The Breakfast Club - Chance The Rapper Interview

Episode Date: August 26, 2019

Today on the show "The Breakfast Club" was re- united with Chance the Rapper after the last time he was there back in his mix tape days. He spoke about being newly married, social media, and new music... and more. Also, after people were not so much of the new intro of the show "Power" we opened up the phone lines to see what our listeners favorite theme songs are. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to an Oklahoma man who yelled "We're are all going to die". in response to the retirement of Andrew Luck. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:00:16 What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.
Starting point is 00:00:45 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. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts
Starting point is 00:01:25 that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or show you love to hate. From the East to the West Coast. DJ Envy. Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. The realest show on the planet. This is why I respect this show, because this is a voice to society. Change in the game. You guys are the coveted morning show that y'all earn.
Starting point is 00:01:57 Impacting the culture. They wake up in the morning and they want to hear that breakfast. The world's most dangerous morning show. We in the mother. We in the house. Good morning, USA. Good morning, fam. Happy Monday.
Starting point is 00:02:20 What's up? Ye is Monday. And I just landed maybe about 45 minutes ago. Did you sleep on the flight? I know you did. I did sleep on the flights. Yeah, sometimes sleeping on a plane is some of that best sleep once you knock out. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:02:33 Absolutely. I was coming from L.A. It was a crazy weekend. The first Friday I was in Milwaukee. I was doing a financial literacy conversation. That's what I'll call it. We did it in a barbershop in Milwaukee. It's called Mr. G's.
Starting point is 00:02:49 One of the best barbershops I've ever seen. It was an old bank that they converted to a barbershop, which was pretty dope. I had about 200 people in there. We were just talking about financial literacy. I was explaining about real estate, how to get in a real estate game and some of the investments I made. And then I went out to LA and I did a seminar in LA. I had about a thousand people there. We were just talking about financial literacy, how to get into the real estate game, what people would need, and different things like that. It was so many people, so many football players, so many athletes, just so many regular people that really wanted to learn how to get in the game. So it was a great, great, great event.
Starting point is 00:03:16 So like I said, I just got in maybe about 30 minutes ago, and when I landed, I realized I had a flat tire. So, you know, I don't really know how to change a tire. Get out of here. I really don't. So I just drove to the gas station, put air in it, kept it moving.
Starting point is 00:03:28 How you a grown ass man don't know how to change a tire? AAA, sir. Your whole life you had AAA? Pretty much, yeah. Your dad never taught you how to change a tire? AAA, brother.
Starting point is 00:03:37 My dad even taught me how to change a tire. So you told me your dad don't know how to change a tire. My dad knows how to change a tire. He just doesn't. But I got AAA. When I turned 21, I paid $9.99 at the time a year. AAA comes to change a tie. My dad knows how to change a tie. He just doesn't. But I got AAA. When I turned 21,
Starting point is 00:03:45 I paid $9.99 at the time a year. AAA comes three times a year. If you get a flat three times a year, they fix your flat. But in New York, there's a fix-a-fat place on every corner. Well, I'm happy you never had a flat
Starting point is 00:03:56 until you was 21 years old, sir. Hey. Now, I know how to change a tie. I'm not saying that I would want to. My God. Man, that's basic. It's called AAA. $9.99 for the year back then, and they came and fixed the flat for you. I would want to. My God. Man, that's basic. It's called AAA. $9.99 for the year back then, and they came and fixed it flat for you.
Starting point is 00:04:08 I would say a lot of people probably don't know how to fix a tire. Man, stop it. Who are y'all people? Y'all sound so bougie and rich. Who don't know how to change a tire? I said I know how, but I think... I just never did. I just never did.
Starting point is 00:04:20 I've never been in a car with somebody, they've gotten a flat tire, and they've changed it themselves. No, they call AAA. It's a fix-it-flat place on every block in New York City, so you ain't got to worry about it. The only thing about calling AAA is sometimes they take a really long time. Yeah, but to say most people don't know how to change a tire, I don't believe that. I don't. I don't believe that. To be honest with you, most people don't have that $9.99 a month to pay for AAA.
Starting point is 00:04:40 That's just the truth to the matter. That's the best thing ever. That $9.99 a month, they'll tow you three times for free. They'll fix your flat. They'll give you gas. That's the best thing ever. And if you have American Express, they pay it for free.
Starting point is 00:04:52 Wow. A lot of people don't have American Express. I'm sorry that we're so privileged on this radio station. I'm just telling you. I'm just saying. I'm just being honest. You want me to lie and say I fixed my flat
Starting point is 00:05:02 and I'm all dirty? No, I did not. I put gas in that, kept it, I put air in it, kept it moving. I wouldn't fix it now, but you know what I'm saying? Okay You want me to lie and say I fixed my flat and I'm all dirty? No, I did not. I put gas in it, kept it, I put air in it, kept it moving. I wouldn't fix it now, but you know what I'm saying? Okay, what was this whole conversation about? Because you said, he said he doesn't know how to fix a flat, period. No.
Starting point is 00:05:15 That's the same exact thing I said. I know how, but I wouldn't do it. I just don't. And you also said most people don't know how, which I don't agree with. That's a good topic. That's a good topic that we could do one day this week. Do you know how to fix a change of tire? I mean, I know the concept of it.
Starting point is 00:05:30 I know you pay your... Since Angelina thinks most people don't, that'd be a great conversation to have. But I'll tell you what, the hardest part was always to me is when you had to lift the car because there's certain areas where you got to pick the car up. You don't lift it. You actually use a... No, the worst part is getting them lugs off. That's hard, too.
Starting point is 00:05:44 Not them lugs off. Well, they have the automatic ones worst part is getting them lugs off. That's hard, too. Getting them lugs off. Well, they have the automatic ones that you can take the lugs off with. It's electric. Nobody drives that. I don't know what that is. She's talking about the... Yeah. My dad has that in the trunk.
Starting point is 00:05:54 In his trunk? Yeah. You know my dad's out of his mind. All right. And shout out to Angie Martinez. She had her big barbecue yesterday. Okay. And she had an amazing turnout.
Starting point is 00:06:03 DJ Khaled was there. Cash Doll hit the stage. Afro B. Yes, Afro B was there. Pop Smoke. Pop Smoke. I met Pop Smoke yesterday. So shout out to everybody who came through. I met a lot of people I walked through. You know how I like to walk through and say hi to everybody. So I definitely did that
Starting point is 00:06:20 yesterday. And then I actually had to leave to go to Afro Punk Festival. That was in Brooklyn. Santicol, that's my best friend. She was performing, so I went to go see her yesterday. And I had Run With You yesterday also, so everybody came out and ran the 5K in Brooklyn. We had a good time. You were doing a lot all weekend. Yeah, I missed Angie's barbecue yesterday because I was in Charlotte at my dude Bakari
Starting point is 00:06:39 Sellers and his beautiful wife Ellen Sellers. They hosted Senator Kamala Harris yesterday. They had like a, I don't know what they was having for it, but I know that I hosted it, whatever it was. Whatever it was, you just was there. They called you, you was there. I just like it, man, because there's so many people that come out and, you know, so many people that want to be involved
Starting point is 00:06:55 in the election process in 2020. So it's just, you know, good to go out there and kick it with those folks. And I love Charlotte, man. Salute to the mayor of Charlotte, Ms. V. Lyles. Y'all make sure y'all vote her back into office on September 10th. Black queen doing amazing things
Starting point is 00:07:09 in Charlotte. The mayor of Charlotte. Let's get the show cracking. Chance the Rapper will be joining us next hour. We'll keep you with Chance the Rapper. And then we got front page news right now. What we talking about, Yee? Okay, well, let's talk about retiring. What NFL player is retiring at the tender age of 29? All right.
Starting point is 00:07:25 We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary?
Starting point is 00:07:33 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.
Starting point is 00:07:45 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?
Starting point is 00:08:00 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.
Starting point is 00:08:16 Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts Hey guys, i'm kate max You might know me from my popular online series the running interview show where I run with celebrities athletes entrepreneurs and more After those runs the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys,
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Starting point is 00:09:24 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.
Starting point is 00:10:10 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,
Starting point is 00:10:26 or wherever you get your podcasts. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where you want to start, Yee? Well, let's start with Andrew Luck. He has retired. He's the Colts quarterback. He's only 29 years old. Now, he has had a lot of physical damage. Yes, he has retired. He's the Colts quarterback. He's only 29 years old. Now, he has had a lot of physical damage through six NFL seasons. He has torn cartilage in two ribs, partially torn abdomen, a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood, at least one concussion, a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder,
Starting point is 00:11:01 and a mysterious calf ankle issue that led to all of this. Here's what he had to say. I'm going to retire. This is not an easy decision. Honestly, it's the hardest decision of my life, but it is the right decision for me. For the last four years or so, I've been in this cycle of injury, pain, rehab, injury, injury, pain, rehab, and it's been unceasing, unrelenting, both in season, both and off season, and I felt stuck in it. And the only way I see out is to no longer play football. It's taken my joy of this game away.
Starting point is 00:11:34 I'm not mad at that young man. He's 29 years old. And I think one thing people don't realize, if you're blessed, you're going to be old much longer than you're going to be young. So you're going to want to enjoy that oldness. You don't want to be crippled and limping and all kinds of stuff when you get older because you didn't take care of yourself when you were younger. So I'm not mad at them for walking away from the game. They were bullying him
Starting point is 00:11:51 as he was walking out and they were saying that like you said, when it comes to your body, your health, it doesn't matter money because they said he loses probably up to $500 million. Well, they were bullying him because they're just selfish. You know what I'm saying? And they still want him to be the quarterback. But the best thing that the Indianapolis Colts did, they're not making him pay back his bonuses.
Starting point is 00:12:08 So I think he's keeping like, I forgot how much it was. It was some tens of millions of dollars that they're going to let him keep. Well, he's planning to travel the world with his wife now. Yeah, you won, man. I still want to know how they figured he would make up the $500 million. I saw them say that too. I was like, how? All right, now let's talk about what's happening today.
Starting point is 00:12:25 This is a big deal. A judge that is presiding over this historic Oklahoma opioid trial will deliver his ruling today, this afternoon. Now, this could have implications in other states as well. They're trying to hold pharmaceutical companies responsible for the opioid epidemic that's killed hundreds of thousands of Americans
Starting point is 00:12:42 since 2000. They're accusing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals. What they're saying is they cost the state billions of dollars and destroyed thousands of lives. Now, Johnson & Johnson, on their behalf, is saying they didn't do anything wrong and they've been made a scapegoat. So we'll be watching today to see what this ruling is going to be. It's a first-day trial that's trying to hold a pharmaceutical company
Starting point is 00:13:02 accountable for one of the worst epidemics in history. They're asking for $17.2 billion to fix this epidemic over a 30-year plan. So if they do side entirely with the state, then that verdict would be the biggest monetary award ever handed down in a bench trial in American history. So that will set the precedent for a lot of people. And in addition to that, Donald Trump, it was the G7, it was the final day, and he is now negotiating with China to return to trade talks. You know, these tariffs, these higher tariffs on Chinese products, they said would cost the Americans an average of $1,000 more a year in taxes.
Starting point is 00:13:40 Well, here's what Donald Trump had to say about resuming trade talks. So we'll be getting back to the table, and I think they want to do something. Well, here's what Donald Trump had to say about resuming trade talks. three million jobs and a lot of things have happened and it's why president she's a great leader he understands and it's going to be great for china it's going to be great for the u.s it's going to be great for the world somebody told me a few weeks ago that deal was already done and this is all just a show all right well donald trump uh is supposed to be meeting with chinese or u.s and chinese negotiators are meeting i don't know if donald trump is going but they're meeting again next month all right it's all just a show to make Trump look like a hero when it's all said and done.
