The Breakfast Club - Charles Oakley interview and more

Episode Date: February 1, 2022

Today on the show we had basketball legend Charles Oakely stop by for the first time, where he spoke about his new book, slapping Charles Barkley, rivalries, real NBA GOATs and more. Also, after Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a man that had too much road rage while driving, we opened the phone lines to see if any of our listeners needed work on their road rage as well. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks everywhere unearthed the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. Hey there, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, and I'm a scientist who studies human behavior. Many of us have experienced a moment in our lives that changes everything,

that instantly divides our life into a before and an after. On my podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, I talk to people about navigating these moments. Their stories are full of candor and hard-won wisdom. And you'll hear from scientists who teach us how we can be more resilient in the face of change. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, The Breakfast Club. This is a big deal. I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know, what everybody else does. And y'all are just the best at what y'all do. We love y'all, man. Thank you for being the people's champs.

Probably the greatest. All three of y'all. Good morning, USA. Hey, fam. It's Tuesday! Good morning, everybody. It is Tuesday, February 1st. Good morning.

Yes, it's Chinese New Year, so gong hei fai chui. That's how you say it. Say it again? Gong hei fai chui. Gong hei fai chui. Mm-hmm. How do you say happy birthday? I don't know.

That's all I know. That's all you know. You got a red envelope with money in it. Goodness gracious. Well, today is my wife's birthday. Oh, okay. Dropping bomb for envelope with money in it. Goodness gracious. Well, today is my wife's birthday. Oh, okay. Dropping bomb for Gia. Happy birthday, Gia.

Today is her birthday, so we're going to be celebrating all week long. So what is that, Aquarius? I don't do the sign things. Yeah, I think it's an Aquarius. All I know is my sign, Virgo. That's all I know. Damn selfish. I just, I don't know.

You never looked up, like, let's see how compatible we are. No, I never did the whole sign thing. I never was into the signs and who's Aquarius, Sagittarius. I just don't know. I know I'm a Virgo just because I'm supposed to know. But other than that, I have no idea what the signs mean, the connection of the signs. Well, you need to get in tune. Full of ish, I don't know.

You need to get in tune. I'm a Cancer. I'm a sensitive, emotional, intuitive being. And late. No, y'all started early this morning. We started early? Y'all started early because Jupiter's in retro Gatorade. Jupiter's in Gatorade?

It was 5.55 when I walked in the building. No way. Okay. That's your story. You stick away. It was 5.55 when I walked in the building. What time is it now? It's 6.01.

Since when y'all start at 6.01? We don't. We start at 6 o'clock. Oh. But this is the year of the tiger this year. So for Chinese New Year, this starts today. Okay. Today's also Black History Month, baby.

Today starts Black History Month as well. Drop one of the clues bombs for Black History Month. All right? February 1st. We out, Jeff. I get to double celebrate today. I'm giving away black stuff all month, by the way. What does that mean?

What does that mean? All right. I'm giving away black stuff all month. Like, what's black stuff? You know, I always give away books like The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health. Right. So I'll be giving that away. I'll be giving away stuff.

I got things to give away. Okay. This Black Effect hat, I'll be giving those away. Okay. You know what I mean? Black stuff. All right. You get it now, right?

I get it. Yeah, black stuff. I get it. I get it. Yeah. All right. Now, we got a special guest joining us this morning. Oh, my God.

If you don't give a damn, if you don't give a damn, we don't give a F was a person. Yes. If don't start note, won't be note was a person. At any age. At any age. At any time. Listen, you know what's so funny? I was thinking about this yesterday, right?

What? And I was thinking about this as I was reading this book. But? He didn't give a damn when he was younger. No? He really don't give a damn now. No. But it's like, it's really apparent. He ain't got no damn when he was younger. No. He really don't give a damn now. No. But it's like, it's really apparent he ain't got no room to bite his tongue.

No. At all. No. Not even a little bit. He wants all the smoke. All the smoke. All the action. It doesn't matter what age he's at.

He don't care. It is what it is. Ladies and gentlemen, Charles Oakley will be joining us this morning. He's got a new book out called The Last Enforcer. It is one of the most entertaining books I have read in a long, long, long, long, long time. Ex-NBA player, played for the Bulls, played, of course, for the Knicks, played for Toronto. Can I tell you how the book starts, though? Because we're going to talk about it.

Yeah, sure. First line of the book is, I did not punch Charles Barkley. In the face. I swear I didn't punch Charles Barkley. But I did slap the ish out of him. That's how the book started. I did not punch Charles Barkley in the face. I know all the

rumors. I did not punch him in the face. Which I never heard, by the way. I slapped the ish out of him. I never heard that rumor. We get into his relationship with Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan wrote the foreword for the book, by the way. It was always a story. When comedians come up here, I always ask comedians, you know, I heard Ed Lover talk about one time he was performing at Caroline's

and he made a funny joke about the Knicks, and the rumor was that they started throwing chicken bones at him. Well, Charles Oakley will clear that up. He'll clear that up this morning. He'll clear that up. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about?

Well, Tom Brady shares his update on his reported retirement from the NFL. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Well, Tom Brady shares his update on his reported retirement from the NFL. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

Let's get into some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, Tom Brady, he was on SiriusXM NFL podcast, and he talked about his reported retirement from the NFL. Here's what he had to say. Sometimes it takes some time to really evaluate how you feel and what you want to do. And I think when the time's right,

I'll be ready to make a decision one way or another, just like I said last week. You know, people want to be, you know, in front of the news often. And I totally understand that. I understand that's the environment we're in. But I think for me, I'm just literally it's day to day with me. I'm just trying to do the best I can every day and, you know, make evaluate things as they come. And, you know, trying to make a great decision for me and my family.

I don't understand why people want to be in front of the news. I would rather be, you know, right. Correct. Then first, I don't understand why people want to be in front of the news. I would rather be right, correct, than first. I don't get it. Well, you can listen to the full Let's Go podcast to hear what else he had to say about his reported retirement. And get ready for some more snow. The Midwest is bracing for a

storm. They said this could bring major snowfall and leave dangerous ice on the roadways. It's actually supposed to start today through Thursday. So there's a winter storm watch that's been issued from Colorado to Michigan, including Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit. More than one foot of snow is possible. And they said it's going to be freezing rain and sleet.

And then by the end of the week, the Northeast will be thawing out with temperatures rising to the mid-40s. That's us, right? Yes. Okay's us. Okay. Yeah. All right. And the judge has rejected that plea deal for the father and son, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case.

And so they said all they would have to do is stand up and say, according to Arbery's mother, they were motivated by hate, and then this court will concede to their preferred conditions of confinement. I do not need to hear them say they were motivated by hate. That does me no good. It does my family no good. Ahmaud Arbery's mother went on to say, it is not fair to take away this victory that I prayed and I fought for. It is not right. It is not just. It is wrong. Please listen to me. And the judge did listen and turn down Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael's plea agreements with federal prosecutors.

They were kind of surprised that everything got turned down. So there you are. Sean King tweeted out, Breaking the judge just accepted the guilty plea to federal hate crimes, but rejected the federal request that they serve their time in federal prison. The judge honored the request of the family. We are all grateful. This is the best case scenario. Hey, man, go do your time, okay?

Forever. Mm-hmm. Forever is a very long time. How much they got? 99 years, I believe. That's forever. That's forever. That's forever.

I don't know why judges be playing with people with them numbers. Just say forever. Mm-hmm. Or just say you're not coming home. Matter of fact, just hit the gavel and say period. That's period. Period. Period.

That doesn't mean you're not coming home ever. Now, the judge gave both men the option to go forward with their guilty pleas and risk her giving them a harsher sentence than what they agreed to or to withdraw their pleas and go to trial starting on Monday. They have until Friday to decide. Go back to trial? Yeah, because it was two different cases, remember? All right. And that is your front page news. All right.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. If you just want to talk, if you just need to spread some positivity or something bothering you, whatever it may be. 800-585-1051 Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Hello, who's this? What's up? What's up? It's Porkchop. Porkchop, what up? Get it off your chest. We don't eat pork, King. What up, Chuleta? Yeah, allegedly. Allegedly. What's going on? Yo, it's so hard to cut off these thoughts, yo.

We try to do the right thing, but they don't even want to let you go these days. Yeah, you sound too young, King. That sounds like some little boy stuff there. You can't get rid of your thoughts. What are you talking about? Yeah, trying to get rid of them, yo. You can do it. Are you in a committed relationship now?

I am. So why do you committed relationship now? I am. So why do you still have thoughts? I don't have them. So what's the problem? They should turn the phone up, beating the door down. Well, block their number. Block their number,

unfollow them on Instagram, block them on social media. Or how about you just ignore it? I've been doing that too. That's why I'm talking to y'all. Okay, well, there you go. Yeah, everything's fine. If they pop up in your house,

you got to call 911 because they're trespassing. Exactly. I got it ready to go. And a lot's fine. If you're in your house, you got to call 911 because they're trespassing. Exactly. I got it ready to go. And a lot of them probably just don't believe you. You know what I mean? Whenever you go clean, you know, they never want to believe that you are as clean as you say you are. They still want to try you a little bit.

Let me see your phone. Nah, you good. Exactly. Oh, boy. Keep the faith, my brother. Stay strong. Don't get distracted, all right? Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Victoria. How are you? Victoria, good brother. Stay strong. Don't get distracted, all right? Hello, who's this?

Hey, this is Victoria. How are you? Victoria, good morning. Get it off your chest. So I just wanted to spread some positivity today. I just want to say I love y'all. I listen to y'all all the time. And I wanted to share a quick story.

