The Breakfast Club - Cathy Hughes Interview

Episode Date: May 13, 2021

Today on the show we had Cathy Hughes call in who disucssed Urban One, Spotting Radio Talent, DMX Final Interview and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to USC President Bob Caslen again for his resignation amid plagarism scandal in speech and Angela helped some listners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning. Yes, it is. What's happening? How's everybody feeling this morning? Oh, man, it's wonderful. It's amazing. I'm feeling good. That's right.

You guys are two. Yeah, I had a great day yesterday. Come on, man. We alive. Not only that. We healthy. We above ground. Play my song. Hello's right. Two. Yeah, I had a great day. Come on, man. We alive. Not only that. We healthy. We above ground. Play my song.

Hello, J. Cole. I turned it up. Oh, my goodness. It is such a celebration today. Now, how many anniversaries you and Gia going to have now? You just had one. This is the big one. This is 20.

This is 20 years. But I thought y'all just celebrated 20 years a week ago. No, 20 years is today. May 13th is 20 years. I thought y'all got married on Mother's Day ago. No, 20 years is today. May 13th is 20 years. I thought y'all got married on Mother's Day. We did, but it was on the 13th. You know, Mother's Day changes every year. It changes every year at the same time every year.

Okay, okay, okay. That calendar thing. Yes, that calendar thing. So it's been 20 years today that we've been married. I know a lot of couples, a lot of people haven't made it. Haven't made it? Haven't made it. Oh, haven't made it. it's you know i've been made it haven't made oh haven't made it that long and you know uh marriage is very difficult you have your ups your downs your left

your rights uh it's a lot you gotta continue working on it but we made 20 years today we've been together 26 years and married 20 man man i gotta give it up congratulations oh my goodness it feels so it was so good waking up this morning saying baby I gotta give it up to Gia. Congratulations. I gotta give it up to Gia, too, man. Give her a round of applause. Drop a bomb for her. Please. Congratulations. Oh, my goodness. It feels so... It was so good waking up this morning saying, baby, happy anniversary. I love you.

I wonder how many times in that 20 years Gia has had to woosah. I'm sure every day. I'm sure every day. Then we prayed and then I went to work. I better get that same energy this year. It'll be 11 years for us, okay? Wait, but how long have you been married?

11 years. We've been married 11 years. Whether we like it or not, all three of us have been married for, well, it'll be 11 years this year. Yeah. Okay, so I better get that same energy. All right? I want the song.

I want the Tony, Tony, Tony playing in the background. No, that happens in 20 years. But you're not going to get the kiss in the morning or the prayer in the morning. Yes, why not? You get the prayer. Why not? I'll give you the prayer. I want the kiss too. This is getting old going to get the kiss in the morning or the prayer in the morning. Yes, why not? You get the prayer. I give you the prayer. I want the kiss too!

Give me the air kiss. No! It shouldn't be. Alright, you give me an air kiss. Stop the music. You give me an air kiss right now. I just did. You didn't hear it? No, do it again. I'm not in the studio so you can't see it, but it's in the air. This is awkward, man.

Just put your lips in the air. It'll find you. This is awkward, man. Just put your lips in the air. It'll find you. This is awkward, man. Goodness gracious. Well, good morning, guys. Yes. Congratulations. No, congratulations.

Marriage is a test. I'm not even going to say marriage is a test. It's just life. It is life. Marriage really does represent life. It represents the ups, the downs, the ebbs, the flows. It just is what it is. To find a life partner,

somebody to do this life thing with for 20 years, that's incredible. Yeah, that's an accomplishment. That's incredible. Yeah, so I can't wait to celebrate more and more and more. It's just a great, like I said, I woke up this morning very happy. You should. You should be that way.

What if he was like, man, I put my 20 years in. And it's over? That would be sad. That would be sad. That would be sad. That's why I want to see all these marriages and all these couples together. They're together 26 years or 15 years, and then they decide to call it quits. I always wonder what was the reason after all that time. After all that time.

Why? You know? I don't know. How about we just go our separate ways without a divorce? Let's not do the business. Like, dang. You know, my parents are divorced, and they still live together. Let's not do the business. Like, dang. You know, my parents are divorced and they still live together. That's weird.

They got divorced after I graduated from college. I think they were just waiting. Do they sleep in the same bed? I don't know. Because I don't live there. I would love to dig deeper on that. I would love to know what that means. I would love to know what it means to be divorced but still live together.

I think some people are just very used to each other. You got to think. My mom got married when she was 19. But they still go on trips and everything together. Yeah, they do. Because you know what it is? I guess like their family is a very intertwined. Yeah, but why get a divorce if they're going to stay together?

Yeah, they were married for so long. Like maybe like 20-something years. So do they date other people? That's what I would like to know. I would like to know what does that mean to be divorced but still be in the same house like hey i'm going on a date honey all right yeah call us up i mean maybe they just like to have sex with each other they're comfortable having sex with each other i didn't say they have sex with each other it doesn't mean that i think people end up being like roommates sometimes in a marriage right because

some marriages are like well we've been together for 25 years. We have this house together. It's convenient. I don't know. Now, we was giving people help with being roommates when they both over 30. What do we say about your parents?

Goodness gracious. Okay. Jesus. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Let's talk about in Ohio, they are giving five people $1 million.

We'll tell you what you have to do. Really? All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Where are we starting, Yee? Well, in Ohio, five vaccinated Ohioans will get a million dollars each. There's a new lottery they've announced. And it's one of the largest financial incentives to combat declining demand for the COVID-19 vaccine. I got vaccinated in Ohio. Did you get thrown into a lottery?

I hope so. I doubt it. Yeah, I don't think they should associate the vaccine with a lottery because people already think they're taking a risk and taking a gamble now, right? So why would you associate it with a lottery? Well, some people think not taking the vaccine is taking a risk. Yeah, and a lot of people think taking the vaccine is taking a risk. You still have a choice.

You can get vaccinated or you cannot get vaccinated, but I guess it's just an incentive. That's just foolish. Cause I can go buy a $1 million lottery ticket. How about, how about pay the people some cash for real? If you're going to do that, cause that's not really a real incentive.

I'm gonna put you in the lottery for a million dollars. It's like one in 1 trillion chance. Exactly. A lottery ticket is like a dollar. It's not an act. It's a vaccine lottery. It's only for people who get vaccinated. It's not like they're entering you in the lottery. So it's just a dollar. It's a vaccine lottery. It's only for people who get vaccinated. It's not like they're entering you in the lottery.

So it's just the vaccine people? Yeah. So it's only five people going to be in this lottery? No, no, no. Five people will get a million dollars each. It's a COVID-19 vaccine lottery. So only the people that took the vaccine. So it might only be like a thousand people.

Right. So let's say a thousand people get vaccinated. How many times can you get vaccinated? Shut up. Yeah, I didn't know that. They made it sound like the Mega Millions of the Powerball. So how many people in Ohio have gotten vaccinated so far? I'm not sure how many people.

Well, it says over 4.8 million people have gotten at least one dose so far. Yeah, I like them meeting people where they are. I just don't know how I feel about this. It feels janky for some reason. Hey, come take this vaccine and we'll put you in a lottery for a million dollars. just don't know how I feel about this. It just feels, it feels janky for some reason. Hey, come take this vaccine and we'll put you in a lottery for a million dollars.

I don't know. I mean, if you were going to take it, I mean, if you're going to do it anyway, why not? You could potentially win a million dollars.

Yeah, because I got my jersey, but I ain't getting no money. The money is coming from existing federal COVID-19 relief funds, according to the governor.

So the other things that they're doing is for some students, they're going to have five winners who will get a full four year scholarship to a state of Ohio University which includes tuition, room and board and books. Yeah

because if I was going to take it anyway I wouldn't need any incentive. So I don't know. It just feels janky to me. Some people are also on the fence. And they might be like you know what I am going to take it because I think people are still debating. Some people are like not against it.

Right. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't do it. You know. All right. Now, let's talk about this Times Square shooting. I know you guys discussed this briefly the other day and we were discussing Farrakhan Mohammed is his name. He was arrested yesterday.

Now, he was in Times Square. Stop. I know. That's the. Come on. Who made that name? That's not real. Come was arrested yesterday. Now, he was in Times Square. Stop, I know. Come on, who made that name up? That's not real. Come on, media. Stop. No, this is his real name. So, the victims of the shooting in Times Square, it was a 23-year-old female tourist from Rhode Island, a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey,

and a 4-year-old girl from Brooklyn. It happened on Saturday in Times Square. Two to four men got into a dispute. One person pulled out a gun and opened fire. Three people were injured. What was interesting about this story was the police did find a man that looked just like him. And it turned out it was the guy's brother. And his brother was the one that told investigators that he was the intended target in the shooting, actually.

So the motive is still under investigation. But they said that Muhammad and the woman that he was there with were CD vendors. I heard there was an argument. First of all, I didn't know people still sell CDs. Yeah, they said CDs and stuff and pocketbooks. They was, you know, I guess the space. Who has CDs? When's the last time you bought a CD?

I don't know. You don't, but them guys in Times Square be still selling CDs and they need to step their hustle up, okay? That's probably exactly what it was. You know when they be rapping and they be coming to you mad aggressive in Times Square? I wonder if that was the reason why. coming to you mad aggressive in Times Square? I wonder if that was the reason why. Because they be mad aggressive in Times Square.

They try to give you a CD and then charge you for it afterwards. Yeah, when you take it they be like, ah, that's $10. They be like, here, here, here,

I got a music. And then you're like, okay, okay. Like if you're a tourist you might not understand the hustle. And then as soon as you take it they be like,

all right, that's going to be $10. And you're like, what? All I know is don't try to tie this to the NOI or the Nation of Islam,

okay? That was one isolated incident because I've never heard of a man named Farrakhan Muhammad in my life. What's his middle name? Hussein Bin Laden? Like, what the hell? That sounds crazy. I'm sure there's a lot of people named Farrakhan now. All right.

