The Breakfast Club - Feel Your Feels (Kierra Sheard interview)

Episode Date: April 13, 2021

Today the show we had gospel singer and author Kierra Sheard who spoke on Grace, Finding Your Tribe, Body Positivity, Her New Book and more. Also, Charlamagne gave a well deserved "Donkey of the Day" to the police officer who fatally shot 20 year old Daunte Wright and then claiming she thought it was her tazer. In addition, we opened up the phone lines for a therapy session to check in on our listeners mental as there still continues to be irresponsible, power hungry cops among us.Also, stay tuned for a quick chat with Nicole Portwood, Mountain Dew’s VP of Marketing, who stopped by to discuss the Real Change Opportunity Fund and Mountain Dew’s plans to support HBCUs and the next generation of Black innovators. In the coming weeks, we’ll hear from the second and third place winners of Dew’s pitch competition and their plans to build their businesses – so keep it locked to The Breakfast Club. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I see the triangle, right? I figured it out. Voice of Reason, The Solid, Hold It Down, The Beige Rage, and The Agitator. The Breakfast club. Everyone just kept telling me to prep for this. One word to describe the breakfast club would be black. Impacting the culture.

People watch the breakfast club for like news and really be tuned in, man. I don't even know what to call this breakfast club. It's like brunch. Envy. Ye. And Charlemagne. Wake that ass up. Get out of bed and listen to The Breakfast Club.

I'm waking up. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday!

Yes, it's Tuesday. That's right. What's up? What's happening? Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel great, man. I'll be back in tomorrow. My test came back negative, so I'll be back in tomorrow. You miss me? Um, nah, not really. I heard that anal swab was echoing, too, this morning. I was talking to Dramos if you missed me, but you answered. You replied. Oh, okay, okay. But yes, I will be back tomorrow. Today is a good day, man.

I'm feeling blessed, black, and highly favored. You know, minus the BS, life's great. I thought that's how you feel every day. It is. It is. I mean, that's how

I ascribe to feel. And if I don't feel that way, I wake up and set my intention to try to shift my energy to make myself feel that way. You know, nothing a little prayer and a little meditation and some daily affirmations can't solve.

That's all. Now, let me ask you guys in the room. Are any of y'all handy, like around the house, can do things? Nah. Nah, me neither. It depends on what it is. I figured that out yesterday. So my toilet was running, right?

And as a kid, I used to see my dad fix the toilet. Oh, now I can do that now. Nah, well, I bought the piece. I went to Home Depot. I bought the little piece. I was like, I'm going to fix this toilet, take everything off of them. And I realized I ain't even got the tools to take the thing out the toilet, bro. I mean, listen, that's why I always encourage kids like, you know, trade school is something that we should put an emphasis on.

Because, you know, people aren't as good with their hands as the generation before us was. Plus, that's a way to always make money. Plumbers always make money. Absolutely. Electricians always make money. that's a way to always make money. Plumbers always make money. Absolutely. Electricians always make money. People who install lake conditions always make money. You're right. You know what I mean?

I think my dad called me stupid yesterday because I put him on FaceTime. I was like, oh, dad, show me how to do it. And he was like, well, you need this tool. I was like, I ain't got that tool. He was like, you a man and you don't have no tools? I was like, nope. Yeah, see, my dad will do stuff like that to me,

but my problem with that is like, don't chastise me for what you didn't teach me. You know what I mean? Don't scold me for what you did not teach me, sir. That's right. I see you do it, but you ain't say, son, let me show you how to do the toilet. Exactly. Somebody had to teach you. You ain't teach me that.

Well, I just look everything up on YouTube, but I definitely have about five different toolboxes because my dad every year gives me like a toolbox. Oh, well, I need to come over and get one. So I'm borrowing one. So leave one to go for me. You know how my dad treats me. He just, I think growing up, my parents, my dad especially, would always try to make us like fix things around the house and learn how to do things.

I'm pretty good at like hooking up electronics and stuff like that. But I've had to fix my toilet personally here myself. I'm coming to the crib to get some of those tools because i didn't have nothing to fix that damn toilet have you ever gone and used somebody else's toilet and it broke while you were in there no it was kind of broken and then you're like damn what am i supposed to do should i try to fix this number one i would never do too much in somebody else's other toilet i didn't say do too much but like you could just go to pee and it's running or it doesn't flush or something happens oh they're on their own

if i pee in the store they're on their own you If I pee and it's no running, they on their own. Hey, you got to fix that toilet, bro. That's right. You knew that toilet was running before I went in there. You ain't trying to fix it yourself first? No. If your toilet's a track start and that's on you, you knew that before I walked in there. That reminds me of a story.

Angela Yee's manager one time. Y'all were all in a hotel room and she blew the bathroom up we were not all in a hotel room explain the story everybody was in different rooms but she actually used the toilet and stopped it up well that was Krispy Kreme

that had nothing to do with the toilet being stopped up that was Krispy Kreme now the dozen of Krispy Kremes and the guy that came to fix it from the front desk was so disgusting he was so disgusting

he had never seen this type of load come out of such a beautiful woman. It was disgusting. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. That's where it happened at. Goodness gracious. All right. Well, good morning, everybody.

Let's get the show cracking. Now, this morning, we have a special guest joining us. She's a gospel singer, and she just wrote a book. Kiara Sheard will be joining us this morning. Yeah, she played her mama in that Clark Sisters movie on Lifetime, right? She's a gospel singer and she just wrote a book. Kiara Sheard will be joining us this morning. Yeah, she played her mama in that Clark Sisters movie on Lifetime, right? The name of her book is Big, Bold and Beautiful. That's right.

And we'll be talking to her this morning. And we got front page news. What's going on? What are we talking about? Well, let's first off give you some updates on what happened with Daunte Wright. His death has been ruled a homicide. Okay, we'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now let's get in some front page news. Where we starting? Well, the Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Dante Right following a traffic stop on Sunday

has been identified. That officer is Kim Potter, according to a press release. She has been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years. They've also released the footage where you can hear the police officer thought that she was pulling out her taser, but instead pulled out her gun when she shot and killed Dante Wright. Listen to this footage. Now, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said that he believed the officer, like we just said, drew a handgun instead of the taser. As you can hear, she's screaming taser, taser, taser.

Here's what he had to say. The officer, while struggling with Mr. Wright, shouts taser, taser. That is part of the officer's training prior to deploying a taser. During this encounter, however, the officer drew their handgun instead of their taser. We train with our handguns on our dominant side and our taser on our weak side. This is done purposefully and is trained. As I watch the video and listen to the officer's commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser,

but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet. This appears to me, from what I viewed and the officer's reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge. Hey, man, I mean, listen, at this point, there's nothing to discuss here. You know, everything we could possibly say has been said before. This is just a new rerun. OK, and it's the same thing that happened in the Oscar Grant case. Am I mistaken when I say that?

I swear this isn't the first time this has happened. They said normally police officers put their handgun on their dominant side and then they put the taser on the non-dominant side. That way that mix-ups like these don't happen. And the taser would be lighter. They should have some bright yellow somewhere. Yeah, which I don't understand is, you know, they make all these rules and regulations to try to stop this from happening again. And then it does. So what happens? What think that's the consequence.

No, I think they did. I think they made that like they made protocols. They didn't extra training. That's why she yelled Taser, Taser and all this stuff. That's why they put the, you know, the Taser on the on your less dominant side. And they made it a bright color so you can see the difference. But so what's what's what's the consequence now? You go through all this. But, you know, the lady clearly was a mistake.'s what's the consequence now you go through all this but you know the lady clearly was a mistake so what is the consequence that man i mean was it a mistake or a strategic homicide you know what i'm saying like it's because i because i think if you've been on the force for like 20 something years and she was she should know the difference between a gun

and a taser at this point so i can't just say it was a mistake you know but but it will be ruled an accident and it will be ruled a justifiable homicide. And it will be no charges. And she probably will be fired, but she'll be, you know, sent to another jurisdiction before the year's over. So she'll be in another department making the same mistakes. Yeah, no, I'm sure she probably she will be fired. But what happens now? Like this man lost his life. His family lost their child. His son, this child lost his father. So what are the consequences now? Yeah. You could say it was a mistake,

but mistakes like this can't happen. Once again, we out here talking about new reruns. Yeah. That's the welcome. Welcome to the sitcom black in America. The only sitcom that has new reruns all the time. And you know,

she was on the force for 26 years. I, they didn't say she had any other problems, but a man lost his life. Yeah, they haven't said much about anything in her background yet. But Police Chief Tim Gannon said there will be an independent investigation. Here's what else he said. I've asked the BCA to conduct an independent investigation into the shooting and death.

Once they are completed, I expect they will submit their findings independent of me to the appropriate authorities, the appropriate attorneys that will look and review this case. The officer is currently on administrative leave. She will not be returning to duty until this investigation is run. Of course, and she for all intents and purposes, I think we can look at the video and ascertain whether or not she'll be returning. She'll get fired, but then she'll get moved to another department. She'll be in another jurisdiction, the jurisdiction making the same mistakes later on in life. Listen, there is consequences and repercussions to malpractice in every

field except for law enforcement. Okay? Alright, well that is your front page news. Alright, that's a tough one, man. Young man lost his life. Every one of them. They'll say it's a mistake and keep it moving.

They've done it a million times already. Like, we've seen this one. Once again, like I said, this is a new rerun. We've seen this a million times already. Certain mistakes, that's just too irresponsible. Right, but what happens if it was a protocol? What do you mean what happens? I don't understand how.

What happens next? Like, yeah, I agree. You can't. Nothing's going to happen. Something has to happen. But then, you know, to happen but then you know people will say you know it's all good till you get punched in their face right like like everything's all good till you get punched in the face yeah she's been trained and trained and trained but

now when it happens you just lose everything and don't know what you're doing she's gonna get fired and move to another jurisdiction they're gonna roll the accident a justified a justifiable homicide it will probably be no charges. I don't see them happening. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Phone lines are wide open.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Damn, damn, damn. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.

Hello, who's this? David. David, good morning. Get it off your chest. Yeah, man, I just want to talk about the shooting up in Minnesota, the young man that was killed by police. Yes, sir. It's very tragic, very unfortunate. It sucks that, you know, with 26 years training on the fours,

that they can simply call that a mistake and say that it was an accident. You know what I mean? Yep. Don't know the difference between your gun and the taser. You don't need to have no goddamn gun then. You know what I'm saying? If you don't know how to draw your weapon properly, you don't know whether or not you're drawing your taser or your gun,

you shouldn't be carrying either. I agree. And at the same time, you know, the young man was complying at first. And, man, it just sucks that, you know, maybe he got scared. I don't know. Something caused him to decide to try to run. And, unfortunately, we'll never know whether or not he would have just gotten off with a ticket. You know what I'm saying?

