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Episode Date: April 18, 2024

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Starting point is 00:03:09 We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. DJ Images and Hilarious and Charlamagne Tha Gun. They're listening to The Breakfast Club. Thank y'all for being like cultural leaders. We've got a family. hilarious and charlamagne the guy you guys were nice everybody got me all nervous you're locked into the world's most dangerous moment show if you want to break this club, we're going to bring it 120. You might as well not come up here.
Starting point is 00:03:46 Oh, my Jesus. This is what y'all do up here? That's right. Get up out the beds and listen to the greatest show on earth. Good morning, yo. Jess Hilarious. Good morning. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Good morning. How you feeling?
Starting point is 00:04:11 What's up, Jess? How you feeling, Jess? What's up? I'm good. I'm good. What's up with you? Where you at? Well, usually Fridays I have to broadcast from home.
Starting point is 00:04:19 No, I'm just joking. I'm in Alabama, actually. I'm talking to the students at Alabama State after the show today. Oh, okay. I'm talking to them about getting Alabama State after the show today. Oh, okay. I'm talking to them about getting into radio and the profession and how it's been and the journey of getting there. So I'm going to be talking to the students after the show and then heading right back to New York. I'll be there tomorrow. Oh, nice, nice, nice.
Starting point is 00:04:37 I was going to say, what's going on? Your mental good? You straight? Oh, you needed a mental health break? Mental health day? Yes, sometimes we need that. Absolutely. Okay, good. A hundred percent. Are you crazy? But that's not why I'm actually in Alabama, day? Yes, sometimes we need that. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:04:45 Okay, good. 100%. Are you crazy? But that's not why I'm actually in Alabama, like I said, talking to the students. But, yeah, sometimes you do need a mental health break, and you just need to get away and relax, meditate, and just get away from things sometimes. He ain't even want to make the bed up. Now, you see him? You got your bed in the background.
Starting point is 00:05:01 This is Alabama, you know, so there's not... Oh, so you're in the days in. That's cool. I mean, yeah, so you're in the days in That's cool I'm not in the days in, but similar, very close to it There's nothing wrong with that, man You know what I'm saying? You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes Sleep with your clothes on just in case you gotta run out in the middle of the night
Starting point is 00:05:15 That's right, you never know You never know Yo, I know you're about to have no slip on Happy Thursday, y'all, though, man We are blessed, black, and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day of service to our beautiful listeners, man. We got Aries Spears on the show today, right?
Starting point is 00:05:32 That's right. Comedian Aries Spears will be joining us. Yeah, he's performing at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 18th. So he'll be here to talk about that and some other things. That's right. All right. Well, let's jump right into the show. We got front page news.
Starting point is 00:05:45 There's a thing called Ozempic personality. Yeah, because for all you Ozempic gold medalists. By the way, we can tell you Ozempic personality, people. I don't even know what this is about, but I think I know. All right. And we're going to discuss it when we come back. All right, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:05:57 Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. All right, now let's start with some quick sports. Now the NBA bans Jonte Porter indefinitely after gambling violations. Let's break down a news report.
Starting point is 00:06:17 The NBA has leveled a lifetime ban on the Toronto Raptors. Jonte Porter, for his involvement in gambling, the league's investigation found everything from limiting his own participation in games, sharing confidential information with known bettors, and betting on as many as 13 NBA games himself, including betting the Toronto Raptors to lose. And I think even more damning for the NBA is that this remains an open investigation.
Starting point is 00:06:52 The league has turned over their findings to federal authorities. This may not be the end of this probe, but Jonte Porter leveled with a lifetime ban from Commissioner Adam Silver today. You know how hard it is to get into the NBA?
Starting point is 00:07:09 You know how hard people work every day to get into the NBA? And then you finally get into the NBA, and instead of continuing to do that hard work to where you can make a million dollars legally, you would rather put your energy into scamming and end up getting banned from the league forever. The sad thing about it is he wasn't drafted, so he actually had to work extra hard to get in the league, and he did. And his brother, his older brother by a year, actually plays for Denver, averages 17 points a game, gets like $23, $25 million a year in salary. So if he needed the million dollars or if he needed a couple of hundred grand he could have called his brother his brother is michael porter i mean he's a young
Starting point is 00:07:49 man he's only 24 years old but i just really don't understand the thought process of process of people like that and it's a prime example of you know how like one mistake one misstep can literally cost you everything one bad choice can cost you everything. That's right. He need to come to the front of the congregation this morning. We need to have a word with him. Very teachable moment. And quickly in sports, the 76ers beat the Heat and the Bulls beat the Hawks. That's the play
Starting point is 00:08:16 in tournament. Now we got to talk Ozempic. Now, you know, people use Ozempic. They say it was a diabetes drug and people were using it for weight loss. But now they're saying it's this thing called ozempic personality. And they said because people are taking this ozempic, even though that they're shedding the weight, they're losing the pounds. Still feel fat. They said they still feel fat.
Starting point is 00:08:35 They still have anxiety. They're still having depression and suicidal thoughts. So they're saying it's more of a problem because he says even though the treatments are making people lose the weight, they're still feeling like they're big and they're having a lot of problems. They said that things that they also said changes is reduce their cravings for drugs, alcohol and sex. So a lot of women that are having those in their relationship, even though they're looking better, they still don't want to have no sex. Now, I wonder if that is all due to the to the to the. I don't like them saying that fatness is linked to like depression and what else they said they're not saying fatness i guess they're saying using the shot or whatever the shot is making you feel that way because you
Starting point is 00:09:14 know you said you said they still feel fat but so it sounds like saying they still feel fat means that they're depressed and i feel like that's the shot making them like that because i know plenty of happy fat people yeah that's what i'm saying it's the shot making them like that. Because I know plenty of happy fat people. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's the shot. That's why they're calling it Ozempic personality. It's a shot. It might mess with your hormones. Well, salute to all the Ozempic gold medalists out there. The problem with...
Starting point is 00:09:31 Another problem with all you Ozempic gold medalists is y'all don't know that we know that you didn't work to lose that weight and you be trying to act like you did. And I don't like that. Okay? Don't come in here acting like you put in all this work to lose this weight and all you did was take that damn shot. I don't like that. And lastly.
Starting point is 00:09:48 Oh, my bad. You can tell usually if a person got lipo or ozymic because usually with lipo, you can't take the fat out your head. So people still be walking around with fat heads and skinny bodies. But ozymic, you lose the weight everywhere. It's like, damn, you got a skinny head now. I be seeing them that's what i'm saying it's not and honestly for me it wouldn't be worth it i would rather lose the weight you know the old-fashioned way as opposed to lose the weight but didn't have to
Starting point is 00:10:14 deal with a whole bunch of mental and emotional issues yeah keeping our mental and emotional health together as hard enough as it is i'm not putting nothing in my body that's gonna make it worse yeah but the only thing is some people are overweight, unhealthy where they can possibly die. They're putting too much pressure on their heart. If that's a way to help them lose the weight to get to that point, I understand that. People that just want to lose 10 pounds
Starting point is 00:10:36 and 20 pounds to fit in a dress, y'all bugging. Oh, I agree. That's extra. I agree. That is front page news. When we come back next hour, we'll tell you about Dubai. I don't know if you've seen the reports, but Dubai has been getting so much rain. They said it's the most rain they got in 75 years. And usually this is in one day they got the rain that they're supposed to get in a whole year.
Starting point is 00:10:55 So, like, it's nasty. It's flooded. People are using so much stuff. And people don't have flood insurance because they don't get that much rain. We'll talk about that next hour. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 if you need to vent phone lines are wide open again 800-585-1051 call us up right now it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club this is your time to get it off your chest keep calling 800585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:11:27 Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Rob, man, from Houston. Rob from Houston, H-Town. Get it off your chest, man. Please, Rob. Man, I want to talk about these bitter baby mamas, man, who's alienating their kids, man, from their dads, man. Rob, you having a problem with your baby mama?
Starting point is 00:11:43 You'd like to discuss? Nah, man. Actually, I thought a problem with your baby mother? You'd like to discuss? No, man. Actually, I fought for five years, me and my wife. We got custody of my kids. But, man, I advocate for the fathers that are being alienated, man. So I just wanted to let them know, man, to keep their head up and keep fighting. Ain't getting up. Okay.
Starting point is 00:11:59 That's good, sound advice. I mean, you should because that's your child. So I understand. Yes. And hopefully all the baby daddies and baby mamas can get on one accord because that's your child. So I understand. Yes. And hopefully all the baby daddies and baby mamas can get on one accord because it's not about them. It's about the children. Absolutely. Most definitely.
Starting point is 00:12:12 But the problem is a lot of these women, man, they do all this evil stuff and society don't even notice it. So, man, I'm advocating for it, man. Y'all need to follow me on Instagram, man. Who's the deadbeat, man? You finna change the world or hide people's view.
Starting point is 00:12:28 Parental alienation. It's a real thing out here. Who's the deadbeat? And fathers is, yeah. Fathers is, you know, committing suicide behind this, man. And it's real deeper than what people think it is. Damn. Well, thank you, brother.
Starting point is 00:12:43 Keep up the good fight, King. Hello, who's this? Devon from Jersey. What's up, DJ Envy? What's up, Devon? What's up, Jeff? What's up, honey? Peace, peace.
Starting point is 00:12:52 Yo, Charlamagne, I just want to ask you a question. You never thought about doing comedy? Nope. But you funny as hell, bro. Nope. Because stand-up is a very specific skill set that people like Jess Hilarious
Starting point is 00:13:05 Are psychotic enough to do You know, it takes a certain It takes a certain psychopath To get on that stage And think that they can make A room full of people laugh On purpose And do it well
Starting point is 00:13:16 And do it well Absolutely I think it's the hardest thing to do on stage Yeah, Jess does it well But I'm telling you I mean, you're basically on a stage No, I'm not I don't do stand-up I sit my ass down On mean, you're basically on the stage. No, I'm not. I don't do stand-up.
Starting point is 00:13:26 I sit my ass down on this radio every morning, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. But thank you, though. Yo, good morning, y'all. Good morning. Have a good one. You too. Hello, who's this? Good morning.
Starting point is 00:13:37 Hi, hello. Hey, what's your name? Hi, my name is Finn. Good morning, everyone. Peace in. Morning. Get it off your chest. I just wanted to share that I just got a promotion, so I'm very excited, and I'm very happy because
Starting point is 00:13:52 it's a career advancement. Congrats. Congratulations. And I was also able to bring one of my team members up, so it's a brown girl power, so we're very excited. You got a website or something? Do I have a website? No, I don't.
Starting point is 00:14:06 Instagram page? Nothing? I do, but I'm not going to share mine. Well, fine. Miss Brown Girl Power. Keep it to yourself then. She just said she just wants to say that she got a promotion. We want to congratulate her.
Starting point is 00:14:17 Congratulations. Amazing. Thank you. Thank you. I'm very happy. I'm going to be making six figures. Hey. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:23 I want to know what she look like. People want to start asking for money. That six figures. Hey. Hey. Oh, yeah. She don't want nobody to know what she look like. She and the people want to start asking her for money. That's right. You're only making 50, though. You know the IRS. I don't want to steal your joy. Thank you, everyone. No problem.
