The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Aida Rodriguez Cohosts, Justin Pearson Interview, Shakur Stevenson Interview and More!

Episode Date: April 11, 2023

Today we are joined by our celebrity cohost Aida Rodriguez.  We are also joined be Justin Pearson to discuss reasons for being expelled, reparations, environmental racism and more! Shakur Stevenson also sit downs with us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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. Lauren Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. 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. Good morning, USA! Good morning. Good morning. How you feeling? I feel good. I can't believe I feel this good this early in the morning.

Yeah? I've been sleeping two hours in the last 24 hours, but I'm good. What you been doing? You not an early bird? Traveling. I came, I got here yesterday. Okay. You know, I've been traveling a lot.

I was in Amsterdam a few days ago, so my clock is off, but I feel good. You smoke? Nah. Nah. Okay. Nah. You not an early bird at all, Ida? I am an early bird.

Okay, okay. How early? I get up with y'all I get up in LA at 6 in the morning I get up with my mom oh so technically it's 3 in the morning for you right now

it's 3 in the morning for her right now okay alright well we got a lot to talk about Justin Pearson Justin J. Pearson will be joining us

you know he's the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th District in Memphis he was one of the Tennessee 3 I don't know why's the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 86th District in Memphis. He was one of the Tennessee 3. He was expelled. I don't know why they keep calling him the Tennessee 3.

Two of them got expelled. Yeah, it's just Tennessee 2. You know, it's actually the Tennessee 2. Yeah. You know, and a plus one, I guess. Well, she didn't get expelled. She didn't get expelled. No, so it's just the Tennessee 2.

Yeah. And a white lady. That's right. Why do they keep calling him the Tennessee 3? Because they always co-opt in. White women are always part of the struggle, even if they're not in the struggle. There I go, starting early. I'm sorry. That's all right. That's all right.

And Shakur Stevenson, boxer, will be joining us, of course, from Brick City, Newark, New Jersey. That's right. He had a fight last weekend. No, this weekend. Well, I guess that is last weekend. Yeah, he had a fight last weekend. And we'll be kicking it with him in a little bit as well. And then we got front page news. Another mass shooting.

It's just a regular headline at this point. I keep telling y'all this is the American way. I hate all these politicians that jump out there and say this is not who we are. This is exactly who America is. Jesus. And when you take a look at the world and you see what's happening globally with the people who have taken a stand against gun violence, you see the difference. And it's apparent that a lot of people are getting paid by these

gun lobbyists. Absolutely. 100%. Absolutely. So we'll get into that when we come back. So wake your ass up. Sorry to depress you so early in the morning, but it's at this point in life. It's our world. Sorry. It's life. Sorry. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's the EJ, Envy, Charlamagne, the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got our co-host, Ida Rodriguez, joining us this morning. Good morning, Ida. Good morning. And let's get in some front page news. Of course, Teslin Figueroa is here helping us out this morning. Now, Teslin. Good morning.

Another mass shooting? Yeah, it's a damn shame. Yet another, like you guys mentioned yet another everyday headline unfortunately uh yesterday a 25 year old bank employee opened fire at his workplace in downtown louisville kentucky now the shooter live streamed the attack that left five dead and eight others injured uh the gunman was identified as connor sturgeon an employee at old national bank now he left a chilling voicemail uh revealing his plans to kill everyone at the bank he was killed by police after the shootout and apparently uh dj mv uh he was under the assumption that he would be fired soon

and so as of now uh they're believing that is the motivation and the unfortunate thing is the gun violence archive shows that in 2023 alone there have been at least 146 mass shootings a mass shooting is defined as at least four people being shot at the at the same time uh and that includes at least 15 since the start of april once again complicated issue right because you know it's not just about the guns clearly this dude uh is suffering from some type of mental mental health issues right you kill yourself you kill people because you about to lose a job but they said he started as an intern he worked his way up at the bank and they and he i guess he thought he was gonna get fired or for whatever reason and bro that job ain't dying for

you so why are you willing to kill and die for that job like that makes no sense you get fired from a job you go find another one like come on and then remember this this live stream thing you know this need to go live i thought that was an interesting part of it as well that we're seeing far too much yeah there's some narcissism in this though you know and i think that you know in reality when we talk about mental illness we have to talk about the fact that white men in this country are having temper tantrums all over the place and this is a an emotional temper tantrum to to just say i'm off everybody because i can't work here anymore what a privilege he probably thought he was going to walk away from this because they tend to that's right and that's that's part of it right that's part of it when you don't know how

to process your emotions that is part of you know not being uh most emotionally intelligent enough to process your feelings because that's all it is right you made a you made a permanent decision based off a temporary feeling i'm gonna be fired i'm gonna go kill everybody come on man that i don't understand the logic personally now what else we got i see uh a republican uh republican called trans people mutants? Yeah, this is a crazy story. A Florida Republican lawmaker compared transgender people to mutants from the X-Men while debating

yet another bill that would curtail LGBTQ rights. During a debate on Monday about House Bill 1421, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors and prohibit trans people from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender. Republican Representative Webster Barnaby went on a rant. Take a listen to what he had to say. I'm looking at society today and it's

like I'm watching an X-Men movie with people that when you watch the X-Men movies for Marvel comics, it's like we have mutants living among us on planet earth. And you know, some people don't like that, but that's a fact. We have people that live among us today on planet earth that are happy to display themselves as if they were mutants from another planet. This is the planet earth. Where God created men. Male and women. Female. There is so much darkness in our world today. So much evil in our world today.

And so many people who are afraid to address the evil. The dysphoria. The dysfunction. And all of your demons and all of your imps who come and parade before us that's right i called you demons and imps who come and parade before us and pretend that you are part of this world so i'm saying my righteous indignation is stirred i am sick and tired of this well technically if you are a trans woman you could be considered an x-man okay and if you follow comics like i do and if you follow comics like no i'm saying

seriously though if you follow comics like i do most of the mutants are the good guys you know so that's not uh the diss he thinks it is but here's the thing this is the problem even if you disagree with their lifestyle i'm not with the demonization of any community okay because when you start demonizing people it leads to discrimination it leads to them being harmed for simply being themselves and it's just always strange when i see uh you know black people other are just minorities people period other marginalized communities period doing that to other people because that was a brother that was talking he's a brother you could tell he he has an accent of someone who was previously in some form called an alien by someone who would say he sounds like he's foreign and an immigrant right and uh but the funny thing is that

he sounds like he got a crush that was that was too heated at the end he was like i am tired my righteous indignation he sounded like he had an erection. I don't know. I don't even know what an imp is. What is an imp? That is also someone who is, that is a derogatory term of someone who is, who has a deformity.

Oh, got you, got you, got you. Yeah, I just don't understand how people from marginalized communities do that to other people. Like, I don't see how you can just demonize somebody for what they are are you know i mean it just seems like it's fear mongering but the other mongering the other thing is like when we're gonna have a real conversation about this that is rooted in humanity because like the trans community is a very small community why you ain't that angry about these white boys shooting up the spot man talk about it who's that anger for that talk about it white boys shooting up the spot man talk about it use that

anger for that talk about it those are the demons if going into a building and killing uh you know people just because you're about to be fired if that don't make you a demon what does all right well that is front page news thank you tez we'll see you in about an hour absolutely all right now get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent call us up right now whatever it may be i mean we could talk about some front page news stories the mass shooting calling trans people mutants whatever you want to talk about maybe you had a great night or a horrible night whatever it may be phone lines are wide open for you to vent 800-585-1051 and ida rodriguez our guest co-host is here. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Who's this? This is Tyrio. This is Tyrio. What's going on, Andy? What's going on, Charlemagne? Peace, King. How you doing, brother?

You're loud on the phone. Just back up off the phone just a little bit. All right, I ain't no speaker. I'm typing it down. But listen, I want to speak on what y'all was just talking about with the X-Men on Earth.

I truly believe in that. And I got nothing to do with the LGBT community as far as degrading them and that like that. But I feel it's just like there's something different on this planet right now. And I agree with the guy that called in. The guy that called in? You mean the audio we heard? Not called in, but what y'all was talking about on the report just now.

But you know, the reality of the situation is, man, we all different. You different. You know what I mean? Exactly. There's a status quo

in this country and that status quo, that standard is whiteness. So anything that's not white is considered different. Like, they used to look at black people the exact same way.

They used to look at women the exact same way. They used to look at gay people the exact same way. They still look at us like that. Absolutely. You know what I mean? So I don't understand how anybody from a marginalized community can demonize They used to look at women the exact same way. They used to look at gay people the exact same way. They still look at us like that. Absolutely. You know what I mean?

So I don't understand how anybody from a marginalized community can demonize another marginalized community. That makes no sense to me. Hello, who's this? Jump right in. Hey, what's up, man? It's Danny Williams. I'm going to get this boiling right now. Danny, get it off your chest.

Hey, man, first thing first, I want to say good morning to you guys. And honestly, you guys finish off my third shift by listening to y'all every single day. And I just want to say thank you for doing what y'all do, man. Thank you. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you for listening. Third shift? You got tree jobs? Yeah, man.

I'm a truck driver, man. And I'm out here on the road, man, every night. Oh, man. Do me a favor. Oh, God. Yes, sir. Blow the horn. Come on come on man you know it why you don't say blow i just said blow the horn you never did that as a kid

what blow no forget it thank you bro some weed with a blunt oh yeah no doubt man hey y'all man i want to talk about this uh mad shooting man. First things first, man. I've been a concealed carrier since I was 21 years old. I just turned 35, man, March 24th. And honestly, man, when I see these signs that's on doors like saying no firearms, I'm going to be honest. I still carry them. I got a family of seven that I still need to take home at the end of the day. I'd rather be judged by 12 and carried by six. So I feel like we need, you know, if you don't have a firearm

and you don't have your permit, please go out there and get it. And don't just get it. Practice, you know, practice to protect ourselves from these demons, man, that are out here doing all these killings for no reason. You know what I'm saying? I feel like they really need to take them signs down saying no firearms. That's only keeping the good guys out such as myself. You know what I mean?

So those guys that want to go in there and kill everybody, they're not paying attention to that sign. So when we see that sign, of course, we got to go back and go put it back in the car or something. Be like, oh, man, we can't take the gun in there. But to be honest, like I said, man man i carry it everywhere i go man i'm not i'm not falling victim or my family's falling victim to nobody's hands careless hands hey brother i'm with you i'm pro 2a i'm just also pro common sense uh gun reform you know yeah i agree and plus you know a lot of what you're

gonna do with a 380 when somebody's somebody has an assault? An AL-15. I'm going to still fire that.380. I'm going to still. Me too. We all are. But the reality of it is that we need to do something about it. Because we keep deflecting. We keep going around.

