The Breakfast Club - Flashbacks to some of our favorite moments throughout the year

Episode Date: September 2, 2019

#BreakfastClub Flashback episode featuring interviews from T-Pain, Monica, And the Plastic Cup Boyz. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and 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 it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Anonymous. Anonymous, get it off your chest, bro. Yeah, I want to talk about basically the difference between the term sex and gender. Okay. So basically, sex is basically what refers to the penis or the vagina.

So that's what determines if you're female or male, not gender. Gender is basically different, like, attributes that you have that society determines whether you act feminine, masculine, or something in between. So that's why people say there's more than two genders, which is true, but there's not more than two sexes. The only two sexes are female and male, but there's more than two genders

because you could determine how you feel. Yo, I ain't got time for all this wokeness this morning, bro. What you talking about, man? I don't even know what you talking about right now. What I'm saying, all right, is that basically when people refer to gender, they're really referring to sex because there's a difference between sex and gender.

Who referred to... All right, man. I'm awake, but I'm not woke. I'm awake this morning, but I'm not woke, bro. I don't even know where that came from. These woke people are so tired. They need some sleep. I don't know what he's talking about.

Hello, who's this? Hey, it's Deomi. Good morning. Good morning. Get it off your chest. What I want to get off my chest is that Whitney Houston hologram is not going to work. Okay, you seen it? I can tell you that it's just not going to work.

You can't duplicate that kind of talent, that original stage presence. No machine can do that. None. I mean, you can put up an image of her and have her vocals. Her vocals, yeah. I mean, those are recorded vocals, not live. It's just not going to feel. I don't think she can make a DVD.

You're not going to hear live vocals anymore, bro. Yeah, she's dead. I don't know if you've ever seen the Michael Jackson one in Cirque du Soleil, though. It was amazing to watch. The Tupac didn't work. That was a mess. Tupac was great. You don't remember if you've ever seen the Michael Jackson one in Secde Soleil, though. It was amazing to watch. The Tupac didn't work. That was a mess. Tupac was great. You don't remember Tupac when he came out of Coachella?

They're dead. It's over. Let them rest. True. I mean, they are dead. But, you know, some people enjoy watching it, so it is what it is. I wouldn't pay for it, though. I agree with her.

Alex. What's up? What's up? What's up? Get it off your chest, Alex. Who this? Envy the Don? Yes, sir. What's up, bro? Envy the Don. My man, what's up? En's up? What's up? Get it off your chest, Alex. Who this? Envy the Don? Yes, sir.

What's up, brother? Envy the Don. My man, what's up? Envy the Don got that bread. Jay-Z got that billion, huh? Yeah, Jay-Z got a billion. Oh, got a billion. Got a billion.

How'd he get it? Do we learn from Jay or do we learn from Nisqy Hussle? Which one? You said what? Do we learn from Nisqy Hussle or do we learn from Jay-Z? You learned from both of them. You had more than one teacher in school, didn't you? Yeah, hopefully you learned from a lot of people every day.

Why y'all say such stupid things? Seriously, why do you wake up in the morning and just say things that you give no thought to whatsoever? So you only learn from one person throughout your whole life? Nah, Charlamagne. We ain't got to go like that, Charlamagne. I'm just saying, you know, Nifty Hustle learned from his OGs. He learned from Elijah Muhammad, Message to the Black Man.

Elijah Muhammad was always talking about doing for self and owning your own. So what are we talking about here? We learn from a lot of different people in life. Don't forget that bag. Forget that mail. All right, man. Have a blessed day.

Peace, bro. Y'all just pissing me off this morning. What's up with y'all this morning, man? They're getting it off their chest, Charlamagne. Let's just let them talk. They do sound a little stupid this morning. Michael!

Hey, how's it going, brother? Good morning, everybody. Good little stupid this morning. Michael! Hey, how's it going, brother? Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning, neighbor! Get it off your chest, Michael. Yep, I'm calling from Delaware Beach. I'm on my way to work to Davie. It's a long way, but I love you guys. I'm always listening to the show. You guys are amazing. Thank you, sir.

We appreciate you, man. You're welcome. Shalom Adegai, I love you, brother. I appreciate the work and everything, man. We love you, bro. I love you too, my brother. Thank you so much. Appreciate you, man. You're welcome. Salamandar Guy, I love you, brother. I appreciate the work and everything, man. We love you, bro. I love you too, my brother. Thank you. Appreciate you, King. All right.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. Wake your ass up.

This is your time to get it off your chest. Say it. Say it. Say it. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Angel. Angel, what's up?

Get it off your chest. Hey, I just want to say that, hey, Charlamagne is right. I think you are Dominican, and I'm going to give you proof why. When YG was there and he was giving those Spanish words, you were the first one answering all of them. You knew all the Spanish words, you were the first one answering all of them. You knew all the Spanish words. I think Shalom might be right.

Angel, that wasn't me. That was Dramos, the board op. That is not true. Why don't you stop? Claim your people. That wasn't me. That was Dramos. Angel, are you Dominican? No, I'm Salvadorian. Okay, I thought you wanted to claim Envy. No, I don't want to claim it. Why would I want to claim Envy? Oh, you don't want him to be Salvadorian?

Maybe he's Salvadorian instead. Oh, maybe he is. Hey, come on, Envy. Just own it. Just teach me a sentence, man. Say something and I'll repeat it. Me gusta el desayuno. Si.

Okay, I got that. What'd he say? He said, I like breakfast. Hello, who's this? What are we, comedians? Shayna. Hey, Shayna, get it off your chest. I just want to thank God for this day.

That's right. You know, I know. Look, I thank God for this day, for this job. I'm so blessed. I'm highly favored. I got my own business. And I just want to just thank God. That's all, guys.

Shayna, Shayna, you're not just blessed and highly favored. You're blessed black and highly favored. You're absolutely right. I am blessed black in highly favored. You're absolutely right. I am blessed black in highly favored, and I just want to thank God for it. Thank you, mama. Hello, who's this? Hey, man, what's up? This is Reckless TV.

How y'all doing? What's up, Reckless TV? Get it off your chest. I wanted to speak about college. I know y'all were talking about college last week. Correct. I did trade school. I did two years for HVAC and electricity, and I can work anywhere

in the United States. I'm 23 years old, and nobody's doing trade no more. Everybody's trying to be doctors and lawyers. So right now, trade school is the best thing you can do. I agree. After I graduated, my teacher came to me and said I should go for another

four years, and I'll be guaranteed to make six figures, and I should go for another four years and I'll be guaranteed to make six figures and I can go anywhere in the United States. So trade school is popular right now because ain't nobody really doing it and everybody needs help with HVAC and air conditioning. Yeah, exactly. I met this guy the other day, I think when I was in D.C., man, he ran up on me and he was like, man, thank you for always talking about trade school because I went to trade school and I've been gainfully employed for 40-plus years.

There he goes. I forgot what he said he did. Hello, who's this? What's up, Envy? This is E from Asheville, North Carolina again. What's up, bro? You started your business this weekend? Man, I started my business this weekend.

It's a hot dog cart called Bunny LLC. Bunny LLC. I like that. That's dope. Congratulations, sir. You should have came out to the seminar, man. You would have had over a thousand people wanting some hot dogs, brother. Oh, yeah, man.

That's what I'm waiting on, man. I got to get you this money, man. I ain't mad at you. Hey, man, I want to thank y'all, man. You, Charlemagne, Anzalee, man, how you be a family guy, man. I really love that, man. And there's a lot of family men out here that look up to that, man. Keep going. Keep doing that.

Charlemagne, man, you just keep us inspired and everything. Angelia, I love you. You're beautiful and everything, baby. I would like all y'all to take a look at Black Alachan. He hiked the Appalachian Trail and he biked the Underground Railroad. Black Alachan, he got YouTubes

up and he just trying to show, you know, black people that we can hike in because if the world comes to an end, boy, we ain't gonna know how to do nothing. So, you know, check them out. You ain't lying. And y'all for a rapper too, logo. All right, bro.

Thank you, man. I say that all the time. If a nuclear bomb or something was to hit, like, how would people survive? People don't know how to fish. They don't know how to hunt. They don't know how to live off the land. Nothing.

Gary, what's up, Gary? I'm looking at Big Chalk at the Toast Suckers page right now with Snoop. Jeez. I wouldn't do that to yourself. I'm just looking. Gary, get it off your chest. What's good? What's up, Envy? What's up with you, brother? We from Houston. What's up, Charlemagne? What up, King? How you? Outstanding, my boy. Gary will

convict the conversation. What's up, Yeet? Hey, Gary. What's good with you, man? I had a breakfast, a brunch with the Badgers not too long ago, man. Really, really well. Dr. Delvina even came out and spoke about mental illness. I wanted to give a shout out to my boy

Raj and Charles Green over at Trillium Group. They doing their thing over there. I appreciate what y'all doing. Okay. Shout out to my daughter, Liani in London, and my daughter, Tati, up at Tallahassee TCC. But I appreciate y'all, my boy. Congratulations, sir.

Thank you, sir. Just for another day in life. A lot of things didn't come out, though. It's kind of sad. A lot of parents didn't bring their kids. I'm trying to get the kids, the parents, and the police to all talk. If they could meet right now before the child grows up and start getting into trouble, and the police to all talk. If they could meet right now before the child grows up and start getting into trouble

and the police remember that face, remember that name, I'm thinking he'll be less inclined on shooting him or taking him to jail if they already have a relationship. Oh yeah, I mean that's a conversation that's been going on for years. Like you need people of the community policing the community. That's a fact. Alright, well we appreciate the work

you're doing and keep it going and just be consistent. It's going to continue to grow. Thanks, community. That's a fact. All right, well, we appreciate the work you're doing, and keep it going, and just be consistent. It's going to continue to grow. Thanks, G. Appreciate y'all. Have a good one, brother. All right, you too, bro. Get it off your chest. Well, we got time for one more. CJ, good morning. Hey, DJ, what's going on, man? What's up, CJ? Hey, it's DJ.

Oh, all right. What up, CJ? Hey, Salome and Angela, you there? Yeah, they're here. Yeah, we right. What up, CJ? Hey, Envy, uh, Salome and Angela, you there? Yeah, they're here. Yeah, we're here every morning, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for nine years.

Well, 6.05 to 10 a.m. I got you. Hey, three things real quick. Angela, you are so beautiful. If I wasn't married, you'd be my woman and you wouldn't be hiring me like you're doing your boyfriend.

And, um... Oh. Dude. You don't have to say thank you or nothing. I'm not... Well, I'm gonna thank you for dissing your boyfriend. Oh. You ain't say thank you or nothing. I'm going to thank you for dissing my boyfriend. No, I'm just saying you're beautiful. You'll be my woman if I wasn't married. All right, well, shout out to your wife.

