The Breakfast Club - Fredo Bang and Marc Lamont Hill Interview

Episode Date: March 1, 2021

Today on the show we had new artist Fredo Bang stop by where he speaks about Baton Rouge upbringing, street beef, relationships and new songs. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a man killed by his own rooster during an illegal cock fight. Moreover, Marc Lamont Hill called in and spoke about his new business ventures and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 thing alicia keys like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts I can't believe you guys are the best, kid. Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Andy. Oh, boy. Charlamagne Tha God.

Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Yee, talk. Speak, please. Check, check. Yeah, you good now. Good morning. It's Monday.

Back to the work week. Good morning. Back to the work week. How are y'all? How y'all feeling today, man? I'm feeling pretty good. How you feeling? How's everybody out there in the man? I'm feeling pretty good. How you feeling? How's everybody out there in the world feeling?

You know, it's a regular Dragon Monday. You know, you wake up in the morning and you turn the windshield wipers on and it's not even raining. That's how Mondays be feeling. You know what I mean? But we here. But it's raining today. A little bit. Raining today.

Now, Dramos, you got your first shot Sunday, your first vaccine shot. I did. How was that? I'm a little sore. Your arm's sore, right? Yeah, my arm is sore, but I feel good. Okay. Easy process. I was in and out in about a half hour. Yeah. I don't know. You was

limping a little bit this morning when I saw you. When I first walked in, you was limping. I was like, what's wrong? I almost got a hump back. Man, shut up. Yeah, so when you take your first shot, they say that your arm gets sore. My arm got extremely sore. And they said sometimes with the second shot, sometimes it makes you a little sick. Yeah, I'm nervous for that. Yeah, but it's the same as the first shot.

The first shot and the second shot is the same shot. It's just a booster shot. Well, that's good. If all of y'all get vaccinated, then I'm good. I don't got to get it right. Y'all be in history. You might need to get it, though, to travel. Who knows?

They haven't made that a rule yet. They haven't made that a rule yet. They haven't made it a rule yet. I don't think they will, though. I don't think they'll do that. But we'll see. But the Johnson & Johnson one is about to be available. They said as early as tomorrow. You only need one shot with that.

And they don't have to refrigerate it in those crazy conditions. They said it's less effective than the others, though. Yeah, it is less effective. But they said they're studying to see if they'd give you a second one if that'll boost the effectiveness of it or something. Alright, well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about?

I mean, I guess we can discuss that. Also, let's talk about Cuomo, Governor Cuomo in New York. Now there's a couple of women who are accusing him of being inappropriate and of harassment. Okay. And we got some special guests joining us this morning. We have Mark Lamont Hill.

He'll be joining us. He has a new book. We'll kick it with him about that. Okay. And also new artist Fredo Bang will be joining us. So we'll kick it with him as well. All right. So let's get the show cracking.

This front page news is on the way. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. him as well all right so let's get the show cracking this front page news is on the way it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne we are the breakfast club let's get some front page news where we start well let's start with a second former aide has accused governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment now the first woman on wednesday lindsey boylan described several years of uncomfortable interactions with Governor Cuomo, including an invitation to play strip poker on a government airplane. Cuomo has denied those allegations in an initial response. He also talked about Miss Bennett.

Now, Miss Bennett, Charlotte Bennett, she's a 25 year old former aide to Cuomo, told The New York Times that he asked her inappropriate personal questions, told her that he was open to relationships with women in their 20s. And she said that he left her feeling like he wanted to sleep with her. He never made any physical advances, she said. But she did describe a meeting in his office where he talked about being lonely during a pandemic. He said he can't even hug anyone. And then when she said she couldn't hug her parents, he was like, no, I mean, really hug somebody. And then she also said she was talking to him about her experience as a sexual assault survivor. And he seemed fixated by the revelation. She also told a friend via text message, the way he was repeating,

you were raped and abused and attacked and assaulted and betrayed over and over again. While looking me directly in the eyes was something out of a horror movie she said i felt like he was testing me now he has denied um that he said he believed he was acting as a mentor and never made advances toward miss bennett he said nor did i ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate he also went on to say that things may have been interpreted as unwanted flirtation and he apologized for that and he also promised an investigation first he had said he would appoint a former federal judge to lead an inquiry but backtracked after he said after critics pointed out that he had close ties to one of his advisors and then he said he would ask leticia james who is the state attorney general and janet

d fiore the chief judge of the court of appeals to select an independent and qualified lawyer to review the allegations yeah you can't pick the person that's going to be investigating you that would seem pretty sketchy don't you think absolutely now i was reading too that that this may uh impact uh governor cuomo's political future and we hear these stories of politicians involved with these sex-related scandals all the time. I mean, Biden had them, Trump had them, so how do they decide who they want to resign and who gets to have a political future in that?

In cases like this. I don't know. You have to watch how it plays out and see what happens. I mean, I don't know. It's difficult. And there's so many people that have different allegations against them that still continue to go on and become president. And it's happened.

It happened, like you said, to Trump. It happened to Biden. That's what I'm saying. I just wonder how they decide who they want to resign and who gets to have a political future. Because I was reading that yesterday, like, oh, you know, his political future is up in the air right now. Right. I think it also depends on the response. and are there other women who are going to come forward and you know it's just hard to say and uh like he was saying he feels like he wasn't flirting but he apologizes that she misinterpreted as flirtatious but it's definitely inappropriate conversation oh 100 at the least at the minimum Especially when you're in a position of power like him.

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapinoe says that he believes that large-scale U.S. concerts could start in midsummer with a 75% to 100% capacity. So he posted, with more artists than ever wanting to tour and fans eager to make up for lost time.

All signs point to even more concerts ahead. Thank you to all of our Live Nation employees for their endless resilience and creativity. None of this would be possible without you. It looks like it could happen. I hope so. I just hope that, you know, will people be willing to go out like that with 75%? I don't know. I mean, I think

for people who actually get the vaccination. I just don't know how i feel about people anymore you know what i'm saying for somebody who deals with anxiety the way i deal with anxiety i like not having to be around you know large crowds of people i really thoroughly enjoy it but i mean i was like that before the pandemic right you know what i mean you're not really going to concert yeah i wasn't showing up to these large events like this either but the vaccine is not 100 effective though right even with Fauci was saying that you can be around

other people who have the vaccine, but he's not saying you can go be around everybody. Yeah, right. They're saying still wearing masks.

It's not like you got the vaccine and you can be like, all right, I'm out chilling and all that. I'm doing that anyway. I've already made up my mind. Even after wearing pastas for whatever

that looks like, I'm still wearing masks when I go to the airport and stuff like that. Yeah, me too. Yep. As well. Yeah, me as well.

Sleuth all the Asian people who was ahead of the curve. And we used to look at y'all and be like, what the hell they know that we don't? Well, now we all know. Now we all know. Okay. Alright, well that is your front page news. Alright, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 if you need the vent. Phone lines are

wide open. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're man or blessed. Say it with your chest. I hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out.

Hello, who's this? Hey, what's going on, Evie? This is Brian out of Houston, man, with the Pocket USA. Hey, what's up, brother? How's it going? I'm doing good, man. Good morning, Charlamagne, Angela. How you guys doing? I'm doing good, man. Good morning, Charlemagne. Angela, how you guys doing? Hope you had a great weekend.

Same to you. I was just making sure you got the package that I sent for your son, man. I sent him the pocket up to the radio station. I'm just making sure you can see. Yes, I did. I did get it. And for people that don't know what you talk about, explain what you created. So the product that I created is for us, for just in case

you get poked over by the police, you will already have your license and insurance in this pocket. So all you do is roll your window down and attach it to the outside of your vehicle. So as the police officer is walking up, he will already have your license and insurance on the outside of your vehicle. He will see both hands visible on the wheel. So now he can be in a comfortable state of mind. And you as a driver can feel a whole lot safer knowing you don't have to move or reach for anything. with his both hands visible on the wheel, so now he can be in a comfortable state of mind. And you as a driver can feel a whole lot safer knowing you don't have to move or reach for anything and then be accused of moving or reaching

for something that's going to harm him. You've told us about this before, King. Yeah, no, no, he just sent it to us. He just sent it to me. Oh, got you, got you. Yeah, I got it, though. And I'm going to give it to my son this week. And just tell him, man, as soon as he get it,

put the insurance in there, and every time he gets in his vehicle, make sure he puts his license in there, keep it in the cup holder, keep it in the visor. So if he does ever get pulled over, he's got to do less movement and just put it on the outside of his door, keep his hands visible, and he don't have to move and get back home to his family. All right, brother. Thank you, man.

I think it's a great idea, but it's going to take some getting used to, because if I was a cop, that would look suspicious as hell to me when I see somebody just throw something out the window and hang it on the window. Like, what the hell was that? You know what I mean? Especially in the dark. Hello, who's this? Fabian.

All right, get it off your chest. What's happening, K? First, I want to say good morning to y'all. Good morning on the way to work. I really appreciate the information you guys put out. Salome and I really grown to actually agree with you a lot these days. First, I didn't. But I've seen a lot of growth in you brothers, so I really appreciate the information you guys put out. Salome, I'm really grown to actually agree with you a lot these days. At first, I didn't, but I've seen a lot of growth in you, brother, so I really appreciate that. Thank you, King.

And to the ye, that story that you were just saying about the, I missed part of it, the political guy who's getting brought up on Trump. Cuomo, Governor Cuomo in New York? Yes, got it, got it, got it. It's becoming a problem because how is it that people meet each other are stark relationships without some type of flirtations if it's not something as far as a threat of your job or just being belligerent or ignorant about it or whatever why is it such a problem that a man pushed with a woman just say hey i'm not interested in moving on well you can't do that in the workplace especially in your position of power And then she did say she felt like her job was on the line if she didn't have these conversations.

So you just can't have inappropriate conversations like that at work. Yeah, and I get that. If you threaten the job or something like that, I get it. But truth be told, I would say probably 60% to 70% of relationships start in the workplace. Well, listen, it's a touchy thing. If you're in a position of power, and especially if someone's not trying to have that conversation with you and they're uncomfortable, then

don't do it. Yeah, I got that. If you're pushing the conversation, I get it. But if it's flirtation, oh, he flirted with me. Oh, my God. And you might look at it like flirtatious and she might look at it as harassment. Right. So I guess a lot of guys out here are going to get put up on charges. It's just going to keep going So I guess a lot of guys out here are going to get put up on charges

because it's just going to keep going because I see a lot of guys flirting with me. I just want to tell you right now and anybody listening, just don't do that. Don't do that in the workplace. Do not flirt with somebody.

