The Breakfast Club - Fabolous Interview and More

Episode Date: January 23, 2020

Today on the show we had Fabolous stop by where he spoke about childhood upbringing, Beyonce pressing him and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a professor who spent 185k of grant funds at a strip club and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". 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. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on.

So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's dangerous. It's dangerous. Everybody come to the breakfast club. I call this the hot seat. Y'all are wild. Y'all are wild. Can I live? You are out of control.

I can't even deal with you. Y'all are so petty. Why are y'all so petty? The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy. Captain of this bitch. Angela Yee. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way.

Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler of rubbing you the wrong way. The breakfast club. the wrong way. The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy.

Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. Oh, here he is. Yeah, we on air, man. What you mean? Can we start this over, please? Start this again. Yeah, let's try this again.

There we go. Good morning, yo. We're having some technical difficulties with Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Yes, it's Thursday. I didn't know y'all started the show already. We started every day the same time. Yeah, but y'all. You were doing so good. I'm still doing good.

Just not giving nobody no reason to have something negative to say about me. Well, you was 20 seconds late, bro. 20 seconds? That's my first time being late in 2020. So I'm on brand. 20 seconds late? Yeah. You know what I mean?

That's pretty good. You know? Yeah, that was pretty good. Yeah, I'm cool. What'd you do yesterday? Anything? What did I do yesterday? What did I do yesterday?

It's all a blur. I know I was in the barbershop yesterday. The reason I know I was in the barbershop, because my man Ty was cutting my hair. Excuse me, my man Ty. And they was playing Uncle Murder. Yes, Uncle Murder's new album. Uncle Murder Project is really, really hard.

And he got this record that I've added to my wake-up regimen, and it's called God, I F with You. Okay. It says, I woke up this morning, it's a W. God, my big homie, I F with you. There you go. You know what I'm saying? We get it. I love it.

We understand. I love it. They say God meets you where you are, I F with you. There you go. You know what I'm saying? We get it. I love it. We understand. I love it. They say God meets you where you are, right? Yep. That's right. And God meets you where you are with language that you understand. And he is saying that quite plain. And I just, that's my feeling every morning.

I feel that way. I'm like, God, I F with you, man. Thank you for F-ing with me. Yeah. You know what I mean? Shout out to the barbershop. It's the shop out in Jersey where they are. Every time I'm there, they play nothing but Brooklyn music.

There's always Uncle Murda, Casanova, Fabulous, and Jay. And a lot of Griselda. A lot of Griselda, too. I love Griselda. A lot of Griselda, too. So that's why I get my fix for that when I'm in the barbershop. Very peaceful place, though. Don't think that, you know, based off the soundtrack.

Okay? That's it. Very peaceful environment. It's a very peaceful environment. Shout out to the shop, Johnny, and everybody in the shop over there. Now, today, speaking of Brooklyn and some of Brooklyn artists, Fabulous will be joining us this morning. Great segue.

Yeah. We'll kick it with Fabulous. He was going on with him. He dropped the album last year. Summer Time Shootout. Three. Yeah, yeah. We were supposed to have him up here a couple times, but we were on vacation.

We had things to do. We had to hang with our family. I got things to do now. Yeah. I had things to do when he came. Yeah with our family. I got things to do now. Yeah. I had things to do when he came. Yeah? But that's alright. So, what's that snorting, man? I don't know. That's coming with age. I never used to snort like that. Now you're snorting all the time. All the goddamn time. Yeah, alright. Well, let's get the show cracking.

Front page news. You have no idea what's going on. I have no idea. Because Angel E did all the news prep. You have no idea what's happening. Not at all. Hey, we got some news coming up next. We got some news idea what's happening. Not at all. Just, hey. What? We got some news coming up next. We got some news. There's a whole lot of news.

All right, keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get your ass up. Hey. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angel Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

What's happening? Good morning. Let's get in some front page news. Yee, you there? Yes, I'm here. All right. Now, after 16 NFL seasons, it looks like Eli Manning is retiring. It's time.

Yeah, it is time. That's your team, right, Emmy? Yes, the Giants are my team. So, definitely wishing him the best. Yes, the end of an era. So, we would definitely wish him the best. I think he should have retired last year, but it's on him when he wanted to go. So, congratulations.

I'm happy for Eli. He gave you when he wanted to go. So congratulations. I'm happy for Eli. He gave you our two Super Bowl rings. Sure did. I think I saw a stat last night that said he's one out of 12 starting quarterbacks to win multiple Super Bowls. You know what I'm saying? That's a short list. Absolutely.

So I think he should get into the NFL Hall of Fame. I think he'll get in there. He should. Absolutely. Now what else we got here? Well, Harvey Weinstein, the opening statements have begun at his trial, and that started yesterday. They said at the end of the trial, the evidence will be clear that the man seated right here is not just a tycoon in Hollywood. He was a rapist sexually assaulting these women when they refused to comply with his desires and his orders.

So don't look at him right now. You see him walking around with a walker. He looks like he's not feeling his best. They're like, don't look at him right now. You see him walking around with a walker. He looks like he's not feeling his best. They're like don't look at him as harmless. He's not a harmless old man. He's being charged with a slew of different things including one previously unnamed woman

who says that she met him at a New York hotel room in 2013 where he forcibly raped her and she forcibly performed oral sex on him. So he's being charged with five felony counts, first degree rape, third degree rape, first degree criminal sexual

act, and two counts of predatory sexual assault. Yeah, that walker ain't gonna change nobody's mind. Not at all. His white skin might, but his walker won't because, shoot, Bill Cosby was damn blind out here and they threw him under the jail. Harvey Weiss's defense attorneys are saying there was not any

non-consensual sexual activity and they said, of course, in their opening statements, they did take aim at the credibility of the women who are forming this case against him. So, we'll see what happens. Well, you know we're all watching to see if he's going to go to jail. Right. Now, Tulsi Gabbard says that she is holding Hillary Clinton accountable

And she has a lawsuit She is suing her for defamation And that's because Hillary Clinton said some things that she says Actually smeared her political and personal reputation What were those things? That she's a Russian agent? Allegedly? Yes So Tulsi Gabbard's lawyer says That she's a Russian agent? Allegedly? Yes. Okay.

So, Tulsi Gabbard's lawyer says that she is a loyal American civil servant who has dedicated her life to protecting the safety of all Americans. I'm not mad at that lawsuit. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm not mad at that lawsuit simply because if you throw something out there like that about me, you better be able to prove it. So, if you're going to be making comments that I'm a Russian agent, boy, you better have some backup. You better have a file to prove it. So if you're going to be making comments that I'm a Russian agent, boy, you better have some backup. You better have a file to prove that.

She calls her a favorite of the Russians, just to be clear. Now, some of your favorite stores might be closing. Express is closing 91 of their stores. And Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 60 locations. Bed Bath & Beyond? Damn it, man.

Why are you acting shocked? I am shocked. I mean, I feel like it's always packed with Bed Bath & Beyond, and them little coupons be coming through. Man, it's this thing called the internet. Y'all gonna learn, all right? People are ordering online. They're not going to these brick-and-mortar stores no more, man.

What? Why? Right, and that's a favorite of mine also, so it hurts. Well, that is front-page news. Did you take that, T.E.? No. You also, so. All right. It hurts. Well, that is front page news. Did you take that T.E.? No. You know, I'm in L.A. right now. I was flying.

Don't got T.E. in L.A.E.? I'm going to get it today. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Did I tell you about the gas pump thing that happened with me?

No, what happened? All right. So, I don't know if this has ever happened to you. So in New Jersey you don't have to pump your own gas. It's a law that you can't pump your own gas. When you go to the gas station, the attendant has to pump the gas for you. Is that the only state that does that? I'm not sure if that's the only state

but I know that's how it is in Jersey. Not in New York, but Jersey. So I got, you know, I put $40 or super in my car. I went in there to get a water. When I came out, I paid the guy, and I drove off. I didn't know that he was still pumping the gas. That's your dumb ass. So I pulled the gas pump off the pump.

So there was gas leaking and spilling everywhere. But the gas pump smacked into my car, and I got a big dent on the car. That's your fault. That is my fault. Why weren't you paying attention? Which car was it? A nice car. Why weren't you paying attention?

I don't get it. Because I went in, I paid for the water, I went to the bathroom, it was only $40. I'm just thinking he's done. So I gave him the money, I get in the car, and I take off. Also, New Jersey is the only state where you can't pump your own gas. Oh, it is the only state. Yeah, I did that, and that's my dumb ass. That's why I'm vending this money.

So now I got to pay for a damn big-ass dent on the side of my truck. Sounds like your fault fault Definitely was my fault That man was just pumping pumping pumping And you ain't even let him finish You just got up and walked off See it's always something with you What's wrong with you? I'm talking about my car man

I'm talking about your car too What's wrong with you? Jesus Christ Get it off your chest 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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

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

Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried 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 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 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. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments.

Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay

on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts this is your time to get it off your chest whether you're mad or blessed so you better have the same energy we want to hear from you on the breakfast club hello who's this mv hey what Hey, what's up, Trav? What's up, Envy? What's up? Hey, Trav. Trav, I want to say you came through, Trav.

You really came through. I ain't going to front, man. I ain't going to tell people what you did, but you came through. And I fronted on you, Trav. Hey, you did front on me, Envy, and I told you I had you. You right. You right. That's beautiful.

I'm glad you finally gave him that s***. You promised him, Trav. Oh, my God. What? Charlemagne, cut it out. Goodness gracious. I'm a married man, Charlemagne. that s***. You promised him, Trav. Oh, my God. What? Charlamagne, cut it out. Goodness gracious. I'm a married man, Charlamagne. Watch your mouth.

But go ahead, Trav. What's up? Listen, I want to talk about something, right? I want to talk about fragile masculinity, right? Oh, boy. What happened? I feel like you shouldn't be allowed to say the word pause. Like, if you're saying, like, yeah, it's sausage, pause.

I feel like you should not say the word pause if you're out here painting your fingernails. Yeah, that is wild. Yeah, like, everybody has these ideas of what they think feminine is or what they think men shouldn't do, but then they'll be saying pause to you, but then they'll have stuff like their fingernails painted.

Seriously, though, my mom was like, all right, so look, I just going to give you an example. I don't know if y'all listen or watch the Joe Budden podcast, but there's a little portly up there named Maul, right? And he be out here putting plum lavender on his fingernails and have the audacity to be

pausing people. Like, girl, we can go get our nails did together, okay? Like, you can't, like, you definitely ain't going to pause me and you got singing those paintings. This is not gonna happen. So stop with the fragile masculinity. Stop pausing people,

especially if you're singing those painted. Girl. Yeah, the irony of it all. The irony. Bye. Goodness gracious. Bye.