The real issue is that people are getting these bumps. They're getting these assault rifles. They're getting these. We need to regulate that. Nobody is trying to take your.80 and you're not from you nobody is trying to deter you from having your own arm but that we keep co-opting the conversation with that and why should you have to you have a family of seven why do you have to go out and save society when these politicians are getting mad money for encouraging and continuously pushing this gun agenda in this country that's right and what danny just said the truck driver i would say

this to everybody if you're over the age of 21 i would definitely try to get my license uh get your concealed license if you get one in utah and florida you can get it at any gun shop that allows you to carry in about 30 states or something like that concealed and yes he said if there's a sign on the door that says you cannot have your gun, you're not supposed to carry a gun in that in that place. But I would tell everybody, go out there, go to your local your local gun store, fill out the paperwork, fill the process out to get your gun license and train. I took my wife to my daughter and my son to the to the range. At least I try to take them twice a month. I've said this a million times, man. Owning a legal firearm and knowing how to use it in this country as a minority is a form of self-care.

Absolutely. Also, if enough of us go out and get them, they probably will change the gun laws. You might be right about that. But it's not easy. They don't make it easy for you to get it. Don't think you can just walk in there and get it. They don't make it easy. You got to go to the chief of the police. It's difficult, but stay on it. They want you to give up. make it easy for you to get it. Don't think you can just walk in there and get it. They don't make it easy. You got to go to the chief of the police.

It's difficult, but stay on it. They want you to give up. They don't want you to get it. So do the process and get your license, all right? Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

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He was talented on the beach. He made out beats. So my brother, basically you're saying that the mutants are a good thing. We didn't even see that being a mutant. You're being gifted and talented. But that's what they are. That's what the X-Men are the X-Men are known

as a gifted group of individuals I got Wolverine tattooed on my arm right now that's a horrible tat by the way I mean it is a horrible tat but I like what Wolverine represented because Wolverine had healing powers you know I'm saying he was able to heal quickly so that was all I was always in I was always in the healing before I even knew what actual

healing was get it off your chest. No, I just appreciate his passion because he was selling water to help people. And here this man is standing on the floor demonizing people. And I think that's what this is all about. We will make a decision if we're going to be part of the solution or the problem. I have just a very big question mark about why so many people are have such a hard on about trans people like it is a preoccupation that is so such a small population of the country that you barely

interface with like how many trans people do you come in contact with that affect your daily life really and there is such a preoccupation with it that i want to know why like what is it like i could care less about you know what you're doing these people who can't have a heart the hardest time getting jobs get murdered at a at a astronomical rate who are being beaten and bullied why are you so preoccupied with them i understand um people not wanting their children being exposed to sexual content at a very early age but there's just this fascination and this preoccupation with the trans community that is very concerning to me because you don't how many people do you come unless you you got unless you really got something going on and you dealing with some demons

what is the preoccupation we have so many bigger problems in our community. It does feel like they're making a micro a macro. Yeah, it's really interesting. All right, well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Our co-host Ida Rodriguez is here. And when we come back, we got your rumor report. We got to talk about the Dalai Lama.

Some weird stuff happened yesterday. Weird is an understatement. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yo. Our co-guest host, Ida Rodriguez, is here. And let's get to the rumors. Let's go. Rumor has it. Rumor.

Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you. Let's go. Rumor has it. Rumor has it. Call out a name, or you gossiping, or you chatty patty. I am gossiping. This is the rumor report. I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Yes, on The Breakfast Club.

I just want to tell people out there, if you're looking to purchase a home, the Federal Housing Administration added a 40-year mortgage. So now, you know, usually mortgages are 25 years or 30 years. You have to pay within 25 or 30 years. Now they're offering 40 years to pay that mortgage. So if there was something that you thought that maybe you couldn't afford or was a little high, well, now they're breaking it down to an additional 10 years. So hopefully that you can purchase that loan. So if you're looking to purchase a house, make sure you are.

Yeah, it's harder to get loans right now. Inflation is through the roof. Yeah, you check people out. uh because well fha they offer a lower percentage as well so it's not going to be your typical six and a half percent or seven percent or five and a half percent in some places they offer a lot lower rate and sometimes you don't have to put as much money down so just call your local mortgage broker or your bank and find out more information but they have a 40-year mortgage and sometimes they allow three and a half percent depending on what it is in certain areas and certain things and you

only have to put down excuse me not three and a half percent three and a half percent down so uh just do your homework if you're looking to purchase a home now let's talk about the dali llama now he apologized yesterday for asking a boy to suck my tongue jesus christ and suck my tongue i didn't know there was audio um i didn't hear it i just seen a statement now the the young boy was uh asked the dalai lama for a hug uh and when he woke up when he went up there to give the lama a hug they will hug it and they said it's i guess some type of i don't want to say protocol or thing spiritual thing that they do where he sticks his tongue out and gives the boy a hug but him saying yeah i saw that suck that i saw them say that's tibetan culture that uh people stick their tongue out as a sign of respect

but uh ain't nobody saying that you gotta ask the little boy to suck your tongue that's a whole different ballgame yeah and. And you know what? It exposes a whole world of stuff that a lot of people don't get to see. Talk, Ida. Talk. Talk. Talk, Ida. No, I'm sorry.

It's just that triggers me. I got my own issues. So I just thought that was inappropriate. That's an understatement. And it's like y'all watch Lil Dicky. Y'all watch Dave. I love Dave's show. That's an understatement. And it's like, y'all watch Lil Dicky, y'all watch Dave? I love Dave's show. I haven't seen this season.

On Dave's show, you know, they constantly talk about getting sucked. And that's what it was. Dolly Lama wanted to get sucked by a little boy. And then you should call it what it is. Now, they said that he apologized and said that, you know, he jokes like this all the time. But what's funny about that? What's funny with asking a young boy to suck your tongue? The kiss on the lips, that's not a relative of yours that's not a

your child you know what i mean and then uh just stick your tongue out and suck my tongue yeah it's an 87 year old man talking to a kid who's so young that they had to blur his face up then you put out an apology just a simple apology like that's just normal behavior yeah and i was like calm down it was a joke. They ain't got no, they don't got no child services in Tibet? I don't know. It just. A lot of those places that, I mean, when you read those books and you learn about the things

that happen globally to children, it's like, it's very, very sad to hear. And the fact that he thought it was cool to be able to just do that, even though it might have been a lapse of judgment. That was a heavy lapse of judgment. But I guarantee you, he probably does that when the cameras are off. You know, absolutely. They just caught him. Absolutely. All right.

And nothing's going to happen to him. I'm actually shocked that he apologized. I mean, he's apologizing because he's responding to the backlash on social media. There's no uproar going on in his country, right? Now, he'll come back with one of his philosophies. In order to have big life, you must suck old man's tongue. Jesus Christ. Now, Nick Cannon, it looks like...

Speaking of sucking tongues. He looks like he might be interested in having baby 13. Who would be the woman that'd make you have a baby again? Right now, right off the top of your head, if I said to you, you could have any woman in the world. I'm not doing this. Who could it be? Like, if I said to you, Nick, Taylor Swift wants to have a baby with you. Absolutely.

I'm in. Let's go. That's the one. I'm all in. What is it about her? She's an amazing songwriter. And what I do love about Taylor Swift is the fact that she has been so vulnerable and open with all of her music since a young girl. And she kind of like me, like me and Taylor's numbers is very similar when we're talking about being in these streets.

Right. being in these streets right so i think she would relate to me very well based off of like yo you've dated a lot of people in in the public eye so have i so we probably will really understand each other it was from numbers up there with nick i didn't know that nick got hot numbers really because she wrote a couple of songs about her ex-boyfriends like it's do you know this is the funny thing to me people recounting people's partners that are celebrities and they be having doubled the numbers in real life but nobody gets to know about them i mean i don't know taylor swift is it i always think of her as a kid i know she's 30 but it just feels like you know yeah i don't like it i want nick cannon to have more black baby mamas you got nick you got enough white baby moms nick i don't know i'm just don't just that's the same stuff that's

just what i hear about him i don't know i don't know any of nick's baby mom stuff from mariah carey to be honest with you i don't yeah that's the only one i know too mariah carey i don't know i don't well he he is doing uh another morning show so congratulations to nick he is doing another morning show. So congratulations to Nick. He's doing a morning show with his baby mother, Abby De La Rosa. She's going to be the co-host. That's dope. I'm going to close bombs for Nick Cannon and his baby mama doing a morning show together. That's true. That's what they're saying.

They're launching it on Amazon Amp. Interesting. So you'd never have to pay child support if you get her a job. Oh, my God. No, I'm serious, right? I guess. Flame, come back with the edibles.

I guess. So he'll be doing that. So congratulations to them. They're not saying when it's starting, but they said it's starting soon and you can download the app and check it out.

But you're going to be listening to The Breakfast Club so you won't get a chance to listen to that show. I listen to Amp Radio though. Our good sister Nala Simone has a show on Amp Radio. When I'm from 6 to 9.

At night? In the morning. Oh, no. I said morning show, sir. No, I'm not listening. That's what I said. Oh, I didn't. I'm not listening.

Is it 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.? The same time as us? Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, definitely not. No, no. I don't even know why you shouted him out.

I don't even know why you shouted him out. I don't even know why you shouted him out. You could have just left it at the house store. You didn't even have to say that. You know what I mean? No, it's Luthor I got, Nick. And lastly, 6ix9ine is, he was, you know, we talked about him yesterday, about him suing the Florida gym. But now he's being sued. And that's because he owes American Express allegedly $120,000.

They're saying that he didn't pay his bill allegedly and now the company has resorted to legal action against him. How long did they take before they come after you

for not paying your bill? They're pretty fast. Really? They're pretty fast. I think it's like 45 days. They don't get their money. They're 30. Yes.

And they put out an announcement? I wasn't saying. That happens all the time. When did they start issuing? If you look at American Express, the people that owe them, they do it every time. They did that because that six nine no they do it to everybody they do it to everybody we're not reporting everybody you know what i mean yeah like that that had to be

a press release yeah but they do that to all celebrities if you owe the money you go over i think it's like 45 days they will put it out there this person owes this much money it happens all the time. Damn. What, you checking your bill right now? That's what you're typing in right now? Oh, no, I don't have no problem. Okay. All right. Well, that is your rumor report.

Now, when we come back, we got front page news. Tezlan, Figaro will be helping us out. We'll be talking to, what's the brother's name? Justin Pearson. Justin Pearson, when we come back as well. One of the Tennessee Three. That's right. He is the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 86th District in Memphis. So, we'll talk to come back as well. One of the Tennessee three. That's right. He is the member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,

representing the 86th District in Memphis. So we'll talk to him next as well. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Your company has goals this year.

Find the right people to help you achieve them with ZipRecruiter, where four out of five employers get a quality candidate within the first day. Try it free at ZipRecruiter.com slash breakfast. it free at ziprecruiter.com slash breakfast that's ziprecruiter.com slash breakfast everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got our co-host ida rodriguez here and it's time for some front page news got the hood whisperer tesla figaro on that's right tes is back now tes are we what's going on in tennessee they get reappointed? What's going on? Yeah, good morning, everybody, Breakfast Club family. So we covered this story on yesterday, and many of you have certainly been watching it over the last few days of hearing about the Tennessee 3.

