The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Cardi B And Nigerian Soccer Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye Spark Dating Rumors + Mara Brock Akil Interview

Episode Date: July 9, 2026

Today on The Breakfast Club, Mara Brock Akil talks The Revelation of Dionne Daphne, Forever Season 2, protecting your energy, healing from trauma, and parenthood. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a man charged with arson after allegedly cutting off his genitals and setting them on fire. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You know, I did an interview, and they're like, could you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing? And they were like, what did you think of it? I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal. We talk about Kevin's confession, Michael's reaction, and a whole lot more. Our conversation with Michael Bublay is out now. Hey, join us on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Joy is essential, and it's also elusive.

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How you feeling, Jess? I feel good. That's it? You feel good. You look strong. Thank you. I appreciate that. Definitely been toning up.

There you go. Yep. Off the week. You're on them peptides and nothing, then he? I am on peptides. Oh, really? Yeah. I told you all that.

What the hell you mean? You said you do take peptide. I said I did. For recovery. And I told you how it was messing up my mood. So I got off. Oh, but my mood is good, though. All right.

We'll see. Okay. We'll see. Yeah, I see that's the biggest thing. They said it's very moody, but it helps with pains. It helps with working out. It helps with recovery. It's good for workout recovery. That's what they said.

Exactly. And that's why I take it. And also for skin, because I actually have like a collagen gel that has peptides in it, that it helps my skin stay tight and all that type of stuff. But I think that's for like different people. Like not everybody is affected. Like their mood is affected when you take it because my husband, Chris, he was, he was taking him for like, he was taking him for like four months.

And then he got really, really moody. so he got off of them. But they said you got to keep trying them until you figure out the ones, try different ones until you figure out the one that does not affect your mood because all of them don't do that. I ain't got time to be experimenting.

I need to be a problem with, like there hasn't been enough studies on the peptides done to see what the long-term effects are. I think I got on them in January. I got off him in like May because they were just messing my mood all the way up. And I'm already a cancer, so I'm already moody. I ain't got time for that.

I ain't got time to be waking up in the morning and wondering why I'm crying. I wasn't crying externally. I was crying internally. And the funny part is that's the worst part about it. It's not even like a depressed type of mood. You just be angry.

Yeah. And I'm not used to my husband being angry. And I'm like, damn, what's the wrong with you? That's usually me, you know, but I'm good. Them damn peptide. Once I got off him, I've been fine. You been good? Yes, very much so.

You're not going back. You're not trying none? No other way? I don't know yet. Because they really are good, though. they do work. I don't know. I'm not going to say I'm not.

I'm saying I don't know. I'm always super nervous about things that just like fatty. Come out of nowhere. Yeah. And then people start using them and then they start seeing later on. Like, well, it's very moody. Well, it's very just, I just, you know. Well, I got, I started them from a wellness center.

It wasn't like I was ordering them on black market. Yeah, we got them from a wellness center as well. I had a doctor actually say, hey, this would be good. Like, yeah, no. That's all what I would have did to my mood. But then I got another guy who's really into him, too. So I don't know. I don't know.

I wouldn't recommend it, is what I'm saying. Yeah, no, I haven't. But anyway, you know, salute to my daughter. I tell everybody all the time, if you have kids, you should date your kids. And what that means is take them out to dinner. Right. Which last night, Madison and Jackson, we went on a date. We went to a nice restaurant.

I had a nice dinner. But then after, we went to a dessert spot. Oh. So you talk about that explosive diarrhea yesterday that she was talking about. I don't know what my stomach is going to do. What did you have? I had a lot, man. I had a cheesecake.

I don't like you saying you date your kids. Let's start death. No, I mean, that's the way you think about it. It sounds like you from the country. I think you should date your kids. Take your kids out on a date. Right neck in Alabama. Right neck in Alabama. Nobody's doing that right now, but they ain't doing it like you did.

That's what I've been saying. I've been saying we should date our kids for the longest. That's what I'm talking about. You should definitely say you think it like that. Don't take the blood lie. No, you should definitely take your kids out individually. Why can't you just say that? Because I just dating your kids, you take your kids.

No, it's not dating. No. It's like a dinner date with you on your babies. Absolutely. Yes. You think of it like that. I think of it like your father. I'm saying I took both of my kids out last night. And like I said, I had cheesecake with strawberry sprinkles. We had waffles with Oreo and ice cream.

You was cutting up. Yeah, and I'm going to be cutting up in a second. You know when you feel your stomach? It just don't feel right. And they're fine. See, they're right. About to get up and go on about their day. You went here, my stuff.

This guy just wanted us to be thinking about his butt early in the morning. Everybody got time for this. Let's start the show, man. Mara Brock and Kill is going to be here. Okay. You know I love Mara Brockville. Mara Brock Kill is a creative. One of my favorite shows, girlfriends,

also forever on Netflix and a host of other things. And she's got a new novel out. It's her debut novel called The Revelation of Deon Daphne. It's actually out now. So we'll be talking tomorrow later on in the show. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news.

Mimi's actually here. What's up, Mimi? And it's the Breakfast Club. You know it's UnCon, baby. Uncom is this weekend. This Friday. Three JZ shows all weekend at Yankee Stadium, baby. That's right.

reasonable doubt. I am there. I can't wait till this one right here rings off in the, uh, in Yankee Stadium. You hear me? And 800585.101, if you need to get it off your chest, it's the breakfast club. Good morning. It's waiting a frog. Willie's pressing Breastle in a ring up. And we can have a pleasant time sipping margaritas. Cheer. Can I know. I know that's right. Morning, everybody. It's D.E.J. NV. Just hilarious. Sholomey and the guy. We are the breakfast club. Let's get in some front page. news. Now just so you know today, France takes on Morocco at 4 p.m. in Foxborough, Massachusetts. And you representing France. I saw you. Don't even lie to me because I saw you on the flyer with green and white

on and it said DJ MB representing France. I did not say that flyer. It did not say DJNB representing France. Yes, we are having a watch party at the American Dream. It's me salute to DJ Camillo. So they put both DJs on in. It says France versus Morocco. I'm not through France. I just happen to be wearing green. You're not black either, but you're constantly emotionally appropriating us. I am black. It says DJ NV, representing France, DJ Camillo, representing Morocco. It did not say that. It just said

France versus Morocco and it had two pictures of two DJs. That's it on green and white. It's a picture that they take. Wait until I find that picture. Oh my goodness. Good morning, Mimi. Good morning, everyone. So let's jump right in. So we get started this morning with President Trump declaring the ceasefire in Iran

is over. So for a second straight night, the U.S. launched air strike. after accusing Iran of attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Pramuz. Trump now says he no longer believes a peace deal with Iran as possible and warns that more strikes could be coming. Let's listen. To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them, but they're scum. You know what scum is? They're scum. They're sick people. They're led by sick people.

And they're vicious, violent people. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they'd use it. As far as I'm concerned, it's just a waste of. of time dealing with them. They're liars. They started shooting rockets and chips yesterday. And so we hit them very hard last night, very hard. I would say 20 to 1, 20 times tougher. I told them every time you hit, we hit. And of course, they're dirty players, so they go after everyone, probably including me. I've been number one on their list for years. Did Trump just say he hit Iran with a 20v1?

He said he hits them 20 times harder. That's crazy. Yeah. So yes. And this is in the middle of peace talks, right? I think peace talks are over. Which is crazy. These are peace. We're trying to get to a peaceful situation,

the peaceful resolution. I think that's, that ship has sailed. I would be insulted if Donald Trump called me a liar, too. Like, how dare you? Just the liar, not the scum? Not, you know. So those comments come, as Trump says,

he believes that he is number one on Iran's heel list and no longer sees a path forward to a peace deal. Now, Iran, they say that their military actions are in retaliation for what, the U.S. is doing and they will hit back again and again if the U.S. continues its military campaign. Its military campaign. So this, of course, this renewed conflict is already sending those oil prices higher. So you guys, please expect to see higher gas prices at the pump again. I know we were going down and now we're going to go back up. Right on the Trump fuel.

That's not everywhere. Remember, I saw y'all a couple of weeks ago, man, on the view. It's not over until B.B. Netanyahu says it. over. I told you. Okay. Yeah. And really quickly, now to a major shakeup in one of this year's most important Senate races. So Maine Democrat Senate nominee Graham Platner, he has suspended his

campaign after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly five years ago. So Plattener is a political newcomer who built a national following by attacking the Democratic establishment and promising to shake up Washington. But yesterday, after this last allegation, he suspended his campaign.

Let's listen. We are suspending campaign operations. This is incredibly difficult because I know that some will think it's an admission of guilt, and it most certainly is not. We're not doing it because of the allegations. We're doing it because of the structures that are being taken away

from us by those in power. So even before this sexual assault allegation, his campaign was already plagued with controversy. There were these old racist, sexes, homophobic sexual media posts that resurfaced. He also faced backlash over a tattoo like a Nazi symbol that he had.

And then on Monday, political, they published an allegation that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2021. And then the very next day, the Washington Post reported a second allegation from another former girlfriend. And so after all of that, Platner says he's pulling out, but he is denying all the allegations. But right now, Maine Democrats, they must find a new nominee to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins before the midterm election. Yeah. When you have that kind of baggage and you're a Democrat, there's usually.

no path to victory. But when you're a Republican, just another day at the office. Yeah. So that is your 6 a.m. hour and 7. We're going to talk about the latest. We have some new developments in the Nolan Wells mystery, murder mystery. What happened there? All right. And everybody else, get it off your chest.

800-585-105.15. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Hey, Ray. Yo, Sala Man. Lizzie, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool. A outdoor We want to hear from you on the breakfast club.

We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Hello, who's this? Aaron Codd from Phoenix, Arizona. Good morning, sir. How are you? Good morning.

Get it off your chest. Oh, my God. Can't be asked you to get up through. I love you guys so much. DJ Envy. Yes, sir. You are so crazy. Why am I crazy, sir?

Because a couple of the weeks ago, I'm listening to the radio. When you guys were talking about the police officers that went to that family's house and they shot that dog. Yes, sir. And you said You'll be able to Peace off because you said

that you want to like get home to your family That was crazy at hell That golden retriever Man golden retriever Had him scared

Yo, yo It was a Poodoooole Mix man Get up Yeah I gotta get You know You never know

You never know If you were scared And then this morning And then this morning He talked about dating This kids Like Envi What are you

What are you doing Man Sir Sir? Sir If you have kids Do you have kids No I don't have kids

I can tell Oh wow Now, if you speak to psychologists and doctors, they say dating your kids, meaning you should do that intentionally. It means carving out intentional one-on-one time to connect with them individually. It's a term of dating and kids and models healthy relationships behaviors and reduces negative behavior by fulfilling their need for attention. I don't care what that white ancestral redneck therapist from Alabama said, okay? Dating your kids, that's not the word you should use. It sounds crazy saying that.

You need to find a date so you can have some kids. That's what you need to do. So you should be dating somebody. That didn't help your argument, just now. First of all, first of all, I've been telling you. That didn't help your argument. You're just proven our point. That's why you shouldn't use the word dating.

You should date your kids. You should date your kids. You should date your kids out. But it's called dating your kids. Spend time of your kids. It's called dating your kids, sir. I know that therapist from Alabama probably told you that. I don't have a therapist in the highest levels of incest.

Is you have a white therapist? A white therapist? No. I don't have a therapist. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is my Vegas Howard from Raleigh, North Carolina. Hey, Isaiah, are you okay? Are you okay?

Yeah, are you okay? Yeah, I'm doing good. I'm just actually shocked that I actually made it on the show. Oh. This is your shocked voice? Okay, nice. Yeah. First of all, I just wanted to say I'm calling to get off my chest more so appreciation.