Just mind your business. Do your job. Keep it professional. I get what he's saying on the line, though. He's saying because you work eight hours a day. You know what I mean? You're probably traveling three three hours a day four hours a day an hour and a half to work an hour and a half back so the most time you spend is around

co-workers so if you see a co-worker that you like but i guess i guess what what you're saying you just you can't do that in the workplace like yeah that's that's my advice just don't do it you can't do it but i guarantee you if you was a younger man that was attractive, she wouldn't have a problem with it. Yeah, but the other problem is when it's somebody in a position of power that has authority and then you feel pressured

to do anything, you can easily say, look, that was inappropriate. I didn't know how to react to that. You just don't know. So I, especially like if there's interns that work at your office

and you're trying to do certain things, you can't do things like that. And why are we always always trying to find right ways to do the wrong thing like how many more examples do we need to see to know that you're not supposed to be hollering at women that you work with in the workplace like it's not the street it's not like being in a bar or club it's just simply not how hard is the mind you got there because you see Envy and Charlamagne doing it, don't think y'all can do that. I was about to ask, so you never did that at work? You never hired somebody at your job? Well, it's mutual.

And Envy usually makes the first move on me. That is not true. So it's the same thing, right? If a woman makes a move on you at work and then y'all go out and date and something happens from that, you know, that's cool, I guess. So the women's in charge of the flirt. Only women can flirt. and something happens from that. That's cool. I guess. So the women are in charge of the flirt. Only women can flirt. I think so. That's not true. Because women also can be in positions of power

and men are working under them and you don't want to have that happen. I think it's different when it's two people on the same level, but when you feel like I have to do this or my job is in jeopardy. Also, you can tell when somebody's interested, usually. And that's all I'm saying. I ain't saying being inappropriate.

I'm just saying when somebody shows interest. You know what I mean? If a woman shows interest. But I guess the guy is saying he's showing interest. No, sorry. That's the double standard. It don't work like that for us. I appreciate it. It don't work like that for us. And you have to accept that and be fine with it.

Get it off your chest. It's 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Power 105.1. Wake up, wake up.

Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Chandler from Columbus, Ohio. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Chandler, what's up, man?

Get it off your chest. Hey, well, first off, Charlamagne, I got something for all y'all. So, Charlamagne, if you send me a signed book, my dude has a clothing line. I'll send all three of y'all. And, well, Tramos, too. Y'all give me y'all sizes. My dude's got a clothing line. I'll send all three of y'all. And, well, Dramos, too. Y'all give me y'all sizes. My dude's got a clothing line. I'll send y'all some stuff.

I'm a large. Envy a large. Ye a small. Dramos is an extra medium. Shut up, man. Large. So, if y'all, you know, you send me a book, I got y'all. But Angela Ye and DJ Envy, what's the secret with y'all not getting COVID?

Because y'all be traveling around the world, around the country, like it's nothing. And for some reason, y'all ain't getting COVID. I want to know the secret because I want to travel too.

For myself, it ain't no secret. I go out probably once a month and when I go out, I double mask. I make sure I'm as safe as possible. I try to do what they say and I just took the vaccine a week ago.

So, I mean, there is no, it's just praying and doing what. I try to do what they say and I just took the vaccine a week ago. So, I mean, there is no, it's just praying and doing what they tell me to do as far as wearing a mask and sanitizing, washing my hands and all that. You might already have it. I also think it's potential

that you might have had it early on before everybody was able to get tested all the time and had no symptoms. That's also a possibility. Yeah, because I'm ready to travel and y'all just be, y'all be everywhere like this. You can move around. You just have to be, you just have to be safe. You, because I'm ready to travel. And y'all just be, y'all be everywhere like this.

You can move around. You just have to be safe. You know, I see people doing podcasts with other people. Like, people are doing all kinds of stuff. And I see people who have been in the house and not gone anywhere and gotten it. And by the way, we get tested.

Yeah, and we get tested a lot. I get tested often. Because I do TV and all types of other stuff. But all testing does is show you that you might have it. You could be as safe as possible. And there's people that haven't left their house that have gotten it. You know, you just never know. You just have to do whatever you can.

And then if you have some symptoms, get tested. Thanks, bro. Or if you're exposed to somebody with it, get tested. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Steven from Alabama. What's up, Steven? Get off your chest, man.

I just want to drop a clue for myself. I've been working two jobs for five years, and I let one go yesterday, and I started still. Nice, man. That's a good feeling. Congratulations. Thank you. Also, I'm trying to open up a business.

It's like a rage room that I want to do here in Alabama, and I was trying to see if I can get advice from any of y'all. A rage room? What is a rage room? It's like a smash room. You come in, and I want to focus on, like, mental health, basically like a small part of mental health. You come in, you smash things, frustration, you know, things like that.

Oh, that's dope. Erica Ford has her trauma truck, and she has, like, a boxing bag in the trauma truck for people to do stuff like that. Does that make sense? Yeah, and I've seen that before, too. A lot of people. I see a lot of high school and college students do that a lot. They go to these rage rooms and break up TVs and stuff like that.

Yeah, and I'm trying to do one on my side of town where it's not a lot of money on this side, but I want to bring more money to my community. Okay. Y'all got any tips or anything i can you know look up anything if you build it they will come that's my tip do you have a whole budget put together for it and everything you have everything in place do you need investors what is it that you need i started a vision board um i basically don't know what's the next step i know what permits i need everything i need i don't know if I should focus on trying to get a building first, trying to get these permits first, trying to get an LLC first. I don't know.

I highly recommend. Well, definitely you have to get everything trademarked and take care of that paperwork. But you should put together a business plan. That's what really helps you. You should see what other comparable businesses have done, what their success is like, what the marketing is like, why there's a need for this. How is this profitable. And then you have to figure out, do you need investment? But you have to put together a business plan.

That'll help you too. I mean, I have one. I have a business plan, but it's more so on a vision board. So it's not on paper. No, you need to put together on paper a business plan because if somebody is interested in investing or they want to help out or you need to hire people, you need to be able to show exactly what it is and show why it's necessary and show the research behind it word gotcha and also i want to drop a clues bomb for the clues bomb button because the way that

thing gets tapped lord have mercy the way i think is what the clues bomb button as much as y'all use it i just want to drop a bomb for that amen Hey, man. Salute to Drake for repositioning the bomb. I've been trying to get one person to use this bomb for the past three years, but he won't use it. Guess who that person is? DJ Goddamn Clue. Okay? That's who I've been trying to get to use it for the longest,

but he won't touch it. Well, I appreciate everything y'all are doing. All right, brother. And y'all keep me inspired, man. Thank you, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way?

Yes, and Versus happened over the weekend. D'Angelo, you know what? I didn't even realize it was this weekend, but that did take place, so I did get a chance to watch it after the fact. So we'll tell you who the special guests were and how it went down, his set list, and what people were saying.

All right, we'll get into it next. It the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club is your country falling apart feeling tired depressed a little bit revolutionary consider this start your own country i planted the flag i just kind of looked out of like this is mine i own this it's surprisingly easy There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.

Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade 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 iHeart

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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 iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts it's about time what's going on rumor report rumor report this is the rumor report with angela yee on the Breakfast Club. All right. Well, Jeremy Lin says that he was called coronavirus on court and they are now investigating exactly what happened. Now, he put out a statement and just basically talked about certain things that have been happening.

He said, I know this was disappointing some of you, but I'm not naming or shaming anyone. What good does it do in the situation for someone to be torn down? It doesn't make my community safer or solve any of our long term problems with racism. When I experienced racism in the Ivy League, it was my assistant coach, Kenny Blake, that talked me through it. He shared with me his own experiences as a black man, stories of racism I couldn't begin to comprehend. Stories including being called the N-word and having things thrown at him from cars. He drew from his experiences with identity to teach me how to stay strong in mind. He was also the first person to tell me I was an NBA player as a sophomore at Harvard. I thought he was crazy. The world will have you believe there isn't enough justice or opportunities to

go around, that we only have time to pay attention to one group of people at a time, so we all need to fight for that spot, that the people you see hurting other people that look like you on the news represent an entire group of people but this just isn't true so we didn't detail when or where the incident occurred but steve kerr um said that he would like for jeremy lynn's complaint to be thoroughly investigated here's what he said i applaud jeremy for his words and and echo his sentiments regarding racism against the Asian American community. It's just so ridiculous and obviously, you know, spawned by many people, including our former president. It's just shocking.

I don't know. I just I can't wrap my head around any of it, but I can't wrap my head around racism in general. I mean, we're all just flesh and blood. Me neither, Steve. Well, who was it? Was it another player that called him that? Was it somebody in the stands?

Like, who? He didn't say because he doesn't want to. I guess it has to be somebody that we would know because he didn't want to put that person on blast because he's not naming anyone. But he did say it happened on the court. I wonder how trash talking in sports has changed in this era that we're in because we don't

discuss that enough. We know how things have changed everywhere else. Comedy, TV, film but in sports, when it comes to trash talk I wonder how things have changed. And he did say it was a player that called him that. Because we used to say everything playing basketball. Your mother, whatever it took, you wanted to get in that person's head.

Absolutely. You're trying to get in their head it was just interesting i was watching um i was watching uh boogie this weekend the movie coming out starring pop smoke and that's what pop smoke was doing to the guy the whole movie just getting his head by saying all types of wild stuff right well there has been a lot of violence and racism against Asian-Americans since the pandemic actually started. They said between in eight weeks, between March 2020 and May 2020, there were eighteen hundred acts of hate against Asian-Americans that were reported and that things were heightened by Donald Trump placing blame for the virus on China'angelo verses took place at the apollo and they said the episode did break the traditional format and what you did see was it was more like a celebration of d'angelo and there was some performances that he had with collaborations that he's done and so he started it off with an untitled new song with Keon Harold.

Sounds good. To my guy, Keon Harold. And Redman and Method Man also came out and did Left and Right and Method Man breakups to make ups. Picture that. You ain't want me when you have me. Now you on your third, baby daddy. And you hate to see it. You're happy. So you're trying.

Mad ways to trap me. Looking at my girl nasty. Trying to throw the pussy at me. Look at this bitch over here trying to act like me. Uh-huh. F*** that bitch. You don't like that. I'm still in love. Oh my God.'t like that. I'm still a baby.

Oh, my God. Classic right here. I'm still a baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Classic. He still sounds amazing. Yeah, I didn't watch it.

I love verses, but I simply didn't know what the hell they was doing. That new format threw me off. They could have marketed that a little better. If they're doing exclusive concerts, great. But you got to tell us that because I didn't know what was going on. They did say that. They did say it would be like a d'angelo and friends verses and then uh her came out there now you know this was my one of my favorite lauren hill songs nothing even matters

with d'angelo and she also did her song best part which i love to her song with daniel caesar so here is her nothing even matters at all. Nothing even matters. See, I don't need no alcohol. No. Your love made me 15 feet tall. Without it, I'd go through withdrawal. Because nothing even matters at all. At all.