I know the last name. I've never seen the first name. Well, that is your Front Page News. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. It's your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Mel. This is DJ Envy.

This is Mel? Mel. Mel, Mel, what up, man? Get off your chest. Good morning. No, good morning, Dr. Charlemagne. Good morning, Angelique. Peace, King.

I'm a long-time listener every day. Don't think of the day as my stuff. Thank you, brother. I live with a female for nine years. And we've been together, well, we worked together for nine years. But I live with a female for nine years. And we've been together, well, we worked together for nine years, but I live with her. And I sleep in the living room and she sleeps in her room. And I wake up, I wake up

every day at four o'clock in the morning just to use the bathroom because she might, you know, pee in the bed. What? She pees in the bed? Yeah, we're basically roommates. You can say that. Y'all don't have sex or anything like that? No relationship? No, sir. This is my dad.

Wow. This is my dad. What's the reason though? Like, I mean, for financial reasons or? What's the reason y'all still roommates? Because her twin daughters, we are there in their life since they were babies. So she don't want to be with nobody else. She wants to be with somebody else, but she doesn't want to bring another guy else She wants to be With somebody else But she doesn't want To bring another guy Into the relationship

It's comfortable for her Because she's scared That something might happen Because Damn They have a special Disability They want to be that

Got it Got you So she don't really want you She just wants you Around the kids She'd rather see somebody else She feels comfortable with you Yes

Okay So what about if you Want to date somebody else That she'd want to date Somebody else What about you That's the thing She So what about if you want to date somebody else that she want to date somebody else? That's the thing. She tells me like I'm going to go out

and spend the night out or she gives me like basically say a curfew. If you're not home by 1130 I already know you're spending the night out. How old are you? I'm going to be honest with you.

DJ? How old are you, sir? 37. Yeah. This sounds like the story you tell other women because you know you got a girl. So you'd be like, no, I don't really got a girl. You know what I'm saying?

But we just live together. You know, her kids got special needs. So I just take care of the kids. But we're not really together. Does this sound like the story you tell other women? No, not really. Yeah, I'm sure he wouldn't call up here and lie to us. Why not?

No, I'm not lying. I'm not lying. I'm 50-100. Yeah, no, I believe you. That's what what i'm saying it's an unusual enragement but people do get like comfortable with someone they're scared to move on i always say that some people get comfortable in being like in a dysfunctional relationship but he seems trapped though let's just go yeah like like you can't see other people right no no she can't see like that she said i want to see other people i don't want to be with you but i just got you around because you're good with the kids.

Like, he said, like, he told him if he stays out until past 1130, I know you're with somebody else. Like, what kind of sense is that? Come on now. Well, Candace, good morning. Good morning. How are you? I'm doing well. Get it off your chest, mama.

I would like to say congratulate you for your 20-year anniversary. Congratulate Charlamagne for being a doctor darling. Thank you. And you are just amazing. Thank you. And there's nothing like finding your life partner,

your best friend. I would like to also shout out my king because you've been and you will be married in 10 years. So I'm happy about that. We don't got nothing on you and your married in 10 years so I'm happy about it we don't got nothing on you and your wife for 20 years not yet you'll be there soon

just time all they got on you is time that's all yeah wait wait wait wait wait one more thing I would like to you know just a reminder because I called last week and I appreciate y'all putting me on your platform I also would like to say is mental health mine so make sure y'all do your check-ins with your family and friends because we need people sometimes to check on us. And don't forget to follow me at MyTeethMyTruth. And make sure that y'all buy, you know, your shirt so you can speak out against mental health.

Okay, thank you, Mama. Absolutely. Thank you. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, 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 for 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. Why can't I trade my own 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 still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from

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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? This is Ella. Hey, Ella. Good morning. Get it off your chest. So you guys are just talking about the lotto in Ohio. Yes. And I'm just like, it's not really clear because I'm in a basic field and I already received my vaccination. So am I still going to be put in the lotto also?

Or is this the incentive for people who haven't gotten vaccinated? Yeah, I think the issue is that the vaccination numbers have dropped, so they're trying to encourage people to get vaccinated. Yeah, so that still doesn't let me know. Is my name going to be put in the drawing, or where do I get my name? Well, you have to have had at least the first dose starting May, and it starts May 26th. Okay, boom.

Well, I don't think you're eligible. They don't need you. They got you already. Well, I don't think you're eligible. They don't need you. They got you already. Yeah. Well, no, no. It says, let's see. Let's see. The state is going to draw names from the state's publicly available voter registration database.

You can also sign up through an online portal. Okay. I'm going to check in today. But they're saying that some of it's coming from COVID relief money. Y'all can pay some of that over to unemployment because I'm still waiting on my unemployment money. Wait a minute now. So hold on. You're dipping into the COVID relief money to pay y'all?

That's what they say. That is what they said. That's so whack. Doesn't that let you know that they aren't using the COVID relief money for the right things now? That's $5 million, right? That could definitely be used in another way. In another way. Completely. Like you said, that could be going to

unemployment benefits. I'm waiting three weeks for unemployment payment. I've already gotten another job. Wow. You know what, though? It's going to feel good when all that money come in at once. That's so whack.

You get a bunch of money for the people and you sit around and come up with the right idea. I know what we can do. We can create a lottery. Five million dollars. No. Put that money where it should be going anyway. Not no damn lottery. Hello, who's this?

Hey, this is Derrick. Hey, Derrick. Get it off your chest. Yeah, I feel like, you know, when y'all do the dunk the other day, y'all should give it to yourselves. Why? I have. Okay, because yesterday when y'all were talking about the guy that was in the courtroom, what difference does it make what race he is?

Okay? That means you're racist. All right, I'm about to play a game right now. What's your name? My name's Derek. Where are you from? I'm from Louisiana. All right.

All right, Derek from Louisiana. Mad that we play a game of Guess What Race It Is. Guess what race it is! I'll go first. Lame-ass. I'll go second. Lame-ass. Ye?

Now I don't want to say a race because I don't want to be racist. Derek, what race is it? Just say lame-ass person. What different race do I have? He sounds Asian to me. Derek, what race are you? You say lame-ass person. What different race I am? He sounds Asian to me. Derek, it's just a game. Derek, are you Asian? No, I ain't Asian.

Are you white? Why you so mad this morning, Derek? You have breakfast yet? You do sound Caucasian, Derek. Are you white? No, I ain't white. What do you mean? What's the problem, Derek?

Why you so mad? Why you woke up angry this morning? Dramos thinks you're Latino. Are you Latino? I'm not a Latino. I'm not angry. I'm just saying because that's crazy. Why would you want to sit there and guess what race somebody is, man?

That means you racist. He definitely sounds Asian. He definitely sounds Asian. Hold on, Derek. So you've never identified somebody by their race ever in your life? You've never said, oh, that's such and such. He's white. That's such and such.

He's black. That's such and such. He's Spanish. He doesn't see color. No. Right, Derek? Tell and such, he's white. That's such and such, he's black. That's such and such, he's Spanish. He doesn't see color. No. Right, Derek? Tell him you don't see color. So you telling me, Derek, you've never identified anybody by their race ever in life? No.

Derek, repeat after me. I don't see color. No, you a n***a. Only a n***a would tell a bold-faced lie like that. Well, no, the white man, too. Goddamn. Okay, so... So, again, now you upset now because, but I feel like you should get the dunk today because you being racist. No.

But, Derek, happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This month is AAPI month, so. Derek, what race is Charlamagne? No, no, Derek, what race is your wife, Derek? What difference does it make? There you go. I'm just asking. I'm just asking.

What race is your wife, Derek? What difference does it make? Yep, go. I'm just asking. I'm just asking. What race is your wife, Derek? What difference does it make? You got it. Just answer the question. I just want to know. Act like it's the census. What race is your wife? The same race as yours.

No, mine is black. He loves his white wife. I can tell you got a white wife. Leave him alone, man. I know. All right, Derek. You have a good morning, man. I know.

It was a pleasure talking to you. It was not. Say good morning to that have a good morning, man. I know. It was a pleasure talking to you. It was not. Say good morning to that white queen for us, man. Derek? Yeah. All right, man. Tell your white wife we said hello. We send our regards.

We wish y'all the best, my brother. Derek mad at y'all, man. All right. I know he mad at Dr. Lamar Johnson, too. But all right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. And let me shout out to all the post office workers.

Yesterday I was out in Queens and a post office worker pulled me over. Well, didn't pull me over, but pulled over. And said she listens every morning. And she said she mad at Charlamagne when Charlamagne don't do the yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Because she looks forward to it. And she also said she's driving to Atlanta. I was in New York yesterday to come to the car show. So good morning to all the post office workers.

She's driving the post office truck? Tell her don't be like Lucky and Janet Jackson and Poetic Justin. Listen, maybe she could put the postal truck in the car show. That'd be dope. U.S. Post Office, if you want to sponsor my car show, hit me up. They need money, actually, Envy. You can ask them for money. Might as well take $5 million from Ohio, too, from their COVID relief fund.

Ohio, if you want to put that on the screen. We got rumors on the way? Yes. And I really want to start off with J. Cole's freestyle, but I feel like yeah, we might got to do that. Where's Trav? Because that J. Cole freestyle yesterday was amazing. All right. We'll get into it next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, next hour, Kathy Hughes will be joining us. Now, Kathy Hughes. The legendary Kathy Hughes. She is the founder of Radio 1.

Which is now Urban 1. Now it's known as Urban 1. She's a radio TV personality, business executive. She's an icon. She's a legend. So when you watch TV 1, when you, you know, Radio One, obviously you're still under that umbrella, Bossip, a whole bunch of websites, media sites.

Yes. Yeah, we're going to be talking to her. And she's a black woman. Yes. She's a boss, period, in every sense of the word. Absolutely. And we're going to be talking to her next hour. Now let's get to the rumors, though.

This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. All right. Do y'all know who the highest paid athlete is in the world right now? For 2020? I'm sure it's a soccer player. Wrong. I don't know who. LeBron James.

