The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Claressa Shields Reacts to Angel Reese Win, Deion Sanders’ Secret Health Issue, Porsha Williams’ Ex Deported + Jeezy & Zohran Mamdani Interview

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Jeezy stops by to talk about the 20-year anniversary tour of Thug Motivation 101, working with Jay-Z, his connection with Nia Long, and the legacy of 'Soul Survivor.' Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also joins to discuss public safety reform, supporting small businesses, free public transit, and more. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to Hitmaka for his ignorant comments about Derek Chauvin during an interview with Loren LaRosa. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But yeah, we fixing that nail envy. Okay, I'm sorry. But, I'm nervous for my daughter because she's only nine months She's going on ten minutes, right? And y'all ever seen the videos where the babies are being taught how to swim and they just throwing them in the pool Yes, that's just stupid. I just don't feel like that's a good way to teach a baby how to swim Is that what they gonna do with you? No, I hope they don't you know, how do you teach a child how to swim before you? Potty training that's what I'm just nervous about it. You got to do it with the parent I've never seen this it below like for our kids you have to go actually in the pool with the kid

Yeah, or what your daughter son and they just show them so they get comfortable with the water So they're not afraid of the water and then they go step by step They start we know you still they'll learn to kick and they'll learn to float But it's just just learning the water and understanding the water not be afraid of the water I don't believe it was a real when then people be throwing them little babies in the water. Oh no they do. They do. You've seen that before?

They have to be real. That's not AIO. They need to call child protective service. That's how I feel every time I see it. Every time I see it. But the baby somehow like, they be really swimming to the top and floating and back stroking and everything. They say it's natural.

I don't, I wouldn't try that. I wouldn't. I wouldn't try that. But they were swimming for nine months in water if you actually technically think about it. So I feel like she should have been learned. Like wouldn't you know swimming for nine months in water if you actually technically think about it I yeah, I feel like she should have been learned Like she you know so who's getting in with the baby you or Chris Chris Chris gonna get in with the baby I'm going with ash, but ash is a different level like ash is not tadpole ash could stand up Yeah, he just he want to learn how to swim comfortably you know I mean like he can survive a little bit all right

Well, like five minutes. Let me just give you one tip. Please make sure the water is heated. Because some of those schools don't have heated water and your kids will never want to go back because it will be too cold. So when you take your kids to learn how to swim, make sure the pool is heated so that they're comfortable in there. Because most of the pools aren't heated. How the hell is she supposed to do that? She can't keep her hands in the pool. You're calling ass. It's a swimming school. You have a heated pool? Yes, you asked. You asked. You have a heated pool because kids will...

That'll be the first thing that'll deter them from getting back in the water. Well, give her that tip. You said call first. Well, you gotta make sure you call. I don't give a damn who you are. You're okay if you work for the breakfast time. We ain't got a heated pool. Well, Jeezy will be. All right. I got you. All right.

Well, Jeezy will be joining us today. Hey, come on now. You know, Thug Motivation 101 came out July 26, 2005. So he's celebrating 20 years of Thug Motivation 101. Damn. And he's going on tour. That's actually what he's doing at Superfly because it's a tour where you got to wear tuxedos.

Let him explain it. Here he comes. I want to tell the people. That's the whole point of him being here. He gonna tell it. It's a black tie and it's a symphony orchestra and he'll be here to talk about it this morning. That's right. That's dope. I really think that's really dope.

Absolutely, it's dope. It's something I've never even heard of happening before. Also, Zeron Kwame Mamdani will be joining us. Hey, okay. Now, if you don't know who that is, he is running for mayor of New York City. He is like this, him and Cuomo are like you know head to head as far as who's gonna represent for the Democratic ticket. That's right. Yeah,

so he'll be here this morning. Yeah, he was low in the polls and shot up and is doing pretty well in the polls. Now I actually think he's leading the polls so we'll talk to him as well and yeah, so let's get the show cracking. We got front page news coming up so don't go anywhere it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody is dj nv jess hilarious charlomaine negai we are the breakfast club let's get some front page news now quick uh sports game three to 2025 nba finals tonight okc versus paces at 8 30 on abc what's up morgan hey y'all hey how we feeling on a hump day? Feeling good, girl. All right. I love to hear it. All right, y'all. So first up on the front page, President Trump is warning against protests on Saturday's military parade here in Washington, D.C. Now

the president touted the upcoming military parade and issued a stern warning while speaking from the Oval Office yesterday afternoon. Let's take a listen to that warning. We're going to have a fantastic June 14th parade flag day. It's going to be an amazing day. We have tanks, we have planes, we have all sorts of things and I think it's going to be great. We're going to celebrate our country for a change. For those people that want to protest, they're going to be met with very big force. And I haven't even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people that hate our country, but they will be met with very

heavy force. You can't tell people to celebrate their country then suppress their first amendment. Oh, that's just, that's just simple. All right, yeah, so the parade is set to happen as anti-ice protests have been happening in Los Angeles, California and other cities. Now Saturday's parade is to so-called honor the Army's 250th birthday, which is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of attendees. Now, various security measures have been put in place for the event, including an 18 and a half miles of steel fencing, which I was downtown and I was able to see yesterday, and 175 magnetometers,

which I believe detects certain devices. They got magneto out there? Boy, they, Trump ain't playing. But Trump was at North Carolina's Fort Bragg yesterday to help kick off that celebration. He told hundreds of the troops gathered that Saturday's going to be a big day in Washington, DC Of course, it's also his birthday and to your point yesterday Charlemagne. This is expected to cost about 45 million dollars

He said he's probably funding it though Yeah, that's what he said, I don't know what he did type situation. But of course, he did praise the proof that praise the troops. I'm calling them the greatest fighting force. Speaking of the administration is making enough money that they can pay for it. Speaking of defense now, the defense secretary, Pete Hexeth, he testified before members of the House yesterday, and he will be back on the Hill today for more testimony. He faced grilling from Democrats over the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles as the city

deals with, of course, the anti-ICE protests, including from California Congressman Pete Aguilar, who asked why they deployed the National Guard and Marines. Hegseth, of course, defended President Trump's decision and had, and they had quite a little bit of an exchange. Let's take a listen. Every American citizen deserves to be, live in a community that's safe. And ICE agents need to be able to do their job. They're being attacked for doing their job, which is deporting illegal criminals. He has every authority and he has done mobilizing National Guard or active duty troops under US code to protect federal agents in their job, which is exactly what we're doing.

We're proud to do it. We're proud to do it. Yeah, well, proud to do it. So at one point, he recalled the 2020 protests in Minneapolis while answering Minnesota Governor Congresswoman Betty McCollum. Hex said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz abandoned a police precinct and let it burn before mobilizing the National Guard when it was too late. Of course, they're talking about on the heels of the George Floyd protests and Democrats on the subcommittee have also press hex set for details on where funding is coming from to send these National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

So I will keep you guys posted. The conversation does continue at seven and we will get into more of what's happening with these anti-ice protests in Los Angeles. So stick around. All right. Everybody else get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open again. 800-585-1051. Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

Hello, who's this? How you doing? This is Malachi. I'm born in Columbus, Georgia. I wanted to get that off my chest, but I'll forgive myself, donkey, today, because I was going on a trip and I forgot to get my passport. I don't got a driver's license with a real ID, so I'm gonna have to go back to go get that.

Damn, damn. Where you was going? This is gonna be from Savannah to Dallas Fort Worth. Oh, why? You don't have an ID, you say you don't have a driver's license either? Oh, he left his real ID at the airport. I have a driver's license, it's just not real ID.

Yeah, you can't fly with just a regular driver's license no more, right? But I had my passport, I forgot to get my passport as I left. Well, you gotta get on the next flight. I bet you it's not a lot of flights either. Oh no, we got time to go back to go get it, but it's turning a two and a half hour drive

to a five hour drive. You got you. Sorry for you, brother. Well, you know what? I call it divine misdirection. You don't know what God is preventing you from running into this morning. No, I appreciate that.

And I appreciate y'all giving the words of wisdom. All right, brother, be safe out there. Have a good one. Hello. Who's this? Lovey what's up? What up, mr. 13 and a half was happening. That's my guy. I want to give flower Fridays out I know for this day's coming up and the energy is not here for for this I want to give my father's day flowers out to you and Charlamagne but envy I got a question for you I read your book and your wife went to complications with her with the first pregnancy what gave y'all that energy to keep it pushing with five more children what did you fear for her?

No I was very fearful what love you talking about when I had Madison who was 23 years old she had a fever of like 105. They didn't know what it was, they didn't know if it was infection, they did all types of tests and research and couldn't find anything. I always talk about in the book there was this one black nurse that prayed over gear every day and then after two, three days it just went away. They never knew what it was, they didn't know if it was an instrument, they just didn't know.

They had no idea. But, you know, everything happens, we give it up to God and it was an instrument that like they just didn't know They had no idea but you know, um, like everything happens We give it up to God and you know, it was one of those things and I love I'm an only child So I'm one of the big family so six kids to me. It's a lot of fun to me The dogs are busting my ass though, but I just love my And I want to ask you guys this like I've turned down like somebody asked me to go speak Sunday I've turned down gigs on the weekend just to spend that quality time with the children You guys find yourself doing the same thing all the time

Every day. Yes. Yes all the time and just I'm gonna give you flowers So I know you're not a father, but I'm impressed with your reading skills. Just you have improved I want to give you some flowers for that too. All right, Jess? Thank you, Robin. I appreciate that. Love you. Have a great Father's Day, man. Keep being a great father.

Jess invested into that Rosetta Stone. That Baltimore Rosetta Stone worked. Yeah, right. Yeah, I see. I see. I love you guys, man. Have a blessed day. I love you too.

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We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey Pete, this is Cory. Hey, Cory, good morning. Get it off your chest. Yes. I actually wanted to just talk about how 2024 was a rough year for me, and I bounced back to basically self-publishing my own book on June 20th.

I have my daughter, who's a kid, and I'm managing her career. They tried to stop me, DJing me, but it ain't work, obviously. That's right. Hey. For Weather Production, NYC is the name of my company that I started and the name of my book is Life Is Just A Dream. And where you from? I'm from Brooklyn, born and raised. Okay, alright well definitely pick out your records on Amazon and all that right? People could pick up the book. What is the book about? Basically how I came from uniting my family during the pandemic when we was all locked in. I grew up in a

dysfunctional household My mother my father never cursed us to stay united So this is my way of uniting us all together and I can say it has worked and they see what I'm doing And their family is you name I was trying to reach out to Sean the main so I know he do stuff like this What happened do what books he got a book? Publishing I know he got a publishing company That service published and I sent my info out to him. Oh, okay. Well, um Eddie get his info. I'll get your email I'll give you an email to send a I'm sending a proposal to a pitch to or something

Oh, thank you so much. I mean like you don't know how much that means me there. Absolutely Well, send him your book cuz this book is done. So just send him the book to brother Okay, I'll just wait for you to give me the info. Thank you so much. Hold on, I'm gonna put you on hold. All right, thank you. Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Sean. What's up, Sean? I'm good.

I just wanna say that, you know, I'm glad that Rock Barack a lot. You know, I did an interview with him on the I Am Bound News on Instagram, and he has a nasty attitude. You know, his attitude isn't right. I am about on Instagram and he has a nasty attitude. You know, his attitude isn't right. You know, I tried asking him a question.

