The Breakfast Club - Front Page News, Attorney Ben Crump, Tezlyn Figaro, & Director Nadia Hallgren Talk "Civil" Doc On Netflix & More

Episode Date: June 15, 2022

Today on the show, during Front Page news they spoke on the ongoing January 6th case. Next, attorney Ben Crump, Tezlyn Figaro, & Director Nadia Hallgren stopped by to speak on their "Civil" Doc On Netflix & More.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you?

Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks everywhere unearthed the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state.

Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I figured it out. like news and really be tuned in, man. I don't even know what it's called, the Breakfast Club. It's like brunch. Envy, Yee, and Charlemagne. Wake that ass up, get out of bed, and listen to the Breakfast Club. I'm waking up now. Good morning, USA! Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Hump Day. Good morning. Yes, it's Wednesday. It's Hump Day. It's middle of the week.

Good morning to you and you and you and you and you and you. How you feeling? How y'all feeling today? I'm feeling good, man. Welcome back, man. Glad to be back. It's good to be back. It's back to be good.

It's back to be acting bad. Oh, shut up, man. Acting bad, bad. What'd you say, Yee? I said Envy missed you. I mean, my bae over there gonna throw out a picture like that and then don't come to work? Okay. All right.

What picture did I throw out? You know what picture I'm talking about. You want to be a model now? Morris Halfanut or Chestnut, whatever you call yourself now. Halfanut? First of all, I got four daughters. I've never, ever only delivered Halfanut or Chestnut, whatever you call yourself now. First of all, I got four daughters. I've never, ever only delivered half a nut. Clearly.

Okay? I don't know what the hell you're talking about. All right. It's too early for that. Well, welcome back. No, you're talking about the Quintessento Gentlemen. The Quintessento Gentlemen. Yeah, they're a media platform for black men by black men.

And they're committed to celebrating the achievements of black men. So they put me on the front cover of their magazine. So dropping the clues bombs for the Quintessential Gentlemen magazine. And I just finally learned how to pronounce quintessential. Quintessential? Quintessential. You still don't have it right. Oh, see?

I'm still not doing it right. See? It's just like essential, but with Quinta in front of it. Yeah, that's what I keep thinking. But I keep saying the Quinta Brunson. The what? The Quintessential. The Quintessential Gentleman.

Yes. Oh, my goodness. All right. What does quintessential mean? He don't know. I don't know. Just ask him. It sounds classy. It sounds very classy. I don't know. Just ask him. It sounds classy.

It just sounds very classy. I don't know either. It sounds very bougie. It's a real word, guys. Quintessential, yeah. I don't know what it means. Okay, I just Googled it. What does it say?

It says, represents the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. So, I mean, it don't even have to be. Well, I guess the example they use is he was the quintessential tough guy. Quintessential, man. The Quinta Brunson tough guy. Yes. I don't know. So it's a classy word. You're just happy to be on the cover. God damn it.

Perfectly typical or representative is a better way, I guess. Okay. We'll take that. We'll take that. Well, welcome back. Today on the show, we have attorney Benjamin Crump. He'll be joining us this morning. Big band. Yes. He'll be joining us this morning. Big band. Yes.

He has a new documentary that hit in Netflix this Sunday. It's called Civil. Oh, it comes out on Sunday? It comes out on Sunday, yeah. And also, we have Nadia. What's Nadia's last name? Hallgreen. Hallgreen will be joining us.

And Tez will be back. So, we'll be kicking it to them. Tezlyn Figueroa. That's right. Now, Nadia Hallgreen did Becoming for Michelle Obama, that documentary, but she also directed my girl Ida Rodriguez's

Fighting Words special for HBO Max. That's right. So I met her in Puerto Rico while they were filming that. Does her doc drop on Sunday too? It's Ben Crump's doc. Oh, Ben Crump's doc.

Yeah, she did Ben Crump's doc. Sunday is Black Gay Father's Day because it's Black Gay Father's Day because it's Black Gay Father's Day because it's Juneteenth. Juneteenth is Sunday and it's Pride

Month and it's Father's Day. So you combine all three, it's Black Gay Father's Day. So, salute to all the Black Gay

Fathers out there. So what do we do? I have no idea. You're celebrating it? You're just going to make up a holiday? I'm not making up a holiday. I'm just letting them know they have a day. You're celebrating it? You're just going to make up a holiday? I'm not making up a holiday.

I'm just letting them know they have a day. You're combining all three. It's Blackness, which is Juneteenth. It's Pride Month, which is the gay. And then it's Father's Day. So it's Black Gay Father's Day. That's a Caribbean Heritage Month. See?

Black Gay Caribbean Father's Day. I'm not messing with y'all. Let's board it, man. You know what I'm saying? I'm not messing with y'all. Let's board it. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking.

Somebody out there represents all four of those categories. I can guarantee you that. You know what I'm saying? I'm not messing with y'all this morning. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Somebody out there represents all four of those categories. I can guarantee you that. You're absolutely right. But let's get into front page news. What are we talking about?

All right, well, we'll be talking about hair this morning and we'll be talking about alopecia and special treatment the FDA has approved. Also, on the opposite

side of things, toxic chemical in hair products that has increased breast cancer is something that you need to be aware of. All right. We'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Get your ass up.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get into some front page news. All right. Now, Thursday, everybody's been asking when the next game is.

Of course, the Warriors lead 3-2. The next game is this Thursday at 9 p.m. in Boston. Warriors in six. Warriors in six. You think they're going to take it in Boston? I think the Warriors close it out in Boston on Thursday night. You know, initially I said Warriors in five before the series, but then I said Warriors in six before the series.

