The Breakfast Club - Featuring NY Knicks Coach Tom Thibodeau's Interview

Episode Date: May 18, 2021

Todays Episode Features Interview From Senator Nina Turner & NY Knicks Coach Tom Thibodeau. Don't Forget To Check Out This Episode's Rumor Reports & Who Made Donkey Of The Day! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Happy Tuesday. It's Tuesday. good morning everybody same feel as it's friday nah definitely doesn't definitely doesn't but it's still a tuesday it's a great day i'm still out in cabos uh i'm really enjoying myself um so if you don't know uh last week was me and my wife's 20th anniversary. I had a bunch of things planned throughout the whole month, but her mom passed. She didn't want to do anything. So I kind of talked it into at least going to this trip. I just wanted, you know, when she thought of 20 years, I want her to think of something positive and not necessarily her mom passing.

So she decided to, you know, OK, let's go. And it's been good. It's just been a break from the world for her. So it's been pretty good. I've been enjoying myself. So it's pretty good. It's dope to take Zoom calls when you're talking about the car shows on the beach. Like, that's the coolest thing ever. So that's why I've been here the last couple of days.

I'll be here for a couple of more days. And it's good waking up and just having a bathrobe on, chilling. I mean, you can still get dressed now. Y'all know I was in Turks and Caicos I'll say this I kind of should have took off some days because it also sucks to get up early you know what you're in this beautiful place and rest and wake up at eight o'clock or nine o'clock instead of five yeah but you know what I wake up this time anyway like my body is used to getting up I've been doing it for I don't even know how long, 17, 18 years. So my body gets up at that time anyway.

So I don't even have to set an alarm clock. My body automatically wakes up. So here it's 4 a.m. I gotta set an alarm. I gotta snooze three times. Nah, I wake up. So it's 4 a.m. here anyway. So by the time... Jommo said, uh-huh.

I know that's right. Nah, by the time the show's over, I can take my nap and I'm out at the beach enjoying. Like, that's who I am. But anyway. All right. Well, this morning, man, it's crazy. So I have posted a piece of our Chris Rock interview yesterday where he was talking about, you know, getting vaccinated. I thought it was funny.

He's a comedian. He's always told funny jokes. People were so upset really about his jokes it's just interesting because it kind of goes along with what he said is that comedians are too safe right now they feel like you can't say anything it's getting boring correct and he makes some jokes about getting vaccinated which i thought were pretty funny whether or not you believe in it it's jokes when i tell you people are going crazy in the comments about conspiracies, about people dying from that, it was, I was like, Lord, you can't even make a joke. You know, it's funny.

Shout out to Charlamagne. He's running a little late. He said there's traffic on the West Side Highway. That's the highway that gets us around New York City. He said there's an accident or something. So he's backed up a little bit. But what he said yesterday, I don't know if he said there's a accident or something so he's backed up a little bit but what he said yesterday i don't know if he said it on air or behind the behind the scenes he was like everybody has an audience that is so true when it comes to social media no matter what it is if there's a conspiracy people believe it if there's a ufo there's a group of people that's gonna say no or there's a group people that's gonna say yes like no matter what in life there is a group of people for it so you just gotta just say all right whatever keep it moving and i mean i knew people were going to be upset but i'm like guys damn you a comedian can't even just make some funny jokes i didn't necessarily see it but anyway all right well let's get the

show cracking senator nina turner will be joining us this morning we'll be kicking it with her with everything that's going on she's about to run for election soon She has a podcast on the Black Effect Network So we'll be talking to her about all of that And what else we got, Yee? Well, of course, since we're talking about these vaccinations This morning, let's talk about the CDC And their mask guidelines for schools

And also, who is going to get rid of these mask mandates Starting tomorrow Alright, we'll get into all that and more. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning. They say time heals She can't see her life without me

She's so blind still Then you can tell him that you're mine still And she don't wanna go to sleep, she angry Lately she been noticing he ain't me I wish that we can change places Don't want no new, new faces She got my heartbeat racing They say time heals

Don't go build a life without me Cause you mine still And I don't wanna go unless you make me I'm out. to tell my friends how much I do for you, cause they know that you would never do the same for me, I wasn't looking for your secrets, they just came to me, and they contradicted everything you claim to be, I took you to the club, and you hugged on somebody that I know, and I know them type of hugs, same that I do to women, when I know I used to, and I know they were they, but they never brought it up, I'm down these days, down to do better cause you know I done enough. You should lay it down. We'll talk about it when you up. But she don't wanna go to sleep. She angry. Lately she been noticing he ain't me. I wish that we can change places Don't want no new, new faces

She got my heartbeat racing They say time heals Don't go build a life without me Cause you mine still And I don't wanna go unless you make me I know my knees don't feel technique. Better tell that you might hurt you. Hey, morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, the CDC wants schools to keep the current COVID-19 guidelines, which includes mask wearing and distancing, at least for the remainder of the school year,

because most students aren't fully vaccinated. So that is the update, which is interesting, because some places you don't have to wear masks at all, but now they're saying all schools, they want you to wear masks. In New York, vaccinated people can get rid of their masks, even indoors indoors starting tomorrow yeah I mean it makes sense I mean indoors I mean because I always thought it was stupid when you walk into a restaurant you put your mask on to walk five feet to a table then take it right off

it didn't really make sense to me either you keep it I don't know I'm I don't know I'm at a point right now where it's like they change every other day. Even at this resort, you wear your mask until you go outside. And then by the pool, everybody's together with no mask on. It doesn't make sense. Yeah, now President Biden did say the numbers are down in all the states right now. So that is good news. And now California is going to continue to wear their masks for another month, though, until June 15th. That's to give public and businesses time to prepare and to make sure coronavirus cases stay low, according to the state health director in California. All right. Now, this story was interesting. A man committed suicide inside of a Fargo courtroom after he got a guilty verdict. So he had just returned a partial guilty verdict against the man.

He had faced stalking related charges. They said he used a sharp object made out of plastic and basically slit his neck with that object. They said people turned around and you could see the inside of his neck. The jury was not inside the courtroom at the time. Wow. And they had found him guilty on at least some of these charges that were against him. But they said the judge, the courtroom staff, and others witnessed the incident. Wow.

And he was able to stick that in? I guess they don't patch it in. They said it was plastic. Yeah, you gotta just walk through metal detectors. Wow. Alright, and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a murder back in 1983 were awarded $75 million

by a North Carolina jury. It's two black men with intellectual disabilities. They were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl back in 1983. So now an eight-person jury has awarded them, their half-brothers, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown. They spent 31 years in jail for a crime they did not commit. So they are each getting $31 million,

$1 million for every year that they spent in prison. Also $13 million in punitive damages. And can you imagine? They said it's the highest combined verdict in U.S. history in a wrongful conviction case. And it's the largest ever personal injury award in North Carolina. That is crazy.

How old are they now? Let's see. What are their ages now? Let's see. What are their ages now? But more than 37 years. Let's see. Yeah, I don't know their age right now, but I just know that they were both intellectually disabled and they were teenagers. They signed these confessions that said they did not understand. So if they're teenage, they were teenagers back then.

They got to be like 50. Wow. I mean, that money can't bring back time, but the sad thing, which we got to change this system somehow, some way is because that money that they get, that they deserve, the taxpayers pay them. But it has to get to a point where the people that make mistakes and the people that actually make them sign these confessions really get hurt on this because yes, they deserve the money. They can't get their time back. But the people that actually make them sign these confessions really get hurt on this. Because, yes, they deserve the money. They can't get their time back. But the fact that the taxpayers have to pay the money and the people that probably convicted them and prosecuted them, they just walk scot-free, it's not right.

That's not right. Some of that money should come from their pension. It should come from their salaries. And the people that lied on them and made them sign and coerced them to do that, that should come from their pocket as well. But think about it. The person who was the actual murderer was free all this time.

They actually, in 2014, they found the murderer, Roscoe Artis, because of DNA evidence. That's crazy. I'm glad to hear that. All right, well, that is your front page news for 31 years since you were teenagers. That is crazy.

Can't bring back that time. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Charlemagne is running a little late. There was a five-car accident on the way in, so he'll be here shortly. But phone lines are wide open.

800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.

Hello. Who's this? This is Chug from Alabama. Good morning. Alabama, what's up? Good morning. Get it off your chest. I'm tired of working.

I'm tired of capitalism. I'm tired of passing pills. I'm just tired. You and me both. I'm tired of working. I'm tired of capitalism. I'm tired of paying for pills. I'm just tired. You and me both. I feel you. When we were kids, we didn't have to worry about none of that. We wanted to be adults so bad when we were kids. Now that I'm an adult, I want to be a kid again, bro.

Man, I just wanted to drink and smoke when I grew up. I ain't know how these pills come with it. Yeah, listen, you got to pay for that drink and smoke. I know, man. You know how much Hennessy is down here? Now, let me ask you this. Are you getting ready for retirement at all, though? Are you saving?