And as we talked about, they're not the Tennessee 3, it's actually the Tennessee 2, and now there is one. So again, covering the story on yesterday, I wanted to give you a quick update on Tennessee House Representative Justin Jones. Now, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled for breaking decorum rules on the House floor March 30th. And yesterday afternoon, Justin Jones was reappointed to his former seat

in the 52nd District in Nashville by the Metro Council. Now, the Metro Council voted 36-0 to appoint Jones as the interim representative for the district. So, in other words, they appointed him to replace him as an interim. Now, as far as what is going on with Justin Pearson, there is a meeting scheduled on Wednesday to see if he will be reinstated. So, let's take a quick listen to what Justin Jones said yesterday on the Capitol steps. So I want to thank you all for being here today, particularly the young people who are the heartbeat of this movement.

It was students taking walking out of classes and taking to this Capitol that led us into the well that day calling for common sense gun laws. And the first thing i do when i walk into this building as a representative is to continue that call for common sense gun legislation hey i'm happy for justin jones and i'm happy that he got reinstated but if y'all gonna call him a new generation of leaders and you know y'all gonna say that they got new energy they gotta find a new song i don't want to hear no young people singing we shall overcome boy he pissed me off when i saw him singing we shall overcome with that white lady in that damn They got new energy. They got to find a new song. I don't want to hear no young people singing We Shall Overcome. Boy, he pissed me off when I saw him singing We Shall Overcome with that white lady in that damn airport.

He's stupid. They could do Nuck If You Buck or something like that. God dang, come up with a new song. Let's definitely stop the singing. But a couple things I want to point out. They cannot be expelled for the same thing twice so if they go back to the floor and decide again to protest with a bullhorn which is you know the excuse that they use on why they expelled them obviously we know it's a bigger issue you know certainly uh has a lot to do with race has a lot to do with uh the house republicans not being able to really you know deal with the change uh but the excuse that they gave was the

bullhorn so um they will be going well he, he will be going back to his seat. And another thing that's really important is he will still have to run again to hold this seat. You know, that's what I want people to not forget. He has to run in a special election and then he still has to run in a general election in order to really be put back in that seat.

So those who, you know, are following this story, you know, don't just forget about it this week. Look at it long term and see how important it is to stay on top of local and state politics and vote. Also, a big shout out to Tamika Mallory, who was president, who went down there and showed up to make sure that justice was served. But that's important to remember why a lot of people who talk about anti-voting stuff it's you talk about it on a on a national level but when it comes to these regional situations this is why you vote because that man is fighting for his community and we gotta we have to show fight for them and that's why we need to make sure that we are finding out who the sheriff, the superintendent, people who are appropriating the funds in our community.

That is why it is important for us to show up and vote. And that's why I push against the people who say it is pointless to vote because we need them back. That's right. That's right. And if he run it again, he's going to need that money. Right, Taz? You better believe you're going to need it because, again, more people will be coming out to run against him. So even though they're talking about the Tennessee three, all three of those who were put up to expel, we know they only expelled two. Collectively, there is about 200000 people that all three of them represent. But I want to be honest with you. When you look at the numbers on people that are actually voting in, these gentlemen were voted in less than 2,000 people. So when you talk about only 2,000 people going to the polls, now you can pretty much look at that probably being tripled because of this national conversation. So who's going to run against these men?

That means what we call get out the vote. More people are going to probably oppose Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. You can expect that. So they'll need money to run. They'll need to be able to activate those voters. And so Jones and Pearson, just to be very honest with you, because I don't know any other way to give it to you, they're going to have to make sure, you know, that they take care of their district. Because although this is a national conversation, and although there's national

attention on it now, that those, the district that these two men represent, you know, they're going to have to make sure that they stay engaged with engaged with them because remember they've only been in office a few months so there's a lot you know that that still needs to happen to make sure that they get their voters out again for the special election which will happen in less than a couple of months well justin pearson was in uh new york yesterday so he pulled up to the black mothership the breakfast club that's right to use our bully pull pitch so we we spoke to him yesterday yeah we're gonna get into that next so that's right thank you tez well tez is actually staying with us justin pearson was here for the justin interview that's right he's a member of the tennessee house representatives uh representing the 86 district in memphis we're gonna talk to

him when we come back at least not right now well we're gonna talk to him when we come back tennessee three that's right so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. The effects of this are, and instead of actually addressing the issue, which started, and the reason we went to the floor was because there was six people killed in Nashville at the Covenant School, private school, six people. Three of them were children, nine years old. The Tennessee State Legislature, the following Thursday, did not acknowledge 7,000 people who showed up to our Capitol saying, we want change. We want you to do something. In fact, they had one person speak about

gun violence, one representative. Then they cut off all communication about it during what's called welcoming and honoring, a period where we would be able to say to the protesters, we're with you, to say to the community, we're going to fight for legislation. But instead of actually doing the work of ending gun violence, putting forward legislation, things that we need to have happen, they said, well, because you all got out of order, you broke rules of house decorum, you don't deserve to be here, despite the fact that our people sent us there.

And so we got a problem going on in Tennessee, and it's not just limited to Tennessee. Exactly. It's not just limited to Tennessee. Exactly. It's not just limited to Tennessee and this overreach and this abuse of power is going to continue in your Floridas, in your Texas's, in your Mississippi's. So why were you expelled? That was a confusion that a lot of people had. They didn't know why you were expelled. Yeah. The real reason why we were expelled was because of what we were talking about. Because you've got folks, Tennessee Republicans, who are willing to to sacrifice our communities our children for the national rifle association for the tennessee firearm association and not address the issue and so in response to us they called the children and the teenagers who

were the predominant groups of protesters insurrectionists they called us but not the people that stormed the capitol on january 6th exactly right but unlike january 6th nobody died unlike january 6th people didn't show up with batons and and pepper spray unlike january 6th we didn't beat law enforcement it was a peaceful protest against uh a legislation and against a status quo that we know is disproportionately hurting black people in our communities but it was in direct response to a mass shooting that had occurred. And their response to the mass shooting is expelling us, not addressing the issue.

Right, Mr. Pearson, but let's kind of just, cause I want to make sure people are not confused on the actual thing that you were. And I agree that you had every right to protest. You had every right to speak up,

but was it exactly for using the bullhorn on the floor and not being asked to be recognized i just want to make sure you understand exactly what it is oh so that was part of it they said we used a bullhorn uh we hit the podium uh we uh spoke out of turn hit the podium uh we like hit the podium you know and while we were talking like slapping the podium as you're speaking my my colleague uh that was one of the things that they said um you you walked up and you disrupted house proceedings where some of the language that they use just anything they i mean trumped up charges to justify this but here's the interesting point the last two times people were expelled they had committed criminal acts i've been there i was there for over two and a half months i have raised my hand for dozens of bills

and the speaker can choose not to recognize me really that day i raised my hand for the period of welcoming and honoring the speaker refused to recognize me every time a bill came up that i was going to speak on i started with the sentence we need to do something about ending gun violence the speaker said after the third time if you do that again i will censor you for the rest of today's session right so the opportunity to even be subversive in saying something uh or to use the democratic process which they tell us we're supposed to they willed against us because the speaker is is operating as as some autocrat right as some dictator who decides whether or not democracy or debate is going to be allowed and so from that silencing i went out with the

protesters uh to the galleries and outside of of the chamber who were chanting and shouting and encouraging them, right, that we are going to fight for them. The speaker turned off my voting machine and told the chief clerk that he's absent. Representative Jones, they're absent. This has never happened before. And folks have been there for 20, 30 years and never seen anything like it. I think it's the Afro, Justin. The Afro scares white people. The Afro, the pic,

the fact that we are serious about what we're talking about. Let's talk about your 2A because I think there's a misconception on people that believe in the right to bear arms versus what you're fighting as far as gun reform is concerned. And I haven't

heard a lot about you know the the difference between the two so can you give us just briefly what is it you know that you're fighting for are you saying abolish all weapons nobody should have a weapon do you support 2a um is it the assault military style weapons give give us let us know where you stand uh on on gun violence and and how you see that yeah i I have nothing against the Second Amendment and people's right to bear arms. That isn't what's at issue. What's at issue is people having weapons of war on streets to walk into schools and to churches and killing people. Y'all know 10 people were killed in Charleston.

That's where I'm from. Nine. Nine people were killed in Charleston, right? We having more guns and this is the solution that Republicans are offering. Well, let's put more'm from. Nine. Nine people were killed in Charleston. Right? Having more guns, and this is the solution the Republicans are offering, well, let's put more security officers in schools. That didn't save the church. Right? That wouldn't have helped Larry. So the problem is the guns are getting into the hands of the wrong people.

And the reality is there are certain weapons that normal people shouldn't have access to. I agree with that. Especially 18-year-olds. Especially 18-year-olds. I'm pro-2A. Because we don't do anything. certain weapons that normal people shouldn't have access to especially 18 year old especially 18 year olds i'm because we don't do anything i'm definitely pro 2a but i'm also pro common sense gun reform come it's just common sense we're not we're not asking to your point we're not asking for saying anything extreme uh let's take everybody's gun nobody have a gun or anything like that we're saying that there are better ways that we can do things has the president reached

out to you or the vice president yes we, we had a good conversation with President Biden. It was reinforcing that what the Tennessee Three, myself, Representative Johnson, Representative Jones did, was right and that the response of Republicans is anti-democratic. And it's also, we got an invitation to the White House to come and elevate this issue about gun violence and the laws

that can be passed, that have even been passed in places like Florida, red flag laws that can have a national impact. Don't you think president biden should be doing more though because it hurt my heart to hear him say that he's powerless and he can't do anything without congress we know that but you got the largest bully pulpit in the world how about call out some of those senators that we know get money from these gun lobbyists for their campaigns so i to your point there's a responsibility incumbent upon everybody who's an elected official to use the power that they do have.

And this is the same thing we say in the justice movement, right? Nobody is powerless, right? People have been made to feel powerless. People have been ignored. People are not voiceless, but their voices have been ignored. And I think for the president, the vice president did come to Nashville the following day. Vice President Kamala Harris, we got to see her and talk with her.

Similarly, reinforcing, but also she was holding the folks accountable too on the ground in the Capitol. I didn't hear her call nobody out.

She did. You know what I mean? I thought she did. Who did she call out? I didn't hear her call anybody out. She definitely called out Cameron Sexton.

Okay. That's the leader of the House. Governor Bill Lee is the governor. William Lambert leads the Republican Party. January F okay is the the governor uh william lambert leads the republican party jammery facin is the caucus chairman uh mark white is in shelby county our

county and voted to expel myself and my colleague uh justin jones yeah we do know and to your point it's something about that right we have to say their names uh because we need other folk to know who is it that we have a responsibility of holding accountable and just similarly we have the responsibility just like we have the responsibility of speaking the names of those we lose we have a responsibility of speaking the names of those who are perpetuating this harm that's right all right we got more with justin pearson when we come back he's the member of the tennessee house of representatives representing the 86th district you remember that he was expelled a couple of days ago.

We'll kick it more with him when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Teslin Figaro is joining us. And we're still talking with Justin J. Pearson.

Now, he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th District in Memphis. If you remember, he was expelled a couple of days ago. Taz. Okay, so speaking of calling out names, then where was Representative Freeman on the floor? He's a Democrat, right? He is a Democrat. That is a good question. Why is Representative Freeman not on the floor, was not on the floor?

