The Breakfast Club - From Old Age to Luke Cage

Episode Date: September 30, 2016

FRI 9/30 - Comedian, actor & up-in-age streetballer Donnell Rawlings limps to The Breakfast Club after knee surgery--the result of a failed attempt to dunk on an 8-foot rim for the gram. In stark ...contrast, the unbreakable Luke Cage aka Mike Colter chops it up with the crew about season 1 on Netflix which is out right now! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:45 morning show. Got the cameras a mother******. What kind of show is this? Let's not listen to this show. The Breakfast Club. With DJ Envy. The captain of this b****. With Angela Yee. The only one who can keep these guys in check. With Charlamagne Tha God. I'm a lovable a**hole. And this is The Breakfast Club
Starting point is 00:03:02 bitches. And this is The Breakfast Club, bitches! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Top of the morning to you, Angela Yee. Top of the morning to you, Rashawn. Tell them ain't a guy. Beast of the Planet, it's Friday. And it's payday. It's Friday, it's payday. Today don't matter. Payday don't matter today because it's that first of the month check.
Starting point is 00:03:39 It's that check that go to all the bills, all the rent, all the mortgage, all the car payments. That's okay. But I'm happy that I got it. I hate owing money, and I'm not going to lie. I look at my mortgage like maybe twice a week just to figure out. And then I do all these things where you can figure out if you pay this much extra every month. It takes all of it, yeah. You can pay it off by 10 years.
Starting point is 00:03:58 How much shorter can your mortgage be? You can pay it off by five years. I do this constantly. I hate owing money. I know there's good debt and bad debt. That's a good debt. Mortgage is a good debt. All of it's just good debt. But it still bothers me.
Starting point is 00:04:06 Every month I get mad at the same exact thing. I'm not even going to look at what's in my account. And then I'm going to look next Tuesday and see all this money that came out. And I'm going to yell at my wife and say, where's all this money going? And she's going to say, the bills. I'm like, oh, okay. Same thing every month. But it's the same argument every month.
Starting point is 00:04:21 I try not to look at it. Just, hey, the bills got to get paid. All I know is, I just want to get up out of here. Let's hurry up and get this over with so I can get home to watch Luke Cage, please. Oh, you didn't? Did you start watching it? No, I did not. I would not do that to myself last night.
Starting point is 00:04:32 Oh, let me tell you about the first episode. You ain't seen nothing. Shut up. You ain't seen nothing. That does come out on Netflix now. It's out right now. Today it's out. Right now.
Starting point is 00:04:38 And he's actually joining us this morning, so we're going to chop it up with him. Well, not Luke Cage, but Mike Coulter, who plays Luke Cage. Correct. Matter of fact, let's just say Luke Cage. That's what I called him. Luke Cage will be here this morning. You're right. Luke Cage will Well, not Luke Cage, but Mike Coulter, who plays Luke Cage. Correct. Matter of fact, let's just say Luke Cage. That's what I called him. Luke Cage will be here this morning. You're right. Luke Cage will be here.
Starting point is 00:04:48 Nobody knows him as Mike Coulter. They know him as Luke Cage. No, people know him as Mike Coulter. Women like Mike Coulter. Well, last night, I... A lot of women will be like, oh, he reminds me of you, Charlemagne. You know, the ball. Nobody has said that.
Starting point is 00:04:58 No, he doesn't. It's like him and Mars Chestnut are always getting confused for me. No, I don't know. I heard those are hashtag goals for you, though. No. I'm just telling you. Hashtag goals. I'm just telling you what the ladies in the streets be saying, bro, bro.
Starting point is 00:05:10 Nah, nah. I'm not as tall as him, you know what I mean? I never heard that. I never heard that. I'm like the short, dark in hand. You're not as chocolatey. Yeah, I recognize that. I'm definitely good at chocolate.
Starting point is 00:05:18 People say you look like Joe, R&B singer Joe. I hate that a lot. That is not true. You've never heard no such a thing like that. I've never heard anything else. You've never heard anybody say that. I heard Pookie never heard anything else. You've never heard anybody say that. I heard Pookie from New Jack City.
Starting point is 00:05:26 You've definitely never heard anybody say that one. Well, shout out to Dave East who joined us yesterday. He had an album listening session
Starting point is 00:05:33 in the city yesterday. And by the way, he broke the news that he signed to Def Jam here on The Breakfast Club. I stopped by that listening session
Starting point is 00:05:40 to hear some of his album. Salute to my guy, Dave East. That was in Brooklyn, right? No, it was in the city. It was in Manhattan. It was in the city. And then also, Common had a listening session to hear some of his album. Sleuth to my guy, Dave Eastman. That was in Brooklyn, right? No, it was in the city. It was in Manhattan. It was in the city. And then also Common had a listening session yesterday in the city, too.
Starting point is 00:05:49 So I stopped through there. Shout out to Natina from Def Jam. Common still out here looking like an Oscar? Yeah. Sleuth to Common, man. Absolutely. Common looked just like an Oscar. And I actually hosted the premiere for the season two of Growing Up Hip Hop.
Starting point is 00:06:02 Oh, how was that? Did you watch it or you just... Yeah, I saw it already because they always send it to you in advance when you have to host so you have some questions prepared for the cast members. Right. So Romeo was there.
Starting point is 00:06:11 Master P was there also. Angela Simmons had her baby, so she wasn't there. She couldn't be there. Even though she's executive producer on the show and she's one of the stars of it. But, you know, it's James DeBarge's daughter, Kristania DeBarge,
Starting point is 00:06:22 and her dad, James DeBarge, is on the show. He's the one that said that he had a baby with Janet Jackson. Are they beige, too? Because all DeBarge is beige. I'm sure they're beige. Okay. And also, I saw Boogie. He said he saw you in the airport, Charlemagne, in L.A. For real? Yeah. Oh, y'all didn't speak to each other? I don't know if I saw Boogie.
Starting point is 00:06:37 He lost a lot of weight. He slimmed down a lot. He stopped drinking, actually. Okay. That's smart. And then Peppa from Salt-N-Pepa, her daughter's on there. She's 18 years old, and she wants to not go to college and be a rapper or be an artist. She better not do that. Somebody need to tell her F her dreams. Yeah, she need to get that degree.
Starting point is 00:06:56 Unless she's super, super talented. There's a lot going on in the first episode. That's when Angela, they find out that she's engaged. Oh. All right. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. One break closer to watching Luke Cage.
Starting point is 00:07:06 Donnell Rawlings will be joining us this morning, and also Luke Cage will be here. I don't even like you putting Donnell in the same breath as him. Wow. Donnell's accomplished. Stop it. Wow. He's hilarious.
Starting point is 00:07:18 Goodness gracious. All right, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? We are going to talk about that horrific Hoboken train crash. What are the details? What happened with the engineer? I have no idea what could have went down, but it was very tragic. And it's causing a lot of traffic.
Starting point is 00:07:33 Okay, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. Here's Bryson Tiller. It's Exchange. It's Friday. Get your ass up. Yep. It's the Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:07:40 Come on. Hey. The Breakfast Club. Hey, what's happening? Let's get into Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club. Hey, what's happening? Let's get in some front page news now. And Thursday night football. The Bengals beat the Dolphins 22-7. Now let's talk about this Hoboken train crash.
Starting point is 00:07:54 Yes, this train crash was terrible. And there was one woman, a 34-year-old Hoboken mother, who was killed in this train crash. I saw this on the news this morning. She actually had just moved to Hoboken. I think about a year ago from Brazil. She had a one-year-old daughter. She had just dropped her off at daycare. Just dropped her daughter off.
Starting point is 00:08:11 So sad, man. Yeah, it's only been a year since she'd been living here to follow her husband, whose company relocated him to New York. She was an attorney. That was the one fatality. Over 100 people were injured. Only one person died? Only one person died. Oh, okay, okay.
Starting point is 00:08:26 Yeah, fortunately, only one person died. So they still don't know exactly what happened. Yeah, unfortunately, one person died. But there were over 100 injuries. And they were trying to figure out how could the train be airborne. They're saying speed. That's the way it could happen if the train hit the bumper at 30 miles per hour or more. So they're trying to figure out. I think they did already
Starting point is 00:08:48 test to see if the conductor, if there was anything wrong, if he was drinking, if there were any drugs involved. He tested negative for that. There wasn't no malfunctions with the train or nothing? They're not sure yet. They don't know that yet. They said there was a train crash there a couple of years ago in that same place that there was some things that they were supposed to put to make
Starting point is 00:09:04 sure it didn't happen again, but that wasn't going to be there until 2018. So they're saying if it could have been there yesterday, maybe that train crash wouldn't have happened. Right. Tragic, tragic situation, man. That is sad. I always hate to hear about kids losing their parents or parents being
Starting point is 00:09:19 taken away from their kids. Or anybody, though. It's on their way to work. Let's talk about this Sorry I Tased You cake. This is crazy now. A's on their way to work. Mm-hmm. Now, let's talk about this sorry I tased you cake. This is crazy now. A Florida woman has, and this is Pensacola, Florida, she filed a civil lawsuit against a former
Starting point is 00:09:33 Escambia County deputy. He discharged a stun gun into her chest and neck. She didn't even do anything, and then he tried to cover up the incident. Now, this happened last year in June,
Starting point is 00:09:43 and this is when Michael Wohlers finished his patrol shift, and he went to go visit her at an apartment complex where she was employed. Now, documents say that he discharged his stun gun during horseplay with her, but according to Byron and her attorney,
Starting point is 00:09:57 she's saying there was no horseplay involved in the incident. They said that when he arrived at the complex, he used his law enforcement authority to intimidate, harass, and threaten the plaintiff about her personal life. And because she did not respond to his show of authority, he got increasingly aggressive. And that's when he took her sweet tea from her, refused to give it back. What? This is crazy.
Starting point is 00:10:19 This is when things went left. That's when she approached him to retrieve the drink. He discharged the sun gun into her chest and throat. Crazily enough, afterward, he did attempt to apologize to her. He made a cake that said, sorry, I tased you on it. What's his name? Why are you going to use him for? Perhaps don't.
Starting point is 00:10:36 No, I just want to address him. His name is Michael Wohlers. Well, Officer Michael Wohlers, you have a strange way of showing your affection to young ladies. That sounds like you was trying to flirt, but your affection to young ladies, sir. That's crazy. Okay, that sounds like you was trying to flirt, but it just went all wrong. Right.
Starting point is 00:10:48 All right? And if you could see this cake, it looks crazy. It says, sorry I tased you, and there's a picture of it. He has a stick figure of an officer tasing someone.
Starting point is 00:10:56 I bet you he wanted them big, dumb mice, Lenny from Mice and Men ass police officers. Because you all got them big homeboys who don't know how strong they are.
