The Breakfast Club - From Homeless to Hit Maker to Hilarious

Episode Date: May 31, 2016

TUE 5/31 - The Breakfast Club sits down with Kent Jones to talk about his journey from being homeless to making the hit song "Don't Mind" and then the jokes fly with comedians Donnell Rawlings & Deray Davis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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listen to podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. My favorite corporate thug motivator, Gary Vaynerchuk. Did I say that right? You did, my man. Gary V, what's happening, my brother? From here on out, you are Gary V. Everybody defaults on the Gary V. It's a hell of a lot more fun than Vaynerchuk.

That's all your social media anyway. You're an entrepreneur, investor, author. Just tell the audience what it is you do exactly. I'm a businessman. Now it's called an entrepreneur. I was born in Russia. Grew up in my dad's liquor store. Hustler, you know, what it is you do exactly. I'm a businessman. Now it's called an entrepreneur. I was born in Russia. Grew up in my dad's liquor store. Hustler, baseball cards, you know, lemonade.

Just that kind of kid selling blow pops in school. Took over my dad's liquor store in Springfield, New Jersey and launched one of the first e-commerce wine businesses in America and built my dad's business from a $3 to a $65 million business. And then I started a YouTube show when YouTube was four months old. Thought it was going to be a big thing. It popped. Then I thought Twitter was going65 million business. And then I started a YouTube show when YouTube was four months old, thought it was going to be a big thing. It popped. Then I thought Twitter was going to be big.

This time I learned from seeing YouTube sell for $2 billion. I said, this time I'm going to invest. And so I invested in Twitter. Then I decided to invest in Tumblr, then Facebook. So I made a couple of bucks. Then I gave a speech at a conference that went viral, you know, stop watching Lost, which is just my whole thesis. Like, you know, so many people listening right now, you know, if you're complaining, like, look, if you're, if you're happy and you've got student loans and you've got mortgages

and you work two jobs, but you're happy, good. The problem is there's so many millions of people just sitting around complaining and then they go play Madden for four hours. I agree with that. Right? I totally agree with that. Right? I totally agree with that. Again, I want to clarify this because we had a clip the other day and everyone was like, yeah, okay, whatever.

It's all about money or whatever. No, no, no, no, no, no. Just to set the record straight, if you are listening and you're complaining, then you got to audit yourself. You can't play ball all day. Like, you got to work. You can't watch reality TV all day. You really can't.

I always tell people, if you're going to keep on complaining, do something about it. And, you gotta work. You can't watch reality TV all day. You really can't. I always tell people, if you're gonna keep on complaining, do something about it. And here's the thing, your grandpappy didn't have Instagram and Snapchat and Facebook. Or Netflix. He didn't have that either. But Netflix is taking time away. We live in a 24-7 world. You can make money in your underpants

when you get back home from your waitress job. But there's a lot of people that would say, how? And the reason I say that is, you know, with you, your dad had a business. No question. And he taught you how to. Well, he didn't. A lot of people out there, they don't have somebody out there to say, well, how do you start? Let's set the record straight.

You're right. But when I was 13, my dad worked every minute. I didn't see him. I had entrepreneurial skills. I made $3,000 a weekend selling baseball cards because I had it. How? LeBron has talent. And so he can be one of the greats in the NBA, right?

Somebody could be just good around the way at the park. If he shoots for 10 hours a day, he can be the best version of himself. I'm not saying that everybody who's listening is going to go make a Billy or go be Zucks or go be Travis. What I am saying is, is it practical to make an extra 5, 10, 50, 80K now? It is. How? I'm going to spell it out for you. G-O-O-G-L-E. And type in, how do I make money? How do I start a business? There's a lot of things that you can do. And you know, it's funny, when I think about hip hop and just the context of this a little bit, it's the same DNA as selling cassettes from the back of the trunk.

Like you're either going to work it or you're not. You're either going to figure out how to scrap up enough money to get in studio, make something, and then sling it around the way and hope. And if you got talent, you'll be discovered. And back then, Dre or somebody else had to put you on. Now you put on SoundCloud, you get an Instagram celebrity to put you on, and away you go. So there's a million ways to do it. You know what? Instead of being rah-rah motivation guy, let me go real practical. Let me give you a couple of things. You know, the dollar store. Cool. Do you know that if you go to the

dollar store and you search everything they have in the store on your phone on eBay, that you will find seven to 15 items every time that are selling for five to 10 bucks a piece on eBay and you can buy for a dollar right on the spot. So what I would do, if you're listening, is go to the dollar store, go look, take pictures. You got the Amazon app. You can even scan the barcode. It goes even quicker. You find something that's three bucks there. You see that selling consistently. Make sure you go to sold items, not what it's listed for. I'm giving you all the details now. Do how I taught my brother how to make money. Wake up at 5 a.m. every Saturday, go garage sailing, buy people's old shit for a buck, and fling it and make two, three, four, five, six, seven, 800 bucks a weekend from garage

sailing. Don't watch the Golden State and Spurs game. List that shit on eBay, right? Then you're working nine to nine, two kids, welfare, like, I don't know, mortgages, student loans, I respect, but it's listed on eBay because again, you didn't watch the Golden State Warriors game. Now somebody's going to say, oh, it's all about the money. No, no. One more time before we get it too twisted. If you're complaining, if you're unhappy, if you're good, work-life balance, leisure, playing games, going to every movie, good. I'm so happy because, listen, I got friends that make $10 million a year. They're miserable as f***. And I agree with you wholeheartedly.

The problem is, especially in our community, the black community, is our families nine times out of ten raise us to work 30 years of our life, then retire, and then basically try to live off our retirement, which is not working at all. Nobody, you know, like for my dad, my dad never taught me how to make a dollar.

He just taught me, he worked all his his life and that's what he assumed. My son will have it a little differently. Yes. But so for that person that's starting off, I mean, I like the fact that you're giving people ideas because there's a lot of people out there that feel like all I have is $100. How can I invest? Exactly. And they don't know where to go.

And they see, well, I can't go in the stock market because if I try to buy a McDonald's stock, it's going to be one stock, one share. One share. So, I mean, I think that's good. I think people giving people, hey, like you said, go to the dollar store. Put it on eBay. It costs you absolutely positively nothing to do. But you say everybody's not an entrepreneur.

I mean, I went to college. I was a student. I got these nafs, right? I grew up in an immigrant family. I was a hustler. I grew up in this community. Let me tell you something about white America, too. 99% of them are taught to go get a job, too.

That's what school does. That's bad. Why do you think I'm trying to get real loud? And I'm like, and I don't like I'm already good. And I don't mind people be like, oh, easy for like, that's fine. I'll take all the hate array. I'm thrilled. Hey, if I can get three kids texting right now and be like, yo, you hear this Gary Vee,

whatever guy, let's go to the dollar store tomorrow. Absolutely. We have more with Gary Vee when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. We have a special guest in the building, Gary Vee. He's an investor, and he's going to help us figure out how to make more money. I'll give you another one where you don't even have to leave your home. While you're on the bus for two hours, you can do this on your phone. Buy on eBay and repost it on Amazon because more people are buying on Amazon now than eBay, like a $10 hat on eBay, but it's selling for like 13 consistently on Amazon. Like there's a million ways to do it.

You just got to decide. People are like, who do you think is going to win? Who's going to be the president? I'm like, I don't give a f**k. Like, neither one of those two are going to affect me. Like, you think Trump or Clinton are going to affect me? I'm going to get mine, period, regardless. I think you said patience is the major thing. Charlamagne said that earlier. I think people don't have patience. Because even what you said, the garage sales, I can see somebody saying, well, I got to buy this for a dollar.

And I sell it for five. All I make is four. But they don't have the patience. By the way, they make $2.60 because eBay is going to take theirs. And the post office is going to take theirs, but guess what? It's $2.60 more than you had. No, you're right. Let's backtrack a little. You said that neither president is going to affect you. The first

thing I can hear people saying is, well, you're white. And guess what? Let me respond. Let me answer real quick. And they're right. I'm not confused being a white dude in America is the f***ing lotto. I'm serious. Like, if you want to know who pisses me

off the most on earth, I actually think that if you're a white dude in America, that you should go to jail if you complain. Gary Vee. He's right. I'm serious, Sean. I'm going to say it right now, right here. In the black community, your mom and dad had it way worse.

Your grandparents had it way worse. And I don't even want to go there behind them. We are now in a place because of hip-hop culture, because every white kid, I'm 40. I grew up in it. I got converted. Yo, MTV Raps changed my life. There's a lot of brown, black, Asian, like women. I'm making more money on my women entrepreneur. Let's get into the female thing in tech world. That's a lot of brown, black, Asian, like women. I'm making more money on my women entrepreneur.