I think that they close it out in Boston on Thursday night. I don't think that the championship caliber team that the Warriors are, I don't think they're going to play in the Garden. No. Okay? I think it's going to be silly, like video game. Video game-ish. I think Warriors in seven.

I think with Boston, with that crowd, with the fan support and all that, I think they're going to win. But we'll see. No, I think the Warriors then took their heart the last two games. You think so? I think Steph goes for like 50 in the garden. Klay goes for like 30. Okay.

Andrew Wiggins. Tatum didn't really pop off yet, so I think Tatum's going to go crazy. He has to go crazy. He's doing what he can. All right. He's doing what he can. All right, now there's a new study that says hair and beauty products marketed to black women contain a class of toxic chemicals that is not only linked to an increased breast cancer risk,

but also fuels the spread of cancer cells in black women in comparison to white women also. So the study analyzed that parabens, and they determined that parabens increase the growth of breast cancer cells in black women. And it's a group of chemicals, they use parabens in these products to keep mold and bacteria from growing. And so it prolongs the shelf life. But in humans, parabens can mimic estrogen, which is a hormone that leads to dangerous cell growth. They said black women are likely to buy and use hair products with these types of chemicals, but we don't have a lot of data showing how parabens may increase breast cancer risk in black women. And part of that is also because black women don't get picked to take part in most research studies looking at the link and studies to test this link have only used breast cancer cell lines from white women. So they have this new study, which was conducted by the bench

to community initiative that brings together scientists, community activists, breast cancer survivors, and hairstylists to study that link. And black women in general are also more affected by breast cancer. They're 41% more likely to die from breast cancer, and those under 50 are twice as likely to die from breast cancer than white women. So that's why when we talk about beauty products and we're like no parabens, no sulfates, it's really important to make sure you read those ingredients and the products that you're using. All right. And the FDA has approved a full body treatment for alopecia

and that's an autoimmune disorder that can cause hair loss and baldness occurring in patches on the body for the first time. And that's what Jada Pinkett Smith has, alopecia. She's spoken about it. And they have approved oral tablets called allium, I don't know how to pronounce this right, allumiant. It's a treatment for adults with severe alopecia. Now, they had previously

approved treatments for the disorder that addresses specific parts of the body. But this is the first FDA approved alopecia treatment that treats the entire body. And more than 300,000 people in the U.S. every year are affected by alopecia. And individuals with the disorder of the body attack its own hair follicles, which causes the hair to fall out. The Oumiant treatment is designed to prevent that response. I thought everybody had like a little form of alopecia. Like, you know, I could be wrong, but that's not true? No, everybody does have it. I don't think all hair loss is alopecia, like, you know, I could be wrong, but that's not true? No, everybody does that. I don't think all hair loss is alopecia.

But let me ask a question. Who gets the Medal of Honor for raising awareness to alopecia? Is it Chris Rock, Will Smith, or Jada Pinkett Smith? You're not going to tell me that the incident at the Oscars didn't raise awareness for alopecia. I haven't even heard the word alopecia said this much since that incident. I guarantee if you do some type of Google research, it'll show that alopecia was searched more after that incident at the Oscars

than before. Of course. So who gets the medal on? Is it a group effort between Chris Rockwell and Jada Pinker-Smith? Or is it just Chris because he did the G.I. Jane joke? Or is it just Jada because she suffers from alopecia? Or is it because Will, you know, administered the slap that, you know, got everybody talking? Which is it?

All of the above. I think it's a collective effort. They should collectively get a Medal of Honor for raising awareness of alopecia. Shut up, man. All right. I'm serious. Well, that is front page news. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051 if you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and

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Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't Iana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads. Oh my god. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 how would you feel if your doctor advised you to keep your life-altering medical procedure a secret from everyone? And what if your past itself was a secret

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16, 2017 2017 was murdered. There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate. My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman Wikileaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state.

And she paid the ultimate price. Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wake up, wake up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you

on The Breakfast Blast. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Dominique from Duval. Dominique from Duval. Duval. What's up, brother? Good morning, good morning, good morning.

Y'all want to get off my chest, give a shout out to my wife, man. She be busting her ass all week long cooking, man. Y'all follow her on Instagram at the D-A underscore pretty brown underscore show. Okay. Why is she busting her ass cooking this week? What is she getting? She getting ready for Black Gay Fathers Day? You stupid. Yeah, she getting ready for that ready for Black Gay Fathers Day? You stupid.

Yeah, she getting ready for that too, but she knows she's a personal show, private show. Okay. That's correct. Congrats to her, man. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. All right. Well, good morning.

All right, brother. Hello. Who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Clay Carter from North Carolina. Clay, good morning. Get it off your chest. Yes.

I would really like to thank y'all. Well, first of all, I'd like to thank good morning, DJ Envy, good morning. Get it off your chest. Yes, I would really like to thank y'all. Well, first of all, I'd like to say good morning, DJ Envy. Good morning, Charlamagne Tha God. And good morning, Miss Yee. Good morning. Good morning, sir. Peace, my guy. How are you?

I'm doing great. Blessed and highly favored. There you go. But I would like to say thank you to you guys because you guys don't really know the impact of what you guys say and the way people listen to you. Because I just recently bought a house here. And every morning I used to listen to you guys. And when DJ Envy used to talk about buying a house. I used to listen. I used to tell everybody in the car, shut up, shut up, shut up.

I need to hear this and everything. And I never took one of your classes, but I used to listen. And one thing that you used to say about that credit, you got to get that credit right, you know. And I recently bought a house back in October. And I'm so happy. I'm so happy. Well, congratulations, brother. Congratulations, brother.

That's what we try to do, man. We try to encourage things that we learn outside in this world. We try to, you know, make sure that we teach our people and try to explain to our people. We don't know all the answers all the time, but we just try to point people in the right direction, brother. But you guys really got an impact.