Starting point is 00:14:33 Have a good one, babe. That thought of taxes took all that joy out of her voice. Yeah, she wanted to hang out real quick. The IRS don't take 50, Charlamagne, until it's 250,000 and more. What you think? They're taking about 40. Might as well say close to half. Yeah, they're taking about 40. Might as well say close to half. Yeah, they're taking about 40.
Starting point is 00:14:47 Easily. Easily. Maybe 33, depending on how many kids she got. Either way, that 100,000 about 60 is what I'm trying to tell you. Why you come with the bad news? It's not bad news, it's the truth. But she's more excited about her promotion. We don't know how long she's been there
Starting point is 00:15:01 and what she can provide now. That is true. That is true. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
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Starting point is 00:15:24 We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's J 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? This is Jamel. Jamel, what up? From New Bern, North Carolina. What up, Jamel? Get it off your chest. Hey, I just wanted to call y'all and say y'all good morning.
Starting point is 00:15:38 Good morning. Charlamagne Tha God, TJ Irving. That's hilarious. What's happening? Good morning, baby. Appreciate you. Hey, I also want to know, I got two questions. DJ, I mean, Charlamagne Tha God.
Starting point is 00:15:49 Yes. I need all your books. I got Shipwrecked. I'm reading that right now. Okay. I got a new book coming out May 21st called Get Honest or Die Lying. Watch Small Talk Sucks. You can preorder it now.
Starting point is 00:16:03 But as soon as I get copies, I'll start giving them to my people. Okay, say less, say less. And I also want to shout out my wife and my kids. Damn, I thought you was a stud. You sounded like a stud. What? He did. This whole time I thought I was.
Starting point is 00:16:20 Hey, I listen to y'all every morning. Okay. This is my first time calling, and I got straight through. That's crazy. Appreciate you, King. Hey, hey, hey, but Charlamagne, can you send me a book of fame? I got you. I got a pack in here for you.
Starting point is 00:16:38 I need that black privilege. Hold on. Don't hang up. Okay. All right, say less. Say less. All right, DJ Envy. All right, Charlamagne. I mean, all right, say less Alright, DJ Envy, alright, shut up
Starting point is 00:16:45 I mean, alright, uh, Zeth Alright, babe He ain't sound like a stud I'm confused Was it a stud at the end? Very much No, that was the same person That was the same person the whole time
Starting point is 00:16:53 It did sound, she did sound I mean, he did sound a little steady Well, he and she could have a wife Regardless of she's a stud Yeah, I was gonna say, yeah, wife and kids But, yeah, this shit ain't never denied She ain't never denied So she probably was a stud
Starting point is 00:17:03 Yeah, so she probably is It's like, oh, you got me next for some books. Stars don't know they got a sound. No, not all of them. Hello? Oh, sorry. Hello. Brittany do not sound like a star.
Starting point is 00:17:11 You're right. You're right. Y'all rambling. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. What's up, girl? Justin, I just did your fashion from the 502.
Starting point is 00:17:20 I'm coming to see you. The third. Hear me? No, your phone breaking up. But, Jess, you're going to be in Louisville, Kentucky? Louisville. When? I think she's telling me I said it wrong.
Starting point is 00:17:32 It's not Louisville. It's Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky, May 3rd and 4th. She said as soon as you announced it yesterday, she went and got her tickets. I love that, and I love you, baby. What's the name of the comedy club? Louisville Comedy Club. Louisville Comedy Club.
Starting point is 00:17:43 Yeah. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, Jess, anybody that wants to pick up tickets to go to Louisville to check you out, where can they pick up tickets? LouisvilleComedy.com. Yep.
Starting point is 00:17:56 I'm looking at it right now. Louisville Comedy Club. Four shows, May 3rd and 4th. Yes. So I will see y'all that Friday and Saturday. First week in May. 9.45 p.m. show, Friday and Saturday. Yes, so let me be my manager so big.
Starting point is 00:18:09 What you mean? He shouted it out mad fast, didn't he? She's just tired, not because she over there pregnant, not moving. Yes. Trying to pull it out for her. Now you not moving, Jess. She not. Right.
Starting point is 00:18:20 We got Jess with the mess coming up. What we talking about? Yes, somebody tried to snatch up Kanye's wife. What? Yes, snatch her on up Kidnap? I'll let you know when we come back That's what I was trying to be
Starting point is 00:18:30 Okay Alright, we'll get into that next It's The Breakfast Club Good morning The Breakfast Club Morning everybody It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious
Starting point is 00:18:40 Charlamagne Tha Guy We are The Breakfast Club Let's get to Jess with the mess News is real. Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. She don't scare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide mess.
Starting point is 00:18:57 On The Breakfast Club. She's a culture shift. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it off. All right. So I know I tease the A, but we got two important stories to get to before we get the A.
Starting point is 00:19:11 NBA young boy arrested in Utah. Now, listen closely to this. He was part of a scheme to fraudulently get permethazine with coding. He tried to get the prescribed cough medicines from multiple pharmacies in Utah he called the the pharmacy for prescriptions supposedly for a 70 year old woman in September that he just made up he just made up this woman first of all you're not even allowed to be around nobody and a 74 year old woman they said it he claimed they said he claimed to be a physician and used an actual valid DEA
Starting point is 00:19:43 number and MPI number and other identification for the real physician. He's very smart. Yeah. That's crazy. He got caught because the pharmacist noticed that the phone number didn't match the number of the doctor's clinic. So they called the doctor directly. The doctor said he did not write a description, I mean, a prescription for a woman by that name. So the county approved a search warrant and that's when the FBI and the Secret Service
Starting point is 00:20:05 and the latent SWAT team searched his home. The alleged offenses are possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, pattern of unlawful activity, identity fraud, forgery, procuring, attempting to procure drug prescription. You nailed it. You nailed that word. Procuring.
Starting point is 00:20:24 You nailed it. I already know.. Procure. You nailed it. All right now. All right now. And possession of controlled substance. He was booked in the Cachet County Jail and denied bail. You know, the law is the law, but that young man clearly has a drug problem. And I don't understand how come they didn't have this man getting help while he was on house arrest.
Starting point is 00:20:40 And now he's going to get sent to a correctional facility for a very, very, very long time. And in that correctional facility, there's not going to be no real correcting going on. He clearly got a drug problem. It seems like he needs the drug, and he'll do anything to get the drug. But like you said, the problem is not necessarily the drug, which is a problem, because he's almost like an addict. But the problem is now that he's got guns. No, he is an addict.
Starting point is 00:21:00 If he's doing all of that, the guns, yes, you're going to have to deal with that. But I'm just talking about the bigger issue to me is the fact he's clearly an addict. If he doing all of that, I mean, the guns, yes, you're going to have to deal with that. But I'm just talking about the bigger issue to me is the fact he's clearly an addict. And he is now a physician. Like, what? Smart. He is so smart.
Starting point is 00:21:13 I'm like, and you go to that point to get drugs. Yes, you are an addict. Yeah, and if you're going to do identity fraud, you might as well do it big. He's a young boy,
Starting point is 00:21:21 so he pretending to be an old lady. Yeah, a 74 in September. But I'm not going to say this is good, so he pretended to be an old lady. Yeah, a 74 in September. But I'm not going to say this is good, but he wanted to get the drugs from the pharmacy probably because he least knows what's in the drugs instead of buying. Because he could have bought it from the street. It's still addiction, though. You don't know what you're buying when you're on the street.
Starting point is 00:21:36 Plenty of people addicted to prescription drugs. He's still an addict. Yeah, and a lot of that stuff do get you out. So, he didn't make bail, but you know who did? Glorella. She was arrested on DUI charges in Georgia. So, officers pulled over Glow at 4 a.m. after she made a U-turn at a red light.
Starting point is 00:21:56 The officers approached her car, and they allegedly smelled marijuana and alcohol. No, Glow! I just ready to say, yeah, Glow! She's in there bumping the album, right? She admitted I just ready to say, yeah, Glo. She's in that Bummin' album, right? Which she admitted to drinking prior to driving, but would not say how much that she was drinking. And she insisted that she was able to drive. Glorilla underwent a full field sobriety test and did not pass.
Starting point is 00:22:17 She allegedly refused to submit a breathalyzer test. And she didn't know. I mean, I guess they saw, you know, they knew and bouncing. She probably just was doing her little dance. But I'm just trying to figure out why did the police make that part of the story?
Starting point is 00:22:29 Her boo popped out. Why? Because they said that she didn't know. So they was like, it's out there. Oh, you're so drunk, your boo was out there.
Starting point is 00:22:34 Yeah, and then she tucked it. She tucked it. You know, she ain't noticed so they was letting her know like it's hanging. And she was taken into custody and released on bond shortly after.
Starting point is 00:22:43 She was also charged with consumption of alcohol or possession of an open alcohol beverage container. So she had to lick it with him. But she said she had drunk it before she started driving. Why the hell Glorilla don't got a car service? Like, CMG don't have a family Uber account? I know they do. Like, what's going on?
Starting point is 00:22:57 I know she got drivers, but sometimes she probably wanted to go somewhere. It was 4 a.m. She probably just wanted to go somewhere and probably was coming back for a party. Maybe she was at her friend's house at 4 a.m. and she was going back home. And just was going back home. Her friend should have said, no, Glo. You be drinking. You need to sit down and relax.
Starting point is 00:23:11 Yeah. Okay? Yeah. I'm going to take you little hot ass out here in these streets. Where you going at 4 in the morning drunk driving? And I want them to stop catering to the internet. So when she got home. Hey, guys.
Starting point is 00:23:20 I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins
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Starting point is 00:24:39 I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory.
Starting point is 00:24:54 I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. And we're losing daylight fast.
Starting point is 00:25:12 That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection. It was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like, grace. Have grace with yourself.
Starting point is 00:26:05 You're trying your best. And you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove,
Starting point is 00:26:22 and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here.
Starting point is 00:26:50 I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.
Starting point is 00:27:11 Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history,
Starting point is 00:27:39 you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was murdered. There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate. My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman Wikileaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. And she state and she paid the ultimate price listen to crooks everywhere on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts
Starting point is 00:28:32 she uh posted like responses to all the comments i guess with a bottle of teleport on her head I don't think they realize the judge sees things like that you still have to
Starting point is 00:28:52 go in front of the court and when you go in front of the court they gonna pull that picture up and say this is what she posted the night of and the judge
Starting point is 00:28:58 is gonna think about things like that and what if the judge has had somebody in their family who's been injured or hurt or even killed
Starting point is 00:29:04 in a drunk driving accident? You don't know how you be triggering these people. Y'all better start taking this stuff serious. So when I say F the internet, F the internet. Just go home and sober up and get some rest. All right. Yay. Allegedly punched the stranger who grabbed Bianca Sensory, his wife.
