The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: 50 cent Speaks On Diddy Beef, Judge Joe Brown Old Ass Slams Kamala Harris, Vybz Kartel Freed After Murder Conviction Is Overturned + More

Episode Date: August 1, 2024

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Wake the fuck up, Breakfast Club. DJ Envy. Envy playing my record, I made it. Jess Hilarious. Jess, he would. She don't spare nobody. Charlamagne Tha God. What made you think that?

Liking of controversial questions. I like this show. Thanks, Breakfast Club. Good morning, USA! Yep You look happy Or is that one of them fake smiles Like I just gotta make myself look happy But I'm really like miserable I'm ready to get this baby up out of here Yeah, both A little bit of both? Yeah

A little bit of both Because I am happy I'm just like ready though You ready? Okay Now, I know you've been home So I know you've been watching the Olympics Absolutely

What did you watch yesterday? What was on yesterday? I watched swimming yesterday I watched the men's gymnastics And the basketball And soccer Soccer Soccer swimming yesterday. I watched the men's gymnastics and the basketball. And soccer. Soccer.

Now swimming, the young lady that won the gold for swimming, she got busy. Yes, yes, yes. Her name's Chanel or Cadel or something like that thing. But yeah, she definitely got busy. That 1500 meter? 1500 meter, yes. Going back and forth 30 times and being crazy. That is ridiculous. i used to do that all the time i used to kill it too as we were saying yeah as we were saying she she didn't just kill she got she

won a a an olympic uh world record and she did her thing she blew she blew all the mother women everybody and she led the whole time you see like she never got tired i mean she never fell behind i'm not gonna say she never got tired. I mean, she never fell behind. I'm not going to say she never got tired. Right. Because that whole thing, swimming, you're using every limb. Every muscle. That's right.

Every muscle, everything. And we eat a lot. She started off with a really, really good pace. Yep. Right? Like, for the first 10 laps, and then her last 20, she went strong. Yep. Shorty is strong as hell.

She's strong as hell. Yeah, that's how we used to do it. Yo, shut up, man. You never did no damn swimming. You can do it just like that. You are too short to be swimming. He's too short to be swimming. Yeah, he's way too short.

Let me ask you a question. You ever seen a tall fish? No. No? Okay. What does that mean? He's a philosopher this morning i've never seen a tall fish they are human beings listen if you stand next to one of them swimmers and

professional swimmers you would feel like nemo like a little fish they're all they're all long as hell yeah they're all long the men are like six five to six eight long wind scan uh whatever wingspan so yes all right well let's get the show cracking. Hill Harper will be joining us this morning. You know, actor Hill Harper. He's running for the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate out in Michigan. Hill was on what? CSI.

He was on, what was it? The Good Guy, I think it's called. I think it was called The Good Guy. I definitely know he was on CSI. I've seen him in a few films. Yeah, his TV catalog is cool. Absolutely. But he's running for Senate in films. Yeah, his TV catalog is cool. Absolutely. But he's running for Senate in Michigan.

Michigan, that's right. Yeah, so we're going to be kicking with him in a little bit. All right? Now, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news when we come back. Morgan Wood will be joining us. A lot to discuss. Donald Trump, he's crazy.

He done lost his damn mind. We'll discuss in a second. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess Alaris, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Morgan.

Good morning, y'all. It's the first of the month. Wake up, wake up, wake up. Yeah, Thursday. So let's get into this front page news now. I hope we got time for this. Now, former President Donald Trump sat for a Q&A session with black journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago yesterday, and he had a heated exchange with ABC News congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, who asked Trump why voters

should support the former president for a second term. He also tried to clear up what a black job is. Let's hear what those comments sound like from Trump at the NABJ convention. Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question so in such a horrible manner. First question. You don't even say hello.

How are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network. How do you define DEI? Go ahead. How do you define it? Diversity, equity, inclusion. Okay, yeah, go ahead. Is that what your definition? That is literally the words, DEI.

Give me a definition. Sir, I'm asking you a question, a very direct question. Define it for me, if you will. I just defined it. Exactly as a black job, sir. A black job is anybody that has a job that's what it is anybody that has all right i wish we would have played the opening question oh my goodness opening yeah that was the opening question is why you know um why should black

voters support the former president um of course um he went on to call that introduction disgraceful and rude shortly thereafter though he criticized vice President Kamala Harris, calling her the worst border czar in history of the world. And he also questioned her racial identity. Let's hear those comments. I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. And she was always of Indian heritage and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and heritage i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black that man crazy he's not crazy he's donald trump now he's crazy the fact trump says anything that

surprises y'all now uh is that that surprises me you know personally i was impressed it's impressive to surpass whatever expectations people have for you because folks knew it was going to be a lot. Folks knew they were going to be entertained by Donald Trump. And he over exceeded expectations. He did. First of all, I don't even know why he went, though. Like, why would he go? Why not?

He knew he wasn't going to get the warm welcome that he thought he was going to get. He knew he wasn't going to get that. Yeah, but if I'm Donald Trump and, you know, polls are saying that, you know know my numbers amongst black voters may be increasing why not why not so the group's decision to host the former president was followed by the resignation as you said envy it wasn't the most warm welcome it was followed by the resignation of NABJ convention co-chair Karen Atiyah and quite a few members of the organization slammed the decision to host the former president however NABJ President Ken Lemon backed the decision, saying they welcome the opportunity for members to ask the tough questions

that will provide the truth black Americans want and need to know. Meanwhile, the White House Press Secretary, Corrine Jean-Pierre, reacted to the former president's comments during yesterday's briefing. Let's hear more from Corrine Jean-Pierre. As a person of color As a black woman Who is in this position

That is standing before you At this podium Behind this lectern What he just said What you just read out to me Is repulsive It's insulting And we have to put

She is the Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris We have to put some respect on her name Period Alright Birdman. Listen. All three of y'all. Everybody's saying that NABJ shouldn't have had Trump there.

They are bugging. No, they should have had him, man. Okay, journalists are supposed to be objective. I thought Rachel Scott did a fantastic job. She asked tough questions. Doesn't matter what his answers are. You know what I mean? She asked the right questions.

As long as she asked the right questions. That's right. If he wants to have a meltdown on stage, that's on him. Yeah, I agree with you. I don't even think he's having a meltdown. That's just Trump. No, that's him. That's him.

But I don't think if Donald Trump and Donald Trump should have did it. But I love I love the questions. I mean, they ask the right questions. And I was him to answer the way he wanted to answer. And we got Donald Trump. Donald Trump did Donald Trump. Trump went up there and Trump was Trump. In other news, President Biden will reportedly

give a primetime address to kick off the Democratic National Convention. Reports say the president's speech will focus on passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. The convention is set to begin August 19th in Chicago. A lot going on in Chicago this month. That's less than a month

since Biden made the decision to drop out the 2024 presidential race to endorse and endorse Harris. Rather, uh, Democrats will begin the process of officially nominating the party's candidate for president with a virtual call today. This goes down today. So she could be the official nominee at the end of business. All right. Well, thank you, Morgan. I just, just got one question one question when when did we question

if kamala harris was black enough well i don't understand when that happened i mean she went to hbcu she's a member of of aka's like when did we ever question the fact that she was black i don't i'm confused that's an oldie but goodie from donald trump though i mean donald trump also said that barack obama wasn't born here so i mean that, that's one of his classic hits. Plus, that's a social media narrative, you know, because her father is Jamaican, so they say she's not a black American woman.

Yeah, we'll talk more about that in the next hour. In fact, J.D. Vance has some interesting comments about her race as well. Alright, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Charlamagne. Izzy, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest.

I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Hello, who's this? Oh, that's Tony. Hey, Tony.

What's up? Get it off your chest, Tony. Hey, Tony. All right. How y'all doing? Charlamagne, Envy, and Jeff. You want it. But I was just listening to y'all with the interview with Trump yesterday.

Yes, sir. Man, to be honest, Camilla, she already said that she wasn't black. It's all over everything. She didn't have an interview. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand. But she already said that she's not black. She identifies as an Indian.