Why was he not on the floor prior to that? Does he plan to get on the floor and join you in this protest since these are actually his rep, the constituents that he represent? Because I'm all about calling out Republican leadership. I'm all about calling out Democrat leadership as well. And so when I see a representative that actually represents the constituents that were murdered, I want to know what's the problem with him stepping up and also being expelled and joining you in this protest. I'll tell you this. I've spoken, actually, to Representative Friedman. He has some legislation that I think is going to be useful and get passed.

But I'll tell you this. For Democrats, and I alluded to this before, for Democrats in particular, going along or within the institution as it has been set up has been the norm. Resisting the institution has not. In fact, we, myself, Representative Johnson, Representative Jones, have overwhelmingly heard of folks saying, like, you all probably should not have done that because of the risk. You can risk being expelled. Yeah, we know that. It's just as bad to me on the republican side though so if

we're going to say that republicans are holding up uh holding up progress which they are then we have to also be fair you don't have to do it because those are your colleagues so that's okay i'll do it for you today um we also have to say that democrat leadership as well is holding up progress because if you and mr jones and miss. Johnson were willing to be expelled and lose your seat while somebody else who actually represents those who were slaughtered sits back and says nothing, then that's unacceptable. So I'll just go ahead and ask, Mr. Freeman, are you going to join your brothers and sister in protest? Or is he going to continue to go along with the get along like that? That's an important question. I know that's your colleague, but I just think that needs to be out there.

I always want to know. You actually represent these people and you're saying nothing at all. That's a great point. And if they I don't disagree with that point. And it's a great point. If they don't reinstate you, what's the plan? Oh, we keep fighting. Before we ever ran for office, had any of these these titles we were actually fighting in environmental justice

to stop two multi-billion dollar corporations from building a pipeline through a black neighborhood of boxtown in westwood saved a million people's drinking water our community rose up again the solidarity dividend we got rich white people to realize that if you allow them to steal black people's land and build a pipeline all of our water gets poisoned right you showed the interconnectedness and that if you hurt people who are already suffering we all suffer ending gun violence is good for all of us including our communities and y'all know like in our community whether it be uh nipsey hustle or young dolph right like we experience gun violence in so many ways but the attention that it gets has almost been desensitized and people have to realize that the effects of their legislation is having significant consequences uh acutely on on

black communities and poor communities but doing something to fix these problems benefits everybody including their children um i'm doing a show in memphis car show and the biggest thing people are scared of is safety yeah they want to make sure they're safe. I've never had to hire this many security. So that just tells me that the people in Memphis actually just don't feel safe. This is not a rap performance. This is not a street performance. This is a family fun day.

So how do we make the people of Memphis feel safe again? We have to put in real laws, policies, practices, and money into helping our communities. They passed a law after the chief of police, our chief of police, went to Nashville and said please don't do this. If you do this, we're going to see an increase in murders. If you have permanentless carry,

you're going to see more kids breaking into cars just to steal guns. Of course. 2,000 plus cars have been broken into. Murders up 44% this year exactly the effect that we knew would happen if this republican legislature passed this bad legislation is what happened so there's a fight that has to happen politically in the immediate term we also need to think about how do we have prevention how do we even if a 16 year old kid has a gun

how do we get them to not use that right where do they need to be? What do they need to access? And the reality is there's more work I have to do, research I have to do. Oceane, she works at Center for Justice Innovation, and we're talking to her organization and others like Moms Demand Action. How do we invest hundreds of millions of dollars into prevention instead of only offering, as people said, thoughts and prayers or praying for the person who's committing the act that God helps them. See, these false solutions are not going to get us to a safer community because here's the reality. The guns out there, they dare. It's enough guns for every person in America to have one, including the babies and children. It's enough guns. The guns are there. And so we're not going to be able to go and take everybody's gun back or anything like that. So how do you actually prevent gun

violence from happening in the first place? And you've got a lot of instances of people committing suicide. You've got a lot of instances of kids accidentally shooting one another with guns. And so, okay, is there some gun storage things that we can do that might help us? Is there mental health services that we can offer to folks if they don't believe that this is the last resort?

It is going to take everything. But instead of focusing on what are the right solutions, the folks in the majority party in Tennessee and folks who are silently complicit alongside them are seeking to expel and have expelled myself and Representative Jones. I want to go back to something Ted said when she was talking about, you know, Freeman, because I always wonder about that. Do you feel like you're getting enough support from your own party because he's a white man who's a white man by the way i just want to throw that in he's a white man so so go ahead yeah i wonder you feel like you're getting enough support from your own party because i wonder what was the significance of vice president harris coming there other than a photo opportunity like is she gonna put some resources behind you you know so you can campaign

again like what is it yeah so i thank you for raising this one of the points that we did talk about with vice president harris was uh how do we build uh progressive leaders in the south the fight for american democracy the fight for black liberation the fight for really everybody's liberation uh is under attack and siege in the south and so the place to resist is in and i mean this it's in state houses in mississippi and georgia and tennessee and alabama and florida and texas the work is going to be there and we're reading this book by charles blow um talk talking about the devil you know right um and so vice uh president harris uh president biden uh are not leaving the issue alone and we have you know, right? And so Vice President Harris,

President Biden are not leaving the issue alone. And we have talked about, okay, how do we elevate the voices of those most impacted, the victims of gun violence, to help us to come up with solutions? And then how do we get more people who believe like we believe,

who are willing to sacrifice like we're willing to sacrifice to get justice? They are kind of leaving the issue alone, though. When you hear a president say he's powerless i think i can't do anything but plead the congress to do something yeah that's kind of leaving the issue alone that's kind of above me now i think one of the things i'll say the things that he has done well in this part are the executive actions that he's been able to take when it comes to congress though which is

right it's the federal branch that he probably has more interaction with than the state it is a question of why are the republicans who are running uh the house and the democrats who are running the senate not taking this issue as seriously as they ought senator chris chris murphy he has been supportive of us but we need real legislation that does ban assault weapons because the problem is if you leave it up to states they will do uh the most extreme thing maybe to their base but when it's the federal government, that's it. All of us have to abide by the same rules. And so I do believe him exercising political pressure on the Congress, telling them that they do need to act and putting energy and resources

behind that is going to be really important here. As you said, I'm grateful for the call, grateful for the opportunity to come to the White House so that we can further talk about what do those actions look like in a deliberate fashion. because it's hard when you see a grandmother come into your office tell you about how her granddaughter was washing dishes and got got got shot they didn't even know that it was a bullet wound uh that had done it until a police officer saw this small little hole through the glass of the window and you you see her and you talk to her you don't have the same response as folks uh who are saying y'all just need to shut up and be quiet or not allow you to speak all right we got more with justin j pearson when we come back don't

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Tezlan Figueroa is joining us. And we're still talking with Justin J. Pearson. Now, he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 86th District in Memphis. If you remember, he was expelled a couple of days ago.

Tez. So, Representative Pearson, I do want to ask you this before you get out of here, because beyond the Afro and the Dashiki, and, you know, because they did that in Congress, tell me about your black policy. That's important to me. Yeah. When you think about reparations, I'm 100% for reparations. I have been for a very long time.

For cash, for credit, for check, for credit card, for trust fund. And I was on Bev Johnson, another member of the iHeartRadio community in January. And I explained the reason why I'm for reparations isn't just because of the enslavement of black people, because there are some people who say, well, you weren't enslaved. And then we have to walk through housing segregation. We got to walk through lynching. We got to walk through mass incarceration, which we're experiencing now. What about reparations for all of these harms that we have experienced all the way up to the present day are you willing to put it on your

website though because it's not under your website on issues yeah are you willing okay i i'm willing to do that it is not the issue that people in district 86 are saying is number one for them because to the point that was made earlier they're definitely concerned about safety they're concerned about crime a lot of my population also. And so you'll see on the website, aging justice, there's not enough money in social security to actually help elders live out the rest of their lives in a meaningful way. So policies that we're putting forward have to do with people being able to grow old well, which not include financial increases in money, but creating opportunities for them to gather and to have community. I live in the most polluted, one of the most polluted districts in the state. And so God rest their souls.

Both my grandmothers have died of cancer. My grandmother Pierce and grandmother Gwen. And it was due to environmental racism, which disproportionately hurt black people and poor people. So both my grandmothers lived in a community, this community I live in now, where there are 17 toxic release inventory facilities that are polluting our air, water and our soil. And so the black policy that I have, as you articulated so well, is finding where there are the injustices in environment and education, dealing with gun violence and everything that we can do, putting the resources toward them. Because it's indeed the majority of my district that's being impacted, but the effects of it continue to be on everybody. And what is important to note here is that for us to seek and

to be a part of liberation, and this is really important, the people who do have the resources also have a responsibility. And so when I talk about white people's engagement and involvement, it is not to say I'm just concerned about what they think or what they feel is because i believe white people and people of privilege and power have a responsibility of choosing a social location with the people who are being marginalized because they got our they have our money and our resources and they have a lot of what they have because of what we do not and so i prioritize representative pearson when they highlight you though as the black man see that's the thing you know they they keep saying know, you did this to a black guy. You did this to the black guy.

Representative Johnson said, you know, you were expelled because you were black. So, see, we got to be consistent. If we're going to push black when it's time to say, hey, come rally around us. And I'm on your side. I'm just telling you, being very fair, you know, about how this looks. When we're saying black, black, black, black, black, black, black, I got a dashiki. I got an Afro. I'm black and black black black black black i got a dashiki i got an afro i'm black and black black and then we get to the policy and say everybody else it it it

disengages a lot of folks and so when i look at people's issues on the website you do mention black when you talk about a criminal justice reform um but when i look at the other you know policies you talk about black with voting rights and criminal justice reform so i would just like to see and this is just something you know for toolbox, because I've also seen a brother. You've gotten a lot of accolades from a lot of black organizations. Shout out to Tammy Sawyer in Memphis. She was defending your honor, you know, with me in a three hour tour space. So I'm posing these questions to you because I want people to know more about you and what you do for black people. And I want people to realize in every issue that exists in our society, in our country, black people's liberation must be prioritized.

That's right. Right. It's in every issue. And so forgive me if it doesn't say it in every issue, but any time that we are speaking about justice, that is inherently a black issue. And it is important as well that it be said, and I understand that. But it has to be a prioritization

of black people within issues, but it's everyone. And the thinking, right, for true liberation is that we have to not only prioritize in policy or even prioritize in what we speak, but it's to help other folks recognize that when you're talking about black people, it is not to the exclusion of everyone else.

The national policy is that you have a supermajority Republican legislature who, by partisan vote, expelled two black men, put on expulsion, Representative Johnson, because we stood up against the NRA, because we stood up for an end to gun violence the result is the expulsion of two black men but how we got here is part of the problem and it's because we have an anti-democratic institution being run by people who are being uh funded by the national rifle association of the tennessee firearms association why can't people say that more that's what pisses me off about this whole situation. That's what I want to hear more people say. We know why so many Republicans are against gun reform. Even though the majority of people want to see it.

