The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Beyoncé’s Unreleased Music Stolen, Diddy Enters Rehab & DV Programs in Jail + Malcolm D. Lee Interview

Episode Date: July 15, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Malcolm D. Lee joins us to talk about The Best Man franchise, working with Spike Lee, launching Sable Bourbon, the Essence Festival, and his career journey with Peacock. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a pastor who left a 5-year-old child in an SUV while drinking at a bar and dining out. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But in 2014, the youngest escaped. Listen to The Turning, River Road on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning morning USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, What's up Red? What up, Envy? The sad thing about Jess being stuck is Jess actually got to work before anybody this morning. But there's two trucks double parked doing deliveries downstairs. And her truck is parked behind those two trucks and she can't get through the street. The two trucks block the whole street off. So she can't even get through.

But she's been down there about 20 minutes. And the truck drivers are just taking their time, you know, they're doing their morning deliveries, but they blocked the whole road So Jess has been downstairs for 20 minutes. I'm sure Jess is listening in the car. Good morning, Jess I'm sure Jess is lighting one up right right now this morning cuz I'm sure she's like F this But Jess will be here in a second. The Charlamagne will be here in a second as well Now hopefully you guys are doing well out there. There's been a Just I was just I was just talking about you. I Was saying you probably lighting one up right now in the car because you were in that car for about 20 minutes

Stuck behind the track yo and they know that these lower streets in New York are not big enough for both of them To be double parked in the middle of the street. That's so stupid. Yo, you already know I lit up I'm you know that was so... Did you see me do a jumping jacks in the street? Yo, I'm like, why you playing? Like, you were cool and smiling, jumping up and down. Played too much, yo. I seen you.

But yeah, so if you live in a tri-state, not even only the tri-state, people have been hitting me all over the country and saying these rainstorms and floods have been ridiculous. Yesterday was nasty. Yeah. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Last night, and then I live like in a building so you can just see, and we're far up,

like you can just see like, yo, the rain was slapping the window so hard. It was wild, yo. And it's winds, it's mixed with winds too, so it was real windy. You seen the traffic backed up, cars were pulling over like they couldn't even drive through it. It was crazy. Yeah, the amount of people, I'm sure last night, that got water in their basement, that lost their cars last night. I mean, the rain was, the water was so damn high in certain areas and I was driving around grabbing merch for the car show this weekend.

And just to see the amount of people. Oh damn, he was out there in it. I was out there in it. I was out there in it, yeah. So alright, well let's get this show cracking. Malcolm D. Lee will be joining us this morning Now he is the writer director and producer for some of the films like the best man girls trip

undercover brother Yes, and yes a new book the best man unfinished business out now So we're gonna talk to him and he's also spiked leaves uh cousin. Yes Spike Lee. Yes, let's get the show cracking. We to Spike Lee. Yeah, so let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Charlamagne just walked in on him. What's Charla? Why y'all start this show at six o'clock every morning?

Why we start the show at six o'clock every morning? Why is this show so early? No, we start on time. Why does this show start so early every morning? That's kinda crazy. Because both of y'all, y'all the ones that made the time for this. It's the Breakfast Club, good morning.

Morning everybody, it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast club. Let's get in some front page news What's up, Morgan? Hey, hey good morning. Good morning. How we feeling on a Tuesday? How you doing and because you know first on front page is the state of emergency that's going on in New Jersey I know I saw your video flooding is crazy up there Yeah, I mean yesterday driving around like I said I had to pick up my car show merch and to shipping down to Virginia and when I say waters were like two three feet and

People were stuck on the road and it happened so damn fast. Like it was it was crazy Yeah, so New Jersey Governor Phil Murph Murphy has declared a state of emergency across the state after heavy rain stumped several inches in many parts of the state. Now the rain caused rose closures, power outages and damages around the state, especially in central New Jersey. Now more than 7,400 customers lost power at the storm's peak. Flash flood warnings have been issued or were issued throughout the state. Flooding was reported in Hoboken, Summit, Raleigh and elsewhere.

And of course, there was also a ground stop issued at Newark and JFK International and LaGuardia airports last night. New Jersey Transit says the rain was expected to affect train and light rail service as well. Now, 50 million people were under flood warnings yesterday in major cities such as New York City here in DC and Baltimore as well facing flash floods. So I just want to make sure that you guys are safe and you guys are paying attention and heeding to those warnings when they come up. You know you don't want to end up in a devastating

situation. Elsewhere President Trump says he will be placing a hundred percent tariff on Russia if there's no peace deal in Ukraine soon. Now, he met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte yesterday and Trump also announced a new deal to sell top of the line weaponry to NATO, including defensive Patriot missiles meant for distribution in Ukraine. Let's take a listen to the president's comments regarding that. We're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. Billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to be purchased from the United States

going to NATO, etc. And that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield. Yeah, Trump went on to say this wasn't his initial focus, this particular war, calling it a Biden war. And he had been blaming both sides for the continued war in Ukraine, but lately has been putting most of the blame on Putin saying he's not happy with Putin, adding that he had he thought he had a deal in place about four times, but it appears that basically he said, you know, one minute they think there's a deal in place and the next minute there's bombs and whatever else in Kiev. So the president is looking to, you know, get this particular situation settled and

resolved between Ukraine and Russia. Elsewhere in presidential news, former President Obama is telling Democrats to toughen up, given the political landscape under the current administration, President Trump. The former president's comments come after he attended a private fundraising event in New Jersey on Friday. Now during his speech, Obama said, don't tell me you're a Democrat, but you're kind of disappointed right now. So you're not doing anything.

No, now is the exact time that we need you to get up there and basically get in there and do something. So the event marked Obama's first fundraising appearance since Democrats lost the 2024 election. What do you guys make of the president's or the former president's comments? President Obama. It's mind boggling to me when I hear people like President Obama say things that regular everyday people been saying for years. We've been saying Democrats were cowards for a decade. We've been saying Democrats need to toughen up and that cowardice is, you know, why we're in the position that we're in now.

And I can give countless examples of Democrats needing to show a spine. Like, for example, they should have told Biden that he was going to be a one term president. It wasn't up to him. So it was just wild to hear President Obama say that now as if Democrats haven't been cowards for the past decade. Ooh, not the decade. Okay, well talk your talk then. All right, so that's your opinion. You're certainly entitled to it. What do you make of moving forward? You just like my opinion. That's President Obama's opinion too. I think that's everybody's opinion that we should have toughened up. And then when you

ask questions and it's like, oh, you're going against us, you're this, you're that, you're liars. It's been the same thing we should have toughened up. And then when you ask questions then it's like, oh, you're going against us. You're this, you're that, you're liars. It's been the same thing we've been saying for years. The language has been the same for at least eight, nine years. Democrats are cowards. Democrats don't show, Democrats don't have no spine. We've been saying this. Can I ask you one more question?

What does toughen up look like in the landscape of politics? What do you think? Toughen up looks like, hey, Biden, you're going to be a one-term president. Toughen up looks like, hey, RBG, you're going to step down because you're too old. That's what toughening up looks like. That should have been stuff like that should have been happening. No, toughen up to me means handle and do your core like you said you were going to do. One thing you can say about Trump, whether you like him, love him or hate him, he does

what he wants to do for his core, for his people that ride for. Toughen Up looks like, hey, if Donald Trump is the existential threat that y'all tell us he is, how come y'all aren't going after him that way while y'all are in office? That's what toughening up looks like. Toughen Up means match that energy. All right, y'all, so that's your front page news for 6 a.m. at 7 a.m. We'll talk about the auto pen and a recent Supreme Court ruling that impacts education. So stick around at 7.

All right everybody get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent phone lines or wide open 800-585-1051 before we get it off your chest I got 20 seconds. I just want to say one thing. If you're out there right a friend of mine yesterday a couple days ago found out he had cancer. The reason he found out he had cancer is because when Trump did this big whatever bill, he

knew that they were going to take his health insurance away from him. So he was like, I'm going to get every check ASAP before they take it away. Because of that happened, he was able to find cancer and he was able to remove the tumor. So I just want to tell you guys, if you're out there, get your doctor's appointments out there right now your dentist This is this is a sign a sign to call your doctor and get your physicals done You never know cuz if you if you find out early you can save your life So I just want to tell everybody out there all right, but get it off your chest. It's the breakfast local morning the breakfast club

This is your time to get it off your chest. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Brittany. Hey Brittany, good morning. Good morning, how's everybody? Good morning. Black and holly favorite, how are you Brittany? I am good morning good morning how's everybody morning that's black and highly favorite. How are you Brittany? I am good Talk about

I've been doing it for the past year And I want to talk about these rich people that place $400 orders only tip $2 Okay, I literally drive up to these half a million dollar homes, beautiful, beautiful big mansions, and y'all really had to nerd a tip. $2, like what's up with that? I want you to know that where you live at, that these mansions cost half a million dollars.

What you say? I'm in Virginia. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Man, you in Virginia. Oh, Virginia. I'm like damn, half a million dollars for the big mansion. But I will say this, Brittany, you know a lot of times, and I'm not making excuses,

people don't know, because when you order stuff, sometimes it says delivery fees, then it says processing fees. So a lot of times, these people probably think you already get your money on the side anyway, and the $2 is just a little extra. Nah. We don't. Nah, it don't work like that.

Instacart gets a lot of that money. And off a lot of them orders, we are basically getting like a few dollars, under $10 for a lot of these orders, and a lot of the money we are making off of tips. Yeah, and if somebody takes the time to tip $2, they knew they was tipping $2. They can tip more. But a lot of times people don't know,

the only reason I know about Uber is a friend of mine drives for Uber, and he says, you know, on $100, let's say the Uber ride is $100, he'll get like $25 yeah most people assume that you'll get a lot more but uber tells you but gives you like six or seven different options and when they'd be like thank you you're my hero depending on how much you tell me if you're if you're a hundred dollars they only get like 25 percent of it the I'm saying the tip thing pops up with uber telling you that

everybody I think here is missing is that instacart needs to pay these people like more money they do right because even if you drive up to a half a million dollar house or whatever you don't even know what type of financial hardships that person is going through they could be about to lose that house. Imagine everything that's happening. You know what I mean? These people, these people are replacing like $500 Costco orders. And I'm talking about they getting beat up, full of stuff. They got money. They just being out there.

