The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Ice Cube Interview, Hitman Holla Cohosts, Best Storyteller In Rap and More!

Episode Date: July 11, 2023

Today we are joined by our celebrity cohost Hitman Holla. Ice Cube also stops by to discuss gatekeepers, Hip Hop 50, BIG3 Basketball and more. Finally, we open up the phone lines ask our listeners which rapper was the best storyteller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey y'all, Nimany 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. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. 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. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Daphne Caruana Galizia

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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. Good morning, USA! Tuesday! Yes, and we have a special guest. You know, Wildin' Out is its 20th season, so every morning we're going to

have a cast member from Wildin' Out joining us. And let the record show that we have a cast member of Wildin' Out joining us every morning for its 20th season, but BET did not promote The Breakfast Club, not one time during the BET Awards, but we are helping them promote their show. Nah, they had... No, they didn't. Don't you shoot them. Nah, they had... No, they didn't.

Don't you shoot them, Nobel. Shut up. No, they didn't. They didn't... No, but they had... They didn't shoot... They didn't have one promo ad for the Breakfast Club during the BET Awards, but Wild N' Out is a cultural...

They had signings... No, they didn't. They didn't have that at the BET Awards. Could you stop? They had nothing. I was trying to figure out maybe... They had nothing. No.

Okay? Nothing. I didn't see anything. But being that Wildin' Out is a cultural institution. Right. You know, when they said to us,

you know, hey, you know, we want to have people from Wildin' Out on the show every day this week. We didn't have an issue

with that. Correct. You know? Right. So Hitman Holla is joining us this week. Hitman Holla. I appreciate y'all having me.

What's up with it? What's up, my brothers? Now, they told us they was going to do something, but they just never did it. That is true. That is true. That is true. What's up, man?

Well, I appreciate y'all having me. I'm coming to crossfire. You're going to crossfire? I have nothing to do with you. Nothing to do with you. All to do with us. I'm sure you jumped in a beef or two that had nothing to do with you before. Yeah, exactly.

It's not a beef, though. We're just talking. We're just talking the truth. We're just telling the truth. That's all. You know who I had beef with yesterday? I got home, and my daughter was bawling. Why?

My 10-year-old. Because she made these bracelets here for everybody and I didn't wear them. Oh, you disrespected her. Exactly. So she was mad that she made these bracelets for me and she actually made it for everybody up here and that dad didn't bring it in to work and it was on the side of my bed. And she was bawling. And so dad is wearing this bracelet right now that has a pearl

in the heart because my daughter made it i got yours too you have to buy you have to wear anything that your children give you oh absolutely last week on vacation my two daughters my seven-year-old my four-year-old had me swim trunks it didn't matter how those swim trunks looked i had to wear those swim trunks sure okay and i wore those swim trunks. Sure. Okay? And I wore those swim trunks. Okay. Well, I have the bracelets on this morning. Okay. Yes, absolutely. They fire, though. Shout out to her.

They fire. They fire? I got one for you, Hitman. We selling them right now. I think they're $2 a pop. I got one for you. I got you. How old is she?

She just turned 10. 10? Okay. Yeah. So, do you tell your 10-year-old, make a bracelet for Hitman Hollow. Tell him that? Yes. Make one for Hitman Hollow.

Yes. Yeah, so she was pretty upset about that but anyway today on the show Ice Cube will be joining us the legend that's right of course he has the big three league that just touched down in New York a couple of days ago so you know he's going from city to city he's on TV I think it's CBS so we'll chop it up with him

there was a conversation that sparked on social media yesterday I think it came from Drink Champ's interview about who's a better storyteller Ice Cube or the Notorious B.I.G. But I think that sparked off after Cube was here. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Who did y'all say? Who?

Biggie. And listen, I have Cube in my top five storytellers of all time. My top storytellers of all time are Biggie, Slick Rick, Scarface, Cube, Black Rob, and Ghostface. Those are my favorite storytellers of all time. I got Big L. A storyteller? Storyteller. Okay, okay.

Casualties of a dice game is one of the best stories. DMX. Okay. Prime Story. Yeah. You got Biggie there? Story to tell? I'm finna get to it.

Okay, I'm gonna let you go. Let me let you go. This is probably, you know, Tupac. how big he is? Story to tell. Nah, I'm finna get to. Okay, I'm gonna let you go. Let me let you go. Well, that's probably, you know, Tupac. I got big. This is on my order. Tupac. I go Pac first. Brennan got a bunch of stories.

Big L. DMX. Damn. Three. Three. Listen, everybody you named is a great storyteller. Hove is a great storyteller, too, when he does. Yeah, but it's a different.

Hove doesn't really tell stories. He got a couple fire ones, though. He don't really got most. That's what but it's a I don't say a real storyteller. He got he got a couple fire ones though. He don't really got a face that's where you can come up with like he had a couple of stories. Let's go with Too Short. That's my favorite story. It was all good just to be with Go. Even the joint with him and Bleak. All of those guys you're naming are good storytellers. Coming of age too. Hove got a bunch of stories. Those are good storytellers but they're not top tier like Biggie, Scarface, Cube, Ghostface, Slick Rick,

and Black Rob is a very underrated storyteller. Very underrated. Cube probably got the best top three telling story songs of them all. He probably top three. It was a good day? Yeah. It was a good day. But Biggie too, though, because you can say warning.

Warning, story to tell. Story to tell, too, though, because you can say warning. Warning. Storytell. Storytell. You know, just saying. Just saying. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. When we come back, Teslin Figueroa will be joining us for Front Page News. And, of course, if you're just joining us, it's the 20th season of Wildin' Out. And every morning we're going to have a cast member today.

Hitman Hollis with us at Oakmoor. Even though they didn't promote us not one time during the BET Awards. Not once? Not once. I'm going to keep saying the BET Awards. Not once? Not once. I'm going to keep saying that all morning. Not once? Not once. Yes.

All right. Well, shout out to the Breakfast Club on BET, I think. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We have Hitman Holler here. It's the 20th season of Wild N' Out, so every morning we have a cast member here this week.

So Hitman Holler is today And even though BET didn't promote us Not one time during the BET Awards We're still promoting Wild N' Out Because it is a cultural institution That's right Not even signings at the BET Awards Not one

Alright well let's get into some front page news Hey Tez and Figaro how you feeling? We gotta turn you on Hold on god damn it, Eddie. Turn the mics on. Let's try this again. Good morning, Tess. And everybody.

Good morning. There you go. Good morning. Let's jump right into it. We ain't got much time, Tess. Let's talk about these Greenwood survivors and their counsel respond to Tulsa race massacre case dismissal. Yes. And, of course, the Rebels Club had a couple of the survivors on not too long ago,

so everybody go back and watch that interview. But the Greenwood Massacre Survivors Legal Team announced during a press conference yesterday that they will appeal Judge Wall's unfounded order dismissing their case to seek justice for the public nuisance caused by the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. In the press conference, they noted that last year, Judge Wall did give them permission to proceed, and now the judge has backpedaled and dismissed the case.

The attorneys are saying that they do not know the reasoning behind it because the public opinion is not available. But Attorney DeMario Solomon-Simmons said that to have 102, 108, and 109-year-old survivors have their case kicked out is a tragedy and a complete injustice. I want you guys to listen to what to listen to what Attorney Simmons said, and we'll talk about it on the other side. And we're also calling upon once again the federal government, President Joe Biden, who came here two years ago. He stood right across the street and he acknowledged that the massacre was the worst race massacre in the history of this nation. He acknowledged that the pain, the destruction, the mayhem of 40 blocks being destroyed, planes dropping bombs, 12,000 people made homeless overnight. He acknowledged that and said there needs to be justice. So we're calling on President

Joe Biden and the Department of Justice to come in and do a federal investigation of the massacre pursuant to the Emmett Till Act, Cold Case Act of 2007, reauthorized in 2016. They've been waiting for over 80, 90 years. Nothing is going to happen. This is why I was so shocked when Uncle Red was here on The Breakfast Club and he said he had faith that this wicked system would do the right thing. Why would they ever admit fault in that act of domestic terrorism that we call the Tulsa Race Massacre? They would have to pay them billions of dollars. Do you think they want to do that? This does not do well with atonement, especially when it's of the financial sort. Not at all. Well, they should be doing well because a public nuisance is very broad in Oklahoma.

It's actually just an act or a mission uh that affects an entire community or neighborhood and again they did say they could at least fight for it so right now they're just asking to fight for it and i just want to point out to everybody uh attorney demario simmons he's been working on this for years i've watched him work on this for years uh he's done you know been fighting this case and they did pay out uh 550 million dollars to those who suffer from the opioid crisis in Oklahoma under this particular statute. So they didn't have a problem with doing public nuisance when it came to, you know, survivors or victims of the opioid crisis. But when it comes to Tulsa race, obviously, you know, they are trying to fight their case.

So, again, we want to call on President Joe Biden. You remember you remember charlamagne we talked about this when he came up there remember he came up there empty-handed and i said you know you're not saying anything about these victims so i encourage everybody to keep pushing the line and ask if they do a federal investigation to ask why did they dismiss this case yeah i can't believe that he bought up what president joe biden said when he came to tulsa because when it comes to issues like the tulsa race massacre it will always be just words and lip service you mean to tell me a politician an elected official said they was going to do something but didn't offer anything that's that's that's surprising to y'all not at all no yeah well we got to push the line to make it make them at least answer to it if nothing else so they're still trying to figure out who left the cocaine at the white house bro that could be anybody I

keep telling y'all. That might not even be an elected official. Who knows? I refuse to believe that's the first time the White Horse got found at the White House. I don't know. Okay, if there's one place cocaine is getting sniffed, it's on Capitol Hill. Absolutely. I'm on the White House for a reason. Come on, man.

All right. Well, that is front page news. Now, Tesla and Figaro, we'll see you in a couple minutes. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800- 585-1051.

Phone lines are wide open. I would like to vent and say that we're promoting Wildin' Out all week long because it is the 20th season of Wildin' Out. Hitman Holler is our special guest host today. That's right. But BET did not promote the Breakfast Club, not one time at the BET Awards. I'd just like to get that off my chest. Have said that already this morning how does that make you feel that don't make me feel a way I just want to state the facts that's all okay that's all

all right well that's it you can express that next when we come back all right so don't move it's 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 hey this is calvin hey calvin what up get it off your chest bro hey man good morning to both of you uh shawty man and uh pj andy peace king say what's up the man holler to he and him what's going on what's up big dog thankman Holler 2? He in there. What's going on, Hitman? How you doing? What's up, Big Dog? Thank you much. Hey, Dizzy, I was wondering if I could get tickets to the car show in Atlanta. Yeah, how many tickets you need?