She was running and she did all of that accounts? Yes, she has. No, she that accounts. Yes, she has. No, she hasn't. Yes, she has. Listen, have you ever read her book? No, I don't. I won't. I won't.

Say what now? In her book, she specifically talks about how, you know, her mom definitely instilled her Indian heritage in her, but also told her she was a black woman and raised her to be a proud black woman. They have an interview. She has a verbal interview with a white woman, and she says that she is not black. She is Indian. I never heard that in my life. I never heard that

either. I've never heard that in my life. Oh, well, y'all might need to. I'm saying, like, when y'all say stuff, though, but look, listen, when y'all say stuff, y'all do y'all research. You know, she was up here. She said she was a black woman. She was up here. I've never heard Kamala. Because it's convenient for black votes right now. Yeah, of course.

No, she said this back in 2018 when we interviewed her. By the way, why would I even ask? Why would we not think she's black? You know, she went to HBCU. She's an AKA. Okay, you can go to HBCU and still not be black. I'm a Sigma. We have white Sigmas. So listen, you don't think Jamaicans are black?

Do I not think Jamaicans are black? I'm saying she said she's identified as a black American. She's not a black American. That is what she said. At one point in time, she said she's not a black American. But now that she's running for president, she's running for office. And now she's screaming She's black now You gotta cite your sources

I've never heard her I've never heard her say She's not a black American Two things can be true at one time So let's figure it out And then When we can't find it Then you have to apologize

And Jamaicans are black But that's what I'm saying Tell them cite his sources I've never heard her say She's not a black American Jamaicans are I've never heard her say She's not a black American

Hello who's this? Yo what's good It's Keith from Brooklyn Yard Good morning Good morning. Good morning, everybody. What's up? I love you guys. Yo.

All right, yo, so I wanted to talk about that Donald Trump thing last night, man. I ain't even going to hold you. I was entertained, man. I just like how he just be coming up in there like, yo, I want all the smoke. I keep telling y'all. Yo, he want all the smoke. That's where he wins at. Just because people want all the smoke. That's what he wins at. And by the way, with that black job, my bad, sorry to cut you off, Sean, man.

That whole black job thing that he was talking about, all he was saying, like, I mean, I've been doing what he was saying, but all he was saying was, he was saying, oh, they're taking jobs that black people could have. That's all he was saying. And by the way, it wasn't even true because right here in New York City, they're not even allowed to work. That's the problem that's going on right now is that we got to feed and shelter these people, but they're not allowed to work. Okay. So that wasn't even true anyway. But what he was trying to say is that immigrants are trying to take jobs that black people or white people could get.

That's all he was saying. Okay. Thank you. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's going on? This is Mac, man. I'm calling from Savannah, Georgia. Mac, what up?

Get it off your chest. Hey, what's going on, boss? Hey, so I had a couple things real quick. Yesterday, when you guys were talking about the lady that didn't want to date people that came from the same parent household or didn't come from the same parent household, you guys never mentioned the fact

what if they're the same parents? What if it's two moms or two dads? Or two dads that identify as two moms or two moms that identify as two dads. Would she be willing to take somebody from that type of situation? We didn't even think about that. We just had two parents. We didn't say man or woman or we didn't say what they identified as. We just had two parents.

Yeah, me speaking personally, I never think about that. Never, ever when I think about two-parent households. That's new. That's 2020. Yeah, exactly. That just started happening. I'm sorry. Get it off your chest.

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We're going to go through it today. But to jump straight to it, I don't know if you remember, guys and girls, I'm the guy that told you the call before, and I said that the Black Democratic Caucus didn't support Obama on his first term. And I say that to say that a lot of times these institutions that are supposed to have our best interests at heart kind of flow away from their mission statement. For those journalists not to want to interview him and hold his feet to the fire, yeah, of course you knew he was going to lie. You knew he wasn't going to answer the questions. But you still let the world see or who the people that you represent are supposed to bring the information to him for what he is.

And for them to say, to be upset that you're going to interview him, I don't understand that you're a journalist. That's right. You go ahead. 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.

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And you ask the important questions. That's what journalism is about, getting to interview virtually because of prior engagement. And the statesman that died in Houston last week or two weeks ago, she's going to her service, Sheila Jackson. Right. So she couldn't make it in person. Sheila Jackson. I'm sorry. Sheila Jackson Lee.

Yeah. Okay. That she was going to her service. So she wouldn't be able to get in person. But they rejected her to appear virtually. So we've got to start holding these organizations that supposedly have our best interest at foot as well. And one more thing, and I hate to give credit, but you've got to give credit where it's due. There's a certain amount of respect that you've got to say to give to Donald Trump

and know that he was going to walk into the Lions then and be answered in a hostile, not a hostile, but an environment that was less ingratiating to him than his normal environment that he goes and feels. And he did it. A lot of people would have shied away from that. Now, that speaks to the narcissist in him, but there's a certain amount of respect

that you got to get him from showing up at all. I can see that. I also think that he knew that that was going to be an opportunity to take away headlines from the vice president. Because you got to think about, you know, it was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life. He owned the week. Soon as Joe Biden stepped down and, you know, they put Kamala up, Kamala has dominated the news cycle. This is really the first time in about maybe a week and a half since the assassination attempt where Donald Trump is top of the ticket when it comes to the headlines.

Right. So he knew that was a way to take away, take a little, I'm not going to say energy because her campaign got a lot of energy, but just to get his name back in the mix. Pop back in the headlines. Yep. Hello, who's this? Yo, yo. Yo, get it off your chest. Hey, yo, yo, yo, that dude, I'm glad he just lost signal because he was throwing out some trash signals.

My name is David Kattash. I'm from 757. And I'm sick of this nonsense about Kamala Harris not being black enough and then they drop in or she slept away to the top, all that nonsense. Won't even out before. Now, you know, they got a new narrative they're trying to put out there and whack dudes like the dude who was just on the phone, who, you know, he uses Brent Wilder as a frog or something like that.

You know what I'm saying? You know, throwing out these bad, bad messages, man. It ain't true, man. I mean, I ain't a Kamala Harris, like, lie, you know, like that. But, hey, we got two choices. We got Trump and Kamala Harris, man. You going to choose the evil or no evil? You know what I mean?

No, I don't feel like that this time around. No, me neither. I feel like with the last two choices, you might be choosing the lesser of two evils. I don't feel like that in this current situation. But, I mean, she is half black, she's half Indian. And he did say something just now that's not all the way true. All of this stuff that they're saying about the vice president, they've been saying. When I was out there on the campaign trail with her in 2020 they were saying these same exact things all of it there's no new rhetoric no like none whatsoever none well get it off your chest 800-585-1051

now we got just with the mess coming up what we talking about yes bob's cartel made his way home after being locked up so okay all right well we'll get into that when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. All right. Be careful.

What is wrong with you? You know what's funny? We'll play Glorilla. We'll play anything hard. And Charlamagne asks the toughest. He starts racking. Yeah, play with me. I'll go eat some jail food for you i'm like i'm just quoting rap lyrics not acting tough i'm not holding the rap lyrics your father yo you still pregnant

see why is it so aggressive because of the rest of the glow i i need her to calm down sometimes because she'd be hitting too right about anything yes i'm still pregnant yeah oh you said because of glow yes when you listen to glorella real hype okay okay you see aggressive right leg spread open no i mean you hype you aggressive you when you she do something to you when you listen to her it's just with the message you just get real he don't know what he said let's get to just with the mess On the breakfast club the culture she was able to get y'all to see something and Understand something then nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it on. Okay, so Vibes Cartel was released from prison.

We got the report. Please play it. International dance hall music star Vibes Cartel got the news he's been waiting for. The Jamaica Court of Appeal ordered him and his three co-defendants to be released immediately. Now, Adesha Palmer, better known as award-winning, chart-topping, entertainer vibes cartel, was at the height of his career in 2011 when he and three other men were arrested and charged in the murder of Clive Lizard Williams. Cartel maintained his innocence throughout and fought the conviction over many years and appeals. The court cited many factors in their very thorough explanation justifying the release, giving both sides, including Cartel's health condition which the court acknowledged had worsened during his many years behind bars.