Starting point is 00:11:04 They punch you in the chest and you gasping for air. They're like, what's up, man? They didn't mean to hit you. How are you? How are you? They shake your hand and squeeze your hand all hard. It's too hard. What's wrong with you, bro?
Starting point is 00:11:15 That's crazy. All right. Well, that's front page news. Just on the side note, have any of y'all ever been teased? No. Charlamagne? No. Because, you know, I was thinking the other day.
Starting point is 00:11:24 And they say, you know, when people tase and they don't sit down and stop, when they tase you, if you ever get tased and that electricity hits you, you don't want to just stop. You want to run. You don't run. Your body paralyzes. No. You freeze up. No, I got tased a couple times. You did? You deserved it.
Starting point is 00:11:40 The jumping makes you want to move. That is crazy. It doesn't want to make you just stay there. It makes you want to get out of dive. Why did you get tased? Why did they tase you, bro? Well, was it during a stop and frisk? No, it wasn't a stop and frisk. What happened was in high school, in college,
Starting point is 00:11:54 you know, we bought tasers. So it was like, let me see how this taser works and how this taser feels. So don't look at me like that. Basically, you and your whole crew needed to be stopped and frisked, is what you're telling me. Pretty much.
Starting point is 00:12:05 Y'all just walking around randomly with tasers that you can buy, you and your whole crew needed to be stopped and frisked is what you're telling me. Pretty much. Pretty much. Y'all just walking around randomly with tasers that you can buy, I'm sure, in Virginia easily, by the way. Easily. They're against the law in New York and New Jersey. But, you know, if you tase it, it's a lot of voltage that you can put on somebody. And when you get tased, you don't just stop. Now, you want to get the F out of Dodge. Hey, man, my father keeps a tase on him. Oh, that's right.
Starting point is 00:12:23 That's where he tased that Marine during 9-11 at that Jets game. Sure did. Hey, it happens. All right, well, that's front page news. Tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us right now. Maybe somebody pissed you off.
Starting point is 00:12:35 Maybe you had a bad night, a bad morning, whatever it may be. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, call us now. Phone lines are wide open. Tell them why you're mad. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:12:52 Hey, yo, this is DMX. You know what makes me mad? We ask for the truth, but can't handle the truth. Now tell them why you're mad on The Breakfast Club, bitches. This is Drew from Charlotte, by the way, Connecticut. 704, what's happening? Tell them why you're mad. Hey, I'm not really mad.
Starting point is 00:13:06 I'm just kind of pissed off that I understand what DJ Envy talked about, about getting tased. When I was in the military, right before we went to Iraq, we got tased just to kind of see how it felt when we had a mission that had a prison out there. Right. And yeah, you're right. You got to get the F about it. That stuff goes crazy. Yeah, because I was thinking about it the other day when police tase people and they say, you know, they just don't stand there. If you get tased with all that voltage, you don't want to stand there either.
Starting point is 00:13:29 You want to get the F out of Dodge. Absolutely. And trust me, I wish that on no man. What I'm going to do, I'm going to bring a tase up here and tase both these guys so they get the feeling. You tase me, I swear to God, I'm going to sue you. You going to get the lawsuit of your life. I think you should get the feeling of how it feels.
Starting point is 00:13:44 Lord, I can't wait to sue Envy and iHeart because one of their employees tased me. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is City. I'm going to tell you why I'm mad right now with Angela Yee. All right, go ahead. Yo, Yee, you be responding to my DMs, but you still won't listen to my album.
Starting point is 00:14:01 I got into a bad car accident. My leg is jacked up. Yeah, I saw that. What that got to do with your rap, girl? Yo, because my album is I got into a bad car accident. My leg is jacked up. Yeah, I saw that. What that got to do with your raps, girl? Yo, because my album is the best album out right now by a female artist. It's still playing out, but you can Google it right now. Spit right now. We're going to give you that opportunity.
Starting point is 00:14:14 I want to know what does her Brooklyn got to do with her raps. We don't want you mad at Angelina. I don't care about your sob story. We want you to spit, kid. Go. All right. Tell me what you know about being me. I tell you ain't nothing seeing me.
Starting point is 00:14:24 Young and got money, so might as well add that CMB. I get more girls than your whole squad. All right. Put my homies back home wild and so low riding. And my low rider try to flip back like LeBron had. I'm so cold in the game. And they got that heat in LeBron's head. And I ain't even talking that kind of balling. I just try to ball out. Where you from? You ain't no young M.A. Yo, that's cool. That's cool.
Starting point is 00:14:54 But you listen to my album. I know you was going to be a hater. You ain't no tank. Where you from though? All right. Yo, I'm from Jersey. But I got into a real bad car accident. And I got three.
Starting point is 00:15:03 Stop talking about your car accident. Even though she hit me and told me about her car, it was awful. Been in rehab for a month, but when I get back, y'all going to get me on the breakfast club. I'm glad you made it out okay and that you're better. Listen, we'll get Angelina to send it over. She's just trying to get her backstory together, like 50 shit I got shot nine times. She really is getting a bad accident. Like Kanye West, I got in a wreck, my jaw got wide.
Starting point is 00:15:21 Hello, who's this? Yeah, yeah, Jason, man. Brooklyn to Connecticut. Yeah, yeah. Anybody's from somewhere Yeah, yeah, Jason, man. Brooklyn to Connecticut. Yeah, yeah. Anybody's from somewhere, but live somewhere else, man. You from Connecticut now. Tell them where you're at. And I want y'all to hear me out.
Starting point is 00:15:32 I'm listening. Somebody said something that was terrible. It was very, very silly. What'd they say? What'd they say? Hold on, hold on. I'm going to tell you a minute. And then they gave you guys a bogus story to justify what they said.
Starting point is 00:15:44 And I want you to get this person donkey of the day, and his name is DJ Envy. He also called me a ninja for expressing myself in a real way. It wasn't a bogus story because I knew that story. He called me a ninja. For what? Because I expressed myself? That's rude to you? I don't know why he would call you a ninja.
Starting point is 00:16:00 Do you know karate? Do you know any fun martial arts? You know what I'm saying. Well, listen, I will say this. It was a very emotional time because he was almost killed. What's wrong with being a ninja? I like ninjas. But it wasn't a fake story.
Starting point is 00:16:13 But it's a bogus story. I wish it was a bogus story. I don't play with stuff like that. It wasn't a bogus story. My mom said to me last night, my mom said, I saw your co-worker on the news. That's so sad. She said, I saw your co-worker on the news. That's so sad. She said, what happened? But don't worry.
Starting point is 00:16:27 In the rumors, we'll talk about DJ Envy recanting his stance on Stop and Frisk. What was he doing? I said, I mean, he was leaving a party. She was like, why was he shooting at him? I said, he was in the hood with a half-million-dollar car. She goes, oh. Now it makes sense? There you go.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Yeah, right. All right. Tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051 If you're upset, you need to vent Call us now, it's The Breakfast Club, good morning The Breakfast Club That was Bryson Tiller with Don't Morning Everybody, it's DJ Envy
Starting point is 00:17:00 Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God We are The Breakfast Club Listen man, today is a great weekend. Solange's album came out today. I am one of those people who enjoys Solange. I've been enjoying Solange since she put out that album, the St. Hadley Street Dreams, something to that effect. And Luke Cage comes out this weekend.
Starting point is 00:17:18 Luke Cage is out right now on Netflix. We have Mike Coulter coming here this morning who plays Luke Cage. It's a great weekend, bro. Absolutely. And I went looking for the last episode of Power last night because I haven't seen it. Ain't no Power episodes on Stars on Demand right now. Oh, really? Not yet? Is that something they do when the season's over? I didn't know that you couldn't find it
Starting point is 00:17:35 on Demand. It is not on Demand right now. No Power. I was like, what the hell? Well, Donnell Rollins will be joining us today and also Luke Cage will be here. Mike Cota. Mike Cota, Luke Cage. Donnell, what is Donnell? I guess Donnell Rawlings, a.k.a. Ashley Larry. Ashley Larry, yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:50 Okay. He'll be joining us this morning, so we'll kick it with both of them. But we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, we are going to talk about Jay-Z and a new deal that he just did. He just did a very exclusive deal. We'll tell you all about that. Speaking of deals, Lior Cohen, you know, he started the 300 Entertainment. He has talent like Fetty Wap, Young Thug, Migos, all of them signed to him.
Starting point is 00:18:09 Well, he has left his company and we'll tell you why. Okay, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it.
Starting point is 00:18:27 On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. So Jay-Z has a new deal. He just signed an exclusive first look two year deal with the Weinstein Company. That means he'll be producing new scripted and unscripted projects. And supposedly he already has some announcements that's going to be coming in the upcoming weeks. So, you know, Jay-Z's already dibbled and dabbled in the movie and in the movie world. He did Chris Rock's Top Five.
Starting point is 00:18:55 Top Five. The Great Gatsby. And the remake. Annie. Yeah. So it sounds like he has a lot going on. Jay-Z put out a statement. I'm excited to tell stories from real life prophets whom through their struggles have
Starting point is 00:19:06 changed the world for the better and others whose stories are filled with fantasy and delight. Harvey and David are visionaries both of whom have done this time and time again. I'm already passionate about what we currently have in the pipeline and I'm looking forward to discovering others. Drop one of Clues bombs for the God
Starting point is 00:19:21 Ho. Yes. Still making deals. Keep showing us the way. Absolutely. Definitely one of my top three inspirations. Now congratulations to Angela Simmons. She had a baby and she posted a picture of the baby already on her Instagram. It was some damn applause, Q. He's trying. The applause is broke.
Starting point is 00:19:37 You can see the picture if you have Revolt TV. So you can go ahead and take a look at that. She said the best part of life has just begun. Hashtag motherhood. Hashtag I'm so in love. Who the baby daddy? This guy Sutton. Okay. Actually, I told you I hosted the
Starting point is 00:19:54 Growing Up Hip Hop. There you go. There's the baby daddy right there. Fiance. Some people were saying they were married already. Alright Sutton, you take care of that one. You got a good one now. The first episode of Growing Up Hip Hop, which she executive produces and is starring in, they actually address her getting engaged,
Starting point is 00:20:10 and everybody's like, who is she engaged to? And the main issue was that she didn't give Romeo a heads up or any type of advance notice. Oh, Romeo slept, man. Romeo was one step too slow. Romeo should have been shot that club up. Romeo should have been put a ring on that finger. She was a virgin. Well, so been shot that club up. Romeo should have been put a ring on that finger. She was a virgin.
Starting point is 00:20:25 Well, so did you gonna marry her? To work for someone. You gotta find a way into that bloodline the best way you can, okay?
Starting point is 00:20:34 All right, and Lee R. Cohen, we all know him from starting off at Def Jam then going over to Atlantic and Warner
Starting point is 00:20:41 and now he has 300 Entertainment which has talent like Fetty Wap, Young Thug, the Migos. Well, now he has left 300. I couldn't believe this happened. I wonder why, because he built that company. He had something to prove with 300.
