The Breakfast Club - Flashback - Michael Blackson and Andre Iguodala

Episode Date: September 3, 2019

Today on the Breakfast Club we had Michael Blackson discuss his thoughts on the Black Men Don't Cheat movement as well as his thoughts on dating white girls and why he doesn't do drugs. Loquesha- the film was discussed, and listeners got to slander the breakfast club. Donkey of The Day goes to a short white man from Long Island who lost his mind in a bagel shop over women rejecting him.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is your time to get it off your chest. Say it, say it with your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Anthony. Anthony, what's up, man? Good morning. Good morning, DJ.

Good morning, Angela. Good morning. I'm not sure if Charlamagne got there yet. I'm here, sir. I'm here. He's here now. Good morning. Hey, Charlamagne, I'm on your side.

DJ, I have a question for you. Why do you bully Charlamagne got there. I'm here, sir. I'm here. He's here now. Good morning. Hey, Charlemagne, I'm on your side. DJ, I have a question for you. Why do you bully Charlemagne so much? Envy bullies me? Wow. DJ Envy bullies me. I agree. That's a different take.

DJ Envy bullies me. DJ Envy bullies me. I get bullied on this show and I agree with you, sir. What do you think I should do? Should I go to HR, give me a bag? I think the best thing is

DJ Envy has the same hairstyle as you, right? You guys both have bodies. But the difference is... Nah, DJ got the... Envy got the fake hairline. Yeah, that's the thing. Like, his hairline might be fake, but you can see yours. Like, yours, you can see it starts in the back of your head.

Like, you have the Stephen A. Smith half-bro. And DJ Envy has the fake. Is he bullying you? Yes. Yeah, you can see his face. Like,-bro and DJ. All right. He has the fade. Is he bullying you? Yes. Yeah, you can see his fade. You can see his hairline. He doesn't have to go to the barbershop. I think you're flirting with me, bro.

Are you flirting with me? You don't want to marry a man. You didn't give me no advice about my bully situation. How am I bullying Charlamagne? Yeah, you have a perfect hairline. You don't have to go to the barbershop to get your hair cut. His hairline bullies mine? I actually go to the barber twice a week, sir

But I love the fact that you're complimenting me His hairline is scared, it's running back You can see your hairline You can see the front of your hairline How's your hairline, sir? My hairline is good I don't have to come ten minutes late Because I'm in the parking lot

Shaving my head I'm confused whose side you're on this morning Who the hell was ten minutes late because they'm in the parking lot shaving my head. I'm confused whose side you're on this morning. Who the hell was 10 minutes late because they were shaving their head? You know you're a grown-ass man talking about my hairline and showing me his hairline. I think you're flirting with us, sir. That's so funny. I just did this whole thing on here, and I was talking about how men are so self-conscious about their hairlines.

I'm not. I'm not at all. Guys don't want to not wear a hat if they don't have their haircut. I didn't have a hat on yesterday. My hair wasn't cut. If I need a haircut, I'm wearing a hat. That's just me. That's regardless.

Hello, who's this? This is Tavares. Hey, Tavares. Get it off your chest. Hey, I got a little issue with Charlamagne. I'm not sure if you're part of the group either, but this whole black man don't cheat. Yes, sir.

I'm not coming up against the brothers or trying to tell secrets and all that stuff. That's exactly what you're doing. I can smell it on your breath already this morning. Well, smell my breath when I give you this. I'm the whole reason my father cheated on his wife. My dad did too, sir. Okay, I'm here on account of that.

You know what I'm saying? Oh, you're a love child. Huh? Go ahead. There was no love involved in that. You know what I'm saying? Oh, you're a love child. Huh? Go ahead. There was no love involved in that. You know what I'm saying? That was lust. That's called lust.

That's a difference. That's what I'm saying. In our community, there's a lot of kids rejected because of this lust demon. And this whole false narrative of black men don't cheat. Listen, I don't know if it's comical.

You know what I'm saying? But I get the comedy in it. There's no comedy in it, man. Let me tell you something, sir. Black men don't cheat. Listen, I don't know if it's comical, you know what I'm saying, but I get the comedy in it. There's no comedy in it, man. Let me tell you something, sir. Black men don't cheat. I don't know what grown-ass black little boys do, but black men, we don't cheat. You know what I'm saying?

Because I know that your father caused your... That's what you're saying. Yes. Okay, I get it now. That's what you're... Okay, I was just unaware of the comedy side of it. You know what I'm saying? There's no comedy.

There ain't no comedy. This is not a laughing matter. You still speak to your dad, bro? A real man, a real man does not cheat is what you're saying. Black men don't cheat. That's right. Now, let me ask you a question, sir. Do you still speak to your dad?

Yeah, I love my father. Okay, did you get out all the situation and problems and everything off your chest with him? With the help of God, yes. Okay, good. Let me ask you a question. Did your father, his wife or whoever he cheated on, how did you coming into this world devastate her? What happened? She embraced me. That's why I love her

to this day. She embraced me. And that's why I outreach the kids that are rejected and have that same spirit upon them that when they feel, when they go out in the world and they don't have a father, they don't have a mother, these crimes that are being committed,

these things that are being committed in our community, there's a deep rooted thing that we have to dig up and really look at people. And that's what's going on in our community right now. It's rejection. Well, you're right. We're not rejecting you, brother.

We love you. Thank you for calling, brother. And I love y'all, too. I love y'all, too. I appreciate y'all. And remember, black men don't cheat. All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to hit us up right now, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, it's Dre. Hey, what's up, bro?

Get it off your chest. Man, I'm just happy to be out this morning, man. You and me both, brother. Yeah, man, you know, just thanking the Lord and shouting out my family, my wife and my kids. As long as we keep going on my way to work this one. Y'all have a blessing. You too, my brother. Hello, who's this?

This is Jewel's Gems 100. Hello. Jewel's Gems 100. Get it off your chest. You sound like a cigarette. It's early. It's early. I didn't have tea yet.

Well, what's up, mama? Get it off your chest. You having a great day so far? So far, it's a great day. So many blessings. I do have a jury business. It's called Jim Jim's 100. But every single day, I think about my brother that is in jail

because of police brutality for 10 years. Every single morning. He's in jail because of police brutality? How'd that happen? He was about 15 years old, and he was jumped by police. They took him to jail. They had him sign papers, and he didn't even have his parents with him. Damn. Oh, my God.

I'm sorry. So they basically forced him to confess to something that he didn't do. Gotcha. I'm sorry about that, Mama. And we can see how that can happen if we've seen it happen many times. That's awful. I even went to go visit him and the police wouldn't let us visit him. Is that illegal?

We're just f***ing. And he was over jail for two years. Man, well, I'm so sorry, Mama. Well, I'm glad you heard my story and my brother's story, so I'm very happy about that. Okay. Well, thank you for calling the event

with us this morning. Thank you so much. Have a good day. You too. Hello, who's this? You. What's up, Amy? Hey, what's up, Trav? Hey, what's up, you? Hi, Trav.

How you doing, boo? Good, boo. How are you? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. What's up, Charlamagne? What up, sis? How you? Listen, I got a bone to pick with you. Oh, here we go. What's new? You love picking my bone. No, I'm tired. I'm tired of you, Charlamagne. I am tired of you. You know, you purposely go out your way not to mention J. Cole.

When you talk about lyricists, you always want to bring up Rhapsody. You always want to bring up Kendrick Lamar. You always go out your way not to mention J. Cole, and I'm tired of it. That's not true. I just mentioned who I thoroughly enjoy, and I'm not saying that J. Cole's not a lyricist. Those are just the two top people that come to the top of mind when I think of super

lyricists in this game. I think of Cole, I think of Rhapsody, I think of Big Sean. That's what comes to my mind. I want you to know that Cole can watch Rhapsody, Cole can watch K-Dot. K-Dot already ducked the smoke on American Dreams featuring Jeezy. Just go listen to that song. My brother,

you need to go listen to Sojourner with Rhapsody and J. Cole. Rhapsody clearly bodies J. Cole on that record. If you think otherwise, you're really being biased. But Cole ain't on K. I don't think Cole's on K. out of Rhapsody level. But that's just my opinion. Hey, Envy, y'all want to close bombs with J. Cole, man. Y'all have a good day.

Come on, Solomon. He's supposed to say he's the Tim Duncan. Say that. What? Forget it. We did mention Cole the other day when we were talking about lyricists with Blue Face. Why did I start to say Blue Dot? Who's Blue Dot?

I don't know. I don't know who that is. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, if you just join us, we're talking Loquisha. Now, tell them about Loquisha. Loquisha is a movie about a white man who's pretending to be a black woman in order to get a job on radio where they're looking for a black woman radio host. All right.

And, of course, the show becomes successful when he lands a job, even though he's a white man. So let's play a snippet of the trailer right fast. Loquisha. She's brilliant. I trailer right fast. I'm Loquisha. She's brilliant. I know. Get her in there. Loquisha on me.

The biggest thing in radio. But I still need my anonymity. You love Loquisha. What's your problem? Hi, Loquisha. It's great. Oh, I ain't talking to you. Not the way you sound.

Next caller. You go, girl. You just be good to her. If you good to yourself, you can be good to others. But don't be too good because the police will come around. Loquisha is a real role model for every African-American woman on this planet. I think

I might be a black woman trapped in a white man's body. So we're asking 805-85-1051. What are your thoughts? Let's start with you. You're a black woman. Yeah, I thought it was very offensive that he tried to... First of all, it sounds like a stereotypical what you. You're a black woman. Yeah, I thought it was very offensive that he tried to, first of all, it sounds like a stereotypical what a white person thinks a black woman sounds like. And then the name LaQuisha

is that it just feels very like stereotyping what a black woman is. And it's already hard enough for black women to get these positions and these jobs. So the fact that you make a movie about a white man getting this job because he can't get it because he's a white man is kind of like, you know,

we have some type of affirmative action going on. Like, let us have a job that is very few and far between for us. But people would say it's a movie, and, you know, they did it in White Chicks where Marlon and Damon played, they were black men that played white chicks. I think that's the exact opposite of what this is.

Yeah, well, Charlamagne, what do you think? Well, I mean, here's the problem. The problem is there's not a black woman behind this. All right. That white guy, what's his name? Jeremy Seville. Jeremy Seville sort of went to one of his black female comedian friends and let her be the face of this. You know, if he did that, I don't think it would be an issue because there's an unwritten rule that the oppressor can't make films like this about the oppressed. But the oppressed can do that to the oppressors.

