The Breakfast Club - BREAKFAST CLUB REWIND: Lala Asks "Is Marriage Still A Goal?", Stephen A Smith Interview, TI, Deon Taylor & Terrance J Interview and More!

Episode Date: April 3, 2023

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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. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a gold mine. 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 currently we are on vacation. Man, totally disconnected. Yes. We're not even really here. You think you're listening to us, but we're not. Well, we are not. We're here in spirit.

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This is your time to get it off your chest.-585-1051 we want to hear from you on the breakfast club hello who's this it's courtney from grand rapids michigan what's happening courtney what up though get it off your chest what up though uh i wanted to send some positive energy this morning but mv you said that that we don't have enough money in America for metal detectors at every store? Every business? I don't think so. We definitely got enough money for it.

We just spend the money in the wrong places, on the wrong things. That's what I'm talking about. Listen, man, we just sent all them billions of dollars to Ukraine, and we talking about we don't got no money for ourselves. Come on, man. That's right. We got it. We just don't spend it on us.

Hello, who's this? This is Shaw. Shaw, what. We got it. We just don't spend it on us. Hello, who's this? This is Shaw. Shaw, what up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, the colonoscopy you did, I had to do one, but I didn't do the colonoscopy. I did a coligard. What the hell is that? What is a coligard?

A coligard is when you just poop in a jar and put the liquid in and send it in. I ain't never heard of that. Poop in a jar and put a... I never heard it in. I ain't never heard of that. I've never heard of that. I think somebody cloned you, baby. They just needed a little DNA sample from you. No, there's commercials for it and everything. That's how I heard about it.

And they said, as long as I don't have no history of colon cancer, I can go and do the colobar. So did you poop in the toilet and take it out the toilet and then put it in the jar? No, no, no, no, no, no. The jar goes on the toilet. Oh. Lala's here, by the way. That's Lala Anthony jumping in the poop convo.

I'm just curious on how it works. I never heard that one. Look it up. Okay. And so you send it in and then they call you with your results? They call me with negative. Mine was negative. Okay.

They send me a letter in the mail. I think you need a second opinion, Queen. Yeah. I'm going to be honest with you. That sounds crazy. Where you from? No, Georgia. Georgia.

Okay. Well, thank you, Mama. I'm going to look it up, though. It's called a Cola Guard. Cola Guard. All right. Cola Guard. Hello, who's this?

That's Nick, the trucker out of Plant Center. Nick, what up? Get it off your chest. Hey, I want to talk about that time I seen you at the airport, Envy. What airport you seen me at? At the Tampa Airport in Florida. You had on white jeans and a giant jersey. Dominican.

Classic Dominican look. I did not have on white jeans and a giant jersey. Is that not the classic Dominican look in New York? It's pretty classic I did not have on no damn White jeans White jeans and a giant Blue Giants jersey Nah

That's how I know it was you Cause when you Dabbed me up And gave me a hug You got paint All over my first white tee Wow Cause of the Beijing

Oh my goodness Nick goodbye man I knew it was you Hey Let me shout out my wife Real quick Go ahead Nick Hey Our anniversary Is next month On the 14th Nick, goodbye, man. I knew it was you. Hey, let me shout out my wife real quick. Go ahead, Nick.

Hey, our anniversary is next month on the 14th. I just want to say happy early anniversary, but we 10 years in trying to see 50 more. And I'm a truck driver, but I ain't going to do it for you, Envy, because y'all made fun of my horn the last time. Oh, blow your horn, Paws. You got to stop telling me that. No, you made fun of it the last time. Blow it. Let me hear it, Paws. You got to stop telling me that. No, you made fun of it last time. Blow it.

Let me hear it, Paws. Stop telling men to blow, bro. Yeah, that's why we made fun of that little ass horn. That's why you're making fun of me, that little ass. You better get a bigger truck. That's what you need. Hey, you owe me $5 for a new white tee. That's what it is.

Goodbye, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 if you need to vent. Hit us up now. Lala's here. Lala Anthony is here. She's our guest host this morning. That's right.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's my love for my... It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wait. Wake up.

Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? How you doing, man? This is Robert

in Jacksonville, Florida. I'd like to thank y'all for motivating me and keeping my head up. I started my own business and I'd like to thank y'all for that. Okay, what's your business, bro?

I have a junk removal business. I do eviction trash outs and I basically pick up debris and any junk that's just trying to get rid of like matches, stuff like that you're throwing out. I pick it up and I haul it to the dump. That's a big business and if it's some good stuff, you resell it, right? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It's called the Get It Gone Guys. I'm in Jacksonville, Florida. Congratulations, brother. Yes, sir. Can I give my business a shout out And leave my number on the line For some business

Go ahead, man Yes, Mr. Get It Gone, guys The phone number is 904-489-6824 904-489-6824 To Get It Gone, guys We do all your junk removal And items you're trying to get removed All right, brother

Yes, sir Hello, who's this? Yo, Big Chocolate, the Toast Sucker. How we doing, man? Oh, God. So listen, two quick things now. Listen, listen. I'm sitting here trying to enjoy my breakfast.

Y'all got to stop all this. I love you, talk, all right? And MV, be careful. Protect yourself, brother. Hey, can you say good morning to Lala? Say good morning to people before you just start talking, bro. Oh, I'm sorry.

Hey, Lala, how you feel? Hey, I just wanted to address the toe sucker part. No, you don't. Oh, okay. Yeah, I'm a toe sucker for high if you so desire, girl. I saw you last night in Think Like a Man. I was looking for the pretty toes, but I didn't see them. What's up?

What you mean? I had shoes on. My feet are nice. What are you talking about? The next movie, I want to see some toes, baby. All right? Oh, Lord. Go ahead, man.

Finish what you got to say. All right, yeah. So listen, all this I love you talk. Envy, be careful. Don't bend over in front of Charlamagne. You got them all turned on and worked up. Say peace. Hello, who's this?

Hey, what's up, man? It's T-Roy from MIA. What's up? Broke it up your chest. I just want you guys to pray for my daughter. I got her to put out a new client. She's on the fourth team. And she's a preemie.

24 weeks. Oh, man. She's a preemie 24 weeks early. All right, definitely pray for her. Prayers up. Putting prayers up. Yeah. Sure.

Well, good luck, brother. And then I got something for you Um DJ What you got? Alright Damn he just blew you Without asking I know right

Oh my god Have a good one man Hello who's this? It's Terrence Down here in Newport News How y'all doing? 7-5-7 What up Terrence

Get it off your chest What I'm sitting in a country Where the previous president And the former president both under federal investigation. Well, Biden's not under federal investigation

yet, and I doubt they will because you know, the whole double standard. Marilyn Garland might not do the same thing to President Biden, but we'll see. I thought they were trying to legalize criminalization, where you see inmates in prison running a campaign. I'll be home in 90 days.

Vote for me. Y'all have a good day, though. Yes, sir. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up. And Laleezy has joined us.

She came in hot this morning. She came in hot. She came in hot. I came in hot. I came in hot. That's the things on my mind. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, you can holla at us. Lala's here. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. And you know, it didn't work out the way I had planned, but it's not something I would want to do again. But I did it. So I'm talking about people who are saying they have no interest in ever

doing it or wanting to do it it's not like a goal of people and even people that are in relationships a lot of them are not saying like the goal for our relationship is to get married it's like the goal is to be together have a dope relationship you know and and be companions forever but people are not feeling like this the measure of success in relationships is like getting married but do you feel like not getting married is the easy way out meaning when you first get married and let's say you and mellow or me and guill or charlemagne and his wife when i have problems you're married y'all have to work through it it's not like you can say i'm out i'm one y'all have to work through it you're mad you're married so there's gonna be good times and bad times

sickness and if you're not married and somebody gets on your nerves you could just be like you know what i don't want to deal with i'm out so it doesn't make the relationship as strong because there's nothing binding to you because it's almost like i can be out when i want to be out right but for a lot of people they'll say that the reason that they don't just want to be out is because it's a business agreement there's paperwork between the two of you so if i get out now i gotta deal with splitting assets or anything like that or dealing with lawyers and paperwork and people don't want to do that so it's like is it a union of love and like charlamagne said till death do us part or is it a piece of paper that's binding to people i always say marriage is really easy to get in and

really hard to get out it's not it's it's hard to get out and people don't really understand that when you're dealing with lawyers and what you have to pay and things like that. It's really hard to get out. I wonder if this is more of a product of us being disconnected because of technology and social media, like folks don't have real connections anymore and they aren't making real connections anymore. You know what I'm saying?

So I wonder if this is just a, a, a by-product of that, like people not being able to establish real connections anymore. So there is no goal to be married because there's no goal to even make a real connection. Well, it was always a goal because my parents are married, right? And they're still married to this day, 50, 60 years married, whatever it is. But for me, it's like, yeah, every marriage we have our problems, right?

You get into arguments, you get into fights, it takes communication, it takes work. But the happiest days of my life is being married. wife comes home today and i'm excited like i'm happy she's happy like we can't wait to see each other because i get it it's it's you know laying next to my wife but it's also i met her at 15 that's what i was about 16 there was nothing there was nothing i had glasses and braces and and acne he was a nerd then, you a nerd now. And she loved that nerd the whole way through. Watch him out. That's what you're saying. Yes.

I'm not a nerd now. I get what you're saying. I love being married. I've been blessed to be with the same person for almost 25 years. So that's my best friend. I was able to marry my best friend. But that's where I go back to. We were able to establish a real connection.