Two adults, one kid in the engine. All right, I got you. Stay on hold. That's July 27th in Atlanta, my car show. There's going to be rides for the kids. We got cars from young dogs, hopefully, to be joining us. So shout out to PRE, Boosie Badass. Shout out to Uptown Car Club.

I got a car, Carlos Miller. Carlos Miller said he'll give me some cars. I got a lot of cars coming, so yeah, I got you. I'm going to put you on hold for a second. All right, cool. Appreciate it. All right, bro. Lowe's got a nice fleet.

Yeah, I know. Nice fleet of old school. If you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. It's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be a family fun day. I can't wait to see you guys. Hello, who's this? This is Tori from Fort Myers.

Hey, mama. Get it off your chest. Yes. First, I want to say good morning. It's me, Charlamagne. Hit me. Thank God for waking my child up this morning.

Hey. I'm not kicking off my chest. I'm still living. Good day, but for real, BET is dead wrong for not putting y'all on the award. So for that being said, let's just have y'all two and me and Charlamagne, y'all need to just go ahead and punch me. Punch me because I'm the one that's even saying anything.

Let's all just host the awards this year. Host the awards next year, the BET Awards? I got to check my schedule. That'd be interesting. Come on, y' Awards? I got to check my schedule. That'd be interesting. Come on, y'all. You got to check my schedule. If they come back to y'all with that, you don't even going to have to say

you got to check that schedule. You're going to say yes. And you want to be the third host? And that was good about me. And you want to come too? All right. You know you're going to have to fight Jess O'Larius for that.

She can fight. She's a ballerina. I love Jess. I love Baltimore. I love Jess. I love Jess. I love Jess. If Jess gonna square up, if we be hosting the BET Awards with anybody other than her. He ain't gonna have to do me like that. Okay, okay.

Well, have a good one. All right, have a good one. Hello, who's this? This is Brent. Hey, Brent. Good morning. Hey, how you doing, good morning How you doing man? How you feeling brother?

I'm feeling good I'm glad I got in contact with you guys What's up brother, talk to us Yes, in 2020 I had a stroke Oh man, sorry to hear that kid It was 2020 January 21st, I had a stroke

They told me I would never walk again And It was 2020, January 25th, I had a stroke. They told me I would never walk again. And I wouldn't accept that, you know. So I just feel like the doctor should never tell you that you are, you know, discourage you and tell you to never walk again and all that. Because I walk the Hash Bridge and Half the Roads area now. And it was on the news and everything. Look at God. Yeah, I just let people know I never gave up

And I never will give up I go out to visit hospitals And talk to people that's going through this and everything Look at God Salute to that I said look at God, man, God is great Yes he is, yes he is And I want to put it out in the world

I'm not embarrassed of God at all He is the greatest man. Absolutely. And like I said, I had a very massive stroke, and now I drive and everything, and I let people know, you know what I'm saying, that it's out there. If you never give up, you will be where you need to be in life.

Can I ask you a question? What made you keep your faith when the doctors told you that diagnosis that you would never walk again? It was just a God thing because many times I felt like I was going to give up and then I just it just suddenly just grabbed me and I just said, I felt like I was fighting for

everybody because I felt like I should never give up and I should let people know, like an example, and I think God never put nothing on you that you can't bear. That's right. And listen, one more question. How long did it take for your penis to start working again? Yo, shut up, man. Why you care about that man's penis, man?

Coach, I'm asking a real question. Actually, it could have worked right away. It's about, it's a confidence thing, man. It's about what people, you know, put out there. Sorry, man. You know what I'm saying? When a stroke, it's not just the physical, it's the mental also. So, I think it got a lot to do with the physical.

It's the mental also. So, you backstroking now? Come on, man. I'm not focused on that right now. I'm focused on getting this out to the world. I ain't stroking yet. Jesus Christ. Thank you, Brent. Charlamagne, I'm going to send you a Black Effect hat.

Hold on, all right? All right. Jesus Christ. Blessings to that brother, man. Let me shout out to Albert. Albert is a partner of mine. I'm doing the HBCU NY Classic where we're bringing the classic back to New York. I was talking to him the other day.

And sometimes you just listen to people. And he told me he had a stroke a couple of years ago. And I asked him why. And he said it was stress. That's right. And he said it's one of the biggest factors. And he says because of that, since now, he doesn't let anything stress him out. Me neither.

And ever since I had that conversation with him, if something was pressure or stress, I just breathe in, breathe out, and let it go. That's why I don't hold on to no stress. My doctor told me when I was doing all of those coronary artery tests a few months ago, my doctor told me if I can, take a vacation at least once a month. And a vacation don't have to be like you actually go somewhere. You know, sometimes just gathering with friends and family, you know what I mean? And just kicking it and just relaxing and enjoying life right so that's that's what i've been doing and that's what i've been doing too and i gotta say i gotta say uh a salute to this this brother who has changed and it's surprisingly because you know i've known the

brother for a long time and that's you because usually when i'm ready for rah-rah charlamagne is ready with me with the rah-rah. And this is no lie. Like, I've known this brother for a long time. But now when I speak to him, he be like, don't even worry about it, Envy. Let it go. Don't stress it. Envy, I wouldn't even, just light your sage. I'm like, who is this guy?

Let's go to war. He like, light your candles and just relax. That's how Nick is. I've never, ever seen that man worry about nothing. Because he's always relieving stress. Chill it. All right. All right. Okay. We coming to work or something. Never, ever seen that man worry about nothing. Because he's always relieving stress. He's always about nothing. All right.

That's probably what it is. Okay. We come to work or something. Every blog time, he's a cunt. Whatever. How can you be stressed when you're always having sex? You're right. Nick spends 75% of his time naked.

The only time he wears clothes is when he's doing Wild N' Out. This is the second time he's talking about a guy's penis. But anyway, get it off your chest. I'm not telling you. This is why Nick don't have stress. 585-105-1. get it off your chest. I'm not telling you. This is why Nick don't have stress. 585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go.

Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan on the iHeartRadio 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. What's up, 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 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. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone.

The tip of the cap is 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. I wouldn't give up my seat Nine months before Rosa It was called a moment 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. 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're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people,

but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black 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. Exactly. Whether you're black, Asian, white, Latinx, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct

the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. from everyone? And what if your past itself was a secret and the time had suddenly come to share that past with your child? These are just a few of the powerful and profound questions we'll be asking on our 11th season of Family Secrets. Some of you have been with us since season one and others are just tuning in. Whatever the case, and wherever you are, thank you for being part of our Family Secrets family, where every week we explore the secrets that are kept from us,

the secrets we keep from others, and the secrets we keep from ourselves. Listen to Season 11 of Family Secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's a new day. This is your time to wherever you get your podcasts. Santos, what up? Get it off your chest, bro. I just wanted to say, man, God is good, man. I'm going back this morning, man. I just wanted to say, I thank you for y'all.

Y'all, like, I listen to y'all every day, so I appreciate y'all. And I'm glad y'all got it. And, yo, I just wanted to say, man, DJ Envy, I was supposed to get a book from you and a hat from you. Tell me, man, I ain't even get it, man. Man, our producers be slacking up here, man. We be putting y'all on hold and getting y'all address. All the merchandise is here.

We got books and hats in here. I got, I got black effect hats. I got books. We can send you all of that. It's just a matter of them doing it. Can somebody actually get his address and mail it out?

We're going to put you on hold, brother. I appreciate y'all, man. Thank you. V say she going to do it. I trust V. V say she going to do it.

All right. Hello, who's this? Good morning This is Jordan the Welder Hey Jordan the rapper Oh Jordan the Welder No this is my girl

Oh this is Jordan the rapper Oh Jordan the Welder What up Jordan the Welder Salute to Jordan I was about to have you Battle hit me a holler How are y'all I'm blessed black

And highly favored Jordan Jordan my peoples I follow Jordan on On Instagram What's up Jordan She's really a welder By the way She a welder She ain't like a butcher She's really a welder, by the way. She's a welder. She's not like, salute to Benny the butcher,

but Benny's not really a butcher. She's really a welder. Okay, Jenny the welder. Jordan the welder. What up? Yeah, I'm actually going back to my welding job tomorrow. I have to take off for a little bit once I got pregnant. Yep. Oh, okay. Congratulations. I have my little baby. I have my

four-month-old. Oh, congratulations, man. Congrats on that. Yeah, thank you. So I just want to give a shout-out to all the newly-posed part of my family. Hold on, Joy. Give me your cash app. I'm going to send you a little push gift in the form of some diaper money. No, I don't want you to.

I'm just happy that you know me. See what I'm saying? That's enough for me. That's when a woman learn to trade. When a woman got to trade and got a good job. That's right. I don't need your money. Keep your funky-ass money. That's right? That's enough for me. That's when a woman learn to trade. When a woman got to trade, got a good job. That's right. Keep your funky ass money. That's right.

That's right. And the one for sinners. I see I say it right here. See, Javante, he wants me to shout him out. Peace, Javante. What's up? You're doing the right thing.

You married that woman. What's his trade? What's Javante's trade? Oh, I see what happened. He didn't go to trade school. I told him to, but he didn't want to. So what does he do He just works

In a factory Okay okay Nice hard working Good job I love that Hard working man Well Jordan You have a go

Where you from Jordan Virginia Right No I'm from Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio Alright well you have A great morning

And we'll talk to you soon Can I shout out My Instagram Of course It is Jordan underscore The underscore Welder. Okay, mama. You have a good one.

You too. Bye. Bye-bye now. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, when we come back, we got your rumor report. Now, Hitman Holly,

you heard Charlamagne all morning long. He's been talking about penises and men naked. I have not said that at all. We haven't talked about that at all. Elon Musk wants to have a contest with another billionaire, and they want to measure penis size. A de-measuring contest. I saw that.

All right. Oh, you've seen that one, huh? But they both need to remember that they're white. And, you know, if the stereotype is true, that is a pointless contest for either one of them to have. Jesus Christ. All right, we'll talk about it when we come back. Don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. You know it's season 20 of Wildin' Out, and because of that, every morning this week, we're going to have a cast member for Wildin' Out here.

And this morning, Hitman Holla's here. Our guy Hitman Holla is here. All right. Even though BET did not promote the Breakfast Club not once during the BET Awards. No. Mm-hmm. Sure didn't.

That's right. All right, but let's get to the rumors. Let's talk billionaire's beef. Rumor has it. Rumor. Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatty patty. I'm gossiping.

