The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Teacher Fired Over Her Rap Career Side Hustle

Episode Date: March 25, 2024

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Your execution on the donkey of the day is something to behold. Is it a reason? They gave me donkey of the day and I deserve it. People need to know. Well, you need to tell them. I am. You have the voice. Tell them.

It's time for donkey of the day. It's a read, but you're so good at it. You're trying to be a fake ass Charlemagne. You're the only one Charlemagne to go. Damn Charlemagne, who you give the donkey of the day to now? Yeah, it's Donkey of the Day for Monday, March 25th. Goes to Taylor Preparatory High School in Detroit. Salute to everyone who listens to us on WJLB in Detroit.

Drop one of the clues bombs for the D. Detroit, we have a small problem this morning. See, there's a history teacher named Dominique Brown. And if you ask me, there's an injustice that happened to Dominique because Dominique Brown was let go from her job at Taylor Preparatory High School. Yes, let go, fired, terminated, discharged,

all because they didn't like her side hustle, all because teachers are so underpaid in this country that a lot of them have to try to find other sources of incomes or other careers.

OK, trust me, my mother was an English teacher in South Carolina, and I've said on this radio, public school teachers are disgustingly underpaid all right the humans that we entrust with our most prized possessions our children are barely getting by there was a survey done by nea.org that found teachers work more hours per week than other working adults yes an estimated 53 hours per week seven more hours than the average working adult and teachers no surprise here report much less satisfaction with their base pay than

other working adults and 25 of their work is uncompensated did you hear what i just said 25 of all the work teachers do is uncompensated and 66 percent say their base salary is that is inadequate compared with 39 percent of working adults. OK, it's terrible, horrible for what teachers mean to us in our communities is actually kind of criminal. So when you have teachers like Dominique who clearly love what they do, because they're really you know, there really is no other reason to be a teacher other than the love. Because, you know, you're going to be overworked and underpaid. So ifique wants to have a side hustle god bless her i know what you're thinking uncle charla what you're saying sounds good but before i agree what is her side hustle well let's go to wtae detroit for the report please dominique brown whose rap name is dripping honey has been an educator for seven years and started teaching history at taylor preparatory high school in august but all that

came to an abrupt end months later, after she says a parent came across one of her rap videos. The first meeting that I had was like the principal and the dean, they had told me that the parent wished to stay anonymous, and she felt as if she didn't like my rap career, and that I was a bad influence on the kids because I rap. She says she was fired in February because she's a rapper. Before the firing, around Thanksgiving, she says there in February because she's a rapper. Before the firing around

Thanksgiving, she says there were meetings and an ultimatum. My mind and my heart was telling me two things. I'm just, I couldn't see myself like giving up my other passion just because somebody didn't like it. They say erase all your content. That was the ultimatum, erase all your content. I'm just like, respectfully, I can't do that. Brown acknowledges the profanity in her lyrics, but she says that has nothing to do with Taylor Prep and the positive impact she's had on her students and the community. In February, on her last day, she created a music video with her students that has since gone viral. Christina Lynn says her son, an 11th grader, started a petition in support of Ms. Brown,

gathering over 200 student signatures. Dropping the clues bombs for Dominique Brown, a.k.a. Drippin' Honey. Drippin' Honey! Fired because of an anonymous hatin' ass parent complaining, saying she's a bad influence on her students because she's a rapper. How you feel like that in Detroit? Home of some of the most influential people ever to pick up a microphone. There's nothing but a bunch of rappity, rap-ass Negroes and Caucasians in Detroit.

Okay? People in Detroit start rapping soon as they come out the womb, soon as they get smacked on the ass by the doctor. They don't cry. They start spitting bars. I don't even know where to start. Trick Trick, Ice Web Vezo, Soda Baby, Babyface Ray, 42 Doug, Cash Dog, Royce the 5'9", Dej Loaf, D12, Danny Brown, Obi Trice, Big Sean. Oh, they got this one guy who's considered by many one of the greatest of all time.

He's not on my personal list, but objectively speaking, you can't deny his place in hip-hop culture. Marshall Matters. Does that name ring a bell? What I'm telling you is rapping in Detroit is like breathing. And being from Detroit, there's a lot of other side hustles she could be doing that could be considered a bad influence. But rapping ain't one of them, yo. Now, she got a record. Okay, you heard them talk about it in the news report.