But imagine how many people live in that house. Imagine how many miles they got to feed. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, you can't just look at what somebody, what you pull up to. Like, oh, they rich. They got it. You know what I mean? Like, I get what you saying.

Yeah, I get that. But sometimes you could definitely tell. I get? Like I get what you say You can definitely tell I Feel you I'm not trying to argue down I need envy. I need your help. What's your name? Um, your car showed us we can enhance them So that's all my son's 13th birthday, and I want to take him so bad, but I cannot afford the tickets Well, say no, no, you got $2. Oh I cannot afford the tickets. Well, say no more. You got two dollars?

You got two dollars? Oh no. Yeah, I got two dollars. I got you. How many tickets you need, mama? I just need two, just for me and him. I got you, I got you. So this Saturday, it starts from 12 to five,

and I absolutely positively got you. You said he turned at 13? Yes. All right, so I'm gonna put you on hold. I'm gonna give you my business manager's information, and we'll make his birthday special for you. Oh That's right my call show is this Saturday if you haven't got your tickets get your tickets We're gonna have a lot of fun old cars new cars There's gonna be rides and games for kids and if you have a kid that's five and under it's free

So just bring them and have a good time. There's gonna be a food truck. There's gonna be bars We're gonna have a great time in Virginia's gonna be a food truck, there's gonna be bars. We're gonna have a great time in Virginia. Can't wait to see you guys this Saturday. Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club.

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk. I hate the way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed. Whether you're mad or blessed Call up now 800-585-1051. I'm with the coach of feeling hello. Who's this? Trav, how you be getting through all the what to tell you. What's up, Jack? What's up, boo? What's up, Star? What's happening? Can I tell you what I don't like?

Can I tell you one thing I don't like? What don't you like? Don't you like? I don't like someone. I don't like someone that throws rocks and it's kind of a high hand. You know why? When I throw a rock, I stand right in the middle of the street with five more to throw, baby. And I want to say, Char sorry you call that girl this right and

if you didn't like to be costed she could have simply said hey sir I don't like to be costed can you not call me that I didn't call him sis you did no why you did Cuz remember it's Stacy old thing is that he's not gay yeah Yeah My name is not trans don't be calling. He's fighting. I don't like this. The letters shouldn't be fighting. Cause Jason Lee don't like to be called Sis either.

That's what I'm saying. You could have said anybody else's name, but you would have randomly say my name out of all the people. Just don't say my name. That's all. And Sean, don't be out here putting in the atmosphere that I'm jealous of some boy who calls the radios that big cupcakes. atmosphere that I'm jealous of some boy who calls the radio that makes cupcakes.

Please, I haven't mentioned that boy. You said that, Sean. No, I don't know what the hell Trav is even talking about. Trav, what is going on? Trav's kind of got a little jealous what he said, like make a little cupcake. When you said little cupcakes, he said... Yeah, when you throw the little one for the side business.

It sounds like a love was quarreled. That's going to end in butt sex. No! Hot butt sex. Stop, because what if they're the same one? What do you mean the same one? Two tops, two bottoms. You can't do that.

You're stupid. Hello, who's this? Joe Green. What's up? Get it off your chest, brother. Hey, good morning everyone at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning.

Shalemane. Shalemane. Ma'am. You're talking about everything that the Democrats need. And you talked to your wife about a wonderful present. Huh? Charlemagne, you're still talking about everything that the Democrats need. Have you talked to your wife about running for president? Huh? She said she wants you to run for president.

Did you talk to your wife about running for president? Cut it out. See, the problem is... Come on, man. We talked about this earlier. This is the problem. Donald Trump has made the bar so low that y'all think anybody can run for damn president.

I don't know what, I don't know why we haven't, why this administration hasn't shown you that you need people with actual experience in these positions. I vote for Charlamagne. No, well, you'll be in a worse position than you are right now. Yes, you should.

No, you'd do better than Trump. No, I wouldn't. Yes, you would. Hello, who's this? Good morning, guys. Good morning. Good morning. I called to talk to my cousin.

It's Toya. Hey, Toya. Peace, Toya. Hey, DJ Enzi, you're absolutely right. God is telling me, God has been talking to me, guys. He wants everybody to get their stuff in order. God is coming back. Will you talk about that man going to the doctor? Oh, I didn't say that. Not what Envy was talking about. Envy was talking about y'all going to the doctor, okay? Now, we want to talk about going to church, our finding religion.

I believe in God, too. Yes. But y'all need to take y'all ass to the doctor that is a tale as old as time hopefully this I said me telling about my friend may hopefully is a sign for somebody to go and get themselves checked up go to the doctor, you're not coming back. God will hear you out. You tell you, that ain't gonna make no sense now. I didn't even want to say that, but yeah, I was like, that's right. That's why I love you, man. I'm trying to tell you.

I be talking to people about you so much. I'm telling you, like, keep doing your thing, guys. I'm trying to tell you, you guys are really touching people out here. I do believe in God, though, but I also believe in going to the doctor. Yes Get it off your chest 800 585 105 1 now we got the latest with Lauren Lauren to be here in a second They broke into the Queen B's car took some music and some other ish

What yes Kim? No, I was gonna say she'd be driving. No What? Yes! Little Kim? No. I was gonna say she be driving? No. Oh, Beyonce! Yes! She be driving? I'm sure she was her driving. Oh, I was gonna say the car. Now, you're just bringing a Beyonce car. And take some CDs? I don't know what, I don't think with CDs, but Lauren will break it down with the latest. Cause I need to steal some music of the car if it's not on a CD or cassette tape. USB? Computer? Oh, really how old you know Next is the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club Morning everybody is DJ envy Jess hilarious. I mean the guy we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren be coming with straight facts. Tell her, tell her, man.

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on the news. That's the sound of the beings. The latest. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details,

sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest. On the Breakfast Club. Talk to me. So there has been unreleased Beyonce music that was stolen out of a car in Atlanta. So on July 8th, there are two of Beyonce's choreographers who called the police in Atlanta and said, Hey, we parked our Jeep in the parking lot of this market. We were in the market for about an hour when they came back to the car, the trunk window was bust out. So when they went in, they realized that there were two suitcases missing. So in those two suitcases, and when police arrived in those two suitcases, they were

told that there were hard drives with Beyonce's unreleased watermark music in it. Set list for her current Cowboy Carter tour, as it, setlist for her current Cowboy Carter tour, as well as footage plans for her current Cowboy Carter tour were in the suitcase. Now the police say that they did start tracking computers and AirPods that were in the luggage and they found two sets of fingerprints on the rented car. But police did note that there are cameras in the area that recorded the incident and they've issued an arrest warrant for a suspect So right now there's only one suspect and Beyonce, you know still went on as playing yesterday in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

But oh I can't imagine me and those choreographers coming back into work today that person forget the choreographers The person that stole the stuff that person going to jail Okay You need to find a way to get that music back to blue and roomy and going to jail. Okay, you need to find a way to get that music back to blue and roomy expeditiously and if you get it back in a timely manner then charges may or may not be pressed against you. But you know in Atlanta that's a that's a thing. That's a thing. That's what they do. They break into cars and take whatever's. I went to Atlanta a couple of weeks ago and I left my luggage in the car and I was eating. I went back out and I got my luggage and I asked like I was like did they break each other? Oh yeah they just broke into a car like a thousand minutes ago. That's how it is. It's been like that for for years Yes, Lord. Why I said no this ain't Texas. Yeah, I'm saying this is what we do. Damn. We you know, I mean, it's wow

And they say it's uh, I don't know if this is true, but maybe like yo, it's better I know they're probably being sarcastic. They're like it's better just to keep your windows down They take everything of value out. Mm-hmm Why did the choreographers have Beyonce's unreleased music? In the car. Well, um. So why did the choreographers have it? A lot of times, if they're preparing,

so for instance, if she is preparing to like preview new music at a show or whatever, you're preparing movement maybe for her, but also you're doing all the choreography for the dances, so you need to know what's gonna be played, so you would have music, even if it's on a drive full of music that she's currently using,

you need your songs that are backup that she plans to potentially drop some. I thought about that but I'm just like unreleased music. Yeah but like she said if they're gonna produce some music and they gotta dance to it they gotta know it but they should have went to the hotel dropped them backs off first and then got some later they don't went and got to the market. They probably thought it was gonna be real quick but that's what I thought about like if I know I have all this in my car, is this Beyonce? I mean, the suitcase on screen, this is Beyonce's choreographer stuff, but still now they know what they got.

They take everything, but this is Atlanta. Yeah. Yes. Well, in other news, Joy Taylor is out at Fox Sports 1 and there's three other shows or two other shows that were also canceled. So FS Women, Swe sweeping change. It was announced yesterday on its program line up, programming lineup that three of its five daily shows are getting canceled. In the shakeup, Joy Taylor's, the show that she was on was one

of the shows. So her 10 year or nine year tenure at the network has now come to an end. So the shows are Breakfast Ball, The Facility, and Speak. These will be no more at the network now. I never heard any of those shows except for Speak, by the way. Yeah, and I only know of Speak just because of the people that are on it. I've never watched it, but I didn't know of these shows either. But I watch Speak. I mean, you watch sports stuff. Yeah. But Fox Sports spokesperson at the time has declined

to comment to Front Office Sports. But when when Joy Taylor was here you guys talked to her and she did mention that she thought or something about our contract let's take a listen. Has your contract with Fox Sports 1 been renewed yet? We are in the process of things right now. Okay. One thing I love about you Joy you did not shrink when that happened. Was that intentional? You like I cannot let them see me sweat or shrink right now. Yes, it was intentional to show up as I did. I'm not an unintentional person,

particularly when it comes to what people see from me publicly. But when you know yourself, it's easier to continue to show up as you are. And there's always gonna be things that happen in life, that happen in this business, that happen when you're a front-facing person. And when you get into the business,

that is the risk we take, of putting ourselves in front of the camera, of putting yourself out there, that things at some point might not be the best for you. I just wanna point out that the contract conversation was like two seconds. Two seconds in there, I don't know why they did all that. I was thinking of saying it right after that.

