Date: June 5, 2020

Today on the show we had the founder of BET and the first black billionaire Bob Johnson call in where he spoke about the Black agenda, how to get reparations and more. Also, we had our girl Yvonne Orji call in where she spoke about her HBO special, Africa being shown in another light, Insecure and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Laura Ingraham for her hypocritical comments towards Lebron James comments towards police brutaltity versus Drew Brees. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone.

The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did

the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records because in order to make history you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Allow me to introduce myself. DJ Envy,

Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. Boy, y'all done came a long way. I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know, what everybody else does, and y'all are just the best at what y'all do. This platform, the reach y'all have that you've earned, makes space for somebody

like me. You guys have a direct line to the coaches. Oh my God, I'm on the radio with Angela Charlamagne and DJ Envy? Yes, you are. All I do is read about the Breakfast Club. Every morning, you guys are trending. Every, you know, I drag my ass out of bed. I'm like, uh, what happened on the Breakfast Club today?

Get your ass up! Good morning, USA! Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Friday. Good morning, Toronto 2. What up, Toronto? Good morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club, and it is a Friday. It's definitely a Friday.

Toronto ain't going to take too much of being your 2, god damn it. I said 2 as well. You better include Toronto at the top of the show. Top of the top,, God damn it. I said two, like as well. You better include Toronto at the top of the show. Top of the top, T-Dot. I love T-Dot. Six. What are you going to say?

No, you remember, what's that Drake drop that goes six, six, six, six, six, six? We need to get that drop, right? Yeah, get that drop, drop. We'll add that in the morning. Six, six, six, six, six.

You know, you know what I was thinking today, or yesterday when I woke that in the morning. Six, six, six, six, six. You know what I was thinking today? Well, yesterday when I woke up. This morning, I should say. You know, today is my son's birthday. It's Jackson's birthday. He turned six today. And it's really hard having a celebration at this time.

You know, there's so much going on. Because there's so much going on with people protesting. Protesters still getting beat up, coronavirus, COVID-19. He can't see his friends, which is crazy because he doesn't go to school where I live. So, you know, having his friends drive and do the parade thing is kind of difficult.

So celebrating for him and trying to make him have fun is just, I don't know, it just feels a little funny, you know? No, I think when it comes to born days know? No, I think when it comes to born days, you know, I think when it comes to born days at a time like this is when you're supposed to celebrate because, you know, when you look

around and you think about all the people we did lose to coronavirus, you know, when you think about all the people we do lose, you know, to police violence, you know, this is the time you should celebrate the life of those you loved. You love in a real way I think so anyway yeah and we all should have a new lease and appreciation on life after the past few months

that we've had in quarantine absolutely and I feel bad because like I said my daughter just turned seven a day ago he turned six today and it's like you know for us it's different we say we can't go out we can't wait to get a haircut. But think about it. You know, they've been home for 14 weeks. No friends, no playdates. They have to study online. And for him, it's even worse because he's in kindergarten. So he's not learning as much as the first as my first grader or my high schooler. He's not learning as much. So it's like it's very difficult for him because he's, you know, mom is teaching him. You know, he doesn't have the interaction with his classmates and his friends.

He doesn't have that break. You know how sometimes parents say, we need that break. He doesn't have that break where he could just say, you know what? I want to hang out with my friends. I don't want to be here. You know, it's just very difficult when you think about it, you know? Well, your kids are lucky that they have each other. You know, they are.

And they also are fortunate that they have An outside backyard they can play in With the pool and all of those things Some people don't even have that Yeah, I mean, it's difficult for all kids right now And not just having that, just to have his friends Just to be able to teach in school And have, you know Take your favorite thing to school day

Like all those things that you miss out on Soccer and basketball and baseball And coloring, you know It's cool to color with dad, but, you know, with your friends, it's just a lot different, you know. It's the social interaction. That's the worst part of the whole quarantine. The worst part of the whole quarantine has been, you know,

the children and the things that they're missing out on. Same thing about 11-year-old with cheerleading and not being able to go to her cheerleading competitions and all of that stuff. But the most important thing is that today is your son's born day, and you should celebrate the life of the person you love. And that goes for everybody out there. If it's your born day or somebody that you know's born day, think about all the people that we've lost over the past few months

and just have a new lease and appreciation for life and celebrate it. Don't feel guilty about that at all. Don't feel guilty about celebrating your life. Absolutely. Yeah, feel great about the fortunes that Don't feel guilty about celebrating your life. Absolutely. Yeah, feel great about the fortunes that you have too. Look, there's some people here. Imagine you live in an apartment building. You don't even have an outside area where you can just go in the backyard

or go in the front yard or anything like that. There's people here who live in buildings, and then they have to come outside, and they're nervous to go outside. I was talking to a kid the other day when I was walking around. He was probably like seven, and his mom has a newborn four months old and they were walking a couple of blocks to the store and they were like, we haven't been outside at all because she has a baby. She didn't really want to go outside. And so this was kind of like one of their first times even going outside. Let me tell you how crazy it is. It has nothing to do with the money.

It's just that they can't go outside the social. So yesterday, you know, of course, my son can't have no friends. So he's into cars. He loves cars. He loves cars more than his dad. Hot wheels, he's into. So what I did was I called all my friends and kind of did a rally, you know, in the block, on my block, in my cul-de-sac where they could spin around and he can see the

cars and he was excited. So when I brought him down to the end, he thought we was taking the trash out. He sees these cars and sees the people. His first reaction was to run, but run because he's like, it's coronavirus. I can't be next to nobody. I'm out. But it was-

He right. But I was like, no, no. I was like, no. I said, no, you good. They're not going to come close to you, but you can look at the car. So he had a great time. I had to do it yesterday because it's raining today.

But, oh man. Well, anyway. Got a big show today. We have Yvonne Orji joining us. Yvonne Orji, she plays Molly. Yeah, she plays Molly on Insecure, and she's got a new special on HBO called Mama, I Made It. Very

entertaining special. And we got the OG, if I'm not mistaken, I think I'm right on this, the first African-American billionaire? First black billionaire. I believe so. Yeah, I think I'm right on this, the first African-American billionaire? First black billionaire. Yeah, I think back in 2000. Yeah, founder of BET, OG Bob

Johnson. He inspires me. He inspires me a lot because he was able to do it with a vision and continue to do it. I think he might have been the one, the first black majority NBA owners as well. Oh yeah, I forgot he was going been the one, the first black majority NBA owners as well. Oh, yeah. I forgot he was going to Hornets.

Listen, here's the thing. He introduced a plan because he believed that America needs to atone for its original sin, which is slavery, as do I. And he's asking for $14 trillion in reparations. So he'll be here to talk about that. Don't expect to get a word in edgewise with OG Bob Johnson. He talks. That's fine. We shall listen. And that is fine. Sometimes you

just got to shut up and just listen. They know what they're talking about. We got front page news coming up. What are we talking about? Yes, we're going to give you some updates on what's been happening overnight. Also, we'll talk about Ahmaud Arbery and some new things that they are saying about his killing.

All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's start with Ahmaud Arbery. A judge has ruled that the cases against all three defendants charged with murder and the death of Arbery can advance to the trial court. They are also giving new information. They said that Arbery was reportedly repeatedly boxed in by two pickup trucks as he desperately tried to escape.

They also said the gunman also called him a, I don't even want to say this, a F-ing N-word as he lay dying and he was standing over him while that happened. So that should be a premeditated hate crime they are charged with. And this is a very important reason why people cannot skip jury duty, especially black people, okay, because they're going to trial. And being that they're going to trial, it's going to be people there that are in the jury. We should be a part of that jury. Yes, so.

And also, I never understood when they said jury of your peers. Come on. Because it shouldn't be your peers. Well, you shouldn't

have peers. You know what I mean? Unless I'm thinking of the word wrong. I thought peers mean people that you, you know, see eye to eye with, I guess. Right. Yeah, I guess so. All right.

They said the McMichaels never called 911 before they pursued him. They also said that in his final moments, he was running for his life. The McMichaels and Brian used their trucks to chase down and box him in and they repeatedly reversed he repeatedly reversed directions and he ran into a ditch until he couldn't run anymore and so yeah it's really hard to

discuss and talk about imagine that's your child and that's the last thing that happened to them I couldn't even imagine something like that alright and in the next hour we'll talk about George Floyd and his funeral the last thing that happened to them. I couldn't even imagine something like that. All right, and in the next hour, we'll talk about George Floyd and his funeral and memorial services that took place yesterday.

All right. Oh, and no hate crime law in Georgia. Damn, really? Yep. All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us up right now.

Maybe you had a bad night, bad morning, or maybe you want to spread some positivity. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart?

Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.

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

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max.

You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all.

It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast.

Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.

Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What up, Trav? Good morning. Hey, what's up, Yee? How you, babe? Hey, Trav. Hey, Boo. What's going on, Charlamagne?

What up, sis? How you? I'm doing good. Hey, man, I want to talk about something real quick. I don't know if people know this because everybody's so involved into the protests and everything that's going on. Do y'all know Hillary Clinton has been in court? Why do y'all keep saying that? I keep hearing that. No, no'all know Hillary Clinton has been in court? Why do y'all keep saying that? I keep hearing that. Oh, no, no, no, no. Hillary Clinton has been in court.

She was in court on, what's today, Friday? She's been in court on Monday and Tuesday testifying against her emails that they found with Jeffrey Epstein and child torture and child pedophilia and stuff that she's been answering for. And, like, people have been, like, you know, involved with the, as we should be involved with the protest.

