The Breakfast Club - Brian Grazer and Young M.A interview

Episode Date: September 30, 2019

Today on the show we had film and television producer and screenwriter Brian Grazer where she spoke about working with ODB, Eddie Murphy and more. Also we had Young M.A stop by to promote her album "Herstory in the Making" meeting her girlfriend and more. Moreover, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Heather Patton for her racist rant. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Shout out to the Breakfast Club. I love to see y'all every morning. What you guys are doing right now is the hub culture. The Breakfast Club is my morning sit. I need it and I love it so much. I feel like you're really not popping until you do the Breakfast Club. I've been waiting to come to y'all's show, man. I know you got to be a big time celebrity to be up in here. You got to be big time.

DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne the God. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Break the f*** up. Good morning, USA. Hey, fam. Good morning. Hey, fam. It's Friday. It's Friday. What's up Yeezy? Not much. I know you have a lot going on. I have a big day today. I see you got your bags packed. Where the hell you going? Chicago. Oh, the Chi-town. What up everybody in the Chi? What's going on in the Chi? You gonna tell us? It was a last minute thing that I have to do out there. So they actually called me about it yesterday. Okay. So you know how it is here.

You got to pack your bag. And then today, I was supposed to close on this property last week. Yes. But then there were some issues with flood insurance, some new laws in New York. So I'm closing on it today. So now I had to pack my bag so I can go do this closing and then go get on this flight. And get to Chicago. Thank you. My daughter broke my heart yesterday.

I'm going to tell you why. So yesterday, you know, my daughter goes to college next year. So we've been doing this college run. So yesterday she wanted to see NYU. So I took her on the tour. We went on the tour at NYU. And it was just the worst, right? And I'm going to tell you why. Because it was the nicest day in the city.

So everything looked so pretty. Everything looked so beautiful. And she loved it. And it broke my heart because I really was like, I'm really pushing Hampton University. But I don't know about that one now. She probably doesn't want to be far from home, too. Yeah, well, that is it, too. But we'll see. We'll see what happens.

She got the Ferrari here. I would know about all that. But, yeah, she really loved the school. So, you know, it's fun. And I was thinking, right, we're on a campus and I see you know, it's a park by NYU and I see all the students out there. Washington Square Park is called. That's what it's called? I don't know what park it was. But I see

like, and I'm thinking to myself, I'm watching like the guys on one side, the girls on one side, and I'm like, damn, they look so awkward. Like, dude, how does a guy kick it to a girl in this day and age? I was thinking that, but I'm like, for my son, like... Online? Online. thinking that, but like for my son. Online. Online.

DM him, that's all. That's weird. Why is that weird? No face-to-face interaction anymore? That's not weird. You're just old. But I do agree that we need more than face-to-face interaction, but there's other ways for people to communicate.

Just go DM, I see you in the street, and hey, I seen you earlier in Washington Park. No, why don't you talk to me? Well, funny you say that. Brian Graves is coming this morning, and his book is called Face to Face. That's what I'm talking about. It's no stupider than back in the day when we'd just walk up to a random person with a note that said, Will you go with me? Yes.

No. Maybe. I don't even know you. But at least I've seen your face. Or the nice anonymous notes you would get where people would be like, Hey, you don't know me, but I'm a secret admirer. I mean, guys don't go up to girls anymore and be like, Hey, beautiful, do you have a second to talk?

They don't do that anymore? No, they DM them. What kind of issue is this? They DM them that. That's what they do. Hey, beautiful, I seen you earlier. I stalked you to find you, and I want to know. No, that's whack, ain't it?

I think it's very whack. I think that human connection is lost in this day and age. You know, people can't even look each other in the eyes and have a conversation anymore because of social media. That's crazy. Well, it's good for me and my daughters. Yeah, okay. I guess you're right. Yeah, I guess you're right.

Because I'm going to teach my daughters to actually like human connection and human interaction. So that means they'll never meet anybody. They'll stick it out in the real world. And big shout out to Angie Martinez. Her show debuted yesterday on WE tv. Yep, untold stories of hip hop. Yo, the Bronx.

Serious question. What? You can stop your period with aspirin and gelatin? I didn't know that either. I didn't know Cardi B was talking about that. Cardi B said she stopped her period with aspirin and gelatin. That's a Bronx recipe to stop your period? Jell-O.

Right? Was it Jell-O she had? She said gelatin. I don't know. I don't know. Drop one of the clues. I never heard of that before. That was a news to me.

I got some creative things up there. No, they got some crazy things up there. As I always say, the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And, you know, Cardi B reinforced that last night. Okay, an aspirin and a gelatin will stop your period. Why not just buy birth control? How much is birth control in the Bronx? Does the birth control regulate your period?

Yeah, but then you got to take it every single day. I think that's better than taking aspirin and gelatin. Yeah, but people forget. And then you also won't regulate it right away. So you got to wait a month. And that doesn't stop your period. It just makes it come regularly. They do have one called seasonal that makes it come not that frequently.

But I don't know if I wouldn't want to get it. All that stuff doesn't sound healthy. I just want to put that out there. All right. Gelatin. Let's get the show cracking. Young M.A. will be joining us. Yes, she will.

Yeah, she has an album out today. Yes. We'll kick it with Young M.A. And Brian Grazer will be joining us. Brian Grazer is a film producer. You may not know him, but you definitely know a movie or a TV show that he's produced. A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile. He's got the Wu-Tang Hulu series right now.

American Gangster. So many. So we'll kick it with him as well. And we got front page news what we're talking about. Oh man, this is a terrible situation in Northern Virginia. We'll tell you what happened when these schoolmates, sixth graders pinned down a classmate who was black and we'll tell you what they did to her.

Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I'm a young CEO, sure. Morning everybody. It's DJ MV Club. Good morning. I'm a young CEO, sure. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now, last night in the NFL, did the Eagles play? Or did they win or lose?

I just made a mistake. I know they won. Yeah, they beat the Green Bay Packers 34-27. He's hyped in the corner. No, they won, MV. They won, yes. I know they won, Eddie. They're still looking up at the mighty Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East, though.

Just want to throw that out there because they're only 2-2. 2-2. Yeah, 2-2. Yeah, yeah. Cowboys are 3-0. Just want to throw that out there. What else are you talking about, Yee? Well, let's talk about what happened in Northern Virginia at a Christian school, the Emanuel Christian School,

which, by the way, is an evangelical private school that explicitly bars its employees from engaging in or condoning homosexual or lesbian sexual activity and transgender identity. Well, three sixth grade boys at that school pinned down one of their classmates, Amari Allen. She's only 12 years old and she's black and she had dreads. And the three boys that pinned her down are white. She said that they told her she was ugly and that her hair was nappy and they cut her hair off. And where were the teachers? Where were the administrators?

Like, how do you hold somebody down for that long in a school, and there's no adults that can see what's going on? Well, really sad and really heartbreaking. She's a straight-A student. She plays the violin. She said the boys started bullying her at the beginning of the school year. They were at recess when this happened. She was about to go down a slide, and that's when one of the boys grabbed her, put a hand over her mouth. Another boy grabbed

her arms and that's when another, third boy cut off some of her hair. So no teachers are on the playground? No teachers at recess? Maybe it happened really, really quickly and they didn't say. And then they cut off her whole hair. No, they cut off portions of her hair. She didn't even tell anybody until her grandmother was doing her hair and asked her, why are parts

of your hair missing? And that's when she started crying and told the whole story about what happened. You gotta beat their daddies up. As a dad, you gotta go to school, you gotta beat their I mean. You gotta beat their daddies up. You gotta curse the kids out and tell your daddies, come here right now and beat your daddy up. And then you gotta

file some type of charges. Should parents be held liable when their kids do stuff like that? In that case, you can't beat up a kid, right? Or can you? But you can't. I just said beat the daddy up. I'm talking about held liable as far as like

in a civil way. No. Yes. Yes, you can. I believe you can. Yes. Yeah, I'm not sure. Sometimes kids really rebel

against their parents. Because if my son punches another kid and that goes to school, the parents can sue me. Absolutely. They can, right? Yeah. I school, the parents can sue me. Absolutely. They can, right? Yeah.

I thought I heard something like that before. Absolutely can. All right. Well, that's a heartbreaking story for a 12-year-old. That's why you can't be just cutting up people's dreads and acting like that's the right thing to do. And now your life is going to be better. Forget the cutting of the dreads. That's just pure racism.

When you got three white men who hold a person down and cut their dreads and call them ugly and use words like nappy, that's just pure racism. And Logan will have to go beat up some kids. Logan, you have to go stand up for your sister. All right, now let's talk about this whistleblower situation. Donald Trump is, again, doing his whole witness intimidation thing where anybody who is against him or doesn't agree with him or tries to call him out on the obstruction that he does of justice. Now here's some audio of what he has said should happen to a whistleblower. Who's the person who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that's supposed to a spy.

You know what we used to do in the old days where we were smart, right? The spies and treason. We used to handle it a little differently than we do now. What did he say? I can't hear him. He said, you know what we used to do in the old days with spies? You're still abusing your power, Mr. President. You're still obstructing a potential investigation by doing things like that, Mr. President.

There has to be some type of checks and balances. You can't just do whatever you want and think everybody has to support you. He's crazy. And break the law and everybody's supposed to just act like it didn't happen. And that's why I'm so happy that the Democrats have finally started to act like what he is doing is wrong. Because if they don't have checks and balances and don't act like what he's doing is wrong, then the general public will think it's okay. He normalizing criminal behavior.

And you saw the whole cancel New York Times thing that was happening yesterday? That is what fascists do. Fascists want to suppress the press. Well, no, they were upset that the New York Times actually revealed a lot of information about who the whistleblower is. So, because they're the only... Wait, isn't he going to testify? Yeah, that's the only newspaper so far, only media that has actually given out specific details on who the person is. So right now they're protecting the identity.

But I guess the New York Times revealed too much, and so now people are saying cancel New York Times. Alright, that is your front page news. Alright, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night, horrible night, or maybe you feel blessed, you want to spread some positivity.

Hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country.

My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs,

the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know

what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest,

whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Gigi! Hey, get it off your chest. All right, I want to get it off my chest about this little girl getting beat up, held down by these three little white boys.

I'm a teacher. I teach in Brooklyn. I teach black and brown children. All of my children are black and brown. I think that parents really need to be conscious of the spaces that they put their black and brown children in, period. I personally would not put my child in a majority white school at that age. This country was founded on racism, rooted in racism. And, like, a lot of the things that our children, our students, I did with my own students,

black and brown students, a lot of the things that they do, it's learned behavior that they don't even understand that they're learning. So these white kids hitting down this little girl, they don't understand that that's racism. They're only in sixth grade. They're 11, 12 years old. It's coming from the parents. The parents aren't going to do anything. Her parents can come and beat up the father, and what is that going to solve?