And Miss Yee, you know, a lot of these young girls are really listening to y'all. You know what I'm saying? You. So just keep doing what you're doing. And me personally, I thank you. Thank you. We appreciate you. Love, brother.

Now shout out to, you know, July 31st. Cesar and I are doing a seminar in New York, the Jacob Javis Center, where we're going to be talking about real estate and breaking down how to get into it, starting from credit repair. And we're actually going to do something special. We've got a bunch of brothers coming through. I know the brothers from EYL will be stopping through. And we've got credit repair, and we're going to be talking about hard money loans

and conventional lenders. And also I know the brothers from EYL are doing an InvestFest again this year in Georgia. So if you can't make it out to the Jacob Javits Center July 31st, make sure you make it out there. And these are just ways where you can learn the game, learn the business. I like what EYL is doing because they're doing something similar to what we're doing, where we're not trying to charge people $3,000, $4,000, $5,000, $10,000. Because I always say, if you got that much money to spend on a course or a class

i'd rather you just buy the house so we're really both of us just trying to teach our community how to do it how to build generation well and invest fest is uh august 5th through the 7th and um atlanta i'm actually gonna be there okay as well. So salute to EYL. So definitely get your tickets, Jacob Javis, on July 31st. Or you can, like I said, InvestFest in Atlanta. Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need to hit us up. And you can hit me in my link in my bio because I'm going to be at InvestFest as well.

So either or, you can check it out. You a sneaky link? What? That's how it sounded. You a sneaky link? What? That's how it sounded. You can't hit me. You can't hit me. I got my link in my bio. You're going to be with me. So what do you mean sneaky link? You're a little sneaky link. Yo, shut up, man. It's The Breakfast Club.

Come on, get it off your chest. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same or blessed We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Misha Hey Misha, good morning Hi y'all

I want to say why I'm blessed I lost my mom in February So sorry Before she passed She was helping me develop my business my mom in February. So sorry. But before she passed, thank you, before she passed, she was helping me develop my business. And I recently

launched my website. I'm starting off small to gain capital. Basically, I want to create a clothing line that caters to the alternative

black community and pop culture community. And I have a lot of things in the works right now. The company is Big Bad Waifu, W-A-I-F-U dot com. And Charlamagne, I would love to send you some stuff because I do have, I'm trying to get permission from like, you know, Marvel and everything to sell stuff, officially licensed merchandise or whatever. And I would also like to shout out another business.

I came across her stuff while I was getting my stuff in order. And she looks pretty dope too. She's tapping into a market that I'm not. And she is the official bad waifu. But yeah, also a little bit of, go ahead. I'm sorry. No, I was going to say I definitely would like to wear it

But could you school me to what alternative What is alternative people? What do you say? Alternative something? Oh, so alternative black community Basically like Yeah, what is that? The goth people

Okay Oh, like okay Yeah The Hot Topics kids Is what we used to call them back in the day. Yeah, pretty much. Also, I do kind of have beef with you, Charlamagne and Embiid. Y'all used to have a Friday ritual, that kind of pregame for the weekend.

And y'all just stopped, man. It used to get me so hyped for the weekend. Like, I can understand y'all not wanting to do those specific songs anymore. But can y'all, like, do something again, please? I think so. Our camera guy, Nick, actually said that last week. Because you remember last week I was in here and I was singing You Will Know by Black Men United.

Because, you know, I got a bunch of Negro spirituals that get me going. Like, You Will Know by Black Men United. Sounds of Blackness. Regina Bell. God is Good. Crime Mob. Nuck If You Buck, DJ Yola, Ain't Gon' Let Up. I think we might have to start doing that. I would love it so much, please. Mm-hmm. All right, we'll see, Misha. Thank you.

I love y'all. You have a good morning, all right? Love you, too, Queen. Hello, who's this? What's good? Guess who's the Zach on the Breakfast Club with both of my bros, Angela and he. This is A.C. Brecco. What's good, A.C.? Okay. Guess who's the Zach? What's good? Guess who's the Zach on the breakfast club with both of my bros? Angela, he, this is Zaynson Brecco. What's good, Envy?

Guess who's the Zach? What's up? Who's this? Hey, what's up? Hey, man, I was getting you. Last week, you was letting bro know, yo, you good at the car show. Come to the car show.

You and your son, you good. I'm like, yo, how come Envy didn't tell me and my son to come to the car show? Like, why are we not good? Where are you from? I'm from Queens. But I know the show's going to be in Atlanta. I live in Atlanta right now. Okay, but the show is actually going to be in Houston this Sunday.

So if you go this Sunday. No, not Houston. I'm talking about the ATL show in July, July 19th. July 9th? You're from Queens? July 9th. You want to go? Yeah. You want to get your tickets there on Eventbrite?

I knew you was going to do that. That's disrespectful. See, Charlamagne was right about you when you was out last week. He was definitely right. What'd he say? Never mind, it's all good. Don't worry about what we talk about when you're not here.

You know, you had your mixes going and you wasn't even tuning into the show. Like, what's good? We need to do the E-mixes from now on. Well, the show is July 9th in Atlanta. Are you gonna ignore the E-mix? Me and on. The E-Mix. Well, the show is July 9th in Atlanta. Are you going to ignore the E-Mix? No, you got me. Me and my son. I got you.

You're like, oh, yo, Phoenix and Greco, they good at the door. Let them in. Whatever they want, whatever they need to do, they good. That's the vibes we on. Phoenix is good. I don't know about Greco. Your son is good. I don't know about you, though.

Oh, see? See how we do? But all right. July 9th. We in the A. I'm going to see you there. We going to be there. You from Queens. I got you. Phoenix is all good. You, going to see you there. We going to be there. You from Queens.