But behind the protest, Hillary Clinton has been in court answering to this Jeffrey Epstein stuff and, like, Naomi Campbell's name is all into it and all this other stuff. Y'all should, like, really look into it. I don't think she gave an in-person deposition. I know that they say they were contemplating asking her to come testify, but I don't think she's been on the stand. That would be news everywhere, bro.

No, no, no. No, she was supposed to go to this virtual testimony thing where she was supposed to show up for this virtual testimony thing. She made a story up of why she couldn't make it to the virtual testimony thing. And now, like, the courts and all this stuff is, like, on her about not showing up to the virtual testimony thing. And, like, nobody's talking about it. Interesting. But look into it.

All right, y'all. Have a great day, brother. Hello, who's this? Hey, it's Chiquita. Hey, mama, get it off your chest. I just wanted to say it's a beautiful day. I woke up this morning. A lot of people didn't.

I'm blessed. I have a 10-month-old and a man that loves me. So just trying to keep positive energy this morning. All right. I love that. That's the energy to be on. Well, you have a great weekend, all right? You too. Thank you.

Hello, who's this? Hello, good morning. Good morning. This is Whitney. How are you guys? Good morning, Whitney. Get it off your chest. Well, first, I want to say thank you because I was the nurse who called a couple days ago who was so upset about what happened

with the protesters and the nurses that got snatched up. And since that day, a couple of nurses heard me on the radio and they were like, was that you? So I've been getting a lot of feedback of nurses wanting to get out and help the protesters and help people who are getting beat up by these animals they call the police. I just want to thank you guys. Even you, Charlamagne, because I know you be coming for people from Florida.

I'm from Florida. So thank you. Well, congratulations. Congratulations for being from Florida and sounding somewhat sane. Thank you. Yeah, I didn't leave Florida to come to New York, so that says a lot. All right. Congratulations on escaping Florida.

Oh, stop it. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Yes. I mean, I'm up here in the Bronx, so, you know. No! No! You shouldn't have said that one.

No, no. You could have said any place else. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. You're not supposed to do that. Man, I can relate to them, but they're not kind of crazy. True. I get it. Well, thank you, Mama.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing Breakfast Club. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man?

I'm telling. I'm calling. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Richard Friday. Hey, what's up, bro? Get it off your chest. I just don't understand

about this coronavirus, man. People get too comfortable with it. You know what's up, bro? Get it off your chest. I just don't understand about this coronavirus, man. People get too comfortable with it. You know what I'm saying? It's like, you know, they're sending us back out there, and it's not over with. You know what I mean? Yeah, I don't know about it. I don't know what's going on either, bro.

And it's like, I just don't understand, man, because people are trying to be safe, but it's like they're getting too comfortable with it. Yeah, they said in New York City there was no new coronavirus deaths for the first time since the middle of March. Which is crazy.

I mean, that's great. That's very weird. Yeah, yeah. I just don't know, man, what to say about it. It's just on my chest, and I feel like they're just setting us back up.

You know, I don't know. I'm going to tell you what's crazy, though. If you, you know, you remember Sylvia Brown, Sylvia Brown, she wrote that book where she predicted coronavirus in 2020. And she said, she said that in around 2020, a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all

known treatments. Almost more baffling than the illness itself, will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived, attack again 10 years later, and then disappear completely. She wrote that in a book back in 2008. That's scary. It is scary, man. You know, I appreciate it.

I just wanted to get out of my chair. All right, brother. Yep. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, man? How's it going? I probably got to get on. What's up, brother?

Get it off your chest. Nothing, man. I just wanted to give a shout out to my beautiful fiance, Bridget. And, you know, this whole coronavirus thing, man, it's going crazy. But, you know, since the protesting, I haven't heard nothing about coronavirus. Like, what the hell is going on? We were just talking about that. Yeah, it's going crazy. But since the protesting, I haven't heard nothing about coronavirus. What the hell is going on? We were just talking about that. Yeah, it's really unreal.

Well, no, somebody called in talking about it. Oh, okay. Yeah, because I was going to say, I'm trying to go to Disney World and all that, man. You know what I mean? I just had a newborn. I get it. I get it. Well, first of all, if you can take a newborn to Disney World, it's a waste of money.

I'm going to be honest with you. They ain't going to remember. If you want. My mom works there, so I get it. I get it. Well, first of all, if you can take a newborn to Disney World, it's a waste of money. I'm going to be honest with you. They ain't going to remember. My mom works there, so I get it. Oh, okay. Word? If any of y'all want to get in there, maybe like two, three years from now. You know what I mean? Just come on.

Well, you said two or three years from now. What are you talking? Your mom works there? Yeah, yeah. She works at Magic Kingdom, so, you know. She can slide us in the back door. Yeah, man. Like, yo, if y'all want to take, so, you know. She can slide us in the back door. Yeah, man. Like, yo, if y'all want to take my number, not sliding.

I've never been to Disney World still. Yeah, take his number, Envy, so you can slide in the back door. Yo, shut up. That's all you heard, right? That's all you heard. See, why you always try to do things like that? I said us. Like, we all slide in the back door.

You know what? Forget it. You guys guys come on I'm married I'm married Take it away from you You know I have My baby's

Two months right now Right And he's 13 pounds And you know We've been feeding him Four ounces Of the formula But you guys think

We should up it up By you know Five ounces Or should You know I think you should Ask the pediatrician Every so often I think you should up it up by, you know, five ounces or should, you know. I think you should ask the pediatrician. Like every so often. I think you should talk to the pediatrician.

Definitely ask the pediatrician. I think you should talk to the pediatrician, bro. Even though I got five of them. I don't remember. It's been a couple of years. Yeah, I don't remember those numbers. I don't remember those numbers off the top of my head. You're about to have another one in like two months.

So, you know, how many kids you got? I know. I know. I just don't remember. You got the top of my head. You're about to have another one in like two months. So, you know, how many kids you got? I know, I know. I just don't remember. You got to talk to the pediatrician. I just know where that went. When the baby wouldn't sleep, I just put a little cereal in there and it just kind of calmed him down a little bit. But I don't remember what month that was.

Oh, okay. All right. Well, I do appreciate y'all picking up, man. Y'all have a good one. All right. Peace, King. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent,

you can hit us up. Now, we got rumors on the way, Yee. Yes, Drew Brees has made another apology for his remarks about kneeling and we'll tell you

what he said. All right, we'll get into that next Keep It Locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report

with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee. On Breakfast Club. Well, yesterday we read you Drew Brees' apology on Instagram for the remarks that he said about how he doesn't like the nailing during the NFL games and how it's disrespectful to the flag. Well, now he is apologizing yet again. Now he posted on his social media page, step by step, you will see my heart

for exactly what it is and the way everyone around me sees it. I'm sorry it has taken this long to act and to participate in a meaningful way, but I am your ally in this fight. Here's what he stated. I know there's not much that I can say that would make things any better right now,

but I just want you to see in my eyes how sorry I am for the comments that I made yesterday. I know that it hurt many people. That was never my intention. I wish I would have laid out what was on my heart in regards to the George Floyd murder, Ahmaud Arbery, the years and years of social injustice, police brutality, and the need for so much reform and change to bring equality to our black communities. I am sorry, and I will do better, and I will be part of the solution, and I am your ally. I am your ally is the new I have black friends. That's what it sounds like,

right? Yeah, that's what it sounds like. I am your ally is the new I have black friends, and I don't think Drew Brees is racist. I just think that he's, you know, culturally clueless. That's all. He really doesn't understand that there's two different Americas out here. Then why did he kneel? Why did he kneel in the first place with his teammates? Probably just showing solidarity because those are his teammates. That's all.

But if he didn't feel that way, don't do it. Just don't do it. The pandemic. If you don't feel that way, don't do it. Stand on what you're saying. He took a knee for the team. He took one for the team. He took a knee for the team. He took one for the team. He took a knee for the team.

That's all. All right, some of the biggest names in the NFL from Patrick Mahomes, Odell Beckham, Saquon Barkley, they did drop a message now demanding that the league admit that they wrongly silenced protesters like Colin Kaepernick.

And here's what this video sounds like. It's been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered. How many times do we need to ask you to listen to your players? What will it take for one of us to be murdered by police brutality? What if I was George Floyd? We will not be silenced. We assert our right to peace through the protest. It shouldn't take this long, Lord. So on behalf of the National Football League, this is what we, the players, would like to hear you say. We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people.

We, the National Football League, admit wrong and silence in our players from peacefully protesting. We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter. I wonder would the league ever admit that? No, I don't think so. Because if they admit that, then they got to admit the Colin Kaepernick thing. And then they got to probably pay more money than they made. Because there's a lot of players that pretty much have been silenced and haven't been able to play because they were kneeling, right? Cromartie.

What happens in the future if they decide to? What will the NFL do in the future now? Oh, they definitely kneeling this year. You don't even got to worry about that. Players are definitely taking a knee this year. But, you know, I guess even if the NFL doesn't admit they're on the wrong side of history, we got eyes. We all could see that you're on the wrong side of history, National Football League. Well, you know, some of Drew Brees' teammates have forgiven him.