Black men don't cheat, bro. Go ahead. Yup, yup. But hey, that's my second point. Last Tuesday, I was getting off of work, and I was trying to go see my side chick. And the first thing I hear in the car is, black men don't cheat. I want to thank you, Lil Duval, and Charlamagne, because once I heard that song, I turned right around, man.

That's right. Went home and kissed my wife. We out here doing God's work, and you need to stop running around here like a little black boy and start being a real black man, because black men don't cheat, but black boys do. So you broke up with your side chick? Yeah, I'm not smart no more. It's not worth it. Exactly, sir.

How old are you? 28. See what I'm saying? You still in that phase. I understand, but you know, you gotta be a black man, not a black boy, sir. Well, he's married. Right, right. And the last thing is, everybody be slandering you and empty for your gay jokes, but I'm the same way. Like, I'm secure in my

masculinity. I'm free to say and do whatever I want to do. The main ones who be fake mad and trying to diss themselves, those be the one on the down low. All right. Listen, with that said, I want you to know that today is National Peaches and Cream Day, sir. All right? Oh, okay.

A shout-out to 112. Hey, that be my dessert for the night, sir. There you go. All right. And if you get a little cream on your bottom lip, just lick it off with your tongue like a real man. Hey, hey, that's what my side chick used to do. Stop talking about your side chick, man.

Grow up, sir. He misses her. All right. Holla. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. 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, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

Why can't I trade my country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High.

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

And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Breakfast Club. Envy. Angela Yee. And Charlemagne the

God. Wake that ass up. Early in the morning. Check out this Breakfast Club Rewind. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee. Charlemagne the God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The legendary. T-Pain. You gotta start calling you legendary, too.

Wow. You don't think so? I don't know, man. I looked up the definition of that, and it just meant something that could be true or not. You don't believe in yourself? I believe in myself, but you know, the Loch Ness Monster is also a legend. So you got to see it. That might be infamous.

I believe in the Loch Ness Monster, so I don't know. I definitely believe in the Loch Ness Monster. So that makes know I definitely believe in the Loch Ness Monster so that makes sense alright cool I'll take it I don't know if the Loch Ness Monster exists now but it has existed at some point in time at some point that makes sense ok well there we go then well the poppin ass T-Pain

I ain't poppin my ass we gotta figure these times out no not poppin ass it's spinning out of control we're going off the rails because you were popping. Oh, I ain't popping my ass. No, not popping ass. It's spinning out of control. We're going off the rails. Right at the beginning of the interview. All right. Maybe those two words didn't go right together.

Not a lot. Not a lot. But I did see you when you were hosting the iHeartRadio Music Awards, so that was dope. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

It was actually pretty cool because I had done it, you know, I had done it a few times. I hosted the BET Hip Hop Awards once and, you know, a couple other things and some stuff in Africa. So I guess I had had practice enough to be in front of that many white people. Well, the Masked Singer probably bought that opportunity on, too. Oh, yeah, for sure.

No question. The Masked Singer did a lot for it, man. And, you know, it kind of gave me like a second wind. So it helped out exponentially. I just think that you being kind of modest, and I'm going to tell you why. We live in this era where people, and it's always been like this. People have to say things in order for people to see it and be like, you know what? He's right.

T-Pain, you birthed a whole new wave out here. You got a lot of kids out here. It's okay to say that. I get that. It's just taking a lot of kids out here. It's okay to say that. I get that. It's just taking a lot of time to try to explain to people because they already have their preconceived notions

of what I should be doing, how I should be saying, and blah, blah, blah. But I've wasted enough time trying to get people to see my truth. And you know what I'm saying? And the relief of stress

that I've had not trying to prove anything to people. Oh, my God, it's so great. What is the truth for T-Pain? The truth for T-Pain is I'm happy. I'm happy. I'm fine with what I'm doing. Like, you know, the people that take their time to go on my page and go to a post where I'm doing something great just to tell me I fell off.

It's like, you took time out of your day for this? Like, that used to, like, determine how my day went. You know what I'm saying? Like, I gave that so much power, and now I can look back and see and look back at myself and like, who are these people?

I've never met these people. I've never seen these people. They have no idea what my life is like, and they just see me not doing what their favorite artist is doing and decide that I shouldn't be on the internet. I shouldn't be on the internet. I shouldn't be posting anything.

Who are these people to determine my day? Who are these people to determine my mood? They wasn't there with me shooting in the gym. They wasn't there when I came up crazy. They wasn't there when I was doing all my biggest stuff. So now that, you know what I'm saying, things aren't 2008 anymore,

I'm not going to let them determine what happens to me during my day. I got, you know, my kids do that. My wife does that. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to let some complete stranger piss me off for the rest of the day and start screaming at my kids because I'm mad at Instagram. Oh, absolutely not. You know what I'm saying? And at the same time, I'm sure you have a whole new fan base after winning the Masked Singer.

For sure. For sure. Lots and lots of old people. It's a lot. It's a lot, man. But no, a lot of people that, like, you know, did no research on me and hadn't seen that I've been doing anything at all. Like, I got a lot of new people.

A lot of TSA agents, too. We have to redefine this. It's a lot. We have to redefine the term fall off in hip-hop culture. Because I feel like that's something black people only do. Yeah, and they only do it to black people. Only do it to black people. It's a whole thing.

I mean, it's like the same thing that we do to black people with the Illuminati. We only say, you can't be successful unless you're an Illuminati. Which means you got to be gay. If you're black. Yeah, you're an Illuminati. Which means you gotta be gay if you're black. There's full-on death metal bands that openly worship the devil. That's all they talk about is hell, Satan, and all this.

But no, they're fine. That's just what people are into. They're rich because they're rich. But we're rich because we sold our soul. But that's people who have never achieved any level of success, so they got to make excuses for their own failures. Which is why you can't let them people

determine how your day goes. All right, we got more with T-Pain when we come back. Taking you back, back, back with the classic Rewind. It's the Breakfast Club. I thought this was a podcast. If you missed the Breakfast Club...

You don't come from my world. It's dangerous. Check out this Rewind. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, We Are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with T-Pain. Now, you said you were broke. How broke were you? Did you almost lose your crib?

Lose your cars? Foreclosure? And how did you get back? I almost lost the crib. That bad? I don't think I would have lost it, but my accountant was panicking. Like, dude, just sell your house. And I'm like, I'm gonna save my house. All that money you was making, why wouldn't you just buy it back then? It was one of them things to where, you know, my advisors was like,

how about you just slam a down payment on this, and then you can save the rest of the money instead of spending $6 million all at once. You want a $6 million crib in Atlanta? Yeah. It's not small. That's about 100,000 square feet. That's about 100,000 square feet. That's about 100,000 square feet.

Oh, my God. Yeah, that's when the market was down. So, you know. But no, I mean, you learn a lot, man, by going through all the motions. I saw an interview you did with my man Rob Markman. You told Rob Markman you didn't get paid for no features for two years? Yeah, yeah. I needed to build up that credit. You told Rob Markman you didn't get paid for no features for two years. Yeah, yeah. I needed to build up that credit. You know, it's about building up, you know, I was, one,

building up friendships in the game because I didn't really know anybody when that was happening and you know, to work with these people that I called legends, you know. You were paying your dues and just trying to do it. Yeah, this felt good. You said it was 08 to 2010. Dirty Payne was like at the height of things at that point. Yeah, and that's when other artists that I really respect

just started paying attention to me. So I was like, man, yeah, why not? Come on in. Can I get a verse when it's my turn? And everybody was like, yeah. When it was your turn? Oh, boy. Yeah, sure, sure.

You know, for the most part, man, it was like, you know, I put a lot of people on and made a lot of people's careers super hot and I can't get a verse. What about Kanye? Did Kanye ever return the favors of good life? Kanye returned the favors of good life the same day. So you never got like royalties on these records from 08 to 2010? Yeah, yeah. I got like, you know, production credits and stuff like that if I helped out. You know, I always got royalties, but they never had to pay a fee until Ludacris.

Ludacris almost had to pay. What do you mean? Why? Because I did one more drink for him. One more drink, yeah. Then he did Chop and Screw for me right after that. But with the one more drink, then he charged me $250,000. So I was like, okay, I'll charge you $250,000. Now we're even.

Oh, you got an invoice later. Yeah. So it wasn't personal. No, no, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Just from the ludicrous piece. I mean, it was ludicrous. Ludicrous.

She said 50 grand? I hit Luda like, yo, can you check this out for me? You said this is ludicrous. Oh, God damn it. Get the hell out of here. No, he didn't know about it, so you know what I'm saying? I knew Luda didn't,

he wasn't, that wasn't his M.O. at all at the time, so, you know, when he hit the label, he let them know, and they didn't care, and they was like,

no, you're ludicrous, we're charging them $250. I'm like, cool, sweet, I'm charging you $250 for one more drink then. So that big, that big-ass chain, you still have it?

You melted it down? No, I got it back. Oh, you got it back? I got it back. I thought you said you melted it down. I did back we did another much cheaper this time straight most of it got you guys you guys kind of I really needed it to frame it I'm putting in a shadow box okay so it's not when it comes to like $400,000 When it comes to Hold on one second Was that your biggest expense That you ever bought The biggest thing that you spent

His house Besides the house Um That was just two left Nah Bugatti I'll pay for that straight up You still got it Oh hell no

He got rid of that Like a week later How much was that Bugatti 1.2 Jeez And you spent 1.2 million dollars Yeah

And got rid of it A week later Not a week later I had it About Five million. Yeah. And got rid of it a week later. Not a week later. I had it for about five months. And why'd you get rid of it? They said you needed brakes or something? I broke it. I put a hole in the radiator.

You put a hole in one of the four radiators, they have to replace all the radiators. Lord have mercy. And that's $90,000. And I didn't want to do that. So you just decided to let it go. Yeah. Because at that point, that's when I was running out of money. Who did you sell that Bugatti to?

Back to the dealership I got it from. How much did they get for you? Not, not, I think they gave me $800 for it. Oh, wow. Yeah. When you say you was broke, was you at like $0 broke? I like had to borrow money to get my kid's Burger King. Wow.

Yeah. Well, we appreciate you for joining us, T-Pain. I thank y'all for having me, brother. I appreciate it, man. Well, it's the appreciate you for joining us t-pain i thank y'all for having me brother i appreciate it man well it's the breakfast club it's t-pain yeah taking you back back with the classic rewind it's the breakfast club i thought this was a podcast 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. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

We 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,

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The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just join us, we're talking about calling an older woman auntie or mama. Now, this came from a conversation from Oprah Gale and Ava DuVernay. Actually, it came from Van Lathan's Red Pill podcast. With Ava DuVernay. Yeah, Ava DuVernay was on it, and she said that she don't like to be called auntie.