Because the officer didn't remember her training. After 26 years, she forgot what she was doing. And it sucks that we lost another young, innocent life behind some BS like that. Yeah, and I think that we do have to factor in how scared, you know, black people are in these situations. And he's a kid, man. We don't know if that brother had a panic attack. You know what I'm saying? Like, anything could have

happened in that situation. Like you said, she's been on the force for 25, 26 years. Like, she should know. It wasn't a rookie. I tried to put myself in that situation

and, you know, I asked myself, would I have remained calm seeing all these cops showing up? Would I have been okay? I don't know. It's been a long time

since I've been in that situation. Listen, we have such short-term memories. I do remember I was scared, you know what I'm that situation. Listen, we have such short-term memories. I do remember I was scared, you know what I'm saying? Yes, and we have such short-term memories. We just watched a lieutenant, a man who served in the military, a grown adult, tell

y'all he was shook to death. He was scared. So imagine how that little kid felt 20 years old. Yeah, man. It sucks, dude. It's terrible. This shit keeps on. Excuse my language. It just keeps happening way too often, man. It's terrible. This shit, people. I'm just kidding my language. It just keeps happening way too often, man. Way too often. Then you think about how a barber, somebody that cuts your hair,

has to go through more hours of training than a police officer does. That's right. That's ridiculous. That's right. I just wanted to get that off my chest, man. I listen to you guys every morning. You guys have a blessed Tuesday. Thank you, brother. All right, brother. Get that off my chest, man. I listen to you guys every morning. You guys have a blessed Tuesday. Thank you, brother.

All right, brother. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest,

whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, DJ NBA, it's Jessica from Long Island. Hey, Jessica, get it off your chest. You know what, I was just listening to Charlamagne say how that cop should have had malpractice.

You know, how every other profession that, you know, if you're pretty serious, like a cop, I'm an RN. If I make a mistake at work, if I don't bring a medication in half the right way, if I do something wrong, I'm an RN. If I make a mistake at work, if I don't bring a medication in half the right way, if I do something wrong, I face a lawsuit, I lose my license, I lose my job, I end up in jail if it's bad enough, if I take it with life.

So something about that really got me going when Charlamagne said that they should have some sort of malpractice issue, some sort of a punishment. It's absolutely right. Absolutely right. It gets absolutely right. Absolutely right. It gets me going. It really does.

Yeah, every industry, damn near every industry got it except for law enforcement. But let me ask you a question. If a doctor does some type of malpractice, a mistake, or accident, can you sue that doctor personally

or does he have insurance and you sue the insurance company? I'm not sure. She can go to jail if it's bad enough, so I assume... That's what they need to do.

Right, get stripped of your license, you'll never work again That's why getting rid of qualified immunity is so important, like I said during Don Quixote Day yesterday, because now you can sue those police officers directly. When you start affecting people's pockets, man, and threatening them with real prison time, they'll change the way they move. If they know that they can get sued

directly and no civil suits that people get rewarded, it's going to come from their money as well as their future pensions. Oh, they'll switch up. All right. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, baby? How you doing, man?

This is the pocket USA, man. What's going on, man? Get it off your chest, bro. Yeah, man. I just wanted to call and talk about that soldier, man. I just want to say how he handled himself very well, right? But just put that on me. Just say it was me and I get pepper spray.

The first thing I probably would have did was grab my shirt, reach down and look for something. Yep, true. Then I would have been accused of reaching for a gun. Yep, you're right. That's why the Pocket USA is so important, man. That's why I'm on this mission to push this product, man. I just hope everybody tap into it, man.

We need this product. It's very necessary. Got your pocket. That's your thing where you hang your license and stuff out of the window? Yeah, maybe he sent me one, too, for my son.

Yeah, so if you don't know, he has a... What's the name of the company, sir? The Pocket USA. Pocket USA, where you can put your license, your registration, your proof of insurance,

and you hang it on the outside of your car, so you don't have to worry about the cops coming in. But if they ask you to open the door like they ask them to open the door, I mean, you're still in the same situation. And that's fine. That's fine.

Let them open the door, but your hands will stay visible. Now you're not getting pepper spray. Now you're not getting shot. Now you're not getting a fuse or reason for anything that's going to harm them. That's the purpose. I like your idea a lot, but nah. You know what I mean? I'm telling you, Charlemagne, it's necessary, man.

I'm with you. We need this, man. But cops will see that hanging out the window and say they felt threatened. They didn't know what it was. There's no excuse. There's no excuse to say they felt threatened by this product hanging out your door when they see your head is visible. You're not moving.

There's no reason for you to move. So there's no excuse for them to taser you. I've seen it. We've seen it a million times. How quickly y'all forget the chant, hands up, don't shoot. Because my brother, Michael Brown, had his hands up in the air when he was shot, sir. There's no way you can look at any of these police killings, police brutality. We've seen it a million different ways.

And this never ends the way we always think it's going to end. So I don't understand how we keep lying to ourselves and giving ourselves these BS excuses. All right. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way. Yes, and we are going to talk about money. What hip hop artist could make $100 million when Coinbase goes public? Also who just bought the weekend's house for 19.3 million dollars all right we'll get into that next it's

the breakfast club good morning is your country falling apart feeling tired depressed a little bit revolutionary consider this start your own country i planted the flag i just kind of looked out of like this is mine mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia.

I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going.

This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.

Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes,

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Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Cheryl Underwood. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, the talk is back on the air. This is after all of the controversy with Sharon Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne is

clearly no longer with the show. Filling in also on the show was Donald E. Grant. He's an expert on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Also, Anita Phillips was on this episode, a trauma therapist and life coach to help guide the conversation. Now, some of the things that were discussed on the show, Cheryl Underwood did the opening statements.

We haven't been together at the studio since the week of March 10th. And as you may know, during our break, Sharon decided to leave the talk. We need to process the events of that day and what happened since

so we can get to the healing. Over the next hour, we will honestly discuss what occurred and explore some of our feelings. And we'll also show you how anyone can become more comfortable with discussing important issues and having difficult conversations.

And by the end of the hour, we want everyone to feel empowered and ready to move forward. All right, Cheryl Underwood also talked about the whole thing with the angry black woman. She didn't want to be that. Did she decide not to come back or was she fired? It's hard to say. Some people are saying that she chose not to come back.

Some people are saying that they told her, they allowed her to say that, you know, to save face. I don't know personally, but there's two different stories going around. Now, according to Cheryl Underwood, she didn't want to be the angry black woman, but she also can't even watch that episode. I saw a composed, clear, confident woman, but what we didn't see what was going on inside. Well, I didn't want to escalate things with Sharon because I thought I was having a conversation with a friend. But also, I knew I had to be an example for others to follow because I didn't want to be perceived as the angry black woman and and that really scared me and it's difficult to go back to that day because I just feel the trauma I feel fearful you know a little apprehensive I love this discussion um Charlemagne the guy talking I would like to know where has not being the angry black woman or angry black

person got us? Why are we always compromising ourselves for our oppressors? Why can Sharon Osbourne catch an attitude, come off as angry and it's all good. But a black person who has the right to be angry has to temper herself. My therapist says, feel your feels. Okay. And black people, women and men, we have every right to be angry and every right to express that anger. Because if you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it. Zora Neale Hurston, by the way. Yeah. You know, there's always this whole thing about being the angry black woman.

As soon as you speak up for yourself, you're angry. As soon as you show some type of emotion or passion about something, you're the angry black woman. And then there's that. People don't take it seriously. And I'll say it. i think and so i think for cheryl underwood and it's something that black women have had to deal with forever now and i'm just not wanting to be out of control of your emotions and i'll ask the question once again where has not being the angry black woman or angry black person got us not coming off angry has gotten us nowhere. Yes, we're angry. Yes, we pissed off.

Yes, we flipping over tables. Enough is enough. The time for playing small has been over and it's gotten us nowhere. Raise hell, get angry. And you know, if you're not angry, then you're clearly not paying attention to what's going on in this country.

And I think she also felt like Sharon was her friend. And that was one of the things too, between the two of them. I get angry at friends. I'm sure that also affected her as well. And they were on TV. So, you know, and they also have said, by the way, that Sharon is going to talk when she's ready, according to an insider.

She wants to give her side of the story still. I thought she had already done that. What was the whole thing with Kevin Frazier? You got to laugh at the absurdity of all of this. You really do. How many sides did she get? Sharon Osbourne never issued a private apology, but Sharon Osbourne then showed some screenshots

that showed texts to Cheryl Underwood that went unanswered, and Cheryl Underwood did confirm that Sharon Osbourne did text her, but she didn't answer because she didn't know if she was allowed to, given the internal investigation taking place. I saw Sharon Osbourne tweet out yesterday a video of a bear

rubbing his back against a pole while Ginuwine Pony was playing. She's so unbothered. So unbothered. Follow her? No, I just saw the post. I think I saw it on Shaderum or something.

That's why you got to be like effing people. There's nothing wrong with being angry. You have every single right to be angry. And don't let nobody tell you different. I'm with you. I'm goddamn right.

All right. Now, The Weeknd sold his house for $19.3 million. It was his Hidden Hills home. He had originally listed the house last June for $25 million. But then he did a price cut, $19.3 million. The person who bought the house is Madonna. So, Madonna has bought The Weeknd's old house.

Initially, he bought this house in 2017 for $18.2 million. So, he made $1.1 million. He made $1.1 million on it. Unless he did some renovations. Did you just say a little $1.1 million? No, a little $1.1 million. He made $1.1 million.

Do you know how much $ 1.1? No, a little 1.1. He made 1.1 million. Not much 1.1 million dollars. Do you know 50% of America doesn't have $250 to spare? And you said a little 1.1 million dollars. Well, here's another little bit of money for you. They're saying Nas could net $100 million when Coinbase lists on NASDAQ. When that cryptocurrency exchange, they said that's expected to reach over a $100 billion in valuation when they list their stock on Wednesday. Drop on the clues bombs for Nasir Jones.

You can't even spell NASDAQ without Nas at this point in life. Okay, how many times has Nas been a part of these deals? Is this like his third or fourth deal like this? You can't even spell NASDAQ without Nas at this point. I think. How do you spell NASDAQ? It's N-A-S, right? No, you're't even spell NASDAQ without nods at this point. I think.

How do you spell NASDAQ? It's NAS, right? Yeah, it's NAS. It's NAS. All right. So, yes, it looks like they've been making some really smart investments. His investment firm is Queensbridge Venture Partners. And they got into Coinbase back in 2013 when it raised $25 million. Around that time, it was valued at about $143 million.