It's not? Okay. Wrong. LeBron James was actually number five on that list. Steph Curry. Steph Curry did not make the top ten last year. Floyd didn't fight last year. Nope.

Floyd's not on the list in the top ten. Pat Mahomes. Come on, guys. Pat Mahomes. Nope. Not on the list either. Who is it? That's why you do the show.

Who is it? It's baseball, right? Calm down. Is it baseball? It's not baseball. It's got to be soccer. It's not baseball. It's gotta be soccer. It's Conor McGregor. Really? Oh, because of the liquor?

He made $180 million. He made $158 million outside the Atakan. Yes, overwhelmingly because of the sale of his proper 12 Irish whiskey. See, the reason I don't like that is because that's not even an endorsement. I think that when they do these athlete numbers,

it should be based off their salary and the endorsement deals they get because of the sport they play, not because of their outside business ventures. Because if that's the case, I mean, I'm sure Floyd would probably still be number one, or even LeBron, or Magic Johnson for that matter. But they count all those. Michael Jordan. Well, this is just for last year, though, you got to understand. Yeah, he's kind of right.

Nobody beat Michael Jordan. I would think all of them last year, though. You got to understand. Yeah, he's kind of right. Nobody beat Michael Jordan. Because every year the numbers change. I would think all of them made more money than Conor last year. Unless they're saying active. Maybe they mean active right now, though. These are people who are still. If it's active, I get it. Yeah.

Yeah. I still would say LeBron. You don't think LeBron made more than $180 million last year? He made $96.5 million last year. He's number five. Hmm. Okay. Dak Prescott was number four.

Cristiano Ronaldo was number three. Cristiano Ronaldo was number three. Lionel Messi was number two. Yeah. I just, I don't like it. Especially if it's liquor licking. I never do it. Athletics.

Yeah. But I mean, it happens on the list for hip hop. It happens on the highest paid actor list. Yeah. You know, George Clooney made that when he sold, uh,

cause of Casamigos, obviously did it because it's a rock and Deleon. So you can't not count it. Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre. I mean, it is what it is, right? All right. Now, J. Cole, you know every hour we got to play a snippet of this freestyle that he did on the LA Leakers.

It is absolutely amazing. So here is, and we're going to do this chronologically every hour. Here he is freestyling over 93 till infinity. Just lay in my bed I'm used to it That's your best friend Giving me Now you do it See mommy It's not so weird After I hit I cut you off Like Picasso Van Gogh or whoever Goddamn Cole

You're too clever Like a nigga James Brown sample You're too ever Times two That's forever More treble Meaning more high

In this shit On your level Alright Okay J. Cole We getting ready For this release tomorrow I guess tonight at midnight Yeah that was a dope freestyle I enjoyed it I mean a lot of rappers From Cole's generation Don't do that too often J. Cole, we getting ready for this release tomorrow. I guess tonight at midnight.

That was a dope freestyle. I enjoyed it. I mean, a lot of rappers from Cole's generation don't do that too often, so it was refreshing to hear. I thought Cole was married, though, with kids. He is. He is. Why are you rapping about smashing so many chicks? It's probably old stuff.

It's entertainment. He just did that freestyle recently. I don't like that, though. I don't see you here with Dramos. It's just entertainment. I don't want to hear it's just entertainment. Not from Cole. It's a certain level of realness I expect from certain artists,

and Cole is one of them. So I don't want him just to be saying things because it sounds entertaining. Well, maybe he is. I was confused. No, I doubt it. I don't even look at J. Cole like that type of person. That's what I'm saying. I was confused.

I'm kind of with Sean Lee on this one. Not from Cole. Maybe it's my baby Cole. It sounded dope to me, though. Come on, Drombo. It sounded dope. You sound like those old white ladies who used to protest and burn CDs and stomp them out in the street. Y'all going to protest outside the station.

Luke didn't lie. Luke was really smacking asses back then. Nobody's saying anything about lying. If you lying, that's trash. And that's from Cole. But it's Cole. It's Cole. I respect a certain level of realness.

Expect a certain level of realness from J. Cole. I'm sure he's done that in his life, though. I just was confused. I was just confused. I was just listening like, damn, I thought Cole was married with kids. But I really like J. Cole's rollout, okay, from the music he put out last week to the documentary to the freestyles to announcing he's playing ball in Africa to cover a slam.

It's very calculated but very organic. Well, anyway, we got to keep it moving, though, because we do have front-page news coming up. I do want to remind you to pay your taxes because he did mention the IRS, and taxes are due on Monday because we have that extension. All right, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. All right, front-page news.

Are you ready, Tease? We'll be back at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here, and the general Insurance understands that stuff happens, including lapses in auto coverage. At The General, they make it easy to get reinstated

and will work with you to keep you covered. Call 800-GENERAL or go to thegeneral.com to find out more. Some restrictions apply. Hey. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, We Are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Why don't we start with Yee? Well, let's talk about Vivian Cunningham. She is a grandmother, great-grandmother, and now she has just graduated from college.

She graduated from Sanford University in Birmingham, Alabama on May 8th. Here's what she said. I really felt great. I might go for the Masters, but I'm going to rest for a while. If you have a dream and you're passionate about that dream, pursue it. Don't let anyone tell you that it can't be done. There you go. She's 78 years old. 78?

Mm-hmm. Never too late. Congratulations. It's 78 years old. 78? Mm-hmm. Never too late. Congratulations. It's never too late to do anything except for rap. You know what I'm saying? If you're a 78-year-old rapper,

nobody's gonna take you serious. I don't know, man. You'll only go viral because you're old. Angela Yee will drop a bomb to you. You'll only go viral because you're old.

If it's dope, it's dope. That's it. If it's dope, it's dope. But listen, has... As long as you spit in your truth, man. What if Jay-Z, when he turns...

What if Jay-Z, when he turns... What if Jay-Z, when he turns 78, puts out a rap? It could be dope. Jay-Z's been rapping. I'm talking about a person who just starts rapping at 78. Okay, you can't start rapping. As long as they spitting their truth,

me and Ben Gay, Epsom salt, knees hurt. Wait, did you just say you and Ben are gay? Don't know how much time I got left. Might die in the booth left Might die in the booth Might die in the booth It's the realest it should ever wrote

Alright, Chick-fil-A is facing a sauce shortage What? Yes Too much sauce What? They've been giving away too much sauce So apparently they're limiting out the number of sauce They're giving to customers because of that limited stock

So now you only get one dipping sauce cup per item ordered. That's crazy. What the hell is going on? They've been stingy with the sauce for a minute, though. No, they haven't. Yes, they have. Maybe it's been going on for a while, and they're just letting us know because they've been stingy with it. I think you've got to pay for anything more than one.

No, that's McDonald's, not a Chick-fil-A. They're so nice. They give it to you. They're so nice. I got a drawer full of sauces. Oh, well, that's why's, not a Chick-fil-A. They're so nice. They give it to you. They're so nice. I got a drawer full of sauces. Oh, well, that's why we have a shortage. You know, Envy be causing all kinds of shortages. We had a gas shortage because Envy's daughter went and filled up all the cars with gas.

Now we got a Chick-fil-A shortage because Envy got them all at home in a drawer. Shoot. I wonder what causes a Chick-fil-A sauce shortage, though. Because, I mean, they're making it, right? People like Envy. I wonder what causes the shortage. They-A sauce shortage though? Because I mean, they're making it, right? People like Envy. I wonder what causes the shortage. But it's a supply chain issue. It's limited stock right now.

So they're trying to work to fix this pretty quickly. A lot of fast food restaurants have been hit pretty hard because of labor shortage, supply chain issues. For instance, ketchup packets. That was in short supply as well. I got mad ketchup packets in my drawer too. See what I mean?

Envy's a hoarder. And some of them packets probably years old. Yeah, I know. So I had to throw some of them out the other day because they were just mad old. You know what? You know what? They don't give me a lot of. Never mind.

What? Duck sauce. I cannot get duck sauce. Every time there's. I cannot. They don't give extra packets of duck sauce and they charge you for every one. All right. You all eat terribly.

You said McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Chinese food. That's why you got titties, bro. I ain't got titties. All right, now Bitcoin has dropped around 12% after Elon Musk tweeted out that Tesla will not accept it as payment. So he said that the high environmental cost is the reason for that move. He said we're concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel. Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels, and we believe it has a promising future.

But this cannot come at great cost to the environment. Now, hold on. Didn't we just didn't I think somebody in the room cited Tesla is that you can use Bitcoin and cryptocurrency with Tesla? Doge or Doge a cat coin buddy oh okay well you can't use cryptocurrency for Tesla you can't use Bitcoin you did at one point huh Bitcoin is the type of I said I thought that one you know you use crypto current Elon Musk said you can pay for Tesla's

he was asking for those to use Dogecoin. But he did a poll asking if they wanted Tesla to accept Doge. But Doge is a type of Bitcoin, right? No, Doge is a type of cryptocurrency. I thought Bitcoin was cryptocurrency. It's cryptocurrency. And there's cryptocurrency, there's Bitcoin, there's Dogecoin, there's SafeBTC, Jim Jones, I think cryptocurrency is the big umbrella over, Capcom, Soldier Boy coin.

Big umbrella over everything. No, I think cryptocurrency. I don't know. Cryptocurrency is the currency. Yes, the umbrella over everything. All cryptocurrency. And then under it is Bitcoin. I'm going to get an Envy coin, Dramos coin, Charlemagne Buck coin. None of y'all know what y'all talking about. So the moral of the story is he's not

taking it no more. There you go. Bitcoin he's not taking. Bitcoin he's not taking. Man, shut up, man. You asked for the information. Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. That's what I said! I said that five minutes ago! You said that there's cryptocurrency, there's Bitcoin. No, I said cryptocurrency

is the name of the currency. Hey, one of y'all flip the Bitcoin to see who get the ball, please. One of y'all flip the Bitcoin to see who get the ball. Alright, well that is your front page news. Yes, you learned nothing. Nothing at all. But we've been saying that. We said we don't know.