You know, they were actually chanting F. Drew Brees in New Orleans, and some people actually set his jersey on fire in the streets also. Well, Michael Thomas said, one of my brothers made a public statement yesterday that I disagreed with. He apologized and I accept it because that's what we are taught to do as Christians. Now back to the movement, hashtag George Floyd. Abba Kamara said, this is the reality we live in. This isn't about pinning black against white, but more so about the narrative that is created

when a black person speaks and when a white person speaks. Pay attention. This isn't about pinning black against white, but more so about the narrative that is created when a black person speaks and when a white person speaks. Pay attention. This is why we protest. This is why we take a need to be heard. Nothing more. I wonder if Drew Brees is wishing he retired last year. He's 40 something years old. I wonder if he's wishing me I wish I should have talked to him last year.

Yeah. Well, Malcolm Jenkins told him to shut the F up. So that was his response to Drew Brees. Drop on the clues bombs for Malcolm Jenkins. Very sound advice. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. All right, now Amanda Seales is speaking out about, you know, leaving the real.

Now, first thing she did was shut down the rumors that she's beefing with Lonnie Love. I saw some reports that they unfollowed each other, so on and so forth. So here's what she had to say just to dispute that. Do not try to create some false dissension between me and the co-hosts of The Real. Y'all so f***ing corny. There is a whole pandemic and an uprising going on and you still can't find s*** else to do? I did not unfollow Lonnie Love. I haven't unfollowed anybody. Shout out to Jeannie. Shout out to Tams.

Shout out to Lonnie Lons and shout out to Adrian. What y'all don't understand is grown women do grown women business. That's what y'all don't understand and what I do with my business ain't got nothing to do with them sisters. I don't think she ever followed Lonnie Love. You don't have friends that you never followed?

Or people you know that you never followed? Yes. Yeah. All right. Well, Amanda Sales also expanded more on why she left The Real on the exchange rate. It was really honestly shocking to me to join the cast of The Real and see the fans of the show be so adamantly, earnestly, and honestly, just derogatorily against my speaking about things that are happening in front of my face and in front of theirs too.

Well, the reality is that The Real, you know, is a show of diverse women that's all run by white women. I wonder why it's so hard for people to believe that she would just walk away from that situation. Like, I understand it's daytime TV and I understand it's a check, but if she wasn't happy, walk away. She might have other things on the horizon.

Like, yeah, you're absolutely right. She's financially secure, and, you know, we had a point where if you don't want to do it no more, you ain't got to do it. She don't want to work with somebody. She ain't got to work with that person no more. It is what it is. You can just say, you know what, I'm leaving. Simple as that.

Listen, go for it. I'm not mad at it at all. And she has the freedom to walk away. You know what I'm leaving. Simple as that. And the beauty is... Listen, go for it. I'm not mad at it at all. And she has the freedom to walk away. You know what I'm saying? And what she said is key. It's too much mayonnaise at the top. They put the diverse faces in front and then it's no black leadership at the top.

So I'm not mad at her because her livelihood is not based on that show. Right. Well, I'm Angela Yee and that's your rumor report. And as far as following somebody, I remember Ludacris told me this one time. Ludacris was like, Yo, Envy, I will never follow you on Instagram.

I was like, why? He said, this is when I used to do a lot of parties. He said, because you post too many flyers. And I don't want my timeline. Every time I look, I see you posting a flyer. He's like, I just don't follow you. I don't follow people because they're my friend. I follow them because I find them interesting.

Right. If what you're doing is an interesting thing, I'm not following you. Like, simple as that. Even because they're my friend. I follow them because I find them interesting. Right. If what you're doing is an interesting thing, I'm not following you. Like, simple as that. Even if you're my friend. Some people are great friends, but horrible Instagrams to follow. Mm-hmm. All right. Well, when we come back, we got front page news.

What are we talking about, Yee? Yes, let's talk about George Floyd and the memorial services that took place for him yesterday. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where are we starting, Yee? Well, let's talk about George Floyd. There were memorial services for him yesterday. The funeral will actually be held in Houston next week, and the other service will be held in Rayford, North Carolina.

Now, yesterday in Minneapolis, there was a memorial service, and that was held at North Central University in downtown Minneapolis. It was not open to the public, but it was streamed on CBSN Minnesota. And here is Al Sharpton. George Floyd's story has been the story of black folks. Because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on our neck.

What happened to Floyd happens every day in this country, in education, in health services, and in every area of American life. It's time for us to stand up in George's name and say, get your knee off our necks. Preach, Rev. Don't sound the same telling a Rev to preach. That's his job. Preach, Rev. Mm-hmm. It don't sound the same telling a Rev to preach. That's his job.

That's what he's supposed to do. But preach, Rev. Drop on the clues bombs for Reverend Al, God damn it. I shouldn't say God damn it when I'm referring to a Reverend. No, definitely not at all. George Floyd's brother, Phyllis Floyd, also spoke, and here's what he had to say. He was like a general. Every day he walks outside, it'd be a line of people. Like, just like when we came in, wanted to greet him and wanted to have fun with him.

Guys that was doing drugs, like smokers and homeless people, you couldn't tell. Because when you spoke to George, they felt like they was the president. Because that's how he made you feel. He was powerful, man. He had a way with words. He could always make you ready to jump and go all the time. Everybody loved George. That's exactly why I was telling you earlier, if you celebrate your son's born day to day, man, don't feel bad because it's a funeral happening every day and those people wish they were here to celebrate. So rest in peace, George Floyd. Absolutely.

Now, Attorney Ben Crump, who was the attorney for the Floyd family, also spoke and said this. George Floyd deserved better than that. We all deserve better than that. His family deserved better than that. His children deserve better than that. So when we fight for the George flaws of the world, but more importantly, when we fight for the unknown, what we are really doing is helping America live up to its creed.

Brothers and sisters, what we are doing is helping America be America for all Americans. That's real. That creed in America does not apply to us. In addition, they also stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as well. That's the amount of time, of course, that Derek Chauvin's knee was on George Floyd on his neck. Now, other people in attendance included Reverend Jesse Jackson, Ludacris, T.I., Master P, Will Packer, Tiffany Haddish,

Kevin Hart, Tyrese, amongst others. Why was Tyrese dressed like a goddamn Black Panther? Like, it's a funeral, Tyrese. It wasn't a protest. Maybe that's just the way he felt. Man, Tyrese. And you don't protest. Maybe that's just the way he felt. Man, Tyrese. And you don't know what he was going after, man. Yeah, I know what he was going after.

He was going on the set of goddamn Black Panther Part II. That's what he was going to. Like, it's like, you didn't have to show up so militant, Tyrese. Like, what was the point of that? Maybe that's just the way he felt, bro. Let me text Tyrese and ask Tyrese. I meant to ask him that yesterday. And it was hot as hell in Minneapolis yesterday.

And he had on a big-ass coat, some shades, what's that thing called? Not a can go. It's a hat, but it's kind of like a can go. It's like a. It's not a fedora. Shout out to everybody who was there paying their respects. I'm Angela Yee. Oh, yeah.

And that is your front page news. All right. Congratulations, Tyrese. Looking like security at the funeral. Stop it, man. That's the way he felt. He didn't try to disrupt anything. He woke up and he felt that way.

That's all. Yes. All right. That's very true. Now, when we come back, Bob Johnson will be joining us, founder of BET. I believe he was the first majority black owner of a NBA team. He then sold that to Michael Jordan. Yeah.

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Founder of BET and first black billionaire, Bob Johnson. Welcome. Hey, thanks. I'm delighted to be here. Welcome to all y'all too. I hope everybody's safe. Now, you just made some noise because you released a statement calling for the federal government to pay $14 trillion in reparations

to the descendants of slaves. I know why that's necessary, but tell the people why that's necessary. Well, it's necessary for two reasons. The first and foremost is when you are damaged by a society for which you have no control over and which has denied you the fundamental human rights, economic rights, social rights that they propose to deliver to everybody, you ask yourself the question, why have I not received those rights over the 200 plus years of this nation? So it's an atonement component to it,

basically making you whole for what they promised you but was never delivered. The second part of it is that African Americans transferred a huge amount of wealth to white Americans, which, Charlamagne, explains why white Americans have 10 times the net worth in terms of median income of black Americans. It's because we were denied the wealth that we were promised. We work for free enslaved. They use our free labor to make investments and grow businesses. We fought in the war seeking opportunity equal to what they had. We come back home from the wars of World War II in Vietnam. We're denied housing, which is the primary factor of economic wealth

for all middle-income families. Education, we had to go to the court in Brown v. Board of Education to get education equal. They declared separate and unequal is inherently unequal. And we're denied access to income, wealth. And as a result of that, there's a huge wealth gap. That unless it is solved by reparation, which is consistent with what the world has done earlier,

Jews were given reparation by the descendants of people who ran Nazi Germany. They recognized the people's atonement and apology. And finally, if white Americans could embrace apology the way black Americans embrace forgiveness, this country would be far better off. All of you here listening, remember Charlottesville. White man goes into a church, murders eight or nine African-American church members. The first thing the church members do when they go in for the sentencing hearing

as victims or friends of the victim, they tell the murderer, we forgive you. Also, y'all remember the thing when the white police officer walked in the wrong house, killed a black man thinking he's in her house. The first thing his brother does is ask the judge if he could go over and hug the killer of his brother. So we are forgiving people. White America should match us in forgiveness

and match us in reimbursement for damages that they caused to us for which we had no part in for over 200 years. We have the money to do it because already we're doing it. White Americans, if you go to a group of white Americans a day and say, should we help you with food stamps? Check your box, of course we'll help you. Will we help you with Section 8 low-income housing? Yes, we'll do that.