I tried to film him, but he wouldn't let me. He's supposed to represent the people and he didn't wanna answer my question. What was your question? I was asking him what did he do for Newark and what did he do for the homeless? He didn't wanna answer my question. Well, I'll tell you one thing, man, Barack he do for Newark and what did he do for the homeless. He didn't want to answer my question. Well, I'll tell you one thing, man, Barack, uh, he swept Newark.

He, he, he won all five awards in Newark yesterday. So, I mean, he, he didn't, of course he didn't win the New Jersey primary governor race, but to video him. Now, Sean, did you have an actual interview with him or did you just pull up on him on the street? I pulled up on him and asked him a question. What did he think of North?

Well, see that's your question. You got to make a formal request for an interview with the man. No, that's not true. He represent the people. Yeah, but if you don't want to represent the people then... No, that's not true brother. You being selfish right now because you wouldn't want nobody to roll You could you could you conflate in two things my brother now if you wanted to ask him a question

That's one thing an interview is another that's right now view now now you was a to ask him a question, that's one thing. An interview is another. That's right. Now you was a... That ain't an interview, baby. No, it's not. No, it's not. If you ask him a question, that's not an interview.

That's two different things. That's two different things, my brother. Hey, you don't need to listen to nobody. So I can tell that he probably didn't even wanna talk to you because of how you even coming at me. Coming up with excuses for this guy. This guy don't do nothing. No, no, my brother, this ain't even about me.

This is not about me. My brother, this is not about me. This is just about proper etiquette. If I walk up to somebody and I say, hey, can I ask you a question? That's one thing. But if I say, hey, can I interview you? That's another thing. If you just walk up to me with a camera in my face can I ask you a question? That's one thing, but if I say, hey, can I interview you? That's another thing. If you just walk up to me with a camera in my face

trying to ask me a question, I'm probably not gonna answer your question. Yeah. But people say, oh, he's for the people. Yes, he is for the people, but like you said, there's proper etiquette. If you want to interview somebody and ask them a series of questions,

there's proper protocol to do so. But if I'm walking down the street and I have primaries and I'm doing whatever I'm doing, I'm rushing, I'm this, that dissed at any ever I can answer your question but I can't stop for a 20 minute a 10 minute forget a 20 minute I'm not stopping for a one minute two minute interview I'm just talking about from being a public figure don't walk up on me with no camera asking me no questions now if you say to me hey can I ask you a question

sure but if you walk into me with a camera talk about can I ask you a question I'm gonna be like no put the camera down. I'm like why? Because I don't even know what you want. Well you got trauma anyway. Forget trauma that's just proper etiquette respect people's boundaries. Yeah I agree. All right well get it off your chest 800-585-1051 welcome back Lauren. Good morning y'all. No court today that's not court attire. There is court today. Are you going? Yes I'm going it's actually later too court. There is court today. Are you going? Yes, I'm going. It's actually later too. Court starts at 1230 today. Oh, nice.

Oh, now because last week they wasted everybody's time. Last week, I'm not going to lie, was a good week for the prosecution. The stuff that they had on the stand last week was just a bunch of garbage. Well, we're going to talk about court today because they're also really, really, really getting strict about Jane Doe. So it's the same Jane Doe, the same girl for the last couple days or is it different? No, it's the same girl. Oh, so the same girl is on this day?

Yeah, it's just they've taken their time. The prosecution's taking their time having a conversation with her and then the defense will come in. Okay, alright. Well, we'll break that down during the latest with Lawrence. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Hey, Shorty said that's me passed out in a backseat. Oh That's what SZA said was it a crime or what's happening? All right, all right, I'm sorry. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa.

Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest. On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me! Alright y'all, so we are gonna get to the court stuff, but first, there's a few things lingering from the BET Awards, and then we are done, I promise. Now, we're gonna, you guys wonder why Ciara didn't perform? Bye bye bye. Didn't even think about it.

You didn't? Nope, never thought about it. Especially when he performed like you, I mean of course I would have wanted her to do her vocals, why not? But then she came out like five minutes later, so I did think about it. Yes, I think a lot of us there, even in real time, were like, oh, she's not gonna take the stage. We thought it was gonna be like a good surprise. People didn't even. And it spilled over online as well too.

Twitter was going a bit crazy wondering why. Some people were just saying like, yo, I love that she's choosing her piece and she ain't getting on stage. But TMZ called Bow Wow out and asked him why Ciara didn't take the stage. Take a listen. Everybody was wondering why Ciara ain't come out for like you. I'm not gonna lie to you, it's a real s***. out and asked him why Sierra didn't come out I know she was in attendance. I didn't know that I didn't know until I got off the stage and back to my trailer and check Twitter but I will say this scream fest is coming up and the next one Meet me and beats. Okay, stay out of the rather seen Sierra perform by herself

I'm not mistaken. I could be wrong, but I remember back in the day didn't Sierra debut on 106 and park Like the first time we ever saw her like perform live But like you was probably one of the biggest records on 106 and park is on 106 and Paul. So goodies, all that stuff. I felt like goodies was performed. Yeah. Yeah. But that would have been dope to see it. Yeah. So according to Wikipedia, yes. But so was the video, sorry, was premiered on BT's 106 and Park, as well as Vivo. That was with the release of her debut single, Goodie. So it was all at the same time. This is according to Wikipedia. But to your point,

yes. And when Sierra was there in the media room, we were talking to her and a bunch of other outlets were talking to her. She was celebrating, I think it's like 21 years, she said, of goodies and it just being a huge shot for her. So I think that's why a lot of us were like, no Ciara, like no word at all. Yeah. Performance wise though, because she did hit the stage. I must be the only person that does not, when I, Bow Wow and Ciara are not synonymous with

each other to me. For that song, I thought so. I wasn't tripping off her not doingonymous with each other to me for that song I wasn't tripping off her not doing like you even though it would have been like like it's nostalgic to see I just thought on stage in general but also in the BT awards conversation Clarissa Shields so people got a bit upset about some of the tweets that she shot out after she did not win sportswoman of the year she tweeted I still don't know how I didn't win sportswoman of the year for the BT awards but congrats to Angel Reese and all of the other nominees I just thought accolades mattered. Then she tweeted again let me go on ahead and make

up for missing two days of grinding at the gym to attend all this BET stuff. I defend my undisputed heavyweight title on July 26. If and when I win that fight I'll be in the 19 time world champ. Then she had to come back because people started responding and basically saying to her like, you know, why are you down playing Angel Reese's win just because you didn't? And she says, nobody's saying that Angel Reese doesn't have accolades for that she's not good. I'm just saying that I thought the person with the most she capitalized most accolades and accomplishments to win the award. I'm team Angel Reese. I'm not joining the hate train when it comes to Angel Reese. I have mad respect for her and all the other female athletes that excel in the sport.

As for my earlier comments, I am allowed to express my feelings. I was just shocked I didn't win. Oh, she's talking about like career accolades. I'm confused. Like what's going on? I accolades are normally career accolades. What else are accolades? Well, Angel Reese, that's the case. You got what Simone Biles was in that category, Don Stanley, Asian Wilson. It's mad people with career accolades, I don't understand. Isn't that athlete of the year?

So it's about what you did in the last 365 days. Sportswoman of the year. And she would have to understand why people would think she was hating, right? The fact that Angel Reese won and you took my accolades, like that's the first thing people would say. Yeah, but she does say in that very first tweet though, like I'm team Angel Reese I think she just speaking up for herself

That's why people thought that and to be clear with the- Clarissa has had a great year though. Yes, 100% And to be clear with the nominees for the BET award They're determined in each category and the voting process happens by Academy members So, I mean, I don't know exactly what they're looking at. Let's get focused, champ. Yeah. And I follow that. It's just, yeah, now it's time to get focused back. Like she said, it's time to get focused back on what she should actually be focused on. It's fun. That's right. Because she will win on July 26th, but you know, you just got to stay focused because anything can happen in that ring. And the last thing Clarissa Shields needs right now is a a loss because the internet will have a field day. Because she's been having a good time, don't I, Tessa? Yes, yes that's exactly what it is. Yeah, it's fight time. Yeah, I think she should be focused.

That's honestly the first time I heard her talk about her upcoming fight in a while. Oh no, she promotes that fight. Yeah, she's like 50 Cent with it. Oh yeah, every time Clarissa pulls something she promotes that fight. Okay, no, she be she like with it. Oh, yeah Every time Clarissa post up. She promote that fight Okay, cuz I thought it was smart that she put it in this week cuz I thought the same way But maybe I just don't pay enough attention to that if you follow she always talk about the fight Yeah, everything goes back to that fight Well, I'm wishing her a safe fight in a win because as y'all said I think she needed w2 because the trolls love to get her Yeah, no matter what that's it. And I promise we are done with the BET Awards. All right.

Thank you, Miss Lauren. Now, when we come back, we got front page news. And then GZ will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up.

You're locked into The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. Some quick sports basketball fans. Okay, see play the paces tonight at 830 on ABC. It's game three right now.

The series is tied. What's up Morgan? All right, let's continue this conversation from 6am regarding the anti ice protest. Now President Donald Trump, he's warning other cities that anti ice protests will be met with equal or greater force than Los Angeles. Now this comes as demonstrations were seen in New York City, Atlanta and Chicago yesterday. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump also warned he could invoke the Insurrection Act

in California. The act allows the deployment of U.S. troops to stop domestic unrest. Trump says he wants to liberate Los Angeles. He made those comments while speaking in front of troops at North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Tuesday. Trump said the LA anti-ice protest proved that the once beautiful city has turned into a trash heap. Let's hear more from Trump at Fort Bragg on LA. The agitators are throwing firebombs, Molotov cocktails, lighting vehicles ablaze.

You saw all the cars that were burning, mobbing police officers and ice officers. But they proudly carry the flags of other countries, but they don't carry the American flag. They only burn it. Did you see a lot of the flags being burned? He went on to call the protest and protesters, invaders, violent and insurrectionists. And he thanked the National Guard and Marines who are being deployed to the city. He also made some really horrible comments. Well, in my opinion, they're horrible saying, you know, saying that L.A. is on fire right now.

But you know, this is comes on the heels of essentially of the L.A. fires, basically saying that L.A. is being burned to the ground and that it's on fire, a lot of things are on fire, essentially the same way that it was earlier this year in reference to the wildfires. I think you should be more specific. You can't just say you're against protesting because protesting, you have the right to protest,

be it a constitution, your first amendment. You have to write a piece of protest. if he's talking about, you know, violence and, you know, insurrectionists, you know, I understand. But then I would also have the question, we had an insurrection on January 6th. Why wasn't the National Guard deployed then? National Guard definitely should have been called on January 6th. People got actually killed. Absolutely. And cops got assaulted. Why wasn't the National Guard deployed on January 6th?

Because there's nothing I've seen in L. in LA that looks remotely like January 6th. Well, that's essentially, well let's jump to California Gavin Newsom. That's essentially what he had to say. He criticized President Trump's response to those protests in LA. Last night Newsom gave a speech saying Trump escalated the situation by sending the National Guard troops and US Marines to deal with the protesters, adding that he overstepped his authority by commandeering the National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to deal with the protesters, adding that he overstepped his authority by commandeering the National Guard. Now, Newsom said this is only beginning, only the beginning, and that California is essentially

the first state. So beware. He, you know, issued a warning essentially to the rest of the country. And he also criticized President Trump for selective law and order. Let's take a listen. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. And by the way, Trump, he's not opposed to lawlessness and violence as long as it serves him.

