The Breakfast Club - Cory Booker Interview and more

Episode Date: December 11, 2019

Today on the show we had Presidential candidate Cory Booker stop by where he spoke about wealth inequality, housing reform and why polling doesn’t matter. Also, we flashed back to when Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a substitute teacher who smeared poop and we flashed back to the best Ask Yee callers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

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People watch The Breakfast Club for like news and really be tuned in It's one of my favorite shows to do Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real They might not watch the news, but they're on Twitter They're on Facebook They're, you know, they're listening to The Breakfast Club Get your ass up. 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? Hey, this is Daryl from Vegas. Hey, Daryl, what's up, man? Get it off your chest, bro. All right, well, first I just want to start with love and say thank y'all. I try to listen to y'all as much as I can. I really appreciate y'all. Oh, thank chest, bro. All right, well, first, I just want to start with love and say thank y'all. I try to listen to y'all as much as I can.

I really appreciate y'all. Oh, thank you, brother. I want to get it off my chest that I live in Las Vegas. I'm an Uber driver, and it really, really bugs me when people don't respect Uber drivers

and just don't respect their vehicle, you know, with the throw-up and the garbage and just the inappropriate behavior. It's got to stop, man. I agree with that. It's got to go both ways, though. Sometimes I get in some Ubers and they are disrespectful. I got to stop, man. I agree with that. It's got to go both ways, though.

Sometimes I get in some Ubers and they are disrespectful. I got in one one time. There was empty bottles on the floor in the backseat. There was a towel over the backseat. I was like, come on, I don't even want to get in here. You need to front sat and pee. By the way, just to play white devil's advocate, you are in Vegas. So if you're picking up people in Vegas after a certain time of night, bro,

I mean, you know what kind of element probably getting in that Uber. They drunk, they high, you know. Anybody have sex in your car? Yeah, I have one that actually led to throw up. I don't want to be inappropriate on the radio, but I had a... I got you. No, I want to know. She was giving fellatio. Oh, that's what it was?

Yeah. Wait, wait. So I picked them up. We're going to where they need to go. I think they kissed him. So I'm like, oh, you know, I'm gonna mind my business. We're going to where they need to go. I think they kissed him. So I'm like, oh, you know, I'm going to mind my business. I don't want to get into all that. But then it seems like she's giving the guy fellatio because I don't see him anymore. But then I hear her say very quietly under her breath, I have to throw up.

And the whole car, throw up. So needless to say, I think she, you know. I wonder if that did anything for the man's ego. I don't know. They got put out in the bad neighborhood. Got that long s*** making her gag. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? Hello. Hey, what's your name, bro?

Felix. What's up, Felix? Eat it off your chest, man. Yeah, man. I'm calling from Philadelphia. I'm going to say what's up. I really want to have a good morning, man. I's up, Felix? Eat it off your chest, man. Yeah, man, I'm calling from Philadelphia. I'm going to say what's up. Everyone, have a good morning, man. I'm working on the overnight shift. I'm on my way now to pick up my son and take him to school, man. Everybody have a blessed day. I listen to you guys every morning.

And on my job, I cannot get the sizzle down in the basement. I work two floors below ground. So, you know, I got to download the app to listen to you guys. Can't miss your jokes. Charlamagne, what's up, brother? What up, King? How are you? Man, can't call it. Man, can't call it. Happy to hear you. Angela, what's up, Angela?

What's up, what's up? Angela. Say, mon. Angela, yeah, I'm Puerto Rican, man, so you already know. Como estas, Ted? Bien, y tu? Hey, I see you growing that hair, man. Don't let Charlamagne poke you, bro, for real. Right. Nah, nah, nah. You worded that wrong. You worded that wrong. What you should've said was, yo, I see you bought that hair, man. Don't let y'all no man poke you, bro, for real. Nah, nah, nah. You worded that wrong. You worded that wrong.

What you should have said was, yo, I see you bought that hair, papi. I see you bought that hair, papi. You a hater. Hater. Hello, who's this? Mocha. Hey, get it off your chest, mama. Well, I wanted to, again, thank Anthony for, you know,

looking out for me when it came down to the music situation. Oh, okay. Oh, you do music. That's right. You remember? Yes, I do remember. And then, let me tell you, when people actually did check out the song, it was like

man, Charlamagne was tripping. I'm like, man, I came from work. I was tired getting off from overnight. You want to try? You want to give it another try? Y'all down to listen? Yeah, go ahead. Let's go.

Oh, boy. Don't do me like that, bro. Don't do me like that at all. You ain't ready for the big leagues, mama. I know I got what it takes. I can't tell. All right, come on. You're stalling. Let's hear it. You ain't ready for the big leagues, mama. I know I got what it takes. I can't tell. Alright, come on. You're stalling. Let's hear it. You gotta redeem yourself. Alright.

A one, a two, a one, two, three. Boo! Damn. You tried. No, she didn't. She really didn't. No, I said we tried. Oh. Hello, who's this? This is Nick. Nick, what up? Get it off your't. No, I said we tried. Oh. Hello, who's this? This is Nick. Nick, what up?

Get it off your chest, Nick. I just wanted to give a shout out to any families out there just like mine. I'm under 30 with five kids. I go to work every day and bust my back to provide for my family. You busting your back and you made a family. You was getting it in. Five kids under 30? That's right. You already know it.

Well, congratulations, my brother. You was getting it in. Five kids under 30? That's right. You already know it. Well, congratulations, my brother. You sound happy. I just want to also give a shout out to any family that's just like mine. Guys out there busting your back. Keep doing what you're doing. Your family appreciates you. Go home. Get their love. And just keep doing what you're doing. You don't want to

shout out your wife, bro? I mean, five kids? That's what I'm doing. I'm shouting out to my wife and any other guys and their wives. Okay. Keep doing what you're doing. It's all about the family. You sound happy, bro. You are right.

It's absolutely all about family. Right. 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. We're The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Norielle. Hey, mama. Norielle. I thought it was L'Oreal for a second.

But go ahead, mama, Get it off your chest. Good morning. I just want to say I love you guys, me and my husband, and my two-year-old. I listen to y'all every morning. Don't do that to your two-year-old. He's not old enough for this yet. I'm going to turn the radio down a little bit. Oh, okay.

I'm going to have to turn it down for a while. Hello? Did you just turn your radio down? She turned her phone down. All right. Well, thank you, Mama. Hello, who's this? This MJ.

What's up, MJ? Get it off your chest. You're not Michael Jordan. You're not Michael Jackson. No, I'm Mary Jane. Mary Jane. Okay, Mary Jane. Not obliged. But I was calling in because I'm so sick of these grown men crying and complaining about constructive criticism that Charlamagne gives.

I be listening to the radio all the time, and it's like, if you can't handle constructive criticism, don'tagne gives. I be listening to the radio all the time, and it's like, if you can't handle constructive criticism, don't call in or don't get your opinion because it's clear that Charlemagne ain't going to set up for nobody. That is true. Y'all know this, so why y'all get mad that he ain't going to set up? This a grown man. Y'all can't get mad that this man won't set up.

That is true. I'm just so sick of hearing these five baby kitty cat men like y'all some kitties. Well, thank you, MJ. What's wrong, kitty cat? Thank Like, y'all some kitties. Well, thank you, MJ. Oh, kitty cats. Thank you. Y'all have a great one. Hey, Angela Yee. Hey, good morning, boo.

How are you? I'm good, girl. Okay. Hello, who's this? Hey, yo, EJ Envy, Angela Yee, Joe Mena Guy. What's up? It's Keith from Albany. Charlotte McGay.

What's happening, Keith? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I got to get it off my chest, man. I'm 30 years old up here in the 518, and I just bagged me a 46-year-old. I don't know. She got my heart fluttering. What do I think I should do? Don't you let that old cougar turn you out.

She teaching you all them new tricks, and you don't know what to do with yourself. It's too late in love. I'm telling you, but the only thing is I'm tired of using the Jimmy Cap, so y'all got to help me out. Boy, don't know what to do with yourself. It's too late in love. I'm telling you, but the only thing is, I'm tired of using the Jimmy cap, so y'all gotta help me out. Boy, don't do that. You're gonna be wanting to marry that woman. He's saying he's tired of using a condom, ladies and gentlemen. I'm tired of using it, man. 30 years old, I'm a

welder, no kids, good credit. Did you guys go and get tested? Oh, yeah. I got tested around July. She's 46. She good. You know what I'm saying? Just do the earwax test. Don't tell around July. She's 46. She good. You know what I'm saying? Just do the earwax test.

Don't tell me that. Do the earwax test. You dig in your ear, you put a little wax on your finger, and you put in her pum-pum, and she jumps, that means she got something. So keep the condom on. Ah, good looking, y'all. Good looking.

I just want to give a shout-out to all of y'all. Have a blessed day. I love y'all. And look out for my podcast on SoundCloud, SoundCloud forward slash The Random Bull Crew. No, I think you'all, and look out for my podcast on SoundCloud, SoundCloud forward slash TheRandomBullCrew. No, I think you should name your podcast Sprung. In love with a cougar. Oh, I'm just a little bit sprung, you know.

I'm not going to work. You sound like it. Drop one of Clue's bombs for that 46-year-old woman turning this young boy out. And don't try that test, Sean LeMaysa. He playing. Don't you try that test. One time for Stella. My goodness.

