The Breakfast Club - Classic Interview (Dave Chappelle and Nipsey Hussle)

Episode Date: December 29, 2020

As The Breakfast Club is on break and gearting up for the next year, we flashed back to our classic interview with Dave Chappelle who spoke about being non apologetic, the late Charlie Murphy and more. Also we flashed back to the last time the late great Nipsey Hussle stopped in and spoke about owenership, west side protocools and more. Also remember when Charlamagne gave his hee haw to Ellen Degeneress? well we are running that back as well. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's the world's most dangerous water show. Cut the cameras, I'm out of here. I'm not a Greek. What kind of show is this? Let's not listen to this show. The Breakfast Club. With DJ Envy. The captain of this bitch.

With Angela Yee, the only one who can keep these guys in check. With Charlamagne Tha God. I'm a lovable asshole. And this is The Breakfast Club, bitches! It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

Good day. What's up, Terrence? Get it off your chest, bro. I want to just spread some good news, man. I want to tell y'all thanks. I want to tell y'all thanks. I don't think y'all know how important y'all are out here. Charlemagne, Envy, and Yee. Y'all sometimes just think of how y'all do for people on a regular basis. Thank you so much.

Nobody got time to be thinking about that. Bottom of my heart, bro. Yee do ask Yee when she humbly talk to people and give them good advice. Then she travel to cities and countries, traveled to states and countries, doing seminars and powering our sisters. You know, showing sisters what they can do, how they can become, how they can grow up and blow up.

Charlemagne, you're constantly digging up HBCUs, right? All y'all do is pretty much fundraise to help brothers and sisters go to college. Then you tackle mental awareness, and you donate to brothers and sisters and sisters and brothers with mental illnesses Because you know how to fake it too, right? Yeah

No, we appreciate No, we appreciate you for recognizing We appreciate you for recognizing The work, that's nice It is, and even Envy, you travel this country Holding seminars, showing people how to be bosses And they keep waiting for family and friends Y'all do this for people y'all don't even know.

So I just want to let y'all know we appreciate y'all, man. Thank you. And we appreciate you because we wouldn't even be in the position that we're in without you, so. That's right. We got your universal basic income check coming in the mail for, you know, bigging us up this morning. Thank you for that.

Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, man. This is Jermaine out of Atlanta with Bombay Vodka. What's going on, guys? What's up, Jermaine? Hey, what's up? Hey, man, just want to send some positive vibes,

positive energy out there, man. It's a scary time. Stay prayed up. We're going to get through this. And, man, just it's a trying time, y'all, to let this stick together on this. You ain't say nothing about pray for America. This is exactly why Donald Trump be saying America first.

You should have led with pray for America. I said pray for us first, my dude. I said pray for us. Oh, I didn't hear you say America. All y'all. All y'all, man. Pray for America, man. Pray for people.

How y'all doing, though? How y'all doing? We're doing good, man. We blessed. We living. We talking to the good people, man. We all right, man. Hello, who's this?

Hey, this is Chandler from Clemson, Ohio. How y'all doing? Chandler, what's up, bro? Hey, Chandler. Off your chest. Hey, man. Well, good morning, guys. Good morning.

Just wanted to let y'all know, you know, this coronavirus ain't scaring me. I still Ubered all weekend, still made my money. You know what I'm saying? I'm still outside with it. You better take your ass inside, Chandler. You know what I'm saying? Chandler, stay your ass inside, bro.

There's no reason to be outside. All you're doing is you probably, you could be infecting people or you can get infected. So just stay your ass home, bro. I'm going to do my best. I'm going to definitely do my best. All right, brother. Hello, who's this?

This is Chris from Bloomfield, New Jersey. I just want to give a shout out to everybody who out here is still grinding. I want to give a shout-out to everybody who out here is still grinding. I want to give a shout-out to you guys at the radio stations who's keeping us, you know, calm and entertained. And I want to give a shout-out, like I said again, to Bloomfield Police Department, Fire Department, they're holding it down for us.

Hello, who's this? Warren from Norfolk, Virginia. Warren from the 757. Get it off your chest, bro. How you doing? Good morning to you, DJ Envy. Good morning. Good morning to God. Angela Ye J. Envy. Sharpening God.

Angel Lee, good morning. Good morning. I just wanted to say, having a tough week. Got this coronavirus going around the world. Got a lot going on at work. Got legal problems, but everything's going to be alright by the end of the day. Gotta keep your head up. Keep moving forward. There you go. It could be worse. You could have

the coronavirus, sir. Yes. Yes. Thank you, Charlemagne. That's right. But we all gotta get through it. It could be worse. You could have the coronavirus, sir. Yes, yes. Thank you, Charlamagne. That's right. But we all got to get through it. We got to come together. That's right. It don't matter about... We don't got no choice.

...we don't have to raise about anything. Everybody got to come together and be as one. Get this out the way. Get this stuff out of the way. And... Yep. That is very true. This is something that impacts us all.

Keep your head up, bro. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Courtney Renee. How are you? Hey, Courtney Renee. Get it off your chest, mama. I, who's this? Hi, this is Courtney Renee. How are you? Hey, Courtney Renee.

Get it off your chest, mama. Well, I don't have anything on my chest. I just wanted to really wish my sister, Brittany Marche, a happy 29th birthday. Happy birthday to her. All right, well, happy birthday to her. She can't go no way to celebrate. What y'all doing?

No, we already turned up all weekend. We had a couple of house parties with all our family and friends. You know, everybody was cool. Wow. Sanitizers and light bulbs. No social distancing. No, no social distancing. Y'all supposed to be six feet away from each other.

Shame on y'all. I know, but you know, in South Carolina, Salome, you already know. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. already know. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Ross Lazarus. What's up, bro? What's up, bro? How you feeling today, man?

I'm feeling fine. One love to you all. One love to you all in these tracks. Peace, King. Get it off your chest, bro. Man, I'm upset about that. Black authors of sci-fi have no outlets, really. Like, we're kind of rejecting and throwing it loose

from the film industry to the book literaries to the publishing companies. You know, like, we really need some better outlets for black sci-fi authors. Nah, I agree. Sleuthamadu, Sylvester, he got this line called Planet Dead, but I agree with you. It's only because they don't take us serious in that space right now.

They look at black people and they think we're only supposed to be writing about one thing, which is usually the street life. Right, and that's like they want us just to write an identity of corruption and nothing that develops us or want us just to write an identity of corruption and nothing that develops us or gives us some science about life. You know, so like in my book, The Black Rose of Kush, we got everything in there from post-traumatic slave syndrome, like what Dr. Joy Deguri puts in her book.

Y'all definitely need to put her on your show. Have y'all had Dr. Joy Deguri on there yet? No, I never heard of her. Post-traumatic slave syndrome. I call her the female Malcolm X of this time. You got to really check her out. She is the truth

for post-traumatic slave syndrome. I've heard that. I mean, I've heard that term. I've definitely used that term. Maybe I do know her. I don't know. I've definitely used that term. I don't... Maybe I do know her. I don't know. I've definitely used that term, though.

Well, thank you for checking in, bro. You probably would like to go see the slave play on Broadway then. Well, whenever it's back open again. It's kind of all about that, too. But shout out to Toshi Onyebuse. We had him on the show. He's a black sci-fi author.

He wrote the book War Girls. Hello, who's this? This is Douglas Powell from the Top Notch Mobile Salon in Detroit, Michigan. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest, bro. I agree with Charlamagne, man. Man, my wife and I, we work together all the time.

Now we're home with the kids. It's a blessing, man, that all the time and the work I put in my kids as children is paying off because I can see exactly what's going on with them. You know? Yes. my wife and I we We really truly appreciate each other's company now man, you know now that we out with sanitizing with disinfecting the salon Getting ready to go back to work. You know, I just that like I grew up Charlotte mine

They never did like the first place never liked each other You never like the person you would I'm with you man, I. Never liked each other. If you can't take this couple weeks, you'd never like the person you with. I'm with you, man. I'm enjoying this so much. Thank you for calling, brother. Hello, who's this? What's up? This is Mr. Spark It Up.

I go by the name of J-Mang. Is it Mr. Okay, whatever. Get it off your chest, bro. Oh, yeah. I'd just like to let the world know that after 15 long months, your boy has finally got his license cleared.

Yes, sir. No more dirty driving. Okay. No more bad and dirty. Congratulations, King. Yes, sir. Thank y'all. Thank y'all very much. All right. Well, be safe out there. Don't lose it again, brother. Hey, one more thing, though. Hey, y'all got Call ID. Go ahead and save my number. So when I call next time, y'all

already... Well, we don't got no damn Call ID. Okay. Store his number. We do have Call damn call ID. Okay, store his number. We do have call ID, but we not storing his number. Store his number. Can I come in? You got an ASD? I got someone to ask. Your number's the 904 number, right?

Yes, sir. Yeah, we not storing that, though. But have a good one, though, brother. You a Duval? Have a good one, though. What'd he say about Lil Duval? He said he's from Duval. Oh.

Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Capers, man. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I'm just blessed. You know, woke up this morning. Got to go to work out there. At work, you know, blessed to have a job.

Congratulations, bro, bro. That's it? Appreciate it, man. That's how you feeling? Can I get a shout out? Go ahead. Yeah, yeah. You can go follow me on Instagram at CapeTheMan09.

Okay, brother. Hello, who's this? can go follow me on Instagram at KateTheMan09. Okay, brother. Hello, who's this? Romeo. Romeo, what's up, man? Get off your chest. What's up, Envy? How you doing? First and foremost, I'm going to say I'm blessed this morning.

I'm having my first child. Ooh, congratulations. Thank you, thank you. But, yo, show them in the car, man. I love you. Ain't nothing wrong with telling a black brother you love him, as you say. That's right. I'm mad at you because I can't believe you surprised that MV,

light-skinned, booshy, so can't change some tires, man. Well, I don't want to stereotype people. But it's easy to change some tires. Like, how you can't change some tires? Well, you got to be taught. Like, my father had to teach me. I mean, I know the concept of changing the tires. I just never changed the tires. Don't switch it up now. I mean, I know how to I mean I know the concept of changing the time

It's a very easy concept, but I just don't know it's easy Where you from brother I'm from Brooklyn, Kanasi how many for how many are fixing flat places by you? There you go, that's why I got a change of tire. That's what I pay them to do. Thank you, though, brother. He might not have the money. People out here struggling, you know. $9, man. $10. Some people don't even have an extra tire in their trunk. That's true, too.

Now, that's expensive. That's true, too. To ride around with an extra tire. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV Angela

Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. This is her first time here. Finally. Meg Thee Stallion. Come on, give Meg some round of applause, goddammit. Get the energy right in here, goddammit. A.K.A. Sugar, A.K.A. Tina Snow in the building. Alba's out right now.