And that's just the way it is. But I think that, you know, people got to stop being offended by fictional worlds. It's a movie. It's entertainment. I grew up on people pretending to be other people all the time, and Living Color made fun of everybody. Dave Chappelle made fun of everybody. You got white chicks. Remember Juana Man, where he pretended to be a woman NBA player?

We would have never gotten Shanaynay or Wanda in this generation. You telling me Shanaynay and Wanda in this generation. You're telling me Shanaynay and Wanda were positive depictions of black women? I just find that this is what a white man thinks a black woman sounds

and, you know, looks like and what her name should be. But there is a black comedian from the movie who is defending the movie and here is what he has to say.

If anyone's offended, I'm very sorry, but I wasn't trying to make anything that's a mockery. And in fact, I don't think the trailer does the movie any justice. I don't think any of the black people that worked on it thought we were making a mockery. I think we, at least for myself, well-versed in our plight and our history and all of that. This is a comedy. It's

a story about one guy who does the wrong thing for the right reasons. And ultimately he pays the price. I think you kind of have to withhold judgment until you see the movie. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We have Elvis on the line. Elvis, good morning. Hey, good morning. What's up?

What do you think about, what are your thoughts on the movie? I think it's great. I think it's a great idea. I think it's the best idea since White Chicks. You remember White Chicks? Oh, my God. White Chicks was good.

I'm not gonna forget, this movie sounds like, my God. White Chicks was good. I'm not going to forget. This movie sounds like a dope idea. Y'all tripping. Well, he actually did. The writer and director did actually, and the guy who starred in it, did actually tag Marlon Wayans and say, LaQuisha, meet White Chicks.

And Marlon said, please stop tagging me in this BS. That's the same thing, though. Well, Marlon doesn't seem to think so. I mean, listen. White women could have been offended by White Chicks. White women could have been like, we don't act like that. That's listen, white women could have been offended by white chicks. White women could have been like, we don't act like that. That's stereotypical. They could have done the same exact thing.

Yeah, we're just always oppressed and, you know, always marginalized. But, yeah. Well, that's the thing. It's an unwritten rule. It's an unwritten rule that the oppressed can't. I mean, the oppressor can't do that to the oppressed, but the oppressed can do that to the oppressor. That's just the way it is.

Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Janice. Hey, Janice, what are your thoughts on LaQuisha? I think it's offensive. Like, number one, like, just the name alone, like, that's the name he chose to, you know, like, that's the first thing he thought of when he thought of a black woman.

And then I think you can't compare it to white chicks because white chicks, they were studying two specific white girls that they had to pretend to be. He decided to become a black woman. A caricature. Hold on. Y'all have not even seen the movie yet

because guess what? We do radio. And when we first started doing radio, what's the first? Who did they tell you that we talking to? Tell me, Angela and Envy. Come on now. Who did these consultants and stuff tell us we talking to?

Shaniqua from Newark who got two kids, okay, watches loving hip-hop all damn day. So we don't know if in this movie this guy was talking to a radio consultant who told him the same thing. Yeah, but that's not the only type of body. Yeah, nobody want to talk. Boy, y'all some suckers. So, wait a second. I think from what we saw on the trailer, it looks like he didn't get this job when he applied as a white man. So, he decided to disguise his voice as a black woman, makes up the name LaQuisha.

That's what it looks like from the trailer. But we haven't seen the movie. It's a trailer. But we're basing it off of what we know. But in the movie? No, come on, man. That's a small... That's what we saw.

Thank you, Janae. See, I don't know. See, I've been thinking about this. Y'all still ain't answered the question about who they tell us we're talking to on this radio. They tell us we're talking to 18 and 34-year-old African-American woman is the... Named Shaniqua from Newark with two kids who watch Love & Hip Hop. I don't know if they're named Shaniqua, but they're definitely from either Newark or Brooklyn. That's when we was only...

They watch Love & Hip Hop all the time. That's when we was only in New York. You know, that was nine years ago we did that. I'm just saying. We're syndicated now. I'm just saying. That doesn't no longer apply to what we're

talking about. I think there's a difference between a white man pretending to sound and talk like a black woman than knowing who your audience is. Were you ever offended

by Shanaynay and Wanda when Martin used to do Shanaynay? No, because he really is a black man that actually created those characters. But he's making fun of you. But it's still a stereotype of black women. From what I've seen and from what I know about this,

I think it's just different to see a white man pretending to be a black woman than it is to see a black man doing what he did. And also, Martin's a comedian. How do we know this guy's not a comedian? All right, well, let's open up the phone line. 855-1051. See, I'm torn because I do feel it's disrespectful, This guy is not a comedian. All right, well, let's open up the phone line. 855-105-1C. I'm torn because I do feel it's disrespectful,

and it's like it makes fun of our culture and fun of our black queens, but also it's jokes. We all have jokes. Like, Living Color was jokes. We made fun of everybody in Living Color. They made fun of gay people. They made fun of black people. They made fun of white people.

It was funny then, but is it too sensitive now where we can't laugh? I don't know. I think he should have had a black woman in front of this whole thing. And I think that this just sounds like such a mockery

of what it is to be a black woman. That's true, too. Does that make it better if it was a black woman then? It's still making a mockery of a black woman. I'm a black woman radio host. Do I need to be named LaQuisha

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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. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. If you just joined us, we're talking Loquisha. Now, what's Loquisha about, Yee?

It's a movie about a white man who decides that he wants to get a job as a black woman radio host because that's what the ad was looking for. And so he decides to name himself LaQuisha and adopt what he thinks sounds like a black woman and how an opinionated black woman would sound. Well, let's go to the phone. Well, hold on. Hold on, Sean. We got Coco on the line. Coco. No, this is Devin. Oh, I'm sorry.

Hey, Devin. What are you saying, Devin? I said I don't understand why people is mad because it sounds just like that movie Sorry to Bother You. I didn't see that. No, not really. Because Sorry to Bother You was about the black guy adopting the white voice to sell more of the telemarketer. I guess.

I ain't going to lie. When I did telemark, you know I definitely had my white voice on. Hi, this is Sean from Pelco Fuel. How are you doing today, sir? Awesome. I had my white voice on. Hi, this is Sean from Pelco Fuel. How you doing today, sir? Exactly. Awesome. I had that voice. Yeah.

It's really different because if you were to say as a white person, right, if you wanted a job in telemarketing as a white man, could you be like, hey, my name's LaQuisha. I'm trying to get this job. Then what would happen in real life? Nah, absolutely not. Okay. I don't know about that one.

So it's kind of the opposite. Hello, who's this? My name is Keith. Keith, what's up, man? We're talking about LaQuisha. What do you think? What are your thoughts? Yeah, man, I don't have no that one. So it's kind of the opposite. Hello, who's this? My name is Keith. Keith, what's up, man? We're talking about Lokesha. What do you think? What are your thoughts? Yeah, man, I don't have no problem with that, man.

Yo, they just really did. Wasn't Black Klansman was kind of like that same concept? Like, well, Homeboy was trying to change up his voice to be a white person and catch somebody or whatever. Like that same scenario, right? I never saw Black Klansman. I didn't see it either. No, Black Klansman was good, man. That was a good movie.

But they had a recent movie like that same scenario. Charlamagne was right, too. White chicks. They had a lot of stuff. Would you have a problem if after seeing this movie, white men went around talking like they were LaQuisha? No. We do the same thing to them all the time.

Okay. I would. I wouldn't want a white person to come up to me and be like, hey, sister girl, I hate when people do that. They do that now. Hey, sister girl. It's offensive now. You ever seen Empire? Listen, the problem is there's an unwitting rule

that the oppressor can't make films about the oppressed, but the oppressed can do that to the oppressor. That's just the way it is. Whether it's a man doing that to a woman, a straight person doing that to a gay person, a white person doing that to a black person, like, you just, it never looks good. Do you think a white

man can know what it's like to be a black woman? No. And accurately portray that? But I'm sure, that's the whole point of the movie. I'm sure by the end of this movie, his whole spot gets blown up. I'm sure by the end of this movie, his whole spot gets blown up. Mike'm sure by the end of this movie, his whole spot gets blown up. Mike. Hey, what's up, bro?

What are your thoughts on Laquisha? All right, I got three points. First of all, when I saw this thing, I'm like, this movie, what is it, man, 1985? I couldn't believe that someone put this on 2019. One of my biggest disappointments was when you see the black in the movie, I can't believe any of them read the script and showed up for this casting that they would endorse something like this. I think that that was a huge problem.

But honestly, the biggest plot hole is how many black women named LaQuisha are getting hired without a face-to-face interview? Right. That doesn't happen ever. We haven't seen the movie. Well, that's what happens in the movie. He doesn't have a face-to-face interview. That's why he got hired. Because he didn't know he was a white man. Well, listen, I'm not about to sit here and try to figure out a fictional movie.

It's clearly a movie. No, that's part of the plot, is that he gets hired without them seeing him. But no, but I'm saying it's a movie. I'm not going to pick apart a movie. We know it's for entertainment purposes. We know it's fictional. Hello, who's this? This is Micah.

Micah, what's up, bro? What are your thoughts, man? Well, I want to see people keep that same energy when it comes to other movies. If they're going to be disgusted or something like this, you can't watch, like, The Black Klansman or White Chicks or something like that. For one, it's a comedy, so there ain't nothing serious about it. And two, I mean, it's a movie. You can't take something that serious.

Yeah, nobody defends black women. It don't have nothing to do with that. it's a movie. You can't say something that serious. Yeah, nobody defends black women. It don't have nothing to do with that. This is a movie. Remember that old movie in 96 with Whoopi Goldberg called The Associate? We've seen Eddie Murphy play white people. Listen, the problem with this whole thing is they should have had a black woman behind it. It should have been a black woman executive producer. It should have been a black woman executive producer. It should have been a black woman writing on it.

Like, that's the biggest issue here to me, is that this white guy is at the forefront of this. If they would have had a black woman attached to this, it wouldn't even be an issue. Yeah, that's whack. So you can disrespect a black woman, but you give a black woman some coin and then make it seem okay? Nah, it's more than just having a black woman behind.

Who says it's disrespect? It's a movie. If black women are finding it disrespectful and don't like it, then it's disrespectful. I'm not a black woman, so I can't sit here and tell you how it makes me feel. I mean, some people are okay with this.

