The Breakfast Club - Classic Breakfast Club Interviews Pt 3

Episode Date: July 5, 2016

TUE 7/5 - Relive some of your favorite Breakfast Club interviews from Wale, Fat Joe & Remy Ma, Jeezy, Nelly & more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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No, I didn't say that. There's something that needs to be done. There's something, there's some type of seasoning that needs to be put on my name. I said that, oh, respect. Respect his name. Wale, ladies and gentlemen. Please. We need a better presentation for Wale, ladies and gentlemen. Please. We need a better presentation for Wale.

These little plastic cups, I mean, terrible. They don't have any acknowledgement of my handle. Wale's here again with good music. He got the record PYT. Yeah, cheers to that. But he don't got no gimmicks, no stories, no scandals. You know what era you in, Wiley? You can't just come with a record no more.

It scares me. It does. I'm truthfully scared. I saw somebody say on Twitter, man, this PYT Wiley record is low-key hard as hell. Like, they didn't want to let me. Yeah, they didn't want to give it up for him. Yeah, low-key hard. You saw that? That's what I tweeted that.

I was like, I checked that. There was certain people that like, you want to be a Clyde fan or something, though. Hey, man, come on, man. I can't just be good. I like this one because now a DJ can play it. He just told me he never play my stuff. No, I ain't see that. But it's very difficult when it got slow tempos.

You got a tempo now that I can F with. I appreciate it. I can put in the mix. And now we're going to see, though. I didn't know you had Sam Sneak on the record. I thought it was Tyga. And I said, why did you do a record called PYT with Tyga? Sam Sneak does look like Tyga a little bit.

Somebody, no. No, he don't. No, he don't. Why y'all playing Tyga? One of the best young businessmen in the game, though. Why y'all playing with him? Why y'all playing? Now, Wally, I saw you tweet out,

don't let your fascination with nostalgia cloud your perception for the present time. What you mean by that? I mean, I just think a lot of people be like, it'd be very easy for me to come in and be like, yo, Envy, you remember me? You know what I'm saying? Why don't you go back to when you did the Beanie Seagull diss joint?

You know what I'm saying? The Jada disco. I could easily come in and be like, yo, where the verse at? Can you play the rest of the verse? You know what I'm saying? But that's where I was when that joint came out. You know what I'm saying?

I was in high school or freshman in college around that time. When that came out. You know what I'm saying? I was in high school or freshman in college around that time when I came out. Like, my appreciation for what he do is not about, like, that moment. And a lot of people get caught up, like,

where they was when they heard Lotus. A lot of them be like, I had a girlfriend that I used to love and this was our song. We not together no more. Bring it back.

And they think that, like, while they bring back the old, while it's gonna bring back that person subconsciously. And that's a like, while they bring back the old, while it's going to bring back that person subconsciously. And that's a fixation that a lot of people got. You know what I'm saying?

And that's why I do get offended. Like, yo, I ain't making this for me. I make it for me every once in a while. Nothing was for me. Shine is for the world. For the first time in my career, like I designed a song

like to make an array of different women feel good. So it's strictly for the women? I mean, for them to champion it initially, absolutely. Not for them, but I just know my setup, how my career is set up. Everybody be like, let me get a jump for the girl. You know what I'm saying? Let me get a jump for me and my girl because you make the girl jump.

Actually, I made a whole album of other joints. You know the crazy thing about music? Music is like a drug. It's like crack. But the problem is, if you sell crack, crackheads are always chasing that first high, but they'll come by to see him crack from you. They don't do that with music.

I don't know about crack. I don't know anything about crack. Sneak know what I'm talking about. I can't relate. How does Sneak not know about crack? Our brother is under some serious allegations, man. We don't know nothing about Kanye? Shut up Wait They love that Our brother Our brother is under Some serious allegations man

We don't know nothing About any of that Wahala That's wahala What we call They love that first high When it comes to the music But you gotta keep

Giving them new drugs That's the nostalgia though One of my mentors Always talks about When Bob Dylan Went electric Then that was like A big like uproar

I don't know if we allow Our pioneers to do You know what I'm saying Michael Jackson The New Jack Swing, he didn't spearhead that movement. He's like, I'm going to do Michael Jackson on this Teddy Riley vibe.

Rico Love told me this a long time ago. He was like, yo, you know why you're going to win? He's like, because you a fly that can rap all types of ways. Like anything the way the game go, you could just jump right in it. That always stuck with me because it's just like all y'all in a way

in y'all own fields, it's been a slow build. Ain't nobody, you ain't get no, you didn't get no black and yellow first at the beginning of your career. You ain't be getting none of that.

You ain't get no best I ever had at the beginning of your career. You know what I'm saying? You ain't get no ass, ass, ass, ass at the beginning of your career. It all grew.

You know what I'm saying? And I just feel like what I represent or what I want to represent, I try to represent is the person that, like, you might not get employee of the month for your first two years of your job, but maybe you might be the first one to get a promotion. You might be the first one because one thing

that they can't deny is my ticket sale. Anybody who goes skeptically leaves like, holy, I forgot this boy had this many hits. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And... Hov is a great example leaves like, holy, I forgot this boy had this many hits. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And... Hov is a great example of that too, and T.I.

That's who Rico mentioned. You know what, too? Hov and T.I. Jaro and Fat Joe. Yeah. If you haven't been to Fat Joe's show, you'd be like,

yo, boy got hits. He got hits, absolutely. But you know what, too? And not to go back, but that was a time where I think people loved music more. Now it's so fast.

I don't know if they don't love it as much. It's just like, if somebody make a bomb ass pie and there's like four stores that sell pie, you probably like pie at an all time high right now, but it's just so much. It's so many pies.

You don't know. It's like, everybody want to make pie now. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, we don't know. That's the only plight of the artists of today. Like, we will never know how hot we are. I tried to get on Saturday Night Live seven times with me and Jerry.

What happened? What'd they say? I leave that up for speculation, but I wanted to go there. I mean, we know they said no, but how do they say no? Like, I'm saying how? Like, what do they say? Like, how do they reply back? Why would you think that?

You know why? Because you come, you grew up in an urban environment, you know why. Them girls, them girls that's out there buying Demi Lovato, who has really,

like, curved my advances to write her music, I won't go on record to say that, like, like, she don't give a fuck

about no Wale until Wale's on the top 40, then her A&R's like, yo, there's this kid named Wale, like, you should work with him, he's got poetry, he wears his dreads like a crazy, he's like the top 40. And I was like, yo, there's this kid named Wale. You should work with him. He's got poetry. He wears his dreads like a crazy cool ass. She curved us too, though.

She was supposed to interview with us. She walked toward us and saw who we were and she went right to us. It was because of Charlamagne. You gave her Dunkin' today right before. But my thing is I ain't give her nothing but love. You know what I'm saying? I just think she could sing. Just like Ariana Grande. I think they could sing and I'm a big fan of Whitney Houston. Like Beyonce. Women that sold it she could sing, just like Ariana Grande. I think they could sing, and I'm a big fan of Whitney Houston,

Beyonce, women that sold it and could sing. And unfortunately, right now, there ain't really no sisters that's doing what I feel like a 19, 21-year-old Whitney would do, in my opinion. But I write as if Whitney was 20 years old. So I have these records that I can't even get into her hands because of like, I mean, let's just be honest, yo. But Whitney's the once in a lifetime talent.

But I'm going to be completely honest. I think Christina Aguilera, Ariana Grande, and Demi. I'm not saying anybody. Demi can sing like, dog. When I went to see, I went, because if you come to my parties, I DJ, I'll play I'm Your Baby Tonight. I'll play You Get Good Love. Like, I'll play I'm Your Baby Tonight. I'll play You Get Good Love. Like, I'll play I Want to Dance with Somebody.

I play these. He's not a DJ. He just takes over the turn. He's not even my. Nah. But Wale got more money than Envy. Nah. Hell with you.

What? Only about two hours per day got more money than Envy. But to DJ, you might pay Wale more than you pay Envy. We're looking at you crazy. No. You don't think your co-workers know? You all over Instagram? You got a Rose Gold wedding ring. His wife is like the muse of all the girls trying to be fly for the evening.

All right, Wale, all right. I'm just saying. You know what Minister Farrakhan said? Don't get robbed. That's a nice chain you got on. Don't get robbed. I'm uncomfortable, dog. I'm uncomfortable, dog. I'm uncomfortable, dog.