Now, let's start. For people that don't know, how did Meg Thee Stallion start out as a rapper? How did you get into this rap game? So, my mom was a rapper. And, like, every day after school and when she would get off work, I would see her in her room writing and stuff. And then she would be, like, going to the studio, and I would be in the little waiting room.

And I'm pretty sure she thought I was in there doing, like, little kid stuff, but I would be, like, listening at the door, like, oh, okay, yeah, yeah. And I really thought it was normal. I kind of low-key thought everybody's mama was doing that. Everybody's mama was rapping. Yeah, I didn't know. So, like, I don't know. It was just normal.

So I would eventually, like, start stealing her CDs with, like, all her instrumentals on there and, like, start sneaking and writing. And then she would be, like, asking, like, have you seen my CDs? And I would be, like, no. And then, like, eventually when I graduated from high school, I was, like, I can rap. And she was, like, no, you can't. And I'll be like, no. And then, like, eventually, when I graduated from high school, I was like, I can rap. And she was like, no, you can't. And I was like, yeah, I can. She was like, let me hear you.

So I started rapping, and she was like, oh, my God. You can rap. Do you remember the first verse you spit for her? I really don't remember what I was saying, but I remember I rapped over, like, the I'm Different beat by 2 Chainz. Okay.

And she was like, oh, shit. Like, so then, ever since then, like, I don't think she still even took me seriously then. So I started going to the studio on my own. And so when she knew

I was at the studio by myself and stuff, she was like, oh, hell no, I'm gonna manage you. And we doing this. She probably was raw, too. I was exactly how I rap now.

Like, I was talking probably a little more crazier back then. So she was like, and she said, you ain't living that life. I was like, mama, don't be mad.

I'm a curse, okay? And she was like, she was like, okay. I don't think she knew exactly how hard I was about to go. And she was like, you ain't living that life. I was like, mama, don't be mad. I'm a curse, okay? And she was like, okay. I don't think she knew exactly how hard I was about to go. And she was like, I don't know where your mouth came from. And only thing my mama ever played for me was like Pimp C, UGK. Oh, yes. That's what it came from, mom.

Like my daddy only played Three Six Mafia. So I'm like, I don't understand why y'all not figuring out why I'm talking like this. I read somewhere that Pimp C's wife wanted to, she had vocals for you that she wanted to do. Did you ever do that? I mean, I got the vocals. I got vocals from her and Juicy J. So, I mean, I was working.

I'm still working on my album. Like, I had to hurry up and put together an EP, like, of songs that I just really like that I recorded so far. But, like, stuff like that I really like to take my time on because I really look up to Pimp C. So I really wanted to, I want to do the song right. How long did it take for you to, I don't want to say pop, but to actually pop? Because it seems like on the outside world, it seems like it was fast. It seems like it was a little rumbling and then it was gone.

I feel like I'm still getting there. Like, I don't feel like I'm just like, I don't feel like I've like popped. How many platinum singles you got already Three I mean no you got the right attitude They don't really count until you put out a debut out right? Yeah, I feel like I just got a lot more work to do like I like to work I like to hustle I don't feel like nothing should just be given to me like I really do want to work for it

I think that sometimes people misjudge like looking, looking from the outside with, you know, hot girl and all of that? Because I looked at it, and we were trying to have this discussion on just being, like, somebody about your business as a woman that is independent, taking care of yourself. You go to school, TSU. Shout out to TSU. Shout out to TSU. Because they're so proud of you.

But sometimes people think that means you're just out here hoeing and thotting, and they think that's what it is. Being a hot girl, you know, it really started off as me really just letting everybody know what type of summer I was about to have. Like me just being unapologetic, me just doing what I want to do, not really caring about anybody else's opinion. Like me just being me, you know, just doing what we want to do as women. Like we shouldn't be trying to fit into like a certain standard that people try to put us in, a certain box people try to put us in a certain box people try to put us in you should just do what makes you happy now when the boys got involved it was like oh yeah y'all on that high girl y'all

think y'all this and then it turned into like a whole like battle city boy yeah making this yeah well I was like damn damn, like, hot girls, like, s*** I was seeing. They was like, yeah, real hot girls. I was like... That's not what it was. I wondered, what did you do for the fall? I went,

it's a hot girl semester. Oh. Yeah, we went, we went back to school. We got more with Megan Estaya when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Come on. The Breakfast Club is back. Back, back, back, back. Brink, it's back. With our best of interviews. Welcome, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye back, back. Bring it back. With our best of interviews. Welcome everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Meg Thee Stallion. Charlamagne? Do you think this is a situation where a major company is poaching off the work that a 1501 did to help you get to this point? No. Like, Roc Nation don't have nothing to do with the problems we was already going through. I don't like it. I don't like that, you know, people bring up Jay-Z like Jay-Z not worried about them. Like, you saying names that I feel like it's just, you just trying to draw, like, attention to the situation.

Like, facts are public. I don't have to lie. Why would I lie? Like, I just, I feel like people want to bully me. Like, you don't have to gang up on me. Like, I didn't do nothing to y'all, so I really don't understand where lie. Why would I lie? Like, I just, I feel like people want to bully me. Like, you don't have to gang up on me. Like, I didn't do nothing to y'all, so I really don't understand where it's coming from. I think a lot of that came from, I think you said that Rock Nation looked at the contract and told you something. So, when I finally got real lawyers and, like, you know, people around me that knew what they were talking about,

it was like some things in my contract are just unconscionable in the state of Texas. So it's like, well, let's just fix the things that are wrong. So... So you don't want to be released? You just want to renegotiate? I just wanted to renegotiate my contract. Does it look like things are going to move toward that direction? Are you feeling like... Do you feel like if you had a conversation... I tried to have a conversation.

Because he said he had... He said he hasn't heard from you since August. He ain't heard from me before that. We just don't have a conversation. Because Carl said he hasn't heard from you since August. He's like, I haven't heard from him. He ain't heard from me before that. Like, we just don't have a relationship. So it's not nothing that's brand new. It's not because of Roc Nation. We just already didn't have a relationship. Maybe Carl was the money guy, but he wasn't the day-to-day guy.

That's what it seems like. I mean, like I said, like, I know what's being said is not true. Like, all that hundreds of thousands of dollars, like, people not even, you know, putting it out there. Like, we asked for the proof, and you're not even giving us the proof of that. Like, so...

I gotta go back and look at some of your old Instagram pictures. Well, thank God we got an album out today. The album is out today. Well, so it's not even my album. Like, it's an EP.

It's an EP. So it's an EP. So who is Sugar now? So Sugar is basically just, like, a girl who is going through it, but she's getting through it. It's like me basically letting people know that I'm not perfect. I'm a human.

I know I be f***ing up, but I be trying. I be getting through it. You know what I'm saying? I don't like the fact that everybody be trying to seem so perfect. Why do you want to be perfect? Obviously, people online, they just are all so amazing and nothing's wrong with them and they never been through shit in their life.

So, I mean, that's more so what I'm talking about. Isn't it whack, though, that you got to learn that in real time? Like, that has to play out in front of the world. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. How do you learn those growing pains? I mean, it's just all a part of being in the light. So I can't complain. I knew what I was getting into. So it's not all a part of being in the light. So I can't complain.

I knew what I was getting into. So it's not nothing I'm upset about. It's just I'm just learning as I go. So when I bump my head, I just be like, okay, f*** it. You and DaBaby make great records with each other. Oh, yeah. Are y'all doing an album together? Is that a plan to do a full project?

I don't know if we're going to do a full project, but I know we definitely got some music that's going to come up and some other things I don't want to say yet. Yeah, the baby always says if he could do a collab album with somebody, it would be you. I love him. Like, I really think that'll be fire if we actually did it. What type of deal is Megan Thee Stallion looking for? Not necessarily in that situation, but just in general.

At this point in your career, what would be fair to Megan Thee Stallion? I just want it to be fair. And I want it to be, you know, good for everybody. Like, nothing is gonna be perfect, but if we can both come to agreement, like, you gotta give a little to get a little, you know what I'm saying? And I understand that, so I just want everything to be fair. Do you have a relationship

with J Prince at all? No. So, have you ever met him? In person, no. Okay. Growing up, did you look up to Rap-A-Lot and J Prince? Had to, right? In Houston? No. Really? Like, I didn't. I was young, so I didn't really know anything about it.

Oh, got you, got you. I mean, if you knew Pimp C and all of them, though. I only knew the music. Like, I didn't know the backstory. I didn't know the background. I mean, you know, I'm from Houston. You know, you hear things. But it wasn't, I didn't think it was going to be anything

that I would ever have to deal with. Right. Now, let's talk about, can we talk, oh, I wanted to be anything I would ever have to deal with. Right. Now, let's take a look. I wanted to talk about the song, Bitch. Hold on. Jay accused you of lying this morning on his Instagram. He said you're lying on him in court documents. What is that about? Like, that's something that I definitely can't talk about,

but I don't lie, though. Who helped you negotiate your original deal with 1501? I'm just saying. It's like an interrogation. Yeah, I mean, all of this, I really would like to answer it. Got you. So hopefully, you know,

next time I come, I will be able to talk about it. But right now, you know, it's just in court, so I can't say a lot of stuff. All right, it's Meg Thee Stallion. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Good morning. Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. It's time to shoot your shot with The Breakfast Club. You lose your one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up.

Devontae, what's up? What's up, guys? Who are you trying to shoot your shot with, Devontae? This girl, Latavia. She works at the pharmacy I go to. All right, man. You got to go there to pick up your Valtrex every now and then? Or maybe, you know, fix an STD

problem? Because I'm letting you know if you got to pick up your Valtrex. I don't think this is a good idea to shoot your shot if she knows what she's giving you. Nah, she's just dope, man. I don't even have a prescription there. I just go there once a week to get like a pack of gum or something. And then you go to the pharmacy register just to go see her? Yeah. She definitely thinks you have

an STD and too scared to get the prescription, bro. I don't know. I don't know. I'm scared to shoot my shot. I was hoping y'all could help me. Have you ever had a conversation? Yeah, you know, I get the gum, ask her how her day is doing, what's going on. She's going to this or that concert.

Nothing too heavy, though. Now, question. Do you put the gum in your mouth before you talk to her? You know, I usually get a piece and offer her one. Because if you're talking to her before you put the gum in your mouth, that's probably why she's not interested, because your breath is clearly funky. No, it's like half and half.

Half with gum, half without gum. Okay, okay. All right, well, let's get right into it. I mean, they've only had some brief conversations. All he does is see her when he buys some gum, so I'll be interested to see if she's noticed you. Does she say hi when you walk in? Oh, yeah, yeah. She's very friendly.