What more evidence do we need than January 6th? To your point Charlemagne. I don't wanna make the same point as Gavin Newsom though. Something about Gavin Newsom just don't sit right with me. I don't know what it is. I can't put my finger on it. But I was watching CNN and you know, last night, and I'm watching the LAPD say they can handle the protest.

They say it's been 50 arrests and 600 non-lethal rounds fired. They was like, yo, we got this. So why is the National Guard there? I do have a question. Did Representative Maxine Waters say there was no violence there or was that fake? Cause I seen that clip going out, but I wasn't sure if that was real.

No, I have not seen that clip. I have seen that she has been shut out of facilities that she's been trying to access. I have not seen a clip. I have seen that she has been shut out of facilities that she's been trying to access. I have not seen a clip where she has indicated whether or not the protests have been violent or not. But I have seen her being in a sense mistreated for what is considered a 80 plus year old woman, you know, trying to access certain facilities and that, that. Well, there have been violent demonstrations. I mean, the LAPD said that despite violent demonstrations, local police can handle whatever

protesters throw at them. And that additional federal help is unnecessary and could become a hindrance. The LAPD said that. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, to your point, LAPD chief Jim McDonald says anyone not found to be exempt within the designated. Oh, excuse me. Well, they issued a curfew for some of that yesterday. Let's get into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass comments regarding that curfew if we can.

She's saying a lot of businesses and businesses have been affected by graffiti and looting. And those who are responsible will be held accountable. But to your point, it seems as though, or they are indicating the local authorities in California and LA indicating that they pretty much have a handle on it. Let's take a listen to LA Mayor Karen Bass. Many businesses have now been affected by or vandalized. Last night, there were 23 businesses that were looted. And I think that if you drive through downtown

LA, the graffiti is everywhere. If you do not live or work in downtown LA, avoid the area. Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you will be prosecuted. Yeah, I've been seeing a lot of videos and a lot of locals talk about it. A lot of people have said that they live in LA And they said that the military actually made it worse and they're saying that a lot of the news is sensationalized a lot of the Stuff that they're actually seeing they say and they're making it seem like it's the Watts riot, but it's not even close That's what we've been saying all week. So what's the point of having 4,000 National Guardsmen there and 700 Marines? What's the point?

Of course this does come after after to your point you guys This all comes as demonstrators were seen throwing objects at dozens of officers guarding the federal buildings And of course police responded with flashbangs tear gas and a non-lethal rounds those rubber bullets that we saw In fighting that um, and they arrested some people for attempted murder because they were throwing Molotov cocktails and there was assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer. But overall they said they made I think 50 arrests, 50 or 51 arrests or something like that and they fired 600 non-lethal bullets. More of the story is LAPD said they got it.

So there's no need for the National Guard to be there right now. And if I can just switch gears for something ICE relative. New Jersey US representative, LaMonica McIver, is facing federal charges now in connection with an altercation at an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey last month. Now on Tuesday, a grand jury indicted the New Jersey Democrat for forcibly impeding and interfering

with federal law enforcement officers. The three count indictment comes weeks after the Justice department filed charges against MacGyver over the same incident. So again, this is something that even though LA is dealing with protests, you know, you have your elected officials in Newark being impacted and then there are protests around the country

and it's all in the name of immigration and anti-ice. So you guys just be safe out there, but that pretty much wraps up your front page news for today. I'm Morgan Wood, follow me on socials at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network, download the free iHeartRadio app, and visit us at BINnews.com.

Thank you. Thank you, Morgan. Now, when we come back, Jeezy will be joining us. It's the 20th anniversary of Thug Motivation 101. And we're gonna talk to Jeezy when we come back. It's the 20th anniversary of Thug Motivation 101. And we're going to talk to Jeezy when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ NVJ. It's Hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. One of the best to ever do it.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Thug Motivation 101. Ladies and gentlemen, Jeezy, welcome. What up, though? What's happening? Good morning. How you feeling, brother? Man, great, man. Better than most.

You know what I mean? Great. I was talking to somebody yesterday. This is the other day. And he was like, yeah, I'm on my way to Jeezy house. I'm like, for what? He was like, I'm opening up for Jeezy. I said, what you mean, opening up?

There's like Jeezy DJ as a hobby. He can do it to have fun. I said, shut up. He was like, yes. You started DJing? Yeah, you know, I used to DJ back in. There's like GZ DJ as a hobby. He just do it to have fun. Shut up. He was like, yes. You started DJing? Yeah, you know I used to DJ back in the day when I was young in the hood. You know what I'm saying?

I hustled up on the DJ set and I was just going to hood, just DJ on people's porches. That was kind of my thing, but that's how I got into music. You know what I'm saying? So for me, it's just like a pastime. But you know, like the great Andre 3000 said, if you can't find the vibe you got to create it

So I just invite dope people over to my crib, you know saying curated, you know We might do some some red wine and potposs chicken. I might throw the set and we just get it cracking That's how you've been feeling like you haven't been finding a vibe lately so you've been trying to create one? Well, you know, I'm not like to travel a lot, you know I'm saying and I like to live but also I like to You know like turn people on to what I've learned when I've been around the world So it's less like different types of music Different types of curation. So it's just dope to have people come up to your house that you trust and just vibe You know people get tired of going out, cameras everywhere.

Some very distinguished black people in Atlanta and they like to really live. So I just come over to my crib, man, we just hang out. You know what I'm saying? It's dope though. What type of vibes though? Is it like, is it all rap? No, no, no, no.

That's what I thought. I said, what is he playing? No, no, no. They was like, no. They was like, he played everything. Yeah, house music, old school. Yeah, it's vibe. you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I got soul, I got a little soul.

I got a little something. You should come, nigga, say I'll be here tonight. All y'all invited, you know what I'm saying? She gonna tell about everybody in the house. No, I'm not. She gonna, whoever in the house, I tell you, I promise you she gonna come to the radio and tell everybody.

I'm telling you. Listen, 20 year anniversary of one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Yes, yes, yes. What does it feel like mentally to have to revisit that era? To be honest with you, it feels like that album was supposed to happen and even 20 years later just the obstacles that I had to go through to get this tour going and everything, it just feels like deja vu.

But the consequences are not dire, they're just real life things and you gotta show your adversity and it feels like, I was just talking to somebody about this other day, it's just like now Soul Survivor really resonates with me, it makes sense. You know what I'm saying? Because I'm a Soul Survivor and I'm listening to the words, I'm like, oh, this is me, this is who I am. You know, when I wrote it, it was a record. Now this is my life. And it's just like to be 20,

because you gotta think, like you think about Pac and Big, you know, what would they have done 20 years in the game? You know what I'm saying? You celebrating all eyes on me, life after death 20 years later. You know, I don't know, Pac might have been DJ in his basement, I don't know. You know what I'm saying? rating all eyes on me. Life after death 20 years later. I don't know, Pac might have been DJing in his basement. I don't know.

I'm living life and I'm going through one of those stages where you get to watch the game while I watch the streets. I'm in this world but I'm not of it. So I get to watch it, but at the same time I already put my work in so I get to sit back but I'm dealing with real stuff now running companies and doing deals and you know empowering other people so it's now I got to really practice my skills of leadership but with

my catalog behind me because I can stand on that because it's solid you know I'm saying so I'm not you know I'm freaking Beverly and Maze out here I could keep going if I wanted to but I ain't got to. Do you have survivors remorse at all? I used to. You have so many people that you ran into, partners and people that you... Yeah I used to but everybody know me they know I'm solid you know I'm saying but at the same time my life is about peace joy freedom and I ain't even I'm saying that to say a lot of people don't survive the war baby you know what I'm saying it's like I ain't got no reason to go back ain't nothing to prove You know what I'm saying? I'm just trying to live my life make sure my people straight

you know put as many people as I could put on and Keep you know just you know just inspiring and involving my culture, which is why I'm even doing this Symphony tour which is crazy because I think I'm the first one to ever Take a symphony around the world to do a think I'm the first one to ever take a symphony around the world to do a tour you know I mean to celebrate you know my first debut album which is about three four times platinum I ain't checked last time Oh I can't wait to put on it. Next time.

We go ahead and try for the I'm so motivated. One on one. Come on now. And it's crazy because it's like you know the only time I remember putting on a suit is for a funeral or a wedding this is celebration and it's not just about It's not just about you know The music is about everybody who came along with his journey with me that a celebrate think about where you was 20 years ago You know saying well you were 20 years ago where y'all that now this is celebration and that because that music reminds you at that time you was out there grinding but look what you grinded too. So this is a reason for everybody to put on a suit and a nice black dress and come out and celebrate and I do

want to say this, this is not no sit this is not the opera you know I'm saying you're not going to sit down and cross your legs this is a party you know I'm saying at the same time you know shout out to Adam Blackstone you know he helped me produce it D Hodges is he wrote the music he's actually conducting it those brothers are crazy I bought DJ drama with me so you know it's a party I got DJ ace with me it's a celebration when you're saying when you were making this album 20 years ago right well you just making songs or were you thinking the future were you thinking catalog because you look at a lot of people in the future? Were you thinking catalog?

Because you look at a lot of people in the industry and their catalog is not strong, right? Their first album, the catalog is not strong. They can't go on tour. Were you thinking about that when you were writing this first album or was it just, I'm just trying to get out the hood? I was just trying to stay alive and free and I just wanted to be heard. And the reason why that album is so solid is because I put everything in that.

I didn't have another shot. It wasn't like no label was looking for me. I had spent all this money to build this buzz and I had this one opportunity. You got to think, I lost my voice, I tore my vocal cords, I had bells partying. All these things happen at one time and I'm just like, I was humbled. And the album got leaked four weeks before it came out. Think about that, I was up against all that

and I'm still like praying, you know what I'm saying? And it happened. So when I look back 20 years ago, like I didn't realize what I was doing, but I know to change the trajectory of my family and our generation of wealth and getting my family in a better place, that this is all I had, you know what I'm saying?

So I put everything in there. I'm trapped or die in this, yeah, everything. By the way, I probably was riding around, still getting it. You know what I'm saying? Right. Okay, that's interesting. Statue of Liberty takes this up,

so y'all wanna put that out there, you know. Interesting what saying? Right. Okay, that's interesting. Statue of Liberty takes this up, so I'm gonna put that out there, you know. Interesting what you said about the record, Soul Survivor, because at that point in your life, you had survived to a certain extent, but you didn't feel that way? No, I mean, you gotta think about it. I didn't really even start celebrating life

until the recession. Wow. Yeah, I was out of it, bro. I was drinking, smoking, living. I'm just holding on, you know what I'm saying? Cause I didn't know. Then I woke up one day, it's like, damn, I was out of it bro. I was drinking, smoking, living. I'm just holding on, you know what I'm saying? Because I didn't know. Then I woke up one day, it's like damn, I'm still free. So you thought at any moment it could go down? Oh yeah. And ain't nothing like that. That's some type of stress you don't even want.