I agree with you. The real issue is education. We need to really start educating students about racism at a younger age. And it's hard when they're getting to have something different at home and hearing their parents say something else, and then they go to school and bring that with them.

A lot of kids don't have a choice. They might live in a district where that is their school, or that's the school that they have to go to, you know, but I do think if you have the memes and the resources kids don't have a choice. They might live in a district where that is their school or that's the school that they have to go to, you know, but it's too sad. I do think if you have the means and the resources, you should seek out more diverse schools, you know, for our black and brown kids to be in.

That is one of the things that definitely causes my parental paranoia is knowing my daughter is one of the few black people in her school. For me, I want to put my black or brown child in a space with white bodies. I want to put my black or brown child in a space with white bodies. I will put them in an activity.

It wouldn't be school because I feel like school is, it's a safe place for certain people to discuss certain things. And a lot of these schools don't even have an inclusive education where they discuss these stuff, racism. The way that they learn is different from how I learned it. I'm about to be 30.

Completely different from my generation. Definitely different from y'all's generation. And it's a very inclusive teaching of the history of the United States. I remember growing up, I learned that the white man was a savior. They came here, they rescued the Native Americans. They rescued African Americans. Completely wrong. They taught us all that, though.

Completely wrong. They taught us all that. My students now, exactly. That's what I was taught. But my students, they learn from my primary documents. They read it. They quickly think about what was really going on at that time. And they could break it down and say, like, oh, this is why today things are the way that they are.

Wow. They were including Chinese back in the 1800s. Wow. This is why they're saying Mexicans are taking jobs in the 2010s and the 2019s and 2020s. You understand? Right. The education system is messed up and it's going to further divide people racially because historically we're not teaching people about the true U.S. history.

You're right, baby. Thank you for calling. Why did we interview her just now? We didn't interview her. She did most of the talking. I'm a five-minute phone call. 585-1051. Get it off your chest.

This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. My money in a crate. Wake up, wake up. Wake your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. My money in a crate. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Say it, say it, say it. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Johnny. Johnny, what's up? Get it off your chest, bro.

Good morning, guys. Man, Charlamagne, I know you're just going to act like you can just smoothly go in there. We just talked about this. I'm going to tell you something. I would have been on time, but it's a couple of people, man, salute to a couple of homies. I don't know them, but I call them homies, but they're downstairs, and they wanted to rap, and they wanted to sing for me, and I don't know why people do that when they know we got to be on the air at 6 a.m.

I'm not about to be late to listen to you rappers sing. You know what I mean? The funny thing is, they was here yesterday, and I was like, my G, you know I'm late. Word up. I can't listen to you rap. You know I'm late. We go on the air at 6 a.m.

And by the way, if you do start rapping to me, I'm not listening to you. I can't. I'm late. What's more important to me is being on this radio at 6 a.m. Right. I get it. Hello, who's this? Hey, Andy, what's going on 6 a.m. So, right. I get it. Hello, who's this?

Hey, Andy, what's going on? It's Cliff. Cliff, what's up, man? Get it off your chest, bro. What's going on, man? I just want to say, just spread some positivity, man. I'm going to send my wife out, my beautiful black queen. I'm spending our daughter.

We have a couple of days, man. Just want to say everybody be blessed, man, and have a good day. All right, bro. Have a good one. You too. Thanks. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Chandler from Columbus, Ohio. Just want to say everybody be blessed, man, and have a good day. All right, bro. Have a good one. You too. Thanks. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Chandler from Columbus, Ohio.

Good morning. Chandler, what up? Get it off your chest, bro. Well, first off, I want to tell y'all three. Columbus is a gold mine because Envy, if you had one of them seminars, everybody would go. Charlamagne, everybody would come to your book signing. And Angela Yee, everybody would come to your book signing. And Angela Yee, everybody will come to your lip service. But anyways, you'll need to give Chris Brown donkey of the day

because this fool performed in Pittsburgh. My dude said he got real drunk out of his mind. He had a show in Columbus. He canceled 15 minutes before the show started. Then posted a picture on Instagram where it looked like he was cracked out like Bobby Brown and then performed the next day.

I thought he said he had the flu. He was sick. He had the flu. He had to give his voice some time to... He ain't had no damn flu. My man Ubered his assistant

and he said he got real tore up until like 6 in the morning. They performed. He canceled 15 minutes before the show started. So people was crying. People took the day off. But he need to get donkey today because he was trolling.

He ain't had no damn flu. How do you know he ain't got no flu? You ain't his doctor, man. The man said he was sick. He said he was going to do a makeup day, bro. And I know some groupies that was chilling with him. You got all the inside information. Get the hell out of here.

I know everybody in Columbus. And let me ask you a question. Why are you the Columbus version of 6ix9ine, bro? You're just out here telling on everybody. Don't be trying to get me stabbed out here, man. You're doing a perfectly good job without yourself. Just out here telling on people.

You only tell on out-of-towners? I don't switch on nobody from Columbus, though. That's a fact. Goodbye, Chandler from Columbus, though. That's a fact. That's a fact. Goodbye, Chandelier. All right, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Now, we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, we are going to talk about these concerts. Lil Wayne, since we just talked about Chris Brown canceling, he has to pay after failing to respond to a concert lawsuit. We'll tell you how much he has to pay. Also, new music out today. We'll tell you how much he has to pay. Also, new music out today. We'll tell you what you can be looking for. You already know Young M.A.'s albums in stores.

Who else has an album out today? Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. Man, black youngster has gotten arrested in Houston. They say that he was carrying prohibited ammo when they pulled over a car.

He was just a passenger in a car, so that doesn't mean that it was his, but he was with three other people. They were driving around in the GMC Yukon, and cops pulled them over for running a red light, quote-unquote running a red light. They said they smelled marijuana. So they searched the car and that's when they found three pistols and weed. So he's being charged now with felony possession of a prohibited weapon, specifically armor piercing ammunition. And another passenger was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon. The two other people in the vehicle were not charged. I wonder why. I wonder why the two other people in the vehicle weren't charged.

I don't know. Because I would assume that the two other people in the vehicle should be the ones that, you know, say that the weapons are theirs because Black Youngster is the moneymaker, right?

Well, it could be women that they just met. It could be someone, you know, you don't know the situation. Oh, that's true, too. Right, we have no idea who these other two people are.

I don't know why I was just thinking it was guys. A bunch of guys riding around in cars making money. Absolutely right. All right, Lil Wayne has to pay

$150,000 after not responding to a concert lawsuit. Now, apparently, of course, that's for breach of contract and fraud. So the judge did rule in favor of the promoter. And now he has to pay, pay up, pay up. That's what happens when you don't go to court and you're getting sued. Now let's talk about 6ix9ine's ex-manager, Shadi. He has admitted to shooting five people in one night,

and that audio was leaked of him talking about it. He talked about that on the phone? Yeah, well, that transcript was released. Now, remember we told you about Jorge Rivera, the driver? Yes. Well, the driver's the one who captured the recording, and that's where Shadi was bragging that he was the top dog now that he did Mel Murda's dirty work for him.

He said, I earned my stripes. And there's other leaked recordings where you can hear members of the gang saying that you can either be a shooter or a dealer in 9Tray. You can't be both. So that's some of what was on those tapes. We told you that the driver had been arrested by ICE, and that's when he became an informant. Sheesh. My goodness. All right.

Listen, that's one person that we hope when ICE sends back the way they came from. People in the street just like, please send him back. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, it's been announced they will be co-headlining Super Bowl halftime. That'd be dope, right? For them to be doing that. A lot of shaking. Yeah, Miami. A lot of shaking on that stage.

I'd love to see Luke. Oh, and that's Miami too? Yeah, that's Miami. Oh, wow. I would love to see Luke. Maybe get Luke to get Luke. Don't stop. Pop that.

Let me see you. At the Super Bowl halftime. Why not? I don't see a problem, wow. I would love to see Luke. Maybe get Luke to get Luke. Don't stop. Pop that. Let me see you. At the Super Bowl half-spread. Why not? I don't see a problem with that. I would love that, but I don't know if it's going to happen. I don't know if it's going to happen. God damn it. I don't know if you realize how conservative.

What? You never rocked it, that's all? Of course, but I'm saying, do you know how conservative this Super Bowl half-time show is? J-Lo and Shakira are not conservative. They're going to come out there and some short stuff, and they're going to be twerking just like any of them old Luke dancers used to do. Exactly. You might as well let Luke come out and do Scarred one time for the coach. I would love that. Don't stop, pop that, let me

see you do do bro. Now, is this one of the halftime shows that Roc Nation is curating? I'm not sure about that. If you're going to have J-Lo and Shakira out there shaking their ass, you might as well have Uncle Luke come out there and do a singing and provide the soundtrack God damn it. I'm just saying. Alright, now let's talk new music.

DaBaby, his album Kirk is out today. So congratulations to him. He has some great features on there as well. You know. What's going on for DaBaby? Nicki Minaj is on the album. Okay. Chance the Rapper, Gucci, YK Osiris,

Kevin Gates is on there. And Kevin Gates has an album out today too. Lil Baby, Moneybagg Yo, Stunna for Vegas, The Migos, all of them on that album. I believe we have, yes, we do have a snippet. Here's Gospel featuring Chance, Gucci, and YK Osiris. Oh, yeah. I'm ready to find all my options to tempt me. And the day I die, I've been to town going out to history. It's all over in Dolo. I've been starting.

No hope. It's a no-go. I don't know. And everybody wondering why he come around and don't say nothing. Cause he be so long. He be so long. I came from down here. I came from three of those.

That's not dope. Salute to the baby. Drop on the clothes, bounce with the baby again. Charlotte, North Carolina all day. 704, what's happening? Young Maze album is out today too as well. Her debut album feels like she should have been had that done.

Her story in the making and I love this intro on her album, No Mercy. She went and dropped the pennies. Hook your heart. I won the Grammy. Don't take Molly. Don't take Zinnis. But there's weed inside the pantry. I get high to get by. She go low cause she my. Shout out Reen. That's the bro. Shout out to my mom. We ain't never home.

We on the road. Ain't no letting up. Ain't catching up. We on the road. Pull up in a. How about that? Okay. I see everybody here bopping their head.

Even Eddie, our producer. Young M.A. will be here this morning, right? Yes. Young M.A.'s coming through this morning. Also, French Montana has new music out with Cardi B and Post Malone. He has a new song out with them. That's going to be on be calling me tomorrow, yeah. And my gum is like water, you'll be calling me tomorrow, then I'm just getting short of hair. Make you push a little harder, little fancy, little deeper, boy, I promise I make you feel

that it's all up on the level up, booty like a jello cup, bitches hella jealous, wishing there was them instead of us. I done got hot, so ready to catch them up. It feels like Kevin Gates' album, I'm Him, is out also. And yeah, make sure you take a listen to that. I haven't heard that one yet, but everybody's saying great things about it.

