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Hey y'all, Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, five-year-old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez was found off the coast of Florida.

And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba? Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home, and he wanted to take his son with him. Or stay with his father in Cuba. Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or stay with his relatives in Miami. Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in

a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other, so join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974. George Foreman was champion of the world. Ali was smart and he was handsome. Story behind the Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie.

But that is only half the story. There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba. All the biggest black artists on the planet. Together in Africa. It was a big deal. Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and The Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the broken record podcast. Every week I, or my cohost, Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight.

Our new series is looking at one of the most influential jazz labels ever. Blue note records. You'll hear from artists like legendary bassist Ron Carter, singer-songwriter Noah Jones, and guitarist Julian Lodge. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You guys, this is history. What you've done, what you've done.

You guys have built a platform that includes Yotta Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. Wake the f*** up Breakfast Club. DJ Envy. Envy playing my record, I made it. Jess Hilarion. Jess, we would f*** you.

She don't spare nobody. Charlamagne Tha God. What made you think the liking of Controversial Questions would take his part? I like this show. Thanks, Breakfast Club. Good morning, USA. club good morning usa yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo just hilarious good morning charlamagne the guy guess what day it is guess what day it is

yes it's wednesday hump day middle of the week good morning when the hell do i say peace to the planet that's right guess what day it is oh that's every other day it is you know right you yeah you know you say peace of the planet monday tuesday thursday you said well speaking of old i'm gonna put my change in my crown royal bag look somebody's in my comments like do it really be changing i was like yes he is really aunt charmaine i got cents right here. I'm about to put in my Crown Royal back. I know that's right. You already know. Well, today we got a special guest joining us this morning.

Oh, man. He's more than a special guest. Ray J will be here. Yes. Now, I don't think Breakfast Club got too many cousins. No. But if we did, Ray J would be one of them. Okay?

Ray J is the first. And we tell y'all this all the time. This is Breakfast Club trivia. would be one of them. You know, I love him now. Okay, Ray J is the first, and we tell y'all this all the time, because this is Breakfast Club trivia, the first guest that was ever on Breakfast Club was Ray J,

the first in-studio guest. Right. Not the phone call when he was drunk and high talking crazy about Fab. The first time that somebody ever walked in his studio,

it was Ray J. It was Ray. But the first viral moment was also Ray J. Yes. Was also Ray J. So, you know, Ray J is that cousin. Sometimes you claim him, sometimes you don't.

No, I claim him all the time. Yeah. Ray J is a damn fool. You feel me? I got cousins like that. Sometimes you claim that cousin. But yeah, so Ray J will be joining us. But the interesting thing about Ray J is Ray J now has his own network called the Tronics Network.

And it's 100% self-funded by Ray J because he sold his shares in Raycon. That's right. And got a really, really, really big bag for that. And if you know anything about Raycon, the valuation for Raycon was like $300, $400 million. Correct. You saw Raycon all in the airports, everywhere. And he sold his shares in that, took that money, and opened this network called Tronics, which he says is going to be the most ratchet streaming service of all time.

Yeah, but he said it's righteous. Yeah, it's righteous, righteous. And he said he's the ratchet Shakespeare. Ratchet Shakespeare. Which I don't like, by the way. That's right. Yeah, so we're going to be kicking him with Ray J in a little bit. And I need some Ray J headphones because.

You don't have headphones no more. He sold them. Yeah, but the old ones. Because the piece of my headphone broke into it, so I can't hear nothing right now. Oh, my God. Man, that's like when the condom gets stuck in somebody. That's crazy. Yeah but the old ones Because the piece of my headphone Broke into it So I can't hear nothing right now Oh my god So I can't Man that's like when the condom Gets stuck in somebody

That's crazy And the headphones that I got They came from the airport store Yeah Yeah Yours is all jacked up That's why it was unplugged I wanted to see if it worked

So I plugged it into yours Oh yeah And only one side was working So I was like I just need some headphones He need a new jack too Well you're going to have to Call an engineer to fix that

Yeah well They called the engineer 30 minutes ago Oh okay We haven't seen him as of yet So we'll get the show crack We got Teslin Figaro Joining us when we come back

So don't move It's the Breakfast Club I don't even know What song we gonna play But we're playing I don't know what song it is Tim's 5 in the morning Tim's 5

Breakfast Club good morning Morning everybody It's DJ Envy Jess Solaris Charlamagne Tha Guy We are the Breakfast Club. Jeff, you can knock it out while we're talking. Pause.

Pause. Such a great record that Tim's is, man. Pause. Great record. It sounds so fresh. It's like when you put fresh peppermint in your mouth. Very great record. I didn't hear it.

My headphones aren't working. But he be walking around singing the songs. Like, why are you trying to sound more African to her? No, I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. Shut up.

I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. I ain't. It just flows when she's saying it. Sorry, sorry, sorry,

sorry. Let's get some front page news. Good morning, Tess. Good morning, DJ. How you feeling? I'm feeling good and just hilarious.

Morning, girl. All right, well, let's get in some front page news. Okay, quickly. So I want to give you some updates yesterday on what happened uh with some

presidential primaries a lot of people not even paying attention because obviously we know that trump and biden uh did they were successful in those primaries in arizona florida illinois kansas and ohio but i want to give you a couple of things a couple of warning signs that they're talking about on what we should be paying attention to in these races now florida over 200 000 people still cast ballots for nikki haley and ron desantis even though both of them are not uh in the race at this point they're people are very clear that they're not in the um in the election anymore people are still voting for him in ohio they saw similar results over 200 000 people voted for haley

r desantis and then on the biden side 10 of voters in kansas uh voted for none of the names above so they did uncommitted 10 people showed them said i don't want either one of y'all get somebody else to do it and in ohio uh 13 of democrat voters voted for dean phillips uh even though he ended his campaign earlier this month in arizona marion williamson and dean phillips combined both of those folks got six percent of the vote now you may say may say, Tez, that's just 6%. It's no big deal. But it is a big deal because it really just takes some margarine of one thing that can flip a state. It doesn't have to be a whole lot of folks, especially when we talk about the electoral college.

I want to remind you that the states that really, really matter, and I know folks don't like to hear that, but when we look at battleground states, the general general election the states that's going to make a difference i'm going to remind you those states are arizona georgia michigan nevada north carolina pennsylvania and wisconsin so when you're looking at michigan remember we talked about those 100 000 people that showed up to say we're not going for either one of y'all that could make a difference in those battleground states so just keep paying attention um to the trends of what's happening even though you know we already know who the nominees are we are looking at trends and how that's going to make a difference in the election yeah i wanted to add in a general election like uh you know what other options are

on the ballot like you know we know it's trump we know it's biden you know we know in some places it'll be third party or stuff like uncommitted can you write in on ballots for a presidential election yeah you can write in absolutely absolutely and it depends on you know some states have right in some states don't so i don't want to give an absolute but yes generally speaking you can write in and you know some folks may not vote at all at the top of the ticket i want to remind people you have over 400 congressmen uh that will also be on the race you have some governor uh seats that'll be on the right on the ballot as well so there's a lot going on as we get closer to the election. I want to keep bringing those up, Charlamagne, and remind people that it's more than just Biden and Trump on the ballot that's at stake.

Yeah, I believe in a general election. There are so many people disgusted by Biden and Trump that folks are going to vote third party. They might do write-ins. Some folks are going to stay home. So once again, it's up to Biden and Trump to focus on the people who who aren't motivated at all, who aren't inspired by either one of them. You know, like those people that either want to stay home on the couch or if they do get up off the couch, they don't plan to vote for either one of them. It's up to Biden and Trump to energize those people. And you got to look at you got to look at if somebody is energized enough to go down to the to the ballot to say, get somebody else to do it, to literally vote uncommitted.

That's the scary part, for real. Like the couch, staying at home, there's always more people who vote that don't. But think about that person that got up, got dressed, rose through traffic just to go down and say, I'm not dealing with either one of y'all. That's the one that's out there talking to their neighbors, their friends.

So you can't sleep on those small margins. It really does make a difference. And that's a failed campaign. Like if a person gets up to go vote for somebody else, that means that Biden and Trump's campaigns failed to reach that person. That's right. What else you got? You got something you said quick? Yeah, quickly.

Quick story. Two former Mississippi deputies were sentenced yesterday for breaking. Remember the story? They broke into a home without a warrant and tortured two black men inside. Take a listen. Egregious and despicable. Those words from a federal judge in Mississippi describing the actions of former cops Hunter Elwood, sentenced to 20 years, and Jeffrey Middleton, sentenced to more than 17 years. They, along with four others, some of whom refer to themselves as the Goon Squad,

pleaded guilty to breaking into this home early last year without a warrant, then terrorizing and torturing two black men, all apparently because they stayed at this house with a white woman. The six white police officers involved in this assault sought to dehumanize their victims. Good. Yeah, long story short, one of the former officers got 20 years. Elwood Jeffrey Middleton was given 17.5 behind bars. More officers will be coming up this week will be sentenced.

There's a lot of background in that family. So go look at this story. I want you to see what happened when they broke into these guys house I want you to see how these officers also had past issues in the past look at the charges look at the the time that these guys are beginning may the homies have their way with them when they get locked up that's my personal thing Oh 100% they should have buried them under the jail and I hope they end up in prison with a bunch of folks who grew up listening to Wu-Tang Clan 36 Chambers album because they need they need straight Wu-Tang torture tactics to happen to them okay all right yeah this is a really bad case time to a bed post don't flick

your wrist when you quote those lyrics I think he needs to take the sensitivity training. I'm quoting Wu-Tang. That is Wu-Tang, M-E-T-H-O-D, man. You hear me? Yeah, but it was real tough when they did it. You sitting here flicking your wrist talking about time today with your butt cheeks open. Don't threaten me with a good time. And I'll tell you one thing. They might be the goon squad, but I hope they end up in prison with the booty goons.

That's right. Ray J will be joining us next hour speaking to booty goons. We'll tell you all about that. Thank you, Taz. No problem. And let me just say this. They really did bring a sex toy in to torture these guys. So yes, may they may somebody spread their

ass cheeks wide. An eye for an eye, dildo for a dildo. That's right. Y'all are trash. Jesus Christ. All right. Thank've made somebody spread their ass cheeks wide. An eye for an eye, dildo for a dildo. That's right. Y'all are trash. Jesus Christ. All right. Thank you, Taz. No problem.

When we come back, of course, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Wait, wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, what's up, man?

This is Joe. Joe, what up? Get it off your chest, brother. Hey, man. Listen, I agree with everything y'all was just talking about, but that booty stuff caught me off guard, man. Charlie, why you always talking about booty? Because them police officers tortured that man booty.

You need to go read the story. They call them the Mississippi Goon Squad. They tortured that man with a dildo and honey and all kind of stuff. Oh, shit. Why you bringing this up at 6 a.m., man? It's way too early for this. That's what he's into. That's what he likes. No, it's called Front Page News,, it's way too early for this. That's what he's into. That's what he likes. No, it's called

Front Page News and it's called Eye for an Eye. We can talk about this at 12, 1. I don't do 12 at 1 o'clock. I do the morning show.

