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What you doing? Huh? You went to the game? No, I did not go to the game It was it was crazy. What you do again, huh? You went to the game? No, I did not go to the game All every day I was down there from the six from the six to the temp. Yes. Um, I ate at morrow's I ate at Mondays cuz you got another restaurant Mondays. I ate at yo a Lot of different places. No, but it was good. It was lit. Yo, let me tell you something New Orleans That's where I buy decide to cheat at or something. Really? Yeah. Why you say that? And I'm telling you man, people were saying me and they was with their little side chicks and I'm like, yeah, they report that you had a girlfriend. Really? You know what I mean? I'm talking about eyes dilated, they see me. I'm like, look, I ain't even know that. So when people see you, they running

the other way now. I'm listening. Ducking. Were you down there with who you were supposed to be with? Listen, absolutely. Don't play with me. But the side chicks love Jessalurys. So they want to come and speak and all that and the niggas are like, no don't. Don't talk to her because she do Jessalurys the best. You should have seen some of their faces. I saw something you posted in your story the other day. I was like, what the hell that mean? Let me see if I can find it.

What was that? Let me see if I can find it. I was coming at somebody else's time? No, you said something about cheating when you see your side dude. Yeah, you posted Beyonce meme And you was like when I see both my dudes in public. Oh Hey, that's funny. That was just a funny meme. Okay, I post it just make you You look refreshed this morning know to be out here raising a newborn. Absolutely. I know I am I okay All right, well Tamika Mallory will be joining us this morning.

She has a new book, I Live to Tell a Story. Yes, her new book, I Live to Tell a Story, a memoir of love, legacy, and resilience is out today via Black Privilege Simon & Schuster Publishing, and she will be here to talk all about it. Her last book was State of Emergency. That was more of a guide to help us get through that particular time that we were in,

that's right. 2020 were in, in 2020, 2021. But this book is actually her memoir. So we'll be talking all about it. Is she related to Shari Shepard? I don't know. I don't think so. Where you get that from?

They favored. You think so? The comedian? Let me look. Shari. Yeah. Like that could be like our little sister. Like Timmy could be our little sister.

I don't think they're related. They saved it to me. Yeah, I don't think they're related're me. I don't think they're related I don't think so. All right. Well, let's get the show cracker We got front page news a lot to discuss in front page news and then get it off your chest Please you can start getting on the phone lines right now 800-585-1051 if you need to vent if you need to get some things off your chest You can call us up right now, but front page news is next. It's the breakfast club. Good morning morning Everybody is DJ envy Jess hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club. Let's right now but front page news is next. It's the breakfast club. Good morning morning everybody is DJ

Envy Jess hilarious Charlemagne the guy we are the breakfast club. Let's get in some front page news Good morning Morgan These Charlemagne and Jess how y'all feeling good bless black and holly favor. What up Morgan? I love it I love to hear that. Okay, so the latest on FrontPage News is there's yet another aviation accident. Before I get into that, let's check in with the Trump administration. So Hamas is suspending a planned hostage release for this weekend after it claimed Israel is not following the terms of their ceasefire agreement. A Hamas official said there have been numerous violations, which they said include delaying

the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, not allowing supplies to enter the strip and gunfire in various parts of the region. Now, the militant group said because of this, the hostage exchange that's set for Saturday is postponed until further notice. Now, Israel said the development is a complete violation of the ceasefire and hostage deal that they struck before. Now, yesterday afternoon, President Trump spoke from the Oval Office saying he would call for an end to the ceasefire deal if Israel and Hamas, between Israel and Hamas, if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza on Saturday. Let's hear more from President Trump.

As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o'clock. I think it's an appropriate time. I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday and if they're not returned, all of them, not in drips and drabs, not two and one and three and four and two. Saturday at 12 o'clock and after that I would say all hell is gonna break out. What are your thoughts on that? I mean I don't know what the ceasefire agreement is but I'm sure Trump would rather give Israel the green light to wipe Gaza out.

Like Trump already told you he wants to take over the region and displace all the Palestinians so that don't sound like you know, they looking for peace Also, if they go in and you know wipe out the Gaza Strip won't they be hurting the hostages, too? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah Absolutely. So in a recent interview with Fox News Brett Bayer Trump said Palestinians wouldn't be welcomed back to the Gaza Strip if they if.S. decided to take over the region because the conditions aren't livable and he also called it a demolition site. He believes that he could strike a deal with

neighboring nations to take in displaced Palestinians, neighboring nations like Egypt and Jordan. Let's hear more from President Trump on Gaza. No, they wouldn't because they're going to have much better housing, much better. In other words, I'm talking about building a permanent place for them. If they have to return now, it will be years before you could ever. It's not habitable. It will be years before it could happen. I think I could make a deal with Jordan. I think I could make a deal with Egypt.

You know, we give them billions and billions of dollars a year. Now the president, he's not wrong about that. We did the U S does provide Jordan and Egypt with billions of dollars in humanitarian aid, but he does believe he could strike a deal with those nations or other Arab nations. But so far, they've pushed back saying the plan would be a violation of international law. Some Republicans say that they believe this plan is far-fetched, but Trump will be meeting with the king of Jordan at the White House today.

So we will see how that develops. And in political news relative to New York, the Department of Justice is set to drop a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. That's according to a memo sent by Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emma Mill Bovay, that instructed the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District to dismiss the charges as soon as is practicable. Charges were brought against Adams last year and what was the first prosecution of a sitting mayor in New York City history. So let's continue to watch out and see what happens to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. We knew that

this was probably coming but as he has aligned himself with the new administration it seems as though that appears to be working in his favor. Well, I didn't know the charges were going to be dropped. I thought that Trump would probably pardon him after the fact. But the mayor did tell top officials not to criticize President Trump and not to interfere with immigration enforcement. So I guess being on the side of Donald Trump has his privileges for somebody like Mayor Adams Yeah But the crazy thing is is when you look at the judicial system in the last what 10 days 15 days There is no nobody gives an F like people do whatever they want to do. That's not true. What are you talking about? He just pardoned all these people. He didn't even go to the judicial process. What it's definitely a judicial system for regular Mother effort like us to say not for those individuals

What are you talking about? But that is wild. You're not like us. Your ass ain't getting no pardon. You're right. Your ass ain't gonna get your charges, Trump. You're right. What are you talking about?

But it's crazy because if you align yourself with Trump or you have some political friends, you don't even gotta go to court. You could do a crime and just, I guess maybe it has and we just haven't seen it in our face like this, but now it's in our face where it late middle fingers up effort. It is what it is both sides though Yeah, literally on both sides. That's right. I'm still thinking about that guys are scripting I really would like to talk to somebody way smarter than me about that because I don't know how any of those things work But if you decided to give Israel the green light to wipe out the Gaza script Like he said all hell would break loose on 12 noon Saturday

Yes If you would be if you did that you'd be taking out the hostages to write like if you want the hostages to be returned Safely doesn't that defeat the whole purpose to have them just go wipe out the god the script So most like if I can't have you can't have me but I have no idea. That's what it sounds like Don't get that. All right. Well, that is front page news. Thank you Morgan. All right So I'll tell you all at 7 everybody else get it off your chest 800 585 1 0 5 1 if you need to vent phone lines are wide open again Alright, talk to y'all at 7. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open again.

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Whether you mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the breakfast Hello, who's this? What's up? This is marcus man marcus. What's up? What are you calling from brother? I'm calling for a rape for north carolina. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. No doubt. How you doing? I'm good Amen to see you. All right. All right. All right. I'm calling. I'm gonna call up'm calling my man Charlemagne the fairy man. I'm right here sir. How your mama doing? Charlemagne. Charlemagne. Charlemagne the fairy? Man, you can't, you can't go a week. Nah, he ain't a guy, he the fairy bruh. Okay. Anything else? Charlemagne, you can't go a week without saying no gay stuff bruh.

I said a week. I ain't say nothing gay all week. No, that's why you a fairy. I ain't say nothing gay all week. Charlemagne, Charlemagne. You can't be the guy bruh the way you be talking bruh. I say nothing gay always Ferry yeah, I say You can't be the guy brother way you be talking bruh. It's not like a fairy bruh. You can't beat me up Come on, man. You want? You can't be a guy, bro But you know I'm more For my man a

Rupal out the dress all theagne. I never heard that one. That was gay. You still can't beat me up. No more chestnut. No more chestnut. RuPaul. RuPaul. Is there anything else you'd like to say

about my attractive features? Cause you notice a lot of them. Man, I know you can't go a week without saying nothing about big sticks of bubble gum. I know that. Bye Marcus. Y'all have a good day. I love y'all. I love y'all. Try to make me tighten up man.

You just said you love me. You want it tight or loose? He like no I'm done with this. Hello who's this? This Mike from Louisiana, man what's up? What's up Mike what's up? Man I want to get her on my chest. Lee La La Los Delos she got a man.

It's me. Oh that's a damn lie. Well you know what that is. Leave her alone man. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this.

I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to let you get away with this. I'm not going to on my chest. Lee, Lord, Lillian, Lord, she got a man. It's me. That's a damn lie. Well, you know, she do got a few prospects for Friday, though. She acting like she don't, but she got a few. And yesterday she said it's a marathon as far as Valentine's Day is concerned. And you know, from what I've been told told a lot of participants in the marathon want to know What place they in? What place I'm in Lord I just want to know she's not in here. I don't know what's your name. Tell us your name

Mike from Louisiana. Oh, she don't know you Trying to get in the race, yes, sir. Goodbye Mike. Hello. Who's this? Good morning. This is James call from no Carolina. What's up James get it off your chest. Yeah over the weekend, man I checked out that documentary on Luther Vandross. Uh-huh. I Didn't realize how much that man's music plays a part of my young life I mean You know I didn't realize how much his music played a part in my life when I was growing up I mean my parents always played his stuff man, and I always loved his music But looking back at it. I was like man that man he had some bangers. He got too much never too much here and now

Dance with my father house is not a home so many records like two men Yeah, man, and I don't got that I never realized he didn't have a significant other he never had a significant other records like a You didn't know who the person was well, yeah, you didn't know who he was You know who he was It's so funny. What about people who ain't enough? Well, I mean they talk about it in the doc, right? They talk about it in the doc. That's why I said it. Oh, why you say it? Well, he mentions in the doc that he doesn't want to put his sexuality out there. By the way, I agree. It don't matter. I don't know when we got to this point in our society where we gotta know what everybody's doing in their bedroom.

