The Breakfast Club - Ed Sheeran Interview

Episode Date: November 9, 2021

Today on the show we had friend to the room Ed Sheeran stop by to catch us up on everything that he has been up to. He spoke about Fatherhood, Long Standing Global Success, Rihanna, BTS, New Album and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a fertility clinic after giving birth to another woman’s baby after embryo mixup. Moreover, on the rise of Cryptocurrency, wise investments and 'Reinventing Yourself' event. 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.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! 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, I'm Gianna Pertenti. And I'm Jamee Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. If you're early in your career, you probably have a lot of money questions. So we're talking to finance expert Vivian Tu, aka Your Rich BFF, to break it down.

Looking at the numbers is one of the most honest reflections of what your financial picture actually is. The numbers won't lie to you. Listen to this week's episode of Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Well, y'all came a long way. I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know, what everybody else does and y'all are just the best at what y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know, what everybody else does. And y'all are just the best at what y'all do. This platform, the reach y'all have that you've earned, makes space for somebody like me. You guys have a direct line to the culture. Oh my God, I'm on the radio with Angela Charlemagne and DJ Envy.

Yes, you are. All I do is read about the Breakfast Club. Every morning, you guys are trending. Every, you know, I drag my ass out of bed. I'm like, what happened on the Breakfast Club today? Get your ass up. Good morning, USA. Hey, fam.

It's Tuesday. Yes, today is Tuesday. Good morning. Good morning. I know it is. You know what that means. What's that mean? Closer to Friday. Oh, closer to Friday. One day closer to Friday.

That's right. It is Tuesday. Good morning to everybody out there. Hopefully you guys are having an amazing morning. It's nice on the East Coast. They said it's going to be a high of 68 degrees today, which is not usual. It's a little scary. Yeah, a little scary. 68 degrees today. It's November, guys. All right. Yeah, it is a little crazy.

Now, today I'm kind of excited, so I get to announce the celebrity cars I'm bringing to my car show in Miami. That date is 12-12. I'm excited. We got a lot. This is the, I would say, this is the one where we have the most celebrity cars involved. Like, there's so many people from Miami. So many people live in Miami.

So, so many people are in on a many people live in Miami. So many people are in on the Spanish level, on the hip-hop level. Even in the sports level. So many people are bringing their cars. I can't wait to announce that a little later on. Super duper excited about it. I see you dressed up. Dressed to the T's. Or dressed to the 9's or whatever they call it.

What does that mean? I don't know. Dressed to the 9's or the T's. What up, Charlamagne? Nope. I'm doing the Cannon Show today. But I have to run out of here, get there, and go straight on because it's live. So I'm not even going to have a chance to do anything to myself. So yeah. Are you taking the train or are you- They're sending a car, okay?

They're sending a car, okay. I know iHeart doesn't do that, but- Damn. You're just going to defecate on iHeart after 11 years? But they don't. When have they ever sent a car for anyone? Any guests? Get car service.

For guests? Oh, for guests? Any guests? Get car service. For guests? Oh, for guests? Yeah. They definitely don't do that. Not for guests. They give me car service every once in a while. Well, for us, yeah, but I'm talking about for guests. I'm a guest.

Oh, okay. And then yesterday I was doing my barista training at my coffee shop, so that was fun. I actually really enjoyed it, and I cannot wait to the day that I can do some latte art where I can make like swans in the latte. And, you know, I'm going to start with a heart and then I'm going to move my way up.

Okay. Okay. Well, enough about us. What we got for the people this morning? All right. Ed Sheeran will be joining us this morning. All right. My daughter was very surprised.

I was like, why is Ed Sheeran going on your show? First of all, Ed Sheeran's been on here a few times already. And that's what I told her. I was like, he's been on here before. He's like, but why? Like, it doesn't seem like the people that like Ed Sheeran would listen to y'all. My daughter and y'all said that. The older one?

Not only has Ed Sheeran been on this show quite a few times, I've interviewed Ed one-on-one. I'm getting a plaque for Ed's last album. What are you talking about? I'm just telling you what she told me. Tell her don't be like that. She texted it to all her friends, but like, Ed Sheeran's actually going to be on it. Black people can do any damn thing. Black people can travel in and out of any world we choose.

All right? Yeah. I just didn't think he was going to come in our world. Jesus Christ. But I had to tell her. I had to go to school a little bit. That's wild. Ed Sheeran, he knows Gangsta.

He can rap Biggie. By the way, he's been here. This is like his fourth, fifth time on the show. I don't think she listens. Oh, well. I hear you at home all the time. She's in school. But all right. Anyway. Yeah, so Ed Sheer the time. She's in school.

Ed Sharon will be joining us this morning. We got front page news, but we start with you. Who would have thought that Big Bird would cause so much beef? We'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

Let's get some front page news. Now on Monday Night Football. The Steelers beat the Bears 29-27. Also last night, Steph Curry, he went off. He scored 50 points, 10 assists last night. They beat the Hawks 127-113. I'm telling you, the Golden State Warriors are my pick for the NBA Finals. I've been saying that since the season started.

And Klay not even back yet. They got the best record in the NBA right now at 9-1. Now what else we got Yeezy? Well there was some drama. I don't know if you guys saw this with Big Bird yesterday. Apparently Big Bird got vaccinated and posted about it. I got the COVID-19 vaccine today. My wing is feeling a little sore

but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy. Miss Erica Hill even said I've been getting vaccines since I was little bird. I had no idea. Ted Cruz was very upset about that. He basically posted that

now it's propaganda. Using Big Bird as propaganda. Then he posted, liberals are weird. They don't care about open borders or rising inflation or schools covering up sexual assaults or the disaster of Afghanistan or tyrannical Dems I don't know about all that, but it's definitely propaganda. Like, you can't tell me how deadly a disease is and how we have to get this shot to protect ourselves and protect our kids, but then give it to Big Bird, a fictional character.

It's just silly. It just makes the disease look like a joke. Well, Big Bird is eternally six years old, which I did not know. That's just silly. So now Big Bird is eligible to get vaccinated from ages five to 11. And by the way, I always say that, you know,

their marketing and stuff sucks, but come on. That's just horrible. You give it to Big Bird? Like, how is that going to make somebody want to go out there and get the shot because Big Bird got it? Maybe because if your kid wants to get it and he's scared and even Big Bird got the shot and your kids are into Big Bird, they might feel more comfortable

getting the shot. Yeah, so now you've got to explain to them that a fictional character, a big-ass bird that's been around longer than all of us but is eternally sick, got the shot. Since 1969. Come on, man. Big Bird is real. That's just silly. Big Bird is real. Seth Mc just silly. It's silly. Big Bird is real.

Seth MacFarlane had some things to say on Twitter also. He said, no surprise, Big Bird is smarter than Ted Cruz. So is Kermit, Ernie, Burt, Grover, Oscar, Cookie Monster, The Count, Mrs. Snuffleupagus, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, a whole bunch of people. It just makes the disease look like a joke. It's silly. Makes the shot look like a joke. All right.

Now, Bitcoin and Ethereum prices have jumped to two new records, right? Two cryptocurrencies. They've hit new milestones. Bitcoin is at an all time high of over $68,000 since today. And then Ethereum also has hit a record rising to $4,800 plus, according to the markets. So some investors are predicting even bigger gains for Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the father of all of these cryptocurrencies. How much did Big Bird invest in Bitcoin? Big Bird's only six.

Not that much. Oh, so he can't invest? He can, but I think he would have to, you know, probably get his parents or something. That's a good point. Who gave Big Bird parental guidance to get the shot? Where was his parents? Mama Bird and Daddy Bird.

There is no Mama Bird and Daddy Bird. Stop making up stuff, propaganda queen. So where did Big Bird come from? I have no idea. So why are you making Big Bird have no parents? Because he doesn't have any. But that is a good point. He's six years old, so that defeats the purpose.

A six-year-old can't just walk in and get the COVID shot, right? Y'all confusing me. That's my point. It's nonsense. It's nonsense. It's silly. It's foolishness. You might be overanalyzing it. But when a person starts digging and asking questions, these are the answers you get.

Big Bird's father is a yellow-winged liver-lilied fender bender. Go in your room. Never heard of him. You ever heard of Big Bird, daddy? Big Bird also has cousins. FYI. What's his dad's name? Let me see.

Big Bird mentions That who his father is Maybe he hasn't Telled us Big Bird's mommy Is the mother of Big Bird on Sesame Street Unlike Grover's mommy

Who plays a dynamic Role in her son's life What's the mom's name? This is why I said Go in your room You're asking too many Questions right Go in your room

Now nothing makes sense Go in your room Okay It's time to sleep You do your homework yet? And Big Bird is mostly raised by his granny bird and aunt nanny bird. Eat your vegetables. Never seen any of these people.

Me neither. Do y'all watch Sesame Street still? Yes. We've watched it enough to know we ain't never seen Big Bird parents. Yeah, unless they just started adding those people. I never, I don't remember none of them. Okay, so his grandmother appears to be his closest relative. Okay.

Okay. It's time to be his closest relative. Okay. It's time to sleep. Good night. Oh, he has a song called You're the Mom for Me. And that is front page news. All right. Sesame Street version. Now get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm dialing. I'm dialing.

Hey, what you doing, man? I'm dialing. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? What up, though, Breakfast Club?

What up, though? What up, though? It's Drake from Saginaw, Michigan. All right, what's going on, brother? I was calling to wish my wife a happy birthday today. 31st birthday of the day. Aw, happy birthday. Happy birthday, man.

I love you, Jaquavius. It's Jaquavius. Can I shout out her Instagram? Yeah, go ahead, brother. Her fitness page, man. It's Jaquavius. out her Instagram? Yeah, go ahead, brother. Her fitness page, man. J-Fitness. Salute to your queen, King. J-Fitness 001.

All right, brother. Salute to your queen, brother. Hello, who's this? Man, this is Tony Kim, bro. Tony, what up? Get it off your chest, brother. How you doing? How you doing, solid man?

Peace, King. How are you, brother? I'm doing good. I'm doing good, man. I just doing? How you doing, Solid Man? Peace, King. How are you, brother? I'm doing good. I'm doing good, man. I just want to tell my wife, Brittany Blue, I love her, man. She's doing real good.

She even got a master's. Now she's trying to take her license and now she's got her license for therapy and she's studying real hard. I just want to tell her I salute her.

I love her. Oh, is she a black woman? That's my queen. That's a black queen. Hey, salute her. Tell her we need more black women in the mental health space, man. We need more black women therapists, psychiatrists. So salute her.

Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Major love. All right, brother. Hello, who's this? What's going on, Breakfast Club? This is Front Payne Joe. How y'all doing this morning?