Starting point is 00:14:27 Heard the deal been done. Alright, well that is your Front Page News. Alright, thank you Miss Yee. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Or maybe you had a horrible weekend or a bad weekend, or maybe you feel blessed and you want to spread some positivity. Whatever
Starting point is 00:14:43 it may be, call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is 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? Hey, this is
Starting point is 00:15:02 Queen Quamo. How y'all doing this morning? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Get it off your chest. First of all, I just want to say I'm blessed, y'all. I'm in Indianapolis, Indiana. I done had like 12 jobs, and I've been working for a whole month. And they've been fired, so I'm just happy. Congratulations.
Starting point is 00:15:15 All righty now. I'm sorry that Andrew Luck retired, by the way. You're right. Well, I don't even know nothing about him, but shout out to him. Oh, okay. Do that. Hey, do me a favor, y'all. I love y'all so much.
Starting point is 00:15:26 I'm a huge fan. Check out my podcast, Queen's Play More Podcast. I know all of y'all doing y'all things. I listen to every last one of y'all shows. The Brilliant Idiots, Liz Service, the Casey Cruz podcast. I love y'all. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Starting point is 00:15:42 I appreciate that. All righty now. Have a good Monday, y'all. All righty. Hello, who's this? Man, it's Jay-Z out of Nashville, Tennessee. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest.
Starting point is 00:15:52 Man. All right. I read. I read your book, man. I like it. Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. DJ, I want to get on your bottom.
Starting point is 00:16:01 I got a chance to talk. Come on. Why? I mean, come on, man. How, man? You're not going to change the tire. Solomon, you're not going to change the tire. You're goddamn right I'm not going to change the tire.
Starting point is 00:16:10 I'm going to tell you something. My daddy ain't teach me much or nothing that was good, but he definitely taught me how to change the tire. I'll tell you what, I'm from New York, and if you're in New York, there's a tire changing place on every corner in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan. Those places cost money. They're actually pretty cheap.
Starting point is 00:16:24 They're cheap. They're like $5, $9. I don't think y'all understand how bad people do it out here in these streets. I really don't. It's $5, $9. If you ain't got $5 to change a flat, you'd be surprised, bro. If you ain't got $5 to $9 and you driving, you in trouble.
Starting point is 00:16:40 I feel you, nigga, man. I mean, you come to NASA, I can tell you how to change a car. And we can swap airfoils the man, boy. I mean, you come to the ass of the Timothy, man. I just want you to know how to change the tire, and we can swap airfoils. I'm good. I got AAA, bro.
Starting point is 00:16:50 And now we're Uber? What? Like I said, only thing about AAA is sometimes they take a long time to come. I'll say that much.
Starting point is 00:16:56 You end up waiting for hours. Sometimes it does. Hello, who's this? Yo, what up? What up, Mike? What's going on, man? Mike, stop yelling, bro.
Starting point is 00:17:03 Or take us on Bluetooth. Mike eating that pork sausage this morning. That's why he's so hyper. Yeah, sort of, I guess. Yo, man, how come is that robbery now that's front page news? You got what? Oh, yeah, I saw that.
Starting point is 00:17:16 Maybe that's in the rumors. That's Aviani that got robbed. I know. I had that right here in the Diamond District. Don't worry. We're doing that next. They were tying people up and all kinds of stuff. Yeah, man.
Starting point is 00:17:26 And the craziest thing is they did it so stupid, man. They showed their faces. They had no gloves on, nothing, man. It's like, what are you thinking? They left on foot. And hopefully they had no cell phones on them so the cops could ping that. So that was like a real stupid thing they did, man.
Starting point is 00:17:46 Yeah, there's this place, the Diamond District in New York. It's a black where it's all diamond stores. And there's a company, Avian and Co. A lot of artists use them. And the store got robbed. They did it in broad daylight. Yeah, broad daylight. And there's usually
Starting point is 00:18:00 a lot of police presence over there, which is crazy, but they got it. They got a way with a lot of stuff, which is crazy, but they got it. They got a lot. They got a way with a lot of stuff, too. Yeah, but they're going to get caught. Well, listen, before y'all get arrested, pull up on me. I'll buy a rollie from y'all for the low low. Don't even say that.
Starting point is 00:18:13 Don't even take that energy out there. Get it off your chest. 800. I'll buy me a little. What's that watch called? An armor baguette? What's it called? Audemars.
Starting point is 00:18:20 There you go. 800. Pull up. 585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:18:32 This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Mr. Spark It Up. I go by the name of J-Man. Is it Mr. Okay, whatever. Get it off your chest, bro.
Starting point is 00:18:47 Oh, yeah, I'd just like to let you know that after 15 long months, your boy has finally got his license cleared. Yes, sir. No more dirty driving. Okay, no more bad and dirty. Congratulations, King. Yes, sir.
Starting point is 00:19:01 Thank y'all. Thank y'all very much. All right, well, be safe out there. Don't lose it again, brother. Hey, one more thing, though.. Thank y'all very much. Alright, well be safe out there. Don't lose it again, brother. Hey, one more thing, though. Y'all got Call ID? Go ahead and save my number. So when I call next time, y'all already... Well, we don't got no damn Call ID.
Starting point is 00:19:14 Okay, store his number. We do have Call ID, but we not storing his number. Store his number. I got an ASD. I got someone on the ask. Your number's the 904 number, right? Yes, sir. Yeah, we're not storing that, though.
Starting point is 00:19:27 But have a good one, though, brother. Little Duval. Have a good one, though. What did you say about Little Duval? He said he's from Duval. Oh. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Capers, man. What's up, bro?
Starting point is 00:19:36 Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I'm just blessed. You know, I woke up this morning. Got a good workout there. At work, you know, blessed to have a dog. Congratulations, bro, bro. That's it? Appreciate it, man. That's how you know, blessed to have a dog. Congratulations, bro, bro. That's it. Appreciate it, man. That's how you feeling?
Starting point is 00:19:49 Yeah, yeah. You can go follow me on Instagram at KateTheMan09. Okay, brother. Hello, who's this? Romeo. Romeo, what's up, man? Get off your chest. What's up, Envy? How you doing? First, I'm going to say I'm blessed this morning. I'm having my first child.
Starting point is 00:20:06 Congrats, brother. Thank you. Thank you. But you're a fellow man of God, man. I love you. Ain't nothing wrong with telling a black brother you love him, as you say. That's right. I'm mad at you.
Starting point is 00:20:16 I'm mad at you because I can't believe you surprised that Envy, light-skinned, boochy self, can't change some tires, man. Well, I don't want to stereotype people. But it's easy to change some tires. Like, how you can't change some tires? Well, you got to be taught. Like, my father had to teach me. I mean, I know how to...
Starting point is 00:20:33 I mean, I know the concept of changing the tire. I just never changed the tire. Don't switch it up now. I mean, I know the concept. It's a very easy thing to do. It's a very easy concept, but I just don't do it. I'm not going to sit here and say it's easy now.
Starting point is 00:20:41 You know, I'd rather call AAA. It is easy to tell somebody how to do it. Where you from, brother? I'm from Brooklyn, Kenosha. How many fixing flat places by you? It's a whole lot. There you go. That's why I ain't got to change a tire.
Starting point is 00:20:52 That's what I paid him to do. Thank you, though, brother. He might not have the money. People out here struggling, you know. $9, $10, does it? Some people don't even have an extra tire in their trunk. That's true, too. Now, that's expensive. That's true, too. Now, that's expensive.
Starting point is 00:21:05 That's true, too. To ride around with an extra tire. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up? This is John. How y'all doing today? John, what's up? Get it off your chest.
Starting point is 00:21:13 Just wanted to spread some positivity, man, tell you guys you're doing a great job over there, as usual. Charlemagne, we had a compromise last week. I just want to make sure you stand true to the yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, regardless of what time you show up, right? Yes, sir. Oh, he missed it this morning. I didn't do it today.
Starting point is 00:21:28 Yeah. I missed you this morning because I was kind of late tuning in. Oh, man. I don't know whether you did it or not. But also, I'm heading to vacation in two days. I'll be on vacation for the next five days, heading to Miami for the first time. So I'm happy about that.
Starting point is 00:21:41 I'm going on vacation, too. I ain't going to Miami, though. You about to wild out. I'm going on vacation, too. I ain't going to Miami, though. You about to wild out. I'm going to have a little fun. There you go. Black men don't cheat. That's right. Hold on. Wilding out doesn't mean cheating.
Starting point is 00:21:54 I know. What does that have to do with anything? I'm just getting clarity in the situation. That's all. It's the last vacation before the kids go back to school. At least up north. Down south, they went back to school already. So school started back today. I actually work at a college here, so they started back today.
Starting point is 00:22:10 Okay. And I got two weeks of vacation starting this Wednesday and then next week. So the two weeks that they're starting back, I'll be away on vacation. So I'm happy about that, too. All right, well, enjoy. And my kids don't start for another, what, two weeks?
Starting point is 00:22:23 So they're just enjoying the last couple of days of summer. You guys have a great morning. You too now, well enjoy it. My kids don't start for another, what, two weeks? They just enjoying the last couple of days of summer. You guys have a great morning. You too now, bro. Thanks. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Dayali, we got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about a sequel that I know you're all going to be excited
Starting point is 00:22:39 for. Also, let's talk about Barack Obama's summer playlist. Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. We're going now. Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report.
Starting point is 00:22:58 With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Alright, well Quavo is selling these Popeye's chicken sandwiches because they've been hard to get. They've been sold out everywhere. And he's a businessman. So listen to this. Heard y'all boys looking for them, man.
Starting point is 00:23:12 They sold out there. Got them things going. A thousand of chicken. A thousand of... Come zoom in on it, baby. Got them things by the bowl, man. All right. So, yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:22 Have you guys tried them yet? I have not had the Popeye's chicken sandwich, nor do I want the Popeye's chicken sandwich at this point because the anti-hype beast in me won't allow myself to do it. And I really wanted to try it early last week, but social media makes me not want to touch it. Not to mention, they're selling out all over the place. So whatever the GMO, whatever the sandwich was made of before,
Starting point is 00:23:41 which was some type of GMO, it's going to be fake GMO. Just go around. All right, now, this was a weird headline GMO, it's going to be fake GMO. Just go around. All right. Now, this was a weird headline to me, so I had to dig into this. Apparently, Hasbro, when I say Hasbro, I mean the toy maker, they have acquired Death Row Records. I saw that. So they bought the catalog and everything? Well, so Hasbro owns the rights to My Little Pony, Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head, all of those.
Starting point is 00:24:03 They actually acquired E1 Entertainment, which is a British company, and they produce animated kids shows like Peppa Pig and PJ Masks. But they also own Death Row Records. So when they purchase E1, that means they also purchase Death Row Records. Why wouldn't Dr. Dre or Snoop Dogg or somebody from that camp who got money now, why wouldn't they purchase it? Maybe they just don't want it. I mean, the catalog got to be worth something, right?
Starting point is 00:24:28 I would assume so. And we're not going to sit here and act like a death row cartoon wouldn't be fire. You wouldn't buy some death row toys? But not even that. All the music. The music that people sample and use all the time and use in videos and use in movies. It would have to be worth a fortune. Well, that label filed for bankruptcy back in 2006.
Starting point is 00:24:45 It's changed hands several times. And that's how it ended up with Entertainment One. They bought it for $280 million, according to Rolling Stone. So, that's a lot of money. I'm shocked. Interscope would just let that catalog go, too. I guess when they let Suge walk away, they let him walk away with the catalog. With his catalog, yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:01 All right, now, The Conjuring. Y'all know I love a horror movie. So, The Conjuring, that house has new owners. I know y'all all saw The Conjuring, right? Nope. It's based on a true story. I don't pay people to scare me. No, I don't really do scary movies like that.
Starting point is 00:25:11 But that's a true story. That's why y'all got to know about it. Well, the new owners of that house say that they're witnessing unexplained paranormal activity. Well, that's they dumbass. Historic farmhouse is in Rhode Island. And they said that weird occurrences have already started happening. Footsteps, knocks. They said we've had lights flashing in rooms.