In a time where you weren't dealing with social media and the way people. That's true too. People aren't even talking to each other anymore. It's DMs, it's apps, it's all these other things, but that connection of like talking to someone again, that's not happening anymore. So what I'm saying is this conversation that you guys just shared with me

about both of your marriages, I'm saying people are hearing that less and less and less. And marriage, imagine young people dating are saying dating is no longer a priority because they have better things to do. But are people getting married

because they're actually best friends? Like they really are friends? Or is it, she look good, he look good, let's get married, we got money.

people are taking the time to connect with someone enough to call them their best friend. So what are couple goals then? When everybody be online and they be like, Sharon, Russell,

couple goals, who this person is a couple goals who this person has a couple goals what are those what does that mean they just want to be booed up well here's the thing like obviously sierra is one of my best friends and she has an incredible marriage and russell's an incredible guy in an incredible relationship i will just say that to me i'm happy that i'm able to see that because that's not the norm of what i see that's not the norm of what i see so i'm happy that norm of what I see. So I'm happy that I'm able to have that example to still have that hope that that kind of love

and connection really does exist. But that's not the norm of what I see. That's good because what she's saying is true because the norm of what we see is the guy cheating and then the woman expected to always be there. You know what I mean? But not only that, think about it like this. If you take care of your wife or your girl and you do too much, they call you a simp.

You're a sucker. You're doing too much. You diss with. But that's your queen. Aren't you supposed to take care of your best friend, your queen, your girl, your love, your life? Absolutely. Aren't you supposed to give flowers? Aren't you supposed to do those things?

Absolutely. That's what my dad taught me. That's what my dad did to my mom. Yeah. But I'm just saying, again, it goes back in this day and age. That's not how it's looked at anymore. Last question before we go to the phone lines. What do you tell your son about marriage?

It's an interesting and sometimes difficult conversation because we're all products of what we saw growing up. So unfortunately, my son saw a failed marriage. He does still see two people that genuinely love and care about each other and are amazing parents to him. And we work collectively as a unit. But he did see a broken marriage. So I don't expect him to view marriage as this incredible thing because I saw my parents not be married anymore. That's his view on it. So I have to tell him, like, that's not you.

You can meet someone and love them and fall in love and want to get married. And it's a beautiful thing. And it's like, well, mom, I don't like that failed marriage talk though. I don't think that the marriage failed just because two people, you know, grew apart or whatever. You know,

I don't mean that you failed. Y'all did that. We did it. And we did it for a long time. That's what I'm saying. When it was good, it was good. That's right.

Hello, who's this? Vanessa. Hey, Vanessa. Good morning. Hey, Vanessa. Hey, Lala. We're saying, is marriage still a goal, Vanessa? Marriage is still very much a goal of mine. Mm, Vanessa. Good morning. Hey, Vanessa. Hey, Lala. We're saying, is marriage still a goal, Vanessa?

Marriage is still very much a goal of mine. How old are you? I'm 36. Okay. All right. Okay. So what you waiting on? Are you dating?

You got a man? How's it looking? I am dating with a perfect. Okay. Ooh. I like that. The thing about me is I'm very confident. I'm very tall, but I'm beautiful. So, like, my standards are high.

Everybody says sometimes I need to lower my standards. I refuse to get anybody short. That's disrespectful. You're disrespectful. But you know what? You're going to miss your blessing. My assistant is 6'3", and I told her the same thing. I'm like, you're not going to find somebody taller taller like the it's not as many people have you seen your

assistant's bangs mercedes is a very pretty girl but somebody need to draw them bangs back like but the thing about it is is like i have friends and like friends who are married friends who are single and we all talk um and i really listen to my married friends and like friends who are married, friends who are single and we all talk. And I've really listened to my married friends about like their marriage and stuff like that. Sometimes it does turn me off when I hear things about men cheating, women cheating. And I'm just like,

what is the purpose? But then I feel like very, very hopeful that, you know, I don't think every, like Charlamagne say all men, all black men don't cheat. I don't think every, like Charlamagne said, all men, all black men don't cheat. I don't think all black

men do cheat, but I do think at some point in time, men have cheated at one point in time in their lives. Queen, God is telling me to tell you this right now. I just got this down over God. Your blessing is 5'5". Yo, shut up, man. Your blessing is 5'5". No, he's not. You're missing your

blessing because you want to keep your head to the sky. You should be optimistic. But you got to look down a little up, man. Your blessing is 5'5", 5'6". No, he's not. You're missing your blessing because you want to keep your head to the sky. You should be optimistic. Yes, but you got to look down a little bit, boo. He's right. Like, don't block your blessing. Charlamagne, I also wear heels. I don't care. I know.

Your blessing is 5'6". How do I look 8 and a 5'5", man? That's my child. You look happy. You look happy. That's what you look like. I cannot be happy. Yes, you will.

Vanessa, don't block your blessing. I tell my assistant at the same time. And let me ask you a question. Do people do this to you all the time? They come up to you and act like they're be happy yes you will vanessa don't block your blessing i tell my assistant at the same time and let me ask you a question do people do this to you all the time they come up to you and act like they're playing basketball and post you up i did play basketball if i tell a man like i play basketball he's like oh i can i can fool you on the court and i'm like i don't want to do that you do thank you do you know that do it do you know jesus probably was five five because the average height of men around that time was five foot five. Scholars have said this. Y'all are missing your blessings.

Not dating short men. I agree with you. OK, I agree with you. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one is marriage still a goal. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. So, y'all? This is Questlove,

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We all came from the continent of Africa. Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got our special guest host lala joining us today and she was talking about marriage and we're asking is marriage still a goal and live for herself she said no you don't want to get married no because i've done it already i've done

it already i've checked it off the list i've done already it was good while it was good it ultimately you know didn't work out and i don't need to revisit that just like i told that last call a lot you might need to just try again with shorter men you know what i mean my blessing comes in size five five5". That's it. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up? This is D from Jersey. What's up, bro?

Talk to us. Peace, King. What's going on? Say hello to Lala. It's Lala. Good morning. How you doing? Well, I got married six months ago.

I love it. I wouldn't have changed nothing ever. It's just a beautiful thing. I wanted to get married. That's nice to hear. I quoted my wife for years, and we finally tied the knot. It's beautiful, man, but you got to want to be married. You got to want to put in the work.

This is another job. You have to want to do it. That's real. You have to want to do it. If you don't want to do it, most people stay single or on Instagram. You know? I'm with you. Hello, who's this? This is Ebony from New Haven, Connecticut.

How are you guys doing? Hi, Ebony. Talk to us, Ebony. Hi, Lala. Hey. I personally feel like it has to do everything with music and who people are listening to now. Oh, okay. Interesting. music and who people are listening to now oh okay interesting a lot of the music out now is

portraying a lot of no love uh get a whole bunch of hoes um it's just a whole lot of talk about no love even though people are actually looking for love like nobody wants to be alone everybody wants to have somebody but everyone's going to get numerous of people instead of just one and settling. But does not wanting to be alone mean you have to be married? You can get a dog. Have a little boyfriend. That's true. That's true.

You can. But what I'm saying is the view of music now is what is making people feel like they don't want to go and actually find love, fall in love, and then allow themselves to settle down. That's a great point. But I also would say this, you know, growing up, how old are you, Ebony? I'm 30. So growing up, you heard music the same way. You know, you could go back to Jay-Z, whether it was Big Pimpin' or Girls, Girls, Girls, or some of those other songs that we grew up to as well was kind of the same thing. R&B has changed a lot, but we grew up to songs like that as well.

That's true. That's true. That is true. But I think it's a lot like the music videos are just a little bit more graphical now. And I guess people are able to express themselves a lot more. I agree with that. And I think there was more of a balance back then. There was a balance.

Of a little bit of both. Now it's not so much of that. I agree. Even in R&B. Hello, who's this hi this is michelle hey michelle where you calling from jersey okay talk to us i definitely believe that marriage in the sense that we have been indoctrinated to believe in might be played out not necessarily a goal i think you have to understand what people view marriage as,

because a lot of people don't think that it takes standing in front of a judge, a preacher, or signing paper that you pay the state for to be married. Marriage is largely about commitment. Because honestly, if it takes a piece of paper for you to be faithful to me, I don't know if I want you anyway. You don't need a ring to be my wife. What did Meph say? Just be there for me and I'm going to make sure.

Yes, y'all. Even for the Bible thumpers. If you look at in the Bible in the Old Testament, all it took for marriage was sex and a commitment. Well, that's what the commitment was what made the difference between your wife and your concubine. You're right. But you know, the problem with the Bible dump was somebody putting there that you can't have sex before marriage. So a lot of people started getting married.

I don't think anybody put in there that you can have sex before marriage. People really got to read their Bible because that's not in the Bible. That's the thing that man has begun to tell because sex is the marriage actually. So all of this about shacking, all of this about fornication, if you really understand the transliteration of the word fornication,

if you are a real Hebrew, Greek scholar and you go and look into the meaning of these words, fornication is not about sex. Fornication is idolatry, idolizing other gods. So you're telling me that everybody that we've had sex with we've been married to no not if you didn't make a commitment to be with that person remember there is a clear delineation you have to make that commitment you have to decide because honestly marriage is a contract between people but whether that requires a signature from somebody at the state

and a license where you're literally paying to be committed to someone i think that's really the question yeah i see your point on that part yeah on that part that's why in the new uh the lebron james version of the bible said i don't love them hoes because you gotta be very clear about not being committed to people what's the moral with them. What's the moral of the story? What's the moral of the story, La? The moral of the story to me is that times have definitely changed. It actually saddens me a little bit that that's not the goal anymore for a lot of people. But we're living in a new day and age, a new way of meeting people, a new way of socializing, a new way of communicating with each other and I do feel like you can have an amazing commitment with somebody without

necessarily that piece of paper that binds you to that but you did catch the bouquet at the last wedding you were at so she catches the bouquet at every way a lot of best wide receiver in the game they throw it right at my face there's nothing I can do it's coming right towards me well if you decide to do it again, I just know short men make better husbands. These are statistical facts. Okay? You can Google it.