Starting point is 00:29:22 So the police are investigating after he punched the man late Tuesday night. He is now named as a suspect in a battery report and the cops are looking into claims against him. So a rep for him told TMZ the attacker put his hands under his wife's dress directly on her
Starting point is 00:29:40 body, grabbed her, spun her around, twisted her, dipped her, brought her back up, and then blew her a kiss. What? You let her do all that, then you punched him? That's what happened. That was a Nintendo code you just said. No. And she was battered and sexually
Starting point is 00:29:55 assaulted. And Ye and Bianca left after the altercation. After he punched the man, they left, and the victim didn't need treatment or anything, but that's what happened. It sounded like he wanted to dance with him. First of all, Kanye West did nothing wrong if all that happened. Yeah, if all that happened. By the way, even if all that didn't happen, if he just touched his wife under the dress,
Starting point is 00:30:10 that is absolutely grounds to punch somebody in the face. Even if it was over the dress. He deserved that whooping. Still, still. Yeah, Kanye did nothing wrong in that situation. Nothing at all. Absolutely. So that is the news for the 7 o'clock hour.
Starting point is 00:30:24 And I just killed it. Bam. Thank you. Nothing at all. Absolutely. So that is the news for the 7 o'clock hour and I just killed it. Bam. Thank you. Just with that. By the way, if not too often, you're going to hear Kanye West did nothing wrong
Starting point is 00:30:29 in a sentence. Okay? But also, is his word versus the other guy's word? Yeah. No, it's his word and his wife's word
Starting point is 00:30:38 versus the other guy's word. And if his wife say all that happened and Kanye defended her, then I think we should believe the wife. But what if the guy's like, I wanted to save her because he has her walking around half-naked and barefoot. And I just wanted to save her.
Starting point is 00:30:52 Damn. See? Damn. We'll see. All right. Well, that was just with the mess. When we come back, we got front page news. Dubai.
Starting point is 00:31:00 We talk about the weather. We talk about what's going on on this earth. And it just seems like it's just getting worse and worse and worse. God's sick of us, man. I know. We'll explain what's going on on this earth. And it just seems like it's just getting worse and worse and worse. God's sick of us, man. I'll explain what's going on with the Bible when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:31:13 Good morning, everybody. So sick of hearing this song. Yo, did you say, oh, my bad. Yo, he said, I will pray for you. So sick of hearing this record. It's I will wait for you. No, I will pray for you. It's I will wait for you. I don't be knowing the words of these songs no more. I'm sorry for you. So sick hearing this record. It's I will wait for you. No, I will pray for you. It's I will wait for you.
Starting point is 00:31:27 I don't be knowing the words of these songs no more. I'm sorry, Amy. I had to turn my headphones up when you was talking. I'm sorry. It's all good. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get in some front page news.
Starting point is 00:31:36 Now, interest rates seem like they're going to be going higher, which is not a great thing, especially for Joe Biden. And the reason being is with interest rates higher, that means everything will go higher. That means the price, if you're looking to buy a home, is a lot higher. That means the price of a lot of your goods will go a lot higher, which is not pretty good for Joe Biden, right? Because most people want to see the interest rates go a lot further down so things can be a little cheaper, so people can move around.
Starting point is 00:32:00 And the fact that it's going down or going up on his watch shows people that maybe they don't want to continue to think about, you know, voting for Joe Biden. What NB is saying is absolutely true, because people, they'll forget what you did. They'll forget what you said, but they'll never forget how you made them feel. So if under a president, they feel like they had more relief in their pocket, which people did, which people feel like they did under Trump, you know, because of the PPP loans and the stimulus checks. Never mind the fact that, you know, it was COVID that caused all of that. They don't care about that, but they just know that they felt better financially under him. And if they feel like they're having financial struggles under President Biden, they're going to remember that in November.
Starting point is 00:32:39 Yeah, absolutely. And this is the report of why they're saying this is happening. The recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that it's likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. Right now, given the strength of the labor market and progress on inflation so far, it's appropriate to allow restrictive policy for their time to work and let the data and the evolving outlook guide us. And this is on top of eggs being too expensive the white and too expensive everything too damn expensive and now you're putting this on top of that come on now yeah so usually when inflation when things are too expensive they lower the interest rates that help people out and want people to spend a little bit more money uh now that the fact that inflation like you said things are so high and interest rates are a lot higher it makes things a lot worse now on another angle uh we talk about the earth and how the we are disrespecting the earth the pollution and a lot of the dumb ish that we're
Starting point is 00:33:33 doing as just americans and just humans. He said, yeah, humings. Trying to sound too smart for no reason. All you humings out there. All you humings. Okay. And the humings, I should say. So in Dubai, they usually get a little bit of rain yearly, but they actually got more rain in one day than they get in a whole year.
Starting point is 00:34:01 And they said, which is everything flooded. The airports, people's houses, people's garages, stores, and all that. And the bad thing about it is since they usually don't get that much rain, a lot of people didn't have flood insurance. Here's a new story. The scenes in Soak Dubai tonight look apocalyptic. Roads turned into rivers. Trees barely still standing as wind sends debris flying.
Starting point is 00:34:24 The tarmac flooded at Dubai International Airport, the second busiest in the world. Imagine being a passenger on this plane, battling rising waters, seeing this out your window. For hours, flights were halted as stranded passengers piled up. Tonight, Dubai Airport telling passengers, don't show up unless you've confirmed your flight still leaving. There are hundreds and thousands of other passengers just like me in this airport who have been waiting for 10 hours, 16 hours. In 24 hours, Dubai drenched with more rain than the city usually gets in nearly two years, shattering records in a desert metropolis known for being hot and dry. No, climate change is real, y'all. And people have been trying to tell you that for years.
Starting point is 00:35:07 And if you haven't taken it serious yet, it's probably too late. And, you know, it's interesting when stuff like this happens because it shows you how God could really just stop everything if he or she wanted to whenever they want to. You know what I mean? Literally. That's why, you know, i don't fart in my clothes you what to do with the rain this is part of climate change i don't know if y'all know that
Starting point is 00:35:29 humans are changing earth's climate and a lot of it has to do with like gas emissions so i don't fart in my clothes you'd definitely be fine go ahead i don't fart in my clothes cap right and that is front page news now when we come back aries Spears will be joining us. Aries Spears, comedian. You've probably seen him on Vlad TV, Mad TV. And he's going to be at the MSG Hulu Theater. Saturday, May 18th, he'll be there. So he'll be here to talk about that in a second. Alright, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:35:56 Yes. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's EJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Degas. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Aries Spares. Welcome, brother. What up? Welcome back. Welcome back. We haven't seen you in a long time.
Starting point is 00:36:12 Last year's thing, yeah. I'm on live TV all the time. All the time. Yeah. You know, when somebody came in, I was like, I don't know, Aries Spares, he might be a little upset. I was like, that's Aries. That's how he always is. But that's a misconception. Upset by what? I don't know. Maybe they walked in and they said he didn't seem as lovable as they would seem.
Starting point is 00:36:28 But I'm like, that's Aries. That's how he is. They don't know Ari Spins. I've never seen Ari Spins. You know, he's lovable. He's so lovable. To the contrary, I'm very lovable. I just keep an ice cube scowl on my face because I don't want to think they can come up and say anything to me.
Starting point is 00:36:41 Like, I love you. That's hilarious. You know, let me tell you something, man. I truly believe I've always been one of the most misunderstood cats in the game because I don't walk around, you know, pulling a Magic Johnson, smiling from temple to temple. So because I got a, you know, a straight, a kind of certain exterior, there's that. And then people see me in interviews and based off things I say, apparently truth is the new hate. You know, opinionated is the new bitter. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:37:08 I'm just honest about, you know, how I feel about things. I speak it how I see it, how I feel it. And people misconstrue that shit for hate, which is ridiculous because I just come from an era where, you know, you speak your mind.
Starting point is 00:37:18 Do you think you've ever been understood? Was there a point where you were and then something happened and people just started misunderstanding you or you think it was like that from the beginning? Well, I just think it was like that from the beginning? Well, I just think it was like that from the beginning. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:37:27 And especially now because of this social media age we live in where you got to f***ing fly everything. Like I said, when you're honest, that just gets misconstrued.
Starting point is 00:37:35 And just because I don't necessarily go with the grain of the opinion that you like that's viewed as hate. You know, it's like, why I got to always flow with the traffic? You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:37:43 If I don't feel it, I don't feel it. That makes sense. I think that and the fact that you sold Tri-State Area in New York and New Jersey You know, it's like why I got to always flow with the traffic. You know what I mean? If I don't feel it, I don't feel it. That makes sense. I think that and the fact that you sold tri-state area in New York and New Jersey from the beginning. I think that's part of it, too. Bias is f***. Yep.
Starting point is 00:37:55 But I admit it. I admit it. You know what I'm saying? People go, man, you're in New York and you don't like West Coast rap. You don't like no rap if it ain't from New York. I've given credit where I find credit should be due. You know, I love a lot rap If it ain't from New York I've given credit Where I find Credit should be due You know I love a lot of artists That ain't from New York It ain't many
Starting point is 00:38:08 But I like our swag man Oh you know East Coast ain't beefing no more Like we cool with it Yeah absolutely Absolutely Absolutely I'm just saying you know
Starting point is 00:38:16 I'm stubborn in my In my belief system It's a certain sound you want Yeah man It's a certain A certain rhythm And cadence And delivery
Starting point is 00:38:24 Yeah You know? It is what it is. As a comedian, why do you think, and I don't want you to take this the wrong way, because I've watched you,
Starting point is 00:38:30 you know, I come to your shows all the time, me and the wife. Why don't you think you are not a bigger comedian as I think that you should be? Because my mouth
Starting point is 00:38:37 is my biggest strength, but it's also my biggest detriment. No, I don't have to do it, no ditty. I know who I am. I don't play the bass. I don't play the bass, man. Stop playing with me. I don't get in that. You know what I'm saying? The no diddy i know who i am i don't play the games i don't get in that you know i'm saying the great hands i know who the
Starting point is 00:38:49 that whole pause thing to me is ridiculous let me tell you something i feel like you might be thinking about it no no no listen when i when i did vlad recently uh we were talking about uh denzel and i and i said hey listen part of the allure to a Denzel, especially in his prime, or Brad Pitt, is besides the talent. They were attractive. They were attractive. There's a sex appeal. There's a sexiness to them.
Starting point is 00:39:14 Yeah. And the comments was, yo, it's one thing to kind of say a man is handsome, but to use the word sexy. Man. You know that's mad in your ass, though. That's mad, period. You didn't say sexy, you said sex appeal. I might have said, yo, I get it. I know why women like him. He's a sexy guy.
Starting point is 00:39:30 He eludes sex appeal. That's the same thing. That's the same thing, man. You wanna say something so bad. I'm thinking about it. I don't know if I would say sexy. Sex appeal is the same thing. It's the same thing. You recognize what you're...my eyes ain't lying to me. I know what ugly looks like, so I don't know if I would say sexy. Sex appeal is the same thing. It's the same thing. Yeah, you recognize what you're... My eyes ain't lying to me. I know what ugly looks like. I don't know what attractive looks like.
Starting point is 00:39:50 Right, right. Nah, the other day, Denzel jumped out of the car, and he's 70 now. 70. And girls was losing their mind. I'm looking at him like, yo, I hope I look that good at 70. Helen Hunt looks 70, and she's not.