What up, Brother King? Get off your chest. What's going on? Yeah, I just wanted to commend y'all doing this morning? What up, brother? Give me a few chats. What's going on? Yeah, I just wanted to commend y'all on that interview with Sanjay. Not for Sanjay, but for you guys, because y'all killed it with questions. That was

dope. And NB, you sounded more concerned, the most I've ever heard prior to you getting your death. You know what I'm saying? Great questions on that. My thing is, with Sanjay, he's just a medical doctor, man. I mean, as far as a neurosurgeon. He's really not a biochemist, but he really can't tell people what's going on with the vaccine as far as that.

Like, we all study. And Charlemagne, he raised some great questions, obvious questions. And the man just said, answer them. And it was like, I just wanted the brothers and sisters to see this out here. Like, this is dog. This is the gender that's, like, going way too far. He's selling books right now. This ain't about the people.

Damn. I just got questions. You know, I got concern for my kids. That's all. So when it comes to my kids, I ask a zillion and one questions. I try to make sure I'm as knowledgeable as I can be when it comes to my kids. You know? Absolutely.

I heard that. And, again, where do we go from here now? Because these mandates are out there. And, uh, like you said, medical doctors, if we don't have them, we're firing right now. It's just retarded. Like, this thing is just stupid. So who do you listen to?

Listen to you guys from the beginning. And right about now, it's all confusing. I think the smartest thing to do is listen to the so-called experts, listen to the experts, and just make your own decisions, brother. That's what I do. You know?

Absolutely. All right, brother. Thank you, man. You got it, brother. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement

together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire, join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. 55 gallons of water, 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. Well, 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.

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're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black 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. Exactly. Whether you're black, Asian, white, Latinx, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic,

accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're man or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you've got something on your mind, lay it out. Hello, who's this? MV. What's up, MV? Oh, we missed you yesterday, Trav. Hey, UVE.'s this? MV. What's up, MV? Oh, we missed you yesterday, Trav. Hey, Yeezy Yee. Hey, Trav.

What's up, boo? How you doing, babe? We're sorry. Trav, what's happening, sis? What's up? We lose one game. Sorry. Who said we were going 16-1, sir?

I have no idea. They don't understand how football works. We lose one game and the NFL goes crazy. Yeah, but it's okay. We still with the Cowboys just like their mama still with their daddy without a ring. We're going to be fine. We still in second place. Guess what, Embiid?

We're still going to the bowl, baby. That's right. We're still going to the bowl. You ain't going to that type of bowl. You're going to the toilet bowl. I know that's what you wish. That's what the Giants are now. You want us to be with y'all there at the bottom of it,

but we going to be all right. I do want to give out all the condolences to the people at Astro World. I've been to Made in America, and I've had that slight panic of being in that crowd like this. I can only imagine what it would feel like being in the crowd, actually drowning in it or something like that. That's a horrible tragedy. That's how I feel every time I see them festivals.

My anxiety always goes through the roof. I'm like, just imagine being out there with all those people. Like, you know, I just never was into wanting to be in that crowd. Yeah, I don't even know. But how do you make it safer? Because you got so many people. Do you limit the amount of people that can come? Do you make sections?

Like, you know, in some festivals they have sections. I have no idea. I saw this picture that has sections of people standing behind these little barricades and stuff and it was set up in little columns and rows and I don't know how that would work. But that's what they said. They said the kids... People hopped those fences.

They said the kids tore the barricades down at Astroworld. Yeah, they hopped those sections. That's the problem. Oh, I don't know what you can do. I don't know either, man. I'm sending all those families healing energy. Absolutely. Condolences. Crazy situation. Alright, y'all. Thank you, do. I don't know either, man. I'm sending all those families healing energy. Absolutely. Condolences. Crazy situation.

All right, y'all. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? Yo, good morning. Good morning, Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning. Get it off your chest, brother.

Well, I don't really got nothing to get off my chest. I just want to say that, you know, me and my wife, we just closed on our house last week. Last Friday. Congrats, man. Congrats. Congratulations, King. No doubt. I appreciate it.

I want to give my flowers to all three of y'all. I listen to y'all every morning. I'm a truck driver. I'm out here doing my thing. You know, I moved from New York, and I live down in Georgia now, you know, and I listen to you. You guys have done a lot for the community, for everybody. Charlemagne, you are the man.

Thank you, King. And Angela Yee, you are a beautiful queen. Congratulations on everything you got going on. Thank you. DJ Envy, how can a brother get a big truck in the car show? Let's do this. I mean, I have no problem putting a big truck in the car show. Is it customized or is it just a regular 18-wheeler?

Yeah. No, it's customized. You know, I did my interior. I did my lights, you know, running lights, all of that. All right. You know, I'm trying to get it on. Well, we could talk about it. Send me some pictures.

I mean, we ain't going to be able to get a Miami car show, but we could probably do Atlanta car show when we come back around next year. All right. No doubt. No doubt. That's what's up, bro. I appreciate that. Well, I'm glad that I got to. Wow, I'm on the radio. Let's do this. All right. No doubt. No doubt. That's what's up, bro. I appreciate that. Well, I'm glad that I got to.

Wow, I'm on the radio. Let's do this. All right. Congrats, brother. Peace, King. All right, bro. Y'all be good, man. Have a great day.

God bless all three of y'all. You too now, brother. Hello, who's this? Oh, this is A-Rod. A-Rod, what up? Get it off your chest. It's been in my chest for about two months now. I just want to ask Charlamagne that why can't he just accept that Mr.

Do-Right-Kill-Everything is better than Michael Jackson? Man, shut your, shut up. I'm sending you healing energy, my brother. Have a great day, okay? All right? Why? You just calling up here to raise my blood pressure. Bleach your case.

Why do you think Drake is better than Michael Jackson? I'm not having his comments. Why not? How old are you? That's all you got? I'm 23. Exactly. So, Mr. Bill Ryker,

drinking itself is not the greatest breath of what's on. Could you, like, just, you know, go do something with your life, sir? You don't got nothing you could be doing this morning? You ain't got a job you can go to? Something? Go help your mama clean her basement? Like, is there anything you could do?

I don't want you. I don't. I hate that. I'm just asking you that. Why can't you accept that? I'm not having this conversation with you on why Michael Jackson is better than Drake. You know I'm about to raise my blood pressure early this morning. Okay?

Hey, you ever seen the... I'm better than Michael Jackson. You ever seen that meme where that old man eating breakfast and the young man asking him a dumb question? He's like, man, just shut the f*** up. I don't even think that Drake would say that he's better than Michael Jackson. You don't think so? No. Well, you think so? No. Well, you have a good morning.

Where you on your way to work to? Where you work, bro? I'm working Uber right now. All right. Let's see you guys on the radio every day. I appreciate everybody. Love all y'all. Man, I pray to God that I never get in the Uber with you, man.

Can you imagine being in the backseat of the Uber and then the Uber driver be like, hey, man, why you think Drake better than Michael Jackson? Let me out right now. Then take the long way to his crib. One star. Just keep asking and just start playing Drake music over Take the long way to his crib. One star. Just keep asking and just start playing Drake music over and over. One star. It's over.

Have a good one. By the way, salute to Drake, but come on, man. Stop asking stupid questions. Drake and Michael Jackson. There's only one Michael Jackson. One. One and one. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. There's only one Drake, too. We have rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and let's talk about Missy Elliott.

She is getting her flowers. We want to make sure that we give them to her on The Breakfast Club as well. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max.

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

the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all it's light-hearted pretty crazy and very fun listen to post run high on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts 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, 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 Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe, my 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 warheads. 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. 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're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black 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. Exactly.

Whether you're Black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Missy. It's time.

She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. So Missy Elliott got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Congratulations to Missy Elliott. Well deserved. She has won four Grammys, sold more than 30 million records worldwide. She definitely has influenced

decades of artists as well, including to this day. She's still working. She did an interview. You know she doesn't do a lot of interviews anymore. And she was talking about her health, and that was a big factor for why she had to slow things down. You know, she does have Graves' disease, and she felt like she needed a refresh.

She said, like a computer before I crashed. Thankfully, the music we've done was so futuristic that it doesn't feel dated. It has stood the test of time and those records continue to be out there. She talked about writing for another artist. If she writes specifically for them, she said she just did a song with Ari Lennox

and she said she was like, look, I know I could give you the one safe, but I want to give you something that is totally unexpected. Let's reach. And lately, she said she was like, look, I know I could give you the one safe, but I want to give you something that is totally unexpected. Let's reach. And lately she said she records every day. She's been doing it for so long. She said, I would feel crazy not doing it.

I've had like three vacations in my whole career. And even though I was trying to rush to get back and record, I'm mostly focusing on other artists right now. So here is Janet Jackson who introed Missy Elliott on that Hollywood Walk of Fame. I just want to say to you that the generations that you've inspired, the iconic videos that you've given us, your music, kids still live for it to this very day. You are always ahead of the curve, Janet. It's been a long journey on a very tough road that only few arrived to. Legends. Also, LL Cool J gave her some words. You know, I think about it often because I know, honestly, if you were a man, you would be in a lot of those gold conversations.

Because you just put so much work in and the level of talent and skill and the writing. You know, people don't understand how much creativity it takes to make something simple and dope. They only think about painting pictures in hip-hop. They don't understand how difficult it is to achieve beautiful simplicity. All right, here is Missy Elliott receiving her honor. There's times I've been sick, anxiety, depression. And through the grace of God and faith, I've kept going. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be standing here in front of a star.

I've come here 20-some years ago and just used to walk past all of these stars and just imagine. It's just a blessing to dream big, and it truly happened. In addition, she also, in true Missy Elliott fashion, paid respects to other women. I kind of give this to my female emcees in hip-hop. I want to say I love each and every one of y'all, the ones that's popping now, the ones that's about to be popping. But I want to give a big shout out to the godmothers and that is queen latifah moni love sharp rock angie stone roxanne shantae yo-yo mc light salt and pepper y'all stood up for something so we could sit comfortably so i thank y'all for this moment drop one of

clues bombs for all those queens she mentioned Columbia South Carolina going to Angie Stone Queen Latifah legends Missy Elliott is definitely a goat in my eyes yeah she's done so much for this this industry behind the scenes in front of the scenes she's like she says futuristic she's changed when people stayed at the same way so shout to Missy and they need to stop playing and just go ahead and do the Missy Elliott versus Busta Rhymes. Just go ahead and do that versus. I think it's up to her, though.

