The Breakfast Club - Classic Interviews for Labor Day

Episode Date: September 5, 2016

MON 9/5 - Replaying some of your favorite interviews on this Labor Day Monday including A$AP Rocky, Aries Spears, Snoop Dogg, Tory Lanez, DMX & Rae Sremmurd! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A$AP Rocky. What's happening, man? What's up? A$AP, you've been taking a lot of heat lately, man. Let's get right to it. It's an interview floating around. Basically, it looks like you don't care about the Black Lives Matter movement. It looks like he don't care about black people.

You said you're not Al Sharpton. You are A$AP Rocky. It's really messed up. I wanted to, you know, come here today and clear the airways for the simple fact that whole interview was taken out of context as far as what I said. I feel like I felt terrible as a black man, as an American. Crazy like this. Speak freely, my brother. I just don't understand how they keep saying a dark skinned skin don't like black people. You know what I'm saying? Like, and it's because you do these interviews with these European reporters

who, journalists, who want to make a name for themselves, and they take that out of context. You know what I mean? If you read the most people who read that interview, they only read that section,

you know, and see what they saw floating around on the blogs. I feel like for the most part, people didn't really dissect that interview. You can see that that's not my context. I don't say my mates

This the same guy that was reaching Asking me yo how many people you slept with How many girls you slept with To get more reviews Who knows So what were you trying to say You guys your modern rappers Like your favorite rappers today

I don't know if it's Thug, Future, Drake Anybody like You don't always hear they content being about, you know, the political going on. I feel like why put me on the pedestal for that, especially when I'm not asking for that? I want to make music. I want to inspire. I want to promote peace. Because at a time like this, I don't have all the answers.

I'm not trying to run for Congress. I'm not trying to run for office. I don't have all the answers. You know what I'm not trying to run for Congress. I'm not trying to run for office. I don't have all the answers. You know what I'm saying? I want to promote prosperity, especially for black people, especially for just young people, ambitious people, underprivileged. I'm not here to talk about supremacy. I'm not here to talk about who's dominant.

I'm being in London and looking at it from a different perspective, man. It's really sad because you come over here and you feel it. Like, before, I thought they were just trying to gas it for the world to make it look like America's a bunch of idiots and it's racism, you know, really big. And, you know, coming back here, it's the truth. You can feel the energy. You can feel the tension. You can feel the separation.

It's what? You know, a lot of kids and a lot of people look up to you, so I guess they expect you, not just you, but the celebrities to react and to say something and to stand up. For sure, and that's why I'm here today. Because when it comes to stuff like this, I usually try to save it for the music or try to speak about it when I'm asked about it. But I think I need to speak up right now. And especially coming back and seeing that video with the, you know, the cop. Which one? The Sterling.

The Sterling one. That really touched me the most because I was just saying to myself, you know what I mean? Like, we all know. I hope people don't think that I feel like I'm invincible. Because you fit the description. Yeah, you definitely fit the description, bro. Black, brown, brown skin, mouth full of gold.

Now let me ask you this. Do you think in that article in Time Out New York that you were misquoted or do you think you misspoke? I think it was a mixture of both. Because what I was really trying to say is what I was just saying prior. I just feel like most artists don't speak about that. And when you got the journalist asking you,

well, how come you didn't speak about that. And when you got the journalists asking you, you know, so, well, how come you didn't speak about the Baltimore riots? Or how come you didn't speak about, you know, the Ferguson stuff and all this other stuff? And it's continuous, you know, question after question. You get agitated. At the time, I was dealing with my best friend dying. Like if I notice every time I put out an album, it's like I lose somebody.

Like, I lost my pops with my first album. I lost Yans with my second album. And that's what I was going through at the time. That's what I was thinking about. And I'm just saying, like, the same day that Sterling died, it was like 300 people, and quote me if I'm wrong, like, that died in Siberia the same day. Siberia the same day, right?

And it's just like perception because we can look at that. People can look at my situation and only a few people that can relate. They can be like, yeah, I did lose a best friend. I know what that's like to have to start an establishment with somebody losing. Some people can't relate. If people hear my story, they might go, oh, that felt really bad. You know what I mean? Do it make them insensitive because they can't relate 100,000 percent?

Look at the people in Siberia. They probably looking at the situation here like, well, we just lost 300. Yeah, it's basically about people's self-interest. That's all. And I just get upset. And what I was really trying to say there was like, yo, I hate when the bandwagon stuff starts. I mean, how come black lives only matter when a police take them? You know, a police officer takes it, and it should be like black lives,

it should matter when the black lives take it. You know what I mean? It should always matter. All lives matter. Those are two separate issues, though. Because imagine, like, you know, somebody saying we can't complain about ISIS killing Americans because Americans kill each other all the time. Or nobody ever says.

It's two different extremes, but it's still hand in hand, though, bro. You know, one life isn't greater than the other. All right, we got more with ASAP Rocky when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was ASAP Rocky effing problems.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. ASAP Rocky is in the building. Now, Charlamagne? You said that every time you put out an album, you lose somebody. Yeah, man. And plus, you was on drugs.

Do you feel like you're in a very dark place when you're doing these interviews? Or sometimes you're just angry? At the end of the day, I kind of felt like it was just a pick on me situation. And I understand why people was upset. But for the most part, I think people are well knowledgeable enough to know at this day and age that you can't really depict what you you can't really judge something off of what you see or something like that, especially judging my character with me. You know what I'm saying? I hate to have to be on the stand, especially, man, I need to be proud of me, man. Like, I didn't have a domestic case since 2012.

One last time you heard about me busting somebody's head in a bottle, I've been chilling. I don't fight nobody. No more lawsuits. You know, I'm trying to show another way. Like, the best thing that I could do is show y'all how I did it and what my state of mind was like and my mentality and my train of thought. You get what I'm saying? I'm at a loss for words, and I'm overwhelmed at this point, but I'm not upset.

I'm just really more hurt, and it's not about the comments and none of that. I'm just talking about, like, this country, how we look, how we perceive. It's trash, man. Didn't you lose a brother to gun violence? I did. Yes, I did. My brother died on the same block I was born on,

116th Street and Morningside. You know what I'm saying? So I understand why you say, you know, why don't we talk about black-on-black crime? My brother was the blood, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, four-point star general, Brazy Ricky, that man was nothing like me, but at the same time, was a victim to the

streets, because that's the path that he chose, and I learned from my brother's mistakes, learned from my pop's mistakes, hustling, going to jail, falling off, trying to get back on, take care of all his kids. I don't have no kids yet. I'm trying to show you. Why are you wearing so many condoms, bro? Yo, you...

I just feel like at this day and age, man, the mentality of everybody is just, they don't want to think it's individuals. And that's what I'm trying to encourage. Because it's that individual thought process that could bring us together as a unit. People got to think like individuals to come together as a group. I agree with that. You did the joint with Alicia Keys, the 23 joint.

23 Ways for a Black Man to Die in America. So that shows you care. For sure, for sure. And what was your way to die, you said, in that? By just asking for some help, man. Right. Calling for help. Yeah, calling for help.

I think it was just funny and coincidental that, like, you know, as soon as I get back to the States, I'm dealing with all this, and I see what's going on. I feel attention. I decide to get involved. And as soon as I decide to get involved, it's like, shman campaign. Right. You know what I'm saying? So you feel like they saw you in Alicia Keys' video, and they were like, okay, let's put this up.

I don't know what happened. I could only, you know. Now, what about the Will.i.am song? I see they're remaking Where Is The Love, like a new version of it. So who's on it? You're on it? I don't know. I don't want to speak out of line.

Okay, because I was trying to get some inside information, because I saw about it, but I didn't know for sure who was on it yet. It's a few people. I'm going to say I was just really, really honored to be on that track. We all wish that, like, it's like being an artist

and being alive for when they made the, like, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, we are the world, we are the light of the world. Like, you know, how could you not be a part of that? And not just because

of those names, but just because of that time and what that message stood for. So that's what I really wanted to manifest with that. Like, you know, how could you not be a part of that? And not just because of those names, but just because of that time and what that message stood for. So that's what I really wanted to manifest with that. Like, I just wanted to kind of, you know, that was my contribution. And like I said, you damned if you do, you damned if you don't. When I don't say nothing, oh, he ain't on shit. He don't give a fuck about Nick. And when I do say something, oh, he don't really love it.

So it's just like, you damned if you do, you damned if you don't. So it is what it is, man. And it's bad because one cancels out the other. Like, they forget you was on the 23 with Alicia Keys. Or they don't know you're doing the empowerment song with Will.i.am. You need to stop doing print interviews. Man, that was a year ago.

That was a year ago, as you can see. But, I mean, I'm on damn near every, your favorite magazine cover. I gotta do print. I'm a model now. But you love black people. You love everybody. But you do love black people. I hate your black ass. They're saying you are all lives matter, Nick. Man, I love my people, man.