I'm telling you right now, you can't buy a Tesla with Bitcoin. That's all. You need to know. Don't come to the Breakfast Club for news. No. Okay.

There you go. You get a couple rumors that might be true or not, but hey, we appreciate you guys. It's entertaining. It's entertaining. As Dr. Moses, It's just entertaining. We're trying.

All right. Now, when we come back, Kathy Hughes will be joining us. She is the founder of Radio One Entrepreneur Radio Personality TV. She's a black owned boss. Executive and she is a boss. And we're going to talk to her when we come back. That's right. So don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club is your country falling apart

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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 jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got a special guest joining us this morning she is the founder of the media company radio one now i believe it's called urban one legend this is This is a legend. This woman right here is an icon.

I mean, you know, because we in the radio industry, so you know, I look at her different. Absolutely. A legend. Ladies and gentlemen, Kathy Hughes. Good morning. What an honor to be on the Breakfast Club. I've watched all three of you, the careers of all three of you. I was so excited

when I learned that they were going to put the three of you together because each of all three of you. I was so excited when I learned that they were going to put the three of you together because each of you had such a distinguished career individually, but together, powerhouse, nothing but pure and adulterated power. Thank you very much. That's so true. You know, Ms. Hughes, I have to ask you early on, what really gave you your drive to know that you could do something that really had never been done before as a woman, as a black woman, you know, in this world to feel like, okay, I can start my own radio station. Well, part of what we're going to talk about this morning,

Urban One Honors is featuring the music of my mother. My mother was a founding member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the number one all-women's 18-piece orchestra in the 1930s and 40s. So I had 18 Black women who later became international. There were white women who had joined the group, Asian women, Spanish women. But I saw these women who started off as teenagers, much like you, Angela. Even as teenagers, they were progressive. They were bold. They were unafraid to rock the boat.

And we're talking about the height of Jim Crow and segregation in the United States. They're on a bus performing and touring the South. So I grew up in an atmosphere of you can do whatever you think you want to do. So at age eight, when my mother bought me a transistor radio, I decided at age eight that I wanted to be in media. I wanted to be in radio. I wanted to have my voice amplified. And much like you, I didn't just want to play music. I wanted to tell people things that would help them improve their everyday lives no you definitely did you know um i always say you know one of the four people who inspired me the

most in this entertainment business is one of them is a radio personality named uh petey green petey green wouldn't have his voice if it wasn't for y'all right listen uh pd green you know with my former husband's best friend dewey hughes discovered him it's interesting to this day both don cheeto and taraji p henson both tell me that their favorite roles of all the things that they've done talk to me in movies and television was talk to me they said that because just mean, Petey was a third grade dropout. And I mean, 10,000 people came to his funeral, much like DMX's celebration in New York. But I mean, he spoke at Georgetown University. He spoke at Notre Dame. He was truly a genius who, had he had other circumstances in his life, Petey probably would have been co-hosting with you all on Breakfast Club.

Okay. He had that level of talent. He was just before his time. He was so young when, you know, he died, but alcoholism really took him out and a whole assortment of, you know,

being in, he was in prison more of his life than he was on the outside world. And yet the impact that he had. So I'm glad that you're a Pee Wee Green fan. Before Envy gets out of here I want to make sure we talk about Howard University a little bit and the role that that played and where you are today because Envy did go to NHU he went to Hampton you know and I know you guys have a little friendly competition but what happened at Howard that helped shape your future? Howard University actually produced me when I received an honorary degree from them before

I was blessed with them naming their School of Communications in my honor. They used to, when they would introduce me, they would say that she's our most successful graduate who never attended Howard University because they actually groomed me. Okay. When Dr. Cheek, who was then the president of Howard, asked me if I was interested in being the general manager of the Howard University station, WHUR, I said to him, I would love the opportunity, but I don't know how to do it. So Howard literally sent me to Harvard for six weeks to take a course called broadcast

management. That's how I learned how to manage broadcasting facilities was because Howard invested in me. They groomed me. It was such a blessing. I had a choice of coming to be on the faculty of Howard University or going to be the EEO director for Stanford. When I went to California, to be very honest with you, I didn't think I would go to work. I had never seen blue and green water.

I'm from the Midwest. In Omaha, we have brown and gray. We don't have blue and green. And so when I went to California, I said, no, I better go east because I don't think I'd ever get up and go to work. I would just be outside oohing and aahing. And then Hollywood on top of it. No, I was a little country girl from Omaha.

So I opted for the East Coast. Howard changed my life. They opened the door of opportunity. And then some 45 years later, to name the School of Communications in my honor, was like, I'm still in awe, to be very honest with you. I mean, I'm like a kid. I go up to the university and I stand there

and look in front of the sign. I'm standing outside and people come up to me. What an honor. What an honor. Where did you get the business mind to jump into radio and own radio stations? Because it's something that I don't think people would ever think of or thought of.

And you had that mind to own stations and to put brothers and sisters on air, to talk about everything from our struggle to just celebrate. What gave you that business mind? I'm a generation of business entrepreneurs. We still have a school in Mississippi that's 115 years old, founded by my mother's father, called the Piney Woods School, Piney Woods, Mississippi. One of the few black boarding schools still open and teaching, you know, and housing children. So it was expected of me to work for myself.

Plus, I'm kind of like the three of you all. I work better being in charge. OK, I work better determining my own destiny. And so I realized early on as I looked around, you know, Washington, D.C. has always been such a socially active community because of the, you know, nearly when I moved there, 80 percent black population. We called it Chocolate City back in those days. And so now it's kind of Neapolitan. It's no longer Chocolate City. But I knew that my mouth would get me in trouble, quite frankly, as sometimes the three of you all. So I knew early on that it was best that I followed the example of my family, my mother with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She was a founding member of this band. My mother was only 16 years old when she ran away from home and joined the band. So I've always had this boldness about standing up for what I believed in. And certainly

it's easier to do it when you're the boss. All right, we have more with Kathy Hughes when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kathy Hughes. Now, of course, she's an entrepreneur, radio, TV, personality, business executive. She founded Radio 1. It's also known as Urban 1. Charlamagne? Ms. Hughes, I want to know, how do you spot talent?

And do you think radio is giving personalities the opportunity to still be personalities? I think that you all reopened that. I was very familiar with all three of you because one of the things that God has really blessed me with is the ability to spot talent. And I, like I said, I was tracked. I remember when you were with Wendy Williams. As you know, Wendy Williams, you know, started with me. I remember when you were seriously trying to get people to read books, Angela, and still, you know, are doing that. And DJ Envy, I remember when everybody was honored to be, you know, associated with you and the things that you were doing on the turntable.

So I've always kept my eye out for budding talent, being able to recognize talent in individuals even before it has come into its full fruition. I thank God for that ability, for that talent. I think maybe if I had, you know, gone a different path and gone into the music industry, that I would have a lot of platinum plaques up on my walls. Absolutely. How difficult is it for, you know, owning an African-American station, a black station? I always look at and I look at these sponsorships, these big companies, and I see them spend money with all these other stations, all these white stations and country stations. And it seems like they never want to spend it with the black stations.

And not just stations, but media companies, because it's not just radio. But we control everything. Newspapers, magazines. Yeah, we control the posts. How did you get around that? Yes. And let me tell you a true story about WBLS in New York. When WBLS was number one in New York City, that made WBLS the number one radio station in the entire United States. When we looked at revenue, they were number 24. Wow. Now, how can you be the number one station?

Because they were black. Okay. How can you be number one and you don't get the prize? Okay. You're not even top 10. What has happened is the reality is it's kind of like an example I use when I'm training my sales teams. There are a lot more cars than there are parking spaces. There's a lot more competition. And are parking spaces. There's a lot more

competition. And even now, because everyone is into the black space, everyone is an expert on black culture and black people. There's a lot of talk now about corporations spending a lot more money with black owned media. Well, the reality is I've heard the conversations. I've participated in some of the meetings. So far, I have not seen it hit our bottom line because the reality is I've heard the conversations. I've participated in some of the meetings. So far, I have not seen it hit our bottom line because the reality is whatever you spend with me takes away from another company, takes away from a majority market company. So those advertising agencies have relationships with their cousin is running X, Y, and Z station and their son-in-law is doing this. We don't have that type of network in the advertising community. So consequently, we get crumbs off the table.

I mean, General Motors now is talking about going from 2% to 4% and ultimately to 8%. There's a lot of controversy about that because the reality is we buy 11% of their audible bills. So why not we be allowed to get the same percentage in advertising revenue and support? So, you know, I mean, when I first started, InterCity Broadcasting and BLS, they were the ultimate. I never thought that one day my company, Urban One, would be Radio One, TV One, Clio, Syndication One, Reach Media. I never realized that I would end up filling voids that I didn't even know would exist, which ended up being us being the largest company.

That was not by design. That was because we were filling a void because black companies right now as we speak are closing left and right because of lack of support, particularly in the media advertising support. And the other thing is, it's like something that you all are confronted with. How do you build, you know, listener loyalty? how do you build you know listener loyalty how do you build viewer loyalty because you know my class used to always hate to hear me talk about fox i said how many of you love empire everybody's hand went up i said how many of you hate fox news

everybody's hand went up i said you realize that the same white folks that run Fox News also are the same white folks that make decisions on Empire. That's right. That's reality. OK, that's reality. And I think that when you really understand how hard it is, it's been hard for black media to survive black home media for a very long time. And it hasn't gotten any easier. No, that's why what you're doing you know what you've done and what you continue to do is so incredible i wanted to ask you miss hughes did

you like how you were portrayed in the wendy williams movie no because it was inaccurate deanna williams didn't work for me and that's who she was in the room i have never ever once smoked a cigarette inside a facility i used to be a chain smoker. Thank God I'm almost two decades now off of no cigarettes. But no, I did not. And it was so interesting because she said I threw her out like trash. But Wendy Williams just came on Cleo television and is doing a promo saying, I'm home. I'm a little confused. Right. I'm a little confused, Wendy, because I can't tell you how many times I've been so proud of her statements concerning the difference that we made in her life and her career. And then that portrayal when, you know, I got a clip because I'm sure that the media wanted me to comment and get some, you know, back and forth going. But I just swallowed, you know, my pride

because it was not accurate. It was not accurate at all. That's not how Wendy left our company. I would never have thrown her out. Wendy was going through some seriously troubled times when she was with me. And I have been so proud of how she's been able to weather the storm and keep going. But the one thing I have to give her credit for, she made my office. My office was a freaking trailer. All right, with the bathroom next to the kitchen. Okay, and she had a spiral staircase coming down. I was like, well, at least that part I didn't care about the fantasy being wrong.