Starting point is 00:25:28 Why would they buy that then? Guess what race it is. I'll say Caucasian for 200, Alex. Now, one of the new owners says that he has a hard time staying in the house alone. Duh. He said, I don't have the feeling of anything evil, but it's very busy. You can tell there's a lot of things going on in the house. They just want attention.
Starting point is 00:25:48 They deserve to get haunted. Because if you watch a goddamn movie like that and you see what that house is about and it's based on a true story, why would you move in there? Why would you buy the house? What's your dumb ass? I ain't got nothing.
Starting point is 00:25:55 Well, they have set up 12 cameras and they're recording video 24-7 inside and around the house. Yeah, they're trying to get paid. So they're trying to do some research and do a potential future documentary. Yeah, they're trying to get some. So they're trying to do some research and do a potential future documentary. Yeah, they're trying to get some bread. The mayonnaise is heavy with this one.
Starting point is 00:26:07 And FYI, the Travel Channel is doing a two-hour special about the Conjuring house on Halloween. It's called Ghost Adventures, Curse of the Harrisville Farmhouse. Hope they're haunted by slaves, too. I'll be watching. Hope they're haunted by slaves. Hope every time they pull out the mayonnaise to make a sandwich,
Starting point is 00:26:20 the slave just knocks the mayonnaise jaw over and breaks it. All right, now let's do a rest in peace to Buddy from them Franchise Boys. Oh, man. Rest in peace to Buddy. Yes, he died from what they say appears to be cancer. That's horrible. So they posted on them
Starting point is 00:26:35 Franchise Boys page, RIP Buddy, you will be missed. I'm trying to describe, how could I describe how Buddy, Buddy's dog skin. He wasn't parlayed, he wasn't the chubbier one. They were all dog skin, I thought. Nah, they weren't parlayed, they he's dog skin. And he wasn't Paul A. He wasn't the chubbier one. They were all dog skin, I thought. Nah, they weren't Paul A and dog skin? No.
Starting point is 00:26:50 No, no, no, not Paul A. Which one of you is Bow Wow? Who beat up Bow Wow? I said B with Bow Wow. Oh, B with Bow Wow. I can't remember his name. I can't remember his name. You used to work with them though, right?
Starting point is 00:27:00 I did, yeah. At Columbia. Yep. No, at Virgin. At Virgin, yeah. All right, so rest in peace to Buddy. Our condolences to his family. Rest in peace to Buddy.
Starting point is 00:27:07 Definitely rest in peace. All right, now Bobby Brown's sister, Leola Brown Muhammad, says that Bobby Brown was injured in a hit and run. She went on Facebook last night and explained what happened. She said, yes, Bobby Brown got hit by a speeding car while walking, and no, he was not in a car accident. This car came straight for him and tried to damn kill him broke his bones both his legs are messed up and whoever saying he was inside
Starting point is 00:27:29 of a car is a damn liar my brother was walking down the street and a car came straight for him and hit him to kill him they report every damn thing else he's ever done in his damn life so why did not anyone including his so-called wife go to the press with that one why did not anyone, including his so-called wife, go to the press with that one? Why did you not want that to leak out? Yeah, I know why. Oh, yes, the hell I do. And you can say what you will. I care not.
Starting point is 00:27:52 Yeah, why is that not news? I was looking for this story. I didn't see it nowhere. Like, I mean, that's Bobby Brown. The hospital would have said Bobby Brown was here. The ambulance would have called. That's the King R and God damn B. Well, that's his sister's page on Facebook.
Starting point is 00:28:04 So she's reporting that. Let's not act like Bobby Brown not a whole legend out here in these streets. I would think that would be frontline news somewhere. That's what I thought. I didn't see it anywhere but his sister. Headline news. Front page. Whatever.
Starting point is 00:28:15 That's what I'm trying to say. We got you. The Black Panther sequel is coming. The release date has been announced. It's going to be in theaters May 6, 2022. Y'all excited? It's a long time. I'm a Marvel fanatic.
Starting point is 00:28:27 So, you know, I've been watching all the things that Marvel has been unveiling the past couple of weeks. You know, even the Disney Plus shows. Disney Plus about to get all my money. So, yeah, 2022, I'm there for Black Panther. All right. And let's talk about who made Barack Obama's summer playlist. Drake featuring Rihanna. Too Good is on there.
Starting point is 00:28:43 And nice little throwback to Spinners, I'll Be Around. So, Lizzo was really excited to be on there. She had tweeted out, the first president I could ever vote for was Obama. I was so proud of my right to vote, and I will never take it for granted. I love us. I'm not sure who I'm voting for yet, but if a day I'm sure isn't Trump.
Starting point is 00:29:00 And then right after that, an hour later, that's when she saw Barack Obama's list. So she had already posted that and then that list came out of his summer playlist. He has Jill Scott, It's Love. Two Chains, It's a Vibe. Yes. Yeah, Feel the Vibe, BJ the Chicago Kid, Daniel Caesar and Her, one
Starting point is 00:29:16 of my personal favorites too, best part. Yeah, Mac Miller featuring Anderson.Paak, Dang is on there. Q-Tip and D'Angelo, Believe. Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest. So you guys should check out that whole playlist. Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop, That Thing. Stevie Wonder, Don't You Worry About
Starting point is 00:29:32 A Thing. Terrence Jandarby, Who's Loving You. Steely Dan. And the list goes on. One thing about Barack Obama. Barack Obama be having good songs on his playlist but the sequencing is trash. Can you imagine going from Lizzo to The Spinners? You ever look at the playlist?
Starting point is 00:29:49 I never looked at the order. I'm not going to lie. Actually, at our juice bar, that's how our playlist is. It kind of goes all over the place. Yeah, because I like to mix it up. So you come in there, you never know what you might hear. It just looks trash on paper. It's like, I wouldn't go from 2 Chainz to If You Think You're Lonely Now. I think that's great. I like it. Alright, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. Alright, thank you think you're lonely now. I think that's great. I like it.
Starting point is 00:30:05 All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Front page news is next. Yes, y'all want to hear this story? So we got it for you. We'll tell you about the armed men that tied up employees in the Diamond District. That's a block in New York City where all the diamond jewelers are at, and it's always usually well-protected.
Starting point is 00:30:23 All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.
Starting point is 00:30:34 I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the
Starting point is 00:30:50 Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe 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!
Starting point is 00:31:09 We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape
Starting point is 00:31:19 from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my
Starting point is 00:31:46 guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt,
Starting point is 00:32:39 learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace.
Starting point is 00:33:11 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. DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news.
Starting point is 00:33:34 Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's start off with what happened in the Diamond District. Apparently, yesterday, at least three armed bandits, one of them had on a cowboy hat, bound up workers, tied them up, and they actually went to Avian & Co. in the heart of the Diamond District and pulled handguns on the four workers in the shop. And this happened like around noon. Then restrained the workers with zip ties. They raided the safe. They raided the display cases.
Starting point is 00:33:58 They got everything in a duffel bag and then ran out of there. So they don't know what the exact take is of this very bold heist, but detectives are trying to find some evidence now. So Avian & Co., just so you guys know, they have a lot of clientele. A lot of people in the industry use them, like Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj. Lil Pump went there and got five diamond-encrusted watches and spent about $100,000 to $200,000 on each of those watches. So a lot of people go there.
Starting point is 00:34:26 So somebody pulls up on me with a diamond and crested watch. Right. And they want, you know, whatever. The low for it? They want the same price that Dame Dash charges
Starting point is 00:34:35 no jumper for an interview. $500, right? Mm-hmm. Do I, am I allowed to buy that? No. That's buying stolen property, which is against the law. How would I know it's stolen?
Starting point is 00:34:44 Because it's $500 and a Rolex is usually about $28,000 to $35,000. I'm not here to question this man's situation or this woman's situation. Do you want that bad juju on you, that bad energy on you? And wonder why they're selling this for the low low? Do you want that bad energy on you? And do you want to just come out of some money? Because if they find out that you got it and it was stolen property, they're just going to take it back from you.
Starting point is 00:35:03 Life is all about the deal. All right? I read Donald Trump's book, The Art of the Deal. You don't want that deal. All right. Donald Trump be showing that book and talking about the Bible. And one of their guys, you can see their face, too, man. They're finished.
Starting point is 00:35:16 You say that now until they come up here with a diamond-encrusted watch. All right. Now, Andrew Luck, the Colts quarterback, has retired. He's only 29 years old. And people were really shocked. They actually were booing him from the sidelines in the preseason game on Saturday night. The fans were booing him. And he's just had a lot of injuries during the past few seasons.
Starting point is 00:35:35 And it all took a toll on him. He has torn cartilage and two ribs, a partially torn abdomen, a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood, at least one concussion, a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder, and a calf ankle issue. So all of those things led to his decision. Here's what Andrew Luck said. I'm going to retire. This is not an easy decision. Honestly, it's the hardest decision of my life.
Starting point is 00:35:56 But it is the right decision for me. For the last four years or so, I've been in this cycle of injury, pain, rehab, injury, pain, rehab. And it's been unceasing, unrelenting, both in season and off season. And I felt stuck in it. And the only way I see out is to no longer play football. It's taken my joy of this game away. The man did nothing wrong. The man is choosing his health over his money.
Starting point is 00:36:26 He's 29. You do realize, kids, that you will be old much longer than you will be young. In your old age, you want to enjoy it. You don't want to be walking around limping. Walking around with a colostomy bag. That's what it's called? Colostomy? What's the bag you're poo-pooing? We know what you're talking about.
Starting point is 00:36:40 That bag. You know what I'm saying? Don't be peeing blood. The man had a lacerated kidney. I don't even know what that means. But some people say that he could have made $500 million. Who cares? They said the reason was $40 million a year. That's the 35 to 40 million is what quarterbacks make. But like you said. Good health is priceless.
Starting point is 00:36:53 Good health is priceless. He's going to enjoy the rest of his life. Ain't no price on good health. $500 million with you in a wheelchair peeing blood for the rest of your life? Please. All right. And I just want to give you all an update. I put a poll on Twitter about do you know how
Starting point is 00:37:06 to change a tire? And so, so far, 560 people have voted. And the score is yes, of course, 73% and no, I call AAA 27%. Yeah, so most people know how to change a tire. 73% E? Yes, that's most people.
Starting point is 00:37:22 What are you talking about? That's almost three-fourths of all people. But a quarter of people don't. That's not terrible. And they're probably all in New York. Maybe. Probably. Because when you live down south and you got to drive on them back roads and on them highways
Starting point is 00:37:34 for hours, you got to know how to change your tire. Yeah, it's a little different. But here in the city, there's fixed flat places on every corner. There's in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, all over the place. You had to spare in the trunk. You guys know how to change. You used to come with the car had to spare in the trunk. You guys know how to change. Spare used to come with the car when you used to buy it. You guys know how to change your oil?
Starting point is 00:37:47 Yeah, spare still comes with it. No, I don't know how to change my oil. I definitely don't know how to change no damn oil. I've never changed oil on a car ever. My dad definitely taught me how to do that, too. My dad would do all that stuff. I just sit there and watch him. I don't know how to do that.
Starting point is 00:37:58 I definitely don't know how to change my oil. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News. I used to have a red Honda Civic, and I left it on the side of the road one day because it needed oil, and so it just started smoking, and the engine was all messed up. You know, once that happens, the car is basically ruined. The engine is basically ruined.
Starting point is 00:38:15 Right. So I just left it on the side of the road. It was a red Honda Civic. Still there now. Probably still there now. All right, well, thank you. When we come back, Chance the Rapper will be joining us. Never heard of him.