Bye, Jeff. Goodness gracious. Hello, who's this? This is Blonde Beauty. Good morning. Hey, Blonde Beauty. Our morning. Hey, Blind Beauty. Our blind listener. How you doing this morning?

You will not call me the blind listener. I owe you one, Blind Beauty. I really appreciate what you did, man. We'll talk about it. Does it have to do with you and Trav also? Yes, it does. Y'all kinky. Blind Beauty came through.

I ain't gonna front, man. Wait a minute now. First of all. Who came through? Was it Trav or Blind Beauty? Both of them. Wow. You feel me.

Anyway, no, this morning I wanted to talk about, I had my housewarming and Trav pulled up with the Bacardi or whatever he said. And he was really helpful to my blind people that was there that supported me or whatever. He was real helpful. Now, how do you know it was Bacardi? What you mean?

Fuck it all. She tasted it. Bacardi. But no, I wanted to talk about this. First of all, a lot of music coming out. Follow me, your blonde beauty on Instagram. But yeah, this Beyonce thing with the Adidas. Now, I'm plus size, right?

I can fit the X too large, so I'm not tripping. But why are people so upset about you can't fit 4X? Like, most people, like, it's athletic wear. And people that's 4X, not to say that they don't work out, but I don't know what's the best statement. No, you're absolutely correct. I saw people upset about that, and I was like, what brands do come in 4X sizes?

Like, why are they singling out Beyonce? Like, it's rare that you see that those brands get to that size. Yeah, and they were like, well, Adidas has those sizes, but it's just like, listen, it's okay. If you can't get this one, it's alright. Y'all need to leave it alone. It's a brand new line. Give it some time. Damn. Exactly.

And they can always, this is her first, you know, she just put it out and she sold out. She could easily go up to other sizes. I mean, I can fit the XLRs, but I'm straight. I think fat people just be mad sometimes that they're not thought of first. That's not a stop.

And guess what? I am a part of the plus size community, and you know, I would say get over it. Exactly. Well, thank you, Blonde Beauty. Alright, see you guys. You have a good one. Just like with sneakers. With sneakers, when they do sample sizes, they're like, what, a seven? Nine, usually.

Nine? Yeah. You know what I mean? But they're not thinking about us Bigfoot folk. You know what I mean? Well, 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. With your ass. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is DeJuan.

DeJuan, what's up, man? Get it off your chest, bro. What's up, DeJuan? Man, I called in because last night I had an old man come up to me telling me he was hungry. I work at Pizza Hut. So I go in there and make the man a personal pan because I'm one of the managers. Well, to my knowledge, I go outside to give the man the personal pan, and a lady tells me that the old man been in my car

looking, my door's cracked open. Wow. He done went in my console and stole my girl's engagement ring. Wow. See what I'm saying? You did something nice for him. That is awful

But that still don't mean That you should That still don't mean You shouldn't be a blessing To others Just because they did you wrong I don't feel that I understand that completely

It's just like I just felt like I shouldn't have did Nothing nice for him In the first place But It's one of those I just gotta take that L

Come on Get him now You did what's right bro Yeah and it's not an L God ain't God is not gonna judge you Based off what somebody did to you. He's going to judge you based off what you did for somebody. Let me ask you a question.

Did you propose already or you was about to propose? No, I was going to propose. I'm still figuring that part out. I just got the ring and I was like, I got the ring. That's the first part. Now figure out the proposal. Yeah, now she didn't ruin the surprise. It's not like you can go to her and be like, man, I was going to marry you

but somebody stole the ring. Yada, yada, yada. No, I can't. So what's the plan now? She knows. She knows. You told her what happened? No, the other manager slipped up and told her. He said, yeah, he stole some ring out of his car.

She didn't know about the ring. I think you need to make a very, very special, customized, personal pan pizza for your fiance. The best pizza you ever made in your life. Something that she can't buy at Pizza Hut. She used to have two. We sick on it. Oh, never mind.

I try. Sorry, brother. Let's do something out there. Right. All right, brother. Sorry for you, bro. Hello, who's this? Yo, what's up?

What's up, Charlamagne? What's going on? Peace, King. How you? Yeah, what's up? Yo, what's up? What's up, Charlamagne? What's going on? Peace, King. How you? Yeah, what's up? Yo, what do you think? What do you think? Do you think we should put PJ Envy as the donkey of the day, man? No way.

Come on, man. You went to the gas station, and you didn't pay attention, and you drove off while they was putting gas in the car. That man pumping. Envy ain't even looking behind to see if that man finished or not and just going to drive off. So do you think we should put him as donkey of the day?

There ain't no donkey of the day. I think so. Had that man spilling stuff all over the place? Oh, my goodness. I don't care what nobody said about you. I got mad love for you, man. That was donkey behavior. Should we put him as donkey of the day? I'm thinking about it, man. I'm not going to lie, man. I don't know. That might be donkey behavior. Do we put him as donkey today?

No. I'm thinking about it, man. I'm not going to lie, man. That man was behind. That man was pumping. You looked behind you. You didn't even pay no attention. You just got up on left, and he just spilled stuff all over the place, made a mess.

That's your fault. You know what? Hello, who's this? Hey, peace and blessings, guys. Good morning, man. How y'all feeling today? Hey. Hey, Sean Stone.

Oh, man. I'm sorry to hear all your voice sound, but you still sound good, though, guys. Good morning, man. How y'all feeling today? Hey. Hey, Sean Stone. Oh, man. I'm sorry to hear your voice sound, but you still sound good, though, Angela. Well, thank you. Hey, Enzy. What's up, brother? What's up? How you doing, man?

Peace and blessings. All this positivity. That's good, man. Hey, Charlamagne, you there? Yes, sir. How you doing, King? I'm blessed, man. Hey, I just want to say I watched Bad Boys for Life yesterday, right? Uh-huh.

And it's a really good movie, man. And I think everybody out there should go out there and support Will Smith and Martin Lawrence because that movie is official. Yeah, man. Hey, you can't tell me his son be busting ass, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, for real, for real. Yeah, man, his son remind me of Trav busting your ass last year in that rap battle.

Hold on, hold on. Hey, and I'm not even going to start off with no negative energy, man. I'm just saying. Listen, man, I told you that I don't go that way, okay? You know what I mean? Go what way? He was talking about rap battle. He ain't talking about no rap battle.

I am talking about, I specifically said Will Smith's son, I specifically said, you're right, though, you gotta watch out. I said Will Smith's son bust his ass the way Trav busted your ass in that rap battle last year. Well, congratulations to Trav for winning a rap battle. Now

I hear Trav is trying to get his record deal and stuff like that. So congratulations. More power, you know what I mean? But on the real, though, I just want to apologize his record deal and stuff like that. So, congratulations. More power. You know what I mean? But on the real, though, I just want to apologize to my ex-wife, man. A lot of y'all didn't know that Sean Stone was mad before. No, we did not. We did not know that.

We didn't know that, bro. Hold up. She divorced you after you lost to Travis in the rap battle? Nah, nah. Sean, man, relax, bro. I'm talking about something serious. I know you want to laugh he he laugh And show his soul And stuff like that

But let's be serious I just wanna apologize To her because You know what I mean I got married At a very young age At an age like 24 I'm 37 now

I got married At the age of 24 And I wasn't A good husband man I didn't know How to be a good husband I You know what I mean

I was very selfish In a lot of my ways You know what I mean? I had a lot of just bad energy in me. And I just want to say I'm sorry to her. She's the mother of my child right now. I just want to say I'm sorry, man, because, you know, I didn't know how to be a husband. You know what I mean? I was just running on the fly. And I just want to apologize to the black woman, you know what I mean? That I appreciate you and I love you a lot, man. You know what I mean?

Even though we're not together, you keep doing your thing and, yeah. Did you apologize to her personally or is this your first time apologizing on the air? I always apologize to her, you know, but, you know, when it comes to black females, you know, they seem like they want you to apologize every day, every second of every morning. You're messing up the apology, Sean. It's not going to of every morning. You're messing up the apology, Sean. It's not going to look good. You're messing up the apology now. You're messing it up.

You're messing it up. One second, man. Sean, let me tell you, man. I think what you just did is beautiful. I love that you are taking accountability. Sean, man, one thing you got to know about me, man, Sean Thornton is a beautiful individual, man. It's not about you, sir. It's not about you.

It's not about you. This is about the mother of your child, your ex-wife. I think what you just said to her is beautiful, and I love that you're taking accountability, but I would not let that distract me from the fact that Trav busted your ass in a rap battle last year, okay? And that's probably why your wife was fed up and had enough and left you. Oh, my goodness.

All right? Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Yibi, you got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about the breakfast battle between Dr. Oz and Mark Wahlberg. And we'll tell you what both sides are saying. They're really in this heated debate. The breakfast battle. Right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it.

I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. 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. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket 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, 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 journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know,

follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally

that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace, have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Lena Waithe.

She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, yesterday, Lena Waithe and her wife announced that they are getting a divorce. They put out a joint statement together. Oh, damn. Yes, it's only been two months since they got married. Alana Mayo. And her wife announced that they are getting a divorce. They put out a joint statement together. No. Damn. Yes, it's only been two months since they got married, Alana Mayo.

And according to Love B. Scott, they did an exclusive. And they're saying that their relationship was on the rocks before they even got married. According to sources on Love B. Scott, they said even after they married, Lena Waithe was still buying designer gifts, Chanel Gucci for other women. And according to the sources, Lena Waithe ended up getting married because it was a way to placate Alana and salvage their relationship for some of the things that were going on. How do they know that? Prior. I mean, I don't know. How do they know that?

All that type of intimate details and information to the situation. Maybe they know somebody close to the couple. I'm just telling you that's from Love B. Scott. Yeah. Damn, I hope not. I hope that's just a rumor. I hope they working it out. Well, no, they definitely are.

They put out a joint statement saying that they are getting divorced. So that's not a rumor. Yeah. That came directly from Lena Waithe and Alana. All right, now another divorce. Wendy Williams and Kevin Hunter. Drop one of Kool's bombs. Yay! This guy.

Finalized. Y'all got different reactions for different things? This guy. Yeah, man. So you're sad about one divorce. Sad about one. Happy about this one. Yes.