Starting point is 00:40:02 Damn. But you know, white folks age like fruit wants to go bad it's over listen congratulations 25 years of comedy man that's a long 35 35 started when i was 14 damn yeah damn yeah yeah how have things changed man i feel like it changes every 10 years for comedy you know i i think that it's it's in of its evolution. I don't know if it's as potent as it used to be. Because now everybody with these cell phones and a platform can get into Studio 54. Everybody shouldn't be allowed in Studio 54. It's diluting the product a little bit.
Starting point is 00:40:35 You know, I understand, you know, the 15 minutes of fame. But substance makes longevity. You know, substance makes a career. You know, and I see so many of these flash in the pans come along. And some of it is funny as hell. You know, I get caught career, you know, and I see so many of these flash in the pans come along and some of it is funny as hell. You know, I get caught up in the scroll matrix. You know what I'm saying? But at the end of the day, I know the difference between the undercard and the main event.
Starting point is 00:40:53 Yeah. Do you still have the same love when you first started? Absolutely. OK, absolutely. I mean, listen, I get frustrated at times and the moments where I want to quit just because the politics of it and the bullshit of it can start to wear on you. But I'm in perspective, what the fuck else am I going to do? This is my passion.
Starting point is 00:41:11 This is what I do. So got to ride it till the wheels fall off. What are the politics of somebody like Aries Bid? You know, it's funny. I recently did Tony Rock's podcast. I told Tony the story where one night Chris and I, I never really had a lot of interaction with Chris, but we went out to dinner one time and at the end of the dinner he was just like hey man i can give you three pieces of advice keep writing stay funny and try not to piss these
Starting point is 00:41:33 white folks off um i listened to two of the pieces of advice and like i said my mouth is my biggest power my biggest detriment i say a lot of that i i think sometimes turns people off and again if they don't know me in depth they take it for face value and they think oh he's this way but you know again if you took time to really hang out with me and do some self-investigation yeah there's certain parts that i'm gonna commit to but i'm more than that than what you just see in an interview you know the politics for me has been trying to figure out how to navigate through this mind of of uh what you say and what you don't say you know so you don't hold your tongue so do you ever get to a point where it's like you scared of saying things now because usually some some of the stuff that when we used
Starting point is 00:42:13 to go to your shows you you would say off the wall ish it was funny but now that that off well and stand up i'm gonna always be that i'm not changing that thank you but in terms of interviews not that i'm i don't like the word scared, but I'm going to be more strategic in how I say what I want to say. Because there's a way to say everything. Yeah. And as comics, you know, that's the brilliance of what we do is to put that, make it smell like roses if we choose to do that.
Starting point is 00:42:37 So I'm probably trying to think a little bit more. Right. Is that because you don't really want to make sure that you're not canceled and you're not on? But who can really cancel you when you got the stage? I don't think stand up comedians can never be canceled. Yeah. In terms of stand up. No. But then, you know, film and television, where sometimes the bigger, easier money is to be made, that can be taken away from you. Yeah. But, you know, this is why I love Dave Chappelle so much. I don't want to jinx it. And I don't think I am, but I think he's uncancellable, you know, because he's such a force to be reckoned with.
Starting point is 00:43:05 Something you said just now makes a lot of sense, though, because the older you get as a comedian, do you still want to be touring every weekend? Do you want that to be the way you make money?
Starting point is 00:43:13 Or would you rather be able to do something easier like a TV show? Well, I mean, if you enjoy it, but, you know, there's levels to this. So if you're at the level
Starting point is 00:43:20 where, you know, instead of grinding out three nights, six, seven shows, you do a theater for one night, and instead of commercial, you fly in private. Yeah, I don't think that ever gets old. You know, so it's trying to figure out a way to lessen the grind. You know, like I just started doing theaters now for the longest.
Starting point is 00:43:37 I've always done clubs. But, you know, between the date at the garden, I just sold out Toronto. I just sold out Boston at the Wilbur. So, you know i'm slowly trying to get to that point you know doing the hulu theater on uh may 18th yes a lot of people know you from mad tv and i always wonder because comedians uh whenever they get announced you'll be like from comic view from deaf comedy jam i'm like does that still matter do people still remember those things not if not if not? Not if your position is solidified.
Starting point is 00:44:05 I'll go places and the person will ask me, hey, what's your credits? Just say Aries Spears. Everybody here knows who the f*** I am. That's why they bought the ticket. So they don't need to know, hey, I've done... They know already. I might have been watching you on Black TV for the last 10, 15,
Starting point is 00:44:21 I might be 25, I don't know nothing about Black TV. Right, right, right. Alright, we got more with comedian Aries Spears when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious,
Starting point is 00:44:31 Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with comedian Aries Spears. Charlamagne? Why do you think shows like Mad TV, sketch shows like that, didn't have the longevity of, like, SNL? Well, you know, other than SNL,
Starting point is 00:44:44 Mad TV was the only sketch show to have that kind of longevity. Yeah. But, you know, other than SNL, Mad TV was the only sketch show to have that kind of longevity. Yeah. But you know, listen, Saturday Night Live is the bully on the block. Always has been.
Starting point is 00:44:51 Maybe if the powers that be had kind of supported us more, like even Fox didn't really support us. Like we had some of the biggest names in music, Wu-Tang, Gwen Stefani,
Starting point is 00:45:01 Missy, and our lead-in to the show was the news. So when they would finish their segment they would just go alright now stay tuned for Mad TV
Starting point is 00:45:08 wouldn't announce who was on the show during some of Fox's biggest hits they would never promote us no tease no nothing
Starting point is 00:45:16 so we just we never really got the support that we deserved you know we were like the bastard stepchild to Fox on our own network you know it's crazy is that when you realize this Hollywood thing ain't for me because I'm being a cursing everybody out
Starting point is 00:45:30 No, I mean listen it's part of what goes through the journey So, you know, I always said I don't really know how this is going for me But as much as I want to sometimes get discouraged, I'm not gonna quit, you know, I'll die before I quit No, it may kill me either way man i'm in it you know it's funny i just put as much as i complain it's not until you step back sometimes and you put in perspective where you go i have reason to complain but then i look back and go my life versus the regular joes this is still fantastic yeah the kind of money i make in one weekend and i don't have a boss i I can sleep in all day if I want.
Starting point is 00:46:06 Don't have to answer to nobody. Yeah. What's better than that? And I said that to you and then now I work here. You know, so, you know. So I'm still going to stay here right now. I know you're doing all right, though. I know you're doing all right.
Starting point is 00:46:16 Yeah, I'm doing all right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What was the perspective, though? Like, what did you want? Like, before you took a step back to look and appreciate what you have, what did you want? Like before you took a step back to look and appreciate what you have, what did you want? You know, I think that, and this is one of those moments where I'll say I hope people don't think that I'm being arrogant when I say this. But I think based on my skill level, I should be getting just as much or I'll say just as much as a Kevin Hart or, you know, a Mike Epps. But again, I will take responsibility for why I'm not. Because again, I don't, I step different.
Starting point is 00:46:48 You know? Was there a particular step that you know that, damn, that was one of the ones. You stepped on somebody's. Yeah. It's the whole staircase. I'm the one in front of Sarah, bad man. Yeah, I mean, I probably shouldn't have said what I said about Jordan Peele. And even at one point, I remember Kevin was on here talking about the beef with me and him and Epps.
Starting point is 00:47:10 And, yeah, you know, listen, man, when you're young and you're brash and you're a New Yorker and you're an alpha dog, your ego, you want to beat your chest. Yeah. You know, and that's always who I've been. So now that I'm 49 and I'm looking back, I'm like, oh, maybe I shouldn't have. You did the Cat Williams before Cat before cat williams probably yes yes but like i said as long as i got air in my lungs and a shot i got a shot have you ever spoke to those individuals that you know you might have went at whether it was a cabin i want to know what you said about jordan peele well you know i there was a segment where vlad had showed a interview where interview where Russell Simmons had described them and basically said, Hollywood didn't pick such and such and such.
Starting point is 00:47:50 And this is how they. And I was saying, based on my experience with them, especially it was when they were with Matt, especially Jordan Keegan. You could always see what it was talent wise. But Jordan was so quiet and he didn't really bring it like that. So I didn't know that really his superpower was writing and directing um and i just said that you know listen i said yes they're black men yeah black by pigmentation but you know just because we got the skin tone don't always make you what the skin tone is and they were very i don't know whitewash but they just you know the difference between just because you're a black man,
Starting point is 00:48:25 don't mean you're a brother. You know what I'm saying? They didn't really have a lot of brother to them. And then I'm like, they both married the white women and they carried themselves a certain way. But listen, this is an observation that happens to exist. Now I know a lot of people in the comments will go, what defines black?
Starting point is 00:48:42 Let's not play that game. We know what defines black. It's a rhythm, it's a culture, it's defines black. It's a rhythm. It's a culture. It's a feel. It's a walk. It's a sound. But it's a difference between somebody that Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider
Starting point is 00:48:55 this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia.
Starting point is 00:49:10 I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:49:30 What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,
Starting point is 00:50:13 their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you.
Starting point is 00:51:00 Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself.
Starting point is 00:51:33 It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
Starting point is 00:51:48 or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.
Starting point is 00:52:02 A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families
Starting point is 00:52:23 called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me.
Starting point is 00:52:55 Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16, 2017, was murdered. There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.
Starting point is 00:53:35 My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. And she paid the ultimate price. Listen to Crooks Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. difference but even the Huxtables you could tell all the jazz hands the Evans was just as authentic as the Huxtables yeah but we know there's out there and I'm gonna say one now and and you had them on your show I can't stand Larry Elder I can't stand that coon ass I can't stand Candace Owens you know and I love when dave chappelle referred to her
Starting point is 00:54:45 as a brilliant idiot because that's just what it is that's the name of my podcast yeah i know too she's articulate she's intelligent but used the wrong way you know i mean just just it's like you you're intelligently dangerous so you know and and i don't care what larry elder says i've seen enough on him to where I go, s*** please. That's one of the most tap dancing-ass ass kissings in the game. Stop it. Now you see, I'm trying, you pulled me back in. I was trying to watch myself.
Starting point is 00:55:15 God damn it. The natural s*** is happening. I've never seen that with Key and Peele though. But probably because they don't discuss politics. I don't know. Well, I don't think they have to discuss politics but again i and i know to the people that will sit here and go i'm tired of black people trying to define blackness let's not play this game you know when you hang around somebody and you talk to them and there's a vibe
Starting point is 00:55:34 and an energy you know what that is yeah i'm just simply saying they never gave off that energy and that was my observation whether one is to agree with it or not that's neither here nor there you know it's funny about that people at there was a point where people felt like that about Dave early early early on you know Chappelle's when I heard that that was only because Dave hadn't like a lot of black comedians Dave's route was more rooted in doing stuff that white people saw that black people didn't really see. Yeah. And once Dave did the Chappelle show, this came late to the Dave party.