To death. I do. I love all people. It's about people, man. We gotta stop separating each other with color, man. But at the end of the day, the issues in the neighborhoods of urban communities is those issues. Suburban issues. Suburban issues. And they might be different in the neighborhoods of urban communities is those issues, suburban issues, suburban issues. And they might be different in extremes. I'm just saying, man, across the board, it's really all about this love, man.

It's all about us coming together in tranquility and harmony. It sounds cliche, but, man, I was just walking the other day and I felt bad about the stuff I'm hearing. And some girl came up to me and I thought she was psychic and she rubbed my face. She was just like, don't feel bad, baby. They got you all wrong. Young chick. And you know what I mean? Gave me a hug. I was like, thank you so much. You know what I'm saying? You know how much a smile brightens up somebody's day

and a hug, a little bit of love. So, you know, spread some love, man. So, if there's one thing you want people to get from this interview, what would it be? I want peace and love, man. Spread love. Yeah, that's it. Just love, man. Honestly. Well, that's ASAP Rocky. ASAP Rocky. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

That was Bryson Tiller with Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest. This is the only guest in Breakfast Club history that has ever smoked a pimp. And you're not going to tell Snoop Dogg, no. No.

I sure didn't. Did we get in trouble for that? No. No. Snoop Dogg! Hey! We just had a healthy debate with Drama. Is Snoop the most famous rapper in the world? I said yes. Globally. He said no matter where you go in this world, no matter who it is, race, age,

everybody knows Snoop Dogg. I said it was between you and Hope. He said you are the biggest brand. I don't know. It's like an out-of-body experience for me. It's hard for me to say because I live with me every day. So I don't know who the biggest rapper is globally,

but I do know that when I do go certain places, it's hard to try to camouflage, disguise, whatever. Even Baby Girl at the front desk, I just gave her another picture. What's her name? Miss Anita. That's my baby. She smoked too, so slip her a little something. That's my baby.

She got that. I give her a nip. I give her a nip. When's the last time you've been somewhere and haven't been recognized? Has that happened? See, it doesn't happen. On some real talk, I'm being honest with you. I don't even remember the last time it's been like that.

I done been to grocery stores, churches, underwater. Underwater. I didn't even. Look, this is the crazy part. I done been and done some homeless work where you go down there and feed the homeless, and the homeless be like, Snoop Dogg, what's happening, dog? I'm like, man, how do you know me? You ain't got no TV.

You ain't got no what you think. So I don't know. I can't figure it out. And you just have adjusted to this social media era so well. Like it's a famous meme, but it got you with your head scarf on. I look like somebody auntie. Hey, Charlamagne, I don't care though. One thing about me.

You post it. You be posting it. Hey, Charlamagne, I don't care, though. One thing about me, when people make fun of me, when they clown me, when they put me in a girl body with my head on it or with a rabbit suit on, I see it, I throw it up, and I'm like, who did this to me? And I go right into the joke, so I don't understand why people get offended when I do that to them, when I do it to myself. It's like, it's all fun and games to me. As long as it's funny, it should be okay.

That's what it should be about. You know, when I got into the social media game, I didn't really understand it because I was like, I don't really want people in my business like that. But then I was like, damn, I'm the type of person that always go up to the fans, always do this anyway, so I might as well just open up and, you know, let them be a part of my world every day. Now, we've seen a video of you and Game walking to the precinct in L.A. What was that all about?

Explain that. Why did you guys have to feel like you had to do it? Well, the morning before it happened game it hit me and he was like on a hundred and he was hot and I was hot we was just mad at all of the violence that was happening to these innocent people by the police so you know I was ready to do whatever so I was basically following his lead because I felt like it's a young man's game and he's younger than me and he's gonna take the lead I'm gonna follow this soldier when he hit me back I told him I said look I don't want to take the lead and I'm going to follow this soldier. When he hit me back, I told him, I said, look,

I don't want you to overreact. I want you to think about everything that you're going to do and put a real plan together and hit me when you get your plan together and I'm with you. So then he went and made a call to Farrakhan for three hours and did all the things he had to do to prepare himself. Then he hit me back at about three in the morning and was like,

meet me here at five in the morning. He didn't say nothing else. So I'm like, I don't know what's going on, so I got dressed to go to war. Yeah, you look like you was ready to win. You had on the chucks and the flag on. Hold on, you didn't even say, let's think about this at all.

He just gave, when you get the back call, Charlamagne, you just show up. I wasn't going to be putting my shoes on telling him, hold on, I'll be there. I was there. So when I get there, I'm fully loaded and ready to go. And I'm looking around. They're passing off shirts and everybody on

peace. And he got us all in a circle and he said something that was so deep. He was like, you know what? I didn't even know what I was going to do when I came here. But now that I'm looking at the spirit of everything, this is what I want to do. And I want y'all to follow me on this. I want us to walk down to the precinct and reintroduce down to the precinct and

reintroduce ourselves to the police department and let them reintroduce themselves to us so we can get some sort of dialogue going. And we listen to them, and we're like, man, that's kind of dope because we never talk to the police unless it's too late. Let's get that understanding right now. So while we're walking down there, police escort us there.

Then when we get there, come to find out, the new recruits are graduating right now about to go hit the streets in a matter of 24 hours and we're standing outside. And the chief of police is there and the mayor is there. So they hear that we're outside marching peacefully with the Nation of

Islam with us. So they send a word that the chief would love to meet with me, Game, and two other of our people with the mayor behind closed doors. So we went up there, talked with them, chopped it up, got some understanding, wasn't arguing, wasn't talking bad, wasn't, you know, downplaying them. We was trying to get some understanding and some dialogue.

They had a couple of meetings since then, and it's looking like it's going to be a great situation in L.A. with the police and the communities because we sick and tired of talking after the fact when we could talk before the fact. It's been going on forever, especially in L.A. The first time that we ever saw real police violence was the Rodney King take.

But it's never been communication. And one thing about L.A., we have sheriffs and we have police department. The sheriff's department have minor incidents because they are sent to the county jail for 18 months as a part of their training before they hit the streets. The LAPD don't get no communication with the streets until they hit the streets. So there's a miscommunication off the jump. If you're scared, you never dealt with

nobody from the hood. You don't know what he looked like, how he get out. You already got a different perception on him. But if you've been in the county jail, you've been around them, you know, they lingo, they know you. It's a different perspective. When the sheriffs pull up, all the sheriffs want is doping guns. If you ain't got no doping no guns, they letting you go. They not going to shoot you. Well, they don't shoot you that much. But they not going to shoot you on GP. Right.

The LAPD, they got a different agenda. So we was trying to get that understanding on let's get some different protocols so they can be around these people in the community before they start policing this community. All right. We got more when Snoop, when we come back. Snoop's in the community before they start policing this community. All right, we got more with Snoop when we come back. Snoop's in the building. The Breakfast Club. That was Drake with Controller. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Snoop Dogg is in the building. Did you learn how to de-escalate stuff? Do you wish you had that same mentality during the whole East Coast, West Coast fiasco? I think I did at the Source Awards. That was a perfect example of de-escalation because Suge Knight had it escalated to, I seen people reaching for pistols and I seen pistols in there.

There was no police security. It was all hood security. It was New York versus Death Row Records at that point. And my conversation on that stage brought New York to a point to where they said, you know what? We're going to let y'all get out of here. To us, that looked hostile. It was very hostile because it was me saying that I know where I'm at,

but at the same time, y'all know this is gangster rap that we do. We don't just talk it, we live it. So if you're really, really in the mix, this is what takes place in the mix. This is gangster rap that we do. We don't just talk it. We live it. So if you really, really in the mix, this is what takes place in the mix. And at that time, Puffy wasn't with it like that. He was making his music. He wasn't with the, you know, I ain't with the rock, rock. I'm with the music.

Suge was with the rock, rock. And it's like, you know, it was a fine line because Puffy then was my friend. But I'm riding with Death Row. And at the same time, I'm in New York, so it's like, if I don't say the right words, we all gonna get killed. Damn. So why come back and kick the buildings over? Because something happened. Because something happened

that I ain't gonna speak on that we took that on the chin and said we'll just get it back on this side. You know what I'm saying? Like, when you involved into the art of war, certain losses you take, certain, you know, sacrifices you make. It come with the territory.

And we knew where it came from. We knew who sent the shot. And we never had a problem with him. We allowed that to happen because we knew in the art of war, that's what happens when you, you getting busy, you gotta get, you gotta take what you get. You know what I'm saying?

So it was like, we lived through it. We survived it. We forgave and we forgot. And we moved forward. The parties that was involved, we met behind closed doors. And we got to understand, yeah, I know you sent that at me. That was a good shot. You missed, though.