All right, we got more with Wale. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Drake with Control. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee.

Shalom and the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Wale is in the building. So, you and me, y'all good now? We always going to be good. Did you tweet congratulations because he had album of the year? He did tweet it. I saw him tweet that.

But y'all making y'all worried in there. How y'all worried. That makes it worse. I'm just making sure. I'm just going to be clear. No, Wale did retweeted congratulations. I want to be clear. Like me, we like real life.

You know, you have a big family and you just do two brothers that's closer in age. That's like us. Like we always try to do it. Like it's just like a way. But if it's something go down, me going to be like, yo, you good. Like you need anything. You know what I'm saying? Or I get a call from Toc or Dean or Melly, whatever.

Like or even like three days after that jump, me and Mo Melly did a record. Like, it ain't no thing. Like, I just know what it is. Like, that's my brother. Like, whatever. Like, at the end of the day, like, we don't even talk. That's my nigga. And we're self-made for, like, it's records that we, like, going at each other.

But that's the relationship. Because our shit ain't fake. A lot of these come in here, they come through a game plan in the elevator and be like, this is how we're going to act. MMG, for real, dog. Ross getting our shit when we started doing that shit. It's real. Sam McCall, let's say, he hold me down in the club.

He hold me down in the club. Rocky Fresh, Omarion, like, quietly. I'm just going to say this. Like, quietly, MMG be putting out hits all the time. I mean, Omarion jump went under under the radar and that joint went gold. And it was almost platinum. You know what I'm saying? That record changed the whole

what you like to do. It changed it because what she said in the groceries part. Jhene Aiko commercialized it. By the way, Omarion got mad at me because I said that. I said exactly what you said. I said Omarion, it feel like the label ain't behind them the way they need to be. They owe them that record. Because I said that. I said exactly what you said. I said Omarion, it feel like the label ain't behind him

the way they need to be. They owe them that one. See, I can't speak on labels. The album should have been bigger. We can't speak on the major, major labels. They owe them that one because they owe them that one

because Omarion put out two records before that that should have been... The record with Ghostface was crazy. The record, the M.I.A. record was crazy. M.I.A. was my song.

M.I.A. was crazy. Who was on that jump? That jump was hot. M.I.A. Huh? What? You had a verse on that jump? That jump was hot. M.I.A. Huh? What? You had a verse on that? The DJs always cut it.

I know. Cut it. Because you do so many records for the ladies and the R&B type records. But I don't really. It really doesn't. Those are records that are nationally released. And that's what people see from you.

But what is nationally released? Because sometimes I put out a record and if y'all don't react fast enough, like the label a record, and if y'all don't react fast enough, like, the label will be like, if y'all don't react fast enough. I remember... It's empirically dead nice, but I don't think people see that.

Because, I mean, I'm a handsome man. This guy here, man. He's a good compliment, man. No, I'm just playing. Let me ask you a question, Sam. Let's act like Wale not here. What do you think is missing from Wale's situation? As far as what?

What do you mean? Just in general. Because for me, I think he's in a good space, and I think it's only a matter of time. Of missing for what, though? Like, missing to do what? As far as him being on that next level of artist. Right now, I don't think it's anything.

I just think it's because, for one, he's an artist that's, like, you know, difficult to understand. So I think with that, it takes time to understand him with everything regardless of with the hits he making everything it takes time and then around this time i think people gonna really get them with shine you know i mean with the album with self-made four you know they're gonna understand they're gonna get them that's what i tell them all the time it's only a matter of time yeah and they that's all it is they just don't understand them and mean, once they get it, man. Andy, what you think about that question?

Because, I mean, we flirt with the questions sometimes, but, like, at this point in my career, like, I just want to know. You know what? I hate comparing artists. He said it's because you're dark-skinned, bro. No, I ain't. That's what he said when you ain't around.

But I think, like I said before, I just think a lot of people don't respect you as a lyricist because they don't hear you as a lyricist. And the reason I say that is, like... Annunciation? Is it a technical thing? No, you no you think like you look at fabulous valence puts out a female record every time for his call right but there's so much other music in there that you forget about i remember when he did the uh the friday freestyle right and i remember meek i remember nicki minaj i remember a bunch of artists being like yo fab is dead nice

like you forgot yeah he was always that nice. Even on the Chick records. But you forget about that. And I think that's the same with you. I don't know, man. I mean, because I don't know, because my thing, when you say it like that,

it seems like it's contrived and like Fab's like, all right, I'm going to make a Chick record. Like, I don't know, because me and Fab is good friends. He makes those Chick records for radio. That's what he does.

That's his core. He does. And then, you know, it's too, it's a likability factor because people don't want to like Wiley. Yeah, I don't know. I always hated that.

Envy always talked about genuine. He filled the consensus, not even trolls. Right. When you did the thing with United Airlines, if that was a Kendrick or Cole, they'd have sympathy for Kendrick. Yeah, yeah. For you, it's like, why are you doing that to the United Airlines lady? But you know what?

Being an asshole. They probably got something within the past week when they went bad on the same people. When I do it, it's like... But being honest, at first, I ain't like Wale. Not because I knew him, but because I just looked at him. He looks sad. He's dark-skinned.

Admit it! You said he looks bad. Admit it! He looks sad, miserable, and always mad. I'm like, what's wrong with Wale? I got the little vibe when you need it, when you need it. When Wale want a drink. Yeah, man.

How you going to tell a man not to ask for it? But he is different. I don't think he's not like him. I think he's not understood. Because if you want to sit around him and just have a conversation. But for somebody who doesn't sit around him and meets him for the first time or sees him for the first time. I'm going to tell you what. Wale don't like playing the politics.

That's it. They go off hearsay, though. If you go off hearsay, they don't know what you're doing. Yeah, because you're already coming with a notion. And then so if you see a little bit of,

yeah, they right. You got your own take-person-out complex, bro. When I first met Wiley, that was a passionate discussion. We heard the Rap Radar podcast where you cursed out YN and B-Dot,

even though they did deserve it because they was an antagonist. Did I curse them out? You ain't cursing them out. See? You went bad on them a little. See how the narrative gets finessed a little bit at the finish line? But after you know him, then you say, oh, he's not like this. When the narrative gets finessed at the finish line,

it oftentimes has repercussions to the protagonist. I'm not the villain. Sometimes the narrative gets construed, and then people run with it. All know, sometimes the narrative gets misconstrued and then people run with it. Alright, we got more with Wale when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Designer Panda. Morning, everybody. It's EJ,

MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Wale's in the building. Now, Yee? What does it take for you to say, okay, now I feel like I've reached success? You ask me that every time around the same time. Is that my cue? No, no, no.

We still got more. We still got more. No, you good. No, because it seems like there's a lot of things that we always discuss this. Oh, no, man. I think I'm getting closer to it. I think I'm getting closer to it.

I am scared for the day I blow my foot off the gas. You find a girl the last time you was here, you was looking for love. Was I looking to see how the narrative... You was exploring the option of finding that person. You would like to be in a relationship. I love what love can do. You know what I'm saying?

Have you found that person? I think so. Pretty young thing. I think so. I love what love can do. No, I love what love can do. I love what it can do. To be honest with you, you get certain energies around you and you let God in,

like what Quincy and him said, right? When you feel something for somebody, it runs easy. When I wrote That Way, it was so easy. I was just having a conversation that round. You know what I'm saying? Same thing with PYT.

It's inspiration for everything. Some girls, it'sYT. You know, it's inspiration for everything. Some girls, it's for decoration. Some girls, it's for inspiration. Yeah, definitely that. So that was a yes. You have found love. You said, I think so. Yeah, I think so.

I mean, if I say I know, then I feel like if I ever lose it, I'm going to be heartbroken every time I watch this. But I mean, like, you know. She light skin or dark skin? I think Wale and Love would be a good place for Wale. Because then you focus on your love and less of the trolls. Is she light-skinned or dark-skinned? It ain't about the trolls, though. He's ignoring you.

Never about the trolls. That's it. One more time, Sean. Let me hear you. Is she light-skinned or dark-skinned? You ain't even give me my drink. Crack that joke. She must be white, man.

You see how the narrative gets juggled? The narrative gets juggled. Why don't we allow the people to be on the journey with me as I pursue normalcy? I like that. That's what I'm going to say. On the journey with me. Someone on the journey with me. I'm saying.