Starting point is 00:56:07 Yeah. Cause Dave was always that, but, but black, for instance, like Martin show, Martin, that's,
Starting point is 00:56:14 that's biblical in the black. Yeah. That's right. That show was biblical. That's right. Dave didn't have that accessibility to black people the way Martin did, but Dave was always a thousand percent. And then once Chappelle show came out, Oh, oh we'll win it now they late to the party but real comics and real no
Starting point is 00:56:31 dave always been that yeah so yeah what so comic view then and now yeah like how you feel about it being rebooted and how the same way i felt about def jam being yeah like you know that that was something the explosion and and obviously Def Jam came before Comic View, and I tell people this all the time. What made Def Jam so explosive,
Starting point is 00:56:51 and it was inevitable, was because prior to Def Jam, Hollywood only allowed one s*** a decade. You know, Dick Gregory in the 60s, Pryor in the 70s, Eddie in the 80s,
Starting point is 00:57:00 and black talent had always been out there. We just weren't allowed to shine like that. So once America got a chance to see a thousand at once, it was an explosion. Then follow behind that comic view. But the genie's out the bottle now. So I don't know how you capture that.
Starting point is 00:57:16 What was special then now on TV, on TV. Yeah. And now you got this thing, which is a thousand other options. You know, and when you did Def Jam or Comic View, you got on there because you earned your stripes. You was talented. Now everybody with this platform is a comedian. And I'm just like, damn. Like this one
Starting point is 00:57:35 on social media, the nigga who puts the cereal on his head and the milk in the Walmart. Have you seen this? He's like a pep coach. He goes in the Walmart and opens a whole box of cereal and dumps the entire thing of cereal and milk all over his body, leaving a mess.
Starting point is 00:57:52 Well, he's trying to get your attention. But while he does it, he's telling you believe in yourself. No matter what anybody tells you, believe in yourself. You can do it. And meanwhile, in the background, you got all these people in the store like, what is this? And in the comments, people are meanwhile, in the background, you got all these people in the store like, what is this? And in the comments, people are going, yo, man, look past the milk and the mess.
Starting point is 00:58:10 The message. And I'm going, somebody's got to clean that. So does any employee that's got to clean that. That's not funny. And I said, if you really want to be impactful with that same energy and that same practice, do that at a police station. Go in the cops. Believe in yourself. Put the cereal in the milk. with that same energy and that same practice, do that at a police station. Yeah. Go in the cops. Believe in yourself.
Starting point is 00:58:28 Put the cereal in the milk. Do that at the police station, man. And to the people that say this is good, let them come to your house and do that. In your living room. Believe in yourself. And you got to clean up cereal and milk. All right, we got more with comedian Aries Spence when we come back.
Starting point is 00:58:43 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Alaris Spears. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with comedian Aries Spears. Charlamagne? I want to ask you something about the 90s, man, because growing up in the 90s, it felt
Starting point is 00:58:55 like people were not as sensitive as they are now. And I'm not even talking about like... It was a great era. And it felt like artistically, people could do things. We talk about men on film. Right. I've seen people give you flack for sketches that you've done. And I'm like, but that's how things were back then.
Starting point is 00:59:11 You're judging things on this era. Back then, that was normal. So it's like, what do you think happened? Even the black men wearing dresses and all of that. Yeah, again, social media. Because everybody's got a voice. Everybody believes that because they have a voice, they should be heard. They're special.
Starting point is 00:59:28 And the fact is, everybody ain't special. Most people are dumb. Most people don't have talent. Most people, you know, they should be quiet, you know, and everybody's got a chance now. And because of that, we have to protect and respect everybody's feelings and thoughts. Yeah. So it's taken away from the purity of being able to just keep what's special special you know it's oversaturated you know it's horrible where did that come from though like where did that pivot where did that
Starting point is 00:59:55 shift happen to where like the things that were being done in the 90s that were just funny i guess when did that become like a thing where that black man sold out if he wore a dress to get on? You know, I don't know where this boogeyman theory has always existed within the black community about men in dresses. When men in drag has always been a staple in comedy from day one. And my whole thing was, listen, man, again, let's have it in perspective. First of all, that is a comedic thing. And when you look at all the prominent black men in Hollywood, both comedians and dramatic actors, we have far more black men not in dresses than we do. That's right. And when you look at, I could go down a list of Denzel, Sam Jackson, Ving Rhames, Wesley Snipes.
Starting point is 01:00:37 And it's like we've played everything from lawyers to judges to cops to superheroes, loving fathers, loving husbands, everything under the sun. How many of those have been in dresses? None of the dramatic actors. I mean, I know Wesley did too long for other than that. Yeah. Denzel, this person, they ain't never been in a dress, but even the comedians who have let's not play this game.
Starting point is 01:00:59 It's like, if you're going to tell me on one end, it's the mean black man. And so we now taking the glory away from Jamie Foxx, Oscar winner, singer, one of the best actors in the game. Because y'all loved him when he was Wanda. You loved Martin when it was biblical as Shanaynay, Mama Payne, the Big Mama series. So do we take the legend of Flip Wilson and throw that away? When he was on a show at a time when black people weren't on TV. And he gave us a platform where we couldn't be seen. Do we take the iconic status away from Eddie Murphy?
Starting point is 01:01:31 You know, the Klumps, Mama Klump, Rasputin, Richard Pryor, the greatest comedian of all time as the maid and the toy. So come on, man, let's not do that. And if any of these came to your city to perform, you ain't buying tickets. You going. You going. That's right. So stop it, man so how do you make stand-up special special nowadays i just think it starts with the talent if the talent is special the rest takes care of itself it's like i like that great quote by jay-z i forget the uh the documentary when he performed at the garden
Starting point is 01:02:00 uh the uh backstage backstage yeah and he said, just get in the booth, leave the door cracked, let God in. So, you know, get on stage, do what you're doing. That's going to take care of everything else. He gave you the talent.
Starting point is 01:02:12 So, you know, use it. Yeah. I also say what makes him special is not giving him out to just anybody. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 01:02:19 It's like, you just don't give it out to anybody. Yeah, it's like, nah. I do like raw comedy. I do like styles from like back in the day It's like, nah. I do like raw comedy. I do like styles from back in the day. I do like that.
Starting point is 01:02:29 But when it seems like it's too commercial, like, for instance, that last piece, that third piece of advice that you said Chris gave you, try not to piss white people off. You can actually see that in a lot of black specials when they trying to tiptoe around stuff right i don't like that because then it doesn't allow you to be creative and then what doesn't piss and it's not even just white people it's all these different you know communities now everything is so since
Starting point is 01:02:57 everybody's so sensitive because i really at one point like i really really wanted like a special and i'm not saying i don't now but it's like yo you wanted to be special i wanted like a special. And I'm not saying I don't now, but it's like, yo, you want it to be special. I want it to be special. And I don't want to water myself down just to get that. Well, I think number one, I think part of what makes a special tour is you ain't got to pump out five specials in a month. Yeah. You know, there's so many of these dudes on Netflix who got like, damn, you just have one. They got another one.
Starting point is 01:03:23 And I'm like, Jada, cooking the bird up slow cook it slow man yeah and again this is the genius of Dave though of all the specials he put out the only one I really didn't like a lot was the one in the belly room but all the other ones I can't remember the name but he did it at the comedy store but it was just him in the belly room but all the other ones were potent yeah but there's so many of these dudes who might not be as potent but because the opportunity is were potent yeah but there's so many of these dudes who might not be as potent but because the opportunity is there for the money is there they want to put out these specials you know and i'm just like yeah i would rather i i would say you know put out fewer and make sure that the ones you put out are fire all fire yeah but i think they follow with dave because
Starting point is 01:03:59 dave puts out a couple of specials but dave like you said it's funny but dave is dave and i ain't a whole lot of motherfuckers can rock like that. If he was still alive, I said the only comic who could rival Dave is Patrice. So if Patrice hadn't passed, boy... I'm mad I missed the Patrice on the O'Leary. I ran into him. I didn't
Starting point is 01:04:18 see him on stage. I knew him from he used to be on that VH1 show all the time. And I would hear him on Opie and Anthony. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I never... Patrice was a monster. You saw his specials though, right? Elephant in the Room.
Starting point is 01:04:29 No, I never saw Elephant in the Room. Not in full, not in full. Oh, God. Oh, Elephant in the Room, his album Mr. P, even his half-hour Comedy Central special. That motherfucker was a monster. And he liked Dave. You're going to say what the fuck you're going to say.
Starting point is 01:04:41 You're not diluting this comedy cocaine. It's pure. You haven't done a special since what, 2016? Netflix won't f*** with me. Is there a reason? Have they told you a reason? Just, you know, again, you know, one thing about Hollywood is, and this is why I say, you know, no one does self-investigation.
Starting point is 01:04:58 This s*** is very high school. You know, clicks, there's clicks. You know, the goths sit with the goths, the preps, preps, jocks, jocks. And people don't take the time to go, hey, man's clicks. Yeah. You know, the goths sit with the goths, the preps, preps, jocks, jocks, and people don't take the time to go, hey, man, listen, I know what I heard, you know, perception, but let me holler at you. Let me feel you out myself.
Starting point is 01:05:13 And then they can go, listen, I don't know what experiences those people had, but the vibe I'm getting, yo, you cool, motherfucker. Yeah. No one does that in Hollywood. They go off of what they hear. You know, we had Gerard call Michael up here,
Starting point is 01:05:23 and he said he feels like comedy is a dying art form. Do you agree? Well, I know his stance on Dave Chappelle didn't help it when he came out with that. And listen, comedically, if Dave was a musician based on his style, his pace, his awareness, he's Miles Davis. And I always said Gerard Carmichael,
Starting point is 01:05:39 he has a lot of that same rhythm. He's the loneliest monk. So I have a lot of respect for Carmichael, but after he came out and then he trashed dave kind of for the for the transgender special i was like dude you you're violating one of the biggest codes in comedy you're putting your personal over the art yeah you know this badge that we wear called comedy and this oath we've taken that comes before anything and so you let your personal agenda and feelings come in front of the code you don't do that nah he was wrong for that now you know lastly i know that there was
Starting point is 01:06:10 you was in the news about a couple of years ago i felt like somebody was taking the old footage of you and taking it out of hand maybe not maybe with you and tiffany had it so what happened with that i can't get into that okay i would love to because it's bothering me not to because on several vlad appearances you know it would out fail when you go to the comments there's the I would love to because it's bothering me not to because on several Vlad appearances you know without fail when you go to the comments there's the comments
Starting point is 01:06:29 man talking about everything but that and I ain't never ran from nothing you know what I mean so I want to address it but my lawyer is like
Starting point is 01:06:36 until this thing is finally put to bed I just can't touch it we understand well Madison Square Garden May 18th the Hulu Theater get your tickets and we appreciate you for joining us, brother.
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Starting point is 01:07:00 And as I always say, I know it's a lot of episodes, but start from the beginning. It matters comedically, contextually, for characters, callbacks, jokes, and it's like masturbation and potato chips. Once you start, you can't stop. I guarantee you, it's blue magic. You're going to be hooked. There you have it. Harry Spears is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 01:07:17 Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarion, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess. News is real. Weathers and lines. Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying.
Starting point is 01:07:28 Don't do no lying. She don't scare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide mess. On The Breakfast Club. She's a culture shift. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to settle it all.