Nothing even matters. Yeah, I was confused with this versus. I think you want to go back and listen to D'Angelo's albums again. I was watching Canelo Alvarez fight on Saturday night. That was a quick one. It was four rounds. D'Angelo and friends versus. I didn't know what that was. I thought he was battling his friends.

I didn't know what was going on. I thought he was battling his friends. I thought he was bringing different artists out to battle. That's what I thought. And then somebody told me it was him versus Maxwell. I would have tuned in for that. Who told you that? I don't know where that rumor started.

But then Swiss Beats said that it was supposed to be him and Maxwell, but they couldn't get it done. Now, see, that would have been a date night. If it was D'Angelo versus Maxwell Saturday night, that would have crafted a whole date night around that. But I didn't know what that was Saturday. It was cool, but they could have done a better job better job marketing because I didn't watch I watched the replay though I watched it. All right. Well just so y'all know ghost facing Ray Kwan are gonna be doing an upcoming what? Say what they know that no, I didn't know that they birthed in each other Yes, I don't like that. That's dope. I think it's dope. I thought I'm not Raekwon. But the thing is, they got bad records with each other.

So how do they do the records with each other? Ghostface is my favorite rapper of all time. Y'all know that. That's going to be tough. Ghostface versus Raekwon, I don't like that one. Because it's just like, you got the whole purple tape. That's a real celebration right there. Yeah, but they can't battle each other.

They got to play the same songs. What they could do is, whoever had the song on their album, they could use it. What do you do with the purple tape then? The purple tape that was really ray kwan's album no but ghostface was on every song ghostface is on the cover of the album just like what i mean it's like what iron man is what i mean you go verse for verse they can't do that they gotta battle two other people what iron man is ghostface ray kwan capadonna they they all on the cover of the album they can't do that but by the way let's not act like Ghostface does not have the best catalog of any

solo artist in Wu-Tang. It's not even close. Let's be clear on that. Don't even think about it. There's nothing to think about. Okay? There's some classic albums on the Wu-Tang umbrella. Ghostface has the best solo catalog of everybody in Wu-Tang.

Okay? Ghostface has some great songs for girls. It got Ghost on them, though, but Ray got a lot of joy. Purple Tape is the best album of all Wu-Tang solo projects. Liquid Swords was an amazing album, too.

It was, but it ain't the Purple Tape. No, it's not the Purple Tape. That's not the Purple Tape. That is not the Purple Tape. Not the Purple Tape. But Ghostface has the best catalog.

Yeah, so it seems like y'all think it'll be a good versus. All right, well, that is your rumor report. I'd rather see Ghost and Ray go up against another, you know, great duo. I think there's going to be some great stories told in this one. Of course.

It's going to be incredible. All right. Now, front page news. When we come back, what are we talking about? Well, let's talk about COVID and the vaccinations and what's happening. There's a new one that's going to be out possibly this week. All right. We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Got a shout out to one of our newest family members, Omaha's Power 106.9. Good morning, guys. Welcome to the family. Welcome to the family. All right, well, let's get into front page news.

Where are we starting? Well, let's get into front page news where we starting well let's talk about this third coronavirus vaccine that is now available you know there's the one by moderna another one by pfizer and now the johnson and johnson one is here and looks like it's going to be available for distribution by tomorrow it's a single dose so there's no follow-up visits and you don't have to schedule that second shot and you don't have to worry that it's available at the right time. And there are some differences. They said it does protect people with one dose and it also does not have to be stored in those below zero negative 80 degrees to negative 112 degrees or whatever that the other ones had to be. So now they're saying that this one can just be refrigerated.

A regular refrigerator. Dramos got the Supreme vaccine this weekend, didn't you? I don't know what that means. The Supreme. What does that mean? Supreme. Like the clothing company Supreme? Yes.

Didn't you say that? I did not say that. What did you say? I got Pfizer, man. Oh, okay. Congratulations. All right. Yeah, they're saying it's not as effective as the Pfizer and Moderna shot, correct?

Well, yeah, they're saying that one's about 66% effective as opposed to 95%. But what they did say is that can be misleading because what they are saying, it's about 100%. All of them are about 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations and death. I mean, I guess you got to take whichever one you can get your hands on. That's what they're saying, whichever one you can get. If you're going to take one, you know what I'm saying? I'd go for the 95. I wouldn't want the 66.

Right. But you know what's good? If they're saying it's almost 100% effective at you not having to be in the hospital and not having any terrible symptoms or dying. Yeah, whichever one you can get. Let's take it. Yeah, whatever one they're saying you could get, you take. Now, the House has passed Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. So now that heads over to the Senate.

And the Senate is expected to strip out that provision for a federal minimum wage after the Senate parliamentarian ruled against including it under the procedure known as reconciliation. So that means now that bill can pass with a simple majority vote. Then it would have to go back to the house for a separate vote. And then Biden signs it into law. So how much, how much that's going to make the stimulus checks when they go up? $1,400. If you make less than $75,000 a year.

Okay. And it's also an increase in the child tax credit as well. So, you know, people need their money. This is taking forever. Like what's going on. Let's get it. All right. And Donald Trump is back. He was speaking and closing out the

conservative conservative political action conference. And some of the things that he addressed is women's sports. Joe Biden and the Democrats are even pushing policies that would destroy women's sports. A lot of new records are being broken in women's sports. Hate to say that, ladies, but got a lot of new records. They're being shattered. Young girls and women are incensed that they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological males. If this is not changed, women's sports, as we know it, will die. They'll end. It'll end. Is that controversial? Somebody said, well, that's going to be very controversial.

I said, that's OK. You haven't heard anything yet. Dear media, you don't have to cover Donald Trump anymore. He was the president before, so you had to listen to what came out of his mouth. But now if you're doing it, then you're just doing it for ratings. Well, people were also saying that he was going to start a new party, right? And so he did actually flat out deny that. We're not starting new parties.

You know, they kept saying, he's going to start a brand new party. We have the Republican Party. It's going to unite and be stronger than ever before. I am not starting a new party. I refuse to get in any debates about anything trump says because we shouldn't be entertaining trump anymore we know he's the well the thing is we know he already is he going to run in 2024 that's something that

some people are nervous about but it seems like he did tease that he's going to run who cares okay play this election was rigged and the supreme Court and other courts didn't want to do anything about it. With your help, we will take back the House. We will win the Senate, and then a Republican president will make a triumphant return to the White House. And I wonder who that will be. We can't have these conversations about how the media shouldn't cover Trump. You know, social media should keep Trump, you know, off of off of their platforms, but then cover him when he talks. He's not the president no more.

This is Sparta. Yeah, but, you know, he could potentially run again in 2020. That's what people were nervous about with him. Who cares? People start getting ready now. Man, there's nothing to talk about with Trump. Like you can't. Literally, this is such hypocrisy and such a contradiction.

Because if we wanted him to shut up when he was president, now that he's not president, there's absolutely no reason to listen to anything that comes out of his mouth. Yeah, he still gets a lot of support, though. Yeah, from us. No, I don't think so. I don't support him. So why plan? Listen, it's dangerous enough that we do need to know what's going on, right?

No. All right. Well, that is your front page news. All right. Thank you, guys. Goodness gracious. All right. When we come back, Fredo Bang will be joining us.

Now, Fredo Bang is a new artist on Def Jam. He's dope. And we're going to talk to him next. And we're going to play some joints off his album. Well, his album that's coming out in a little bit. So we're going to kick it with him when we come back. So don't move. Fredo Bang, it's The Breakfast Club.

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angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got a special guest here with us today yes indeed fredo Bang. He means it. I'm on Rock and Red. I don't use my baby that scared name. G, if you ain't talking to me, I don't make no sense to speak. I don't know what you just said, but I'll go with it. How you doing, King?

I'm doing good. You don't listen to me? I'm officially a rapper now. Right. Why you officially a rapper? I'm waiting on this moment. For real? Yeah, Breakfast Club?

Yeah. Like, the Breakfast Club, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't say Breakfast Club without the breakfast club. Word up. Congratulations, because it has been a grind for you, though. You've been working hard for years now. So it looks like all that hard work does pay off.

Yeah. Let's start from the beginning. So where are you from? How did you get into the rap industry? Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I started rapping. I had a partner named Crazy Trey. They used to rap in the closet. Like, Louisiana. I started rapping. I had a partner named Crazy Trey.

They used to rap in the closet. Like, oh, $25 mic and stuff. So I used to go over there and listen to them. One day they asked me to get in there.

And I think I said some type of punchline that was like, you gotta keep rapping. So I just stuck with it. What was your influence? Who was it? Was it Master P,

Louis, and Birdman and none of them? I always looked up the gates. And isn't Boosie your cousin? Yeah. Like first cousin, second cousin, family reunions? My real cousin. Man.

But y'all never really had a conversation like that? We had one after everybody found out we was cousins. I seen him in Atlanta at the airport. And how did that go? What was that conversation like? Nothing. I mean, he said he had some things to tell me that I didn't know. And we talked.

I got his number. He said we're going to do some music, but he ain't never picked the phone up. It's like family things? Huh? Is it family things or more? Baton Rouge and the people I rap with, TBG. You know, I got with TBG like 2014, 15. So, there's a lot of history.

You know what I'm saying? TBG was starting in the 90s. So, I really don't know what they got going on. Y'all got to have, yeah. Was Gates one of the first people who embraced you? Yeah, yeah, definitely. Gates was the first artist to ever post my music. Okay.

Before I ever met him. But as far as musically, though, like, he a whole nother monster. Like, he really made the whole Louisiana. Like, before Gates came home from jail, you couldn't sing on no song. You either got to make a fight song, a killing song, or a dancing song. That's the only way we got to listen to you. But he came home with the whole singing to females and all that, and everybody embraced it. So that's what influenced your melodic style?

That and I was in the band for like 10 years. Word. I had a scholarship. A word? Let's talk about that. What'd you play in the band? My first instrument was a clarinet. Why was it a clarinet?

I had a story about this the other day. I used to play the clarinet, but I did that so I could, when I used to take the bus back home, I could take it apart and throw it in my book bag. Nobody had that nasty-ass case. Then I had a French horn. I played concert and marching. And I was section leader.

Oh, so that second line is real for you then. You was there. I went to, I actually went to Southern and went to see my band director because he was like a father figure to me. And I met a couple people that I taught. They in the band right now. Did you get a scholarship?