I do Breakfast Club. I'm sorry. This type of stuff got a time? I gotta get my coffee, man, before I listen to you. And that man, and them cops got 20 years

for torturing that black man and they tortured that black man because he was dating a white woman. Good. He deserves it. He deserves it. He deserves it. No, the cops deserve it, you mean.

That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I agree. You got to clean that up. You sound like Dr. Umar. Dr. Umar be like, no, you deserve it. You shouldn't have met another white woman.

All right, man. Sorry about the butt convo. It's not a butt convo. You turned it to a butt convo. No, I did not. It's a revenge convo. And it's not even about revenge. It's about a buck convo. You turned it into a buck convo. No, I did not. It's a revenge convo. And it's not even about revenge. It's about...

Oh, they love the booty. Shut up. Loves it all day long. I mean, we all got one. You should love it. I hope you clean it. Hello, who's this? This is D.

D, what's up? Hey, Uncle Charlamagne. That's what I asked. When you wait so long, D, you should be waiting so long. What up, D? I got my regular ticket for the podcast, but the VIP is sold out. And I want to pitch our podcast. The VIP is sold out, but the pitch your podcast thing is something totally different.

Okay, but I thought it would be better if you got the VIP ticket. No, I think the pitch your podcast thing is something totally different than the VIP and the tickets. Don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure it's something different. Just sign up for the pitcher podcast thing. Where do we sign up for that at? You know what? Let me get that information. You don't know.

And I'll relay that to you. I'll make sure I relay that on the radio. I think it's too late. Okay, thank you. It's too late for pitcher podcast? They finished that in like January. Really? Mm-hmm.

I asked for somebody else. Oh, Jess said it's too late for Fitchy Podcast. Yeah. I'm sorry, mama. But we'll see you April 27th at Pullman Yards. I'll make sure to come see you and talk to you and all that good stuff. Don't lie to me, Sean. I got you.

Girl, you know we lying. All you got to do is remind me. I promise you. You know I'm getting up there in age. I'm getting up. But just remind me. I'll call back and do it, too. All right.

That's right. Make sure you go get your tickets for the second annual Black Effect Podcast Festival happening April 27th at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia. You can go to eventbrite.com right now, blackeffect.com slash podcast festival to get your tickets. That's right. 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. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hi, yes, this is Shirley from Connecticut.

Hey, Shirley from Connecticut. Get it off your chest. Yes, I want to get off my chest about those officers that tortured those men. Yes, ma'am. I think it's horrific that they could get away, that they, you know, did that to those men. I think they should be punished to the fullest. And I hope that karma gets them back for what they did. That's right.

In prison. I hope they get what they gave out in prison. Yep. Hello, who's this? Yo, yo, this is comedian David Gattaz from the 757, my brother. What up, VA? What's going on? Get off your chest, brother.

Bruh. So y'all just told that story about the police terrorizing that black and white couple. So I just want to say, man, so I'm not your conventional black man married to a white woman, but my wife's Caucasian. And it just hurts me because I'm just thinking, man, I was just trying to get my credit better, man. So I'm just trying to see why the hell would they be attacking these people in 2024, man. It made me, it put a tip to my eye, brother. It hurt me so bad.

They burst into this brother's home without a warrant. They beat him. They assaulted him with a sex toy. They shocked him repeatedly with stun guns and then one of the deputies shoved a gun in his mouth and fired the weapon. That's crazy. I want y'all to ask Dr. Umar, did he like that?

You know what I'm saying? Did he like what? I don't think he liked any black man getting abused and hurt like that, bro. I don't think so either. Amen. I hope not. Now, I do think Dr. Umar would create a task force to keep black men from dating white women, but I don't think he either. Amen. I hope not. Now, I do think Dr. Umar would create a task force to keep black men from dating white women, but I don't think he would

abuse them in the process. Not at all. Jesus. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Just with the worldwide mess. Yes. You already know.

Listen, there's been a security breach in a hospital after people was trying to get Kate Middleton's medical record. What? Did they get it? Well, no, no.

Tell us now. Tell us when we come back. I got to tell you. I got to tell you. when we come back. No, I got to tell you. I got to tell you. When we come back. Okay. Just with the UK news. Just with the worldwide mess up next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Jess Hilarion, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Yes, it's time for

Just With The Mess. Just With The Worldwide Mess. But, you know, her little pregnant self is She's preparing. Waddling. Yeah, she's preparing. Wadd The Worldwide Mess, but her little pregnant self is waddling. Yeah, she's preparing. Waddling down the hallway. But this would be a great time to tell them about your podcast. Oh, yes.

The second annual Black Effect Podcast Festival is happening April 27th in Atlanta, Georgia. We got Wallow and Gilly hitting that stage. We got the Poor Minds Podcast, Dre and Lex hitting that stage. Horrible Decisions, Mandy and Weezy hitting that stage. So go get your tickets right now at blackeffect.com slash podcastfestival. Go to eventbrite.com right now to get your tickets. All right, well, let's get to Jess with the Worldwide Mess.

This is real. This is real. Jess is going to bring numbers. Jess with the Mess. On The Breakfast Club. I know we know the distance. Keep it a stop. You're just going to act like you wasn't just throwing up huh i wasn't throwing up i was actually getting my my stories together now i know that i uh teased the uk news uk news it's

more don't try to make it more ue all right it's just uk whatever okay so what's more interesting is what's going on in the U.S. Okay. So over the past two, come on. Oh, now you rushing somebody more than sickness? Absolutely. I don't know who been keeping up with the Nickelodeon documentary recap, but it's a lot going on. The docuseries investigating the inappropriate and unsafe environments on Nickelodeon shows is out. There's a lot going on, so let's get right into it.

Before the doc came out, I reported that the Nickelodeon star, Drake Bell, came forward as a child who was sexually assaulted by Brian Peck, who was one of the writers at the network. Now we're hearing what happened. I was sleeping on the couch where I would usually sleep, and I woke up to him and he was uh he was sexually assaulting me I froze and was in complete shock and had no idea what to do or how to react I had no idea how to get out of the situation you know what am I call my mom be like hey this just

happened can you come pick me up I'll just sit here and wait. I had no car. I didn't drive. I was 15 at this time. I really don't know how to elaborate on that on camera, really. Why don't you think of the worst stuff that someone can do to somebody as a sexual assault? And that'll answer your question. And it's very sad. His dad also spoke on things that he saw on set. Sometimes his dad would be on set and his mom would oversee things, but she was a little bit more lenient. You hear a scuttlebutt about the business and what you got to watch your kids and this and that. So I was very attentive, very rarely set in the green room. I'd always be off set somewhere where I could always keep my eyes on Drake. And unfortunately, I started seeing Brian start to just hang around Drake too much. It didn't didn't set well with me

Drake would be in the dressing room or something and then would pop Brian, you know do things that wait a second What are you doing? Drake can put that on his self then he'd maybe walk out and Drake and be feeding him some lines or whatever and put his Arm around his waist put his hand up on his shoulder and kind of run it down his arm and this would happen routinely so you know instead of just removing his son off the set you know i guess he would say things to brian peck now drake's dad added somehow brian peck got him removed from the set really got his dad yep and his dad was replaced by his mom and his dad told his mom yo don't leave drake around brian so they knew something ain't no way in hell there's no way in hell i'm gonna watch this by his mom and his dad told his mom, yo, don't leave Drake around Brian alone.

So they knew something. Yes. Ain't no way in hell. Ain't no way in hell I'm going to watch this happen to my son and they're going to tell me they're going to remove me

from sex? And they replaced me with his mom. I don't know if they were married or together or whatever but he warned him but the mom was real lenient what was going on

but I guess the money was so great. Drake spoke on being the anonymous child in the court case that I spoke on a couple weeks ago that Brian that Brian was on trial for. On the day of sentencing for Brian, I get to the courthouse was the most unbelievable thing I'd ever seen.

His entire side of the courtroom was full. There were definitely some recognizable faces on that side of the room brian had been convicted but getting all of this support from a lot of people in the industry and yeah i was pretty shocked i wasn't going to address brian i addressed my statement to everyone in the room and i just said how dare you you will forever have the memory so y'all this islove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.

A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nemany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records, because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when

the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what?

Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season. Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos

that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board, just don't call me unless it's urgent, and tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record Podcast. Every week, I or my co-host, Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight. Now we have a special series where we speak with the artists behind one of the most influential jazz labels

of the 20th century, Blue Note Records. You'll hear from artists like nine-time Grammy award winning Nora Jones, John Mellencamp and Madonna collaborator Michelle Indegiocello, and from the legendary Ron Carter, former member of the Miles Davis Quintet, who's also played with Herbie Hancock and on Gil Scott Heron's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Join us over at Broken Record to hear stories behind the legendary label. Listen on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi, I'm Marie. And I'm Sydney. And I'm Sydney. And we're Mess. Well, not a mess, but on our podcast called Mess, we celebrate all things messy. But the gag is not everything is a mess. Sometimes it's just living.

Yeah, things like J-Lo on her third divorce. Living. Girls trip to Miami. Mess. Ozempic. Messy, skinny living. Restaurant stealing a birthday cake. Mess.

Wait, what flavor was the cake though? Okay, that's a good question. Hooking up with someone in accounting and then getting a promotion. Living. Breaking up with your girlfriend while on Instagram Live. Living. It's kind of mess. Yeah.

Well, you get it. Got live love mess listen to mess with sydney washington and marie faustin on iheart radio app apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast of sitting in this courtroom and defending this person and I will forever have the memory of the person you're defending violating me. Jesus Christ. Yeah, so after the documentary came out, one of the older kids from Nickelodeon called Dan Snyder, who it's like basically all about,

you know, who was running all of this, to talk about things in a documentary. He agreed to have the conversation and here's what he said. Watching over the past two nights was very difficult. Me facing my past behaviors um some of which are embarrassing and that i regret and i definitely owe some people a pretty

strong apology what was his behavior just watching or just knowing or not doing something we're gonna get to that over you know because this is i have to report on this like a couple of days it's a four-part series and i find out something new every time. It's really sad. Actors from the Nickelodeon show, Ned's Declassified, that's a newer show, they're receiving backlash for making fun of the things that were happening on the Nickelodeon set. We told you never to speak about that. Get back in your hole, Daniel, and give me your holes sorry we shouldn't

joke about this we really should listen our set was not like that uh and no it's awful the the drake bell is a like that's crazy to hear i i that is man and that never came out which is really wild oh so y'all were in on it. Oh, God. I'm not talking about this anymore. No. Not talking about this anymore. No, no. Guys, we can't joke like this. Jesus.

Guys, we're... What the hell? Sometimes humor helps us move through things, you know? Yeah, 100%. Was that privately taped or no? No, that was their podcast. And now they're receiving a lot of backers. Wow.

That's why everybody don't need a podcast. And they don't even need a damn job anymore. Yeah, I think, you know, what we've learned over the years is you, you might be making jokes about the abuser, but you don't realize when you're making jokes about the abuser, you're also making jokes about the abuse.