I just want to say how much I appreciate DJ Envy. He has changed my life from the beginning. I've never really had a father figure, but the way that he treats him. his family and the way that he treats, you know, people in general. I really look up to that. So I've been following him for many, many years. And I know a lot of people call up here trying to put out their cash app and all that other stuff.

I just wanted to call and give him his flowers. And hopefully one day, you know, I'll be able to get mentorship from him 101. That would be my life dream come true because he's a role model. Oh, thank you. There you go. That is so dope. So, Envy. Say something.

Now wait for you to say something. That's something. You sound like her father used to date her. Oh, yeah. I knew that was coming. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mom. I appreciate you.

Thank you so much. I was saying that. And things didn't work out. And then, oh my gosh. Now she went to date. Why you hung up on her? She didn't hang up. She hung up.

She didn't hang up. She said she wanted mentorship. No, she hung up. Said later on in life because that's her long life dream. No, she hung up. That's what I said. You know, but what I said you're a good person. And when you die, you're going to go to what I mean.

a long time. Thanks. I don't know the way he'd be lying about who he is, man. Until you pick a race that you're gonna be...

I am black. All right. I don't know. On this fly it said you're from France. Yeah, but you said I was wearing green like the colors

in France are green. I'm just saying, bro, I'm just saying you got some Tony Parker going on here. I don't look like no damn Tony Parker or Wembe Yamaha,

whatever's last name. You know what? Get it off your chest. 800-585-105-1. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's a new day This is your time to get it off your chest

Whether you're mad or blessed It's time to get up and get something Call up now 800 5855151 We want to hear from you on the breakfast club Hello who's this Hi Am I live?

Are we live? Are we live? Yes, you're live on the radio and Netflix right now Yes Hi I want to honestly want to speak to Jeff Lerreus Hey girl Hi, Jess.

Oh my gosh. I'm going to get tickets to see you in California. I'm calling from the West Coast. Okay, yep. So you're going to come and see me in Ontario. Uh-huh. Yes, ma'am. I'm going to get the VIP tickets.

I want to see you. I'm excited. Nice. Oh, my gosh. I'm excited for you. You, me, me, and Lauren. You guys need to have your own podcast, honestly. I appreciate that, girl.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. You guys are the best. I love you guys. Love you too. Oh, my gosh. I can believe all in there. Anyways. Off her free tickets, Jess.

Huh? Okay. Well, she already got her tickets, dummy. Anyways. Her. Hi, DJ NV. Good morning. I mean, I guess.

I guess, whatever. Exactly. Like, so. I thought your daddy used to date you. Shut up. Oh, my God. You don't know that. Yo, I appreciate you

Don't wait to see you. Don't do that. Anyways, um, the Mimi, I don't know if she's listening to me or Lauren. I don't know if she's there or not, but you guys pulled it down the other day and I love that.

And you guys, all three are our podcast. I love that. I will support that and I know a lot of women will support that too. So. Well, thank you for calling that, I appreciate that. August 7th and August 8th.

I'm in Ontario, California, at the Ontario Improv. We got two shows so far, 9.45 and the 9.30 for Friday and Saturday. Jess Laris Official.com for tickets. Hello, who's this? This, Mika, what's good? Mika, what's up?

Get off your chest, Mika. Listen, I need to let y'all know about all the men out here not doing what they're supposed to be doing, but acting like they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. You're talking about baby daddies or just men in general?

What are you doing about? Men in general, most baby daddies. I'm even talking about brothers, fathers that I'm watching out here. acting like they're the biggest brothers and fathers but can't even give their little nephews and brothers advice watching them not even take their ladies to doctor's appointments while they're pregnant. Damn.

Okay. That's a lot for these fake men. Taking women to court while they're doing social media posts. It's kind of corny. Facebook fathers. Who hurt you, Mama? She's so right. Pray her baby voting.

Nobody hurt me. I'm actually quite good. Been with my man for 30 years who's hurt me. There's all the people that's around me that I'm watching being suppers. not saying nothing. That's real. And the ladies are doing more than the men. We had this conversation yesterday

just talking about how you got to watch who you, you know, breed with decides for your life with. Exactly. And thank God I ain't got no baby daddy. I'm a wife and a mother of 30 years. Okay. And a father when I need. But I'm watching my daughters and my nieces with baby daddy.

And they really got baby mama. That's right. That's right. Thank you, Mika. That's right. Thank you, Mika. I appreciate that girl. Talk about it.

just chilling. Sounding as good as you look? Yes, ma'am. Mika, you're married. Thank you, Mika. You married. Yo, she's, from woman and woman, she's giving a compliment. Don't have a play with her. You don't know why she identifies this.

Exactly. I look as good as Jess. I look as good as Jess. Thank you. I appreciate that. I mean, you look damn good, girl. Okay. Just because her voice is strong enough for a man,

but P.H. Balance for a woman means nothing, N. And you need to stop disrespect. Stop patient, Sala. Exactly. I don't even know where you get that from. Thank you so much, Mika. Thank you, guys.

Thank you. Get it off your chest. 800, 585105.15. We got the latest with Lauren coming up. Good morning. Hello, Lo, hey. Yeah, we do got the latest coming up. So I got some really good news for some people, bad news for others.

Emmy nominations dropped yesterday, and I mean good news for 50 cents, maybe bad news for Diddy. And there's some confusing news right now about Cardi, but I'm trying to get to the bottom of some answers and we'll talk all about it. Okay, fresh-haired, dude, because baby. I just got a cut last night. She called me. I called her last night. They talked about she under the hair dryer. He's going to say for what?

So I'm just blow it that little ball spot. That's it. I said blow it like somebody's warming up some soup. I'm trying to cool up some soup. You know, yeah, you're blowing some soup. We need to set hours. We need to set hours, okay? How long were you under there?

Like two minutes? Yes, I don't have much hair. Especially when it's a big. We were on the phone for like 30 minutes. I heard the blow dryer come on one time for like 35 seconds. Wow. You are a hater. All right.

When we come back, Canadian women are looking for more. More to themselves, their businesses, their elected leaders, and the world around them. And that's why we're thrilled to introduce the Honest Talk podcast. I'm Jennifer Stewart. And I'm Catherine Clark. And in this podcast, we interview Canada's most inspiring women.

Entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, politicians, and newsmakers, all at different stages of their journey. So if you're looking to connect, then we hope you'll join us. Listen to the Honest Talk podcast on IHeart Radio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hey, everyone, it's the Jonas Brothers. This week on the podcast, Hey, Jonas, we're hanging out with the one, the only, the only, and the one Michael Boubley.

You guys, I'm genuinely a huge fan. Like, it's funny, you know, I made a whole thing about doing this TikTok where I got you guys to sign the guitar and a, but it was real, like, we listened to in the car all the time. Like, it literally is hanging up with all your signatures. Wow. I am so honored. After Kevin's recent, let's call it, interesting confession about Michael.

I had a feeling this was. not going to be going away. We figured there's only one thing to do. We must invite Michael Buhblai on the podcast and we want to know what's on his sexy time playlist. You know, I did an interview and they're like, have you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing? And they're like, what did you think of it? I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal. Like, what a man going to do? What a man ought to do? We talk about Kevin's confession, Michael's reaction, and a whole lot more. Do you have a hockey rink in your house? I do. Our conversation with Michael Buhleigh is out now. Listen to Hey Jonas and the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or

wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up y'all? It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports, a new podcast from Together and I-Heart Women's Sports. Because let's be real.

Women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days. The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments that take over your entire timeline. And the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week. Every week we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports. We'll give you our takes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements. We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments and get into what's happening on and off the field, sport, track, and beyond.

Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it. Because everyone watches women's sports. So if you're already a fan, or you're just getting into the game, there's a seat for you right here. Listen to everyone watches women's sports on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Hoda Kotby, host of the podcast, Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby. Okay, if you know me, you know this. I'm always searching for inspiration, for support, and useful tools to help maximize joy.

So this podcast lets us uncover all of that together. We're going to have these meaningful conversations with the world's most fascinating people, like when actress Olivia Munn shared how she overcame fierce health challenges that she never saw coming. I've gone through breast cancer and then helped my mother through breast cancer, and that was more difficult. There's a lot of people who understand postpartner depression. I was not prepared for postpartum anxiety. Olympic champ Sean Johnson revealed why she had no choice but to be a gymnast. There was something about gymnastics that was intoxicating to me. It's given me a belief that we all have one of those treasures inside of us. We just have to find it.

Listen to Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So Cardi B is over in Paris. It's Fashion Week. And you know, Cardi pops out at all the shows. Always looking good. Always on the things. Her and her team, shout out to Colin Carter.

Nail it. But one of the things that came out of yesterday's shows, Cardi might have a new man, y'all. Ooh. Now look, nothing confirmed. And I reached out every way that I could, every which way and I could about her and this new man. So he's an international soccer player.

I'm going to try to say his name, Maduko Okoi. Let me tell you something. Is he playing in FIFA? No, he's not. But what he is playing in. of being fine. Look at this picture. This man looks gorgeous.

Oh, yeah. So Cardi B arrived to the Jean-Paul Gautierre show, and she's in, like, these big, because John Paul Gautierre is, like, very, like, couture, so there's, like, a lot of shapes and platforms and all these things. So she's in these big heels. He stands up to help her sit down in her seat. That was the first thing. Then there was a video of them on a balcony at another event.

They're just, like, talking and, like, you know, he's sitting on the balcony, but, listen, this is Cardi B, New Boo, I am here for her. He is. I am not mad at this. I am here for it. So, you didn't see no affection. Oh,

no, no, no, no. You got to have conversations and all of a sudden. You got to watch, like, the video, well, you got to watch body language. Like, no, there is no PDA. But the way that they're talking, I mean.

And what kind of man have you been with that? The fact that a man will help you get up, regardless if he's dating you or not. That's what gentleman doing. He didn't help the other person next door. Henry. How do you know that?

Come on. You only saw a portion. There was a video. He didn't have nobody else. We didn't see him do nothing else with nobody else. You don't know that. You saw a 30-second video. Listen.

But the time it took for your hand to dry yesterday, that's how long that video was. See, didn't I tell him if he took a break and gathered itself, the jokes would be better by the time you got on air. I am so proud of you. I don't know what you're talking about. What I'm seeing is, is we don't know, and I tried to ask, no one responded to me. That man had a whole family, and you just put that. Yesterday I looked it up, and the last reporter I saw was like, was last year. So.

Here's the reality of the situation. All the women was lusting over this guy. last week, right? And so they see a woman that they know with him. And so they're projecting. They were like, damn, Cardi must want him because I definitely want it. Listen, the people, like, literally...

It's my first time I've ever seen him. You've got to watch the videos of them together. And you'll see what I'm talking about. Yeah, like you said, you got a re-body, even if not, I think, to see Cardi on that balcony, she got the wine in her hand, she's looking good, he looking good. Would you risk it off from, Lauren?

I'm not. I'm not like you sound like you would. No. No. I'm not like you sound like you're going to make. I'm excited. You know you got a man. I'm excited for my girl.

I'm excited for my girl. You said he'd give me fine. She just, she was outside. Not once. That's right. He has a good luck. I can't get around. You can't get around that.

You can't get around that. He's a good look at me. Come on. Come on. We're not going to get up your food for FIFA. No, I'm not. He's not in the FIFA tournament. Not no more.

No, he's not in no more. Brandi told me he's not in no more. I don't even know he played for. I consulted. I think he doesn't he play for Nji? Oh, you're for Nigeria? Look at you, you know all that stuff. He paid for Nigeria.