Last week, I was having lunch, and a woman walked up to me and told me that God put it on her heart to come tell me that I will be a millionaire. And I just wanted to spread that to so many people who may be doubting themselves because she came up to me with so much conviction and I just truly believe in my heart that it's going to happen for me one day. And I want to put that out there to whoever needs to hear it, that whatever your plans are, whatever you have on your heart, God's got you and it will happen. Yeah, I agree.

But it's your dream, though. I always tell people, F your dream if it's not your your dream just because you see it working for somebody else don't mean that it's for you that's your blessing absolutely did you play the lotto she came up to me with so much conviction i was just like girl can i have a hug like thank you like and she was just like that's all i wanted to tell you she walked away and i felt the spirit of god on this woman but did she tell you anything else did Did she tell you how you were going to get there? Yeah, did you play the lotto? Did she give you a hint? That's what I wanted her to tell me,

but I know that one day, you know, it's going to come up, you know. But she just literally said, God put it on my spirit to tell you that you're going to be a millionaire. I didn't want to come over here and tell you because I didn't want to interrupt your lunch, but I had to be obedient and come tell you that.

Okay. And she walked away. I'm going to be honest with you. What? That's not really a dream, though. What? Just to say I'm going to be a millionaire, like, you know, I think that you got to find your purpose first, and then the profit comes with that purpose.

Like, I can say that to anybody to make them feel good. Hey, guess what? God told me you're going to be a millionaire. Well, maybe that's true. I'm not saying it's not true, but I'm just saying I would rather have the purpose and the plan. You know what I mean? I don't think that God is going to give a purpose and a plan to another person.

I think that's my journey to find that. No, that's not true. That's in my heart. That wasn't the other girl's assignment. That wasn't the lady's assignment. The lady's assignment was what she did. Correct. And I truly believe that. I believe that god told her to come tell me that because he knows that i need to keep working on finding my purpose and i'm very aware of that there you go i think that was like my confirmation that i need to keep working on finding my purpose yes

and your purpose can come through other people sometimes too like there's always signs somebody might say something to you that might may plant a seed people see things in you that you don't see in yourself so don't don't don't put the blinders on to other people being able to plant the seeds of your purpose. Absolutely. Yeah, I agree with that. But I just wanted to spread some positivity with all the craziness going on in the world and tell people also to take care of their mental

health. Absolutely. Shoot. And you hung up on her. See, now you just made her feel not worthy. She just felt worthy and then you hung up on her for no damn reason. God says's going to be a millionaire Okay Alright, get it off your chest I didn't mean to hang up on you, I'm sorry

Yes you did No I didn't, I thought she was finished 800-585-1051 If you need to vent, hit us up now, it's The Breakfast Club, good morning The Breakfast Club Let's go 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. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Elijah from New Jersey. Peace, Elijah. Good morning. Elijah, what's up? I'm Lameen, Envy.

Get it off your chest, brother. Yeah, I'm just calling to give a shout out to my mom, my girl, and my aunt. They went to Jamaica trying to celebrate. My mom, you know, she got breast cancer. She's been surviving for the last couple years with it. Dope. Congratulations on them going to Jamaica. I've been dealing with it a lot for the last two years.

You know, my brother, he was murdered in 2019. He was an aspiring chef. And, you know, it brother, he was murdered in 2019. He was an aspiring chef. And, you know, it's been torn to get that off my chest that, you know, got to protect our family out here and be, you know, keep our head over the sliver and be more vigilant. Is she in between her treatments right now? Yes, she is. She's been receiving treatments, but each time she goes back,

it's a different situation. Right now, the doctors told her she's got six to eight months to live. She's been trying to live her best life with that. We don't receive that. We don't receive that. We don't receive that. Like I said, I think it's very dope that she's in Jamaica right now, still living her best life through you know, through her circumstances,

her trying circumstances. Exactly. Yeah, I'm holding it down with my two kids, you know. Black fathers don't get enough recognition out here, you know. That's right. I'm Beyonce, ever, you know.

There you go. All the kids. You can send me a book, Charlamagne. I got you. I'm going to definitely send you the Unapologetic guide to black mental health. And I'm going to send you a black effect Mitchell and Ness snapback, my brother. All right. Thank you.

I got you. How old are your kids? My kids are five. And my daughter's five. My son is two. Okay. I got my little sister at home, you know, holding it down. So I can get back and forth and make sure I can drop them back off from

school and work, because I got up at four. That's what it is. And I'm on my way back home to get them ready for school and take them to school. Okay. Alright, brother, well you have a good one, man. Put him on hold so I can get his ad here. Send him his pack, his black pack. This is Black History Month. Hello, who's this? That's me, Joe, man.

What's up, Joe? Get it off your chest. Yo, first and foremost, I want to say happy Black History Month, everybody. Good morning. Hey. I'm Brandon Rising. Thank you. And it's telling me. Don't say Brandon Rising to me.

I ain't no biscuit king. I didn't hear the yo-yo-yo this morning, man. I'm driving a truck. I just pulled over. I just signed the lease yesterday, and I want one of those hats. In return, I'll send you a watch. Maybe you can get to work on time. They started the show early, King.

No, we didn't start no show early. We started on time. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I listen to everyone at 6 o'clock when the music drops, the beat drops. That's right. And I didn't hear the yo, yo, yo this morning. I heard A.B. and I heard Angelique.

Angelique, you know, started the show. That's cat. That's cat, and that's exactly what I'm going to send you, a black effect cat. He's going to be like, oh, yeah, I know all about all the Chinese signs. Like, yo, my man, wait, hold on, man, hold on. You know what we got to do? We're going to have to, you know, when he's not here,

instead of going yo, yo, yo, we got to go no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. So people know he's not there. You got to start it, man. You got to start it, Envy. So, man, anyway, I can get one of those hats, man. I got you. I'm going to put you on hold. I'm going to send you a black effect. But you got to send him a it, man. You got to start it, Envy. Show him anywhere I can get one of those hats, man. I got you. I'm going to put you on hold. I'm going to send you a black effect.

But you got to send him a watch, though. Mitchell and Ness snap back. As soon as I get the hat, return the sender. The watch is coming back. All right, brother. Hold on. All right. He's on line five.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way? Man, the biggest news yesterday, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky having a little baby. We're going to talk about it. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, congratulations to Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. They are expecting their first child together. Man, drop on the clues bombs for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. The pictures were amazing. There were some beautiful pictures that showed that they were pregnant.

And there was a lot of speculation. Oh, is Rihanna pregnant? People were saying they saw a little bump. But, you know, you don't say anything like that about a woman until she's ready to say it. And so there you have it. They released the pictures where she's exposing her baby bump outside. And congrats. Oh, congratulations.

I pray for a safe and healthy delivery for Rihanna. I know it's a bunch of Caribbean aunties in Barbados who can't wait to get their hands on that little bundle of joy that baby will be well taken care of. And where do we list A$AP Rocky and the Harlem rapper power rankings right now? He got to be number one, right? Got to be. Rappers in Harlem have done a lot of amazing things

over the history of our lives, but nothing like this. Between him and Cam. Nah, Cam, I'm sorry. Got to bump Cam down. A$AP's number one right now. Sorry. Now, Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenton,

told Page Six that he's ecstatic for his daughter. He first met A$AP Rocky in late 2020 when Rihanna brought him to Barbados. And from his experience, he said he's a very cool guy. He found out he's going to be a grandfather on Sunday. He said, I'm so happy that I jumped for joy. I'm still so excited. Rihanna always

said that she wanted children. She loves kids. She always takes care of her cousin's kids. She's going to be a good mom. A$AP Rocky has had a great career, great life thus far, but this one is special and it puts them at number one. I hope they get married and if they aren't already, I hope they have even more kids and live happily ever after in Barbados.

He also called Rihanna the love of my life last year in a GQ interview. But did he claim Harlem or Yonkers Mount Vernon? Diddy never did anything like this. Okay. All right, he also said his upcoming All Smiles album was absolutely influenced by Rihanna. And if she isn't winning enough, her Savage Fenty brand has raised $125 million

for those brick-and-mortar retail expansion plans that she has. So congratulations on that. How come they don't have a couple name like A$AP Riri or something like that? There you go. Man, they need to get married. A$AP need to make his last name Fenty. That's what he need to be working on. Rocky Fenty.

You know what's crazy? That's what he need to be working on. Rocky Fenty. You know what's crazy? That's what he need to be working on. After this announcement, Drake and Chris Brown were trending. And so people were doing fake Drake lyrics of what they thought he was singing. Niggas. Niggas. Boy, niggas got to hate. Why can't niggas just let people enjoy their moment?

Somebody said Rihanna's pregnant and Drake dropping Marvin's mansion next week. Drake got to do with this. They said Drake album about to be a classic. Drake don't got nothing to do with this. Chris Brown don't got nothing to do with this. This is about Rihanna and ASAP Rocky. Congratulations to them on their moment and their baby. And like I said, I hope she has a healthy, safe delivery.

All right. Other babies on the way to Brett and Jessica. Judy DuPart have announced they are expecting their first child together. Now, Jessica already has three children from a previous relationship, but this is her and the Bratz first child together. They got engaged in September last year. They had a coming to America themed surprise party and they're getting married later on this month, actually, February 22nd. So congratulations to the two of them. Jessica posted, DeBrett was standing behind her making a heart with her hands

on her stomach and said, so we are extending the family. Congratulations to them. Congratulations. And love is in the air even more. Tee Grizzly has announced that he's engaged and he put up some romantic photos. His fiance is Maisha Agnew. That's the mother of his

child. So he put up some photos of their elaborate engagement with family and friends. Congrats to him. Oh, there's love everywhere. And his new fiance. So congrats to you, Grizzly, and his new fiance. And look, you guys, it is February, Black History Month. I was yawning, actually, but it's like I'm happy for everybody. This is beautiful.