Do you have a plan? Sounds not. So that you know in an X amount of years. I'm just wondering because that's something I think about all the time. I got a 401k going, but I've been trying to do the crypto thing, but I've just been letting the dice roll on it. Yeah, me too. I haven't figured it out. I've just been letting it die. I've been doing pretty good

letting the dice roll a little bit, but you just never know with that, man. But leave the Hennessy alone, brother. Right. Appreciate it. Save you some money. Thank you, brother. You're about to have a drink right now. Right now. Hello, who's this? This is Jerry. Hey, get it off your chest. So I just wanted to share, I caught the very last bit of your story a minute ago about a couple gentlemen being wrongfully convicted and released.

Yes, ma'am. And I recently learned about a group called the Innocence Project. It is a national nonprofit company, and they work to help exonerate these people that have been wrongfully convicted so i just wanted to bring light to that and anybody that can support that or talk about that because it's lawyers out here working to find the dna and evidence and get these people out and it's hard work it's years and years of legal battle absolutely but it's happening and then they're also working to try and fix the justice system. I think that that's the biggest problem.

How are we going to fix that in the long run? And they're trying to improve that process through, you know, research and everything like that, how to not get these people wrongfully convicted, sorry, but at the same time, you know, getting these people out. So when you said that, you know, it just brought that up. I had the pleasure of meeting a gentleman that was wrongly convicted for 24 years who they helped get out. And he was, I mean, he was so excited to get out. They helped him get a new life and get started. He's doing fantastic.

We're still in contact with him. It's just, it breaks your heart to see that this is happening in our country. Yeah, that's your whole life gone and not just your life, but the people who are close to you who are affected by that. And that's time you can't get back no matter how much money. And think about people who have also been wrongfully executed, right? Where DNA evidence could have exonerated them, but they were on death row. And I just saw in the news this morning in South Carolina, is it North Carolina or South Carolina? South Carolina, I think.

South Carolina. They're actually letting you pick a firing squad or the electric chair. Good old South Cackalacky. That's crazy. Well, innocentproject.org is where you need to go. If you need more information or you got a family member that's locked up, that's wrongly convicted, innocentproject.org is where you need to go. If you need more information or you got a family member that's locked up, that's wrongly convicted, innocentproject.org.

And you can also donate because, like you said, their work is pro bono. So they do need help. They do need donations. So you can go there to help somebody out. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Uber Mike Dallas. What's up, EJ Envy? Uber Mike, what up, bro? Get it off your chest.

Okay, two things. Charlamagne keeps giving away these free books, and we put a lot of support out there to buy these books, and he keeps giving them away, so I'm mad at that. Why? Why I'm mad at that? Why are you mad? Because if I'm spending my money buying the books,

I'm thinking, you know, I'm supporting. People just getting them for free, they might as I'm supporting. People just getting them for free. They might as well call a breakfast club and get them for free. Well, listen, I appreciate you supporting. Tamika Mallory, State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Build is available everywhere now. But, I mean, if somebody calls up and they want one, I'm going to send one out. Why not? Solomon, they got the stimulus thing.

They can afford it, man. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, but some people might not be able to. So, I mean, I think the fact that he's giving people some bucks and maybe people can't afford it is a good thing. He just don't do it for the money. Yeah, that would be a good versus. Yeah, that'd be a great versus. Beyonce versus Janet Jackson would be a phenomenal versus.

That's two different eras. Man, shut up, Dramos. It's hit for hit, though. It's music. Snoop and DMX was two different eras. All right, y'all have a good morning. Could you hush some time, young boy? Jesus.

You just got him started up, Dramos. Music is music. He must have pork this morning. He's so upset right now. Nah, it's not that different of an era. He must have pork this morning. He's so upset right now. Nah, it's not that different of an era. He must have pork. The sounds could battle each other. Janet and Beyonce wouldn't be too far-fetched.

It's two different eras. Rihanna and Beyonce are two different eras. That's not true at all. Oh, shut up. Come on. Hello, who's this? Hey, Antoine. What's up, you?

Good morning to you. Good morning. That lady that just spoke on that piece about the people being falsely convicted. Good morning. Just go on with your life. Well, I have a friend in Atlantic County jail. On February 11th of 2018, he was charged with sexual assault in Atlantic County at the Bally's Hotel. Now, I'm his go-to man, along with my brother out of North Carolina, who is basically schooling him on his case because he don't know the law. I don't even know the law, but my brother, he's smart with the law so what's happening here he was charged with raping this this hotel uh lady when it was a consensual sex for money so to make a long story short is

what happened is he couldn't get into the door of his room she gave him the master key the master key didn't work so he tried another tactic such, such as going to get another key or something. And she told him to do this, and he couldn't get back upstairs. She went and told, and everything just fell apart. And he got charged with all these crimes. He's been in there since 2018. Never went to trial. He got violations, everything all up in his case.

Nothing is put out good for him every time he goes to court. I think the judge and his lawyer and the DA all working together because his lawyer has evidence that he won't even show him. He won't even show him the body cam whatsoever. And he's sitting there. We don't contact his politicians in DC, the state of Jersey, and local politicians like the ACLU, the NAACP. whatever we are trying to do, you know what I'm saying, to help bring some light to his case. Because he's just being railroaded. They really, really, really, really want to get him on something that he did not do. And I think it's foul because the DA is doing this.

And the judge and the DA represent the state. So you know darn well they ain't trying to just let somebody out on bail. The state of Jersey does not release people on sexual assault charges. They don't give no bail or nothing. When I heard you speak about it, I wanted to chime in and give my opinion about it because right now, to this day, right now, we can't get no help from news media to bring this to light so somebody can chime in and say, what the heck is going on with Atlantic County? There's corruption going on down here because he's being done.

You know what's crazy? That case isn't as cut and dry as a lack of DNA evidence because it's really just her word against his word. Him saying it was consensual, her saying it wasn't. Jersey also, my brother has research in past moment he had the racial law and since you mentioned dna uh you know with the dna uh rule with the state of jersey is you can't just utilize it the way you want to uh utilize it and say here's the racial law no you have to identify that second dna and get it in so that there can be an argument okay Okay, we have two DNAs. It wasn't just his DNA.

What happened was they got his DNA, and he admitted to having sex with this woman. But they only took his DNA. They didn't take her DNA. There was multiple DNAs found. And he's still getting effed all around. It's a mess up. The justice system is messed up to a certain extent. It's not built the way that it should be built in fairness.

I'm just, I'm really. It was never built to be fair to us, though. So it's definitely working the way they intended in most cases. Thanks for calling. I'm not an attorney, so I couldn't even remotely begin to tell him anything. Yeah. All right. Well, get it off your your chest 800-585-1051 we got rumors on the way yes and why finn lucci he has uh surrendered and he's back behind bars

we'll tell you what happened with him also this whole flaming hot cheetos story is very interesting because now what is the urban legend of who discovered flaming hot cheetos is under question all right we'll get into that next keep it locked it's the breakfast club good morning Now, what is the urban legend of who discovered Flaming Hot Cheetos is under question. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Frito-Lay. It's about time.

What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, how did these flaming hot Cheetos come about? Now, you know, there's a whole biopic that's happening that Eva Longoria is directing that also Devon Franklin is working on as a producer.

Here is what Devon Franklin had to say when he was on The Breakfast Club. Richard Montanez was a Mexican janitor who worked for Frito-Lay. And he came up with this idea to put chili powder on a Cheeto. And the CEO at the time gave him an opportunity to do it. Next thing you know, Flamin' Hot Cheetos becomes the number one snack in the country, becomes the biggest snack for Frito-Lay. He goes from being the janitor to becoming vice president of multicultural marketing. Well, according to the L.A. Times and to Frito-Lay, they are saying that none of our records show that Richard was involved in any capacity in the Flaming Hot test market.

We have interviewed multiple personnel who were involved in the test market, and all of them indicate that Richard was not involved in any capacity. That doesn't mean we don't celebrate Richard, but the facts do not support the urban legend. Now, according to L.A. Times, it's a woman named Lynn Greenfeld who was responsible for leading the creation and the rollout of Flaming Hot Cheetos back in 1989. She said she alerted Frito-Lay in 2018 when she got word of Montanez's story that he created the snack. And according to her, she said she was very proud of her work on the snack. She said it's disappointing that 20 years later, someone who played no role in this project would begin to claim our experience as his own and then personally profit from it. So he's also, you know, Montanez has capitalized on this story and he's been giving speeches. He's been getting up to $50,000 for appearances.

He's also written two memoirs. Yes. And as you know, this movie is coming out this June. Now, Richard Montanez has spoken out after these claims. He said, I was their greatest ambassador. This is what he told Variety. He said, but I will say this. You're going to love your company more than they will ever love you.

Keep that in perspective. Yeah, I'm just i don't know who created what i'm just happy to finally know what the hell uh flaming hot powder is made of because i did not know it was uh chili powder i had no idea what the hell flaming hot cheetos were made of that's all you got out of this yes because i really i really wanted to possibly when devon telling the truth we don't know but don't they have a record of employees that work there well he did work there nobody's saying he didn't work there, you know, but the whole story is that he worked his way up from a janitor

to become a marketing executive. And according to him, he's saying Frito-Lay had five divisions in that era. He said, I don't know what the other parts of the country, the other divisions, I don't know what they were doing. He said, I'm not going to try to dispute that lady because I don't know. All I can tell you is what I did. All I have is my history, what I did in my kitchen. He said he started pitching product ideas

in the late 80s when he was working as a janitor. He said Frito-Lay had something called the method improvement system. They were looking for ideas. He said that's what inspired him. So I always had these ideas for different flavors and products. The only difference in what I did is I made the product instead of just writing the idea on a piece of paper and sending it in.