Yep, yep, yep. And people may have noticed that Bob's Cartel looks significantly different since videos of him are circulating since he been released in 2023 a sworn medical affidavit from cartels private doctor notified authorities that his Graves disease heart condition and thyroid disease were getting worse and that it could be fatal if he didn't receive treatment soon his legal team said his neck was swollen if you think of a shirt that is about 18.5 inches in the neck area you couldn't close the collar on his neck. Well, that's all and his face was actually swollen as well So that's how bad it gotten and he also wears glasses because of his condition the thyroid condition his eyes will protrude His legal team spoke out about the severe conditions of his cell since 2011

They described his cell is like it was all brick no air circulation no water in a bucket for a toilet um throughout the years bob's cartel has continued to claim his innocence and fought to have the conviction thrown out so people all over the world are welcoming him home i've been seeing a lot about him people are so excited for his um his release and we hope that he gets the treatment that he needs now that he's home right yeah i've seen drake post about it survive like yeah i've seen claudie b post about i've seen a lot of artists post about it so that was that's um that's bad like i graves disease and all of that like and then how they treat you

in prison like you don't i mean whatever your charge is you get what i'm saying like you're still a human you're still human right so and it's a lot of prisons around the world like that like where they treat you you know they treat animals better than they treat human beings in some of these prisons so crazy uh donald trump shares his thoughts on pronouns so donald trump did an interview with fox news host laura ingram And during the conversation, they discussed the fluidity in Kamala Harris' decision to share her preferred pronouns, which I don't know why she did that, but she shared them, and this is what they thought about it. Kamala Harris in her Twitter bio, which I never noticed until this morning, states her pronouns as she slash her. What are your pronouns?

I don't want pronouns. I don't want pronouns. I don't want pronouns. So you're fluid? What is that? Nobody even knows what that means. Ask her to describe exactly what that means. What is that? Why are people doing that?

Nobody knows. What is that? Because they're going crazy, all right? We have to bring our country back to sanity. We all had pronouns, though, even before pronouns was a thing. We just didn't acknowledge that we had them we just you know he she i you okay we they them us you know yeah that's just

proper english that's just what that is they're called pronouns yeah personal yeah that right that's pronouns but like it's not really a lot of things that I agree with Trump on but that absolutely like like you said I don't want for it like I'm not I'm a human being like pronouns are used it you know like for sentences and words and things like that not to describe like people's identity you know I'm saying well it technically yeah but like when you say I identify as she and her duh like you know I'm saying like sometimes just like duh and this time is Duh. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, sometimes it's just like, duh. And then sometimes it's like, no, you don't.

You know what I'm saying? Well, it's not a duh nowadays because people identify as things. I mean, well, Kamala Harris, duh. Like, you know. I mean, I guess. Me. You guess. I mean, the reason I say I guess is because I can't assume what people identify as.

Back in the day, I'd walk in the room and I'd be like, okay, there's a bunch of guys in this room. But no, a couple of those guys might identify as a woman. So they might want to be called a she. Yeah, that's exactly why Trump said we need to get this back. Because this nigga fell into this. Oh my God. You'll say, I mean, I guess

Kamala is a she and a her. I don't know. I'm not going to assume anybody's gender. Whatever you want to be called, I'll call you it. Yeah, right. Please stop playing with yourself. Don't nobody ever want to identify as a ho, though. Don't nobody want to ever.

Shut up, man. Shut up. Yeah. And I want to go over the medal count for the Paris Olympics. Okay. 2024. So we are leading Team USA. We got 30 medals.

I'll have a China. That's a pronoun, by the way. In gold. Go what? We? We. Yeah. Yeah.

So USA is just a country I'm talking about. So we identify as gold medal leaders. We not. But we not gold medal leaders. We not. Oh, we not? No. No.

Oh, okay. So just that's what happened when you assume and, you know, when you want to play into this rhetoric. It's the gold medal leaders. Yeah, so China, yeah, they are leading in gold. And that's how they rank it. We have the most overall, which is 30, but China been killing, yo. They been killing ass. So they are killing ass

got you they are them are the leaders in gold medals they busting ass got you just the men and women of China are killing and that's how they got all them gold medals

and that's just what they're doing there's ladyboys over there, too, now. Don't act like you just do it. I don't have nothing to do with them. So what do we call them? They're not in the Olympics, though. I'm not playing this game on the channel this morning. All right.

Thank you, Justin. Ex-commal or what they call them. Oh, my goodness. When we come back, we got front page news. More are going to be joining us. And then Hill Harper will be in the building. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Now, let's get back to some front page news. What's up, Morgan? Let me tell y'all what's going on, okay? So, Vice President candidate J.D. Vance is criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for not being genuine. That's what he says. He made the comments during a rally in Arizona yesterday, calling her a phony who grew up in Canada. Let's hear more from Canada. Kamala Harris is a phony who caters to whatever audience is in front of her. He held the most successful convention in history. He even took a bullet for the country he loves,

but he didn't miss a single day of work. Now, President Trump did all of that in one month. Just imagine what he can do with four more years. Well, in 96 days, my friends, we're going to take back our country and elect Donald J. Trump, President of the United States. And it's going to take back our country and elect donald j trump president of the united states and it's going to start right here in the great state of arizona right

she lived she lived in canada for like four or five years i think she was in canada if i'm not mistaken yes she spent some time in montreal i believe vance also spoke about a clip of harris in ge Harris in Georgia where he he said she spoke with a fake southern accent saying isn't that isn't how they talk in Vancouver or Quebec or wherever she came from. So he went on to talk about her border policies as he is set to visit the U.S. Mexico border today. Now, meanwhile, also happening today, Vice President Harris is traveling to Houston for the funeral of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. Harris will attend the service for her longtime friend and sorority sister. The two were both members of the country's first historically black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and frequently worked together on shared legislative issues in Congress. Now, Jackson Lee passed away earlier this month or excuse me last month, at the age of 74 after battling cancer.

Now, this marks Harris's third visit to Texas in the last month. Lee's body laid in state earlier this week, or last week, at the Houston City Hall. And President Biden also came to pay his respects last week. Yeah, so shout out to just Sheila Jackson Lee and the work that she did in her lifetime. Switching gears to USA. Team USA. So the USA men's basketball team is still undefeated as they rolled past South Sudan 103-86. In the second game of the group phase, Bam Adebayo led the Americans in scoring with 18 points.

Kevin Durant chipped in with 14, and LeBron James recorded a dozen. The U.S. is now leading Group C with four points and will wrap up group phase of play against Puerto Rico on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women's team plays its second game today against Belgium. The United States did come up short in its effort in men's gymnastics all-around final at the Paris Olympics. Paul Judah and Frederick Richard finished outside the top ten of the competition. U.S. gymnast Frederick Richard says with hard work, more medals will be in his future. Let's hear from him.

There's still more to gain from this meet. I can still do something that I've never done on the rings and something I've never done on the vault and just get better. Eventually, it'll all come together. The medals will come. For now, I just got to try to get as good as I can every moment that I can. Yeah, keep it up. Keep it up. And Simone Biles and Suni Lee will be competing in the women's all-around final today as well.

Yeah, the men, they had a hard time, though. Like, everybody was, like, a little frazzled. You know, Japan, China, you seen the boy that bounced on his head like a baby. You know, the floor is like a big-ass trampoline. So, you know, it was a lot. You know, Frederick for USA, everybody just seemed like a little tired. And, like, it was nervousness. This is like it's coming down to the final.

So, it was, they were, I was, like, nervous for them. But they still did good, though. Don't play with us. Don't play with us. Absolutely. And I was going to say, you know, also what you mentioned off-air, Katie Ledecky also brought home a gold medal as well for the women's swimming in the Paris Olympics yesterday. She's been in the 1500 meter freestyle, definitely with a record time of 1530.

So she earned her eighth career gold medal and 12th medal overall, both tying the women's record. Absolutely. career gold medal and 12th medal overall both tying the women's record absolutely yeah we you know we doing a daggone thing like you said francis they kind of closed the gap but we still and salute to all the athletes that are doing our triathlon because there's no way i would get in that river that water because i mean the fact that they said the water was nasty for a couple of days and it wasn't safe and now all of a sudden it's safe to jump in. Nah, B, I'm good. I don't even know what y'all did. They all could have did that fast.