Right, and then she also had referenced that in O Magazine. She said, I cringe being called auntie or mama by anybody other than my nieces or godchildren. That's what Oprah said. Except if I'm in Africa, where it's the custom for everybody to refer to anyone older as sister or auntie, depending on the age difference. Now, listen, if they don't want to be called something, you have to respect it. I also feel like if it's a tradition in Africa, then I don't see what the problem is with us as black people using it over here. But my biggest problem with this whole conversation is I just don't like them putting a negative stigma on the word auntie.

Like the word auntie is not synonymous with old. You know what? I don't call anybody auntie or any of those things, but I'm also not the type of person to call somebody, that's my sister, that's my brother, unless it really is, but that's just how I've always been. Like, I don't really call people family members

if they're not really my family members. Well, I have a lot of sisters, and I call my brothers brothers because they are my brothers. Like, even if they're not, even if I don't mean it in that way, I'm just saying, yo, what's up, brother? How you doing, brother?

How you doing, sister? How you doing, sister? In that way. But I just don't think that the word auntie is synonymous with old. Like Taylor is in it. Taylor's 26 years old. She's somebody's aunt.

You know what I'm saying? So why are you putting a negative stigma of oldness on the word aunt or auntie? I don't understand that. I agree with you. And I don't think auntie's disrespectful.

Even mama or ma, I don't think it's disrespectful. Well, they don't like it. I see your mama. I call your mama. Hey, ma, when I see you. And by the way, I don't think that's disrespectful.

Y'all know I'm a Pinkett Smith Winfrey knows Carter. You know what I'm saying? I love Oprah. And by the way, I don't think that's disrespectful. Y'all know I'm a Pinkett Smith Winfrey knows Carter. You know what I'm saying? I love Oprah. I love Gayle. They're 60-something years old. Like, they're old. Like, they can get free pancakes at IHOP.

Like, that's what it is. Shut up, man. It is what it is. Gayle can't yet. Gayle got one more year. So it don't matter. No, 55, bae. 55.

Did you just call him bae? That's what I call my boo. I call him bae. 55. You know what I'm saying? And by the way, I just don't call everybody bae. All right? I call my boo. I call him bae. 55. You know what I'm saying? Well, you have to be throwing all kinds of names around. And by the way, I just don't call everybody bae. All right?

Now, that's one thing I just don't do. All right? But 55, you can get free pancakes at our house. Okay. But I'm saying, it don't matter. Like, they got to get to the point where they have to accepting of the fact they are the elders. You understand what I'm saying? Now, Ava is only 46.

So, I can understand her feeling a way that they lumping her with the Oprahs and the Gales because Oprah and Gale are 65, 64 years old. All right? But they are the eldest. So they're going to get called auntie. They're going to get called OGs. I bet you they don't like OGs either. I bet you if you call them OGs.

And I think they do a thing. They do a podcast called the OG Podcast. Oh, my God. It's somebody at home that got them them doing the OG podcast and they think OG stands for Oprah and Gayle. They have no idea OG stands for old gangsters. I guarantee it. I guarantee it.

Hello, who's this? Sabrina. Sabrina. Is being called auntie or mama disrespectful? I feel like it is because a lot of girls like they'll post on social media, like, oh, you trying to dress like me or you trying to look like me and

live your best life? Go sit down, auntie. And I'm 32. And they be looking older than me sometimes. So in that form, it does sound disrespectful. Sit down, auntie. Sometimes auntie gotta sit her ass down.

Auntie might be out here milling rocking, looking crazy.ie gotta sit her ass down. Auntie might be out here milling rocking looking crazy. Auntie gotta sit her ass down. That did sound disrespectful. Ain't nothing wrong with telling auntie to sit her ass down.

I understand everything not for everybody but in that sense it's disrespectful. Yeah. That did sound disrespectful. I'm trying to dress and act young.

Sit down auntie. Auntie you look crazy in that Fashion Nova auntie. Yeah that's a little bit foul. Why can't auntie wear Fashion Nova? Auntie can wear, that's a little profound. Why can't Auntie wear Fashion Nova? Auntie can wear Fashion Nova, and so can Mama. Hello, who's this?

Good morning, it's Renee. Hey, Renee. Is being called Auntie or Mama disrespectful? Absolutely not. Okay. It's a term of endearment. They're just in their feelings. If you don't want to be old, because, you know, that's an older term,

then I don't know what to tell you. Twenty-teen grandmas and everybody, they don't want to be old, because that's an older term, then I don't know what to tell you. Twenty-teen grandmas and everybody, they don't want to play their role. Yeah, I mean, the crazy thing is terms don't make you old. Age makes you old. So it don't matter. If you're 60-plus years old, you're older. It don't matter what you're being called. But like you said, there's a lot younger grandmas now.

There's a lot younger aunties now. There's nothing wrong with being called auntie. There's nothing wrong with it. I really think Ava just don't want to be lumped in with Oprah and Gayle because Ava's only 46. But Oprah says she don't like it either. And so did Gayle. Yeah, but I mean, I get it. Listen, and you got to respect them. If they don't want to be called that, they don't want to be called that.

But you can't go around putting a negative stigma on the word auntie just because you think it's synonymous with old. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Regina. Hey, Regina. Is being called auntie or grandma a sign of disrespect or calling somebody old? because you think it's synonymous with old. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Regina. Hey, Regina. Is being called auntie or grandma a sign of disrespect or calling somebody old? I mean, being called auntie

honestly means, like, you're still poppin'. Yes! You're older than me. You're too old for me to call you sis. Like, that would be disrespectful to call Oprah sis. Yes.

I wouldn't call her sis. But I'll call her auntie. Like, I'm not calling you mother. Like, mother is when you, like, you're old enough to be my grandmama. And that's what I'm saying. Ava says she don't mind being called sis, though. She did put that on the list of names that she don't like.

I would never call Ava sis. I would call her sister. Yeah, being raised in the South, like, I wouldn't feel right calling somebody literally old enough to be my grandma sis. That's weird. By the way, you from the South like I'm from the South. I'm from South Carolina. I say ma'am a lot. I say ma'am to people who are not even old.

And I've heard women say, don't call me ma'am. I'm not that old. You know what I mean? But that's just a thing. Just being respectful. Yeah. It's like, thank you, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.

No, ma'am. You need help, ma'am? Exactly. Goodness gracious. All right. We got rumors on the way in. Well, listen, the moral of the story is it's not what they call you. It's about that date you answer to on your goddamn birth certificate.

All right? Okay? If you're born in the 40s, you're born in the 40s. Accept it. All right. Well, thank you, Auntie Sharla. I'm Uncle Sharla. And guess what?

I can't wait. I love it. Yo, so many people dying young and don't get the chance to be called uncle or auntie. I'm with you, man. Man, please. I know. I'm just happy to be alive. Call me what you want to call me, but call me alive.

That's it. Old ass alive. That's what I can't. Damn right. Matter of fact, I can't. I'm waiting for you to ask. Wait. Oh, man.

When I get home, I'm going to get a t-shirt that says, Old ass alive. Wait until I'm 60. Watch. Watch. 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. We got a special guest in the building, Monica. Why are you great? Your ankles still hurt? Actually, my feet hurt a lot today. Okay.

It's no joke, though. I got three screws in one foot. Damn. I'm just coming out of the boot real good. I was in the hospital, what, eight days? Wow. For ankle surgery. No, I had a double bunionectomy where they removed the bone out of both feet.

Oh, why are you saying it was an ankle surgery? And it's hereditary. It's not elective. So you didn't fall? You didn't hurt it? No, I've been trying to ignore that thing for the longest because it takes you out of work. You know, I'm not really with being taken out of work. That means no check.

And you're spending money because you're in the hospital. So, nah, this wasn't something I could put off any longer. It was to the point where when I come off stage, sometimes they have to have a seat there and bring me other shoes. It was just getting to be ridiculous. I was going to have my corn surgically

removed. But that doesn't hurt, though, right? Yes, it does, because they got to cut you open and shave the bone. You know what I'm saying? The coins, they're just ugly. They don't hurt. Oh no, they hurt. Hell yeah. What? Because they rub against your shoe? Maybe get a bigger shoe size, man. Even when you do that, it still hurts. I had terrible coins. Friction is never good. Man.

That sounds like a fire. So I just had them shaved off so I was good. Okay, yeah. See, this is totally different. They take a piece out. Yeah. They take a piece out. And it's not something you can see from looking at the foot. And you almost had a stroke during the surgery? No, that happened because I have high blood pressure.

And so I haven't been maintaining it the way I was supposed to. And so when they put me under, that's when all of that started happening. Because you know your body responds differently once you sleep. So when they cut into the first foot, that's when my top number started rising. And that's what creates the stroke. You got high blood pressure. Who getting on your nerves, Mo? Where you want me to start? She got grown kids. Where you want me to start? But

that's hereditary too. Everyone, all four of my grandparents, both of my parents, mama and daddy, it's hereditary. People think if you're not 300 pounds, it's not possible. They look at me and like, how you get that? Well, how you eat, in addition to the fact that it's hereditary. And then I still live in Georgia.

What's living in Georgia have to do with it? Everything. Like dealing with racism, kind of? To give you high blood pressure. Oh, the food! Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah. Hey, no bulls**t.

I was in Hawkinsville yesterday. He said racism. I was looking at this s**t like, what? What? Now, I just said outside he was smart. He f**ked it up. What? I'm tired.

I just got back from Georgia yesterday. You know what they gave me for lunch? What? Fried chicken. Yes. Macaroni and cheese. Some dressing. Yes.

And collard greens. And some thin bread toast. I was like, God damn it, I had to eat because it was somebody's auntie. No, you wanted to eat it because it looked good. Period.

I had to kind of like acclimate myself to just control. And then too, I had to learn to, I just started like having massages, facials,

go somewhere by myself. This all just started over the last year. I never did that before. Ever. Really? No. He can't even believe I don't have a nanny. She got a bunch of kids. She traveled everywhere, go to the games. I'm like, you do it by yourself? Just take them to school?

Your kids ain't little, though. My kids are little. Five is little. Oh, you got a five-year-old. Yeah, my daughter's five. She is like, it's Shannon's face, but she acts just like me. It's scary. That means she's gonna

have her gun license by 12 next year. Listen. Don't start early this morning now. You know, now you know. You know how I get down.

What Monique say, call you by your first name here. Lenard. Lenard. Lenard. Lenard. Lenard. Not this morning.

Okay? And then I have my 14-year-old. Rocco is 14. And then my wild child, he's 11. Starting to tackle football and all this other stuff. He's the one that you have to keep both eyes on, literally. Romello is the busiest. But he is the one that enjoys trying all things new.

You know what I'm saying? So I just got to do what I got to do. My mom is a help. And when you grow up in the South, you see women do what I'm doing. That's another learned behavior. Like my grandmother did everything for all of us. I don't think we had fast food until she was older, like sickly. You know, like we really grew up seeing it that way.