Some people aren't. Would I go see this movie? No. We shouldn't add no more reruns of In Living Color. We shouldn't add no more reruns of Chappelle's Show. We shouldn't add no more white chicks,

no more Juana, man. We shouldn't add no more Martin because he did Shanaynay. Like, what are we talking about here? I just think it's a lot harder. It's not as easy as saying. For us, as a black woman, it's not very often I'm like, hey, we're looking to hire a black woman who is

sassy, opinionated to take this job, and then a white man who has a name like, who makes up a name like LaQuisha and then starts talking in what he considers to be a black woman's sassy rhetoric, comes and gets a job is weird to me. That's all. But be a black woman's sassy rhetoric, comes and gets a job, is weird to me. That's all. It's a movie.

But to me, it's weird. All right, guys. What's the moral of this story? To me, I wasn't cracking up when I seen it. The moral of the story is y'all promoted the hell out of this white man's movie. My God, he's going to kill it at the box office or Netflix, or wherever the hell this is coming out. I doubt it.

Now, you crazy. This movie about to pop. It's about to pop right now. My goodness. All right. Well, we got rumors on the way? Yes, let's talk about, hey, you mentioned Whoopi Goldberg. Well, she has a new venture that she's working on,

and we'll tell you what it is. It's about inclusivity. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time to slander The Breakfast Club. You can call us up right now and say whatever you want about any one of us, all right? Jay. What's going on with The Breakfast Club? Good morning. What's up, Jay?

Slander The Breakfast Club, bro. First off, Charlamagne, black men do cheap. Angel Lee, original black and yellow girl, love you. Envy, I hate light-skinned dudes, all of you. Whoa. Looking like I'll be sure. I don't get down with you guys. Go back in the house.

Let us, you know, feel dudes. Just chill. Have a nice day. Bye. That colorism stuff is not cool at all. I like that. I like that. Definitely smashed his girl, smashed his mom.

One of the other. Oh, my gosh. That's crazy. Omar! Yo. Slant of the Breakfast Club. Yo, what up, family? How you doing?

Who that? Who that? My man Envy? Yes, sir. You could tell somebody about to talk crazy when they do all that. Who, who, who, who that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Envy, you know what I'm saying?

You high yellow. I like that. But I'm still upset with light-skinned dudes from back in the 80s and all that. What is with this light-skinned talk? Everybody relax. Let them get this off. I'm always going to be mad at you. I'm going to be mad at you, Elder Bards, Christopher Williams. I can get this off. I'm always going to be mad at you. I'm mad at you, Elder Bars,

Christopher Williams. Ah! Oh, my gosh. I think dude must have smashed your girl, man. Could you relax and let colorism flourish? Oh, my God. That is true. You've been talking about gayness all day. You be confusing me, B. Just come clean. That is true. Why can't I just like gayness without liking the sodomy?

Nah, man, nah. I don't like none of it, man. If you're a real man, you gonna be, you know what I'm saying? You could be a real man and be gay. Nah, you can't be a real man and be gay. Nah. That is not true, sir. Nah, impossible. You can't take a ****. Impossible. If you're a real man, do man things.

You know what I'm saying? You cut the wood down, you build the fire, you go hunt the squirrel and all that. It's all about cutting wood in the gay community. Wait, you said

real men hunt squirrels? Okay. You just told me to cut wood and to go chase squirrels. You know what squirrels chase? Nuts. Yeah, you're pretty.

Yeah, you're real pretty, but you need a better body, though. I like you and all that. You're pretty, but your body needs to tone up. You need to thicken that up. You know what I'm saying? Go to D.R. and tell him to get that right. I'm not doing that, but I appreciate it.

I'm absolutely okay with not having surgery. But you need a hug, bro. But thank you. What you mean he need a hug? This is slams at a breakfast club. He sounds so upset. That's what he's supposed to do. I like your face almighty, B.

You said you like my face? Yes, he likes your face. No, I like Yee face. And he wants to go chase a n***a. But you need a better body, though, because you're too petite

and little. So what about Yee face? What about Yee face on my body? Just keep it mad real and all that. I like all that, but I need to tighten up

some things. And Charlamagne, cut the f***ing talk out or come clean and say that you like dudes. Oh, my God. Do you like Charlamagne's hips? I know you do. All right.

You be saying gay stuff all day. All right, bro. I don't like dudes, but I just like saying gay stuff. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. I like dudes. Jeez. Nobody likes light-skinned guys today, huh?

Who's this? This is James from Jersey. Jay, what's up, man? Slenderman Breakfast Club. Go ahead, bro. What's going on? This is James from Jersey. Jay, what's up, man? It's Landon at Breakfast Club. Go ahead, bro. What's going on? DJ Envy, I thought you had some pull up there. You keep playing the same music.

You're saying you ain't picking it. He sucks. I agree with you, bro. Envy does have pull. I don't put... You know what? What you want to hear, bro? He ain't got no pull.

None. Let's see. Let's see. None. Charlamagne. Black privilege. Loved it. Shook once.

Trash. All you did was reiterate what you said in the first book. Solomon, black privilege. Loved it. Shook one's trash. All you did was reiterate what you said in the first book. Okay. Angelie, I know you a little bit better than your co-hosts on lip service. They all some birds. Stop it. That's not true. Those are my girls.

These are real girls, real women. But thank you, man. We appreciate you slandering the breakfast club. He's supposed to slander me, not my friends. TJ. Yes. Slander the breakfast club, TJ's supposed to slander me, not my friends. TJ. Yes. Slander in the breakfast club, TJ. Hey, I was just, I was calling,

you know, I wanted to slander Evie, but I have nothing to hate on today. But I was calling to slander Charlamagne with those, those action figures

in the background. I haven't got an answer why they, they're always in a different boat. I think one of them is like pregnant now. What action figure? What are you talking about?

A pregnant action figure? Those little guys behind you. They're always in a weird pose. Bro, what are you talking about? Are you high early in the morning? Yo, don't smoke weed and call up here, bro. Nobody sits behind me, bro. What you talking about?

Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, y'all? This is J-Man. Good morning, good morning. This is J-Man? J-Man. Oh, J-Man. What, you thought he said? I thought he said he was gay man. Nah, nah, I shot him. Nah, nah, J-Man, good morning, good morning. J-Man? J-Man? J-Man? J-Man? J-Man? J-Man? J-Man? Breakfast Club, man. J-Man. J-Man. Oh, J-Man. What did you say?

I thought he said he was gay, man. Nah, nah, Shia LaBeouf. Nah, nah, J-Man. Okay, what's up, Jamie? All right, ****. Nah. All right, I got a little constructive criticism. You know, y'all my folks, so I ain't trying to slander y'all or nothing like that.

So, I'm going to start off with envy. A lot of things, you know, you got to get a little top of skin. I know a lot of times you do take jokes, you let stuff roll off your shoulders. But every now and then, you know, you get real, real sensitive, my brother. I don't know if it's the same. How do I get sensitive? I don't get sensitive. What you mean I'm getting sensitive?

I think if he has very tough skin. I'm just joking. Go ahead. He takes a lot. Hey, shut up, me. You do. Why'd you get sensitive about that? That was probably gay.

I take a lot. No, it wasn't. You do take a lot. Why do you? What's up with y'all, man? I don't know. Y'all think everything gay. Y'all still, nah, nah, nah, none of that.

All right, next. Yee, Ms. Yee. Yes. You do the rumor report, you know what I'm saying? And me, I graduated from Florida State with a communications degree. And one thing we was taught is to be a reporter, not a repeater. So a lot of times when you're giving a rumor report, you know, a man has a follow-up question for you,

and you're like, well, I don't know. Well, I don't know. That's just what they're saying. That's what I read. That's why it's called a rumor. Yeah, I mean, look, I can't make these things up because I get liable for that. No, no, but they'll have, like I said,

a simple follow-up question. That's why it's alleged. Do your research a little bit first, you know, to report it to us and not just repeat. Sounds like you repeated what you heard in class. Go ahead. I definitely did

because I learned that. Well, you just told me not to repeat things and you just did that. Well, I'm not reporting that. I'm trying to give you a little bit of criticism, you know what I'm saying, ma?

All right. And Charlamagne, I got another positive thing for you, my brother. I remember back in the day when I first started listening, you know, everybody would like

rag on you about being negative or, you know, saying anything with a bad connotation. But lately, man, you've been real positive. You've been uplifting people. You're doing a lot of great things. So I say thank you for holding down for the Darskin brothers. Oh, my God. What is with this Lyskin-Darskin stuff?

Listen, because everybody shut up. Don't cut him off when he's complimenting me. Continue, sir. Shut up. No, that's it. He has no more. Continue. Anything else? No, I was just saying, like, thank y'all for he's complimenting me. Continue, sir. Shut up. No, that's it. He has no more. Continue. Anything else?

No, I was just saying, like, thank y'all, all y'all for what y'all do. I appreciate it. Like I said, I wasn't a flan to get to start the Christmas, you know what I'm talking about? I agree with everything you said. I don't. Especially the part about me. I definitely disagree with that. Anyway, keep it locked.

This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Punk bitch. Michael Blackson. Good morning, Michael.

My head thoughts have arrived. You ain't got no clothes on? Why you just wearing a robe, man? You came from the hotel? What the fuck is wrong with my outfit? That is a fly robe, though. I ain't gonna lie to you. You have the same color?

Yeah, same color. I know. It's your work. We'd have been twins. Was that DM you sent Kim Kardashian real? Why wouldn't it be real? I don't know. Nobody knows whether to believe you or not.

What did he send for people that don't know? Yeah, for some ****. No, I didn't. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care.

I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care.

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I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care.

I don't care. I don't care. got named Trump. Can you ask him to extend my green card? And she replied. What did she say? Tell me. She said, I can help you out if you let my husband back into the dark-skinned committee. Yes, I traded him two years ago for Steph Curry and Drake. Was Kanye ever in the dark-skinned committee, though? He was. He was there, and then, you know,

I once traded Tyrese, but I let him back in. Okay. What committee would Charlamagne be on with his current skin color? Who? Charlamagne. What committee would Charlamagne be on with his current skin color? Charlamagne, what committee would he be in with that current skin color? This guy's no committee,

mother******. He's with the LGBT community. And what is wrong with that, Michael? It's a very nice community. So that is a real DM, because people were saying that it might be a real DM. Why don't I...

It's real, mother******. Because Kim... Let me see your DMs. What's your I? It's real, motherfuckers. Kim, listen, man. Let me see your DMs. What's your name? He said, hell no. Why you don't believe me? Pull up the DM. Let's see it on the phone. My DM is not working right now.

