The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Ari Lennox Goes Off On Concert Goer, Aretha Franklin’s Sons Awarded Her Assets, Jonathan Majors' Trial Begins After Numerous Delays, Keke Palmer Opens Up Her Relationships + More (Guest Host: Kris Kaylin)

Episode Date: November 30, 2023

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history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. Being here next to all of you guys, it's really big. This is one of my favorite shows to do.

Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real. But what better place than here? I think everybody should go on The Breakfast Club and start with that if you want to shake it up. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet.

It's Thursday! Yes, it's Thursday. We got our special guest co-host Chris Kalen with us. Good morning. Good morning. Happy Thursday. How you feeling? I'm feeling great.

Up. All that good stuff. And it's not as cold today. No, it's not as cold. It's going to be like 50, between 50 and 55. I don't trust it. Nah, I trust it. It wasn't that cold today. I don't trust it. Yesterday was freezing. Did you get out and about yesterday? Because I know you said you were going out in Brooklyn. Okay, yeah. We went all the way to Cuts and Slices.

Pulled up. No lying. You know why? They were closed. They were closed? Yes. On Wednesday? Yeah. And then my homegirl, she was like, y'all in the hood, y'all better get out of there. I was like, oh my gosh, okay. Oh my gosh. Cut the slices and be closed on Wednesday? Yeah, they were closed. I was like, we pulled up, no lie, Charlotte was right.

They were closed. So they are hearing, if y'all are listening today, I'm flying out today, but I would like to get a oxtail slice. Well, see if they open it. If you don't know what cuts and slices is, it's this pizzeria out in Brooklyn that serves different types of pies. Black owned. Man.

They have like oxtail pizza, salmon, the sweet chili salmon pizza. Let me tell you something. If you ever- Shrimp and lobster pizza. If you ever in New York City from anywhere, because we in 100 markets across the country, but if you ever in New York City from anywhere, go to Brooklyn. It is worth the trek to the hood. It is.

I don't think it's the hood. Is that the hood, though? Listen, that's what she told me. She was like, you better get out of here. What'd you see around you? I don't know, but I know we were close to like...

Did you see old white ladies walking dogs? I did not. Okay. Did not. And I know an area I was. I saw a lot of white people walking dogs.

Did you see the Starbucks? It was no Starbucks. It was a bodega. That area not bad like that. No, I don't think it's bad at all, actually. I've been there a couple of times. I will say I was in this one. I know bodega cats are a thing, but I took a video.

You see a bodega cat? Not only, yeah, I saw him, but he owns a store because he was walking all over the apples and the oranges. My granny would be rolling in her grave. I was just dragging a little. That's normal in New York. The cats just walk around and chill. That's normal in New York like the cats just just walk around

that is his store yeah it's his store okay it's usually the bodega you know just gotta let the cat live I was just like okay but I did get a bacon

egg and cheese you did I did from that same bodega I sure did I was like it's gonna be authentic you know what time you fly out

is that new yeah man you should try to make it I'm not gonna lie to you I'm gonna try to make it see if it's open first I need to see that. Google it.

Don't trust Sheldon, man. He'll send you there again, and you'll be there. Right. Get another bacon and cheese. And then I miss my flights. I'm lactose intolerant on all levels, meaning that if I eat dairy, it shows up in my face. I get pimples, all kinds of stuff. I get the bubble guts and all of that.

And I still will risk it all for cuts and slices. You hear me? Jesus. Drop on the clothespons for cuts and slices. All right? Yes. You ever realize, you know, I'm not

getting an email, and then you realize that you're way over. All your capacity. Yeah, my capacity's way over, and I'm looking at just mad spam.

I got mad Groupon emails. I got mad, what is this? What's good RX? I don't even know what good RX is. Oh, that's like a

prescription for pharmacy. That's a nigga old. Just mad prescriptions on there. Jesus Christ, I got to delete all these right now. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got a special guest joining us today.

That's right, our guy from the Young Turks. That's right, Cenk Uygur. Yes, he's running for president, but you know, more importantly, he's the CEO of the Young Turks Network. I know that y'all are familiar with the Young Turks Network from YouTube. In this world of alternative facts and fake information, I think that they're a very trusted news source. At least some of my favorite

people have popped up on Young Turks. Ida Rodriguez, Nina Turner. So, yeah. I ain't gonna lie. When I seen him on the list before, I just said Turks. I was like, oh, he must be the president of Turks and Caicos I was like okay. You stupid. I know. You just dumb.

I take it. It's okay. I take it. Pause. I do. Turkish. I didn't see. They didn't say Turkish. They said Turks. On the email it said Turks. Did you see Turks Red? Start the show. What did it say? Start the show Red. See Red believed in me. The Red must be stupid too. Start the show. Alright. Alright well let's get the show cracking.

Teslin, figure when we come back, we got front page news, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. That was Dirk J. Cole. You know, Busta, when he was here this week, said that the one rapper that he would love to work with that he hasn't worked with yet is J. Cole.

What they waiting on? I don't know, but that's pretty dope to hear that. But let's get in some front page news. Now, Chris Kalen is our guest co-host. And good morning, Tess. Good morning, DJ Envy. Good morning, Chris. Good morning, Charlamagne Tha God.

Good morning. Now, Aaron Rodgers in some sports. He has been cleared to practice. Now, this is 11 weeks after his surgery, Achilles surgery. For what? Now, Red is a New York Jets fan. What is the.8? Like four and what?

What's their record? I think five and eight. Four and five, right? Yeah, they're tied second and last place in their division. Man. It's too risky for him to play right now. Yes, wait until next year. He had a torn, what, ACL?

Yeah, Achilles. A torn Achilles. Come on, man. All right, now, also the Seahawks play on some bum team tonight. I don't even know, 8-15 if you want to watch the game. Dropping theawks play on some bum team tonight. I don't even know. 8-15 if you want to watch the game. Dropping the proof bombs for my Dallas Cowboys. I don't even understand the hate.

I don't even understand why this has nothing to do with you. Stay out of Cowboys business. Y'all New York Giants are done. It's over for y'all. Y'all have no contention going on in the NFC East. Let us cook, bro. See, my mom's a Cowboy fan, so I have to go for them. Absolutely.

Just because she is. Boo. Now, Tez, let's jump into Chicago. Yeah, it is a migrant crisis folks have been talking about this going on in chicago and obviously we see it happening other parts of the country including new york but city and state officials are looking to get migrants off the street and out and in shelters more quickly because the winter is coming and they do not have a place for these folks to say. But advocates say that new restrictions will only make things harder. I'm going to break down a couple of components that I want to share with you.

But let's listen to the report from Fox 32. As temperatures plummet and migrants continue to pour into Chicago, Mayor Johnson announced a new partnership with Chicago area churches to help ease the migrant crisis. They're calling it the Unity Initiative. The Unity Initiative will prioritize getting pregnant women, children, and all of those sleeping outside of police stations or on the floors into temporary housing as quickly as possible through churches all over the city of Chicago. Now the program is funded by private donations.

It will provide free food, free housing, free social service, free medical services and eventually employment. Now, critics are saying that they have not been transparent about building a migrant encampment on an empty lot. And here is what Mayor Brandon Johnson had to say to those who are criticizing it. We're not going to break away from our value system because right-wing extremism is sowing seeds of discord in this city. Now, Mayor Johnson, although he's saying this is right-wing, this camp will be on the south side of Chicago. Black residents are saying, no, this is not right-wing. This is just how we feel so i want you to

hear from a couple different residents on the south side that is not i guess happy about this camp that we maybe possibly build on the south side of chicago let's take a listen well as a taxpayer it makes me feel horrible i feel that we have a corrupt system they are not listening to the people residents including ann Kane, have been speaking out against the encampment since the very start. So now I'm looking as a single mom, what about us? Like Kane, Jaquetta Vaughn's concern stems from a lack of resources for residents. How about build something for the kids, the community, but instead this is the first thing that you do is build a tent city. I was going to say the same thing.

Like, I'm not mad at any of this, right? If a human is suffering and you can help them from not suffering, do it. But I would love to know do they have that same sense of urgency for their own. I'm sure it's been homeless people all over Chicago for years. Have they been treated the way these migrants are being treated? And that's that's exactly the problem charlemagne uh that folks are saying and they're actually offended you know by just putting it off on oh you know this is just a right-wing talking point no these

are real residents um they say that the city is not being transparent enough um in fact they had cameras out there trying to see you know how they were building this this camp and they they put tarp up so you couldn't see what they were doing they're not being transparent they're not being honest with them saying hey this is what we're doing and why um and just as another point 21 000 over 21 000 asylum seekers have arrived since august because you know texas governor abbott um uh bust uh the migrants there from chicago from texas also doing that as you know in new york and in denver So this is happening, you know, a few places all over the country. We're trying to see what they're going to do with this migrant crisis. And yes, residents on the south side of Chicago are speaking up and they're finding it offensive that people are just trying to, you know,

say it's just a right wing talking point because that's just not the case. Yeah. How could they even begin to try to make this a right wing thing? This isn't about party. This isn't about politics. We got eyes. OK, we've been watching. We got eyes and ears. We've been watching and hearing homeless people suffer all over this country. So, yeah, I would be speaking out, too, if I saw, you know, migrants coming over here and getting treated better than we are. I'm sitting here suffering all of this time and you act like you don't see us. Right. Let me ask you a question. Is that why you think a lot of people are looking towards trump because trump is so american and so america and saying you know

he wants to help home first and then a lot of these other people that are coming in is that why people are are looking towards trump this election i think anybody would in america first message you know we'll we'll we'll make americans ears perk up yeah all right well that is front page news now get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent phone lines are wide open if you want to holler talk to us 800-585-1051 it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club hey guys i'm kate max you might know me from my popular online series the running Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs,

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It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hi, good morning. This is Blind Beauty. Hey, Blind Beauty.

Blind Beauty. What's going on, y'all? So, I'm annoyed. And I need y'all to know if this is something I can sue for right so I went to LA right and I was on my way back from LA and I get wheelchair assistance just because I do travel independently but obviously the airport is busy right so they will me to some random gate because my flight didn't leave until a couple hours or whatever the case is. First of all, when they pack you down in TSA, they need to give you a date because they fill up on you and be your body and your boom boom and everything else.

But anyway, so they sent me some random gate and they never come back. They left me there for hours without using the bathroom, without telling me where I was, asking me if I wanted to get something to eat. And mind you, it's mad people around me. I'm at a gate. People are boarding their flight. And I don't want to just ask random strangers.