But all right, I was like, yeah, because I was in a freaking trailer. But it was not an accurate portrayal at all. I don't like how she portrayed you. I don't like how she portrayed Helen Little. I just think, you know, when you know, thank you. When you're a black woman, you got to really pay homage to the black women that came before you. Black people, period. And helped you.

Like I said, I was at her 40th birthday party, and her husband stood up and talked about only two people had ever challenged her to make her life better, me and him. And like I said, she's always publicly given me credit. And then when they sent me the clip, I thought the network had done it. And then when I realized that Wendy had done that project but let me say to you that uh one of the things that that uh she understands very much is if it bleeds it leads okay all right okay so but there's nothing you could really do about something like that right when you're not portrayed accurately you just have to deal with it well you know what i'm

a big fan of biographies and um aristotle or nasus i'm sure you've read his book he said it doesn't matter whether it's good press or bad press accurate press or inaccurate press the most important thing is did they spell and pronounce your name correctly okay here i am on the breakfast club and you were talking about it okay so a lot of people saw it and uh you know and people who know me know that that's not my personality and wait and there was a cocktail on the table i was like oh my god i don't even drink all right we have more with kathy hugh Hughes when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kathy Hughes. Now, of course, she founded Radio 1. It's also known as Urban 1. Charlamagne? Well, let's talk about this DMX interview, Miss Hughes. Yeah, we want to make sure because Sunday night's a big night for you.

Yeah, we could be talking to you all day long. And I can't wait till you do your own movie or book or something. Hey, I would be more than willing to sign a contract with you all. The Kathy Hughes story produced by The Breakfast Club. Yes. All right, let's get this paperwork. Let's do it. So DMX, we pursued for almost five years to do uncensored.

Because uncensored, you know, is our answer to our sister program to unsung. But the difference being that uncensored, they get to pick what they want to talk about. They can talk about it as long as they want. So year after year, we asked DMX. so year after year we asked DMX and year after year he told us no one year he told us you bring me a million dollars and I'll do it we don't have a million dollars to pay you to talk about yourself or not about three weeks before he died he called us and asked us were we still interested because we had stayed in touch. He had become friends with some of my producers by then, you know. And we said, you serious?

He said, yeah. He gave us three and a half hours. And it was almost, it's so hard for me to watch in the editing room. It was as if he knew he was not long for this world. It was as if he felt, you know, sometimes you hear elderly folks say that you can, if you're really in tune with God, that you really do know when your life is coming to an end. And I think that he knew that he was at the end. Because the thing we said, so it's a two-part series that we're doing. I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to use it as the lead into

urban one honors because urban one honors is celebrating the accomplishment not the women themselves but the accomplishment of six incredible black seven actually black women but part one is sunday night at eight and then part two is Monday night at 10 and on Monday night his mother's going to come on because he was quite honest about his childhood he was quite honest about his relationship with his mother and I think it was VH1 was actually responsible for getting him and his mother reunited and reconnected because they had been estranged for a very, very long time. DMX had this special talent, this special brilliance where he could call you an MF one minute and praise the Lord in the second breath. OK, you know, he had this spiritual base, this brilliance.

Again, who knows what he could have been or would have been if he had not been the victim of an abusive childhood if he had not grown up on the streets the way he had so much pd green okay he's a modern day version of the pd green story we keep repeating this uh particularly with our black males our black males have really been the whole issue all along. When you look at going back to Angela's point about, you know, these corporations, all these corporations are scampering, spampering now around to hire diversity officers. 90% of the people they're hiring are black females. So they'd rather deal with the angry black woman than the scary black man. There's always been this fear of the strength of the black male.

And that's no different today. In fact, it's more. I mean, almost 10 minutes, you know, choke the life out of another human being if you don't really see that human being as less than a human being. And black men have been subjected to that since the day they arrived on these shores. There have been, you know, exceptions, but they have been far fewer exceptions with our brothers than they have been with our sisters. You know, we did get to see a preview of the DMX interview. And one thing that really did strike me was the teacher, right? He felt like really cared about him. And it really showed me how important teachers are. I mean, I always knew that I actually wanted to be a teacher

at one point in my life. Really? Yes, I did some schooling for it and everything. But I was going to say that is so important for teachers to actually really care about their students. And it really struck me to see like the one person he ever felt like really cared about him was one of his teachers, you know, that made him feel like he could really be somebody and just the influence that they can have when he didn't have, you know, people in his life, his family that should have been the ones also. Yep, exactly. And I think that part of his popularity was that he was not the exception. He was the rule. Okay.

How many black males are lost because they don't have a support system growing up? They're punished once they get to be a certain age. You never know what's going on in their home or how they were raised or anything and why they might react a certain way in other environments. You don't know what somebody's past is or what's going on currently. Probably the most troubling part of the DMX for me was looking in his eyes and it was like he was still alive. It was hard for me to connect watching him being so truthful, so honest, so forthright, and knowing that he was dead. It was as if, you know, and I'm so anxious for the millions of people who loved him and will always love him to make that connect. Because when you look at him, you realize that he's speaking his heart. Yeah.

And he wasn't performing. He was telling you what was on his mind, in his heart, and on his soul. And then he was gone. It was so, you know, such a prophecy of his own uh you know indy because like i said we had stopped bothering him we knew that we couldn't afford like it's been five years we don't have a million dollars we didn't ask you for the last time and uh uh inside um a sidebar one of our producers thought that it was somebody playing a joke that it wasn't really DMX.

Right, I'm ready. Okay, they're like, that DMX is not going to do this. So she called back to verify and he said, yeah, that was me, baby. Well, I know we'll be watching Sunday, May 16th, right? Is that the date?

Yeah, May 16th. Starting at eight o'clock on Sunday with DMX. I can't wait until you sit down, Ms. Hughes, and tell your story long form, because you definitely have a story that needs to be told and it's very inspirational and I honestly don't think, I think now is the best time to tell it. It might gotta be

like a six-part series, though. It can't just be... Hey, she got enough platforms to run it. Uh-huh. Hey, I just don't have enough money to finance it. We got to find the money. The Kathy Hughes story got to be told. That's right. But I appreciate that very much.

My priority has been, though, to get my mother's story told. OK, because Earl Father Hines, you know, one of the great jazz legends said that they were unquestionably the first freedom riders. OK, they were the white girls who were in the band had to perform in blackface because they got arrested several times. They escaped. They ran from the police. They, you know, it's an interesting story of being bold enough to do the things that they did. And they started off as teenagers. When the band disbanded, they were in their early 20s. So, you know, I appreciate people thinking that my life's been interesting enough

for there to be, you know, a book or a movie or something about it. I don't necessarily agree with that. I think that I am a product of the women who went before me and the contributions that they made. Well, both can be true, Ms. Hughes. Okay. Well, like I said, maybe we can have a Breakfast Club GoFundMe

for the cast. Let's do it. Okay. And maybe, hey, maybe Wendy Williams will come on board and tell us how to glamorize it and put the fun juice in there. We gotta make it salacious, you know. Maybe Wendy Williams will come on board and tell us how to glamorize it. We got to make it salacious. You know, we got. Thank you, Miss Hughes.

This was a pleasure. I love you guys. Thank you. We love you and appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. You all keep on keeping on, please. We will.

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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. in my life. I'm like, what kind of radio station are we? What music is this? I thought we were about to do an award show. Jesus Christ. Y'all complain when you don't get nothing new and then you complain when you get something new. Make up your mind. But what music is this? Because it sucked. That's why. I can complain when it sucked. I didn't make it. I'm just saying, you know. And ladies and gentlemen,

Taylor didn't make that. Somebody put some hard work into this and you guys are just, you know, ishing on it on the radio. Yes, I am. Because you know why? You know why? Because they should have ran it by us. They should have ran it by us first. Oh, boy. That was trash. Alright, I am. Because you know why? You know why? Because they should have ran it by us. They should have ran it by us first. Oh, boy. That was trash.

All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Meek Millie. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report

with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, finally a rumor. Okay. And there are rumors that Meek Mill denied Rick Ross entry to his section. Well, finally a rumor, okay? And there are rumors that Meek Mill denied Rick Ross entry to his section during his birthday party at Live. Apparently, according to these rumors, Meek wants to get out of his deal with Rick Ross and MMG.

I highly doubt that Rick Ross would get denied access to any place in Miami. Well, no, not saying that he couldn't come into the club, but to his section. You can definitely deny somebody access into your section. I highly doubt that is true. I'd share it with you. But I just have to share the rumor. I just have to share the rumor.

Because it was circulated. It's on Bossip. It's on Bossip. But I also saw it, I think, on Media Takeout. Because y'all know I still look at that. Oh, God. I do. Media Takeout has the saw it, I think, on Media Takeout, because y'all know I still look at that. Oh, God. I do. Media Takeout has the funniest headlines.

I'm sorry. I do still look. By the way, I agree with you, and Rumor Report would really be Rumor Report if we did everything off Media Takeout. Should Media Takeout sponsor Rumor Report from now on? Let me see. What's the headline today?

Frey, what are we doing? But I'm sure if Meek wanted to get off of MMG, I'm sure Rick Ross would allow him to do that if he bought his way out. I'm sure. Well, according to this rumor, okay, Rick Ross just wants Meek Mill to fulfill his obligations in the contract, and then it's all good. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I mean, he decided to contract. And by the way, Meek can't be in that contract much longer, right? Maybe an album?