I turned it down. Why? I wanted to be, my mom was going through a divorce. I wanted to be close to home. Wow. And I wanted to make some money. I mean, I went to college, but I dropped out because I wanted to make some money. I know you used to drive your mother crazy. No, I'm my mama's boy. My mama loved me.

What about all, like, because you did have a lot of issues that she had to really go through with you. Oh, you're talking about with J.L. Yeah. I called my mama, like, the third time I went third time i was well the second time i went to jail before they locked me down when i came on my attempt and i'm like ma i'm back in jail i should get a bond or more or something she's like okay what's what you what you in for i'm like attempt to murder she said you can up this time baby can i say yes

she said you up this time baby i said i'm gonna call you later boy yeah that's not what you wanted to hear did she want to bail you out did she did she bond you out nah i uh my uh my tbg don't bond me out i could bond myself out but it was now i didn't want to get to that so early but didn't you have two of them to attend the murder something like that yeah what's the status of those cases not in my time well you know my time right I'm actually still a home in me so how do you go from being in at the band to today murder I mean I was doing I let while I was in the bed no you weren't doing anything how accused of doing some stuff. Yeah, accused. Yes, yeah.

I've been mean my whole life. You know what I'm saying? I always try to be an open book. Like, I'm not a person that try to be super gangster and all that. I just, if I had to come down to it, I got to handle my business. I do what I got to do. You feel me?

But other than that, I just want to live. Make money. So what happened? Since you served your debt to society, so it's over now. You said you're on probation now? Parole. Parole, okay. Probation is when this is your sentence

and it's being home, but me, I'm actually still an inmate and I'm being allowed to be home right now. But if I f*** up, I walk back in. They allow you to move around to work? Yeah, I get work permits. How has it been for you during this pandemic, work-wise? I've been pretty fine. I got like seven shows booked up right now.

I've been booked up since September. What about before that, though? Like when things first started and we were in lockdown, what were you doing? I was booked up. You weren't nervous at all about getting it? COVID? Nah, I don't mess with COVID. I don't mess with me.

That's not the good mentality. You got to pay respect. You got to respect it, though. You got to respect it. I just keep on going. How much do you spend on OnlyFans a month? Hey man,

you made a record about it, sir. No, but I know he does. He supports a lot of women on OnlyFans. How much do you think you spend a month on it? I don't know because I spent like

$200 the other night. On OnlyFans? On the other night? Yeah, because it's... You know, I don't know. You know Pornhub is free. Yeah, but Porn before I just did something to where they took all the videos down I'm upset about it for real what did they do I ain't been on anything they take it down and it's crazy that cuz they got a video leaked with me but pose be me pose be. And they won't take it down. So you got a video on Pornhub? Cause you said

you got a video on Pornhub? And then you said supposed to be me. Which one is it? Uh, Plead the Phil. Goodness gracious.

You talking about all my videos still up there? I didn't know you did videos so that screenshot was verified. Are these verified?

He like the amateur or homemade stuff that he said. If I got a blue check they verified. Oh, I didn't realize that. But so I can just watch them it's just verified stuff yeah i mean i mean but you said only fans is trash like the majority of pages yeah bro it's like for one if you're

gonna do it you gotta do it big i don't wanna see you on there playing with yourself i think that's what it's about is no i don't Nah, I want to see you f***ing. That's what it is. What's the best OnlyFans account to watch? I don't know. I watch so much, I can't even remember. You get tricked a lot, though, because you go on there thinking that it's going to be something. Yeah, that's the other thing. Then they hit you with the fee to subscribe.

And then when you go click a video, they give you 10 seconds of it. Then you got to go buy that video. So I ended up paying about $200 in one night. How many chicks you done slept with off OnlyFans? I know you done flew some in. Nah, I practice bangism. You do what?

Bangism. What is bangism? What is that? Whenever I'm like, right now I'm turning the album. I don't have sex or date. Oh, so you were serious about that. I saw somebody was trying to shoot their shot. That's like a fighter.

Because boxers do that. Like boxers don't have sex before a fight. When I first came home, I was in a relationship. I used to always catch myself arguing on the phone, stopping, recording. You know what I'm saying? Just throwing that whole vibe on. So it's more like just stay focused type of thing. All right, we got more with Fredo Bang when we come back.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're kicking it with new artists. He's signed to Def Jam, Fredo Bang. we come back morning everybody is dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're kicking it with new artists he's uh signed to def jim fredo bang yee you don't go to church but you do pray and believe in god yeah i don't believe in church or the bible right i saw you said it in soul cry so why don't you believe in church or the bible i don't feel i should pay for uh worship i'm with you on that the bible even says you can't find god in a man-made temple anyway i'm with you on that i don't even says you can't find God in a man-made temple anyway. I'm with you on that.

I don't believe in organized religion. And then, like, the Bible contradicts itself over and over. Over and over. Two, when we were slaves, they had somebody

read us what they wanted us to read, not what we needed to. You know what I'm saying? And for three, it's been rewritten a thousand times over and over and over

by man. And then, if I'm not mistaken, the person who wrote it said, God can't talk to him and told him to write it down, huh?

I know a lot of people like that in jail. So, how do you pray? Do you just pray? Do you pray in your head only or you get on your knees and pray?

Like, when you pray? I ain't gonna lie, I just be, I be driving, I be like, thank you god for the blessings you know what i'm saying appreciate you do you really know a pastor who called a body

yeah a couple could you still go to the church knowing that because i'll go to church well i mean if you would you would you still listen to them knowing they did something like that i have listened but dang it some of them still thinking like i know one of them like i'm talking about big out the city every time he come back to the city where the xp is at a pastor a pastor man you gotta you got to tell his congregation what's going on and by the way i wouldn't even mind that unless he's on the pulpit preaching against things like that. Yeah, but it just goes

to show that like, it's just church and it's like, I don't know. A lot of people going to here. Now you're off of parole in 2023. Yeah. So how do you make sure that you don't go back and you move differently? Because it seems like these days rappers are the number one target for everybody out there. And so much stuff gets instigated on social media.

I think about J.A. every day because that's why I feel like everybody who go to J.A. at one point should get counseling. I still ain't got it yet because I just be working too much. You got to, brother. It really scarred me. I went to the hole and I couldn't tell my dreams from reality. Wow. How long was you in the hole?

Two weeks. God damn. So I just be feeling for people who done been there. Some. How long was you in the hole? Two weeks. God damn. So I just be feeling for people who done been there. Like some people get sentenced a year in the hole. I don't know how you do it. You know how strong you is

when you get in there. You've seen so much at a young age, you know, experienced a lot of things, a lot of trauma. You talked about your dad being bipolar.

Now that you got money and you got success, what are you doing for your mental health? Working. Oh, so you're staying busy. You know that's a trauma response yeah like i i mean like i guess like i said i'm in the point of my life to where like i gotta like make it happen and i gotta stay consistent as possible so i ain't got time for self really so i don't really find myself enjoying like going to clubs

if i'm not getting paid and doing extra activities. I really enjoy laying in my bed, playing a game, recording and working, making money. But sometimes folks stay busy just because they're trying to avoid dealing with grief or pain or anything else. Probably so. That's probably why I haven't been in a relationship.

I ain't got time to feel for nobody to really lock in. And I don't like nobody having fear for nobody, like really. And I don't like nobody having control of my emotions. People keep trying to pair you up with Neek. And I see you even had to put that in a song that you all are not together. How did that happen?

I've been knowing Neek for years though. Who you? Neek. I'm old, who is Neek? I don't know. She a YouTuber from Baton Rouge. I've been knowing her for years, but we cool. We tight. That's my dog.

Why are you smiling? You look blushing. You look embarrassed. Is Dimple coming out on this side? Nah, that's my dog. Is there some type of potential at least? We getting to know each other. Okay. Would you like for it to be more?

Would you like for it to be more? Would you like for it to be more? I mean, it's going to go how it's going to go. You know what I'm saying? Nah, King. Speaking to the universe. Is she just getting out of a relationship? Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

So you don't want to be a rebounder. You're going to let it go how it goes. It's not just that. It's just I don't like people having control of my emotions. So it's like And I'm not the one To jump into Out of a relationship

Cause I'm the type Like I let you know Like I'm done I saw you in Twitter Sometimes you get In your emotions A little on Twitter I'm like

What's he got going on Nah listen Twitter Am I the only person That just sit there And just think of The random things And say

Yeah we used to do that And then we started Getting in trouble So we stopped But usually it'd be like, I'd really just sit there and just say random stuff. It'd be in response

to something like, it'd be something happens and then you tweet something and it'd feel like it's about what just happened. I don't know why, but stuff really just be happening like coincidentally.

Like, I had tweeted a couple times and they thought I was talking about her. Like, I was like, I'll never call her by her name.

Right. How does her ex-boyfriend feel about you? Um, oh well he never had no problem mm-hmm he don't follow me he don't follow you? yeah we supposed to do a song together who's your ex-boyfriend?

your ex-boyfriend's a rapper? yeah I don't know you no a lot of YouTubers rap oh got you got you you know you also but no but I know what,

a couple months before, like, before, like, me and her been, like, hanging around each other, people thought that she came to Miami and cheated on him with me. Right.

She was accused of cheating. Yeah, we never, like, even... Like, we seen each other, but we never hugged, kissed, none of that. Like, so it was like, I don't even know how that even came about.

Have you liked her, like, this whole time? That's why he unfollowed you. So it was like, I don't even know how that even came about. Have you liked her like this whole time? That's why he unfollowed you. That little sneaky ass laugh right there. He knew what was up. She a very beautiful woman. Look at that. You look at that in the ground.

Showing all them teeth. I was checking out my shoes. Now, earlier this week, you did tweet, i really hate mother i hate people what was going on i don't know just people remind you why you don't like them i'd rather stay in the house and play video games yeah yeah i like that line that's why you said i got i got a lot of problems with because i refuse to be fake yeah but that whole song actually was about a lot of things in my life because a lot of people don't know when I was in jail, I had a certain certain people from a certain side that not supposed to fuck with me and I don't not supposed to fuck with them. Wanted me to be a part of them rap wise. Is this a Baton Rouge thing?

Yeah. And now, you know, I'm loyal to the point to I don't turn down lots of money like to leave my people You know I'm saying mm-hmm. So I'm gonna be leaving your peoples or is it? Leave my organization and being a part of a organization Don't you think at some point if y'all did come together in Baton Rouge it would stop a lot of the street beef Like what like what makes one side not be able to with the other side is it too far gone? I feel like most of time grown men can't have a conversation Greet beef? Like, what makes one side not be able to f*** with the other side? Is it too far gone? I feel like most of the time, grown men can't have a conversation.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They don't have the mental capacity to have a conversation. But, well, I mean, most people, most men can't have a conversation. It seems like you can have an open and honest conversation. That's why. Yeah, that's something I try to have. I feel like I have a special relationship with my fans because I try to be as open-booked as possible. Why not be the guy to say, hey, man? But that's me.