This is love. And Valentine's Day is coming up this month also. And February 15th is another versus. Anthony Hamilton and Music Soulchild is scheduled for February 15th. So get ready to watch that. It's going to be taking place live at Avalon Hollywood in L.A. Amazing. I can smell the Beacon Theater.

I can smell the Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina. That is a great Valentine's Day versus Anthony Hamilton and Music Soulchild. Drop on the clues bombs for both of them. I love me some Anthony Hamilton. I love both of them. And you know, when my oldest daughter was a baby, I used to always play Ghostface Killer Love featuring Music Soulchild and Rocker to Sleep.

I mean, I like both of them. And they also both have some really good features aside from their solo singles. Yes. I'm always riding Anthony Hamilton though because that's Carolinas,

you know? All right, well that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you Miss Yee. Now we got front page news next. Yes,

and we are going to be talking about the weather. You know, get ready for some more bad weather. I don't know if some people, Some people like the snow, I guess. All right. We'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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New customers only. Must pay shipping. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, get ready for some major snowfall if you are in the Midwest. So from Colorado to Michigan, Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit. And then that's going to be happening today until Thursday. And then by the end of the week, they said the northeast will thaw out and temperatures will rise to the mid 40s in New York City and Boston. So just letting you know, if you're in the Midwest, make sure you check out those flights before you go anywhere.

All right. Now let's talk about a school in Manhattan, Collegiate School. It's a high school. And they actually have spent three years debating their mascot and their motto. They set up a special task force. And then they issued a 400-page report. Some people say this is wokeness run amok. Some people say that was much needed. Now, the school, by the way, on the Upper West Side costs $60,000 a year to send your kids there.

It's from kindergarten to 12th grade, actually. And they had a problem with this Dutchman that is their mascot, their logo. And they also had a problem with the word God that's in their motto, unless God, then in vain. So they replaced that with wisdom, community, and kindness. And then their mascot, the Dutchman, after debate over potential feelings

of exclusion and Eurocentrism, has been replaced. Instead, it's a person with a hat covering their face. What do they got against God? And I don't know nothing about Dutchmen, even though that's about. But what do they got against God? Well, they're saying it's a secular school, so I guess they don't want

people to feel excluded. And then the Dutchman. Well, give me all your money then because your money's saying God we trust. You shouldn't have any money. And the Dutchman figure of Stuyvesant, which is the figure that they use, they said he was a racist anti-Semite

and other people, however, argued the other side. They said severing such links with the school's origins was misguided and they said it was just too woke. I don't know nothing about Dutchmen. I just know I used to smoke Dutch Masters. But as far as the God thing, it's like, okay, well give up all your money because every single piece of currency you have says in God we trust. I also seen

yesterday a college was changing the mascot. They said that the way the mascot was holding his hands was like white supremacy. I don't remember what school was. I just don't understand why. I mean, some things just aren't consistent. Like the God thing in particular. If you're going to take God out of the name of the model of the school, then what are you going to do about your currency?

Seriously. They did say that it was a lengthy process and that the community, members of that school community voted on what they wanted to do moving forward. Well, give me all your money, like I said. All right. Now, Elon Musk has your money, like I said. All right. Now, Elon Musk has blocked a teenager, a college student. And this 19-year-old Florida University student, an aviation enthusiast, rejected a $5,000 offer from Elon Musk.

His name is Jack Sweeney. He's a University of Central Florida freshman. He said Elon Musk blocked him after he declined to shut down a bot, a Twitter bot that he designed that tracks the comings and goings of Elon Musk's private jets. So Elon Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through Tesla, but he first reached out November 30th. And he said he asked for details about how the bot worked. And then he said that the air traffic control is primitive. And said, I don't love the idea of being shot by a nutcase for his jet being tracked.

Yeah, Elon Musk should put him to court. He's definitely going to get hit with a lawsuit. A massive lawsuit. Because not only is that an invasion of privacy, you're putting that man's life at risk. You follow me all over the place and then you're putting where I'm going and all that? Yeah, I would put him in court. I'm sure the young man can't afford to fight back with a lawyer, but you shouldn't be following him wherever he goes. He said he asked Elon Musk

to up his $5,000 offer to $50,000. And he said Elon Musk considered this for over a month. And then Sweeney said he would also consider removing the account for an internship. And then January 23rd, Elon Musk blocked him. He asked for $50,000 in a Tesla. That's what he said when I seen the reports. But isn't that some form of blackmail or extortion? Or it's not because Elon offered $5,000? Elon for $50,000 and a Tesla. That's what he said when I seen the reports. But isn't that some form of blackmail or extortion?

Or it's not because Elon offered $5,000? Elon offered $5,000 first. But what about when he ups the ante? When the guy ups the ante and says, no, I want $50,000

and a Tesla. Is that some type of... No, because you offered $5,000. You offered $5,000 and I don't want $5,000. I want $50,000 and I sent you talking money. Is Elon offering $5,000

on record? I don't know. He has Twitter messages between them. And so Sweeney said he believed Musk a little bit about the security risk, but he felt that because he has a security team, any

concern was just worry. Y'all don't think that's crazy? Y'all don't think that's nuts that that man can say, well, no, you're not really at danger because you can afford to have security. How do you know that? Stop following me. And they're not even following me. You're posting where I'm going. Oh, Elon's leaving right now. He looks like he's heading to California. Oh, well, he may stop in Vegas.

Oh, well, he's going to New York. Nah. And now Sweeney also noted that private planes have built-in technology that enables them to be tracked. But he said there should be changes to how the whole system works. He said it would be like making a change to everybody's phone that they're using every day. It's not like you could just easily change the system. And he said he told Musk about another aviation tracking blocking program, which he said Elon Musk used last week. He said

he must have thought that would have worked and he could just ignore me. It doesn't really make that much of a difference. Elon Musk should sue him, drag him through court, but also have somebody track him. Have somebody track him and set up a social media page where literally they post his whereabouts everywhere he goes. Now, he also runs jet trackers for

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Donald Trump. Yeah, he's playing. Donald Trump would get him in trouble. Ex-president, that would get him in trouble. He's going to learn because he really don't understand how he's putting people's life in danger and their family's life in danger. He's going to learn. He's going to learn the hard way.

I just don't know legally what they can do about this. Because I would feel like between all those people and Elon Musk has the money to legally be like, okay. It's coming. Give it a minute. But sometimes it was like, just take this $5,000 because I don't want to spend $100,000, $200,000 in court. Just take this $5,000 and go. But then when you start getting a little greedy, give me $50,000 and a Tesla, allegedly. No, I'm not even.

No, he said $50,000 is about the cost of the Tesla that he wanted. Oh, $50,000. I thought he said $50,000 to pay off college. They said it's approximately the cost. He legally definitely had the case. Because there's got to be some type of stalking, number one. Your invasion of privacy. You're putting me in danger and my family in danger by putting my whereabouts out there all the time.

Like, there's got to be a lawsuit here. Absolutely. Easily. All right. And criminal charges. That is your front page news. If this was a guy doing this to a woman, this wouldn't be creepy? Yes.

It's stalking, right? Yes, it's creepy. Come on, man. Alright. Alright, now when we come back, Charles Oakley will be joining us. The last enforcer. See, Elon Musk might need to go get Charles Oakley. If you don't give a damn, we don't give a F with a person. If don't start nothing won't be nothing with a person, it would be Charles Oakley. If you don't give a damn, we don't give a F with a person.

If don't start nothing, won't be nothing with a person, it would be Charles Oakley. And his book, The Last Enforcer, is out right now. And it is one of the most entertaining reads I've read in a while. All right. Well, we'll get into that when we come back. Charles Oakley will be here. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Man, a legend. Legend, Charles Oakley. Appreciate it, guy. Welcome. Thanks for the invite.

Happy to have you, man. When you walked in, I said, God damn, Oakley's a big ass dude. Yeah, man, you know. I could see why you was the last enforcer. Gotta hold it down, baby. Can't be talking, can't be walking. Now, as a New York Knicks fan growing up, I mean, that was some of my best memories.

Right, right. The New York Knicks not taking no ish. Right, right. But now when I look at the league now, it just seems like the league just seems so soft. Yeah, yeah. Talk about that a little bit and how you feel about the league now. Because back then, there was no just an ordinary layup.

You're going to get hit. You're going to get knocked. You're going to come in strong. Something's ahead but now it's like it's a little they made the transition mm-hmm finance and romance mm-hmm so it's a cute game now thank you go of a lot of pick and roll and just it's a free lane you know it's like oh it's like going across the George Washington Bridge you gotta pay a toll. They make it simple now. They mail you the bill later on next month. It's just a different ballgame now.

It's in a different space. Let's talk about the title of the book, The Last Enforcer. What does that title mean to you? Man, I was there to be what I guess a lot of people do in life, to protect people and there when people need assistance, on and off the court. My college coaches always tell me, you know, try to do something every day for someone no matter what it is.

And that stuck with me. My grandfather, who in his book really taught me about me about being tough you know really tough and doing things don't don't give in put your work in effort toward and um and this book really explained a lot about me growing up in tough situations with teammates little younger guys coming in trying to show them the rope when i'm seeing someone disrespecting young guys, I will step up. And, you know, as most veterans should. I think one thing about this book, I'll show you that whatever team I was on, I tried to make sure that my guys were safe.

How has the position of being a team's enforcer changed from the time you played until now? Do teams even need enforcers now? Teams need leadership. They need guidance. I think a lot of teams don't have leaders. Everybody do the same thing. You know, with Substance going sideways,

there's got to be somebody to pull them together. I don't see that a lot in the league today. A lot of guys, they're more sensitive now. That's what, you know, if you lead a league that way, it's going to trigger down to you. And that's what it is now. I think the players get more of their weight, but is that cool for all situations?