I forgive you. We're going to move forward. I ain't going to send nothing at you when you're on my side. We gravy? We gravy? We good. Can you tell the story about Nas, man? That was the first time you met Nas, you said?

Yeah, the first time I met Nas, you said? Yeah, the first time I met Nasty Nas, I was in Gardena on 136th, 35th, one of those streets. And that's a crip neighborhood. Yeah, shotguns. And I was out there hanging tough with my homeboys, and a white van pulls up, and it got like about 15, 16 people in it. All of a sudden, the door open.

Oh, some dude jump out. His of a sudden, the door opened. Some dude jumped out. His sweatpants was lifted up to his knee with some boots on. He got on all red. Running right towards me. So the homies was like, they all draw, they finna draw down on him. I'm like, hold on, cuz, that's the rapper from New York.

That's Nasty Nas, cuz. So he come over to me, and he shake my hand. I'm like, it's a pleasure to meet you, but let me let you know. When you ever in L.A., don't ever jump out with no red or no blue on, cause you don't know what neighborhood you in, loved one. Take my number down, so I'll holler at you next time you come to the city. Crazy, cause I tell you the time

Nas pulled out a gun on me, I ran up on Nas like that. What? I ran up on Nas. I had mixtapes in the bag. I ran up on Nas like that. What? I ran up on Nas. I had mixtapes in the bag. I ran up on him just like that. You know, Nas, I got something for you. And I was going in my bag to pull it out. Not a good idea. By the time I came out here,

somebody sounds sketchy. What you got for me? I said, it's a CD. I got something for me. I got something. What you got? What you got for me? You used to roll like that at one point.

You used to have a briefcase. Yeah, all that old stuff, man. Hey, Charlamagne, I'm peace now. What I understood about moving with the peace, when I had the gun, have gun, problems will travel. You know what I'm saying? They say have gun, will travel. Have gun, problems will travel.

When I removed the gun from my game, I had less issues because I was able to finesse and able to be more strategic with my conversation. When I had the gun with me, I was, you know, reckless because I had that thing, and I thought that thing was the, you know, just like everybody else with one of them things, their conversation is more reckless. When you ain't got one, you're more understanding,

and that's where I wanted to be. I wanted to be about peace as opposed to pushing violence. And you said you first smoked weed with your son, right? My oldest son. Your oldest son. Yeah. We did that questionnaire on the breakfast club, I think. Would you smoke weed with your child to keep him from doing it in the street?

Yeah, because like I say, you know, what I'm going to give him is the righteous way. I don't know what y'all going to put in there. You may lace it. You know, it may be. I don't know because it happened to me before. I've been laced with some things, so I don't trust the game. So I would rather get him, you know, school for me personally on understanding on what is and what not and what to do and what not to do. I think they did that to you on purpose

because they know you Snoop. And everybody want to outsmoke Snoop. So let me lace this blunt real quick just to say I outsmoke Snoop. I don't even take blunts from people no more. You know, I used to be in the crowd. I used to be reckless, man. I'd be in the crowd and they'd hand me a blunt.

I'd be like, oh. And then I'd start looking at these people like, ugh. I'm cold. I'm cold. I'm going to tell you how you influenced me recently. We were having a cookout, and I was going to make some turkey franks. Oh, ugh.

And then my friend was like, you got to see Snoop finding out what is in these hot dogs, and you're not going to eat that again. You know we threw the pack of franks out. Give me some. Tell us what's in the hot dog and turkey franks, man. No, it ain't. That's the same. For real?

It's the same machine, man. It's nasty, man. Did you see that? You have to see it. It'll make you never eat it again, I'm telling you. It's horrible, man. I can't get out. I used to come to New York, my hotel, got a hot dog man that stood right on the corner.

Me and Cub been cool for 20 years. I don't even look at him no more. I just walk right past him He like Snoop My hot dogs are waiting for you Nah I'm good I seen what y'all doing I'm cool on you

DMX was here a few weeks ago He ate four of them I saw them He threw up immediately No he did Four of them right on the corner He was drunk He ate four and threw up immediately

He drank a whole bottle of Henny And then he was hungry Then he had four hot dogs Threw up all over the street. That's my dog, right? He's the only person that ever got me to drink Hennessy at an awards show. Wow. And I mean at an awards show that's on TV.

Like, we was at the Grammys or something, and he was sitting, like, two seats down, and he had a Hennessy bottle, and he was just, Big Dog, you want some? And I said, I couldn't even say no. I was like, yeah, get in here, cuz. And I'm like, whoo. And we sitting up in there getting drunk in the Grammys in front of all these white folks with real Hennessy, no cups, straight out the bottle.

Shout out to DMX for keeping it hood. Snoop, you ain't never cared about your image in front of white folks. Isn't this crazy? Well, Snoop, we appreciate you joining us. Man, thank y'all for having me, man. This is one of my favorite shows to do. Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real, y'all for having me, man. This is one of my favorite shows to do. Just because y'all always keep it 100. Y'all keep it real.

Y'all solid with me. I've done interviews with y'all individually and together, and I love what y'all stand for. Continued success. I'm glad to see y'all on the real TV network, too. Thank you, my brother. It's the Breakfast Club. It's Snoop Dogg.

Hello. That was Tory Lanez with Love. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building who I seen in the hall. I said, you're coming for war.

You got a hoodie, a tan, and a fitting. Like, he's coming to bang. What'd he say? Uh-oh, what'd he say? He said, Aries Pizzle

looks like he just came off the train. He said, Aries Pizzle got on a champion hoodie and some Timberlands. Looked like he about to stick somebody up. I said, he got jacked in his outfit.

I said, he got jacked in his outfit. That's about to stick somebody up. I said he got jacked. That's a fair assessment. I came out of a cab. So what's been up with you, man? On the grind, baby. Just trying to stay relevant. What happened to Aerie Spares?

I told him before you walked in, I was like, Aerie was on everything. Me growing up, he was one of those guys, live movies, shows. He was all over New York. You find him in the club, comedy shows. You didn't want to sacrifice the goat? No, no, no.

It ain't got nothing to do with it. But I'm just curious. When you say what happened, why you say what happened? We don't see you as much as we used to. He's saying you fell off, Aries. I did not say I fell off. That's what he's trying to say. He's trying to say you fell off, Aries. Nah, you know, it's funny to me.

I know that's not what he's trying to say, but you know, it's funny to me. It ain't like cats don't say that. You know, I read the Twitter. I hear what people say. But, you know, it's funny to me. I know that's not what he's trying to say, but, you know, it's funny to me. It ain't like cats don't say that. You know, I read the Twitter. I hear what people say. But, you know, people lose perspective. You know, if falling off means going to Abu Dhabi and doing one show for 80 grand, you know, then you wish to fall off. If falling off means traveling all around the country, you know, going to Europe,

going to, you know, Australia, going to Africa, doing shows with a fan base, then, yeah, you wish it was me. You know what I'm saying? You know, it's like I do my job. You know, I eat for free, drink for free. I travel damn near for free. You know, go anywhere I want, get love, you know. It's like being a woman.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Being famous for a dude is like being a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman. So people's perspective is hilarious to me when they say fall off because it's like, look, if you could have my life based on what you do, and it ain't about trying to be braggadocious or nothing, but it's like, look, I can make it one weekend, what you make it a year.

You know what I'm saying? So when people say, yo, you falling off, it's like, if I fell off, then where you at? Do you think times have changed as far as being able to be the Paul Mooney type, I guess, being able to speak your mind because of social media and things like that? You know what?

Not really. You would think that it has, but not really. You know, and I'm trying to learn a little bit and hold back a little bit more because I know some of the things I say can sometimes be off-putting or shocking. But, you know, I'm trying to figure it out.

You know, people think that me and Kevin Hart really had a beef. There is no beef. How you gonna beef with somebody that huge? You know, I never had a beef. I had an opinion. How are you going to beef with somebody that huge? You know, I never had a beef. I had an opinion. What was your opinion? Because people are mad at that. You know, I was just simply saying that, you know, it's almost like every comedian,

we always have the intention of when we come out with a new joke, we want that joke to be a home run. Out of the park, grand slam. That's your intention, but it don't always work out like that. Sometimes it do, sometimes it don't. So if your intention is to be up here and you somewhere in here, you gotta, pardon me, you gotta work it and craft it till you

get it to that point. And sometimes all it takes is a word, a phrase, a physical movement, a little something extra to take you from here to here. And if somebody gives you the ingredient, whatever that is, to go from here to here, how do you claim

genius because if your bitch starts out like this knowing you wanted to be here then you get it here to go yo that's genius it was brilliant okay but before it was brilliant where did you get that to take it to the top so basically so what right is that's right I'm just saying yeah you got you know when you got somebody that can help give you that last you make a gumbo and you go something's missing doesn't every comedian have a writer? No, every comedian doesn't. You might have writers for TV show or movie

but no, not every comic for stand-up? Nah. What about a stand-up special on TV? Same thing. It's stand-up. It's stand-up. If you look at a lot of comedy specials at the end of it, when you look at the credits, it says written and produced by and nine times out of ten is one name.