It don't matter. Like, you know, Luther Vandross music don't slap regardless that's right slap that ass have a good one James never too much gonna slap regardless if he talking about you know penis vagina Jesus you know whatever it is get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up now it's the Breakfast Club good morning the Breakfast Club Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, Envy. How you doing? This is Wayne in Los Angeles. Good morning. What's up, Wayne? Get it off your chest, brother.

Yes, sir. First, Envy, I just want to say the outstanding job that you guys do is Just go I just don't have the words for it, but outstanding and I just want to say Trump is headed towards being a full dictator now because this man has started ignoring federal judges orders and Vance is you know running point forehand and once that starts it won't be no turning back from this dictatorship that this man is trying to go into and it's really time for us the people the remaining people to

get out and protest boycott whatever we got to do peacefully peacefully and I emphasize that peacefully to make sure this man doesn't overturn this democracy that people like myself fall for and even though I'm sure people and you guys family fought for it too so I just want to say you know y'all are doing outstanding job Charlamagne that's my main man just the hilarious she's my beautiful queen and article they come on that uh promote the news and everything I really enjoy y'all God bless y'all oh yeah just your beautiful baby a thousand kisses for her y'all have a good you. Appreciate you brother. You know, you'd be, you'd be, he's not wrong at all. Like, you know, I was watching

yesterday, I was speaking to Mike Johnson, declined to say whether President Donald Trump and his administration should comply with court rules. You know what I mean? So, when you got an administration being sued on multiple fronts because Trump's dismissing federal employees and you know he's freezing a certain funds appropriated by Congress. They're saying they don't have to they don't know whether they have to comply with court rulings. That lets you know all you need to know right there.

Hello, who's this? Here. What's up, Envy? Hey, what's up, Trav? What's up? Chillin, chillin. What's going on? Jess is going to or Lauren.

I don't know who they are. It's me. Oh, what's up, Jeff? Yo, what's up? How you doing, baby? What's the bomb sure pieces? What's the word? I got a question for y'all? Yes I've been coming up there for like what about a good seven years now And I never got none of the gay accommodation that apparently y'all given out there at the breakfast club

And I didn't know what the gay accommodations are with the benefits are of being gay and coming up to the breakfast club He I'll please let me know because I've been coming up there for a while now Well, we got a different chair for gay people for this is a chair that got like this. Uh, it's like a So when you sit on it, but you got to press the button if you don't press the button it won't sit shoot up You shy It won't that shoot up You shine You You I don't know you didn't really say yesterday shark kind of just put you in there But men can't like men can actually be born gay. Ask me how I know

How do you know cuz I'm a gay man that was born gay. I do think I do think people are born gay. Ask me how I know. How do you know? Because I'm a gay man that was born gay. I do think I do think people are born gay. I believe what you say. I've never been attracted to a woman at all like when it comes to like sexually attraction like at all. I can't even get erection. Alright. I believe people are born gay. I don't disagree with that. Yeah, I say I don't think everybody is born gay. Everybody. Oh, no. Some men can be turned out. Yeah. Some men can definitely be turned out. Period. You got a story?

Well, I want to tell our story. I want to tell our story, Trela Main. I'm not. First of all, you could. First of all, I would be doing the turning out. That's number one, okay? You could never turn me out. Okay? All right, let's be clear about that. Didn Just call us what he say enough. Well, Travis actually gay

So we're having a conversation. I'm just letting travel know he couldn't turn me out. All right, I would turn him out Bye, Travis. Hello, Trav. Oh That is your name. Yo Gaya gay Like I do believe people are born gay, but then I do believe that some people probably make a choice. Like, you know, depending on the circumstance. Not probably. Definitely do.

Yeah, you've heard about people being gay for pay in prison. Oh my God, I wasn't talking about that. In prison sometimes they make the choice for you, right? Okay. I'm just saying. Yeah. All right, well, get it off your chest. We got Justin Demet's

coming up? Yes Kendrick Streams going up and all people can think about is his shape and his jeans. His shape and what? Yes them Levi's the belt bottoms that he had on he was very much giving but that's all people worried about and this man Streams going crazy and all that. Alright well we'll get to that next don't move it's the Breakfast Club good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the Mess. Kendrick looks so good in them jeans. In my opinion, he looked good. The glutes was, you know, you got to see how he worked out.

The glutes was tight and everything and I had the same Levi's. I had them, the bell bottom Levi's. It was fire. Well his are actually Celine, but. Damn. But the glutes, they did. I swear when he turned around I thought it was Levi's but yeah it's that crazy the same and I'm down you saw the shape well the the shape

and the glutes have helped him a lot because Kendrick Lamar's dreams for his 2024 song not like us actually soared to 430 percent on Spotify the glutes helped him out with that oh yeah girl you know about when the body be body and they do what it's supposed to do. You know how that go. And this was all this all happened hours after his halftime performance at the Super Bowl which is not uncommon this happens with all the artists that take the Super Bowl stages such a big stage that's why they do it. The nine other songs he performed as a part of his 13 minute set reached into the double digits for 175% total gain. And this is according to data that was provided by the streaming service on Monday, according

to Spotify. Now that's great for him, but there have been people still reacting good, bad and different. The performance. Yeah, it's a performance. DJ Mustard actually sat down, not sat down, but he called into a big boy in LA the day after the Super Bowl performance and talked about The fact that DJ mustard meant I'm sorry the fact that Kendrick Lamar mentioned the lawsuit on the stage Let's take a listen to audio to when I was actually watching it last night and I told the neighborhood

I say you probably get a tan tan tan tan and that's it So when I saw that part coming when he said about you know, he want to do it But you know paraphrasing they like to sue I thought that's I thought that part coming when he said about you know, he want to do it, but you know paraphrasing they like I thought that's I thought that was it. I actually never heard that I actually never heard that part either I mean I heard the part but I never heard him say that and I was like, okay, that's all right So you good man, he's really good You didn't know I was joking I was joking with him that like in the end like in like the middle of the week And I just was sending my voice now

the week and I just would send him a voice now like oh no you really about to do it? So you hadn't heard that they love to sue part? No no no he didn't say it. So I didn't know he was doing his own thing. Did you catch that live the same way that we caught it live? Yeah I think the whole everybody's production everybody that was just something he had I don't know. You think Drake would double down on being a sucker-ass sore loser by suing the NFL I don't

think he would do that I don't think it's through the NFL and he did release a statement before the Super Bowl at Universal he didn't come in the NFL I don't know at this point I think everybody is like he basically said that they not backing down they don't care that the songs about to go to the Super Bowl Like they won't keep doing what they doing because they have proof of what they're alleging But I feel like at this point since he didn't already did any people are you on them anybody for a game? I wonder how many legal letters they sent the NFL just trying to get the NFL to stop Kendrick from doing that song beforehand No, I know he did. I know they did

You don't think they would have put that out? The Super Bowl, the NFL would have put that out that you know No, no Cause there were reports of that We talked about that like a minute ago and Like nothing surface from it, but muster actually talked about Drake too because big boy wanted to know, you know How does he move forward? Let's take a listen to audio one man with Everything through the battle the five Grammy nominations as you said man sweep Yeah, what does what and I know you can't speak for him. What the hell does Drake do after all this?

Yeah, I don't know man. I actually don't think about what he could do. I have no idea I kind of try to stay Aligned with just pure like just being pure and being on the right side of things and not doing no tactics and gimmicks I've learned to not the tactics the things that you do just to get attention you don't need to do that just make music man and make good music you'll be fine. Hey man. So I don't know I don't know what it is. Now there are some people who- I got no damn owl on my shirt don't be asking me what this man need to do for strategy. Well, a lot of people were saying that the Super Bowl performance was horrible We already talked about that but Nick Young sat down with Gilbert Arenas and so stupid that somebody could see that

Well, horrible is a reach Gilbert Arenas had a whole I mean Gilbert Arenas. I'm sorry Nick Young had a whole different take Let's take a listen to audio five number one in the rap game from overall like the best ever all the best ever Wow, and I'm glad he's out of California. It was tough to say because I didn't like to put people over Tupac. Well, I think after that performance, Kendrick is like you put Kendrick over Tupac after the Super Bowl halftime. I don't want to don't say it like that. But I'm saying Kendrick is the best. We get we suddenly you suddenly move it. No, say it how you want to say it. Introduce. No, say it how you do see. No, We suddenly Know son Is the greatest rapper ever it was an 80-point it was 81 that was 81 last night

Nothing controversial about what he's like always like I wasn't here when to back was here, but he tell you over to back First of all calm down miss extreme. Okay, cuz that's what y'all like to do, jump to extremes. I'm saying that there's nothing controversial about what he said, because Kendrick is absolutely in the conversation. Whatever conversation you wanna have, whoever you wanna debate him against, he's absolutely in the conversation. I don't care if it's Jay, Pac, Biggie,

whoever you think is the greatest, Kendrick is in the conversation. I'd be so surprised when everybody has these opinions, because everybody can have their own opinion, right? Nick Young is not the top of the top when it comes to opinions it's kind of like what that that skit with Chappelle says or something happened like what did y'all rule think it's like yeah that's everybody has an opinion Nick Young might look at it one way somebody else might look at it another way. But Kendrick is in the conversation. He is definitely in the conversation. There's no debate absolutely there's nothing controversial about what he said if you're arguing about Kendrick Lamar being the greatest rapper of all time that's fine that conversation. Absolutely. He is a hundred percent in the conversation.

Well the conversation was had. Now the conversation went from that to Ken Thicke because that is what they're calling Kendrick now. Ken Thicke? I'm trying to tell you them Celine jeans and hit every every... Look at him, he's a little jealous now. I know. Look at him, he's a little jealous now. I'm sure they got you, Sasha. I'm just trying to figure out where did that come from. Uncle Thicke was over there a little jealous. You didn't see, I know you saw him in them jeans. That's them gay ass OVO fan pages doing that. Oh, here you go.