I got you. Phoenix is all good. You, I don't know about. What part of Queens you from? Southside Jamaica, 40P. Sound like you from Brooklyn. I don't know. I can't let you in, bro.

Brooklyn. No, I'm sipping on. They still good. They 718, but I'm from 40 Project. Hold on, man. Hold on. I got you, though. Brooklyn keeps on taking it.

Hey, you know what I want to get off my chest? I want to say Instagram, please, please stop suggesting people, suggesting posts related to people. Just because I viewed somebody's page doesn't mean I need to see suggestions on who to follow. Between that and bots on IG, it's like going to somebody's house and they didn't tell you that

people you don't want to see are going to be over there too. The bots are serious. It's to the point, it'd be 30 different bots and I'm like, enough's enough now. The bots are terrible, but that please, that suggesting posts related to people where you'd be scrolling on your timeline, and they'd just be posting videos from people that you don't even follow, I can't stand that. And I just really hate every time I go on Instagram,

I got to think to myself, who all over there? Okay. All right, well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way? Yes, Boosie Badass. He is looking for three men who want to suck some toes. Whoa.

Whoa. Okay. That's a team. Okay. That's a team. Okay. It's Pride Month, baby. What's Sunday?

I told y'all. What'd you say Sunday was? Sunday is Black Gay Father's Day. I already told y'all. It's Father's Day. It's Juneteenth, and it's Pride Month. Black Gay Father's Day is upon us. Better leave Boosie alone. Alright, we'll get to it next. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Boosie bad ass. It's time.

She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Boosie is looking for three men who went to suck some toes and they will get paid for this. This is all for a pool party that he's hosting

and they want to make sure that the women get treated really well. These girls been talking about they toes sucked at the party. And you know I got to get it for them. So I need three n****s who going to suck some toes. The girls going to, you know, you going to get money, the girls going to pay you. But I need some toe suckers. Wow.

I respect that. That's why you get you a contract. Get you a contract to make sure everything is consensual. And you know, you hire people like that dude

that calls up here all the time. Big chocolate to toe sucker. It's your time to shine. Call your people, Yee. I'm sure there's some people out there

that'll take that job right now depending on what the pay is. I don't know if we want anybody just sucking our toes. He said any man. So, I mean, minimum wage is $15 right now. So, if he could beat that and you go out there and suck some toes. He said any man. So, I mean, minimum wage is $15 right now.

So if he could beat that and you go out there and suck some toes. And there's some guys that have that real fetish to do things like that. And you could get paid for it because normally they'll pay you. Right? Normally guys would be like, I'll pay you if you let me suck your toes. But you're right, though. You said she don't want just anybody sucking her toes. Like, shouldn't the women be the ones being able to choose

maybe Boosie should get like a bunch of different guys and then let the women choose which guys she wants to suck her toes like a bachelor or bachelorette

like a flavor of love type of thing yeah but it'd be flavor of feet I see where you're going with this I see where you're going with this I know Envy you want to get in on it

because you always post your toes on Instagram no no I don't no I have to get in on it because you always post your toes on Instagram. No, no, I don't. No, I have a wife. I'm married. But yeah, stop posting my toes on Instagram. I got enough's enough. But you're the one that posted.

That's what's crazy. All right, now let's talk about Melody Hopson. So if you wasn't married, you'd let a man suck your toes is what you're saying. No, I did not say that at all. What's wrong with you? Oh, okay. That's how he interpreted it. You kinky this morning, bro.

All right, now Melody Hopson,, y'all familiar with that name? She's a chairman at J.P. Morgan, and she's also a chairman at Starbucks, and she has a portfolio of smart investments. And she also will be on the ownership of the soon-to-be Broncos ownership team. Oh, yeah. She's a black woman. Okay. Yep.

Yes. And so there have been other black women who have held limited equity stakes in NFL teams like Serena and Venus Williams. But those were acquired after a new ownership group takeover. This would be the first time ever that a black woman is publicly identified as part of an original ownership group purchasing an NFL team. Russell Wilson said that he actually had a chance to speak to the new ownership. He said to be able to talk to her, what a tremendous accomplishment and what a gift to be able to do what she's going to be able to do to be the first black woman. Right. To be able to do this. It's a big deal. This is history. And I think that maybe has gone over people's heads a little bit.

I love it. Yeah. And she's married to George Lucas. Yeah. Yeah. And she's she has a great portfolio. She has her own company, Ariel Investments. And so she's been doing it. I think she also did the whole DreamWorks deal. She did that whole deal for them and everything. So she's a huge deal. Yeah, she used to be a chairwoman for DreamWorks.

And then I think once they got acquired by, I think it was NBC or somebody. And she led that acquisition. So, all right. Now, Amber Heard has done her first sit-down interview with Savannah Guthrie, and she's talking about the defamation case that was brought forth by Johnny Depp, and she says that she still stands by

everything that she says. Here's what she had to say about the jury's decision. Don't blame them. I actually understand. He's a beloved character, and people feel they know him. He's a fantastic actor. Their job is to not be dazzled by that. Their job is to look at the facts weeks of testimony about how I was a non-credible person. All right. Now, it was a six week trial and they went through a lot of the darkest moments of their relationship.

He was trying to absolve himself of allegations that Amber Heard made in a 2018 Washington Post op ed. She described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse. She never named Johnny Depp, but they said that the claims everybody knew that that's who she was talking about. He's denied all allegations of abuse. And so he sued her for $50 million, saying the accusation hurt his career. She countersued him for $100 million, saying that his former lawyer defamed her when he called her claims of abuse a hoax. At the end of it, ultimately, he was awarded $15 million that got lowered to $10.4 million, and she was awarded $2 million when the jury found that his lawyer did defame her on one count. All right, here's what she had to say about feeling devastated by this whole thing.