So I have my cane and I'm like, you know, I travel with my cane, but I'm in LAX. It's super busy. So I'm like, is that something I can sue for? What did they take you away for? For what airline? All right, don't judge, okay? It was Spirit.

Okay, okay. But here, no. I feel like God was protecting you. I feel like God was protecting you. When she said don't judge, it was like Spirit. I feel like God was protecting you. I feel like God was protecting you. When she said don't judge, it was like spirits. I feel like God was protecting me. No. But once again, why did they take you away? Why did they take you away to begin with?

She said she's blind. You know she's blind, blind beauty. So she gets wheelchair assistance. So she's blind. So I guess the flight was delayed. So they put her where she can't see. And then they just left her there for hours. So how did she know she wasn't at her gate?

How did she know she wasn't at her gate? So you know what the gate? Because, listen, Charlamagne, listen, right? So because I got there early, you know they don't always know the gate. Obviously, if the flight is later in the day. And mind you, I've flown with them so many times. And I've never had issues. So people always be like, oh, spirit is bad.

But I was like, I've never had an issue, child, until now. Oh, boy. So they were like, we don't know your gate number. But we're going to put you over here. and we'll come and check on you periodically never came back like i was sitting there i had to ask like this white guy and he's like oh i'm gonna help you i'm scared because i'm like i got my wallet on me i like anything can happen to me anything so i tweeted them they're like we're so i'm like no because what if i was somebody's grandmother or whoever like they would have peed on their self yeah i don't know if you can sue uh and i feel like maybe you should talk to a lawyer and i feel

sorry you had to go through that but um you don't travel with like somebody to assist you there are times that i do travel, but I'm very independent. I feel like I should be independent because there are accommodations at all of these facilities. So because there is, I should be able to... One, it's on my ticket. It says, this bitch is blind. It says it. You need help.

It says, this bitch is blind. Don't say, this bitch is blind. You know what she means. It says, visually impaired. Oh, I was about to say. Yes. I would think you would think. The Breakfast Club.

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Bless up. Break it up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Chief calling. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Envy.

What's up, Envy? What's up, Trav? What's up, Chalame? Chalame. Peace, sis. What up, Trav? Welcome back. Welcome back.

Who all over there? Who up there? Hey, Trav. Oh, what's up, Chris? Hey, Trav. Now, Trav. How you doing, boo? I'm good.

How are you? I'm doing good. Glad to have you back up here again. Glad to hear your voice again. Thank you, love. Glad to be back. Trav, me and you thinking the same thing about Charlamagne. Oh, listen. I'm calling to talk to Char because, Char, one thing I know, when the girls get flown

out to Dubai, I know it's y'all funky in that room right now. I didn't go to Dubai. I knew it was y'all funky in that room right now, Char. He got flown out, Trav. He got flewed out. I wasn't in Dubai. I was in Abu Dhabi. Correct you.

Same thing. It sounds like you got **** on. That's like saying Philly and Camden the same thing. That studio smell like curry goat and butt right now.

I know it too. I know. I know it too, Char. Char, where were you at? Because Busta Rhymes was there and you were scared. I was in Abu Dhabi. Travis coming for you right now.

It's crazy because me and Busta have talked so much before then. And me and Busta talked a few times. Yeah, but... I was in Abu Dhabi. Travis coming for you right now. It's crazy because me and Buster have talked so much before then. And me and Buster talked a few times. Yeah, but. I was going to make sure. I was going to say, if you're scared, get a dog. Call me next time if you're scared to come to work. I'll come up there and protect you.

Now, Buster was just saying that was Buster's first time. So he was really looking forward to seeing the whole breakfast club. But, you know, Charlemagne, you know, I missed that day at work. But that's what Buster was saying. But he wants to come back. And Buster will be back. Yeah, he'll be back. Buster will be back. Hey'll be back Busta will be back

Hey there's Sean Stodderman Over there Butt butt butt The butt stuff is done Sean Stodderman He's back in America The what? Bye y'all Bye

He just said The butt the butt The butt butt butt Hello who's this? It's Sade Hey P.J. and V Hey Sade Good morning

Good morning Sean Good morning Kayla Good morning So I just wanted to tell you, Cut and Slices also has a Queens location. So if you're flying out of one of the Queens airports, you can go there as well. We're in Queens.

You didn't know that? No. Yeah, it's Cut and Slices in Brooklyn and Queens. I didn't know Queens. I just saw Brooklyn. Give me that info. Yes, there is a Queens location in Cambria. So if you're flying out of there,

it's right there. You can fly over. Where you live? Is it JFK or LaGuardia? LaGuardia. Oh, no, that's nowhere near. It's on Linden Boulevard. If y'all are listening,

you should bring a slice to the studio right now. I don't know. It's on Linden Boulevard, right? Yes, yes it is. What about Linden what? I don't know. Also, I wanted to shout out

my little fash baby, my son. He'll be seven on Monday. Sincere, I love you. Oh, man, my man Splash just hit me. Yep. He said, yep. FYI, there's a Queens location of Cut the Slice on Linden by Francis Lewis. No long lines other than the opening two

weeks ago. Oh, say no more. Okay, great. Alright, thank you, Splash. Yeah, I'm definitely the one. You gotta give me some book recommendations. I love to read. I know you always got to drop on a good book. Oh, I'll tell you a good book. Read Michael Harriot's Black AF History. That's what it's called.

Okay, I got you. I'll get it right now. Oh, and another good book is Black Woman Must Die, Exhausted by Jane Allen. I just finished it. It's an amazing book. Black Woman Must Die, Exhausted. Thank you. Appreciate it.

The title's misleading, but it's really good. You too now. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way. What are we talking about? We are talking about Ari Lennox, and she might have to put the pause on somebody, but I'm going to let you know soon.

All right. We'll get into that 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.

Let's get to the rumors. We got Chris Kalen, our guest co-host. Let's go. This is The Rumor Report. I am here. All the way from the 843. Straight from Charleston. You already know. Tell us, baby. We got Chris Kalen. Yeah, I'm away already, you know. On The Breakfast Club. Of course, you have the internet, but we have to debunk some rumors. Talk about it. All right. Good morning, everyone. So we know Ari Lennox is performing. She's opening up for Rod Wave on his tour. And she was singing, actually.

She was doing Pressure, an amazing performance. And a fan got upset because they were ready for Rod Wave to come out. So they started throwing things at Ari Lennox. And we know Ari for being a sweet, beautiful songbird. Well, she got real. we got the audio for it Don't you ever disrespect a beautiful black woman on a fucking stage like that. I'm going to fucking fuck you up. That's the fucking right. Who did it, bitch? Who fucking did it?

Right. Come here, bitch. Come here. Let's do it. Come here, bitch. You a bitch. That's right. You could not even be as good as a bitch.

That's right. That's right, bitch. You're dumb. You're weak. You'll never be. Jesus. First of all, why is Ari Lennox opening up for Rod Wee? That's weird, right? Yeah, that is weird. You're dumb. You're weak. You'll never be. Jesus. First of all, why is Ari Lennox opening up for Rod Wave?

That's weird, right? Yeah, that is weird. But I mean, he's a singer, songer type thing. I appreciate Rod Wave, and I definitely appreciate Ari Lennox, but I feel like Ari Lennox has no business opening up for Rod Wave. No. That feels like two different audiences. His crowd is completely different. In my mind, I feel like his crowd is like Facebook people if that makes sense like people on facebook have like this thing

it just reminds me of facebook raw wave if you have you ever seen raw wave fans no don't listen don't come at me on instagram but y'all ever seen y'all have y'all ever seen y'all i've never seen raw wave i like raw wave yeah i just don't think they have the same demo and that's why they thought it was okay to throw stuff at her on stage. And I would never understand why y'all go to people's shows just to throw things at them. But, I mean, I guess it makes sense now because it technically isn't Ari's show. They went to see Rod Wave.

It's a Rod Wave show. But if you do like somebody, right, if you're a Rod Wave fan, clearly Rod Wave has Ari opening up for him because he likes Ari. So, it's respect Rod to not want to throw something at Ari Lennox. And I think you should be charged with assault if you throw things at people. Absolutely. I agree. You should get your ass whooped.

Whether you hit them or not. I didn't say that. I said you should be charged with assault. I think they should get their ass whooped. You throw a bottle at somebody and they're performing. I agree with both. No, no. Because you're performing.

They throw a bottle and hit you in the head with a bottle? Yeah, no. That's disrespectful. That's crazy. And that's self-defense. Because if her security defends her, they have the right to, especially if you hit her. But I think you in the head with a bottle yeah no that's disrespectful yes that's crazy self-defense because if her security defends her they have the right to especially if you hit her but i think you should be charged with assault either way what you know just for throwing something whether you hit her or not you should be charged and now i see why cardi b chopped that girl with a mic because sometimes y'all deserve because y'all run out

all right next story now this one kind of threw me for a loop but hey so aretha franklin you know when she passed away it was a lot of confusion about her will and who gets the money. Well, her son was granted the real estate from her will because he found the will in her couch. So everyone was just like, it's no right. It's like it's no way that this could be right. But a Michigan judge has awarded her son for a handwritten will that was found in her couch after her death in 2018. So the ruling came four months after they decided to make the statement. And I was just really shocked.

So her son got all the coins. Yeah, I hope that will is real, though. And we also have audio of the report. OK. The real development was back, I guess, in July when the jury decided which of the wills was going to be enforced. And this is just Judge Callahan sort of figuring out what that means. Aretha died from pancreatic cancer in 2018 and did not have a formal typed up will triggering a legal fight amongst her children. This past summer, a jury decided a handwritten document from 2014 found under couch cushions would suffice and on monday a judge

decided that document revoked previous papers found in her home back in 2010 aretha didn't expect that there would be five years of litigation between her four boys over which of those wills hanging out there was the right one um and had she in 2014 managed to get to counsel and and have that drafted it would have been clearer as to what was going on and there would have there wouldn't have been all these issues so wait all of them had their own handwritten no no no no it was one it was one that they found in the couch they said they said they found it in the couch yeah they're looking through the couch it was a handwritten will uh this i think uh superseded the will that she did with her attorney years before how though that don't make any sense if you do it with the attorney shouldn't the one with the attorney be the one they said it had her

handwriting with her uh initials and a smiley face so clearly that superseded everything how can that supersede the the will you do with your attorney you are your question is just as good as mine but her son uh keela franklin he got the main home in Michigan, which is valued at one point one million. But it's worth much more now. So she passed her other son, Ted White, the second. He got the property in Detroit, but the house was sold for three hundred thousand. So he'll get the proceeds. And her last son, her third son, Edward Franklin, he was awarded another property. But I didn't say where that property is located. That's sad when you pass and your kids are fighting for the money like that that is sad you you would want you would hope that you know whatever your mom wanted her best wishes that you know you would possibly do

you wouldn't want to fight for anything you would hope all the kids were on the same page all the kids could share all of the assets you would hope all the kids could share all of the money that's what you would want but you, you know, money makes you do crazy things. Absolutely. Money will make you do crazy things. All right. That's some guy in my only child. All right.