Baby, I saw that headline on Essence. I've seen him on some of the fat, like the L's. I see, I see that. That is Jess with the mess. Ken Thicke. Thank you, Jess. Thank you, Laura. Now, when we come back, we got front page news and then Tameka Mallory will be joining

us. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's. Morning everybody is DJ NVJ Solarius. Charlamagne the guy We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. What's up, Morgan? Man? Aviation is it's going crazy. We don't know what's going on over here We got an accident over here to accidents over there accidents everywhere and it's just a sad thing that's happening

Okay, so an unfortunate aviation accident happened yesterday in Scottsdale, Arizona this time. Officials say a collapsed landing gear is the apparent cause of a deadly plane crash in Scottsdale Airport near Phoenix. One of the jets involved belonged to Motley Crew lead singer Vince Neil. Airport spokesperson Kelly Keister says the crash involved two business jets and she believes the accident is the result of the equipment failure. Scottsdale Fire Department spokesperson Dave Folio says one person was killed in the crash and he detailed the scene. Let's hear more from those officials.

At 1439, a Lear jet aircraft on its arrival from Austin veered off the runway and collided with another jet, a Gulfstream 200 aircraft, that was parked. It appears that the left main gear failed upon landing, resulting in the accident. We had five patients we treated. One was a fatality. We had two immediate that were transported to local trauma centers. We had one delayed patient and then one patient that refused treatment. So Scottsdale, TMZ reports rather, that the Motley Crue lead singer, Vince Neil, he was not on the plane. However, his girlfriend was, and she is currently

in the hospital with broken ribs recovering. Scottsdale Airport is just a few minutes from where the PGA's Waste Management Phoenix Open was held over the weekend as well. So the calls are just too, too close. Switching gears back to DC, senators are set to vote on the nomination of Cash Patel to be the FBI director. Now, Democrats were able to delay the nomination, citing his plan to shut down the agency's

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by a Russian film company that pushes both conspiracy theories and anti-Western views. Yeah. I mean, do you really want to confirm somebody who has an enemies list? Like, I don't know if y'all know, Cash Patel got an enemy list. He's got a roster of more than 60 individuals accused of being a part of the deep state. Like, I don't think that's the person you want to put in somebody who's just coming in got an enemy list. He got a roster of more than 60 individuals accused of being a part of the deep state. I don't think that's a person you wanna put in, somebody who's just coming in with an enemies list.

Yeah, absolutely. And like you said, being able to actually work independent from the president, being able to actually work independent, and the whole point is justice. But this comes at the same time, Tulsi Gabbard is a step closer to becoming the director of national

intelligence. She cleared a majority hurdle on Monday night when the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to advance her nomination. The final vote to confirm her, the former Hawaii congresswoman, is expected to be held later tonight or early on Wednesday. Elsewhere, the protester who was running around with the Palestinian and Sudanese flags duringdney's flags uh... during kinderco martz super bowl half-time show he will not face any charges no criminal charges anyways uh... new orleans police said in a statement he was ejected from caesar superdome by security but he was not arrested the man was a part of the

performance and apparently hit the flag under his clothing a police a since he was uh... he was allowed on the field they did not press charges of trespassing. The NFL has already handed down a lifetime ban for all stadiums and events. So he can't attend a concert, he can't go to a game, golf for protests. But he didn't sneak on the field though, right? No, he was a part of the performance and snuck the the the protesting materials under his clothes.

So he had to practice all he had to practice everything with Kidrick for weeks. So he went rogue. He went rogue. Yeah. Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Speaking of the Super Bowl 60 is already we already looking forward to 60 Super Bowl 60 is coming to Northern California at Levi's Stadium in the Bay Area. Now San Francisco 49ers owner Jet York was in New Orleans to accept the hosting duties. This will be the second time the game will be at the venue in Santa Clara. The sporting event looks to bring a significant economic boost to the region. In 2016, the region saw a $240 million surge in sales tax revenue. And speaking of Manon, you mentioned this to me a little bit off air in the president Trump He's directing the US Treasury to stop minting new pennies So Trump wrote in a post on Sunday night on truth social that the country has for too long far too long

Minted pennies which he says literally cost us more than two cents It does supposedly cost about three a little bit over three cents to make one penny. So the US Mint reported a loss of over 85 million dollars for the 2024 fiscal year on over three billion pennies it produced. So is Donald Trump like anything, bro? That's the guy who's about to say that. That's so crazy. But if the penny costs 3.7 to make, why are we still making the penny? depending on more than the pennies worth That'll make no sense. Yeah. Yep. Well That don't make no sense to me though because that means that all of the coins probably cause more to make than what they worth is

If the penny cause mom showed us the nickel and quarters cause more to make to I don't think so You think the nickel only costs, you think the nickel costs less than five cents? If the penny costs 3.7, what does the nickel cost? What, 4.2? I don't know. What is it made out of? Like, what is it?

What is a penny? Copper? What is it? Yeah, the penny is copper. Oh, alright. Cause they made out of different things. It depends on what, you know, what the material is. How much does it cost to make it?

Yeah, you're right. Cause the nickel costs 13.8 cents. So I guess you're right. So yeah, doesn't make sense. Dang, so all those people who have all those jars of change and all of that, you know, because the nickels cost 13.8 cents. I guess you're right. So yeah doesn't make sense Mm-hmm. Dang. So all those people who have all those jars of change and all of that, you know I don't know he buys well starts. That's why I don't make no sense You phase out the penny as a reason as I gonna see in and you phase out the penny It says you need to make more nickels and the nickel cost

It don't make sense. I am if it don't make sense. Hmm. Don't make the money then huh? All right, so that's your front page news. So Morgan Wood, follow me on social at Morgan Media for more news coverage. Follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit us at BINnews.com. Y'all have an amazing day. Peace Morgan. Thank you Morgan.

Bye bye boo. Now when we come back, Tamika Mallory will be joining us her new book, I Live to Tell the Story, a memoir of love, legacy and resilience. She'll be joining us next. Don't go I Live to Tell the Story, a memoir of love, legacy, and resilience. She'll be joining us next, don't go anywhere, it's the Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club, Lauren LaRosa filling in for Jess,

and we got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed. Her new book is out right now, I Live to Tell a Story, a memoir of love, legacy, and resilience. Ladies and gentlemen, Tameka Mallory, welcome back how you feeling today today came out today I live this story yeah her memoir yes and thank you my brother thank you because you know Charlemagne and I as family made some decisions about my book deal.

I called him to say, hey, I don't know, am I supposed to? It was during the summer, no, it was 2021. I don't know. It was 2020, right? Because the book was released in 2021. So I called him to be like, hey, they're offering me a lot of money, but there's a lot of people offering me different deals. What should I do?

So he's like, well, you know, I have a new imprint. And, you know, if you want to be my first book, I'm down to do a deal with you. And I was like, oh, I didn't even need to hear the rest of it. I just said yes. And I'm excited. I'm glad that I did.

I had a lot of creative control here. I will text you and say, they're not listening to me. Tell them something. You know, but it worked out. The whole team has put a lot of love and energy in these both books, but this one right here is real special to me. What's the difference in mindset when it comes to a memoir? Because I live to tell the story as a memoir. State of Emergency wasn't a memoir.

What's the difference between the two? Yeah, State of Emergency was more so my theory of change for America. It was really a prescription for what I think we need to do as a country and especially how people can be not just allies of ours, but really accomplices like throw down with us get yourself in trouble if you really stand with black people. But this book is a prescription for me and hopefully people. But this book is a prescription for me and hopefully what comes out of it is that somebody else will read the book and say, wow I have I've had some of the same challenges or I was thinking of going down the same path but I see something different that I can do. And I know there's a lot of people out here

especially young girls who need somebody to tell them that their mistakes are not the end of life, you know, because everybody gonna tell you, oh, you're too fast, you're too loud, you talk too much. That's the black girl experience, I'm sure, you know. We talk all the time. But I think what you now see is that people pay me to talk. Right, so I went from being told that I needed to be quiet to people saying, hey, speak up, you know,

and speak up for me. So I'm hoping that it translates in that way. And in fact, a lot of people got pre-copies and you know, all the things that happens in the publishing world. And I've already been hearing from people and I'm on my third tour date pre-release, well now release, but the folks who are meeting me and saying hey you touched me in so many ways just because you were honest about things we try to hide that has been really powerful. I was going to ask why the memoir now? Some people say it's still too early for a memoir.

Some people say you know memoir is a period piece of time in your life so why now? Yeah you know what I'm at the hopefully like a little less than halfway point, right? About 50, you think you're kind of at the halfway point of life. I'm 44. Obviously, people saw that in me that there was a story. And when I first when I first sat and wrote a outline, an outline of what would be in the book, I didn't believe on page one that there was a story. I was like, this is whatever.

But by the time we finished the outline and went over it together, I said, oh my God, like this is a real powerful story. And I'm at the point in my life where I can actually walk with this book and tell the story for myself versus being elderly, you know, and kind of unable to even remember some of the things that happened. You know, but obviously, and kind of unable to even remember some of the

things that happen. You know, but obviously a big part of this book is that I ended up going to rehab for the pill addiction, which we've talked about on this show before, and I think that that marks a really important time that kind of like bookends the story. You know, from me starting as a little girl, I tell you all about that, because who knew coming from the projects in Harlem, that I was going to end up on stages in front of millions of people,

and that folks would be listening to me as a leader. No one ever instilled that. I mean, my parents may have told me that, but the world didn't say little black girl from the projects can become this. It just, you know just wasn't a thing. So that's a first part. But then there's challenges that come with influence

and what some people consider to be celebrity, even though I don't really use that in reference to myself, but some people feel that way. There's challenges that come with all of that. And ending up in that place, that dark place of being in rehab is something that I knew I had to tell and I don't want it to be mixed into a early story.

I really wanted it to be like you and me, we on this journey together right now. When I said it here on The Breakfast Club, people started reaching out to me that, you know, because you are in the world, so you understand. But there are a lot of people that you would think, whoa, a lot of people did what I did. Because when I first contacted Jason Williams, the NBA All-Star, he is in the healing space after all the things we know he went through.

When I first contacted him, I was kind of like, hey, my friend is going through something. What can you tell me? He let me do that for two times, two, three calls. By the third call, he was like, sis, I already know what it is, it's all good. Like, you need to get together, basically. And I started getting those calls, and some people who were real honest.

And I said, oh, hold up, this is serious. Because these, it's not, it wasn't people who look cracked out on the street. This was folk who had big jobs They sit in big positions and they were like I am so proud of you that you were brave to speak about it And you know, I know somebody who might be also dealing pill addiction is real You know what? I mean pill addiction is real because it's silent. You don't smell it like alcohol You don't see people looking like they're high but they're taking pills to numb themselves all different types of things and when I

started to see how many people have the same experience I knew it was time for me to release this story. You know another part of the book that I love is when you talk about you know what happened with the women's march and you know not just what happened with you I wonder if people are gonna read that especially women that were involved and say, man, she wasn't just bringing the alarm for herself, she was bringing the alarm for how they're trying to break us up.