All right. We got more coming up next with The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest in the building. With gifts. That's right. We got Jim Jones. Yeah. And on the sheet, it says celebrity jeweler Alex Todd. Hey, what's up? That's what it says on the building. With gifts. That's right. We got Jim Jones. Yeah. And on the sheet it says, Celebrity Jeweler Alex Todd.

Hey, what's up? That's what it says on the sheet. We got Freaky Zeke here as well. Freaky. What up, Freaky? Come on. So, Jim, you've been in the news a lot recently. He's like, damn it, man.

Let's start with the... Okay. Let's start with, first of all, El Capo. El Capo. El Capo. El Capo. Did you just break the mic? He definitely did. I messed it up.

He got me nervous. Damn, I'm bad. He thought I was going somewhere. I was going positive. See, I'm talking about El Capo. You got me nervous up here. El Capo. The album is out.

The album is one of the dopest albums I've heard all year long. Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. That sounds very dope coming from you, my brother. Now, when I was talking to you, you were saying that, you know, the album kind of surprised you because so many people were hitting you like, yo, this is probably the best album I heard in years. Yes. I've been getting numerous amounts of calls from both people that I'm cool with and people that I wouldn't think would call me to congratulate me on anything.

And it kind of took me for a surprise but for the most part it's been like real substantial people from the industry like even people that run labels and stuff like that like the presidents and stuff so it's just been like surprising of how many people really been giving me my kudos for this album and things like that it hasn't been a

record exec call me for a big major deal yet though but they tell me I have one of the best albums they heard in a while. So hopefully that'll turn into one of them calling me to do some business with me and we can do an even doper album coming up. It's funny because most people don't want, everybody's talking about, oh, I don't need a major label deal and I'm independent. And you're also an executive.

It's tricky. I mean, at some point when you're dealing with this industry, you should get involved with a major label. There's a lot of different reasons for it. It doesn't mean that they're taking your identity, your creativity, taking your independence from you. That all depends on how you set up your deal. But, I mean, from an independence standpoint,

from these young artists, they kind of find a loophole for making money. So once they found that loophole, which was called Streams, and they've been able to make their own money, they kind of got to their head because they really don't need a label if you think of it like that. But if you at the apex of your game doing independent numbers and then you can

go to a label and they can give you six to ten million dollars and you can structure your deal where they're just a partner and they don't own you outright and you can do it. It's definitely worth it. I'm going to get the ten10 million bag 100%. Now, Christian, we reported this. Is this true or false?

You guys are going back on Love & Hip Hop. Chrissy is going back on Love & Hip Hop. Shout out to Chrissy, she's a baby girl. That's amazing. Yeah, she will be on Love & Hip Hop. I told them I'll jump on a couple of episodes. That's like where it all started.

That's why. Yes, it's very interesting. But, you know, she did great business with my owner. They came to a hell of an agreement which it kind of made me smile how she did her business and it was kind of dope. I had nothing to do with it. I made sure I stayed out of it because I'm more emotionally tied to it than anything

else and, you know, she was able to separate the two, the motion and the business and she got a dope-ass deal done. So, you know, I look forward to her on Love & Hip Hop. You have a lot of businesses. I had me back watching. You have a lot of businesses. You have, of course, you're part owner of Saucy.

Shout out to my man, Alex Todd. Which is here. He's here now. Alex is a very dope dude in this industry. I know he started with jewelry, but to be involved

in this weed business was one of the best things that could have happened to me in my career right now. Like, I mean, the weed game is the whole next level of what's going on

when it comes to making money. It sort of reminds me of real estate. Like, it's, the Wii game is the whole next level of what's going on when it comes to making money. It sort of reminds me of real estate. Like, it's no going back. It's just green on green. Green makes green. Green makes green. Yes. You're part owner of a football team.

You do a lot of stuff out there that brings in a lot of money. So when we reported a story, we see the story that popped out that said they foreclosed on Jim Jones' home. Yes. So I said, if they foreclosed on a home, there's a reason for it. I said it probably isn't worth them keeping it. That's what I said.

I was like, well, it might be that they owe more than what the house is worth, so you just let it get foreclosed on because we've seen that happen. But you explain to us. Explain to you what? Like what happened with that story. It's a property, man. We got a few properties. I mean, s***.

You know what? I'm homeless now. Jim Jones ain't no damn homeless, man. We got a few properties. I mean, s***. You know what? I'm homeless now. Them Joe ain't no damn homeless, man. I'm living in a shelter for rich people. It's called a mini mansion. It's cool. You heard? I'm cool, man.

You know, we... S***. I'm homeless and I'm broke. That's what the people need to know. That's what they need to know. You heard? That's what they need to know. Life is life, man.

You know, you make conscious decisions when it comes to doing certain things. And like I said, the decision that I made with that was I didn't really, it wasn't really worth it at the end of the day, and it's not really a big deal, but you're dealing with the media. They blow everything up tenfold. Nobody has common sense anymore and s*** like that. They make it seem like they said, oh,

Jim Jones and his family were in the shelter. They looking bad. I didn't hear that part. That's what the media paints it to be. They blow everything out of time. You say one little thing in the media, and then it goes out of control, but nah, they looking bad. I didn't hear that part. That's what the media paints it to be. They blow everything out of time. You say one little thing in the media and then it goes out of control. But no, it's cool. I love it, man.

Shout out to Jersey. I'm a New Jerseyan. We're having fun out there. All right, we got more coming up next. We're The Breakfast Club. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw him You would even say it close Come on, come on. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Is your country falling apart?

Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.

Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you.

Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself.

It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty On the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts

Or wherever you get your podcasts Also, now, what's your relationship with 50 Cent? Somebody asked me the other day I was like, yo, what's up with 50 Cent? I was like, they ain't just playing What's, what, you and 50, is that fun? Some of those jokes are a little too much Some of them jokes are a little far

I don't know if this is real or not I wish I could be in a position to really say what I want to say, but unfortunately, my life has been hectic in this past year. You know what I mean? But where I'm from, I do know people that we call real niggas or stand-up men. We don't try to tarnish other people's name by doing bullshit antics. There's consequences and repercussions for certain things like that. You know what I mean?

Like, from where I'm from. So, I'll leave it at that. But, for the most part, everybody know my life is real. I've been doing this for way too long for anybody to play with me and shit like that.

But, you know, some people think life is a game, so we leave it like that. You know when you slapbox sometimes it gets out of hand, right? It starts off with slapboxing,

but then a lot of the times it turns into a real fight. So, that's how it is. You know what I'm saying? It could be playful, but then a lot of the times it turns into a real fight. That's how it is, you know what I'm saying? It could be playful, but at the end of the day, it's a certain... I do want to say I miss my brother Mel Marta. Shouts to Mel Marta.

Keep your head up, man. I love you to death. Now, it seems like every time Jim tries to get himself out and you try to put on a shirt and tie and do the right thing and be positive, they try to pull you back. I mean, it happens with natural progression.

You never going to get a clear shot at what you want to do if you don't go through obstacles and hop over fences and brick walls and things like that. You're never going to get to where you got to go. You got to expect that. They threw stones at Jesus when he was already on the cross, so who am I? Even with 6ix9ine, it seemed like you never were feeling 6ix9ine from the door. I have no comment on none of that.

Now, has the police messed with you because of that and what he said, anything like that? I have no comment on none of that. So are you good and clear? I have no comment on none of that. Okay. It might be an ongoing situation. Just making sure my guy's good, that's all. Comment on. So what's

next for Jim Jones? I'm actually about to drop a new project. Already? Yeah. I don't think people are feeling me enough. So I called Ghazi last week. Ghazi, he owns Empire. And I told him we need to do a fourth call of Blitz.

I don't think people are feeling my energy enough. So they got the term, you got to keep your foot on their neck, and that's what I'm trying to do, just keep applying pressure. So, I'm about to lock in the studio for like 30 days and do a strong 10 records. I'm trying to release it the first or second week of December. If I don't get everything together the way I want it, I definitely will put out a record and a video and things like that.

But I got some sizzle. I'm ready. I've been lightly in the booth sparring with myself and things like that, but I got some sizzle. I'm ready. I've been lightly in the booth sparring with myself and things like that. When it comes to making music, for me, it's like homework, and I always hated homework, but you get the best results when you sat down and did the homework and went to school and studied for the test

and things like that, so that's where I'm at with it right now. I'm ready to go back in and have some fun. Besides that, it's the music and the weed right now. That's what I've been putting all my energy into, and both of them have been paying off more than ever. You know what I mean? I'm just happy to be here. I'm happy to still be in this game. 20 some odd years

later, I've probably seen everybody come and go. It just feels good to be here. Get respected by your peers. Young boys, they always show me love. You know, trying to be humble as I get older. I was a little to be humble as I get older. I was a little bit wild when I was coming up.

As you can see, some of them things still come back to haunt me. So, you know, I say my prayers every night like everybody else. But for the most part, I'm happy. My family's happy. Nobody wants for them. Everybody's comfortable. You know, my son is happy. My lady's happy.

My mom's is happy. Just got a new dog. He's happy. What kind of dog? American bully. They like a pit bull bull but they call them american bullies a blue nose got blue eyes so you know it's the regular jerseys i i actually haven't got to speak to jules i just i just spoke to twin yesterday like come on man he's been gone and i haven't spoke to him yet and things like that but zeke has actually seen him and he's been in there he's super good he got like yet and things like that. But Zeke has actually seen him and spoke to him and been in there.