Starting point is 00:38:27 We'll kick him a Chance the Rapper. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. So we'll be getting back to the table. The Breakfast Club. Everybody, it's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:38:40 We got a special guest in the building. The good brother, Chance the Rapper. Ew. What's up, my brother? Hey, man. Welcome. Thanks for having me, man. How are you special guest in the building. The good brother, Chance the Rapper. Yo, what's up, my brother? Welcome, welcome. Thanks for having me, man. How are you? And I really mean that. How are you? I'm good, yo. Thank you for... It's been a long time since I've been up here, so
Starting point is 00:38:53 appreciate y'all having me back, yo. First time you was here, I had never heard any of your music. I remember that. I didn't understand what the hype was. You kept asking me what my song was. I'm like, listen to Ass Rap. That's my project. He's like, but what's the song, Taz? That was it.
Starting point is 00:39:07 Like, yo, just listen to Ass Rap. But where can I hear the song? I don't know. I don't have a single. But I judged the book by its cover
Starting point is 00:39:14 because like I told you before, the song was called, the album was called Ass to the Rap. I'm like, I don't want to hear another drugged out rapper. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:20 And you are the complete opposite of that. Yeah. Yeah, definitely I'm not a drugged out rapper anymore. So, phases. Phases in life.
Starting point is 00:39:28 Last time you were here, you weren't married. Now you are. Congratulations, baby. Welcome to the club. We all here. We all here. Wedding gang. That's right.
Starting point is 00:39:37 That's right. You got some ice in your joint, too. You got some ice in your joint, too. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to be like you, man. Did you pick your own ring, or how does that work when you got yours? It did kind of work like that. Me and my wife went to the spot, and we bought each other's rings.
Starting point is 00:39:50 So she got mine. I was going to get the regular silver band. And then she got a three-part ring with all these diamonds. So I was just like, can I get a little bit of diamonds in mine? And so she got me a little bit of diamonds. So we can match a little? You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to lie. Social media pissed me off, man, because I don't understand why hip-hop has no problem with people talking about degrading women.
Starting point is 00:40:11 But when it comes to loving your woman and being with your wife and embracing her and celebrating that, they was giving you flack for it. Yeah, it's not even, you got to remember, like, our enemy is not of the flesh. Like, it's ideas and things that can take hold of anybody. So you could just be making a, you know, a joke or a comment and like, you know, playing along with the meme. Because that's what we do on social media is we receive information and then we all comment on it. And you don't ever really think about the person that's being, you know, commented on or the situation beyond it just being the moment of what's going on but yeah it's you just gotta remember who you are what you're fighting against and and keep it moving because there's a lot of people that
Starting point is 00:40:53 need it that need to hear it and you can't be ashamed at any point. Well it started at the proposal remember the proposal they were mad why why did you do it in the backyard? Like why is it that anybody's business where I do it and what the it? We don't know the significance of what it was or how it happened. Yeah, it was actually my, I remember that very well. Yeah, that was my grandmother's backyard. That's where, you know, my family is like the type of family where we keep all the houses from like the 30s and stuff. Like, it's like I was raised in the house that my dad grew up in, which is the house that my grandmother grew up in, which is the house that my dad grew up in, which is the house that my grandmother grew up in, which is the house that my great-grandmother owned.
Starting point is 00:41:26 So, like, you know, a lot of things happen at these places, and that was where I got engaged and actually where I shot the album cover also. Now, you talk about social media, and that's why I asked you how are you. Like, has social media ever driven you to the edge? Because I saw when you tweeted out, you know, people want you to commit suicide. When I said how are you, I really meant that. And I didn't mean all people. I meant some people.
Starting point is 00:41:48 That's why I said some people because it can push you to a certain point. Everybody handles things differently. Now, I'm somebody that's, you know, very deeply rooted in my faith, but I wanted to just call out that energy. But, yeah, it could push anybody. How were you handling it? How were you dealing with it? I think for a certain period of time, I got confused.
Starting point is 00:42:10 The first feeling I felt was like, I felt like a lot of people were trying to shame me. You know what I'm saying? For being married? Yeah, just for the pride that I had of being married. You know what I'm saying? And I understand that it's a different kind of thing. We're not used to albums celebrating marriage,
Starting point is 00:42:24 especially not rap albums. But it was like, know the meme like i said like everybody doesn't have to be in on what the main idea is you could just jump on and not understand your significance or your role in it but you know when i come out and say something like that i want everybody to feel me that's what you do as an artist you want people to feel you and That's what you do as an artist. You want people to feel you. And it's your reality, too. This is what really just happened. It's my big day. I've been with her forever. We've been through a lot of things together.
Starting point is 00:42:50 We came back together. You admitted to certain things you've done. Like, you said you cheated, and you said you didn't treat her the best in the past. Black men don't cheat, Chance. And you learn from that. But that's the thing. When we say that sometimes, it gets filtered into a joke. But I feel like it's not even like black men have never cheated.
Starting point is 00:43:07 It's like black men, don't cheat. To my black brothers out there, don't cheat. One of the best things you could do is celebrate your woman and give her a faithful relationship and be the person that she could actually count on. And so when you have certain messaging like I do, sometimes it makes people detract because some people feel shamed. How does your wife handle it? Because I'm sure she's not asking to be in the spotlight. She's not asking to be famous, but it's just as she might catch some of those stray bullets because she's not. She's much better at it. So for one, she doesn't scour through social media. I'm an independent artist, so I'm looking, you know, I got to look up everything.
Starting point is 00:43:44 I'm retweeting everything all day. I'm replying to people all day. I'm doing, like, everything I can to kind of, you know, just keep the s*** going. My wife does not give a f*** about Instagram or Twitter. So she's in a much better place than me, and it helps me to be able to go to her and be like,
Starting point is 00:43:59 babe, this s*** is bothering me. And she'd be getting that, yo, shut up. I need you to help me move this couch. It was crazy that even with R&B and with certain types of music, it feels like people like
Starting point is 00:44:11 the breakup albums in R&B and they like when you're not happy. And for some reason, people aren't drawn to like... Isn't that deep? Yeah. As real people, as people that just live
Starting point is 00:44:21 and breathe and take s*** and will die eventually, like as regular people, you know, like we strive to be happy, to feel success. Like, that's all we want. And we want people to be happy for us, too. I'm glad that you're having this conversation because I'm not going to lie. When I first saw that tweet, I was like, all right, Chance may be going through it.
Starting point is 00:44:38 But I said, I hope he's just not upset because of the reception to the big day. I mean, the reception was great, to be honest. Like, that's the thing. Like, you got to also understand narrative. Like, there were, like, a lot of bot accounts and a lot of people that were, like, you know, kind of trying to go crazy on my account. And, like, every time I'll retweet a fan saying that they love the album, they'll, like, jump under that person's comments and be like, are you f***ing kidding me?
Starting point is 00:45:03 But it's, like, that's why it's good to go outside too. Because when you go outside, you can feel real love. You can have conversations with people. People tell you things that they might not never tweet. And just know, I'll never kill myself. I'll never self-destruct. I'll never self-impose harm or
Starting point is 00:45:20 hurt or danger to myself. But sometimes you gotta come out and be like, hey, I'm living through this. You know what I'm saying? Is there anything you would have changed about the album? Because my only critique of the album was it was too long. A lot of songs. It was longer than Wendy Williams' legs.
Starting point is 00:45:32 There was a lot of material on it. I think, no. Weddings are long, for one. Two. Planning a wedding is long. Yeah. Right? So I felt like 19 tracks, 19 songs, sorry, 22 tracks,
Starting point is 00:45:43 but 19 songs with three skits, I think that's the perfect explanation of my wedding day. Like, that's how it feels. And also that, I don't know if you know this, but a lot of the music on it is based off of the reception, off of, like, the music that was played at it. And when you're at your wedding, like, it's a lot of different kinds of music that are playing. They have a lot of different songs. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:46:04 Yeah, you had In Vogue on there. I love In Vogue. Yeah, that means love to some people. Ari Lennox on the same album. I don't think people understood the narrative of your album, bro. I think when they saw the CD cover and it said The Big Day, I think they were thinking about your album release. No, The Big Day is all about the world.
Starting point is 00:46:18 I understand it. I think a lot of people love the album because it has something for everybody on it, and it's so true. The overall album was supposed to be about black love. Do you feel whole at this point in your life? Yeah, I'm married. I got money. Kids. I got a second.
Starting point is 00:46:38 My second baby comes next week. Congrats. Wow, next week. Congratulations, man. Are you nervous that you're out here on the road? Hell yeah. Why are you here? Because I have a job.
Starting point is 00:46:50 We got more with Chance when we come back, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. J.N.V. Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Chance the Rapper. Charlamagne? What was the first one y'all danced to? You and your wife. We did, uh, do you remember, uh,
Starting point is 00:47:04 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston? Yeah. He's young. He doesn't even remember. You have to eat this up. Yes, I know. Hey, this is not 41. This is like 52.
Starting point is 00:47:13 I can't remember what I was doing. I'm grown up. Bro, I'm 36. I remember. Whitney Houston. My Love is Your Love. Absolutely. She said that like it was a stupid throwback.
Starting point is 00:47:21 We did it with my baby in my hand, though, too. It was a stupid throwback. We did it with my baby in my hand, though, too. It was a cool thing. That's like another deep part of it is like starting off 2015, I had my daughter with my girl. At the time, we weren't together. Then we got back together shortly after the baby came, and then we spent a long time into it. Working it out.
Starting point is 00:47:40 Yeah, or not working it out. Yeah, and let everybody else get in between it, the media, the courts, everything. And what I can say is that more rarely than people getting married, do people get married to somebody that they already started their family with. What made you settle down? Like, was it a spiritual thing? Yeah. I can't imagine Chance being out here being a grimy ass just man.
Starting point is 00:48:04 You got to understand how famous I was. Like, it was easy. I know. I'm just saying, like, at the time when I was going through that stuff. You're super young still, too. Winning Grammys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Traveling, hotel parties, club after parties.
Starting point is 00:48:18 You know, it's a lifestyle. I've had other artists tell me that. They'd be like, Chance really a ratchet ass dude. Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely not perfect. You know what I'm saying? And I definitely have gotten better. But it was definitely a point in time where there was nobody really telling me that me not marrying my wife was wrong other than my wife and very select friends.
Starting point is 00:48:41 And, I mean, just being honest, even my parents, they were like, you have a lot to focus on, a lot to worry about. When I was with her, you are dating her. When I was not dating her, you are paying child support or doing blah, blah, blah. And so it gets rationalized to you that it's like, okay, I made a rap album about God.
Starting point is 00:48:58 That's good enough. You know what I'm saying? I rap about God. I'm straight. But that is not enough. But what's deep is I can't really explain what happened on my wife's side because she was good she had money she had her own place she had you know opportunities she had she was happy and so I would just say the grace of God is what got me back with her like obviously, obviously, I figured out what was wrong personally, and I had to have that own personal conviction.
Starting point is 00:49:26 But, like, it being this good, I can't explain it. There's nothing like that stability in marriage. Nothing at all. And there was a period of time that she really couldn't stand you. Yeah, definitely. Because you was a cheater, probably. Because I was a cheater, and also because we were out of that connected space where we were on the same team.
Starting point is 00:49:45 You know what I'm saying? Once that goes to court, that's why I keep bringing up court, because I would love for people that's thinking about it or that's on the precipice or the cusp of letting some random, probably white person, make a decision that's, and a lot of times, everlasting on your relationship with your child, on who pays for what, on what times you get to see them right like try and figure it out internally before you go that far you know what i'm saying because i never imagined that i see you charity i see you vaping now so you start
Starting point is 00:50:14 smoking cigarettes yes also you can smoke cigarettes you knew that yes i didn't know yes heavy i had no idea you also got remember, the last time I was here, I didn't have no Grammys. I didn't have no raps about God. I was the acid rapper when I came in last time. And you were kind of fat. You lost a lot of weight, too. I was never fat.
Starting point is 00:50:32 I was slow. You were a little chubby. This can just be saying anything. You were also darker skinned the last time I was here. That's true. That's fact. I got a dermatologist. That's true.