But why not be the guy to call it? Like, let's sit down and let's have this conversation. Why not call for the conversation? I mean, I ain't called for it, but a conversation was supposed to be a legit, like, sit down with, you know what I'm saying? Is this you and Youngboy we're talking about? Nah, it's just everybody.

What happened with that animosity? Because they said there was animosity between y'all two. Is it something small that it can be, squad? I don't have no problem with him. Everything that went on when I was in jail, I feel like it's just fall. They feel like I'm supposed to pick up on it. But don't nobody speak for how I feel. If I have love for a person, it'll never change until they do me something wrong.

You know what I'm saying? He ain't never did me nothing wrong. All right, we got more with Fredo Bang. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're kicking it with new artist. He's signed to Def Jam, Fredo Bang. Charlamagne? Do you live in Baton Rouge now? Yeah, technically. Can you? Can you be who you are with all the success and still live there? Yeah, because I moved the same.

I don't move no different than when I was a regular person. You said you don't move any different, but shouldn't you? Nah, I moved militant when I was regular. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just how you move in Baton Rouge if you want to stay alive. How do police treat you there? I stay out of their way.

I don't disrespect them. They don't disrespect me.'ll disrespect me i don't know problems so i ain't wanting to tell people who got to just prove a point and be like police no i i ain't saying that i ain't gonna say to the people they have to wait and you cannot win you said you know you move military what does that mean because you got the song no security with kevin gates and I'm sitting there thinking, like, maybe he should have security. I don't know why brothers be acting like they shouldn't have security. Nah, I'm being honest. I done had security in, like, events to where, like, the label book them, like, to where I have to.

Like, you know, I got too much going on. But other than that, like, I would never bring security to my hometown. Because, like, they not going to know how to move on this street or how long we got to pull up to this store or how you need to pull off. They don't know. You feel me? But you got to be extra careful, though. You got to, brother. Security allows you to do what you're supposed to do, whether it's perform or with your fans, and they make sure that nobody's coming behind you with a hammer.

But I'm natural. Like, coming up in Baton rouge i'm i'm i'm brought up careful did you ever see when bussy said that you know most rappers get gotten in there in their hometown yeah what do you what do you think of that yeah that's statistically i can happen anyway mm-hmm so I just move respect I give respect what you know a lot of people mess up like that too they feel like they can go into by the time and just do it they won't move how they won't like and disrespecting the land you know I'm saying I respect everywhere I go so I don't feel like I should have a problem with anybody.

I ask all the rappers this because I really want to know and I really wonder, what's more dangerous, the streets or rap? Nowadays, rapping is the streets. At one point, everybody wanted to be a dancer. Then around the 90s and 2000s, everybody wanted to be the big drug dealer who came in the game with money. And now everybody want to big drug dealer Who came in the game With money And now everybody Want to be the gangster

Who came in the game What's the name of the album? The one I just put out? Yeah, the one you put out Yeah Still most hated But the one I'm about to drop The one you're about to drop

Murder Made Me Why wouldn't somebody like you? I don't know You seem like such a pleasant person I don't know, bro I don't know I really don't know I don't even know

You one of them sneaky motherfuckers That be really F***ing all they girls But then acting like You ain't getting no f*** I ain't gonna No, you did do it I don't even You want them sneaky motherfuckers That be really F***ing all they girls But then acting like You ain't getting no f*** I ain't gonna Now you did do I don't even have sex

You did do something before When Cardi and Offset broke up You definitely was like You went and caught these DMs Is it too early And then you screenshotted the DM Who don't love Cardi But what about Offset

You know he's still Trying to get back with his girl That might make somebody Not like you That'll make me not like you I ain't gonna front Be careful Don't let them put you In a trick bag don't let them put you in the back don't let them put you in a trick bag right now i i love i love migo's music i grew up on that music um

but i don't want to speak on him now in the name of g what what did what did you mean to you that was my ace he was the exact opposite of me because at one point i couldn't have a conversation with nobody i was like completely anti and he was the type that he me because at one point I couldn't have a conversation with nobody. I was completely anti and he was the type that he could walk in the room and make everybody feel like they were welcome. That's what that is on your pendant? Yeah. Okay, okay. I actually want to get his face tatted again.

I got his face tatted. I want to get some more. Y'all grew up together? Yeah. You feel like he's watching over you? Yeah, that's why I tag people that was close to me that died. I like to tag them on my body so they feel like I'm here and I can talk to them. I just want to know, how do we break those cycles?

Because this s*** been going on for so long, man. I'm trying. That's why I call myself the Big 8 because I feel like I'm the biggest 8 from my section. TBG stands for Top Boy Gorilla. Okay, okay. So I feel like I'm the biggest 8. I want you to be the biggest king That ain't **** man. Cause white people used to call us monkeys and then in the street

It's like you got to act a monkey be a gorilla like nah man be the biggest king. Abe is just really so Majestic and until he has to be Until he has to be aggressive other than that he just walks around Majestic slow graceful, you know and take care of a whole pack. I like that explanation. I like that. I like that. I can do that.

You like that? I really freestyled it. No, but I like the positive energy that you always put out there. You a good time. I try, bro. I was telling them you was in our top five lip service guests. For real? Yeah, and that was early on.

Yeah. I feel like too much negativity in there it's too much too much man so many people trying to prove they they something i don't know why like people wait to they get rich to be gangster and i'm this and that like if you did it you did it and everybody knows like it's cool it's too much at stake you don't want to say something or do something stupid. But a lot of them have never been to real jail, though. They done been to, like, parishes and I don't know what they call it in other places. Central Booking. Yeah, they only been to places like that three, four months.

They ain't never slept with somebody with life or next to somebody getting raped. You experienced that? You saw that happen? Yeah. Oh, my God. That's traumatizing. So you sleeping and next to you getting raped? Yeah, somebody's screaming. How the f*** do you You experienced that? Yeah. Oh, my God. That's traumatizing. So you sleeping and next to you getting raped?

Yeah, somebody's screaming. How the fuck do you sleep through that? My business. Lord have mercy. Damn it. It was really a situation to where, like,

he was buying drugs, like, where he was swapping his stuff out for drugs. And so when a dude finished with him, another dude ran under the tent and raped him.

Oh, my God. I got a challenge for you, man. The challenge is for you to break the cycle. Even when you talk about the tattoos and stuff, it's like, do you really want to get

another tattoo of another homie that goes out and went out the same way? Nah, it's the same person. Okay, okay, okay. No tattoo of the same person. Nah. After a while,

we got to break them cycles. I don't even go to funerals no more. I've been stopped. Why don't you go? To keep my muscle on point. Yeah, that's not the last place I want to see somebody I love. And there's no positive energy at a funeral whatsoever.

Introduce your record, man. Let's get into the record. Hey, this is your boy Fred the Band. Be me, it's Elmore Rock Red. I don't know why baby that scared. Name is JP and Tonya Money. I make no sense of speaking this talk. What?

The hottest song on the land featuring Lil Durk. Her Lil Durk. I just like the record. You had the slow-mo. Hey, I'll say this. I can understand the words In that record But I can't understand You just now

Absolutely Be Meazy Elmo went on Rockin' Red I'm the reason why Your baby dead is scared In the name of G If you ain't talking no money It don't make no sense to speak

So what is you talking about? Got you Fredo Bang It's the Breakfast Club Come on When the album dropping? Oh I'm trying April

April? Okay I'm trying to get This Journey record clear I got a journey sample Oh the rock group which one did you sample don't stop believing god they really a positive that's one of the most motivational optimistic song I heard journey in a movie I never turned back since what movie was it I can't believe in the was a cover movie that was there. Don't stop believing. You cried, didn't you? I don't know. You cried. I think I played that in his DJ set.

The only movie that really made me cry was The Notebook. You cried during The Notebook? Yes. That's nice. When was the last time you cried? Probably like two years. Damn. Even when G died?

G died like five years ago. When is Journey going to clear the record? I actually sent it to a couple of artists. And one of them liked it. Def Jam should be able to make that happen, right? Yeah, Def Jam should be able to make that happen. That? Yeah, Def Jam should be able to make that happen. That's a big record, bro. Oh, we still recording, my bad.

I thought we had a bad conversation. We just stayed up a little bit. All right. My man. Thank you, brother. All right, well, let's get into Fredo Bang's new single. It's top featuring Lil Durk.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Mama, I'm a staffer. I can't walk by feet. Every day I wake up to some brand new hate. Yes, man. Drop one of Clues Bombs. Fredo Bang.

I love that record. That record's tough. I thought I was going to say I love Top. I didn't know if that was FCC approved, so I said I love that record. There you go. All right, let's get to the rumors. You were doing good this morning for a second. Alright, let's get to rumors. Let's talk the Golden Globes.

It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Alright, the Golden Globes were last night amidst all the controversy of the fact that they don't have any black people in their organization.

Time's Up also sent a letter to NBCUniversal to make sure that they are being held accountable. But in the meantime, we'll tell you some of the winners from last night. So Erin, today is the second black woman ever to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. And that was for the United States vs. Billie Holiday, directed by Lee Daniels. By the way, also her acting debut. So congratulations to her. Also, Chadwick Boseman won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama,

and Taylor Simone Ledward, his wife, actually accepted the award. He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices. He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you you can,

that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history. Hey, man, dropping the clues bombs for Chadwick Boseman. Rest in peace to that King Anderson, South Carolina. We need to get the cracking on building that statue for Chadwick. All right, also, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

was Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah. And there were some technical difficulties during his acceptance. And they tried to, like, kind of move on past it. And this happened. This took it out of me. I gave everything. Like the great Nipsey Hussle says, we're here to give till we're empty. And I gave everything.

And I couldn't give it to a more noble man. That's Chairman Fred Hampton. And I hope generations after this can see how brilliant he thought, how brilliantly he spoke, and how brilliantly he loved. He taught me about myself and made me grow as a man. And I appreciate it with all my heart. There's a lot of information about how he died. But I hope you people out there will grow and learn about how incredibly he lived. Didn't it just come out like a week ago, though? Yeah, but hey, man, I don't care.

You get the screeners ahead of time for the people that vote. Oh, so it doesn't matter when it comes out. It just matters when the screeners go out to the people that do vote. Right? Mm-hmm. Oh, no, it's a phenomenal film. Judas and the Black Messiah should win all the awards, especially being that we weren't able to support

that movie at the box office. So I can't think of any other way to, you know, for that film to get its just due other than awards all right best director for motion picture was nomadland chloe xiao and she was um she was the second woman and the first asian woman ever to win best director i especially want to thank the nomads who shared their stories with us and and i asked one of them bob, to help me out here. And this is what he said about compassion. Compassion is the breakdown of all the barriers between us.