Let's get into the female thing in tech world. That's a whole nother thing. Like it's easier. You know why? Because the old white dude doesn't control no more. The internet fixed racism. Internet doesn't give a if you're black, white, transgender from Mars, it's a market. So, A, they're right.

Yes, it's easier. But let me tell you something else. All the people that just sit behind a computer and buy on eBay and sell on Amazon, Sally in Arkansas, when she buys the Louis Vuitton sweatshirt that you bought for $80 on eBay and she bought it for $90 on Amazon, she doesn't know that you're from Newark.

Look, I'm practical about this. And the reason I'm hyped is because I know it's real. And the reason I'm hyped is because I know it's real. And the reason I'm really hyped is I've written four books, put out a billion videos, and I get emails every day. I lost my parents. Like, forget about racism and gender and all that stuff. Like, people that have it way, like, the worst. They lost it, like, real bad.

I was in a foster home, like, dumpster when I was one years old. I hated life. I did drugs. I was bulimic. I saw a video with the dollar store or I started the Instagram account. And like you told me to like, we can sit here and talk about macro stuff all day. Here's the punchline. Nobody gives a.

You're right that it's easier to be a white man. The problem is nobody gives a. If you're from the ghetto ghetto transgender with one eye. That's the problem. The market doesn't care. I like you, Gary V. I appreciate it. Gary Vaynerchuk, my guy. My favorite corporate thug motivator, man. Ask Gary V. He's my guy, man.

Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building who has a top ten record right now. The homie Kent Jones. Hola.

He has a joint, Don't Mind. I've been playing it for a long time. The first time we heard it, actually, our board app is Haitian, so he thought you were Haitian also, and he was very hyped. I get a lot of those questions. I tell him, you know, I'm Haitian at heart. You're Haitian at heart. Yeah.

Now, I've been playing the record for a long time, but you got a story. You were actually homeless. Did they find you on the street? No, what happened was it was a couple years after the homeless shelter when I moved back to Miami, and I was about 18, 19, and Kool discovered me through some mutual friends we had at the time. Built a relationship. I think Dre was in L.A. for about like a year.

And I think after that, Dre came down. Kool was already putting a bug in his ear. It was what it was, and we built a real relationship over the course of like four years. Now, you're talking Kool and Dre. That's DJ Khaled's partner on this project here. Yes. Now, how did you become homeless? Like homeless, homeless? Like, homeless, homeless?

Like, no clothes, no house, homeless? We were in a shelter. So it was with your family? I was in high school. I was in high school, and this is my senior year of high school. And a lot of people didn't even know about it, but me and my mother, my mom had fell ill. My mom had a master's, and we were in a homeless shelter.

Really? Fully educated. She had a master's. Everything. She fell ill, and she wasn in a homeless shelter. Really? She was fully educated. She had a master's. Everything. She fell ill and she wasn't able to work. We lost the house. Wow, that's crazy. How long was she ill for?

It had to be a long period of time. Six months. You had no family? Nobody could help? Or was it a pride thing where she didn't want to ask for help? Our family has such a spirit of discernment. We know when we get those calls about what they'll do for us, and then it'll come back later.

And it's just we know our peoples. Like, we understood our peoples. My mom. And the thing is, I didn't understand the reality of the situation until actually after we actually moved in there. And I had to go and play at these jazz bars and play at these poetry spots and play at these churches and use my gift to help get us out of there. That must have been a hell of a shell shock.

Could you imagine your mom having a master's? Obviously, you had some bread because you took piano lessons. And then all of a sudden, it's just taken away in your inner shelter. Well, that's what I'm saying. You never know people's circumstances. We worked in the homeless shelter, remember? And we met some people there that were brilliant and, you know what I'm saying, had PhDs

and everything. And sometimes circumstances have you end up someplace and you know, that's why it's important that you don't look down on certain situations because you have no idea what happened to that person to get them there. Never. And you never wanted to sell drugs or do anything illegal to say, you know what, I'm going to do this?

My music was so, I always had the gift to do it. Because I started off as a drummer, and I was doing that for money. And then I learned piano, and I started doing that for money. And then after I studied jazz, I started getting more money doing it. So I was just like, yeah, I don't have no reason to do any of that. So you got out the shelter by doing jazz clubs, doing poetry clubs, doing churches, saving money. Yeah.

And how did you get discovered? That's what you're telling us? When I got out of college. So you still went to college even though you came from a shelter? I did. I can't hear no excuses from nobody. Nobody can say they can't do it. This man was in a homeless shelter and still went to college. Went to college.

However, a drum major got killed that year in a hazing incident. So the whole program shut down. So I wasn't able to. So you lost your scholarship? I lost everything. Damn it, man. Jones, you can't catch a break, huh?

No. So I had to stay in my apartment and record every day. When did you end up signing to Fat Joe in the midst of all that? That was, I have to say, that was in 2013. He took me in. And some things happened that year, you know, with his life. He had to get some things. He had to go to jail?

Yeah, yeah. You know, he had to take care of his family. He had to do what he had to do, and I love him so much. You a fighter, boy. Let's really think about it. You were homeless, then you got a scholarship. You got out. You lost your scholarship.

The program was gone. Then you got signed. Fat Joe got locked up. Damn it, man. He's such a real one because he understood. You know, I had to do what I had to do. He had to do what he had to do. To this day, as you see, he loves me. I love him. He's the real.

And then the fourth year, I got introduced to Khaled, and he was also a bloodline brother. It was organic from there with me and Khaled. Khaled was super excited. You know how he is. We know. The big ball of fire energy. Just, ah. Was it like an immediate,

I definitely want to sign you? No, I was already signed when I met him. It was already a thing. You know, Dre must have given him the proper introduction. I woke up like one Saturday morning and they were on the yacht. Callie was like,

Ken Jones, Ken Jones. I'm like, I figured out what happened. I met him a couple days after that. We here now. So you were signed to him before you met him? Figuratively, yes. That stuff means it's the family dealings. Yeah, yeah.

Cool, Dre, Khaled, Fat Joe, we all family. We all family. We all spend this money around. Now I'm trying to figure out why you're here today. The reason I'm saying that is Khaled's on tour with Beyonce. Yeah. You came out a couple of cities. I would be on Khaled's back right now. And I would be like, I'm opening up for Beyonce.

I know, but you know, I got to be here with y'all. So if I need tickets, I can holler at Ken Jones. I ain't got to holler at Khaled. Yeah. You want to come carry the keyboard. You can carry the keyboard. Did you meet Beyonce? I didn't get a chance.

I didn't get a chance to. What about Hov? I ran into him once. Okay. He was with Khaled. How was that conversation? Or you just kept it humble and said, you know what? I'm not there yet. I just feel like the nature, human nature is

if two people are having a conversation and, you know, they acknowledge you, I'm not going to go join that conversation. You know, they're having a conversation, but he definitely showed me love, showed me respect. I'm not gonna go join that conversation you know they having a conversation but he definitely he definitely showed you know me love showed me respect shout out to everybody

that did the Atlanta dates that was awesome that was crazy what has the feedback been since you've been performing and opening up and doing some of the shows with Callen and Beyonce

I can say this every date I was at they knew the whole song backwards and forwards I love the arenas way more than the clubs I decided. Yeah, you're talking 60,000

compared to two. And then you gotta think about it too, Envy. You gotta think about it. The club is full of the guys that stand up on the wall. They're trying to pose for the shorties. They're trying to put on for the... The fans are at the arena for

the entertainment. That's what they're there for. There's no distractions. There's nothing. It's like a focused crowd. Right. That's why I like it. So what's the plan for Ken Jones now? You have a huge debut single that we've all been hearing.

I've been playing it for about five, six months now. Big time. Just to throw that out there. I've seen this one come in a long time. Nah. And you know the song almost didn't make the album. Yeah. Well, they said this was the weakest song that out there. This one's coming a long time. Nah. And you know this song almost didn't make the album. Yeah. Well, they said this was the weakest song that he has.

They said he has way better songs. This is their weakest song? Let's just put it like this. We didn't know this song was going to be the single. See? That's good. Yeah, we didn't know. So we have a lot more music.

Kent Jones is in the building. You keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne the God. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ

Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the God. We are The Breakfast Club. Kent Jones is in the building. You got your keyboard. Got your keyboard in here. You know, I want to tell you some disrespect. Disrespect about Kent Jones? He came to the club to perform

and I didn't know who he was, right? Uh-oh. And he probably tried to make you get off the stage. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. So, um, so Kyla and J1's called me.