She has said that she doesn't want to do a versus and she doesn't want to battle. So I'm sure we would all love to see Missy Elliott do one. Yeah, it don't have to be a battle. It could be a celebration because, I mean, you got two people that were super innovative. And, you know, like we've always said,

it can be the videos and the songs versus. All right. Now, Wendys says that she is making progress but it's taking longer than she expected she wrote on instagram as everyone knows my health has been a hot topic i'm making progress but it's just one of those things i'm a woman of a certain age and i know enough to listen to my doctors and return to my purple chair as soon as we all agree i'm ready i want to thank all my staff and our guest hosts for stepping up and stepping in while i can't be there.

So some people are saying she's not going to return until 2022. But others are saying they're optimistic that she will make her return before then as she is treated for complications stemming from Graves' disease. I'm sending her healing energy. I'm taking the rest of the year off from her, though. It's already, what, November, what, 9th? Yeah, might as well ride it out to 2022. Alright and Tamron Hall syndicated Daytime Talk Show has gotten two more season

renewals so congratulations to her. She released a statement. ABC's decision to give our show a two season renewal is beyond my wildest dreams. I'm so lucky to have such great partners from ABC to all of our stations across the country and an amazing team who all support the spirit of the show. Trouble and clues bonds for Tamron Hall.

She deserves it. All right, well, that is your rumor report. All right, now we got front page news. Next, what are we talking about? Yes, and we'll talk about Ahmaud Arbery and the first police officer who responded to the scene of the fatal shooting is going to talk about what happened from his point of view.

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DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. You're rockin' with the best. All right, all right, all right. Now we know my car show. Shout out to everybody. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning, with the best. All right. All right. All right. Now, we know my car show. Shout out to everybody. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, by the way. The car show, my car show, the Drive Your Dreams car show goes down December 12th in Miami.

Now, hit the drum roll. Let's name some of the artists that's going to be there, that their cars are going to be there. First and foremost, my guy, 50 Cent, he's going to have his cars at the car show. My brother, N-O-R-E, Drink Champs. Nori's going to have some cars at the car show. Now, the funny thing about me and Nori is me and Nori started off driving caravans. Actually, Nori was in the back of my caravan when we used to go to all these label interviews and label things. But now Nori said he's giving me a couple of cars for the car show.

Okay. Also, the queen of Miami, Trina, will have some cars at the car show to drive to Dream's car show. What up, Trina? Okay, Trina. Dropping a clue behind for Trina. My guy, DJ Khaled, will have some cars at the Drive to Dream's car show. DJ Khaled! All I do is win, win, also, my Dominican side, as Charlamagne would say.

I got Nicky Jams, I knew well, and Prince Royce. They're all bringing their cars to the Drive Your Dreams car show in Miami December 12th. Tory Lanez is going to bring some cars to the car show. Yo Gotti has a fleet in Miami and he's bringing some cars to the car show. Break it up. Break it down. Back it up. Back it up. Back it up.

Also, my brother Flo Rida. We got some of that pop money going to bring some cars to the car show in Miami. And last but not least, Dwayne Wade is bringing some cars to the Drive Your Dreams Car Show Miami 1212 at the Miami Beach Convention. All right? It's a family fun day. What about E-Class?

You ain't hollering at E-Class? I got some more people coming. Oh, okay, okay, okay. I got some more people coming. All right? I got some more people coming. All right. I got some more people. But for right now, we got Dwayne Wade, Flo Rida, 50 Cent, Nicky Jams, Nori, Anuel, Prince Royce, Trina, Khaled, Tory Lanez, and Yo Gotti. Some of the celebrity cars that will be at the Celebrity Car Show in Miami, of course,

is Carnival Games. Face painting for the kids. There will be a Santa for kids to take picture. We're giving toys to the kids and a host of other things. We're going to have monster trucks. NASCARs will be in there. So just get your tickets if you haven't got your tickets.

It's going to be a family, fun, safe day. So you're doing a car show every month now? No, this is the last one. Next one is July in Atlanta. Okay. So we do three a year.

Okay. All right, well now let's get in some front page news. All right, let's start off with get in some front page news. All right. Let's start off with sports. It's Monday Night Football. The Steelers beat the Bears 29-27. And shout out to Steph Curry.

He went off for 50 points last night. 50 points, 10 assists. They beat the Hawks 127-113. Y'all going to stop fronting on that beige boy named Steph Curry. I'm telling you right now, Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, that's my pick to win the NBA championship this year. That's right. Leader of the light skin.

Now, Golden State Warriors, they have the best record in the NBA. He absolutely is, by the way. Him and Drake. Steph might be over Drake because Drake worships Steph Curry. Don't act like Drake don't worship Steph Curry. Drake actually has Steph's number tattooed on him. That says a lot. I don't think Steph got no R or no A on his body.

R, no O's, R, no V's, R, no O's. I don't think Steph got no hour nowhere on his body. Are no O's, are no V's, are no O's. I don't know. I could be wrong. My goodness. What else we talking about, Yeezy? Well, let's talk about Ahmad Arbery. Jurors were shown yesterday graphic close-up police photos of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmad Arbery. And this

was really sad because his mom was actually in there and she let out like an exhale when they had to show these photos. And the first police officer who responded to the scene of that fatal shooting testified that William Roddy Bryan Jr., who's a man who recorded video of Arbery being chased, never told

him that a citizen's arrest of Arbery was being made. So, you know, the defense is supposedly that Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, were trying to do a citizen's arrest. They're saying that Ahmaud Arbery was going into this home, that the homeowner had up that was for sale, that there were things, items missing,

and so they were trying to do a citizen's arrest. But none of that was said. What does that look like? Is that real? That's a real thing? You can actually do a citizen's arrest? I always see that on TV shows and movies. You can really do that in real life?

They say, but who's going to stop? Nobody's going to be like, freeze, this citizen's arrest? I always see that on TV shows and movies. You can really do that in real life? They say, but who's going to stop? Nobody's going to be like, freeze, this citizen's arrest. No. Right, and as we all recall,

father and son, Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves, used a pickup truck to pursue Arbery after they spotted him jogging in their neighborhood. And so,

no arrests were made for more than two months until the video of the killing leaked online. So we are following this because again, we discussed this, but there's only one black juror on this panel of 12.

The other 11 are white. How is that a jury of your peers? It's not. Exactly. It's definitely not. Who's supposed to be tried by a jury of peers? Them, right? Everybody.

Everybody? Mm-hmm. Okay. All right, now there is a nightmare IVF mix-up. I don't know what you would do in this situation, but two mothers ended up giving birth to each other's babies. And four months after giving birth, the families then swapped babies to return the children to their rightful parents.

But you can imagine how devastating that is. Alexander and Daphna Cardinal were already the proud parents of a young girl. But when she kept asking for a sibling, they did in vitro fertilization at a clinic their friend recommended on their second try. She got pregnant, carried a baby girl to term. But when they saw the healthy child, they said the child had darker skin and dark hair. And the husband said he knew something was off. And for months, he commented on the baby's appearance. And then they got a DNA test.

And when they got the results, when the baby was appearance and then they got a dna test and when they got the results when the baby was two months old they were shocked neither parent was related to the child the fertility clinic uh transferred to dafna an embryo that belonged to strangers now the couple was wondering what happened to their embryo and as it turned out another couple carried their biological child to term. So effectively, both babies got swapped. The other family sent a photo of the baby they'd given birth to, who has light skin and blonde hair. And they ended up having to swap babies.

Yeah, we're going to need the California Center for Reproductive Health to come to the front of the congregation this morning. But how do you just swap babies? Like, after four, you'd be like, you know what? You go over here. I'll take, like, that's weird because you're connected. There's a bond. Yeah, that's why I made it really tragic

but you want your baby though but yeah you want your baby no matter what it's devastating that's wild do you want your baby after that

yes yes after four months but you gonna give up you gonna give up the four month old it's the other couple's baby it's early

we'll figure it out the kids won't even remember this the kids won't remember this the kids won't even remember this that is your Front Page News. All right. Now, when we come back, Ed Sheeran will be joining us. We're going to kick it with Ed Sheeran, talk about his new project and everything he's got going on.

New album, Equals, is out right now. So we're going to kick it with Ed Sheeran. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

Yes indeed. Ed Sheeran, welcome back. Nice to be back. Yes, he started off already telling us things are different now. From the last time he was here. He was saying last time you were here, you weren't here, but him, Charlamagne and myself, we got so drunk. How long ago was that? i don't even know that was 2017 because i remember i went to atlantic warner afterwards and they were doing like a

party for uh divide doing well and i was so lit up that i just didn't really they were introducing me to all these new artists they just signed and i was just there being like i can't even have a conversation it would make it was better i mean we're back by about 1030 in the morning. I was probably the most Well also I feel like being an Englishman sometimes With Irish blood there's a sir. I got a kind of keep you know keep my composure when I'm when I'm when I'm drinking I don't I don't want people to think I can't handle it. But afterwards, I really couldn't handle it. I couldn't even drive home. I had to sit in the back for like two hours.

You wore glasses then too, right? Yeah, I did. I got my eyes lasered. Oh, yeah, we did that. Me and Evie did that. Yeah, do you know, I always was freaked out by it. And then my brother got it done. And it completely changed his life.

And what it was was having a daughter and being like, I've never seen her properly. I've always seen her through Perspex lenses. So I and got got them lasered and best thing i've ever done wow you're gonna influence the lot yeah well my life shifted so much you know i mean same thing you know yeah you know six times yeah i don't say i got five and one on the way i got five and one on the way congratulations thank you any day now we're waiting any day you're gonna be entering into the trenches again, man. That's right. So how has it been being a new dad?

How did you take that on? It sort of happened. But yeah, I think you just kind of shift into this new norm where you get up at 2.30 in the morning and have a play and then nap where you can. Yep. Yeah. But she's in a routine now. So she goes to bed at seven and she wakes up about five.

You guys both got COVID together, right? You and your daughter. So was it the two of you isolated along? Because I know Cherry wasn't there. Yeah, no, she wasn't there. She wasn't there. And it was fun. But when you're like trying to get better,

you can't say to her, hey, let's just watch a movie. Can we just chill out for a second? It was good. It was really, really nice spending all that time with her. But yeah, Chez was living next door

and cooking dinners and stuff like that. How was it on your daughter? Was it throwing up? Was it diarrhea? Was it constantly crying? How did it affect her? Just fever,

diarrhea, sleep. I mean, like coughing, you know, all the things. I don't know if it affected her taste. Obviously,

she's 14 months, but it was all the thing. But she had it in summer as well my wife had it in summer and i didn't get it it was i i don't i don't understand it sometimes but your daughter had it twice yeah wow wow that is crazy were you ever scared that it was like that it was going to be even worse because that's a scary thing well they say with kids it's actually all right i mean we didn't know to but when because Cherry got pregnant before the pandemic started. We didn't really know what was. So we just avoided everyone. So, yeah.