You know what I'm saying? Because it's every day, it never stops. You're always on edge. You you living from a survival mindset you know I'm saying and you know when I woke up on that day when I started to work on the recession that's when I realized what abundance was you know I'm saying saying cuz now I'm like I'm a superstar you know I was telling other day man I got in the gym got myself together my first show in Boston for the recession tour you know I get the stage and I'm telling the security guard, hey yo, they throwing stuff at me, we got to get out here and get out. He's like, sir, no, they're panties.

I'm like, oh, the sex simple down, I like this, you know what I'm saying? How prusty and hard was it to be panties that you didn't realize it was panties? Hard objects, right? You know, bras and stuff, but I'm like, yo, this is different. Because you got to think, when I was doing shows, when Thug Motivation came out, all the gangsters in the front, you know what I'm saying? All the hustlers. There wasn't no women.

I didn't have any women fans. Shout out to the women fans out there. You know what I'm saying? You were still kicking it with Jeezy, Charlamagne. Emotionally, do you ever get triggered when you're on stage performing some of those records though? Yeah, yeah. I mean, especially like lately because I'm so seasoned with it that, you know, everything

is like a sermon to me. Some of those songs, especially like 20 years later to see it, because I'm going to be honest, like Soul Survivor hits so different. You know, shout out to secure Stuart, you know, rest in peace. He made me put that on the album. You know what I'm saying? But my whole thing was like, I want to go trap or die. You know, and imagine if I would have listened to that

myself and stayed on that trajectory. And then where is that now? Because when I'm doing this Soul Survival arenas and I'm looking at these kids or I'm looking at these people, I'm like, I want to do they realize, like this is who I am. You know what I'm saying? And this is me living my dream being on the stage

I'm still getting standing ovations 20 years later You know I'm saying so I don't know nobody else that can say that there's so survivor and mean it like that So yeah, this that record means a lot to me and even travel died. You know I'm saying it just like that's real But you're not sitting on the block with your thang cock no more. Nah, but we'll talk about that off live. But I was gonna ask, does the street mentality actually leave, right? So if you see, I mean, and you've been around Jay,

and you've seen his evolution of being always looking over his shoulder to now, when I see him walking in the building, it's like free, I don't have to worry about that. Even when I see 50 more, he feels more free. Do you feel that way? Or do you feel like I'm always still got it? I mean, but I still got it because I'm not exempt, but I understand what it is But you know, I carry myself with a level of integrity

So it's just like as long as I feel like it's mutual respect I don't feel like the need to even have to watch the room. But I will tell you this, I've been on a journey for about like almost eight, nine years now. You know what I'm saying? But I can tell you at this point in my life, like I'm really at peace. Like I don't worry about the things that I can't control.

And that is including people. You know what I'm saying? So for me, it's just like, I don't, everybody know me. I float around my city, or any city. You know what I'm saying? What got you there though? Cause't know everybody know me I float around my city or any city What got you there though? Cuz it took you a long time to get there. What got you there work therapy therapy work? Journal and meditating all that you know I'm saying like I'm not even gonna hold you like it's real And when you wake up and you start to realize like okay

And you can emotionally regulate and you and you know who you are you have nothing to prove There's no better feeling. You know what I'm saying? Because I don't got to prove anything. And by the way, you can see, you can tell because people are attracted to that because they can tell that that's how you feel. Peace attracts peace.

You know what I'm saying? If you got nervous energy, you gonna attract nervous people. I ain't inviting no nervous people to my house. Watch me DJ, you know that. I wanna go back, he mentioned Jay-Z. Do you remember the moment when Jay-Z told you that album was a classic? Watch me DJ know that Do you remember the moment when Jay-Z told you that album was a classic I think when he heard it for the first time cuz I Played it for him. You know I'm saying and yeah, he definitely told me he's like, yo This this one here gonna live with you. That's a lot of pressure

You know I'm saying I don't know if they helped me when he told me it was a classic because you know back then You know, I was a little wild so that got to you know that definitely you know made my head a little bigger So I definitely you know like after my ego. Did you ask him to get on dope boys go crazy? Yes Absolutely, I remember playing it so first of all that record was a Record that I heard when I was over somebody else's trap house, and they was playing this tip mixtape I think it was down with the king And I was just over there and I was kicking it and they was playing it and they asked me to hear it and I heard him rapping over the Go Crazy beat and I'm like damn I said who made the beat? It was like Don Cannon. So I left and I called Don Cannon and I was

like yo I need a beat like that and then he said why not use that beat and I said okay what you mean? And he said Tip didn't buy the beat. He just wrapped over. I was like bet where you at? I'm pull up on you now. You know right now I got that I got the record I had a meeting in Def Jam, so I flew in me and coach K flew into To New York. We flew back that same night on the way back. I wrote go crazy on the plane Recorded that night. I had three verses dev Jan came about two weeks later It was on the patchworks and I played the whole album and when I got to that song It was all clapping when it was done and I'm like, yo, by the way, I'm putting Jay-Z on the song

I say y'all need to work that out. So LA read that out so LA read that. I'm putting Jay-Z on it, did you speak to Hov yet? No. You gotta speak of the existence. Alright. And one day for the BET Awards I was out in LA and Hov called me to his hotel he's like yo come by the hotel so we sitting upstairs in his suite outside on the patio smoking cigars just talking because we never talked about music we always talk about life and then he was like what verse you gonna take off and I was like we mean he was talking about go crazy I had three verses and then he said uh I'm doing it by the way and I was like take it with you take them all off that's what you want to do I still know and I remember I never

forget it we was at a K-Day in New York. I'm sorry in LA and Coach K walk in like we do an interview like this coach K walk in he was like I got it I'm like what he's like I got the Jay-Z verse Me an interview I told the guy I think it's Julio. So Julio you got we stopped the interview I was like you got hold up. I go outside. I told him to come in the hallway coach played press play and I heard that verse more than a hustle on the definition I told him to come in the hallway, and coach played, press play, and I heard that verse. More than a hustle, I'm the definition of it. Masterchef, Lord of the Kitchen, cover.

I was happy at first, but then I started thinking, damn. Yeah, he bodied you on that record. He did, he did. It's okay, he bodied you on that record. It's okay. That's one of Jay-Z's best verses ever. Yeah, I was like, damn, okay, how did this work? You know, I think I got them back on scene at all, though.

I think so. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So we good. Now, Thug Motivation 101, is there a record that didn't make the album because of Clarence or for whatever reason that you said, damn, I wish that one made the album? Yeah, it was a bunch of like mixtape stuff that didn't make it. And the thing about it is

like the album really got pressured out you know I'm saying because one of the interns who was up there who was trying to get his beats on the album will get a beat on the album you know I never did anything on his records and I left my drives at Patchworks so I guess he got mad and leaked the album four weeks before it came out. So now, Bells Palsy, vocal chords, all these things happening at once and now the album is leaked. So now I'm sitting there and I'm like, what am I going to do? Because now I got to think of the next plan.

So I can't go back to the streets, you know what I'm saying? Because now I'm like, damn, like this is it. And I'll never forget, I went to Pat's Works next plan so I can't go back to the streets you know I'm saying because now I'm like damn like this is it and I never forget I went to Patsworks you know I caught a lawsuit I say that because I had to read the book right and um and uh you know actually it helped me you know I'm saying so you know what they say no no weapon you know form against me shall prosper. It helped me, because it went to all the bootlegs and it spread it everywhere.

And the thing that I had the most anxiety about, the very thing was I had to pick a single, right? And on mixtapes, Trapper died, he pick it for you. So by the time he leaked it and it was already going, I didn't know what I was going with. I was still pushing Trapper Dive, the song. And the label called me and Shakir called me. He's like, yo, he's like, yeah, you can shoot Trapper Dive. I didn't know what I was going with I was still pushing trap or die the song and The label called me and secure calm. He's like yo, he's like, yeah, you can shoot drop a dive That's what you want to do. We're shooting soul survivor. How do you want to shoot the video?

Came to Brooklyn shot the video. Everybody showed up ho Jim Jones Cameron you name it was crazy It was festive and when the video came out it was gone and I, and I told, I was telling somebody that I knew Akon from being around the way because it was like him and Boo. I couldn't tell him apart. Right. You know what I'm saying? So I didn't realize he was that big overseas. And I didn't, and this was the first collaboration that I've ever done.

So I didn't realize doing a record with somebody that you can actually tap into their fan base too on a national level or a global level. And I ain't realize doing a record with somebody that you can actually tap it in their fan base to on a national level Right or global level and I know that so it went for me being there to walk through the airport You know I'm saying 70 in because my flight to like now walking through the airport everybody Where you from brother Africa man, we love you. I'm like, oh man, you know I'm saying so it was love And it was just like one thing I say about the boy car He's different. You know I'm saying cuz he's over there You know and they love him, you know, I did shows with him in Africa and I'm like, okay Like what is going on? Nobody knows who I am

No, you are and he was like you got to be over here a little bit more and I love that You know I'm saying and we over the years hit me up You know over the years we always stayed locked in hit me up the other day it was like yo we number one on tick tock i don't even know what that means but i'm like yeah that's it. 4 record. Soul survivor. Oh wow wow wow wow. I was still kicking it with GZ, Jess.

I'm shocked that you didn't know that you were such a sex symbol. I'm really sitting here like you how did you not. I mean you know like in the you know like I didn't know that then I'm saying cuz you got to think like back then what I was doing. You know I was I'm 5-8. I was 260 skin bad. I was drinking water my what my diet was Waffle House and crystal You know I'm saying I'm partying all day cuz I didn't know if I was gonna be home Yeah because I didn't know if I was gonna be home. You looked like a snowman for real. Yeah, I was here. Big snow. Because you know now.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, now I get it now. I mean, even on the intellectual level, I know that. I can sit down and spar with the best of them. I mean, I know that for a fact. Oh yeah, we saw you with Neil Long. Yeah, I saw it to Neil. You know what I mean? Saw it to Neil.

And then I was even saying, a lot of women in the comments saying, oh, after the divorce, man, he looked even better after that. Oh wow, I received that looked even better after that. Oh, wow. I received that. I received that. I was saying that. But I know that that was like an intense time.

You know, last year, you going through all of that, even with the custody battle, you did win and everything. Where are things with you and your ex now? Peace. That's good. Yeah, peace, man. I'm all about understanding. I'm all about what's best for everybody. The

greater good. I'm just telling you, my life, I tell myself this every day, man, this is amazing. I don't got no enemies. I ain't got no issues. I don't want no enemies. I don't want no issues. I just want peace. I just want joy. I just want freedom. I love my freedom. You know what I'm saying? I love it. You just talk about, I just want joy, and I just want freedom. I love my freedom. You know what I'm saying? Like I love it. Like you just talk about, I came up here independently. I just called, like I'm coming to the breakfast club. You know what I'm saying? Like I ain't got a check in.

I ain't got a, you know, I ain't got to talk to no label. I ain't got to do nothing. Shout out to Def Jam. Love y'all. But it's just like freedom and ownership is everything. You know what I'm saying? Especially when you're talking art, you're talking culture, you're talking your mind.