Let's go. All right. So they both have agreed to. Let's go. You a jerk. They both have agreed to forego alimony. And Wendy Williams did agree to keep a $1 million life insurance policy on herself that will go to him if she dies. But she can't reduce that amount.

I wonder why she would keep that. She also has to cover his health insurance under her current policy. Lord have mercy. And they are going to split the proceeds from their house in Livingston, New Jersey when it eventually sells. Right now it's on the market for $1.7 million. She's got a life insurance policy that when she dies, the money goes to Kev. It could go to her son now. He's of age.

That's weird. I guess Wendy's still with him. Well, she probably has some of it going to her son. I'm sure she has a life insurance policy because you can have multiple, right? Yeah, and Wendy still wants to take care of him in death. You know what I mean? That's all. All right. Been living off her all these years.

Might as well live off her when she dies too, right Kev? And in more Wendy Williams news, people were upset. They said the final scrawl was when Kevin heard Wendy fart on TV the other day. He was like, that's when he decided to finalize the divorce. That's what I heard. That's not true. This divorce got finalized

on Tuesday. Name your sources, man. This guy is crazy, man. I hate you, man. All right, people were upset saying that Wendy Williams violated girl code because she shared NeNe Leakes' plans to leave Real Housewives of Atlanta on her show. Listen to this. NeNe texts, I'm quitting.

What? Nene texts, I'm quitting. I know something about Nene that you all will cry, be sad, feel bad for her. She's carrying the weight of a huge thing. But she needs, in my opinion, Nene, I didn't even call you back. You need this platform to explain the other part of your life. Wow. So imagine you send somebody a text. And Nene commented on this on Twitter. Private conversations should be left in private. What are girlfriends for if you can't vent to them on those type of days? That's the truth. Nene, you just realizing who Wendy Williams is?

I mean, she probably thought that was her friend. Like, they were hanging out, probably thought they were cool, and they were bouncing ideas off each other. I'm sure Wendy told her some private stuff. So she just. It's Wendy Williams. But still, and that's the best person. She has a job to do. She's in TV, so she can feel like I can talk to you. She's in media.

Her life is content. If you're her friend, if you're her family, it's all content. If I told you something, would you go in? It depends what it is. See, I ain't here. You know me. Same thing. You've been working with me nine years.

You're right. By the way, when you tell me stuff, don't you have to say, don't say this on the air? You're right. And it still doesn't matter? It depends what it is. You're right. You're right. Sometimes some of this stuff is just too good to keep to myself.

Yep. NeNe. Well, the two of them are still friends because apparently there's an even bigger secret, and she did not mention that part of it on the air. Wait till Sweep's week, God damn it. All right, Mark Wahlberg and Dr. Oz, the two of them have been going back and forth about breakfast, whether or not it's good to skip breakfast or eat breakfast. The two of them have different ideas on what this is all about.

Now, Dr. Oz does intermittent intermittent fasting and here's his view. I heard you said that I was dead wrong when it comes to canceling breakfast. Well powerful medical literature and lots of athletes support me and show that intermittent fasting flips the metabolic switch so it bolsters your physical and your mental performance. I last ate 12 hours ago but my liver it stored lots of, plenty of energy for the intensity workout that mere mortals like me do, but maybe for you too. So swing by. We'll test the breakfast values. Well, Mark Wahlberg eats steak for breakfast and he doesn't think you should skip breakfast at all. Dr. Oz, listen, we got beef now, all right? We don't want this smoke, trust me.

This guy's been telling me about the ketone diet forever. If you want to challenge me, I don't know. With this debate, who do you guys side with? is digestible without any food, okay? You gotta have food. Food is your friend. I don't know. With this debate, who do you guys side with? You know what? I used to eat breakfast every morning, but I stopped eating breakfast. I don't desire for it.

I still have the energy. I usually don't eat a meal meal. I have a shake in the morning, but I don't have a meal until about 12 o'clock, 11, 12. How do you even prove that your theory works over the other person? Like, how does Dr. Oz prove that his theory works over Mark Wahlberg?

I don't know, but a couple of doctors told me. I guess he uses medical research. A couple of doctors told me that I shouldn't eat until about 11, 12 o'clock. So a couple of people told me that, but I don't know. Right. I think it also depends on what your schedule is. Like, we get up earlier than most people. So for some people, 11, 12 o'clock is like 3 o'clock,

depending on your body and how it's set up. Correct. And then it also depends on what you do for a living, I would assume, too. If you're an athlete, you know, sometimes you might need to have those calories. I'm sure there's no one rule, one size fits all with this. I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. I'm just sitting here thinking how white beef between celebrities looks so much different than black beef between celebrities. It doesn't seem real.

Like, we got beef and all over breakfast. You don't want this smoke. You don't want this smoke. I eat a steak for breakfast. I don't eat a't seem real. Like, we got beefed over breakfast. You don't want this smoke. You don't want this smoke. I eat a steak for breakfast. I don't eat a steak for breakfast. Like, Jesus Christ. Well, they posted videos back and forth doing push-ups and everything, so. See, that's the way we should start beefing. I'm gonna talk. You'll definitely lose.

Yeah, I can only talk about this situation the way I know how. Mark Wahlberg will beat Dr. Oz's ass. If they fight, yes. I love Dr. Oz. If they fight, they're not going to fight. Can you see them two fighting? I don't know, but I'm instigating that. I just feel like I have to do that for years, instigating beef between black people. All right, do some more.

Do some more. I don't think Mark Wahlberg will beat Dr. Oz's ass. That's a fact. But I don't know, though. Dr. Oz probably knows some little tricks. You know what I'm saying? What tricks? Mark Wahlberg in an area that he don't know even exists.

That's true, too. You know what I mean? Make him throw up on himself. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, when we come back, we got front page news. What are we talking about? Well, the Grammys are happening this weekend.

I'm out here in L.A. as everybody's getting ready for that. But there's a lot of drama behind the scenes with the suspended Grammy CEO who is saying there is corruption. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha 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 in some front page news. Now, congratulations to Eli Manning. He is retiring after 16 NFL seasons, two Super Bowl wins. Congratulations to Eli Manning.

And I hope he just chills and relaxes, man. He's done the work. He's got my team a couple of chips. And just chill out. I think I saw last night that he's one of 12 starting quarterbacks who's won multiple Super Bowls. So Eli Manning definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Yep.

Absolutely. Congratulations to him. And what else are we talking about, Yeezy? All right. Well, the CEO of the Grammys, Deborah Dugan, has been suspended. And she also has filed a discrimination charge against the Recording Academy just days before we're getting ready for the Grammys. By the way, that's going to be happening on Sunday. Now, she just got this position six months ago, and now she said she wants to expose the Academy as a boys club that puts their financial interests above the Academy's mission.

She also accused them of corrupt voting practices amongst other issues. According to Deborah Dugan, she also said their former CEO, Neil Portnow, who was criticized for those comments, remember back in 2018 when he said if women want a bigger role in the music industry, then they need to step up

over the critique that there was a lack of female Grammy winners. If you guys remember those comments a couple of years ago. Well, she said there was a lack of female Grammy winners. If you guys remember those comments a couple of years ago. Well, she said there was a rape allegation against him, and she just found that out last year. And according to Deborah Dugan, she allegedly said that that allegation was from a woman who was a performing artist, recording artist that's foreign.

So they did not identify who that woman was. But she said after he had to step down, she was told to give him a job as a consultant paying $750,000 a year, which she refused to do. Now, she will be on Good Morning America today. So I'm sure there's going to be a lot more things that are happening. And we'll keep you updated with that as it happens. You know, any system or institution or industry that is controlled by old white men is probably toxic.

And that's a fact. Guarantee if you look at the one common denominator in most of these situations is controlled by old white men. All right, well, Debra Dugan is the first ever female CEO of the Grammys, by the way. And they're important now who stepped down before her

had led the Grammys since 2002. Just to give you guys some background. But we'll keep you updated on what she has to say when she does. Good morning, America. This morning. All right. Tulsi Gabbard said that she is holding Hillary Clinton accountable and she's suing her for defamation. That's all because in a podcast, Hillary Clinton said that she is an ally for the Russians.

And of course, that would hurt her political and personal reputation. So according to Tulsi Gabbard, her lawyer said she is a loyal American civil servant who has also dedicated her life to protecting the safety of all Americans. campaign had continued to gain momentum but her political and personal reputation has been smeared and her candidacy intentionally damaged by Clinton's malicious and false remarks. So, I can see that though. That is harmful. Alright, I'm Angela Yee and that's your Front Page News. Thank you,

Missy. Now, when we come back, Fabulous will be joining us. We'll kick it with F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S when we come back. He doesn't really do that anymore. I do it for him. It's fab when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

N.V. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes. Fabulous. What's up, y'all? And we need to continue this conversation that he just started about having the knees up, right? On the jeans. It's cold. It's like 20 degrees.

Exactly. I like that look, but it's freezing. It is freezing. I thought about it this morning. I did think about it, but I was like, you know what I mean? For the sacrifice of the look. You can put thermals underneath. I think that looks good. When you guys put thermals and you can see the thermal.

Yeah, I like the thermal vibe, too. Do your sons try to dress like you ever? Like, they see what you have on, and they're like, Dad, that's fresh. Or you see, like, can you see them trying to emulate you? A little bit. Sometimes he take little vibes, but, like, some things you'd be disappointed.

You know what I mean? You'd be like, yo, man, that ain't cool, but you gotta let them. Like, what's not cool? Like what? Like what? Give us some. I don't know. Just, like, sometimes, man, that ain't cool, but you got to listen. Like what? Like what? I don't know.

Just like sometimes your hair purple and all that. That don't be really cool. Kids like that stuff, man. They do. MB, your son dyed his hair. You know what I mean? He dyed the tips of his hair like what Odell did back in the day. You can't stop him from being free.

Nobody stopped us when we wanted to do wild. Like have gold fangs. Stop me if I try to go purple. But they didn't mind the three XT shirts. Yeah. You have to pay a lot of money in clothes. So what do you do with all the clothes that you own and all them old triple XTs and jerseys and big-ass hats and all that? Some is like I kept.

Some I give away. Some like you hold it for like it might even come back around. You know what I'm saying? There were 5 XTs in the shirt. He got a lot of expensive designer things that I'm sure you don't want to just get rid of. You don't got no fat friends? Yeah. Remember the jerseys? They was mad big.