So I'm gonna make sure I listen to that today. Sosa Man's Trap Sauce is out today. And Nicki Minaj has a new song. Well, PNB Rock has a new song out

that Nicki Minaj is on. Because you know, Nicki's Fendi line is about to drop. And the song is On the booth. He wanna rock. Just like my cool. She wanna get hard. Straight to the moon. Straight to the moon.

She wanna get flawed. Just like a bro. Just like a bro. Be like a family. All that stuff I got to tell you. All these boys on the end. I'll let you go to bed. It's impossible to get through all this new music.

A lot of new music. You have a whole weekend. I think it makes the weekend exciting. I don't have the bandwidth in my brain. It's impossible. And for Nicki Minaj, her Fendi collection

will be available on Fendi.com starting October 14th and in select boutiques starting October 16th. That's dope. All right, I'm Angela Yee and that is your Rumor Report.

I'm going to just pick one. I'm going to ride with the baby this weekend. Baby? I'll get to everything else later. I already started listening to his album. I like the baby.

All right, now we got front page news when we come back. Yes, we are going to be talking about a breed of dog. The person who created this dog says he regrets it and calls the dog a Frankenstein monster. Wow. All right. We'll get into that next.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now with Thursday night football.

The Eagles beat the Packers last night. Don't know the score, but the Eagles won last night. What else we talking about, Yeezy? Don't speed past the fact that the Eagles are what, 2-2 now? They are in 2-2. But they're still at the bottom of the NFC East. Looking up at my Dallas Cowboys who are 3-0. Just want to throw that out there.

Game was 34-27. Eagles won. What else we got, Yee? Let's talk about this woman, Heather Lynn Patton. She's in California. She was caught on video and she was leaving

a CVS pharmacy in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of LA. And she is using the N-word and being very disgusting. Listen to this. Yeah, she's on drugs or something.

No, I'm totally... I just hate niggers. Damn. I hate niggers. It's okay. We're calling the cops on you. I would kill, I would kill a nigger, but the law says I can't kill the niggers. If the law didn't say that I couldn't kill the niggers, they'd all be dead.

And that's when you just got to slap a crack ass cracker. Well, she's had two restraining orders taken out against her by her neighbors, according to her records. She had two restraining orders taken out to her by her niggers. And she's also been neighbors according to her records. She had two restraining orders taken out to her by her neighbors. And she's also been fired now from her job. She's worked on several different TV shows. She's a wardrobe designer. So she does

costuming and other crew roles according to her IMDB page. And so, yes. All that shit happened, but she should also get slapped. Well, good time. Nothing wrong with a little physical discipline every now and then. And so, yes. All that shit happens, but you should also get slapped. Well, good time. You know what I'm saying? Slap the nigga out of her. Nothing wrong with a little physical, you know, discipline every now and then. Along with everything else you just said.

Just a quick slap. Yeah, I'm not mad at that. In real time. When she says that in that moment to somebody, a nigga needs to haul off and slap her. That's all. But I am glad that when the way things play out, you get caught on video and everybody knows your name. They know who you are.

You lose your job. She doubled down like she didn't care. Not only that, not only did she keep saying the words, she said, if the law would allow it, I would kill her N-word. Lord have mercy. You can't tell me that ain't a word for slap now. If the law didn't say I couldn't. Come on now.

If you're a white person out there and you don't think that that deserves a slap, you're not an ally. You should hope that that cracker gets slapped. Right. Well, she's, yeah. All right. Now let's talk about McDonald's. They're testing Beyond Meat burger plant-based burgers. And they're going to be doing that in 28 restaurants.

I love Beyond Meat. The burger is called the PLT, plant lettuce lettuce, and tomato, instead of the BLT. So they're saying that Beyond Meat shares exploded after that at 13% and went up 13%. Do they have to have that in every restaurant? I mean, it's nice to have options for people who don't eat meat. Here's the thing, though. How about don't go to that restaurant? It's just an option.

What's wrong? Why are you against it? I'm just saying, if I don't like tacos, I don't go to Taco Bell. But they want business. It's about making money. If you want that business, you'll provide what customers want. When it comes to those fast food restaurants, we didn't know what the meat was before. We didn't know it wasn't real beef before.

So what the hell is it now? It's pea isolate protein. I don't even know what that is. But I will say this. I was so grateful. I was in the airport one day. I went to Friday's, and Friday's actually has Beyond Burgers, and I was really excited. I never knew I'm going to eat there.

Friday's is a little different than McDonald's. Man, I'm telling you, all them people just doing this because it's making us feel good and because it's profitable right now. Yeah, that's the point. It's probably the same old meat that it's been. It's the same old mystery meat. Now they just got a good name for it. Beyond Meat.

Well, people that don't eat live animals, this is a great option for them. Who eats live animals? I would never just bite into a live animal. I'd cook it for me. Animals that were alive. You had a live animal? No, I would never eat a live animal. At least this isn't meat. This isn't real animal meat. This is something else, okay? We got you. This is vegetarian. And if you're a vegetarian and you have your reasons for not eating meat,

why not let them have those options? Especially these restaurants who make money off of it. So, nothing wrong with that. Also, why tease yourself? I'm thankful for it. Why tease yourself if you're a vegetarian, right? Why even eat the fake meat? Well, you want a burger, but you just want to be healthy with it.

Stick to your plants. It is a plant. It's a plant burger. It's a plant-based burger. Yes. No such thing. You show me a cow that grows out of the ground and then we can talk. Just like people make burgers.

Is there any cows on the vine? People make burgers out of black beans. You never had a black bean burger? I have. Those are good. All right. So why don't you have a problem with that? Just stop of black beans. You never had a black bean burger? I have. Those are good. All right. So why don't you have a problem with that? Just stop calling it a burger.

Call it a black bean patty. No, for real. Why do you care? Because words matter. A plant patty? Stop calling it a burger. When I think burger, I think beef. So what about a turkey burger?

They should call that something else too. Yes. Call it a turkey patty. Or a chicken burger. Call things a patty. Chicken patty. All right. I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News.

When you think burger, you think beef, right? I do. I don't. I think turkey burger normally because I haven't had beef in 26 years. Well, they don't have that at McDonald's. They don't have a turkey burger at McDonald's. No, but that's what I think of. How McDonald's never had a turkey burger for Thanksgiving?

Wouldn't that be such simple marketing? You could get a chicken sandwich. That's probably why. You can get a McRib. That's about it. Oh, okay. All right. But anyway, when we come back, Brian Grazer will be joining us.

Now, if you don't know who Brian Grazer is, he's produced some of the films that you probably love, like American Gangster, 8 Mile, Empire, Beautiful Mind, Splash. Yep. And we'll talk to him when we come back, all right? It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlam you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Brian Grazer. Welcome, sir.

Thank you. Yeah, I'm glad to be here. Brian got a lot of accolades. New York Times bestselling author. Correct. Oscar-winning producer. Okay. Golden Globes, Emmy, Grammy Awards.

Nice. His films, along with Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment. I think y'all have grossed like $13 billion in movies. Or something like that. Yeah. Give or take a billion, right? That's like work. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's got a new book out now called Face to Face, The Art of Human Connection. All that,

and you want to come on this show? Exactly. Why write books? Why? Um, you really want an answer? Yes. Oh, I didn't really intend on writing a book, but I did a previous book. It was called A Curious Mind, and that was because for 40 years I've decided since college that I would try to disrupt my comfort zone every week by trying to understand another

business other than my business. And so I've met thousands of people, Nobel laureates, Michael Jackson, Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, endless amounts of people. And they would share their insights. And I would get into these one-on-one conversations, which I put high value on to the point I thought I'd rather have one of these conversations with somebody that was meaningful and have another hit movie. And then somebody said, don't ever say that out loud. But then I had this epiphany and I realized that none of the people that I'd met over the 40 years would have really connected with me and shared their heart and me theirs if we didn't actually look at each other.

That was this sort of central bridge it was like to human connection. It was kind of the Wi-Fi of human connection. Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi. That's why I'm on your show.

Yes. So that's what why I'm on your show. Yes. So that's what it is. So I basically thought I wanted to share this with other people and share the technique so that other people can do it. Truthfully, because I was like an F student in elementary school for quite a while because I was dyslexic. And if I can do it, anyone can do this. You were dyslexic?

How did you overcome your dyslexia? I started to say dyslexic do this. You were dyslexic. How did you overcome your dyslexia? I started to say dyslexic-ness, which sounded dyslexic. How did you overcome that? I didn't, you know, up until the fifth grade. Then I could, I remember pretty vividly, I could read one word. And then I was able to spell. And it just sort of gradually happened. It was almost like kids,

I met this kid in Buenos Aires who was Venezuelan who spoke perfect English. He was 22 years old and he learned it through video games. Wow. So I probably learned to read and spell through human connection

by talking to people. How did you get into television? What was your love for television? What made you jump into that? Basically, what happened is I was a writer. So the movies for TV that I was referencing, those were my creations. And because I had no money and somebody said, since you have no money, you got to have something. So I'd write my ideas.

And as rudimentary as they were, they were conceptual. And that was valuable. And then I wrote The Mermaid. I wrote the movie called Splash about a man. Classic! That's a classic. Daryl Hannah. Tom Hanks! The greatest actor of all time

if you ask me. Wow, thank you. I think so. Good. Thanks. To me, Tom Hanks was. I love him. I love Splash. I watch Splash to this day. Wow. To this day. Charlamagne really came alive. No, Tom Hanks was. I love Flash. I watch Flash to this day. Wow. To this day. Charlamagne really came alive. No, I love Flash. Flash is great, man.

Thank you. He likes that Splash. I would love to see a sequel to Splash. Like, I want to see him underwater living with her. Because that's what happened at the end, right? He became a merman. He became her, yeah. A merman. A merman.

Yeah. Well, yeah. A lot of people, I was turned down hundreds of times on this Mermaid movie. I can see why. Yeah. Well, yeah. A lot of people, I was turned down hundreds of times on this Mermaid movie. I can see why. Yeah. And they go, it just seems stupid. The concept is like, yeah. But the movie is great.

But the movie is great. Well, because I kind of knew what the internal heartbeat of what the movie was. It was a love story. It was about a guy that has a lot of things. He owns a produce store. He's not like a loser. He's got good shit, but he can't have love. And so I thought that disability would be really interesting.

Was that your personal life? It was my personal life. Was it really? You fell in love with a mermaid? It's a great story. It was my personal life. It's love out there for everybody, even if it's deep, deep, deep under the water. Yeah. I'm thinking, Dad, it was my personal life. It was basically like, it's love out there for everybody, even if it's deep, deep, deep under the water.

Yeah. I'm thinking that. It was your love life when you was high one day. It was like, this would be a great idea. There's a movie like that that just came out that won all these Oscars.

Yeah. What was that called? Yeah, with Gabriel Del Toro. The Shape of Water. I hated that. That was garbage. I enjoyed that movie. No, it wasn't.

It was not good. It was no splash. Exactly. It wasn't a splash. And I really feel like somebody saw Splash and that was the impression for that movie. Thank you. A little more violent. Thanks.