The vast majority of this trial was played out on social media. And the jury is not immune to that. You think the jury saw it? How could they not? I think even the most well-intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this. Every single day, I passed three, four, sometimes six blocks, city blocks lined with people holding signs saying,

burn the witch. After three and a half weeks I took the stand and saw just a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal this was the most humiliating and horrible thing I've ever been through I have never felt more removed from my own humanity I felt less than human. All right. That's going to be a phenomenon that's studied for years to come, like social media and its impact on things like trials.

Because she's right, it's impossible for jurors not to see what people are saying on social media and be influenced by that. But, you know, they did have audio recordings of her saying things that contradicted what she was saying on the stand. Oh, absolutely. And so people did not believe her. And so some of those clips or transcripts, she says some of them are not representative of the two hours or three hours

that those clips are excerpted from. That's what her rationale is for that. But she did say that she does have some things that she regrets. All right, well, that is your rumor report. I'm Angela Yee. All right, we got front page news next. What are we talking about?

Yes, and let's talk about Donald Trump. You know, he has issued his own statement in response to these January 6 hearings. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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That's right. Warriors versus Celtics at Boston. So that happens at 9 o'clock this Thursday. Y'all know I got Warriors in six. I got Warriors in six. Steph Curry was 0 for 9 last game from three-point land. He's going to score 50 in the Garden on Thursday. Klay going to score 30.

Wiggins going to give you another 20. And it's going to be all she wrote. All right. What else you got, Yeezy? That's 100 points from three players. Well, the House Select Committee, the January 6th committee, has postponed the hearing that's supposed to happen today. And the next hearing is now scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern.

They said it's just for technical issues. It's not a big deal. It's nothing else. They said the staff putting together all the videos, it was overwhelming. So they're trying to give them a little room. And they also did say there will be two hearings next week, one on June 21st and another on June 23rd. Both of those will be starting at 1 p.m. Eastern. And the committee has been laying out the case for what they are saying is Trump's responsibility for the insurrection. And so there were lengthy portions of former Attorney General William Barr's deposition with the committee.

He described in detail why Trump's fraud claims were bogus and why he has seen nothing since to convince him that there was fraud. Now, Donald Trump has issued a 12 page statement amidst these hearings saying that, you know, basically same things he's he's been saying. He's saying that these hearings are a smoke and mirror show. He also said that there's no witnesses or anybody who can easily point out the flaws in their story. He said America is crumbling and Democrats have no solutions. Our nation has no hope of change for the better under Democratic leadership. People are desperate rather than solving problems democrats are rehashing history in hopes of changing the narrative now the members of this committee includes two republicans have pushed back

at the characterization that their investigation is motivated by partisanship instead they said their work uncovered the extent to which the former president worked to undercut the democratic process and also to remain in power. Well, you know, it's interesting, right? Because two days ago, the insurrection panel said it gathered enough evidence to indict Trump. So what is Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice going to do if they don't indict Trump after saying they have gathered enough evidence to indict Trump? Then I don't see the point of any of these panels. It will look like it was just smoke and marriage because all you're doing is making Trump supporters feel like this is just another witch hunt.

If you keep accusing someone of something and say you have evidence that is enough to indict them, but you don't indict them, it makes it seem like all your evidence is cap. Yeah. I mean, I think because, again, these hearings, they don't have the power to do anything, you know, out of these hearings. It can then the Department of Justice has to take, and they have to figure out what to do. It's been a long investigation, and so now what? We need to make sure that there's some action.

And now what? But that's why I said, what is AG Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice going to do? But if the instruction panel says it has enough evidence to indict Trump, but the Attorney General and the Department of Justice don't do anything, it does look like all of this is just smoke and mirrors. You can't just continue to accuse somebody of something and then

say you got enough evidence that you can indict them, but don't do anything about it. It just makes it seem like the whole thing was just a political waste of money show in time. That's right. Well, you know, there's elections that are going on, so they want to make sure, because people, they're trying to say that there's

voter fraud, there's a lot of lies that candidates are basing their campaigns on. So it is important. There's never before heard evidence and testimony that people are getting to hear for the first time so they can base their opinions on that, because a lot of people believe things without having the facts. So people really have to pay attention to what's going on.

And there does need to be some action. I don't think Trump should even be allowed to run again. And there should be some criminal action taken against him. Yeah, but people are not listening to this case. Everything you said sounds good and it sounds right, but people care about action. And if there's no action taken, then it looks like these actions are just cap. Waste of time, waste of money.

All right. Well, that is front page news. Now, when we come back, we've got some special guests joining us. We have attorney Benjamin Crump, who has a new documentary movie that comes out this Sunday on Netflix. It's called Civil. The director, Nadia Hall- Hallgren will be joining us. And Tez, Tezlyn Figaro will be here as well. Tezlyn Figaro.

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Yes! I'm Sydney Charlamagne Tha God. We as well. She's been here the last two days, so you poured her breakfast. Yes! We got some special guests joining us today. Tess is back again, and we also have Nadia Hall-Green. Welcome. Thank you. And of course, attorney Ben Crump, who has a new documentary called Civil. That's out June 19th. Well, good morning, guys, and thank you for joining us. Hey, thank you,

King, for having us. Now, for people that don't know, break down what is Civil, what it's about, and tell us all about it. Certainly, Angie Lee, I am always an obvious, so I say that publicly. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that. Civil is a Netflix documentary coming out on Juneteenth. It was directed by the young, brilliant director Nadia Hallgren. This African-Puerto Rican, all kind of flavors in there. Give it up for Nadia.