As I pursue normalcy. And if I did have one. That's true, though. And if I did have one, maybe I'm waiting for the right time to tell you in a way that you make you understand the way that I feel. Maybe I just don't want to be on your way. This is a new sitcom right here. Wale and Sneak. You get two more dudes.

Be the male version of Living Single. Four bachelors on the pursuit of love and normalcy. Ooh, in the Charlemagne kind of world. I'm glad I got my girl. Keep your head up, boy. Keep your head up. That's right. Whatever that is, right.

You got to fight. Your homegirl stands to your left. And your back's too blue. That's why you like her. Oh, oh, oh. Hey, hey. Oh, oh, oh. Hey, in the Anthony kind of world.

Say what? I'm glad I got my girl. Keep your head up, boy. All right. We'll be right back. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast kind of world. Say what? I'm glad I got my girl. Put your head up. What? All right. We're with Wale. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Needed Me, Rihanna. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Wale's in the building. Now, Yee?

So the album's dropping soon? Anything else dropping? No, you trying to make me leave here when I'm just getting started, man. Anything else dropping we should know besides just the album? You know what I mean? Self-made fool. Self-made fool. How surprised were y'all with me going album of the year at the Billboard?

I wasn't surprised at all. Why? Surprised over what? Because the album is dope. You heard the album. I think it's dope too. So what would you be surprised? But you know when it comes to the politics of the business.

If anything, we were surprised that the game just was fair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If it was just that. Drake, Kendrick, who else was in that category? Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre? Who wasn't in that category? And Drake and Future. Drake and Future.

It's Billboard giving an award. So it's not like it's numbers. It's theirs, right? You know what it was, though? People think it's all Wahala attached to that joint. The true fact is when his album dropped, like, eight records charted. Number one two weeks in a row? They put in work, though.

Promising for you, though. I don't know, man. I just think I'm trying to pursue that. I love the art, and I write all my raps. I write every note, everything. So it's important to me to be known as somebody that's doing that. I put a lot of time in this, you know.

Maybe sometimes I'm overheads, but I just expect that. I grew up in that time when we would listen to Jay and hear a verse three months later and then catch something.

And I just try to design myself the same way. Whatever happened to your management? Didn't you was supposed to get new management? I mean, Leonard is there right now.

Leonard is right there. I thought it was a rumor you was signing with like a real big manager. That's what he said last time. He was here last time he was talking about announcing. Yeah, I did. Well, I ain't going to lie. Listen, man, listen.

I did an agreement with Scooter Braun. Scooter? I did a deal with Scooter. The story could probably be told a different way. They're stronger than I am. So if Scooter make a statement right now, it'll be what he say, you know what I mean? Because we have a disagreement on what exactly happened.

At the end of the day, I'm a grown man. I'm 31, so I'm not stupid. Like, I know you're going to do what's right for you and your family. The stakes is high with you. If going to run behind Ye is what's best for you and your profile in rap, why wouldn't you do that? Or Justin Bieber just dropped their number one album and got five

number ones on there and the biggest, why not? You got Tori Kelly and Justin and Ariana Grande. Like I said, I'm not going to hide from the people. That shit happened. I heard Scooter didn't want you because he can't have two artists with dreads. So it was either you or Justin. It might have been. It might have been.

It might have been. But Justin cut his. I'm still waiting on the convo, but I don't want to be all like, you black person, you didn't do this for me. Like, we could do it. You know what I'm saying?

I just got to have more faith in my people. Like, y'all holding me down and just getting back to where I got. But understand this. My success is everybody that's ever been told, like, you're not going I got. But understand this. My success is everybody that's ever been told, like,

you're not going to be able to do this. People like to do that fake sob story when they get on, like, nobody believed in me. My Joan is for real. Like, y'all saw it. You're witnessing it right now in some aspects. My PYT, though. My PYT. What you learn?

We learn that he's not bothered as he was before. He might have found that love or that person he was looking for. He seemed in a better space than he did last time. Last time he seemed very disgruntled. I just got some reasons to shine now. I got reasons to shine. Let's just leave it right there. And plus, you got to appreciate your blessings.

You are a solid artist out here, bro. Nah, nah, that's what we defer. You're solid You got gold albums People have made me believe differently And that's driven me to a place that I go harder and harder and harder And try to think where I go wrong

On that note You ending it? No I'm putting my glasses back on You're ending it? It's the Breakfast Club Morning y'all this is J. Cole My glasses back on. He just put his glasses on. No, no. You're ending it? It's the Breakfast Club. Y'all late. Morning, y'all.

This is J. Cole. Cole, we're up. You're listening to the best of the Breakfast Club. Wake your ass up. That was J. Cole, no role models. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

We have some special guests that were supposed to be here, but one came on time. Yeah, one. He came early. He came actually an hour early. This empty chair is supposed to be for Remy Martin. Right. But she's not here yet. She's not here. Remy Martin's not here, but Fat Joe is. Good morning, sir. Hey, yo, what's up? What's up? What's up? Now, y'all got the joint album coming. Is this what you're going to have to deal with? Hurry.

Nah, I told y'all behind the scenes that she actually been real, real professional and showing up in time. I'm actually really, really praising her and really impressed, you know, how she's been moving as a businesswoman. But, you know, she got caught up in traffic. You know what I'm saying? I know the importance, you know what I'm saying, of being to the breakfast club on time. You know what I'm saying?

I was on an Emirates flight to Dubai, and one of the Arab chicks that works there. Emirates flight is the flight with the bar inside. I've never been on one of those. For rich people. It's a fancy. It's a fancy. Your bedroom and all that. But the point is they have a section where the employees, like the stewardess, you know, they chill and rest or whatever.

So I'm passing by, the curtain's open, I'm a little nosy. And I look and the chick is watching y'all show on the computer. I'm going to Dubai! I'm like, yo, this is lit! I'm like, yo, on an Emirates going to Dubai flight with the computer

on, I was like, yo, this is serious right now. Shout out to Emirates, don't be afraid to bring your breakfast club on the flight, you know what I'm saying, to Dubai. That's crazy, bro. That was shocking for me. Because, you know, it's real conservative and all that. What was shocking to me was how you and Remy Moore got back together

because it was a nasty split. I remember you saying you would never forgive Remy Martin because she hurt your feelings. She hurt me bad, though. I possibly never been hurt more. Really? Yeah. And you've been through some wars in the streets. That's a lot. No, no, no. It was because

there's some wars that's not physical. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's like when you wear your heart, when you bring your heart to it. She's my little sister. She lived with me for three years. Sleeping on the tour bus,

going everywhere with us. Nobody really, really knew who she was like that. And when that went happen and that went down, you know, that was like the straw that broke the camel's back or whatever have you

where I was just hurt. And then because of my breakup with her, I could've signed Rick Ross. I could've signed Pitbull. Like, really. Right. Like, really? Right. Like, you know what I mean?

I was just so turned off by what had happened that I was like, yo, you know what? I'm never messing with artists again. That's crazy. You done messed that Pitbull up because you see Pitbull. Yeesh. You know the thing about Fat Joe? Pitbull's like God right now, man.

You don't get the credit for, like, your scouting abilities when it comes to talent. I'm a serious scouter, man, because my thing is all about bringing pillars to the community. You know what I'm saying? If I discover Kool and Dre, they do all them game albums. They're legends. You know, Khaled. Khaled, my little brother, he's a Beatle right now.

Khaled will not stop. Beatle. You know what I'm saying? Or LV, Super Producer, or Remy Ma. You know, she's still competing. She's back with this album right here. She's definitely in a heavy conversation of female rapper of the year, male or female.

You got Remy, you got Big Pond. You know, I've discovered him outside of a bodega, a fatter Puerto Rican dude. You know what I'm saying? Who would have thought that dude would have been, you know, he's on myican dude. You know what I'm saying? Who would have thought that dude would have been, you know, he's on my top five, you know what I'm saying? You turned down Eminem six times, I heard.

Yeah, man, that's crazy. Joe, you just named about $300 million you left on the table. I messed up bad. Now, do you think Pitbull would have been Pitbull if he decided with you? Because Pitbull wasn't the pop guy back then. Yeah, yeah. Listen, first of all, Now, do you think Pitbull would have been Pitbull if he decided with you? Because Pitbull wasn't the pop guy back then. He was hardcore.

Yeah, yeah. Listen, first of all, please. I had an opportunity. That's all I'm saying. Pitbull is a genius. He created his own lane. I can't take no responsibility. Like, I don't know.