Tez, we've been talking about this for the past few days. I hate when people forget about the issue. I see everybody saying, oh, these guys are stars. And they've been propelled to stardom now. I don't care about that. I care about the issue. That's right. You know, and I've seen it before. We saw this. No disrespect. We saw this with Kaepernick. You know, Kaepernick came out talking about a specific issue, which is police brutality. Then it turned into, well, he got kicked out of the NFL. He got blackballed from the NFL and everybody started focusing on that.

That's not the issue. Right. The issue is gun legislation. Right. One last question before you go uh you know the main thing is people's voices were disenfranchised yes and when we make it about the person the politician then people start arguing about you you know well was he this was he that when we make it about the issue then you're going to have two way people say well he shouldn't be fighting gun buy i believe that if we center it on the fact that 70 000 were the collect all three of you over 200 000 people's voice were removed yeah i think that's a bipartisan thing that anybody should have a problem with even if it's

an issue that they disagree so if this happened to a conservative would you be in agreement that people should be expelled just because somebody doesn't like what they say never never right and i've had conservative people come to me and be like this is wrong on every single level i would never vote to expel someone for breaking a House decorum rule because what they said is something I don't like. I don't like these people who say there should be no exceptions when someone gets raped or there's incest and they need an abortion. I don't I don't like what they say when they say everybody needs access to an assault rifle. I don't like those things. But that does not mean that the people who elected you don't deserve to have you represent them in the way that you think they should. And it does not mean that I deserve in any way, shape or form to be able to take your voice or your power away in a democratic process and setting. And so that that that is that this is a part of the issue that we're in an institution that is being and operating in an anti-democratic way.

And folks, again, on both sides of the aisle, Republicans, Democrats outside of the chambers have said the same thing. You can't take people's First Amendment and away because you believe there's some absolutism that doesn't even deserve a peaceful protest related to the second amendment in a country built on protest yeah thank you justin we appreciate you i appreciate y'all this morning we appreciate you too justin thank you so much for allowing me to pull that stuff out and i look forward to representative bob freeman uh the democrat who actually represents those slaughtered to speaking up keep us posted i agree tell them how to donate your campaign or yeah again you see the issues that we have on our website go to votejustinj.com you can contribute and also you can join our mailing list uh stay in touch and engage with us because this is we are part of a movement uh it is not just going to be a moment that that

that comes and and fades away uh for us uh we're gonna stay engaged and on this because we know uh the effect that it has we know this was the catalyst for it was the tragic death of six people in nashville at the covenant school but that does not again and this day after resurrection right that doesn't have to be the end and so as a part of that conversation that work is building this movement to end gun violence but also to do the work of justice in so many different issues and areas that impact black folk and particularly poor folk in our communities. Alright. Well, it's Justin

J. Pearson. We appreciate you for joining us, brother. I appreciate y'all so much and have me back sometime. Anytime. God bless. Appreciate it. Alright, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Alright. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Charlemagne, the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our co-host with us, Ida Rodriguez. And let's get to the rumors. Let's talk All right. right right on the breakfast club now sway lee talks uh with million dollars worth of game shout

out to gillian wallow drop on the clues bombs for gillian wallow my guys man we're gonna pull up on gillian wallow uh real soon and do a million dollars worth of game right i'm with it word all right now sway lee talks about losing his girlfriend to a truck driver i was living in some producer's basement my ex-girl she broke up with up with me. It's like one of my first girlfriends. So, boom, she came into the crib one day. I ain't got no furniture. We sitting on the floor. Sway, boom.

I can't be with you anymore. Why? She left me for this. Boom. Get what this did. This is a truck driver, but he making like $7,000 a month, $12,000 a month. I'm going to tell you something played out, though. When you got that vibe.

So, this got a car. This is a Chevy and shit. Man, she pulling up in the car to my shit. I'm driving tell you a s*** played out though. When you got that vibe, so this s*** got a car, this s*** a Chevy and s***. Man, she pull up in that s*** car to my s***. I'm driving this s*** around. Three months later, she like, okay, this is for you. I miss you. Nah, bruh, bruh.

Yeah. We say in town, this s*** like, bruh, you tripping, bruh. Don't park that s*** car over here. We don't need to come over here and do no done. You got a s*** car?

I'm 17, 18. He don't park that s***. He got this s*** souped up. He don't park this s*** car. He on the road being a truck driver. Come on, man. A lot of beeps, huh? Stop letting your girl do that thing by them truck drivers when y'all pass them on the highway.

Stop telling your girl. Stop letting your girl say blow the horn or whatever the hell that is. It's blow the horn. There you go. Yes. Damn. That story sounded so funny because he was like, I was living in my producer's basement, right? It was interesting though.

I don't think it had anything to do with the money. I know. The guy probably just... Had his life together. He had the vibe. Like she was feeling his vibe. He was treating her the right way. That's all it was

because even if he was an up-and-coming artist, if she really was into him and really had that connection, she wouldn't have left him for the truck driver. Yeah. But what he said was money related though because he said he was making like 7K,k a month then maybe that just told you you you should have said thank you yeah right well how many truck drivers blew their horn when they heard that story just now i'm sure all

of them i'm sure all of them now kendrick perkins uh you know he works for esp and he does our first take with stephen a smith at times now he, he went viral yesterday, and that's because he was breathing loud. I did not believe they were going to do a damn thing this postseason. That's why they made the decision that they made. So we can lament the decision. I'm just focused on the reason why. The reason why is we think they're not that good we don't know if that brother

got sleep apnea or something I don't know I feel like Kendrick always breathes hard though it was extra hard the other day so

salute the perk man salute the big perk he said to clarify that I'm working I'm battling the flu while I'm working some people take days off not me

there you go it sounds like he had what I had like I had to pile up some of my nose I used to breathe hard. Listen. I'm telling you, and I'll produce a-

Kendrick, don't you pop up on First Take with no nose job. It's not a nose job. Don't do that. Envy used that as an excuse to get a nose job. It's not a nose job, but I had polyps in my nose that would make it very difficult to breathe. Red used to say, Envy, why are you breathing so hard? Hey, nobody.

I ain't never heard- Ooh. Red used to say that to Envy? Crazy. Red, did you say that before? I was never- I was never in the room with nose conversations. Nah, Red used to say, Envy, Crazy. Red, did you say that before? I was never. I was never in the room with nose conversation. Nah, Red used to say,

Envy, you're breathing hard. I went to the doctor because I was snoring a lot and they removed the polyps, which helped me breathe a lot easier. I did not get a nose job. You don't notice the contour around the nose? You don't notice? Gracious.

You don't notice the little shave off you got right here? There's no shave off. I told you, but if I was going to get a nose job, I'd get the Peter Pan. That's in style. Oh, wow. I'm just joking. Look at here. There's no shave off. I told you, but if I was going to get a nose job, I'd get the Peter Pan. Like, that's in style. Oh, wow. I'm just joking. Look at that.

That's how you do it. Is that the new one, though? The Peter Pan. It's like your nose come up a little bit. Man. Nah. Now, Young M.A.,

she's, we haven't seen her in a long time, but she says she's on the road to recovery. She says she had a recent health scare. She's not telling people

what it is, but she talks about it and says she's going be uh putting in her struggles in the new music and documentary long story short basically you know just a small setback you know i mean for just a comeback unfortunately i made a lot of wrong decisions um in my life and you know things started to come you know catch up with you or whatever the case so i just want you to know uh besides all that i'm actually doing much better um i've been getting well you know i catch up with you or whatever the case. So I just want y'all to know, besides all that, I'm actually doing much better. I've been getting well, you know. I've been very much sober, you know, besides, you know, dropping some new music, of course.

I'm also have a documentary with my story or whatever the case. So I keep y'all in tune, catch y'all back up, because I know y'all have been wondering and all that. And I know I'm mysterious, you know. I keep my personal problems to myself. But now it's time to, you know, expand that and express that to y'all. So, basically to say, like, this is going to be one of the MMA Summers. This is going to be one of those MMA Summers, I promise you. Now, this all started when her barber posted a video of her getting a haircut.

And people noticed that she looked a lot thinner. And also that her eyes were yellow. Usually when your eyes are yellow, that's usually a sign of liver problems. So we don't know what's going on with her,

but I'm glad that she looks a lot better. And as she says, she's on the road to recovery. Gonna get some new music and documentary and shout out to Young M.A. Yeah, she's such a talented

rapper too. She is. She's dope. She's really good. Definitely sending healing energy to Young M.A. Because I mean, when I pray, I definitely pray for good health.

Like, good health is one of those things that you always include in your prayers. Like, you know, good mental health, good physical health, good spiritual health. So, yeah, definitely send the healing energy to young MMA. Yeah, I had a close friend that had a problem with his liver and his eyes turned yellow at first. And he almost had to get a liver. He had to, you know, almost. Get a liver transplant?. And he almost had to get a liver. He had to, you know, almost. Get a liver transplant? No, he almost had to.

But I guess your liver is that one organ that repairs itself. I'm not too sure, but he's doing a thousand times better. I'm a doctor, but not that kind of doctor. You're not a doctor, bro. I have an honorary doctorate from South Carolina State University. You didn't even go there. My mother did. What does that mean?

What does that mean? My mother did, and I have a scholarship, an endowment fund at South Carolina State University. You paid for it. So? Of course I paid for it. I donated money to the school. Yes. I have an honorary doctorate.

I'm a doctor. But not that kind of doctor. So I don't know anything about livers. All right, Dr. McKelvey. Who are you going to do the docket to? There you go. The Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama.

You know, he probably wants it. But the Dalai Lama needs to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him. He doesn't want your donkey. Nah, nah, I'm too old. You too old for that. But we'll get into it next. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Don't be out here acting like a donkey. Hee-haw, bitch. Hee-haw. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a big boy. I can take it. If he feel I deserve it, ain't no big deal.

I know Charlamagne Tha God gonna have some funny shit. Say out his mouth. If God say something you may not agree with, doesn't mean I mean it. Ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne's got to go have some funny sleep. Say out of his mouth. If I say something you may not agree with, doesn't mean I mean it. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey.

Donkey. Donkey of the day right there. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Well, donkey of the day for Tuesday, April 11th goes to the Dalai Lama. I said Dalai Lama, not Dalai Mami. As you heard Drake say on that new record he put out last week, Search and Rescue. Apparently, Dalai Mami means do it, mommy, or come on, mommy, in Spanish.

Am I right about that, Ida Rodriguez? Yeah, Dalai Mami. Dalai, Dalai Mami. Do it, mami. Come on, mami. Well, if that's what Dalai Mami means, then Dalai Lama must mean do it, daddy, or come on, daddy. Because yesterday, we saw the spiritual leader of the Yellow Hats attempting to get his freak on. What are you talking about, Uncle Sharla?

Honestly, I don't know what I'm talking about because I don't know the Dalai Lama's intentions behind what he did. I just know what I saw. And I saw that 87-year-old man kiss a little boy on the lips and then ask the little boy to suck his tongue. Let's go to CBS News Miami for the report, please. The Dalai Lama is facing criticism after a video emerged showing him kissing a child on the lips, then asking him to suck his tongue. This happened in February at an event in India. The video shows the young boy approaching and asking for a hug. That's when the Dalai Lama invited the boy on stage and kissed him. In a statement released today, the Dalai Lama apologized, adding he often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way.