They was like, yeah, he came. I said, yeah, he came. They was like, how'd he do? I was like, yeah, he did cool. They was like, what do you think? I said, y'all gotta

clean him up, man, because he came out like he rolled out of bed. Right? That's what I tell them. I tell them, you came like you rolled out of bed.

He did. They told you that? Yeah. Damn it, man. They wasn't supposed to tell you that. Right? That's what I tell them. I tell them, you came like you rolled out of bed. He did. They told you that? Yeah. Damn it, man. They wasn't supposed to tell you that. Right? So they was like, really? I was like, yeah.

I was like, yo. I said, yo, he has a big record. You got to make him a star. They was like, all right. Next time I see him, whole different Kent Jones. You want to know something, though? And this is why I appreciate my OGs, Kool and Dre and Khaled. Because I had to do that.

It wasn't about them doing it. I had to do it. And as time progressed, I was able to give thanks. Now I'm looking at other goals, other things I want to do. But as far as what they did, I appreciate them.

And I wouldn't change anything about this process, Envy, because it wasn't anybody jumping in front of me. It wasn't any extreme hype. It wasn't no features. It wasn't no superstar producers producing my song. And it was just organic.

Because it's crazy. Like that night when I saw you at, what was it? Euro. Euro. Yep. I was looking like I rolled out of bed. But everybody was singing the words to the song. And that's the beautiful part. This is not him singing it. This is not him singing it. Look at this guy right here. I thought singing the words to the song. And that's the beautiful part.

This is not him singing. This is not him singing. Look at this guy right here. I thought I was going to see flies. I said, yo, you got to fix him up, man. Next time I seen him fixed up, I said, okay, there's the star running right there. I embraced that. I embraced that part of my journey.

They wasn't supposed to tell you. Thanks, Callie and Jay. I embraced it. You didn't think that they should have told him that? I said he looked like he just walked out of bed. No, but you understand. You know, you're always one of the people I looked up to. You know?

That's what it is. So that's cool. That's cool. You could have told me that personally. I didn't know you. I didn't know you at that point. Now you know me. Yeah, that was some bitch-shaming.

Well, I think we had an issue. We had an issue. The first time, I didn't know him. But anyway, you got the keyboard here. So you think he's cute now? Why would you ask me if you think... Do you think I'm cute? Do you think I'm cute? I'm just asking Envy, because he's the one that has got the keyboard here. So you think he's cute now? Why would you ask me if you think, do you think I'm cute? I'm just asking Envy because he's the one that has some criticism.

Yo, shut up. So Envy, Envy, I gotta say, you know, in the absence of Charlamagne, I know he'd appreciate this. I brought my keyboard. Okay. Because, you know, I'm an artist and there's a lot of artists, but, you know, I want to show the separation of me from a lot of guys that claim musicianship and don't play no instrument. We like that. Okay. Yeah, like, I'm not going to come up here and tell you I'm a musician and I don't play no instrument.

This is not who I am. It's not who I am. That's not educating the kids properly. This is the right way. Well, Kent Jones is in the building. You got your keyboard. So what do you want to do with this keyboard? Okay.

I figure we can make it interesting. All right. R.I.P. Can we do some Prince? Okay. Let's hear it. I mean, I'm sorry to compare you to a genius. I didn't have to play a genius's record. I ain't got no money

I ain't got those all the cars you hang around It's kind of funny But they always seem to let you Not get the cigarette Cause I never see you anymore All right, all right, all right. I see where this is going. You hear that? I could get another one.

See if you can F with Alicia Keys. It's a battle. All right. Let me see. Let me see. Let me see. Aye, show off, damn. All right, let me see. Woo! That's little Stevie.

I don't know if you're up on this, young boy. Woo! Woo! Woo! You made my soul a burning fire You're getting to be my one desire You're getting to be what matters to me And let me tell you girl I've been praying each day I live A little more love, love, I love to give.

I love to more love, that's the important truth. Cause all I do is think about you. I do. Okay, alright. I got one more for you. You gotta stop, man. Uh-oh. That sounds like Swiper the Fox.

See if you got some fedora to explore. Swiper! You gotta go. Oh! Why are you most excited about this? Oh! Okay! Why are you most excited about this? Oh! Okay.

All right. Swiper, stop swiping. Okay, Dora. All right. All right, Kate Jones. Oh, man. Well, we appreciate you joining us. Now, you got to leave on something of yours or something without playing anything.

You got the keyboard. I found that that being satisfied doesn't always promise satisfaction. The happy girls to me are mad attractive. The ones that play it aggressive here are just not as active. The ones that talk about sex are most really not as active. There's all the orgasm with passion but show no compassion. I had delivery before contraction.

You know delivery with no contractions. While I'm birthing a new sound, you're busy trying to match it. I like my females like my emails. No attachments. I'm the one they all fear when it's all said and done. They hear it all if it was said at once. You telling people I know about how you feel about me. No attachments the quiet ones really the loudest rather keep it real than just keeping it shouted fake is fake green wall of china is nowhere around it a lot of my daughters hate it but now they all the proudest i'm as old as your childish but to me you're just childish i guess that pr is just another word for your stylist boy you're clever boy i know you're clever they hating on me because they all know i

could go forever i read you before you fold open letter strong opinions and no resume to back it up don't go together yo it, this sound like broken records. Never broke a record. Told you long ago who I was and what it was I'm here to do. I guess you ain't believe me, but you can smile all day. But trying to talk me out my gut feeling is not as easy. I heard the publicists have a hard time learning to have

a personal life. Uh-oh. I know somebody took that personal, right? I ain't got no time to focus on whatever you do wrong. I got too many verses to write I knew everyone was going to be fast at some point. I felt it. I couldn't wait. I'm sorry.

Kent Jones, ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate you joining us. Absolutely. Appreciate y'all having me, man. And it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, man. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

Angela Yee just walked out during the interview. That's so disrespectful, man. You see how your friends treat you? You see how your friends treat you, Donnell? She just walked out during the interview. She wouldn't have done that to nobody else. But being that y'all cool, she just walked out on you. She don't even care about you. Hey, Donnell. How you doing? We have Donnell Rawlings in the building.

Why you saying with no enthusiasm in your voice at all, man? I said, hey, Dynel. No, Envy, every time I come to the studio, man, it's never no, like, what's up? That's my man's night. It's always negative. It's exciting. It's always negative.

Charlamagne, I saw you. You introduced yourself to me with five condoms on your finger. It was only three. It was all three of them. All three. Three condoms on your finger. You squirted some type of visit fluid on my back.

You know what I'm saying? Embi was in the middle of a dead sleep and Angie went outside. I was doing something in the garbage. I wanted to clean up for you so it looked nice. Donnell was telling us about his latest arrest. Donnell, you gotta stop doing first of all. You gotta stop doing drugs and alcohol, Donnell.

First off, drugs is your interpretation. I live in California where people call it medicating yourself. Okay. And you can get a license for those things that you're saying are drugs that some people need for municipal purposes. Okay. We actually brought you here for an intervention. At the airport. I was going through TSA at Newark Airport, and I had a bottle of water in my bag.

Okay. A bottle of water in my bag alerted the TSA agent to check my bag. Got you. And she found some medication that I had in my bag. How much did you have? Two grams of medication. Two grams of medication. Damn.

You made too much money to be flying with two grams. It was a short trip, man. You should have put it in your bag. No, no, I'm going to be quite honest. It was two grams, and I had to go through the whole process of being, what do they call it? Arrested? Detained.

Detained, yeah, detained. Did they strip search you? They didn't strip search me. I was a little upset because I was trying. You wanted to get strip searched? I didn't want to get strip searched. I wanted the process to go a lot faster than what it was, so the police officer, they forced me to...

What did they force you to do, Donnell? They forced me to quote phrases from Chappelle's show. Like what? What do you mean? I'm rich, bitch. Say it with some feeling. Did they tell you to say it with some feeling? No, they wanted me to say it enthused, but I didn't feel that way.

I feel like I was in a movie, Five Heartbeats. Right, when they got stopped on the bus and the cops pulled them over. Yeah, I would. I feel like a tear was going to drop and again, I wanted them to process me quicker, so I said, I'm rich, bitch. And they processed me in like two hours and I got a chance to go do my show that night.

How many times did you have to say it? I think it was six times. You like a mini Cat Williams on the low. No, I'm not. You a mini Cat Williams, yo. Cat Williams got locked up nine times in a seven-day week. Nobody can beat that record. I think you could.