He's super good. He got like the A-Rab beard right now, you know what I'm saying? But he all right. He's focused on what he got to do. He got his third eye wide open and he ready to shake when he get home. You know what I mean? Dipset, you know? Every time I see Freaky Zeke, I think of a story that he told me a long time ago

that I will never forget. What story? You got to tell it now. What story? Oh, man. What story? Tell it That I will never forget. What story? You got to tell it now. What story? Oh, man. What story? Tell it. It don't matter.

Let's go. He told me he had sex with a girl's underarm. Yes. I knew she was going to say that. I knew she was going to say that. Were you drunk? You couldn't find a vagina?

No, bro. What made you? Was it a sexy? I don't know. She was a little, she just was a little chunky under the arm with the little flab

that came down You know what I mean So This was back before We all had feelings You know what I mean So we all in the room We was all in the hotel room

Chilling And she was linked to the side I was twisted And You was like You got a sexy armpit Like how did that Nah I didn't

And I swear to my mother I put a condom on You know what I'm saying You put a condom on For the armpit And it felt good though You gotta understand Alright

Alright Alright Well it's Jim Jones It. You got to understand the fact that you're on your own. All right, all right, all right. Well, it's Jim Jones. It's Alex Todd. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of, like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons

of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capriburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, And we're losing daylight fast. 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

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Now, if you just joined us, we're talking the craziest thing that happened to you in the Uber. Now, this story came from Tiffany Haddish. Now, she pooped in the Uber. She sharted in her Uber before. Yeah, she has. I was sharting in a vehicle, by the way. Done it once in my life. Nah, I've done it a few. It's okay, though. I haven't done it in the Uber, but we're asking. 800-585-1051. What's the

craziest thing that happened to you in the Uber? You have any crazy stories? Nothing too crazy. I have one time I was in the Uber and the girl with me kept throwing up outside. That's kind of crazy. I kept having the Uber pull over so she could throw up, throw up, throw up. That wasn't very good. And I've had situations where, you know, my friends go off on the Uber drivers and go crazy on them.

And I'd be like, chill out, my rating. I haven't had anything crazy other than, you know, if you ever go to like Miami Beach or go to any place where there's a beach, sometimes the seats will be wet where people just got out of the beach or just got out of the pool. Paris actually sat in some urine one time. And she had on leggings, so it was terrible. So you know it got on her legs.

This is Charlamagne Tha God talking. I don't have any crazy Uber stories. I actually have a 4.6 Uber rating. I got a 4.8. I have a 4.7. Congratulations. But I have a brother who has some terrible Uber stories. Wax. He's been banned from Uber twice.

Wax your band? And he got Nyla banned. Salute to DJ Nyla some more. It's not my fault though. Now why are you banned from Uber? Because these guys try to make me get out the car. It's not happening. Wax, I was just telling you, you know, it'll be

104 degrees outside. You'll have on Timberlands and gloves in your back pocket. Definitely. I'm always ready. How many Uber drivers have you beaten up? Six from last year.

Why would you beat up the Uber driver? Why would you beat up the Uber driver? No, they beat their self up. What do you mean they beat their self up? They hit themselves?

No, listen, when you get out the car and try to take me out the car, I'm going to beat you up. Tell them about the time the guy kicked you out the car and threw your suitcase out the car.

Threw your luggage out the car. I don't even know. See, my street and where I live, it was like real dark. So I guess he didn't want to go up in that street with me. Wax is six foot what? You six foot six? I don't know. So you beat him up? Wax is six foot six. Muscular like he's from the Wakanda movie. Wears Timberlands and gloves.

You can't do that. I'm a nice guy though. So he asked you to get out You got out And then he drove up a little bit Yeah I didn't even Close my door all the way And drove off Went down the street

Threw my suitcase out the car And bounced up Called him like Yo what the f*** is this? You can't curse on the radio I'm sorry The good guy waxed Mama wax owes some money

But every time something happened I always think of Charlamagne Playing around anyway So I kind of give guys A little leeway So wait hold on You thought the Uber driver Was in c always think of Charlamagne playing around anyway. So I kind of give guys a little leeway. So wait, hold on. You thought the Uber driver was in cahoots with Charlamagne? Always. Anytime something happened, I say, you know what?

Charlamagne got something to do with this. How would you know the Uber driver? What kind of logic is this? That's why I don't always just punch people in the face no more. I'm like, Charlamagne put you up to this, right? What's wrong with you? What you mean? What's wrong with me?

How do I know these Uber drivers? That's all you do. So he beat up six Uber drivers in the past two years. And it's your fault. Exactly. So do you feel bad that you banned from Uber? No, I use anybody else's cash. But you got Nyla banned.

Nyla got right back on. Oh, she's back on? Yeah, she got back on. You got somebody else banned. I think that anybody who beats up six Uber drivers in the past two years deserves to be banned from Uber. That's crazy. And all other car services.

Well, let's go to the full line. You might have to hide your face before you get banned from Lyft. Stephanie. Hey, good morning. What's the craziest thing that happened in the Uber? Well, I'm an Uber driver here in Cleveland because I'm calling out from Cleveland. Okay. Shout out to the land.

I got a pair of siblings that politely asked me to join them as they fooled in my backseat. Two females in the backseat? No, a brother and a sister. Can you guess their race? Caucasian. Wow. Yes. But did you join them?

That's crazy. The brother and sister was having sex in the backseat? First of all, it was a brother and a sister. And I drove them to like, it was like 30 minutes away to like the suburban area and like while we was approaching they were getting more comfortable and they're like you want to come

you know I'm like how do you know they were brother and sister for real though well that's what they told me Alabama Uber popping that's Cleveland this is Cleveland yeah she said Cleveland

yeah this is the land I didn't know they do that in Cleveland welcome to the land down south thing Juan what's going on what's going on now you're an Uber driver Juan yeah yeah She said Cleveland. Yeah, this is the land. I didn't know they do that in Cleveland. Welcome to the land. That was just a down south thing. Juan. What's going on? What's going on?

Now, you're an Uber driver, Juan? Yeah, yeah. I did it for a minute, man. I did it for a little bit a couple months ago. It was like in between jobs, I started trying it. What's the craziest thing that happened in Uber? Man, listen. This was my first night, man. My first night Ubering.

So I'm out in downtown, you know, getting pickups or whatever. I'm learning how to do it. So I get this big ride to go out of, you know, my way out of downtown. It was already late. So I'm like, right, I'm going to head back. I'm like, remember, if I don't make it to downtown, it's going to be way too long. But I get a ping, right, to get off the highway. So I get off the highway, I look through this little club.

You know, I'm looking for the people that order. I'm looking for the guy there. So this couple, like, comes out. I don't know if they just met or whatever. So the dude was, like, drunk. They drunk. He's like, man, if you just take me down the street, I'll throw you 50 cash. I'm like, man,

listen, I'm like, how far is he? He's like, a mile. I'm like, all right, cool. Get in. Come on. He's like, it's me and my girl, whatever. So they jump in the car. He jumps in the passenger seat in the back. But before I pull off, she jumps out and she jumps in the front with him. So, you know, he puts the seat all the way back.

And I'm like, he's like, you don't mind, right? I'm like, man, listen, this lady, I just need a 50 bucks. I'm cool. It's my first night. I'm like, I ain't tripping. So we pulled, I'm like, I pulled off, I started driving, man. They start getting it on in the Uber, man. They start getting it on, like, right next to me.

So I'm sitting here driving. I'll keep peeking over, like, and he's looking at me like, you don't mind, right? I'm like, I could care less. You know what I mean? He's rubbing on it like he's looking at me like you don't mind right I'm like you know I mean he's rubbing on it she's looking at me he's like you don't mind if uber up the uber guy watches I'm like trust me I don't want to watch homie I'm good you should you should have told him get to where you need to be you should have told him if you don't make her orgasm I'm gonna give you a star rating I was sitting there bugging. I'm driving heavy. You know what I mean? They both loaded on the side. I'm like, man, I'm lacking on you.

And the thing was, I was like, nobody will believe this story. They're going to think I made it up, man. I had to record them, man. I couldn't believe it. You recorded them? Oh, my God. I got evidence. It was my first. I can't make this story up. I got a $150 tip for a mile. I can't make the story up. I got a $150 tip for a mile.

I couldn't believe it. I feel like that's illegal, but you can send the breakfast club AM at gmail.com. The footage is too big. Thank you, brother. You're kinky, man. Someone who works with us actually had their Uber rating lowered because they called the Uber for someone and that person

ended up having a sexual incident in the Uber. Who? I don't want to call their name out. Yeah, they actually, um, uh, in the Uber. Really? Somebody that works here? Yeah. Our producer Dan? I'm not saying he's standing next to me though. Dan, come here. Put your lips on the mic. What happened? You got

topped off in the Uber? No. I got the Uber from my buddy and I woke up the next morning and I was wondering why there was all these complaints to my Uber. Uh-huh. And I had like a 2.5 rating after this, and the driver said that my buddy got d*** on the back seat and got it everywhere. D*** everywhere.