Will we check you with welfare programs? Of course we'll do that. But when check you with welfare programs. Of course we'll do that. But when you ask them to give you cash to make you equal in a capitalist society, which is the defining factor of wealth and equality in a capitalist society, is access to wealth, they will say there's something wrong with giving you money because that was 200 years ago. Vice President Biden said, and I quote, I'll be damned if I will give anyone any money for something I didn't cause. So it's time for African-Americans to understand you are owed that as much as the Jews were

owed that as much as the Jews were owed that. And so when white Americans or even some black Americans say you're overreaching, how do we overreach when we are entitled to damages to make us whole? Don't give us programs. Don't give us welfare. Don't give us food stamps. Give us the money. We will invest it, manage it, and grow our people and our communities ourselves. How do you think the money should come? Do you think it

should be each individual family? Do you think it should be somebody who invests the money for us? If you had a choice, how would that money come to the people? I fundamentally believe that every African American who's a descendant of slaves, regardless of their income, regardless of their position, is entitled to reparation. Collected from taxpayers. And we've done that. We take taxpayer money to pay food stamps. We take taxpayer money to do welfare. We take taxpayer money to give low-income housing.

And the way we arrived at the $14 trillion, simply this. This is how much net worth and wealth white Americans have. This is what black Americans have. Bring us up to your level in wealth, and that will cost you, depending on whether you do it over 10 years, 20 years, or 30 years, a certain amount of dollar amount. Let me ask you a question, OG Bob. Do you think money could change your system, though? Because we're trying to dismantle this system of white supremacy. And I want reparations for slavery as well.

But would it be better, sir, going towards, like, education, health care, housing, or loans and grants for small businesses? Or should everyone just get a lump sum of money? Hey, guys, let me ask you a question. If you had all the money that you want, would you be concerned about educating your kids? If you had all the money that you want. No, because you would know you have the confidence of access to wealth, control of wealth. That's the difference. This is a capitalistic society.

You've got to start there. What is the fundamental measure of wealth and power? It's access to capital. So if these riots or protests or violence you see, they don't happen to people who have wealth. Think about this. You know Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and George Floyd died over a dispute of approximately $40? Take those black men, put them in another situation.

Great jobs, great economic opportunities, savings in the stock market. Why steal cigarillos when you got in your pocket $200? Why sell loosies when you got in your pocket $500? Why allegedly deliver a counterfeit check or a $20 bill when you got $400 in your pocket? That's what wealth does. It gives you confidence. But it doesn't make a racist not racist, though. Now, that's a whole other problem.

It doesn't mean you don't get the money. You're going to deal with that problem. Malcolm X said it very clearly. He said, what do you call a black man with a million dollars? A nigger. Martin Luther King said it even more. He said, you can't legislate morality But you can regulate behavior

So my point is You gotta start someplace And I start with what White America values more than Anything else And that's access And control of wealth Alright we got more with Bob Johnson.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Bob Johnson. So is it best to, as a community, say, you know what, since money is the power,

we say, you know what, we're going to hold our money and not spend it with these corporations. If the black community spends billions of dollars a year on goods that's not going back in our community, you say, you know what, we're going to stop. Would that hurt them in the pocket? Would that make them, you know, open an eye? The way you look at economic wealth is you have to control it. And you're absolutely right. But the answer to that question is this,

and I often quote this song, my favorite song about how we deal with the situation we're in. It's a Bob Marley tune called Redemption Song. The line that I always quote in Redemption Song is this, emancipate yourself from mental slavery. Only ourselves can change our mind. Black Americans have to emancipate themselves from mental slavery that we cannot do for ourselves. And once we start doing that, the answer is right. Because if reparations were an issue today,

and over 30 years ago you gave black people $14 trillion, most of that money, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, would go right back into the white consumer community. They'd spend it all there. To build their own society. It's a mental thing. We've got, I mean, we've got to do things.

For example, we have no causes today. There's only, there's only two causes. One cause that I can really say, and that is black lives matter. So here, here's my thing. We have to begin to change our mental attitude towards who we are. For example, and God, you know this, we 90% vote in the Democratic Party, but they say it's the lesser of two evils. Now, when you get in a position where you are taking the lesser of two evils, by sheer definition, you are taking the lesser. Why do we have to take the lesser? Why don't we take the better? And to me, the better could be coming with a cause that says Black Lives Matter is our cause.

Reparations is our cause. Reparations is our cause. And going back to what the Congressional Black Caucus was founded with about 16 or 20 members in 1972, this is what their philosophy was. Black Americans should have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests. We should form our own, what I call PIP, Permanent Interest Party. Say to the Democrats, you want our

vote? Here's what we want. We want reparations. We want fundamental implementation of all the policies of Black Lives Matter. What are they going to say? Well, we're not going to do it. If Biden had said that down in South Carolina, he wouldn't be nowhere near being the president. That's what we have to do.

We have to take control of our destiny. And that's why VP Biden has enough nerve, if you call it, to say on your show, you ain't black unless you vote for me. How could you ever conceive of somebody saying to somebody white, you ain't white unless you vote for me? That would never enter their brain. But they'll do it with us because we have become chattel to them. What do you think would happen if PIP approached Donald Trump with the same demands?

To get power and control power, the first thing you gotta do is show power. We become the power brokers in America. We're 40 million strong, growing faster. We and the Hispanics, growing faster. We and the Hispanics going faster than

the white population. 10, 15 years from now, the majority of Americans based on demographic growth will be minority. So if we don't take the mantle and become the dominant influential minority in a power broker, power balance sense. I can assure you the Hispanic vote will be. They will vote as a bloc. They don't vote as a bloc the way we do. So I would say to President Trump, President Trump, you want to contest for our votes? Here's our demand.

Stand up to them and we can talk. President Obama said young people should challenge the political authority. And the political authority to me is challenge the black leadership that is somewhat old, somewhat more abundant in their ability to confront the Democratic Party. I can tell you this. I worked on Capitol Hill as a press secretary, and I know this. There's some 63, 60-plus members of the Black Caucus. The Black Caucus, if they wanted to, could control Nancy Pelosi. All they got to say is, you will never pass a bill as a Democrat party without our approval.

We have come at a time, a period in history, where we have more power than we ever have because this country is a two-party system. They can't win without us. That's right. If we keep giving all of our votes to one party, we are diluting our political power. That's a simple fact. And they know it. And I tell you, when I was

running BET, and I'd ask the Democratic Party to put some money in BET to turn out the black vote, here's what I'd get from the campaign advisors. They'd say, Bob, look, we got your vote. You don't have to worry about black vote. Here's what I get from the campaign advisors. They say, Bob, look, we got your vote. You don't have to worry about your vote. We need to be in these districts where the white vote can move one way or the other.

In other words, take us for granted. You ain't black unless you vote for me. Take us for granted. No, we ain't going to give you any cash cash money but we'll give you a program i don't understand why we let that happen when we just in the past two elections well leading up to this one we put a black man in the white house power we now put a white man in the nomination to be in power. And for some reason, you don't recognize the power equation that you have, and you just sit there and say, if they want to go this way, that's where we want to go. You skip 2016. In 2016, 4.4 million voters who voted in 2012 stayed home in 2016,

and a third of them were black. And in the midterms, black women, I think, accounted for, like, more than 55% of the votes in some places. Yeah, you're right. The only reason Hillary got the more women vote was because of black women. All right, we got more with Bob Johnson when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Gee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Bob Johnson, you know, founder of BET, the first black billionaire. Now, when you hear the term Black Lives Matter,

what does that movement mean to you? Black Lives Matter, for me, is far beyond just keeping up and being killed by the police. It's that we have standing in society and give us our due. The people who made the money off of slavery became the future bankers, the future railroad owners, the future TV media owners, because they got that wealth of land and property transferred to them over time. We didn't have that. So that's why some of these universities are saying they got to make reparations to black students at universities

because their founders financed the slave ships. All of that was what America created. The revered Thomas Jefferson never sold his slaves. Native American Indians were wiped out under manifest destiny because we owned that land. That is America's legacy. And so what to me is atonement. America, what is your fear of looking black people in the eye and saying, My brother, we want to give you over 30 years, $11,000 a year to atone and apologize. You know what black people would do? They would call a hallelujah course to say we forgive white America. The great President Mandela,

when he was out of prison at Robben Island, one of the first people he invited to be at his inauguration was the jailer who controlled him on Robben Island. That is the forgiveness of people of color. But you ask quiet Americans, you ask Mitch McConnell, oh, I don't know how to do this, I can't figure out this, I didn't do anything.

You ask Joe Biden, I'll be damned if I'm going to give anything. You ask some of these black folks, oh, I'm scared to talk about reparations because the white folks will get upset and they'll vote against us and then we lose the election. I'm saying young black folks, old black folks, you will always be economically unequal in this society unless you attain wealth compatible, equal to the majority of white Americans. And finally, I want to say this. When I used to talk about this, the Pew Research firm, which is a big firm that does a lot of research on social, economic, and political issues,

they stated this, and this is something I think every black person, every white person should understand. The children of black Americans whose families were solidly, solidly middle class in the 60s and 70s will never attain the wealth of their parents. Now, think about that. If you will never attain the wealth of your parents and your parents are already 10 times behind white American families and parents, tell me where you will be in 20 years. And all we get from everybody, from business leaders and politicians is we got to bring unity to this country. We got to focus on issues. I mean, I'm listening to the people in Minneapolis say, we're going to have a civil rights investigation of the police force in Minneapolis over the past 10 years. And I ask all of you guys sitting here, who over the past 10 years have been running the police force in Minneapolis?