We learned that with R. Kelly and everybody else. You think you're making jokes about R. Kelly, but there's people that he actually peed on. Yeah. But it, but like even further than that,

you know, Drake Bell, you know, a lot of know drake bell you know a lot of these people you know a lot of these kids and y'all are newer at this thank god that you didn't have to go through this but you're sitting up on your podcast you're having fun and they're receiving backlash for it and um now it's only going to be bigger because i'm reporting because y'all know i amplify that's right yeah there you go i will be covering this story um just like i'm covering the uk news but i'm pushing the uk news to the second hour, y'all. Because this was very, very sad and it needs more eyes on this documentary. Yeah, and it's very hard to, you know, hear that kind of stuff.

Because, you know, when you have kids, because the way my anxiety is set up, you automatically start thinking, what if that happened to your children? And as a person who's been a victim of child sexual abuse, it is triggering. You know what I mean? But you know the crazy thing about it is usually when you expect to hear something like this, you expect to hear it in a younger kid. This was a teenager. He was in high school.

He was 15. Now think about it. There's times where you might drop your, I mean, you have a lot of younger kids. I might drop my son off at basketball practice and then pick him up an hour later. I don't stay at the whole practice every time because he's a freshman in high school. He's a sophomore in high school. My parents dropped me off at basketball practice and then pick him up an hour later. I don't stay at the whole practice every time because he's a freshman in high school.

He's a sophomore in high school. My parents dropped me off at practice. You didn't know what was going to go on because he wasn't like he was a seven-year-old. No. He was a teenager. You just hope your kids have the confidence to tell you what's going on.

And then your parents are there and your dad gets removed from the set. Your mom knows what's going on, but she's more lenient yeah so what's happening and he would just do this Brian Peck was so comfortable like feeding them lines and you running you how why would you put your arm around his waist and I wonder how much you ignored how much they ignored yeah as parents just because of the paycheck that's right exactly and I wonder the relationship between he and his parents today or do they think it was

normal like all right he's just putting his arm around him, trying to comfort him to help him with his line. Like, it just seems weird and strange. It's not even around your shoulder. It's around your waist. And you're tickling my arm and you're caressing me. Like, no. That's wild.

You gotta listen to your discernment in situations like that. Yep. Especially if I got removed and they put my wife there and I'm gonna tell my wife, make sure you watch that. No way. If I gotta say, make sure you watch that guy, it's something. make sure you watch that guy something no it's it's sick no so yeah all right well that was just with the mess just with the worldwide mess that's worldwide worldwide just worldwide mess worldwide just an hour it was us yes us next week going to the uk next next we're going worldwide third hour thailand

thailand it's tough going over there. It's everywhere. Thailand? And we get on my face. Yeah, because I know people like to go there. All right. All right. We'll get into that next. Next, Tezlin Picker will be joining us. And then Ray J is here.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. What up, Tez? Good morning, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. What up, Taz?

Good morning, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. Good morning. Peace, Taz. Let's jump right into it. Now, they're saying the U.S. abortions has reached the highest level in over a decade. Yes, it has, despite, as we know, Roe versus Wade was overturned. And despite that it's being banned in more than a dozen states, yes, abortions have reached the highest rate in more than a decade. Take a listen.

A report out this morning claims abortions have reached their highest rate in more than a decade. The study done by the Guttmacher Institute shows there were more than a million abortions in the U.S. in 2023. That is a 10% jump from 2020. It also shows that medication abortion is a more common option than ever. The Guttmacher Institute is a research and policy organization focused on reproductive health that supports abortion rights. This increase comes despite bans on abortions in more than a dozen states following the Supreme Court ruling in 2022. I wonder how much of that is because of finances. Like a lot of people simply can't afford to have have kids especially right now yeah a lot of that has to do with i mean that's

one of the things that people are talking about when they talk about reproductive rights and why people have abortions and yes charlamagne that's one of the reasons a lot of people can't afford to have children a lot of them may be medical issues and because it could be a number of you know reasons why but that's absolutely in the data or people using the abortion pill and some of those medication abortions as kind of like condoms you know i wonder if that's the case as well so we're talking about two different things so charlamagne is saying the reasons why people get an abortion and you're saying what envy like using the pill as just a way to a contraceptive got you yeah well that's always been a topic you know people

say hey you know i'll just be as risky as i possibly can and then at the end of the day if it doesn't work out i'll just get an abortion that does certainly i mean we i'm sure all of us have known somebody or somebody didn't know somebody that have done that as well and that's why this roe versus wade um issue uh really scared a lot of folks because now you just don't have that as something you can just, you know, as a backup plan to just go get an abortion. You actually are going to have to, you know, I guess, you know, be more careful in your choices. But what I find interesting about this is Roe versus Wade will be one of the things that Democrats will be pushing this year in the election, saying that, you know, Ro versus wade is on the ballot and uh president biden has said that if he is re-elected he will make sure that that gets uh you know back overturned and you know they'll be fighting for that obviously on the conservative side they want to see it banned everywhere so this is just going to be interesting to see how despite even it being banned people are

still you know you're not stopping women from getting abortions yeah you know i'm pro-choice that's why i do like uh i do like the messaging that i saw the vice president you know put out uh last night i believe she said donald trump openly talks about how he is proud that he overturned roe v wade he is proud that he took the right to choose from millions of women and people around america he is proud that young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers how dare he so i do like the messaging of you know making it an attack attack on women's rights like you're taking away i mean you're taking away somebody's right to choose that's right you know so i i do like that uh that angle she took yesterday even i mean i'm sure she truly

believes that but i do like that angle and i want to say this um when you're hearing the word reproductive rights because every single time somebody comes and says what do you mean reproductive rights reproductive rights is not just about getting an abortion and not getting an abortion it's also about preventing getting pregnant to dj envy's point where you don't have to take a plan b there's also something called birth control there's also something you know whether you're taking pills whether you have um depravera shot all of those things where women are taking responsible measures to be able to say, you know what?

I don't want to have a baby, so I'm going to go make sure that I get birth control. That is also a part of reproductive rights. Also, reproductive rights is the ability to be able, like we talked about the story a couple of weeks ago, the ability to be able to get in vitro. That is a part of reproductive rights. To have a baby, that choice is a part of reproductive rights. So when you're hearing reproductive rights, and I get it it there's a lot of conservatives out there to say i am pro life but i need you to understand that that word reproductive rights is more than just having an abortion or not having abortion it's also the ability to have a child if you choose if you

want a child so we got to be careful in that language so crazy man thank you taz i don't understand why you would't want that. Why are you taking away people's rights? That's insane to me, too. Either you never got the wrong person pregnant, all right, or you just don't like wrong and in peace. Yeah. But not only that, you want the right to make the choice that you want to make that's best for you and your family. You can't take that away from somebody right.

You never take away somebody's ability to choose. Anytime you take away somebody's ability to choose, that's criminal. All right. Well, thank you, Tez. You can follow at Tezlyn Figueroa on all social media platforms and you can subscribe

to Tezlyn Figueroa's podcast, The Scraped Shot, No Chase, a podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. What, her Wi-Fi went out? Yeah, Wi-Fi went right out.

What the hell? All right. Tez just disappeared from the screen. She's gone. Yeah. All right. Like somebody snatched her.

You sure she aight? Yeah, I think she aight. Taz blinked twice. Hey, we can't see her. She gone. Oh, yeah, you're right. Blinked twice. All right, when we come back, Ray J will be joining us.

We're kicking with Ray J. Now, this interview goes a little left. It goes a little right. It goes all over the place. It goes Ray J. Bear with us. It goes Ray J. This is Willie Ray Norwood Jr.

That's right. It goes off mic a little bit. He's, yeah, just, yeah. All right. Yeah, it's Ray J. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jesselary. Shalom in the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest at the building. It's not a guest, man. This is our guy. He's our family member. man. This is our guy. He's our family member.

Okay, this is our guy. This is the first guest that was ever in the studio here at the Breakfast Club. First guest. And it was our first big viral moment also. I'm talking about

two different situations, by the way. You hear me? You hear me? Always very important to preface with that. You hear me? Ladies and gentlemen,

Ray J's in the building. Ray J. Hey. I love. Man, I'm so important to preface with that. You hear me? Ladies and gentlemen, Ray J's in the building. Ray J. Hey. I love. Man, I'm so happy to see y'all. I'm just holding it in. I'm happy to see you too, brother. And I'm so happy to see you.

Thank you. I'm happy to see you too. Yeah. What's happening, Willie Ray? What's up, man? We got a new network. I see that. I see.

First of all, what happened with Raycon? Nothing. It's just, you know, we've reached like a certain height, right? And I think that they can definitely continue to move mountains with the company going into like, you know, home products and stuff like that. I always just like to have fun. Like if it's not fun and it's a little too critical or a little too exhausting, which it wasn't. But just to be in an arena like starting our own network, you know 20 years in that space Mm-hmm our expertise and knowledge and the way we shoot stuff and our story arts Everything is probably better than everything that's out there now. So you still have equity in Raycon. No, no

That brand because of you we build it so so you sold it Yeah, well, I sold I sold it back to Ray. Yeah, well, I sold it back to Raycon. Got you. Yeah, I sold it back to Raycon. It wasn't for sale for another investor to come in. I got to get you some lotion. I know. That's what I was saying.

I needed the lotion and the brush. You don't need the brush. And I was in my bag. Now I'm just like, you know what? I'm good. I'm humble. So what's the name of this network? The network is called the Tronics Network.

Why is it called the Tronics Network? The Tronics Network. Because we look at the Tron as like a matrix. You know what I'm saying? Like a manifestation tool. That's the only reason why we're still here. It's just because of prayer and manifestation and making adjustments when you make mistakes for growth. So Tronics, you know, I had the Raytronics company before we sold Scooty Bike.

And we just we felt like the Tron was speaking to us from the Elohim. And so, you know, Tronics Network is that digital ratchet reality network that's at the cutting edge of the change. You can be competing with Zeus. Well, if I'm competing with Zeus change because you're competing with zeus well if i'm competing with zeus i'll be competing with myself um talking about that you could how i'm just saying i mean remember bow wow and i was in we pulled up and i was talking about zeus and then yeah how i was going big i'm like that's my people we're partners yeah that was the beginning that was the beginning of their kind of... Got it. People started to recognize Zeus when we did the conversation.

We started with the conversation. We gave Zeus their first fight, which sounds a little... But we gave Zeus their first fight, which was Rolly and Mangina. Mangina's on our new network. And then their other biggest fight. These are the things that kind of ignited them to kind of drive the narrative that way, Hazel Lee and Masika. So those two things, you saw this big flux go up and then it all, you know. Do you own a part of Zeus?

No. Nope. Nope. And you know, we bought- We had shows on Zeus though. Yeah, we had the best shows, like even Baddies. I mean, a lot of people get amnesia. Right. Because you said competing with yourself makes it seem like you're on both.