So Queensbridge, like I said, is the name of his firm. They also were a backer of Robinhood in 2013 and then later on Lyft and Dropbox, too. Hey, Nas took it to heart when Jay-Z said, smarten up, Nas. Okay? He sure did. Let me show y'all something. All right. Well, that is your rumor reports.

All right. Thank you that is your rumor reports. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now we got Front Page. Imagine enjoying all that money with the great hairline Nas still has at 44 years old. That's a great feat. I think Nas is older than 44, but yeah, that hairline is amazing. Either way, hairline's incredible. Hater.

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whether there is a casual association between the vaccine and the clots. But the CDC and the FDA are taking reports of these blood clots very seriously. I thought they had recalled the Johnson & Johnson vaccine a couple of weeks ago. Apparently not. They're still using them.

I think they did recall them in some places, but there was a bad batch, I think. But I'll tell you one thing, my parent, my dad called me the other day and was like, if the kids are going to take the vaccine, do not do Johnson & Johnson and just hung up on me. I said, all right, dad. Yeah, but people are just taking whatever's available too. And

some people really want to take the Johnson & Johnson because it's only one shot. I know my dad was saying that's the one he wanted to take because it's just one. But, you know, again, different information every day. Right. All right. Another unfortunate shooting, another tragedy.

One student is dead and a police officer was wounded after a shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee. Officers responded to reports of a potentially armed individual. This was at Austin East Magnet Heights School. And this happened yesterday around 3.15. They did find the individual in the school's restroom. They ordered him out. He refused. And after he fired shots, at least one officer returned fire.

The gunman who was identified as a student at that school did die at the scene. They have not released his name at this time. I'm telling you, America, A-M-E-R-I-K-K-K-A the only show in the world that has new reruns. It's a new rerun. You can't even keep up. You can just pick your anxiety at this point. Like you just spin the wheel.

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In the wake of Daunte Wright's fatal encounter with police in Minnesota, according to Joe Biden, he is saying his death does not justify violence or looting. Was it an accident? Not intentional. That remains to be determined by a full blown investigation. But in the meantime, I want to make it clear again, there is absolutely no justification for looting, no justification for violence. Peaceful protest, understandable. looting, no justification for violence, peaceful protest. Understandable. But we do know that the anger, pain and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real. It's serious and it's consequential. Why is it always stronger language and rhetoric towards people, you know, so-called looting and damaging buildings than it is the actual state-sanctioned violence against black people.

Shouldn't it be, you know, the unjust murders of black people are not justifiable? That violence is not justifiable as opposed to them damn buildings? Yeah. Yeah, that seems like they care more about them damn buildings than black people all the time. Joe Biden tweeted out, Today I'm thinking about Daunte Wright and his family

and the pain, anger, and trauma that black America experiences every day. While we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward, rebuild trust, and ensure accountability so no one is above the law. Oh, shut up. Okay, we'll pass the George Floyd Policing Act. How do we make that happen?

Okay, that's what you campaigned on. You campaigned on that. Vice President Harris campaigned on that uh vice president harris campaigned on that where is the george floyd policing act huh pass it on the federal level i know a lot of these things have to happen through the state really but yo at least pass that on the federal level all right well that is your front page news all right. Now, when we come back, gospel singer, actress, Kiera Sheard will be joining us. And now author. And now author, Kiera Sheard will be joining us.

And we'll talk to her when we come back. Didn't she play her mama, one of the Clark sisters in the Lifetime movie? She sure did. And we'll talk to her in a minute. She got a book out, Big, Bold, and Beautiful, Owning the Woman God Made You to Be. And we'll talk to her next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. beautiful owning the woman god made you to be and we'll talk to her next it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got a special guest joining us this morning kiera sherrod kelly

morning good morning good morning the author of the new book uh big bold and beautiful yes big bold and beautiful that's yes yes yes first book what made you want to write a book well actually it was unintentional so i had been writing and just kind of journaling as a form of therapy and um this is how i came about i was looking in an email account that i hadn't been checking you know how you just kind of say oh oh, this email account is going to be for spam or whatever. And I looked in there. Something told me. I'm a church girl, so you know how the old saints be like, the Holy Ghost told you. It wasn't something that told you.

I went and checked, and they were offering me a book opportunity, and I was just like, well, let me just gather my journaling, and that's how the book came about. Wow. It was special. Did you do all this during the pandemic when there was nothing to do? You could sit at home, take your time, go through your journal and write? So, no.

I had been journaling from, like, 18 until now. So, literally, it's, like, me putting my life story and everything that I've gone through in the book. And then I just had, like, some little studies from, like, Bible study, and I just threw it in there. So, it was unintentional. It was really a divine moment. And, like I said, it was therapeutic for me. And I didn't know I had a book in me, if you know what I mean. So what is what you said, 18 and now I was like 21, 22. Well, thank you.

What's now? I'm still young. I'm 33. Okay. It was a journey. Well, I started reading the book and I have to tell you, I really appreciated how honest and frank you were about a lot of things in your life and decisions that you made and how rebellious you were. So I did want to discuss some of the things that you talked about. One thing you said, make better decisions with the people you allow into your life. If we train our bodies to consume expired milk or foods, it'll respond negatively the first time. But if we continue, we'll become immune to the poisons. And then you talk about

just basically tolerating expired relationships. And I feel like sometimes we want to feel so loyal to people and just keep it going when sometimes things just aren't meant to be. And we're only poisoning ourselves. Right. So can you talk about yourself and those experiences? Yeah, totally. I just kind of had to step aside, even from just me wanting to connect with people who I felt like I could relate to. But I was relating with them when it came to my weaknesses and not my strengths. I was building relationships off of the challenges that I had. And it wasn't relationships that will cause like healthy development.

And in addition to that, I'm a creator and I'm sure a lot of creators can attest to the fact that we kind of move off of vibes, like what I feel. And I didn't always have people around me who were like wanting to see me win, if that makes sense. But I'm not playing the victim either because there was some issues that I had to deal with in myself. But I just had to make better decisions. And I understood that self-care wasn't just, you know, the bath with the candles. It's like definitely about the village you have. So I often say the village is not just for the child, it's for the adult too. And I felt most liberated when I had people that weren't just telling me yes, but telling me no, you got to put that down.

So it definitely has contributed to my mental stability with me being a big girl, having someone to tell me, hey, you can embrace your big, but still be healthy. And like I said, I'm a woman of faith. So the word teaches me that a fool despises correction and I don't want to be a fool through life. So it just challenged me to be a student at heart for sure. I feel like we didn't do you no justice when it comes to introducing, you know, your mom is Karen, Karen Clark.

Yes. Right from the legendary gospel group, the Clark sisters. Yes. How was that growing up in that household? It was good pressure, challenge good accountability at this point it's exciting to see that I have the opportunity to say that we're inspiring each other which inspires me more to be a student like I was saying at heart not thinking that oh you've arrived and you just but also it's challenged me to work hard because you know a lot of people like oh she probably thinks she's gonna come in the game

and think that everything's gonna be handed to her but no I work I work and I'm thankful too so I come in with a grateful heart as well I did the movie and um trying to sing like my mom I was like oh no this lady is an alien she's a monster because I literally was getting like lightheaded trying to hit her notes So it definitely was like her sunning me, but not her being there saying, no, you still a kid, so sit back and chill out. But it's really special, and I count it a blessing, for sure. Did you have to audition for that role?

Or was that one of those non-negotiable, this is nepotism, we gonna make it happen, period? No, I had to audition. I had to put the work in. And honestly, at first, I wasn't sure that I wanted it because of so many other reasons but yeah for sure I did have to audition well good job because that movie broke all kinds of records and it did great numbers so clearly people really loved your portrayal of your mother thank you was there any pressure to get into music because your mom was in the music so heavy was one of

those things like no girl you get into music you can was it like, no, I did what I was able to do. I can definitely say I was able to do what I wanted. Of course, my parents, which I respect because there are moments when I was young and I didn't really have the idea of what the future could be. So I was just saying no from an immature place. But thank God my parents were like, hey, go to school, get your education, but also have this musical side of you and see what it will do for you. So it wasn't like an unhealthy pressure because they did allow me to be the nail tech once upon a time that I wanted to be or install wigs. I'm really good at wigs. So at one point I thought I was going to be in the cosmetology field. And now here I am because I've listened to my parents and their grooming. So it wasn't an unhealthy pressure. You know, in chapter three, the chapter that you was talking about, you talk about having to leave people behind.

Right. Like how important is finding your tribe? Because like you said, we talk about a village raising a child. But when you become an adult, you're still growing. You're still evolving. Yeah. People aren't on that level with you. You know, you got to leave them behind. So how important is it to find your tribe it's so important um because again as a woman of faith you got scriptures that say iron sharpens iron

and i was just having a conversation with a friend and it's possible that a friend can sharpen what's bad in you you know and i think too if you're not careful it can it has everything with your sanity you can make choices if you don't have people around you that say that's not good for you i think we all have seen even some of our favorite inspirations uh it's like i just wish they had somebody else around them to kind of save them from going down that path so it means a lot to me it speaks to my spirituality it speaks to and and i can say that even my business relationships are not just business. It's like it goes deeper. You know what I'm saying?

So I even talk about in the book, the difference between draining relationships versus fountain like relationships. And I came up with that because you can be sitting in a relationship or even just having a conversation, leaving it, not having felt safe. You'll feel drained. You'll feel exasperated. And it's like, where all of a sudden did this tire come from? And it's like, because you're sitting at the table with the wrong people. So I just had to kind of overcome that. And then just even in the book, I talked about some relationships that I delve into that just weren't good for me.

And I would, you know, you had your mom, your dad tell you that ain't that ain't the situation you need to be in. And you'll pick up habits and then you'll take that baggage to the promised place that you're supposed to be in. And you'll then feel like, you know, I'm inadequate to be here because you were once upon a time in this dysfunctional place that you were never supposed to be in. And so then it just becomes a blame game. It then weighs you down. And then you start speaking to yourself when it was just it was a poor choice previously. So now we got to go through a whole personal rehabilitation space, you know. So that's why it's so important to me.

I'm really big on that. And then I believe in prayer. I believe in people praying for you when you can't get a prayer through. You know, it's moments when I was just broken and I just didn't know what to say to God. But I have friends that was like, no, we bought the, I'm about to hold you. We bought the whole hands and we bought the go before the Lord. So that's why finding my tribe, that tribe is so important for me. That's why I call it called the soul tribe. You got to have your soul tribe.