The same white people who now want to investigate. White people. The police. The police, in many cases, are tools for scapegoating of the white leadership class that control the police. They say to you, it's your problem. Well, you hired me. You set the training policy.

You tell me how much I got paid. You gave me my assignment. And now you're saying I did something wrong? That's the police fault, though. The police go overboard with the chokeholds and the brutality. So they bring a lot of that on themselves.

A lot of the policemen go into a situation scared, pull out guns when they don't have to, use force when they don't have to. I understand that, but police are hired, trained, paid for by a capitalistic system

to say your job is to protect property rights of the society. That is what they do. So yeah, you can blame it on the police. Everybody's responsible for themselves. But I'm talking about in a systemic way,

overall, you tell me that's like saying, you know, we got people who are bad in and of themselves. Once they put that uniform on, something changes in their natural. That uniform, there's somebody saying, you put that uniform on, something changes in there naturally. That uniform is somebody saying, you put this uniform on, here are your requirements to wear that uniform. And I feel sorry for some of them because they don't know what to do.

All they know is this. Our job is when I'm walking down the street and I see somebody who looks like they're black or are black in the neighborhood, my immediate instinct is they shouldn't be here. I mean, I can tell you personally, and every black person you talk to can tell you personally situations where a black man is someplace where either white people say they're in that position because they're black or they're in this position and they're black and they shouldn't be there. I can tell you right now. I have been in some of the best restaurants in L.A., best restaurants in D.C., and I'm out there waiting on my car, beautiful Jaguar, Ferrari, whatever I had at the time.

Okay. I know where this is going. White cop will get out of their car. I'm sitting there waiting on my car. They come up to me and they hand me their keys. They think you're the valet. They think you're the valet, absolutely. You got it.

We got to change the mindset. We got to change the mindset all across the board. Because even with what you just said, even if you got the wealth, people still view you a certain way because of your skin color. Absolutely. Malcolm had said it better than I could. You know, what do you call a black man with a million dollars? That's it.

I'm gonna let you go. I'm gonna tell you one more handy door. I'm gonna let you know. Okay. So, my daughter is a questioner. She rides horses, and so it's very expensive to be a question. So I had a farm in Virginia, and one day I decided I would go down and ride horses. It was a 200-plus-acre farm with horses.

I walk in, and there's this white guy who is there to do something to the plumbing system. The white guy who's the plumber looks at me and walks in and says, Hey, now I own the pump. He looks at me and says, Hey, if you hear the mop, you better hurry up, because I'm getting ready to shut off the water to fix the plumbing. Damn. So what I did, I said, No, I don't think I'm going to mop today. I think I'm going ready to shut off the water to fix the problem damn so what I did I said no I don't think I'm about today I think I'm gonna go get on the horses so all of a

sudden he looked at me and said oh my god he's gonna ride the boss's horses so and the horses looked at him and said oh you're talking to the boss. So the point I'm trying to make is this. Guys, look, you are not going to change racism at all. But that does not have anything to do with you not getting paid for past damages to your people. That's the thing I mean. We can build our own system. We can build our own system. We can build our own system with the money. Once you got the money, it's up to you.

Now, if you end up giving it all back to them, that's all up. But give us what we are due. That's the only thing I can say. Well, thank you so much for calling, man. We appreciate you, brother. Yes, America has to atone for its sins of the past, especially slavery. And Bob, don't forget to leave that house in Anguilla for me

and your will, okay? That house you got in Anguilla, leave that for me. Why are you killing him off already? Yeah, wait, why you let him go like that? He got kids. I didn't kill him off. When you get reparations, you go buy your own house. There you go.

Keep fighting, Charlamagne. Yeah, that you go. Keep fighting, Charlamagne. Yeah, that's right. Goodness gracious, Charlamagne. Alright, thank you, brother. Thank you so much, Bob. I'm hoping to see you Sunday, though. Yeah, Sunday. We're going to do the virtual town hall on Sunday with OG Bob Johnson and a few other great black voices. So, yeah,

we're going to do it that Sunday. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you for checking in. Alright, Breakfast Club, good morning. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report with Angela

Yee on the Breakfast Club. Well, so far, Kanye West has donated $2 million and that is to set up a fund for George Floyd's daughter. So what he's doing is setting up a college savings fund for her to fully cover her tuition. And he also has made a separate donation to cover the legal costs for the Arbery and Taylor families. And then he's also donating to several black owned businesses in his hometown of Chicago. So he did join protesters in

Chicago yesterday with the Chicago public school students to protest the killings of George Floyd, as well as to demand that Chicago public schools cancel their contract with the Chicago police department. That was dope. I want to push bonds for Kanye West. And I've seen a lot of people upset, a lot of people upset with him. And I'm like, well, how could you be upset that the man donated two million? He set up college funds. He's paying for attorneys like he's doing. He's paying for attorneys. He's doing what he's supposed to be doing. You know what's crazy?

A lot of that be jealousy and envy. You know what I mean? And the reason I say it be jealousy and envy is because people look and they're like, damn, he got $2 million to donate. He got money just to set up another person's trust fund. A lot of people really be jealous and envious of other people. And instead of just celebrating what they did and saluting them they gotta hate. Well I salute

them. Well I think some people also don't like certain things that Kanye has said and his support of Donald Trump also truthfully. What that got to do with this though? One don't have nothing to do with the other. We can say that yes what he did yesterday was positive but I'm just trying to explain why some people have been

off of Kanye. Yeah, but the fact that he's seen. Talk about this one issue. A brother getting killed. That has nothing to do with what he did for George Floyd. He stepped up. Yeah. All right. Now, Jay-Z has also let Ahmaud Arbery's lawyer use his private jet to make his court hearing.

S. Lee Merritt. So that's a civil rights attorney. He's been on The Breakfast Club, who is representing Ahmaud Arbery's family. He was supposed to be at a preliminary hearing, but they had to make sure that he would make it on time. So Jay-Z was courteous enough to send his private jet to get him there. And he posted, when you

absolutely have to be in court to stand with your client and righteous protesters for justice, Jay-Z sends his private jet. That's part of the PPE plan to get us out of this crisis. People, power, political power, economic power. Now, did people get mad at Jay-Z because of his relationship with the NFL? Because Beyonce made a lemonade album about him?

Did people get mad at Jay-Z? No, I didn't hear that yet. You have to say about that? Not yet, but now that you said that, I think people might. Well, yeah, I mean, look, Jay-Z, Roc Nation's been putting in the work. People definitely were mad at Jay-Z about the NFL. But, you know, I think if Jay-Z was like, hey, everybody vote for Trump, you know, and slavery was a choice, people probably would be mad about that.

That has nothing to do with the good deed he did for Lee Marich yesterday. And that's a hell of a hypothetical you just read for you. So you think that, I'm just, listen, I'm just saying I understand what people are mad about. I'm not saying they should be mad, that I'm just, listen, I'm just saying I understand what people are mad about. I'm not saying they should be mad, but I'm explaining it. You know, that's like saying, say, Donald Trump donated money. Would we be like, okay, you think people would just embrace that if he did something positive and not talk about other things? You give him credit for that one good deed and you keep it moving.

I'm with you, but I'm just telling you how people feel. People still feel the way that the fact that, you know, a cop killed, murdered a man and he feels the way, even though his he might be thinking when he's voting, he might be thinking with his paycheck, but the fact that he donated that $2 million and set that family up and

helped those families fight the cause, I appreciate that. Same with Floyd Mayweather. The fact that Floyd Mayweather, he has said some crazy stuff about how he's, you know, supporting Trump, but he paid for the funeral. I think that's a great thing, but I can't tell people what to be mad and not mad about.

Well, here's the thing. It's not about the celebrities. It's about the family. The family got blessed. Be happy for the family. All right. Ellen DeGeneres is vowing to stop being the dancing lady in order to educate. And that's because she's been criticized for not stepping up fast enough.

And here's what she said. I think right now white people have to just sit in our discomfort. We have to admit that there's a lot we don't know about black people's lives and about a black person's experience. And there is horrible injustice towards black people that has been ignored for far too long. I've tried to use my platform to raise awareness on different issues over the years. I like to think that I'm doing my best, but I think it's time that we have to look at ourselves and we have to say we have not done enough. I want to learn how to be a better person, how to do better. I was the dancing lady for a little while, and now I want to help educate my audience.

I want to educate myself. So she was criticized for her initial remarks about Black Lives Matter movement, and she had tweeted out, for things to change, things must change. And then she later posted a video on Instagram talking about her devastation and anger over recent events. And she didn't immediately comment. She said, because she didn't know what to say. So now that's what she's vowing to do. She donated a bunch of money and stuff too,

to George, like different causes, right? Uh, I don't know what she donated. Yeah, she did. She did for this,

but are people going to be mad at Ellen because of the comments she made a couple months ago about, uh, you know, if you're in quarantine, it's like being in jail. People got, you gotta be if you're in quarantine, it's like being in jail. People got, you got to be consistent, man. Well, I think the reason why Ellen DeGeneres actually donated is because of a lot of the

criticism that she was getting. So, and that's why she had to respond and say that the reason why she didn't do anything was because she didn't know what to say. And she did delete her tweet for things to change. Things must change just because of the backlash she got from that. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Now, Charlamagne, who are you giving that donkey to?