You're about three to four on the air. So far, we've seen you DUI. It wasn't a DUI. We've seen you outside the restaurant. What was it then, Donnell? It was an AID. What's an AID? My lawyer told me it's equivalent to getting like a traffic summons.

That's what it was. What's the acronym for AID, though? I don't know. No black people know what the acronym means. You know what AID mean? AID mean ashy is drunk. Okay? That's what that means.

Give me some crickets right now. That's what that means. And then now this, this latest arrest. It wasn't. It was an incident, and it was okay because I am a licensed medicator in California, so I brought that to court, and it was dismissed. Medical marijuana license. Yeah.

But why? Like, what kind of stress do you have? Well, you all are aware of an incident I had in Philadelphia a while ago. I threw a right overhand right. That wasn't a punch. It was an overhand right. It was an overhand right. An attempt at a punch. It was an overhand right. It was an overhand right. An attempt at a punch.

It was an overhand right, and I heard you on the rail tell everybody I got knocked out. I didn't get knocked out. I slipped, son. I didn't get knocked out. And you was doing it in slow motion. They say your man went in. I slipped. It was not a knockout.

But in that melee, I threw a right punch, and I hurt my left shoulder. So that's one of the reasons why. You hurt your left shoulder. You threw your right arm over your left shoulder? That's old age, son. And when y'all called me, everybody was like, you sounded sad. The only reason I sound like that, because

I was on the air, I was on a flight. I was on a flight and I couldn't really talk to where I wanted to talk, so I had to whisper. But y'all made it seem like I was under witness protection. You know what I'm saying? I was going to be in isolation forever, but it wasn't like that. You held it down, that little peach, though, bro. I appreciate was under witness protection. You know what I'm saying? I was going to be in isolation forever. But it wasn't like that. You held it down, that little peach, though, bro.

I appreciate that. You did. You held it down. You held it down, too, son. What is Austin going to say when he grows up? No, you held it down. You have the world's most famous interview, shortest interview in history that made the most noise everywhere, son.

Everywhere I went, everybody was talking about Pussy Respect on my name. I was at an African restaurant in Brooklyn, and the funniest thing to hear somebody tell a story that they don't know what the story was. No, it was a Jamaican restaurant, right?

I'm like, what happened? They said, yeah, the cheeky man come up on the Dina Club. I was like, cheeky man? You mean bird man? He said, yeah, I don't know what type of bird he was.

The cheeky man come up and try to mosh up the place. And I was like, you mean bird man? He said, yeah, I don't know what type of bird it was. The chicken man come up and try to mosh up the place. And I was like, yeah, they might not want to put no respect under my name. And I'll tell you, everywhere I went, they was talking about respect. Yeah, put some respect on the blue, clap respect on it. And they called you Charlemagne the Ja. Because you know God, the Ja. I said, what happened? Charlemagne the Ja didn't want to put the respect under my name

and I saw you put up a lot of three tree emojis also after that yeah I got damn I just got shocked I was like what happened I just saw you

drop I thought I was in Philly again so I thought the white people was coming at me again I'm like y'all not a man now I thought it was funny it was interesting it was funny looking at that situation I looked at the tape a me again. I'm like, y'all not a man. Yeah. No, I thought it was funny. It was interesting.

It was funny. Looking at that situation, I looked at the tape a million times, and I'm like, what? How can someone get that upset? And I've been in situations in my life where you get so mad, you don't know what words going to come out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, even when I was in Philly with the incident I had, I said some things.

I was like, I don't care. You know what I'm saying? You say things you don't really feel. And I understand when Birdman came here, it was like I had a thousand words I wanted to say. But I only got ten seconds to say them, so they're going to come out any kind of way. Those words work for him, though. He got three different T-shirts. I ain't going to say it no more.

Put respect on my name. All Trillia. All Trillia. That was so funny. And he got a song and a video and everything. I know. I'm telling people to put some respect on my name. All right, well, we got more with Donnell Rollins when we come back.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Donnell Rollins in the building. What do you think of the North Carolina transgender law?

Why are you asking that question? We were talking about transgenders last time he was here. Yeah, I don't know. It's interesting. It's like the whole transgender, some people consider it a movement. Some people consider it like a way of life. If you didn't grow up understanding what transgender meant. Which a lot of us didn't. We didn't.

Or like the psychological part of it. Because we think like, nah, you just shouldn't dress like that. You know, psychologically some people think the other people. I don't care who goes in what bathroom. Like in Asia they had co-ed bathrooms. My only understanding, like if you, like whatever bathroom, you should have the voice for the bathroom.

The voice, okay. The voice. You can't be in the girl's bathroom like, yo, is anybody in that stall? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? You got to at least sound like a woman. Like Michael Jackson could have used the woman's restroom. Michael Jackson could have, yeah. He could have been. And you can't be in the men's restroom

standing next to him in a urinal like, hey, can you move over? You almost done? I mean, it's a possibility, but like, you know, when we was doing Geico, one of the things was like, you don't use peripheral vision. That's urinal encroachment.

What kind of vision? Peripheral. Peripheral. Your side vision. Look straight ahead. Like if Charlamagne was like in the store next to my brother right now, vision. That's urinal encroachment. Peripheral. Your side vision. Like if Charlemagne was in the store next to my brother right now, it would probably take every muscle in my brother's body not to look over.

Your brother probably wouldn't use his head to look down, but he'd move his eyes down. Well, does your brother still have a crush on Charlemagne? Your brother's gay. He's over him. He don't have a crush on him anymore. That was like two years ago when we first started. He don't like my new face. I don't know. He don't dig that. I don't know a crush on him anymore. That was like two years ago. Oh, that's over. When he first started, yeah. He don't like my new face. I don't know. He don't dig that.

I don't know why he fell out. He likes to choke on you, Charlamagne. Whatever, but he doesn't. I mean, in his words, he was like, I don't fuck with him like that no more. You know what I'm saying? I mean, you don't go back and ask your brother why. You know what I'm saying? That means he tried.

What happened? He tried to hit it already. Does he know about this? You know what I'm saying? He tried to tried to hit it already. Does he know about this? You know what I'm saying? He tried to hit it already. Yeah. You don't ask that question. The only thing, that's when you say, like, all right, true.

Keep it moving, son. Now, let me look at these notes of questions for Donna. I'm going to ask you some questions off of here. You served in the United States Air Force. Four years. What made you transition to comedy? That sounds so corny, son. That sounds horrible.

I know. But I'm surprised you can't fight. You an Air Force member. Hold on, son. Why you talking about I can't fight, son? Where did you see me

lose a fight, son? No, no, you were on the ground. Son, you saw a different tape than the tape I saw. I saw me being in the spot. I saw me holding myself down. I saw somebody trying to...

Stop trying to table. Because you disrespect... Nah, bro. Yo, I feel like holding myself down. I saw somebody trying to... Stop trying to table. Because you disrespect... Nah, bro. Yo, I feel like Birdman now. The fighting technique was dope, though. It was. You threw a punch. Right.

And then you backed up and fell on your back, which totally startled the dude. I didn't fall. Oh, I got you. The dude was like, whoa. No, I dipped, son. When I swung, I swung on one dude. I was like this,

blink up, blink up, black out, black out. You didn't throw that many punches. It wasn't a blink up, black out, black out. Yo, I did. Look, I was like, blink up, black out, black out. No, no. And then I ducked like that. And I didn't see one-door. I was like this, blink up, blink up, black out, black out. You didn't throw that at me in the punches. It wasn't a blink up, No, no. And then I ducked like that and I didn't see none of that. You didn't see that? You threw a blink.

I was like this. I said, and then I went back like this. I went back like this when I came back. A whole bunch of people tried to approach me and then I was trying to,

I was getting in my defensive stand and then that's when I slipped, son. Now, Dinah, I'm going to tell you what made me feel bad because when I saw the video first, I was like,

aha, look at Dinell. But then I was like, okay, this is awful. I know Dinell would never... No, you didn't do that. All y'all said I got knocked out. Okay, but I felt bad about it. At first, I didn't.

And then I felt bad. You know why? Why? Because then your girl got on Twitter and Instagram and she was like, this is awful. That's right.

Dinell has a girl at home and a baby who's looking at this tape and is like, look at my man. Look at my Donnell. You can look at it that way. And I felt terrible. You can look at it that way, but you can also look at it like anything.