This is the rumor report. I mean, I guess we on the Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Right. On the rumor report. I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Yes, on The Breakfast Club. Now, when the streets beef, usually they want some blood. But it seems like when billionaires beef, they want penis. All right, so Elon Musk challenges Mark Zuckerberg to a de-measuring contest. Now, he said, Zuck is a cuck.

And I propose a literal de-measuring contest. Now, he said, Zuck is a cuck. And I propose a literal demeasuring contest. And that's because he feels like Mark Zuckerberg took his idea of Twitter. Well, what a pointless contest for them to have. Because the fact that they are having this contest screams little D energy. And I guarantee both of them built like those old white men you see in the gym. Just tuffs the hair down there. You know those old white men when they're walking around naked in the gym? I never... Stop lying.

I never... Everybody's seen that. Why are you going to sit here and lie like that? I don't pay attention. I'll tell you what would be interesting. What's that? If Elon and Mark both chose two rappers to represent them and those rappers rap from the perspective of having Mark and Elon's money, power, and influence.

Imagine Rick Ross representing Mark Zuckerberg. Imagine Kanye West representing Elon Musk. Or Kodak Black representing Mark Zuckerberg. An NBA young boy representing Elon Musk. Imagine Soulja Boy speaking from the perspective of being Mark Zuckerberg. Can you imagine the level... I don't want Soulja Boy on my side. What?

Can you imagine the levels of bravado and entertainment we would get with soldier boy talking like he got 250 billion dollars oh my goodness imagine rick ross rapping and talking like he got 250 billion dollars no that's what mark and elon need to do because billionaire trash talk is actually trash this is garbage literally okay let the let the rappers get a hold of your lifestyle and money during the duration of this beef. Paid him like 100 M's to do it and watched him cook it. We're actually going to do that on Wild N Out. Really? We put both on the screen.

If it's a battle, just say, Conceited, Mark, Eli, then I got to rap, battle him like I'm him. So that's a good idea. We're going to do that. Now they're stealing our ideas. Now BET's stealing our ideas. Not only do they not promote the Breakfast Club at the BET Awards, we're promoting Wild N' Out for the week, and they're taking our ideas. Y'all can have that, though.

Take it. I'm going to shout y'all out when I do it. There you go. By the way, y'all always do shout us out on Wild N' Out, and we appreciate it. Y'all do shout out Breakfast Club a lot. If they really going to fight, that's how you got to sell the fight. Let the rappers represent them leading up to the fight. It got to be Soulja Boy versus who? Who would you want? I would pick Soulja gotta be Soulja Boy versus who? Who would you want?

I would pick Soulja Boy. Soulja Boy versus NBA Youngboy? Imagine NBA Youngboy talking like he's Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. He got that money, that power, and that influence. Are you crazy? Rick Ross would be immaculate. You know Envy. I would do Ray J. Ray J too.

I got indoor pool, outdoor pool, indoor... What? Nah. Ray J was too. I got indoor pool, outdoor pool, indoor. What? Nah. Nah? Nah, Ray J was too turnt up for that. Like, Ray J was high and drunk. That was a different Ray J at that time.

Like, Rick Ross does this for a living. Soulja Boy does this for a living. Kodak? Oh, my God. Anyway, well, let's talk about Jocelyn Hernandez. Well, she called a couple of cops white crackers, and this is when she was getting arrested. Dropping a clues bomb for Jocelyn Hernandez. Yo, shut up a couple of cops white crackers and this is when she was getting arrested. Dropping a clues bomb for Jocelyn. Yo, shut up, man. Don't you do it.

Take that bomb back. I don't want no white men touching. Shut up, bitch. You shut up, bitch. Why? Do you see? Come on. Hey, hey, hey.

Motherfucker. Get back. Don't you. Hey, hey. Don't you. Hey, hey. Don't you. Give me your fucking hand. You got cussing? Y'all want to kill me, don't y'all? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, There you go. You gay. You gay. Okay. Not that one. If you kill me, you all gonna die. Nobody wants to hurt you. There was ever any doubt that Jocelyn Hernandez was black. You call a white cop a cracker. God damn. Lord have mercy.

That's top tier blackness right there. Come on. Those are some well-placed crackers. Well, that's how she was getting arrested. Now, she's pretty upset right now because she's trying to figure out how that footage came out. Because that's actual police camera footage. That's body cam footage. The police put it out, though.

But I don't think they're supposed to do that. They always do that. They do a lot of stuff they ain't supposed to do. It's not on trial yet. She didn't take trial or nothing. I don't know how it works. I thought that if the police record you on their body camera footage, they can put it out. I didn't know there was a time limit on when you could put it out. i don't know how it works i thought that if the police record you on their body camera footage they can put it out i didn't i didn't i didn't know there was a time

limit on when you could put it out i don't know well when she was up here she talks about the incident and said that uh i asked if she was drinking that night and this is what she said i'm not really uh you know i you know i just got out of jail yes you know i just got out of jail yes ma'am so it's really not too much that i could talk on that. But what I can say is that I'm going to always protect. Yes, me. Right. Always. If you see me out here in the streets, when you know you too, and in the world, America,

whoever knows me know where I come from and what I've done and how I've changed. You know, I'm just making sure that I'm straight and no one hurts me. Now, were you drunk that night? Because people ask, were you drunk? I had, let me tell you something. I always love to say say i wasn't drunk but i would have one or two drinks and for some reason and i think because i'm not chasing it with any drugs it just hits me so much harder yeah yeah so she talks about that then lastly drake he was fined ten thousand dollars per minute as he was performing in detroit you know, they give you a curfew.

And if you go over that curfew, usually there's a hefty fine. And his was $10,000 per minute. So he went over 23 minutes. You got it. It's $10,000 a minute to stand and do this curfew. You don't give a f*** about doing this. I'm so sorry. Yeah, so that was him saying that he'd have to pay that $23,000

just to make sure that he finished his concert and his show the right way. And where was he at? Detroit. Detroit. I mean, I'm sure they clearly have always loved Drake because I'm sure that show was sold out. He said $10,000 a minute. $10,000 a minute.

$10,000 a minute. Now they love him even more. It's $230,000, right? That's right. Okay, $230,000. Mind you, that's not nothing to Drake right but what he's going to get back from that crowd

from now on cause they're never going to forget the fact that Drake paid an extra quarter million dollars to entertain us

they love that man forever yeah very well spent $230,000 yeah $230,000 alright

well that is your rumor report now when we come back Teslin Figaro will be joining us for some front page news. And then Ice Cube will be here. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, let's get in some front page news. Tezlyn Figaro is here. What up, Tez? Good morning, DJ Envy. Good morning, Charlamagne Tha God and Hitman Holla.

That's right. If you just joined us, this is the 20th season for Wild N Out. And every morning, we're going to bring a castmate up this week. And this morning, it's Hitman Holla. That's right. And even though BET didn't promote the Breakfast Club now once during the BET Awards, we still are going to help them promote their program. I appreciate it.

As long as y'all promote me. That's right. Salute to Hitman Holla. Nick, you could have came up here, too. Who? There's a lot of different people I see on the schedule this week. I don't. Luce the Hitman Holler. Nick, you could have came up here, too. Who? There's a lot of different people I see on the schedule this week. I don't see Nick Cannon on the schedule this week. You probably know who that is.

Nah. Well, it's Nick Cannon's show, though, right? Duh. He don't want to promote his show? Maybe not here. I don't know. Jesus. All right.

Let's jump into front page news. Let's talk about Larry Nassau. He got stabbed up in jail? Yes, he got stabbed up in jail. Yes, he got stabbed up. The disgraced sports doctor, Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing more than 100 female gymnasts, including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles. A lot of people may remember that story. He was stabbed multiple times in the back, twice in the neck, six times in the chest. And he suffered a collapsed lung during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. Now, even after all of that, he has been listed in stable condition. The prison was experiencing

staffing shortages, so it was only about two officers that were assigned to his unit, and they were working mandated overtime shifts. Well, it's good to see people still holding on to tradition. I was going to ask, does anybody feel bad for him because he sexually assaulted all those

young women and women? Do you feel bad for him? A hundred of them. A hundred of them, too. I've been alive 45 years, and I've always heard my father and OGs around me say that's what happens to people who commit those kind of crimes when they go to prison. So it's just good to see people still holding on to tradition.

Holding it down. Salute to them. Only on The Breakfast Club. Well, I wanted to say the story is still developing at this time. Authorities have not been authorized to publicly discuss who did it, and it is an ongoing investigation. But it looks like they're going to say, hey, we didn't have enough staff. What we all know, like you said, tradition is maybe the COs turn their head and, you know, make it do what it does what reality is you you

know even if you know something like that may happen to a person like that in prison you still can't give them protective custody like that's just right you know that was the first time he was in general population so I'm curious if he wanted to go in general pop or they push them to general pop I mean I was if I wouldn't want to go to general pop but why why is he why should he be protected he should be in general pop because that's gonna happen that's that's the reason why that's why that's why kids should avoid prison that's why adults should avoid prison too that is the dangers of prison all right well let's talk about logan paul's energy drink yeah an influencer-backed energy drink that has earned popularity among

children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. Senator Schumer called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the drink called Prime. It is a beverage brand that was founded by the YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI. It has become very popular. They said that a lot of young folks are obsessed behind this, and they said that the caffeine is just a ridiculous amount, and they feel as if it should be investigated what is dangerous levels of caffeine what do they mean by that because I know people who drink three four cups

of coffee a day yeah it is advertised as zero sugar and vegan so in prime's case they have about 200 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces and that is equivalent to half a dozen Coke cans or nearly two Red Bulls. So they're saying that the high level of caffeine is not good for young folks. Pediatricians have warned of possible health impacts such as heart problems, anxiety, and digestive issues. So just too much you know for the teens that they're promoting this drink well well the thing with prom you know reason i know is because i have a nine-year-old that follows uh logan paul and and actually had me order this drink there's two different type of drinks there's a a regular drink and then there's the uh energy

drink but there's two different types of drinks so the regular drink is supposed to be zero everything vegan and all this other and then the energy drink is the one that's supposed to have a lot of caffeine in it so i i there's two different ways that they play it and and i don't think they actually promote the energy drink to kids i think they promote the regular drink to the kids if i'm right well i don't do energy drinks for that reason because there's always too much caffeine in them you know i'd rather drink water or drink like actual juice like pressed juice but when i do i drink this right here this is carviva shameless plug you know if you ever want to hydrate replenish and get your energy it's uh carviva is a great drink it's like it's like 50 percent uh juice and there's no caffeine or