We need Laura Ingram to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with her, please. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day.

I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed one. So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Donkey of the Day for Fridayiday june 5th goes to fox news host laura ingram today's word of the day is contradiction what is the contradiction

a combination of statements ideas or features of a situation that are opposed to one another not to be confused with change in your mind there's absolutely nothing wrong with changing your mind but you have to acknowledge that change of mind, especially when you were so strong in a position like Laura Ingraham was, okay? Do we all recall when Carrie Champion, drop on the clues bombs for Carrie Champion, do we all recall when Carrie had the web series rolling with the champion on Interrupted? On one of those episodes, she had Kevin Durant and LeBron James, and they were riding around LeBron's hometown of Akron, Ohio, and Carrie asked LeBron about a tweet where he referred to Donald Trump, the celebrity-in-chief,

as a bum. Remember this? We cannot deny that we are very divided, especially in the political arena. Yeah, for sure. LeBron, you called the president a bum. Yeah, straight up. How do you describe the climate for an athlete with a platform nowadays that want to talk about what's happening in our world? Well, the climate is hot. The number one job in America, the point of person is someone who doesn't understand the people and really don't give a about the people. Now, LeBron is a taxpaying American citizen. He has the right to criticize the president because the president works for him. Period.

Poo. But Laura Ingraham didn't think so. Laura Ingraham disagreed. Okay, this is what she had to say about LeBron's comments on Donald Trump. Let's hear it. It's always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball. Oh, and LeBron and Kevin, you you're great players but no one voted for you millions elected trump to be their coach so keep the political commentary to yourself or as someone

once said shut up and dribble shut up and dribble she was strong about that right well let's turn to drew brees uh drew brees made some comments this week that rub people the wrong way because he is blinded by his privilege. So he doesn't see the other side of America that you see when you're black. And he's one of those folks who still thinks, you know, people are taking a knee simply because we are being unpatriotic. Let's hear what he had to say. I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America. Let me let me just tell you what I feel

when the national anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States. I envision my two grandfathers who fought for this country during World War II. And is everything right with our country right now? No, we still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together. We can all do better and that we are all part of the solution. Now, if you want to hear my thoughts on that, go to Breakfast Club's YouTube page, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 and listen to yesterday's donkey of the day. But just for the record, the reason so many black people have a problem with patriotism is because how can we salute a country that denies us justice and has been brutalizing us for hundreds of years okay black

people fought in those same world wars and fought for this country when this country was denying us civil rights period poo now based off laura ingram's comments you would think that she would want drew brees to shut up and throw you would think laura ingram would want Drew Brees to shut up and throw. You would think Laura Ingram would want Drew Brees to shut up and stand behind a man while he's bent over and Drew has his hand between his legs, okay? But no, Laura's singing a new tune when it comes to Drew Brees. Let's listen. Well, he's allowed to have his view about what kneeling and the flag means to him.

I mean, he's a person. He has some worth i would imagine i mean this is beyond football though this is totalitarian totalitarian conduct this is stalinist and by the way on the streets of new orleans we're looking at live pictures they're shouting f through breeze that's what that's amazing that's what this moment has done to the beautiful team spirit of the New Orleans Saints. This is a contradiction. A combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another. Okay, Laura, this is so ridiculously racist.

So blatantly bigoted. So predictably prejudiced. Okay, this is why it's a waste of time to have conversations with people like Laura Ingram. People like Laura Ingram are committed to misunderstanding you for ratings. Okay. And by you, I mean us black people. When it comes to LeBron, it's shut up and dribble. When it comes to Drew Brees, it's he has the right to his opinion when it comes to politics. Well, of course, Laura Ingram decided to go on TV and explain to the world why she eats mayonnaise out of a jar with a spoon. Listen to this colonizer explain

her contradiction. Now, my defense of Breeze led to an online course of people comparing those comments to previous comments I had made to LeBron James. Without dwelling on the nuance between the two instances, let me be very clear about what I believe. We are all children of God, regardless of our racial or political differences, and therefore must be treated equally. Every American has a God-given right to speak his or her own mind on any issue. And I think in order to heal and shed light on gross injustices, our country needs more dialogue, not less. And we need more respect, not retribution. Now, we're all human beings, and we're on this earth for a very short period of time

when you think about it. And this is a moment when we should be listening and learning. We are all children of God. Yes, and some of us are children of Ya'aqoub. Okay, this is proof that when you are possessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow. But when you are possessed by the real Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue.

Laura could have felt the way she feels now about LeBron because clearly she understands people should have their own opinion and they have the right to their opinion. But she chose not to because he's black. She chose not to because he criticized her president. OK, the reason she sides with Drew Brees is because she feels the same way he does. Never mind the black men and women getting killed every day at the hands of the police. Respect that flag. Can't even be upset. OK, I can't even be upset at Laura.

Do what you will, Laura, because America's creed, as we know it, that whole freedom, justice, equality thing, when it comes to black people, all fiction. And to be a black person in America is a contradiction. Because all those values you stand on and hold up for everybody else, when it comes to you and yours, doesn't apply to me and mine. Please let Chelsea Handler give Laura Ingraham of Fox News the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. All right. Well, thank you for that donk here today.

Well deserved. All right. When we come back, Yvonne Orji will be joining us. She has a special that's out this weekend. Yvonne Orji. What's the name of the special, Yvonne? Yes. Mama, I Made It.

Mama, I Made It. All right. So we're going to kick it with Yvonne Orji. When we come back, so don't move, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the line right now and a friend to the room, Yvonne Orji. Welcome. Pim, pim, pim, pim. What's going on? How y'all doing? Good morning. A friend to the room, but not a friend to Issa anymore, apparently. On Insecure. Not in real life,

but on Insecure. Right off the bat, that's how we're starting to talk. Okay. I was tight at you. I was tight at Molly. I was tight at Molly. I was like. I thought you was an ally. Nah, I'm not going to lie.

Because, look, I understood you being mad because Issa did some really messed up things in your friendship. Why do you keep saying you? I know, right? You make it seem like it's real. I thought they really wasn't messing with each other. I just wanted, before we get into the special, because that was weighing on my soul. You know, as somebody who is very heavy on my friendships, I just don't think the appropriate time

to ambush somebody about your friendship problems is right after a major event that they just pulled off. Why are you acting like you're talking to Molly? Relax. She acts like she's like, God. Goodness, ask him. I feel like Angela's about to post up, like, do something that little. I'm

nervous right now, y'all. It's 7 o'clock on the West something. I'm nervous right now. It's 7 o'clock on the West Coast. I haven't even got my morning prayer in. I haven't prayed to my husband yet. You know what I'm saying? I got my devotional. But Angela, Angela, you need to tell me. There's 8 billion people out in the world.

Your friend tells you just don't tell this one person. And you can't find nobody else to help you. So then what am I to you? I'm your clutch. Yeah, your best friend, you should be able to ask your best friend and then your best friend should be able to ask her man. And guess what? He did it anyway. Molly invited you over

for pie, son. All you have to do is come over and have some pie. We're going to talk about it. We're going to hash it out and we're going to be cool. You know what and we're going to talk about it. We're going to hash it out, and we're going to be cool. But you know what? The escalation mark. The end. Period.

How do you feel about Molly's character this season? I almost feel happy that you were on quarantine, because I feel like if you was in them streets, you'd be getting a lot more Angelina Yee energy from a lot of people. No. Real talk, I can't even front. I'm so glad I'm in therapy by themselves, like as an actual human being, because these tweets got me feeling like, maybe let me start over.

I was like, y'all got to figure this out. And I don't know that it gets better for Molly. I don't know if it gets better for Molly. But, yeah, no, they coming out with, like, for real, ah, shots fired. Like, one person last week, you know, in the middle of everything that was happening, I'm tweeting what's actually happened, what people are watching. Somebody was like, not today, Yvonne. I was like, that's a good one. I was like, what is that?

So I'm looking like Did I miss the memo? Is Issa and Princess Did everybody else Everybody was tweeting They tweeted They were like No Iman

We watching in silence today I was like Hold on Hold on What about you y'all? Now let's talk about Your special You know we all seen

Your special Kudos man The special was hilarious Very very well done, very well done. Yes, very well done. I actually came and came backstage to see you because I was so impressed when I saw you live. And this stand-up special was everything.

So I forgave Molly. And I love Yvonne. Well, I appreciate that. I'm hoping, you know, I get it. It's a lot. It's really a lot going on outside. And I'm hoping that by Saturday, people will need 65 minutes of just laughter

to take their minds off of the crazy that's happening. So how was going back home and people seeing where you were from, where you grew up in your village? How was that? Yo, that was real live. It was so much a moment of fulfillment. Because, you know, I'm the one with the mic, so I can say whatever. But giving my parents an opportunity to be like,

we have some things to say as well, as we want to say. You know, like that was a beautiful moment of them to, like, kind of air their grievances, put out their hopes or whatever. My favorite moments were when they were getting interviewed and they would stop talking it would be like a moment of silence and i'm like it was that moment is just packed with so much because i know you know my parents are thinking all right we just we really did not know we did not know you know like so much with an intention to separate yvonne from from Molly by showing them how different Yvonne is from Molly. I wasn't thinking about Molly when I was shooting the special.