But now, like, because loads of my friends have had it. Some have had it bad. Some haven't had it bad. And it's a roll of the dice, isn't it? Yeah. You know, when it comes to body clocks, right? How's your daughter's body clock being over here in America? Does she get up crazy early?

Yeah. Yeah. So I got in at 2 a.m. from SNL. Because you finish at, like, 1.15 or whatever. I got in at 2 a.mL because you finish at like 1.15 or whatever. I got in at 2am and then she was up at 4. I was like, go to sleep. But we do a thing now because I never let her have screens in front of her.

So when the screen is in front of her, it's like crack. Do your kids watch Paw Patrol? Hell yes. My God. There's something in that show, right? Because I put on... I like The Simpsons and I put on The Simpsons and Lyra's just not interested. She's kind of like this. You put on Paw Patrol The Simpsons And I put on The Simpsons And Lyra's just not interested

She's kind of like this And you put on Paul Pichot I don't know if that's for kids No, but I swear They make this show Specifically for kids To just be glued in on That and SpongeBob

SpongeBob and SquarePants Octonauts Octonauts And Peppa Pig Peppa Pig too So Peppa Pig is based on a scrotum What? A scrotum

Google Peppa Pig's dad Right now Huh Google it So they're gonna like it even more now What? Shut up Peppa Pig's dad is based on scrotum. Google Peppa Pig's dad right now. Huh. Google it. So they're gonna like it even more now. Shut up. Peppa Pig's dad is based on scrotums. Like b****. Bro. Oh my god. Come on, man. Come on. Where did you get this from, man? You need to stop going down these long YouTube rabbit holes. A friend of mine, he told me it one day. I don't know if he knows something that I don't, but he said Peppa Pig is based on a scrotum

and I haven't been able to unsee it. Are you scrotum shaming? No. No, I'm just saying. I'm just saying if you're watching a TV show with your kids, do you, like, you know. Now, you said you slowed down drinking. Massively.

You stopped smoking cigarettes. Well. You did for a while. No, so I do stop smoking cigarettes, but I cut out everything. So my vice every now and then is I did for a while. No, so I do stop smoking cigarettes. I cut out everything. So my vice every now and then is I'll have a cigarette. You lost a lot of weight. Yeah, a ton. You can see it though.

Is this all for the baby or because you were like, I want to live longer for my baby. I want to do better for my baby. Well, it's kind of a domino effect. I cut out spirits and other stuff and then suddenly I would wake up earlier in the morning and be like, oh, man, I actually feel like going for a run.

And then you would run or go to do the gym and do weights or whatever, and then suddenly your body would start looking better and I'd start having more self-confidence and clothes that I didn't think would look nice on me or fit me started doing it. And then I was like, oh, this is nice. So then you eat less food and then you exercise more. And it's just a domino effect of, as I said in song bad habits like all bad habits lead to other things if i have one beer then i'm going to want another beer and then i'm going to want a shot and then i might want a

cigarette and then i might want a big mac and then and those are all the things but with healthy it's if i drink water all day long it makes me feel great and then if i feel great i might exercise and if i feel great and exercise i'm going to have a good night's sleep and if i have a good night's sleep i'm more likely to want to get up early in the morning and go and do it all again. So it's just a domino effect. But it's getting into it is the difficult thing of having these habits of I love wine. I love having a bottle of wine before bed. But then I would always wake up feeling sluggish and feeling like ****.

And then when you cut that out, you realize that there's so much more you can do with your day. Are you ready to be shirtless with playing the guitar? Is that what you're going for? I don't know, man. I did a topless thing in the Shape of You video because I remember getting really like skinny for that. And I kind of want- because I was so fat before, I wanted to show people like, no, I'm not- I'm not fat anymore.

But yeah, I don't know, man. It's not- it's not- that's not really my thing. You know, I was watching something and they said that when you were younger, you thought you were gay. And this came, Charlemagne and I were having a conversation the other day. I remember getting an earring when I was a kid and my dad thought I was gay.

And then Charlemagne, one time he said, one of the members of New Additional Acute... Don't tell my story, okay? I've already told my story. Do you know, I... No comment, Ed. No, no, I worded that wrong. I want to say I worded it wrong.

And I never, ever want to perpetuate stereotypes. All I was saying was when I was a kid, I had interests that people at my school used to take the piss out of me for. And they used to say certain things. And it did make me question it. But I never want to be someone that is saying because there's a stereotype, you have to like this. So I was doing, doing it was an interview the context of it was an interview in uh the netherlands about this podcast about being like really masculine and being into things

and i was saying when i was younger this is what i was into and because there was a certain stereotype in the 90s i did question it but i definitely i do apologize to anyone that i would have offended i i worded it wrong but i i gave an answer to a question but if you grew up in a certain area you totally understand like what envy was saying about the earring or even me when i all my influences were women so i'm around my sister and my girl cousins and i'm just trying to be down so they're talking about somebody being cute so i just jump in like yeah he's cute and you know my dad threw me in the yard and let my older cousins beat me up well i think and i think think it's perfectly natural to...

People are just into what they're into, and a stereotype doesn't mean that you have to be a certain way. I have... Yeah, I just feel like we're all human beings and we all like what we like, and I think the reason it got picked up in the press is because I had worded it and perpetuated a stereotype, but I just didn't mean it in that way, basically.

But also, the podcast was a podcast about masculinity, right? In the context of the podcast, yeah, I said it, and often things get taken, quoted, put on Twitter, and then that, it just, I mean, you guys know. Don't let that suck, man. It makes you not want to talk. But the thing is, it does, And I could just stop doing interviews. But then people don't actually really get to know the real you. So I'd rather do interviews and then every now and then slip up and have to be like,

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Than just not ever do it at all. All right, we got more with Ed Sheeran. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlam, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ed Sheeran. You ever surprised how many hip-hop artists love you and love your work? I think it was Rod Wave that came up with one of your numbers. I loved that. I seen you with Pat Poole the other night. Yeah.

Did that ever surprise you? Do you know, I kind of liken it to Phil Collins. I'm not accepted by my genre I thought it was quite telling that my my album came out and the only people that emailed me in depth about liking it were like Dave and Stormzy and whoever like people from the the UK rap and um UK grime scene and stuff like that and my my peers largely I feel in the pop scene often don't want me to succeed it's often like that no but I don't know me to succeed there. It's often like this Wow, I don't know. I just I've never feel felt accepted by my scene and I've always listened to

Rap music. I've always listened to R&B. I've listened to Bashman I listen to listen to Afro beat like that's what I would choose to to listen to so I think there's an element of Under when I say understanding the culture I don't feel like I'm necessarily a huge part of it but I definitely understand it way more than you relate to it yeah and yeah and yeah and especially especially UK UK culture because it's like that's what I grew up with and that's what I've always been plugged into so the reason I give the the Phil Collins analogy is he's largely in the pop sphere in the 80s and 90s was considered quite uncool but then the hip-hop scene love Phil Collins and

they're kind of like no that's like he did at night I don't know I don't know Phil Collins anyway I thought I thought I thought maybe in the UK I don't know if here was like I don't know I here it was like a big. I don't know. I mean, Phil Collins was dope, but I don't know. I know Phil Collins can't rap Gangsta right where you stand word for word, though. No. Ed can spit it word for word. You still can spit that word for word? I think so.

I don't even want to fight with you, man. I leave you right where you stand. You can catch a few shells. Won't go right through your polo, man. Usually, I'm dolo and I got a crazy team. Call, kiss the ride on you. Watch for the laser beam. It's that og flavor remind you of a corner bodega and that og behavior scuffle with chumps Long crank up the poultry plan first the double pumps trouble something anyone standing away a stand and a spray

You get the man's in the way you go want because I do it better than yeah Anyway, I said do you know that? Ed said me and my dude used to ride around in our hoodies through, I don't know if it was your town or London, somewhere. Oh, mate, yeah. My home city. Man, hip-hop is everywhere in England. More so, do you know what's wonderful now? Is in the sort of 90s, early 2000s,

like, US hip-hop culture was English hip-hop culture. And people would dress and make music and sometimes even rap in the same accent but now and I think it's because of streaming services that are number one music genre in England now is British rap British grind British drill British R&B and it's the same in France the biggest rappers in France are French the biggest rappers in Germany are German the biggest rappers in Sweden are Swedish. US culture influences to a point of sometimes

stylistically and blah, blah, blah, but also now European culture can also influence US culture, and it's quite a nice full circle moment. And it's just dope. I like Stormzy. I like Dave. You put me on to Dave. I just think they're just dope. You just throw it on. For me, once I get past the accent yeah that's the accent um what made you

decide it was the right time to get married I bought the ring six months after started dating her so I was like I knew from the jump I was like I'm gonna get married to to her but she um her parents never got married they were together for 30 years they are married now I think I think because we got married they were like I I think we should probably get married. But I always knew I wanted to marry her. I just didn't know she wanted to marry me

because she doesn't come from a married background. Her parents aren't really religious. It's not really a thing. But I just, for me, it's about being a unit. So how long did you hold on to the ring?

I just had it in my backpack for months and months and months just waiting for a time. How many cars was it? It's... Yeah, it's... Look it's yeah she wears a fake one she wears a fake one really yeah because it's that it's that she just felt uncomfortable with it oh gotcha so she wears so she wears a fake one now watching what happened over the weekend and being an artist at astroland do you think about that now differently because you perform at festivals with 20 30 40 50 000 people yeah um and

you know you don't necessarily i think think about it beforehand so do you think about it now when you're performing to say how can we move things differently to make sure your fans are safe or i feel like that's such a hot topic i really don't want to comment on it i don't want to be the first guy to make like a statement i think it's such a it's such a tragedy and um yeah i don't want to that's such a hot topic man man. You know, your debut single, A-Team, this summer celebrated 10 years. What do you think Ed Now

would tell Ed 10 years ago? Don't be afraid of failure. You don't learn anything from your success, you learn everything from your failure. Whenever you do something and it doesn't work and you slip and fall over, don't be embarrassed about it and don't be like the world is judging me because largely people don't remember the failures like i've i've had so many things that haven't worked but all people talk about the hit singles or the or the

gigs that you've you've sold out um i've spent like three years going into boardrooms where people just gave no f**ks and i've came with singles that were hits in my own country that just bombed it you know i think lego house went to like 153 or something like that and that largely is a failure but no one no one talks about it do you ever um have any grudges against people who didn't treat you well in the beginning no because i get it i get it it's the music it's the music industry it's like i i definitely had grudges when i was younger because it knocked my confidence so much that i didn't believe that i could do it but then when you can't have grudges if you're like having success the success that I have I've earned it Because because of the failures would anyone exceptionally nasty though where you had to like later on be like so, you know

This is feels good to come back here and see you I just wouldn't do it the the people that were it's not exceptionally nasty But just like I just didn't rate them were like in england there's there's some like big musicians that we all we all grew up listening to and that they're and i remember the first time meeting one of them i was at the brit the brit awards which is like our grammys and i'd won a brit bear in mind he's like a massive cultural figure in our in our country and i'm sitting with my dad and this guy comes over and he sits down next to me i've just won my first award and he goes I think your music's terrible, but if you work with me, we can make good music.