Starting point is 00:20:53 Well, now he is the global head of music at YouTube. Oh, that'll do it. I don't even know what that means, but it sounds important. It sounds important. A lot of money. So he's going to negotiate streaming rights with record labels and develop the YouTube music division. And that's going to
Starting point is 00:21:08 be competing with a lot of different other companies out there as well. They said as we enter the growth era of the music industry, Lior is in a position to make a tremendous difference in accelerating that growth in a fair way for everyone. So he just left all them Negroes on 300 by themselves?
Starting point is 00:21:24 Kevin Liles is still there. And I kind of feel like I'm sure he's somehow, someway going to still be involved. And Kevin Lyles is there, so it's not like he just totally left. Kevin Lyles is there. I know, but you think of both of them when you think of 300, so it's weird.
Starting point is 00:21:37 All right, well. You're probably lucky there ain't no money in that thing. No, he's been doing good. For Freddie Wap and streaming and all that, Young Thug and all that, he's doing good. I got to throw Envy in the room and report. Envy, I see you took back your original Stop and Frisk. First, you said that you believed in Stop and Frisk.
Starting point is 00:21:52 Mm-hmm. Well, no, first you said you didn't. Then you said you did. Now you say you don't again. Yeah, pretty much. Just explain that because I saw the post that you put up. I mean, yesterday after. Since we have an exclusive right here.
Starting point is 00:22:04 Yeah, an exclusive. Now, after just being out in the community, a lot of people came up to me and were just talking to me how they felt about it. No arguments, just their opinions on it. And after talking with John Legend, it opened up my ears. And I spoke to this lady named Erica Ford from Queens. She runs
Starting point is 00:22:17 a campaign that really tries to get guns off the streets. And she works with a lot of people that have been killed from gun violence, and she actually works closely with the borough presidents about Stop and Frisk and about, and she explained everything. Like, we had a long conversation the other day. What a round of applause to you, Envy. And it opened you up, and it wasn't that...
Starting point is 00:22:35 That's smart. And it was just talking to people. It wasn't a matter of, oh, I felt this way. No, sometimes you just have to listen to people, and if you're wrong, maybe I was off of emotion after damn near being murdered. It would be in light skin. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 00:22:47 It would be in light skin. Damn near almost got murdered. So, you know, after speaking with Hans and different people in the community and my wife and everybody, you know, it made me say, you know what? Maybe I'm overreacting. Maybe I'm overthinking. Maybe I'm moving off emotion and not actually just thinking what the process and what the problems are. And it made me change my mind. You have a conversation, you get some new information,
Starting point is 00:23:07 and there's nothing wrong with changing your mind. Well, I'm glad. We don't normally argue the way that we argued over there. I don't think we was arguing. I just think we was having a healthy debate. I felt like we had an argument. We had an argument, but we didn't. I definitely felt you weren't in the room.
Starting point is 00:23:18 But the next hour, but the next 15 minutes after, we were cool. No, it's fine. We had an argument about that. See, it's this thing called beige rage, right? And when you're dealing with a waffle-colored Negro, he turns into the Hulk sometimes. But they just go crazy.
Starting point is 00:23:33 That's it. You got to let them go crazy. And they go from that yellow color to like a pinkish orange. And when they get to that pinkish orange, that's when you fall back. And then you let their original waffle-colored complexion come back. And then they get it. What was the gremlin noises for?
Starting point is 00:23:47 I don't know. He said I was the Hulk. Did somebody throw water on you? No, I was trying to get to the Hulk. Don't feed waffle-colored Negroes after midnight. All right, well, that is your rumor report. Keep waffle-colored Negroes away from Sunday. Don't get waffle-colored Negroes wet, please.
Starting point is 00:23:59 Hey, Gizmo, calm down. All right. That's front-page news. Now, when we come back. Oh, no, that was the rumors. That was not front-. Now, when we come back. Oh, no. That was the rumors. That was not front page news. When we come back, Donnell Rawlings will be joining us.
Starting point is 00:24:08 Okay, let's hurry up and get this over with. You can get Mike Coulter in here. This is my friend Donnell alone. That's foul. Donnell's going to be at Caroline's all weekend. That's my guy. He's one of my favorite comedians. All right, but Luke Cage.
Starting point is 00:24:20 Donnell Rawlings, when we come back, you ass. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Tory Lanez with Love. Good, you ass. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Tory Lanez with Love. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.
Starting point is 00:24:33 And what happened to your leg? I know my dog, Donnell Rollins, man. First off, you can put a snap. Are you trying to get a tattoo? If you can see. What happened to your leg? I got a sports injury, son. Y'all don't follow Donnell on social media to know what happened? I got a sports injury. What happened to your leg? I got a sports injury, son. Y'all don't follow Dinella on social media to know what happened?
Starting point is 00:24:46 I got a sports injury. What happened? It happens. What happened to me is what happens to a lot of African-American, middle-aged African-Americans when you're in the backyard barbecuing and somebody lowered a rim to eight feet. Okay, okay. You got to practice. Once you lower the rim to eight feet, you start having flashbacks and everything.
Starting point is 00:25:04 And it's an unfortunate situation for me. Like two weeks before this incident, I had stopped past a friend's house. And a little 12-year-old son, he had like a basketball rim. And he lowered it. And I was dunking it out of the uke. And I put it on Instagram. I saw that on your gram. I put it on Instagram.
Starting point is 00:25:18 I made a little video about it. You were shining. So cut to three weeks later, they pulled another rim out. They dropped it to eight feet. All the little kids were like, oh, we saw you on Instagram. What you going to do this time, old man? I was like, I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to do a 360.
Starting point is 00:25:33 I said, I'm going to bang it on the way down. Then I had a little rag on my shoulder. I said, I'm going to wipe my face. I'm going to be in the camera like, ah. All I remember before I saw the sun was I went up playing basketball. When I came down, it felt like I was on the football field. I heard, like, they always say on a knee injury, you hear, like, a loud pow. It was like, pow!
Starting point is 00:25:53 I thought I was at a protest rally. I didn't know what happened. Look, I was on the concrete. I thought I was on grass. Not a football injury. I didn't have a helmet or a chin strap on. And you know when you get a knee injury, first thing you do is rip your helmet off your chin strap. It was
Starting point is 00:26:07 an imaginary helmet. I ripped it off and cut to I tore my patella. I didn't even know. Patella, where that at? It's inside your knee. Like, you got injuries in your knee. Like, ACL is the gangster injury. You know, when you see somebody like, oh son, that's an ACL. I tore my ACL. Yeah, I tore my, I ripped
Starting point is 00:26:24 my ACL. Patella is my, I ripped my ACL. Patella is more like the gay knee injury. Okay. Because it's like, oh, I see you're at your patella. Yeah. You know, it's the tendon that holds your, that makes your knee do like this. Oh. So your knee can't bend right now?
Starting point is 00:26:37 It can bend a little bit. I'm like three weeks in now, but when I, after I had the surgery, I had to, you know. You had to get surgery? Yeah, I had to. You can't, you pop a tendon, son. I would have been that old dude. You know the older neighbor? He like, why he walk like that?
Starting point is 00:26:48 Because he didn't get his patella fixed. I felt bad that I didn't check on Danielle. No, you liking on everybody's pages. Look, I got an injury. I'm in the hospital. She didn't like it or nothing. She's like, how's Austin doing? I didn't know if you was really hurt, man. You never tell what you did, Danielle.
Starting point is 00:26:59 And that's a little double clicks on an injury. I'm all right now. I'm getting better. Congratulations. We forgot to congratulate him. On what? You know, Kevin Hart started his own network and he gave you your own show. We heard he gave Gerald Kelly his own show and gave you your own show.
Starting point is 00:27:12 He said he picked the 20 top comedians. I was hot about that, but you wasn't on that list. They had the 20 hottest comedians. Gerald Kelly was up here yesterday. He showed it to us. And it was like Gerald Kelly. Even T.K. Kirkland was on there. I'm like, where's Donnell?
Starting point is 00:27:24 Donnell wasn't on it? No, he wasn't on that. Shut up. You know, that might have been. You boys. That might have been. I mean, if you just do all the urban comics, but, you know, I consider myself to be one of the top mainstream comics
Starting point is 00:27:38 that are able to perform at a Trump rally and a Black Lives Matter rally at the same time. But the list was provided by Kevin Hart and his people, which I thought was crazy. I'm like, how you omitting on that? No, I just got a call from Kevin's business manager, Pookie Wigington. Oh, so he did call you. Yeah, he called me the other day,
Starting point is 00:27:56 but the only thing he asked me was would I consider it. But, you know, with me having a brace on my leg now, I was like, what's going to be the title of my special? Brace Yourself? You know what I'm saying? So I was like, I might have to wait. I might have to wait.
Starting point is 00:28:11 Yeah, I think it's a great format. Kevin's about to be like the Netflix of comedy. Right. I think they did. They chose like 20 comedians, you know, and he gave me like two days
Starting point is 00:28:19 to decide if I would be physically capable of doing it. So they did call you? Yeah, of course. Charlamagne made a joke. He thought they didn't. So he was just saying that to Chalamet. I'm pretty sure they did,
Starting point is 00:28:28 but I was thinking that you didn't get the call yet. I'm nice, huh? If you put me up against anybody on that list, it's going to be the same. Gerald Kelly said that him and Tony Robbins are the funniest stand-ups out right now. First off, when you're one of the funniest comics, you don't tell people that.
Starting point is 00:28:44 You let the fans tell you that. You know what I'm saying? I could say I'm the most dunkin' jumpin' this dude, but my knee tells me something different. You know what I'm saying? I'd never make those claims or whatever, but I let my fans... I let other people judge me. Now, congratulations
Starting point is 00:28:59 on your reality show. Thank you. I appreciate it. You got a reality show? No, no! It was a popular show in Korea like three, well, it's No, let me explain. Let me explain. For all my Korean fans out there, this is Donald. I'm very smart.
Starting point is 00:29:21 I'm kind of like bilingual. Enough of me not to get gypped into like eating dog, and I get a fair price on women that solicit their service back in the day. Back in the day. Back in the day. But it was a popular show in Korea where they take two celebrity dads, three celebrity dads, and they leave them with their kids. Three celebrity what?
Starting point is 00:29:37 Three celebrity dads. They leave them with their kids for 48 hours at a time with no assistance from mom, just to see if you're going to break down. How old are the kids? Well, my son is the youngest, but DJ Scribbles, he's part of the show. He has three kids. I think they're like 13. I think he got a gang, like a squad like you, son.