And then he said he did pitch the product in person to former Frito-Lay exec and then in two separate meetings. I think the real selling point is the name. Who came up with Flaming Hot? Flaming Hot to me has always been the selling point because people look at that and be like, I bet you can't eat a whole bag of these.

So I think it's the name more than anything. How you got people eating an adjective? We didn't even know what the hell Flamin' Hot Cheetos were made out of, what they were. We just was eating an adjective, Flamin' Hot. It's like red velvet is a fabric. Like, what the hell? I used to love some hot chips, though.

Growing up. Anything spicy. I like anything spicy. That's what I'm saying. The name. The name sells it. Alright, now YF and lucci is back behind bars he turned himself in on thursday and he's being held in the maximum security unit at fulton county jail and so he was indicted as you know with 12 others on charges of racketeering and a warrant was issued for his arrest earlier this month they said it's unprecedented in Georgia. There's been a huge spike in violent crime.

And the DA said, I made a commitment to bring the best and the brightest minds here, many of which you see sitting here right now, so we could deal with this issue of violent crime. Now, YFN Lucci's attorney is saying that Lucci is not a gang member. He said what he is is an internationally recognized musical artist that is a triple platinum winner that has performed all over the U.S. and all over the world and has nothing to do with this. Well, I hope they don't pull up none of YFN lyrics, Lucci's lyrics with him talking about being in a gang.

And, you know, he already is facing an unrelated murder charge in connection to the shooting death of 28-year-old James Adams last December. And so he's charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, participation in criminal street gang activity and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Man, that's crazy. I mean, listen, I always say sometimes you look at your problems and then you see somebody else's problems. You won't take yours back. You do not want to be in that situation that he's in right now. Not at all.

All right. Well, that is your rumor reports. All right. Thank you, Missy. Now we got front page news next what we talking about uh yes and let's talk about uh joe biden and kamala harris and their taxes you know uh donald trump had never revealed what he paid in taxes so let's find out what our president and vice president have paid they're going along with tradition and being open and

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People have been trying to tell bosses that forever, too. You're working me to death. That's very true. They said it could be psychological stress from working those long hours, which generates a physiological response, which triggers reactions to the cardiovascular system and lesions that can cause a change in tissue. Also a health harming behavior in response to stress, like smoking, drinking,

poor diet, physical inactivity, impaired sleep or recovery. All of those are risk factors. Yeah. Especially if you're doing something that you hate, like if you waking up and you go into a job every day that you don't like you don't like the people that you work with you killing yourself we need nap time i think we need to bring nap time

back we don't take naps no i mean in the middle of your work day you know you just go and you take an hour just to nap like i miss nap time i take naps now are you crazy especially if i gotta do something you know i never nap during the day i I never nap during the day. I nap all the time. All the time. I nap all the time. All the time. All right. Now, airlines could soon start weighing passengers before a flight.

Weighing passengers? Wow. They want to ensure safety on board planes. And they're saying that data that they use to measure that is becoming outdated as obesity rates rise in the United States. So now they have to update average passenger weight. So under these new requirements, they said airlines will be mandated to take surveys to set standard average passenger weights for crew members, baggage and passengers. And that's going to happen through random sampling. So regardless, you have the option the option by the way if they want to weigh you to say no if you decline to participate then they have to select another

traveler at random so this is all conducted on a voluntary basis well don't wait it's all confidential yeah don't wait people just have kevin samuel stand there and tell people if they look too heavy to be on the flight that's all all right now let's talk about money money money i told you all your taxes would do yesterday well let's talk about joe biden and uh joe biden and their taxes so jointly they earned six hundred and seven thousand dollars in 2020 and they gave about five percent of their income to charity and so that means their federal tax bill was lowered to $157,000 and then $29,000 in Delaware taxes. Now, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband made about $1.7 million in income. And her husband is a high-profile attorney.

So most of that income was from him as a partner. Kamala Harris, as a senator, got a much smaller salary. And they paid $620,000 in federal income taxes, which is about thirty six point seven percent. Yeah. How much Doug bringing in? So Doug must be bringing in like a million something a year, something like that. Yes, indeed. OK. So that so, yeah, in case you are wondering how much they make and how much they paid in taxes, that information is available. All right. And that is your front page news.

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on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network called Hello Somebody. And she's just one of my favorite people to build with at all times. All right. And we're going to talk to her when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee. Tell me the

guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We have a special guest. She's family to the room. That's right. Nina Turner. Welcome back. Hey Yee. We are the Breakfast Club. We have a special guest. She's family to the room. Ms. Nina Turner. Welcome back. Hey, DJ. Good to be here. Senator Nina Turner. Senator Nina Turner.

That is right. And she's running. You're running for Congress right now. I am running. Tell us the importance of that. I feel like I've been campaigning forever. You guys know. Yeah.

But the significance, you know, this is a very important moment in our country's history, and to be able to have this opportunity, something that I didn't necessarily see coming in this moment, but the former congresswoman is now secretary of HUD, which is a beautiful thing. And so for me to be able to continue my service to my constituents in this way or to at least have the opportunity to compete to do so is a beautiful thing. I have the courage to ask for more. And there's a whole bunch of people

suffering in my district, this state and this nation, and they need leaders like me who have the courage to ask for more. That's right. What you've seen so far with the first 100 days plus with Joe Biden, what are your thoughts? Moving in the right direction. But when you're moving in the right direction, you've got to keep going there. So the COVID relief bill was something that was definitely needed without a doubt. You know, there are provisions in the COVID relief bill that $1.9 trillion that addresses childhood poverty, which is good. It cuts childhood poverty by example in half, more money to state and local governments. Really, really good. But we got to keep going.

The $15 an hour minimum wage should not make it. So we got more work that we have to do because before the pandemic, people were catching hell. And that hell is only being exacerbated now because of COVID. So we got to have the courage to go beyond, not get back to normal, because normal for a whole bunch of people was not good. That's right. That's right.

I didn't ask you how were you, miss turner i need an honest answer i need a i need an honest answer because none of us are the same you know because because of the pandemic but how are you i'm glad you asked me that and i follow you on the gram and i love the encouragement that you give people you know i got my days like everybody else i have days when i'm up and days when i'm down days when i say what am I doing you know but through it all you know what you're saying bless black and highly highly favor that's right I keep that to center me on a regular basis but I have to meditate and exercise and I like the box and I envision a whole bunch of folks on

that bag and I who Angela i can work that sucker too absolutely but yeah i have one of those too i gotta start using that again i got that and i got a jump rope i try to have all kinds of things i gotta that i don't use well yeah i know right but it's hard i'm gonna tell you that it's really hard because you know when you're trying to do good and that doesn't make me perfect, but nobody working on this earth is perfect. You know, you bump up against stuff and it does weigh you down a little bit. Let me ask you about the pandemic since you mentioned that. Right. And we're talking about the CDC and their new guidelines and people are very confused. What are your thoughts on what the CDC is saying?

You think it's confusing and too soon for people to not have to wear masks if they've been vaccinated indoors and outdoors? Yes and yes and the National Nurses United have come out and trust nurses baby. If you're going to trust anybody, trust the nurses and they said that this is too soon and that we're putting a lot of frontline essential

workers, especially in healthcare but not exclusively in danger. You know, as of January 2021, over, I think, 1.3 million people in this country have died from COVID. Now, that was in January. I know the numbers are up and disproportionately they have been black and brown. So, yes, Angela, I do think it is too soon. And if I have to choose between the CDC and the nurses, I'm going with team nurses. I mean, I call you I call you one of my leaders because you speak truth to power. And when I hear you speak truth to power, I wonder why is it so hard for politicians to simply tell the truth?

Like when you're posed with a question like is America a racist country? Yeah. Why can't you just speak the truth to power on the history of the country? Why can't we? I mean, the data is very clear data and lived experiences the data shows that the african-american community in particular is you know catching is hell is traumatic that's right right so from the economy to policing to highway systems so yes racism exists in america it is prevalent and it is also persistent. I read an article where 67 percent, I think they said doctors, they could have said the medical profession. So forgive me if I don't have that exactly right, but have admitted to having some type of bias against African-Americans.

And when we look at the maternal death rates of black mothers and childbirth and even two prominent women in our community like Beyonce and Serena Williams both talked about not being believed during childbirth and so if it happens to two magnanimous extraordinarily successful black women think about other black women who live in the hood and misunderstood that's right so it is prevalent and it is persistent But just because that is our reality doesn't mean it has to be our future. So we got to do a new thing on purpose, just as racism, anti-blackness and white supremacy is on purpose. Let's talk a little bit, if we can, about Black Wall Street. The massacre has been 100 years.

May 31st, it will be 100 years. And Mother Fletcher, who's still alive, she's 107 years old, what are we going to do for her while she's still alive and her descendants and the descendants of others, where a white mob came into the Greenwood area and burned down businesses and residences

and killed black people, and they were deputized by people in elected office. So yes, racism is alive and well in america again it is our reality now it doesn't have to be our future so why are there half of politicians just to tell the truth and say that i have no idea yeah you know we gotta tell the good the bad and the ugly that's right how would your role as congresswoman be different than what you were doing as senator you know what it's kind of somewhat the same It is. It's service of people that certainly the territory you know, what kind of communities are they living in.