Too many bitches hitting me up, goddamn it. Well, last time you was here, remember your lady called and y'all were going through your stuff and y'all were talking. Georgia Rain. How did that ever work out? It's been over for over a year now. It's over. Yeah, I'm just living my best life right now. I don't like how she be

spreading lies about you though. She said that you are not mentally strong enough to be with one woman and in a monogamous relationship. And you are part of the faithful black male community. So I don't know why she would say that. I'm faithful to all my bitches actually. Stop calling women bitches. It's 2019. It is. Well, bitches is a good thing. It means beautiful, intelligent, sexy,

extra, all of that. Is that supposed to be an acronym? Bitch means beautiful, intelligent, whatever the rest of that shit is. Look it up. Look up bitch. Beautiful, intelligent, tantalizing, and the rest of that shit. And you and the white girl, though? I mean, it's human beings, motherfucker.

You don't get racist. That's what every black man who dated a white girl said. You talking about a snow bunny? Yes, I've seen you with a lot of snow bunnies recently. I've been with one snow bunny. What's one a snow bunny? You know, this is crazy about the snow bunny, Oswego. You ain't got a name? I'm not mentioning snow bunny. Do white women hate the term snow bunny? No, no, no. This is just ****. Oh,? No, no, no. This is just like, oh my God. Beautiful, intelligent.

Channelizing. Okay. It's like, no, no. Homeland, whatever. But this particular snow bunny, you know, it started as a little skit. We got connected through a friend. We shot a little video, put it up on the gram, and it went crazy. And then, you know crazy and then you know next

you know we started like talking uh and then i said a couple of weeks i ended it it had to end i don't want to get too much into details but just one important thing happened what happened she called me the n-word really no it wasn't like it wasn't like me give me that you need it was more like you you my n***a. I'm like, hold up, b***h. I didn't stop nothing until after I got him. You got you. I had to finish what I was doing first.

No condom, of course. No condom forever. No condom forever. What? I'm talking about how I'm f***ing my b***hes. So that really happened? Beautiful and intelligent. She said it anyway.

After it was all said and done, I was like, what'm f***ing my bitches. So that really happened? Beautiful and intelligent. She said N-word. But she didn't, you know, and after it was all said and done, you know, I was like, what do you, I said this, I'm, she said, you know, you might not f*** her, but still, you're not allowed to say that word. You stopped dealing with her because she called you the N-word. Well, that was part of it. Yeah. But, you know, she let her call and apologized. You know, we cool now. Wow.

Then I saw rumors about you and Ashanti. And people were like, how do you get Ashanti? Oh, yeah, leave me and Ashanti alone. Actually, we started a relationship. She's pregnant right now, my baby. Who started that rumor? You? No, no.

We went out. Not me. It's all over the internet. What's the matter? I saw the pictures. I didn't know if that was real either. Everything is real. Me and Ashanti, how you doing, sweetheart?

You got a lot of Photoshop pictures, Michael. You do. Let him finish. She's pregnant with my baby. We're having triplets. Triplets? Yes. But the guys were all pissed.

They were like, damn, he's with Ashanti. We just happened. We met at a preload thing event in L.A. And then after that, the next day, the guy that owns preload thing invited us out to dinner. And then from there was going to watch Dave Chappelle. And she Ubered this. I just offered her a ride in my car. Next thing you know, we got out the car. All then from there, was going to watch Dave Chappelle. And she Ubered this. I just offered her a ride in my car. Next thing you know,

we got out the car. All of a sudden, cameras everywhere. And the next day, we were dating. Ashanti was Ubering to Dave Chappelle event? By herself?

No, she was with her assistant. Okay. Okay, so they both came in the car. They both came in the car, but she sat in front. Right, of course. So we got out the shotgun. Shotgun.

And then next thing you know, cameras everywhere. Did you think about trying to holler? She's of i know you did no no she's oh she's been your fantasy too at one point i'm sure you like that black male black man i'm saying back in the day to my like 2000 she's a beautiful woman very beautiful woman she blocked him already on she did she did block me she definitely blocked me back but she's you know she's blocked me back. I don't even know what I said, Michael, but she definitely blocked me back. But she's, you know,

she's out of my league. You think so? Have more confidence in yourself, Michael. That was the perfect time to holler. We're going to the thing, you're getting a ride.

I was trying to tell you out there, you know, maybe we can make this work. They was really hating on you for that, though. I saw people saying, man, this proves that funny dude

can get anything done. Oh, my God. I have so many haters. Everybody hates on me. Anybody that's lighter than me hates on me. Yes, everybody. Oh, don't be a smartass. Damn, that sounded terrible, Andy.

That was crazy. Who's that f***ing guy that you always try to sell a house with this s***? Your family sees their love. Why don't y'all take that shit out to the gym? Who's this fat greasy shit that always stands next to you? His name is Caesar. Is that what he said? Caesar pizza? Pizza pizza.

Every time. Every time. This fat shit just stands in the back and don't do nothing. You just do all the talking. He owns like 2,000 units of houses and stuff like that. And we teach people how to invest in houses. Why don't we teach him how to lose weight? Can we do that?

Can we teach this guy what a gym is? You can't be fat shaming up here. That's not fat shaming. Is there any gym in 200 miles from where he lives? He lost like 65 pounds. Yeah, he lost weight. He lost and I guarantee you he found it the next day. Envy, defend your partner.

Y'all should buy a gym. That's what Michael's trying to say. That nigga has two stomachs. One for meat, one for vegetables. He has two backs. One for lean back, one for big back ribs. All right. Okay, enough of the fight.

I have a lot going on. Yes, you do. Are you going to be incoming to America? Is that happening? You know what? I'm on set next to Eddie shooting this. Yes, you do. Are you going to be in Coming to America? Is that happening? You know what? I'm on set next to Eddie shooting this. It's all speculation. You know, you can't talk about stuff that really, really happens.

Even when it does happen, you know, you never know your singer at a date. You got to like, I don't want to talk about it. They put it out there, though. It is out there. It is out there. It's like it put a lot of pressure on Eddie, you know, and the whole world is rooting for me. You know? Not the whole world. The whole me, you know. Not the whole world. The whole world is.

It's nationally, everybody's rooted for you. Everybody but this s***. No, not bad. You know, we'll just keep our fingers crossed, see what happens. What about Friday? They say y'all on pre-production on that, the next Friday. Um, I mean, I'm not sure. You know, I mean, that is definitely gonna happen, and I would definitely be in that.

Once we got hip hop squares coming up very soon. Shout out a new season of that. Okay. Shout out to Ice Cube. That's it? What do you mean? That's a lot. But he said he got a lot going on.

You know what I'm saying? That is a lot. You named two in a possible. I'm on tour every weekend. Okay. He's at Caroline's this weekend. I'm here at Caroline's this weekend. You know, next year, going back on tour every weekend He's at Caroline's this weekend I'm here at Caroline's this weekend You know next year

Going back on tour Martin Lawrence Okay Even though Martin wasn't Telling no jokes on that tour He's hosting He's hosting Martin was getting over on people

I love Martin to death But god damn man I thought Martin was gonna be Out there doing stand up No no He was out there showcasing The new Yeah introducing you

Who Who Did he even make it to the show None You're right Exactly I didn't even know what happened You was there No, he was out there showcasing the new... Yeah, introducing you. What did you even make of the show? None. You're right. How do you even know what happened? He was there. I was going to go, but... Those guys hitting from the sidelines. I was going to go, but they told me Martin didn't tell no jokes, so I didn't go.

Oh, f***. You don't hate them. You don't hate everybody. Martin's a legend. He's a legend. He's a legend. He's a legend. He has done enough.

He loves Martin Lawrence. All right, we got more with Michael Blackson. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We have Michael Blackson in the building. Yee. You tell a lot of funny-ass jokes about people. Charlamagne's gotten blocked by some people. Have you ever gotten blocked by celebrities? Yes, actually. Leslie Jones blocked me. She did?

I'm shocked she blocked me because I actually gave this woman her first, we did a little independent movie. In fact, I was the one

that called her to do the movie Repo. You ever seen Repo? Nobody ever saw Repo. It's a masterpiece movie. You shot it with an iPhone. Stop hating on black directors. But why did she block you?

Well, you know, I go hard. I forgot what something I said on her page. Why does she black you? I go hard. I forgot what something I said on her page. But I got her in repo. My mom and her friends gave her a call about repo. Because Master P, we got the script. He said, hey Mike, this is your movie. Do what

you want to do. And I read the script. I said, okay, I need an ugly girl. So I called Leslie. Oh my God, come on. I called Leslie. I said said I need an ugly girl For this scene She said Hold up

So you calling me ugly I said Bitch yes You are not that cute But I'm f***ing Perfect for this scene But that wasn't What it was about

It was late And then later on I got in my other movie Called I did another independent movie Called Coney Montana Where I spoofed Scarface And in this movie

I completely went Opposite of Scarface Scarface had a beautiful sister Everybody wanted to fuck. In my movie, I had an ugly sister. Nobody wanted to fuck. So, of course, I had to play that scene, too. Oh, my God.

And then, now she's blown up, sat in our live, doing her thing, and then something went on. I forgot. I made a comment, and she didn't like it, and she blocked me. So, all of that, she was okay with,

but then you made a comment. I made a comment, and I'm shocked, because, I mean, we're comedians. We shouldn't take nothing personal. But she still is a woman at the end of the day. You can't keep calling a woman ugly over and over, Michael. And then remember, she took a break from social media because

she couldn't take it anymore of people harassing her. She's ugly. Stop it. This guy's crazy, man. Maybe you should call her and see how she's doing. Leslie gonna roast your ass on Instagram, too. You think Leslie don't play that? She's funny. Now, you sure you don, yeah. You think Leslie don't play that? She's funny.

Now, you sure you don't want to apologize to Leslie for calling her ugly? No, no, Leslie's my girl. I love her like a sister. Leslie, you're not that ugly. This guy's crazy, man. You're actually beautiful. She is. She's not ugly.

She's just not anybody's type. It's a difference. This guy's so ugly. He just just not anybody's type. It's a difference. Just God. Stop it. He's just keeping going. I like Leslie Jones. She's God's stupid, man. She's, as Envy would say, amazing. There you go.

I saw you on Instagram telling people to stay off drugs. And that was a real post. That wasn't a joke. Real post for real place. What happened? My son. Really? Yeah, man.

Your son on drugs? No, man. Your son on drugs? No, no, he was. I've never talked about this. This is the first time ever. I'm from Africa. We don't get high. I grew up with absolutely nothing. Had no father in my life.