Starting point is 00:29:56 DJ Scribbles, then this guy Danny, he's a soap opera star. His kids are ages from 10 to 14. Austin is the youngest. Where do celebrities at on this show? If you have an issue of identifying if I'm a celebrity
Starting point is 00:30:09 at Google, that's Don Air Rollins. Don Air Rollins. Some other things might show up, but we're going to dismiss all this hate over here, son. I see why people
Starting point is 00:30:18 feel disrespected over here, son. Embrace the hate. Embrace the hate. So how'd you do? I did good. I didn't think that I was going to have an issue. I think I'm a good dad. I'm excited about
Starting point is 00:30:27 being a dad. But the only issue that I thought I was going to have was that my lady, she still breastfeeds Austin. So I thought if there was going to be any challenge in time, that's when he was feeding for the breast. Because there's nothing I can provide or produce that's going to compete with
Starting point is 00:30:43 the breast. When it comes to kids, to get their attention, the only thing that can compete with breast milk is probably a french fry. A french fry is equivalent to having a breast. A french fry would just distract you from anything. But it comes out in November. We fare well. It was a good time. And such a cute young man, Austin.
Starting point is 00:31:00 Thank you. And the way you say that is like, I don't know, he didn't get it from me. At all. That's so disrespectful. He's such a cutie. Thank you, Stephanie, because you could have went left. The funny thing about it is when I'm around people, they look at him and be like,
Starting point is 00:31:14 this your kid? I'm like, y'all are so disrespectful. And then it doesn't help that I'm an older dad. My son just had his first birthday party two months ago, right? And the funniest thing is me to get kids to come. I was calling my man's name. I was like, yo, you think your son could come to my son's first birthday?
Starting point is 00:31:30 He was like, if he could get off work. You know what I'm saying? Yo, yo, huh? I was like, well, son, you think your son could bring his son to my party? Why did it take so long for you to have a kid? I know you was having sex with her. No, I wasn't. I wasn't into doing that.
Starting point is 00:31:48 Wasn't into having sex? No, not just to blast off on anybody. Come on, Don. He was more of an anal guy from what I hear. This is so disrespectful. I know y'all do a lot of butt jokes. I'm not going to be no punter. I'm not going to embrace the buttter. I'm not going to embrace the butt jokes.
Starting point is 00:32:07 I can tell you that. But, you know, people always say, you know, it happens when it's supposed to happen. I was talking to Old Tommy. He said,
Starting point is 00:32:12 it's better to be late to the party than not involved at all. So I'm embracing all that and I'm enjoying it. All right, we got more with Donnell Rollins
Starting point is 00:32:18 when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Fab Little Mo. Can't let you go. Shout out to Mo.
Starting point is 00:32:28 Shout out to Fab. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Don L. Rawlins is in the building. Now, Charlamagne. I saw that a lot of the Muslim community was upset at you. For what?
Starting point is 00:32:41 Because you posted that joke about Khaled. You posted the sniper or something? No, the bomber. No, the bomber. The Jersey bomber. The Jersey bomber did look like DJ Collins. You're crazy. You know, he looked like, but that was the worst ISIS.
Starting point is 00:32:56 I don't even think ISIS liked that dude. Yeah, yeah, ISIS won't let him claim it. He got caught. He didn't really, nobody got blown up. His pressure cooker, you know he worked at a fried chicken shop, so his pressure cooker went off and had chicken wings with sauce, hot sauce and everything. He didn't really represent the ISIS crew like they're supposed to.
Starting point is 00:33:14 I got a little game we want to play with you, Donnell. Okay. And this game is called Who is Watching Austin? You got to pick out of these two people. God is watching Austin. Listen again, Austin is Donnell Rawlins' son. Okay, would you rather have Amber Rose or Derrick Rose
Starting point is 00:33:29 watch Austin? Amber Rose. Why Amber Rose? Come on, man. Who wouldn't want her to be a nanny, sir? You're not there. She's a mother, though, so she got experience in that department. Derrick Rose is a father. Yeah, but he's been coming up under a lot of controversial situations.
Starting point is 00:33:50 They're trying to say he's a rap artist. Okay. A rap artist. I'm not saying those are all allegations. Black China or Black Youngster? Black China. That was a difficult one for you. Black Youngster is going to let your kid get some money, though. Oh, yeah, I know. He kicked you off. I was going to come. I was bringing Mon difficult one for you. Black Youngster going to let your kid get some money though, right?
Starting point is 00:34:06 Oh, yeah, I know. He kicked you off. I was going to come. I was bringing Monopoly money for you today. All right, so you're going to stick with Black China. Yeah. All right, the game or Meek Mill? I probably, I think I would probably have to go with game
Starting point is 00:34:18 because the way Meek Mill has been out here in these streets, I don't want my son to get beat up while he's getting watched. So I'll have to go with the game. Damn. You think it looks bad for me out here now? Yeah, it don't look good son to get beat up while he's getting watched, so I'll have to go with the game. Damn. You think it looks bad for me out here now? Yeah, it don't look good. I don't really,
Starting point is 00:34:28 I ain't messing with Philly anyway after they did what they did to me. Every time I hear something out of Philly, I'm like, I told y'all. Y'all thought it was just me. I told y'all.
Starting point is 00:34:38 You know what I told him this morning? I said, I don't trust no Philly street rapper. Nah, Philly is all about the TMZ streets. I don't want no parts of that, son. That's funny.
Starting point is 00:34:48 All right, Lil Wayne or Birdman? I'll take Birdman. Why Birdman? Birdman got a higher profile. And Birdman keeps the game. Lil Wayne? Yeah, I think so. Now they'll stop it.
Starting point is 00:34:58 When was the last time Lil Wayne been on TV? Birdman stay on TV now. It's Lil Wayne, man. Lil Wayne is a legend. I'm old school. I'm going with Birdman. I'm going with dudes with gray in their chins. I'm going with Birdman.
Starting point is 00:35:11 I'm talking to all three of y'all and I'm saying I'm sticking with what I said. All three of y'all. I'm going with Birdman. I ain't gonna say it no more. Kanye West or Taylor Swift? You know I used to have a little thing for white chicks, so unfortunately
Starting point is 00:35:28 Taylor Swift, my son had a better chance of being culturally diverse, going to the farmer's markets and all that type of stuff, so I'm gonna go with Taylor Swift. You can pair Yeezys if you go with Kanye, though. I'm not a really big fan of Yeezys, son. Alright, Bruce Jenner or Caitlyn Jenner? They're the same people, so either one will go.
Starting point is 00:35:44 You ain't gonna fool me with the name Jenner. You know, I'll take Caitlyn Jenner with the penis. And here's the last one. This one's going to be the hardest one for you. Yeah. Who is watching Austin? Dave Chappelle or August Alsina? Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:36:02 Now, Donnell has a crush on August Alsina. But Dave Chappelle is his guy. I don't have a crush on him. I respect his on August Alsina But Dave Chappelle I don't have a crush on him I respect his work as an artist I respect August Alsina I'll take Dave Chappelle But while he's watching He gotta play all of August Alsina's greatest hits
Starting point is 00:36:19 Okay That's the way to do it Wow That's how you do August? Yeah August dissed me though August dissed me You traveled all the way to do it. Wow. That's how you do August? Yeah, yeah. I'm surprised Dave ain't your grandfather. August dissed me, though. August dissed me.
Starting point is 00:36:26 You traveled all the way to London. August dissed me. I went to London. I went to London. I talked to him. That sounded a little weird, bro. I went to London. I talked to him more.
Starting point is 00:36:33 He flew to New York and came to his album listening session. That sounded a little weird, Donnell. No, I'm going to tell you about that situation. This is just to fuel what you think my infatuation with August is not that. But I will say at that listening party, this was the funniest thing ever. I never told anybody this, but he was on a sofa. He stood up on a sofa. He wanted to address the audience,
Starting point is 00:36:54 right? And he slipped, right? He fell into my arms, right? No, he slipped off the couch. Where's that picture? No, we don't have the picture, right? I was like this, are you okay, right? And I didn't mean to grab. I did like this. I said, huh, and I grabbed her, right?
Starting point is 00:37:09 And I pushed her back and, you know, I love him. Not love him. No, I didn't say I love. I said love. I said love. I said love. I said I love, son. You sounded like a woman that's in court getting beat up by her man and don't want him to go to jail. I love him. I love him. I said L-U-H, love. You know how I said I love, son. You sounded like a woman that's been caught getting beat up by her man and don't want him to go to jail. I love him.
Starting point is 00:37:25 I love him. I said L-U-H. Love. You know I said I love him. Because, you know, the lyrics. You know what I'm saying? That's it, son. Are you sure he slipped?
Starting point is 00:37:34 Huh? On the couch? I don't know where it was. But I caught him. Did he say thank you at least? He looked at me like I was supposed to do that. Yeah. You know?
Starting point is 00:37:44 Like, thank you. Like, you pushed me off. But you know what I'm saying? Like, I don't have a problem with saying that I love him as an artist. So you flew to New York for the album? No, this is a story I never told you. This is a story I never told you. When all these rumors went on about, you know, my relationship with August,
Starting point is 00:38:00 whatever, my connection with a great artist. Okay. I was in Houston at the airport and this dude came up and he was thugged out. He was like, yo, son,
Starting point is 00:38:10 that August, I was like, listen, don't believe anything the Breakfast Club say. He said, you know what? I feel the same way
Starting point is 00:38:16 about the weekend that you feel about August. Wow. So I got dudes telling me what their emotional connection is with artists
Starting point is 00:38:23 that they fans of. Why do you have an emotional connection with August, though? Did you conceive your baby in the album? The first time I ever heard August, I was in Miami. I was about to go to live. I was at a pizza shop, and this song came on, I Love This-ish. And then I'm going to keep on grinding because I love this, and I'm going to keep on. For some reason, that story kind of connected to me and my grind.
Starting point is 00:38:46 Are you crying right now? What? You're not going to cry right now, are you? Yo, y'all need to grow up, man. Yo, we're in a different world, son. We're in a different world. Y'all need to focus on some other stuff, man. Y'all need to focus on some other stuff, man.
Starting point is 00:39:00 Yo, black lives matter, man. Black R&B lives matter. I'm at this stage of my life. I'm secure. There you go. If I like somebody for what they do, I like them for what they do. Got you, got you. You're one of the best DJs in the country.
Starting point is 00:39:13 I like what you do. You're not crying over him. You said you love him. I said I love you, sir. I ain't going to tell all because I love him in his face. Why wouldn't you? I'll say I'm fast with you in his face. But I'm going to say that.
Starting point is 00:39:25 But I like his story. You got a great story, Envy. Angie got a great story. Everybody in this room got a great story of starting somewhere, evolving into something, and doing well for themselves. So I love that it's really just connected at that moment. It did. It did.
Starting point is 00:39:39 I was like this. I even started shazamming it. I was like, oh, my God, who's singing this song? And then I got connected to it. But, you know, I'm in a different place now. All right, we got more with Donnell Rawlins when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:39:51 Good morning. That was One Dance, Drake. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV Angelou. Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Donnell Rawlins is in the building. Now, Charlamagne.