Starting point is 01:07:48 Okay, so Jeezy backtracks for custody request of his daughter. So earlier this month, initially, he requested primary custody of his daughter because of Jeannie's busy schedule. However, he's changed his mind. Jeannie is now, no, Jeezy is now seeking to split custody of their daughter, Monaco, with Jeannie. In the new motion, he said he's hardly seen his daughter
Starting point is 01:08:10 since entering an informal custody agreement with Jeannie last year. He said that, he said that since Jeannie and Monaco moved out of the home after divorce,
Starting point is 01:08:22 well, it's not final, but after all of that he often don't know where his daughter is which breaks their custody agreement but i honestly feel like if she moved out like if we just want to look a little closer just to be honest like like that can be taken so many ways because he if the daughter is with her he's not required he's not required to know every single place that she is you get what i'm saying but i know this stuff is designed you know when you are fighting
Starting point is 01:08:51 for custody and stuff like that he did add that uh he is blocked from um social media so he can't no from our phone so we can't even facetime his daughter and he added that she is uh keeping their daughter from him because he owns a gun um documents say that genie's rash decision to vacate the marital residence and essentially take the minor child away from her father was clearly not in the minors the minors uh best interest but so allegedly you know she's in her you know i'm saying these are my words simple words she's she's in her feelings but also she still I guess has a right to feel away because she does own a gun
Starting point is 01:09:26 and you know ain't that wrong with him being a gun owner that's something she's using now because you know they're not together
Starting point is 01:09:32 anymore she was in that house probably with the guns as well yeah and felt safe yeah he's a
Starting point is 01:09:36 sovereign man why wouldn't he have guns in his house 2A all day baby I know what you saying 2A all day
Starting point is 01:09:41 but divorce is a mess okay so that's just all it is this is just a mess but Okay? So that's just all it is. This is just a mess. But the only person that wins in divorces like this are the attorneys, the lawyers that are getting paid and keep billing and keep billing and keep billing. And the sad part about it is all that money that they're spending on lawyers on both sides
Starting point is 01:09:55 can go to that baby, can make sure that baby is straight or, you know, that's just money that doesn't need to be spent because all they're doing is going back and forth, back and forth. And these things could take years. They could. And a lot of money like you said but you know what i just started to notice about genie and jeezy what they're starting to look so much alike you said that because you saw you said you saw jeezy last night i certainly did yeah i did and i and you know he give a little asian just a little bit like i don't know i get what you're saying because he got the chinky eyes
Starting point is 01:10:24 he got the tight skin and he you know it's like I get it I swear and then when you have a child that look like
Starting point is 01:10:30 both of y'all equally that child makes y'all look alike too that's so crazy anyway I don't know I'm gonna get to the bottom of that cause what if they
Starting point is 01:10:38 really nah man maybe they just spend so much time together you know they say when couples spend a lot of time together they start to look alike
Starting point is 01:10:43 I don't you're not gonna tell me Jeezy looks like an asian woman now we're not gonna no no you're saying it the wrong way she didn't say asian woman all right well genie look like a black man then that's what you say don't try to say i say you look like an asian woman anyway wendy williams guardian demands that her husband x i mean the ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, returns $112,000 overpaid divorce settlement. So Kevin was petitioning the courts that he hadn't received severance payment since 2021. However, Sabrina, who is the guardian, said that Wendy's income had dropped significantly when she stopped doing the Wendy Williams show. So therefore, the same payment should not be owed to him.
Starting point is 01:11:27 However, Hunter was paid through January of 2022. So they stopped in like October 21. So 2021. So that was three months that he got paid for that. That that slipped past the Guardian. Since Kevin was not supposed to be paid for those three months, they're now demanding the money back. And that was no day. That's the the guardian probably who is this sabrina person why they don't talk to her i know sabrina she knows something yeah she knew she know a lot um
Starting point is 01:11:52 but the three payments of 37 500 adds up to the 112 000 um so and they try and get that money back they're not gonna get that money he's not it's already spent he every time about yo where my other money at because i'm broke yeah so yeah they're not getting it back. They're not going to get that money back. He's not. It's already spent. He's already talking about, yo, where my other money at? Because I'm broke. Yeah, because he's saying, yeah, they're not getting it back. It's not. They're not getting it back.
Starting point is 01:12:09 And greater news. This is congratulations news. Ashanti announces that she's pregnant and engaged to Nelly. Beautiful. Yes, that's so nice. Dropping a few bombs from Nelly and Ashanti.
Starting point is 01:12:19 Congrats to Ashanti. Love to see it. Yeah, it was like she let it slip out, though. Like, she was announcing the baby, but she let the engagement part slip out, was so cute because she told essence motherhood is something that i've looked forward to and sharing this with my family fiance and loyal fans who have been so supportive of my career is an amazing experience so um this will be ashanti's first
Starting point is 01:12:39 child and nelly's fifth child we We wish Ashanti nothing but a successful delivery of that baby. And she was a hot thing on stage just as pregnant as she want to be. I hope Nelly and Ashanti get married, okay? Yeah. I hope they have more kids
Starting point is 01:12:53 if they want them. Yep. That's right. I love the Nelly and Ashanti. Beautiful couple they are. I love them. Yes, they are. And Ashanti has inspired
Starting point is 01:12:59 a lot of people right now. A lot of people are thinking about getting back with that ex-boo and, you know, having the happily ever after, you know, ending. Yeah. I don't know if it's going to work for y'all, but it works for Nelly and Ashanti.
Starting point is 01:13:12 Right. I was going to say, I think people should just stop looking at other people's goals. Yeah. Because we don't know these people. That's right. What God has for you is what God has for you. What God had for Nelly and Ashanti is what God had for Nelly and Ashanti. Yeah. That's not, might Nelly and Ashanti. Yeah. That might not be in your cards.
Starting point is 01:13:28 Okay? All right? And in other news, Charlamagne needs more headphones. New ones. I cannot take my performance serious. Why? Because just looking at you looking dumb like that,
Starting point is 01:13:42 like I hate that. And you are a very handsome man. I've been looking dumb since you know me. No, no you don't be looking that dumb now you got the fresh haircut and you shine that little head up okay you know what i was thinking about the other day yo the sun's starting to come out and the weather is popping right i was like what if chelsea may own a convertible right and he i know that hair be sizzling because the sun yo the sun can yo his hair be having so much grease on that head. Is your country falling apart?
Starting point is 01:14:07 Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete.
Starting point is 01:14:22 Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God.
Starting point is 01:14:46 What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape
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Starting point is 01:15:04 you get your podcasts. going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun.
Starting point is 01:15:58 Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.
Starting point is 01:16:50 Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on
Starting point is 01:17:11 with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey y'all, Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Starting point is 01:18:08 Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Goldman. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:18:36 Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.
Starting point is 01:19:02 Exactly. Whether you're black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher
Starting point is 01:19:23 each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. I can't wait till you have that baby.
Starting point is 01:19:38 You can start smoking weed again. When you do too much thinking, that's what I thought you'd be happy. Yeah. I wonder if you got a convertible, y'all. And when he brought it in this time. I don't have no damn convertible. I'm glad.
Starting point is 01:19:48 I'm glad. I did just get some new headphones. Los just bought me some new headphones. He did. Okay, well, good. Because I can't deal with that, y'all. Thank you, Los. It's hanging.
Starting point is 01:19:57 But I got to do the rest of the show in these. I'm going to do the rest of the week in these. I'll switch to the new headphones next week. He want to struggle so bad. That's right. All right. Well, that is just what the mess. Sometimes you got to feel that. Yeah, that's just for the mess for the second hour.
Starting point is 01:20:07 Now, Charlamagne, who are we giving that donkey to? Man, four after the hour. We need Jontae Porter to come to the front of the congregation. This is such a teachable moment. This man has been banned from the NBA for life. We'll tell you why when we come back. We'll discuss. All right.
Starting point is 01:20:21 And then after that, we do Jess Fix My Mess. So if you're having relationship problems or issues and you need to talk to jess whatever your question may be get on the phone line right now 800-585-1051 donkey today's up next the breakfast club your mornings will never be the same what's donkey up to damn the hee haw again it's time It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm not even trying to be Donkey of the Day no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things.
Starting point is 01:20:51 It's called Donkey of the Day, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Charlamagne. Who got the Donkey of the Day today? Well, just hilarious. Donkey of the Day for Thursday, April 18th, goes to former NBA player player John T. Porter. The reason I say former is because yesterday we found out that he got banned from the NBA for life after an investigation reveals he violated league gambling rules.
Starting point is 01:21:15 Let's go to ESPN for the report, please. The NBA has leveled a lifetime ban on the Toronto Raptors. John T. Porter, for his involvement in gambling, the league's investigation found everything from limiting his own participation in games, sharing confidential information with known bettors, and betting on as many as 13 NBA games himself, including betting the Toronto Raptors to lose.
Starting point is 01:21:46 And I think even more damning for the NBA is that this remains an open investigation. The league has turned over their findings to federal authorities. This may not be the end of this probe, but Jonte Porter leveled with a lifetime ban from Commissioner Adam Silver today. Now, let me put this in perspective, paint the picture. Jonte Porter is 24 years old. He wasn't a star in Toronto. Probably would have never been a star.
Starting point is 01:22:13 But according to the Toronto Raptors, they had high hopes for him and felt that eventually he would have developed into a solid backup center for Toronto. The Raptors said if he would have stayed healthy, he would have probably been back with the organization. They said he provided some defensive mobility, was an adequate passer for a backup big man, and had some floor spacing ability. The Raptors said it's entirely possible he could have landed a minimum contract worth about $2.1 million. Now, the NBA, right? Let's talk about the NBA for a second.
Starting point is 01:22:39 It's such an exclusive club. You know how many things in your life have to go right for you in order to make it to the NBA? Number one, genetics. Okay, you have to hit the lottery in the genetic gene pool in order for the NBA to be a possibility. John T. Porter is 6'10". I did some research. And by research, I mean Google. 5'8 is the worldwide average among men in regard to height.
Starting point is 01:23:00 6'10 is so rare that it's literally one in a million. One in a million people are 6'10 is so rare that it's literally one in a million one in a million people are six foot ten and if you 6'10 and never played any type of basketball then your nickname should be top shelf okay because that's all you're good for getting stuff off the top shelf your height is one in a million so god gave you a physical gift that you really can't do much with other than play basketball if you 6'10 and never played basketball you're just a twizzler okay long for no damn reason and you look pretty stupid doing anything else when you 6'10 okay coconut long boy and people see you anywhere else other than a basketball court they just assume something went wrong okay you're just too tall to do anything you're too tall to be
Starting point is 01:23:42 a mechanic you're too tall to be a mechanic. You're too tall to be a software developer. You wouldn't be able to sleep well on a flight, okay, if your pilot was 6'10". Can you imagine if you saw a 6'10 pilot, alright? Daddy Long Legs would drive you crazy, okay? Thinking about, what is he doing with his legs in that cockpit? I'm just trying to explain to you how rare being 6'10 is, okay?