All right? We make up in wisdom what we lack in stature. Short guys make better partners. Okay? And if you marry one, your relationship is more likely to last. Then you can carry one on your back if you need to walk around.

This is a fact. I'm not even making this up. Do the research. Where did you get these facts? Wait, what facts? Yes. Google. It seems shorter men make more faithful partners.

A survey done by Ashley Madison, which is a dating site for married people. Is that for real? Yes. It says taller men are twice more likely to cheat than the ones whose height is less than 5 feet 10 inches. Your blessing, ladies, is 5 foot 6. All right? 5'5".

How tall are you? And you know what else? Think about it. When you're tall, you see everything. Correct. When you're short, I can see 90% of the women. Oh, my goodness. I can only see my eye level.

I can't believe there's a stat that does that. Wow. Get you a short man. That's your blessing, ladies. All right. Well, thank you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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She's our guest host for a couple of days. Now, we're asking inappropriate places to shoot your shot. Now, Lala says anywhere anybody could get it. If she's feeling them, she's feeling them. It is what it is. Lala's shooting from the locker room where she got to. Lord have mercy. Let's go to the phone lines.

Hello, who's this? This is Jay from Brooklyn. All right, Jay. What's an inappropriate place, bro? I don't know if it's really an inappropriate place to try to get to somebody. Might not ever have that chance again. I'm going to do something like that right now myself. What do you mean?

I don't take it. Explain. Tell us the story. I'm a cab driver or a sofa driver, rather. I pick this girl up every morning for work. You know, she's a teacher. She flies. She looks good. Things, all of them. But I. You know, she's a teacher. She flies. She looks good.

All of the above. But I don't know if she'd like me back. Come on, man. You're supposed to be most deaf and brown sugar with this one. I am, but, you know, I'm for Charlotte, man. She's fine. She makes a little bit of a mess. Tell her that.

Did you say anything at all? Did you say, really, really nice to meet you? Really, really. Well, I've worked with her. I've been texting her, but I don't know if I'm in the same zone as her. You don't know if you're what? If I'm in the same zone as her. If you do call me for fries, I'm going to pick her up right now for work.

If she's got you picking her up every morning. Picking her up and texting you? Yeah. That's a little more than the friend zone. Yeah. He's a cab driver. Yeah, but the same cab driver every morning? No, he said, but they text. Like, it's not like she's just texting 501.

He just texted right now. And what did she say? It says, good morning. Hold on, hold on. What time? She's going to say right now. Wait, don't say right now. Are you working?

I'm going to say, yeah, I'm on my way to work. What time is she going to be in the car? Because what you can do is express that you like her over the radio and then have the radio on. Bro, she's going to probably be in the car no later than like 7.40. All right, we got you.

I got work at 8 o'clock. Okay, we got you. We're going to play this around 7.40. What's her name? Denise. Tell Denise you like her. Oh, sure. Tell her.

Denise, you know, this is Jay. I picked you up this morning. I like you a lot. I know that. I'm going to pick you up all the time. I'd like to pick you up for something else other than to take you to work. I want to go out on a date. There you go.

Tell her you have another car other than a cab. No, my cab, my car. I got an SOT. Oh, I'm sorry. 2018. All right, baller. Oh, so you ride share? Yeah, I do. I do show her. I got a couple of dollars 2018. I'm sorry. 2018. All right, baller. Oh, so you ride share? Yeah, I do.

I do show for her. I got a couple of dollars. This is not about you, Charlamagne. It's about Denise. I'm just asking you to ride share. That's all. Okay, tell Denise what? Yeah, I want to kick out the car mine.

I spoke to her about this already. She actually was like, you know, when you want to go, just let me know. I'll go with you. But I don't know if that was some friend stuff. Bro, come on, bro. Come on. Lala, tell him something. No, that's not a friend thing.

There's interest there. So you better take that opportunity. No girl is just hanging out with somebody just because. It sounds like it's interest there. Let me ask you one question. No disrespect, brother. You said she's fine. Describe yourself one time. Envy's interested.

Shut up. Go ahead. I'm full of dread. No frowns. Got no facial hair. How much you weigh? I got a beard. This is what brown skin got no facial hair how much you weigh i got a bit i got a beard this is what you do when you get what you wait how much you weigh oh i'm wearing like 158 150. okay when she when she get in this car this morning say good morning it's really nice to see you and then really really great that's right and then count her really

when she when she says it back to you. And see what happens. All right. Say that. We playing this for you at 740, though. Good luck, bro. You know, this is crazy. All right. I know I'm going to get it. I know it's going to work.

I know it's going to work. Good luck. Good luck. All right, bro. All right, man. Okay. Can I just say something? Sure.

So here's a prime example. That's a prime example. Now, if she is interested, let's say the radio comes on. She'll be calling all her friends like this is so crazy and so sweet if she's not interested is given stalker again I'm moving I'm moving out Jesus well what's the moral of the story there's a moral I mean what I say I guess you can shoot your shot anyway if there's interest but I guess you got to figure out if there's interest and we

have to also know how to read you know as they read the room yes like guys sometimes don't know how to read the room I asked what he looked like because you know she could be just joking and fun cuz he's the cab driver but right if he's not handsome she might be like never you know But looks don't matter when it comes to guys. Yes, they do. For a girl. For a girl? Yeah, I'm hearing that looks don't matter.

Well, my assistant Brittany over there said her friend likes, what did you say, Britt? Medium ugly guys. Medium ugly guys. And I had to understand what exactly that. She said medium ugly. I don't think you're medium ugly. You have a medium ugly.

You was medium ugly. You evolved a little bit. You're still medium ugly. You evolved. You was medium ugly. You glowed up. Yeah, you glowed up a little bit. You glowed up a little bit. You glowed up a little bit. A medium medium ugly. You evolved a little bit. Still medium ugly. You evolved. You was medium ugly. You glowed up. Yeah, you glowed up a little bit.

Glowed up a little bit. Glowed up a little bit. I'm medium rare. I'm medium rare now. So some, and you know what my mom used to always say? She said, cute guys come with ugly problems. And I always remember that. She's like, you keep wanting to go after the cute guys,

they come with the ugly problems. What did your father think of that? They're not together anymore? They're not together anymore That's why she said that So what do ugly guys come with? Ugly babies Alright We got rumors on the way? Yes

We have some more stuff going on For sure We have to talk about MC Lyte Getting her music catalog After her divorce That she's talking about There's a lot to talk about And Girls Trip 2 And Girls Trip 2 Yes Some exciting stuff divorce that she's talking about. There's a lot to talk about. And Girls Trip 2.

And Girls Trip 2. Yes, some exciting stuff about that. It's The Breakfast Club and Lala's here, y'all. The Breakfast Club. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got our guest host with us, Lala, here this morning. Hey. And we got our guest, Book Elf right now. A person I'm happy to see

but also not happy to see. Oh, Lord. Oh, yes. He knows why. Yes, yes. He knows why. Stephen A. Smith, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome. What up, baby? It's always good to see you, Lala. You know this man dedicated the whole last chapter to his book, Damn Near Slander and Cowboy Fans?

I'm not mad at it. I'm like, why? I wouldn't say slander. I wouldn't say slander. I was being factual. And once again, I was not mad at it. I'm like, why? I wouldn't say slander. I wouldn't say slander. I was being factual. And once again, I was proven to be correct. I mentioned you on Get Up the other morning.

It's ridiculous, man. These Dallas Cowboys fans, they're like cockroaches. They're everywhere. But I told them, I said, just be patient. They was winning games. Everybody was excited. I said, just be patient. It's coming. And sure enough, when the lights got brightest, what happened? You'll be happy to know I had no expectations for the playoffs. They'll winning games. Everybody was excited. I said, just be patient. It's coming. And sure enough, when the lights got brightest, what happened? You'll be happy to know I had no expectations for the playoffs.

They'll tell you. I had none. I actually thought they was going to lose to Tampa. Okay. Well, you do understand you're an anomaly. You're not a race. I'm learning. Most Cowboys fans.

You're learning. I'm learning to be emotionally disconnected. That's what you have to do. You have to do because they're going to break your heart, bro. That's right. That's what the Knicks do to me. That's what the Cowboys are going to do to you. That's right.