She's a journalist. She has to know all this stuff. I thought you were going to ask me those questions. I didn't think it would turn on me. No, I would not. We're moving on. Stuff like that, make you man insecure because you might meet that dude one day. He got to worry about you losing it.

Lusting all over that, man. You see what I'm saying? But you know what? To your point, though, right, we did just see Ice Spice and Shia LaBoo or Shailabuff on a balcony. It was the other white guy. I mean, no, not Shia LaBuff. Come on. Not missing a white guy.

That's fine. It's fine. Toby McGuire. Toby McGuire. Just a little bit of a lot. Toby McGuire, ice spice on the balcony, and then it came out

not to be nothing, although I think they line. They said it was a vape. Okay, sharing a vape, whatever, that's still some type of, you know, flirting going on. But at least Toby McGuire

was touching her arm. There is no physical interaction with Cardi in this guy. No, but I think we just, the fans are just, we happy from our girl. It is something. Happy for what?

You don't even know what it is? If they are dating. I'm happy that Cardi was having a conversation with somebody. Man, I didn't know Cari talking to. I didn't know Cardi talk to people other than their kids. Wow, Cardi spoke to somebody.

Maybe have that conversation. We talked about it for three minutes. I've been trying to move on. I've been trying to move on. All right now. Yesterday I told you guys that the Emmy nominations would be announced and they have been announced. So just some honorable mentions, 50 Cent was nominated three times. And guess what he was nominated for guys?

The Diddy Documentary. Now that documentary calls all of that hype. and it landed them three Emmy nominations in various categories so the categories are See, you're so busy with that Nigerian on your phone The categories are Outstanding Documentary for

or a Nonfiction Series Outstanding directing for a Documentary and Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Listen regardless of how you felt about the documentary You know whether 50 should have did it or whether you should have did it And the doc was great. It was very compelling. Yeah, but to be Diddy sitting where he's sitting right now and then the Emmy nomination is coming behind us.

I'm like, dang. When it rains it pours. But isn't that kind of Diddy's nomination too? Shouldn't he get an award? He should. Because it was about him. He should. He might not want that award, but.

I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to tell you something. I reached out because I was like, well, maybe he might think of it that way. And I said, hey, do you all have any comment on the Emmy nominations? No. It was crickets. No, they didn't hang up. They just didn't text back.

But they normally tell me I'm their alarm clock, like his publicist, and that clock didn't go off this morning. So, yeah. But yeah, so other than that, though, there's a lot of other Emmy nominations. Wanda Sykes was nominated for her special that she came up here and talked about. Yes.

As well. Yes. Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was nominated. It's actually now one of the most nominated Emmy nominated Super Bowl performances, which we know that had a lot of conversation around it. Have they had a Super, has a Rock Nation Super Bowl performance happened that hasn't gotten nominated for a bunch of Emmett?

I was thinking about that yesterday. I feel like it happens every single year since this point. Right? Yeah. So they have, so he's been not, it's a record-breaking nine primetime Emmy nominations that he was nominated for Outstanding Variety Special, lead performer. He was nominated as a producer. Yeah, there's a ton of people here. Sterling K. Brown, Outstanding Lee Actor in a Drama series.

Dave Chappelle, The Unstoppable, Outstanding Variety Special. Quentin Brunson and Abbott Elementary. Congratulations. A ton of nominations again. Yeah, they're always in this Emmy conversation 100%. I can find a podcast nomination. I don't know. I know, oh, you asked me about any new categories this year,

and I saw a category around reality television. Let me see if they're doing the, Tyler James Williams. Yeah, Tyler. From Abidimetry is also nominated. That whole show, Janelle was also nominated as well, too. Yeah. I don't see.

I have the fullest. Yeah, because I'm the cold. Coleman Domingo. Yes, he is Ian. Okay. Coleman Domingo, I believe this is his third Emmy nomination. Oh, sorry, wrapping up, y'all. We'll be back with some more if there are the podcast

nominations as well. All right. Now, when we come back, we got front page news and don't forget Mara Brock Akeel will be joining us this morning. All right? It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Evv. Jesselari. Sholome and the guy. We are the breakfast club. Let's get in some front page news. Now, tonight, FIFA news. France takes on Morocco at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

And DJMV is representing France. I am not representing France. You're a liar. I got to fly you now. Somebody just sent it to me. I got it right here. I'm doing a watch party at American Dream. Salute to American Dream.

I'll be there today. We're doing a watch party before. So, yes. They just have it. the flyer. And you got on France colors. It's two DJs because I'm going to be DJ and I'm wearing green. France has no green in their flag. You look like one of them Tony Parker asses.

Okay? Why? Why? Because what? I'm light skin and I'm tall? Yeah. Yo, shut up. What's up? What's up? Okay, good morning. So we start this hour with new developments in the mysterious death of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells. The Mississippi teen, he disappeared during a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island.

The sheriff says investigators still have no evidence that a crime happened, but the investigation remains active. Now, authorities, they are asking anyone who was on that island on July 4th to come forward with photos, videos, information about any arguments or unusual activity. But for Nolan's family, that isn't enough. They say there are still too many questions that are continuing to need answers. So the United Cajun Navy, they are a volunteer group who helps search for Nolan. They call them Cajun Navy? Yeah, the United Cajun Navy.

They're a volunteer group who helps search for Nolan. But they also say that they have questions too. Let's listen. Yeah, I was told that there was a boat he thought he was going to get on that was leaving and that he might have been trying to swim to it. The only problem I have with that story is that if the people in the boat knew he was trying to swim to it and they saw him getting carried off with the current, they would have known about it.

They would have been able to react to it. Not only that, even if that wasn't the case, if he went into the water at all and became distressed, it was so crowded that day that it seemed like, it seems hard to believe that nobody would have noticed a distressed swimmer in the water. What I do know is that he went out there with a number of boys that has been his regular friend group since he was young.

they were ready to leave at about 3 o'clock. They told them it's time to go. I was told he had started talking to young lady and he wanted to hang back and keep talking to her and that he would believe that he could get another ride. I just don't understand this story. I mean, especially when they say no foul play, like, you know, so he just died.

Where did they find the body? They found the body in like a shore, off the shore of the park rangers. Yeah, I'm with you. It just seems strange. very packed if he was swimming to another boat nobody seen him it's like nobody seen nothing and somebody they came back with his cell phone they came yeah he came back with his cell phone and his keys yeah like something ain't that I don't understand why everybody he was with isn't considered I don't know if you say suspect but at least you know they should be getting

questioned yeah well said one of the other kids uh fathers is judge I'm getting to that good question so meanwhile a Mississippi judge whose son was with Nolan on the trip is speaking out publicly for the first time so It's a woman. Her name is Ashley Cole. She says her son fully cooperated with investigators and that Nolan chose to stay behind on Horn Island after the group's boat began taking on water,

planning to return later with another group, like we just heard the volunteer Navy officer say. But Wells Attorney, who has been crump, says there are conflicting accounts of what happened that day. Let's listen to some of that. The fact that they continue to tell the family that we don't see any evidence of any foul play, even though you have students who recorded altercation while they were on the boats of argument where you had Nolan

and somebody yelling at one another on the boat. So that's the issue. And then you have the young lady make a statement, and she says, well, Nolan and I finished talking, and Nolan said he was going back to the boat. And then the boys on the boat said, no, Nolan told them he was going to stay with her. And so they are conflicted. And she's saying he went and got on the boat. They saying he didn't get on the boat.

So which is it? Why did y'all have this young man's keys in his phone? That's the main thing. That's what I want to know. Like that would be like why did y'all have his keys in his phone but not him? Yeah. And I think those are the main questions. And again, Judge Ashley Cole, she said that her son is fully cooperating.

Now, I don't know if they asked those questions and they weren't answered or they're waiting to talk about that through their lawyer. So strange. But those are the questions that I think a lot of people want to know. The fact of this case will come out, though, because none of them young kids are going to be able to hold this secret for long. Your conscience is going to eat you up. You're not going to be able to sleep at night. At some point, you're going to break. They're too young to even try to hold a secret like that.

Yeah. Yeah. And there's one more thing that Ben Crump said. He's also calling for an independent autopsy, which is now underway in D.C. I think we have that really quickly. We're trying to be very transparent because the family has some concerns about the state of Mississippi doing an investigation of the death of a young black man where young white students may be looked at as having some culpability. So the family is concerned about that. So we're going to have an independent autopsy. We have investigators talking to witnesses that have no alignment or no allegiance to the state. So maybe some answers will come out of that. So we just have to wait and see because right now I think the family doesn't feel so safe with just the sheriff department doing it.

I'm sure. Yeah. Has the official autopsy come in? Has not come in yet. Okay, got you, got to. Has not come in yet. And switching gears really quickly. So if you're planning a trip, getting your passport photo may be a little bit easier.

The State Department is working on a new system that could let you take your passport photo right from your phone. So no more trips to CVS, Walgreens, or the post office. So Secretary Rubio says a new technology will use facial recognition to make sure your photo meets government requirements. And the goal is to let Americans complete the entire process, the application. process at home. So that could be good. Really? Yeah, that's what they're saying.

I don't know about that if they're going to do that one because you usually have to go to the passport office. There's so many things you have to prove that at you. You need your birth certificate. You need your marriage license. You need your social security card. Then you've got to take the picture. Usually they got to do it because they got to see it's you.

And if you can do that online, I think there's going to be a lot of people figuring out how to put other pictures so they can travel. You know, the thing that made me, like, gave me a little bit of pause. was like you can't vote from home anymore, right? Exactly. But you can now take a photo, get your passport photo. Like make it make sense, right? Jesus.

So anyway, these changes are expected to roll out over the next coming months. All right. I'll tell you one thing. That Nolan Wells story really disturbs my spirit, man. To think that you got people out here that are so evil that you can watch this young man get killed, go all about your day, and then cover it up like it's just nothing. You know what I'm saying? Like, you ever see when a cat does something and they just kick up the letter to cover it.

Like, God. Damn. Like, that's how you treating this young man. Like, he's just... Very sad. Boy, I don't care what nobody. He said, God is still real. God punishes folks like that. Yeah. All right, well... All right, well, that's your front page news.

Thank you so much, Mimi. Now, when we come back, Mara Brock Akeel will be joining us. She has a new novel out right now. We're going to talk to her all about it. To Don't Move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Sholameen LeGar. We are the Breakfast Club.

Lauren La Roses is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. The legendary. That's right. Mara Brock A Kill. Welcome back. Oh, I love being here with you guys. Thanks for having me back. How are you feeling? Amazing. You feeling amazing?

I'm feeling amazing. I have another story out in the world in a new way. The revelation of Dion Daphne. Yes. I get to the book allowed me to have a bigger canvas to go deeper, to go deeper, to go take up more territory, to paint portraits. That's what I've been doing my whole career and just to, you know, to have it this way. excited. And I've been on, this is the, I'm sort of wrapping up. I have one more stop on my book tour. I'm headed home today, in fact. I'm in the middle of production of season two forever.

Shout out, shout out to the team, the collaborators, they have been holding it down so that I can prioritize this amazing moment in my life, a debut novel, you know, and, but yeah, so I have this, I've been making portraits in that medium and this is my first portrait on the page and I'm thrilled I mean literally just waiting to come in here I'm seeing the book out in the world people posting about it read it in 24 hours it's a page turner

so the reception I'm enjoying receiving all of I think the love that I poured into the pen onto the page is coming back to me so I'm amazing what do you get all the inspiration like you don't ever get tired How does it come to you? Because, you know, people have writers blocked.