You know, I'm not proud of that situation. Right. But it's the things that contributed to me what I consider defending myself. I felt violated. Somebody was being disrespectful to me. And I didn myself. I felt violated. Somebody was being disrespectful to me and I didn't throw the first punch

in that situation. They throw the first punch and what I had to do was defend myself. So if my son and my lady see that, then I'm proud of them. The best part about that tape

was when your foot was in the air though. That's the part I kept looking at. I was like, yo, you see his foot in the air? My foot was,

if you look at it, that's a movie fall. That is. That's a classic trained actor fall... If you look at it... That's a movie fall. That is. That's a classic trained actor fall. You got to look at it in slow motion. It clearly shows that I did not get knocked out. No, you didn't get knocked out. I defended myself.

You knocked yourself out. No, you stood back up, man. That's what happened. When you fall down, just get back up. And I was happy that you got back up. You went and got your backpack. We fall down, but we get up, Donnell. I got up strong, so I came back strong. And I'm not mad at that. I didn't know you was in the Air Force for We fall down, but we get up down there. I got up strong.

So I came and I came back strong. And I'm not mad at that. I didn't know you was in the Air Force for real. Yeah, I was in the Air Force for real. How did you not know that? You got kicked out? That's so racist, man. That's so racist. He didn't even say what my job was.

He just said, what happened? No, I didn't get kicked out. I had a four-year enlistment. My enlistment was up and I got out. You just don't seem like the type that could be in the military. I wasn't. That's why get kicked out. I had a four-year enlistment. My enlistment was up, and I got out. You just don't seem like the type that could be in the military. I wasn't. That's why I got out. Yeah, I don't think you take direction well.

I didn't. That's why I got out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, they got what they call an LOR. It's a letter of reprimand. It's like a disciplinary action, and I had so many of those in here. Like, I stayed. I got in a lot of trouble.

I remember every Monday, I would get the same thing from, like, one of my supervisors. Airman Rollins, your blatant disregard shows a lack of military bearing and judgment. What do you have to say for yourself? And I wouldn't say anything. Every week, I got in trouble for the same thing. They gave you a gun?

I was a cop in the military. You was a 5-0? You was a 5-0? I was a step over rent-a-cop that type. He was a pig, bro? I was a step over rent-a-cop, son. I was a step over rent-a-cop. I was the worst cop ever.

I made one arrest in a four-year enlistment, one arrest, and it was because a girl came through there and had some nice breasts and I was like, I didn't have no police car

or nothing. I just made the noise, pull over, and that was the only arrest I had four years. So how you went from being a cop to a life of crime?

I didn't have a life of crime. I've had a life of challenge. Got you. I call it a life of challenge. All he has is one L-O-R and one A-I-D. L-O-R, A-I-D. That's it. Alright, well we got more with Donnell Rollins when we come back. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Donnell Rollins in the building. Now, I saw you on TMZ. You said you don't feel like Larry Wilmore should have used the N-word at the White House. Right. Why you don't think he was the guy?

He's a comedian. I know, but every comedian don't have the voice to be able to pull that off. You know what I'm saying? Like, when I watch Larry Wilmore, and if you don't know his history, the creative mindset behind the Bernie Mac show. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? So he associated himself with some strong brothers, some solid brothers that the hood represented. No disrespect to Larry, but to pull that phrase off, it has to be with passion. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? People think, I think it was a situation where him and a writer sat down

and it was like, you want to go viral? You want to start? You want to make some noise? You say this. Because if you look at it, he was trying to explain in a way how the word is endearing to some people. You know what I'm saying? It was a setup. It was a setup.

You can't start your sentence off with, like, you're trying to keep it real. You say, hey, Barry. All right, Barry. The only people you used to call President Barack Obama Barry were white people that did not want to pronounce an ethnic name. Yeah. You know, they was like, okay, what's close to Barack Barry? My brother's name is Dawu and his teachers did the same thing to him.

What did he call him? David. And my mother used to go to school, you know, this is his name. So to call him Barry, that's just like, that's kind of sin to start. And then to look at him and be like, yo, you my Nick. It just don't have... It seems cryptic. I'm not mad at the message.

I'm mad at the messenger. Now, if it was a BET Awards or something like that, and DMX grabbed the mic and just said, you my nigga, that would be something totally different. But Larry Wilmore, again, not to discredit him, he's a funny guy, but he just wasn't the right person. That was almost like if Wayne Brady would have went up there and did it. You know what I'm saying?

It just doesn't... It doesn't seem like that's something Larry Wilmore would say in his normal conversation and he don't rock like that. He doesn't use that anyway. Yeah. Okay. You're from D.C., right? Yeah. Have you ever been invited to the White House? I haven't been invited to the White House, but I had a signed letter from the White House

from Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for my son's interest into the world. Reggie Love, who used to be Barack Obama's right-hand man, was his body man for years.

He's a good friend of mine. And as a... Barack had a dude that used to catch bodies? Yeah, body... Reggie Love, you used to be with him all the time,

play ball together and stuff. Yeah, play ball. You know, he shadowed me. He was like his assistant. He gave... He had them sign a letter from the White House for my baby child gift to him. So I haven't been

I haven't been to the White House, but I know my name is popping in the White House. Okay. They know you in there. No, I'm going to tell you the real talk because Chappelle went to the White House first time like six months ago. He was like the most interesting thing about being in the White House was how many people that knew me. He was like, everybody was like, where's

Ashley Larrick? You know? Really? Yeah, I got a feeling when... Are you serious? I'm telling the truth. They asked for you when Dave Chappelle was there? Dave Chappelle will tell you that when he went to the White House, people in there was like, yo, where's Ashley Larrick? Why you doing all this disrespectful stuff, man?

What is this calendar you got that you bought in here? What is this, son? Y'all need to stop this. This is something I ain't got nothing to do with. Nah, man. Look at me. Y'all need to stop that. Yo, y'all don't have no respect for me, son.

What is this, Donnell? Put some respect on my name, man. I mean, his light's getting on there. This is set up. He told me to make a music video. Oh, he made you make a music video? About my, or gave me an idea for a music video, because this is my mans in them. Right.

And the true definition of mans is somebody that's with you through thick and thin. Gotcha. You got your mans, then you got your mans. No, not Charlie. Like, that's my mans, but that's my mans. Gotcha. And that's how we communicate with each other. We say, yo, you hear Charlie?

Oh, that's my mans. You hear God's name? That's my mans. So he was like, Donnell, you know what? You should turn something positive into uh your philadelphia incident i was i got an idea for a video and then i didn't want to listen to he's had to say you know i'm saying i was waiting for him to say some whack so i could say nah i was waiting for this thing like do you do i want him to say something whack so i'm like do you do call me but the idea he gave me, it was a genius idea.

I was like, I got to do something with the whole song. And he was like, you should do a video about, like, a woman that used to go out with you, but she don't want to go out with you no more because she heard you got knockout on tape. I eliminated the knockout part, you know, but I took his premise and I made a video for it, and he told me, he's like, I got you when it come out.

He said, I'm going to tweet it. I don't even ask for tweets. I did retweet it. I don't even ask for tweets no more. You know what I'm saying? I retweeted that video, man. I don't even ask for tweets no more. You know what I'm saying?

I used to be like this, yo, tag me on it. But that's real sensitive. The social media world, you tell somebody tag, they don't tag. They be waiting outside like, yo, what happened to that? Yo, it didn't fail to tag. I gave you a hashtag. No, you say you're just going to tag it. They don't tag. They be waiting outside like, yo, what happened to that? Absolutely. Yo, it didn't fail to tag. I gave you a hashtag. No, you said you was going to tag it. I retweeted that Hotline Bling video, man.

He did not. Yes, I did. It's okay. I never seen it, so I'm sure he did. And you didn't tweet it? You didn't ask me. You didn't tweet it. I know I tweeted that video up.

When did you send it to me to tweet? I sent it to you when I was finished. Oh. Maybe you did. I'm tweeting it out right now. Everybody, I'm going to now. You know what? I'm not following you. Let me follow. Oh. Maybe you did. I'm tweeting it out right now. Everybody don't know. Everybody, I'm going to nail. Oh, you know what? I'm not following you.

Let me follow you again. You don't follow Dan now? Yo, that's totally disrespectful, son. That's so crazy. Why don't you follow Dan? I did retweet you. And I'll be liking on your pictures too, son. I'm going to follow you right now.

I'll be liking on mad at your pictures, Envy. I'm going to follow you right now. Hey, Envy, I'll be liking on your pictures that make me mad at my life, son. You can't like a man. You can't like more than that. When a dude posts a picture like, yeah, it might bring one of the cars out, you don't want to like on that. You don't want to like on that, but you got to like on it

and let them know that you still good. You know if you like a man's picture more than three times, that's flirting. I've never done that. That's like being in the bathroom and shaking it more than three times. He stay on your timeline. I'm not doing that. I'm not doing more than three likes at a time, son. All right, well, we got more with Donnell Rollins when we come back.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That's right. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We have Donnell Rollins in the building.