This is 14 years in the making for me. You know what I mean? I started comedy in 2006, so this is who I was before y'all found me as Molly. And so what it was was for me to, like, please allow me to reintroduce myself. They called me Y. Oh, you know what I'm saying?

Like, I'm trying to show y'all. It's almost kind of like, for me, it's not one of those things where, you know, when somebody gets a little shot and get a platform and they're an actor, and it's like, you know what I want to try? It's comedy. It's like, no, I've been doing this.

You've been doing this. Now, there's a lot of things that you talked about that I could relate to, like being broke and going on a date, you know, because you need to eat. And I've talked about that extensively from when I was younger, when you like, man, looks like I'm going to have to go on that date. I didn't really want to go on with that person I didn't really like

because I am hungry. I remember the one date that I was like, it's not even worth it. I'll just starve. I remember going, are you kidding me? It was bad from like minute five. And I was like, wow you kidding me? It was bad from like minute five. And I was like, wow, how hungry are you? It didn't get better. And at the end of the night,

I thought it was definitely going to be one of those, well, you know, God bless and goodbye. And here he goes, he's like, so you know, you want to do this again? I'm like, hell no. What makes a day bad though? Like what's bombing? What made it bad?

He was pretty much talking about himself the whole time. And then was kind of like, we had just come to my comedy show too. We were just kind of talking like, you know, it was cool. I mean, but like, what else are you going to do? And I was like, what is what? And he was like, well, like your life.

And I'm like oh okay um what is he doing what was his job who knows it's not with me no more right did you reach for your wallet after that to pretend you was gonna pay i always do i always do it and i i just uh, but no, bro. Like, you better not let me move out of the house. Have you ever gotten caught that way and ended up having to pay half? Absolutely. And I was like, this is trash.

I was disgusted as a woman. No, this is not what we mean when we want equal pay. This is not what we're fighting for. Does your mom still monitor your dating life since you said your mom wants you to get engaged so bad? Listen, with every birthday, she is definitely like, so what are your plans?

I can't really want to make these plans. Would your parents have an issue if you brought home somebody Asian, somebody white? What would they say about that? I'm 40 and I'm still single. They'd be like, so you brought home a giraffe. We love a tall dude. We love a tall...

Right now, they're holding on to hope for a Nigerian. That would be very interesting. But I think, let me have two more birthdays and I'm still single. They're going to be like,

before we die. Before we die. Somebody to love. When's the last time you've been on a date? Andy, can I help you? You guys are just hook up, breakfast lab, hook up.

What's going on? Just asking. Your DM's about to be lit. Hey, I'm glad you told that man to mind his business just now. I'm just asking. We just talked about his mom lit. Hey, I'm glad you told that mind his business just now. I'm just asking. We just talked about his mom. His mom said,

before I die, so I'm just asking, when's the last time you, you know? Wow. You're bringing that blending with the wallpaper energy right now,

Angie. You bring it down. All right, we got more with Yvonne Orji when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Yvonne Orji. Charlamagne? Listen, how's your relationship with Issa, right? Because I know that it's acting on set, but now that y'all beefing on the show,

do you find yourself beefing with her off camera by accident? No. You got to be in character. If anybody got beef with Issa, they have issues in their own No. You got to be in character. If anybody got beefed with Issa, they have issues in their own life. You know what I'm saying? Because Issa is the most, like, super passionate, but, like, anti-conflict.

But I do know that this was a different season for us because we were beefing throughout the whole season. We wouldn't see each other on set because she had a whole different world with Condola. I mean, she had episode five and eight by herself so far. So it was like I wasn't on set with her as much. And then when we were together, it was all this tension. And so by the time we shot episode five, I was like, I don't like this season.

I don't know what's happening. And I literally was like, I miss you. I miss you too, girl. No, but in real life, that's a homie. As Yvonne, I'll fight you. That's right. I'm talking about Yvonne. Can you admit that Molly's a bad friend?

I'm just playing with you. No, but here's the thing. Molly is not a bad friend. Molly is just a woman trying to find her voice in order to use it to find her voice. You got to use it. And it's not always going to come out right and i think what people are watching is somebody trying to find their highest self and having missteps and we as a black community we don't always grace ourselves through

our growth and so that's really what it is i think what people are projecting once they're like yeah she's gonna make some mistakes she's never said before. She told y'all she's never been in a relationship this long before. And so I think Molly is, you know, going through it to grow through it. Now, speaking of which, I saw that y'all had some little sex toys on the show. How would you feel if somebody whipped out a bunch of sex toys on you? Now, if it was my husband, I'd be like, let's try. Because I've been waiting all my

life i know i definitely when we were uh in mexico i was like so what what exactly does that do i was looking at the props dude like can i hold these and i hold these for a little bit listen what are your i liked what you did in the um the special when you had that group shot where all y'all was talking. So what are your thoughts about African culture finally becoming mainstream in America? It's beautiful. For me, I think it's absolutely beautiful in terms of the crossover. Because when you go home, it's familiar to you, right?

You hear the Afro beats. You know it's popping. And now you're just like, oh, all the people that I know here also know that the stuff back there is popping. And I love it. I think it's a beautiful time. You know, it's funny. With everything that was going on, I was talking to a good friend of mine. And I was like, dang.

She was saying, like, who is our ally? Like, what other country is that can that can help us and i was like yo can you imagine if like every african country was at a place where they were like financially and militarily where if black people are in trouble here if we can't call on europe if we can't call on asia we can be like yo who do you and our african like we're sending in the african union and my girl my friend was like, so that's Wakanda. I was like, crap.

I was like, but she was right. It's like, that is Wakanda. And I was like, well, why can't it be real life? I was sad for a moment because it's like, it is black people everywhere are experiencing this. Like when Corona first hit, black people in China, they couldn't get healthcare service.

And it was like, I felt like, dang, dang, dang! Because I wish we could have people that we could call and be like, no, we're going to come save the day. Because we got oil and we got gold. That's what was interesting

to me in that episode where you guys were in Mexico just to hear like the different takes on cultural differences and how they tried to paint you, his brother tried to paint you out as like the angry black woman when we saw how she treated you. And I know that feeling when you go to get something and you say, how come you ain't asking white people?

Or when you're online to get on the plane and they ask you if you're supposed to be, oh, this is first class. And you're like, you ain't asking white people? Or when you're online to get on the plane and they ask you if you're supposed to be, oh, this is first class. And you're like, you ain't asking white people. And I was watching that and I had so many emotions about that. Because I was like, y'all don't understand. Trafficking while black is high key frustrating. Because, you know, I think they stopped doing it now.

But it's not the people taking your tickets anymore when they're like, now boarding group one, it's the other people that are lined up. It's like, she said group one. Right, excuse me. I know, I know. I'm sorry, I'm platinum. I'm platinum. Okay, thank you. And it's just like, let me live.

Let me breathe. But my friend Bo, she was like, I'm taking back the term angry black woman. Because for so long, I think people have tried to weaponize that against us. And she was just like, no, we are angry. And I'm going to use that for my advances. I'm going to be angry. I'm angry at work because I have reason to be angry. So what have you mentioned the verses?

What have you been doing during this pandemic? Have you been reading more, watching more television? What have you been doing? Man, I just turned in another draft of my book that's coming out next year. Jesus, how God tricked me into the life of my dreams. And I'll tell you one thing. He definitely tricked me into writing that daggone book by myself. Why didn't you tell me, Charlamagne?

Why didn't you tell me? I would have told you. You do not have to sit there and try to write a whole book by yourself. Because you got stories and you got ideas. You just write the stories down, write the ideas down, and then let somebody else fluff it up. I thought it was like a rapper. Like, I wanted street cred.

Like, no, I write my own rhymes. Oh, you ain't want no ghostwriter. Yeah, all right. First of all, trying to write a book in between trying to executive produce film and, you know, edit and start in a comedy special and shoot a movie and finish a season of comedy. I don't know. I really did think I was African with a baby on my back

and a pill of water in my head. I thought I could really do it all. So what you been doing, teletherapy? Teletherapy every two weeks. You know, just, and I, you know what? I've been doing therapy every two weeks and I've been doing that for like two to four hours. I've been soaking.

It's been therapeutic as heck just to even just sit. When do we ever get to just sit silently and not be missing out on anything? Cause the world is closed. The outside has been closed. And so baths and therapy have really just been my escape, but I'm still looking forward to leisurely reading. I got about four books I started that I haven't finished. I'm going to become like Michelle Obama

in a couple of days. It's got to be like personally too, though. It's got to kind of be like a mind because you're having your moment because the stand-up special is coming up. Like you said, outside is burning. I think we need it. I've been vacillating between looking at it as kind of like,

I guess it's going to be a casualty of war, to turning my perspective to be like, or maybe it's happening for such a time as this. Maybe this is the best time for this special to come out. I think so. We need it right now. And it's good. Like, you know, I try not to do trashed up

It is good Thank you That's where you and Molly are different Wow You've been holding in Eight episodes of anger I couldn't wait Because we rescheduled this

I was like hold on we need to talk. We need to figure this out. But hopefully this weekend y'all will reconcile things and we could be cool. Am I going to be mad? I think you stay mad. So I don't know if you can be mad. All right. But I love you, Yvonne.