That was such an amazing movement. I feel like they broke up rather fast. Was that a hard chapter to write? Yeah, well the Women's March part is really difficult for me even to talk about, just because first of all, it still exists and there are people there who were a part of breaking up the Women's March, right? So yeah, it's hard to write about that.

Our experience there is something that, yes, it was amazing, incredible. I'm glad I did it. Even knowing what I know, I would do it again because we made history that can't be taken away from us. Or duplicated. And it has not been. I didn't know taken away from us. Are duplicated. And it has not been.

With no disrespect, I didn't know it was still around. It is. It does exist. I mean, they actually just had something that was good. I'm glad that they're continuing our work because we certainly were the trailblazers. We started it. The list that they use, the social media, all of that, we created that. Those are people who started following us.

And it's not about just replacing individuals. It's also, in my judgment, about the people who were there were ordained, if you will, to be there. It was the place that God put us, and it was for a reason. And so there's a history that exists that at times it can be painful to have to relive and then also to kind of see people act like they were the first ones at the gate. You know what I mean? And so but but at the same time, I will say that I know

there are some incredible women that are in the Women's March today, black women who've taken over the space and they're making sure that that the Women's March today, black women who've taken over the space and they're making sure that that the Women's March continues to be welcoming to black women. And so, you know, I'm happy to see that work continue. All right, we have more with Tamika Mallory when we come back is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody is DJ Envy Jess Hilarious Charlamagne the God. We are the Breakfast Club.

Lauren LaRosa is hanging out with us today. And we're still kicking with with Tamika Mallory. Her new book, I Live to Tell a Story is out today. Lauren. So I know that the Target conversation comes up when I think about this, right? And you were pushing the boycott Target when the DEI stuff happened and then Tabitha Brown, there's people saying don't boycott Target, support the black brands so that they don't erase the black brands out of there.

I know you get pushed back for your take, but I know you also listen to it as well to try and figure out how to move forward. What's the answer to all of that? Because you're strongly on one side, you've got other people on the other side. Is there ever really an answer to that? What do we really do? Well, first of all, people are going to do whatever they're going to do. So let's just be clear about that.

We're never going to be in a situation where 100% of anybody of any group says we're all going to do the same thing and I also want to say publicly that I love and Appreciate Tabitha Brown, right? This is a sister that I watch all the time, you know I see people in my comments like oh Tabitha ain't gonna like we're not doing that right like I'm supportive of her I've purchased products from her offline. I support her love the sister and it's not just her There's a bunch of bunch of target as well. Absolutely. Lit, lit bar, who I just learned of. Um, yeah. So it's, it's so many people I want to get in trouble for, for that.

So all of these businesses are important and I think that we do need to support them. Your presence is also a part of your boycott, right? It's also a part of your protest, if you will. That when you walk through the door of a business, a building, anywhere you go, if people see your face, that also is a sign of support. So a part of our withdrawal is that we shouldn't even be showing up in spaces where people are saying they don't want, and I am very careful not to continuously say DEI,

because that takes away the power of the meaning. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are what we're talking about. And so if somebody says, I've decided that I'm rolling back the diversity, equity, and inclusion, what are we talking about? There's no reason for me to even give you my money.

I just, I don't see a reason to shop in your stores and to be a consumer that helps you to raise your bottom line. I guess people were questioning like, how do you decide which business to start, right? Because you know, you could say Target, but like you said Walmart, people still get their packages on Amazon.

People are still on Facebook all day long. They're still on Instagram all day. So I guess people were saying like, how do you pick and choose which way to go? Oh, so I I have a perfect answer for you for that it comes from the people it comes from the bottom up You have to be able to listen to people so I'll give you an example in my comment section There are black women in there who are saying Target hit different. It feels different to them, right?

People say, what about Metta? Well, when I open my phone for Metta, I don't see my bank account dwindling. It just doesn't resonate the same way. It's not to say Metta is not problematic, but people do not see the bottom line of their bank account impacted by their getting on social media. I think we need to use Target as a starting point. As has been said, Nina Turner, let's give her the honorable Nina Turner, hopefully she'll be up here soon.

Her and of course, Jamal Bryan has the Target fast. These two individuals are looking at where we are and how do we start. And now we can take that and say, oh, and just so you know, because I just saw Disney World, I think yesterday they announced that they're rolling back their DEI practices.

So now what do we do about that? We can continue to move people. And you're also talking about folks who've never ever boycotted anything. They've been the best consumers. You are now having to retrain people's minds to know that you're not going to die. If you don't go to target, there's other places that have your makeup wipe removers or your dog food.

You know what I'm saying? I think what you said about the confusion part is very true, right? Because even when it comes to things like Nike, yeah, okay, Kyrie Irvin is no longer with Nike, but then they have people like LeBron James. Of course they do. They have people like Colin Kaepernick, right? They have some people like Asia Wilson too.

Yeah, people like Asia Wilson. The reason I'm talking about LeBron and Colin in particular is because they do different levels of activism. So people feel like they still want to support that. Even with the Target thing, yes, if there's a grassroots movement and people are saying, hey, I want to boycott Target, cool. But what about when they look at this whole other list and they do ask, they will continue to ask that question. They will continue to say, well, you're still using Amazon. You're still going to Walmart. You're still on meta.

Yeah. But I'll say this, if you boycott your shoes, your shirt, your pants, your t-shirt, your underwear, all at the same time, your t-shirt, your underwear, all at the same time you walk around naked, people not going to do that. That's not realistic. And I don't think that we should set unrealistic goals for ourselves and our movements. It's already hard enough to get people just to let the algorithm or for the algorithm to push the message that there is even a target fast or a target boycott. That's like not easy to do.

You actually gotta hit the streets, knock on doors, and talk to people directly, which we are beginning to do. So I just wanna say for people who are listening, who keep calling me, telling me, well, did you talk to this person and that person? Because they still have a program and they still are committed to some of these things. The question that I have for you is when is Target

gonna come out and talk about it? Yeah, I never understood why any of those corporations announced any of this publicly, to be honest with you. Right, you could have changed it and we wouldn't have even known. Right, like they haven't done it, but that's the reason why they publicly said it is because they wanna be down with the good old boys.

They wanna be in the oligarchy, huh? A lot of it is investors too, like with Disney, what you were talking about. Yeah. Our investors are on them. Government contracts. Are on them asking them. Right. Ask them to do it. And so you bring up a really powerful point.

Their investors want them to change their programs. They want them to stop the initiative DEI, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. That means people who spend money with them have made a decision They don't want something. So why is it that black folks don't have the same mindset that we're investors as well We're investors and in fact we have the right to be offended and we have the right to say, you know What target don't you worry about John John them? We don't get you first and you run to these meetings and these golf tournaments and all of that and tell people when they ask you,

oh, Billy Bob, how's your numbers? We having some problems. Black people ain't feeling us right now. I don't know if I made the right decision. That's the goal. And yes, I know Charlamagne, you're right. People are gonna say, why not this one and that one? You should do that.

I don't wear a bunch of stuff. I don't shop in a bunch of places. I've been in Walmart in years. That's what I'm doing. You should do that. Anybody who feels like it, and nobody stops anybody from saying, I'm now leading. I think you should lead the Walmart, Amazon, and Meta

boycott, since you keep asking you. I'm not. You should, since you keep asking you I'm not you should because I know I'm not getting off meta okay well that's fine but let me ask you we supposed to be on fanbase and I kind of believe it and see that's the other thing right we supposed to be on fanbase and I was gonna say that too like you know somebody I was I'm not gonna say who but I was arguing with somebody Friday right you was on a three-way with him

why we can't say who it is? Well, it was Roland. It's Roland Boyd. Roland was arguing and Roland was saying, well, I got to be able to get my messaging out. That's why I'm staying on Meta. And I was like, well, we could organize a mass exodus from these social media platforms and all of them go to fan base. But you can't, you can't. You have to say that, and I'm an investor, you're an investor in fan base, we have to say that Roland has

been one of the most consistent voices supporting Isaac and Isaac Hayes and trying to get people to go to fan base. And every time I open the app, there goes Roland, his face is there, so he is doing it. But you know what? It's okay, guess what? They use us all the time. So why all of a sudden do we have to be the purist

that if we gonna boycott one thing, we gotta do everything. You know what? It's a million people on my page, on Instagram, and people get the message. I have thousands of people that's on there talking. So you know what? I'ma use your platform to boycott your homeboy.

That's what I'ma do for now. You shut me down, then I'll go somewhere else. This was just as loud as it did during the pandemic when it was the push of black businesses or whatever. I felt like it was so loud and everybody was passing around these lists or whatever. I don't think that it's like that. We got more with Tamika Mallory.

When we come back, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NVJ Salarius, Charlamagne the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa's hanging with us as well We're still kicking it with Tamika Mallory her book I live to tell the story is out right now Now on Friday we had 19 keys here and I looked through the comments and I guess he said something you didn't like

What sparked the nerve A and B you talked about Stokely and King and how two different people Look at things two different ways and they said that you know When they had their differences They were able to speak behind the scenes and then come out in public and still fight for the same fight So one what sparked the nerve and two how come y'all haven't talked behind the scenes and had that conversation where it doesn't look like you Guys are going at each other. So to be clear number one I have talked to 19 keys and that's my brother and he and I do disagree on different things but I was mad at him.

My comment in the- Charlamagne. Yes, at Charlamagne. My comment in the, on your page, on the Breakfast Club page wasn't so much about 19Keys although I still think it's important for us to lift up the work of our institutions because we know what they have done and how important they have been. And again, the reason why we had black Wall Streets and the Rosewoods and other places that were burned down by the government and white vigilantes is because black institutions

exist and existed at that time. And people that came out of those traditions work to create, sustain these types of economic chambers if you will, like a black Wall Street. So that's important. I'm a defender of black institutions because I come out of one and I know the power of what they've been able to do. I know that when people's lights are turned off, sometimes the only place you could go to is to a black church or to the National Action Network.