I saw, I watched it on YouTube. It's called Drippin' 101. And in the video, she has some of her students, you know, actually in the video. In the description of the video, it says Drippin' 101 featuring the best students in the world. All I hear is a positive anthem. Okay. A positive anthem. Okay positive anthem okay encouraging young ladies not to be hoes okay i don't know how old dominique brown is but she doesn't look old and this is the

first time probably ever in the history of life that the age demographics between adults and kids is really non-existent and what i mean by that is the stuff we was raised on in the 1900s and early 2000s really ain't no different from you know what these kids is on now it's the same type of content okay argue amongst yourselves we try to act like our generation was so much better they might have been talent wise but the content is the same okay how is the generation raised off nwa uncle luke little kim three six mafia and eminem going judge anybody okay as long as that woman is doing what she's supposed to be doing in that classroom and her kids are learning and passing if she wants to rap in her spare time let her and i bet you all of those kids trust her more than they trust any other teacher in the school because she speaks their language okay

how about this instead of stopping teachers side hustles how about improving pay because a lot of teachers are getting out of the teaching business and a lot of teachers aren't looking to a lot of people aren't even looking to get into the teaching business. So if you want to recruit and retain educators, get their money up. But not only that, improve the number of hours worked in their overall working conditions. That's how you're going to keep teachers wanting to be teachers. And in the meantime, you shouldn't try to stop them from rapping to potentially find a career to make ends meet, you should be ashamed that they have to attempt to rap to find a career to make ends meet

because you not paying them enough as a teacher. Please give Preparatory High School in Detroit the biggest e-hall. What y'all's giggling at? Nothing. What y'all looking at her? She's going through her videos Yeah

What she got a bunch of them? I only saw one Yeah What else you got? I saw Drippin 101 Which one you saw? Drippin 101 It was

It go oh Then it was the Talking about getting it Is that her? I don't think that's her That's her That's Drippin Honey baby That's Drippin Honey

That's Miss Honey No Yes it is Yes it is How Yes, it is. How do you spell dripping? D-R-I-P-P-I-N space honey. That is dripping honey. Throwing that donkey in a circle.

Throwing that donkey in a circle. No, no, no. She got it. But you know, as a person who used to be a student, we like the teachers that got that back down. Who wouldn't take that class? I mean, you ain't got no choice because it's a public school. But I can remember a teacher right now who had a dunk at Berkeley Middle School.

And you was all in that class. You was there every day on time. Last one to leave, wasn't you? She was also a very nice person, though. Right. I don't want to say her name. Yeah. I mean, we wasn't saying nothing about it.

We were just saying why you was preaching. You should have been throwing it in the circle. Throwing it back in the circle. Climbing up the wall Scrounging She doing what Her students doing Okay

Alright What this middle high What is it The name of the song Is called Nigga No Hold up But that's another song Hold on

I gotta hear what that means I gotta hear that for Wait so this is Elementary school you said It just says A preparatory school Preparatory school Oh then it's high school

It might be high school Yeah the kids look Older you know what I mean Cause I went to a College preparatory school. Oh, well then it's high school. It might be high school. Yeah, the kids look older, you know what I mean? Because I went to a college preparatory school. That was high school. If I'm being honest, some of the kids in the video look older than her. Yeah, okay. But it's Detroit, so I don't hold it against them. It's more than likely a high school. They grew up rough out there.

They grew up rough. That's crazy. Alright, well. Drippin' Honey. Drippin' Honey 313. Go follow her on YouTube. She only got 3 000 subscribers like a little over a little over 3 000 subscribers go follow her on youtube because she don't have a job right now okay yes she's gonna have plenty offers by the end of this show so that's amazing yeah dripping one dripping 101 got 94 000 views that's the biggest one yeah and then nigga no Nigga No got 10,000.

Yeah, Nigga No got 10,000. And then the... Y'all want to call it No Cheat Code? Yeah, No Cheat Code. Then the Drippin' Honey, the Rumors Freestyle. That's the one that Jess was talking about. Well, let me go ahead and just go down this Drippin' Honey rabbit hole real quick. Then there's the Let's Go to the Beach swimsuit edition.

It's all to you, Drippin' Honey. It's all to Drippin' Honey. It's disgusting what they do to the beach Swimsuit edition Salute to you Drippin Honey Shout out to Drippin Honey It's disgusting what they do To public school teachers Out here in these streets Absolutely After not paying Overworked and underpaid

Yeah Alright well That is the donkey of the day Yes it is Shout out to the whole of Detroit What up dawg Alright when we come back Nina Turner and Derek Dowdle

Will be joining us Did I say his last name right? I don't think so It's Dowdle Dowdell Alright so we're gonna kick it With Nina Turner and Derek Dowdell will be joining us. Did I say his last name right? I don't think so. It's Dowdell. Dowdell. All right, so we're going to kick it with Nina Turner and Derek Dowdell when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

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It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,

their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat.

Nine months before Rosa It was called a moment Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa. or wherever you get your podcasts. chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you?

Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence.

And we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.