Wow. Uber everywhere, d*** everywhere. You know who needed to get a one-star rating in that situation? The girl. Why she didn't swallow? You know what? What kind of what? What the hell is going on in the world? You're kinky, man Why she didn't swallow? You know what? What the hell?

You're kinky, man. Why would she swallow? You know what? Keep it locked. We have more coming up next. It's The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a 2020 presidential candidate in the building. The very well-spoken. Very well-spoken, as we've heard.

Cory Booker. Cory Booker is here. Good morning, everybody. It's really good to be back. I didn't see you the first time you came in. I was actually on vacation. You took off, man. I came up and you went the other way. They don't need two light-skinned brothers at the same time. So I let you slide in.

I appreciate that. I appreciate you being here this morning. We saw Mayor Bloomberg apologize to you for calling you well-spoken. Why is that insulting for white people who may not know? It's almost as if, and we heard this in Obama's first campaign where he was called clean and articulate. It's almost like many white folks are sort of surprised that an African-American man can speak well. And you don't hear it. You don't see this kind of surprise.

Oh, he's well-spoken. They don't say that about white men. But it's a trope that we've heard for generations about African-Americans. And, I mean, I love history. I read about everybody from Frederick Douglass to Booker T. Washington talking about people surprised that they're so smart or so well-spoken. So it's insulting. And, you know, you can't be running for the highest office in the land. Making mistakes is all right.

I know we all do. We've all said things we regret. But to run for the nomination of the Democratic Party, and if you're going to be doing things that are insulting, dragging up actually painful kind of words like that, you're not going to be able to win the presidency. It's as simple as that. Because you cannot win the presidency if you cannot energize and activate the black community. And folk don't understand that. Hillary Clinton, and this, by the way, it wasn't her.

She was dealing with voter suppression. She was dealing with the Russians literally targeting African-American voters. Sexism. All of that. But the black turnout that was down from 12 to 16, 800,000 to a million votes. In those three states that we lost by 77,000 votes combined, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, 77,000 vote difference. If we had won those three states, it would be President Clinton right now. There was a voter diminution of black voters dramatically.

In fact, in Milwaukee alone, the activists there told me about 70,000 less blacks voted than had voted the four years before. So this election is critical. The African-American vote is essential. And you add to that that I'm not in this just to win the presidency.

I want to send Mitch McConnell to the back bench. And if you think about the Senate seats that are up that we have to win, North Carolina Senate seats, South Carolina Senate seats, there are actually two Senate seats in Georgia right now, not to mention Arizona. These are states where the black and brown vote is critical. And so imagine a Democratic nominee saying things that are so insulting to the black community, dragging this up. It's just, it's not going to work. What if you are well-spoken? How should a white person describe that?

Because you are well-spoken, so I mean, you know. I appreciate that, but, you know, I don't mind folks pointing out a lot of facts about me that have distinguished me in my career. And to say that I'm well-spoken is not the thing that you hear, you know, necessarily folks saying about other candidates. Don't say that about a white candidate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, like, really, what are they bringing up about the other white candidates when it's being talked about? So, look, it was said, it was done.

You know, call it a learning moment. But I got work to do, so I'm not spending too much time. You did endorse Mayor Bloomberg, though. I did. Oh, absolutely. He was the architect of stop and frisk. Why would you endorse someone with that type of policy? That's a racist policy.

Yeah, look, you're seeing a lot of black mayors right now endorsing Mayor Bloomberg because when I was coming up, when I first got elected and Newark was in a crisis, it was him and a few other mayors around the country that came forward and gave me really practical support.

He was somebody that said, my whole administration is open to you. And we came in to learn about everything from his office of entrepreneurialism. He stepped forward and helped us on strategies to build affordable housing. So when it came to the tacticians of being mayor, there's a lot of incredible things that he helped us with. And I'm not shy to say it at all. But obviously the policing practices are something that's absolutely unacceptable. And the way he defended them, even when he saw the evidence presented to him, is unacceptable.

Oh, did you see him lie to Gayle King the other day and say that nobody ever even asked him about it until he ran for president? I did not see that. Yes. That is... That was in the same interview where he called you outspoken. Yeah, well, that's messed up because there's a whole lot of tape of folks confronting him, and I saw a lot of the activists. Do you think his apology was bullshit?

It was just because he's running for president? You have to ask him. I don't know. And again, this to me is, we're in the New York City area. So we live with this for a long time. And for me right now, the focus is, you know, I'm like running a, I used to run track. And my coach used to tell me when I'd line up for the hurdles, don't look to your left if you're right. Deal with your own obstacles. You know, get get to the finish line.

And so I'm trying to spend much most of my time talking about my candidacy and what we're trying to achieve, because especially the Democratic Party, I'm not I'm not going to spend my time criticizing them when we all have to get together. We got one shot to make Donald Trump a one-term president. And so my focus is getting across the finish line as being the nominee, because I think I'm the best in this field to activate that rainbow coalition, that Obama coalition, to begin to heal not just our party, but the country, so that we can actually start dealing with the big problems we have that can only be solved if we start finding ways to mobilize the whole nation to deal with them. Because, folks, this is going to be a very difficult decade ahead of us. Climate change alone, if you see the last UN report,

the predictions they made, things are accelerating at a rate that scientists didn't anticipate. And any big thing that we've done in this country, from going to the moon to beating the Nazis, has taken a mobilization beyond the lines that divide us. You had to have by part. I mean, my grandmother, black working class woman, talked to me about during the war effort, her victory gardens and her buying war bonds because it took the whole country to beat a global threat. Well, this is what it's going to take to deal with the challenges we have right now. And so I'm running a race not to tear down other Democrats. I watched that script in the last election where we couldn't even unify our party to beat Donald Trump. I'm not just trying to beat Donald Trump. I think that's the floor. It's not the ceiling. It gets us out of the valley. It doesn't get us to the mountaintop. So I'm trying to run a campaign. I'm not just trying to beat Donald Trump. I think that's the floor. It's not the ceiling.

It gets us out of the valley. It doesn't get us to the mountaintop. So I'm trying to run a campaign. I always say you can't campaign wrong and then think you're going to govern right. I'm trying to run a campaign, a positive campaign, not spending my time talking about other people,

but spending my time trying to inspire other folks to win a big election, a wave election that wins us Senate seats, House seats, state legislators, governor seats, so that, state legislators, governor seats so that we can have the people in place because it's not about me, it's about we

to actually get the kind of change that we're going to need immediately on jump to turn this country around even bigger than that, to turn the planet around. Alright, we got more with Corey Booker 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 Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Cory Booker. Now, you talked earlier about, you said Bloomberg opened up his staff for you, and you learned a lot from him about low-income and housing and things like that. What plan do you have to help people be able to own homes and create generational wealth and to start from a place where they can get a loan and they can get a home and all those things? Yeah. So first of all, I love that you start there, because often when people talk about, especially black people, they talk about us as if we're a problem to be solved and not understanding that we create equal pathways to wealth.

It simulates prosperity. I mean, when I talk to some of the best economists, they talk about you want to judge how what kind of jobs are going to be created. Look at the housing market. How many people are buying homes? And so I actually start with that. I want to raise the minimum wage of $15 an hour. But people in my community, as a guy who lives in a black and brown community that's struggling around the poverty line, you know, folk aren't aspiring to make minimum wage.

Yeah, they want to make, if they're working minimum wage, they want to make a fair wage, but people aspire to wealth. And so my whole sort of economic plan really starts by that. It's how do we create more entrepreneurship, more homeownership, more prosperity. And so to answer your question specifically, we got a number of things. Number one, I have a bill that has been a lot of academics have said this is one of the more breakthrough pieces of legislation that if we can get this done would create generational wealth in America. And that's called baby bonds, which is everybody born in America.

Everyone by birthright gets an interest-bearing account with $1,000 in it. Everybody gets an interest-bearing account. Then every year of your life, depending upon the wealth of your family, you will get up to $2,000 deposited into that account. So we're a nation that has high child poverty rates. So one in five, one in six kids are born poor. Those kids, by the time that they're 18 years old,

would have upwards of $50,000 in that account. Average black family would probably have about, a kid, average black child would have about $30,000. And then you can use that. Now you have wealth to do things that create wealth, which is start a business, buy a home, go to college. And so I know already Columbia University says my plan, because we did it.

You can't deal with generations of policies that were designed to racially impact the wealth of African-Americans. The FHA loans, redlining, all of that. We designed this in a way that we know would deal with the racial wealth gap. And Columbia University says our bill would literally close the racial wealth gap for those teenage kids because there's disproportionate African Americans, Latinos are poor. And so that alone would give people a stake to start doing things. And we have a lot of folks from

the housing world that said this is amazing because it would help. What's the difference between that and universal basic income? Because universal basic income is giving money to anybody based upon anything. It doesn't have even racial consciousness in it. It's just Donald Trump's kids would get $1,000. And I have a problem with giving wealthy people who don't need it more money.