Those are real things happening every day. We got theories and ideas and things that probably will and can work if we all work together. But we also have people who need food right now. They need to be able to go somewhere and say, hey, the landlord's trying to kick me out. Will you come and show up over here and fight this white man or this whoever man that's trying to put me out of those black institutions do that work every

single day. So I'm always very protective about that. But the person that I'm really talking about when I say I was pissed off is this one right here. And the reason why is because Charlamagne asked several questions, which I think is what about ism? What about Amazon? What about this place? What about that place? After I had already told him in the text message three days before that why I don't believe that there is a good strategy to try to boycott everything at once. And he didn't say what I said as a response. So what he did was basically leave people with an open

freaking answer, open question to something that I already told you, even if you don't agree. I'm not saying you got to agree, but you can at least say, but you know what? I did speak to Tamika Mallory and she said XYZ thing. And he is now saying he didn't know about Nina and them. I did not know that. So maybe I'm not as upset with you as I was about that. But I feel like it's too serious of a time for us to have conversations that just leave people confused when there are answers. So to me, it would have been better to have Nina or Jamal,

didn't know, cool, or me, call in on the phone and talk about the boycott and get those points straight and have the discussion rather than have people walk away like, yeah man, come on, they playing themselves. They not trying to get off meta. They not trying to do, when we actually have an answer for why Target is the first place

that we're deciding to target, pun intended. I guess I wasn't trying to make it specific about any one person because there was so many people talking about boycotting Target. Well that's your answer. You just said it. The reason why Target is the target is because so many people are ready to boycott Target. That's the answer. That's why.

No, we had a conversation. We had a conversation. I get it. high target that's the answer that's why completely separate I guess it's not separate from all it is because I'm sitting here listening to you talk and then I know in the book you talk about a lot of personal stuff and I'm like when do you take time to deal with your own personal stuff cuz you mean so I really asked you that because you deal with some heavy stuff in the book like I know for the first time you talked about the trauma you went through as a child with sexual abuse as a child for the first time ever. And I'm like, I wonder what made her decide to put that out there.

She got all these people coming at her about everything else. You've been connected. Like it's just the woman's march stuff and like there's a lot. And then you put that out there and I'm sure you had to deal with that again when putting it in the book. Here's the answer. I live to tell the story. That's right. I went through all of that and I'm still here had to deal with that again when putting it in the book. Well, here's the answer I live to tell the story. That's right I went through all of that and I'm still here, you know And I'm sure some of it was meant to take me out, right?

But look at me and so yeah taking care of myself looked like writing it down and I didn't my parents are reading my book Right now. Well, they're finished now I gave it to them two weeks early when I first received the book and it was hard to put that book in their hands. I had already told them, mom and dad, and my sister who thinks she's my mother, but she kind of is. This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation Island, stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes,

but don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies like Bad Touch Football, Anti-Racism Spin Class, and mandatory Ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the cancel to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing. Kieran, where have you brought us?

Cancellation Island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation Island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse, and so many commercials about back pain. And now, I'm starting a podcast because honestly guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get Ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buckwild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chow.

Titanic. Charles Manson. Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ever wonder what it's like to be on the phone with an NFL general manager as you finalize the biggest contract in NFL history? I'm AJ Stevens, vice president of client strategy at Athletes First, where we've negotiated $1.4 billion in current NFL quarterback contracts. Introducing the Athlete's First Family podcast, the quarterback series. Along with my co-host Brian Murphy, Athlete's First CEO,

we're pulling back the curtain on how these historic deals come together. You'll hear directly from the agents who shaped the NFL's financial landscape. The ones who negotiated Justin Herbert's extension and Deshaun Watson's fully guaranteed contract that sent shockwaves through the league. This isn't just about the numbers though, it's about the untold stories behind these massive negotiations and the relationships the NFL superstars like Dak Prescott,

Tua Tungalvaaloloa and Jordan Love have with their agents at Athletes First. For the first time ever, the agents who orchestrate these deals are sharing the details of the negotiations and everything that led up to their clients signing on the dotted line. Listen to the Athletes First Family podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered who or what was flying around up there? We've seen planes, helicopters, hot air balloons and birds. But what if there's something else, something much more ominous that appears under the cover of night, silent,

unseen, watching? They may be right above your car late one night as you cruise down the road or look like mysterious lights hovering above your home? Drones. Or are they? We used the word drone because it was comfortable to other people. One minute it was there and one minute it wasn't. Oh that is beyond creepy. Do you feel like this drone was targeting you specifically?

Yes, absolutely. Listen to Obscurum, Invasion of the Drones, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. After I got them on a phone call, because I wrote a particular chapter and when I finished, I cried so hard, not because of what was in the chapter, it was some shame, but it was also because I was like, I cannot turn this in. I cannot let my parents have to relive this.

And it was about a time when I almost was by several guys because I went somewhere I wasn't supposed to be. And knowing that I tell that story, which is hard enough, I think, for my father to deal with. But for me to say that I left that apartment and went straight home and that he was sitting in the house and I didn't even tell him what happened, I broke down so bad. I was like, Oh my God, I cannot put this in this book. But then, so when I put the book in their hands, I was like, Oh my God, just don't read it. Just put it up as art. Like, don't read it. And sure enough, I came home one day and my sister was like, I need to talk to you. This book is a lot.

She was like, I'm going through something. Our parents are suffering with what's in here that my father said to her. And he hasn't said anything to me. To this day? To this day. My mother done told me off about two things, because that's what she do. That's my girl. My sister was like, I don't know if you should have told these stories.

But my father has not said one word, I mean, he speaks to me every day. That's my dad, that's my guy, he's my publicist. He went and picked up the banners for the tour, that's my guy. But he hasn't said anything about how he feels. However, he told my sister that it was real hard for him to get through reading that some of this was happening and he couldn't do anything about it.

So this book is tough. Well, pick up the book. I live to tell the story. Where we at tonight? Where we at tonight? So tonight we are going, first of all, are we telling people that? Because if they show up, they can't get in. Oh, never mind then.

It's a private event. But Charlemagne is having a party for me. But on Thursday they can join me at the New York Public Library on the 13th Thursday. I'll be there in conversation with our public advocate Jumaane Williams. I need to have him up here again soon because he's got a lot to say especially about the mayor but that's another thing. What time is it? And that's at 6 o'clock on Thursday the 13th.

And also the moderator of that conversation is gonna be the executive director of editorial at Ebony Magazine. So it's actually gonna be really dope. A lot of people have signed up. It's at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. And if you go to tamikadmalory.com backslash tour, tamikadmalory.com backslash tour. Tamikadmalory.com backslash tour.

You can see where I am all over the country and make sure that they participate in what we got going on with I Live to Tell a Story. Out right now in bookstores everywhere, go get you a copy. All right, well it's the Breakfast Club, it's Tamika Mallory. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious,

Charlamagne the God, we are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the Mess. New news is real, whether it's the Hilarious, Jessicalamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the Mess. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it on. Cardi B's uncle was deported. According to Cardi B, yes. Cardi B got online and talked about her experience at the Super Bowl and then talked about her uncle. Let's take a listen. I'm f**king mad today because you know Donald Trump and s**t. He was at the Super Bowl and they were giving us a hard time. Oh my gosh, the Secret Service was not playing in that stadium.

They stopped for the little carts and sh** because Trump was there. Now I like him lesser. Now I like him lesser. Because you ain't had to go up to no damn Super Bowl, f**k up my shoe. Now I don't really like him. Now he's going to have to bring my uncle, grandma, uncle to come back because my uncle got deported. Now she playing on certain things. You know how Cardi B trolling. She be playing sometimes.

I don't know because after that she went into talking about periods and how you stop her for Valentine's Day. So I don't know how concerned she is about her uncle. I don't know how concerned she is about her uncle. That don't know how concerned she is about her uncle. That's good advice. How do you stop a period for Valentine's Day? She said you gotta pay her $500 before she tell you because she tired of helping us be for free. Oh, okay. She be helping us?

That's what she said. But y'all got periods, how do y'all stop them? You can't? I've never tried to stop them. If that was really a thing, nobody would have a period. I'm telling you. You can't stop nobody. Some people stop it with birth control. You know the old thing where you get down, yeah but that's also not healthy for you.

Yeah, I mean. Birth control was not healthy at all for you, by the way. I just let mine just do what it need to do. But yeah, so do I. But it used to be a thing where you could sit in a tub and the bleeding would stop for just four minutes. Oh yeah, they tell you when you hit the water sometimes. And then, yeah, yeah, it would stop,

but then it come right back. Well just know my brothers, whoever you went on Valentine's Day or period, don't stop nothing but a sentence. Correct. You know what I mean? Like yeah, there's plenty of people that run red lights. Lay a towel down if you need something.

You know what I'm saying? That's right, that's right. It adds to the decor, that's why Valentine's Day is red. Hey y'all, no, it adds to the decor. That's not why it's red. It's crazy. Stupid. Y'all know Valentine's Day, y'all know the meaning,

the real meaning behind Valentine's Day, but anyway, because we we're gonna get into date What is it the big massacre hella people was killed so it actually does stand for blood actually Yeah, that's just black be thank you. I saw what you did there. 50 Cent, Big Meach, the back and forth. Big Meach has finally addressed the snitch allegations. Let's take a listen to Big Meach. I wasn't going to address this because I'm not trying to let nobody trick me off the streets. I never fold never told never will death before the sign Always with me. So I'm doing this for my loved ones and the support of my friends and family Come out to the arm around the ring February 13 Yes, so it wasn't much that he said but he said something finally

So then y'all know 50 50 hops online and he responds Let's take a listen. I try and let nobody treat me off the street. You took off the street Never fold never told you told Tammy to tell So I'm doing this for my loved ones and the support my friends and family y Y'all gonna be disappointed when Lil Baby don't show up? When Skill don't show up and Fizzle don't show up? And all these m****** don't show up? I wasn't gonna address this. Cause I'm the s*** that read drops, man. Look at you reading this s***.

But I never fold, never told, never will. Death to folder sign always with me. So I'm doing this for my loved ones and support my friends come out to the arm around the ring he can't even go you can't even go now these different yeah and so with 50 is talking about as far as like little baby and different people not showing up so the welcome home concert at big meet just have in there been reports that some artists are pulling out because of all this back and forth and the allegations,

but nothing confirmed yet. But yeah, so the back and forth still continues. 50 is still posting as we speak right now. And then in other news, this is a hard left turn, there's a new Diddy lawsuit, and this time he is being sued for oral rape. What? Yes.