They can't think about things. But it seems like you never have it. I don't. I don't. I don't. I'm always get inspired. I'm tapped in. I'm really clear on my life.

I really believe in people place and purpose. And I've locked in. And so, in fact, one of my challenges is that I have so many stories I want to tell. And I'm trying to figure out with the pace of life. And how do I do it all? And also the challenges of business. You know, sometimes. you're writing something, but am I writing something that I'm going to be able to get into the

marketplace? So there's two things. And I'm still in the business of storytelling. So I have to think strategically about where do I go next and how much time it takes me to get the story out. And a book, I really wasn't thinking about it at the time that I started engaging with the book. In fact, it was my body of work that shout out to Chelsea Johns, my editor, who reached out to me during COVID and said, hey, I'm such a fan of the work. You do such complexity with black characters, human characters, specifically women. Would you consider writing a book? I think your voice would translate beautifully to the page. And I think sometimes you just need somebody to want you. Somebody's like, I don't have to, I don't have to spend my energy on the proving of myself.

Yeah, yeah, I don't have time for that. I got to. So that was lovely to experience. And so, okay, so this is what I want to do. In fact, this story, I had, I wanted, I thought about the story right after I got staffed on Moisha back in 95. I saw you say that this story is living here. Yeah, it's living. But I put it on the shelf and you can see the subjects in some of my other.

I've touched on it a little bit, but it wasn't enough room to talk about what I really want to talk about. And the book's alignment was that. And I also think, going back to your question about the stories, I found a new outlet to get these stories that are literally living in me. It's almost like I getting this, I feel like I birth the baby. Now I've got more babies in there that I've got to incubate and get out in the world. And so I do have a lot of stories in me. Well, let's talk about the book a little bit.

The setting is 1990s, New York City. The plot, beauty edited Dion. Her life gets turned upside down. Her exorides with life-threatening news. because he has a potential HIV diagnosed. Yes. So she goes on a road trip to confront a childhood secret

she's buried for decades. Yes. That is exactly. We're meeting her like a lot of us dealing with the hits on our life, her recent hit. She's really doing really well. She's up for a job promotion at essence.

You know, she's, it was the mecca of where you wanted to work if you were a black girl and want to be in publishing, magazine publishing. And she's just getting over a guy who took five years of her life and she wanted to,

to thought she was going to get married. And so when that knock on the door, you don't ever think, back in the 90s, we did not think that disease was even about us. Until it really took a lot of us down. Because for a minute, you know, in the late 80s,

it was still a gay white man's disease. But that disease was taking a lot of us out more specifically, our neighborhoods, our communities, our women. Especially when we saw our superheroes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

And then Magic Johnson. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. So she was living our best life. This knock comes on the door. And back then when we had to take the HIV test, it was a two-week wait. Could you imagine? I remember.

Waiting on. Yeah, he said, I remember. First one I ever took was two weeks. Man, you're just, you're, your heart is beating. Your heart is beating. You think I may, this could be, my life could be over with this result. Well, that level of pause and. reflection is what Dion goes through and she has to, because the homework you have to do

during the test is to write down all your sexual partners. And when you make a list like that, you have to be also you're confronting yourself. Oh, yes. And the choices that you have made things that you've been complicit in and maybe those that you haven't. And that's a lot to face. And how did I get here? Yeah. I'm cute and trying to put this, you know, she's a beauty editor. So But she's just trying to tell you what the cutest makeup is and just running away from all these things that you think just because I moved away from home and got some money in my pocket. Can't raise his three. Yeah. So crazy.

You know, you're talking about something that happened that was big in the 80s and 90s. And I just wanted to Google, but it's still affecting so many people now. They're saying like Atlanta has one of the highest rates in the country, which is just very scary for people out there now. because I just remember how me growing up in New York, I know it might be different for everybody, but I felt like it hit New York so heavy. Yes. In the late 80s it was big. And like you said, it was a men's, it was a gay white men's disease in the 80s. And in the 90s, it was a crack disease, right?

It was a drug disease. People were shooting themselves up sharing needles. Yeah. You just remember seeing it and people affected by it. So I just remember how it was. And the fact that it's still, we still don't have a cure. We can kind of, well, I don't know if you know we have a cure because it's not a cure. It's more manageable.

more manageable. But it's not in the system anymore. Well, it's interesting they're talking about prep. They're taking prep. And so then people are our behavior around sexual or sexual health. People are not wearing the condom anymore. So if I get it, then it's okay because I have prep. But why do we want to use our energy that way?

Why do we want to use our resources that way? Why do we want to? And I think that's what I'd like us to. Because I just want us to consider how we are using. our energy and collectively as people in general under oppressive regimes because that's like what's happening. But we've been managing generation by generation. But I think we're at a beautiful, just watching you, Envy Watch your daughter dance, what

you and your wife and your family have able to do for her and the protection of her. We're at a very critical, beautiful place of protecting our future. by really dealing with the stuff we don't want to deal with now. We might as well. There's so much happening in the world. Why not clean out our closets? Just going to clean out our closets right now. To me, like Dion, because sometimes life is just going to take the rug from underneath you.

And so when we meet Dion, the rug is taking out from underneath her. And she's got to go back and face this idea of herself. And how did I get here? and I'm really hopeful that she will be sort of a champion character for an encouragement to go on and bear your shame. Can we talk a little bit about compartmentalizing? Because I feel like Dion does a really good job. And girls like Dion who are like, I have the career and I'm successful, you compartmentalize a lot of things that trauma or whatever that get you to that point. when does Dion, or even for you personally,

when do you realize that compartmentalizing doesn't help you, even though you're successful in real life? Really great question. One, I think two things can be true, and we are learning how to do that better and better, especially even with the onset of social media. We know how to present many different avatars of ourselves by hiding a lot of times that origin story.

And sometimes the origin story is the fuel to get you to a certain place because you're trying to prove to yourself I'm not the thing that happened to me or the choices I made. I can wash myself clean with what we deem success. So it's easy to distract ourselves

about success. You know, about success. I mean, think about how much time we make content for the gram. Yeah. Versus actually living the life. That's right. You know what I'm saying? You start believing what you're putting on the ground. Yes. But your life is still over here. So we're carrying two things at once.

And that is in itself compartmentalization. So we have a skill. And it's not to say that that's a bad thing all the time, you know. But that that is what we're doing. I am saying that is energy. And you were saying what for Dion or for me when you say it's just too much. When you are, when we are taking energy from our bodies and we don't feel good, we don't look good, we're starting to get sick.

It's going to show up in your body. because you still are carrying it. Whether you want to pretend it's there or not or you know it's there and you want to ignore it or you know what, let me drink this drink real quick to put it back to sleep. And every time you drink that drink, you are adding more.

This is an energy game, people. You'm saying like what you eat, what you drink, who you hang with. So imagine if you're constantly holding on to the trauma that you never dealt with, that you even lying to your therapist. That's right. You know, like, but you're pretending, I go to church, I'm dealing with it, but you're not really dealing with it.

What I think I'm really gifted at is talking about now, talking about the truth through fiction. So that sometimes there's just a little bit of a distance from it so that we can just, there is a bit of an entertainment. You know, to the storytelling is entertainment. Let me hold your attention to give you a fable. With the medicine in the can. Yeah. How does it affect your mental, right? Because you're talking about trauma, sexual abuse, generational pain, healing.

So how does it affect you when you do it? Because do you have to open up some of your wounds? Yes, absolutely. You know, it's funny. Isn't that how we get vaccines? Yeah. They give us a little bit of the disease. Yes.

So you got to open it up and I think it's okay, you know. In fact, when I was writing this book, there's like this last little, The last, like, real effort to know, is this really a book? Because, like, literally, guys, I was like, if this ain't good, I'm just going to give them a check back. What I'm not going to do is come out with a book and be like, oh, it's just a fail. I had to know that I loved it. Just like when I wept in forever, the last, I loved it,

that I can rock with that. I know how to fight for, protect, provide, promote, defend, that body of work. And so... You can do that with this. Oh. And I think, and that was the last... You know, I think I'm a great writer because I was afraid to talk.

Like, I really envy. People get... Y'all out here every day, just flowing, trusting your voice. Is it because you were a journalist prior to? So who was... No, I became a journalist because I learned how... My voice got trapped. In order to survive certain things, you silence is how you move.

We'll stay there for a second, right? Because this book does deal with secrets. Do you think secrets protect us or to your point in prison us? Oh, absolutely imprison us. But sometimes when you are, you know, certain situations, you can't say anything at that point because then you likely can be harmed further than you're already being harmed.

So I silence was my protector until it becomes your oppressor when you don't even know how to use your voice. So going back to writing, I think that voice was in me, but I found it through the pen. Whereas in writing, which is why I think I'm a pretty, pretty good writer, is I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, read, write, judge it before I'm happy with it. When you off the cuff, your intuition, your feeling of the moment, I never trusted that. And that's when it started to feel like my oppressor, that I have things to say, and I'm not. not even like I've been on your show and I thank you for always having me but I feel better and better each time because the nervousness of being if I say the wrong thing and back when

you know you know okay if I say the wrong I don't know where I'm going to be and I'm and I almost broke into tears watching you watch your daughter. I was her age when things were happening to me instead of my father somewhere. providing for my ability to express myself as beautifully and artistically. The amount of time and effort you and your wife and your family have put into that child, and you have more than one child, that child, and see the greatness in her at nine years old because she is loved and provided and protected. Imagine if we were all that way.

And so when I look at that, I'm like, I didn't have that. I didn't have that. Do you still long for it sometimes, like that feeling of protection? Well, this is what I wanted. One of the revelations I had in writing this book, but I love all the storylines, but one of the storylines is the friendship storyline between Dion and Farah.

And every time I do something, I do expect something back, but I don't never know when the revelation of it hits me, but I had to edit the copy editing of a book. I see you with your book, Jess. Congratulations, girl. Thank you. But that copy editing,

part is arduous. I just want to pull my hair out. And I was being kind of fussy in a bad energy space. And I said, let me get my, let me get my situation together. Let me, this is a blessing. Let me reread. And the chapter that I reread was when Farah and toward the end of the book, where the arc of that friendship is there. And what I realized so much about the, the fringe, what really girlfriends are, why girlfriends resonates to this day is I now understand the power, Girlfriends or friends, guy friends, we represent surrogate parents. And they will hold us until we are strong enough so that we can re-parent ourselves. That's why I wanted to get to.

It's about reparenting ourselves. So when you ask me about the longing, I know need to long because when I do, I then go do something for Mara. I've been become the father that didn't. I become the mother that couldn't whatever for myself. And then what that does is I can look at my parents and I can put them in the context of their history of their life and of the world. And I can then have empathy and compassion for them. And they've stopped becoming mom and dad and they become their names. And I get to know them.

And I get to love them. And then I get to know better my name. Yeah. And then I do better my purpose. and I understand no, I don't, that the things that have happened to me were supposed to happen to me

because I am in my light right now. I'm my best when I'm a storyteller. And so I'm here. And even my guilt sometimes about parenting, my career, I don't always get to tuck my kids and I don't get to make the right snacks and I don't always get to carpool my kids.

So again, a blessing. But then I told them who I am as opposed to the kind of mother I think I'm supposed to be. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give your kids. Yes. When you have a conversation with your parent and realize that person had a life

for 40 were your parent? Yes. Oh, it's so free. And knowing that your kids love you just as much as you love them and they make, but there is this, when you free yourself of guilt, I have all this energy back to think of more creative ways that I can be uniquely their mother.