Every nine and a year, you might get somebody with a written by two people, but usually it's one name, one author. That's it. This is my thing with comedians, right? Like every comedian has to mention Kevin Hart in some way, and it's never like a flattering thing. And I always wonder why. Well, I've always started off immediately by going, yo, Kevin Hart is so legit.

As a talent? No disrespect, talent, the boy is legit. You know what I mean? So I ain't never said he wasn't funny. The boy is the truth. I'm just saying as far as stand-up goes, it's real hard to come out with a banging hour that consistently. And I understand, you know, he says I work hard and all that, and I get that, and I respect it. But again, if you got somebody telling you, hey man, that joke you just did, say this instead.

And that's the difference between one and ten. Maybe Kev's just that good. Again, in one sentence. As far as being able to deliver an hour every year. By himself? Written by himself? All him? Yeah, maybe. Because you got to think about how much he's on the road and how much he travels, all the different places he goes.

He's got a lot of material to draw from. And a lot of that stuff is from his own life, too. Like his family, his kids. Like he said, he doesn't really get into politics and things like that too much.

He talks more about his family. God bless him. God bless him. It was my opinion. You said you and Kev have no problems and he's launching his comic network.

Would you do something on his comic network? He said specifically he would have you on. Absolutely. Would you do something on his comic network? He said specifically he would have you on. Absolutely. Listen, man, if the money right, I'm there.

You know, and like I said, there never was any beef. It's a shame now that you can't say something about somebody, an opinion, and people run with it

like, you know, it's blasphemy. You know what I think it is because you're a respected comic also and I guess it holds more weight, anything holds more weight when you say it than when somebody on Twitter says something.

Right. I think people just look for drama. All right, we got more with Aries Spears when we come back. Now, he's kind of been blackballed in the industry. We'll talk about it when we come back. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. That was for free DJ Khaled. Drink morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, we. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now we have comedian from MADtv, Aerie Spears in the building. Why do most comedians have such a dark past?

There's this perception of comics being happy and telling jokes on stage, but in real life, they're depressed. You know what makes me miserable and depressed is this business because it's not what it should be. I got into this thinking it was about your talent, you did your thing, and the next thing, boom. This stuff is so political. It's so political. It's so racist.

Like, this business is dirty. But you were there. You was on A Different World. You did Mad TV. You did so many specials. Deaf Comedy Jam. You were there. I don't, you know what?

That might be easy to say from the outside looking in. But I'm telling you, it's so many pitfalls and dirtiness to this. It's unreal. What happened? Did they invite you to an Illuminati meeting? Or did somebody in a room? I'm going to give you an example. The girl that does the mother on Family Guy, Alex Bornstein.

She was on Mad TV. She did Miss Swan. One of the most racist C-words I've ever been around. Me and Debra was in the makeup room one day and me and Debra like brother and sister. Our chemistry was there. And one day we just sitting around waiting to shoot

so Alex just starts looking at her fingernails and she keeps rubbing her fingernails and Debra used to date Pat Kilbane, the white boy on the show. So she goes, oh my God, Pat, I got all this black dirt under my fingernails like I was raped by an N-word and I got the evidence to prove it.

So me and Debra took offense to that. So, you know, we complained to the producers. So we complained to the producers about it and turned out the producers was like Aries and Debra making trouble. And we got singled out for being troublemakers we was troublemakers for being insulted that somebody said that right I

mean how do you know what I'm saying like how you blame the victim how you blame the rape you know I mean and so it's like and that's the kind of thing that's the kind of thing Hollywood is you gotta it's so political and so racial you gotta watch where you step you gotta watch what you say because all of it is is crazy at what point there had to be racial you gotta watch where you step you gotta watch what you say cause all of it is crazy at what point there had to be at least one moment

where you knew alright they ain't rocking with me like was it something in a meeting or somebody you're talking to I just

to be honest man I felt like that for the last couple years I truly believe to some extent whether it's true or not or whether I have I don't have any actual

evidence of it but to some degree I believe I'm blackballed, man. What? I just, just because there's a stigma. Gotcha. You know, my manager's even told me, he goes, well, you know, people will go, yeah, he's talented, but it ain't worth the trouble. We heard he's this.

We heard he's that. That's true, too. People always say you have a bad attitude. So I wonder, do you think, is there anything that make you say it could be me? Uh, yeah. I just, I should smile more. Yeah. You know, I should interact. I look like the Mahoosia Dean if I don't smile. It looks serious.

Even if you smile in that hoodie, I'm walking the other way. Well, listen, man, I'm going to be honest. I ain't going to lie. I was slightly intimidated coming here because, again, perception. From what I heard about Charlamagne and the way people say he is, I didn't know if I'm going to come to the studio and he's going to try and test me.

That's terrible. That's a terrible perception. That's a terrible perception. I've never been that way. You've never heard that? No, I hear that all the time, but I never do that to people. Before you walked in, he said he wanted to make you cry today. No, I'm just kidding.

Now, Key and Peele, because you talked about Mad TV only being like the farm league or whatever, but Key and Peele went on to tremendous success. And it's funny because you, to me, was the face of that show more than Key & Peele. Well, one, Key & Peele got on when the Titanic was sinking. When the show was at the apex of its success and its popularity, they weren't on. But once Will left, Mo left, Debra, and a lot of the people that helped define the show

during that time period, the Titanic was sinking. The writing wasn't as strong. The cast wasn't as strong. And I think more their popularity came from their own sketch show, the Key & Peele show, than it did MADtv. And again, God bless them, but that's another thing I caught flack for.

You said that Key & Peele weren't chosen by the black community. Black people like to go, well, what's being black? What, I gotta talk with ghetto and slang and act ignorant? It's the essence. There's a vibe. Black people have a natural cool, a natural swagger. When a dog come in the room, smell another dog. You know what I'm saying?

It's like brothers that are black on the outside, but you could tell, you smell something ain't right. They ain't got that, something's missing in the gumbo. I don't know if you articulate it well enough for people to understand, but I get exactly what you're saying when you say that. You know what I'm saying? I understand exactly what you mean when you say that. But I feel like this.

They seem like people I went to college with that are black. You know what I'm saying? It's just a different type of... Listen, Will Smith is educated and is articulate and is bright as any congressman or president or scholar. But he's a brother. But he's a brother. But I feel like they're just nerdy.

But DMX is gutter, gully, razor in the mouth while he's a brother. But he's a brother. But I feel like they're just nerdy. They're just kind of nerdy. But DMX is gutter, gully, razor in the mouth while he talk to you and he's a brother. Now they two different kind of, you know what I'm saying,

ones the Huxtables, one is Good Times. Right. But they both legitimately black. Key and Peele don't have a black core. They don't.

Like, you know, like even Kev, Kev Hart got a black core. Dave Chappelle had a black core. Right, right. Listen, I'm not saying just because you're a black dude with a white woman, you're not black.

But most black dudes with white women don't tend to be in touch with who they are. And the ones that are usually have white women that want to be naked. Nate Parker would disagree with you. Right. He made a movie about Nat Turner Turner and he has a white wife. Well, making a movie and being who you really are is two different things. We just talked about that. I could make a movie being a semi-homosexual.

That don't mean I'm homosexual. So just because you make a movie on racism don't mean you... What is a semi-homosexual? What is that? We're going to leave it there. What is a semi-homosexual? He's going to leave that there. He's going to leave that there. What is this? He's going to leave that there. All in a unite.

What is this? Am I? Yeah. Just a tip. Yeah. You know what I mean, man. There you have it. There you go.

The Breakfast Club. Thank you. That was Bryson Tiller with Don't. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We pop in bottles. We got a special guest It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We poppin' bottles. We got a special guest in the building who left Angela Yee

a nice little love letter the other day. You shootin' your shot, bruh? He was just saying something nice. Something that y'all men need to learn from. Something cool, you know? He was like, hey, babe, you look beautiful. He just made up a whole. Can you wear what you wore the other night? Come see you. Nah.

It was like, yo, you a sexy mother. I just want you to know that night? Come see you. Nah. Your bae, Tori Lanez. It was like, yo, you a sexy mother. I just want you to know that. It was something along those lines. Isn't that sweet? Yeah. I mean, you wake up in the morning, you're stuck into a computer.

What you mean mine was better? What, he left you a note too? What you talking about? What the hell you talking about? Yours was better. And I got him a gift, you know, because his new album. Damn, Tori, you don't plan to share?