Starting point is 01:24:00 One in a million. And then just to make it to the NBA, there's only 560 players in the NBA. Think about how few that is, okay? Think about how rare it is to make it to the nba there's only 560 players in the nba think about how few that is okay think about how rare it is to make it to the league 560 players only 1.2 percent of college players make it from college to the nba so usually the path is college to the nba and look how difficult that is jonte porter's path was even more difficult difficult okay he did one season at mazorca was named to the 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team, won SEC Sixth Man of the Year, tore both his ACL and MCL in a scrimmage game,
Starting point is 01:24:34 missed his sophomore season while rehabbing the injury, still decided to enter his name into the 2019 NBA draft, and God blessed him with an opportunity to uh you know get signed by the Grizzlies he went undrafted but he got signed by the Grizzlies in 2020 but he didn't play while rehabbing from the ACL the Grizzlies re-signed him to a multi-year contract he ended up getting waived then spent time in the G League then signed a two-way deal with the Raptors you know when he played for the Grizzlies he made 2.3 million dollars over three seasons do you hear how difficult it was for him to make it to the nba and he's not even the first in his family to do it that's how you know it's kind of destiny right his brother michael porter jr
Starting point is 01:25:16 nba world champion for the denver nuggets averages 16 and 7 this year got a five year 179 million dollar contract so jonte has a blueprint for this. OK, there is a role model for him in all of this. All he had to do was continue to do what he's been doing, which is work. You've been working hard your whole entire life, working hard to get to a certain point, only to blow a potential multimillion dollar opportunity for ten dollars an hour. But that's all he got. He got twenty one thousand dollars was the payout right from the gambling. So twenty one thousand dollars a year, that's about ten dollars an hour but that's all he got he got twenty one thousand dollars was the payout right from the gambling so twenty one thousand dollars a year that's about ten dollars an hour jonte if you was old on your last legs in the league you done played about 13 14 seasons i would be like whatever i might even understand but you 24
Starting point is 01:25:59 in a league where you don't even have to do much to get paid nowadays except be tall. And now you're about to be in this world tall for no damn reason. Just out here looking like you're ready to kidnap clouds because you got banned from the NBA for life. Now salute to Bonzi Wells and Rasheed Wallace. They were talking about this situation on the Rasheed and Tyler show. And they absolutely gave Jontae the credit he deserves for being stupid. So let's hear it. In the words of Charlemagne Tha he got donkey he's a donkey that was life is about choices y'all okay destiny is not a matter of chance it's a matter of choice i tell y'all this all the time one poor choice can ruin everything and he made a poor choice all right well thank you for that donkey today well
Starting point is 01:26:52 deserved yes indeed all right now when we come back just fix my mess if you need relation if you have a relationship problems or issues and you need some advice 800-585-1051 call just how fast she sound when she talk too. Y'all notice that last break when she First of all that five month pregnancy kissing her ass. fat people sound like that?
Starting point is 01:27:12 Yes. Oh my God. And pregnant people. My goodness. Jess picks my message next y'all. Yes. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 01:27:20 The Breakfast Club. X about me. Relationship problems. X about me. You need to beat your co-worker's ass. The Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess Fix My Mess. Hello, who's this? Hi, I'm Naya. Hey, Naya. What's your question for Jess? Jess, my question is, I got to give you a little background. I've been in a relationship for about a year, and through that year, it's been good,
Starting point is 01:27:55 but I've been having some baby mama drama with one of his baby mothers. I've stayed in a relationship and dealt with it because she lives in Georgia, states away, but now she's moving to Jersey, and I really feel like it's a problem. Should I be worried about this or not? What are the problems that you had from her? She still wants him. Oh, she still wants him, and he's aware of that. He knows that, obviously.
Starting point is 01:28:18 Yep. Has he showed you in any way that he wants her still? Or, like, how does that? How does that? So she plays the whole baby game. She punishes him with the baby. So he claims he plays along because of the baby. Yeah, see, I don't really appreciate that type of behavior from the father.
Starting point is 01:28:36 Because just like women are quick to take a man to court, a man can take a woman to court as well. And courts don't play games you know what i mean so i don't understand have you ever brought that up to him like why don't you just go through the courts to um i definitely have but i ignored it because i'm like she's away no those are just not you i understand but now she's here now she's moving to jersey. She already moved to Jersey? Yeah, she did. She just randomly popped up. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:29:11 So I feel like he knew that. I feel like he knew. It wasn't random. He knew she was coming. You know what I'm saying? I think the baby game can only be played if the guy is still slightly entertaining what's going on you know what I'm saying like oh cuz if he didn't want anything to do with her but loves his child and don't want anything to mess up the relationship with his child he will go through the courts like you you can't not you you
Starting point is 01:29:38 can't do that he has to slightly enjoy this this attention that he get from her like I'm not saying he wants to be with her, but he like, I mean, it's not bothering him. It's bothering you more than it's bothering him. That's the problem. So I feel like if that don't change, it's only been a year, and it could be five more of that.
Starting point is 01:29:59 You love him, don't you? Like, real big. I do, I do. I know. But yeah, if that don't change, babe, she already here. I know. I do. I do. I know. But yeah, if that don't change, babe, she already here. She ain't moving back.
Starting point is 01:30:09 And he ain't trying to make her neither. And like I said, he ain't taking legal action. So I feel like you know what to do if it don't change. Right.
Starting point is 01:30:17 Okay. That was my question. I just need some confirmation. I got you. I know that's right, girl. All right. Check in with me. Let me know.
Starting point is 01:30:24 All right. Good luck, mama. All right. Call me know. Alright. Good luck, mama. Alright. Call her up right now. Just fix my mess. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship problems, if you're having relationship problems and you need some help, Jess is here to help you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 01:30:39 It's the real deal. Help me. Help me. I'm all up in your mess. I'm going to fix it. Fix it. Fix my mess. Fix it. Fix it.
Starting point is 01:30:50 Jess going to fix your mess because my advice is real. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Jess Fix My Mess. And who do we have on the line? Hello. Who's this?
Starting point is 01:31:01 Hey. Hi. How are you? What's up? Yep. This is Jess. Hey, what's happening? Nothing. What's you what's up yep this is jess hey what's happening so this is my question so is it okay to leave a marriage if you got married for the wrong reason and you've had enough of the marriage uh example i've been married for three years
Starting point is 01:31:19 uh 2018 i was shot uh multiple times. I survived. I wanted to air. I wanted a scene. In order for me to have that scene, you know, my wife told me, well, my wife now, she told me she wasn't, you know, having no kids without being married. So that's what I did. I married her. I had my daughter. Now I have my daughter.
Starting point is 01:31:43 I'm kind of done with the marriage now. Is it okay to leave? Damn. hell we're not happy well I love your honesty first of all but it was built on a lie kind of sort of you kind of you married her just for a baby like you know it was plenty women out there that would give you a baby without marriage. Right. And if you really wasn't in it for her, you know, because she seems like she entered the marriage for right reasons. She wanted a husband and she wanted a family where she would have never made you marry. She would have never, you know, said, I'm only having a baby when I'm married. This sounds like a woman who had a mind made up about family. You just wanted a kid.
Starting point is 01:32:24 It's so many women who have kids without requiring marriage ever like that was unfair completely i do think that you need to leave the marriage and um give her her life back um you can't undo what you did because that's the whole life that y'all created but holding her basically hostage in the marriage or leading her on does Does she know you feel like this? Yeah. Dang. That's another issue. That's another issue.
Starting point is 01:32:48 I'm trying to leave, but I can't. Oh, so she holding you hostage. She holding you hostage. Yeah. Yeah, well, you're going to have to pay for that, buddy. I don't know what you, yeah, that's your karma. And it came back to bite you right in your ass. Because, yeah, I mean, I wouldn't wanna be with you
Starting point is 01:33:09 If you told me that Cause as honest as it is, I can respect it But I wouldn't even wanna be with you If you told me that Nah, I'm good then, you know And I would just end up being a mother Figuring out how to co-parent But, um, to answer your question
Starting point is 01:33:24 Um, yeah I think it is okay to leave a marriage if you um if you got into it for the wrong reasons i just don't like the way you did it that was messed up but this is your karma so yeah all right appreciate it all right no problem all right hey just fix my mess 800-585-1051. Now, when we come back, we got Jess with the mess. Celebrity news. What are we talking about? A bunch of throwaway stories. Basically, you know, I say throwaway when it's like stuff that shouldn't be news.
Starting point is 01:33:54 But I still got to do them because ain't nothing else going on. When she's tired and the baby starts to put that pressure on the top part of her stomach, that's when she do that, too. Don't be trying to clean it up when it ain't supposed to be stuff reported, but I got to report something because I got to do it three times a day. All right, well, we'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:34:11 Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's already raining outside, man. You just said this is a song. I love giving. You look outside when this song playing and it's raining, it's appropriate. Yeah, right, please.
Starting point is 01:34:25 You be talking about snooze all the time, and then we give you another banger, and now you talking about, oh, no, it's raining. Don't listen to me. You heard what I pulled up listening to this morning. Yeah, what was it? Your long ass? Regina Bell, God is good. Oh, I know.
Starting point is 01:34:37 I dare you to say something negative. No, I'm not. I'm being held by noon. I know. I'm not going to say that. It's all right. Well, let's get to Jess with the mess. Be the breath of the wind.
Starting point is 01:34:43 The news is real, but it's a lie. It's breakfast. The news is real. Jessica Lawrence, Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. She don't spare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide mess. On the Breakfast Club. She's a coach of shit. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something
Starting point is 01:35:03 that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it on. Adrian Broner swiftly rejected after shooting his shot at Coil Array during IG Live. I'm glad that somebody rejected his ass. I can't stand the way he talked to women, y'all. You said he talked to you crazy one time, right? Yeah, he was a clown. Like, when it came out that I was pregnant, he was like, congratulations, bitch.
Starting point is 01:35:22 I was like, what? Unless you're from Baltimore, nigga, do not play with me like that. Where did they be from? I forgot. I don't know. It don't matter. It really don't matter. But he's a clown.
Starting point is 01:35:32 Congratulations, bitch. So he's blocked. That's so crazy. Yeah, but only people from Baltimore can talk to me like that. That's how it is. You're not from there. I've never heard Baltimore say, they say dummy. Yeah, we say dummy, but we say like little bitch.
Starting point is 01:35:46 We say that. Okay, okay. A lot. But yeah, you say I can't say that on the radio now? What? Little bitch.
Starting point is 01:35:51 Why can't you say that? I don't know. You was looking like it was too harsh. No, I'm just listening to you because I take all of y'all from Baltimore harsh. Whatever.
Starting point is 01:35:58 Anyway. Oh Lord. Podcast. Podcast alert. Listen up Charlemagne. Memphis Bleak announced his podcast series Rock Solid while Black Effect is open. Oh, that's going to Podcast alert. Listen up, Charlemagne. Memphis Bleak announced its podcast series, Rock Solid.
Starting point is 01:36:06 Well, Black Effect is open. Oh, that's going to be on the Drink Champs podcast network. Oh, okay. Well, another podcast in the world. Yeah. Nice. Zendaya says, I don't know if Euphoria will return. It's beyond me.
Starting point is 01:36:19 Yes, leave that girl alone. She's just the star of the show. She's not the showrunner. And they too old now. By the time that show come back, they cannot be in high school no more. They would have to jump like five, six years. Yeah, absolutely. Tekashi69's cards and other items seized from Florida home by IRS agents.
Starting point is 01:36:36 So that means he ain't got no money or something? I don't know. He got an outstanding bill. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's when the IRS come like that. Oh, wow. So do a lot of other people. I be wondering about that, though. I really do be thinking about
Starting point is 01:36:49 people because everybody's making a new kind of money now. But it's the same old money. They're just making it in different ways. So you have people making money off these podcasts and YouTube and everything else and Patreons and everybody be bragging about how much money they got. I be like, what if they paying their taxes?