Starting point is 00:50:40 But you stopped smoking cigarettes. That's a good thing. That's a great thing. I stopped smoking cigarettes, which usually makes you gain weight. So in November of last year, I took what's called a sabbatical with my wife and basically, and my daughter and my sister-in-law. I was one of my best friends. So we all went to Costa Rica.
Starting point is 00:50:57 And you don't got to go to Costa Rica, but I will tell you, it's beautiful. But we went away and I left all my cigarettes, obviously, at home. And what I did was I read four books from the Bible. They don't talk about like how to quit cigarettes. But it was a good thing for me to learn at a time when I was trying to become dependent on something else. And so we basically went out there. We went, like, got on some jet skis, got massages, chilled, just went with my wife, tried to stay off social media a lot, and I just read. And when I came back, I had been two weeks without cigarettes,
Starting point is 00:51:30 and it just made it a lot easier. And I won't say I haven't smoked one more cigarette since then, but, like, man, I used to be a two-and-a-half-pack-a-day smoker. Why not just smoke weed? Cigarettes are disgusting. They're way, way different. I don't know if you ever, you probably never smoked a cigarette, but it's way, way, way different. I don't know if you ever, you probably never smoked a cigarette, but it's way, way, way different
Starting point is 00:51:46 than smoking weed. I want to ask about, you played at the Million Dollar Chicago Mental Health Show, which I thought was very, very dope. Thanks, man.
Starting point is 00:51:53 Yeah, so Social Works is my nonprofit in Chicago, and we do a lot of work with everybody, but mainly with the youth and with homeless and transient youth, but homeless population across the board in the city.
Starting point is 00:52:08 We also do education and civic work, like learning how the system works. And then also we have a vacation Bible school that we started. Well, we started funding six years ago, but it's been around for 40 years. So this newest thing is called My State of Mind, and it's an initiative that we started this past year. And basically what we did was I put up a million dollars and $600,000 went to six different mental health facilities in Chicago that we're going to be
Starting point is 00:52:37 announcing at the end of the month. And then the really cool part, and this is only for the first year after this, it'll go back to being a regular cohort where everybody gets $100,000, but we took $400,000 and created this dope app that we're going to be releasing at the same time at the Social Work Summit. And basically the My State of Mind app works kind of like a Yelp review
Starting point is 00:52:57 of all the mental health facilities and wellness centers and not only the city or the county, but the whole state. What made you want to do that? Was it because of your own personal struggles or just people you know? facilities and wellness centers and not only the city or the county, but the whole state. Dope. What made you want to do that? Was it because of your own personal struggles or just people you know? Yeah, I would say that those are the same thing.
Starting point is 00:53:11 So, like, I haven't been, like, ever diagnosed with depression or anxiety or anything, but I would definitely say that I felt those things. Yeah. And I think, so, on a large level, I think it's the stigma associated with it. So like the fact that a lot of us don't want to go get help or admit that we need to get help. And so maybe that's a possibility why I've never been diagnosed or never had official Xanax medication. But there's also like I think like what you were just saying about having people that are my friends or family that are dealing with it and they don't know where to go so taking away the stigma advertising every single place possible and making it normal so it's like oh yeah i'll sign up for a little yoga class because i'm feeling sad like it makes you
Starting point is 00:53:55 like pick an emoji you know what i'm saying it's a real cool app and uh but it's like let it having that go out for the city in the in the state i, I think it'll start to go to other places. All right, we got more with Chance the Rapper. When we come back, let's get into a joint. Off the album is called Hot Shower. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Surgeon, I'm a-callin' man out.
Starting point is 00:54:14 That was Chance the Rapper, Hot Shower. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Chance the Rapper. My daughter's a huge fan. I know you got to go. So two questions right fast.
Starting point is 00:54:27 When are you going on tour? She would like to know. Yeah, sorry. I saw some dates announced. And two, Juice. She wants to know why she can't find Juice on Spotify, Tidal, or Apple Music. She's like, that's one of her favorite joints. She can't get it.
Starting point is 00:54:38 Great. All right, so two questions. I'll answer the second one first. So Juice, it is available on streaming platforms, just not the way that you're used to, it is available on streaming platforms, just not the way that you're used to hearing it. So, you know, I made all my mixtapes. A lot of them, like, I'm 19, 20, sometimes in high school,
Starting point is 00:54:58 and you don't know all of the legal in and outs of, like, clearing stuff. I didn't clear shit. I was what? I was 19. You know, like, I got approval from, I think it was Curtis Mayfield who covered the song that I sampled. But the cover is an interpolation of a John Lennon song. John Lennon passed away. His wife, Yoko Ono, is extremely old.
Starting point is 00:55:16 She clears all of his stuff. And she's, God bless her soul, she's not doing super well in terms of her health. And so it was like, it got down to the wire and it was just like, what's the best thing that we could do with this? So what we did was I recorded a 30 second piece because you got to have 30 seconds worth of audio for it to count as a stream.
Starting point is 00:55:33 And I explained to people that all the money allocated from these streams will go towards social works and doing something positive. So if you got Ask a Rap, which is available on Apple and on iTunes
Starting point is 00:55:44 and on Spotify and all that now, make sure you play Juice at least once. And then the first question, yes, my tour, the big day tour starts September 14th in the Bay, coming out to San Francisco. It's coming to your city, wherever you live, it's coming to you. Tickets are available in some cities on ChanceRaps.com. And my brother's coming out on tour with me too Taylor
Starting point is 00:56:06 Okay Taylor TB Hold on one last quick question Because I was in the press conference Yeah With Roger Goodell and Jay-Z Jay-Z mentioned your name a few times Really?
Starting point is 00:56:15 He did He actually mentioned It wasn't on the internet Thank God He actually mentioned your name so much That he said I'm saying Chance's name a lot But would you perform at the halftime show?
Starting point is 00:56:22 If he asked you Sheesh that's a crazy question Nah I wouldn't chances name a lot, but would you perform at the halftime show? Sheesh, that's a crazy question. No, I wouldn't. And it's not no knock to anybody. I just think a word that a lot of people are using is actionable items. I don't think the Super Bowl is my actionable item. I think there's certain things that I would like to see get changed,
Starting point is 00:56:42 and I work on them. There's a lot of people that help me. Shout out to Jay-Z, who's helped me a lot since day one. But there's things that I gotta do personally that I think will affect change and empower other people to affect change that would be outside of the Super Bowl. What about the social justice component of it? Would you help
Starting point is 00:56:57 with that? That's what I'm saying. I have my own means of like, damn, I hate the word social justice. Let's just say the police are killing is crazy, like violently. That's not I'm not saying that's all police, but I'm saying the police system and they're not being held accountable. This this entire system that we have in place from how we elect a president to how presidents make decisions, to how judges work, to how the title of being a police officer,
Starting point is 00:57:26 the legitimacy of being in the police union. It's not fair. All of us in this room, they call us citizens. But all the other people that I was just mentioning, a president, a judge, a police officer, they're not tried the same way. And so the first thing that has to happen is there has to become a stigma around policing that stops people from believing
Starting point is 00:57:50 that if they speak up as a police officer about something that they see wrong, that they're a traitor or that they'll get in trouble or that their life is in danger. So once we start to clean up that, create a stigma where people stop feeling like it's okay to do whatever they want.
Starting point is 00:58:05 And we start to see convictions and start to see, like, an actual real criminal process like the rest of us go through if we was to up and kill somebody or, God forbid, harm a police officer. Once we start to see that, then that's real change happening at a real rate. Then other people that are big names or big organizations can say, oh, we totally back this movement. So with that being said, I'm not rapping at the Super Bowl. Don't catch me live at the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:58:30 But I am the ambassador for NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago. All right. That might mean that there's other announcements to be made after that. I like what you're doing the same way I like what Jay's doing because you are the type of person that changes things from within. And I look up to Jay and I call Jay when I need help. So just because he watches your show. Yeah, but you change things from within. Like you actually kick it with the politicians.
Starting point is 00:58:52 You donate to the politicians. I think that's dope. Everybody asked their last question. I just have one last question. Still independent, but you mentioned Sylvia Rona and you mentioned a bag that could be, it wasn't big enough. So is that a consideration for you for real? The only problem is with me, I'm in a different place. You'd be a fool to sign a record deal.
Starting point is 00:59:11 For one, I'd be a fool financially and it wouldn't benefit me in any way. But even if there was an astronomical number that did benefit me and there's the craziest terms in the world that have never been done before, I'm at this point a beacon of that whole thing. And so everything is about, like I said, narrative and how you're represented. So there's people in the industry that are not like Sylvia Rohn that want to see this all fall apart so that they can prove that you need them in order to make it work. So I would say to anybody out there that's an independent artist, my number one piece of advice, don't sign a record deal.
Starting point is 00:59:48 Don't sign a distribution deal. Don't sign a publishing deal. Don't sign a management deal. Hire the people that you need to work with you. Pick out your goals and go get them done. And you can get them done, and it'll work, and you'll connect with your fan base, and you'll make money. And another piece of advice,
Starting point is 01:00:05 go on to one of those little websites. I don't want to like, I'll say a few of them that I know so it's not like I'm advertising, but Ditto,
Starting point is 01:00:13 DistroKid, TuneCore, you can go on to those websites. That's for everybody listening that's an artist. You can go to that website right now,
Starting point is 01:00:19 any of those websites right now. Pay $10 a year and now your music's on. Every platform. Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal, Apple Music, iTunes, everywhere. That's like one of the main barriers of entry. A lot of people think you've got to sign a deal before you can even do that.
Starting point is 01:00:35 So, like, once you start to realize how many things are not decided by a label, you could do United Masters, too, and then you've got radio play. Oh, Steve Stout likes that. That's my boy. Steve you got radio play Steve Stout likes that That's my boy Shout out to Steve Stout That's my boy There's a lot of things that you could do Without the label deal
Starting point is 01:00:52 I think you need to turn a big day Into a stage play starring puppets Yes Produce that with me Because I know you're getting a lot of money at this point I'm doing okay in life I know you are I don't think that would be dope
Starting point is 01:01:02 Like I said before I said Chance makes music that makes puppets dance. And that wasn't a diss. It's just that when you hear it, it's like a happy thing. Yeah. You should do a stage play.
Starting point is 01:01:12 I've always been in the theater. I've always been into writing and directing, like working with actors and like coming. That was my favorite part of this album. If I could flex a little bit,
Starting point is 01:01:21 I wrote those skits on the album. And there's been like people that like, because I am like a little bit in the theater those skits on the album. And there's been people that because I am a little bit in the theater world that have reached out to me and given me a little kudos, given me a little pat on the back. So I feel like that was a good trial run from my first
Starting point is 01:01:35 real putting my writing. I've done other stuff with skits, but this is probably on the largest scale. And yeah, now I'm definitely ready to start writing some. And Puppets make it more digestible. I actually did a whole tour with puppets before. Really? Yeah. I did a whole tour that I put together in a month and a half with
Starting point is 01:01:52 Dialogue and Ha Ha David starred in it. Wow. So what I did was I had all these people come to Chicago because I wanted to bring a choir out on tour with me for a coloring book, but I didn't have the money to hire a choir to go with me. So what I did was I brought in a choir to Chicago, pre-recorded all the vocals, and then I got these animatronic puppets that work on a timer
Starting point is 01:02:11 and just had them basically be a fake choir that popped up. Then I had, like, another puppet that would come out that was named Lady Dame, and she would come talk to me, and then I'd do same drugs on the piano with her as a duet. Then I had this big giant lion in the back named Carlos, which is Aja Davis' real name. That's a stupid joke. Like, no one would ever get that. But his name was Carlos, and he'd come out.
Starting point is 01:02:31 He was a giant lion, and he'd talk to me. And it was fun. It was dope. Dope. That's dope. But, yeah, I definitely want to get into more writing and definitely get that Big Day album. Yes.
Starting point is 01:02:40 And we appreciate you for joining us, too, man. I haven't been here in so long. I needed to come back. I know. Send our love to Kristen. Awesome. I will. I will. Make sure you come a little sooner. How long has it been? Three years? Yeah, it's been a long time. It's been since 2014. Alright, well, Chance the Rapper, we appreciate you again.