Yeah, well I thought that it was a good clip because there's two things here. So in the contract part of it, I thought that the fact that she's saying, hey, we're working it out, and then all of a sudden these shows are canceled. We know like behind the scenes, because people are speculating what they think

was the reasoning for her show being one of the shows that were let go. But if you're working on a contract and then something comes up, it's like, well, what happened? But that could have just been her answering the question of what she had to. I would say that the reason the shows were let go is because nobody was watching them. I saw the

report that said it ratings for sure. I mean when you think of FS1 I think of Kyla I would do watch speak but I mean that's Kyla Coward's network to me. Yeah. One good thing Joy does have her what her podcast. Yep two-part channel. So go on the Instagram she was on vacation when she got fired too. Yeah she One good thing, Joy does have her what? Her podcast? Yep, two parts of it. That's too personal, so congratulations to that. Of course, Instagram, she was on vacation when she got fired too. Yeah, she posted a... Don't fire me on vacation. Wait till I come back. Okay, give me the hope.

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Apple podcasts are wherever you get your podcasts. For a walk with HR and everything. All right. Yeah. Let me enjoy my vacation. I want to think about it when I get back, but just let me relax. Now I'm on vacation. I'm trying to make a phone call to see what I'm gonna do that.

Man. And do they let you know how in a beings to let you know, or is there no rules around that? I have no idea. Yeah. So crazy way to end a vacation, but yeah, she had posted a video on her Instagram and she was like working out somewhere by the water. So Okay. Yes. Oh my god. It's uh, jim jones birthday or drop on the clues box for cop. Oh, so it's jim jones

and for us with a car Absolutely, and damien willis wow for jim jones cancer. Okay Charlie, you know jim jones with cancer. I feel like we'd I so he said that when he was here And they me a little bit Wow Jim Jones cancer, okay I feel like we die so he said that when he was here, but it just makes a lot of sense 50 All the people that just gone Let's see, I know I'm gonna birthday girl. I know everybody's birthday. I'm gonna put Mama Juju on, cause I'm gonna be the next girl to kiss. Yes, when my birthday Jess? When my birthday?

Come on Lauren, come on. It's not today. It's not today. It's not today. All right, when we come back, we got our front page news, and then Malcolm D. Lee will be joining us. He's the writer, director, and producer

for movies like The Best Man, Girls Trip, Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce, just to name a few. So we'll talk to him a little bit. It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast, roll bounce, just to name a few. So we'll talk to him a little bit. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. The breakfast club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning everybody is DJ envy.

Jess hilarious. Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club. Let's get back to some front page news. What's up Morgan? Hey, hey, hey. So former president Biden is defending his use of an auto pen. Biden says he made every decision on his own in comments from an interview with the New York Times.

Now, during his final weeks as president, Biden granted clemency and pardoned over 1500 people. The Times reports Biden didn't individually approve each name of the categorical pardons, but that applied to a large number of people. It comes after President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi in June to investigate the use of auto pen by Biden to see if it was connected with a decline in his mental state. President Trump was asked about Biden's use of the auto pen, and here's what he had to say about Biden's use and not only Biden's use, but what the

auto pen should be used for. Let's take a listen. Look, the auto pen, I think is maybe one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years. This is a tremendous scandal. You know what the auto pen is supposed to do? Sign thousands of letters from young people that write. We get thousands of letters a week, Susie, right? Thousands. I mean, tens of thousands

sometimes. I look at a room, there's a room where we have many, many people working, responding, sending letters back. That's what an autopen is supposed to be, to write to a young seven-year-old boy that writes to the president and he wants to be president someday and he loves America. That's what the auto pen supposed to be. It's not supposed to be for signing major legislation and all of the things. What do you guys think? The auto pen should just be for signing letters to the hopeful young Americans that write to the president or you know is there should there be stipulations on when the auto can should be used as long as the

president is in you know is to their point in good mental standing you know what I think I think that we should always remember that majority of America did not want a Trump Biden election in 2024 I just want to remind people I just want to remind y'all that I just want to remind y'all that Democrats, I want to remind y'all that Democrats ignored what their voters wanted and it cost them everything. With floods and everything that's going on in the world, we're talking about auto pen? I just want y'all to remember that at all times. All right, nobody wanted any of this.

I feel like I have this in auto pen? Auto pen? Auto pen? Hearing you talk about Biden and then hearing Trump respond to whatever this conversation is about just wants me to remind y'all, okay, that 70% of respondents, including half of Democrats, said Biden shouldn't run again

and over 50% of people felt the same way about Trump. Like, what are we talking about? Makes no sense. Auto-pay. We're here because nobody wanted this. Okay? Okay? All right. All right. Let's bring it back to current events then. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to resume layoffs at the Department of Education. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said not being able to fire department personnel

was a roadblock to the White House goal of returning education back to the states and out of the hands of the federal government. The court ruled 6-3 to lift a judge's order that reinstated employees let go in mass layoffs. All three liberal judges dissented and said the ruling is indefensible. McMahon said she's pleased by Monday's ruling and the Supreme Court got it right. Let's take a listen to her comments. Get education back to the states where the president believes it does belong. The best education is that closest to the student.

This is a real, it's a real victory, I think, for the future of American education. And this lifts the handcuffs off of what we've been trying to do, which really is to get education back to the states. Now, the Trump administration does want to eliminate the Department of Education entirely. I'm not sure how she views this as a victory when that impacts her job too. But you know, I won't get too much into that. Just want to repeat, 56% of adults said they would be dissatisfied if Trump were the GOP

nominee. 56% of respondents believe Trump shouldn't have ran again. So want to keep putting that out there. Y'all. Somebody says Charlemagne for president. Okay. All right. And on the topic of the Epstein files, Laura Loomer, a conservative activist and

ally to president Trump is calling for a special counsel to investigate the Epstein files. Now the request follows last week's announcement of the department of justice and FBI regarding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which concluded that he did not have a client list and confirmed he died by suicide rather than foul play as suspected by some. Now Loomer has previously bashed Attorney General Pam Bondi for her handling of the Epstein documents and told Politico a special counsel should be appointed so that people can feel like this issue is being investigated.

Palm Bondi has defended the Department of Justice handling of the evidence. Elsewhere, a Texas congressman is planning to introduce a resolution demanding files be released in the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democrat Mark Veasey wrote on X, either President Trump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of significance of these Epstein files to help his campaign, or something is there. Now, Veazey's resolution comes after DOJ's released that memo last week, also talking about that client list

allegedly used to blackmail high profile people, and there was no evidence of, again, of foul play in his death. Now, President Trump has stood by the DOJ client lists allegedly used to blackmail high profile people and there was no evidence of again of foul play in his death. Now President Trump has stood by the DOJ memo and defended Attorney General Pam Bondi as well. This is to your point Charlemagne yesterday, this is an interesting take in that we will continue to see what happens as a result of what's going on with these Epstein files. I have heard in Washington that Trump is trying to just make it go away

type of vibe on that one type stuff type stuff but this doesn't seem to be going away as of as of as of yet. So Democrats should make sure it never goes away Democrats should never ever stop talking about the Epstein files it's the only thing that builds a bridge between Democrats and the MAGA base. MAGA hasn't cared about anything else. So if you want to connect with them, then you have to talk about what they care about. And this is what they care about. So you should never stop talking about it. Treat it the way MAGA treated the transgender women in sports, trans women in sports, men's sports. What is it? Trans women? I can't even remember that.

Trans women, trans men's sports. Yes. Women's sports. Yeah, they should treat it like that. And bringing things home to us in Baltimore, Jess, you guys remember Baltimore City State's attorney Marilyn Mosby, her case, right? The mortgage fraud.

Yes, absolutely. Well, the mortgage fraud conviction case against former Baltimore City State's attorney Marilyn Mosby her case, right? The mortgage fraud. Absolutely. Well, the mortgage fraud conviction case against former Baltimore City State's attorney Marilyn Mosby has been overturned. An appellate court ruled yesterday that the prosecutor's venue instructions to the jury could have led to a different verdict. However, Mosby's perjury conviction is still being upheld. She was sentenced to home confinement, but that is that sentence ended last month.

So great. Go,lin, go Merlin. Period. Hey Baltimore. All right. But that's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. You guys can follow me on socials at Morgan media. That's M-O-R-G-Y-N-M-E-D-I-A.

And for more and more news coverage, follow at black information network, download the free iHeart radio app and visit us at BINnews.com. Thank y' all so much. Alright. Well, thank you Morgan. Now, when we come back, Malcolm D. Lee will be joining us. He's the writer, director, and producer for films like The Best Man, Girls Trip, Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce, and more.

He has a new book, The Best Man, Unfinished Business Out, and we're going to talk to Malcolm Lee when we come back. Malcolm D. Lee is his name. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are The Breakfast Club.

Law and Rosa is here as well. And we got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed. We have Malcolm D. Lee. Good morning. What's going on? Now Malcolm D. Lee is a writer, director, and producer. He's worked on so many different things. best man girls trip night school the best man final chapter

So tell me the name. How are you feeling this morning, brother? I'm Fantastic. I'm very glad to be here. Happy to have you man. You just put out a book called the best man unfinished business I need to know why would you continue the best man series as a book rather than a movie or TV show? Well, I've always loved the written word. Number one, I'm a storyteller at heart. It's very difficult to mount a television show in a movie. Getting all those great actors back together, very difficult.

And I've fantasized about being a novelist. I thought, OK, here's an opportunity to try my hand at novel writing Do it with characters that are already established to have backstory already and we give it a shot plus it gets the story out faster I mean fans said they wanted more And I thought we were done after final chapters on peacock still number one on peacock by the way But I said, okay This is a way for me to you know try

novel writing and get the story out to fans quicker. But if you have another story why wouldn't Peacock being that y'all broke records on Peacock as you said it was the number one show on Peacock still number one on Peacock why wouldn't they say no no no no Malcolm we need that here? Well listen I'm not saying that they wouldn't or didn't ask, but I thought at the time it was, I was done. But then the idea came to be, okay, let's try it as a book. And I think we can tell more in depth story with the book, you know, there's, you know, you get to use all five senses. We're counting on three different characters in this. Harper, Robin, and Jordan, right?