Not the way the picture says. supposed to do it or the way Jess does it or the way that, you know what I'm saying, or the way that Envy's wife does it. I don't have to be like her. I can be like me. And because these kids chose us and they came to get something from us. But I want to ask, what are we giving them? Are we giving our children the best of who we are? Or do they are still managing our un-heeled pain? You know, I got to ask because every time you mentioned the great girlfriend. Oh, come on. You know that was the last question. My timeline grows up every single time, right?

You gave us a number this time. It's always been a number. It's been a number. No, the first time I gave a number was with you when I was promoting love is. I gave a number. And that number still stands. What do people, do, do there any movement when you say? There is.

It's funny. You know, there is this, it's interesting. The last, I think with the success of forever, I think people like, oh, she's not. She's not gone. She still got it. Then there was some reach out. But can you do it for this price? It's like, guys, I, no.

No. This is how I, and this is where healthy Mara comes into play. This is how I want to experience it. That's it. Just like, I want my sex this way. I want my tea. I would just like to. I want to experience it this way.

That's a powerful thing. Going back to the, then, okay, whatever you want. I'm talking about sex more in business whatever you want and then I may or may not get what I want out of it because you people pleasing

because I'm people pleasing I'm in a place right now with girlfriends I don't I want to do it I've made that clear right I want to do it the cast wants to do it

but I believe there is a value on this and I also know what 50 million will turn over is insane and so if I can't do it the way that I think it deserves, why am I doing it? And so, and I haven't come up with yet a story that I'm excited to tell at a different budget.

Because guess what that is? More energy. Just more thinking. And I've got, I got forever to do. I got a book to promote. I got kids to raise. I've got, I've got a life to live. too. I need to have, I need to put rest in there. I got tennis to play.

You know, I got, you know, and so I have a story that I think would be amazing. And I think, and also, this is another thing, what's going to make people, it's all these markers, like, the film's got to be this to get people out of the house. So I need $50 million to get people out of the house and not just, I don't want you to watch it on a streamer. I want to see Joan outfits. I want to see Tony outfits. I want to see Tony outfits. I want to see. Maya outfits. I want to see Lynn outfits. I want to see William suits. I want to see people come out

and celebrate something we've been loving for 25 years. And I want to have a party. I want us to go out afterwards. You know what I'm saying? I want us to talk about, I want us to show up with our friends, this friend group, that friend group.

I want that. I want that. I want those ladies to be at canned killing the red carpet. You say, like killing it. That's everything they deserve and you deserve them. Exactly. So right now, I think $50 million is a bargain.

Otherwise, I'll use my energy and I'll go maybe write another book or I go do something else, another storyline. I know how I'd like to end girlfriends and how I would like to experience it. Could Mara Brock McHill be comfortable with not giving girlfriends the proper closure?

Because Mara Brock Akeel gave it all What about us? No About us to fame No no no But no but I know I know

I know So then okay So then What are we gonna start Of Go fund me right here Can we get a million people To give $5? I think people would do that

For you and girlfriends so easily Especially with the new wave Of like the Netflix And people sitting down And rewatching it again I don't think that I don't know if you want to do that But I think that

If I get to that If I can, I don't want, guys, what I don't, what I can't do is go build a whole campaign to go, I don't, I don't, when I think about my time, the amount of, if you said, if you guys said right now, we can go online and say a million dollars for five, a million people for five bucks and we have 50 million, Marl will go make that. But, but if I, but I'm not begging. Yeah. No. Let me show up. I think when we honor our artists, our storytellers. We are the people who help build culture.

Honor us. Invest in storytelling. Invest in support so that we can all eat. Because here's the truth about storytelling. It's a great asset. You build girlfriends and to that end, the economy will shift. People will buy outfits. They'll buy tickets.

They'll buy merch. They'll buy dinner reservations. They'll go to the movie several times because they want to be Joan, Tony, Maya. Handlin. It's a rebirth of an era of people's lives. Yes. And it's right in alignment with all the fashion people who are putting out 90 stuff. It makes no sense.

So it then has to ask you, why? Because there's a constant devaluation of black women. And as a black woman, I cannot participate in that devaluation. I agree with you. It's going to happen, man. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. It's going to happen.

It's going to happen. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. And you have been one of my biggest supporters. And I want to say, always say thank you to you, always. Can I ask you, just so I can, what is it about girlfriends that you love so much? Well, you know, me and my wife been together, ooh, it'll be 28 years this year. Congrats.

No, 28, I don't remember. 25, 28, I can't remember now. But when she was in college, she's going to kill them. And I used to go to her house. Let them come back to life. She would always be watching it. And so I just started watching it. And for me, it was like, it was kind of like how you talk about secrets.

It was like women, black women especially, letting. men in on their secrets. I'm like, these are the kind of conversations y'all be having. So then it becomes a conversation starter between you and the women in your life. So it's just something that I ended up having an emotional attachment to. I love that. I love that. Thank you for joining us, man.

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If little brown girls Look at you and go I want to be like you LL Coobank Talk to me All right y'all So yesterday It was announced

That there will be Well there's always the show But they announced The performers That are performed At the FIFA World Cup One of their final games This happened

In July 19th Here in Right outside of New York Now is the final game Yes the final game That's happening Right outside of New York So Justin Bieber

I was surprised To see you on the list Honestly What Justin Bieber Well, I'll tell you. Justin Bieber, Madonna, Shakira, BTS,

Burner Boy. They have a PS22 course, like a group of a school group, a school course group that I performed in Coldplay. Now, I was surprised with Justin Bieber.

Like, I know it's Justin Bieber he got the hits, but I don't know. It just doesn't seem like he has like the big, like, hype. Like, I don't know.

Justin Bieber. It's still a huge legacy artist. Like, not for like a, like, what's the age range? Like, what's the? Everybody. What are you talking about?

As a kid and he had grown women sobbing over him. I just didn't see Justin Bieber. Absolutely. Yes, 100%. But I don't know. I just didn't see Justin Bieber. Now, you bugging. But you see Taylor Swift everywhere.

I would be surprised if Taylor's. Why wouldn't you see Justin Bieber? You think he's too young? I don't know. His music just, it just didn't give me like, when I've been out in the bars and people are watching the games and like people are like celebrating

they turn up and they turn on music, Justin Bieber just is not what I think of. Are they celebrating up to Maddo? Do you hear him celebrate the Madonna? No, but her, and I was like, you can put Madonna anywhere. But like Shakir, I was like, okay, Burn a boy, I was like, I get it because like it's Burn a boy.

Like, yeah, it's Worley's everywhere. Coldplay, they just, bro. I love me for cold play. Yeah. Justin Bieber? Yeah, I don't know, y'all. I will be honest, though, I have never, ever cared much about soccer.

But this year, for some reason, I feel like the FIFA and all the stories surrounding it, all the scandals and controversies. It's here. It's here in the U.S. Yeah, maybe. to your face more. They didn't change so many different things here.

And y'all know it should have been over. Well, it would have been over, but they added 16 more teams. It's usually 32 teams, but it's 48 teams. And it would have been done like last week or two weeks ago, but it's extended. I ain't about to sit here and lie and act like I know what you're talking about. You haven't been seeing all the random like FIFA stories pop up on your timeline and stuff like that. Like, there's like an investigation right now because of financial stuff. Then it was the Trump thing.

Usually it's only 32 teams, but they added 16 more, so it's 48 teams with the extra round. I'm still. shock, you don't realize Justin Bieber got some bops. No, I started by saying that. I know he got the bops. I just didn't see him fitting at like a halftime show with like a FIFA audience. That is so crazy. That is so crazy.

Even when I said it yesterday in a producer car, they thought I was crazy too. I just, I don't know. I was trying to see him. If you're a global superstar like Justin Biber who has big global worldwide hits, you can perform at FIFA. Yes. I don't know. Even because I know future

date, remember him in Tyler. Did you see future performance? Did that make sense? drop the song? Yeah, because I know, like, I've been out in, like, sporting events where they drop, like, March Madness and stuff, and it goes crazy. You don't think peaches are both crazy? What? I don't, listen.

We'll see what happens. But speaking of stages and people going crazy, y'all know Chris Brown has been going so viral for when he brings the ladies on the stages, right? So he issued a PSA to all the ladies that come to the show with their husbands and their boyfriends. Let's take a listen.

Don't get a bonus for the thing. If you're a husband or your thing, brought you to this show. It's not where you got that. I'm not having to fight that. I don't want no more jail for it.

Yeah, so he was telling people, I know it's kind of hard to hear, but he's telling the fans that have, the women fans that have the husbands and the boyfriends don't come up on the stage because he don't want to have to fight somebody. He do not want no more jail time, is what he says. I think it's crazy that you would even go up there

with a husband or boyfriend, especially if you're there with them. Yeah, I think it's crazy too. Yeah, especially if you're there with him. What? That's the sound out of them. That ain't got nothing to do with him. If you decide to go up on that stage.

The way, Brown beat on you girls. Yeah, I don't blame Chris. I blame the guy for bringing her. Yeah, that's just. Like, I don't even blame the guy for bringing up. But you bold as hell if you go up there and your husband or your boyfriend is there. Yes. A hundred percent.

To be tripping too. The studs be tripping too. Because a lot of stubs is bringing their girlfriends. And, and, and Chris Brown, I mean, he can't fight no stud and nothing like that. But it's like, they get offended too. Like, don't, don't pull my bitch of bed, Chris. That's your choice. Now, if you accidentally end up fighting the stud, man.

Because you don't know. Because the way they're dressed and they swing on you and you don't know. out of your peripheral, you just see the white t-shirt and some jeans. Or would have Chris pull a stunt up because he'd see the tithies through the flannel. Yes, I know that's right. What Carlos Millie used to say, start staying for some titties under that shirt. Well, as we wrap up the hour talking about performances, we know there's a countdown to the unc con.

Jay-Z will be here at Yankee Stadium this weekend in New York City. And there was a story that I saw New York Post. that I've been seeing people discussing about ticket prices dropping for Jay-Z's concerts. Now, to be clear, it was sold out. People were reselling the tickets, and they were reselling them at crazy. They sold out in minutes. Yes, and they were reselling them at crazy prices. So now people are starting to, I guess, like, buy tickets at resell prices,

and they're noticing tickets are going down. So New York posted a story, and they were talking about feeds on Seat Geek, and they talked about how at one point in time they saw tickets for, like, $3, and then it went down to $183. but I think when he announced more shows that messed up the resale game I think that that's what I stand in too I think people look for reasons to be mad at Hove and if you really really think about it happens all the times

even with games right even with the playoffs the first time you see a playoff ticket it's high right then if your team starts to win the probability of the tickets they go lower and lower and lower that's what everybody does that happen with the Knicks it happens with everybody I just think people just this is this is the cool time of hate on this whole let me earn my check okay okay sorry

$140 thousand tickets were sold this weekend. Okay. All the shows are sold out. Tell them. What are we talking about? That's what I just said. What are we talking about?

Does that get you commission? Huh? Does that extra, like, what are we talking about? What are we talking about it? Like, come on, guys. We know the show has been sold.

I sold out in minutes. We know this already. I did see you go to the rock, the store and I haven't seen you wear any clothes yet. Why is that? Oh, I got about three, four office ready. Because he said, I got a lot.

I got a Rockefeller jersey. What are we talking about? I got the Rockefeller. I got both Sean Codder color jerseys, the black one and the, I think it's the New York one color one. No, no, no, no, no. I ain't talking about the ones they were selling it at the merch store. I'm talking about I ordered these.

What I bought from the merch store was. The Mitchell Ness one. Yeah, I bought the Jay-Z reasonable-doubt T-shirt. Yep. I got the reasonable-doubt leather jacket. I got the reasonable doubt crew neck that has the yellow reasonable dot on the front, and I got the reasonable dot crew neck that says all offense on the back.