Yeah, absolutely. All right. We have more with Kiera shared. When we come back, don't move. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne, the guy we are, The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kiara Sheard, gospel singer and author Yee. Another thing I thought was important as a message for women is that you don't have to put your life on hold waiting for a boyfriend or a husband to do things and to do those things when that person comes along. Can you expand on that as well? Because clearly now you're married, but you went through a lot of frogs before you got to your prince. For sure. Frogs. But I kept waiting like I have been blessed to work and go out of the country. And I'm like, oh, I got to wait, you know, to go to Paris with this significant other or I got to wait to go to Dubai with this

significant other. And after a while, I was like, you know what? If I'm going that way, we're about to make some stops, especially because the trip is cheaper while I'm already over there. So I'm not about to wait for nobody else. And then in that space that I was in, I would have probably had to cover the expenses myself or whatever. So I think that is so important because one thing that I did wrong was I made a boyfriend or I gave a boyfriend wife like tendencies, if that makes sense.

Break that down a little more. Yeah. My father told me before, Kiera, you have to understand that it's OK to date. And I think Steve Harvey wrote a book. Think like a act like a lady. Think like a man. My Nana gave me that book because they were all looking like it's OK for you to play the game. You don't got to be a whore, but you can play the game.

And so he said the root word of dating is data. Get the information you need and just play the game. So that's what I had to learn rather than I thought I was entering into covenant with people that weren't giving me something promising for a lifetime. You know, it was just temporary. So those are the things that i had to adjust to say you know what i'm gonna do my thing i'm gonna live my life i'm not waiting on nobody if i get a trip to south africa i'm extending the trips not trying to get home to a boyfriend as if he's my husband you know or worried about what he's gonna do so those were the things that i had to learn

when it comes to that chapter successfully single i wonder if all that stuff happens naturally though right because it's like you don't want to practice bad habits. Right. So if you're in a relationship with somebody, I'm probably going to do some husband-like things and you might do some wife-like things. That's how you determine whether or not you want to be husband and wife with this person. For sure. Yeah, but I think for me, I'll be

honest, being in a relationship and doing wife-like things, it clouds your judgment because you're wanting marriage with that person and you're not seeing the red flags. I'll speak for myself. So it was a lot of red flags that I was ignoring because I wanted a certain thing. But if a man doesn't want it with you or if even if somebody else doesn't want a long lasting relationship, and that could just be with friendships, it can't just be you. We know what it feels like to be one-sided you know um so i i think it's okay to dive in compromise make sacrifices but make

sure you're making sacrifices for somebody that's going to give it back in return but what's wife like things like it's it could be sex and that clouded my judgment you know and and i think too it speaks to i talked about in the book doing things God's way. I saw why I needed to do it his way, because I was making decisions off of how he made me feel versus what it could have been in the future. So I was making a decision off of a temporary experience or just, you know, how he laid me out. But it wasn't you ain't going to be able to get me through when it comes to establishing life or establishing legacy. And another thing that I noticed is that I wasn't looking at the person that I was dating saying, do I want my children to be like this person? It was more so this feels good. It feels great. So my emotions were wrapped up into a different place rather than actually making life decisions. True. What

about living together? A lot of people will say, well, I don't want to get married until we live together. How do I know I even want to spend life with this person? You know, talk about why you think that's not a good idea. You're shagging up. Yeah. So I will say that I was guilty of that for some time, you know, and even while saying, you know, that I'm living this way.

And I think there's a such thing like my husband has shown me that there's a way to spend time with each other and do it with boundaries. I think it's just knowing your boundaries. If you say you're going to live like one thing, like my husband really helped me. I thought I was living saved and living for the Lord. And so my husband came with a different standard. But he showed me that there is a such way

to dive into a relationship, to go deeper and to get the depth of that person, but to respect your boundaries. Don't act like they're not there. You know, after a certain hour, you get hot in your drawers. So step back and say,

you know what? Okay, I'm going to be honest with myself. You know, I think I will say I've gotten into spaces where I just wasn't honest with myself. And then I would go and consult with everybody else about my life. So then I was living with the opinions of everyone else

but my truth. And so I think that that is, you can get to know somebody and you can spend time with them. So I'll stop there because I don't want to say too much, but it's a way to do it for sure. What did your parents, your daddy say about you shacking up in particular? He disapproves of it 100%. Disapproves of it 100%. Not his thing.

Shacking up. Yeah. That's what they call it. That's what they call it for sure. Now, how you let Nick Cannon out sing you? Say it again. How did you? Say it again. Listen, you... Say it again.

Listen, I got to switch it. Nick Cannon. My, my. You have to do the rumors. How did you let Nick Cannon out sing you? How did I let Nick Cannon out sing... Nick Cannon is incredible, so I just had to let him do his thing. I was completely blown away

at the fact that he could actually play and sing. First of all, I'm joking. I know. Okay, I'm just making sure. First of all, I'm joking. I know. Okay, I'm just making sure. She said, I know. Yeah, I know, clearly. I know. But it was special.

It was fun. You know, I thought only to Nick was acting and to see that we kind of come from similar backgrounds. It was really inspirational. I heard he asked to rap on the record and you told him no. No, that is not true. None of that ain't true. You told him that his raps ain't nothing but the devil. Is that true? None of that is true.

I support Nick Cannon 100%. That's my man. How did the collaboration come about? What was that about? Nick reached out and that was it. It was simple and I came running for sure. I want to do it. It was simple. And I came running like for sure. I want to do it. Um, and it was that easy.

So, all right, well, don't move. We have more with Kiera shared when we come back. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ envy. Angela Yee, Charlamagne, the guy we are, the breakfast club. We're still kicking in with Kiera shared gospel singer and author Charlamagne.

You know, I meant to ask Bishop, uh, Jake this and uh sarah roberts this last week but do you think that people realizing that the bible wasn't was written by like people that were oppressing us do you think that's one of the reasons people are getting turned off from the from the bible ask that question one more time please people are you think people are getting turned off from the bible because they know that the oppressors actually wrote those scriptures? Because there's a lot of stuff in the Bible that's oppressive, right? Like, you know, homosexuality, things in regards to race, the portrayal of women. So you think that's one of the reasons people

are getting turned off from the Bible? I think it could be. I'm all into information and being knowledgeable. I wonder if our generation are too grown for their own good, if that makes sense. So that's all I can say there. But if it's inspired by God, I'm a believer and I've seen God's word really liberate me and bring me answers.

So I can only speak from that space. That space but I do think that there are some peers of mine who just dive into stuff that they don't even understand But try to use it to their advantage if that makes sense Gotcha and and and to add to that being too grown for your own good The word even says and I found it to be true that in order to enter into the kingdom You have to check take on the heart of a child Innocence innocence pure you know seeking the opportunity to see the light and I think that because we consume so much dark whether it's through our music through what we see in our timeline it

can kind of give you a blur when you actually have the truth right there at hand you know the truth can come from a liar but that doesn't because it's coming from a liar that doesn't mean that it's not the truth. That's right. So I would say that's my answer. No, that makes perfect sense. And I can look at that in so many different ways. That's what I always said about, you know, somebody like DMX, like that brother was anointed. Yes. But you would not recognize God in him if you're busy looking, looking for God in places you believe God should be. Absolutely. And people you think God should be. Absolutely. And people you think God should be in. Absolutely.

I think it was a prayer. I think I saw like Diddy and I think it was like a re-something. It was a concert. Yeah, the Bad Boy Reunion Tour. Yes. And they were in the back praying and I actually felt the Spirit of God while DMX was praying. So I agree with you 100%. And I think that there's a possibility that so many of us may have an anointing and we just may be completely oblivious of it, if that makes sense.

And because like we were talking about the squaggle or the tribe, if you don't have people to tell you, you're anointed and it's just certain things you can't do, you know, or certain places you can't sit in. Because the anointing is something we can't see. So it has everything to do with spirituality. So we got to be with our A game on understanding that the adversary is out there to get you to destroy you. So I, I think I agree with you 100 percent. Now, let's talk about the metamorphosis of relationships for you.

How does celibacy contribute to you being able to find the right person? Can you talk about that? Because a lot of times our vision is getting clouded by other things when we're trying to be in a relationship. It means everything to me. So I'll speak to my husband and I. Of course, we made some mistakes. But once we got for real and we said okay we gonna stick to this talking about the boundary that i was telling you about earlier my husband was i wanted to jump his bones i wanted to i'm gonna be honest and i'm sure some people will be like you that's sex by the way for

anybody who doesn't know what jump your bones means okay but it's my truth. But I can say that I saw God change my life through him loving my soul and my spirit more than just my body. So I saw my husband say, I care about your soul. I care about, you know, when you're out there saying that this is your truth, but you come back and you live another way. He wanted to contribute to me in a totally different way than just making me feel good. And then it also allowed me to be stable mentally. So celibacy definitely contributed to a pure relationship. It allow us to develop our communication skills, our way of understanding, understanding to a different perspective and knowing that when you come together, it's not just some two individuals come together, but you're bringing their life, like everything that they've gone through You're bringing all of that together. And so how are you gonna build a home?

So for me celibacy contributed to that it even contributed to our prayer life So now I mean I can say I'm seeing things in the future Because of the prayer life that I've been able to have with my husband and now I'm able to respect respect him differently when he gives me, you know, a note, I can listen better because I can trust your judgment. And then I'm not calling Chase and trying to figure out, you know, what's going on, because I felt like because you're honest with me and because you show that you can keep yourself together with me, because I'll stop there. I got to be careful what I say. But because you showed me that you can keep it together, I trust that you can keep it together when my eyes are on you. So

celibacy has contributed in so many ways and I really can say that I've done it the complete opposite of what God said to do and then with my husband, I've done it his way and I've seen it just change my life. I'm sorry to start crying, but yeah, that's it. What do you mean

when you said keep it together? I'm going to tell my boyfriend we're going to switch back to celibacy and see how he reacts. See how that works. What do you mean when you said he showed you that he could keep it together? Did you try to set him up? Did you have a girl try to holler at him or something?

No, no, no. Jimmy's with her. Yes, with me. My husband is very attractive. I love him. And I love, I think for me, the faith piece and his integrity. So it makes me want to jump on him more. And to see that he's so unimpressionable. So that's what I mean.

He could keep it together. He could control the room. He could tell me no. And he just had it. He just though like when we talk about it because this is like back in the day there was no such thing as marriage so if you had that attraction towards that man and he had it towards you and y'all had a bond yeah y'all could jump each other's bones like what is mad like what is it just a ceremony like you really think you're going to hell because you had a little premarital sex so i don't think it's just you're going to hell because you had a little premarital sex?