Like, when the time came, I passed them off to some big guys, but now, like, they don't even wear. Fendi got all your jerseys. Fendi could wear some of them, like, they don't even wear... Finney got all your jerseys. Finney could wear some of them, like, you know, 4Xs. Finney gonna get your ass up on the ground. Shout out to Finney. Finney like, oh, yeah, he might pop up right now.

Yeah, with his name. That's why Envy get left on the ground when you guys... When a fight breaks out in the club, nobody wants to help him. Yo, I do not remember leaving Envy on the ground, man. Definitely left me... Now you got to tell the story. I was... I used to DJ for Fab, right?

On tour. This is when we were all struggling. We weren't making that much money. We all used to go to the after party. I went to the club and the shooting happened. And everybody ran and I fell. Now, Le'Oy, stop right there. So when a shooting happened and everybody runs...

Summertime shootout three. What happens right there? Everybody runs. There's memes going around where you just see people running and you don't even know what's going on and you run. So if somebody's shooting, that's the cue for everybody to run. And he's not from Brooklyn. You got a part of him.

No, that's a hood rule. They don't understand the rules. They ain't catching it. Yeah, that's like a hood rule. When it starts shooting, it's everybody getting out. You know what I mean? You don't want to be, like, when you get rules. Yeah, that's like a hood rule. When it starts shooting, it's everybody getting out. You know what I mean? You don't want to be, like, when you get shot, everybody's like, man. I tripped and fell, and I was on the floor,

and I just remember looking in the back at everybody just running away from me. That's your dumb ass. I fell. And okay. You don't even look back when you're running from me. You don't even look back. Somebody fell. He's like, yo, where's the DJ?

Exactly. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? The mix of the run, though, you got to get out of the way. But somebody did lift you up, right? Yeah, it was Nelly and the security guard. The security guard actually passed away a couple months ago, somebody told me.

But, yeah, Nelly and the security guard scooped me up and brought me to safety. Yeah. My funniest thing was somebody shooting when somebody, like, dove on me before. Like, I was standing there and they started shooting in the party, and somebody was like, yo, fam, get out!

You have to be his favorite rapper. That scared me more. I want to run. But this is perfect for Summertime Shootout 3. Oh, yeah. I mean, well, that come from a place where if you grew up in the hood in the summertime, because the summertime be a festive time. You be out, there's block parties, there's barbecues, whatever.

And, you know, that was kind of like a risk of the thing happening, but it still didn't stop you from, like, enjoying the time. So it was, like, good and bad in that moment. What was your best summertime moment? I think, like, when I was first getting on and, and like I was starting to be heard on clue tapes and stuff. It was a time, too, where people were like happy for you because it's like that part where you were you blowing up, but you're not rich. You're not. You know what I mean? So people still have like a level of happiness for you.

So it's not like hate ain't really said, you know, hate yet. It's really you know what I mean? It's really that little small moment right before hate can start even setting in. And that's why you start the album talking about, like I said, being the top dog and then the underdog. Yeah. I mean, that comes from

just life in general. I think based on the kind of year I was having, based on what you go through, like you could be the top dog and you could be... It could turn around for you and be the underdog. Is that something that happens because of circumstances or just because you, like, you know, you're a veteran now in the game, so you really don't have anything to prove,

but sometimes you feel like, let me go spank these dudes just because they might have forgot. I just don't really get into the, like, proving myself thing. I don't really need anybody's validation to me at this point, you know what I mean, besides, like, my family and my kids, really. Like, you know what I mean? Never ever, even as an emcee, even coming up when you was... Nah, coming up, you was trying to prove yourself for sure.

I remember coming in a time where you was a New York artist, but you didn't really speak to nobody. It was kind of about you and your crew only, and, you know, I remember being in elevators with Jay-Z, and we didn't even speak because it was kind of like, it wasn't like we was on each other's competition level or anything, but it was just kind of like, you know, you got to do your thing until people recognize you more than you like, you know, you looking for people to recognize you. You know what I'm saying? And it was like.

Not even a what's up though? Especially the Brooklyn connection. I don't know. We didn't really have that connection at first, I think we built a relationship but I think that also like I said between artists and even just being from New York, New York was especially at that time a little standoffish

my mom thought you was halfway mute cause you never spoke, like you was quiet that was my personality too that might have been a little personal and you never seemed approachable at one point I wasn't very approachable either. Like, it's different. I do think it was, you know, different times.

When did that change, though? When did you start opening up and be like, I can talk now. I can do interviews. Twitter definitely opened up my personality to people. Because I think people who know me like how you would know me, y'all would know my personality. Even playing around from us being on tour and stuff like that. But, like, I never was that open with people who weren't, you knowall would know my personality. Even playing around from us being on tour or stuff like that, but I never was that

open with people who weren't around me a lot. I want to be as cool as you can, but I feel like sometimes people take advantage of it, too. And also joking around too much because sometimes, and you know that's gotten you into it on social media, making jokes. Yeah, from that Twitter era, too. I used to joke around

with people. Some people used to joke with me and it would be fun, but some people really used to take offense. Ray J was not happy at that time. Yeah, the Ray J Twitter era, too. Like, I used to joke around with people. Some people used to joke with me, and it would be fun, but some people really used to, like, take offense. Ray J was not happy at that time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Ray J shit up, man. I seen that was, like, one of the things of the decade or something like that. That might have halfway saved our job a little bit.

Yeah, that was a big moment, man. Like, it was just so funny to me at the time. Like, I was like, yo, this is the funniest. And I was like, people thought, like, I might have been, like, mad, but I was dying. I was like, yo, this is the funniest. And I was like, people thought I might have been mad, but I was dying. I heard you still don't talk to Ray J. Ray J was on Drink Champs. He said he saw you somewhere. And you was not speaking to him.

I think Ray J be kind of unsure if he should speak to me. I don't really got no problem with him. He said he socked you, man. He said he socked you. He never socked me, let's be clear. What if Ray J just walked up and smacked you and put it on Worldstar? That would actually be funny. Like, I might start laughing at first, but then I, you know what I mean?

But I don't know. I don't have no problem with Ray J. I never really had no. So why you don't speak to him when you see him, Fab? I do speak to him. He was on drink chat. I think he'd be uneasy, like, if he should speak to me or not. He just told you he didn't talk to Jay-Z in the elevator.

You think he's talking to me? No, Jay didn't talk to him. Jay didn should speak to me or not. He just told you he didn't talk to Jay-Z in the elevator. No, Jay didn't talk to him. Jay didn't speak to me. Yo, that's why. So who's supposed to speak first when you get in the elevator? Is it the person that gets on or the person that's already in? Maybe I don't want to look like a fan, though. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with being a fan?

I'm fab. That's what's wrong with me.'s wrong with being a fan? I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm fab. That's what it was. But you still a fan of who we all are. I was a fan and then I became fab. Yo, that's wild though

because it seems to me like you would have the cheat code because Clue was your guy and I feel like Clue would have introduced you to all of them because that Clue

was Rockefeller's woman. Be clear, when y'all ever have Clue, Clue has a weird Rockefeller relationship. He does. Him, Dame, Jay. Right.

That whole, it was all, like, they look like cool, but it was still weird. A lot of jokes. Hey, man, I saw it backstage. Yeah, we all saw it backstage. It was more business. It was more business with him. Yeah.

Clue wasn't riding. When the beef happened, he was still playing the locks. There's certain things you might come to Clue and be like, well, Clue, get this whole feature. Crickets. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, we got more with Fabulous. 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 have Fabulous in the building. Now, Summertime Shootout 3 is out right now, and I know this is geared more towards women.

It's catered there because I think it was built from a place from what I was going through, too. So, like, you know, me nurturing my relationship and finding balance in my relationship and my career, you know, kind of that was you know infused in this project i was listening like fab is in love love love yeah i'm in love love you've been in love though yeah but i feel like even just being so open about it too sometimes it's not the easiest thing yeah that's another thing that was was growth for me too i think when i first came into

relationships and love that wasn't really on the front of hip-hop. I think now we're in a more social era, so people see people's relationships. People are more vocal or more showing of it, but I think in that time, I didn't know DMX was married. I didn't know... They would tell you to hide that stuff.

They would tell you to hide that. I explained that to my lady, too. When you first came in, you were supposed to say you were single, so you were seen more appealing. So the women would want you more. And, you know what I mean? That became, like, a part of your moniker, too. Like, you know what I mean?

As Fab, you were supposed to look like the young, single, the guy that all the girls wanted. I mean, not use that as a blame, you know what I'm saying? But just something, like, that was part of your story. So, you know, I think times have changed again. And now you see relationships. Even the young guys, the rappers, they're vocal and they're showing. They're on Instagram with their, you know what I'm saying?

So it took me time and growth to get to that place as well. How did you feel when your daughter started dating a rapper? G Herbo, what was your mindset like? I didn't try to judge him because I am a rapper. So I know, you know know where that comes into play. But at the same time... That's all the reason you should judge him. Nah, that is on that side.

But at the same time, I know the judgment of being a rapper, too, is the same as, you know what I mean? I know how somebody would judge me if they're looking at, oh, you know what I'm saying? So I didn't want to judge him from that point. Tyena talked about him. They looking at, oh, you know what I'm saying? So I didn't want to judge him from that point. Tyena talked about him, and, you know, and when he came around,

he represented everything that she talked about. He seemed pretty stand-up. He had some good people around him. So all I could do was salute it, and, you know, if she's happy, if you're happy, I'm happy for her. How was it being a dad at this day and age where, you know, when my parents and your parents, they didn't necessarily, they weren't in the same thing we were in.

Yeah. But now you could be at the club and your daughter. She could post something that might be a little crazy. Like, come on, baby. You got to take that off or take that picture. Do you ever get to that level? Not really. Because one, she's 21 now.

You can still call her, though. Even if my daughter turned 50 50 I'm going to call her you could you could you're living longer these days yeah we're living longer these days you could but I think she's tasteful too

and she's a good girl she doesn't ever put herself out in a way that represents herself bad or represents our family bad. So I'm always, you know, supportive of what she do. If she did, then I would say something, you know, probably privately to her. But I haven't seen anything in that nature. And I just, you know, I support them.

You know what I mean? I support all the kids to do, to be freely and openly with themselves. Now, nothing crazy. You might not get purple hair right now, but like... Why is that so crazy to you? Why can't your daughter get purple hair? Why is that crazy? Who don't you like with purple hair?

Purple hair is traumatizing. I'm talking about like a 10-year-old, 11-year-old kid. It's just hair. It's like an accessory. It's the age, too. You know what I mean? Like, I think certain age levels, you graduate to certain things.