Oh, boy. Oh, you're glazing. There is a glazing over there. Did you lay the outfits out yet? Like, have you laid them out in? Yeah, I'm getting it prepared. You got new socks? No, not no new socks.

They got no Jay Z socks? It's not right. Somebody got them, but I don't got them. Not yet. They're going to see them. But I got homies that's why I want to wear the Rock Nation. Not the Rock Nation. Not the reasonable without Air Force One is dumb.

Nobody going to see them. No, you don't mess those up. It's just for the film. You just don't mess up. You just don't know. I got the classic ones I was going to wear. The first ones that ever came, I was going to wear them. Nobody going to see them.

This is so cute. It's so cute. That's exciting. That's exciting. Jess, you know, the Cheater girls coming back. Oh, yes, go. For this event, it's all about the top in the hat. For a man.

They're okay. You know what I mean? For the uncarn this weekend, it's about the top in the hat. That's y'all going to lead to the side and put a chain on and tuck it in the shirt. I was thinking about wearing the Jesus piece. I was really thinking about bringing the Jesus piece. It's very, okay. Bring it.

You know what I mean? Bring the Bluetooth. Bring the Jesus kids if you was wearing in the early 2000? I still got mine. I know that's right. I still got mine, too. Y'all ready, okay? And it's real.

Yeah. Why did y'all keep your beepers? Or did pieces? Oh, y'all still got a beeper? Who the hell is talking about beeper's girl? You've got a beeper. Listen, when grown folks are talking to stay in your goddamn way, you ain't talking about no damn beefers.

We're talking about Jesus pieces. If you got your Jesus piece, you definitely still got a beeper somewhere or something. And of you, yeah. My Jesus piece is hollow, too. It's mad old. Got a couple diamonds. That was just, that was when you were shrimp.

Yeah, that was on shrimp. No, I was not. Well, yeah, those. I got mine during the Windy Whims there. I got it. No, mine is real. Mine is real. All right now.

Bada's real. It's just hollow. Yeah, well, those shows are going down this weekend, the 10th through the 12th. Yeah, and the New York is going to be on the time. I can't wait. Okay, we always have these conversations about we need to create spaces that bring us joy, especially nowadays. This is a space that's going to bring me joy. All right.

Reasonable Doubt Friday, Blueprint Saturday. Eckner ends on Sunday. What's up? And you know what, Lauren, I did see that video of Cody and that soccer player. And yeah, the body. language that I'm reading hers because you can't see you can't tell his body language but when he had the uh with the leather tank top on I know he was hard as hell but she was smiling and blushing in what you say and what they do and yes it was yeah yeah yeah I want again

off again girlfriend baby mama he got out all right you know all right yeah that's it that's the latest for the a year all right me giving that donkey too man four after the hour what would you do if somebody bought cock to the cookout let's discuss bust it open what We'll get to that next. That's crazy. And then after that, of course, Jess fixed my mess. You guys can get on the lines right now,

800585105-1. Tell us. Made it. It's time for donkey of the day. There's a bunch of donkeys out in this street. I'll have made donkey today. Called donkey of the day. It really caught me off guard.

We live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may offend. We never would say anything. Charlemagne, give it to him. Give it to him. You are a donkey. That is why Charlemagne is he? Some donkey today's just saw themselves. On the breakfast club.

Okay, Salomey, we'll be giving donkey of the day to today. Yes, donkey today for Thursday, July 9th, goes to a Fort Wayne, Indiana man named Christopher Piedon. Okay, Christopher Piedon. Christopher is charged with one count of arson, which carries a potential prison sentence of up to 12 years. Now, I know what you're thinking. Who cares? All right? People set things on fire every day, Charlemagne.

What's the big deal? Well, I don't know if the deal is big or not, but it was big enough. It was big enough to set a garage on fire, okay? What do you mean the deal was big enough to set a garage on fire? Uncle Charlotte, just tell us what's going on already. Well, let's go to 21 Alive News for the report, please. A 36-year-old Fort Wayne man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly cut off his genitals and used it while committing arson.

Christopher Piedon is charged with one count of arson, which carries a potential prison sentence of up to 12 years in prison. The Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to a fire in May, just as the Fort Wayne Police Department officers were dispatched to reports of a stabbing. According to court records obtained by 21 investigators, Peden told police that he was stabbed somewhere downtown and that someone had threatened him the day before. While at the hospital, Peden told an officer he was dishonest at the scene of the stabbing and that he wanted to be truthful. Court documents say he said that at about 2 a.m., he went to the garage and used a kitchen knife to cut off his genitals. Heiden said he then poured gasoline on the dismembered organ and set it on fire, leaving the garage and walking away until he found police. At the scene of the fire, a fire investigator located a gasoline container and four lighters, as well as a nearby kitchen knife.

Four records do not detail whether the genitals were located. You know, in December, the breakfast club will be going on 16 years. Okay, I've been on this radio every day. for almost 16 years telling y'all that avoiding crazy is the key to life. But it's impossible because you truly don't know who's crazy. You do realize the only reason so many of us are able to even function on this planet and walk around comfortably is because a lot of people know how to control their crazy. But then is folks like Christopher Peter, okay, who don't.

All right? This man decided to castrate himself, okay? Decided to mutilate his own meat flute just to barbecue it. Okay, see, we talk about glazing, right? NBU was just talking about glazing a little while ago. Whenever a man is celebrating another man, men like to say, oh, he's glazing. Well, I hope in this situation, Christopher Pieden at least glazed himself. Wow.

Okay, I hope he glazed his own meat with a sweet, sticky sauce before he decided to smoke his own pork sword. All right? What is going on in the world when a man decides to slow roast his one-eyed yogurt slinger? Huh? The thing that really bothers me about this story is there is no talk or drink. drugs. No talk of alcohol. I didn't even see any discussion of mental health issues. Christopher, you decided to pansear your rumple foreskin sober. You decided to stir fry your Indiana bone just because you gave yourself a permanent vasectomy and you want us to believe

that everything's just fine in that brain of yours. No, no, no, no, no. Let me tell you how my brain works, okay? I'm trying to figure out what did this man do with his penis that he thought to himself, I don't deserve it anymore, okay? Did he put it? put it somewhere, he regrets putting it. Has he not used it in so long that he doesn't think he needs it anymore? Did he have some type of SDD and he didn't have health care? Couldn't afford the medication to treat it. So he decided just to give up his joystick.

Listen, we all been playing mad at the NBA 2K and someone was kicking our ass so bad that we threw the controller. This is what this man essentially did with his pocket rocket. Okay, he just threw it away, all right? I try to make donkey of the day a teachable moment. Okay. I think that, you know, therapy could help a lot of people, but then I really, read stories like this and I'm like, Christopher don't need no therapist.

He needs an exorcism. Please give Christopher Piedin the sweet sounds of the hamletones. Oh now you are the donkey. Of the death of the door. Oh, the- I know when Christmas comes and he hears chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

It's going to hit different for him this year. How the hell can you cut off your own meat? set it on fire like you grilling it and you just, how can you do that? Like it's a bratworth sausage. Yeah, like what? You lie about it, but then you found the courage to be truthful about it.

Like, what was he trying to do? And she said the genitals haven't even been recovered. I think they said they don't know where they've been found. I don't know. Oh, okay, because I thought she said it is, Jesus, that's just, that's too much. And I'm just realizing his last name is Piedon. From now on, we've got to just call him Christopher Eden because he doesn't have anything to pee out of.

up. Oh. Dave, what's he trying to to what? I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. All right. Thank you for that donkey today. Up next. Just Fix My Mess. 800585-105-105.

One, just as a guy in the line, he says he's black. He has white kids. He has white kids. He has white kids. He wants to know how to get a black woman to date him. Oh, so he's black. He got white kids.

He wants to know how to. to get black women to want to date. Oh, you got, Michael Jackson? Kids ain't white? You got to be a adopted or something? I know what I'm saying. That's why I said, okay, Michael Jackson. We'll talk to him next.

Let's see. It's the Breakfast Club, Gimormore. Acts about me. Relationship problems? Ex about me. You need to beat your co-worker's ass. Ex about me. Your coworker need to beat your ass.

Call it up. That's Dr. Jess, and I'm here to fix your mess. It's getting very much messy. Let me fix this. Morning, everybody is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Salamey Nagy. We are the breakfast.

Club. We got KG on the line. KG, good morning. What's going on, man? KJ, what's up, man? What's going on with you? What's going on? What's going on, Jess? So, my thing is, you know, so I date white women. I got two, long story short, I got mixed kids.

Okay, you have mixed kids or you have white kids? They got mixed kids. No, okay, because envy calls your kids white. Okay, go ahead. I'm reading what they have here. That's what he says. Can I read what they brought in here? But you know he couldn't have white kids.

I'm like, how you? How are you a white kid and you black? It's been done before. I didn't know if he adopted these kids or what. I'd have no idea. I'm reading what they put there. Hey, it's always the white right in the room. Always.

So I got mixed kids and I ain't going to say I woke up. I seen the light of struggle. It don't feel the same with a white girl. So I'm growing up. So how do I get rid of the stigma of just dating white girls? Because when I try to approach a black chick, they ain't messing with me because they find out I got mixed kids and I ain't mentioned.

Damn, well, where do you live? Where are you dating? I'm in Kansas City, Missouri. A place that you never come to. Oh, please. I come to Kansas. Well, I haven't been to Kansas City, Missouri in a long time, or Kansas City, Kansas in a few years.

But I'll be back. I'll be back. Oh, my God. I come to St. Louis, Missouri in a few weeks at the end of July. St. Louis is about three, four hours away. I asked you last. Oh, my God. He was like, I'm going to be down there.

Well, I'm sorry. I'll get there. But listen, later for that. So you mean to tell me that every black woman that you approach finds out that you have all white exes and they want nothing to do with you? Are you serious? Nothing at all. Like, I mean, it's either a, they don't mess with me, but then you get that they show a little different attitude towards my kids and I don't care what color of my kids. Oh, hell no.

Yeah, no, they can't be doing that. That's too much. Right. or we don't pass bedroom and then they find out we start getting serious and then it's like oh you day white girls

and this and that and then they just start you know fading out you know what's crazy okay so how many girls does this happen with because I'm going to tell you

exactly what the problem probably is how many girls does this happen with a lot a lot like a lot of I mean a lot like I had one

that lasted about six months and even her she threw her little side jokes and there all the time and we be out to dinner and a white chickwobber she'd be like there you go there you guys like come on you know

you let Dr. Umar damn right I'm listening that's something I would do you know you just got listen you're gonna be the butt of the joke a lot like when it comes to especially because you know us black girls we like the joke about things I mean that's just what it is we got sense of humor when is it over like I'm gonna

I've been there I've done it or should I hey keep fighting this fight. Keep fighting the fight. Go back to the males. No, no, what do you really want? What do you really want? You can't just let a few women who told you like,

nah, I can't do it. You can't let a few F-ups with black women, not, you know, like mess up your love for black women. Like, they can't force you back going to the white. You already had a revelation about the white people. And you said, no, you can't deal with them. It don't feel the same. They don't know your struggle. They don't know what it is to

be black at all. Don't matter how many time black goes up in them. You You don't know what it's like to be black, right? And that's the problem. And I want a black queen. Don't get me wrong. I want a black woman. Right.

But it's like, damn. Like, I got to hear this all the time. Well, listen, this is the bad that you made, brother, brother. You know what I mean? It is what it is. And it's not easy finding a black queen. It ain't. It ain't.