Thank you. But I'm glad that you like Splash. So basically, it was my story. You're right. And then I thought, how can I make her even more unattainable and at the same time give a woman more power and mystique, make her a mermaid. And that put the movie into another genre, elevated to another genre,

so it was like a fantasy along with a romantic comedy. So when your boss at the time, right, or whoever had to approve that, when you went to say, Nobody approved that one. This is my costume. What did they say back to you? Oh, on the Splash movie.

Yes. They mostly go, that's a stupid idea. They don't go, a mermaid? There's no such thing as a mermaid. And I'd go, I understand that. And then once I made one movie and gave me some credibility called Night Shift, it was still hard to make the mermaid movie, and I had one company, Warner Brothers, that said they'd do it

if I didn't let Tom Hanks go underwater and be with the woman i go but that's the whole point of the movie i'd rather again be like on the street with nothing than do it and have defeat the whole purpose of the movie isn't the worst part about pitching ideas when you got to sit down and talk to a bunch of non-creatives. Yes. It's really, really hard. Like, you're trying to hit, you're hitting a wall all the time. Yeah. And they're thinking about finances and how much they can make. They always talk, yeah, they try to bring an economic model to everything. And we all know that doesn't work in life because art forms don't work that way.

So, but they always do that. So what I do on pitches now, what I've learned after Splash is that once, when people are dinging you out for the story, they go, we're not, that story's stupid. Then I go right to the theme. And if people, and you pick themes, like in the case of Splash, it's a love story. So I go, do you mean you don't root for love or parenthood or empire? I'd go, yeah, I understand these are the characters, but you have to root for family.

If you don't root for family, and then people don't want to look at themselves in the mirror like that, so they go, yeah, of course I root for family, and then they often will go yes. Was empire a tough sell back then only because there wasn't a lot of black representation on TV at the time? Yeah, it was a very, very, very tough sell for network television.

They were so disgraceful about it. You know, like shaming and stuff like that. Really? What were they shaming? Hip-hop? They were shaming. Blackness? What was it? I don't know. Just like, I don't even want to, shouldn't say, but it was just like, this is a terrible idea.

90%, 95% black movie, black TV series on network television. You know, don't you watch television? Don't you understand? There's no Negroes on TV, Brian. This is the 90s. Fortunately, there are now. Yeah, now there is. But yeah. Because of Empire. But it was hard because of Empire. Yeah, yeah.

It's true. The thing, yes. I think we all like that it opened the aperture for that. Absolutely. But I think if you find, you go, please. If you find a theme that is irrefutable, then it sort of helps. All right, we got more with Brian Grazer. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Brian Grazer. Now, you might not know his name, but he produced flicks and movies like 8 Mile, American Gangster, Empire, and more. Yee. Like, you did 8 Mile, and you tell a great story about sitting down with Eminem.

Yeah. That felt awkward, because I was picturing it as I was reading what that scenario was like. For you to even... Why was it awkward even have that meeting. Because, again, you know, like we're having fun talking and stuff. And I feel like I try really hard to have human connection. And I tried all of these techniques to communicate with him and have him look at me. But he just kept looking straight out the window while I was over here.

And Jimmy Iovine was over there looking at me like, you like that? And I literally tried it all. And then after about 20 minutes, which felt like two hours at least, he just goes, I'm out. And I just was unable to connect in a way that made him feel safe or or interested or trusting and then as he i said you can't go like that and so he put his hand on the door to leave and i just in desperation just tackled him no i couldn't i didn't tackle him because he's no i didn't tackle him. But in desperation, I just said, you can animate, can't you? And I said, you can animate. You can animate?

Was that like, where did that come from? What? Can you draw? Can you do cartoons? What does that mean? Like physically, well, here's the thing. What made me really want to meet him was I saw he was he was at the VMAs and he was on

screen for a short minute on screen in his seat. And something he had this really icy urban glare going on that felt really urban glare, Brian. It's just like I can't do it. It's just scary.

I need to see what an urban glare. Why is that an urban glare? Well, because I knew a little bit. That could be a lookup of a domestic terrorist. By the way. Wow. You're the only one that's busted me, and it's a legit bust on that. Right.

Why urban? Just say glare. I'm going to give glare a go. Yeah, give it an urban. Yeah, give it's a legit bust on that. Right. Why urban? Just say glare. I'm going to give glare a go. Yeah, get rid of the urban. Yeah, get rid of the urban. Icy glare. I'm having to learn stuff on the show. That's fine.

That's embarrassing. But it's true. Okay. You had an icy glare. I had a glare. Okay. On TV. Gotcha.

And then somebody made him laugh, and he really did animate. He had this, what you look for in actors. Was it an urban laugh? Like a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. One of those? No, no. That just made me uncomfortable. Are you all right?

Did he assault you? Are you okay? Is this show going okay for me? I don't know. I was told to watch it. Oh, man. That was good. That was very funny.

Urban laugh. Go. Okay. Anyway, no, just a That was very funny. Urban laugh. Go. Okay. Anyway, no, just a laugh. He laughed. He laughed. He laughed. He smiled.

Honestly, he animated. His face became fluid, you know, like Tom Hanks, your favorite actor. He's the best. There's a thing that you look for in actors, and so he had that quality. That's what I wanted to mean. So I guess I just, it was desperate. It was 20 minutes in. He was going to leave. I just said that word. It was irrelevant. And he stopped

though. And he stopped. He came back, sat down. I better just charge into this thing. Sat down and he told his story. I said, what's your story? And he launched into his story and that really became what became 8 Mile. Became the architecture for the movie 8 Mile.

And this guy won an Oscar. First hip hop artist to ever win an Oscar. Well it was for music. I know but still. That was a great movie too by the way. 8 Mile is good. It's actually better now. Good. I didn't really care for it in theaters.

It's turning good now. I didn't really care for it in theaters but when I go back now. No, no. I didn't really care for it in theaters, but when I go back and watch it on reruns, it was actually a very good movie. I actually wrote a whole chapter in my first book based off Eminem. I call it Live Your Truth, and it's the Eminem in 8 Mile Theory.

And it's live your truth so nobody will use your truth against you. So you know at the end, when he's going against... That's the whole point of the movie. Yes. Yeah, I have to read your chapter. That sounds like the thesis of that.

Now, have you ever had a face-to-face connection with somebody and decided that person was not a good person just from your sit-down? Wow, that's a really good question. Yes, I have. Because at this point, you know, I do use eye contact to make snap decisions, you know, in terms of casting. You can make mistakes

like that. What? You can make mistakes like that. You can, but if you're dealing with high volume, you have to feel people's energy. And sometimes I feel like somebody's energy is not going to be a good outcome for Brian. I agree with that with the energy part, but have you read Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers? Yes.

He's a really good friend of mine. He introduced me to Gucci. He goes, I'm going to... He's a great friend. 15 years. He goes... We made that connection, by the way. What? We made the connection between Malcolm to Gucci. He goes, I'm going to, I'm going to, he's a great friend. 15 years. He goes. We made that connection, by the way. What?

We made the connection between Malcolm and Gucci. Because Gucci spoke about how he read Malcolm's books in jail. And then like. Yes, that's true. I think Malcolm tweeted him or something. And then he ended up having to sit down. Yeah, exactly. But you asked me a question I should stay on point. Oh, no.

In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm talks about how we make mistakes. Yes, we make mistakes. We think, like you said, Eminem wasn't looking at you eye to eye. Yeah. But that don't mean that he's not a trustworthy person or somebody that was shy. And you say that too. People can be nervous. I would not have ever made the judgment.

Yes, 100% correct. Okay. I would never say, oh, he wasn't trustworthy. I'd just say he wasn't interested. Gotcha. That's the only thing I could guess. But going to your question, there are people that I've met that I felt like just might not be a good person. Right, your intuition and energy was like, this is not... Yeah, that they're not embracing humanity at all.

Certain people are like technocrats. So they want to move technology as fast as they can. They want to move sometimes AI as fast as they can to the expense of the human species. And I know that's a broad statement and there are some caveats, of course, that could inform that. But I care about people that care about people. Right, because you're also in a business where there are some really disgusting people. Yes. There's one, you know, that is sentenced that I didn't know that had

this problem, but I just never wanted to work with that person because I just Harvey Weinstein? Could be Harvey Weinstein. You said he's sentenced. Charged or sentenced? I don't know what he's charged or sentenced quite frankly. Okay. Yeah.

But you were right about the energy. Well, I just the energy. I just never wanted to be in alignment with him. Why are you protecting him? Say his name. I guess it's Harvey Weinstein. Yeah, don't protect him, Brian. I just don't want to be If you feel like that, you feel like that.

Yeah, okay. And there's enough people that I mean, I would say this, that when I went up to win, I went up to, I stood up to receive an Oscar for Apollo 13 and didn't get it. And Harvey Weinstein, which is a bummer, at the end of the night, he goes, if you're with me, you win an Oscar. Now, I was able to win an Oscar two years later on A Beautiful Mind. Great movie. Thank you.

Russell Crowe, baby. Russell Crowe. He's good. He's good. Great movie. Denzel's really good. That was a great movie. Denzel and Russell Crowe, two Crowe he's good great movie Denzel's really good that was a great movie Denzel and Russell Crowe two of the best yeah so sometimes you do meet people

often I meet people that energy is out of alignment with mine we're still kicking it with Brian Grazer when we come back so don't move it's the Breakfast Club good morning good morning everybody it's DJ MV Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Brian Grazer. Now, you might not know his name, but he produced flicks and movies like 8 Mile, American Gangster, Empire, and more. Now, Yee. So are you a big hip-hop fan? I am. I am a big fan. I don't, I'm not, yes, I'm a big hip-hop fan. I don't think I'm an expert.

Who do you love? Well, I started off meeting Old Dirty Bastard 25 years ago. Where'd you meet him? I was taking a taxi cab to Midtown, and in the cab, because they didn't have Uber cars, I'm in the cab, the guy's got the radio on real loud. It's a shock jock guy. He's interviewing someone

named Old Dirty Bastard. But that's 25 years ago when nobody wants to be called Old Dirty Bastard, except this's 25 years ago when nobody wants to be called Old Dirty Bastard except this one guy on the phone, in the radio. This was kind of like my first early kind of taste

of that kind of thing. With the urban thing? Urban there. So then I thought, I'm going to... It killed me. So anyway, so I thought, I'm going to go meet, I'm going to find this old dirty bastard.

I'm going to find old dirty bastard. I'm going to find old dirty bastard. And because I'm resourceful, you know, I found Jonas Salk. He took three years to meet me. Yeah, but that's the big dude that's been calling around saying, can you find me old dirty bastard? Yeah, yeah. So I ended up finding him. Bottom line is he says I can come to his studio, meet you in my studio. Oh boy. But there wasn't really a studio, yeah. So I end up finding him. Bottom line is he says, I can come to his studio.