But he added that he regrets this incident. Now, we have the actual audio of him asking to get his tongue sucked, right? And suck my tongue. Now, nasty. That's an understatement now i was reading an article in the independent and they were saying that online uh the dolly daddy's supporters were defending him saying that the exchange can be explained by tibetan culture okay what is the culture well according to a 2014 bbc article sticking out your tongue can be considered as rude. But in Tibet, it's a way of greeting. It has been a tradition followed by the Tibetan people since the ninth century when the region was was ruled by Leng drama, who was known for a black tongue.

After the death of the king, the locals started showing their tongues when asked to confirm that they are not like him or his reincarnation. OK, the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC also mentions this and it's 2014 piece the Institute said on his website that sticking out one's tongue is a sign of respect our agreement and was often used as a greeting and traditional Tibetan culture okay for every digital D head all internet imbeciles using this as an excuse y'all are missing the devil damn point per usual he didn't just ask him to stick out his tongue he kissed him on the lips as far as i know this isn't his child his grandchild a relative just a young boy and not only did he kiss him on the lips he asked the young boy to suck his tongue is that part of the culture okay i know it's part of the culture

one of my favorite tv shows dave drop on the clues bombs for dave okay i love dave on fx all right i was on the last episode of the first season but season two and the first few episodes of the new season fan freaking tastic okay i just got caught up over the last couple of weeks but on dave gator and little dicky are always talking about getting sucked literally that's how they describe it that's what they call it i got sucked the dalai lama might as well as used dave's line when he was talking to the little boy. Somebody suck me. Yes. You know why this disturbs so many of us? Because so many of us have been molested by older people in our lives.

Okay, including me. All right, I've wrote two New York Times bestselling books. I've discussed it. But for those of us who have been molested by older people, it's usually older people that we are supposed to trust. Family members, spiritual leaders, in some cases, teachers, people who are supposed to serve our greater good are usually the ones taking advantage of us as kids. So trust me when I tell you, the reaction to stuff like this is personal.

And when you got young kids like so many of us do, and you've been touched on before, the parental paranoia that we experience in those situations, I don't even have time to describe to y'all right now. That's what my therapist is for. But trust and and believe this image this image upsets my demons and in this era where you can go online and read q anon conspiracy theories of celebrity pedophile rings in valenciaga when they got the ad campaigns depicting kids in bdms attire and the child pornography court ruling papers and let's not even start talking about the priests in the Catholic church.

Okay. Which is what I'm sure a lot of people thought about when they saw this. Now, the Dalai Lama did apologize. Okay. He apologized to the boy and his family and said he regrets the incident. No, you probably regret that the cameras were rolling. You probably regret that you got caught. Okay.

You don't just randomly ask little boys to suck your tongue. And honestly, sucking of the tongue might be more intimate than sucking of the meat you sucking somebody tongue especially in this era of covid and monkey pots what's the covid requirements in tibet all the 80 plus year olds i know to this day to this day wear mask around everybody especially little germ carrying kids but this man the dali mama the dali mama dali malama is willing to risk respiratory disease at his age because he wants to get his muscular organ in his mouth that aids in chewing, speaking, and breathing sucked? The apology continues. The Dalai Lama often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way. His holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world for the hurt his words may have caused hey man maybe i'm looking at this through a western lens or maybe i'm thinking about being

molested myself and how that adult started in an innocent and playful way as the dalai lama described it in his apology maybe i'm just an anxiety-ridden parent who's triggered by his own traumas and when i see this video i say to myself i would absolutely pistol whip any adult who played with my kids like that okay all i know is in this moment i feel like it's very appropriate to ask for me ma to give the dalai lama the biggest hee haw hee haw hee haw you stupid mother are you dumb thoughts aida thoughts listen i completely agree with what you said i was triggered and you know i've been molested and it was just it was off it was reminiscent of what we see with the catholic church we also think about you know little children throughout the world that are defenseless

when you this man calls himself his holiness and when we give these people these titles and we revere them in this way then they are absolved from being held accountable for a lot of their actions. And, you know, you see that with the Catholic Church all the time. That was not cool. That was like a Freudian slip. Absolutely. What happens next now? That's right.

Does he lose his power? I don't know. No. I don't know. He just can't say, let me suck your tongue and you just stay there. Maybe it's different over there. I don't know. He's going to be right where he is.

He's going to be right where he is. Yeah. I don't know. Jesus. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Yes. All right.

Now, when we come back, let's open up the phone lines. And by the way, Jesus would never. You said Jesus. You're right. Jesus would never. You're right. Stop. All right.

But let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Let's talk benzino now uh the reason we're discussing benzino is uh we don't have audio do we oh we have benzino talking about uh marijuana and his daughter coy loray let's listen because she's about 15 16 listening to cheap king she's smoking i don't want her to smoke of course so it's like damn like we know so i don't want to be the bad guy what age you started smoking weed 13 exactly right but you want your kids to be better than you right here we do in the it's called necessary hypocrisy but you stop i like that no say that again necessary hypocrisy all right so we're opening up the phone lines 800-585-1051 would you smoke

marijuana with your kids we're taking it out of lines. 800-585-1051. Would you smoke marijuana with your kids? We're taking it out of Benzino. Benzino brought the conversation because he was talking about weed and him smoking weed. And he probably, you know, seen his daughter probably seen him do it. And she started doing. But we're asking, would you smoke marijuana with your kids? I think what he said is true. I don't I don't I got to look more into the term necessary hypocrisy.

But I think it's almost impossible to not be hypocritical with your kids right you know i mean because you don't want them to make the same mistakes that you did when you was that that age even even if you still do it now you know yeah i never went home and told my daughter teenage pregnancy let's go but that is the question 800-585-1051. I'm sure, like, the first time I ever tasted a Heineken was my dad. My dad gave it to me when I was young. My dad gave me Budweiser, though. Mount's Corner, South Carolina, baby.

The king of beers. Gave me a Heineken. Never drink Budweiser ever again. I spit it right out. I drink Bud Ice, though. I was mad young. I don't even remember the age. Maybe 13, 14.

Okay. But we're asking. You've been spitting things out of your mouth. But that whole idea. Suck on my tongue, Charlemagne. Okay, Envy and Humble. All right. Now, the question is 800-585-1051.

Would you smoke weed with your children? We're going to talk about it more when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hypocrite sometimes because he doesn't want his daughter to smoke weed.

Let's listen. Because she's about 15, 16. Listen to Chief King. She's smoking. I don't want her to smoke. Of course. So it's like, damn, like, we know. So I don't want to be the bad guy.

What age you started smoking weed? 13. Exactly. Right. What am I supposed to do? But you want your kids to be better than you. Right. Yeah, we do in Paris. It's called necessary hypocrisy.

Ooh, stop. I like that. No. Say that again. Necessary hypocrisy. I like that. So we're asking 805851051, what are your thoughts? Now, Ida, you have a daughter?

I have a daughter and a son. What ages? My daughter's 26 and my son what age is my kids are my daughter's 26 and my son is 31 okay so they of age so let's say they wanted to smoke with mommy i don't want to smoke with my kids i don't i don't want to create habits with my kids um where we just we different differentiate parental lines like i'm i'm good with being their mother but you drink with your kids though right no i don't drink with them either my son doesn't drink yeah i don't i don't want to your kids though, right? No, I don't drink with them either. My son doesn't drink.

Yeah, I don't want to. Maybe like a glass of wine. I'm just asking. I mean, my daughter will have a glass of wine at dinner, but we're not about to get messed up together. No, no, you're not getting messed up. You know, like have that attitude. I just think, you know, the other thing is,

it depends on how old they are, right? Because even if I did something early, like I joked earlier, like I don't want my daughter, your brain ain't fully developed. Why are you smoking weed? If I did it, you like I joked earlier, like I don't want my daughter. Your brain ain't fully developed. Why are you smoking weed? If I did it, you see how my life turned out. Why do you want to do this?

Like, you know, I think we can't just be afraid to draw lines with our kids because we want to be cool with them. But you know what? My daughter's 21. I was thinking about it when we had this conversation. This is where it would be sticky. Yeah, of course, you don't want to smoke or do anything like that with your kids. But if my daughter wanted to try marijuana, if she wanted to, I would rather she try with me and learn with me than try with somebody, one of her friends that she goes to college with. Right. Because where would they be buying this marijuana, this cannabis from?

Where would they be smoking it? Is it laced with fentanyl? I would rather her come to dad and be like, hey, dad, this is something I wanted to try. I would like to try it with you because at least I can go to one of the dispensaries I know or get it from even my own cannabis line. I don't think either one of y'all are wrong. I think both of y'all approaches to parenting and how y'all choose know be with your kids is both correct because i can see myself going either way uh my kids are 14 7 4 and 1 so you know hopefully i don't have those i hopefully don't have to have make those decisions anytime soon but i kind of feel what i just said like i want to draw lines between you know parents and children like i'm not your little friend you

know what i mean and i don't smoke anyway i do edibles right you know but let's say let's say your daughter wanted to do an edible you know i mean i wouldn't you rather she get it from you than flame monroe yes please the flames is out here doing 60 milligram edibles for recreation at least you can teach about microdosing it And teaching her the effects Yeah As opposed to getting it From a friend that don't know When she takes something And she don't know What she's taking

And a lot of mine Isn't for recreation A lot of mine is for anxiety You know what I mean So it's not like I'm doing it just strictly For recreation Even though I do do it

For recreation sometimes But not all the time So I don't know I think any I would like I agree with you too I would like for them To come have the conversation

Yeah absolutely You know what I mean I agree But I can't see myself Sitting around high With my kids Yeah we not reenacting the scene from friday like you know and i think you know what i mean i mean i agree with you though i would want my kids to come to me and of course monitor the situation but to create the habit where your kids feel like they can come do that kind of stuff with you i I just feel like you just, that's the gateway.

What happens when they're like, yo, I want to try Coke now. Whoa, I ain't never did that. Now you got a problem. You got to go to rehab. Yeah, you on your own. Now I tell you the story about how I accidentally smoked Coke in a blunt.

You know what I mean? But I ain't never willingly But that's part of the thing. You see how you accidentally smoke Coke in a blunt. Just imagine if your daughter or one of your kids wanted to smoke

and say you know what i'm gonna try it my friend got something and they smoke it now they smoking coke but that's why i say i agree with you when i would want my kids to come talk to me about everything but i agree with ida when you know there's still lines between parents and children because i ain't never sat around and had a drink with either one of my parents and i wouldn't want to you know what i mean i wouldn't. I barely like to drink around my mom. But I know how she feels about that. My mom told us a long time ago, y'all got to watch that alcohol. Because y'all got a long line of alcoholics in y'all family.