Well, not competing against myself as ownership, but we did this network not solely to compete against Zeus, but to just give you a balance of what it looks like. Right. So you got all of this. But if we give you that same kind of intensity with a story arc that leads you somewhere, whether it's emotional or crying or happy or whatever it is, educational. Something has to be there to create the story so people can follow something. If not, then for me, I don't do that kind of show.

And I want to show people what a ratchet show and a balanced show looks like at the same time. What does that look like? That's actually R&B if you think about it. R&B? Ratchet about it. R&B? Ratchet and Balanced. Wow. We're brainstorming. So, you know,

yo, we have one show. I haven't called you guys to tell you about it, but you guys start the show off. It's the Breakfast Club. It's like you guys are in this like... How do we start it if you didn't tell us about it?

We don't know anything about this, right? So, it's a you guys are in it's like how do we start if you didn't tell us about it we don't know anything about this right so it's a really good show right so it's called the fight club i'm gonna show you guys it's a really good show and then you'll see what it is like i mean it's like fighting yeah it's people fighting but that show is catered for that so there's a lot of other shows like we have inside the network we have going on a safari we have uh the girls club the cook-off like we have shows like that. But then, just like the conversation, I felt like people were, like, teasing you. And then they started to get to this deep conversation. When we did it, it's just, let's go right into it.

What's the balance in Fight Club, though? The balance in Fight Club is the comedic, like, edit with the fighter, right? You started to say there is no balance. I was. I'm not sure what you first thought, because that was the truth. I think that. comedic like edit with the fighter right you started to say there is no balance i was what your first thought because that was the truth because i think there there isn't a balance in trying to create another story only to end at the fight right it's straight about what it is but it's it's comedic it's refreshing the jokes are going so when you're watching it you're not like disgusted if you were

just to watch it and hit play which we do have all the bonus footages on all the shows you get like five or six clips and you can just watch it unedited how much is subscription 4.99 4.99 yeah but it's premium this is the premium stuff any scripted drama you know comedy shows like any because you you do a lot of things right yeah well, we're creating as we go. I have like eight shows. So the eight shows that come out are dating. It's inside the network. It's a big transgender show, the Girls Club. We also have the agency.

It's called the what? The Girls Club. Oh, wow. And then there's another. Do they want to be called that? Have you ran that by them? Absolutely. I mean, I run it by everybody.

And one thing that I don't do is my mission is to make the reality star look bad. Yeah, because I'm in the same position. And what I'm here to do is to ignite the numbers. So our points could be on the board like basketball players. So what's the girls club? Break that down. It's 13 transgenders, transgender women. They're super cool. They're super lit. And they're in there to tell their story and to survive, you know,

this big moment and, you know, make a name for themselves. And it's one of the loudest shows we have. Sydney Starr is the star of it. She helped put that together with me.

And it started off with her trying to do an audition show, a love show in Atlanta and, dude, attempted murder. Like, 17 like 17 shots like popped off and it's like yeah it was crazy it's in it's in it's in there it's all caught that on camera yeah shout out the rod from the gay agency shout out to the gay agency as well what the hell is

the gay agency a gay agency yeah oh yeah so listen with this show is there like like it's like a survival show or is it like a theme like what, what is it? It's similar to, we did Bad Girls Club with Oxygen. We did Bad Girls All-Star Battle, but it's similar to the Bad Girls Club. That was my shit,

All-Star Battle. You know? Bad Girls Club. So that proves to you that Natalie and I worked together a long time ago, so I was able to hit her. Tell her,

I love hip-hop. Hollywood wasn't really coming back. I think you should work with Zeus. This is a good play for you. You'll have power, control, EP, all of that. And boom. You know what I mean? So now you're about to steal all Lee's thunder.

You're about to take all of those people you would have said, hey, go over there to Lee. You're taking for yourself now. Exactly. Yes. You call him Lee? Oh, let me. Damn.

I can't remember his name. Yeah, because my other co-founder from Raycon is Ray Lee. So I was like, hmm. He knows I'm right. Got you. Got you. All right, we got more with Ray J. When we come back, don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ray J. DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. Ray J is still here with us. So now recently, on some other news, I was looking at TMZ. They robbed your cars?

They stole your cars two maybacks missing like what out of nowhere from where right on our moment they it's in they're in reno right now the cars because yeah and we was we landed sometime in the middle of the night somewhere but the cars were supposed to pull up pick us up you know we had we had the suits and we was gonna go corporate and then it just kind of like you know i'm saying somebody transported them and then they stopped answering the phone then we tracked the cars and it was in reno i like this casino and chop shop they were yours they were mine so i bought one and uh truth who is my business partner he's the one that helped me close the deal with raycon um he bought him one and we were just like you know i'm saying

just feeling good to come to new y. You know what I'm saying? How much the Raycon check was, man? You know, it was in another world because I feel like we did so much. It was so hard to just break the code and understand

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Jess says no. Wait, wait, what are you talking about? Reality show king then, Jess. There's nobody, there's nobody bigger than me. Mmm. Um, uh, well, at first, at first, I ain't gonna lie. At first, it was Stevie J for a long time. He had it in that era.

In that era. It was Stevie J. Ray's after that era, though. No, no, no, no, no, no. Ray is there. This is after Ray. This is after. Love and hip-hop is after for the love of Ray J

and Brandy and Ray J and Family Business. Yeah. Yeah. Ray, you got to do your own on. We've had this conversation before. That's what I'm saying. So in reality, that's where I dominate. So why wouldn't I?

I never thought about that. That's what Ray J reality. I feel like also in front of the camera, but you got a lot to do with behind the camera, too. Exactly. So I would call you the king of behind the camera, too, because he produces. It's all types of stuff. I'm trying to let you know.

I'm giving you your props in another way. Would you put your family back on reality show? Because people scrutinize your relationship, and no matter what you do, the eyes are always there. Yeah, but that's the—and I mentioned that that that's what you sacrifice really i mentioned that even through the first episode of inside the network i break down how reality stars get the end of the stick and i mean it's hard to show the end of the stick yeah i mean your church is even tripping like it's like yeah you know what i mean because the ratchet scene is about to do a takeover and it's going to be unstoppable for like a few years where it's going to be unstoppable for like a few years

where it's going to be on everybody's nerves. When did it go away though? The Ratchet scene has been on. But you've never seen nothing like the Tronics Network. You've never seen nothing like the Tronics Network. At the end, you're going to subscribe. I don't know if that's what we need

right now though, right? But what am I talking about? Do we need that level of ratchet yeah because watch the story arc with it like okay yeah this is ratchet with a message yeah like does it have a message absolutely ratchet has a lot of messages because when you watch yourself in a ratchet environment you do either ratchet things or you do the right thing that's how you know how to make adjustments with yourself okay but what i don't want to see and i'm pretty sure nobody is everybody's tired of seeing people just fighting all over the place all the time so that's what he's saying about like a storyline it's actually going to be story live like like inside the network is like my creative directors was fighting because they were tripping off something i just caught it on tape or the

agency the agency i mean got cameras set up back no i just know when they was fighting because they were tripping off something I just caught it on tape or the agency agency I mean got cameras set up back no I was just grabbed a phone but after that yeah I started to have like I got four or five shooters just ready for anything that happens now and I'm like the ratchet I told people I am the ratchet Shakespeare oh well I like that and what that sounds ridiculous for a J ratchet Shakespeare ratchet Shakespeare I like what is the No, it is. I don't like that at all. That sounds ridiculous, Frasier. Ratchet Shakespeare. Ratchet Shakespeare. I like it. Well, break that down.

What is the Ratchet Shakespeare? Maybe I need to see it first. Maybe I'm judging. You know what I mean? Do you guys have time today to watch The Sizzle? Absolutely. How long is The Sizzle? How long is The Sizzle?

It's like two minutes. Of course. We got two minutes. We got time. Are you really pushing for Brandi and Monica to go on tour together? That's all I want. What made you wake up the one day and say, this is what I need? Well, I've been saying it since they did the...

The rehearsals. Yeah, like, I got the jet for B. We flew out there. It was just vibe. They were going back and forth. It wasn't like a competition, but it was. Yeah. And Brandi, like, her side, we was...

I was... It was like a mosh pit in a ballot. It was amazing. It was a ballot plan. And you look to the side, and we giving her all that support. And I just think Brandi and Monica is an undeniable tour. It's like you both win last run. No matter what you feel or whatever, how can you not take that opportunity? Yeah, I love that.

If you know it's there, why do anything else first? And the last song of the tour, Boyz II Men. Close it out. God bless the night. That'd be crazy. So I told him, like, I think that's a hundred million dollar. Both of them, I think they can bring in a $200 million. Who opens up that show, though?

Huh? Who opens that show? I mean, of course, Monica would have to open it, right? Yeah. Have to open it? Yeah. I would think so. I mean, because they'd be co-headlining.

I mean, you could do something different. Maybe you could do like a song to song to song to song. Somebody has to come out first. Yeah, but that's not a... RSVP. Yeah, well, yeah, that was... No, no, no. No.

No chance. No, no, no. Look, Brandi ain't having that either. She's... But the Brandi Monica tour, or the Monica Brandi tour, whichever one. My title is Brandi Monica tour. Yeah, well, she would have to open. You know what I mean?

And tell them why. It's cold headlining. But tell them why. And they can't do song for song for song because that'll be a replica of the verses again. But no. It'll break up the set. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She will open.

She gets the crowd pumped. Like, this is great. And then Brandi, boom. Like, who did you think won the verses? I think Brandi. I'm Brandy all day not just cause you here you know

no no no Brandy is one of my yeah that's fact top three singers R&B I told you since I was little did not who did I

this women's international month women's history month the first lady oh Brandy yeah that was the first Brandy was the first woman that I honored

no it was your mom yeah it was my mom didn't break hair you know yeah but Brandy was the first woman that I honored. No, it was your mom. Yeah, it was my mom. Didn't break hair. You know, yeah. But Brandy, you know what I'm saying? She was on the second day. I grew up on this woman. So I'm like, all right, cool.

And I also grew up on Monica too. And when you think of Brandy, you think of Monica and it's all right. But yeah, but Monica will open. Brandy will end it. Absolutely. Make that money. We've debated who got the best catalog. It's not about the best catalog it's not about the best catalog

it's just the best the overall accolades right it it it you know not with music because then you go back to like the the whole tank tyrese and genuine right tyrese is the bigger out of the three but genuine got the biggest records bro that's the biggest out of all three of them yeah as far as movie tyrese as far as Tyrese is not the biggest. I'm talking about like singers. Pink Genuine. No, I think Genuine. I think Tyrese is the most irritating.

Okay. Yeah, right? He's definitely, so he definitely is the most entertaining. Exactly. No, no, no, he's not the most entertaining. He's the most irritating. He irritates the shit out of me. Yeah, okay. Everything he's been doing lately has just been cringing.

Y'all know each other? Y'all know each other. Of course y'all know each other. Him and my sister are cool friends. They always been cool. You never liked him? I don't, you know what I'm saying? I don't care about Tyrese.