And I would also say now it's not just a state focus. When you are in Congress, you have your district, you have the state, national, and then also international. But my opportunity agenda is still the same, just really fighting and pushing for the people. Could you expound on that a little bit? How does like having a congressional seat in Ohio impact America? Because when you take a vote in Congress, it is very rare that you are voting for just things that impact your district.

You are voting for things that impact the entire nation, and in some cases, depending on what it is, the world. And let's take health care, for example. That is something that I believe that the residents of my district need. As you all know, I've been on the front lines of that for a very long time. But it's not just my district and my state. It's the United States of America needs that. So that's just one example.

Education policy, policing. You know, we know we've got the George Floyd Policing Act and the Congressman John Lewis Voting Rights Act. So all of those things, those are a couple of examples of many that you are not just focused in on your district. You're focused in on the state that you are elected from, too, and also the nation and in many cases, the world. We got more with Senator Nina Turner when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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these bills that are coming out that are simply trying to take the vote away from black people? As if that won't impact elections 2022, 2024 for years to come. That's right. And some are, but i think our collective hair needs to be on fire because we have politicians and state legislatures trying to take us back it happened in my state legislature when i was there and it's happening now you know experts are saying that ohio's law a bill that's pending right now is worse it's going to be worse than georgia's they want two ids they want to limit the drop boxes. How are they doing

this? I'm confused. A Florida like how are they doing this now and people allowing it? Because I mean the levers of power it does matter who we elect and I think although Congress you know we should pay attention to Congress we should pay attention to who we elect

to be president but state legislatures matter, too. There are 361 bills percolating through state legislatures right now in about 47 states that will upend what will happen, as you said, Char, not just in 2022, but beyond. And so we have to refocus. Why can't we care about the Congress and the presidency and also state legislatures? They're being controlled by these right wing Republicans who because they can't flat out win

because the dynamics of this country is changing. The demographics are changing. They flat out cheat. You said two IDs? Yeah, DJ. Now it's pending. It hasn't passed. But yeah, in Ohio two IDs. They want to take away the drop boxes or limit the hours. For example, so if the Board of Elections is open from

830 to 430, for example, they want the drop boxes to only be available from 830 to 430. That defeats the purpose of having the box. So again, our fundamental rights are being assaulted and we need to help our people connect the dots. And that's why I'm so glad that you all on The Breakfast Club, you have these conversations because these things are not going to change just because politicians

say so. They're going to change because the people say so. That's right. You know, I've noticed a lot of people, especially online, they get upset when they hear people saying that Joe Biden actually has gotten things done in the first hundred days because they don't feel like anything has been done specifically for black people. What do you say to that?

Yeah, things are being done from a global perspective. See, both of these things can be true. It can be true that things are being done within the hundred days. And also think about it's just a hundred days. Somebody, you know, smart person thought, oh, let's judge it by 100 days. Well, we got 100 days. We're gonna have 100 more and 100 more and 100 more. Let's measure that based on the days to come and not just the 100 days. But absolutely, the African-American community deserves directly some stuff to happen for us because African-Americans overwhelmingly did this.

Oh, 100%. Did it. And also in Georgia, too. So just because 100 days, there are another 100 days. Let's make our demands and put them out on the table. But African-Americans definitely deserve, and I believe that we deserve reparations. I penned an op-ed with our dear sister, Erica Alexander. Yes, who I call Alex the Great.

That's my nickname for her. And we wrote an op-ed that was in the USA Today about a month and a half ago that talked about the different forms that reparation, repair, repayment of a damage that has been done to American descendants of slaves. That has to happen and that is a direct paycheck and some other things that programmatically can be done. Why does it seem like Republicans are more sincere with their lies than Democrats

are about their truth? Republicans are shameless though. Some of them. I don't want to lump them all but especially on the federal level and the state level too. I think locally it just depends what's going on but they're very resilient in what they push for.

And they are not ashamed to push for it. They go all in all the time. And Democrats don't necessarily do that. And we got to start to do that. I don't get it. Why are we always compromising? I have no idea, especially when, you know, you don't start a negotiation with the compromising position. You start from what you really want and then maybe you'll get there.

But we just definitely have to be bold, especially because the American people gave the Democratic Party, my party, the levers of power, the presidency, the U.S. Senate, and helped Democrats maintain the House of Representatives. So that to me is a memo.

Go bold. Go big. Change material conditions in people's lives. You think Biden's not bold enough right now? In some ways, you know, he's getting there. Again, I believe he's going in the right direction. I'll give you an example, Angela. Now, there are governors in states, including mine, who have decided that

they want to cut the unemployment benefits because, oh, poor people don't want to go work at jobs that's not paying them enough money or doesn't allow them to be able to afford child care. For example, if they have children and these governors are just saying, you know, we're going to force people to go back, go back to work, to jobs that don't fulfill them, edify them economically or any other way.

Now, we need the president to come out and go ham on these people because it is a travesty that anybody would talk about poor people in that way and just assume that people are getting so much enrichment that they don't want to go back to work and that reminds me of ronald reagan's um man what did he used to call black people back in the welfare welfare queens or something like that yeah as if i mean i don't know about you all but i've never met anybody who said you know what this poor life is all comfy i'm glad to be insecure nobody you know um and then even as far as who was receiving welfare right it wasn't necessarily that it was black women that's right that were getting rich off of welfare even statistically that's not who was who was the highest uh people getting

welfare that's it listen so never let the truth get in the way of a good story no it was mainly our white sisters and brothers and that's okay people got needs they got needs i mean remember dr king before he was assassinated it was the poor people's movement that's right people's plural of all identities and we have dr william barber who's carrying on that tradition in the 80s reverend jackson came with the rainbow coalition that means all of god's children from all identities banding together who are poor a working poor and a barely middle class to say that we need a new thing so yeah poor ain't nobody jumping up being poor is hard it kills you that's right kill you do you think you could be an activist and a politician at the same time effectively?

We're going to find out. Oh my God, Angela, that is such a good question because I'm trying to wrap my mind around. In college, I was an activist. I didn't necessarily consider myself an activist, but I think by today's standards, based on the work that I did, I would be considered an activist. And then I went into politics politics and then I got my activism groove back on for the last six, seven years and now it's my goal to get back into the

active elected ministry and we will see. I think sometimes those things do collide at times but that's no different than other things that collide. We got more with Senator Nina Turner when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. morning morning everybody is dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with senator nina turner charlamagne

i want to ask you about the george floyd policing act is it worth passing if qualified immunity is not abolished like is that something that democrats should compromise on qualified immunity must go part of me wants to say yes pass it and then break that down for people that don't know what qualified immunity is. I'm sure there's people listening. But like, what does that mean? The framing that if you are a government official and especially in law enforcement, that you're not you're held to a different standard. You get to get away with your wrong. you're wrong you're not judged in the same way as a civilian would if something happens that is tragic and i.e uh shooting an unarmed person it is a protection that is given particularly to law

enforcement that protects bad police officers and we have to do something about it so shall you ask me i mean part of me says pass it and and work on qualified immunity on the other end. But another side of me says that we don't make that demand right now and get it into the bill. The likelihood that it is ever going to be abolished is not going to happen. Yeah, because I don't want them to do no symbolic. You know, we got the bill passed on the anniversary of George Floyd. That's right. And that's all it is.

It's symbolic. Like what is in it that's going to actually stop police from killing us? Yeah, we got to go all the way. But I'm just saying I know how some people might say, well, just get what we can get. Well, we've been taking what we can. That's right. You know, it's time to make a demand. And that's again, I'm running on the courage to ask for more. And black people need this. And this nation needs this, too. And when you have bad police officers or just bad systems, it's bad for the people who work in those professions and it makes law enforcement less safe when there's no trust

and no accountability. We got to. We need more people in law enforcement who actually work in law enforcement to call out their own. That's right. Last week we had a conversation about gun control also and I wanted to get your thoughts on that where you were talking about Texas and how now you don't have to get like a mental health check a lot of things that you don't have

to do you just have to be a certain age and you can go and purchase a gun what are your thoughts on those restrictions less restrictions yeah it's insanity i mean we got to have some balances some measures some rules i mean even when you get a car the car has to be registered you got to take a test to get a driver's license they can track us based on that driver's license. And when I say track, I don't mean that in a bad way. So why doesn't that quality? Why? Owning a weapon should be even more so because it is a weapon and it can do a whole lot of harm. And those who are responsible gun owners should join in the movement to make sure that guns are not in the hands of people that shouldn't be.

Can you imagine the activist community and also legal gun owners coming together to fight for gun sense laws? It would be a beautiful thing. Gun sense. Word. Be a beautiful thing. Gunsense. You know, we own a lot of stations in Ohio. So for people listening, you know, what is Nina Turner's immediate agenda for the people in Ohio? First of all, equity within the COVID relief. I do believe that we should be giving $2,000 right now a month to people. That $1,400, while it was good-ish, it was already spent. For a lot of people, the electric bill was due, the gas bill was due, the car note was due, groceries due, all of that stuff, it was spent.