A heart-to-heart bonding. Your pain is my pain. It's mingled and shared between us. Now, this is why I fell in love with making movies, because it gave us a chance to laugh and cry together. And it gave us a chance to learn from each other and to have more compassion for each other. All right. In addition, Best Motion Picture Animated went to Soul. And here's Tracy Morgan.

And the Golden Globe goes to Sal. What? Right. It was supposed to be Soul. Now, he tweeted out after, sorry, Soul, I was thinking about the pizza I was going to get from my guy Sal on the? Right. It was supposed to be soul. Now he tweeted out after, sorry, soul. I was thinking about the pizza I was going to get from my guy Sal on the way home. That's what it sounded like. It wasn't the pizza man that do the right thing named Sal? You can't be black and mispronounce soul, though, King.

There's no way in hell. You cannot be a black person and mispronounce soul. Okay? If there's one thing we should know, it's soul. All right? Soul train. Love, peace, and soul. Soul glow. there's one thing we should know, it's soul. All right. Soul train. Love, peace, and soul. Soul glow.

Tracy was hungry, bro. I don't care. He was there all night. He was hungry. He wanted sows. And before we close this out in some bad news, Envy did not get to be the new host of The Bachelor. Apparently, Emmanuel Acho is going to be the new host.

I'm not mad at that. They did make that announcement. Sorry, Envy. Where do we know Emmanuel Acho from? to be the new host. I'm not mad at that. They did make that announcement. Sorry, Envy. Where do we know Emmanuel Acho from? He's an NFL player. He also used to work at ESPN, and I think now he works for Fox Sports. But he has that Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, New York Times bestseller. And he also has a podcast where he sits down and has these discussions.

I think he spoke to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on there as well. And he hates you want to throw his way, Envy? No. I like to see brothers winning. Okay. Whatever it takes. Why would you have been a better host than him? I don't know. I've never seen him host before. Oh, okay. But I do watch The Bachelor and I'm a fan of The Bachelor and I thought

I would have did a great job, but shout out to that brother. Okay. Why you looking at me? Just waiting for a little hate to come. I want my brother to win. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now. Start your own thing, man.

Start your own thing. What could it be called? I'm good. Who are you giving your donkey to? Why are you looking at me like that? Hey, donkey of the day, man. I'm telling you, racism exists in all forms, man. It's a brother whose name I can't even pronounce I think it's Thangula Shatis What? He needs to come to the front of the congregation

I know that's wrong I'm sure it's wrong I'm sure it's wrong as well But I'll tell you this I'll tell you this He got killed by a cock We'll talk about it for after the hour Oh

Okay Alright Okay we'll get to the next Excited now? Nope it's the Breakfast Club Good morning Is your country falling apart? Oh. Okay. All right. Okay, we'll get to the next. Excited now? Nope. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart?

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

It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

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. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times

we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Did she get donkey in the name, please, Debbie? Absolutely. I have become donkey of the day. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You're a donkey. Yes, donkey of the day for Monday, March 1st goes to a human by the name of, play his name, Dramos. Thangala Sadeesh. Thangala Sadeesh. Now, keep in mind, this story happened in India, but contrary to popular belief, Americans aren't the stupidest people in the world.

Okay, yes, folks from other countries get the credit they deserve for being stupid. Absolutely, they do. But what intrigued me about this story, what made me want to share, is the fact that there is really no right way to do the wrong thing. For some reason, there's always people who think they can reinvent the wheel

in regards to wrongdoing. They think that they can remix illegal activities in a way that they will avoid the inevitable fate that befalls so many who have come before them. Drug dealers are usually the kings of trying to find the right way to do the wrong thing. It's impossible. Okay. Drug dealers always think they're doing something new. Always think they're doing something that can't get them caught when the reality is they're making all the same mistakes that drug dealers before they made. And it's only a matter of time before you end up

in jail or dead. Listen, illegal activities don't love anyone. Okay, anytime you partake in an illegal activity, you are taking a penitentiary chance, or even worse, risking your life. And that's exactly what happened to this guy. Play his name again, John. Play his name, please. Thangulla Sadi. Yes, Thangulla. Okay, because he was participating in a legal cockfight.

Yes, in southern India, cockfights are banned, illegal, and they need to be because they're dangerous. An Indian man was stabbed to death by his own rooster after he attached a 3-inch knife to its leg for an illegal cockfight. Vangula Sudish, 45, was stabbed in the groin last week, when the bird he had just armed for the fight fluttered in panic. Sudish was hit by the rooster's knife in his groin and started bleeding heavily, police inspector Jeevan said Sunday, revealing that the victim died on his way to a local hospital. Police are now looking for over a dozen other people involved in organizing the deadly cockfight, warning that they could face up to two years

in prison if found guilty. The irony of a cock aiming for the groin, like you can't tell me the universe doesn't have a sense of humor, but let me tell you something, man. I read that last year. Okay, I read that last year a man was killed when a blade attached to his rooster's leg hit him in the neck during a cockfight. In 2010, a rooster killed its owner by slashing his owner's jugular vein. All I'm getting from all of this is that chickens are fed to F up. Okay, chickens are like, y'all asking too much of us. It's bad enough that we have to end up on your sandwiches. It's bad enough that they're used for your two-piece spicy with red beans and rice.

But now y'all want us to fight? For what? Do we not bring you great pleasure when you barbecue us, when you fry us, when you grill us? Imagine being a chicken and having to fight another chicken. Both cocks looking at each other saying, why are we doing this? All they're going to do is bake us afterwards. So regardless of who wins, we steal dinner.

That's when the cocks devise a plan to turn on the humans. And I must say i'm here for it okay i hate to see people lose their lives but when you're doing something you got no business doing these are usually the consequences now the rooster was briefly held at the local police station before it was sent to the poultry farm police officer bg even said they may need to produce it before the court. I am making none of this up. There is no sauce being put on this chicken story. No hot sauce, no barbecue sauce, no Polynesian sauce, no red curry paste, no coconut cream, nothing.

Clearly, they do things different in India because the cock was in custody. OK, there is pictures of it on social media. People were outraged because this cock was in custody but the police officers provided this rooster grains to peck on while he was in custody there was outrage because officers wouldn't have done this if this chicken was more dark meat than white meat but since the chicken is more white meat than dark meat it gets special privileges look man racism is real everywhere the moral of the story is okay to be conscious is to be aware and respectful towards all living creatures, big and small. Chickens make up our world and are a part of it. All right. Treating animals humanely is a conscious trait. Okay. Being aware of where our food comes

from and how an animal is treated is essential. It is our duty as conscious human beings to treat all creatures with respect and dignity. This is why when I get me some Popeyes or some KFC, some Bojangles, some home-cooked chicken, some nice jerk chicken from a Jamaican spot, I hold the chicken up to the sky the way Rafiki held Simba up when Simba was born. And thank God for the life that I'm about to consume. OK, chickens, you are loved, valued and appreciated. What came first the chicken or the egg? I don't care. I eat both respectfully. So nobody should be disrespecting chickens by making y'all fight. Please give what's his name? The biggest he huh?

So cruel to make cocks fight and then eat them afterwards. You want to eat chickens? Chase them like we used to. Catch them. Pop their necks. Okay? Whoa. What?

That was a respectful way to do it. Y'all ain't grew up in the country? No. Okay. No. Y'all ain't never chased a chicken? Y'all ain't never chased a chicken and then caught it and popped its neck? No.

No. Okay. So you used to grab a cocks and break it in the neck. Excuse me? Have you ever eaten a rooster? Answer the question, Nibby. I never killed it. Have you ever eaten a rooster, though? Yes. What?

What? I'm just saying. Have you? I'm just saying a rooster has been in your mouth. I don't know if I can say it. I'm not messing with you. Can I say it? No, you cannot say that. In the context of the chicken.

No, you cannot say that. It's been in your mouth? No. In the context. No. It's in context, though. We're talking roosters. No.

Okay. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Why you say it like that? Whoa, wow. That's a weird energy in the room right now.

Very weird. Man, woman, don't matter. When we come back, Mark Lamont Hill will be joining us. We'll kick it with him when we come back. He has a new book out. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. The brother, Mark Lamont Hill. Welcome, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. The brother, Mark Lamont Hill. Welcome, bro. What's up, y'all? Good to see y'all again. Mark is here. He has written another book. I don't know how you and Michael Eric Dyson do it. I mean, I don't know. I don't even know. Do you just spend all your extra time writing?

I had COVID this summer, so that gave me uninterrupted time for three months. Got you. You said three months? You had COVID for three months? No, but I didn't go out for two months after I got it. I was scared to go back outside. Okay. All right. Yeah. Like Sean and I say, writing a book, it takes a lot out of you. It takes a lot of energy.

I've been writing a book. Me and my wife wrote this book that comes out next year. And we almost done. We have to finish line. And it just seemed like it just took forever. Took everything out of you, bringing up old memories, good and bad. It takes a lot out of you. Oh, it's the worst. Now, I tell everybody wants to be a writer. You got to treat writing like an appointment. A lot of times we write when we have free time. Like I go to the gym, I go to the store, I go to work. And then if I got time left, I'll write. But what you got to do is you got to put writing on your calendar and say, all right, for three hours, I'm writing. So somebody say, you know, you don't go out now. I'm writing from this time. Treat writing like therapy, treat writing like church.

Had that block of time. And then over the course of the year, two hours turn into, you know, 100 hours or 700 hours or a thousand or however much time you do. And then you got a book. The name of the book is Except for Palestine. How do you know before we get into the book? How do you know what topics you want to turn into a book or what topics you just want to tweet about or what topics you may just want to write a blog about? How do you know this is what you wanted to write a book about? That's a good question, man. Now that you're in the kind of the book business is one of the things you got to think about all the time is that, you know, this might have me hyped today, but in 24 months, will people still care about it? Right. That's that's the biggest question I have. Like if like the Gorilla Glue story is interesting as hell to me and I want to write about it, but I know that in 24 months,

nobody's even going to remember that that happened. Right. And with the Palestine book, it's like, all right, this is this is an eternal topic. People on the left who ignore Palestine has been forever. So that's something I know will go. And the other thing is, honestly, is what do black people need? You know, this is the first book I've written that isn't about black people, right? Except for Palestine is the first book I've written that wasn't directly tied to black people.

And normally I'm saying, what are our biggest issues? Policing, mental health, education. And so I try to write about the issues that I think will leave our community better than I found it. So why this book? So let's break down this book. You know, it's interesting.