And I was kind of like, why can't you just say well done? And my dad's there sitting, kind of looking at him, being like, my son's 20. What are you doing? This is like his first award show. And anyway, he came up to me at the party and apologized and then doubled down. He was like, but your music is terrible.

But anyway, so... He was a writer or he was an artist? He's like, but your music is terrible. But anyway, so... He was a writer or he was an artist? He's an artist and a writer and everything. Is he massive? Yeah, well, I mean, he was, but he... I bumped into him again recently and I don't think he remembers that. So he was like, oh, man, how are you?

And I was like, no. So, like... No? No, well, I just wasn't interested're not not that i hold grudges but again when when something knocks your confidence that that much like i meet new artists now and even if i'm not like a fan of their music i'll be like man congratulations on what you're doing like it's so good that you're you know i was 20 no one thought i could do it and i've gone and won the biggest award in UK music. Just go up and say, congratulations.

Has this person had more hit singles than you? Not now, no. Okay. No, he's never had a Billboard number one single, never had a Billboard number one. He might have had a Billboard number one album, but I definitely sell more tickets than him. So you never worked with him? No, and I never would. If I guess who the artist is, you got to tell me.

Nah. You're not going to guess. You wouldn't know. It's not, it's not. Somebody in the UK, that's you. It's not, it's not. It's not know it's not it's not somebody in the UK that's huge it's not it's not it's not it's not

Noel has you know he's said stuff about me but also like I played the Teenage Cancer Trust gig for him

that he was running so now like we now get on because I've done some charity stuff with him and like I think he respects

what I've done I think he said he couldn't live in a world where I headlined Wembley Stadium but you know I've done some charity stuff with him. And I think he respects what I've done. I think he said he couldn't live in a world where I headline Wembley Stadium, but I've played it 12 times by the end of next summer. So the world still wants to see me in Wembley, even if he doesn't. All right, we got more with Ed Sheeran.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking with Ed Sheeran. Charlamagne Tha Guy We are The Breakfast Club We're still kicking it With Ed Sheeran

Charlamagne Why you so sick of Adele man Why'd you put your album out Before she dropped Her new Project 30 What's up man Would you not be I think she sold

Something like 3.2 million I mean I get it But you Ed Sheeran though You still Ed Sheeran Yeah I know man But I mean we all want We all want a number one record Right

It's supposed to be the same week when her album dropped? No, no, no. She's November 19th. He was like, let me hurry up and get this out. Well, no, no. So I didn't know she was coming with an album until we'd already announced our date. But then, obviously, after then, I was like, thank f*** we were before that. But, yeah, man.

She's the biggest artist in the world. And she hasn't dropped in a while. And my first album came out when 21 came out, and my second album was just after when 25 came out. And both of those years, I was number two selling artists in the world, and she was number one. So I'm not under any illusion that she's not a bigger artist. And, you know, artists want number one records.

You do sort of look at a week and go, hey, that looks like a good week to release. You're wearing up for the challenge? You're wearing up for the challenge and looks like a good week to release. You're in up for the challenge? You're in up for the challenge and going head up? The only time I've ever been up for the challenge was I was meant to release November 2016 when Bruno was doing 24 Karat Magic and we're both on the same label

and I just thought that would have been fun. A kind of pop version of 50 and Kanye. And I thought that would have been fun but then I ended up pushing my album back to March. But that's the only time I've been like, that could be fun. Damn, are you still writing songs for other artists? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, I love it. I love it. I just had a Billboard number one, actually, with BTS. Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow. A song called Permission to Dance. Wow! Yeah.

Wow. So I've had Justin Bieber's Love Yourself went Billboard number one, BTS, Permission to Dance went Billboard number one, Shape of You and Perfect. So I've only had four, so Yourself went Billboard number one, BTS Permission to Dance went Billboard number one, Shape of You and Perfect. So I've only had four. So it was a big deal getting it. I didn't know you were all K-pop.

Yeah. Well, I actually wrote a song called Make It Right for them. They actually sing in part Korean. It was really, really cool to do. Do you know, I never thought I would be a performer. I've never... I tried to get signed. I'm not a conventionally attractive person. So no one was like, ended up going triple platinum.

And that was like my first hit. I was like 17 years old. And I was like, oh, f***, I can make money being a songwriter. Maybe I'll just be a songwriter. So I kind of kept my foot in there. And then when I had success, I was like, one day this will end, and I will be a songwriter. Who would you want to write for?

Have you ever like just submitted songs to people? So Rihanna is always the benchmark. Rihanna is always, when I go in, that's how Shape of You was created. That's how Love Yourself With Justin Bieber Was created Because Rihanna is such a She's got such great taste

In songs That you can't say What Rihanna's style is It's just good tunes So when you go in a studio To create a song Always we go What would Rihanna do

So she'd be someone That I would always Always love to work with Have you ever submitted Anything to her Or Yeah Yeah we were meant to do something on collaborations but it wasn't it wasn't the right it wasn't the right tune how did that make you feel knowing she has such good taste but hasn't picked any of your songs goodness gracious well well do you know it happens every so I'd submitted songs to um Beyonce before um and she

hadn't picked any but then I did perfect and she wanted to sing on it so it's like I know I know people rate me it doesn't matter but sometimes the songs aren't the right songs you know do you feel like sometimes your fans keep you in a space where like they have expectations and yeah well no I but this thing is that they don't keep me in that space they just exist in this space where nothing's better than my first album it's the it's the thing you know it's like Nas Illmatic or um drake take care there's a view of certain albums where people go oh you need to make that album again but that album's been and done man and people are in love with the memory of the time of the album if i were

to release plus now no one rates that like no people listen to it be like you gotta grow up man no exactly yeah so all i can do all i can do is write about what's truthful to me now, and I am a dad and I am 30, and I am going through a quarter-life crisis where I'm questioning who I am outside of music. Because my whole persona is Ed Sheeran, the artist, but when I got off tour, I was like, well, who the f*** am I if I'm not on stage with a guitar? Yeah, you can become a character to yourself

without even realising it. Well, and have no other choice but to just keep on. Being that character. Yeah, and I feel like becoming a dad has been i now have uh a different persona you know my middle name is antarctica antarctica yeah where did that come from just why so we had tried for a while to have a kid we'd started going to doctors you know we we did a lot of tests and the doctor just said when you're back from your trip in Antarctica, we'll actually sit down and work out a way to do this.

And then we went to Antarctica and Cherry got pregnant. Actually, I did think it was a miracle. I did think it was a miracle. And so that's why I was like, we should have this in the name. She'll get older and be like... Yeah, you know, to your point about what you were saying about being yourself, it's like you've got to be intentional about it. You can't listen to the opinions of other people and be making music

because this is what people want from Ed. Ed has to do what Ed wants for himself. Well, it's a career at the end of the day, and I have to stand by everything that I've done proudly because as I was saying to you yesterday, if you make a hit that is designed to be a hit and then it's not a hit what is it can you stand by it so I want to be able to stand by every single album win or lose and be like this is my best bit of work

like it like it or lump it rather than try and fit into boxes and I feel like people listen to this record and they judge it based on production thinking that i am trying to fit into boxes but i'm just i made a record that i really love and it will exist how it exists and if it's my biggest it's my biggest and if it's my smallest it's my smallest but like i'm proud of it there is a part of me that wants to hear you on a different production though just like r&b soul records because i'll be listening to your lyrics i'm like this is some deep he's saying yeah so how would it sound on a slower track and i think and i think that that is the wonderful thing about having a career is like hopefully i've got 15 20 years more of this and i will get to that point i want to go back and i

work with rick rubin on my on my second record and my second record was meant to be an acoustic record where i just played acoustic guitar and rick had me in the studio for about six months making this thing and then i then worked with pharrell and I worked with Benny Blanco and suddenly the record turned a bit more pop but I'd love to go back in with Rick and make the album that we started trying to make um I would love to work with um Raphael Sadiq a bit bit more I got to work with him on on Don't and um uh yeah I think there's lots of there's lots of scope to work with to work with people but that's the beautiful thing about having a career and also being genre-less. I grew up and you were into genres, right?

I was into Blink-182, therefore I liked Green Day and therefore I liked The Offspring. And then I got into rap music and I liked Eminem, therefore I was into 50 Cent and therefore I was into Dr. Dre. And then I got a little bit older and then that sort of disappeared. And I realised there was two genres and it's good and bad and you go on a kids playlist now right and they're gonna have they're gonna have a Calvin Harris tune they're gonna have a Kendrick Lamar tune they're gonna have an Olivia Rodrigo tune and then they're gonna have some artists that you've never heard of doing some new sort of sort of genre and the correlation between all of those artists is it's good music and that is all people actually care about now and i think when you're in that category of hopefully making good music there's no barriers so if i want

to make an r&b record tomorrow i can make one and it just has to be good so that's that's that's the only thing do you have a title for the next album now with all the mathematical yeah so i've got five i've got i've got one more mathematical one and i've got five more symbols okay to do i kind of i saw i saw an interview with um Quentin Tarantino back in the day where he said he wanted to make ten Tarantino movies. And then in between he does stuff like Grindhouse or the scene in Sin City that he directed, and I think he was going to do Star Trek at some point,

but he's going to do ten blockbuster Tarantino movies, and then that's it. So I always liked that idea. So I had five mathematics records and five more symbol records, and then in between I'm going to do a folk record with a trad band that I really like I might do an R&B record I might do a dance record like but they won't be part of the blockbuster if that makes sense so I'll do this for these five and these five and then and then be done I have a slightly morbid idea but I like the idea of doing nine and then for like 20 years

just chipping away at one and just having it in the back pocket and just having it in my will the day that I die this album gets released and that's your final swan song where you just go that's that's I really like the idea of of that basically I mean all of that but like but just make the perfect album and then when you die it's your swan song of like have you spent a work you spend a lifetime as an entertainer? And this is your last thing you want to offer to the world and it comes out the day you die Yeah, it could be like if you're hearing this I'm dead like I drink out of your reading That could be the title of the album if you're hearing this

I'm oh my god, you know if you gonna do it do it. Hey, I've got the title of it I'll tell you I'll tell you of it I'll tell you off mic I like announcing albums Please don't announce this one Because of that news Please don't announce this one Ed, we appreciate you for joining us Thank you

We're grateful One thing, would you ever do The Voice? I saw you mentoring Ariana Grande on there Would you ever be a judge on The Voice? No, the reason I did it, the reason I went on Voice? Because I saw you mentoring Ariana Grande on there. Would you ever be a judge on The Voice? No. The reason I did it, the reason I went on as a mentor is I wanted to say to all the kids, win or lose, you're winning.