anything in there yeah i i always wonder when when people have drink these energy drinks and it's it's so much caffeine in them what's the problem because people drink coffee like you said you know they'll have coffee in their hand all day long like four or five cups of coffee i drink monster and i don't have a problem with falling off or or you know some people have that whole thing where you know after they drink it they have like a big shutdown i don't have those issues or problems well the issue is you know making sure that there at least is a warning i believe there was another uh similar drink that said that they have an fda warning so it's kind of like even though you're saying there's a distinction between the two if a teen is ordering or if a teen is enticed by it they may not know that you know

the difference between the two you know i have a 16 year old and she likes starbucks and i try to tell her you know certain drinks at starbucks you can't drink because i don't want you i don't want you to start getting addicted to caffeine you know that young so the question is more about do these teens know what they're what you know what they're getting right do you remember that do you know envy if you saw the difference between the two like or did you just pay attention no actually my son who's nine years old told me the difference between the two because like he watched logan paul so he knew about the prime drink and he knew about the prime energy and he actually wanted me to try it one time and then i read the levels of caffeine i'm like this i had me shaking all day like you know you're doing all them shakes i didn't try it but he knew the difference but the problem is when you

go to these convenience stores i don't think people even check they just check out the kid from drinking Prime. And like you said, if it is high levels of caffeine and it's a younger kid drinking it, I don't think they stop them. And like you said, if it causes anxiety, if it can cause a heart attack or whatever it could be a problem because there is no body. It's not like alcohol where they say you can't drink it unless you're 18. I don't think convenience stores do that. That's why I encourage y'all to drink whole plant fruit juices man drink things that have whole plant fruit juice once again that's why i drink car viva i'm detoxing right now because i was on vacation last week over indulging in

everything you know from alcohol to plant-based medicines you know weed i did a 30-day fruit dive the best i ever felt my life telling you you got, man. Do that with whole plant fruit juices. I'm doing that with, that's why I'm drinking a lot of Carviva this week right now. I really do rock with Carviva. Carviva.com. Y'all should go get some of that whole plant fruit juice that they sell. All right. Well, that is your front page news.

Thank you, Teslin. You're welcome. All right. Make sure you subscribe to Teslin Figaro's podcast. It's Great Shot, No Chaser podcast on the black effect iheart radio podcast network and make sure you follow her on her instagram and twitter at tesla figaro all right now when we come back ice cube will be joining us we're gonna kick it with ice cube got a lot to discuss big three and more so don't move ice cube has been exposing gatekeepers too yeah yeah so fresh run gonna be that yeah exposing gatekeepers

from the record industry to Hollywood to sports. To sports. Yeah. Entertainment, all that. It's The Breakfast Club on BET, I think. The Breakfast Club. Be the same. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Legend. Ice Cube, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, yeah. What's happening with y'all? Welcome.

How you feeling first? I feel good as a government check. Sixth season of the Big Three. Yep. Sixth season. Congratulations. Thank you, man. We had a great time in Brooklyn.

The Barclays. A lot of OGs came out. Melly Mel. Grandmaster Flash. Karras 1. Eric B. Chuck Chill Out. It was dope. Ja Rule got down. Scarlett. You know what I mean?

A lot of love. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Nice crowd. About 9,000 people. It was pretty amazing. What did the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Nice crowd, you know, about 9,000 people. So, you know, it was pretty amazing. What did the 50th anniversary of hip-hop mean to Ice Cube? Man, it means that, you know, we've come a long way. I remember the first, you know, year of hip-hop or, you know, really rap.

Now, hip-hop is bigger than just rap, but I remember, you know, rap particularly rap particularly was you know the first year it came out uh everybody was saying it was a fad you know it wouldn't last and um 49 years later it's the biggest music in the world so it's a proud proud moment you know it's similar to the big three when they when you started with the big three everybody thought it was gonna be a fad and yeah it's six years later. So let's talk about that because we've kind of seen the inception of the Big 3. How has it been since then? Is it difficult to get players?

Talk about some of the difficulties in having your own league. First, I appreciate you guys always supporting. From year one, before y'all even knew what it was, you guys were supporting the league, having us on and talk about it. And, you know, we put 15,000 people in the Barclays year one when we had Allen Iverson. So, you know, other than, you know, really not getting much exposure from mainstream sports media, you know, that's really the problem and and also you know there's things that's happening behind the scenes when it comes to um sponsors and networks and and partners to partner with the big three we think we're we're running to a lot of interference

from the nba um a lot of deals you know make it to the 11th hour and then get shut down, you know. And so it's frustrating. It's something that we were, like, suffering in silence because we wanted to work it out with the NBA. You know, we wanted to figure out, you know, what more could we do to show that we're not competition. Now, the whole problem is there's a bylaw in the NBA contracts when you are owner saying you cannot invest in a competing league. And so they're labeling the big three as a competing league that's good though right hell no no i mean for y'all right no it's not good it's not good because people can't invest we're not competing you know they're they make billions every year you know

we're we're still trying to you know get get the league into profitability. You know what I mean? Excuse me if I can't pronounce that. I'm with the LA Unified School District. So we're still trying to get there. And we're this close, you know, sponsor two away. But at the end of the day, we're not competing. We play in the summer.

If they work with us, we would avoid all the games that they have you know far as uh wnba or summer league but they not working with us so we can't coordinate schedules so we you know we've tried to do everything to show that we're not competing we we don't take uh players under 22 so we're not going after you don't take players under 22, so we're not going after your one and dones, your guys that need to really be in the NBA or going to the NBA. And we try not to interfere with the NBA's schedule in any kind of way. So we're an alternative summer um sport that that uh you know people that like hoops you know want to see more basketball that's what we provide they're playing five on

five we're playing three on three it's apples and oranges it's a totally different game when you really break it down they don't own basketball like i say this over and over i don't hear kids saying mama i want to go outside and play nba you know right they go and say i want to go out and play basketball so basketball is for everybody and anybody and so we just want to say we're not a competing league if they would not put us in that category now. They don't do that to TBT, which is the basketball tournament. They don't do that to slam ball, which is coming back. NBA owners can own a pickleball league. They can own an NFL team.

They can own a baseball team. They can own anything they want except the big three. So we're one of the only leagues that are so-called competing and we're not so we want them to drop the cost i was gonna ask you i know last time you were up here you were saying that you didn't sell the franchises as of yet are you starting to sell the franchises yeah we're starting to sell teams who owns teams if anybody so far well we right now we're talking to a few different uh people and groups about buying teams and we want to put them in cities. You know, you'd have, you know, for lack of a better word, you know, New York Trilogy, you know, you know, Baltimore Bullhawks, whatever.

So that's our our next phase. That that to me is how we grow the league. We've calibrated it to the point. You got to remember, we were inventing to the point you got to remember we were inventing a sport at the same time as we were playing the sport so we had to calibrate it over the years and make sure that the rules work there was ways to come back from large deficits we made wrinkles that made the game interesting and fun so we believe that the game is in a good place and now it's time to sell the teams to owners who have their own vision for for their three-on-three uh team

how do the players work so you know two questions actually one do the players reach out to you guys or do you reach out to the players and then how do you decide what player goes to what team because i've been to a couple of games of course i went to the when alan iverson played and a couple others but how did how do you decide like so let's you know play that just retired or doesn't want to play in the nba wants to play in your league how do y'all decide what team he goes to and first of all players contact us and of course we go after players uh who we think would be great for the league um we we usually you know have a player captain spot or co-captain spot and if we only have co-captain spots

we'll try to pair this player up with the captain because the captain chooses who's on their team you know people want guys that they know can play so it's usually not hard to find a place for you know a new player that's coming in but how it works

the player captain the captain of the team gets to pick who he wants to play with so he picks up two co-captains so you know guys know how guys play and it's like yo if i play with him i can win and then they draft two more players so we have a a draft pool, have a lottery to pick first, second, third, whatever. And then they pick the players they want. And those players play. And if anybody get hurt, you just return back to the draft pool and they pick another player from the draft pool until the injured player comes back. So there's always a pool of players waiting to get caught up to playing the big three.

Got you. All right, we got more with Ice Cube. When we come back, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ice Cube. Charlamagne? I heard you on Joe Rogan, and you said the NBA is encouraging people to not sponsor the Big 3 and encouraging networks to not play the Big 3.

Isn't that a lawsuit, if you can prove it? It is. You know, it's antitrust that they're participating in. You know, when you, you know, try to keep a monopoly running by, you know, going behind the scenes and scaring either companies that you work with or companies that want to work with you. Yeah, they are very close to if they haven't already crossed the line with that and i think it should be looked into what they're doing to the big three because they've scared off some big companies who who deal in basketball now you got to understand the basketball pool

of companies that use basketball to promote is not's not big. It's a small pool of companies. Even networks. You think about all the networks that play basketball, you start running out of people to go to. Yeah, in the real estate. Yeah, if they're blocking. Now, we got our games, half of our games on CBS, but we got a whole other half of of games right now on big three dot com. We on Masson. If you got that at Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, you know, we should be on another network with the second half of our games. And we've known that they've squashed one deal. You

know, same thing with with a few other major companies that deal in basketball so we just got to get them to stop that part calling them out has it made it worse or is it just the same as you see you know more backlash from it it's hard to calibrate you know hate is hate so i don't know if it's more hate or less that part really don't matter to me at a certain point you got to go on the offensive no matter what the consequences are. You can't just sit back and take it and not try to defend yourself and fight for your rights. So I don't really care what they're doing behind the scenes because they haven't been able to kill us. We're still alive. I wonder what the NBA wants from the big three.

Like what would what's their ultimate goal? They just want y'all. They want to shut y'all down. Probably so. They would be happy. When we say the NBA, isn't the NBA a a collective of owners so it's a collective of owners that's no because the owners some owners want to invest in the big three we've heard from them they're not allowed to have you had a conversation with adam at all several several i've had how the conversations

went well i haven't had a conversation since we launched the league but he was aware that you would launch a league we went to him we went to him we actually offered the nba 10 of the league for free because we're using a lot of their former players we wanted some kind of working relationship so they didn't want it and we just told him we was going to do it anyway and that they wasn't gonna stop us because we we kind of know how they operate you know i would think from previous uh encounters after six seasons y'all showing success i can even see during all-star weekend having a big three you know with the og players versus the og players like all of that makes perfect sense to me like me too what they should be worried about to be honest instead of the big three is there's some foreign investors talking about starting the ABA again.

Now, that's true competition. That's five on five professional basketball. And these dudes can pay. They can pay big money, big, bigger money than the NBA. So they should start worrying about the big three and doing what they're doing to us. They should work with us so they can have a bigger footprint in basketball.