I've worked hard my whole life, this is the season of me. I'm putting myself first at all costs. My piece is everything. Everybody that know me know that. They call me and be like, yeah bro, I love you but don't call me with nothing crazy. I wanted to ask, how was that? Because you're a very private person, but that was so public did that irk you at all like? Everybody in your business talking about you um

well, I had to come to the realization that I know who I am and Then nobody else can't tell me different so long as I stayed on the path of integrity It's there true to myself It wasn't nothing really to worry about because anybody that know me, like I even heard y'all was up here like, I know Jeezy, you know that. But that's because my reputation exceeds me. I'm like, I ain't on nothing. You know what I'm saying? That's how I need to be. You know what I'm saying? And I'm not. So it just like, it comes with the territory. You know what I'm saying? He who wears the crown, it's just like, you know, people talking about Jesus, you know

what I'm saying? They're going to talk about everybody. Everybody's not going to like you. Now, if I'm a good person to you and you don't like me, then there's a problem. But if you don't like me because of what you heard or what you think, then I ain't none of my spiritual business. I can't do nothing about that. You know what I'm saying?

I can't even convince you because your mind is made up. However, if you know me and we had some type of interaction, I haven't done anything wrong to you, then that says more about you than me. Because now you're judging me. There's no judgment here because I'm not perfect by far.

But if I haven't done anything to you, then you can't take that position because the people around me got real love for me and my friends and my circle. I never felt any type of just, but the people who wasn't for me, of course, and that did me a solid. I ain't got to even worry about cutting you off. Put yourself on.

Right? You know what I'm saying? Would you ever get married again? Woo, hit me up. I'm going to be all the way honest. I love my freedom. Yeah. Yeah.

I love it. And it has nothing to do with anything in the past. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just love my freedom. I got you. You know what I'm saying? Like, I love it. You know, I think life partners are amazing.

You know? I would think so. How did you feel when the internet said you was trying to holla at me along by any means necessary? They weren't lying. It was not lying. She said, real **** don't cheat.

I don't know. She said, really? But what I went was real men. I never cheated. Not like that. No, I don't cheat. What you mean not like that? I'm saying like that's low hanging fruit.

If I'm locked in, I'm locked in. We ain't gotta be married. Like I'm just not a cheater. That's like, I'm not't cheat. What do you mean not like that? I'm saying like that's low-hanging fruit if I'm locked in I'm locked in. We ain't gotta be married like I'm just not a cheater that's like I'm not gonna cheat my friends you know what I'm saying? I'm not I'm not that ain't in my blood. That's tough. Stay in focus. They gonna link you with everybody now. They gonna link you with everybody. I see them link you with Cynthia Bailey the other day when you did that. No, they wouldn't do that. They wouldn't do that. We love Cynthia, man. Shout out to Cynthia. That's her homegirl. You know what I'm saying? Nah, nah, nah, nah.

Now, the other one? Yeah. I just said the other one. Okay, okay. He's I was spinning the block? Would you spin the block on that real quick? On who? I mean, on the other one. Oh, absolutely.

Yeah, everything is finalized. I'm going to press, I'm going to press, I'm going to hit the park button. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to play about that. Oh, so you said we might see her at some of these shows. I mean, listen, she's invited. She's invited. I know she has a beautiful black dress.

She's definitely invited. There you go. I do want to know what you think. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I think she's going to be a good singer. I mean, listen, she's invited. She's invited.

I know she has a beautiful black dress. She's definitely invited. There you go. I do want to know what's the deep album cut that you really enjoy performing? Off the dog motivation 101. Man, I mean, listen, bro. I can't get past inch, bro.

You know what I'm saying? You hit the kitchen lights, cockroaches, everything. You got to wait till you hear this with the symphony. Mm-hmm. You gotta wait till you hear this with the symphony. You know what I'm saying? With the symphony. And I need everybody to know I'm coming through your city, I'm coming through your town. It's gonna be amazing, one night only.

And you gotta pull up. And going back to your other question about me reaching back out, I think it's more important for me to reach forward. So shout out to Lisk, who I just partnered with for my nonprofit space. And, and shout out to the urban league of Atlanta, who I reached out with for my young CEO program, because it's like, what is Lisk? I know you do that with the street dreams foundation.

Yeah. Lisk is, is so we got two, two things going right now. We definitely got the prostate cancer campaign going on. So I had a couple of friends that go through that, so we locked in there. But it's definitely for entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs, tech spaces, just you have it. We showing them how to set up their lives

so that they can win. And same thing with the Urban League of Atlanta, same thing. We got the Young CEO program. You can go on my Instagram. Check it out. Anybody from the ages, what's the age, what's the time? 17 to 24. And we setting it up.

We putting them with mentors, all that. And by the way, this is who I am. I love this. And somebody asked me, how do you do both? They're all the same. We still motivate. It's all the same to You know what I'm saying? We still motivate. It's all the same to me. You know, we get to jump on the stage,

but then we get to go help some people with prostate cancer. We get to jump on the stage, and we get to go help mentor some kids. You know, I love it. And you saving people. You know, people can live a much longer life if they just go with prostate cancer. And I know I said this last time,

but I gotta say it again, because you saved me, brother. Shout out to Charlamagne for my New York Times best-selling book Adversity for Sale because I ran into a situation where I had a issue with the publishing company and I called Charlamagne like who published your book and he put me with somebody and we went on to sell a New York Times best-selling book. Thank you brother. Thank you for all the years of motivation with the music. We appreciate you for joining us thank you. Thank you brother. Thank you for all the years of motivation with the music, man. That's right.

We appreciate you for joining us. I appreciate you guys. And where they gonna get tickets? Oh, you go to GZ, it's TM101live.com TM101live.com We appreciate you for joining us. Let us know when you hit New Yorker. We definitely pulling up. Oh, yeah, I want to say this before I leave. New York is gonna be lit because I'm actually officially closing down the Apollo I'm doing the last show there until they do the renovation so they're gonna sit down for the rest of the year So I will be having an official last show with the Apollo It's gonna be crazy look on the website to find out when I'm coming through your city

Shout out to the Breakfast Club. Shout out to you. Oh, yeah. Well there you have it. Yes, sir. It's Jeezy It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yeah, now let's get right to the latest with Lauren with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything. But what's the latest? On The Breakfast Club. So in this hour, I want to talk a bit about Deion Sanders and send him some love and some healing energy because it has been reported that he is dealing with an unknown health issue. And because of this health issue, he has not attended any other summer football camps. So per USA Today's Brent Scrottenborg, I know I said that wrong. I'm sorry. Sanders, Deon Sanders has remained at his estate recently

with the unspecified illness as Colorado opened up summer football camps last week in Boulder. So the summer football camps kicked off on June 3rd. Now Deon Sanders Jr. and this is reportedly because I cannot find this video anywhere, but it is reported via USA Today and Brent, that Deion Sanders Jr. was on a live stream where he was asked about his dad. This was Sunday, and he said that his dad was resting at their home in Kenyon, Texas, and he was feeling well. And his son also said that Deion Sanders himself will tell us soon enough what he is going

through and what he has been through. Now Deion Sanders did speak out about his health not too long ago. It was May 30th. He was on Say What Needs to Be Said with Asante Samuel. Let's take a listen to that. I hope you're feeling better. One thing I want to say, have you ever tried to fast before? You ever fast?

You used fasting? Yeah, I have. But what I'm dealing with right now is holding the level. You know what? Honestly, I've done no media. I've done nothing for a minute. So coming on with you is something I ain't been in front of nobody for a minute. You see, I lost my 42 pounds. I'm coming back, but I needed this, man. I needed this exchange. I need that energy. I need that energy. Yeah, because I haven't had the energy. I got red, cause you know, I dosed this too so far.

You know what I'm saying? But I appreciate it. I needed this. I needed this interaction. Sending nothing but healing energy to prime time. Absolutely, shout to coach prime. Hopefully feeling better, man. Yes, hopefully so.

And I will say to Deion Sanders Jr. Cause people were wondering too, when he was going to go over to the camps and he said he's waiting for his dad And then he'll head on over to the camps once his dad is going as well, too. Gotcha now in other news Simon guabalda, uh, yeah, go body. Uh Body in that name. That's what you do always the estranged husband of Portia Williams from the house of Atlanta has been deported

to Nigeria. So y'all remember back in February, he was taken into ICE custody. Yes. And it was a big deal because him and Portia had been going back and forth with this whole divorce and all the things. Well, Simon's business partner, a woman named Taye Savet told us weekly that it went down and she didn't specify when it happened but I spoke to a source, shout out to Michelle A.T.L. Ellian who was a big blogger in Atlanta. I spoke to her who told me it actually happened Friday. They moved him from one location where he was originally detained to Atlanta and now he's no longer listed in the Homeland Security's ICE system. So he's officially no longer in their custody because he was deported.

Now, they asked her how he was feeling. She says that he's in good spirits and that he's not mad at Donald Trump. He actually wants to sit down and have a conversation with Donald Trump. Brother, Nigeria is a beautiful country, okay? People go to Nigeria to vacation, all right? So there's much worse places he could be deported to.

Very much so. Right. There's an El Salvador prison if he wants to visit. Right. Okay, Nigeria much worse places he could be deported to. Very much so. Right. An El Salvador prison if he wants to visit. OK, Nigeria. Ain't he from Nigeria? Yes. He's from Nigeria. I also was told that he has a dual citizenship in Dubai as well. But he was saying.

I wonder how that works, though. Like when you get deported to another country, are you allowed to just go back and forth? Deported to your country? Yeah, he's deported to your country. He's a citizen of Dubai and Nigeria, so he can go back and forth. He just can't come your country. He's a citizen of Dubai and Nigeria so he can go back and forth He just can't come here. Yeah, so he had a choice? He could have left. He's from Nigeria and Dubai? I don't know if they gave him the option of where he wanted to go or not But I did ask that question and I was told that he can go back and forth between Dubai or anywhere

He just cannot come here as to what Envy said but the reason why they they asked him about the whole Trump situation because when he was But the reason why they asked him about the whole Trump situation is because when he was taken in, he was taken in as a part of the government's huge sweep that was happening. And then they created these shirts trying to help other people who are going through issues with ICE get money for lawyers and all that stuff. But fast forward, people were probably like, well, how does this play into the divorce or what they're going through?

So him and Portia, I'm told are actually going to be in court today figuring out some things. He's going to appear in court via Zoom. He was of course given permission to both of them would be via Zoom. They were given permission to do so because of the circumstances, but they're going to be hashing some things out still. He has some stuff he needs to, they got to figure out. That's going to drive him crazy to see Portia on that Zoom looking good. You know Portia going to be on that Zoom looking good. That's what's going to drive him crazy to see Porsche on that Zoom looking good. You know Porsche is going to be on that Zoom looking good. That's what's going to make him try to get back into the country. Crazy. That's what's going to make him want to be back in the country.

I was also told that he agreed originally to the... because remember when Porsche was here and I don't know if you guys remember when all the things happened, she had been saying that because we were trying to blame her for the reason why he had gotten deported and from what I was told was that actually he agreed to the deportation order because he didn't want to fight it. He would have been detained for longer. So he just agreed. He didn't even agree. That man said it.