So that's all that matters. I got nothing but love for you, Angela. But no, I'm excited. And I think this is actually the perfect storm for change to happen. Yeah, I think this is divine because I feel like ain't no good going to come to the world until they do right by black people. And that's why I think all of these things are impacting black folks the way that they are. Just so the world can see that and the world can finally have the opportunity to properly atone to us. Yvonne, thank you for joining us so much.

We appreciate you. I appreciate y'all. Congratulations on everything. Thank you, Mama. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Mama has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee.

On Breakfast Club. Gabrielle Union has filed a discrimination complaint against America's Got Talent producers. Now, this is a harassment complaint. And she filed that in the state of California against the producers and the network behind America's Got Talent. She also has a new accusation that NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Talegdi threatened her over speaking out against racism on set. So according to her attorney, when Gabrielle Union informed NBC of racially offensive conduct during the taping of America's Got Talent, NBC did not stand with her in outrage at acts of racism. And he also said that NBC did not care enough to either promptly investigate Ms. Union's complaints or even ask HR to get involved. Instead, they stood against her and directed its outrage at her for whistleblowing about the racially offensive conduct that she experienced while on set. Now, Dwayne Wade also revealed that he and Gabrielle Union were being watched and followed while negotiating their complaint against NBCUniversal.

So, yeah, that's what's going on here. So we'll see what happens with their whole situation. I guess according to Dwayne Wade, after initially revealing the company's workplace practices against her, after she filed that complaint, that's when they said the newly minted judge stood on a closed soundstage and was enveloped in a cloud of cigarette smoke to which he's been severely allergic her entire life.

Producers, fellow judges, and set assistants looked on unfazed as series creator and star Simon Cowell finished his smoke while union's respiratory system went haywire. So Dwayne Wade is saying the family has been terrorized throughout the entire process. He said y'all have deemed her a liar after months of trying to inform you all of the issues in the workplace and also make sure other employees of color that comes after her won't have the same experience.

Instead of looking through the lens of someone who has been an advocate for the black and brown community, for women and for rape victims. If Gabrielle Union's been done wrong, I hope that she gets her money. Absolutely. Yeah, she's also doing a separate lawsuit against Simon Cowell as well. Oh, so she's suing NBC and Simon Cowell? Mm-hmm. Ooh.

Well, she really, really, really must feel like she got a case because, you know, companies like that, they got that long money to fight your ass in court for a long time. But D-Wade and Gabrielle got money too, though. Yes, they got that long money to fight your ass in court for a long time. But D-Wade and Gabriel got money too, though. Yes, they do. Yeah, and it's good to be vocal because what she's trying to do is make a change across the board so things like this don't happen for the next person and the next person. All right, now here's a great story.

You guys will love this. Now, Kenny DeForest is a comedian, and he told this story on Twitter. So I'll break it down for you. But basically this is a story that happened back in January of 2015 that involves Dave Chappelle. He said that Dave Chappelle went to the knitting factory in New York one night and he did it in a prompt to set. And he said he was asking the crowd for them to give him headlines to riff

on. So one person yells out police brutality. And this is right after the Eric Garner killing that happened. And he said a clearly privileged white girl shouts life's hard. Sorry about it. When he starts talking about police brutality. And Dave Chappelle said, I thought body cams would help. But what good is video evidence if y'all don't care? And the girl yells out life's hard. Sorry about it. So Dave Chappelle says, what did you say? And she repeated it.

And that's when he started to educate her. But he didn't attack her. He didn't yell. He didn't make fun of her. He started educating the crowd on the history of black people and the police. He talked about slave patrols, Rodney King and Watts and Emmett Till and Black Wall Street. He talked about Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown. And he talked about John Crawford III.

Do you guys know who John Crawford III. Do you guys know who John Crawford III is? No, who's John Crawford III? John Crawford didn't get killed in... He got killed in... No, I'm about to say Walmart, but that don't sound right. He did get killed in Walmart. He picked up a BB gun. He did. Oh, okay. Yes. It was for sale in Walmart and he was just looking at the BB gun

and somebody called the cops. A white person called the cops and the officer came in. Doesn't even say drop the weapon, hands up, just shoots him and kills him. And it's on security footage. Yes, it's plain as day. And according to the comedian DeForest, he says Chappelle then tells a story about getting pulled over

in a rural Ohio where he lives. This is before that shooting, before John Crawford III got shot and killed. But after Ferguson, so racial tension is bubbling. He said, I may be white on paper, but I'm still black, so I'm nervous. He said, the cop approaches. He can tell I'm nervous. I have both my hands on the wheel. And I say, officer, my license and registration is in the glove box. I'm going to reach for them now. I promise I'm not armed. He said, I could tell the officer was offended. And he said, I know who you

are, Dave Chappelle. And I said, so why do I need my license and registration? He said he got off with a warning and he said, the twist is that same cop is the same cop who would go on to murder John Crawford III. And at the end of it, he said, I shouldn't have to be Dave Chappelle to survive police encounters. Damn. Now, what's really relevant about this whole story, though,

is the comedian, Kenny DeForest, who tweeted all this and waited until now to talk about it five years later, he said Dave Chappelle goes on to explain that one of his best friends is South African. He said, I asked him what it was like in South Africa right before apartheid ended. And he said it was chaos in the streets. There were riots and car bombs, but the amount of people caring hit critical mass and there was nothing they could do to stop it. The people had momentum and apartheid ended. Critical mass. That's what we have to hit. Once enough of you care, there will be nothing they can do to stop the change. And he said it was incredibly powerful Well, I think that's the moment that we're in right now. And, you know, it makes me feel bad when I know these stories.

Like, you know, I know these names. Like when you said John Crawford III, I knew the name. But I'm like, it felt like it all started to feel like a blur because you hear so many of these stories. So many different names and different stories. Yeah. He's like, was that the guy who got shot in Walmart? Or was that the guy who got pulled over and, you know, he had a legal gun and they still shot him?

Was that the guy who was scared and ran and they shot him in the back? It's literally all a blur. You just know the names. You just don't know how they got killed by police. You just know they got killed by police. Well, I know that was a long story You just know the names. You just don't know how they got killed by police. You just know they got killed by police. Well, I know that was a long story I just told, but I thought it was really important, and I thought it was amazing, especially for

the time that we're in right now. And, you know, after all this, the white girl actually came back to speak to him, and you know, Joy Ellen Nicole came back and said, I told her to leave, but Dave Chappelle said, no, bring her back. And she said, I'm sorry for what I said. Thank you for educating me. I was ignorant before, but I want you

to know I learned from you tonight and I won't say things like that anymore. That's great. I'm glad he educated her because most comedians would have broached at her and she would have ran out of there. And the whole audience actually got educated. So think about other people who might have kind of felt that way. Absolutely.

But most comedians aren't Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock, so they don't have the intellect to be able to educate somebody on a subject like that. Also, sometimes people just get really angry, and they don't want to explain things, and I understand that too, because you can get really mad and upset when people, you're like, you have all this information, you see what's going on, how do you still not know?

So that was a great approach, and that did work that night. And in closing, I just want to let you guys know, Oprah is hosting a discussion with Black Thought Leaders on a 19 network simulcast. It's called Where Do We Go From Here? It's a two night event featuring Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, and more. So you'll see a lot of people. Keisha Lance Bottoms will be on that. David Oyelowo. And it'll be on June 9th and June 10th across OWN and Discovery's 18 other U.S. networks, which includes TLC, Food Network, ID, and HGTV. All right, well, that is your rumor report.

Now, shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys on Monday. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in, and it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now we have to shout to Bob Johnson for joining us this morning. Salute to OG Bob Johnson. I totally agree with the energy that Bob Johnson is on. America has to atone for its original sin, which is slavery. And no good is going to come to this country until they do that. So, you know, Bob wants $14 trillion in reparations. I'm not mad at it. All right, and shout to Yvonne Orji for joining us as well.

Yes, Mama, I made it. Her special will be on tomorrow on HBO. That's right. All right, when we come back, we got the positive notes, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee positive notes. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, again, happy birthday to my son. Today he turned six. He's a huge lover of cars, whether it's hot wheel cars, toy cars, regular cars. He just loves cars. Wonder where he gets it from. But because it's rainy today and he can't have a party because

of COVID coronavirus, I put together like a little parade yesterday at the house where it was like, I would say about 30, 40 cars driving by and kind of like a parade. So it was pretty dope and he enjoyed it. He loved it. So let me shout out to PCNY Wayne. Let me shout out to Illmatic Raps for getting that together for

me. And shout out to that one neighbor that called the police too. Shout out to her too. So... getting that together for me. And shout out to that one neighbor that called the police, too. Shout out to her, too. Yeah. So. She called and said, it's a bunch of Negroes gathering. I'm sure. I'm sure. That's probably exactly what she did.

There's a bunch of Negroes out there with some expensive cars. They probably stole them. Nope. She said, it might be a protest. I think it's a protest going on. It looks, it don't look peaceful. It looks suspicious. Well, we still had a good time.

I mean, they didn't do anything, but I just thought it was crazy that you see these kids outside. They're screaming happy birthday, and you call the police on a six-year-old. But she thought they were saying Black Lives Matter. Happy birthday, Black Lives Matter, same thing. My goodness. All right, well, you got a positive note? I do have a positive note, man. The positive note is simply this, man.

Do your best and let the rest go. You can't be perfect no matter how hard you try. So give yourself credit for making an effort and try to stop stressing about the outcome. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or y'all done? Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag.

This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that?

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