And then they should worry about this ABA that's coming. I love this tour you've been on too, man, because it feels like this is authentic Ice Cube,

right? You've always been authentic, but it feels like I'm railing against the machine. Out of the gatekeepers, are the gatekeepers worse in sports, Hollywood, or the music? I think they're all around.

I don't think it's worse than any other profession. I think there's people that try to make sure you stay in your lane. And if you look like you're getting out of your lane, you know, sometimes they'll watch you. Sometimes they'll put guardrails up. And sometimes they'll actually put a gate up and make sure you go no further. You know, that's what we have happening here. And this is just my testimony. But we all got them.

And we all got to figure out who they are. You don't have to let them know what we know who they are. We just got to figure out how to get around that gate you know i used to hop fences when i was young all the time a fence or a gate never stopped me from going where i wanted to go so which one is more difficult for you because you you've seen them when you first started nwa you see it when you first started in the entertainment industry doing films and now you see them now which one is the most difficult none of them they all easy you just got to go at them you can't go you know you can't try to nice you know

nice guy all the time all of them fold like a chair and um this one will too i saw you on bill bond and you were talking about the record industry and you said that the record industry uses a social engineering and rap to encourage criminal behavior. At what point did you realize it? Oh, man, you know, after I got mature in the game, after I knew that, you know, records were made by committee, you know, a lot of albums, a lot of dope songs people like are made by a group of people telling rappers what to say or what's dope or that line ain't good enough or

let's change it to this get somebody up here that can write and and all this kind of hip-hop by committee and yeah the record companies it be they people in there you know I've never had an A&R I've never had a record company guy tell me about my music about how to make it you know some of it they like some of it they didn't some of it they raised their eyebrow to but that's what they i turned in that's what they had to accept and you know that's hip-hop to me what gave you what gave you the business mind so early on um watching you know people i know and like you know have to kind of beg for their money you know

like and i ain't gonna say no names but i've seen people that really you know can have to kind of beg for their money, you know, like, and I ain't gonna say no names, but I've seen people that really, you know, can I get paid, you know, and, and it was just, I saw that at, you know, 14, 15 years old, um, hanging around the industry, just had my antennas up. And, you know, when it was time for me to do records, you know, I was in a stage where I was happy, you know what I mean? I'm ready to go. I finally get to live my dream and do music and put it on wax and put it out and see if I'm good enough. And so I had a publicist who later became my manager, a lady by the name of Pat Charbonnet. And if you see the Friday movie, she helped me produce that movie, Friday.

You'll see her name on it. But she was the publicist for nwa and um i would show up to the interviews early you know i mean i'm i'm like you know if you can't be on time be early so i would show up to all the interviews early sometimes them dudes wouldn't even show up like easy on his way drown way, dry on his way. But they never showed up, so I'll be the only one there. So we got to chop it up. And she was basically like, do you know who Jerry Heller is? And I'm like, no, who is that?

You need to look him up because you just got to watch him. How's your paperwork? You know, she starts just, have you signed a contract with them yet? And I'm like, nah, you you know i ain't signed nothing and she's like you need to make sure you get an attorney before you sign anything with them people talk about uh how instrumental your wife is too yeah in your business yeah what's her role everything you know i mean her role is just being a confidant a muse muse. You know, she's everything to me. She helped me with knowledge and wisdom.

You know, she's just a fantastic person. You know, she's very ahead of the curve when it comes to her thinking. So me and her, you know, we go together like macaroni and cheese, you know. You run everything by her? Not everything, but, you know but when it's time to really... She's the one who helped me leave N.W.A. I didn't really have nobody to talk to about it. She was just my girlfriend then.

And I was, you know, everybody telling me, Stan the Groot, you crazy, you about to leave? What the hell? And she was the only one saying, you good, everybody like you anyway. You know what I mean? Everybody like your records anyway. So that was nice to hear at a time when my whole hip-hop world kind of faded to black.

I was kind of sitting there figuring out what I'm going to do. All right, we got more with Ice Cube. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Ice Cube. Charlamagne. And, you know, I want to go back to what you were talking about with the record labels, right? Because you said they make songs by committee. Yes. Because I always think to myself, well, couldn't the artists change that if they just simply stopped making the rap that has the criminal intent? But you're saying that they're being pushed to make these kind of records. Yeah.

Man. A long time ago. It's been happening forever. Some of the songs that you love, some of the MCs you love, you know, it was done by committee. It wasn't a man with a pen and a mic.

You know what I'm saying? That's me. I'm a man with a pen and a mic. Was N.W.A. ever, you think they was ever part of the big corporate agenda to push negative content? Yeah. They were.

But not a willing, knowing participant. We thought our music was going to be underground. We didn't make our music big, you know? We did not make our music blow up. We just did it. We thought it was going to be underground, dirty street records. We thought our records was going to be sold with the Richard Pryor comedy albums and Redd Foxx and the dirty Dolomite records.

That's what we thought. So we didn't have a clue that it was going to blow up until it blew up. I think one was MTV banning straight out of Compton Video. Another was the letter from the FBI. Those are two things that started to just blow the group up. But we didn't blow ourselves up. Everybody blamed us, but we didn't do it. We was doing music.

We actually had stopped worrying about the industry as much. We was basically doing music that people in our neighborhood were like so we were like yo let's just do what we know is gonna work around here so we could be at least neighborhood stars you know i'm saying we can at least you know get love in the hood so that was our purpose and it blew up i was gonna ask you know even since the writer's strike how's that affected your business not at all like what writer's strike i mean you know, even since the writer's strike, how's that affected your business? Not at all. Like what writer's strike? I mean, I know the writers in the movie industry are all strike, but I'm not writing no movies right now.

So it's not affecting me. But, you know, I want them to get what they think they need. I think it's a situation where they're really worried about A.I. and the studios. That was my next question. What's your thoughts on A.I.? I think it's whack. I think it's the worst shit ever. I think it's going to put a lot of people out of business and out of work.

And everything is going to be more vanilla. You know, it's not going to be more creative. It's actually going to go the other way. People are going to get lazier. Yep. actually gonna go the other way people gonna get lazier yep and um nobody's gonna work hard and nobody's gonna attain the knowledge so they can write it down they're just gonna ask for the knowledge and um you know people are just gonna get stupider yeah i don't see how the writers win this i'm part of the writers guild i don't see how they win this one though because i can

see them easily shrinking writers rooms from nine to ten people to two people in ai yeah it's a hard one because you know the studios i mean the writers are basically saying hey we don't want the studios to use it we want to go home and use it and charge y'all up for the script you know what i'm saying like but it's you know when they invented the light bulb the candle maker had to figure out how to make money. So he started making candles that smell like all kind of stuff to make money. So adapt. You got to adapt to die.

You know, that's just it. And a lot of people are comfortable with their careers. It's hard for them to make that transition to something different. Is there an Illuminati ice cube? You've been around a long time. Probably so. Yeah. You know, I don't know none of them. different is that illuminati ice cube you've been around a long time probably so yeah you know i don't know none of them none of them tell me hey i'm illuminati i'm saying i don't um i don't participate in none of that so i don't know about it seem like it's there but who knows so how do

you beat the gatekeepers because i feel like we're in an era where there's no gates i feel like everybody could just do their own thing so how do you how do you beat the gatekeepers that still exist um i think you you persist you don't let them stop you you know they there now everybody that that's in front of the gate ain't always paying attention you know i've dug security and hit the fence before and got in so i'll do it again yeah because it feels like gatekeeping is such a played out thing for even them to be doing. Because it's like you said, there's so many different ways to get past these gates now.

Well, it's to keep a construct. It's to keep things working the way they are. To keep certain people relegated to the bottom of the pyramid. That's why the gatekeepers are there. Now, Tony Allen, you just signed Tony Allen with the Big Three. Yeah with the big three yeah talk about that oh it's great you know the grind father you know i mean we're going back to memphis i'm pretty sure people gonna be happy to see him we also going to boston too so people gonna be happy to see him we're gonna be in miami and detroit and charlotte dc we happy to attract we want want more. We hoping to get Lemon Pepper Lou up in here too.

Lou Williams. Lou Williams. Hopefully we get him. We want Isaiah Thomas and Dwight Howard and the people you know playing the game you love. That'd be dope. Last time you always said you always talk about the conversations you had with Kobe and you felt that you could have had an opportunity to get Kobe. Is there anybody else that you feel like you were in talks to

that you talked to that might be a possibility that? You know, I don't want to say names because once I do that, sometimes it jinx it. I thought Paul Pierce was coming. He told me he was coming. He didn't come. Why didn't he come? Was there a reason?

He never told me why. He never told me why. Mellow. Yeah, I would love to get me why. Mellow. Yeah. I would love to get Mellow. Mellow still balls. Last year, he was averaging like 14, 12 points. Before that, he was 20 points.

Man, he would kill the league. He still practices every day. He still trains. Mellow, come holler at us, man. You'll have fun. You know, I got these dudes. We was in Brooklyn last night, man, to see Michael Beasley hanging with Dr. J and to see, you know, Clyde the Glide over there talking to Mario Chalmers and Joe Johnson.

It's like basketball heaven, man. It's basketball heaven in the Big Three. And we're going from town to town like an all-star game, coming in and having fun and making the city better than it was before we got there you know we we doing cool community stuff with the young three so it's a dream come true for me ron riser he's always with you yeah you know i'm saying and said when he walked everybody oh that's nanny from friday like what what role does he play in your service? Well, we're actually cousins. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My father and his mother grew up in Chatham, Louisiana together.

And so, you know, he's been around and he's like been a right-hand and left-hand man. You know, he handles his business. He's very thorough. And he's very business-minded so he's my role manager so he he also makes sure everything is right when i when i hit the road and a very good friend you know he's my cousin but i don't like all my cousins so so so you know he's um closer than a cousin to be honest like a brother yeah and last question you know mount west's closer than a cousin, to be honest, like a brother. And last question, you know, Mount Westmore, y'all out here cooking with that. But I saw a pic the other day of you and Dub C.

Yeah. Is there ever a chance we could get a Westside Connection reunion with you, Dub, and Mack 10? Probably not. Dang. Probably not. Why? I don't want to do another Westside Connection. Yeah.

Yeah. Wow. I don't want to do another West Side Connection. Yeah. I saw Mack 10 on Vlad TV, and I always wonder what happened with that relationship. When you get him on, of course he do. Of course he do. I don't want to talk about it, to be honest, because he know what it is. That's all that need to matter to me. He know what it is. Well, there you need to matter to me. He know what it is. Well, there you have it. Ice Cube, ladies and gentlemen.