Starting point is 01:37:05 Right. And then at the end of the year, the IRS seizes such and such belongings. I think about that quite often. That's crazy. And the sad thing about it is a lot of these people
Starting point is 01:37:13 is different forms, like you said. So when it comes in and they deposit the amount, they can go back three, four, five years and then they just go in your account
Starting point is 01:37:20 and be like, well, what's this deposit for? You ain't pay taxes. You owe me. What's this deposit for? You ain't pay taxes. You owe me. And then when you ain't got it because it me what's this deposit for you ain't pay taxes you owe me and then when you
Starting point is 01:37:25 ain't got it because it might not be working anymore like Tekashi when's the last time Tekashi put out a record when's the last time he went on the road
Starting point is 01:37:31 no idea and he's also seen giving away a lot of money too well so yeah I hope y'all paying y'all taxes that's all I can tell you
Starting point is 01:37:38 Kayla Lillard the estranged wife of NBA star Damian Lillard comments on Glorilla's recent arrest posting her mugshot picture saying free Glow Lillard hashtag sister wife.
Starting point is 01:37:51 She was laughing at it. So baby, this actually lets us know one or two things. Either y'all are sharing him or you just confirmed it. She took your man and you mad about it. Either way. She said sister wife though. Yeah, but she also laughed and all of that.
Starting point is 01:38:05 And put emojis. Emojis be meaning something else when a woman put it. You know? I mean, I think we are coming out. Sister wives now. Boom. But like, he filed for divorce. Let's just keep that in our back pocket.
Starting point is 01:38:14 Or maybe she was upset because remember, Glorilla shot her. Shot at Damien. She surely did. She didn't like it. It was like a ha ha. You know, that type of thing. And Glorilla was like, I don't care who Iggity says. I want him.
Starting point is 01:38:24 Yeah. So, this is the. But I mean, she home now. So like I don't care who Iggity says I want him yeah so this is the but I mean she home now so it don't matter you posting the picture like she still in there alright 21 Savage only rapper
Starting point is 01:38:33 make only rapper to make one what 21 Savage only rapper to make times 100 most influential people
Starting point is 01:38:41 of 2024 list I'm mad at it salute to 21 yeah but just to dig a little deeper, who are the people making these lists?
Starting point is 01:38:48 And then 2024 is not even, we only in April. We got like eight more months. Something like, what is going on? Oh my gosh. That's a good point. Maybe that's for 20,
Starting point is 01:38:58 maybe that's the people for 2023. I don't know how they do that. But he made the 2024 list. But I know they said Burner Boy actually wrote about him. But Burner Boy not even from over here. Oh my that. But he made the 2024 list. But I know they said Burner Boy actually wrote about him. But Burner Boy
Starting point is 01:39:06 not even from over here. Oh my God. Asia Wilson made that list too. Dropping the Clues bombs for South Carolina going Asia Wilson. Plays for the Las Vegas Aces. She made the list as well.
Starting point is 01:39:15 That's not just a U.S. list, right? It's just as 100 most influential people. It's worldwide. I don't know. Don't give me the line. Russell Simmons and Lisa Rae McCoy spent a little quality time together in Bali. They were seen at dinner.
Starting point is 01:39:28 Look, so what? They could be friends or whatever. They're speculating that they might be together. First of all, they're too old for us to care. It don't matter. Like, whatever. They seen together. Hey, guys.
Starting point is 01:39:37 I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Thank you. high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app,
Starting point is 01:40:33 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.
Starting point is 01:40:57 I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads.
Starting point is 01:41:17 Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you.
Starting point is 01:41:47 Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves, for self-preservation and protection. it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.
Starting point is 01:42:30 Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records,
Starting point is 01:42:59 Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone.
Starting point is 01:43:19 Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:44:07 Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.
Starting point is 01:44:33 Exactly. Whether you're black, Asian, white, Latinx, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Be together. You know that place is a wellness
Starting point is 01:45:10 retreat, though. Yeah. Russell Simmons has a wellness retreat out there. But my thing is, either way, it don't matter. Oh, yeah, yeah. I get you. They were just seen at dinner. How are people speculating that they're together? I think people be at the wellness retreat that Russell owns. I don't know that for sure
Starting point is 01:45:25 but that's what it seems like yeah well Usher was just there right like what yeah maybe they're doing yoga and meditation
Starting point is 01:45:31 and mindfulness it's a way to go mentally decompress right and if you want to see if you see Russell Simmons it's like hey what's up let's take a picture
Starting point is 01:45:37 you know Rihanna talks R9 she said I already got stuff that I feel I can make hits out of girl you don't got no album make me out of a lion please she's been lying and playing for years polo g says drugs and liquor help me cope with pain but i need better vices so look one of his fans said i thought you said
Starting point is 01:45:56 you don't use drugs no more he said mfa i stopped and started again and then he said i know but then he says still to this day i haven't popped the perk for the respect for my brother but it's a lot of other drugs out here gang this is my thing if you're so aware right if you're so aware how are you still so easily to get into drugs and you're so aware to know you need other vices and you haven't popped you you skipping over perks out of respect for your brother but you're gonna go to everything else like yo he's aware yeah there's a yeah and that's like that's actually the first step right because there's ways to start a healing journey number one you do have to acknowledge and accept
Starting point is 01:46:38 your pain so as you said just if you're aware that you're going through something you're aware that you're dealing with some pain then you need to set some new intentions and goals to deal with that pain. And that intention and goal can't be to go get some alcohol and go get some liquor. You need to take your ass to therapy. Yeah, but you skipping over perks. No perks, because I told my brother, no, not them. Man, hand me that over there. Like, no.
Starting point is 01:46:57 Yeah, brother's doing everything except for going to therapy. That's what they're doing. Okay. Nia Long says, y'all got me about to cut my hair again okay what happened she's going through something no she was just reminiscing on how good she looked back in the day which she still look good now but she she looked good back in the day with that shortcut so she thinking about getting it again but they reported it like it was like oh nia long about to cut her hair whoa okay listen man people got content to fill, just like you do.
Starting point is 01:47:26 Yeah, this is it. Right here. This is it. Me feeling it. That was Jess with the mess. Thank you, Jess. Now, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in.
Starting point is 01:47:34 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Jess, you're going Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Now Jess, you gonna be in Louisville?
Starting point is 01:47:47 Yes, Louisville, Kentucky, the first weekend of May at the Louisville Comedy Club. Make sure y'all get y'all tickets, we got four shows, two shows on Friday, two shows on Saturday. A 7.15 and a 9.30 if I'm not mistaken, get up on that website. You can also find tickets at JessHilariousOfficial.com y'all. Yes, I'm stepping out and I'm gonna be even bigger but better shorty wheniousofficial.com, y'all. Yes, I'm stepping out. And I'm going to be even bigger but better, shorty, when I get up on that stage, y'all. So make sure y'all look for me in Louisville. Definitely bigger because you'll be about six months in. Yep.
Starting point is 01:48:14 What? Yo, we just can't wait. And then everyone is going to be like, yep. I mean, you're going to be bigger because that's a baby. I'm not talking about weight. I'm talking about baby weight. Thank you. But I meant a bigger comedian oh okay yeah damn well you're gonna be big you're gonna be wide because when
Starting point is 01:48:30 you get up there like y'all y'all are hell that's crazy get your tickets off all right when we come back we got the positive notice the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we The Breakfast Club. We got a salute to Aries Spears for joining us today. Yeah, salute to the good brother, Aries Spears. He'll be headlining. He'll be doing a show at the Hulu Theater on May 18th at MSG. So go get your tickets for that if you haven't already, man. All right.
Starting point is 01:49:01 Now you got a positive note? I do. But I want to tell people, make sure that you go get your tickets for the second annual Black Effect Podcast Festival happening Saturday April 27th yeah April 27th April 27th
Starting point is 01:49:10 next week I can't wait till it comes because I'm sick of hearing you say that every day I can't believe it's next week I'm like damn
Starting point is 01:49:17 that came fast but next week April 27th go get your tickets at eventbrite.com or blackeffect.com slash podcast festival. Salute to everybody that's listening to us on 96.1 now.
Starting point is 01:49:28 Tell people, okay, because I'm tired of y'all being in the comments, sending me pictures of 105.3, talking about, oh, my God, you're not on there anymore. Keep clowning everybody who they hear, like, who is this? I don't want to hear this. I'm like, yo, 96.1 the beat, yo. Why they don't run commercials on 105.3 at least saying, hey. Letting them know. We're no longer 90, 105.3.
Starting point is 01:49:49 If you want to hear that stuff, go to 96.1. Jesus Christ. Well, they got billboards and stuff like that up now, too. Yeah, they do. Like, they got, I think it's like three of them in Atlanta. Okay. Yeah, so that's what's up. But the positive note is simply this.
Starting point is 01:50:01 Absolutely no one is obligated to help your big grown ass appreciate what people do for you have a blessed day breakfast club bitches you don't finish what y'all done ain't gang if you let you slide ain't bad if you gotta drive big guns and a lot of zip ties so she look like me quit lying We gon' spin and kill, the beast, and who we're tellin' now We gon' spin and kill, the beast, and who we're tellin' now All these rips on my, spent another bag on my Now I know you ain't fit to do, every whip heavy you want it new, mad cause she ain't no, pretty face with a Barbie doll, another year another, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, I ain't tryna be your buddy I'm a multi-million dollar home Hollow points finna go through your Washington, bitch was baffin' He be kissin' all over my Get a siffin' in a row
Starting point is 01:51:31 Another year, another Vince Slim I'm on the A Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, stop Beat up, don't stop, fire, fire, fire Don't stop, don't stop, fire, fire, fire Beat, can't stop, can't stop, beat up We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill
Starting point is 01:51:49 We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill
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Starting point is 01:51:57 We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill
Starting point is 01:51:58 We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill
Starting point is 01:51:58 We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill
Starting point is 01:51:58 We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill We gon' spin and kill I told you five, we can do this Love, whoa, better than every My feeling is catchy, down here no more All my bitches get jealous, but I'ma be the else where they got her
Starting point is 01:52:12 One, two, three, four, five, just on my high It's so hard that I might die All of my bitches get jealous, got a old school girl still rockin' them paddocks Got a young bitch flaggin', go on back in the land You're checking out the Breakfast Club. eBay Motors is here for the ride. With the parts you need for the prices you want. And with eBay Guaranteed Fit, they're guaranteed to fit your ride the first time, every time, or your money back. Keep your ride or die alive at ebaymotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.
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Starting point is 01:53:32 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-Stan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
Starting point is 01:53:48 or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about.
Starting point is 01:54:09 It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.
Starting point is 01:54:36 Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records because in order to make history you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you
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Starting point is 01:56:08 or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Marie. And I'm Sydney. And we're Mess. Well, not a mess, but on our podcast called Mess, we celebrate all things messy. But the gag is, not everything is a mess. Sometimes it's just
Starting point is 01:56:24 living. Yeah, things like J-Lo on her third divorce. Living. Girl's trip to Miami. Mess. Breaking up with your girlfriend while on Instagram Live. Living. It's kind of a mess.
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