I would rather target that towards dealing with historic inequality and to level the playing field. And that's why this one, based upon income, a family's income, depending how much you would get, that deals with inequality. What you're talking about there is not going to deal with inequality. And so that's the first thing. And then we just need to start talking about housing, empowering people with housing. So the rental market does affect the home ownership market because many people get stuck in rental situations where they're not saving money. Right. And so I have another big effort, which is just simply there's many Americans, a 40 plus percent are paying more than a third of their income in rent. And by relieving that pressure, we're saying, let's give every renter in America who's paying

more than a third of their income in rent. Let's give them a refundable tax credit between their what they're paying and over a third of their income in rent let's give them a refundable tax credit uh between their their what they're paying and uh over a third of their income and the area median rent that would cut poverty for millions and millions of americans raise the incomes for millions and millions of americans and put people in a situation where they could have more month at the end of their their more money at the end of their month and month at the end of their money as they say in other words this idea that we can start being a savings economy because people said oh you should have a savings account savings account well damn if you're spending all your money

child care prescription drugs all of these things then you're not going to be able to save the kind of money you need to put a down payment on a house and start so we have a big housing program but a lot of it just is about raising the incomes of Americans. We're going to double the earned income tax credit. That's going to give 150 million Americans under my plan a tax break. And we're going to expand the definition of work. The earned income tax credit doesn't go to kids in college who are working their way through college. It doesn't go to seniors who are catching extra jobs.

So we're just going to do a lot of things to help incomes in America where people can actually have the resources necessary to create wealth. I've seen you reveal a $100 billion plan for HBCUs. You announced a federal bill that bans natural head discrimination. Why do politicians wait until they're running for president to announce all these things they want to do for black people? Well, first of all, that's the question I ask. As a guy who's been in public life for a long time,

I say to this, don't suddenly run for president and put a tab on your website about how you're going to deal with black issues. What have you been doing from jump? It's hard for me to say that the Democrats are the party of the people when in the December debate, it's diverse, but it's going to be all white.

Three and a half years after having a black president, no black people are going to be in the debates in December? Well, first of all, I got a few more days to make it. All your book is black, bro. I haven't qualified for the debate. I haven't qualified for the debate. And I feel some kind of way about that. Not just because of personal ambition,

but because to make the debate stage, this is the first time we had rules. They said you have to make a certain fundraising thresholds and certain polling thresholds. Now you see, I just came out of Iowa a few days ago. When I was up there, I'm watching late night TV, lying in my hotel bed, trying to go to sleep. And it almost didn't seem like the Jimmy Kimmel show. It seemed like the Bloomberg and Steyer show because they've got billions of dollars to run nonstop ads to juice up their polling numbers. So the DNC has created rules for the debate that if you're a billionaire, you can find creative ways to get on it.

But but my team, which is trying to use every money to every bit of our money for grassroots organizing, which is how we beat the machine in Newark for me to become mayor, is now having to try to figure out ways to raise enough money so we can do TV ads to help get the 1% point we're shy. And these polls we know are imprecise. If polls were right, Hillary Clinton would be president right now. And so it's frustrating that we've designed a system, the party that says we are about equality, inclusion, not the power of billionaires and millionaires to warp our system. It's now this system that is going to benefit people who have a lot more money. Right. How do you beat that billionaire?

How do you beat those millionaires? Well, one is we've been calling out to folk. And this has been our best fundraising stretch because people feel, especially with Kamala now dropping out, people feel some kind of way. You raised like a million recently, right? Yeah, we're now on our track for our best online fundraising. We're hoping it's going to continue because make the big stage or not, we still want to make the January one.

If people want my voice on that stage, the only one has called out issues. I should give Castro some credit and Kamala some credit. When we're up there, we are often bringing different things in the conversation that have not been brought into the conversation. And so we're just saying to folks,

if you value my voice, even if you haven't decided who your final person is, you've got to go to CoryBooker.com and help us out because I refuse to let the election be decided by the same factors that ultimately we're trying to fight in its influence over our politics. And I'm confident right now, just to let folks know. By the way, polling is such a bull. Thank you very much.

I'm trying to be respectful. The polling has there has never been a point in the Democratic Party in our lifetime where somebody was leading the polls, went to the White House this far out. Let me give you Carter was around one percent. Bill Clinton was around 4%. Obama, on this day, was almost 20 points behind Hillary Clinton in the 2007. Polls do not predict from our party who becomes president. But let me just tell you, right now, our campaign is the Des Moines registrants, as me and Elizabeth Warren have the best grassroots campaigns on the field. Number two is we are leading every person in this race in endorsements from local elected officials. These are your city council person.

These are your mayor, local leaders, I should say. These are the people that are on the ground that are closest to the people. So we're endorsed by those folks. So we're feeling pretty good about our ability to do what Obama did, upset expectations in Iowa. All right, we got more with Cory Booker.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Cory Booker. Charlamagne? Is it embarrassing being the black candidate who can't garner black support?

No. God, no. Look, we are brand loyal in our time. And Obama was the black candidate, and he was way behind Hillary Clinton right now in South Carolina amongst black voters. How is that? Why do older black people love Joe Biden so much? Especially when you look at the 88 crack laws, the 94 crime bill. Nothing put more black and brown people

in jail than those bills. Why do people love him so much? Listen, we are loyal folks, and also like other voters, we want to win. We don't want Donald Trump to be there. And the perceived wisdom right now, just like it was when Obama was running with the Clintons,

the perceived wisdom is he can win. I gotta prove I can win. And I know the loyalty of black voters to me. Is it difficult being a black candidate, especially with the expectations of not just black voters, but black people? Because they might say, I don't know why they say Corey's not black enough, or

Corey's corny, or Saturday Night Live would make fun of you and be like Corey has all these well-prepared rehearsed lines and debates. Do you feel the need to put on a, like, I got to be down? No, no. Look, the movie Street Fight has this incredible scene. This is the Oscar-nominated movie. You can watch it online for free now.

About my rise in Newark. And it lost to March of the Penguins in the Oscars. But there's this powerful scene of a sister in that movie going against, because this was what the opposition in Newark, the machine in Newark was saying, oh, he's not black enough. And this woman just broke it down and says, why is it that a guy who goes off and does everything we want him to do? You know, I went off to Stanford University.

I joke, I got in because of a 4.0, 1,600, 4.0 yards per carry, 1,600 receiving yards, because I got in on a football scholarship. But, you know, I stayed and did a master's degree there. Went off and was Oxford and Rose Scholar. Came back to Yale Law School. And she's just like, why is that suddenly? And then he did what we would want him to do. He came back to the community to serve.

Like, my dad was not impressed. My dad from, you know, both my parents grew up in segregated times. My dad was from the South and he looks at me and goes, boy, you got more degrees in the month of July, but you ain't hot. You know, life ain't about the degrees you get.

It's about the service you give. You want to make your parents proud, get back to the work of making this country a just place for everyone. And so I made a decision, you know, with my Yale law degree, I moved into the neighborhood. I still live in a black and Brown community in the central ward of Newark, New Jersey, New Jersey. A lot of them say you never really lived there though.

Well, that was a front. Look, man, there is a lot of people say a lot of things. But my whole life, my whole majority of my life now has been spent living in the same community in Newark, living for eight years in the projects in Newark. And the people that got me elected, Ms. Virginia Jones, I can go through the tenant leaders who walked me through the projects. There rarely had there ever been an upset in Newark. I was the youngest city council person ever elected because of elderly folks and young folks who walked me through and put their credibility on mine. I still miss Miss Jones. When people would answer the door, Frank, they would say they would answer the door, open the door on the projects because they recognize them.

And they would just say, we can trust this boy. We can trust him. And one of the reasons I still wasn't a white woman calling you a boy. No, it's my it's like a woman who's like my mother, Miss Virginia. OK. Yeah. And literally the reason why I moved into Brick Towers was because Ms. Jones, when I got elected, when she got me elected, she said, don't forget where you came from. Don't forget the people that were there for you. So I said, not only will I forget, I'm going to move into the toughest place where people will say things like he can't live there. There's no way he lives there.

Well, I wanted to live with the community. When I became mayor, I made a decision with my team. Let's find the sector of the city that they say is the most dangerous with the most shootings because I want to move into that area of the city. I remember you getting a lot of death threats. I do remember that as well. A lot of death threats, a lot of gang threats. I've had some tough scrapes.

But look, that gets a lot of attention from me because I'm the mayor of the city or what have you. But folk are living up in dangerous environments in our communities all the time. That's why I tell folks, and I've had this conversation in Washington with people, like issues like gun violence. The majority of homicide victims in America are black men. Majority of the homicide victims in America are black men. And so for me, when I go to that White House, talk about lived experience, I will remember, I can name the children in my community when I was mayor whose funerals I had to go to. But you don't want to take away guns, though. You just want some type of gun legislation to regulate.

Who gets these guns? Let me just tell you this, because I made this point when I was mayor. I could only find one circumstance in Newark where somebody who was shot was shot by a person who had legally obtained their weapon. And that person was a correctional officer that used it to shoot at her boyfriend and do a horrible murder-suicide. Every other shooting in my community was done by somebody who wouldn't qualify to buy a gun. So my point is, it is not a law abiding citizen's gun ownership. It's the laws that we have that allow people to obtain guns who should not obtain guns. So I'm not against you. I don't know if you have, Charlemagne, I don't know if you have a weapon.

Oh, yeah, I do. You know what? Clear this up for us, because about nine years ago, we did an event with you in Harlem. Yeah. And I swear me and Envy saw you with a gun. Like, you had it tucked in your back. And I was like, yo, Cory, look, a pack-in. Now, did you ever used to carry a pack-in?