And we're not out of the woods yet, and I think people don't get that. See, my proximity to pain is fully intact. That's right. I was a part of the poor, the working poor, and the barely middle class. I understand what it feels like to be food insecure or how we would say it in my neighborhood just flat out hungry. I was reading an article this morning. It came out from the

Dayton Daily News in Ohio where the fastest growing jobs in Ohio from now through 2028 are jobs that pay less than $15 an hour. Food worker, retail workers, the fastest growing jobs. And so Less than $15 an hour. Food worker. Retail workers. The fastest growing jobs.

And so just think about the economic inequality that is breeding through those data points. So to me, it is making sure that people have what they need. And why is it that we believe that poor people shouldn't be able to smell the roses or the tulips every now and then, buy a certified used car every now and then, be able to take a vacation even if it's within the United States of America? We have a paradigm in this country that if you are poor, your life don't matter. You should work two and three and four jobs, string all those jobs together. And if you have children, you might not have time to spend with them. And you talk a lot about the mentals. together and if you have children you might not have time to spend with them and you probably you

talk a lot about the mentals if you are always on like that just to survive when do you get a time for you so i am fighting for a quality of life it's an opportunity agenda that includes medicare for all increasing the minimum wage canceling student debt by the way which is a racial justice issue too because black women carry the largest amount of student debt. Hello, somebody on that. I want people to live. You know, I come from a faith tradition that says that I came that you might have life that Jesus taught me and that you might have that life more abundantly.

That's why sister Turner is running or in the words of Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, what the people want is simple. They want an America as good as his promise. I got the courage to ask for more. Yeah, I can't. I don't understand why there's any poor people in America. I know. And the working poor. How does that? Yeah, I don't get it.

Yeah. When a country and a guy can have $160 billion or even just the money we spend in taxes. I feel like the money we spend in taxes per year should be able to keep people, you know, with something in their pocket where they can just live. But you know what's foul about that is you look at it, right? You see all these rich companies and rich people paying $750 for taxes. You see paying no tax. But then you look at a middle class person and you're saying they're

paying 30%, 25%. And that doesn't make sense. Like, where's the fairness? And how do you expect a minority to ever catch up when you're not taxing the rich? Or they're getting through loopholes like crazy that's right and people that's trying to struggle and trying to be the first time earners in their family can't can't get a break at all there's an organization called

patriotic millionaires that i want the the breakfast club family to check them out and what they are a group of millionaires who are saying, tax us, please. Because the system is rotten to the core. It is wrong. Three white men control more wealth than 160 million people combined. That's insane.

And that's Gates, that's Bezos, and that's Zuckerberg. What does that say? It says that this system, this is systemic. So systemic problems require systemic solutions. It is rotten. I feel as though we're back in the in the Gilded Age where wealth was run amok and the gulf between the poor and those who had everything was wide. We are right back at that doing right now, baby. Moving to make some progress with the 21st century version that has racial justice weaved into it, too.

Absolutely. How can people donate to your campaign? Please, family. Breakfast Club family. Sister Turner needs you. You can go to NinaTurner.com. That is NinaTurner.com. Time, talent, treasure.

You can make phone calls or text bank from your home. You can donate. As I said, the average donation is $27. We'll take $3. We'll take $1. It all adds up because my campaign or this campaign, I want to say our campaign because it's a people-powered campaign. And because of the level of grassroots donations we are receiving, the only special interest I'll have to answer to is the people. The people.

There you go. Yeah, I donate to Senator Nina Turner. Yes, you did, Charlamagne. I don't know much about politics, but I know good people, and Senator Nina Turner is absolutely a great human. Thank you. So are you, and you DJ, and you Angela, too, and I just appreciate the love. I do feel very much

a part of the Breakfast Club family. I love you guys. We appreciate you. Absolutely. Well, thank you. It's Senator Nina Turner. What is the election right now while I'm sitting here? Oh, the election. So the election day is August the 3rd. Early vote begins on July the 7th. July 7th.

Yes, early vote. Absolutely. So you can start early voting now for Senator Nina Turner. And make sure you subscribe to the Hello Somebody podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network to get this free jewelry in your life every week please get that there's no effect like the black effect baby many people attempt it but black hey there you go all right well the senator nina turner it's the breakfast club thank you good morning morning everybody it's dj nv angela

yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Wendy Williams. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Wendy Williams was giving Nicki Minaj her props. And even though previously she hasn't had the nicest things to say about Nicki, now she is turning it around, and here's what she said on her show about Nick. But Nikki, to me, is definitely an icon and definitely a legend. She's done things that these young girls haven't even touched, even though they have hit music.

But Nikki is different than the rest. I mean, Nikki is a great example of why going away sometimes is the best thing for you. You know, you make people miss you and appreciate you more in your absence I mean Wendy didn't tell a lie but I don't think that was ever up for debate was it regardless of how anyone feels about Nikki personally you can't deny what she's done for the coaches she's absolutely an icon right

alright Nikki Minaj responded you are an icon and legend as well at Wendy's show who's that oh and congratulations as well at Wendy's show. Huh. Who's that? All right. And congratulations to Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez.

They have gotten married in an intimate ceremony at their home over the weekend. And according to Ariana Grande's rep, they confirmed to People Magazine they got married.

It was tiny and intimate, less than 20 people. The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn't be happier. Who's the boyfriend? What's his name? Who's the husband? His name is Dalton Gomez.

He's a he's a realtor. He's a buyer's agent for a luxury real estate company called Aaron Kirkman Group. He sounds like he's a member of the Adams family. Last name Gomez. Congratulations, though. All right. Well, yes, congratulations to the two of them. All right. Well, yes, congratulations to the two of them. All right. And Kim Kardashian bought Janet

Jackson's custom outfit from her If music video. She paid $25,000 for it and she went on her Instagram stories to wish Janet Jackson a happy birthday and she revealed that she did win that auction to get that 1993 outfit from the If

music video. She said janet jackson's birthday because i'm such a fan i can't believe i won this on julian's auctions yeah i was just debating with dramos in here because he was saying that rihanna would watch janet jackson and was saying that nobody cares about janet jackson janet jackson music is dated i literally just told him i said do you know people still dresses janet for halloween and then here go ye reporting this story kim kardashian buying one of janet's old outfits you're talking about an icon I just told him, I said, do you know people still dress as Janet for Halloween? And then here go ye reporting this story. Kim Kardashian buying one of Janet's old outfits. You're talking about an icon.

You're a liar and you've always been a liar. He's not a liar. He's just young. You're a damn liar. You're making things up. You're a hater, Dramos. That wasn't even the conversation. It was comparisons and verses. Respect the icons and legends, Dramos.

Do you mind if I finish? Because I want to let you guys know the reason Janet is auctioning off these personal belongings is she is raising money for charity. So a percentage of that money goes to Compassion International. It's an organization that helps the overall development of children living in poverty worldwide. So she's been auctioning off a lot of different things. Now, since y'all brought up Rihanna, Rihanna is reportedly getting ready to put out her ninth album And she's been lining up her video shoot in LA She's teaming up with British director Raja Verdi to film that video

For her next album That's her first in more than five years They said she's been secretly working on new music For a long time And this album has finally come together According to The Sun I want a big rollout I want a massive rollout for Rihanna.

I really appreciated J. Cole's rollout. I don't want no surprise album. I want a nice two-week huge rollout for Rihanna. Riri don't need it, though. They've been waiting for Rihanna. She don't need it, but she deserves it. She could just drop Friday and it'll go crazy. She don't need it, but she deserves it.

I don't like us acting like music is disposable. Let's have the big rollout. Let's have some anticipation. All right, and Snoop Dogg, his daughter, Corey Broadus, has revealed that she tried to take her own life as she's spreading awareness about mental health. Here's what she had to say via Instagram.

You're fat, you're ugly, you're dark, you're this, you're that. And I used to cry. I mean, cry. At 13, I was ready to die to die just so sad crying to my mom like mom like i'm so ugly like why did you have me why do i look like this why don't i look like my brothers why it was just so many why why why why so just because you have money and just because you're able to do certain things that people can't do it doesn't mean you don't have a heart

you don't have a mind you don't have a soul like i go through it just like everybody else that's heartbreaking man that's that's why you have to get social emotional learning and mental health literacy in grade schools kids need therapists early they need people to talk to i would hate to grow up in this era where everything is on social media you got to go through puberty you got to go through all your awkward phases via social media any mistake You make becomes your whole identity because of social media you ever stop to think we laugh at memes or funny-looking people or videos of Kids doing dumb stuff, but those are actual people who have to live with that and the impact that probably has on their mental health And as a parent, what do you do?