Meek's been with MMG forever. Yeah, maybe like an album. I mean, I don't know. I'm just saying. I don't know. It wouldn't seem like it. Now, I see DJ Academics was talking about this a lot as well. But, you know, he doesn't say Meek's name at all anymore.

I guess he has some issues. All right. Now, here's a real story that Seth Rogen shared with E! News Daily Pop. And he discusses, imagine you see Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow and you want to go say hi, but you can't just walk up to them, right? Here's what he said happened. Yeah, I was at the Grammys and I saw Beyonce with Gwyneth Paltrow, actually. And they were together and I charged instinct to go over and I was like, I got to go say hi. And yeah, I was hit so hard by her security guard that I spilled a drink.

I was drinking a screwdriver, which is a bad drink. I deserve what I got. But I spilled it all over myself. And then a second later, someone came up to me and was like, you now have to present a Grammy. I absolutely believe that. If there's one story this morning about somebody being denied access,

I absolutely believe several of them got denied access to Beyonce. Yes, I believe Julius hit him right in the chest with an elbow. You can't just walk up to Beyonce. I mean, the privilege. Who do you think you are? But if they are at the Grammys,

you know what I'm saying? I don't care. And I'm sure they probably were like backstage because he was getting ready to go give an award or someplace where only celebrities are. You got to know your place

in the ecosystem. You got to know your place in the ecosystem. You don't walk up to say hi and say Beyonce. Okay? You walk up and say hi to Beyonce. Every time I've been

in a location where Beyonce's been there, I've never even attempted to go and approach her because I don't want to get embarrassed like that. Hell no. Ever.

You speak when spoken to. It's not happening. I remember what was I was in Philly where they do Made in America and you know how they have the Duce section and everybody's there. Blue Ivy's running around. I saw Beyonce. It felt like you could go say hi, but I was like, I'm not

even going to do it. I wouldn't walk past and be rude. I'd be like, what a beast. I'm not going to charge over. You don't know somebody might come out of nowhere and knock you to the ground okay all right now ellen degenerous her show is gonna be over in 2022 you know there was a lot of drama going on with people talking about how mean she was and nasty she is and you know she had said to the Hollywood Reporter it was hurtful. And here is her monologue where she's discussing the show's ending.

I am announcing that next season, season 19, is going to be my last season. This show has been the greatest experience of my life. And I owe it all to you. Two years ago, I signed a deal for three more years. And I always knew in my heart that season 19 would be my last. You may wonder why I've decided to end after 19 seasons.

The truth is, I always trust my instincts. I promise you that we are going to have a fantastic final season. It will be a season where I truly get to say thank you all. And in other rumors, according to page six, Tiffany Haddish will be taking over. That would be great. Well, I'll say, you know, 19 years doing one thing, you know, that's a long time. You can get tired. I know she had all that controversy last year, which probably made her more exhausted.

And she's like, you know what? I'm done. I respect it. Some people like to drag things along just to get the check. When the passion is gone, when you feel like you aren't being challenged anymore, move on. Well, that's why 20 years is a big deal. Give it up for DJ Envy and Gia. 20 years together.

That's right. 20 years. She made it to 19,, that's why 20 years is a big deal. Give it up for DJ Envy and Gear. 20 years together. That's right. 20 years. She made it to 19 and that's that. I will say, yeah. And I mean, Tiffany would be great. You know what I'm saying? If she's willing to make that kind of commitment. You know what I mean? Because that's an everyday commitment. I mean, she's been filling in for Ellen a lot if you've been

paying attention. So that would be a great transition if she wants to do it. Tiffany had a show. I can dig it in the daytime. That is your rumor report i'm angela yee all right thank you miss yee chalamet yes you have to think about your name no i'm waiting for you to finish the statement yeah you just screamed out his name you gotta keep talking all right well who are you giving a donkey to your guys are kinky this morning man no i'm just saying you just screamed out his name that was that yeah so it's clear who i'm giving who are you giving the donkey to? Your guys are kinky this morning, man. No, I'm just saying, you just screamed out his name. That was that.

Yeah, so it's clear who I'm getting the donkey from since you're just screaming out my name randomly. But we're doubling back on Bob Caslin, okay? University, former president of the University of South Carolina. I gave him donkey today on Monday, but it's more to the story. We'll talk about it for after the hour. He needs to come to the front of the congregation again. All right, we'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on in. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never

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It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day at Charlemagne. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed question. So like a donkey. Hee haw. Donkey of the Day. Breakfast club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years that Donkey of the Day is a new one. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha it. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, this is why I thank God for discernment. I thank God for the

clairvoyance. He has blessed me with the ability to see things for what they are, not as they appear to be. If you notice, I said former University of South Carolina president, Bob Caslin. Why is he the former University of South Carolina president? If he was just president of the university earlier this week, well, let's flash back to why he got donkey of the day on Monday. It's because he was giving the commencement speech last weekend and he did this. Tom, I honor your privilege to officially congratulate you as the newest alumni from the University of California.

Congratulations and please be seated. Oh my God. You don't mind, you can worry about that. Well, not just that, okay, he got the name of the university wrong, okay? You can't do that at the graduation commencement ceremony when you are the president of the school. But, but, but, but, wait, it just that. Okay, he got the name of the university wrong. Okay, you can't do that at the graduation commencement ceremony when you are the president of the school. But wait, it gets worse.

That was an egregious offense. Okay, come to find out that wasn't even the worst thing he did at the graduation. Not only did he get the name of the school wrong during the commencement speech, but Bob Caslin didn't even use his own words. He lied. Y'all need to worship him!

Let's go to WISNBC10 for the report, please. University of South Carolina President Bob Caslin has announced that he will resign his senior leadership position effective tomorrow, May 13th, bringing his short tenure at the university to an end. Now, all of this amid the fallout over Caslin's commencement speech that happened over the weekend that contained portions of another well-known speech without attribution. Know that life is not fair and if

you're like me you'll fail often. Well in the same ceremony he addressed the graduates as the graduates of the University of California. Kaslan resigned in a letter to students, faculty and staff. And that letter reads in part, quote, trust is the most important ingredient of effective leadership, and when it is lost, it is nearly impossible to lead. I believe that is the case right now between the University of South Carolina and its president. Therefore, I have submitted my resignation to the Board of Trustees this evening, end quote.

Now, we'll get back to the letter because I want to read some of that in full. But I am a man who knows a thing or two about commencement speeches. OK, I gave one last week at South Carolina State University. Also, I was blessed with an honorary doctorate from South Carolina State University. And I just felt like saying that I just felt like reminding people that I am Dr. Lenard, Uncle Charlotte, a God McKelvey. I am proof that God really does take care of fools. Now, there is a reason I'm telling you that, because in a commencement speech or any type of speech, any type of presentation, just simply cite your sources. Give credit to folks when you quote them. OK, you could have simply said, I read a speech by Navy SEAL William McRaven,

and he said this. It's that simple. In my commencement speech, I read a speech by Navy SEAL William McRaven, and he said this. It's that simple. In my commencement speech, I quoted Malcolm X. I quoted Dr. Wayne W. Dyer and told the people who I was quoting. I told the students who I was quoting. I also quoted Fredo Bang, okay? Fredo Bang and Crime Mob, okay? But the difference with Fredo Bang and Crime Mob, if you're into hip-hop, you know those are rap lyrics.

You know they are not mine. It's obvious. And I'm not trying to pass them off as my own because that would be plagiarism. Now, this week when I gave Bob Castellan donkey of the day, there were people saying, oh, he just made a mistake. Mistakes happen. True. But when you're the president of a university, a leader, there is a certain level of commitment you must have to a school, a certain level of trust people have to have in you as a leader. And if you can't even get the name of the school right, then maybe just maybe people will question your commitment. People will question your level of passion. People question the love you have for a situation.

Maybe you want to be somewhere else. As I said Monday, do you think things would be the same for you and your significant other if you screamed out someone else's name during sex of course not so this is the same scenario but when you get accused of plagiarism just straight up stealing someone else's words you don't even care about the students enough to come up with your own speech bro we just don't trust you now and bob castlin released a statement and he said that you heard some of it just now but I want to read a little bit more in full. Bob Castellan starts the statement off by saying, I'm sorry, mama. I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to make you cry. But tonight, I'm cleaning out my closet. One more time, I said, I'm sorry, mama. I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to make you cry. But tonight, I'm cleaning out my closet. Then he goes on to say, if I could turn

back time, if I could find a way I'd take back those words that hurt you and you'd stay. Those words sound very familiar. Why do I feel like I've heard those words before? Eminem Cher? Eminem and Cher?

Okay, I made that up. He didn't say that. Man, you are a liar, and you've always been a liar. His actual apology was, I am sorry to those I have let down. I understand the responsibilities and higher standards of senior-level leadership. When those are not met, trust is lost, and when trust is lost, one is unable to lead.

That is a bar that so many of us should remember, and I love that he has the self-awareness to understand that because he's absolutely right. When you start to wonder whether you can trust someone or not, that is when you already know you don't. Please give former president of the

University of South Carolina, Bob Castlin the biggest hee-haw. All right. Yes. Well, thank you for that donkey today. And I also want you to know that quote, when you start to wonder whether you can trust someone or not, that is when you already know you don't.

It's not mine, but I don't know whose it is. Okay. All right. It was on Google. And there was no face attached to it okay and you know they put will smith face on everything but i don't think that's will smith you remember back in the day when we used to work up here and charlamagne used to look up uh maya angelou quotes you remember that uh yeah but you knew they were maya angelou quotes no you didn't you was no you know what never mind that's not it's not let me ask quotes. No, you didn't. You know what? Never mind. You're a different person. You evolved.

Let me ask you a question. If you knew I was looking up Maya Angelou quotes, how you knew I was looking up Maya Angelou quotes? Because I told you they were Maya Angelou quotes. Fool. You told us. All right. You evolved.