It ain't. But I want one. And let me ask you. Yeah, I got six kids with so much. Okay. No, no, that should never ever have anything to do with it. No, your babies are totally off limits as it pertains to, like, joking and all of that, and not being comfortable with you because they're not all black.

Who cares? A little bit of black go a long way, especially in your kids. Now, have you, all right, because I feel like the black women probably feel like if they do something wrong, you're going to leave them for a white girl. How do you communicate with black women? I've heard that before. Yes, yes. And do you even?

I've heard my black women. I've heard my block game is something swift. I don't deal with, I mean, I got my own stuff. I'm a trucker. I'm on the road now. Okay. I don't need a chick for nothing. But it's like the minute we have a fight and this and that, I'm gone.

But I'll steal that for it out. No, no. See, the minutes you have a fight, you're gone. The minute y'all have a fight, you're gone. That is the red flag right there. See, white women will go for the is. No, white women will go for the edge. that ish, now we ain't with none of that.

What you mean? So you don't even know how to solve conflict. You don't know how to resolve. You don't know how to reconcile. You don't know how to communicate. And that's why, like I said, I'm single on 43. I'm single right now, and I've been single for a couple years. And I'm working on myself.

I've been listening to Charlotte as far as the mental health. And being in a truck alone by yourself, traveling the world. I mean, it does something to you. Absolutely. No, absolutely. I understand. I know. My husband's a trucker.

Yeah, I know you told me. I'm mad because, you know, Chris got even one. But what I'm saying is, like I said, it does, it does something to you. And I've worked on myself, continue working on myself, because I believe the work is never done. Yeah, no, it's not. I feel like I'm ready now. I feel like I'm ready now.

Okay. And I know, they see the kids. They ask, you know, we ask all the questions, getting to know you. And then as soon as they hear the mixed kids, it's great. Yeah, no. See, I honestly feel like that you're. This is like one, like one group of women. This is one type of woman.

Like I'm telling you, there is a black queen out there for you. But I want, you saying you ready, you may be ready, but you'll never know until you put it to the test to see you got to stick around and you got to be able to improve on that communication factor. Because one thing that I can't speak for, you know, all black women, but I can speak for a majority of us, you know, because, you know, we're not a monolith. But we, you have to know how to love a black queen. Like, that's it. because white love and black love is two different things I don't care what nobody say

like you have to know how to be there you have to be emotionally intelligent you have to not get up and storm out if y'all disagree on something you can't do that because how did you even make it how did you and your white women even make it to the point where y'all can have kids oh because those girls might not care about you leaving like those girls may

you may talk to them any type of way they may just take it take it take it take it and don't talk back to your ass Or let you do what you want to do. You may be able to walk all over, you know, Cindy and Mindy. Like, you know what I mean? You can't do that, but a Black Queen. So when I, okay, so when you say, I feel like I'm ready now,

I say, okay, I shoot my side. And that, in that situation, popped up again as far as the white, you know, my mixed kids. Yeah. And they try to slow down and pump their brakes. What do I do from that point? You on to the next one, because these are your kids. Your kids are, no, like, no, my kids come with me. I'm a package.

Like, and my babies, I don't care who don't. Who can't see? You know, I don't care who you are. My kids are my kids. Bi-racial or not, whatever. Like, but all black women ain't like that. You just got to find the right one. Don't give up after two, three, or four.

Dayton ain't easy. And finding a black queen ain't easy, evil. Everybody will have one. All right. Keep it pushing. Good luck, brother. All right. I appreciate you.

No problem. All right. Just fix my mess. I think he probably just cosmetically challenged. He's not. Anybody tripping off him having no mixed kids. Yeah, that's something like... It's something else.

Yeah, he got something else going on. Yeah. We're in the middle of Jess, Fix My Mess. 8005-8-5-105-1. Hello, who's this? Hello, how you doing? This Shemika. Shemika, what's your problem, Shemika?

What's your question for Jess? What's my problem and what's my question for Jeff? Ask Jess, why when do you have parents that pawning you all for their crack habit that they can't tell the truth when they try to destroy your life? Because they're not in there, but... How long have they been on crack? They've been on crack ever since I was a baby.

Oh, wow. So they never had a break No, I took a break. It's just been this consecutively for 20 years? Baby, I'm 46 years old. Oh, my God. Yes, I didn't know Craig Heads don't die. I didn't know more with the Craig now.

That dope is different. Sorry, but I'm just, no, because I hear, you know you hear that Craig Hears die. Craig Heads don't die unless they're doing something else. That has nothing to do with this young thing. No, I know what I'm saying? But they still live a long life, though. Okay, so it's your mind.

Hold on, Charlemagne. Hold on, listen, you guys, listen, I want y'all to get the truth this morning. Okay. My daddy, my real daddy, his number of my fucking crack heads. Excuse me for custody. Yes, man. He's the half-paid informant on the police department. He goes knocking, he goes get his crack from the big timers.

Then he goes back and tells the police department who to knock off. Guess who's paying for his sin? Who? The kids. Me. You. Yeah. baby. My grandma paid for him first.

Now is me. Okay. Now they try to make me look like the bad guy. I'm not bisexual. I have three children that I love equally because my mama and my daddy have favorite children. You understand? Yes, ma'am. Okay. So I thought my kids, I love them equally because of what I came from.

Right. And it took a village to raise me. Mm-hmm. And it took one woman to show me that you love equally. Right. So sometimes when people, people put their bones out there. You three sides to a store. The truth, the ugly,

and somebody out there is in the middle and don't know the truth. So what's your question, though? Yeah. It's an event, man. Let's just, yeah. I'm definitely like me. Yeah, that's what I need you to do.

Thank you, Salome. I just want to vent. When people put a shit out there about you and you're trying to move on about your life and you're trying to help somebody that say you meet them, right, indirectly, you meet the first person first, Then years later, you meet the second person that's on cancer them next.

The first person you meet, you help their family with somebody because they needed care, and they didn't know who was retiring to, and they're saying you in public. Then next, you meet their family member later, and then you fall in love with that family member. So they realize you don't want nothing but good for them. So when your family see you trying to do something good for yourself, your family would be the worst enemy than destroy you. Yeah. Which is my dad. Okay.

I'm sorry you had to go through that, mama. So you don't have a relationship with him whatsoever, like nothing. Like, there's no civil conversations. He told me, I should be swallowed. Damn. He told me, listen, I don't have spectrum. He put me in all these programs when I was a kid, right? Okay, so basically it was a boxing glove on me.

Dude told me to hit the gloves. I hit that girl so damn hard because I wanted to hit his ass because he was never in my life. Okay. So that was the outlet for you. So that was the outlet. for me. You're from Michigan? Where you're from Detroit?

She's in a daddy. He's immature, you understand? I didn't ask him to mingle with my mama. He did it on his own. He should have got them to cut off his own for producing me. Yeah, there's a lot of anger and, you know, it's a lot of trauma there. And do you have a therapist or is there someone that you can talk to? I don't need no therapist, especially when you've been raped by family, family, friends,

and they're a damn daddy. bad. You definitely. And then you go apologize to your family for what you did to them

because you want your kids and their kids to have a relationship. I'm going to put the whole damn thing on the line. You understand?

If I'm warming enough to admit what the hell I'm going through, then I don't need a therapist. They say I recover and I'm trying to move

on and do the best and when I came home get a job and get my kids back because my oldest don't have no kids. Well, I will say... You don't want more kids

because I have scrubble. I will say, you probably, you know, I always think therapy is good, but I think what you are looking for is some sort of healing. Yeah. No, babe, I'm healed. I just want them to leave me the hell alone. I love my peace.

Mm. All right. I'm here. I still feel that you're working. Learning from them. Learning from them, I'm healed. Stay the hell out of my life. Okay.

If you can't, they got, they got all of them got skeletons. You get what I'm saying. Yeah. But my mom comes out and tells me the truth. The real reason why she don't want to deal with my dad and I see it now, and she gave me somebody in support of my dad. I'm healed. I just want you all to know,

stop putting my shit out there on the air. I'm not gay. I love my children, age, equally. My dad ain't . Well, hold on now. You're the one who put your stuff out on the air. You told us that you said all the way. Yeah, but I've been hearing it every day on the air,

every morning or somebody's saying they're me. Somebody calls in and says they're you? And they're gay? Yes. Yes. And they're cracking. Oh, my God. Okay.

Shemika? All right. Ma'am. I still think that you should probably talk to somebody, but I am definitely praying for you. And I mean that sincerely. Like when you hang up, I am going to go and get down on my knees

and say a prayer for you. And I'm definitely sending you a healing energy, but I don't want you to close the door and sitting down to actually talk to somebody. Right, right. Because you need that for your children. Hello. Oh, okay.

Thank you. Because you need that for your children. Thank you. No problem, babe. Yeah, I think she's a little hallucinating as well. I can say hallucinating. I think she just. She's just going through a lot of trauma.

No, but she seems like, you know, the people that call that sometimes would they hear something and they think you're talking about her. Yeah, yeah. So she's probably hears voices. She's hearing things. She's getting her.

That's what I'm looking for. And she's been through a whole lot. I don't want to diagnose her though. But we don't know. But we don't even know if she's really going through that. How does she? Because she says she's heard her story in the radio. Stop spreading my story in the radio.

This is the first time I ever heard it. Talk spoke to. Yeah. And she did volunteer in information. She said, I'm not bisexual. I'm like, huh? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know. Maybe she does her voices. Maybe, maybe. But she has been through a lot, even if, you know, she's been through a lot. But she's definitely needs some type of help. She's been through a lot. People like that, you have to direct to real resources. Absolutely.

Just can't fix that, man. No. All right. Well, when we come back, we got the latest with Lawrence. I know. I can't. What is you looking over here for? I ain't even say I could.

Damn, now you sound like her. You sound like that lady. I just say nothing. No, because right after he said, just can't fix her. He's going to look over here like, and you know. you can't. No, I did not. All I did was look over at you.

I looked there to a whole room. Don't do that. God, dang. Don't do that because I'm not bisexual. What's the next calling? What? Canadian women are looking for more. More into themselves, their businesses, their elected leaders, and the world are out of them.

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Hey, everyone, it's the Jonas Brothers. This week on the podcast, Hey, Jonas, we're hanging out with the one, the only, the only and the one Michael Boubley. You guys, I'm genuinely a huge fan. Like, it's funny, you know, I made a whole thing about doing this TikTok where I got you guys to sign the guitar. But it was real, like, we listened to in the car. all the time. Like, it literally is hanging up with all your signatures. Wow. I am so honored. After Kevin's recent, uh, let's call it interesting confession about Michael. I had a feeling this wasn't going to be going away. We figured there's only one thing to do.

We must invite Michael Buhlis on the podcast and we want to know what's on his sexy time playlist. You know, I did an interview and they're like, have you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing? And they were like, what did you think of it? I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal. Like, what a man got to do? What a man ought to do? We talk about Kevin's confession. Michael's reaction. and a whole lot more. Do you have a hockey rink in your house? I do, I do.

Our conversation with Michael Bublay is out now. Listen to Hey, Jonas, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam Jay. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports, a new podcast from Together and I Heart Women's Sports.

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Oh, good morning. Lauren becoming perfect. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm a home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She'd be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren La Rosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have detail,

sometimes she have a little bit everything. Well, it's the latest on this. Brought to you by Top Dog Law on the Breakfast Club Top Dog Low. Now, I know we've been talking a lot, y'all, about Young Miami in a song Spendad, but another congratulations to her again this week because she is now within the top 20 of Billboard's Hot 100.