No, I never carried it. You sure? I'm sure, man. You remember that, Envy? I do. Was it Harlem? It wasn't Harlem. It was on the Upper East Side or something like that.

I don't know where it was at, but I was just like, yo. And that honestly made me dig you. Because I knew about the death threats and stuff like that. But I was like, yo, he's carrying his own weapon. Yeah, yeah. No, but you know, I got a question too. You sure you never carried your own weapon? I never carried a weapon, man.

Never? Never. I fired him, but I've never carried it. So what was that in your back that time? I have no idea. Maybe it was like a granola bar. I don't know. Katie Couric was here.

Yes. And she said that you guys went on a blind date. True. To a football game. True. And then you never asked her out again. Well, no, she And she said that you guys went on a blind date. True. To a football game. True. And then you never asked her out again. No, she said she never asked you out again. She said you was corny, Corey.

She didn't say that. I don't know if you saw that. She said you never asked her out again. Why was that? You sensed some time. Why am I going back there? You're going to get me in trouble with my now girlfriend. It never happened. Rosario Daw girlfriend. Miss Rosario Dawson.

Miss Rosario Dawson. She has a name, Corey. Last time I didn't say the name. She's campaigning for you. She is. Go back to your old boo, Katie. You didn't call her back. Why not? If I felt that door

was open, I would have knocked on that door again. I'll just put it that way. That didn't connect. What's that mean? What does that mean? That means I found her to be, I had a great time. I just never felt like she was inviting that.

But maybe it's my, and this is how I remember. Inviting what? This is well more than a decade ago. This is a while ago. And I don't remember exactly. The connection wasn't there. Again, I really enjoyed it. She was somebody that you met them

and they were real. It was like we had fun. And so I don't know why that did not materialize. You got any regrets? I have no regrets because I'm with the woman. But I'm like, you know, every day I'm like pinching myself. My girlfriend is just amazing. I'm with the woman but I'm with I'm I'm like you know I'm every day I'm like pinching myself I'm I'm my girlfriend is just amazing I'm just very happy we're here and you're

getting married soon I am I am I am not uh making any news on that uh there's been no there are no wedding plans for us but I'm I'm really she's just an incredible human being she's an activist she she's she adopted an amazing daughter, her daughter at 11 years old. You don't see people doing that. She founded Voto Latino, which is this activist organization. She's like a righteous activist person that uses her position to do as much good as she possibly can. She's an entrepreneur. I know you respect that, but she's a conscious capitalist in the sense of she's working with women in Africa to develop a capacity there. I mean, just everything about her amazes me every day, and I'm just really blessed.

Some people say that relationship's not real, though, and they say you're just with her because of the rumors of your sexuality. Well, first of all, some people say everything. Everything. And I don't care. I don't care what people say. If I care what people say, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing. What did Malcolm X say? If you don't have no critics, you won't have no success?

That's exactly right. I will say this about you, Corey. I've been critical of you, but when you're on that debate stage, when you get to talk, you good. Thank you, man. Like, really good. Thank you. And I would love to see you on that debate stage continuing to do that.

Like, take the gloves off even more, man. Yeah, I will. And let me just say something to you. Don't stop being critical. Because we have to hold our people accountable. And being black is not enough. It's not enough. Well, thank you for joining us this morning. Yes, and no more outfits like this

because this goes around in our group chat. People say I could never vote for a guy who dressed like that. Dang, man. I've never seen that. This is the tough thing about being in public life. You know, it's something about being black. You got to be fly all the time. What the hell is that?

All the time. I got to be fly all the time. What was this? This is, again, a decade ago, man. Oh, this is a decade ago. Oh, okay. You did this yesterday? Yeah, you do look a little whiter in this. I, decade ago, man. Oh, this is a decade ago. Oh, okay. You thought it was yesterday? Yeah, you do look a little wider in this.

I'm a lot heavier in that picture. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what's more embarrassing to me. It's Cory Booker. Thank you, fellas. It's the Breakfast Club. Thank you very much. Is your country falling apart?

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Well, Duvall, they keep letting me get them like this because they keep doing things like this, all right? Donkey of the Day goes to a substitute teacher at a school in Sarasota, Florida, named Heather Carpenter. Now, if for whatever reason, she had a dispute with the school's principal. Heather was allegedly upset that the school's principal was set to have a birthday party at a particular venue. The venue in question was the pavilion in Urfa Park.

Now, I don't know what Heather has against the principal or the principal's daughter, but Heather, a substitute teacher, decided to be a party pooper, literally. Let's go to Fox 13 for the report, please. All eight of these picnic tables here at Urfer Family Park had to be replaced after a woman spread human waste and fecal matter all over the wood as a form of payback. A mixture of urine and feces, and she had it in a big cup. The nasty vandalism cost the county more than $2,300 for cleanup, replacing tables and grills, and reimbursing and rescheduling a birthday party set for the pavilion later that morning. It only took the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

a few days to track down and arrest Heather Carpenter. The 42-year-old is charged with felony criminal mischief. Turns out Carpenter is a substitute teacher at Philippi Shores Elementary School. According to arrest paperwork, Carpenter wasn't happy with how the principal handled a professional complaint she made at the end of November. The Sarasota woman admitted to investigators she smeared the feces with the goal of spoiling the birthday party planned at the park that day. The celebration was for the principal's daughter. Officials say Carpenter is no longer a substitute and can't volunteer at any district schools while this investigation is active. You think? Heather was with the sugar honey iced teas, okay? Now, I have a homeboy who shall remain nameless who used to have a real problem beating people up.

So he went to anger management as part of his probation for beating people up. So whenever he wanted to beat people up, instead he would resort to fighting with feces. What I mean by that is... Oh my gosh, wax is crazy. I didn't say him. What I mean by that is if he had a beef with someone, he I didn't say him. What I mean by that is, if he had a beef with someone, he would cut your car seat

open and put dingleberries in the cushions or he might go in your house and put a couple chocolate delights in your sneakers. That's disgusting. It is. I remember he had an issue with his next door neighbor and the next door neighbor's roommate, you know, let him in the house. So my guy put butt truffles in the neighbor's couch cushions.

What's a butt truffle? Turd. Never understood why the roommate was down with that because he had to live there too. Alright, the moral of the story is, it's just some real live turd terrorists out here and Heather Carpenter is clearly one of them. My thing is, Heather, you got beef with the

principal. Why resort to attacking the kids? Because that's essentially what you were doing by spreading butt mud all over the picnic tables and grills at this park. None of the adults were going to be affected by these rusty nuggets. I mean, sure, you put some rectum warriors on the grill, so that means everybody's burger would end up getting fudge babies on

them. But why do that to the kids? Okay? What is something else that your Uncle Sharla always tells you? Never go to war with someone who gives an F less than you. And clearly, Heather Carpenter don't give an F. Anyone can get it. Men, women, and children. If she got beef with you, then all of y'all getting butt beans.

All right? Everybody at this party going to get all the fanny fudge you can eat. Chocolate bananas for everybody simply because I got beef with one person. I'm telling you, don't go to war with somebody who gives a F less than you, especially a rectum warrior. Now, Heather has been charged with third-degree felony mischief and property damage, and there is no way she can be in population with other prisoners. Because what if this terror terrorist decides to let a bunch of frightened turtles loose in a prison?

Do you really want a corn massacre in one of these correctional facilities? Think about it, Florida. Please give Heather Carpenter the biggest ER. Question. What? I don't want to hear your question. No, I got a question. So for her to carry in your guys, your friends, you know, terror terrorists.

So does he poop on the floor and then pick it up? Never asked if it was human feces. It could have been dog feces. I don't know what kind of feces it was that he was using. I'm just curious. Do you just poop with it? I don't know what kind of feces Heather was using. Okay.

You know what I'm saying? We just assumed it was hers. I'm just assuming it's hers. Do you pick it up or do you go in the toilet? I'm just saying, if you got to go to a prison, you know what I'm saying, and that's your weapon of choice, you always got some on deck. I always got some on deck. You're right. I'm pretty regular.

All right. Matter of fact, 8.30 this morning, if anybody, any turd terrorists need something, holler at me. I got it for the low. My goodness. Is it going to be much harder? Hard. Let me see what I had.

Well, last night I had fish for dinner. This morning I had my regular protein shake. You should always look at your poo to figure out how well you're doing as far as your diet. I never look at my poo. You should. No, that's disgusting. You got to make sure it looks normal. No, I'm fine.

The color of it, the texture. All right, guys. Keep it locked. We have more coming up next. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Ashley. Hey, Ashley. What's time for Ask Ye. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Ashley. Hey, Ashley. What's your question for Ye? I kind of just wanted her advice on dealing with my boyfriend and his mother. His mom is very involved in our relationship. She drinks a lot.