You want to holler? 800-585-1051. Now, ye? Why did you bring your son up here, Austin? I don't know. I was so looking forward to you bringing him. You know what? It was a thought. I was going to bring him up. I don't know. Now, you. Why did you bring your son up here, Austin? I don't know. I was so looking forward to you bringing him. I really, you know what? It was a thought. I wanted, I was going to bring him up.

I don't know. I just, it was early. And he was, he woke up with a big smile on his face, too. Oh, he did. So he wanted to come. Every morning he'd wake up. This is how I know he's going to be a comedian. It's important.

This is how I know he's going to be a comedian. Every morning he'd wake up. He gets up. He yawns. I mean, he's trying to get stuff together. He look at me. He do like this. Ah!

And that's his second laugh. He do. He mean, he's trying to get stuff together. He look at me and he do like this. Ah-ha! And that's his second laugh. He like, he say, ah-ha! And he like, ah-ha! He like this. Ah-ha! I know you're going to be a comedian. I want him to be a comedian. I'm going to push him.

I'm going to push him. He got to do something funny. It's going to be hard for him, though. His daddy's Donnell Rollins, man. Wait, how old is he now? He's only one. He's nine months. Right.

So you're going to push him already? I'm pushing him. You know how much pressure I put on Peek-A-Boo? Peek-A-Boo? When we do Peek-A-Boo, if he'll laugh on the boo part, he got to go back to the drawing board. Like, if his booze and his peeks are off, he got to go back to the drawing board. I want him to be, I'm not saying I want him to be a comedian, but I want him to be funny. Like, if he's a doctor, he better be a funny doctor. I want him to be, I'm not saying I want him to be a comedian, but I want him to be funny. Like, if he's a doctor,

he better be a funny doctor. I want him to be funny. I'm telling you, if my son's that funny, it would be disappointing the same way probably Magic Johnson looks at EJ's Instagram. You think that Magic Johnson's upset about his son? Hell yeah, he's upset. What if your son's gay funny? He better be the funniest gay dude

out there. Right. Okay. Yeah. Why do you think Magic Johnson's disappointed in EJ? I didn't say, well, first off, I didn't say disappointed. I didn't say disappointed, but it's got, I don't care what nobody say, it has to hurt. I'm not saying take away from you don't love him, it has to hurt. I mean, I know he wanted his son in basketball shorts and not booty shorts. I can see why you say that. You know what I'm saying?

I know he wanted him to be dunking on people and not dipping on people. You know what I'm saying I know he wanted him To be dunking on people And not dipping on people You know what I'm saying It'd be different If it'd be different If Lil EJ was small But the fact that he's so big Yeah he's the same size

He's like 6'4 or 6'5 6'4 That's perfect though He's very model ass I'll just put it this way My dad has accepted My brother's lifestyle You know what I'm saying

And I know as a man Like he wasn't accepting of it Yeah But it grew on him or whatever You know what I'm saying? And I know as a man, like, he wasn't accepting of it, but it grew on him or whatever. You know what I'm saying? But I will say one thing that I respect from my brother is that he's not wearing the same clothes that his sister would be wearing.

Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's like, for some people, that's just like a different feeling. He's still manly. Exactly. Keep it real with this. My son, that's just like a different feeling. He's still manly, what you're saying. Yeah, exactly. You know, keep it real with us. You know what I'm saying?

My son, he's going to have to have some type of humor in him, some kind of way. Okay. Well, we appreciate you joining us. You don't appreciate me coming here. Yeah, why you shut down down down like that? Y'all don't even come to the door for me. Every time, look, social media. Social media. I was looking up your video to retweet it.

Oh, you want to retweet it now? I said that you retweet it. I did retweet it, but I was going to do it again just because that's my man. I don't even want the treat now. I don't even want the treat. Let me do it too. I feel like burning. I don't know what it is.

I don't even want the treat. Is you finished or is you done? I see your son was ashy too. I saw some of that. What? Damn. What he? Yeah, he is.

I will say. Whenever I try to put lotion on, he starts crying. I ain't going to cry. He starts crying? Yeah, I will say. Whenever I try to put a low show, he start crying. I ain't going to cry. He start crying. That's my dude, though. Well, it's the Breakfast Club. It's Donnell Rollins. Charlamagne, say the gang.

Don't get out of shape. Charlamagne. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate. I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey man, hit me with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitches.

Who's donkey of the day today? Yes, donkey of the day for Tuesday goes to Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan. Now, if you haven't heard, it's a water crisis in Flint, Michigan, ladies and gentlemen. The reason it's a water crisis is because Governor Rick Snyder made a political decision to provide the citizens of Flint, Michigan, with polluted water from the Flint River. OK, the move was made as a cost cutting move while the city was under the control of a state appointed emergency manager. The State Department of Environmental Quality is required to add corrosion chemicals to the water, and they failed to do that. So it caused a lot of health problems in children, a lot of lead from pipes and fixtures leached into the water.

Ten people have been killed in Flint because of this, and the blood of those individuals falls directly on the hands of Governor Rick Snyder and government officials in Flint, Michigan, okay? Since when is cutting costs more important than preserving human life? I'll tell you when. It's when the human life is majority African-American

and 41% of the people live below the official poverty line. Don't nobody care about poor folks, okay? This has been going on since April of 2014. Residents have complained about the smell, taste, and appearance of the water. Residents started having health concerns. They reported rashes, hair loss, and other problems. In the summer, it was positive tests for coliform bacteria.

I don't even know what that is, but it sounds disgusting. Okay? In October, a General Motors engine plant stopped using the water, saying it rusted parts. It was clear that it was a problem. Okay? And government officials ignored it, and now it's too late. Okay? The Quality Director of the Department of Environmental Quality,

Dan Wyant, resigned and apologized for what occurred in Flint. How can you apologize for the lifelong health problems these residents of Flint are going to face? How are you just going to apologize to the families who lost people due to this crisis? You're just going to say, my bad? Is human life ever going to mean more to the government than money will? Now, I understand Dan Wyant resigned because somebody has to take the fall, but he's not the only one who should resign. He wasn't the one trying to cut costs for the city.

Governor Rick Snyder, that was you. You're the sole controller of that whole situation. If anyone should resign, it should be you. Now, President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration, and he ordered federal aid for Flint. He did that on January 16th. Okay, that's great and all, but this has been going on since April 2014.

Governor Snyder, you didn't ask the president to step in until January 14th of this year. You care about the people so much that you waited damn near two years to help. Is that what you call leadership? Is that what you call concern? Is that what you call caring? People were killed.

Okay, you assisted in the killing of these people, Governor Rick Snyder. I saw filmmaker Michael Moore speaking on this situation, and he agrees these people were killed. Let's hear what he had to say. The water infrastructure of this city has been destroyed. And it's been destroyed by the governor of this state. This is not a natural disaster. This is not a natural disaster. This is not a mistake. Ten people have been killed

because of Legionnaires disease now that has broken out here. And I want the media to please use the word killed. If it was ten people killed in a tornado you'd say ten people were killed. Ten people were killed here because of a political decision to save money and risk the lives of people here in a city that is majority African-American, where 41% live below the official poverty line. Now, ladies and gentlemen, what happens when people get killed?

When people get killed, usually charges are brought up against the killers, right? Well, that's what needs to happen to Governor Rick Snyder and everybody involved in this premeditated murder, because that's what it is. When you make Snyder and everybody involved in this premeditated murder. Because that's what it is. When you make a conscious political decision to provide the citizens of Flint, Michigan with polluted water, knowing the possible consequences, knowing that people could possibly die, you need to be held accountable for that, period. Okay?

Governor Rick Snyder should be forced to resign and charges need to be brought up against him. Give Governor Rick Snyder the biggest hee-haw, please. It's quite simple to me. He damned his own. I mean, you make a conscious decision to give people polluted water knowing that the polluted water could possibly kill them. That means you're assisting in murder. That's premeditated murder if you ask me. Stupid decision.

And we still don't know the repercussions of what's going to happen years and decades from now. People might have three, people be born with three eyes. They might start growing horns out their heads. Who knows? Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest in the building. D-Ray, the difference maker, Davis. Yes. D-Ray. I get to be a special guest today. Thank you. You know what I keep wondering, D-Ray? You have been the most popular D-Ray for a long time,

but then the activist came along. Oh, he snapped off. But before we get into that, I must say she looks beautiful. She looks good. She looks good. On Empire? You say Empire?