Because I think sometimes players got to play and managers got to manage, owners got to be owners and whatever, especially when it comes to the money. Owners always going to rule that. Because in our era, when we got paid for deals. I think they signed a deal like four or five years ago, $24 billion for nine years. And you can see that now because they got to show the paperwork. We played.

Everything was under the table. Every time we wanted to see it, it was always a fight. They wanted to lock us out because they didn't want us to grow in certain ways. They used to pay all under the table? Well, not pay. You know, the contract was a gift. We could never see them. But now it's a global league.

Now they got to bring everything up to the forefront. The first chapter of the book, knocking out a jackass. Yeah. You say you didn't punch Charles Barkley. Yeah, you didn't punch him. He didn't snub him. You just slapped him. I smacked him.

Why did you have to put that down in the first chapter? Why was that the first thing, right? Because I just want to start by saying, I did not punch Charles Barkley. I just slapped the shit out of him is what he said. He said, make a statement. And the book, you know, it's a great book for his, like, contents about different situations

and this and that happened out. I mean, it had runnings with a lot of people all over, you know. So, it was good to start with him because he talked too much. Do y'all speak to each other at all I mean he might know the time we have but he probably will ask you know like why is oak talking about being in this book I mean back then you didn't talk now you're talking cuz these young kids don't care about you know I see you on TV talking stuff in the fat slob you

know you know you ain't taking of yourself to talk about somebody. So you think he... No respect there. So you think he talks too much? Yeah. He talks definitely too much. Back then, we played back in the 80s and 90s. You wasn't talking

unless you can really throw him up. So... Did you think he violated code? He violated code. Because all of y'all was like a clique. You, him, and Joe. Yeah, yeah.

He violated code when he tried to hit me on my cheeks. I don't play like that. When he tried to hit you on your cheek? don't play like that when he try to hit you on your cheek in the game playing Phoenix so after that

it's been up and down like a roller coaster that was a long time ago it don't matter I thought this was something hey they said I was taxed for 20 years

that's a long time ago I still gotta pay him right so he still gotta pay if he apologized would you I ain't talking about him you know for apologizing it is what it is I mean I don't need to apologize. If he apologized, would you? I ain't talking about him, man. You know, for apologizing, it is what it is.

I mean, I don't need to apologize to him. He ain't nobody. I was going to ask in the league back then, who was a competitor that you know that if you hit him, he was going to hit you? It was going to be a brawl. Who was that guy? Who was those guys?

I mean, I hit somebody every night, so I didn't look at it like that. You know, like who's going to fight back? I didn't care who was going to fight back because I wasn't going to back down. I just played hard. I never tried to play to hurt someone. Like if you want the Lambert and a couple fights or, you know, Kirk Brampton, McHale, I never tried to take someone out of the air

so they couldn't fall a certain way to hurt themselves. Never played at that level. I never tried to, you know, act like Dennis Robbins or somebody. But, you know, stuff happened. You know, I played to my ability. You know, I didn't have a, you know, I couldn't jump out of the gym. Skill-wise, it was okay. But I just tried to do what I could to do on 90 and 90.

I had to help my team win. That's what I had to do. I had to do it. I always wanted to know, right? I used to tell this story that he was at Caroline's one night. And y'all were there and he was talking about something about the Knicks doing bad or losing. I threw a glass at him. Did he throw a glass? He said it was chicken wings.

No, it was a glass. So what happened? He remembers the weapon he threw. I remember what I threw. I remember all this stuff. And he said something. And I ain't like, it's just like Isaiah said something about the Knicks never won this and that. So somebody told me, I said something about the Knicks never won this and that. So somebody said something to him.

I said, you know, everybody can't win. You know, he cried so much. But, yeah, that did happen at Carolina. I threw a glass on the stage. Hold on. So you threw a glass at that level, but when you approached Isaiah, he cried? You know, he cried. He's just always like, they left him off the dream team.

They left him off here. I was a top five player. Yeah. And what he really mad about is Michael Jordan. He came and took his city from me. You know, Isaiah thought he was running Chicago. When Mike came, he won six reigns. And, you know, they didn't want him on the dream team.

He blamed Mike. I said, I don't coach them when they're on the dream team. So Mike wasn't coaching. Mm-hmm. But, you know, he's, I don't know, Isaiah, I don't know. He's still crying to this day. All right, we got more with Charles Oakley. His new book is out right now called The Last Enforcer, and we'll talk to him some more.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with former New York Knick, Charles Oakley. He has a new book, The Last Enforcer. Charlamagne? And, you know, Michael Jordan has a new book, The Last Enforcer. Charlemagne?

And, you know, Michael Jordan wrote the foreword for The Last Enforcer, but that 90s rivalry with the Knicks and the Bulls, those was tough, man. Did that affect your relationship any? No, it didn't affect our relationship. I think that, you know, we always going to be friends, but we take it personal on the court. But, I mean, they was in our way. We couldn't knock them down.

It was just something about that, some teams that can't beat certain teams. You know, it was just, I think that more we let Pat Riley, let Phil Jackson, you know, they was playing mind games, and it affected the game to us, to me, a lot, because we should have played a certain way. When you're playing the Bulls, you don't sub until they sub. I mean, it ain't about giving guys his minute at night.

Some teams, you don't give guys their minute. You guys, best horses out there, let them run the race at all times. So, I didn't like that. I just, you know, just they had our number. How did it mentally affect you? Because you used to protect MJ when he was getting

knocked around. But then when you see him getting knocked around, he down on the floor, psychologically, how do you stop yourself from just reacting to help him? MJ was, you know, he didn't come when we played with the Knicks, when I played with the Knicks, he didn't come to the hole a lot. He shot a lot of jump shots. I mean, he's one of the best mid-range jump shooters.

He knows why. The man shot 50% from the field for a career. I mean, and you f***ing be the greatest player. And most of the time he had a chance to win games. It's hard to beat a team like that. I mean, today if MJ was playing, no, if you say he wasn't MJ, but if you play in this day, you shoot under 47%,

you're going to lose the game. But he just shot the ball so well, and every big moment seemed like he just came through for them. I know him in the garden. I used to tell him, every game came down to the last three possessions. He said, well, you know who's going to win? Who do you want to have, me or Patrick?

And you look at that, who do you want to have in the final? Patrick or Michael? And, you know, I know I say a lot about Patrick in the book, but, you know, I played with Patrick 10 years. A lot of people are trying to question me what I say, but in the book, you know, I say a few things. You basically make it seem like Patrick, you know the reason y'all ain't winning the championship.

I mean, it was, I mean, if you look at 9-4 against a King's Lodge one, if you go for it, they said like Joe Burrow yesterday was Cincinnati. The Greek freak last year in the final. What did they do? They put their team on their back. Dominated. Patrick couldn't put us on his back and do that. I mean, when we need him to.

In the big moments. If you play against a King in a seven-game series, I mean, King dominated him the whole seven games. And that was our go-to, man. If he going to dumb at him, because we did little crumbs on the table. He's going to be our, like, let's throw it to him. I mean, we need 40 tonight. Give us 40.

We can do it. That's what we needed. Damn. How do you think he going to react to that? I mean, I'm a grown man. He a grown man. Yeah. It's your truth. It's true. Yeah, yeah to that? I mean, I'm a grown man. He's a grown man. Yeah. It's your truth.

It's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I'll speak the truth. I mean, Patrick, hey, I think that if you go back to Georgetown days, him and Michael Graham, and I've seen, you know, this is not in the book, I've seen Patrick do a commercial for the NBA. NBA role, God, they pull you in. When he did the commercial, it was a guy coming down the steps

and bumped Patrick. I guess, you know, it was a little guy. He bumped Patrick. Patrick looked at him and shook his head. And the little guy did his show like that. So my thing is, I think the soul went away to do something for the NBA instead of do something for the team.

Because you see, I played with Patrick 10 years. I don't think he had two flagging fouls. I had about 25 or 30. I was going to ask you. No, seriously. That's just real talk. I was going to ask. You know, you talk about Michael Jordan and how great he is.

Now, looking at these players in the NBA now, whether it's your Kevin Durant, whether it's LeBron, whether it's whoever, Steph Curry, or whoever it is, Joel Embiid, do you look at those players and see the same greatness? Because they like to compare all the time. I don't see that. I see some, but it's just the physicality back then. Some of the guys couldn't have made it.

Couldn't have made it. Can't eat hot dogs and go out there and play against somebody and have a steak every night. It's going to be a big difference. And I think, you know, I take it get they they get they they they game in their own ways yeah they can get it's a free it's a free pass like going through that toll George Washington you know so it's not no physicality so when you when you smooth like a Katie I mean just pure out score like that and staff and clay and I mean you know you get the book you know, you got some guys

that really, you know, put the time in. But like I said, it's easy now. Could Charles Oakley play in this era? I can play in the era. My game travel. I'm not saying it beats physical. It'd be easier, you know, because I got to worry about banging my body.

I probably can play 20 to 25 years because I ain't got to look a little brawn. You just get a nagging injury. But you got to worry about banging, this and that. I mean, just up and down, a lot of cutting. You know, everybody checking you coming across the lane. You know, the bodies are smart. Everybody looking just like, you know, skinny with tattoos and with hair.

You know, I cut my hair the other day, but it was like long like the younger guys. But that's a new wave now. You've had some legendary fistfights on the court, man. Xavier McDaniel, Rick Mahon, Alonzo Mourning, and in the book you say most of the violence in the 80s and 90s, the NBA was controlled, and contrary to popular belief, I didn't fight all the time. Do you think you got a bad rep?