I mean, obviously, I got fired from CNN a couple years ago. And part of it is like, you know, f*** them, right? Like, I'm not going to be silenced on an issue just because, you know, I get fired from a job or because I lose opportunity. I got to be principled. I got to keep going, right? You got to work through that.

But also, I felt I had actually started this book before then. And I wanted to be principled. I got to keep going. Right. You got to you got to work through that. But also I felt I had actually started this book before then. And I wanted to be in a position where I could actually tell the story of what it means to be progressive. And I've been an activist since I was 16 years old. I've been organized against police brutality, against immigrants for immigrants rights. You know, the free media, all that stuff. And the left be hype about all those issues. And then when you get to Israel, Palestine, they'd be like, yeah, I don't know about that one. You know, or or they get funny with their calculation. And so for me, it was important to tell that story right now because we go on to a new presidency. We got an opportunity to change some things. Right. So this is about Palestine.

But it's also about a bigger conversation about who do we want Joe Biden to be? Who what are we going to make him be? Is he going to be the status quo or is he going to be something different? And so for me, Palestine is one of many issues where we can make that change. You know, Mark, you said, you know, people, you are a voice in our community, right? So black people look to you for information and a lot of other things. Why should black people care about what's going on in Palestine? What's the parallels? I think about Palestine as an anti-racist struggle. Right. When there's a professor, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, that talks about racism and for her, racism is a system that subjects certain people to premature death.

Right here in the United States, the thing that makes you more likely to die early, the thing that makes you more likely to die in COVID, the thing that makes you more likely to pay more for insurance, the thing that makes you more likely to get evicted and get kicked out of school and get arrested and get executed is being black. And so in Palestine and in Israel, the thing that makes you more likely, the thing that makes you socially vulnerable is being racialized as a Palestinian. And so for me, part of it is saying, look, in the same way we cared about South Africa because it was the right thing to do, but it was an anti-racist struggle in the same way that we could look in other countries and see an anti-racist struggle. This is an anti-racist struggle. The other thing is our fates are bound together. Right. White supremacy don't got a passport. Right. It doesn't stop at the border. White supremacy is a global system.

So we're going to dismantle white supremacy. We're going to dismantle racism. We're going to dismantle sexism, homophobia, whatever. We have to look globally. And also, I think that there's value in just doing it because it's the right thing to do. You know, there are, if Jewish people were under occupation in Israel right now by Palestinians, I'd be fighting on behalf of my Jewish brothers and sisters, right? Just like I fight for Jewish brothers and sisters here in the United States and around the world against anti-Semitism. You know, I fight for the rights of people who are vulnerable no matter where they are. Whether it's Muslims in Kashmir or in China,

Uyghurs in China. I don't care where it is. My job is to speak out because that's how I was taught. That's how I was trained. What are the misconceptions about the Palestine-Israel struggle? Break that down a little bit because a lot of people might not know or might have forgot because we haven't spoken. I think the last time we spoke about it was actually when you when you were here.

Yeah. The biggest misconception is that this one is that this is the people always been fighting. That's just what they do. Right. We have the same challenge with black people. Right. If if there is a shooting and 30 people die in Chicago over the weekend, you know, we might be like, damn. But in the back of a lot of people's minds, because of how white supremacy has trained us, we're also kind of like, yeah, that's what we do. Right. We kill each other. So people aren't outraged. But if I say 30 people died in Westchester this weekend, there was a shooting in Connecticut. People are like, oh, my God, what happened? Who died? Who has there been an arrest? We need more because there's a sense that this shouldn't happen here.

So part of one of the misconceptions is that Arabs and just be fighting. Right. And they've been doing this for centuries. This is not a centuries long fight. The second misconception is that this is a religious battle. This is a battle over land. This is a battle. This is a struggle against colonialism. This is a struggle for people's rights to get people's homes back, to get the right to move freely, the right to be a full citizen. This is a battle. I won't say nothing to religion, but it's not centered in religion. Yeah, I think it's very hard for black people in America to see themselves standing up and fighting for someone in another country because we're still battling oppression and systemic racism here word you know and that's why my priority issue is battling systemic racism uh in the united states but i do think there's value in solidarity if you think about because a lot of the same people that say that say they love malcolm x but malcolm x writes a writes a an article in egyptian gazette in i believe september of 1964 called zionist logic where he's critiquing the Israeli occupation.

You know, Martin Luther King was saying we can't go to Vietnam. And here's why. You know what I mean? When you think about our biggest leaders, they had global visions. They had a global analysis. And so and it wasn't just because they were good people who cared about people elsewhere, although that was true. They understood that we can't disconnect this thing. We can't end war and poverty and racism if we don't have a global vision. And so I get why black people are like, look, I can't worry about the Palestinians. I got to worry about getting shot by the police right here. I ain't mad at you. But for those of us that have that global vision, it's for us to make those connections

and also to understand why people are dealing with what they're dealing with right here. All right. Keep it locked. We got more with Mark Lamar here. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are the Breakfast Club. We have Mark Lamont Hill in the building. So what do you think Joe Biden will do to help the Middle East? Nothing. The United States doesn't have feelings. It has interests. And the United States has an interest in controlling the Middle East, just like the British and the French had an interest in controlling the Middle East, just like the British and the French and so forth, and Belgium and whoever had interest in controlling Africa. The United States ain't going to do nothing different. One of the things I talk about in Except for Palestine is that Donald Trump in many ways becomes the boogeyman.

We say, oh, Donald Trump moved the embassy, the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, which goes against international law. Oh, he cut these funds. He did that. True. But Donald Trump is just continuing a bipartisan American policy in the Middle East. We have and we have plundered the Middle East and Africa under Trump, under Clinton, under Bush, under Obama, under Carter, all the way back. So I don't expect Biden to be any different. It's not just on the Middle East. It's on other issues. Is Biden better than Trump? A million times better. Am I glad I voted for Biden over Trump? Absolutely. I lost a minute of sleep about that. But I also manage my expectations. My vision for what Joe Biden is going to do is more about what we're going to do. If we organize and push him, he'll go somewhere. In the 70s, he didn't want to desegregate schools. He was against gay marriage before he was for it. He was, you know, you're going down the list of crime, but all the stuff we already

know. But we pushed him. Again, politicians don't have feelings, they have interests. And until we make him do better, we ain't going to get better. So I don't put my hope in politicians. I put my faith in the people. And congratulations, too. I see that you're going to be on the Black News Channel get better. So I don't put my hope in politicians. I put my faith in the people. And congratulations, too. I see that you're going to be on the Black News Channel. Yes. So I'm

real hype about this, man. I got two new jobs this year, despite being... I've been canceled a lot of times. Not as many times as you, but I've been canceled a lot of times. I've definitely been canceled a lot. But it's like annual now for me. So I got a job at Al Jazeera, which is where I'm at right

now. I'm about to start my show called Upfront. And now I'm also at Black News Channel, which is a channel that started a year ago, but COVID hit. We got new leadership. We got a whole great lineup and I'm going to have an eight o'clock news show, 8 p.m. on Black News Channel. We're at 52 million homes. So this isn't like bootleg TV. We're going to be on all the major cable networks. We're in all of them now. My show launches the first week in April. It's going to be called Black News Tonight. I'm going to have black people on. It's going to be, I'm trying to do what we did at BET, and I'm still at BET, by the way.

I'm trying to do what we did at BET, which is to have black news, but not just politics. Really, in some ways, I'm trying to do what y'all do. It's like, politics is important. We got to talk about it. But like I mentioned earlier, that Gorilla Glue story is something that I would have talked about, right? And had black women talk about why this story is important and why we shouldn't be clowning that girl. I'd have some, I would have the conversation about drugs.

I want to have the conversation about music. Bobby Shmurda's home. I want to have the conversation about, look, why are we celebrating Bobby Shmurda? But let me be very clear. I'm celebrating Bobby Shmurda. Shout out to Bobby Shmurda. But a lot of people outside are like, why would you be celebrating me to seven years in prison? I think because he ain't right. And I

respect that. And people be like, why are you as a PhD holding professor celebrating somebody for not right? Because it's an ethical and moral principle we got to uphold and it's a deeper issue. Yeah, I changed the language a little bit too, right? Because for me, I totally understand the not right thing. I respect Bobby

Schmurda and Rowdy Rebel because we live in an era where nobody wants to be held accountable for the consequences of their actions. Bobby and Rowdy, they held themselves accountable. They went and did their time. I respect that. They knew that it was consequences

and repercussions to the things that they did and they did it. They didn't bring nobody else down in the process. They just went and handled what they handled. That's what I respect. Absolutely. I respect that, too. And the part it's also about keeping your words. It's about being accountable for your actions, also about keeping your word. If the three of us go and commit a crime and I'm like, yo, I got you no matter what happened. You know, whoever get caught, everybody don't say. And then I get caught and I start saying that's an ethical and moral issue.

And it's not it's not like i'm turning you in because i want justice i'm turning you in so that i can be out you know what i mean that's what that's why takashi is is such a problematic figure for me for me he's a terrible person and the fact that he's on the street and other people are in jail says that snitching culture and rat culture doesn't even protect it doesn't keep any moral uh stability in nation. That's all about locking people up. So if I say, like, f*** Tekashi, it's not because, you know, I'm trying to live some life I ain't living. It's not about none of that, right? It's about me trying to hold a stand up for our community.

Yeah, I'm glad that you have a show because I think it's a shame that, you know, CNN, MSNBC, throughout the week, there's only two shows hosted by black people. You got Joy Reid on msnbc and don lemon on cnn throughout the whole rest of the day on cnn msnbc it's just white people cnn is just all literally you can watch cnn from 10 a.m to whatever time don lemon comes on and it's just white women white women white women white women then anderson cooper don lemon are anderson cooper cuomo than don lemon right exactly and and you know it's gonna sound like i'm hating because i women, then Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon. Anderson Cooper, Cuomo, then Don Lemon. Right, exactly. It's going to sound like I'm hating because

I got fired, but that's not what TV is supposed to look like. You know what I mean? We need more representation, but the problem is we live in a world where black is seen as particular and white is seen as universal. That's why you have all white bachelors. That's why Living Single is a black show. We finally got a black

bachelor now, though. We finally got one now. Finally, after 24 seasons, right? And this is the most racist season of The Bachelor I've seen. People going to antebellum parties all kind of shit. That's what I'm saying. The black, but what happens, right? People say, oh, it's a black person. That's not for us. If it's white, it's for everyone. Friends is for everybody.

Living Single was for black people. Same damn show, right? We have to until people understand that black people are human beings with a universal experience, we won't have that. Now, I don't care whether white people ever see me as human. I'm past that stage in my life. Now, I'm about what do black people think, what do black people need, and that's why I'm happy to be at BET.