You look good. I don't know if I'm supposed to say that. Y'all got some new hair from her imports, you know. No, it ain't just the hair. You look good. I'm sorry, I can't not say she looks good. I also have a tan. I was in Miami last year.

A tan, a complexion. I got a little tan. Stop downplaying it. All right, now we good. I had to get that flirt tan. I was in Miami last year. A tan, a complexion. I got a little tan. Stop downplaying it. All right, now we good. I had to get that flirt out. I had to get that flirt off. I never shot my shot at you before. D-Ray has tapped the industry, by the way.

No, man. No, I haven't tapped the industry. Half is heavy, man. He has two girlfriends. Half includes a lot. Yeah, I have, yes. I'm very, very committed. You got two girlfriends?

Yeah, you know, I've been talking about this a hundred times. You don't listen to me All you do is All you do is call people fat Say who ugly Irritate rappers That's all you like to do

If D-Ray ain't been irritated He'll remember it He's been talking He don't listen How do you have two girlfriends? Well you know sometimes You ever been single? No you ain't been single

In a long time I was just talking But you've been Had a wife since third grade He came out the womb with a ring on. He came out with a family behind him. No, what happens is when you're single, I was single for a long time,

but then you meet people that you've been liking, and then you're dating two different people at the same time. You're dating, and then who do you tell, yo, I don't want to date you no more. I'm going to try this. Do you tell a person, go in the waiting room? No, so what I did is I decided to be honest more. I'm going to try this. Do you tell a person, go in the waiting room? No.

So what I did is I decided to be honest instead of getting my windows busted and car scratched up. And I said, hey, I want to try something. I don't know if it's not, you know, it ain't the usual program. We're going to get ridiculed. People are going to talk stuff.

But most men got two girlfriends anyway that just don't say it. And it worked? Like y'all go out together? We go out together. We're friends. They're like best friends? Yeah.

You're my new hero. We're friends, man. So y'all must out together? We go out together. We're friends. They're like best friends? Yeah. You're my new hero. We're friends, man. So y'all must not have ever watched Living With Funny on Oxygen. And that show alone caused a lot of, like, hectic stuff because when it was just us and people assuming what it might be, but once you go on TV and say this is what it is,

you know what I mean, with two people who don't really, like, Carol, she's more into, like, TV and acting because she comes from that world of hosting and she was in pageants and stuff but Coco's more like she don't really

long beach chick she don't really care about no TV you know people start saying different stuff you know get the pimp you a pimp you a player

and then make the words you want you know it's like when you with your girl and somebody like dang another one you like no it's the same one

same girl so yeah man y'all live together yeah wow they have a whole show about it living with funny what it's like to one. Same girl. So, yeah, man. Did y'all live together? Yeah. Wow, DJ. They have a whole show about it. Living with Funnies.

What it's like to live with a comedian. Yeah, me, Brandon T. Jackson, Michael Blackson. We're called Living With Funnies, but I'm the only funny girl in there. Me and some poets on there. No, I'm kidding. So, wait a minute. Y'all stay in the same room or y'all split them up? It's like one side, one side, and you...

No, no. I mean, they've always since... We in the same... Yeah, we in the same... You mean it's like same bed? Yeah. Yeah, but I mean... Do y'all have sex together side. And you... No, no. I mean, they've always since... We in the same... Yeah, we in the same... You mean it's like same bed? Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, everybody...

You don't have sex together? Everybody need to... No, man. We don't. That's what I'm asking. No, no, no. You got to get winged. Like, you know...

Of course they do. No, no, no, no. We actually don't. We actually don't have... We actually... I've never, ever had a threesome with them. It's going to happen. Well, man, you know, I have pushed.

I've asked subliminally. You know what I'm saying? But you can't force people in that kind of situation. It's like trying to force your music on people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? But you can't force people in that kind of situation. It's like trying to force your music on people. You know what I'm saying? People got to love the rhythm of it before they love it. You know what I mean? Just like sister wives.

Yeah, everybody comfortable. As a woman, it's hard to put a cap on and go, we already living together and we eating together and we a family. We might as well have sex together. Yeah, I mean, I hear you, brother. I'm right there with you. Now, listen, why can't that be enough? Okay, all of us are going to live together.

We're in a great relationship. Why do you have to take it that step? And if you don't push nothing on nobody, I feel like, man, honestly, man, lie so much, man. We lie so much that when we start telling the truth, it's going to surprise women. And this is going to happen a lot more, I feel like. Isn't there a ball player? Who's a ball player that has a two-year-old? They always say Lou Williams, but I haven't seen his girls.

I don't know his situation. I don't know if he got good girls. I don't know if they was... Because a lot of dudes got two girls and sometimes they'd be two strippers or they'd be two... If it's time to get married. If you had two legit... Look, if gay people were able to marry each other, I should be able to marry my two girlfriends.

You damn right. Polygamy should be legal. I don't understand that. Like, that bugs me out. Yeah, because you gay, you can get married. You can go, you know, you wake up on another man's chest. Two men, you should be able to wake up with four breasts. That's a fact. Two chests. Four breasts.

What would you think about a woman who has two boyfriends? I've been asked that a lot. It's different for a woman because men and women are, no, it's different. Women are internal. Everything goes inside of you. Things go inside of men, too, sometimes. Who? Don't even try to argue to double standard.

Girls are hoes if they got more than one guy and we're not. I'm saying if your daddy walking on you and you got two penises on your forehead, he not going to be like, that's my girl. It don't work that way. If the two guys are okay with it, though. But a lot of guys are, and that's why they go to the strip club

and they both leave with one girl. The same chick, yeah. It's different. You know it's a train. That's not a train. It's a train. If it's a woman, it's a train.

Girls be like, I had a threesome. No, you didn't. You got a train ran on you. But if they're not sleeping with them both at the same time, just like you said. True, I know.

I know girls like that, and girls emotionally, though, I think can't deal with it all the time. I think it's heavy on them. D-Ray Davis, the difference maker. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning emotionally, though, I think can't deal with it all the time. I think it's heavy on them. D-Ray Davis, the difference maker. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ

MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Special guest in the building, Mr. D-Ray Davis. How was it doing the show with Coco and Carrie? Was it difficult for them, like, to put their lives out there like that? Yes. Initially, it was very difficult because everybody come from, like, real families.

They don't come, like, ain't nobody broken. Didn't nobody daddy disappear. And people always say that. Where their fathers at and all that. What did their family say? I mean, once they get around me, they cool because they see it's more like family and friendship. Like, I'm not around them tongue kissing at the dinner table. Both of them sitting on my lap like, y'all should have raised them better.

Like, there ain't none of that going on. It's really like I'm really, I mean, I'm their friend, man. I'm their friend first, and they just have it. Men messed up so much that I'm in a place now. You know what they got. Hey, I'm in a position, man, where it's like it's comfortable. I didn't know. I thought it was reality, but it's not.

It's like a scripted, unscripted show, right? Man, come on, man. Comedians in the room, all we're going to do is talk about each other. They have to stop that. Like, we first shot it like that, sitting at a round table, and dudes was going in, man. Dudes wanted to fight. Man, you know how I talk. You're brutal, though.

Exactly. You go at people, I'm like, damn, they're going to fight. And I can fight. So it's different. You know what I mean? I've seen you get out in Miami on the street getting at somebody. They ready to whoop your ass sometimes. They could be ready all day, but ready and prepared are two different things.

The thing I like about D-Ray, you don't be trying to be funny. You just be talking all day, but ready and prepared are two different things. But see, the thing I like about D-Ray, you don't be trying to be funny. You just be talking. Like, I hate comedians that try to be funny. Only forces. You ever go to the store?

Something at the store, right? You go to the store. You go to the store. Lately, the chips is on the wall. Yeah, that's because my comedy happened on accident. I walked in the comedy club and saw it.

I never saw it on TV, so I guess that had a lot to do with it. Really? Yeah, I just walked in and seen a comedian on stage, a comedian named Shea Shea, and he started talking about my shirt, and I was mad as hell.

So I started yelling back, but I ain't... Nobody told me what a heckler was. And then I learned, and next week I went back, and I was like, I want to try this, and that's how it happened. So you just went up on stage and got at it? Yeah, my uncle was a bartender, so I just talked to the dude. I was like, I want to try this. You know, I thought I'd open up with a funny rap. That didn't go.