I mean, when I came in the league, you had no idea what to fight, because them guys, they would challenge you but bad rap I mean something I think maybe because they tell you where you you you know they try to keep count on how many times you flake a file this guy freaking father guy I think files is a file you know if a Volkswagen run to 18 will I mean you automatically gonna go backwards it's gonna be the weight gonna push you so the thing is you know I think they really still getting that wrong it's the fragrant fire not so bad just you know at least an hour we know you've seen somebody hit the floor these guys don't

hit the floor still call flagging was the fight was the fighting good or bad for the game back then in They didn't determine the game. You had to protect yourself, like on the street. You know, there wasn't a lot of fights, but they made it seem like it was all about, it was like baseball. When they wanted to try to sell baseball, the numbers going up, they knew guys were juicing,

they let them juice to get the numbers up. Now, in basketball, you know, you can do the same thing. The bottom sold the game. I was going to ask, did you have that? It sold the game. So it was cool then. But the commission, David Stearns, seen that, okay, the lead was tending to go down a little.

Because of a water fire that burned. So he wanted to go global. He cleaned it up and went overseas and got about, you know, got dirt. About seven other guys, you know, guys with some talent. And now them other countries, you know. It's the global league. They want to support it. How many people did you see outside of the game?

Like after the game was like, I have to see him. I got to wait for his bus. I got to meet him in the tunnel. Did that happen? It might not. Nah was like I have to see him I got him wait for his bus I got to meet him in the tunnel did that happen it might not win nah maybe next time I see him I ain't win if I come looking for you I mean you might never play a no more ball but uh nah he wasn't that bad I know some guys you know Mella had it out with Katie KG who was it KG KG Kevin Garnett you know you know

like they a lot of these guys just put on like Dennis Rodman they just do stuff for TV they looking for you know

trying to build a brand alright we got more with Charles Oakley his new book is out right now called The Last Enforcer and we'll talk to him some more

it's The Breakfast Club good morning morning everybody it's DJ Envy Angela Yee Charlamagne Th more. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with former New York Knick, Charles Oakley. He has a new book, The Last Enforcer. Charlamagne?

How does a player get Charles Oakley's respect? Because even somebody like Dennis Rodman, it don't seem like you respect him too much. I mean, he's a great player, but, you know, you do all the extra stuff for attention. I don't respect guys who do extra for attention. Dennis Rodman, I don't know. To get my respect, I don't know. Just be yourself. I mean, I look at myself. I always be myself.

If I see somebody doing special on the court, if I see somebody say he's a leader and you're not a leader, you can't get no respect from me. Did you want an NBA job after you worked with Charlotte? Did you want an NBA job after you worked with Charlotte? Did you want an NBA job? Do you think you deserved one? Do you think they should have gave you one? Especially New York.

A lot of teams get ex-player position. I had talked to the Knicks about 10 years ago about being an ambassador and this and that happened and then they changed their mind and they gave it to Larry Jones, as a matter of fact. So, I mean, you know, I would work with them if they you know like I said I wanted to then they they told me yes then they didn't get the

contract right so I mean it's a different it's a you know if you got it it's almost like babysitting so it's I mean but my thing is I don't you know I'm not gonna babysit I'll try to tone myself down to work with you, but I can't see myself just selling out just because, you know, it's a job. I hated how the Knicks treated you. I was going to say the same thing. Yeah, man, I appreciate it. Five years ago, however long it was.

Yeah, that was so disrespectful, man. It just happened, and whole people can see that. People who watch that and see it know that somebody big was in charge of whatever happened. Because them guys just didn't walk over there on their own. Somebody pointed to them and told them to go do that. It's just like a hit on national TV. And I said that man Charles Oakley got superhuman strength.

It was about five or six people trying to restrain you, and they couldn't hold you. You got to protect yourself. I hate that happened, but like I say, I was just having a good time and watching a good game. But in his book, I talk a little about that, but trying not to give him too much air time because it ain't about him. It's about the last enforcer.

But you declined, according to Sports Illustrated,cer and you declined according sports illustrators they say you declined to have your jersey retired my energy yes idea at the time yes I mean why well my jersey tied someone gonna get some a guy to drag me out of a place that I mean I came and put my sweat and soul in a whole decade and you know why would you want my jersey to be tied? I told them they can be tied hanging outside. With the flag. And what's your relationship with the Knicks? Would you let them do it now?

Oh, yeah, yeah. They were going to say, what's your relationship with the Knicks? We're still, you know, in court and, you know, relationship. I love the city. I love, you know, I mean, I watch some of the games. They changed it a lot, though. Our organization, they changed it a lot. For the good or worse?

It seemed like for the good. Not if they're not respecting the OG players. As I said, it's been changed since then. That's why I wondered if they spoke. They always say it's the same judge, but you're going to court at a different time. Gotcha. So most of the time they're going to get the same type of trial. I like to see the Knicks I like to see the Knicks

do well because the fans have been waiting for them winning long time they've been waiting and waiting and they sitting

on the end of their chair and hoping that this the year last year was the year this year next year but I mean it takes time I was going to ask you were at the

Salsa Awards you were giving away an award in 95 what was the tension in there because that's when there was a lot of tension. That's when the deaf feeling bad boy was.

They was talking about they had a hundred guys from Compton, this and that, and the West Coast. And then when Snoop got on stage, East Coast don't love Snoop Dogg. I says, my thing, I'm saying like, if you from out of town, I don't care if you got 300 guys, you get your awards going home. I mean, we don't have to love you.

It's a war show. I mean, somebody voted for you. Somebody love you. But when you get on stage, you know, so I don't know. They wouldn't have jumped off in Cleveland. Hold on. I saw you say on the Bill Simmons podcast that Mike and Scotty's relationship will probably never get repaid.

I don't think so. I think it's more than basketball. I think it's something off the court because you see a lot of great players play together who don't have a great relationship. And I think that in the last dance, Scottie feel like, you know, he was the co-pilot of the Winning Six Championship. I think they gave Dennis Rodman more play and Steve Kerr in the last dance than Scotty.

You know, they tried to, you know, and Scotty, you know, he was going through situations and son passed and doing divorce and a lot of things build up in you, you know. You just, you know, I guess just saying he want to get something out. He want to, you know, try to blow it

out and hopefully that, you know, he had his book. MJ had the last day and he had, MJ told his story to blow it out. And hopefully that, you know, he had his book. MJ had the last day. He had the MJ told his story. He told his story. I mean, it's always something when you get two people competitive on the same level like that. And, hey, I mean, I wish Scottie all the luck. So you agree the last dance wasn't fair to Scottie? I mean, I think Scottie deserved more high roll.

I mean, but Scottie brought a lot on himself, though. I told him, like, when you didn't go back into the game, you didn't have the surgery, it was three things. So my thing is, you left the door open for people to bring the space in. But he felt like he did a lot more and you know I don't know how his book you know did but you know he put it out was there any player that did intimidate you in the league no no Shaq nobody I mean Shaq just big Shaq got a book I said he out of 10 guys he

wanted you know whatever you want, whatever he wanted to do, he put me number one. Oh, to put hands on. I don't know if he wanted to put them on. Yeah. Yeah, I'm the number one player. You're number one. I know.

You know, I respect Shaq because what he's doing, you know, since he retired, you know, we've been in seven, 20 commercials, this and that. But, I mean, I would love to get in the ring with Shaq or do something that, you know, since I'm his number one candidate. Y'all don't let nothing go, huh? No. Hey, he said I'm number one, so if I'm number one contender,

we're going to do something. Because even in the book when you talk about, you know, Michael Jordan and Isaiah Thomas rivalry, and that goes all the way back to the 85 All-Star game when they froze him out, and you still see now Isaiah throw shots at MJ every chance he gets. It's like, y'all don't let nothing go. No. Isaiah going to forget that one, though.

I think me and Dole have a better chance talking about Isaiah and Mike talking. It was never happening. Never. Oh, no. Is Mike still the GOAT? Yeah, he's the GOAT. He Mike still the GOAT? Yeah, he's the GOAT. He's still the GOAT. You gotta put LeBron

next to him. That's always been my frosted flakes and corn flakes. Oh, with Kobe? I think Kobe the closest. No. Kobe ain't better than either one. Kobe not better than Mike. I think Kobe the closest. He not better than LeBron either. Really? No. Break it down why you think. Well, I mean, the body of work.

You know, Kobe got more rings, but body of work for the team and on the court, off the court, and how LeBron bring guys together. LeBron just that special. He's just a special animal. He's just different. Like I said, it was another Mike. You know, they're trying to say LeBron was mad. It's probably no say LeBron.

It's probably no more LeBrons. It's the ability to play 18 to 20-some years. He's going to probably play about two or three more years easy. Are we sure to say Cleveland bias? No, ain't nothing to Cleveland bias. That man got game. No, he do, he do. That man just totally got game.

I mean, if he didn't, I'll let you know. And not just game, it's what he stand for, too. Ain't nobody, he gonna be the only player that ever played sports and still be a be there and still playing. He's a professional. Wow. Definitely pick up the book. The Last Enforcer. It's out right now.

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Now Nick Cannon started off the show discussing the gender reveal that he had over the weekend. Here's what he had to say about the new baby that is on the way and the guilt that he experienced. This whole process is extremely difficult for me because I'm known about, you know, Brie's pregnancy for a while now, before my youngest son, Zen, passed in December. And so even going through all of that, this was always in the back of my mind. Like, when is the right time? How do I share this? You know, no one, we didn't expect Zen to pass away. To kind of figure out a chronological order or a hierarchy, it just, it kept me up at

night. And that was, I always talk about the guilt that I felt, you know, in losing Zen and even from, you know, how to deal with this for my other children. And that was a lot of the guilt as well, too. A lot of people were commenting on social media about it. He did say he's seen a lot of it. Some of it did bother him. And Bree Tiese, who is the woman who is expecting his eighth child, posted on her social media page. And she said, given the recent announcement regarding my pregnancy, I would like to address a few things from the day I found out I was pregnant.