So that's all I knew. You do too much. Not only that, you've got your own label now. So you've got to run your own label. That's added stress. That's added stress. Yeah. Because every day I'm getting these alerts where funds are depleting as I pay for things as we move around.

What made you want to be Indy after all these years? You know what? I was on that one contract the whole time. Wow. Yeah, people thought it was like, you know, the labels were changing. So when you see it says Rowdy, then it says Arista, then it says Jay, people don't realize that still was all the transitions of the company, not me. You know, I wasn't leaving. I was there the whole time.

So when it ran out, I just pretty much said, let's try something different. You know who gave me a lot of insight on what it would be like? And she lives an incredible life because of it, is Anita Baker. Wow. She broke it down, numbers. I'm talking about every bit of the science of being independent. And she's like, you know, they say what they want about me. I clear these millions and go home.

But there is a part of the stages of starting it that's completely different. You know, putting the record out. I was just like, what? Did we pay for that? I thought they just was going to do that because I've been around forever. No, you pay for every step of it, every stage of it. You got to pay for ads, you got to pay for radio, everything. People think it just happens.

It does not just happen. And don't, let's not get into features. But a lot of people. But people do stuff for you, you Monica, they'll do stuff for you for free. You still got to clear them. Okay. And if they're signed to somebody else, they have nothing to do with that. So, you know, it's not fees.

Nobody's like charging me fees or anything. But it's like when it's time to clear it and put it out. Then when you shoot your video, you got, it's not fees. Nobody's, like, charging me fees or anything. But it's like, when it's time to clear it and put it out, then when you shoot your video, you gotta take good care of them. You know, same thing I would require. Hair, makeup, your clothes, your flights, your crew, your food, your rider, all that. But you got a number

one single. Congratulations on that. Congratulations. Commitment. Second week in a row. Wow. Yeah. How did you feel when you got that number one as an independent artist? That's different. It was way different. It was as huge to me as being 13 years old and a record go number one. And you coming from somewhere where they telling you like, oh, that's impossible.

You should do something else. You're not going to make it doing that. You know, this feels like that. This feels like that all over again. All right. We got more with Monica when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee,

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Monica. Now, let's talk about commitment. Commitment is one of those records. A lot of feeling in commitment. Yes. A true record? Yes. Absolutely. I'm a girl that likes being committed. I enjoy being with one person. You know what I'm saying?

That's how I'm able to. You know how some people are like, oh, God, you again. That's not me. I really enjoy being with one person. I really don't have the patience for multiple people. That's what I was just telling this girl earlier. Like, I don't know what dating even is. Because for real, for real, if I like somebody,

they're really the only person that I want to interact with. I don't know how to, you know how some people say it's important that you get out and you mix with, you know, several people, see what you like? Listen, I already know what the hell I like. And I know when I don't like it. You know, so it's like, if it's somebody

that I meet, I enjoy being committed to one person. And that's all the song was about because we were talking about in the studio how so it's like if it's somebody that I meet, I enjoy being committed to one person. And that's all the song was about because we were talking about in the studio how now it's so casual. You know what I'm saying? So how did Shannon Brown f*** that up? I'm not going to lie. I've sat in this room a couple of times and I said, I don't know what he's doing, but he needs to be on his knees begging Monica to get back to him. Only because we look at you in that light. Like, you a fly woman.

Well, I appreciate that. I mean, I feel like we were married, what, almost nine years? And I think life changes really got the best of both of us at times. You know, I take accountability for what my party is. I'm a very outspoken

woman, you know. And I'm learning how to be more of a listener than just speaking what I feel because he also went through a lot of different life changes. He survived a major car accident but that also changed the course of what's happening career-wise.

So he playing in Big 3, doing other stuff and I think that it took a toll because I probably didn't have enough around us to help us just facilitate what needed to happen.

But, you know, it is what it is. Divorce is not being easy. But one thing about me, I'm going to respect him to the death, though. I don't hate him. I think there's a difference

when you walk away from something and you real mad. You know what I'm saying? I mean, I know it wasn't no infidelity because black men don't cheat. So I figured that y'all. That's a damn lie. I don't even know why y'all keep this going.

That's just foolish. What? Not the Shannon part. The black men don't cheat part is just foolish. What are you doing, man? What is him? Sometimes you got to know when to tap out, man. Listen, him and Duvall both are out of control with this whole black men don't cheat thing.

We don't. Because I've never dated no other race. So you really don't want me to get in this whole black men don't cheat thing. We don't. Because I've never dated no other race. So you really don't want me to get in on this black men don't cheat thing. Those are black grown boys. Us black men. Oh, so you're saying men don't. There you go. Yeah. Oh, that's a quick flip. You shouldn't have that fast anymore.

You should definitely write songs. You should. You fix that quick before my auntie neck and shit start coming out. You fix that quick Before my auntie neck and shit Started coming out You fixed that real fast Now with him leaving the league Did that affect when he got injured

Because if you do something since you were Five years old, play basketball And now all of a sudden you can't That had to have an effect on the relationship too Oh absolutely You gotta factor all of that in You know what I'm saying? And then when you got children, we're not just working for ourselves.

Right. You know, he and I both are working to make sure that they have everything that they need. And you establish a lifestyle for them. You don't want that to ever have to change. So, of course. How do you know when it's over, though? Because I'm thinking about it from the perspective of a married man. Like, how do you know when it's over?

Like, you know what? Like, we can't even just go in the other room and then talk about this later. Like, it's over though? Because I'm thinking about it from the perspective of a married man. Like, how do you know when it's over? Like, you know what? Like, we can't even just go into the other room and then talk about this later. Like, it's done, done. I don't think you ever get to a point where you understand that that is the case. I think actions start to show that it's come to an end

more than anything to me. But I do remember feeling like, why can't we get along? Why can't we figure this one situation in particular out? Why is that repetitively happening? That is what stood out more to me than anything else because I definitely feel like that'll always be somebody that I love.

And see, to me, it's weird when I see people, they spend all these years together,'s weird when I see people, they spend all these years together, and then when they're apart, everything that comes out of your mouth is negative. I just don't feel like that about Shannon. I think people are waiting for this moment where, what's she going to say? What's going to happen?

It was the same thing being on TV at the same time. I'm like, I honestly don't feel like that, you know? And I feel like we do our kids an injustice when you running around talking about the person that is a part of them even walking the earth. Like, that's crazy to me. So my whole way of looking at stuff is so different than most people.

But I think what happens is when you realize you're not finding a way to work through things, that's more what happened than anything else. The hardest part got to be the five-year-old, your daughter, the co-parenting, right? No, the hard part is with all three of them. He's been in their lives since they were, what, three and five? If not younger than that.

So it's hard with every single one of them. There's no difference because biologically they aren't related to him. They've been in a home with this man nine years. When they started picking up footballs and basketballs, he was teaching them that stuff. They also have a father who plays a major part, but it's like at the end of the day, every day they woke up, they woke up with this person.

So it's difficult with all of them. There's no difference just because she's biologically his. How is that for you? You've got a couple of young men that you're raising that I'm sure are into girls now. I'm sure going out now. A couple of good young black men who don't cheat. So how are you dealing with that? You know, bringing them young girls around the house and all that.

As Monica pulls Charlamagne's mic away from him. Now, how was that? It's been amazing. No, it's been cool. I'll tell you what did. There have been a lot of positives and a negative. One thing it forced everybody to do is to talk. And what's dope is that my son's straight up been asking questions.

About what? They want to know about everything. Okay, so my... About sex? Well, I don't hide real life, the streets, music, sex, nothing from my kids. I don't hide my kids

from it in any way. I teach them. I tell them the truth. I use it as teachable moments. It's hard for fathers to have, like I got three girls, so it's hard for me to have those, yeah, it's hard for me

to have those conversations with, but that's when I used to, I was a hoe in a past life. So I've grown. Before the black men don't cheat so much. When I was a black boy, I was a hoe. God bless life. So I've grown. Before the black men don't cheat. When I was a black boy. God bless your wife.

God bless her. But as a black man that doesn't cheat, you know, those three girls, it's hard to have those conversations with them about like sex and stuff. Like my girl is 11 and three. You got to teach about guys like you who. I'm going to say guys like me as if you've been Mr. Clean your whole life. Changed. You want to Google?

I've changed. Oh. Oh, please. Not Google. Not Google. But I want that conversation early Google? I've changed. Oh, please. Not Google. Not Google. But I love that conversation. Because I know there's creeps out there and I know what they do. So I try to show them who

the bad guys are and what to look for. I wasn't a bad guy. I was just a man. We were all just men. We were dogs. You got hair from a crackhead, bro. I was selling crack. That's a dad. Nah. Nah. Nah. No. No.

No. Because, because, because, no, because, no, no. Because you know my history for real, for real, and no, no. That was a bartering. And not one time. No. That was one, maybe twice. It was a bartering.

No. No. Uh-uh. Because. Yeah. Because. No. No. That was one, maybe twice. It was a bartering. No. No. Uh-uh. Because. Yeah. Because. No. No.

Uh-uh. Nope. All right, when we come back, we got more with Monica, but let's get into a Monica mini mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was a Monica mini mix. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, and we're still kicking it with Monica. Charlamagne. Do you think Monica gets the respect she deserves in the game? You know what I can appreciate? When I'm present, I do. And that means more to me. People still treat me with a certain amount of respect that I can appreciate.

When it comes to music, absolutely not. I've always been the underdog in that sense. It is very easy for people to dismiss things that I did at 12, 13, 14, 15. If you listen to Why I Love You So Much, I sang that at 12. What? At 12. If you can't respect that, I don't get it. You were 12?

12. God damn. 12. God damn. I turned 13 when Just One of Them Days dropped and by the time the album dropped they had to pull Just One of Them Days off the shelves. We were almost to 3 million singles sold. You remember them days where people

had cassettes and vinyls, the actual buy it. And so they had to pull it off the shelves because the concern with Eraudi and Arista at the time you know dallas is the one that signed me and it couldn't have been anybody better to have signed me at that age because he treated me as his daughter it was just he never made me feel like if she's not selling records she's not important it was always about listen are you okay is this too much you don't

have to do this everything about who you are is great don't let them tell you different if i'm not present to say it for you you say it yourself and so that outspokenness is actually why they titled the first album miss thing so when he pulled the single off the shelves it was because they were getting ready to release miss thing and they didn't want people to just keep buying the single and not buy the album. So what happened was I turned 14 right after the album dropped. But those songs were recorded when I was 12, 13 years old. I gave up my whole childhood and never even complained about it. You've never heard me sit somewhere like,

if I could have just done this, I'd be a better person. No, I'm who I'm supposed to be because I did what I was supposed to do. And you didn't go crazy either. You got all the child stars that went crazy. Yeah. I didn't go crazy. And my personal life was crazy enough for me to have been crazy. But because of the people that were around me

and the fact that I never saw the need to step outside of who I was to try and sell records. And I've just comfortably been in this position forever, like, because I know what I've done. But when I found out I was pregnant with my second son, they're like, it's over now. You've done a great job. We all love you.