Thank you. She did The Coming also. Yeah. And she did Ida's Fighting Words, Ida Rodriguez. Yes, thank you so much. I mean, she is it. Her vision is so incredible. I mean, it followed me for 18 months during a pandemic where we had not heard of George Floyd when they started filming. We had heard of Ahmaud Arbery, but hadn't heard of Breonna Taylor at the time, and she is capturing all this footage intensely

while we're dealing with these families and so many other things like banking while black, environmental racism, fighting for the black farmers. And she, more than anybody else, just understood the moment. This isn't just a documentary for today. This is a documentary as Kenya Barris and I, who's the producer created Black, is saying

this is a documentary for our children yet unborn. I'm so glad you're here because there was a call that we got. I don't know if you were here, Envy, last week. But somebody called and they were talking about Larry Nassar and how there's this lawsuit against the FBI because of Larry Nassar and how they knew about the cases against him, but they didn't act on it.

And somebody called in and they were like, well, this is disgusting. What what is money going to do? Why do victims need money if they're truly victims? And this is just a money grab. So I know this is something that you as a civil rights attorney can speak to. So I would love for you to talk about that when people try to say, oh, they're just trying to get some money or he's just chasing money and trying to fatten his wallet. I try not to listen to the haters much because I understand my mission, my queen Tess, she's saying, no, you got to go back out on crump. I'm like, I don't have the time because I'm so focused on the mission.

The mission is trying to say to people psychologically and consciously to American society that no, no, we matter. We deserve equal justice. When you have a wrong against us, we have a right, not only based on the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution, but just based on common sense. We have a right to send the message that you can't do this to us and get away with it. I'm representing a lot of black and brown people in Los Angeles County at McLaurin Hall, which was a children's shelter in Los Angeles for 50 years. Black and brown children were being raped and sexually molested

and the county just looked the other way. It's been all these years and now California, because of things that were happening in Boy Scouts and Catholic, the Catholic Church said we're going to give you three years. Anybody who was molested and those things when you were seven or eight years old, you have

a right to come forward. Think about those people. Yeah, the only thing you can get is money. You can't go back and give them their innocence back, but when you have that civil compensation, it makes the county pay, it makes the corporations pay, and those type of things. And like

we say on the trailer of Civil, if anything America understands, it's money. It's capitalism. It's capitalism 101. And when you start making people pay, then they change their conduct

or you keep going until it becomes financially prohibited for them to be able to afford to treat black people and brown people like second-class citizens. Now, let me chime in on that, though, right quick, because he gave you the Martin, the...

I always say I'm Malcolm, and he's Martin. Before you go. Yeah, because you know I'm about to go there on the money thing. Before you go. Because a lot of times people don't have the knowledge, right? So sometimes people call here, or I see articles, and they say, Attorney Benjamin Crump is an ambulance chaser, right?

He chases just to make money or to fatten his pockets, right? And when Tez came up here, she spoke so eloquently about you don't solicit anybody. People have to reach out to you. And many times, people reach out to certain other attorneys or anybody else, and nothing gets done.

And they don't see it get done until you step on the stage. 500 calls a day. So now talk your s***. Yeah, I'm about to talk my s***. So, yeah, so to the dumbos in the comments, I'm speaking directly to them. And again, this is not a reflection of Attorney Crump.

These are my own statements. When people say it's not about, it's all about the money, first of all, that makes no sense. Only 5% of Attorney Crump's cases are police brutality. That's number one. Nobody talks about the $100 million lawsuits that he's been able to give for folks who are alive and well. The $600 million lawsuits

he's been getting alive and well. America or any government has never paid for the value of black life. And so I find it amazing that the same people in the comments that will sue McDonald's for a slip and fall feel that it makes no sense if someone takes your life and you feel feel that it is not, it makes no sense if someone takes your life

and you feel that that family should not deserve compensation for their children that's been left behind. What are they supposed to do? Exchange Roman noodles like in the pen? The only thing we have is the money compensation. But to ignore the fact that Attorney Crump pushes for the criminal punishment, to ignore the fact that policy actually comes out of these cases, when you talk about the Breonna Taylor law, when you talk about the Andrew, Andre Hill these cases when you talk about the Breonna Taylor law when you talk about the Andrew Andre Hill law when you talk about 100 cities that have now

enacted police reform since the murder of George Floyd it has been because attorney crump and a few others and I'm saying a few just to be generous have brought these cases to light there are billions of dollars every year that are settled based on police brutality. I ask people, why is it that your local attorney and your hometown never wants to take these cases? Why is it? It's not certainly not for lack of advertisement. Every commercial you hear every day is if you've been injured in an accident, if you've been in an accident. So why don't they take those cases, Angela? That's the question I ask people. Why don't you see them? Well, the answer is, and which we point this out in the film, they do not want to upset their D.A. They don't want want to upset the governor they don't want to upset their chief of police they do not want to be

blackballed and send the death threats for pennies and i'm gonna say this and i'll be quiet when you look at these cases that attorney crump takes or any civil attorney these cases take years two three four five six years you don't earn a dollar so i would ask anybody in the comments, are you willing to work for 40 hours a week for three, four years straight? Maybe, maybe not get compensation at the end. It just makes zero sense. It doesn't add up. The math doesn't matter. So when you hear those comments, ambulance chasing. No, everybody say that tells their loved one in the ambulance. I'll use one story, my Robert, a case I worked on in 2015. The stepfather, Monroe Byrd, said, do not. I don't want Ben Crump because the family called me first because their son was being dragged all through the media. They called me first. I don't want Ben Crump. I don't want none of that coming down because he's an ultra conservative.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, ultra conservative black man, but a conservative. But once his his his son got started getting dragged in the media, then it was. Can you call it turning because nobody was willing to stand and change the narrative. The narrative that has changed in the media affects the jury. It affects how they make those decisions. And so now, seven years later, they're passing the Monroe Bird Law. And that's the stuff that people don't keep up with. All right, well, don't move.