My mother raised me as a single mother in Philadelphia. We came here when I was a teenager. I was able to go to school, go to work, stay away from the streets, and did all that. And thank God I'm who I am today. You know, so I should probably have left him with his mom, who I was married to his mother,

a black woman, Charlotte Jermaine Jackson. I wasn't judging. Married to this woman, black American woman in Philadelphia. When I was young, 22, 23 years old, we had a son. He's now, he just turned 21. And I moved to Cali about five years ago. When I was young, 22, 23 years old, we had a son. He just turned 21.

I moved to Cali about five years ago. When I moved to Cali, let me bring my son. I knew I'm on the road a lot and I'm a busy dad, but I'm like, let me give this kid what I never had. I'm not going to be there every day watching everything he's doing, but I'm just going to make sure that

my presence is known. I know he has a father and he can have whatever he wants. These are things that I never had. This kid was a wild kid. He was just, even from a little kid, he was bad. I remember when I moved to Delaware, where I have a house in Delaware, I had a move with me. Eighth grade, he beat up some kid. He messed up, beat up a white kid.

And white parents press charges. Son end up going to court. Court for a fight? Fight. End up getting kicked out of school. End up going to one of those bad schools where you have to court. Court for a fight? Fight. End up getting kicked out of school. End up going to one of those bad schools

where you have to go to for like a year. Like where they send the bad kids at. Where they send the bad kids at. So when that happened, I was pissed.

Sent his ass back to his mother in Philly. You know, and his mother is one of the strict mom. Like, I say, go get your shit together. When you get your shit together,

you come back. You come be with me. So we got it together. You know, and I said, when I moved to Cali, I said, you know, you come to Cali, come to high school here, going to school, problem, problem, problem. Teachers are calling, complaining that he's in school, not responding, just high, whatever. Right before he graduated, I had a long talk with

him. I said, listen, you don't get together, I'm going to send you back to Philly. He agreed to get it together, graduated, bought him a BMW for his graduation, sent his kid, said he wanted to go to college locally, which is never a good idea to stay close to your friends. Next thing you know,

this kid is in college. Got him an apartment. He dropped out without me knowing. Are you still paying for school and he's just not going? This a**hole ain't going. Paying for school,

he's not going. Paying for his apartment, thinking he's going to school. Paying for his apartment, this a**hole just getting high, smoking all kinds. Who knows where he's smoking? It wasing for his apartment, thinking he's going to school. Paying for his apartment. This bitch is getting high. Smoking all kinds. Who knows where he's smoking?

It was just weed? I mean, later on, we found out it was like K2. Yeah, yeah. I don't know what the fuck is K2. I don't know. So after that, synthetic weed, I guess.

You probably smoke it because it's undetectable. Maybe that's probably why they do it. I have no idea. And I think it's cheaper, too. I don't know about drugs. My thing, if you're going to smoke weed, get the real f***ing weed.

I had no idea for a very long time. And a couple of times, he'll come over to visit me. He's acting a little weird. But I never really caught on to it because I don't hang around drug addicts. One, he had roommates where he lived. So eventually, he got into a fight with his roommate. Roommate called the cops. He said he had to leave. So eventually he got into a fight with his roommate.

Roommate called the cops. He said he had to leave. So he comes to my place. Had to leave the apartment that you paid for. Apartment. I paid for half. His roommate paid for the other half. Left the apartment.

Came to my place. And like acting really weird. And I almost got into a fight with him. And sometimes, you know, you think because you're a parent, you could be this kid. This mother was strong as hell. This mother had me hammed to hell. You only weigh 102 pounds. Mother f***er,

I'm still your father. You always still think you can beat up your kid. How big is he? Man, he's probably about 5'11", maybe 180. Okay. And I'm what? 5'11", 80.

This f***er put me down. I couldn't get the f*** up, man. And guess what any African would do when they're losing a fight? What do you do? Grab your spear.

No, you bite the mother fucker. I bit the shit out of that mother fucker. And that's how I was able to get him off. Called the cops and whatever.

You called the cops when you said? I called the cops on Angela, mother fucker. Not called the cops. I actually called the security. Where I live is

a very secure building. I called the security there. And the figure is that you don't want to call the cops. You know, you don't want to get out in public. Right. So I called his mom. I said, I'm not sure what's wrong with this kid.

Something's not right. Come and get him. Got her a ticket to take him back to Philly. You know, and I kept asking, how's things going? She kept lying to me about how things were going. I found out this guy was in like a mental institution all f***ed up your son

from the drugs my son one time he was in one place he escaped from downtown Philly ended up at my old house where my brother lives now

which is by the airport with no shoes on yeah right that's why I was in LA when this happened so my brother

and I never told my sister. Tissue right there. I'm good. See, I was worried. And I ain't seen shit, motherfucker. And I ain't cried since 89. Although that is,

that's, it's understandable because this has to feel emotional because that's how it is. It was very emotional. It's real. I don't know, why you acting tough?

I saw that. It was, it was, it's been a year now. This is real. This is real. Continue. Okay, I'm sorry.

So my brother calls me, said, Mike is here. And I never told my brothers what was going on. So I was like it was, it's been a year now. This is real, go ahead, man. This is real. Continue, okay, I'm sorry. So my brother calls me, he said, Mike is here. And I never told my brothers what was going on. So I was like, listen, just keep him there, let me try to reach his mother. And his mom, his mother never told me that he was in mental harm. She was just sugarcoating everything. So, you know, I called his mom and said, they said Mike just ran away out of an institution and he's no shoes on, made it to like 30 minutes outside of where he was with no money, no nothing.

How the hell? Then she finally broke down and told me everything that's been going on with him in the last three, four months, how bad it's been. So I told my brother, just keep him there overnight if you can. Make a long search. He finally would have escaped my brother. This guy was missing for a whole day. Damn. Scary. along social the guy he finally would escape my brother this guy was missing for a whole day i mean that was probably the first time i shared tears in probably 20 something years a whole day

and a half so i remember the next morning i had to catch a flight from la to atlanta and i got a call from a black number i was like let me just pick this up i picked it up it was a police officer saying that you have a son named michael's that this kid was hanging behind of a bus and that's how the bus driver called the police and that's how he got caught. And then from there we were able to get him into a place and thank God he's a

better person. Alright, we got more with Michael Blackson when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with michael blackson now how's your son doing now he's good i just went him yesterday i was gonna ask you i went yesterday he's a little bit you know a little little bit off a little bit to me you know be the same k2 will ruin you you know i know people who

have never recovered from trying drugs and just went completely crazy and never have recovered. That's good that he's doing that. Yeah, that he's almost there, but, you know, he's not listening to me. You know, he wants to come back to California. I'm like, no, you lost your privilege. I say, if you want my help, you have to listen to me. I give you life the easy way. Now is the hard way from here on.

I said, listen, I want you to go spend a month in Africa. My mother just went back home. Go spend a month in Africa. My mother just went back home. Go spend a month in Africa. Clear your mind. He might not want to come back after that. That'd be good, though. Just stay there.

That's what I told him. I said, go and do that. When you come back, let's find a trade. If you don't want to go to college, it's not your thing. Let's find a trade. You have a lot of things

you want to do. That's smart. Then he said he don't want to Africa. We just had this conversation. I mean, for somebody who's never been, I'm sure it's scary. No, he's been there. I took him there when he was a kid. Yeah, I took him there a few times.

That's life, yeah. That's where, you know. So I was like, listen. I need to see your commitment to getting better. Right. You don't want, you don't, you have to go my lead. You've got to follow my lead if you want my help. If not, his mom lives in part of Philly.

You have no money. He wanted $20 from me. I couldn't even give my son $20. And I had a pocket full of money. You were scared he was spending it on drugs? I'm scared he might. To that 100% know for a fact, you're not doing nothing. You couldn't get a dollar from me.

So why not put him back in like a rehab or something? He said he's fine. I said, you're not going to go to Africa and be in no village chasing chickens and shit. Africa's beautiful. Africa's beautiful. Africa's beautiful. And I wouldn't even have you go to like, my mother's real straight. I got

homies there that have mansions. You know, there's gym. You can go work out. You can just, you know, just get away for a month. Africa is like any other modern civilization. He just won't have the access to the drugs. He just afraid. He think if he goes up there, I'm going to take his passport And throw the f*** away

And then his ass can come back And the reason I even put up that message The other day on Instagram I'm so crazy you guys brought that up Out of nowhere You know I was hanging out At the pool by the way I live And I saw these kids just looking all happy

And normal I'm like damn I remember my son was like this Two years ago Damn And that s*** there That's why I was like Let me try to save other kids

By bringing this up And talking about it So I hope It's crazy because years ago. Damn. That's why I was like, let me try to save other kids by bringing this up and talking about it. It's crazy because you're a comedian. Everybody knows Michael Blackson is always joking, so you

never know when they take you serious, but I can tell this really has had an impact. It hurts, yeah. You want to hope? You said you've never done drugs a day in

your life. Never. I said I never got high a day in my life. Oh, you never got high. I have smoked weed. I'm there in hell.

And the reason I smoke weed Is for some bitches When they smoke It make my f***ing wear And I f*** you all night But I smoke And I never held

I'm like Bill Clinton I've never in hell In my life I've never been high I don't know what it feels like To be high I have no interest In getting high

I just want to let you know That Charlamagne said Do you want a hug I offered you a hug No I don't need a f***ing hug As a black man To black man I'm not offering him a hug Now he got no clothes on Under that I'm offering him a hug? I offered you a hug. No, I don't need a f***ing hug. As a black man to black man. You're not offering him a hug.

Now he got no clothes on under there. He's wearing a robe. I'm offering him a hug. He's just sharing a very heartfelt story about his son. Yeah, I'm good. Black men don't got to act tough all the time. He doesn't want to hug you, Charlamagne.

You sure? You got no makeup, f***. I'm not hugging you. You're going to get your makeup all over his robe. I'm good. How much did the hairline cost? What hairline? This is all juice and berries, my n***a.

This is all. Come on, Mike. That is not real. I'm prepared for coming to America. There's juices and berries. This is not motherf***ing safari hair, dude. This is real hair. No Beijing.

I ain't buy nothing. This is juices and berries. I don't believe you, Mike. Touch me. Touch me. You've been down to be all over him. Why you trying to... No, I don't want his

to touch me. What's up with you, man? Why you trying to... What's up with you? You want to hug him and choke and touch his ass? I want to hug the brother because he told a heartfelt story.