I don't like some of the stuff he be doing and saying, you know what I'm saying? And crying about a bunch of stuff. I'm not going to diss Tyrese. You already did. Oh yeah, that's gone. You've done enough for him to go on Instagram. Remember last time

he was playing around with Eddie Murphy, remember? Last time I got mad at Tyrese. I remember. Don't play with me. Yeah. Don't play with me, Tyrese. I don't, I don't,

we don't, I'm not like that. But still, yeah, man. Don't play with me. Yeah. Why you turn to Ray Park all of a sudden? Like, what the hell?

Like, why? What did you go over there and drink? What did Tyrese just start getting shots for? I don't know. Why? No, because we asked about him. Yeah, because y'all was talking. We was talking about him.

So if you look at his interview, he just did, and somebody missed. He said, oh, no, me and Ray J, he said something real smart. So I'm just responding. Oh. I'm just responding. Oh. Mm-mm. But my sister does.

So it's cool. That's one of her friends, you know. So it's like whatever. But stay away from me. All right. We got more with Ray J when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne Dekai. We are the Breakfast Club. And yep, Ray J. That's right. Ray J is still here.

Jess. Okay. So what's going on? What you want, princess? It's hot in here, huh? Yeah, it what's going on? What you want, Princess? It's hot in here, huh? Yeah, it is. You take your coat off. You take your coat off.

You probably... It's kind of hot, yeah. A little bit. It's all right. What's really going on with that? I mean, for the fourth time, I mean, it's been a conversation for a while. Yeah. Okay?

We just... He's taking his overall right now. Oh, he put his earring back on. We trying to figure it out. We seen things unfold on TV. We seen, yeah. You know, it's from the beginning. Oh, he put his earring back there. We trying to figure it out. We seen things unfold on TV. We seen, yeah, you know, this from the beginning. Like, y'all been through a lot together.

Y'all got kids. A lot. Two beautiful babies. Yo. I want to do one more day with you guys here. I know you guys are busy, but I'm having fun.

My son is here. Oh, my God. I brought him with me. And it's just like, it completed a lot of stuff for me because I was like, he a boy. My daughter love going to school. And she's in her zone. You know what I'm saying? with me and it's just like it completed a lot of stuff for me because i was like he a boy my

daughter loved going to school and and she's in her zone you know i'm saying she's five about to be six but he four and he like he like be wanting to be with me and when i'm out of town and i'm not there that's when i get emotional because it's like you know i'm saying just the little things of what they trying to learn and who they watch is who they are like you know what I'm saying? Just the little things of what they trying to learn and who they watch is who they are like. You know what I'm saying? So he hasn't wanted to leave me. You know how you like, all right, I want to go back.

Yeah. He's like, I want to be with you forever and ever and ever. You know what I'm saying? And then if I even go like to the store, he'll just start crying. So I'm like, you could come with me everywhere.

Because it's not like you can't. You know what I'm saying? Like parents and everybody or creators be like i need this time to die that's that's a front bro it's a it's just making yourself more busy than you should be for the kids so he here with me he got on the plane with me he hopped on the plane he got on the couch he went to sleep he woke up in new york you know just having a good time why is princess after for a divorce for the fourth time yeah um I just think that sometimes you you reached a peak and you said this before yeah and

I'm saying everyone is that next peak and sometimes when you break up that one is where you just like depressed about it and you're like can't think about nothing else you know I'm saying and then the next one it gets easier and then it starts to make sense you know i'm saying and then the next one it gets easier and then it starts to make sense you know i'm saying because i guess happiness is important you know what i'm saying but for me if if my kids are happy then i don't care about happiness and a lot of people put they say you have to be happy to for your kids yeah for sure and i feel much more like i feel like i have the power in my hands now but at the same time i would the fact that we make the vow and i'm 100 i would i could just i could not be happy and be

happy for the kids and just ride it out and figure out which years we're gonna have that's gonna be great and which aren't you know what i'm saying so i'm willing to not be happy to be around my kids every day like that's not good because the kids are the kids are all right no no i get that but it's like if you say you're gonna die for your kids like you're gonna die for your kids but but you won't sacrifice your happiness for no no just no do you want to get a divorce right i'm just'm just, I'm really happy. I'm happy that I'm just able to, like, create something, like, in a sense of, like, give me this building and do all of this right now. And let me see it. It's crazy.

Do y'all speak? Do you have a good relationship? Yeah, we talk every day. We super cool. Like, it's all good. Do you want to get a divorce, Ray? Yeah. I don't, I just, I don't know what that means you know what i'm saying like if we're

not together then you know i just want to i just want to protect her as far as like whatever the industry has or whatever it's doing like she's killing them in poker right now yes a lot of millions on the table you playing with millions of dollars you know what i'm saying so you just gotta protect her and protect the kids like you cannot you're the kid my kids love their mom they look like that that's their everything so how can you not make sure that that figure is even if you say all this crazy and just call me out my name or call say i'm gonna die early whatever it's still all uh is it true that you're trying to get a pardon for Suge Knight from Donald Trump? Or you were trying to get one when he was in office?

Mm. I heard that was one of the reasons you arrived at him when he was in office, because you were trying to get a pardon for Suge Knight. No. No. No. And that's what you said when you said it.

I'm like, that is a good idea. Well, it can't happen now because he's not president. Well, I was just about to say, I was just about to say when he wins again that's what I was just gonna so you going for Trump I don't

who we vote for shouldn't be the topic of conversation what can we do to help this place like you know what I'm saying like what does it

look like are we all is it all messed up it's all messed up to me being an interest racer was chilling with DT bro

we talking 1% 3% 2% 2% for all people everybody ate interest rates was chilling with with dt bro we talking one percent three percent two percent two percent for all people everybody ate like we you know i'm saying four more damn i don't know i mean i i guarantee you this you can't get canceled if you say you're gonna vote donald trump like you used to right i'm saying like if you said that you you risking something right yeah now it's like i'm voting for him too um but but but listen if you if you have your mamas and your grandma if you have your grandmas and your mamas putting your ballot in for you because they like well we worked hard for this so i'm gonna put

yours in and you tell them to go trump just know that they still gonna go biting so if you want to vote you got to get out there and do it yourself i want to do whatever you want to do that's what you said the puff and then he said oh my god ray ray ray how that ray you can get the cameras going right now wrestle shawty that'll be a good one i'm just asking those words i've been trying to play with you that's the second time we're trying to play with you ray that's the second time ray Ray. Because you got the goons. You know you got those goons. You got a booty goon show?

No. But I do got the gaygency now. I do got, you know what I'm saying? My transgender squad. And then, oh. Transgender squad. Suki and I, we have Hangover 69. The first song is called Pipe You Down.

The video's done. I want to break it here. I want it to be on heavy rotation here first. Yeah. Before anywhere else. You know what I'm saying? This is where I see heavy road for this because it has this drill beat. I like that.

That was in the trailer though, right? Yeah. It's a good tune. It's a really good tune. And I think that here, I mean, here is where I know it should be first. Yeah. But not I like it. It's a good tune. It's a really good tune. And I think that here, I mean, here's where I know it should be first. Yeah. But not just playing it.

You know what I'm saying? Like, you know. But the world gotta love it. And I want you guys to love it. And if you don't, I'm your friend.

Ray's been in that one. That's my guy. I've had my quota of Ray J for the day. It's time for you to stand on business, Ray. And what I mean by that is you need to do more interviews

where you're talking about your business acumen and your business portfolio. Yeah, it's time now. But, you know, I couldn't do that there because it was so sealed tight. And I had to, like, you know, just watch a couple of things. But I'm in full control. I spent all my money. I spent all my money on this network. How can people subscribe?

You didn't even tell them how to subscribe. Yeah. Tronix. T-R-O-N-I-X. Network.com. You should give people 30 days free where they can see if they can enjoy it first, and then you'll get them clicked. He was already talking about people giving it up for free.

You know how you do? You got to put your credit card info anyway. I get 30 days. Yeah, don't do that. See, you got to understand, DJ Envy, this is the loudest, most premium content they're ever going to get with an art that you can't beat that just makes you feel good for $4.99. That you've never seen. I'm happy for you, Ray J.

Ray J, ladies and gentlemen. I can't wait to see what the Tronics Network does. We are working. It's live now. Yes. You can go in and you can subscribe, pre-subscribe now. The trailer is coming. Suki has a show coming out on the Tronics network where she's executive producing it here's the title

little coochies of las vegas little coochies nothing real about raging i promise you it's about all the sexy little dancers oh the little people yeah oh shoot Little Hooch But then Split Right Split Who was the first fighter On the Fight Club I let her produce A show called Big Hoochies of Atlanta And that's the big

Big ones So we got Big back to ATL Okay Rachel got a show Called Big Back to ATL Yo That's crazy

That's my son And the Gagencies Like series Is like Brokeback Mountain but the reality version. Oh, I love it. Oh my God. Ladies and gentlemen.

Yes. Ray J. Yes, yo. Tronics Network. We appreciate you, brother. Man. Make sure he didn't pass out over there.

Ray is the endless man. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess and Larry, Charlamagne Tha Guy. How we doing?

How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doing? How we doingaris, Charlamagne Tha God. How we doing? How we doing, Ray J? We told Ray J we were going to play his song with Sukeana. We don't have it. Maybe it's for the best, but yes. Did he send it? I don't know if he sent it or not. Did he send it? He was here, but I don't know.

Did he send it? Ray J sent his song. All right, well, look. Come on, because I got to get to it. All right. Where we going? UK or Thailand? We going to UK.

Thailand is in the third hour. The music's real., music's real. Music's real. Jessalyn, Jessica Robin Moore, Jess gon' be my wife. Jess is gon' bring numbers. Jess with a message.

I need this real. On The Breakfast Club. I know they know the difference. Keep it a secret. All right. So an investigation was opened at the hospital where Princess Kate

had her surgery. Y'all pay attention. People in the UK been on their Sherlock Holmes vibe, right? Since I put them on to the funny business that's been going on with Kate. With all the fake pictures and unconfirmed sightings of Princess Kate, we've all been worried about the condition she's in and if she's actually okay. But y'all are taking it too far now. I never told y'all to go dig up that lady's medical records, all right?

Records show that at least one employee at the Londonondon clinic tried to illegally access princess kate's medical records that's not one of my sources i'd like to be very clear on that um the clinic reached out to the palace and let them know there was a breach of security and that there will be a full-on investigation they gonna launch it all right the rep of the kensington police said that they don't have nothing to do with it and it's a matter for the clinic to handle now what if they investigate and come back to baltimore hmm i'm not there all of this all of this happened the day after the video of kate being happy and healthy in public came out now i want y'all to be like paying the sentence to me when i say this happy and healthy because that was not Kate. I'm just going to say it.

I'm still trying to find out who exactly it is. It's like two names swarming around that was in a personator. So to your point, yeah, they do have impersonators. That lady is taller than Kate and a little bit on the thinner side. Very, very skinny. That's not her. If you zoom into the picture, you can clearly see. No, that is not Kate.