We used to be really close, me and her. But she kind of, you know, she stopped drinking and got, like, a little disrespectful. And so it's, like, really hard on him because he's in between the both of us a lot with arguing and, like, not talking to each other. And she has a lot to do with, like, the problems that are in our relationship. And it's just, like, kind of really hard to deal with. Man, I had to date a guy one time whose mother actually used to drink a lot and then she would always call him and then they start arguing and so I had a similar situation. She never got

disrespectful with me though. Now when you say she's the cause for a lot of arguments in your relationship, what are the arguments that y'all are having? Just basically kind of how to deal with her. I mean like she's so impulsive that it's like you know i'm just not used to that she'll say one thing and forget that she said it and then

um you know what i mean like it's just it's almost like talking to a different person every day and it's just really frustrating to have to deal with that um he lives with her now um we were living together but you know we just kept arguing over him just like always going over there to see her instead of, like, hanging out with me, which is fine. Like, that's your mother. Of course, I'm not going to, like, be opposed to you being around her, but I just don't like being around her. So, you know, that energy that she gives off and that vibe,

I know she talks about me to him and how she doesn't want me to be with him and she would rather him be with his child's mother and things like that. It's just those things constantly being said to him and him telling me that, it's just like, that bothers me, of course. Well. I've told him that as a mother before, you know, just things that are just, like, really out of pocket. So here's a couple of things here.

Number one, her alcoholism is a sickness. It's a disease, right? Right. And so I do feel like she's saying those things, but you have to look at it from the fact that she's not well. And so I think when she's lashing out at you like that, that's more of a reflection on her not feeling well about what she's going through. So I want you to understand that. Secondly, your man has to figure out what he's going to do to deal with this issue. Obviously, in an ideal situation you guys will get along but y'all don't right now

is he trying to get her some help um i don't know i feel like there's just kind of in denial about it like i mean he obviously knows that she's not you know she's not well right now but it's just so hard to deal with her and it's so hard to tell her things about herself. It's just, you know what I mean? Everyone's just kind of like tired of being the dead horse at this point, you know? Like she just doesn't, she doesn't believe she's that bad and you know, she's just, you know, she's an adult.

We can't really force her to do anything. If you talk to her, she gets very defensive. So, um, you know, it's, it's kind of just hard. It's hard. I get, it's hard for him to deal with as well, but it's like, you know what I mean? I don't want to say like pick a side, but... No, and yeah, you can't say pick a side either. I think it is important for you to be supportive of your man.

And when I say being supportive of your man, understand that I'm sure it's difficult for him to have to deal with this, to be in this situation. And instead of you guys coming from a place where it's me against you over her, you have to be like I'm supporting you because I know this is difficult for you and it is difficult for me so can we support each other to make sure that this doesn't

tear us apart and how can we try to make sure that we get her some type of help because she really does need it and I do care and I do want to be with you Right, and I do feel like that, I do love him and I definitely keep him in mind whenever I do want to be with you. Right. And I do feel like that. I do love him. And I, you know, I definitely keep him in mind

whenever I'm, you know, trying to deal with the situation because I don't want to be, you know, I don't want to be that person like disrespectful to your mom or want you to feel like, you know,

I'll never be able to be around your mom. You know, because ultimately that's going to wear on a relationship. But yeah, maybe in this situation.

So, you know what? You and your man should go and actually talk to somebody, and then when he's comfortable with that, he should encourage his mother to come with him as well. Right. Yeah, I think that's a good idea, too. I hope she listens. Right. Well, you know, best of luck to you, and don't give up on your man.

And listen, it's hard. Sometimes outside forces affect our relationship, and they shouldn't. Everything else can be great. It could be that one thing. And sometimes it up on your man. And listen, it's hard. Sometimes outside forces affect our relationship and they shouldn't. Everything else can be great. It could be that one thing. And sometimes it's just your approach. Right, right. I definitely don't want to approach it in a sad way, but we'll see.

We'll see. I know, girl. Just count to 10 backwards every time you start getting mad and breathe. Right, right. That's definitely helpful advice. Thank you so much. All right.

Good luck. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need helpful advice. Thank you so much. All right. Good luck. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, hit Yee now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got Tony on the line. Tony, good morning. What's going on, y'all? Hey, what's up, man? What's your question for Yee? Hey, Yee, so because before I became an elusive member of the Black Man No Cheat Club. That's right, baby.

Prior to all that, I messed up when I cheated with my girl. Whoa. You can't remember your story. Well, there goes that. Hey, but this is prior to. You know what I'm saying? I got new inspiration now. Okay.

But before then, I cheated and messed up. But now my girl, feels that I shouldn't have any female friends now I feel it with new female friends but she mean any mean prior, old whoever they are she don't want me to have anything how do I go about handling that

you want to be with her right of course you got caught cheating you're trying to prove something right of course well I think when you're trying to prove something, and I'm sure the guys in the room can attest to this, you kind of got to do whatever your girl wants you to do. Better bow your ass down. For the time being, because she's now feeling insecure.

She's not sure about things. So if that means that you have to back off from certain friendships that you had prior to her, for now, you might have to do that. Now, as you guys get into a better space, maybe you can ease back into having those friendships and she'll be okay with that, especially if those friendships were genuine. I had a friend

who cheated on his girlfriend and they ended up breaking up, but then they got back together and his girlfriend did not like me. She did not want him around me. And you know what I did as a friend to him? I said, that's cool, though. That's important to you. That's your relationship. I don't want to cause any problems. A real friend will understand that and back the F up. And that's

exactly what I did. Now, their relationship didn't end up lasting. And of course, we're still friends to this day. But all I'm saying is he had to do what was necessary and your friends should understand that. Now, hopefully, if those women are your friends, they also will end up being friends with your girl because that's important too. But for now, as you're trying to win her back and that's really something you want to go hard for even if it's not certain things that

you don't agree with that she might want you to do, you kind of got to do it. That's right. We don't negotiate with terrorists and your wife is looking at you like a terrorist. You do what she tells you to do, including but not limited to a finger in your... Okay, you went too far. Don't debate me. Don't debate me. Don't debate me. Listen, sometimes it's a long road to get

that trust back because it takes a long time to build back trust when it's broken, but you have to be in it for the long haul if that's really what you want. Is there an extreme point and is there too long of a timetable? No! Are you listening? Are you willing to do anything? Because, listen, there could be a extreme point and is there too long of a timetable? No. Are you listening?

Are you willing to do anything? Because, listen, there could be a breaking point for you where you're like, you know what? I can't do this anymore. I'm out. You have to determine that. Facts. Okay. Too easy. All right.

Well, good luck. I hope you make it happen. Black man don't cheat. That's right, baby. All right. Anymore. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, hit Yee now. It's The, baby. Any more? Ask Yee. 805-85-1051. If you need

relationship advice, hit Yee now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. What's your name? Butterfly from Bay's Week. Your butterfly. Hey, Butterfly. I heard from Butterfly forever.

How you doing, Butterfly? What do you want for Ask Yee this morning? Yes, I'm not doing too well because I got in trouble at the job. And I've been off for like a month now. And I want my job back. But I don't know how to talk to my boss because he, every time you see me go, Butterfly, get out my face. That's not good. I want my jaw back.

So what happened at work? Are you fired? Well, I think I'm on probation. So what happened? He gave me some food. I went to take a lunch break. He gave me my meatloaf, everything I like. And I went

to the back of the store and ate and fell asleep. When I came back, he said a whole hour. I said, no, it was like 30 minutes. Hello. We got into a big old argument over there. He said, how many greens you cut up?

Because you know I do the dishes or the greens or whatever they want. That's DJ Starr's in Diddy Runner City. And then we just got into this argument because when I open my mouth, it go crazy. Butterfly, couple things here.

You did fall asleep. Yes, I did. I did. I swear to God. So, that was wrong. You can't fall asleep at work, right? I know. You gotta take responsibility sometimes and just say, you know what? I'm sorry. I was wrong. Okay can't fall asleep at work, right? I know. You gotta take responsibility sometimes and just say, you know what? I'm sorry I was wrong. Okay, I'm sorry I was

wrong. Not to me. You have to tell him that because you can't argue with somebody when you did wrong. Okay. I didn't want to argue with him. He just asked me a question, but he was like so angry at the moment.

Like, yo, yo, yo. I'm like, oh God, that makes me scared. Were you scared because you said all kinds of things was coming out your mouth? Yeah, because I started getting hype. I was like, no, it was 30 minutes. He's like, it was an hour.

I was like, uh-oh, I'm in trouble. Right. All you got to do is be like, you know what? I apologize. I did fall asleep. I'm exhausted. The meatloaf was banging. And it won't happen again. I love it.

And it won't happen again. So did he. Go get your job back, Butterfly. I didn't eat all day. All right. Go get your job back. Okay, good. So I'm going to tell him that.

Now, Butterfly. I love you, Charlamagne. I love you too, Daisy. Hi, Envy. Say it again. I heard you was feeling Steve. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Let's talk about this. Let me tell you this. Just by hearing the way you talk,

we can get together. Yes, yes. All you have to do, because I don't have an Instagram or a phone because I'm using my own girl phone. Only thing Steve has to do is come to Rochdale Chicken and Fish and get his heat on and ask for a butterfly. Yes, yes, yes, yes. You don't even work there right now, butterfly. You got fired from Rochdale Chicken and Fish?

Yeah, I still go there trying to get my job back. Okay. Slew to all my people in Rochdale, Queens, the Evans family, Dr. Robert Evans, Nunu, what's happening, you know what I'm saying? DJ Bless, what's going on? This sounds like a winner for you, Steve. Big Joe. Big Joe.

And shout out to your homegirl who said that you use her phone. Thank you. Yeah, shout out to you for letting me use her phone. Oh, thank you. Yeah, she said I'll let you use your phone. Hey. Hey, boo. My name is Diana. How you doing? Hey, Diana.