You can work somebody orally? Shut up, man. What's your problem? Like, oh, you can't just like, do it, put a headlock like you can't put you, you can get out of no, my goodness. It might've been the other way though. Can we hear the story? Please just go ahead. I just, according to this new lawsuit, um, this was filed by attorney Busby, Diddy had a one night stand with a street performer and this guy is saying he's alleging that he was raped. So he says that he met, it's a John Doe, he says that he met Diddy and then after he met Diddy, Diddy orally raped him and sexually assaulted him annually after spiking his drink.

In the lawsuit he claims that he was singing and playing guitar on the street outside of a popular LA club in November of 2022 and he says a man claiming to be like a talent scout for Puff came up to him and invited him to one of the parties that Puff was having. He must have been killing that guitar. He must have had a crowd going crazy outside. So the John Doe claims that he was then driven to a private home where Puff invited him to sit down, have a drink, talk about music and his aspirations in music. And he says that the conversation progressed as Diddy,

as he complimented Diddy's necklace that he had on it. And then Diddy was like, oh, you want to see some more of my jewelry collection? Jesus. So the guy was like. Ha ha ha. Yo, go ahead. That ain't funny, man. So the guy was like, then Diddy took him to a private room and the John Doe says that

all of a sudden he started feeling drowsy, off balance, and slightly euphoric. And he said that all this happened only after one drink. But he says that the room didn't have any jewelry in it and Diddy bluntly asked him, have you ever est... Esth-ed. Yes, esth-ed before. Have you ever eaten a Snickers? Yes. When that's... And then he claims that Diddy... He said he told Diddy no. He answered the question. He told Diddy no and then Diddy responded well you

should try it and then he exposed Diddy exposed himself after that and then he says... That ain't a yes or no question. So he just said no. He's like no I haven't. Did he expose to himself after that and then he says No, I haven't and then so you should try one But why you it started with the compliment of the necklace like why you doing it like why you oh I like your necklace like why are you doing it? You don't you don't post do that I got some more tools for you to see yeah, like you don't you necklace like why are you doing it? You don't you don't post do that I got some more tools for you to see like you don't You you don't post me don't it you want to see this charm Well, the guy claims that puffed in for some to have oral oral sex And he said that he was grabbing the guy's face and forcefully, you know, I'm fighting stuff. Okay

Okay Allegedly yeah, he said that I forced him to do that he grabbed his head and forced him to do that now What just happened over here? He went crazy. No, I did not I heard you talking about bad boy. I see you going I'm biting. I see you going force me. Well I want to say that you know Puff's team and Diddy's attorney is saying that as they've said before they can't respond to every lawsuit and every publicity stunt but you know they have full confidence in the facts and integrity that will come out in the judicial process so they're denying this and the truth they say the truth will prevail.

Yo whoever writing these stories about the men. He's a John Doe. He's a John. You'll ever write any stories about the man though He's a child of whoever writing these stories about the men be writing some very entertaining stories Yeah, I'm sorry if these things have really happened to you, but these could be on to be yeah How do you see what's true or not like anybody can make an allegation is just your word vs. The restaurant drinking no he was outside of a venue and he went back to the crib where did he was having a party and then he where was the drink taken at the drink was I guess at the house at the party there's somebody else had to be at the party you see the

guy I also said he was raped from behind and then we woke up the next man we woke up the next morning was given an IV so whoever gave on I know you but that's what I'm saying you know you was raped from behind if you was not? Oh, I'm sure he says that it there was pain Yeah, and yeah, we got it From behind it could have been I don't like how y'all be laughing at male raping. Yeah, y'all y'all don't take it So I'll rape I just found out oral rape was a thing. I went laughing. I was just saying How do you know if you were free from behind? I mean like if you was not doubt You could have been on your back legs open loose boot. Hey, like this away

But that's from the top not behind this man claims. He woke up in pain. He suffered mental anguish emotional torment humiliation What happened to the guitar? We got him. Oh my god. We We gotta wrap it up. Where's the guitar man? It was wrapped up like this segment. I hate this place. All right. Thank you for Jess with the mess. That was street meat. You just took it off the street and took it off. God, people look crazy. Don't tell her you don't eat street meat. All right, Charlie man, who you giving your tongue to? Before after the hour we need a 29 year old Florida man named Jonathan Davis to come to front of it come to the front of the congregation We would like to have a word with him, please. All right, we'll get to that Nexus the Breakfast Club. Good morning

The donkey of the day is something to go Know what you need to tell them I am 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 Charlamagne. There's only one Charlamagne in the world. Damn Charlamagne. Who you give a ducky of the day to now? Man sexy red donkey of the day for Tuesday February 11th goes to a 29 year old Florida man named Jonathan Navas. Let me tell you something, man. The world is a strange place because I don't know if it's people's behavior

that we should be concerned about or the context of their behavior. Let me explain. Jonathan Navis was arrested after he was observed barking like a dog in a Georgia auto parts store. That's right, for more than an hour. Okay, this is what happens when you ask somebody, where my dog's at, all right? Don't ask that question if you don't want an answer. Okay, this is what happens when you ask somebody where my dog is at.

Don't ask that question if you don't want an answer. According to an incident report, the owner of an advanced auto parts store called to complain that Jonathan had been in the store and had been barking like a dog for an hour. Okay, Jonathan told police officers that he had no idea his barking was causing any issues. Now let's discuss this for a second. First of all why did it take an hour? A whole hour went by and a grown ass man, 29 year old man is walking around the store barking like a dog and nobody says anything? One hour, 60 minutes, 3600 seconds of non-stop barking and nobody says anything? And at what point do you know, at what point do you who is not barking

realize something is wrong, okay? I'm not playing with people in 2025. If I'm out somewhere and someone starts randomly barking, that person and I will not be sharing space for 3,600 seconds, a whole hour? I am calling the proper authorities immediately. I don't know if it's the police or animal control but somebody is getting called. Now this is where I'm also torn. Okay I've watched a human bark for an hour. NB you have to. Okay I've been around a human

who randomly barks. NB you have to. That human went by the name of Earl Simmons. Oh yeah. Aka DMX. Now you can drop on the clues bomb for DMX. Rest in peace to the dog. Now listen to me. I use the word human to describe DMX but DMX was a spirit. He was a spiritual being living a human existence and this is what I mean when I say I don't know if it's people's behavior or the context of their behavior because in context a person barking Isn't concerning if we know why they barking we know our DMX was barking. Okay. He was the dog I never met a person like DMX in my life or one-on-one. The reality is he may not have been from this planet

He may have been dropped off here by extraterrestrials So to see another human randomly barking in an advanced auto parts store, the first thing I'm gonna do honestly, is think the person is related to DMX. You got to be from the same place as DMX to be acting like that. And I'm not talking about Yonkers. Okay, I'm talking about whatever planet X came from. Actually, I want to give the folks in advanced auto parts, I want to give them a little grace. If I heard someone barking, I would think they was imitating DMX we all did it at one point in our lives I would think he was just doing his own remix of Roughriders anthem or something okay now when they asked Jonathan where his ID was he said in his car when they went to

search his car they found a clear baggie containing syringes in the passenger seat and a search revealed a bag full of a clear crystal substance that was later confirmed to be that cotton candy. Okay that white crossed in cookies commonly known as meth. Navis also told police officers that the syringes contained blood. It's Florida ladies and gentlemen. I don't know why people are just walking around with syringes of blood but he was. Flesh in my flesh, blood in my blood. Navis was arrested and remains in the Monroe County Detention Center with a $5,000 bond. No word on if he's still barking. Please give Jonathan Navis the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's.

You are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. If you're sitting around confused about that story, just understand it's Florida ladies and gentlemen. Don't try to rationalize it. It's Florida. What's his name? Jonathan Navis. Jonathan Navis.

But tell the truth though If you some way for our and somebody just walking around barking him you gonna say something I'm a bin. I would have left already. Okay, unless I'm not really nothing to write. I want to DMX kids, right? I have no business In a store with a person barking for an for an hour. I might balk back just for f-ish and then you gon' bite it right? Then you gon' bite it. Cause if you already walking around balking you not wrapped too tight, you could be capable of anything. You can do anything, you can have anything in your pocket, somebody say something, you stab them up, anything.

So let him go ahead and have that established. But that's my point, why wait for an hour to call the police on the van's off. I'm'm calling immediately that wasn't suspicious to you after the first 30 seconds The first minute. Mm-hmm. That's all I'm saying All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, let's open up the phone lines 885 105 1 this is something that Stephen a Smith and Charlemagne actually said yesterday What we said we were talking about Serena Williams dancing at Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime performance Stephen a Smith said he would divorce Serena Williams for that No, you didn't say that part

But he said he would he would divorce his wife because he says these are signs that say that you're not over your ex Why would you have to be in that song going at your ex? Now you said something I said something similar what I said, you know, why would she be on stage, crip walking about her ex that she dated what? 10 plus years ago and you were married with kids. I said if I was her husband I would give her a little pinch of something. Right. Like why do you need to go do that? Right. I say all that divorce. That white man better not pinch her. That is true. Especially during Black History Month. Hey Eddie! 800-585-1051. The question is, do you agree with Stephen A. Smith that these are signs that you are not over your ex and if you were married, would you be upset? Let's open up the phone lines and discuss again. 800-585-1051. We'll play the audio when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're talking about something that Stephen A. Smith said about Serena Williams' crip walking at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show. This is what he said. If I'm married and my wife is going to join Troll and her ex, go back to his ass. Because clearly you don't belong with me What you worried about him for you with me? So we're taking your calls 800 585 1051 now Jess you feel what Jess I feel like she was alright. I mean, I don't feel like I disagree with it at all I felt like it is what it is. She was a part of the whole

Situation she wanted to do it. She from LA was a shot at Drake whatever drag your n****s Kendrick and Serena whoever is a part of it too drag them n****s yeah I just I feel like yeah I don't mind you dragging your n****s but not taking a shot at your ex like you still have feelings or something that he says still bothers you do it to any other song squabble up do it to TV off do it to but it's gonna be alright do it before the show after the the show, but the song where he talks about it. Crip walk and the weed on B.I. is insane. Insane. Yeah, just go on.