And so they're the kind of like the crux of the franchise. And I felt like here's an opportunity to not only be more expansive in the storytelling, but also let's get into the psyche of these characters in a more in-depth way. Is it possible to get everybody back together? Yes, but it's very difficult. Money, time?

Money, time, keep going. It's difficult. Those are all working actors, right? And it's tough to get them back together. You have budget constraints. You have demands on the network and the studio. With a book, it's just me and my co-author, Jane Allen, to just say, okay, here's a story that I wanna tell.

I wanna go back, if you don't mind. Malcolm D. Lee coming up in this industry. Yes. You write The Best Man. Yep. So how do you go from here? How do you get it to where it is, being young, being first time doing it, to getting the opportunity

to even do it? So break it down where you from and how you even came up with the concept and idea. Okay, so to start, you know, the best man was my sixth screenplay and I wasn't even trying to direct it at the time. At the time I had written another romantic comedy that I was trying to fund. I couldn't find the money for it. I said I'm going to write something so commercial that I'm going to take that money when I sell it and Make my my independent movie

But as in the midst of writing it and was also called my homeboys wedding at the time I was like, I'm never gonna use that title. So it's called my homeboys. It was in the beginning That's why I named it but I knew that was never gonna be the title My homeboy wedding that was not a good one. My homies wedding But my homies wedding no, no, but so I knew that wasn't gonna be be the title but I was like okay so in the midst of writing I said I could direct this and I remember giving it to Spike because he had to be in all my screenplays. I already had an agent by that time as well but nothing was happening.

Where are you originally from? I'm originally from, well I was born in Queens, raised in Brooklyn. Okay. First cousins though? Yeah we're first cousins. His father, my father, who's now deceased. My father's still around. He's our brothers. And so, yeah, so then I was in my parents basement, I finished the script and I said, if this ain't it, then, you know,

I don't know what I'm doing. I'm going to probably be a lawyer or a teacher. Okay. And so I handed the script to Spike and he said, this is the one. And so right after that, we went to Columbia Pictures. We had a deal at the time and you know, it started the process. We didn't land anywhere until maybe six, eight months later at Universal. Because Spike was, you know, Spike was the kind of person that says, if they don't want to do it, we move it on, right? And so, meaning like, we're not listening to any notes, we're not, here's the script, we're making this movie, right?

And Columbia was like, well, I'd like to do a little bit of work, he was like, F that, we outta here. And so I was like, well, you know, I'm just kind of playing catch up the whole time, I'm kind of like, okay, all right, maybe. And then we went to Disney and then a few other places and we were getting like well We'd like to do a little work and he was like we're out of here And then I was like, can we slow down a little bit, please? So Universal said hey, we'd like to see the script

Okay, I get to I get the pay pay you to write to do the rewrite and then if they don't like it at the end We go someplace else. That's all right. Fine. We'll just you know, we'll slow it down So that's what happened and you know the process started. I did a two-month rewrite And got to a place where it was the right script at the right time You know like if love Jones or when to exhale or soul food Didn't precede that movie it wouldn't have gotten made. The acting community was ready for it.

Here were eight roles for black actors that could just be people and not, you know, characterizations or caricatures or sidekick or the sassy one or the hood or whatever. You know, it was like, hey, this is like just eight post-graduates who were, you know, coming back and it was, you know, coming back. And it was, you know, it had the right tone also. So, you know, it kind of worked out that way. And I, and certainly my idea was to make a classic movie. It was not- You did that?

Absolutely. Thank you. No, and that was, that was, that was the, you know, the intention. But beyond that, I wasn't thinking about anything else. Just happened to be, you know, that it's been able to like turn into something more over the years.

And how involved was Spike with the first Best Man movie? You know, Spike, you know, pretty much said- He was mad at one point, he was like, all right, do it on your own. Yeah, but it's pretty much what it was. He said, okay, you know, the script is good. You know, the guy green lit, going to, he showed up the first day of shooting.

We had a couple of, you know, disagreements about casting and music and stuff like that, but I stuck to my guns about who I wanted and what I wanted and he was like very supportive of it. He was there for day one of the shoot in the very beginning in the morning, said good luck and he was out. And then I saw him in the edit, he looked at a cut and he was like, maybe consider changing this, change that and that was it.

He let me, Spike is very much the person that's like, it's the director's vision. You do your, you make your movie. Right. We're still kicking it with Malcolm D Lee. He is the writer, director and producer for the best man girls trip undercover brother role bounce and more Lauren. I rewatched the best man final chapters before I started this and in one of those episodes Harper hints at there's supposed to be this spinoff about the love story between him

in uh Nia Long but then this book kind of gives that vibe too was that did you drop that egg on purpose or that just happened like that? No I wish I could say that it was all like part of a master plan, but no, you know, but you you you write things and then You see what's what has been established and you know try to grow build off of that So and building off of that because you decide to explore Robin Harper and Jordans lives like separately even though they're so intertwined, right? How did you decide that I know you mentioned it was only these three characters How'd you know like this was the story because there's so many spin-offs that we learned about in final And we're going to like right so like this is the book one of a trilogy

Right and so I know that the plan was I'm gonna start with these three because I think these the three that that people are most interested or the most kind of polarizing because you know Robin and Mason decisions in in the last in the final chapters that People were very upset about so I want to give her a chance to like explain herself and I will say also let me just back up a little bit doing a television show as you said it's like be great to do but like it's also very restrictive in terms of budget in terms of story I want to tell I we wanted to do do ten episodes we only able to do eight because of again many different things sketching and whatnot so again only able to do eight because of, again, many different things, schedules and whatnot. So again,

being able to do it in a book is different. So in doing these three characters, I wanted to like kind of like get answer those questions about, you know, what's going to go on with Robin and I'm sorry with Jordan and Harper. What's Robin doing? Because they're still intertwined because they still share they'll share a child There's been a long time together and then in book two and three we get into Lance's POV we're getting into Quentin's POV Candice Shelby and and and expand on the story from there, but you know and we were gonna end it With with these three with these three characters were gonna be like we were gonna wrap up their story But they're going to continue

because we have a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of unfinished business. You know, black content can have tremendous success, but still not get respect from whatever platform or industry. So how did Peacock react to the success of the best man, Final Chapter? They were ecstatic. They were ecstatic.

They were ecstatic. I mean, it was, I don't wanna say necessarily that it saved the network, but it certainly was a big boost for the network. So they want more from me. They would love to have another best man. But again, it was very, very tough. Yeah, but saying you would love to have something

is one thing, showing and proving it through the actual budget is another. Is that the problem? I think that's part of it, it's a challenge. It's a real challenge. I mean, like, you know, again, in terms of like, what they value and what they, like, this book, for instance, takes place in four different cities,

two different continents. To have that kind of budget to make that movie with all these actors would take Avengers type money. Right? You know, I mean, I'm exaggerating, but like that's what it would take. Do they think it's worth it? I don't know because it's like how much, I don't know how streaming works versus subscriptions versus how much they can afford and how much they're going to be able to spend and how

much they want, what they value. I don't know. But all I know is, okay, here's an opportunity to tell the story in another way. versus how much they can afford and how much they're gonna be able to spend and how much they want, what they value. I don't know, but all I know is, okay, here's an opportunity to tell this story in another way and listen, the books get turned into television shows and movies all the time. So, you know, but that wasn't the intention here.

We'll see what happens. We have a surprise with the success of The Best Man and how well it's did since 99. Cause it's like another ending story that, you you know it's generations and new generations of of kids watching and listening and viewing yeah you know I'll say that cuz I'm surprised with 99 I had to look at my damn 99 yeah I don't know yeah it was I listen like I said I intended and I thought I could make a classic But I thought that was gonna be it like you know and I don't want to be you know a sequel

Type thing cuz like it's like they wanted a sequel right away, and I said no I want I want other stories to tell I want these characters to grow and I'm glad I waited because You know there is more story to tell as we as a people get more mature and get you know different We as a people get more mature and get, you know, different stimuli and different things that enter our brain. It's like, you know, and especially as we get older, right, and the culture changes and shifts and whatnot, I wanted to be able to infuse that with these characters as well. So you know, the fact that I was able to do it has been great, you know, like, and really with Best Man Holiday, it was also a very strategic move in terms of like, what's the, what's, what's, everything was about branding around 2012, right? You know, 2010, right?

And they were like, okay, what's my brand? And I needed some, you know, the work too, because I wasn't working a whole bunch. And I said, okay, it's time to make another sequel or make another best man movie. And because my brand is the best man. So that's what happened. And you know, we met, made it so that the best man holiday had that's what happened. And, you know, we met made it so that the best man holiday had a cliffhanger also that we didn't tell another story. But, you know, at the time, Universal Pictures was not meeting where I wanted to meet budget wise, you know, for another movie. So I was so I shifted to do to make a series because streaming was so popular at the time. I thought, okay, tell more story and I knew I had two more movies that I wanted to tell

There and then I thought okay now we're done, but We're not done. It's crazy though. Cuz we mentioned the Avengers I was just saying her thinking about like how the universe of like those type of characters work and this is a universe Like we I would literally follow storylines and not even just the main characters But we are introduced to their children like LJ has a story, right? You know what I mean, so it kind of is that but it doesn't seem like from what you're saying It's getting that vibe when you go to these networks. I know mind you I did not try I did not try to say oh, I want to make another

Show I didn't say like let's make another one. Other things in the works that may or may not have to do with best man, but I wanted to write the book first. That's what I felt like that was the next logical step. Again, mounting a show is very difficult and it's cost a lot of money. There's a lot of demands, a lot of compromises that have to happen. And again, gathering all that talent for a span of time is also a challenge. And I'm getting old. I want to do things that move me, that motivate me, and I think this is a good way to do it. And again, it can always shift and change, but have to do wrote this book and write two more. How do you navigate the balance between cultural storytelling and commercial expectations? Interesting I try not to worry too much

about about commercial success I have an eye on it always I mean when I wrote best man that was both commercial and I want to write something commercial But something that I thought would speak to me and the people that I then audience that that that Hadn't been had been underserved at that point So I always have one eye on commerce and one eye on artistry and then just try to hopefully Make those meld and you have to keep an eye on what's what's happening You know like wedding movies were very popular at that time there had not been a black wedding movie to date and I said okay well I love ensemble movies I love the

dramedy tone of storytelling so that's what I want to try to do and again it was the right script at the right time and I just try to make the best movie that I possibly can and if it's not my job to market it It's their job to market it, you know, and and if I've given you a movie that says that that's play abit has playability It's your job to make it marketable. We're still kicking it with Malcolm D Lee He's the writer director and producer for the best man girls trip undercover brother roll bounce and more Lauren finding the right movie at the right time was kind of similar to what you guys did with girls trip for the best man, Girl's Trip, Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce and more, Lauren. Finding the right movie at the right time

was kind of similar to what you guys did with Girl's Trip. 100%. To our, at this point, our networks coming to you trying to find that, like what's the right movie at the right time, because it seems like that's the part of your brain now. Well, I think they're always trying to copy. It's a copycat industry, right?