I was. Nobody wanted to take a shot. I was like, yo, y'all gonna take a shot of me? Everybody stay silent. Except Angela. She was the only one that was ready to party. I said, yeah. You better go get cups. I'll wait on the cups you was just taking. Well, congrats on I told you. Thank you so much.

Now, I was calling you Drake like, you know, for a minute. And you were calling him Tari Killer. He was calling you everything. Bryce. I still don't know the difference sometimes. But the album is good, but it sounds like

you ain't developed your own sound yet, bro. Damn, you feel that way? You sound like Trey sometimes. You sound like Fetty Wap on some records. Who else? What do you think that is?

Who else? Probably just Fetty. Fetty Trey and a little drink. I think there was one song that people were saying that sounds reminiscent of Fetty Wap. Okay. But I don't know about the whole album.

And the cold, hard love. I like it. It sounds like Trey, though. Okay. No, but the album has gotten a really great reception. I know I was jamming to it as well. Thank you so much. And thank you to everybody who purchased

the album whether or not it was like you know hard copy or online or streaming yeah you know i'm just thankful to be at this point of my life in my career i've always wanted to drop an album so the fact that anybody has anything to say about it is just makes me happy you know and you have three songs that are pretty big from off the album already, which a lot of artists will never see. You know, two successful, or at least I would like to say the second one is, you know, on its way to success. I'd like to say I have two successful singles right now that I personally am proud of. And, you know, I'm just happy, like you said, that they came from the album

and that, you know, this pushes the album and things of that nature. You've always been a fan of 90s music? Of course. Because you say it and then everybody falls in love sometimes? Definitely. Yeah. Definitely. Everything. then everybody falls in love sometimes? Definitely. Yeah. Definitely. Everything.

And that's that Toronto influence, too. For sure. That West Indian, that Bayesian. He's half Bayesian. You know, we go to the, because, like, you know, we grew up in, like, the culture of going to the basement jam. You know what I mean? All the parties.

You did that in Toronto as well? Why? We, like, the, well, I don't know how it was. Brooklyn and Queens. Yeah. We was, like, the, we was, like, the, we felt like we, like, the home of that. Like, you know, because, like, that's where. Yeah. Like, that's how it how it was out there. Brooklyn and Queens. Yeah, we was like the, we felt like we were the home of that. You know, because that's where, yeah, that's how it always went in the North. It was like you always had a basement in your house or something like that,

and that's where all the parties would be inside the house. So, nah, definitely. That's why Toronto artists do so much patois. You moved around a lot. You were in Texas. You were in a lot of different places in the U.S. as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. But I was in Texas like a little bit later.

Like I'm talking about when I was like in high school and stuff like that. That's when we was going to the gyms and like you know. Cause my wife heard the love joint, the controller joint and she was like that's West Indian. He was like he could pull that off without being true West Indian. He's like

she's Jamaican. He was like he has to be true West Indian. Cause it's hard for somebody that's not West Indian to try to do that pass by. It never sounds right. No, I'm actually Bajan. I'm just Jamaican by association. And he's Bajan too. Like, you know.

Oh, really? He's just Bajan. Oh, like for real? He calls me Bajan. No, I'm Bajan. Like, my dad is Bajan and my mom is technically from Guyana,

but she's from a Dutch country, so I'm Dutch. Carousels, which she's from. Carousel, whatever. Now, how did Say It blow? Because, you know, Say It was a record that caught fast nationally. It seemed like there was a lot of money behind it, because before we knew your name and before we knew your face, the record came in.

The thing about that record was that was just the first time that I finally had got a push from like a from like a major standpoint like I was putting out records like this from time I want to say like if you go back into old records like you go back to records like TLC that I had on the chicks tape too it's the same effect you know what I mean it's just like the records just kind of went over people's heads because nobody knew me but did that bother you because they knew your record, but not your face or your name? And he keeps saying nobody knows what you look like. No, but no, no, no.

Yes, you did before they walked the room. But honestly, up to. They know his record's bigger than his face. Well, see, now it's a little different, I guess, because I guess. No, but see, no, no, no. It's the truth. He's not lying, though, because before this moment, now it was exactly like that. Now it's like I go, anyway, if you're black, you just know me.

Or if you're, like, some type of somebody who looks like you listen to hip-hop or music or some sort, you know me randomly. But it's like, beforehand, it was that exact problem. But I think my problem was I would never shot videos for the right songs, or I never was consistent with my visual base because I'm such a picky guy. I take more into the pride of it. So I can't just do videos like this and post and stand in the corner because that's just not my way.

You know, I care more. So I think that was the problem back then. But now, you know, I'm on my, I don't know, the girls think I'm pretty. All right, we got more with Tory Lanez when we come back. We'll also find out

why he did Drake's controller wreck it over. Keep it locked. This is Breakfast Club. Good morning did Drake's controller record over. Keep it locked. This is Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Drake. One dance. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. Tory Lanez is in the building. His new album is out right now. What made you do Drake's controller over? I like the song. Were you surprised? Jack move. Were you surprised at the feedback of controller? Because it caught. It's one of the biggest records in the song. Were you surprised that the feedback of Controller?

Because it costs, it's one of the biggest records in the club. Some people said they like it better than the original version. Oh wow, that's great, man.

Nah, man, for me personally, we treat the beats like, it's like a yard thing. We treat the beats like rhythms. You hop on them and you do your thing.

But I know at one point you wasn't trying to talk about it. I hopped on I Got The Keys that day too. And I bod at one point you wasn't trying to talk about it. I hopped on, I got the keys that day, too. And I bodied that, too. But it's just, I guess people just reacted to the... Because I remember you said you didn't want to talk about Drake because you wanted to separate yourself.

I mean, I just feel like the media kind of makes it such a thing to the point where it's like they just want me to feed into it at every point and it's just not what it is, you know? You kind of do it on your own, though. I mean, I feel you, but... You did have a video with Philly. When you was in Philly, man. You do what you come to.

We really out here in Philly. Real Toronto, we get out here in Philly. Not them other guys, you know what I'm saying? I don't even know what the f*** it is. We really be out here, you heard? I'm like you. I'm good in Philly. Nice try, buddies.

You did that. Nice try. We seen it. You did it. No, no, but I know what we're doing here. We're trying to sneak into this subject. We're not going to do that. We're here to talk about the I Told You that's out now.

You would never bring it up if you didn't do stuff like that. I know, I feel you, but I Told You is out now. You have a lot of artist support, too, on your side, too. I saw a lot of artists, you know, promoting the album. Like, I saw Rick Ross, Meek Mill. I saw Pusha T, a lot of other artists. Are these people that you have personal relationships, friendships with

or is it just honestly yeah I mean honestly I try to send music to everybody I make hooks and stuff

and I write so people have heard about me either through those weird ways or we've met each other in person and it's always been love I'm just happy

for anybody who did post an album especially all the MMG guys. Randomly, they all just did it. There was a reason why they did that one. I don't think so. I mean, Wale, I know personally, toured with him beforehand and he saw me before all this.

And how Wale got in trouble previously. Long time. I've been making music with Meek since the Swavy mixtape, which was like seven mixtapes ago. And Ross, I just met him randomly. And I think the reason why he may have posted my album was because randomly, like the first time I really actually met him,

we was in Miami. I don't know how I randomly had the album in the car that I was just in. So I was randomly listening to it. And when he walked out of Studio 23, boom, and then someone was like, yo, this is Tori, this is Ross. And we met each other.

And he was like, yo, anything you need, need I got you but I think it was off the level of you had mine and I support yours you know I don't think it was a calculation or something like that let's talk about your goon days cause I'm listening to the album you used to be gooning you broke into somebody's house I mean I don't want

to sit here and talk about exact details but you did on the album yeah but see that's the thing. That's why you should copy the album, because the album has, you know, stories that I wouldn't necessarily come in an interview and just talk about, because these are not things to gloat about.

But you changed. Of course. And you go through a change on the album. And that's the whole point of the album, you know, is to show people from where we came. And that's the thing. Like, a lot of people have, and I think this is about, like, you know um is to is to show people from where we came and that's the thing like a lot of people have and i think that i think this about like you know even a lot of my other interviews a lot of people have this misconception about canada and about toronto like it's like what

you mean misconception no because people in toronto and i do too you know what i mean but i think people have a misconception of of how rough it is out there for us when we grow up and the things in the politics that we still deal with that people don't think we deal with, you know. But I'm not here to, you know, greasy up Canada. No, that's not what I'm here to do. But I am here to tell the real stories and to talk the stories that we go through as young men in Canada, you know. Most men I know love Toronto. Especially because of the women.