Just, just. But just don't do it to that song where it feels like it bothers you. But the thing is, Drake came at him too. Drake came at her husband. So why not go Crip walk on his head? You know what I mean? He said her husband is a groupie.

But Serena already got her look back. Serena got her look back at the SB. She did the same thing. She threw a little shot at Drake and then she did her Crip Rock Crip Walk to not like us so I mean I guess just to do it again well maybe she did it for the people in the back cuz I didn't know she did that at the ESPY's ESPY's are a little boring to me so I didn't watch it but to see her do that there I was up you know that was cool for me I just

felt like Kendra gave Drake way too much that's's all. I heard that you said that. Yeah, I don't think so. I think it's Drake getting in the season. Sometimes you gotta pop out and show them. Okay. So hello, who's this? T. Hey T, what's your thoughts? Okay, so my thoughts on Serena at the Super Bowl. I don't feel like she was doing it against Drake. When she won the championship in Wilmington, she did the clip walk and they told her she was ghetto. So I felt she was doing it. Yeah, it was something like that. They criticized us that she was ghetto. They probably booked folks against her. Okay. It could have had a double meaning,

but once again, y'all, we not gonna sit here and act like he said on the song, you better not speak on Serena. We know she's from Compton. She did the same thing at the S-Piece. Like, come on, cut it out, y'all. Thank you, mama. Oh, yeah.

Hello, sis! Who's this? I thought she was done. We know why it was done. Like, we were doing, we were finding all these, Come on cut it out y'all. Thank you mama. Hello We know why it was done like we do we find it all trying to find these deeper meanings We know why it was done y'all cut it out. Good morning mama. What's your thoughts? I feel like this like if it was a regular dude, it'd be like I can't cuz I'm gonna like what you're doing You still you know, but it's doing whatever but like these fears this arena Williams We all know it's for entertainment and you know, you know, we this dude or whatever. But like these fears, it's Serena Williams. We all know it's for entertainment. And you know, he know what he signed up for, and that's with her. Okay.

I don't think it was disrespectful in a way, just because it's her. Like I said, it was a regular average chick. You like, you feeling that way, I'ma say? Yeah, you know, I'm just like, cool. You speak with me and my husband. Yeah, any opportunity, I get the crit walk on your head. I'ma do it.

Exactly, okay. Thank you, mama. Now why did he go, why did she go mama. Now why did she go with her husband? I don't know. Cause he wanted to take a picture with her something like that I think I've seen. Serena's husband wanted to take a picture with Drake. Yeah you're still Drake. And so Drake put you know he could have been a long time fan he just ended up with the girl you know but you know it is what it is some people be in they feelings behind girls, y'all. Okay. Hello, who's this? What's happening? It's Colomo, Ohio.

What's up, brother? What's your thoughts, brother? This is John Cameron Mitchell, and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation Island, stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes. But don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies like Bad Touch Football, Anti-Racism Spin Class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies

are designed to force the cancel to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing. Karen, where have you brought us? Cancellation Island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation Island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City, and Narcos, and Roadhouse, and so many commercials about back pain.

And now, I'm starting a podcast because honestly guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get Ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoe Chao. Titanic, Charles Manson, Alcatraz, Asada Shakur, the sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Titanic. Charles Manson. Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve.

It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered who or what was flying around up there? We've seen planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, and birds, but what if there's something else, something much more ominous that appears under the cover of night, silent,

unseen, watching? They may be right above your car late one night as you cruise down the road, or look Silent. Unseen. Watching. They may be right above your car late one night as you cruise down the road, or look like mysterious lights hovering above your home. Drones. Or are they? We used to work drone because it was comfortable to other people. One minute it was there, one minute it wasn't. Oh, that is beyond creepy. Do you feel like this drone was targeting you specifically?

Yes, absolutely. Listen to Obscureum, Invasion of the Drones, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Ever wonder what it's like to be on the phone with an NFL general manager as you finalize the biggest contract in NFL history? I'm AJ Stevens, vice president of client strategy at Athletes First, where we've negotiated $1.4 billion in current NFL quarterback contracts. Introducing the Athletes First Family Podcast, the quarterback series. Along with my co-host Brian Murphy, Athlete's First CEO, we're pulling back the curtain

on how these historic deals come together. You'll hear directly from the agents who shaped the NFL's financial landscape, the ones who negotiated Justin Herbert's extension and Deshaun Watson's fully guaranteed contract that sent shockwaves through the league. This isn't just about the numbers though. It's about the untold stories behind these massive negotiations and the relationships the NFL superstars like Dak Prescott, Tua Tungo Vallilola, and Jordan Love have with their agents at Athletes First.

For the first time ever, the agents who orchestrate these deals are sharing the details of the negotiations and everything that led up to their clients signing on the dotted line. Listen to the Athletes First Family podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My thoughts are Drake shouldn't have been a little beach and Serena wouldn't have been dancing on his grave. That was kind of funny.

I didn't even think it was Serena. Mama Cece said, that's Serena. I said, no, it ain't that. That's just some dancer chick. Old timesy, she look good. She it's some dancer check. Oh, I see. She was good. She was real good on Sunday. Yeah, you know, I mean, you know, Serena fan. I'm more of a Venus.

I'm more of a Venus lady or man. But she was good. And if he would have handled his business, she would have never danced on his grave. And the superboy from the whole nation. Nice gravy. Yeah. What forward fronted, the whole nation. Nice grave, yeah. Okay, thank you.

What's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is Serena Williams can do whatever she want. Absolutely. And if her husband ain't got a problem with it, I don't give a damn. I'm just ask, we're hypothetically having a conversation. And the hypothetical conversation is, to me,

it's just a level of pettiness that, you know, she don't need to be partaking in. That's all, she married with a couple of kids, kids got there and dance during squabble up or something, but You in a way, it's like you know why you why you still antagonizing this dude, but your ex like who cares So let me ask you a question. So who does Chris Brown have beef with anybody any artists we can remember I don't know and I want to say what would you dance on that person's thing? Didn't he have before Drake too? Like a little brief situation? Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah, so if Drake was performing

Quavo, no Quavo. Quavo, alright. Quavo perform and say yo Jess I need you to come here and quick walk on this song where I'm going with that Chris, would you do it? No. Why not? Because first of all that's my ex and then we like we're really really good friends. I would never betray like my friend for Quavo, I'm sorry. I can't do it. I'm not. What was that question for?

I don't know. I don't even know what the hell you just asked. That was so dumb. I'm sorry, I can't do it. I'm not. What was that question for? I don't know. That was so dumb. I don't know. Listen, also too, when Serena Williams crypt walked in 2012, after she beat, I don't know what she beat, Shara, whatever her name is. Yeah, guess her name. In London, that was hot. Dead.

You know what I'm saying? She crypt walked there? Yes. Okay. So Serena's always had a level of freedom that she's always expressed, you know, period. And that's why we love Serena Williams. All right. Well, we got Jess with the Mess coming up.

Especially selling in a sport where black people, especially black women, don't normally excel in. Yeah. She's always been her true authentic self. Whether it's wearing the black cat suit, whether it's wearing her hair the way she wanna wear it, whether it's crit walking. Like she's always had a level of freedom.

Period. And she earned it. Hello hello she did yeah we got just with the mess coming up yeah yo your homegirl Nancy Mace remember from the House of Representatives the military man from South Carolina yes she's accusing her husband a sexual assault her husband yes her ex-her no her ex-fiance ex-fiance okay yeah all right well we'll talk about it when we come back as the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club good morning everybody we are the breakfast club let's get to Jess with the mess the news is real whether it's the Cullarians, Jessica Robin Moore, Jess don't do no lying

she don't spare nobody worldwide Jess worldwide mess on the breakfast club She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it all. Lawrence, so break down the story about Charlamagne homegirl, Nancy Mace, the military school lady man. I mean, the military man school lady.

What is you talking about? She was the first woman to graduate from an all-male military school called the Citadel in South Carolina. There we go. So that's why I call her the military man school lady. Yes. I see what you did there. So Nancy Mace, she took the floor, the Senate floor, I'm sorry, she took the floor of the

House of Representatives on Monday night and she used it as an opportunity to let some people know some things that have been going on in her life that she says police are not helping her with. Let's take a listen. I found some photos of what appeared to be a teenager undressed in the kind of underwear a child would wear. To me, the facial expression of this young woman, young girl, teenager, looked scared and nervous.

I saw another video of another woman who was undressed, clearly on a camera, unaware she was being filmed. She was slender and she had long brown hair. I turned up the volume to hear if there was audio. I heard my voice. I zoomed in on the video and that woman was me. My entire body was paralyzed and I couldn't move. Where my feet on the floor was I breathing I have no idea. I could feel pain shooting out of my heart, out of my chest, dropped straight down to the floor like I was in a nosedive. The pain running through my veins wouldn't stop. Time was suspended for a moment. This monster stole my body.

Yeah, and it was, she went on for about an hour. First of all, this is crazy, right? Like imagine she says she's engaged to this guy, his name is Patrick Vine, he's a businessman. And the way she even started, they started having conversations about the phone was because somebody randomly sent her a text message. It was a screenshot of him allegedly on a dating app, right? And they're engaged. So she's like, oh, you know, politics is a crazy game. So she's like, I think that she thought it was like fake and somebody was trying to mess with her a little bit.

And this is recent. This is she found this out recent. So no, that's another thing. She just revealed this Monday night, but she says she's been going through this for the past year. Oh, wow. And nobody has helped her. So she says that basically what happened after she got that text message, you got to the

point where she was able to get to the phones he Allegedly the ex-fiance had put one phone in the safe got a new phone and she was just watching them because she's like Why is he doing all of this? but she had begin on uncovering things because she said she used to work in tech so she was able to like Like I guess like track like metadata just see kind of what he was doing or whatever and she has these files these photos these Videos she said it's tons and tons of women and underage girls She said that she actually reached out to one of the girls because she recognized some of them. They're like her political colleagues,

like daughters, stuff like that. She said she reached out to one of the girls just letting her know, hey I have this and showing her and she said the girl didn't even remember that it happened whatsoever. Now this is all alleged. Now she says over this past year what happened was is that she went to South Carolina Attorney General Allen Wilson, who, you know, this is actually somebody that will be her opponent if she runs for governor of South Carolina in 2026. But she says that she went there.