The hospital, one of the hospitals at the employee that tried to get those records was probably looking for some answers because that lady in the video was not giving kate right we don't like i said we don't know who she is yet but we we're we're searching right now i got um a couple phone calls at 9 a.m so i'll continue to keep it i believe in you okay you. And what is this music? Oh, I thought you requested this. No, y'all are really playing with me. I thought you requested this. No.

The Queen is here. What, you're at a Central Sea? Y'all are so funny. No, and don't cut on Remy Ma. None of that stuff either. Sometimes you should just be quiet. Y'all so funny. I thought you asked for this.

No, I ain't asking. You know I didn't. For your UK news. No, that is y'all playing games in here. Worldwide mess. All right, listen. In more worldwide news, back over to the US. Kanye says I-Spice is refusing to give him a verse.

What word is that? Refusing. Okay. Don't play with her. I'm not. Thank you. I just wanted to be clear. So before we get into it, backstory.

Kanye has an unreleased song called New Body. All right? It was supposed to come out on an album that he planned to release back in 2018 like six years ago Kanye but the album never came out Nicki Minaj was originally on the feature on a song and this was her verse All right. That was a vibe. I liked it. Last year,

when Kanye was getting ready to release his vultures album with Ty Dolla $ign. So y'all, this is quest love. And I'm here to tell you about a new podcast. I've been working on with the story pirates and John Glickman called historical records. It's a family friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.

A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called

Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat.

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Well, wonder no more, because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board. Just don't call me unless it's urgent.

And tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record Podcast. Every week, I or my co-host, Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight. Now we have a special series where we speak with the artists behind one of the most influential jazz labels of the 20th century, Blue Note Records. You'll hear from artists like nine-time Grammy award-winning

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Hi, I'm Marie. And I'm Sydney. And we're mess. Well, not a mess, but on our podcast called Mess, we celebrate all things messy. But the gag is not everything is a mess. Sometimes it's just living. Yeah, things like J-Lo on her third divorce. Living. Girls trip to Miami. Mess. Ozempic. Messy, skinny living.

Restaurant stealing a birthday cake. Mess. Wait, what flavor was the cake though? Okay, that's a good question. Hooking up with someone in accounting and then getting a promotion. Living. Breaking up with your girlfriend while on Instagram Live. Living. It's kind of mess.

Yeah. Well, you get it. Got it? Live, love, mess. Listen to Mess with Sydney Washington and Marie Faustin on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And he asked Nicki to clear, uh, he asked her for the clearance for our verse. Nicki told Kanye, no. After Nicki deaded Kanye, that is so dramatic.

After Nicki deaded Kanye, he apparently reached out to Ice Spice and Doja Cat to replace Nicki's verse. Kanye vented on his IG story about the status of I spice verse and it says I spice sent the verse in so she did actually record it and she sent it in for new body. Now her team is saying we can't use it. Makes sense. Probably for the best. Well, see what Nikki said. It was six years old and it was an old verse like she want to put out an old verse which makes sense totally agree with it and ice spice uh i opened up for taylor swift yeah i was gonna say best friends with taylor swift now homies with taylor swift taylor swift don't f with you

yeah i mean she's riding with taylor swift right she's riding with her so i just want to give y'all you know just a little bit of news and everybody everywhere and everybody musically don't have to collaborate you know what i'm saying like kanye was ice spice collaboration i'm not fiending for that in no way, shape, or form. Might have sounded dope, though. Might have sounded hard. Probably could have been hard. It may have been hard.

Yeah. Undocumented immigrants. Wait a minute. Undocumented immigrants have the right to own guns. Very, very scary. Earlier this month, an Illinois judge dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman, she argued that a migrant,

I don't know how to say his name, but he's clearly, you know, a migrant. And he acted in self-defense. A judge in Illinois just ruled illegal immigrants have the right to keep and bear arms. Police arrested an illegal immigrant living in Chicago with a gun back in 2020. They charged him for violating the federal law banning illegal immigrants from having guns. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman just decided the Second Amendment applies to him, the illegal

immigrant, like everybody else, so he can have a gun. In her decision, she wrote that Humberto Flores received and used the handgun solely for self-protection and protection of property during a time of documented civil unrest. Court documents show Flores fired the gun at moving cars during the BLM riots in Chicago. He argues police officers warned him about looters who were approaching his neighborhood. I'm so confused by this. An illegal immigrant, right? So that means you're not a citizen of America. So if you're not a citizen of America,

how do the constitutional rights or even laws of that state apply to you? Yep. And he said, basically, like, he fired. He said that he was defending himself, trying to protect himself. This was during a BLM movement. Yeah.

So I wonder if is he in the i wonder if he's in the process of getting his citizenship uh they did not it doesn't matter he's not a citizen no he's not yeah i told y'all already america you know doesn't even have the resources to take care of these people that are coming into this country legally are illegally and so what happens when people can't take care of themselves uh you know in a lot of cases they resort to crime and where are they going to be committing these crimes wherever they can but especially in the hood so i'm telling you all spring all summer long that's what you're going to hear about immigrants illegal or otherwise clashing with folks in the hood and now they have the right

to bear arms yeah good luck all right and that is just with the World Wide Mess for the second hour the third hour we got some Thailand news coming up some Thailand you don't know nobody you know what though

you might excuse me yeah thank you so very much alright I don't know why you think I only know people in Baltimore

and New York I didn't say that maybe plain I did not say that like you ain't World Wide no she got mad connecting to the UK thank you

yeah alright now when we come back show them and we give you a donkey too for after the hour we need two I connect in the UK. Thank you. Yeah. All right. Now, when we come back, Sheldon, man, who you giving your donkey to? Four after the hour.

We need two white Mississippi law enforcement officers to come to the front of the congregation. They have a team called the Goon Squad, and they go into jail for a long time, and I'm going to tell you why. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up.

You're locked into The Breakfast Club. This is a miracle there is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community yes you are a donkey the latest on that police killing of a black man now to new developments in the deadly spa shooting rampage uh man you're saying it was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. And so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white supremacist violence is and always has been the number one threat to our society. But I'm also very proud that my wife is white.

To the breakfast club, bitches! All right, Sean Dean, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day? Well, let's discuss. Donkey of the day for Wednesday, March 20th goes to two white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled goon squad. Yes, their names are Hunter Elward, who was a 31-year-old former Mississippi sheriff's deputy, and Jeffrey Middleton, a 46-year-old former sheriff's deputy

who federal prosecutors described as the ringleader of the goon squad now i know some of y'all believe i'm a race baiter and you're saying to yourself now why did you have to say the officers were white well race play is a very important factor because these officers ran up in these people's house without a warrant all because a neighbor reported that several black men were staying at a white woman's home and reported seeing suspicious behavior i put suspicious in air quotes keep in mind this is mississippi a state that didn't officially abolish slavery until february 7th 2013 okay simply because someone forgot to do the paperwork true story the state of mississippi had never submitted the required documentation to ratify the 13th amendment so

slavery didn't officially get abolished until February 7th, 2013. So in a state like that, okay, the suspicious, all right, suspicious behavior is simply all these black men living with a white woman. All right, that damn neighbor probably was thinking to himself, I got Pornhub. I know black gang bang hardcore when I see it. So he decided to be the fun police and call the police. And this is what happened. Let's go to WAPT abc for the report please this has been a historic day and historic

sentencing hunter elward the man who shot michael jenkins in the mouth got 20 years in prison the first member of the rankin county goon squad to be sentenced elward apologizing for the actions of he and others for abusing and sexually torturing Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins in what started as a suspicious person investigation, but later led to a cover-up. Hunter Elwood stood in court and apologized to both men. Parker stood up in court and forgave him. For, you know, what, you know, his giving and what he's done, I forgive that part. But other than that, he still did, you know what I'm saying, what he did, and he has to be punished for that.

Elwood put his weapon in Jenkins' mouth, pulled the trigger, but it didn't go off the first time. He did it a second time, severing Jenkins' tongue as the bullet exited his throat. Jeffrey Middleton was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison. The reported architect of the Rankin County Goon Squad. In the assault in January of last year, six officers tortured the victims, tested their tasers to see which one was the strongest, and tried to cover all the evidence after. Prosecutor St. Middleton said he had no problems killing anybody. God bless that brother. He better than me.

I would have had to talk to my therapist, my wife, all my spiritual leaders to get to that level of forgiveness. They tortured, sexually tortured this black man last year in a brutal attack that was based on race. Six cops came into this man's home with no warrant and assaulted these brothers with stun guns, a sex toy, and other objects. Let me tell you something, man. I was born in 1978. Okay. Therefore, I grew up on Wu-Tang torture tactics and always said that Wu-Tang torture extreme okay I never thought in a civilized society Wu Tang torture tactics would ever be necessary but after hearing this story I disagree with myself okay sometimes you got to get medieval on these fools alright these are some of the things that need to happen to these officers in prison if you're new to Wu Tang torture tactics listen torture mother fuck what I'll tie you to a bedpost with your cheeks spread out, right?

Put a hanger on a stove and let that s*** sit there for like a half hour Take it off and stick it in your a** Yeah, I f***ing lay your nuts on a dresser Just your nuts laying on a dresser And bang them s*** with a spiked bat I'll pull your tongue out your mouth and stab the with a rusty screwdriver This is my favorite. I'll sew your whole clothes and keep feeding you and feeding you and feeding you and feeding you Is it possible to sew a butt closed?

Jesus, I mean you can sew anything closed. No wonder Listen y'all know I'm a mental health advocate. I love therapy. I love meditation. I love plant-based medicine. We all on a healing journey. You know this about me, but I also believe in energy. And what you put out, you will get back.

It's a really simple concept. If you live your life with the mindset, don't do anything to anyone that you wouldn't want done to you or someone you love, then you will live a great life. So with that said, I want these cops to receive the exact same energy in prison that they administered on the street see if you ask me this isn't the first time these officers have done this this is just the first time they got caught and punished for it i have no problem with eye for an eye dildo for a dildo in this situation okay do you know what eye for an eye means the principle of justice that requires punishment equal in kind to the offense not greater than the offense as was frequently given in ancient times.

So if someone puts out another's eye, one of the offender's eyes should be put out. Now, I've heard people say eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. That is not true. The whole world will not be blind. In fact, nobody would be blind if whatever you did to someone got back done to you. I really believe that people would move a little different. A lot different. See, what those members of the goons squad don't understand is that it's all fun and games until the inmates got the dildo. Okay?

And listen, I see the comments on social media sometimes and folks say, Charlemagne, you make everything about race. And it's usually white people saying that. And I don't even get upset. I understand simply because race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier black folks don't have that choice that's a quote from a nigerian writer's name who i cannot pronounce let me just hear him say it play it one more time even when i hear it i don't want to

still feel like i'll be spitting all over the place yes just remember whenever you tell a black person they making everything about race just remember that quote from chichi race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier black folks don't have that choice please let kathy griffin give hunter elward and jeffrey middleton the biggest hee-haw please give

this giant jar of mayo the biggest hee-haw what state was this again i'm sorry mississippi let chelsea handler get in on this. Hee-haw, hee-haw. That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. Man, I feel like Chris Rock got something to say, man. Cracker ass cracker. Ooh. Ooh, my girl. My girl working this morning.