It's like when I was growing up, I got a certain age I could stay up a little things. It's like when I was growing up, I got a certain age I could stay up a little later. You know what I mean? Or you could stay outside a little longer. But like, I think at 10 and 11, I don't know if you have aged for purple hair yet. You had a protective household growing up?

Definitely. Definitely. My mom, because one, she was a single mom, so I think she was, in that era too, you didn't want, it was like a failure, teenage kid getting killed. So, like, you know, coming from the neighborhood that I'm from. So, you know, you definitely want to protect your kids, you know, against that, against selling drugs. Selling drugs was big when I was a teenager. Could you have girls over the house and stuff?

Huh? Could you have girls over? Sometimes. Sometimes she would flip out. You know, like, get that little tramp out of here. Sometimes she was Sometimes. Sometimes she would flip out. Get that little tramp out of here. Sometimes she was cool. Sometimes she wasn't. I just had to play it by what kind of moves she was in.

I know, what's going to happen? When you're all out together, G Herbo and the whole crew, who do you make pay the bill? Because he got money. In the club, I ain't really never had no bill when Herbo was there. When Herbo was there, we, you know. About us taking care of. Yeah, things have been taken care of.

I ain't really never had no bill, to be honest. In restaurants, I've taken care of bills. But I'm not saying that he wouldn't in any event. He might have took a care. I don't even keep track, really. You guys talk about music, like doing stuff together. Yeah, he actually, he was talking about work. I was kind of like at the end of, when we kind of built our relationship,

I kind of was at the end of Summertime Shootout 3. I would have loved to have him a part of it, but it was kind of like I didn't want to force it. So, you know, it also was a test to see if he was going to be around with Tyena too because maybe we would do something later. But also we worked with the Bombs record. We was kicking it

about that too because he's from Chicago. So it was a tie there. So we might have something of our sleeve. Do people know enough about Fab? Because that's one

of the critiques is Fab's never been personal in his music. Even when you was talking about your upbringing just now, I'm like, I ain't never heard

Fab talk about his upbringing. Yeah. I never showed and I never showed like, and like pushed out a lot of things that the people who know me personally or like people

who grew up around me, like even like somebody like Casanova, like, you know what I mean? Cause we grew up in the same like neighborhood with the same friends and the same,

you know what I mean? But that wasn't, yeah, Cas from like parties in Brooklyn. Like we, you know, I just,

I just never was at the forefront of my music probably, you know what I'm saying? But Cas, like, parties in Brooklyn. Like, we, you know, I just, that just never was at the forefront of my music, probably. You know what I'm saying? Well, Cass, like, you know, his music embodies where he come from. And, like, you know, his projects might be, you know, he just came out of jail. His project might be him in a jail cell. Like, you know, I never. And he's super social. Yeah.

As he should be. You know what I mean? I think that's part of his personality and part of his artistry. So. What'd you think about him and Pop Smoke going back and forth, being from Brooklyn and knowing him? as he should be. You know what I mean? I think that's part of his personality and part of his artistry. What'd you think about him and Pop Smoke going back and forth being from Brooklyn and knowing him?

What'd you think about that? I didn't know how serious it was. So I ain't really chiming in on that. I think they both also know each other too. So maybe it might have been

a disagreement. And I think you can have a disagreement without it being full-fledged beef. I think that needs to be shown a little bit in hip-hop too because I think nowadays because there's so much egos you know everybody's trying to look like the toughest in the world that every time somebody would disagree about something it turned into a full-fledged hip hop beef but I think theirs was you know just a disagreement and they you know was able to have

fun with it and then take it to any drastic measure. All right, well, don't move. Fabulous is still here. Let's get into a fabulous mini-mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

That was a fabulous mini-mix. Yee. Do you and Emily sit at home and watch reality TV together? Are there certain shows you watch because she watches it? We watch shows. We watch like, I like stuff that you could binge watch. I don't really watch reality too hard.

I think she was checking out Love & Hip Hop, the new one, for New York because it was like bringing back some of the old people. So she was looking at that. And they definitely asked her to be on it, right? Since they were bringing back. I think so. I'm not sure. And they definitely asked her to be on it, right, since they were bringing back? I think so.

I'm not sure. I know people offer her things. Emily's kind of like, she don't like the attention as much. What about Netflix? Binge watch? We do watch Netflix. What'd you watch? We watched Aaron Hernandez.

Yeah, so you know what the white guy did. That was crazy, too. But, you know what I mean? Any punchlines inspired from Aaron? Oh, I put Aaron in the freestyle way back. You know what I'm saying? You better come Aaron like Hernando. I didn't know much.

Sometimes when you rap in two, you just know the face of the story. Now the documentary, you see a little bit more. You see the troubled life that he had. You see the complications from CTE. Sometimes you say punchlines or say things in music or rap. Well, a punchline rapper. And you may not even know any, like, seriousness behind it. Do you have to watch that now, though?

Because, you know, back then, everybody would just be disrespectful. I started watching. You know who actually made me? Solange. It was a mixtape freestyle or song or something. And I said, if you could have Beyonce, would you take Solange? We could be the dream team, baby, Kobe and LeBron.

Holy, if you go, I never do LeBron, cause if you could have Beyonce, would you take Solange? Remember that one, yeah. She ran down on you in the elevator. Luckily, she didn't run down on me in the elevator, but the first person I saw was B,

and Beyonce was like, yo, let me holler at you. And I'm like, Beyonce's telling me to holler at you? Yeah. So I was like, yo, you know. So I went over there and hollered. Beyonce pressured you, bro? Yeah, and she was just telling me like they rock with me. They didn't appreciate that.

They rock with me and they, you know what I mean? Like they didn't know what I could. And I really didn't even think when I was saying it. These are real people that you're talking about. Yeah, I just didn't really connect to it like that. You know what I mean? And you say a lot of things. And punchline-y style is just to say something to be catchy and metaphoric and catch up.

But I didn't, you know, see the deeper side of it. And Beyonce, you know, I ain't going to share the exact conversation, but she showed me, you know, told me, like, you know, this is people. You know what I mean? Saying something like that could personally hurt her. Right. And I say, you know, this is people. You know what I mean? Saying something like that could personally hurt her. Right. And I say, you know what, I get it. And I say, yo, when I see Solange, that I'll, you know, I'll apologize to her. Did you see her?

I did. I ended up seeing her, like, at Soho House one day. How long ago? It was years ago. Okay, okay. Even the song was years ago. But I'm saying this is how I realized that. I remember the song.

So I seen her, so I was like, let me beeline to Solange and apologize. Solange, she was stiff. I'm like, hey, what's up? She was like, what up? Why are you talking to me

when you could be talking to Beyonce? And I was like, yo, I just, you know, I didn't mean any malice, but I do take responsibility for saying that and I apologize. And she was like, all right, thank you. You know, I didn't mean it in any malice, but I do take responsibility for saying that.

And I apologize. And she was like, all right, thank you. Yo, I'm going to be honest with you. When you fast forward years later and see how she handed herself in the elevator. You got lucky. She blessed you, son. You got lucky. She let you go. She let you live.

You got lucky. You know what, though? I'm not going to lie. I really like Solange a lot because their personalities are so different. And it does have to suck to always be like in a comparison type of thing. She did say one thing. She said you do have to be. She said the tongue is mighty and you got to make sure that this is what you want to say

because you could be hurting somebody that you don't even know. And so it really woke me up. And up until that point, I would say anything in a rap that was catchy or a little line. You know what I mean? Because you could create a narrative that exists for that person forever. You know what I'm saying? Think of Melissa Ford. They told me

that they heard it in a club. So it was like they were just bopping to the music and then that line came on and they were like, what? You know what I'm saying? So that's why I was just like, you know what I mean? And that's another thing you're not thinking too. I'm thinking I'm doing it on a little mixtape level that it's never even going to reach Beyonce and Solange's ears.

You know what I'm saying? Like I'm not even thinking that far ahead. Well, you know what the caption is going to be? Beyonce threw fab in the corner, hemmed them up, mushed them and said, don't talk about my sister. That's the caption. Nah, hemmed them up, mushed them and said, don't talk about my sister. That's the caption. Nah, Beyonce is graceful, man. Even her way of checking you is graceful. You know what I'm saying?

But sometimes you need to be checked. Because on your album, you do reference the blogs a lot and people blowing you up and stories coming out. And I'm sure if you're not on that side of things, you never think about how people react to stories about yourself coming out. Like when you see a story about yourself in a blog and you want to respond so badly and you know that's not how things really went down. And you just feel like, am I going to make it bigger if I say something? It's hard to defend yourself, but still not add fuel to the fire. It's a tricky game, even with media and blogs. And even holding it in sometimes could be wrong for you

and your mental health or your mood. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes you're upset because it's something that you're not letting out. So what's your mental self-care routine, Fab? What do you do to make sure you don't go crazy out here? You've been to therapy? What do you do? I've been to therapy before, but I've never been, like, on a continuous basis.

I've been to just, I think communication is a key thing in relationships as well. Why'd you stop going to therapy? Why didn't, you didn't like it? No, I just felt like it was something that I needed at the time. I wouldn't say that I wouldn't go again. I just said, like, it was kind of something that we needed at the time. Like I said, it might have been something I needed at the time. I wouldn't say that I wouldn't go again. I just said, like, it was kind of something that we needed at the time. Like I said, it might have been something

that I needed to get out. Even I wanted to, you know, do it with my kids because, you know, sometimes your kids are affected by things that they're not... Absolutely.

They may not even know how to communicate it or say it or, you know what I mean? I went through a big public thing, so it's not, it wasn't just me and my lady, but it was your kids, it's your family. Like, you know, everybody doesn't know how to communicate those things. So it's not, wasn't just me and my lady, but it was your kids,

it's your family. Like, you know, everybody doesn't know how to communicate those things. So, like, I think therapy is good. I believe in communication. So I think therapy is a way of communication

that's good for people. I need the story behind the Roc Nation chain. Is that an OG one or that's a replica? What is that? It's a replica. Rockefeller, not Roc Nation.

I mean, I don't know. They gave it to me for my birthday, so. A word? How'd they give it to you? Like, it was a big presentation? It was at my party. You know, Lenny S is Rockefeller affiliated.

And he came and presented it in, like, this little case. And I put it on. That was it. I mean, are you getting ready for the Rock Nation brunch? Are you going out for that? Yeah, I'm going to go to L.A. for the Grammy song, probably most likely. How many people hit you up?