It's like they just put you on the pass. Yeah, they're like, yeah. And so I was just like quietly rocking my baby, thinking of what I wanted to do, because I've always been told what I couldn't do and defied those odds. So it didn't break me. You know, I'm sure most people would have been in depression, but I was at home chilling, prepping, still standing,

which ended up being a huge record for me. People got to respect the music when they come to your shows, though. Because you got to be at least 20 songs deep on a show easily. Yeah, easy. I do 60 minutes easy. Why love me so much? So gone? Still standing, so gone.

Everything to me. For you, I will. For you, I will. I've been doing For You, I Will lately. For a while, I was doing it for Nipsey and Lauren. And we would just take a minute, just take like a quiet prayer break, put the lights up for a second. You know, songs have marked times in my life. But now the lyrics all mean something different.

A Monica got to go. Yeah, and we need to do a Monica mix this morning. We got all those records. And you and Duval need to drop this black men don't cheat foolishness unless you're going to hold seminars. We are. And figure out who the men are, separate them for these women so that they know where to date, who to date, who to meet. Because right now,

you guys are just aimlessly moving in your movement. You need some councils. You need some boards set up. You know what I'm saying? We got the Faithful Black Men Association. It's just about changing the narrative. Look how they're looking at you.

We do. We have a Faithful Black Men Association. You want to see my card? Let me show you my card. Hold on. That card looks so flimsy. Chick-fil-A was open on Sundays. It is with that card. What'd it say a Faithful Black Male Association. You want to see my card? Let me show you my card. Hold on. That card looks so flimsy. You ain't know Chick-fil-A was open on Sundays. It is with that card.

What'd it say? Faithful Black Men. Association. Exclusive Members Card. Yes. And you said that gets you into Chick-fil-A on Sundays? Yes. This card represents current membership in the congregation of faithful black men.

Yes, ma'am. Serving, protecting, and honoring who, though? All women. Why I don't say that? Because that's something that we know. That's written in our heart. Hell no. It would have to be on this card, because the rest of this ain't even in English.

Well, that's his barcode. No, this say fitus arcates. What is that? That means faithful in whatever language that is. No, for real, it do. It do mean faithful. But you see how that left too much room

for your own interpretation. I'm going to tell you and Duval this one time and one time only. Organize. Yes. Your administration. Yes.

Okay? I agree. First things first, get all the men men together. Yes. That needs to happen. We meet up on Sundays.

Where? Church. Church where Yes. That needs to happen. We meet up on Sundays. Where? Church. Church where? It's the secret church. I can't, I'm saying too much. Church like Cheetah Church? No, it ain't no Cheetah Church. Like Magic City Church?

I ain't cheated in four years. Is that supposed to be a celebration? Yes. Listen, if I was sober. You digging a ditch, bro? If I was sober. Wait, how long have you been married, though? Listen, we're talking about particulars.

Yeah, we're talking particulars. But you see what happened? You see what happened? They want to talk particulars with me, but they don't want me to talk particulars with them. That's the problem right here. You take this damn card and you put it where the sun don't shine because you ain't figured out what's happening in this administration.

I've been with my girl for 22 years. We've been married. We've been married for girl for 22 years. We've been married. We've been married for five. I think Monica just passed out. I just died. We've been together since we've been kids. Listen, I'm going to say this to Mrs. Charlemagne. I'll pistol whip him for you.

Okay? I will take him out back right now for you. But she did her dirt too. We've grown together. You know, I just grew up a little later. You know, men mature later than women. But now,

faithful black man. You want to hear a story? Wouldn't even think about it. Please. No, do you want to hear a story? Please tell me. I got stories too.

Please tell me. Don't act like you ain't got no stories. Please tell me. This nigga over here acting like he just been Mr. Clean his whole life. But I'm just, I'm shut up.

As in, baby men don't cheat. Look, he said he knows when to be quiet. I don't want to be quiet. That's, you know what, that's key in a successful marriage.

That is true. Sometimes being quiet is winning the argument. Sometimes being quiet. Wait, is there a winner and loser in an argument? Goddamn right. No, because if you're trying to win or lose, then you're really not having a conversation. If you're trying to win or lose, then... That's the problem.

It's a conversation. Conversations are good. And I'm going to say this flat out, period, point blank. Black men don't cheat. No, we didn't go... Oh, I thought my bad. I thought you were about to say it. I'm sorry.

I'm trying to keep my hands to myself. They... Listen, counseling is good. Yes. Go to counseling. Please. I went as a kid. And it was probably one of the best things that my mom could have ever done for us.

When she divorced my dad, we went to counseling, and it was the best thing that could have happened. I go to therapy once a week. You need to. Yeah. You need to. But ladies and gentlemen, Monica, we appreciate you joining us. You remember I had to call you? I do.

He's so inappropriate. His wife is a special person. That was 10 years ago, Mo. It wasn't no damn 10 years ago. It was definitely on the show. It was like 6 or 7. I called La La and was like, hey, what's Charlamagne on? What did you say? I don't remember. Yeah, you do. No, I don't. He a liar.

I am. Yes, you do. I don't want to relive that old me. That behind me. Not going to bring me back there, Satan. Alright. You know what? What's scary is I actually love I'm not behind me. Not going to bring me back there, Satan. All right. All right. He makes me. You know what? But what's scary is I actually love Charlamagne.

It's so weird. Boy, have I not grown. Come on now. No. No, I hear. I listen to you all the time. No, you have not. Let me tell you what.

You've just grown more. What you've done is you've learned how to do it so swiftly that most people sitting in this chair don't know what happens to them. I just don't let you get past me. I came in here with my work boots on. I'm waiting on Charlamagne. Let me tell you, I used to have a mattress over there. Shut up, man.

That was 10 years ago. I'm about to tell my envy story. Let's go. Look who's there. Forget it. Okay. You ain't got a story as bad as this. Yes, I do. All right, you're right. Let's go. Look who's there. Forget it. Let me tell you. Okay. And? You ain't got a story as bad as this. Yes, I do.

All right, you're right. Let me stop. His wife, his wife, put it out. His wife, wait, wait, wait. It's the breakfast club in the morning. Wait.

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

we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure you tell them to watch out for Florida Man. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida.

Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. It's a breakfast club, bitchy. Donkey of the day with Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this.

Oh, yeah. Donkey of the Day goes to 20-year-old Julia French and 31-year-old Robert Buskey. Now, they are a couple and the parents of a five-month-old baby. Now, I know what you're thinking. Why are people in Florida still allowed to procreate? I don't know. What does your Uncle Charla always say? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx

and all of Florida. So why are crazy people allowed to make more crazy people? Until we figure out what's going on in Florida and why these people down there are so crazy, I think we need to stop all reproduction just until we figure it out. Now, Julia and Robert are vegan. A vegan is a person who does not use or eat

animal products. Now, I don't know how young is too young to start being vegan. Nor am I the most organic chicken and whole foods. But I think five months old could be a little too young. Well, that didn't stop Julia and Robert because Julia and Robert are clearly pushy vegans. And I hate a pushy vegan. No disrespect to vegans, but I hate a pushy vegan. OK, you don't like animals. Fine.

All of us carnivores are going to die. We are feeding cancer. OK, OK, I get it. Do you All of us carnivores are gonna die. We are feeding cancer. Okay, okay, I get it. Do you realize aggressive vegans just make me want to eat more meat to piss y'all off? Okay? One thing about vegans, your health may get better, but your attitude and judgmental ways just get worse. Okay, I don't want to hear all these

holier-than-thou speeches every time we about to eat, okay, from my pushy plant-based friends. Good for you. Alright, Stop trying to convince me. I wish all vegans would understand that it's better to show and prove by actions and deeds and not words and lip service. Well, what happens when pushy plant-based parents push their vegan lifestyle on their five-month-old baby? Let's go to WESH2 NBC for the report, please. Titusville police say 20-year-old Julia French gave birth to a son last September.

31-year-old Robert Buskey is the father. They're charged with child neglect. A police report says when officers saw their baby in their Titusville home yesterday, he had sunken eyes, loose skin on his extremities. Ribs and other bones were showing. He was unable to move. Documents show when the baby was born, he weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Yesterday, when found, he weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

He had gained less than 1 pound in the 5 months since his birth. Police say the couple ignored doctor's advice on the type of formula that's consistent with their vegan lifestyle and instead spoon-fed him a mashed potato-based compound that French had found on the Internet. Police say they could afford the proper formula and food, and when asked, had no good reason why they did not provide it. I know what the good reason was. The good reason is called Florida. All right, Florida going to do what Florida going to do.

Julia, what's wrong with your nipples? Okay, what is more organic than the milk from your breast? All right, you, Julia, eat plants all the time, therefore your milk is plant-based. Can't you just give your five-month-old that? What's sad about this is they said the five-month-old baby had sunken eyes, loose skin, ribs and bones, visible.

That's exactly how most people look when they first turn vegan. Alright, y'all think looking almost dead is normal. Alright, you actually didn't even realize your five-month-old was dying because that's how most plant-based people look when they first start eating just plants. Listen, vegans, I know you love animals, all animals, and you wouldn't hurt one. But also remember, the most important thing not to hurt in your plant-based process is yourself.

Please give Robert Buskey and Julia French the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons. For now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. All right. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The Plastic Cup Boys, Spank and Naeem. What's up, fellas? What's up, y'all? What's good? First of all, congratulations on the Netflix special. Oh, thank you.

Long overdue congratulations. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. What is that exactly? Is it stand-up? What is that exactly is it stand up what is it stand up we did one before

that was on Netflix it started off on Comedy Central then they shot it to Netflix so we're a little familiar with Netflix but this one's

straight to Netflix so the check a little different we think we think it's going to be we're shooting our special

that's all we know we're shooting our special that's what we know right now it's going up on Netflix sooner or later

But hopefully first People would say How come you didn't do it On Kevin Hart's network Because you know Kevin has his own network I will do I'm coming on that

Did he drop Did he drop his special On that It's not so good When you can spread Spread things out. Right, yeah. Let us do our own thing.

We want something near that 20-millimeter special too. I heard it's a docuseries though y'all doing. We got a docuseries also. Yeah. Oh, so y'all got two

stuff on Netflix? Yeah. The docuseries. It's for sure Netflix. Okay. Right now, we still aiming for our specials.

Got you, got you. It's going to be on there. We just can't, you know, they just don't say it yet, but that's what that is. We all just said it. Not you. Right, we still aiming for our specials. Got you, got you. It's going to be on there. We just can't, you know, they just don't say it yet. But that's what that is. We all just said it. Right?