We got more when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with attorney Benjamin Crump, Teslin Figueroa, and Nadia Hall-Green.

Does that discourage you at all? Like, no matter what, you out there to do good, right? Yeah. So when you got people and people that look like you that you're fighting for and they go at you, does that discourage you at all? Envy, I try to be a student of history. Thurgood Marshall is my personal

hero. Martin and Malcolm, these are the people I emulate. People don't understand that they were hated mostly by black people. You know, we have this revisionist history now that everybody loved them, but when they were at their peak, they were the

most hated people in America by both white and black people. And so I always try to remember that and say, God, I know what mission you put on my shoulders, and I'm going to use these blessings, these influences, to try to

affect a better world for our children. And I'm never discouraged by anything, as we say in the film, don't be a spectator if you feel you can do something get in the arena the easiest thing in the world to do is to sit home and be a critic and don't do anything else the hero is the person who puts themselves out there risk their reputation their family safety and even their and say, this is about more than just me. We have these banking while black cases where we have recovered millions, hundreds of millions of dollars for black people.

Over 200 million to be exact. Let's put the number out there so they can know in the comments. And it's so astonishing to me, Envy and Angie, that people will say, oh, it's just about the money. What do you think banks and corporations are doing things for? Are they doing it just for charity? Are they doing it just because they had nothing better to do? No, they're doing it for the money. And so when we take on Wells Fargo, who we're currently fighting now because they were denying black people mortgages during a pandemic

where the government had gave an opportunity, and I digress, I gotta say this, y'all. During the pandemic, because they were worried about the economy, the government gave historic incentives to decrease the interest rate

for home loans lower than they had been in 75 years. Y'all understand, for poor people, middle class people, the quickest way to gain wealth and equity

is to be able to purchase a home and pass something on to your children and their children. That's how you get wealth accumulated. Well, even with all of this, Wells Fargo was denying black people.

White people were getting incredible incentives to increase their wealth by saying you got a 2% interest rate. You might save a million to $2 million just because you were able to refinance. They said no to black people. And so now I can, where about the Negroes in the comments, so I can go say

no Wells Fargo. You probably stopped black people from getting a billion dollars in equity. So guess what Ben Crump gonna do? I don't care what you say. I'm going to get those black people that billion dollars. Well Nadia, let's talk to you because this is a spicy room if you haven't seen this one. I'm a

filmmaker in the corner as always. So let's talk about you directing this and what made you want to do this film? Like most of us, I was sitting home during that time when everything was happening in America, the pandemic, George Floyd's murder and I'm like, I'm a filmmaker, I need to be out there doing something

and then I get a call from Kenya Barris and he's like, I've been working on something with Ben Crump. We want to make a documentary. Do you want to get involved? So grab the camera and just got on the road with Ben. And I just knew that this was a moment to document history and what was happening in America. And you also show Ben Crump's family, his mom. Now, why was that important in framing this story? One thing I thought was so special when I met Attorney Crump was just who he is as a person, as an individual. His values, you know, at the highest standard and where that came from. Was that hard for you to expose that part of your life? Because that's not something you ever do.

It's very hard to expose your personal life. I will say this. My mom was here at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere. It's very hard to expose your personal life. I will say this. My mom was here at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere, and we grew up in the projects. My mother raised me and my two brothers and her baby brother working two jobs. I mean, doing everything for us. And it was so beautiful for my mother to see what she did.

I mean, standing ovation. And then out in Times Square, they got Netflix really has invested in this movie. And they have a billboard 80 feet off the ground on 42nd and Broadway. And for my mama to say, we started in the projects and now we're here. I mean, it's just a testament to a strong black woman absolutely who said i won't let this world destroy my children and so my mom and my wife my daughter everybody in this film they just kept it real they kept it too real how's your family deal with it because it's it's you know it's like anything else yeah i mean if you could just take

all the the negativity is all good but it bleeds you know, it's like anything else. I mean, if you could just take all the negativity, it's all good, but it bleeds into your wife, it bleeds into your kids. And then, you know, Tez was talking the other day about the death threats. Yeah. So how does your family deal with it? How are they okay? It's hard, obviously, as adults. We understand what we're doing.

My nine-year-old daughter watched the film for the first time yesterday. And she said, Daddy, you got a death threat? And she was very concerned about it. Nine years old. And so we had that conversation about, baby, Daddy's out here fighting for you to have a better world. And sometimes people don't want to see our black children have an equal opportunity at life. We have to fight for our rights. We can never take stuff for granted.

And she was like, but you didn't do anything wrong. I said, baby, I know that. And you will learn that some people feel that they're superior to us because of the color of their skin. And that's always a difficult conversation to have with young people because they want to see the best in the world. She was asking me questions. Man, she is terrified by these school shootings. I think we all are.

For your children to have to deal with that trauma, what happens, Daddy, if it happens in our school? You know, so we talk about those things. I think about how my wife, my brothers, everybody in their mind, they are prepared that it could happen. And we have to protect your family when you're on the road so much. I mean, they're constantly checking on them and everything. And that's the other side that Tess was talking about. My law partners now, we don't make that much money doing police brutality.