So I know how she feels about that. So I don't know. I can go either way. I take a little bit of what both of y'all said. Hello, who's this? This is Tashina. Hey, Tashina. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. So I have a take on your question about the marijuana smoking with your kids. Go ahead, mama. Personally, I wouldn't do it. How old are the kids if my children are grown? Personally, I wouldn't do it. But I do know parents that do allow it because if it's going to be done,

it's good in the comfort of your own home um i want to see if things are being added to it see yeah i want it i want to know your reaction to it you know because nowadays you may want to have benefits where uh i can't help that my medicine smells louder than yours so at the same time, that's what I'm saying. Personally, I wouldn't do it if my child was 13, 14. Definitely no. But a grown child,

yes. Definitely. I don't see your reaction monitoring it being done. You get what I'm saying? I would love for my you know i thought i smoked weed mad early i was like 16 17 so if my my daughter who's 14 now did feel like that in a couple years i wish you i wish you would come to me so i would tell her no you know what i

mean like that's something you should wait to do until you get older your full frontal cortex isn't even fully developed to be 25 right but the only problem with that, too, is, you know, once a kid wants to try something, they're going to try it. You know, and if they're reaching out to you to try it, you can sit there and say, no, I don't want you to. But I would just hate for them to be like, well, I'm going to try it with my friends anyway. I got the perfect excuse for that. What? My daughter calls me goofy all the time. She tells me I'm weird.

I said, that's because I smoked weed when I was young. So after we watched Super Mario Brothers last night, and I kept going to you, and she just looked at me like I was crazy. That's because I smoked weed when I was young. So, if you don't want to be weird and goofy like your daddy, wait until you get older to smoke weed. Your daughter's a genius. She can tell

that you're weird and goofy from... Super Mario Brothers is great, by the way. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Dove. Hey, Dove Hey Dove Where you calling from I am calling from Ohio Ohio Now you smoke with your daughter

No I let her try it Because I've been smoking Since I was 12 And have my medical card When she was 16 She's like I want to try that

So I let her try it And she hates it You let her try it at 16 She does not smoke Does not want to smoke You let her try it at 16 Yes She does not smoke, does not want to smoke. You let her try it at 16? Yes.

I believe that's contributing to the delinquency of a minor, right? Or am I tripping? I believe you are absolutely correct. Oh, okay. Na-na-na-na-na-na. Na-na-na-na-na-na. Wow. It served as a deterrent, though. But you said she never smoked again.

She knows. She hates it. The first time, she's like, I don't feel anything. So I'm like, well, you. But you said she never smoked again. She, no, she hates it. The first time, she's like, I don't feel anything. So I'm like, well, you need to hold that in. Jesus Christ. So then she did. We were going to dinner. She's like, I don't want to go.

I can't function. This is stupid. So, yeah, no, she hates marijuana. You know what's crazy? Nobody, none of us can judge you, because I'm not going to sit here and act like my daddy didn't pass me a Budweiser when I was a child. But you ain't drink a full beer, though. You probably would have let me if I would have liked it.

You never know. Damn it, man. Jesus. All right. Well, 800-585-1051. We're asking, would you smoke weed with your kids? Let's talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. I ain't no way, man. I ain't playing. I ain't playing. I ain't playing. I ain't playing. They can't know me. You don't blame you. I don't blame you. I don't blame you. That kid don't even deal with that. Call me.

Send your opinion to the Breakfast Club top. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Ida Rodriguez is here, our co-host. That's right.

And we're asking 800-585-1051. Would you smoke weed with your child? You know, Ida said something interesting. Ida, talk about what you were just saying. No, that there's a lot of data that connects

schizo disorders with underage kids who have been smoking and doing drugs before they turn, before their brain is fully developed. And so there is

a lot of connection to schizophrenia and all of those disorders. So you got to be careful when you're young because it happens right around, what, 18, 19, schizophrenia sets in. Because your full frontal cortex doesn't develop until you're 25. Yes. So drugs and alcohol and all of that definitely interfere with the development

of your full frontal cortex. Absolutely. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Good morning, this is Nikki. Hey, Nikki, we're talking about smoking with your children. What's your thoughts, mama? So me personally, I would smoke with my children

just to create a safe environment. I feel like if they were just out with their kids or on the street, you know, anything can happen. They could accidentally smoke a late one or something like that. So I think it would just be a safer environment for them to experience and figure out for them or not i think we got to define this word children i think as parents we always call our children children

even when they grown because what do you mean when y'all say children i meant 21 i meant 22 like of age but a lot of these people are talking like, how old is your child, Nikki? My oldest is 14. So it's funny because I just recently talked to him about, you know, drugs or whatever. And he's not into it. He's into anime. But I told him, like, if he's ever curious, like, come to me. Like, don't ask your friends.

Just come to me. You got to go back to what we've been saying all morning, man. Your frontal cortex is not completely developed until you're like 25. Drugs interfere with that. You can't be just having these kids. That's why I'm a little off now probably. Well, you're right. What do you mean?

No, you're a little off. We all off because we was doing drugs too early. You more off than anybody else. Hello, who's this? It's T. Hey, T. Good morning. What's going on? What's your thoughts, T? My opinion is that's the? It's T. Hey, T, good morning. What's going on? What's your thoughts, T? My whole thing is that's the problem with society now.

What's that? The parents are trying to be their friends. Some kids are going to have a gazillion friends. They're only going to have one or two parents. All depends on how it goes. But you got to stay in your parent role. Stop trying to be friends with those kids. Why would I sit back and allow my child to, you know, become illegal?

I can't even get the word out. You know, use marijuana when, you know, you have to be on a certain level. I don't like how you do all of a sudden try to sound professional. Just say weed head. You was about to say weed head. And then you said, just say weed head. You don't want your kid to be a weed head. You know, why would I let my child be a weed head, was about to say weed head and then you said just say weed head you don't want your kid to be you know why would i why would i let my child be a weed head you know you know i mean

it's different with the adult child you know if they're on if they're you know handling their responsibilities they're doing their thing and if they're up to you know if that's what you mean how you want to parent that's just not how i parent but that's why i think that's what you're doing, how you want to parent, that's just not how I parent. But that's why I think that's the way it is because parents are not parenting. Parents are more trying to be cool. The best part of parenting is remembering when you were a child so you can help that child through, you know, certain things, certain levels of life when they were children, when you were a child. Excuse me. I agree. I just don't understand. I don't know how we keep that door open for kids to still respect us as parents, but still come to us about everything.

But I mean, you kind of need that because even if you look at what influences most of us, right? And I know it influenced you and I don't know if it happened, but you know, music influenced us so much, right? Our favorite artists, our culture, right? Back then when we were growing up, we didn't have as many artists talking about weed smoke like we do now. That's a damn lie. It's not true. What are you talking about? We had Snoop.

They were the biggest. Right. Dr. Dre put out an album called The Chronic that sold 5 million records. I smoked weed because of Dre and Snoop. What are you talking about, Envy? But now think about all the artists now. There's so many weed smokers. Envy, Redman, Methamand, Dre, Snoop. I smoked weed because of them.

Touche. What are you talking about? Touche. But I'm thinking of all of them, but you got Wiz Khalifa. Bruh, stop it. We always do this. Our era was terrible. You're right.

Our era was just, they learned from us. You're right. What are you talking about? It seems like we see it more now. I don't know why. Because it's legal everywhere. Do we have a Percocet song? Because they got a Percocet song.

They got a Percocet song. We had no Percocet song. Did we have a Robitussin song? Because they got a Percocet song. They got a Percocet song. We had no Percocet song. Did we have a Robitussin song? Because they got a Lee song. No, we did. We did. Robitussin, Sippin' on a Scissor, all three, six mafia,

all the dip set. Yes, yes, yes. We had Robitussin. We definitely had Robitussin song. Beanie Siegel. What's the song called? I can't remember. Call Syrup

before Robitussin comes for me. Yeah, we definitely had the... The surf was out. Yeah. Definitely surf was out. Maybe right, touche. But we didn't have a Percocet song. No.

We had all these songs, though. We had all this rapping about weed and coke. Who? A lot of them. Weed and coke made my eyes bleed. A lot of them. Wu-Tang, Trick Daddy. A lot of people talking about Woola's stuff.

What's the moral of the story? Oh, I don't know. Like I said, I agree with both of y'all. Like, you know, I want my kid to respect me as a parent.

Correct. You know what I'm saying? And there should be lines like Ida said, but then I agree with you, Envy. You know, you want your kids

to always come speak to you about everything. Correct. Now, I can't see myself getting high with my children. Do-do-do-do-do.

Even when they're of age. Do-do-do-do-do. Maybe. I're of age. Do-do-do-do-do. Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. All right, when we come back, we got your rumor report. We're talking Kim K. She's in a horror flick.

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I just wanted to get to auntie's hype this morning. That's all. All right. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our co-host Ida Rodriguez here. She'll be back tomorrow as well. Yes, indeed.

But let's get to the rumors. Let's talk drag. Rumor has it. Rumor. Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatty patty. I am gossiping. This is the rumor report.

I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Right. On The Breakfast Club. Now, Rick Ross was in Jamaica over the weekend and somebody came up to him and thought he was drank. Listen, do you know my name? I do.

What's my name? Jake. Jake? Incorrect know my name? I do. What's my name? Drake. Drake? Incorrect. We both got it wrong. Incorrect. What's your name? What's your name?

My name is the big belly good boy. Okay. Okay. What's wrong with Jamaica's Wi-Fi, man? Ain't no Wi-Fi in Jamaica, yo? What's happening? I guess not. I ain't never heard that one.

All them Yankees look the same. Word is born Rick Ross and Drake that's a total total total disconnect from culture yeah that never happens

kind of strange kind of weird but hey alright now Kim Kardashian you excited about this she's going to start an American Horror Story

season 12 that's going to be good why because American Horror Story is good American Horror Story is good American Horror Story is uh it comes on FX

if I'm not no FX or Hulu one of them no it is FX it's FX I think it is FX

but I think it comes on Hulu too cause they all the same company but American Horror Story is good like they really don't miss so

if they've casted Kim Kardashian they've written something you know great for her okay yeah we've seen her in

small parts of CSI and uh Drop Dead Diver and Two Broke Girls. So we'll see how that works out. Now, Antonio Brown, it looks like he's going to be sued by a jeweler. The jeweler is saying that Antonio Brown owes him $1.1 million. Claiming he gave Brown several pieces back in 2022 under the promise that ab would pay him uh 1.1 million dollars and allegedly uh ab hasn't paid anything as of yet so it looks like he is being sued and uh do you have the audio of cardi b up there talking about the question

about the suing thing yes sir i get why would sue, but if the person hasn't paid you their money, when you sue them, what makes you think you're going to get paid? You know what I'm saying? When you win the lawsuit. Because you can get stuff, right? If you have a judge that sides with you, you can take cars. You can take stuff. Well, most of the times when I think people don't pay the jeweler is a lot of times once they have the jewelry or jewelry already they usually pay other things other than the jeweler like you pay your mortgage instead

you pay your car note instead you'll pay all these different things because a lot of times I'm assuming that they forget don't even think about it but wouldn't you not want to have that bill wouldn't you want to just go ahead and take care of the jeweler so you don't get sued because now you got to pay your lawyer then eventually you'll end up having to pay the jeweler so you're costing yourself more money you're not going to be able to sell that jewelry for the amount that you buy it for because it doesn't appreciate you know i just i would just like to use this opportunity to let people out there know so this is a cautionary tale but just let people know a lot of these celebrities and athletes be flexing and flossing on the gram and

making trying to make you feel like you you're not enough because you don't have listen to the american express bill not being paid and this jeweler not being paid a lot of these people going in the hole broke because they trying to keep up with the joneses you doing just right when you are putting your money in your bank so don't feel bad a lot of these people are frauds that's why when i hear 40 plus year olds equate uh money and wealth to what somebody is wearing yes yeah that's crazy it's insane yeah to me because everybody i know that got real real money and real real wealth they not wearing it you know i mean my man john o'brien says uh if your greatest asset is on your ass yeah you know then you don't really have any assets as i sit here in my gucci dress so that's the thing about it is that that's why i always tell the truth like i wear my clothes no it was given to me but i'm saying like i'll wear something more than one time like absolutely

you know i'm not gonna i'm not gonna go broke trying to keep up with people. You know, Elon Musk is wearing the same stuff. Like, Bill Gates wears jeans and a t-shirt. These people be on Instagram trying to make people feel bad because they don't have, Oh, y'all can't be. I'm the baddest. And all of that stuff. You don't even know. These people are living hand to mouth.