You know, Pitbull, he's the man. You know what I'm saying? And, in fact, he told me one time, one time I sat down with him as a brother, and he was just like, I was like, yo, Pitt, man, I see you're so smart. He said, yeah, I learned off of all your mistakes. Wow. Damn it, man. Nah, real talk.

And then he told me, he said, you should have signed me. You should have signed Ross. You should have signed this. You shouldn't have signed that. You ain't want to. I'm about to tell you. That is true, John. I'm about to tell you a little bit.

You had Miami. Like, you had half of Miami in your head. Before anybody moved out there. Yeah. Like, don't remind me. How was you and Remy's initial conversation of that beef squash? How was that conversation? I mean, because it was thick.

Well, what happened is, right, I was in Miami a couple of blocks from my house. So I picked up and it was like alright you got a call And then she was like yo And I was like Yo I knew the voice immediately And she was like what's up And I'm like what's up And I'm like hey yo Rem

Like what do you want you calling me I'm like you calling me Get to it Like what's going on Nah I think that we should be family again. And I was just like, yo, I was just like, come on, man. You know, I love you. That was it.

She broke down on the phone, and it just felt great. I was just like, you know, and I was just like, wow. Like, I ain't never think that was going to happen. You know what I'm saying? I prayed for her all the time, though, still. You know what I'm saying? And she said her all the time, though, still. You know what I'm saying? And she said Papoose really wanted you guys back together again. Papoose the greatest husband on the earth.

Without question. He make all us look bad. These guys was, man, please. Stop. Like, stop, bro. Black love. He's killing me, man. Rim and test.

Okay. Damn. You look like you killed a whole. Call Peter. What up a whole... Call Peter. What up, bro? Call Peter. What up, bro? What's up?

Hey, y'all. Damn. Sorry I'm late, guys. I was all the way up. I could not leave you alone. Stunning right now. She does. I'm almost not mad at you no more.

Now, bro, we asked Joe this. We heard Joe's side of the story. How did y'all get here? Because there was a time when Joe said he'd never forgive you. Ever. He didn't mean that when he said that. He just told me because he had lips. He didn't mean that.

The thing is, we should have never got where we were. Let's just start with that. It should have never went that way ever in a million years. It took me to be away from everything that I love and that I wanted to be with and that I cherish to really sit down and think about the people that I felt were important to my life, not that I thought were important to me,

that really made an impact on my life and that I loved and I cared about. And when it was time for me to start coming home, I just really didn't want to come home and still not be cool with him and still have any type of ill feelings for bad decisions

that I made prior to the person that I am now. I made a lot of bad decisions and the beef with me and Joe was definitely one of them and I didn't want to come home and still have that. I felt like I fixed every other bad decision, and that really needed to be fixed.

And I'm happy that we were able to do that because it's like we didn't miss a beat at all. Was the intent to just fix it, or was the intent to, okay, we got to get back in the studio? I never even crossed my mind about music. It wasn't even about music at all, period. It was deeper than that. It was just like I wanted my brother back.

All right, we got more with Fat Joe and Remy Ma when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Bryson Tiller with Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Fat Joe, Remy Ma is in the building. Hey, yo, Pat Poose, what's up, man? Pat! Hey, come over here, man. You know you ain't never been shot at cameras. Now, speaking of Pat, did you make the men sit down and iron things out because it was a little situation

between Joe and Pat? You know what was so crazy? It wasn't even necessarily like, oh, you sit down, okay, you say your piece. It was just like, I think they both realized how much each other loves me. Like, Joe, like, can't nobody front. Like, this guy loves me. Like, I had my sister with me for the first time yesterday.

She met him. She was like, he really loves you. Like, she's like, he sees it. And this was, like, my biggest hater in the world. Like, I couldn't do nothing. So, like, his mom was like, no one's my girl rapper. Like, it was, like, blocking all day. So, for him to actually meet somebody and feel like he's, like, friend.'s became my girl rapper. It was like blocking all day. So for him to actually meet somebody and feel like he's like,

man, he's the perfect guy for you. He loves you. So I think both of them with their feelings that they have for me, let them put aside anything. And they both expressed how they wish none of that ever happened. And that was my fault too. It's like when you want to beat up your little sister, but you can't, so you want to fight her boyfriend.

It's like one of those type of situations. It's like, yo, I want to kill her, but I can't. You know what? She likes him. That's it. It was stupid. I feel like if I was there, it would have never happened. Do you regret Remy's first album? Because Remy had everything lined up. The singles,

the street records, everything was there, but it didn't perform well. The only issue, like now that I'm older, like I tell you all the time, like I was mad because I felt like he was the top. Like I felt like he had the power to make them do what I wanted them to do.

And they pretty much were jesting him to death like they was doing it. Like I literally got banned from the office that I was signed to. My wife got sued because her and Ram washed a chick in the record label

or whatever. It was crazy. It was crazy because I had to pay $80,000. It was like, people was like chilling. It wasn't like, I didn't feel like

people believed in me. They didn't send out enough copies. I guess they didn't believe that people were going to buy them. So they didn't press them up. Like, I literally had

people bombarding me. Like, I went to 50 different stores and it's not there. Whatever. Still rings off to this day. Conceded. Still does what it does. The Feel So Good record with Ne-Yo. You didn't even get a video.

No. But see, now the Feel So Good video with Ne-Yo, that was a different story. Ne-Yo, when we did the record, he wasn't signed yet. Really? Joe, we got into a big argument, me and Joe. Joe actually went. Oh, no, I'm wrong on that one, too. He went and got married.

I was like, come on. Yo, man, that ain't going to work. He went behind my back. Oh, he's going to be the man. He's going to be the man. I was like, not that nigga right there. He was like, believe me. Yo, in his face.

I'm the worst, bro. But I fought for it, and we stayed on the record. Joe actually went behind my back, booked a whole session with Mario, had him sing the record over and everything. I found this out at a listening session for my album. The song was on, I'm like, that's not real. He's like, oh, yeah, surprise. I went and got.

Are you kidding? She was right. Mario was dope kidding me? She was right. Mario was dope too. She was right. But my argument was, this is the guy that's writing Mario songs, but neither here nor there. Moving on along.

I wanted to shoot the video. Shout out Neo. You're incredible. Yes, he's amazing. And he's really a good friend, so he reaches out all the time. You can sign Neo too, Joe. Yo, Neo, can you do a song with me?

We up to 700 million now of artists that you love. He had a deal by the time it was time for me to shoot my video. And through Def Jam, Def Jam was putting out the Ghostface record,

the Back Like That record that they had. They didn't want to allow him to do my video because both of the records was out at the same time. So why not put out the remix version with Mario?

I was just so pissed off. I was crushed. I tell people all the time, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. He was in charge of Def Jam at the time, so I felt like he single-handedly... I was like, does he know that I know all his songs? Why does he do this to me? Yeah, because that was the rumor that

Joe and Jay had beef. He wouldn't clear the needles. I kind of felt like that, but I just... I just felt like. I remember reading that. Y'all looked at me like, if he don't start today. This is not what we're talking about. Like, I just felt like, you know how like when you're a fan of somebody, you feel like they know you and that they should know how much you love them.

I'm like, just over that, like he's supposed to be like, nah, let's let it rock. So we never even shot it. But like I said, a lot of people have, you know, other artists that was out at the time and they like, oh, my album did this much

and I sold this much. But they can't get a booking to save their life today. These records don't play at all, period. Like, I'll tell them to their face. You know, you're as good

as your last hit in hip hop. We were talking about that coming this way that hip hop is almost like an unfortunate genre of music. Like, you can still see Patti LaBelle getting 80,000 a show. Absolutely. Hip-hop throws away our classics. Absolutely. They throw them away.

Hip-hop, like, they don't appreciate, you know, people who put in that work. And it's almost sad, man, because they leave somebody for dead. If you ain't a hustler, entrepreneur, knowing how to get money or whatever the case may be,

you could really get caught up in the game with this hip-hop thing. So it's like, you know. It's a good thing we're hustlers, entrepreneurs and know how to get that money. We got the hottest thing,

Pop. Let's talk about the new album now. How was recording the film? They said, Pap didn't want you in the studio. It wasn't that he didn't want me.

I was trying to explain to him, like, look, babe, I'll be back in a couple weeks. Charlamagne, hold on. Why are you saying it like that? That's not what happened. Listen, he's her husband, bro. Who said that, man?