That's because they're going downtown. They're having a great time. They're going downtown, partying at nice clubs and doing great things. But when we're growing up, we're not doing that. We're not in any of those clubs, and we're definitely not downtown in the inner city. That's just not what we're doing. You know what I mean? You're in your own neighborhood, and you're pushed back, and you're in, you know what I mean?

And you go through what you go through. And the city's so small that there's just no escaping anything. So at this point, it's like all the young, young kids, I'm who they look up to. You know, I'm the person that they look up to, say to, yo, I seen him. I was out there and saw him. I remember when he didn't have that ring, that watch, that bracelet.

You know, but for real, people feel like that. Like, I remember when he was sleeping on my couch. And that other bracelet. How many couches you slept on, dog? A lot of couches. A lot of couches, man. A lot of back seats. A lot of, like, yo.

Nah, real talk. Like, I lived in a lot of cars, and I slept on a lot of couches, bro. I was at a lot of people's houses, and I told a lot of people to believe in this. And, you know, a lot of people didn't believe in it. A lot of people just looked at me and was like, I can't foresee this thing that you see, you know, and that's why we're here at this point, and I told you it's out, and that's what that I told you is for, is for all the doubters, the naysayers.

Do you guys get along? Do your Toronto artists get along? I get along with everybody. I don't actually, like, that's the thing. People think I have a... You got to stop drinking Henny when you're going to do videos in Philly telling people they can't come there, but then coming to the Burger Club and saying you get along with everybody. I don't actually, like, that's the thing. People think I have a... You got to stop drinking Henny when you want to do videos in Philly telling people they can't come there but then coming to

the breakfast club and saying you get along with everybody. Nice try, buddy. I want to talk about every artist, whether it's Justin Bieber, whether it's Belly,

whether it's whoever it may be. No, no, I mean, that's what I'm saying. Like, I get along with everybody. I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto. If somebody has a problem with me, that's different.

But for me, I personally don't have a, like, beef with me. You're going to know when I have beef with somebody because one of us is just falling out. The crews, you're going to start seeing people missing from either my crew or his crew. That's just, you're going to know when I have a beef with somebody. I don't have a beef with nobody, you know? Why do you want to make people disappear?

He said he doesn't. That's not what I said. I'm just saying, that's just how it is. Like, if it was beef, we would be. Toronto feels like how New York used to be where nobody got along and everybody did their own thing. Don't get me wrong. Everybody does do their own thing. But that's why I'm saying, like, if it was beef, you know when it's beef

because then we just start playing scoreboard. And nobody wants to play scoreboard. Who wants to do that? We want to get money. We want to do that. We want to get money. We came out here to get money and be young. You know what I'm saying?

Live our life. That's all. All right, there you have it. Let me get his name right. Daystar Pete. No, you can't call him that. Sorry, ladies. Sorry, you can't call him that. Sorry, ladies. Sorry, ladies.

This is Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yeah. I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day. Donkey, donkey, donkey. One, two, three, four. That's hot.

For the donkey of the day. That's pretty fun. Charlamagne the devil. Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Hey, hey, hey. Hi. Donkey of the day.

Goes to all you idiots who believe that Birdman really bought the Breakfast Club for $5 million. Now, I know some of y'all are out there wondering what the hell I'm talking about, but it was a rumor going around on Facebook, courtesy of this website, that shall remain nameless because they make up the most ridiculous stories. And I used to wonder why people would believe anything this website reports because it's all BS, but you can't knock the hustler. You knock the dumbass consumer who buys into this BS because y'all the ones that make this malarkey spread, okay?

So for the past five days, my timeline has been filled with people saying, Charlamagne, make yourself donkey of the day for being fired. Our new karma was going to come back to Charlamagne, but not like this. Let me tell you something. All this is funny at first until you realize people actually believe this nonsense. Like I'm watching people, London and Africa, discuss this story like it's real. Okay? I can understand if I was on vacation

and hadn't been on air, but that hasn't been the case. So therefore, all you idiots have no reason to be stupid, other than the fact you actually may be stupid. Now, I'm going to read this article. It's real short. The headline is Birdman buys radio station fire Charlemagne. Are you fired

or are you terminated? Okay? Ha ha! Man, you good. We good. I told that man to put some respect on my name, but he thought I was playing. But he thought I was playing. Now he can work for me and be my personal blunt roller. Said a charged up bird man after buying Power 105.1 radio station

for five million cash. And firing Breakfast Club host Charlemagne to God. Cash. Charlemagne was given his walking papers after Birdman decided to let him go

after disrespecting his name repeatedly for years on the radio. He sent Charlemagne his pink slip and wrote a small note on it that said, are you fired?

Are you terminated? Rich gang, bitch. He should have actually just kept you in your contract. Then he said, that would be smart business. Then he said, are you fired? Are you terminated? Rich gang, bitch. He should have actually just kept you in your contract. Then he said, that would be smart business. Then he said, Charlamagne is said to be back in South Carolina blowing up Wendy Williams' phone, begging her for a job, but she has yet to

respond. Damn. Okay. You still got her number? No. Okay, number one. If the Breakfast Club could be bought for $5 million, DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and myself collectively would have bought the Breakfast Club a long time ago. Facts. Okay.

All right, number two, I wouldn't be back in South Carolina begging nobody for a job because I don't know if you noticed or not, but when it comes to jobs, I have several. Now, the only reason people believe this rumor is because they want to believe this rumor. They would love for me to get fired.

Biggie told us on Life After Death, this too, track 10, people will pray and pray for your downfall, and that's fine. I get it. It comes with the territory. Just let the BS y'all choose to believe be believable. If The Breakfast Club, a nationally syndicated radio show on iHeartMedia,

broadcasting over 60-plus markets, could be bought for $5 million, we wouldn't be a terrestrial radio show. We would be a podcast. Because that's the only way doing this show would make sense for all parties involved. Now, funny thing is, I said 10 minutes ago I was going to give everybody who believes this rumor of Birdman buying the radio station donkey of the day. And people

started tweeting, Charlamagne about to talk about being fired and Birdman buying the station. If I was fired, why would I be here talking? You know what? Why do you keep going? I don't know. I don't know why would I be here to... You know what? Why do you keep going? I don't know.

I don't know why. Please, give all these idiots who believe that Birdman bought the station and fired me the biggest hee-haw, please. Hey, listen, guys. I know y'all believe everything you see online nowadays, but please remember, when you need something to believe in, start with yourself. If you believe in yourself more, you won't be so quick to believe the BS you see on the internet. And thank you. They're going to escort Charlamagne out of here when Birdman catches wind of this. That's right. You want to talk tough?

Birdman's last name ain't Pittman. He don't have no type of power to do anything like that, okay? Oddly enough, his name is Birdman Pittman. Yeah, right. Alright, well thank you, you wiser. I wish my last name was Pittman someday. You and me both. You taking on another last name? Yeah, right. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. I wish my last name was Pittman someday. You and me both.

You taking on another last name? All right. When we come back. Pinkett Smith, Winfrey Knowles, Carter Pittman. That got a nice ring to it. It's getting longer and longer. That got a nice ring to it. The Breakfast Club. That was Tory Lanez.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The dog has returned. Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What?

Right in the early morning. Yes. And we know you're not a morning person. At all, at all. But I'm starting my day off with words of thanks and praise. I mean, to God. So, however the day's gonna be, better than it would have been if I didn't start my day off with words of thanks and praise. It means to God. So however the day's going to be, better than it would have been if I didn't start my day off.

You know, talking to God first. So, you know, I'm just grateful that I'm alive this morning. Because not everybody that went to sleep woke up this morning. Absolutely. X, I'm surprised you have not turned a full-fledged pastor yet, man. He kind of is. Right, right, right. You know, but I get what you're saying.

Maybe I am already. I don't know. But that's definitely the final destination or a destination. You never know how far God is going to allow me to get or how much he's going to let me do or how many people he's going to allow me to reach before I go on stage. I mean, I pray that I'm able to just touch one person. Does that bother you that people don't see that side of X, the spiritual side as much? They'll talk about

everything else, but that spiritual side. Does it bother me? Not really. Not really. Not really. Because I really don't focus on what people

think about me or what people say about me. We realized that a long time ago. Right, right. And the reason why is if you accept the praises, you mean,

then you got to accept the bulls**t too. So, you know, I appreciate the compliments, but I stand on what I believe about myself. You know what I'm saying? And at the end of the day, that's what's going to determine the next move I make. You know what I'm saying? All right. We also saw Swizz just recently posted that your album's almost done.

Yeah. And they're just waiting on Dre and Kanye. Swizz waiting on Dre and Kanye? Swiss waiting on Dre and Kanye? I'm banging the music out, you know what I'm saying? I'm not really not waiting on anybody, you know what I'm saying? Like, wait for it, I still get inspired by, you know what I'm saying, by music. So, you know, when the songs come, it's like, yo, it don't really matter who did the beat. You know what I'm saying?