Meet you in my studio. Oh, boy. But there wasn't really a studio, basically. It was like he was on a sidewalk. Maybe it was a studio. I'd be that guy that could be a liar if I said, I'm sure it was a studio. Because he wouldn't let me in to the thing that he was supposed to be in front of. But there was a whole whiskey down all the way to the bottle.

He's all over the place. And I'm thinking, wow, this guy is fascinating. To make the story honest and complete, I was also friends with the editor, the actual editor of the New York Times. And I told him about this meeting that I had with this guy,

old dirty bastard. So I said something about Times. And I told him about this meeting that I had with this guy, old dirty bastard. So I said something about it, and he said, well, I think, he said, I feel like that's an inferior subculture that will go away. Whoa. F*** him. Who is that? I'm not going to say his name, because he's a nice guy who's just wrong.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so then that set me on the, I thought, I'm going to prove this wrong. So I met Chuck D, and then I went off and I met Slick Rick, and I thought, wow'm going to prove this wrong. So I met Chuck D. And then I went off and I met Slick Rick. And I thought, wow, there's a lot of range in all of this, too. Hip hop is actually not just a subculture. And in fact, it's a very subculture.

It's the actual culture itself. And this guy doesn't get it. And I'm just a young guy learning it. So that's when I started to sort of build this equation, which later became 8 Mile. But I have to, you know, give lots, tremendous thanks, and Eminem was not only just the subject of it, he was the solution to it. Gotcha.

And then that became a whole... Let's not give all the credit to the white guy. I don't like that. How about, is Jay-Z, we like Jay-Z? Absolutely. I did Made in America with Jay-Z, but if I hadn't, I met ODB and all that, I wouldn't have thought to do the Made in America thing with Jay-Z, Absolutely. I did Made in America with Jay-Z, but if I hadn't met ODB and all that, I wouldn't have thought to do the Made in America thing with Jay-Z, and I wouldn't

have thought to do an album on American Gangster after the whole thing was locked and done. This is a great story about Jay-Z, very quickly. You don't have to be quick. Okay, so Jay-Z says, can I do, you know, we caught up with it late that I was doing American Gangster. And so he said, let me do the soundtrack.

I go, actually, we've already done the entire soundtrack. It's been scored and done, locked. He said, that's not possible. It's not possible. And I said, well, it is. And so we can't do it. He goes, I will do an additional album for American Gangster. Because I feel an understanding or kinship with Frank Luke.

And I said, okay, but we have no time. So you're on your own, basically. He wrote all the lyrics, did everything, and completed an album with, I think, 12 tracks in three weeks. Really? Honestly. I hated that album when it first came out, but not because of the music.

I hated it because Jay had retired. Oh, wow. And then he came out with Kingdom Come, which I thought was a great album because he was like telling us where he was at in his life then. And I felt like he was using American Gangsta to still rap about, to go back to rapping about the drug game. Yeah. God, you are so smart.

It must be around you. No, but I mean, that's a, I're lying. Of course, wouldn't have known. That was a kind of a lie. Oh. That was kind of a lie. Oh, I don't know. But anyway, so those things happen. And you're doing Gucci Mane's movie.

I'm doing Gucci Mane's movie, yes. You kind of changed the trajectory of Eddie Murphy, too. Because Nutty Professor was like a turn from all of the raunchy, wild shit he was doing. Eddie wasn't used to auditioning. Well, what happened is I met Eddie Murphy through a friend of mine, Michael Keaton. I got to go see Raw. And then Michael Keaton says to me, Eddie Murphy said, hey, I can come to the green room. So I got to go to the green room to see Eddie Murphy.

And I looked at him. And I did have like a human connection. And then he was going through a very low period. He was going through a low period in his career and felt kind of boxed in at Paramount, which he was. And he liked and trusted me. And so then we did Boomerang together. Classic! And that was a hit, but not like the Nutty Professor kind of thing. And then when Eddie and I pitched the Nutty, well, I had to pitch the, I not had to, but

I pitched the Nutty Professor, chairman of the studio. They said, well, Eddie's, you know, kind of not hot enough. Really? Wow. If he's going to play five characters, is there any other way? That's going to be very expensive, they said to me. I said, it is, but he is so gifted he can do this. They said, well, you have to do, he has to, tell him he has to do a screen test, which, of course, Eddie Murphy has never done.

They made him audition. They made him audition. But they made him audition in these multiple characters. So Rick Baker, Oscar winning makeup artist, actually adhered to all the prosthetics. And Eddie went through two weeks of doing all that for a screen test. And that was good enough. And they signed off and said, okay. How did you talk him into auditioning?

He really wanted it. He'd never done it. And I think Eddie loves new challenges. Gotcha. And he's brilliant. I don't know if you guys know this, but he is a brilliant classical pianist. Really?

Oh, my God. He could go to a piano. He plays beautiful. I learned it when I slept at one of his houses in, not Bubble Hill, but in Sacramento. And we were bored and he went to the piano. He just started playing the piano. Started playing the piano. Wow.

Holy shit. Eddie Murphy's also a singer, right? He is a singer. Party all the time. Boogie in your butt. Boogie in the butt. Boogie in the butt. Classic.

Never heard Boogie in the butt? I never heard Boogie in the butt. Never heard Boogie in the butt? How's it go? It goes, put a limousine in the butt. Boogie in the butt. Classic. Never heard boogie in the butt? I never heard boogie in the butt. Never heard boogie in the butt? How does it go? It goes, put a limousine in your butt. Put a magazine in your butt. You never heard that? Wow, I love that.

I love that you guys. No, I never heard it. I've heard the title, boogie in the butt, but I never heard it. Classic. Gets the party started, Brian. That's right. Really gets the party started. You know what I love about that story?

The fact that you said Eddie was down. Yep. Because a lot of executives in Hollywood turn their backs on people when they're not doing well. Yeah, they do do that. But don't you think everybody has a down period? Yes. At some point. That's the crazy thing of Hollywood.

My life is you have to have humility. First of all, it's the right thing to do. But you need to be forgiven because success is not a straight up trajectory brian we appreciate you for joining us yes face to face the art of human connection thank you so much face to face brian when is this out out down today this week any movies you working on anything um i'm doing lin-manuel miranda's directorial debut. Wow. It begins January this year.

Nice. It's called Tick, Tick, Boom. It's a really great, it'll be, I think it should be a really great movie. And then I just finished Hillbilly Elegy that Ron Howard directed. I do another Friday Night Lights movie, Friday Night Lights in Del Rio, Texas. Is it a reboot? It's called, I guess it'd be a reboot, yeah. Yeah.

Because I just love Friday Night Lights. Yeah. Doing a movie with Kevin Doing a TV series with Kevin Durant called Swagger. It's about AAU basketball. It's like Friday Night Lights built out of AAU basketball. Which is crazy. AAU basketball is ridiculous.

I didn't realize what it was until it was crazy. A lot of urban glares. A lot of urban glares. Play with the parents. Thank you for having me. Play with the parents. So anyway, I think I'm... Thank you for having me. Thank you so much. And make sure you watch Wu-Tang and American Saga also.

Oh, yeah. Check out Wu-Tang and American Saga. Class Hulu, please. Well, it's Brian Gray. Thank you very much. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's about time.

What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, congratulations to Lil' Kim. She's getting the 2019 I Am Hip Hop Award at the BET Hip Hop Awards.

Okay. Very deserving. She is definitely hip hop. Now, y'all know she does have an album coming out. It's called Nine. They haven't given us a relief date yet, but she's been putting out songs. And she just put out a new single. It's called Found You featuring OT Genesis and City Girls. bag. I like big skin, big eyes. I got that good music make a dick in my face. Then I let

them use my face as a bag. I'm in Miami, Miami with the jet skiing. And it's free JT to the jet leaving. We can bitches dance fresh. We the best breathing. Jet leaving. I'm just going to the next season. More new music for y'all today. Alright Lil' Kim. Alright, so congratulations to Lil' Kim for getting

her I Am Hip Hop award. Well deserved. Yep. Now Eddie Murphy has expressed some remorse. He talked to the New York Times. And, you know, he's doing his comeback. He's going to be doing his first comedy special for Netflix since he did Raw back in 1987. Think about it. That's over 30 years ago. He said he was dealing with a heartbreak at the time that he did Raw.

And he said that he does cringe at his old material. He said, I was a young guy processing a broken heart, you know, kind of an a-hole. And he also says that he remembers being picketed due to the homophobic material in his specials. He now says that is ignorant. And he says there's no anxiety, though, about returning to the stage in 2019.

He said, I now have a whole lifetime of experiences to draw upon. There was a time when I was at the center of everything, what I was doing and how funny I was and how popular, I'm not at the center. Now my kids are and everything revolves around them. He has eight kids. Didn't I tell y'all this was going to happen? Eddie Murphy is very smart because he's getting ahead of it because he knows this generation

is so stupid that they would absolutely dig up his old material as soon as he starts putting out new movies and doing SNL and trying to paint him as something that he hasn't, that he's clearly not anymore. It's 30 years ago. It's not too hard to dig up Raw or Delirious or any of his old things. But, yeah, so he's going to be doing his new stand-up.

As if people don't grow and people don't evolve. You're going to hold Eddie Murphy accountable for something he said 30 years ago on a comedy stage? Or maybe he really does feel like at that, now that he looks better. He's smart because he knows that they're going to come for him. So he might as well get ahead of it. I told y'all this already. I told y'all this two weeks ago. Alright, now Soulja Boy has gained 50 pounds since he cut out lean and alcohol.

So what is he, what, like 155 now? Alright, Soulja Boy wants your fade when he sees you next time. He was at 130 pounds at the beginning of his sentence and he has since gained 50 pounds. Okay, so he's 180-ish. You know what, he's saving money too because he was using so many drugs and lean that he was spending between $500 to $800 a day on lean alone.

So since then, he's also stayed off of social media, if you guys have noticed. He hasn't tweeted or put anything on Instagram since coming home from jail. That's good. It seems like he's healing. Yeah, three months, and there you go. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Chalamet!

Yes, sir. What are you giving that donkey to? Hey, before after the hour, let's talk some good old-fashioned racism, why don't we? We need Heather Pratt to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her. We'd like to have a word with her. All right. All right.

She might infuriate a few niggers out there, but we're going to get through it. We're going to heal together. Now, how many niggas can we say back to back? I'm just curious. That's it. That's it. Hold on now. No, no, no.

Y'all told me it was two per break. Two. So that was two. Okay, so next break. Next break. So I'll ration out my N-words next break. All right. Donkey of the Day's next is The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. It's time for donkey of the day. Donkeys of the day. I'm a Democrat, so being donkey of the day is a little bit of a mixed up. So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the day. The Breakfast Club, bitches.

Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but donkey of the day is a new one. Yes. Donkey of the day is a new one. Yes. Donkey of the day for Friday, September 27th goes to Heather Patton. Now, do you know who Heather Patton is? Yes. Heather Patton is a film and TV costume designer. Everyone should know her name because she is a racist. Oh, the mayonnaise is heavy in this story, but the mayonnaise in this story.

Hold on one second. Uh-oh. What you doing? You all right? You good? There you go. I knew something was missing. There go my jar helmets right here.

Too much goddamn mayonnaise. Yeah, the mayonnaise is heavy in this story, but the mayonnaise in this story is spread out over an Nabisco original premium saltine cracker. All right? Yep, that's exactly what Heather Patton is, a salty-ass cracker. Cracker-ass cracker. And if you are mad at me using that term, then you don't know the difference between humans who

happen to be white and racist ass, bigoted ass, salty ass crackers, okay? You know, if you really are an American who cares about equality, regardless of what your race is, you should absolutely be against the level of hate that Heather Patton displayed at a CVS pharmacy in Los Angeles on September

24th. Would you like to hear what Heather Patton had to say to some black people in CVS? Let's go to, I don't know who the news report is, but let's go to the news report. A disturbing racist rant at a CVS in Eagle Rock. A woman is captured on cell phone video jumping up and down, repeatedly screaming the N-word into the store. She proceeds to exit the store and walk to her car while continually screaming disturbing obscenities. This man says the woman's name is Heather Patton, and she and her husband are his Eagle Rock neighbors of nine years. He says this behavior is what he and his family have been dealing with for years,

which is why he says he and his mother have restraining orders against Patton and her husband. He says he and his family are from Italian descent. He tells us he's installed home security cameras after Patton vandalized his father's truck and his mother is afraid to go outside because of her erratic behavior. Well, the LAPD tells us that the incident here at the CVS occurred yesterday. It was brought to their attention today, they say, because no crime was committed. They took a hate incident report. That's a damn, that's not a crime. That's a KTLA 5, by the way. Now, let's actually hear what Heather Patton had to say. We got the actual footage, right? Audio, right? that's not a crime. That's a KTLA-5, by the way. Now, let's actually hear what Heather Patton had to say. We got the actual footage, right?

Our audio, right? Let's hear it. I hate niggas! Yeah, she's on drugs or something. No, I'm totally, I just hate niggas. F*** you niggas. I hate niggas! It's okay, we're calling the cops on you.

I would kill a nigger, but the law says I can't kill the n***ers. If the law didn't say that I couldn't kill the n***ers, they'd all be dead. Where's my license plate number? N***er! N***er! N***er! Okay, now listen, the FCC rules say that we can only do two N-words per hour, right? So are the N-words, so did she just use up all our supply n-words okay but it's unlimited supply crack ass cracker right okay cracker ass cracker listen i love overt racism okay i love to know exactly where a person stands but just think about the

logic don't be just distracted by the n-word flying out of that human jar of helman's mouth okay she said if the law didn't say I couldn't kill all the N-words, they'd all be dead, all right? Chapter 3 in my latest book, Shook One Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me, is called Blackanoid. And being blackanoid is about being black and paranoid in this country called America, okay? I think anxiety and blackness go hand in hand.

Black people have permanent PTSD that dates back to slavery, all right? It's just this lingering trauma from past experiences, whether it's slavery, Jim Crow segregation, or even in modern times, watching unarmed brothers and sisters getting killed at the hands of the police. This trauma that our people have experienced in this country just keeps getting passed down from generation to generation. And we have received the short end of the stick literally and figuratively because they definitely have gone upside our heads with some sticks. So the fear that I could possibly be killed just because I'm black is always lingering in my brain. And when I hear women like Heather Patton say

if the law didn't say I couldn't kill all the N-words, they'd all be dead. Jesus Christ. It just reinforces the black annoyance that I already have. Now the problem I have with this America is humans who just happen to be white will be more upset at me calling Heather Patton a salty-ass, crack-ass cracker than they would be at her saying she would murder black people if she could get away with it.

Don't call yourself an ally if you think I'm wrong and she's right, because I'm not Michelle Obama. See, Michelle Obama says when they go low, we should go high. Charlamagne Tha God says when they go low, we take it to the floor with them, all right? Stop thinking you have to try to be better than bigots because you're already better than these bigots simply because you're not yelling at them in the store, calling them racial slurs,

and, you know, telling them you would kill them if you could get away with it. But you can absolutely defend your space and get in their ass, all right? They call you an N-word, you call them a crack-ass cracker. Cracker-ass cracker. That's right.

And if they threaten your life, the way this person threatened these people's life, well, you know, you call them a crack-ass cracker. Cracker-ass cracker. That's right. And if they threaten your life, the way this person threatened these people's life, well, you know, you just make sure, depending on what state you're in, that you are always prepared to stand your ground. Alright? They have laws in certain areas to protect us from threats like that, and it's hard to even get out, to give out that piece of advice,

because honestly, I know the laws rarely apply to black folks the way they do to white folks, but the moral of the story is, to hell with them racist-ass people. All right? F them all. I don't give a damn about none of them, and neither should you. But guess what? We don't have the luxury of not giving a damn about them.

Because even though it's not legal, it might as well be. Because when they kill us, they usually get away with it. And I don't have nothing else to say about this situation because this is America. Racism and bigotry is America. So when you see things like this, don't be surprised. Just use it as a teachable moment to show what we should all be against. Please let Chelsea Handler give

this racist bigot Heather Patton the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw! Hee-haw! That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. Let another human who just happens to be white get in on this hee-haw. Where Kathy Griffin at? Please give this giant jar of mayo the biggest hee-haw. Where Kathy Griffin at? Please give this giant jar of mayo the biggest hee-haw. And let Chris Rock put a stamp

on Heather Patton for the culture. Cracker ass cracker. Hey. See, this is where it's whack, right? Like, I'm on her page right now. Talk to me. Right? This is what she's saying,

which is just crazy to me, right? She says she's going to be going live. She says, all of the DMs I'm getting and harassment I'm getting and harassment I'm getting at my front door is overwhelming. You guys are no different from me. You guys are just as evil and it shows.

Then she says, I have over 50k views right now. Any black owned businesses need some attention? I guess I could post you information right here on the story. You know why she's talking like that? Because she's an unremorseful cracker ass cracker. She's a bigot. She's a racist.

We know what that is. We know what that is. We should ship all of them to the World Star Hip Hop Island. We need to create an island called World Star Hip Hop that's just cold.

On her page, it says, please don't contact me. I was intoxicated and I sincerely apologize to everyone who am I disrespected and let down for my actions.

Please forgive me. What's her page? What's her page? It's Heather Lee and N. Patton.. Please forgive me. What's her page? What's her page? It's Heather Lee and N. Patton. Anybody want to have a petty party this morning? She loves this attention, it feels like. Instagram or Twitter? Instagram.

Heather Lee and N. Patton. Hold on, let me make sure that's a cracker emoji. It is a cracker emoji. She has no post right now. She took all her posts down. Is that Twitter you said? Instagram, man. Heather Lee. N. N. P. Is that Twitter you said? Instagram, man. Hold on. Heather Lee.

N-N-P-A-T-T-O-N. I thought it was a cracker emoji. There's no crack emoji. Heather Lynn Patton. Or Heather Lynn Patton. I said Heather Lee. I thought the neighborhood, yeah, Heather Lynn Patton. You know what I meant.

It was the same difference. Got me looking through all the food and drink right now. There's no crackers, man. It's Heather Lynn Patton. Give me one second. I'm going to figure out how to have a petty party in her mentions, god damn it. You can't. She has no pictures posted.

Oh, so it's pointless. No, yes, as I told you. I don't be wasting my time doing my own stuff. I told you that. Oh. You can hit her in the DMs. That's not worth it. Nope. All right. She got no pictures. I'm sure she'll post something in stuff. I told you that. Oh. You can hit her in the DMs. That's not worth it. Nope.

All right. She got no pictures. I'm sure she'll post something in a couple of weeks. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Yes, indeed. Up next, Young M.A. will be joining us. Okay.

Yes. Album out today. Yes, and we'll talk to Young M.A. when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Young M.A. Yes. What took so long? Why you wait three years? Hey, man, listen. I ain't really was waiting. I just wasn't ready. Got you. You're just cooking up. Yeah. You went through a lot of changes, though,

with management and everything. Yeah. that a part of the reason why is a delight young mma talking like she understand yeah ready but not um not not really i wouldn't say i don't want to blame it on nobody it was really more so me. You know what I mean? I move at my pace when it comes to music. And if I felt like I just wasn't ready, don't get me wrong. No matter who was representing me, it was always on my back about,

yo, you know what I mean? Let's get this out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all want it. Yeah. You think you had too much success too fast, and you had to kind of catch up to it? In a way, yeah.

You could say that. Even though I was grinding for so long prior to that, but, you know, when that fame hit, and that fame came a little strong, you know what I mean, like 10 times harder, you know what I mean, because not on top of it being a hit record, but just who I am and what I represent

and stuff at the same time. So, yeah, it was definitely like a, oh, let me catch myself real quick and be able to sit back and watch this. You know what I mean? I had to observe for a little bit because it was a little too fast. It was. The power of Young M.A. is heavy, though.

We were in Johannesburg together. Oh, yeah. Yes, for this event. And when I tell you, they lost their minds when Young M.A. came out. Yo, that was crazy. We had fun that day, that night. We ended up at the club. We was out all night.

The club was lit. It was crazy. Look, I'm mad. That was our first time in Johannesburg. I wasn't there. Yeah, y' the club. We was out all night. The club was lit. It was crazy. Look, I'm mad. That was our first time in Johannesburg. Yeah, y'all wasn't there. Nobody invited me. He wasn't there. People kept comparing me to him.

I know. That's what they said. Yo, I'm like, yo, I don't know why, son. You sure you ain't my brother? To this day, they be like, yo, where's your sis? I'm like, I got no sis. Young M.A. Everybody say, everybody be trying to look like Young M.A.

Shut up, dude. That's what I think, yo. I'm being honest. You be trying to look like Young M.A. I up, dude. That's what I think, yo. I'm being honest. You be trying to look like Young M.A. I got on the black tee too today. What's up, baby? You got offered so much money to do deals, and you never did a deal. Nah.

Did you regret that at all? Nah, man. I would have took that deal, you know what I mean, if I really was like, yo. Was you looking for a specific amount of money, or it just wasn't doing any dollars? Nah, it was never about the money.

It's not easy to be like, no, but I'm like, I have a lot of integrity, man. I think more down the line, more longevity and that's where my headspace was at. Nobody was telling me to make these decisions neither. Like, this was literally me. What kind of bags were they that you were turning down? They was M's, man. M&M's.

Wow. Back M&M's, man. And what made you be able to just, what gave you the confidence to be like, nope, I know what I want to do. Did you have a plan? My heart, my spirit. Yes, man. I always had a plan. Like, that's what I've been grinding for so long for is because I had a plan.