I was over the moon, excited and filled with joy. I am still incredibly excited and eager to be a mommy. I purposefully kept my pregnancy private for various personal reasons. And I'm horrified this precious moment was exploited and plastered all over TMZ. This was not how I'd hoped to share this news, especially given that I've been able to protect this news for almost my entire pregnancy. With that said, thank you to those surrounding me with love during this beautiful time in my life. I cannot wait to meet my son. Now, some people wanted to know, well, Nick Cannon, you said that you were celibate and he actually explained why.

One of the reasons I couldn't say, oh or I just didn't choose to say it then, but my therapist was one of the ones who said I should probably be celibate. And the reason why is because I had shared that news about, you know, Brie being pregnant. And it was like, yo, I don't know what to do. I felt like I'm not, I was trying to get a grasp. I was like, I have a new show coming out.

And then that was the reason why I started my celibacy journey back then. Are you still celibate? Well, not, no, I'm not celibate no more. Okay, so challenge is over. I made it to the, to almost a new year. I asked Nick what he was selling a bit of. What was you selling a bit of, Nick? Because you damn sure wasn't celibate, celibate, whatever that word mean.

What that mean? Not to have sex, right? Well, I guess, but she did get pregnant before his celibacy. So the reason for him being celibate was finding out that she was having a baby. And then he talked about. Too late. That question as far as, you know, there's a lot of women and personalities to deal with. Do these women get along with each other? And what about to deal with. Do these women get along with each other?

And what about for the mothers? Do they all get along with each other? How does that work? Because I know people are wondering. They all get along with me. And I'll get into that because, honestly, they're all amazing women and they all have their own journeys. And I don't think because they have children with me that they should be forced to have to deal with one another my children all get along and they have all allowed my children to know and grow and be and see each other and that's all I asked for so thank you to

all of them and we'll talk about other people's business after this with Angela Yee all right that's eight right yes wow this is number eight now you ready you wanna catch up how many more you need to I'm going to get my when we going to get our vasectomies

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And she posted, it is painful having my son be a part of conversations that aren't in alignment with his light and legacy. It isn't something that I choose for him or myself. But she did say, it's important for me to let you all know I am centered. I am at peace. I look at everyone's predicament with loving eyes I will not judge I will consciously decide what I will participate in I am surrounded by love

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Queens get it. Sunday, February 27th. Okay, okay, what platform? You can live stream it and you can also follow hashtag Chrome23 on all socials. Okay, dropping the clues bombs for Remy. Remy never stops working

by the way. I love this for her too. That she's bringing this. I'm going to be watching that. What verse did I just hear Remy on and I was like, damn Remy's snappy. It was something

you was playing the other day. Papoose Remy. Yeah. Oh, I thought I was going to stop remixing. Yeah, the remix.

Okay, okay. She was destroying it. Remy bodied you on your record, bro. Listen, he also owed her some money because he acted like he was about to retire. Pat, she got dumb on that record. Remy bodied you on that record, bro. Remy bodied everybody on that record, bro.

All right, well, that is your rumor reports. Did Remy ever release that album? No. Seven winners, eight summers, seven winners? No. No, right? I think she got one more. Well, maybe this year. Alright, Remy, now.

Good morning, Remy. Good morning, Pat. Now, who you giving your donkey to, Charlamagne? Eric Popper of Florida. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. This is a great time to introduce y'all to an amazing sermon that I heard this past Sunday by Bishop TD Jakes called road rage. Okay.

We'll discuss for after the hour. All right. We'll get into that next. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. The breakfast club. Your mornings will never be the same. Our audible pick of the day is the perfect day to boss up.

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I can take it if you feel I deserve it. Ain't no big deal. I know Charlemagne and God are going to have some funny shit. Say out of this mouth. If God says something you may not agree with, it doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey.

Donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey of the day right there. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean. Donkey of the day for Tuesday, February 1st. First day of black history month goes to 30-year-old Eric Popper of Florida.

Florida, Florida, Florida. What does your uncle always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. See, Florida always does the most, and I'm a stern believer that folks who accuse you of doing too much usually aren't doing

much at all, but that is not the case with Florida. Folks in Florida really do too much, okay? Y'all do. It's okay. I'm not judging. I'm lying. I'm judging, but I'm a God. I'm a God, not the God, so it doesn't matter if I'm judging because only God can judge you. Can I get an amen? Amen. Now, Eric

Popper experienced something that so many folks experienced on the daily, and that something is road rage. Look at God. Look at God. Look at God. I just heard an amazing sermon by Bishop the Drip Jakes this past Sunday titled Road Rage. Drop on the clues bombs for Bishop T.D. Jakes. Bishop the Drip was speaking on. He was speaking on.

Well, actually, we'll get to that in a moment. But what is road rage? The dictionary definition is violent anger caused by the stress and frustration involved in driving a motor vehicle in difficult conditions. Key word, anger. A lot of folks is projecting in these situations and what happens on the road is just their latest trigger. See, a lot of people don't really be mad at you. They are mad about something that is going on with them. Okay, they are mad about something that is going on in their life. So they project that pain and hurt and frustration onto you.

Eric Popper, he's got the right last name because he was popping that thing. And by thing, I don't mean that ass. I mean a firearm. Let's go to GMA3 for the news report, please. The video is wild. This driver opening fire during the morning rush in Miami. All of this caught on the driver's own dash cam. Now he's facing two felony charges. According to the arrest report, 30-year-old Eric Popper cut off another driver who then started tailgating and honking.

Moments later, he reaches inside the car's center console and pulls out a handgun. The other driver catches up and according to the report, he throws an unknown object, hitting Popper's car. Popper opens fire, later telling police he thought he was being shot at despite the other driver not having a gun. All this anger. This is why road rage will never be that serious to me, all right? Eric cut off a driver.

So he's in the wrong. Right. Cause and effect. Driver then threw something at Eric while he passed him. So Eric decided to escalate the situation more by pulling out a handgun and letting off like Soulja Boy on Vlad TV. Papa said he thought he was the one being shot at. And that's why he started shooting at the other driver. However, the other driver was not armed. All right. Eric's attorney said that what Eric did was self-defense and he was justified in pulling out his gun. I'm not an attorney,

so I have no idea if what he did was legally justified or not. I understand why he got angry, though. But if you're a person of integrity, you should say to yourself, you know what? I caused that. All right. You cut that person off. Did the person escalate it by throwing something at your car? Yes. But then did you escalate it even more about pulling out your gun and letting the hammer ham? Yes. See, the reason I don't purposely cut people off is because what if that person didn't throw a cup at Eric? What if that person had a gun themselves? All right. Clearly, the person who threw the cup was angry as well. But what if they were angry enough to have a firearm and shot at you instead of throwing a cup see all

i see when i see situations like this is anger all right hurt pain nobody caring about the next person nobody treating you know people with just simple human respect what happened to the golden rule that we learned in kindergarten do one to others as you would have them do one to you okay you know why that is all out the window because everyone is angry all right according to triple a in 2019 road rage contributed to around 30 deaths right here in america annually okay plus nearly 80 percent of drivers have expressed some form of aggression behind the wheel at least once in the last 30 days road rage can lead to both criminal and civil charges being filed against

the person and the key word in road rage is rage anger and where is that anger stemming from that's why bishop td jakes use road rage as a metaphor for people and how they deal with their anger don't listen to me though okay you're gonna get this word directly from the bishop himself. Roll it. You've been an angry man all of your life, and everything you lost, your temper took it from you. And this is not gender specific. There are as many angry women as there are angry men. And you cannot enjoy today because you're still angry about yesterday. And I am calling it road rage. Road rage is any rage that is triggered by the journey.

If you have something that triggers you on your journey, you have road rage. And if you don't deal with your road rage, you're going to cancel out your opportunities road rage will make you climb out of a car and not think and run back and snatch somebody through a window not thinking whether they have a gun and a road range makes you make dumb decisions how many decisions have you made out of road rage? Sometimes you're angry with people who aren't even here anymore.

Who are you really angry with? Huh? Who are you really angry with, Eric? Deal with your trauma before your trauma deals with you and have you out here bleeding on people who didn't cut you. Please let Remy Ma give Eric Popper the biggest hee-haw.

Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother******, you dumb. Quick question. Yes, ma'am. He taped himself? No, it was a dash cam. I don't know who the dash cam was. Yeah, but it was his own dash cam. He released his own dash cam of him shooting at somebody illegally? I don't know. I don't know who the dash cam was. Yeah, but it was his own dash cam. He released his own dash cam of him shooting at somebody illegally? I don't know.

I just saw the thing say dash cam footage. Really? He did turn himself in. Yeah, but I wouldn't. You wouldn't do that. Yeah, you're going to snitch on yourself totally? Here's the video of me shooting? It just said dash cam video recorded the harrowing scene.

Yeah, but it was his dash cam. Maybe it was someone else's dash cam. Maybe it was someone else's dash cam. Maybe it was somebody else's dash cam. No, it was him. I seen the video. He's in the car shooting. And it's his camera. I don't know. Don't be stepping on Bishop T.D. Jakes. That wasn't the moral of the story of whether or not he recorded his damn self. The moral of the story was

this man got a whole bunch of anger, okay? And unresolved trauma clearly that he hasn't dealt with. All right? This is just pain being projected on other people. All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines because maybe we all do what we all had at one time. 800-585-1051.