So I don't think it's just you're going to hell because you had a little premarital sex. But I do believe it's a part of the principles of living out the blessing or the blessed life. And even again, I think, you know how our parents used to tell us, don't do that or else this is going to happen. I feel like the relationship with God is it's um how can i say this i'll just say it's important to live the way he's saying and trust what he's saying because it contributes to the future that you don't see it contributes to the days that you don't see so for me it's i get what you're saying and i get the concern that maybe others have but i would i don't know if that answers the question, Charlamagne, but...

How can we beat ourselves up over like the whole sex, premarital sex thing in the Bible, but not over something like pork? Because it tells us not to eat pork. Or shellfish. Yeah. It tells us not to eat shellfish.

We can just pray over that and everything's cool. Why do we do that to ourselves? I think it's because we accept the tradition and not diving into the relationship. So for me, this once upon a time was just religion and just a learned behavior until I began to read and learn. You know, like I can go into a classroom and take everything that the students and the teachers are talking about.

But I can come out with a completely different and different understanding until I actually read the textbook. So for me, it's almost like being in a relationship. You don't know me if you only took me out or treated me as a one night stand. You know me when you date me and you take time with me. So I think that that is it's a lack of time, you know, with learning about the faith rather than just listening to people saying, don't touch the stove because it's hot. No, if you go close enough to the stove, you feel that there is a heat that your skin can't take rather than just saying. And I think that it even speaks to the generations that we've come from, where it's like one generation did things just because somebody told them not to. But I think we are becoming a generation where we're diving into it. So I think it's just a matter of learning and understanding, I would say.

Do you eat pork? I don't eat pork as much as i do now that i understand it oh so at the time you didn't understand the scripture when it says i think it was deuteronomy 14 8 don't do not eat pork don't even touch the flesh of a dead pig you didn't understand it i didn't i thought that it was just an old practice like before i was just reading the bible like okay that was just day story i didn't want it i didn't want nobody to tell me put down no bacon yeah yeah yeah yeah and scrimps too now absolutely so even to that though i am working on my temple so i'll go back and forth i'll do like a vegan diet i'll be a vegetarian one week and then next year i'm a pescatarian and then one week I'm just saying oh I don't eat meat but I eat fish and bacon you know so yes it's like which one is it so um I think it's a matter of learning

evolving understanding because um there's a scripture where Jesus said I didn't come to do away with the law but I came to fulfill it so I think for me I'm still trying to understand that part like well did you give me the opportunity to still be able to eat bacon or is that just you know what i'm saying so it's all just figuring it out i'm just using that because those are the things in the bible that they tell us not to do but those are the things that we do on the on the regular yeah i don't eat pork you know what i mean but them scrimps man it's special. But the other thing is you asked about why do we focus on the sex out of wedlock versus the pork. I think, too, it has everything to do with condemnation versus conviction. People who have a relationship with God, they're not just pointing at the problem and not giving you a solution.

And I feel like condemnation causes you to beat up on yourself, whereas conviction from the Holy Spirit has you to just deal with it differently, if that makes sense. That makes perfect sense. Well, can we get into a song before we get up out of here? You want to introduce a song? Let's let the world hear a song if they haven't heard any of your music. Yes, of course.

We can play the song we just talked about, Grace. Let's do it. Yes. All right. Well, let's get into Grace. We appreciate you for joining us. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ. and play this song we just talked about grace yes all right well let's get into grace we appreciate you for joining us it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy that was um well that was that was kiera sheared yeah that was a new single thank you it's called grace right

yes it's called grace uh she has a book out called big bold and beautiful owning the woman god made you to be thank you kira for joining us this morning. Pleasant conversation it was. Absolutely. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk DMX. Listen up. It's just in. All it gots.

Gots. The rumor report. Gots. Gots. With Angela. Angela Yeast. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club.

All right. DMX's family is warning people they are not strapped for cash, and they are not asking for the public to chip in for funeral expenses. If you see anything online saying otherwise, it is not true. There's been a lot of rumors going around, a lot of people trying to benefit. But just so you know, nobody is raising money to help pay for everything. So if you see any of those campaigns, do not donate money. They are completely bogus. They're not

connected to the family at all. There's also been rumors that Jay-Z and Beyonce bought DMX's masters for $10 million. That's not true either. Listen, first of all, if you think Rough Riders and Swiss Beats and Def Jam,

if you think they're not about to send DMX off like the king and the god he was, y'all out of y'all're not about to send DMX off like the king and the god he was, y'all out of y'all damn mind. You think DMX need money for a funeral? Knock it off. No, no. What they're playing is going to be amazing.

It's just going to be huge. Come on, man. I dare y'all disrespect rough riders and Swiss Beats like that. People that are starting these fake accounts and trying to benefit off of that. Disgusting. But I know people might be looking and see things and think they're doing something positive by giving money for it. But no, it's not real.

Right. All right. Now, I told you guys I did this sit down interview with Kondo Rondo. We were actually in New Orleans when we did this. And some of the things that he talked about, and this is just part, a small part. We actually talked for like a couple of hours, but one of the things that he talked about was of course the night of November 6th.

That's the night that King Von was shot and killed, the tragic night that that happened. And Quando Ronda was giving his side of the story, which he has not done previously. He says that he believed that he had a good relationship with Dirk. You know, they had songs together. He thought they were cool.

He didn't even know there were any issues with Lil Durk and King Von. Here's what he said. People be saying, like, people chasing clout and stuff. How, man? Like, a n***a rich. I got three million followers. Like, from my understanding, ma'am, it was a love. I had a relationship with Big Bro.

Now, I don't want to say his name. You feel me? You know I'm talking about the dude that was on my album. Dude never charged me for a feature knowing he could have. Like, Big Bro a legend. All right, he was talking about Lil Durk there because Lil Durk was on his album. And he didn't know that there was any any problems with them. Now, Kondo Rondo also talks about the night and all the incidents that led up to him even being in the parking lot that night.

You know, he had filmed a video that day. There's a lot more behind the story of what he was doing before he got to that parking lot. But he was not trying to go out. His friends actually went in the club and he stayed outside in the car. He wanted to just go to sleep in the car. And little Tim, his boy, was staying outside with him because he didn't want him to stay by himself. Now, here's what he said happened. I tell my brother, I say, I'm not going in the club.

I said, Lil Bro, go in there, find you a little female or whatever, cuz. I'm like, you got 15 minutes, cuz. And I'm dipping. We about to go to the house. My brother said, I'm not about to let you sit in we we might go to the house my brother said I'm not about to let you sit in no car and go to sleep now I'm about to walk off and go stand by the other individuals that I came with I see a group of people coming I'm out of let these people walk past me

I'm not about to try to go through these people and nothing like that next thing you know and hit me It's like I had an out-of-body experience I Refuse to believe you spoke to him for two hours i just don't see it i did i mean we talked about a lot of different things too though i don't know if you know anything about quando ron he's from savannah and he's had a really uh oh he has a he's had a very challenging upbringing let's just say that if you hear about how he was raised and you know him growing up in foster care and in and out of juvie from when he was young and a lot of things that he's gone through. And we were talking about he's not even supposed to be here right now. Just the success that he's had thus far.

It's been a challenging time for him. And even with all of this, you know, clearly he didn't go out to the club with the intentions of anything like this happening. He wasn't even trying to be out. And so it was just a really tragic night. But he did want to be able to tell his side of the story. It's just a very serious game. So just be careful. I got a bunch of texts yesterday.

Like, you can't. I'm like, what's going on? You good in Chicago? I'm like, what are you talking about? And then I guess you released your interview. But just be careful. The hell did that mean? I guess because she did the interview and she was interviewing Quando. And, you know, let's be careful something i guess because she did the

interview and she was interviewing quando and you know it's it's they're from chicago i don't know but just be very careful everybody out there hopefully they squash that you know i mean you don't want to play with them young boys yeah but you can't get mad at the reporter or the journalist personality because they did an envy an interview I haven't seen the whole interview, but no. Nobody did an interview, but go ahead. What? That's what you just said. I said an interview, crazy. Anybody think about doing you?

I just don't like the back and forth that's been going on. So it was my hope that he would be able to tell us out of the story because I don't believe, you know, from what he's told me, and we spoke before the interview, and I'm good friends with his manager, Fee. That's my guy. I don't believe that he had any ill intentions at all, and I don't think that's what happened.

I think it was a tragic night. It was awful what happened, and he wanted to be able to explain it from his point of view because he was there. A lot of people are speculating, but they weren't there. I don't know nothing about the young boy situation. Yeah, I don't know nothing about this situation, but I also will say in regards to their back and forth,

there's nothing you can do about that. Somebody died. You know what I'm saying? There's going to always be a back and forth between them. And even in his interview, he spoke very respectfully when he spoke of Vaughn and Dirk. So, you know, and a lot of things that he talks about later on, he talks about, obviously, he's the first artist assigned to NBA Youngboy. He talks about their relationship. And, you know, you'll see.

It's very interesting, though, what he had to say. And he's only 21 years old. All right, that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Missy. Chalamet, who you giving that donkey to? Man, I need Officer Kim Potter to come to the front of the congregation.

We'd like to have a word with her this morning. And I think President Biden needs to come to the front of the congregation, too. We need to have a word with him as well. All right, we'll get to that next a word with him as well. All right. We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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on the Donkey of the Day. They chose you. To the breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today? Well, Ed Sheeran, donkey of the day for Tuesday, April 13th goes to Officer Kim Potter,

a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department. 26 years. She also serves as police union president. Also sharing in this hee-haw this morning is the 46th president of the United States of America, the best and only option available to the worst president of all time. Hence why he won Joe Biden. Oh, we have a lot to unpack here this morning, but not really, because we've been here before. America and I spell America, A-M-E-R-I-K-K-K-A. And I'm not talking about Kim, Courtney and Khloe or Kim, Kylie and Kendall.

I'm talking about Ku Klux Krakus. Oh, this is a white supremacist country. Black people have been historically the lowest caste. The dominant white caste knows this. And they always remind us of such. See, there's a reality show that we all live in called Being Black in America. Some may call it a dramedy, definitely a thriller, absolutely a horror movie, never a lighthearted affair because the things that happen to us in this country have us walking

around with heavy hearts constantly. What did the late, great James Baldwin say? To be a Negro in this country is to... No, to be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. Yeah, I feel your great ancestor, Baldwin. That's why I'm intentional about not taking too many things seriously, because I have to laugh to keep from crying. I've been getting told all my life. I turn everything into a joke. Yes, I do. It's a form of self-care. OK, a defense mechanism of sorts to protect us from the inevitable.