Now, we can talk about sports all day, you got a book out an amazing book by the way now you go into your life about this book usually you don't talk about your personal life at all we never hear about your personal life some of these stories that i've been hearing i was like really i had no idea so why did you decide to talk to go so in depth about your personal well first of all the seat that i sit in every day doing first take on the spn you know i pride myself and not character assassinate people i talk about what you do know what your perspective is etc etc and i got to give both of y'all props actually all three of y'all props because all y'all have been authors and the fact of the matter is the kind of limelight that y'all have been in

the seat that y'all sit in when you start writing about something you know you you ultimately feel an obligation to let people know who you are what you're all about what your perspectives are and so to me to see people do that i knew that it was if i was going to write a book there was only one way i could go about doing it ain't no there's some damn sports book it's got to be about me who i am how i think why i came to be how i am the way that i think etc etc i thought i owed that to the audience and the only reason i hesitated uh once i got left go let go by his pen 2009 in 2011 people were coming to me to write a book and i knew i wanted it to be about you know my life etc etc and my mother at the time who had

just gotten diagnosed with cancer uh one that she lost in 2017 god rest her soul she said she made me swear you will never write this book while i'm alive i understand why after we reading it because i'm sure it had to do uh with your relationship with your father yes which i felt like exactly why yeah you addressed the topic most men don't discuss enough and that is our relationship with our fathers how difficult was it to explore that topic it was hard and the reason why it was hard it wasn't the writing process it was the editing process which y'all all know you know you write it but they look at it the editing process and so when they're editing it's calling upon you to revisit and revisit over and over and over again and i didn't wait until the book was finished to like show it to my sisters

i got four older sisters and i didn't wait until the book was finished when i wrote those specific chapters i sent it to them and they didn't talk to me for was finished when I wrote those specific chapters I sent it to them and they didn't talk to me for two weeks really um and I thought they were originally upset they weren't upset they were just saying we had buried these memories a long time ago and they said you brought it back up we don't we ain't knocking you for it we understand but it just hurt a lot to revisit some of those experiences because we had buried them for the longest time and the details that you had they couldn't believe that i remembered because i reminded them and they were like yeah you never this happened this happened

that happened my dad is no hero yeah my dad he wasn't i feel like the things you said about him in the book are the things you wanted to say about him at his funeral. Yeah, that's accurate. Yeah. I told him to his face. I didn't say anything in the book that I didn't tell him to his face. So let me be clear about that. In 2018, he passed away 14 months after my mother passed away.

And when he passed away, I called my sister Carmen the morning of his funeral. And I said, I'm doing the eulogy. And Carmen was like, God, no, Steve, please, please, Steve, don't do this. Don't do this. She said, what are you going to say? I said, you'll find out when you get to the funeral. And she's like, Steve, don't do this. What will mommy want? What will mommy want? You know what mommy would say? I said, I got it. And I was going to go in and I was going to literally say everything that you see in the book. And you spoke to Pastor A.R. Bernard. And I called Pastor A.R. Bernard.

Something told me to call him. You know, I've been going to CCC. I've known Pastor Bernard for 30 years. And so I said, let me call him. And I called him and told him what I was feeling. And he was like, you're right to feel that way. I'm very familiar with your story. He said, you're not wrong.

He said, but the Bible talks about god's grace and god's mercy and he said and you might want to think about that before you decide to speak your truth and when i eulogized my father i went up on this i went up on the stage after everybody gave all the portables all you know all the nice things the pleasantries they had to say about him and i walked up and the first words out of my mouth was that's y'all memories of him memories of my family we have an entirely different story and i saw my cousin derrick keel over like oh no please and i saw my brother-in-law it was like oh lord he's about to go in and i saw neighbors that were in the audience that i hadn't seen in years that just showed up for my dad's funeral and they were like literally lip syncing to me please don't

please don't do this and i said my father was not a good man i said but then i brought up my mother i said my mother knows nothing about sports i'm steven a i work for espn the world knows the sports world knows who i am my mother says eps and whatever it is i don't know what she didn't even know the letters i said but she knew what a home run was. She knew what a no hitter was. She knew what a stolen base was. And she knew it because of him. Because she loved my father so much that she knew baseball because of him.

I said, so there evidently was something very special about him to have a woman like my mother. And then I talked about a lot of the happy moments that he gave us and then i ended it by saying at the end of the day he's still my dad and i love him and i don't think i would have gotten to that point if it wasn't for a.r bernard wow what made you change uh your perspective of how to talk about him for the book was because you could add more context because i could add the full context and and not only that i owe it if i'm gonna write it you know well then you know they i didn't know it was gonna be like 78

to 80 000 words but i literally wrote 90 000 words i wrote the book myself and when a ghost writer it was me i wrote this book i did the audio it was another voice it was me and i just said if i'm gonna do this then i owe it to everybody. I mean, and, you know, because of the business that I'm in, I imagine talking to you, you or you. I can see the questions, you know, because I'm experienced enough to know what's coming. I know what I would ask. I know what I would think about. And I wanted to make sure that I left no doubt as to where I stood and, you know, what I was trying to say. And that's what I did. And I have a question. So even though obviously you know how you felt when you were writing the book

because it was your thoughts and feelings, was there a sense of like that therapeutic element? Like, you know, when people actually put the words on paper and write it down and read it and look at it, a lot of authors say like it's a form of therapy. It's like I finally got it out my head on the paper. Possibly so. I'm not i'm not i'm not saying that i didn't feel that way but there was a bigger emotion coming from it la la i i you know

when my mother passed away to see her in the grave before him and to see her depressed she was 76 years old my mother was at a point where let her go on a couple of cruises a year and she's in heaven what was unforgivable to me was not paying any bills allowing her to work the hours you were supposed to be working to have the obligations you were supposed to have so that's the pressure you're supposed to take off you said you had a conversation with him when you had the conversation before he died what was his reasoning well this was years early i would tell you about five years earlier we were in my dining room we in my mother's dining room he's in there and his older brother my uncle freddie was sitting

next to him and my father was like you don't know what the hell you're talking about you don't realize what i've done for you i said you haven't done anything for me you know he started arguing with me and my uncle freddie looked at him and he said, Basol. That was his middle name, Basol. And he said, shut the fuck up. He said, this is Steven. He's a journalist for a living. You know he knows what you have and have not done. Chapter inverse.

You have no shot. Just be quiet. And my father just sat back and just took it. And I just left it alone from there. All right, we got more with Steven A. Smith when we come back. Don't move, it's The Breakfast Club. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got our guest host, Lala, joining us. Now we have Stephen A. Smith in the building. Charlamagne? Did Skip ever get in trouble for anything he said on First Take? Because you talk about the times you... First Take or his show? First Take. Because you talk about the times that you got in trouble on First Take and I'm like, like well skip had crazy opinions too and the opinions you had weren't necessarily like i know i never suspension worthy i never recall skip getting in trouble wow um ever

um in terms of a suspension or anything like that um when i got suspended i was furious i did not believe i deserved it i was pissed off to the highest degree because I just thought that, you know, it was made into something that it wasn't. And so for me, whatever my opinions are, I don't mind anybody coming at me about that. This is what we feel about what you said. It's when they try to branch it out

and turn it into something that it was not. That's what pisses me off because what happens is when you have disney disney and and i'm not knocking disney for this at all listen man we got stockholders got shareholders you got people to appease and so you got to pay attention to everybody you ain't after black white hispanic appeal you have to mass appeal you want it all and so as a result of that you have to pay attention to everything and everybody and so when that noise is made my boss at the time felt compelled to respond to the noise and when he got suspended 48 hours earlier he told me i wasn't

gonna be suspended we're fine and then you know he turned around and so for me it was it i've learned a lot i'm a lot better and what i try to do and all of y'all can attest to this at one time or another we've all had private conversations i whisper and all y'all can attest to this at one time or another we've all had private conversations i whisper something in y'all ear about something to watch out for i'm very very big about these are the minefields yeah watch out because what i'm saying is as a product of corporate america somebody that's been in corporate america for over 30 years i kind of know where the minefields are and so as a result of that i might see cats want to come up that i think is going to be in my position or an even higher position and i'm saying come here let me where the minefields are and so as a result of that i might see cats on the come up that i think

is going to be in my position or an even higher position and i'm saying come here let me make sure i tip you off to this watch out for this watch out for this watch out for that because i want y'all to succeed i don't want y'all to fail who the hell wants to be successful alone now who the hell was that with you though when you got suspended oh oh yeah it shocked me too but he he didn't listen he he walked off the set said i ain't coming back until my man comes back on because he knew it was wrong too but i was really shocked that he took that position i certainly didn't ask him to and i'm appreciative of that doesn't mean i mean shoot we still disagree 99 of the time but i did appreciate

the fact that he took that position on my behalf who are the worst fans are they cowboy fans skip fans or the navy fans cowboy fans nobody's worse nobody's worse but i will tell you i will tell you the navy got at you a little bit they came for your head first of all let me be very very clear you don't give a damn i don't give a damn i want to be very very clear about that it doesn't faze me it really really doesn't i'm just lala i have to you you've known me for years i'm just built that way rihanna if she had a problem that would have bothered me not her fans i want i challenge anybody to to tell me one negative thing i said about that wonderful performer and young lady are you excited for this halftime show? I don't

want to say I'm not excited. She's fantastic. That's not where I'm going with this. Okay, where you going? Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, she's a lot of things. She's spectacular, actually. Yes. And congratulations on new mama hood. Yes. There's one thing she's not.

She ain't Beyonce. Well, you didn't give no nuance to it. You just said Rihanna, no Beyonce. You just said Rihanna doesn't perform as well as Beyonce. Let me hook you up on the inside. Sherri Shepherd's team. I'm promoting my book last Tuesday. Sherri Shepherd's team comes up to me and they said,

since you're here, we want a debate-like format. We want to have fun with it. I said, okay. Bring it. No problem. I didn't know what they were going to ask. But I said, sure, no problem. So I'm expecting a debate, right? Rihanna's great, but I'm thinking you got a lot to live up

to because there's only one Beyonce. Now, you agree fine. You disagree fine. How we get to the point why he got a pit two black women really well i can't i can't i just can't be a fan of both but i prefer beyonce over rihanna that's a crime i didn't know that in your book you talk about learning lessons yes and you have gotten in trouble for that before when you pitted Aisha Curry against Savannah James. That's right. Listen, first of all, this.