It's a dope beat, I'm going to write to it. Did Dre and Kanye ever even send beats? No, that's what I'm saying. I don't get caught up in the talking. And this person said, this person said, if the person didn't say it to me,

and we all know how this is an industry. Anybody can get in touch with anybody. I haven't heard these brothers like, yo, I got something for you, yada, yada, yada,

whatever. So it's actually a great idea. I would love to have a Dre beat. I mean, I've never had a Dre beat. I would love to have a Dre beat. You know what I'm saying? I had a couple of turns with Kanye on the fifth album. You know what I'm saying? I would love to, you Dre beat. I mean, I've never had a Dre beat. I would love to have a Dre beat. You know what I'm saying? I had a couple of joints with Kanye on the fifth album. You know what I'm saying?

I would love to, you know what I'm saying? You know, get some more music from him. But it ain't stopping your process regardless. Whatever I got in front of me, that's what I'm banging on. Now, you're talking about inspiration. You said music still inspires you. What inspires you now? Beats.

Oh, beats. You just told me about inspiration. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So nothing out now. Just when you hear that. No artists out now in spite. There are artists that I like songs from. I mean, I'm not going to act like, you know,

like people stop being talented, you know what I'm saying? You know, once I came out or whatever, but no offense, I don't listen to the radio that much. Me neither. There's a lot of in-betweens. Did you watch the BET Awards? No. I stopped going to award shows a long time ago.

You just sit there and just sit there and sit there. And what it turns into is just, I'm going to just say what it is. What it turns into is like a sucking contest. I knew you were going to say that. I mean, it's like, oh, yo, what up, yo, what up. You're like, money, if you really want to get in touch with me, you know how to get in touch. Anybody can get in touch with anybody, you know what I'm saying?

And, you know, that one situation I might have spoke on, I told you at the war show where somebody, you know, walked by, I was like, yo, let's do some music. I'm like, I don't mean, you're only saying that because you just happened to pass me in the hallway. Right. You know, and I said, you know, yeah, yeah, cool, cool, cool. And they were like, no, I mean, some hot, you know, like,

stop, what do you mean? Like, I ain't never been no hot, but, you know, yeah, yeah, cool, cool, cool. And they were like, no, I mean, some hot shit. I'm like, stop. What do you mean? Like, I ain't never been no hot shit. But, you know, the lights almost went out. So, you know, I tend to stay away from those because, for me, you know, we're all artists here. We can give each other awards all day. But what does it really mean?

I mean, to me, the real award is when you're able to walk wherever or just come in contact with real fans. I mean, not at an event, but just doing their everyday living type thing. And they tell you, yo, this song you did saved my life. This song you did motivates me to work out or inspired me to get out of bed in the morning. You know what I'm saying? I was doing my TV show, Soul of a Man, a long time ago.

And this lady ran up over me and she was crying. I had seen chicks cry before morning you know what i'm saying i was doing my tv show solo man long time ago and this lady ran above me and she was like you know she was crying i had you know i've seen chicks cry before you know what i'm saying but this is a different type of cry this is like the snot bubble gets your breath right right right so i held her i mean like it wasn't like oh i'm trying to you type of hug yeah yeah it was. It was like, hold on, hold on. Passing it, right. Calm down. Comfort. Let me see what's going on here. And when she was able to talk, she was like, since she had five children, since she lost

three, and one of my songs was the only thing that motivated her to get out of bed in the morning. What song was it? Slippin'? I didn't even ask. When somebody puts something on you that heavy, it's like, whoa. And I'm not one to question God, but I had a question for God at that moment. What was the question?

How do you expect me to deal with this? That's a huge responsibility. That's a huge responsibility to mean. You would think that remaining children would be motivation enough. Right. The word says the shepherd will leave a flock of 99 to find the one. If you got $101 bills and you lose one, you got 99 sitting right here. But you're going to tear everyone up looking for that one.

And when you find that one, it will mean more to you than the 99 because the 99 was never lost. You know what I'm saying? So it's almost like the prodigal son. Like, he who is dead is now alive. He who was lost, what was lost is now found. It's like, when you find what you lost, like, yes, yes, and you'll have a party for that $1 bill that was lost, but now it's found because it completes everything that you had.

Now, what you motivate in so many people and inspire in so many people, why so long to make music? Because people, like you said, live for that. It don't take me long to make music. People don't know to look for it. I mean, there's songs that's on YouTube and things that got leaked, stolen music and all that.

That's out there. But if people don't know that they're there, I didn't hear about it. So a lot of it is not being heard because it was supposed to be put out. But a lot of people don't know it's there because, like, I'm a new DMX music. And even if they type that,

these songs still wouldn't pop up. I'm kind of stuck in my ways, so to speak. Like, it's a hard move. If it ain't broke, don't fix it type. They probably want you to tweet and Instagram. I got a problem with saying the word tweet. I'm going to tweet you later, son. I mean, you can't really say that with a hard voice.

Yo, yo, yo, tweet me later, nigga. I saw when somebody tried to do the face swap with you. You was like, oh. Oh, yo, that was loud. That was my daughter. My goddaughter. I saw when somebody tried to do the face swap with you, you was like... Oh, oh, yeah, that was... I know how you spooked the hell out of me. I've done that before. That was my daughter. My goddaughter.

I mean, that was funny. Then you see something, I'm like, ah! That was a little weird. It's just different forms of communication, man. It's like, all right, you know, when my phone is on, if a name comes up and I feel like being bothered, then I'll answer it. Uh-oh.

Just so you know. I'm so glad you don't got a flip phone, my brother. No, thanks to Kuzo, I got my first iPhone. I just got it on the touchscreen. It was on my Blackberry. A couple times, I got arrested and I was able to text because they left my phone on my head because I could feel the buttons. Right.

It's a wrap with this flap. You just better hope somebody saw it. Hope somebody saw it, nigga, because you're going to jail. Right 2286 unread emails Early you said people could get in touch with you if they want to, but you don't even answer text messages. Well, I tried. You know, I've gotten better.

I've gotten better. I've gotten better. All right, we got more with DMX when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Bryson Tiller

with Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. DMX is in the Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. DMX is in the building. Now, Charlamagne? Swiss also said he wanted to make sure

you was good before y'all, like, really got deep into the music. Yeah. You had, like, a health scare earlier this year where they found you unconscious. You good now? Actually, I had a heart stop. Damn.

For four minutes. Right. And I have asthma. And, you know, I'm playing this week because, you know, when you're different climates, all over the place, you know, I'm playing this week because, you know, when you're in different climates, all over the place, I'm coming outside with the teeth stood on end.

But I really don't remember what happened. I know I walked out to the car, and my cousin said, he said, I just, like, the center of the stomach just dropped. You know what I'm saying? Like, fluid in my lungs. You know what I'm saying?

No joke. You can die from asthma, Nick. Like, you know, it's not something to play with. I've had it so long that, you know, I pretty much just dug it out most of the time. I'm good. You know, like, even though I wheeze I've had it so long that, you know, I pretty much just dug it out most of the time. I'm good. You know, even though I wheeze a little bit, but I'm good with it.

You're right, my grandmother died from an asthma attack. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry about that. That bothered me a lot, because I called when I heard, and they told me, you know, X had an asthma attack and he's doing fine. And then the media was like,

oh, he OD'd, he was drunk, it was this, it was that, and that bothered the ish out of me. I mean, like I said, people are going to say what they're going to say. I'm not worried about that. But the blessing in that was that a lot of things did change right at that point. It made me realize, you know, in movies, you know, death is sexy. You know, you get that, just make sure you take out the garbage.

You always get that one last sentence. You know, whatever you do, you always get that one last sentence. But just show me that, you know what, potentially that by the time you realize that you're in a

situation, it's too late to come back from it. It's too late to come back from it. It's too late to come back from it. Not that I didn't appreciate life or the blessing God gave me, but I didn't always do what I was supposed to do with it. Have you ever spoke to God in those moments? Yes. That's what I talk to him the most.

People don't understand. So you need him more. Some people look at it as being, so you need him more. You know, some people look at it as being hypocritical or a contradiction. No, under the influence

or whatever, I mean, like, that's when you need God more than ever. So, why not talk to him then? God knows my heart.

He knows my heart. So, he knows that, you know, sometimes that's why I need him and he was there. He's always been there. He's always been there. He's always been there.

I didn't always know when I needed him. We all know what God is capable of doing. We know what God is able to do. But we don't know what he's willing to do until we're in a situation where we need him to do it. Now, you think your career would have been different if you'd have signed with Diddy? Because I heard that you were supposed to sign with Diddy on a notice podcast. After the entrance was presented, Diddy came back. And he bought me to him first.