Whatever's successful, they're gonna try to make more of that. I think with copycat industry, right? Whatever successful thing, I try to make more of more of that. I think with Girls Trip, both Hangover and Bridesmaids preceded that movie. And Will Packer came to me and he said, Mal, let's take actors from Best Man and Think Like a Man and let's make, you know, the Hangover treatment for black women at Essence. I said 100% I'm in, right? And so, you know, it just kind of, it was again, another right place, right time type of deal. It has to be the right script also. Did it break your heart when you saw all this stuff that was happening with Essence just recently? You know, it's funny, I did not, I was there, right? I was promoting the

book. I didn't have, I didn't notice, you know, what other folks were noticing because, you know, I was being shifted from this place to that place. So what I didn't really like it, you know, I wasn't really exploring. And I went, you know, to the cons and things like that. It's a little bit that attendance was down. Right. But I said, I was like, it wasn't as packed as it usually. Right. But I think some of that has to do with economics. I mean, folks ain't got broke.

Yeah. People don't have the disposable income. You know, it's not strictly just because, you know, management has changed. I think that's part of it or at least that's the sense I'm getting from people online. I didn't have that experience. I felt like, oh, like this has really changed. This is gonna sound stupid, but you should do a guy strip. I've seen so many guys that go to New Orleans because they're looking for women, right? Oh, and they know that they're looking for whether it's married women that that take their ring off for that weekend or a single women That's out there

There's so many fellas that put their flyers Outfit on and their hat and they go out there looking for me called the Y in the young can be called the YN, the young. That's what it's gonna be called. It's called the old. It's gonna be the old. If you're on the ball, you old, and you doing that at Essence, something wrong. It is, like.

Well, not necessarily. I mean, like. It's an older scale of men that come to Essence, they're looking for. You shouldn't be no 40, 50 year old bachelor in a pack still chasing women at Essence. It's not like that, though. Why not?

You ain't been at Essence. Because you should be grown and mature and should have been already a person It's the mature run down it's not like yo, like skin It's like You're a predator at that point How old is any women are? The women age, rage and age at essence

It's a mature yo, hate like skin Or hate brown skin By the way, when we think about girls trip Regina Hall was married Yep Tiffany was the wild right but but but but but Jada was divorced and so was and Latifah was was free also so it would have to be yeah so I got the guys have to have a

different backstory than just being a bunch of wild by the way it be like that I'm not saying that we're not doing or we are doing a guys trip movie but you did not put you did not plant that idea in my head. Just wanted to make sure that- Oh, he's like, don't come for him. I'm not gonna sue you, I'm not gonna sue you later. Just to be clear. I won't sue you later.

But it's funny, cause you go out there and you know the guys that used to be able to drink, they take two shots to pass out now. Guys need naps now. It's funny though, but I see it all the time. I agree, I agree. I mean, yeah, I think we wouldn't do at Essence for Guys. But even though like I had a best friend had a really good friend who said, I was doing a girls trip and he

was like, oh Essence? I got a bunch of Essence wives. And I was like, oh interesting. So the women that you don't have a chance with in regular time, you got to shop with Essence weekend. I told you that weekend, there'd be people that be people that be like they free they sing that weekend. I've been. Oh you been. No no no I ain't. But I've seen. No I've seen all the.

What you been doing. No I'm just saying I've seen that like I've seen people and there's a lot of stories too people revisit Essence Fest on their anniversary because they met there and now they're married like there's a lot of that it's kind of like homecoming. Yeah. Yeah it's what happens. Just like homecoming. But I was asking you about that and your branding and networks coming to you because in Best man one of the things that Harper is trying so hard to do is like not let the networks take too much in him and be

Like right wash. How do you do that? You're working with these big platforms, but like it's still very much us and we feel it first of all I try to have as much integrity as possible in this in the storytelling I'm trying to tell I I'm... my mission... Get ready for a celebration of play like no other at the all-new LEGO Summer of Play event at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Toronto, now through August 3rd. I'm master model builder Noel inviting you to discover your play mode with awesome build activities, experiences, and even some fresh new dance moves.

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And on this earth is to tell elevated stories about black people and, uh, making sure that our humanity is highlighted and that we normalize black life in America. That's my mission in life, particularly when it comes to black men. That's what I've been putting this earth to do. And most of the time they respect that, particularly if they think it's going to make money. You know what I mean? So like, that's just part of my DNA.

Oh, that's good. Cause when you do this best guy, whatever it is, when you do this story about the men going to Essence, you gotta have every single type of man represented. You gotta have the one man that's there letting these dudes know how stupid they are. Like chill out like, yeah nah. You know what I'm saying?

Like we should have been past this already. We need to go back to the room. Nah, we gotta go one more club, one more bar. No, we old now. Okay, you know what I did which happened after Best Man, the final chapter, and because of the success of Girls Trip, I thought that was gonna make other platforms say,

you know what, there's other shows we can do that with. Like Girlfriends. Right. I feel like Girlfriends is just sitting there, and Girlfriends is a show that we didn't get no closure on. So it would make all the sense in the world to do something like that. So I don't understand why when we have success

with something like the Best Man Wedding, Hollywood doesn't say, that's the new mandate, we need more of that. I think, you know, a lot of that has to do with behind the scenes stuff too. You know, you don't know what's going on with, again, with schedules, with the creative process, you know, where people's heads are, how much money they're offering to produce something like that.

I think Mara has talked about doing a girlfriend movie. I think Yvette Lee Bowes just talked about, you know, rebooting Living Single in some form or fashion. But I mean, again, it's like, you know what they're currently doing versus what? You know is on the horizon versus what studios are gonna do or pay for I mean the business of Filmmaking and in studios in Hollywood is contracting. It's shrinking. It's not expanding, you know, it's only getting smaller so, you know, but and they're only gonna do things that that Have IP and and those are great examples of IP that's already existed

they can build on. But is it difficult to do those positive type of movies? Like you look at what it costs to do that best man and how much it made and how much it costs to do girls' trip and how much it made. I feel like we should get more of that but we don't see any of that like you don't see a loving basketball you don't see a best man anymore you don't see a lot of those movies anymore

that's positive you don't see there's many for everyone so my movies well movies are very it's very hard to get people to get out of their homes to go to a movie theater nowadays because everything is so easy on streaming it's like oh I'll just turn it on to get people to get out of their homes to go to a movie theater nowadays because everything is so easy on streaming. It's like, oh, I'll just turn it on. To get people to come out of their homes and buy popcorn or get a babysitter or whatever, that's a increasingly, yeah, it's got to feel like an event. Otherwise, like, or, you know, I'm going to miss out on something if I don't go see it.

And so that's what the students are really struggling with right now is like what what because it costs so much to not only make a movie but to market and promote a movie that like it's got to be worth the shot. Is there any singular love story in the best man that's a reflection of your personal views on love? My personal views on love. Unlike Harper even though I've been selfish in my in my time. I am not divorced and I'm not planning on love. Unlike Harper, even though I've been selfish in my time, I am not divorced

and I'm not planning on it. And there's a balance that has to happen with your career aspirations and your family life and your partner that's going to either support you or not. And so I think what's know, the love that not only that the characters have with one another, the men and the women, the husbands and the wives, but also amongst the fellas, right? Like the brotherhood, the friendship, the support that they have for one another and holding each other accountable as well. So that's certainly a personal thing of mine for sure.

Alright, well Malcolm D. ladies and gentlemen appreciate you for joining us. Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh you are? Wow. How about that. Sable Bourbon. Oh by you Morris Chestnut. Harold Perron and Taye Diggs. Okay. And so we came out last August and we're getting around the country and exposing people to Sable. It's a great great pour. What's the title mean? I mean the name? Well, Sable is another name for black. It's, you know, luxurious. It's rich. And I think it's very much emblematic of, you know, what we consider as our friendship and our brotherhood. This bourbon is bottled in brotherhood. And so, you know, we wanted to

bring the best man experience because every scene where the fellas got together, they were drinking a brown spirit and we said, okay, like, let's make our own. And so it's emblematic of that experience of brotherhood and you can take it away with you and have a sip with your fellas. All the ladies! All right. Lauren's got it up already.

Yeah, I see. Malcolm D. Lee, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get right to the welcome. D. Lee. It's the breakfast club. Good morning Let's get right to the latest alarm The latest with Lauren La Rosa Breakfast club The largest, the latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest. On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

So TMZ is reporting that right now, and they say that they haven't confirmed these reports, but from what they are hearing, Diddy has entered into two treatment programs or has enrolled into two treatment programs, one for domestic violence and one for the drug stuff. And he would do these programs separately while behind bars. They said that this is a common program offered to all inmates. And that the reason why this matters is because number one, it's obvious that he needs help in these areas. But number two, with his sentencing coming up on October 3rd, rehabilitation, the attempt

to rehabilitate or actually being able to show that you were rehabilitated to a judge looks really good. Even though he wasn't convicted of anything directly drug related or domestic violence, it still looks good. Everything's all about optics. Another conversation that TMZ is having following this report is the fact that from what they are hearing from their same source, prosecutors are having a hard time of providing previous cases where the John in a Man Act situation is prosecuted

and then sent to jail for the Man Act conviction. Now, per their source, it's typically not the Johns that are prosecuted under the Man Act. So because of this, the defense is gonna argue that this is a selective prosecution. They've already kind of been yelling that by saying that Did he was triggered by the government triggered targeted by the government allegedly And they'll try and argue that y'all are just throwing a book at him Yeah, that's what I've been saying because usually in this case the John does not get more time than the prostitute in the pimp

But in this situation the John the the prostitute was was got immunity Pretty much the pimp got immunity, which is the service. And now- You people got immunity? Yes, that's what they were able to speak. Oh, I didn't know that. There was a bunch of people on the stand that got immunity. Yes.