Yeah. Fair question. Lala said yeah. Fair question. Lala, and I'm going to talk. You said that tape cost you the sports in the gig, which I didn't know. I'm going to talk to Lala. I didn't know that. Let me explain what happened. So Steph Curry

is in game six of the NBA Finals. LeBron and Kyrie are coming. They won Game 5 after Draymond got suspended, Bogut and Iguodala got hurt. They win Game 5. Game 6, they coming at Golden State. They down 12 with about four minutes left. And Steph Curry fouls out.

Steph Curry pulls out his mouthpiece, tries to throw at the official, but misses it. Hits a fan by accident, blah, blah, blah. Ayesha Curry goes ballistic. What y'all may not have known was that, and I love Ayesha Curry. I mean, no problem. No throwing no shade on her whatsoever. I'm just telling what happened prior to the game she had tweeted that she was upset because they were backed up in traffic now jay-z and beyonce were coming to the game but nobody

knew so the cleveland arena the gundam or whatever it was right the quickens loans arena they held up the traffic so she was mad about that and was talking about how the wives and the family of the players for golden state would be being inconvenienced she complained something else about the officiating blah blah blah so what happened is that she did that and then she went off after steph curry you know fouled out all that other stuff. What I said was, you are representing your man at that particular moment in time. Anything that you do, it's not you. It's the wife of him.

And so because of that, you have to guard yourself and be careful. But now that they've lost two straight and LeBron and the Cavs have been giving it to them, suddenly stuff is rigged. She's an adorable young lady with an incredibly promising future. I wish her nothing but love, respect and happiness. But you can't do that. You just can't do that. And I'm quite sure somebody got to her, which is why she ultimately deleted the tweet. My other point that I would like to make, which will be deemed somewhat controversial,

but I don't particularly give a damn, I will present in question form, rhetorical or otherwise. If that was Savannah, LeBron's wife, what would we be saying? And I got news for you. As beautiful as everybody wants to say Aisha Curry is, and she is, Savannah is something special. Skip comes back at me and says, oh, please, you know, what are you talking about? Blah, blah, blah, blah.

And I'm jumping in like, wait a minute. You will get on LeBron about anything. How all of a sudden this escapes you? You know what I'm saying? That's how the whole Savannah Aisha thing came up because what I was saying was, if this were LeBron, you would have found an excuse to jump on

him and we all know that Savannah is phenomenal. What are you talking about? That's all I was saying. If Lala is in a public position, if you or you are in a public situation, in the moment and there's a tension that some your spouse or your significant other could potentially bring to you that could detriment that that could make a detrimental to what you're trying to accomplish they can't get

in the way of that that's all i was trying to say you've been in that position i've been in that position the thing is that also nobody in this room has been married to an nba player before day in and day out you're hearing about things that are going on you're getting invented to about everything you you have emotions you act off emotions sometimes so every night you're hearing about this whatever's being said and it's just building up and you get protective and then something just sets you off and you want to say something because you realize your spouse has continuously taken the high road i said earlier i remember a time we talked about it before you came when i think i tweeted something at skip bayless because i was like yo enough with right mellow slander every single day and i'm he's not saying anything and i'm just like this is enough because

now it's affecting the household it's affecting the mood it's effect so it becomes a bigger thing that's like somebody got to say something. Now, is it a right time and place for those things? Of course. But when you care about somebody, when you're protective and when you're competitive, we're all competitors and you act off emotion. You say things that might not be the right time, the right place. But at that time, you're not thinking like that. That's absolutely true.

And my point is, is that I didn't blame Aisha Kirby for anything. You know, I was saying in that moment you can't do that i've never said a word about her prior to that right and so i said that and when i said that her response was you're putting two black women against each other and i was like what how we get to that so then you did whether you realize it or not okay fine i didn't look at it that way but that's fine if you're saying that i did okay well realize it or not okay fine i didn't look at it that way but that's fine if you're saying that i did okay well then now i'll correct it i find out weeks later the sports center the six o'clock sports center that was supposed to be given to me

and it was taken away from me because of that what's gonna be taken away from you because of Rihanna? No, shut up. Nothing. And you know something? And if it ever does, fine. Because at the end of the day, there's a level of authenticity that has to come with what we do. I agree. I'm going to be me. Damn it, that's how I feel. All right, we got more with Stephen A. Smith when we come back. Don't move.

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our guest host, Lala, joining us. Now we have Stephen A. Smith got our guest host lala joining us now we have stephen a smith in the building lala so do you just feel like in your position you really just cannot care what anyone thinks about you because i feel like people always want to say like i don't care what anybody does but there is a point that everyone does care and everyone has a place where they truly do want to be liked by people but But I'm not saying I don't care about what people think in general,

Lala. I'm saying there are certain things we can't care about because we know it's not as unfair and as inhumane as people are trying to make it out to be. If I sat up there and I disrespected Rihanna and I said I don't care, that's a problem.

Because she doesn't deserve that. She's home. She's a new mom. She's a beautiful artist. She's doing her things. Most people would dream to have the life that she's had. She's earned it. I got nothing but mad love and respect for her. If I said something disrespectful like that, and I didn't care, that's a problem. That's a lack of humanity. I would never do that. What I'm saying is it's not a crime to say i'm a huge beyonce fan there is only one and you about to go on the same stage she has blessed not once but twice and there is a standard to live up to yeah there's nothing wrong you come on first take i'm sorry y'all there's a bar that's been set i've said it you come on breakfast club there's a bar that's been set y I've said it. You come on Breakfast Club, there's a bar that's been set. Y'all said it. You do

all the different things that you're doing with power and now BMF. I'm seeing you. I'm watching what you're doing. You continue to ascend. Well, damn it, everybody can't measure up to you. Now, that doesn't mean they're whack. That doesn't mean they're not gifted. It means they're not you.

That's all. You got a line in the book that kind of sums that up. You say, on first take, we capitalize on the kind of polarization people supposedly abhor. What's the word? Abhor? I believe so. I'm trying to remember. I mean, I read it. I read it 11 times, but I'm just saying.

That's what that feels like, though. In terms of what? Like what you're discussing. Like it's the kind of polarization, you know, people act like they don't like, but we do it all the time. But what I'm saying is this. You wake up and you pay attention. We all do it have a show you know what's trending you know what's newsworthy you know what's percolating and as it was and not only that you know who percolates

and so because of that it it determines what subject matter you're going to tackle because you're not doing the show for you you're doing the show for the audience you're trying to reach and i have an audience that has an expectation as it pertains to content and so when we're talking about sports and it's me there's a level of expectation that they have as it pertains to the issues i'm willing to tackle i'm mindful and cognizant of that and i operate accordingly and when somebody questions that i would remind them i've been number one for 11 years every month every year for 11 years so evidently i kind of have an idea of what people want to see in here all right i know you got to go i got one more question because it ties into all of this in the no safety net chapter you know you talk about uh basically personalities who attack other personalities for things they say because you talk about uh basically personalities who attack other

personalities for things they say because you talk about i think it was the ray rice scandal yes everybody got upset with what you said about that and i feel the same way i'm like man if you got a microphone in front of you you're going to say something at some point that you're going to get backlash for so i don't understand when i see other personalities like calling for other personalities to be fired as we can't wait yep yeah what it is is and remember this all three of y'all here remember what I'm about to say when you're winning they always come in because unfortunately particularly in this day and age their definition of winning the closest they can get to it is knocking you off your perch instead of creating one for their own

it's inevitable and it's just like when he used to call me donkey of the day and all of this other stuff that people expected me to have a problem with him when i first met you what did i say i had no problem with it whatsoever you know because he didn't attack me he attacked what i felt about a particular issue i know the difference they wanted to create that divide you're not creating that because i'm gonna root for y'all and i want y'all to root for me and i'm gonna root for a whole bunch of brothers and sisters to make it but in the same breath you have to be real and authentic about what's going on in the moment that is going on and do what you can to enlighten folks if you feel you have an enlightening point of view, that's what you do. And you let the tips fall where they may.

People who don't win are real good about doing what you describe. Let them keep doing it because it reminds you that you're a winner. Otherwise, they wouldn't be talking about you. I learned a lot from you and I feel like it's vice versa. I do want to say this because I was really sitting here thinking about what we were talking about earlier. And I want to say this, you know, it is important that everyone can have an opinion and who you like better who is is your opinion but I will say this as a black woman let's acknowledge and celebrate the fact that we have two amazing talented black women who were able to do the halftime show at the Super Bowl outside of sports fans and players the majority of people I know

that's the reason they watch the Super Bowl not for who's playing they're watching for that halftime show so let's acknowledge and uplift and applaud the fact that on such a huge forum you had beyonce and now you have rihanna as a black woman i'm proud of that that's something that makes me proud that doesn't take away from your opinion on who you like more whatever whatever but at that moment for me it's about uplifting the fact that we need to celebrate that well for me it's about uplifting the fact that we need to celebrate that well let me say well let me end it by saying this i completely agree with that one thousand percent and what you're saying and what you would prefer is entirely different than someone throwing out an accusation that my sentiment was making it a divide between

two black women. That's a difference. You're just simply saying they're both great. Let's celebrate them. No problem. No problem whatsoever. That's entirely different than understanding that they're both the reason that majority of people are even watching. That's right. You guys are watching

for the sports aspect and the majority of people are watching for that halftime show. what happens is is that when we question people's intent because they express something differently what happens is is that you didn't lose those folks those folks that think like that because they're like oh here they go with this and i'm like no at the end of the day rihanna is phenomenal and she's got her own army or navy as they say beyonce's got her crew they're both fantastic they both sell out stadiums and arenas they're both making gobs and gobs of money and they've earned it okay much love and respect to you ain't no doubt about it i'm root for i ain't rooting against her i'm just a beyonce fan i

think with these microphones uh you know it's something that we would debate to the end of time. Intention versus impact. Yes. It's a lot of times my intention wasn't to offend, but then somebody like a liar got to be like, nah, you offended. You impacted that person in a negative way.