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It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed.

We got the brother, Hill Harper. Welcome back, brother. Yes, yes, yeah. Good, good, good, good. Good to be here, man. This is very nice. How you feeling? You got bigger things to be doing, man.

Yeah, we do. Running for Senate in Michigan? Running for U.S. Senate in Michigan. We got this primary August 6th, which is a huge deal. Man, it's about turnout. It's a huge challenge to get communities out because so many of our people don't even know what a primary is. People come up to me, man, I'm going to vote for you in November. I got you. I'm going to vote for you in Kamala in November. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do that. And I'm like, dog, if you don't vote for me August 6th, I won't be on the ballot in November. And in many ways, I blame the Democratic Party for that. They show up with tens of millions of dollars in October saying, save the country.

Come on, come on, y'all, turn out. But they want to place their establishment candidates in the primary. So they want low turnout in the primary. So they're doing no GOTV work. So my campaign literally has to try to educate folks. This is why you need to vote. The primary is actually more important than the general, because if you can't get the right candidates on the ballot in the general election, then you have a very limited choice. And therefore, people keep saying, man, nothing changes.

Do you think that the Democratic Party wiped their ass with democracy by not having a primary to properly appoint a new top of the ticket for president? I don't know about that. I don't know, because the time is so tight yeah it's you know you're talking about less than 100 days so you know it's almost that thing you kind of got to get in line and get organized and you know it's something i say all the time about many many of us that are you know more progressive i say man we can agree on nine things disagree on one people like People are like, I can't work with them. And then, you know, the other side, they can disagree on nine, agree on one, and go storm the Capitol together. So I think that when you look at the reality of the situation and timing-wise, you've got to make a decision and go. Folks have to line up, get behind folks, and do that in that type of process.

They were asking for a primary election. Listen, I mean, I think in hindsight, I mean, we can even go back. I mean a primary yeah listen i mean i think in hindsight i mean we can even go back i mean you know everything is is much clearer in hindsight right i mean ruth beta ginsburg should have stepped down you know i mean and made that decision and certainly i'm i'm sure there would have been a process of president biden having being able to do it in a way that you know he's getting celebrated and all this and it didn't feel like it's but at the end of the day man sometimes i just say you know god is gonna take care of things the way it's gonna happen you know and that's just it so so this this process is playing out the way it should

absolutely they also said it was a finance thing right because harris's name was on the ticket it's easy to transfer the transfer the funds over to it so they said that we're talking about last year like you know because i've been saying for the longest president biden should step down right like i just didn't think he could win in november and i thought that was a fair question to ask is the biden harris ticket a winnable ticket in november right so i've been asking that and people were saying last year they should primary him because everybody saw the decline right i mean it was it is definitely apparent the question is was that and obviously i mean come on i, we saw what we saw. You can't unsee what you saw.

That's right. Right. You know, my mother's 86 years old. God bless her. She lives with me in Detroit and me and my son. And, you know, she's not moving the way she used to move. Right. And that's not her fault.

And she's one of those brilliant people. First black female anesthesiologist, one of the first black female anesthesiologists in the country. But at the end of the day, you know, time can't be for the time. Yes, right. Time is one is undefeated. Now, there's a video of you 15 years ago predicting that Kamala Harris was going to be the president. That's right. What did you see in her 15 years? Hey, guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities,

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

It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. That made you think that before people even knew who she was. I think leadership, tenacity. You talk about someone with intelligence, someone who's work ethic, someone who very passionate about wanting to make the world better and figure out ways to do that. And so there was no, you know, in my mind, when I went to Harvard Law School with Barack, you see things in people and you can see just who and how, what they're made of. There's a lot of things I think that she's going to have to do to appeal, you know, from a Michigan point of view, to clean up some of the problems with the Arab and Muslim community in Michigan, etc. But she can do that work.

There's an opportunity here. She can do that work. She can, I believe, get that done. I think her rhetoric around Israel and Gaza thus far has been stellar. I really do. Well, not going to the netanyahu speech was it was definitely a step in the right direction that was a step in the right direction for sure absolutely but even elaine i mean even what she says she's like israel does have the right to defend itself

but we still have to work towards a ceasefire we need a ceasefire as well watching innocent people get killed and to me that's so big it's common sense rhetoric but for whatever reason people are afraid to say that i say it all all the time. There's no good war and there's no bad peace. I mean, that's just a simple fact. We want to save lives. At the end of the day, humanity and human rights have to come first in every discussion. That's for everybody.

And the idea of if you say, you know, when I called for ceasefire, for instance, my social media got ratcheted down by 98%. And this is like last November when I called for it. I was one of the first U.S. Senate candidates in the country to call for. And the idea that if you're calling for ceasefire, somehow that's a pro terrorism or anti Israel or anti human or this. It's not true. The thing is, I can't stand terrorists, terrorists. That's that's violence and malevolent. And that's I can't stand terrorists terrorists that's that's violence and malevolent and that's i can't stand hostages that's violence and malevolence but i also can't stand carpet

bombing and ultimately uh covering places with indiscriminate bombing and killing women and children and and and the injury and death death toll and so it's heartbreaking i was in a meeting last night in dearborn in michigan with a number of folks from the Palestinian community and their hearts are ripped out because they're seeing their family members. And so but at the same time, you have a whole set of folks who have hostages have been taken and their hearts are broken. So there's so much pain and grief. But the idea is how do we get to a place where we reduce the level of violence and the level of malevolent behavior? We can get there, but you don't get there through a bomb. We had Governor Whitmer up here.

And I'm going to ask you the same thing, because, you know, you're in Michigan. How much of an impact do you think that's going to have in November? Because when you see these hundreds of thousands of people who voted uncommitted, you know, you know, during primaries, it's like, how are you going to flip that in november to be like you know what we're gonna show up now well this may sound self-serving but i think if if i can come through and win this primary we you know at the top of the ticket in michigan uh harris and harper ticket there we're able to to to unify those communities because the one thing i'm proud about among many things with our campaign is we'll be able to unify the black community in Michigan as well as the Arab and Muslim community. I have the endorsements from most of the top leaders in Michigan that are from the Arab and Muslim community as well as the Arab American Political Action Committee, the Arab and Muslim Political Action Committee, but also all the endorsements from the top black political leaders, which is oftentimes communities that haven't come together. And so we have to figure out a way to unify communities, because when you look back and you look at Dr. King and Jim Crow, you look at Nelson Mandela and apartheid, we're in

these types of seminal moments, kairos moments, moments that are inflection points. And this is one of them. And it's but it's reflective of a culture of violence in general. You know, there was two young two young kids, young people that were shot on the east side of Detroit just two weeks ago. Nineteen other people injured. And so violence is violence no matter if it happens on the east side of Detroit or if it's happening in Gaza. Death is death wherever it's happening. And our eyeballs have to be about how do we save humans?

How do we create human rights? How do we create opportunity? That has to be our litmus test. It's not about trying to do political posturing absolutely all right we got more with hill harper when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning yeah we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with hill harper dj mv jesse larry charlemagne the god now i have a question a lot of people will say they know you as an actor and a lot of the stuff that you did but what got you into politics what made you say you know what i'm gonna put this acting bag down put it on hold for a little bit and make sure my community's getting a good acting bag i mean the good doctors and don't remind don't

remind me a lot of please don't don't please don't remind me at the end of the day when i got into acting i wanted to be like actors that were activists harry billifonte ozzy davis who i did i did the movie get on the Bus with Ozzie. I got to sit next to him for, you know, God rest his soul, for weeks on end and him just counseling me, talking about when Malcolm X would come to the house and Dr. King and what he would do,

Gil Scott Heron, you know, all this. And one would have impact, you know, in that kind of way that moves the meter. And it's clear that the days through that entertainment lands are gone. There is a level of collusion and corruption in our federal government, basically because of Citizens United. I mean, many people think that the reaction to the Obama presidency was the Tea Party.