So he was the only one that got charged, which seems crazy because he has the sex problem, but he was still able to get the stuff. Well, yes. Well, when you get to the sentencing on October 3rd, and there will be a pre-sentencing report that will be submitted on August 29th that the prosecutors and the defense can weigh in on if they are unable to provide these cases, that's something that his team obviously

is going to lean in on because they're trying to figure out the timing. And when October 3rd hits, he'll be at about like a year of time, so he's arrested back in like September, I believe it was September. And the reason why that's important is because prosecutors are saying, okay, we think that he should begin anywhere from 51 to 63 months, which is four to five years. The fence is arguing 21 to 27 months. So that's a little bit over two years. But a lot of reports that I've been seeing are predicting that it'll be less than two

years with the time serve. It'll be less than two years and that he could potentially be predicting with their predicting is he could be coming home by Thanksgiving or Christmas. I don't everything goes the way that the prosecution is trying to line. Yeah, I don't think I've ever heard of somebody. Everything goes the way I'm sorry. The way the defense is trying to line this up. Yes, you want to get the maximum.

Yeah, what a maximum carries up to 20 years is 10 years per count. But I don't think that there's anybody that believes that that's going to happen. Yeah, I think they've been trying to find some I don't think we've ever heard of somebody a first time Purchasing a prostitute and getting 10 years I don't think that's ever been on any books for a first-time offender to pay for a prostitute and get 10 years That's seems like it's trying to throw the book at Diddy All I hear is trouble is easy to get into and hard to get out of And Diddy has spent a whole bunch of money

because he got a habit of prostitutes and drugs. Once again, change your damn habits, people, okay? Crazy. All right, we can sit here and make up all the excuses we want and come up with all the scenarios we want. He would not be in this situation if it wasn't for his own poor choices. It's true, it's absolutely, positively wrong.

He was guilty, but even though he made the wrong choices, he should not be getting 10 years for those wrong choices. It has to be a fair judicial system. Has to be. Yeah, black people have been saying that since the beginning of time. I was literally about to say, well, we've been screaming at the hilltop.

I mean, it's facts. I love when y'all sit up here and talk about how things are supposed to be, but don't wanna talk about how things are. Now you're right, but 10 years for hiring a prostitute is crazy. When the prostitute and the escort service, nothing, and other people that hire the prostitute gets nothing. But also how many times just in your household, your mom and dad have talked to you about

like the government making examples out of people, right? A lot of us. A lot of people are niggas. Out of us. We all grew up being taught that that is a thing. Don't call us that because I'm not a nigga. So go ahead. You a nigga? A lot of people out of us Because I'm not a man, oh, I'm so go ahead you want to get with a but he say er No, just right. We shouldn't be using that word. You're so quick to claim

No, I'm better for you I worked in there mine you work with people called you then work I was going to now gotta say it. I was going to say that where I worked before you couldn't even say that word out loud I just be happy to be able to say it here. Well great Hurry it. Y'all be out here all the time and you don't want me to say it, okay? I usually do it the way the white man used it anyways, that's why I really need to stop. That's why I said A, not ER, because he quick to call you in with ER.

Boy, man. What else is in the news? Yeah, other news. So Stevie Wonder addressed the rumors that he is not really blind. Let's take a look Me seeing on that But seriously You know the truth truth is shortly after my birth, I became blind. Now, that was a blessing because it's allowed me to see the world in the vision of truth.

That's right. See people in the spirit of them. And how they look, and what color they are. But what color is their spirit. I haven't told y'all a million times, Stevie Wonder got better vision than all of us, okay? Can I ask, is it, because it's blonde and legally blonde, right?

Legally blonde means you can still see things. The reason I ask, He go envy. You know what, let me shut up. Don't you say why he, but no, you said that he addressed the rumors of him being able to see what I mean, like Kenny, a lot of people always have made jokes that he can, but he's not. What did he say? Like, I mean, I know I just heard what he said, but can he see a little bit? Did he say that? That's

my point. Because the story is that a great thing. He's had a bad chick around him, right? There's not one person ever... I seen him with a bad chick one night. See? That's my point. Nobody ever said they'd seen Stevie with a bad chick. Say it again. Tell me what happened. You was in a hotel, tell me. I love the story. I love the story. I just seen him with a really...

I seen him with a baddie one night. Like, not in no light. Like, creeping a little bit. How he know? How he know he was creeping? How he know he creeping? How he know? And it's, yeah. How he know he was creeping? How he know he creeping? How he know?

How he creep when you lying? And it's funny, because when I walked by him, it was just us in the hallway, and it was him and the chick, and I'm like, Stevie, in case you got any doubt, you got a bad one with you. You know what he said? Just like that.

He said, thanks Charlemagne. He said, thanks Charlemagne. He did not say, thanks Charlemagne. He didn't know who the hell I was talking to. Ay yo. Nobody ever seen Stevie with a ugly chick. He always got a bad chick. Nah, I ain't say all that.

I ain't never heard that. I'm just saying what I saw. Geez. So yeah, that's what I'm saying. He really didn't say that. Truth is, shortly after my birth, I became blind. Okay, after his birth. Once again, Stevie Wonder got better vision than all of us.

Yeah. He said, I see people for them. I know that community is like, see? That's right. They seen, honey. That is great. I see they for them. Yeah, you sure did.

I see people for them. I see they for them. I know they is. I just can't with that right now. Can't this happen? Oh, I hate this place. If Stevie Wonder can see it, why you can't see it, Jess? What the fuck is that? Oh, right.

That's you Stevie Ruppin and the LGBTQ doing the brown. That's LGBTQ. I see them from there. Yes. You don't see us. You know, like, oh God. That is the latest one already. Jesus Christ.

Crazy, y'all. You help Jess. Y'all, let me, That is the latest one already. Please, see that. Jesus Christ. Crazy, y'all. You helped with Jesse. Sean LaMai, we give you a donkey too, man. Man, this man is going to hell with us. His name is Pastor John.

Don't say that. I ain't going to hell with y'all. You always trying to cool us and something. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with him, OK? All right. We'll get to it next at The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. your mornings will never be the same

The donkey of the day is something to be Game you don't give a day and I deserve it. You need to know what you need to tell them It's time for donkey of the day, It's a read, but you're so good at it. You're trying to be a fake ass Charlemagne. There's only one Charlemagne to go. Damn Charlemagne. Who would give a ducky a date to an ant? Well, Sexy Red, Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, July 15th goes to Pastor John Gibson of Alabama. Pastor John Gibson is the associate pastor at First Baptist Church of Dothan, Alabama, and he is accused of leaving a young child alone in an SUV while he drank

at a bar and then went into a 24-hour restaurant to have a bite to eat. I know y'all don't believe me, so let's go to News 4 for the report, please. A Dothan pastor arrested early Sunday morning. Reports from eyewitnesses say John Gibson left a child in his SUV while he drank at a bar. Eyewitnesses also say he drove across the parking lot and went into a 24-hour restaurant again leaving the child in the back seat. Police say Gibson was taken into custody when officers arrived and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. At this time, Gibson was an associate pastor at First Baptist Church of Dothan.

They have since parted ways. Damn, damn, damn. Now I'm a believer in God. God speaks to me all the time. I have extensive conversations with God. I speak to God like I speak to my therapist. In fact, I'm lying. I'm way more honest with God because God knows all anyway,

but I will be the first to admit I probably don't believe in God as much as much as Pastor John Gibson Because it takes an extreme level of faith and extreme trust in a higher power to just leave a five-year-old in the car Why you in a bar having a drink and then going over to a 24-hour restaurant to get a bite to eat and knowing everything Gonna be alright. Okay, not to mention it was a Saturday night going into a Sunday morning. Clearly it wasn't his Sunday to preach. Okay, and he must have thought to himself I'll go sin on this Saturday night and ask for forgiveness in church on Sunday morning. And yes, he did sin. Okay, now I'm not the highest grade

of weed in the dispensary. I am NOT the most potent burning bush. Nor am I Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts or Pastor Torre Roberts, but I can still recognize a Biblical sin and I count at least SIX from Pastor John Gibson in this situation. Would you like to hear him? Here they go. Number 1. Neglect of Parental Duty. 1 Timothy 5 age says, but if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for members of his household he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Leaving a 5 year old in a car to drink and dine violates a core Biblical responsibility to protect and care for one's family.

Number 2 Drunkenness In the book of Ephesians, I can't remember the scripture, but it says, And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. Okay, that scripture right there, I do not abide by. Okay, I drink wine, and when I want to be biblically responsible, I drink tequila. Because the scripture says, do not get drunk with wine. Don't say nothing about no tequila though. But back to Pastor John, if he was drunk, okay, while supervising a child, that's a clear sin of drunkenness, which scripture says leads to Pastor John, if he was drunk, okay, while supervising a child, that's a clear sin of drunkenness,

which scripture says leads to poor judgment and sin. Pastor John, you are absolutely on the path of poor judgment. Number three, endangering a child. Okay, Matthew 18 six, if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone

hung around their neck and to be drowned. Endangering a child, people, physically, emotionally or spiritually is a grave offense. Okay, and leaving a child in a car unattended in Alabama is a form of this. Alright, you're supposed to be introducing this young man to heaven. Instead, you got him sitting in a hot car that feels like eternal hell. Fire! Number four, hypocrisy. Matthew 23, 25. You got him sitting in a hot car that feels like eternal hell fire. Number four, hypocrisy.