He's her husband. He didn't want her with guys. You know, he knows Joe, but he don't want that. And then when he... Pap? Because I heard you apologize to Jaws, right? Oh, man, listen, this is what happened.

She came out of nowhere spontaneously. Like, yo, listen, man, my brother called me. I got to go down here and do this album. I'm going for a week. The entire loving hip-hop staff from Mona on down was calling me like, Pap, please, what's going on? What does she mean she's leaving for a week? So I'm like, I'm going to take the hit.

I'm like, yo, baby, you can't do it. You know, I had to get cursed out and go through all the shenanigans. But I'm like, yo, how's going on? What does she mean she leaving for a week? So I'm like, I'm going to take the hit. I'm like, yo, baby, you can't do it. You know, I had to get cursed out and go through all the shenanigans. But I'm like, yo, how can you leave? We got a wedding coming up right here. And we got a film every day this week. How can you leave for a week? That's what happened. Okay, but what happened when we got in that studio, though?

What happened then? Oh, man. Oh, oh, oh. I witnessed, yo, I was happy that I got a chance to witness these two in action. Real talk. I'm not just saying it or being on no fakeness. Phenomenal. All right, we got more with Fat Joe and Remy Ma when we come back.

Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Ludacris. What's your fantasy morning, everybody? It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Fat Joe, Remy Ma is in the building.

When's the album dropping? She has another day for us. What you thinking, Rem? I'm thinking a little bit more like in October. No! No, it's too late. I'm telling y'all. She did six years.

Six years. I'm telling y'all. I'm telling y'all. She wanted to do the set-up. She wanted to do the set-up. But he doesn't understand it. No, no. You say that because all you heard was All The Way Up.

Right. We have a hit album. Like, every song, when we went in there, we went in with the mindset that every song is going to be crazy and that's what happened. Like it's to the point that we don't know

what song, like it was All The Way Up is crazy and that was like, maybe we shouldn't go with that one. It should be something else. That's how crazy it is

and I want people to understand that. We're not one of those people that come out with a high record and that's it and we ride out and be like, oh, I wonder if they have

another one waiting, what's going to happen? That's not us. I would like to build that. I don't want people to miss this by jumping on out and be like, oh, I wonder if they have another one waiting. What's going to happen? That's not us. I would like to build that. I don't want people to miss this by jumping on waves and just like, no, we need to get this money. Let's get that money. We need to get that money, man.

All right. Don't even bring it up because I've been getting hit in my head. I'd be like, yo, so I sat there and watched this whole thing happen and nobody let me touch that booth. All right. I see what's going on here.

But what's so crazy is it's really just me and Joe. You hating. Like, no. It's really just me and Joe. Like, no, not. We got a Todd Dollar sign on the album. Oh, you put a Todd Dollar sign on that album? No, but we don't mean it like that.

Come on, man. Are y'all going to do, like, your own show? You know, because you have so much going on outside. I feel like everyone definitely wants to, like, a lot of people are like, well, why did you do it? You know, because no lie, I came home doing my shows, five figures out the door. Like, nope, I'm not coming. I'm not making this not happen.

Like, everybody wants to sign me. Everybody wants to do my own show. I need people to understand that, okay, this is a, first of all, I'm a different Remy altogether. Anybody who's encountering me, like,, oh my God, you're so changed. I'm still the same me, but I'm more polished. I'm more, you know, I'm more wise. I'm smarter.

I'm older. And I needed people to see not just Remy Ma, the walk around the metal detectors, the any, I need them to see Remy Ma, you know, the business woman, Remy Ma, the, you know, the mother, the wife, somebody that's the You know The mother The wife Somebody that's a Real human person That's tangible That's a touch And that's like

You know Not crazy Because there are people That be like Yo she's a convicted felon She went to jail For shooting somebody I don't want to work with her

I don't want her in my venue I don't want her Because before I left Literally Right before I left It was impossible for me To even do any People were scared

To have me in their clubs Like if they thought If we put her here She's going to shoot somebody That's how people was thinking so you have to set up an image it's almost it's almost like when you the real ones you gotta downplay it you know i mean i mean i i got in the industry i'm telling them please don't sign him he's an extorter or robber whatever right don't let them in the industry. So I actually used to play like when I first got in the game, because

I knew everybody was scared. So I was like, hey, you know, and I'm watching the soft rappers beat up, throwing them down the stairs. I'm like, oh my God, what's going on here? You play terrible. Horrible. You did a horrible job.

Let me tell you something. I wrote a story that DJ's getting thrown in vans. I want you to know that, son. You did a horrible job throughout the year. Hey, y'all, y'all, let me tell you something. I'm telling you. I've heard stories of DJs getting thrown in vans. Nah, nobody tried, Joe. I didn't say anything. I don't know what you're talking about, player. Everywhere by himself. He did everything.

See, and this is why I feel like some of this, what happened with my situation, is these guys' fault. There was no way that I was supposed to end up with the Pussy Rapids. That's what I was supposed to do. It would have been a little bit better. There was no way they were supposed to put me with these maniacs. We needed a balance. And that's terrible because pun was the same way. From the first day I looked at him I was like

oh my god this guy's going down. Who used to calm you down Joe? Because we hear stories of you calming people down but who used to calm you down? Because I heard Nori on Tax Season podcast, and he talked about the Rockefeller terror squad fight. I don't know what you're talking about. Come on, Charlamagne.

Come on. Come on. Stop, Charlamagne. Come on, stop. I think with Joe, once he got into a different tax bracket and realized being nice gets you more money. Well, they sued me. He was like. You're right.

And they sued me 10 times in one year. Jeez. $80,000, $60,000, $50,000. Dudes was coming out. It was almost like a gimmick. It was like, yo, you know how they, you remember how you watch the newspaper every week and you see Mike Tyson sued again? Right, right, yeah.

It wasn't his fault. They come and say, your mother's a lesbian. You're a sucker. I'm like, brother, we're both born equal. Your grandmother. I'd be like, oh no, we dancing on him. Sure as I dance on him.

I'm locked up. His lawyer contacts my lawyer, y'all. Let's settle this. I mean, ten times in a row and I realize, I said, they know I'm rich. I'm getting baited. Like, I'm getting suckered into these. Licking sneakers and extending Ferraris.

No, they was like, yo, this guy's the lick. He's guaranteed to swing on us. It's going down. So I just realized that, oh, no, we're not going to win with this. So I had to calm it down. And then me also bringing up Remy, bringing up Pun, bringing up Tony Sunshine was crazier than any guy. Tony Sunshine? He was crazy.

What? R&B said killer for real. He was crazy. He threw us out of Battery Studio. He threw the gun in the engineer's head. He was crazy. Tony Sunshine was crazy. R&B, he had a song, My Faux Faux.

He was my gun. I love my crazy. All of them. And I a song, My Faux Faux. He was my gun. I love my crazy. All of them. And I had to deal with these wild, wild guys. Like, everybody. Like, it was just wild. All right. Well, keep it locked.

We got more with Fat Joe. More with Remy. You don't want to go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Rihanna with work. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Usually the rumors are right here, but Fat Joe and Remy's here, so we're going to push those back. Been a lot of forgiveness in your life, though, Joe, because it's pap, rem, 50. Like, you know, that comes with wisdom, age, what? Nah, it's never been.

I've never been an abuser. I love peace more than war. I mean, believe me, I came up on violence and it's sad to say, but I enjoy it sometimes. We do, Joe. You know what I'm saying? Nah, but I'm just saying I prefer peace over war any day. Any day

I prefer peace. If I could go to Israel and Palestine and broker that thing, I'll go broker that thing. I'm about peace. Actually, if you think about some of the older people, me, Joe, me, half 50, Pat, these weren't people that, it wasn't like murder one beef, like, oh, you did something to somebody in my family or something crazy.

It was things that I think weren't that serious. But being the people that we are that take everything to the butt crack, like, and there's just no turning back, I think that that's why it was escalated into the situations that they became. But when you really get down to the root of them, it was never no real,

nobody ever strobs him at gunpoint or did something to his family members or something like that. And it's easier once you get older to forgive people and to work things out with people when you realize like, yo, that was some, that was violent. Like, you know what I'm saying?

Sometimes you do that. And that does, I believe, come with wisdom. And it also comes with, like he said, nobody want to be all day. Nobody wants to walk out of their crib all day, every day, making sure if I run into this one, I'm going to have to do this. So it's like, it's cool when you can just walk out and you're just good. You know, you don't got no problems with nobody. Nobody don't got no problems with you.