In those moments, you just got to apologize and keep it moving. Yeah, I understand. Which is what I did. But let me be very clear. People didn't like your apology either, though. Well, how would all that? First all leslie jones on comedy central hilarious got you so and she's supposed to that's what she does i wasn't offended by it at all all right

because she's great okay bro it's dead struggling but i'm 55 you know it ain't like i'm 35 walking around with this i'm 55 you know what no and I'm 55. You know what? No. I might visit hair club for men. I have a new hair product and I got something for you. I might visit hair club for men because, you know, I don't think I'm Godzilla, but I ain't the most attractive dude in the world. But if my hairline move forward, I might have a, there might be hope for me. There might be hope for me. There might be hope for me.

I got some Manala rice water drops for you. Okay. Does it work? Does it work? It works. It better work, Lala. It better work. Let me tell you something right now. Because then they're going to get on me forget that is another sister

because if it don't work I'm playing I'm telling you that right now I appreciate y'all oh thank you so much I just want to say you one last thing. Yeah, man. You know, we have a new studio. Okay. So now we have the option to go to you when we need some questions. So next time, next season, the Cowboys start losing,

and I need to go to you for some backup or some help. You need like a Zoom call or something like that? Right to that camera. We can patch you right in. I got y'all. And you can just ish. I'm telling you right now. Cowboys going to the Super Bowl next year.

I can't tell you. I got to go. I got to tell you. I can't do it. I can't do it. I gotta go. I gotta tell you. I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't do it. It's the Breakfast Club, man. Y'all ridiculous, man.

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The bigger the star, the harder they fall. Catch Celebr celebrity prank wars thursday at 10 on e at the breakfast club bitch donkey of the day with charlamagne the guy i don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this donkey today goes to carmella and manes of clearwater florida now what does your uncle charla always tell you about the great state of florida say it with me the craziest people in america come from the bron Bronx and all of Florida. And today is no exception. See, Carmela was taken into custody Wednesday in Clearwater, Florida, after she failed to show up to court to face shoplifting charges. Now, why?

No, no, not why. Wow. She was being processed at the county jail. A body scan revealed an anomaly in her genital area. I don't even know why I'm using big words like anomaly for no reason. They found something odd in her genitals. I know what you're thinking. Was it a penis?

All right. It can be a little confusing when someone tells you they are a woman, you know, but that's actually just what they identify as. And then when you get down there, whoa, you're staring at a whole plate of franken beans. But no, it wasn't a penis. Okay. It was a pipe. All right. a whole plate of franken beans but no it wasn't a penis okay it was a pipe right not the kind of pipe that produces baby batter to procreate more life but the kind of pipe that people put crack in and smoke it you heard me correct crack fried cocaine rocks this woman had a glass crack pipe

in her vagina okay yes when officials conducted a script search of the suspect they found a glass crack pipe protruding from the woman's pom-pom carmella then removed the crack pipe from her vagina and intentionally threw it on the ground and stepped on it in an effort to destroy the evidence mind you she did all of this in front of the officers who had just discovered said evidence on her but that's not why she's getting donkey of the day it could be but it's not it's part of it the main reason she's getting donkey of the day is because of her excuse as to why there was a whole crack pipe in her vagina. Carmela said that the crack pipe wasn't a crack pipe, but it was a sex toy.

She said this despite the fact that it was consistent with a pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine and it had burnt markings all over it. OK, if she was really thinking she could have said the burnt markings came from that new screen of gonorrhea that's going around. OK, don't just burn humans. But no, she said that the crack pipe she got caught with, you know, was a sex toy. Let me tell you something, Carmela. You might could have got that lie off if you wouldn't have put it in your vagina. I repeat, you might could have got that lie off if you didn't put the crack pipe in your pom-pom. If you're going to try to convince people a crack pipe is a sex toy, then guess what? You got to put the crack pipe in the crack of your ass. All right.

Listen, man, it's a lot of people who are into anal play nowadays. All right. Cosmopolitan. I saw this article on MB's computer. Cosmopolitan just came up. No, he had his computer open and I saw it.

Cosmopolitan came out with a list had his computer open and i saw it cosmopolitan came out with a list of the 15 best butt plugs for 2023 you got the jimmy jane uh ariel glass plug would you like to hear the review no are we really talking about butt plug this is true this is real okay the review was i got the ariel and let me tell you wow I was a little nervous that my inexperienced back door might have difficulty, but I was surprised when it did not. A bit of warming up and some lube, and this thing had me reaching my, oh. Like most glass toys, you can use it cold or warmed up, and I have to say, playing with this toy was amazing.

I highly recommend this toy, end quote. That was a review. Why did I use that one? Why did I highlight that toy? Because it's a glass anal plug just like a crack pipe is made of glass it's time to rebrand crack pipes ladies and gentlemen okay they can actually be sex toys they even have the perfect name pipes are already slang for penis asses have cracks so this is a pipe for your ass all right butt plugs come in

all forms silicone glass metal anal plugs but the crack pipe could be a glass anal plug i can see the reviews now on cosmopolitan for the crack pipe such a great product especially for the price it's only 20 reads one review perfect for beginners and seasoned pros alike big enough to be satisfying but small enough that it was comfortable to wear for a good period of time i recommend the crack pipe to anyone it's smoking that's how you make a crack pipe a sex toy carmella not the way you did it please give carmella means the sweet sounds of the day yee-haw now tell me la lizy you don't want to crack pipe after that review come on now no interest in that or butt plugs but that's just my personal preference whatever whatever floats your boat

what about you envy don't play a game no i don't want to play i want to play i'm gonna be honest man this woman is on crack and she's from florida i don't know what she is when i look at her mugshot let's play a game okay here we go let's play a game of guess what race it is all right la la first car Carmella Ann Mains of Clearwater, Florida. She got caught with a crack pipe in her vagina, and she told officers it was a sex toy. La Lazy. Guess what race she is. Caucasian.

Okay. What makes you think that, La Lazy? This is just what I think. This is just how I feel. Stick it to it. All right. Did I win the money? Envy?

Carmella Ann Mains of Clearwater, Florida. Got caught with a crack pipe in her vagina. Told officers it was a sex toy. Guess what race she is! This is a tough one. Okay. See, because my black people, they like to hide stuff. They like to maneuver.

They don't mess with the police. That's not just a black thing. Knock it off. Yes, it is. That is not just a black thing. Everybody got asses Yes, it is. That is not just a black thing. Everybody got asses and vaginas. Well, not everybody. Wait, what? Everybody got ass.

Yeah, you know what I mean. Hmm. I'm going to go with white. Okay. For what reason? I don't know. It's just a feeling. Some white crackheadish stuff. Well, Lala, Envy, both of you are right. It's just a feeling. It's just a feeling. Some white crackheadish stuff.

Well, Lala, Envy, both of you are right. She's Caucasian! I said it first! You got it! You got it! Definitely a crackhead. But you can tell why I was a little confused, right? What?

She looks like a crackhead. What do you mean? Well, she don't look like a woman. You know what? Let's keep it moving. You know what? More water, less moving. All right. You know what? More water, less crack. That'd be stupid, man.

Can't believe there's a vagina in this one. All right. Thank you, but I don't get it. The Breakfast Club. It's a psychological thriller, man. The innermost, darkest apprehensions of a group of friends that come to a lodge in the height of the pandemic. It just so happens to be haunted. And the spirits that hunt this lodge, they pull out the fears of people and use it against them. But it's not a scary movie, they're saying.

It's not a... Who said that? Who said that? This is scary, bro. I ain't gonna lie. No, he said he didn't feel like it was scary to him. He didn't say it wasn't a scary movie. Because at like 33 minutes,

that's when I cut it off. I was like, nah. You cut it off at 33? At about 33 minutes. And I was home alone at the time. I sat outside. About 33 minutes. Yeah, you should give yourself a disservice because, you know, right at 35, that's when it gets crazy.

I figured that. That's when it go crazy. Now, I mean, I think, you know, man, it's really about people tapping into the things that, you know, you know how they talk about self-talk. You know, you're a big on mental health and awareness and you know how self-taught the things you think inside your mind are more important than the things you confess outside you know with your mouth and they tap into the things that you feel about yourself that's why this is the type of horror movie that i feel like you could only make in 2023 because we ain't scared of no monsters or nothing we're scared of real life and what's inside our own head. Yeah, and that's what the movie deals with is the manifestation of the consciousness.

So inside the film, what happens is all the characters are dealing with something, you know, the most unique thing we have on Earth, which is the mind. So whatever it is that you could actually manifest or see, whether that's good or bad, that's actually what you bring into your reality. So the movie is really cool that way. And it's a big conversation piece, man. We've been touring the last week now. We did like five, six cities.

And every time we screen the movie, it's been like an hour Q&A after every one about what the mind is doing and how it's doing it. And a lot to do with mental illness too, man. It's so important. So it's dope that way. And the end, I think, is just spectacular, man. Like what we, the message we get, which is how do you defeat fear?