So videotaping of Young Thug's trial will no longer be permitted. So the trial kicked off on Monday and the media was able to watch it in real time. But unfortunately, on day three, which was yesterday, some videographers were a little careless and they were footage that showed some of the jurors. So according to legal affairs journalist Megan, the video started circulating quickly and social media users immediately started to identify some of the jurors and it sounds really

scary if you are a juror. So the judge ruled that the video will no longer be allowed in the courtroom, which may include the live screen. So recording audio is permitted and jury members being identified is a breach of security obviously so it is being reported that the jurors who have been identified may be swapped out with alternate jurors definitely gonna we want to be swapped out absolutely nobody's gonna want to be part of that case but do you think

that like maybe they did it on purpose yes yeah i think so too yes nobody's gonna want to be a part of that case would you want to be a part of that case they got your face all over the place and they say your name not at all guilty or not guilty it depends nope you know it depends like if if things go favorable for young thug you're a hero if things don't not you have to have a conversation you know i'll you know i'll think about yesterday though young thug at least from what we've seen he's been handling this very well. Because if you think about it, it's been almost two years. You haven't seen any rants from him on social media.

He hasn't even commented about gunning. He hasn't commented about nothing. At all. When you see him in the courtroom, he's just calm, cool, collective. He looks healthy. He looks healthy. Yeah, he's been handling this very well. Well, he has to have a really strong mental.

I know Mariah, the scientist, she said they talk about getting married all the time. Now, I will say, if you haven't messed with a guy who in jail, they will tell you that they will marry you when they get out. And that is not the case. Does that happen to you? Oh, no, no, no. But my brother, he did sometimes. So a lot of girls thought that they was going to marry him when they got out. So that was just a whole bunch of chaos.

All right. That is your rumor report all right when we come back we got front page news tesla figaro be joining us it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club your mornings will never be the same morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we have chris calen here our guest co-host. Let's get some front page news. Morning, Tess. Good morning, DJ Emi. Good morning, Chris.

Good morning, Charlamagne Tha God. Peace, Tess. Now, if you're just joining us, I told you guys earlier that Aaron Rodgers is cleared for practice. Now, this is 11 weeks after his Achilles surgery. Pointless. Yeah. Completely pointless. Don't make any sense.

He too old for that. He too old for that. He need to relax, rest his nerves, and if he want to come back and play next year, do that. But right now, yeah. Completely pointless. Don't make any sense. He too old for that. He too old for that. He need to relax, rest his nerves, and if he want to come back and play next year, do that. But right now, no. Yeah, I ain't going to lie. I was tapped out yesterday. I went through, I jumped through one of the little kiddie jumpies yesterday,

and my arm was hurt. Like, I was hurt. I was in pain yesterday. I ain't going to lie. Did you get a new jazz friend? Yeah, I did take a jazz friend. I was hurt. I was hurt yesterday.

But he too old for that. Now, also, the Seahawks play some bums tonight. That happens at 8 p.m. The Seahawks play my Dallas Cowboys tonight. I'm trying to figure out what it's on. I don't know if it's on Amazon Prime or Fox. Like, what is it on? I don't think it's on Amazon Prime. It's on Prime.

Yeah, I think it's on Prime. Okay. Well, I'll be watching tonight. Okay. All right. Well, let's jump right into it. Now, Americans need an extra $11,000, Taz? Mm-hmm.

Yeah, an extra $11,400 just to be able to afford the basics. Now, doing the math, that's about an extra $950 a month. It may not seem like a lot to many, but that is what the average American needs just to pay bills. Now, inflation is now cooling, they say, but according to the Bank Rate Survey, 60% of working Americans say that there aren't they are not feeling it. According to recent analysis of government data, the typical American household must spend an additional eleven thousand four hundred and thirty four dollars annually just to maintain the same standard of living they enjoyed in January 2021 right before inflation soared to 40 year highs. Now, the the average hourly pay for workers has increased 13.6

percent. So that's good news. But since January 2021, there's still pockets of inflation hitting consumers. When I read the report, I thought about you, Envy, because it talks about how the pockets are in places like McDonald's, where Big Macs now cost 10 percent more than in December 2020. Then you have positive things like gas that have went down in 5% from the past year. But there's still these pockets, pockets that you see in food, some pockets fast food, as I mentioned. But people say they need that extra money in order to really feel it. And so that's what you're hearing in politics, on Bidenomics, on you'll hear a lot of folks say, hey, you know, inflation is down, but people are still saying I'm not feeling it in the pockets. Well, an extra from what?

Additional to what number? Like, what's the number that it's an extra to? Because what if I'm only making $5,000 a year? So now I got an extra. I guess they did an average. I guess they did an average.

Yeah, what's the average? That's what I want to know. Like, what's the average number? But like you said, it's sad, right? If you go to McDonald's, anybody that goesdonald's and one of the cheapest meals they have is the number two right that's the two cheeseburger meal that meal right now comes out to eight dollars yeah or in some places nine dollars so could you imagine you working and you're trying to have lunch and lunch is costing you nine dollars but you're not even making nine

dollars an hour it's ridiculous it is ridiculous and you know we was just having this conversation because i told you i just came back from Abu Dhabi. And Abu Dhabi, they have like this labor force where it's like, you know, if you work there, they provide you housing. And then, you know, in this in this labor city, basically, they have like cafeterias. So you get to eat your three, you know, four meals a day and they give you transportation, you know, to and from work. And the crime rate is little to nothing in Abu Dhabi. you know four meals a day and they give you transportation you know to and from work and the crime rate is little to nothing in Abu Dhabi why because people's basic needs are being met right we just need a roof over their head and some food on their plate right it's just that

simple I don't know why America can't get that me neither it's the truth take care of the basics for people you know I realized things were expensive i went to the grocery store and peanut butter was four dollars damn right no everything's expensive yes orange juice is expensive for american dollars i cannot believe now let's talk about these eight workplace trends yeah i want to give you um since we're kind of talking about economics and jobs i wanted to give some some folks what to look for in 2024 on some workplace trends that you're going to see. And let's go through them right quick. One is the return to work office battle that will continue on folks still wanting to be virtual. What would that look like for employers in 2024? Flexibility will continue to be key. People want part time schedules.

They want a little bit more flexibility in that. The five day work week may die. I know you guys are big fans of that as well. Are you still fans of that? Do you want to take off Friday or Monday? Monday. Yeah, I'll take a Monday. You'll take a Monday. OK, well, they are still pushing that.

The DEI conversation. And for those who don't know what that is that's the diversity equity and inclusion um as we remember the supreme court uh ruling on affirmative action um has removed a lot of the dei programs and so they're figuring out how to do that in the workplace some folks saying that forcing diversity uh is a bad thing and it won't stick so that conversation is still happening next year wage pressuresage pressures will continue to subside. Now, we saw a lot of strikes this year and they're saying that next year, fewer notable pay bumps that employers are saying, you know, they won't be doing a lot of compensation increases on 2024. Workers will still prioritize stability. Peak holiday employment season will extend and retirees will return to the workplace are expected to return to the workplace in 2024 i'm with all of that give me i definitely want the four-day work week now you

know sad thing is like you just said about the strikes now you know if you were thinking of striking your business because you wanted more could you possibly strike we just talked about people can't afford mcdonald's so if you strike you're definitely not getting paid so it's definitely scary out there. One thing that jumped out was diversity inclusion. I just when you work at Incorporate and you are the only black person there, you are responsible for diversity, inclusion and putting everything together on top of your own job. So, yeah, that was just a lot was triggering. They're also saying that jobs are expected to slow down in 2024.

So so we'll see, you know, a big a big political year next year so somebody got to figure out something as well because if again if people are not like we had the other story if the inflation has went down but people are not feeling it and jobs are not um you know balancing that out and wages are not balancing out then again we're going to continue to have more problems but as a reminder 400,000 jobs are available now in the holiday season so inflation going down don't mean nothing if people still not making any money right if you're still not making enough money it don't matter if inflation going down because i couldn't afford it when it was up and i can't afford it when it's down because i ain't got no brain i don't know if y'all seen the prices of christmas trees the prices of christmas trees are through the day i'm so happy i have a fig tree what listen they were like for maybe a five fig trees like 125

dollars because my mom gets real trees and i was like well you might want to get a fake one girl all right change so go get your little saw and go in the woods and put in some work and bring album and chipmunk home with you by chance that's it maybe just shake the tree for you bring it in the house jesus yeah. Christmas trees are expensive. Yes, they are. All right. Well, that is your front page news. Thank you, Tez.

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We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. We have Cenk Ugar. Welcome. Thank you, guys. How you doing, brother? Do I say As-salamu alaykum? You can. Okay.

Alaykum as-salam. How are you, sir? Good, good. Absolutely, absolutely. Now, you decided to jump into this presidential race and run for president. I did. I did. In fact, that's the point Charlamagne's making, in a sense, because I'm the first Muslim-born presidential candidate in U.S. history. That's right. So why did you want to jump into this race this crazy race of yeah people and

everything that's going on great question uh it's because joe biden's definitely gonna lose and so we're all on board in the titanic and everybody's looking around like oh there's an iceberg and we're gonna run into it okay yeah and and they're all like we're all good with it we're all good with it i'm not good with it so the the guy's at 37%. No incumbent under 50% wins. He's under 40%. He's 15 points lower than when he barely beat Trump last time in the electoral college. 15 points lower. He's losing independence by 10 points.