I think that's the beer. The true reaction to the Obama presidency was Citizens United in 2010 that said money is speech, called corporations people, and allowed unfettered dark money to rain into our political system and our electoral politics for dummies okay okay so check it out so so there was a court ruling that basically said no matter who you are you could spend unlimited money to get somebody elected and you don't even have to report who it is and how that's called dark money that's dark money so like a foreign country could be doing it if they if they wash the money through

the process yes they could and so you don't know every day just folks out there every time you see an ad that says paid for by patriots for america or paid for by moving michigan for you know pay whatever that is just think uh dark money but it seems like it seems like every party has been bought it just seems like you can see where people you know whether it's it's the gun lobbying or whatever it seems like everybody's being bought it seems like that's the thing in politics that's right but money see money doesn't vote people vote and see this is what the big challenge has been how do you get people to understand they still have the power even though they look and they're

like there's something i was at the gas pump the other day and so i drive a f-150 so it costs over a hundred dollars to fill it up and so the dudes i'm pumping next to he's like man this is so expensive and i said yeah did you know that your tax dollars are giving big oil literal tax breaks he's like and the prices are going up he said yeah and i said did you know that virtually all chevron exxon mobil all of them are posting over a hundred billion in profits every quarter he's like well how come my prices are like this i'm saying because there's collusion corporate collusion of between your federal representatives and big oil and so people are like they know something's wrong they know they're getting a short end of the stick they just can't figure out why because it's dark.

It's dark money. And so if we don't get rid of Citizens United, our democracy is done. When they say $20 million, is that $20 million? $10 million in hard dollars, which would be they raise the money. They bundle it for you. They go out in $3,300 increments. That's the max you can get for the primary. So they'll go out and bundle the money through their network in $3,300 increments.

That's $10 million in hard dollars. And then $10 million in what they call soft dollars. That's a nice way of saying dark money that we talked about already. And that's unlimited. So they find a big donor, a couple big donors to stroke, million-dollar checks. And then you get $10 million in soft, $10 million in hard. How much in your pocket? There's none in the pocket.

It's to win. They're giving that money to win. Campaign dollars. This is all campaign dollars. Got you. Right? you know, there's none in the pocket. It's to win, right? They're giving that money to win. This is all campaign dollars, right? And so they think that everybody wants that badge on their lapel to be in Congress. That's why you're running for office, not to actually help people, right? They think that you want power more because that's what they want. And that's what we're filled with. We're filled with a Congress of representatives that are more interested in

power maintenance and helping people. And that's what we as people have to realize. And we have to start electing candidates that actually want to help people. And they're not interested in just power. That's because, look at both both the Republican Democratic Party are complicit in not wanting to get rid of Citizens United, because if you really wanted to represent people first, you'd be wanting to get rid of it. You don't you would not want to have it. And it's going to take a constitutional amendment to do it or expanding the court to get a new court ruling

to get rid of Citizens United. That's my biggest issue with the Democratic Party always is that they lack courage. I believe that they try a lot of political strategies, but courage isn't one of them. That's why it was refreshing to see President Biden step down, whether they pushed him out, whatever it was it was you know refreshing to see president biden step down whether they pushed him out whatever it was it was just refreshing to see that um but all these things that you're describing now it takes courage to do it takes courage to expand the supreme court it takes courage to make these constitutional amendments i don't know if they have it that's

why we got to take it i mean that's that's the thing i mean i i my friend said to me the other day he said hill man you're trying to save the democratic party from itself. You know, because at the end of the day, you're right. It's losing its way, losing its soul. And we got to bring it back because people are checking out. I mean, when you just start to see, and that's the challenge here, voter apathy. It's like that study, you know, when the professor would shock the dog, the dog jumped and they kept it on the same setting. And the next time it shocked it, the dog only jumped so high. Eventually, the dog stopped jumping. And that's what we've done to people in the electorate people have

seen so much corruption and they're seeing so much inaction that they've stopped voting and participating and i'm trying to wake people up it's like that scene out of school days wake up trying to get people to say we have an opportunity just in michigan with my race i'm running against someone who didn't co-sponsor the george Justice in Policing Act, didn't co-sponsor Medicare for All, actually voted to not fund the State Department to study the Gaza Health Ministry's death and injury records. I mean, I don't even know how you make that vote. I mean, obviously, I do when you're getting funded from the other side of you, and that's how you make that vote. But the point being, we have an opportunity here to grab a U.S. Senate seat.

The U.S. Senate, 100 people in this country control the distribution of $7.2 trillion. People don't realize that. People think, oh, the president, the executive branch does not control the money, y'all. It's the United States Senate. And if you want your money to be used for overseas violence, or do you want it to be used for healthcare at home? Do you want your money to go to undergirding and giving tax breaks to big oil or big pharma, or do you want it to

go to public education? That is directly who you put in the U.S. Senate. That's it. But if we check out, like I'm seeing so many folks, man, it doesn't matter. I ain't voting. I don't even know what a primary is. I can't do this. If we do that, we have lost. Don't be the dog that stops jumping. We have a chance. This is an open U.S. Senate seat now. I'm only running against one person. I need one more vote than one person. And we and an

activist, an activist can grab a Senate seat. It's unprecedented, the opportunity we have. It's just hard to convince people to move. I know you and President Obama are real close friends. Have you asked him to endorse you yet? Yeah. He said that he would not endorse. He thinks it's just hard to convince people to move i know you and president obama real close friends yeah have you asked him to endorse you yet yeah yeah he said that he would not endorse he thinks it's not right for a former president to endorse in an open in-party race right so there's a primary an open primary he's like hell you win it obviously i'll come in and endorse uh you against a republican person now at the end of the day he's always done what is the right thing because that's actually the proper thing to do. That's the right thing to do. It's hard because

nobody on the other side does it. Nobody on the other side does it. Nobody on this side does the right thing. And nobody on this side does the right thing too much. When you think about this, there is that thing where you say, they go low, we go high. The problem with that is you get your legs cut off.

That's the triangle offense in 2024. That won a lot of championships in the 90s okay they ain't gonna win that they're not all right we got more with hill harper when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy just hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with hill harper charlamagne why aren't more people talking about the supreme court being an illegitimate institution why aren't more people just calling out the supreme court saying it's corrupt because my fear and i've said this to every elected official that's come up here let's just say the vp wins in november donald trump challenges the results of the election that's right in light of all the recent rulings the wild rulings the supreme court has done from presidential immunity accepting bribes all of that what makes us think

they wouldn't overturn the results of an election and then it would be a constitutional crisis why not declare a constitutional crisis now while you still got democrats and all a couple things have to happen i think that there's no question we need reform i wrote an op-ed about judicial reform we need to expand the court when the court was set at nine justices, there were 38 million people in this country. Now we have 360 million plus tens of millions that aren't even counted in that number, right? So we need more people. They need to handle a bigger caseload. I want to see it expand to 15 justices, number one. Number two, I do believe that there should be a term limit in terms of how long you're on the Supreme Court. I believe you should still get a lifetime appointment to the federal bench because we don't we want to try to limit the corruption.

And we don't want it to be like Congress where, you know, the private ends that you will be out in two years, you know, rule this way. We got we're going to make you a partner and pay you millions of dollars. So so but you only serve on the Supreme Court for 18 years and then you cycle off. And that way, if it's on a cycle, every president could appoint two justices. And then you don't have the gerrymandering of withholding appointments and all the stuff that we've seen happen. So the system has to change the way the appointments has to change. We can fix it by systemically. It's just like anything else. You know, what's that quote by the guy? I think it was John Clear or clear or something like that he says you don't rise to the level of your goals you fall to the level of your systems we have broken systems now in government citizens united we have

a broken system of the supreme court and the way the appointments happen we have broken systems that we have to fix for our democracy and so if we don't fix the systems you're right you're going to continue to see these results and there's no question it could play out the way you just said it absolutely i don't see why people don't think it will yeah i mean you challenged it in in 2020 right that's right i just don't think in light of everything that they've done recently i don't see why they wouldn't overturn it this year if it's close that's why you know it shouldn't it can't be close you know and then and that's state by state. Right. And but there's no reason to think it won't be close.