Okay. There's gotta be a reason that you haven't shot your shot yet other than just nerves. Maybe he's scared. Maybe he got a small wee-wee. I don't know. Damn. I'm sure she provided him a prescription for something. Okay. All right. Well, let's go. Maybe you need some Xanny's then for anxiety. I don't have a prescription for it.

You know where I could get some? Yeah, the girl, once you shoot your shot. Hold on. We're in the middle of shoot your shot. We have Devontae on the line. Now, Devontae, go ahead, shoot your shot, man. Make that phone call. Hello?

Hey, what's up, Natalia? Who's this? Devontae from the pharmacy. Devontae from the pharmacy? How'd you get my number? You gave it to me, remember? No, I don't remember. I never gave you mine. Wait, please don't remember. I never gave you mine.

Wait, please don't say it. What do you want? Well, you didn't actually give me your number. You actually gave me your name, and then I searched Facebook, and your number came up. Jesus Christ. Okay, you got to stop. You did not tell us this part.

I'm sorry. Let's have you. We're from the Breakfast Club. Hello? Yes, hey, what up? This is DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne from the Breakfast Club, Mama. Yeah, we're doing shoot your number. What the hell is going on?

We thought that you gave him your number, and so he was calling to shoot his shot because he has a crush on you. He said he comes in there all the time to buy gum. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. The dude that buys gum. I don't even fucking put his change in his hand. Like, I put it on the... Oh, my God.

He is the creepiest. Uh-oh. Why is he calling me? I don't understand why he's calling me. He's still on the... Oh, my God. He is the creepiest. Why is he calling me? I don't understand why he's calling me. He's still on the phone. He can hear you. He can hear you. He's here. Like, at this point, I don't even care because you're talking about you looked up my number on Facebook? That's weird. Yeah, it's kind of weird.

That's like American psycho shit. No, no, no. It's not really because Facebook does provide this kind of information, but I do think, I wish we would have asked him, you know, did he get your number beforehand, but yeah. But wait, why is he calling me? I'm not understanding. He wants to have sex with you.

No, no, he wants to take you out on a date. He wants to take you out on a date. Why would I go out with 5 billion people on the planet and you think I would go out with this dude? Devontae, speak. No, no, no, no, no, no. Devontae, speak. You have no, no, no, no, no. Devontae, speak! You have the name of a member of the Judas League.

You know, I just want to take you out on a date and then have sex with you. Oh, my goodness. What? Hey, he keeping it 100, though, okay? No. Well, let me keep it 100. Devontae has adult acne. I can't even get past that.

So we're not even doing it like that. No. Are you kidding me? All right, Devontae. He's trying to figure me out. No. Devontae, please. And let me tell you, I'm giving out medicine for diabetes, for HIV, for cancer,

and this is coming every day buying gum. Do you know how creepy that shit is? Okay. No. Listen, first of all, why don't you prescribe him something for his adult acne? Should he go see a dermatologist? I have a great one.

Her name is Dr. Natasha Sandy. I can't believe he is calling me. Any last words, Devontae? I mean, I don't know why she's being like that. I always offer a piece of gum when I come here. And that's creepy. I don't think you should tell a guy like this any last words. So it can't be that creepy. And you chew it.

And I chew it, really? Okay. That's enough. You chew it all nice and slow, flirt with me. You know you love me, girl. Yeah, why are you taking the gun from him? Why are you leading him on by taking the gun from him? I've never taken a gun from him.

I've never taken a gun from him. He's a liar. Latavia? Oh, my God. I have a video. I Snapchat liar. Latavia? Oh, my God. I have a video. I Snapchat it. Latavia? What?

Next time he comes in there, I will call the police, man. He's creepy as hell. Yeah, Latavia, you might need to get a restraining order against Devontae. No, I'm not. I didn't know. We didn't know. I'm sorry. We didn't know.

Hey, Devontae, your mother or father was clearly a Jodeci fan, okay? Because they named you Devontae. Are you familiar with Devontae Swing from Jodeci fan, okay? Because they named you Devante. Are you familiar with Devante Swing from Jodeci? Yeah. Okay. He did a Juicy Fruit commercial back in the day, right? Oh, my goodness. I don't know anything about it.

Oh, my God. I don't know anything about it. Latavi, I'm sorry. All right, we got to go. We got things to do. I'm sorry. Sorry, I'm sorry. Me too.

Devante, have a blessed day. Stop stalking women, okay? All right, I'll see you next week, girl. Oh, my goodness. Oh! Oh, my God. I have a blessed day. Stop stalking women, okay? All right, I'll see you next week, girl. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my God. I'm a little bit sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

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and back to Melrose Place. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We're here because you're looking for the best of the best of the best. We'll be right back with our best of interviews. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building with us this morning. No, we have one special guest.

Yeah, we always say we got special guests in the building. It don't always apply to everybody. Some disrespectful stuff. This one definitely applies. I'm a dude when it starts on show, I'm like, yo, see if we can get Donnell to come in. But I'm cool with that. We have Ashley Larry, Donnell Rollins, and we have a special guest that hasn't done radio in 12 years.

Oh, man, the legendary. That's right. Iconic. Dave Chappelle. Oh, my God. Good morning. Welcome, son. Hey, good morning, man.

It's good to see you. Do you feel pressured to do a great radio interview since you haven't done it in 12 years? Not really. Yeah. I mean, yeah. I want everybody to like me. I don't come out and try to do bad. I saw you at the fight, Charlamagne.

Yes, I was at the Triple G, Danny Jacobs fight. And I got to tell you, I got excited to see and I realized I've never met this person. That's how I felt. I saw you a few rows up. I'm like, that's Dave Chappelle. And then you turned around and you saluted, but I'm like, I don't think he's doing that to me. I didn't want to salute back at first.

I didn't want to salute back at first. I'm like, oh, he's talking to me. I told my wife, I said, yo, you see Dave Chappelle? Just say what's up to me. So I'm saying all that to say, you know, I got really good fellatio that night because you said what's up to me. Oh, whoa. I didn't know where that was going. I was like, wow.

I was like, wow. I said, wow, okay. Is that what we're talking about? Marital fellatio. Do you wake and bake in the morning, Dave, or do you wait until after breakfast? Yeah, yeah, I'm a waiter. I usually eat late at night.

Oh, at night? Yeah, yeah. Okay, okay. You said something interesting. You said you don't ever want to just present something bad. You still feel like you got something to prove? Because you're, like, critically acclaimed. You're respected by your peers.

Do you feel still like you got something to prove? No, it's not necessarily you feel like you got something to prove. I'm sure you guys feel the same way. It's like quality control, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to make sure that whatever you offer, you put your best foot forward. You know, that doesn't mean you want to prove anything. It just means you respect the people that respect you,

and you want to reciprocate their respect with a good product. Do you still get nervous when you do shows, or this is a piece of cake to you? Well, one time it didn't work out. Sometimes it don't work. You know what it's like? And, Donnell, you can attest to this. When people ask me, like, do you get nervous when you go on stage? It's like asking a pilot if he gets nervous before a flight.

I might hit some weather. Some turbulence? Yeah. I might hit some weather, but I feel like normally we land the plane. I don't think we've ever not landed. Maybe Detroit, but other than that. By the way, I would never want to know if my pilot was nervous, by the way. Yeah, you don't know a nervous pilot.

I'm just a little confused because everybody's throwing so much respect. And, Dave, I've been on this show four or five times. When I come here, they don't even look me in my face. They don't make eye contact. That's not true. Every time I come here, y'all on social media, y'all doing everything. Now, what about that time you came and I told everybody, I said, no matter what Donnell says, do not laugh.

He was trying so hard. It was like slow motion. I was like, oh, this looks like a setup. What made you even like Donnell? What was it in Donnell that said, you know what, I can work with this guy? The first time I heard about you, I went home to D.C. And I went to the comedy club and I asked them old comics. Like, what's popping around here?

And everybody was like, yo, you got to see this new kid, Donnell Rawlings. And then I met you. And we had a swell time. Remember that? Yeah, I do. All right had a swell time. Remember that? Yeah, I do. You remember that? Swell time. We're going to leave you with a swell time.

David, he's kind of regretting it. No, no, no. He won't leave me alone. He comes with me everywhere. I'm broke, bitch. I watched the, like, okay, like I watch your show online all the time. Like I watch all you guys. I've seen, I just watched an interview that you did with online all the time. Like, I watch all you guys. I've seen the, I just watched

an interview that you did with Neil on FaceTime. Yep, yep, that's my guy. I watched you on a real estate show. Oh, yeah, Open House. And I saw you with the DJ Awards. I presented an award to you. Yeah, and you promised, you said, I'm gonna come on the show. You said, you know, I need a little time, but I'm gonna

come. Yeah, that's right, that's right. You definitely kept your word. Yeah, man. So to my guy, Neil, why do you think white people gravitated towards your comedy? Because it's been like that your whole career. Well, you know, I don't know. I don't look at it that way. Like the whites are really gravitating towards it. I don't use those kinds of metrics.

I think all of us at some point we have ventured into some kind of cultural crossroad. We're black people, but we're corporate people. We all smoke weed. We all smoke weed. We traverse the American landscape. So I don't think there's anyone in America that I'm incapable of communicating to on some level. Now, with everything so sensitive now,

do you think you could do the Dave Chappelle show and not have backlash? Because it seems like everything is sensitive. You say a word and people are already crying and picketing outside of things. Hey man, President Grass Girl's about to f***. That's all you need to know, right? That's what

I said. You know? You know? And comedians wipe out. Everybody does. Sometimes you're going to say something and you might be wrong, but that's the nature of the genre, you know. To not take a chance for fear of that would not be being true to the muse.

Would you ever apologize if you said something too far? If I actually concede it's too far. But it's a touchy line, you know what I mean? I like it harder. I think that, yeah. No, I was going to say, you have quite possibly the greatest rape joke of all time. The Bill Cosby. He rapes.

And he's safe. But he's safe. Was that an observation you was pondering? I mean, you know, the thing is, it's tough to talk about jokes because I don't want open the door to all these weird, like, analytics and shit. Like, what does he actually mean by that?

That's a slippery slope. Well, you know, I don't want to antagonize anybody or intentionally offend somebody. Well, have you come up with an answer for as far as, like, what should we do with Bill Cosby? Should we still watch his work? Should we still appreciate his art? Do i have an answer for that yeah no the question it's the kind of question that makes more questions got you you know what i mean like it's a it's a tough one man because

you know what he's accused of is very serious i don't i don't like take that lightly however you know i don't know it was 70 times this crazy is going on i don't know what i don't know. It was 70s. Times, this crazy shit was going on. I don't know what to say. Yeah, yeah. Right. America's dad is now America's rapist. Yeah. According to the New York Post. Yeah.