The inevitable trauma that we will witness, which keeps this show being Black in America perpetually, perpetually in a series of new reruns. Oh, it's no laughing matter. You know how hard it is to chuckle when nothing is funny, but you have to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Case in point, this situation with Officer

Kim Potter. Your Uncle Charlotte, Brother Lenard, I get on this radio and I tell y'all things, and you may or may not take me serious because of my list, but one thing I've been telling y'all is nobody plays dumb like a white person trying to deny injustice. I repeat, nobody plays dumb like a white person trying to deny injustice. Your latest example, Officer Kim Potter, not a rookie, has worked for the department for 26 years, 26, and she's headed a police union. It's playing dumb. See, protesters in Minnesota were doing what they were supposed to be doing, and that's being angry. Okay, raising hell in a

region, as the New York Times stated, in a region already at the center of a national reckoning over police officers' use of force against black people. New York Times, we need stronger language than use of force, okay? Let's say in a region already at the center of a national reckoning over police officers killing black people for no damn reason. Yeah, I like that. Because where Daunte Wright was killed by Kim Potter, 10 miles away, prosecutors in the courtroom completed the questioning of their witness of another killer cop, Derek Chauvin. OK, very important to keep reminding you that he's the man we saw kill George Floyd.

Now, Kim Potter has killed Daunte Wright and is playing dumb to deny injustice. How is she playing dumb? Well, let's go to CNBC with Shepard Smith for the report, please. Just miles from where George Floyd died, a police officer shot and killed a young, unarmed black man, reigniting outrage and inflaming tensions. Minneapolis, of course, was already on edge as the nation watches the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. The police chief in Brooklyn Center says cops pulled over 20-year-old Dante Wright for expired tags and tried to arrest him for an outstanding warrant. There was a struggle. The police chief says one of the officers pulled out her gun by mistake,

thinking it was her taser, and fired. I'll beat you! I'll beat you! Taser, taser, taser! Oh, my God. I'm going to shot you. Oh, wow. Yes!

Well, the protesters are back out on the streets tonight after a night of unrest in Brooklyn Center last evening. People are angry. The explanation that the police gave didn't sit well. We are outside of the police headquarters and you can see it's become a fortress. Last night, a lot of violence, a big confrontation. The police chief said they were being attacked by bottles and bricks and all kinds of objects. And that's why they retaliated. That's why they fired back with tear gas, flashbangs and also rubber bullets. Bottles and bricks still better than bullets. OK,

Kim Potter, 26 years on the force, and she doesn't know the difference between a gun and a taser. Let me tell you something, because you all be prisoners at the moment. This excuse, this lie, it's used quite often. OK, it's been used before. 2019, a police officer in Pennsylvania who never got identified because charges weren't filed because he shot a man named Brian Rowling. That officer said he mistook his gun for a taser. Hell, this happened in Minnesota before. 2002, a Rochester police officer who wasn't identified thought he was reaching for a stun gun and pulled his 40 Glock and severely injured a man named Christopher Atak. OK, a refugee from Sudan. No criminal charges were filed against that cop. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Robert Bates, white volunteer sheriff's deputy, shot and killed an unarmed black man named Eric Harris, who was being held down by other officers. Bates apologized for killing Harris and was sentenced to four years in prison. And Tulsa County had to pay six million to Harris's estate to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Should have came out his pension, you know, if he eventually got one. But all of those people, you know, mistook their guns. No, mistook their guns for tasers or tasers for guns. I don't know. They mistook their tasers for guns, whatever it was. OK, they claimed it was a mistake. And oh, let's not forget the most famous case, at least in my lifetime. Y'all remember a young brother named Oscar Grant, right? A killer cop named Johannes Mercerly testified at trial that he feared Oscar Grant had a weapon, so he reached for his stun gun but mistakenly pulled his.40 cal as well,

and he shot Oscar Grant while Oscar Grant was laying face down. In this situation, Johannes Mercerly was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison. The department paid two point eight million to Oscar Grant's daughter and her mother. Pennies for your life. Now, Robert Bates, who killed Eric Harris when it happened to him, he said this has happened a number of times around the country. You must believe me. It can happen to anyone. Sure. Maybe. I don't know, But it shouldn't. OK, how is there malpractice in every professional industry except law enforcement?

What's the definition of malpractice? Improper, illegal or negligent professional activity or treatment. Police officers are rendering professional services which are resulting in injury, loss. OK, loss of life, that is, and damage yet they rarely, if ever, get held accountable. If I can kill someone and just say, my bad, okay? How do I or anyone else watching this situation learn their lesson? Once again, you have to get rid of qualified immunity because these officers need to be sued directly, okay? It needs to be their money and their pensions that contribute to these large payouts from the state and civil suits and the threat of jail time. When police officers are interacting with civilians, the two words that need to be on their minds is pensions and prison.

If I know as a cop I could lose my pension or go to prison, I'd act right. But the reason they would never act right is because leadership in our country plays dumb. Okay, leadership in our country downplays and minimizes these state-sanctioned killings of black people. Exhibit A, President Joe Biden, leader of the free world, vice president to the first black president, picked a black woman, woman of color, to be his vice president, friend of black people, corn pop, okay, mouse and all of them,

was asked about Kim Potter shooting Daunte Wright, and this is what he said. Was it an accident? Was it intentional? That remains to be determined by a full-blown investigation. But in the meantime, I want to make it clear again, there is absolutely no justification for looting, no justification for violence. Peaceful protest, understandable. But we do know that the anger, pain, and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real. It's serious and it's consequential. President Biden, it should be there is absolutely no The anger, pain and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real.

It's serious and it's consequential. President Biden, it should be. There is absolutely no justification for police brutality, no justification for police violence against unarmed black people in this country. Why do we always call for the people to remain peaceful? Why do we always call for the people to remain calm? President Biden, cops are the ones not being peaceful. Cops are the ones not remaining calm. If the protests aren't peaceful, whose fault is that? OK, violence begets violence. If police officers were held responsible for these actions, then maybe the protests would be peaceful. But we know in this episode of America with three case that we've seen a million times that regardless of who's in the White House, nothing is going to change.

OK, what happened to the George Floyd Policing Act? All the Democrats, OK, who were championing this vice president Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, y'all should be front and center pushing this right now and calling these cops and their behavior out. I don't want to hear President Biden saying the question is, was it an accident? Was it intentional? That remains to be determined by a full blown investigation. Blah, blah, blah. President Biden, stop white manning me. OK, I'm telling you, white people have an innate ability, especially white men in positions of power, have an innate ability to play dumb when it comes to racial injustice. And boy, they give each other the benefit of the doubt and grace every single time. Look, I know policing is still local. DA's got to do the work. And I know Kim Potter is a local issue.

But the George Floyd Policing Act is necessary. And at least it's something. That's all I want at this point. Something. Somebody, somewhere got to show me something because only thing gonna happen to kim potter is this will be labeled an accident no charges will be filed she'll be fired and moved to a nearby jurisdiction and will not have to face any consequences for her malpractice and people like president biden will continue to show more concern for buildings than we the people or should i say we the property

because as i told y'all yesterday during donkey today this is what black people are in this country property and in these cities like minnesota they make more money off those buildings that are property than they do black people therefore black folks are disposable and that's why president biden will say it's no justification for looting rather than saying it's no justification for killing us and joe you can't say you understand the trauma the black community is facing when you minimize that trauma to looting. You know that's not what's happening. Black people are fed up, angry, and have every right to be.

My therapist says, feel your feels. Okay, and black people, women, and men, you have every right to be angry and every right to express that anger. Not coming off as angry has gotten us nowhere. OK, yes, we angry. Yes, we pissed off. And if you are a human who cares about other humans in this country, you would be angry with us. OK, as Queen Tamika Mallory says, we don't need allies. We need accomplices. Everybody needs to be angry. Everybody needs to get angry. If you truly care about other humans in this on this planet. Because if you are silent about your pain,

they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it. That's Zora Neale Hurston, by the way. Please give Kim Potter and President Joe Biden the biggest hee-haw. All right. Well, thank you for that dog key today. Please, please. I know President Joe Biden is a sitting president. Don't audit me, okay?

I don't need no extra audits I'm calling out a sitting president thank you alright well just remember that was Lenard not Rashawn shut your beige ass up alright now let's open up the phone lines we ain't got much time how do you feel let's do a wellness check how do you feel

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Good morning. Now, if you just joined us, we're just doing a wellness check, man. We're opening up the phone lines and having a conversation. Just how you feeling out there with everything that's going on in the last couple of days? Yeah, I mean, it's heavy, right? You see all the trauma. You see the trauma from, you know, watching the lieutenant, you know, get assaulted by those police officers. I forgot what state that was in.

Where was that at? Virginia, right? You know what I mean? Watching Officer Kim Potter kill Dante Wright. It's a lot of trauma being passed around. The George Floyd, Derek Chauvin trial is on TV. We're still watching that happen. Still in the middle of the Derek Chauvin trial. So you know he's going to do a wellness

check, man. See how people feeling out there. Alright. Well, hello. Who's this?'s this hello good morning my name is megan hey megan good morning how you feeling today megan honestly after last summer i thought i'd get over this trauma that i'm having about being black in america but at this point it's just getting worse i'm worried i'm getting tired of everything that's been going on and i live live in the South, so I see it a lot more than often, a lot more that's not publicized. And I'm over it. I try to put myself in therapy.

That's not helping. I'm a social worker. It's not helping me tell people, like, it's okay, one day all of this stuff is going to change. I'm just done. You know why? You know why? Because we're in a perpetual time loop.

We're in a perpetual time loop of trauma like i call all of this new reruns it shows that we've seen before but it's new episodes of of reruns it's weird like being and it's traumatizing yeah being black in america is such a uniquely traumatic experience that only i think black people could truly understand? I think part of mine is too, it's like I'm black and then I've had also the trauma of being from the Caribbean. I'm Haitian. Like seeing anything that's happened

over and over again, even the stuff that's going on with Haiti right now, I don't feel like we're safe anywhere. Yeah. White supremacy is a disease, man. James Baldwin said it the best, to be a negro in this country and to be, you know, somewhat conscious is to be in a constant state of rage. That's very true. So what she's feeling is absolutely accurate. It's OK to feel like that, by the way. All right. Thank you for calling, Mama. Hello. Who's this?

My name is Anonymous. Hey, Anonymous. How are you feeling? We can't see you. This is the radio. You don't have to say Anonymous. You can just give a fake name. I do. My name is Angie. How are you doing? Hi, Angie. What's happening?

My name is Mikel. Shut up, man. Nice to meet you, Mikel. Shut up. How you feeling, Angie? I feel a little distraught today because I'm on my way to court for a civil commitment, which means that I'm going to court to be told whether they're not going to put me in a hospital or if I'm going to continue outpatient because of some things that happened pertaining to my job. So, you know, COVID was a rough year for everybody.