It's just a good feeling. Nice piece of advice. It's just a different time in hip-hop, too. Like, so. Y'all almost don't fit in. Even though y'all been here, y'all almost don't fit in to what's going on. That's a very good point. I don't think nobody who

came up around my time and definitely around Rem's time still makes music that goes with what's going on today. So it was really, really hard to make our fans happy and be like, yeah, they back, they hot.

But at the same time, catch this young wave that's going on. I'm in a strip club, they pickers and bookers and pickers and bookers. And I'm like, yo, pickers and bookers. And I'm sitting in there like, I gotta grab the hookah, I don't even smoke. I'm like, y'all, niggas and boogers. And I'm like, I'm sitting in there like, I got to grab the hookah. I don't even smoke.

I'm like, all right, how we going to move to our shit? Right. Like, everybody, I want to tell y'all, this is syndicated. Everybody who ever supported me, Remy, Pun, like, I love y'all. I want to see y'all on the road every time I go over there. And so many relationships we grew up with and we see people floating all over. Y'all the only guys, really not y'all because you're super winning, but the music business is the only thing I compare to, like, athletes.

They'll come wake a guy up and be like, yo, you're being shipped to Oklahoma today. You're on 103 Jams, Oklahoma. They're going to be like, what, I'm the king of Philly. What are you talking about? They'll be like, you wake I'm the king of Philly. What are you talking about? They're going to be like, you wake up, you go to Philly, you go, all right, calm them down. I go calm them down, right? Fat Joe come through, yo, yo, calm them down.

You're all right, Joe. Nah, it's going to be all right. Don't worry. Boston don't get that cold. It's below zero. Next thing you know, hey, I'm in Miami now, Joe. Y'all like athletes, man. They come knock on the door.

You've been traded. Me and Emmy always been in New York. Have a love in New athletes. They come knock on the door. You've been traded. Me and Emmy always been in New York. Have a love in New York. God bless. That's right. Well, there you have it. It's Fat John,

Reggie Moore. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day at Jungle Bay. I'm a Democrat,

so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed way. So like a donkey. See? Donkey of the Day. The practice club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Yes, Donkey of the Day goes to ex-Ohio State superstar football player Troy Smith. Now, Troy Smith.

Now, Troy Smith got arrested over the weekend for drunk driving, and cops found a little marijuana, a little weed in his car. Okay, now, drunk driving, driving while on drugs is stupid and selfish, and that by itself is donkey of the day worthy, but TMZ Sports obtained the dash cam video shot by the police officers when they pulled over the Heisman Trophy winner, and this takes it to a whole other level. I always find it amusing when people are drunk because when I'm drunk, I don't think I'm impaired. Meaning I know what's going on.

I know what I'm saying. When I see people like Troy Smith, I question if I've ever really been drunk. Can we hear this traffic stop, please? How you doing? Good, and yourself? I'm an officer, sir. What's that? I'm an officer. You're an officer? No,? No no no I'm great. How much alcohol you

consume tonight? None. Fair to say what's your highest level education? I graduated from Ohio State. Okay. My name is Troy Smith. Okay. College degree? I've graduated from Ohio State with a degree in bachelors. Okay fair to say you know the alphabet sir? Definitely, but that's what I'm trying to ask you. I just want to make sure you're not impaired, sir. Not at all. Okay, can you recite the alphabet for me, start at the letter C and stop at the letter W? I can definitely recite the ABCs from A to Z.

From C to W, can you do that? C, D, E, F-G-H-I. I just want to go home. Okay, turn around and put your head on your back. Okay, where do we start? First of all, he said he had no alcohol. Lie. Did lie detector test determine?

Yes. Second, he said, I'm officer. What does that even mean? What were you trying to say? Hi, officer. Yes, he said, I'm officer. What does that even mean? What were you trying to say? Hi, officer. Yes, hi. Maybe you said, I'm an officer's relative. You had a fraternal order of police card.

Maybe. As soon as you said, I'm officer, the police knew you were drunk, okay? They were just going along with you to see how good this was going to get. And it got better. Because what exactly is a degree in bachelors? You have a degree in single men? What kind of profession do you start with that degree? Do you get eligible bachelors

and hook them up with women who are looking for them? You have a degree in pimpology? Huh? Now, in his defense, the police hit him with a trick question with that alphabet thing. Okay, starting at C is a little difficult, but just sound it off in your head. A, B, boom, then start at C, and you wouldn't have

any problem. But, bro, you got stuck after I? Can I hear? I need to hear it one more time. Can I hear it one more time, please? Can you recite the alphabet for me? Start at the letter C and stop at the letter W? I can definitely recite the ABCs from A to Z. From C to W. Can you do that? C, D, E, F, G, H, I. I just want to go home. Okay, turn around for me and put your hands behind your back. Damn. Now, let's be clear. The cop was trying to be funny when he said recite the alphabet from C to W

because the CW was a black network that was the home of Dwayne's brothers' girlfriends in the game, okay? Y'all need to stay woke out here, all right? That cop knew what he was doing, okay? And you have to give the man, Troy, a little bit of props because he used the last letter he could remember in the alphabet to form a complete sentence. Play it one more time.

Just listen to what he did. This is genius. C-D-E-F-G-H-I. Just want to go home. I just want to go home. Amazing. Drop one of those bombs from Troy, damn it. Okay?

He should get some points for that. All right? Please give Troy Smith the biggest hee-haw, please. All right. You got to give him a little bit of props. He failed the field sobriety test, but that was a little bit of genius. The last letter you can remember is I, and then you just finish with a complete sentence,

just want to go home. Oh, round of applause to Troy Smith, man. My goodness. All right. That was amazing. The Breakfast Club. Hey, what's up? It's your boy Diddy, and you're listening to the best of The Breakfast Club.

Let's go. How's it going? It's B.I.G. More money, more problems. Morning, everybody. Jeezy's in the building. Pastor Young. What made you say now is the time to be more politically charged, more spiritual, I guess?

I mean, I've always been politically and spiritually charged, you know what I'm saying? Since I jumped off the porch, but it was really my incident that happened in L.A. Congratulations on beating that case, by the way. Yeah, but by the way, y'all did not report that, by the way. I didn't hear. We did. We did report that. Oh, yeah, because you called me, right?

Yeah, we did report that. Yeah, yeah, y'all did. It was a couple. Yeah, man, they did me dirty. And I was mad as hell, man, because I just felt like all the respect that I had built and everything that I had built for myself just got took away. I was an executive in the Atlantic building. I was co-owner of Avion.

I was all these things. Executive producing albums. Executive producing albums. I had other artists that I'm telling, yo, man, y'all got to walk it straight and narrow. You know what I'm telling YG. You know what I mean? You got to stay calm down. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? And then I'm locked up for something that I had nothing to do with. Right. So just luckily I had the finances and the resources to get out of it.

But if I didn't. Imagine that. Man. Could you imagine me sitting in jail at this part of my career, you know, 10, 20 years because you're charging me with a murder and assault rifles. Or even waiting for trial. Right. Like Bobby's murder.

Right. You feel what I'm saying? And it's real. So all this time I'm sitting in there, you know what I'm saying, and I didn't get out because the bill was a million dollars apiece and it was six individuals. So it was my drivers, my two bus drivers, my cameraman, my assistant, and I think somebody that was out just, you know, helping me move around.

And it was like, so it wasn't the homies. So as soon as we hit the county, you know, it's on. Right. You in L.A. So, you know, everybody know where I'm at with it. So it's boot up and set up. You know what I mean? So it was just like, it was my first unselfish moment.

You know what I'm saying? My first Malcolm X moment, if you will, because I feel like I had to really stay there and protect everybody because I was the only one that had the pants. I'm not going to leave everybody. No, no. Because you could have got out. You could have got yourself out.

By the way, the first 30 minutes I was in there, somebody was there to pay my bill. The first 30 minutes when I walked in, they said, you got a visitor. As soon as they put me in the cell, this bail bond and this lawyer, they was like, yo, your people sent us down here to get you. And I was like, okay, so everybody getting out?

They're like, no, you got to get out. You the brand. I'm like, the brand? Like, these are my people. They've been out here the whole tour. Keep in mind, this is the last day of the tour. The tour went perfect. Not a problem, not a flaw.