He's losing young people by 4 points. There's no Democratic candidate that has any chance of winning if they're losing young voters. He's down to a four-point lead among latinos used to be 42 points for democrats so does this brother look like he's gonna make a 15-point comeback i mean he'd be like he's making 15-minute naps so that he has no chance of winning what and my job is to wake people up and say this guy is in fact i even bought the url biden is going to lose.com wow okay and it redirects to my site because he has almost no chance of winning so what i'm doing is i'm on the board of the titanic and people go oh you're not the captain you shouldn't be you it shouldn't

be you i say okay that's fair but it's got to be somebody okay so i'm lunging into the captain's quarters and turning that wheel. Let's go. We got to turn it. It can't be Biden. I like democracy. I want to keep it. Same. I want to go back to just who you are, because I know a lot of people are watching this and

they're like, oh, they know you from the Young Turks. Yeah. Tell us what the Young Turk Network is for people who don't know. Yeah. So we started this 21 years ago. We're actually the oldest show in internet history. Wow. Okay. There were shows on before us, but they they all went under so we're the last man standing we're the first

partner ever for youtube we're the third partner for facebook so we've been around forever we're the ogs of youtube we're the first youtube partner ever so i'm the original youtuber and we now have five billion views a year and it's a network that has dozens of hosts and like for example our second largest show is indisputable with dr rashad ritchie okay and he is excellent he's out of atlanta he's as good as it gets so we got young turks we got indisputable we got damage report nina turner uh ida rodriguez ebony williams used to be uh on young turks like half the folks you see on tv charles coleman folks that are on like streaming networks etc so we're on youtube and facebook of course there are pillars but we're also on all of the roku uh pluto samsung tv you

name it as a 24-hour channel so basically basically, we're progressives, and the reason why we've become so popular, I started with nothing. We started in my living room with zero dollars. My name is Cenk Uygur. I got no connections, none, right? It's not like everybody's saying, oh, the Muslims are on Hollywood. Okay. So we had nothing, and we rose up because people were like yes yes why why don't more people say

that when we were on the air in 2002 2003 we're like what are you guys nuts we're gonna go into iraq iraq didn't even attack us and so everybody that listened was like finally i thought i was the crazy one they didn't attack us did they no they didn't so we've been saying stuff like that ever since so i was 100 against bush and cheney uh they did the no they didn't so we've been saying stuff like that ever since so i was a hundred percent against bush and cheney uh they did the torture they did the wars etc i was a million percent on obama's side so when obama came in and he started doing things that were conservative i was like no sorry okay but you shouldn't be drilling in the gulf three weeks later it blows up right so you gotta challenge. And the point of media is to challenge the powerful no matter who they are. Right.

I've always appreciated what Young Turks does. You know, I've always appreciated the commentary. And it makes me wonder, do you think you would be more effective as a president or as a host on Young Turks? Who can speak truth to power? Because in an era right now, we have all of this fake news and you know you can't really trust you know political pundits you know what do you where do you think you'd be more effective yeah so charlotte i mean you're totally right like there's a reason why i'm in media and i and i went in and tried a couple of different things and so and i think media is more powerful i think fox news was way more powerful than than the presidents right they would drive the agenda and they pretty much got bush elected back in 2000 so and trump really and trump uh but in the case of bush they just literally cheated they just declared him the

president when he wasn't right on the night of the election but that's a long story but bottom line is yeah we're top 10 network already on all of the platforms that we're on but we're going to go to number one so look our my job as the guy who's the founder and the ceo of the company is to make sure we beat santa so i'm not playing around tv's going down and we're going up we get 400 million views a month and and we got over 27 million subscribers so we keep skyrocketing every year and those folks keep going down so why bother doing the presidential thing because the only thing that could stop us is if trump wins in 2024 and then trump you know this is the media yeah this today he's targeting the media and he was

talking about how he's gonna maybe even arrest the ceo of msnbc well i'm the ceo of tyt and we kick his ass 10 000 times more than msnbc like biden and msnbc well i'm the ceo of tyt and we kick his ass 10 000 times more than msnbc like biden and msnbc barely lay a glove on him compared to us right i did uh in 2016 i did 100 days in a row of a segment we call loser donald explaining to people what a loser he is he's bankrupted six companies that was true social it's going to be seven companies these guys keep calling him a racist sexist all this stuff but we all know that we all know that that's not working anymore number one you got to have a positive message of your own the democrats don't deliver on that nearly enough and number two you got to hit him where his theoretical strength is he's like oh i'm a big great businessman

and you're like brother you've never had a successful company. Never. All your companies are bankrupt. You hide your grades like a little spoiled. He's still hiding his high school grades. What kind of a loser does that? But Biden, he's, I'm a gentleman. You know, my Republican friends, he starts. Brother, we don't have time for your Republican friends. So my point is, the reason I got in charlamagne is because we gotta turn the wheel

we cannot lose democracy right before we're all about to win you know in 2028 we're in awesome shape the left is progressives are the young are totally on our side and now the young are all the way up to 50 but we can't win if biden lost the young yeah biden sucks you know what's so interesting um i i the thing that gets me about trump even now is like why do you think american people support a person who is who clearly doesn't believe in the constitution like these are the same people who get mad when you take a knee you know for during the national anthem but you're okay with a president who clearly does not support the constitution why yeah they they have a thousand excuses right and everybody's in their own little

cult right in their own little bubble so in the trump cult they're like no when you bankrupt businesses that means you're a good businessman no it doesn't it means you bankrupted him right when he says hey i want to suspend the constitution they're like that means he's really pro-constitution no it doesn't it means he's against the constitution he thinks that the constitution is a pain in the ass because he'd like to be dictator. Every time he goes and talks to the North Korean leader, the Chinese leader comes back and goes, man, they stand up and applaud for him and it's so great and everybody has to do exactly what he says. Yeah, that's because he's a dictator, idiot.

Right? And the thing is, he wants that. That's why he wanted to suspend the Constitution. You guys know that they had a three-hour meeting uh before january 20th about rolling out the tanks and everybody in the trump administration to their credit by the way threatened to quit if trump rolled out the tanks against the american people that's who he is he hates america he doesn't even believe in america he thinks america would be much better if it was a dictatorship run by me right so no we and and imagine how bad joe biden is that he's like 77 of the country's worried that he's not going to be mentally healthy enough in his second term

when three quarters of the country says we don't know if you're even going to make it through a second term and democracy's on the line and he's like i don't care i don't care that i'm 81 i don't care that i'm 15 pounds down from where I was. I don't care that three quarters of the country doesn't want me to run. I don't care. I want two terms. All right. We got more with Cenk Uygur when we come back.

Of course, he's running for president, the first Muslim candidate. And we're going to chop it up with him some more 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. We're still kicking it with Cenk Uygur. He's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Cenk Uygur. He's the first Muslim candidate for president. All right, Charlamagne. What about this uptick in, you know, allegedly you see these polls saying that 22% of black people are going to support Donald Trump. I mean, they're probably over-indexing a lot. But what do you think? No, I think it's real. But I'm seeing it a lot more. I see it a lot more. Yeah, yeah, me too. 22 over indexing a lot but what do you think? No I think it's real But I'm seeing it a lot more I think it's a lot more

22% would be a lot but I do know it's an uptick but 22% that seems like it would be a lot You're right except for the fact that like I said with Latinos Democrats had a 42 point lead in 2012 Here we are just 11 years later down to 4 points

and I think that what is happening with blacks, Latinos, young people, etc is people going I just had enough of it we are just 11 years later down down to four points and i think that what is happening with blacks latinos young people etc is people going i just had enough of it like the democrats are always talking a great game and then they just never do it they just never do it so that it's like it's impossible not to get super frustrated and the thing that trump has that's appealing to uh some voters that honestly aren't are just not that into politics. Right. But they're getting but they're like, OK, Biden's too old. I can see that. Right. And so I don't want to vote for that guy.

But secondarily, Trump's one thing that the Democrats in D.C. don't get is he gave a middle finger to the establishment and people love that. Right now, it's fake because it's like he's not doing it for the people he's doing it for himself right and so he's funneling money to his properties etc set up but i don't know if you guys remember that johnny cash uh uh album cover from way back in the day where he he's in fulsome prison and gives a middle finger on the album cover okay and that's what and people love that because they're like, screw the establishment, screw the powerful. And it looks on the surface, if you don't look deep into it, that Trump is saying, screw the establishment, screw the powerful. And there's a lot of regular Americans, white folks, black folks, Latino folks who are like, yes, screw the powerful.

And what's the Democrats answer? They're like, oh, we'll pick the most pro-establishment people in earth hillary clinton joe biden and and say oh no the powerful are great the establishment is great why don't you vote for us again and again we'll do close to nothing so that's why yeah i'm all for people i'm all for anybody who says screw the establishment but you can't say screw the constitution like you know like like he like he literally said he never swore to support the Constitution. He said he didn't take the oath to support. Well, he took the oath. Which he literally did.

The oath was protect, preserve, and defend. But he said, splitting hairs, I didn't say support. Right. Like, how could you support any candidate who doesn't support the Constitution? I don't understand it. So to that point, Charmaine, when we say screw the system what do we mean right just like what do we mean by conservative right so when you say screw the system and you mean the corruption of people getting campaign contributions and doing exactly what their donors tell them to do then

yes screw the system but if you mean the constitution and democracy no no no no no we like that part yeah We like that part. That's the part we're trying to preserve. Yes. Yeah. So I don't understand how anybody could support someone who clearly does not support the Constitution. That's mind-boggling to me. Yeah, 100%.

And so I'm in the same exact situation as you. And you talk about President Biden. I feel, you know, when you say President Biden should step aside, then what's the plan B? Like you named some names, but it's like when you start saying, when you say President Biden should step aside, then what's the plan B? Like you heard you named some names, but like it's like when you start saying you got to reach for celebrities. It's like, damn, you know, is the bench really that thin? Jon Stewart. I keep hearing people saying Gretchen Whitmer. This country will never elect a liberal woman ever. I think I think Nikki Haley would stand a good good chance because I think Nikki Haley, you know, she's already going to have the GOP.

The GOP is already going to fall in line. And I think to the point you just made, people are looking for such an alternative that I think she would probably have more of a rainbow coalition than people would expect. So Nikki Haley, unfortunately, would landslide Biden. She'd win super easy, like made probably by 10 points. It wouldn't even be a contest. I mean, guys, look, Biden's going to lose to almost anyone, right? He's already losing so badly to Trump. You put in someone not insane and he's going to routed and she seems not insane yeah she's not

insane now having said that she's a corporatist i mean like she will do anything a donor asks her to do right she's that's that's her whole shtick is what do the donors say yes sir no absolutely sir right now but if you're talking about the Democratic side, so, you know, sure. Obviously, we're in the race. Jank for America dot com. And I would actually deliver, et cetera. But I get it, guys. Like, I'm a two percent right now in a Quinnipiac poll.