Starting point is 00:40:02 What do you think about stopping frisk? I would believe him, too, after what happened to his car the other day. Yeah. You know, I'm like, I would stop and Frisk anybody within a 20-feet radius. Radius. Once my knee went out, I wanted to stop and Frisk everybody up in there.
Starting point is 00:40:15 I thought they brought guns in there. How's your brother, by the way? My brother is doing good. He said, say hello to Envy. He said, say hello to Yee. And then he didn't really say anything about Charlamagne. You still shading me? Yeah, he moved on, son. Why are you shading me, man?
Starting point is 00:40:29 He moved on, son. That's funny. I was happy when he moved on. He asked for a t-shirt from him and you wouldn't give it to him. Yeah, and then he just tried to give me a brand new out the bag. My son, my brother wanted a sweaty t-shirt and Charlamagne. And that's supposed to be my man. And my brother, like, loved you, son. He loved me? Yeah. You switched the game up. Damn. I even asked him, because Dono hit me, like, can you get a sweaty t-shirt from Charlamagne? Right. And my brother, like, loved you, son. He loved me? Yeah, you switched the game up. Damn. I even
Starting point is 00:40:46 asked him, because Donald hit me, like, can you get a sweaty t-shirt from Charlamagne? Right. I was like, I'll ask him, but I don't know that he'll do it. He wouldn't do it. Now, why'd you want to call Sean Hannity early this week, man? Because Donald Trump kept saying, why didn't he talk to Sean Hannity during the debate? Yeah, he wanted to know why nobody talked to him.
Starting point is 00:41:01 Why didn't anybody talk to Sean Hannity? Donald Trump talked about everything but anything they were talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, how do you feel about foreign policy? You know, listen, my Trump water is selling. You know, he just always skipped the subject. I thought it was just funny that he kept on wanting people to call Sean. Like, we were able to stop the debate and just call Sean Hannity.
Starting point is 00:41:19 But that was the only reason. He was trying to call a friend. That's what you do when you struggle. I need a lifeline. Yeah, it's interesting because, like, this is the first time we have two candidates where people are going to say, you know, I don't like her, but I really don't like him. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? So who the next person.
Starting point is 00:41:33 One thing about this year's election is that whoever becomes the next president is really going to make us appreciate and understand how much we're going to miss President Barack Obama. Yes, sir. Now, as far as other projects that you're working on, because I know you always have something going on besides the show on TLC, what else is going on with Johnny? Well, I had an incident that got, and this is when you just got to stay focused. Like three weeks before I had my surgery, I had a conversation with Courtney Kemp. She's an executive producer of Power. You know, she's the big dog over there.
Starting point is 00:42:05 She reached out to my management, and they were considering me for a role that probably gave me like five or six episodes on Power. And two weeks had went past, and I didn't hear anything from them. I didn't know if they had went another direction. And I was a half hour out of having surgery, and my manager called me and said,
Starting point is 00:42:21 Power wanted you to start this season next week. So it was one of those situations. It was unfortunate because, you know, and my manager called me and said, Power wanted you to start this season next week. Damn. So it was one of those situations. It was unfortunate because, you know, with me having my son now, I want to spend more time at home. I don't want to be in the road as much. So I told myself at the beginning of the year that I need to really focus on trying to do more film and television, give myself more time to be at home.
Starting point is 00:42:39 And it would have been a great reintroduction to, like, dramatic acting for me. But, you know, my injury. You lost a role on Power because of a goddamn pickup game, Donnell? I didn't. It wasn't even a pickup game. No, I didn't lose a role on Power because of a pickup game. I lost a role on Power because God said, Donnell, this is not the right time for that.
Starting point is 00:42:59 And I'm being honest. Anybody in this situation would be like, I can't believe that's one of the biggest shows on TV. But, you know, they say everything happens for a reason. The fortune situation is that, like, she personally, like, sought after me for my talent. So I believe that I may have her future on the show somewhere. But, you know, it's a good opportunity for whatever actor they chose to do it away from me.
Starting point is 00:43:21 But I'm excited. In this business, the hardest thing... The hardest thing... Yesterday, when he was here yesterday, he said he just got a role on Power. Anyway, you just don't stop, son. You really haven't seen you since that big role you had in Spider-Man,
Starting point is 00:43:36 man. The huge role. The thing about it is I'm constantly on television, but I've been lucky enough to have some iconic stuff that doesn't make some of the things you did. Look, here's this. Here's this. It's like a penis picture.
Starting point is 00:43:50 You know, you got to get the right angle. Everybody knows if you want Anthony Weiner, you got to get the right angle. Right. For anybody who's ever sent an Anthony Weiner picture, I bet you it was ten photos didn't make it before you got to that one. It was like, that's it? That's it. No, they couldn't rewrite that role so that the guy could have a torn, what do you have, a torn?
Starting point is 00:44:09 No, the role was like. Patella. The role is. You said tiptoe? The role was, it was a role that required a lot of physicality. Oh, okay. You know what I'm saying? So it was no way to do that.
Starting point is 00:44:20 It was no way to do that. I don't really want to talk about the role because whatever actor they use, I don't want to make it sound like he got this because of this, you know? Yeah, don't knock Gerald Kelly. Bless you, y'all, man. Y'all would be so messed up. Now, how do they put his Timbs on
Starting point is 00:44:31 while y'all talking? You know why? Why? Because Mike Coulter is here, who plays Luke Cage. And we thank you for coming, Donnell. I like that. Hold on.
Starting point is 00:44:40 Donnell is going to be a Caroline. That's for friends. No segway. So, okay, and that's it. Donnell is going to be a Caroline. That's for friends. No segway. So, okay, and that's it. Donnell is going to be at Caroline this weekend. That's like a Chappelle episode. Wrap it up, Donnell. Wrap it up.
Starting point is 00:44:51 You're at Caroline this weekend? Yes, Thursday. Damn, Donnell. Call him a friend. 730 and 10. Saturday, 730 and 10. And Sunday at 730. So you can go to carolines.com for tickets.
Starting point is 00:45:00 Come through, son. I don't know if I have a babysitter, but if I don't, I'm just going to bring all five kids. Oh, you can't. Yo, you're the only person I know have an annual baby shower, son. I don't know if I have a babysitter, but if I don't, I'm just going to bring all five kids. Oh, you can't. Yo, you're the only person I know who has an annual baby shower, son. Yo, don't forget to come out to Jersey. It's DJ Envy's annual baby shower. Starting, starting, Logan, everybody. Yo, you keep it good.
Starting point is 00:45:21 Caroline, this weekend, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report.
Starting point is 00:45:36 Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Nate Parker, director, co-writer, and star of The Birth of a Nation, was on 60 Minutes. This is his first televised interview ever since rape allegations from his past have resurfaced. I missed this. When did this come on? Yesterday. He talked to Anderson Cooper.
Starting point is 00:45:55 Well, they put out a snippet from it. All right, so check out what he had to say. My faith is very important to me. So looking back through that lens, I definitely feel like it's not the lens that I had when I was 19 years old. I had no idea. I had absolutely no idea. I was devastated.
Starting point is 00:46:14 You know, I couldn't believe it. Now, the whole interview will be out on Sunday. Okay. On 60 Minutes, if you want to see that. It should be pretty interesting, though, you know. I can't wait for Birth of a Nation to drop. That's all I know. October 7th is in theaters.
Starting point is 00:46:28 Drop one of Clues' bombs for Nat Turner, damn it. I actually saw the movie. Very emotional movie. Very difficult. Have you come down yet? Listen, it was so hard to watch. I'm going to tell you, we cried. I went with my friend Ingrid, and I went with Paris.
Starting point is 00:46:43 We cried, I think, throughout half the movie. The best thing to do is go see it on a Friday, so then you got those two weekends to detox, and then you can start dealing with white people again on Monday. Man, if you see some of the things that went down. Yeah, you're not going to want to deal with white people immediately after watching Birth of a Nation. I'm definitely going to see what they did.
Starting point is 00:46:58 The soundtrack is actually out today, and they do have a song with Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne on there. All right, check out. What? Yeah, snippet from this what does this have to do in that Turner? I was thinking the same thing. How does this reflect the movie in any way, shape, or form? The song is called Oh Lord. It seems like a check.
Starting point is 00:47:31 None of the slaves were bumping Gucci Mane or Ludoway. What's going on here? I don't know. I don't get this. It's confusing. Aren't soundtracks supposed to reflect what's going on in the movie? Usually, yes. Call Alicia Keys.
Starting point is 00:47:44 Go get Janelle Monae. Why her little Wayne and Gucci man on the soundtrack? Why can't they be? I don't... You've seen the movie. You tell me. I don't know. Okay. All right, now let's discuss California State.
Starting point is 00:47:56 Now, lawmakers have approved a bill that will eliminate the 10-year limit on filing rape and charges relating to rape, and that is all prompted by the whole Bill Cosby case. All right, the governor announced he has approved that legislation. There's no more limitations. So beginning next year, that bill means that you have time to go ahead and it doesn't matter whenever you feel like it.
Starting point is 00:48:16 As much time as you want. Yes. Bill Cosby live in California? Some of these cases, I guess, are in California. Bill. Because it's at the Playboy Mansion. Bill, let it go. So wait, they can go next year now if they drop this this year?
Starting point is 00:48:27 Starting next year. Wow. There's no more statute of limitations in certain rape and child molestation cases. Bill, exit stage left. So that means the time limit on older cases where the statute of limitations has not yet expired. Bill, there's nothing more to see here. That's going to count toward that also. So there's 17
Starting point is 00:48:43 other states that have no statute of limitations on rape, and now California will be one of them. Bill, Mr. Cosby, it's time to die. All right? It's time to just let it go. Don't put yourself through this. All right? It's okay.
Starting point is 00:48:56 Bow out. You had a great run. Okay? All right. I told you this three years ago. Take my advice now. Now, Nicki Minaj. You're blind.
Starting point is 00:49:04 This guy's crazy. It's not much to live with. You just can't die. Yes, you can. Just think about it. It'll happen. Well, Nicki Minaj put up a post the other day. We're not exactly sure what she's talking about,
Starting point is 00:49:12 but I guess she was feeling a certain type of way about shady people. She said, When people act shady, allow them. When people betray your trust, allow them. But never, ever sink to their level. Their choices are a direct reflection of who they are, not who you are. No matter how angry, hurt, or disappointed you may be, do not allow them to make you bitter.
Starting point is 00:49:31 Be better. React with love. Sometimes that means retaliating with understanding and compassion. Other times it means retaliating with acceptance and sheer silence. Whatever it is, make sure it benefits you as a human being instead of lowering you into a position which you would rather not be in. So she wants to make sure you know that normal people
Starting point is 00:49:49 don't go around destroying other human beings. Only those who are hurt, lost, and confused cause pain. She must have heard the Beanie Siegel interview on Taxdome. You think that's what that was about? No, I don't think that was about it. I don't think it was that. I don't think that was about it. She was listening and it made her write this post.