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Call up now for Ask Yee. Eat the bread. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this?

Hi, good morning. My name's Pamela. How are you guys? Hey, Pamela. Plus black and highly favored. What's your question for me? Oh, who's this? Hi, good morning My name's Pamela How are you guys? Hey Pamela Plus black and highly favored What's your question for me? Oh my god, I just want to say That I love you guys

I listen to you every morning On my way to work Thank you Pamela What's your question this morning? Alright, so I need some advice On when to give up on a friendship I've had a rough year I lost my dad last year to COVID

And I just lost my mom a month ago oh I'm so sorry my condolences to you thank you very much now I have a friend I'm 34 years old

we've literally been friends since we were 5 and this person has just checked out you know people have told me you cannot call someone

your best friend until their loyalty has been tested and I guess I'm just looking at it as if it were another friend of mine People have told me you cannot call someone your best friend until their loyalty has been tested. And I guess I'm just looking at it as if it were another friend of mine going through this situation, I would be at their beck and call. Right. So am I expecting too much? Am I being a pessimist?

Am I being negative? If I just expect people to fail me, should I give her another chance? Because she has just not been there at all no phone calls wow does not check in and I mean I buried both my parents in a year and it's something difficult what's her explanation like what what does she say when you do speak to her she does anything and the thing is I don't want to fashion she's unemployed right now so she has time um i just i don't get it because we've been through everything together um breakups and other tragedies and what's more tragic than losing your parents i feel like man i wish we could call her right now and just be because it feels like you just need somebody that you feel close to to hug you somebody you could cry in

front of and just be vulnerable with and she should be that person for you some people don't deal well with knowing how to talk to other people who are suffering from a loss and they don't know if you want to be left alone sometimes they don't know if they could say the right thing sometimes they feel like they don't know how they can help or be of service to you. Have you been able to express to her what it is that you need from her as a friend? Oh, yeah, I'm very clear. Because again, we've known each other since we were five. I'm, I'm a very open person, when it comes to what I expect or what I need from people in my life. And sometimes you just need the company. You just need someone to sit there with you. They don't even have to say anything.

And I feel like I'm not asking for it so much. Right. Yeah, that sounds very selfish to me. Have y'all had issues before this? I don't want to say issues, but I feel like in certain parts of my life, I feel like she may be a little jealous. And I hate to say that because I don't like to say I have haters because I'm just a regular especially not your own friends you're not your best friend but I understand exactly what you're going through because sometimes we feel an obligation to be with somebody to be best friends with somebody because we've known them since we were five we're used to a certain type of relationship but sometimes those friendships do end up holding you back like do you find yourself

not wanting to say good news to her because, you know, things aren't going well for her and you have to kind of, like, downplay yourself? Yes. And that's not a... I bought a house and she was not... You would think that, you know, I did not grow up rich, my parents struggled, and I'm a Latina from Corona, Queens, you know, buying a house, that's a big accomplishment.

Yes, it is. And when I told her, I thought that out of all people, she would be my biggest cheerleader. And it was not. It was all like, oh, you did? Like, great. Yeah. You know, and as much as you may not want to admit it, she may not have the best intentions always. And you know what?

Sometimes people themselves don't even realize that they're doing it, right? And a lot of times that comes from them being unsatisfied with their own lives and her not feeling great about herself. And then she's taking that out and seeing you do these amazing things and not wanting to applaud you for your accomplishments, but also not wanting to be there for you when you need her the most. And it is true that you can outgrow certain relationships. That doesn't mean that y'all aren't going to be cool at all anymore. But sometimes those friends are just friends you've had since y'all were five years old. You know, I hit around her birthday every now and then. Maybe we see each other, but it might just be you need to think about who is really in your circle. Who

are those people that's really going to be supporting you when you have certain things going on and elevating you to a higher level so i think in the nice way you're basically saying cut the cord i'm not saying you got to cut the cord on somebody but what i'm saying is you have to realize that friendships evolve and change and sometimes that's not your best friend just because y'all known each other for that could have maybe that was your best friend and now y'all are just friends you're not in the same place she's not there for you your best friend and now y'all are just friends. You're not in the same place. She's not there for you. Your best friend should be like the first one.

She should be sitting with you by your side helping you with whatever you need you know sending you flowers whatever it is that you need. I agree. It feels good to have someone else say I just thought I was being a little too demanding but you're absolutely right.

Listen you can be demanding to your best friend when you've lost and buried both your parents thank you very much I appreciate it all right well I appreciate you for calling and being able to share that and I know a lot of people are going through realizations and friendships evolving and changing so you know that's just advice for everybody out there somebody is not there to uplift you I don't care how long y'all known each other and been friends and they don't seem like they have your best interests, then it might be best for you to just realize you're in a different space. Thank you so much.

I appreciate it. All right. Thank you, guys. Have a good day. You too. All right. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051.

If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call her now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? It's BB Smith. What's up, BB Smith? What's your question for Yee? I wanted to know if she believes in love at first sight. Okay. I believe that you can feel like you're in love at first sight

and have a really strong attraction, but obviously if you don't know somebody. Yeah. So there's a story behind it. I'll make it short. I just came back from vacation, and I met this guy. Oh, Islander turns you out. Yeah.

And I really like him. I don't know what it is. I don't usually get attached to people. It's not what I do. That Mondingo. What island? What island? And we know what island got the biggest.

What? Oh, I'm thinking, well, look, the Virgin Islands. Okay. They got it. And you confirm, Envy? Yo, shut up, man. You said what? Go ahead, mama.

British Virgin Islands or U.S. Virgin Islands? The U.S., the U.S., the U.S. Okay. Dramos is on his way. St. Thomas, St. John. I was in St. Thomas. Okay. For my birthday on Saturday. Well, I was there five days, but. Damn, St. John. I was in St. Thomas for my birthday on Saturday.

Well, I was there five days. Damn, that's quick. All right, so what happened? I met this guy, and we're the same age, and I started to get to know him. Of course, I was looking beautiful or whatever. Of course. Of course, girl. There's something about him, his energy.

I'm really good at reading people's energy and you know i don't make mistakes about that i know it's gonna take time to get to know him or whatever because obviously i was only there for about six five to six days but i really really like him and this doesn't happen often okay does he really really like you he likes me but he has a wall up and he told me that. Because it's past experiences. So I'm giving him time. I told him I want to build a friendship, but I definitely want him. I told him straight up.

Did you give him the kitty? I did. What's his name? Donovan, Trevor, what's his name? Why are you just making up these names? What's his name? Iovan, Trevor, what's his name? Why are you just making up these names? What's his name? I'm not saying his name. All right, so what is it about him that you love? Tell me.

That he's a humble and kind spirit. Like, he's laid back. Like, I'm more loud and I wouldn't say crazy, but I'm outgoing and, you know, so he's like the calm to whatever I have going on. But we had conversations. I got to know him and he has goals and all that extra stuff. And I like that. He got goals. I don't usually date guys my age.

It's rare that I do. I like older guys. So that's why I'm thinking this is a bit different. All right. Well, I want to say a couple of things here, because I do believe that you can have like a really strong attraction to somebody when you first meet them. Obviously, first is visual. Then you love the way they smell. Then you love looking in their eyes and you have a conversation and you feel like it's perfect. But as we all know, nothing in life is perfect and you have to love people's imperfections.

Also, sometimes it takes time to get to know that part of a person you also don't want him to be scared right because if it's not both of y'all who feel like you've fallen deeply in love at first sight and he's a little more cautious and with his guard up and he told you that you got to be a little bit patient as well you know because you have time so i would. Enjoy the feeling, because I think there's nothing more fun than when you feel like, man, I love him. I think about him all the time. Yeah, I don't love him, but... You know, but you feel like that.

You feel like that. Whether or not you really do is something that you have to grow into, but you feel like you do, right? And as long as he's reciprocating, as far as when you text him, he texts you back, when you call him, you FaceTime. Yeah, we've been calling each other back and forth and he answers his phone every single time. Right.

We text during the day, but I know I have to give it time. Yeah. Well, enjoy it. Is he gonna come see you? Yeah, I told him I gotta get him out of Jersey. I'm in Jersey. And girl, don't be paying for stuff, alright? I know, I know. Don't you buy his flight?

Don't you send him no money? Don't you co-sign nothing? Oh, no, no, no. I'm not done like that, yeah. I'm just making sure. You never know. He about to come over here. Y'all about to get married, have a baby.

Y'all saw 90 Day Fiance. You know, don't play. Okay. You about to co-sign a Benz for him, a crib. But listen, as long as you're being safe, you know what I mean? You're using protection. As long as you're not paying for nothing, cosigning nothing, as long as you don't feel like there's any type of.

She didn't use protection, yeah. Ask her. Did you use a condom? Yes, we used a condom. Oh, you took too long to answer. You hesitated. I want to know why Envy's so excited about this. It sounds like you got some d*** on the islands and she making you reminisce about it.

Shut up. All right. But listen, that's all I can say is just be safe. Take your time. You ain't got to do nothing overnight. You know what I mean? And just spend some actual time together when you can and enjoy it. Okay.

Thank you so much, you guys, for your advice. Well, you for your advice. Have a great day. Not you, Envy. All right. Bye. Okay. Thank you so much, you guys, for your advice. Well, Yee, for your advice. Have a great day. Not you, Evie. All right. Bye. Bye. All right.

Yee, we got rumors on the way? All right, Snoop Dogg. He said he is doing a series about his life. We'll give you some more information. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Shout out to Yee. She gave me one of her drink fresh juice beet and ginger aids. Yes, beet and ginger.

Oh, I had one yesterday. I'm going to tell you something. I'm a very regular bowel mover. Y'all know me. 830 every morning. I go to move my bowels. So I did that yesterday. And then I drank the what's the green one called you the daily green glow i had the daily green glow and

i'm talking about around 9 15 the stomach started talking again but i felt like really like because i've had colonics before so that's how it felt it felt like oh shoot well it's great for your digestive system and for your kidneys. It hit me hard yesterday. I felt it. What was his name again? Alright, let's get to the rumors! You gotta stop this, bro. You gotta stop. You were the one blowing me kisses early.