Your crazy road rage stories, all right? You don't have to leave a name. You don't have to tell us where you're from. You don't have to snitch on yourself like Homie did. But let us know. I used to carry a big thing of pennies in the car, a cup of pennies,

and if somebody cut me off, throw it all on somebody's car. I want to press charges against you now for that. It's not worth it. Who can we, that got to be some type of charge. That was a long time ago.

If you've ever been hit by a bunch of pennies anywhere in Queens or in the New York area, you might be entitled to compensation. That was a long time ago. If it was a long time ago.

A long time ago. 802-585-1051. Your road rage story. Somebody cut you off and they look at you or flip you the finger. What you done did? I can't believe you threw a whole couple pennies at me. About all the time.

I used to just keep... You've been wasting money. Jesus Christ. Just speed off. Catch me if you can. All right. 802-585-1051. Let's talk about it at The Breakfast Club.

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It's topic time. Pick up the phone, baby. it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club talk about it morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now if you're just joining us we're talking about road rage now charlamagne gave donkey today to who? Eric Papa. He's a 30-year-old man from Florida who let that hammer ham at an individual because Eric cut the person off, then the person

threw something at Eric, so Eric shot. Also, you asked me about the dash cam footage. He released the dash cam footage to prove it was self-defense. He thought he was being shot at because when the thing hit his car, he thought it was a gunshot. Okay right so we're asking your crazy road rage story i tell you i used to keep pennies in a cup in my car and if somebody cut me off or did something wild crazy i would definitely throw them now i don't anymore if you cut me off it's all good

i'm peace to you i might even pray for you but back then nah i was on and popping what about you ye now i've been in the car with ye before she doesn't slow down for speed bumps or potholes so what about you ye um i would say i'm a pretty calm driver i like yelling myself in the car i yell myself in the car i always realize um that doesn't make any sense you just hear yourself yelling what you mean oh you yell at other drivers yeah but you're just yelling in the car by yourself. So I just have learned to just calm down, let it go. And sometimes you also don't know what somebody else might do,

like pull out a gun. Correct. And so it's not worth it to me to be that angry that I need to go back and forth with somebody. So I just kind of, I'm a pretty chill driver.

Unless somebody does something, I might stick my middle finger up. That's the most I do. Nah, I don't even do that no more. I tell my kids too. That's the most I do. I got two kids that drive. I tell them the thing just leave it alone it ain't worth it it's not worth it i did have somebody one time though it used to be hard to find parking when i lived

in jersey city at night it would be like you had to park 20 blocks away and so one day i've got the last parking spot this guy pulled up next to me and by god's grace i was driving a rental car and when i came back outside he had keyed the whole car up the next day really yeah but you took the spot yeah because I took the last parking spot wow what about you Charlemagne yeah I'm not a road rager at all because the way my anxiety is set up all I got to do is hear one story and I automatically think that can happen to me so when you hear one story about somebody shooting at somebody because they yelled at him or cursed at him or anything like that you won't do it also I'm not an aggressive driver at all. Like, not even a little bit.

I hate aggressive drivers. I hate people who act like they in the Fast and Furious when they driving cars. It is usually those people who end up in road rage situations. Now, what I am is a hard horn honker. I will honk that horn at you hard as hell. That's just as worse. I feel like I never honk my horn. If you cut me off or something like that, I'm going to give you that bam, bam, bam,

because that's what the horn is for. The horn is to let you know maybe you didn't see me. I'm right here. That's just as worse. Okay. A guy did that to me yesterday, one of them big-ass trucks in the city. I'm about to turn, and he's in the left lane. I'm in the right lane.

But I'm clearly just about to turn on the street, and he's making this wide-ass turn. So I hit him with that hard horn honk to let him know I'm out here. Did he still make a turn? You're goddamn right he still made that turn. He had that big-ass truck. What the hell am I supposed to do? But hit the brakes and wait until he finishes what he's doing and get behind him.

And I just want to tell New Yorkers out there, you don't own the street. So if you put something, whether it's a folding chair, a garbage can in the parking spot, that's not your spot. You don't own the street. Okay? Yeah, I'm glad you said that in New York because you never say that in Florida. In Florida, if that person put that garbage can in, you get in that parking spot, you're going to find yourself in a gunfight. All right? Hello, who's this?

Yo, what's going on? This is Andretti. What's popping? Andretti, what's up, man? We're talking road rage stories. You got one? Yeah, I was in that a couple of years ago. I'm going into Jersey across the bridge.

As soon as I come across the bridge, there's a car in front of me. He's slowing down. I guess the car side was talking to each other. I can't get past. They're basically blocking the road. So once it does open up, as soon as you come underneath the lower underpass or the bridge,

when it opens up, I shoot by them. I slip in the bird. They curse me out. What they didn't know is that I had a bucket of nails from leaving one of my jobs. Nuh-uh. So what I do is I just throw the bucket of nails out my sunroof. Yeah, I'm pretty sure they pop a couple of times

because I see them spin out. Yeah, but you just I'm trying to hit everybody behind me too. You could have killed somebody. All right, well, so what? Stop hogging up the road. You just angry.

Oh my God. You just angry, sir. You need a therapist. What's your name, bro? I'm very angry, sir. I know you are. I know I need therapy. I can hear it in your voice,

my brother. All that unhealed trauma and that pain you're projecting on people. Where you from, bro? Craziest borough in the city. Bronx. Bronx. And Dretty, what's your last name, bro?

I ain't telling you. I'm sending you a lot of healing energy, my brother. Why don't you go sit down and talk to somebody and deal with that anger, man? All you're doing is stressing yourself out even more. And putting people in danger by projecting that pain on the folks. Hello, who's this? This is Kami from Miami.

Hey, mama. He watches too much TV. That's what he did. He threw it out like it was 007. He threw the nails out and all that. He watches too much TV. What's up, Kami? Where you dance at? Did she say Kami? Kami, not Kami. Oh, Kami. I'm from Miami because I'm from where Mr. Popper from. And I just want to let you know how we get down in Miami because we have the worst drivers.

I've heard people say that. So, if you're from Miami, you get down in Miami because we have the worst drivers. I've heard people say that. So if you're from Miami, you know that Cali Ocho has the worst drivers. So I went there to grab some Spanish food. I pull out of this spot, not even a mile down the street, this car cuts me off. So I pull up next to the car and I'm talking to her like, girl, my food is

all over the floor. Chicken, rice, steak, and she don't care. So I tell her to pull over because I wanted to fight because my food ruined. My seat got juiced all over it and she didn't pull over. So I wasn't able to fight. Wow. Well. Wow, so you just trying to fight people out in Florida.

She cut me off and she messed up my food. Not the food. That might have saved your life, though. You never know what could have happened if you would have got out and fought. Yeah, what do you think really triggered you in that situation? Did you really think about it like was it real was it really that serious when you think back on it it was because i could have rear-ended her okay and i was hungry and i couldn't i mean i did eat the food like it wasn't ruined but i had to

like clean up my car maybe it was annoying maybe you was hangry you're not yourself when you're hangry 805 what is? Eat a Snickers? Or eat an empanada? Which one is it? She got the empanadas. We're talking crazy road rage. Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club.

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Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne gave Donkey the day to who? Eric Papa. He's 30 years old from Florida, Miami, and he let that hammer ham because somebody cut him off.

And then that person who cut him off threw something at his car, and he thought he was being shot at, so he shot at the person 15, 11 times. Hello, who's this? Yo, what's good, M.E.? What's your crazy road rage story, brother? All right, well, I was on the L.A. coming from work. I'm trying to get to Brooklyn, and you know everybody in the left lane always go fast. So, you know what I'm saying? I'm following everybody lead, and homeboy is just like tailgating me, and it's definitely space in the left lane always go fast. So, you know what I'm saying? I'm following everybody lead.

And homeboy is just like tailgating me. And it's definitely space in the middle. So, he making a curve. And homeboy really tried to just like ram me into the Nevada. And so, I'm like, where are I at? So, I keep a thick six-ounce bottle of like MTYSL cologne right in the arm, like right to the driver's side in the bottom. So, I'm like, I'm just start flaying stuff at home, boy.

And basically, they kind of stopped to the far right, and I guess they got shook and throw walls. And I was like, oh, and I just did. Well, you shouldn't be throwing bottles of cologne at people. They could crack their window, and they could crash and die, and then you're going to get charged with manslaughter. Little nasty bottle of cool water you throwing at people. Little nasty bottle of cool water.

Show his obsession. What kind of cologne was it? YSL. Liar. It was empty, though. It was empty, exactly. I was about to say, you would never throw a full bottle of YSL at nobody. You're sitting there lying to us like this. Hello, who's this? Anonymous. All right. You're on the radio, Anonymous. She just happened to be legal. What you do, Anonymous?

No, no, no. Okay, so for reference, I'm from South Carolina. What part? I'm from Greece andolina what part okay what part love florence salute to darleton awesome yes so me and my sister were heading um home from her college she was in front of me i was behind her i got over in the left lane and i guess the truck behind me was doing the same thing they didn't't know, so I guess I unintentionally cut him off. And then my sister got in front of me, so the truck, I guess, was pissed. He came around and cut me off, but almost clipped me in the front,

which means he almost clipped my sister in the back. Oh, my God. So all bets were off at that point. So I chased him down I-20 about 120 miles per hour to get his license plate because now you got my sister involved, and that's – I don't play that. So what happened? From there, you got his license plate, and then what happened? I just let it go.

I was pissed about it, the whole situation. In retrospect, I should have just let it go from the beginning. But, like I said, I was like, no, you almost ran me off the road and clipped my sister, too, over me just pulling over. Like, we all going the same speed limit. Like, what are we doing? Right. Goodness gracious.