Sure. I'm meeting a couple of governors, but we got a long way to go. But if people say Biden's the best we got and we all think he's almost definitely going to lose. Well, that means you've given up on the Democratic Party. You're saying and you're saying there's just nobody who could run. Look, my ultimate dream was back in the day, I tried to help Nina Turner win in Cleveland because she's such a fighter, so great, right on all the issues.

If she had won that race, she'd be perfectly positioned right now. Absolutely. Love Nina. And so, guys, basically, i got tired of asking right and so we tried to get nina in a position to win we you know we busted our ass for bernie in 2016 2020 okay so now i asked everybody to come in i you know and you're right it's kind of it's a little bit break glass in case of emergency to talk about me, to talk about Jon Stewart, to talk about people in media and entertainers. But guys, who's Trump? Trump started at 1% in 2015, and all he was was a celebrity.

And because he's a celebrity, they allowed him all over TV. So you guys are awesome. This is one of my top shows that I wanted to be on, and thank you for letting me come on here jakeforamerica.com but it's harder for a guy like me to get a cnn town hall and to get appearances uh enough appearances on those places to be able to break through because if people hear my message they're like yeah wait a minute paid family leave that's moms taking 12 weeks off after they have a baby it's at 84 why don't the democrats even try but also your competition to cnn let's keep it on youtube yeah look it could be yeah and so that's part of it

but for a guy like john stewart he'd be all over tv instantly right like if you ran charlotte main you'd be all over tv instantly right and so that gives you a huge advantage and right now politics is media like the number one thing the number two thing you need in politics is the presidential level is money the number one thing you need is media and so anyone who could break through to the media instantly has a shot if trump started at one percent and i started two percent you're telling me john stewart doesn't have a shot you don't have a shot, it's a whole new day in America. I'm telling you right now, I'm voting for Jon Stewart in a heartbeat. Right?

I promise you. If Jon Stewart was a now that he'd run for president, I am out there stomping for Jon Stewart. I believe in Jon Stewart just that much. What about you, Charlamagne? No. Jon Stewart, absolutely. All right, when we come back, we got more with Cenk Uygur. When we come back, he's running for president.

The first Muslim candidate, all right? We're going to talk to him some more. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Cenk Uygur.

He's the first Muslim candidate for president, all right? Now, I got a question. What do you think Americans' biggest needs are? What do you think that Americans should be focused on? I mean, people talk about the money that they're sending overseas for fights and wars and we can't even help our own. So what do you think it is? Hamas you're killing over 5,000 children in there no why why do those bombs say made in the USA I don't want it I don't want to send any more money you end the occupation we go back to giving you money god bless we're happy to do it okay uh so enough enough was or whenever we ask for something paid family leave mom's getting 12 weeks off everybody Everybody wants it. Like, oh, no money. Okay, student debt relief.

Everybody wants it. Oh, no money. A higher minimum wage. You get a $15 minimum wage. That pushes everybody's wages up. They're like, oh, that'll drive inflation. No, brother, we already have inflation. That'll mean your salaries can keep up with inflation.

Why is your salary the only thing that can't go up, right? So higher minimum wage, lower drug prices. These are things that help us so much that affect your day-to-day lives if i win and i don't get those things passed then i was useless right because who cares who wins the only question is do you pass bills or don't you pass bills if you don't pass the bill for voting rights then you don't have the voting rights that you need so like all this bs but every time we say we need something they say no we don't have the money right then the minute there's a war they're like we got plenty of money we got plenty of you hey ukraine you want money israel you want money defensive department you

want money you know every year the pentagon fails an audit and they say okay we gave you 800 billion dollars how much of it can you track they're like we tracked about 400 billion so you lost 400 billion dollars in the couch and now you're going to tell me that we don't have enough money for higher wages and lower drug prices and public option and you name all these things that the american people want that all poll above 70 seven out of 10 americans want it and all we hear from democrats and republicans is we don't have the money and in a minute there's a war they're like oh we got plenty of money plenty of money let's go let's go let's give them it's unbelievable so if i was the president and now this would shake them to their core and they say

oh this is disqualifying this guy is not he doesn't want to give all of our money to defense contractors okay i would cut the pentagon's budget in half and go you pass an audit you get the other half if you can't tell me where the 400400 billion is, I'm not going to give you $400 billion. You find out where the hell it is, then we have a conversation. Cenkforamerica.com. What do you say to people who say it's too late for somebody to jump in now and challenge Joe Biden? Yeah, nonsense. So first off, me, Marianne, Dean Phillips, we're on all the ballots.

Not all of them, but enough of them to win easily. Okay. So not too late at all for any of us. What if Jon Stewart jumped in in January? Look, here's the thing. If Jon Stewart jumps in in January and Biden hasn't jumped out, it might be too late because they might not change the rules. That's why my job is to knock biden out because when i knock biden out they're going to change all the rules it's not going to

be like they're gonna oh let's marianne williamson is in second place let's let her win right no they're gonna be like oh no no no the filing deadlines are moved because of extraordinary circumstances governor newsom who's been warming up in the bullpen this whole time you know they're gonna be like this like you know i don't want him, I don't want him either. I don't want him either. But I'll take a win because my point is to get to 2028. We get to 2028, we win everything, right? Then Nina's back. Everybody's back. Okay.

Right. But we just got to survive. Democracy just has to survive. Right. So, but Newsom, look, he'll be in the primary. So will Whitmer, Pritzker. Pritzker's got a billion dollars. Right.

Shapiro is governor of Pennsylvania he beat uh a Trump acolyte by 15 points right he would carry Pennsylvania instantly so let those all guys come in and let's all fight right and let's let the best man win or let the best woman win and so I'm good and and they will definitely definitely change the deadlines it's not like they're gonna be like oh no governor Newsom sorry you can't michigan's gone south carolina's gone uh we're just gonna give it to marianne or jank or dean it's not gonna happen you all know they're gonna change right so the minute biden says i'm not running anymore is the minute we have a real primary and we get a strong democrat to go kick trump's ass stop talking about how much you like republicans start fighting them start fighting them and start fighting for your voters i'm so

tired of democrats who never deliver for their voters and never fight for their voters i agree the reality is biden needed to drop out yes that's just the that's just the reality yeah before because when i was trying to get people in earlier i tried to get progressives governors etc then we had enough time for them to meet the filing deadlines now we since we don't anymore we gotta knock biden out and so how do we knock biden out we wound his ego okay because it's all about ego he's a narcissist you guys know that in washington two terms is considered a legendary president and one term is considered a loser. So that's what's in Biden's head.

I don't want to be a one-term president. I don't care how old I am. I don't care how low a chance I have winning. I have to be a two-term president. Why ego? So if ego is your main goal, then we're going to hurt your ego. Okay. I bought selfish Joe Biden.com.

Like I'm going to hurt you. ego okay i bought selfish joe biden.com like i'm gonna hurry guys i bought wounded antelope.com okay okay because this brother's a wounded antelope that's what he is and he's trying to like oh i got this i got this no you don't no you don't yeah i did only have one more question but now i'm thinking about it. Vice President Harris has no shot. It's a complete wash for her, huh? No, look, what are they going to do? Keep her out of the primary? No, of course not. She'd be in the primary, right? And so the primary is to pick the strongest candidate, right?

So if I was a governor somewhere right now, I'd probably be up 40 points, right? Because everybody's like, well, that brother's strong, right? He seems like he means it because I do mean it right but okay fine so kamala harris comes i'm not a governor right and so kamala harris comes in if she beats newsom and whitmer etc then great that means she's the strongest candidate let's go with kamala harris if i'm kamala harris i'd be like come for me okay come for me let's do this let's let this. She's got a chance to be president. She has the best chance to be president. She's the vice president of the United States. I mean, I would welcome

it if I was her, right? But she's worried because she doesn't like to run. And so if you don't like to run, well, then we can't have you run against Trump. But prove me wrong. I'd be super happy if she proved me wrong. Final question. Obama got a lot of heat from just his middle name being Hussein. Do think america is ready for a fully muslim american to be nominated

and win yeah definitely okay so everybody knew his middle name was hussein right and because republicans are cool barack hussein obama and stuff did you know that after inauguration in his first term he was at 83 approval so that is the overwhelming majority of americans including the overwhelming majority of white republicans okay i'm sorry white folks republicans etc saying yeah that barack hussein obama is my guy okay i approve so people misunderstand yeah is there racism of course is there sexism of course right did it hurt hillary clinton it did right but people can get past anything as long as they think you're going to deliver for them as long racism of course is there sexism of course right did it hurt hillary clinton it did right but people can get past anything as long as they think you're going to deliver for them as long as this guy is

going to represent me and get me change and so what i go on republican shows and you see how much smack i talk about trump but they walk out going on i respect the guy because it's obvious that he doesn't want the corruption he hates this corrupt system because it's obvious that he doesn't want the corruption. He hates this corrupt system. And it's obvious that he's going to try to deliver for us. Like when you go to get higher wages, you know, if you're a Democrat, you don't go, oh, but not to Republicans. No, you give it to everybody. Right. And when you try to lower drug prices and you got a white Republican family in Missouri or anywhere going, well, I don't like that he's Muslim.

I don't know much about Muslims, but I hear this and that, right? But he's going to lower my drug prices? And I believe him? Yeah, okay. I'm going to go for it. How can people support you? The website is jankforamerica.com. Jank is tough spelling. It's C-E-N-K. It's a Turkish name.

It's pronounced like a J. Jankforamerica.com. But don't worry because Bidenisgonnalose.com is easy to remember it goes to the same place okay and wounded antelope.com wounded antelope.com the selfish selfish joe biden.com okay that's all i'll get you the right place jesus i thoroughly enjoyed this conversation thank you so much and definitely pick up his book justice is coming and thank you for joining us this morning. All right. Thank you guys.