He ain't got no choice. He could have fought it and he could have stayed there but he just wanted to be, just get me out of here. From what I'm told, he could have fought it if he wanted to because he's been in the US for 35 years. My source says he actually has a green card and they confiscated all of his things, his laptops, his computers and all these things

trying to find what they alleged were gonna be scammed. And according to the person I spoke to, they found nothing. So he could have fought it from what I'm presented with and he decided not to, cause he would have been sitting longer. Yeah. The Nigerians don't really be doing that no more. What's that? Scamming like that. decided not to because it was gonna be Yeah, Jeff said what? Trying to stay? Yeah, I thought he was someone else trying to stay over here. And for all the people that think the country is trending now, you know, they

people are looking for places to go. You know, he in Nigeria. Well, we'll be back with some more on this because in their zoom call today, they're going to be having a conversation about the prenup and enforcement of the prenup. I know, of course she's going to be on there looking like an ice cream sandwich. I'm telling you, he's on purpose to watch. She's looking for absolute best and he's gonna be trying to swim his way back over there. So so she has everything because he's not here. He she got the cars. She got the crib. She got he got everything. Well, remember when she was here, she said that she still wasn't allowed to film in the house and there's still a lot of things, but there's still a lot of things legally in place that she still wasn't allowed to film in the house. And there's still a lot of things. But there's still a lot of things legally in place

that she has to abide by because of what they're going through. So they're gonna be hashing it out these next couple of days. And I'll be bringing you guys some more. I mean, it's not like he can take the house to Nigeria. I asked that. I said, well, why don't he just give her the house?

He can't even come back to the house. Yeah, unless he wanna sell it. How you know you're gonna be like swimming to get back? Remember, he was done with each other. They was being petty to each other. He was like, nah. I don't believe him. Got rid of a headache.

Unless he wanna sell the house, he might need the money. I don't know, I'm just saying. I don't know his money situation. We'll find out the prenup, I'm sure, today. What's happening with him today. This rich ass don't need no, nah. But I think when you get deported, I'm just talking, I don't know.

I thought when you get deported, they freeze your assets and everything. They don't do all that? It depends on the reason you get deported. Nah'm just talking, I don't know. I thought when you get deported, they freeze your assets and everything, they don't do all that? It depends on the reason you get deported. Nah, Simon, well, by the way, I have no idea. If you do something illegally, damn sure they do that. But if it's just the fact that you overstayed your welcome, I'm out of here. I don't have the answer to that question, but I will have more because I did reach out to his attorney,

so I'm just waiting for her to give me a call back. I mean, we got a lot of legal questions, and I'm not an attorney, so I want to know. All right, well, thank you so much for the latest with Lauren. You're welcome. Now, when we come back, show me who you giving your dog to know. Alright well thank you so much for the latest with Lauren. You're welcome. Now when we come back show me who you giving your donkey to? Man, four after the owl we need hit maker Youngberg to come to the front of the congregation. I know that's right.

I saw him in conversation with Lauren LaRosa recently and we gotta talk about it. Wow! Alright we'll get to that next. Sorry Lauren it's the Breakfast Club of the morning. It's totally fine. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club. Your execution on the Donkey of the Day is something to behold. Is it a read? It's a read.

They gave me Donkey of the Day and I deserve it. You need to know. You need to tell them. I am. Because you have the voice. Tell them. Tell them. It's time for Donkey of the Day.

It's a read, but you're so good at it. You're trying to be a fake ass Charlemagne. You're the only one Charlem Donkey of the Day. It's a read, but you're so good at it. He's trying to be a fake ass Charlamagne. He's the only one Charlamagne is going. Damn Charlamagne. Who you give a dustie of the day to? Well, Sexy Red, Donkey of the Day for Wednesday, June 11th, goes to hit maker Youngberg. You know who I'm talking about.

Renowned producer. Okay, I saw an article this morning on a site called Flaunt, and they did a story on him, and the headline was, 77 million sold, nine Grammy nominations, nine billion streams. I saw an article this morning on a site called flaunt and they did a story on him and the headline was 77 million sold nine Grammy nominations nine billion streams. So congratulations to that young man Drop on the clues bombs for young bird He is a super producer in every sense of the word But as you all know the donkey of the day does not discriminate see this past weekend was BET Awards weekend in LA Okay, the Breakfast Club sent our very own Lauren LaRosa. LL Cool Bay, she was out there working

what we call the media room, okay. I was born in 1978, been doing radio for 27 years, so I'm old enough to remember when it was just called the radio room. Okay, all the different radio stations and radio shows from across the country were being there, interviewing various artists. Well, times have changed.

Okay, the landscape has evolved, so now it's radio and podcasts, blogs, sites, all types of media. So we had Lauren LaRosa out there. She interviewed like 30 different people. Yeah 30 different people within two days and I was catching up on some of the interviews this week. I saw Jermaine Dupree, I saw Sierra, I saw Buju Bantan. All great conversations. Drop one of the Cluesbs for Lauren LaRosa. Great job. But it was the interview with Youngberg, Hitmaker, that I wish I was present for. See, Hitmaker sat down and he was expressing the fact that he believes Diddy should be free. Nothing wrong with that opinion. I'm sure Diddy is praying that there are people on the jury who

feel just like Hitmaker. Now, none of us are legal experts, but when someone says to me they think Diddy should be free, I ask why. When somebody tells me they think Diddy should be locked up, I also ask why. Because if you make statements like that, they should be rooted in some information about the case. If they are rooted in your own personal feelings, you know, just because No Way Out is your favorite album, that's not a good enough reason. I know you had some great nights on Sirak. I enjoyed making the band too. You cannot erase what Diddy brought to the world of entertainment and lifestyle, but

none of that has any bearing on his case. But let's listen to what Hitmaker's reasoning was. But what is he really guilty of? I don't think he should be in jail. Why don't you think he should be in jail? He's just a freaky ass, you know, N-word. He's just a freak. Free him.

I ain't gonna let should be in jail. Why don't you think you should be in jail? He's just a freaky ass, you know, N-word. He's just a freak. Free him. I ain't gonna lie, free him. I don't approve of nothing that he did or whatever, but I just think that he was just doing some nasty stuff, bro. From what I heard, I might not have all the intel.

You got all the intel, but I think he was just high and tripping. Like, that's all it really is. But in my personal opinion, Lauren, I think that I don't have enough details But I honestly think that he should be in these streets Be in these streets. He should be he should be at home You shouldn't be like I think that what if you think about the Epstein and all the other different people Well, they didn't they get house arrest or something like that

Hitmaker you should have stopped that. I don't have all the intel. You said out of your own mouth, you didn't have all the details, yet you kept talking. Listen to me. If you ever thought to yourself the opinions you read on social media couldn't possibly exist in real life, then you now have Exhibit A. Okay, Hitmaker gave us all the YouTube lawyers greatest hits. I don't approve of what he did, but he shouldn't be in prison.

He was just freaky. And what about Epstein? What about him? Did Epstein get house arrest? That's the question you asked. The answer is no, okay? Not for his 2019 federal sex trafficking charges. Okay, he requested release on bail.

He offered to wear an ankle monitor and stay posted up at his Manhattan mansion, but the judge denied him, said he was too big a flight risk and a public danger. These are just simple facts that one can research if they choose to. Once again, you can have your opinion on whether Diddy should be free or not, but if you're going to express that opinion publicly, let it be rooted in something real, some type of factual information. Now, none of what you heard just now is the reason I chose to give Hitmaker Donk here today.

Okay. It was this statement he made as him and Lauren LaRosa were going back and forth on the Diddy situation in regards to the man who killed George Floyd, Derek Chauvin. Let's listen. Yo, man, I just think that, you know, it's kind of crazy and it's very like insane what he got Let's listen. Play that one one more, just one more time. Play that one more time for me. Yeah man, I just think that, you know, it's kinda crazy and it's very like, insane what he got going on, but I've seen, like it's people that, the guy on George Floyd neck, is he in jail? I think, no, I don't think he was in jail.

Damn. You know, Hitmaker said he didn't have much information on the Diddy case. Hitmaker, you don't seem to have much information on anything. Okay, I don't understand how people speak about things they don't know anything about with such confidence. What do you mean is the guy who killed George Floyd in prison? Derek Chauvin got 43 years.

Okay, 22 and a half years in state prison for unintentional second degree murder. I don't even know how it was ruled unintentional, but the sentence exceeded the standard guideline due to Derek's abuse of authority and the cruelty displayed. Then he got sentenced federally, the 21 years, for violating George Floyd's civil rights, including kneeling on his neck, even after he became unresponsive. And those sentences will run concurrentlyly adding up to 43 years. Hitmaker, you don't even need to know all those details but the fact you didn't even know Derek Chauvin,

George Floyd's killer was in prison is exactly the reason why I don't talk to niggas after five p.m. Okay? And he said it like we were playing spades and he had nine in a possible, like he just knew he had a winning hand when he said it like we were playing spades and he had 9 in a possible. Like he just knew he had a winning hand when he said that. Like he said it like he had the big joker, the low joker, the deuce of diamonds, ace

of spades. I mean is the guy who killed George Floyd in prison? Yes! Yes! Okay. Look if you're going to use the double standard argument then find some cases that are the equivalent of Sean Combs'. The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, who was charged with sex trafficking and interstate

prostitution, is a way better example. But that's not the debate. Hitmaker, how you don't know Derek Chauvin is in prison? Seeing police officers going to prison for killing black men is a rarity in this country. So you should know Derek Chauvin was in prison. There was a $27 million dollar civil settlement reached in the George Floyd case, the largest pretrial civil rights settlement in US history. The George Floyd case sparked one of the largest protest movements in US history, but you didn't know the man who killed Derek Chauvin was in prison? Red you gotta let me hear it again just one more time one more time.

Yo man I just think that you know it's kind of crazy and it's very like insane what he got going on but like I've seen like it's people that the guy on George Floyd neck is he in jail? George Floyd neck is he in jail? I don't think he was in jail. Shhh. Shhh. Nigga hush. Be quiet. Better to remain silent and be thoughtful than to speak and remove all doubt. You know how to make hits, but you don't know how to make sense.

Okay? I have another name for you now. How about Young Clueless? Our hit, Make It Up As He Go. He's got a new album, 808s and bad takes, coming soon. Please give Young Berg, aka Hitmaker, aka Young Clueless, the biggest he-har. Yeah, that's crazy. I'm telling you.

I'm calling him Young Clueless from now on. Young Clueless and Hit Make It Up as he go. That is his new name. Oh God. All right, well thank you for that donkey today. Now when we come back, running for mayor of New York City, Zoran Kwame Mamdani. He'll be joining us this morning.

He was, he's basically started from the ground up, knocking on doors, he'll break everything all down of how he's very high up in the polls right now, so we'll talk to him next Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning Breakfast Club Nv just hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building He's running for mayor of New York City. We have Zoran Kwame Mamdani. Nailed it. Nailed it. That's that. You gave him a great tutorial right before we started. And I'll take it. You don't know ass. That's right. That's what I do. I was gonna say it was off the top of the dome, but...

Now I did see your video. Before we get into politics, I did see your video. You are a rapper. You got a bop. you got a bop I was an aspiring nobody would vote for you based off what I heard that's why I'm not a rapper to be the mayor you have to know what you know and know what you don't know got you and I learned quickly what I didn't know you really wanted to like pursue a rapper at one point there was a point there was a point I mean it was it was at the level? There was a point. There was a point. I mean, it was at the level.

So I was born in Kampala, Uganda, in East Africa. And there was a point where there was a guy I grew up with. He's like my brother. The two of us were rapping together. And I was trying to sell mixtapes on a public bus, which doesn't leave until it fills every single one of the 14 seats. That's how much we were trying.