So it's a tough one. All right, we got more with Dave Chappelle and Donnell Rollins when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We have Dave Chappelle and Donnell Rawlins in the building. Yee. I did appreciate on those specials that you didn't shy away from any topics because I do feel like everybody's so politically correct. You know, and I also find it ironic that everybody's like, he walked away from 50 million, but then you came back and got 60 million doing Netflix. Allegedly.

Two specials. Yeah, well, you know what? Yeah. Thank God that there was a happy ending to that walking away from Chappelle's show because I could have just never worked again. You know? But I never stopped.

Even when I was, like, not in the public eye, I was still playing comedy clubs. And I found an altitude that I was comfortable with. And, you know, I had a good time. How many times a day did Donnell call you and beg you to come back? He didn't call. He didn't beg me for nothing.

Were you guys always in communication? Because Donnell did for a while. He was in a state of depression after. Donnell was. Jesus. Yeah, I had a tough time myself. He was like, what about me? What about me?

I think, you know, when I was gone, I think I stayed, Donnell stayed in touch with me and Neil were cool the whole time. You know, it wasn't as bad blood amongst us. Like, people would assume that I left in a huff. It wasn't like that. I mean, I did leave in a huff. I wasn't mad at the guys. A lot of people, like, after, you know, after he left,

a lot of people would ask me, you know, how I feel about it or whatever. Are you upset? And I never was upset because I was doing comedy for a while before I was introduced to Dave Chappelle. Like with anything, you can be as talented as you want, but until you get the right platform, nobody will never know about it. Gotcha. I don't know if I can be in a Dave Chappelle seat here, but go ahead.

What'd you say? What'd you say? I'm like, okay, but you heard me. So I can ask Dave another question, please. What'd you mean I went with no spells, yo? What you mean I'm with no spells, yo? I speak Migo, so I know what happened. But for, you know, everybody, you know, the one that I've been asked that question a million times, that I always felt that I was talented, but again, you need the right opportunity.

Like, even in sports, you know, you could be a talented person, but until the coach puts you in the game, nobody's going to ever see what you do. So he gave me a platform to do what I've been doing for years, and I think there was an even exchange after all that. Okay, so Dave, do you have a favorite mumble rapper? Because you're a hip-hop head. Do you appreciate anything from this generation? Yeah, I appreciate it.

I mean, I party to it. If I go out, they playing Migos, and I listen to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But a favorite mumble rapper, I don't know about all that. Yeah, yeah. I like to be able to say the lyrics, too. Well, I can tell who you really like based on who you have on tour. Well, when you do this residency that you're doing in New York City,

at Radio City, I can see that you hand-picked the artist that you wanted to be there. Yeah, you know, it's funny, man. So this year will be like my 30th anniversary of standing. And I figured, like, I should mark that occasion, right? Like, you know, this business is hard. You existed in a long time. And it's good to stop for a minute and just appreciate the fact that I'm still able to do this. And I'm very lucky to be successful.

So it's a celebration. Like, even now, you'll see my next special. The act I'm doing now, I like it because there's joy in it. Like, I'm really enjoying what I'm doing right now.

I really, you know what I mean? It's like, I went skydiving once. Have you ever done that? No, Ambie has. I really, you know what I mean? It's like, I went skydiving once. Have you ever done that? No, Ambie has. I have, yeah. Okay, I hated it. Mm-hmm.

You know, I like... What did you hate about it? Because I hated going up. I hate the thought of jumping out of a plane. But when you jumped out and you're flying, I enjoyed that part, but the whole going up part, I didn't like. Because it was terrifying.

The entire time. Like, okay, I got in, man. You're jumping out of a plane. Yeah. In the beginning, it's a plane ride. Then the door opens, and you realize you're expected to jump out. And I'm strapped to a guy that I've never met before. And I didn't see the chute pack.

And, oh, my God, I have kids. And all this stuff you're thinking as you edge up to the door. Next thing you know, you're just in the sky. There's no logical reason to be there. There's no, you know, my life didn't depend on it yet. I jumped out of this plane and just falling. And everyone says it feels like flying. But to me, it felt like falling about 120 miles.

And I was terrified. So what did you get out of the situation other than being terrified? Well, the point is when the chute lands and you survive it, you go home that night and you eat dinner, food tastes better. House is quiet and still, and you feel comfortable and safe in your house. You're like, man, I'm glad to be home. Everything's good. So that's what it felt like.

It felt like coming back and doing this Netflix special and all that. It felt like my shoot opened, and everything's just good right now. See, I don't got to do all that to get that feeling. I'm black in America. All I got to do is just drive through the neighborhood that I live in and make's just good right now. See, I don't got to do all that to get that feeling. I'm black in America. All I got to do is just drive through the neighborhood that I live in and make it home without being stopped. And I feel the exact same way. All right, well, I live in a much nicer neighborhood, obviously.

I'm just kidding. I was kidding. I mean, we're all black. You know what I mean? Like, I know what you mean, but it's not like I'm going to try to survive a traffic stop just to get that feeling. I mean, it's like, it's the black experience. But I did it. I don't know why I did it.

But the point is that now, I'm happy to be doing what I'm doing. Would you do it again? What, quit my show? No. Skydive. Oh, skydive? No, I don't think I would, man. I mean, like, I get it.

I know what it's about. You know what I mean? I just think that, you know, it's just one of those things. I didn't even mean to do it the first time. It's a long story. Dave, I hate to do this, but I have to put you on the spot. But could you explain to the Breakfast Club what you did to my apple pie a year ago? Your apple pie?

Is this cold for something? No, he's talking. Okay, so we were playing at the Pabst Blue Ribbon Theater. And the pastry chef and Donnell hit it off the first night of the engagement. She was white. And Donnell's just, oh. That's when you lose it. Donnell had a face.

No, no, no. But she was an older woman, real sweet woman, and she really liked Dinell. So I came to work, and she had baked him a pie. And the pie had his name stenciled in the crust. Wow. And I was excited about it because every day she would come to work, she says, is there anything that you could do for him?

Is there anything special you want? I was like, make me a pie. She was like, that's pretty simple. I said, well, if that's so simple, make me a pie and put my name on the top of the pie. What'd you do? What'd you pie? What'd you d*** in the pie or something?

What's the moral of the story? That is correct. Oh, my goodness. I didn't... I didn't... Yo, yo, yo, yo. Yo, just a word about it. And you ate it?

I was excited about the pie. Oh, I thought you... Okay. No, no, I was sure everybody pie did this. I didn't actually put my d*** in it. Would you have still about the pie. Oh, I thought you were, okay. No, no, I was sure everybody pie. I didn't actually put my d*** in it. Would you have still eaten the pie if Dave would have put your d*** in it? No, and he kept going. He was like, could somebody put that pie in the microwave for three seconds?

So as much as people love Dave Chappelle, he's an evil friend behind the scenes, man. That was funny, man. All right, we got more with Dave Chappelle when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It right, we got more with Dave Chappelle when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. We have Dave Chappelle and Donnell Rawlings in the building. Charlamagne. When the last time you been humbled, Dave? Humbled? Yeah. You mean like what, professionally or personally? Both.

Detroit? Yo, yo, man, life is humiliating. Hmm. Yeah, life is humiliating. Hmm. Yeah, life is. Even for you? For everybody. Yo, you think if I'm walking down the street and a lady says, yo, can I take a picture?

And she doesn't know how to work her camera, and we all standing there. But you do that because you got to, you know, you got to have empathy for people. But life is humiliating. Being a parent's humiliating. Being a husband's humiliating. All of it's humiliating. Hindsight parent's humiliating. Being a husband's humiliating. All of it's humiliating.

Hindsight of 2020, was everything worth it? Like, everything you went through? Like, even the Chappelle Show experience and even walking away from it, was it all worth it? Hey, man, yeah, I was happy to have that show, you know? I'm sorry it ended the way it ended, but I enjoyed making that show. It was an experience that very few people get to

have right yeah you miss it especially with everything going on and so much material yeah i have a great skit for this because i see something and i say damn i miss this show yeah i miss it too you know i think i don't know if i could do it again though because i miss it but then i remember what it was like to do it, and it just wasn't. It might be easier now to make just because of technology. Yeah, but the Internet ruined shit. It wouldn't be the same. Yeah, stuff that you want to do, somebody will do on YouTube

ten times faster and ten times worse. Right. Yeah, it's true. But you did employ a lot of people. It was great, yeah. I worked with a lot of great people. I was doing a show in Atlanta the other night and bumped into some of the guys from the crew.

I hadn't seen those guys since I walked off the set. It was good to see them. And, you know, you remember people fondly, like, after it's all said and done. So, you know, I do have bad feelings about how it ended, but I don't have bad feelings about what it was. It was a great experience. Now, how did Charlie Murphy's passing affect you?

Because I know you guys were pretty close. It was tough, man. It was a reality check. I feel very lucky that I got to know him. I feel like he's a very large part of the reason that I got to be successful. Like, literally, he changed my life just by saying, I fought Rick James many times.

We were like, what? He fought Rick James. Fought Rick James. I was like, what? He fought Rick James. Fought Rick James. I thought, what? Wow, Charlamagne. Jesus. I don't know what accent that was. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I didn't sound like you said. That's what it sounded like. It sounded like that. I didn't know you could say fuck on the radio. But no, he said he fought Rick James many times. He'd tell us his story at lunch, and it literally from then on, it just changed our lives. You immortalized him.

Yeah, man, but I got to meet and work with Rick and he was an OG. Charlie's been around the block. His brother is Eddie Murphy. He's seen the epicenter of the fame that we all wanted to acquire. And he had great stories.

And he was also a real nurturing dude. I think he gave me great advice. You know, like, I miss his presence, man. I was real sad that he died. He's doing a great job on Power. He is doing a great job. He took Donnell's job. He did.

He definitely took Donnell's job. Donnell was going to get that role. That's when you busted your knee up. Yeah, man. But I will say, you know, when other people get stuff away from yourself, it's hard to celebrate that. But, you know, when I found out that Charlie was doing that role,

I realized that he was probably the perfect person for him. And in hindsight, as far as with him passing away or whatever, I just think it's a nice thing for people to see him being a part of a great body of work like that. And he did a good job. Did Charlie's death make y'all think about your own mortality? Because I know Donnell called me one day randomly. He was like, yo, I just want to tell you, man, you know what I'm saying?

You know, people are dying, and you might die, so I just want to tell you I love you. You're doing a good job. I'm like, what? No, I will say, and I know Dave may have different answers, like when someone passes away, especially with somebody that you care about, it makes you think about people important in your life and people that you respect.