Right. We already said it. Good job. Well, Charlamagne said it. You know what I'm saying? Right. We just agreed. Yeah, we just agreed.

Were there more Plastic Cowboys? As far as comedians, there's always been three. Well, four with Kev, including Kev before he went, you know. Yeah, Joey, he's the host when we go on tour with Kev, but he doesn't tour with us. Okay. The crew, we all call each other the Plastic Cup boys, but you know, everybody, well, we can't say assistant. What's

Wayne's title? Presidential something. Executive. Executive. There we go. He's an executive assistant or something like that. Then you got the bar. Wait, he's an executive assistant? No, no, it's an executive of something else. I can't say. We don't know. It's a hell of man it's a horrible word though when he says okay brother whatever you say mr make it happen yeah yeah he's mr making it happen there you go mr make it happen then you got the trainer uh who are you barber the barber the photographer photographer so we got an asian

in the crew yeah yeah he's the photographer we ain't racist but yeah he's the photographer. We ain't racist, but yeah, he's the photographer. What is the docuseries covering? Irresponsible Tour. And we did 175 dates. Wow. It's kind of based on the scandal with Kev. It's like him recovering from the scandal and seeing how he's able to still continue with his career after everything. Was that really a scandal, though?

Yeah. When you look at the real, when you look at R. Kelly and you look at J real, when you look at R. Kelly and you look at Jussie Smollett, Kyle, they really had a scandal. For himself and his personal life,

that was a scandal for him. He just got caught cheating. I'm be honest with you. You can't downplay this. On the tour, I was the same way. I was like, man,

that ain't nothing. You good. That's going to blow. You're straight. Everybody like, yo. You ain't got to go home. You know,

I felt like his fans was going to stay the same. He's going to sell the same amount of tickets because people wanted him to talk about this. Right. And he got to take it seriously, though. Like, he had to because that's his relationship. Yeah, he had to put out that bulls**t. He had to cry. He had to fake cry.

You know, we had a meeting. We had a meeting for that. We had a meeting for that. Don't post that. I told him not to post it. Now you better stop cursing too much. I'm sorry. What was the meeting like?

What was the meeting? What was the meeting like? I got a post. I know. It's about to drop. I got to get out there before, you know, it all hit the way. I said, man, I wouldn't do none of that. But, you know, he's real big on the internet.

He had to say, we not. We ain't big on the internet. I'm not big on the on the internet. So it's different. He had to say we not Do you guys learn from other guys mistakes Just so you know, there's a tape just stay low So you watched the tape? Oh, yeah, I watched it. I called Charlamagne and tried to give him a heads up early in the morning. I'm like, Charlamagne, just so you know, there's a tape. Just stay low. How does that affect?

You know your wives get mad at everything. Yeah, how does that affect at home for you guys when something like that happens? You're like, oh, you be with them, though. Oh, yeah.

I wasn't there that weekend. I don't know what's wrong. So I told the wife. I said, hey, I wasn't there, baby. I told him to stop. I told him to stop. I don't know what's wrong. I told him the wife. I said, hey, I wasn't there, baby. I told him to stop. I told him to stop. I don't know what's wrong.

I told him to stop. Black men don't cheat, man. Right. He just got quiet. Why do you look so quiet? I was going to say something else there. I was going for more amen. Amen.

Yes. Yes. Amen. Yes, sir. Well, you guys have so many things to talk about because it does seem like real life is funnier than anything could ever be, right? Looking at everything with Jussie Smollett happening. Oh, speaking of Jussie, you know he having nightmares about the attack, right?

I've heard about it. His brother said it. Come on, man. He said he having nightmares. Come on, man. About what? About the attack. That should be a dream.

It should be a nightmare Because It did happen He probably having nightmares Of the fact that He sees how They bit him back in his ass Oh yeah

You know what I'm saying Is that a play on words? Definitely a play on words With bit me in the ass Definitely Bit me in the ass Now didn't you say Lee Daniels tried to

Highlight Tfeng? Nah nah I didn't say that This is why you can't Say nothing behind the scenes Damn Didn't you say Lee Daniels tried to highlight Spank? Nah, I didn't say that. This is why you can't say nothing behind the scenes. We're trying to get some roles. Damn. They still going to hire you?

It makes sense. They might hire Spank. Your name ain't Spank. I don't know what y'all talking about, man. What you mean trying to holler, like smack you in the ass? I don't know what y'all talking about. I love Lee Daniels, man. Nah, nah. Tell them what really happened. I don't know what they talking about, man. I love Lee Daniel, man. Nah, nah. Tell them what really happened.

I don't know what they talking about, man. What happened, Spank? Show me why they call you Spank. I actually introduced myself as Will when I met him. So my name's Will. It's nice to meet you.

Will what? Will Bates. Will Horton. Nice to meet you, sir. And I kept it moving. That's all. What are you willing to do? What are you willing to do?

Come on, man. Yeah, so we got this special we're shooting on Sunday over at the Gramercy Theater. I want y'all to come out. No, he was like, he was like, so what's up with the tall one? What's up with the tall one? I said, ooh.

You know. Get out of here, man. Spanky. Spanky. These are all lies. These are all lies. These are all lies. I was like, nah, he cool. He cool.

Oh, bro, you gonna f*** him? You are cool. I said, go talk to him real cool, man. Regardless, it's flattering, right? Huh? It's flattering. No. Why not, man?

It's not flattering, man. That's the original Big Daddy. Come on, man. So our special, right, we shoot on Sunday at the Gramercy Theater. We need all New York to come out and support us, man. We need our own fan base to come out. I'm coming to New York. So this is a Netflix special y'all shooting?

I'll definitely be there. Well, we hope that it's a Netflix special. All right, we got more with the Plastic Cup boys, Spank and Naeem. When we come back, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with the Plastic Cup boys.

Spank and Naeem are here. Charlamagne? Spank, you was at the Roc Nation brunch. Was your name on the list or was you a plus one? I was somebody plus one. Okay. Kevin Hart plus two. Kevin said, hey, you trying to ride? Yes, sir.

We out. I definitely hit Lenny S, though. Shout out to Lenny S. Just went to his birthday party a couple weeks ago in L.A. too, but I hit him up.

He said, Spank, you can't call me the last minute. You gotta do this like three months in advance. I said, I just heard

Rock Nation brunch. I'm gonna be there. He said, go with Kevin. Yeah, he said, hey, man, Kevin getting three tickets. Go with Kevin.

I said, all right, cool. Now, he ain't impressed with none of that. I didn't Nation brunch. I want to be there, you know? He said, go with Kevin. Yeah, he said, hey, man, Kevin getting three tickets. Go with Kevin. I said, all right, cool. Now, he ain't been impressed with none of that. I didn't get anybody. But now that it's Spank, he actually asked Kevin. You know what I'm saying? Come on, now. He don't want to ask. He fine.

Everybody should ask him. That's how he feel. I didn't really know nothing about it until I seen the pictures. Then I seen it. I was mad as hell. He's like, what the hell is Spank doing here? Is Spank all in the toast? You know what I'm saying? I thought we got a lot of love just off of Roc Nation brunch. And I get on stand-up. at his head. He's like, what the hell is Spank doing here? Is Spank all in the toast? You know what I'm saying?

I thought we got a lot of love just off of Roc Nation brunch and I get on stand up. I said, God damn, I'm getting all this love from just being at a brunch. He said, yo,

you big time now. See, that's the problem with what y'all do. Like, y'all are very gifted comedians, right? Y'all put in the work,

but then it'd be them little stupid ass Instagram moments for 15 seconds that get you all the attention. But y'all busting y'all ass writing these great jokes. 18 years for me. Damn. I got

21. They used to tell me stories about you Naeem in college that you used to have roasting battle all day long. It would get to the point where it wouldn't stop until somebody cried. It was me a couple times. I wasn't going to say that. You said it.

I met Naeem in college. At Temple. couple times. That's what I said. I wasn't going to say how long you said it. Now you're crying a couple times. Doing the Rose matches. I met Nye in college at Temple. Yep. Oh, y'all went to school together? Who made him cry? Nah, this dude used to mess with me

about my skin. He got to me one time. I had Roger's skin. You started crying? Nah, I didn't start crying but I wanted to fight. You got a little terriyot? I was like,

that's enough. That's enough. You got the voice change. You got the voice change. eyed You were crying Again in the car That's enough That's enough On the voice change You got the voice change What's wrong with your skin Naeem? I had acne real bad Oh gotcha gotcha gotcha Yeah So what did he say to you?

What was the joke That broke you? Yeah man he called me Bump master flex He had a lot I was like Where do we get all these from? He had a million of them

And he had dreads, too. I had the dreads. You was woke, Naeem. You was woke. I just didn't care for a while. My hair got long. When you going through that depression with the bad skin, you just don't get haircuts no more.

And then it got long, and then that was it. You still a Cowboys fan? Hell yeah. I don't mess with him no more. No, Naeem. Ain't no such thing. He's woke. Jerry Jones, man.

When Jerry Jones said, he said, I'm going to discipline anybody that protests the flag or the national anthem. Yeah. I'm like,

I can't get them no money no more. I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't even see that when Jerry said that. Yeah, we talked about it a few times. You liar.

We talked about it a few times. We talked about it, we times. We talked about it. We made a topic about it. Everything. I don't remember doing that. I didn't remember. I used to go to a Cowboys game at least one game every year.

So who are you leaning toward now? I don't have a team. I was like, yo, I'm here for... What's your room for at Super Bowl? Oh, the Patriots. Yeah, I like Tom Brady, my favorite player. Meanwhile, Tom Brady got a MAGA hat in his goddamn locker room. Bill Belichick is Donald Trump's man.

But you getting rid of your cowboys, Naeem? Come on now. This make no sense. It don't. It don't. Let me put it that way. On the docuseries, are you guys getting into your personal lives too? Yeah, that's what's dope about it.

They come see our families, our homes, all of that stuff, everything that we got going on. And I think they put most of the time on me, Spank, Joey, and Kev. The other guys, they probably got just a little bit. So it's going to be a good look for us. I hope they edit out me about to cry. Why are you about to cry? I went to my old elementary school.

Oof. I just felt it. Like, wow, this is where I came from. And saw the little kids and stuff. I got a little, ugh. What's wrong with guys crying? Naeem cried. You cried. What's wrong with that? Nah, I almost cried. Nothing wrong with being vulnerable, guys.

No, I think I'm wrong with crying. But why did that make you sad, though? Huh? Why did that make you sad? No, it just made me feel good. He's emotional. What's wrong with that? I was emotional.

You can cry. I'm just trying to understand. It's elementary school. That's where I came from. I went to the same neighborhood I grew up in. I went to see my old house. You made it. Then I walked to the school. Out of elementary school. So you say I should have went to my college in college?