Starting point is 01:02:57 Yeah, I appreciate y'all, man. The big day is out now and it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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.
Starting point is 01:03:13 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.
Starting point is 01:03:27 Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe 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.
Starting point is 01:03:42 What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:04:01 Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests
Starting point is 01:04:22 and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to
Starting point is 01:05:21 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.
Starting point is 01:05:49 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. E-J-M-V, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to these rumors. Let's talk Joe Button.
Starting point is 01:06:12 She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Joe Button was criticizing Sway Lee's Won't Be Late song, his collab with Drake. I guess he didn't like it too much. And here's what he said. That shit was ass, nigga.
Starting point is 01:06:29 Hey, Swae Lee, hear me and hear me good, nigga. I'm here to bevel down. That shit is a two-pack of ass. The fuck are you talking about? That shit stinks with Drake at the end of the fucking summer. Well, Swae Lee responded. He said, everyone has an opinion. Unfortunately, every opinion is incredible
Starting point is 01:06:46 and some just don't hold any weight. He also said this. So this s*** decides to get on his little podcast. Veins popping out his head. Screaming, spitting the s***. Talking about my singles was trash. Them songs is straight heat, boy. International.
Starting point is 01:07:03 And I know that for a fact. So Joe Budden, I don't need your opinion on my songs. You feel me? That song wasn't written about you. It wasn't written for you. But before you feel the need to, like, bring my shit up on one of your podcasts and speak negatively of it, just turn your whole Wi-Fi connection off and cancel the whole podcast.
Starting point is 01:07:19 I haven't heard the second record in that two-pack of ass Joe is referencing, but the record with Drake and Swae Lee is dope to me, but that's just my opinion. I wonder what do the kids think in that two pack that two uh pack of ass joe is referencing but the record with drake and sway lee is dope to me but that's just my opinion i wonder what do the kids think about that record all right well joe button also had his pool party over the weekend and drake was trolling him in the comments as joe button went live drake is funny he was saying we want rory we want rory and that's when joe button was explaining their love hate relationship and then he also asked him to play some of Joe Button's music at the party. He said, I want to see if they ring off.
Starting point is 01:07:48 And he just goes on to say, pump it up or send that Airbnb into a frenzy, oh God. Joe got an Airbnb? He had an Airbnb? It was not a no damn Airbnb. Yeah, so there was a lot of trolling going on. You know Joe ain't got no Airbnb. I will say Joe is entitled
Starting point is 01:08:05 to his opinion when it comes to the Swae Lee music, but my only thing is Joe not going to say that to Swae Lee's face. Like, I just don't like when Joe yelling screams about an artist,
Starting point is 01:08:13 but then when he gets face-to-face with them, he's talking all calm. Like, I want him to keep that same energy at all times because when he's face-to-face with these artists, he doesn't do that.
Starting point is 01:08:20 All right, 50 Cent, let's talk about the Power theme song. I know everybody watched the Power series premiere last night. Well watched the Power series premiere last night. Well, this season's premiere last night. I watched it, too. And there was some talk about the original Power theme song
Starting point is 01:08:33 because that was originally done by Joe and Trey Songz. No, the R&B singer Joe. No, the R&B singer Joe. Y'all know that. This is the original. Dropping the clues box for this classic. Classic theme song. Alright, now let's put on Trey Songz
Starting point is 01:08:51 theme song version. And I just come from the poorest part. Bright light city life I gotta make it. This is where it goes down. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:09:08 Yeah. I just have to. Cut my part. Cut my part. Legal or illegal, baby. I gotta make it. All right. Well.
Starting point is 01:09:16 Okay. Now, wait a minute. It's not. That's not whack. No, it's not whack. I just think people are very used to the original theme song. Compared to the original? I'm farting on it.
Starting point is 01:09:25 Give me some. Give me some. It's not. It's not. It's not what? I would say this. If Trey Songz version was out first and they tried to switch it, people would be mad about that, too.
Starting point is 01:09:33 If it was a spliff, we'd all be high. We get used to it. You get used to a theme song. That was a classic. That's right. You can't change classic theme songs. All right. So here's what 50 Cent had to say.
Starting point is 01:09:41 You motherfuckers talking about Trey Songz. Trey did that shit as a favor for me, man. F*** it, I'm going to have to put that motherfuckers back the way it was. Why in the last season of the show would you change the theme song? That's his boy, Trey. I guess he did a remix. He put A Boogie on it. Shoot a video.
Starting point is 01:10:01 If you're not going to do, like, the Cosby Show used to change theme songs every episode. Every season. Every season. But when you got a classic theme song, you leave it. Like, Girlfriends is a classic theme song. My girlfriend. Boondocks is a classic theme song. The Jeffersons.
Starting point is 01:10:17 Moving on up. Moving on up. To the east side. Good times. A classic theme song. Good times. I would put Power in there. If I had to write a top ten of classic theme song. I would put power in there. If I had to write a top 10 of classic theme songs,
Starting point is 01:10:29 power would definitely be in there. I'm talking about top 10 of my whole life. But we all know the biggest is in West Philadelphia, born and raised in the playground is where I spent most of my days. That's the biggest of all time. You might be right about that. That's the biggest. That might be number one.
Starting point is 01:10:42 I'm not going to argue that one. That's right. Because it was him rapping on it, and that was just a regular song that you could play. That might be number one, guys. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. Hold on. Now, y'all got me wanting to make a top 10 theme song list.
Starting point is 01:10:53 Forget all them top 50 rappers. I'm going to do a top 10 black TV show theme songs of all time. God damn it. And besides that, there's a story of a guy named that's the Brady Bunch as soon as I say black you always got I hear you say black
Starting point is 01:11:08 conservative I just thought you said things you told it for Trump didn't you I did not I said black then you want to
Starting point is 01:11:14 bring up the Brady I'm just thinking theme songs what about different strokes I don't remember how's it go the world don't move
Starting point is 01:11:22 to the beat of just one drum what might be right for you And y'all gonna call that black? Was that black? Black people on the show Was it black though? What you talking about?
Starting point is 01:11:34 Alright guys we gotta move on I was thinking if there's anything else We have to move on I don't know Y'all got me thinking about top 10 themes A different world How does a different world go? Different world up there I don't know if it'sall got me thinking about top ten themes or something. Don't say anything else. Donkey of the Day. A different world. How does a different world go? Different world up there.
Starting point is 01:11:47 I don't know if it's top ten, though. Let's discuss this. Let's do Donkey and then discuss this. All right. We'll do that when we come back. All right. Donkey of the Day is up next. It's the Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:11:54 Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the day is a little bit of a mixed place. So like a donkey. Oh, donkey of the day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been told over the last 24 years that donkey of the day is a new way.
Starting point is 01:12:16 Moving on up to the east side. All right. We finally got a piece of the pie. All right, let me get this donkey out of the way so we can get to these theme songs. Donkey of the day for Monday, August 26th goes to Doug Gottlieb. I have no idea how to pronounce his last name. Doug Gottlieb. He's a former
Starting point is 01:12:34 Nortured name and Oklahoma State basketball player. I'm not quite sure what he does now, but he got on my radar this weekend because of a tweet he posted in reference to the retirement of Andrew Luck. Yes, if you haven't heard, Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts, 29 years old. He decided to retire from the NFL. And when you listen to his list of injuries, then you will not blame him.
Starting point is 01:12:52 Let's go to NFL Network to hear some of this story. Lindsay, Andrew Luck has informed the Indianapolis Colts that he plans to retire from the NFL. But this is the product of a mental and physical toll that goes back a number of years. You think back to all the injuries that Andrew Luck went through. He has told me on multiple occasions that he feels as if he is more in touch with his body and what his body is telling him that he was prior to the shoulder injury, the kidney laceration, all the other things that he went through. The calf and lower leg injury that Luck has been dealing with since the spring is something that the Colts really thought he was going to be completely back from the tone shifted over
Starting point is 01:13:30 the past couple of weeks. Andrew Luck has had a lot of changes in his life. He got married in the off season. His first child is due. He certainly is entering a different stage in his life. I don't know if y'all could follow all of that, but Andrew Luck was about to die. All right. I would say about the time, man, at least, but Andrew Luck was about to die. All right. I would say about to die, man. At least that's what I think in my mind. All right.
Starting point is 01:13:48 How can you blame this 29-year-old for choosing his health over anything else? Health is wealth, physical and mental. The great Buddha said to keep the body in good health is a duty. Otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear. Okay. One thing you kids don't understand is you are going to be old much longer than you are young, if you are blessed. And human beings, contrary to popular belief, we are supposed to appreciate with value,
Starting point is 01:14:10 not depreciate. The man had a lacerated kidney. He was peeing blood. I don't know about you, but I don't want to be in my 30s feeling like I'm in my 80s, 90s, okay? So I have zero problem with Andrew Luck's decision to retire. Even if I did, who am I? Who gives a damn? That's not my decision to make. Even if I did, who am I? Who gives a damn?
Starting point is 01:14:28 That's not my decision to make. That's his. And who are we to tell him he's tripping? Well, Doug Gottlieb is here to say, hold my beer. All right, Doug tweeted out, retiring because rehabbing is too hard is the most millennial thing ever. I repeat, he tweeted out, retiring because rehabbing is too hard is the most millennial thing ever. I repeat, he tweeted out retiring because rehabbing is too hard. It's the most millennial thing ever.
Starting point is 01:14:48 Hashtag Andrew Luck. Now, there's plenty of things I question about millennials, okay? Like interns getting paid. When I was an intern, that didn't happen. But times change. Companies evolve. I wish I did get paid as an intern, so I'm not mad at them for getting paid, okay? I don't like participation trophies. I don't think you should get a trophy for being seventh place. Alright?
Starting point is 01:15:05 That's one of the most millennial things ever to me. But retiring from a violent sport like football because you have had torn cartilage and two ribs, a partially torn abdomen, a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood, at least one concussion, a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder, and a calf
Starting point is 01:15:21 ankle issue? That don't have nothing to do with being a millennial. That has everything to do with being a human that loves himself to know when to walk away. All right? I don't care how much money you have. You cannot enjoy your wealth if you're not in good health. All right? The first wealth is health. All right?
Starting point is 01:15:36 In fact, the only people who don't care about good health are those who don't know any better. All right? Fools, idiots, donkeys, whatever you want to call them. Doug Gottlieb, I don't know what you want, but please, that rhetoric you're spreading is dangerous because it doesn't have anything to do with not wanting to rehab an injury and everything to do with understanding
Starting point is 01:15:54 that your body will be around a lot longer than any money or material items, so you have to invest in yourself. And that's exactly what Andrew Luck is doing, and that's exactly what Andrew Luck did. God bless that man, and please give anyone with anything negative to say about his decision, especially Doug
Starting point is 01:16:09 Gottlieb, the biggest he are. What's wrong with people? Alright, Jesus. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Let's talk TV theme songs. Thank you to 50 and Trey Songs
Starting point is 01:16:26 because I don't even know why we started talking about this this morning. Now, I initially said we should keep it to black TV show theme songs, but we can't do that because I really do got
Starting point is 01:16:35 some white TV show theme songs that I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy. Now, I have a top 10. Should I give my top 10 now or later? Oh, I got a top 10 TV show theme song.
Starting point is 01:16:43 You want to do it later? We'll do it when we come back. 800-585-1051. We want to know your top TV theme song. That's right. I got a top ten. Y'all don't have to call up here and give your top ten. I'm just saying that I have a top ten.
Starting point is 01:16:55 All right, we'll do it when we come back. I actually got 11 that I really, really enjoy. All right, we'll do it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me. Add your opinion to The Breakfast Club topic. morning. Pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me.
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Starting point is 01:17:21 Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just join us, we're talking about favorite TV theme songs, all right? So, now, Charlamagne, you got a list?