The sixth season of Big 3 makes you go out and support. I gotta get the Don Mega hoodie, man. I hope you're selling those. We're gonna hit the drop the collection very soon. We'll start publicizing it. Absolutely. Thanks for the invite. They invited me to... They invite you because you can't play basketball, but they invited me to do the four point contest,

but I was stuck in Charlotte last night. I got back at 10 o'clock, but I appreciate you. That's your excuse. Anytime. Nah, I got back last night. They didn't invite you,

you too short. You probably can't even reach the rim from the four point shot. I can shoot. No, you cannot. Anybody can shoot. Next city, me and Charlemagne.

Anytime, man. Next city, me and Charlemagne. We'll do the four point shot. Just let me know which one y'all want to come to. We'll put some money on it and we'll get the get the money to charity that'll be nice all right there you have it it's Ice Cube it's the Breakfast Club good morning good morning everybody it's DJ Envy Charlemagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club we have Hitman Holla joining us

today you know it's the 20th uh season of Wild N' Out so every morning every morning this week we're gonna have a cast member join us so So this morning, it's Hitman Holler. What up, brother? You know, man, I'm excited to be here feeling good. Breakfast Club, I might send him

my application, man. I kind of like this job. Okay. We like having you here. Even though BET did not promote the Breakfast Club not once during the BET,

you know, we're doing our part as a good partner in helping them promote their programming. That's all that matters. Well, I do. That's not all promote their programming. That's all that matters. That's not all that matters. It should be reciprocated.

For sure. Show me love. There we go. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk a little Uzi. Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatty patting. This is the rumor report.

I guess we on the breakfast club this is where the tea spills right right on the breakfast club we gotta salute and drop a bomb for lil uzi vert pink tape is the first rap album to debut at number one on billboard's 200 chart in 2023. i love it lil uzi checks off all the boxes uh that makes a superstar man you know what i'm saying he has the You know, he has the screaming numbers. He has radio and he has great visuals. Drop on the Clues Bonds for Lil Uzi Vert, man. 167,000 units in its first week.

So congratulations. Congratulations. We'll see a couple more. Travis Scott going to drop. Travis Scott, he should hit number one. I think he will. I would think. Drake's dropping.

Drake should hit number one. Yep. Right? Who else coming out? Nicki Minaj, I think, is coming I would think. Drake's dropping. Drake should hit number one. Yep. Right? Who else coming out? Nicki Minaj, I think, is coming out this year. Nicki. Cardi. Cardi.

I'm not saying Cardi. We don't know if Cardi dropping this year. Nah, I think Cardi set up. Oh, shut up. Nah, Cardi set up. It's been six years. Five, actually. Nah, but she's been...

What makes y'all think Cardi gonna actually drop this year? After five years? She did about four or five features. We just heard Cardi on Lotto. We just did the one on. Cardi gave us a number one record one year with Wap and didn't drop. Who you talking about? I got faith in Cardi. I got faith in Cardi. I got faith in

Cardi. I don't think she's going to drop this year. Alright, we also got a salute to Burner Boy. He makes history as the first African artist to sell out a U.S. stadium. Come on now. Burner Boy played Citi Field in Queens. He packed out the 41,000 seat capacity stadium.

And we just got to say congratulations. They were talking about how he started. I think he started like at a small, like the Beacon Theater. Then he did Apollo. Then he did Madison Square Garden. And now City Field. So congratulations to Burner Boy. How about the fact he's not even from here. Drop on a clues bomb for Burner Boy, man. I said

Burner Boy at some point was going to have a Bad Bunny type year. Remember that year Bad Bunny had last year? Yep. Great. I feel like Burner Boy

is going to have one of those real, real soon. He's having it now. It's a start. He's having it now. He just sold out $41,000 and he's having it now.

Next is going to be MetLife Stadium over there that holds, what, $60,000, $70,000. Oh, yeah. Maybe. I don't know if he's having it now.

It's coming. he's having a moment though it's gonna be more than a moment bernard boy gonna be around for a long time i think so now the weekends tour becomes one of the decade's most successful tours grossing over 350 million dollars now the sold out uh tour has brought in 148 million dollars uh just in the uh north america alone so despite facing some um tough competition uh like beyonce bad bunny like you said taylor swift uh the weekend's 350 million victory makes after hours till dawn the fourth highest grossing tours of 2020s so far so salute to the weekend as well okay you're living up to your name man that's tough everybody looks forward to the weekends when he first came out i was like maybe he should name himself tuesday or something

but he's lived up to that name he's the weekend now he's uh about to go on the second leg of his tour that which is in europe and latin america so he's gonna keep selling some tickets so salute and congratulations to the weekend he was in his hbo show sucks though i haven't seen it have you seen it no i have not you've seen it man i ain't saw it yeah what's he doing is what he's performing the idol no it's a tv show oh no i haven't even watched it i haven't seen it anybody in the room seen it no you saw it oh you like it she said so good oh she said it's good okay that's good all right okay all right well that is your rumor report some of your artists and what they're doing out there now charlamagne who you giving a donkey to man four after the hour we need uh senator tommy tubberville to come to the front

of the congregation we like to have a word with him. There's a lot of rebranding going on. But some things just cannot be rebranded because some things are a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion. We'll discuss. All right. We'll get to that next. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. 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. And yesterday 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 the breakfast club bitches all right please tell me why was i your donkey of the day uh donkey of the day for tuesday july 11th called the alabama senator tommy tubbleville now i know as a country we are mentally exhausted and fatigued to everything especially coming out of covid it's just been so much death, so much grief. The economy is in shambles. Every day is some sort of racism, homophobia, sexism, anti-Semitism. Things are so heavy that all we want to do is escape.

So a lot of things we should pay attention to, we don't. And there's a group of evil ass people in this country who are trying to take us back to a time before we had basic rights. OK, it's happening. All right. Look at what the Supreme court did with roe v wade look at what the supreme court did with affirmative action in colleges and universities at this point we just have to ask ourselves what's next what basic right is going to be stripped from the american people next but we tired okay mentally and emotionally exhausted therefore we don't have the energy to fight and people like tommy tubberville are banking banking on that all right They're banking that we as a collective are too tired to truly get angry.

And that is why we can that is why he can go on national TV like CNN and argue that the definition of white nationalism is just some people's opinion. Let's go to CNN for the report, please. I'm totally against any type of racism. OK, I was a football coach for 40 years and I dealt and had opportunity to be around more minorities than anybody up here on this hill. But calling people nationalists, white nationalists, white nationalists is just another word that they want to use other than racism. I'm totally against anything to do with racism. But the thing about being a white nationalist is just a cover word for the Democrats now where they can use it to try to make people mad across the country. Identity politics. I'm totally against that. But just to be clear, you agree that white nationalists should not be serving in the U.S. military. Is that what you're saying?

I agree. A white nationalist is someone who believes that the white race is superior to other races. Well, that's some people's opinion my opinion of a white nationalist if somebody wants to call him white national to me is an american it's american now if that white nationalist is a racist i'm totally against anything that they want to do because i am 110 against racism sigh senator tubbleville it's caitlin collins tried to point out to you the pure definition of white nationalism is racism Merriam-Webster definition of white nationalism is

a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy and advocate enforced racial segregation Dictionary.com said the definition of white nationalism is the belief, theory or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups and that in order to preserve their white European and Christian cultural identities, they need or deserve a segregated geographical area of preferential treatment and special legal protections.

Senator Tuberville, the definition of white nationalism is not a matter of opinion. It's a matter of fact. And this is the problem I have with so many of these fascists, theseists these white nationalists they are elected officials there are politicians there are people in control of legislation and they literally talk out both sides of their reptilian necks you can't say you're against racism but be for white nationalism that's like me telling my side chick black men don't cheat okay that's like me saying i'm against drug use but also spending a weekend with hunter biden in the white house i like what hunter likes dj khaled voice that's like nick cannon holding a safe sex seminar okay i was speaking to the president of the fat lives matter matter community and he said this is like ordering a 20 piece chicken mcnugget value meal two large fries a quarter

pounder eminem mcflurry and then when they ask you what you want to drink you say a diet coke the word of the day is contradiction kids okay we are all human contradictions but this is a senator of the united states of america telling us he's against racism while supporting actual racism because that's what white nationalism is bottom line point blank period the senate is already america's most structurally racist institution and it always will be as long as this country keeps putting open racist in these seats all right telling me white nationalism is not racism is the worst rebrand i heard all week x well actually second worst because accepting white nationalism as not being racism is like this cervical cancer charity trying to tell me that

vagina should be called bonus holes to avoid upsetting transgender men okay y'all 1a and 1b when it comes to having the worst rebrand ideas of the week okay bonus hole imagine telling a woman i'm about to eat your bonus hole all right imagine needing a tampon for your bonus hole all right i ain't spending no money on no bonus hole and if that hole is the bonus what's the main hole anyway senator tommy tubbleville since we have hitman holly here from wild and absolute to hitman holly and wild and out is celebrating their 20th anniversary. So every day we are going to have someone from Wild N' Out in here co-hosting,

even though BET absolutely did not promote the Breakfast Club, not once during the BET Awards. The partnership should be reciprocal. All right. But we have battle rapper extraordinaire Hitman Holla from Wild N' Out in here. And he's going to give us a few bars to Tommy Tubberville. You're acting like you're on the Wild N' Out stage, Hitman Holla. At holler top i got senator tommy tubberville is in your face i'm gonna even provide you ad libs for for each ball i appreciate it okay tommy see i'll be trying not to act like a savage and things but if y'all ain't racist then why y'all kill a black man for having a dream? Y'all sick for real.

Y'all gonna make me get lit for real. If y'all ain't racist, why Trey Vonn get killed for eating Skittles or the wicked things y'all did to Emmett Till? I mean, I'm on the radio, so I can't even cuss. But if y'all wasn't racist, then it wouldn't have been a problem for Rosa to sit in front of that bus. I mean, if y'all ain't racist, have a seat. I might buy you a sofa. then it wouldn't have been a problem for Rosa to sit in front of that bus. Cracker ass cracker. I mean, if y'all ain't racist, have a seat. I might buy you a sofa. If y'all ain't racist, then explain to me the chain of events that happened in Tulsa.

Cracker ass cracker. I'm just saying, I just need some respect. If y'all ain't racist, why I wake up every morning and see another cop with a knee in our neck? Cracker ass cracker. Tommy, be real with yourself. That's what the case is. All I'm trying to say is, y'all pretty much racist. Cracker ass cracker.

Off the top for the Breakfast Club. That's off the top for y'all, man. Please give Senator Tommy Tuberville the biggest hee-haw? Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Well, since we're here, you might as well let Kathy Griffin get some. Please give... Please give this giant jar of mayo

the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Can Chelsea Handler get some, too? Hee-haw! Hee-haw! That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. Now I'm looking at the cracker counter.