But I'm good. I'm a tough guy. I've been through everything in the world. You don't always have to be tough, Mike. It's okay to be vulnerable. No, I'm not vulnerable. He said he broke down crying

when it happened. I did. I did. When he was missing for a day and a half, I cried. Why don't you take him to therapy or something? All right.

He's tried all that. He just thinks he's fine. He don't. You can't. When the kid's over 18, you can't make him do anything. That's true. You know, and the only thing I got control over is money. You want my money, you have to listen to me.

Otherwise, you get nothing. At what point do you give up? Because you're a grown-ass man. I know. You just can't give up on your kid. Yeah. Regardless. You do you give up? Because you're a grown ass man. I know. You just can't give up on your kid. Yeah. Regardless.

You know, I don't care to hit 30 years old and steal your child every day. I don't want to, you know, you might say it but deep inside I'm like,

what is this **** doing? Right. Well, you're going to be at Caroline's this weekend. Right, you're going, right? I'm going to come see you.

Can you turn this into some kind of joke? I could. I mean, I know when I went and saw him at the crazy home, you know, he mentioned, you know, he saw Jesus or something. I mean, I know when I went and saw him at the crazy home, you know, he mentioned, you know, he saw Jesus or something.

I said, well, I had a bottle of water. I said, tell that n**** to turn this s*** into wine. And he didn't turn this s*** into wine. I said, you saw the devil, mother f***er. That was not the Lord. You know, you have some great stories of funny things that have happened to you in your life. Do you ever think when you're going through something,

because they're like, this is going to be really funny for later on. Oh, yeah. And I tell every girl that I dated or went out with, I said, listen, once it's over, you'll be part of my act.

So the snow bunny is in my act already. Now, Mikey, I'm writing material right now for that little n***a. For all the pain you caused me, I'm going to get paid

off this s***. Are you going to see him this weekend, Shalami? Don't be a bitch, s***. I'm sorry. I'm in Canada Saturday. I'm going to probably come either Friday or Sunday. Come down, man. I'm scared to come to your shows.

No, sit in the front. I got you. Light your b**** ass up. It's the breakfast club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia.

I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

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

And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and

very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your 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 gonna 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. Let me get a sip of water. Okay. The talk here today goes to a 45-year-old man named Chris Morgan. 45 years old. All right. He's from Long Island, New York. And Chris Morgan is five feet tall. That's it.

Five feet tall. All right. The average height for men in America over 20 years old is five feet, nine inches. So Chris is 9 inches below the national average and the poor guy is insecure about it. It's actually very sad to watch because I'm short. Actually I guess I'm average height. I clock in around 5'9". You ain't no damn 5'9".

That means you're not quite 5'9". You're about 5'4". I said around. Maybe like 5'8". It's just something, it's honestly something I never thought about. Maybe because I grew up listening to Phife Dawg, rest in peace,

when Phife said, I'm all Latin, short, dark, and handsome. That's how I always felt about myself. Hearing Phife call himself the 5-footer or the 5-foot assassin. Or listening to Eazy-E say, My height don't fight. That's right. My height don't fight. Remember that song? My height don't fight. That's right.

My height don't fight, damn it. All right? Those songs instilled self-confidence in me as a young man because I realized I wasn't alone. Not to mention, it's not like I was looking up to everyone. Most people with my height are not that much taller than me. And if they were taller than me, it's not anything I ever thought about.

Not to mention, okay, back in my thought days, when I was far from the faithful black male that I am now, tall women used to love my little sawed-off ass. So when it came to height, I never understood what I was missing, all right? I never understood the struggle people have with being vertically challenged. So I can't relate to you little fun-sized fools and your insecurities about being built like a minibar. Now, depending on who you ask, Chris Morgan is either a bite-sized bully or a pint-sized punk. It's all about perspective. And from up here, we probably can't see things the way he

does down there, but Chris Morgan was in a bagel shop called Bagel Boss, where he decided to lash out over being repeatedly rejected by women because of his five-foot stature. I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to Inside Edition for the report, please. Everywhere I go, I get the same s*** smirk with the biting lip.

A customer just loses it because he says women reject him over his size. Why is it okay for women to say, oh, you're five feet on dating sites? You should be dead. That's okay. Who said that to you here? Nobody. Women in general have said it on dating sites. You think I'm making that s**t up? Now watch what happens when another customer tells him to calm down. Dude, you want to step outside? Huh? I'm not scared of you. Then somebody else tells him

to cool it. Go ahead and attack me. Oh my God. Oh my God. Back on his feet, he aims his anger at the female staff working the counter. All you women should shut up. All of you. All of you. his anger at the female staff working the counter. The crazy video took place here at Bagel Boss in Bayshore, Long Island.

We've learned his name is Chris Morgan. Why does he sound like Joe Pesci? Joe Pesci's short, too, but Joe Pesci got way more confidence than that guy. Listen, man, women, women, women, women, women, women can give men all the confidence in the world and they can give us all the insecurities in the world. All right, the male ego is already fragile, but if Chris was getting action from the ladies, he would not care about his height. If he was a peewee-sized playboy, he wouldn't be thinking about his height at all.

It's not his lack of height that's hurting his feelings. It's his lack of women. You can be the size of an Oompa Loompa and still provide orgasms. Like this is a level of insecurity that Chris might need to go see a therapist about. Chris, do you know the serenity prayer? Chris, do you know the serenity prayer? I repeat, Chris, do you know the serenity prayer? If you don't, I'll say it for you. I have time to say it because it's short. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Chris Morgan, God made you a lowrider.

All right? It is what it is. The problem is you don't have an however. All right? In life, you always have to have a however. Remember when Biggie Smalls said, black and ugly as ever, however? All right? Biggs, however, was he was Gucci down to the socks, rings and watch filled with rocks.

Not to mention he was charismatic and funny. He had game. Chris, you have to be a goober with game. All right? That's how you get the women. You have to find a however, Chris. All right? House mouse, do you hear me?

You have to find a however. All right? Now, I don't relate to people like Chris Morgan. You are really making us shortstops look weak. Some people are beer mugs. Some people are shot glasses. That's the way God designed it. That's just the way it is.

Now, Chris spoke to Inside Edition's Allison Hall. Let's hear what he had to say. Do you think that a bagel shop is really the place to take out all of this anger with all of these strangers, public, innocent people around? Why not? What do you mean take it out? You're acting like I'm in a mass shooting or something. He was quickly done talking.

You know what? I don't really, no offense, I don't really like you that much, so this interview's over. Clearly, this guy never got his bagel, all right, because he sounds hungry, all right? Hangry. Hangry little hobbit, all right? Egotistical evil Ewok, all right? Chris, listen to me. Arrogance is the camouflage of insecurity.

And we all see through your camouflage, sir. Chris, if you're out there listening, I know you're in Long Island. This is where our headquarters are here in New York City, Power 105. This has never happened before in the Breakfast Club. I'm going to actually play a tune for somebody.

I feel like if Chris was to call into this radio station, he would request this record. I wish I was a tune for somebody. You know what I'm saying? I feel like if Chris was to call into this radio station, he would request this record. I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a girl for the kid. I would call her. Please give Chris Morgan the biggest hee-haw.

That's actually not the biggest hee-haw. That's actually the shortest hee-haw we got. Technically by time, because I got the Kathy Griffin one, the Remy Maul one. I got the Chelsea Handler one, the Hamilton. That's actually the shortest hee-haw we got. So let me rephrase that. Please give Chris Morgan the shortest hee-haw we have. Oh, man.

He's having a good time. And that guy that threw him on the floor at the bagel shop. That was wrong. That was child abuse. You didn't have to do that to that man. He said take a good time. And that guy that threw him on the floor at the bagel shop. That was wrong. That was child abuse. You didn't have to do that to that man. No, seriously. That was just an abuse. All jokes aside, that was just an abuse of height.

You didn't have to do that. I'm serious. That was child abuse. He should be arrested for endangering a child. I'm calling Dyfus. That was wrong. That was wrong. He didn't have to do that.

Just give the man a wedgie, man. You ain't got to throw him on the floor. Just give him a wedgie. That's all you got tous. That was wrong. Word. That was wrong. He didn't have to do that. Just give the man a wedgie, man. You ain't got to throw him on the floor. Just give him a wedgie. That's all you got to do. He was angry. Hang him on the fence. That's all you got to do. You can't give him a wedgie.

Why can't you? That's child molestation. You can't do that. You know what? What's wrong with you? The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, sir. Andre Iguodala. Welcome back, sir. It's good to be back. Man, you should be somewhere relaxing after that long-ass season, but you out here promoting your new book.

First book. First one. The Sixth Man. The Sixth Man. Why a memoir? Why now, man? I think it was just good timing, especially with the run we've been on. We were kind of the poster child of the league as far as, you know,

people really loving us and what we did for the game and then being on the opposite side of that. And they hate y'all ass. And they hate you for having too much success. So, just for me, it was more therapeutic. And I had a lot of young kids, young guys in the league asking me for advice. And it's kind of surprising. You know, you get people that look up to you, but you're still playing.

You're still competing against them. All those things feel like it's kind of a way to give back to the... Because it's a new age athlete coming up, especially for the black athlete. We're being exploited more than ever. NCAA, AAU, and kind of how I navigated through the whole

thing. It's kind of like there's no navigational tools for guys to get to the league. They're kind of being pimped throughout the whole process from age 11 when they're a phenom. Let's talk about the navigation part. You were saying we get exploited a lot and a lot of us

have sons and daughters that want to play basketball and it's a tough process. What do you suggest that people do? Because the only thing we know is AAU and high school and to the college, and we never get anything. Well, I've had many conversations, and my son plays ball. It's funny. He's at Duke camp right now.

Wow. And he grew up different than I did. He grew up different than we did. He grew up privileged. Right. And the one thing I give to the kids and the parents that grew up different than I did. He grew up different than we did. He grew up privileged. Right. And the one thing I give to the kids and the parents that grew up similar to the way we did is you got to do it for fun. You got to do it because you love it. And I always say these kids nowadays are living their parents' dreams.

Correct. And that's what always derails them. Or no matter where they get, either if they don't make it, the parents derailed them. And they're the reason why they don't make it, their parents derailed them. Another reason why they didn't make it. Or when they do make it, parents are the reason why they're having mental issues or they're spending all the money or they're going broke or they're having all the family problems is because

they did it for all the wrong reasons. So for me, it's like, listen, the kid's going to make it or not make it regardless. You have nothing to do with that. You can support them as a parent and that's going to help them mentally. But, you know, there's a lot of things that we can do differently, and exploiting the kid is, that's the worst reason to get them into the sport.