Starting point is 00:50:05 Mm-hmm. All right, well, that is your rumor report. I'm Angela Yee. All right, Miss Yee. Charlemagne. Yes. Who you throwing that donkey to? I need Rob Kardashian to waddle up to the front of the congregation.
Starting point is 00:50:14 We'd like to have a word with him, please. Oh, boy. What he done did now? I'll tell you before after the hour. All right, keep it locked. Breakfast Club, good morning. And don't forget Luke Cage. Mike Cota, South Carolina's own Luke Cage, baby.
Starting point is 00:50:26 Calm down. Calm down. Goodness gracious. This is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's Reevee. I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day.
Starting point is 00:50:37 It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. That's pretty funny. Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. It's a good teachable moment here. Donkey of the Day for Friday, September 30th goes to Rob Kardashian. I tell you guys all the time, you have to move off strategy and not emotion. What I am noticing from Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian is that both of them are highly emotional, and those kind of relationships rarely work. Now, it all started the other day when Rob Kardashian got upset
Starting point is 00:51:13 because his family didn't invite the mother of his child to a baby shower. They were trying to throw for him. Damn. Now let's talk about what's wrong with this situation. First of all, why in the hell are they throwing a baby shower for Rob? I know Rob on a lot of levels looks like a pregnant nine-month woman who has gained a lot of weight, but I have never heard of a baby shower for a man. Now, if Caitlyn decided to have kids in the future, adopt, get a surrogate, whatever,
Starting point is 00:51:38 I can understand having a baby shower for her. But Rob, I don't get it. But then Rob gets upset and does exactly what an overweight, insecure man does, and that's throw a temper tantrum. He used his little chubby fingers to tweet out, didn't invite the mother of my child to a baby shower. You are all trying to throw for me? You all must have lost your damn minds.
Starting point is 00:51:58 Then he used those portly palms of his to send out another tweet. This time it said Kylie's number, and he posted the number with mad laughing emojis and said, I ain't hacked either. This Rob dog, LOL. Let me be the first to tell you this behavior is bitch made. These are the kinds of things that fat people with too much time on their hands do because
Starting point is 00:52:15 instead of being in the gym or thinking about reducing your portions, you're too busy being overweight and over emotional and it's causing you to make irrational decisions like tweeting out your sister's phone number. Now. We know everything is energy right? Energy is contagious.
Starting point is 00:52:30 Positive and negative alike. That's why you have to be mindful of who and what you are allowing into your space. Not to mention karma is real. Because just days after Rob tweeted out Kylie's number. His fiance returned the favor. To ensure that your man is not texting no bitches, just tweet his number out. How's that feel, Rob?
Starting point is 00:52:49 How you feel? It's good. Get your number changed. Thank you. Since all these females want to keep texting his phone because they had his number before, talk about, are you good? You and Chyna good?
Starting point is 00:52:59 No, we good. We good. We good. We straight. No, I'm not mad at Blac Chyna for this because she's pregnant. That's gangster. How many weeks she is? Probably 30, 36. Somewhere around there We good. We straight. No, I'm not mad at Blac Chyna for this because she's pregnant. That's gangster. How many weeks she is?
Starting point is 00:53:06 Probably 30, 36. Somewhere around there. Baby about to drop. You know, and pregnant women are emotional. You know that, didn't you? You've been through it five times. I've been through it twice. Okay, when pregnant women spaz on you, then you just have to take the L.
Starting point is 00:53:18 It is what it is. I'm emotional on my period. You got to take the L then, too. So imagine the period is, the pregnancy is 100 times whatever the period is, okay? It is what it is when your woman's pregnant. She can treat you and talk to you any way she wants to when she's pregnant. So when I hear her sending your number out on social media because she's mad you texting other chicks or mad chicks are texting you, I understand it. I expect it from a swollen, pregnant woman.
Starting point is 00:53:42 But I don't expect it from a swollen pregnant looking man. And that's exactly why you are getting donkey today, Rob Kardashian, because you are the man of the house. As the man of the house, you can't move off emotion. You have to move off strategy. The fact that you act like your pregnant girlfriend is a problem. See, in life, we sometimes get hit with the mirror effect.
Starting point is 00:53:59 The mirror effect is when someone mirrors your behavior and they feel the result, and then you feel the result of your actions mirrored back at you. Okay. Then you realize in a profound sense how you hurt or punished others with your irrational behavior. Okay. This is exactly what happened to Rob Kardashian earlier this week. You acted like an emotional 40-week pregnant woman and put your sister's number out.
Starting point is 00:54:22 And you got your number put out by a damn near 40 week pregnant woman. Okay? Hey, Rob, you like to eat, right? Well, you can eat here in the Karma Cafe. Just understand that the Karma Cafe has no menu. You get what you deserve. Give Rob Kardashian the biggest hee-haw, please. Who?
Starting point is 00:54:41 I don't feel like that hee-haw was big enough. You don't got a bigger hee-haw than that? Can't make it louder? I want it to be as big as him. There you go. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, you ass. All right. Now, Luke Cage is out this weekend, baby.
Starting point is 00:54:55 Yeah. On Netflix, right? Yeah. I can't wait to get home and binge watch Luke Cage all weekend long. Y'all know I love my Power Man and my Iron Fist comic books. So who's our next guest, DJ Envy? Tell them. Luke Cage.
Starting point is 00:55:09 Mike Coulter. Yes. South Carolina's own who plays Luke Cage is coming in next, okay? All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Here's Drake.
Starting point is 00:55:16 Reread. Too good. I need a girl. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We have a special guest in the building. Now, I don't's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have a special guest in the building.
Starting point is 00:55:27 Now, I don't get excited for too many guests. Right. Okay? But I'm going to be watching this man all weekend. Pause that. This is all right. Okay? This is Mike Cota, a.k.a. Luke Cage.
Starting point is 00:55:37 Now, when they said you were coming, I didn't know that there were black superheroes. Okay. I'm serious. I knew Media Man. Who the hell is Media Man? Blank Man. And Handyman. What are you talking about?
Starting point is 00:55:48 Handyman. You never heard of Luke Cage? You never heard of Black Panther? I didn't. You never heard of Storm? What are you talking about? It's okay, man. That's what we need to do.
Starting point is 00:55:55 We have to convert one at a time. It's okay. That's why they say that Luke Cage is actually going to be a great series to watch because even if you've never known the backstory of any of these superheroes, you can still watch it and know what's going on. I was excited when I heard there was a real... When I was a kid, my two favorite superheroes were Wolverine and Power Man. And he has no idea who...
Starting point is 00:56:11 Yeah, he's at Power Man. He looks lost. He looks lost. He's like, wait a minute. It's okay. No, this is great. We like to be unique and have something that no one's heard of. And honestly, we're not really pitching ourselves as a superhero show.
Starting point is 00:56:22 It's kind of just a good show and happens to have a superhero in it or a man with special abilities. Let's talk about the symbolism of that now because Luke Cage, his superpowers are still hard skin and super scrimp. So he's bulletproof. Yeah, and endurance. That kind of stuff, yeah. How is that? How are y'all going to play with the whole, I guess, the social injustice going on
Starting point is 00:56:40 with the police and all that? You know, it's funny. We don't really have to do anything. The world is the way it is and people are going to see what they see you know it's like perception so you're watching the show and you're going to get what you get from it and you know we shot this and put it in the can about uh six months ago we started you know labor day of last year and there were a lot of things bubbling up at the point at that time you know there were obviously you know Eric Gardner there were some issues going on but you know right now it's at a fever pitch. We couldn't time it any better.
Starting point is 00:57:07 And Marvel is obviously not a place that has an agenda. So when we put the show out, it just happens to be at a crucial time in society where people feel like they're really in need of this. Now, for people who aren't familiar with the whole backstory of Luke Cage and how he became impenetrable and bulletproof, tell us how that happened. So he's a man who was wrongly convicted, sent to prison, set up,
Starting point is 00:57:29 and he's not feeling sorry for himself. He got the black man. Yeah, wrongly convicted, wrongly accused, put him in prison. Very true to brain. Very true, right. So he goes to prison. While they're in there, he has an experiment that's done on him illegally. It's done because he's in dire straits
Starting point is 00:57:45 and it actually saves his life. But he gets his abilities and he uses his abilities to then escape. Now, when he escapes, he basically goes on the lam, as they say, you know, changes his name, gets an alias, and his alias is Luke Cage. Now, no one knows who he is, so he's laying low. That's one of the reasons he doesn't want to get involved in the community
Starting point is 00:58:02 when they need him, because he's got his own problems. You know, he's trying to pay his rent, he's trying to make ends meet. You know, he's he's working When we find him in Jessica Jones, he had a bar. Everything was fine lovely and then some things happen lost his bar Lost his apartment. So right now when you meet him in Luke Cage's series He's kind of back to square one again in Harlem in Harlem laying low at a barbershop Listen in the booting listen to Wu Tang as one would you know when you laying low at a barbershop. Listening to Wu-Tang. Listening to Wu-Tang as one would, you know, when you're laying low and just kind of just trying to
Starting point is 00:58:27 figure his life out. The only reason I don't watch a lot of the Marvel movies and those other movies is because I always thought that I would have to know what's going on so I can watch this
Starting point is 00:58:34 from the start and I won't feel left out. And then maybe you'll go back and watch Jessica Jones. Yeah, but you can do that with pretty much any of the Netflix series. Yeah, just standalone.
Starting point is 00:58:42 Yeah, it's 13 episodes and they explain backstories and all of that. Were you into comics as a kid? No, not that much. I wasn't a diehard. I wasn't like a fanboy or, you know, I didn't. You wasn't a geek. Yeah, I wasn't a geek. You don't have a Wolverine tattoo on your arm. No, no, no. I have a Wolverine
Starting point is 00:58:58 tattoo on my arm. I heard you're from South Carolina. Are you from South Carolina? Yeah, he comes from South Carolina. He's from Monk's Corner. I'm all into the new Power Man and Iron Fist series. He's got the plastic covering. Yeah comes from South Carolina. You already know, and I have a bag. He's from Monk's Corner. Monk's Corner. I'm all into it. I know what that is. I'm all into the new Power Man and Iron Fist series. He's got the plastic cover, and yeah, he's serious. You already know. This is a new one. This is a new one, yeah.
Starting point is 00:59:11 You know the guy who draws? This is from South Carolina, too. Sanford Green. Yeah, I met him. I met him. Yeah, nice guy. Nice guy. Are you from St. Matthews, South Carolina?
Starting point is 00:59:17 St. Matthews. There's only 2,000 people there. I know. Not even. I think we lost a couple last week, maybe. I think we lost a few. 1997. How'd you get out of St. Matthews?