And I don't know, I was probably, you know, in my feelings that day, and it was at a time when you just dropped your book, and I'm seeing, like, your transition from not just doing urban stuff, but, like, the media run that you did. I'll keep it real. All the white folks that you partnered up with, all the interviews you did, I was like, he's taking it to the next level.

And another thing in our community, it's not too often that people read books. So the fact that, you know, a brother put a book out and he got people that wouldn't normally pay attention to that. Like, I know it's hard to say, and I didn't say, um, no homo before I said that I love you. And I know that's what probably

threw you off. And I didn't say pause at the end, right? That cancels out. I thought you were sick. No, no. The way you called, I thought you were sick. I thought you was like... That's the one time that we really appreciate people. That's real. It's in death.

That's true. When someone passes away, it makes you think about it. So many times in our life, we get to a point where you say to yourself, I wanted to call that person just to say hi or just to say what's up. Yeah. And you don't act on those feelings. And then something tragic may happen, and then you're like, oh, man, I was just supposed to call him.

So that was me and my mom. You know, know sometimes on the tour bus Donnell gets drunk and looks at pictures of his son and cry I caught him doing it a few times. You ever met Donnell Big Mama? Yeah of course. She's wonderful. We vacationed together. Yeah, I seen that you guys were on the yacht. Well, yeah. Why is it well, yeah? Because I thought it was a yacht until I saw Puffy shit. Oh, that wasn't

a yacht? So y'all just went on Puffy's boat. Turns out we had a boat. Turns out we had a boat. You don't feel the need to compete with stuff like that, though. Not at all. Yeah. I'm really, like, really, really happy right now. And, you know, I appreciate it. Like, my kids are safe right now.

I know where they are. Everyone's happy. Everyone's fed and clean. It's a good look, man. I'm just... Everyone's fed and clean. Yeah. Yeah. It's a good look.

Now, we've seen you pop out with Chris Rock a couple of times. Another legend. Another icon. Yeah. That's the homie, man. with Chris Rock a couple of times. Another legend, another icon. Yeah, that's the homie, man. There's only two of y'all in that space, though. Yeah, Chris is there. He's definitely a big brother, though. He's like, he's killing it.

I went and saw his act. I've seen his act a few times. What he's doing, he's killing it right now. He's saying maybe you guys would do a tour together. Well, we are going to do two nights together at Radio City. It'll be the first time we've ever officially headlined a show, co-headlined a show together. And I'm very excited about it.

Wow. This is the first time any comic has ever done a residency of a month at Radio City Music Hall. Dave is a real humble dude. He's not going to say really the spectacle of what's about to go down, but nobody's ever done a joint where the entire month of August we locking everything down.

We got some of the best... Who's we, son? Wait, so you gave down now? Who's we? Who's we? I'm doing one or two shows, man. I'm just saying. What'd you say? Don't let me get beat up.

Don't let me... I'm going to be honest with you, Dave. I don't think y'all need no other comedians on those days. And to be quite honest, you don't. But, you know what I'm saying? We got a team. I'm going to do some of the shows. How do you know that? You're forcing yourself on the show? You're going to rape me?

You're just going to rape these shows? Y'all are so disrespectful. Did you ask rape these shows? Y'all so disrespectful. Did you ask him to sit and perform? Y'all so disrespectful. Well, in the event that I have the opportunity to perform. So you're the understudy. Yeah, the understudy. He's totally going to be on it.

All right, we are The Breakfast Club. Now, coming up next, usually we do rumors, but, I mean, damn it, man. Dave Chappelle is here. We're going to kick it with Dave Chappelle some more, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, usually we do rumors right here, but

I mean, Donnell Rawlings and Dave Chappelle is here. Dave Chappelle hasn't done radio in 12 years, so we're kicking it with Dave Chappelle. Charlamagne? I want to ask you, Dave, where do you draw the line when it comes to cultural appropriation? What do you mean? White people appropriating black culture.

Okay, this is a controversial question. And I'm not sure if the premise of the question is correct. For example, Kylie and Kendall today superimposed their images on Biggie and Tupac. And they got t-shirts. Okay, and as a black person person or person from that culture, you feel like they... It's disrespectful. It's disrespectful.

Yeah. Yeah, man. That's a tough one. Did you go see the Tupac movie? No, I haven't. I saw it. Did you like it? I don't think it was as terrible as everybody was saying,

but it wasn't... I haven't heard good things. And someone yesterday said they loved it. It starts before Tupac is born and it ends when he dies. was saying, but it wasn't. I haven't heard good things, and someone yesterday loved it. It wasn't like, it starts before Tupac is born, and it ends when he dies. That's a long period of time to cover, and so many things that happen in Tupac's life, and he was such a

complex person, and so many different incidents. Have you ever had a club when Tupac was there? Nah, never. It wasn't that much fun. Really? Wow, scary? Yeah, I just remember being in parties. It just felt like a lot of dark shit was around a guy.

I liked him. I didn't know him well, but I just felt like culturally that those were darker times. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. He's a gangster. Right. And I'm not saying this to be controversial. This has nothing to do with the question that you asked me. Oh, I just thought you got out the question like a UFC fighter.

No, no, it was good. I did, I did. You know, I've been watching you, Charlotte, man. I was ready for you. Everyone was like, just ignore him. He was like, I didn't see the two-part. I just didn't think, yeah, I mean, you know. But do you plan to see it, to just get an idea for yourself?

I'm going to watch it at home probably. You know what I mean? Like, I don't know, man. The question you're asking I think is a very important question, but I'm not sure how to answer that. Got you. You know what I mean? Because at a certain point,

I feel like no one's going to feel that way more than African-Americans. Right. Because we create so much culture, and oftentimes it's just siphoned from us. And it's almost all that we've ever had. I'm not going to say all we've ever had. We've done many great things, but you know what I mean. Yeah, absolutely. But it is American culture, too.

Kylie and Kendall, like, they don't understand what they're tapping into. They don't understand. I don't think they were doing that maliciously. I just think that they're never going to be a black dude. They're not going to see the world. If you had some glasses that someone could put on just to see the world how you saw the world, they'd be probably f***ing terrified. Yeah.

You know, I heard that interview with you. I get it. I get it, but know what you mean. I get it, but that's a hard question to answer. Do your kids think you're funny? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, look, I'm their dad, so there's something about me that's corny to them, but they get it.

They know. Like, my kids are teenagers now. My youngest son is as old as I was when I started doing stage. He's 14 now. Wow. He started at 14? Yeah, I started real young. Wow.

30 years. I'll be 44 this summer. Veteran, seasoned. Yeah, and it'll be my 30th anniversary. I'm, like, really proud of that. What made you get on stage at the age of 14? The fear of death. You have been thinking about your own mortality.

Well, yo, we're black dudes in America. So, right, when I was in high school, my freshman year of high school, I talked about on an active studio, oh, 600 kids my age got murdered in Washington, D.C. You can't be in an environment like that and that not affect you. Like, yo, it made me want to just do whatever it was I wanted to do. I feel very lucky to get to be 44. Right. that not affect you. Like, yo, it made me want to just do whatever it was I wanted to do. I feel very lucky to get to be 44.

Right. Which, you know, now I'm more ambitious and I'm looking forward to paying half price at the movies and shit. But before that, I didn't know

I was going to live this long, you know, and I think the fear of not doing what I want to do in life made me do what I want to do. Even in Kevin Hart's book,

he talks about doing comedy because he was just trying to survive, too. Like, just being funny is what actually helped him not... Yeah, I wonder what makes you believe the stage can save you, though. It absolutely did. Look at a guy like Kevin Hart's mother... from Philly.

He's the number one selling artist on tour on Earth from any genre. You know, I'm very proud that somebody from my genre is at the top of the food chain. And somebody, I remember him starting out. It's amazing to see and it absolutely could save your life.

What made you think that your fast talking and your liking of controversial questions would take you as far as it had. That's true. And yet and yet and I've never met you, but you're one of the few

celebrities I've met in a long time. Like literally I feel like I know you and I've only seen you once. That means you're very effective at what you do. I appreciate that. In my opinion, I would say it means you're very effective. But I still feel like I can get shot because of my fast talking. Yeah, but God

forbid. No, man, you've transcended that. I mean, look, anything terrible can happen to anybody, but there's some people that get shot that never get a platform. They never get to write a book. They never get to... I mean, everybody knows your name. You meet famous people. They already know who you are. It's amazing.

Yeah. You know what's so weird about that? I was so aware somebody came up to me and wanted to take a picture. They thought I was him. No, they didn't. I swear to God. That's disrespectful, Charlamagne. I swear to God. That's disrespectful to who? Me or him? I swear to God. He was like, are you Charlamagne Tha God?

I was like, you don't give a f*** about me. That's disrespectful. Why are you so mad about that, Charlamagne? You wasn't mad with I was like, you don't give a f*** about me. That's disrespectful. Why are you so mad about that, Charlamagne? You wasn't mad with Morris Chestnut. That's Morris Chestnut. I mean, it's a difference. You caught a sick Morris Chestnut giving a mistake for Morris Chestnut, but Morris Chestnut giving a mistake for you.

That's a big deal. Now, Dan Chappelle got to go, so let's tell him about Radio C. Can I get one more question? Okay, one more question. I just want to know what's driving Dave in 2017. Like, what's driving you right now? Right now, it's a gentleman named Nestor. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.

It's not the Nestor. Radio City, of course, residency. We look forward to seeing the show. And when does that start, August? You guys got to come, man. I'm definitely coming. It's August 1st through 4th. 1st through 4th is me and the Roots.

All right, you sound like Floyd Mayweather now. I saw you call him out. That was the worst. You need to get home. I know. This is bad. There's some cold. This starts August 1st.

August 1st. Get your tickets now. Who do we hit up for tickets? Oh, you guys, you'rest. August 1st. Get your tickets now. And who do we hit up for tickets? Oh, you guys, you're good. You're good money. Until we get to the door. That's what I said. We got to call Donnell.

Winning! Donnell was like, I will never not be useful. I bet you're my partner. I would love to get that call. Yo, this is a breakfast club. We outside. Huh? You know what?

What? What'd you say? What'd you say? I don't matter, boo. Well, there you have it. It's Dave Chappelle. Donnell Rollins. Come on.

I think Donnell was here too. Damn, Donnell. All right. Donnell Rollins. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max.

You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire,

join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast.

Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop.

Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Did you know, did you know I wouldn't give up my seat Nine months before Rosa It was Claudette Goldman Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise.

Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. It took drama and mayhem to an entirely new level. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, every backstab, blackmail and explosion,

and every single wig removal together. Secrets are revealed as we rewatch every moment with you. Special guests from back in the day will be dropping by. You know who they are. Sydney, Allison, and Joe are back together on Still the Place with a trip down memory lane and back to Melrose Place. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We'll be right back. become donkey of the day. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You're a donkey. Donkey of the Day goes to the icon known as Ellen DeGeneres. Safe to say Ellen is one of the most successful daytime talk show hosts of all time, right?

I have to put her jersey in the rafters with the Oprah Winfrey's and Donahue's of the world for sure. But Donkey of the Day is all about giving people the credit they deserve for being stupid. Doesn't mean they are stupid, but we all have blind spots that make us sound stupid at times. And that's why I love donkey of the day because I get to correct people for saying something stupid. Okay.

Just like I would hope someone would do for me. Well, in this case of rich privilege, white people say the darndest things. Ellen on Monday taped a new episode of her daytime talk show in her mansion where she and her wife have been self quarantining for weeks now very important uh note ellen lives in a mansion that's over 8 000 square feet sits on 8.24 acres of land it has five bedrooms a cabana that doubles as a gym a two bedroom gas house and a basalt pebble infinity pool that overlooks the ocean oh and it cost her 27 million dollars to buy drop on the clues, Bob, for Ellen DeGeneres. I'm not, listen, I'm not mad at her.

She has a skill set, a talent, and she has made the most of that talent in order to be able to secure the bag and live like that. So I'm not mad at her for that. I'm not one of those people who knock people for what they have accomplished, okay? I see certain people get mad at rich folks for acting their wage. If a celebrity takes a picture from a yacht and says, this is how I'm quarantining, well, that's just what it is, okay? They put themselves in that position. That's their life. Salute to them. We all do what we can. And if you're able to afford that lifestyle, God bless you. So I'm not giving her donkey of the day because she is quarantining from her mansion. No, I'm giving her donkey of the day because Ellen DeGeneres insisted that her mansion

feels like a prison. Don't believe me? Listen to yourself. One thing that I've learned from being in quarantine is that people, uh... This is like being in jail, is what it is. It's mostly because I've been wearing the same clothes for ten days, and everyone in here is gay. Now, I understand she's a comedian. Uh, she was joking. Terrible joke, though. I even understand why she was trying to go with it,

because if what you want is to go outside, but you're stuck in the house, no matter what type of residence you're in, it's going to feel like you have a lack of freedom. It doesn't matter if you're in a mansion or a one-bedroom apartment. If what you really want is to go outside, you're going to feel deprived of that during this time. But in light of what's going on in prisons and jails all around the country during this global pandemic called COVID-19, Ellen DeGeneres sounds tone deaf as hell. I am so glad that she said what she said because it provides me an opportunity to shine light

on something that folks may not know is going on. Okay, please. I'm sure someone will send this to Ellen later because, Ellen, your platform is way bigger than mine, and you can help shed some light on this problem, okay? So let's start with Aaron Campbell. He's a prisoner at FCI Elkton, a low-security federal prison in Ohio where three people have already died from coronavirus.

He posted this online from the jail. Listen, Ellen. These a**holes in here, like, literally laying in the a** to die, bro. Nah, they got this f**king law. It's called, uh, the CARE Act. The CARE Act is for people who not a gang member, not a sexual offender, and not on death row.

If you at risk of catching this and dying, like three people I know already caught this and died, they can send you home on home confinement, right? So I went to talk to these motherfuckers to get on home confinement. They're not going to let us on home confinement. Why? Because they got to make money off of us. The nurse came in this bitch today. I talked to this this tell me be prepared half the unit about to die in this like he literally told me that they put the tent up everything that's where they stacking dead bodies

at one dude this is on his way out of here you feel me he dead serious bro all right look at this so y'all want to think of playing tonight or not. Let me see you, bro. Bro, you all right? Oh, by the way, Aaron has not been heard from since he posted that Facebook Live video. 23 residents and staff members at that prison

have tested positive for coronavirus, and I told you already, three have died. Now, Ellen, would you like to hear what it sounds like when a family member

is home, worried, begging for their loved one to get help in a prison? This is Teresa Massey, and her husband is Angelo Massey. Listen to what she had to say, Ellen. My name is Teresa Massey. My husband, Angelo Massey, is locked up in FCI Elkton. Someone called me and said my husband was real sick.

No one has called me from the jail. I tried to reach the jail. No one has returned my calls. My husband called me yesterday and said he wasn't feeling good. Now today he did not call me. Someone's calling from inside the jail on a cell phone telling me he's sick, that I need to call the warden, that I need to contact somebody. He finally went over to the nurse, he hasn't returned.

They came and they packed up his belongings and didn't tell no word where they were sending them. I'm just reaching out to someone who can tell me where my husband is, if he's okay. Just anything that somebody can tell me, if somebody can help me, please. Like these men is up there dying. My husband is locked up on a drug charge. Ellen, I'm sure you get the picture as to why your statement was completely culturally clueless because you are simply not in this world. These things aren't at your front doorstep, so you're not thinking about them, okay? You probably binge-watched all seven seasons

of Orange is the New Black and thought to yourself, well, prison isn't so bad. But, Ellen, no, I want to play for you these brothers who made this video from a prison in Alabama and what they are currently experiencing. California is releasing people for the coronavirus. New York is starting to releasing people for the coronavirus. New York

has started to release people for the coronavirus. But Alabama is the most overcrowded prison system in the nation. And they refuse to turn people loose. It's going to be a mass grave site. I'm 71 years old. I have a number of chronic illnesses that make me accessible even more so. They are not giving us hand sanitizer. They are not giving us proper soap. They are not giving us, uh, masks. My thing to the outside world is health.

Uh, the moral of the story is, this is happening all over the country, Ellen DeGeneres. In California, where you live, damn near 3,500 inmates have been released, and they aren't just releasing random people. Prisoners whose crimes were violent, those registered as sex offenders and domestic abuse abusers, they're not eligible

to see for this. People think when you're in jail, it's F you. You do the crime, you should do the time. True in a lot of cases. In a lot more cases, people are in there for nonviolent drug offenses because they were just simply trying to make ends meet, okay? Some folks are in there innocent of the crime they committed and might be awaiting trial because they can't afford to bail out.

It's all types of nuance to prison and why prisoners are locked up and those folks don't deserve to die just because people don't know, don't show, or don't give a damn about what's going on in America's jail system. Did I even mention Rikers Island in New York City? I saw a letter that Taxstone wrote from jail, wrote from Rikers, where he spoke about the conditions in Rikers. And he started the letter by saying, I'm currently in my grave with my eyes wide open. He said that DAs and the head of the Board of Corrections are playing judge, jury, and executioner with people's lives because this virus is spreading all through Rikers and nobody seems to care.

He said the CEOs have no protective gear and they aren't giving them anything to protect themselves. Since then, you know, reform has stepped in and provided masks and some other PPE. But Ellen, I think you understand now why you saying your mansion feels like a prison didn't sit well with people. So now, Ellen, since you know the problems, what are the solutions? How can you fix this? Easy. Use your platform to sound the alarm. Okay, I put you on to some of the things that are happening, but I'm a black male with a criminal record and a lisp that can't pronounce words correctly. You are a white privileged white woman, Ellen. I need you to use your privilege to

combat this prejudice that is going on. Ellen, I need you to act like your name is Karen, okay? Reach out to someone who is on the front lines fighting for these inmates like Van Jones, all right? Have Van Jones or CNN on your show, on your platform, and let's see if we can get these brothers and sisters some help. We should be calling for people to be released from prisons and jails at a time like this because we don't need any more stories like Patrick Jones. You know who Patrick Jones is, Ellen? Oh, well, he was the first federal prisoner to die from coronavirus. He was locked up in Louisiana on a drug conviction. And if I read right, I think he had a year left on his sentence, not to mention four other people have died in that Louisiana jail from coronavirus since he died.

Simple and plain, there's a lot going on, Ellen, that clearly you don't know about. Because if you did, you would have never compared your mansion to a jail. Please give Ellen DeGeneres the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. And like I said, you know, there's a lot of different ways to help. You know, if I was her, I would reach out to Van Jones of CNN. Van Jones is part of the Reform Alliance.

You know him and Meek Mill and Jay-Z. They all made sure that Rikers Island got PPE and got, you know, the things that they needed to properly protect themselves. And I think she needs to have somebody like that on the show to highlight everything that's going on in the prison and jail systems right now due to COVID-19. Because if we don't ring the alarm for our brothers and sisters behind those walls, nobody will. And Ellen, you can be an ally and help us do that. Have a blessed day. All right. Well, thank you for that donk here today. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together you know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout well that's when the real magic happens so if you

love hearing real inspiring stories from the people you know follow and admire join me every week for post run high it's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.

A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records

brings history to life through hip hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise.

Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. It took drama and mayhem to an entirely new level. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, every backstab, blackmail and explosion, and every single wig removal together.

Secrets are revealed as we rewatch every moment with you. Special guests from back in the day will be dropping by. You know who they are. Sydney, Allison, and Joe are back together on Still the Place with a trip down memory lane and back to Melrose Place. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Breakfast Club is back. Back, back, back, back. Frank, it's back. With our best of interviews.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, again, rest in peace to Nipsey Hussle. It's like it's a lot of things, you know, you don't expect to say that definitely is one of them. Right. Now, he, rest in peace to Nipsey Hussle. There's a lot of things, you know, you don't expect to say.

That definitely is one of them. Right. Now, he was shot and murdered over the weekend, and he stopped by here last February. February, yes. Victory Lap came out last year in February. You know, Victory Lap was my favorite rap album of 2018. I think he came here on, like, the 20th, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, February 21st. We aired it on the 21st. So we're going to get that back on. We talk about so much in that interview. That was a great interview, man. It was like an hour long. We covered a lot of ground in that interview, you know? Well, let's get into it now.

What up, what up, what up? What's up, bro? What's up, my brother? What's the deal, bro? Now, I don't know nothing about L.A. politics, but are you allowed to wear that much red? I can do what I want, man. It's my brand, so you know what I'm saying?

Absolutely. I like how red look with gold, you know what I mean? Do people trip like that with the colors you wear, or? It depends. Like, again, everybody know who I am as far as where I belong, so you know. I be seeing, like, internet comments sometimes when I be flamed up, but

in L.A., you know what I mean flamed up but in LA you know I mean we grew up if you was a real when you could wear what you want that don't really apply you know I'm saying yeah I mean it's like if I'm in somebody else here with a gang of red on and I'm not a known face and I'm in a crib hood yeah it'll probably I probably get a dress got you but I don't think I had that problem they were like that's itip, you know what I'm saying? Well, congratulations on the album. Finally, man.