From what I saw at first, not enough people cared about what was going on within the people. And I got a little loud and things kind of went upside down. I don't think there's anything wrong with you getting a little loud. I think that we need to get louder. I think that the greatest trick that they've pulled on us is telling us that they do things to trigger us, do things to make us angry, and tell us that we can't come off as angry. No, get angry. Yeah, I was told to be quiet and, you know, not say certain things within the occupation that I had, which was government,

the local county that I live in. So, you know, that caused a lot of problems for me because telling someone that they needed to come back to work After things happened in their life With COVID going on That was not good for me Right Well, I'm sending you healing energy

I'm sending you healing energy I guess I'm sending it to your fake name Since you gave us a fake name Angie Angie, but I'm sending you healing energy, Angie. Well, that's my middle name. That's your middle name? Okay.

Okay. Uh-oh. Don't give too much information. No, but I'm glad that you were able to call and express yourself. Sometimes people need to just verbalize how they feel, too. That helps a little. That's right. Well, thank you, Mama.

All right. Well, 800-585-1051. Call us. Let me know how you're feeling out there. It's a wellness check this morning. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart?

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Hello, this is Teyon. Hey, how you feeling today, bro? Just want to address the topic of officers getting their gun confused with their tasers. Yes, sir. They need to do an intelligence investigation. Yes, sir. Yes yes they should be in these situations haven't you been in these situations before like mistakes like this can't happen no you can't it's malpractice and like i said you know law enforcement is the only place where you know there is no consequences and repercussions to malpractice it's like really the grip the same on the gun and the taser.

They have to weigh different. They do weigh different. Yeah, they do. They do weigh different. When you point it for your hip and raise it, when you point it for your hip and you raise it at a point, you don't see that it looks different? Like, what are you looking at?

Of course they do. Pray for America. A-M-E-R-I-K-K-K-A. I'm not praying for America. I'm praying America get exactly what it deserves. Okay? Because that's the only way things are going to change. Things are going to change when everybody gets exactly what they deserve.

And don't get it twisted. America got it coming. Okay, Rome has fallen, ladies and gentlemen. Let's go to another caller. Hello, who's this? This is Pete. Hey, good morning. How are you feeling this morning?

Good. How are you? Are you really good? I'm are you? Are you really good? I'm doing well. Are you really good? I'm pissed off. Okay, that's what I want to hear. Tell me.

Feel your feels. Go. I mean, she knew what she was doing. It's modern age slavery, basically. I mean, they're just legally killing the whole black community. Feels that way. Mm-hmm. Feels that way.

Mm-hmm. And don't feel bad about it. No repercussions. I'm not getting away with it. Like, I just made a mistake. It was an accident. Mm-hmm. feels that way feels that way and don't feel bad about it like I just made a mistake it was an accident it was not an accident right that's what I'm saying

their excuse is always it was an accident or they'll say like it's your fault because you did this and they try to justify it you can have video footage and everything

and audio and still somehow they're able to get away with it no repercussions right question are you black or white man no end to this that unless there's no end to this like i feel like if george floyd's killer does not get any type of punishment then the whole world is gonna blow up up. Like, I'm so beyond. There's no, like, words. Like, I'm shaking right now.

Like, this poor man who just got shot for no reason, and there's going to be no justice for him. There is going to be no justice. There's no hope. There's no justice. You're white, right? I'm mixed. I'm Hispanic and white. Okay. I mean, listen,

I don't care either way because I'm happy because we need all hands on deck. If you're a human that cares about other humans, we need each other right now. We need accomplices, not allies. And everybody has the right to be angry and everybody has the right to express that anger because I keep quoting Zora Neale Hurston because it's true. If we're silent about our pain,

they'll kill us and say we enjoyed it. I mean, I had to show my 10-year-old children a little 5-year-old boy getting berated by cops to show them you cannot trust these cops. I had to cry and show them that you cannot trust cops. Like, they have to know that they're not in the same world. I mean, it's sad and it's scary. I mean, like you said, with anxiety, like with Charlamagne and you said earlier, I mean, you don't know where it's coming from. You don't know if you're nervous to let your kids go to school because of mass shootings. You don't know if you're nervous to let your son drive because they're killing unarmed black men.

You don't know if it's safe to take him to the mall. I mean, everything is so scary. You just want to create your own fort and just live in it and never leave. Like, it's that scary. Pick your own trauma. And why do I envision you building a fort in your bedroom? And Gia asking you what the hell is your problem? Why?

Why is everything about me in my bedroom? Why is everything about me in my bedroom? When you build a fort, do you do it with pillows? What do you use, Envy? Why is everything about me in my bedroom? Or do you use the cushions? The cushions on the couch? I use the cushions on the couch, but...

Those are the best. They sturdy. They definitely sturdier than pillows. Mm-hmm. What's the moral of the story, man? I hate you, man. The moral of the story... We've been just letting people call in and express themselves.

There's a lot going on. Sometimes people aren't able to verbalize that. Sometimes people don't even ask you, how are you doing? Yeah, I'll tell you the moral of the story, man, James Baldwin, because everybody out there needs to feel their feels, and if you feel angry, that's perfectly fine. If you got a lot of anxiety, that's perfectly fine, because as James Baldwin

said, to be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. Alright, well we got rumors on the way in. Yes, and let's talk about Drake. Looks like he'll be on the next Drink Champs.

And we'll tell you some things we do know that will be addressed. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I've never met this guy knows nothing about Latinos, bro. What are you talking about? I be asking him questions

and he don't have no answers it's fake we are the breakfast club let's get to rumors let's talk DMX this is the rumor report with Angela Lee on the breakfast club well well looks like Nori might have that sit down with Drake coming soon. Now, he said he posted a picture with Drake.

He said champagne. He said, you see my face and you know why I'm here. Champagne poppy. But who's who? OVO drink champs loading. And then he put certified lover boy loading. A lot of people don't know, but I squashed the beef between DMX and Drake through my boy 40. But we will save that for Drink Champs.

Gotta big up OBO 40, Armand and Pansy. That's a fact. Nori definitely smoothed that over. All right, so let's revisit what exactly happened. Now, when DMX was on The Breakfast Club in 2012, I asked what he thought about Drake. We were talking about a lot of different artists naming people, and here's what happened. What about Drake? You like Drake? No.

I don't like anything about Drake. I don't like his voice. I don't like what he talks about. I don't like how he walks like nothing. I don't like his haircut. I might just... Let me shut up. I'll just stop right there. Have you been converted to a Drake fan yet?

No. What do you think about the new Aaliyah album now? Disrespectful. Like, that don't even make sense. That's what I'm saying. Like, you can't do shit like that. That's, like, wrong, man. I wish it was, like, maybe seven years ago,

where, you know, catch the elevator, beat him up. That was the first time we interviewed DMX and the second time we interviewed DMX. All right, well, in 2016, he changed his tune,

though, and he had some more positive things to say. Listen to what he said about Drake. You weren't a fan of Drake at first. I did always say

that he was a talented lyricist, but I was not a fan. You're right. I was not. And, um, another homely experience.

Of course, we were like, yo, you didn't like this dude for all the wrong reasons. But, you know, there was other reasons. You know, we were getting all that. But for him to take the effort first to want to use a song of mine, you know what I'm saying? And then to be man enough to reach out and make that call.

I was like, homie, hats off, man. That was a real move. That's going to make for a great Drink Champs story. And I'm a person who feels like you have to have at least a 10-year career to be on Drink Champs. Drake has that. So I would love to see Drake drinking Virginia Black, which is his bourbon, and popping bottles of loyalty, which is J Prince's wine. I would love to see him doing that on Drink Champs. And if Drake does Drink Champs, boy, I'm going to have the Black Effect and iHeartRadio promote that podcast.

Like Oprah promoted her sit-down with Meghan Markle and Harry Potter. What's his name? His name is definitely Harry Potter, but we know who you mean. Yes. And can I also say, too, that Nori, and I'm not saying this because he's my friend and business partner. I'm saying this because it's true. Drink Champs is the best platform for hip hop right now. Because Nori and DJ Effin created a lane five years ago

to give OG hip-hop artists a platform, and it's grown into something special. And over the past, I would probably say, year, nobody's doing OG hip-hop conversations better than Drink Champs, man. Hell no. Shout out to Nori, man. It's not even close.

Drop one of the clues bombs for Nori and DJ Effin. Nori listens every morning, too. All right, give it up for Nori. That's right. Yay! Make some noise for Nori! every morning Alright give it up for Nori That's right Make some noise for Nori Make sure you check out Drink Champs on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network

Alright now LL Cool J is not feeling the fact that people are calling him the forefather of pop rap it was a whole discussion that was happening and LL Cool J said me being called the forefather of pop rap. It was a whole discussion that was happening and LL Cool J said, me being called the forefather of pop rap is very confusing. What the F are y'all talking

about? So people were talking about I Need Love and they were saying that was like one of the beginning songs of pop rap. Listen to I Need Love in case you... I don't know. But mainstream... Sometimes I stare at the wall.

In the back of my mind, I hear my conscious call. Telling me I need a girl. You offbeat. Shut up. I see I need love. There I was. Giggling about the games. You suck, boy.

Chill out. You got to tell him to shut up and then you start singing. I was on beat, though. No, you wasn't. I was on beat. No, you wasn't. First of all, hip hop is pop culture. and it's been pop culture for a long time. Pop culture is just short for popular.

So I Need Love was a very, very popular record. It's definitely not a pop-sounding record by any means, but I understand what people mean when they say hip-hop is pop culture. No, that ain't no pop record. That wasn't a pop record. He was rapping. It wasn't like, oh, I'm going to do this record for pop radio. He was rapping.

Did you listen to anything that I said just now? No,'t pop is short for popular yeah but hip-hop has been the most popular genre and culture for a long time yes it's not a pop they didn't mean it like that they meant pop sound no they didn't there's no way they could have meant it like that it just means it crossed over to mainstream basically to be on the pop charts as well that's all by definition but that's not saying that hip-hop and rap is not that is what is popular yes it is hip-hop is pop culture sorry guys and guys it is what it is all right dj mustard is saying that his personal shopper stole over fifty thousand dollars from him and spent it on bags and shoes he even posted a screenshot of a conversation where she actually apologized to him. And he added her.

He said, at Chanel Dijon, we let her use the stylist word so she could get business. But the truth is she did nothing but shop today. I found out that she ran my credit cards up over 50K buying stuff for herself, purses, shoes, shades, and other stuff. I'm hot and I'm only writing this so nobody else deals with her. She's bad for business. I have all the receipts to prove everything. I paid her more than she was worth because I don't play with taking care of people that do their jobs.