Starting point is 01:17:41 I do have a list, man. Now, listen, we got to tell them where we got this topic from. All right, now this came from, of course, 50 Cent. Power is back, and 50 Cent changed the theme song a little bit. Instead of it being 50 Cent and Joe, he changed it to Trey Songz and A Boogie, and people are giving him hell for it. Yes, and the reason I think people are giving him hell, because I don't know if we realize it or not,
Starting point is 01:18:01 because Power's only been on for six seasons. To me, Power is one of the greatest TV show theme songs of all time. You know what I'm saying? The original with Joe. Now, I have a top 11 theme songs that I thoroughly, thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy. This is Charlamagne Tha God's personal list. Let me hear these. All right.
Starting point is 01:18:20 I think Envy is correct. Fresh Prince, number one. In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playground is where I spent most of my days. Chilling out, maxing, relaxing, all cool and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said, you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. Fresh Prince may be number one, but I'm telling you, I think I know something that could be number one, too, if we open it up to all demographics of TV show.
Starting point is 01:18:51 What? Golden Girls, bruh. Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the road and back again. Your heart is true. You're a pal and a confidant. And if you threw a party... Golden Girls, yeah?
Starting point is 01:19:13 Golden Girls is a tough, tough, tough theme song, man. See, but I got another one that might be Golden Girls. Talk to me. The Jetsons. Oh, meet George Jetson. Cute. Meet George Jetsons. Oh, meet George Jetson. Cute. Meet George Jetson. His boy, Elroy.
Starting point is 01:19:39 Daughter Judy. I like the Jetsons. The Jetsons. You know me. I am a super fan of this show. Girlfriends. You know, Girlfriends had an amazing theme song. I mean, it just feels so warm. It feels like a hug.
Starting point is 01:19:53 My girlfriend's dead through thick and thin. That theme song just felt like a hug. My girlfriend. They threw tickets in. My girlfriend. My girlfriend. They're for anything. My girlfriend. And what about this one?
Starting point is 01:20:23 Gilligan's Island. Oh, not really. No, not Gilligan's Island. Oh, not really. No, not Gilligan's Island. I mean, I get it. I get it. Gilligan's Island told the story of the whole show and the theme song. Okay, all right. Okay, I'm just going to run down my list.
Starting point is 01:20:36 The Jeffersons. Jeffersons, absolutely. Good Times. Good Times, yep. All that. What's all that? All that. What's All That? All That. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:20:48 All That. I think that was TLC, by the way. Yeah, that was TLC. And Angie Storm was Girlfriends. Different World. Yeah, it's a different world. Different World was hard. I'm going to tell you a sleeper for me.
Starting point is 01:21:02 What's that? I thoroughly used to enjoy True Blood on HBO, so I used to really, really like True Blood. Nah, I never watched that. You know what I'm going to tell you a sleeper for me. What's that? I thoroughly used to enjoy True Blood on HBO, so I used to really, really like True Blood. Nah, I never watched that. You know what I'm saying? But I think a big sleeper, man, is Cheers. Where everybody knows your name. You want to go where everybody knows your name. For Mr. Rogers.
Starting point is 01:21:17 Would you be mine? Would you be mine? Would you be my neighbor? No, because the neighborhood is segregated and I can't be your neighbor, Mr. Rogers. All right. But Cheers is a great theme song. I actually wanted to remix that and make Cheers a gay bar. Like, you want to go where everybody knows.
Starting point is 01:21:35 You want to go where people know that sexuality is all the same. You want to go where everybody knows you're gay. Okay. I'm with that one. I'm with that one. Let's go to a phone line, man. Hello, who's this? Drea.
Starting point is 01:21:53 Hey, Drea. We're talking TV theme songs. My top song has to be The Proud Family. Oh, that's a good one. That's a good one. Sing it for us. Sing it for us. I'm not mad at you.
Starting point is 01:22:04 Sing it for us. I'm not mad at you. Sing it for us. I'm calling from Columbia, South Carolina. I just want to shout out all the HBCUs in South Carolina, SC State, and Morris College. 803, salute to SC State. I'm going to be there for SC State's homecoming. Hello, who's this? Santana.
Starting point is 01:22:20 Hey, mama, we're talking. What's your favorite TV theme song? You know, Solange did the Proud Family theme song, too, by the way. Oh, she did? Yeah. It was Solange featuring Destiny's Child. Different world's tough, baby. It's a tough one.
Starting point is 01:22:30 Sing it, sing it, sing it right fast. I know my parents love me. Stand behind me every day. Yeah, that was a reefer Franklin. I know I'm just not ready. All right, we got it, we got it, we got it. We got it, we got it. That's Aretha Franklin, by the way.
Starting point is 01:22:51 I think that was Aretha Franklin. Yeah, that was Aretha Franklin. I don't know, but she killed that song. Hello, who's this? Hello? Yo, what's up? This is Leonard from Detroit. There's only one Leonard in this world.
Starting point is 01:23:02 Leonard, meet Leonard. And that's me. What's your favorite TV theme song? Try to remember, you're spelling your name wrong. It's L-A-N-A-R-D. No, it's not. Mine is L-E-N-A-R-D, sir.
Starting point is 01:23:13 All right, what's your favorite theme song? Yo, favorite theme song, and a lot of people sleep on this one. Homeboys
Starting point is 01:23:22 in outer space. Mercenary brothers down for one another. Y'all remember that? No. What? No. An old boy from a different world, Ron? Come on, man.
Starting point is 01:23:37 I never watched Homeboys in Outer Space in my life. I never seen that one either, bro. You on your own. It was on UPN. Nah. What did you like about that show? Because it was black people in your anus? No, no.
Starting point is 01:23:51 It was a good concept, man. It was a good concept, man. Like, look, you don't really associate black people with outer space. So that's why that was a win in my book, man. Never watched it. Nah, never seen it, bro. Thank you, man. All right. 800-585-1051.
Starting point is 01:24:07 What's your favorite TV theme song? Hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Add your opinion to The Breakfast Club. Top 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:24:32 I'm just thinking back now. We're talking about your favorite TV theme songs. We open up the phone lines, 800-585-1051. We used to watch the Golden Girls. I love the Golden Girls. Them four old white women. We used to watch it. Golden Girls is great.
Starting point is 01:24:44 And I'm going to tell you something. You know, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, that might be, that got to be top three, right? Right. But I would probably say two, and I would have to say Golden Girls might be number one TV theme song of our time. I'm going to tell you why, because those are theme songs. You can play those theme songs anywhere, and everybody will sing them verbatim. Everybody.
Starting point is 01:25:04 Let me see. Black, white, it don't matter. Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the road and back again. Your heart is true. You're a pal and a confidant. And if you threw a party And invited everyone you knew You would see the biggest gift from me
Starting point is 01:25:33 And the card attached would say Thank you for being a friend Let that fresh Prince whip one time. No. Let that Fresh Prince whip one time. Okay? All right, hold on. I'm going to go to Fresh Prince.
Starting point is 01:25:52 Everybody knows this. I mean, this is like so easy. Let's go. Hey. Hey, no matter where you are, black, white, everybody sings this. Brown, watch this. Everybody knows where this guy was raised. Yep.
Starting point is 01:26:05 In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playground was where I spent. Like, oh. And tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air. I always forget about that little part. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We always forget about that little part. Now here it goes.
Starting point is 01:26:19 Now here it goes. You know where Will was raised. Mm-hmm. Hey. That's it, that's it. Hey. In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playgrounds where I spend most of my days.
Starting point is 01:26:29 Chilling out, maxing, relaxing, all cool and all. Shooting some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys blew up to no good. Started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared. She said, you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. I'm going to be honest with you. Golden Girls slap harder than this, bro. Yeah, you're right, man. I'm not in Bel Air. I'm going to be honest with you. Golden Girls slap harder than this, bro.
Starting point is 01:26:46 Yeah, you're right. I'm not going to lie. I'm going to tell you another one we've been sleeping on. Living single. Living single was hard. Queen Latifah did the living single joint. We are living single. Say what?
Starting point is 01:26:58 Say what? In a 90s kind of world. I'm glad I got my girls. Keep your head up. What? Keep your head up. That's right Why you turn to DMX just now?
Starting point is 01:27:07 Let's go to the phone lines Hello, who's this? This is Winston Winston, what's your Going out of the floor for you What's your favorite TV theme song, bro? My favorite white TV theme song Any theme song
Starting point is 01:27:19 Nah, the white one is the one to give My black one is the first verse of L.A. Ooh, the one to use I forget about the one to give. My black one is the first for the bell-end. Ooh, the one to give. I forget about the one to give with Kevin and Whitney. Whitney. What do you know about that? Kevin and what? What was her name?
Starting point is 01:27:31 Whitney? Whitney. Whitney. Kevin and Whitney. And I forgot about the one to give. I forgot about that one, too. Thank you, man. Sing it for me.
Starting point is 01:27:41 Yeah, man. What would you do with that same attitude? Would you wind off or grind up on me? Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Jessica. Hey, Jessica, what's your favorite TV theme song? Friends, of course. I used to watch no Friends.
Starting point is 01:28:01 Why would I watch Friends? Sing Friends, go ahead. Are you crazy? Friends was a rip-off of Girlfriends. I'll be there no Friends. Why would I watch Friends? Sing Friends. Go ahead. Are you crazy? Friends was a rip off of Girlfriends. I'll be there for you. What? Friends was the best. I never watched Friends even.
Starting point is 01:28:11 I never watched Friends. I've been hearing that people talk about that theme song. I never watched Friends though. Hello, who's this? Wasn't enough diversity on that show for me. Lamar, what's your favorite TV theme song? Man, I got so many, but like, just to bring back the past, how about like Growing Pains? As long as we got each
Starting point is 01:28:28 other. We know the world, and it's all been all faith in you and me. There's something in me. Nah, B. I didn't used to watch Growing Pains. Was Growing Pains part of TGIF? I don't remember that being part of the TGIF
Starting point is 01:28:43 lineup. Nah, it was one of those like part of TGIF. I don't remember that being part of the TGIF lineup. No, it was one of those pre-TGIF jump off. It was coming early mornings. Yeah, I remember Growing Faze, Robin Thicke's Daddy Allen, and Kirk Cameron. Yeah, I remember it. Yeah, I don't know about that. Classic. It was classic. I just never used to watch it.
Starting point is 01:29:00 Me neither. Hello, who's this? It's Trey from Detroit. Hey, Trey from Detroit. Talk to me, Trey. Hey, who's this? It's Trey from Detroit. Hey, Trey from Detroit. Talk to me, Trey. Hey, y'all. Okay, so I got a white one and a black theme song that I like. Talk to me.
Starting point is 01:29:14 So the white one I like is the Facts Alive. Oh, yes. You take the good, you take the bad, you take the good, and then you add the Facts Alive. The Facts Alive. You're right. What else you got, Trey? You're right, Trey.
Starting point is 01:29:26 And the last one is, of course, 227, because there's no place like home. There's no place like home. God damn it, you're right. Sing it, Trey. I can't remember. I'll go, Trey. No place like home. Trey's been waiting for this his whole life.
Starting point is 01:29:40 You know you're going to go wrong when you know that you love. You don't need to roam. Because there ain't no place like home. Better believe it. Ain't no place like home. Better believe it. Ain't no place like home. Trey, sing better than you, man.
Starting point is 01:29:56 What's the moral of the story? Is there a moral? I'm going to be honest with you. I mean, there's a lot. My top 11 was Fresh Prince, Girlfriends, Power, the original one, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Cheers, True Blood, all that, Different World, Golden Girls, Living Single. But I'm going to tell you, when you start talking about 227,
Starting point is 01:30:13 when you start talking about Facts of Life, now I'm thinking about Amen. You know what I'm saying? Because Amen and 227 used to come on the same night. Nobody mentioned Martin? Martin! Living single was hard. And I'm gonna tell
Starting point is 01:30:27 you something. Everybody, you gotta get a black woman to do your theme song. Think about it. Angie Stone did Girlfriends.