Then I ended up doing, like, just talking about people. Men At Large was there. I roasted the group. They was sitting there, and I was like, I want to try this. You know, I thought I'd open it up with a funny rap. That didn't go. Then I ended up doing, like, just talking about people. Man At Large was there. I roasted the group. They was sitting there, and I was being like you, calling people fat. And I told them, they didn't tell me my jokes. They told me, they said, you need to, I have a notebook. They said, you need to open your notebook and get some new jokes. And I was like, you just mad this ain't a menu. And that was it.

After that, it was a wrap, man. Is it hard in Chicago, though, being funny? I asked Deion Cole the same thing, because it's like, Chicago's a rough place. Well, Deion, man, Deion is my big brother. I don't mean big brother like people. Always my big brother wants to be successful, you know what I'm saying?

Deion went to school with my brother, so I knew Deion since I was like 12 years old. I seen Deion do the Cotton Club. Deion's just a naturally funny dude, you know, worked hard on his material. As far as me, I feel like me being around him, I'm a lunchroom funny. I talk the mess in the room. I'm not great at writing and sitting around. But comedians, man, for what little opportunities comics get now, I'd say it's hard.

Ain't no more comic view. Def Jam ain't around. Are they doing Def Jam again? I heard they're late. I hope they do it because that would be great, but he's coming. I think Tony Rock is hosting it. Oh, yeah, it's all Def Digital type thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That would be good, man. Yeah, Tony Rock, man. Yeah, that's good. Good for Tony, man. I was right with Tony Rock, man. No, Tony, my man. Me and Tony, we always compete with each other. I mean, I'm funnier.

Okay. Bottom line, any of these comedians go on stage, they got to go before me. That's just what it is. It's not going to turn out for what it is. Why are you so underrated, though? I don't think D-Ray underrated. I think D-Ray has been. D-Ray gets checks.

Hey, man, they keep. Oh, no, that's for sure. He gets the checks. That don't change. Right. I don't think it's that, man. I think this kind of conversation, the way I talk now, ain't accepted in the comedy community.

As rappers, you can brag. As a ball player, you can brag a little bit. But as a comedian, you're being disrespectful and everybody funny is different. I'm like, no, go on stage, do your 10 minutes. We can go back and forth and see who lasts longest on stage doing 10 minutes. That's just how I love the art.

To compete. And I love to compete. And most comedians are self-deprecating. You're not self-deprecating. Yeah, man, because they gotta be. Most comedians ugly. Most comedians got cute after they made it. Yeah, man, because they gotta be. Most comedians ugly. They just, most comedians got cute after they made it. Then they handsome, but you was ugly.

Come on, man. Come on. Parents made horrible decisions and you was forced to do comedy. See? Man, you are, you toxic, man.

I just, I don't know. She's about to call him ugly. See, he's going to have depression right here now. Man, sitting next to him, you know, I be, man, he always talking. She's talking about the car. He's going to the person right here now. Man, sitting next to him. No, I be, man.

He always do this. D-Ray Davis. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That's right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

We have D-Ray Davis. You got Girl House coming. I heard that's coming in August. I have no idea when that's coming out. That's when you shoot a lot of movies. That don't come out. In theaters never. In theaters never.

Why is that though? Man, what you talking about? Because I go get all the money. If they want to shoot, we're going to shoot. But I tell them while we're shooting, I don't know if it's coming out. Yeah.

You did a couple episodes of Empire. You were good at Empire and then they killed you. Yeah, they did, man. In case you missed it. Yeah, man, I was excited to be on that show too because John Singleton

called me, put me on there. He wanted me to do, I did his FX show, Snowfall. And he wanted me to play like the main drugaling cat on there. And he was basically, the casting people over at Fox at the time didn't think I could play that series of characters, so he wanted to show them by putting me on Empire. Oh, dope.

You also went to Chocolate City. Chocolate City, yeah. They should have had you on stage in that. Yeah, and show my stomach. I'd have lost all my fans. See, I try to keep my situations. You know what I'm saying? I don't step outside my boundaries. You know, I'm a shirt-on

sex type of guy. You leave your shirt on during sex? Shirt and socks. Our interns did research for you, right? And I don't know what this means, but they say you've been vocal about being a gay ally. I don't know what that means, but if you said if I see two gay people fighting,

would I help them? I guess I would. I guess that was a joke they must have if you said if I see two gay people fighting, would I help them? I guess I would. I guess that was a joke they must have heard or something. I guess, yeah. Okay. I have no idea. What is gay allies? Am I an ally?

Would I go marching for gay people? Yeah, since you have been vocal about your being a gay ally, there are problems with gay discrimination in the community, in the comedy community. What made you be such a vocal ally for the LGBT community? I'm like, I know. Wow, all right. Well, let's get to it. What is a gay ally? No, no the LGBT community? I'm like, I know. Wow, alright, well let's get to it. No, no, no. Allies, like, in the U.S. government, a friend, I would say that whatever people want to do,

like, I've been vocal about. You can't go on stage and people just always go off and gay bash or gay this or, or, I can't say nothing bad about people without having something good, positive to say. Also, on that side of it, I'm saying. And that comes with you growing up. Yeah, gotta be. I mean, when I first got to it. I'm saying. And that comes with you growing up. Yeah, it got to be.

I mean, when I first got to L.A., I literally thought that was a disease when I'd see it because I'm from Chicago. You don't just be like, oh, I was like, oh. Then my building manager, Steve, let me know. He ain't want nothing from me. He's like, dude, you think just because a gay dude, every gay dude don't want you? Anybody looking at you?

He's letting me know that, you know, and he ended up being somebody when I was getting evicted, when I wasn't touring. He's somebody that was like, yo, talk to me about the business of owning my own buildings, my own thing. And this is conversation coming from a man who I would never even let talk to me, judging by how I was raised. And how, you know, because we was little. You call somebody gay, you fought right away. And the bad part is some of the kids you call gay and really was, but they was ashamed to say they was. So you're a gay ally. I would say, yeah, I would say that.

You're a gay ally. I mean, you know, it's funny because you said you come from Chicago when it was new to you when you saw it in L.A. That's how I feel about transgender women. I feel that same way. And that's another new, but you know, it's still, and right now I don't know how to answer that yet because I haven't, I don't want to say been around. I have a, now I don't want to say I have an issue with it because that would take me. Does that take me against what I was saying earlier? No, because I got an issue with it too.

Okay. I don't, I want to know, man. It got to be different. Like, because you go to some of these clubs in New York and it'd be the glass. This dude crossing me. Well, just because that person's a transgender doesn't mean they want you. True. But I think, I think going to the, I think the bathroom is your sacred place. this dude crossing me? Well, just because that person's a transgender doesn't mean they want you. True, true. But I think going to the,

I think the bathroom is your sacred place. But any decision you make in life, and I mean this, any decision you make from, let's say y'all artists in here, and I mean that realistically, y'all DJs, y'all artists, y'all on the radio, when you make a decision like today,

you decide to wear your hair like that, the attention you get from wearing your hair like that is different than when you come in if you feel a little different. So we should accept the attention we're asking for wherever we're dressing, however we're looking. Like if I come out, I got my hoodie on and I see four white people

across the street, I ask for this attention. With my hoodie on, all dark clothes, middle of the night, you have to your environment is important to the decision you're making. But what if you're coming from the gym with a hoodie on at night? True too, but you can't not. You got to be aware. You got to be aware at all times.

That's all I mean. That's all I mean. Of other people's prejudices. Yeah, not even just the prejudices of what you're doing. You got to be aware of how you're being perceived. Right. That's a prejudice. Like, people look at you and they have a certain.

Like Amber Rose is the slut. Well, I think the name is strength in the name and what you're trying to do. But I think it's other ways to present it. But it also wasn't something she invented. It was something that's been going on before that in other countries. So I think just the fact that it was Amber Rose that did it. That's what made it, yeah.

But it brought a lot more attention to it too at the same time. True. I just think the attention that you're making, she's going to be like, why you bring my name up? Whatever you bring in, whatever you act, whatever you have around you, me with the two girlfriends, I walked into a conversation about two girlfriends. Right.

You know what I'm saying? And somebody somewhere going, ugh, he got two girlfriends. What is this world coming to? Right. And it's a transgender person going, I only got one person I love, but what's wrong with D-Ray? Exactly. And Joking Off is coming back. Joking Off coming back, 20 episodes.

And you're on tour right now. On tour, the funniest fact tour, getting ready to shoot another special, finally. The funniest fat tour. Funniest fact, man. Getting ready to shoot another special. Finally. The Funniest Fat Tour. Funniest fact, man. Oh, fact. I'm like, what? Say it right for me again. Funny as fact.

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