She also says that she went to investigators who basically told her, like, the prosecutor's office said, they said that this was like false, right? Like about her coming to him and not getting help, but then investigator, she said that they threatened to lock her up as if she wasn't the victim. So she's been trying to figure this out for the past year. She said she had to leave her home. She had to tell her kids what happened

because they had to just up and leave. It got to the point where it got physical between her and her ex-fiance. She said she has the marks to prove it. And now she just basically wants to get attention to it because behind the scenes she's been trying for a year to get some movement to get these, you know, people that she's alleged and has done all these things to these women off the streets and nothing has happened. So she took it to the House of Representatives floor. And I just think it's crazy because this is your fiancee

or you know me and you find a video of yourself on your phone. She said she had a couple drinks one night and she can't remember the night. See herself to see video of yourself on your phone. She said she had a couple drinks one night and she can't remember the night. She see herself to see one of yourself on the videos. Yeah. And it was to the point where she also alleged that like in one of the videos of a woman allegedly being raped under a younger girl being raped, the girl's body was so lifeless because the girl had allegedly been drugged that she thought that the girl was like not alive but she was she had just allegedly been drugged.

So she's saying it's really bad if she's uncovering this. So we see it. There's nothing about him? So he's right now he is... Well they're investigating. Yeah they're investigating it but he has categorically denied all of the claims he says that um he takes the matter seriously and will cooperate fully with any necessary legal process to clear his name so just got it. Did he work in politics? I know you said he was a businessman but like... No he's not a politician. Yeah that I know you said a businessman, but like, no, he's not a politician. Yeah, that's all he was a businessman. But then he has these other colleagues to that. She's a legend as a part of this as well, too. Now another just shifting

gears again, we kind of been all over the place today. Kanye West. So you guys remember, Kanye West had the the website that we easy.com. Yeah, did the Easter Super Bowl Easter at the Super Bowl ad Rejected or sending people to the website on the website. He had this t-shirt with the nice the Nazi symbol on the swastika swastika Yes now people were really really upset about this as you can imagine But right now if you go to easy calm y'all can try it on your phones. I just did it the website is disabled So reports right now are that Shopify has actually disabled the store. I reached out to Shopify to try and figure out if they disabled it or if it was something done on his side, but you're not you can't shop the website anymore. And then people were like,

well, if the website was going to sell these Nazi, you know, pushing t shirts, why would the Super Bowl ad be approved? So TMZ actually found out that he pulled like the wool over the eyes of Fox when he purchased his Super Bowl Sunday ad. The 30 second spot, which Kanye says he shot on his iPhone, it shocked a lot of people because he just had one on that anti-Semitic rant and then the website dropped those t-shirts. But sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ that Fox actually approved the ad Friday to air Sunday in three markets only, LA, Philly and Atlanta. So for some people that didn't see it. Yeah, I didn't see it. Yeah, that's why. But the process was purely based on two things, the content of the ad Friday to air Sunday in three markets only, LA, Philly and Atlanta. So for some people that didn't see it. Yeah, I didn't see it. Yeah, that's why. But the process was purely based on two things, the content of the ad and the website promoting easy.com. They're told that the video

of Kanye sitting in a dental chair said nothing else but um, over and over like whatever, whatever. It was like the whatever was on the website wasn't there Friday and it was nothing offensive there. It was just normal athletic wear and then all the other stuff pops out on it. Yes. So at some point Sunday he reduced the site and changed the items and now the swastika shirt was on the website. So I'm not for sure again if Shopify has taken this down but it does say disabled if you visit the website right now and I have reached out to figure out what that who disabled what.

Yeah I literally yawned during that story not because you didn't do a good job but because Kanye is just exhausting it's just tiring like it's just like at this point you can't figure out nothing else to do the garner attention yeah he tried to comment on the Super Bowl too he said uh that Kendrick did a good job but then he said that they're using Kendrick to take down Drake like how they took down R Kelly so you know that's a whole nother thing. I actually know that guy was him. R Kelly took himself down. What are we talking about? R Kelly definitely took himself down. I thought that was Kanye. Me and a lot of other people thought that was Kanye that like during the Super Bowl way. Morgan Soda this morning and that person was actually a part of the thing. I mean I've been figuring out that it wasn't Kanye but I thought that he had pulled some, pulled was one of his things and just went he was being funny saying he was gonna pop up at the Super Bowl Yeah, and ran I thought I thought he did that but it wasn't. Can you imagine him running with them silver? The silver girl. Absolutely. Who would bottom swastikas t-shirt? You'd be surprised to have me. Who would buy that? People who identify as Nazis. Yeah and people love Kanye and do everything, like do everything he did.

But that's what's so dangerous because, you know, he does have influence over a lot of people. And what if it's a younger generation who don't even understand the history of Swastika? Or don't know nothing about. So they just go to the t-shirt line and be like, oh, that looked cool. And buy it, now they walking around with Swastikas on.

Especially the younger crowd who don't really even understand a lot of what it is. That's exactly what I just said. That's right. And it cost him $8 million, by the way that the spot in the Super Bowl that he bought but Wrap it up now. He allegedly made that back right? That's what he said. I guess All right. Well, that's just with the mess. All right. Well, let's get to the mix 885 105 1 get your request and now it's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning everybody is DJ envy

Jess hilarious. Shalem ain't the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month, what we doing today? Man, salute to my guy B.Dot. You know, every day during Black History Month, B.Dot puts out a podcast on the Black Effect I Heart Radio podcast network called I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either. And B.Dot speaks on Easter today and how hush harbors,

liberation anthems, and even your fresh Easter fit are all part of a legacy of resilience and rising up. Let's discuss. I didn't know maybe who didn't need. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. But see for our ancestors Easter wasn't just about dressing up and being fresher than the board of health and hunting Easter eggs. Back in the day Easter was like the original we gon' be alright anthem. It was hope in the day Easter was like the original, we gon' be alright anthem. It was hope in the middle of chaos. Imagine being enslaved, working sunrise to

sunset but still holding on to the story of Jesus rising again. Now that's some real faith. It might be smaller than a mustard seed. It was a thought of if Jesus could roll that stone away, come on somebody, huh? Then we can roll this oppression off our backs too. Can I get an amen? And had you ever heard of Hush Harbors? Let me tell you about them. Hush Harbors were like the underground clubs of the enslavement period.

Like them silent parties, but they didn't have no colorful headsets. And instead of the DJ dropping bangers, you have somebody in the corner whispering, swing low, sweet chariot. Cuz they had to keep it low key, cuz if Massa caught you, it's a wrap. So they'd head out to the woods, set up shop, and worship in secret. Hush harbors. They'd even hang up wet blankets to keep the sound from traveling. Yeah, soundproof in the woods. Now how innovative is that?

They didn't need no beats by Dre. Our ancestors invented noise cancellation. But these hush harbors, they weren't just about worship. Oh, no, they were about rebellion. See, they'd sing songs like, Wade in the water. Wade. Which was basically the first gps because that was code for hey you harriet

said meet up by the river and don't forget to pack light these folks turned praise into power hymns into hope and today that same energy lives in every gospel choir and every preacher who makes you say shabbat shabbat. And we can't forget about the Easter fit tradition the pastels with the shoes to match. I went capping about that, but that goes back to the enslavement periods as well. After Emancipation newly free black folks will pull up the church in their finest fits. They weren't just dressing for God. They were dressing to let the world know I'm free and I look good that's why to this day we don't play by them Easter fits some folks be out here treating Easter like the Met Gala big hats pastel suits had to put some armor

all on them shoes cuz I can see my reflection in them Jones it's like a runway show with a praise break in the middle and no Easter ain't the only holiday with roots in the struggle we talked about Juneteenth in previous seasons that's when we celebrate freedom two two years after freedom was supposed Easter ain't the only holiday with roots in the struggle. We've talked about Juneteenth and previous seasons. That's when we celebrate freedom. Two years after freedom was supposed to happen. Can you imagine being two years late to your own free party? I like your job here and you have been saying, hey, you got a PTO that you didn't use back

in 2023. Another holiday is Kwanzaa, where we honor African traditions and principles like unity and self-determination. If Easter is the resurrection, Juneteenth is the graduation and then Kwanzaa is like the family reunion. It's all connected. Holidays rooted in freedom and resilience. So this year when you're stepping clean and your Easter's best, remember you're not just celebrating a holiday, you're honoring a legacy. you're carrying forward the spirit of those hush harbors, the fight for freedom and the hope that no matter how low we get, we always rise again and I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

All right, happy Black History Month. That's right and make sure you subscribe to the I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Need the podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network available everywhere you listen to the I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Need the podcast on the Black Effect I Heart Radio podcast network available everywhere you listen to podcasts. Alright when we come back we got the positive note and more it's the Breakfast Club good morning. Morning everybody it's DJ NVHS Hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club now we got to salute Tamika Mallory for stopping through her book is out right now I Live to Tell the Story. That's right a memoir man that just talks about the story of Tamika Mallory and how she

became to be who she is man so make sure you go out there and get it available everywhere you buy books today and it is out on my book imprint black privilege publishing with Simon and Schuster and I want to tell y'all about a date Tamika's gonna be at uh in New York City if you're in New York City she's gonna be at Star Vos, Star Vos no trolls somebody Latino come in here. I'm sorry, that's not the name of it, but go ahead. Well, it's the Foundation Library at the New York Public Library, okay? And she'll be in conversation with Jumaane Williams

on Thursday at 6.30 p.m. Eastern, okay? So the New York Public Library, Thursday 6.30 p.m. Eastern. She will be in conversation with Jumaane Williams. So go to tamikadmalory.com slash tour and learn more about that. All right. Now you got a positive note. I do have a, oh, I'm sorry. Big Jess, you know, just getting all that money. Running them tour dates down. $100,000 a show. What's up?

Calm down. Okay. It's a smoke is smoke. If it's TST. No, come on. No, that is not what please relax. Because that's I keep telling you something, it's my old ass uncle, it's not that. Lauren came in and said, if it's smoke, then it's smoke, and then it's tea. I don't know, her ass don't know nothing either.

I don't know, but I never heard it. If you want to smoke, it's tea, that's two different things. But this Friday for Valentine's Day, we have the extravaganza in DC. Make sure you get your tickets for that. It's a dinner It's a party live music me and my Nigerian people putting on this really really nice upper-anchelon Event where all black get your tickets at WMW Upper-anchelon, okay, what I supposed to say that sounds luxurious. I'm there upper-anchelon

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