Yeah. Well, Biden won by seven million in 2020. Yeah, but that's the popular vote. So here's the interesting statistic about the Supreme Court. You know, only one of the Republican appointees has been appointed by a president that won the popular vote. Only one. Wow. that that's wow so you're literally talking about a representation in the highest court appointed by individuals who won the presidency that did not win more individual votes by americans would that be katonji katonji would be that one that one no no no um no i'm saying republican clarence thomas if you lose would you go back to acting?

Man, I've been working so hard, I haven't thought about it. You know, maybe, you know, I've never been the type of person that's... Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once

we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Anything I do, I just go all in, and then I don't do plan Bs.

I've never imagined plan Bs. Are they still reaching out to you? Are they still reaching out to you for parts and stuff like that? I don't even know. I don't even talk to them. Yeah, yeah. It's not even that man it's you know i mean i really and this may sound crazy to y'all but like on a show like the good doctor i was saving lives uh uh you know and pretend and i really feel in this world i could save lives for real i'm so been so all in on it and just working as hard as i can meeting people and because i truly

still believe and maybe it's a poll I can meeting people and because I truly still believe and maybe it's a Pollyannish view and maybe I'm totally delusional I still believe you meet people where they are you look them in the eye they feel you ultimately we can win if you do the right thing we can win and that's why I tell my eight-year-old son so if I'm telling my eight-year-old son that I gotta believe it but he did he did say to me the other day he said daddy are you gonna win and I said if more people vote for me than the other person, I'll win. He said, well, but are you going to? I said, I don't know.

But the only thing I can try, I said, I can't control the outcome, but I can control how hard I work. That's right. And so that's it. Just working as hard as I can and allowing people into the process. Senators get to hire 60 to 100 people. Think about this. No one even thinks about it. And I go everywhere. I ask, how many of y y'all know you've had two senators your whole life how

many y'all know 10 people that worked in those offices no hands go five people no hands go three people no hands go two people one person people don't even know it's the most powerful federal body in their life that should be giving them direct constituency services but they never even met anybody that they've been completely unrepresented and that's what we we have to change. We have to rethink what the Senate is. Senate has to be service. It can't be what it's been, which is basically bought politicians trying to figure out how to spend your money and distribute it in a way that's not in your best interest. Doesn't make sense. One more question. What changes do the Democratic Party need to make now that they do have this new energy? We've seen like over the last week and a half, you know, what kamala harris how the way she's energized the party the way she seemed to have bought in the party together but what changes do the democratic party need i think you said it

originally courage courage is my favorite word in the english language the etymology of the rule of the word uh if you speak french you know it means heart you got to get it back to the heart you can see the fake that's what crushed hillary clinton you know i got invited over to her house one time in washington i walked in with my friend who would work for them and i met this woman with some jeans and a t-shirt charming smart funny and i literally was sitting there having a glass of wine looking at her it's just the three of us and i was saying in my head if this woman had run for president, she would have wiped the floor. But that pantsuit over fake version, the person I met in the living room

was completely different in the same thing they were doing with propping up President Biden. That's not in the best interest of people. It's very easy. Open up your heart. What's in the best interest of people? It's not about overcoaching somebody. It's not about trying to prop them up and figuring out the machinations of how do we win. It's about doing the right thing. And if the Democratic Party gets back to that core, then we'd win every election. Because how are you losing an argument to a populist on the other side? It just doesn't make sense. People are literally voting against their own self-interest because they feel more authenticity from the other side simple as that is that simple i say it all the time even with the vice president that's what i've been happy to see a lot more over the last few months but especially over the last couple of weeks the person that we know that we've had conversations with off the air the heart that we see we're starting to see that we are and if that if we see that over the next 100 days, it won't even be close. I completely agree.

And that's why I hope someone doesn't get in your ear and try to overcoach. And I don't think it'll happen. You know why? Because it's not like she's got it. Meaning, it's almost like once you're in the seat, you can relax. Just be yourself. Yeah, she's not trying to out-compete somebody. And so it's not trying to figure out, well, what do I do to out-compete?

It's just like, just be yourself because you already got it. That's right. You already got the experience. You already have the intelligence. You already have the infrastructure. Now just listen, you could be more bold, more full of heart and bring that. It's beautiful. I think we're in a great inflection moment in this country.

And I'd love to be her partner in the Senate for sure. Now, if people want to support you, how can they support you? They go straight to hillHarper.com. Your support means so much. We are one week away from August 6th, the election, and there's early voting happening right now. And basically, anything that comes in now, what we do is put it right back out for voter education. We buy time on radio. We buy time on television and all of that just to let people know we win this thing this thing. If enough people actually go vote, you know, no question.

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News is real. News is real. on the breakfast club she's a coach of shit she was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see it's time to set it off yo y'all like two children it's so crazy like what would he even say that for you said that boy is gay what what are you? He said, straight. Anyway, 50 Cent is the most recent cover story for The Hollywood Reporter. He posed for the cover with $3.5 million of his own money that he bought to the shoot. He said he was inspired by a shoot that Muhammad Ali did when he posed for the cover of Sports Illustrated back in 1964 with $1 million.

So he kind of flexed on him a little bit you know with 2.5 more million anyway the story covered a bunch of things that was um standout moments for me the first one is why he never played Diddy Close now I've heard him joke about this over the years even one time he said at Breakfast Club like Diddy had offered to take him shopping or whatever like that but I never really like heard him say it seriously he said it a couple times but it's gonna be playing a lot but yeah he he actually stated that and uh for the hollywood reporter um that he thought it was weird for a grown man to ask him like can he take him shopping um he also said that it made him uncomfortable and he said that he would dodge calls from diddy this was earlier in his career of course and um he said i remember diddy would call and my son's mom would answer and i didn't

want to get on the phone like no no no and she was like what the f we need the money and she's looking at me like what you don't want to talk to him and so he also said j-lo was the one who convinced convinced diddy to work with him earlier in in his career And I didn't know that 50 actually wrote for Diddy Reading this article It was He also said Diddy is a businessman And not a producer He said when people call him a producer

I see people that we're taking advantage of Who produce things that he took from them He got the credit He's not a producer He's been able to take advantage of the business and creatives in it I don't have any interest in doing that he also addressed criticism from the people who accused him for coming for Diddy when he's connected to Dr. Dre who also has abusive accusations as well he said it's fine they would feel whatever they feel because I don't know what

is true or what's not true about the situation and these things date back before i was even signed to dr dre um the other big thing that's 50 about uh i'm not 50 we asked diddy about the whole taking 50 shopping thing remember that when he was on breakfast club and he was like he said i thought he needed some clothes oh my god so you're saying he can't dress i don't know know. That's what his answer was. Or maybe he dressed like I want you to dress, nigga. All right, anyway. The other big thing for me was that he insinuated that Roc Nation tried to block him from performing at the Super Bowl. He said the only reason he got to do it is because Eminem threatened to pull out of this performance if they didn't let him join. He said that's how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didn't do it. When that happens, you go, damn, so you just lost Eminem because you didn't let him join he said that's how i ended up on the show because he was not coming if i didn't

do it when that happens you go damn so you just lost eminem because you didn't bring 50 damn all right bring 50 then but if it was up to them they would not have had me there um the full article goes into a bunch of other things like his thoughts on the grammys and recording academy his studio and shreve for it and uh his upcoming projects before moving on from this story though we want to send him love as he shared that his grandfather passed away tuesday night i've sent a fifth condolences definitely sending him healing energy the whole family absolutely definitely definitely and another story social media reacts to judge joe brown's hate nads um he said and did an interview with the art of dialogue and when he

asked him his thoughts on kamala harris he did not hold back this is what he said how you feel about her she's a piece of jesus in california she lacked professional competence and she worked on it by hiking up her hemline when she needed influence rather than researching my thing about it is is if i'm crude about it in this city years ago i used to represent a whole bunch of pimps and hoes and i know a hole when i see one i don't care woman you do what you want to do if you want to have recreational sex but when you do the casting couch or anything else for professional purposes to get paid or advance you a hoe and she's old hoe jesus christ i hate old miserable jesus it's like what you could have told us you didn't like her without

all the disrespect to be your own people damn it yeah absolutely i will say though i agree with everything that y'all just said but i like to hear some of that old verbiage you're hiking up your hemline i ain't never heard that one hiking up your hemline yes i never heard that one anyway a lot a lot of people disagree with him i mean they slandered him online i mean i'm not really worried about that but it's just like yo you certain things like you said to be your own people like some things you just don't have to say you could have said yo i don't feel no way about i don't like her i just don't like us we don't get along she's got my cup of tea but damn to go that far you're hiking up your hemline and laying on the couch people be saying things that you can't even prove did you right

did you did she sleep with you and you and you gave her absolutely like where is this coming from like where does it sound like. She didn't give him none. Yeah. Certain things you don't even give no energy, man. He over-retired. He got mad because he got fired from being a TV judge. It just is what it is. He'd be getting drunk all day.