Well, stop chasing people doing 120 miles an hour. It ain't worth it. Hello, who's this? Courtney. Hey, Courtney. Good morning. We're talking road rage incidents. You got one?

I do. So I just got a new car in April, right? And I was going in the left-hand lane, which everybody knows when you're in the left-hand lane, you do at least 85-90. 85-90 in the left-hand lane which everybody knows when you're in the left-hand lane you do at least 85 90 so 85 90 in the left-hand lane oh my gosh we gotta go so anyway so i got my new car and i'm driving up the left-hand lane and this guy like he he sort of like break text me and i got or i'm sorry man and so i go I go around him in the middle lane, and he flips me off. So I'm like, oh, okay. So I get in front of him, and I brake check him.

Lord have mercy. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. And so he's like, him and his wife are flipping me off again. Now, I have a problem. Even my children see that I have a problem. It's terrible. I'm in therapy.

Leave me alone. Well, you said the key word. Because all I hear is just somebody. Both of y'all just sound so angry. But at least you're in therapy to deal with your anger. I am, but it's terrible. Even my four-year-old goes, mommy doesn't like people when I drive. Mommy don't like people.

You got to be careful. You got to be careful. And you can't break check people, too, because sometimes people won't stop. I used to have a 1990 Nissan Stanza, right, driving in New York. And when people would brake check me, I'd tap them. Because I didn't care about the car at the time. It wasn't like the car had 100,000 miles. You ain't going to do that with the Ferrari.

I ain't going to do that. That's what I said. I don't do that now. But back then, I'm a brake check man. I'm running to the Ferrari. I ain't gonna do that. That's what I'm saying. I don't do that now. But back then, I'm a great champion. I'm running into the back. Between that and you throwing pennies at people,

Logan, Maddie, London, Syracuse, Milwaukee, whatever them kids' names is, they are lucky to be here because you shouldn't be here.

You're right. All right. I did a lot of wild issues. Okay. That was me. But that's New Yorkers, though. When we drive,

we just get irritated. I ain't never had nobody tap me from the back in New York. Oh. Where did they tap you from the back? Where were you when they tapped you from the back? This guy right here, boy. What's the moral of the story?

The moral of the story is y'all need to deal with y'all trauma before y'all trauma deal with you. And all of y'all need to go listen to Bishop T. jake sermon from this past sunday called road rage because some of y'all are just angry and projecting that pain and hurt onto other people all right the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj nv angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club let's get to the rumors let's talk nik Nicki Minaj. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. With Angela Yee.

On the Breakfast Club. Alright, now India Arie has removed her catalog from Spotify as well. She went on social media and wrote, I've decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify. Neil Young opened a door that I must walk through. I believe in freedom of speech. However, I've decided to pull my music and podcast from Spotify. Neil Young opened a door that I must walk through. I believe in freedom of speech.

However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his COVID interviews. For me, it's also his language around race. What I am talking about is respect. Who gets it and who doesn't? Paying musicians a fraction of a penny and him $100 million. This shows the type of company they are and the company that they keep. I'm tired. I mean, everyone can make their own decisions,

but it feels like artists doing that are cutting their nose off to spite their face because you're not hurting Spotify by doing that. You're hurting your own pockets. And I wonder two things. If the financial payouts were better at Spotify, would artists do that? And also, have people actually listened

to Joe Rogan's podcast? Are they just hearing a clip here or there? That's what I want to know. Well, yeah, I think the problem is that they only are getting less money. So that's part of the reason why she said it's not just his, it's not his COVID interviews. It's Spotify paying musicians a fraction of a penny and then paying him the amount that they paid him.

And so I guess she feels like that's disrespectful. Because it's just a slippery slope when you're talking about content on any of these platforms. Correct. Because so much of it could be deemed problematic based on what your beliefs are. Everything could be. But when you start talking about rates as far as how much you're supposed to be getting, the percentages wise, and you say, hey, you know what? I'm going to pull myself off, pull it off of Spotify and then put it on another platform

where I'll get more money. That makes sense. That's a different conversation to me. But yeah, that makes sense. Because I think they said, and don't quote me, I think title pays out more than Spotify platforms. Yeah, that was always what they've, yeah. Yeah, so I would, you know, make it so that you can only get mine at a place where I get

more money. And you never know how things will snowball, too. As one person takes a stand, and this is what's been happening, you know, starting with Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, India Arie, as more artists join that, that's how you get your voices heard. They've already said that they will do this labeling now. They've already made some slight changes, so we'll see if more happens.

And I don't understand how Spotify pays less than other platforms. I just feel like it should be an industry standard, right? Since they're all platforms that play music. Everybody can make their own decisions. Just like when people were mad at Dave Chappelle they wanted to end their Netflix subscriptions. Cool, that's on you. I just feel like when artists do that, they're cutting

their nose off to spite their face because you're really only hurting your pockets. But like I said, if Spotify paid more money, would they do that? I wonder. Alright, now Whoopi Goldberg has apologized after facing some criticism over remarks that she made on The View regarding the Holocaust. Here's what she said. The Holocaust

isn't about race. No. It's what she said. The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race. What is it about? Because it's about man's inhumanity to man. That's what it's about. But it's about white supremacy. Well, but it's not about race. But these are two white groups of people.

Well, that's what we have to black people do. We have to see them as white people. But you're missing the point. You're missing the point. The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let's talk about it for what it is. It's how people treat each other. It's a problem.

Well, Ms. Goldberg is just wrong. The Holocaust was absolutely about race. Racism fueled the Nazis' whole ideologies and policies. Jonathan Greenblatt, who is the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, responded. It said the Holocaust was about the Nazi systemic annihilation of the Jewish people, who they deemed to be an inferior race. They dehumanized them and used their racist propaganda to justify slaughtering six million Jews. Holocaust distortion is dangerous.

Yeah, Nazis viewed the world through the lens of inferior and superior races, and they thought Jewish people were a dangerous, inferior, non-European race. So Whoopi is just wrong. Now, Whoopi did apologize. She said on today's show, I said the Holocaust is not about race, but about man's inhumanity to man. I should have said it is about both. As Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League shared, the Holocaust was about the Nazi systematic annihilation of the Jewish people who they deemed to be an inferior race. I stand corrected. The Jewish people around the world have always had my support and that will never waver.

I'm sorry for the hurt I have caused. Written with my sincerest apologies, Whoopi Goldberg. Now you see how Whoopi said something wrong. She was corrected and she apologized. It should be done. How come we can't do that with other people on other platforms? Why do we have to boycott and threaten to cancel just because someone got something wrong? Yeah, it should be done. She apologized

and she understands. I guarantee you folks won't say I'm not going on The View anymore because what Whoopi said is problematic. That's not going to happen. Well, she apologized. So did Joe Rogan. Sometimes when people apologize right away, like she just did, you know, that is what it is. She made a mistake. She was wrong.

She got corrected. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right a mistake. She was wrong. She got corrected. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. And let me say happy birthday to my wife again. Today is my wife's birthday. So happy birthday, baby.

Happy birthday, Gia. Happy birthday. And happy Chinese. Isn't she also part Chinese? She's part Asian. Yes, part Chinese. Yep. Yeah. So happy Chinese New Year to you too, Gia.

Mm-hmm. All right. Well, happy birthday, baby. We'll be celebrating all week long. Please don't make another city. Please. What? Y'all don't need a little Singapore.

Where you from? Monk's Corner? Oh, you're going to name it Monk's Corner? No. You're going to do that name at Big Monk's. Big Monk's. Little Monk's. Big Monk's, Little Monk's.

Little Monk's Middle Name Corner? That'll be amazing. Nope, nope, nope, nope. Please, just please don't make another city. Please. Nope, nope, nope. All right. And make sure you pre-order our book, Real Life, Real Love uh it's all about our relationships and how we we we coasted through hours the ups

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Chapter 69. No, but I actually saw the book. Where is it? What do you mean, where is it? It's on the back. This guy's stupid, man. I just wanted you to say it. So make sure you pre-order the book, Barnes & Noble's.

Who else is in the back? Somebody else back there, too. Who else back there? What's wrong with you, man? Tell them who else back there. Who else back there? Diddy. You and Diddy in the back.

It's a party. Oh, you stupid. We party, party. I hate you, man. What did he say on Drink Chance? We ain't party, party. We ain't party, party. I hate you, man.

People's Choice Mix is up next. Congratulations again to RiRi. Let's't party party. I hate you, man. People's Choice Mix is up next. Congratulations again to Riri. Let's start off the mix with some Riri. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Charles Oakley stopped through. He had to book the last enforcer. man if you listen do yourself a favor if you're looking for a really great entertaining read and you know even if you're not a sports fanatic there's just like some really interesting stories and just the way charles oakley you know came up in cleveland go get the last enforcer uh by charles oakley man yeah just to let you know, Charles Oakley, I think the brother's 58 years old. He wants all the smoke.

If you don't give a damn, we don't give a F. If you don't give a damn, we don't give a F as a person, it'll be Charles Oakley. Yeah, he wants all the smoke. It doesn't matter what age he is, what he does.

He is that person. So definitely check out the full interview. Breakfast Club online. What is it? Breakfast Club AM online? Just know the book starts off with him saying he didn't punch Charles Barkley. He slapped him.

Not just slapped him. Slapped the ish out of him. Slapped the ish out of him. There's another chapter in the book that's literally called Charles Barkley Talks Too Much. I can't remember what exactly. It's Charles Barkley Need to Shut the F Up or something like that. I don't remember, but yeah, go get that book. Really, really read it.

Alright. When we come back, positive note. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, you got a positive note? Yes, indeed.

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