At least high school. At least high school. Who cried at the elementary school? It was our elementary, man. It was our elementary. This is where I had free lunch. I had free lunch in this cafeteria right here, man. Nuggets was good, man. Forget you, man. You caught where I had free lunch. I had free lunch in this cafeteria right here, man. This was good, man.

Forget you, man. He caught me crying on the plane. I did, and he was crying. I was crying. I was watching Creed. Hold on. Talk about Creed. One or two.

First one. Hold on. Creed. No, because I watched Creed. I'm trying to think what part. Yeah, first one. It was, you know, he made it. He was fighting.

He was winning. It made me feel good. He cried tears of joy when Michael B. Jordan took his shirt off. Oh, okay. No, but if he wasn't just crying, he was like. He was bawling. Yeah winning, it made me feel good. He cried tears of joy when Michael B. Jordan took his shirt off. Oh! No, but Emory wasn't just crying, he was like... He was balling. Yeah, his whole face was red, his eyes were red. I cried this week and watched him throw up. I didn't know what happened.

I cried on two movies. I cried on School of Rock. School of Rock? Yeah, I don't know why. I don't know why I was balling. At what part? What part? Yeah.

Somewhere around the end, I don't know. Was this when you had part? Yeah. Somewhere around the end. I don't know. Was this when you had acne? Nah. Oh, s***. That's a pretty good time to know. I cried on that and I cried on the help.

Remember the help? I did cry on the help too. I did. Remember the part when she got back to the house and all the maids was like, okay, we're going to rock with you. I was like,

oh. I did like, oh. I did cry during the whole thing. Y'all didn't cry when Ricky got shot in Boys in the Hood? Nah. Nah, I ain't cry. Y'all didn't cry when Mufasa died in Lion King? Nah. I never seen Lion King.

Me neither. All color purple. Thank you. I never seen Lion King either. And they make fun of me all the time. I saw Lion King. That's why he's so angry now. I have seen the color purple.

I gotta see Lion King. Lion King was good, though. I ain't cry. Lion King was good. How'd you get rid of your acne? Yo, why you going back to this? I keep going back see that. I like it. It was good, though. I didn't cry. I like it. How'd you get rid of your acne? I think we're moving in there. Yo, why you going back to this? I keep going back to that.

No, I just want to know how you got rid of it, because it is something that people struggle with. Maybe you should do a pro-acne deal. That was 20 years ago. I used to want to put out a pamphlet to help people. Right, so let's help people. What'd you put? Dry toothpaste on your face?

Nah, nah, nah. You're about to make them cry again. What happened was I had to use a bunch of different products. I started using this black soap. This is the number one thing when you have acne, because usually people get acne, they get it out of nowhere. Do not touch your face. Do not pick at your face because it scars and it just makes it worse. So even now, like my face

itch, I hit it with the back of the hand, you know. It's a habit now. Just in case. I had to use white wash cloths because the dye from colored wash cloths can irritate it. It was a lot of stuff. I just used my hands in a circular motion. That's why you had that dark s*** on your face.

No, the dermatologist gave me the soap, the exfoliating your face. No, the dermatologist gave me the soap, the exfoliating. I love the beauty tips from y'all. Yeah, but Clinique. I use Clinique. Clinique? Yeah, I use Clinique.

Clinique? You never went to a dermatologist in that name? Yeah, I had eczema at the same time. Oh, my God. Why is that funny? I don't like y'all laughing.

That's why they had him crying, man. They gave me medicine for one and make the other thing worse because eczema medicine is like greasy and the acne medicine is dry. So I was just all messed up. And I wasn't getting no skin. That's what they tell you when you got bumps. They say you ain't getting no ****. You got to ejaculate.

All right, don't move. We got more with the Plastic Cup, boys. When we come back tell you when you got bumps. They say you ain't no b****. Yeah. You got to ejaculate. All right, don't move. We got more with the Plastic Cup boys when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with the Plastic Cup boys. Spank and Naima here. Charlamagne. So at Temple, you wasn't getting no skis? Not mine. Probably like my fifth orem are here. Charlamagne? So at Temple you wasn't getting no skis? Not mine. Probably like my fifth or sixth year. Fifth or sixth year? Oh, we got a story, but I didn't

want to put that out there. What's the story? He put you out there. What's the story? I fell in love with a jump off. Really? Wow. I liked that a lot. I wasn't in love with that. Nah, I was trying to cook for this. I was cooking for this girl. Turned out she was eating ass. She was eating Spank's ass? Nah, I want mine. love with her. Nah, I was trying to cook for this. I was cooking for this girl. Turned out she was eating ass. She was eating Spanx ass?

Nah, nah, I want mine. The basketball team. The whole basketball team? At least seven of them. God damn. So she likes to eat everything. Your food. Basketball team.

Was it that bad in college? Look, man, we in 2019. Why are we talking about the 90s? You want it up, Nadi. You just told me about it. You just told me about it. You cook for a girl. You parted up.

When y'all do the docuseries, do y'all cover a lot of these scandals that happened over the past year? Like, do you cover, like, when Kel was getting into it with Kat? Yeah, we talked about it. Did we? I think we did.

Did we? I don't know. Because y'all like his counsel. Yeah. I go in on Twitter on all of them, whoever talked about it. Did we? I think we did. Did we? I don't know. Because y'all like his counsel. Yeah. I go in on Twitter on all of them, whoever come at him. Y'all were happy when him and Michael Blackson squashed it, though, because they were friends for real. Yeah, they were. And Mike was pissing me off.

He was pissing me off because I'm friends with Mike, and I kept telling him, like, yo, leave that alone. You know, you kind of, you beating a dead horse. And then Mike said something about him, and then when Kev responded, he responded on here. And he called IG Thot or something like that. And then he got mad. He called Kev Sissif like, yo, when you coming at somebody, there's no, you know, you can come back however you want. And then Mike whole thing for being mad was he's like,

he don't follow me on Instagram. He changed his number. I mean, Kev changed his number every six months. And then it was a party in Miami that Mike was supposed to co-host. It was a birthday party. And he said that Kev got him off the party. Kev didn't even know nothing about it.

It was Wayne that kicked Mike off the party. Ah, the executive. Executive Wayne. Why did Wayne kick Mike off? Because he said, we don't need no co-hosts. Kev can host the party by himself. I mean, that's true. Why would Kev have him off the party? Executive decision. Because he said, we don't need no co-hosts. Kev can host the party by himself. I mean, that's true. Why would Kev have a co-host for a party?

Because Kev got to look out for people. I think it was his birthday. But he wasn't setting it up. Kev didn't know nothing about it. Wayne did all of that. Yeah. How did y'all react with the Oscars thing? I told him, I was mad he quit.

Really make a statement. Yeah, Kev is so good at addressing social, well, addressing any issue. Yeah. You know, he had the opportunity to make people feel differently about things through his comedy, and he chose not to do it. I was like, he said he didn't want every interview, everything to be about that. So he decided to. But nothing he even asked you about.

And it still ended up being about it. Right, right. He also, my bad, he also didn't have enough time to prepare a routine for it. A routine for it, yeah. But yeah, I sat down with Lee Daniels. He had a long talk

and he got a better perspective of it. Because I even think about it. Why'd he sit down with Lee? Oh, for the LGBT thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he got a better perspective of it. Because, you know, at first we all like, huh?

And then Kevin broke it down and I was like, ah, yeah, it do make sense. And he was talking to y'all making those jokes with y'all, right? Yeah. Yeah, but that was, it was so long ago.

That was like 2010. And the things he was saying were not directed towards gay people. That's the way the culture was 10 years ago. Right, right. We used to use that lingo. You ever be about to post something and then be like,

maybe I shouldn't. I'm trying to go back to my old tweets and delete everything. I've been to that. Yeah, you got to just... Just start getting that book money. Let me get on that. I didn't like the man I was, Frank.

I didn't like the man I was. Oh, man. Twitter gets you in trouble, man. What? One time I texted him. I said, yo, they're going in on you on Twitter. He said, about what? I told him the whole.

The R. Kelly because he was in the documentary. He said, I don't care about that. I said, this is. I didn't is I didn't I didn't You still supporting R? They come out with a new album You gonna buy it?

Nah You know what's crazy? I've never been a big R. Kelly fan like that Nah And I was one of the people That saw the tape Back in the day

In the barbershop You know what I'm saying? So it's like I've been to a type of time R. Kelly was on I've been speaking out Against R. Kelly And he's been hiding

In plain sight Whether it was AJ nothing but a number For Aaliyah Or calling himself The Pie Piper Like I've been speaking out against R. Kelly, and he's been hiding in plain sight, whether it was AJ nothing but a number for Aaliyah or calling himself the Pie Piper. Like, I've been seeing what it was. I've never been a big R. Kelly guy like that. He got a crazy line. I interviewed Raheem Devon before, right? Y'all looking like, you know.

Yeah, we got the same eyes. That's why you're hiding them? Yeah. So he did a song, Customer, and then R. Kelly did a remix on his own and put a verse on there. So it was right after he got off his case. He beat the case in 2008.

He did this remix and he said, ladies, if you thirsty, I got that good, good lemonade. And shawty, if you thirsty,

I got some good, good lemonade. Lord have mercy. See what I'm saying? Whoa. He know what he doing. But what about, what about Dr. Dre now with Dee Barnes having done her interview on Wendy Williams and bringing up things that I didn't know all the details of what happened with Dr. Dre.

I still ain't hear all the details, but I heard nothing about that. What happened? Oh, yeah, I definitely heard about that. Nah, they talked about that numerous times. I mean, Dre's apologized for it. You know what I'm saying? Well, I've seen the Michelle Leigh movie. You talking about like the-

Michelle Leigh movie was horrible. Yeah. And that's when the debar stuff kind of came back. So it's just like, I don't know, man. We pick and choose and we have selective morality depending on how much we like a person. Like, you know? Like you're not a Cowboys fan anymore, but

you don't listen to R. Kelly. You like the Patriots. You go for the Cowboys. You know what I'm saying? Nah, I don't like the Patriots. I like Tom Brady, but nah, you're right. I don't like the Patriots. I like Tom Brady, but nah, you're right. I don't like him no more. You're a Jones fan, bro. You're a Jones fan, man.

I don't like, this is the thing right now. I don't like that everybody's trying to compare to other people, like the Elvis stuff. Like, well, Elvis had a young wife and all that stuff. Listen, all of that is wrong. And then Harvey Weinstein and all that stuff. Listen, all of that is wrong. And then Harvey Weinstein and all that stuff. All of this stuff is wrong, but we should not get a pass. You don't say, well, if this person go to jail, then that person got to go to jail.