Cracker. Okay, okay. You don't think they should get the death penalty, though? Yeah. Like, let's stop playing. And they do have that in mississippi right what they still do that yeah but if you believe an eye for an eye nobody got killed sadly i mean nobody got killed thankfully um he shot him in his throat he did shoot him in his throat yeah they got they got i think 20 just happened to survive yeah they tried to kill him

that he should be fried. It's crazy. And then hopefully when people see that, you die from this. Like, it's not just you go to jail. I like the prison. I like the 20 years in prison. But he pulled the trigger. Nothing came out.

So he pulled it again. Like, he knew it was up. I personally like the 20 years in prison, especially if they're living amongst general population. Two police officers. Everybody knows what they did. Everybody knows their name. It's a pretty high profile case in Mississippi. You know?

I like booing. Just give the inmates some dildo. Dildo that man butt and then you got to take a shower to clean himself off. I say 10 years and then death penalty. I'm with you. You don't like the 20 years of torture? Nah. You got to understand

these police officers in prison for doing what they did to a black man in Mississippi? You know what? They may kill themselves. That might be true. They may commit suicide. Might be true. Because nobody want to go. Because they feel like they can't go through 20 years of that.

Nah. Most of them cowards. They can't go through 20 years of that. That's what I'm saying. It's going to be rough. But why even give them an option to get out? Yeah, they're still in a better predicament. 20 years, they get on for good behavior, so they have to do what?

15, 14? They still can live. Listen, they got 20 years. Sometimes we don't even see these cops get sentenced at all. I don't know what to tell y'all. They got 20 years. Okay. That shit out, though.

Never mind. All right. We ain't looking for no answers from you. Ain't no way I know what to tell y'all. Like, why we just saying what we think? That's right. I'm just saying what I think, too. Why y'all keep, why y'all do it?

What's up? I don't know what to tell y'all, so, yeah, like I said, I said what I said. Maybe he just tells what's on, like he, he, he, everything in real is. I don't know what to tell y'all. No, mess with that booty for 20 years. Okay. Mess with that booty for 20 years. How about if they like that?

I like booty. Yeah. Well, Envy, you sound like you want to be in there with them or something. No, I'm good. Okay. You got a lot of ideas you wrote down over there. I just said just kill them. I didn't say.

No, no. You started to say some other things, but you stopped yourself. All right. When we come back. They're saying wrap it up. Not in prison. From MSNBC. We have Charles Coleman and Tremaine Lee joining us.

We're going to kick it with them when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlemagne the Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got some special guests with us this morning. We got the brother Charles Coleman and Tremaine Lee. Welcome. Peace, peace. How y'all feeling? Morning, morning, morning. We got the brother Charles Coleman and Trimane Lee. Welcome. Peace, peace. How y'all feeling? Morning, morning, morning. I loved what y'all was doing. I love the black men in America that rode the 2024.

Why was that important to do? You know, it's always important for us to, in our position, to center black men, right? We understand that we are absent in so many spaces, right? Financial spaces, various institutions in certain neighborhoods. But for us to be able to elevate our voices and center black men, because sometimes as we know, brothers feel like they're not getting attention at home.

They're not getting attention from candidates. They're not getting the attention that they deserve. So Charles and I came together and said, we have this platform, so why not elevate these brothers' voices? And I also think that when you're talking about our discourse now politically, we have a very lazy way of looking at it. And when I say that when you're talking about our discourse now politically, we have a very lazy way

of looking at it. And when I say we, I'm talking about our community. And one of the reasons why is because we like to say, go vote. But that's kind of sort of with the pretext

that you're voting in the way that I feel aligned with my interests. If you're not, I'm not necessarily keen on that. And what we wanted to do was present

a variety of perspectives in a way that was balanced, that was fair, that allow people to see. All right. I may not agree with that ideologically, but I understand this part of the conversation. Why does it feel like, you know, they already setting it up to if Donald Trump gets back in the White House, it's going to be black men's fault because you need a bad guy. Right. Like you need a bad guy. You need a villain in this political conversation. And unfortunately, we are in America. And, you know, it's easier to paint us as the bad guy rather than to look at data. Right. Like if you look at the data, if Donald Trump were to win, there's no question that college educated white women and uneducated white women who are voting would have had a huge hand in that, right?

Instead of looking at the demographics that point to a particular area, it's easy to say, I like this narrative. We're going to put it on black men. And so I think that that's really the answer. It's like you need a villain. To compensate for the fact that, to Tremaine's point, you did not do your job. It's amazing to me how in our conversation about the elected officials that want our votes we will put more onus on the voter yes who's dissatisfied rather than on the

candidates who have failed to satisfy the voters the refusal to actually engage they're gonna spend the money get out the vote the last minute souls to the polls you know try get people in church service and get them to the polls but they're gonna wait to the very last minute instead of actually engaging with the community daily right be in the community set roots up so people know you're there talking to brothers all around the country what they say is they don't ever ever acknowledge us i was talking to a brother the other day and he said even with donald trump's foolishness with the sneakers and sneaker con and all that at least the devil's saying your name you want somebody to say your name at least he's saying it yeah and when he said that at least the devil say your

name it sounds like you know it sounds wild but at least there are some overtures there charlotte man with it where did you become this lightning rod of like controversy around black men in the vote i have no i was trying to have this conversation with somebody and i was trying to go back i was like ab, ABC News, that's new. You know what I'm saying? We all know if you don't vote for me, you ain't black. You know, all that. But I was just like, why is it?

Where did this sort of conversation come from? I think it's because left wing media does not do a good job of pushing the narrative they want. And they do a good job of pushing right-wing media narratives. For example, if I'm on something like This Week ABC and I say, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, Donald Trump is a fascist, Donald Trump led an attempted coup in this country and then I say

what Joe Biden is an uninspiring candidate who doesn't have no mankind energy, Fox will take that part and highlight it and instead of the left taking the first part of what I said and highlighting that, they'll just respond to what fox said and then it becomes just easy easy villain though easy villain easy villain i think you know sometimes i feel like it should go back to the days where you don't know who somebody's candidate is right you just talk about voting and getting people to get out there to vote and you hear both sides or all three sides if you're talking

independent and nobody talks about who they're voting for because i think that creates a a form of uh almost like i'm shaming you because you're voting independent or i'm shaming you because you're voting republic or i'm shaming you because you're voting democrat right because you said you know we should vote for our interests right but if somebody's interest doesn't you know fall on jess's interest why should i have to go that way? And if I say I'm voting independent, oh, you vote independent. You effing up the votes. You know he can't win.

And I think it really clouds things. My mom and my dad never talked to their friends about who they were voting for. They talked about everybody should go register and vote and what it meant to vote. But they never really talked about what candidate they were voting for. The choices have become so stark, though. So it's not just a war of ideals like trickle-down economics or policing in this country or even border issues. It's become, clearly, there are

these white supremacist impulses embedded in our politics now. And so it's unfair that now we have to expose ourselves and sometimes you have the ideas of a democratic plantation. You've got to stick to this side or that side. But the stakes are so high that I think it's a legitimate concern of how folks are arriving at their vote they should have we should have full access to the franchise which we don't but you should be able to have complete

independence and be able to keep it to yourself but i think in this environment it's become dangerous i think that the other side to it is it's incumbent upon us to stop going through this cycle where we either a don't where we stay uneducated about the entire process of civic engagement or b choose not to share what we know with other people on the off years right like how many times are we going to be like well you got to do this because it's the less of two evils are you going to go hold those the problem that that people on the left that are terrified about another reign of donald trump are having is that you had four years and you didn't do anything with it to get people to understand or to get people to feel like this is what's going

to be different and now you want to sort of do a rush job and shame people to envy's point or scare people to the other point the sky sky is falling. The sky is falling. Every cycle is the sky is falling. And that is not an effective strategy. And so I think that if you're going to get to a place where you're talking about people just sort of being able to, you know, discuss what their interests are and vote along those lines, they have to become educated where that's something that they can do. I don't think people like to have conversation. So, y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy

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him whatever whatever but nobody ever asked him why why he felt that way we're so quick to turn our back on somebody that doesn't necessarily agree that what we have and we just hate to have conversations my biggest concern in this entire discussion is that as black people we are negotiating our views around blackness based off of whether you agree with the candidate who i agree with that is deeply problematic right imagine you have a disagreement with someone in your community who looks like you about someone who's respectfully not in your community and because they don't align with your choice of someone who's not in our community you are now then trying to invalidate their blackness that's right i'm not about to argue with you over no white people that

is absurd right so i'll give you a great example the whole conversation through the lens of the white gaze yeah i'll give you a great example real quick i have a friend he's a plumber in chicago he employs all black people because he believes in supporting black people and teaching black young men and women trades. He is having trouble bidding on contracts because of the influx of immigrant labor into the city of Chicago and other contractors are under bidding him because they are paying their contractors, their their their employees under the table a lot less cash. So he's like, look, on this immigration issue, I actually feel like I'm more aligned with what conservatives are saying than what Democrats are saying. You can't tell me that this man is anti-black because he has that position. So when you talk about priorities, it shapes out in very different ways for very different people. But you also can't ignore the fact that when you align yourself on a singular interest or a singular issue

that you're also in bid with a whole bunch of other people, namely white supremacists. If you're a Republican, it doesn't make you a white supremacist. But if you're a white supremacist, blatantly, you're probably a Republican. Not to disavow the idea that there are white supremacists racing the Democratic Party. And so there are white supremacists on both sides. But that side on the the right now it's become part and parcel

of the party now and especially with donald trump's reason to take over the rnc right expect to see more of that all right we got more with charles coleman and tremaine lee when we come back of course they from msnbc so don't move it's the breakfast club good morning everybody is dj nv jess larry charlemagne the guy are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Charles Coleman and Tremaine Lee from MSNBC. Charlemagne. So what do Democrats do? Because, you know, the messaging of fear, I don't think is going to work in 2024. But this is the year we should actually be afraid.

Because, you know, we've been hearing the same rhetoric every election cycle, right? Every presidential election cycle. It's a threat to democracy. This candidate, especially Republicans, they always demon election cycle. It's a threat to democracy. This candidate, especially Republicans, they always demonize him. It's a threat to democracy. This is the time it actually is, but you can't make people believe it because you've been saying it for years. No, I really don't understand that.

So last night I was in this off-the-record conversation with some folks in the White House, and I had this very same conversation about why aren't you going to the community? Even when you look at the charts and unemployment and wealth and everything is on rise from from donald trump but the people don't feel it and they're still trying to figure out the messaging they say you know we know we're trying to figure out the messaging you're supposed to be the big 10 party filled with empowered black people all across this country and you're still trying to figure out how to communicate with black men and the way we live so segregated in this country right you know where the black people are you know what institutions they're in what institutions they're in,

what neighborhoods they're in, you know, the power brokers, those, those in the working class, the middle, you know who they are. Why aren't you still going to them?