Okay. Because, you know, I bought the locks to the R. He bought the locks to Bad Boy. You know what I'm saying? So he was like, yo, if you like the locks, you're going to love X. And one thing I respect about Diddy, you know what I'm saying? So he was like, yo, if you like the locks, you're going to love X. And one thing I respect about this, you know what I'm saying?

You can say what they want, but I got a good relation with that man. And I respect him. I respect him a lot more than I respect a lot of these so-called hardcore-ass rappers.

You know what I'm saying? He's like frontin'. You know what I'm saying? But one thing I respect about him is he told me right to my face, he said, well,

your voice is too rough and I don't think you're marketable. Damn. I mean, but at the end of the said, well, your voice is too rough and I don't think you're marketable. Damn. I mean, but at the end of the day, that's your opinion. Right. I mean, I'm supposed to be mad

because you don't like me. What do you mean? All right, cool. But it had to feel good to sell a few million and then come back and be like, he was wrong. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, before I sold the record, he's like, yo, I'll double what they gave you at our Leisure Pockets.

And I'm like, respectfully, thank you. It felt good to just know that. I mean, his opinion had changed. Right. That was good enough for me. You know what I'm saying? Nah, but if you didn't see it then, what changed? Right.

Well, speaking of opinions changing, I wanted to ask you, Drake sampled you on his album. Did y'all have a conversation? So what happened? How did that conversation go? Dory set that up right? Yeah He said that So what happened?

Well the other white guy in the room is saying yeah There's two white guys in the room They're Spanish Well the only white guy in the room is saying yes It's fine boys Too big now You weren't a fan of Drake at first You like Drake?

No. I don't like anything about Drake. I don't like his voice. I don't like what he talks about. See, I'll be trying to tell his face. I don't like the way he walks. Like, nothing. I don't like his haircut.

I might just... Let me shut up. I'll just stop right there. Yeah, he was... I did always say that he was a talented lyricist, but I was not a fan. You're right. I was not. that he was a talented lyricist, but I was not a fan. You're right. I was not. And, man, another homely experience.

Of course, we were like, yo, like, you didn't like this dude for all the wrong reasons. When it came to lyrics, I'll tell you, yeah, yeah, money's a talented lyricist. But for him to take the effort first to want to use a song, you know what I'm saying? And then to be man enough to reach out and make that call. I was like, homie, hats off, man.

And then that was a real move. Real is real, right? It's right, wrong is wrong. Yo, that was a real move. You know what I'm saying? I salute him for that. What did y'all discuss? Yo, me and 40.

He was like, yo, man, you. 40, the producer. Yeah, yeah. He was like, yo, man, you raised us, man. I'm like, wow. You are feeling this way. Not knowing that they love you, son. Like, stupid. And I was like, damn, yo, I appreciate it. But it's crazy because before I went to prison,

my manager at the time, she hit me with that last hope beat. You know what I'm saying? I couldn't find out it was his beat. So it was like, you know what? Everything comes full circle. I said, yo, I happen to use one of your joints that, you know what I mean? You put out a long time ago, too.

So, you know what I'm saying? I'm glad to be able to return the favor. Right. You know what I mean? I'm glad to be able to return the favor. You know what I mean? Cheers. Yeah.

It's a drink. You know? And it must be great. You got your crew with you from back in the Rough Riders day. I saw you with Ja Rule hanging out. Yeah, we had a show together. How was that? That was good. I didn't watch you perform. No personal reason.

I just, I don't watch other people perform. I don't want to see it. That way I know that whatever I do on stage. I came up with Stay in my lane you talk you talk about asthma so much and how it affects you but watching you perform you perform over hours No problem It's like it's almost like magic it's like when I touch that stage I still get nervous Butterflies in my stomach before I go on stage Like no, it's just go on stage. You know,

like nauseous a little bit, you know what I'm saying? I take like two puffs to sing about, put it out, then it's go time. But it's ill because even before

you perform, right, X will make, if you're backstage, everybody holds hands, we're going to pray before he goes. He don't care if you're the security,

he don't care if you're the groundskeeper, the maintenance man, whoever, you're backstage, everybody hold hands, turn the cameras off, we're going to pray.

Exactly. I ask for, if I could just touch one person. You know, I take them on a journey. You know, I start off with the, yo, what am I gonna do with that? I go through all that. But the note you end them on, that's what they walk away with.

They party, they've been drunk, and they did all that. But at the end of the day, I end them with a prayer. So I start with a prayer. I end them with a prayer. So I start with a prayer backstage. You know what I mean? God, give me the strength to do this. You know what I mean?

I pray there's no fighting, stabbings. You know what I'm saying? I remind people of what's important. It's like in praying, you don't always have to ask for something. I mean, like sometimes prayers, we just show thanks, God, for what you already gave me. You know what I mean? And I'm not not for what nobody do. But I know God's got to be like, yo, really? You again?

You still asking for this car? You know what I mean? Like, that's all. I mean, people take things for granted. I try not to take anything for granted. All right, we got more with DMX when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. The dog is here, DMX. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. Now, Charlamagne, we mentioned you saw Ja Rule. Was that the first time y'all talked since y'all had issues? No. Okay, okay, okay.

First time was at the Hip Hop Honors. All right. And I didn't realize he was sitting right behind me. You can only leave during, like, intermissions when they stop. All right, you know, people move around. They move the seat fillers. I'm like, oh, that's my cue. And I get up. I already seen his wife.

And, you know, me being that person, I was like, if I got a problem with you, it's not going to spill over into, you know what I mean? I'm not going to act different towards you. You know what I mean? Draw the lines and keep the lines. Respect the lines. Boom. That's dope.

Draw the lines, keep the lines. Respect the lines. Throw. That's dope. Draw the lines, keep the lines. Respect the lines. Throw some balls. Bang. See? That's how I get it. Draw the lines, keep the lines. Respect the lines.

Bam. So, you know, I already spoke to her. Hey, how you doing, man? I was like, wow, she got pinned. And so then, when the intermission came, I got up to leave. I turned around. It was like, and silence. Like, I've never, well, one time I heard that many people quiet. But that was a different story. But it was like, and silence. Like, I've never, well, one time I heard that many people quiet, but that was a different story.

But it was like all quiet. I was like, man, I don't know who extended their hand first, but it was mutual. I mean, man, actually, like, it's easy to be ignorant. Right. A stupid motherfucker, you know, be ignorant and get ignorant and do some dumb shit. But, you know, it takes a person of character, a substance to, like, you know what?

Even though it's easy to do this, you do this. Right. I mean, and we shook hands, man, and hugged, and, like, everybody must have been watching, like, yo, he don't know he behind him. You're like, yo, it's about to be something. Like, shook hands, man, you know what I'm saying? And the whole crowd, like, clapping and everything. You know what I'm saying? Y'all got like clapping and everything, you know what I'm saying?

Y'all got so much history with Irv. I remember John told a story about y'all hitchhiking one time together. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What level of fame was y'all at? We was famous. We was on tours. I think it was the Hard Out Life tour. And Mike Kaiser gave me the rental car for the hotel.

Like, yo, so it was me, John, I think Miff. Bleak or her. Yeah, Bleak, yeah. And the Lasky dude that be with him. Trying to get in the police, pull us over, you know what I'm saying? So it was me, Ja, I think Miff. Bleaker. Yeah, Bleaker. And the lice can do that beat with him. Trying to get in the police, pull us over. You know what I'm saying? You know, I was like, oh, but your name ain't on the call back.

So what? Like, I got a license. On the highway, yo. So we walking up the ramp. I said, I got this. Chick pulled over. And she gave us a message. I said, yo, what up? She said, oh my God, I love you.

I'm coming to your show. Thank you. And she was like, yo, what, yo, what up? She said, oh my God, I love you. I'm coming to your show. I'll take you. And she was like, yo, what's up with that sound? I'm like, oh, no, no, no, no. See you. That's it right there. That's it right there. That's it right there, my boy.

See you. See you. But it gave validity to me because Irv has sat us down. We had had a couple of conversations about similar sounds. I don't sound like you. Well, I mean, I walk amongst the fans.

I'm hands-on with my fans. You know what I'm saying? See? I'm not just freestyling here, homie. Word of the street is... That was God in a way, though. Because y'all say that's why he developed the singing style

so he wouldn't have similarities. Maybe that might have been the moment. Right. It was like, you never know how God is going to do what he's going to do. You and Jay do shots at each other before. Have y'all seen each other and tapped it out and spoke? You're burying a lot of hatchets, though.

It could happen. Of course. Yeah, of course it could happen. I mean, as strong as I am to walk around holding anger wears you down. I don't got time to be mad at nobody, man. DMX. DMX. DMX is the Breakfast Club.

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where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, 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 Claudette Colvin. 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 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.