Everything. And I got to the last day, and I'm sitting here watching 20,000 people scream my name while they're putting handcuffs on me and my crew, and then they take us down. So anyway, long story short, we get in there, they try to bail me out. I'm like, nah, I don't want to leave everybody. I'm going to stay here. So I stayed there, and it was just a lot of time to think, man, and it was real because now when I came, I got to look my son in the face.

You know what I mean? I got to look my peoples in the face, and everybody like, yo, you out there bugging, but I did everything right. Right. And I understand that, and it just made me like, it just made me furious, dog, because it's like I worked hard to get here. Hard. Maybe that was God doing that on purpose. Right.

Just to give you that one last eye opener. I said, man, I'm going hard. And I'm telling the truth. This ain't even rap at this point. This ain't about selling no records. This ain't about getting no new fans. I'm going to tell you what's in my heart and in my mind. If you like it, that's on you.

But the only thing that kept me strong in there was religion because, you know, my grandma kept bringing me up in the church, but I had to be strong for everybody else because they ain't never been in them situations. You know, you got people on the phone talking to their parents. They're like, you with the rapper. You know they're charging you with murder. You're never getting that.

I'm like, oh, man. They get on the phone like, man. I'm like, yo, man, y'all don't got to get no lawyers. I promise you I'm paying for everything. That's real. You know what I'm saying? Do they man, they get on the phone. I'm like, man, I'm like, yo, man, y'all don't got to get no lawyers. I promise you, I'm paying for everything. That's real. You know what I'm saying? Did they have you separate from everybody? They tried to put me in general pop, which I was cool with.

You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, I had no problem with that. It is what it is. You in jail. Like, you don't get no privileges. But, you know, I was telling them. It's too crazy. Yo, it was like Tupac coming through the door.

They're like, yo, what up, man? Throwing up sets. I'm like, oh, man, the best skits at all. I'm door. Like, yo, what up, man? Throwing up sets. I'm like, oh, man, the best skits at all. I'm like, oh, man, this is it. It was weird because it was like, I'm thinking we just in there for the gun charges. Come to find out, everybody thinks we in there for murder. For murder, yeah.

You know, when they're coming to get you out of your cell for lunch, it's like, oh, yeah, these the guys with the 187. I'm like, whoa, man. What are you speaking of, man. What do you speak of, man? Hold up. It's innocent until proven guilty. Do you move differently now? Absolutely. A lot lighter, a lot smarter.

Even though I was moving lighter at that time, too. It's just real now. And it's just like if they do that to me, they'll do that to you or anybody else. And it's just like, you know, hadn't I had the resources or finances, I probably would have still been in jail, man. You know what I'm saying? You know, it's just like, you know, hadn't I had the resources and finances, dog, I probably would have still been in jail, man. You know what I'm saying?

You know what's so funny? When you hear, like, when we was in Atlanta and you said, I didn't do anything, I'm going to get cleared. In my mind, I'm like, okay, we hear that all the time.

We were like, man, poor J.D. He got the album. Yo, it was so smart because, you know, I'm a past criminal, so I know how to get out. I told my lawyer,

I said, look. He said future, past criminal. Somewhere in between, I was a criminal. So I tell my lawyer, I say, yo, look. I said, they already done played their cards, they played their hand. They too anxious to get me. Cool, let them put everything on me. I ain't touched no chopper since I was in 10th grade.

You know what I'm saying? There's no need. There's too many people that be around that will do that for me if that's what I need them to do, even though I wouldn't ask that. So let them place it all on me. And I know I ain't touched anything. So when they started doing DNA swabs and all that, I had them. I had them.

And that's how I beat the case. I told my lawyer, she called me, she's like, let me tell you something. I've never dealt with a person that's so strategic and knows how to forward think like that. She's like, you really played them. And then how they tried to play me, it really pissed me off, was after I beat them, they kept all my jewelry and all my money I had on the bus and all my clothes. If you want your stuff back, you got to play fair. Not snitch.

Let's get that. No snitching. But don't tell the media what really happened. Really? So I didn't even bother to play fair. Not snitch. Let's get that. No snitching. But don't tell the media what really happened. So I didn't even bother to try to... Did they still got you and stuff? Absolutely. And your money? Absolutely. How much was your worth? Man, you know how I be rocking.

Right, snowman. When all that was happening, did you have your daughter already or was she on the way? No, she was here. That was tough. That was tough. Your newborn daughter. Tough. Congrats on that. Yeah. Congrats. Yeah, it was tough, man. It was like, damn, you know, this is it. This is how we gonna start this off.

Alright, we got more with Jeezy when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Designed to Panda. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Jeezy's in the building. Now, Yee? Your 10-year anniversary for 101.

Yeah. Talk about bringing the whole city out. Right. We was out of town. Yeah, I wanted to go to that. I think I had to. No, but listen. It was a crazy feeling because I was running around. I hadn't been to Atlanta since I went out to L.A. to start recording.

So I hadn't been to Atlanta in all of four months. So nobody had seen me. So it was kind of crazy. You know what I mean? It was just a feeling of just the energy. But that was my oh man, you really here moment.

You know what I mean? Just from everybody I called and just how it went down. I called Kanye. I was like, yo, I need you for this show. He's like, what day? He's like, I'm there.

You know what I mean? I called Andre 3000. You know, Andre, I tell people Andre 3000 like unicorn tears, man. You'll never see him. I was like, wow, Andre 3000 showed up. And I called him. I was like, yo, I tell people, Andre 3000, like unicorn tears, man, you'll never see him. You'll never see him. And I called him, I was like, yo, three, I

need you for this 10-year-old he's like, what? What should I wear? I'm there. You know what I'm saying? He said, what should I wear? What should I wear? I'm there. You know what I'm saying? People weren't expecting him to come out. So people literally stood there for like three seconds like, is that the unicorn? Right. People literally stood there for like three seconds like. Is that? You know what I'm saying?

Is that the unicorn? Right. And it was crazy because it was like, it's Atlanta. T.I. came, Scrappy came, Fable turned up, Bun B, Manny Fresh, Drama, Boys in the Hood, which was crazy for me. Wow. You know what I'm saying? Because we haven't been on the same stage in over 10 years.

And I called them and, you know, even with the little friction that probably happened because, you know, it was a group. No, we got you, man. So when I got there and just saw all that love, I was kind of overwhelmed because it was like a big party and all your friends was there. And it was just like I never seen, you know, people smile that much. I'm just going to be for real. Like in the city because, you know, everybody always, you know what I mean? But it was happy. It was rejoicing it was like man and then you know really it was a win-win for me because how do you go put perform thug motivation in atlanta

where it originated at you know i mean so it was just like from top to bottom it was like every song was you know what i'm saying right it was crazy this guy kept going up and up and up and when uh drake came out and did I Do I seen somebody tap somebody else like yeah Jay Z about to come out too and it was on title

right didn't it yeah I mean Jay was gonna come like that's the dope thing about Jay maybe he was gonna come but I was almost like man it would be

overkill at this point why not you came to the B-side show yeah yeah you can't really do dope boys without hold right

right right but it would have been overkill man cause Kanye was there it was just so much in this B-side show. Yeah, yeah. You can't really do Dope Boyz without Hovland before. Right, right, right. But it would have been overkill, man, because Kanye was there. It was just so much going on. I was like, I ain't going to push the issue like that.

But even when I called him, he was like, yo, what's up? I pull up. Well, we got something coming up. We'd love to have you in the room.

You know, since you do favors and stuff forever. We'd love to have you in the room, Dope Boyz. We're not going to overkill at all, man. Hey, Charlamagne is so strategic, man.

He's like, yeah, all right, all right, cool. What's your relationship like with Big Meech? It's good. He's been moving around, you know, a lot. I ain't really spoke to him a lot, but I get messages from, I think I got messages from somebody else the other day that told me he was like, just keep up the good work. But he ain't moving around a lot, you know what I'm saying?

And at the same time, I think he was in solitary or something for a minute. You know what I mean? And that was pretty much the last time I really had a chance to holler at him. But I've been getting messages here and there from different people because he talks to everybody. Because I know that even though the statute of limitations, you don't speak about that too much. No, because it's just out of respect.

You know what I'm saying? It's just out of respect, man. It's just like, you know, I don't know what he got going on there. I don't know what he going through. Gotcha. And it's like, I don't want to set the tone,

you know, for nothing or say nothing that I shouldn't say because that's my friend. And I think that's where a lot of people missed because I hear things, oh, Jeezy didn't get a Maloy. Like, it's my dude, man.