Finally, victory lap. Yeah, victory lap in stores. Go grab that stream, that, all that. You don't have to prove on victory lap, man. I had to. It took too long, right? You had a lot to prove on that album. Yeah, I did.

Let's talk about it now. The album is dope, first and foremost. Thank you. I love the album. Thank you. I hear a lot that you don't like weirdo rappers. Well, I think you're talking about the line when I was like the Saints is weirdo rap you Yeah, I just feel like you know, um, I felt pressure a little bit from where the game is that and I know this to nobody

specific just like it ain't in the direction of what We grew up on in terms of like you got to say something, you know what I mean? You gotta be a man of respect or a woman of respect. You know what I mean? Even from like just the drug stuff. Like, you know, that was never glorified in rap culture. We could almost like live by Scarface or Jay-Z or Tupac lyrics. If we ain't had no principles, like a man around,

we could live by their lyrics and come out as a solid individual. That's what I meant just as far as like, you know, principles, like a man around, we could live by their lyrics and come out as a solid individual. That's what I meant, just as far as like, you know, just returning to that direction. I don't know, like, telling people what to do, but just, you know, try to represent the principles that I grew up on in rap music. That's one thing I like about your music. It always has socially redeeming value to it. And on dedication, you know, Kendrick says that his man L said, do a do a song with nip he a better cripple kendrick said he a man first yeah you hear

what he speaks about from black businesses the false imprisonments and he said listen close is bigger than deuces and four so is that a challenge for you to get people to see you for more than a stereotypical west coast gangster rapper i mean people people receive me based on what i said so i i wouldn't i wouldn't blame people for that. I came in and said, this is where I'm from and this is who I represent. But it was for a reason. I wanted to establish, you know, what I belong to. And I looked at it like jail.

That's what I used to tell my homies because even some of my homeboys would be like, well, you can't come out talking about the hood specifically. You know what I mean? When you walk into a dorm, the first thing you establish is where you from and then from there you get into the person behind this just in case whoever got a problem with this wherever your enemies is you go to the back you handle your business and then you get into like okay i could actually with you you know i mean we get to know each other but you get that out the way first and so um also i wanted to i wanted my message to impact gang culture you know

what i'm saying i wanted what i had to say to impact individuals like myself young people that was in these areas that was controlled by gangbanging i didn't want to preach to the choir but i wanted to be able to say you know i'm one of you and where i'm gonna go wherever i end up you gonna you're gonna know that you can end up there too. Whether it's at the top of the game or in a successful situation as a business owner, I came from this and it's authentic and I'm not on the outside of this culture. That's why I came in like I came in. I wasn't trying to like be on no super tough guy.

You know what I'm saying? I just wanted to be clear that, you know, wherever I take it, I'm not different. I'm exactly the same. I've been through everything you've been through or you're going to go through as somebody in that culture. What is a better crip? What does that mean? I don't know because I ain't say it, but what I would assume Kendrick meant was that somebody

that is not 100% biased or outside of communicating with a blood or somebody from the other side of the tracks. Maybe that's what he meant. That's what I took it as, you know. But we had to ask Kendrick his take on what he meant by that. You talk about West Coast infrastructure. It was a period when you needed a Dr. Dre cosign to get out of the West. Why do you think that changed? Dre, man, he built, I call it an island.

If you look at music, it's like three or four islands in rap music. You know what I mean? And a lot of the things that you might not know, well, y'all know, but that the people might not know are connected to these islands, they connected. You got to, like, Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre Island, which you got a list. All the artists, Tupac came under that.

Dre, Snoop, Game. Kendrick. Well, yeah, Kendrick is a part of the Top Dog thing as well, but it connects, you know what I'm saying? And so then you got like the Lior, Def Jam, Island, and that, not Island Records, I'm just saying. That's an island. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, and Rough Riders, Murder Inc., Rockefeller. Yeah, you know I'm saying yeah and a rough riders murder Inc Rockefeller yeah you know Kanye and all the artists that came out to yay fall under that and then you got um whatever happened on Sony you know I mean and so it was one of them three options right for artists and unless you you wanted to go what I call just taking the stairs and figuring out how to get into one of those situations as your own thing. Top Dog did it. You know what I'm saying? Top Dog created his own thing. And so that was my goal to build an island myself. You know what I mean? I saw what, even like Jay, they got Roc Nation. That's an island. That's his own thing. Even though it

came from them being an artist connected to another situation, they have turned that into its own operation. What kind of conversations did you and did he have because you and did he formed a relationship I assume through Lauren London and Cassie yeah yeah yeah boo threw me the alley you you know no I'm saying Lauren Lauren introduced me to puff oh I mean I knew puff but it was it was more of a personal relationship after you know uh we was at cassie's birthday something like that you know what made you want to get old like diddy and put him on young that's crazy diddy chose young i'll try to get more rap because i was i was referencing the hate me now video and what what his his presence on that

record with nas brought to it i'm like look, look, this the record, this rap, I want you to get on this, put the mink on, get in the video, we gonna make a movie. And he was like, he told me the whole story behind that. He like, bro, I bust a $40 million check a week before I did that movie. So I went, I mean, that video. So he like, that's the energy you saw in that video.

Like, I went and spent all this dough on a chain and we got tigers. He like, I got the biggest check of my life. Yeah. So he like, we probably ain't gonna be able to recreate that energy. You know what I'm saying? But you know, when I played the rest of the songs for him,

he heard Young N***a and he chose that record. Really? Yeah, so, you know, he just went in the booth and then start, you know. Tick that, tick that. Yeah, start gassing, you know. But even still like rap, he gave me some real production advice on that record.

When I played it for him, it was different than what y'all heard. He said it wasn't loud enough. Yeah, and he was like, listen, bro, he pulled up Natural Born Killers by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. He's like, this is what you're going for. This is what y'all trying to do on this record.

Maximize it, make it sound like this. And we went back in the studio, and I played it for my producers, and then we turned it up and added a synth lead all the way through so it sound more like West Coast Violin you know I mean and I felt what he said after the fact I was a little upset like what you mean banging but after I re-approached it it was room to make the record better all right well that was part one of our interview with Nipsey Hussle again rest in peace Nipsey Hussle if you're just

joining us we're re-airing when Nipsey Hussle. Again, rest in peace, Nipsey Hussle. If you're just joining us, we're re-airing when Nipsey Hussle stopped. When we come back, we'll get into part two of our interview. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. In this space about that record? I thought you played the keys over just enough when you had to clear it. Nah, listen. That's a hard motivation record. Yeah, Hustlin' Motivation. Hustlin' Motivation, yeah.

Yeah, so when Jay-Z got Annie to clear the record, I guess when he paid him, he said, y'all gotta let every other rap artist after me use it. Wow. Yeah. So that was his deal with whoever the producers and writers that- That's interesting. You know what I'm saying?

That's dope. Yeah, so we benefited off his negotiation in 1998. Wow. We just had to get Jay-Z to clear it because when he cleared it with the owners of the copyright, he made it to where any hip-hop artist after him

could use the record. Jay did that, so hopefully you don't have to go through that. You know what I'm saying? Wow. Yeah, yeah. So every hip-hop artist got to clear it with Jay first.

Well, they just need, excuse me, they just need the Jay-Z clearance. Any clearance is good as long as they're a hip-hop artist. Jay clear with Jay first. They just need the Jay-Z clearance. The Andy clearance is good, as long as they're hip-hop artists. Jay's always showed you love, though. Didn't he buy like 1,000 copies of your Crenshaw album? What album was the $1,000? He bought 100 copies of Crenshaw that was $100.

$100, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. And now you didn't even know him back then. Nah, I mean, you know, I met Jay in L.A. years ago at a concert. I was just backstage, and I ran up to him. I didn't run up to him. I'm just like, what's up? I'm Nip up to him just like what's up I'm nip you know I mean I'm from LA bro from rolling 60s he actually bought a lowrider the story is I ain't never asked him but he bought a lowrider from one of my homeboys money Mike that's in

the my video best of me baby blue yeah you know I mean he bought that from one of my homeboys one of my G homies from LA I was old-school hustler that was really his huh yeah that was his he bought. I'm tired of that being so real. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's confirmed. You know what I mean? Wow. So I just was like, yeah, I'm Nip.

I'm from Rolling 60s. He's like, nah, I know. And, you know, this was years before the Crenshaw thing. He's like, you know, y'all doing your thing. Keep going. So that was the only combo we ever had until the Crenshaw thing. But, yeah, Jake been a hundred, man. So, you know what I mean?

A lot of love. Now, Blue Laces, too, one of my favorite records on the album. You make a Spook Who Sat By The Door reference. You know about that, man. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I read that book. But I don't think you a spook who sat by the door. I think your intentions are pretty clear.

Well, now I would say so. But even to the point we made earlier, that's one of the reasons I was so vocal about where I was coming from and what I represented because I knew who I wanted to mobilize. You know what I mean? And if anybody that ain't seen that book,

I mean, seen that movie or read the book, it's about a gang member from Chicago who, you know, presented himself in a way. He never caught no cases. He had a clean-cut look

and he infiltrated the CIA. Yep. And he became educated and became look, and he infiltrated the CIA. Yep. And he became educated and became—and basically he used their agenda, which was to have a token in the CIA for political reasons. You know, we're going to speak blunt. He used it against them. And I think that in terms of hip-hop, you think of the message that they embrace, I feel parallel with, like, you know what I mean?

The power structure. I don't mean the culture of hip-hop, but the power structure of music. They got prescribed personas they expect from us. You know what I'm saying? So I feel like the way he used their intention against him was one of my underlying strategies. You know what I'm saying?

You got to put the medicine in the candy. And what's interesting about that book, all his people used to call him Uncle Tom and the Coons. You know what I'm saying? The sellouts. the medicine in the candy. And what's interesting about that book, all his people used to call him Uncle Tom and a coon. You know what I'm saying? A sellout. Yeah. But he was there working for them the whole time.

Yeah. And he, I don't want to go blow nothing up like he did in the movie. You know what I mean? But just in terms of being able to mobilize his homies to a higher cause, you know? There's a lot of little jewels that you're saying in there. And that's what I like. Like I said, the medicine really is in the candy. Because even when you drop a ball like about dr.

Sebi yeah I just that one thing they killed dr. Sebi will make somebody go research I never met him I met his wife and I take his products for sure why do they kill all holistic doctors messing up the medical insurance sure stopping they grind why don't get killed for hustling in front of a good spot you sure stopping the grind and these they check is billions you got that get flipped for a couple hundred thousand so you playing with some pharmaceutical money you know and what's crazy I'm working on doing a documentary on the trial in 1985 when Dr. Sebi went to trial

against New York because he put in the newspaper he cured AIDS. He beat the case. And he went to federal court the next day and beat that case on record. And nobody talk about it. We're still talking to Nipsey Hussle. He's in the building right now.