That's why I'm happy to be at BNC. That's why I'm happy to be at Al Jazeera. I'm happy to have all these damn jobs after getting fired for two years. You know what I mean? Look. You know, you said something real quick. We can end on this. Like, man, if they can't ever see us as human, right? If we can't get human rights,

how are we ever going to get civil rights? Right. That's right. The idea that black people are human is a relatively new idea to a whole lot of people. For some, it's a futuristic one, you know? We have to either convince the world that we're human, which has not worked because that's not how white supremacy works, or we have to get to a space of saying, I don't care, and building our own, and fighting,

and having a real people's struggle for justice. That means we got to support each other. We got to stand up for each other. That's why the snitching thing bothers me so much. It's not some street shit for me. It's about saying, what's our internal code? What's our value for ourselves? What can we do? What can we build? Well, thank you for joining us, brother. Except for Palestine's out right now.

That's right. That's it. That's it. They're calling me to say, y'all, I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Peace, Mark. All right, well, LeBron James responded to soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Did I say it right? Sounds right. Criticisms of him being politically active. Now, here's what Zlatan said. He's a phenomenon in what he's doing. But I don't like when people when they have some kind of status and they go in and they do politics at the same time what they're doing.

I mean, do what you're good at. I play football because I'm the best in playing football. I don't do politics. If I would be a political politician, I would do politics. Well, LeBron responded and said that he does need to use his platform for what people are going through and students as well. Here's what he said. You know, I would never shut up about things that's wrong. I preach about my people and I preach about equality, social injustice, racism, things that go on in our community. Because I was a part of my community at one point and seeing the things that was going on. And I know what's going on still because I have a group of 300 plus kids at my school that's going through the same thing. And they need a voice. And I'm their voice. I'm their voice.

And I use my platform to continue to shed light on everything that may be going on, not only in my community, but around this country and around the world. Yeah. In addition, LeBron went on to say that Zlatan was a hypocrite because he said that Zlatan used his own fame to speak out on issues of racism in Sweden. So you can't talk about me not speaking out. But then you're over here speaking out. Yeah. He basically told LeBron to shut up and dribble. And I think whenever you have have a platform you should speak out against injustice and i don't understand how that football player doesn't understand that if black people are experiencing injustice in america a black person has every right to feel a way and speak out against it and nba players you know they're very vocal they have every right to be vocal except for when it comes to any injustices folks may be experiencing at the hands of the chinese government you know i don't see why you have to be one-dimensional.

Like, why can't you play sports but also care about what happens to your people? Right. Why can't you? It's ridiculous. Especially if you're black. If you're black, you're going to care about what happens to other black people. Just like, you know, Jeremy Lin, I'm sure,

as an Asian man, cares about everything that's happening with Asian people right now. Like, how do you expect them not to speak out about that? True. All right, now, Oprah, they gave a first look at her sit down interview that she has with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. And there's a teaser available now, a CBS primetime special. And here is a preview of that.

Were you silent or were you silenced? I just want to make it clear to everybody. There is no subject that's off limits. Almost unsurvivable sounds like there was a breaking point. My biggest concern was history repeating itself. You've said some pretty shocking things here. Wait, hold up. Wait a minute.

So it's going to air March 7th, by the way. Who that is now? Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Oh, okay. You know, they actually left from being a duke and the Duchess of Sussex and, you know,

left Buckingham Palace and it was a big deal when it happened. And she talks about a lot of things that she experienced and being attacked all the time and the trauma from that.

So it's an interesting conversation. And it's their first major broadcast they're doing since giving up their senior royal duties. And they said that it's, according to sources, it's interesting conversation and it's their first major broadcast they're doing since giving up their senior royal duties and they said that it's uh according to sources it's the best interview she's ever done weren't they supposed to start a podcast or something i thought i saw that somewhere we're supposed to yeah spotify somebody all right now tiger woods has also made his first comment since his crash happened and he said it's hard to explain how touching today was

when i turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts. That's in reference to his peers wearing his signature Sunday outfit, red shirt and black pants. During the final round of the WCG Workday Championship, he said to every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time. OK. You know, they're saying that they believe I saw a forensic expert was saying it seems like he must have fell asleep behind the wheel. That's what they're they're thinking happened so far. All right. And Lady Gaga is going to pay over $500,000.

She's going to pay a $500,000 reward to a person, a mystery woman who returned her bulldog safe and sound. If you guys heard this story, somebody actually violently abducted her dogs from her dog walker, Ryan Fisher, who's also her close friend, and shot him in the chest. Her third dog escaped the attack and was later found by police. And now a woman has found these dogs and is returning them. And she's getting that $500,000 reward. Then he was tied up in the alley or something like that, right into a pole or something. Now she's getting that $500,000.

Sheesh. Well, you know know some people are saying that they don't think that's a good idea because now it's going to encourage other people to uh attack and steal dogs to be able to return them for uh yeah but not too many people gonna get lady gaga's dogs and i'm sure lady gaga's gonna have some security if she could pay 500 000 to get a dog back she could have security for dogs so they didn't arrest the people no i don't think they know who it is. I'm sure if they do enough

digging, they can find them. And they are. I'm sure the people that stole that dog went and got them a front person to turn the dog in and get that half a million dollars back. Come on. And the Source Awards are coming back after a 17-year hiatus.

Londell McMillan is spearheading the return of the award show. He said hip-hop needs its premier award show back. After every award show, our social media at the Source explodes. So back by popular demand. Yeah, I mean, I do think hip-hop needs an award show for sure. I don't know about this year, maybe next year. Yeah, because I don't want to do nothing virtual. Yeah, you shouldn't do it virtual.

Like the relaunch of the Source Awards definitely shouldn't be virtual. Gotta be live. All right. Yeah, you shouldn't do it virtual. Like the relaunch of the social world definitely shouldn't be virtual. Got to be live. All right. Now, the New York Times has done an article about T.I. and Tiny being accused of sexual abuse. According to an attorney, they said that they are going to they are asking authorities to launch a criminal investigation after dozens of women have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse. They're saying right now at least 11 different women have come, 11 accusers have come forward. And according to TI and Tiny, they're saying that it is a shakedown and their

attorney is denying the accusations in a statement that was provided to spin. They said Clifford, TI and Tamika Harris denying the strongest possible terms, these unsubstantiated and baseless allegations. We are confident that if these claims are thoroughly and fairly investigated no charges will be forthcoming yeah i mean that's why the investigation is good because now they have to you know dig into those claims so let due process do what due process do all right well that is your rumor reports listen happy birthday to harry belafonte too harry belafonte is 94 years old today okay respect to that elder if you have the opportunity to soak up, you know,

game from that triple OG, do it because there's no telling, you know, when he'll be returning to the essence and salute to the gathering for justice. Um, yesterday they had a surprise virtual, you know,

born day celebration for Harry Belafonte called the gathering for Harry. And it was hosted by Tiffany Haddish and, and myself. So salute to the whole gathering for justice and happy born day to Harry Belafonte. You should start to mix up by playing. Dale. He's a whatever. I can't.

Come and we want to go home. Mr. Mr. You don't know the words. I don't think Harry said nothing about no Mr. I said I didn't say that about you. Did you? I did not. You just said that. I don't know. said nothing about no Mr. T-Money. I didn't say nothing about Mr. T-Money. You did. No, I did not.

You just said that. Oh, I don't know. Yes. All right. By the way, if Harry was a young man, they'd call that mumble rap right now, by the way. They absolutely would call that mumble rap. All right. Classic record, though.

All right. Well, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, The People's Choice mixes up next. Let's go. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club it's march 1st is women's history month and we'll be repping today yee this monday morning march 1st for women's history month we are celebrating viola davis now viola davis was

the first woman of color to win the best actress in a drama series award at the emmys in 2015 and she talked about the difficulties black women have in getting lead roles. She won that for how to get away with murder. And she's also the first African-American to achieve the triple crown of acting, having won an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Here is her speech from the 2015 Emmys. It's Women's History Month, and we're celebrating the most influential women in history.

Check out this phenomenal woman. In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line. But I can't seem to get over that line. That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s. And let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here's to all the writers, the awesome people that are Ben Sherwood, Paul Lee, Peter Nowak, Shonda Rhimes, people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be Hensons, the Kerry Washingtons, the Halle Berrys, the Nicole Baharis, the Megan Goods, to Gabrielle Union, thank you for taking us over that line. And that was another phenomenal woman in history.

That's right. That was Viola Davis. We are celebrating her today for Women's History Month. She also has her own production company with her husband Julius Tennant called Juvie Productions. But we love her because not only is she an amazing actor, she also is recognized for her

advocacy, for talking about human rights, and talking about justice and equality for women and women of color. I absolutely shout to Miss Viola Davis. March 1st, you know, the whole month of March is Women's History Month. And when we come back, we got the positive note. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, shout to Fred O'Bang for joining us. That's right. Very talented artist. Very talented. And also very, very cool to talk to. Absolutely. He has good conversation. Shout out to Baton Rouge. Which is why I don't understand because I don't be all up in the kids business.

But, you know, I just saw a bunch of people online saying, you know, tell him to stop beefing with everybody. I'm just like this guy is such a pleasant person. Who could he be beefing with? You know what I mean? And also shout out to Mark Lamont Hill for joining us this morning as well. Yes. Mark Lamont Hill has a new book out called Except for Palestine, The Limits of Progressive Politics. It's actually Mark Lamont Hill and Michael, well, Mitchell. What's Mitchell's last name? Mitchell Plitnick, I think it is.

Yeah, Mitchell Plitnick. So, check out Mark Lamont Hill's new book, Except for Palestine, The Limits of Progressive Politics. All right. Now, shout out to everybody again. We'll see you guys in Atlanta, not this week. Next week, we had to push it back because one of the members had COVID. He's doing fine. He's fully recovered. So if you want to learn more about real estate and get into the real estate game, we're going

to be in Atlanta hosting our seminar. Shout out to my partner, Cesar, as well, who just released his new book, Flipping Keys. So we're going to be talking about how we got in the industry, how we make money, and all that through real estate. Now, Yee, you're going to be on the EYL podcast tonight, right? Oh, yes, I am going to be on Earn Your Leisure tonight. So that's live at 8 o'clock tonight. So I'll be on with them. Today's also a big day for me.

I'm actually signing my lease today. I'm opening a coffee shop in Brooklyn. And so today is the lease signing day. So I'll be taking care of that. So shout out to everybody at Cup Coffee Uplifts People and Brooklyn Roasting. This is huge for me. Another brick and mortar location here in Brooklyn. All right.

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