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All right. So, Kiki Palmer speaks on relationship issues in her latest podcast. So, Kiki Palmer has been dealing with her own relationship issues in front of the world, as we all know. And in the latest episode of her podcast, this is kiki palmer she got into a different relationship issues in general so she was accompanied by her mom and her mom sharon and dr drew and first she spoke about being naive about misogyny because she never saw that because of the way her dad respected her mom and we have the audio for that i've been really naive because

my my dad is great and my uncles are great. So misogyny came at me hard and quick with the quickness. I grew up in a house where my mom would say, this is what needs to be in there. I'd be like, okay, Sharon, go ahead, Sharon. You know what I mean? So for me, when I entered outside of my household and I saw that everybody doesn't really respect their wives or even women in the way

That my dad respects my mom. It's a pretty rude awakening and she also asked dr. Drew how to identify if you're the person creating issues in the relationship She is am I the bad one and what I mean by that is right? We are in different dynamics with friends family lovers and you find yourself saying well damn it i'm playing a game on myself and i'm actually the person that's doing wrong and is there so how does someone know if they're and look it takes two to tango right but how does someone know when when they did the wrong thing and they're really the issue how do you know when you're the issue kiki the person who is re-evaluating themselves

trying to do what's right contemplating they could be doing what's wrong that is rarely the person who's doing wrong and they also had a great conversation about compatibility issues between the generations no one ever mentions the reality that's actually you can come from a great home with great parents and it actually ends up making you have an unrealistic expectation on love yeah sure because you think everything's gonna be just chill and everybody's gonna be nice like your mom and dad right well i came from a background let's just first of all let's talk about timing i do think like my generation was totally different we dated the guys in our neighborhood you know we dated the guys we went to school with

yeah went to church with or whatever whereas your generation you guys are dating key people across the world you know what i mean so i do think that there is a compatibility issue you know i wonder uh how many conversations kiki actually had with uh her parents just about their journey right because i think nobody ever talks about the process. So she might have seen her dad, you know, at his most evolved level. Right. In his life, yeah.

I mean, I don't know, but I'm just saying, we don't know if he was always that way. And people definitely evolve. Absolutely. They evolve, but the way you, I guess, treat your wife always comes from someplace, right? Right.

So I always see my dad spoil my mom and buy her flowers and take care of everything in the house. I've seen my Uncle George do the same thing with my Aunt V. I've seen Gia's father do the same thing with Gia's mom. I do it with my daughters and my wife. I spoil them. I make them feel good. I tell them how beautiful they are.

So those are the things that they see. Even through all that, we all still make mistakes. Yeah, we all still make mistakes. But those are the things that you see Even through all that We all still make mistakes Yeah we all still make mistakes But those are the things That you should say So when she says It was a false looking for something She was looking for something

That she's seen her parents do That's not a false That's what you want Subconsciously that's what you want Absolutely But what if you're doing all of that But then you still got A whole other family on the side

You know what I'm saying That's all I'm saying Everybody has their own thing That's it Everybody got their own thing I think that's why I'm saying everybody has their own thing that's it everybody got their own thing I think that's why conversations are very very important

because what you will quickly realize about your parents or you know any older person there's nothing that you know you're doing now that they didn't do

at some point in time as well and there's no perfection there's no perfection there has to be it's all a process that's right but I will say

and she also says something that in this day and age, people can date people from other places. Right. California because of social media. I will say that too, because when you date somebody, you kind of know their bloodline, right? Yeah.

You know their mama. You know their neighbors. You know this. But when you're dating somebody on the other side of the world. You don't know nothing about that person. You don't really know nothing about them. They could be lying. You can't just get to them and set their house on fire.

What? Anyway. What? So, Victoria Monet speaks on her success so we know she wanted to perform at the vmas and she was turned down and now she's like racking up all these grammy collect um grammy nominations so an interviewer asked her about her feelings about that people were very shocked that you were not part of the vmas this year your team were told it was too early in your journey yeah do you feel some vindication now when you look at what your year is ending like it really does feel nice and validating because in my head the reason why I wanted to be a performer at the VMAs or

award ceremonies like that is because I feel like I am at the place where I should I would work really hard to put on the best show that I could and I guess the best way to describe it for me is like when you're like on a sports team and the coach is like now you got to sit this one out when they finally put you in and then you score all these points and it feels like that feeling you're like yes I knew I wasn't tripping I knew I worked hard for this and so it's been super validating to just have these accolades come after a moment like that and I know the fans feel vindicated for me I feel no ill towards them because it's just maybe that's that's just truly how they felt at the time and victoria monet she has seven seven grammy nominations and two soul

train awards definitely deserve it so happy for her and moving on i know the vma has got to feel out of touch absolutely like i mean absolutely how y'all miss How y'all miss that? Y'all miss Victoria Monet told us she wasn't ready but then she got nominated for seven Grammys and two Soul Train Awards. And literally has a top song. Come on, man.

Like top five is about to be a number one record. Jesus Christ, fire all your execs. And Jonathan Major's domestic violence trial began yesterday

so the trial is underway and we have a report to keep us updated on how it's going. He appeared very relaxed and confident. He had what we believe is his now girlfriend by his side, actress Megan Good. He had his Bible in his hand, a coffee mug. His attorney had a lot of questions in reference to how the proceedings

would go, as well as the prosecution. And that's sort of what's being worked out right now. A lot of technicalities. So the first issue that they address is wanting to close the proceedings off to the public. And the judge ultimately decided that certain parts will be closed to the public to protect some of the rights of the defense to make sure that Majors gets a fair trial. But right now they're deciding on whether or not there will be a motion to keep certain information sealed and i just want to say i don't know if y'all saw the video but he actually went to sax and got a nice suit he did not look like he was dressed like a slave handler so i am very happy that he had a nice suit on he looked very decent like he stepped off of gq so for once shout out to his stylist.

They did what they needed to do. You didn't like him in GQ? He was dapping GQ, wasn't he? I know what you're saying. Yes. There's just a look. A lot of times he's dressed like all his pictures should be in black and white. That's it.

I don't know how to describe it, but that is his aesthetic. So yesterday he had on a nice gray tailored suit, nice shoes, not the combat boots. I was happy. I get what you're saying. Damn it, man. All right. And that is your rumor report. Charlemagne, donkey today?

Man, four after the hour, man. We may be on to something here, but his man's name is Kenneth Kelly. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. He was caught pleasuring himself in a convenience store, but we'll discuss. There's more to it. Okay. All right. We'll get to that next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings more to it. Okay. All right. We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. I was donkey up the deep. Maybe. Damn, the hee-haw again. It's time for donkey up the deep.

I ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. I called donkey up the the day and it really caught me off guard damn solomon who got the donkey of the day today well just hilarious donkey of the day for thursday november 30th goes to a 54 year old iowa city man named kenneth kelly kenneth was arrested for pleasuring himself in front of customers at a convenience store yes kenneth was arrested for playing five on one. OK, doing a manual override in front of customers at a local convenience store. Now, some people are doing what they do best.

And that's victim blaming, but not blaming the customers who had to witness Kenneth Kelly celebrate Palm Sunday. They are blaming the convenience store. Yes, some people are saying the convenience store was asking for it. Some people are saying that the convenience store played a role in what happened and should be partly responsible for Kenneth Kelly boxing the one-eyed champ in front of customers. Why do they think the store is partly to blame? Well,

it's because of the name of the store. What do you mean, Uncle Charlotte? Because of the name of the store. Let's go to TBC News for the report, please. An Iowa City man was arrested on a warrant stemming from an incident where he allegedly followed customers in a convenience store and masturbated in front of them. Customers called 911 to report that an unknown male had said sexual things to them and began masturbating in their presence. The victims were able to provide a description of the man, identified as 54-year-old Kenneth

Kelly of Wayne Avenue. When officers confronted Kelly at his apartment, he denied it was him. The victims of the incident, though, positively identified him during a photo line-up. I'm sorry, but it's hard to keep a straight face when talking about this one. Police obtained a search warrant and seized clothing that matched surveillance video and traffic cameras from the incident. After being read as Miranda rights, Kelly allegedly claimed he wasn't exposing himself and was instead scratching his genitals. Kelly was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor punishable by a jail term of up to a year if convicted. For TBC News, I'm Barry White.

Well, that news report left out the best part. And the best part is the name of the store. The store is called the Come and Go Convenience Store. What? The Come and Go Convenience Store. The Come and Go Convenience Store. The Come and Go Convenience Store. And come is spelled K-U-M. Are you serious?

I got to Google this. I am absolutely 100% serious. I don't know how the news report left that out. That's the best part. Google it. Tell me if I'm lying. Google it. And if you only know you can charlatan me playing sometimes.

It's not called the Come and Go. It's called Come and Go. With a K? What the hell is he talking about? What do you mean it's not called the Come and Go? It's called Come and Go. It's called Come and Go. You said the? What the hell is he talking about? What do you mean it's not called the come and go? It's called come and go. It's called come and go. You said the come.

No, it's called come and go. It's crazy. Wow. And maybe that's what the gentleman was doing. Okay, well. Now, if I say come as you are, if I say come here, and I spell it K-U-M instead of C-O-M-E, and somebody decided to shake hands with the milkman and hit me with some clam sauce, am I at fault?

Words matter, okay? But spelling of words matter more. So Kenneth Kelly is wrong. But he might have a slight point. He might have a slight case simply because why did you spell come like that? All right. Listen, everybody on this planet isn't the brightest. Some folks on this planet are dumb and looking for direction. Some people are always looking for signs. So if you cruising and old Custard Slinger starts to stand at attention,

then you see a sign that says come and go and come and spelled K-U-M. You're probably going to pop in and see what's going on. My question is, what in that convenience store turned him on? Was it the customers? Was it a bunch of good looking men and women walking around? Or was it something on the shelf in the store? I consulted with the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee and he said it was probably the holiday tasty cakes According to him the holiday tasty cakes are fresh because they have to be made annually specifically for this season

So that could be it And now that I think about it, I think the president of the fat lives matter committee thinks I said what would make him hungry No, I said horny Horny, sir. Jesus. Uh, here's the thing all men visit the safety deposit box from time to time we all butter our muffins but there is absolutely zero reason to hold your sausage hostage in a public place regardless of what the convenience store is called now what else bothers me about this story is what if this store was really a place where people could come and go how many caution wet floor signs would the store need we slipping on semen if come If come and go was actually what Kenneth Kelly thought it was, I would never buy a sticky bun from there.

Okay. And if come and go was actually what Kenneth Kelly thought it was, imagine violating the no shoes, no service policy. We slipping on semen. Walk in with no shoes if you want to. Ew. The moral of this story is come and go convenience store and every customer in there is a victim. Let's not victim blame just because the name of the store is hilarious. Please give Kenneth Kelly the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons.

Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day you are the donkey of the day yee haw maybe there is a way to combine all these things for real though like maybe there is a need in the marketplace for a convenience store or fast food establishment

where you can also pleasure yourself I don't think so I'm just gonna give it a strong no if it was fast food establishment where you can also pleasure yourself. I don't think so. I'm just going to give it a strong no. If it was, come and go with the perfect name for it. It is.

The closest one to us is in Colorado. Really? 1,600 miles away. Krispy Kreme would be good too. Oh, God. Andy's frozen custard. You know what I was thinking?