He was paying her six thousand per month, he said. And after calculating, she could have good and well racked up over one hundred thousand in expenses. She ran up fifteen thousand in Louis Vuitton alone on herself. He said for some effing Instagram likes. Can I play white devil's advocate for just a second technically it's not like the personal shopper didn't do what you paid her to do is it defined that personal shoppers only buy stuff for you yes it is you dumbass yeah i'll pay you six thousand dollars for yourself are you kidding me personal shopper meant for herself personally. That's what I'm saying. Does it define that I'm only personally shopping for you?

Yes, you do. Is that somewhere? Is that in writing? Is that part of the job description? It's known. You just said personal shopping. I did some personal shopping. I bought me a few things.

No, you can't do that. Not if I pay you, no. Just ask her. All right, well, that is your rumor report. All right. $6,000 is a lot of money a month to go personally shopping for somebody. Yeah, because she probably had money to do other stuff. And, you know, on the scamming lines, I saw that this stripper had posted that she was upset that Usher didn't pay the strippers with real money. He used some Usher bucks, some Usher bucks.

And she said the money does not have a trade in values whatsoever. Don't y'all think he should be blasted on social media for this she said she danced all night and usher through that but it looks like the story is a little different i've seen multiple other people saying that what really happened was he did pay money and he was throwing money all night but somebody left the usher bucks as like kind of a joke and it's something that he's doing to promote his vegas residency and he just threw out some usher bucks they threw out some usher bucks as like kind of a joke. And it's something that he's doing to promote his Vegas residency. And he just threw out some Usher bucks.

They threw out some Usher bucks. That's something Charlamagne would do. First of all, God bless that savage named Usher Raymond IV. Drop on the clues, bombs for Usher Raymond IV. I don't see anything wrong with what he did. You have to know your worth. What's knowing your worth

more than having your own currency? Okay? May not mean anything to anybody. Currency, it's not worth nothing. Who says who? It's all about what you put value on. Okay? It's savings.

No, shut up. It's savings. Treat these ush bucks the way you would treat a $2 bill. Hold on to it. Put it away. It could be an NFT. Maybe it could be an NFT. See, come on.

There you go thinking. There you go thinking. The ush bucks NFT. Go ahead and make $160,000 off of these Ush Bucks. You play around if you want. You take them Ush Bucks to a store, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or any of them other stores, you get arrested. Don't even take it to McDonald's.

Wherever you go, dollar store, you're going to get arrested with the Ush Bucks. I want Ush. I'm going to be honest with y'all. I really need Ush to do a versus. I need somebody to step up and get that smoke, get that slang that Ush Raymond is going to give them. Because I am so tired of y'all disrespecting Usher Raymond IV. The winner gets a million Usher bucks.

That's right. Y'all keep acting like Usher Raymond IV, not a whole legend, a whole goat out here with a damn near unbeatable catalog. But who said he's not? You. No, I did not. Yes, you did. You told me Chris Brown could get Usher in a versus.

When did you hear that? All right. Yes, you did. You told me Chris Brown could get Usher in a versus. When did you hear that? All right. It's on video. I think we said it depends on whose song is up against whose. I don't care what song you play. Usher got nuclear weapons. And I need him to get his flowers because y'all be disrespecting Usher Raymond the Fourth way too much out here. Not so often anymore.

Like he not the U-S-H-E-R-R-A-Y-M-O-N-D. So you want to say it's the D, right? Yeah, exactly. All right, guys. We got to end the show. All right. Well, that was your rumor report. The mix is up next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Peace to the planet. Charlemagne the God here.

This year has been tough on mental health. Gentlemind is here to help. Gentle Mind has developed an innovative new tool for groundbreaking insights into your unique genetic predispositions. Go to mentalhealthmap.com to be empowered on your mental health and well-being. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlemagne the God. We are The Breakfast Club. And shout out to everybody. Again, I always talk about the car. So I'm just so excited about all you guys supporting me. And I just want to say thank you. Also, what we're doing now is, you know, people ask, how am I going to get all the cars down to Atlanta? We do have a lot of cars in Atlanta and people are submitting their cars and you can

submit your car if you want to put your car in the car show. But we're actually doing a rally to the car show. So we're driving from New York. We're starting off at the radio station and we're driving to Atlanta two days. So it's going to be a lot of fun. If you want to drive from, you know, hang with us, rally to the car show. It's going to be a lot of fun. There's going to be a pace car. So nobody's going to be speeding. We're going to do it at a nice pace. So ye, well you speed, so you can't go, but anybody else, you can definitely come rally to the car show. It's going to be an amazing time. It's the first week in July.

So just look out for that. Why the hell is it going to take you two days? We're going to stop in Charlotte first. We're going to stop in Charlotte first. Because it'll be like an 11-hour ride, 12-hour ride. So that's a lot for people. So we ride, you know, eight hours to Charlotte and then three, four hours the next day. Make an experience out of it.

Got you. All right. You got a positive note? What was you saying? I said I did get pulled over for speeding over the weekend since Envy said I speed a lot. See? But that's the first time that I got pulled over for that in, like, years.

Probably about, I would say, maybe a decade. Did you get a ticket? Actually, he gave me a warning. Thank you so much, officer. My goodness. Well, what's your note, Charlamagne? Well, I want to tell y'all too, man, make sure. Well, thank you to everybody who's downloaded.

We've got answers on Audible. It's an audio book that I dropped a couple of weeks ago for, you know, any white people who are looking for answers to questions that they may have. You know what I'm saying? And black people that are tired of answering questions that white people have just point them to this project. We've got answers on Audible. It's free's free with an audible membership and my positive note is simply this stop shrinking yourself to fit places you've clearly outgrown breakfast club bitches what up y'all it's dj envy and we're back and we're kicking it with mountain doing we're talking about their real change opportunity fund now the Change Opportunity Fund is uplifting Black entrepreneurs. And right now, we have a special person on the

line right now, and I hate the fact that it's Zoom because I would love to actually see these people in person. Now, we have Nicole Portwood. Now, she joined PepsiCo in September 2018 as Vice President of Marketing for Mountain Dew Energy and Flavors, leading 360-degree brand marketing strategy across the portfolio. Nicole joined PepsiCo from Tito's Homemade Vodka, where she led branding for nine years in Austin, Texas. Now, Nicole was instrumental in developing this program for Black entrepreneurs. So, ladies and gentlemen, Nicole Portwood. Hey, Envy. It's great to be here with you. Thanks for joining me. So, let's talk about this program. How did this program get created and why did it start? So we announced the Real Change Opportunity Fund on the heels of PepsiCo, our parent company,

announcing our $400 million commitment to uplift Black communities and Black representation. At Mountain Dew, we recognized that there was this immediate need for us to take action as a brand and to do what we could to really drive tangible change in the specific fight against systemic racism and inequality faced by Black people in America. We really felt like entrepreneurs are the key to closing the wealth gap that has been in place for far too long and is really based on systemic racism throughout our history. Entrepreneurs really exemplify what Mountain Dew is all about. They're the doers, right? They're the ones who are getting out there, changing their lives, changing the world, and changing things for the Black community. So

the Real Change Opportunity Fund is our way to build hope, to inspire lasting impact, and empower that next generation of entrepreneurs. Now, why HBCUs? You know, HBCUs play such a crucial role in personal and professional development. I went to an HBCUs? You know, HBCUs play such a crucial role in personal and professional development. I went to an HBCU here at the university. What's up? But why, you know, HBCUs? Why that route? You know, as a brand, this is the first time that we've developed something official in partnering with HBCUs. But PepsiCo overall has fostered and developed relationships across HBCUs by launching programs like She Got Now and 2020 virtual marching band performance. So this is our opportunity to put a stake in the ground

and really solidify our own relationship with HBCUs because that's how you invest in talent from these legacy schools. That's how you make sure you're investing at the root and identifying those brilliant minds that are going to change the future. Now, $1 million prize pool. Now, what is that going to do for the community? Like that is a lot of money. It is. And we are so excited to be able to give this to the winning entrepreneurs and these incredible, incredibly talented, brilliant people who brought their ideas to us. This was driven by the recognition that Black entrepreneurs tend to receive less funding than non-Black entrepreneurs. That's a real insight in what's happening in the world.

And we have an opportunity to shift that dynamic. So this $1 million is meant to really inspire and empower some of the best and brightest Black entrepreneurs out there. So Do and our panel of expert doers, including you, are going to be providing not only the opportunity for this prize pool, but insight and feedback and mentorship to these finalists. And we're going to give them this platform to tell their story so that not only, like I said, they have this opportunity to win the money, but it's going to shine a light on the incredible ideas that they have, the momentum that they've built and the future that they have.

So money to be had, a platform to tell the story. And we're hoping that that inspires the community to get out there and reach for their dreams and drives additional entrepreneurialism. So, yeah, not only are the contestants going to receive a portion of that million dollar prize pool, but each HBCU that they come from is also going to receive an award fund that's dedicated to creating real change at those universities. Yeah, I was going to ask, money is great. Like everybody wants money, but guidance. So how are they going to definitely get that guidance besides the panelists? Because you just can't give somebody a bunch of money and be like, go do it on your own because they might not

know. So how important is the guidance? I think that's a critical part of what we're doing and how we're engaging with these entrepreneurs. They had an opportunity to meet with some of our judges prior to the actual competition, go through mentorship sessions, hear from business leaders who can give them insight into the kind of challenges they're going to face, really begin to prod at their ideas and start to ask the difficult questions that they're going to need to answer as they grow their businesses and look for incremental funding. You're right that sometimes too much money with a seed of an idea can be difficult because they don't necessarily know where to invest it or what's the next best problem to solve. But that's where we're

really leaning in on a mentorship and guidance platform to make sure we stay engaged with these folks. Now, tomorrow's the competition, right? So now what are you looking forward to see during this competition? I mean, because I don't know what to expect. I don't know what they're going to be pitching. Is it going to be apps? Is it going to be, you know, brick and mortar? Like, I don't know what we should be expecting. What are you expecting? What are you looking forward to tomorrow? I don't want to give too much away, but I can tell you that based on the applications that we've received, we know that all of these entrepreneurs are going to be bringing their A game for the final round. There's going to be really stiff competition. These are some of the best and brightest out there. And the ideas range from tangible things to technology, all of them, all of them geared toward having a massive impact, not just for the entrepreneur themselves, but for their community. And that's what I'm really looking forward to seeing,

how the dynamic of the idea is going to make real change. Well, I'm looking forward to seeing this tomorrow and I will see you tomorrow. And thank you for joining us so much. All right. Thank you, Envy. I really appreciate the time. All right, ladies and gentlemen, Nicole Portwood, thank you. 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.

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