So filming this was horrifying. Dion made us sleep on the floor. Like we didn't have no trailers. Hey, don't sleep on the floor. Did I do a same thing? Damn, see, I got more energy than you do. Nah, damn. See, we lived in a whole nother compound. Hey, look, bro. Hey man, I told him I would go reffing it. I mean like reffing it for me though.

You know what I'm saying? But I will tell you that the lodge we filmed on really is haunted. It really is. No, it is. The story that they told, that was real s***. Yeah, that story, that was real. No. Yeah.

That story, that lodge with the killing of the witches and all that, that shit was real. Y'all didn't sleep there, though. Yes. We slept at that lodge? In the lodge. Yeah. This is really creepy. That lodge was horrible. Yes, they did.

We slept crazy. Yes, they did. They did. They did. What did you see, Terrence? Did you see anything when you were there sleeping? When I pulled up my mattress There were spiders that came out from the bed

They had to change the bed that I was in It was terrifying It was terrifying Did you still stay there after the spiders came under your mattress? I'm a method actor baby It's so helpful You guys gotta remember This was the first movie that was shot during the pandemic.

So we actually went to the CDC and had the conversation with them before they started doing the bubble and all that. We were the first ones to do it. We were actually driving people or driving test results to L.A. and back every day. That's how you got us all there. So that's how we were able to get there. Joe Sikora drove from New York to Lake Tahoe to do this film Terrence, Tip, everybody came down and descended

into one location so we could make the movie originally I was going to do it with a camera phone and then I got a little bit more risky and was like man I wonder if I could call a real DP and really shoot this and so what I think is really great about the film is in between takes you will see when you go see the movie,

why it's called Fears is because you can really see every actor in there really dealing with something. Because this is at a time where we didn't know. So now everybody's cool. Now everybody's tough. Now everybody know everything. But this is when we were watching CNN and 10,000 bodies every day. We were saying, you know what I mean?

It's that moment. So to be able to do that film during that time, and shout out to Roxanne, man, for producing the film during that. But we did it, man. And now to have a movie

that looks like this and feels like this, fresh, new, it's pretty dope. That's dope. And that's how he got us all there because, you know, he called me and said,

hey, man, I'm going to shoot a movie. I said, man, ain't nobody shooting no movies. He said, no, I'm going to shoot a movie. I said, all right, when? He said, like, Thursday. I'm like, huh? And that's what happened. We just, I said, man ain't nobody shootin' no movies. He said, nah, I'm gonna shoot a movie. I said, all right, when? He said, like Thursday.

I'm like, huh? And that's what happened. I mean, really it was as, I guess, as spontaneous as it sounds, that's exactly how it went down. And as soon as I showed up, I saw Terrence. And it ain't like I got to show up and prepare and go to wardrobe like I showed up.

Hey, what you wearing right now? Here you are. Let's go. First scene is coming right up. The campfire scene, that was like 30 minutes after I got there. You got there. Really? But I love that.

I love that. There's such a grittiness and so authentic when it's done that way. Like when you're just in the trenches shooting a movie, it's a labor of love. Everybody's just putting their best foot forward. It's not about the hair to make up the clothes it's really about just digging in and getting into you got to be a beast to do that yeah he's a dog so you thought to yourself Dion let's use no budget whatsoever well that's what what the film represented was the moment of time we were in so even when Tip got there I right you know right when Tip got there, I, right,

you know, right when he got there and I looked at him, I was, I was like, that's it. This is the moment. This is what he looks like.

You know what I mean? And yeah, no, no budget at all. You know, what we were trying to do was just be raw and be ugly

and, and capture what it felt like during that time. But the twist is when you go to the theater, you'll understand where we're going with this because like I said, fear is a a powerful powerful emotion and it will look it could it could

manifest in a very very hurtful way so what i thought was really cool about the movies as we keep growing it and growing it i was saying this the other day like during that time and even now like you feel like oh man i feel like i got a little thing right here. You go online. You start searching. You go down the rabbit hole for, you know, you to diagnose yourself on WebMD. I do it all the time. Right? So, I got this.

And so, this energy is in this film. Right? How we perceive television is in this film. How we perceive everything that we consume and how we regurgitate it is in this film. All right, we got more with T.I. Teresay and Deion Taylor. You know that movie, Fear, comes out tomorrow. So don't forget the Breakfast Club. Come on.

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You know, so that would probably be it That's my sister. That's family. That's my sister. No, that's like my sister. How did this even go left? That's like my family. When you see Nia Long, when you see La La, you got to open the doors. You know what I'm saying? Nia Long is a national treasure. She must be protected at all costs. You know?

What about you, T.I.? Your biggest fear? I think my biggest fear, man, you know, is not being able to be there for my kids and my loved ones when they're depending on me, when they need me. And not even just not be there physically, like, you know, just not be here to guide them and direct them and, you know, offer my, I guess, experience or knowledge or wisdom for them to get through whatever they might be challenged with. I think that's my biggest fear.

Yeah. I think my biggest fear is like constantly trying to wonder if I'm going to be here in 10, 12, 13, 14 years for my kids. Like I'm like, man, I want to be here when they turn. That's something that I keep on messing with. And that's something you got to not do. You got to live in the moment right now and understand that every day is a blessing versus you trying to live for

what 2030 going to feel like. You know what I mean? It would be time for me. What's crazy is we deal with all this in the film. I'm thinking about the movie, the whole airborne virus that got people stuck in the house. Then also, I'm not going the movie you know the whole airborne virus that got people stuck

in the house you know what I mean but then also I'm not going to give it away but there was a lot of people who committed suicide during that time when was all of that

did y'all tape all of that during that one year or was that stuff y'all did after the fact we did it all in the 15 days we were there wow

so we were really ahead of that moment yeah yeah yeah that's why i keep telling you know that's why the movie is being received the way it is because you what you just hit on which is we were actually ahead of that curve a little bit but we like man just thinking it out loud like tip terrence you know i mean like how they how it happens is pretty dope what was it like july 2020 yeah you did it yeah yeah so everything started hitting the fan around

march april february is when it started going yeah february yeah you know we put all the money on the screen so it's like you know when he asked you to participate in something like that you want to get paid six figures to be in it or you want to invest six figures and have a seat at the table and so that's the beauty of what dion created with this is we're, you know, producers, complete profit participation. And I love that because it's all about, you know, bossing up. It's all about us working together. It's not reaching up. There's no studio handing us down money.

It's completely self-financed. But it doesn't look independent for anybody out there. It does not look independent. It looks great. If they didn't tell me that right now, I would have never thought that watching that. It feels get out-ish now that I think about it. That's why, you know, the people in Get Out, the actors, they got it. They thought Shia got Get Out in the movie.

They got it for me. Your mouth to God is. You know what I'm saying? Come on. Is this Get Out in the movie? A little bit. A little relative. They bought his check with an armored truck on a pillow.

I'm dead serious. An armored truck on a pillow in a box. His first roadie check from Get Out. Wow. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, but I think, like, what this represents, everyone, I think everyone talks a good game about this black excellence and building our own, but it's very seldom, man, that we actually really work together.

I was going to say that. And people, yeah, people don't want to have that conversation about, like, you know, working with people that look just like you. And especially in this industry, man, where people are actually the ones that look like you could be the most cutthroat, you know, and the most people that'll push you away. So very cliquish, you know what I mean? So for us, independently, man, I've been, you know,

this took us a long time to be able to build this. But now, like, movies like, you know, Black and Blue and Intruder and, you know, all these other films we done made. Supremacy. Supremacy, yeah, with Mahershala Ali and Danny Glover. Like, now to be able to do it at this level and now also be inclusive and work with other people, this movie could go much further than I could throw it based on the fact that these guys could run faster than me, too.

You know what I mean? So this should be like the new brand of what we're trying to build in Hollywood, you know, which is really everybody working together and building something and owning something collectively, not just one person getting rich or getting empowered. Or so if this movie works, we do it again and then we do it again. And then these guys actually participate because right now no one owns IP. I was going to say it just so important. And one thing about you, Dion, is you're always about giving those opportunities to people that, to us, you know, people that understand what our day-to-day lifestyle is like. And I think it's amazing to provide those opportunities to all of us for ownership.

And just also to kind of, I've learned a lot from you, like just learning from you. And I know just watching how he works is like a master class and to be able to be a part of that. And then, like he said, take that blueprint and do it again and do it again. That's what it's about, providing more opportunities for all of us out there to continue to grow and then put us in positions to provide more opportunities for more people.

You got to have that. It's a reason why people are like, man, I haven't seen Jack Nicholson work in 25 years, but he's sitting on the front row of the Lakers game, right? It's because he owns stake and equity in Batman. Keanu Reeves, The Matrix. You know what I mean? So you could go on and on how these guys are able to actually be a part of something.

But us, we always get it up front. You know what I mean? And now in this system where everything is streaming and they own everything you really don't get no ip or equity so now you're gonna get paid all the money right now and then you're gonna watch that for the next 20 30 years your kids gonna watch that so to be able to participate like real did in the get out or have percentage i'm sure he didn't invest but they gave him equity in the movie because he came in a small budget movie but this is different man like this is ownership so when you see fear this weekend in the movie theater and you're right it looks fantastic shout out to chris duskin um you know the whole vfx team that

worked on this when you see that just understand when you buy that ticket it is actually going back to a black production company and back to these guys who put their money up and they own that. So in five years from now when you watch Feared, it's theirs. So now we can buy some cars for Envy's car show. Uh-oh, Envy! That's for the car show. Who got the most cars?