So about creating our own spaces. We talk about that a lot, and I even look at colleges, and I look at, you know, just imagine if we had one star, we have an HBCU. $40 million slaves. We spoke about that in that book. What if the Fab Five all went to a historically black university or college instead of going to Michigan? That'd change the course of history.

They did it with black socks and black Nikes. They could have changed the course of history. I was just talking to one of the interns. She was talking about, I wish I would have took a visit to Howard. Well, black people, we have a tendency to think white ice is cold. Right. But that's just the way we see it. Like, a visit to Howard. Well, black people, we have a tendency to think white ice is cold. Right.

But that's just the way we see it. Like, we grow up, you know, growing up, I saw Michael Jordan. The Fab Five, I was like, they were like gods to me. So it was like, you think that's the only way that you can go to make it? And David West, a close teammate of mine, he's trying to change the trajectory or the course of what we can do. He's got a league where instead of going to college through the NCAA, you can go through this league where they give financial services

as far as financial education. You can actually make money off your likeness. It's just a different avenue. They give you a percentage off your jersey and things like that, right? Right, right. But they're teaching you all these tools as well because that's one thing I talk about in the book is we all were exploited in the NCAA, especially if you went to a big school.

I went to the University of Arizona. And I remember seeing a report, the larger schools, in terms of revenue. Basketball teams brought to the school. We were number two. And the reason why the athletic department ran was because of the basketball team. And it was funny. I would go to practice, and then the volleyball coach would be like, Coach, you know, you guys got Carl Blanche on practice time.

I know who pays the bills around here. But I would go a week when I had like $10, and I had to make $10 last food for that week. And you were an athlete. My jersey was in the store. Like number 24 was in the store. I would think they would feed y'all just to keep y'all healthy. Well, they changed the rules now where they get unlimited food. But when I was there, you only got food on game days

or you got food sometimes at the practice or whatever. But other than that, you know, but you got the head of the NCAA. You know, you can look up his salary right now. He's a millionaire, you know. So it's just a system and how it's been so far. Yeah, in the book you talk about the racial tension that exists in the NBA. I would never think that there's any racial tension in the NBA. Like where does the majority of that tension come from?

Well, I think the NBA is very forward-thinking. Every year is ranked the most tech-forward sports league in the world. And then the NBA is a marketing powerhouse. You know, they always know how to market the right things. And if there are any issues or there might be a controversy, they're really good at trying to stay ahead of it and not cover it up because I think David, not David Stern, but Adam Silver does a good job of trying to have the dialect or dialogue with the players.

I can text him right now. He'll text me back. But it's still weak. The places we come from are a lot different than our arena fan base. And you can go look at the Golden State Warriors. When I first got there, we were kind of up and coming. I always say we priced

our real fans out, but now you look at it, who's our fan base? It's Silicon Valley, which is the richest community in the world. You saw it in the finals. Kyle Lowry goes into the stands. The guy pushes him. The guy grabs him, and you read

his lips. Get out of here, you f***. Like punches him. And then I don't see what happened with Kyle because I know Kyle from when I was in Philly. He was at Villanova and he's going crazy. So that's what you mean

when you say racial tension? You just like... He just felt privileged. Like he could just do it. Like the dude was worth 2.4 billion. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure

if the guy looked at... Kyle was a different color. He wasn't. Like, you can kind of tell he wasn't in his right state, but at the same time, that's him reacting naturally. Like, that was kind of crazy. It was whack that he was only banned for a year or two now. Well, it's more to it.

Like, as far as his interest that he vested in the team, like, oh, that's going to be gone, too. But these crazy valuations, the price of a ticket to the games are crazy. The average price of a finals game in Toronto was like $5,000. That's crazy. It's crazy. So who's able to come to the games? Yeah, I get what you're saying.

Yeah. So you got all of these kids, especially probably in the hood, who really love basketball, who can't even come watch their favorite team or play a play. I wouldn't say that's a racial tension, but that's who we're performing in front of. But at the same time, there's that two sides of the gift and the curse. Our salaries

are the reason why we can make so much money is because ticket sales or the people that spend money on the crazy suites. We have a new arena growing up and they've sold already $2 billion in ticket sales for that arena. The arena's not even open yet. Now, people are saying that the Warriors are over, that the Dynasty is over.

Nobody said that with Drake. Right. What do you think? Got two men down maybe next year? Klay will be back soon. KD will be back to form. If he signs. But he'll be back to form.

Okay. But hopefully he'll be back. He might be out all next year. But you saw what we did in the finals. You know, we was right there. And we were like, really, we had three guys break something. And we still had an opportunity. We were one possession away from pushing it to game seven.

So we'll be fine. Big free agency this summer. So we'll be all right. All right, we have more with Andre Iguodala from the Golden State Warriors when we come back. Don't move. 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.

I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 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 Kaperburg.

I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what

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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. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it. We're Andre Iguodala from the Golden State Warriors. Charlamagne? How do you stay mentally healthy? Because you talk about your battles with insomnia in the book.

And I know you're the vice president of the National Basketball Players Association. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And y'all put an emphasis on mental health. So how y'all going to keep players mentally healthy and how do you keep yourself mentally healthy? So for me, it's just I read a lot. I want to tell you, Steph's a big fan of the book.

He listened to your audio book. Oh, wow. Yeah, he's a huge fan of it, which is weird. I didn't think he would. But anyway. Why? Because I'm such a heathen? Y'all so different.

Yeah. Because he don't like light-skinned brothers. Yeah, y'all just so different. I was like, Steph, you listen to that? He was like, yeah, man, that joint was amazing. And you read it, right? You read your audio book? I read both of them, yeah. Yeah, he was talking about that. He was like, it's better to read your audio book. It's better for the story.

I didn't get a chance to. I did the introduction of my audio book, but I didn't get a chance to read. We didn't have time with the finals. And you can get nominated for a Grammy. Oh, interesting. If you care about that kind of stuff. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. But with the mental health, for me me it was reading so I had an insomnia problem through college from stress like I had agents

I talk about in the book I had an agent telling me like agent saw me after the game was like I want to talk to you I'm like for what I want to represent you I'm like for what he was like the NBA I'm like I'm going to the NBA like I didn't know because I was in college what I'm hearing everyday is you got to get better? Like, I didn't know. Because I was in college, what I'm hearing every day is

you got to get better. You're not good enough yet. You got to get better. And what I found out was a coach was trying to hold me back mentally so I can stay longer. I stay longer, we obviously going to be a much better team. You got NBA players playing on your team. You're going to be better. But I didn't know that.

So then I was fighting between, I'm like, people approaching me about the NBA. Like, I never thought I would go to the NBA. Especially this fast. So I didn't know that. So then I was fighting between, I'm like, people approaching me about the NBA, like, I never thought I would go to the NBA, especially this fast. So I wasn't sleeping, like, 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning, I'm just up. Was it anxiety? You said it was insomnia in the book, but it had to be some sort of anxiety as well. It's both, right. But you don't know that, you just know you up.

I can't sleep. But that stuck with me until my whole career. Like, it stuck with me until I got to the Bay, and I finally was like, you know what, I know I got this issue and that's a big problem in our community. We're scared to talk to somebody about anything. So I saw a sleep therapist and I basically did a study on

the human body and how you need sleep. Sleep is like the most important thing. Of course. For the body. Absolutely. Me finding out that I had insomnia changed my whole life as far as lifestyle and eating and all that stuff and then that turned into yoga and then from there I started meditating and like once you find one thing it kind of is a trickle-down effect where you get everything else is in line but the hardest

part is getting guys to embrace it or to even do it like we did a team exercise we did yoga and the players when they first got there like man I'm not doing any yoga that's stupid but when they start doing it like yo that was that was like relieving like that was that was dope but then you just got to hold yourself accountable and want to do it so for us i think we do things we got to find a way to make things cool in order for us to do it so you know we're working on it and that's another thing i struggle with is sometimes like a corporation will have a philanthropic endeavor but it's not true it's all for publicity so um i'm a big fan of adam silver's our commissioner and we always talk about mental health but it's like i don't want to just talk about it like i really want to tackle it and get every player to get some type of help any type of way because we all need it

especially the ones that come from our our. And, you know, guys lose all their money. It's not because they made poor decisions. It was just the people around them. And the mental health plays a large part in them losing all their money. I think it's not known as well, too, you know. I always say that, you know, coming from a lot of our environments, we just don't learn certain things. Right.

Our parents worked 30, 40 years of their life and they sit back and retire. They don't know about investing. They don't know about anything, you know. So for us, it's just we don't have the knowledge a lot of times. And we're afraid to admit what we don't know. And we think we're going to get taken advantage of if we admit we don't know. That's true. Right.

You know what's so interesting about the mental health aspect of it, right? Because the reason I meditate is because I'm always looking for stillness. I feel like NBA players would be the best at that because y'all got to block out all the bulls**t when y'all on the court. Y'all got to block out the crowd. When y'all shooting free throws, y'all got to block out all the bulls**t when y'all on the court. Y'all got to block out the crowd. When y'all shooting free throws, y'all got to block out the crowd. Y'all just got to be focused in that moment. I would think it would be easy for y'all to get focused in meditation.

Or the opposite, where our only peace is when we're on the court. Wow. You know what I mean? That's the only peace you get. The family is a tricky thing, man. That's the majority of the downfalls. Especially when you got money. When you're the only person in your family, that's a millionaire.

Talking to the white players, I think Kyle Culver had a big article about it. He was like, you guys don't understand what these guys are going through. We were teammates. I remember he and I were in a meeting. We were talking about finances. One of those mandatory meetings. I was like, I take care of my we were talking about finances one of those mandatory meetings

and I was like I take care of my mom, my brother cousin, uncle, grandma I bought my grandma a house he was like you pay your parents bills? why would you do that? really? because that's not their culture he was like why would you pay your mom's bill?

and I was like you don't pay he was like no why would I do that? he was like what do you mean? he was like, why would you pay your mom's bill? And I was like, you don't pay. He was like, no, why would I do that? He was like, what do you mean? He was so lost to it. But we looking at him like, you don't help your mom out? So when we on the court, that's a lot of guys' piece. How does that deal with the Aisha Curry stuff? Because that came out during the finals.

I guess she did the Red Table Talk interview, and she was like, she wants to feel special. And everybody was, hey, big head. And they was posting pictures of Drake and her and Harden and her. How did he deal with that? I don't see too many things like rattle him. Like this is like the epitome of a perfect person. But he grew up in the NBA too.