I had three more. I just said it again, so I got two more. Let's play Chris Rock. Cracker. Nope. You got one more. You're going to go over now. I'm going to go over?

You're going over. All right. I'll pay the fine. Go ahead and play. Cracker ass. Cracker ass. Jesus. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey ass of the day. I love this job. BET. See y'all later. Maybe. Peace. It's possible. All right, where you want to go now? I don't know.

What we doing? What you want to do? Don't ask me. We didn't have a topic before we started. Don't throw to me. Nah, I did my job. You did your job. I just did my job.

I've been texting people. Nobody has me back. Two minutes before. All right, we could go here okay well we do have uh hit band holly hip and he's a he's a rapper and you know we were talking earlier we just had ice cube but yesterday uh after ice cube left it was a great conversation that started because of drink champs interview talking about who's the best storyteller when it comes to rap music rap music all right we can open up the phone lines and have that discussion. 800-585-1051.

We're discussing who has the best storytelling. I think it's B.I.G., hands down. Can you pull up one of Big's joints while we're talking about it? And we'll take your calls. 800-585-1051. Some of the people in the realm has been Ice Cube. Some of them has been Scarface, Tupac, Ghostface. Yeah, I got Tupac.

Rest in peace, Black Rock. Yeah, Hitman Holla said Big L. So we'll take your calls when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on, let this rock for a little bit. Every day this morning, well, every morning this week, I should say, we have a different person that's going to be hosting with us. And today is Hitman Holla.

Yes, sir. We were having this conversation behind the scenes talking about who is the best? Storyteller when it comes to rap what this came from our drink champs because Tony a oh and EFN got into a debate about a you Know who was a better storyteller between ice cube and Biggie Smalls And then I saw people talking about it on social media and you know hitman in your battle rap world You're known as the best storyteller. Yeah, one of the top for sure. So I actually grew up listening to Big L because of my pops,

you know, Tupac, DMX. So I kind of grew to love storytelling, all that storytelling. So, like, Big L got Casualties of a Dice Game. He got Heist, you know what I'm saying, Crazy. You know, Tupac, Ain't Mad At You. Brennan got a baby. DMX got Damien, you know what I'm saying Crazy You know Tupac Ain't mad at you Brenna got a baby Damn Max got Damon

You know what I'm saying Crime Story Yeah he got like So like Yeah so I'm a big fan Of storytelling raps Of course he's big I think storytelling rap

Is such a Such a Such a lost art You know Personally My favorite storytellers I do have Ice Cube In my top list

Of storytelling rappers Mine is Ice Cube Biggie Smalls And there's. Mine is Ice Cube, Biggie Smalls, and there's no particular order. Ice Cube, Biggie Smalls, Scarface, Black Rob, Slick Rick, Ghostface. Those are the greatest storytelling rappers to me because the people that are the best storytelling rappers are the ones that's rapping and you don't even realize they're telling you a story. You know, and Biggie Big does that a lot. There's a lot of records you hear from Big and don't even realize, oh, shoot, this is a whole story. You know, Niggas Bleed, Warning oh, shoot, this is a whole story. You know, niggas bleed, warning, you know, somebody's got to die,

you're nobody until somebody kills you, you know, everyday struggles. Even Juicy. Even Juicy. Even Juicy. It seemed like every time Biggie touched the mic, he was telling us a story. You know, and I really believe he's rapper Alfred Hitchcock. I don't think, for me, it'd be a very close tie between biggie and scarface definitely biggie for me face face puts you when face does it sometimes i guess it faces voice it puts you like you're there yeah like even when i remember it can't be life when he's when he's talking about his man's friend that man's

son that died like he put me in it like i felt like i was there in the studio that night and see and that's what you just too, brings me to a point about there's great storytellers that do whole songs and great storytelling verses. Because that verse from This Can't Be Life is one of the best storytelling verses. Yes. But then Ghostface's verse on Impossible

is one of the best storytelling verses. But then you have people like Pac who make Brenda's Got a Baby. That's a whole song. Right. Or Nas when he does Rewind. That's a whole song. Oh, I got power, Nas. He did a whole song. You know he does Rewind that's a whole song oh I got power

biggie did a whole song you know what I mean but then you also got you gotta step to the side a little bit too Jay has done it a lot with some of Jay's records especially with him

and Bleak going back and forth with what was the other one that Jay did a gun in your mouth and that's all you could come up with

yeah friend of foe but then you you can't forget Mr. Cheeks why you point at Hitman But then you can't forget Mr. Cheeks. Why you point at Hitman Holland and call that man Mr. Cheeks? I said you can't. I'm just, my bow-buying is...

That's crazy. Give him some balls, Hitman. That's a wild joke. You don't point at no man and call him Mr. Cheeks unless it's actually Mr. Cheeks, bro. That's crazy. Mr. Cheeks did Renee.

But that's a record. That's a story. Yeah, but it's one record. These people that we're talking about have songs, catalogs of stories. Like, to be considered a great storytelling rapper, you gotta have to me, five or more storytelling

records. My number one is Jay. What's Jay-Z's best storytelling song? What's your favorite one? From Jay? I just realized, Song Cry's story, huh? Song Cry? We could go on Song Cry. Lucky Me. Lucky Me? Lucky Me for me. If I said Jay's... Oh, Screech is watching. Screech is watching a Lucky Me. Yeah, that's where I would go If I said Jay's... Oh, no. Screech is watching.

Screech is watching a Lucky Me. Yeah. That's where I would go. Yeah, but let's go to the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Hello, who's this? What's up, man? Hey, what's up?

What's your name, bro? What's up? It's Mike. Mike, who's your favorite storyteller rapper? Man, it's got to be Drake, man. Because if we're talking about from Take Care to Nothing Was the Same, there's a lot of albums, man, where Drake paints the storytelling picture. If we're talking about all time, though, I'm talking about right now in the game, Drake is the best storyteller out there.

But of all time, I would really have to say Ice Cube. Ice Cube, okay. I'm not mad at anybody that says Cube, and also I don't think Drake is a better storyteller than Kendrick. Like, what story has Drake told? I was going to say, what's Drake's best storytelling song? Yeah, what story has Drake told that's better than Duckworth? All right, he's off.

Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Liliana. Good morning, mama. What rapper you think did the best storytelling? Well, back in the day, I felt like Tupac. Tupac and Ice Cube was like, they had a hand. But, like, today, I feel like J. Cole. He really tells stories in his songs. And it's not a rapper that can really feel like J. Cole, he really tells the reason it's all

and it's not on the ramp for everybody to do that anymore. Yeah, it is a lost art. It is a lost art. I wonder when people say Ice Cube. There's a lot of Ice Cube stories I like.

When people say Ice Cube, like what, are they just thinking about it was a good day? I ain't gonna lie, I'm a hip hopper. I know I'm young, but that's the only one

I know from Cube. My summer vacation. My summer vacation. I heard that. I kind of know that one. But I know they gotta be My Summer Vacation. My Summer Vacation. I heard that. I kind of know that one. But I know they got to be probably just talking about today was a good day. Yeah, today was a good day.

Well, let's get into Jay-Z and Scarface. You're going to play that over Ice Cube? It was a good day when everybody calling in about Cube? Well, you're too New York for your own good. You're not doing that. But this is Face. This is Face. I'm talking about the Face.

People are calling in for Cube. People have already. We had two votes for Ice Cube, bro. Stop doing that. You're playing FaZe. This is FaZe. I'm talking about the FaZe. People are calling in for, people have already, we had two votes for Ice Cube, bruh. Stop doing that. You playing that song because Jay-Z's on it. Okay? Play Ice Cube, it was a good day, Eddie. No!

Jay-Z! No, Ice Cube, it was a good day. We gon' play both then. We gon' play both then. We're not even listening to that song for Jay. It's called FaZe! Well, cut it, you do it in the mix and play the verse from FaZe then.

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. D-J-N-V, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. If you just joined us, we're talking about some of rap's best storytellers. Now, this conversation came from behind the scenes.

Now, let me ask you. We talked about a bunch of women, a bunch of men. Any women that we put in this category that tell a great story? I know Queen Latifah. Queen Latifah. Yeah, there's a lot of them. Lauryn Hill was a great storyteller. What song?

Lost One is a story It's funny how money Changes situations If you miscommunicate You turn the conversation That's a story If you really listen To the lyrics

I know Let me say besides Queen What about I'm trying to think We got Eve I gotta think of the whole Yeah y'all ain't about to Eve, Love is Blind right?

Love is Blind Love is Blind is definitely a great story. Hey, man, everything don't have to be about equality. I'm just asking. I don't even know why you did that. Like, why do you even do that? Like, that was just stupid. You just derailed the whole conversation.

We were having a conversation about greatest rap storytellers. I'm just asking because we named a bunch of dudes. I'm just saying, damn. Because those guys are the greatest rap storytellers. And we didn't name a bunch of them. But we have some women that are great storytellers too. We actually haven't even named 10 because the art of storytelling

is such a unique art. Everybody can't do it great. I got six of them. I got Biggie, Scarface, Ghostface, Slick Rick, Ice Cube, and who was my other person I said? Black Rock. You said Pac.

Big L, DMX. DMX, that's nine. You said Big. So we only said nine people. Big, Ghostface you said, BlackRock, you said Pac, Big L, DMX. That's nine. You said big. So we only said nine people. Big, Ghostface, you said, right? Yeah. I said six. Hitman said three, and you said big. So that's nine people. I said face. You said face. You said hove, too. I said hove.

So that's ten. So we got the ten people. Okay? We're not talking about everybody. Nas, Rewind, I Gave You Power. Listen, all of those guys Are good storytellers Nas is a good storyteller Jay is even a good storyteller The people that I feel like We're talking about

Are top tier You said DMX Grade A DMX is a good storyteller I don't have DMX up there With Q I don't have DMX up there With Coffee

Slippin' Slippin' I don't have DMX up there With Big I don't have I don't have Jay up there With Big I don't have

I don't have You know Jay's definitely a good storyteller Eminem Eminem's good He's good But he DMX up there with Big. I don't have Jay up there with Big. I don't have, you know. Jay's definitely at those. Eminem? Eminem's good. He's good, but he's not up there with these people I'm talking about. When you're talking about guys like Ice Cube, you got to name songs like A Bird in the Hand. With him, I got Stan, Clean Out My Closet, Kim.

Stan's crazy. He got, like, now that I think about it, we got to be there. We can't stand Clean Out My Closet and Kim. Go listen to these records. Go listen to Cube, A Bird in Hand. Listen to It Was a Good Day. Listen to Once Upon a Time in the Projects. Listen to My Summer's Vacation.