Starting point is 00:59:27 I think I drove out there, actually. I literally drove away. I literally drove out. I didn't take a plane. I think the first time I was on a plane was when I was 25 years old. Me too. The first time I got on a plane was 2000. When was 9-11?
Starting point is 00:59:42 It was right after 9-11. 2001. Yeah, yeah. The first time I got on a plane. First time. That's crazy. That's the first time I got on a plane. When was 9-11? It was right after 9-11. 2001. Yeah, yeah. The first time I got on a plane. First time. That's crazy. The first time I got on a plane. I know.
Starting point is 00:59:49 But since then, I mean, I got a million miles. I'm good. I'm good. So St. Matthews, what was your dreams in St. Matthews? Getting out. My time was 8,000 people. Monk's Corner. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:59:58 No, I know. Because I was in ROTC. We drove up to Monk's Corner. You guys are near Charleston, right? Yep. Yeah. You drove up to Monk's Corner for a good time? No, no.
Starting point is 01:00:04 I went to compete in the drill team to get out of school. It was just get on the bus and just take a trip. Now, you beat out a lot of big names to play this role. I know people don't really know the Luke Cage character, but I remember John Singleton had the rights to a movie back in the day, I believe. It was supposed to be Tyrese, and there was rumors of The Rock, and there was Terry Crews, the old Spice guy,
Starting point is 01:00:23 and he did a long trailer for it. Yeah, yeah. Like, how did you feel when you actually landed this role? Well, I'll tell you one thing. I mean, I'll say this about anything you want in life. Sometimes, you know, when you want it really, really, really, really badly, I hate to say you shouldn't want anything really, really badly because you can end up in disappointment.
Starting point is 01:00:39 But I figure what will be for you will be. It's one of those things where things come to you and what doesn't come for you is not for you. And you have to kind of just be okay with that because life is too short. Everybody's got their moments. And when you have something that works for you, enjoy that moment.
Starting point is 01:00:54 When this stuff came out and people were like, oh, you know, they want to do the role and stuff, I think sometimes, you know, as a matter of fact, I talked to John Singleton several times. I would love for him to come and direct some of the episodes if we are so lucky to get a second season. Great guy. Marvel has a specific vision.
Starting point is 01:01:09 No one tells them who to cast and what to do. They have a specific vision, and their vision aligned with what I wanted to do and how I approach this role. Everybody has a vision. I think some people who are too close to the role sometimes bring something to the role because it's very specific for them and very personal. If I was a fan of Luke Cage growing up, it would have been very difficult to then step into the role, you know, because it's very specific for them and very personal. If I was a fan of Luke Cage growing up,
Starting point is 01:01:26 it would have been very difficult to then step into the role because my vision would have been so kind of distorted and skewed based off of my, you know, boyhood dreams and how I envisioned his character. You know, we came at a blank slate. I didn't have anything but, you know, just looking at it from the perspective of an actor trying to break down a role,
Starting point is 01:01:42 what is his character and how are we going to portray him and make it personal and unique and real. Do you work out a lot? No, now I do, but I haven't worked out in like a month now because I'm on this press tour. I've got to get back in the gym and get my trainer going. I wasn't doing a trainer for the first year or two, but now I'm at the point where I'm like so bored.
Starting point is 01:01:58 You know, you go in the gym, you're just looking at the weights, you're going, there's another day. It's a part-time job. You play a little cage, man. You've got to be diesel at all times. It's a part-time job, man. It's a part-time job. You play Luke Cage, man. You got to be diesel at all times. It's a part-time job, man. It's a part-time job. I got a 16-month-old.
Starting point is 01:02:08 They run me around. I'm on Paris, London, you know, Tokyo, Korea. You know, it's tough. You know what's funny? Right before you walked in here, someone who works in here, she came in here
Starting point is 01:02:16 and she told Charlamagne, she said... She goes, now that's a man. That's who you should want to look like. She said, that's who you want to look like. She said, that's a man right there. I'm like, well, what am I then?
Starting point is 01:02:27 You know what that is? It was so funny to me because it really showed how she viewed Charlamagne. You know what that is? She's feeling Charlamagne. That's how she gets at him. No, she's not. She's how she gets at him. Taylor, would you like to explain why I'm not a man but Mike Colter is?
Starting point is 01:02:40 I don't even think she meant it as an insult. She just meant it. Oh, just a matter of fact. What the hell did you mean by that, Taylor? Hi, we got more with Luke Cage. Mike Coulter, when we come back, keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 01:02:52 That was Drake, Popcorn, Controller. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Mike Coulter is in the building, a.k.a. Luke Cage. Season 1 is out right now on Netflix. Charlamagne? Now, I saw you on Wendy Williams when you came out.
Starting point is 01:03:08 All the women were cheering, and then they put up a picture of your white wife. Uh-oh, and it got quiet. White wife, and it was like. Yeah, yeah. How do you take that? You know, here's the thing. I don't, and listen, I love my sisters. I don't know, you know, people always go, man, that's this type.
Starting point is 01:03:27 Listen, just because if somebody caught a sister walking around with a 6'7 brother, is that her type? That's the only kind? Or next week she saw him walking around with a short guy, a Spanish guy. Do we have to have a type? My thing is I'm a human being. I look at people from character and what's inside. I'm not into the, like, yes, physically, that's one thing.
Starting point is 01:03:47 But you've got to be on the same page. So I met my wife when I was struggling and I was in grad school. So, listen, she stuck with me. I'm 16 years. It's a long way. She was shooting in the gym. Yes, and she was, you know, she was with me and she's held me up many times and I've held her up before, you know.
Starting point is 01:04:00 So people don't understand, like, when it comes to, like, you know, being with somebody long term is way more than skin color that's gonna make it work. They, you know, the mixing of races have created such wonderful people. I mean, look at Obama. Nobody's ever talking about man, I wish he, you know, if he didn't have a white mama, I'm pretty sure he probably wouldn't be president. I'm being real. Because honestly, we have
Starting point is 01:04:18 a problem in society. We have to kind of take things in phases, and to be a black person with a white person in 2016, it's so old. Oh, explain to Barack that he needed a little bit of white privilege to be a black person with a white person 2016 He needed a little bit of white privilege to be present I feel like mass appeal mass appeal wise he was he was black He's more acceptable more digestible. He has a strong black name. We appreciated that but it's visually I think white America appreciated the visuals I know you're an honorable man though. Most guys when they struggling they get with a white girl. She got credit She got money, but when they're struggling, they get with a white girl. She's got credit. She's got money.
Starting point is 01:04:45 But when they get up, they leave them. You're stuck with your wife. No, it's crazy. No, listen, man. She's actually one of those people who doesn't see the world that way. She's honestly one of those people who is a helper and somebody who supports the black community. Does your wife work for Netflix? She does.
Starting point is 01:05:05 That's how you got the job? Boy, you are. Nah your wife work for Netflix? She does. She does. That's how you got the job? Boy, you are. Nah. You know what? I like what you're doing. You like that, right? Maybe that's how she got the job.
Starting point is 01:05:12 What does she do at Netflix? You don't know. She's director of talent acquisitions, but not talent in the sense of on-camera talent, in the sense of behind the scenes. Basically, she didn't cast me is what I'm trying to say. Nothing to do with the casting process. Nothing to do with the casting process. Now, do you worry, because, you know, playing these iconic characters like Luke Cage,
Starting point is 01:05:29 do you worry that that's all people will know you as? Because you're playing, I know you're in Girl Trip. Yeah, yeah. But your name is Luke in that, too. No, no, not Luke. No, it's not Luke. I can't remember the character name now, but it's not Luke. It's early in the morning.
Starting point is 01:05:41 No, God, no, not Luke. No, I can't remember it now. Stuart, Stuart. Stuart, okay. The character's name is Stuart. Stuart, yes. Stuart Luke. Stuart Pierce.'t know either. Stuart, Stuart. His name is Stuart, Stuart, yes. Stuart Luke. Stuart Pierce. Stuart Luke.
Starting point is 01:05:47 Stuart Pierce, yeah. But do you worry about that, though? You know, here's the thing. I mean, definitely was a concern, but you can't really worry about it, and I'll tell you why. Because you have to weigh your options. In this business, sometimes these iconic roles come around. Sometimes these indelible characters come around. Are you going to pass on it because you're afraid that that's going to be pigeonholing you?
Starting point is 01:06:04 Or are you going to say this is an opportunity're afraid that that's going to be pigeonholing you or are you going to say this is an opportunity to now use as a platform to do other things, you know? So I'm not going to concern myself about it because, you know, it's one of those things
Starting point is 01:06:12 you have to take a chance, you know? And the beauty of it, you're the first one. Yeah. You know what I mean? You're the first Luke Cage. First one out of the gate.
Starting point is 01:06:19 You know, I'm sure there'll be others. I'm sure there'll be others. If this goes, Marvel never stops. So, you know, I'm happy to be playing Luke Cage right now, but I'll do it as long as it
Starting point is 01:06:28 asks me to. Any talks of having y'all in the movies? What we do is really unique. We're adult-oriented. We're not PG-13. We're not really for the mass audiences in a sense, like crowd-pleasing, family-oriented. We have sex scenes. We have cursing. We have adult
Starting point is 01:06:44 situations. And while I think it would be nice to be in the films, I don't know if we want to dilute what it is that we're doing that makes us very unique. That being said, Marvel, if they can kind of make it work, I'm sure it'd be nice. But it's really a scheduling thing. I mean, they schedule movies years in advance.
Starting point is 01:06:59 We're shooting TV series all year round. It's very tough to kind of make things just work the way you want to because there's just so much going on, you know. Yeah, you and Jessica Jones had sex a lot on her show, but then I read that Rosario Dawson's your love interest in this one. Well, don't let the cat out of the bag. But, yeah, you know, Luke gets around, man.
Starting point is 01:07:15 Luke gets around. He gets it in. I mean, you know, it's one of those things where I would say, you know, it's like he's a widower, you know, and so he has to kind of heal, and this is how he heals. Yeah, I don't like that. I don't like he be a widower, you know, and so he has to kind of heal, and this is how he heals. Yeah, I don't like that. I don't like he be using the widow to get vagina. No, I don't.
Starting point is 01:07:29 No, that's not. No, I don't bring it up. They don't even know about it. It's just one of those things where it's like, you know. Part of who you are. Part of who I am. As an actor, a lot of times they say they take part of their character home with them after they've been intensely working on something.
Starting point is 01:07:42 After 13 episodes of filming and playing Luke Cage, is there a part of that that still is anything? No, I try to, no. You're not saving lives? No, I'm not a method actor. Method acting to me is almost like not acting because you're creating the circumstances for yourself and you're kind of getting to the point where
Starting point is 01:07:57 you're not separating life from the acting. In real life, if you could have a superpower, what would you want it to be? Teleportation. Traveling without customs, no passports. That would be dope. Just pop into Paris when I want to. You got to pay for that flight.