Matthew 23, 25. Woe to you teachers of the law and parrises. You hypocrites. You clean the outside, but inside there are full of greed and self-indulgence. Pastor John Gibson, you are a pastor. You are expected to model righteous behavior. Your actions contrast sharply with your religious role, which is absolute hypocrisy in the biblical sense. Number five, irresponsibility and just plain old foolishness. Okay. Proverbs 25, 26, like a muddled spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the

wicked. Pastor Gibson, your behavior showed poor judgment, okay selfishness and foolishness traits the Bible associates with sin and spiritual weakness. Okay last but certainly not least the number six sin you committed breaking trust and causing scandal. Leviticus 19 2 you shall be holy for I the Lord your God am holy. you can go tight as one seven be above reproach as a spiritual leader pastor Gibson you failed the standard of being above reproach okay harming the church's witness and bringing scandal to the body of Christ pastor Gibson I'm telling you right now if repentance and accountability follow these actions forgiveness is possibleiveness is possible, but biblically

these are serious offenses both morally and spiritually and I hate to be the one to tell you jail might be the least of your worries. You might be going to hell okay? This man got fired by the church. I didn't know you could get fired by a church okay? First Baptist Church released a statement they said they have parted ways with him since his arrest. So you committed 6 Biblical sins and got fired by our First Baptist Church? This sounds like a first ballot unanimous going to Hella Famer. Okay and it sounds about right to me. Pastor Gibson left a 5 year old in a hot car in Alabama while he drank at a bar and then

went to go eat at a 24 hour restaurant and now because of those sins he's probably headed to a place even hotter okay when you forsake your seed to feed your flesh you ain't just walking in the heaven no you might be taking the express elevator downtown and Satan don't have no ushers just heat and regret. Please give Pastor John Gibson the sweet signs and the Hamilton's. Y'all wanna play a game? No. Y'all wanna play no game? Sure, why not? Let's play a game? No. Y'all don't wanna play no game?

Sure, why not? Let's play a game. Guess what race it is! Pastor John Gibson, he was the associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Dothan, Alabama, left a five-year-old in a hot car while he went to go drink in a bar and have a bite to eat at a 24-hour restaurant DJ Envy guess what race is? Black. Why your Dominican ass said that so fast?

I got a hunch. You got a hunch huh? Okay. All right. What did he say that a free call? I need the hunch. Right now. Oh my goodness.

Listen! Jeff Hilarious, Pastor John Gibson, he was the associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Alabama, left a five-year-old in the car while he went to go drink at a bar and have a bite to eat. Guess what race he is! Nigga. Damn. Woo. That was an ER. That's powerful n***a, Dre, at work here. Why do y'all think that?

Les Names Gibson. I know somebody with Les Names Gibson. Me too. Black. Who would do something like that. Totally do something like that. And all the n****s be in church. Damn. Well. Alabama. I want Jess Hilarious and DJ Envy to know that both of y'all are absolutely positively wrong what I have no faith in your own people John Gibson is Caucasian capital riot white look at him bald head Nazi looking yes yes yes shame do you know a white Gibson, Mel Gibson. Get ready for a celebration of play like no other at the all new LEGO Summer of Play event

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I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, the show where you send us your questions about American history and I find the answers, including the nuggets of wisdom our history has to offer. Hamilton pauses and then he says, the greatest man that ever lived was Julius Caesar. And Jefferson writes in his diary, this proves that Hamilton is for a dictator based on corruption. My favorite line was what Neil Armstrong said, it would have been harder to fake it than to do it. Listen to American history hotline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

From iHeart podcasts and Rococo Punch, this is the turning river road. This is the turning, River Road. I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for the rest of my life what that meant. In the woods of Minnesota, a cult leader married himself to 10 girls and forced them into a secret life of abuse. Why did I think that way?

Why did I allow myself to get so sucked in by this man and thinking to the point that if I died for him, that would be the greatest honor? But in 2014, the youngest of the girls escaped and sparked an international manhunt. For all those years, you know, he was the predator and I was the prey. And then he became the prey. Listen to The Turning, River Road, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just like great shoes, great books take you places. Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never forget.

I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robay, and this is Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club, the new podcast from Hello Sunshine and iHeart Podcasts. Every week I sit down with your favorite book lovers, authors, celebrities, book talkers, and more to explore the stories that shape us, on the page and off. I've been reading every Reese's Book Club pick, deep-diving book talk theories, and obsessing over book-to-screen casts for years. And now, I get to talk to the people making the magic.

So if you've ever fallen in love with a fictional character, or cried at the last chapter, or passed a book to a friend saying, you have to read this. This podcast is for you. Listen to Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club on the iHeartRadio app. Apple podcasts are wherever you get your podcasts. Mel Gibson. I do song Tyrese Gibson. That's what made me think black

because I'm like Tyrese Gibson. Niggas be in church. And I was thinking Alabama, Alabama's black. You know what I mean? Yes, right, Alabama, right.'t know nothing. You said black so fast, shut your Dominican ass up. I know right. Man, Ash has been left in that car many of these. Don't even play. Allegedly.

Now stop. Not why I went in the car. I went in the bar to drink and I'm black. You hear him talk about I knew it all. No you didn't. You said black so fast. Black rolled off your little Dominican lips so quick. But don't you know that I'm black.

I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm black.

I'm black. I'm black. I'm black. I'm play. I'm not why I went in the car I knew it all I know you didn't you said black so fast black road off your little Dominican lips so quick But don't be acting like people of all races don't do dumb crap like this This is a Caucasian Can you imagine how musty hell is No, cuz it depends on the circumstances of people. What you mean? What you talking about? Like, you know, because everybody of all ages, I mean everybody of all races, then left their

kids somewhere. I wish I hadn't even played a game with you. Like for instance, remember that boy, that guy, that black guy who said he had a job benefit when he left both his kids at the McDonald's Playhouse? Yes. Yeah, okay, that was very much black. You're right. He was black, okay?

He was black, yeah. And then, you know, white people do way worse to the kids, you know, sorry for all the white for saying But I'm just saying like they a lot of you do, you know, and then Hispanics they do crazy stuff, too So I didn't know sorry. What about Mexicans? What about them? No, no, no, no, they they raise their family. They they grow, you know, they have farms No, they they raise their family. They they grow, you know, they have farms All right, well let's open up the phone lines how musty is hell 800 cuz ain't no deodorant in hell just funk and fire But how we supposed to know I don't know eight hundred five eight five one. Oh five one

Here's a question for the ladies out there ladies. Do broke men treat you better than rich men I'm so sick of you asking questions for yourself and blaming the lady When that is the question it was online it was trending yesterday, so that's what we're asking Where does it come from? Do broke men treat you better than rich men? How would they know? Majority of the world is broke Right now right now. So that is the question eight hundred five eight85-1051, let's discuss. You know what, they're like, I ain't never dated no rich man. You know what I'm saying?

Like, how the hell are we supposed to know? But they see by example all the time, like the things that rich men put you through, but I'm telling you- I'm maybe not rich, just a guy with some money. That doesn't have to be rich. There's one sitting in court right now, waiting to be sentenced in October.

Exactly, you know? But because some guys feel like when they have money, they can do more things, they can get away with things But break broke guys do too. I've been treated the same by both trash So now and especially with somebody ugly you ever build somebody ugly and they teach you like you the ugly one boy What so it depends it all depends. Tell me how is a broke man treated you? I've never been with a rich man That's right right so how is

the broken treated you know we'll do that when we come back 800-585-105-1 is the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody is DJ envy Jess hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club Lauren LaRosa just walked in we're asking a question ladies do broke men treat you better than Richmond and just just ask Lauren. Yes No, listen, she had a life before he Because boy people just have a heat yes before she got here. Because bald people just have a head.

Yes. Okay. So, have you been treated differently by, you know, what is it? You gotta have a little coin, because other than that, you be intimidated, you be angry. Okay. You know how to be-

What did the man do, Lauren? How did you know he had money? What did he do? I mean, you spend time with somebody, you see how they living, you see how they've established yourself, you see what they've been besting. But you didn't know what he did.

I didn't know what he does. You know she is know what he did. She can tell if somebody has money. What did the rich man you dated do I didn't know what he does. You know she is know what he did. She can tell us what he did. What did the rich man you dated do? I do know what he does and I don't have to get into all of that. Drug dealer in Delaware. First of all.

You're probably in prison right now. The way you minimize my choices. If you knew what he did and it was an honest profession, you would just say it. It is an honest profession. So what is it? He has a really good job. What's one two videos I don't know what the same Wow hello know what you talking about no more you just me here broke man or rich guys which one treats treats you better mama? I'm gonna say the brokeies.

Cause they trying to secure like a safe secure spot. Bro, I will call them the brokeies. Like, you not no brokeies. Yes, listen, hush your noise. It's not no brokeies. Anybody that is laying in a pipe for somewhere to live, that's only gonna last but so long. The minute you tell him get up and clean up,

like the amount of money he worth he mad hello who's this yeah hey Danielle who treats you better the broken yeah gay now okay now yeah gay now better the broke you or the guy with some money the guy with the money how you know what guy you? Was he a rapper an athlete African man that owns some spots that people go eat at that's how they be in it No, you know never done it with an African man with a spot. No. You know what I'm talking about.

I know them bitches in LA and love her name. I know that's right. Gay now. I can't lie. Gay now. And why did the rich men treat you better? Their mindset was different. Okay.

They wanted to do the type of things I wanted to do and they had the means to do them. That's right. And I gotta get back home to my family. So I need to go ahead and get this out the way, treat you good real quick and get back home to my wife. That do be the issue. A lot of times, the men with the money

can afford a lot of different homes. I think men should start raising their standards and stop dating broke women. We don't never have that conversation. Well, look, that's the thing. We've always had that conversation. Because when you broke and a man got money, he definitely can control you. He wants you to need him. You know what I'm saying? Cuz I was broke like broke broke before and

They like for you to need them. They like for you to depend on a controlling situation Control me. He just give me the money. That was I'm reformed But I'm just saying like that was how I used to think before but that's what is you find somebody with no money that needs It they're more likely to do whatever it takes I'm reformed, but I'm just saying, that was how I used to think before. But that's how it is, you find somebody with no money that needs it, they're more likely to do whatever it takes to get the money. I'm gonna tell y'all something that y'all may not wanna hear.

The way the economy is going, y'all better start being with people for love, okay? This time next year, y'all gonna be sitting around acting like y'all got it, but we gonna know y'all don't have it, okay? Times is about to get really, really, really, really hard, so you better find somebody that loves you for you much harder than they are now yes because they definitely are hard so ain't nobody be no love because people

gonna be so mad cuz they broke 67% of Americans are living paycheck to pay you know what 67% is that's a lot of paycheck the one percent is the one percent for a reason. But y'all out here talking about y'all dating rich men. Cut it out! Okay? Everybody's just lying. Rich don't always mean a Bentley.