Do you say no you can't get on social media Like I know a lot of people allow their kids on social media at certain ages. I didn't allow my kids on social media to 16, but you know, it's, what do you do? Cause they're exposed to all of this, you know, and we were never exposed like the pimple. Like I had pimples, I had, you know, buck teeth. I had four, I've been called everything from four eyes to metal mouth to everything. But I couldn't imagine that being times a hundred on social media. Yeah, man. All right. And Taraji has launched a campaign to help black students fight mental health struggles and racism. And so it's called the unspoken curriculum. It's a six week program

that's designed to help black children identify racial bias at school and speak openly about mental health. Yeah, salute to Taraji and Tracy. They're doing great work at the Boyce Lawrence Henson Foundation. Drop on the clues bombs for Taraji, P. Henson and Tracy Jade. They are truly helping to eradicate the stigma around mental health with their foundation and all their work. So salute to them. That program runs from May 17th until June 21st. And that will include discussions with mental health experts, virtual hangout spaces moderated by therapists and educators

where students can speak openly about mental health and their experiences in school. All right. And that is your rumor reports. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Charlamagne, who are you giving that to?

Listen, I promise I do not wake up and I say, you know what, Florida, come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with you. But these Florida stories just be too good to be true. I can't avoid them so there's a guy named Anthony Woody okay emphasis on the Woody who needs to come to the front of the congregation we like to have a word with him all right we'll get back to the donkey today next it's the breakfast

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Let me put a little bit of The Breakfast Club up in your lifestyle. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. You want to rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rockin' with the best. Make sure you tell them to watch out for Florida Man. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money.

Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. For the breakfast club, bitchy. Donkey of the day. With Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. Well, Duvall, we coming right to Jacksonville this morning, okay?

Donkey of the day for Tuesday, May 18th goes to a 33-year-old Florida man named Antony Eugene Woody. He is 33 years old and hails from Orange Park, Florida, which is a suburb in Jacksonville. So, salute to everybody who listens to us on 93.3 to beat in Jacksonville. Dropping the clues bombs for the Ville. Now, what does your Uncle Charlemagne always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida.

I don't want y'all to think that I come in here looking for Florida stories. That is simply not the case. Okay, these Florida stories come looking for me. See, in certain stories I read about Florida and I'm convinced that folks in Florida aren't even attempting to conceal their crazy anymore. Hell no. They wide open with it. And Antony Woody is no exception. OK, this man is hiding in plain sight because, see, he just pled guilty to a federal charge of advertising images depicting the sexual, the sexual abuse of children for sale on the Internet. I don't even feel comfortable calling this man by his last name anymore uh you can't be a pervert who's into child porn who's into watching children be sexually

abused on the internet and your last name is woody what type of sicko did the devil design you to be this is like that courtroom scene in devil's advocate where the little girl is describing what her abuser did to her and the guy on trial for the abuse is sitting in the courtroom getting an erection are a woody as she's talking but even though his last name is sick especially for the crimes he pled guilty to it's not like he could choose his last name he was born and born into it you know probably comes from a long line of perverted slave owners who all got woodies watching children get abused i don't even want to detail this because it makes my skin crawl but back in 2019 the fbi discovered that an online user was using a particular social media application to offer child sex abuse images

for sale on the internet the clay county sheriff's office received a cyber tip from the national center for missing and exploited children that someone with a very guilty username was was committing these crimes on let's go to action Action News Jacksonville for the report, please. County man who investigators say is part of a group that shares child porn online is under arrest. Clay County deputies and the FBI say he was sending and receiving child porn from a man in Boston. Anthony Woody was arrested on child porn charges. Investigators with the FBI and Clay County Sheriff's Office say the 31-year-old was part of a group that shared graphic sexual images of children. Woody was later arrested at work,

where detectives say they found numerous images of children being sexually exploited. Now that news report didn't tell you the best or should I say worst part of this story. And the best worst part of this story was that this dude got jammed up because there was a big red flag in his username. If you are under investigation for selling child porn, one of the fastest ways to get discovered is to have the username. I'm so freaky. I think this is worse than but after 3000 due to the circumstances of the situation. This dude was selling child sex abuse images on the Internet and his username was I'm so freaky with two O's and two Y's. Florida, y'all just don't give a damn no more.

Y'all ain't got time to be discreet or to be hiding anything. Y'all ain't got time to be discreet or to be hiding uh anything huh y'all outside with it imagine being charged with a hate crime against black people and your username was niggas need to die 78 how do you not plead guilty when you got a username like that it's like either you a pervert to the highest degree which is obvious in this case are you really like the record on cam by uh young blue and money bag yo remember when people were doing the I'm Too Freaky challenge to that record? Remember that? Remember this? Remember this? Remember this challenge on TikTok?

Huh? You know? You don't remember they were doing that challenge on TikTok? Me neither. I'm old, but it happened, okay? I bet you can't do this challenge the same after hearing this story. I think this guy should be charged based on the amount of Y's and O's in his name. OK, he's got two Y's in his name.

And according to the hay chart, you see this hay chart right here. This is the hay chart. OK, I'm holding it up to the camera. The hay chart, two Y's and one Y in the hay chart means friends. friends to wise in the hay chart means I think I like you. Anthony used to wise three wise is take the hit. Dumbass for wise is less F and five wise is I'm drunk. OK, he had two eyes and two holes. Therefore, Anthony Woody is admitting a he likes kids because it's two Y's and the two O's.

If he's facing a mandatory minimum of 15 years and 30 in federal prison, I think he should actually get 20. He should get 20 for each Y. So that's 40. Then he should get 14 and a half years for each O, which brings him to a grand total of 69 years in prison, which I think is very appropriate for this offense. Please let Remy Ma give Antony Woody the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother f***er.

You dumb. Some sick people in this world. Especially in Florida. Alright. Well, shout out to our newest family member, Tampa, Florida. Good morning guys. Good morning, Tampa. How are you? Welcome to the family. Welcome to the club.

Just out here waiting for y'all to slip up. I know it's coming. I know it's coming. Just want to say good morning. I know it's coming. All right. Now, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, when we come back, we have head coach of the New York Knicks, Tom Thibodeau, joining us.

You know he was an assistant coach for the Spurs, the 76ers, the Knicks back in the day, the Rockets. He was also head coach for the Celtics, Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, and now he's back as head coach of the New York Knicks. And all I would tell is, I would say all NBA fans, you know what I'm saying? You can always appreciate, you know,

an interview from a coach or a player. I know a lot of America is like, I don't give a damn about the coach of the New York Knicks, but the New York Knicks have not been in the playoffs in eight years. Eight years, correct. This is a big deal. Tom Thibodeau is absolutely positively the NBA coach of the year, if he's not who,

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The NBA coach of the year, and it's not even close. If it's not Tom T, then who is it? That's right. And Tom Thibodeau is here. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.

First, I just want to say thank you for years being a New York Mix fan. We've been broken. Our hearts have been broken. It's been hard to watch. Finally, we got a good team, and you guys are playing some great ball, and you're coaching some great young men. So let's first talk about why did you want to come to New York when you decided to come to New York?

Because New York was bad for a long time. So I grew up in Connecticut, and my dad was a Knicks fan. So I came to the Garden when I was a young kid. And then in the 90s, I had an opportunity to be an assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy and with those great teams with Patrick Ewing and Alan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Larry Johnson. So I saw what it was like. And I go way back to the 70s with, you know, Willis Reed and Walt Frazier and that team. And, you know, I know what the game means to the city, what the Knicks mean to New York City.

So growing up like that, then having an opportunity to be here in the 90s, I was excited when this opportunity came up. And, you know, if you're a kid that grows up in Connecticut, I had an opportunity to be with Boston in 2008. And then, of course, being here doesn't get much better than that, but there's no place like New York City. Did you have any reservations about taking the next job because of the reputation of the owner, James Dolan? No, I didn't because in the nineties, towards the end of that time, it's when he initially bought the team. And right from that, and I was an assistant coach, and it was a brief period of time, but he treated me great as an assistant coach.

And I always felt through the years, Jim Dolan always provided resources for the team. So I knew he would be a great owner to be with. And then, of course, having Leon Rose and and uh worldwide west william wesley those are two of my best friends so it doesn't get much better than that i knew the support would be there uh and then of course just having the group of guys that we have we have an unbelievable team i have a great coaching staff that's with me and it's been uh it's been very enjoyable for me yeah when you wanted to bring derrick Rose back, what were the thoughts?

Because I'm sure people are like, ah, but he's proved to be a great asset to the team. Yeah, no, Derrick's special. And so I had an opportunity to be with him in Chicago. He's the youngest MVP in the history of the league. And unfortunately, his injuries derailed him for a period of time. He had gone through three consecutive years of rehab. And that's very difficult to do. One year for a pro athlete is very difficult.

But to be able to go through that and then come out on the other side, and if you really studied his career, even the time that he was here in New York before, when he's healthy, Derrick Rose has always played well. He gets busy. Derrick's a winner. He's a winner. He's a team first guy. He's always been a great teammate. I think he and Taj have been great for us just because of the way they've won their entire careers, their playoff experience, veteran leadership. And I felt that we needed that here.

So just to build a foundation and to get it going right, they've been a huge asset for us. You talked about World Wide West and, of course, yourself. What do you think is the biggest attributes you all brought to the Knicks that have changed the culture? Because that's what I see with the Knicks. I see a culture change. What do you think that biggest attribute is?

I think it's everyone being aligned from the owner to Leon. Leon's very pragmatic. And then there's only one worldwide West, and he's a great relationship builder. He's got connections with everyone. And it's made it a lot of fun. And I think our players feel the connection between everyone. So everyone's on the same page.