You know what I mean? Like, I know who I am. I know what I represent. And I wasn't sure if a label was going to know how to handle me long term. You know what I mean? Because it's like, I'm not your average. How hard is it to make a debut album after you got some money and fame in your pocket?

Definitely hard. It's hard because I'm the type of person too, like, it's hard for me to stick on things and stay on it. You know what I mean? Like, I'm just spontaneous. Like, that's just in my spirit. Like, I just like to try new things all the time. So, like, I'll be working on an album and then I'll want to do like something else at the same time so it's like i had to

discipline myself to stay put onto the album you know i mean like that that was one of my downfalls is not being able to to discipline myself and stay put and eventually i got into that that state of mind i just had to like force myself to stick on it that was really like the main reason yeah yeah you feel like that myself to stick on it. That was really like the main reason. Yeah. You feel like that about dating too? Yo, yeah. You know what I mean? Like, yeah. It's like, I ain't gonna lie. That's kind of like one of my that's like one of my downfalls is just having this

spirit about me where I want to try new things all the time. You know what I mean? So you're not a committed person. I am committed. No, I'm listening. Nah, listen. Hold on, hold on. Before you jump the gun. You got 19 girlfriends. No. Nah, it's different. Different listening. Nah, listen. Hold on, hold on. Before you jump the gun. You got 19 girlfriends. No. Nah, it's different.

Different one. Listen, I'd rather a relationship. I don't really care for being out here single all day, having a bunch of girls. Like, that get boring after a while. Like, I do rather a relationship. You know what I mean? I'd rather a woman hold me down and she doing her thing

and we just supporting each other. When's the last time you were in a relationship? I'm in a relationship now. Yeah. We saw that on social media. Yeah, yeah. I'm in a relationship now. But you see, I don't really, you don't see me.

Just ask him. I don't really throw it out there too crazy. Did you learn from, like, the mistakes of what Tori Briggs posting up all the time? Did I learn? Kissing and cuddling, like, you know. I mean, what was there to learn? I mean, not to have it so public, maybe. I don't think our relationship was that public You and Tori

It went public because first of all I was hot At the time You know what I mean they see me with this young beautiful woman And it just went two and two And went crazy but me and her never really Put our s*** out there like that crazy I used to see it You looking for it

It wasn't that crazy I know that to see it. You looking for it. Yeah, you looking for it. It wasn't that crazy. I used to search it. I know that for a fact because that's just, that's not me. I don't really like to do that. Like, that's just putting too much in my purse.

Like, I sported for a minute like this. You know, you know what it is. And that's it. You know what I mean? Whatever we do, whatever, like a lot of people don't even know we broke up.

You know what I mean? I mean, we do what you got with Rich. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, of course. And then you wrote a diss song, and then... Nah, don't say that. I ain't writing no diss song.

I'm trying to throw that out there real quick. I ain't never writing no diss song. How do you feel when your ex finds love with somebody else and then has a family? How do you feel? Listen to the intro. That is not in the intro. Yeah, I didn't hear that in the intro.

You are some Charlamagne type of... I'm missing that too. I mean, nah. We was already done for a minute, that a lot of people didn't hear that in the intro. You are some Charlamagne type of man. I'm missing that too. I mean, nah. We was already done for a minute that a lot of people didn't know. We was still cool, though. When everything happened, a lot of people don't know. It wasn't never no beef or nothing. We was still cool.

You know what I mean? So I'm not against. I'm the type of person. We was done, bro. And then all my exes done moved on. A couple of them got a baby. You know what I mean? They moved on. They still love you, though. And they moved on. All my exes done moved on. A couple of them got a baby. You know what I mean? Right.

They moved on. They still love you, though. Some of them still love you. Yo, we ain't even going to talk about that, man. Come on, man. You can still hit Tuesday. I'm in a relationship, man. I love my girl.

You still live in Brooklyn? Or did you move from Brooklyn? Yeah, I moved from Brooklyn. I'm in Jersey now. You know what I mean? How did your girl that you're with now, how did you know that she was the one? For now.

You sure you want to say this? Because you know that she was the one? For now. You sure you want to say this? Because you know you're going to get bored of her. They don't know that. She just told us that. No. That was then, man. That was then. She's focused.

So where'd you meet her? Church? I met her in Atlanta. I met her in Atlanta. Okay. Are you blushing? I know. How did it happen?

How'd it happen? You need more info I thought you was a whole thug And you're blushing Well I see she was following me already Type vibes You know what I mean I followed her back

I thought she was fire And You DM'd? Nah We ain't nobody DM nobody Like she wasn't on my heels Like she wasn't on my heels. Like, she wasn't sweating me.

It was, um... She replied to my story one time. Mm-hmm. So that was like, you know, my okey-doke. I'm thinking, okay. Got him. That's kind of a DM. Yeah. In a way, right?

Yeah. In a way. Then I respond back with the eyes, because I'm like... Hello. How you doing? Oh, you at the door. That's the open door right there. She straightened up my... She didn't even respond. The eyes. Because I'm like, hello. How you doing? How you doing? You at the door.

That's the open door right there. She straightened up my, she didn't even respond. That's when I wound up seeing her in Atlanta. But you liked that on the low that she didn't respond. You was like, I sure didn't like that. Yeah, I liked that. And then when we eventually started talking, she liked that I wasn't on her body neither. But I met in Atlanta and I wanted her to be in one of my videos. You know?

Oh, it's business. That's it. Yo, I want you to be in one of my videos. You know? It's business. You said you're the noise. It's a paid gig. But I was already kind of like, you know, we already kind of knew before that and then it happened and at the video shoot you know, I got to know her more.

We got to talk more and whatever and got the video done and we got to... The rest is history. You got a pretty strong finesse game, Young M.A. And he didn't be in my video. That wasn't the... That probably was, yeah.

All right, well, let's get into Young M.A.'s new single, It's Big. It's the Breakfast Club, good morning. That was Big, Young M.A.'s new single, Young M.A.'s Here. We are the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne? What have you been doing other than working on your debut album the past three years? I got involved with acting, business, directing. You directed porn?

You directed a porn? Yeah. I didn't know that. Yeah. They kept talking about you playing Cleo and set it off, too. The remake. That is a rumor. That was definitely a rumor.

It was a meme going around, like, saying that if they do the remake, that these people that should play it. But, yeah, I heard that they actually really is doing it now. Yeah, Issa Rae doing it. Yeah. And you'd be surprised the internet is f***ing around to get you a role. Yep. No, I already told them. It's like, who else y'all going to get?

Right. You're like, I'm in. Come on, y'all better start playing. How was the experience directing porn? It was fun. It was cool. It wasn't what people expected. Like, they like, oh, you was turned on.

No, I was working. You know what I mean? It was cool. It was, you know, it was interesting to see. You know what I mean? Like, right there, it's like, oh, this is how the porn business is. So how do you give direction? Like, give us some examples.

What does that sound like? I'm like, yo, eat that a little more. You know what I mean? Eat that a little more. You're eating that too soft, man. You got to... I mean, not too soft. You're eating it too calm.

Too delicate. Yeah, too... Come on. Put your mouth on it. Put your mouth on it. Stop being scared. So you know what? Because I think...

I was going to say, I think real life sex is so different than porn because porn is so much more extra. Exactly, it is. It is. But they was getting it popping, though. It was getting it popping. It was a wit. It was all women.

I mean, was it with Bang Bros? Was it Pornhub? Was it one of those? Oh, Pornhub. Was it Bang Bros? Hell yeah. We got some Pornhub. Yo, listen, I don't know nothing about, I'm not even a porn watcher.

Bang Bros is the shit. They said that stuff all the time. Yeah, watch one of those. Bang Bros, you know what they be doing? They be riding around, and they pick up like, they pick up random women. The Bang Bus.

They ride around with the Bang Bus, and they convince random women to do like, They got DVDs? What? They got hats, t-shirts, all types of stuff they said they'd pay all the time. That's old school though. Bang Bros been around for a little bit. I was about to say, it look like it's a little old***. They got DVDs? What? They got hats, T-shirts, all types of stuff they send a pill to tell. Nah. That's old school, though. Bang Bro's been around

for a little bit. I was about to say, it look like it's a little old school. They about to buy, what arena they about to buy? Miami. Come on, we got the kids

watching. We know the kids be watching, man. They making money. Hey. Would you direct another one? Absolutely. That's what I'm going to do. Okay.

Yeah, listen, I don't care. I saw y'all put that up, too, when that whole situation came up on the news thing. What's it called again? The rumor report. Yeah, rumor report. Yeah, listen, I don't care. I saw y'all put that up, too, when that whole situation came up on the news. What's it called again? The rumor report. Yeah, rumor report. Yeah, I saw that. You was like, Young at May is directing porn.

And then I heard you say, yeah, man, but I want an album, man. Where the music at? I heard you say that, yeah. Okay. So I'm doing both. Hello. You're both. Word.

Like, score the board with your own music. Yo, listen, y'all understand, man. Like, it's so much opportunities and money out here like why settle for one thing like you already if you already have the opportunity and you out there and you expand it and people grab you from left to right no get that check man i'm not mad at it we don't have no problems with that do you think that it's important for porn to have a plot a what a plot yeah like a real storyline that's the best part of it because some people don't care about that they just want to watch their favorite some people don't care about that.

They just want to watch their favorite scene. They don't care about a plot. I need a storyline. I like the storyline. I think it makes it interesting to have a storyline. It's like it kind of, I guess, builds you up a little bit and then go. I love it. I love when the white woman jogging in the hood.

And then she go knock on the door and be like, can I have some water? In some random trap house? Yo. What? You never seen that one? No, I've never seen that one. That was some good ass story. What the hell? White woman jogging in the hood.

She goes to a random trap house, knocks on the door. They open the door and they're like, oh, what's up? You want some water? And then they get it popping. Oh, no.

I don't know about that story. Yo, moving on, son. Moving on, man. That sounds dangerous. What do you hope this album accomplishes I definitely want this to accomplish people understanding me more understanding my struggles and trying to look past certain things not saying that everybody

is like that but you do have a good amount of people that just can't look past certain things and it's like I deal with a lot of stuff it ain't just always peaches and cream with me just because you don't see me express that. So it's definitely a relatable album. I want people to relate to it.

When they hear it, they're going to understand a lot of things that I'm talking about in this song. A lot of people are going to be able to relate because it's going to be similar situations that they've been through. Like, I'm human, bro. You know what I mean? We go through things, like, all as humans.

And that's basically what I want to get out of the album what I mean? We go through things like all as humans and that's basically what I want to get out. I feel like the album is just supposed to be something about you and tell your story and that's why it's called Story because it's

basically about me. When you say look past things, what do you mean? Sexuality or? That too. You think people still tripping off that? She says it in the music.

It's people who still do, yeah. And I'm not targeting, I'm just like certain songs on there is targeting just that. You know what I mean? It's like, yo, look. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? It's like, I don't care.