Starting point is 01:30:33 Queen Latifah did Living Single. Solange did Proud Family. I think TLC did all that. Like, I don't know.
Starting point is 01:30:41 Other than that, Golden Girls, I think Golden Girls got the crown though. It's between Golden Girls and Fresh Prince. Fresh Prince was hard, man, but Golden Girls know. Other than that, Golden Girls, I think Golden Girls got the crown, though. Ah, it's between Golden Girls and Fresh Prince. Fresh Prince was hard, man, but Golden Girls slap. They do slap. All right.
Starting point is 01:30:52 Well, when we come back, rumors on the way. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:31:03 Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk the LA.A. Lakers. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip.
Starting point is 01:31:12 With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, HBO has an untitled Showtime Lakers project pilot, and it's based on the book Showtime, Magic, Kareem Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers, Dynasty of the 1980s. So it's going to chronicle the professional and personal lives of the 80s-era Lakers.
Starting point is 01:31:30 And Michael Shannon has been cast as Lakers owner Jerry Buss. You guys interested in seeing that? I love it. 80s-Lakers, Showtime era, man. I don't think people realize, this is the reason that I say Magic Johnson is like, you can say Michael Jordan is the greatest ball player of all time, but then Magic Johnson is like right there with him. He went to
Starting point is 01:31:47 nine finals in 13 seasons, won five of them. That whole Showtime Lakers dynasty was amazing. It was. I would love to see that. And they're going to show how many girls he was smashing probably too, which led to him getting AJV. They got to. You got to show that lifestyle. That lifestyle led to that. You got to show that.
Starting point is 01:32:04 Alright, now let's talk about Taylor Swift. Love her or hate her. Her first day sales for her album, Lover, are more than any other 2019 album's first week totals. So that's just for day one. It's more than any other album's first week totals. Taylor Swift for that album? Yep, Lover.
Starting point is 01:32:20 Her seventh studio album. Had no idea. Well, a lot of people do know, apparently. What's the numbers? Her first day alone, $2 million in sales. Too many sales. More than anybody else in the first week. Yeah, but that could be like, that don't mean.
Starting point is 01:32:33 How many albums sold? Yeah, how many streamed, you know? Well, they haven't told us the numbers yet because, again, it still just came out. But they're saying it's going to be her biggest sale since week one of her last album, Reputation, back in 2017. Reputation didn't do good, though. So, yeah, I mean, look, regardless of the fact, there's clearly a lot of Taylor Swift fans out there. So she also shared a diary entry about her Kanye West VMA incident. And in a reprint of her diaries with her deluxe edition of her album, Lover, she put,
Starting point is 01:33:04 If you had told me that one of the biggest stars in music was going to jump on stage and announce that he thought I shouldn't have won on live television, I would have said that stuff doesn't really happen in real life. Well, apparently it does. And that journal entry is from September 18th of 2009. Is she still talking about this? Nobody gives a damn.
Starting point is 01:33:19 The mayonnaise sounds so heavy in that goddamn journal. I can smell the helmets. She also explained why country music, she feels like, contributed to her lack of political activism. She said back in 2002, she was only 13 years old, and the Dixie Chicks got all this backlash over their criticism of George Bush's Iraq War. He was the president at the time.
Starting point is 01:33:38 She said, I come from country music. The number one thing they absolutely drill into you as a country artist, and you can ask any other country artist this, is don't be like the Dixie Chicks. So that's kind of the reason why she's never been involved in politics. She also said she doesn't feel educated enough to speak on a subject that would go on to carry so much weight. Here's the thing, you know, it's nothing wrong with speaking out against what you think is wrong. That's what the Dixie Chicks did. The Dixie Chicks, that wasn't even a matter of politics.
Starting point is 01:34:05 That was just a matter of them speaking out against something that they thought was wrong. Well, she has recently, in the past couple of years now, spoken out, and she said she waited until two years into Trump's presidency to actually have some type of thoughts on politics. Oh, she waited until it was safe? Because she felt like it was necessary.
Starting point is 01:34:20 She waited until it was safe, yeah, everybody else was doing it, so she decided to speak out now? Well, I think a lot of people feel like it's necessary now more than ever. A lot of people that haven't been as involved in politics are now being more involved
Starting point is 01:34:30 because they feel like it's a state of emergency. Well, let me ask you a question. If an artist had received some type of backlash for going at Trump, like somebody like a Kathy Griffin, if something like that
Starting point is 01:34:40 happened to a country artist, I bet you Taylor would have shut her ass up. Well, I don't know. I can't say that, but I think people should be like, okay, you know, we encourage people to be involved, whether they catch on late or not. That's why I respect somebody like Bobby Bones.
Starting point is 01:34:51 Bobby Bones is the biggest nationally syndicated country radio personality in the world, and he's never afraid to speak out against, you know, something that's wrong, even if his base gets upset. All right, now let's get into it about what's going on with Cardi B's best friend, Star Brim. Now, Charlamagne, you had her on Brilliant Idiots. I did have her on Brilliant Idiots. And here's what she had to say about Rah Ali. So I'm in jail, and I honestly feel like if I was there, it would not have happened.
Starting point is 01:35:21 Before she would have had that night, I would have had that night. Even if I see Rah Ali to this day, I'm going to smash Raleigh. No, we don't want to encourage that. What do you mean by smash? What I mean is, you feel me? I'm with whatever with whoever. I'm with whatever with whoever. You feel me?
Starting point is 01:35:38 I feel a way against her because at the end of the day, you feel me, you're taking on somebody else's beef, which is cool because I take on my friend's beef. But the friend is here now. Well, Raleigh responded. Oftentimes open threats such as this go under the radar when you don't have a voice. I won't be going back and forth regarding this on social media, but I want you to know that I heard you threaten me shorty loud and clear. Then the two of them had some DM action and some activity where they talked about linking up. No cops, no cameras.
Starting point is 01:36:04 But it looks like Star Brim thinks that R Rah Lee is going to call the cops on her and she can't be in a situation like that. She just got home. I hate the fact that that's what the headline from that two-hour interview, you know, two-hour conversation was, because I think Star Brim has a very interesting story that people can learn from, especially the fact that she grew up in a two-parent household and became a blood at 12, and her parents were actually
Starting point is 01:36:25 pretty well off, you know, just to see how somebody can go down that wrong path. So I hate the fact that that became the headline of the story. Well, it is. But I mean, I understand it, though. I mean, that's her friend. Cardi's her friend, just like Ra's Nikki friend, right? Yep. Yeah, so Ra stood up for Nikki, and now Star
Starting point is 01:36:42 feel like she gotta stand up for Cardi. But, you know, Star, you all are on probation. Wasn't it a year ago that that fight happened? I don't remember. A year and a half ago? I didn't bring that up. All right, now let's talk about the highest paid actresses of 2019. People were, and I have to say, I looked at this list and I was like, this is terrible.
Starting point is 01:36:57 There is not one black woman on this list. Who's on there? All right, Scarlett Johansson's number one. I thought she was black. She made $56 million. Didn't she say she can play any role she wants or something like that? Yeah, but she ain't black, man. She ain't black.
Starting point is 01:37:10 Didn't she say she can be whatever she wants? She backtracked on that. Oh. All right, also, Sofia Vergara's number two. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston's on the list, Charlize Theron, Ellen Pompeo, Margot Robbie. But, yes, those are the highest-paid actresses of 2019. Who's the closest black woman?
Starting point is 01:37:26 Sofia Vergara. She's not black. She's Colombian or something, right? She's considered brown. She wouldn't be considered a brown ilk? I don't think so. Oh, I don't know. I'm asking.
Starting point is 01:37:36 Drum. Colombians. Are they considered brown? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I thought she was a... I thought she was a...
Starting point is 01:37:42 Is Sofia Vergara considered a black woman? No. I didn't say black. He said the closest thing to black. Okay, the closest thing. I thought she was a... Is Sofia Vergara considered a black woman? No. I didn't say black. He said the closest thing to black. Okay, the closest thing. I meant the closest black woman on the list. No, I don't know. The point is there's no black women on the list.
Starting point is 01:37:55 She's close to black. I meant the closest black woman on the list. Sorry, guys, not good enough. You said the closest thing to black. I'm like, I'm brown cousins. No, I meant the closest black woman on the list. Are we, I'm like, I'm brown cousins. No, no, no. I meant the closest black woman on the list. Like, we number 15, 16, 20?
Starting point is 01:38:09 Oh, got you, got you, got you. I think he meant numbers-wise. And who? We only have the top 10 in this. Is it Halle Berry? Like, who? I don't know. None in the top 10. Alright, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. She's close. She's brown. She's a cousin. We say black and brown. Oh, my goodness. Alright, well, thank you for those rumors, Yee.
Starting point is 01:38:25 When we come back, People's Choice Mix, 800-585-1051. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Chance the Rapper for joining us this morning.
Starting point is 01:38:40 Yeah, salute to Chance, man. I like talking to Chance, man. Chance is a good dude. We live in such a world where people don't like happiness and they don't like goodness. So when they see somebody like Chance, they think he up to something. Right. And I can understand it. Yeah, but he loves his wife.
Starting point is 01:38:53 We all love our wives. Absolutely. We don't love their goddamn wife. And then if you got all these rappers that's been rapping about, you know, being misogynistic and smashing all these chicks for years, why are we mad at somebody for proclaiming their love for their woman over and over? I don't get it. I'm with you. But when we come back.
Starting point is 01:39:10 He did make out. I'm like, he got caught cheating. Positive note. I mean, he's just telling everybody he loves his wife, man. Positive note when we come back is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:39:24 Shout out to everybody that was in Milwaukee. I was in Milwaukee Friday talking about financial literacy. I did it at Mr. G's Barbershop in Milwaukee. Shout out to everybody in Milwaukee. And then Sunday I was out in L.A. talking about real estate and financial literacy. We had over 1,000 people there, so shout out to everybody that came out to learn about investing in real estate. Yeah, man, salute to everybody in Charlotte, too. about investing in real estate. Yeah, man. Salute to everybody in Charlotte, too. I was in Charlotte yesterday.
Starting point is 01:39:46 My guy, Bakari Sellers, and his beautiful wife, Ellen, they had an event for Senator Kamala Harris. Okay. You know, because you know Bakari is endorsing Senator Harris. And I was hosting the event. And salute to Mayor B. Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina, man. The election's on September 10th. Y'all need to vote that black queen, you know, back in the office
Starting point is 01:40:10 because she's doing some amazing, amazing things in Charlotte, North Carolina. So salute to Mayor B. Lyles and everybody in Charlotte, North Carolina. Okay, now question. Mm-hmm. But you hosted the event for Kamala Harris. Does that mean that you're endorsing Kamala Harris too? Nah, you know what it is? Like, I am supporting anybody who I feel still needs to be on the debate stage. Meaning, like, I'm voting my interest in 2020.
Starting point is 01:40:34 And it's a lot of different people who talk about different things that I care about. Like, you know, last week I was with Congressman Tim Ryan, and we did a— But he's not running no more. He's out. Nah, he's still in. He's still in? He's still in, yeah. He's actually. No, he's still in. He's still in? He's still in. Yeah, he's actually trying to get... He needs his donors up now.
Starting point is 01:40:49 So you can go to timryan4america.com to donate if you like Tim Ryan. But I like Tim Ryan because he talks about mental health all the time. And he talks about social and emotional learning and implementing that in schools and stuff like that. So I will support anybody who I still want to see in the presidential debate. So I still want to see Senator Harris in the debates. I still want to see Senator Tim Ryan in the debates because they're all talking about different things that I that I have interest in. Gotcha. Yeah. But I haven't I don't know who I'm a vote for yet. OK, well, leave us on a positive note.
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Starting point is 01:43:01 where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.
Starting point is 01:43:44 I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace for yourself. You're trying your best and you're gonna 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.

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