T.I. and Envy? T.I. I was going to ask, were you bored during the pandemic? It was like, I got to shoot something. I.I. Hell nah, bro. I was going to ask, so were you bored during the pandemic? It was like, I got to shoot something. I can't just sit on my ass.

Was that where that thought process came from? Because we were all at home doing nothing. No, Deion was calling everybody. He was on the phone with Charlamagne

6 a.m. every morning. We got to change the world. We're going to do a pro, like Deion. Yeah, we had on a couple of Zooms with you during the pandemic. We did great, man.

We were active. Deion was leading the charge on the hotline. It wasn't even entertainment stuff. It was politics. Yeah. I think all of us, you and me and Killer Mike and Tamika Mallory, I think we all just, everybody knew something big was going to come out of this. That's right.

We just wanted to be a part of whatever was going to be on the other side that was um that was going to be financially beneficial or even just culturally beneficial uh and i think you know in in our own way everybody did you know a lot of people didn't make it to the other side yeah i'm seeing that physically as well as mentally mentally a lot of people did not make that jump. Y'all show that in the movie. Yeah. Some people wanted to make it. You know what I'm saying? If something was around them just wasn't, you know,

they just wouldn't let it happen, wouldn't they? They ain't going to say too much. They ain't going to say too much. All right, we got more with T.I. Terrence J. and Deion Taylor. You know that movie Fear comes out tomorrow, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with T.I. Terrence J. and Deion Taylor. Their movie Fear comes out tomorrow. Now, Lala was joining us during this interview, so let's get back to the interview. Charlamagne? Deion, how important is, like, just mentorship? Like, who taught you? Like, you giving the game to people but who taught you you know what i wasn't taught and i think that's what really helps me to be who i am today because

it was so hard for us for 17 years every time we went somewhere somebody tell you no you don't know how to actually do something so you have to learn on your own i just remember man two three times having a metaphysical death in my life. I'm like, damn, man, like I thought I was doing this right, but I've collapsed. And later on in life, I ended up being Robert Smith, who became a real mentor to me. But I was already on the move. He already seen that. But yeah, that's why.

The richest black man in America, too, by the way. That's why I just come from a place, man, of like, man, we could just show and educate. And I know that's why which is black man in america too yeah but that's why i just come from a place man of like man we could just show and educate i know that's not normal but you know we already said man the game is to be sold and i told and i've always been like no man you get get a game away for free so we can learn and move forward that's the bottom line you know i mean it's not it should not be this thing where it's only one and we've had this conversation i've seen kevin hart have it i've seen ti have it terrence have it that's a reality right now it's only one. And we've had this conversation. I've seen Kevin Hart have it. I've seen T.I. have it. Terrence have it. That's a reality right now.

It's only one. You know what I mean? And it's like, man, how do we get past that? And then how do we also celebrate people that's actually winning, man? You know, we was talking about Joe Sikora, 50 Cent, on the way over here because Joe is a really big part of this film. And I was just saying to myself, man, guys understand we do as a culture but do you understand what this man has done in television about 50 yeah I don't think

people understand they don't 50 on his black dick yeah but at the same time why why why does the country not understand that and then why is he still being in a position where he has to fight for you what he's right right like this is real man I think it's no value for black content we value it but I don't think somebody else's hands true is they try to devalue it when we own our own his numbers is better than every other show on the network so what does that mean but that's also why it's up to us, like everything that we're talking about,

because obviously 50's been a mentor, and I've said a million times, I'll say it a million and one times, 50 changed my life by the opportunities that he's always provided to me. But then you'll see people be like, oh, she did power, now she on BMF. She just do everything.

We're 50's. First of all, I'm loyal. And second of all, this man provided me so many opportunities. So that's who I'm going to stick with all I'm loyal and second of all like this man provided you're mad about that or that's not the right thing but some other person gives me opportunity yeah you should go do that you should go do that like I just says not it's not it's value when we give it to somebody else we have it it's just it's not value. Man, they criticize you till they copy you.

There you go. That's real. No, what Tip said makes a lot of sense because I'm thinking about somebody like Norman Lear. Right. You know what I mean? If Norman Lear called you every time, no one would say anything. Yeah. Judd Apatow.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I would be praised everywhere. Yeah. You know, I was thinking too, Tip, you know, who's mentoring the young rappers in Atlanta? Because you talk about your growth and your evolution. And I feel like brothers like you who made the transition from the streets, you know, to corporate America, got to give these young brothers some game. Because it feels like they just throwing it all away.

I'm always here, bro. You know what I'm saying? I'm always here. I always try and make myself available whenever I can. and I believe that the mentorship is you know it's present it's present man you know you got institutions of culture like Grand Hustle QC you know you got a free bands You got street execs. You know, it's a lot. He's so, so deaf.

You know, you got a lot of OGs that, you know what I'm saying, that reach back and still make sure that the conversations are being had. You got Killer Mike. You got, you know, CeeLo. Yeah, of course, CeeLo. Yeah, of course, Jeezy. Everybody, like, does our part to make sure that if there's some information that a young man or a young lady needs, that they know where to find it.

Places like the Gathering Spot, places like the Trap Music Museum, places like Trap City Cafe, where you just show up and you happen to see somebody hey man how do you like a person like pulled up to the cafe or like how do I copyright my music if I can't really afford a lawyer I was like man you know I just used to I don't know they still do it like did but I just used to put my demo in the mail I don't know where it's coming from. I don't know where it's coming from. Hey, man, I teach the way I would talk. You know what I'm saying? That's what it is. That's what I learned.

Let me ask you a question. Go ahead. This is a question for you, too. Into the mic, Dion. And you, this is interesting. Could you, when you named Killer Mike name killer mike yourself qc all these different brands organizations that has pioneered rap is there a way to actually unionize hip-hop was there somebody trying to do that they've been trying to do it for yeah so why are they trying

what i'm saying you could actually do that i think i think it should be done and the reason not only for that for conversation and growth but also think about all the artists that get older in age. That's what I'm saying. With a pension. Yeah. Don't have health care. Yeah. You know, don't have the finances that they need.

That's right. Don't have retirement. I mean, I think that would be a great thing to do. I guess you'd have to look at other industries to see how they did it because that's out of my spectrum of education. I guess you'd have to look at like the film industry and see how they did it way, way, way back in the day. Yeah, because those old artists have nothing right right like they've been used through the system through the studios Some of them don't have their music Nothing

And their records get sampled So they gotta wait for the 50 year hip hop to get a check Right, so that's crazy man like you should you should as smart as you are man you should dive into that that I mean, bro, I hear you. It takes participation, you know what I mean? Everybody got to be, you know, willing to come together. I see most of the time our people, if it ain't our idea, you know what I'm saying? If we didn't think of it first, like, you know, a lot of times people don't really want to participate you know collectively

but it is a phenomenal idea and it's going to be resentment to the artists who aren't doing well and then you know why should I work

with the artist that is doing well we don't just build it without them right I mean you don't get in right so anyway that's interesting

we just you gotta pay your dues for after so it's the same thing you pay your dues yearly and then when things happen you get help and chance you your retirement we need that we need

that right now yeah I'm with it yeah we need that last question Dubai Beyonce perform no cameras supposed to be no cameras then looking look how you looking at it he wanna know what's happening write down that performance that's 74 million dollars 24 million dollars you need long watch of beyonce go out i saw you in nia long did you go there with nia long no no no

you got in a fly ass ride where's the main camera i did not go with nia long at all. Stop, stop, stop. No, a bunch of celebrities went out there, right? Neil Long is a friend. A bunch of friends were all out there.

We're hanging out. Incredible performance. This is the biggest launch in the world. They launched this hotel, the Royal Atlantis. Nobu launched it, a new restaurant. It was incredible. We all went out there. Beyonce looked amazing. She looked impe uh beyonce looked amazing she looked

impeccable voice obviously blue ivy came out all the vibes were there a very theatrical performance so this wasn't you know this wasn't single ladies dancing type beyonce this was like this was halo beyonce right very classy you know what i mean so the the outfits and the wardrobe was masterful she came out she went on this little platform had the wind and the water

hitting her it was amazing you know what I'm saying it was water hitting her yeah they had these sprinklers hitting her there was fire there was fireworks

coming off of the building you know everybody was out there it was a vibe I had one question when I seen it why not 25 million

the number was was reflective of not just the the payment to her but it was a whole production around it you know what i mean yeah so this 24 million all in now we said that was all in i thought it was like A million dollars an hour And I don't even think That was the number I think the number Was actually more I think like the bigger number

Was somewhere around 45 million Like it was It's the biggest launch They wanted to outdo The original Atlantis launch That's somebody Who you can honestly say Man, she like

She deserved it Absolutely She worked her ass off All throughout the year, man And when you see Beyonce You gonna get a show. So, you know, it's certain people we just happy to see those types of numbers go to. And you expect it.

Absolutely. And when somebody else is like, man, why I can't get 24 million? Because you're Beyonce. But, yo, back to, you know, the Nia Long question. We have to celebrate our queens. We have to make sure when they step out. I want you. Whatever you want to call it, Darren. You know what I see? I 100% want you. Celebrate our Queens we have to make sure when when they step out

Union EC Nash make it good like we got to celebrate our icons, you know I'm saying Lala will tell. I would deflect to my sister any day of the week. Did y'all fly there together? What? PJ. I didn't know. I'm asking you, Terrence. I'm asking you, Terrence. Absolutely not. No, man. No, no, no.

Shout out to me. I told you Mario was staying there to throw everybody off. I know what the hell going on. You told Mario I'm going to knock him. Ladies and gentlemen, this week, you are the 27th. And Terrence Long is the breakfast club.

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