We're all working towards the same goal. Everyone's willing to sacrifice and put the team first and that's what you need to be successful in this league. I need you to be honest with me here, Coach. When you looked at what you had on paper at the beginning of the season, did you say, okay, we got something here? Or did you say, oh, s**t? No, I was excited about the opportunity just because I felt strongly about the Knicks and Leon and Wes. And then when I first got hired, I'll tell you a funny story. I asked Julius to come in just to spend some time with him.

It was during the pandemic. I think the next day he jumped on a flight and he came up here. And so we had a chance to spend like three or four days together, and I worked him out myself. And when he got here, I was just really impressed with the type of shape that he was in because it was in the middle of a pandemic, very difficult to go anywhere to work out or work on your game. And I could see, you know,

you always have preconceived notions of what a player's like when having coached against them. But then once I got to know him and I saw the conditioning that he had, you know, the work that he had put in. And I also noticed that his shot was different and he was really shooting the ball well. So I could tell that he had put a lot of time into it. And if you can recall, the Knicks weren't part of the bubble last year.

So he maximized that time to work on his game. And after those four days, I knew that he could be the leader that we needed. And I can recall back to the 90s. I remember when I first got hired, Patrick Ewing was the, he was our best player. And he was the first guy in, he was in unbelievable shape, great work capacity. And obviously, when you combine that with talent, that's the best leadership you could have. And so when I saw the way Julius was approaching it, and how committed he was to getting this thing turned around, I felt we would have a good chance.

We got more with the New York Knicks head coach, Tom Thibodeau. When we come back, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We have New York Knicks head coach clinching a playoff berth for the first time in eight years.

Tom Thibodeau joining us. Now, Charlamagne. How good is Julius Randle, coach? You know, the thing that impresses me the most is when you look at the numbers, In eight years, Tom Thibodeau joining us. Now, Charlemagne? How good is Julius Randle, Coach? You know, the thing that impresses me the most is when you look at the numbers, they're staggering. But there are players that get numbers that don't impact winning. And Julius has had a monster season.

But the way he's impacted winning has changed everything for us. And so the challenge, I think, for a great player in this league is not only to bring the best out of themselves, but to bring the best out of the group. And he's done that. And like I said, the best thing that he does is the example that he sets each and every day. It's not really the things that he's saying. It's more the things that he's doing, the way he works in each practice, the way he prepares himself. all that stuff goes a long way. When your best player does that, then everyone follows. When you look at a guy like R.J. Barrett, and he's only 20 years old, and the way he's playing and the way he's growing, I think he's going to be a special player in this league. You know, Julius Randle's been getting a lot of MVP chants. Who is your vote for MVP? Would you

vote for Julius for MVP this year? That's my personal vote, I can tell you that. So, you know, and I think it's hard. There's a number of guys, obviously, you can make a case for. But in terms of impact on a team, for me, it's Julius. And, you know, and I know he, the thing that I love about him is he wants to continue to get better. He's not satisfied.

And I think all the great ones have that, you know, that's every year they want to add to their game. And so, you know, I'm obviously I'm biased. He's ours, but I love him. Now, let me ask you, do you think the league is getting too soft? You know, cause you talked about a time where you said Patrick Ewing, Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley, The league was tough. Now the league seems really soft. And you can, you know what, Val?

Let me go instant replay. Look in the camera and see if it works. That's kind of, I don't know if I like that too much. No, but you know, the thing is, when you think about the NBA game, it's constantly changing. There's different styles. The 90s were different. The 80s were high scoring. The early 2000s, there's different styles. The 90s were different. The 80s were high scoring. The early 2000s, there were different. The rule changes brought more skill and speed

into the game. And so it's probably geared more towards offense. But when you really look at it, the same things go into winning. It's commitment to excel on both sides of the ball, to be willing to sacrifice, to be strong on offense, strong the ball, to be willing to sacrifice, to be strong on offense, strong on defense, to share the ball. And those are the teams that advance in the playoffs. So I think you always begin with the end in mind. And you've got to have the things that you believe in. You know, I think work, discipline, playing for each other.

It's all the same. You know, I was wondering, because, you know, Envy mentioned the veterans just now. Did you have conversations with You know, I was wondering, because, you know, Envy mentioned the veterans just now. Did you have conversations with Dolan about the way they've treated, you know, New York Knicks legends like Oakley and Ewing in the Garden? Because I think relationships with those veterans would be important. Did y'all have conversations about that?

I was here during the 90s, and I saw how great it was, so I knew it could be great. And I always felt like with Jim, whatever you ask for, and he's been phenomenal with us,, whatever you ask for, he's been phenomenal with us. Whatever we've asked for, he's given us. And that's where I think guys like Leon and Wes are so good because that's their whole career. That's what they've been. They've been connectors. They bring the best out of people. And, you know, I know we have a rich tradition here. I think there's a few teams in the NBA that are totally different.

I know what the Knicks mean to New York City. I know what the Bulls mean to Chicago and obviously what the Lakers mean to L.A. And I think that when you look at this, the players that we've had here and you see guys like Walt and Alan Houston part of the organization we we know we have a tradition uh and we're going to make sure that it's right you know people always say the NBA is better when the Knicks are winning well why why is that true well I think you know as they say you know it's the mecca of basketball the arena I know from from having been here from being on an opposing team i know how players feel when they come in and play in the garden there's only one madison square garden uh and it's the

best place in the world to play and it's a it's a city that loves basketball and so and they love their knicks and and uh and so hopefully we can give them something to be proud of. But this is a special place. You guys have been around here. You know what it's like. And when there's big games in the garden, there's nothing like it. Well, I got two more questions for you, Coach. One is, will the Nets ever matter as much as the Knicks in New York?

I don't know. You guys would have to answer that. I think there's a lot of great stories. I know growing up in Connecticut and following the Knicks forever and just when you travel around to all the different cities, there's Knicks fans in every arena. And so I think that the Knicks have a special place in New Yorkers' hearts. Yeah, I think the answer is no. I mean, I think that y'all going to the playoffs this year seems to me a bigger story, like, unless the Nets win it all.

You know, every team feels their team is special. But I think in terms of the league in New York, you know, I think the interest in the Knicks has always been high, whether it's been good or bad. The interest is always there. I think like many people, you grow up and you hear stories all the time about someone's father, someone's uncle, someone's brother took them to a game, and that's how they became a Knicks fan. And I know that holds true for me. But just walking around and seeing all the familiar faces,

I mean, there are a lot of people that are still here that were here from the 90s, and I think that's what makes it special. How did you feel when you heard Zion Williamson say how much he loves playing in the Garden? Well, I think he was speaking the truth. You know, as I said, I know when I was in Chicago or Minnesota or Boston and coming in here, Houston, you know,

you come in and you can tell how fired up your players are. You know, you make a good basketball play in the garden. The fans recognize that. And it's the atmosphere. It's the passion for the game. It's all those things. So I think every player in this league loves playing in the Madison Square Garden. What's the best team in New York? That's a tough one. That ain't tough. You're supposed to say the Knicks. What do you mean?

Honestly. You know, I got to believe that it's our team, you know, because that's what I do believe. You know, and I think if you ask a number of people, they would say it's our team, you know, because that's what I do believe, you know, and I think if you ask a number of people, they would say it's their team, but, and as I told our players at the beginning of the season, it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, it only matters what we think, what we think we can do, and so, and I know I got a special group of guys, we have a special group of guys here, they put everything they have into each and every day, and they've sacrificed a lot,

and our focus has been on daily improvement, and that's where it'll remain, and we want to keep driving until we get what we ultimately want. And what's the most challenging team you guys are going to have to face that you faced already this year and that you know it's going to be a challenge? Is there any one team that you say, okay, that team is a tough one?

Yeah, Atlanta. Atlanta? Yeah, because that's the next one. That's right. That's right. And that's really been our approach all year is just focus on exactly what's in front of us. And this league is challenging

because it's very easy to get distracted. If you look backwards or you look ahead, you're going to miss being focused on what is exactly in front of you. So I think that's important for us to understand what goes into winning each and every day. Absolutely. Well, listen, congrats, Coach. Yes.

You know, got to salute you on everything that the Knicks have done this year. I mean, it's a big, big, big accomplishment. You know, New York has been suffering. Knicks fans have been suffering for eight years. So just to see y'all in the playoffs and playing hard, y'all being every game, you know, that's a testament to the defensive-minded, you know, mentality you brought to the squad.

So congrats to you, World Wide West, and the whole gang over there, man. All right. Appreciate you guys. Thanks for having me on. Absolutely. All right, Tom. Thank you.

Thank you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ha,. All right, Tom. Thank you. Thank you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Did you thank the coach of the New York Knicks, Tom Thibodeau, for coming on The Breakfast Club this morning? The Knicks are in the playoff for the first time in eight years.

Salute to the Knicks. Mm-hmm. And if you've been listening to The Breakfast Club for years, you know DJ Envy's mouth and his brain aren't always on the same page. What do you mean? We're trying to figure out exactly what he was telling Coach Thibodeau this morning. Play this drama we played.

Yep. Finally, we got some great ball, some great young men. I don't know what he was saying. You definitely chopped that up. I don't know what he was saying. Finally, you're coaching some great ball in New York with some fine young men. I don't know what you were saying.