Or they shouldn't go to jail if this person don't go to jail. It's still a bad thing. For me, I'm black. I always feel like we got to hold ourselves to a higher standard. I'm not worried about what somebody else is doing. We got to do what we supposed to do. Nah, F that. They going to crush our history. I'm not worried about what somebody else is doing. We gotta do what we supposed to do. Nah, F that.

They gonna crush our history, we gotta crush theirs. You gotta crush theirs, yeah. I'm with that. But don't excuse what happened.

If it's wrong, it's wrong. No matter who did it, and let's get that Elvis documentary done too. It's like they're trying to crush ours more than they're trying to crush theirs.

That's why I'm like that. But people should not be saying, if this person don't go, then this person shouldn't go. I don't like when they do the false equivalencies. Like when they say, Cardi talked about drugging and robbing people.

Why she not in jail when Bill Cosby was drugging people? I'm like, Bill's in jail for drugging and raping. Raping, right. Don't forget the raping part. Yeah, I got got before. What you mean? You did?

She got me for a Gucci watch. For $80. She drugged you? I don't think she drugged me. I just slept hard after the experience. And she took your watch? Took my watch and $80. Did you see it again? No, I didn't see it

again. No, you know, I went to sleep. It was an hotel room. I went to sleep. I didn't use the safe. I realized that's Would you recognize her if you saw her again? Nah. This was a long time ago. This was way, way, way back in the day. There you go. Now you're having the right disclaimer. This was way back in the day. It was way back in my life. There you go. Now you're having the right disclaimer. Way back in the day. It was way back in the day.

You're lucky that's all she took. That's all I had. I was hot over that Gucci watch. You never saw me with no Gucci watch, did you? That's what you tell your wife? That was a long time ago. I don't even know

if the watch was real. But it was still mine. When did the docuseries drop? That's what I'm saying. I'm thinking this special just dropped, what, April? Hopefully in the watch was real. But it was still mine. When did the docuseries drop? That's what I'm saying. I'm thinking this special just dropped, what, April? Hopefully in the next couple months. So this deal is definitely

happening. It's done, right? The docuseries is for sure. Okay. The special is for sure. We just don't know what network it is. Oh, so y'all out here

promoting y'all shows this weekend. Yeah, shows this weekend. Oh, okay. I thought y'all was here to promote the documentary. Y'all got show and the Gramercy this weekend.

Yeah, we don't want to promote that documentary. Kevin's on that. That's good. That's going to sell.all had to promote the documentary. Y'all got show at the Gramercy this weekend. Yeah, we don't want to promote that documentary. Kevin's on that. That's good. That's going to sell. We got to promote our show on Sunday, the 28th, at the Gramercy Theater. You're in D.C. tomorrow. Philly Saturday.

Philly Saturday. And New York on Sunday. New York on Sunday. Y'all getting money, money. Nah, nah, nah, nah. Nah, nah, nah, nah. I'm broke. Y'all pay your taxes?

He gets money for his glasses. All right, all right. Y'all pay your taxes? Yeah, I pay my taxes. Okay. Naeem, you pay your taxes? He gets his glasses Y'all pay your taxes? Yeah, I pay my taxes Okay, Naeem, you pay your taxes? I got an extension Me too Me too We got the plastic cup, boys

We appreciate you guys for joining us Yes, sir Spankin' Naeem Always It's the Breakfast Club, good morning Morning, everybody It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha Guy

We are the breakfast club now if you just joined us we were talking aisha curry she talks about sending news let's hear it do you say you've had a spicy photo when he's on the road for too long hundreds of them you're not scared to get hacked absolutely and he won't delete them off of his phone and he's not that like secure with his phone so it's it's actually one of the scariest things in my life. So 800-585-1051. We're asking, do you send nudes? Angela Yee said no.

No, I don't. Your boyfriend don't send you none? Has he ever sent me a nude? He might send a print or something like that, but not, like, completely nude. All right. Charlamagne says no. I actually think it's childish. Like, that's something you do when you're young.

So I understand Aisha. How old is Aisha Curry? Is he still in his 20s, maybe? No. I actually think it's childish. That's something you do when you're young. I understand Aisha. How old is Aisha Curry? Is he still in his 20s maybe? No. I don't know. I just think that's something that young people do. Me and my wife do it. For what? Because I'm on the road and I'm thinking about her. I'm like, send me a pic. She sent me a pic.

I just think it's too dangerous nowadays to do stuff like that. I think that with any other valuable information or anything else that's valuable that you don't want people to see, you shouldn't just be sending that all willy-nilly, you know, via text messages.

You know, I think what Whoopi Goldberg said is true. When you know that you live in an era where you have hackers and they are actively trying to do these things, why put that out there like that? Why even make that a possibility?

But people do it all the time still clearly because we keep on seeing news leak. Yeah, and when these news leak, can they really be mad? Especially when you're telling people, hey, I send news to my folks. Hackers be like, oh, yes, let's go get Aisha Curry. Let's go get Envy. Nope, nope.

I mean, we go text and then I raise them. Alex! What's up? What's up, man? You send news out, bro? I sure do. You sound like it. I sure do, and I'm not worried about anybody who sees them. Who are you sending them to? Just anybody? Anybody that I'm trying to

smash, or anybody that I have smashed that misses it and wants to see it again. So your boyfriend loves your news? I don't have a boyfriend. You know, I like to keep my options open. Do you send them unto Liz? Is option a nickname for your butt? Listen, here's the thing.

No, no, I'm a top Charlamagne. You can find out. Hey. Send them a nude. Send them a nude. Do you send them unsolicited, like surprise, a nude? Only if I know that they're going to be down for it. You shouldn't be sending unsolicited nudes unless you have, like,

blanket, like, this is always okay all the time. Here's the thing about guys like Alex, though. No disrespect to you, Alex, but nobody cares if you're a nudes leak. You understand what I'm saying? That's the difference between an Alex and a Aisha Kirk. He said, oh. Not in the sense of celebrities, but yeah. You'd just be another penis online.

I don't care either. I go to new beaches. I've done amateur strip parties. Okay. He's very comfortable with his body. So why don't you just go be a black Chippendale? Well, you're not black. Why don't you just go be a Chippendale? Is a Chippendale black? You can be anything.

Why don't you just go be a Chippendale? They wear bow ties and stuff with no shirt. That looks whack. Why would you wear a bow tie with no shirt? That's corny. Oh, you like for your meat to be swinging? Yes. Got you. True, true, true. Alright, have a good one, Alex. Alright, thanks. Goodness gracious. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Deuce from Charlotte.

What's happening? Deuce. Deuce, Deuce. Boo, you said news out, bro? His name is Deuce. Oh. You call him Boo? No, it's Deuce.

Deuce is like Mountain Dew. I said Boo. Oh, like Dew, like Doo-Doo. Like Boo-Doo. Damn you, Charlotte, man. What the ****? Nah, look, so look, it would be like, I ain't never sucked on my phone, right? Until about a minute ago, my old lady was mad at me, you know what I'm saying?

She ain't want to, you know, when they got a little attitude, they don't want to come up off it. So we was in that little space where she wasn't mad, but she was coming up off it. So when she was at work, I know I brought that picture just out to prove. Came home that night. It was ready to work. It worked. I think she pregnant now, though. Okay, Dudu. That's a good now, though. Okay, Dudu.

That's a good thing, ain't it? Dudu, you did the damn thing. Hey, man, that's all I know how to do. I'm from Charlotte, baby. That's right, Dudu. All right, brother. Hello, who's this? This is Brittany.

Hey, Brittany, you send news to your man, Brittany? I do send news. I travel a lot, so he'll ask me all the time for news, or even if I'm in town, he'll be like, go in the bathroom at work and send me a news. I travel a lot so he'll ask me all the time for news or even if I'm in town, he'll be like go in the bathroom at work and send me a news. So it's definitely a thing. I do it all the time. I've even sent it to my friends in the group chat just to make sure they look

good before I send it to him. You send naked pictures to your friends to see how good you look? Yeah. So they can approve. That's right, before I send it to him. Man, I wish you would put that on the gram so you can get a bunch of dislikes. So what do your friends say? Have they ever told you this

isn't good? I think once. They told me to switch the angle up a little bit, so I switched it up and sent it back, and they said it looked better that way. So you be naked naked? Like, naked naked? I mean, they're always neck down. I don't send face shots. And you don't care about people hacking your phone?

No. Why would somebody hack my phone? That is true. And that's my point. No disrespect to any of these people that are calling in, but none of these people are Aisha Curry. You know what I'm saying? None of these people are people who are on that level to where somebody would want to post their nudes all over the line. But people have been having devastating experiences with revenge porn and pictures being posted online

and people from your job seeing them and being out there. All the more reason not to be sending stuff out in this era. Why? Jay, what's up, Jay? What's up, what's up? Yeah, you know, I send news to my lady, you know. Word. She at work.

She might be having a rough day at work, and I send her that big old thing, bring her day up, let her know what she's looking forward to when she gets home. What makes you think that she enjoys that? Because she sent me the emojis with the hot eyes and the tongue and all of that stuff, so I know she's with it.

She ain't sending you no eggplant, though. Oh, no, that one's too small. Have you ever sent it when you were in a wreck? Nah, that's whack. You have to think about it. Yeah, I do have to think about that. I would never embarrass myself and send a picture where I'm not erect either. So what do you do?

So you f*** with yourself first and then take a picture? He's gone. And that's a little too far. You can't say that on air, ye. No, I'm just wondering. You can say, you Stroke the chicken That sounds way better than that Who strokes chickens

Hello who's this What is this guy talking about Hello who's this Good morning my name is Nikki Hey Nikki do you send news to your man Absolutely not Why not What if he sends them to his boys And then then here we are, you know, sharing photos?

Oh, y'all not married? No. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't risk that. Absolutely not. You might just be his little girlfriend, and you don't know, you know, he might just be showing them off to his boys. Oh, no. Don't even.

It's the truth, though. The fact that you even are concerned, the fact you're even concerned he may be showing it to his boys lets me know that's just your little boyfriend. And that is the truth, and that is not happening. Do you bring him around for holidays? No. Oh, my God. You definitely shouldn't be sending him no nude.

Thank you, mama. Your little boyfriend. Yeah, yeah, no. No, not, no, no. All right, thank you, mama. Well, what's the moral of the story, guys? I just think it's too dangerous to be doing stuff like that personally in 2019. I'm about to send my wife one right now.

You just took one right now while we were sitting here? No, I'm about to go to the bathroom and take one. In the bathroom? What else am I going to do? You want me to put my song out there? You don't just have some in your phone ready to go? No. Do you put a filter on it?

No. Sometimes it doesn't fit in the whole screen. I got to shrink it a little bit. Anyway, keep it locked, it's The Breakfast Club Good morning Good morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee Shalameen the guy, we are The Breakfast Club It's time for your positive note

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