You are on the biggest rated television show in America and people are seeing you every week and you are talented, so you come off this show, start releasing music. Don't suddenly be waiting for the right move or being like, f***, I didn't win it, my confidence is shot. Just have it as that.

But I would find it very difficult. And I know Ariana finds it difficult because I've spoken to her about her sending people home. Yeah, the great Angie Martinez, that's why she didn't do American Idol back in the day. She was one of the original American Idol judges. And she was like, I don't want to do that to people. Be sending them home, telling them that they're not, you know. I know. Man, because they are.

And I had so many people tell me I couldn't do it. And if I'd have listened to them, you know, I wouldn't be here talking to you guys. Well, Ed, thank you so much for joining us again. Absolutely. Equals is out now. It's Ed Sheeran. It's The Breakfast Club.

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It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, it says, what if I told you there's more? That's on the Drink Champs Instagram page. Apparently, there's a part two of that Kanye West interview that's broken all kinds of records for a revolt. And here is that trailer. Man, enough of this s*** already, boy. This is just on the... of view that's broken all kinds of records for Revolt and here is that trailer. So we can't meet. We can't have a conversation.

Y'all stupid motherfuckers. What the fuck is wrong with you? I'm dropping the clues bombs for Norian DJ EFN. Another hour and a half is on its way. Shout out to Norian DJ EFN. I love it. It'll be on Revolt Thursday, and it'll be on the Black Effect iHeartRadio Podcast Network the same night, on Friday morning sometime.

Alright well Kanye also hooked up with J Prince and apparently he wants to end his beef with Drake. Now J Prince posted I met with Kanye last night in H-Town at the Rothko Chapel. It wasn't in my plans to meet him there but I must say I'm glad I didn't allow a worship place for God

to detour our meeting. There will come a time in life where we all should embrace the movement thinking over the moment thinking. Moment thinking gets us stuck in the cycle of confusion, revenge, killings, and things of darkness that take you to a place worse than slavery. Movement thinkers dream of a better tomorrow, a bigger picture, longevity choices, and humbling themselves to forgive. They don't allow fear and pride to stunt their growth, and they're always looking for the good in every situation. And that's where the leaders are separated from the followers. So here is what Kanye West had to say in the video of the two of them together. I'm making this video to address the ongoing back and forth between myself and Drake.

Both me and Drake have taken shots at each other and it's time to put it to rest. I'm asking Drake on December 7th to join me on stage as a special guest to share the two biggest albums of the year live in Los Angeles with the ultimate purpose being to free Larry Hoover. I believe this event will not only bring awareness

to our cause, but prove to people everywhere how much more we can accomplish when we lay our pride to the side and come together. Well, I'm all for those brothers making peace and it's for, you know, a great cause, but why is Kanye reading off the phone? He didn't want to forget his

talking points. That don't sound like he's being a free thinker. Would it hit? Huh? You tell him to blink if he needs help? I'm just saying it would have hit way harder if Kanye was speaking that from the heart because that didn't seem like it was coming from the heart when he's reading from the phone. Well, that sounded wild. And the fact that two days ago, three days ago before that, he was just shooting at Drake.

Oh, no, I don't mind that because that's not when it's not like they taped the interview three days ago. All right. Well, Drake is clearly not thinking about this at this moment because he just released his first statement about Astroworld and the tragedy at that festival. He said, I spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy. I hate resorting to this platform to express an emotion as delicate as grief, but this is where I find myself. My heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives

and for anyone who is suffering. I will continue to pray for all of them and will be of service in any way I can. May God be with you all. Great statement. Basically, Drake is like, not right now. Not right now, Kanye. Right. I mean, there's, you know, bigger things happening. And Travis Scott, by the way, is refunding all attendees of his Astroworld Festival after eight concertgoers died, over 300 people were injured after a crowd surge. He did release two statements in the wake of the incident, and they're saying now that he's just too distraught to play. According to police, they said prior to his time on stage,

he was reportedly warned by the Houston police chief who was concerned about the energy of the crowd. And so there's a lot more investigating going on. But Travis Scott has also said he will help the families of those who died at Astroworld Festival. He's offering to pay funeral costs and extending even more help for those who have been affected. He'll be covering any and all funeral costs that might come about for the families of the eight people who passed away at the concert. He's also going to be partnering with BetterHelp, which is a network of mental health professionals, to offer mental health services for free to anybody who attended the festival who may need to talk through their trauma. Yeah, I saw that statement from the sheriff. I was a little confused

because he was basically like, you know, he had concerns about the crowd, which they do for every rap crowd. But he said the conversation was respectful. And, you know, Travis and his team abided by the rules, basically. Right, so I guess he's just talking about... I think he was just, you know, everybody's

giving details about what happened as they're doing an investigation. Yeah, that didn't make sense and it seemed like he was trying to throw the blame, but they said they had concerns. They said it ended respectfully. I guess they followed all protocols. What was that? What was that about? Well, I don't think they were trying to blame him, but they were just discussing what happened prior to the show because

they did say it was respectful. Yeah. Alright, now Fortnite has also halted the sale of travis scott emotes days after uh that tragedy it's the dance moves or other actions that your character can perform in the game and so right now they're uh halting the sale of those why i have to ask why like he didn't incite a riot he hasn't been charged with anything i can understand if he was encouraging the behavior by telling folks to push or fight or whatever. Well, they put it on sale to coincide with the music festival Astroworld. So maybe because of the tragedy at Astroworld,

they felt like, you know, let's just not profit off of this. Especially he's giving all the money back to concert goers. So maybe Fortnite said, let's not make money off of Astroworld. Well, shouldn't they say that? Because if not, they make it seem like they're incriminating him for something. Like, he did something wrong. Like, shouldn't they say that? Because if not, they make it seem like they're incriminating him for something. Like he did something wrong by taking him off Fortnite. If it is what you said,

shouldn't they say that instead of saying, hey, we're just removing him? Yeah, there's just no explanation right now. That's crazy. And they're not making a comment. All right, but thousands

of people have signed a petition to cancel Travis Scott's Coachella performance. And so right now, they have done this whole petition. They claim the tragic

and unnecessary deaths at Astroworld occurred due to Scott's own gross negligence and shared lack of compassion for human life.

Has this happened before? Yes. No, no, no. I'm not talking about, we've known that tragic events at concerts have happened before.

I was reading this article on CNN. They got a whole list of them. 36 people killed at an electronic music concert in 2016. Eight people died at a Pearl Jam concert.

11 people died at a Who concert. But I'm saying, has it ever happened to where the artist is getting crucified like Travis seems to be? I mean,

it seems strange because, right, isn't there a promoter? Somebody that put this on? Somebody did promotions? I'm sure they hired Travis Scott to perform. They hired him to perform. It is his festival.

It's the Astroworld Festival. But is he responsible for the venue? Is he responsible for security? This is all right now while they're investigating. They pay him to do that. They probably pay him to use his name for that festival. He doesn't handle security. He doesn't handle all that other stuff. He performs. Listen, I can't answer these questions right now,

but I do want to say it is really sad and a tragedy. I was looking at this nine-year-old who's in a coma after everything happened, and I saw his grandfather speaking on what happened. The father passed out. He had his son who's nine on his shoulders. Horrible. And now the child has damage to his kidney, lungs, heart.

He's suffering from brain swelling. Horrible. I'm just asking questions. Because, you know, like I said, when eight people died at a Pearl Jam concert in 2000, I'm wondering, did Pearl Jam get crucified like this? I don't know. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention back then. When 11 people died at a Who concert in 79, did Who get blamed like this?

I definitely could not answer that. I don't know anything about a Who or Pearl Jam concert. That's why I'm asking. But that is your rumor report. It's tragic regardless. I just don't like the finger who are pro-jam concerts. That's what I'm asking. But that is your rumor report. It's tragic regardless. I just don't like the finger pointing, in my opinion. And on all the artists. They point your fingers at Travis, Drake, all of them.

All right. Well, who are you giving your donkey to? The California Center for Reproductive Health needs to come to the front of the congregation. They're not allowed to give people's orders wrong like a duck fried chicken. We'll discuss. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Yes, Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, November 9th goes to the California Center for Reproductive Health. I'm telling you, we live in a world now where things you only used to see on TV shows and in films are actually happening in everyday life. Makes you wonder if these things have always been happening and we were just too young to pay attention. Well, this is a storyline straight out of

a BET plus original because Daphna and Alexander Cardinal are suing the California Center for Reproductive Health because they contend that the center recklessly negligently and are knowingly lost or actively decided to give the couple's embryos to another couple. Wow. Implanting the wrong embryo in Daphna. I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to NBC4 Los Angeles for the report, please. A woman and her husband are suing a fertility clinic for negligence and medical malpractice.

She claims that she gave birth to the wrong child after doctors at the California Center for Reproductive Health allegedly implanted a stranger's embryo into her body during in vitro fertilization. The couple says after raising the child for months, testing revealed that the baby was not genetically related to them. They eventually switched babies with the couple who were given their embryos, and the clinic had no comment. Jesus. Thank God this was a fertility clinic mixed up because can you imagine being a white father and

seeing your baby come out with a much darker complexion and jet black hair the questions that could arise my god but luckily and sadly uh that wasn't the case the case is the california center for reproductive health is the kentucky fried chicken and fertility clinics because clearly they got the order wrong. OK, how many people had this happen to? And folks just said, F it, I'm almost home now. I'm not turning back around to get the right order. OK, now, of course, representatives of the clinic declined comment.