They're still trying to figure out how to message all this good news. But to your point earlier, but still responding in that white supremacist kind of echo chamber, it's not doing that many services. I think it's really a matter of an inability to acknowledge their failures. So part of what has to happen. Inability or refusal? Refusal.

Yeah, right. Correct. A refusal that is couched as an inability. That's a great point. I think that part of why the messaging is falling flat is you can't say to me, you can't talk to me about all of the things you're going to do, all the great things that you've done, as if it's this rosy picture, without acknowledging, yo, we done messed some shit up before. We got a lot of work that we need to do.

And we acknowledge that. So for as long as that is treated as a cardinal sin, like, yo, we can't really talk about that because we're going to alienate white voters, the messaging in terms of black people, and in large part black men, is going to alienate white voters the messaging in terms of black people and in large part black men is going to fall flat the political calculus that it takes to say you know what we know this is this is right but we speak about black men too loudly right we know what's gonna happen to me

a backlash immediately not just from from the right but also in that center part of your own party you hotep but you what happens but you know even with that it's like yo man when i hear that it's like yeah i'm a vote but how can i ever truly support you if you don't even want to say my name in public i ain't no hope you know why is talking about black men talking about black people a bad electoral they also we have to we have to be honest and again this is beyond party they they fear us so they've marginalized us and as long as we're persona non grata

in any of these spaces in this discourse we can still again be the boogeyman the villain but they never have to actually appeal to us because there's a general

consensus that black men are to be feared or not to be respected over incarcerated we're not in college all those things we've been isolated to the point where

it's like common knowledge that we are there we this is I get so much heat for this but it's the truth we've been isolated to the point when it's like common knowledge that we are there. We this is I get I get so much heat for this, but it's the truth. We've been as a community, the side piece of the Democratic Party for so long that when we step out of that role and we start actually asking questions and pushing back now, it's a problem. Yeah. And I mean, that's really the dynamic that exists, unfortunately, with the left. And so it highlights the very complex nature of what it is to be black in America and then engage political systems because you realize like, OK, these folks over here are not really for me. These folks over here, they mess with me, but they mess with me in the dark when it's convenient, when they need me, when they want something. Right. And then when you can't have that honest dialogue

you know to envy's point you start thinking about a third party you have folks turn on each other and it's like well where do i go what do i do so it's a very very complex space and it highlights the old quote in america black people do not have permanent political friends we only have permanent interests that's something that we need to sort of understand before we sort of blindly align with any political party we need to figure out what is our ideology first do you think people need to change uh well democrats need to change their perception of the hypothetical swing voter like you know because they don't think about black men when they think about yeah the swing voter like they probably voted for obama yeah you know might have voted

for hillary but then they're like you know what i'm gonna get his his trump thing to try you know i'm gonna go back to biden like who you know i think the only thing that i would say in response to that is democrats don't have to change that we have to change that for them they're not going to make that decision on their own unless there's something that moves them to change that for them they're not going to make that decision on their own unless there's something that moves them to do so so as long as i can count on you to show up when i ask you to show up right like that's my side piece right that's what i'm just saying people give me so you didn't say the third time don't get in trouble bro that's the last i was saying um as long as i can count on you to show up when i show

up that's never gonna change so that's on us as the elector to say like i am not set in stone as a voting block that you can necessarily count on you gotta i'm available right but you gotta work for you gotta do something to get me out to vote for your candidate to your earlier question charlamagne when you talk about democratic messaging if foreign aid two words foreign aid right regardless of where it's going i don't want to get in that discussion but if foreign aid are not bad words then reparations should not be about absolutely that's really that's the core of what we're talking about and i don't mean to to make it a singularly an issue about reparations, but I'm just using that as an example for when I,

when I use the term that, that term side piece or like, oh, well, you know, you kind of want to deprioritize your interest. If you can say foreign aid to whatever countries, plural, that you're going to say them, then why can't we have This conversation About something That's directly You know how much Each one of those bombs Costs

Millions That we drop in You know Donald Trump Is going to say it At some point Over the next few months Donald Trump is going to say We keep sending

All of this money You know To Ukraine And all of these countries We're funding NATO That could be used For black people reparations It's just going to be a lie

And watch what it does Remember Remember I said it Remember I said it Remember what y'all said earlier About people don't even want to say Black people's name Don't even say black man name

He's going to say He's gonna say my blacks My blacks deserve reparations Watch My blacks My blacks Watch Well we appreciate you brothers

For joining us Tell them they can catch you The old reparations So uncountable millions Of power reparations Episode 5ed Millions of Power Reparations, episode five. It's the most amazing reparations story you've ever heard. America actually paid reparations once before for enslavers. And a black man somehow finessed his way into the system and actually got reparations for slavery. And you can also check out Black Men in America, The Roads of 2024 on Peacock.

It's streaming live. All right. Well, thank you, brothers, for joining us. Charles Coleman, Jermaine Lee. It's streaming live. All right. Well, thank you, brothers, for joining us. Charles Coleman, Jermaine Lee. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Salaria, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the world wide. Yes. This is real. This is real. What is Jess Salaria? Jess Salaria.

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it could be about just motherhood and could be about raising children we don't know what it's about and it could yeah we don't i've just focused on drama with the man said that's what i said i mean that's what i just told y'all. Probably a man that don't need a podcast himself. Who was it? He don't have one, actually. No, that's why. Thank you.

He's one of the producers. Beyonce says, new Cowboy Carter album inspired by Backlash to our entering country genre. Says, this ain't a country album. This is the Beyonce album. This is act two Cowboy Carter. And I'm proud to share it with y'all. That's amazing. So what's that mean?

She didn't have a country album before everybody started being upset at her because she was doing country songs? I don't know. They just gave me this and that's what I'm reading,

y'all. This is stuff that I don't need to elaborate on. I think she's saying Beyonce's her own genre. She don't need to make it country or to make it rock and roll

or hip hop or R&B. She's her own genre. Yeah. Woman receives vial of human blood in her Sheen package. Jeez. Well, what if she's a vampire and that was a little snack?

Right. Yeah, stuff like that. It's like, come on, this girl was on TikTok. I'm not going into this. She was on TikTok. We didn't see what happened. She's blaming it on FedEx

instead of blaming it on China. What's Sheen? What's Sheen? Sheen is the, it's the nice little, you know, it's like a fashion over oh gotcha gotcha pretty little thing situation lsu star angel reese says viral nudes photos are fake ai generated i'm still using that one too all right jalen green says his family and his baby mother oh me oh my god jalen green said His family and his baby motivate him

That's good It's the same thing His family and his baby mother motivate him But that's not what he said I can't put words in his mouth like that Because he done started cooking and everything I gotta look up his stats And see if he's really motivated

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Damn Yeah On the basketball court. He be getting busy. He be getting crazy lately. Basketball court. That's why I said I got to check his test. I said, damn, Envy, all right.

He was drunk. Old Show Stanko, Bad was rapper. He called out on Breakfast Club. All right. Donald Trump threatens to deport Prince Harry if he's re-elected first of all what oh no they knew they knew that they shouldn't have gave me this because they know i'm very heavily into the uk why would you send that man back over there so he could be slain no cardi b's slain slain okay yes cardi b begs fans to stop making her sing the new

beyonce country song can't nobody make you do nothing cardi just stop singing it all right that is turn your live off that is very true cardi jesus okay so listen thailand news all right oh god and and it got taylor swift in it so this is this is the thing okay thailand really they flexed like they really bossed up. So, Singapore struck a deal with Taylor Swift, right? After COVID, you know that country was real messed up. It didn't only mess up U.S. It messed up a bunch of, even though South... Around the world, yeah.

Southeast Asian countries, right? And so, what they did, they struck a deal with her saying that she can only perform in Singapore, right? And no other Southeast Asian countries, okay? So, they have a summit, you know, and they did that to bring tourists. If she's not going to a house, they're going to come here and we're going to get that money. Right. To rebuild our economy. So they have like a Southeast Asian summit every year where they all the countries meet up and they talk to each other and try to figure out how they can move forward.

You know, as Southeast. Right. Now, so. Yeah. Right. So Thailand pressed Now, the same. South East? Yeah, right? So, Thailand pressed up during the summit, like, okay, so, like,

what's up with this Taylor Swift situation? You know, she not performing, yeah, what's going on, right? So, Singapore tried to act like, oh, no,

like, we don't know what you're talking about. So, Thailand Prime Minister's like, well, how much you spend on that? Like, you know, try getting the business. Backing them down, okay. Yup, yup.

And Singapore Prime Minister was like, I can't discuss that like i'm not i'm not here we're not here for that so thailand prime minister was like oh yeah well somebody told me over there in singapore like i got connects over there like i could like i got connected to the uk yeah thailand prime minister was like somebody already told me that you spent two to three million on each show for taylor so what you mean y'all got to rebuild the government and all of that y'all spending a lot of money to make a lot more money already so y'all holding out so he still ain't never you know say all right you're right or whatever but he had the receipts right there at the summit right so he already knew what he was going to do now the prime minister of

thailand said even though it was real shady for the prime minister of singapore to cut everybody out like that he's not mad at it he just wanted to call him out because he knew what was going on and he said it was smart and so now he plans to use the Singaporean deal as inspiration to help make Thailand a more attractive option for international concerts and events so he's gonna do that with other artists yes like you come here but you can't go over to Singapore yeah absolutely only in Thailand but you got to have that money and it got to be people that uh people are willing to travel for and who other than Taylor Swift is that illegal though no I mean if a country says hey man we're going to give you a deal and you sign some type of exclusivity where you only can perform here

yeah they do that all the time I'm like a artist might say you know what you can perform in New York but you can't perform in a 200 mile radius they do that all the time an artist might say you can perform in New York but you can't perform in a 200 mile radius they do that all the time but check this out on another note the Taylor Swift shows in Singapore were such a big deal that people were selling fake tickets over 960 people in Singapore lost a total of

538,000 in 10 weeks that's over half a million. So that's why the tickets were on scene. I saw that on Sheen. They were selling Taylor Swift tickets for a show in Singapore. You're lying. You're lying.

Do not water down my news with no crap like that. Sheen is closed. What do you mean she's not closed? They were selling the tickets on Sheen? Her last show was on March 9th, and Singapore police reported that reports of e-commerce scams were out there. Yup, that's it.

That is just with the worldwide playing with me playing with you please her nose is real allegedly okay all right mix is up next it's the breakfast club good morning you're checking out the breakfast club it's woman's history month and we're celebrating the most influential women in history check out this phenomenal woman morning everybody is dj envy jess larry chalamet the guy we are the breakfast club is women's history month jess who we repping today we are repping monique today i want to recognize my comedic baltimore sister monique angela hicks other than being a comedian monique also has skills in acting she's best known for

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That damn social media has everybody rushing their goals. Remember, comparison is the thief of joy. Focus on your own lane, your own pace, and your own race. Now, that is a good one. Okay. And he got that from me. I love that.

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Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

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Or stay with his relatives in Miami? Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people.

We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence. And we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974. George Foreman was champion of the world. Ali was smart and he was handsome. The story behind The Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie.

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