That's what I said. You cut up my audio. I didn't do anything. I said ball as in basketball, and he's coaching some fine young men. I just don't want to assume. Young men just getting busy. I don't want to assume what you were saying. That's what I said. You cut up my audio. I didn't do anything. I said ball as in basketball, and he's coaching some fun. I just don't want to assume. I don't want to assume what you said. I just want people to tweet us what they think you said.

Play one more time. What do you think I said? Play one more time. Play one more time. Finally, we got some great ball, some great young men. Obviously, you can hear the cut. You can hear the cut.

I don't know, bro. I don't know, bro. I'm out here in Cabo trying to mind my business, and you trying to... What do you think I'm talking about, sir? I don't know. I don't want to assume. You know what? Let's get to't know, bro. I'm out here in Cabo trying to mind my business, and you trying to— What do you think I'm talking about there, sir? I don't know. I don't want to assume. You know what? Let's get to the rumors. I hate you.

Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report.

The Breakfast Club. All right, Snoop Dogg is working on two series for Peacock. One of them is a sports news show with Kevin Hart. That should be pretty fun to watch. He's also doing a series about the world's dumbest criminals. So, yes, two news shows. Peacock is really shaping up nicely. Yeah, Snoop Dogg is really shaping up nicely.

What can Snoop Dogg not do? Okay, anything Snoop Dogg has added to, it absolutely, positively gets better. All right. Now, Lamar Odom was recently talking on Good Morning America on how he has managed to stay sober, and he does credit this drug with helping him. Call it the healthy high.

I've been doing it for like two years now. Scheduled to take another one on Friday. How many times have you tried to treat what you were doing? Several times. You know, I went to rehab and did some other things, but ketamine came into my life at the right

time. I'm feeling amazing. I'm alive, sober, I'm happy. I don't know anything about ketamine is there such thing as a healthy drug is ketamine a healthy drug i don't know is it a horse tranquilizer i know it's something people use for depression but i mean i didn't i'm not sure how do you know that dramas uh okay no you don't have to answer me i had no friends yeah i thought yeah i thought they used it for likehesia and stuff like that. Am I tripping? I don't know.

It's the only thing that's been working for him. Let's hope that the cure is not as dangerous. I'm not going to put that out there. I don't know what it is. You might need it for your Wi-Fi though. Whatever treatment you get for that. Shout out to Brooklyn and Optimum who I've been talking to 20,000 times

in the past two days. Are we working? Yeah, a little bit. All right. Now, Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury. They have confirmed a date for August and that is going to be in Saudi Arabia Saturday, August 14th.

No, that just got bumped. That just got bumped for Deontay Wilder. I just saw that yesterday. No, that just got bumped for Deontay Wilder. That's the story for Deontay Wilder. I just saw that yesterday. No, that just got bumped for Deontay Wilder. That's the story. Deontay Wilder. That's right. Break the news.

I say my rumor report. It's between you and the producer. What's the story? Who's fighting? Can y'all tell me who's fighting? Is it Floyd? Who's fighting? Deontay, who's fighting?

I don't know. Right now, it looks like it should be Deontay? Who's fighting? I don't know. Right now, it looks like it should be Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. So by a judge's ruling in July and Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is supposed to fight in November. Yeah. Yesterday, a judge ruled in mediation that Deontay Wilder has to has a right to face Fury for a third time before September 15th. Yes. July 24th. There's all these issues with the contract

and then there was a COVID-19 pandemic and they were looking for alternatives. So we'll see. Yes, July 24th at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas according to promoter Bob Arum will be the trilogy between Titan Fury and Deontay Wilder. Yeah, it's been reserved. The Allegiant Stadium.

So I'm not sure is this absolutely confirmed or is it just reserved you don't know yes bob arum said it's going down he would know all right well let's see because i'm looking at bbc sport and they're saying that it's reserved so listen what would you rather see? I think Wilder deserves his rematch against Tyson Fury. And then whoever wins that should fight Anthony Joshua in the fall. All right. And DMX, if you guys have seen his last and final interview that was uncensored, DMX is a two-part docuseries.

It started on Sunday on TV One. And in the first installment, you know, he was talking about a situation where, feels like you saw an angel. Here's what he had to say after he got hit by a car when he was young. He ran into the street, got hit by a car, and here's what happened. Car hit me. Knocked me. We were

on the other side of the street, up under another car. I was so worried about getting ass-whipping, I was trying to get up. I'm like, this white lady with a clipboard, you know, was like, lay down. So I just lay down there, and the people started, you know, covering me, giving me a hoodie or a pillow or whatever.

Now I'm panicking. I go downstairs, he laying in the street. I didn't see the lady no more. And you would think that she'd have stuck around because she saw the whole thing. I felt like it was an angel. She had no business being in hood with a clipboard wow you ever felt like you seen an angel all the time

all the time whenever he looks at dj never all right this morning jeez that is your rumor report you guys are kinky and freaky all together all right well thank you for that while you're in cabo i see you're the one sitting there in a white robe with no drawers on how do you know first of all i want to say uh tamika mallory state of emergency how to win in the country we built is uh out right nowailable everywhere you buy books, okay? Thank you to everybody who's been supporting the first Women's Soft Black Privilege Publishing, which is my book imprint, okay?

That's how you segue from Envy's boss. Basketball. Alright, now shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Can y'all stop? My Wi-Fi went out. All right.

Y'all think it's all funny until I go to Human Resources. First of all, I don't want to hear nothing about Human Resources when you're sitting up there in a white robe with your legs open all morning long. Okay? That's inappropriate. All right. Yo, you guys are kinky. I hate you.

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WWPR FMHD 1 New York. An iHeart Radio station. Let me put a little bit of The Breakfast Club. WWPR FM HD1 New York. And iHeart Radio Station. Let me put a little bit of the Breakfast Club up in your lifestyle. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. You want to rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rockin' with the best. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

I ain't going to lie, man. I could get used to doing Zoom calls from the beach, man. I've been handling my car show stuff, the one in Atlantic City and the one in Atlanta. You can get your tickets now. It will sell out. But I'm not mad at being at the Hard Rock and being at the beach all day. Like, this is great. I'm going to be honest with you.

If I was a listener, I wouldn't listen to you. Last thing I want to do is hear you enjoying yourself at the goddamn beach when I'm on my way to work. Okay? Bro, this is my first vacation in two years. I don't give a damn. I don't want to hear about you having a good time. Okay. It's cold out here. There you go. It's rainy.

It's nasty. This is miserable. I can't stand it. There you go. I got sunburned. This is bad. That's right. You don't look bad. What? All I heard was somebody say she got burned. Yo, Yeez Wi-Fi is trash. It's horrible.

I don't even understand how the Wi-Fi in Mexico, in Cabo, is better than the Wi-Fi in Brooklyn. That can't make sense. Really? You don't understand why the Wi-Fi in Brooklyn is so terrible? It's been an issue. No, I don't. But anyway. All right.

When we come back positive notice the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now shout to uh tom thibodeau for joining us this morning yeah salute to tom thibodeau coach of the new york knicks uh the knicks are the fourth seed in the eastern conference this year first time they've been in the playoffs in eight years. And salute to Queen Nina Turner. That's one of my leaders, man. Nina Turner is running for Congress in Ohio,

so make sure you go out there and vote for her when early voting starts. Ninaturner.com, and make sure you donate to Queen Nina Turner as she's running for Congress. And listen, I want to salute my homegirl, man, Ashley De La Mold from the U.K. She comes to New york city all the time she's been coming to new york city a lot over the years and she you know she just shows a lot of love to me i show a lot of love to her we homies and yesterday just out of the blue she sent me a text and some pictures in a video and just randomly so nonchalantly said hey me and my team got you a billboard in time square because we are proud of you for getting your honorary doctorate.

Drop one of the clues bombs for Ashley Dayla Mode. I didn't even know I had friends like that, that do stuff like that. But find you some friends that just randomly get you a billboard in Times Square because they are proud of your accomplishments. Thank you, Ashley. That really meant a lot. More than you know. That is dope.

That is dope. It was unbelievable. I was like, what? But thank you, Ashley. I really appreciate that. That is dope. That is dope. It was unbelievable. I was like, what? But thank you, Ashley. I really appreciate that. We should pitch in and get Envy a billboard. What would be on it? I really don't know.

What did he say to Tom Thibodeau this morning? Drumroll, play that clip, drumroll. We can do a billboard on the book I have coming out or maybe my car shows. The fact that I'm just a good, great guy. Nope, I like to play in b**** with young men way better. We know you do.

I want you in the role. Let's just take that. What do you like to do? I like the picture of Envy in the Robe with the shades with just the caption underneath play b**** with young men. Fine young men. That's what I like. That's what you like. I'm sure that's what you like. That's what you told her this morning.

Play it again, Dramos. Finally, we got some great ball, some great young men. I can't with y'all. Can you leave us on a positive note, please? I sure can. Speaking of young men, my man Jason Wilson from Detroit, man. Salute to Jason. Great brother who's always out there doing the work in regards to keeping our young men mentally and emotionally healthy.

I saw Jason post yesterday, the hardest thing for a man to do is deal with himself. To introspectively confront his own emotional pain and trauma so he can stop unjustly inflicting it on others. Breakfast club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done? 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.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself 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.