Now, what happened with Reebok? Were you signed to Reebok? Did Reebok do the release that you were there? Nah, I did an endorsement with Puma recently. I don't want to go too deep into that because... I had to check your footwear when you said that. I was like, yeah, we got him on. Yeah, come on, man.

I ain't faking. Nah, but I don't want to go too far into details with the other thing because it's something that we're gonna pursue But um, you know, it wasn't authorized it wasn't authorized and they they put all money in on the shoe They put rich rolling on the shoe. I don't even that's that's some gang. You don't put rich rolling on no shoe You know, you gotta pay thousands of people it's doing life in jail that you know, I mean fall under that structure So you gotta be careful with that. I'm not even

taking a check for nothing to say Rich Rollin. I would've told the designers, no, bro. Stay clear of that. You can't copyright. That's like putting Crip on a shoe or something. Who you gonna pay? And that causes problems for you because it's like, oh, you got paid off. Even outside of that,

if I was right, I would stand on being right. That's not right. I'm not the beneficiary of that. You can't just pay me and think that. And by the way, they didn't pay me. But you can't just pay me and think that, oh, we paid Nip. He speak for the.

Nah, bro. They got 100 years. You know what I'm saying? What I look like taking a check, I can't do that. And I'm grinding all my life. You tell a story where somebody got stomped out, and you say 50 and Mayweather bounced with y'all in Vegas. What was that?

That was a long time ago, man, at a club. Me and YG was performing at Vegas called Strip Hop. And, you know, somebody, a melee broke out, and, you know, it ain't going in their favor. The niggas that started it. And just so happened 50 and Mayweather was in the club. You know, they had all the cars and s***. They was really just coming to show love.

And, you know, it made the news. It was a big old thing, but n****s tried to rob us. You know what I mean? Like, somebody was waiting outside of my section. It was all girls coming into the section to take pictures. And, you know, you be in the section, chain hang right you stand on the couch and you know somebody was like where you from one of the i'm thinking your fan i'm like huh you got my concert you don't know where i'm from i'm from l.a bro he's like no where you from and i frowned i guess my homeboy seen me

frowning dope fiending and then just a big old a big old melee broke out you know what i'm saying but yeah that's what that was about. It's on YouTube. The news footage is on YouTube. But why 50 and Mayweather had to bounce with y'all? Like, they needed to get out the club or? Well, y'all was probably taken out of context. They left the same time.

Oh, I know. Time to get out with that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Floyd was there with 20, 30 security, and 50 was there with 50, 30 people. So I'm sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was good money. I wasn't saying like they needed our help it's just like you know a

little fact they was in the building and you know they got footage of Floyd on the internet arguing with the police in the front of the club you know I just I be trying to revolve around real that took place you know I mean just to go back to the dr. said anything real quick what makes you want to do a documentary okay get it right man makes you want to do a documentary? Okay, Sebi. Get it right, man. What makes you want to do a documentary about Dr. Sebi? I think the story's important. I think it's a powerful narrative.

It is. You know what I mean? And I think if, imagine this, anybody in this room, if I could say, hey, somebody cured AIDS, y'all be like, yeah, right. And then I could show you an example of him going to trial and proving in a court to a jury that he cured AIDS. Y'all would be interested in that.

Absolutely. And y'all would look into the way he did it, right? So I feel like more so than, like, championing his products or explaining his methodology, put some light on that case. Imagine being able to cure cancer or being able to cure any type of herpes. And that's what he do, by the way. He used to send all types of vitamins up to the station. You got herpes? No. I said vitamins

to the station. Did you hear me? I said vitamins to the station. This guy's crazy. That was part two of our interview with Nipsey Hussle. We're re-airing our interview. He stopped through last year. And let's get on a Nipsey Hussle mini-mix-airing our interview he stopped through last year. And let's get on a Nipsey Hussle mini-mix. Let's play a couple of his joints, alright? So don't move, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

That was a Nipsey Hussle mini-mix if you just joined us. Again, rest in peace to Nipsey Hussle. He was killed over the weekend, and we're replaying our interview that we did with him a year ago, alright? So let's get back into that. Now Nipsey, you were talking about Cardi and her wearing different colors and she wasn't a real... Nah, that's not what I said. And you know what I mean? Just because she's a that. Now, Nipsey, you were talking about Cardi and her wearing different colors. And she wasn't a real.

No, that's not what I said. And you know what I mean? She's a woman. Yeah, I like Cardi B. Cardi B did a verse for me. You started it off saying, I like Cardi B. Yeah, that's a fact. Like, anybody don't like Cardi, they a hater.

I used to watch her IG clips and be laughing like, this girl crazy. But her personality is golden. You know what I mean but wrong is wrong right is right bro that's what I grew up on that love me bro gonna tell me bro you was wrong right all right don't tell me that in public wait till we get back to the hood I might set off a melee and we gonna fight with me but when we get back to the hood bro that was bull don't do that you're gonna have us you're gonna get us in a wreck wrong is wrong right is right that terminology she used is like real...

And look, just for the record, that's how bloods talk. Bloods say crap. Bloods say flu. Crips say slob. Crips say dead. Like, if I was with all my homeboys, I'd be like, bro, give me a dead bull. That's how we talk. But I be intentionally respectful on the record because we talking about a public environment which is the music industry you feel what i'm saying we saw what happened with death row so we're gonna set trip in public y'all gonna get caught on camera

squabbling you're gonna violate why you worth 300 million sugar knight you're gonna go to the pen pocky gonna die right or wrong that happened that was gang banging that was set tripping publicly so we would be bad leaders to re re recreate that what about somebody like takashi69 i don't want to talk about other people for real you know what i'm saying I I feel I feel my own way about it but God bless everybody man get your money you feel me what I said about Cardi big asked me and so I spoke on it but I don't want to hate on Cardi B get your money Cardi I respect what you're doing you know I'm saying she done a verse for me I see the Migos I shake the hand you know I'm saying I respect her come up she came from the gutter. About saying disrespectful things on IG,

I'm going to always be like, that ain't the move. That's not what you're supposed to do. Now, do I tell you what to do? Nah. You get it how you live. If you like it, I love it. I just know me and mine, we're going to move this way because I'm going to always stand on what I do.

So if I walk into a room full of bloods, and I ain't going to be like, oh, they go to slobs I'm not finna talk like that that's that's called being a cell soldier on some gel you know I'm saying so do get us in the cell popping it yeah cuz you can't get touched you hiding behind the big the sale you know I'm saying pop the gates talk like that if you ain't gonna talk like that then keep it one way i've been in a tank with a hundred bloods before i'm from six old crib i ain't gonna call the slobs to kill me but i ain't gonna i'm this is where i'm from homie you feel what i'm saying and so same the other way around i've been in a dorm with a hundred crips and two or three bloods and they ain't using that terminology they not that's just against the laws of nature this is self-preservation gonna

prevent you from talking like that that's what i was speaking on but for the record and just for the new york bangers i respect real everywhere in every city and state you can't take that from nobody gang culture came from out of la i don't mean it ain't real in new york that pushing a a line as bloods and crips but we got to be honest we got to speak honestly we can't be political about dead and doing life for you for what i'm saying absolutely so that's that's that's my stance on it but like i said everybody get money man I respect Cardi. You know, I mean she linked up with with wacko one of my respect here power

And you know, I ain't mad at her do your thing. I just my personal opinion It's in your interest not to be public dissing gangs You know I'm saying unless you want to put your security at risk, because it ain't going to be you shooting or getting shot at. You're going to be pushed into the car. You know, we were talking about checking in. And how do you feel about checking in? Because, I mean, it's a big thing, especially in L.A., you know what I mean? Because it's so open.

I mean, you could drive in a block in L.A., one block, it'd be a sunny, clean block. Next block, you in the middle of the hood. 100%. Yeah. Checking in is it suggests friendly extortion. When you say checking in, a relationship is different. Because we all need relationships.

You know what I'm saying? I'm sure when you travel, you from New York. But you got relationships all over the country. You got relationships all over. I'm sure you do, too. And a relationship, I don't believe in fake relationships. So just establish genuine relationships everywhere you go you'll be in a better position then you do that off being respectful and being you know you reciprocated somebody come to your city bro you need something

whether it's a car some weed you know I mean you want to go somewhere to eat what you need you out of town I got you not just some protection you feel me so i i wouldn't say the check-in i don't know nothing about that but just i got relationships in new york that it's respect when i pull up you know i mean to make sure i got whatever i need same in la i can get you from the airport bro you could take my car you could come to my store you could you meet my homeboys you could get numbers if you If you have any problems or whatever, just call in. Or you want to know where to go eat at, that ain't because you had to. That's because, yeah, it's strength in numbers, and we only from one place.

You know? My last question for Nip, man, because I'm riding in the car, and I'm like, boy, Nip going to get in some shit for this. You said that your mistress is Creole. How do you get away with that? Man, it's music, man. I said my wife is a C note I said his life is a free throw my life my wife is a C note but my

mistress is Creole you know that was a that was wet number one I recorded that before me before I had a girl for real that's a fact though I just put being political but then again it's music Like, my girl's an actress. If she kissing on camera, what, I'm going to be mad? Nah, do your thing. I love the fact you said your girl. So y'all back together. Y'all good.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We solid. Players fuck up, too, man. That's all I'm going to say about that. That's the reason I ask, because she don't play. She don't run down on you. She press me. She ran down on Charlamagne.

You know, Charlamagne went hard. You know what I'm saying? But yeah, Boogie, Boogie, Boogie, man, you know, she know how to defend herself and standagne. You know, Charlamagne went hard, you know what I'm saying? He deserved it. Charlamagne deserved it. Boogie, man, you know, she know how to defend herself and stand up. You know what I mean? And, you know, she's from L.A. She grew up. A lot of people might think she got a privileged background.

She ain't got no privileged background. They think she's Nunu in real life. That's what they think. She's from Atlanta. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, nah, but she come from L.A., man. And you know what I mean? She seen Charlamagne and zeroed in.

But she quit. I told her from jump, though, I'm like, you're going to meet Charlamagne and like Charlamagne, respect Charlamagne, you know what I mean? Charlamagne known for being honest and, you know what I mean, ruffling feathers, but I know his stance. And I'm like, y'all got a similar mentality in terms of, like, what's right. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, she got a lot of love and respect for you.

Well, we appreciate you joining us. Shout out to our girl, she got a lot of love and respect for you. We appreciate you joining us. Nipsey Hussle. Alvarez right now, victory lap. Yeah, and it's the Breakfast Club, good morning. Yeah. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are the Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note?

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