You married. Do you guys mind if I do rumors? Go ahead. Crazy. This is the rumor report. Who I crazy. Weird. Who I wear. On The Breakfast Club. I think sometimes he sees Gia, but it says gay. He don't know what he wants. What is wrong with you, man?

Leonard, Rashawn, enough. All right. Okay, everybody sit down. Get off each other. He said he was gay. Spray the hose. Goodness gracious. All right.

DJ Khaled. People are upset at him for posting a twerk video. You know that? He was twerking? I would be upset, too. Yeah. If I see Khaled twerking, I'm flagging him as spam. Yeah, I'm spamming him, too.

I'm blocking him. Well, it's not him twerking. It's women in bikinis on a yacht. And it's all because it's Ramadan. And so I'm reading some of these posts. What does that mean? What is Ramadan? Does Khaled look like he fast?

Nothing about Khaled looks like he fast. Cut it out. Anyway, you're not supposed to, they recommend that men and women both dress conservatively, nothing tight or revealing, like bikinis that women were wearing who were twerking in the Khaled video. Khaled be having his shirt off.

So that doesn't stand with him. All day long. bikinis that women were wearing who were twerking in the Khaled video. Khaled be having his shirt off. So that doesn't stand with him. All day long. Khaled loves going topless. You know what's interesting? My dad actually sent me that story this morning. Really? I don't know why. What's up, Papa Yee? Alright, now Snoop Dogg said he's developing an anthology series about his

life. If y'all recall, we asked him about that on The Breakfast Club. Is there plans plan for you to tell a lot of those untold stories at some point? Yeah, yeah, with a Snoop Dogg life story. The biopic.

Yeah, from Vietnam to death row. Definitely gonna tell that. That's what it's gonna be called? Mm-hmm. Why from Vietnam to death row? Because my father was in Vietnam in 1968, and he actually made it out of there.

And I was born in 1971. I'm worried about the Snoop Dogg life story because there's too many versions that's been out there that's been like almost right, close to it. It's time for somebody to tell the story from the perspective of the eyes of the inside. All right, well, in a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment,

he is talking about this again. It looks like it's coming soon. I think what makes the most sense to me is the Snoop Dogg anthology, the life story of Snoop Dogg, where it starts with my mother and father meeting each other before I was even born to me being born to me going through the 70s and the 80s and the 90s. We're developing that. I don't see it being a biopic because I can't get off all of this great information and entertainment in two hours. But if I give it to you in an anthology, you'd love it to get six or seven seasons of it. All right. I would definitely be too here for that.

Me too. Absolutely. All right. And Tank says that he is going completely deaf in one of his ears. That's a really awful situation. And here's what he had to say about it on Instagram. So I'm going through something right now

and I want to use my situation to encourage your situation. I'm going completely deaf in my right ear and I'm kind of losing sound in my left. I'm dizzy. Can't walk a straight line. All of this out of nowhere. Don't know how or why. I've seen the doctors, got MRI and all that good stuff going on, medication, you know, all of that. But it still hasn't given me a reason to give up. He said he's going to document the process as he's trying to figure all of this out. Wow. All right. Now, this morning, you know, J. Cole's freestyle on the L.A. Leakers was making the rounds yesterday as we get ready for his album to come out tomorrow,

the offseason. He is definitely applying pressure right now. The documentary is out if you haven't had a chance to see that. So here is another part of the J. Cole freestyle over 93 till infinity. where she rest her mind and find peace cause her son will be fine. He got the city on his back and I got him on mine. You think I'm lying? Step one, got the villa on that. I predicted in my rap shot and did all that. Next please, eat rappers, check please.

Here's a tip, watch the end, crit my testes. You wanna shoot, then shoot, don't play with me. Heart of this out the south since slavery. Ay, and then here he is. Here's the part of it still tipping. Woke up this morning and wonder, hey, this shit, I get fresh as shit. Here's the part over still tipping enough to see something outside county limits i ran up the digits i don't have no bigger fucking this complaint about nothing ain't got no time and no patience for this they be making a who they debating it's better let's face it he one of the greatest no bill cosby's bitch but if this is sleeping don't understand me i don't do the grammys i'll be in my jammies on sofa

don't understand me ferrari or camry i bet i look good in them both why don't we just why don't we just play the whole freestyle? Like, we're a radio station. It's really long. Yeah, we should. And be in the mix. I got to clean it up. L.A. Leakers. He's got to clean it up. L.A. Leakers, they're a radio show. I just feel like we should be playing the whole thing.

Like, why are we playing pieces? Well, in the rumor report, you know, I just want to make sure we talk about it. And also, congratulations to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021 inductees. Some of the people that are included in this class include Tina Turner, Jay-Z, the Foo Fighters, the Go-Go's, Carole King. Those are just some of the people. Now, some people who have been nominated but did not get inducted this

year, Mary J. Blige. That's crazy. I know. Chaka Khan, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J, Rage Against the Machine, Dionne Warwick. Crazy. Yes. I thought LL got in. He's been nominated six times. Come on, man. You gotta put LL in there.

I thought I read yesterday LL didn't get in. He's been nominated six times without success. I swear I saw LL Cool J get in yesterday. And Clarence Avon. I don't see it on this list. Did he? Are we wrong? You know. This is according to NBC. I'm not.

That says Jay-Z to go-go's LL Cool J set to be. Oh, yeah. LL Cool J celebrates. LL's in. Don't do that to Queens. Oh, it says right here. You would have said something else. Okay, I'm sorry. LL is in.

He was nominated six times. He's finally been invited. Shout out to Tom Smith. Oh, finally. I'm sorry. LL Cool J is in. Don't disrespect the brother from Queens. Look, I'm looking right here.

Don't say nothing about it. No side Jamaica, Queens. All right, but congratulations to LL Cool J. I am so sorry. Unfortunately, right here it says that they were nominated but not inducted. I apologize. You ain't got no love for Queens? This report from NBC was wrong.

He did make it in. And salute the North Carolina native Clarence Avant, the black godfather. The black godfather got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well. They disrespected Mary. But I don't even like that it's called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It should just be the Music Hall of Fame. Who cares? Because Mary should be in there.

If Mary J. Blige ain't in your Hall of Fame, it's not really a Hall of Fame. I agree. To be honest with you. All right. All right. Well, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, let's your Hall of Fame. It's not really a Hall of Fame. I agree. Be honest with you. All right. All right. Well, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, let's get to the mix. Let's go.

The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. What up, y'all? It's DJ Envy. Remy Martin wants to give you the experience of a lifetime to see Usher live at his Las Vegas residency. Now through May 16th, visit winwithradio.com slash Remy to enter and get rules.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. I just want to tell you guys love is in the air.

Today is my 20th year anniversary. Married to my wife 20 years. Been together 26 years. I've been posting pictures of my wedding all day long. She ain't posting nothing of you. No, she ain't posting. No, I'm just kidding.

And just because it's not on Instagram doesn't mean it's true or not true. That is very true. I wish more people understood that. And also, is she still grieving the loss of her mom? I was going to say that, but I didn't want to say that because I felt like I might have been talking out of turn, but that's what I was thinking. I'm like, you just lose your mom. Yeah, she did just of her mom. So when she wants to do it. I was going to say that, but I didn't want to say that because I felt like I might have been

talking out of turn, but that's what I was thinking. I'm like, you just lose your mom. Yeah, she did just lose her mom. Well, congratulations, you guys. 20 years. Yeah, 20 years. I'm posting all these pictures

of the wedding. It was a great wedding. I wish I'd known you guys then because I would have invited you, but since I didn't, I didn't invite you guys. I probably would have invited y'all anyway. Also, I want to salute Tamika Mallory.

Her book, State of Emergency is available everywhere you buy books now. It's available in all formats, audio, e-book, hard cover. It's the first release off my book imprint, Black Privileged Publishing. Thank you to everybody who's supporting Tamika's literary debut. It's really a how to guide on how to navigate through this white supremacist system. And it's a pleasure to assist my friend in telling her story. There is nothing I want to do at this point in my life that's self-serving. If the ventures I'm doing can't benefit more than just me, they aren't big enough.

And you want it big. All right. Envy, your clothes were big since you were talking about big. I'm looking at these throwback pictures from your wedding. They look pretty bad. Yo, you have sweatpants with like a size 3X. That was 85.

That was definitely not 85, you ass, but yes. At least 95. Definitely not 95. You look like you ain't too proud to beg right here. Well, yeah, it wasn't. You said 20 years. 99? 2000. 2001. I told you that was your name yesterday. Didn't I tell you that you was 99-2000-butt-effer?

I used to be your AOL name. Shut up. Didn't I tell you be your AOL name. Shut up. Didn't I tell you that? I hate you. All right, when we come back, positive notes. Hey, salute to Carolina Bermudez, too. Carolina texted me this morning talking about, good morning, BUT-EFFER 3000. And I forgot what she was talking about.

I was like, why would she? What you heard? What you heard? All right, when we come back, positive notes. The Breakfast Club, good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club good morning good morning and shout to kathy hughes for joining us this morning salute to the og kathy hughes man man you're talking about somebody that's been mining they black on business

for years that is that is absolutely kathy hugh Salute to her. She's an inspiration on so many different levels. And somebody needs to tell Kathy's story. What Kathy waiting on to tell her story? I'm sure she's planning to do it. Yeah, I'm sure she is too. I like the fact that all of these people are old enough and have the resources enough to tell their stories because they can document their moments in time. Don't wait until you go and have somebody tell your story for you. Mr. Solomon, you got a positive note? I do, man. I actually posted this last night on my Instagram. It is Mental Health Awareness Month,

so I think this is a very, very, very, very, very good positive note for Mental Health Awareness Month. Be with someone that's good for your mental health, someone who brings you inner peace, someone who challenges your bad habits, but supports your process of change, personally and professionally. That's what you need in your life.

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