Listen to A Gangsta's Fairytale. Go listen to Big Warning. Go listen to Big Everyday Struggle. I'm not saying that he's better than Big, but I'm saying Eminem is in that top ten category when you talk about some of them writers. Maybe he might just squeeze in a top ten. I feel like you got to have five storytelling records

or better to be considered a great storytelling rapper. Well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? This is Tiffany from Columbia. Hey, Tiffany. 803, what's happening? We're talking storytellers this morning. What's your thoughts, mama?

J. Cole. I'm not mad at any of the J. Cole men. That's another vocal call. Listen to Dreams, where he talks about he's feeling low with his girl. That's the best one. Wet Dreams is a great one. Lost Ones is a great one. For Your Eyes Only is a great one.

Lost Ones, oh my God. Lost Ones is the best, too. I forgot about that one. 1985. The 1985 record, that's a good one. Chaining Day is a good one. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Sam.

I'm calling from Detroit, but I'm from Philadelphia. First time calling. What up, Dom? Talk to us. Chilling, chilling. I feel like, obviously, Biggie, you know, he gets the chance for that. But I feel like Rakim and or, what's his name? Who?

Big Pun. He has something to say about storytelling as well. They're both great artists. I love Big Pun. And I feel like, you know, they love it. I love Rakim. Love Big Point. I love Rakim.

Still can't put them on the level of the people that you're talking about. Slick Rick. I said Slick Rick. I got Slick Rick in my six. He's a six. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Clay. What's up, bro?

We're talking the best storytellers as far as rappers are concerned. What's your thoughts? My thoughts is y'all forgot one of the greatest, Nas. Now, we mentioned Nas. I mentioned Nas. I like Nas. I think Nas is a good storyteller. I don't think he's on the level of Scarface or Slick Rick or Ghostface.

I think he's one of the greatest because he did a whole song in reverse. Remember Rewind? Yep, we did. Rewind. Did I Got You Powered when he was the gun? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, that was crazy. That was crazy.

Nori did one of my favorite ones, too. too what body in the trunk body in the trunk you just saying things now you didn't like body in the trunk i did like body in the trunk but i told you you can't do a song i'm not i know it's considered a great story no but i'm just saying i like that someone has a great storytelling song you gotta have at least five storytelling songs are better to be considered a great storytelling rapper. Cube got that. Slick Rick got that. Biggie got that. Scarface got that.

J. Cole and Kendrick even got that. Be honest with you. Yep. Let's go to one more caller. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Jamisha. Hey, Jamisha. Good morning.

Good morning. How y'all doing? Good. We're talking about the best storytellers of rap. Yes. The best storyteller of rap all time is Biggie and Down, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm not mad at that.

I think Biggie's number one. Biggie might have the most. He's number one. Between Biggie and Facebook, I have the most. I'm not mad at you. Yeah, thank you, mama. I want the record show. Even the women that caught up here didn't mention no women.

I just want to throw that out there. Crazy thing is my biggest song on YouTube is a story. Like, 4, 5 million views. House Party. I want y'all to check it out. I got, like, a bunch of stories, like, with the visuals. Like, that's what I really want, what I do. So I want y'all to check it out.

I'm going to call y'all. I'm going to let y'all write it down. House Party. House Party by Hitman Holiday. Yeah, Whitney, Mark, Reminis reminisce all started with the visuals check it out you know who we forgetting what sunday oh man uh uh some man from massachusetts he just did the record join the lukas join the lukas get busy when you tell the story my new favorite i think it's t grizzly though t grizzly got a whole team with the visuals yeah it's crazy but joyner lucas

is he gets busy when he does that. He tells his stories and he paints that picture. Joyner Lucas gets busy. Joyner Cole. I don't even paint a picture. If you can paint a picture without me seeing a video, you're a great storyteller.

That's how we judge that. And that's what I'm saying. The art of storytelling is dead because the people that we're talking about operate at such a high level when it comes to telling stories. When Biggie Smalls said

he was the rap Alfred Hitchcock, I believe him. Scarface, if you ain't never listened to songs, I believe him. Scarface, you know, if you ain't never listened to songs like, you know, I Seen a Man Die, you know, A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die, Hand of the Dead Body.

Mind playing tricks on me. Mind playing tricks on me, yeah. That used to scare me. That video scared me. I was so scared of Bushwick. You know what I'm saying? That's what I'm saying. And he wrote Bushwick Versus

yeah he did you know so that's why I even give Cube credit too because even though we can name all these songs from Cube

he also wrote Boys in the Hook Eazy-E which is another great storytelling record you know yeah alright well

when we come back we got your rumor report we got to talk about G Herbo he was arrested out in Chicago we'll tell you why it's The Breakfast Club

good morning The Breakfast Club on the mic's on morning everybody arrested out in Chicago. We'll tell you why. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. And I'll tell you this, man.

What's that? I said this behind the scenes, but I have to say it when we on air because Envy just threw the question out there and I wasn't even thinking when you asked about great female storytellers.

MC Lyte, man. Yep. Dropping the clothes bombs for MC Lyte. I don't even know. God damn it. What's up? thinking when you asked about great female storytellers mc light man yep dropping the bombs for mc light like i don't even know god damn it i don't even know how we forgot mc light poor georgie paper thin cappuccino eyes of the soul winning love five right there that's what i'm saying if you got five or better you you got to be considered one of the greatest storytellers of all time so will smith drums please summertime just the two of us just the two nightmare on my screen i wish i could be mike tyson i think i could be mike tyson those are good records he's not elite welcome summertime and just the two of us is yeah they might be great records classics he's not elite though he's not an elite storyteller

he got three he got three though he actually got more than three there's a nightmare on my screen just two of us um i think i can beat mike tyson i'm fine yeah here it is well you got five in the playground is where I spent most of my days. That was one. Let the record show our producer, Eddie, is from Philadelphia. Oh, that's why he had these lines up. He had these lines up. I'm like, don't nobody got my nightmare. In 2023, nobody got Nightmare on my screen queued up.

Queued up. Ready to go. Ready to go. Stop. I was sure, like, he's nice with it. He's quick with it. He's nice and quick with it, right? He's from Philly.

He's from Philly. He's from Philly. Watch this. Play Dreams and Nightmares, Eddie. You got it right. You know what I'm saying? Jesus Christ. All right.

Well, let's get to the rumors. You got it? Oh, no. Oh, God. He got it. Stop. Go to the rumors, man. All right.

Let's get to the rumors. You ready? Rumor hazard. Rumor hazard. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatting i'm gossiping this is the rumor report i mean i guess we on the breakfast club this is where the tea spills right yes on the breakfast club oh man g herbal has been released on bond after being arrested in chicago for unlawful use of a firearm even though he got

arrested yeah he was arrested yesterday at 5.45 p.m. where cops said he found a gun. He was arrested and booked for misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon in a public place. How the unlawful use? If they just found it. Yeah.

I don't know. They said he has to appear in court at a later date. All right. Now, Madonna, if you are worried about her, she speaks for the first time. She says,

thank you guys for her positive energy. You know, she had a bacterial infection. They said what? She had a fever for like a week or something like that or something crazy fever for two weeks. It sounded like a baby. What do you mean?

No babies. Oh, babies have a fever for weeks. All right. Well, she says, thanks for your positive energy. Prayers and words of healing and encouragement. I have felt your love. I'm on the road to recovery and incredible grateful for all the blessings in

my life i wish her nothing but good health man my first thought when i woke up in the hospital was my children my second thought was that i did not want to disappoint anyone who brought bought tickets to my tour i also didn't want to let you down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the past few months to create my show i hate to disappoint anyone man madonna none of that matters what matters is that you know you get healthy so you can be here for your kids you know what i mean i don't understand people who make jokes about people who be in in bad health because i don't know about y'all when i wake up in the morning i pray for good health absolutely what's the new new culture everything's a joke yeah well she just said my focus now is my health and getting stronger

and i assure you i will be back with you as soon as i can i couldn't be more grateful for your care and support love madonna speedy recovery madonna absolutely and lastly uh hit me a holler you got something that you're working on right yeah man i gotta got my next rap battle, September 2nd, RBE, Atlanta. Get y'all tickets now. Who you battling? Battling a guy named Ill Will. Ill Will. He's going to go down.

He nice. Pontiac, Michigan. He been doing his thing for like 10 years. That's a white dude? No, no. Oh, he not white? Oh, okay. I got a battle rap TV show on Coastal Rain TV.

15 battle rappers in the house to win and get $50,000. Shooting that. And I got a female TV show. 15 baddies in the house. They doing challenges. You know, pole dancing, cooking, football, battle rapping. What that got to do with battle rapping? Pole dancing on the back of the pole?

No, no. This is just another. No, this is just another. I got a battle rap show and I got a female show. Okay. All right. Yeah. Is battle rap lucrative for anybody other than people that's on the level you are?

Yeah, because even if you do, just say you do five, six battles a year, some of them guys are getting like 15, 20,000, 15,000 a battle. So that's good. You know what I'm saying? How much you get hit, man? My last three, I got over six figures to show up. Okay. Yeah.

All right. Don't let him set you up like that. He don't even want to say the number. When you just say, oh, over six figures. Yeah, don't let him set you up like that. I get pay-per-view deals, stream deals, too. Okay. So I, you know what I'm saying?

Hit back in. All right. I'm the hove of battle rap. Okay. Okay. You know what I'm saying? All right. Well, just know the Earth is listening.

Just so you know. Always listening. I know. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now, so you know. Always listening. I know. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now, we got to salute Lil' Kim. Today is Lil' Kim's birthday. Happy birthday, Lil' Kim.

Happy birthday. Gang, gang. All right. And let's start the mix off with some Lil' Kim. It's the Breakfast Club. They say one year for Lil' Kim's birthday, they said Lil' Kim punched me in the back of the head. What?

What? What? Allegedly. They said that was a birthday present to Lil' Kim. Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. Oh, damn. So, I i mean that might be the anniversary

of that too huh let me look and see well for people that get a drop for people that don't know charlamagne got punched in the back of the head and it was rumored that that was a birthday present for little kim yeah that's what the street said that's what the street said oh happy birthday little kim i hope you get something better than what you got 12 years ago oh you know that probably made you very happy. If it's true. I don't think it, but I don't think it's true.

I don't think it's true. Shout out to little kid. Even if it was, I probably deserved it. I'm sure. I'm sure you did. I'm proud. I'm almost positive.

I did. We've changed. You evolved. I'm more stressed. You'd be chilling out. I'd be cool. It ain't got nothing to stress about. I'm good out here.

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