She is number 19. Congrats, my career, sister. I love this. Yeah, so congratulations to her. This is a career, a hype for her. Yeah. Droving clues bound for Young Miami. I rule for Corisha.

I rule for JT too. I'm a city girls guy. Me too. Well, I'm not a guy, but I'm a city girl. She said, me too. I'm, because I'm with the girls. Like, I love that. I can't wait until we get the Cheetah Lounge and all the things from JT.

And I'm so happy to see Carisha and her song moving everything happening around them. This is about Carisha. So yes, congratulations. Dude, goddamn young. What is it like a spin-nat remix with J-T? Wouldn't that be kind of fire? A city girl's remix? That would break the, yeah, because I'm voice.

Like, that's one thing about J-T. I always shows up. Like, she, I love to hear our voice on her cadence on things, but. And I know J. got a verse for that record right now. Let me tell you something. What if she don't? She do. That would... That's her old ways. She wanted to get away from it. She served some time. She went to jail. She don't want that. What if that song triggers her?

I don't know, but I know Young Miami been saying she went Drake on the remix. That was right there. Yeah, she said she wanted Drake. Okay. But the... To spin that? Yeah, she said she wanted Drake. Drake seemed like the guy to get scanned by them. Yeah. Like, he's kind of aggressive. Is that the perspective you're going to wrap from?

I don't know. But if her and... and JT were to get back together just for that song that would break the chart. Yes, it would. It would be amazing. But, okay, in other conversations about women and, you know, the narratives around women, because, you know, Young Miami had to be going this week. Yes, ma'am. We talked yesterday about Lex and Dreia

doing Club Shea-Shay. So they sat down a three-hour interview, really great interview with Shannon Sharp. And one of the clips that are picking up from the interview was when they talk about Daphne Joy, who we talked about the sex tape that she was in with Diddy. Let's take a listen to the girls on Club Shashay.

The Daphne. joy situation. Do you feel like black women? Do y'all feel that they'll judge more harshly about their sexuality? For sure, I think black women are always judged more harshly when it comes to anything that we do. They'll be like, oh, she's a s**. Yeah. This is no shade to Daphne. I think when you have a moment, you take it. But seeing the reaction of people the way they treat her, even there ain't no tapes outside of me andrea, doing nothing. But the way people act towards us just because we talk about our dating experiences, we get treated like, oh my gosh, you would have thought that we killed somebody's mother or something.

Yeah, I get it. Or my mom. Even with, like, the ways they treat Mexican Italian, you know, because of her lyrics, they treat us like, we are just the worst thing ever. Then you have this woman who has a sex save. She's not one but two. But they're like, oh, you see how feminine she is and how soft and how beautiful and how this and that? It's just like, are y'all for real right now?

Like I said, no shade to her. It's very, it's just interesting. I feel like we haven't seen a black woman be in a situation like that and get the same type of attention and out of the right. I agree with all Nick Ray and Lexa's point, except for, uh, my algorithm must be different because all I see is people calling

Daphne Joya Hope. Shoot. Not on mine, baby. I seen both. I did say that I saw a lot of, oh, I see why 51 of her because she's so soft. When she sat down on Kim, Newy and did that little laugh and flip over her hair, baby. Even her producers up here, melt it so quick. I was like, hold on, wait.

I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I saw a lot of that. I used to be, we were sad. Why y'all even talking about this? Yeah, I didn't see that. They called a hoe and all types of whole activities. Y'all know what's crazy, though. I don't see anything positive and soft about it. I think people got more mad about her trying to convict them at first.

I don't know. In the beginning, he wasn't. I hope you know. That was him on the heart. Oh, God. Jesus Christ. Well, Lex and Dreel, well, Lex actually responded to some of the pushback to this clip. And she was saying that she said that she knew that when the video dropped that they were going to get caught everything,

but a child of God, or she was going to get caught everything, but a child of God. They was in the comments going crazy. Like, for no reason. I feel like the opinion was valid as well, too. I'll fight you over Drey and Lex. I just want you to know that, okay? Drop one of the clues bonds for the Poor Minds podcast. Period.

Salute to the whole 85 South Show family, all right? And you can listen to the Poor Minds podcast on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Yes. And as we wrap up the hour, I want to send another congratulations out to somebody or a group of people, bone thugs in harmony. They got their star on a Hollywood Walkers thing yesterday. Congratulations. I saw that yesterday.

and I saw Fat Joe spoke there. I didn't know. I learned in real time how instrumental they were in Fat Joe's career by bringing him on tour and stuff like that. I never knew that story. They were selling millions and millions

of records during that time. It took Joe on to yesterday. Yeah. I was like, I know y'all probably knew the story, but yeah, I didn't know that. So congratulations to them. But speaking of Fat Joe, as we end the hour, you know how they preview songs

on Joe and Jada. You got the full record? I don't know why NBC ain't play that record yet. So we have a clip from it. That record is tough. It's called a Roma. Let's take a little. It was cooked in my kitchen.

It's calling by my name. Most of these rappers say they're just like my mom. It do not feel the same. They gotta show me. Look in the blues track at the time, throw him a roly. In case we got to commit a crime, go get a stoli. Oh, gee. I'm more like one than An Anobie.

That's, wow. Yeah. That record is retarded. That record is. I like when artists sound. like where they're from. Yes. You know what I mean?

So that, you can smell the timblins on that record. I got me fresh out the box of new pair constructs. That record is so tough. I like that. Fat Joe Jada and Stole God Cooks, right? Yeah. You know,

they people, I don't know if people have been giving them this credit, but they have been rolling out music and breaking music news through their podcast to them on Jada for them. But people just act like it's just not like, I'm like, y'all don't see what they're doing here? They've been doing it consistently.

What are you talking about? What's been talking about? What's been that? We heard spin that first on Joe and Jada. We got the Jay Cohn. No, we do. We do. People just get the music and just move on.

I'm like, do y'all see that they are breaking all of this stuff? Lauren, everybody sees them. I don't know. And maybe I'm just giving it to them extra because I like what they doing. Shout out to Joe and Jada. Absolutely. That record is so tough. Salute to Joe and Jada.

Yeah, so that's the latest for the hour of y'all. It's brought to you guys by Top Dog Law. Any accident, Big or Small called Top Dog Law. All right. Now the reason I haven't played because they haven't sent the clean yet. They just put it out on social media and they didn't put it out yet. It's a pre-reviewing it and then let it go. No, I heard the whole song on Instagram.

You got to take it from my Instagram. That's the whole one? Yes. They got the whole phone. They didn't release it yet. I know it's not out, but I never go out. It's probably come out this Friday. I'm sure to be out this Friday, but that's the reason I play.

Yeah. Really, really, really tough. Well, why did you get to your play? So happy birthday to Richard Roundtree. He would have been 84. And Tom Hanks. And happy birthday to Tom Hanks. What's the Tom Hanks?

No, Tom Hanks didn't do anything. I love Thomas. No, I have not. We've been talking about him on Netflix, but not on the radio. Happy birthday, Tom Hankskney. He's 70 years old. Happy birthday, a Richel Roundtree. He would have been 84.

Garberts this old. And happy birthday to Kelly Williams. Promises, promises. Remember, girl. Show them, ma'am. Y'all got the same list. The kids are you going back. I don't say promises like that.

T. Oh, yeah. Promises. Okay. Promises. Okay. That's not a list, though. That's our overbite.

No, no, no, no. Yeah, it's her teeth getting away. Do it one more time. Oh, wow. Yeah, she said, promise. Okay. I thought she had a thick tone. I think it's not.

It's the overbite. The overbite makes her say promises like that. Oh, wow. Now you turn real hard. So she says it like how you would say teeth. Like the teeth are always just reminding her that they're there. No. So you mean all this time she could have got that fixed?

She just want to say promise. He just don't want to be in the conversation with her. She knows. She knows. She knows. We got to be up here fighting back. She had a mean job. We got to go, guys.

And keep a lot. We're going to play the full song. They're sending that song right now, I'm gonna right now. Yeah, they hurt. Okay, because I text too and I ain't get no text back. I try to get it for you.

Go ahead, Envy. All right, it's the breakfast club. Good morning. Now, salute tomorrow, Brock Akeel for joining us this morning. Absolutely, y'all. Her book, her debut novel,

The Revelation of Dion Daphne is out now. That's right. And salute to her. She talked about girlfriends. We're going to make the girlfriends something happen. Movie, mini-series.

Us Girlfriends fans who grew up off Girlfriends, friends, we know that we need closure. We never got the closure we needed from that show. And Mara already knows, you know, where she wants the story to go and how she wants to end it. And I feel like God

is going to allow that story to be told one day. All right. Well, if you haven't picked up a book, tough of the show of the show of it, with that little alright. No, because he liked friends, not girlfriends. I didn't like friends. I didn't really watch friends, nor did I really watched girlfriends. Oh, so you didn't watch none of those shows. What used to watch? Power Rangers.

I used to be outside. to be outside. I don't really watch, you know, besides the Cosby Show and different world. Right, right, right. Then Martin and all those.

It was really outside. Yeah, it was outside. We didn't really, you know, didn't really, anyway. Yeah, but even more screen time. That's right.

I don't know how you watch all the stuff that you watch. It's all right. Like, you must leave here and watch shows from 12 noon to you go to sleep. I'm busy as hell. But you watch it today.

Now today, I'm going to be at American Dream All 4. Yes. The People Watch Party. Morocco versus France. Representing France. I'm not representing France. On the flyer, they have you representing France,

they have Camillo representing Morocco. I know, that's right. And, you know, when I look at you, I'm like, I see that Tony Parker, Victor Wimbiana, in you. No. You know what I mean? I see it. We just celebrate in FIFA.

So we're watching the game. We're taking my son. We're going to be watching the game today at 2 o'clock. And we're going to be this weekend. I see the French in you, bro. I'm going to be. And Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Raleigh Improv tomorrow and Saturday.

We got two shows tomorrow. Two shows Saturday. So make sure y'all get your tickets at just hilariousofficio. All right. Shalman, you got a positive note? I do, man. It comes from Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi once said, a sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create.

Have a great day. Breakfast club, bitches. Do you all finish or y'all done? Boat, woke up. Wake that ass up. Program your alarm to Power 105.1 on IHeartRadio. Hey, everyone, it's the Jonas Brothers. This week on the podcast, hey Jonas. We're hanging out with Michael Boubley.

after Kevin's recent, interesting confession about Michael. We figured there's only one thing to do. We must invite Michael Boubley on the podcast, and we want to know what's on his sexy time playlist. You know, I did an interview, and they're like, have you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing? And they were like, what did you think of him? I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal.

We talk about Kevin's confession, Michael's reaction, and a whole lot more. Our conversation with Michael Boubley is out now. Listen to Hey, Jonas, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Joy is essential, and it's also elusive. But now, there's a new. and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence. Joy 101.

It's a new podcast hosted by me, Hoda Kotby. If you're craving inspiration to maximize your joy, tune into these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Listen to Joy 101 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby is presented by CVS. What's up, fam? It's sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J.

And we're the hosts of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from Together. We're breaking down the biggest headlines, the viral moments, and the stories everyone's talking about across women's sports. From game-changing performances to culture-shifting conversations, we'll give you our takes, our debates, and a few laughs along the way. Because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to Everyone Watches Women's Sports. On the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Jake Brennan, and on the Disgraceland Podcast, I explore the wild lives of rock stars and unbelievable true crime stories from music history. These are the stories you haven't heard, the kind you'll end up telling someone else. Like the time Paul McCartney spent in a notorious prison or the bizarre crime Lady Gaga is accused of where that time blonde's Debbie Harry escaped Ted Bunny.

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