So this is in America, but you know like sometimes how they say like words in America, like they're spelled weird and like, so maybe that's why he spelled it K- this is in America. But you know like sometimes how they say like words in America, like they're spelled weird. And like, so maybe that's why he spelled it K-U-M. Because technically, you know, that's pronounced correctly. But I don't know.

But you're from Colorado, so you should know. You don't want to play a game? No. I do. I want to play a game. But there's other names that are good though, like BJ's. Right? Yeah.

BJ's. In-N-Out. In-N-Out. In-N-Out could definitely work or you can make up your own names like chick-fil-a the pipe oh you don't think so chick-fil-a the pipe what about pizza butt you wouldn't go to pizza but but not go to pizza but why shake the steak you what about jacking in the box you wouldn't go to help what about for men and women looking for orgies five guys that wouldn't be a thing either?

Five guys. Is it still going to be expensive? It's five guys expensive. Probably be a little bit more expensive. Absolutely. Probably be a little bit more expensive. I just don't know why I thought Wendy's. We got the beef.

What was? Is that we got the beef? No, that's Arby's. We got the meats. Who got the meat? Arby's. Who got the meat? Arby's got the meat.

Dwight Howard would get an endorsement deal so fast. Who does the meat? Which one is that? Arby's. Arby's. Arby's does where's the meat? No, it's where's the beef. No, we got the meat.

We got the meat. How does Dwight Howard not have an endorsement deal with Arby's? Gotta get it up. Arby's, what y'all doing? That's a layup. That'd be dope. Him holding the sandwich and we got the beef. That's a layup. That'd be dope. Him holding the sandwich. Come on.

That's a layup. That is a layup. Come on, man. Arby's marketing. We're helping you. That's right. Come on, man. All right.

Well, that is your rumor report. What if he was really confused? No, that was donkey of the day. Oh, donkey of the day. I'm sorry. I was going to say, what if he was really confused and high and just seen the sign and was like, oh, this is where, you know? Yeah.

Well, I kind of feel about that, about the bodega cat that was just taking his little cat genitals all over the apples and oranges. I'm not going to let him die. Wait till I put him on my TikTok. Oh, you videotaped him? I sure did. I'll show it to you. All right. Now, when we come back, we were talking about young thug in the rumors earlier, right?

And you were talking about he's in jail and he speaks to aiah the scientist all the time yeah and she said they're going to get married as soon as they get out once he gets out of jail and then you also said men who are in jail make a lot of promises and i say that because my brother did sometime and he thought a lot of women thought that they were going to marry him until he got out until he got out and things did a complete 180 okay well let's open up the phone lines 800-585-. Ladies, have you ever dealt with a man in jail that sold you dreams? That said you were going to get married and y'all were going to have a kids and family when he got out. And then when he got out, well, he really got out and he was outside.

Fellas, have you ever did that to somebody? You were in jail and you were like, this is my boo. This is my bae. And then when you got out, you was like, nah, B. Let's discuss 800-585-1051. It's Jailbae in love on the breakfast club the breakfast club it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj n, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we were talking about men in jail. Now, this comes from our special guest co-host, Chris Kalen. Yes. Earlier this morning, we were talking about Young Thug.

Yes, Mariah the Scientist. So she says they talk on the phone all the time, and when he gets out of jail, they're supposed to be getting married. So, you know, I've been around men who've gotten out of jail. And they sell a lot of dreams. It's giving very much love after lockup. So, you know, will they get married?

Will they not get married? My brother was supposed to get married when he got out of jail. And that did not happen. He didn't get married? He was outside. He was outside. How many girls did he promise he was going to marry? Like three, I think.

Damn. But has he went any of them now? Not at all. Not one? Not a one. But but also when you're in jail i'm sure you you have time you have so you're writing multiple women and i'm sure they were sending him money well actually no but men in jail will send you money so that's yeah no men in jail they they have money back there it's a whole nother world like jail is a whole friend

is shaking her head like yes they said no seriously they won't cash you out like thousands of dollars hundreds of dollars yes if they got it yeah now everybody don't have it like that but you got some of them got it so these are the ones we're talking about you know what's so crazy y'all gave jada pinkett smith all that hell over pox and he wanted to marry her in prison knowing damn well men in prison say any damn thing y'all call jada a liar y'all say ain't no way pox proposed to her in jail. This and that. Y'all know men in prison say any damn thing. They do. So why wouldn't Pac say that? They will tell you, I will buy you a horse. I will move you into

a big house, whatever it is. And it might be some other people who write books that got the same story about Pac. Jesus. Pac asked me to marry him too. He was in prison, y'all. We got J on the line. J said he's done this numerous times. J, good morning. Good morning. How y'all doing? Now, you said your best friend got played? Oh, to the left.

It was horrible. What happened? It was really bad. So, she was with this dude, and it wasn't even like a serious situation. It was more like a, let's see where we're going. One day, he ghosted her. And we over here like, nah, fam, this is wild. Found out he was in jail.

She went above and beyond putting money on the man books like holding him down man came out and just ghosted her again found out he had a whole family on the side damn yeah look at that king man no tj king hey now say now Good morning Hey talk to us TJ Um Well first off I have wanted to say

Good morning And thanks for having me I had um Six years in prison And I was the one That sold the drinks To a few guys When I had one in prison

I had a dude But he had Ended up passing away And um Shortly after that Like Maybe a year after that Like grew up

And kind of put me on With like their cousins And brothers and things And I eventually Started and You know She got

Some money on my books Um I told my Deal with them When I get home We'll be together And it was all bad When I got out

Damn You were selling dreams To these dudes So they probably died Of a broken heart too How many How many How many men

How many men How many men you caused to pass away, man? Selling them dreams. No. When I went in, I was in a relationship with someone who passed away. I heard the story,

but that's not the way I processed it in my brain. It's your fault. You broke that man's heart. He died of a broken heart. He died of a broken heart. Damn it, man. Well, he really died

in Cleveland Clinic. He did have a sarcoid dosage. He died of a broken heart. Damn it, man. Well, he really died in the Cleveland Clinic. He did have a sarcoidosis. He passed away from that. But his heart was broken. See what I'm saying? You a cold piece, man. God damn, boy. Lord have mercy.

Hello, who's this? Yo, I'm going to say my name is BJ. And the reason why I'm going to say this is because I don't want to be in trouble for this. You anonymous on the radio. Gotcha. gonna say it is because I don't want to be in trouble for this you anonymous on a radio gotcha Okay, this is no judgment. I had I've been prison four times and

I don't lie to so many girls Like my first big it was with my baby mama I had four kids with her and I see why she left she'd be stupid not to leave me because I was I was a dog I wasn't I was a d-boy and but she said something she said where's that where's all those other girls at now and it occurred to me where are they and when I called them man they jumped on so quick I had them taking care of my kids I had them paying my mother gas mother gas money to come see me because they didn't know how to get there. I'm talking about I paid them and then when I got out,

I wouldn't even tell them if I made parole or served out or what time I did so they wouldn't even know if I was out or not. But it was one girl that rolled with me. Three of them bit. I ended up marrying her on my fourth one and I ain't been back to prison. I got my own't been back to prison I got my own place

My me I got my own company I got a podcast coming soon Called State of Community I work with the kids That one girl changed my life Well I'm happy You had to go through

Three other women Yeah cause I don't understand More than that What do y'all Go ahead Chris No I didn't Like I said What do y'all get out of

Lying to women While y'all in prison Like I would think If I didn't. I was going to say, where do y'all get out of lying to women while y'all in prison? Like, I would think if I'm in prison, I want to come out of bed a person. This is really a pride thing. A pride thing?

That's real. It's like, all the dudes is around there and everybody want to be the man or everybody want to be,

you know, important and be validated. So, when you know you can go to that phone and call every time and you know

that you can get that money up on your book so you can go to can phone and call every time and you know that you can get that money up on your book so you can go to canteen every time you're gonna do what it takes because you in there and you're just trying to survive so it's a bible pretty much okay yeah that's a bible and really just holding on to something yeah i don't judge people for anything they do in survival mode but i would want to come out a better person and i would want god to see that i'm really evolving so how can god bless what you pretend to be you know i mean so if you're pretending to be a good person but just you lying to all of these women manipulating all these women behind the wall he had to figure it out though because he did say he got jail lies people would say listen they'll take i changed my life i let's go to god now when they get out it's like what

happened to everything you said in the wall? He got locked up four times though. So he said he was in four times. So either he liked something in jail or he still didn't change it. Yeah. 800-585-1051. We're talking jail bays out there. Ladies, has a guy in jail ever

wrote you, said they were going to come out, y'all were going to get married and have kids and family and then when he got out, he was outside. Has that ever happened to happened to you and fellas have you did the writing let's discuss it's the breakfast club good morning it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club let's talk about it morning everybody it's dj nv charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club if you're just joining with the Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

If you're just joining us, we're talking about Young Thug, and this comes from Young Thug and Mariah the Scientist. Yes, so Mariah the Scientist, you know, she's riding

with her man, and she said they talk all the time, and Young Thug told her when they get out, they are getting married. But the thing about that is, if you ever dealt with

a man who was in jail, they will sell you dreams. For instance, my brother was supposed to get married when he got out of jail, and that did not happen. He's outside, been outside, having a blast outside. Okay? So we're asking, has this ever happened to you? Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Keith from Atlanta, Georgia.

Hey, has this happened to you? Somebody wrote you letters, said y'all were going to move in and get married and then was out? Yes, I did. What happened? And we're still 13 years. What? Prison. She better expect that he's going to be dating other women.

I knew my husband since I was 14. So that was 38 years. And when he was in prison, we didn't actually date because I knew he had to support himself while he was in prison we didn't actually date because i knew he had to support himself while he was in prison that mean he's gonna write as many women as he can to get some fun so that makes sense so it didn't bother you you knew what it was i knew what it was and then so when it got close he kept in touch when it got close to him to get out, he told me he always knew he wanted to. And so we went to counseling, made a commitment, and made it work. Wow. So did you do it because you knew him before he went in? That was part of it. I knew him from growing up. I knew him when he

hit the street. I knew that's not the lifestyle that i wanted to see him in that's not the lifestyle i wanted to be in so i kept my distance but he always kept the tab on me okay well it worked out that's right well thank you mama no baby mama okay harmony good morning harmony good morning now you you had a realizing a jail base sell you some dreams, mama? So, jail base didn't sell me no dreams. Well, my first love actually put me up on game about it. Like, he was like, oh, man, he in love. He used to go to jail a lot.