Have you gotten an invite already? I did get an invite or something. I didn't get no watch or nothing like that. You did get a watch for something, right? You did get a watch, yes, you did. For the gala thing. The Sean Carter Foundation. But y'all paid for those, though.

Kind of, sort of, I guess, because you had to pay to go to the gala. How much was the gala thing. The John Carter Foundation. But y'all paid for those, though. Kind of, sort of, I guess, because you had to pay to go to the gala. Yeah. How much was the gala? Like 50 grand. It depended what you wanted to, what you wanted to donate.

It was different, it was level. What was the lowest level? What package did you get? The lowest level was, I just want to count my pockets right here. You need those right here. All the questions led up to,

what package did you get? I think it was the lowest. I don't even want to put the lowest. They're going to look back at the guy. Yeah, he definitely got the lowest package. You got a watch, though? No, I didn't get a watch. Why you say that man got a watch and he didn't get no watch?

I didn't get a watch. Oh. I seen some people get a watch. That was the platinum package. Maybe I ain't pay for the watch. I can buy my own watch though. It's cool. I went though.

It was a great dinner and a great night. Did you lose any money? I seen Gotti lost $500,000. Nah, I think that was, it was like a tournament. Gotti took a hit on something that he wasn't supposed to take a hit on. What did he take a hit on? He said it, but what was it? It was like something that you just wasn't supposed to take a hit on. He said it, but what was it? It was like

something that you just wasn't supposed to take a hit if you play blackjack. Yeah, he cheated, he was getting hit. It was something like he had seven, and the dealer's hand was busted, and he just took a hit. And everybody in the whole building was like, I think he just got caught up in the, you know what I'm saying?

And just say, yo, hit, hit me. No, he don't hit. And he already took the hit. And I think he busted, but he still played good. He still had a, you know what I'm saying? And just say, yo, hit, hit me. No, Gotti don't hit. And he already took the hit, and I think he busted, but he still played good. He still had a, you know what I mean? I think he didn't win the tournament behind that, but he's still good. It was a good night though, man. Roc Nation is family. Well, thank you for joining us, Fab. Yes, sir.

Summertime Shootout 3 is out right now. And thank you for joining us, brother. Thank y'all. It's the Breakfast Club. It's fabulous. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee. Charlam Thank y'all. It's the Breakfast Club. It's fabulous. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk Kanye. 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 like this is mine i own this it's surprisingly easy there's 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 capraberg 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 go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

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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 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,

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Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHe imagine who would play Kanye in a movie, who would you think? I have no idea. Kanye in a movie. Because apparently Kanye's been talking about doing a movie about his life, and he actually called this actor up and asked him to play him in a movie. And he even went down to go fly him. He flew down to go see him, visit his family. The person better be black.

Watch his son play Fortnite. Shut up. I got a feeling. Shut up. I'm serious. got a feeling kanye would get somebody that's not who is the person you danny mcbride see what i'm saying that's it that's why that's the that's the dumb stuff kanye do that and then he wonder why he'll get donkey of the day you know him from eastbound and down as kenny powers i love Danny McBride. Which I used to love that series. No, hell no. He can't play Kanye. You know, the Pineapple Express. Duh. And by the way, why would you do that?

He's white. Yes, you never seen Eastbound and Down? It's one of my favorite shows, by the way. Now, according to Danny McBride, okay, he said, Kanye asked me to play him

in a movie of his life. That was a pretty stunning phone call to get. I don't know why he wanted me to do it. Maybe that sense of ego I'm able to portray. I have no clue. Wait, wait, wait.

We got somebody in the building that we need to ask about that real quick if you don't mind. Dame, one second. Dame and Dash is here. Dame, we got a full interview with Dame tomorrow. Dame, we got to ask you one question. Angela Yee's on the line. What's up, but we got to ask you one question. One question, Dame.

Angel Yee's on the line. What's up, Dame? Come to this mic. Right here. Angel Yee just reported that Kanye West wants Danny McBride to play him in a movie. Yeah. Danny McBride is white. He's just saying that so y'all can say that.

You know he's playing. Oh, he's playing? He's playing? Yeah, he's playing. I mean, he really flew down to go see him. Is there anything he says that doesn't make people go, what?

Okay. Okay. Gotcha. All right. That's not by accident. Okay. Okay. Gotcha.

Don't be elevated and let him push your buttons. Gotcha. All right. All right. Full interview with Dave tomorrow. Yes, that's right. All right.

All right. Now, what else you got, Yee? I don't think we have time right now, but I have so much. Because we are going to talk about, since we just talked about that, Robert Downey Jr. And he said he does not regret wearing blackface in Tropic Thunder. But we'll get to that in the next hour. All right, we'll get on to that.

But now, Nick, Charlemagne. Yes. Who you throwing at Don Couture? I'm going to be honest with you. I can't pronounce this man's name. But I hate people that steal. But I also really hate people that steal with no purpose behind it. Say the person's name.

Let me hear you try to say it. No, I'm not even going to. I'm going to try to say it one good time. Chico de Naca Nahuanc. Hold on. Chico de Naca Nahuanc. I guarantee that's not it. I know that's wrong.

All right. We'll talk about it for after that one. Okay, the day is next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed place. So like a donkey.

Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but donkey of the day is a new one. Yeah, donkey of the day for Thursday, January 23rd goes to a professor in Philly named Chika... What is it? Chika... What is it? Chebaka Nadwar.

How do you pronounce this man's name? Play it for me, man. Chika Nwankbar. Say it again. Chika Nwankbar. All right, I'm going to point at Chica Nwankbar. Every time I need to say his name, I'm going to point at you, John. Okay, I do not know how to pronounce this man's name.

I just know he was a professor at Drexel University. He was arrested on Monday. Now, let me tell you something. When I hear stories of people stealing, especially stealing money, depending on the context, I understand why they stole the money. Now, I don't agree with it because I don't respect thieves, all right? Stealing someone's hard-earned money is beyond cowardly to me. I didn't work for this so you can just

take it, but oftentimes we hear stories about people stealing for good reasons or reasons that we can understand. Like, just last week we reported on this guy, I think that was in Philly too, who robbed a pharmacy because he had a sick child. You know, I get it. You know, I understand that. That makes sense to me, but when people

take penitentiary chances just because they want to have a little fun, I don't get it. All right? Professor. Chica Nwankpa. Yes. He's a professor at Drexel, so he has a job. I mean, he's not balling by any means, but he's making a decent, honest living.

But apparently, that wasn't enough for Professor. Chica Nwankpa. Yeah. Let's go to. What news thing? I forgot what news station it is. ABC? Let's go to ABC for the report.

A Drexel University professor is facing charges tonight of allegedly stealing $185,000 in research grant money. This is 57-year-old Chica Nguangpa. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office says the former chair of the engineering department used the money on adult entertainment and sports bars, meals, and iTunes purchases. An audit by Drexel University found that the professor made a number of the unauthorized purchases during a seven-year period. Professor New Alkaline Water, from 2010 to 2017, he spent $96,000 at adult entertainment venues and sports bars and $89,000 spent on iTunes purchases. The money that was allocated for research purposes instead went to Onyx and Chicken Pete's and Meek Mill Music.

Now, when he was submitting the reports for the adult entertainment expenses, let's just say scripting, he said he was using it for catering and food, but 48% of the 114 charges he made were incurred on weekends, and 62% were incurred from midnight to 2 a.m. If Professor Akineli says he's working on the weekend as usual, he's lying. Now, what I don't understand is why a 57-year-old man isn't making better decisions. Now, I haven't been to the strip club in a long time, all right, but I do know that when I was younger and far from having any money,

I didn't need that kind of money to have a good time in the strip club. $100. You know what I'm saying? Tip or low. $40 in ones goes a long way. You know, you get you some chicken wings, a couple drinks, and you have a ball. Same thing at a sports club. Who spends tens of thousands of dollars in a sports club?

Why are you looking at me like that? When did you go to the strip club when you could go with $40, get wings, drinks, and tip? I said $100. Oh, okay. I said $40 in ones for the tip. I got you. Okay? All right.

Then I got $60 for drinks and do whatever else. All right, you're right. I'm a bad guy. Sorry. I just want to ask, what's this man's name? Chica Nguyen Phong. One question. Was it worth it?

Okay. I'm sure you're losing your job. You had to surrender your passport. You went to jail and got released on a $25,000 bond. And you'll probably never get a job at another school because you betrayed Drexel University and tuition-paying students. Okay? That you were paid to educate. Think about all the kids that probably saw Chica Nguyen Phong.

Yeah. Saw him in Vanity Grand back in the day and thought he was a cool-ass professor who was tipping heavy. He might even have been passing stacks of cash to the students. But guess what, kids? It was your money. All right. Please give Chicken Pete's New Wack Bars.

What's his name? Chica Newankbar. Yeah, please give him the biggest ee-haw. Eee-haw. Eee-haw. Mm-hmm. All Alright, well, thank you for that donkey today. Yes, indeed. And yes, Dame Dash will be joining us tomorrow morning, so we'll kick it with Dame Dash. He hasn't been here in, how

long? Three, four years? Five years? It's been 2015, you said? Five years. Five years, alright, so we're gonna kick it with Dame tomorrow. It'll be very interesting. Let's just say that. But up next, Ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice.

Call Yee right now. She'll help you out. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Come on. Need relationship advice? Need personal advice? Just need real advice.

Call up now for Ask Yee. Keep it real. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Ye. Hello, who's this? Hello, hey, this is Sherelle. Hey, Sherelle, what's your question for Ye?

Hey, Charlamagne. Well, that was Envy, but hey, Sherelle, how are you? This is Charlamagne. What's happening? I thought that was Envy. Oh, I'm sorry. Ooh, you being shady this morning? Ooh!

Girl, I'm blind. Let me tell you, Charlamagne talks up, but I like him. Everything he says, I be wanting to see. So y'all leave Charlamagne alone. Leave him alone. I got you, Charlamagne. Thank you, boo. Okay.

Okay, well, let's hear your question, and let's see how we feel about it. Okay, so I was dating a married man, right? You're dating a married man? She was. I was dating a married man. And he just hit the field on me. So then when he came out of the blue, I was like, I'm saying a year later, and he said, I'm not, that I wasn't prepared for what you were prepared for.

Yeah, he's married. Now? Yeah, he was getting married. Yeah, because he's married, but I'm prepared. If I'm not prepared for that, then don't even entertain me. Okay, so what's your question? That's my question. So what does that mean?