Wow. And here I am, because it didn't really work out all that well. It was kind of like yin-yang twins, but they were whispering. I like the dirt. I'm surprised. I like the dirt. Was that an inspiration for you, the yin-yang twins, the whisper song? I have to say, that was an inspiration for the song I made called Nani.

Yeah. But I think, you know, for me, it was also a way of just telling the different stories of what I grew up with. Gotcha. And especially in Kampala, you know, I'm Ugandan of Indian origin. The guy that I grew up with, his name is Abdul, he is Ugandan by way of South Sudan. It's all these different cultures coming together. We were trying to mix it all in.

And then when I was here in New York City, just trying to kind of, the song that I made was a testament to my grandmother. Gotcha. And how she's a real badass. And how so often when we talk about our elders, we put them in a box of a nice, gentle person who is very much constrained in how we imagine them. And I wanted to just be a little more absurd

in the celebration of a woman who gave me a sense of the world and was a social worker and should be a little more celebrated. And disciplined you. Love that. And disciplined you. A few slaps in Jackson Heights hurt nobody. Oh, you got slapped? In the video?

In that video. Not by my grandmother. So question, in real life when you do make the pivot to do what it is you're doing now, do you say to yourself, alright scrub all that s*** off the internet, we gotta get rid of that. No, because I think that it's about being a real person. I enjoyed that time in my life and ultimately I actually see a through line between that work and this work in that you're trying to tell a story. And you know, when you're trying to sell a mixtape or you're trying to get somebody's signature

to get on the ballot at 6.30 in the morning, at the Broadway stop with the NW and Astoria, it's the same thing where you're asking someone, can I have a moment of your time to tell you about my story or our story? And it also means learning how to deal with rejection very quickly. Because once you've tried to be an artist,

once you've tried to be a rapper, you know what it means to be humbled. Yeah, once in a while. On a regular basis, right? You know what it means to be the opener to the opener to the opener to the opener to the opener. And I think too often in politics, there's a real sense of self as if people

should be excited to see you, when in fact you should be excited to see them. We shouldn't be lecturing people as much as we should actually be listening to them. And I think that struggling through being an artist, it was very helpful in learning that. What got you into politics? Because some of your policies that you want and we'll discuss, I don't see happening but I love it. So let's start how you got into politics at first.

So the first time I knocked on doors was in 2008 for Obama. The first time I knocked on doors in New York City was when I picked up a copy of The Village Voice and I saw that one of my favorite rappers, Heems, had endorsed his childhood friend for city council. And I was like, oh, this guy would be the first South Asian elected official in New York City. His name was Ali Najmi. And so I got on the F train, I went to 169th and I knocked on doors for Ali. And that was the moment where I started to get involved

in local politics. I joined a club called the Muslim Democratic Club in New York. And then in 2017, I worked on my first race that was for a Palestinian Lutheran minister in Bay Ridge called the color Elliott team. And that just changed my life because, you know, I moved to this city when I was seven. This is the city I fell in love with the city where I got my citizenship where I got married. And when I was seven. This is the city I fell in love with, the city where I got my citizenship, where I got married, and yet there was also a point where I knew I was a New Yorker. I didn't know if I had a place in New York City politics. I thought those two things were separate. And then there was this campaign which showed me that there was room for all of

us, and you didn't actually have to give up any of yourself to be a part of it. And that inspired me to understand that politics isn't just something that you believe in, it's also something that you do as an active thing. And from there I kept working on campaigns and then in 2020 I ran for the state assembly and I represent a story in Long Island City. Wow. The USA Today asked a question and the question is simple. Can an AOC-backed socialist upset Andrew Cuomo in the New York City's mayor race? I want you to answer that question. There's a short answer, which is yes.

Okay. And there's a longer answer, which is the fact that New Yorkers are hungry for a different kind of politics. We have seen the same politicians with the same ideas lead us to the same results for decades. And this is in many ways a question of whether we want to go back to the past or whether we want to go to the future. And our campaign is one that sees this city under attack in two ways, an affordability crisis on the inside, where the most expensive city in the United States of America,

one in four New Yorkers are living in poverty, the rest are living in a permanent state of anxiety about whether they can keep affording this city. And then we're under attack from the outside from a Trump administration that is hell bent on going after not only New Yorkers, but frankly, democratic cities across the country like we're seeing in Los Angeles right now. And I am going head to head with Andrew Cuomo, a former governor who's the son of a former governor, whose super PAC is funded in large part by the same billionaires who put Donald Trump back in the White House. That's not the kind of person who can stand up to authoritarianism without seeing a reflection of themselves. We need someone who will actually fight both of these crises at the same time.

And that's why I believe that I can win and I'm so excited to have Congressman Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement in doing that. We're still kicking it with Zoran Kwame Mamdani. He's running for mayor of New York City. If you were the mayor and you see what's going on in LA, how would you handle that problem? If there was protesters, they were breaking stuff, looting, smashing police cars, vandalizing things, of course Trump sending the troops. How would you handle that if you were mayor of New York City and that actually happened here? I think first and foremost, you call it what it is. It's authoritarianism. This is the

way from his pregnant wife, Noor, and has since been in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana. He wasn't able to even witness the birth of his first child, Dean. And we have another New York City public high school student named Dylan, who was snatched at a regular check-in at Federal Plaza, is now hundreds of miles away from his mother and his two siblings. And this is personal for me because I got my citizenship just blocks from where those arrests are happening. Those blocks used to be my favorite part of New York City.

It's where I got my citizenship, where I got married. And those are now the same blocks where when I took my father for his immigration interview, this year, I hugged him so tight because I didn't know if I was going to see him in the afternoon. There are too many New Yorkers who are feeling that. And so I think you call this what it is. You also make clear that Trump is reversing historical precedent in that calling the National Guard is typically something a governor requests of the president.

It's not something a president puts on a governor. And Kathy Hochul is someone who, as the governor of our state, has been able to fight Donald Trump and defend a lot of his potential attacks on this state. One of the first things I would do is work with her to make it clear that this has no room in our city. And our police force should not be assisting ICE in what they are conducting. You know, we recently saw arrests where the NYPD was then arresting a pastor and other New Yorkers who were observing ICE arresting migrants

coming in for their check-ins. We don't need to be accomplices to authoritarianism. We need to show that there's another way of running this city in this country and that's who I'm excited to be. Let me ask you a question, right? Why is Donald Trump the Democrats' boogie man? Because none of y'all are running against Trump. And to me, the biggest hurdle to the Democratic Party is the Democratic Party. The inaction of the Democratic Party over all of these years is the biggest hurdle for the Democratic Party now. I don't disagree with you. That's part of my critique of Andrew Cuomo is that he's the very kind of leadership that helped give rise to Donald Trump.

You know, before Donald Trump was the president of this country, before he was a reality TV show host, he was a real estate developer in New York City. And he was someone who both parties had room for and time for. And I think that our ability to accommodate the very kind of real estate developers that have broken law after law after law is also part of what has given rise to an era of politics with no accountability. I mean, Andrew Cuomo had a video of Donald Trump playing at his own bachelor party. Like, that's the level in which all of this is a mesh together.

And I'm trying to chart a new course with this campaign alongside thousands of New Yorkers for a politics that is clearly distinct from that of Donald Trump. And I think when New Yorkers are shocked at Donald Trump's record of cutting Medicaid, of trying to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA, of giving tax breaks to billionaires, of hounding the many women who have credibly come forward to accuse him. Those are the same things you could say about Andrew Cuomo. We don't need a reflection of that in New York City.

We need someone who is the opposite of that. And as a progressive Muslim immigrant who's willing to fight for the things I believe in, that's what makes me Donald Trump's worst nightmare. But I saw you say that in the debate, you know, you would be Trump's worst nightmare. But once again, why should that matter to anybody voting for you now? Because you're not running against Donald Trump. No, but you are running against the authoritarianism that he's bringing to this city. So you think Cuomo's an authoritarian?

No, I think that there's too many commonalities between him and Donald Trump's record. And my point is that you don't want to have a mayor who has to pick up a phone call from someone who cut a $250,000 check to both him and Donald Trump. You want to have a mayor who's willing to fight for the city and have that be the thing that he's ultimately responsible for. And I think to your point, we also have to be honest about how we lost this presidential election. You know, New York is the state that had the largest swing in the country towards Donald Trump. Eleven and a half points. And it happened far from the caricature of Trump voters. It happened in the hearts of immigrant New York City. I went to Fordham

Road in the Bronx. I went to Hillside Avenue in Queens. And when I asked New Yorkers there, almost all of whom were Democrats, who did you vote for and why? Many told me they didn't vote. Many told me they voted for Trump. And they told me they voted for him because they remembered having more money in their pocket four years ago. For their rent, for their childcare, for their groceries, even for their metro car. Yeah, they remember how they feel. And as insincere and ridiculous and horrific as we know Trump's policies to be, that is how people felt. Those are the decisions that they made.

And when I asked these same New Yorkers, what would it take to bring you back to the Democratic Party? They said a relentless focus on an economic agenda. I said, what would you say to a candidate running to freeze the rent, make buses fast and free, deliver universal childcare? I said I'd vote for him. And that's when I introduced myself. And that's my point here is that there are some Democrats like Andrew Cuomo who think that we, we went too far left in, in how we ran a campaign.

And my point is that we actually betrayed working class voters a long time ago. And it's time to own up to that and finally fulfill the promises that were made decades ago. I mean, that's interesting, right? Cause you know, you say Cuomo and Trump have so many similarities, but Cuomo has been a career Democrat. And that's why I feel like anybody who is going to be the future of the Democratic Party,

you do have to throw that old regime under the bus. Cause it's not just Cuomo. But that bus is gonna be free. Sure. But it's not just Cuomo in the Democratic Party. It's a lot of old leaders. Absolutely. It's the Chuck Schumers, it's the Bidens.

You gotta throw all of that under the bus and run it over. And people have to hear you say that. Cause I keep hearing y'all, you know, you keep talking about Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, but your party has been just as ineffective and just as corrupt in a lot of ways. Trust me. I have, I hear you because I've been critical about the style of leadership that gave rise to Donald Trump is also a style of leadership within the

democratic party. And I think for too long, it's been a party that has valued insider politics, pay your dues, the words and advice of consultants over the people that are Democrats themselves. And I do think it's time for a new generation of leadership. Cuomo would be the oldest mayor elected in New York City. I would represent a completely new generation.

And I think it's important for that because it's not just about age, it's not just about vision, it's also about what has your record been and who have you been fighting for. And is that distinct enough from what got us here? Well, if they want to support you, how can they go out and support you? Well, what I would tell them is come to Zahran for NYC.com. Don't donate to us. We've already raised the maximum we can spend in this campaign, but do give us something

more valuable, which is your time time we're building a team of 34,000 people New Yorkers from all walks of life knocking on doors talking to their neighbors come on out canvas it would be a joy to have you and I would also say that the three of you want to come canvas we'd love to have you as well thank you we residents in New Jersey so look you know just bring that corporate tax rate bring that corporate tax rate over from New Jersey. When's the election? June 24th, but early voting starts June 14th and we're confident we can win this, but only with the help of New Yorkers.

Well, good luck. Thank you so much. Zoran Kwame Mamadani, I appreciate it. Mom Donny. What? Mom Donny. Hit it one more time, hit it one more time. All right, Zoran Kwame Mamadani.