You know, he's a teenager or whatever. And he just used to tell me, like, when I get out, I'm going to just come to you. Like, don't put no money. Nah, nah, nah. He's going to let them chicken heads do it. So I respect that a lot, a lot. But everybody knows that boys that be in jail more than five years, be gay.

These females do not. If you're going for that, you're setting yourself up. That's why majority of them boys get out of jail and they're hopping from female to female because they're looking for something that's not um, they're battling those speed out of skill because they're looking for something that's not they're battling those demons where yeah

they was in there I'm not going to let you generalize all men doing over five years I know it's some brothers I ain't going to say all men but if they did more than five years I don't put it past them I have an uncle that did ten years and that kept that

with me listen Listen, they say it. If they did more than five years, them boys is gonna fall. They don't believe women can go months without being celibate. Oh, something I added up, sir. So you mean you could be in jail and you can go without

sex, but women can't go without sex for months? I mean, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not letting you do that. I'm not letting you do that. You said every man in jail that got over five years got a boyfriend. I'm not letting you do that. That's exactly what she said. If a boy cannot be monogamous, he has a boyfriend.

He does not like women for real. He is battling himself. So they like vagina. That is not true. They like vagina. That's what they like. She said that if a man can't be monogamous when they come home from prison, That is not true. They like vagina. That's what they like. Vagina. She said that if a man can't be monogamous when they come home from prison,

they don't really like women for real. I don't believe that. I don't believe that. I believe that the man just like other women. He like a variety of women. So men be in survival tactics, actually. By being in jail, that's all they know. All they know is how to sell drinks because they're in a cell. They're on the phone.

That's all they got to do. Majority of those men does not come home and stand on business the majority of the time. Let me ask you a question. They may be battling a whole bunch of stuff. And I get it. I get it to be soft-hearted with a guy. And, you know, you try to work with him. But no, no, no, no, babe.

You got to face facts. You all right? Let me ask you a question. We all know black men don't cheat, right? Correct. But for all the people out here, for all the brothers out here who ain't never been to jail. That's why I say all black men don't cheat. Well, for all the brothers who ain't never been to jail, but they still not monogamous,

what's the excuse for them, ma'am? Since you know everything. They battling demons, too. Yeah. How? Goodbye, man. They start battling demons. Goodbye, man.

How? They're battling demons. Yeah, the demon of infidelity. Ain't got nothing to do with like another penis. Goodbye. I do want to know when men are in jail, right? And I see a lot of times men have fresh braids or fresh dreads. Who does their hair?

Another man. Go see. Nope. Another man is in there doing research. And I mean, so like, you know, they will have like, you know, like. You be doing the braids. Sometimes they're really cool with like the gay men in jail. So like they kind of have like this respect level, you know, they will have, like, you know, like. You'll be doing the braids. Sometimes they're really cool with, like, the gay men in jail. So, like, they kind of have, like, this respect level, you know, type thing.

So, I mean, no woman back there doing it. By the way, I don't know why people act like that's weird. Like, it's weird to have a guy braid your hair or twist your dreads. Who cuts your hair now? But you're not sitting between their legs. They probably think, like, you got to sit between this man's legs or something. I mean, I don't know. I don't know.

There could be a barber chair. A chair that they do this. That is crazy, though. If you're sitting between a man's legs while you're breaking it. See? I don't think that's happening in jail. I don't know. I don't know.

We don't know. All right. What's the moral of the story if there is a moral? The moral of the story, hey, if you're dating somebody in jail, just make sure you get that coin. Get the coin first because you may or may not get married, but get your brain up. They probably ain't got no money. All right.

Well, we got rumors on the way. What are we talking about? We are talking about some rumors that I'm going to find out, but that's going to be coming up soon. That means that she has not been prepped yet. Sam, come do your job. Jesus. All right.

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On The Breakfast Club. Of course, you have the internet. But we have to debunk some rumors. Talk about it. All right. So we are talking about the debate that has been going on since last week. And that is Boosie versus Rod Wave. So if you guys did not know, Rod Wave released a song, and Boosie said, that song's a lot like

my song. So, we have the two different songs. So, you guys can hear it. And this is the Rod Wave version. Very similar. Very similar. So we know people have sampled music before, but here is where the issue comes in. Boosie got on live and he said Rod Wave did not clear the song with him. Rod Wave did not pay him for the song.

No, I don't own the song fully. I own a percentage of it. I still have publishing in it and writer's credits. So I guess when he found out that him won't give me nothing, we're going to quit. Nobody contacted me. Nobody gave me my publishing. Nobody gave me my writer's credits. So how you cleared it?

When you ain't cleared with me? Not a CEO. They calling me. Who said we're going to put you in the publishing? We're going to put you in the writer's credit. Too late. He could have pulled up on me and got me out the business. Nah, it's just one song. I mean, it's probably four or five songs that I could f*** with. Just because a n***a take a line or two, I ain't really tripping on that bro. You take the whole, the whole everything bro. I gotta get compensated. And so Rod Wave said he got it cleared. Boosie obviously said it wasn't true.

But then Rod Wave posted a video saying we can settle this out of court. Anything I ever said to my soul, I repeated in my soul. On my mama n mama nigga they got paid as fat people uh pay him more nigga Drake gave me the okay I did a little from this song nigga anybody anything I ever did I got okay so right now they're going back and forth Boosie said Rod Wave didn't pay him Rod Wave said he's trying to pay him but i don't know but he definitely took

the whole song but i will say that is not the only song that raw wave has ripped we have a jay-z song that may sound a little familiar it was the cheese help them just get amnesia quick i used to cut up their buddies now they're saying they love me it wast, get amnesia quick I used to cut up they buddies, now they sayin' they love me We have something from Ed Sheeran I found your hairband on my bedroom floor The only evidence that you'd been in I found your headband on my bedroom floor The only evidence that you'd been in before

And last one from Drake Shout out to all my j-ing, trappin' in tax-free Only evidence that you've been there before. And last one from Drake. Shout out to all my children. Trapping living tax free. These days there's seven figures when they tax me. Shout out to all my children living tax free. Now there's six figures when they tax me. And I know you can be inspired as an artist.

But Rod Wave, are you a cover artist or are you a real rapper? What's happening here? Rod Wave is definitely not a cover artist. That's what rappers do. Yeah, that's what what rappers do all artists do that since the beginning of time they quote other artists like they might start off uh one of their raps with another artist's verse they pay homage to it what did jay say i'm not a i'm not a biter i'm a writer for myself and others uh if i say a big verse I'm only bigging up my brother. Bigging up my burrow. Yeah.

Even with Soulja Boy and Drake. Yes. I don't know why people, I saw people getting upset about Rod with it. They do it all the time. But I definitely believe you. The business aspect, I believe that has to be cleared up. So Boosie is definitely standing on business in his black willy-dees about this. Yeah.

I mean, if Rod. I don't think anybody clears it, though, when you take somebody's verse. I thought it was always homage. I thought people know where it came from I think when you take the melody The melody yes So I think Rod has to clear that With who owns it But he said he did though

And Boosie said he did But if Boosie is one of those people You have to pay Boosie too You can't just pay some of the people You gotta pay everybody You know what I'm saying If Boosie has to clear it If Boosie has to give an okay

He has to give an okay as well If you've ever tried to clear a song You know If there's three or four people That have rights to that song You gotta get clearance from every single one of them correct absolutely or if somebody owns the song you just get it from that person that owns the song yeah but y'all yeah y'all coming that raw way for quoting other people's lyrics everybody does that i can't think of no i can't think of no rapper who doesn't since the beginning of time definitely paying homage all right so lotto she was in an interview

with uh flo millie maya da don monello and mellow buck and she was talking about women rappers like cardi b and young miami who inspire her because they have children and they're still able to do what they need to do get like inspired dead ass like by women like you, Miami, Stacey Redd, Cardi. I always be like, every time I see y'all off camera, when I see you, I'm like, girl, you inspired. Deadass makes me be like, it's possible. Everybody be talking about it. You know how they be like, oh, it's too early. It's no such thing as too early.

When women get pregnant, they start trying to dictate women's bodies and they reproductive system like he is what i can't have a kid like i really wanted to have a child in my personal life like that had nothing to do with my career i wanted that for myself i respect it i see it with cardi i see cardi take her kids to school and and make breakfast and lunch and dinner for her kids but still be in the studio still doing shows i see it with young miami i see her taking her kids to fashion shows and to the game and still being on tour and still writing. So I respect her too. Yeah, you can still be a mom and still be a rapper.

Absolutely. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Where's OVO? OVO Eli, where you at? Come here for a second. Oh, God. Nah, we got a package in the mail.

Or is it Drake's birthday? Is it Drake's? What is it? I don't know. Well, it can't be Drake's birthday. That's not Drake's birthday. No, we got a package in the mail. Yo, don't rush in here like that. Don't run in here

like that. Don't run in here like that. Why you sweating and breathing hard? Drake sent something. Pass that to OVO. The OVO hat. Why would he send you a New York Yankee hat? That's the OVO hat. It'd be the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankee OVO hat. As he puts it on

his head. Oh, watch out there now. Let me see. Why do the Yankees have an OVO hat? Boy, it look good. It's the owl on it. That's OVO. The OVO owl.

OVO Yankees hat. On the inside it says, same city, same friends. Yeah, it's the OVO Yankee fitted. All right. Why do the OVO got a Yankee fitted? They sent it up here for my... They should have a Toronto Blue Jays fitted. I got an OVO guy over here.

OVO guy. They sent it specifically. What does it say on the back? Yankees. Oh. Enter here for my guy. They should have a Toronto Blue Jays fitting. My guy, OVO guy over here. OVO guy. They sent it specifically. What does it say on the back? Yankees. Oh. Enter here. New York. Enter here.

All right. What do you say to Drake? Send some OVO stuff. It says here on the back. OVO wraps up. If you already know, thank you, Drake. OVO team. Thank you.

Bye, man. Bye. It's the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the mix. Love y'all. Love y'all. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Chris Kalen, thank you for joining us the last couple of days. Appreciate you. Thank you for having me. I really enjoy being up here representing for Charleston and just being around y'all. Y'all are awesome.

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who has an Audible account, man. You. And listen, I want to salute everybody who has an Audible account, man. You know, Kevin Hart and I have a company with Audible called SBH Productions and we put out audio scripted originals and we just released another one last week. We was on vacation last week, but it's called Broke Down Profits by New York Times

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It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time to get up out of here. Now, Charlemagne, you got a positive note? I do have a positive note, man, and it's simple.

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