First of all, Sherelle, he's married. So he's got a wife, which means he has other obligations. He disappeared for a year. And he's cheating on his wife. Is this somebody you trust? Yes. So what's the situation with his wife? I don't know.

I really don't get into that. So you don't know what the situation is with his wife. He can leave you for a year and come back when he feels like it. But you trust him. Why don't you want your own man? Why do you want somebody else's? How come you don't ask questions about his wife and his marriage? You don't want to know because then you'll feel like you're doing something wrong.

Exactly. That's right. Which means you know you're doing something wrong. Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Sherelle, I just want you to do better for yourself. I know. You're right. I will. Because that man will leave again and come back in a year, still be

able to hit it. You'll still bring him back in. You're not going to ask no questions. You know how he looks at you? You're a person that doesn't ask any questions, that's laying down with a married man, that will take him back anytime he comes, and that has convinced herself that she can trust this man. That is correct.

How old are you? Okay. 43. You don't have to tell me how old she is. Anyway. Old enough to know better. Of course. Oh, he's a lady?

What? You're from New Orleans, right? You're from New Orleans? Yeah, I'm from New Orleans. Why? I'm sorry. My bad. My bad.

All of y'all sound like Big Freedia to me. So let's salute to Big Freedia. Only woman. Only woman. Huh? She only plays the ball well. Instagram. Don't play with me. I'm only woman, baby.

Check that out. Hello? All right. Thank you. Cheer out, baby. Do better, girl. All right. Thank you.

Yes, ma'am. You supposed to have my back. I don't know you. And this is the same voice. Yes, ma'am. I don't know you. You want somebody to have your back for you sleeping with a married man? Hold on. She said she got a singing voice. Let me hear you sing, baby. Let me hear you sing.

Let me hear you sing something. Let me hear you rap something. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Bye. You ain't no big freedom. You know what I meant to tell you? Salute to Big Freedia.

All right. Ask Yee, sir. We ain't never had Big Freedia on Breakfast Club. 805-105-1. Big Freedia tried to come up here before, but I think we weren't here. Oh. If you got a question for Yee, call her now. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Alana, you want to go to Yee?

Yes, line four. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Portia calling from Charleston, South Carolina. Hey, Portia. 843. What's your question for Yee? Okay, so I have a question. Basically, I've been dealing with some sexual harassment at my job with my supervisor.

So I took the appropriate steps, went to HR, even talked to a lawyer about the situation. But it feels like they're not trying to let this manager go. So I was like, what's the next step? What should I do from this point on? Should I just find another job? Should I keep pushing the issue? Because I feel like he's retaliating. You feel like he's, you feel like he's retaliating, you said? Yes.

Like, give me some examples. Basically, like, he tried to put me on third shift without telling me, which was one thing. Another thing, he nitpicks at little things that he claimed I'm doing wrong because I'm an industrial technician, so I work through maintenance department. Being that I'm one of the girls with a bunch of guys, he just kind of nitpicks at me for little things that I feel like it's not even serious to nitpick over

because he never did before until I went to HR about him. Okay, so here's a couple of things. First of all, you said that you've complained, right? Yes. I went to HR twice. And so their response is what? We're going to work on it. We're going to work on him.

We're going to try to figure out how we're going to make you comfortable by being here because we know you're not. But that's pretty much it. And they're dragging their feet about letting them go or, you know, what are they going to do with the supervisor? I had proof that he did that. Right. Text message and everything. So you have all of this in writing and you've emailed them and they've responded via email.

I highly recommend you get yourself a lawyer. That's when they take things seriously. Okay. And you should not ever have to work under those circumstances. You should feel safe and protected at work. If you go to HR with a complaint and evidence that somebody is doing this to you and making you feel this way at work and you're uncomfortable and you're feeling belittled, then you need to make sure that you take those matters into your own hand because you have the power to do that. Okay. Well, I'll probably just go back to the attorney I was talking to.

She told me that the only way she can take my case is if the job was to fire me or there was no changes moving forward. So because there are no changes, I'm just going to go back to her. Yeah, absolutely. And it sounds like you have a legitimate case. You have these text messages. Plus, I think you have to keep a record of what's been happening at work since you've been complaining to HR and all the things that he's been, every detail that you can get and anything that you can get in writing as evidence, you should try to get. Okay. And make sure you send those emails, make sure you show what their responses are, present all of those to a lawyer. You definitely have a case. And I think this is great because you don't want this to happen to somebody else. So it's great that you spoke up.

You've done what you're supposed to do on your part. They haven't done what they're supposed to do on their behalf, so now it's time to move it to the next level. Hey, look here, you ain't got none of your cousins that can come box them anymore? I mean, I do got cousins who want to come box them up now, but listen, it's like I don't, this is a white man, so I don't want white people to get knocked out for that. Man, I ain't care if you're a white man. That man don't want white people to get locked up for that. Man, I ain't kidding.

I'm a white man now. That man ain't got no business trying to feel on your bunkie at work now. Yeah, he be trying to talk about he want to touch my tattoo and all kind of stuff. Kauai! He want to touch the tattoo. Well, you damn right you are not getting none of your families locked up over this. Well, I need your cousin to come punch our co-worker in the mouth, too. Relax. Stay out of Geechee full conversation now.

Give me off. Stay out of Geechee full conversation now. Stay out of Geechee full conversation now. Y'all not going to make a joke out of her sexual harassment at work. I'm not making no joke. I'm talking to her in our native language. It's Geechee, Charleston, Gullah, 843 all day. 843. I'm with you, girl. I know it has to be tough for you

to go to work every day under those circumstances and not feel like anybody cares. I'm so uncomfortable every day. I left work today just to get away. It took a sick day just to not be there with them. Yeah, that's a terrible feeling. You have to nip this in the bud and let them know you ain't going to keep

this going. I have the power over you and I'm going to make y'all look crazy. Exactly. Thank you, Charlamagne. I love you, though. I love you more. I have the power over you and I'm going to make y'all look crazy. Exactly. And thank you, Charlamagne. I love you though. I love you more. I'm serious, though. You got your cousins. I need to punch the malt. Thank you so much. Yeah, I was thinking about it. Give me a little sneak

of something. Give him a little sneak. Give him a little sneak. Ask Yee. 805-85-1051 if you need relationship advice. Yee will help you out. Now keep it locked. We got rumors on the way. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. And again, you know, we have our 76ers gear on. Shout out to Michael Rubin. Of course, Michael Rubin donated $100,000

to Change for Change. That's right. And Drom. Drom has the 66ers gear on as well. Drom, turn around. Show the cheeks. Turn around and show the cheeks, Drom.'s right. And Drom. Drom has the Sixers gear on as well. Drom, turn around. Show the cheeks. Turn around and show the cheeks, Drom. Show the cheeks, Drom.

Drom, turn around and show the cheeks. There you go. There you go. There are the cheeks. There are the cheeks. You know what I'm saying? You got the Maurice Cheeks Sixers jersey on. You know what I mean?

Had to get them to spin around and show them cheeks real quick. That cheeks is nice. Yeah, I like the cheeks on the back. Yeah, yep, yep, yep. Leave me alone. Yeah. He said, leave me alone. Leave me alone. A shout out like the cheeks on the back. Yep, yep, yep. Leave me alone. Yeah.

He said, leave me alone. Leave me alone. A shout out to Michael Rubin, though. Yep. Now, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk blackface. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it.

On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. Now, as you guys know, Robert Downey Jr. did wear a black face in the movie Tropic Thunder, and he recently went on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and he said that he doesn't regret doing that. Now, here was his initial thinking. I thought, yeah, I'll do that, and I'll do that after Iron Man, and then I started thinking,

this is a terrible idea. Wait a minute, and then I thought, well, hold on, dude, get real here. Where is your heart? And my heart is a I get to be black for a summer in my mind. So there's something in it for me. The other thing is I get to hold up to nature the insane self-involved hypocrisy of artists and what they think they're allowed to do on occasion. Just my opinion. I listened to that whole interview because I listened to Joe Rogan podcast. And I don't know if he should regret it.

You know what I mean? It was a role that he chose to do. He knew exactly what he was doing. He made a choice. You know, I don't know if he should regret it. Well, he goes on to say this. 90% of my black friends are like, dude, that was great. What about the other 10%?

I can't disagree with them, but I know where my heart was. There's a morality clause here on this planet, and it's a big price to pay. And I think having a moral psychology is job one. So sometimes you just got to go, yeah, I effed up. Again, not in my defense, but Tropic Thunder was about how wrong that is. Yes. So I take exception. So yes, he's right.

It did spark a conversation at the least. And it was about why it's inappropriate to be wearing blackface. So in order to do that, he had to wear his blackface. Yeah, and I remember seeing Tropic Thunder back in the day. I didn't even know that he was playing a black person. I just thought he had a bad tan in the whole movie. I had no idea he was supposed to be playing a black person. Well, Matt, now he could play Kanye West.

He might. Damn, will Danny McBride have to wear blackface to play Kanye West? No, I'm sure he won't. I'm sure he won't. All right, now, April Jones, she recently did an interview with Tiffany Pollard on Brunch with Tiffany. And she talks about a lot of different things, but she talks about some regrets that she has. Now, she's been accused of a lot of things, of people saying, oh, you slept with this person, that person. And she's just tired of it all.

Here's what she had to say about the game and A$AP Rocky also. I'm on my lives like normal, and people are on their day, oh, you f***ed the game, or oh, you f***ed, you know, Lil Fizz, or oh, you're f***ing this person. And you know, it's like,

okay, at this point, you're right. I f***ed every single one of them because that's what y'all want to hear. I love you. And so that's what they capture with me saying, yes, I f***ed the game, mm-hmm, and yes, I f***ed Lil Fizz. Not that I have, and I would have no problem saying, I mean, I should have. Well, yes, I f***ed the game. Mm-hmm. And yes, I f***ed Little Sis. Not that I have.

And I would have no problem saying s***. I mean, I should have. Well, I should have f***ed the game when I didn't have to. Definitely. I didn't. Definitely. And, you know, ASAP. You know, they said ASAP in there.

Shaquille O'Neal never had that. Shame on you, girl. Now you passing up some good s***. I pass up a lot of good s***. I'm so confused. Me too. I guess what she's saying is, well, I might as well have done it since y'all are saying I did it confused. Me too. I guess what she's saying is, well, I might as well have done it since y'all are saying I did it anyway.