Anyway. No, because I'm mad about that. Don't play with me. You just threw a bunch of stuff on him. Yes, Jeffy did. He's an old alcoholic. He just be getting drunk all day. That's all he do.

He got five. He ain't got nothing else to do. He hiking up his hemline. He looking for the hemlines to hike up. Right. All right. Anyway, Jonathan Majors reacts to Robert Downey Jr.'s return to Marvel. TMZ, is he always catching up to Jonathan majors

you always sound like he doing something putting something in the trunk of the van or something whatever and of course they took the opportunity to ask him about his thoughts on Marvel bringing Robert Downey Jr. back to play a character of doom that's what he said with the new direction that Marvel is going in? Yeah, heartbroken. I love him. I love Kane. I love Kane. Do you feel like it's unfair that you're not being given the same opportunities as them? I think it's fair that Mr. Downey is being and has been greeted with patience and curiosity

and love and that Mr. Miller has gotten the same treatment and that they're being allowed to work their art and be, and that Mr. Miller's gotten the same treatment, and that they're being allowed to work their art and be creative at that level. I didn't really get that. Would you want your old role back, like your old job back as King the Conqueror? Hell yeah. Hell yeah, hell yeah. What if he was like,

bitch, what you think? Like, what? Yes. Yeah, I'm shocked he didn't get a second chance either, especially when you see how you know marvel stood behind uh you know jeremy renner jeremy renner who played hawkeye he had a bunch of accusations and allegations and all kind of stuff so yeah i'm i'm shocked that they didn't give him a second chance but i think they wanted to move away from the kang storyline period i

think if the kang storyline was hitting a little bit harder and people were gravitating towards the kang storyline more all those movies that he was in had made more money, I think that they would have stuck around. But I think they wanted to move away from that whole King the Conqueror storyline anyway.

Right, right, right. Yep, and that is just with the mess. All right. Thank you, Jess. Shalaman, who are you giving your donkey to? Man, we need Jesse Waters to come to the front of the congregation. Did you know why we gay?

Do you know why we transitioning? I'm going to tell y'all need Jesse Waters to come to the front of the congregation. Did you know why we gay? Do you know why we transitioning? I'm going to tell y'all. Jesse Waters talked to some scientists and they had a theory. We're going to discuss it. Alright, and then after that, Jess, fix my mess. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, you can get on the phone lines right now for Jess. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

You're checking out The Breakfast Club. America, America has a problem. Tell her, tell her. The universal wage has been overturned. They're taking black jobs. The Supreme Court has issued a ruling on the extent of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Shocking body camera video released today shows the deadly police shooting. It feels like my country doesn't love me.

Charlemagne, now is not the time to sit this one out. It's time you don't give a damn. America is a big reality TV show. On The Breakfast Club. Anchor the belly of the best. Would you rather have

the black president or the white president? I'm figuring out what his premier is. Trump, and you ain't black. It's enough. America has a problem.

When did Trump say that? You'd rather have a white president or a black president? I ain't never heard that one. Lord have mercy. Donkey of the day for Thursday, August 1st goes to Fox News host Jesse Waters. Now, Jesse was on Fox News and he was discussing the White Dudes for Harris fundraising call,

which attracted nearly 200,000 participants and raised almost $4 million for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid. bid now there's been a lot of calls for the vice president raising money uh 44 000 black women came together and raised 1.6 million dollars uh 53 000 black men came together and raised 1.3 million dollars 200 000 white women had a call and raised two million dollars but i guess that's expected right the vice president is half black half indian women of color so black women black men white women i guess it's expected of them to show up but when white men get together oh fox news is like hold on now this is getting serious let's find a way to shame these individuals let's find a way to target them demonize them if we can okay they can't possibly be supporting vice president kamala harris if they are of sound mind and good character, right? Huh?

Now, I'm not going to lie. This is my favorite part of campaign season. OK, I like to see what each side is going to say about the other. Somebody like, you know, former President Donald Trump makes it easy. He's giving people more than enough ammo. So much ammo that oftentimes I wish the media would stop talking about how terrible he is and focus on the good. You know, the other side is done. OK, and the good the other side wants to do. But that's only on the left um you know the other side is done okay and and the good the other side wants to do but that's only on the left all right the right-wing media is going to attack the vice

president that's their job okay the right-wing media is also going to attack supporters of the vice president that's their job and that's exactly what jesse waters did see jesse waters has a problem with men who vote democrat and he has a problem with men who vote for women would you like to hear what he said let's go to j Jesse Waters primetime for the report, please. Now, I don't see why any man would vote Democrat. It's not the party of virtue, security. It's not the party of strength. It's definitely not the party of family. And to be a man and then vote for a woman just because she's a woman is either childish, that person has mommy issues, or they're just trying to be accepted by other women. And I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.

Oh, is that right? Yeah, that's what the science says. Now, see, this is why people call y'all weird. What? Okay. I don't think it's weird. I think it's hilarious. All right. Now, I do agree with Jesse

Men We really do a lot of things to impress women So when he says men may be voting for women To be accepted by other women So Okay that's not the only reason But if it's one of the reasons And men have been doing things

You know if it's one of the reasons That's fine Because men have been doing things To be accepted by women Since the beginning of time Okay you think I wear cologne for the homies? Yes You wish I was wearing Kamala for men right now doing things to be accepted by women since the beginning of time. Okay, you think I wear cologne for the homies? Yes.

You wish I was wearing Kamala for men right now so you can come sniff my nips. What? Jesse, I'm going to be honest with you. This little rant, you know, it doesn't sound just sexist and misogynistic. It sounds kind of gay. Alright, you upset that men may be

doing things to please women i'm not supporting vice president harris just because she's a woman or because of what you know any woman thinks i don't know anyone that is supporting her because just because she's a woman or they care what women think but the fact you believe that there's something wrong with men wanting to do things to impress women gay okay if us voting for a woman is causing us to transition into women what does it make a man who is so distraught about men voting for women and doing things to impress women okay what you want them to do things to impress you jesse okay jesse said the only two reasons for a man to vote for a woman is either you have mommy issues or you just want to be accepted by women this sounds

like something a man that's never gotten any poom poom in his life would say okay jesse you also helped me figure out something about myself uh since about 2016 people have told me that i am transitioning and full disclosure i did vote for hillary clinton in 2016 did you envy yes okay i don't think that's a secret to anyone she was here on the breakfast club a couple times and i'm i'm sure that we said that but i was wondering what was happening with me and now i know okay call me charlene the goddess all right because i voted for hillary in 2016 hell the reason i voted for the biden ticket in 2020 was because of now vice president kamala harris so i might need to start talking all right now i did some research and by research i mean chat gpt i asked chat gpt how to know when you are transitioning gender

and it says a gender dysphoria gender dysphoria okay that's when you just start to feel like you shouldn't be in your body you have a social transition where you start using a new name different pronouns you start presenting yourself in ways that align more closely with your gender identity uh people start seeking support from other lgbt communities yeah there's a few things here but there's nothing here about voting causing transitioning okay that's the moral of the story also who are these scientists you speak of jesse who are these scientists that told you that if you vote for a woman you start transitioning into one was it pinky or the brain okay was it professor john frank the mad

scientist off the simpsons who told you that if you vote for a woman then you transition into one huh listen here's the moral of the story i'm not telling you who to vote for make your own decisions but i will tell you don't vote for anyone just because of their identity okay vote for people because of their policies vote for people because of their agenda vote for people because of what they have done and what they plan to do. I vote for issues, not individuals. And when I go to the ballot box in November, after I cast my vote, the only thing I will be identifying as is a voter. Please give Jesse Waters the biggest he has.