You a good friend. I know. She won't leave me alone for a minute. All right. Well, thank you, Butterfly and Diana. Appreciate y'all. You want me to reach out to them over there at Rostell Chicken and Fish? You know those are my homies.

Diddy and them. You know those are my homies, Diddy and them. You know those are my homies. Shout out for show Diddy running the city. DJ Starks. Yo, Princess, what's up? Yo, Diddy and Starks, if you're out there listening, you better hire Butterfly back, man. And you should bring Steve up there, Envy.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. All right, I'm going to bring Steve so you can holler at him. Okay, got you. All right. All right, I'm going to bring Steve so you can holler at him. Okay, got you. All right. All right, butterfly. Okay, let me go before I go off on him. All right. Good looking, God.

Good looking, God. Please, Baszler, you be cool out here in these streets. Yo, butterfly is crazy. All right, we got more coming up next. We're The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, we have a special guest in the New York Public Library.

I'm not going to mess up your name, sir, so I'm going to let Yee introduce you. Toshi. What's the last name? Last name, Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi. I know you used to get that a lot in school.

Because the name is Toshi Onyebuchi. Middle schoolbuchi. Onyebuchi. I know you used to get that a lot in school. Because the name is Tochi Onyebuchi. Like there's a name. Middle school was fun. Middle school was fun. So they always said Tochi Onyebuchi. Yep. See?

Yep. Tochi Onyebuchi. I don't want to say it wrong. What is that? That's African, right? Nigerian. Nigerian. Nigerian. Nigerian.

Yes. And let's talk about your book that we're actually using for our program with the New York Public Library, War Girls. And it actually takes place in Nigeria. And I actually have to do some history on this because there's a war. And then it's Biafran, is that how you say it? Biafran, yeah. Biafran, so give us the history of Biafran because it's Biafran and then that's part of Nigeria, right?

So Nigeria became independent in, I believe it was 1960. And then in 1967, the Igbo tribe, who were concentrated in southeast Nigeria, wanted to secede. And they announced their independence in 1967. And what followed was like three years of war and famine. And it was just catastrophic. And you saw all these like England or like the U.K. and the U.S. and everything got involved, but mostly on the side of the Nigerians. And so it was very much a David versus Goliath thing. Biafra got crushed, you know, three years later and eventually subsumed back into Nigeria.

But the thing about it was there were no real like reparations or no real attempt to like deal with it or deal with the underlying ethnic tensions. And so even today you have like renewed calls for succession. So it seemed like now was the time to definitely like revisit that even in this like, you know, science fictional way, but to like, because in Nigeria, nobody talks about Biafra. You said it's an alternate Nigeria. Like what is, what exactly is an alternate Nigeria? So I just wanted to set it in the future. And so I wanted to write a story where there were black girls piloting giant

robots. And I also wanted to set it in Africa because there are so few pictures or depictions of Africa in the future. Like all most people know is Black Panther. Right? Like That's it. That's a fictional place.

Yeah, exactly. And so I wanted to present another version and see what Africa in the future would look like. People in Chinese people and white people. If we don't stop going back to our homeland. Exactly. And this takes place in 2172? 2172.

I love the fact that you're doing black science fiction It's a genre that I want to explore But I just don't You know because all black stories They always try to put us in the same thing It's always from the hood It's always a drug deal

It's always something like that The fact that black science fiction That's what I love what Jordan Peele is doing So for you to be writing something like this I think it's very very dope If I want to be a writer I don't just have to write about how tough it is To be a black person in a marriage That's why I love what Jordan Peele's doing. So for you to be writing something like this, I think it's very, very dope. If I want to be a writer, I don't just have to write about how tough it is to be a black person in America. That's right. That's right.

I can write whatever I want. Right. And that's why, listen, that's why I get mad at some of this art that we put out. Because if we're going to tell fictional stories about black people, can we win? You know what I'm saying? Like, can we change some narratives? Yeah. Like, Jesus Christ.

That's what I didn't like about Queen of Slim. One thing I didn't like. You didn't like Queen of Slim? I'm not going to talk about it right now. Well, let me ask you this. So the process, let's say somebody is very interested in science fiction and writing. How do you go about creating a world that doesn't even exist? Will you high?

No, I don't suppose, but like writing is my high, right? I just, it starts out as this like assemblage of just like cool shit that I want to put in this world. And then I, you know, start putting it together and thinking about,

okay, what's important in this society? What do people care about? How is it divided? Like, are there class differences? Is there like a racial component? And, like, one thing that I wanted to do with War Girls, so, like, what's happening in Africa right now is there's a huge push for Chinese influence. Right? Like, and, like, you know, nobody's talking about that.

Right? And that was something that I wanted to have in the book was, like, this discussion about, okay. Oh, I was playing. I didn't know you was really. Yeah, no, but, like, that's an actual thing that I wanted to get at was discussion about, okay. I was playing. I didn't know you was really. Yeah. Well, like, like that's an actual, like that's an actual thing that I wanted to get at was like, okay, if we're, if we're looking at Africa in the future, we're going to have to, you know, reckon with, you know, where we're at now with regards to Chinese influence in the continent and whether or not it's, you know, just like another brand of colonialism.

Right. It definitely is a new brand of colonialism. Oh, and I mean, even when you see guys like Jack Dorsey say, I'm going to go spend a lot of time in Africa. Don't come to Africa, please. They coming back to take the motherland again, bro? Like, there's nothing good

that can come from Jack Dorsey coming to Africa. There's nothing, no. It's just literally like, don't do it. Don't do it. Expound on that a little bit. Why? Well, like, so for instance, one small example, like micro lending is huge in Africa, right? Because there are people that need, specifically if you're like a small business, right? You got a stall in the market that you sell clothes or fruit from or whatever. You occasionally need a loan to, like, cover overhead or, like, if you're short on payments or whatever, you occasionally need a loan to cover overhead or if you're short on payments or whatever.

And so what's happening is you have all these apps and all these tech companies that are getting in and developing these microloans where they charge a ton of interest on these loans. So people will take out a loan. What's the interest? So the interest rate will be something like 35%. Oh, my goodness.

Yo, it's like just out of this world. So people will take out the loan, but then to pay the fees on the loan or to pay back the loan, they have to take out another loan. And so it becomes this cycle, right, where you have the, yeah, so like stuff like that. Is that legal? I mean, that's the thing is it's not regulated in a lot of African countries. That's crazy. Like there are no, like. That's like loan sharking.

It really is. That's probably what Jack going over there to do. Exactly. And so you look at, say for instance, how much Twitter and Facebook have screwed up like America and American democracy. And you look at like the role that Facebook played in Brexit. Yes. And then you're like, wait a second, what are they going to do in a place that doesn't

even have a lot of the democratic and political infrastructure that America has? Yes. And then you're like, wait a second, what are they going to do in a place that doesn't even have a lot of the democratic and political infrastructure that America has, right? And it's just like, it's going to be the apocalypse. And I'm like, yo, please, Jack, don't do it. I do want to talk about the effects of war, right? Because that is also a theme throughout the book. We see the different women

being affected and child soldiers and all of that. So just as a theme, because it is war girls, right, discuss what it is that you did when it comes to war and the effects of war on these people. So child soldiers weren't necessarily a big issue in the Biafran war. But one of the things that inspired war girls was I studied a lot of the conflicts in African countries in the 90s and the 2000s. And in like the Liberian Civil War, ton of child soldiers. And I wanted to show the effects of that, like

what is it, what does it mean to be in that position, right? Like what does it do to you? And so I'm working on the sequel to War Girls now and it's going to be interesting seeing how some of these characters, the ones who do survive, deal with the trauma of that. Give me that, man.

I need that. I need you to sign this for me. Listen, you know this is the next wave. Hey, you know the trauma of that. Give me that, man. I need that. I need you to sign this for me. Listen, you know this is the next wave. Hey, you know, that's what I'm trying to... I'm talking about black science fiction is absolutely, positively the next wave. Like, this is going to end up being a TV show. This is going to end up being a movie. I know so.

I mean, you know, fingers crossed, speaking into existence. I'm telling you. Well, look, the New York Times said they could see this as a movie. That's true. It's going to be an actual cat movie. You know why? Because every black story has been told. And, you know, black is gold right now.

But black creators have to start doing things like this. Because we're not monolithic. There you go. Blurreds need representation. Yes, we do. That's it. Well, tell them, give me your information for people if they want to contact you, follow you, and all that good stuff. Certainly.

So, my website is tochionyebuchi.com You got to spell it for them, man. You got to spell it for them, man. tochionyebuchi.com It's like doing all the side effects to the medication at the end of the day. It's T as in Thomas, O-C-H-I

O-N as in Nancy, Y-E-B-U-C-H-I dot com. You can also follow me on Twitter with the fire retweets at TochiTruthStory. You can follow me on the gram at Trace64. That's T-R-E-I-Z-E-6-4. And yeah, buy my books. Like everywhere books are sold. Beastmaid of Night.

War Girls is out now. You're working on a sequel for War Girls. Working on a sequel for War Girls? Working on a sequel for War Girls. And I got another book coming out in January called Riot Baby that, like, yo, it's lit. It's lit. Okay. It's, yeah. It's literature.

There you go. I see what you did there. I see what you did there. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Tochi, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

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