But you know who didn't decline comment? The couple who received the wrong order. Listen to what they had to say. Losing the birth child that you know for the genetic child that you don't even know yet. It's a truly impossible nightmare. Our memories of childbirth will always be tainted by the sick reality that our biological child was given to someone else. And the baby that I fought to bring into this world was not mine to keep. There's no way to describe the pain that we've been through. The struggle to guide our older daughter

through losing the little sister she fell in love with and to understand the reality of what happened. It's been brutal. Four months, four whole months. Do you know what kind of connection parents forge with a child in four months? I knew it's my newest addition is a month and some change. My wife was like, hold it so she can smell you.

OK, my wife is breastfeeding. She can't even be away from her yet because she, you know, used to that nipple. What's going to happen? What's going to happen to these four months old now? I would have wanted them was breastfeeding. Both of them are breastfeeding. How would a four month old adjust to being around these new people? You know, like you heard her say just now, they have a older daughter who has already

gotten a bond with who she thought was her four-month-old younger sister. I mean, if you don't have kids, you can understand why this is a problem. But if you have kids, you can truly understand why this is a problem, problem. And what is the hospital supposed to say? The fertility clinic, my bad.

All right? Some people are not supposed to get things wrong. All right? Surgeons, fertility clinics, Chick-fil-A workers. But when these things happen, you can't just do a Kanye shrug and keep it moving. Okay. Please give the California Center for Reproductive Health the biggest e-haw. They don't have no comment.

You got to say something. You got to say something. My bad. Oops. Something. What can you say? Something. Okay.

What's a good statement? Oops. I don't know. Somebody has to be held accountable, right? Someone's losing their job over this. Absolutely. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today.

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cryptocurrency and I know Bitcoin is something that you got on fairly early so explain who a Bitcoin Rodney is Bitcoin Rodney is the actually average Joe I hear try and make the above-average decisions to help a lot of individuals close the wealth gap you know a lot of times we as people get to the game too late. And since I've done pretty well in the industry, I want to bring everyone together and show them how to do the exact same thing I did or even better. How did you get into Bitcoin? Actually, to be honest with you, I was down and out.

I lost a lot of money in the e-commerce business. And I didn't know what my next move was. I got a phone call. And somebody said, man, this team out in London want to meet you and see if you can help them with their business. And I didn't even ask what the business was. I just said, if they're paying for it, I'll show up. And I got there. It was out in London.

It was all about crypto. How long ago was this? 2017 of April. Okay. I've been into crypto since Aprilil 2017 um and uh november actually no april 2017 and uh ever since then when i find out how easy and how fast you can earn with crypto and my life's changed since then now what do you do about all these because i mean there's so many different cryptocurrencies now you know seems like every artist, rapper, athlete, actor, actress has their own cryptocurrency.

So how do you know what's real and what's going to do well and what's not? Actually, you do not know what's going to do well and what does not. Sometimes it's just a gamble. Unless you are educated and know how to study the charts, look at the, you know, Binance.com, or look at the rumors, the window what people are saying about the crypto reading the white papers behind what it's going to do you actually do not but uh sometimes you can just buy altcoins with the coins that are below bitcoin bitcoin is the granddaddy he's the grandfather of crypto but there's the ethereum there's ripple there's there's dogecoin

so but then when you hear it by talking about, you go and see what the number is and what it costs. If it's under a penny, that's when I do it. I buy tons of it and then hope it goes big. But sometimes you can get a phone call from somebody way above you. They'll tell you, hey, go buy this coin. And you buy, you can hold or you can buy and sell. It's up to you how you want to do it.

Everybody has their own different strategy. However, I always tell everyone, make sure you have a coach, instructions, direction before you go there and do it because you can't lose everything you've made or earned in life in crypto, the same way in stocks. Now, I know when we do this interview, people are going to Google you, right? And one thing that Google, then when people Google you, it will come up, it will say something about is this legit or a scam now why do people think that this could be potentially a scam I mean it's like anything else um in life uh in my life in the crypto business I've been in a lot of different deals in the very very beginning and some of those deals weren't exactly the up on the up and up I've joined a few of these deals some of these deals I've made money some of these deals I've miserably. I failed at a lot of different deals. It's the reason why I'm doing so well now is because I know

exactly what to look for. Some of those deals didn't work. I don't know one person in history that's successful. Everything they did was going to be perfect. For example, Babe Ruth. He was known for what? The most home runs. He was also known for the guy who had the most

strikeouts too. He's also known for the guy who had the most strikeouts, too. Right. And he's great in history. So what about USI Tech? I know USI Tech had a bunch of different names, and they said that was a Ponzi scheme. Yeah, it was. Back in 2017, when I first got into crypto, I didn't know what to look for, what to ask, or anything. But on the top, it looked like everything was perfect.

Come down about maybe a year later, come to find out that it wasn't as perfect as we thought. A lot of times we learn as we go. And that was my first real interview of crypto. That's why it's risky for people too. And that's why it's always important to let people know that if you're doing this, it is a risk. Now, remember this now. It is a risk.

But remember this, the is a risk and but remember this the company itself was not only 100 crypto still real no matter what but the company you join may have you doing the wrong things and you not know it no matter how much research you do does it mean that it's right you can find out you know over time crypto is still evolving every single day right the government the laws are changing I mean by the by the minute sometimes. So what are your thoughts on Shiba Inu since you brought that up

and everyone's talking about how it's to pass Dogecoin and how promising it is. I was reading an article about Steve Buscemi and how he made like millions, you know, in just a few months

from having purchased Shiba Inu for me. I mean, the other day, I mean, I already own Shiba and I didn't really study it just somebody called me like your Rodney you should try to sheba you know so I

said okay you know I always hear listen to the streets and lots of I go by exactly what the streets say and then I'll go in later on didn't do my own research but I was put like around I don't say the number here but a lot into it and the other night I was just watching it jump 10,000 20,000 30,000 you know by the by the by every 10- 15 minutes it was growing, you know. So Shiba's pretty good. I mean, I like Shiba. I like Dogecoin.

I did very, very well, the highest in Ripple. That was my real first coin I did well with with Ripple. Now, there are also platforms out there that people can get into where they'll be able to earn regardless of the market and don't need to know as much as I know right now. And then they'll learn as they go. Why do people give you so much flack for the Hyperfund event? Because if they think that the, well, it's actually not a Hyperfund event. It's reinventing yourself with crypto event. And because I'm in a company called called hyper they believe it's like a

cover-up just for that company gotcha the the actual event is for individuals to come and learn how to reinvent themselves with crypto and we're trying to close the wealth gap for a lot of women minority women and men period why why do you think they on you so hard because i even read what they said that uh you know you're aware of all the scams but you don't care as long as you get in first well who is they and who you know that's what i mean like they don't pay my rent you know uh and i'm never really aware of anything like coming to this actual um interview i don't know what you're gonna ask but i do know how to answer the question legitimately um as i go along sometimes you'll find out things in the beginnings and you leave it alone

there are several deals that are sent to me every single day I don't join and there are certain deals I do join and I'll find out as I go and there are certain deals that actually work well because it means everything's a scam but today I don't listen to they alright we got more with Bitcoin Roddy

when we come back it's the Breakfast Club good morning I also saw the viral video you bought a Lamborghini entirely with Bitcoin can you talk about that yeah completely with Bitcoin and so long time ago when I was getting into crypto most of us did not believe crypto worked they believed it is it was nothing but a scam so I had to figure out a way how to go find something that was major and do it with crypto to show the believers that it did work so um i went and bought a uh lamborghini uh out of newport uh california completely with 100 bitcoin and so before that they said the scam about the lamborghini to open that scam i mean there's still people

there's still coins out there that are scamming people that you know they they get people to be hype and they put their money into it and everybody pulls out from the top now you say from prison to millions i've seen that on your fly so you were locked up what did you get locked up for and what made you turn around and say you know what this is not for me anymore yeah i was in the i was in the game hustling you know trying to you know do what i could at the time um i was to me i think i was failed by society the society saying hey go to school go to college get a good job and then when i found out that i wasn't away i was brainwashed so like any other person i got into the game tried to do what i could and uh made the wrong decisions and uh did my time paid i paid my debt to society and um i had to figure out a way

so i got into the internet game because you know the dot com boom was exciting and it was money being transferred a very very good transfer of wealth. So I got into e-commerce. I got into different deals online. So 90% of my time, I was always online trying to figure out a way to get this brand booming. And here we are today. So what are some things that people can do with cryptocurrency? You bought a Lamborghini, right?

And I see a lot of people talking about accepting it, maybe on Amazon, potentially soon. Can you buy a house for crypto? Yes, you can. You can buy a lot of people talking about accepting it, maybe on Amazon, potentially soon. Can you buy a house with crypto? Yes, you can. You can buy a house with crypto. You can buy cars with crypto. You can buy your flight with crypto. You can pay for your hotel with crypto. I was at a club recently the other night in Miami. The owner came out to me, heard I was there. He said, listen, I want you to help me push my own coin and we'll only accept that coin in this club.

Right. There are clubs in in in Vegas it's all they accept is Bitcoin I go to clubs inside of Dubai and because I came to that club now all they do is accept them all but they said now they accept crypto to make their payments for or their own pay for their bills there now the government doesn't tax crypto right they don't monetize it they don't they don't they don't monetize it but once don't monetize it, but once you, and I'm not a tax attorney or anything like that. Please always

make sure you talk to your own attorneys or whatever. However, it's a taxable event once you actually take your crypto to cash. Now you have to pay taxes on it. It's like stock. When you take out your stock and then you got to pay taxes. Yeah, but they watch the stock a little more.

It's hard for them to see what you make on crypto. Yeah, I mean, it's hard, but they can find out how. Are they doing that now? Because I know that was part of the thing with the government. But what they want me to do is... Because they can't see it. They can't monetize it. Right, but whatever my tax forms say, I pay it.

Right. So if you buy something, you get taxed on that purchase because you cashed out. Well, actually, when you buy an actual item with crypto, and you sent that money to that person, that person has to change that money from crypto to cash that's on that person. But again, I am not a tax consultant. And sometimes if you give somebody crypto, right, you pay for something, it could end up being worth more. That is correct.

For example, that Lamborghini now is worth way more than what I paid for it back then. When I paid for it back then, I believe the crypto was only about, I think, three or four thousand a coin. You know, and today it was sixty thousand a coin. So what is that Lamborghini worth now? Yeah, that's crazy. 20 times more. I was going to ask, does that make you nervous that the government is trying to figure out ways to find out how to tax crypto and how to watch it and make sure that people are doing the right thing by it? Does that make you nervous at all?