Like, you know what I mean? Like, I'm out here, man. I'm official. You know what I mean? It ain't nothing where I'm hiding it. It's not like none of that. Like, it's official with me. And try to look past that because, like, I make music.

Yeah, lyrical too. Yeah. And that's what it is. And that's just what I'm targeting people. Not like most of the people that rock with me is like, yoyrical too. Yeah, and that's what it is. And that's what I'm talking to people. Most of the people that rock with me is like, we rock with MMA. Because we always talk about how representation is so important

and there hasn't been a whole lot of representation in hip hop. Right. That's why I think somebody like Young M.A. is so important. So needed, absolutely. Yeah, because I just talk my talk, man. What's the experience

meeting somebody like Beyonce? I never met Beyonce. Oh, but you've been. I didn't meet Beyonce yet. Oh, I thought you guys were, you know, you opened for her and so you didn't get a chance to meet her. No, I met Jay-Z. I didn't meet Beyonce. Oh, okay. I thought you'd have been like, I want to meet Young M.A.

Nah, at the time, it was like, first of all, I got there, it was kind of late. So like they had to rush me to stage and then I had a show in a whole nother state right after that. So we had to rush right back out. And then I had a show in a whole other state right after that. So, we had to rush right back out. But Jay-Z was right there. So, I was able to catch a flick with him and then dip out. So, she was probably in the dressing room getting right, getting Beyonce.

So, did Hope give you any advice? He looked at me like I was his niece or something. Like, I'm like, yeah, like, I'm like big, like, yo, like, I'm proud of you. You know what I mean? Like, he was just smelling like, yo, like, basically, I like what you got going on. You got it. You know what I mean? It wasn't too much said because we didn't really have time to, like, chop it up.

But that was enough for me. Brooklyn got a lot of dope up-and-coming rappers now, too. Yeah. Like, underneath you just coming up now. Yeah. That's got to feel good. Brooklyn always on fire, man. Yeah.

Y'all on fire right now. Brooklyn is on fire right now. And 6ix9ine from Brooklyn? 6ix9ine, they on fire right now. Musically, he was And 6ix9ine from Brooklyn? And 6ix9ine They on fire right now Musically he was on fire Aside from all that You know what I'm saying? Listen you know he don't wanna

That don't represent Brooklyn Y'all don't understand that He from Brooklyn So what? Born and raised So what? On the playground Is where he spent all his days

Eddie shut up Let's move on So this album is dedicated To your brother? Yeah Today is actually Andy, shut up. Let's move on. So this album is dedicated to your brother? Yeah, today is actually his death date. It's been 10 years straight. Wow. Yeah, you know, I'm holding my head.

It's crazy, you know what I mean? It's like, I can't even believe it's been this long. You know, I'm just trying to keep his name alive and hold the fort down for him, man. You know, holding the family down and doing what I gotta do. Are you able to enjoy the moment? Being that it's so close to his death date, are you able to enjoy the moment

of the album coming out? That's what I said. That's why it's kind of, I guess, I don't feel too, like, ah, about the album because always around this time is, like, funny. You know what I mean?

I always feel, like, a little in the daze around this time. So I think that's one of the reasons, like, all the time from this day on, going on to the end of the year, like Christmas, holidays, all that, I feel that feeling, you know what I mean? So it's never really always like, oh, I'm so happy. I have that moment, you know, that little depressing feeling.

But at the same time, like, it's like, what could I do? Like, I ain't going to sit in sorrow all day. Like, I got to make moves. I got to hold the family down or whatever the case. So I'm good, though. Like, we out here make moves. I got to hold the family down, whatever the case. So I'm good, though. Like, we out here, man. We working. We getting to it.

And we got to make the people proud, man. That's what it is. All right. Well, the album is out right now. Get this album out. Let's get it. Make sure you stream it, download it, and all that good stuff.

And we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you for having me, man. It's Young M.A. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

Now, on the Monday episode of State of the Culture on Revolt, they were having a conversation about different topics, including Antonio Brown. Now, Remy Ma had some comments about Antonio Brown getting the backlash that he was getting, the former NFL wide receiver who was released from his contract with the Patriots. After he had sexual assault allegations against him, he's denied those claims. And here's what Remy Ma had to say

about sexual assault victims. It seems like in a lot of these alleged sexual assault cases, the women are asking for money, hey, give me some money, and I'll feel better. To me, in any exchange where sexual acts are being compensated with money,

that's prostitution. No, Remy, that's a gross simplification. You have to agree to the sex work to be prostitution. Correct. Because in one instance, they're like, it was so horrible, and he did this to me, he did that to me. But give me $2 million, and I'll go sit over there, and I won't tell anybody. All right.

Well, it's definitely not prostitution. No, it's definitely not prostitution. It's restitution. They actually call that compensation restorative justice. And here's the thing. Sometimes you can't pursue those cases criminally because the statute of limitations is up, so all you can do is civil. But I think the optics of when a person seeks civil justice over criminal justice, when they have the right to do both, sometimes make you question the person's motives,

but I'm not going to call her a prostitute. I'm not a prostitute. I'm just going to question her motivation. And listen, let's talk about the finances of it, though, too. A lot of times people aren't able to work. Imagine you have to go to court, you have to go to trial, you have to go to the doctor, you have all kinds of mental trauma from a situation. And even having to

heal from that and go to the doctor and get treatment, that all costs money. Oh, yeah, I agree. I just think that when you have the option to do criminal or civil, but you choose to do civil. You can do both. Yeah, but don't you gotta get a criminal case going before you can prostitute? A lot of times people do civil first and then it's easier to win criminal.

I think sometimes when people jump just to civil, you question their motivation, but I'm not going to call them a prostitute. And let's be real, like after you see

all these different cases and hear from different women who have been through it, it's not the easiest thing to have to go and tell your story over a thousand times

again and relive it and have people not believe you and question you and make you seem like you're the person who's at fault. And also prostitution, prostitution is a

willing thing. Like the person is taking the money and giving consent for you to have sex with the person who's at fault. And also, prostitution is a willing thing. Like, the person is taking the money and giving consent for you to have sex with them. It's a purchase. There are people who get their... There's people who their houses get broken into and they get raped. You can't say I'm being a prostitute.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's not saying forcing the prostitution. It's not necessarily... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, no, that's sex trafficking. Yeah, well, that's... That's different. Prostitution, sex trafficking,

two totally different things. Right. All right, now let's... That's different. Yeah. Prostitution, sex trafficking, two totally different things. Right. All right, now let's talk about Angie Martinez and the debut of her show, Untold Stories of Hip Hop on WE tv last night. She had Cardi B on, and Cardi B was talking about just having a baby at the height of her career and what people had to say about that. Certain people that I even thought that was going to, like, support me and be like, listen, we could do this.

Like, real optimistic people were like, no, no, you can't do it. No. No! Crying their eyeballs out. So when people are telling you not to have your baby, I mean, is there some moment that happens where you decide to keep her?

And how do you come to that decision? When I found out, it was, like, around the weeks that you could find out the sex, and I wanted to find out the sex right away. And when she said, I have a girl. You were already in love. I was like, oh man, I have a girl. That means that God wants me to have a baby because I always wanted a girl.

Well, of course, she's so happy that baby culture is here. Everything's about culture, right? In addition, Snoop Dogg was on last night. And he talks about going into the studio with Biggie because Biggie wanted him to hear a song. So go scene. And he got about 40. He like, yo, I want to play you. I'm like, what you want to play? This is his album before he gets killed. I'm on track. Come on.

And he's like, like Snoop. He played you the verse where he says your name. Yes. I'm like, damn, that really loved me. And this man died before this record came out. So that was a moment in my life that I'm like, you know what? At least he got to play that for me. Yeah.

And satisfy his soul to know that he was all right with Snoop Dogg. All right, these are classic moments. Yeah, but I'm still tripping off the fact that there's a recipe in the Bronx that consists of aspirin and gelatin that can stop periods. I don't think anybody should try that at home, by the way. I always say the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And boy, Cardi B reinforced that last night. I need to know what this recipe is.

And congratulations to Candy Bird. She's going to actually have a recurring role in season three of The Chi. She's going to play Rosalind Perry, the estranged wife of Duda, who is back at his side to influence his political agenda and to help herself as well. So congratulations to Candy. La La on The Chi this season, too. Yep.

And Lil Rel. Who's not on there? Jason Mitchell. That's all Alright I'm Angela Yee And that is your rumor report Alright the people's choice mixes up next It's Lil Wayne's birthday so let's get into a Lil Wayne mini mix Let me know your favorite Wheezy joint

And Revolt we'll see you on Monday It's the Breakfast Club good morning Morning everybody it's DJ Envy Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha God we are the Breakfast Club Now shout out to everybody That's heading out to Atlantic City this weekend It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to everybody that's heading out to Atlantic City this weekend. I'm doing a two-day seminar out in Atlantic City. The first day, we're going to be doing a ride-along.

I'm taking some people through different houses, different properties, vacant lots, and just showing them the different properties, how much the properties are. They will range from $10,000 to $150,000, $200,000. And then the next day, we're actually going to have a seminar explaining how to flip, how long it takes, the money it requires, and all that. So it's a lot of people coming, and I look forward to seeing you guys. We've got a lot of buses, so it's going to be a great weekend. Shout out to Flippin' New Jersey, which is Caesar.

Shout out to Jen. Shout out to Matt. Shout out to Sabine. Shout out to Jose. Shout out to everybody That's coming through And Charlamagne A dude hit me from I said a dude

A dude hit you My man Cody Who's a real estate agent Was like he has some property For you out in the Carolinas South Carolina He was trying to get in touch with you Tell him hit me up

Okay I definitely will He said I'm trying He was trying But I just didn't want To give him your number I gave him Paige's number though I'm always down to buy Some new property at home.

And listen, salute to everybody that was at the Tamron Hall show yesterday. I'm going to be on Tamron Hall today. You got to check your local listings. It was me and my guy, Dr. Ish Major. Dr. Ish Major is a psychiatrist who was educated at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Okay. He specializes in women, children, families, and, you know, just black men being mentally healthy. If you've ever read my book, Shook One Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me,

he's the doctor that I have in my book, giving all the clinical correlations for the things I talk about experiencing. And we're both on the Tamron Hall show today. So make sure you tune in to Tamron Hall, check your local listings, and check us out. Okay? Okay. Okay. Yeezy? Yes.

What are you doing this weekend? You want to tell people? Oh, well, I'll be in Chicago this weekend. It was like a really last-minute thing, so I'm trying to get it all together. I'm a little frazzled. But, you know, I'm getting ready for my lip service live tour, so you guys know that kicks off October 20th. You can go to Ticketmaster.com if you want to get tickets to see us in a city near you.

It kicks off in Philly, then New York. We're in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, LA, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, all over. So make sure you come and check us out. Alright, when we come back, positive note, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee,

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yes, the positive note is simply this, man. The positive note is I want you to act as if what you do makes a difference because it does. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or y'all done?

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