It just mean they got something stable. No, rich means rich. This should just say how you have money. That's what it should say. How you have money. I'm trying to tell you, people be so like, men be lying so much about their money and what they got and they be having these chains that ain't real. Once you really get into business, you'll be like, oh, it's nothing there.

It's like the Instagram girls with inflatable beds. I agree. Social media is only gonna keep people afloat with so far. And what I mean by that is, so many people can get on social media and pretend to be something they're not. But I'm telling you, time is about to get so hard, ain't gonna be no more pretending.

People gonna be showing, man, I ain't got it. It's gonna be hard. Or people ain't gonna be on there no more. You gonna look up like, oh, wait a second. You're gonna use all the money up to it. It ain't all the time. What happened to the list? Yep, exactly.

It gonna disappear. Going on a spiritual journey. Exactly. No. I been broke. I don't do social media no more. Yep. Well, we got the latest with Lauren coming up.

What we talking about? Yes. Uno is not coming to the casino in Vegas. What? We gonna get into it. They just burst our bubble. All right. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Vegas. What? We won't get into it. They just burst our bubble. All right. We'll talk about it when we come

back as the breakfast club. The breakfast club. Morning everybody is DJ envy. Jess hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy we are the breakfast club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Get some from somebody that knows somebody. I'm the home girl that

knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest. On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me. Alright y'all so.

What the feel? Like I just had a deep breath. I just felt you staring and like what? Charlamagne, I don't, let's not. All right And like what's Charlamagne let's not Drinking liquor She got the bottle hit by her chair like she Why you rub that over here? I'm saying to them, them, them. This looks crazy. So UNO is not coming to Vegas. You say what?

UNO is not coming to Vegas, y'all. Well, technically, it came to Vegas, but it's not coming. Charlamagne, can you concentrate? This is very disrespectful. I'm trying to do the latest with Lauren LaRosa. No, go ahead. So UNO did come to Vegas, right? But it wasn't what people thought it was. So UNO had to come out and clear up a rumor.

So they posted a rumor. I was gonna say UNO gay? You said, hey, what is wrong? Oh my God. Okay, they made it seem like it was gonna be a table game. I got everybody in the hood got excited. Okay. And what did I tell you when you told me that?

You said, how is it gonna be in the casino? Like you were trying to figure out how we're working in the casino. So look, Uno came out and said, hey Uno fans, a rumor has come to our attention that there will be Uno tables on the casino floors in Las Vegas. Sounds wild, huh? We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but the casino floor isn't ready for us yet. We've been told that while they do have tight security, it's not robust enough for Uno at this time.

This isn't a reverse card. While we get this sorted out, the Uno social club is rolling out and bars in Los Angeles New York City Chicago Atlanta and Austin this August stay wild the uno team Why the hell I'm a pay to play uno like I ain't going nowhere to pay to play no damn uno People was excited I saw people getting there You gamble and you win. People was excited. I saw people getting their groups to travel together. Who rules are though?

Because everybody got different UNO rules. That was my question. I said that too. What are the rules? We talked about this on the podcast a little bit with Lauren LaRosa yesterday and I said who make the house rules? But the casino. I guarantee you the casino is going to make it so difficult.

So when it's to the point where anybody don't want to play it no more. Because they're going to the casino rules are gonna be so removed from what the actual rules are. I'm telling you, I just already know that. I don't think UNO should be at a high stakes place like that. Like UNO is for like, you know, casual recreational, barbecues, cookouts, you know, you get drunk, you talk with your people.

I don't wanna see UNO at no casino. Well, as of right now, it won't be on the casino floor. But the reason why people were confused was because they did do this UNO social club that they had that they're gonna be taking around to these different places in the first place They took it to was the palms casino in Vegas So when people saw that and then there was this press release that came out talking about it people just assumed that this was Gonna be an official casino game But it will not be now when they bring squid games to the US and they do US games they can do uno

Domino's I mean for TV but gonna bring the next squid games. Hopefully to the games they could do uno Domino's we're games is deadly envy yeah No, I mean for TV but cuz I heard they're gonna bring the next squid games Hopefully to the US they could do American games that we don't why the hell would they be do have you ever seen squid games? That's why I said I watch it on the tongue pretty Pretty cool. No, I'm coming on TV. I'm talking about on TV. I'm not talking about real life. I'm watching never You know what they should do for squid games they need to bring it to the hood. That's what I want What can you imagine squid Game in Newark? Squid Game in Baltimore?

No, I can't imagine how many people would be dead. That's what Netflix should be doing. Netflix should be doing Squid Games in the hood. Go ahead, Lauren. It's already Squid Games in Newark. I was about to say, it's hard. It would be fantastic. You'd be the right person to write that.

Okay, yeah, I think it's already happening. Well, in other news, completely right turn, there are reports right now about Trey Songz. Trey Songz, there's an active police investigation investigating an alleged brutal attack against a photographer. Now, Trey Songz team has come out and said that it didn't go the way that it is being reported and I'll get into their statement. But the original reports was that Trey Song's was accused of coming for a cameraman who had just got out of the hospital with serious injuries. And allegedly this went down in New York early Sunday morning. And the cameraman was trying to shoot a video for the owner of a location where they were. They say that the owner told the cameraman to shoot the event as Trey Songz performed. And then they're saying that Trey Songz was aware

that the owner had told the photographer to shoot the event. And then I guess there was like a dispute that went down between Trey and the photographer. There was actually video. If you watch the video, you could see dispute in the video. And basically they're saying that Trey got annoyed at people asking him for photos and videos. There's actually video if you watch the video you can see dispute in the video and Basically there they're saying that Trey got annoyed at people asking him for photos and videos and this whole dispute went down The Trey songs team is saying that it did not go that way They're saying that the media is unfairly turning this into an unfinished story and about clickbait and selling the headline is lazy and unfair

They say that what happened at the location called the Ivy was a result of an increasingly aggressive paparazzi invading Trey Song's personal space that put everyone at risk and this is a trend that impacts not only just Trey Song but artists everywhere. So he's disputing that the events went down the way that they were reported. Now listen, we have seen paparazzi get to the point where it's like, all right, yo, back up, get out my face, like all that. We didn't see that. So that's not like something that we've never heard before. Right. Yeah. Like, yo, they get disrespectful, they're getting your face. And then you say he just

here just got out the hospital with injuries. That's what the close hospital did. And he came in the club, camera all in Trey face, you know? And then now what? Now here we are. You sound like you was an eyewitness. You want to testify? I'm off the details from Lauren LaRosa. You know, she got the ladies.

I'm like, if we just listen to it, it just sounds like you always probably irritated like yo, get out my face, you know? I'm still tripping up the fact that earlier this morning you told Lauren she was dressed like Bow Wow. Nah, that was not for the airs. Oh, the Brown Jersey Cleveland Jersey. It is giving that. It is giving that. And then she was dressed like Bow Wow. Nah, you're giving it a brown jersey. Oh, the brown jersey, Cleveland jersey. Exactly.

It is giving that. And then she got on the Air Max. It was just the Air Max, because if she would have hit on some hills, it would have been given, you know, like Ciara. You just want to talk about my shirts. She's giving Bow Wow, but she got on the Air Max. No, I just, no, I just, it just, just trying to keep saying,

it's been staring at me all morning. I think you did that on purpose, that's why I'm not biting the bait. My hair is art. I don't know what it says, because from this angle all I see is it says my hair is and I refuse to engage. I think she wore that on purpose and I refuse to engage. That is the latest with Marjane.

No, no, alright so look I posted a picture with Clips, right? Pusha T, my cousins, Pusha T and Malice. And Malice ate us up in that all white, okay? Because the picture has now gone viral. I know you saw that on your Twitter home. They had started Zaddy's too, the shade room posted it. Okay, because the picture is now gone viral. I know you saw that when you're Twitter home They start daddy's to the shade room posted it. Okay. Yeah, you call just a daddy Malice they were saying that malice ate her and push it up in the photo But she said zaddies. I was in a picture with Pusha too.

She said plural. Pusha. Alright. Exactly. Pusha and Malice are zaddies. With Lauren. I'm the mommy. Alright. Alright. People's Choice Mix is up next. We'll get to it. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I'm the mommy. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Rides and kids five and under are free. It's gonna be a great event. There's gonna be food trucks It's gonna be all types of things. So if you want to be a vendor or you want to put your car in the show I think there's over 200 cars gonna be there. You can email me DJ MV car show at gmail.com. Where you at this weekend? I am in I'm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Y'all Milwaukee get your tickets, man I know y'all having a trying week a trying last two weeks and y'all need to laugh So just get your tickets if you have not yet.

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Today's his birthday as well. He passed away yesterday and today is his birthday. So I just want to send a rest in peace to Ray Dijon. Salute to Malcolm D. Lee for stopping through, he's the writer, director, and producer for films like The Best Man, Girls Trip, Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce, he stopped through today. He got a new book.

Well he got a new book called The Best Man, Unfinished Business, and if you love the stories that the best man movies have been and the best man TV show on Peacock, this is continuing the story. It's continuing the stories of movies have been and the best man TV show on Peacock. This is continuing the story. It's continuing the stories of Harper and Jordan and Robin. Yeah, so go check that out. He's doing a trilogy of these.

That's gonna cover all three of the characters, but this first one is Harper, Robin, and Jordan. So go get that. And I wanna salute everybody in Walter Burroughs, South Carolina, man. I will be down in Walterboro on Thursday we're doing the ribbon cutting for my second Crystal location you know me and my wife we invested in some Crystal franchises in South Carolina and we're bringing Crystal

back to South Carolina we got one in Orangeburg but now we're opening up another one in Walterboro South Carolina it actually opened yesterday man salute to everybody who pulled up to the crystal in Walter Burrow yesterday but the ribbon cutting is this Thursday July 17th at 11 a.m. we're gonna have a food it's gonna be music it's gonna be giveaways and I'll be there cutting the ribbon at 11 a.m. salute to the Southeastern Chamber of Commerce and Walter Burrow we'll see you on Thursday all right you got a positive note I do be humble and never think that you are better than anybody else because dust you are

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