Starting point is 01:08:09 I'm going to take the bulletproof skin with the way the police shooting us out here. I'm going to take that. But if you teleport, then they can't, then what? They teleport, hey. Don't shoot me before
Starting point is 01:08:15 I get to teleport. Yeah, just disappear. You know, boom, done. I can't believe you don't take nothing home, not even to break the bad part. Oh, the break, no, man. Listen, that's tough.
Starting point is 01:08:22 That's tough. Listen, watching, no, watching that kind of stuff with your wife, no, man, listen, that's tough, that's tough. Listen, watching, no, watching that kind of stuff with your wife, man, she didn't like that kind of stuff. Don't bring that home. I conveniently, you know,
Starting point is 01:08:31 like the premiere last night, I conveniently waited to come in after, she saw it before, but I come in after all that stuff, I don't want to sit there next to her.
Starting point is 01:08:35 Right. You know, just deal. I was putting it down, you see that? Yeah, you know, I'm like, that wasn't me. Too much pressure? That's my stunt double.
Starting point is 01:08:42 Too much pressure? No, it's because sometimes, you know, you're away from home a lot, and so you go on a lot, and so they don't get to see stuff. And for them, they know the process a little bit, but not really. They're not on set when this kind of stuff happens,
Starting point is 01:08:54 so you're going, all they know is it looks real. It looks kind of real to them, so they're going, you know. You don't do that to me at home. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't do it like that at home. Just have the producers come over,
Starting point is 01:09:03 loosen up the bed or whatever they do, and then when you get in there, you're fine. They didn't loosen the bed up. I broke that, man, yeah. You don't do it like that at home. Just have the producers come over, loosen up the bed or whatever they do. And then when you get in there, you're out. No, I didn't loosen the bed up. I broke that, man. Okay. I broke that bed. That's enough. That's enough.
Starting point is 01:09:12 Let's go see it. We got this. We can catch it today. Right now. Right now. Yeah, Netflix. This is what I'm binge watching all weekend, baby. Luke Cage.
Starting point is 01:09:19 Marvel's Luke Cage. You can check it right now on Netflix. And we appreciate you for joining us today. Thank you guys for having me. I really appreciate it. And go look up the comic books, too. Suits my God Samford dream, man. All right. South Carolina all day Netflix and we appreciate you for joining us today. Thank you guys for having me. I really appreciate it. Suit to my God's hand for dream, man. South Carolina all day. It's The Breakfast Club. It's Mike Colton.
Starting point is 01:09:32 The Breakfast Club. Listen up. It's just the end. All the gossip. The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Now we thought that Kate C. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Now, we thought that Kate Cuddy's album was going to be out today, Passion, Pain, and Demon Slam, but it didn't happen.
Starting point is 01:09:51 So we went on Twitter. You can see this is a pinned tweet on his page. He said, hey, fam, due to some minor sample clearances still being finalized, we missed our deadline for tonight's release. However, you will be able to purchase Frequency and Surfing within the next 48 hours for your grooving pleasure to hold you over. Waiting to hear from the label on an official pre-order release date platform availability. Can't have anything else hold this up and want to give them the time they need to handle their business and get you the right details.
Starting point is 01:10:17 I can sense all of the excitement and love out there. It really makes my heart smile. Cudi just surprised us, bro. Just surprised us? Just surprised us, man. That's all. All right. I mean, listen, he's been building up a lot of, I think,
Starting point is 01:10:31 attention toward this album with a lot of other things going on around it, outside it. I'm going to be honest, I didn't have time for his album this weekend because Luke Cage is out and Solange is out. I didn't have time for Cudi's album this weekend, to be honest with you. All right. And in other news, The Weeknd, he is, since it's this weekend, The Weeknd just announced that he has now partnered up with Puma. So he has a deal with Puma.
Starting point is 01:10:50 I, by the way, just for the record, really like Rihanna's Fenty Puma. I like Pumas, period. Pumas are classic. I love Pumas. But I really like her stuff, like her whole entire collaboration she did with them. Like, I would really buy that. It looks really good. So shout out to Puma for doing that deal.
Starting point is 01:11:07 Now he put on his Twitter, excited to announce my partnership with Puma. Hashtag run the streets. Also excited to release my Puma XO shoe and clothing line in 2017. And other weekend news, this weekend on Saturday Night Live, season 42 premieres. And guess who the guest is? The Weeknd.
Starting point is 01:11:24 Exactly. And somebody else. I forgot who though. I forgot who's hosting. I think it was like Margo. Who was it? I don't remember. Alright, but my main story was that it's going to be The Weeknd. And man, Envy's not in the room. I need him here. Envy ran out of here like he had diarrhea or something. What happened
Starting point is 01:11:39 just now? I don't know what just happened. I just saw a yellow blur fly by me in the hall. Now the rumor is, and this is on Bossip, that Drake has a new boo. And the rumor is his new boo is India Love. If you don't know who India Love is, that's the one who the game was dating previously. Nice little young tender. She had the show on BET with her family also. So, I don't know how confirmed that is, but the rumor is that she's been traveling with Drake as of late.
Starting point is 01:12:07 All right? I don't see the problem there. No, I'm just telling you who he's dating now. That's what you should do. But Rihanna's Navy was definitely going in. Just, you know. Listen, man, when you're the number one rapper in the world, you put the smash everything, all the top fives off Instagram.
Starting point is 01:12:22 All right, now, DJ Envy, this is why I needed him here, because this is an Envy exclusive, but he went on his Instagram page, and he actually changed his stance on Stop and Frisk because of John Legend. Didn't matter what none of us said. Didn't matter what we were saying, even though John Legend said the exact damn thing
Starting point is 01:12:38 that we both told him. It was the same conversation we had. I'm tired of R&B Negro saving this man's life. First it was Tyrese, now it's John Legend. Isn't it crazy how you could be with somebody every day, they don't listen to you, then John Legend shows up. And he posted a picture of the bullet holes in his car. And Envy said,
Starting point is 01:12:55 John Legend is a firm supporter and advocate of Black Lives Matter. I had an opportunity to have a wonderful conversation with him today where he provided me and our listeners, I guess we weren't here, with a great deal of useful information regarding Stop and Frisk. So he went on to talk about how, oh hey Envy, we're talking about you. Talking about you, behind your back.
Starting point is 01:13:16 Why didn't you just ask me? You weren't in here! No, I was in the bathroom. Did you wipe? I did. Okay. What wipe? Okay. Alright, continue. Anyway, we're talking about your post and how John Legend actually helped you change your mind. It was a couple of people. It wasn't just John Legend. Well, it says here John Legend.
Starting point is 01:13:30 It was John Legend, but I also said people I spoke to in the community as well. What's funny? It wasn't Angel Lee and Charlamagne. Yeah, we were just concerned. We told you the same thing that they said. No, but I always argue with you. You know when you argue and talk to somebody all the time? That's what I was just saying.
Starting point is 01:13:41 You just ignore them. But it was somebody outside the box. That's what I was just saying. You just ignore them. But if somebody outside the box says it. And also Erica Ford, who was a lady who, she runs a she does something in Queens where she gets the guns off the street. She works for the borough presidents and we had a long conversation when I was
Starting point is 01:13:57 in Southside, Queens doing the voter registration. I mean, it was a real good conversation. It was heated at times. She had her people around. She was explaining, but it was just a good healthy conversation. The best thing about all this is it was a real good conversation. It was heated at times. She had her people around. She was explaining, but it was just a good, healthy conversation. The best thing about all this is it was people able to talk, whether you agreed or you disagreed with me. It was just a great conversation. I'm coming to give you a hug.
Starting point is 01:14:14 I love when people get a conversation. Go give him a hug, please. Can you please? No, seriously. We're going to hug, Envy. Everybody give DJ, not me, but you guys give DJ Envy a hug. Come help me with this hug. Why y'all want to hug me, man? Come on, come on, come on. Don't DJ Envy a hug. Come help me with this hug. Why y'all want to hug me, man?
Starting point is 01:14:26 Come on, come on, don't hug me. Come on, stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Hey, stop. Hey, what's a hit? There you go. You can't press that.
Starting point is 01:14:37 All right. There we go. Envy, you're with us. Welcome back. Welcome back, man. We're glad to have you. You guys are jerks. And that is your rumor report.
Starting point is 01:14:48 I'm Angelina. Hey, and salute to our homie, Molly, man. Tell Molly to come here, y'all. Molly. Molly. Come here, Molly. Molly. Come here, Molly.
Starting point is 01:14:57 This is our homie, Molly Burke. Molly's been working here at iHeart for a long time. Today's her last day. She's leaving? Yes, I'm really sad about that. Where you going? Where she going? Where she going? She's going back to her hometown.
Starting point is 01:15:07 You didn't like it? Say, get on the, put your lips on the mic, Molly. She's good. She doesn't want to. But salute to Molly. You're leaving, Molly? Why? You didn't know that?
Starting point is 01:15:14 I didn't know that. Steve, put the camera on the beautiful. Her last big hurrah was the iHeartRadio. I didn't read the emails. Oh, man, Molly. I'm sorry. We would have got you something. You're such a liar.
Starting point is 01:15:24 You're a Giants fan? Here's a piece of cake. You're a Giants fan? Here's a piece of cake. Are you a Giants fan? I give you this Giants mug. You're not a Giants fan. All right, well, that'm sorry. We would have got you something. You're such a liar. You're a Giants fan? You're a Giants fan? You're a Giants fan? Are you a Giants fan? I give you this Giants mug. You're not a Giants fan. All right, well, that's it.
Starting point is 01:15:29 We have Molly's information. We can send her some. Right, all right. But she's a very sweet young lady. I love Molly. All right, shout out to our family. We know you love Molly. Revolt.
Starting point is 01:15:36 Yes. Shout out to our family at Revolt. We'll see you guys on Monday. And don't forget, get your tickets at RevoltMusicConference.com and use the promo code BREAKFASTRMC. You get 15% off registration. We will be there as well. So all my artists, DJs,
Starting point is 01:15:51 bloggers, podcasters, you want to get in the music industry, you need to be there. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. 800-585-1051 at DJ Envy. We throw it back on a Friday. So let us know what you want to hear. We got you. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zaka Stan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-Stan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:16:35 Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. 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.
Starting point is 01:17:20 Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,
Starting point is 01:17:38 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro, host of the hit podcast, Family Secrets. How would you feel if when you met your biological father for the first time, he didn't even say hello? And what if your past itself was a secret and the time had suddenly come to share that past with your child?
Starting point is 01:18:28 These are just a few of the powerful and profound questions we'll be asking on our 11th season of Family Secrets. Listen to season 11 of Family Secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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