Not at all. Because right now it's like wild, wild west when it comes to crypto. I mean, there's still a bunch of gray areas. So, I mean, I want to do whatever makes it safe for everyone. You know, whatever it takes to stay above board and not go but go to jail you know i want that so um that's but crypto was made to be anonymous right so they gotta do they gotta do and we gotta do what we gotta do now you do have the event in miami so i want to make sure we talk about that right oh the re invict yourself with crypto.com event uh as you went to the last event was a complete success on the seafair

And that was about bringing a lot of individuals together to teach them about you know What can be and it was so successful? I decided to do another one how to reinvent yourself with crypto to help close the wealth gap with a lot of other individuals When I say close the wealth gap a lot of us us, I said before, are late to the game. And like right now, we're here talking about, you know, crypto. And the majority of it is how much it could be a scam. Right. How much could it go work for you?

We talk ourselves out of... Yeah, you talk yourself out of success. I don't know if that's talking yourself out of success. I just think it's like, what's wrong with being cautious? I would do that with stocks. I would do that with Bitcoin. I would do that with anything, you know that with bitcoin i would do that with anything you know new that somebody is venturing in especially when it comes to finances well you are correct but it's just not me i'm just one of those guys who are in it i'm one of those guys who got through the hurdles so now i'm trying to share

information to those who need the information the proper information and they can learn from my failures i'm the first one to teach you this hey there is a chance you can lose I have lost I have failed before I have been a company didn't do so well the same companies you just now brought to you know the forefront and that's okay because if I didn't buy they're like I wish I would have invested in you know I wish I would have invested I mean I mean I had no problem with it is two sides of the quarter everybody I think most people learn from mistakes yeah they always say small people learn from your own mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes of others.

Or you don't learn from your mistakes. That's true. There's a lot of people who don't learn from their mistakes. Yeah, yeah. You know? But I kept swinging the bat. And I'm going to keep swinging the bat. I'm going to keep on trying to help the next man and the next woman.

Period. Okay, but no one says to me or trying to, you know, oh, you was in this company and it didn't work. Well, look at me today. Now I am the company. Mm-hmm. You know? Now I have a lot of other individuals now whose life has changed

because I keep swinging the bat. No matter what someone says or they or them say, I'm going to keep to my guns and make it happen until I'm in the grave. So this event is Fat Joe, right? Fat Joe, A-Com, Marlon Wayans, Jamie Foxx, Elena Cardone, Aries Spears, Robert Thompson. I mean, we have a whole. And today I just spoke with Jordan Belfort on the Wolf of Wall Street.

Oh, wow, Wolf of Wall Street. Yeah, so he'll be there as well. And this is a lot of information coming from people who are already doing certain things in life. And people will be able to ask questions on a panel and get educated not just by me but by these guys who are successful as well I mean so it's not just what Rodney says I want people who know more than me who've done more than me to help me as well put the word out about crypto or about reinvent yourself with crypto we're in an age right now that man Bitcoin and crypto makes over 800 millionaires a day over 800 millionaires a day that 800 minutes a day that doesn't mean gonna be

you but there's a way that you can maybe try and learn I'm not gonna lie I went to the other one I had a chance to witness it first an amazing event very well done and put together and I met some great people there yeah yeah now this is different so it's gonna be at the Miami Lowe's Hotel so I bought out the whole hotel for three days Wow for three days the whole Lowe's Hotel. So I bought out the whole hotel for three days. Wow. For three days straight. The whole Lowe's Hotel? The whole Lowe's, yeah. Okay.

Yeah, for three days. And so, you know, it's going to be an amazing event of being able to actually be on panels with individuals and ask them questions

back and forth. The same questions you may have had in your mind to ask me, now you may have to ask others who are very dumb what you're trying to do. Right.

You know what I mean? And like I said, Mr. God, they can take it with a grain of salt whether they believe it or not or do their own research as you guys said. Now you get to ask others who've already done what you're trying to do. Right? You know, I mean and like I said, mr God they can take it with a grain of salt whether they believe it or not or do their own research as you guys said And I highly you know suggest that but guess what how many times you'd be able to sit down with Jamie Foxx Damien Belford Aaron Akon and these guys are already done what we're doing Akon has a whole crypto city Mm-hmm. Absolutely. Makes sense to me. All right. It's The Breakfast Club. Bitcoin Rodney.

Thank you, brother. The Breakfast Club. 105.1. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Will Smith. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. The rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club.

Well, today's the day. Will Smith's book, Will, is out. And one thing that he's talking about is ayahuasca. You know, we discussed this several times on the show, but he talks about his own experience in getting a shaman to give him that tea and leading him through the visions that he saw. He said an hour after drinking it, he said, I was floating deep in outer space. I was trillions of light years away from Earth. He sensed an unseeable woman who he called Mother behind him.

He said, I can tell she'll never leave me. And he said, if I'm this beautiful, I don't need number one movies to feel good about myself. If I'm this beautiful, I don't need hit records to feel worthy of love. If I'm this beautiful, I don't need Jada or anyone else to validate me. At that time, he was having a temporary split from Jada right after her 40th birthday. They said he had put together a three-day blowout, and the idea for it appeared to him in a vision. Three years before, he created a documentary about his wife's family,

complete with audio recordings from her beloved late grandmother. He hired Jada's favorite artist to do custom paintings. There were golf outings and hikes and a lavish dinner. And there was a surprise performer, Mary J. Blige. But afterward, Jada said nothing about it, not a thank you, not an I loved it. Instead, she took a long shower, then told him to cancel the rest of the weekend's plans.

So they didn't end up speaking for the rest of that trip on the plane ride home to L.A. or even for a few days afterward. I can't wait to read that book and I can't wait to do ayahuasca. They always say don't do ayahuasca until you feel like it's calling you. It is calling me. I cannot wait. Right. So pretty interesting. So many different stories in here that we've been hearing already from the book. But that's because Will's been a character for so long.

He's been playing a character. He's been playing a role and now he's being himself. So being that he's being himself you're going to get all of these real stories. Yeah, you know he told his wife, I retire. I retire from trying to make you happy. I quit. You go do you and I'm going to go do me.

Alright, now Nick Cannon he came under some fire for responding to sweetie's tweets sweetie tweeted out i want some babies and then he put some emojis one was thinking and then it was a laughing emoji and then it was his hand raised okay so here's what he had to say about people coming at him when he posted those emojis in response to Sweetie. Sweetie tweeted, I want some babies. And I just replied with some emojis. This is what it actually says. Take time for making such a big decision.

That's what I was totally trying to say. But of course, I caught heat for the tweet. They was coming for me like crazy. You know, one tweet said, Sweetie, girl, run. Have you seen what he names his kids? Shout out to Sweetie. It was all in fun. No disrespect.

If she ready to have kids, hey, get to it, queen. We rocking with you. He was joking. I think we all know he was joking. Right. Yeah, but it's good. You stir the pot. You know what I mean?

You stir the pot. You get posted on the blogs. People talk about you on the radio. It's good for the game. What's really funny is that then a couple of days after that she was getting uh she was giving damson idris piano lessons and he posted her a sweetie teaching me how to play the piano all right stevie j has filed for divorce from faith evans it's been three years since they got married and apparently things are not working out so i didn't know mean, I saw she wished him a happy birthday like last week.

So a few days later, he ended up filing for a divorce. All right. And Riff is a new social media platform and they're trying to make some noise. They actually went to capitalize off of places like Clubhouse and Spotify's Green Room. It's going to allow artists to connect with their fan bases and they already have 21 Savage,

NLE Choppa, Isaiah Rashad, Soulja Boy, and others. In addition to that, they have investors like Coach K, MP from Quality Control,

Top Dog from TDE, and Empire founder, Ghazi. Connect with your fans how though? What kind of site is this? Like a site where you tweet things out?

You can talk on voice and video. So it's like rooms like Clubhouse. But I guess you can do video also because you know Clubhouse is just audio. Alright, now Snoop Dogg says that he thinks that Death Row Records would be a lot different if he were in charge.

And he is saying that he feels like the label should be in his hands now. He was on Million Dollars Worth a Game with Gillian Wallow. And here's what he said. If they'd have gave it to me five years ago, I would have had Roddy Ricch, Dollar Sign, YG. Anything coming out the West would have been on Death Row.

If I'm running Death Row Records and all them little n****s need a deal and they all my nephews and I don't know, I f***ed with them all before they had deals. If I had a position, this would have been an easy come on in. Who was administrating? Who was running Death Row? What company? Death Row was bought by E1 and then e1 sold to a company called blackstone but uh little birdie

told me that it may fly my way soon interesting yeah he's at def jam as an executive consultant but i mean i would i would like to know you know because snoopers had a label before you had doggy style records i would like to know you know what did he learn from doggy style records that he would implement to you know death row to make death row successful all right and i know you guys saw this this went viral and this was jeff baso's girlfriend lauren sanchez and i guess they ran into leonardo dicaprio while they were at an event and she was looking at him like with love in her eyes she was but it's just a moment you You know, she looked up. It's Leonardo DiCaprio.

So now, because so many memes went around, Jeff Bezos is actually responding. He put up a meme. It says, Leo, come over here. I want to show you something. And then there's a picture. It says, Danger, steep cliff, fatal drop, and the sign right in front of Bezos.

So I guess he's playing along with the joke. But Leonardo DiCaprio is in Final Talks to star in and produce a Jim Jones movie. Not Jim Jones the rapper. The cult leader. Yeah. I know we're used to hearing Jim Jones the rapper, but... Not me.

I always knew the difference. That's why I knew what Jim Jones the rapper got his name from because I always was intrigued by that story. Yeah, but I think on this show, we talk about Jim Jones the rapper more than... Oh, yeah, 100%. Jim Jones the cult leader. So I just wanted to verify that. Yeah, but I think on this show we talk about Jim Jones the rapper more than Jim Jones the cult leader. So I just wanted to verify that. Yeah, that's a big thing though. I mean, because you know that whole saying

drink the Kool-Aid. That's where that came from. You know, Jim Jones the cult leader. Alright, well that is your rumor reports. Alright, thank you Miss Yee. I shout to the vote. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, let's get to the mix. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. of brother pictures presents king richard based on a true story that will

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To my guy, Ed Sheeran, man. Make sure you go grab that Equal project that's out right now, his latest album. Also, shout out to Bitcoin Rodney. We've been reading all these things about Ethereum and Dogecoin and Shiba Inu and cryptocurrencies.

And so we wanted to make sure we had somebody who actually does it and knows about it and has been doing this for years come on the show. All right. And also, don't forget, today we announced the artist that's going to be at my car show in Miami. Shout out to Miami. Dwayne Wade, 50 Cent, Nori, DJ Khaled, Yo Yo Gotti Trina, Flo Rida, Nicky Jams Anuel and Prince Royce, shout out to all those brothers and sisters for giving me their cars

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