Like, you don't even understand the half. You wouldn't even understand that conversation if I told it to you because he's a different type of guy. And if that conversation was to ever be heard, they'd be like, wow. You know what I mean? And we all did the right thing.

And, dude, he just was the type of person he would give his last, and, you know, he just got caught up in a bad situation. You know what I'm saying? It's just like it's so unfortunate because he's a great leader. Dude, people follow him to the end of the world. You know what I'm saying? To this day, yeah. Yeah, to this day.

Even while he's in there. And it's just unfortunate. But I just think when I hear people talk about our relationship, sometimes I feel a way in and sometimes these industry people, they don't know. You know what I mean? It's not rap. It's deeper than that.

You know, we're? It's not rap. It's deeper than that. You know, we're talking years at a time. We're building a relationship with somebody that was unbreakable and the bond was real and it wasn't based on music, money, or nothing.

It was just based on two individuals and it's all the same. You know what I'm saying? If they do a movie, you gotta be a part of that. BMF is the movie. Aren't they working

on the movie? I mean, listen, I just hope that enough time has passed. I mean, I'd say let's wait another three just to be sure. If not a movie, a scene in the knuckles. Right.

We got more with Jeezy when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Needed Me, Rihanna. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, we usually do the rumors here. We're not gonna do the rumors because Jeezy's here. Rihanna morning everybody is DJ MV Angela Yee Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now we usually do the rumors here but we're not going to do the rumors because Jeezy's here right

well we kind of are we'll get into some rumors with him like for instance Jeezy how did you resolve your issues that you had with Def Jam man I gotta be honest man like you know Def Jam has been a great part of my career and as artists you know what I mean and as men sometimes we can agree to disagree but I think they get it I used to be like yo I love it as a singer he like I, you know what I mean, and as men, sometimes we can agree to disagree,

but I think they get it. I used to be like, yo, I love it as a singer. He's like, I don't know if I like that. I'm like, yo, trust me. And then when it works, it goes.

Okay. Yeah, man, that's what's up. You know what I mean? What he told me was like, go talk to your people. And then you was like, somebody need to hire me as an A&R.

A&R, yeah. But is it hard when artists that feel like you guys are kind of in competition? Right. You know, for you to try to work with them as far as an A&R. A&R, yeah. But is it hard when artists that feel like you guys are kind of in competition, you know, for you to try to work with them as far as an A&R? Well, it depends on who it is. If it's somebody that understands. Because even a lot of times when I play my records for Jay,

I just watch his face on certain things. And when I see him, he get into his little joint. I don't even say nothing. I'm like, okay, that's what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying? You know what I mean? And it happened the same thing with me. Kanye called me.

I'll never forget. I'm on the floor sitting in my mom's crib. He's like, can you come out to Hawaii? I was like, yeah. For sure. I said, for sure.

What you need? He said, I just want you to come out here. I was like, cool. So I get out to Hawaii and he called me. He's like, yo, come to the studio. So I come to the studio

later on that night. I get in there and they got this big ass board up, and he called me. He's like, yo, come to the studio. So I come to the studio later on that night. I get in there, and they got this big-ass board up, like a marker board, and it got all the songs on it. At the top of the board, it got, what would Jeezy do? So he starts playing me these songs. He played me a lot of records, and I'm listening to them. And the ones that I would bob to, I would see them, his people that would go check them off.

And then the ones I was, like, standing there kind of standing there kind of like lost nobody move and then when he got done you know me I looked on the thing and had to do all the ones that I kind of sort of like you know me and I was just like you know you smart dude though cuz he called me was like yo Jeezy can I keep your ad-libs on the song we take it my money right I can't tell me nothing that was a record in me and was like, yo, Jeezy, can I keep your ad-libs on this song? Wait till I get my money right. Wait till I get my money right. Can't tell me nothing. Can't tell me nothing. That was a record that me and T.I. had

and I had on my album. I called Kanye for a verse and when he sent it back, the whole song was different. He went in there and changed the whole production. It was like, oh,

I'm like, yo, what the hell? You know what I'm saying? So I was like, yo, this ain't even the same song. So I was like,

yo, I can't rock with this. You know what I'm saying? So he was like, you know, yeah, he already, his mind's like, oh, cool ain't even the same song. So I was like, yo, I can't rock with this. You know what I'm saying? So he was like, you know, yay. He already had his mind. He's like, oh, cool, don't worry. Yeah, right. Cool, don't worry about it.

You know what I'm saying? I'll just take it. Right. So he got me for that one. So he called me. He was like, yo, can I keep your ad libs on it? You know, I'm like, yeah, whatever. So I hear it on the radio.

I'm waiting on me to come in. Hey, kept on my ad libs. I'm like, you know what I mean? I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm like, damn, it'll never come off. So I was like, damn. I think the world thought that.

They waiting for you. I was like, yeah, all right, here we go. Right, right. But he was smart enough to know my ad-libs was an instrument. He knew that. I didn't know that. One day, we both in London, we got a show. So I go on.

I got like 20,000 people out there. He go on. He got 80,000 people out there. Damn. First song, he does. Wait till I get my money right. I'm watching 80,000 people out there. Damn. First song he does, Wait Till I Get My Money Right. I'm watching 80,000 people singing, and I'm like, damn. How did I not see it?

And that's what makes him a musical genius. Absolutely. That was a classic album, too, by the way, The Recession. The Recession marked the moment in time that I think we're not even going to realize until years later, even when my president is black. Right, right. You put that out way before Barack Obama. Right, right, right.

Yeah, shouts out to Barack. He didn't let me in the dinner, but it's all good. What? He didn't let me in the dinner. He didn't let you in the dinner? He shouted you out of the dinner, though. That was big. He shouted you out.

Yeah, because he knew. He knew. I came back. They invited me to the dinner they had in New York. I flew all the way in. Got me a Tom Ford suit. You know what I'm saying? Looked spiffy.

That's expensive right there. Right, expensive. Right. I had to look my best. You know what I'm saying? Looked spiffy. That's expensive right there. Right. Expensive. Right. I had to look my best. You know what I mean? And I get there. See Kevin Liles, Trey Songz, everybody. You know, everybody happy, smiling. We taking pictures. They about to walk in. I'm right behind them.

And they let Kevin Liles and Trey Songz in. And I seen the Secret Service tap my guy. He said, he can't come in. I'm like... I got invited. It was like, no, he can't come in. I'm like... It was like, no, he can't come in. We tried to get him cleared. We can't clear him. And I remember

going back to the room. I was just like... I might have cried that time. I'm out of tears. It was crazy because it was like, damn, man. So I got on the plane and flew back to Atlanta. And the whole time on the plane, I was just like, damn.

I was mad, you know what I'm saying? Because I did the whole, my president is black. Right. People voting because of that right here. Right. I ran out and rented a bus to usher people to the polls. I did radio drops and was running around the neighborhoods telling people and encouraging them that you can vote, man. I got a lawyer right here.

He's telling, you know, convict a felon. No, you can vote. You know what I mean? Because everybody didn't know they could vote. So I did all that. And they get the slap in the face and I'm like, damn. That wasn't really a slap in the face. He's just telling you, look, the same way you're being by certain people right now. I understood that, but I didn't understand on the flight back. I had some

bars in my head. I was like, what? You're going to do a diss record to Obama? What? I had some bars in my head. I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I was like, no, don't do that. A diss record against Obama? Right, right.

Did you return the suit? God damn it. No, no, I had to give it. Right. You're going to give me a diss record to Obama? God damn it. So look, what was dope was I'm in London, and my mama called me. She's like, the president just shouted you out.

I said, my mama told you about smoking that weed. White House going on. You know what I'm saying? You can't be calling me with this. And she's like, no, I'm serious. And, you know, she don't know how to work her phone, so she can't see me in the video. So I'm like, mama, you lying. I'm going to call you back.

I got to go do this. Nevertheless, I'm sitting there. My phone started blowing up. Like, yo, man, the president shouted you out. So I'm thinking he might have just said something somewhere. I'm not knowing it is at a correspondent. Yeah, I'm not knowing that. And then somebody's sending it to me

and I'm sitting there and I'm looking. I looked at it a hundred times. I ain't on the front. You know what I'm saying? He just shot you out. He hit your ad lib too. Yeah. So I sent it to myself sometimes. And that's when I knew right there, I was like, yo, that dude is smart. And he's black, for real. On the low.

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