What's wrong? Maybe you're over there pondering. You feeling like a little lady? A little bit. W pondering. You feeling like a little lady? A little bit. Wondering why you're feeling like a little lady lately? Yeah. Makes sense now. A little gender dysphoria going on?

Mm-hmm. Huh? Yeah. You're crazy. You voted for Hillary? You don't feel like you belong in the skin here? Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run

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alright alright you look crazy I don't have time for this thank you for talking I'm just talking about what justice is I do want to talk

to these scientists who are these scientists ain't no damn scientists I'd love to have a conversation with them maybe he did talk to somebody he didn't talk to nobody maybe

I'm always down to hear both sides yeah alright well thank you for that donkey today up next I ain't talking to nobody. I'm always down to hear both sides. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Up next, Jess Fix My Mess. 800-585-1051. If you're having relationship issues, problem in your relationship, your marriage, your life,

call Jess right now and she'll help you out. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club. X about me. Relationship Club. X about me. Relationship problems. X about me.

You need to beat your co-worker's ass. X about me. Your co-worker need to beat your ass. Call it up. It's Dr. Jess, and I'm here to fix your mess. It's getting very much messy. Let me fix it. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's Jess Fix My Mess Time, and we got Dee Dee on the line. Dee Dee, what's your question for Jess? Hey, Jess. Hey, girl. So I've been talking to a guy for almost two years. It'll be two years in September.

We are not exclusive. I have talked about us being exclusive and things like that because um we only mess with each other we do everything people in relationships do but say that we're in a relationship um i feel like i'm wasting my time you know i really feel like i'm wasting my time i feel like he'll never give me the relationship that I want because of he has personal issues with his mom him and his mom haven't been in a good place in years he has two kids by two different women and they're not in good places and I just during the relationship with you well no no no he had oh before you he had two two kids with two different women. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And, I have my own children,

so we're not looking to have children, but, um, I just feel like he won't ever be exclusive with me because of his issues. And I think I'm wasting my time. Yeah. Well, if you think it,

you are, trust me. Um, did you ever talk to him about it? Did you tell him that you eventually want to stop playing like you are, like pretending that you're in a relationship and really want to make it official? Yeah. You tell him that quite frequently.

And he said, why do we need the title? Why do we need that? You know, I keep my options open because when I go to his house and stuff, we cook dinner together and my phone is out. I don't hide my phone. And a couple of guys have called my phone in his presence and even though

I don't answer, he sees that it's guys and he's like, uh, you giving guys your number and we talking? And I'm like, but you're not giving me

what I want. I eventually want a long-term, lifelong relationship and that's not what you're obviously wanting. So, yeah, I'm keeping my options open. And what's his response to that?

He felt some type of way. He felt some type of way. But I feel like, why should I close myself off if you're not willing to be in an exclusive relationship with me? Right, obviously, y'all doing things like a couple, y'all cooking together. I imagine y'all kids

know each other Yeah That's how we met Our sons stayed for the same football team So that's how we met Right And then this has been two years Two years

It don't seem To different people You know time is different Some people say Some people mention two years It's not long But it's It's too long to just

Be talking to somebody And y'all are not official Especially if he expects exclusivity like you can't even you know He feels some type of way about you having other guys calling him That's it's not like he has a lot of personal trauma that he needs to go to therapy for or work through or get together It sounds like he's afraid of Like I don't know. I can't even say a commitment because he is committed. He just don't want the title.

It just sounds like he has issues that he needs to work out on his own life. And it's not your fault. And I think that if you feel like you're wasting your time, sweetie, you are. You know what I'm saying? Don't let it get to three years. I mean, because then before you know it, it'll be five years and you're still just somebody he talked to. You know what I mean? So I think you know what to mean so i i think you know what

to do yeah um don't waste your time you can continue to be friends with him encourage him to get the help that that he needs it sounds like he needs but um no he does don't continue to stay there yeah don't continue to stay there thank you so much you welcome all righty mama good luck all right just fixed my mess 800-585-1051. Call her up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Tip to life baby.

It's the real deal. Help me. Help me. Oh my god. I'm all up in your mess. I'ma fix it. Fix it. Fix it.

Fix it. Just gonna fix your mess. Cause my advice is real. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Jess Fix My Mess. Hello, who's this?

Hi, this is me. And what's your question for Jess? Hey, girl. Good morning, first of all. But, Jess, my question is I've been with my baby daddy almost nine years. He does not know how to drive at all. At this point, like, I'm kind of over it. I'm fed up with it.

I feel like he can't help me with the kids, like, how he should be as a father because he can't drive. I feel like jobs I've had to get in the past year wasn't jobs I wanted because I had to make sure he had a way to and from work. We've had these conversations over the years about him driving, going to driving school, me helping him how to drive, and it just never goes anywhere. So I did recently break up with him, but I feel like everybody is looking at me like I'm the bad guy for doing so

so I just kind of wanted your advice do you feel like I was like I had a valid reason to break up with him or you feel like I should have stayed and worked it out oh yeah you had a valid reason girl that's the problem like we we don't don't wait for other people to validate how you feel or don't worry about what other people is thinking about like go off of how you feel you just basically told me that you take care of your kids and they follow you understand what i'm saying like that's what you were doing you're not his mom you're his children's mom and um is anything like medically wrong with him where he cannot drive no it's just he he's never learned he's blanking on his parents and i'm teaching him and then he's never learned blanking on his parents and I teaching him and then

he just never learned okay how old is he I'm 29 oh wow so you know it's it's definitely you're definitely doing the right thing you recently broke up with him it is what it is what is he saying how do you react when you break up when we broke up with him did he say I am gonna try or you know cuz sometimes people need to be broke up with the like to fight under the ass to do whatever you need done in a relationship you know because you was taking care of him that's not what you're supposed to do you was you had to make sure he had a way to work and back and all that not saying that that falls under gender roles in a relationship like all right it's cool to help

okay cool but he don't even have a license he's not trying to get one and he seems like he's comfortable in that I don't need to drive because I never learned you're 32 grow up Exactly I Was embarrassed to have two kids together and I'm like, you know how embarrassed I feel and thankful We had to wait on my mom like he comes up from the hospital after I i had the kids like you that should make you feel less than the man yeah no no no work work on yourself you need to work on yourself over there and so you know he get it together because he that's he's a father like what are you talking about you don't drive because

you don't know how you're a father like no so when he picked the kids up like he walk no i do everything like no no stay where you at you made the right decision don't worry about what nobody else think because nobody else is in your situation so you're good right okay thank you no problem boo all righty just fix my mess 800-585-1051 it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy just hilarious shalameen the guy we are the breakfast club now we got a salute to hill harper for joining us today salute to hill harper man he is running for senate in michigan uh When is the primary? August 6th, right? It is? August 6th.

August 6th, yep. Yes, the primary is August 6th, man. So Michigan, that's who you're supporting. That's when the primary is, August 6th. That's right. So make sure you get out there and vote Michigan. All right, when we come back, we got the positive note and more. Hold on, I want to say something, too. I want to tell everybody, man, everybody in Monk's Corner, South Carolina, August 10th, next Saturday, I'm doing my ninth annual back-to-school drive in Fish Fry.

All right? So we're going to have all your backpacks, all your school supplies, free haircuts. We're going to have the jump castles out there we're gonna have food trucks out there face painting a whole bunch of local vendors from 10 a.m to 1 p.m at the berkeley high school student parking lot in monks corner south carolina okay so yes next saturday um at the berkeley high school student parking lot my ninth annual back to school uh drive and fish fries so yes you know all the fish is free all the food is free um and we'll have backpacks and school supplies and all of that good stuff. August 10th. Okay, so next Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

Berkeley High School Student Parking Lot. All right, see y'all there. All right, when we come back, we got the positive note and more. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

All right, it's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yes, I do have a positive note. And it's really just simple, man. It's how I live my life. If you care about what other people think, you will always be their prisoner. Did you hear me? I said if you care about what other people think, you will always be their prisoner.

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