That's right. What's the point of wearing a designer if you don't even own a house yeah that's the fact you know it's like you don't even make those things and i tell everybody out there is it's if you want to buy something that's that you want to buy whether it's something gucci or louis vuitton or christian dior or a nice car or or anything anything out there some jewelry i always tell people this invest in something that pays for that that's right you know you know try to purchase a two-family house i was out in a deep part out in jersey and they had homes in the area for like forty thousand dollars and these are like multi units and people were renting them out for thirteen hundred dollars each door and there was a a young

dude out there that i was talking to that you know he he was a party promoter and you know it got cold during COVID and he started investing in this town where nobody was in and he's doing very well for himself so I was telling people like that's what you should do it's okay to buy those things but make sure your investment pays for that so it doesn't come out of your pocket it doesn't come out of something else so anytime I want to buy anything out there that I want to buy a car or a crib or investment property i try to make something pay for that so it never comes out of my pocket that's right in this era and when i say this era i'm not even talking about youth i'm just talking about this era of social media you know they would rather look like they have money than actually have money absolutely

and i'll say this i i am i am one of four and i i was on television i was doing comedy specials i was doing work my three siblings all bought property before me all three of them but that doesn't mean they were more financially literate that's all you didn't know to build your money no i just didn't have money i had visibility they had a steady income like my income was going up and down thank god that i i have a financial advisor and i come from that world that i was able to learn what to do with my money. But they had they had a steady income. And I respect people like that. And I always respect the working class because we Instagram is Instagram is a game.

Your favorite entertainer be lying. It's the truth. And even more, like you said said it's a matter of having the knowledge i i was able to buy my first crib at 22 years old so i've been i've been a homeowner for a long time but the reason i was honestly was because my dad was a police officer and he was very mean in the crib and very military style i was like i gotta get out but at 22 i bought my first crib and i had to ask friends like i didn't even know what to do. And I called Busta Rhymes and Busta Rhymes actually got me the mortgage officer

to get me my first house. My interest rate was 15%, but it was able to get me my first crib. So I tell everybody all the time, just look into things. If you're looking in for a crib, FHA loans, they're doing 40-year mortgages now

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you feeling i feel great. We had a great training camp. We did everything we were supposed to do and everything showed up on fight night. I saw him say that he didn't believe in your power, so you came in there with the intention. Let me show this guy how strong I am. Yeah, I love when somebody say I can't do something. He said I can't

punch, so my motivation was to show him instantly offer it that I could punch. And I sat in front of him and gave him the fight that he wanted and beat him at that too. You know what I was thinking about as a fighter, right? Because I'm watching the fight. And there was a clear moment. That's why the referee stopped it.

Like, yo, he can't do that. It's over. He goes all over his ass. But when you're a boxer, do you start pulling your punches a little bit knowing that, you know, this guy is this vulnerable? Or do you just go harder Nah I ain't gonna lie I had just caught my second win So like

The ref stopped it right in time Cause I was really about to start beating him up Even worse than what I was I saw you show the ref You was like What were you telling the ref when you was doing that I told him to let it go longer So I could really knock him out

I wanted to give my fans like a real knockout I was hurting him every time I punched him. So once I had to hit him clean again, he was going out. Now do you think Devin Haney is actually ducking you?

I ain't going to get up there and lie and act like he's ducking me. I don't think that he's ducking me. He'll fight. But I think like with Devin,

me and him, I've known Devin since a little kid. So like, we've always been one weight class apart. So now that I'm going up to 35, nine times out of ten, it's only right for him to go to 140.

So, I understand it, but we'll see how the world look at it. You said y'all used to spar a lot together, right? For sure. You said you used to clean them up. I heard you say that after the fight. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I feel like I always got the better up in hand of the sparring, but, I mean, it was back in the day.

Yeah. So, I know he looking at it like he got better and I feel as though I got better so when the fight happening it's going to be

amazing to see. Do you feel like that they try to pick two great black fighters against each other because now it's. They have to.

It's boxing. But I'm going to tell you why. But now it's everything's in record right. Boxing is at a place now where

nobody wants to lose in record. Nobody wants to take it out right. Back in the day if you lost a fight you lost a fight who cares you get back up and do it but now everybody wants that that undefeated record and both of you brothers are undefeated yeah nah but you gotta look at it like this though the top athletes in our in our weight class is black i really think about it me tank dav, Devin we all black so like

they want to see the top people fight the top people I don't look at it like they want to pin us against each other even if they do we don't got no choice but to really

squabble because at the end of the day we the top athletes the best got to fight the best like I'm I'm engaging in that like I want to fight the best I want to see

who can get in the ring with me and show me that I'm not who I say I am. Y'all have to. It's just like back in the day when it was Sugar Ray and Hagler. But losing back then didn't matter. You lost, then y'all fought again six months from now. I don't think losing matters as much.

It does. I don't think it does. It does. I don't think so. I think Floyd got y'all gassed with that. Floyd got the world gassed with that. No, no, no. But in promotions, in the companies, once a fighter loses, it's like a full step back.

It's like they got to fully start over. Instead of how with Sugar Ray Leonard and them loss, they still as big as they are. I just think it's like a whole restart now after you lose. That's what I'm saying. It depends who you are, though. Canelo lost. Yeah, but he's Mexican. It's the truth. That's what I'm saying. It's like you got these three brothers. I get what you're saying. It's the truth.

That's what I'm saying. It's like you got these three brothers. All are defeated. Somebody got to lose. It depends how you lose, too. Everything is going. You're going to lose endorsements. You're not going to get paid as much.

All that. It could be just, you know. It depends how you lose. I don't look at Deontay Wilder no different. He's still a warrior to me. Nah, he's a dog. He's a dog. I respect Wilder.

I think Wilder put everything on the line he just came up short against the better fighter but I think Wilder's a dog so it's pressure to stay perfect not for me I don't look at it that way because like honestly I'm so confident in myself I don't think about losing I don't think losing out in the back of my brain I know I'm gonna win when I get in there so I ain't think about that but I get it it like i understand like the floyd era of boxing the floyd era is like once you lose fighters gotta like restart and there's a whole decline in a career instead of them just being the same fighter only fighters that really get away with that is fighters from other countries like anthony joshua or canelo just being that he's a Mexican star

Anthony Joshua was interesting the only reason I say he's interesting because I just I never seen him fight he's never he's never lost to somebody I thought he should lose to you know if he got in the ring with Fury and he lost I wouldn't look at him I look at him way different because of who he lost to yeah you know I mean Usyk could fight Usyk Usyk bang yeah I'm talking about prior to that, though. Yeah, but, I mean, I think with him, it's more so, like,

I feel like, man, I know he on air, I gotta keep it on. I think it's heart problems. Like, I think he got, like, a little heart problem sometimes, like, him going there.

Like, with Usyk, the little guy, he's supposed to impose his will, and he ain't impose his will. Even when I saw him last week, I think it was last week, maybe two weeks ago. Yeah. Same thing. Yeah. Like, yo, he last week, I think it was last week, maybe two weeks ago. Yeah.

Same thing. Yeah. Like, yo, he scared to, like, go in, like, yo, punish this guy. Yeah. I mean,

he got potential, though. But, you know, I think Big Baby, Big Baby is one of the new heavyweights that's going to take over boxing. Really?

Yeah, Big Baby. The one that was on my undercard, Jerry Anderson. Yeah, he a beast. I saw him. I watched him yeah so when you have to go to another weight class what's the prep that you got to do to get to that weight class honestly this this time around it was just so much easier to make weight um i didn't have to

work as hard on fight week i saved some of my energy i felt way better at 135 Than I felt at 130 So A lot of people wanted to see How I was going to feel I think I displayed Power Speed I displayed everything On Saturday You did

You did miss weight once right Yeah my last fight When they took the belt from you The WBC and the WBO belt Yup yup yup What does that even mean And like How did that affect you

As a fighter I mean It was more so just embarrassing Like it was embarrassing But you gotta take the embarrassment with all the good stuff that come.

But, for people that don't know, so what happened? I went to my fight in Newark, my last fight before this fight, and I lost my titles

on the scale. I had came in over, I wanna say, 1.8 pounds. You was 1.8 pounds over? Yeah. That's crazy. Bro,

you couldn't pee? You couldn't go, let me go pee for a second nah you i couldn't because you gotta realize i'm dehydrated so now i'm so dehydrated ain't no more water in my body i'm not sweating ain't nothing coming out of my body for me to even lose any weight so i just you know took it on the chain and made sure i won that night does that uh is that really an advantage being like one pound overweight or 1.8 pound overweight is that i think it's a disadvantage honestly because i feel like if i fight a fighter

and they come in overweight and that just show how much shape he in i feel like i feel like they probably out of shape and i'm in better shape so i think it's a disadvantage that's how i look at it i think my this fight I came in on weight My weight was lower Than it was My last fight at 130 And I was fighting at 135 So

I think it's a disadvantage Well ladies and gentlemen Shakur Stevenson We appreciate you for joining us brother Appreciate y'all too Good luck on the next fight Thank you And when you think

You'll get a response from Devin If any Cause there's really I mean There's really no other fights to be made. Have y'all spoke? Nah, we ain't speak. Yo, it's crazy.

We used to be real cool. Like, well, we was cool probably not too long ago. Until you jumped up to his weight class. Yeah, now it's competition. That's right. So it's like, forget everybody. We'll see. I don't know what he got to say.

I mean, when he say something, we'll see. It all comes down to fighting each other. At the end of the day, we can't go lip wrestle back and forth all day i think it's really gonna come down to me and him um fighting all right all right well shout out to shakur stevenson for joining us and we gotta say thank you to ida rodriguez thank you for stopping through this morning thank you for having me and um if you are listening I'm on tour check me out at funnyaida.com and in New York City I am at the City Winery

tonight one show only at 8 o'clock so come through 8 o'clock tonight make sure you get your tickets can they get the tickets online? yeah

they can get them on my website funnyaida.com it's the Don't At Me Tour and I mean that from my soul now don't stay out too late now because you got to be back here in the morning I don't stay out late

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