He grew up in that environment. So he's seen it before. He understands it. Like his mom's like a public figure as well. His mom and his dad were together. They were kind of known as like the perfect couple or whatever. So he's seen everything. So I feel like he knows how to navigate it.

I mean, obviously, you know, he's like any other married couple. They probably go through their stuff or whatever. But I don't know how he does it, to be honest with you. Especially all that fame he got. Yeah, he's got to be dealing with his own mental health issues

because my last book is all about anxiety and going to therapy. So it had to be something that made him listen to that. Yeah, yeah. But I don't know. I'm going to ask him one day. I don't know how he does it. And also ask him to tell him don't be afraid to post my book.

You know what I'm saying? Tell him God will really bless him for that. And I love the dedication in the book. You said to the young fellas, stay black. To the young fellas. So that's my son. Growing up, every time I left the house, every day, I got that same message from my mom. All right, stay black. Every day.

As if we have a choice. Right. No, she was saying like, stay black. Know who you are. Realize it. Like when you're going out to the world, stay black. Like don't change for nothing. Embrace who you are.

So I had to always remind him like, look, you go to school. His school was very diverse. Private school, but it's diverse. But he's one of the few black boys. It's only a couple of like 100% black boys. Like three or four that I know around his age. And I'm like, man, you gotta

be able to maneuver when you get pulled over by the cops. You gotta be able to maneuver when you're at school or no matter where you're at. Like, especially in this neighborhood, you gotta be careful. I mean, he's lighter, light-complected, so it's not going to be as bad, but he has to have an awareness. And I always try to get him to understand that.

Well, we appreciate you for joining us. Yeah, man. Pick up the book, Six Men. And KD and Klay coming back next year. Pretty sure. Pretty sure. Pretty sure. KD, too?

I think KD's coming back. I hope he does. I mean, we want him to come back. Prior to the injury, did you think he was leaving or going? I didn't know. But that's the hard part too. It's like every day we had to deal with that. Like the whole year you had to deal with, is KD coming back?

It was like, man, I hope so, yeah. Like, what you want me to say? But at the same time, it was like, you know, where there's smoke, there's a fire. So it was like, well, who's putting out these reports? Sometimes they fake. You don't know what's what. You know, it's the drama of the NBA. I heard they go into the Knicks, though. That's what I heard. I don't know, where there's smoke, there's a fire. So it was like, well, who's putting out these reports? Sometimes they fake. You don't know what's what. You know, it's the drama of the NBA. I heard they're going to the Knicks, though.

That's what I heard. I don't know, man. I personally think y'all are going to strike out. Yeah, I agree with you. All right. It's Andre Iguodala. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Keep The Breakfast Club humbled with Slander The Breakfast Club. Hate me if you want to. Love me if you want to. But just use your common sense. Be humble. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne

the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time to Slander the Breakfast Club. You can call us up right now and say whatever you want about any one of us, alright? Jay! What's going on with Slander the Breakfast Club? Good morning. What's up, Jay? Slant into the Breakfast Club, bro. First off, Charlamagne, Black Men Do Cheek, Angel Lee, original Black and Yellow Girl,

love you. Envy, I hate light-skinned dudes, all of you. Whoa. One-eyed girls looking like I'll be sure. I don't get down with you guys. Go back in the house. Let us, you know, feel dudes as chill. Have a nice day.

Bye. That colors and stuff is not cool at all. I like that. I like that. Definitely smashed his girl or smashed his mom. One of the other.

Oh my gosh. That's crazy. Omar. Yo. Slam to the breakfast club. Yo, what up, family? How you doing? Who that?

Who that? My man Envy? Yes, sir. You could tell somebody about to talk crazy when they do all that. Who, who, who, who that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause Envy, you know what I'm saying? You high yellow. You could tell somebody about to talk crazy when they do all that. Who, who, who, who that? Yeah, yeah, yeah,

because Envy, you know what I'm saying? You high yellow, I like that, but I'm still upset with light-skinned dudes from back in the 80s and all. What is with this light-skinned talk?

Everybody relax. Let them get this off. I'm always going to be mad at you. I'm mad at you, Elder Bars, Christopher Williams. Ah! You're high yellow.

You're from Queens and all. Oh, my gosh. I think dude must have smashed your girl, man. Could you relax and let colorism flourish? Oh, my God. That is true. That is true. Why can't I just like gayness without liking the sodomy? You could be a real man and be gay.

That is not true, sir. You can't take a d***. It's all about cutting wood in the gay community. What's your problem? You said real men hunt squirrels? Okay. You just told me to cut wood and to go chase squirrels. You know what squirrels chase?

Nuts. Yeah, you're pretty. Yeah, you're real pretty, but you need a better body, though. I like you and all that. You're pretty, but your body needs to tone up. You need to be sticking that up. You know what I'm saying? Go to D.R. and get that right. I'm not doing that, but your body needs to tone up. You need to thicken that up. You know what I'm saying? Go to D.R. or something and get that right.

I'm not doing that, but he's good. I'm absolutely okay with not having surgery. But you need a hug, bro. But thank you. What you mean he need a hug? This is Slant at a breakfast club. He sounds so upset. That's what he's supposed to do. I like your face almighty, B. You said you like my face? Yes, he likes your face. No, I like Yee's face.

And he wants to go chase But you need a better body, though, because you're too petite and little. So what about Ye Face on my body? Just keep it mad real and all that. I like all that, but I need to tighten up some things. And Charlamagne, cut the...

Oh, my God. Do you like Charlamagne's hips? All right. All right, bro. I don't like dudes, but I just like saying gay stuff. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. I like dudes.

Nobody likes light-skinned guys today, huh? Who's this? This is James from Jersey. Jay, what's up, man? Slender to Breakfast Club. Go ahead, bro. What's going on? DJ Envy, I thought you had some pull up there.

You keep playing the same music. You're saying you ain't picking it. He sucks. I agree with you, bro. Envy does have pull. I don't put... You know what? What you want to hear, bro?

He ain't got no pull. None. Let's see. Solomon, black privilege. Loved it. Shook on trash. All you did was reiterate what you said in the first book. Okay.

Angelique, I know you a little bit better than your co-hosts on lip service. They all some birds. Stop it. That's not true. Those are my girls. These are real girls, real women. But thank you, man.

We appreciate you slandering the Breakfast Club. He's supposed to slander me, not my friends. TJ. Yes. Slander the Breakfast Club, TJ. Hey, I was just,

I was calling, you know, I wanted to slander Evie, but I have nothing to hate on today. But I was calling this sl know, I wanted Slender, Evie, but I have nothing to hate on today. But I was calling this Slender Charlamagne with those action figures in the background. I haven't got an answer why they're always in a different pose. I think one of them is, like, pregnant now.

What action figure? What are you talking about? A pregnant action figure? Those little guys behind you, they're always in, like, a weird pose. Bro, what are you talking about? I don't know, man. Are you high early in the morning? We must be high.

Yo, don't smoke weed and call up here, bro. Nobody sits behind me, bro. What you talking about? Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, y'all? This is J-Man. Good morning, good morning. This is J-Man?

This is J-Man. This is J-Man. This is J-Man. This is J-Man. This is J-Man. This is J-Man. This is J-Man. J-Man.

J-Man. Oh, J-Man. What did you say? I thought he said he was J-Man. Nah, nah, Shalyn. Nah, nah, J-Man. Okay, what's up, Jamie? All right, ****. Nah. All, Shalyn. Nah, nah, it's gay, man. Okay, what's up, Gamey? All right, ****, nah.

All right, I got a little constructive criticism. You know, y'all my folks, so I ain't trying to slander y'all or nothing like that. So I'm going to start off with envy. A lot of things, you know, you got to get a little tough of skin. I know a lot of times you take jokes, you let stuff roll off your shoulders,

but every now and then, you know, you get real, real sensitive, my brother. I don't know if it's the same. How do I get sensitive? I don't get sensitive. What you mean I'm getting sensitive? I think if he sensitive, my brother. I don't know if it's the same. How do I get sensitive? I don't get sensitive. What you mean I'm getting sensitive? I think if he has very tough skin. I'm just joking.

Go ahead. He takes a lot. Hey, shut up, me. You do. Why'd you get sensitive about that? That was probably gay. I take a lot. No, it wasn't.

You do take a lot. What's up with y'all, man? I don't know. Y'all think everything gay. Y'all still, nah, nah, nah, none of that. All right, next. Yee, Miss Yee. Yes.

You do the rumor report, you know what I'm saying? And me, I graduated from Florida State with a communications degree. And one thing we was taught is to be a reporter, not a repeater. So a lot of times when you're giving a rumor report, you know, you have a follow-up question for you, and you're like, well, I don't know. Well, I don't know. That's just what they're saying. That's just what I read.

That's why it's called a rumor. Yeah, I mean, look, I can't make these things up because I'll get liable for that. You know, but they'll have like a simple follow-up question. That's why it's alleged. Do your research a little bit first, you know, to report it to me and not just repeat. Sounds like you repeated what you heard in class.

Go ahead. I definitely did because I learned that. Well, you just told me not to repeat things and you just did that. Well, I'm not reporting that. I'm trying to give you a little constructive criticism, you know what I'm saying, ma? Alright. And Charlamagne, I got another positive thing for you, my brother. I remember back in the day when I first started this

thing, you know, everybody would like rag on you about being negative or you know, saying anything with a bad connotation. But lately, man, you've been real positive. You've been uplifting people. You're doing a lot of great things. So I say thank you for holding down for Darkin Brothers. Oh, my God.

What is with this Lightskin Darkin? Oh, that's what it is. It's Lightskin Darkin. Because everybody shut up. Don't cut him off when he's complimenting me. Continue, sir. Shut up. No, that's it.

He has no more. Continue. Anything else? No. No, I was just saying, like, thank y'all, all y'all for what y'all do. I appreciate it. Like I said, I want to plant it. You have to start the Christmas, you know what I'm talking about?

I agree with everything you said. I don't. Especially the part about me. I definitely disagree with that. Anyway, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for your positive note. Give them some positivity. The positive note is simply this, man. Learn to ask questions. It is always better to ask questions than to make assumptions. Have the courage to ask questions until you are as clear as you can be. Once you're here to answer to a question, you won't have to make assumptions because you will know the truth. Had enough of this country?

Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zaka-stan.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan. 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 shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace for yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm rhythm of this thing alicia keys like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio 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, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.