We make our money from doing mass torture and class action work, stuff that, you know, is going up against these corporate titans. This police brutality, civil rights work, is something you do because you care. Nobody does civil rights work to get rich. It's the least profitable division in my law firm. I pray so much that we can close down the police brutality division of the Ben Crump law firm,

because then that would mean Trayvon would get to live because somebody there profiled him. Ahmaud Arbery. I mean, all these young black people in the film. Now he has a part in a 15-year-old, an 18-year-old, and a 19-year-old in a week's time. All get killed by the police completely unjustified but

if we could somehow have them look at our children like they look at their children then our children would get to live and that's what I pray for man that's what I'm fighting I've made enough money I'm going to be okay my law firm would

rather I just stop doing the civil rights. They're like, you did enough crump. We can make money a lot easier and more of it if you would just quit doing this civil rights work. But I'm like, then I would be selling out my soul.

No, it's about fighting for our children, man. Alright, well don't move. We got more when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with attorney Benjamin Crump,

Teslin Figaro, and Nadia Holgren. So let me ask you a question. Now, Nadia is the director. What's the biggest takeaway you get out of this documentary? What I hope, Envy, is that when people watch this film, they have a much deeper nuanced understanding of what life is like in our communities

than they ever have before. And that they understand the work that Attorney Crump does. You know, something we spoke about earlier, just this idea that civil law and criminal law are actually two different things. And we were surprised in this film

when we showed it to people and they didn't understand it. So just to give people a basic understanding of how the law works as well. So it's an educational tool. But it's really to bring people in and show behind the scenes

of what these cases are really like outside of the press conferences and the news cycle. Tez, you want to curse anybody out? Anything else you want to say? I don't think I want to curse anybody out. You got to have the final word. No, I just think, I'll just echo, you know.

Can I say this before you say the final word? It is important that people understand civil law and criminal law. Yeah. Because the prosecutors, I think, intentionally sometimes lose these cases. We have never lost a police brutality case, but people sometimes can't

distinguish the two. And so I think Nadia does a good job of reminding people what we should have learned in seventh grade civets class, that the government is the only people who can prosecute you and put you in jail. And then the seventh amendment says, if you've had a wrong that you believe has been put upon you, you have a right to sue them. And if the jury agrees with you, you are entitled to compensation. And the law has some reason for that because they don't want people trying to solve their disputes in the street by shooting and killing one another. No, no. You come to the court of law, and if a jury agrees, then the only thing we can give you is monetary damage. That's the accountability. That is the accountability.

And before Tess gives her final word, I do want to say that I know you've been inspired by Thurgood Marshall, and you speak on it all the time, but I feel like after seeing this, kids will be inspired by you. And that's the thing that will make the next generation want to become active, become attorneys, become civil rights attorneys,

and make sure that they do what's right. Absolutely. We appreciate you. Thank you. Tess, Tess, Tess. I'll close this. It's all you, Tess. Love you.

I drank a sip of the positivity water, so I will leave on a positive note. I'm encouraging me to be cussed, cussed out. I will say this, and I talked about this in my last Breakfast Club interview on my push the line training that's coming up politics until something happens. I want to give a quick shout out to Tex 66866 push the line

to 66866. What is that about? It is about getting in the fight. What people should get from this documentary at the end is Ben Crump says get into the arena i know who i am and i know whose i am and what does that really mean you got three ways to get involved now you can just be in the comments or you can get involved on the criminal side to push for folks get arrested to push to end qualified immunity like what happened in new york city by

the way like what happened in colorado by the. You can talk about making sure folks get arrested. You can talk about the protest side. You can talk about the punitive damages side, which is what Attorney Crump does. Or you can talk about the policy, which is what I talk about, which is over 100 cities have passed some level of police reform that nobody talks about. We still have to push on the federal level for the George Floyd-Justin Policing Act. But over 100 cities have made some difference. The bottom line is you have every opportunity to be involved.

My logo push the line and has each person pushing one, pushing the P, the U, the S and the H. Nobody's paying attention to what's going on beside them. There's a child on the side that is watching with their fist up, watching what it is that we're doing. So you can push or you can talk in the Bible, whether you are believing. I'm only talking to the believers. It says that at the end, you know, we talk can talk in the Bible, whether you are believing, I'm only talking to the believers. It says that at the end, you know, we talk about who's the goat, who's the goat, who's the goat, who's the greatest of all time. We love throwing that around in hip hop. But in the end, there is going to become a time where the goat will be separated from the sheep. What is the sheep? People say the sheep is who follows and who does what man does.

But in the word of God, it says that the sheep is about the shepherd's business. So you are either going to be about for the least of these. Are you going to be one of the goat that are not here to serve those who have been in prison, to serve those who have been disenfranchised, to serve those who have been marginalized. And when it's time to make that accountability. And if,

if I'm wrong that I don't have nothing to worry about, if I just disappear into existence, fine. But what if I'm right, DJ Envy? If I'm right, there's going to be the question, what did you do? And the answer won't be, well, I was in the DM. I told Ben he should do this. I told Tess, what did you do for the least of these?

You've been challenged right now to do something. One of those three, four things. Don't worry about what Ben doing. Get in the arena and get your squad on. It's plenty of people that's talking from the stands we talked about that friday everybody at the game but guess what we don't all play the same position i've never once seen lebron james turn around to the stand and say what y'all think i should do should i go this attorney crumb got to focus on playing the game and then you got people

like me that's on the sideline on the bench cheering them on let's go let's go let's go i was a cheerleader all through school my job was to say let's go but to also challenge at the same time say turn crap i don't really like that i'm not feeling that but i'm on the court in the game yeah so if you just understand talking you just understand talking let's start walking and let's be about our business there you go civil is out this sunday thursday June 19th, Juneteenth. Definitely check it out, and we appreciate you guys for joining us. Hashtag Civil and Twitter.

And there's only one phone call that when they call, we always come to work and open up, and that's when Attorney Benjamin Crump calls. It doesn't matter if we on vacation, if it's a pandemic, if none of the workers, if Angelique's out,

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