There we go. My goodness. My goodness. Let's get the polls up, let's get the polls up. There you go. It goodness. My goodness. Let's get the poles up. There you go. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV Jessalaria Shalameenika. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey. Hi. Hi. Hi. Alright, let's get to the

latest with L'Ara. Why. Why are we coming straight back? Tell us man. She gets into somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

Well, what's the latest? On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me. So taking y'all to court real quick, R Kelly is asking to be released. He filed an emergency motion for prison release. He says he's alleging that prison officials teamed up with a man who is a gang leader who has a terminal illness and a plot to kill him. So he is currently in North Carolina serving his 30 year sentence for sex crimes. Yes, he's in North Carolina right now serving his 30 year sentence for sex crimes.

And according to documents that R Kelly's legal team just filed, they're alleging that there is a man last name Stein, who is a gang leader, a big gang leader, and that he has provided a sworn statement to them that prison officials offered him his freedom to spend his last days free if he would allegedly kill R. Kelly. Now, the way that this man says that this was supposed to go down is that he was supposed to kill R. Kelly allegedly

and then he would get charged for it and then he alleges that prison officials were going to fumble the evidence and ultimately bury the case. They would then allegedly transfer him to another location where he would be allowed to escape and stay free. Now you might wonder. That sounds crazy.

It does, it does sound crazy. That sounds like a Trapped in the Closet series. R. Kelly wrote that. Well, you're probably wondering, well, why would all, why, if these, this has been alleged of the prison officials, why would they wanna do all this? Yeah, why would they wanna kill R. Kelly?

So R. Kelly's team is saying that all this is happening because they've been investigating whether R. Kelly's rights were violated throughout the process of his trials and that they've alleged they recovered some information that the information they were and that this information was going to come out. So this is a response allegedly to that and the information basically, Azriel Clary, who was a big witness for R. Kelly's sentencing in a woman named Ashanda, who was a big witness in the Chicago case, these two witnesses, according to these documents, and according to R. Kelly's legal team, were flipped on R. Kelly based on this in-house informant. This in-house informant by the

government allegedly went to Asriel Clary, went Lashonda Show as real Clary some communications that are Kelly emails phone calls with another woman outside of as real Cuz I know she was dating our Kelly Yeah And they alleged that because of communications that were shown he then influenced her to be the government's key witness And then she was able she was put together with this informant With the woman Lashonda who then did the same so that the rights were violated they alleged the government act like they didn't have anything to do with it nor did they know what happened although they alleged our Kelly's team was told his communications were stolen

during the trial no one knew any details and now they know the details this whole plot has come out and the guy uh his name is Mikell Glenn Stein he says he will take a lie detector test um and he will uh testify if he has to. I don't want to be disrespectful, I really don't care. It just sounds like a lot of blah, blah, blah. I've tried to get the attorneys on the phone, that's who I was speaking with when I came in here, and I literally said to them, these are some really big claims, it seems like

a movie, I would love to speak to someone and I haven't gotten a call back, but this is what they've alleged in these documents. In which cases then? Didn't he have two cases that are concurrent? So which case is that? One on 30, one on 20. He's saying it's both cases. Both.

But he's in North Carolina serving the 30, but both. Because Asriel was a huge witness in one and Lashonda was a huge witness in Chicago. Dang. Yeah. Yeah. Real quick, Diddy, because there's a lot that has been happening. I know we haven't actually been in court, but we've been talking about it. That's what I'm interested in.

Yeah. So which part do you want to start with first? So Jane Doe has been on, I guess, she's been talking for the last four days. She's been on trial for four days. That's not normal though. He's currently paying somebody's rent. I don't even think Cassie had four days. Yeah, so.

They're gonna be homeless tonight. There's been a lot that has been said in court. So yes, Jane Doe is still the same Jane Doe that we talked about last on Thursday and Friday. And that's not normal. You can ask questions. They don't have a time limit. They have to be able to present their cases equally and get their questions out.

It seems like that thing's new though. It seems like it's the same thing that she's been saying for the last four days, right? Well, I think they're dead. I mean, at this point, they're just, again, it's beyond a shadow of a doubt. So just want to add more context, more color to it. But it has come out that she talks about, you know, not wanting to do freak offs allegedly and you know, wanting to be with Diddy herself. Her testimony is very similar to Cassie's where she's like, I didn't want to do these things. But she alleges that she did it because she was in

love and she alleges that Diddy led her down this path of like drugs and this crazy lifestyle. She did mention that Diddy, you know, pays her was paying her rent and her attorney, right? And that she's still currently working with an attorney that Diddy originally got her allegedly because she was with him at the time that the Cassie video dropped and she alleges that his team was scrambling to figure out an apology or basically what to say. And then following that after Cassie filed her documents and things of that nature, the government approached her about being a witness or having a conversation.

So he got her an attorney. All the Jane Doe's have been horrible. All the Jane Doe's that I've heard. The last two Jane Doe's they've been horrible. It's crazy. Why you say that? That one that you were talking about right now she just sounded like a scorned girl. Like a scorned girl.

She even said that. Yeah she said that she wanted to be with him in a bigger way and she felt like she was just used for his sexual expectations. She also say things got a little difficult for them when he started dating young Miami Oh, yeah, she said that she would see young Miami, you know being taken out the by back basically living the lights before yeah And it was difficult for her even though she alleged that he told her in the beginning that he is dealing with multiple women She says that once she started seeing it, it was difficult for her.

And, you know, that they had their patches as well of like, you know, arguing and, you know, different things, but she wanted more from him. The prosecution should have left it after Capricorn Clark because now it's just like, can you find him guilty by a reasonable doubt after you listened to the last couple of weeks? I'm not no lawyer. I'm just saying when you put a little bit of doubt in people's mind, you know, that could have one person in that jury be like, eh.

Now also, does it seem like everybody that Dady, that Diddy has dated. That's what you used to call him? Daddy. That's what you used to call him, right? Does it seem like everybody. No, no, no, let's stay there for a minute. That's what you used to call him?

That Dady has dated, has been involved with these free calls. You didn't even say Puff Daddy, you should say Daddy. Everybody that. His studio's called been involved with these freak-offs. You didn't even say puff daddy, you should say daddy? Everybody that diddy has dated. Diddy has dated. Diddy diddy diddy diddy. But you came up in New York and the area when y'all used to call them daddy. Now tell us more, when you taking the stand.

They diddy's are calling puff daddy. They did call him daddy. Yeah, but you just said daddy. I didn't mean daddy, I meant diddy. You meant daddy. You're asking me, were they all involved in freak-offs? Yes, that's what it seems like, right? Father.

That's what you used to call him, Father Freak. We've only heard from Kat- Father Freak, Father Freak, he's Father Freak, ayy. We've only heard from a couple people in VISA. I can't answer that indefinitely, but the people that we've heard from, they said that, like for instance, they brought up Ken Porter and they said that he treated Ken Porter differently and that things were different but There have been women that say Cassie and this woman's story are the same

But I did want to send just a little I guess PSA to everybody attending the Kendrick Lamar concert June 12th and 13th in Toronto no no she don't even care about no segues Y'all spend so much time on the fact that Envy calls Diddy daddy. I do not call Diddy daddy. You know what? You could have just left it. You didn't have to move to the next story so fast. You want to go back to your daddy?

Ladies with Lauren. Thank you Lauren. Now let's get to the people's choice mix. I was trying to uplift it and have a little fun. I had a lot of fun. Jeezy was here earlier. Let's play some Jeezy in the mix. And he's trying to get out because he won't talk about daddy no more. It's the breakfast club.

Are you talking about the breakfast club? Morning everybody it's DJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the breakfast club. It's still Pride month. It is Pride month, right? And we're going to go on this gay ride for Pride. All right. So I'm repping the girl K1.

She's an artist. Yeah, she's an artist and she's dope. It's been rumored that she is Kay Lani's artist, but I can't tell you that. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not? So I'm repping the girl K1. She's an artist and she's dope. It's been rumored that she is Kay Lani's artist, but I can't find nothing on the internet, no documentation saying that. But I just got put on to her music out of nowhere. I was sitting in the shop getting my hair done and her music video came on. It's called Worst Behavior and it was featuring Kay Lani and they gave a main tongue kiss at the end. This was last year. It went viral.

Yeah, they actually look good together. They looking like a little bit, I think all light skin people looking like a little bit, my bad envy. But yeah, they look like they could be sister and brother, but they was tonguing down and it looked good. I don't know if they messed with each other. I don't know. I did just see them recently go viral again, being seen out together or whatever at the

BET shenanigans or whatever. But yeah, shout out to K1. Absolutely K1. Shorty got crazy stud energy. Like, yes, worst behavior. Go look at that music video, listen to it, it's crazy. Okay, yeah, alright. Look at all the studs out there.

Nobody ever thinks about y'all doing Pride Month. She looks just like Eli. Oh, yeah It's giving Eli and Drake like okay mix. She look good without the beard of course what I oh no Yeah, yeah, no bear. No bear. Okay, straight sexy morning. Everybody is DJ envy Jess Hilarious Charlamagne the guy We are the breakfast club salute to GZ for joining us this morning man TM one on one live 20th anniversary tour You can go to TM101live.com to see if they're coming to your city. I'm already telling you I'm going to be in there. Okay, because that is like a grown folks event. He want everybody to wear tuxedos. I know.

Black tie. Yes. You know what I'm saying? And he got an orchestra, a symphony orchestra. Yes. With Thug Motivation 101. That's going to be lit. Man, come on. And I know he's going to look good in this suit, but his little his little bunions will be screaming by the third show if he think he gonna be doing this whole tour and some slippery earls Y'all know that's the shirt shoes So yeah, I can't wait to go and do that. But look Pittsburgh this Friday and Saturday. I will be there at the Improv We got four shows two shows on Friday two shows on Saturday get your tickets if you have not yet Buffalo next week Just hilarious official comm get them tickets meet me have not yet. Buffalo next week, jessalarisofficial.com, get them tickets, meet me at Helium, that's next Friday and next Saturday we got 4 shows there as well.

And then Monday, the day after Father's Day, June 16th, the More Love Foundation presents Dad's on the Green Top Golf Event in Baltimore City. We're honoring 50 fathers, my husband and I, we have a foundation or whatever right and this is going to be our first official event and it's for Father's Day. So come out and fellowship with other fathers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's an early happy hour, drinks, food, giveaways, good music. Baltimore's own DJ Kibe for the vibes and shout out the Fulton Bank. They will be there teaching guys about financial literacy, specifically about credit.

So make sure that you're in the building Monday, June 16th for all the fathers out there in Baltimore All right, and also I'm gonna be out in Atlantic City with vibes cartel this weekend Vibes cardell is doing a father's day weekend show Saturday, so that's this weekend. That's this weekend out there Yeah, so salute the vibes cartel funny. Tombo damn like he gonna go. I was almost dead. All the time. You been promoting this for like two weeks now right? And then you say damn until today. Damn. Damn. Leave your positive note man. Listen the positive note is simply this man, the universe is always giving you signs.

I need y'all to know that. I don't care if it's every day in your sleep, if you pay attention to your timeline and these conversations you have with people on the radio. Shoot, sometimes if you look up, you'll see them in the clouds, okay, in epiphanies, right? Just pay attention to all the signs that you get and place them together and you'll notice a pattern. The universe is always communicating with you. Breakfast club bitches!

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