Oh. Well, here was the initial rant that she went on that everybody was talking about and how this all came up in the first place. You couldn't even get a celebrity the way y'all want to sit here and talk s***. Oh, celebrity. Yeah, I'm a celebrity because I f***ed up a celebrity and because I became what y'all thought I wasn't going to become. So let me just say that. Yes, I'm a celebrity because ofion f***ed his s***y and I had two kids by him.

And now Lil Fizz wants to f*** his s***y and because I'm a celebrity and because the gang wants to f*** his s***y and because A$AP wants to f*** his s***y. All right. Well, I don't know, April Jones. It seems like sometimes love and hip-hop can't drive you to just be a little all over the place.

It's a lot of pressure being on that show. Remember Omarion's mom didn't like her at first on there? I don't remember. I'm sure she really doesn't like her now. All right. Now, Diddy posted a message about Kim Porter and losing her. He said, if you got a good woman, please let her know. Tell her as soon as you can.

Make sure she knows. Make sure she feels it. Honor her. Cherish her. Because the special ones are rare and can. Make sure she knows. Make sure she feels it. Honor her and cherish her because the special ones are rare and few and everyone doesn't get a second chance. Let the one you love know today, right now. And then he added,

Lady KP, I'll honor you forever. There you go. That was sweet. I'm sure that made a lot of people be like, let me make sure I let my woman know or my man know. I worship my wife. I worship the ground my wife walks on.

I love my wife. You know what? I never liked that statement. That's a stupid ass statement. What statement? When people say I worship the ground my wife walks on. No, nigga. Worship your wife.

Yeah, but you think about all the stuff that we were taught when we were young. And then you think about it. That's actually stupid. Why would I worship the ground? Well, you can worship some country. My wife walks on. Don't worship that rug. I should just worship my wife.

Oh, yes. I guess that's saying that you worship her so much you even do that. No. Above and beyond just her. That's what it's supposed to mean. I worship her. Her feet, her calf muscles, her knees, thighs, stomach. So Clive Davis is planning to do a Whitney Houston movie. He said a story has not been told yet. What white woman they gonna get to play Whitney? Let's not forget

Angela Bassett did do that one for Lifetime that she directed. There's been a lot of documentaries, but Clive Davis is saying that he wants to do this story that hasn't been told.

So we'll see if this ever really does happen. But, you know, he does have that pre-Grammy party and just think about it with Clive Davis. Whitney Houston was supposed to be at his party.

She was supposed to perform back in 2012 when she passed. And it didn't happen. And that was right out here this weekend, Grammy weekend. You know how like a lot of labels and stuff be having wranglers for people? Like so they'll have the people that'll go get the coke, go get the weed. I wonder if that day somebody from that label went to go get Whitney. Nicole. Yeah, man.

I would hope not. Because she was performing that night, so I'm sure they was getting whatever she needed. I would hope. I wonder if somebody out there has that on their conscience. I would hope not. I'm sure that she had her own hookups, though, in L.A. Probably. Like, she probably didn't need someone from the label.

She had a person, I'm sure. Probably. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Now Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. Alright, thank you, Miss Yee. Now, Revolt, we'll see you guys on Monday. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and we have two special guests in the building, Mr. Roger Ferguson and Stacey Tisdale. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? I'm blessed black and highly favored, sir. You sure are. That makes two of us.

Yep. So Roger Ferguson, you have him here with us, and you are the CEO of TIAA. That's correct. All right, so explain what that is for people who don't know, and we're going to talk about things that are very interesting and used to be very scary for me. All right, well, TIAA is a 102-year-old company, and we specialize in financial services, particularly retirement,

for people who are in the not-for-profit sector. So think of your college professor or a teacher maybe in a school or a doctor at a not-for-profit hospital. That's the kind of thing that we do, and we've been doing it for 102 years. Wow. Now, Stacey, you always talk about how we are moving into a gig economy. Absolutely. Moving forward. And a lot of times, you know, at work, you get this 401k, your company doesn't match for you. But what happens when we're in this gig economy with these baby millennials and they're not getting access to those type of plans? And now you have

to actually invest yourself to save for retirement. Well, we're moving into a gig model because the old model didn't work for so many people. People were working hard, but they had student loan debt, so they couldn't save as much as they needed to. So within the next decade, you're going to have the majority of the U.S. workforce working as freelancers, entrepreneurs, as solopreneurs. And that brings about different challenges. You know, it's hard enough for people of color to get a mortgage, to get a loan, but now you're going to have that whole unsteady income thing that comes with, you know, that gig model. But what we're really seeing here, and I think what's really exciting for our community and for everyone, is technology is stepping in where the financial services industry and the government hasn't

kept up. And we're seeing apps that allow you to do things like build credit. We're seeing apps that will help you manage your business. And when you look at the black community, financial online service companies reduce discrimination by 40 percent. So where blacks typically get higher rates for things like mortgages and loans, that whole FinTech, FinTech, you know, it's an equalizer. So I think that's really going to benefit our community. And I think she put her fingers on me really important, which is this is about both what technology can do, but it's also about financial literacy at the individual level because technology can be an equalizer, but you've got to use it smartly.

You've got to choose the right tools. And you also have to know what really drives for financial security. And so I think we need to talk about both technology being part of the answer, but also individual responsibility and some understanding of what it is to take a job, if you have one, into wealth, and if you don't have a job, how you get one. So I think we need to have that whole discussion. So what do you think is going to take to close the wealth gap? So, look, I think there are three things that are going to take to close the wealth gap.

One is closing the income gap. The wealth gap is driven by the fact that we don't have the income that we should. Second is using that income smartly, which is this realm, financial literacy, learning how to manage the money you have, be it small or large amounts. And the third thing is to know where the assets are that create wealth. Having said that, there are a couple of rules that are really important, and I've heard them on this show a few times. I'm ready.

Well, first is, you know, all of us have to first start by managing our debt smartly, right, because one of the great wealth destroyers is misusing debt. Right. You know, your credit score really does matter, because indeed employers look at credit scores, is misusing debt. Right. You know, your credit score really does matter. Mm-hmm. Because, indeed, employers look at credit scores. So it's not just your ability to get credit, but it also may influence your ability to get a job. So all that's in the debt management side of things.

But before we go to that place, the other thing I really want to hit on is education. It turns out that, you know, outcomes in terms of income, in terms of wealth, in terms of holding a job, whatever color you are, is heavily dependent on how you've done in school. Right. And it turns out now we've reached a stage where 90% of high school graduates get into college, but for blacks, only about 30% finish. For whites and others, it's more like 60 or more percent. One thing that we have to talk a little bit about that whole internal thing, what people believe about themselves, because I was just reading a really interesting study by researchers at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the

Census Bureau, and they followed children from millions, you know, millions of children, and they found that black men, even those from wealthy families, and they were looking at, I think, $700,000 net worth and above, still make less money as adults than white men of the same demographic. So when you look at things like that and when you see what people are seeing is, yeah, but, you know, people who go to college and everything, they still have these disadvantages. No, look, we should be very honest. I mean, the sad truth is that racial discrimination has been a cancer in society from the very, very beginning. And I'm not going to, we shouldn't sit and pretend that we don't still confront discrimination in the workplace. That's right.

It is absolutely true that at every job level for the same education, blacks tend to have less outcome, lower wages. So let's be honest about that. Having said that, we cannot let the racism, the bigotry in society undermine our own sense of what we can do. Right. The truth of the matter is if we don't do the best we can, then society is just going to get worse. And we appreciate, again, the resources that TIAA.org provides for free for people to go and check out. But Roger being here.

What are those resources? I know TIAA is, you manage like a trillion dollars worth of assets, right? Right. 1.3 trillion. But everybody can do stuff, not just teachers. 1.3 trillion dollars. Right. But everybody can do stuff.

And so you're absolutely right. So what we talk about is a number of things. First is we have a number of millennials who talk about their life journey and the things that they did. Back to your point, if you can see it, maybe you can believe in it. And so we thought that having millennials talk about how they made progress through their financial life at a young age and the tradeoffs they had to deal with would be an important thing.

We've also supported a number of what we call gamifications, which are tools that use the fact that folks like to play online games but to teach financial literacy. So it's those sorts of things that we absolutely are doing. I was just going to say, if anybody finds it helpful on my site, mindmoneymedia.com, I have a webinar, You Don't Need to Be Rich to Invest. And if you follow us at Wealth Wednesdays on Instagram, or me on Instagram, which is StacyTisdale1120,

we have a lot of information and resources that can help you. Well, this is Roger Ferguson, Stacy Tisdale. Thank you for coming. Thank you very much. Thank you. Always a pleasure. Thank you. All right.

Go home, Roger. All right. Well, shout out to Roger Ferguson for joining us. Now, don't forget. And shout out to Stacey Tisdale also. Stacey Tisdale as well. And don't forget, today I'm heading out to L.A. They're doing, shout out to Amazon Music.

They're doing a Bob Marley legacy party where they're going to have people come up and perform some Bob Marley songs. So I'll be there DJing that tonight in L.A. And then this weekend I'm back in Orlando. Shout for the Pro Bowl. So shout to, I'll be there DJing that tonight in LA. And then this weekend, I'm back in Orlando. Shout for the Pro Bowl. So shout to I'll be at Orlando, the Beecham. I wasn't at the Beecham for a while, but we... I know. That's my spot, too. Shout out to my girl, Koya, man. She's amazing. And D

Strong out there in Orlando. There was a misunderstanding that we worked out. So I'll be at the Beecham. I'm excited about that. And I'm doing a celebrity basketball game. I'm so happy to have you back at the Beecham. And shout out to Boom Cups. I'm doing a celebrity basketball game. I think Floyd Mayweather's playing. A bunch of people are playing. So, it should be a lot of fun in Orlando for Pro Bowl

this weekend. Yes. Now, Charlemagne. Hey, I'm going to be in Monk's Corner today just for a few hours. I'm doing a conversation with presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg in my hometown of Monk's Corner. I wouldn't tell you how the location, but it's already...

Packed. Yeah, so I'm going to just shut up. Okay. But I will be there for a couple hours today. All right, well, leave us a positive note. And I already got people hitting me saying that they need to talk to me because it's life or death. So I already know what that means.

So I'm bringing $40. You're bringing $40? All singles. I'm bringing $40 you bring $40 all singles y'all know right now you see me home this afternoon I got $40 on me that's all I got letting you know

all singles you know what I mean get all the ones you want my goodness leave us with a positive note oh hold on one second listen man I just want to tell everybody

out there seeking validation will keep you trapped you don't need anyone or anything to approve of your worth when you understand this, you'll be free.

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